Participants: Pr. Kenneth Cox (Host), Host: Shelley Quinn
Series Code: GMTB
Program Code: GMTB000047S
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00:19 Good evening and welcome to Give Me The Bible
00:22 This is a series that has been produced by Kenneth Cox 00:25 Ministries and our speaker tonight will be Evangelist 00:28 Kenneth Cox, and we want to welcome you no matter where 00:32 you're tuning in from around the world. 00:34 And we want to welcome our live audience as well 00:37 it is so good to be able to sit at the feet of someone 00:41 who has really studied in depth and that's what Kenneth Cox 00:44 has done and he has traveled during his public ministry, 00:48 he has covered the world and we're very fortunate 00:52 to have him here at 3ABN and he is going to be continuing 00:56 his second part of a five-part series, the series titled 01:01 is The Elijah Message. 01:03 Last night we heard about the coming of Elijah 01:06 and do you remember what he said? 01:08 The Lord said the close of the Old Testament, that before the 01:12 coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, He was going to 01:16 sent the prophet Elijah and Jesus when He was talking about 01:20 John the Baptist said that if you had ears to hear 01:23 you could understand that John the Baptist was the Elijah 01:26 that was to come. But when we think about the Elijah message 01:31 we learned last night that this is all about what? 01:35 turning the hearts of the fathers to whom? 01:38 To their children, and the hearts of the children 01:42 to their fathers, this is such a timely message 01:45 we need to hear this because families are crumbling 01:48 and why are they? Because the devil knows that the family 01:52 is the smallest unit of the church, and if he can break up 01:56 the families, he can break up the church. 01:58 But we're going to go on tonight, we're going to hear 02:01 about Abraham's alter. 02:02 There was a practice that Abraham held all of his life 02:07 and it really did contribute to the salvation of his family. 02:11 How are you this evening? Had a good day? 02:14 Great, all of those who are watching by television or 02:19 listening over the radio, I'm glad to welcome you tonight, 02:23 I hope that this subject will be a special blessing to 02:27 your family in a definite way as you know, we're talking about 02:32 the Elijah message and we found out last night that the 02:36 Elijah message deals with the home, turning the hearts of 02:40 the fathers to the children and the children to their fathers 02:43 and that's what the Elijah message is about, 02:46 and that's what we are talking about during this series. 02:49 Our next presentation is entitled "Bless this House", 02:55 "Bless this House", there are certain things that the 03:01 scripture gives us, lays it down very clear 03:04 that if you and I will follow those that God will bless our 03:10 whole home promises that, absolutely, if we'll do it. 03:13 And we'll find on our next presentation that the promises 03:19 of God are conditional; they're conditional and He lays down 03:26 conditions that if you and I fulfill those conditions, 03:30 then the blessing is sure. 03:32 So, we hope that this subject on Bless this House will be 03:36 of help to you in a special way. 03:39 And then tonight our subject is Abraham's Altar... 03:43 Abraham's Altar...uh there's certain things 03:49 that you need to look for in tonight's presentation 03:53 that Abraham did that affected his family 03:59 and his descendants for generations made a great 04:04 great difference, and it had to do with the family and 04:08 so watch for that as we talk about Abraham's, and it gives us 04:14 some insights into what you and I need to be doing and what God 04:19 expects of us, and so we hope that tonight's presentation 04:23 will be a blessing to you in a special way. 04:27 We're glad that you are here, glad that you're watching, 04:29 we hope that as you continue to study God's word 04:34 it will continue to lead and guide you as you go through 04:39 the scripture day by day. 04:41 [Music] 04:48 Gracious Lord, we come to you this evening, asking that you'll 04:56 be present, that you'll send your Holy Spirit that it may 05:02 quicken our minds, give us receptive hearts, 05:07 Pray that we each may understand our responsibilities 05:16 and that we might be willing to follow you in all that we do 05:25 for this, we ask in Christ's name. Amen! 05:35 I don't know of anything in the Christian life that the 05:46 devil fights more than what we're going to talk about 05:49 tonight. In fact, he will do everything that he can 05:57 think of to keep you from doing it. 06:02 He will give you every excuse in the world, not to do it 06:10 he'll convince you that you're too busy, that you don't have 06:18 enough time, he'll do everything he can to keep you from doing 06:23 what we're talking about tonight. 