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Series Code: CW
Program Code: CW000021S
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00:05 - Oh yes. 00:06 Stay right there. 00:08 Stay right there I'll be right back. 00:13 Hey welcome everybody to Talking Donkey International 00:16 in our new television series Country Wisdom. 00:19 - Let's set the tone for this new series of ours 00:22 it's found in Proverbs 4. 00:24 Let your eyes look directly forward 00:27 and your gaze be straight before you 00:30 ponder the path of your feet 00:33 and then all your ways will be sure. 00:36 - Join us now for Country Wisdom. 00:43 - Bank vaults weigh hundreds of tons, 00:46 hundreds of tons it's even hard 00:48 to get this door going and open. 00:50 But there's something that's far more precious. 00:54 Stay tuned to find out what it is. 00:58 - [Narrator] Introducing Talking Donkey International 01:00 God once used a donkey to spread His word 01:03 but He'd rather use all of us. 01:06 It's time to prepare quality programming 01:09 created to attract and reach viewers of the world. 01:11 Not just those of our denomination 01:14 together we can carry the final advent message 01:17 to the individuals of planet earth 01:19 and hasten the return of our Lord. 01:21 Please pray for and support the successful mission 01:24 of Talking Donkey International. 01:29 - This vault is so amazingly big and heavy. 01:33 I just tried to shove this door 01:34 - I watched you trying 01:35 - And then I couldn't hardly stop it, 01:37 but this is the building actually, 01:39 where I was banking as a kid. 01:41 - So it used to be a bank. 01:43 - It was a bank, and then they changed it 01:44 into a different type of store, 01:46 but still had the vault and I thought, 01:48 well this was the perfect thing 01:49 to talk about security, right? 01:51 - Oh, and they took security seriously. 01:53 I don't know if he read here. 01:55 - No. 01:56 - This vault can be opened only 01:57 by a team of two authorized persons. 01:59 And only after elapse of the time preset 02:02 on the time lock mechanism. 02:04 And you've got two different locks here. 02:07 Nobody could have gotten into this door. 02:10 - It's got to be tons and tons and tons. 02:12 And that's why they left it in the building. 02:14 They couldn't take it out. 02:15 - It's this kind of thing though 02:17 that too many people bank on, 02:20 excuse the pun 02:21 they bank on vaults like this 02:24 they bank on what they keep in those vaults. 02:27 Whether it's, 401(k), stocks, safe deposit boxes 02:33 because that makes you feel secure. 02:35 It's like, okay 02:36 no matter what happens in the future, 02:38 I'm ready. 02:39 If you're my age you're thinking, 02:42 okay, retirement, everything is set. 02:44 I'm good. 02:45 And yet we're not focused on where our real security is 02:49 because none of that is going to last. 02:52 And none of that is ultimately important. 02:54 - I'm sure a lot of these safety deposit boxes 02:56 had a lot of jewelry in them. 03:00 And people bet on that too. 03:00 And they believe in that. 03:03 The list goes on and on and on. 03:04 But you mentioned gold and silver. 03:06 - Oh I have friends. 03:07 I know people 03:09 some are collecting that gold bullion. 03:12 Every payday they're putting aside a little bit in gold. 03:16 Others who say, no, it's silver 03:18 that's going to hold its value. 03:20 And they're stocking up on silver. 03:23 And occasionally I feel this little fear, 03:25 like, well maybe I should be doing something like that. 03:29 And yet that's not going to do them any good 03:32 if their real security isn't in the right place. 03:35 - Do you remember when one of the disciples 03:38 walked up the steps of the temple? 03:40 And there was a beggar there who was a paralytic 03:44 and the beggar thought, 03:45 well everybody that goes to the temple, 03:47 he gives money. 03:49 - They were taking offerings in. 03:50 - They've got all money. 