1 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:38,659 But a wounded spirit, who can bear a wounded spirit? 2 00:00:39,699 --> 00:00:44,459 You can feel okay physically sometimes, but you're wounded in 3 00:00:44,459 --> 00:00:45,219 your spirit. 4 00:00:46,419 --> 00:00:50,419 The devil knows that he wants to do everything he can. 5 00:00:50,579 --> 00:00:52,499 Jesus had to deal with this a lot. 6 00:00:52,499 --> 00:00:56,019 In fact, one time the disciples, he called them, they were 7 00:00:57,119 --> 00:01:01,119 arguing in, I think it's in Luke chapter nine. 8 00:01:01,919 --> 00:01:05,839 And they were kind of arguing over who's going to be the greatest. 9 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:07,839 Believe it or not, it's in there. 10 00:01:08,559 --> 00:01:12,759 Can you imagine the pride and the arrogancy talking about, well, 11 00:01:12,759 --> 00:01:14,159 I'm going to be greater than you are. 12 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:19,839 And further down in that same chapter, Jesus said, you know not 13 00:01:19,839 --> 00:01:21,839 what spirit ye are of. 14 00:01:23,219 --> 00:01:26,659 He had to deal with the disciples sometimes that got a bad 15 00:01:26,659 --> 00:01:31,979 spirit, they got an infected spirit, they got a wounded spirit, 16 00:01:31,979 --> 00:01:36,619 they got a critical spirit, they got a suspicious spirit, they 17 00:01:36,619 --> 00:01:40,819 got a self righteous spirit, they got a proud spirit sometimes, 18 00:01:41,139 --> 00:01:46,579 they sometimes would get a revengeful spirit, sometimes a sour 19 00:01:46,659 --> 00:01:47,139 spirit. 20 00:01:47,139 --> 00:01:48,899 You ever been around somebody that's just sour? 21 00:01:49,919 --> 00:01:51,679 They don't laugh or smile. 22 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:55,119 And then you have people with just a careless spirit, just a blank, 23 00:01:55,919 --> 00:02:00,159 and you can't hardly get them to smile or anything. 24 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:03,359 And maybe they're hurting, maybe they got a reason not to smile. 25 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:04,919 I gotta learn. 26 00:02:04,919 --> 00:02:06,039 I've had to learn for years. 27 00:02:06,039 --> 00:02:11,039 You can't always judge a person by their facial expressions 28 00:02:11,519 --> 00:02:15,919 because they could be in a lot of pain and nobody knows about it. 29 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:21,919 But keeping a right spirit is so very, very important. 30 00:02:23,039 --> 00:02:29,759 In fact, in Psalm 51, David said, Lord, create within me a clean 31 00:02:29,759 --> 00:02:34,959 heart and renew within me a right spirit. 32 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:42,889 That's in Psalm 51, Lord, it Renew my spirit. 33 00:02:42,969 --> 00:02:47,489 In a couple of verses just past that it says, then shall sinners 34 00:02:47,489 --> 00:02:49,289 be converted unto thee. 35 00:02:51,049 --> 00:02:52,209 You might want to look that up. 36 00:02:52,209 --> 00:02:54,809 Some of you are looking like, is that in the Bible? 37 00:02:56,169 --> 00:02:57,129 I'm just kidding. 38 00:02:57,849 --> 00:02:59,129 But it is interesting. 39 00:02:59,609 --> 00:03:03,369 And I wonder sometimes if we don't see more people saved because 40 00:03:03,369 --> 00:03:05,129 we have a bad spirit. 41 00:03:05,609 --> 00:03:09,819 We don't mean to, we don't come to church planning to get a 42 00:03:09,819 --> 00:03:11,859 bad spirit, but things happen. 43 00:03:11,939 --> 00:03:12,579 Amen. 44 00:03:13,299 --> 00:03:16,419 And let's just be honest and not look like we don't ever have 45 00:03:16,419 --> 00:03:17,459 any problems with that. 46 00:03:17,939 --> 00:03:23,299 Sometimes our spirit can get wounded and we need to know how to 47 00:03:23,299 --> 00:03:23,659 treat it. 48 00:03:23,659 --> 00:03:25,699 And I'm gonna give you that at the end of the message. 49 00:03:26,019 --> 00:03:28,979 Just for a little thing, kind of like a prescription a doctor will 50 00:03:28,979 --> 00:03:29,459 give you. 51 00:03:30,019 --> 00:03:32,259 And Jesus is the great physician. 52 00:03:33,149 --> 00:03:33,789 But you have. 53 00:03:34,349 --> 00:03:36,589 There's so many wonderful things about the Bible. 54 00:03:36,669 --> 00:03:39,189 You ever thought when you hold your Bible that you're holding a 55 00:03:39,189 --> 00:03:40,189 Medicine cabinet. 56 00:03:42,509 --> 00:03:44,429 Any of you have a medicine cabinet at home? 57 00:03:45,389 --> 00:03:47,509 And sometimes they get so filled up. 58 00:03:47,509 --> 00:03:49,709 You gotta start putting them in boxes under the sink. 59 00:03:49,709 --> 00:03:51,229 And then under the bed. 60 00:03:51,709 --> 00:03:53,949 And then out in the garage and all that. 61 00:03:54,829 --> 00:03:58,349 But the Bible is kind of like a medicine cabinet. 62 00:03:59,049 --> 00:04:00,969 And the more you know your Bible. 63 00:04:01,769 --> 00:04:05,449 You'll be able to know where to go, what chapter, what verse. 64 00:04:05,529 --> 00:04:08,169 Where can I go to help my spirit? 65 00:04:08,649 --> 00:04:09,129 Lord? 66 00:04:09,529 --> 00:04:11,169 I don't want this kind of spirit. 67 00:04:11,169 --> 00:04:14,448 Some things have happened or some things have been said to me 68 00:04:14,448 --> 00:04:15,849 or about me or whatever. 69 00:04:16,329 --> 00:04:17,449 And, Lord, I just. 70 00:04:17,529 --> 00:04:19,529 I don't feel so good on the inside. 71 00:04:20,009 --> 00:04:22,489 And I need a right spirit. 72 00:04:23,209 --> 00:04:24,029 We're just. 73 00:04:24,179 --> 00:04:26,099 Just not very far away from revival. 74 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,219 We're planning revival with Brother McCracken. 75 00:04:30,019 --> 00:04:31,139 I've never met him. 76 00:04:31,139 --> 00:04:32,579 We've talked on the phone recently. 77 00:04:32,579 --> 00:04:33,499 Last several weeks. 78 00:04:33,499 --> 00:04:36,379 But everything I've heard about him, they said, oh, Brother 79 00:04:36,379 --> 00:04:37,619 Weatherby, you are gonna. 80 00:04:37,619 --> 00:04:39,059 You're gonna be in for a blessing. 81 00:04:39,059 --> 00:04:40,899 He is such a great preacher. 82 00:04:40,899 --> 00:04:42,339 So I'm looking forward to it. 83 00:04:42,659 --> 00:04:43,619 But you know something? 84 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:48,339 Revival has a lot to do with us getting the right spirit. 85 00:04:49,788 --> 00:04:53,388 When God's people get their spirit right with God and with people, 86 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:56,908 a revival can take place. 87 00:04:57,948 --> 00:05:03,348 But you can sing, and you can sit and you can teach and even preach. 88 00:05:03,348 --> 00:05:07,388 You can do a lot of things and still have a bad spirit. 89 00:05:08,668 --> 00:05:12,028 And nobody may know that but God and you. 90 00:05:12,988 --> 00:05:17,339 But here in the scripture tonight, in the Book of Numbers. 91 00:05:17,339 --> 00:05:18,299 Are you still there? 92 00:05:18,939 --> 00:05:19,459 Numbers? 93 00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:27,139 Chapter number 14 is a great story of Moses and the children of 94 00:05:27,139 --> 00:05:27,619 Israel. 