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How to be led by the Spirit.

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Don't most of you know how to be

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led by the Spirit?

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I'm assuming, right?

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There might be a few over there saying,

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we kind of snuck in, we're just waiting

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for breakfast later.

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But most of you want to be led

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by the Spirit.

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It's interesting, the Bible says, led by the

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Spirit.

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David actually said by the Spirit.

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People were filled by the Spirit.

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Revealed by the Holy Spirit.

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Taught by the Holy Spirit.

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Moved by the Holy Spirit.

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Actually, the way we got our Bible is

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people were moved by the Holy Spirit.

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So being led by the Holy Spirit is

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probably one of the most important things you

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can pursue and consider.

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Now, I believe that God's grace is strong.

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He's watching over many people.

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He loves those who love Him.

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He died for the whole world.

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And I think in His sovereignty and His

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grace, He allows things.

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He guides us to a certain degree.

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But there's a deeper understanding of God when

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you're led by His Spirit.

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You know, I need to go there.

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I need to be direct.

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I don't need to make that decision.

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We don't need to go there.

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We don't need to.

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And you're led of His Spirit.

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And that was the book of Acts.

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They were led by the Spirit of God.

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Now, here's how important it is to hear

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the right voice.

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Connor, I'm glad you're here this morning.

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Can I use you as an example?

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We were in a softball game Friday.

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And I was not on Connor's team.

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And he was running to second.

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I got the ball behind him.

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I said, Connor, take three.

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Take three.

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Go to third.

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Go to third.

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And he starts going to third, and I

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just threw him out.

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And he gets back to the dugout.

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He goes, I can't believe it.

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He's a pastor.

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He's telling me all this wrong information.

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He's telling me this is not right.

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This is not mom, dad.

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What happened?

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I'm listening to pastor told me.

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And I said, hold on.

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Go back to second.

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Right?

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Go back.

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It's an example, though.

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Listen to the right voice.

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Right?

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I'm not on your team.

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I'm not on your team.

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But you're a pastor.

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But there's a lot of pastors filled with

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the wrong voice.

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Make sure it lines up with Scripture.

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Make sure it lines up with the truth

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of God's Word.

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Are you led by the right voice?

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Because it's very destructive if you're not.

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And something I like to read up on

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often, as you know, is America's history.

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Back when my family tradition holds.

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I can't find it.

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I've tried to research it.

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That my lineage is traced back to Purgum

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White, who was the first baby born on

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the Mayflower when it was stationed there in

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Cape Cod Bay.

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And it's a nice family tradition.

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I hope it's true.

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So I like to read the pilgrims and

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the Puritans and a lot of that rich

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history.

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And something I came across many years ago,

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and I was reminded of it this week,

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is it was called the Old Deluder Satan

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Act of 1647.

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The Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647.

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42, maybe, right in there.

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But what happened is they...

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Well, you can read it.

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It's in Old English or King James, so

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it's kind of hard.

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But it talks about that Old Deluder Satan

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wanting to pervert people and get them off

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the straight path.

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For every township that has over 50 families,

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we're going to pay a tax so somebody

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can teach the children the Word of God.

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That was actually the foundation of the public

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school system.

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Did you know that?

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The school system was founded to teach the

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Word of God to the kids.

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Many parents couldn't read or write.

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Sometimes the dad was in the field from

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sunup to sundown.

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responsibility, obviously, to teach the children, this was

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a good concept.

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They would teach kids the Word of God

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from a very young age.

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So be careful.

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Are you listening to the right voice?

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And we're in Acts 12, verse 20.

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Acts 12, verse 20.

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What amazes me about the book of Acts,

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and I often pray when I get to

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the book of Acts and I stumble on

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these verses, is, Lord, help me in this

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area.

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I want to know.

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It would say, Paul was led by the

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Spirit.

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Paul was forbidden by the Spirit.

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It's almost like your whole life is just

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led by the Spirit.

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You know, God wants me to go here.

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He stops me from going here.

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And I think sometimes we look, oh, that

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was for them, but I believe it's for

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us as well.

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I believe a person can wake up and

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say, Lord, lead me today.

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I want you to guide me.

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I want to hear your voice, and I'm

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going to impart to you many things that

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you have heard before, some you may not

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have heard before.

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But I'm hoping it helps.

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Acts 12, 20.

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Now Herod had been very angry with the

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people of Tyre and Sidon, but they came

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to him with one accord, and having made

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Blastus the king's personal aide their friend, they

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asked for peace because their country was supplied

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with food by the king's country.

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So on a set day, Herod, arrayed in

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royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave

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an oration to them.

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And the people kept shouting, The voice of

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a God and not a man.

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The voice of a God and not a

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man.

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And Herod had an opportunity right then to

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stop them or to take the praise.

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Because we see the same thing going ahead

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in the book of Acts.

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The apostles do some mighty miracles, and they

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say the gods are among us.

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And they say, no, we're just men like

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you.

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They took the glory away from themselves and

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put it back on God.

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That's where it goes.

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So be careful of self-exaltation.

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It's very destructive.

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So the voice of a God and not

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a man.

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Herod could have quieted them or he embraced

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And what happened?

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The voice of a God and not a

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man.

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Then immediately, immediately an angel of the Lord

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struck him.

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And because he did not give glory to

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God, he was eaten by worms and died.

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But the word of God grew and multiplied.

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Now, I could get a little gross right

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here, but I won't.

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But you can read on parasites and worms

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and eating certain things called sushi that aren't

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cooked.

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And there are things that this will happen.

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Trust me, I don't want to get too

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gross in this service, but it is an

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interesting concept and it can happen.

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Also Josephus, he was in his book Antiquities.

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He wrote that King Herod had tremendous pain,

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and five days later he died.

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The insides came out.

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So not only does the Bible say it,

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but also history shows that this is what

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happened to Herod.

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Now, I want to pull in one point,

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how to be led by the Spirit, because

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this is where it all starts.

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You must open your ears to hear the

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leading of the Spirit.

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You must open your ears to hear.

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Jesus said, whoever has ears to hear, let

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them hear.

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And can you imagine people saying, are you

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crazy?

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Are you out of your mind?

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Jesus, of course we have ears.

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What do you call these?

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Okay, but that doesn't mean you can hear.

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Open the ears of your understanding.

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Can you hear the voice of God?

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So you have to say, Lord, I want

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to open my ears.

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Lord, open my ears.

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I want to hear from you, because the

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humble, he teaches his way.

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We are bombarded with opportunities just like Herod.

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We are bombarded with opportunities of self-exaltation.

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Aren't we?

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Our job, accomplishing things.

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You're such a good this, and you're such

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a good that.

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And Herod just ties it in perfectly with

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the first point I wanted to make.

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Be careful of self.

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Because when I want to exalt self, am

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I being led of the Spirit?

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Let me just say no.

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If you're not, no.

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If you're not, no.

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Anytime let's exalt Shane, I'm not led of

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the Spirit.

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And I'm obviously careful in this area, because

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all of us can fall prey to this,

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right?

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We have radio stations.

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San Francisco emailed me this week.

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We want to put your messages.

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We've got to get this message out to

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people.

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And we have it going now more in

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Ventura, Orange County, Riverside.

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The elders agree.

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But it's not about self-exaltation.

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Don't point them to Christ, not Shane.

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It's Westside Christian, not Shane.

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And Lord, what do you want to do?

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Do you want to lead us in this

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area?

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Do you want to expand?

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What's that look like?

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We have to exalt you.

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So it's a constant battle of I don't

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want to be exalted.

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Lord, I want you to be exalted.

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What does that look like?

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And then we don't make decisions.

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Now, before you clap, it's still in here

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though, right?

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Isn't self-exalt still in here?

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It's still in here, but you've got to

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starve it.

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And you put it to sleep.

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And you say, it's not about me, God.

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It's about you.

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See, it's very easy to say it, but

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very hard to do it.

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And God knows the heart.

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And what He often does when things like

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that is I get humbled by another email.

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Or humbled by another.

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Or my kids come in.

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Daddy, you take out the trash.

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The dog threw up.

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You know, it's just constant.

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Oh, you're not all that.

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So God uses this balancing act many times

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to keep us humble.

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But you have to open your ears to

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hear the leading of the Holy Spirit.

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This is why I speak about humility so

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often.

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Because pride is behind self-exaltation.

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And before you start going, yeah, yeah, you

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guys got to watch it.

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No, you guys got to watch it too.

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Because there's a spirit of self-exaltation everywhere.

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How many people want to get promoted?

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Or look better?

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Or whatever.

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And it's a spirit of self-exaltation.

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I've noticed it.

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So when somebody wants to be led of

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the Spirit, if it's all about you and

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your exaltation and what you're accomplishing and trying

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to push your agenda.

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Have you heard the phrase jockeying for position?

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That's what jockeys do.

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No, no, no.

