WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:06.360 What are you doing to combat the temptation to get all stressed out and worried about 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:10.919 some of the uncertainties in your life? 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:15.960 Or some of just the plain hard things you're having to go through? 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.920 Or maybe it's not you that you're tempted to worry about, it's somebody you love, somebody 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:28.920 in your family, one of your best friends. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.000 Are you learning what God has given us in His Word as alternatives to worry? 00:00:38.019 --> 00:00:44.320 Replacing worry with such things as we've seen over the last three weeks, like praying 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:45.140 instead of worrying. 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:48.659 That's what Paul told us in Philippians chapter 4. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:59.700 Are you trying to live with the right priorities and focus on one day at a time as Jesus taught 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:03.080 us in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 6? 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:12.460 Have you been reading Psalm 137, or 139 rather, that we started looking at last week? 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:20.859 Psalm 139 is one of the great passages of Scripture that call our attention to God and His just 00:01:20.859 --> 00:01:21.859 greatness. 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:26.859 But also His personal involvement in our lives. 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:36.219 Psalm 139 is one of the best chapters you could ever read, think about, dwell on. 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:44.000 That would help us to trust God instead of worrying. 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:52.859 Trust Him in every situation, even when we don't know what the outcome's going to be, instead 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:55.099 of being anxious and fretting over it. 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:58.719 I want us to return to Psalm 139 this morning. 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:03.599 I want to begin like I did last week by giving you sort of an overview. 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:09.500 David tells us some things about God, listen, that He found comforting. 00:02:10.979 --> 00:02:12.319 Everybody does not. 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:18.300 The first part, verses 1 through 6, God knows everything. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:21.280 That's what we looked at last week. 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:24.460 Today we're going to look at just verses 7 through 12. 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:26.460 God is everywhere. 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:34.379 Now I said last week that I did not want to take four weeks to go through this because 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:35.360 there's four sections. 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:42.860 There's just no way that I could do justice to it and just go through all these 24 verses 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:43.540 today. 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:46.120 So we're going to do it in four weeks. 00:02:47.580 --> 00:02:49.300 Last week, God knows everything. 00:02:49.480 --> 00:02:50.740 Today, God is everywhere. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:53.500 Next week, God can do anything. 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.400 Verses 13 through 18. 00:02:57.219 --> 00:03:00.640 Then the last week, God will deal with everyone. 00:03:00.760 --> 00:03:01.900 Verses 19 through 24. 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:05.500 Let's just read verses 7 through 12 today. 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.540 Psalm 139, 7 through 12. 00:03:11.659 --> 00:03:13.560 Where shall I go from your spirit? 00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:15.879 He's writing about the spirit of God. 00:03:15.939 --> 00:03:16.860 He's talking about God. 00:03:17.819 --> 00:03:19.659 He's referring here to the spirit of God. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:21.879 Where shall I go from your spirit? 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:25.060 Where shall I flee from your presence? 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.519 If I ascend to heaven, you're there. 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:32.139 If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:39.939 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there 00:03:39.939 --> 00:03:42.199 your hand shall lead me. 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.500 And your right hand shall hold me. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:51.399 If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me and the light about me be night. 00:03:52.119 --> 00:03:55.439 Even the darkness is not dark to you. 00:03:56.099 --> 00:03:59.359 The night is bright as the day. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.080 For darkness is His light with you. 00:04:04.620 --> 00:04:07.200 Last week, we looked at verses 1 through 6. 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:09.360 God's knowledge. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:14.660 What David tells us in those first six verses is that God knows everything. 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:17.580 But we're going to make this personal. 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:26.600 As we go through this, Psalm 139, we are going to see what he says about how great, glorious, 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:28.439 awesome God is. 00:04:28.780 --> 00:04:31.139 Because, for example, He knows everything. 00:04:32.280 --> 00:04:36.520 But David is making this personal, so we're going to make it personal. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:39.060 Don't just think God knows everything. 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.000 Think God knows me. 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:47.960 And we looked in detail last week how God knows everything about me. 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:51.819 Today, God's presence. 00:04:53.020 --> 00:04:53.840 God is everywhere. 00:04:53.840 --> 00:05:03.259 But don't just let that blow your mind about God being every place, fully, at the same time. 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:05.540 Think more personally. 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:08.840 God is with me. 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:14.220 God is always with me. 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:23.300 Now, David, the psalmist, he's describing how God is present in every part of the universe. 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:30.040 But what he really wants to emphasize is how God is always present with him. 00:05:30.840 --> 00:05:34.280 And the readers of this, we need to think how God is always present with me. 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:38.600 This section begins with two rhetorical questions. 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:39.460 Look at verse 7. 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:40.459 Where shall I go from your spirit? 00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:41.259 Where shall I go from your spirit? 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:43.459 Where shall I flee from your presence? 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.959 David expects everyone who reads this or hears this to say, nowhere. 00:05:49.239 --> 00:05:51.180 I cannot escape God. 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:59.060 He thinks that will be the automatic response of people who are hearing or reading this. 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:05.519 But just to make sure there's no misunderstanding, what he does in the rest of these verses that we've read, 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:12.860 he goes on to point out specific ways that God is present in every part of the universe. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:21.340 Now, keep in mind as we read through this, the psalms are poems or songs. 00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:29.840 So David is describing where God is, how he's everywhere in symbolic ways, 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:32.800 as you do when you're writing poetry. 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.340 But don't miss the point. 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:37.280 Look at it. 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.359 God is in heaven above and the grave below. 00:06:41.819 --> 00:06:42.599 That's verse 8. 00:06:42.679 --> 00:06:43.279 Look at it again. 00:06:43.739 --> 00:06:46.559 If I ascend to heaven, you are there. 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:50.299 If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. 00:06:51.219 --> 00:06:52.759 Heaven is the place of the living. 00:06:54.039 --> 00:06:55.759 Sheol is the place of the dead. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.139 Sheol is not hell. 00:07:00.859 --> 00:07:03.439 In the New Testament, the word would be Hades. 00:07:03.939 --> 00:07:07.059 There is a word that refers to the fire of hell. 00:07:07.619 --> 00:07:10.139 The place of punishment, Gehenna. 00:07:10.939 --> 00:07:13.699 This is talking about the place of the dead. 00:07:14.559 --> 00:07:19.259 That we can think of as until Jesus comes back, 00:07:20.479 --> 00:07:23.359 and there's a new heaven and a new earth, and the final state takes place. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.539 In the place of the dead now, there's a place like paradise. 00:07:30.219 --> 00:07:34.639 Jesus told a parable about a rich man and a poor man. 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:36.259 The poor man was named Lazarus. 00:07:36.259 --> 00:07:37.899 And they both died. 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.680 Lazarus was in what he called the bosom of Abraham. 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:44.620 He was in a good place. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:46.319 A place of comfort. 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:51.199 But the rich man, because he had just been so selfish all of his life, 00:07:51.259 --> 00:07:52.779 didn't care about God or other people, 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:54.379 he was in a place of torment. 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:59.219 But it was the place of the dead is what I want us to see here. 