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Series Code: AFDB
Program Code: AFDB000170S
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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry.
00:14 Doug Batchelor: Reckless financial irresponsibility is 00:17 a sin. 00:19 We will all give an account to God for every idle word 00:22 we speak. 00:24 Have you ever considered we may be giving an account to God for 00:27 the idol money we spend? 00:33 Doug: I'm gonna be talking about the subject of money. 00:36 That usually gets people's attention. 00:38 But we're gonna talk a little bit about money we don't have, 00:42 talking about debt and how to find deliverance from debt. 00:47 You might be surprised that the Bible has an awful lot to say 00:50 about the subject of money. 00:53 There are over 500 verses in the Bible that address finances 00:58 and property. 00:59 Of the 38 parables that Jesus tells, 16 of them have to do 01:05 with money and faithful management of property. 01:10 Now, it's appropriate that we should be talkin' about that 01:12 both as Christians, believers, and even citizens. 01:16 I don't know if you're aware, but as a nation, America is 01:21 in debt. 01:23 And if you're from another nation, don't look down upon us, 01:26 you're probably in debt, too, in your nation. 01:29 China's got the second greatest national debt, then Japan, then 01:33 Germany, and it just goes down the line. 01:35 And the debt that these countries around the world are 01:38 carrying is staggering. 01:41 In the United States for example, back in 2008, when 01:45 President George W. Bush, and some of you have heard that his 01:48 father passed away just in the last 24 hours at 94 years old. 01:54 But George W. Bush, when he went out of office, the national debt 01:59 of America was ten trillion dollars. 02:04 Now, what you couldn't do with ten trillion dollars, right? 02:08 But now, just since 2008, in ten years, the national debt is over 02:14 21 trillion dollars. 02:18 Which means that our national debt is more than our gross 02:22 domestic product, more than we earn in a year as a country. 02:26 And so, and it's continuing, its projected to continue going up. 02:30 And it's not a question of if, it's a question of when. 02:35 It's like you've got two trains on the same track heading 02:38 towards each other, there's going to eventually be 02:41 a collision. 02:42 It cannot go on like this indefinitely. 02:44 Eventually, there's some kind of implosion. 02:47 Doesn't know when that is. 02:49 Every time the government starts talking about having a balanced 02:52 budget, everybody comes unglued, because I have no problem with 02:56 having a balanced budget, as long as you don't take anything 02:59 away from me. 03:01 Don't take away my benefits, take away your benefits 03:03 that's okay. 03:05 So, it's become so difficult for the governments of the world to 03:08 agree to balance the budget. 03:10 But the reason that the governments are so deeply in 03:13 debt is because they've learned it from us. 03:17 America's in debt. 03:19 There is a debt explosion in the United States. 03:23 Give you a few little facts here. 03:26 According to the Federal Reserve's latest numbers, 03:28 November 18, 2017, the average American household carries 03:33 $137,000.63 in debt, yet the U.S. 03:40 Census Bureau shows that the medium, or average household 03:43 income, is just $59,000, which means that many of us are living 03:48 way beyond our means. 03:50 So, I'd like to talk to you about some biblical principles. 03:53 You want me to keep going, is this important? 03:55 The Bible has a lot to say about that. 03:57 So, I'd like to share with you just a few biblical principles 04:01 about debt. 04:03 The sermon of course is how do you find freedom from the 04:06 bondage of debt? 04:09 Debt is bondage. 04:13 There's a story you find in 2 Kings chapter 4. This woman 04:16 comes to Elisha the Prophet, she's got a terrible problem. 04:21 Her husband was one of the sons of the prophets. 04:23 He evidently took out a loan on some property and maybe to buy 04:27 some seed to farm some land. 04:28 He was renting, he died before he could pay it back, and in 04:32 Bible times, if you couldn't pay back your debts, they could 04:36 start to repossess your property, and they can still do 04:39 that today, and ultimately, they could take your family members, 04:43 or you, and enslave you. 04:46 So, this poor woman, deeply in debt, comes to Elisha and says, 04:50 "Your servant, my husband, is dead. 04:53 And you know that your servant feared the Lord, and the 04:55 creditor is coming to take my two sons as his slaves." 05:01 Because of the debt, her children were going to 05:05 be enslaved. 05:08 And debt is a type of bondage. 05:13 You read Proverbs 22:7, "The rich rules over the poor, and 05:18 the borrower is a servant, a slave, to the lender." 