1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,550 Hello and welcome to the Middletown Baptist Church podcast 2 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,182 where we are proclaiming the truth to the 3 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,606 world. 4 00:00:06,718 --> 00:00:09,662 My name is Pastor Josh and I want to thank you for listening to 5 00:00:06,718 --> 00:00:10,690 this podcast. 6 00:00:10,990 --> 00:00:14,630 I hope that this podcast can be a blessing to you and strengthen 7 00:00:10,990 --> 00:00:16,290 you in the word of God. 8 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:20,134 Now come along, let's look into the Bible and see what God has 9 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:21,650 for us here today. 10 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:44,538 Not the same ever since the savior found me not the same since 11 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:49,418 he turned my life around my sins have 12 00:00:36,850 --> 00:00:53,498 been covered by his blood praise 13 00:00:36,850 --> 00:01:00,594 him I'm not the same not the same ever 14 00:00:36,850 --> 00:01:05,158 since the savior found me the same 15 00:00:36,850 --> 00:01:09,238 since he turned my life around my 16 00:00:36,850 --> 00:01:13,370 sins have been covered by his blood 17 00:00:36,850 --> 00:01:17,170 praise him, I got the same. 18 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:25,510 Old things have passed away behold all things are new I'm a new 19 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:29,090 creation forgiven through and through 20 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:33,494 my past has been erased through Jesus 21 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:37,386 I am free and by his saving grace 22 00:01:19,390 --> 00:01:37,986 there's been. 23 00:01:38,018 --> 00:01:46,090 A change in me not the same ever since the savior found me not 24 00:01:38,018 --> 00:01:49,226 the same since he turned my life 25 00:01:38,018 --> 00:01:53,970 around my sins have been covered 26 00:01:38,018 --> 00:01:59,310 by his blood praise him are not the same. 27 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:07,702 I will not be conformed to this world and its ways he renews 28 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:12,990 my spirit with mercy every day he gives 29 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:16,370 me peace of mind and life abundantly 30 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:19,870 I won't be turning back I. 31 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:28,310 Tasted victory not the same ever since the savior found me not 32 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:31,382 the same since he turned my life 33 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:36,190 around my sins have been covered 34 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:39,230 by his blood praise him. 35 00:02:39,270 --> 00:02:50,002 Up not the same, not the same ever since the savior found I dare 36 00:02:39,270 --> 00:02:53,230 say since he turned my life around 37 00:02:39,270 --> 00:02:57,210 my sin, my sin has to have been covered 38 00:02:39,270 --> 00:03:01,842 by his blood praise him, I'm not the 39 00:02:39,270 --> 00:03:07,090 same praise him I'm not the same 40 00:02:39,270 --> 00:03:11,860 amenity. 41 00:03:22,390 --> 00:03:23,542 Once there was. 42 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:34,270 A holy place, evidence of God's embrace I could almost see 43 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:38,366 mercy's face pressed against the 44 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:47,230 vein looking down with longing eyes 45 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:55,146 mercy must have a ring alive once 46 00:03:23,606 --> 00:03:59,410 his blood was sacrificed breathe 47 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:07,026 with your name as the sky dark and the 48 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:12,002 earth began to shake justice no longer 49 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:18,990 in the way mercy came running like 50 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:23,942 a prisoner set free cast all my failures 51 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:27,814 to the point of my knee the sin that 52 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:33,766 I carried was all I could see when 53 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:37,470 I could not reach mercy mercy came 54 00:03:23,606 --> 00:04:39,214 running to. 55 00:04:39,262 --> 00:04:48,990 Me once there was a broken heart. 56 00:04:51,330 --> 00:04:54,350 Way to human Brahma star. 57 00:04:56,370 --> 00:04:56,970 All the. 58 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:09,922 Years left it tore my hopeless and afraid walls I never meant to 59 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:20,478 hear let this prisoner unveil even 60 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:28,326 still seemed so far away I was bound 61 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:31,670 by the chains from the wages of my 62 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:36,290 sin just when I felt like giving 63 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:43,358 me Mercy came running like a prisoner 64 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:48,142 set free past all my failures to the 65 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:52,950 point of my knee the sin that I carry 66 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:57,986 was all I could see when I could 67 00:04:57,010 --> 00:05:59,938 not reach mercy. 68 00:06:00,114 --> 00:06:03,470 Mercy came running to me. 69 00:06:06,290 --> 00:06:15,946 Sometimes I still feel so far, so far from where I really should 70 00:06:06,290 --> 00:06:16,630 be. 71 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:25,450 He can be close to my heart just to remind me. 72 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:30,170 Mercy came running like a prisoner set free. 73 00:06:31,070 --> 00:06:35,850 Passed all my failures to the point of my need. 74 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:44,718 Sin that I carry was all I could see when I could not reach 75 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:45,798 mercy. 76 00:06:45,974 --> 00:06:49,290 Mercy came around into me. 77 00:06:49,950 --> 00:06:58,194 Sin that I carry was all I could see when I could not reach 78 00:06:49,950 --> 00:06:59,282 mercy. 79 00:06:59,466 --> 00:07:04,146 Mercy came running to mercy. 80 00:07:04,218 --> 00:07:05,270 Camera. 81 00:07:10,210 --> 00:07:13,590 Mercy came running to me. 82 00:07:19,170 --> 00:07:19,754 Amen. 83 00:07:19,802 --> 00:07:21,482 Aren't you thankful for mercy? 84 00:07:21,546 --> 00:07:22,310 Amen. 85 00:07:22,670 --> 00:07:24,414 My goodness, I'm so glad. 86 00:07:24,462 --> 00:07:27,278 I like that part where it's all I was bound by the chains of 87 00:07:24,462 --> 00:07:28,862 the wages of my sin. 88 00:07:29,006 --> 00:07:31,438 Just when I felt like giving in all. 89 00:07:31,494 --> 00:07:33,014 But then mercy came running. 90 00:07:33,062 --> 00:07:33,766 Amen. 91 00:07:33,918 --> 00:07:35,222 And set me free. 92 00:07:35,286 --> 00:07:36,726 I'm so thankful for mercy. 93 00:07:36,758 --> 00:07:40,142 If you don't have that mercy today, my friend, today you can trust 94 00:07:36,758 --> 00:07:43,198 Jesus as your personal lord and savior. 95 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:47,118 And I promise you, you'll have a better life than you ever dreamed 96 00:07:43,254 --> 00:07:47,262 of. 97 00:07:47,286 --> 00:07:48,694 You say, is it going to be perfect? 98 00:07:48,782 --> 00:07:51,322 No, it's not going to be perfect. 99 00:07:51,386 --> 00:07:52,562 But I'll tell you this much. 100 00:07:52,666 --> 00:07:55,786 You've got somebody going through those imperfect times with 101 00:07:52,666 --> 00:07:56,034 you. 102 00:07:56,082 --> 00:07:56,722 Amen. 103 00:07:56,866 --> 00:08:00,178 And I'm so glad for the times when it struggles and it's hard and 104 00:07:56,866 --> 00:08:01,034 it's difficult. 105 00:08:01,162 --> 00:08:05,194 I've got the one who can calm the storm right on my side. 106 00:08:05,242 --> 00:08:06,434 I'm so thankful for that. 107 00:08:06,482 --> 00:08:06,714 Man. 108 00:08:06,762 --> 00:08:08,630 It is so good to see you. 109 00:08:09,850 --> 00:08:13,762 I always tell folks I love coming to Delaware because then I 110 00:08:09,850 --> 00:08:15,938 can buy big screen tvs and not have 111 00:08:09,850 --> 00:08:16,642 to pay tax. 112 00:08:16,706 --> 00:08:18,048 You know what I'm talking about? 113 00:08:18,234 --> 00:08:20,748 No, no, not really. 114 00:08:20,804 --> 00:08:24,076 But anyway, last year had the opportunity to be here by myself. 115 00:08:24,228 --> 00:08:26,732 This year, I am not alone. 116 00:08:26,916 --> 00:08:27,684 Amen. 117 00:08:27,812 --> 00:08:30,080 I've got this lady right here with me. 118 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:33,720 Everybody was saying to me, they were saying, hey, how come? 119 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:35,316 Why is your wife not here? 120 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:38,076 I said, because she's busy watching the grandkids and stuff. 121 00:08:38,108 --> 00:08:41,260 And they said, well, why can't you be home and watching the grandkids 122 00:08:38,108 --> 00:08:42,292 and her come? 123 00:08:42,476 --> 00:08:44,652 You know, sometimes you wonder what's going on. 124 00:08:44,676 --> 00:08:48,046 But anyway, actually, she's going to be hopping on an airplane 125 00:08:44,676 --> 00:08:51,030 early tomorrow morning because grandparents 126 00:08:44,676 --> 00:08:53,918 day is coming up, and my son and daughter 127 00:08:44,676 --> 00:08:55,878 in law are getting ready to celebrate 128 00:08:44,676 --> 00:08:57,998 their 10th anniversary. 129 00:08:58,174 --> 00:09:00,638 And so she is going to be grandma. 130 00:09:00,694 --> 00:09:01,790 And that's wonderful. 131 00:09:01,830 --> 00:09:03,022 That's the one thing I told her. 132 00:09:03,046 --> 00:09:05,486 I said, we're going to settle to the point where at least you can 133 00:09:03,046 --> 00:09:06,734 go and be grandma. 134 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:09,622 Amen and that is so very, very important. 135 00:09:09,686 --> 00:09:12,886 And so we're grateful for that, and I'm thankful she's here. 136 00:09:12,998 --> 00:09:15,870 And I remind her all the time how blessed she is to have all of 137 00:09:12,998 --> 00:09:17,494 this right here. 138 00:09:17,622 --> 00:09:18,814 No, I'm just kidding. 139 00:09:18,862 --> 00:09:19,730 I'm blessed. 140 00:09:21,190 --> 00:09:23,410 She says you need to get a new line. 141 00:09:24,670 --> 00:09:26,126 I tell her it every morning. 142 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:27,062 That's part of the problem. 143 00:09:27,126 --> 00:09:30,398 No, but anyway, for those, how many of you all have never heard 144 00:09:27,126 --> 00:09:31,382 the McCluskeys before? 145 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:32,350 This is the first time. 146 00:09:32,390 --> 00:09:32,902 Raise your hands. 147 00:09:32,926 --> 00:09:33,718 I want to see it. 148 00:09:33,814 --> 00:09:34,838 Oh, my goodness. 149 00:09:34,894 --> 00:09:35,606 Look at that. 150 00:09:35,718 --> 00:09:36,198 Amen. 151 00:09:36,254 --> 00:09:36,926 Praise the Lord. 152 00:09:36,958 --> 00:09:38,548 I'm seeing new faces. 153 00:09:38,694 --> 00:09:40,704 See all the familiar faces. 