95 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:30,219 Having all kinds of problems and murmurings and trouble. 96 00:05:31,179 --> 00:05:33,859 And it's pretty interesting. 97 00:05:33,859 --> 00:05:35,899 But he's talking to Joshua. 98 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:38,059 He talked about Joshua and Caleb. 99 00:05:38,699 --> 00:05:40,379 You remember Joshua and Caleb? 100 00:05:41,909 --> 00:05:50,629 And it's very interesting to me that they sent out some spies. 101 00:05:50,709 --> 00:05:52,949 Anybody remember how many spies they sent out? 102 00:05:54,309 --> 00:05:54,709 12. 103 00:05:56,629 --> 00:05:59,189 And they came back and took a vote. 104 00:06:00,789 --> 00:06:03,189 And the majority said, no way, Jose. 105 00:06:03,269 --> 00:06:07,359 Well, they probably didn't say it quite like that, but they said 106 00:06:07,359 --> 00:06:08,239 it's impossible. 107 00:06:08,239 --> 00:06:10,439 We're like little grasshoppers compared to them. 108 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:11,839 This is all in chapter 14. 109 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:16,399 And Caleb and Joshua said, uh, wait a minute. 110 00:06:16,479 --> 00:06:18,399 Yeah, they're big, but God's bigger. 111 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:20,319 And he's made a promise. 112 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:23,879 And all we got to do is just keep doing what we're doing and trust 113 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:25,599 God and go get the land. 114 00:06:25,999 --> 00:06:27,199 You remember that story? 115 00:06:28,399 --> 00:06:31,519 Well, the majority won, 10 to 2. 116 00:06:34,329 --> 00:06:38,649 Joshua and Caleb were voted down. 117 00:06:41,529 --> 00:06:42,969 Kind of interesting, isn't it? 118 00:06:48,729 --> 00:06:54,409 And God got so upset with them, he said, I made up my mind. 119 00:06:54,889 --> 00:06:57,689 None of these people are even going to See the promised land, much 120 00:06:57,689 --> 00:07:02,659 less get there because of the way the vote went. 121 00:07:03,619 --> 00:07:06,219 He said, these people won't believe me and they won't trust me. 122 00:07:06,219 --> 00:07:08,099 And they're murmuring and they're always upset. 123 00:07:08,099 --> 00:07:09,059 Da, da, da, da. 124 00:07:09,139 --> 00:07:10,579 They got a bad spirit. 125 00:07:11,219 --> 00:07:12,619 And God said, they're all going to die. 126 00:07:12,619 --> 00:07:14,179 Their kids will see the promised land. 127 00:07:14,819 --> 00:07:18,339 But everybody, 20 years and up, not going to happen. 128 00:07:18,419 --> 00:07:19,939 That's pretty strong stuff. 129 00:07:21,619 --> 00:07:22,579 But it's interesting. 130 00:07:22,579 --> 00:07:29,909 In verse 24, God says, But my servant Caleb didn't say Joshua. 131 00:07:29,909 --> 00:07:31,309 I'll talk about that in a moment. 132 00:07:32,029 --> 00:07:37,229 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit. 133 00:07:39,469 --> 00:07:40,589 Another spirit. 134 00:07:40,589 --> 00:07:41,469 Did you get that? 135 00:07:42,749 --> 00:07:43,469 With him? 136 00:07:44,909 --> 00:07:46,829 And hath followed me fully. 137 00:07:47,709 --> 00:07:54,399 Him will I bring and into the land whereinto he went, and his seed 138 00:07:54,399 --> 00:07:57,719 shall possess it all. 139 00:07:57,719 --> 00:08:03,319 Because the Bible says Caleb had another spirit. 140 00:08:03,719 --> 00:08:05,159 He had a different spirit. 141 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:08,799 He had a good spirit. 142 00:08:08,799 --> 00:08:10,599 And God was impressed with that. 143 00:08:12,919 --> 00:08:15,239 God noticed the spirit of Caleb. 144 00:08:16,179 --> 00:08:20,019 Now you say, well, I try to have a good spirit, but I've just 145 00:08:20,019 --> 00:08:20,259 got. 146 00:08:20,259 --> 00:08:21,299 I don't know what to do. 147 00:08:21,299 --> 00:08:22,339 Well, I'm going to give you. 148 00:08:22,339 --> 00:08:24,459 I'm going to give you some things to write down in just a moment, 149 00:08:24,459 --> 00:08:26,419 but I want you to get this picture of Caleb. 150 00:08:28,579 --> 00:08:30,819 God notices a lot more than we think. 151 00:08:32,499 --> 00:08:35,539 It almost sounds like a compliment that he's given to Caleb, 152 00:08:35,539 --> 00:08:36,099 doesn't it? 153 00:08:36,419 --> 00:08:37,859 Does God give compliments? 154 00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:42,429 Well, I think he does. 155 00:08:44,429 --> 00:08:48,909 Will Rogers said I can live three months on a good compliment. 156 00:08:50,509 --> 00:08:52,749 God is no respecter of persons. 157 00:08:53,229 --> 00:08:56,229 There's not anybody in this auditorium that God likes a little 158 00:08:56,229 --> 00:08:57,389 bit better than you. 159 00:08:58,269 --> 00:09:03,509 According to the Bible, God is just and loving and kind and forgiving. 160 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:05,229 And you're important to God. 161 00:09:06,678 --> 00:09:07,958 Nobody else may think you are. 162 00:09:07,958 --> 00:09:12,278 And you don't like to look in the mirror, but God died. 163 00:09:12,278 --> 00:09:14,438 He gave his son to buy you. 164 00:09:15,558 --> 00:09:18,118 And he watches you and he thinks about you. 165 00:09:19,318 --> 00:09:20,678 He watches every move. 166 00:09:21,158 --> 00:09:23,718 He watches your actions and your reactions. 167 00:09:24,038 --> 00:09:25,478 God's got his eye on you. 168 00:09:25,478 --> 00:09:28,758 Even when you don't see God or feel God or think God does. 169 00:09:31,318 --> 00:09:31,718 And. 170 00:09:32,079 --> 00:09:35,679 And many times in the Bible, he would single out people like Abraham. 171 00:09:36,079 --> 00:09:39,679 The Bible says that God said, he's my friend. 172 00:09:41,039 --> 00:09:42,119 I don't know anybody else. 173 00:09:42,119 --> 00:09:47,759 He said that about, he's a friend of God, David. 174 00:09:49,599 --> 00:09:51,679 God said, he's a man after my own heart. 175 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:55,599 He knows what I like, what I like to hear, what I like to see. 176 00:09:55,599 --> 00:09:58,759 And he does all those things you say, well, he messed up. 177 00:09:58,759 --> 00:10:00,239 Yeah, yeah, we all mess up. 178 00:10:01,289 --> 00:10:08,129 I already told you a spurgeon thing that was on the screen a While 179 00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:14,969 ago, God uses failures because there aren't any other kind around. 180 00:10:17,769 --> 00:10:24,409 When I read that made me feel better because I fail a lot more. 181 00:10:24,409 --> 00:10:27,699 There's failures I've made and I don't even want to tell you about 182 00:10:27,699 --> 00:10:28,059 him. 183 00:10:28,139 --> 00:10:33,419 But God knows and God forgives and God restores and God says, let's 184 00:10:33,419 --> 00:10:34,139 try this again. 185 00:10:35,339 --> 00:10:36,539 Over and over and over. 186 00:10:37,579 --> 00:10:39,259 He's a man after my own heart. 187 00:10:39,979 --> 00:10:46,219 And so here, in the midst of all these problems, they're getting 188 00:10:46,219 --> 00:10:48,299 ready to wander around for 40 years. 189 00:10:49,419 --> 00:10:55,039 But God says, I've noticed Caleb has a right spirit, a good 190 00:10:55,039 --> 00:10:55,599 spirit. 