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I wish I could show you my notes

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right now.

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I showed Jason, I got up at four

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this morning and just revamped pretty much everything.

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But I think God wants to change us

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this weekend.

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And I don't just say that to say

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that, I honestly mean that.

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I've seen men change.

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I've seen angry men change.

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I've seen addicted men change.

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I've seen God release and break and set

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free.

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And so I have confidence in that.

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And just a few things that I always

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forget to mention is I do have books

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in the back.

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And if you can't afford one, take one.

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It's not about selling anything.

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It's really about getting the message out to

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men to be the difference makers in our

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nation.

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And I think we can make a difference.

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And I also had a lot of things

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I was gonna just touch base on briefly

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on pornography, but I saw that that was

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already hit.

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Praise God.

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And if you weren't in that session, I

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would encourage you to listen to the audio.

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I believe they'll have the audios uploaded hopefully

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within a week or so.

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And people often ask me about this issue.

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And just as a man, we all know

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it's a struggle.

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God has created us to be attractive visually

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to hopefully our wife.

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So that's a very good thing.

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And then what the enemy does is what

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does he do?

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He perverts that.

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That's where the word pervert comes from.

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Perversion, pervert.

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You take something that's straight and good and

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you pervert it, you redirect it.

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And God, I've seen that destroy more homes

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probably than anything else.

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I've seen it destroy relationships with our daughters

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more than anything else.

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And a lot of men don't realize that

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as they're giving their heart to pornography, their

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heart is drifting from their wife.

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They don't wanna touch their wife anymore.

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They don't wanna talk to their wife anymore.

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You bother me, get away from me.

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Why is that?

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Because it's adultery.

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It's adultery of the heart.

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And I actually have something on my computer,

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on my phone, on my laptop, that sends

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my wife every single website I visit every

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week.

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Whew, what?

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You're crazy.

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I'm saying, no, I wanna expose.

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I wanna live everything in the light.

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Here's my phone, here's my, every search.

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If you search for this, it'll show her

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the searches.

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And people say, man, you're so holy, Shane.

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I said, no, I'm worried about the enemy

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within.

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The struggle of the flesh is a constant

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struggle.

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My flesh wants to stop at one of

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the old bars I used to hit in

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Bakersfield 25 years ago on the way home

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and reminisce about the good old days.

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Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., all that stuff.

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Being a country boy, I can relate.

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And the flesh is pulling, and that's what

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this whole battle is.

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It's between the flesh and the spirit.

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And a lot of what I'm trying to

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do, I love you, give you seven points

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and strong leadership techniques, but we need men

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filled with the spirit of God.

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That's the key.

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We need men filled with the spirit of

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God.

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And I am so glad that this is

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up here, if you don't mind.

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This is a wonderful...

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Oh, it's actually, yeah, it isn't a pump.

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It's automatic.

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I grew up on these.

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I shot trap.

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My brother makes duck calls in Idaho.

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I know all about duck dynasty, duck blinds,

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4.30 in the morning.

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But what happens is men, a lot of

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men are straight as a gun barrel theologically,

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but they're just as empty.

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See, this poses no threat, does it?

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Chamber's open, there's nothing in there.

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But if I started to grab three, three

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-inch magnum shells, buckshot, begin to load this,

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some of you might head for that exit.

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And security's gonna start, are we concealing?

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What's going on with this guy?

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What's the difference?

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I can walk around with this, no big

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deal.

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But when I put that shotgun shell in

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the chamber and I close that chamber, now

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it has power.

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Now it has authority.

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That's the difference.

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So many men are straight as a gun

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barrel theologically.

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You've got it all down.

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You're wondering, and you're even sizing me up,

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does he listen to Benny Hinn or John

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And I wanna just take that minute, this

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minute right now, MacArthur, I have the MacArthur

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Study Bible, just for you, I'm curious.

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But I'm going after the compromiser.

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I'm going after men who need to devote

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their lives to the Lord but I've seen

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so many men who are modern-day Pharisees.

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You're just as straight as a gun barrel

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but you're empty.

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You're dead to the things of the Spirit.

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That's what the Spirit does.

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It brings life.

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It brings power.

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It brings unction.

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As a matter of, can I just hold

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this a whole sermon?

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This seems, does this add a little bit

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more credibility?

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But it feels good.

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It feels good.

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I might have to go out to that

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trap range.

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But my dad raised me on that.

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The whole Hank Williams Jr. song, a country

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boy can't survive.

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I've ran the trout line.

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I've skinned a buck.

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I've had a four-wheel drive.

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All these things and I love America but

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America needs God.

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America needs God.

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I'm like Nehemiah.

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Why should I not be sad when the

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place of my father's tombs lies in waste?

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And it's not about worshiping a nation.

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It's about recognizing what God has done in

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a nation.

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But what about this?

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But what about that?

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Yeah, don't throw out the baby with the

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bathwater.

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It's simply a reflection of the character for

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Back on this track though, some people theologically

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they are dead.

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They're dead.

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You need a mighty filling of the Holy

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Spirit.

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I'm not afraid to talk about that.

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And where I, it's interesting.

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Charismatics, man, I wish I was more charismatic.

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And conservatives don't like when I talk about

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this issue.

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But I truly believe it's once my heart

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finally submitted to the Lord.

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I sought him.

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I prayed.

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I fasted.

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I humbled myself.

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That I was filled mightily with the Holy

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And the books came out of that.

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The speaking came out of that.

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Lord, I'm a broken man dependent upon you.

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D.O. Moody said we are leaky vessels.

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We've gotta sit underneath the fountain of life

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all the time.

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So as people love to sit around and

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debate theology and eschatology and pneumatology, I wanna

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know where is the Spirit of God in

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your life?

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Because I can have correct theology and thank

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God for it.

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of the Holy Spirit, it falls on deaf

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ears.

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And you will hear boring sermons.

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And we'll say, when is lunch?

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Because you have to have theology with power.

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That's preaching.

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Preaching, D.

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Preaching, said that theology is coming through a

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man on fire with the Spirit of God.

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I love reading old books about revivals.

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My Heart is for Revivals, Welsh Revivals, Great

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Awakenings, George Whitefield, Wesley.

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I can take you to Methodist Circuit Writers.

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I can take you to, no revival.

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No revival in the history of our nation.

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Well, Scotland was started without prayer and humility

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and brokenness.

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Everything I'm talking about.

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So if we wanna revive our nation, we've

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gotta get on our faces before God.

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And it's interesting.

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years ago, they would not ask, where did

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he go to school?

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Does he have his PhD in theology and

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church history?

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Does he have a master's degree in biblical

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studies and hermeneutics and homiletics?

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What they would ask is one question.

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Has he received his baptism of fire?

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Because you can have a master's degree, but

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I'd rather have a degree from the master.

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Now, big disclaimer there.

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Go get an education.

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I've done enough reading to last me a

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I've read commentaries from Calvin and Haas and

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Systematic Theology by Norman Geisler and Wayne Grudem.

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I love D.O. Moody and reading biographies

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of great men.

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But at the end of the day, it

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comes down to am I filled with the

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spirit of God?

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Or am I trusting in my own strength?

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Am I trusting in who I am or

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what I've accomplished or in what God has

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done?

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So that's the foundation for this morning, this

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afternoon, I should say.

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Now, I've been up since four this morning

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trying to harness all of this.

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And as you know, we talked about last

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If you weren't here last night, get the

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audio, please.

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Because it will begin to transform your heart.

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We talked about humbling ourselves.

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I got into if my people pray, if

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they seek.

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And I stopped here for a minute, if

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my people pray.

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And I asked you the question to think

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Hunger is a sign of health.

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When you're hungry, you are healthy.

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And if you are not hungry for the

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things of God, you are dying spiritually.

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That's meant to offend.

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That's meant to be the slap in the

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face.

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Is he saying, absolutely.

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Tim, if he would have just kept going

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another hour, I would have been fine.

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Just after about 20, 30 minutes, I'd be

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on my face on these steps saying, God,

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I need your power.

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I need your presence.

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I need all of you.

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And I probably should have fixed that charismatic

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conservative, but I'm right in the middle.

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I love sound doctrine.

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I love theology.

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I believe that a person needs to be

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mightily filled with the Holy Spirit.

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I believe that you have all of the

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Holy Spirit that you will ever need at

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conversion.

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But the question is, does he have all

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of you?

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That's the question.

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So that's why there's a big debate, the

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baptism of the Holy Spirit, the filling of

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the Holy Spirit.

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Does the Holy Spirit have all of you?

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And Paul said, be filled with the Holy

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Spirit, the Greek, the preposition, the wording, everything.

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Most theologians will tell you that that is

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a constant being filled of the Holy Spirit,

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being filled with the Holy Spirit.