03:52 They've got it, 03:53 so he puts out his bowl 03:55 and disciple looks pulls out his pockets and said, 03:58 I don't have any gold. 04:00 And I don't have any silver, but what I have I give to you 04:04 rise and walk and the man got up rejoicing. 04:07 He could walk. 04:08 Now. 04:10 - That was way better than any coins he might have got. 04:12 - Yeah my question is what didn't he have? 04:15 - Well, he didn't have any gold or silver. 04:17 The things that we think are so valuable. 04:19 - Yeah, exactly we have the gold we have the silver, 04:21 now what did he have? 04:23 - He had God, 04:24 he had the Holy Spirit with him. 04:26 He had that power. 04:27 That foundation. 04:29 - Yeah, the thing that really counts 04:31 The thing that really counts. 04:33 You look at this world, 04:35 God takes care of those who trust in Him. 04:39 - And in fact, 04:40 the scripture say 04:42 birds out in the field. 04:43 They don't worry about, are they going to eat tomorrow? 04:46 Do they have enough put away? 04:47 Do they have a 401(k)? 04:49 Do they have a safe deposit box? 04:51 - You're a birdwatcher so you know right? 04:53 You pay a lot of attention to birds. 04:55 - Now there are birds that do store food for the winter. 04:58 They've been programmed. 04:59 Their God made them to know, okay, it's going to snow. 05:02 We need to have those seeds tucked away, 05:06 but they're not worried. 05:09 They're not trying to build security themselves. 05:15 They actually know the Lord's taking care of them. 05:18 They just know that. 05:19 - Yeah, it is difficult sometimes 05:22 when we can talk about this 05:24 and we can say things 05:26 but in the reality of life, 05:28 sometimes we have problems. 05:29 And sometimes we forget. 05:32 - Oh, my default setting is anxiety. 05:35 And so I'm talking to myself here, 05:38 the lecture is for me 05:39 because I realized I put security in my husband. 05:44 Steve is so stable and I rely on that. 05:49 And sometimes I have to go, 05:50 do I rely on him more than I'm relying on God? 05:54 And sometimes I think I am. 05:59 - Everybody is always looking for security 06:02 of some sort of another. 06:04 - Certainly the people behind those gates, 06:06 you can have gates that are locked. 06:09 You can hear big dogs up there. 06:10 Those are not poodles that I heard earlier. 06:13 Things to make you feel safer, more secure. 06:17 And I have a tendency. 06:19 I want those things. 06:20 I like security. 06:21 I like knowing where the next paycheck is coming from. 06:26 I like having not only A plan, 06:27 but a B and usually a C as well. 06:30 And I think I've always been that way, 06:33 but I know a big part of it was because 06:36 when I was in high school 06:38 my dad was a dentist and he paid for my older brother 06:42 bought him a car when he graduated from high school, 06:45 he paid for his college 06:47 got him another car. 06:48 After that, 06:49 my sister, she came right along after John 06:52 and he paid for all of Bonnie's college. 06:55 And then I'm in high school 06:59 and dad died 07:00 and there was nothing we found out. 07:02 He had no life insurance - There goes the security 07:05 - No health insurance. 07:06 And he died of cancer. 07:08 So everything that he had had that was worth anything 07:11 mom had to sell and I'm going, 07:13 well how do I get to college now? 07:15 What am I going to do? 07:16 And it was as if the earth had dropped away, 07:20 it was like there went all of my financial security 07:23 and financial security is a big part of life. 07:27 I know that that left me feeling a little shakier 07:32 exacerbated a tendency that was already there. 07:36 Later you fast forward years later, 07:40 we had two boys. 07:42 We were in the process of adopting our daughter. 07:45 And one day Steve came home from work 07:48 and he just very casually. 07:49 It was just to let me know, 07:50 oh, by the way, 07:52 and he said, 07:53 literally, I think he started it with by the way, 07:55 I contacted our lawyer this morning. 07:58 And I made a few changes to the will 08:01 because now that we're going to have three kids 08:04 instead of two 08:05 things need to be divided different. 