06:25 So I hope that you will see and understand and purpose 06:31 in your heart, that you are going to do what God wants you to do. 06:36 Abraham of old, Abraham left the err the Chaldees', 06:44 he and his father, his brother, quite a few others, 06:49 and they made their way up to a place called Herrin. 06:52 Herrin was right there by the river, very beautiful country 06:57 lots of grass and everything, and they settled there 07:01 and that's where they stayed for a number of years. 07:05 But God had called Abraham to leave there and to go to 07:12 the Land of Canaan. When God asked Abraham to go to 07:17 the Land of Canaan folks, He was asking Abraham to go 07:22 into a very very hostile environment. 07:27 Cause the people that lived in Canaan were pagans, 07:32 they were pagans, they practiced all kinds of immorality 07:39 they sacrificed animals to pagan gods, they even sacrificed their 07:45 children. They were terrible. 07:50 So, why would God take Abraham and put him into such 07:55 a hostile environment, why would He do that? 08:01 Because God made the statement... 08:04 For I have known him, God said when it comes to Abraham 08:09 I've known him in order that he may command his what? 08:17 Command his children and his household after him 08:21 that they keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness 08:25 and justice that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has 08:29 spoken to him, so God said I trust Abraham, he's my friend 08:34 he will do what I ask him to do and he will praise his children 08:39 as I have instructed him to raise them. 08:45 Now, when it talks about Abraham's household, 08:48 what kind of household did he have? 08:51 Well, Abraham's household numbered a lot, 08:58 Abraham left Herrin, came down and came into the land of Canaan 09:05 and when he came into the land of Canaan, the very first 09:10 place he came to was Shechem, remember that Shechem. 09:14 And in Shechem, he built an altar there it says... 09:28 Now it says he met him there and he built an altar 09:32 and it says I know Abraham that he will direct his house hold 09:36 after Me. Well, Abraham's household numbered over 1,000. 09:42 Did you realize that? His household numbered 09:48 over 1,000 people, and when they built an altar 09:53 they didn't build an altar just to offer sacrifice on, 09:58 that wasn't the total purpose of the altar. 10:01 True, they brought an animal and offered it there 10:04 but the altar was where they came and worshipped. 10:07 They came to there every morning and every evening 10:13 and worshipped God at this altar, the altar was the sinner 10:18 of their activity. Everything went on around it so 10:22 when they came to a place where they stayed 10:25 they built an altar, and that's where they worshipped. 10:28 But Abraham, as it said here, had a lot of people in his 10:33 household, so do you remember the time when these kings 10:36 came down and they raided Sodom and Gomorrah, and they took 10:41 Abraham's nephew, captive, remember that? 10:44 Listen to this? 10:46 Now, when Abram heard that by his brethren by that way, 10:50 that's talking about Lot... His brother was taken captive 10:54 he armed his, how many? 318 trained servants, listen, 11:03 who were born in his house and went in pursuit 11:09 as far as Dan. So he had 318 men there, servants, 11:14 that were born in his household. 11:15 So his household was not just a few, and when he took them 11:21 he trained them and taught them about the Lord, and they 11:25 followed the Lord so that everywhere that Abraham went 11:28 all across the land of Canaan you could follow his travels 11:34 because there would be an altar there. 11:36 They built an altar, and you could see exactly where Abraham went 11:40 and when these pagan people came along, they could see the 11:44 altar, and they knew that's where Abraham had been. 11:47 And not only did Abraham do that, then he taught his sons 11:54 to worship God, to bring their families before the Lord. 11:58 So we read here... 12:09 So we find that Isaac followed the same custom as Abraham 12:14 wherever they stopped, spent time, they'd build an altar 12:18 but Isaac took it a step further, he had his servants 12:22 dig a well and so there at the altar where they worshipped 12:27 there was also a well that provided water and life. 12:31 It was there and you know, you could follow wherever 12:35 place that Isaac went because one thing, there was a well there 12:38 it was green around it, and so they could see exactly where 12:42 Isaac had been, and he worshipped and followed the Lord 12:45 and it continues to say about him... It says that... 12:52 These were places that he built altars to the Lord. 12:56 Well, do you remember his son Jacob? 