Participants: Jim Ayer
Series Code: RYL
Program Code: RYL000006
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00:01 At this time it is our departure time.
00:02 Before we can shut the aircraft door 00:03 and tack these from the gate, 00:05 all passengers must be in their seats 00:08 with their luggage stowed 00:10 and the overhead bins closed. 00:12 We do ask that you'd kindly 00:13 take your seat as quickly as possible. 00:15 Thank you. 00:21 It's time to join your guide Jim Ayer for an exciting 00:25 12th episode journey into "Remodeling Your Life." 00:29 You're going to discover that 00:31 God's transforming power is real 00:33 and He's ready to provide that power to you. 00:36 Now here's your guide, 00:38 Jim Ayer to take you on the journey of a lifetime, 00:41 an amazing and dynamic experience with God. 00:46 Because my work requires a great deal of travel 00:49 I spend a lot of time in airplanes, 00:51 on occasion I'll take a window seat 00:53 so I can enjoy the amazing views. 00:55 Flying at 30,000 feet above the earth 00:58 offers expansive vistas of vast snow covered mountain rangers, 01:01 color patterns that dazzle the senses, 01:04 patch work fields and crops, lakes and dams well, 01:06 the list is almost endless and here is my point. 01:09 The view is very different 01:11 when standing at the base of a massive dam 01:14 looking up to that gigantic concrete walls 01:17 as opposed of flying over the dam. 01:19 The lake head holes and the extensive forest 01:21 covered mountain rangers that contains it all. 01:24 Flying above our world offers a different prospective 01:27 and same as true when studying the Bible. 01:30 We are going to fly over Matthew 5 to 10 today 01:32 so, you can experience vistas 01:34 that you may not have seen before. 01:38 All electronic devices, all cameras, Kindles, 01:42 iPods, anything with an on-off 01:44 switch must be in the off position. 01:47 And once again, we cannot leave the gate 01:49 until all passengers are seated 01:52 and all overhead bins are closed. 01:54 Thank you. 01:56 It was on a grassy slope something like this 01:58 that Jesus sat with thousands of people 02:00 overlooking the Sea of Galilee. 02:03 It was a gorgeous day basically just like this 02:06 talking to them about the things 02:08 they had never heard off from a religious teacher before. 02:11 In all the world, they had not found another message 02:14 like this one found in Matthew Chapter 5, 6 and 7. 02:18 You can read the studies of the Bhagavad Gita, 02:21 you can read the Quran, the poly text teachings 02:25 but you know you're never 02:26 going to find anything quite like 02:28 the Sermon on the Mount. 02:30 It changed lives, it changed men 02:32 who take some from drunkards and make them saints. 02:34 It takes thieves 02:35 and make some beautiful people in Jesus Christ. 02:38 Children or the king. 02:40 What these are living words 02:42 from the Creator God of the universe. 02:45 In the first 11 verses 02:47 you find the -- the blessed text- - 02:49 Blessed are the poor in spirit, 02:51 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 02:53 Blessed are they that mourn, for they will be comforted. 02:58 These all change people's life. 03:00 I went all through school the friend of mine 03:02 his name was Larry Basich. 03:04 Larry was always better every thing than I was. 03:06 I mean we were in every sport 03:08 and Larry beat me in every thing. 03:09 He was like, you know there wasn't anything I can do 03:12 but Larry was just better. 03:15 And I remember one time I heard that Larry was sick 03:19 and he contracted a disease. 03:22 I began visit him actually in a home-- 03:24 we had to put him in home I want to sing 03:26 and I played the guitar for him from time to time 03:29 and this one time 03:32 I asked him a little more of his story and he said, 03:34 you know he said I went to college 03:36 on the basketball scholarship. 03:38 When I was in college 03:40 I was introduced to Jesus Christ 03:41 and I accepted Christ in my life 03:43 and it was shortly there 03:44 after I got slugged with this disease. 03:47 He said it's been an terrible disease. 03:50 And I said Larry, would you have changed anything? 03:53 Would you have changed anything in life? 03:55 Then he said, no, 03:57 I wouldn't have changed a thing, 03:59 wouldn't have changed anything. 