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:01.500 Heaven is the place of the dead. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.019 Sheol is the place of the living. 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:06.219 Sheol is the place of the dead. 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.560 That's what David is trying to tell us. 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.959 But then he tells us in verses 9 and 10, 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.259 God is in the east and the west. 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:16.339 Look at what he says, how he says that. 00:08:16.660 --> 00:08:18.180 If I take the wings of the morning, 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:21.259 and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:23.840 even there your hand shall lead me, 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:25.319 and your eye hand shall hold me. 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:27.599 The phrase, the wings of the morning, 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:33.559 most likely is describing the rays of the sun 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.319 as the sun rises in the east, 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.819 and that uttermost parts of the sea. 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:41.279 David's riding from Israel. 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:46.899 And to the west is the Mediterranean Sea. 00:08:47.819 --> 00:08:51.740 And so he's riding about the uttermost part of the Mediterranean Sea 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:55.680 on the west and the rising sun, 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:58.159 the rays of the sun on the east. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:04.279 David is trying to let us know, poetically, 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:06.320 that wherever we go, 00:09:07.820 --> 00:09:10.120 whether we be high or low, east or west, 00:09:11.340 --> 00:09:13.120 God is there. 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:17.860 But then it's a little bit different here in verses 11 and 12. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:20.580 He points out another way that God's present in our life. 00:09:20.580 --> 00:09:22.520 God is present in the darkness. 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.000 Look at it again. 00:09:24.520 --> 00:09:26.780 If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:29.400 and the light about me be night, 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.740 even the darkness is not dark to you. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.520 The night is bright as the day, 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:38.500 for darkness is as light with you. 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:42.440 You know, there's a lot of people 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:48.820 who think of darkness as scary. 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:52.820 Or maybe secretive. 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:56.440 I don't want to ask any boys and girls 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:57.780 to embarrass themselves by raising their hand, 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:59.080 but I bet there's a lot of boys and girls 00:09:59.080 --> 00:09:59.940 in this room right now. 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:02.379 Truth is, 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:04.780 you're scared of the dark. 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:10.500 And truth is, 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:11.600 there's adults in this room, 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.740 you're scared of the dark too. 00:10:13.740 --> 00:10:17.940 It's sort of a universal thing. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:20.000 And then, 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.039 we as adults, 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:22.779 more likely, 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:24.799 and teenagers 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.240 fall into this category too, 00:10:29.680 --> 00:10:33.680 darkness is sort of like a secret place, isn't it? 00:10:35.680 --> 00:10:36.200 Darkness, 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.960 that's where you can go 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:41.759 and hide 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.100 or do things 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:47.180 that you hope nobody ever finds out about. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:50.700 A lot of bad things, 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:51.440 evil things, 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.480 take place at night, 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.640 take place in the dark. 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:55.740 A lot of things we don't want anybody to do, 00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.820 we slip around and do it 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:58.280 when we think no one will notice 00:10:58.280 --> 00:10:59.080 or see us 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:00.320 at night. 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.320 Well, 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.520 David is trying to tell us, 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:04.080 listen to this, 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.280 David is telling us 00:11:05.280 --> 00:11:06.640 that with God, 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:08.340 there's no such thing as darkness. 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:11.740 For God, 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:12.879 He's never in the dark. 00:11:13.060 --> 00:11:13.860 God is light, 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.120 and so wherever He goes, 00:11:15.400 --> 00:11:16.760 He lights up everything. 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:17.680 So, 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:19.400 think of this. 00:11:21.140 --> 00:11:23.220 When we think we're doing something in secret, 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:26.840 when we think we're slipping around in the dark, 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:29.600 God is there. 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.280 And the, 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:34.060 His spotlight 00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:36.300 is shining brightly. 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.480 No one else 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.260 may see us. 00:11:40.540 --> 00:11:42.320 No one else may figure it out. 00:11:43.540 --> 00:11:44.780 But God does. 00:11:47.060 --> 00:11:47.680 It's sort of like 00:11:47.680 --> 00:11:50.120 He's standing over our shoulders. 00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:52.520 He's with us. 00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:54.220 He's watching. 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:56.140 He knows what we're thinking. 00:11:56.140 --> 00:11:57.540 He knows what we're doing. 00:11:58.520 --> 00:11:59.740 David's telling us, 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.879 wherever you go, 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:03.200 whatever you do, 00:12:04.140 --> 00:12:05.560 high, low, east, west, 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:06.280 dark, 00:12:06.540 --> 00:12:07.080 whenever. 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:09.260 God's there. 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.940 He is there with you. 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:12.879 Now, 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.140 those are the verses. 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.660 Let's think about it. 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:22.399 Is the thought of God's constant presence 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:23.959 in your life like this. 00:12:25.459 --> 00:12:26.980 Does it comfort you? 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:31.179 Is it a good thing to you? 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:33.759 Well, for David, it was. 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.439 It really was. 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:38.740 David was not a perfect man, 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:40.000 and most of you know here, 00:12:40.319 --> 00:12:41.659 David had his own issues. 00:12:42.620 --> 00:12:43.839 He did sinful things. 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.060 Sometimes he tried to cover up sinful things. 00:12:48.300 --> 00:12:50.200 And the Bible tells us about that. 00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:51.460 Very clear. 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:55.639 But at the same time, 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:57.480 overall, 00:12:59.040 --> 00:13:02.300 David was thrilled to know 00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:05.000 that God knew everything about him. 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.500 Look at verse 6 from last week. 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.240 Verses 1 through 5 talks about 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:10.759 how God knows everything about us, 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:11.379 and then he says, 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:13.500 such knowledge is too wonderful for me. 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.220 It is high. 00:13:14.419 --> 00:13:15.620 I cannot attain it. 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:17.559 He loved the thought God knew, 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:20.679 even though there were some bad things. 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:21.860 He didn't want, 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:22.840 deep down, 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:24.919 he didn't want those bad things to continue. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:27.000 He was glad God saw it, 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:27.939 knew it, 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:30.559 and brought him to a place of 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.120 owning up to it, 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:32.919 confessing it, 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.179 being forgiven. 