08:07 We need to have that down in black and white 08:09 to provide for her. 08:12 And I started to cry 08:14 and I'm sure that a lot of men 08:17 often are standing there going, what do I say now? 08:21 - Exactly. 08:21 - But he was like that. 08:23 It was like what, what did I do? 08:25 To me it was 08:27 Okay my father had not thought ahead to my future. 08:30 - All these past years keep pouring into that moment. 08:32 - Yeah dad died no life insurance, no health insurance. 08:35 I don't know what he thought, was he immortal? 08:37 I don't know. 08:39 Steve hadn't even met his daughter yet. 08:43 And yet he was already providing for her future. 08:46 And to me, 08:47 I don't care how many flowers you bring home 08:49 or how many anniversaries you do or do not remember 08:53 the fact that he was planning for the future of a daughter 08:57 that he wasn't even in his life yet 09:00 meant so much to me. 09:02 It's like, that is love. 09:04 - It's amazing in this life. 09:06 We're so surrounded, 09:08 we just need that security. 09:09 Children of Israel, God led them out of slavery 09:14 and they got out and they said 09:16 oh Lord, that we just had the leekes of Egypt. 09:18 If we just had the food of Egypt, 09:20 if we just had that security blanket 09:22 of slavery - Of being provided for. 09:24 - Yeah of slavery, yeah. 09:26 If I just had that slavery, 09:27 I'd feel so much better. 09:29 And pretty soon God said, okay, you want that? 09:32 Go ahead. 09:33 See how it is without Me. 09:35 And really that's the way it is here on earth now, 09:38 we either, 09:39 - We kind of crave the security, 09:40 the attachments we can see 09:42 the guard, the gate, things that are tangible 09:46 make us feel better 09:47 - Exactly. 09:48 - When all of that could be gone tomorrow. 09:51 - It can 09:53 I think about this families 09:55 that were down in the Paradise California fire 09:59 and that fire as you know was raging. 10:00 And many many people just, it was horrendous. 10:04 This neighbor came to them and they had known him that long. 10:07 They had just moved. 10:08 We had moved from Maryland. 10:09 They had moved from Maryland 10:10 settled in that particular location. 10:13 And the father said, please take my children. 10:15 And he said, I'll meet you down in the city. 10:18 I'll get out. 10:19 I need to do a few other things. 10:20 They grabbed the kids. 10:22 They finally got out of there, 10:23 but dad never showed up. 10:27 The things of this world, 10:28 all of this stuff 10:29 it's all going to burn up. 10:30 Matter of fact, we're at the base of a volcano right now. 10:33 Yeah and you were worried about the volcano the other day. 10:37 That volcano may explode and wipe us all out in a heartbeat. 10:39 That's what happened in Pompeii. 10:42 They were all just enjoying life. 10:43 Everything was great and wonderful and poof in the moment. 10:46 They're all dead. 10:47 I don't know if you've been there but 10:49 - To Pompeii. 10:50 - Yeah. 10:51 - No, I have not had the privilege. 10:52 - Been there and these people are shriveled up 10:54 trying to cover up themselves from the ash and the vapors 10:58 and everything and they're just gone. 11:00 There are just shells left. 11:02 That's what's going to be left of this life is just shells. 11:05 - And their life probably felt very secure. 11:07 Five minutes before that. 11:09 - Oh yeah, it did. 11:11 Yeah they were 11:12 well, like the Bible says eating and drinking 11:14 and marrying and giving in marriage. 11:16 They were doing all these things, 11:20 but it doesn't matter 11:21 because all of this is going to be gone. 11:24 And the only place to find security is one place. 11:28 - In the right father, the real father. 11:31 - The real father yeah. 11:32 You had a tough time with that for a while 11:34 with the real father, 11:35 because he really wasn't the best. 11:40 - And sometimes I think that is an inhibition 11:42 for a lot of people if you haven't had loving parents, 11:46 it's a little harder to relate to God 11:48 and to realize that he is caring for you 11:51 providing for your needs 11:52 more than any earthly parent would ever do. 11:55 - Yep. 11:57 I got to go say hi to your guard up here. 11:58 He's kind of cute. 12:00 He's been staying there he looks so official. 