191 00:10:56,479 --> 00:10:58,479 I don't know that he always smiled. 192 00:10:58,479 --> 00:10:58,919 I don't know. 193 00:10:58,919 --> 00:11:02,239 The Bible doesn't say, I don't know that he laughed a lot. 194 00:11:02,239 --> 00:11:03,519 I kind of think maybe he did. 195 00:11:03,519 --> 00:11:06,479 If he's positive about this, it was a lot to be negative about. 196 00:11:06,479 --> 00:11:07,599 But he's pretty positive. 197 00:11:07,919 --> 00:11:10,319 So he probably smiled a little more than the average. 198 00:11:10,319 --> 00:11:11,119 I don't know. 199 00:11:11,759 --> 00:11:14,159 And some people smile on the inside, right? 200 00:11:16,079 --> 00:11:20,849 But Caleb was in the midst of a lot of complainers and negative 201 00:11:20,849 --> 00:11:21,449 spirits. 202 00:11:22,489 --> 00:11:27,449 And by the way, bad spirits are contagious and so are good spirits. 203 00:11:29,049 --> 00:11:29,889 Yeah, they are. 204 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:31,049 They're very contagious. 205 00:11:31,929 --> 00:11:35,649 You get around people with a bad spirit, you will get a bad spirit. 206 00:11:35,649 --> 00:11:36,649 It won't take long. 207 00:11:36,889 --> 00:11:38,729 You say, nah, not me, I'm strong. 208 00:11:40,249 --> 00:11:41,049 No, you will. 209 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:49,699 You will be careful who you spend a lot of time with because 210 00:11:49,699 --> 00:11:52,659 if they don't have a good spirit, it could affect your spirit. 211 00:11:56,019 --> 00:12:03,659 Caleb, Joshua, only two that were excited and positive and ready 212 00:12:03,659 --> 00:12:04,099 to go. 213 00:12:05,139 --> 00:12:06,259 I'm going to say it again. 214 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:10,509 I believe one of the greatest challenges for Christians is, is 215 00:12:10,509 --> 00:12:14,389 to have and to keep the right spirit. 216 00:12:15,669 --> 00:12:18,229 God singled out Caleb and he blessed him. 217 00:12:18,229 --> 00:12:21,189 He was 85 years old when he retired. 218 00:12:22,549 --> 00:12:26,189 And God said, what do you want me to do for you, Caleb? 219 00:12:26,189 --> 00:12:27,989 And Caleb said, well, there's a mountain over there. 220 00:12:27,989 --> 00:12:29,589 I've had my own for a long time. 221 00:12:29,589 --> 00:12:32,069 Can you imagine an 85 year old mountain climber? 222 00:12:33,589 --> 00:12:35,189 But he said, I want that mountain. 223 00:12:35,189 --> 00:12:36,469 God says, it's yours. 224 00:12:38,309 --> 00:12:42,469 85 years old, but he had a right spirit. 225 00:12:43,909 --> 00:12:47,629 When they came back of being sent out to spy out the land, Caleb, 226 00:12:47,629 --> 00:12:49,509 the Bible says, stilled the people. 227 00:12:50,629 --> 00:12:54,749 He was confident and he was calm and he was courageous and he 228 00:12:54,749 --> 00:12:55,589 was committed. 229 00:12:57,029 --> 00:13:02,429 You know, a lot of times over the years when I need someone to 230 00:13:02,429 --> 00:13:05,469 do a particular job or help me or do something, a minister in the 231 00:13:05,469 --> 00:13:10,359 church or maybe at some position, I'm always interested in 232 00:13:10,359 --> 00:13:12,719 their spirit more than I am their abilities. 233 00:13:14,479 --> 00:13:19,879 Did you hear what I just said, not everybody may not have the same 234 00:13:19,879 --> 00:13:22,719 talents and abilities, but they got a lot better spirit than 235 00:13:22,719 --> 00:13:25,599 some people who have more talent and abilities. 236 00:13:27,199 --> 00:13:31,199 Maybe it's just me, but I like to be around people that has a positive, 237 00:13:32,089 --> 00:13:34,929 confident spirit that says, I don't know how it's going to work 238 00:13:34,929 --> 00:13:36,169 out, but God's in control. 239 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:39,049 Let's just keep pressing on and praise God. 240 00:13:39,049 --> 00:13:40,729 I love to be around people like that. 241 00:13:42,329 --> 00:13:45,369 I'm not saying turn it on, it's easy. 242 00:13:45,369 --> 00:13:47,129 Just turn the knob, put it on. 243 00:13:47,769 --> 00:13:50,329 Happy spirit, and you'll be fine. 244 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:53,529 No, no, I'll give you something here in just a moment. 245 00:13:54,089 --> 00:13:55,969 But Caleb stilled the people. 246 00:13:55,969 --> 00:13:57,329 They were ready to rile up. 247 00:13:57,329 --> 00:14:00,369 They were ready to take over everything and run Moses out of town 248 00:14:00,369 --> 00:14:01,529 and all that kind of stuff. 249 00:14:03,039 --> 00:14:08,479 And so there was a spirit of trust or faith in Caleb. 250 00:14:09,519 --> 00:14:13,599 This wasn't a self motivated positive thinking like that, which 251 00:14:13,599 --> 00:14:15,879 is replacing a lot of Bible preaching today. 252 00:14:15,879 --> 00:14:19,639 Did you know a lot of Bible preaching today is thrown into the 253 00:14:19,639 --> 00:14:23,719 wastebasket and they want preachers that are positive thinkers 254 00:14:23,719 --> 00:14:27,879 and make me feel better and I'll give more money and all that 255 00:14:27,879 --> 00:14:28,359 kind of stuff. 256 00:14:28,359 --> 00:14:32,979 And I think the Bible could and should and it ought to always 257 00:14:32,979 --> 00:14:33,819 make us feel better. 258 00:14:33,819 --> 00:14:36,539 But sometimes it hurts a little bit before it gets to feeling 259 00:14:36,539 --> 00:14:36,779 better. 260 00:14:36,939 --> 00:14:37,659 Am I right? 261 00:14:39,659 --> 00:14:43,179 I don't like to go to the doctor any more than you do, man. 262 00:14:43,179 --> 00:14:47,499 I went the other day for an adjustment at a, it's hard to say, 263 00:14:47,499 --> 00:14:51,579 choir practice, but chiropractor and man, I thought my 264 00:14:51,579 --> 00:14:52,939 head was coming right off. 265 00:14:53,419 --> 00:14:54,939 I was going to go home headless. 266 00:14:56,589 --> 00:14:58,909 I mean, he jerked and snapped that thing. 267 00:15:00,509 --> 00:15:03,789 But after it got better, I felt better. 268 00:15:04,829 --> 00:15:10,429 And sometimes we hurt for a little while before it feels better. 269 00:15:12,269 --> 00:15:16,469 Caleb knew God and Caleb had absolute confidence in God and he 270 00:15:16,469 --> 00:15:18,989 had the faith to believe in something he couldn't see. 271 00:15:19,469 --> 00:15:22,969 God had already told them that the land was theirs or all they had 272 00:15:22,969 --> 00:15:26,609 to do was go in and possess it. 273 00:15:29,809 --> 00:15:30,289 Wow. 274 00:15:31,809 --> 00:15:33,249 But the Bible says they would. 275 00:15:34,369 --> 00:15:39,609 Hebrews 3:19 says, we see that they would not enter in because of 276 00:15:39,609 --> 00:15:40,289 unbelief. 277 00:15:41,329 --> 00:15:44,569 There's a group of scientists that were searching for a certain 278 00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:49,849 type of plant and they found one, but it was off of a cliff quite 279 00:15:49,849 --> 00:15:53,779 a bit far further down, off the edge of the cliff, growing out 280 00:15:53,779 --> 00:15:54,859 of one of the crevices. 281 00:15:55,899 --> 00:16:00,259 And they saw this little boy and they said, son, would you let 282 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:03,739 us put a rope around you and let you down over the cliff so you 283 00:16:03,739 --> 00:16:05,179 can pick that plant down there? 