05:23 You know, debt often begins--now, I should probably 05:28 say, I don't want to make everyone feel terrible, and some 05:31 of you who are doing fine financially right now, there's 05:36 things in the message that are relevant for everybody, whether 05:38 or not you are in debt. 05:40 Some people are in debt through no fault of their own. 05:45 Look at the story of Job. 05:48 And he was a perfect and an upright man, and he was just 05:51 slammed through circumstances. 05:53 You know, the devil did it, where he lost everything, and 05:57 but God did a miracle. 05:59 And you know how the Book of Job ends. 06:00 You might think you're so far in debt that you'll never get out. 06:02 Job lost everything, and by the end of Job, he is 06:07 double blessed. 06:09 So, don't forget the God factor if you think 06:12 your circumstances are hopeless. 06:14 And I was trying to tell this lady that. 06:15 She thought how can I? 06:16 I said, you can do it, 06:18 I said, if you'll start following the steps. 06:20 There's steps you can take, and they're steps of obedience. 06:24 The first step is to repent of your sin, turn, and then you 06:27 give God permission to work miracles for you. 06:30 But no one wants to be under a burden of debt. 06:34 It often starts by people desiring things they should 06:38 not desire. 06:39 We try to live today with money we hope to earn tomorrow. 06:46 There never has been a time in the history of the world where 06:50 you have had so many things a person can buy so easily. 06:54 It's incredible now. 06:56 I'm lookin' at my computer screen and I just make a couple 06:58 of clicks, the next thing, within five minutes, my doorbell 07:01 rings and there it is. 07:02 That's an exaggeration, but it's incredible to me. 07:05 You know, I will literally, I'll order something on Amazon Prime, 07:09 and all of a sudden, the doorbell rings, and next day I 07:11 go, "Who could that be?" 07:12 It's there already. 07:15 And how they got those racquet balls from China to my door in 07:18 one day, I don't know, it's a miracle. 07:22 But it kind of encourages us, oh, that was so easy. 07:27 But you know, I forgot the little part where PayPal charges 07:29 my credit card. 07:31 The Bible's pretty clear that we should avoid debt. 07:35 Romans 13:8, "Owe no one anything except to love one 07:41 another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law." 07:46 Money's very expensive. 07:48 If you tried to live in advance of money you do not now possess, 07:51 you're going to struggle. 07:53 Benjamin Franklin said, "If you want to know the value of money, 07:56 go try and borrow some." 08:00 And sometimes, if you borrow money from a friend, you need to 08:03 ask what's more important, the money or the friendship? 08:06 'Cause a lot of family relationships and friendships 08:09 have been permanently damaged because people started to borrow 08:14 from each other, and it can cause problems. 08:17 Proverbs 6 verse 1, "My son, if you have put up security for 08:23 your neighbor, and you've given a pledge for a stranger, you are 08:28 snared by the words of your mouth," caught in the words of 08:31 your mouth. 08:32 "Then do this, my son, save yourself, for you have come into 08:35 the hands of your neighbor. 08:37 Go, hasten, plead urgently with your neighbor, give your eyes no 08:41 sleep and your eyelids no slumber. 08:43 Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, 08:47 like a bird from the hand of the fowler." 08:49 The hunter's tryin' to kill the gazelle, the fowler's tryin' to 08:51 kill the bird. 08:53 It says run for your life, save yourself. 08:55 Get out of debt. 08:57 This should be the attitude that Christians have when we start 09:01 going into debt and taking loans, because otherwise it 09:05 could be slavery. 09:08 You know how we get enslaved? 09:10 Jesus said he's gone to prepare a mansion for us. 09:13 We can't wait for that mansion there, so we want our 09:15 mansion here. 09:17 You know, the living standard of the poor in America is much 09:22 higher than most places in the world. 09:25 I see people all the time that are getting government 09:27 assistance, and they've got an $800 smartphone, and they're 09:31 driving a car. 09:33 We just figured, well, these are necessities. 09:36 The fact is that we are spoiled. 09:39 Is it okay for me to say that? 09:41 We are spoiled, and we are trying to live way outside of 09:44 our means. 09:45 A lot of people, young people, they get out of college, they 09:47 want to have the same kind of house and car their parents 09:50 have, but they didn't remember that mom and dad worked 40 years 09:53 before they could afford a house and a car like that. 09:55 And we want instant gratification. 09:58 We want to click and get it, we want fast food, we want 10:01 drive-thru wealth, and that's what's happening. 