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If I would have got drunk last week,

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looked at porn and watched Fox News and

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CNN, I would have not preached powerfully today.

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I'll tell you that right now.

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Why is that?

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Because I'm not filled with the Holy Spirit.

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I'm quenching and grieving.

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I am so passionate about the things of

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God that I need more of God.

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As a matter of fact, I was hesitant

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to say this, but I'm not even eating

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up here.

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I brought juice and some nuts.

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And I'm going back, oh, that's spiritual.

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No, I need God.

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Don't you understand?

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How do you live with Christ at the

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center of your life?

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I have to starve the flesh and be

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filled with the Spirit.

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Have you ever noticed why?

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Boy, I don't really struggle with lust up

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here.

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Why is that?

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And all the triggers are gone.

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All the pornography is gone.

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All those images on Facebook are gone.

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And you're just here to focus on God.

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As a man thinketh in his heart, so

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is he.

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What you fill your mind with, you will

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become.

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Filled with the Spirit of God or filled

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with carnality.

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And that's a big struggle, loving the things

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of the world or the things of God.

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That's what pulls us away from God.

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If my people humble themselves, if they pray.

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My Jesus said my house will be called

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a house of prayer.

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When was the last time the church dedicated

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as much time to prayer as to preaching?

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Have you ever thought about that?

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Prayer's an afterthought.

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Hey, we preached for 30 minutes.

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We did worship.

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Let's, oh, might as well get a quick

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prayer in there.

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Prayer, the weapons of your warfare.

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I run people all the time.

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That's wonderful.

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You have AK-47s and ARs and 1

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,500 rounds of ammunition.

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Your prayer closets are empty and your gun

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safes are full.

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What's the problem there?

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Prayer moves the hand of God.

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It's prayer that's going to bring revival.

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It's prayer that's going to change this nation

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if my people humble themselves and pray.

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Pray moves the hand of God.

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Shane, how do you know?

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Because the weapons of our warfare are not

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carnal.

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That's not gonna do anything.

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I own it, I own .357, I own

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lots of rounds.

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It doesn't matter.

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That's not where my trust and my hope

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and my strength is in.

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It's in prayer, pulling down heaven, praying for

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that prodigal son, praying for that 12-year

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-old daughter before she hits the world.

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You better be on your faces before prayer,

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before God, because there is an enemy sent

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to kill, steal, and to destroy.

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That is his mission.

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In case you think the devil's just some

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little guy with the little horns and a

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little pitchfork and all.

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No, he is sent as an angel of

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light often.

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To kill, to steal, and to destroy.

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Come on in, it's not bad.

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Have you ever thought about that?

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What used to amaze us and we would

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never allow now amuses us.

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It wasn't so long ago I was raised

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on Leave it to Beaver, Little House on

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the Prairie.

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Now there are dating shows and reality shows

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that are stench in the nostrils of a

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righteous, holy, pure God, and somebody's gotta call

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it out.

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I'm not afraid.

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If half the room didn't come back in

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for tonight, that's fine with me, because it's

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the half that wants God, that will say.

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Think of how far we've drifted.

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We allow that vampires, the occult, witchcraft into

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our homes.

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We watch all this ungodly things into our

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homes, and we'll squeeze God in on Sunday,

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and we expect the spirit of God to

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move in our homes and moves in our

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hearts with filling our mind with all that

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garbage.

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That's why you don't pray well, you don't

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live well.

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E.M. Bounds said that, read any book

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E.

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has ever written.

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E.M. Bounds, and it will convict you

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to pray.

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It convicted me.

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Men do not pray well because they do

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not live well.

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And I made a vow to God many

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years ago that I would speak the truth.

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God, whatever you put in my heart, it's

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underscore with love.

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I love your grace, I love your mercy.

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But I'm often reminded right before the fall

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of Jerusalem, for 500 years of Jewish history,

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right before the fall of Jerusalem, God said,

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I sent my messengers, rising them up early

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and sending them.

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But they mocked my messengers, despised my word,

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and they scoffed at the prophets until the

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anger of the Lord arose against his own

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people.

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What do you do when God says, you

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want it, you got it?

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So I love, love mercy and grace.

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It's a love that I should be buried

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in Lancaster, I should be dead, I should

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be hung over, I should be on my

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fifth marriage, but it was for the grace

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of God.

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But I believe that grace allows me to

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live under a higher standard, not lower.

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Grace doesn't allow me to continue in sin

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and mock God.

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Paul says, whoa, be to the man who

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does that.

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But grace allows me to live under a

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higher standard, to pull people out of the

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eternal darkness and into the kingdom of God,

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to love and to cherish, but also speak

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the truth.

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Who said we can no longer speak the

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truth?

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I'll tell you, if you elect the wrong

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person, it's coming.

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And I'm not getting political, I'm not gonna

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go there.

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I promise myself, don't go there, because I'm

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concerned.

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I look at where we're at, I'm just

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concerned.

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I am concerned that we are in a

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nation on the brink of a tipping point.

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Everybody's like, Shane, what are we doing?

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Well, the Titanic has been struck.

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The Titanic has been struck.

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Where are these messages now?

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Where are they?

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This is what the church desperately needs.

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Every time God brings recovery or revival, it's

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through repentance.

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It's through men and women on their faces

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before God, saying, God, we must have you

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move.

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Then he answers, will I not hear from

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heaven and forgive their sins?

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But your sins have blocked my communication with

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you.

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It's very healthy to talk about this thing.

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Jesus actually spoke, you ready for a bombshell?

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Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven.

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Uh-oh, Jesus began the ministry, not preaching

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the love of God, but the repentance.

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Because it's the love of God.

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Here's the truth, it's the love of God

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that compels me to share the truth.

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If I didn't love those struggling with same

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-sex attraction, I wouldn't preach boldly to them.

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If I didn't love those who've just had

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abortion or considering abortion, I wouldn't preach the

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truth to them.

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I love people, and the truth must be

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told.

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Jesus came, the word became flesh and dwelt

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among us, and we behold the only begotten

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of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Paul said, Timothy, Timothy, the time will come

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when they will not endure sound doctrine.

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They will not endure it, so what's the

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answer?

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Timothy, be ready in and out of season.

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Preach totality of God's word.

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Preach love, but preach holiness.

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Preach grace, but preach righteousness.

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Preach heaven, but preach hell.

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Preach the pleasant things and also the difficult

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things.

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Why?

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Because the Holy Spirit of God moves through

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all that to convict and restore and rebuild.

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That's biblical preaching.

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And I also shared the hardest part about

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pastoring, as you know, I talked about last

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night, is seeing people die spiritually.

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Seeing them die spiritually with living water just

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steps away.

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Every problem I see as a pastor, more

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often than not, can be corrected if they

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would just turn to the living water.

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Turn to Christ, fully surrender.

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Because see, partial surrender is not surrender.

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Well, the Germans in World War II said,

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we're gonna partially surrender.

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What would have happened?

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There's no such thing as partially surrendering, and

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I also wanna be very encouraging at this

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point, because nobody's gonna do this perfectly.

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You will not live perfect on this side

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of heaven.

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You have a loving father who wants relationship,

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who wants to bring the prodigal son home

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and work with you and help, but there

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has to be deep repentance.

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There has to be full surrender.

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Surrendering our life to him.

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I remember hearing, I was at a large

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pastor's conference in 2008, I think it was

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Mike Huckabee was sharing how he took his

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daughter, 12-year-old daughter, to a Holocaust

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museum.

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And she could not believe the horrors that

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were unfolding before her eyes.

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And many of you have seen the pictures,

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you know.

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And he's thinking, oh, have I done it?

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This is terrible.

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What's gonna happen?

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I can't believe, was she too young for

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this?

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Did I do the wrong thing?

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00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:01,140
And he sat in the car with her

552
00:18:01,140 --> 00:18:02,340
for almost two hours.

553
00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:05,080
All the way home, she didn't say a

554
00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:05,320
word.

555
00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,200
And when she finally spoke, she said, Daddy,

556
00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:11,760
why didn't somebody do something?

557
00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,080
See, that's my concern today.

558
00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:21,000
We are living in a culture where men

559
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,260
and women dressed in black robes can redefine

560
00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:23,780
marriage.

561
00:18:27,220 --> 00:18:27,660
Really?

562
00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:29,780
That's no big deal.

563
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,540
We live in a culture where people go

564
00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:35,120
on television and actually say, running for the

565
00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,860
highest office that it's okay to abort a

566
00:18:38,860 --> 00:18:40,540
child after a certain trimester.

567
00:18:41,380 --> 00:18:43,040
And you don't wanna know what a partial

568
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,080
birth abortion involves.

569
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,020
Shane, why are you talking about this?