04:01 You see, these first 11 verses. 04:04 Well, they are such a blessing, 04:06 they give us strength and a blessing 04:08 in following Jesus Christ. 04:09 They are powerful words they are real, 04:11 they are living ones. 04:13 You know, next Jesus begin to move 04:15 to the part that really strikes 04:16 that the foundation of hypocrisy. 04:19 Chapter 5:20 says, 04:21 "For I say to you that except your righteousness 04:24 shall exceed the righteousness 04:26 of the scribes and Pharisees" 04:27 oh my, ye shall in no case 04:30 enter into the kingdom of heaven." 04:32 Here He is -- while He rips apart 04:34 everything that they are thinking 04:35 about He says, you know, 04:38 hey if you are not better than church leaders 04:41 you does not gonna make it to heaven. 04:44 So again Jesus moved from that extra note 04:46 from the outside of how you look 04:47 you know the scribes and Pharisees 04:49 they all want to look really great 04:51 before everybody put up a good front 04:53 or Jesus brings them now on the inside of the heart 04:56 what's going on in your heart. 04:57 What's happening in your heart? 04:59 He started to call them back to God 05:02 you know what the plan of a changed heart, 05:03 He didn't want them just to look good on the outside, 05:06 He wanted them to look good on the inside too 05:08 to be good on the inside. 05:11 Well, Jesus went on here and continued too, 05:14 He said "If your right eye offend you, pluck it out, 05:16 if your right hand offend you, cut it off." 05:18 This was serious business, 05:20 he wanted to take everything 05:22 moving from this all this external area 05:26 into a real relationship of God. 05:28 You see its all about God. 05:30 You can do nothing to change your own life, 05:33 you and I can't do anything to change our own life's 05:35 may be you have tried. 05:36 You know, I have certainly tried to do it on my own 05:39 but when we give the Holly Spirit 05:42 permission to enter of lives, 05:45 wow, it changes its God who comes inside, lives in us 05:50 and its God that actually does the changing inside of us. 05:54 So my question today, you know will you allow God? 05:57 Will you allow God to fully and completely change you 06:01 to allow Him enter and ascend your heart 06:03 because you know the Holy Spirit 06:05 is like this burning fire, 06:07 He comes inside of you 06:09 and He burns up the sin inside its not you doing it, 06:11 its not me doing it but God burns out 06:14 the sin completely in our life. 06:16 He has promised it, He has promised it. 06:18 He doesn't want just to leave us where we are. 06:20 He wants to lift us higher and higher and higher. 06:28 Could something be missing in your walk with Christ 06:31 but you not sure what it might be 06:32 or what to do about it. 06:34 The Review and Herald has the answer, 06:37 the book Transformation will lead you step by step 06:39 on the journey of the life time. 06:41 You'll be surprised 06:42 how easily changes in your life occur 06:44 as you focus on the power of God. 06:47 You see its all about God 06:48 the God who loves you and wants to transform you. 06:51 Now, here is the information you need 06:53 call us or visit us online. 07:07 You know, Jesus really 07:08 from chapter 5 into chapter 6 and 7 07:11 He really didn't miss a beat. 07:13 I mean it's just a continuation. 07:15 He was just continuing on right where He was 07:18 and you know the original Bibles 07:21 the text there were no punctuation marks or anything. 07:23 You know it just continued on no chapter 07:25 so this is just all part of the same thing 07:28 but then He right away 07:29 He jumps into the hypocrisy of many of the leaders, 07:32 many of the people of the church of the day. 07:35 You know, don't do as the hypocrites do, 07:38 don't be like the hypocrites and who are the hypocrites? 07:41 The church leaders, you know they were the ones who -- 07:43 who walked around the everywhere 07:45 and they were the ones who-- 07:47 who tried to look great in front of everybody 07:50 they wanted the highest places, they wanted the best places 07:53 so they could, they could give all-- 07:55 get all the acolytes from everybody. 07:57 And He said no, no -- that's not -- 07:59 what my kingdom is all about, it's about it all. 08:03 You see it said in verse 3 or 2 08:05 these people they already have the reward. 