154 00:09:40,752 --> 00:09:41,384 Amen. 155 00:09:41,512 --> 00:09:42,840 And then new ones. 156 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,352 And this is wonderful to see the change we've been actually kind 157 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,632 of. 158 00:09:47,696 --> 00:09:51,448 You remember a couple of years ago, we were looking at settling 159 00:09:47,696 --> 00:09:53,904 in Indiana and working at christian 160 00:09:47,696 --> 00:09:55,464 radio and things like that? 161 00:09:55,512 --> 00:09:57,864 Well, some things fell through with that. 162 00:09:57,912 --> 00:10:01,328 And really it was the hand of God, you know, I love it when God 163 00:09:57,912 --> 00:10:02,416 steps in. 164 00:10:02,608 --> 00:10:06,336 Even though I may not like it all the time, I love it when he's 165 00:10:02,608 --> 00:10:07,432 got us in mind. 166 00:10:07,496 --> 00:10:08,160 Amen. 167 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,720 And he re geared some things. 168 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,576 So we thought we'd relocate down to Tennessee, get a little closer 169 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:16,632 to our grandkids, and we've been 170 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:17,600 able to do that. 171 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:18,904 Really enjoyed that time. 172 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:23,344 But then my father in law last may had a stroke. 173 00:10:23,392 --> 00:10:27,696 He's in Augusta, Georgia, not very far from Tennessee, but he is 174 00:10:23,392 --> 00:10:28,760 at Augusta, Georgia. 175 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,784 Had a stroke. 176 00:10:29,912 --> 00:10:34,840 He's 86 years old, and my mother in law, 83 years old, has 177 00:10:29,912 --> 00:10:36,552 been tending to him along with my 178 00:10:29,912 --> 00:10:38,560 sister in law and my wife. 179 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:39,700 Just felt led. 180 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,116 Honey, is there any way that we can at least take the coach and 181 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:45,252 go on down to Augusta and then kind 182 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:47,668 of operate out of there in our ministry? 183 00:10:47,844 --> 00:10:49,132 And I said, let's do it. 184 00:10:49,156 --> 00:10:54,532 So we packed up the coach last August and we moved on down to Augusta 185 00:10:49,156 --> 00:10:57,636 and were hooked up there and been 186 00:10:49,156 --> 00:10:59,580 helping my father in law out and 187 00:10:49,156 --> 00:11:01,124 things like that been kind of going 188 00:10:49,156 --> 00:11:01,380 on. 189 00:11:01,420 --> 00:11:04,124 So we're just moving here and there and everywhere. 190 00:11:04,172 --> 00:11:04,948 Praise the Lord. 191 00:11:05,044 --> 00:11:09,414 We got hit by the storm, I guess the area, I guess my sister 192 00:11:05,044 --> 00:11:11,478 in law, where our coach is parked, we 193 00:11:05,044 --> 00:11:13,950 got a 50 amp plugged in there and 194 00:11:05,044 --> 00:11:16,182 27 trees fell. 195 00:11:16,366 --> 00:11:20,614 I mean, tall, huge trees fell, all these pines and everything. 196 00:11:20,742 --> 00:11:26,046 And the most interesting thing is in her yard, they all fell, but 197 00:11:20,742 --> 00:11:28,990 not one hit her house, not one hit 198 00:11:20,742 --> 00:11:32,012 their shed, not one hit our coach, 199 00:11:20,742 --> 00:11:33,632 not one hit my car. 200 00:11:33,696 --> 00:11:35,560 And I got a car that's sitting in the driveway. 201 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,928 Nothing like that. 202 00:11:37,104 --> 00:11:38,656 But the power is still out. 203 00:11:38,688 --> 00:11:40,240 So we'd ask that you pray for them. 204 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,032 But anyway, we're just thankful that God's got his hand 205 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,376 on things. 206 00:11:43,408 --> 00:11:48,944 We need to keep the people in west North Carolina in our prayers 207 00:11:43,408 --> 00:11:49,504 right now. 208 00:11:49,552 --> 00:11:50,920 They're going through an awful lot. 209 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,920 As a matter of fact, we've got some dear friends. 210 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,384 We're in their church there, and they're doing okay. 211 00:11:56,432 --> 00:12:01,002 Their church is doing well, but they're actually taking in contributions 212 00:11:56,432 --> 00:12:02,962 right now to be able to go and help 213 00:11:56,432 --> 00:12:03,562 people. 214 00:12:03,706 --> 00:12:05,994 And if you want that information, I'd be glad to help 215 00:12:03,706 --> 00:12:06,950 you with that. 216 00:12:07,290 --> 00:12:08,282 You just let me know. 217 00:12:08,346 --> 00:12:10,922 Actually, what I'll do is I'll give it to the administration, the 218 00:12:08,346 --> 00:12:12,786 office here, and they'll have that 219 00:12:08,346 --> 00:12:13,274 on hand. 220 00:12:13,322 --> 00:12:17,034 And if that's a place you can trust, it's a church you can trust. 221 00:12:17,082 --> 00:12:20,418 Community Baptist church, actually, out of Graham, North Carolina. 222 00:12:20,554 --> 00:12:24,586 And so keep them in mind, if you would, if you really do that. 223 00:12:24,618 --> 00:12:26,506 I'm so thankful for the healing hand of God. 224 00:12:26,538 --> 00:12:27,310 Aren't you? 225 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:31,460 When you stop and you look at a lot of times we look at this physical 226 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:33,476 healing that goes on in our lives. 227 00:12:33,548 --> 00:12:38,172 Sure, yeah, we might get sick or we might deal with some kind of 228 00:12:33,548 --> 00:12:41,180 a situation that we had no idea that 229 00:12:33,548 --> 00:12:42,404 was coming our way. 230 00:12:42,452 --> 00:12:44,220 Michelle, you know what I'm talking about. 231 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:47,732 Or the things that might creep in there physically, and we don't 232 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:49,396 know quite how to handle that. 233 00:12:49,548 --> 00:12:53,188 But I'm also thankful for the spiritual healing of the Lord Jesus 234 00:12:49,548 --> 00:12:53,840 Christ. 235 00:12:54,530 --> 00:12:58,282 You see, healing is more than just something that's physical. 236 00:12:58,346 --> 00:13:00,530 It's something that's spiritual, something that's deep 237 00:12:58,346 --> 00:13:01,626 down inside. 238 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:06,466 And though there may be wounds that were there, things that you 239 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:08,714 look back and you think, my goodness, 240 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:10,994 this was difficult, or that was difficult, 241 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:13,386 you might see how God reaches in 242 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:15,498 there and he begins to heal those 243 00:13:01,818 --> 00:13:15,986 wounds. 244 00:13:16,018 --> 00:13:17,642 And I'm thankful for that. 245 00:13:17,826 --> 00:13:20,490 But then you look at a scar, and there's nothing wrong with looking 246 00:13:17,826 --> 00:13:22,330 at that scar once in a while, realizing 247 00:13:17,826 --> 00:13:23,670 what he brought you through. 248 00:13:24,190 --> 00:13:25,982 This song kind of talks about that. 249 00:13:26,006 --> 00:13:27,078 It's a brand new song. 250 00:13:27,134 --> 00:13:27,966 I love it. 251 00:13:28,078 --> 00:13:29,598 My wife's going to sing it. 252 00:13:29,694 --> 00:13:34,850 It's a song that says, heal the wounds, believe the scars, amen. 253 00:13:41,470 --> 00:13:50,342 I used to wish that I could rewrite history I used to dream that 254 00:13:41,470 --> 00:13:55,586 each mistake could be raised and 255 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:00,394 I could just pretend I never knew the 256 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:07,082 me back then I used to pray that 257 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:12,786 you would take this shame away hide all 258 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:19,010 the evidence of who I've been but 259 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:23,258 it's the memory of the place you 260 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:26,346 brought me from that keeps me on 261 00:13:41,470 --> 00:14:30,890 my knees and even though I'm free. 262 00:14:32,510 --> 00:14:41,694 Heal the womb but leave the scars a reminder of how merciful 263 00:14:32,510 --> 00:14:53,534 you are I am broken, torn apart take the 264 00:14:32,510 --> 00:14:57,998 pieces of this heart heal the womb 265 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:08,866 but I have not lived a life that 266 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:14,590 boasts of anything I don't take pride 267 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:20,354 in whatever reason but I'll build 268 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:24,522 an altar with the rubble that you found 269 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:29,234 me in and every stone will sing but 270 00:14:32,510 --> 00:15:31,310 what you can reveal. 271 00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:42,142 Heal the world but leave your stars a reminder of how merciful 272 00:15:33,310 --> 00:15:50,450 you are I am broken, torn apart. 273 00:15:53,510 --> 00:15:55,070 Take the pieces. 274 00:15:55,190 --> 00:15:56,850 Of this heart. 275 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:08,550 Don'T let me forget everything you've done for me don't let me forget 276 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:14,618 the beauty endless suffering heal 277 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:20,738 the world but leave the scars a reminder 278 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:24,270 of how merciful you are. 279 00:16:27,410 --> 00:16:27,866 I. 280 00:16:27,938 --> 00:16:36,246 Am broken, torn apartheid the pieces of. 281 00:16:36,358 --> 00:16:49,758 This heart you, the woman in the skies a reminder of how merciful 282 00:16:36,358 --> 00:16:57,770 you are I am broken to the heart. 283 00:17:01,150 --> 00:17:06,450 Take the pieces of this heart heal the world. 284 00:17:17,410 --> 00:17:18,370 Amen. 285 00:17:18,450 --> 00:17:20,402 Heal the wound believe the scars. 286 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:21,270 Amen. 287 00:17:21,730 --> 00:17:23,834 How many of y'all can give a testimony of that? 288 00:17:23,882 --> 00:17:26,586 You've seen the things that God has done in your life and how 289 00:17:23,882 --> 00:17:28,706 he's changed things, and yet you 290 00:17:23,882 --> 00:17:30,378 look back and you see that scar and 291 00:17:23,882 --> 00:17:32,602 you really realize how merciful he 292 00:17:23,882 --> 00:17:33,830 is to you and me. 293 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,704 I'm so thankful for that. 294 00:17:35,792 --> 00:17:36,896 Let me ask you this question. 295 00:17:36,968 --> 00:17:39,180 How many of y'all have ever been lost? 296 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:41,784 Oh, yeah. 297 00:17:41,912 --> 00:17:44,420 You can't get saved unless you're lost. 298 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,320 You can't be found unless you're lost. 299 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,192 Amen. 300 00:17:48,376 --> 00:17:50,520 I remember the time when I was lost. 301 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,040 I wasn't that old. 302 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,752 I was just a seven year old kid at a little good news club across 303 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:58,048 the street from my house at 1309 304 00:17:52,200 --> 00:18:00,624 I would drive in Madison, Wisconsin. 305 00:18:00,672 --> 00:18:04,954 I asked Jesus to be my savior, and I got from being lost to being 306 00:18:00,672 --> 00:18:05,378 found. 307 00:18:05,474 --> 00:18:06,270 Amen. 308 00:18:06,890 --> 00:18:08,834 Rodney Griffin wrote a wonderful song. 309 00:18:08,882 --> 00:18:11,674 Kind of talks about that just a little bit, but it talks about 310 00:18:08,882 --> 00:18:13,470 being lost and being lost. 311 00:18:14,330 --> 00:18:16,418 And you say, how does that happen? 