570
00:18:45,060 --> 00:18:46,560
Because somebody has to.

571
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:47,380
Don't you get it?

572
00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,320
They wanna silence the pulpit.

573
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,400
Shut your mouth, truth, church.

574
00:18:51,580 --> 00:18:53,340
Just talk about all the good things.

575
00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:55,200
No, the bad things have to be brought

576
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,740
to the surface too so the deep national

577
00:18:57,740 --> 00:18:59,140
repentance will take place.

578
00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,400
We've got the blood of innocent children on

579
00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,340
our hands and who's gonna sit there and

580
00:19:03,340 --> 00:19:04,840
not be concerned about it?

581
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,140
That's the problem.

582
00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,400
We're not repenting.

583
00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:10,220
We're not saying, God, I need you.

584
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,400
The sex slave trade industry, you know there

585
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,560
are 10-year-old and 12-year-old

586
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:17,040
girls in Los Angeles County who are being

587
00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,360
led into this, a life of prostitution, drugged

588
00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:20,620
up.

589
00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:21,760
Where's the concern?

590
00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:22,700
Where's the passion?

591
00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,200
We have no problem eating and watching the

592
00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:25,660
NFL.

593
00:19:26,620 --> 00:19:28,500
But when it comes to the things of

594
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,860
God, we've lost our mind.

595
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:30,160
Why?

596
00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:33,040
Because we need humbleness and brokenness and humility.

597
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:36,400
If my people humble themselves and pray.

598
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,540
Ian Bound said, when faith ceases to pray,

599
00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:40,900
it ceases to live.

600
00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,740
When your faith ceases to pray, you will

601
00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:44,680
cease to live.

602
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,340
Here's where the rubber meets the road.

603
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:48,820
Why aren't we praying?

604
00:19:49,340 --> 00:19:50,880
As men, why aren't we praying?

605
00:19:52,220 --> 00:19:54,120
Very simple, he who loves the world does

606
00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:55,440
not have the love of the Father in

607
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:55,620
him.

608
00:19:58,380 --> 00:20:01,280
What we're feeding our mind with, where we're

609
00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,200
spending our time, that's why we don't love

610
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,440
prayer, is because we're feeding our mind with

611
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,100
the things of the world.

612
00:20:07,180 --> 00:20:08,740
See, I remember, do you remember when the

613
00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:09,660
hero was the father?

614
00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:15,380
I remember when the hero in the family

615
00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:19,830
was the father, not some idiot on television,

616
00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:22,490
not some athlete who beats his wife, not

617
00:20:22,490 --> 00:20:24,710
some entertainer who mocks God.

618
00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,010
The hero was the father.

619
00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:31,150
And out of that position, we would lead

620
00:20:31,150 --> 00:20:34,550
our families in prayer and they don't want

621
00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:34,710
to.

622
00:20:34,710 --> 00:20:36,770
My kids don't want to either.

623
00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:39,890
I've got four under 11, so please pray

624
00:20:39,890 --> 00:20:40,330
for me.

625
00:20:42,050 --> 00:20:43,190
And three are daughters.

626
00:20:43,570 --> 00:20:45,230
I've already got it planned, we're building three

627
00:20:45,230 --> 00:20:46,570
homes in the back and they're never getting

628
00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:46,930
married.

629
00:20:49,650 --> 00:20:51,730
I know that's not right, but it's how

630
00:20:51,730 --> 00:20:52,090
I feel.

631
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,020
Recent statistics show that I think it's 80,

632
00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:58,880
90% of all young men being raised

633
00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,400
now, even in the church, are hooked to

634
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:00,780
pornography.

635
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,300
We are living in some dire times.

636
00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:08,700
I just, about a year ago, there was

637
00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,920
a man up front, the altar was full

638
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,680
of men, just weeping.

639
00:21:12,860 --> 00:21:14,460
God was moving in a special way.

640
00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:15,640
It doesn't happen all the time.

641
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,580
And this man was weeping unlike anything I've

642
00:21:18,580 --> 00:21:19,180
seen before.

643
00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:21,500
It was heart-wrenching.

644
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:23,860
And his friend came up and he told

645
00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:27,060
me that recently he had to cut his

646
00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:28,820
son down in the garage who hung himself.

647
00:21:32,090 --> 00:21:34,130
Can you imagine walking into your garage and

648
00:21:34,130 --> 00:21:34,730
seeing that?

649
00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:38,490
See, folks, this is the world I live

650
00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:38,610
in.

651
00:21:38,690 --> 00:21:40,070
This is the world we live in.

652
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:43,910
We're strong enemy forces are running wild.

653
00:21:44,350 --> 00:21:45,810
We are redefining truth.

654
00:21:45,950 --> 00:21:47,530
We are calling good evil and evil good.

655
00:21:47,630 --> 00:21:48,870
We are not praying for our family.

656
00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:50,210
We're hoping they just get through.

657
00:21:51,070 --> 00:21:53,270
But you've gotta become men and women, women,

658
00:21:53,630 --> 00:21:55,890
I was preaching Sunday, men of prayer.

659
00:21:56,350 --> 00:21:57,890
There might be somebody who'll listen to women

660
00:21:57,890 --> 00:21:58,390
later, right?

661
00:21:59,050 --> 00:22:01,010
But you've gotta become men of prayer to

662
00:22:01,010 --> 00:22:03,110
be the hero again, to call your family

663
00:22:03,110 --> 00:22:03,730
back.

664
00:22:04,570 --> 00:22:06,570
You cannot be filled with the world and

665
00:22:06,570 --> 00:22:07,550
filled with the Spirit.

666
00:22:07,710 --> 00:22:09,470
You cannot, choose today, church.

667
00:22:09,470 --> 00:22:11,710
Choose today, who will you serve?

668
00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:13,270
You cannot serve two masters.

669
00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:14,570
Stop trying.

670
00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:16,770
You'll love the one and hate the other

671
00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:18,370
or be loyal to one and despise the

672
00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:18,530
other.

673
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:21,290
Jesus said you cannot love two masters.

674
00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:23,330
That's why we don't wanna pray.

675
00:22:23,430 --> 00:22:25,090
That's why we don't wanna worship is we

676
00:22:25,090 --> 00:22:27,670
have the love of the world in us.

677
00:22:28,050 --> 00:22:29,930
Now the world there, the cosmos is the

678
00:22:29,930 --> 00:22:32,950
world's mindset, the way the world thinks, the

679
00:22:32,950 --> 00:22:34,790
way the world does business, the thing the

680
00:22:34,790 --> 00:22:35,850
world watches.

681
00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:38,370
And entertainment to me is a big deal

682
00:22:38,370 --> 00:22:40,370
because as a man thinks so is he.

683
00:22:41,210 --> 00:22:44,530
What we're putting in, all these images, all

684
00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:46,930
these things that are ungodly and we expect

685
00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:48,850
to be filled with the Spirit of God.

686
00:22:48,930 --> 00:22:50,990
If you go to bed with a certain

687
00:22:50,990 --> 00:22:52,390
image on your mind because of what you

688
00:22:52,390 --> 00:22:54,790
just saw, you will wake up not hungry

689
00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:55,330
for God.

690
00:22:56,330 --> 00:22:57,790
But if you're in the word and in

691
00:22:57,790 --> 00:23:00,810
prayer and EM bounds, A.W. Potosor, these

692
00:23:00,810 --> 00:23:02,250
great men of God, if you read them

693
00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:04,010
before you go to bed, you're hungry for

694
00:23:04,010 --> 00:23:05,250
God, you wake up hungry for God.

695
00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:08,830
It's an ongoing process to be filled with

696
00:23:08,830 --> 00:23:09,690
the Spirit of God.

697
00:23:10,590 --> 00:23:12,410
Remember though, the big push right now is

698
00:23:12,410 --> 00:23:15,290
to remove anything that offends, isn't it?

699
00:23:16,330 --> 00:23:17,410
Remove anything that offends.

700
00:23:17,470 --> 00:23:19,230
So when I start talking about obedience to

701
00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:21,310
God's word, no, no, that's a bad word.

702
00:23:22,190 --> 00:23:24,150
Let's put obedience right there with repentance.

703
00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:26,070
While you're at it, let's put it with

704
00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:26,330
hell.

705
00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:28,530
Let's put it right there with the blood

706
00:23:28,530 --> 00:23:28,870
of Christ.

707
00:23:29,170 --> 00:23:30,990
There's a church in my valley who instructed

708
00:23:30,990 --> 00:23:33,030
their worship leader, a big church, to remove

709
00:23:33,030 --> 00:23:35,890
all lyrics from songs that mention the blood

710
00:23:35,890 --> 00:23:36,410
of Christ.

711
00:23:39,730 --> 00:23:40,250
Why?

