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00:40 Hello, and welcome to Behold the Lamb presents.
00:42 I'm Chris Shelton your host, 00:43 and we're so grateful and thankful 00:46 that you have chosen to tune in and study with us today. 00:50 Today is the third message of 25 Bible studies 00:54 that we are doing in correlation 00:56 with this little booklet that has 25 Bible lessons. 00:59 It's entitled Sharing God's Love, 01:02 what the Bible has to say. 01:04 It was compiled by Brother Richard Bland. 01:07 And we are doing an hour message 01:09 on each and every one of these Bible studies 01:11 to go along with it. 01:13 So when you call and you order yours 01:15 after you watch today's program, 01:16 you'll get one of these Bible study guides 01:18 with it as well. 01:20 Today's message is entitled, "The Healing of Sorrow." 01:24 "The Healing of Sorrow." 01:27 There have been so many things as we look around in the world 01:31 from floods, and hurricanes, and earth quakes, 01:35 it's just been unbelievable. 01:38 You know, it reminded me 01:40 of what Jesus told the disciples 01:42 back in Matthew 24. 01:44 I want to read a little bit of that for you today. 01:46 Matthew 24, starting with verse 4. 01:50 It reads, "And Jesus answered and said unto them, 01:54 'Take heed that no one deceive you.'" 01:56 You see, brothers and sisters, Christ wants us to be aware, 01:59 there will be spiritual deception 02:02 in these last days. 02:03 Reading on in verse 5, it says, 02:05 "For many shall come in My name, 02:07 saying, 'I am the Christ,' and shall deceive many. 02:11 And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. 02:14 And see that ye be not troubled, 02:17 for all these things must come to pass, 02:21 but the end is not yet. 02:23 For nation shall rise against nation, 02:25 and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, 02:28 and pestilences, and earthquakes, 02:30 in diverse places. 02:32 All these are the beginning of sorrows.'" 02:37 The healing of sorrow, 02:39 you know, we live in families that are broken, 02:43 families that maybe they've gone through 02:45 some of this destruction. 02:47 There are places as I'm speaking now 02:49 that have been without power for months. 02:52 And their hearts are sorrowful, they're looking for an answer. 02:57 Does the Bible have an answer? 02:58 What does the Bible have to say about healing sorrow? 03:03 I hope you'll stay tuned, but first, we're so blessed. 03:06 We're gonna go to the 3ABN Worship Center 03:08 and we're gonna listen to a song that is entitled, 03:11 O how He loves you and me, as sung by Lyndon Carriger. 03:33 Oh, how He loves you and me 03:41 Oh, how He loves you 03:45 And me 03:49 He gave his life 03:53 What more could He give 03:58 Oh, how He loves you 04:03 Oh, how He loves me 04:07 Oh, how He loves you 04:11 And me 04:15 Jesus to Calvary did go 04:23 His love for mankind 04:27 Did show 04:32 What He did there 04:35 Brought hope from despair 04:41 Oh, how He loves you 04:45 Oh, how He loves me 04:49 Oh, how He loves you 04:53 And me 05:01 Oh, how He loves you 05:05 And me 05:10 Oh how He loves you 05:13 And me 05:18 He gave his life 05:22 What more could He give? 05:29 Oh, how He loves you 05:34 Oh, how He loves me 05:38 Oh, how He loves you 05:42 Oh, how He loves me 05:46 Oh, how He loves you 05:50 And me 06:15 Thank you for joining us once again 06:16 here at Behold the Lamb. 06:17 As you've already heard, our subject for today is 06:20 "The Healing of Sorrow." 06:22 Now this is very important subject 06:23 because the world that we live in today, 06:26 look what all is happening in the world. 06:28 Literally, hundreds and thousands, 06:30 tens of thousands are suffering right now. 06:33 And so we know God's Word has an answer. 06:35 So we're gonna get into that because every one of us, 06:38 sound of the voice, those who are viewing, 06:40 those who are listening 06:41 will go through some kind of sorrow, 06:43 I'm sure, in your lifetime. 06:45 God has some answer. 06:46 So before we get into it, let's have prayer together. 06:49 I'm gonna kneel here, those who are comfortable, 06:50 I would like to kneel. 06:52 Let's pray together, shall we? 06:56 Merciful Father in heaven, 06:58 again we thank you that we have Your Word 06:59 that we can turn to. 07:01 Today as we examine this subject 07:03 and maybe just on the edges of it, 07:05 we pray for Your Holy Spirit power. 07:07 I pray that You forgive me of any sin, 07:09 anything in my heart and life that needs not be there, 07:12 we need to hear from heaven. 07:13 May the Holy Spirit consume each and every one of us 07:16 as Your children, ears, eyes, hearts, 07:19 and all to be open that we may receive 07:21 what You have for us today. 07:23 Bless us, we pray may heaven approve, 07:25 and we'll thank You in advance. 07:26 In Jesus' name, amen. 07:30 Again we always encourage those of you at home 07:33 to have a pencil and paper, and jot down 07:35 as quickly as you can the passage of scriptures. 07:37 Sometime, we go rather quickly and because of our timeframe. 07:41 So jot those things down. 07:42 If you have questions, 07:44 please you gonna call the ministry here 07:45 and there'll be I'm sure by God's grace 07:47 will be calling in 07:48 and saying you like to have this study 07:50 because you're gonna share it with someone, 07:52 someone who's going through a very difficult time, 07:55 and certainly we'd live 07:56 in that point of earth's history 07:58 that a lot of difficulties will be arising. 08:00 But we don't want it to be somewhat like the young boy, 08:03 you know, who is going through some things at the house. 08:07 Sometime, we have it, our children... 08:08 We have children, and sometime, they get a little bit nosy, 08:12 and they began to look around in the house 08:13 and they find some things there and they began to ask momma. 08:16 This born boy did... 08:18 I will say he's prowling about the house 08:20 and he came and he picked up a dust covered Bible. 08:25 There was a Bible, had dust all on it 08:27 and he looked at that dust covered Bible. 08:30 He said, "Mother!" 08:31 She said, "Yes, son." 08:33 "Is this God's book?" 08:35 She said, "Well, yes, son. 08:36 This is God's book, of course it is." 08:39 She said, "My, my! 08:40 You know, I thought maybe you knew that." 08:41 Well, he said, "I did know that. 08:43 But I thought I would just ask 08:45 because it has all this dust on it." 08:47 And she said, "Yes, it's God's book, son." 08:49 And the boy said, 08:51 "Well, I think we might as well send it back to Him 08:53 'cause we don't use it." 08:55 It's an interesting thought. 08:58 God has given us His Word that we can go through. 09:02 Let's not let dust gather on it 09:05 'cause this is where our help is coming from. 09:07 This is what we need to do is get into the Word of God, 09:10 and we don't want to send it back, 09:11 He sent it to us, didn't He? 09:13 And as He sent it to us, praise God for it, 09:15 we can go and certainly then we can look 09:18 in the Word of God and find the answers to our, 09:21 if you're like I am, hundreds and sometime maybe 09:23 seems thousands of questions that we all have 09:27 about, you know, 09:28 something is going on in the world. 