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They're jockeying the other horse and they're kicking

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the other horse and they're jockeying.

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But you can't have that in the Christian

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community.

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God will promote you.

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God will exalt you.

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God will put you on a worship team.

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God will make you a worship leader.

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God will make you a pastor.

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God will put you in ministry.

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God will open a ministry door for you.

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God opens those doors when you humble yourself

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and let Him lead you by His Spirit.

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So this is very important.

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But while we're here, let's take a quick

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test.

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Do you need help in this area?

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Here's a key if you do.

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Do you always make excuses when you're challenged?

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Are you always right?

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Do you throw temper tantrums?

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You don't listen to others.

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You've got a rebellious spirit.

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Then there's a good chance.

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Here's a tragedy.

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This person thinks they are being led of

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the Spirit.

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And then you start to challenge them on

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anything, they get a temper tantrum.

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I knew that would be a hard one.

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They get upset, right?

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And pride.

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They don't want to be told what to

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do.

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I always have excuses.

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But I'm led of the Spirit.

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No, you're not.

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You're led with arrogance and pride.

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Be careful here.

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And then verse 25.

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Barnabas and Saul, led of the Spirit, right?

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Returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their

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ministry.

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And I believe all of you in this

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room, because we read.

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I even read and I go, Paul and

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Barnabas, well, that's them.

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That doesn't apply to me.

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They wrote the book of Acts.

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They started the church.

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And be careful because can't you do that

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too?

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Well, that's them.

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But no, that's you.

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Fulfilled your ministry.

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We have ministries all over that we need

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help with.

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I can plug you in wherever you're gifted.

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Trust me.

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I just talked to Phil yesterday.

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Why don't we, instead of going with the

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church in Lancaster to go minister to the

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homeless, why don't we start something and bring

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food?

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Why not?

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Now, it's not about, well, can't we get

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along?

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Sure, let's be united.

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Let's do things.

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But sometimes God calls a distinct and different

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group to go out and be involved together

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as a congregation.

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Hospital homes, oh my.

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Don't let me get started on that.

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So fulfilled your ministry.

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It doesn't say they're fulfilled their preaching or

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fulfilled their this.

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All of us can be involved in ministry.

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And that's one of my passions is it's

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not just showing up for church and then

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we go home and then we show up

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for church and we go home.

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That's the jumpstart.

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You take the jumper cables and you jumpstart

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the battery.

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That's all.

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You still gotta drive the car and go

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out and be involved in ministry.

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So we can plug you in.

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There's not a week that goes by that

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we don't get calls from the office.

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Can anybody talk to this single mom?

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Can anybody help this person out in Rosemont?

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Can anybody talk to this person about prayer

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requests?

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Can anybody, I'm like, I'm bombarded.

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We got a few people, but who else

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can help in this area?

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So there's a ministry opportunity everywhere if you're

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open.

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So they were fulfilling their ministry and they

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took with them John whose name was Mark.

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So I want to stop here for a

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minute too because this is important in regard

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to being led of the Spirit.

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Throughout the book of Acts you'll notice something.

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As they moved, ministered to the Lord, prayed,

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waited, as they moved they were led.

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So it's an important principle.

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Always be moving in the right direction.

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See if I didn't know what to do,

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like I don't know what school to go

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to, I don't know what college, I don't

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know if I should quit this job, take

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this job, I don't know if I should...

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You fill in the blank, right?

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If it were me, I would just start

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serving somewhere.

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No, that doesn't answer my question.

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No, but see it positions you in the

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right direction.

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God can't steer what's not moving.

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Those cars aren't going anywhere in the parking

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lot until turn the key and you start

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steering.

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So I've noticed I want to be led

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of the Spirit, but people sit on the

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couch, spend four hours a day TV, eating

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too much, drinking too much, and I'm not

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being led of the Spirit.

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Right?

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He leads those who are moving in the

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right direction.

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Once you...

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That's how I...

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And I say this often, I apologize, I

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don't like when pastors tell the same story

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often, but I was at the other building,

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I was cleaning their toilets and cleaning up

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babies who threw up on the floor before

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I started preaching.

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Many...

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Lord, what do you want me to do?

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I don't know.

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Well, here's what we need you to do.

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Walk to the parking lot, do security.

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We need you to clean this bathroom when

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we're done.

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Okay, I'll do that.

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And I'm doing this, and God starts opening

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other doors.

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He guides us by leading because that's faithful

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in the little things.

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Have you ever heard that principle?

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Be faithful in the little things.

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So many times God will lead you to

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a certain thing by serving, by serving others.

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I've seen people serve others and serving, and

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they make contacts they would have never made

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contact for a job opportunity or this opportunity

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simply by serving.

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So, because I think it's a concept we

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think, well, when I'm led of the Spirit

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then I'll serve.

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Or when I'm led of the Spirit then

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I'll do something.

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But usually God wants you to step out

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and start doing what we all know what

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to do, right?

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We know what direction to be moving.

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As we're moving in that direction God begins

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to empower us.

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That's what the disciples did.

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And they moved in the right direction.

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I just think it's impossible to be led

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of the Spirit if we're not moving and

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doing something.

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And then Acts 13 we go right into

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chapter 13.

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Now in the church that was in Antioch

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there were certain prophets and teachers.

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Oh, interesting.

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We use the word teacher nowadays but we

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don't like the word prophet.

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Right?

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Oh, gosh.

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So many negative things come up to some

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of your minds maybe some of you it

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doesn't.

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But the church had a healthy balance of

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prophets and teachers.

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Now my stance I believe that the West

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Side Christian Fellowship what we believe is this

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might help to clarify some things for you.

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We don't believe in or at least I

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should say I because I'm not speaking for

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everybody in a capital P prophet.

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The Mormon Church has their prophets and they

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speak things that supersede Scripture.

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The papacy I believe the Pope would be

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considered the Roman Catholic Church would call him

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a living prophet that they can say things

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that kind of can supersede Scripture.

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We believe that Scripture has been fulfilled canonization

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of Scripture it's been complete.

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There are no people that are going to

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speak in addition to or over God's Word.

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That they all the prophets the spirit of

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the prophets is subject to the prophets.

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So anything has to come underneath God's revealed

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Word already.

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I mean that's just not even because then

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where do you stop?

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I mean oh this person said this so

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we don't have to believe this anymore.

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So it's finalized it's done however I believe

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in the motivational gift of prophecy.

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People being able to speak boldly or prophetically

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into the lives of other people.

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Preaching many times can be prophetic.

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So it's a supernatural enablement to speak God's

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Word powerfully.

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And we still believe that's why Paul said

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pastors, teachers, prophets, evangelists that gifting.

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And I've seen that some people I can

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name churches and I won't but the pastor

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is gifted as a teacher.

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You know he's just let's open Neal and

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here's our Greek and Hebrew and the history

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and the grammar and the historical context and

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it's teaching.

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You have to have teaching.

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You have to have teaching.

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But you also have to have the preaching.

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Because the teaching tells me what I need

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to do the preaching motivates me to go

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do it.

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So they have the prophet and the teacher.

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Those who have been called to preach much

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like the prophets in the Old Testament will

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confront, compromise, condemn moral digression and powerfully denounce

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sin in the hope of reconciling man to

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God.

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Teachers say here's what to do prophet.

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The prophetic says here go and do it.

555
00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:33,620
And you have to have a mixture of

556
00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:34,440
both of those.

557
00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:39,060
Basically the teacher builds the preacher tears.

558
00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,960
The teacher counsels the preacher convicts.

559
00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:45,760
The teacher rejoices the preacher weeps.

560
00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,500
The teacher plants the preacher uproots.

561
00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:51,080
The teacher mends and the preacher breaks.

562
00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,640
The teacher is full of hope the preacher

563
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:54,620
is full of fire.

564
00:18:55,660 --> 00:18:57,800
The teacher loves to listen but the preacher

565
00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:58,760
needs to speak.

566
00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,920
So you have a healthy balance of both.

567
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,980
Leonard Ravenhill wrote in his book Why Revival

568
00:19:05,980 --> 00:19:06,640
Tarries?

569
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,620
And I'll just tell you up front don't

570
00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:11,100
read that book if you're easily offended.

571
00:19:12,420 --> 00:19:13,760
Why Revival Tarries?

572
00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,960
He said God has always had His specialists

573
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,280
whose chief concern has been the moral breakdown

574
00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,820
of the nation and the church.

575
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:24,660
Such men were Elisha, Jeremiah, Malachi and others

576
00:19:24,660 --> 00:19:26,720
of their kind who appeared at critical moments

577
00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,380
in history to reprove, rebuke, and exhort in

578
00:19:30,380 --> 00:19:32,060
the name of God and righteousness.

579
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,960
Such a man is likely to be drastic

580
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:35,720
and radical.