10:06 It's because we want everything right now, people are getting 10:09 themselves in bondage with debt, because we're living outside of 10:13 our means. 10:14 In order to have prosperity in the future, you need to 10:17 experience self-denial. 10:20 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 10:23 free resource. 10:24 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 10:26 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 10:29 mobile device. 10:30 To get your copy of today's free gift, simply call us and ask for 10:34 the offer number shown on your screen, or visit the web address 10:38 and download a digital copy, and be sure to select the digital 10:41 download option on the request page. 10:43 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 10:47 Amazing Facts wherever and whenever you want, and most 10:50 important, to share it with others. 10:55 Doug: Now, I am not speaking to you as one who is saying I'm up 10:58 here, and you know, I've always known these things. 11:02 I've had to borrow money. 11:04 Not all borrowing is bad. 11:06 There's times you may need to borrow. 11:09 There's percentages, you gotta know what your income is, it's 11:11 got to be manageable, but you may need to borrow for a home. 11:15 I first went into the wood business, and I remember I went 11:18 to Wells Fargo Bank. 11:19 I was just tryin' to borrow $350 for a chainsaw. 11:23 Saw died, I had no money, I needed the saw to get more money 11:27 to get the wood. 11:28 I had sales, I went to the bank, and I found out the hard way. 11:32 It's hard to borrow money if you don't have credit. 11:35 I said, "Well, how do I get credit?" 11:36 They said, "Well, you've got to borrow money." 11:40 I said, Help me understand this." 11:42 I said, "I would love to help you give me credit right now." 11:46 I said, "Here's your opportunity. 11:47 Lend me some money." 11:49 They would not lend me money. 11:51 Finally, the pastor lent me have the money to get the chainsaw, 11:54 and I paid him back. 11:56 But it's no fun, I hate owing. 11:58 I hate owing money. 12:00 To me, you know it just, I can't get it off my mind. 12:07 And so, I like to pay everything right away. 12:08 We've had to borrow on our house, we had a mortgage, praise 12:10 God, paid off. 12:12 Karen and I just moved into a house over here, people at 12:14 Amazing Facts know I had to borrow from my retirement. 12:17 It's paid off now. 12:20 Had to borrow a manageable amount, so I know how it feels. 12:22 I hate to admit this to my church family. 12:25 I have had to get government assistance, many years ago, 40 12:29 years ago, for medical help, for food stamps. 12:33 It's humiliating, I didn't want to ever do that again. 12:37 This is when I was a baby Christian. 12:38 I started following the Bible principles, and praise God, we 12:41 don't have debt now, and we're trying to live within our means. 12:46 The idea for a Christian is you want to work hard, save as much 12:50 as you can, so you can give as much as you can. 12:55 And there's a lot of people who could be reached with the 12:59 message of the gospel, but they're not sending enough 13:02 missionaries and pastors. 13:04 How will they hear unless they're sent? 13:05 That's what the Bible says, because the funds of God's 13:08 people are often bound up by the devil in debt, buying things 13:12 they didn't need. 13:14 And so, the devil has actually hijacked a lot of souls who 13:19 would otherwise you're the gospel, because the people of 13:21 God are trying to--it's covetousness is what it is. 13:26 Reckless financial irresponsibility is a sin. 13:32 We will all give an account to God for every idle word 13:35 we speak. 13:37 Have you ever considered we may be giving an account to God for 13:40 the idol money we spend? 13:43 God will bring every work into judgment with every secret 13:47 thing, whether it be good or evil. 13:48 A Christian, I don't want to sound legalistic, because God is 13:51 merciful, but a Christian needs to think, "I want to 13:54 be faithful." 13:55 Jesus said, these are his words, Luke 16:10, "He that is faithful 13:59 in that which is the least is faithful also in much. 14:02 And he that is unjust in that which is least is unjust also 14:06 in much. 14:08 Therefore, if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous 14:10 mammon, who will commit to you the true riches? 14:13 And if you're not faithful in that which is another's, who 14:16 will give you that which is your own?" 14:18 Christ here is talking about faithfulness in stewardship. 14:21 "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also 14:24 in much." 14:25 Some people have spending problems. 14:26 I know folks who are always looking at the 14:29 shopping channels. 