284 00:16:05,179 --> 00:16:08,099 And we want to study and we'll pay you for it. 285 00:16:08,099 --> 00:16:10,459 And the little boy thought for a moment. 286 00:16:11,019 --> 00:16:15,499 He said, yeah, I'll do that, provided my daddy holds the rope. 287 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,789 There's nobody can hold the rope better than God. 288 00:16:25,269 --> 00:16:31,029 I don't like heights too much, but if I know in a situation God, 289 00:16:31,029 --> 00:16:32,669 you promise it's going to happen. 290 00:16:32,669 --> 00:16:34,069 It's just a matter of time. 291 00:16:35,989 --> 00:16:37,829 Let me down on the rope. 292 00:16:37,829 --> 00:16:38,629 You hold the rope. 293 00:16:38,629 --> 00:16:39,429 I'll be fine. 294 00:16:39,829 --> 00:16:43,549 Doesn't mean I get a little scared, a little nervous sometimes. 295 00:16:43,549 --> 00:16:49,129 If, if you preach the word of God faithfully, sometimes it gets 296 00:16:49,129 --> 00:16:49,809 a little scary. 297 00:16:51,409 --> 00:16:52,849 But God's holding the rope. 298 00:16:54,289 --> 00:16:58,649 When you lay hold of a promise in the word of God, on the other 299 00:16:58,649 --> 00:17:01,409 end is your heavenly Father. 300 00:17:02,129 --> 00:17:02,769 Amen. 301 00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:08,009 For all the promises of God, in him are yea, and in him, amen 302 00:17:08,009 --> 00:17:09,509 unto the glory of God. 303 00:17:09,739 --> 00:17:14,059 Of God by us, the Spirit of trust. 304 00:17:14,059 --> 00:17:16,779 Caleb said, God will take care of this thing. 305 00:17:17,099 --> 00:17:19,179 We don't have to worry about it. 306 00:17:20,059 --> 00:17:27,899 And they rolled their eyes, took the vote and began their long 307 00:17:27,979 --> 00:17:30,459 40 year wilderness life. 308 00:17:31,499 --> 00:17:33,259 He also had the spirit of courage. 309 00:17:33,979 --> 00:17:36,359 Courage is a vital ingredient. 310 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:40,399 I used to tell the guys out at the seminary, no matter how strong 311 00:17:40,399 --> 00:17:44,159 your conviction is, if you don't have the courage to stand by 312 00:17:44,159 --> 00:17:45,239 it, it don't do any good. 313 00:17:46,919 --> 00:17:49,799 How many people say, well, I have a conviction. 314 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:51,239 The Bible's the word of God. 315 00:17:51,959 --> 00:17:54,799 But they don't have the courage sometimes to do what the 316 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:55,479 Bible says. 317 00:17:56,039 --> 00:17:58,759 They don't have the courage to stand up or to speak up. 318 00:17:59,399 --> 00:18:03,649 Yeah, we need conviction, but we also need courage. 319 00:18:04,529 --> 00:18:07,169 And that only comes from God, the Holy Spirit of God. 320 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:11,969 When you know you're right according to the Bible, not according 321 00:18:11,969 --> 00:18:13,329 to your opinion. 322 00:18:13,409 --> 00:18:17,969 But when you know this is what God says, there's no doubt in my 323 00:18:17,969 --> 00:18:18,929 mind about it. 324 00:18:20,049 --> 00:18:21,489 God will give you the courage. 325 00:18:22,209 --> 00:18:25,209 But again, you've heard me say it probably a hundred times since 326 00:18:25,209 --> 00:18:25,889 I've been here. 327 00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:28,779 Most people don't know their Bible. 328 00:18:29,579 --> 00:18:32,379 It's hard to have courage when you don't know what God said. 329 00:18:32,699 --> 00:18:35,419 It's hard to have faith when you're not sure what God said. 330 00:18:36,299 --> 00:18:39,179 And so the devil wants to keep people ignorant of the Bible. 331 00:18:40,299 --> 00:18:41,179 But courage. 332 00:18:42,859 --> 00:18:47,419 My servant Caleb, boy Joshua had a lot of courage, didn't he? 333 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:49,979 As for me, in my house, we're gonna serve God. 334 00:18:51,179 --> 00:18:54,079 And boy, he just had a great time with God. 335 00:18:54,079 --> 00:18:55,599 Joshua, chapter number one. 336 00:18:56,719 --> 00:18:59,039 And then there was a spirit of submissiveness. 337 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:03,439 I really, this is one that's, to me, that stands out the most, 338 00:19:03,919 --> 00:19:06,559 that causes me to admire Caleb so much. 339 00:19:07,839 --> 00:19:08,479 They're almost. 340 00:19:08,639 --> 00:19:11,839 Joshua and Caleb are almost all the time mentioned together. 341 00:19:13,599 --> 00:19:16,719 But God chose Joshua to take Moses place. 342 00:19:16,719 --> 00:19:19,119 He didn't choose Caleb. 343 00:19:21,929 --> 00:19:23,449 You think about that for a moment. 344 00:19:24,249 --> 00:19:25,689 Caleb was vocal. 345 00:19:26,329 --> 00:19:27,529 God can do it. 346 00:19:28,089 --> 00:19:28,809 Let's go. 347 00:19:29,289 --> 00:19:30,249 He honored God. 348 00:19:30,249 --> 00:19:31,209 He loved God. 349 00:19:31,609 --> 00:19:32,649 He was faithful. 350 00:19:32,649 --> 00:19:34,729 He was always where he's supposed to be. 351 00:19:35,048 --> 00:19:37,129 Him and Joshua together, what a team. 352 00:19:38,889 --> 00:19:42,729 But God said, joshua, you're going to be the man. 353 00:19:44,009 --> 00:19:49,199 What if Caleb would have said, what, are you kidding me? 354 00:19:49,199 --> 00:19:53,279 God, I've been there just as much as he has. 355 00:19:55,759 --> 00:19:56,559 Wrong spirit. 356 00:19:56,559 --> 00:19:58,079 He got a bad spirit right there. 357 00:20:01,679 --> 00:20:04,119 Things don't turn out the way we want them to turn out. 358 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,399 Sometimes it can cause us to have a bad spirit. 359 00:20:06,399 --> 00:20:07,759 I'm just telling you like it is. 360 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:10,599 I didn't say it was easy. 361 00:20:10,599 --> 00:20:13,569 I'm just saying that's the way it is. 362 00:20:14,529 --> 00:20:18,609 But Caleb kept right on going, had the right spirit. 363 00:20:18,609 --> 00:20:19,169 85. 364 00:20:19,169 --> 00:20:20,369 He got his own mountain. 365 00:20:22,529 --> 00:20:26,529 What a joy and blessing and what a good life he had after 85 366 00:20:26,529 --> 00:20:27,009 years old. 367 00:20:27,009 --> 00:20:29,729 I mean, he's still going, growing and going strong. 368 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:36,529 But that would have never happened, I believe, had he got a 369 00:20:36,529 --> 00:20:42,249 jealous, envious spirit toward Joshua. 370 00:20:46,649 --> 00:20:52,249 He waited for 45 years when he started following and came back from 371 00:20:52,249 --> 00:20:56,849 this thing that they were sent out to be the spy and get things 372 00:20:56,849 --> 00:20:57,289 moving. 373 00:20:57,529 --> 00:20:59,289 He was only 40 years old. 374 00:21:01,049 --> 00:21:05,549 He had to wait 45 years before he got a mountain. 375 00:21:07,469 --> 00:21:09,949 It's hard for me to wait 40 minutes sometimes. 376 00:21:11,709 --> 00:21:13,229 40 years in the wilderness. 377 00:21:13,949 --> 00:21:17,789 Five more after they crossed Jordan and went into Canaan. 