312 00:18:16,474 --> 00:18:18,506 How does being lost and being lost. 313 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:22,306 Well, one thing, when you realize you're lost in your sin and 314 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:24,650 transgression, when you realize that 315 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:26,314 you're lost in yourself and you're 316 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:29,052 lost in this world, but then you 317 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:31,836 find Jesus Christ, you become lost 318 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:34,820 in his love, and you become lost 319 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:38,084 in his favor, and you become lost in 320 00:18:18,658 --> 00:18:39,956 his sweet embrace. 321 00:18:40,028 --> 00:18:42,932 And this song talks about that just a little bit. 322 00:18:43,036 --> 00:18:44,956 It talks about being lost. 323 00:18:45,068 --> 00:18:45,796 Amen. 324 00:18:45,948 --> 00:18:50,800 I'm so glad I was lost and now I'm found hallelujah. 325 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:16,016 At the crossroads of life I look within and did not like who 326 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:18,700 I had become. 327 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:31,900 Choices of mine betrayed me again I was so frightened because 328 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:47,304 I was a wanderer without cause we reward 329 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:49,380 from it all. 330 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,628 I stumbled on a. 331 00:20:02,644 --> 00:20:09,120 Long broken path I never felt so. 332 00:20:09,940 --> 00:20:16,356 Alone praying for the dawn in a. 333 00:20:16,388 --> 00:20:34,870 Midnight so glad desperate for all I was lost a wonder without crosse 334 00:20:16,388 --> 00:20:41,260 weary and born from behold. 335 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:49,980 But oh, what a merciful savior you are. 336 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:55,912 Dipping into the shadows to rescue my. 337 00:20:56,056 --> 00:20:56,740 Heart. 338 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:19,756 Lifted me now that I forever I'll be in the wonder of your love 339 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:27,772 for me in a grace that my grace my 340 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:39,920 greatest need and forever that I 341 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:47,300 don't deserve when I see how willing 342 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:49,220 you are. 343 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,976 To come after. 344 00:21:53,168 --> 00:22:08,300 Me I walk in the goodness of your strong grace knowing I forever 345 00:21:53,168 --> 00:22:19,804 save all of my days I belong lost 346 00:21:53,168 --> 00:22:26,028 in the wonder wonder of your love for 347 00:21:53,168 --> 00:22:26,760 me. 348 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:41,240 Lost in the wonder, wonder of your love for me. 349 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,432 Amen. 350 00:22:50,496 --> 00:22:51,528 Praise the Lord. 351 00:22:51,664 --> 00:22:54,192 I'm glad I got lost so I could be saved. 352 00:22:54,256 --> 00:22:54,976 Amen. 353 00:22:55,128 --> 00:22:56,088 Hallelujah. 354 00:22:56,144 --> 00:22:59,392 Take your bibles, if you would, please, and turn to the book 355 00:22:56,144 --> 00:23:01,304 of second kings, chapter five. 356 00:23:01,392 --> 00:23:03,032 Second kings, chapter five. 357 00:23:03,176 --> 00:23:06,008 As you're turning there, I want to mention that we've got some 358 00:23:03,176 --> 00:23:06,280 things. 359 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:07,940 I don't want any feedback here. 360 00:23:08,330 --> 00:23:10,514 We got some things here on the table. 361 00:23:10,602 --> 00:23:13,250 I hope you'll stop by the table in the back. 362 00:23:13,410 --> 00:23:16,498 Bunch of wonderful, wonderful things, as you're many of you are 363 00:23:13,410 --> 00:23:17,010 familiar. 364 00:23:17,090 --> 00:23:20,650 My wife makes these beautiful bracelets, and they're absolutely 365 00:23:17,090 --> 00:23:21,470 gorgeous. 366 00:23:21,810 --> 00:23:24,610 And she makes them all by hand. 367 00:23:24,730 --> 00:23:26,506 All of this is made with her own hands. 368 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:29,538 She's been working on them this week, as a matter of fact, and 369 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:31,306 she got a whole bunch back there. 370 00:23:31,338 --> 00:23:32,866 You can stop by and pick these up. 371 00:23:32,938 --> 00:23:36,242 Portion of the proceeds of the bracelets help us to be able to give 372 00:23:32,938 --> 00:23:37,114 to missions. 373 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:39,438 So we've got that available back there. 374 00:23:39,554 --> 00:23:42,758 And you can stop and get those if you so choose. 375 00:23:42,894 --> 00:23:45,254 And then some of you, I saw somebody. 376 00:23:45,342 --> 00:23:45,990 Where are you at? 377 00:23:46,030 --> 00:23:48,366 You're here somewhere wearing one of these shirts. 378 00:23:48,518 --> 00:23:51,118 I just saw someone wearing one of these shirts this morning. 379 00:23:51,174 --> 00:23:53,038 Says, keep America Christian. 380 00:23:53,094 --> 00:23:55,130 I need an amen from Delaware. 381 00:23:55,950 --> 00:23:56,510 Amen. 382 00:23:56,550 --> 00:23:57,334 And we've got this. 383 00:23:57,382 --> 00:24:00,170 We got these now in Delaware colors right there. 384 00:24:00,950 --> 00:24:01,686 I'm just kidding. 385 00:24:01,718 --> 00:24:04,630 I said that last week in New York and then over in Wisconsin. 386 00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:05,278 We were there. 387 00:24:05,374 --> 00:24:09,122 No, seriously, I hope you'll stop by and pick these up and wear 388 00:24:05,374 --> 00:24:10,682 them, especially right now. 389 00:24:10,706 --> 00:24:12,002 We got an election coming up. 390 00:24:12,106 --> 00:24:15,050 And that, man, I'll tell you, if anything, we need to keep America 391 00:24:12,106 --> 00:24:15,474 Christian. 392 00:24:15,522 --> 00:24:16,162 Amen. 393 00:24:16,306 --> 00:24:18,250 And so we've got those back there. 394 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,330 You can pick those up. 395 00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:24,114 A portion of the proceeds of this right here, of these shirts 396 00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:27,338 right here are going right now, we kind 397 00:24:19,410 --> 00:24:28,202 of shifted gears. 398 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:30,442 Normally we help wounded warriors, but we're. 399 00:24:30,546 --> 00:24:34,804 A portion of the proceeds are going to help folks that are in western 400 00:24:30,546 --> 00:24:36,124 North Carolina right now. 401 00:24:36,172 --> 00:24:40,132 We're concerned about them and praying for them, and so stop by 402 00:24:36,172 --> 00:24:41,180 and pick those up. 403 00:24:41,260 --> 00:24:43,620 Now, listen, we don't have all the sizes. 404 00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:46,148 We're out of small and we're out of medium, but I'm getting them 405 00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:46,884 tomorrow. 406 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:49,284 So we'll have them, I'll bring them to the church. 407 00:24:49,332 --> 00:24:52,940 You'll have them available for you and so you can pick those up 408 00:24:49,332 --> 00:24:53,660 and so forth. 409 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:54,364 Oh, music. 410 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:55,628 I hope you stop by. 411 00:24:55,724 --> 00:24:59,172 You haven't got, I know you don't have this cd yet unless you 412 00:24:55,724 --> 00:25:00,028 ordered it online. 413 00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:01,812 This particular cd is brand new. 414 00:25:01,836 --> 00:25:03,634 It's called our face still holds. 415 00:25:03,812 --> 00:25:05,494 And we've got that back there. 416 00:25:05,542 --> 00:25:06,302 You can get that. 417 00:25:06,326 --> 00:25:11,150 It's my wife and I, and this time my kids didn't help us with 418 00:25:06,326 --> 00:25:11,566 this one. 419 00:25:11,598 --> 00:25:12,766 Normally our kids are singing. 420 00:25:12,798 --> 00:25:16,070 You hear the third and fourth parts in the background. 421 00:25:16,190 --> 00:25:19,750 Normally our kids help us, but they couldn't help us this time. 422 00:25:19,870 --> 00:25:23,382 So a fellow by the name of Chris Ullman, he's a tenor for a 423 00:25:19,870 --> 00:25:25,390 group called Greater Vision, said, 424 00:25:19,870 --> 00:25:27,062 hey, can I put my voice on? 425 00:25:27,086 --> 00:25:29,542 And we were just going to double up on our voices on there. 426 00:25:29,646 --> 00:25:32,178 And because my kids couldn't do it, and Chris said, can I put 427 00:25:29,646 --> 00:25:32,370 my. 428 00:25:32,410 --> 00:25:33,418 Can I help you guys out? 429 00:25:33,434 --> 00:25:34,306 Can I put it on there? 430 00:25:34,338 --> 00:25:35,802 I said, yeah, absolutely. 431 00:25:35,906 --> 00:25:38,746 So Chris Ullman is on here and he's singing the third part. 432 00:25:38,858 --> 00:25:43,658 The song lost is on this cd along with heal the wound, believe 433 00:25:38,858 --> 00:25:45,722 the scars mercy came running. 434 00:25:45,826 --> 00:25:48,858 We're going to do a bunch of music tonight that's on this cd and 435 00:25:45,826 --> 00:25:49,602 I can go on and on. 436 00:25:49,626 --> 00:25:51,498 So I hope you'll stop by and listen. 437 00:25:51,554 --> 00:25:55,230 You don't have a car yet that has a CD player. 438 00:25:56,010 --> 00:25:57,714 It used to be the other way around. 439 00:25:57,882 --> 00:25:59,394 You still got the eight track? 440 00:25:59,482 --> 00:25:59,890 Okay. 441 00:25:59,930 --> 00:26:00,370 What? 442 00:26:00,490 --> 00:26:01,870 No, I'm just kidding. 443 00:26:02,430 --> 00:26:03,990 Some people don't even know what that is. 444 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:07,542 But listen, if you don't have a CD player in your car, they've 445 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:09,358 eliminated the CD players in a lot 446 00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:09,846 of cars. 447 00:26:09,878 --> 00:26:11,806 Now we've got these thumb drives. 448 00:26:11,878 --> 00:26:15,702 This particular thumb drive has five different McCluskey CDs 449 00:26:11,878 --> 00:26:16,342 on it. 450 00:26:16,446 --> 00:26:19,694 You can get it, plug it into the USB port, and usually it works. 451 00:26:19,742 --> 00:26:21,518 I think it works pretty much every time. 452 00:26:21,614 --> 00:26:24,886 I'm not run into any real issues yet, so we're thankful for 453 00:26:21,614 --> 00:26:25,062 that. 454 00:26:25,086 --> 00:26:26,414 It works great in my cars. 455 00:26:26,462 --> 00:26:29,150 So anyway, I hope you'll stop by there and look at that. 456 00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:30,878 We take Visa, Mastercard card. 457 00:26:30,974 --> 00:26:32,654 And I used to take cracker barrel gift cards. 458 00:26:32,702 --> 00:26:33,662 We still will if we. 459 00:26:33,726 --> 00:26:34,318 If we need to. 460 00:26:34,334 --> 00:26:35,926 But now we're taking Texas Roadhouse. 461 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:40,582 So anyway, so I hope you'll stop by and pick up some of the cds 462 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:41,886 and things like that and definitely 463 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:42,326 help. 464 00:26:42,438 --> 00:26:43,702 That would be a blessing. 465 00:26:43,806 --> 00:26:48,430 The proceeds of the bracelets are actually, we're helping a dear 466 00:26:43,806 --> 00:26:49,886 friend of ours by the name of Chris 467 00:26:43,806 --> 00:26:52,062 Berkholtz, who's in Honduras. 