09:30 And today, I might, you know, 09:32 talk to you a little bit about it 09:33 as our subject is the healing of sorrow 09:35 is little bit about what do you think 09:37 the condition of the world is. 09:40 If I would ask you, "What's your attitude 09:43 towards what's going on in the world today?" 09:45 I'm sure many of us would give somewhat the same answer. 09:49 There's a lot of things that are going on in the world 09:51 that indicate the soon coming of Jesus, we understand that. 09:55 And so it tells us He's coming soon 09:57 in the clouds of glory because we're looking, 09:59 and I'm gonna tell you, 10:01 this is going on in this part of the world, 10:02 something else is going on in other part, 10:04 and in other part but the Bible tells us 10:06 all these things will be happening and taking place 10:08 before the coming of Jesus 10:10 and that indicates our subject which is, what? 10:12 Some sorrow is going to be in the land. 10:15 Every one of us here 10:17 or at least the sound of my voice 10:19 and who'll be viewing, somehow if you're old enough, 10:22 there's been some things 10:23 that has caused you some sorrow in life. 10:26 And it can go from a lot of different directions 10:28 and hopefully, by the grace of God, 10:29 we'll talk more about those. 10:31 But isn't it thrilling 10:33 to live in this hour of earth's history? 10:36 To me, it's thrilling to live here 10:37 because you know, we're living in... 10:39 Our eyes should be opened, our ears should be opened, 10:43 and we should be looking up, you know, 10:45 because these are signs that Jesus is coming, 10:47 our God is going to come. 10:49 We should be the happiest people on this planet. 10:53 We should be, listen, 10:54 the holiest people on this planet. 10:57 Think about that, happiest and holiest people. 11:01 And all this outlook in the world today, 11:03 we always say, "This is the outlook, 11:05 this is what's going on in the world." 11:06 But I'm encouraging you, as you look, you're gonna say, 11:09 "I'm looking out in the world, it looks dark." 11:11 But God is saying that we need to have the up-look 11:14 of what's going on because the up-look is bright. 11:19 Really our future is bright. 11:22 Even though we look and say, 11:23 "Oh, there's lot of things going on." 11:24 It's very bright. 11:26 If we know Jesus, and if we love Jesus 11:29 with all of our heart, and we're feeding on His Word, 11:33 every day we're spending time with God. 11:36 Jeremiah said it like this in Jeremiah 15:16, 11:40 notice as Bible says, Jeremiah said, 11:42 "Thy words were found." 11:44 You remember? 11:45 Jeremiah said, "Thy words were found, 11:47 and I did eat them. 11:49 Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing in my heart." 11:53 So think about this as we study. 11:55 The sorrow, but Jeremiah found something, 11:57 and in his sorrow, he found that, he took them, 12:00 he ate the Word of God and what? 12:02 There was rejoicing in his heart. 12:05 A little girl asked her mother, worried mother, 12:10 asked her mother and said, "Mother, are you happy?" 12:13 You know, to have a little child, 12:15 usually you ask... 12:16 Mother asked the child, you know, 12:17 "Are you happy, honey, or son, daughter? 12:19 Are you happy? 12:20 Well, if you're not, why aren't you happy?" 12:21 The little girl looked up and said, "Mom, are you happy?" 12:23 You've heard the story many times, 12:25 at least the line of it, are you happy? 12:27 "Oh," she sighed, said, "Oh, yes, honey, I'm happy." 12:32 Well, you know, that didn't quite 12:34 went over the little girl. 12:35 And she said, "Well, mother, 12:37 you haven't told your face about it yet." 12:40 That makes sense, doesn't it? 12:41 If we're happy, it's going to, what? 12:43 If you're happy and you know it, right, 12:45 we clap our hands as a song says. 12:47 If you're happy and you know it, 12:48 there's something that comes across 12:50 in your voice, in your face. 12:52 The little girl could read mother. 12:54 We need to be ready for this hour 12:57 in which we live that Jesus is coming. 12:59 So as we're talking about it, this world, 13:01 I know that we live in a world that's full of sorrow. 13:04 I understand that. 13:06 Disappointment, anyone here went through disappointment? 13:08 Oh, you better believe it. 13:09 And you know, sadness, grieve, you name it, regret, 13:14 we have all these things that we're dealing with 13:17 and trying to deal. 13:18 And I found that some people 13:20 can deal much better than other people. 13:22 Some people go way off this side to the left, 13:24 and some go to the right. 13:25 Some stay pretty well-centered, 13:27 and how do those folks who stay centered, 13:29 how do they stay centered 13:31 when they have a lot of regrets, 13:32 when they're sorry for lot of things 13:34 that's happened in their heart and in their life? 13:36 Sorrow is something that the dictionary talks about. 13:39 It says, "It's a mental suffering." 13:43 Sorrow causes mental suffering 13:46 and it's usually caused by loss, loss of something. 13:51 It could be money to people, 13:53 and it could be the death of loved ones, 13:55 it could be a lot of things but it has to do with the mind 14:00 and how the mind accepts and approaches this issue. 14:04 Think about it with me. 14:05 A time of sorrow, notice this, 14:07 that we have that affects our emotions, it affects us. 14:12 Something hits us in life, a disaster or sorrow, 14:16 and then somehow it can change our lives, our direction 14:19 if we're not careful or we can stay steadfast 14:22 as it were in the Word of God. 14:24 Many people, you realize this, 14:26 many people die from experiencing 14:29 or going through sorrow. 14:31 You know some people, don't you? 14:33 They have died 14:34 because they've went through sorrow. 14:36 You see it sometime in people's lives 14:39 who have lost loved ones. 14:41 The husband might die and a month later, 14:44 the wife dies, you know, 14:46 and that's not always necessarily 14:47 the way it goes for everybody because again, 14:50 some have the way of adjusting, 14:52 they found help in the Word of God, 14:55 they found encouragement somewhere else, you see. 14:58 But we realize here that this sorrow here, 15:01 it's going to affect 15:02 all of our lives somehow, someway. 15:05 And some people, 15:07 when they're affected with sorrow, 15:08 they shut themselves in. 15:10 They basically go into a room, and they shut the door, 15:13 and they don't want to come out, 15:14 they don't want to be involved in anything that's going on. 15:18 They don't want to eat sometime, 15:22 they don't want to drink, you know. 15:24 They just give up on life, 15:26 they say it's not worth living anymore 15:29 because they're suffering inside 15:31 and it's affecting them emotionally. 15:34 As I mentioned to begin with, 15:35 all of us is going to be subject to that in some form 15:39 or fashion as we live in this world. 15:42 We're not gonna go through this world 15:44 without some level of this thing called sorrow. 15:48 Tragedy strikes, and sometime it strikes multiple times 15:52 in the same family at a very, maybe, quick time. 15:55 But my question would go today is, what do we, 15:59 as God's children, do when tragedy strikes. 16:03 Again, everyone handles it differently 16:05 but God's Word does have something to say on it. 16:08 And if we focus on God's Word, maybe we would handle it, 16:11 maybe somewhat little closer, you know, every one of us alike 16:15 rather than so many different ways. 16:17 Here's one way I found in the Word of God. 16:20 Now in Matthew Chapter 14, you know, 16:22 we'll look at something very interesting. 