13:02 Well, you remember Jacob went down to his Uncle Laban's house 13:07 spent...Where was Uncle Laban? See how your Bible is. 13:13 Well, he was over in Herrin, I told you about okay? 13:15 So he goes over, spends some time with his Uncle Laban 13:20 and married Laban's two daughters, remember that? 13:24 And then the Lord said to him Jacob, it's time for you 13:28 to come back, and Jacob is coming back and the 13:33 very first place he comes in to the Land of Canaan 13:38 was at Shechem, the very same place that Abraham had come in 13:45 he came there to Shechem and what did he do there? 13:48 He re-built the altar, and he dug a well. 13:55 And 1,700 years later, the son of Jacob was there 14:02 drinking the water from the well that Jacob dug. 14:09 But that well was where the altar was and this is where 14:15 they came and they worshipped God, it's what took place there. 14:20 Now, watch, watch the circum- stances or the consequences 14:27 of having and not having morning and evening worship. 14:31 Because Abraham they were there every morning, every evening 14:37 that's where his household met and they worshipped, 14:39 same thing with Isaac, same thing with Jacob, right on down 14:43 but there was an individual in Abraham's household 14:47 that did not follow the custom. 14:50 Then Lot chose for himself all the plains of Jordan and 14:59 Lot journeyed east, and they separated from each other. 15:03 There, God had blessed Abraham He had blessed Lot 15:08 Until they had more cattle than They can be together with 15:13 because there wasn't enough pasture to take care of 15:15 Both of them, so they had to separate and Lot went down 15:20 into the plains of Jordan and down by Sodom and Gomorrah 15:24 because they were well-watered, they were beautiful 15:28 and he took his family, and they moved to Sodom and Gomorrah. 15:32 There is no record here, friend, no record here at all 15:38 of Lot who the Bible says was a righteous man, 15:41 don't misunderstand me, but there's no record of him having 15:46 morning and evening worship, there's no record of Lot 15:50 building an altar. 16:04 Alright, years pass, and the Lord said... 16:10 And the Lord is talking to Abraham here. 16:13 That's what He's doing. 16:35 He said I'm going to go down and find out. 16:37 Now, if you read the story here is Christ and two angels 16:45 and they've been there and they've been visiting with 16:47 Abraham and He's telling Abraham what He's going to do 16:50 he said I'm go to go down and take a look at 16:52 Sodom and Gomorrah, and see if it's as bad as they say it is. 16:56 Then the men the two angels 17:05 Interesting. Two angels go on toward Sodom, 17:10 Abraham stands before the Lord and he says to Him 17:23 Asked him and said you're going down there and this city's 17:27 wicked, but would you destroy the righteous with the wicked? 17:32 What if there is 50 righteous people there, 17:35 would you destroy it? And the Lord said No, and Abraham said 17:43 well, what if there's 40, would you destroy it? The Lord said no. 17:50 He keeps reducing, he said, what if there's 20, He said no, 17:57 I wouldn't destroy. Well, what if there's 10? He said Nah, 18:05 wouldn't destroy, he said what if there's just five? 18:08 He said no, wouldn't destroy. Those angels they're down in 18:17 Sodom and Gomorrah now and they have found Lot 18:20 now, folks, Lot is a good man, you must understand that. 18:24 But he hasn't done what he should have done for his 18:29 household, for his children, and those angels have told him, 18:34 God's going to destroy the city Get Out! Get Out Now! 18:59 You see, they didn't understand anything about this, 19:04 there was no altar, there was nothing there that taught them 19:08 day by day, and when he told them He was going to 19:11 burn this place up, to them He was joking. 19:31 They fled, only Lot and his two daughters made it, 19:37 even Lot's wife didn't make it. 19:41 Her heart was still right back there in that city. 19:46 These daughters that Lot has, they're not followers of God. 19:53 They don't understand because Lot is not taking the time 19:59 to have morning and evening worship with them and to 20:02 teach them, and so they don't understand and so they get there 20:06 in the cave and say what's going to happen to us? 20:08 Here we are in this cave, and we don't have any descendants, 20:13 what's going to happen to us? 20:14 And so they decided among themselves that they would 20:18 get their father drunk, and they would go in and sleep with him 20:24 and become pregnant, so they might have a descendant. 20:28 And so each one of those daughters got pregnant 20:35 by their father, and they had two sons, one's name was Moab 20:42 and the other's name was Ben-Ammi. 20:46 Those two sons became the fathers of two nations 20:57 the Moabites and the Ammonites, and those two fought against 21:05 Israel for years. 