468 00:26:52,126 --> 00:26:52,894 He has a. 469 00:26:52,982 --> 00:26:55,494 He has a home, the orphanage there. 470 00:26:55,622 --> 00:26:58,662 And he's a dear friend, so we're helping with that as well. 471 00:26:58,726 --> 00:27:00,790 I hope you'll take a little peek back there. 472 00:27:00,830 --> 00:27:01,862 Look at second kings. 473 00:27:01,926 --> 00:27:02,598 Here we go. 474 00:27:02,694 --> 00:27:04,558 Second kings, chapter five. 475 00:27:04,694 --> 00:27:06,398 Second kings, chapter five. 476 00:27:06,534 --> 00:27:11,450 I asked your pastor, I said, now, do I need to be done by 1130? 477 00:27:11,910 --> 00:27:14,130 And he said, oh, no. 478 00:27:16,270 --> 00:27:17,302 And I said, really? 479 00:27:17,366 --> 00:27:19,050 He says, yeah, I'm long. 480 00:27:19,750 --> 00:27:21,062 That's what he said. 481 00:27:21,246 --> 00:27:24,462 He's just kidding me, of course, but I'm not so long. 482 00:27:24,606 --> 00:27:25,198 He is. 483 00:27:25,254 --> 00:27:26,970 I heard someone go, he is. 484 00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:28,638 Hey. 485 00:27:28,654 --> 00:27:29,386 It is what it is. 486 00:27:29,438 --> 00:27:29,874 Amen. 487 00:27:29,962 --> 00:27:30,906 No, I like it. 488 00:27:30,938 --> 00:27:31,482 I like it. 489 00:27:31,506 --> 00:27:32,218 It's good to have a. 490 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:32,434 Good. 491 00:27:32,482 --> 00:27:33,754 Good to learn the word of God. 492 00:27:33,802 --> 00:27:37,322 I'm thankful that y'all have a preacher who wants to teach the word 493 00:27:33,802 --> 00:27:37,674 of God. 494 00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:39,186 Can I get an amen on that? 495 00:27:39,298 --> 00:27:40,514 Yeah, absolutely. 496 00:27:40,562 --> 00:27:41,786 Praise the Lord for that. 497 00:27:41,898 --> 00:27:44,386 Looking at two kings, chapter five. 498 00:27:44,458 --> 00:27:46,842 We're going to start off with verse number ten. 499 00:27:46,986 --> 00:27:48,490 Look what it says here. 500 00:27:48,610 --> 00:27:54,146 It says, and Elijah sent a messenger unto him saying, go and 501 00:27:48,610 --> 00:27:58,352 wash in Jordan seven times, and thy 502 00:27:48,610 --> 00:28:02,776 flesh shall come again to thee, and 503 00:27:48,610 --> 00:28:04,264 thou shalt be clean. 504 00:28:04,312 --> 00:28:10,824 But Naaman was wroth, and he went away and said, behold, I thought 505 00:28:04,312 --> 00:28:13,752 he would surely come out to me and 506 00:28:04,312 --> 00:28:16,040 stand and call on the name of the 507 00:28:04,312 --> 00:28:19,072 Lord his God, and strike his hand 508 00:28:04,312 --> 00:28:22,260 over the place and recover the leper. 509 00:28:23,090 --> 00:28:29,370 Are not Abana and fifer rivers of Damascus better than all of the 510 00:28:23,090 --> 00:28:30,750 waters of Israel? 511 00:28:31,330 --> 00:28:35,150 May I not wash in them and be clean? 512 00:28:36,090 --> 00:28:40,390 So he turned and went away in rage. 513 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:45,418 And his servant came near and spake unto him and said, my father, 514 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:49,424 if the prophet had bid thee to do some 515 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:51,720 great thing, wouldest thou not have 516 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:52,540 done it? 517 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,328 How much? 518 00:28:54,424 --> 00:29:00,660 Rather than when he saith to thee, wash and be clean? 519 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:08,432 And he went down and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according 520 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:10,088 to the saying of the man of God. 521 00:29:10,184 --> 00:29:12,500 And his flesh became. 522 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:18,500 And his flesh came again, like unto the flesh of a little child. 523 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,620 And he was clean. 524 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,536 Now, this message really is very interesting, some of the scripture 525 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:28,280 that we talk about here, because 526 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:30,820 this fellow's name was Naaman. 527 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,432 Naaman was known. 528 00:29:32,496 --> 00:29:36,512 If I were to read verse number one, the Bible says that now, naaman 529 00:29:32,496 --> 00:29:38,592 was a captain of the host of the 530 00:29:32,496 --> 00:29:40,016 kings of Syria. 531 00:29:40,208 --> 00:29:42,176 He was a great man. 532 00:29:42,368 --> 00:29:46,270 As a very honorable mandehead, he was a very well known man. 533 00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:49,290 He was considered a man of stature. 534 00:29:50,470 --> 00:29:53,450 Naaman was a great warrior. 535 00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:57,350 A lot of people would look to Naaman and they would think, look, 536 00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:58,742 hey, hey, check it out. 537 00:29:58,766 --> 00:29:59,326 Here he comes. 538 00:29:59,398 --> 00:30:00,334 It's Naaman. 539 00:30:00,422 --> 00:30:00,966 Wow. 540 00:30:01,078 --> 00:30:02,806 Can I shake your hand, Naaman? 541 00:30:02,878 --> 00:30:04,718 Can I talk to you for a minute? 542 00:30:04,894 --> 00:30:06,702 Can you just spend a little time? 543 00:30:06,766 --> 00:30:09,654 People would want to be around him because of his stature. 544 00:30:09,702 --> 00:30:10,458 He was some. 545 00:30:10,614 --> 00:30:12,290 But you know what happened with Naaman? 546 00:30:12,370 --> 00:30:14,122 Naaman became a leper. 547 00:30:14,186 --> 00:30:17,866 Now I don't know if you know what leprosy is, but leprosy was 548 00:30:14,186 --> 00:30:19,630 an awful disease. 549 00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:23,770 Leprosy was the kind of disease that would eat away at your 550 00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:25,850 body, by the way, kind of like a 551 00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:27,350 cancer on the outside. 552 00:30:27,970 --> 00:30:31,450 It would eat away at your body and it would begin to deteriorate 553 00:30:27,970 --> 00:30:34,018 the body and it would begin to eliminate even 554 00:30:27,970 --> 00:30:36,538 the nerve endings of the body. 555 00:30:36,594 --> 00:30:42,250 Just recently my wife and I were in, where were we? 556 00:30:42,950 --> 00:30:47,302 We've been in a lot of places, but we were in Little Rock, Arkansas. 557 00:30:47,486 --> 00:30:48,926 We were in Little Rock, Arkansas. 558 00:30:48,998 --> 00:30:53,646 And we've got, she's got one of these electric scooters, you know, 559 00:30:48,998 --> 00:30:55,190 one of these, you get on, you zip 560 00:30:48,998 --> 00:30:56,158 around on it and everything. 561 00:30:56,214 --> 00:30:57,246 The thing really zips along. 562 00:30:57,278 --> 00:30:58,070 It's really awesome. 563 00:30:58,150 --> 00:30:59,438 And I've got an electric bike. 564 00:30:59,494 --> 00:31:00,790 I'm not getting on a regular bike. 565 00:31:00,830 --> 00:31:02,046 I've got an electric bike. 566 00:31:02,198 --> 00:31:05,972 And although you can pedal it and everything like that, but I'm 567 00:31:02,198 --> 00:31:06,804 on my electric bike. 568 00:31:06,852 --> 00:31:11,188 And we have our little dog Rooney in the little basket in the 569 00:31:06,852 --> 00:31:11,804 front of the bike. 570 00:31:11,892 --> 00:31:13,988 We said, hey, let's go on downtown. 571 00:31:14,044 --> 00:31:17,956 We were actually in the area for about, oh, roughly a little over 572 00:31:14,044 --> 00:31:18,524 a week. 573 00:31:18,612 --> 00:31:22,508 And so we said, let's go downtown and get an ice cream. 574 00:31:22,564 --> 00:31:23,420 So we did that. 575 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:26,348 We hopped on the scooter and on the bike and went on down and 576 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:27,900 we got some ice cream and we came back 577 00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:28,116 through. 578 00:31:28,148 --> 00:31:32,028 Well, little Rock, Arkansas has these trolleys that move along 579 00:31:28,148 --> 00:31:34,036 on these railroad tracks all through 580 00:31:28,148 --> 00:31:35,764 the roads and they've got intersections 581 00:31:28,148 --> 00:31:36,356 and everything. 582 00:31:36,468 --> 00:31:40,420 Well, I riding along on that intersection and all of a sudden 583 00:31:36,468 --> 00:31:43,648 I'm looking at one of those intersections 584 00:31:36,468 --> 00:31:46,424 with all of the train tracks that were 585 00:31:36,468 --> 00:31:48,424 all crossing each other. 586 00:31:48,592 --> 00:31:51,664 Well, I'm thinking, okay, which way do I want to go to cross? 587 00:31:51,712 --> 00:31:55,256 Well, by that time I was on it and it grabbed hold of that bike 588 00:31:51,712 --> 00:31:57,820 and it threw me down onto the ground 589 00:31:51,712 --> 00:32:00,780 and I could hear my little dog go. 590 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,660 That was about it. 591 00:32:04,180 --> 00:32:06,004 My wife's running up the road. 592 00:32:06,052 --> 00:32:09,436 She actually threw her scooter down running up the road. 593 00:32:09,588 --> 00:32:11,380 Rooney, are you okay? 594 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:12,012 Rooney? 595 00:32:12,116 --> 00:32:13,084 No, I'm just kidding. 596 00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:14,796 She asked if I was alright. 597 00:32:14,908 --> 00:32:17,284 She, she, she really did. 598 00:32:17,332 --> 00:32:19,324 She, she asked if I was all right. 599 00:32:19,372 --> 00:32:21,068 Go race it to the dog's rescue. 600 00:32:21,124 --> 00:32:22,244 You know what I'm saying? 601 00:32:22,372 --> 00:32:25,748 No, but I remember telling her, Kyle, there's another, I remember 602 00:32:22,372 --> 00:32:27,452 being conscious enough to be able 603 00:32:22,372 --> 00:32:28,916 to look and say there's another dog 604 00:32:22,372 --> 00:32:29,164 coming. 605 00:32:29,212 --> 00:32:31,218 Our dog freaks out when I other dogs come. 606 00:32:31,314 --> 00:32:36,674 And then, so I told her, I said hey, I said hey, there's another 607 00:32:31,314 --> 00:32:37,258 dog coming. 608 00:32:37,314 --> 00:32:38,114 Grab hold of Rooney. 609 00:32:38,162 --> 00:32:41,066 So she got Rooney and she's checking on me trying to see if I'm 610 00:32:38,162 --> 00:32:41,850 going to be okay. 611 00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:46,730 Well when I fell I think what I did is I did something to my elbow 612 00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:48,130 where I might have chipped a bone 613 00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:48,506 or something. 614 00:32:48,538 --> 00:32:49,642 You ever get that? 615 00:32:49,826 --> 00:32:51,546 And it's like on a nerve. 616 00:32:51,698 --> 00:32:55,474 You ever had that where you set your elbow down you go a, you 617 00:32:51,698 --> 00:32:56,482 know what I'm talking about? 618 00:32:56,586 --> 00:33:00,368 No, I think that kind of I got there, I'm thinking about what happens 619 00:32:56,586 --> 00:33:01,636 here with Naaman. 620 00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:05,796 He didn't want to be able to put himself in a position where he 621 00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:08,100 had to bow down to something or be 622 00:33:01,708 --> 00:33:09,140 something different. 623 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:14,116 He had leprosy that was eating away at his nerves, eating away at 624 00:33:09,260 --> 00:33:14,764 his body. 625 00:33:14,852 --> 00:33:17,396 But he didn't want to have to do anything to fix it. 626 00:33:17,468 --> 00:33:20,540 He thought the man of God would just come out and wave his 627 00:33:17,468 --> 00:33:22,612 hand over him and surely he would 628 00:33:17,468 --> 00:33:23,492 be completely healed. 