08:08 That's it, what they get 08:10 you know when everybody gives them the platitudes 08:12 and the best places and everything 08:13 they have got to reward. 08:14 They are not gonna be in heaven 08:16 so it's a whole good of totally just a mind set 08:19 as we think about these things. 08:21 You kind of start asking well, again, how can I get there? 08:24 And the Lord really then goes into prayer. 08:27 It's all about prayer, I like what Ellen White says, 08:31 "prayer is the key in the hand of faith 08:33 to unlock heaven's storehouse, 08:34 where are treasured the boundless 08:36 resources of Omnipotence." 08:38 Amazing statement, we are gonna tie 08:40 into the boundless resources of Omnipotence, 08:43 there is the key, prayer. 08:44 Prayer you audience 08:46 you audience with God the king of the universe 08:48 and you have that audience at anytime, any place and where 08:51 because His word is a living word. 08:54 You know in, I think its 2 Timothy, 08:58 Paul says to Timothy you know, it's a living word, 09:01 it's an exciting word of God 09:02 when we -- when we study when we open His word 09:05 we are encountering the God of the universe right there. 09:08 So, Jesus begins to talk with them 09:10 about particular way to pray. 09:12 Verse 9, Our Father which art in heaven, 09:14 Hallowed be your name. 09:15 Giving praise, Give us this day our daily bread. 09:18 He continues on, "For thine is the kingdom, 09:21 and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever." 09:24 Contains a lot of giving praises to God. 09:27 You know, how often do I, 09:29 How often do you wake up in the morning 09:31 and just start praising God. 09:33 You know I loved what a fellow once said, years ago, he said, 09:36 if you wake up in the morning 09:38 you don't have anything to praise God about 09:40 hold your breath for five minutes 09:42 and then see if you got anything to praise God about. 09:44 You know, well, how many of us here 09:46 can hold the breath for five minutes? 09:47 Probably not many of us especially me, 09:50 you know, I use my little asthma thing from time to time. 09:53 But its like we praise God for breath for life 09:55 and that's the way we should start out our day 09:58 as looking to God up lifting praising Him. 10:01 Then He continues on, 10:03 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures in heaven, 10:06 where moth and rust does corrupt, 10:08 but lay up for yourself treasure in heaven 10:10 where neither rust nor moth is corrupt." 10:15 Totally different thing, you know 10:16 we want to gather on this earth 10:17 we want to gather all the things how often 10:19 you turn on television, what's its about? 10:21 You know it's about getting the new boat 10:22 the new car, the new Harley, 10:24 the new this, the new that. 10:26 All of us thinking is focused on the things of this earth 10:29 and God says, Hey, its all gonna, its all gonna 10:31 you know the moths are getting eat it up, 10:33 the rust is gonna destroy it 10:36 eventually the fire of the second coming 10:37 are going to wipe it out. 10:39 So what are the really important things? 10:43 In verse 24, He gets it right down to now it says, 10:46 "No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, 10:49 and he will you know, hold to the other" 10:52 here despise one and despise other. 10:54 You cannot serve God." 10:56 And men or money or the things of this life 10:58 or the death really you can't serve both of them. 11:01 You can't get on the fence and try 11:03 and walk that fence all along the way. 11:07 So, question comes what is our focus? 11:09 You know, what is your focus, what is my focus? 