21:08 And dear friends, all I'm trying to show you tonight 21:11 is the result when we don't follow what God says 21:16 and we don't have enough time and we don't think it's 21:19 important enough to spend time taking our children before 21:24 the Lord morning and evening. that they might know the Lord. 21:30 Nothing, nothing is as important as doing this. 21:44 This is what God wants us to do. All your children shall be 21:50 taught of the Lord, and if we will take the time, 21:54 to teach them the Lord, it says great will be the peace of 22:00 you're children because they've got something to build on 22:03 they've got a foundation, they've got something 22:05 to place their belief in and where they stand given them. 22:11 The kind of foundation that they need. 22:14 I'm going to share with you tonight three statements 22:19 out of books, these are statements that to me 22:23 have great great meaning on this subject. 22:27 It says...By sincere, earnest prayer parents should make 22:33 a hedge about their children. Do you ever think about that? 22:37 That when you're praying, you're building a hedge around 22:40 your children? You don't want the devil to get in there 22:45 build a hedge around them, okay about their children. 22:48 They should pray with full faith that God will abide with them 22:53 and that holy angels will guard them and their children from 22:57 Satan's cruel power. 22:59 This is important. 23:12 In every family, there should be a fixed time for morning 23:17 and evening worship. If you don't do that, 23:21 you won't get it done. 23:24 Sorry! If you don't do that, you will not get it done. 23:31 You need to have a fixed time for morning and evening worship 23:37 and even then, I'll guarantee you, the Devil will do 23:42 everything he can to keep you from doing it. 23:45 Because there is too much here at stake and therefore 23:50 he fights it for all he can to make sure that 23:54 that doesn't happen, but in every home there should be 23:58 morning and evening worship. Now when they came to the 24:02 altar. Many times when they came they brought a sacrifice, 24:07 there could be a sacrifice brought for sins, 24:11 or there could be a sacrifice brought as a thank offering, 24:15 or there could be just a sacrifice as, free will offering. 24:18 They brought a sacrifice and offered it there on the altar 24:24 but it wasn't the only time, they came every morning 24:28 and every evening and worshipped together. 24:30 But today, what sacrifice do we bring? 24:35 We don't bring a lamb anymore, because Jesus Christ 24:42 was the lamb of God, so we don't need to bring a lamb. 24:45 So it says they brought a sacrifice, 24:48 are we to bring a sacrifice? 24:50 Well, I want you to listen cause these are the sacrifices 24:57 that you and I are supposed to bring every morning 25:01 and every evening. 25:18 In other words, you and I are aren't to present our bodies 25:22 as a living sacrifice to God. What does that mean? 25:29 That means each morning when I get up, I need to dedicate 25:37 my life to the Lord and give my life anew to Him every day. 25:43 Let me tell you something, there is no such thing as a person 25:48 getting up every day and fiving his life to the Lord 25:52 and doing that every day and that person missing heaven. 25:56 Impossible, that person who gets up and will give his life 26:02 to the Lord every day, that is what gets us ready 26:07 for the coming of Jesus Christ. 26:11 You remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego? 26:16 let me explain what it means by offering our bodies as a 26:20 Living Sacrifice. 26:22 Nebuchadnezzar had built this huge image out in the 26:26 plains of Dura, and he told them that they were to worship it. 26:30 And you remember he set up a band and everything 26:34 and told them when the music was to play, they were 26:36 to bow down and worship the image. 26:38 Well, they all bowed down except Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego 26:44 they didn't and Nebuchadnezzar called them in 26:57 Nebuchadnezzar called them in and said what's this I hear? 27:00 Have you ever thought about this? 27:02 Hm. You go back and read Daniel and I mean these men 27:08 had been promoted, they had been promoted by Nebuchadnezzar 27:12 until they were at the very top of the echelon. 27:15 I mean, they were the leaders of the country, and he had 27:21 treated them wonderful and here they're refusing to bow down 27:24 to his God. And he had told them, you can bow down 27:29 to my god or I'm going to throw you in the furnace. 27:33 And they said, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 27:54 Boy, that was not something you said to Nebuchadnezzar, 27:57 I mean that just isn't what you said to him. 28:01 But they said, you know, God's perfectly capable. 