629 00:33:23,516 --> 00:33:25,480 But he had to do some things, didn't he? 630 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:31,568 And I find it interesting what the prophet Elijah said, or the prophet 631 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:32,400 said here. 632 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:36,816 Elijah said, he said he needs to go down to the Jordan. 633 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:42,648 Now the Jordan was known as one of the most dirty rivers. 634 00:33:42,704 --> 00:33:47,376 The Jordan has still been over to Israel several times and the Jordan 635 00:33:42,704 --> 00:33:50,016 is still a very dirty kind of looking 636 00:33:42,704 --> 00:33:50,368 river. 637 00:33:50,424 --> 00:33:51,872 If you were to go there, you'd see it. 638 00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:55,064 You'd see a lot of sand and a lot of dirt in that river. 639 00:33:55,152 --> 00:33:57,140 And he didn't want to go down to Jordan. 640 00:33:57,220 --> 00:33:59,156 He wanted to go to the cleaner rivers. 641 00:33:59,268 --> 00:34:04,428 He wanted to go to the place Abana and Farfrae. 642 00:34:04,444 --> 00:34:07,836 And he wanted to go to those rivers of Damascus and that's where 643 00:34:04,444 --> 00:34:09,156 he wanted to be clean. 644 00:34:09,308 --> 00:34:10,940 But that's not what the servant said. 645 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:12,604 He said you've got to go down to Jordan. 646 00:34:12,692 --> 00:34:20,680 So what did Naaman have to do, Naaman had to humble himself. 647 00:34:21,660 --> 00:34:27,740 In order to be clean, he had to humble himself. 648 00:34:28,720 --> 00:34:30,560 I'm going to tell you something right now. 649 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:35,512 A lot of people today in the world that we live in don't want 650 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:39,944 to humble themselves to be saved because 651 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:41,860 they're proud people. 652 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,496 I got to looking at what happened here. 653 00:34:45,688 --> 00:34:47,128 Naaman goes down there. 654 00:34:47,184 --> 00:34:50,020 And what I found interesting too. 655 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:55,232 The prophet said, when you go down there to the Jordan, you need 656 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:57,340 to dip into the Jordan. 657 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:58,940 Seven times. 658 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,060 He didn't say once. 659 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:03,580 He didn't say five times. 660 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,088 He didn't say two or three. 661 00:35:06,264 --> 00:35:08,260 He said seven times. 662 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,512 Naaman didn't like that. 663 00:35:10,576 --> 00:35:12,520 As a matter of fact, what did Naaman do? 664 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:13,960 He said, I don't want to do that. 665 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:15,880 He was full of anger. 666 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:16,882 And the Bible says. 667 00:35:16,936 --> 00:35:18,990 Says what he did is he walked. 668 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:21,170 He went away in rage. 669 00:35:22,830 --> 00:35:25,038 Why would he not heal me? 670 00:35:25,134 --> 00:35:26,462 Why wouldn't he take care? 671 00:35:26,526 --> 00:35:30,326 And sometimes we look at God and we say, God, why don't you do 672 00:35:26,526 --> 00:35:30,622 this? 673 00:35:30,686 --> 00:35:32,142 And why don't you do that? 674 00:35:32,206 --> 00:35:34,382 And why can't I be more comfortable here? 675 00:35:34,446 --> 00:35:36,046 And why won't you give me this? 676 00:35:36,118 --> 00:35:39,702 When really God's just saying, hey, look, I'm just letting you be 677 00:35:36,118 --> 00:35:40,890 what you need to be. 678 00:35:41,550 --> 00:35:44,420 When God is really relinquished the will. 679 00:35:44,580 --> 00:35:46,920 God won't infringe upon your will, friend. 680 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:49,844 Why did my friend have to die? 681 00:35:49,892 --> 00:35:51,156 He won't infringe upon your will. 682 00:35:51,188 --> 00:35:52,520 Everybody's going to have to die. 683 00:35:53,340 --> 00:35:57,620 But what's interesting to me, you've got Naaman here who goes away 684 00:35:53,340 --> 00:36:00,220 in rage and he's upset and he can't 685 00:35:53,340 --> 00:36:02,348 figure out what everybody else's 686 00:35:53,340 --> 00:36:03,560 problem is. 687 00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:06,360 Isn't that kind of the way we are? 688 00:36:07,460 --> 00:36:12,082 We look around and we deal with this problem and that person. 689 00:36:12,186 --> 00:36:15,738 And this where I've often said this, it's amazing how I go around 690 00:36:12,186 --> 00:36:18,826 and I see how everybody else has issues 691 00:36:12,186 --> 00:36:19,990 except for me. 692 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:26,346 I say that when it comes to driving, everybody else is a bad 693 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:27,830 driver except for me. 694 00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:32,630 I mean, how many times have you been going down the interstate 695 00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:36,482 and there's a person just lagging in 696 00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:37,910 the passing lane? 697 00:36:39,110 --> 00:36:40,970 Oh, you're feeling it, aren't you? 698 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,290 You know what I'm talking about. 699 00:36:43,790 --> 00:36:47,530 And inside it begins to build up inside of you. 700 00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:51,454 And there's a car in front of you and they're just staying right 701 00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:54,010 with that car in that passing lane 702 00:36:48,070 --> 00:36:55,974 you're beginning to build. 703 00:36:56,102 --> 00:36:58,622 Hey, listen, ask my wife. 704 00:36:58,766 --> 00:36:59,782 My wife knows that. 705 00:36:59,806 --> 00:37:02,990 I sit there and I become quiet and I become pace. 706 00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:08,320 She's shaking her head no, right now I get upset. 707 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,236 You see, I think everybody else has the issues. 708 00:37:11,348 --> 00:37:14,020 I think everybody else is strange except for me. 709 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:15,300 That's usually the way it is. 710 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:18,508 That's the way Naaman was when it came to this particular situation 711 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:21,476 in his life where he's got this leprosy 712 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:23,700 and he can't understand why he just 713 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:25,476 can't be taken care of the way he 714 00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:26,708 thinks it ought to be done. 715 00:37:26,804 --> 00:37:29,700 But there's a way to do it the right way. 716 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:34,178 You got to go down to the Jordan and dip seven times. 717 00:37:34,234 --> 00:37:35,270 Not one time. 718 00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:37,378 You know what? 719 00:37:37,394 --> 00:37:38,314 I named this sermon? 720 00:37:38,362 --> 00:37:39,210 I named this sermon. 721 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:40,150 Try again. 722 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:44,586 Because I get to thinking about what happened with Naaman as 723 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:46,226 he went down there and he dipped 724 00:37:41,410 --> 00:37:46,474 down. 725 00:37:46,522 --> 00:37:49,738 I'm sure he went inside of that filthy, dirty water. 726 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:53,138 And when he came up, he stopped and he looked to see if the 727 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:55,110 leprosy was gone the first time. 728 00:37:55,930 --> 00:37:57,218 But it wasn't, was it? 729 00:37:57,274 --> 00:37:58,226 You know what he had to do? 730 00:37:58,258 --> 00:37:59,520 He had to try a again. 731 00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:04,412 So he dips down into the Jordan again and he looks up. 732 00:38:04,436 --> 00:38:07,460 I'm sure he looked at his hands and looked at where the leprosy 733 00:38:04,436 --> 00:38:07,972 would be. 734 00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,000 And all of a sudden he realizes it's not cleaned up yet. 735 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:13,080 So he's got to try again. 736 00:38:15,140 --> 00:38:17,844 He dips down a third time and then it comes up. 737 00:38:17,892 --> 00:38:20,708 Can you imagine maybe if this would have happened, if he would 738 00:38:17,892 --> 00:38:23,200 have looked and said, oh, this is ridiculous. 739 00:38:23,780 --> 00:38:24,998 Oh, my goodness. 740 00:38:25,084 --> 00:38:25,870 Come on. 741 00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:28,546 I ought to at least see some results. 742 00:38:28,698 --> 00:38:31,074 I should see something happening right now. 743 00:38:31,162 --> 00:38:33,650 I should see some kind of a change right now. 744 00:38:33,730 --> 00:38:35,130 But you know what he had to do? 745 00:38:35,210 --> 00:38:36,550 He had to try again. 746 00:38:37,490 --> 00:38:40,810 And so he went down a fourth time and he's thinking, come on. 747 00:38:40,890 --> 00:38:42,978 And he could have said, enough is enough. 748 00:38:43,074 --> 00:38:44,170 I'm done with this. 749 00:38:44,250 --> 00:38:45,074 I'm leaving. 750 00:38:45,162 --> 00:38:46,954 I'm not going to deal with this anymore. 751 00:38:47,042 --> 00:38:47,938 But you know what? 752 00:38:48,034 --> 00:38:50,430 According to the prophet, he had to try again. 753 00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:57,000 The 6th time, he goes down and he comes up and says, why? 754 00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:03,220 But then the 7th time, he dips down and look what verse number 14 755 00:38:58,940 --> 00:39:04,000 says. 756 00:39:04,540 --> 00:39:09,076 And he went down and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according 757 00:39:04,540 --> 00:39:11,200 to the saying of the man of God. 758 00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:18,406 And his flesh came again, like unto the flesh of a little child. 759 00:39:18,598 --> 00:39:21,930 And he was clean. 760 00:39:23,550 --> 00:39:24,990 He had to try again. 761 00:39:25,110 --> 00:39:27,806 You know what I find in my christian life and all these years 762 00:39:25,110 --> 00:39:29,422 I've known Christ as my savior. 763 00:39:29,526 --> 00:39:31,850 Many times I just got to go and try again. 764 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:37,406 Sometimes when I catch myself failing or I catch myself in a temper 765 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:39,606 or I catch myself struggling with 766 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:41,286 something, or maybe the family's 767 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:43,142 going through something, or my wife and 768 00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:43,814 I have a disagreement. 769 00:39:43,822 --> 00:39:44,326 Disagreement. 770 00:39:44,398 --> 00:39:46,814 And she doesn't realize how right I am all the time. 771 00:39:46,862 --> 00:39:48,010 No, I'm just kidding. 772 00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:54,206 Sometimes I catch myself under this circumstance or that circumstance 773 00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:56,494 or this circumstance, and I can't figure 774 00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:57,966 out what's going on. 775 00:39:57,998 --> 00:39:59,046 You know what I've got to do? 776 00:39:59,118 --> 00:40:02,290 I got to get back up, wipe myself off, and try again. 