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Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah.

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My message today is entitled, An Awesome God.

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Amen.

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Father, we praise you today.

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You are an awesome God.

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Oh Lord, we pray the Holy Spirit would

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come and make that so real.

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Lord, you would deposit something in our spirit

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today.

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That we would leave here God so secure

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in your awesomeness.

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Hidden in a secret place in you.

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Lord, where you cover and protect.

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Where you reveal yourself to be awesome.

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Lord, where we know we are protected.

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Where we see our enemies defeated, oh God.

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And that a trust born, Lord, of experience

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in an awesome God is walked with us.

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And Christ is real to us.

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Because we honor you and we praise you

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as an awesome God.

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And Lord, we thank you for it.

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In Jesus' precious name.

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Amen and amen.

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We have two scriptures to turn to today.

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And if you would just turn with me

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to Psalm 4.

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And then our second scripture will be John

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chapter 2.

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Psalm 4 and John chapter 2.

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An awesome God.

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I believe that it's the desire of the

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Lord to have his people stand in an

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awesome reverence and fear and awe of him.

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It's a kind of thing that is hard

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to describe.

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Because we don't feel in the godly sense

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that way towards any other thing.

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And I believe that there is an anointing

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that God is going to grant people to

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walk in.

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To have such a holy fear.

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And to be overwhelmed by the greatness of

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our God that truly gives us the power

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to walk in a new and a fresh

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way with him.

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I want to speak today about standing in

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awe of God.

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I don't believe we decided this moment, alright,

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right now I'm going to start to walk

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in an awe of God.

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I believe that having that awe, that overwhelming

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respect and love and godly fear is the

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result of something.

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I believe that something is a sober account

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to determine to obey God when he speaks

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to us.

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I think it's the result of that.

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I think it's when we get down in

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our spirit that Lord when I hear you

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speak and I know it's you.

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I determine to obey.

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Now we know that that will come with

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the resulting, what I call, torment of trust.

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Where we have to learn in that decision,

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by God's grace you're going to see me

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through.

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By your grace I'm not going to turn

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back.

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By God's grace I'm going to face the

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can't do I feel in my spirit and

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the won't do that I feel in my

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spirit.

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But God I'm going to trust you because

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I'm going to submit it to you.

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Everything that rises up to take away that

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determination to when I know it's you speaking

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I'm going to obey you.

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I'm going to submit everything that rises up

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to take that out of my heart and

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spirit.

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I'm going to keep submitting it to you

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and I'm going to ask you to change

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my heart.

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And I believe that that's a reckoning that

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needs to come in all of our heart.

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And it's going to be a cry from

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it Lord make me willing to hear this

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message.

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Make me willing God to have a heart

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like that.

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When we hear something like this it sets

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off a chain reaction.

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It sets off God I know that you

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have been faithful to me.

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But I just know that you're going to

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lead me on a path and I'm going

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to confront something that does cause me torment

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to trust you.

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But I know that God is faithful to

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every tiny step of faith that we make

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towards that and beloved miracles happen.

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One time I was listening to an excellent

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Bible teacher.

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And she began to share an exciting thing

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that happened in her life.

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And you could tell as she was teaching

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there was a true bubbling up.

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It was like a fountain spring of joy

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as she remembered how God led her through

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something.

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And that joy also was kind of fueled

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by God I just can't wait to see

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what you're going to ask me to do

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next.

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Because it's such an adventure with you.

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That God you in spite of my fears

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and in spite of my don't want to

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you show up and you take me through

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it.

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And this walk with Christ was such an

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exciting and a very real thing with her.

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And she told about the time I've shared

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before but how God had asked her to

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go to a public place and say and

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do something for a person.

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And I remember at the end of that

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study being rooted in my chair with my

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head down.

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And everybody else was saying that was a

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fantastic teaching wasn't that?

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That was such an anointing on that.

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And I remember being rooted in that chair

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with a sober realization.

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God even though you're God if you had

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asked me to do something like that I

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wouldn't do it.

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And I realized with that sober realization in

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a flash that me not being willing or

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wanting or I wouldn't.

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And I tell you at that moment I

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would not do it.

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I felt such a grief not in my

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heart but in God's heart saying you know

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Teresa there are ways that I could use

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you.

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There are ways I want you to know

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me.

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But you're just setting aside that whole by

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your refusal to do it.

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You're cutting out a whole chunk of our

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relationship that would set you free, enrich you,

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fill you with a glory.

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In Psalm 404 it says stand in awe

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and sin not.

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Commune with your own heart upon your bed

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and be still.

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Selah.

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Commune, meditate, think, consider what obedience will mean.

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You know beloved God was awesome when he

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brought the children of Israel through the Red

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Sea.

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That was an awesome act of God.

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That deliverance.

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And 3 million people walked through that deliverance

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and that awesomeness and that awesome act of

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God.

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And they went into the wilderness and seemingly

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affected by it.

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You see God is awesome and God will

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be awesome.

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But it seems like for that to get

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into our spirit.

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And to produce the fruit that when we

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say God you are incredible.

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And when you are asking me to do

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something Lord I'm going to obey you just

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on the strength.

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It's God Almighty, my God asking me.

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Regardless of the blessing and the freedom that

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will result because we do it.

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But getting to a point where God says

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can I be God to you.

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And the children of Israel went through the

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Red Sea but it didn't get in their

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spirit that they had an awesome God.

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Because he was not awesome within them in

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the sense that they would bend their knee

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to him.

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They would sing the song but they would

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not bend their knee.

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And I think that in this scripture Psalm

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4.4 God says I want you to

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meditate now on your own bed.

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I want you to consider your own heart.

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Because my spirit will come as a searchlight

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and I will show you some things that

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are there.

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That you are having a deep struggle with.

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Where the fear grips, where there is torment,

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where there is confusion.

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I'll tell you why.

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Because you know and I know if I

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ever called you into the light on that

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question.

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You would not come.

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You would not do it.

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And it says here commune on your own

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Now beloved I don't know about you but

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I know that when God begins to speak

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to me about areas of my heart that's

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very deep.

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Where there is a struggle.

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I'm not still.

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There is an earthquake.

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I'm not lying there in this perfect peace.

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I'm lying there Lord.

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It's producing something that you know I don't

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want to hear necessarily.

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in awe and sin not.

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That means that we are saying okay God

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I want now to be.

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I want to hear it.

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And Lord I want you to give me

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the grace to hear it all.

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And I want you to bring the light.

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And keep dealing with me till there is

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peace.

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Till I am silent on that bed.

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Till I am convinced Lord.

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That the thing that you're dealing with me

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about.

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That the thing that you're speaking to me

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over and over about.

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I'm going to settle it by bending my

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Where my energy is not going to go

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to running away from you.

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To pointing to all the times I have

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obeyed you.

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Lord but being so willing to take my

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energy.

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And run towards you.

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And say God I'm not going to fight

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you on this.

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I need the grace to yield to it.

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I want my energy to go that way.

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And Lord you be God to me.

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Having an awe of God.

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I believe is the result of obeying in

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the hard things.

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a God ending.

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And a God solution.

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We will always come up with a God

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ending and a God solution.

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When we let him speak to us about

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those areas.

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That are hard for us to obey in.

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Having an awe of God means we continually

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transfer our trust from ourselves to God.

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Having an awe of God means continually transferring

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our trust from ourselves to God.

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And in John 2.5. There is a

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very interesting line in the Bible here.

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And it says.

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Whatsoever he says unto you.

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Do it.

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In a nutshell.

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Whatever he says unto you.

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Do it.

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When that word is made real to us.

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And we know that it is God speaking.

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It is God asking.

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Beloved God is not offended if we are

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saying.

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Lord is this my flesh?

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Is this you know hyper religion?

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Is this the devil trying to fuel?

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As long as there is an honest doubt

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in our heart.

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God says.

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Okay deal with me.

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Ask me.

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Ask me to confirm it.

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Ask me to have a word spoken from

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the pulpit or the choir to sing about

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it.

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Or in your daily devotion when you open

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the word.

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The Lord says.

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I am pleased that you want to test

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and prove that this voice is me.

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But he says.

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What are you going to do when you

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find out it is me?

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What are you going to do when you

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know like you know.

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Because you have that sinking feeling.

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And you know your flesh would never think

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this one up.

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What are you going to do when you

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know it is me?

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Well beloved when that word is made real

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to us.

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We are going to see in John 2.

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That means when God is asking us to

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do something at that level.

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He is getting ready to do something awesome

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in us.

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He is getting ready to do something awesome

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through us and around us.

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That line was said by his mother Mary.

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What so ever he says unto you.

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What so ever.

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That is an intimidating word.

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That is too open ended for the flesh.

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That is something that is very radical.

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What so ever he says.

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Do it.

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We see starting at this parable.

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Starting at verse 1.

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It says in the third day there was

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a marriage in Cana of Galilee.

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And the mother of Jesus was there.

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And both Jesus was called and his disciples

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to the marriage.