28:06 But if not, let it offer your body a living sacrifice. 28:22 They said even if He doesn't deliver us, we're not going to 28:26 worship your God, and I mean he said fire it up, 28:31 seven times hotter. It was so hot that it killed the guards 28:41 that threw them in. 28:42 And when Nebuchadnezzar looked in there, he said 28:46 didn't we throw three, didn't we throw three men in there? 28:51 I see four, I see one like the Son of God. 28:57 You see, you and I are to present our bodies as a 29:03 living sacrifice to God. 29:05 Psalm's 4:4, a great great text folks. 29:12 Meditate within your heart on your bed, 29:15 you know what that's saying? Before you get up in the morning 29:18 while you're still in bed, take a little time and talk 29:23 to the Lord, mediate to the Lord, and then it says, 29:26 be still, most of us don't listen to that, we may meditate 29:32 a little bit, but then we jump up. Quit it, lay there 29:35 a little bit, you might hear the Lord speak to you. 29:38 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, what sacrifice? 29:47 Righteousness, that means, living a daily, 29:51 living a righteous life day by day and put your trust 29:56 in the Lord. 29:58 So, you and I should live for the Lord every day... 30:13 We are to offer a sacrifice of praise...when did you stop 30:18 the last time, and just praise the Lord? 30:20 When did you do that the last time? 30:24 No, I'm not talking about faking it, I'm talking about 30:28 praising Him, that is a sacrifice that you and I 30:32 are to bring to Him a sacrifice of praise, 30:35 that's something He tells us to do. 30:53 So it tells us we are to live, we are to offer our bodies 30:56 as a living sacrifice, we're to offer the sacrifice of 30:59 righteousness that we're to offer the sacrifice of praise, 31:03 that we're to offer the sacrifice of doing good, 31:06 and of sharing. These are sacrifices the you and I 31:09 are to bring to God day by day, It's what we're to do 31:15 in our worship of the Lord. 31:29 When's the last time you shouted? 31:32 You know, I really worry about this because I read when I 31:37 pick up my Bible, I read that there's going to be people 31:40 standing on the sea of glass and they're going to say 31:43 "Praise the Lord", Halleluiah, and this type of thing 31:46 and most of you folks don't even know those words. 31:49 That we need to shout the praises of God, that's part of our 31:58 what we're to do. This is part of praising God together. 32:10 God wants us to offer Him the sacrifice of Praise. 32:16 Well, lets' talk a little bit about family-worship. 32:20 because I'm sorry, there are parents that have family worship 32:28 that the kids can't hardly wait to get out of there. 32:32 And I want to talk about what it's to be what we're supposed 32:39 to do as far as family worship is concerned, how God wants us 32:43 to conduct it. So to begin with family worship 32:48 should be happy, put it down, it should be happy. 32:53 If you got up on the wrong side of the bed, 32:55 get back and get out on the other side. 32:58 You should not come down to family worship in a sour mood 33:06 you and I need to be happy, the children should find us 33:12 happy in our relationship to God and so make sure 33:17 the family worship is a joyful place, happy, 33:22 secondly, it should be interesting, and that means 33:27 you need to take just a little bit of time to make it 33:31 interesting. Don't let it be an afterthought. 33:35 Take some time to think about it and make it interesting 33:39 for the children, you need to do that. 33:42 Thirdly. It needs to be sacred, and I have to be very careful 33:48 here because this is kind of a hobby horse with me. 33:51 It's to be sacred, don't make it common, I'm sorry but we live 33:57 in an age today that they don't understand the difference 34:00 between common and sacred. 34:02 That worship needs to be a sacred time, and they should 34:07 understand that, and it should have that presence to it 34:11 and not just make it common, that is not what it's to be. 34:15 Four. Is to be short, it's not the time when you are going to 34:22 give an exegesis on something, it's to be short, not long 34:28 and it should have all those elements in it. 34:30 It should be happy, it should be interesting, 34:32 and it should be sacred, but it should be short 34:34 and finally, it should be spirited, it should move 34:40 don't drag it along. 34:42 These are things that family worship is to be folks, 34:47 and you and I just need to take the time to make sure that 34:51 our family worship is that. 34:53 I'll guarantee you that if your family worship 35:02 has those elements in it, every morning and every evening 35:06 the children will gladly come to it, gladly come to it. 35:11 Okay. That's family worship. 