14:31 I can't understand it now. 14:32 I surf by, and I see they got these channels, 24 hours a day 14:36 they're saying, "Buy this, buy this, it's all wonderful," and 14:39 there are people that watch those channels. 14:42 There must be, 'cause they're on all the time, and they're always 14:44 going, "Yeah." 14:46 They make you think that you can't live without whatever this 14:47 gizmo is that they've got, and people buy this stuff, they put 14:51 it in the garage, and they never open it. 14:54 I know people that have their garages full of stuff that they 14:56 have bought online, or they bought on sale, they didn't need 14:59 it, but it was on sale, and it looked good, and it's 15:03 impulsive buying. 15:05 And they've wasted thousands, some cases hundreds of thousands 15:08 of dollars for stuff they didn't even need. 15:12 Got real quiet suddenly. 15:17 Now, if we do buy somethin', if you buy it on time, if you have 15:20 a debt, Christians should pay their debts. 15:23 You may not like the credit card company, but very rarely does a 15:27 credit card company torture you into buying things. 15:31 You usually have to make a choice somewhere along the way 15:33 to do it. 15:35 And you can read the fine print and find out what the interest 15:39 rate is. 15:40 And if you have incurred a debt--I was driving down the 15:43 road with Karen, we heard a commercial on the radio, it kept 15:45 repeating, "Don't let those mean credit card companies fool you 15:50 into thinking you've got to pay them back. 15:54 You don't have to pay 'em." 15:55 Well you know, there are things you can do if you're deeply in 15:57 debt to a credit card company. 15:59 You can find some legitimate counseling to help negotiate the 16:03 interest, but the idea that someone else should pay for the 16:08 gizmo in your garage it is not a Christian principle. 16:13 If you buy something, you should pay for it. 16:15 "Oh, but Pastor Doug, my debt is so big. 16:18 I owe like that lady I mentioned, half a 16:21 million dollars. 16:22 I'll be dead before I can pay it." 16:24 Well you know what? 16:25 Even if you were to say I am, by God's Grace going to pay $10 a 16:28 week, I'm going to make some changes in my life, and I'm 16:30 going to pay $10 a week, you'd be surprised. 16:32 God will bless you. 16:34 Start doing something. 16:36 But to throw your hands in the air and say, "I know it's my 16:38 debt, but I can't pay it all, so I'm not gonna pay any of it." 16:42 A Christian ought to make an effort to pay their debts. 16:45 Isn't that right? 16:48 That doesn't mean that you starve your children in order to 16:50 pay it back, you know, you have to have your priorities, but 16:53 don't neglect you debts. 16:54 And the Bible says, Psalm 37, I think we have that on 16:58 the screen. 16:59 "The wicked borrows and does not repay." 17:04 Ecclesiastes 5:5, "Better not to vow than to vow and not pay." 17:11 And you've got that verse in Psalm, think it's 15, where it 17:14 says if you swear to your own hurt, a Christian swears to 17:17 their own hurt, and changeth not, you've made a decision, it 17:20 was a bad business decision, but you've made a promise, you don't 17:24 change your word. 17:27 Jephthah made a really foolish vow. 17:29 He said whatever comes through my gates, if you give me 17:31 victory, I will offer to you, Lord, whatever comes through 17:33 my gates. 17:34 His daughter came through the gates, and he shrugged, and 17:37 said, "O Lord, you know, I just kidding," or did he keep 17:40 his word? 17:42 His daughter was dedicated to the temple. 17:44 She served in the temple the remainder of her life. 17:46 She never married. 17:47 And he made a vow, and he did not change. 17:51 Christians need to keep their promises. 17:53 Now, this is the Doug-a-fied version of seven sure steps for 17:58 deliverance from debt. 18:01 Open a savings account. 18:02 You might be thinking, "Pastor Doug, I have no money." 18:05 You know, you can open an account now with $10. 18:09 Start by opening a savings account. 18:11 Open it in another bank than where you keep your other 18:14 accounts, so you're not tempted. 18:16 That bank is only for putting money in. 18:20 As soon as you begin to start putting money away, something 18:24 happens to your psyche. 18:25 And you start realizing I am now building instead of constantly 18:29 diminishing, and you can read the information in there. 18:34 Create a budget. 18:36 Now, if you get point one and two mixed up, that's okay, but 18:40 most people are in debt because of a very simple principle. 18:43 There outgo is more than their income. 18:47 Some people have no idea what their income is, and they have 18:49 no idea what their outgo is. 18:50 And if you ask 'em to make a list of how much you spend a 18:53 week, they just kinda give you rough, round figures. 18:56 Is that including your lunches every day for $15? 