11:13 What are the things that are really important in this life? 11:18 Verse 33, "But seek Ye First the kingdom of God, 11:21 and all these things will be added on to you." 11:25 God wants us to prosper, 11:26 He said I wouldn't have thought proper and be in hell. 11:29 So He does want us to prosper, 11:30 but the way it really prosper 11:32 is grab a whole first of the things of God 11:34 the things of the kingdom 11:36 and then He will give us these other things 11:38 you know its just to keep us going on planet earth 11:41 while we are still here in our -- in our journey here. 11:44 And then He goes on right immediately in chapter 7, 11:48 "Hypocrite" you know if you say -- 11:50 point to somebody else they look at you -- look at you 11:52 what's the matter with you, 11:53 Hey "hypocrite first cast out the beam out of your own eye, 11:58 so they can see clearly then you can cast out 12:00 the mote out of your brother's eye." 12:02 Some people today talk about well, 12:04 you knows we can't judge anybody out. 12:07 It's interesting what the Lord is saying here. 12:08 What does he tell us? 12:09 He said look you can take 12:11 the mote out of your brother's eye 12:12 but first work on your own life. 12:15 And once your own life 12:16 you have the power of God living in you 12:18 you have the transforming power in you 12:20 when you begin getting this together with God in your life 12:23 then you can go help your brother 12:25 and its help its not point to finger out its help, 12:28 your brother or your sister big difference, big difference. 12:32 Then he -- he goes on here 12:34 and he enters into a really interesting area 12:36 it cause a lot of people a lot of struggle verse 13, 12:40 "Enter you in at the strait gate for wide is the gate, 12:43 and broad is the way, that leads to destruction" 12:46 and many are going to find that gate 12:50 because the gate is what? 12:52 But the Lord says, I need you enter 12:54 in at the straight gate than narrow gate. 12:57 Lord, the narrow gate, 12:58 how do I ever make it to the narrow gate, 13:00 where most of the world is going to the wide gate? 13:04 Well, again it's all about 13:05 a personal relationship the Lord says, 13:08 this is life eternal that they might know you, 13:11 the only true God and Jesus Christ 13:13 whom I have sent. 13:15 It's all about a friendship and a fellowship 13:17 the knowing there is basically like Adam knew his wife 13:21 and they can see the child is very personal, 13:23 it's very intimate. 13:25 So do you know Jesus? 13:26 That's what its all about, do you really know Jesus 13:29 and when you know Jesus, 13:30 when He becomes your very best friend, 13:32 they you are willing to surrender 13:33 the things of this world, they become meaningless 13:36 because you found a very, very best friend. 13:40 Will you accept Jesus totally in your life 13:43 to allow Him to become your best friend? 13:45 To allow Him to -- to change you, 13:46 so you can easily then walk into that straight gate 13:50 because that's what its all about, 13:52 is allowing God to guide and direct our steps. 13:56 He says this is the way, walk around, walk in that light, 14:01 but again it's your choice. 14:03 So how many of you choose to take it up? 14:05 Anybody here? 14:06 You choose all right, praise the Lord. 14:13 Jim and Janene have created a 12 week study guide, 14:17 designed to lead you into a deeper 14:19 more meaningful walk with Christ, 14:21 if you're a brand new Christian 14:22 or have been going to church your entire life 14:25 this guide is for you. 14:26 It's perfect for individual study or for an entire group. 14:30 The greatest gift you can give to your church or your family 14:33 is Transformation the 12 week study guide order today. 14:37 Now, here is the information you need, 14:39 call us or visit us online. 14:49 When Jesus finished chapters 5, 6 and 7 14:53 they begin coming down the mount. 14:54 They were finished with that three days 14:56 of time up on the mountain. 14:58 When they came down people were thinking 15:00 that multitudes follow him and they are thinking 15:02 where do I get this power when He is talking about, 15:04 where do I-- I come up with-- 15:07 with the energy the fortitude to do what he is asked. 15:12 But its interesting because Jesus starts 15:15 writing the devil slabs Jesus as soon as He comes down 15:18 into the lower levels near the lake, 15:20 the devil hits Him time after time after time 15:23 and immediately a leper came to Him 15:25 and said Lord, heal me, heal me 15:27 and Jesus put forth His hand in the touch 15:30 of the king of the universe the Creator God, 15:32 the touch immediately his leprosy was gone. 15:37 And it continues on, Peter's mother, 15:41 Peter's mother is sick she has a fever 15:43 Jesus reaches down and touches her 15:45 and lifts her up and she is healed 15:48 immediately again the touch, 15:51 the fever was gone 15:52 and then we find there is a -- a centurion 15:54 where the list continues on, actually there are -- 15:57 there are about ten different major miracles, 16:00 just in chapter 8 and 9. 