35:15 Let's look at one other aspect, 35:21 You know, they used incense they had sensors, and they waved 35:25 sensors and the smoke went up and out of the sensor and all. 35:28 What does that have to do with us today? 35:31 Okay, what is the incense that they used back then, 35:38 how is it represented today? 35:40 Well, this is what it tells us. 35:58 That incense today is your prayers, and that when you and I 36:05 pray, that is mixed with incense and it comes up before the Lord, 36:10 it even says this, folks. 36:23 So, it says that the angels take your prayers 36:27 in their hands and present them before God as incense. 36:31 Never, never, never does your prayers not come up before God. 36:38 People say well, my prayers don't get to the ceiling, 36:41 no, they don't, they go clear to heaven. 36:42 They're taken there in the hands of the angels 36:46 and presented before God, that's what the incense represents 36:51 and is to be. 36:53 Martin Luther nailed 95 thesis on the door of the 37:00 Church of Wittenberg, but Martin Luther said this. 37:09 Dear friend, when you are so busy and you feel like you 37:14 just don't have time, pray a little more, 37:18 you'll find that you'll get a whole lot more done, 37:21 a whole lot more accomplished if you just pray more. 37:26 Very important. 37:28 From these homes, this is another statement, 37:32 I told you I was going to give you three. 37:46 It says that your prayer comes up before God like sweet 37:51 incense and God pours out His blessings upon you 37:56 as morning dew. 37:58 That's what He does for each one of us, He blesses in a 38:03 very special way. 38:05 Jim and Pam Rhodes, that help us and sing many times 38:12 in our meetings, Jim and Pam were both teachers and 38:16 taught for a number of years Pam tells a story 38:20 of a little boy by the name of Bobby, they came 38:24 on the first day of school and walked into the room 38:26 and he was every teacher's nightmare, 38:30 Bobby could not sit down, he could not shut up, 38:36 he was just uncontrollable, getting into trouble 38:41 with the kids all the time and Pam is very much in her 38:46 classroom, a disciplinarian, and so she said to herself, 38:50 just give us a few days and we'll get Bobby in shape... 38:55 Well, the days went along it didn't get Bobby 39:00 in shape, it got Pam out of shape. [Laughter] 39:03 Now you know, she didn't know what to do with the boy 39:08 and so she went and got her child psychology books 39:12 and all the things that she had in school and went back 39:16 and started reading them and seeing if she could figure out 39:18 what in the world she could do to help this boy. 39:22 But nothing, I mean nothing she did would help him. 39:27 She went to the other teachers in the school and talked to them 39:31 and asked them for advice nobody could seem to find 39:35 any kind of an answer to help him. 39:37 Andy finally distraught, at home, she was praying 39:43 and she was praying to the Lord about Bobby 39:47 and the Lord said to her, Pam, you haven't tried Me. 39:52 And she said, forgive me, Lord, and the next morning 39:57 when she was there and Bobby came every morning early 40:02 to school. And she was sitting at her desk, and Bobby came 40:06 in and walked up to her desk and she said to him, 40:10 she said Bobby, would you like to pray with me? 40:13 And he said yes, teacher, I'd like to pray with you 40:16 and they went over to a place that was quiet 40:20 and they knelt there and prayed. 40:23 And she said, Bobby, if you'll come every morning 40:27 we'll pray together, and he said okay, teacher. 40:31 And every morning when he came he would come, and they would 40:35 pray together and mornings when she was busy 40:38 he'd pull on her skirt and say teacher, we need to pray 40:41 and they'd go over and pray and she said it wasn't 40:44 it wasn't a month or two it was just a matter of days 40:49 and all of a sudden, Bobby sat in his seat longer 40:54 and he didn't talk out loud like he used to 40:58 and he didn't have trouble with the students like he had before. 41:02 He began to change, and she said one day, his mother came to school 41:12 the mother came into the room and said, are you praying 41:15 with my boy? And Pam said yes, I am 41:19 and she said he came home the other day and said to me 41:24 Mother, will you pray with me like Ms. Rose does? 41:28 Jesus is my best friend and she said, so we started praying 41:34 we prayed together, and he said to his dad, 41:38 could we go to church, and she said, now our whole family 41:43 goes to church, says it's changed our whole lives. 