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And when they wanted wine the mother of

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Jesus said unto him.

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They have no wine.

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And Jesus said unto her.

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Woman what have I to do with thee?

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Mine hour is not yet come.

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His mother saith unto the servants.

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What so ever he saith unto you.

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Do it.

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And then this parable goes on to say

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that after she said that.

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That there were six water pots.

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And Jesus says to servants standing by.

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Fill them up.

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And a large quantity of water was poured

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into these water pots.

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And then he says draw it out now.

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Take it to the governor of the feast.

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And this water turned wine was brought to

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the governor of the feast.

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And when he tasted it he took it

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to the bridegroom of the wedding.

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And he said in verse 10.

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Every man at the beginning sets forth good

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wine.

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And when men have well drunk then that

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which is worse.

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It says you have kept the good wine

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until now.

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And this parable closes by saying.

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This beginning of miracles to Jesus in Cana

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of Galilee.

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And manifested forth his glory.

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And his disciples believed on him.

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John tells us this is the first miracle

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that Jesus ever did.

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In his public ministry.

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And we have here.

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This word.

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What so ever he saith.

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And it's a very intimidating word.

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But it's crucial I believe to.

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To seeing where the.

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Understanding this parable and what that line means.

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This saying God I want.

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I want to get to the point.

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That when I know it's you speaking.

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Even in the hard things.

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I'm going to bend my knee to you.

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Because it's you.

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And I'm going to do it.

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And to be able to get to that

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point.

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Of the what so ever and the what

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so ever he saith to you do it.

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We have to understand what's going on here.

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Because there's a lesson here.

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And lesson number one.

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Of having an awesome God live in our

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hearts.

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That we can unquestionably obey.

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Despite that torment of trust.

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Is that thing of humility.

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There is a humility in this story.

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It's where it says I don't understand all

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you do.

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Or when you do it.

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But I don't need to.

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It says it's saying in this story.

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That your ways are not my ways.

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But Lord I'm going to believe you for

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the grace to accept it.

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And here's how it's taught.

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Verse three Mary comes to her son and

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says they have no wine.

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Now Mary tells Jesus that.

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Because she knows him.

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He has done no public miracle.

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But we are now dealing with a woman.

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That has conceived this child by the power

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of the Holy Ghost.

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This woman knows him.

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She knows who she's dealing with.

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No one in that room knows him like

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she does.

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And she turns to him and she says

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they have no wine.

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Now Jesus answer is very very surprising.

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Because he turns and he says woman.

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What have I to do with this?

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My hour has not yet come.

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And woman when he answers her like that.

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That woman that sounds very harsh to our

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ears.

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But actually he said that to her from

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the cross.

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When he said woman behold your son.

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It is a term of endearment.

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But I'll tell you when he says that.

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That may have been the very first time

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that she ever heard him say to her

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woman instead of mother.

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That may have been the very first time

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that she's been addressed like that.

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And when he does that.

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He's saying I'm telling you.

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You know some things about me.

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But my hour has not yet come.

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It's not ready for revealing.

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And now I'm going to say not mother

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but woman.

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And it's like saying.

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Before this point you were my mother.

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And I honored you as such.

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And I've been guided by your direction.

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But I'm breaking off that voluntary submission.

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And I'm now going to be led by

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another voice superior to your own.

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He tells her my hour has not yet

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come.

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You know me.

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I'll tell you the push of his family.

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Was always been Jesus show yourself.

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There was always a push to him.

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Show be something.

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Be somebody.

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Step out.

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We know you Jesus.

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You're not an ordinary man.

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Now step out and show them.

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And Jesus said to her my hour has

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not yet come.

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As you know me.

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It's not my hour to show them.

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And beloved you know.

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I know.

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That she heard him.

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I know that she heard.

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By his response.

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You don't run this show anymore.

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You don't dictate anymore.

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You've known me as Jesus the son.

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Now you must know me as Jesus the

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Lord.

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There has to be a reverence here.

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A reverence that had an awe.

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Had to take heart in her root.

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And she was his mother.

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There had to be.

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In order for that humility to take root.

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Not be offended.

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Not be rejected.

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There had to be an acceptance.

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There had to be an awe here.

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For that humility to take root.

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She was so familiar with him.

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Yet it was very clear at this moment.

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You must reverence me.

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And what you're asking me to do.

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I know you're convinced in the cause.

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But I'm going to say this to you.

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What you're asking me to do.

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What you're asking me to show forth at

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this time.

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My hour has not come.

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There's a song that says.

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About Mary.

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It says the child that you've delivered.

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Would soon deliver you.

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And there was a change in the relationship.

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And this woman had to have the humility.

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To accept it.

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Now there's only one perfect parent in the

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world.

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That's our Heavenly Father.

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Mary was not a perfect parent.

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Mary was not always right.

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But with a true humility.

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Comes a Holy Ghost boldness.

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I'm going to say that again.

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With a true humility.

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Comes a Holy Ghost boldness.

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I'll tell you something that delights God.

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That delights Him.

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Because God always makes.

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A brave and bold heart.

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From a chastened heart.

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From a humbled heart.

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You can trust a humbled heart.

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Because it's not acting selfishly.

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You can hear the request and the cry

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of a humbled heart.

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Because it's moving in another spirit.

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It's not about flesh.

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And the Holy Ghost can speak.

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Through a humbled heart.

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And she heard Him.

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She understood what He was saying at that

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moment.

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But I'll tell you something.

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Because she received with humility.

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What He had to say to her.

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Now she had something to say that He

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could hear.

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And the Bible says that she turns to

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a servant.

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She says, whatever He says to you.

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Do it.

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And beloved, she's not dictating.

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She's being bold because she's not asking for

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herself.

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She's being moved by compassion.

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She's being moved by a spirit that animates

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Him.

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And He recognizes that they're the same family.

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Beloved, she can speak boldly because she lives

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with Him.

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She lives with the Son.

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She knows His heart.

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And when she moves now after being chastened.

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After hearing a right relationship with Him.

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She can ask in boldness.

567
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,270
And it gets answered.

568
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,040
Beloved, she's bold in her appeal.

569
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,140
Because there's no wine in a place where

570
00:22:15,140 --> 00:22:16,700
there should never be no wine.

571
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,280
And she knows that Jesus, her Son, is

572
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,020
the only one who can supply a new

573
00:22:23,020 --> 00:22:23,420
wine.

574
00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:26,200
And she's bold.

575
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,400
She knows His heart.

576
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,480
He cannot resist her appeal for this family.

577
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,400
For this marriage.

578
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:37,540
For this situation.

579
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,960
Jesus cannot resist a humble heart.

580
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,880
She may not have done everything right.

581
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,980
But that does not prevent her from declaring,

582
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,640
I know you.

583
00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:50,940
And you will do something.

584
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,240
She says boldly, whatever He says, do it.

585
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,100
Because she's saying, I'm not dictating to you.

586
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,240
But I know your heart.

587
00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:02,000
You're going to do something.

588
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:04,380
So do whatever you need to do.

589
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:06,500
Do whatever you feel to do.

590
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,780
But I know you will do something.

591
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,440
You know, beloved, our imperfections do not hinder

592
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,420
God from answering our humble cry.

593
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,200
Our imperfections and our failures do not prevent

594
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,620
Him when we lift up our voices for

595
00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:25,440
our marriage and for our families.

596
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:30,600
Only our indifference and our unbelief block His

597
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:31,140
ears.

598
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,860
But beloved, awe causes us, inspires us to

599
00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:37,960
pray large.

600
00:23:38,820 --> 00:23:40,620
To pray big.

601
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,720
To pray limitless prayers.

602
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,160
Because an awe and unbelief can't live in

603
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:48,960
the same heart.

604
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,700
And Mary all of a sudden was getting

605
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:54,720
this relationship.

606
00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:58,020
But she knew His heart.

607
00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:02,320
And she was filled with the awe of

608
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,860
who her son really was.

609
00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:05,360
But she knew His heart.

610
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,560
And it made her bold and it made

611
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,680
her ask largely.

612
00:24:13,770 --> 00:24:17,070
And then, when He went and filled those

613
00:24:17,070 --> 00:24:21,290
water pots, I know that she was even

614
00:24:21,290 --> 00:24:22,070
more humble.

615
00:24:23,610 --> 00:24:25,210
And stood in awe of Him when we

616
00:24:25,210 --> 00:24:27,390
discovered the great humility of God.

617
00:24:28,810 --> 00:24:30,570
You see, she found her place.

618
00:24:30,690 --> 00:24:31,470
She heard Him.

619
00:24:32,850 --> 00:24:35,330
But then, in that heartfelt cry, moved by

620
00:24:35,330 --> 00:24:38,770
the Holy Spirit in her, He humbled Himself

621
00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:39,590
and listened to her.

622
00:24:40,550 --> 00:24:41,850
He said, My hour has not come.

623
00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:44,130
But He turned around and did it.

624
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:48,400
Now, He did it in a way that

625
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,360
did not draw attention to Himself.