16:24 Here's the story about the execution of John. 16:28 Do you think anybody loved John the Baptist? 16:30 Well, sure. 16:32 Yes, they loved him, family members. 16:34 So this is what it's talking about 16:36 story about the execution of John the Baptist 16:38 by King Herod. 16:40 Now how did John's disciples and how did John's friends 16:45 and family react at the death of this leader? 16:49 See, this helps us to go to the Word of God, 16:51 and say when someone goes through disaster, 16:53 how did they react, what did they do, 16:56 what was the results 16:57 that they go out and do something erratic, 16:59 you know, or did they hang in there? 17:01 Well, you know, this is very interesting, 17:03 Matthew 14:12 17:05 just simply says this right here. 17:07 "And his disciples came," 17:09 notice, "and they took up the body, and they buried it," 17:14 notice, "and they went and told Jesus." 17:18 Now I can't help but like that last part of it. 17:20 What happened? Well, you had the death. 17:23 They couldn't change that part of it. 17:25 And so they dealt with that issue, 17:27 so they went and did what? 17:28 They went to get the body, the next thing you do. 17:31 Then they buried his body naturally, 17:33 and then they went and they told Jesus. 17:36 So I find something 17:38 that we can look at as Christians, 17:40 people and men and women of God, 17:43 is when disaster strikes, 17:44 we need to go tell Jesus about it. 17:47 You see, because there's something 17:48 about talking to Jesus about it 17:50 that has some kind of a healing in it. 17:53 Think there's something healing. 17:55 Now some people will say this, "That's just too simple. 17:58 It doesn't work that way. 18:01 Just as me, simply just go, 18:02 tell Jesus when I go through 18:03 a lot of heartache and problems? 18:05 I just tell, "That's what I'm saying 18:06 based upon the Word of God, just tell Jesus." 18:09 Why just tell Jesus, 18:11 because He understands all the circumstances. 18:15 You can talk to someone who understands exactly 18:18 who has already been through 18:19 all of these things and much more, 18:22 and He'll tell you how He went through it, 18:24 how He gained the victory, 18:25 and how He's going to help you gain the victory 18:27 if you stay with Him. 18:29 So that's why you want to tell Jesus. 18:31 See, we can't understand, at least I can't. 18:35 I can't understand sometime why some people... 18:38 And I've heard this, 18:39 the couple of words used many times. 18:41 Why some people are cut down? Did you get? 18:44 They say, "Why so and so is cut down 18:46 in the prime of their life?" 18:47 Have you ever heard that? "Why are they cut down? 18:49 Why is it that a father, or a mother, or maybe a child, 18:54 you know, why did they die at an early age 18:56 or why were they taken like this? 18:57 I just don't understand it." 19:00 But you know, Jesus understands it. 19:03 This is why we must tell Jesus. Why? 19:06 Because the Bible says 19:07 that Jesus is the Lord of life and death. 19:11 So He understands our sorrow, 19:13 He understands when the heart is about to break. 19:16 He understands the fullness inside, 19:18 because my Lord and my Savior did not die 19:21 to what men did to Him, He died of a broken heart. 19:25 So tell me, He doesn't understand 19:27 when your heart is just aching 19:28 and you don't really care about maybe living another moment. 19:32 Jesus understood, His heart burst. 19:35 Oh, how sad that is but how encouraging it is 19:38 on the other hand to say my Lord knows. 19:41 So I'm going to tell Jesus about it. 19:43 He sympathizes with us. 19:45 See, because I found this other people can offer you 19:48 when you're going through a mess, 19:50 they can offer you love and sympathy and that's nice. 19:54 It's so nice to have someone say 19:55 they care, they love you, they pat you on the back, 19:57 they give you a hug, they're there for you, 19:59 "What can I do for you?" 20:01 Oh, how wonderful that is. 20:02 But, when the dust settles, 20:06 see, when night comes and there's no one around, 20:12 every one's gone but not Jesus. 20:16 Jesus is always there. 20:18 It's Jesus, remember, it's Jesus that we turn to 20:23 for He's always there, the Bible says in John 14:8. 20:27 You remember what He says? 20:29 He said, "I will not leave you comfortless." 20:31 Remember? I will what? 20:33 "I will not leave you," John 14:8, 20:35 "I will not leave you comfortless." 20:37 'Cause He knows 20:39 when you're going through difficult times, 20:40 you need comfort. 20:41 You need somebody there all the time. 20:44 Yes, amen. 20:45 Now as many of you have lost your companions and so on 20:47 and your children are grown so and so forth. 20:49 You live in a home by yourself, you can be pretty lonely, 20:51 there's no doubt about it. 20:53 It can be pretty lonely. 20:55 So there's something 20:56 that needs to take that loneliness up 20:57 and away from you, 20:59 and the house can be filled with the angels of God. 21:01 It can be filled right with the glory 21:03 and the help of Jesus if we invite Him certainly in 21:06 because the Bible says in Hebrews 13:5. 21:08 Remember? 21:10 This is so familiar, 21:11 "I will not leave you..." Or what? 21:13 "I will not leave you..." Or what? 21:16 "I'll never leave you, I'll never forsake you." 21:20 Now that's very difficult when you're looking through 21:23 eyes that are filled with tears. 21:25 It's very difficult, it takes faith to believe that 21:28 because you think, "Why is life worth living? 21:31 Why should I go on? 21:33 I've done everything." 21:34 At least in your opinion, right, 21:36 we've done everything we know to do for it to be right. 21:38 And yet these things befall us. 21:41 The Bible said, you remember, folks? 21:42 It rains on the, what? 21:44 The just and the unjust alike. 21:46 We live here, and certainly as we live, 21:49 if Jesus doesn't come, we're going to die. 21:52 We're going to die. 21:53 And we're gonna see a lot of death of loved ones. 21:56 You think, "But we need help. 21:58 We need something outside of our self, 22:00 we need something outside of others 22:02 who want to encourage us and strengthen us." 22:04 And that's why we go to the Word of God. 22:06 You know, it reminds me of a song 22:08 that I basically grew up on. 22:09 It's very familiar. 22:11 I think it's 320 in the hymnal, 22:12 "What a friend we have in Jesus." 22:14 You noticed that, what a friend we have in Jesus. 22:17 When there's no other friend left, 22:19 when there's no one else that you can really talk to 22:20 because they just don't understand maybe. 22:24 You have Jesus you can talk to, 22:26 because you can't say or do anything 22:28 He doesn't understand. 22:30 And so you can go to Him in full confidence. 22:32 One of the verses on that song that I love, it simply says, 22:36 you know, "Have we trials and temptation? 22:39 Is there trouble anywhere? 22:43 We should never be discouraged. Why? 22:46 Take it to the Lord in prayer." 22:49 That's so encouraging. 22:52 We're gonna have tests and trials 22:53 and it gets discouraging, but he said, 22:55 take it to the Lord in prayer. 22:56 Here is the answer. There's power in Him. 22:59 There's power, absolutely. 