Sunday Evening Service | 6.23.24

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

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[3:53] still all

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[4:16] Jesus is

[4:18] King the

[4:22] Angels

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[4:26] throne and they'll start

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[4:45] joing it would

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[4:54] be

[4:56] still it all

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[5:01] just

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[5:13] one would

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[5:17] be it would

[5:23] be time

[5:26] a is still worth it all

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[5:40] a of

[5:42] lab is still wor

[5:48] all just one more soul

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[6:00] if you're able to would you join us as

[6:02] we stand together for song

[6:04] 281 song number 281 we have heard the

[6:08] joyful sound Jesus saves Jesus saves 281

[6:13] we'll sing that first and that last of

[6:17] 281 on verse number

[6:20] one we have heard the joyful sound Jesus

[6:25] saves Jesus saves let the time Tidings

[6:30] All Around Jesus say Jesus say bear the

[6:36] news to every land climb the Steeps and

[6:41] cross the ways onward T our Lord's

[6:47] command Jesus

[6:49] saves Jesus

[6:52] saves give the winds a mighty voice

[6:57] Jesus save Jesus says let the Nations

[7:03] now

[7:04] Rejoice Jesus say Jesus saves shout

[7:10] salvation full and free highest hills

[7:15] and deepest case this Our Song of

[7:22] Victory Jesus

[7:26] saves Jesus saves

[7:31] you may be seated at this time we'll

[7:33] have a special from our missionaries

[7:35] wife this evening

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[8:15] are pleading

[8:17] longingly wondering where their nextal

[8:21] will

[8:23] be just trying to make it day to as

[8:27] their life so quickly lips away with

[8:31] never a thought of their Eternal

[8:36] Destiny a world away how blessed we are

[8:40] to live in this great land of ours

[8:44] surrounded by such luxuries and

[8:49] wealth we think we know of sacrifice yet

[8:53] we give so little of Our Lives it's time

[8:57] for us to look Beyond

[9:01] ourselves there's someone you can

[9:05] reach someone's life that you can touch

[9:10] how can you give so little when we've

[9:13] been given so much someone's future is

[9:19] depending on what you will

[9:24] do and to someone in the world today

[9:30] their only hope is

[9:34] you what a shame to live our whole life

[9:37] long and stand before our God what a

[9:42] Pity it would be to hear him say these

[9:48] words these are ones you could have

[9:53] re these are lives you should have

[9:57] touched how could you give so little

[10:01] when I gave you so much someone's future

[10:06] was

[10:07] depending on what you would

[10:12] do and to those I put into your

[10:17] path their only hope was

[10:22] you let us stri for the goal to reach

[10:26] just one more soul

[10:30] what price could be too great to hear

[10:33] our

[10:34] father

[10:37] say these are ones that you have

[10:42] reached these are lives that you have

[10:46] touched enter in my faithful servant to

[10:51] you I say Well done someone's future was

[10:56] depending on what you would

[11:01] do and now they'll be forever

[11:06] grateful here in heaven with

[11:11] you someone's future is

[11:15] depending on what you will

[11:20] do and for someone in the world

[11:25] today their only hope is you

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[11:42] there's hopefully we'll keep that in

[11:44] mind as we go throughout the week

[11:45] there's someone we can reach if you're

[11:48] able to would you join us as we stand

[11:50] together for 381 for he's a wonderful

[11:53] savior to me hopefully he's a wonderful

[11:56] savior to you tonight also cuz he is is

[11:59] a wonderful Savior and he's a wonderful

[12:02] savior to me 381 we'll just sing the

[12:05] first three verses verse number one two

[12:07] and three on that

[12:09] first I was lost in sin but Jesus took

[12:14] me in he's a wonderful savior to

[12:18] me I was bound by fear but Jesus Set Me

[12:23] Free he's a wonderful savior to me

[12:29] for he's a wonderful savior to

[12:34] me he's a wonderful savior to

[12:39] me I was lost in sin but Jesus took me

[12:44] in he's a wonderful savior to

[12:49] me he's a friend so true so faithful and

[12:54] so kind he's a wonderful savior to me

[13:00] everything I need in him I always find

[13:05] he's a wonderful savior to

[13:09] me for he's a wonderful savior to

[13:15] me he's a wonderful savior to

[13:20] me I was lost in sin but Jesus took me

[13:25] in he's a wonderful savior to me on that

[13:31] last verse number

[13:33] three he is always near to comfort and

[13:37] to cheer he's a wonderful savior to

[13:42] me he forgives my sins he dries my every

[13:48] tear he's a wonderful savior to

[13:53] me

[13:55] for

[13:57] he a a wonderful savior to

[14:02] me he's a wonderful savior to

[14:08] me I was lost in sin but Jesus took me

[14:13] in he's a

[14:15] wonderful savior to

[14:20] me and at this time we'll have a prayer

[14:23] for our offering tonight Lord we thank

[14:26] you for being our wonderful savior and

[14:29] for the gift of your son and for

[14:31] salvation and Lord we thank you for all

[14:33] you've blessed us with and all you've

[14:34] given to us and we ask you Lord to

[14:36] receive this offering as our gift back

[14:37] to you and bless those that are giving

[14:40] with a cheerful heart and bless the gift

[14:42] that is given and may it be used for

[14:44] your honor and Glory So Others May know

[14:46] about the wonderful Savior Jesus and we

[14:49] ask all these things in the name of

[14:50] Jesus our savior amen you may be seated

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[15:37] and at this time we're gon to have a