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:36.299 Well, we see now in verse 10 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:37.740 that David finds comfort 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:39.100 in knowing that God is with him. 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.860 Look at it, verse 10. 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:41.019 Even there, 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:43.200 your hand shall lead me, 00:13:43.300 --> 00:13:46.039 and your right hand shall hold me. 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:48.000 David thought of God's hand 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.240 as comforting, 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.120 strength, 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.800 his strong hand. 00:13:54.139 --> 00:13:55.300 What about you? 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:58.300 Do you find comfort 00:13:58.300 --> 00:13:59.340 in knowing that God 00:13:59.340 --> 00:14:01.200 is always with you? 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:05.060 Well, if we have a right relationship 00:14:05.060 --> 00:14:05.759 with him, 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:08.700 we should. 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:11.740 If we really understand 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.580 who we are as Christians, 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:15.960 united to Christ 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:17.000 by faith, 00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:19.340 if we really understand 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:22.360 that our sins are forgiven 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:24.000 because Jesus took our punishment, 00:14:25.140 --> 00:14:28.100 we really are right before God 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:31.259 because Jesus lived that perfect, 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.280 right life, 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:33.300 and that's credited to us 00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:34.120 when we trust him. 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.139 So if we really know 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.220 who we are in Christ, 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:39.299 we will know that 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:41.779 we are children of God 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:44.440 who are accepted by God. 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.759 You know, a lot of people, 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:47.519 even some Christians, 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.799 a lot of people think 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:51.179 God's always out to get them. 00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:53.779 God can never be satisfied. 00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:56.120 I can never be real sure 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.120 and comfortable 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.180 in my relationship with him 00:14:59.180 --> 00:15:00.779 because I'm not perfect. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:02.679 That's not what the Bible teaches. 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:05.639 Certainly, we are sinners. 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:07.579 We don't deserve his love, 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.159 his favor. 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:09.759 We don't deserve to be his children. 00:15:11.139 --> 00:15:12.379 But God's God of grace. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.679 He gives what we don't deserve. 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:16.059 God forgives us, 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.039 makes us his child 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:18.659 when we trust in Christ. 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:22.519 And that should be comforting to you 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.100 to know that God accepts you, 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:27.100 he loves you, 00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:28.419 he's your heavenly father, 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:30.779 and he wants to take care of you. 00:15:31.719 --> 00:15:33.399 You know, this is a reoccurring theme 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:35.000 in the Bible. 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:38.000 Even the Old Testament prophets, 00:15:38.659 --> 00:15:39.879 they had a lot of things to say 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.579 to the people of Israel 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:41.500 about their sin, 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.079 their just rebellion. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:45.559 They sometimes did preach 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:47.939 a strong, hard statement 00:15:47.940 --> 00:15:48.780 about judgment. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.660 Unless you repent, 00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.640 you are going to perish. 00:15:50.760 --> 00:15:51.380 And that happened. 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.880 But the prophets also 00:15:54.880 --> 00:15:56.360 offered hope to the people. 00:15:56.880 --> 00:15:57.960 The prophets talked about 00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:59.520 God's love and God's mercy 00:15:59.520 --> 00:16:00.700 and God's forgiveness. 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:03.120 The prophets, a lot of times, 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.360 were God's own spokesperson. 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:08.480 Spokesman. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.480 Here's an example. 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.340 Isaiah chapter 41. 00:16:12.640 --> 00:16:13.040 I'm going to read 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:14.260 from the New Living Translation. 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:17.360 Speaking for God, Isaiah says, 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.220 don't be afraid 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:20.720 for I am with you. 00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:22.100 Listen, God's saying, 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:23.100 don't be afraid 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.980 for I am with you. 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.160 Don't be discouraged 00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:26.760 for I am your God. 00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:28.400 I will strengthen you 00:16:28.400 --> 00:16:29.020 and help you. 00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.900 I will hold you up 00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:33.020 with my victorious right hand. 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:37.539 God wants you to understand this. 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:39.679 If you're his child, 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.340 he wants to help you this way. 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:44.039 You know, one of the last things 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.259 Jesus told his disciples 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.460 before he ascended into heaven, 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.960 he would always be with us. 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.559 Jesus told us, 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:51.399 we need to be in the world 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.860 sharing with people 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:54.600 what Christ has done for us, 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.460 sharing the gospel with people. 00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.840 We need to be making disciples. 00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.799 That's one of the things 00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.759 we're called to do as Christians. 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.580 Well, Jesus didn't say, 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.480 go and do that 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.960 the best you can. 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.160 He says, go and do that 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.099 and I'll be with you always. 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.720 Look at it. 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.480 Matthew 28, 20. 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.539 Jesus said, 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:09.920 and behold. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:11.200 In the New English, 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:13.420 in the ESV version, 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.920 English Standard Version, 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.779 when you say that word, 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:17.480 behold, 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.619 that means sit up 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.220 and take notice. 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:21.379 What's about to be said 00:17:21.379 --> 00:17:22.220 is very important. 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.819 And it says, 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.500 and behold, 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.180 Jesus said, 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:28.519 I am with you always 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.340 to the end of the age. 00:17:30.820 --> 00:17:31.600 Jesus said that 00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:32.539 because it's supposed 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:34.560 to mean something to us 00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:35.880 as his follower, 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.799 that he's with us. 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.180 It's supposed to help us, 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:40.220 comfort us, 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.680 strengthen us. 00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:46.320 When or where 00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:49.380 do you feel the most alone 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:51.340 or afraid? 