626
00:24:50,820 --> 00:24:52,900
He did it so only those that knew

627
00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:54,960
Him are supposed to understand what He was

628
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,240
about.

629
00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:57,380
His disciples and her knew.

630
00:24:57,380 --> 00:25:00,520
He did it in a way that when

631
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,160
He said, My hour has not come, beloved,

632
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:03,400
He was talking about the cross.

633
00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,960
Because really, He did not say, My hour

634
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,600
has not come, until He was ready to

635
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:09,620
go to the cross.

636
00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:13,040
When the power and penalty of sin and

637
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,060
darkness that holds us captive was about to

638
00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:15,560
be broken.

639
00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:19,220
But that did not stop Him from somehow

640
00:25:19,220 --> 00:25:21,480
working what He can only work.

641
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,760
A God's solution to a problem put before

642
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,960
Him by a humble heart.

643
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,640
And He worked it out.

644
00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,720
And there was that new wine flowing.

645
00:25:34,060 --> 00:25:37,840
But beloved, God, the humility of God, that

646
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,400
even what seems to be outside His timetable

647
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,720
says, A humble heart, I can't resist.

648
00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:46,660
A humble heart that is in awe of

649
00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:46,760
me.

650
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,820
But we cannot have that awe of God

651
00:25:48,820 --> 00:25:50,340
without a deep set humility.

652
00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:51,640
We cannot.

653
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,420
If we think that we're going to be

654
00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:56,180
in awe of God and the pride in

655
00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:57,400
our heart untouched.

656
00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:02,240
Will not, cannot happen.

657
00:26:03,860 --> 00:26:05,540
But saying, Lord, I want that awe of

658
00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:06,960
you, says that's good, we're going to start

659
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,140
with lesson number one.

660
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,300
Humility 101.

661
00:26:12,690 --> 00:26:14,230
God says, because you see, when you move

662
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:15,830
in a humble heart, I can't resist that

663
00:26:15,830 --> 00:26:16,110
cry.

664
00:26:16,270 --> 00:26:17,730
And I'm going to humble myself.

665
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:21,550
And the scripture says in Psalm 116 verse

666
00:26:21,550 --> 00:26:24,250
1 and 2, the psalmist decried, I love

667
00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:27,230
the Lord because He has heard my voice

668
00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:28,290
and my supplication.

669
00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:31,570
Because He has inclined His ear unto me.

670
00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,850
Therefore will I call upon Him as long

671
00:26:33,850 --> 00:26:34,470
as I live.

672
00:26:35,210 --> 00:26:36,730
So as long as I have breath, there's

673
00:26:36,730 --> 00:26:37,490
going to be a prayer.

674
00:26:38,670 --> 00:26:40,270
As long as I have breath, there's going

675
00:26:40,270 --> 00:26:40,830
to be a prayer.

676
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:43,130
Because in my humble heart that's saying, God,

677
00:26:43,170 --> 00:26:44,350
be God in this situation.

678
00:26:44,550 --> 00:26:46,430
He says, I'm going to incline my ear.

679
00:26:46,430 --> 00:26:49,350
That means I'm going to bend over.

680
00:26:50,370 --> 00:26:51,850
I'm going to listen intently.

681
00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:54,390
I'm going to hear what you have to

682
00:26:54,390 --> 00:26:54,590
say.

683
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:55,870
That's Psalm 116.

684
00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:02,800
He says, when I hear a heart cry,

685
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,000
that's going to have the courage to pray

686
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,640
however you answer it, Lord.

687
00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:11,820
Whatsoever you say, I'll do it.

688
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:12,980
It's open-ended.

689
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,220
Because a humble heart with a humble cry

690
00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:17,260
is not dictating.

691
00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:19,640
It's not saying, it's got to be this

692
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:20,960
way and I've thought it all out and

693
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:21,920
here's what we'll do.

694
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,100
It says, God, I'm humble enough to know

695
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,060
that you are awesome enough that you are

696
00:27:27,060 --> 00:27:29,220
going to fill this situation with yourself.

697
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,920
Ways I can't even begin to think about.

698
00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:32,840
Ways I can't even begin to know about.

699
00:27:33,140 --> 00:27:34,880
Ways that you're going to settle to your

700
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,840
glory and to my good and this situation

701
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,320
in only a God solution.

702
00:27:39,460 --> 00:27:40,720
I can't even begin to think it out.

703
00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:43,780
So however you settle it, God.

704
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,280
That's what a humble heart says.

705
00:27:46,620 --> 00:27:49,220
How many times, beloved, I have been brought

706
00:27:49,220 --> 00:27:53,840
up short by a faithful Holy Spirit when

707
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:54,860
I've just said something.

708
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,540
And the Holy Ghost challenges me and says,

709
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:58,460
what was that about?

710
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:04,620
And I realize, oh no, that was me

711
00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:05,740
wanting praise and glory.

712
00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:10,140
What about when I think about something and

713
00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:12,520
a faithful Holy Ghost checks me off and

714
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:13,380
says, what was that about?

715
00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:17,480
That was me wanting praise and glory, Lord.

716
00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:19,920
He says, what are you going to do

717
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:20,340
with that?

718
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,480
Then Lord, I give it to you.

719
00:28:23,020 --> 00:28:24,760
Because you're teaching me I don't want it.

720
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:26,740
I give it to you.

721
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,080
I was so blessed on Friday I went

722
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,320
to the New Believers class.

723
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,600
And there are two teachers there.

724
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,840
And they were asked a question.

725
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,940
They said, a young believer, well, what's the

726
00:28:39,940 --> 00:28:41,840
difference between humility and meekness?

727
00:28:42,980 --> 00:28:46,260
And I love the answer that these two

728
00:28:46,260 --> 00:28:47,440
men gave.

729
00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:50,380
I love the answer because when I heard

730
00:28:50,380 --> 00:28:54,700
such a humility in them as they gave

731
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:55,240
the answer.

732
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,640
I rejoiced because I saw that God had

733
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,960
placed humble men over the young ones.

734
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,080
It's easy to lord it over the young

735
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:04,380
ones.

736
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,980
It's easy to impress, puff up like you

737
00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:08,600
know something.

738
00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:12,280
But there was such a humility in their

739
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:12,760
answer.

740
00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:17,200
And I thought, Lord, you know I realize

741
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,180
humility is always worked into us.

742
00:29:19,780 --> 00:29:20,920
Always worked in.

743
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,480
It never springs up like a weed.

744
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,280
Humility is like a rose.

745
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,080
It like has to be cultivated.

746
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,320
Tended.

747
00:29:33,260 --> 00:29:35,060
And they said, what's the difference between humility

748
00:29:35,060 --> 00:29:35,840
and meekness?

749
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,740
One teacher said, well, humility is when you

750
00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:41,640
get small in your own sight.

751
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,220
In the presence of something very great.

752
00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:48,560
Have you ever felt small in your own

753
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,340
sight in the presence of something very great?

754
00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:53,460
It's one of the most wonderful feelings in

755
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:53,880
the world.

756
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:55,640
It really is.

757
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,880
Another teacher says, humility is admitting we are

758
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,780
not and we can't.

759
00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:05,520
Because all of us want to have an

760
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,420
image of ourselves and many times God's got

761
00:30:07,420 --> 00:30:08,560
to knock down that image.

762
00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:12,590
That we're not the good guy we thought.

763
00:30:13,850 --> 00:30:15,150
There'll be a lot of people that will

764
00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:16,170
say, I know good people.

765
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,160
But beloved, when we're talking about God and

766
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:22,780
his goodness.

767
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,920
And he says, be perfect as I am

768
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:26,440
perfect.

769
00:30:27,020 --> 00:30:27,860
We're not good.

770
00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:32,360
It's like we could say, everyone in this

771
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:33,860
room, we're going to swim to Hawaii.

772
00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:36,320
I'm a very good swimmer.

773
00:30:36,380 --> 00:30:38,580
And maybe that very good swimmer could swim

774
00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:39,860
16, 18 miles.

775
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,060
But still fall so short.

776
00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:46,060
And beloved, it's walking in that attitude.

777
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,640
Lord, I want to stay in my own

778
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,040
eyes small.

779
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:54,220
Because that's how you get the glory.

780
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,660
This is how I'm going to walk in

781
00:30:55,660 --> 00:30:56,100
awe.

782
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:57,840
This is how you're going to be an

783
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:58,380
awesome God.

784
00:30:58,460 --> 00:31:00,380
This is how when you begin to ask

785
00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:01,520
certain things of me.

786
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,080
Lord, I'm going to be quick to bend

787
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:03,500
my knee.

788
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,000
Because I've got the right picture.

789
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:06,920
I've got a right understanding.

790
00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:08,560
My mind's been expanded now.

791
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,120
To begin to take in just how great

792
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,240
you are a little bit.

793
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:14,260
And what I am in comparison.

794
00:31:14,860 --> 00:31:16,680
The scriptures say, blessed are the pure in

795
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:17,020
heart.