16:04 Well, I love it, there is one that is one of my favorites 16:06 because this lady had heard about Jesus, 16:08 I don't know exactly where she had heard about Him 16:11 but she had heard about Christ 16:13 and she thought if I can just touch Him, 16:16 may be I'll be heal you see, 16:17 she spent a long time with doctors, 16:19 she has spent a lot of money on doctors 16:21 and she couldn't be healed just it didn't happen. 16:25 But she heard so much about Jesus, 16:27 she just knew in her heart if I can just touch Him 16:29 I'll be healed. 16:30 By the time she found Christ, 16:32 there was people crowding all over everywhere 16:35 and she couldn't get to Him 16:36 but she finally got down in her heals and knees 16:39 and there in her hands and knees 16:40 she crawled through the crowd and she finally reached arm 16:43 and she touched the hymn of His garment 16:45 and immediately, immediately she was healed 16:48 and she crawled back up and she went away rejoicing. 16:52 She got out of the crowd and she started going away 16:54 and Jesus stopped. 16:56 Jesus turned around and said who touched me? 16:59 The disciples all say but-- you know Lord, 17:02 look at all the crowd around you and you say who touched? 17:04 You people are pressing on You from every side. 17:07 He said, I felt virtue go out of me and then He looks 17:12 and He sees this lady, He knows who it is, 17:14 He sees this lady He says daughter, 17:17 this lady had never been called daughter. 17:19 He never, Jesus never called anyone daughter 17:21 that I know Him the scriptures before daughter come here. 17:26 She wanted, you know she wanted to be left alone kind off, 17:28 she want to secretly go away but Jesus called her to Him. 17:32 And had a wonderful conversation while this ladies heart 17:35 when she finally went away she was just thrilled 17:38 she was rejoice over talking with the-- the master 17:41 with the Lord of the universe. 17:44 God, you see it's the touch of Jesus Christ, His touch. 17:50 Jesus would talk through entire towns, 17:52 He would come in one gate and go out the other 17:54 and everybody in the town would be healed, everybody, 17:58 there wasn't anybody 17:59 that who wouldn't be healed by the Master's touch. 18:03 Over in chapter 9, 18:07 we find an interesting thing, He says, verse 36, 18:11 "But when He saw the multitudes, 18:13 He was moved with compassion on them, 18:16 because they were as sheep having no shepherd." 18:20 They were scattered everywhere, as sheep having no shepherd. 18:24 Jesus wanted to come here to planet earth 18:26 to dispel the lies of the devil. 18:28 The devil lied to us so much but I remember a time 18:31 when a big old limp fell across to our van 18:34 and it crushed the top of our van 18:37 and I called the insurance company and I said -- 18:39 can you -- can you do something here 18:40 and they said no, no, no that's an act of God. 18:44 I said, what do you mean an act of God? 18:47 I said can I-- can I take you to court 18:50 and I'll prove it to the act of the devil then what? 18:53 Well, there was dead silence on the other end 18:56 because you see the devil has tried to portray 18:59 throughout human history that it's all God's fault. 19:01 We are stuck here on this planet with all this-- 19:03 all this evil all the heartache, all the troubles and trails 19:07 and we blame it on God but its all the devil's fault, 19:11 its all about the devil in that case, its not God's. 19:16 God has come here to show us His love. 19:19 He came here on planet earth to show us that 19:21 He will set us free when we call out to God. 19:24 He will kick the devil out, 19:25 He will change things when we call out to God, 19:27 He will change our lives fully and completely. 19:32 And that's what God is inviting you to do, 19:33 to invite Him in and see stains and marks 19:36 at the doors of your heart of your temple. 19:39 He want's to remodel your life when you invite Him. 19:42 He will do just that-- He has the power. 