378 00:21:18,749 --> 00:21:22,589 Takes a lot of prayer in this Christian life. 379 00:21:23,789 --> 00:21:25,309 It takes some hard knocks. 380 00:21:25,309 --> 00:21:30,039 It takes a lot of broken hearts, a lot, a lot of tears. 381 00:21:31,479 --> 00:21:37,079 You know, I like what Jesus said. 382 00:21:37,879 --> 00:21:40,119 He said, the spirit of God is upon me. 383 00:21:41,479 --> 00:21:44,599 And he said, to heal the brokenhearted. 384 00:21:46,919 --> 00:21:48,279 That's what Jesus said. 385 00:21:49,959 --> 00:21:51,479 To heal the brokenhearted. 386 00:21:52,679 --> 00:21:54,439 He still does that, by the way. 387 00:21:56,369 --> 00:21:57,329 45 years. 388 00:21:59,649 --> 00:22:00,649 George Mueller. 389 00:22:00,649 --> 00:22:04,849 Most of you know about George Mueller, who founded some of the 390 00:22:04,849 --> 00:22:07,329 greatest orphanages in the world. 391 00:22:08,929 --> 00:22:12,209 Never at one time wrote a letter or a card or talked to anybody 392 00:22:12,209 --> 00:22:13,249 and asked them for money. 393 00:22:15,889 --> 00:22:19,289 Had millions of dollars, but for the orphanage. 394 00:22:19,289 --> 00:22:20,609 Not for himself, of course. 395 00:22:22,239 --> 00:22:22,999 But he found them. 396 00:22:22,999 --> 00:22:27,879 And he determined to pray daily for the conversion of five 397 00:22:27,879 --> 00:22:29,759 men, particular men that he knew. 398 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:31,359 Five men. 399 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:36,319 It was 18 months before the first one was saved. 400 00:22:37,919 --> 00:22:40,879 Five years later, the second one received Christ. 401 00:22:42,799 --> 00:22:45,439 The third was saved six years after that. 402 00:22:47,209 --> 00:22:52,969 The other two were sons of George Mueller's close friend. 403 00:22:54,649 --> 00:22:59,289 And when George Mueller died, he had been praying for those two 404 00:22:59,289 --> 00:23:00,809 men for 52 years. 405 00:23:02,568 --> 00:23:05,129 And both of Them got saved right after the funeral. 406 00:23:10,809 --> 00:23:12,329 Do you know where Caleb went? 407 00:23:12,809 --> 00:23:13,809 He went to Hebron. 408 00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:14,889 That was his mountain. 409 00:23:15,849 --> 00:23:20,089 And the mountains, in fact, everything in the Bible is important. 410 00:23:20,089 --> 00:23:21,369 But the names are important. 411 00:23:21,449 --> 00:23:27,649 God just didn't throw out names and he named the mountain Hebron. 412 00:23:27,649 --> 00:23:30,329 And you know what that mountain Hebron means? 413 00:23:31,609 --> 00:23:32,969 It means fellowship. 414 00:23:35,049 --> 00:23:40,409 It means that Caleb wanted to go live on a Mountain at 85 years 415 00:23:40,409 --> 00:23:40,729 old. 416 00:23:41,409 --> 00:23:43,249 And who do you think he had fellowship with? 417 00:23:45,729 --> 00:23:47,009 Fellowship with God. 418 00:23:48,449 --> 00:23:53,969 That's the key to most everything I know of 85 years old 419 00:23:55,729 --> 00:23:56,929 fellowship with God. 420 00:23:59,249 --> 00:24:01,569 Now, what's the comfort for a wounded spirit? 421 00:24:01,569 --> 00:24:04,609 Because it says, a wounded spirit, who can bear. 422 00:24:05,729 --> 00:24:06,369 It's almost. 423 00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:11,029 It's almost a rhetorical question, you know, rhetorical means 424 00:24:11,029 --> 00:24:12,629 the answer is obvious. 425 00:24:14,869 --> 00:24:18,789 Who can bear a wounded spirit? 426 00:24:20,469 --> 00:24:21,829 Let me give you these real quick. 427 00:24:21,829 --> 00:24:25,349 Number one, because if you haven't gotten one, you will. 428 00:24:26,469 --> 00:24:32,869 If you serve God, it's just life in the world and all the things 429 00:24:32,869 --> 00:24:34,629 that go that we have to deal with. 430 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:42,039 But when your wounded spirit, when your spirit gets hurt, get to 431 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:43,519 the doctor as soon as possible. 432 00:24:45,039 --> 00:24:46,079 Who's the doctor? 433 00:24:48,639 --> 00:24:49,039 Right. 434 00:24:49,999 --> 00:24:51,999 There's only one, the great physician. 435 00:24:53,439 --> 00:24:54,399 Jesus Christ. 436 00:24:57,279 --> 00:24:58,639 He's the great physician. 437 00:24:58,639 --> 00:24:59,359 Don't wait. 438 00:24:59,679 --> 00:25:03,349 Don't wait a week, don't wait a month, don't wait six months, because 439 00:25:03,349 --> 00:25:05,269 it's not going to get better by itself. 440 00:25:07,349 --> 00:25:09,549 We think time heals all wounds. 441 00:25:09,549 --> 00:25:10,149 Well, it does. 442 00:25:10,629 --> 00:25:15,309 Time does have a way of revealing things and helping us to 443 00:25:15,309 --> 00:25:17,909 come to some conclusions that are good for us. 444 00:25:18,229 --> 00:25:22,869 Sometimes that's a good thing, but not all the time. 445 00:25:23,429 --> 00:25:27,389 And especially with a wounded spirit, the sooner you get alone 446 00:25:27,389 --> 00:25:33,839 with God, say, doctor, Jesus, I really need your help. 447 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:36,519 I'm bleeding on the inside. 448 00:25:36,519 --> 00:25:39,679 I've got a wounded spirit and it's hurting. 449 00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:45,359 I doubt if there's anybody in this church that's not hurting. 450 00:25:47,599 --> 00:25:49,199 I doubt there would be one person. 451 00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:50,639 Because you care. 452 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:51,759 Because you love. 453 00:25:52,399 --> 00:25:53,439 You're not cold. 454 00:25:55,209 --> 00:25:57,889 There's a temptation sometimes to get cold. 455 00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:01,209 But see the doctor, don't wait. 456 00:26:01,289 --> 00:26:07,289 Most people put it off and ignore it and hide it and dodge it. 457 00:26:11,449 --> 00:26:12,009 And then. 458 00:26:12,169 --> 00:26:17,769 This may sound a little strange, possibly, but in First Thessalonians, 459 00:26:17,849 --> 00:26:23,379 way back over on the other side of your Bible, first Thessalonians, 460 00:26:23,379 --> 00:26:31,219 chapter number five, in verse number 11, if you'd like to meet 461 00:26:31,219 --> 00:26:38,819 me there, chapter five, verse 11, it says, wherefore comfort yourselves 462 00:26:39,459 --> 00:26:49,969 together and edify one another, even as also you do when 463 00:26:49,969 --> 00:26:54,529 you get a wounded spirit, it's best to get with some other Christian 464 00:26:54,529 --> 00:27:00,769 people who understand who had A broken spirit. 465 00:27:00,769 --> 00:27:04,449 You know, the Bible tells us, and we know it and we believe it, 466 00:27:04,449 --> 00:27:05,809 but we don't practice it a lot. 467 00:27:05,809 --> 00:27:09,809 But can I remind you tonight that the Bible says we're to bear 468 00:27:09,809 --> 00:27:11,129 one another's burdens. 469 00:27:14,179 --> 00:27:15,619 He said, well, I got enough of my own. 470 00:27:15,619 --> 00:27:21,499 I know, but if you could bear somebody else's burden, God has a 471 00:27:21,499 --> 00:27:23,379 strange way of lightening you a burden. 472 00:27:26,179 --> 00:27:30,739 I know it maybe sound a little cold, and I'm not, certainly would 473 00:27:30,739 --> 00:27:35,979 not dare minimize your wounded spirit if you have a wounded spirit 474 00:27:35,979 --> 00:27:36,339 tonight. 