796
00:31:17,420 --> 00:31:19,160
With pure motives they see God.

797
00:31:21,250 --> 00:31:22,910
Now also in this wedding story.

798
00:31:23,790 --> 00:31:25,530
Another key to the whatsoever.

799
00:31:27,050 --> 00:31:28,770
He says to do, do it.

800
00:31:29,270 --> 00:31:30,750
He says to you, do it.

801
00:31:31,710 --> 00:31:33,790
Another key, beloved, is when God starts to

802
00:31:33,790 --> 00:31:36,230
put our hand on the issue of provision

803
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:36,970
in our life.

804
00:31:37,890 --> 00:31:39,950
When he starts to ask us who controls

805
00:31:39,950 --> 00:31:40,250
it.

806
00:31:41,990 --> 00:31:45,070
When we start to ask a strange question

807
00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:47,010
if we really thought about it.

808
00:31:48,430 --> 00:31:49,970
But when the issue of provision comes up,

809
00:31:50,030 --> 00:31:51,630
we go, God, can I trust you with

810
00:31:51,630 --> 00:31:51,850
it?

811
00:31:52,830 --> 00:31:54,090
Well, we say we do.

812
00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:56,830
But God, of course, sees right to the

813
00:31:56,830 --> 00:31:57,550
center of the heart.

814
00:31:58,730 --> 00:32:00,570
Because he made all hearts alike.

815
00:32:01,470 --> 00:32:03,770
He made all hearts the same, he says.

816
00:32:04,530 --> 00:32:05,910
He knows what he's dealing with in the

817
00:32:05,910 --> 00:32:06,490
heart of man.

818
00:32:08,290 --> 00:32:10,570
And it tells us in this parable that

819
00:32:10,570 --> 00:32:11,590
there was no wine.

820
00:32:12,910 --> 00:32:15,050
And yet Mary knew wherever her son Jesus

821
00:32:15,050 --> 00:32:16,970
is, there is no lack.

822
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:20,430
That in his presence there is no lack.

823
00:32:21,310 --> 00:32:22,810
And we need to learn that.

824
00:32:23,090 --> 00:32:24,610
That's got to get into our spirit.

825
00:32:25,090 --> 00:32:27,210
Because, beloved, I will tell you, God will

826
00:32:27,210 --> 00:32:28,730
put his finger on our provision.

827
00:32:28,950 --> 00:32:31,270
Whether it be rich or poor.

828
00:32:31,930 --> 00:32:33,930
And anywhere in that great middle, he is

829
00:32:33,930 --> 00:32:34,710
going to do it.

830
00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:36,810
Because if he's determined to be Lord over

831
00:32:36,810 --> 00:32:38,350
our life, he's going to be Lord over

832
00:32:38,350 --> 00:32:39,230
this area too.

833
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,440
And can we say, when God begins to

834
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,280
touch our provision and begins to speak to

835
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,580
us about things, that God, whatever you do,

836
00:32:50,060 --> 00:32:52,020
whatever you ask me will be right.

837
00:32:52,020 --> 00:32:55,180
Whatever you ask, whatever you're requiring of me

838
00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:56,360
will be for good.

839
00:32:59,450 --> 00:33:02,690
If we could pitchfork souls into heaven as

840
00:33:02,690 --> 00:33:05,490
soon as they got saved, we would not

841
00:33:05,490 --> 00:33:07,410
have to worry about material things.

842
00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:10,350
But since we have to live in this

843
00:33:10,350 --> 00:33:15,730
world, and all that it means, God is

844
00:33:15,730 --> 00:33:17,710
saying, I want you now to trust me

845
00:33:17,710 --> 00:33:22,270
in a very spectacular way for your provision.

846
00:33:24,110 --> 00:33:25,430
Just like at this wedding.

847
00:33:25,950 --> 00:33:26,730
The first miracle.

848
00:33:29,630 --> 00:33:31,050
I believe that God is asking us to

849
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:33,190
be open-handed and generous and give into

850
00:33:33,190 --> 00:33:33,830
hospitality.

851
00:33:35,130 --> 00:33:37,430
Maybe that's an old-fashioned thought or seemingly

852
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:39,330
unworkable thought in New York.

853
00:33:40,090 --> 00:33:41,610
But as the Lord laid that thought in

854
00:33:41,610 --> 00:33:42,850
my heart and I looked up all the

855
00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:45,150
scriptures on hospitality, I was amazed how many

856
00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:46,290
references there were.

857
00:33:48,850 --> 00:33:50,890
Give into hospitality, the scripture says.

858
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:53,390
Be a lover of hospitality.

859
00:33:54,010 --> 00:33:56,710
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

860
00:33:58,290 --> 00:34:00,050
God is saying, now the provision that I've

861
00:34:00,050 --> 00:34:01,610
given you is not just for you.

862
00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:04,510
And I want you to have an open

863
00:34:04,510 --> 00:34:06,390
heart so you can have an open home.

864
00:34:08,310 --> 00:34:10,690
He's saying that many have entertained angels and

865
00:34:10,690 --> 00:34:11,449
didn't know it.

866
00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:14,489
When they opened up their heart and then

867
00:34:14,489 --> 00:34:15,389
opened up their home.

868
00:34:17,210 --> 00:34:18,929
There's an area here we need to hear

869
00:34:18,929 --> 00:34:19,690
him on this.

870
00:34:21,230 --> 00:34:23,510
Say, Lord, I need to be open to

871
00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:23,810
this.

872
00:34:25,330 --> 00:34:27,710
For some, maybe the hospitality in the New

873
00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:30,850
York style is taking an interest in people

874
00:34:30,850 --> 00:34:32,610
and spending time over a cup of coffee.

875
00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:36,949
But God is saying as mature saints, He's

876
00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:38,469
saying that I'm going to open your heart

877
00:34:38,469 --> 00:34:41,710
and I want you to use hospitality one

878
00:34:41,710 --> 00:34:42,210
with another.

879
00:34:43,270 --> 00:34:45,190
There are too many people that come in

880
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:47,210
to this place and they've sat here for

881
00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:48,730
months and they don't know the name of

882
00:34:48,730 --> 00:34:49,370
one person.

883
00:34:50,489 --> 00:34:52,650
There are too many lonely people here in

884
00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:54,690
this place and it ought not to be

885
00:34:54,690 --> 00:34:55,050
so.

886
00:34:56,090 --> 00:34:57,550
And if we were open to the Holy

887
00:34:57,550 --> 00:34:59,890
Spirit and say, God, please show me who

888
00:34:59,890 --> 00:35:01,690
it is that you want me to extend

889
00:35:01,690 --> 00:35:04,170
your hand to and your ear to.

890
00:35:04,170 --> 00:35:06,090
And to show some concern.

891
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:10,650
Beloved, sometimes it's in these simplest and smallest

892
00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:13,850
of things that we feel we have a

893
00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:14,870
liberty not to listen.

894
00:35:16,980 --> 00:35:20,320
But when we were given to hospitality, there

895
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,840
is something awesome that happens.

896
00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:27,980
You know, when we were just young marrieds

897
00:35:27,980 --> 00:35:29,640
and there was only one income coming in.

898
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,680
My husband was given to hospitality.

899
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,820
And he was forever inviting people over to

900
00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:36,400
our house.

901
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,680
And I was not a lover of hospitality.

902
00:35:48,780 --> 00:35:51,020
But, you know, over the over those times

903
00:35:51,020 --> 00:35:53,540
when I look back, that was the beginning

904
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,800
of miracles in my life.

905
00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:58,160
That was the beginning of having that sense

906
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,640
of God, you are awesome.

907
00:35:59,980 --> 00:36:01,460
And you care about the little things and

908
00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:02,140
the big things.

909
00:36:02,620 --> 00:36:05,520
And you take care of things that that

910
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,140
only I fully understand.

911
00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:08,160
Lord, this was you.

912
00:36:08,660 --> 00:36:10,700
One time after church, he invited a whole

913
00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:11,400
crowd over.

914
00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:12,560
And I knew it was such a tiny

915
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:12,960
roast.

916
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:14,820
And when I got to the oven and

917
00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:16,300
opened it up, it had shrunk to the

918
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:17,200
size of a baseball.

919
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,840
And everybody is in the living room hungry

920
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:24,420
and waiting.

921
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:27,520
Finally, it was a long time I was

922
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,100
standing in disbelief in the kitchen.

923
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,540
My husband comes out and he goes, what

924
00:36:32,540 --> 00:36:32,900
are you doing?

925
00:36:32,980 --> 00:36:33,460
What's the matter?

926
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,240
And I said, look.

927
00:36:41,940 --> 00:36:43,560
But you've got to cut it so thin,

928
00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:44,880
if a piece drops to the floor, it

929
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:45,640
goes like this.

930
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,000
And God granted him an anointing to cut

931
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,000
the roast like that.

932
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:57,920
And we just put it on a piece

933
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,520
of bun and, you know, put some gravy

934
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,120
on it and macaroni salad.