712
00:23:41,270 --> 00:23:43,870
Actually, it's a growing church because they're telling

713
00:23:43,870 --> 00:23:45,210
people what they want to hear.

714
00:23:46,430 --> 00:23:47,970
And the people there, many of them are

715
00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:48,670
not converted.

716
00:23:50,450 --> 00:23:52,970
Remove all the songs about the blood of

717
00:23:52,970 --> 00:23:53,270
Christ.

718
00:23:53,470 --> 00:23:57,490
I mean, the last time I checked, that's

719
00:23:57,490 --> 00:23:58,430
the point of the gospel.

720
00:23:58,830 --> 00:24:00,490
For God so loved the world.

721
00:24:01,310 --> 00:24:04,190
See, we remove these offensive truths, but it's

722
00:24:04,190 --> 00:24:06,750
the offensive truths that set people free.

723
00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:08,750
Yeah, they might get mad, that's okay.

724
00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:10,830
They might get upset, that's okay.

725
00:24:11,070 --> 00:24:13,050
But we've done what God's called us to

726
00:24:13,050 --> 00:24:13,350
do.

727
00:24:13,970 --> 00:24:16,050
Now, if you just have truth and obedience

728
00:24:16,050 --> 00:24:18,050
without the Holy Spirit, without love, it's called

729
00:24:18,050 --> 00:24:19,790
legalism, it's called Phariseeism.

730
00:24:20,430 --> 00:24:22,210
And that's a whole nother sermon.

731
00:24:24,410 --> 00:24:25,590
If I say I'm doing a message on

732
00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:27,450
legalism, Phariseeism, nobody would be here.

733
00:24:27,530 --> 00:24:28,910
So I have to sneak it in sometimes.

734
00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:34,080
And here's the difference, back to grace.

735
00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:37,460
Grace doesn't relieve me of responsibility.

736
00:24:37,860 --> 00:24:39,800
I actually live under a higher standard now.

737
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,880
I don't wanna view certain things.

738
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,200
Why would I wanna view things that are

739
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,040
gonna cause me to lust after other women

740
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,100
other than my wife?

741
00:24:48,540 --> 00:24:50,940
And people ask, Shane, how is it that

742
00:24:50,940 --> 00:24:52,800
you, by the grace of God, have not

743
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,840
committed adultery or don't even, well, very quickly,

744
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,480
this is so easy, it's elementary.

745
00:24:57,820 --> 00:25:00,100
I don't even get talk or text or

746
00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:01,860
email or build in any type of relationship

747
00:25:01,860 --> 00:25:03,280
with a girl who I'm attracted to.

748
00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:04,440
At all.

749
00:25:04,780 --> 00:25:05,520
Well, Shane, that's rude.

750
00:25:05,740 --> 00:25:06,960
You can call me rude, you can call

751
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,440
me arrogant, just don't call me adulter.

752
00:25:09,980 --> 00:25:11,700
I'll be nice and cordial and say, my

753
00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:12,700
wife would love to talk to you.

754
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:14,320
Be nice and cordial, my love to talk

755
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:14,500
to you.

756
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,120
I got your email, thank you, I included

757
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,100
my wife so she can talk.

758
00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:20,180
I don't build any relationship that's going to

759
00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:22,840
pull me back into that lifestyle I left

760
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,080
many, many years ago.

761
00:25:25,060 --> 00:25:27,320
You've got the obedience to God's word.

762
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,460
I can give you scripture after scripture after

763
00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:32,440
scripture about obedience to the word of God.

764
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,200
As a matter of fact, James says, we

765
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,020
live in deception.

766
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,440
If we know it, but don't do it.

767
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,500
James 1.22, be doers of the word

768
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,060
and not hearers only deceiving yourself.

769
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,800
Be not conformed into this certain image, but

770
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,800
be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

771
00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:52,260
Be not conformed.

772
00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:54,740
Do not put on that, put on this.

773
00:25:54,860 --> 00:25:56,300
Let this mind be in you, which was

774
00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,060
also in Christ Jesus, who being in the

775
00:25:58,060 --> 00:26:00,480
form of God, did not consider it robbery

776
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,140
to be equal with God, but he made

777
00:26:02,140 --> 00:26:03,660
himself of no reputation.

778
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:05,720
So he took on a mind of humility.

779
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,480
Paul said, flees sexual morality, all these things.

780
00:26:08,580 --> 00:26:10,200
And then when it comes to obeying the

781
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,560
word of God, people say, oh, it's legalism.

782
00:26:11,620 --> 00:26:13,420
No, that just means you want an excuse

783
00:26:13,420 --> 00:26:15,020
to continue in your lifestyle.

784
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,100
That's what that means.

785
00:26:17,180 --> 00:26:17,300
Why?

786
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,020
Because I didn't.

787
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,280
See, you forget I'm preaching to myself right

788
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,080
here as well.

789
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,740
All these sermons of preaching to myself.

790
00:26:25,660 --> 00:26:27,520
If it wasn't for the grace of God,

791
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:28,580
there go I.

792
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,720
Therefore, having these promises, 2 Corinthians 7, 1.

793
00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:39,520
Therefore, it's funny, the legalist might even say

794
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:40,620
right now he didn't even bring his Bible

795
00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:40,980
up there.

796
00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:44,440
He didn't quote a lot of scriptures and

797
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,020
do an expositional topic tool, whatever.

798
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,120
Right, because I'm going after the heart.

799
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,160
I love going after heart.

800
00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:54,400
I love expository preaching.

801
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:55,740
I love working through your text.

802
00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:57,520
But there also comes a point in time

803
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,720
where most of the messages in the gospel

804
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,020
and the Old Testament are topical.

805
00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:03,440
To bring the heart of the people back

806
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,380
to God, we need expository preaching, sound doctrine

807
00:27:06,380 --> 00:27:08,440
preaching in our churches, but we also need

808
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,560
to rattle the cage of the heart and

809
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,200
wake up that sinner and call them back

810
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,080
to God.

811
00:27:14,860 --> 00:27:17,260
2 Corinthians 7, 1.

812
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,480
Therefore, having these promises, beloved.

813
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,260
So God has given us promises.

814
00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:22,740
Paul acknowledges these promises.

815
00:27:23,260 --> 00:27:28,440
Let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement, perfecting

816
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,800
holiness in the fear of the Lord.

817
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,500
See, I remember when the church feared God.

818
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,700
This isn't a fear of an abusive father.

819
00:27:37,780 --> 00:27:39,680
This is a fear of respect.

820
00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:42,260
When I was a heavy equipment operator and

821
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,940
I was digging right next to a 12

822
00:27:43,940 --> 00:27:47,660
,000 volt electrical line that underground services identified

823
00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:48,340
for me.

824
00:27:48,420 --> 00:27:49,920
And if I hit it, I'm dead.

825
00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:53,460
I'm very, very conscience of what is right

826
00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:53,900
there.

827
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,560
Or in our area, we have a 36

828
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,300
inch gas main from Texas into our area.

829
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:01,140
And you're digging with heavy equipment.

830
00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:02,300
You are very cautious.

831
00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:05,020
I fear with fear and trembling.

832
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:07,220
That's a good thing because in fear and

833
00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:09,800
trembling, I move cautiously, I move carefully.

834
00:28:10,140 --> 00:28:12,300
I walk circumspectly, Paul would say.

835
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,580
That's the role of a man, to fear

836
00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:15,260
God.

837
00:28:16,380 --> 00:28:18,480
The beginning of knowledge is to fear God.

838
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,500
Somebody else in the New Testament said to

839
00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,180
fear him.

840
00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:23,040
Don't fear him who can just kill your

841
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,240
body, ISIS, but fear him who can cast

842
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,940
both body and soul in hell.

843
00:28:28,460 --> 00:28:30,440
Jesus said it about God the Father.

844
00:28:33,660 --> 00:28:35,260
God, I feel God just wanting to revive

845
00:28:35,260 --> 00:28:35,740
us.

846
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,000
Wilt thou not revive us again that your

847
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,620
people may rejoice in you?

848
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,940
Guys, our men, men, our nation is looking

849
00:28:42,940 --> 00:28:43,660
for character.

850
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,340
Our wives are looking for leaders and our

851
00:28:46,340 --> 00:28:47,580
kids are looking for fathers.

852
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,800
Stop the silly video games, get off Facebook,

853
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,100
kill your porn habit, tell your ungodly friends

854
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:53,740
to hit the road.

855
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,180
You are called to lead, love and die

856
00:28:56,180 --> 00:28:58,160
if necessary for your family.

857
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,980
We are the reason the nation is deteriorating.

858
00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:05,320
Do you realize the nation is a reflection

859
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:05,780
of the home?

860
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,700
As the home goes, so goes the nation.