777 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:06,670 And sometimes we as believers, can't just lay there all the time 778 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:08,998 and just expect God to give everything 779 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:10,610 we think we deserve. 780 00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:12,162 Because, can I be honest with you? 781 00:40:12,186 --> 00:40:13,258 You know what we deserve? 782 00:40:13,354 --> 00:40:14,710 We deserve hell. 783 00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:18,590 I heard a preacher say it like this one time. 784 00:40:18,930 --> 00:40:21,190 We deserve hell with our back broke. 785 00:40:21,530 --> 00:40:22,922 I don't like that. 786 00:40:23,066 --> 00:40:24,506 I don't like the thought of that. 787 00:40:24,538 --> 00:40:25,914 But that's what I deserve. 788 00:40:26,002 --> 00:40:29,730 But by the grace of God, you can get up and try again. 789 00:40:29,850 --> 00:40:33,090 We sing a song called when God ran. 790 00:40:33,170 --> 00:40:34,470 I love that song. 791 00:40:35,090 --> 00:40:37,074 And I often think about that song. 792 00:40:37,122 --> 00:40:40,264 When God ran to me and he runs a again. 793 00:40:40,352 --> 00:40:43,696 Then he runs again, and I fail, but he runs to me again. 794 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,816 God never pushes me away. 795 00:40:45,928 --> 00:40:49,792 He always opens up his arms and he says, just keep on coming 796 00:40:45,928 --> 00:40:50,272 back. 797 00:40:50,376 --> 00:40:54,160 You could try again and try again and try again. 798 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,700 I gotcha. 799 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,140 I've got a God that's willing to do that for me. 800 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:00,288 Man. 801 00:41:00,344 --> 00:41:02,140 What a wonderful thing it is. 802 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,040 You think about David, King David, in the life of David. 803 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:06,880 Can I tell you something? 804 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:08,820 David was an interesting person. 805 00:41:10,290 --> 00:41:13,550 Studying the life of David and looking over the life of David. 806 00:41:13,890 --> 00:41:18,066 I mean, we know all about the time when he killed the lion. 807 00:41:18,138 --> 00:41:19,430 He was a shepherd. 808 00:41:19,770 --> 00:41:22,870 We know the time when he took care of Goliath. 809 00:41:23,890 --> 00:41:27,930 We know when he was king and when he would go to battle and the 810 00:41:23,890 --> 00:41:29,706 victories that God would give him. 811 00:41:29,738 --> 00:41:32,470 But you know that David was a lousy husband. 812 00:41:33,770 --> 00:41:35,680 He was a terrible husband. 813 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:39,240 Do you know David was a lousy dad? 814 00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:41,628 I mean, look around. 815 00:41:41,684 --> 00:41:42,612 What does he do? 816 00:41:42,756 --> 00:41:43,580 He's on the roof. 817 00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:46,680 One day, he sees somebody by the name of Bathsheba. 818 00:41:47,140 --> 00:41:48,644 So what does David do? 819 00:41:48,732 --> 00:41:52,404 He calls, and he ends up in an inappropriate relationship with that 820 00:41:48,732 --> 00:41:53,668 person, and it's wrong. 821 00:41:53,724 --> 00:41:55,092 Hey, can I tell you something? 822 00:41:55,196 --> 00:41:58,756 David couldn't just stop and just go ahead and throw himself. 823 00:41:58,828 --> 00:41:59,076 Hey. 824 00:41:59,108 --> 00:42:00,680 Then you look at his children. 825 00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:03,490 Oh, my goodness, Tamar. 826 00:42:04,750 --> 00:42:06,730 You look at Absalom. 827 00:42:07,510 --> 00:42:11,326 You look at Amnon, all of his children, and how they failed. 828 00:42:11,398 --> 00:42:15,130 He actually had one child that took advantage of another. 829 00:42:15,510 --> 00:42:19,614 His half sister Tamar, had Amnon take advantage of his half 830 00:42:15,510 --> 00:42:20,646 sister Tamar. 831 00:42:20,718 --> 00:42:24,422 And then you had Absalom, who actually wanted to try to destroy 832 00:42:20,718 --> 00:42:25,134 his dad. 833 00:42:25,222 --> 00:42:28,984 And I could go on and on with how lousy of a father he was. 834 00:42:29,072 --> 00:42:32,224 But can I tell you something I don't see in here where David just 835 00:42:29,072 --> 00:42:33,512 laid down and quit. 836 00:42:33,616 --> 00:42:35,096 David just gave up. 837 00:42:35,168 --> 00:42:38,200 David just said, nazareth's not working for me. 838 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:39,616 I might as well die. 839 00:42:39,728 --> 00:42:40,520 You know what I see? 840 00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,592 I see David getting up and trying again. 841 00:42:42,696 --> 00:42:47,008 And he try again and he try again and he try again and he try 842 00:42:42,696 --> 00:42:47,448 again. 843 00:42:47,544 --> 00:42:49,060 And you know what happens? 844 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,140 It says it right here in the book of acts. 845 00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:56,024 Or chapter number 30 or 13, verse number 20. 846 00:42:56,192 --> 00:43:01,024 It says, I have found a man after God's own heart. 847 00:43:01,152 --> 00:43:03,960 God said that about David. 848 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:05,820 Notice it's in acts. 849 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,740 That's a long way from the book of Samuel. 850 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,300 That's a long way from the book of Psalms. 851 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,416 David just kept on trying again. 852 00:43:16,568 --> 00:43:18,920 Even though those failures might come your way. 853 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,192 And those things might enter your life. 854 00:43:21,256 --> 00:43:22,560 And there may be difficulty. 855 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:23,600 Can I tell you something? 856 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:24,544 Don't stay down. 857 00:43:24,592 --> 00:43:26,260 Get back up and try again. 858 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:27,820 Try again. 859 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:29,960 I grew up at a drunkard's home. 860 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,856 Many of you know the testimony of the McCluskeys and what we went 861 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:35,176 through. 862 00:43:35,248 --> 00:43:38,656 Seven brothers and sisters and a mom that just stuck it out with 863 00:43:35,248 --> 00:43:41,260 us when my dad was on skid row. 864 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:47,128 Just recently had the privilege of being in Madison, Wisconsin, 865 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:49,280 where I grew up at the Grace Baptist 866 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:49,624 church. 867 00:43:49,672 --> 00:43:52,758 My nephew pastors church had a privilege of going there. 868 00:43:52,814 --> 00:43:56,286 Then I drove around to some of the sites where I grew up. 869 00:43:56,478 --> 00:43:58,206 And I remember a little house. 870 00:43:58,278 --> 00:43:59,334 Actually, it wasn't a house. 871 00:43:59,422 --> 00:44:02,502 It was an apartment building where we lived on the second floor 872 00:43:59,422 --> 00:44:04,806 on Gorham street in Madison. 873 00:44:04,878 --> 00:44:08,790 And I remember as a kid the roaches that used to run across the 874 00:44:04,878 --> 00:44:12,294 rooms of that house, of that apartment. 875 00:44:12,382 --> 00:44:15,326 Because we didn't have any money and we had nothing. 876 00:44:15,518 --> 00:44:19,410 I actually took pictures of the alley that I played in, in the 877 00:44:15,518 --> 00:44:22,626 back behind that old apartment building. 878 00:44:22,738 --> 00:44:27,010 I took pictures of that because I want to remember, lord, 879 00:44:22,738 --> 00:44:29,554 I remember those wounds, and I remember 880 00:44:22,738 --> 00:44:30,418 those hurts. 881 00:44:30,514 --> 00:44:32,626 But hey, don't leave the scars. 882 00:44:32,738 --> 00:44:35,710 Because I can see how merciful you are. 883 00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:40,922 And I can look back and I can see how my dad, even though he was 884 00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:43,298 a skid row drunk, he didn't stay 885 00:44:37,050 --> 00:44:43,746 drunk. 886 00:44:43,818 --> 00:44:47,040 I'll never forget when he trusted Christ as his personal lord 887 00:44:43,818 --> 00:44:47,644 savior. 888 00:44:47,732 --> 00:44:49,588 Then he gave his life to Jesus. 889 00:44:49,684 --> 00:44:53,284 And he got rehabbed and he got changed, and he went to church. 890 00:44:53,372 --> 00:44:55,004 And he started living for Jesus. 891 00:44:55,052 --> 00:45:00,284 And I don't remember all of a sudden those memories of the roaches 892 00:44:55,052 --> 00:45:03,020 and the alleys and the drunk times 893 00:44:55,052 --> 00:45:04,300 and the mean times. 894 00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:06,844 My dad would be all of a sudden it's filled. 895 00:45:06,892 --> 00:45:07,100 Where? 896 00:45:07,140 --> 00:45:09,440 He's the best man in my wedding now. 897 00:45:11,060 --> 00:45:11,460 Yeah. 898 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:12,800 Because he tried again. 899 00:45:14,310 --> 00:45:16,630 Even though there were failures, he got up and he tried 900 00:45:14,310 --> 00:45:17,250 again. 901 00:45:18,510 --> 00:45:20,270 You say, I'm having trouble in my marriage. 902 00:45:20,310 --> 00:45:21,182 Can I tell you something? 903 00:45:21,246 --> 00:45:22,090 Try again. 904 00:45:22,990 --> 00:45:24,486 I'm having trouble with my family. 905 00:45:24,558 --> 00:45:25,534 Can I tell you something? 906 00:45:25,622 --> 00:45:27,050 Get up and try again. 907 00:45:27,630 --> 00:45:29,926 You say, I'm having difficulty at the job. 908 00:45:29,998 --> 00:45:31,054 Hey, try again. 909 00:45:31,182 --> 00:45:32,038 Try again. 910 00:45:32,174 --> 00:45:32,966 Try again. 911 00:45:33,078 --> 00:45:34,622 Don't just walk away from it. 912 00:45:34,646 --> 00:45:35,970 Get up and try again. 913 00:45:38,230 --> 00:45:43,710 I got to thinking about some things that we can do to help us 914 00:45:38,230 --> 00:45:46,242 be victorious when we try again. 915 00:45:46,306 --> 00:45:49,350 Number one, we need to hate the sin. 916 00:45:50,450 --> 00:45:53,138 We need to hate the infringement that's going on. 917 00:45:53,234 --> 00:45:54,250 Naaman knew that. 918 00:45:54,330 --> 00:45:57,978 He looked at what was going on in his body and he hated it so much 919 00:45:54,330 --> 00:46:00,746 that he was willing to humble himself 920 00:45:54,330 --> 00:46:02,790 and dip into the Jordan. 921 00:46:04,250 --> 00:46:05,510 He hated it. 922 00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:09,228 The Bible says in James chapter four, verse number seven, 923 00:46:06,020 --> 00:46:12,660 submit yourself therefore to God. 924 00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:18,720 Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 925 00:46:21,340 --> 00:46:23,548 Hate the struggle, hate the sin. 926 00:46:23,644 --> 00:46:24,860 Hate the difficulty. 927 00:46:24,940 --> 00:46:26,628 Get up and try again. 928 00:46:26,804 --> 00:46:27,788 Pride issue. 929 00:46:27,884 --> 00:46:30,722 Throw away your pride so you can try again. 930 00:46:30,796 --> 00:46:35,610 And, man, I'll tell you what, this thing called pride, it's awful. 931 00:46:35,950 --> 00:46:36,822 I understand. 932 00:46:36,966 --> 00:46:38,410 I'm proud of my kids. 933 00:46:38,990 --> 00:46:42,118 I think my son today is singing at First Baptist Church of 934 00:46:38,990 --> 00:46:44,270 Atlanta, Charles Stanley's church, 935 00:46:38,990 --> 00:46:45,246 before he went to heaven. 