581
00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:38,440
The curious crowd that gathers to watch him

582
00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,020
will soon brand him as extreme, fanatical, and

583
00:19:42,020 --> 00:19:42,460
negative.

584
00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:45,080
And in a sense, they are right for

585
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,380
he cannot turn off the burden of the

586
00:19:47,380 --> 00:19:48,040
Holy Ghost.

587
00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:53,340
See, a preacher's goal that prophetic gifting that

588
00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:55,880
goal is to align the heart of the

589
00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:57,440
person with the heart of God.

590
00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,260
And sometimes that's not easy, is it?

591
00:20:01,660 --> 00:20:03,140
People don't want to hear it.

592
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,660
That's one of the most amazing things we

593
00:20:05,660 --> 00:20:08,080
hear about West Side Christian Fellowship.

594
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,800
I'll just open up for a minute here.

595
00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,320
The number one reason that we hear why

596
00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,300
people come here is they say, I was

597
00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,440
not being fed elsewhere.

598
00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:19,360
Or I was just not being fed.

599
00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:20,100
I was dying.

600
00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,500
And the number one people leave is I

601
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,100
was offended.

602
00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:27,590
I can't handle that guy anymore.

603
00:20:27,590 --> 00:20:30,410
I can't drink my beer.

604
00:20:30,610 --> 00:20:31,610
I can't smoke my cigarettes.

605
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:32,710
I can't look at my porn.

606
00:20:33,130 --> 00:20:34,150
I'm not going to listen to that guy

607
00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:34,510
anymore.

608
00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:37,850
So you have this, I'm not being fed.

609
00:20:38,230 --> 00:20:40,350
The problem is they don't have ears to

610
00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:40,590
hear.

611
00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:44,610
You have to want to hear what God's

612
00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,370
Word says.

613
00:20:45,970 --> 00:20:47,470
And you have to be hungry for the

614
00:20:47,470 --> 00:20:48,310
things of God.

615
00:20:48,450 --> 00:20:50,430
To be led by the Spirit of God.

616
00:20:51,870 --> 00:20:52,810
So take this test.

617
00:20:52,910 --> 00:20:54,690
You say, I love Jesus, but I'm not

618
00:20:54,690 --> 00:20:56,490
empowered by the Holy Spirit.

619
00:20:56,490 --> 00:20:58,410
I love Jesus, but I don't want people

620
00:20:58,410 --> 00:20:59,630
telling me what to do.

621
00:21:00,110 --> 00:21:02,390
I love Jesus, but I also love the

622
00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:03,950
things of the world.

623
00:21:04,370 --> 00:21:06,670
You are not being led by God's Spirit

624
00:21:06,670 --> 00:21:08,270
as much as you think you are.

625
00:21:08,450 --> 00:21:09,510
If this is the case.

626
00:21:09,890 --> 00:21:11,470
And I just care for you enough to

627
00:21:11,470 --> 00:21:12,350
tell you the truth.

628
00:21:12,690 --> 00:21:14,830
This applies to me as well as it

629
00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:15,490
does to you.

630
00:21:16,490 --> 00:21:18,250
This is applicable to all of us.

631
00:21:18,390 --> 00:21:20,290
To be truly led to the Spirit, you

632
00:21:20,290 --> 00:21:22,370
have to be surrendered to the work of

633
00:21:22,370 --> 00:21:22,810
the Spirit.

634
00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:26,000
So here's the next point.

635
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Chapter 13, still, verse 2.

636
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,640
As they minister to the Lord.

637
00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:31,440
Okay, here it goes.

638
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:32,940
They're back to ministering to the Lord.

639
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,320
As they minister to the Lord.

640
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,060
And, you guys ready for this Word?

641
00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:38,780
I don't think you are.

642
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:39,580
Some of you are.

643
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:43,840
Fasted.

644
00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:45,000
What's wrong with these guys?

645
00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:46,820
I can't even go a couple weeks without

646
00:21:46,820 --> 00:21:47,700
hearing this Word.

647
00:21:48,740 --> 00:21:50,260
Somebody said, when are we hearing a full

648
00:21:50,260 --> 00:21:50,920
sermon on it?

649
00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:52,020
Trust me, it's coming soon.

650
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,520
Because I'm getting so fed up of hearing

651
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,140
this Word in a good way, that I

652
00:21:55,140 --> 00:21:56,940
just want to tell you what the benefits

653
00:21:56,940 --> 00:21:57,260
are.

654
00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:58,640
It's amazing benefits.

655
00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,060
As they minister to the Lord and fast

656
00:22:02,060 --> 00:22:02,260
it.

657
00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:03,440
Here's the problem with many people.

658
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,980
As they minister to the Lord, and that's

659
00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:06,180
it.

660
00:22:07,580 --> 00:22:09,080
See, I won't make it to the hospital

661
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,880
homes if I stop by Claim Jumper and

662
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,480
get a big all-you-can-eat buffet

663
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,260
and that big chocolate cake that says, Hi,

664
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:14,940
I'm heading home.

665
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,440
I'm just telling you the truth.

666
00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:19,240
I'm heading home.

667
00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:20,600
Jesse, I would not sit there for an

668
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:21,000
hour and a half.

669
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:22,560
I'm tired.

670
00:22:22,660 --> 00:22:23,240
I've got to go.

671
00:22:24,860 --> 00:22:26,300
That's what fasting does.

672
00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:27,980
It starves the flesh.

673
00:22:29,140 --> 00:22:30,140
That's one reason I have to do it

674
00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:31,120
all weekend so I can get here.

675
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,680
I'm so hungry, but I'm so full of

676
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:32,960
God.

677
00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:37,360
Ministering and fasting go together.

678
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,560
I mean, the Bible says this, so don't

679
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,200
get mad at me.

680
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,140
Show me Scripture that says it's over today.

681
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,040
People email me.

682
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,640
They say, Shane, that doesn't apply anymore.

683
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:45,000
Really?

684
00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,840
Jesus said, when you give and when you

685
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,560
pray and when you fast.

686
00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:52,580
And all throughout the book of Acts, all

687
00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:55,340
I see is people following the Lord, ministering

688
00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:56,500
to the Lord, and fasting.

689
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,400
You've got a problem with fasting.

690
00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,000
It's a problem.

691
00:23:00,060 --> 00:23:00,680
And you know what?

692
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:01,340
I do, too.

693
00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:02,300
I don't like it.

694
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,180
If God, if you could just remove fasting

695
00:23:04,180 --> 00:23:05,640
out of all, that's the one I would

696
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,240
have Him remove.

697
00:23:06,540 --> 00:23:09,380
If He could remove any spiritual discipline, Lord,

698
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,140
keep prayer, keep self-discipline, keep perseverance, keep

699
00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:15,260
all these things, but get fasting out of

700
00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:15,720
the way.

701
00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:19,660
Remove that one because that's often the most

702
00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:22,080
powerful because it's got the deepest hold on

703
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:22,380
us.

704
00:23:23,260 --> 00:23:27,600
The Holy Spirit said, the Holy Spirit said.

705
00:23:29,740 --> 00:23:32,720
Some people might say, what is He talking?

706
00:23:32,820 --> 00:23:34,120
How's the Holy Spirit?

707
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,900
Let me say this real quick.

708
00:23:37,980 --> 00:23:38,480
This might help.

709
00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:42,800
When I say a word, let's say word,

710
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,240
word, how do you know I'm saying word?

711
00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:50,140
Because sound vibrations are going through the air,

712
00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:51,300
word.

713
00:23:51,740 --> 00:23:54,120
You hear, it picks up your eardrum, the

714
00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:56,860
inner ear receives it, sends a signal to

715
00:23:56,860 --> 00:23:57,420
your brain.

716
00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,180
When you were young, you learned what these

717
00:24:00,180 --> 00:24:02,020
words and pronunciations meant.

718
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,780
That's why we can speak.

719
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:04,820
This is no different.

720
00:24:04,980 --> 00:24:06,620
It's deep calling unto deep.

721
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,420
So as I'm waiting on God, wanting to

722
00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:12,320
hear His word, praying, it's deep calling unto

723
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:12,600
deep.

724
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,120
I would submit to you that I often

725
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,500
hear from God just as much as I

726
00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:16,720
hear from somebody else.

727
00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaking, not audibly like, Shane, go do this,

728
00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:22,300
but this is sensing and this holy, I

729
00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:23,580
can't just remove this.

730
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:24,760
God, what are you doing in my heart?

731
00:24:24,820 --> 00:24:26,360
I'm thinking about all day long and you're

732
00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:27,520
confirming things.

733
00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:28,600
You're convicting.

734
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,200
There's this deep inside, calling deep, God, is

735
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,340
this what you want me to do?

736
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,980
And I know my flesh, so I often

737
00:24:34,980 --> 00:24:35,820
throw tests out there.

738
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:36,600
God, show me.

739
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:37,620
Confirm it.