19:44 He has got the -- the explosive power, 19:47 He is the king of the universe to change your life, 19:50 to invite Him into their way. 20:04 Now it's your opportunity to purchase Jim Ayer's 20:07 entire transformation package at one low price. 20:11 You will receive the book, the 12 week study guide 20:14 and the 12 episode DVD series. 20:16 Each item will offer you, your family and your church 20:19 the tools to transform a dull lifeless Christian experience 20:23 into a vibrant and victorious life. 20:25 This will truly be an investment for eternity. 20:28 Now here is the information you need 20:29 call us or visit us online. 20:39 Now, this home was built in the 1700s, 20:42 during that period the famous preacher John Wesley said, 20:45 give me 100 men who fear nothing but sin 20:48 and desire nothing but God and care nothing 20:50 whether they be clergymen or lay men. 20:52 They alone will shake the gates of hell 20:54 and set up the kingdom of heaven here upon earth. 20:58 Now, here I'm, in the 21st century 21:00 and God is still looking for such men and women. 21:03 Men and women He can trust with His power. 21:07 We discover Jesus confirming believable power 21:10 in Matthew 10 on His disciples. 21:12 He called the disciples together and gave them this power, 21:16 He said here I give it to you. 21:18 Now, there are two types of power 21:19 one is the -- the Exousia power 21:22 in the Greek it means the authority 21:24 he conveys upon them the authority. 21:27 The other is the Dunamis power 21:28 the dynamite power the explosive power 21:31 it's where we get our English word for dynamite 21:34 it is absolutely explosive. 21:41 As the creator of the universe and ruler of all 21:43 God has the authority to command, 21:46 both His authority and explosive power 21:48 were and are combined to defeat the devil 21:50 and his evil angels. 21:52 That's why when the 70 followers of Christ returned 21:55 they were so joyful because they said 21:58 even the devils are subject onto your name. 22:00 They were absolutely, amazed 22:02 that the power of God had given them. 22:04 Look I read my Bible from cover to cover, and God never looses. 22:09 Any time He goes toe to toe of the devil God always wins. 22:13 That's why I believe in Matthew Chapters 8 and 9. 22:16 Well, they are included in here 22:18 because it chronicles every loss of Satan. 22:21 Nothing is too hard for God. 22:23 Oh, yes, except dealing with your will. 22:26 He cannot do anything against your will, 22:29 He must be invited in to help you. 22:31 If you invite Him God will use that explosive power 22:35 to fight for you indeed He will give it to you. 22:38 Power will come and abide in you. 22:41 You are not left to fight the devil on your own, 22:43 no matter what your problem is, 22:44 no matter what you are dealing within life. 22:47 Romans 8 says, what shall then we-- 22:49 we say about these things, 22:50 that God before us who can be against us. 22:57 Ephesians 6:10, 11 says these words, 23:00 "Finally, my brother, be strong in the Lord 23:03 and the power of His might put on the whole amour of God, 23:06 so that you may be able to stand against the wilds of the devil." 23:11 John Wesley was looking for a 100 Christians 23:13 who feared nothing but sin and desired nothing but God 23:16 and they would rock the world for Christ. 23:19 Jesus is still looking for such men and women today. 23:22 Will you choose to become one of them? 23:29 Billy Sunday once said, "We have a God 23:31 who delights in impossibilities." 23:34 In Matthew Chapter 10, 23:36 Jesus multiple times said fear not, fear not, 23:39 don't fear but you know in this world 23:41 we got such a quite mild sin where, 23:43 we are bagged down so many times. 23:45 It's really difficult to -- to begin getting a grasp on this 23:48 until we actually begin looking at the size of God. 23:52 When you begin seeing the size of your God, 23:54 you see that determines-- 23:56 determines the success of your transformation journey. 24:00 Children of Israel had that real problem too, they-- 24:02 they ended up at the boarders of the promise land. 24:05 God said, hey, it's all yours 24:07 I have given it to you take it, just go in and possess it. 24:11 Well, the first thing they had to do is send the spies. 24:13 Forty days the spies were in there and on the way out 24:16 I get the idea that one of them they looked and said wow, 24:19 look, look here comes the spies mom, 24:21 here comes the spies. 