936 00:46:45,278 --> 00:46:47,054 Now, Anthony George is a pastor there. 937 00:46:47,142 --> 00:46:48,006 My son's there. 938 00:46:48,078 --> 00:46:50,926 My daughter's in church where her husband's a pastor there. 939 00:46:50,958 --> 00:46:51,590 I'm thankful. 940 00:46:51,670 --> 00:46:52,910 In Kalamazoo, Michigan. 941 00:46:52,990 --> 00:46:53,966 I'm thankful for that. 942 00:46:53,998 --> 00:46:54,766 I really am. 943 00:46:54,838 --> 00:46:55,942 But can I tell you something? 944 00:46:56,046 --> 00:46:56,950 I'm proud of him. 945 00:46:56,990 --> 00:46:57,350 I am. 946 00:46:57,390 --> 00:47:00,412 But can I tell you but by the grace of God that they're able to 947 00:46:57,390 --> 00:47:01,200 do it. 948 00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:04,600 We need to realize that it's him and it's not us. 949 00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:07,680 We need to start getting rid of the pride. 950 00:47:08,140 --> 00:47:10,188 Naaman had to get rid of the pride. 951 00:47:10,324 --> 00:47:12,600 But Naaman was wroth and he went away. 952 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:16,740 So behold, I thought he would surely come out and stand and call 953 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:18,220 on the name of the Lord, his God 954 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:19,900 and strike his hand over me and recover 955 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:20,720 the leper. 956 00:47:21,260 --> 00:47:22,580 He thought it was going to be easy. 957 00:47:22,620 --> 00:47:23,720 It's not easy. 958 00:47:24,670 --> 00:47:26,050 Sometimes it's hard. 959 00:47:26,350 --> 00:47:28,570 We got to throw that pride issue away. 960 00:47:30,030 --> 00:47:32,950 Number three, unselfishness. 961 00:47:33,030 --> 00:47:35,530 Stop making it all about you. 962 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:41,438 I was sitting in the place where we're staying last week and 963 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:42,542 I'm sitting there and I'm thinking 964 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:44,598 to myself, man, I'm looking at some 965 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:48,170 of these tragic things that have happened 966 00:47:37,230 --> 00:47:50,930 in western North Carolina. 967 00:47:52,180 --> 00:47:52,492 Now. 968 00:47:52,516 --> 00:47:56,220 I'm looking at people that have lost their homes, lost loved 969 00:47:52,516 --> 00:47:57,948 ones, lost families. 970 00:47:58,044 --> 00:48:00,444 They don't even have water they can drink. 971 00:48:00,532 --> 00:48:01,004 They can't. 972 00:48:01,052 --> 00:48:04,748 You can't even get there in that area of Asheville, North Carolina, 973 00:48:01,052 --> 00:48:06,320 without flying in. 974 00:48:07,420 --> 00:48:10,680 And I began to think about how good God has been to me. 975 00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:15,452 I began to think, I've got my children, my wife and I get to serve 976 00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:15,612 him. 977 00:48:15,636 --> 00:48:17,804 We're in a very comfortable place to stay. 978 00:48:17,852 --> 00:48:20,636 I can open up the refrigerator and pull out some water and drink 979 00:48:17,852 --> 00:48:20,788 it. 980 00:48:20,804 --> 00:48:21,740 If I so choose. 981 00:48:21,820 --> 00:48:24,344 We can go to a restaurant and grab us a bite to eat. 982 00:48:24,432 --> 00:48:25,504 We're so blessed. 983 00:48:25,552 --> 00:48:28,260 God has been so good to us. 984 00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:33,872 What we need to do is get rid of those issues of selfishness, sinking. 985 00:48:33,936 --> 00:48:34,904 Hey, you know what? 986 00:48:34,992 --> 00:48:36,712 I deserve more than that. 987 00:48:36,736 --> 00:48:38,912 You ever see somebody who's like that selfish all the time walking 988 00:48:36,736 --> 00:48:39,240 around? 989 00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:43,540 I deserve this and I deserve that. 990 00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:51,120 And you can just see the joyous joy on their face. 991 00:48:54,420 --> 00:48:56,920 You know as well as I do that it doesn't make you happy. 992 00:48:58,220 --> 00:49:00,852 What makes you happy is when you get the opportunity to help someone 993 00:48:58,220 --> 00:49:01,520 else. 994 00:49:02,100 --> 00:49:03,804 What a blessing that is. 995 00:49:03,972 --> 00:49:10,772 Unselfishness number four, become dependent on the Holy Spirit 996 00:49:03,972 --> 00:49:11,960 instead of you. 997 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:18,592 That's a biggie, because when I got saved, I got sealed by the 998 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:19,440 Holy Spirit. 999 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,140 He came into my heart, came into my life. 1000 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:27,096 Ephesians, chapter one, verse number 13, in whom ye also trusted 1001 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:29,632 that after ye had heard the word of truth, 1002 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:31,680 the gospel of your salvation, in 1003 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:35,144 whom also after that ye believed 1004 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:39,452 ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of pride. 1005 00:49:39,496 --> 00:49:40,240 Promise. 1006 00:49:40,900 --> 00:49:44,852 Become more dependent on the Holy Spirit instead of you. 1007 00:49:45,036 --> 00:49:49,044 You say, I fail, try again, you say, I messed up. 1008 00:49:49,092 --> 00:49:51,276 Try again, you say. 1009 00:49:51,348 --> 00:49:52,516 But I keep on trying. 1010 00:49:52,588 --> 00:49:54,332 It seems like I keep on failing. 1011 00:49:54,396 --> 00:49:55,332 Hey, listen, the fail. 1012 00:49:55,396 --> 00:49:56,320 Hey, what. 1013 00:49:56,620 --> 00:49:58,444 Hey, what is that word? 1014 00:49:58,492 --> 00:49:59,588 I think I've got it in here. 1015 00:49:59,644 --> 00:50:04,400 This is, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 1016 00:50:05,140 --> 00:50:06,289 Try, try again. 1017 00:50:06,392 --> 00:50:09,250 Sometimes it's try, try again. 1018 00:50:09,630 --> 00:50:14,730 Sometimes it's try, try again. 1019 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:18,686 You just got to keep on trying, man. 1020 00:50:18,718 --> 00:50:21,090 Don't just throw your arms up, say, that'll work for me. 1021 00:50:23,470 --> 00:50:25,102 Become dependent on the Holy Spirit. 1022 00:50:25,126 --> 00:50:27,250 And lastly, have accountability. 1023 00:50:28,390 --> 00:50:32,030 Find somebody that you can be accountable with, with the things 1024 00:50:28,390 --> 00:50:32,948 you struggle with in your. 1025 00:50:32,974 --> 00:50:33,700 Your life. 1026 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,656 Find, hey, some of you men, find another man that you can call 1027 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:38,752 up on the phone, say, listen, I'm 1028 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:39,824 struggling with something. 1029 00:50:39,992 --> 00:50:43,576 And then that person that you're talking to, hey, if somebody 1030 00:50:39,992 --> 00:50:45,048 calls you and says, I'm struggling, 1031 00:50:39,992 --> 00:50:46,540 be there for that person. 1032 00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:48,880 The Bible does talk about that. 1033 00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:53,264 You know, in proverbs 20 717, it says that iron Sharpeneth iron. 1034 00:50:53,392 --> 00:50:57,020 So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. 1035 00:50:58,120 --> 00:50:59,570 We can just try and again. 1036 00:51:00,470 --> 00:51:01,526 We can just try again. 1037 00:51:01,598 --> 00:51:03,302 You know, I found something really interesting. 1038 00:51:03,406 --> 00:51:04,150 Had the privilege. 1039 00:51:04,190 --> 00:51:06,918 When we were in the holy land, we went down to the sea of Galilee. 1040 00:51:06,934 --> 00:51:08,290 And we were at a little spot. 1041 00:51:09,190 --> 00:51:12,270 It was early in the morning and it was kind of misty a little 1042 00:51:09,190 --> 00:51:12,486 bit. 1043 00:51:12,518 --> 00:51:13,934 But we didn't care. 1044 00:51:13,982 --> 00:51:16,250 We were down there at the sea of Galilee, man. 1045 00:51:18,350 --> 00:51:22,646 And we were in the spot where what happened was, is Jesus. 1046 00:51:22,838 --> 00:51:26,478 They believe this is the spot where Jesus had already ascended 1047 00:51:22,838 --> 00:51:27,750 into heaven, came back down. 1048 00:51:27,830 --> 00:51:31,050 And the disciple, you remember when Peter said, I go a fishing. 1049 00:51:32,670 --> 00:51:36,262 And they went out and they went fishing that night there was 1050 00:51:32,670 --> 00:51:38,730 a person on the shore and it was Jesus. 1051 00:51:39,710 --> 00:51:41,650 And he's cooking breakfast. 1052 00:51:43,310 --> 00:51:48,530 And they come in and Jesus says, children, have you any meat? 1053 00:51:50,590 --> 00:51:51,690 They didn't have any. 1054 00:51:53,230 --> 00:51:55,130 Peter realized who he was. 1055 00:51:56,910 --> 00:52:01,006 And Peter, by even there being embarrassed, jumps inside of the 1056 00:51:56,910 --> 00:52:04,770 water and Jesus says, come and dine. 1057 00:52:06,630 --> 00:52:09,094 And they go and they sit down with Jesus. 1058 00:52:09,142 --> 00:52:15,290 In John chapter 21, verse number 15 says, so when they had 1059 00:52:09,142 --> 00:52:20,792 dined, Jesus saith, Simon, the son 1060 00:52:09,142 --> 00:52:22,536 of Jonas, lovest thou me more than 1061 00:52:09,142 --> 00:52:23,140 these? 1062 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:27,540 And he saith unto him, yea, Lord, thou knowest I love thee. 1063 00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,420 And he said unto him, feed my lambs. 1064 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:32,940 Then he says it again. 1065 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,504 He saith unto him again, the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, 1066 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:38,660 lovest thou me? 1067 00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:44,280 And he saith unto him, yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. 1068 00:52:44,700 --> 00:52:47,520 And he saith unto him, feed my lambs. 1069 00:52:48,620 --> 00:52:50,640 And then he says it again. 1070 00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:58,652 And he said unto him, he said, peter was grieved at this time when 1071 00:52:52,300 --> 00:52:59,980 he says, loveth thou me? 1072 00:53:00,020 --> 00:53:03,156 Peter was grieved because he said unto him a third time, lovest 1073 00:53:00,020 --> 00:53:03,676 thou me? 1074 00:53:03,748 --> 00:53:06,948 And he said unto him, lord, thou knowest all things. 1075 00:53:07,044 --> 00:53:08,668 Thou knowest that I love thee. 1076 00:53:08,684 --> 00:53:11,406 And Jesus says unto him, feed my sheep. 1077 00:53:11,588 --> 00:53:14,030 Jesus had a dump eater to try again. 1078 00:53:15,170 --> 00:53:16,150 Try again. 1079 00:53:17,130 --> 00:53:17,586 Try. 1080 00:53:17,658 --> 00:53:20,190 Listen, I don't know what you're going through today. 1081 00:53:20,650 --> 00:53:23,706 I don't know what your situations are dealing with today. 1082 00:53:23,898 --> 00:53:26,310 In just a minute, we're gonna have the Lord's supper. 1083 00:53:27,650 --> 00:53:30,110 I'm not sure what's happening in your life today. 1084 00:53:32,210 --> 00:53:33,990 Maybe you're struggling with your family. 1085 00:53:36,370 --> 00:53:37,882 Maybe you're struggling with the job. 1086 00:53:37,946 --> 00:53:39,186 Maybe there's some financial things. 1087 00:53:39,218 --> 00:53:40,276 Maybe there's some physical things. 1088 00:53:40,338 --> 00:53:41,220 I don't know. 1089 00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:44,940 But I want to encourage you. 1090 00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:47,540 Middletown Baptist churches try again. 