475 00:27:36,339 --> 00:27:37,459 But I'm going to tell you something. 476 00:27:39,149 --> 00:27:40,389 Everybody has hard times. 477 00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:44,429 And when you can take it upon yourself, the ministry of trying 478 00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:48,189 to cheer up and encourage and edify, build up. 479 00:27:48,189 --> 00:27:52,829 That's what edify means, to build up a church family. 480 00:27:52,829 --> 00:27:53,948 That's part of the reason. 481 00:27:54,109 --> 00:27:55,149 I think there's a lot. 482 00:27:55,149 --> 00:27:58,389 I could give you a lot of good reasons that I think Jesus started 483 00:27:58,389 --> 00:27:59,069 his church. 484 00:28:00,029 --> 00:28:04,909 But there's one that's very important that we sometimes overlook, 485 00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:09,509 and that is the fact he wanted the family to help each other. 486 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:12,309 We need each other. 487 00:28:13,589 --> 00:28:15,229 I need you, you need me. 488 00:28:15,229 --> 00:28:16,549 We need one another. 489 00:28:19,109 --> 00:28:19,909 We don't need. 490 00:28:20,069 --> 00:28:22,949 If there's ever been a time where we don't need to isolate. 491 00:28:24,389 --> 00:28:27,429 I told you the other day in Nehemiah, he says, we're too spread 492 00:28:27,429 --> 00:28:28,069 out here. 493 00:28:29,989 --> 00:28:31,029 We're too spread out. 494 00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:33,349 When you hear this trumpet, we need to pull it in together. 495 00:28:36,929 --> 00:28:44,849 People who understand bear one another's burdens and then keep praying, 496 00:28:45,809 --> 00:28:46,769 praying for one another. 497 00:28:47,329 --> 00:28:53,369 You know, you got a prayer list tonight, and it takes a lot 498 00:28:53,369 --> 00:28:58,169 of time to read all the names and let me encourage you to get one. 499 00:28:58,169 --> 00:29:01,209 If you didn't get one and look it over, get you a little highlighter 500 00:29:01,209 --> 00:29:01,469 and. 501 00:29:02,579 --> 00:29:05,219 And maybe someone just really needs prayer. 502 00:29:05,219 --> 00:29:06,179 But you know something? 503 00:29:07,939 --> 00:29:13,139 I don't even know how the church here handles this kind of 504 00:29:13,139 --> 00:29:16,859 thing, but we used to have people in the church where I pastored, 505 00:29:16,859 --> 00:29:20,139 we used to have a prayer list for those in the hospital and those 506 00:29:20,139 --> 00:29:20,819 that are sick. 507 00:29:20,979 --> 00:29:26,539 But we also had one for those who were spiritually ill, those that 508 00:29:26,539 --> 00:29:27,139 were struggling. 509 00:29:27,139 --> 00:29:29,859 We often think of putting someone on the prayer list because 510 00:29:29,859 --> 00:29:32,859 they got a back problem or they broke their leg or they got 511 00:29:32,859 --> 00:29:33,779 to have heart surgery. 512 00:29:33,779 --> 00:29:36,139 Well, of course we want to pray for that, wouldn't minimize 513 00:29:36,139 --> 00:29:36,459 that. 514 00:29:37,659 --> 00:29:43,299 But sometimes spiritual wounds can be even more devastating than 515 00:29:43,299 --> 00:29:44,459 physical problems. 516 00:29:46,698 --> 00:29:49,539 And I'm not suggesting that you change the prayer list. 517 00:29:49,539 --> 00:29:55,979 I'm just saying don't forget to pray for those that are wandering 518 00:29:55,979 --> 00:30:01,429 and falling by the wayside and discouraged what's the use? 519 00:30:03,189 --> 00:30:05,749 And instead of coming closer, they're getting further away. 520 00:30:06,149 --> 00:30:07,309 Who's going to go after them? 521 00:30:07,309 --> 00:30:09,269 Who's going to reach out to them? 522 00:30:11,589 --> 00:30:12,469 Just asking. 523 00:30:13,829 --> 00:30:15,189 You reap what you sow. 524 00:30:15,829 --> 00:30:19,189 You might need somebody to reap, somebody to reach out to you. 525 00:30:19,189 --> 00:30:23,509 One day you come back, it'll come back to you. 526 00:30:24,609 --> 00:30:25,289 But keep praying. 527 00:30:25,289 --> 00:30:28,369 The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 528 00:30:29,169 --> 00:30:32,609 And it says, if there's any sick among you, it doesn't name the 529 00:30:32,609 --> 00:30:33,329 sicknesses. 530 00:30:33,649 --> 00:30:36,449 I think probably he meant physical sickness. 531 00:30:37,889 --> 00:30:44,049 But what about spiritual sickness or emotional sickness? 532 00:30:45,409 --> 00:30:54,249 Emotions, mental depression and discouragement. 533 00:30:54,729 --> 00:30:55,849 Those are real things. 534 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:58,409 Very real. 535 00:30:58,489 --> 00:30:59,689 And people in the Bible. 536 00:30:59,689 --> 00:31:04,689 I was just reminded again this week reading about Elijah after that 537 00:31:04,689 --> 00:31:06,489 great showdown he had. 538 00:31:07,609 --> 00:31:08,209 You remember? 539 00:31:08,209 --> 00:31:10,129 That's one of the greatest stories of the Bible. 540 00:31:10,129 --> 00:31:15,939 And then, oh, Jezebel, the Queen said, you'll be dead by tomorrow, 541 00:31:15,939 --> 00:31:16,339 son. 542 00:31:17,299 --> 00:31:20,419 And the Bible says, Elijah ran into the. 543 00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:21,659 Ran into the woods. 544 00:31:21,659 --> 00:31:23,059 I mean, he running for his life. 545 00:31:23,059 --> 00:31:25,859 And he stops long enough to say, God, I don't want to be killed 546 00:31:25,859 --> 00:31:26,579 by some woman. 547 00:31:26,739 --> 00:31:27,699 You kill me. 548 00:31:28,499 --> 00:31:29,539 That's what he said. 549 00:31:30,738 --> 00:31:31,619 You kill me. 550 00:31:31,939 --> 00:31:32,899 I'm ready to go. 551 00:31:33,379 --> 00:31:34,459 I'm the only one left. 552 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:35,779 God says, well, wait a minute. 553 00:31:35,779 --> 00:31:36,419 Wait a minute. 554 00:31:36,659 --> 00:31:39,219 I got 4,000 of them you don't even know about. 555 00:31:41,389 --> 00:31:45,589 And he said, I'm going to send you to a brook all by yourself. 556 00:31:45,589 --> 00:31:46,909 Won't anybody bother you. 557 00:31:48,189 --> 00:31:49,829 You'll have cool, fresh water. 558 00:31:49,829 --> 00:31:51,549 Boy, doesn't that sound good right now. 559 00:31:52,269 --> 00:31:55,549 By the way, the theme for our revival with Brother McCracken. 560 00:31:55,549 --> 00:31:57,309 The theme is going to be let it rain. 561 00:31:58,429 --> 00:31:59,389 That's the theme. 562 00:32:00,109 --> 00:32:01,229 Shower's a blessing. 563 00:32:01,229 --> 00:32:01,949 Let it rain. 564 00:32:03,309 --> 00:32:04,189 And God put. 565 00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:07,059 Told Elijah. 566 00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:08,859 He said, you go right there. 567 00:32:09,179 --> 00:32:10,539 He used the word there. 568 00:32:11,579 --> 00:32:15,419 If he'd have went somewhere else, the story would have changed. 