Word of Encouragement "incline or Recline"

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] good morning and Bible Baptist Church

[0:02] family good to see you this morning so

[0:04] excited to see you this morning and

[0:06] looking forward to a good time with our

[0:08] word of encouragement today and so

[0:10] there's a verse in Scripture I want to

[0:12] share with you and for the first 2

[0:15] people in the comments that leave where

[0:18] this verse is found we're gonna have a

[0:21] gift card for you for a free coffee and

[0:25] so or some other drink of your favorite

[0:28] from Starbucks and so the first two that

[0:30] leave it in the comments where the

[0:32] reference to this verse is I'll give you

[0:34] a clue it is verse number 23 of the

[0:39] chapter and it says this now therefore

[0:42] put away said he the strange gods which

[0:46] are among you and incline your heart

[0:49] unto the Lord God of Israel I'll even

[0:52] give you another clue Joshua's talking

[0:54] here

[0:55] Joshua's gathered the nation of Israel

[0:57] together and Shechem and he's talking to

[0:59] them he reminds them of everything that

[1:01] God's done for them and then he says to

[1:03] them to incline their heart toward the

[1:06] Lord and so I was thinking about that

[1:08] this morning about inclining your heart

[1:11] and the board incline means to lean

[1:12] forward to lean toward and then the word

[1:15] reclined we all love our recliners don't

[1:18] we having the opportunity to recline and

[1:20] lean back at the end of the day and

[1:22] enjoy that and so I was thinking about

[1:25] that recline means to lean away from and

[1:27] so many times in our life are we

[1:29] inclined toward the Lord and the way the

[1:33] Lord wants us to think the things that

[1:35] the Lord wants us to do do we incline or

[1:37] do we reclined and so sometimes we

[1:40] recline away from but I think also there

[1:42] is another thing that happens is that we

[1:46] choose not to go away from God we choose

[1:49] not to go toward God but instead what we

[1:51] do is we stay in neutral but at the end

[1:55] of the day that's declining declining to

[1:57] move declining to go for God declining

[2:00] and that's a negative thing for us and

[2:02] so this morning I want to encourage you

[2:05] to incline your heart toward the Lord so

[2:08] what the Lord wants you to do today

[2:09] incline lean towards his way I want to

[2:12] encourage you to income

[2:14] towards the things that he wants for you

[2:16] as far as reading your Bible should you

[2:18] incline or recline ling toward reading

[2:21] it or lean away from when it comes to

[2:24] your prayer life inclining towards God

[2:26] or reclining away from God when it comes

[2:28] to sharing the gospel with other people

[2:30] inclining or reclining and so you and I

[2:33] must make a decision today to incline

[2:37] our hearts toward God incline our way of

[2:39] thinking towards God incline our worship

[2:43] to the Lord and when you incline your

[2:45] worship you're gonna realize worship is

[2:46] bowing down it's less of me and more of

[2:50] him so if you can find this verse today

[2:52] first two people in the comments now I

[2:54] do have a sad little note because I did

[2:58] a devotion with my boys today I was here

[3:00] at the office earlier and did a did a

[3:03] FaceTime with him a devotion so Joshua

[3:06] and I say in Micah and my wife know

[3:09] where this verse is found because it was

[3:11] part of our devotion this morning and so

[3:13] you guys are exempt from winning prizes

[3:15] and so you can't win the prize today but

[3:19] if anybody else the first two people

[3:21] I've got five dollar gift cards for you

[3:23] to Starbucks and so you can leave in the

[3:27] comments where that verse is found and

[3:30] you can win the prize you say preacher

[3:32] why you why are you making us work so

[3:34] hard well we talked about last week that

[3:37] we need to know where it's found and

[3:39] when Christ dealt with temptation he

[3:42] quoted scripture it said it is written

[3:44] it is written it is written and we

[3:46] wanted to challenge everyone to know

[3:48] where it's written and so today I'll

[3:50] read the verse one more time and then

[3:53] you'll have the opportunity to leave it

[3:55] in the comments below it's verse 23 it

[3:58] says now therefore put away said he the

[4:00] strange gods which are among you and

[4:02] incline your heart unto the Lord God of

[4:04] Israel and so if you can find that verse

[4:07] leave it in the comments we'll have a

[4:09] great prize for you a $5 gift card to

[4:12] Starbucks and if you're not in the area

[4:16] and you win we'll definitely get it to

[4:18] you somehow maybe a digital transfer or

[4:20] something else all right so have a

[4:22] wonderful day good to see you this

[4:23] morning for our word of encourage