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:54.939 When do you feel 00:17:54.939 --> 00:17:56.220 the most insecure? 00:17:58.439 --> 00:17:59.740 For a lot of us, 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:01.619 it happens during, 00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.939 while you go through 00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:05.379 a crisis at night. 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.500 I want you to think, 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.879 it happens a lot of times, 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:10.119 it can happen at any time, 00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:11.159 but I want you to think 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:12.500 about some of the crises 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.659 you have gone through 00:18:13.659 --> 00:18:15.379 and it was dark, 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.179 it was night. 00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:18.059 It just felt like 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.980 it would never end. 00:18:19.459 --> 00:18:19.959 Think about 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.519 when you had a child 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.319 who was sick 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.240 and you had to sit up 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.920 with that child 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.980 trying to take care of them. 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.360 Or for some of you, 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.920 you can, 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:32.360 you can understand this now 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:32.920 and you couldn't 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.720 in a time gone by, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.539 sitting up with a parent 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.680 who's in bad shape 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.759 or even dying. 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.319 Sometimes you can be 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.960 at a hospital 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:44.059 or even at home. 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.799 You're waiting 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.660 for them to die. 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:50.560 And it's night. 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.320 And you feel so all alone. 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.600 You feel like it's going 00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.560 to last forever. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:01.040 Sometimes you've had 00:19:01.040 --> 00:19:04.700 conflicts in your home 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:07.340 at night. 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.820 It may not have started 00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.980 until 12 o'clock, 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:13.779 but it was going on 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:15.039 at 2 and at 3. 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.960 It was a long, 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.120 dark, 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.480 alone, 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.799 anxious night. 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.539 Well, the best ways 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.299 for us 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:29.339 as God's children 00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:32.819 to deal with such times 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:35.019 is to first of all 00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.559 acknowledge 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.159 that He is God 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:40.240 and that we 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.480 as His children 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.000 can trust Him. 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.879 I'm not being 00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.960 simplistic here. 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.359 As we go through 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.279 these times, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.220 these times of 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.419 anxiety, 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.099 loneliness, 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.019 isolation, 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.579 whatever you want 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.159 to call it, 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.220 well, the best ways 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:58.000 for us 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.039 to deal with it 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:00.259 is to acknowledge, 00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:01.799 pray, 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.799 talk to someone 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:06.000 we're involved with 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.819 about the fact 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:08.759 God is with us 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.000 and we're going 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.659 to trust Him. 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.599 We're going to trust 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.740 His promises 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:17.339 that He will not 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:18.019 abandon us. 00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.680 Look back at that 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.180 Isaiah 41.10 00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.980 that we looked at 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.519 a while ago. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.399 I'm going to look at it 00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.159 now from the 00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.899 English Standard 00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.480 Translation. 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.500 He says, 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.079 Fear not, 00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:29.039 for I am with you. 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:31.279 Be not dismayed, 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.960 for I am your God. 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.680 Look at this. 00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:35.279 I will strengthen you. 00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:36.240 I will help you. 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.420 I will uphold you 00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:38.259 with my righteous 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.779 right hand. 00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.839 God wants us 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.639 to trust us. 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.259 God wants us 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.119 to trust Him 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:44.940 that He is 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.119 for us, 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.119 that He is 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.980 with us. 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:51.779 He promises 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:54.180 to give to us, 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.660 His people, 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.160 His children, 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.319 what we need 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.839 when we need it. 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.480 Look at it again. 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.460 He says, 00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.000 God says, 00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.140 I will strengthen you. 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.200 I will help you. 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.319 I will uphold you 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.579 with my righteous 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.099 right hand. 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.200 Here's the question. 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.100 Do you trust God 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:11.700 automatically 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:14.779 in those times 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.440 of stress? 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.519 And just, 00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.000 it's just natural 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.559 for you 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.519 as a child of God 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.680 to ask Him 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.700 to strengthen you 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.620 when you are weak. 00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:27.100 To help you 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.880 when you're helpless. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.740 To hold you up 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:32.080 or hold you together 00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:34.319 when you're about 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.299 to fall apart 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.339 physically, 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.159 emotionally, 00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.639 or even spiritually. 00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.779 You know, 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.740 children do that. 