12:01 Let's go check him out here. 12:04 - Hey, I'm Jim. 12:06 Could we shake hands. 12:15 - It's no secret that the world is in a major mess. 12:19 We are in a major mess. 12:22 Even if you have escaped, many of life's difficulties 12:25 most homes still struggle with daily living. 12:29 So the question arises is there hope for the future 12:33 for your future? 12:35 I want to tell you there absolutely is hope. 12:39 And that's why I'm asking you to order this free pamphlet. 12:43 Is there Hope for the future? 12:46 You will be happy you did, it will change your life. 12:50 Go to TalkingDonkeyInternational.org today 12:55 and order offer 105. 12:58 Is there Hope for the future? 13:01 - [Narrator] Introducing Talking Donkey International 13:04 God once used a donkey to spread His word 13:07 but He'd rather use all of us. 13:10 It's time to prepare quality programming 13:12 created to attract and reach viewers of the world. 13:15 Not just those of our denomination 13:18 together we can carry the final advent message 13:20 to the individuals of planet earth 13:23 and hasten the return of our Lord. 13:25 Please pray for and support the successful mission 13:28 of Talking Donkey International 13:43 - We're probably standing 13:45 in front of one of the most popular 13:46 buildings in America. 13:47 There are many more, 13:49 - Well I know it ranks right up there in the top 10 13:51 with my husband 13:52 who has never met a sporting goods store that he didn't like 13:55 - He's mainly a fisherman. 13:57 - He is a fisherman. 13:58 He also goes for birding supplies, 14:00 binoculars, spotting, scopes, but mainly it's fishing. 14:04 - Here's one of the things 14:05 that one of their departments has just gone skyrocket 14:07 us with many around the country that's guns. 14:11 - I can imagine, because I read just recently 14:14 that just in this last year, 14:16 the rise in gun sales has gone up by 60%. 14:21 - That's huge 60%. - That's six zero. 14:23 - Let me share the stats with you 14:24 393 million guns in United States. 14:29 - That's more than there are people. 14:31 Someone has my share. 14:33 - So more guns than every man, woman and child. 14:40 - Well, the article I was reading 14:42 said that there are three main reasons 14:44 for the rise this past year. 14:46 One of them was just COVID the lockdowns 14:49 the uncertainty 14:51 has had a lot of people on edge 14:54 also the election 14:55 and all of the rioting that took place over the summer. 14:59 Those three combined 15:01 made people who maybe even hadn't thought about it before. 15:04 Think maybe I need a way to protect myself. 15:06 I need something to secure my house, 15:10 secure my person. 15:11 - They're looking for security of some kind. 15:14 - And I'm no different. 15:17 I have friends who own guns. 15:19 We don't have one in our household. 15:22 I'm not sure my family would trust me with one 15:25 but a lot of people are doing it. 15:28 And it begins to make you think, 15:32 well maybe that would be a wise thing to do. 15:34 I know that I talked about Steve. 15:36 He comes here for fishing equipment. 15:39 And when I look at the future and I start to feel like, 15:43 Ooh is society really going to keep breaking apart? 15:46 And my mind goes to worst case scenario. 15:49 It's just on speed dial to worst case scenario. 15:52 And I think, okay 15:53 I am married to absolutely the best person 15:56 to be married to in an emergency 15:58 for one thing, unlike mom, he stays calm. 16:02 He's a physician. 16:04 He fishes, 16:05 even though he doesn't eat them 16:07 he's a complete vegetarian. 16:09 His family has no idea where the obsession came, 16:11 - But somebody going to write and say 16:12 what does he do with them? 16:13 - But what gives him away. 16:14 He makes a lot of people happier. 