861
00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:12,760
And as men, we've got to get back

862
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:13,200
to that point.

863
00:29:13,260 --> 00:29:14,440
Shane, do you really think we can make

864
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:14,900
a difference?

865
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:15,320
Come on.

866
00:29:17,860 --> 00:29:19,560
Really, that's the attitude we're supposed to have?

867
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,620
Jesus said, do business until I return.

868
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,760
God said, if I can just get a

869
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,420
few people, if I can just get a

870
00:29:25,420 --> 00:29:28,040
few people, I'm not concerned about big groups

871
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,100
as I am good hearts.

872
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,100
He told Ezekiel, I sought for a man

873
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:32,940
from among them.

874
00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:35,340
I sought for a man from among them

875
00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,900
who would stand in the gap and build

876
00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,860
a wall on behalf of me that I

877
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:41,160
might not destroy the land, but I found

878
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:41,860
no one.

879
00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:45,400
You're saying, oh, destroying the land and God's

880
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,180
not happy and all this.

881
00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:46,880
What are you doing to me?

882
00:29:47,060 --> 00:29:48,660
I'm trying to get you to a point

883
00:29:48,660 --> 00:29:49,120
of repentance.

884
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,320
Here's the truth.

885
00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,180
People who are filled with the spirit of

886
00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:54,020
God have no problem with me saying that.

887
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:54,940
They love it.

888
00:29:54,940 --> 00:29:56,280
They're saying, preach it, brother.

889
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,980
Scream it from the housetops because we need

890
00:29:58,980 --> 00:29:59,880
to hear that again.

891
00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:01,980
That's the only thing that'll bring the prodigal

892
00:30:01,980 --> 00:30:04,200
son home the wayward daughter will come home

893
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,400
when the conviction of God falls upon their

894
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:06,640
heart.

895
00:30:06,780 --> 00:30:09,020
And they said, there is a God that

896
00:30:09,020 --> 00:30:10,960
loves me and wants the best for me,

897
00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:13,540
but I've got to readjust and I've got

898
00:30:13,540 --> 00:30:15,120
to repent and renew my life.

899
00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:16,700
That's all biblical.

900
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,320
That's all biblical.

901
00:30:21,710 --> 00:30:24,590
Pray as if your life depends upon, it

902
00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:26,710
depends, sorry, tongue tied.

903
00:30:27,650 --> 00:30:29,670
Pray as if your life depended upon it

904
00:30:29,670 --> 00:30:30,570
because it does.

905
00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:35,640
Your spiritual life will depend on your prayer

906
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:36,040
life.

907
00:30:37,220 --> 00:30:39,000
We've heard this so much, it's in one

908
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:39,760
ear and out the next.

909
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,500
I'm well aware that pray, pray, pray, pray,

910
00:30:41,580 --> 00:30:41,980
pray, pray.

911
00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:42,920
I got it, got it, got it.

912
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:43,700
No, we don't got it.

913
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,940
We don't got it because prayer changes the

914
00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:47,240
man.

915
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:52,730
Guys, I grew up in a very angry

916
00:30:52,730 --> 00:30:52,970
home.

917
00:30:53,050 --> 00:30:53,590
I said that.

918
00:30:56,810 --> 00:30:57,970
I was very angry.

919
00:30:57,970 --> 00:31:00,930
I lost, ended in divorce in the 1990s.

920
00:31:01,870 --> 00:31:03,290
People say, you can't be preaching, you've been

921
00:31:03,290 --> 00:31:03,630
divorced.

922
00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:05,510
Yeah, I can.

923
00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:07,070
Because it was biblical.

924
00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:08,570
It was biblical divorce.

925
00:31:10,550 --> 00:31:11,890
Adultery, abandonment, everything.

926
00:31:12,530 --> 00:31:14,230
And God used that to call me.

927
00:31:14,870 --> 00:31:16,050
Had it not been for that, I wouldn't

928
00:31:16,050 --> 00:31:17,070
be here today.

929
00:31:17,990 --> 00:31:19,490
That's what God used to break me.

930
00:31:19,550 --> 00:31:20,050
What happened?

931
00:31:20,170 --> 00:31:21,730
Anger, addiction, and arrogance.

932
00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,110
I was angry.

933
00:31:24,110 --> 00:31:26,290
I could punch holes in walls and rip

934
00:31:26,290 --> 00:31:27,170
doors off hinges.

935
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,580
And I realized, as you do too, that

936
00:31:33,580 --> 00:31:34,340
it's still in here.

937
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,020
It's still in here.

938
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,880
That Adamic nature.

939
00:31:41,660 --> 00:31:43,340
Oh, wretched man that I am, who will

940
00:31:43,340 --> 00:31:44,980
deliver me from this body of sin and

941
00:31:44,980 --> 00:31:45,300
death?

942
00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:47,040
The things I want to do, I don't

943
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:47,180
do.

944
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,400
The things I don't wanna do, I do.

945
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,000
Oh, wretched man, who will deliver me?

946
00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:52,060
I thank God it's through Jesus Christ that

947
00:31:52,060 --> 00:31:52,900
will deliver me.

948
00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:54,160
But here's the thing.

949
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:55,560
Here's what happens.

950
00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:57,320
When I go into the prayer closet, when

951
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,260
I pray and God breaks my heart and

952
00:32:00,260 --> 00:32:01,500
I begin to pray, I come out of

953
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:02,280
there a better father.

954
00:32:02,980 --> 00:32:04,300
I come out a better husband.

955
00:32:04,420 --> 00:32:05,980
I come out a better pastor because of

956
00:32:05,980 --> 00:32:06,400
prayer.

957
00:32:06,820 --> 00:32:08,280
See, prayer isn't so much, we think about

958
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,500
changing God's mind.

959
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:10,620
It's changing my heart.

960
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,600
It's aligning my heart with God's heart.

961
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,420
I don't want the things that God wants.

962
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:15,780
I mean, I don't want the things that

963
00:32:15,780 --> 00:32:16,100
I want.

964
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:17,620
I want the thing that God wants.

965
00:32:17,660 --> 00:32:20,280
It changes everything, everything.

966
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,640
And I was gonna talk about this next

967
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:22,820
point.

968
00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,720
We don't have time, and I bet many

969
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,680
of the people wouldn't even be able to

970
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,180
handle this.

971
00:32:26,180 --> 00:32:28,480
But when you pray and when you fast.

972
00:32:30,260 --> 00:32:32,400
When I was younger, they used to put

973
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,800
nitrous oxide onto Mustangs and things like that.

974
00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:35,520
Remember those days?

975
00:32:35,980 --> 00:32:37,380
That's what fasting is.

976
00:32:38,620 --> 00:32:40,280
Jesus said, when you pray, when you give,

977
00:32:40,340 --> 00:32:42,600
and when you fast, fasting is starving the

978
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:43,920
flesh to be filled with the Spirit.

979
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,620
Moses fasted, he received the word of God.

980
00:32:47,740 --> 00:32:49,540
King Jehoshaphat experienced victory.

981
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:50,740
Esther received protection.

982
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,140
Elijah was restored.

983
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:53,680
Daniel experienced the supernatural.

984
00:32:54,260 --> 00:32:55,340
Ezra received direction.

985
00:32:55,340 --> 00:32:56,440
Nehemiah was strengthened.

986
00:32:56,620 --> 00:32:57,980
Joel offered a cure for judgment.

987
00:32:58,060 --> 00:33:00,180
If my people call the sacred assembly and

988
00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:00,720
fast.

989
00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:02,840
Jesus was empowered by fasting.

990
00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:05,120
Jesus, the Bible says, and he fasted and

991
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,640
came out filled with the Spirit.

992
00:33:06,940 --> 00:33:08,460
Paul was called when he fasted.

993
00:33:08,540 --> 00:33:10,580
Peter received confirmation when he fasted.

994
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,680
Cornelius was saved, his whole household, when he

995
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:14,400
fasted.

996
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,740
Ezra, so we fasted and we besought our

997
00:33:17,740 --> 00:33:20,160
God and this, and he heard our prayers.

998
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,360
I mean, I have a whole sermon on

999
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:22,760
that alone.

1000
00:33:22,860 --> 00:33:24,680
It's convicting, trust me, because we love food.

1001
00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:26,600
And enjoy your food this week.

1002
00:33:26,620 --> 00:33:29,900
I'm not saying that whatsoever, but prayer and

1003
00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:32,100
fasting go together because as I'm fasting, I'm

1004
00:33:32,100 --> 00:33:33,300
starving the flesh.

1005
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:35,340
I do not preach while I'm on a

1006
00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:35,760
full stomach.

1007
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:37,660
I don't know why.

1008
00:33:37,980 --> 00:33:39,220
I'm tired, it's nap time.