23:01 There's a story of lady that... 23:05 And when I read this story, 23:06 I chuckled to myself in this since 23:10 because I thought about my precious friend Marlin Hall, 23:14 and you'll see as I tell this little story. 23:17 There's a story of a lady and this is one 23:18 who loved to play the piano. 23:21 She loved that, 23:23 that's all she did all of her life, 23:24 she played the piano. 23:26 It was her life. 23:27 She played it every day. 23:30 Of course, she lived close to neighbors, 23:32 and every day, she'd get on that piano 23:33 and begin to play, 23:35 and the neighbors heard every day 23:36 her playing that piano. 23:38 They called it, the neighbors said, 23:40 "Oh, I see it's time for our daily concert." 23:44 Now some things will fit and some things won't, 23:46 Marlin, don't... 23:47 "This is time for our daily concert." 23:49 Oh boy! 23:50 But the daily concert at that time 23:53 consisted of a lot of different songs 23:55 because she didn't have to play the same one, 23:58 she just knew so many. 23:59 So there are sort of similarities here. 24:02 She could just play and play and play, 24:04 she seemed to know them all. 24:07 But one day, tragedy struck in her home, 24:12 sorrow filled the home. 24:16 But her answer to this great loss, 24:19 she had an answer, 24:20 and the answer to that great loss 24:23 was that she would, every day, 24:25 she would begin her concert with the same song. 24:29 She'd never done that before, 24:30 it was always something different. 24:32 But she began her concert for the neighbors as it were 24:36 who heard every day the same song. 24:40 The words made such a deep impression upon the neighbors. 24:45 They were overwhelmed with it. 24:46 She's changed, something has happened 24:49 and she's playing the same song. 24:51 And the neighbors said, "And we recognize that song." 24:56 And the song, the title was, I must tell Jesus. 25:00 How wonderful! 25:02 Some of you know the song, I wish I knew all the words 25:05 because I heard it sung several times 25:06 and it just brings tears to your eyes 25:09 when you think about the song. 25:10 Every day, because of tragedy struck, 25:13 she said, "I must tell Jesus." 25:15 Think about it. 25:17 Why? 25:18 Because I cannot bear my burden alone. 25:21 I'm not sure this is the words exactly same, 25:23 I hadn't looked them up in years 25:24 but I cannot bear my burden alone. 25:28 I must tell Jesus 25:30 because He can help me and Jesus alone. 25:35 See, to start out the day that way, 25:37 I must tell Jesus, how encouragement, 25:42 how it was the hump that got her past 25:45 the day's activities, you see, that was going to bog her down 25:49 'cause there's healing in the name of Jesus, 25:51 we know that. 25:53 This is what we're talking, the healing, 25:54 there's healing in the name of Jesus. 25:56 Proverbs 3:5 and 6, the Bible says this, 26:00 notice, "Trust in the Lord with," 26:02 how much of your heart? 26:03 All thine heart. 26:05 "All thine heart," and notice this, 26:06 "and lean not to thine own understanding." 26:10 Here is a key in the healing part of sorrow. 26:15 Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, 26:17 meaning heart and mind and even how you feel inside, 26:20 all your mind, body, soul. 26:22 But now, you're gonna get in trouble 26:24 if you lean to your own understanding. 26:27 Don't lean, the Bible said, on your own understanding. 26:29 And verse 6 says, "In all ways, in all things," 26:33 notice this, "acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths." 26:38 See, these are promises that are powerful 26:42 to those who are in sorrow, those who are hurting, 26:44 those who have lost their home, those who are suffering, 26:47 lost everything that they have. 26:48 And we're living in these days and months and weeks 26:51 after great disasters have happened 26:53 around the country. 26:55 People need to know, he says, in all ways acknowledge Him. 26:58 Here's the key, acknowledge Him and acknowledging Him, 27:02 He is going to direct your paths, 27:04 He's going to direct your steps. 27:06 And don't go the way you feel, 27:07 in the way you think that it needs to be. 27:09 But, notice, the Bible says there 27:11 that we need to trust in the Lord 27:13 with all of your heart. 27:16 The Bible picks up there in the Book of James 1:5 27:21 because some of us will say, 27:22 "Well, I just don't have the wisdom. 27:23 I don't know what to do." 27:25 You know, James 1:5 says, 27:26 "If you any of you lack..." What? 27:27 "If any of you lack wisdom..." 27:29 What have we to do? 27:31 First, he has to... 27:33 He's got to ask. 27:34 First of all, we have to ask. 27:36 People forget that we have to ask. 27:37 They say, "Well, God knows what's going on. 27:39 He want you to come to Him and ask Him 27:43 because that says, what? 27:44 There is a need. Ask Him. 27:46 And then he says, 27:47 ask God and He's going to giveth 27:49 all men liberally, of course, upbraideth and so on. 27:52 If we need that wisdom, 27:54 if we don't want to walk 27:55 in the sparks of our own kindling, 27:57 you see, we want to lean to Him and grab a hold of His arm, 28:01 that's what we need to do rather than say, 28:03 "Well, this is how I feel at a certain time." 28:05 When you're going through grief, and sorrow, 28:07 and disappointment, 28:09 we also realize that's not a real good time 28:12 to make any big major decision. 28:14 So we need to lean 28:16 to the understanding of God not our own 28:18 because we will make wrong choices, 28:20 and in months to follow, we'll find out that, 28:22 "Oh, I wish I hadn't have made that decision then," 28:25 the Bible is clear. 28:26 Here we see again. 28:28 If you seek divine help from the passages 28:30 that we just read if it help that what is God gonna to do? 28:33 He said, "I'm going to guide you." 28:35 This is a powerful promise. 28:38 You seek, He's going to guide in our time of trouble, 28:42 in our time of perplexity, in our time of sorrow, 28:45 God says, "I'm going to lead you." 28:47 These verses is a promise and His answer is sure. 28:52 Remember, if you ask, the answer is sure, 28:54 He's going to respond. 28:56 And we pray that's... 28:57 Certainly, we say in our favorite way 28:59 we'd like to have it done. 29:00 But many times, that's the wrong way. 29:02 Not our will but what? 29:04 Thine will. 29:05 Yeah, Thine will be done. 29:07 Remember that, God gives an answer. 29:09 His Word cannot and will not fail. 29:13 This is what we're going to have to hang on to 29:15 before it's over. 29:16 The end of the world, this is it. 29:18 All we will have is His Word, 29:20 everything else seems to be in opposition. 29:22 Everybody else is telling you 29:23 this is not the right way to go, 29:26 but if you don't have the Word hid in your heart, 29:28 you're going to be making 29:29 wrong choices and wrong decisions. 29:31 So again, we cannot lean to, 29:33 in Proverbs 3:5, to our own, what? 29:35 Into our own understanding. 29:37 It's dangerous. 29:39 The Bible in the Book of Psalms 118:8. 29:42 Notice these words that will bring comfort. 29:44 Psalms 118:8 tells us, 29:47 "It is better to trust in the Lord 29:49 than to put confidence in man." 29:52 Same thing here, did you get it? 29:53 It's better to do what? 29:55 To trust in the Lord than put our confidence in man. 29:59 See, the world kind of sets you up 30:01 where you're to lean on something 30:03 or somebody over here rather than to lean upon God. 30:06 He's our only choice, 30:08 He's our only answer to these dilemmas that we have. 30:10 Don't put our confidence in man, 30:12 man's gonna fail you, man's gonna disappoint you. 30:16 God has a purpose for all that we go through. 