935
00:37:01,260 --> 00:37:01,720
And guess what?

936
00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:02,520
I had leftovers.

937
00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:18,630
Just enough for this little family.

938
00:37:19,890 --> 00:37:21,870
And my sister-in-law was over.

939
00:37:21,870 --> 00:37:24,810
And all of a sudden, you know, the

940
00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,290
phone rings.

941
00:37:26,530 --> 00:37:28,070
And it's some people that I'd met a

942
00:37:28,070 --> 00:37:30,010
long, long time ago on the other side

943
00:37:30,010 --> 00:37:30,450
of Canada.

944
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:31,470
And I said, you know, if you're ever

945
00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:32,590
in the area, drop round.

946
00:37:32,730 --> 00:37:33,370
And they did.

947
00:37:35,530 --> 00:37:36,650
With their family.

948
00:37:37,770 --> 00:37:39,230
And my sister-in-law is looking at

949
00:37:39,230 --> 00:37:40,730
me and saying, I don't know how you're

950
00:37:40,730 --> 00:37:41,310
going to do this.

951
00:37:42,310 --> 00:37:43,330
This is a true story.

952
00:37:43,690 --> 00:37:45,850
Five minutes later, I hear a car in

953
00:37:45,850 --> 00:37:46,290
the driveway.

954
00:37:46,590 --> 00:37:48,110
And I go and I look in the

955
00:37:48,110 --> 00:37:48,450
driveway.

956
00:37:48,610 --> 00:37:49,590
And I can't believe it.

957
00:37:49,590 --> 00:37:52,650
But it's this family with five kids.

958
00:37:53,870 --> 00:37:55,890
And they were coming right at dinner time.

959
00:37:56,830 --> 00:37:58,390
And I knew that meant something.

960
00:37:59,890 --> 00:38:01,270
And when I got out of the car,

961
00:38:01,450 --> 00:38:04,070
I recognized it was the family that didn't

962
00:38:04,070 --> 00:38:05,150
like us very much.

963
00:38:08,140 --> 00:38:09,600
Spoke about us a lot.

964
00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:12,160
And was like, Lord, please don't let me

965
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,780
be ashamed in front of them.

966
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,700
And they came in and I knew there

967
00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:17,980
was a reason that they were there at

968
00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:18,660
the time they were.

969
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:19,920
And I invited them for supper.

970
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,280
By this time, my sister-in-law is

971
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,320
looking around the room.

972
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,300
It's standing room only in the kitchen.

973
00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:30,000
Then I hear a noise in the driveway

974
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,420
again.

975
00:38:30,540 --> 00:38:31,940
Two motorcycles pull up.

976
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,240
And it's my husband's brother and a friend

977
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,580
on a cross-Canada trip pulling in.

978
00:38:38,220 --> 00:38:42,410
And then her son.

979
00:38:47,630 --> 00:38:48,810
And this much hamburger.

980
00:38:53,340 --> 00:38:55,000
And, God, there's got to be a reason.

981
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:56,880
I had to believe that.

982
00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:57,900
I had nothing else to believe.

983
00:39:03,930 --> 00:39:05,390
Again, I had leftovers.

984
00:39:05,390 --> 00:39:07,770
I don't know how he multiplied that dinner.

985
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,160
And then I knew why he had a

986
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,960
reason why he brought all those people together.

987
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,940
He was doing something in our midst.

988
00:39:25,180 --> 00:39:26,640
Beloved, do you have a place that people

989
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:27,360
can go to?

990
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,080
Do you have a place people can drop

991
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:29,420
into?

992
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,580
Is there a place where there's a welcome?

993
00:39:35,710 --> 00:39:38,650
You know, after the spaghetti miracle.

994
00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:48,530
God was bringing us on to other tests.

995
00:39:50,350 --> 00:39:52,370
One time the Lord said, I want you

996
00:39:52,370 --> 00:39:54,770
to take your reserve.

997
00:39:54,850 --> 00:39:56,730
And I want you to buy this other

998
00:39:56,730 --> 00:39:57,570
pastor a car.

999
00:39:59,090 --> 00:40:00,810
And that was hard for us.

1000
00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:03,410
Because that was the reserve.

1001
00:40:03,650 --> 00:40:05,410
That's what all there was.

1002
00:40:05,850 --> 00:40:07,210
And, you know, with a family of five,

1003
00:40:07,370 --> 00:40:09,570
three children, you can think of reasons why

1004
00:40:09,570 --> 00:40:10,490
you might need that.

1005
00:40:11,650 --> 00:40:13,490
But when I look back, God was saying

1006
00:40:13,490 --> 00:40:14,450
in the little things.

1007
00:40:14,690 --> 00:40:16,150
It started with the hospitality.

1008
00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:18,330
Was I faithful to you?

1009
00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:22,570
In a way that only the hostess could

1010
00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:23,990
fully rejoice in him.

1011
00:40:25,130 --> 00:40:27,150
And understand, even in those little things, God,

1012
00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:29,130
you saw and you were so faithful and

1013
00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:30,150
you had a purpose in it.

1014
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:32,790
And it gives us courage when he takes

1015
00:40:32,790 --> 00:40:34,350
us to the next step where he's saying,

1016
00:40:34,430 --> 00:40:35,590
I want you to do this.

1017
00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:39,470
Because he's a gracious God and he takes

1018
00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:41,390
us in the steps that are needed, that

1019
00:40:41,390 --> 00:40:42,630
we can follow him in.

1020
00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:45,030
He doesn't take the giant steps if we're

1021
00:40:45,030 --> 00:40:45,550
babies.

1022
00:40:46,030 --> 00:40:47,630
We start with the baby steps.

1023
00:40:48,910 --> 00:40:50,510
And when he asked us about the car

1024
00:40:50,510 --> 00:40:52,150
and the Lord was able to do that,

1025
00:40:52,170 --> 00:40:52,790
I tell you something.

1026
00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:56,110
We have never lacked for a vehicle the

1027
00:40:56,110 --> 00:40:57,230
rest of our life.

1028
00:40:58,030 --> 00:40:59,390
God has more than supplied.

1029
00:40:59,810 --> 00:41:01,590
God has more than given to us in

1030
00:41:01,590 --> 00:41:02,210
that area.

1031
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:04,490
No, we don't give to get, but I'm

1032
00:41:04,490 --> 00:41:07,970
telling you that if we obey him, God

1033
00:41:07,970 --> 00:41:08,810
shows up.

1034
00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:10,690
And God does miracles.

1035
00:41:10,690 --> 00:41:12,670
And he gives more than we can ever

1036
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:13,510
think or know.

1037
00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:15,810
And we begin to have a testimony of

1038
00:41:15,810 --> 00:41:17,030
the awesomeness of God.

1039
00:41:17,490 --> 00:41:19,170
In a way that delights us.

1040
00:41:19,390 --> 00:41:20,710
In a way that we're able to say

1041
00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:21,530
he is faithful.

1042
00:41:22,110 --> 00:41:24,950
That when we obey him, we open up

1043
00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:26,010
the zipper of heaven.

1044
00:41:26,610 --> 00:41:28,570
And that a blessing that he is longing

1045
00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:31,530
to give us is being poured out upon

1046
00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:31,890
us.

1047
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:34,510
That his people can have built into them

1048
00:41:34,510 --> 00:41:36,790
a sense we serve an awesome God.

1049
00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:39,410
And the fear level lowers every time we

1050
00:41:39,410 --> 00:41:40,950
remember those testimonies.

1051
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,120
Wednesday, this young couple had this wedding feast.

1052
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:48,720
You can see the type.

1053
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,380
They just said, let's just invite everybody.

1054
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:53,820
And they did.

1055
00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:55,780
And then what happened?

1056
00:41:55,860 --> 00:41:57,280
It looked like the provision was going to

1057
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:57,880
run out.

1058
00:41:58,540 --> 00:42:01,480
But when they entertained at their wedding, they

1059
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:03,260
entertained greater than angels.

1060
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:06,200
There was one greater than angels there.

1061
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,040
And he put a blessing on that marriage

1062
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,160
as such as no other marriage could have.

1063
00:42:13,020 --> 00:42:14,400
He said that there's going to be a

1064
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,520
new wine flowing in this place.

1065
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,660
There's going to be a new glow and

1066
00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:20,920
a new glory upon this couple that have

1067
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,640
an open hearted approach to me and to

1068
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:25,340
my people.

1069
00:42:26,420 --> 00:42:27,920
Beloved, how can we say, God, I want

1070
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,440
a wide open heart to you and we're

1071
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:30,920
so narrow with each other.

1072
00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,380
We have such a closed heart, one towards

1073
00:42:33,380 --> 00:42:33,760
another.

1074
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,420
God says, I'll be a miracle working God

1075
00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:37,660
and I'll fill you with awe.

1076
00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:39,640
But it starts with the little things.

1077
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,300
It starts in being faithful in the small

1078
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:43,860
things I'm commanding you.