1009
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:41,000
Just ate too much.

1010
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,080
And it's this indulgence, prayer and fasting.

1011
00:33:44,180 --> 00:33:45,140
I know I'm gonna lose half of you

1012
00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:46,400
on that, so I'm gonna get back on

1013
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:46,660
track.

1014
00:33:49,390 --> 00:33:51,730
We're gonna close in just a minute, but

1015
00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:53,890
I talked to you last night about if

1016
00:33:53,890 --> 00:33:56,210
my people seek, pray, humble themselves, seek.

1017
00:33:56,790 --> 00:33:57,930
And we have a form.

1018
00:33:58,030 --> 00:33:58,530
Here's the problem.

1019
00:33:58,590 --> 00:34:00,430
We have a form of microwave Christianity.

1020
00:34:02,330 --> 00:34:05,110
We have a form of microwave Christianity.

1021
00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:08,889
And a pastor from Africa just spoke for

1022
00:34:08,889 --> 00:34:09,710
me Wednesday night.

1023
00:34:10,610 --> 00:34:12,690
And he said in Africa, they've got two,

1024
00:34:12,790 --> 00:34:14,210
three, four hour church services.

1025
00:34:14,630 --> 00:34:18,630
They don't even look at the, they're praising

1026
00:34:18,630 --> 00:34:18,870
God.

1027
00:34:18,929 --> 00:34:20,550
But now we've got a microwave form of

1028
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:20,909
Christianity.

1029
00:34:21,330 --> 00:34:22,050
And it was interesting.

1030
00:34:22,050 --> 00:34:25,710
Somebody asked an African pastor, in America, we

1031
00:34:25,710 --> 00:34:26,409
counsel.

1032
00:34:26,929 --> 00:34:29,389
Everybody counsels and we counsels and counsels.

1033
00:34:29,389 --> 00:34:30,610
And we've got therapy, we've got therapy.

1034
00:34:30,730 --> 00:34:32,090
And sometimes that's warranted.

1035
00:34:32,110 --> 00:34:33,090
I counsel often.

1036
00:34:34,030 --> 00:34:36,670
But he said, but why in Africa do

1037
00:34:36,670 --> 00:34:38,050
you not have that much counseling?

1038
00:34:39,050 --> 00:34:41,449
And he said, because in America, you counsel,

1039
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:42,850
in Africa, we repent.

1040
00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:45,489
Let that sink in.

1041
00:34:45,510 --> 00:34:46,510
I'll get you a little bit later.

1042
00:34:48,590 --> 00:34:50,929
Because I've noticed most people in counseling want

1043
00:34:50,929 --> 00:34:52,330
me to tell them in private what I've

1044
00:34:52,330 --> 00:34:53,310
already told them in public.

1045
00:34:54,969 --> 00:34:56,470
And the excuses come in.

1046
00:34:56,830 --> 00:34:59,350
Now, my mom is a registered family marriage

1047
00:34:59,350 --> 00:34:59,930
therapist.

1048
00:35:00,530 --> 00:35:01,610
We refer people often.

1049
00:35:01,690 --> 00:35:02,790
So please don't misunderstand.

1050
00:35:03,290 --> 00:35:04,610
But I see so many people have their

1051
00:35:04,610 --> 00:35:06,290
hope in the counseling and not the creator.

1052
00:35:07,950 --> 00:35:11,330
Because when your heart's right with God, everything

1053
00:35:11,330 --> 00:35:11,730
changes.

1054
00:35:13,730 --> 00:35:16,050
Everything changes when you pray, when you seek

1055
00:35:16,050 --> 00:35:16,730
his face.

1056
00:35:17,410 --> 00:35:19,150
Woe to the church that is in a

1057
00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,890
hurry to burn through a sermon, scurry through

1058
00:35:20,890 --> 00:35:22,570
worship, and head to the nearest restaurant.

1059
00:35:23,630 --> 00:35:25,830
But there's hope for you guys this weekend.

1060
00:35:26,490 --> 00:35:28,170
I love Jeremiah 29, 13.

1061
00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:29,750
You will seek me and you will find

1062
00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:32,010
me when you seek me with all of

1063
00:35:32,010 --> 00:35:32,570
your heart.

1064
00:35:34,050 --> 00:35:34,750
It's interesting.

1065
00:35:34,870 --> 00:35:36,470
God says, when you seek me, you will

1066
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:40,190
find me if you seek me with all

1067
00:35:40,190 --> 00:35:40,630
of your heart.

1068
00:35:40,690 --> 00:35:41,670
That's a lot of seeks in there.

1069
00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:44,530
Not to mention I grew up with a

1070
00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:46,870
learning disability, a reading disability, barely graduated high

1071
00:35:46,870 --> 00:35:48,230
school at the 1.8, didn't go to

1072
00:35:48,230 --> 00:35:48,630
college.

1073
00:35:50,270 --> 00:35:52,490
And God used that through that brokenness.

1074
00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:54,230
Because I said, God, I can't do this.

1075
00:35:54,290 --> 00:35:55,310
I can't do this without you.

1076
00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:57,590
Speaking in front of people, never happened in

1077
00:35:57,590 --> 00:35:58,350
a million years.

1078
00:35:58,990 --> 00:35:59,870
It would never happen.

1079
00:36:00,550 --> 00:36:02,350
So God can use you no matter where

1080
00:36:02,350 --> 00:36:02,630
you are.

1081
00:36:02,670 --> 00:36:03,970
I don't care what you say, Shane, it's

1082
00:36:03,970 --> 00:36:04,230
too late.

1083
00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:05,250
It's never too late with God.

1084
00:36:06,130 --> 00:36:08,450
But God, see, the interesting thing, the more

1085
00:36:08,450 --> 00:36:10,230
I seek him, the more I find him,

1086
00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:11,410
and the more I find him, the more

1087
00:36:11,410 --> 00:36:12,090
I love him.

1088
00:36:12,230 --> 00:36:13,430
The more I love him, the more I

1089
00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:14,110
wanna seek him.

1090
00:36:14,150 --> 00:36:17,110
It's this ongoing spiritual hunger that can never

1091
00:36:17,110 --> 00:36:17,970
be satisfied.

1092
00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:20,590
A.W. Tozer said, I want the presence

1093
00:36:20,590 --> 00:36:23,450
of God himself or I don't want anything

1094
00:36:23,450 --> 00:36:25,690
to do with religion.

1095
00:36:27,390 --> 00:36:30,510
I want the presence of God himself or

1096
00:36:30,510 --> 00:36:32,990
I don't want anything to do with religion.

1097
00:36:33,170 --> 00:36:35,070
We don't need another church service.

1098
00:36:35,190 --> 00:36:36,490
We don't need another conference.

1099
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:38,870
We don't need to play church.

1100
00:36:39,170 --> 00:36:41,350
We need men on their face before God,

1101
00:36:41,490 --> 00:36:43,850
crying out and saying, God, create in me

1102
00:36:43,850 --> 00:36:44,450
a clean heart.

1103
00:36:44,570 --> 00:36:46,950
Renew a right spirit within me because he

1104
00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:47,870
won't relent.

1105
00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:49,750
The God I serve will not relent.

1106
00:36:49,830 --> 00:36:51,570
If he doesn't send me, he's gonna send

1107
00:36:51,570 --> 00:36:52,970
somebody else to you next week.

1108
00:36:53,130 --> 00:36:54,930
You've got the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

1109
00:36:55,110 --> 00:36:56,570
You've got the conviction of the word of

1110
00:36:56,570 --> 00:36:56,730
God.

1111
00:36:56,890 --> 00:36:59,310
You've got your circumstances being orchestrated.

1112
00:36:59,490 --> 00:37:00,410
Draw you back to God.

1113
00:37:00,490 --> 00:37:04,310
He won't relent, but he won't force.

1114
00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:05,550
See, that's the difference.

1115
00:37:06,170 --> 00:37:07,250
He's not gonna force anybody.

1116
00:37:07,370 --> 00:37:08,870
Well, God, if you would just take away

1117
00:37:08,870 --> 00:37:09,510
this drinking.

1118
00:37:09,890 --> 00:37:11,030
You know how often I prayed that?

1119
00:37:16,780 --> 00:37:18,620
It's like the guy with the gambling problem.

1120
00:37:18,620 --> 00:37:20,700
God, take away this problem as he heads

1121
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:21,900
to Vegas with his check.

1122
00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:27,660
God, take away this drinking.

1123
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:28,840
I'll stop at a bar in Bakersfield and

1124
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:29,540
just have old duels.

1125
00:37:32,010 --> 00:37:33,310
See, we play games with God.

1126
00:37:33,510 --> 00:37:34,930
Guys, it's time to get real.