740
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,420
That's why it's good to wait on God

741
00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:41,680
so you're not rushing ahead, Lord.

742
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:44,320
And it's this deep sense of hearing from

743
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:44,620
God.

744
00:24:45,260 --> 00:24:47,080
So if we think these little sound waves

745
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,260
can travel through the air, hit our inner

746
00:24:49,260 --> 00:24:51,260
ear, actually the outer ear he sees, it

747
00:24:51,260 --> 00:24:52,760
goes in there, it hits the eardrum, bim,

748
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,340
bim, bim, bim, bim, and all these things,

749
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,220
and we can hear that way, why can't

750
00:24:57,220 --> 00:24:58,080
we hear spiritually?

751
00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:00,280
That's what they were having.

752
00:25:00,380 --> 00:25:02,400
They positioned themselves to hear from God.

753
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,000
They were ministering to the Lord and fasted.

754
00:25:05,020 --> 00:25:07,820
If you minister, if you start ministering and

755
00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:09,700
reaching out to the homeless, reaching out to

756
00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:11,820
all the ministries we have, and you're ministering

757
00:25:11,820 --> 00:25:14,080
and you're fasting, watch out, because God's going

758
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:14,640
to speak to you.

759
00:25:15,780 --> 00:25:16,400
Watch out.

760
00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:19,040
He will speak to you about things you

761
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,020
never even thought of.

762
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,780
You'd be ministering and fasting and it's like,

763
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,900
go correct that problem.

764
00:25:24,060 --> 00:25:24,720
Go fix that.

765
00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,160
I want you to sell your house now.

766
00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:26,720
What?

767
00:25:27,380 --> 00:25:28,420
Where'd that come from?

768
00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:30,240
Now if that came to me, I'd say,

769
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,460
okay, that's not God right now.

770
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,200
And then you wait, right?

771
00:25:33,540 --> 00:25:35,180
You wait on God, and if you keep

772
00:25:35,180 --> 00:25:36,860
hearing a sense, and you keep hearing a

773
00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:39,620
deep conviction that God's stirring and moving, you'll

774
00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:41,140
be able to follow through on that.

775
00:25:41,220 --> 00:25:43,680
So I believe that God still speaks to

776
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,980
us as they minister to the Lord and

777
00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:50,660
fasted and the Holy Spirit said, now separate

778
00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:53,480
to me Barnabas and Saul for the work

779
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,740
to which I have called them.

780
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,660
See, they didn't just go out and do

781
00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:59,860
something, they waited, they fasted, they're feeding the

782
00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:02,140
widows in their town, they're helping spread the

783
00:26:02,140 --> 00:26:04,720
gospel throughout the synagogues, they're fasting, and now

784
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,060
the Holy Spirit said, now pull out Paul

785
00:26:08,060 --> 00:26:11,700
and Barnabas, and they're going to go and

786
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,160
do something I've called them to do.

787
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,220
Now.

788
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,200
Now.

789
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,940
Who wants to hear now from God?

790
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:19,960
Now.

791
00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:22,280
Now, such and such.

792
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:22,960
Now.

793
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:24,820
I won't say a whole bunch of names

794
00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:25,740
because you'll think I'm thinking of you.

795
00:26:26,180 --> 00:26:27,580
So I'll just say now, fill in your

796
00:26:27,580 --> 00:26:28,160
name in the blank.

797
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:29,440
God wants to do something.

798
00:26:29,580 --> 00:26:30,500
I want to hear that.

799
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,620
Now that Shane, you've been ministering, you've been

800
00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:35,100
fasting, you've been praying, now here's what I

801
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:35,900
want you to do.

802
00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:38,060
But we don't know the now because we

803
00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:39,480
have too much of the world coming in.

804
00:26:39,540 --> 00:26:40,900
That's why so many people are confused.

805
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,140
It's the world, it's the world, it's the

806
00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:43,960
world, and then we go, I don't know

807
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,320
what God wants me to do.

808
00:26:45,580 --> 00:26:48,100
I don't know, like the little weebles wobble,

809
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,080
but they don't fall down.

810
00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:49,500
Right?

811
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:50,180
You feel like that?

812
00:26:50,260 --> 00:26:51,700
I don't know what God wants me to

813
00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:51,800
do.

814
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,840
A double-minded man, unstable in all his

815
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:55,380
ways.

816
00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,440
It's very important to listen.

817
00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:05,940
Then, verse 3, having fasted and prayed, I

818
00:27:05,940 --> 00:27:07,260
guess he wants to get this point across,

819
00:27:07,340 --> 00:27:07,760
doesn't he?

820
00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:11,420
Having fasted and prayed, laid hands on them,

821
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:15,180
what they did many times is, the laying

822
00:27:15,180 --> 00:27:16,200
on of hands was important.

823
00:27:16,340 --> 00:27:17,540
Actually, the Bible, I don't know if I

824
00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:19,000
brought it, I have a little thing of

825
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,000
oil I sometimes bring from James 5.

826
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,140
It says lay hands on them.

827
00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:25,380
It's not the oils magical and the laying

828
00:27:25,380 --> 00:27:28,640
hands of magical, but when leadership or Christians

829
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,040
agree, it's a laying on of hands, it's

830
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,780
impartation, not mystical and weird, but it's like

831
00:27:34,780 --> 00:27:35,280
a blessing.

832
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,960
It's like an agreeing and laying on hands

833
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,760
with people and saying, Lord, we pray and

834
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:41,640
we agree with you.

835
00:27:41,820 --> 00:27:44,000
We're commissioning them for their ministry.

836
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,760
Verses, well, you stay there, I'll stay here

837
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:47,460
and pray for you.

838
00:27:48,580 --> 00:27:49,920
I'll just stay away over here.

839
00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:52,420
It's more of coming and laying hands on

840
00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,680
and that's what they do sometimes at ordinations.

841
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,800
You'll see them lay hands or on a

842
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,520
family, they'll lay hands on them agreeing with

843
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:00,580
God in this area.

844
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,640
So being sent out by the Holy Spirit,

845
00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:07,620
verse 4, after they laid hands on them,

846
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:08,440
they sent them away.

847
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,580
So being sent out by the Holy Spirit.

848
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,200
Now, when it says sent out by the

849
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,880
Holy Spirit, when you know the Holy Spirit

850
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,960
is sending you out, when you know God

851
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,680
is doing something, you can walk straight come

852
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,520
hell or high water, you're going forward.

853
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,100
That's a wonderful thing.

854
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,440
That's why many times people quit something or

855
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,620
stop something or I don't know, but when

856
00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:30,160
you know God is calling me to do

857
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,200
this, like I said before, God, you built

858
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,580
this church, you built this church, so of

859
00:28:34,580 --> 00:28:35,880
course the gates of hell are going to

860
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:36,520
come against it.

861
00:28:36,540 --> 00:28:37,420
Of course this is going to happen.

862
00:28:37,420 --> 00:28:39,180
Of course, but you called us to do

863
00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:39,460
this.

864
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,480
We have no other course to take and

865
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,560
we're going forward.

866
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,060
But if you go into something not really

867
00:28:45,060 --> 00:28:51,460
knowing, right, because you doctored the numbers, you

868
00:28:51,460 --> 00:28:52,240
know you can do that, right?

869
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,860
People, you know, they mess with their numbers

870
00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:56,500
and the accounting and try to get a

871
00:28:56,500 --> 00:28:56,800
house.

872
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,400
They'll pull all these little strings, like I

873
00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,440
don't know if that was really with God.

874
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:00,200
I shouldn't have did that.

875
00:29:00,580 --> 00:29:02,760
And we just don't know sometimes, but when

876
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,560
you truly know that the Holy Spirit is

877
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,140
sending you out, there's confidence in that.

878
00:29:08,020 --> 00:29:11,720
And then they sail to Cyprus and when

879
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,740
they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word

880
00:29:14,740 --> 00:29:16,460
of God in the synagogues to the Jews.

881
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,260
They also had John as their assistant.

882
00:29:20,060 --> 00:29:22,480
So let me just hang my hat here

883
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,020
for a minute.

884
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:29,200
How did these disciples, apostles, early believers, how

885
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,280
did they know what to do?

886
00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:31,080
Do you ever think that?

887
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,320
Well, how did they know to go to

888
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:32,840
this city?

889
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,400
How did they know to go to this

890
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:34,700
island?

891
00:29:34,860 --> 00:29:36,320
How did they know to go here?

892
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:37,440
How did they know?

893
00:29:38,180 --> 00:29:39,400
Look, led by the Spirit.

894
00:29:39,860 --> 00:29:44,020
It's almost like there's this road paved for

895
00:29:44,020 --> 00:29:44,280
them.

896
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,180
Well, I'm going to tell you how to

897
00:29:46,180 --> 00:29:47,340
follow God's road map.

898
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:48,520
A lot of this is not new.