19:00 Is that including, you know, these little stopping at the 19:03 store and buying whatever the trinkets are, or people going 19:07 through the drive through and getting $5 coffees and all 19:11 this stuff. 19:12 And they say, "Oh, yeah, I didn't realize how that 19:13 added up." 19:15 So, start getting a budget. 19:17 Sit down, look at your receipts, you can figure out where it's 19:19 going, and be honest about that. 19:23 Create a budget. 19:24 Get a strategy to live within that budget. 19:26 If you have debt, allocate how much you can pay on those debts. 19:30 Rethink your grocery basket. 19:34 Some people walk down the aisle with their basket, and they just 19:38 grab things and throw 'em in. 19:39 I've seen kids goin' along down the aisle with their parents, 19:43 they're just grabbing the Fruit Loops off the shelf, throwing 19:46 them in the cart, or whatever it is, and the parents go, they 19:48 just shrug. 19:50 Some of that stuff's expensive. 19:53 There's things you can do that are healthier and 19:56 more economical. 19:58 You can buy things that you can, like, cook and they'll last a 20:00 few days. 20:01 You know how cheap rice is? 20:03 Do you know how many ways you can prepare rice? 20:06 I remember once, all I had was rice. 20:09 I was so poor, the only thing I had was rice. 20:12 I did have raisins. 20:13 So, I had rice with raisins for breakfast. 20:15 Put a little sugar in it. 20:17 Had, like, fried rice for lunch, steamed rice for dinner. 20:22 I mean, that's an exaggeration, but that would be the 20:25 bare basics. 20:28 So, some people might think about how you're shopping with 20:32 your cart. 20:33 Be faithful in your tithes and offerings, "Oh Pastor, that's 20:37 going to blow my budget." 20:38 No, you haven't read the Bible. 20:42 The Bible says that if you want your money to go farther, be 20:44 faithful to give God what is his. 20:47 If you want God to bless the remaining 90%, be faithful with 20:52 at least that 10%. 20:53 But if you're faithful in tithes and offerings, God says I will 20:57 open for you the windows of heaven. 21:00 And God will start doing things for you that don't make sense 21:02 mathematically in blessing you. 21:06 And that's why we read that the opening verse in our Scripture. 21:11 Purge the house. 21:12 There's a lot of mysterious items we got in our houses and 21:14 our attics, some things aren't even opened, things that others 21:17 might want we're not using. 21:18 You can actually sell now with eBay. 21:20 They didn't have that 50 years ago. 21:22 It's getting easy, snap a picture, put it online. 21:25 There's junk you got you don't think anyone would want, you'd 21:28 be surprised. 21:30 Some of you have treasures in your house you may not even know 21:32 about, things you had no idea what it's worth. 21:35 Cut what you can live without. 21:36 So, you might have memberships you're not using, and magazines 21:39 you're not reading, and you'd be surprised. 21:42 You can start winnowing things down. 21:46 And then, learn new ways to earn, which is a transition into 21:49 my other point here. 21:52 There's things you can do to earn more money. 21:54 Work, yeah, you know, there's a commandment I read somewhere, it 22:03 says six days you should labor. 22:07 Not only does it say you should rest the seventh and bless your 22:09 heart for doing that, but you should all work. 22:11 Now, if you're retired, or if you're physically unable, but 22:13 there's a lot of people who there's stuff you can do even 22:15 from home with a computer now, and earn income. 22:18 I know a lot of people that make incredible money at home typing, 22:22 doing something on the internet or with a computer. 22:25 Proverbs 13:4, "The soul of a lazy man desires and has 22:29 nothing, but the soul of the diligent will be made rich." 22:34 Proverbs 13:11, "Wealth gained by dishonesty will diminish," 22:39 it's like gambling. 22:40 "But he who gathers by labor will increase." 22:43 The good, old-fashioned, hard work. 22:45 And watch out for get-rich-quick schemes, they often turn 22:50 into disasters. 22:51 You know, multilevel marketing schemes. 22:53 There are probably a couple of legitimate ones out there, but 22:56 most of them I think you should avoid. 23:01 Proverbs 28:20, "A faithful man will abound with blessings, but 23:05 he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished." 23:08 God designed us with a purpose. 23:10 You know, I heard a pastor say one time, if you make yourself 23:14 useful and keep busy, God is more inclined to keep 23:17 you around. 23:19 He created man, put 'em in a garden to work. 23:22 And then, even after sin, God said, well, you've sinned, so 23:24 I'm going to let you off. 23:26 He gave 'em more work to keep them out of trouble, right? 23:29 And so, it's so important that we find a way to be busy. 23:33 And everybody's got gifts. 