1127
00:37:35,870 --> 00:37:37,850
God wants that full heart, a fully submitted

1128
00:37:37,850 --> 00:37:39,970
heart that says, see, guys don't like to

1129
00:37:39,970 --> 00:37:40,290
do this.

1130
00:37:40,350 --> 00:37:41,250
They don't like that word submission.

1131
00:37:41,350 --> 00:37:42,150
That's another bad word.

1132
00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:43,170
Let's throw it over on this side.

1133
00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:45,350
But God says, if you come to me

1134
00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:46,990
all your weak and heavy laden, I will

1135
00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:47,610
give you rest.

1136
00:37:47,850 --> 00:37:49,950
The same God who holds the universe, who

1137
00:37:49,950 --> 00:37:52,470
put everything together, wants a relationship.

1138
00:37:52,930 --> 00:37:54,290
Can you imagine this?

1139
00:37:54,390 --> 00:37:56,710
That God says, seek me and you will

1140
00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:58,050
find me with all of your heart.

1141
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,230
I will break you to such a degree

1142
00:38:00,230 --> 00:38:01,670
that you will come up out of that

1143
00:38:01,670 --> 00:38:03,650
conference and you will leave a different man.

1144
00:38:03,730 --> 00:38:04,770
You will love your wife.

1145
00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:05,870
You will cherish your children.

1146
00:38:06,230 --> 00:38:07,870
The word of God will come alive again.

1147
00:38:07,970 --> 00:38:09,710
Do you remember when God's word was living

1148
00:38:09,710 --> 00:38:12,590
and powerful and worship was just meant the

1149
00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:13,210
world to you?

1150
00:38:13,310 --> 00:38:15,230
Now you're dead and you're dying inside.

1151
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:16,150
What happened?

1152
00:38:16,230 --> 00:38:16,750
Not God.

1153
00:38:18,130 --> 00:38:18,730
It's not God.

1154
00:38:18,810 --> 00:38:20,330
Jesus said, you've left your first love.

1155
00:38:23,060 --> 00:38:24,920
See, guys don't wanna talk about loving and

1156
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:25,280
raising hands.

1157
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,060
I used to make fun of people that

1158
00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:28,680
raised their hands.

1159
00:38:30,460 --> 00:38:33,480
I used to mimic, oh, you charismatic Pentecostal

1160
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:33,960
weirdos.

1161
00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:43,540
How good is our God?

1162
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:46,360
How many times has he saved you and

1163
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:46,900
delivered you?

1164
00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:48,420
How many chances has he given you?

1165
00:38:48,980 --> 00:38:50,520
How many times has he built you up

1166
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:51,220
and opened doors?

1167
00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:53,600
I have to worship him.

1168
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,260
Be careful.

1169
00:38:56,020 --> 00:38:58,020
Be careful how you judge people when they

1170
00:38:58,020 --> 00:38:58,280
worship.

1171
00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:01,000
You don't know if that person's just been

1172
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,660
delivered of 20 years of crack addiction or

1173
00:39:04,660 --> 00:39:06,220
that mom who just got her daughter back

1174
00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:08,460
after child services took her for six months.

1175
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,180
See, the problem is we haven't experienced God

1176
00:39:12,180 --> 00:39:13,120
or you'd be worshiping.

1177
00:39:17,420 --> 00:39:20,400
If you've truly experienced God, you would be

1178
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:20,900
worshiping.

1179
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,380
I spoke at a men's conference down in

1180
00:39:24,380 --> 00:39:25,920
San Diego, the Rock Church up in the

1181
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,280
mountains and it's God moved in a powerful

1182
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:28,640
way.

1183
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,140
330 some guys, 150 were at the altar

1184
00:39:33,140 --> 00:39:34,760
and an hour and a half later, I'm

1185
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:39,730
still praying and talking with people and they're

1186
00:39:39,730 --> 00:39:40,350
crying, they're weeping.

1187
00:39:40,430 --> 00:39:41,510
People go, pastor, you gotta do something.

1188
00:39:41,530 --> 00:39:42,350
No, I don't.

1189
00:39:42,450 --> 00:39:43,770
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

1190
00:39:43,770 --> 00:39:44,330
no, no, no, no, no.

1191
00:39:44,330 --> 00:39:45,110
Don't ruin that.

1192
00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:46,030
No, no, no.

1193
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:46,870
I'm like, are you okay?

1194
00:39:46,970 --> 00:39:47,410
Are you okay?

1195
00:39:47,670 --> 00:39:49,510
No, let God break your heart.

1196
00:39:50,010 --> 00:39:51,190
See, let God break your heart.

1197
00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:52,070
That's the problem.

1198
00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:54,850
Weeping and travail were broken before God.

1199
00:39:54,910 --> 00:39:57,250
Let God break your heart because a prideful

1200
00:39:57,250 --> 00:39:58,530
man has to be broken.

1201
00:39:58,530 --> 00:39:58,630
I'm praying.

1202
00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:00,450
I'm preaching to myself.

1203
00:40:01,630 --> 00:40:03,810
Pride is not an asset, it's a liability.

1204
00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:06,890
And our country tells you it's an asset.

1205
00:40:07,010 --> 00:40:07,470
Be proud.

1206
00:40:07,590 --> 00:40:09,310
God says, no, humble yourself under the mighty

1207
00:40:09,310 --> 00:40:11,250
hand of God and I will exalt you.

1208
00:40:11,330 --> 00:40:13,730
Men, you've gotta humble yourself this morning.

1209
00:40:13,810 --> 00:40:15,190
I'm gonna have Tim and his team come

1210
00:40:15,190 --> 00:40:16,790
back up and they're just gonna do a

1211
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:17,450
final song.

1212
00:40:18,810 --> 00:40:20,730
And I don't know exactly what it looks

1213
00:40:20,730 --> 00:40:23,350
like, but I know through the ashes, you

1214
00:40:23,350 --> 00:40:24,190
will rise again.

1215
00:40:25,310 --> 00:40:27,890
What meant to discourage will often encourage you.

1216
00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:30,670
Because you can feel that hope rising up

1217
00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:30,890
again.

1218
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:31,510
There is a hope.

1219
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:32,550
There is a God that loves me.

1220
00:40:32,610 --> 00:40:33,710
If I just seek him again, if I

1221
00:40:33,710 --> 00:40:36,330
reposition myself, if I repent, if I go

1222
00:40:36,330 --> 00:40:38,770
back different and God can restore again.

1223
00:40:38,850 --> 00:40:39,530
Yes, he can.

1224
00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:40,650
He's the God of restoration.

1225
00:40:41,710 --> 00:40:43,290
So as we sing this song, I'm gonna

1226
00:40:43,290 --> 00:40:44,650
be in the back this time, the back

1227
00:40:44,650 --> 00:40:44,970
corner.

1228
00:40:45,210 --> 00:40:46,490
I don't care if there's a line of

1229
00:40:46,490 --> 00:40:48,910
guys out to the exit or five guys,

1230
00:40:48,970 --> 00:40:49,950
it doesn't matter to me.

1231
00:40:50,010 --> 00:40:50,990
I'm not worried about lunch.

1232
00:40:51,010 --> 00:40:51,790
I'm not eating it.

1233
00:40:52,310 --> 00:40:53,690
I will pray with you.

1234
00:40:54,170 --> 00:40:55,190
I will pray with you.

1235
00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:56,530
Guys, it's not because I'm holy, it's because

1236
00:40:56,530 --> 00:40:57,350
I need God.

1237
00:40:57,350 --> 00:40:59,810
I need God to move through my sermon.

1238
00:41:01,030 --> 00:41:02,530
I need God.

1239
00:41:03,970 --> 00:41:05,050
Can I confess?

1240
00:41:10,170 --> 00:41:13,270
When I saw that Sean speaking has a

1241
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:17,210
PhD, I go, oh goodness, they're gonna measure

1242
00:41:17,210 --> 00:41:17,670
me up.

1243
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,220
And I would pursue that if God opened

1244
00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:22,580
that door.

1245
00:41:22,660 --> 00:41:24,640
I have nothing against any of that.

1246
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:25,700
We need to seek God.

1247
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:26,500
We need theology.

1248
00:41:26,740 --> 00:41:27,760
We need sound doctrine.

1249
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,780
We need a correct theology about God.

1250
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:33,920
But he's gotta get your heart first.

1251
00:41:34,740 --> 00:41:36,620
He's gotta get your heart first because here's

1252
00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:36,960
why.

1253
00:41:37,340 --> 00:41:39,640
I couldn't put down theology books when God

1254
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:40,240
had my heart.

1255
00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:43,260
1,200 pages of Wayne Gruden's systematic theology

1256
00:41:43,260 --> 00:41:44,160
I read in one summer.

1257
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,900
And I'm not saying, I have to devour.