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.579 Little children 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:47.019 in a home 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.099 where they know 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.240 their parents love them 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.639 and they know 00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.200 they can trust 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.740 their parents. 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.439 When something 00:21:52.439 --> 00:21:53.480 bad happens, 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.240 children just 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.059 automatically, 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:57.299 it's a knee-jerk reaction, 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.799 they go to their parents 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.539 because they know 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.179 their parents 00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:01.220 will give them 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.019 the strength 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.279 or just be there 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.740 with them 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.359 to help them. 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.460 They know their parents 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.920 will try to 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.680 get them through it, 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.099 listen, 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.700 encourage, 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.420 comfort 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:15.400 in some kind of way. 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.660 Well, 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.180 God wants us 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.559 to reach out 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.180 to Him that way 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.339 because He is 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.099 our Heavenly Father 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:23.180 who loves us 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:25.240 and He enjoys 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.079 doing such things 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.720 for His people. 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.599 Boys and girls, 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.220 listen to me, 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.779 boys and girls, 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.599 wake up. 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:31.660 Wake up. 00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.359 As I asked you 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.779 a while ago, 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.539 are you ever 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.380 afraid of the dark? 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.400 Are you ever 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.319 afraid to go 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.319 to sleep at night? 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.299 Well, 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.920 God wants you 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.599 to know 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:46.039 that He's always 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.579 with you, 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.500 that you're 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.420 never alone 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.220 in that house 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.859 or that room 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.640 or in that bed. 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.120 God promises 00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.900 to help you. 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:57.460 And so the next time 00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.980 you're alone, 00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:01.360 you're afraid, 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.080 say this out loud, 00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:06.540 God is with me. 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.600 God will strengthen me. 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.780 God will help me. 00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.640 Think to yourself, 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:15.040 I can go to sleep 00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:15.740 because God's 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.200 going to stay up 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.720 all night. 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.120 I can go to sleep 00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.080 in this dark room 00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:21.960 because God's here 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.480 and it's not even 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.240 dark to Him. 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:25.900 He's going to 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.759 watch over me. 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.279 He's going to 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:30.059 stay on guard. 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.420 He's going to 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.920 stay alert 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.539 so I can 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:33.019 let my guard down 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.059 and go to sleep. 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.920 You know, 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.339 one of the most 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.259 comforting statements 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.599 in the Bible 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:41.200 about this 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.120 is just a statement 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.819 found in Hebrews 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.599 chapter 13, 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.339 verse 5 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.220 that a lot of you 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.579 know. 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.359 I've referred to it 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.319 a lot over the years. 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.579 I want you to look at it. 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:52.480 For He has said, 00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:54.259 talking about God, 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.059 I will never leave you 00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.359 nor forsake you. 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.379 I like the way 00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.559 the NIV translation 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.319 really emphasized 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.259 the fact that God 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.039 will never do this. 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.519 Look at it. 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.079 Never will I leave you. 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.419 Never will I forsake you. 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.059 Do you know the context 00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.000 of that statement? 00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.460 That's just part 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.159 of verse 5. 00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.699 I want you to look 00:24:12.699 --> 00:24:13.399 at the whole thing. 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.539 Look at all of verse 5. 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.500 Hebrews 13, 5. 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.640 The writer says, 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:19.460 Keep your life free 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:21.299 from love of money 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.700 and be content 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.180 with what you have 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:26.240 for He has said, 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.619 I will never leave you 00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.339 nor forsake you. 00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.940 The thought is, 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.859 our greatest source 00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.599 of contentment 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:37.640 should be that 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.779 we know God 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:41.079 and we have a relationship 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.720 with Him 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:43.119 in which He promises 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.819 to never leave us 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.720 nor forsake us. 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:51.220 God is saying, 00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:54.099 keep your life free 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:55.019 from the love of money 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.859 and if money's not 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.359 your problem, 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.359 put something else there. 00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:59.339 The love of what? 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.899 Be content 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.740 with what you have. 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.079 In other words, 00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.539 let God be enough. 00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.779 Let knowing Him, 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.639 having a relationship 00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.079 with Him, 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.359 having His promises 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.839 be enough 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:19.119 to make you content 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:21.599 where you are. 