1079
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:50,560
God came through that wedding because there was

1080
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:51,780
a transfer of trust.

1081
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:58,040
Now, beloved, God also to give that sense

1082
00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,720
that he is an awesome God, sooner or

1083
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:00,820
later he's going to ask us to do

1084
00:43:00,820 --> 00:43:01,780
something we don't want to do.

1085
00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:04,900
You know it, I know it.

1086
00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:07,760
He's going to ask something that we don't

1087
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:08,440
want to do.

1088
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:10,380
We're going to say we can't do it.

1089
00:43:12,140 --> 00:43:14,060
And if there's something like that in our

1090
00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:16,220
hearts, know it's going to happen sooner than

1091
00:43:16,220 --> 00:43:16,600
later.

1092
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,000
Mary came to Jesus and she said, we

1093
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:20,780
have no wine.

1094
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,420
Now, it's not recorded in scripture.

1095
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,960
But maybe, just maybe her first response was

1096
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,820
that, what has that got to do with

1097
00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:30,120
me?

1098
00:43:31,620 --> 00:43:33,680
Why should I be concerned about that?

1099
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,220
What can I do about that?

1100
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,760
Yes, I know Jesus is here, but it's

1101
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:40,580
not his time.

1102
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:42,740
It's not now.

1103
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,520
But the scripture does tell us she did

1104
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:47,440
go to his son.

1105
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:49,960
She did go.

1106
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,220
Beloved, many times when God's going to put

1107
00:43:54,220 --> 00:43:56,800
some, when he puts his finger on something

1108
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,240
now, he's going to deal with now.

1109
00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:03,300
Even in this message, our first response many

1110
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:05,220
times is going to be, not here, not

1111
00:44:05,220 --> 00:44:05,660
now.

1112
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,400
God, I'm not ready.

1113
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,020
I can't do that.

1114
00:44:11,340 --> 00:44:13,780
I can't forgive and release that one.

1115
00:44:14,860 --> 00:44:17,040
I can't go back there and not lie.

1116
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,040
I can't, Lord, be honest in this area.

1117
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,200
It'll bring me shame.

1118
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,360
Be too many questions.

1119
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:26,920
I can't, I can't.

1120
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,620
I can't is I won't.

1121
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,500
God says that if we will take that

1122
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:39,300
step, say, God, I need the grace to

1123
00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:42,500
want to obey you.

1124
00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:45,340
God says if you'll make that first step

1125
00:44:45,340 --> 00:44:46,380
that you will be willing.

1126
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,160
He says, I'm going to fill the empty

1127
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:48,900
water pots.

1128
00:44:50,060 --> 00:44:53,340
Because when we start to resist him and

1129
00:44:53,340 --> 00:44:56,660
not to obey, we're going to be empty.

1130
00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,560
God says, look, my heart is to fill

1131
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:00,400
you on this place.

1132
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:02,000
I'm going to work it out in a

1133
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,420
way you could never understand how I would

1134
00:45:04,420 --> 00:45:04,940
do that.

1135
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,060
He says that when you obey me in

1136
00:45:09,060 --> 00:45:15,340
this place, when you make me willing, I've

1137
00:45:15,340 --> 00:45:17,620
got a glory and a blessing for you

1138
00:45:17,620 --> 00:45:20,000
that all your life you're going to reap

1139
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:20,920
the benefit of.

1140
00:45:22,660 --> 00:45:24,680
All your life you're going to look back

1141
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,380
and that is going to be a testimony

1142
00:45:26,380 --> 00:45:28,180
that no man will take from you.

1143
00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:30,620
And it will be the strength from which

1144
00:45:30,620 --> 00:45:31,920
you'll take the next step.

1145
00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:35,440
But beloved, if we say no and we

1146
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:36,520
keep saying no.

1147
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:40,480
It gets so easy to let that be

1148
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,500
our first response.

1149
00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:44,560
It gets to be a place where we

1150
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,140
have a tin pot testimony.

1151
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,120
It's so tinny because it's so hypocritical.

1152
00:45:53,220 --> 00:45:57,000
I remember not too long ago, I've shared

1153
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,720
this with you, but I don't usually talk

1154
00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:01,560
a lot about myself.

1155
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,640
But there's no way I can kind of

1156
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,320
describe the journey of learning an awe of

1157
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:10,180
God except that it sounds so theological.

1158
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:13,260
But when we see it in each other's

1159
00:46:13,260 --> 00:46:14,900
lives, we kind of get what we mean.

1160
00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,500
But there was a day that I totally

1161
00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:19,240
resisted.

1162
00:46:19,300 --> 00:46:20,840
I did not want to do what God

1163
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,000
was asking me to do.

1164
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,420
I had a huge fear of man.

1165
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,460
And in that huge fear of man, it's

1166
00:46:30,460 --> 00:46:31,640
a snare, the Bible says.

1167
00:46:31,740 --> 00:46:34,440
It's a snare because it's the kind of

1168
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,080
thing that brings torment to your soul.

1169
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,760
It's where you definitely need the approval of

1170
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,040
people.

1171
00:46:40,860 --> 00:46:43,640
It's where pride is uppermost in your heart.

1172
00:46:44,380 --> 00:46:46,480
It is where you're very critical of others.

1173
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:49,060
It is a terrible place to be.

1174
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,320
And when I saw that woman teach, and

1175
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,100
I saw glory upon her, and I knew

1176
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:56,260
I could never know that.

1177
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,300
Because God was dealing with me about my

1178
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:00,000
fear of man.

1179
00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:04,680
And I remember one time sitting down there,

1180
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:06,100
and the Holy Spirit spoke to me, and

1181
00:47:06,100 --> 00:47:08,080
He said, Someday you're going to speak up

1182
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:08,300
here.

1183
00:47:09,340 --> 00:47:12,300
And I remember almost rebuking that thought, thinking

1184
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:13,120
it was the devil.

1185
00:47:15,240 --> 00:47:16,100
So it do.

1186
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,940
But over time it became clear that that's

1187
00:47:22,940 --> 00:47:24,080
what God wanted me to do.

1188
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:25,520
And I remember if some of you were

1189
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,560
here then, I would get up, and it

1190
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:28,800
was agonizing.

1191
00:47:29,460 --> 00:47:31,240
It was agonizing for me.

1192
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,680
It was agonizing for you.

1193
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:43,300
This is too hard.

1194
00:47:43,380 --> 00:47:44,400
I don't want to do this anymore.

1195
00:47:44,620 --> 00:47:45,520
This is too hard.

1196
00:47:45,620 --> 00:47:46,600
This is too painful.

1197
00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:48,720
And I'm not even good at it.

1198
00:47:50,460 --> 00:47:52,240
God gets somebody up there who knows what

1199
00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:52,820
they're doing.

1200
00:47:54,500 --> 00:47:56,320
I just found out God's not looking for

1201
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:57,360
people who know what they're doing.

1202
00:47:58,160 --> 00:47:59,940
He's looking for people who know what He's

1203
00:47:59,940 --> 00:48:00,260
doing.

1204
00:48:07,060 --> 00:48:08,520
But there came a day when I said,

1205
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:09,940
God, I don't want to do this anymore.

1206
00:48:10,060 --> 00:48:13,320
There is an agony, and I agonize.

1207
00:48:13,820 --> 00:48:14,900
I am afraid.

1208
00:48:15,020 --> 00:48:16,140
I don't want to do this.

1209
00:48:16,140 --> 00:48:18,020
And God answered me with one big, huge

1210
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:18,820
silence.

1211
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:22,580
That's what He does a lot of times.

1212
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:24,860
And the silence continued.

1213
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:30,700
Till finally, in that small, still voice, He

1214
00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:32,500
says, am I calling you to do this?

1215
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,260
Am I calling you to do this?

1216
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,380
And if it's me calling, will I equip

1217
00:48:38,380 --> 00:48:38,640
you?

1218
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:42,040
See, we can argue on lots of levels.

1219
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:44,060
We can take it where we think we're

1220
00:48:44,060 --> 00:48:44,660
going to win.

1221
00:48:44,660 --> 00:48:46,920
On the ground, we've got the argument.

1222
00:48:47,820 --> 00:48:49,500
He said, I'm not talking about your ability.

1223
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:51,560
I'm not discussing that.

1224
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,000
He says, I'm telling you.

1225
00:48:54,340 --> 00:48:55,360
I'm telling you.

1226
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,420
I'm asking you.

1227
00:48:58,100 --> 00:48:58,880
Will you?

1228
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,140
And the strange thing is, I felt I

1229
00:49:02,140 --> 00:49:03,160
had a choice in it.

1230
00:49:10,430 --> 00:49:14,350
But I knew, if I said no to

1231
00:49:14,350 --> 00:49:21,610
this, that frustrated, fretting, anxious, selfish, proud, no

1232
00:49:21,610 --> 00:49:26,170
trust, no obedience, no joy, countenance would be

1233
00:49:26,170 --> 00:49:26,450
mine.