30:19 I'm convinced of that, I'm learning that as I go, 30:22 God has a purpose. 30:24 No matter what comes our direction, 30:26 if we are child of God, 30:28 there's something there that God has, 30:30 a lesson He wants us to learn 30:32 or it's something that will draw us, what? 30:34 Closer to Him. 30:37 Five Testimonies 216 30:39 if you're jotting a few things down. 30:40 Notice this sweet little paragraph with me. 30:43 Five Testimonies 216 says, 30:45 "It is ever God's purpose 30:48 to bring light out of darkness." 30:51 What's God's purpose? 30:53 "It's to bring light out of darkness. 30:56 Joy out of sorrow and rest out of weariness for the waiting, 31:01 longing soul." 31:03 So think about that with me. 31:05 God's purpose then is to have... 31:07 He wants us to have, what? 31:08 Joy, peace, right? 31:10 And happiness even in this world. 31:12 This is what He wants for us, He's purposed that for us, 31:16 He's went through everything, 31:17 and He went through so that we might have that joy. 31:20 In the Bible in John 14:1 and 27, 31:25 now you can read a lot of those verses in there 31:27 and there will be good verses 31:28 but these will help us to gain courage. 31:31 John 14, gonna read verses 1 and then verse 27. 31:35 You know in John 14:1, how does it start out? 31:38 "Let not your heart be," good, "be troubled ye believe in God, 31:44 believe also in me." 31:46 So you know how it goes from there as you read on down. 31:49 But it starts out with, 31:50 "Don't let your heart be troubled." 31:52 Don't worry about what's going on in the world. 31:54 Don't worry about what the news is telling you. 31:57 Don't worry about what they're threatening to do 31:58 in this country, or that country. 32:00 Don't worry about the economy of what's going to happen 32:02 because we know what's going to happen to it. 32:05 We need to be worried about in working for souls, 32:08 right, in the kingdom of God, 32:09 and those who are going through disaster. 32:11 Remember, one way that it can be a healing aspect 32:14 is when you live and you work for others. 32:16 This is what it's about. 32:18 If it's a healing inside as you're working for others, 32:20 at the same time, 32:21 God is healing you on the inside. 32:23 Notice, "Let not your heart be troubled," verse 27, 32:26 it starts out with peace. 32:29 How many times really in the Word of God 32:31 did you see that He said, "I want you to have peace." 32:34 He said, "Brother Mark, I want you to be happy. 32:37 I want you to have peace in the world. 32:38 Peace I leave with you." 32:40 Notice, He says, "My peace I give you." 32:43 If anyone ever had a peace, it was Jesus. 32:46 Isn't that right? 32:47 He had a peace, He could sleep, right, 32:50 in the midst of a storm on a boat 32:51 when everybody else was screaming and crying out 32:54 and thought they're all gonna die, 32:56 they had to wake Him up. 32:59 He could go out into the mountains 33:00 where there were animals and things 33:02 that can tear you up at night time, 33:04 and just prayed to His heavenly Father. 33:06 And He could pray all night long, 33:08 He was never afraid. 33:09 There was a perfect peace because He knew His father. 33:12 He said, "I want to give you my peace." 33:14 Not like the world gives. 33:17 The world said, "Peace, peace, peace." 33:19 You know, in the world that we live in, 33:21 it's every country and nation wanting to sign a peace treaty, 33:24 you know. 33:26 And then they put all kind of conditions down 33:27 in order to have this peace treaty, 33:29 we're gonna have... 33:30 Never works. 33:31 But Jesus said, it's not like that, 33:33 because when you have Him down, 33:35 each nation begins to look for ways they can break them. 33:38 Jesus said, "I want to give you My peace that I had, 33:40 peace in the storm, peace at the cross," 33:43 you see, "peace to go through and continue on 33:46 when He is going through difficult time." 33:48 And remember, 33:49 Jesus went through difficult time. 33:50 What a lonely time that He had, 33:53 that He knew that all of heaven was with Him. 33:55 "Not as the world giveth I unto you, 33:57 let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." 34:01 It's kind of almost easy, 34:03 I think, to be afraid in this world that we live in. 34:05 You now, we're afraid at night, 34:07 we lock the doors and we set the burglar alarms. 34:10 You know, we set the alarms 34:11 and we're hoping that they stay on, 34:13 and we got the God outside barking, 34:15 and then we got one on inside barking, 34:17 and then the kitties are meowing and carrying on, 34:20 all kind of things going on just in hope that maybe, 34:23 you know, if somebody is watching 34:25 rather than pray for the angels of heaven 34:26 certainly to watch over. 34:28 Didn't say any of those are wrong, 34:29 but we need to pray for those angels, praise God. 34:32 You know, we talk about the love 34:35 that the Lord has for us. 34:37 Think about it with me for just a few moments. 34:39 The love that the Lord has for us passes all knowledge. 34:44 Did you get that, church? 34:45 It passes all knowledge. 34:48 You can't figure it out, you might think you can. 34:51 It passes all knowledge. 34:53 You can't define the love of God. 34:56 Try to define it, 34:58 make it complete and say I finished it all up, 35:00 you can't, can't even scratch the surface of it. 35:04 But think about it as well. 35:05 I know about the love. 35:07 Try to explain it. 35:09 Spend two or three hours, or four, five days 35:11 or week or month, 35:12 trying to explain the love of God, 35:14 you just can't do it. 35:16 No human being 35:18 can fully understand the love of God. 35:21 That's how wonderful it is, that's how helpful it is for us 35:25 who's going through difficult times. 35:27 And if you are, remember, that kind of love that He has. 35:31 In Romans 11:33, the Bible says, 35:35 "His ways are..." 35:36 What? 35:38 "His ways are..." 35:39 What? 35:41 "His ways are past finding out!" 35:42 It's too much for us 35:44 but we can have faith to believe 35:45 that it is what He says it is. 35:47 He says, "I love you with an everlasting love." 35:50 Here's a beautiful promise too for those who are searching 35:53 and needing something in your life in Proverbs 16:17. 35:57 Proverbs 16:17, the Bible says, "He that keepeth his way..." 36:02 Talking about God's way, "He that does..." 36:04 What? 36:06 "He that keepeth God's way, His way preserveth his soul." 36:10 Oh, what a wonderful promise that is. 36:12 If we're keeping the way of the Lord, 36:15 it's going to preserve your soul. 36:17 You want your soul preserved? 36:19 Absolutely, talking about, that's right for heaven? 36:21 Absolutely. 36:22 One way to do it is what the Bible says here, 36:25 we need to keep His way. 36:26 We need to keep His ways, His doings, His commandments, 36:30 and then all these other things are going to work out. 36:34 The Bible said, 36:35 "Let not your heart be troubled." 36:38 Let not it. 36:40 You say, "But it's trouble now. 36:41 I can't seem to get rid of this trouble." 36:43 But go back and let the Word talk to you again. 