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:24.419 There are many reasons 00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.299 why that's true, 00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.559 but I want you to note 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.399 what's pointed out here, 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.980 what's obvious. 00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.859 God will never leave us 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.480 nor forsake us 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:32.220 now or for all eternity. 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.519 Money will leave you 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:40.279 and forsake you 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.299 and forsake you 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.839 eventually. 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.160 The fact is, 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.920 we are not going to 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.799 take any of it 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.559 with us 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.420 into eternity. 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.519 You know, 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.660 what we're looking at here, 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.359 it's very similar 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.240 to what we saw 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.879 in Matthew chapter 6 00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.779 two weeks ago 00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:59.500 when Jesus told us 00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.039 not to worry about 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.599 what we eat, 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:00.920 drink, 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.440 or wear. 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.019 Jesus was just 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.880 basically saying, 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.180 don't worry about 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.240 the necessities of life. 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.120 Your Heavenly Father 00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.140 knows what you need 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.660 and He'll make sure 00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.680 that your needs are met. 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.240 Now, 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.160 it does not say 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.860 that He'll do everything 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.620 you want Him to do. 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.360 He'll give you 00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.279 everything you desire. 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:19.740 But Jesus is saying 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:22.480 the key to not worrying 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:24.059 is to trust 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.779 your Heavenly Father 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.519 knows you, 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.579 He loves you, 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.460 He's able to meet 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.019 your needs, 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.200 and He will. 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.339 Therefore, 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.680 you seek Him first. 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.879 You seek His priorities. 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.379 You seek His will. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.339 You seek His rule 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.079 over your life 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.519 is what He actually said. 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:46.579 That's the key 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:48.660 to finding comfort 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.379 in the fact 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:51.480 that God is always 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.019 present in our lives. 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:55.160 That's the key, 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.319 having a close relationship 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.059 and trusting Him 00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.539 this way. 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.279 Now, 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.940 is the thought 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.160 of God always 00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.160 being with you 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.660 comforting 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.980 will thank Him? 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:14.319 but let me 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.960 switch gears 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.420 a little bit. 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.140 Is the thought 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.099 that God is always 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.839 with you 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:21.059 convicting 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.660 in the sense 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.120 that it makes you 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.779 feel guilty? 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.099 Or is it 00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.620 frightening 00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:27.539 you? 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.099 If it is, 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.380 it most likely 00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.319 means one 00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.380 of two things. 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.460 Either you're 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.180 not a Christian 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:37.620 or you are 00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.000 a Christian 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.420 but you're not 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.940 living in a 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:41.259 close relationship, 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.880 having good 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.259 fellowship 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.160 with Him. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.039 Let's look at both. 00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:45.799 If you're not 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.259 a Christian, 00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.059 you need to 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.900 understand that 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.500 one day 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.140 you're going 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.680 to stand 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.519 alone 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.840 before God 00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:56.620 and give an account 00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.259 for how you've 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.799 actually lived 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.259 your life 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.820 in this world. 00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.940 That's going 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.559 to be a problem 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.940 for you 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.320 if you're not 00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.700 a Christian. 00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.660 Because the Bible 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.340 clearly says, 00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.660 and I want you 00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.100 to look at it, 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.200 Hebrews 4.13, 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.740 nothing in all 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.400 creation is 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.880 hidden from 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.640 God's sight. 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.340 Everything is 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.380 uncovered and 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.360 laid bare before 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:16.019 the eyes of 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.860 Him to whom 00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.660 we must give 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.180 an account. 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.900 We're all 00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.180 going to stand 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.820 before the Lord. 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.660 We're all 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.860 going to stand 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.220 before God 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.680 on Judgment 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:22.940 Day. 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.140 If we're 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.539 Christians, 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.960 we've got the 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.360 Lord Jesus 00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.840 standing there 00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.500 beside us. 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.460 And we're 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.120 still sinful 00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.480 people. 