899
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,540
We've talked about it before.

900
00:29:50,620 --> 00:29:54,400
But for me to avoid these points would

901
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,100
be like not mentioning Derek Jeter when you

902
00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:59,860
talk about the Yankees late 1990s and early

903
00:29:59,860 --> 00:30:00,540
2000s.

904
00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:02,280
Baseball fans, you know exactly what I'm talking

905
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:02,480
about.

906
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,260
If I were to just leave these out,

907
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,620
it would seem foolish to talk about a

908
00:30:06,620 --> 00:30:08,620
sermon on being led of the Holy Spirit.

909
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,420
So here's the key what they did.

910
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:12,100
They waited.

911
00:30:12,540 --> 00:30:13,260
They prayed.

912
00:30:13,460 --> 00:30:14,160
They fasted.

913
00:30:14,220 --> 00:30:15,960
They meditated on His Word.

914
00:30:16,060 --> 00:30:17,020
And they obeyed.

915
00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:19,420
So here's the best way you're going to

916
00:30:19,420 --> 00:30:20,040
get direction.

917
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,060
First one, let's talk about it.

918
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:22,520
Waiting.

919
00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:24,180
What is waiting?

920
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,040
This is so hard to do for most

921
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:26,400
people.

922
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:28,100
Even myself.

923
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,600
When you're waiting, your spirit is quieted.

924
00:30:31,980 --> 00:30:32,580
If that's a word.

925
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:33,200
I don't know if it is.

926
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:34,200
Quickened.

927
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,500
Your spirit is quickened.

928
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,620
Your soul, there's a quiet sense of God's

929
00:30:38,620 --> 00:30:38,900
presence.

930
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,240
And you just wait.

931
00:30:40,820 --> 00:30:42,660
That's one of the benefits for next Sunday

932
00:30:42,660 --> 00:30:44,600
at 7.30. Come here.

933
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,140
It'll be hard to wait the first five

934
00:30:47,140 --> 00:30:48,380
or 10 minutes because you'll be going like

935
00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:48,720
this.

936
00:30:52,430 --> 00:30:53,270
Got to check Facebook.

937
00:30:53,490 --> 00:30:54,990
It's hard for us to wait.

938
00:30:55,110 --> 00:30:57,110
So as you're waiting, what happens when you're

939
00:30:57,110 --> 00:30:57,390
waiting?

940
00:30:57,590 --> 00:31:00,690
I have a deep abiding, a deep abiding

941
00:31:00,690 --> 00:31:02,490
sense of direction.

942
00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:04,350
See, here's what happens.

943
00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:08,490
Foolish is a good word and selfish and

944
00:31:08,490 --> 00:31:11,310
fleshly impulses come into our minds often, don't

945
00:31:11,310 --> 00:31:11,490
they?

946
00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:13,610
Don't leave me hanging.

947
00:31:13,890 --> 00:31:14,470
Come on, guys.

948
00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:16,070
Every one of you get those.

949
00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:17,770
It's like, oh, I got the idea.

950
00:31:17,870 --> 00:31:18,490
Let's do it.

951
00:31:19,250 --> 00:31:20,050
I got this idea.

952
00:31:20,150 --> 00:31:20,650
Let's just do it.

953
00:31:20,690 --> 00:31:21,510
I'm just spur of the moment.

954
00:31:21,650 --> 00:31:22,130
Do it, do it.

955
00:31:22,150 --> 00:31:23,150
That's not always God.

956
00:31:24,310 --> 00:31:26,310
Very often, most of the time, it's not

957
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:26,570
God.

958
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:27,670
Now, if you have to make a quick

959
00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:29,330
decision, here comes a car.

960
00:31:29,410 --> 00:31:29,890
I have to move.

961
00:31:30,630 --> 00:31:33,010
I'm not talking about that, but big decisions

962
00:31:33,010 --> 00:31:34,650
or through the course of life or God

963
00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:36,590
directing, it's often through waiting.

964
00:31:37,570 --> 00:31:39,690
I actually have a two-day schedule and

965
00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:41,750
on weekdays, I'll still be here, but where

966
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:43,350
I'm going to go to a place, there's

967
00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:45,250
no phone and no internet for two days.

968
00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:47,810
I'm bringing my Bible, a big piece of

969
00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:50,090
notepad and a couple gallons of water.

970
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:52,490
I'm just going to wait on God.

971
00:31:52,510 --> 00:31:54,210
It's very hard the first few hours.

972
00:31:54,350 --> 00:31:55,950
Oh, man, I want to grab the car

973
00:31:55,950 --> 00:31:56,550
keys and go home.

974
00:31:57,230 --> 00:32:00,050
It's like, I can't handle this.

975
00:32:00,110 --> 00:32:01,850
This is what's wrong here because the flesh

976
00:32:01,850 --> 00:32:02,670
doesn't like to wait.

977
00:32:03,370 --> 00:32:04,970
And that's why I'm asking for direction.

978
00:32:05,070 --> 00:32:07,850
I've put together an entire sermon series in

979
00:32:07,850 --> 00:32:10,110
one hour doing things like that where God

980
00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:12,390
just starts downloading all kinds, as you're looking

981
00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:14,650
at Scripture, looking to His Word and asking

982
00:32:14,650 --> 00:32:15,310
for direction.

983
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:16,470
We need so much direction.

984
00:32:17,090 --> 00:32:18,610
For example, the Wednesday nights.

985
00:32:18,990 --> 00:32:20,790
The youth group is going to grow next

986
00:32:20,790 --> 00:32:21,150
fall.

987
00:32:21,390 --> 00:32:22,290
Awanis is growing.

988
00:32:22,430 --> 00:32:24,570
We don't have enough room to facilitate this.

989
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:26,310
So do we give up the Wednesday night

990
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:29,110
study and let youth use the sanctuary or

991
00:32:29,110 --> 00:32:30,350
do we do this or does God...

992
00:32:30,350 --> 00:32:31,550
And people say, we've got to know.

993
00:32:31,610 --> 00:32:32,350
No, we don't.

994
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:32,810
We don't know.

995
00:32:33,030 --> 00:32:34,410
The fall is still three months away, four

996
00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:35,630
months away and we don't need to know.

997
00:32:35,710 --> 00:32:36,430
We're just going to wait.

998
00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:37,950
We're going to wait and see what God

999
00:32:37,950 --> 00:32:38,350
wants to do.

1000
00:32:38,410 --> 00:32:40,470
What about expanding the church somewhere?

1001
00:32:40,570 --> 00:32:41,790
Are we going to ever plant a church

1002
00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:42,170
somewhere?

1003
00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:44,470
I don't know.

1004
00:32:45,070 --> 00:32:47,190
God, you know we're going to wait on

1005
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:47,470
you.

1006
00:32:47,790 --> 00:32:48,450
What about this?

1007
00:32:48,490 --> 00:32:49,130
We've got to do this.

1008
00:32:49,370 --> 00:32:50,570
Let's just wait on God.

1009
00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:52,210
What am I going to preach on?

1010
00:32:53,090 --> 00:32:54,450
I want to start a marriage series.

1011
00:32:54,690 --> 00:32:55,950
God, do you want me to start a

1012
00:32:55,950 --> 00:32:56,490
marriage series?

1013
00:32:56,970 --> 00:32:58,570
Do you want me to talk about Genesis,

1014
00:32:58,750 --> 00:32:59,630
do a series on Genesis?

1015
00:32:59,790 --> 00:33:02,030
Lord, what do I need to stop and

1016
00:33:02,030 --> 00:33:02,330
wait?

1017
00:33:02,850 --> 00:33:04,090
Then when I come out of that two

1018
00:33:04,090 --> 00:33:06,710
days, I'm ready because I feel that God

1019
00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:07,090
is okay.

1020
00:33:07,250 --> 00:33:10,510
I'm confident knowing, not perfectly, but that God

1021
00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:11,210
is directing.

1022
00:33:11,550 --> 00:33:13,930
Waiting, I would encourage you to find a

1023
00:33:13,930 --> 00:33:15,290
place and just wait on God.

1024
00:33:15,890 --> 00:33:17,350
You might think, well, I don't know what

1025
00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:17,890
that looks like.

1026
00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:19,350
Do I just sit at home and whistle?

1027
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:21,650
What am I supposed to do here?

1028
00:33:22,010 --> 00:33:23,590
Well, you know, number one, pray.

1029
00:33:24,010 --> 00:33:25,490
Number two is it's big decisions.

1030
00:33:25,690 --> 00:33:28,070
Wait, drive, put on worship, look to the

1031
00:33:28,070 --> 00:33:28,510
word of God.

1032
00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:30,390
Just sit and wait.

1033
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:31,110
Go somewhere.

1034
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:32,330
We're always so busy.

1035
00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:33,330
Think about that.