16:16 Most of them, 16:17 he actually just releases 16:18 and maybe they've learned their lesson. 16:20 - I interrupted you, go ahead. 16:22 - So I know he could find food. 16:24 He's a gardener. 16:26 So between now and then we probably won't starve 16:28 because he can always find a place to fish. 16:31 And we've got a little greenhouse and a big garden 16:36 and he could suture me up if, 16:39 if I trip and fall. 16:41 But then I realized, who, where am I putting my security? 16:46 What happens if something happens to just Steve? 16:48 And there goes my whole future security. 16:55 - I remember my grandmother. 16:57 She had lots of good stories 16:59 but I remember her telling me that when she was a newlywed 17:02 and I forget if it was 1916, 1917, 17:05 somewhere around there. 17:07 Well, what was happening in the world? 17:09 What was the world like about 1916, 17. 17:12 - Falling apart. 17:13 - It was falling apart. 17:15 She had World War I. 17:17 They referred to it as the great war 17:19 the war to end all wars, 17:21 which it didn't 17:23 but they thought it can't get worse than this. 17:25 This is the worst war ever. 17:27 We're going to kill ourselves. 17:29 It will annihilate humankind. 17:31 If something doesn't happen 17:33 then you had the Spanish flu right on the heels of it. 17:37 And she was convinced, 17:40 this is the time of the end. 17:41 This is what the book of Revelation was talking about. 17:44 The Lord has to come because we can't get any worse. 17:49 And yet that was how many years ago, 17:52 over a hundred years ago and we're still here. 17:55 And I find myself with those same feelings 17:58 looking around and going, 18:00 this has to be the end. 18:03 And that's why people are flocking to stores like this 18:06 stocking up on ammunition, 18:08 stocking up on guns 18:09 because they're trying to do whatever they can 18:13 to be secure, 18:14 to secure their persons 18:15 to secure their property. 18:17 And they're losing sight 18:19 of where our real security has to come from. 18:22 - It's true. 18:24 Interesting side note on that. 18:25 When you say they thought it was time, 18:28 well it actually was, 18:30 if you look in scripture, you dig deeply. 18:32 The Lord was ready to come several times 18:35 in our recent past history. 18:37 But scripture also says 18:38 that He's not willing that any should perish 18:41 but that all should come to repentance. 18:43 God wants to save everybody. 18:45 He doesn't 18:46 - Keeps give us a little more time 18:47 - Just a little more time. 18:48 Now Jesus said, 18:50 look you're not going to know the time of the end. 18:52 I don't only the Father knows the exact date. 18:56 So the Father has his fingers on the hourglass. 18:59 I believe by scripture, He's actually tipped it over. 19:02 The sand is running out. 19:04 How much sand is in there? 19:06 Don't know. 19:07 But I think, like I say again by the word of God, 19:10 it's short, but you nailed it. 19:12 As far as look security is only in God. 19:15 It's not found in the guns. 19:17 It's not found in the stuff of this world. 19:19 - I don't care how big an arsenal you have at home. 19:21 There is no safety there, 19:23 - Yeah 19:24 - Nothing permanent. 19:25 - And even how great a guy Steve is 19:29 and all the stuff he preps for you, 19:31 it comes in handy and it's good 19:34 but it isn't the ultimate thing that will save you. 19:37 - No so I have to stop and think 19:39 where am I putting that security? 19:40 Like I said, 19:41 I start asking myself, am I feeling okay? 19:44 Because I think I've got Steve 19:46 or am I feeling okay because I've got the Lord? 19:49 I have a foundation that doesn't move. 19:52 - Yeah, exactly. 19:55 That's what everybody needs to come to that point 19:57 in their lives and say 19:59 what is the most important thing to me 20:02 in this whole life if I lose everything, 20:04 if I lose the guns 20:05 if I lose my spouse, 20:06 if I lose my kids. 20:08 If I lose my job 20:09 if I lose everything, 20:11 what's really important? 20:13 There's what, only one thing, right? 20:16 That's what a king David. 