00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:30.940 We've got a 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.340 lot to be 00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.140 ashamed of, 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.880 but Jesus 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.559 has paid the 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.259 penalty for our 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.620 sins. 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.960 We are 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.600 clean before 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.620 God because 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.039 of Jesus. 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.599 That's how we 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.199 get through the 00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:43.239 judgment as 00:28:43.239 --> 00:28:43.699 Christians. 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.939 But if you're 00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.459 not a believer, 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.919 if you're not 00:28:45.919 --> 00:28:46.939 one with Christ, 00:28:47.679 --> 00:28:48.279 you're going to 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.659 stand there 00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.039 alone. 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.000 A pastor by the 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.599 name of James 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.719 Boyce describes 00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:56.339 how, let me 00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.639 put it this 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:56.899 way, he 00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.519 describes what 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.239 Judgment Day 00:28:58.239 --> 00:28:59.159 could be like. 00:28:59.219 --> 00:29:00.079 No one knows. 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.979 But look at what 00:29:01.979 --> 00:29:02.439 he says. 00:29:03.479 --> 00:29:04.179 What will you do 00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:04.819 on the day when 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.879 all your sins 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.619 will be read 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.039 out? 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.139 His idea of 00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.359 Judgment Day is 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.919 God's going to 00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.579 read from his 00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.539 book, Our 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.579 Life Story. 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.959 He says, on 00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:16.019 that day, you 00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.939 will be abased, 00:29:17.239 --> 00:29:17.919 confounded, 00:29:18.219 --> 00:29:19.000 speechless, and 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.299 overwhelmed as 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:21.559 God unfolds the 00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:23.019 records of your 00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.719 sinful past life, 00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.099 paragraph after 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.779 paragraph, page 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.659 after page. 00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:30.039 Stop, you will 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.419 cry. 00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:32.239 But God will not 00:29:32.239 --> 00:29:33.359 stop until every 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.599 sinful thought, 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:36.359 every evil deed, 00:29:36.719 --> 00:29:37.639 every curse, 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.679 every theft, 00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.639 every lie, 00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.000 every neglect of 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.659 what you should 00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.659 have done is 00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:44.419 read out and 00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:46.019 justly punished. 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.699 That's scary. 00:29:54.219 --> 00:29:55.279 And it ought to 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.959 be if you're going 00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.459 to stand there 00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:57.879 alone. 00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.159 But the good 00:30:00.159 --> 00:30:01.079 news this morning 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.559 is you don't 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.419 have to wait 00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:04.179 until Judgment 00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.659 Day and be 00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.299 there alone. 00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.419 Jesus died on 00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:10.839 the cross to 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.639 pay the penalty 00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.419 for the sins 00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.179 you have 00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.539 committed. 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.220 Jesus died on 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.679 the cross to 00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.439 take your 00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:18.679 punishment so 00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.079 that you could 00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:21.359 be forgiven and 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.919 so that you 00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.539 wouldn't have to 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.579 be in terror on 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.980 the day of 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.419 judgment. 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.119 But we have to 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.899 respond to what 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.539 Jesus has done. 00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.259 Jesus' death on 00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.740 the cross doesn't 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.559 automatically save 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.879 anyone. 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.720 We've got to 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.259 acknowledge we 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.940 need a Savior. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.440 We've got to 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.639 admit to God our 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.519 sinfulness, our 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.339 selfishness and 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.099 change our mind 00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.500 about it, repent, 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.799 turn from it, 00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.899 grieve over it. 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.159 We've got to put 00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.980 our faith in Jesus 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.899 that he died for 00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.759 me and call upon 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.220 him to save us. 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:52.619 Scripture, one of 00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.039 the clearest 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.879 statements about 00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.819 this, for 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.480 whosoever will 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.960 call upon the 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.500 name of the Lord 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.299 will be saved. 00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.480 that can be 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.919 you if you're 00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.539 not a Christian 00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:04.000 and it bothers 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.039 you and you 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.659 want to come to 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.799 him now. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.299 You'll find 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:11.759 comfort then in 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.299 your relationship 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.019 with God, not 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.460 fear. 00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:16.079 But let's think 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.700 about the other 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.559 scenario. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.000 If you're not 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.859 getting any sense 00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.759 of comfort and 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.399 encouragement with 00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.039 the fact that God 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.519 is always with you, 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:26.400 it may be that 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.019 you're a Christian 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:29.359 but you've either 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.319 rebelled against 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:33.259 God or you've 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.339 drifted away from 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.639 him. 