1036
00:33:33,410 --> 00:33:35,130
That's one of the blessings of social media

1037
00:33:35,130 --> 00:33:36,250
is also it's curse.

1038
00:33:36,810 --> 00:33:37,490
It's everywhere.

1039
00:33:37,790 --> 00:33:38,250
It's all consuming.

1040
00:33:38,810 --> 00:33:39,490
It's time consuming.

1041
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:42,390
Get your mind going with things, especially now.

1042
00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:43,050
Here comes summer.

1043
00:33:43,150 --> 00:33:44,670
Look at everybody taking vacation.

1044
00:33:44,810 --> 00:33:47,630
I can't take vacation on Facebook.

1045
00:33:47,790 --> 00:33:48,210
Do you ever see that?

1046
00:33:48,290 --> 00:33:49,750
They're going here, they're going here, they're going

1047
00:33:49,750 --> 00:33:50,370
here, they're going here.

1048
00:33:50,530 --> 00:33:51,810
I'm just stuck at home.

1049
00:33:52,510 --> 00:33:53,270
I hate Facebook.

1050
00:33:53,330 --> 00:33:54,730
I was fine until I went on Facebook.

1051
00:33:56,290 --> 00:33:59,490
We get all this information that actually leads

1052
00:33:59,490 --> 00:34:00,630
us in a wrong direction.

1053
00:34:02,230 --> 00:34:04,890
Number two, we talk about often, but prayer.

1054
00:34:05,190 --> 00:34:06,370
That's how they got direction.

1055
00:34:06,490 --> 00:34:06,910
Here's why.

1056
00:34:07,110 --> 00:34:09,350
Prayer is changing and realigning.

1057
00:34:09,750 --> 00:34:11,670
It's strengthening and confirming.

1058
00:34:12,190 --> 00:34:15,429
As I'm waiting and I'm praying, my heart

1059
00:34:15,429 --> 00:34:17,550
begins to realign with God's heart.

1060
00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:20,230
Actually, what I was praying for, I'm not

1061
00:34:20,230 --> 00:34:22,469
really praying for anymore to that degree.

1062
00:34:22,610 --> 00:34:24,429
I'm like, Lord, whatever your will is.

1063
00:34:25,090 --> 00:34:27,830
Because normally what we pray for is comfortable.

1064
00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:29,389
It's convenient.

1065
00:34:29,949 --> 00:34:30,750
It's easy.

1066
00:34:31,330 --> 00:34:33,550
It usually involves more finances.

1067
00:34:34,409 --> 00:34:34,550
Right?

1068
00:34:35,449 --> 00:34:36,389
Could you bring more finances?

1069
00:34:37,590 --> 00:34:40,550
And this waiting begins to realign my heart

1070
00:34:40,550 --> 00:34:43,469
and God begins to drop thoughts into my

1071
00:34:43,469 --> 00:34:45,469
mind and to yours.

1072
00:34:45,630 --> 00:34:46,889
You know exactly what I'm talking about.

1073
00:34:46,929 --> 00:34:47,870
Now, how do you know if it's from

1074
00:34:47,870 --> 00:34:48,730
the devil or from God?

1075
00:34:48,810 --> 00:34:50,449
Well, pretty easy at first, right?

1076
00:34:50,510 --> 00:34:51,570
Does it line up with Scripture?

1077
00:34:52,110 --> 00:34:53,489
Lord, are you wanting me to do this?

1078
00:34:53,550 --> 00:34:54,770
I'm waiting here.

1079
00:34:55,150 --> 00:34:56,630
I'm wanting to hear from you.

1080
00:34:57,850 --> 00:35:00,310
The man who commits his works to the

1081
00:35:00,310 --> 00:35:02,110
Lord, his thoughts will be established.

1082
00:35:02,730 --> 00:35:04,750
If you believe that Scripture and Proverbs, it's

1083
00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:05,010
true.

1084
00:35:05,530 --> 00:35:07,010
Commit your works to the Lord and your

1085
00:35:07,010 --> 00:35:09,310
thoughts will be established.

1086
00:35:09,770 --> 00:35:12,170
Because the thought process, it's either going with

1087
00:35:12,170 --> 00:35:13,890
the world or against the world and to

1088
00:35:13,890 --> 00:35:14,770
the things of God.

1089
00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:17,410
Now, let me just talk about this for

1090
00:35:17,410 --> 00:35:19,030
a second because we did earlier.

1091
00:35:19,890 --> 00:35:21,470
Fasting, here's what it does basically.

1092
00:35:21,690 --> 00:35:23,810
It starves the voice of the flesh.

1093
00:35:24,270 --> 00:35:27,750
So the flesh stops leading and it starts

1094
00:35:27,750 --> 00:35:28,250
submitting.

1095
00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:30,810
The flesh is wanting.

1096
00:35:30,990 --> 00:35:32,570
Do you ever hear the voice of the

1097
00:35:32,570 --> 00:35:32,890
flesh?

1098
00:35:35,310 --> 00:35:36,370
I heard this side.

1099
00:35:36,730 --> 00:35:37,130
This side.

1100
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Do you ever hear from the voice of

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the flesh?

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I'll tell you what.

1103
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The flesh started this morning.

1104
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I can't even get out of bed.

1105
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I look at the clock.

1106
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It's 4 a.m. She didn't go back

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to sleep.

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That's what it said.

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For 10 minutes, I fought that flesh.

1110
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No, no, I'm not going back.

1111
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,140
It starts thinking, but Lord, I want to

1112
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worship you.

1113
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I want to get to the church early.

1114
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I want to pray.

1115
00:36:01,580 --> 00:36:02,480
I want to put on worship.

1116
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Flesh, you're coming with me.

1117
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,720
You're dragging around this weight.

1118
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45 minutes.

1119
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It's not even 5 o'clock.

1120
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Doesn't some donuts sound good and a big

1121
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:12,620
cup of coffee?

1122
00:36:15,630 --> 00:36:17,270
Oh, it sure does sound good.

1123
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My God.

1124
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But I'm supposed to be fasting today.

1125
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Well, you can start tomorrow.

1126
00:36:22,730 --> 00:36:23,570
Yeah, that's true.

1127
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I mean, nobody's going to know.

1128
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Nobody's going to know.

1129
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Well, my wife might know because I'll get

1130
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irritated easy.

1131
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And the flesh is talking, and the flesh

1132
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is like, why don't we tell Blessing to

1133
00:36:38,050 --> 00:36:38,970
cut out a few songs?

1134
00:36:39,390 --> 00:36:40,670
Cut your sermon down a little bit, and

1135
00:36:40,670 --> 00:36:42,190
you guys can go to Memorial Day lunch

1136
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sooner, and you want to stop by.

1137
00:36:44,010 --> 00:36:45,670
I mean, now Carl's Jr. has that big

1138
00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:48,550
poster of the McRib sandwich, and it's like,

1139
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but that's how the flesh is talking to

1140
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me.

1141
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And you know, because you, same thing, right?

1142
00:36:55,090 --> 00:36:56,790
Get out of church sooner.

1143
00:36:56,890 --> 00:36:57,890
You don't need to do that.

1144
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So as you starve the flesh, that voice

1145
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is silenced.

1146
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Now that you're quiet, I can hear the

1147
00:37:08,790 --> 00:37:09,450
voice of God.

1148
00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:12,950
And deep calls into deep because the flesh

1149
00:37:12,950 --> 00:37:14,890
is back here now, not the prevailing voice

1150
00:37:14,890 --> 00:37:15,530
in my mind.

1151
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That's what fasting does.

1152
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Because whether we like it or not, your

1153
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cravings, our cravings are directly related to the

1154
00:37:25,130 --> 00:37:29,170
flesh being fulfilled or being starved.

1155
00:37:29,770 --> 00:37:31,690
The more we consume, the more we still

1156
00:37:31,690 --> 00:37:32,630
want to consume it.

1157
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And it's this consuming, consuming.

1158
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And start small.

1159
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I've known people just, I'm not having breakfast,

1160
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and it was the hardest thing they've ever

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done.

1162
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Or I'm not having lunch, I'm just going

1163
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to spend time in your Word, and boy,

1164
00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:45,190
they struggle through it, but then the next

1165
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time they can get two days, or two

1166
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days, two meals.

1167
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Next time they try for a day, and

1168
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they just, it's not legalistic and works, it's

1169
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starving the flesh when it needs to be

1170
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starved.

1171
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I think it's very important to help the

1172
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body get self-disciplined in this area.

1173
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Because you're either disciplining your body or your

1174
00:38:02,230 --> 00:38:03,530
body is disciplining you.

1175
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You're either bringing your body into submission, or

1176
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your body is bringing you into submission in

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the direction it wants to go.

1178
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So that's the important thing about fasting.

1179
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The thing we also have to remember is

1180
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this.

1181
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When you fast, you don't just benefit, but

1182
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others benefit.