569 00:32:16,299 --> 00:32:18,059 Are you where you're supposed to be? 570 00:32:18,379 --> 00:32:21,699 Are you there where God wants you to be, doing what God wants you 571 00:32:21,699 --> 00:32:22,059 to do? 572 00:32:22,059 --> 00:32:25,459 But he said, not only am I gonna give you water, I'm gonna even 573 00:32:25,459 --> 00:32:30,859 send the ravens to bring special delivery food. 574 00:32:33,349 --> 00:32:33,989 How about that? 575 00:32:33,989 --> 00:32:35,749 Ravens are scavenger birds. 576 00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:37,109 They eat food. 577 00:32:37,109 --> 00:32:39,189 They don't carry it to give somebody else. 578 00:32:40,629 --> 00:32:42,509 God said, I'm taking care of the ravens. 579 00:32:42,509 --> 00:32:45,509 I can control them, just like I can control anything. 580 00:32:46,869 --> 00:32:48,149 You remember that story? 581 00:32:49,349 --> 00:32:51,349 Boy, Elijah was really discouraged. 582 00:32:52,149 --> 00:32:53,109 Well, he got everything. 583 00:32:53,429 --> 00:32:57,669 Got well and got his spirit wounded, spirit healed, and God continued 584 00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:58,109 to use him. 585 00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:01,359 And then one day, God sent a chariot to pick him up. 586 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:02,879 He didn't even die. 587 00:33:03,439 --> 00:33:10,239 Rode to heaven on a Chariot, swing low, sweet chariot Coming for 588 00:33:10,239 --> 00:33:11,919 to carry me home. 589 00:33:13,119 --> 00:33:18,519 And then number one, get to the doctor, get to Christ, get along 590 00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:19,199 with Jesus. 591 00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:21,599 The Bible says, consider him. 592 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:24,079 Lest you become faint and wearied in your minds. 593 00:33:24,239 --> 00:33:28,259 You're not going to feel worse talking to Jesus. 594 00:33:29,859 --> 00:33:31,219 You're not gonna feel worse. 595 00:33:33,139 --> 00:33:41,099 And then find some Christian brothers and sisters and spend a 596 00:33:41,099 --> 00:33:45,539 little time with them and share your heart and pray with them. 597 00:33:45,539 --> 00:33:45,939 Let them. 598 00:33:45,939 --> 00:33:47,219 Ask them to pray for you. 599 00:33:50,979 --> 00:33:52,739 Thirdly, keep praying, don't quit. 600 00:33:52,819 --> 00:33:54,559 Number four, look up. 601 00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:55,519 Consider him. 602 00:33:56,079 --> 00:34:01,159 You know, in Psalms 3, chapter 3, verse 3, the Psalmist said, lord, 603 00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:02,879 you're the lifter up of my head. 604 00:34:05,199 --> 00:34:11,319 Every time I read that, every time I read that, I think of one 605 00:34:11,319 --> 00:34:12,959 of my granddaughters. 606 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:18,759 And she'd climb up in my lap and I'd be looking down or reading 607 00:34:18,759 --> 00:34:21,769 or thinking, thinking or doing something, and she'd start talking 608 00:34:21,769 --> 00:34:22,969 and I'm not looking up. 609 00:34:23,129 --> 00:34:27,529 And she'd put her hand under here and says, look at me, Pee Paw, 610 00:34:29,449 --> 00:34:30,169 look at me. 611 00:34:30,249 --> 00:34:32,569 She'd put her hand under and lift up my head. 612 00:34:33,049 --> 00:34:34,809 That's exactly what David was saying. 613 00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:37,209 He's the lifter up of my head. 614 00:34:37,769 --> 00:34:40,409 Because when you get a wounded spirit, you usually. 615 00:34:40,729 --> 00:34:43,769 It's a temptation to look down instead of look up. 616 00:34:46,019 --> 00:34:52,539 And the Lord Jesus can put his hand under your chin and lift up 617 00:34:52,539 --> 00:34:53,059 your head. 618 00:34:56,659 --> 00:35:02,579 And could I mention something that again, we know it's in the Bible 619 00:35:02,579 --> 00:35:08,139 when we read it, but you need a wounded spirit is you're going 620 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:09,619 to have to start thinking different. 621 00:35:10,829 --> 00:35:13,189 Say, what in the world are you talking about? 622 00:35:13,189 --> 00:35:15,389 Well, Paul put it like this. 623 00:35:16,669 --> 00:35:23,549 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things 624 00:35:23,549 --> 00:35:28,749 are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 625 00:35:29,789 --> 00:35:37,089 whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. 626 00:35:38,209 --> 00:35:40,049 You're not gonna find that on Facebook. 627 00:35:41,889 --> 00:35:47,889 If there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these 628 00:35:48,369 --> 00:35:48,769 things. 629 00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:54,089 You can't remember that verse probably right now again, but I just 630 00:35:54,089 --> 00:35:55,169 read it and you've read it. 631 00:35:56,129 --> 00:36:00,049 Put it up somewhere where you can see it and check it off. 632 00:36:01,649 --> 00:36:05,599 This is what I wanna think about today, Lord, I want to think 633 00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:07,439 about things that are true, not untrue. 634 00:36:07,439 --> 00:36:08,439 I want to know the truth. 635 00:36:08,439 --> 00:36:11,399 And whatsoever things are honest and whatsoever things are 636 00:36:11,399 --> 00:36:17,159 just and pure and lovely and of good report, think on these things. 637 00:36:20,439 --> 00:36:21,799 And can I say this? 638 00:36:24,359 --> 00:36:26,359 You need to have a hymnbook in your home. 639 00:36:26,679 --> 00:36:31,669 If you don't have one, you ought to buy one, a good hymnbook 640 00:36:33,189 --> 00:36:34,709 and lay it near your Bible. 641 00:36:36,229 --> 00:36:40,629 And some days when you're having your devotion and you have 642 00:36:40,629 --> 00:36:43,029 read and you're still not quite where you wish you were. 643 00:36:43,029 --> 00:36:45,509 And you're still struggling a little bit. 644 00:36:46,389 --> 00:36:49,189 This sounds a little oversimplified, but I'm going to 645 00:36:49,189 --> 00:36:49,749 tell you something. 646 00:36:50,149 --> 00:36:51,349 Get you a hymnbook. 647 00:36:53,429 --> 00:36:57,089 Because when we sing these hymns, we miss half of them trying 648 00:36:57,089 --> 00:36:58,049 to find the page. 649 00:37:00,129 --> 00:37:04,049 And then when we do, either it's too fast or this. 650 00:37:04,049 --> 00:37:04,769 I mean, whatever. 651 00:37:04,769 --> 00:37:07,409 I mean, everybody likes their own speed with music. 652 00:37:10,049 --> 00:37:11,688 My wife's a little more rock and roll. 653 00:37:11,688 --> 00:37:12,289 I'm country. 654 00:37:14,209 --> 00:37:15,089 Just kidding. 655 00:37:16,769 --> 00:37:18,849 But she does, like, speed up a little bit. 656 00:37:19,169 --> 00:37:20,529 And there's nothing wrong with that. 657 00:37:21,579 --> 00:37:22,459 Well, I'm slow. 658 00:37:24,059 --> 00:37:26,139 I'm a George Beverly Shea guy. 659 00:37:26,779 --> 00:37:29,339 And all his songs are slow and low. 660 00:37:31,179 --> 00:37:34,379 But what I'm saying is, what'll help you with a wounded spirit 661 00:37:35,499 --> 00:37:40,179 is to get a hymnbook and just start going through there. 662 00:37:40,179 --> 00:37:42,859 Because you sing them, but read the words. 663 00:37:43,979 --> 00:37:45,339 Make it part of your devotional. 