1234
00:49:27,670 --> 00:49:29,510
And not only would I pay, but all

1235
00:49:29,510 --> 00:49:30,330
those around me.

1236
00:49:30,890 --> 00:49:32,890
And the testimony of Christ would suffer.

1237
00:49:35,830 --> 00:49:38,810
And so, grace was given.

1238
00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:42,330
And by grace, I saw that the world

1239
00:49:42,330 --> 00:49:44,550
did not need one more follower of a

1240
00:49:44,550 --> 00:49:47,070
humble and powerful Jesus Christ.

1241
00:49:47,210 --> 00:49:49,610
A follower who would betray Him like that.

1242
00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:54,730
A follower who would portray Him as a

1243
00:49:54,730 --> 00:49:56,810
God who would be unable to deliver me

1244
00:49:56,810 --> 00:49:57,610
from my bondage.

1245
00:49:57,670 --> 00:50:00,430
When all along, I had chosen that bondage.

1246
00:50:00,910 --> 00:50:02,730
When I chose not to trust it.

1247
00:50:03,750 --> 00:50:06,870
Beloved, the rebellious dwell in a tried land.

1248
00:50:07,950 --> 00:50:09,450
With no awe of God.

1249
00:50:11,630 --> 00:50:13,190
But I found out He turned water to

1250
00:50:13,190 --> 00:50:13,550
wine.

1251
00:50:14,830 --> 00:50:17,030
I found out He turns the ordinary to

1252
00:50:17,030 --> 00:50:19,950
extraordinary when we seek to glorify Him.

1253
00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:22,350
When we say, Lord, let You get the

1254
00:50:22,350 --> 00:50:22,730
glory.

1255
00:50:23,250 --> 00:50:25,290
Lord, it's a privilege for me to praise

1256
00:50:25,290 --> 00:50:25,530
You.

1257
00:50:26,550 --> 00:50:28,570
It's a privilege for me to tell the

1258
00:50:28,570 --> 00:50:29,890
great things You've done.

1259
00:50:30,810 --> 00:50:33,130
It's a privilege to say I'm empty and

1260
00:50:33,130 --> 00:50:34,310
have You fill me.

1261
00:50:35,770 --> 00:50:38,230
And then see You pour out living water.

1262
00:50:39,350 --> 00:50:42,530
Beloved, I'm so glad that the grace was

1263
00:50:42,530 --> 00:50:43,810
given to say yes.

1264
00:50:45,050 --> 00:50:47,150
That I can begin to know an awe

1265
00:50:47,150 --> 00:50:48,070
in my heart.

1266
00:50:48,870 --> 00:50:50,830
And I can truly say that He has

1267
00:50:50,830 --> 00:50:52,390
saved the best for last.

1268
00:50:53,110 --> 00:50:55,030
And every day is the last.

1269
00:50:55,090 --> 00:50:56,710
And every day it keeps getting better.

1270
00:50:57,650 --> 00:51:01,690
You know, this year is the first year

1271
00:51:01,690 --> 00:51:04,090
that I have lived longer being saved than

1272
00:51:04,090 --> 00:51:04,690
unsaved.

1273
00:51:05,970 --> 00:51:13,780
I was saved when I was 23 years

1274
00:51:13,780 --> 00:51:14,100
old.

1275
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,220
And I walked with Him 24 years.

1276
00:51:20,180 --> 00:51:25,320
And you know, looking back, now in my

1277
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:26,260
24th year.

1278
00:51:27,060 --> 00:51:29,680
I can say I feel so established.

1279
00:51:30,460 --> 00:51:31,960
So settled in Him.

1280
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:34,880
This is a testimony He has done in

1281
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:35,160
me.

1282
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,280
I have given Him some very timid yeses.

1283
00:51:39,860 --> 00:51:42,220
I have almost closed my eyes and held

1284
00:51:42,220 --> 00:51:42,980
out a hand.

1285
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:44,760
So reluctantly.

1286
00:51:45,180 --> 00:51:46,720
But He was so gracious to me.

1287
00:51:46,860 --> 00:51:48,200
And He was so humble to me.

1288
00:51:48,340 --> 00:51:49,820
And He was so powerful to me.

1289
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,600
And He was so faithful to me.

1290
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:54,680
And He took me through places of my

1291
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:55,100
heart.

1292
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:57,200
And places and seasons of my life.

1293
00:51:57,500 --> 00:51:59,280
And all He did was good to me.

1294
00:51:59,560 --> 00:52:01,560
And all He did was set me up

1295
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:02,540
on a hill.

1296
00:52:03,060 --> 00:52:04,460
Over my enemies.

1297
00:52:09,940 --> 00:52:10,600
Set me free.

1298
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,240
All He has ever done is put a

1299
00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:13,980
glory in my soul that I did not

1300
00:52:13,980 --> 00:52:14,420
deserve.

1301
00:52:16,820 --> 00:52:18,740
When we start walking with Him, you know,

1302
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,180
we walk what seems like contrary to the

1303
00:52:21,180 --> 00:52:21,380
world.

1304
00:52:21,380 --> 00:52:24,560
But we're that salmon swimming upstream against everybody

1305
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,360
and against, against.

1306
00:52:27,580 --> 00:52:29,300
And you know, we feel like the religious

1307
00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:31,540
hate us and are offended when we say

1308
00:52:31,540 --> 00:52:32,300
the name Jesus.

1309
00:52:32,900 --> 00:52:35,020
And the partyers scorn us.

1310
00:52:35,560 --> 00:52:38,220
And the lust-laden pity us and revile

1311
00:52:38,220 --> 00:52:38,620
us.

1312
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:43,960
But beloved Psalm 119.61 says, Princes have

1313
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:45,920
persecuted me without a cause.

1314
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:48,700
But my heart stands in awe of thy

1315
00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:49,140
work.

1316
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,700
And give me a new heart and a

1317
00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:06,260
new spirit.

1318
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:08,020
I wasn't moving against the world.

1319
00:53:08,140 --> 00:53:10,300
Jesus Christ came and lifted me up and

1320
00:53:10,300 --> 00:53:11,060
over it.

1321
00:53:12,060 --> 00:53:21,770
Have grace in

1322
00:53:21,770 --> 00:53:22,070
Him.

1323
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,240
He's taught me relinquish it to Him.

1324
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:33,380
Give it to Him.

1325
00:53:33,420 --> 00:53:35,620
Because the outcome will be a glory and

1326
00:53:35,620 --> 00:53:36,860
an awe in my soul.

1327
00:53:38,540 --> 00:53:41,500
God does not need my permission to rearrange

1328
00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:42,060
my life.

1329
00:53:42,580 --> 00:53:45,480
And God does not owe me an explanation

1330
00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:49,080
if bad things or hard things happen.

1331
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,720
Because beloved, I know something so deep in

1332
00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:53,980
me.

1333
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,380
That He reigns over me with love.

1334
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:59,280
And He reigns in me to subdue my

1335
00:53:59,280 --> 00:53:59,660
enemies.

1336
00:53:59,820 --> 00:54:01,960
And a heart sometimes that's contrary to Him.

1337
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,020
And He reigns through me.

1338
00:54:04,500 --> 00:54:06,100
And I give Him all the glory for

1339
00:54:06,100 --> 00:54:06,380
that.

1340
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:10,820
Beloved, there are dark days ahead.

1341
00:54:11,740 --> 00:54:13,260
There are dark days for the church.

1342
00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:15,140
There are very dark days for the world.

1343
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:19,020
And those that can dwell in the secret

1344
00:54:19,020 --> 00:54:20,260
place of the Most High.

1345
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:21,960
Dwell in an awe land.

1346
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:23,060
A glory land.

1347
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:24,740
Of knowing He reigns.

1348
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:26,220
And no matter how bad it is all

1349
00:54:26,220 --> 00:54:26,780
around us.

1350
00:54:26,900 --> 00:54:28,700
That a thousand shall fall at our right

1351
00:54:28,700 --> 00:54:28,880
hand.

1352
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,300
And ten thousand on the other.

1353
00:54:35,090 --> 00:54:37,010
That we will not give way to fear.

1354
00:54:37,010 --> 00:54:39,110
We will not give way to the anxiousness

1355
00:54:39,110 --> 00:54:39,690
and the doubt.

1356
00:54:39,830 --> 00:54:42,070
That's going to make the heart of the

1357
00:54:42,070 --> 00:54:43,890
world melt like wax.

1358
00:54:46,470 --> 00:54:47,790
There's going to be a day where the

1359
00:54:47,790 --> 00:54:49,950
confusion and the terror and the lust.

1360
00:54:50,250 --> 00:54:51,470
And the sin of this world.

1361
00:54:51,810 --> 00:54:53,890
Is going to go way over our heads.

1362
00:54:54,990 --> 00:54:57,190
And only those that are in Christ.

1363
00:54:57,510 --> 00:54:59,510
And can keep bowing their knee because they

1364
00:54:59,510 --> 00:55:00,230
have an awe of Him.