20:17 He had lots of troubles and he, 20:20 oh boy did he have it for 10 years, 20:22 he's anointed king. 20:23 And then he's pursued like a dog 20:25 Saul chases him down like a dog. 20:28 And he hides in a cave, said, God, didn't you anoint me? 20:31 I was supposed to be a king 20:33 and we can look at that and say, 20:35 well, it's kind of a bum rap, 20:38 but here we are now in this time in history 20:42 seem like things should have been over Lord, 20:43 but it isn't. 20:44 Well, it's close. 20:46 We need to prepare like this is the end 20:49 because it almost is. 20:52 And king David 20:54 - You have to put your trust in the right place. 20:55 - Exactly, King David said an interesting thing 20:58 as I talk about him in Psalms 20, 21:01 he said some trust in horses 21:04 and some in chariots, 21:05 but we shall remember the name of our God, 21:08 now horses and chariots in that day 21:09 they were kind of like the F-18s and the tanks. 21:14 And they were the big guns of the day 21:16 we can't trust in that stuff right? 21:19 - You can't say, oh, we're secure. 21:21 We're here in the United States. 21:23 Nothing could harm the United States 21:26 because obviously you never know what could happen tomorrow. 21:30 So your security needs to be in as he put it. 21:33 The name of the Lord. 21:34 - Yeah, he says 21:35 be the exalted Lord and thine on strength, 21:37 so shall we sing the praises of thy power. 21:41 - His strength. 21:42 - His strength, His power. 21:44 That's the key. 21:50 - It's no secret that the world is in a major mess. 21:54 We are in a major mess. 21:56 Even if you have escaped, many of life's difficulties 21:59 most homes still struggle with daily living. 22:03 So the question arises 22:06 is there hope for the future for your future? 22:10 I want to tell you there absolutely is hope. 22:13 And that's why I'm asking you to order this free pamphlet. 22:17 Is there Hope for the future? 22:20 You will be happy you did. 22:22 It will change your life. 22:24 Go to TalkingDonkeyInternational.org today 22:29 and order offer 105. 22:32 Is there Hope for the future? 22:35 - Janice I know we're in your favorite spot 22:37 but we're outside you can't go in right now, 22:39 - You don't know how hard this is for me. 22:41 - Yeah this is your prepping store, right? 22:45 - I am not one of those. 22:47 I live an hour away. 22:49 And so when I do come, 22:50 I've always got a list. 22:52 I know what I need 22:53 because I'm not going to be back very soon. 22:55 But when the pandemic hit, 22:58 all of a sudden 22:59 even places like this we're out of things. 23:01 And that had never happened before. 23:03 - There were lines maybe a mile long unbelievable. 23:06 - And I found myself thinking, well, what do I need? 23:10 Should I be grabbing more of that? 23:12 And there are only three of these left. 23:14 Maybe I should take all three, 23:16 forget about whoever else might need some. 23:19 And it made me feel a little shaky 23:22 a little insecure 23:24 and things like that do make you look at your priorities 23:28 and where your security is. 23:30 - Yeah It's true. 23:32 Security gives you comfort, 23:34 but the things of this world can't give us comfort. 23:38 Matter of fact, 23:39 Jesus came here to earth to die for you and for me 23:41 to give us the real security, 23:42 He gives the promise of eternal life, 23:44 which is incredible. 23:46 But as soon as He was baptized, He came up out of the water. 23:49 The Lord drove him out in the wilderness 23:50 where he met the devil for three temptations. 23:52 And the third temptation 23:54 is specifically about what kind of security there is. 23:58 He took Jesus up to a high mountain. 24:00 He revealed at that moment, all the riches of the world. 24:03 He said, it's mine I got it from Adam and Eve. 24:06 All you have to do is bow down and worship me as your Lord. 24:09 And you can have it all. 24:11 That's the promise. - King of the world 24:12 - That's the promise of the devil all the time to us, 24:15 you can have all this stuff 24:16 - And that stuff will make you happy 24:18 and give you a secure future. 