664 00:37:46,949 --> 00:37:52,389 Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus Just to take him at his word Just 665 00:37:52,389 --> 00:37:57,149 to rest oh, Lord, I'm so tired Just to rest upon his spirit Just 666 00:37:57,149 --> 00:38:04,509 to know Thus saith the Lord Jesus Jesus How I trust Him How I've 667 00:38:04,509 --> 00:38:12,229 proved Him O' Er and o' er Jesus Jesus precious Jesus oh, for 668 00:38:12,229 --> 00:38:22,889 grace to trust him more Today I was just reminded of some that 669 00:38:22,889 --> 00:38:27,249 I hadn't sang in a while in. 670 00:38:27,729 --> 00:38:28,609 I think it's. 671 00:38:29,329 --> 00:38:30,449 Yeah, 5:40. 672 00:38:30,449 --> 00:38:31,249 Listen to this. 673 00:38:32,129 --> 00:38:33,609 It's a hymn in your hymn book. 674 00:38:33,609 --> 00:38:35,089 It's called all youl Anxiety. 675 00:38:36,289 --> 00:38:37,169 Some of you may. 676 00:38:37,409 --> 00:38:39,729 Yeah, I think I heard of that, but it's not. 677 00:38:39,809 --> 00:38:41,089 Well, I don't hear it a lot. 678 00:38:43,329 --> 00:38:47,089 Is there a heart o' erbound by sorrow? 679 00:38:48,449 --> 00:38:51,249 Is there a life weighted down by care? 680 00:38:52,689 --> 00:38:57,769 Come to the cross each burden bearing all your anxiety Leave it 681 00:38:57,769 --> 00:39:02,729 there all your anxiety all your care Bring to the mercy seat 682 00:39:02,729 --> 00:39:09,279 Leave it there Never a burden he cannot bear Never a friend like 683 00:39:09,279 --> 00:39:14,279 Jesus it reminded me of. 684 00:39:15,959 --> 00:39:17,839 I know you know this one, but it reminded me of what? 685 00:39:17,839 --> 00:39:22,599 A friend we have in Jesus have we trials and temptations? 686 00:39:22,599 --> 00:39:24,199 Is there trouble anywhere? 687 00:39:24,999 --> 00:39:28,759 We should never be discouraged Take it to the Lord in prayer can 688 00:39:28,759 --> 00:39:33,559 we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? 689 00:39:34,809 --> 00:39:45,649 Jesus knows our every weakness Take it to the Lord in prayer I thought 690 00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:48,569 today I went around the office there singing this one. 691 00:39:52,649 --> 00:39:59,369 O the pure delight of a single hour that before Thy throne I spend 692 00:40:00,569 --> 00:40:04,129 When I kneel in prayer and with Thee, my God, I commune as friend 693 00:40:04,129 --> 00:40:10,249 with friend Draw me nearer Nearer, Nearer blessed Lord to the 694 00:40:10,249 --> 00:40:18,009 cross where Thou hast died I'm almost through. 695 00:40:19,609 --> 00:40:20,489 Is that right? 696 00:40:20,489 --> 00:40:20,889 Yeah. 697 00:40:20,889 --> 00:40:21,849 I really am. 698 00:40:24,169 --> 00:40:29,319 Be not dismayed whate' er betide you know the rest of it. 699 00:40:29,319 --> 00:40:37,679 God will take care of you Beneath his wings of love abide God 700 00:40:37,679 --> 00:40:45,199 will take care of you through days of toil when heart doth fail 701 00:40:45,919 --> 00:40:52,139 God will take care of you when dangers fierce your path assailant 702 00:40:53,009 --> 00:40:59,609 God will take care of you no matter what may be the test God will 703 00:40:59,609 --> 00:41:05,569 take care of you Lean weary one upon his breast God will take 704 00:41:05,569 --> 00:41:11,489 care of you through every day or all the way he will take care 705 00:41:11,489 --> 00:41:14,609 of you One more. 706 00:41:15,249 --> 00:41:18,489 And I never even heard this one until just a couple of years 707 00:41:18,489 --> 00:41:18,729 ago. 708 00:41:18,729 --> 00:41:21,329 And preachers said, well, what are you, a Christian? 709 00:41:21,329 --> 00:41:22,569 Are you sure you're saved? 710 00:41:24,329 --> 00:41:25,369 I don't know, I said. 711 00:41:25,529 --> 00:41:26,329 I never knew. 712 00:41:26,329 --> 00:41:27,609 I just never sung it. 713 00:41:28,249 --> 00:41:29,209 And I heard it. 714 00:41:30,329 --> 00:41:31,569 George Beverly Shea. 715 00:41:31,569 --> 00:41:34,169 Okay, but it goes like this. 716 00:41:35,529 --> 00:41:41,409 Does Jesus care When my heart is pained too deeply for mirth and 717 00:41:41,409 --> 00:41:49,739 song as the burdens press and the care's distress and the way grows 718 00:41:49,739 --> 00:41:53,219 weary and long oh, yes, he cares. 719 00:41:54,019 --> 00:42:03,459 I know he cares his heart is touched with my grief when the days 720 00:42:03,619 --> 00:42:15,229 are weary and the long nights dreary I know my Savior cares. 721 00:42:18,429 --> 00:42:19,829 There's four more verses. 722 00:42:19,829 --> 00:42:20,829 But, man, it's. 723 00:42:21,229 --> 00:42:22,509 Does Jesus care? 724 00:42:25,629 --> 00:42:27,389 A wounded spirit who can bear. 725 00:42:27,629 --> 00:42:30,669 Lord, create within me a clean heart. 726 00:42:30,669 --> 00:42:31,709 Yes, of course. 727 00:42:32,589 --> 00:42:36,109 But renew within me a right spirit. 728 00:42:37,639 --> 00:42:38,039 Amen. 729 00:42:38,279 --> 00:42:39,479 Let's stand, please. 730 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:41,799 Everyone standing together. 731 00:42:45,559 --> 00:42:49,599 I want you to pray and pray for those around you, those that 732 00:42:49,599 --> 00:42:50,279 are not here. 733 00:42:51,479 --> 00:42:54,839 I know you can't think of everybody, and you can't think of 734 00:42:54,839 --> 00:42:55,159 everything. 735 00:42:55,319 --> 00:42:59,559 And sometimes we don't know what to pray for as we ought. 736 00:42:59,799 --> 00:43:04,459 The Book of Romans, chapter eight says, but he maketh intercession 737 00:43:04,459 --> 00:43:07,259 for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 738 00:43:10,139 --> 00:43:14,819 We'll have some music, and maybe you'd like to slip up to the 739 00:43:14,819 --> 00:43:16,299 altar and see the doctor. 740 00:43:17,659 --> 00:43:20,659 Lord, I've been to other doctors, and I'm not any better. 741 00:43:20,659 --> 00:43:22,219 But, Lord, you're the doctor. 742 00:43:22,219 --> 00:43:23,579 You're the great physician. 743 00:43:24,459 --> 00:43:25,299 I need help. 744 00:43:25,299 --> 00:43:27,899 I need healing. 745 00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:31,119 Come if God's lead you. 746 00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:34,359 Heavenly Father, thank you for the word of God and the Spirit of 747 00:43:34,359 --> 00:43:39,919 God, the people of God and Lord. 748 00:43:39,999 --> 00:43:44,599 I don't know where everybody's at, but I could make a pretty good 749 00:43:44,599 --> 00:43:45,039 guess. 750 00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:54,529 And I pray that you would Touch our hearts, Lay your hand on 751 00:43:54,529 --> 00:43:54,809 us. 752 00:43:56,249 --> 00:44:01,289 Whisper in our ear, Lord, that everything's gonna be all right. 753 00:44:01,289 --> 00:44:02,129 That you know. 754 00:44:02,129 --> 00:44:04,489 You know where we are, you know what we're dealing with. 755 00:44:05,289 --> 00:44:06,409 You know where it hurts. 756 00:44:06,409 --> 00:44:10,009 Lord, we need you'd every hour. 757 00:44:11,929 --> 00:44:13,369 Not every day, every hour. 758 00:44:16,009 --> 00:44:19,969 And Lord, I pray youy would lift burdens tonight In Jesus name 759 00:44:19,969 --> 00:44:27,049 I pray Our heads are bowed Now I belong to Jesus Jesus, my Lord 760 00:44:27,049 --> 00:44:28,289 will love me forever.