36:46 Let it speak to you again where Jesus said, 36:48 "Don't let it be troubled 36:50 because I have an answer for you. 36:51 I have a way out for you. 36:53 You need to walk in My ways." 36:55 See, a lot of people want to know 36:57 and want things to work out for them. 36:58 But they don't want to do it God's way. 37:00 They want to do it their own way. 37:02 They think their way is better than God, 37:04 that they're smarter than God, they have something different, 37:07 but His ways are always the best. 37:10 Isaiah 44:2 and 3. 37:14 Notice these precious words. 37:17 I like it when a Bible passage starts out, 37:19 "Thus saith the Lord". 37:21 "Thus saith the Lord." 37:23 I don't know if that does anything for anybody but me, 37:26 "Thus saith the Lord." 37:28 Whoo! 37:29 "Thus saith the Lord." 37:30 See, I'm getting excited now. 37:32 Thus saith the Lord! 37:33 Then I know that the Lord is speaking to me. 37:36 Thus saith the Lord, it's not does saith 37:37 this guy and that guy. 37:39 "Thus saith the Lord," notice this, "that made thee." 37:42 He's getting now starting to getting personal with us 37:44 who's going through difficult times. 37:46 And, you know, growing up can be difficult. 37:49 When you're young and growing up, 37:51 they say, trying to find yourself. 37:52 It can be very difficult and very challenging 37:55 even in school and around people your own age, 37:57 so on and so forth. 37:59 But notice what the Bible says, Lord goes back and says, 38:01 "Thus saith the Lord that made thee and formed thee 38:05 from the womb, I will help thee." 38:08 What a promise! 38:10 What a promise that is. Did you see it? 38:12 See, we can claim that promise. 38:15 The Lord is saying to you, "I say this to you. 38:18 I'm the one that made you. 38:20 I'm the one that formed you," notice, "in the womb." 38:23 And now, "I'm the one that's going to help you. 38:26 Isn't that wonderful to know? 38:28 He knows all about us, isn't that right? 38:30 He knows exactly what we need. 38:31 Verse 3 says, "For I will pour water up on him 38:34 that is thirsty." 38:36 See, we don't know the needs 38:38 of each and every one, every day. 38:39 You might meet and talk to somebody, 38:41 they fool you a little bit, and you think, 38:43 you know, everything's under control. 38:45 But God knows. 38:47 He knows that you're thirsty. 38:49 He knows that you need something special. 38:51 And He said, "I'm going to pour that out on you 38:53 because you need it, 38:55 because you're drying up, you're dying away, 38:58 you may be grieving yourself away. 38:59 But He said, "I can water you down. 39:01 I can give you what you need, 39:02 so that you can gain new roots again, 39:04 so you can grow again, 39:05 so you can be strong for Him again, 39:07 you can be in His service again, 39:09 that you can be useful in His cause." 39:11 What a God that we serve. 39:13 He said, "I'll pour that water on you if you're thirsty." 39:15 He said, "I'll pour water upon, what? 39:17 Floods upon dry ground." 39:20 He knows what needs, the rain, doesn't He? 39:23 He knows we need the rain of the Holy Spirit. 39:25 He also knows the ground that needs rain. 39:27 He knows when there's droughts. 39:28 He knows when millions of people are starving. 39:30 He knows what's going on in the world. 39:33 Notice here, "I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, " 39:36 notice this, "and my blessing upon thine offspring." 39:40 Mothers, listen to that. 39:42 Brothers and sisters, listen to what it says here. 39:44 God says, "I'll pour My Spirit upon..." 39:46 What? 39:47 "Your seed. 39:49 I put my blessings upon thine offspring." 39:53 Your offspring, your children can be blessed 39:56 because you're praying for them. 39:58 We're talking about intercessory prayer, 39:59 Brother Mark. 40:00 We're talking about praying here. 40:02 What a blessing that is that they can receive blessing. 40:05 Even though they might say, "I don't want those blessings. 40:08 I don't want to be involved in church. 40:10 I don't want to go to church. 40:11 I don't want to be like mom and dad. 40:13 I don't want to do what the grandma and grandpa 40:14 are doing right here." 40:16 But we, earnestly as parents, pray for those children, 40:18 and God said, "I didn't see conditions on here." 40:21 Did you see conditions? 40:23 He just said He's going to do it. 40:25 Notice this, "I'm going to pour it out." 40:27 Certainly, mom and dad is asking grandma and grandpa 40:29 whatever it might be is asking for that blessing 40:30 and God hears it. 40:32 They may be saying, "I don't want it." 40:33 They don't know what they're talking about. 40:35 But God said, "I'm going to bless them 40:36 because of the praying saints." 40:38 Boy, we need to be praying for that 40:40 and really hanging on to it. 40:42 Now, the book I love is called Steps to Christ. 40:45 I know many of you've read that book. 40:47 And I tell you, if there's book that touches your heart 40:49 that it'll touch it over and over. 40:51 I don't care how many times you've read it, 40:53 Steps to Christ, people think it's too simple. 40:55 And they want to get into something kind of meat. 40:57 But I encourage some of you to get off of the meat. 40:59 Get back into the word, find Jesus first, 41:01 get that relationship with Him, 41:03 and then you'll grow some teeth, 41:05 and you can chew the meat, okay. 41:06 Now you got what I'm talking about. 41:08 Steps to Christ, 95. 41:10 Steps to Christ says this, 41:12 "There are certain conditions upon which we may expect 41:15 that God will hear and answer our prayers." 41:18 Notice that. 41:20 Many people just throw them out, 41:21 don't realize there are conditions. 41:23 Did we get that? 41:25 There are conditions to God answering prayer. 41:26 Notice, certain conditions to hear and answer our prayer. 41:31 Now, notice, one of the first... 41:33 See, sometime we have... 41:35 The Bible lists a few conditions here, 41:36 we jump around, pick the one we want. 41:38 This one here says, notice, 41:40 "One of the first of these is that we need to feel 41:44 our need of help from Him." 41:46 The very first thing is, "I need help, 41:51 I can't get help in the community. 41:53 I can't get help in the world." 41:55 People want to help, 41:57 but they can't do what needs to be done. 41:59 Feel a need of the Savior, and go to Him and say, 42:01 "Oh, God, I need help." 42:04 Surely some of you have done that. 42:06 I sure have, over and over, "Lord, I need some help. 42:10 There's nothing which I can do about it. 42:13 And if I do make my own decision, 42:15 I may make the wrong one. 42:16 I need You to make that decision for me." 42:18 I need some help. 42:20 Now notice this, from Him, 42:22 "The heart must be open to the Spirit's influence 42:26 and God's blessing, 42:28 or God's blessing cannot be received." 42:30 Our hearts then have to be open. 42:34 If you're going through things and you need some help, 42:36 remember this, we have to say, "Oh, Lord, I need some help. 42:41 I need some help." 42:42 You know how interestingly it end. 42:44 In the world that we live in, most people, 42:47 where we're geared almost anymore. 