41:47 Oh dear friend, if we just take our children 41:50 and take them to the Lord, it'd change their lives 41:54 make us totally different, we just need to spend 41:57 time with them. 41:59 Great, great statement once you listen to it. 42:06 Listen to this. 42:07 Morning and evening the heavenly universe 42:10 takes notice of every praying household. 42:15 Morning and evening, the heavenly Universe 42:21 takes notice of every praying household, how important 42:28 that is. So, I would say to you mothers, fathers, 42:35 gather your family around you ask God to bless each one 42:42 plead for the sweet Holy Spirit to guide you till day's 42:49 work is done, and then when the long day's ended, gather around 42:54 once more to thank God for keeping His promise and 43:01 praise Him, for He is the Lord. 43:04 Let us pray. 43:06 Father in Heaven, as we have looked what the shows 43:16 of the importance of spending time with our families in worship 43:24 and oh Lord, we realize and we know how the devil 43:28 fights this and how he does everything to keep us 43:33 from having it. We ask Lord that we may learn to commit 43:40 our lives to you that you can handle the circumstances 43:45 that you can bring good out of any situation, and we pray 43:51 that we might turn it over to you, Lord, 43:53 that You might have Your way in our lives forgive us 43:59 forgive us where we have failed. Where we've not done 44:04 what we should have and help us to depend upon You 44:10 to realize that you are able to guide and direct 44:16 and may we have the privilege not because you are worthy 44:21 that we may have the privilege of having our families with us 44:26 in Your kingdom because of what Jesus Christ has done 44:31 for each one of us. For this, we ask in His name. 44:37 Amen. 44:38 Our next presentation is entitled "Bless This House" 44:46 and the Lord just simply says that there are certain things 44:53 that if you and I will do them, that He will bless our home. 44:59 And folks, as you read through the book, He promised it 45:04 over and over and over to the children of Israel 45:08 and when they did it, He blessed them wonderfully. 45:15 And He'll do the same for you and for me, if we will just 45:18 fulfill what God asked us to do. 45:22 So come to our next presentation those who join us by television 45:27 as we take a look at "Bless This House." 45:31 Good Night, God Bless You. 45:32 Although they are small and seemingly insignificant 45:38 Soybean pods fill the farm fields of the United States 45:41 What a treasure they are for the farmer at harvest time. 45:46 Nearly all soybeans in this country is processed 45:50 for their oil, which is then refined for their cooking 45:53 or sold for biodiesel production as well as for many other 45:57 industrial uses because of the high demand for soybeans. 46:01 A farmer must be able to harvest large quantities 46:05 in the most efficient and cost effective manner. 46:08 One of the best ways to do this is to use a 46:11 combine harvester. These massive machines give the farmer 46:16 the ability to quickly harvest and haul the beans at 46:20 an incredible rate. Have you ever considered what 46:23 one farmer can do today with the help of modern tools? 46:26 The farmer of the past cold hardly imagine it 46:29 within hours, one man and machine could harvest and deliver 46:34 untold bushel of soybeans to the market. 46:37 His goal is to attain the largest yield possible 46:41 at harvest time. Like the farmer today, we must do the same. 46:46 In Luke 10 and verse two, Jesus said the harvest 46:50 truly is great, but the laborers are few. 46:53 And in John 45, He looked over the wheat fields and said to His 46:58 disciples, lift up your eyes and look at the fields 47:01 for they are already white for harvest. 47:04 In both passages, Jesus referred to men and women of this 47:08 world as He proclaimed that the harvest is here and the work 47:13 must be done. 47:14 When I was a boy, the corn harvest was all done by hand 47:19 we literally had a horse-drawn wagon, and we would walk 47:23 along the side and pull the corn off the stalk 47:26 and throw it onto the wagon. 47:27 But folks, the time is short so the Lord has provided 47:32 the most marvelous technology to enable us to harvest more 47:36 souls through television, radio and other media. 47:40 Today, we can take the message to the multitudes around 47:43 the world at the speed of light. Such ability was far beyond 47:48 the imagination of the evangelist of the past. 47:52 The harvest is here, but we can't do it without you, 47:58 won't you help us? 48:00 Please consider what you can do who still don't know about 48:03 Jesus. As the Holy Spirit impresses, please send your 48:06 Tax-deductible gifts to: 48:19 Thank you for helping us spread the light of God's Word through 48:22 television and radio. Your gifts help bring the blessed hope 48:25 of salvation to millions around the world. |
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