1258
00:41:48,140 --> 00:41:49,540
I can't wait to get back and read

1259
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:49,840
Tozer.

1260
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,720
I can't wait to get back and read

1261
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:54,280
the biographies of those.

1262
00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:56,360
Why, because there's a hunger for more of

1263
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:56,740
God.

1264
00:41:57,900 --> 00:41:59,180
There's a hunger for more of God.

1265
00:41:59,180 --> 00:42:00,240
And guys, it starts.

1266
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:01,600
How hungry are you for God?

1267
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,300
That's the question this afternoon.

1268
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,120
How hungry are you for the things of

1269
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:05,440
God?

1270
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,800
Here's a perfect test.

1271
00:42:07,140 --> 00:42:08,300
Oh, Tim's coming back up.

1272
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,060
I thought it was lunch.

1273
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:10,200
You need help.

1274
00:42:14,940 --> 00:42:17,480
If you said, oh, I'm so hungry, I

1275
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:18,580
need, why is he doing this?

1276
00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:19,580
Why is this guy going this long?

1277
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,240
Your heart, you're dying spiritually.

1278
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,860
And I care for you enough to tell

1279
00:42:23,860 --> 00:42:25,840
you the truth that you are dying spiritually

1280
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,780
because a heart on fire for God must

1281
00:42:28,780 --> 00:42:29,120
worship.

1282
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,260
They have to spend time with their father.

1283
00:42:33,620 --> 00:42:34,500
See, I need him.

1284
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:35,380
Daddy, I need you.

1285
00:42:35,620 --> 00:42:36,940
I know I preach a hard message, but

1286
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:38,360
I look at him as my loving father.

1287
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:40,300
Daddy, I need you.

1288
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:41,480
I need you this morning.

1289
00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:42,900
Men don't wanna admit that, do they?

1290
00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:44,040
We're tough, we're tough guys.

1291
00:42:45,380 --> 00:42:47,120
But I wept before God this morning, and

1292
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,140
I'll weep before God before this weekend's over

1293
00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:49,980
because I need him.

1294
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:51,620
Daddy, your son needs you.

1295
00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:52,620
I need to feel loved.

1296
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:53,540
I need to feel appreciated.

1297
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:54,700
I need to feel built up.

1298
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:55,740
I need your grace.

1299
00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:56,360
I'm struggling.

1300
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:57,300
I've got these issues.

1301
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:58,300
God, I need you.

1302
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:00,820
He says, take it to me.

1303
00:43:00,940 --> 00:43:01,900
Take it to the cross.

1304
00:43:02,460 --> 00:43:04,260
And I will rebuild your life.

1305
00:43:05,140 --> 00:43:07,480
But again, we want microwave Christianity.

1306
00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:09,840
It might not happen right there.

1307
00:43:09,940 --> 00:43:12,680
It might take travail of the soul.

1308
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:15,580
It might take fighting the enemy, but you

1309
00:43:15,580 --> 00:43:16,120
will prevail.

1310
00:43:16,540 --> 00:43:17,280
You will prevail.

1311
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:17,900
I have no problems.

1312
00:43:18,020 --> 00:43:19,560
As sure as the sun is coming up,

1313
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:20,880
God, who has begun a good work in

1314
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,660
you, will complete it until the day of

1315
00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:24,340
Christ if we submit to his work.

1316
00:43:24,740 --> 00:43:26,340
All this is about, don't get me wrong,

1317
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,740
it's not about doing, doing.

1318
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:28,880
God, this guy's all about doing.

1319
00:43:28,980 --> 00:43:29,760
No, it's about submitting.

1320
00:43:30,340 --> 00:43:32,960
Holy Spirit changes me, but I have to

1321
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:33,900
submit to his work.

1322
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,520
It's not about, John MacArthur would say, it's

1323
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,120
not about perfection, but direction.

1324
00:43:39,260 --> 00:43:40,500
I just meant, throw him in there in

1325
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:42,920
case you guys are wondering, you know, where's

1326
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:43,540
he at in theology?

1327
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,360
The Bible says that I believe it.

1328
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,200
That's where I'm at in theology.

1329
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,840
You wanna narrow down Calvinism, Arminianism, pre-rapture,

1330
00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:51,860
pre-trib, post-trib, all these different things.

1331
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,500
Church loves to argue over, but I've got

1332
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:55,160
lost people dying in my valley.

1333
00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:58,040
And we're gonna argue about the sovereignty of

1334
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,740
God and a man's responsibility to repent.

1335
00:44:00,660 --> 00:44:01,380
My God.

1336
00:44:02,860 --> 00:44:04,240
Absolutely, actually, both are true.

1337
00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,680
God is sovereign, he calls us to repent.

1338
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,040
What that looks like, I'll leave it up

1339
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:09,360
to him.

1340
00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:14,080
So Tim, whatever you wanna do, you guys

1341
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,080
are so gifted with worship, just lead us.

1342
00:44:16,940 --> 00:44:18,540
Lead us in the heart of God and

1343
00:44:18,540 --> 00:44:19,620
restoration and renewal.

1344
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:21,800
And I'll be back there in that corner.

1345
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:23,860
And I wanna pray, I wanna pray for

1346
00:44:23,860 --> 00:44:24,260
a family.

1347
00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:25,680
So I've got three little girls, guys, and

1348
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,620
I don't like them growing up in this

1349
00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:27,920
culture.

1350
00:44:27,980 --> 00:44:28,900
I've got a young boy.

1351
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:31,700
And I look at the culture, I look

1352
00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:32,380
what's going around.

1353
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:33,420
I said, God, I need you.

1354
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:36,980
Don't get mad and bitter and angry if

1355
00:44:36,980 --> 00:44:39,000
your person doesn't win on November 8th.

1356
00:44:40,100 --> 00:44:42,120
Because there is a sovereign God who still

1357
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:43,680
holds nations in his hands.

1358
00:44:43,980 --> 00:44:46,420
He tells Barack and Hillary and Trump what

1359
00:44:46,420 --> 00:44:46,780
to do.

1360
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:48,620
Nothing is outside of his sovereign hands.

1361
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But Shane, you just said judgment is coming.

1362
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I don't know.

1363
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I'm gonna pray and I'm gonna fast for

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revival and I'm gonna pray that that turns

1365
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the hand of God.

1366
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If my people, either that's true or it's

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not.

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If my people who are called by my

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name, I don't care what Hollywood's doing in

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Washington.

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If my people humble themselves and pray and

1372
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,300
seek my face and turn from their wicked

1373
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ways, then I will hear from heaven.

1374
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Does that, is that true or not?

1375
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And you know, there's motivational speakers.

1376
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I gotta pump them up.

1377
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I don't have to pump you up.

1378
00:45:20,540 --> 00:45:21,940
I gotta fill you with the spirit.

1379
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Motivational speakers are just whatever.

1380
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And if I was a motivational speaker, I

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would not be talking about all this in

1382
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case you haven't figured that out.

1383
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:36,940
Turn on Christian television on Sunday, you hear

1384
00:45:36,940 --> 00:45:38,640
one thing about sin, repentance or the cross

1385
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:39,820
and you send me an email, let me

1386
00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:40,400
know who that was.

1387
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:41,980
I'll send them an email thanking them.

1388
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:45,980
You've got these big churches, millions of listeners

1389
00:45:45,980 --> 00:45:48,560
and you never mention, you never mention the

1390
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,580
foundational doctrines of the Christian faith.

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Foundational.

1392
00:45:52,980 --> 00:45:54,140
And you just avoid them.

1393
00:45:54,180 --> 00:45:56,800
We wonder why we're not experiencing revival.

1394
00:45:58,640 --> 00:45:59,400
Let me pray.

1395
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:01,780
If not, I'm gonna preach another sermon.

1396
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God, we need you.

1397
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,640
God, I'm the first to admit, I need

1398
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:08,860
you.

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God, I'm broken, I'm shattered.

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00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:19,640
Self-esteem, everything, God, is hinging upon who

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00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:20,980
you are and what you'll do in our

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00:46:20,980 --> 00:46:21,240
lives.

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00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:22,960
I pray the men will be broken this

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00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:23,520
afternoon.

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00:46:24,500 --> 00:46:26,300
Broken, their wives will say, what happened?

1406
00:46:27,140 --> 00:46:28,520
Say, I've been filled with the spirit of

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00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:28,760
God.

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00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:30,700
I'm back, I'm back.

1409
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:33,280
But Lord, this is your work, this is

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00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,040
your church, this is your service.

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00:46:36,780 --> 00:46:40,300
Glorify your son, magnify him in our lives.

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00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:44,180
Lord, bring the Holy Spirit's presence in a

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more tangible way where change takes place.

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I pray this in Jesus' name, amen.