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:37.059 Either way, you're 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.819 not close to him. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.259 If you know that 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.900 you've rebelled 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.700 against him, you 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.180 know there's 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.779 something between 00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:47.259 you and God, I 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.779 want to encourage 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:50.119 you to admit that, 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.160 own up to it, 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.259 quit denying it, 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:54.640 repent of that, 00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.619 turn from that, 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:58.319 and come back to 00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:00.299 the Lord with a 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.119 renewed commitment 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.879 to him as the 00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.579 Lord of your life. 00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.579 It could be that 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.480 you've just drifted 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.980 away from the 00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.220 Lord. 00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.579 There's no one 00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.279 thing you can point 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.039 to and say, I've 00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.920 rebelled this way, 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.900 I don't care, I'm 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.539 never shaking my 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.200 fist at God. 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.259 It may be that 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.940 you've just let 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.379 things in your life 00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:16.099 become a priority 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.799 that shouldn't be a 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.180 priority. 00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.579 And you've just 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:22.119 sort of ignored 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.759 him to the point 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.759 that there's a 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.339 lot of distance 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.659 now. 00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.539 Well, that in 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:28.679 itself is sin that 00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.519 is separating you 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:31.119 from closeness with 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.379 God that needs to 00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.099 be confessed and 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.720 repented of. 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.859 You need to come 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:37.639 back to him, if 00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.199 that's the case 00:32:38.199 --> 00:32:41.759 today, in a renewed 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.819 commitment yourself 00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:46.359 to seeking to know 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.399 him better, love 00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.220 him more, spend 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.139 time with him. 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:52.099 As we've seen on 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:53.939 several occasions, 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.659 God is ready and 00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.379 willing to forgive 00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:59.079 his returning 00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.299 children, repentant 00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:02.079 children, if we'll 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.099 come to him, as the 00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.439 verse says in 1 John 00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:05.819 1, 9, if we confess 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.960 our sins, he is 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.839 faithful and just to 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.639 forgive us our sins 00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.759 and to cleanse us 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.799 from all unrighteousness. 00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.480 If you're away from 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.319 God, not enjoying 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.559 closeness with God, the 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.379 idea of him being 00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.319 everywhere in your 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.839 life is not a 00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.480 comfort to you. 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.660 draw to him in 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.620 confession that way. 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.000 Leave here. 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.380 In fact, let me ask 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.880 to say this in 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.180 closing. 00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:28.200 God's presence in 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:30.900 our lives is intended 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:32.900 to comfort us. 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:36.019 I want to encourage you 00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.160 to do whatever you 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:40.740 need to do so that you 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:43.480 can leave here thinking, 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:46.539 God is present in my 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.539 life and I like that. 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.319 I love that. 00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:52.240 It comforts me. 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:54.099 Whatever God shows you 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.500 you need to do for that 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.259 to be true about you 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.960 when you leave, do that 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:59.259 now as we pray together. 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.440 Father, show us how to 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.299 respond. 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:07.140 Father, help us to see 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:09.260 from David's life, his 00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:10.300 experience, what he's 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:12.320 written here, that the 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.320 thought of you knowing 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.340 us and always being 00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:17.260 with us should comfort 00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:21.340 and encourage us, even 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.940 though we aren't 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.300 perfect. 00:34:25.600 --> 00:34:28.940 Dear God, if there's 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.640 people in this room who 00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.900 are not Christians and 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.019 that's why they're afraid 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.480 and they're running from 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.539 you, call them to faith 00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.280 in Jesus now. 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:38.640 Father, if there are 00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.600 Christians in this room 00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:42.380 who have rebelled, who've 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:45.519 backslidden or just let 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.360 too much of the things 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:48.280 of this world capture 00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:51.720 their attention, wake 00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:56.000 them up, draw them back 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.760 to you to that closeness 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.160 that you desire with them. 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:03.060 Show us all how to respond. 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:07.480 In an attitude of prayer, 00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.400 you do what God tells 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.820 you to do. 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.120 I'll be here at the 00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:11.019 front and we'd be happy, 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.740 love to pray with you 00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.400 during this time. 00:35:14.540 --> 00:35:15.060 You come. 00:35:15.660 --> 00:35:17.320 God so leads you to do 00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.600 that. 00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:19.900 Let's just be still and 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:22.200 quiet, prayerful, and 00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.820 respond as God speaks to 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.460 each one of us.