23:35 Everybody can do something, so work. 23:38 Six days you'll labor. 23:40 Ephesians 4:28, "Let him who stole steal no longer, but 23:43 rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, 23:48 that he might have something to give him who is in need." 23:52 You might say, "Pastor, I still don't see how I can make all 23:56 ends meet after I do all these things. 23:58 It's still seems like the outgo is going to be above 24:00 the income." 24:02 You start obeying, draw near to God, he'll draw near to you. 24:04 You be faithful in the little things, and God will then begin 24:07 to bless. 24:08 You will give God permission to work miracles. 24:12 What happened to that woman? 24:14 She came to Elijah with an insurmountable debt. 24:17 My sons are gonna be taken as slaves. 24:21 And you know what Elisha said? 24:22 What do you have? 24:25 well, they've taken everything. 24:26 All we have left is a little jar of oil on the mantle. 24:29 He said, okay, you consecrate what you've got left to God, and 24:31 watch what happens. 24:33 She filled her house with borrowed vessels, filled them 24:38 with the oil, God worked a miracle, she sold the oil, it 24:42 paid the debt, and left a surplus where she and her sons 24:46 could live off the surplus. 24:48 God worked a miracle for her when she brought her burden 24:50 to Elisha. 24:52 When we bring our financial burdens to Jesus, and we say, 24:54 Lord, I am determined to obey. 24:56 You I don't have much, but I'm going to consecrate myself and 24:59 all I have to you. 25:00 When we do that, we then give god permission to activate 25:03 heavenly agencies in providence that can help turn things around 25:07 for us that we can't think of right now. 25:10 So, God invented math, and you may not be able to calculate how 25:15 God's gonna get you out of debt, but if you begin to be faithful, 25:18 and not trying to live outside your means, and not spending 25:21 recklessly, certainly not gambling, working hard, saving, 25:28 being faithful in your giving, you will give God permission to 25:33 activate miracles in your behalf and take care of you. 25:35 He's got a thousand ways to answer our prayers when we can't 25:39 see any. 25:44 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing, 25:46 free resource. 25:48 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 25:50 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 25:53 mobile device. 25:54 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, simply text 25:57 the keyword on your screen to 40544, or visit the web address 26:02 shown on your screen, and be sure to select the digital 26:05 download option on the request page. 26:07 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 26:10 Amazing Facts, wherever and whenever you want, and most 26:14 important, to share it with others. 26:18 female: I was addicted to all different types of things. 26:20 male: I was drinking so much on the road, that when I got home, 26:24 I would be just yelling at the top of my lungs. 26:28 male: I had a problem with authority, started smoking at 26:30 the age of 14, and drinking by the age of 15. 26:33 male: I had money, I had women, I had a car every two years. 26:37 male: Life wasn't really that fulfilling. 26:39 I mean, I was having a great time on the outside, but inside 26:43 I knew something was dying, something was wrong. 26:46 male: I got down on my knees, and I prayed to God. 26:49 I said, "God, if you're there, wherever you lead me in life, 26:52 whatever you want me to do, I am yours." 26:56 male: I started studying the Bible and found Amazing Facts 26:59 online, and was watching hours of sermons each day. 27:03 My life has changed so much since I started following God's 27:05 path for me. 27:08 male: I wanna thank you. 27:09 female: Thank you. 27:11 female: Thank you. 27:12 male: From the bottom of my heart. 27:17 announcer: You can become a Bible expert with the Amazing 27:20 Facts "Storacles of Prophecy Bible Study Experience." 27:23 Now available in 18 languages, these 24 easy-to-read lessons 27:28 will give you confidence about what the Bible really says about 27:31 last-day prophecy, the afterlife, and so much more. 27:35 Even better, it's absolutely free at storacles.com. 27:39 Don't miss out, get the answers you need for a happier, 27:42 healthier life today at storacles.com. 27:46 ♪♪ 27:52 announcer: Don't forget to request today's free offer, it's 27:55 sure to be a blessing. 27:56 And thank you for your continued support as we take the gospel of 28:00 Jesus Christ to the world. 28:02 We hope you'll join us next week as we delve deeper into the Word 28:05 of God to explore more amazing facts. 28:09 ♪♪ 28:19 ♪♪ 28:24 announcer: This presentation was brought to you by the friends 28:26 of the Amazing Facts Ministry. |
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