42:49 Now most people, that's all they do is ask. 42:51 They want something, need help. 42:53 They're always going to ask for help. 42:54 I didn't say anything's wrong with that. 42:56 But did you get it? 42:57 In the world, we need something, we go ask. 43:00 But sometime when we got things over our heads as it were, 43:04 that we need power from on high, 43:06 we forget that we must go ask. 43:09 And then our hearts must be open. 43:11 Do you notice that 43:13 for the influence of God's blessings 43:15 to come our way? 43:16 And then we're going to receive. 43:18 It's always beautiful 43:20 when God lays down the blueprint for it, 43:21 then He says, "You will receive." 43:24 In time, 43:25 you're going to receive, in His time. 43:28 You know, today, 43:29 you just might be going through some real difficult times 43:32 and sorrowful situations, and you know. 43:36 If so, you're saying, "Can God really help me? 43:39 Can He really help me? 43:41 Can He really heal me? 43:43 Can He help me to face tomorrow?" 43:46 There may be some, even here, 43:47 and maybe you've been through it in your life 43:49 in a very difficult time that you said, "You know what? 43:51 I just don't know if I want to face tomorrow or not. 43:54 I don't know if it's worth it anymore. 43:57 I don't know what more can be done." 44:01 And that's a low situation to be in. 44:05 When you get thinking like that, 44:07 we begin to tread on the enemy's ground. 44:09 And look out! Look out. 44:11 We do that... 44:13 Let me give you 44:14 a couple statistics here quickly. 44:16 The World Health Organization tells us that 44:19 1000 people a day commit suicide. 44:24 Did you get it? 44:25 One thousand people a day commit suicide. 44:29 Now think about how much sorrow that is 44:32 in the world of how many friends they have, 44:35 family members and so on, 44:37 so how that just grow 44:38 to thousands of tens of thousands. 44:42 But just one, we're talking about 44:44 1000 a day commit suicide, 44:47 about a half a million, 500,000 a year commit suicide. 44:53 Listen, 44:54 10 times that number attempt suicide, 45:02 but they don't get there. 45:03 Did you get that? 45:04 Ten times that amount attempt suicide. 45:10 Hungary, country of Hungary has the highest rate 45:16 for 100,000 about 40 percent. 45:20 That's a high rate of suicide. 45:23 Chile, the country Chile 45:25 has the lowest of about 3 percent per 100,000. 45:30 United States is right in there, 45:32 knocking to the door to be up on top. 45:35 The country that's supposed to have 45:36 a little bit of everything for everybody, 45:39 and they just can't find happiness, 45:41 they can't find peace. 45:43 They're in turmoil, thousands and thousands a day. 45:48 And, you know, the factors that are involved. 45:52 Most generally, we look factors 45:54 that are associated with suicide 45:57 and we're talking that comes with sorrow 45:59 is bereavement or sorrow. 46:02 They're unhappy. 46:04 Many times, they're social isolated, 46:07 they don't have a social life, 46:09 and they don't know really what to do. 46:11 Somebody has a chronic illness, a chronic illness, 46:16 they'd rather take their life than to wait to live 46:19 and see what God has in mind. 46:22 Alcoholism and drugs, 46:25 these are some of the highest points 46:26 in which people commit suicide, cause all kinds of grief. 46:30 I remember my uncle that committed suicide. 46:35 And he was... 46:37 because he went and he had cancer 46:39 all inside stomach and so on and so forth. 46:42 Went in for surgery, had surgery 46:43 and show us the end results, 46:45 they said, "We couldn't get it all." 46:47 And he said right then and there, 46:49 "I'm not going to go through this again. 46:51 It was too rough." 46:53 Here's a man that went in Korea 46:54 for about four years in the war, 46:56 you know, seen all kinds of devastation 46:58 and all kind of a man's man. 47:00 But what he went through, something changed in him. 47:02 And he said, "I'm not going through it again." 47:05 So he went home. 47:07 He went home and he looked at the house, 47:09 you know, the kids were raised, and they were out naturally, 47:12 his wife was there. 47:14 And he found out 47:15 that the hot water tank was getting old. 47:17 And so he bought a new hot water tank, 47:19 he replaced it. 47:20 Washer and dryer were old, he replaced it, bought new. 47:23 Changed the furnace and made sure it was nice. 47:26 Everything in that house 47:28 that needed any kind of attention, 47:29 he fixed it up 47:30 because he didn't want his wife to have to mess with that. 47:33 But then he took his little pistol, 47:34 he walked out behind his house in the woods 47:36 and committed suicide. 47:39 Very interesting, sorrow. 47:44 Not thinking about maybe the family 47:46 and the ones who would be left behind 47:47 in the bereavement and sorrow. 47:50 You know, in order for their real healing to begin, 47:54 whether it's healing of the soul 47:55 or healing of the body, 47:57 it takes more than just reading the Word of God. 48:00 Did you get it? 48:01 It takes more than just reading it. 48:03 So somebody say, 48:04 "Well, I'm just going to read it. 48:05 And it's going to work. 48:07 And I I've lost an uncle, I've lost mom and dad, 48:08 and I've lost son or daughter, 48:09 and I'm hurting so bad right now. 48:11 I'm just going to read." 48:12 Well, go ahead and start reading. 48:14 I encourage you to do that. 48:15 But I encourage you that it takes 48:17 more than just reading the Word of God. 48:18 It's reading it, it's believing it, 48:21 and it's receiving it with all readiness of mind. 48:24 In the Book of Acts Chapter... 48:26 I think, what is it, 17:11. 48:29 So we read it, and then we believe it, 48:32 and then we receive it, we accept it in. 48:35 For it's possible, 48:37 remember to know the author of the Bible. 48:40 Notice it, know the Bible 48:41 without knowing the author of the Bible. 48:43 Did we get that? 48:45 It's possible to know the Bible 48:48 without knowing the author of the Bible. 48:51 See? Well, I know the Bible. 48:52 I know what it said. 48:54 Yeah, but do you know the author of the Bible? 48:57 Give you a quick illustration of that in this one, 48:59 the principle I think you've heard several times, 49:01 but it makes sense here. 49:04 There was an actor famous for his voice, 49:09 you know, everybody would recognize his voice, 49:11 and he was asked to recite the 23rd Psalms. 49:16 And so as soon as he was asked in this group of people 49:19 to recite the 23rd Psalm, 49:20 he had a little different look on his face. 49:25 But he saw an old pastor there and he said, 49:27 "I will recite it 49:29 if the old pastor will recite it 49:31 when I get done." 49:33 Interesting thought. 49:34 The pastor was like, "Oh, boy, you know, 49:36 I'm not like this guy here. 49:37 He's an actor. 49:39 He's got the voice for all of this, 49:40 but well, I'll recite it. 49:42 I'll do that." 49:44 The actor began to recite the 23rd Psalm. 49:48 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." 49:52 And as he began to talk, it grew silent. 49:56 All the people were there, they say, you hear a pin drop. 50:02 He left the people spellbound, they were speechless. 50:07 And when he had finished, 50:08 everybody present there 50:11 begin to clap their hands and say, 50:13 "What a wonderful job." 50:16 Well, it's time for the old pastor. 50:19 The old pastor stood up, he began to recite the same, 50:23 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." 50:26 His voice lacked many of those qualities 50:30 that the actor had. 50:33 That just seem like it wasn't the same. 50:34 It just didn't have that right there. 