1183
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I can tell you right now, if I

1184
00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:30,350
didn't fast, the congregation would not benefit to

1185
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the degree that benefits now with the Word

1186
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of God.

1187
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I wouldn't benefit.

1188
00:38:36,690 --> 00:38:38,090
Now, take it a step further.

1189
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What about my family?

1190
00:38:41,530 --> 00:38:43,010
How it benefits the family?

1191
00:38:44,670 --> 00:38:47,530
Parents that snap at your children, angry, angry

1192
00:38:47,530 --> 00:38:48,890
outbursts.

1193
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Is that the flesh, or is that the

1194
00:38:51,010 --> 00:38:51,310
Spirit?

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You starve that flesh, and your family will

1196
00:38:55,490 --> 00:38:55,850
benefit.

1197
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It overflows into everything.

1198
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Now, sometimes though, often when you fast, the

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flesh gets even more uglier than it was

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before the fast.

1201
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Things come out, I didn't think that was

1202
00:39:12,390 --> 00:39:12,910
there anymore.

1203
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It's something just fighting.

1204
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You just get angry and moot because it's

1205
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that flesh being brought into submission.

1206
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It's never an easy process.

1207
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So as they're waiting, as they're praying, as

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they're fasting, as they're meditating.

1209
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See, this is a word we often forget

1210
00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:32,070
because we think of, what do you think

1211
00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:32,490
of yoga?

1212
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:34,750
What are those guys doing?

1213
00:39:37,190 --> 00:39:39,330
Meditating on the wrong thing, on the wrong

1214
00:39:39,330 --> 00:39:39,690
gods.

1215
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But meditating, meditating is biblical.

1216
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What you do is you ponder.

1217
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I mean, sometimes you read through the whole

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00:39:46,730 --> 00:39:49,890
Bible, but I'll stop on a scripture, and

1219
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I'll just, my goodness.

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There is no peace, says my God for

1221
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the wicked.

1222
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And that will just captivate me.

1223
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There is no peace, says my God for

1224
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the wicked.

1225
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Lord, what does that mean, no peace for

1226
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the wicked?

1227
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And just meditating, or blessed is the man

1228
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who walketh not in the council of the

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ungodly.

1230
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And you just meditate, Lord, just begin to

1231
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,380
speak to me in that area.

1232
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What does that, am I walking in the

1233
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,080
council of the ungodly somewhere, Lord?

1234
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What does that look like?

1235
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God, I'm just meditating, and you're being conformed,

1236
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your thoughts are being conformed, transformed by the

1237
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renewing of your mind to God's Word.

1238
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Now I think like God.

1239
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So you see how this is working, right?

1240
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:34,660
I'm waiting on God.

1241
00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:37,260
I'm prayed up, I'm fasting, I'm meditating His

1242
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Word.

1243
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,800
Now I think like the heart of God.

1244
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,800
Now I can make decisions like the heart

1245
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:42,340
of God.

1246
00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,240
But when you've got the world, and I'm

1247
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,540
full of the world, my belly's full, I

1248
00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:49,640
have no time for prayer.

1249
00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:51,940
And every decision, that's why people make hasty,

1250
00:40:52,220 --> 00:40:54,480
quick decisions, and they're out of God's will

1251
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,700
because none of these spiritual disciplines are being

1252
00:40:56,700 --> 00:40:57,380
applied.

1253
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And then the final point that they did

1254
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was obedience.

1255
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:04,420
Now I say this word often, but there's

1256
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:05,540
a little twist to this I want you

1257
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:05,980
to think about.

1258
00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:09,120
Ponder this point for a minute about obedience.

1259
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,540
To be led by the Spirit is actually

1260
00:41:13,540 --> 00:41:14,500
obeying the Spirit.

1261
00:41:16,180 --> 00:41:17,200
Have you ever thought about that?

1262
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,360
Lord, lead me, guide me, direct me, speak

1263
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:20,720
to me.

1264
00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:23,980
Led by the Spirit is obeying the Spirit.

1265
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,800
Just like your kids obey you.

1266
00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:29,020
Don't do that.

1267
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:29,840
Go clean this up.

1268
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:30,240
Go here.

1269
00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:31,540
And they don't want to, right?

1270
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:32,640
That spirit of rebellion.

1271
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:34,300
I can't even get my kids to close

1272
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:36,000
the slider door so flies don't keep coming

1273
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:36,220
in.

1274
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,260
But being led of the Spirit is obeying

1275
00:41:42,260 --> 00:41:42,740
the Spirit.

1276
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,700
So many people want to be led but

1277
00:41:44,700 --> 00:41:45,220
not obey.

1278
00:41:46,220 --> 00:41:47,160
There's your problem.

1279
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,600
I could have just summed up this whole...

1280
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:51,720
I'm going to remember that for the second

1281
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:52,060
service.

1282
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:53,580
We're getting out early at the second service

1283
00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:55,420
and we're jumping right to this point.

1284
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:57,960
Obedience.

1285
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,780
To be led by the Spirit is obeying

1286
00:42:00,780 --> 00:42:01,440
the Spirit.

1287
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:04,560
Because so many people are fighting the Spirit.

1288
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:05,880
I know you want me to do that.

1289
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:06,700
God, I'm not going to.

1290
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:07,380
I'm not going to obey.

1291
00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:08,660
Lord, please lead me.

1292
00:42:11,470 --> 00:42:13,410
So that's what being led by the Spirit

1293
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is.

1294
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It's obeying the Spirit.

1295
00:42:15,610 --> 00:42:17,670
Psalm 111.10 The fear of the Lord

1296
00:42:17,670 --> 00:42:19,270
is the beginning of wisdom.

1297
00:42:19,890 --> 00:42:24,210
A good understanding have all those who do

1298
00:42:24,210 --> 00:42:25,030
His commandments.

1299
00:42:26,250 --> 00:42:29,130
So all those who do His commandments have

1300
00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:30,450
a good understanding.

1301
00:42:31,830 --> 00:42:33,550
When I talk about the commandments of God

1302
00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:35,090
I'm not talking about being a Pharisee.

1303
00:42:35,150 --> 00:42:36,630
I'm talking about being a lover of God.

1304
00:42:36,690 --> 00:42:38,150
I'm not talking about being a hypocrite.

1305
00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:40,150
I'm talking about being a man or woman

1306
00:42:40,150 --> 00:42:41,470
filled with the Spirit of God.

1307
00:42:41,530 --> 00:42:42,750
I'm not talking about legalism.

1308
00:42:42,830 --> 00:42:43,990
I'm talking about wisdom.

1309
00:42:44,890 --> 00:42:46,190
So that's what it looks like, folks.

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00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:47,270
You want to be led by the Spirit

1311
00:42:47,270 --> 00:42:48,870
of God you humble yourself.

1312
00:42:48,930 --> 00:42:50,350
Say, Lord, I want ears to hear.

1313
00:42:50,670 --> 00:42:52,510
Let me hear whatever you tell me to

1314
00:42:52,510 --> 00:42:52,870
do.

1315
00:42:53,190 --> 00:42:55,090
Whatever you tell me to do God, I

1316
00:42:55,090 --> 00:42:55,750
will do it.

1317
00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:56,450
And it's funny.

1318
00:42:56,530 --> 00:42:58,110
People will pray that but then God will

1319
00:42:58,110 --> 00:42:58,750
test them.

1320
00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:00,550
For example, come up and say, Hey, could

1321
00:43:00,550 --> 00:43:01,910
you help clean this?

1322
00:43:02,450 --> 00:43:03,290
Or watch the children?

1323
00:43:03,450 --> 00:43:03,750
No.

1324
00:43:04,330 --> 00:43:05,450
God wants me to preach.

1325
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,280
I actually had a lady a couple years

1326
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:09,960
ago at the church.

1327
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:11,000
Where do you need help in?

1328
00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:12,060
Children's ministry.

1329
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:12,760
This age group.

1330
00:43:13,420 --> 00:43:14,840
God's called me to teach the women.

1331
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:16,320
Oh.

1332
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:19,420
Well, guess who won't be teaching the women?

1333
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:20,260
Right?

1334
00:43:20,460 --> 00:43:20,920
I mean...

1335
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:22,660
No, I don't do that.

1336
00:43:26,460 --> 00:43:27,420
Red flag.

1337
00:43:27,820 --> 00:43:29,380
You're not being led of God.

1338
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:30,800
Humble yourself.

1339
00:43:30,940 --> 00:43:31,700
Have ears to hear.

1340
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,240
Lord, whatever you want me to do means

1341
00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:34,620
whatever you want me to do.

1342
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,540
And then as I have ears to hear

1343
00:43:36,540 --> 00:43:37,360
I'm praying.

1344
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,840
I'm reading the Word of God.

1345
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:40,960
I'm submitting.

1346
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:41,540
I'm meditating.