24:23 Between those two spies had one pole 24:25 and one monster cluster of grapes. 24:27 Can you imagine it took two guys to carry a cluster of grapes, 24:30 its kind of like hey come on over to my house 24:31 we will split a grape, you know, 24:33 and it was every thing that God said it was -- it was marvelous 24:39 but then one of the guys said nevertheless, 24:43 nevertheless there is giants in the land. 24:45 And another one said, 24:46 yeah, we are like grasshoppers in our own sight, 24:48 we are like tiny grasshoppers. 24:50 We can never go and possess the land 24:52 and they wined and they cried and they-- 24:54 they wept all night long even thought to of the spies said 24:57 we are well, able to go in and take it over. 24:59 We are well able to do this, and so God said fine, 25:04 and for 40 years they continued the journey. 25:06 Every one of them died off, everyone of them-- 25:09 Well, they didn't posses the Promised Land 25:11 even though it was all about God 25:12 and God said, "you can do it." 25:15 They lost out on the Promised Land. 25:17 See, when you believe it nothing 25:19 significant can happen through you, 25:21 you said more about your relationship and about God, 25:25 then you really said about yourself. 25:29 It was such a promise, such a terrible situation 25:31 but it's been that way seems like to our history Jesus 25:35 and the disciples got on a boat. 25:36 But you know, we've got a more modern boat today 25:39 but they got on a boat. 25:40 And they're out there and these season fishermen rowing in it, 25:43 they're rowing and pretty soon 25:45 the wind blows off the lake or down to the lake 25:49 and the waves are whipping up higher and higher and higher. 25:51 And the season fishermen, they're about to ready to drown. 25:54 I mean it's looking pretty critical for them. 25:57 And they look around and all of a sudden 25:58 there is a big old flash of lightning 26:00 and they see Jesus in the back of the boat and guess what? 26:03 What do you think Jesus was doing? 26:05 He's sound asleep. 26:06 He is a asleep in the back of the boat 26:08 and one of the disciples they get up from the rowing 26:10 and runs to the back of the boats and said, Lord, 26:12 don't you care we are going to die. 26:16 What do you think Jesus really care? 26:18 Yeah, Jesus really did care 26:20 you know, he -- all alone he said fear not 26:24 you know the creator God of the universe 26:25 was in the boat way. 26:27 And Jesus said, oh, you of little faith. 26:29 He stood up held His hands out and says, 26:32 peace be still and billions and billions of gallons of water 26:35 raging a revolutionary storm 26:36 on the Sea of Galilee smooth out like a mirror 26:40 and all the boats surrounding them 26:41 close proximity said what manner of man is this, 26:43 even the winds and the waves are bam! 26:46 He is God incarnate He took of his kingly robes 26:49 stepped into steeped into humanity to save us, 26:53 but He is still God also. 26:54 He can do anything God wants to do 26:56 and He can do anything in us. 26:58 You see remember, He choose to die for you. 27:01 And that's how special you are when you ask for help. 27:05 All of heaven will be there to assist you. 27:07 When you ask to be remodeled and transformed into his image 27:11 He'll answer your prayer because He has the power. 27:16 On the mountain top, our Lord laid out His desire for us 27:19 to be separate from sin to stop 27:21 following every will of the devil. 27:23 The moment He came down from the mountain top, 27:26 the devil hit Jesus with everything he had 27:29 but it was useless. 27:31 God is the all time undefeated champion of the world, 27:34 He never loses. 27:36 He's asking you to live a life fully committed to Him 27:39 to serving Him to dispel the sin 27:42 and the darkness in your life by inviting Him in, 27:45 allowing Him to kick the devil out. 27:48 When you're standing upon the shoulders of God 27:51 there are no giants in the land. 27:55 Right now asks Him to change, change you this moment. 27:58 You will be happy you did and remember 28:01 when the will of man cooperates with the will of God 28:04 it becomes one all powerful will. |
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