50:36 But notice, 50:37 when he had finished reciting the 23rd Psalms, 50:41 there was no sound of applause. 50:45 The many heads were bowed 50:49 and not a dry eye in the congregation. 50:55 The actor said, he got up on his own, 51:00 and he came up to the old pastor, 51:04 he put his arm around the pastor. 51:10 He looked at the people, and he looked at the pastor, 51:11 and he said, "You know, I, I reached your eyes, 51:16 and I reached your ears, 51:19 but he reached your heart." 51:22 What an interesting thought! 51:24 He reached your heart. 51:26 He continued, "I know verbatim, 51:30 the 2300 Psalms, 51:34 the Shepherd Psalms, 51:38 but he," the old pastor, "knows the Shepherd." 51:42 We need to recognize that. 51:44 There's a difference. 51:46 The pastor knew the Shepherd, he could quote it, 51:49 but he didn't know the Shepherd. 51:50 He knew he didn't when he was asked to do it, 51:52 that's why he hesitated. 51:53 That's why he said, 51:54 "Let the pastor do it when I get done." 51:58 Again the Bible tells us, 52:00 you know, really, 52:01 we look at what a difference it makes to know Him, 52:05 whatever you're going through, 52:06 what a difference it makes to know Him. 52:10 This is what it's all about. 52:12 John 16:23, 24, 52:14 and you could read 20 through 28, 52:16 but we don't have time, do we? 52:17 We have three or four minutes left. 52:18 The Bible says, "Verily, verily, I say, " 52:20 John 16: 20 and then 24, 52:23 "that you shall weep and lament, 52:25 but the world shall rejoice, 52:28 you shall be sorrowful," notice this, 52:30 "but your sorrow shall be turned into joy." 52:33 Don't get discouraged, your sorrow shall be what? 52:35 Turned into joy. 52:37 Verse 24, "Hither to have ye asked nothing in My name, 52:40 ask and ye shall receive that your joy may be full." 52:46 Notice, that your joy may be full. 52:50 Jesus said there's going to be times 52:52 that we would weep. 52:54 Jesus said there'll be time 52:55 that we're going to be sorrowful, 52:57 there'll be times that our heart 52:58 seems about to break. 53:00 And we seem to have there's no answer. 53:02 He says, "Look to Me." 53:04 In this time, 53:05 Jesus told His disciples, you remember? 53:08 The disciples at knowing Jesus about to go away on the cross, 53:11 they were weeping and crying. 53:13 They were sorrowful about it. 53:15 But Jesus told His disciples, 53:17 "Don't weep and don't be sorrowful." 53:18 Because you know, at His death, 53:20 because He said, 53:22 "In three days, I'm going to come back." 53:24 He had an answer, 53:26 He came forth out of the grave, praise God. 53:29 He honored certainly the promise that He had made. 53:32 Jesus asked them during this time, 53:34 just like the Bible's asking each one of us in this hour 53:37 that we live in to not to be sorrowful, 53:40 not to spend our time in morning as it were. 53:45 Because if they did, Desire of Ages brings out, 53:48 "It would have pleased the enemy." 53:51 It would have pleased the enemy if they had 53:54 because the enemy wanted them to think, 53:56 notice, the world to think that they had been deceived 53:58 and disappointed by Jesus. 54:02 But He said by faith, the disciples, we today, 54:05 who believe in the judgment hour message 54:09 is to look at into the heavens as it were by faith 54:11 to where Christ is at in the sanctuary above, 54:15 pleading our case, 54:16 standing before God of the universe, 54:19 pleading our cases, 54:20 saying, I'm ready to come back to get my people. 54:24 "Hear, oh, hear, oh, Lord, have mercy upon me." 54:28 Should that not be our prayer as we close today? 54:32 As we look at the Bible as many times, 54:34 we find David suffered, David suffered, 54:38 but he learned that his help was found in God. 54:41 And I'm encouraging you. 54:42 Your only help that you have in suffering 54:44 is it can be found in God. 54:46 Keep your eyes on Him. 54:48 "Hear, oh, Lord, and have mercy on me. 54:52 Be Thou mine helper," in Psalms 30:10 and 11. 54:56 Take time to read the Bible. 54:58 Spend time studying it, 54:59 spend time in your hour of need, 55:02 and be drawn closer to Jesus. 55:04 He will be there for you. 55:05 He'll never leave you, He'll never forsake you. 55:08 He's your all in all. 55:09 Just don't forget, don't forget Him 55:12 because the time will come. 55:13 You will be tested, you will be tried. 55:15 Let me pray for you few seconds that we have left. 55:17 Would you pray right now, 55:19 I like that people pray with me too, 55:20 because there's many who are hurting right now 55:22 that need help. 55:23 Let's pray. 55:24 Merciful Father in heaven, truly, 55:26 we thank You for Your precious Word. 55:27 Thank You for being an encouragement to us, 55:29 and leaving these precious promises 55:30 that we may draw from, 55:32 that we may gain strength from, 55:35 that we may see Jesus in a special way. 55:37 Fill the hearts and the minds 55:38 of those who now need Your Word. 55:40 And we would be careful to give You praise, 55:42 honor, and glory, in Jesus' name. 55:43 Amen. 55:47 So we encourage you 55:48 in the last few seconds that we have. 55:49 We thank you for joining us today. 55:52 And we're going to be praying for you. 55:53 You have special requests, be sure and call those into us, 55:56 we'll pray for you. 55:57 God bless you. We'll see you next time. 55:59 Hello, friends, and welcome back. 56:01 I pray the healing of sorrow, 56:03 that message touched a chord in your heart 56:07 that you could hear, 56:08 you could feel the Holy Spirit begin to come in 56:11 and do a work inside of you. 56:13 I'm sure, many of you probably thought 56:15 about times in your life 56:17 where the sorrow has been overwhelming. 56:20 But you know what? 56:21 God has an answer. 56:22 As we open His book, 56:24 as we find these promises, we find hope, 56:27 we find a peace that passes all understanding. 56:30 He wants to give that to you. 56:32 Won't you submit? 56:33 Won't you just say, 56:35 "Lord, come in and take control." 56:37 I know that many of you have gone through heartache, 56:40 whether it's been in your family, 56:42 or if it's been in one of these storms 56:44 that we talked about earlier, devastation on every hand, 56:48 there is hope in Jesus, He's there to carry us through. 56:52 And if you'd like to obtain this lesson 56:55 for your very own, 56:56 you're free to write in or call in at any time 57:00 and ask for this. 57:01 And when you do that, 57:02 don't forget Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:04 we're a faith based ministry 57:06 and we cannot bring you these programs 57:08 unless you choose to support us. 57:10 So won't you consider giving us a little bit more, 57:13 maybe even on a monthly basis 57:15 to keep these messages in your home 57:18 each and every week? 57:20 You may call us, 57:21 here in the United States 57:23 at 618-942-5044. 57:28 Or you may write us at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 57:31 PO Box 2030, 57:33 Herrin, Illinois 62948 57:35 or give me an email. 57:37 I love to receive your emails. 57:38 That's BeholdTheLambMinistries @Yahoo.com 57:42 or visit us on our website at 57:44 www.BeholdTheLambMinistries .com. 57:49 My precious friends, until next time, 57:51 may our loving Lord continue to richly bless you and yours. |
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