1091 00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:49,860 To try again. 1092 00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:52,064 To try again. 1093 00:53:52,152 --> 00:53:53,488 Can we stand together, please? 1094 00:53:53,544 --> 00:53:57,060 Our heads are bowed, our eyes are closed. 1095 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:01,300 No one is looking around. 1096 00:54:03,240 --> 00:54:08,020 I'm just wondering if what we need to do is to try again. 1097 00:54:12,370 --> 00:54:14,186 It's kind of quiet in the room right now. 1098 00:54:14,218 --> 00:54:15,482 I'm thankful for these children. 1099 00:54:15,546 --> 00:54:17,670 They're doing such a great job. 1100 00:54:19,290 --> 00:54:21,882 But with us here in this room right now, I'm wondering if there's 1101 00:54:19,290 --> 00:54:26,978 some things where you'd say, there's 1102 00:54:19,290 --> 00:54:29,190 some areas I know I need to try again. 1103 00:54:32,450 --> 00:54:34,070 Say, brother Pat, that's me. 1104 00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:35,940 I'm just gonna be honest. 1105 00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:38,680 Some things I struggle with and I'm gonna just. 1106 00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:39,656 I'm gonna try again. 1107 00:54:39,728 --> 00:54:41,568 You raise your hand, say, I'm gonna try. 1108 00:54:41,624 --> 00:54:42,224 Oh, my goodness. 1109 00:54:42,272 --> 00:54:43,672 Hands are going up everywhere. 1110 00:54:43,816 --> 00:54:44,928 Oh, my goodness. 1111 00:54:44,984 --> 00:54:45,760 Praise the Lord. 1112 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:46,192 Thank you. 1113 00:54:46,216 --> 00:54:47,660 You can put your hands down. 1114 00:54:49,240 --> 00:54:50,616 Maybe you're here today. 1115 00:54:50,768 --> 00:54:52,256 Heads are bowed, eyes are closed. 1116 00:54:52,288 --> 00:54:54,208 You don't even know Jesus as your savior. 1117 00:54:54,264 --> 00:54:57,300 You've never trusted him as your personal lord and savior. 1118 00:54:59,770 --> 00:55:02,790 Say, brother Pat, I don't know if I'm saved. 1119 00:55:04,330 --> 00:55:05,970 I don't know what it means to be saved. 1120 00:55:06,010 --> 00:55:07,250 I don't know what salvation is. 1121 00:55:07,290 --> 00:55:09,430 Would you pray with me about my salvation? 1122 00:55:10,210 --> 00:55:11,298 I want to pray for you. 1123 00:55:11,314 --> 00:55:11,906 Can I do that? 1124 00:55:11,938 --> 00:55:12,778 I won't embarrass you. 1125 00:55:12,794 --> 00:55:13,898 I won't call you. 1126 00:55:14,034 --> 00:55:14,882 I won't come to you. 1127 00:55:14,906 --> 00:55:17,210 I won't put you in a very uncomfortable spot. 1128 00:55:17,250 --> 00:55:19,418 I just want to pray with you about your salvation. 1129 00:55:19,474 --> 00:55:21,002 You say, I don't know if I'm going to heaven or not. 1130 00:55:21,026 --> 00:55:22,322 Pray with me about that, would you? 1131 00:55:22,386 --> 00:55:25,666 You'd raise your hand, say, pray with me a about that. 1132 00:55:25,738 --> 00:55:26,618 I see a little hand. 1133 00:55:26,674 --> 00:55:27,826 Praise the Lord. 1134 00:55:28,018 --> 00:55:29,058 I see another hand. 1135 00:55:29,114 --> 00:55:30,114 Thank you so much. 1136 00:55:30,162 --> 00:55:32,030 Thank you for being honest with the Lord. 1137 00:55:32,770 --> 00:55:33,790 There's others. 1138 00:55:34,770 --> 00:55:37,234 I'm not sure if I'm saved. 1139 00:55:37,282 --> 00:55:38,962 Would you pray with me about my salvation? 1140 00:55:39,026 --> 00:55:39,842 I'm going to pray with you. 1141 00:55:39,866 --> 00:55:41,190 I'm not going to embarrass you. 1142 00:55:41,770 --> 00:55:42,794 Can I pray with you? 1143 00:55:42,842 --> 00:55:43,802 Raise your hand, will you? 1144 00:55:43,866 --> 00:55:45,110 I don't know if I'm saved. 1145 00:55:46,010 --> 00:55:47,866 I saw a couple of hands go up. 1146 00:55:48,018 --> 00:55:48,906 I see another one. 1147 00:55:48,938 --> 00:55:49,346 Thank you. 1148 00:55:49,378 --> 00:55:51,168 Thank you for being honest with the Lord. 1149 00:55:51,354 --> 00:55:52,060 Another one. 1150 00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:53,020 Thank you so much. 1151 00:55:53,060 --> 00:55:54,840 I saw four hands go up. 1152 00:55:55,900 --> 00:55:57,524 I'm not going to embarrass anybody. 1153 00:55:57,612 --> 00:55:58,532 Anyone else. 1154 00:55:58,676 --> 00:55:59,620 Thank you so much. 1155 00:55:59,660 --> 00:56:01,260 Thank you for being honest with God. 1156 00:56:01,420 --> 00:56:01,892 Thank you. 1157 00:56:01,916 --> 00:56:02,676 I see another one. 1158 00:56:02,708 --> 00:56:03,356 Praise the Lord. 1159 00:56:03,388 --> 00:56:03,684 Thank you. 1160 00:56:03,692 --> 00:56:05,000 You can put your hand down. 1161 00:56:06,540 --> 00:56:08,120 I saw six hands. 1162 00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:13,500 Here's what we're going to do in just a moment. 1163 00:56:13,540 --> 00:56:17,948 I'm going to pray after I'm done praying. 1164 00:56:18,124 --> 00:56:19,228 I got some music here. 1165 00:56:19,244 --> 00:56:20,620 I'm going to play some music. 1166 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:27,856 Now, you do as the Lord leads you, but I want to encourage you 1167 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:30,144 to talk to somebody about this salvation 1168 00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:30,860 thing. 1169 00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:39,336 Nobody's judging, I promise you, nobody is judging, but everybody 1170 00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:40,220 is loving. 1171 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,280 Pastor Josh is right up here in the front. 1172 00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:48,588 He'd love to grab, hold your hand and say, I can show you in the 1173 00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:50,280 bible how you can be saved. 1174 00:56:51,220 --> 00:56:53,200 Maybe you'd like to get that done today. 1175 00:56:54,660 --> 00:56:57,180 Others of us, you raised your hand, said, I just want to try. 1176 00:56:57,220 --> 00:56:58,360 I'm going to try again. 1177 00:56:59,060 --> 00:57:01,900 Can I ask you, those of you who raise your hand said, I'm going 1178 00:56:59,060 --> 00:57:02,804 to try again. 1179 00:57:02,972 --> 00:57:03,588 I am. 1180 00:57:03,684 --> 00:57:05,120 I'm just going to keep on trying. 1181 00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:10,396 Oh, I know I fail at things, but I'm going to try again in a minute. 1182 00:57:10,428 --> 00:57:12,476 After I'm done praying, the music will begin to play. 1183 00:57:12,588 --> 00:57:16,688 Would you be ones that would come up and just kneel down for a 1184 00:57:12,588 --> 00:57:19,540 moment at this altar in boldness 1185 00:57:12,588 --> 00:57:22,540 and say, I'm trying again? 1186 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:25,056 Got some areas. 1187 00:57:25,208 --> 00:57:27,408 I just want God to have control in my life. 1188 00:57:27,464 --> 00:57:28,432 I want him to be there. 1189 00:57:28,456 --> 00:57:30,420 I'm going to dip myself in that Jordan. 1190 00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:34,900 I hope you will. 1191 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:38,912 And I hope that others that need to come and trust Christ as 1192 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:40,136 their savior, you need to come grab 1193 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:40,776 hold of my hand. 1194 00:57:40,808 --> 00:57:43,010 I'll take the Bible, show you how you can be saved. 1195 00:57:44,390 --> 00:57:46,210 I hope they don't come by themselves. 1196 00:57:48,510 --> 00:57:50,446 Heavenly father, I thank you for the privilege. 1197 00:57:50,478 --> 00:57:53,450 We have to be able to open up our bible and have the word of God. 1198 00:57:54,430 --> 00:57:57,758 Thank you that we can look right now and have an invitation 1199 00:57:54,430 --> 00:57:59,130 where people can come. 1200 00:57:59,630 --> 00:58:02,370 I pray for those that raise their hands and I'm trying again. 1201 00:58:02,870 --> 00:58:04,250 I'm just going to do it. 1202 00:58:05,910 --> 00:58:07,502 I pray for those that say, you know what? 1203 00:58:07,526 --> 00:58:08,190 I'm not saved. 1204 00:58:08,230 --> 00:58:11,820 I want to be saved and would like to be saved today. 1205 00:58:11,860 --> 00:58:14,720 And they come grab hold of the pastor's hand. 1206 00:58:15,060 --> 00:58:17,260 Say, preacher, what does the Bible say about salvation? 1207 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:18,320 I'm just curious. 1208 00:58:19,780 --> 00:58:24,820 God, I pray that you will bless this invitation in Jesus name. 1209 00:58:24,980 --> 00:58:25,636 Amen. 1210 00:58:25,748 --> 00:58:29,452 As the music begins to play, maybe you need to come, folks are 1211 00:58:25,748 --> 00:58:30,572 slipping out of their seats. 1212 00:58:30,676 --> 00:58:32,284 Listen, you need to be saved. 1213 00:58:32,332 --> 00:58:33,436 You need to trust Christ. 1214 00:58:33,508 --> 00:58:34,340 You won't come alone. 1215 00:58:34,380 --> 00:58:35,580 Come on up here, grab my hand. 1216 00:58:35,660 --> 00:58:37,316 Pastor Josh is right up here in the front. 1217 00:58:37,348 --> 00:58:37,996 Front. 1218 00:58:38,188 --> 00:58:42,236 Come up here and grab hold of his hand and say, pastor Josh, I'm 1219 00:58:38,188 --> 00:58:43,800 not sure I'm saved. 1220 00:58:45,940 --> 00:58:48,040 I'm not sure about my salvation. 1221 00:58:54,060 --> 00:58:55,316 I don't know if I. 1222 00:58:55,468 --> 00:58:56,780 I don't know if I'm going to heaven. 1223 00:58:56,820 --> 00:58:57,720 I want to. 1224 00:58:59,980 --> 00:59:02,740 I saw people being honest with the Lord that meant a lot. 1225 00:59:02,780 --> 00:59:04,250 Folks are the at the altar right now. 1226 00:59:04,330 --> 00:59:05,830 You won't come up alone. 1227 00:59:09,130 --> 00:59:10,550 You won't come alone. 1228 00:59:16,410 --> 00:59:18,030 How precious this is. 1229 00:59:21,570 --> 00:59:23,390 How incredible this is. 1230 00:59:24,650 --> 00:59:26,946 See, people say, and be honest with the Lord. 1231 00:59:26,978 --> 00:59:28,034 I don't care about my pride. 1232 00:59:28,082 --> 00:59:29,332 Mandez. 1233 00:59:29,506 --> 00:59:30,624 Pride gets in the way. 1234 00:59:30,672 --> 00:59:31,580 I get it. 1235 00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,140 I just want to try again. 1236 00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:41,140 I'll try again. 1237 01:00:07,610 --> 01:00:09,190 God's dealing with people. 1238 01:00:11,410 --> 01:00:12,590 It's all right. 1239 01:00:17,010 --> 01:00:18,230 Let's try again. 1240 01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:32,760 Turn the service over to the preacher. 1241 01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:34,940 As God deals with your heart, you come. 1242 01:01:18,380 --> 01:01:18,956 Amen. 1243 01:01:19,028 --> 01:01:19,720 Amen. 1244 01:01:20,260 --> 01:01:22,820 Thank you again for listening to the Middletown Baptist Church 1245 01:01:20,260 --> 01:01:23,660 podcast. 1246 01:01:23,820 --> 01:01:26,360 I hope that this sermon has been a blessing for you. 1247 01:01:26,740 --> 01:01:29,036 If you would like to find out more information about our church 1248 01:01:26,740 --> 01:01:32,716 or this sermon, you can find us@middletownbaptistchurch.org 1249 01:01:26,740 --> 01:01:35,600 or find us on Facebook or YouTube. 1250 01:01:36,140 --> 01:01:39,990 You can also email me directly at joshmissaroiddtowndeze. 1251 01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,992 If you've enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and follow 1252 01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:48,060 along for future podcasts and updates. 1253 01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:49,576 Thank you so much. 1254 01:01:49,688 --> 01:01:50,520 God bless. 1255 01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:51,720 Have a wonderful day.