1365
00:55:00,290 --> 00:55:01,050
You will be God.

1366
00:55:01,130 --> 00:55:02,110
You will reign over this.

1367
00:55:02,350 --> 00:55:04,570
I do not let fear reign over me.

1368
00:55:04,770 --> 00:55:06,370
I submit to your glory.

1369
00:55:06,370 --> 00:55:08,550
I say you're going to be God through

1370
00:55:08,550 --> 00:55:08,790
this.

1371
00:55:08,850 --> 00:55:10,310
And you'll protect and take me through.

1372
00:55:10,550 --> 00:55:12,030
Those that are going to stand in the

1373
00:55:12,030 --> 00:55:12,710
last days.

1374
00:55:13,530 --> 00:55:13,970
Beloved.

1375
00:55:14,830 --> 00:55:16,190
He's looking for a people that have an

1376
00:55:16,190 --> 00:55:17,490
awe of Him in their soul.

1377
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:21,860
And we get that by a radical obedience.

1378
00:55:24,620 --> 00:55:26,700
We get that through obedience in the hard

1379
00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:27,160
places.

1380
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:29,140
Beloved, He will give us.

1381
00:55:29,720 --> 00:55:31,320
He will give us that grace.

1382
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:32,660
To say yes.

1383
00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:35,000
To what we need to.

1384
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:36,600
Will you stand with me?

1385
00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:56,870
The musicians come.

1386
00:55:58,230 --> 00:55:59,350
For some in this place.

1387
00:56:00,130 --> 00:56:01,810
Your very first miracle.

1388
00:56:02,410 --> 00:56:04,230
I say this with all the love in

1389
00:56:04,230 --> 00:56:04,590
my heart.

1390
00:56:04,650 --> 00:56:05,950
But your very first miracle.

1391
00:56:06,470 --> 00:56:08,030
Has got to be you're going to trust

1392
00:56:08,030 --> 00:56:08,950
Him to say yes.

1393
00:56:09,330 --> 00:56:10,750
To what He's dealing with you about.

1394
00:56:12,310 --> 00:56:14,130
Your first miracle to say yes.

1395
00:56:15,270 --> 00:56:16,870
That the Lord has spoken to you.

1396
00:56:17,770 --> 00:56:19,470
And you're asking Him for the grace to

1397
00:56:19,470 --> 00:56:20,870
face what you must face today.

1398
00:56:21,030 --> 00:56:21,990
What you must face.

1399
00:56:22,250 --> 00:56:23,790
You do not take a step farther in

1400
00:56:23,790 --> 00:56:24,190
Christ.

1401
00:56:24,850 --> 00:56:25,970
Till this issue is settled.

1402
00:56:27,290 --> 00:56:28,210
Will you come?

1403
00:56:30,370 --> 00:56:31,090
Some of the most.

1404
00:56:31,970 --> 00:56:32,410
Costliest.

1405
00:56:33,730 --> 00:56:35,510
Things we can ever say is that three

1406
00:56:35,510 --> 00:56:36,210
letter word.

1407
00:56:36,430 --> 00:56:36,730
Yes.

1408
00:56:37,590 --> 00:56:38,310
Yes Lord.

1409
00:56:39,790 --> 00:56:41,050
But Jesus Christ.

1410
00:56:41,590 --> 00:56:43,530
Said a very costly yes for us.

1411
00:56:44,090 --> 00:56:45,350
When He went to the cross.

1412
00:56:45,810 --> 00:56:46,910
He says you're not going to walk this

1413
00:56:46,910 --> 00:56:47,310
alone.

1414
00:56:48,050 --> 00:56:49,190
You're going to turn around.

1415
00:56:50,110 --> 00:56:51,830
And all of hell is going to come

1416
00:56:51,830 --> 00:56:53,250
against you to take that yes.

1417
00:56:53,330 --> 00:56:54,610
Out of your heart and spirit.

1418
00:56:55,130 --> 00:56:57,030
He says I'm going to walk with you.

1419
00:56:57,770 --> 00:56:58,970
And that yes is going to be a

1420
00:56:58,970 --> 00:56:59,450
reality.

1421
00:57:00,430 --> 00:57:01,790
Beloved the enemy is going to try to

1422
00:57:01,790 --> 00:57:02,250
tell you.

1423
00:57:02,350 --> 00:57:03,450
If you do this thing.

1424
00:57:04,130 --> 00:57:05,810
If you commit to do this thing.

1425
00:57:06,130 --> 00:57:08,030
And he will start to pick a pincher.

1426
00:57:08,330 --> 00:57:10,310
Of what your obedience is going to be.

1427
00:57:11,210 --> 00:57:12,570
But in Psalm 27.

1428
00:57:12,810 --> 00:57:13,450
Two lines.

1429
00:57:14,090 --> 00:57:15,570
I want to read to you the truth.

1430
00:57:16,770 --> 00:57:17,350
It says.

1431
00:57:18,530 --> 00:57:20,690
When the wicked even my enemies and my

1432
00:57:20,690 --> 00:57:22,550
foes came upon me to eat up my

1433
00:57:22,550 --> 00:57:23,010
flesh.

1434
00:57:23,010 --> 00:57:24,690
They stumbled and fell.

1435
00:57:25,030 --> 00:57:27,610
Though a host should encamp against me.

1436
00:57:27,890 --> 00:57:29,610
My heart shall not fear.

1437
00:57:30,010 --> 00:57:31,890
Though war should rise against me.

1438
00:57:32,270 --> 00:57:34,170
In this will I be confident.

1439
00:57:34,790 --> 00:57:37,510
The Lord is my light and my salvation.

1440
00:57:37,890 --> 00:57:39,090
Whom shall I fear?

1441
00:57:39,770 --> 00:57:42,030
The Lord is the strength of my life.

1442
00:57:42,530 --> 00:57:44,750
Of whom shall I be afraid?

1443
00:57:45,690 --> 00:57:47,930
Beloved God knows what this yes means.

1444
00:57:48,430 --> 00:57:50,610
And sometimes the first few yeses are the

1445
00:57:50,610 --> 00:57:51,290
most costly.

1446
00:57:51,790 --> 00:57:53,070
But I'll tell you.

1447
00:57:53,690 --> 00:57:55,090
The whole power of heaven.

1448
00:57:55,330 --> 00:57:56,970
And the glory of Jesus Christ.

1449
00:57:57,090 --> 00:57:58,150
Will come into you.

1450
00:57:58,290 --> 00:57:59,610
And you're going to be changed.

1451
00:57:59,850 --> 00:58:01,270
You're going to get a God solution.

1452
00:58:01,630 --> 00:58:02,930
God's going to make a way that you

1453
00:58:02,930 --> 00:58:04,070
could never even envision.

1454
00:58:04,450 --> 00:58:06,050
He's going to turn something that was going

1455
00:58:06,050 --> 00:58:07,030
to be so incredible.

1456
00:58:07,330 --> 00:58:08,690
And all your life you're going to have

1457
00:58:08,690 --> 00:58:09,470
a testimony.

1458
00:58:10,110 --> 00:58:12,030
Of when you said yes.

1459
00:58:12,490 --> 00:58:13,470
Heaven came down.

1460
00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:15,470
And everything changed.

1461
00:58:15,690 --> 00:58:17,390
Beloved I stand here today.

1462
00:58:17,570 --> 00:58:19,370
Because I said yes.

1463
00:58:19,370 --> 00:58:21,710
And I thank him every day I did.

1464
00:58:22,410 --> 00:58:23,970
Beloved you're going to thank him every day.

1465
00:58:24,730 --> 00:58:26,090
He's going to give you the power.

1466
00:58:26,210 --> 00:58:27,710
And Jesus Christ is going to be so

1467
00:58:27,710 --> 00:58:28,690
sweet to you.

1468
00:58:28,910 --> 00:58:29,630
And real to you.

1469
00:58:29,710 --> 00:58:31,330
And you're going to get a God solution.

1470
00:58:31,810 --> 00:58:34,050
That's going to just stagger your mind.

1471
00:58:34,810 --> 00:58:36,810
He knows the cost of yes.

1472
00:58:36,870 --> 00:58:38,270
But he knows the power of yes.

1473
00:58:38,870 --> 00:58:39,950
Will you pray with me.

1474
00:58:40,830 --> 00:58:41,610
Lord Jesus.

1475
00:58:43,390 --> 00:58:44,650
I say yes.

1476
00:58:45,570 --> 00:58:47,310
To what you're speaking to me about.

1477
00:58:48,530 --> 00:58:50,310
It is going to be by your power.

1478
00:58:57,450 --> 00:58:58,210
And obey you.

1479
00:58:59,170 --> 00:59:00,190
Receive your glory.

1480
00:59:04,110 --> 00:59:05,390
And Lord let your awe.

1481
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:14,500
To you.

1482
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:17,720
Of you saying yes back to me.

1483
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:20,540
And Lord I'll give you all the praise.

1484
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:25,620
Amen.

1485
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:30,480
This is the conclusion of the message.