1347
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:43,720
I'm obeying the Word of God.

1348
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:45,800
Now just...

1349
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,020
So you're not worried that person doesn't go

1350
00:43:47,020 --> 00:43:47,520
here anymore.

1351
00:43:48,580 --> 00:43:50,120
In the women's ministry.

1352
00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:51,200
Probably because that happened.

1353
00:43:51,260 --> 00:43:51,760
I'm not sure.

1354
00:43:53,220 --> 00:43:54,700
But I just see...

1355
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:56,060
In my heart it's for people to be

1356
00:43:56,060 --> 00:43:57,320
led by the Spirit of God.

1357
00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:00,400
And certain things have to be in place

1358
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:01,640
in order for that to happen.

1359
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,100
The Holy Spirit will not skip ahead in

1360
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:04,520
the book.

1361
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:06,980
Have you ever done that?

1362
00:44:07,220 --> 00:44:08,320
Let's just get to the good stuff.

1363
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:10,220
I'll make a confession.

1364
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,780
I love reading biographies of all kinds of

1365
00:44:13,780 --> 00:44:14,360
Christian leaders.

1366
00:44:14,500 --> 00:44:16,620
But I usually avoid the first couple chapters.

1367
00:44:17,220 --> 00:44:18,860
I'm not real concerned when you were born

1368
00:44:18,860 --> 00:44:20,100
or your family life.

1369
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,100
I want to go to the power chapter

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when you became a Christian.

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Tell me how the Lord led you.

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And then another one I'm filled with the

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Spirit of God.

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Another one on ministry.

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Another one how God used him.

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How they died is kind of interesting.

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You know, I want to get to the

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end of the book.

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But the Holy Spirit does it.

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He says, no, back to square one.

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Back to square one.

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That's why when I talk about quenching and

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grieving the Spirit of God, you need to

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understand two things.

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To quench the Spirit of God means you're

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suppressing a fire.

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So these things are not being applied.

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You are suppressing the fire of God in

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your life.

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And what that means is withholding direction.

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You won't get direction if that fire is

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withheld.

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And grieving the Holy Spirit, it's a sad

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look without direction.

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So if the Holy Spirit is quenched and

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grieved, you have this image of this fire

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almost out and this sad situation without direction.

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The Holy Spirit is sad and there's no

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direction there for your life.

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This is very important.

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J.I. Packard said that God is more

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likely to direct me through wise teaching than

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through inner voices.

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Now, I believe in the leading of the

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Holy Spirit.

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But what he's saying here is many times

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people are led by inner voices, but they

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don't line it up with good teaching, with

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God's Word.

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You're led first and foremost through the good

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teaching.

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What does God's Word say?

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And then the voices confirm what the Word

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of God said.

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Not the voices, plural, right?

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But the voice of God, led by the

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Spirit of God, deep calling unto deep.

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And I've noticed the closer you get to

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God, the easier it is to hear His

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voice.

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That's why some people even here, I'm sure,

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are saying, I can't discern.

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I don't know that voice.

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I have a hard time.

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Shane, I can't.

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I'm not there.

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And it's okay.

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Take, be encouraged.

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It's a very easy process to get back

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to that, and I'm gonna share it in

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just a minute.

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But verse 6 in chapter 13, here's what

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happened.

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They were filled with this Holy Spirit.

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The Holy Spirit sent them out, and then

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a sorcerer tried to withstand them.

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A sorcerer, witchcraft, magic, all these things tried

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to withstand Paul.

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And here's Paul.

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Then Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked

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intently at him, and he said, Oh, man,

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you are full of deceit and all fraud.

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See, that's the wrong voice.

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Full of deceit, full of error and lying

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and fraud and manipulation.

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That's what you are filled with.

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You son of the devil.

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You enemy of all righteousness.

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You will not cease perverting the straight ways

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of the Lord.

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And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord

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is upon you.

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You shall be blind and not see the

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sun for a time.

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And blindness struck the sorcerer, and he was

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blind.

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And the procounsel, which is the governor of

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the land, came to know the Lord through

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this power of the Holy Spirit.

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See, that's what ultimately happens.

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We're led of the Holy Spirit to have

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the power of the Holy Spirit.

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We're not led of the Holy Spirit into

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this meekness and this kind of vague, not

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sure what to do cowardliness.

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The leading of the Holy Spirit results in

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boldness so that chains are being broken, lives

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are being set free, people are being delivered,

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marriages are being restored.

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That's what the leading of the Holy Spirit

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does.

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It brings reconciliation and renewal and restoration to

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a land and a church that is so

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desperate for it.

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Are you led of the Holy Spirit?

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So here's my closing question.

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What do you do when you hear God's

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Word?

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Let's just take this test.

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Let's just sit down in you this morning

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as you leave here.

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As you hear all this, is there a

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spirit of rebellion or a spirit of humility?

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Because as much as I would like to

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think everybody is going, Oh, that's so wonderful.

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I need to change.

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Oh gosh, He hit me in so many

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different ways.

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Praise God.

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That's not all here.

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There are some people who are upset because

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I dared to challenge their comfortable Christianity.

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And the only reason I did is because

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I truly want you to be led of

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the Holy Spirit.

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Do you have a gentle, broken, humble, teachable

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spirit?

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Or is it a spirit of rebellion?

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I don't know.

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You're being convicted right now if it is.

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That's how you know.

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God through the Holy Spirit is convicting you

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right now that deep repentance needs to take

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place in this area.

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Deep repentance.

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If you can't listen, you can't apply what

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God wants you to apply.

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But here's how to get back on track.

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Thank God for 2 Chronicles 34, 27.

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Let me set the stage for a minute.

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The Old Testament, I get a headache sometimes.

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Great king comes into power and then wicked

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kings follow him.

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They're serving God and now they're making carved

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images and worshiping carved images and burning their

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00:49:15,950 --> 00:49:18,610
babies on the arms of Molech and sacrificing

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to gods.

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I'm like, what is wrong with these people?

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And then somebody comes on the scene, Josiah.

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He's a good king.

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He came across the Bible and read it

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and said, uh-oh, we're in trouble.

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Let's get rid of all these carved images.

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Let's get back on track.

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God, God, please.

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We've been drifting from you.

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God, would you restore us?

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00:49:39,650 --> 00:49:42,390
And God said to Josiah in 2 Chronicles

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34, 27, because your heart was tender and

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you humbled yourself before God when you heard

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his words against this place and against its

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inhabitants and you humbled yourself before him and

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you tore your clothes and wept before him,

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he will keep you.

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He has heard your prayers.

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See, that can be for somebody this morning

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because your heart is tender and you humbled

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yourself.

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See, it tells me he wasn't maybe humble

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or he had the opportunity to not humble

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himself.

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But God says, I heard your prayers.

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You humbled yourself.

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You got convicted.

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You got maybe irritated, but you humbled yourself.

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Shoot, this sermon convicted me.

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But what do we do with that?

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See, one of the concerns I see a

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lot of times is many people have, it's

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like they're filled with excuses.

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Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh.

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Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh.

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Buh, buh, buh, buh.

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Just excuses.

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00:50:41,870 --> 00:50:42,510
Well, why not this?

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Oh, because of this.

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00:50:43,290 --> 00:50:44,210
Why not because of this?

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And it's just like we're just filled with

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excuses.

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You can be so wrong and you have

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00:50:49,650 --> 00:50:51,930
all these excuses to block off what God

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00:50:51,930 --> 00:50:53,030
wants to do in your life.

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So if that is you, humble yourself this

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morning.

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Hear his word and God will begin to

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rebuild and restore your life.

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And then obviously, finally, I don't know if

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some of you are here that you don't

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00:51:05,710 --> 00:51:06,310
know the Lord.

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Could it be that you're not led by

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the Spirit because you don't know God?

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You're not going to be led by the

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Spirit.

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You're actually hearing the wrong voice.

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00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:20,190
You're hearing God convicting, convicting and convicting, but

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you're listening to the wrong voice.

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00:51:22,450 --> 00:51:24,510
You're listening to the voice of the enemy,

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the voice of the world, and you're being

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00:51:26,230 --> 00:51:28,370
led astray, and you're going to stay in

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bondage unless you do what the Bible says.

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It says confess.

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God, I confess that you are Lord.

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00:51:35,110 --> 00:51:36,270
Jesus died for me.

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00:51:36,590 --> 00:51:37,870
I'm confessing my sins.

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Jesus died for me.

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He took my place.

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God, please save me.

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I want to be born again.

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00:51:43,410 --> 00:51:45,450
You don't have to be eloquent and perfect

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00:51:45,450 --> 00:51:46,130
in your prayer.

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00:51:46,490 --> 00:51:48,870
You just have to humble yourself and say,

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God, I repent.

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00:51:49,850 --> 00:51:50,390
I'm a sinner.

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God save me.

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And he will do that.