24:19 - Yeah. 24:20 - But recently I had an experience 24:22 that's actually kind of humorous, 24:24 but it did illustrate a point to me. 24:28 We live in an area that gets fires not far from us. 24:31 We have had towns that have had whole swaths 24:33 of the town just disappear in a fire. 24:37 And not long ago, two, three weeks maybe 24:41 we look out our kitchen window 24:43 and there is the smoke billowing up. 24:45 And it's like, that is not just a house fire. 24:48 And Steve thought it's maybe three miles away 24:52 which is three miles way too close for me. 24:55 And I got that the first thing in my mind was 24:59 now if we have to evacuate, 25:00 what do I grab? 25:03 And so I asked Steve because he's my security. 25:07 And he thinks straighter. 25:08 And I said, so purely hypothetically, 25:12 if we got a phone call about evacuating, 25:14 what would you grab? 25:16 And he said, oh, well the dogs first. 25:18 And I said, well, yeah, that's a given. 25:20 That's like taking your kids with you, 25:22 it's just that doesn't even count. 25:24 And he said, well, then I would take that box on my desk 25:27 that has all of our insurance papers. 25:30 We're going to need that. 25:31 It has the account numbers, 25:33 things that we would need to rebuild. 25:36 And I thought, oh, that's why I married you 25:38 because you're really thinking. 25:40 And he said, why, what went through your mind? 25:43 And I said, well, honestly my first thought was 25:45 grabbing my makeup bag. 25:48 - And just think 25:49 this is going to be out there for the whole world to know 25:51 now you'd grabb the makeup bag, 25:53 but look, I understand, 25:54 and it's real. 25:55 And we all think of different things. 25:58 The key is though, there is a better security 26:00 than anything of this world 26:03 real quickly I want to tell you a story 26:04 of a lady that Terry and I were out filming a lady. 26:07 And we interviewed her in I think it was Madagascar. 26:10 Well, she was baptized. 26:12 Their house was right near the river. 26:14 And all of a sudden, as she's being baptized 26:16 that house kind of miraculously quickly burns to the ground. 26:22 The next day when the ash is cold 26:23 she went kicking through the house 26:24 and she found her Bible. 26:26 It didn't smell like smoke and it hadn't been burned at all. 26:30 - Oh my goodness. 26:31 - Let me tell you, this is the real security. 26:32 The Bible says, all of this 26:34 on planet earth is one day going to be all burned up 26:37 - But what's in here will never disappear. 26:40 - This is eternal. 26:41 This is eternal 26:42 and God says, like He said 26:44 I'm going to give it all to you. 26:46 Matter of fact, to those who overcome 26:48 and Jesus is the one who helps us do all of that 26:51 to those who overcome, 26:52 I'm going to grant for you to sit with Me in My throne. 26:56 Guess what? 26:58 We get to rule the universe with God. 27:00 What an amazing God. 27:02 That's what He's promising. 27:03 I'm imagining you kind of liked that idea. 27:05 - And I realized that if my focus is on God, 27:10 just like a hunting dog is on the prey 27:13 and you never lose sight of that. 27:15 It really doesn't matter. 27:16 What's disappearing around you. 27:18 It doesn't matter how much disappears 27:20 in your bank account overnight. 27:21 It doesn't matter if your home burns down, 27:24 you have a goal. 27:25 And it's solid. 27:28 - How about you? 27:30 When the fires are burning around your home, 27:32 in your life 27:33 fires in your life, 27:34 where are your priorities? 27:35 Where's your security? 27:37 I hope it's found in the Bible 27:39 found in Jesus Christ 27:40 because he's ready, willing and able 27:43 to help you to lift you up to eternity. 27:45 Because remember 27:46 it's not about this 70 or so years here on earth. 27:49 It's all about eternity. 27:55 Thanks for joining us for Country Wisdom 27:57 - See you next time. 28:06 (dramatic orchestral music) |
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