[15:38] special from Brother Josh this evening

[15:40] tonight

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[16:24] God BL

[16:27] shed to

[16:29] the

[16:31] dead and the priest would sacrifice day

[16:35] after

[16:38] day but this would never

[16:41] satisfy the price for sin was just too

[16:45] high only one God's only son could take

[16:50] it all

[16:52] away this man was holy sinless this man

[16:57] did not Des serve it this man gave it

[17:01] all to set me

[17:05] free this man with his blood Divine

[17:10] settled it for all time and now he lives

[17:15] to intercede for

[17:19] me no one else could ever love me like

[17:23] he

[17:25] can none but this man

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[17:40] beneath the

[17:43] load he walked the

[17:46] road that led him up the hill to

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[17:53] Calvary with all

[17:56] mankind Weighing on his his

[18:00] mind he hung upon a cross for all to

[18:07] see the battle raged as Darkness fell as

[18:11] the Victor over death and hell for every

[18:15] sin for every man and die there on that

[18:20] tree but this man reigns forever this

[18:26] man changes never this man rose again in

[18:35] Victory this man with his blood Divine

[18:39] setled it for all time and now he lives

[18:44] to intercede for

[18:48] me no one else could ever love me like

[18:52] he

[18:54] can oh this man RS forever this man he

[19:01] changes never this man rose again in

[19:09] Victory this man with his blood Divine

[19:13] said all it for all time and now he

[19:17] lives to intercede for

[19:22] me no one else could ever love me like

[19:26] he can

[19:29] none but this

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[19:42] man none but this man

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[20:05] we've sure enjoyed the day enjoyed

[20:07] getting to to meet you all and

[20:09] fellowship and so many good questions

[20:11] and thoughts and just fell right at home

[20:13] we sure appreciate that thankful for

[20:15] that looking forward to getting to

[20:16] preach for you all as well so if you

[20:18] would take your Bibles go to the book of

[20:21] Acts with me Acts chapter number 16 here

[20:24] this

[20:25] evening probably not an unfamiliar

[20:27] passage to many of us but that's all

[20:29] right those ones need preach too

[20:31] sometimes acts chapter 16 as you find

[20:33] your place if you would stand uh for the

[20:35] reading of God's word Acts chapter 16

[20:39] we'll begin reading there together in

[20:40] verse number

[20:43] 16 the Bible says and it came to pass as

[20:46] we went to prayer a certain damsel

[20:48] possessed with a spirit of divination

[20:50] met us which brought her Masters much

[20:53] gain by sooth saying the same followed

[20:56] Paul and us and cried saying these men

[20:59] are the Servants of the most high God

[21:01] which show unto us the way of Salvation

[21:04] and this did she many days but Paul

[21:07] being grieved turned and said to the

[21:09] spirit I command thee in the name of

[21:12] Jesus Christ to come out of her and he

[21:14] came out the same hour when her Masters

[21:17] saw that the hope of their gains was

[21:19] gone they caught Paul and Silas and Drew

[21:21] them into the marketplace under the

[21:23] rulers and brought them to the

[21:25] magistrate saying these men being Jews

[21:27] do exceeding trouble our city and teach

[21:30] Customs which are not lawful for us to

[21:32] receive neither to observe being Romans

[21:36] the multitude rose up together against

[21:38] them the magistrates rent off their

[21:40] clothes commanded to beat them when they

[21:43] laid many stripes upon them they cast

[21:45] them into prison charging the Jailer to

[21:48] keep them safely who having received

[21:52] such a charge thrust them into the inner

[21:55] prison and made their feet fast

[21:59] in the

[22:00] stalks I mentioned this passage being a

[22:02] familiar one and that and that's

[22:04] certainly true but what makes this

[22:06] passage so memorable so wonderful such a

[22:09] an exciting story in the life of Paul

[22:13] none of that really would have happened

[22:14] at all if Paul didn't care if Paul

[22:19] didn't care if Paul didn't see just the

[22:21] value of

[22:22] one Paul didn't care and folks do we

[22:25] care do we really care for the Lost

[22:30] heavenly father as we come before you

[22:31] tonight Lord have sure enjoyed the day

[22:33] enjoyed the sweet Fellowship the great

[22:35] preaching and singing Praise to your

[22:37] name but Lord help us once again tonight

[22:39] as we meet together Lord to meet with

[22:41] you to hear from you tonight help it to

[22:42] be your words not mine Lord help us to

[22:45] be ready to respond accordingly as you

[22:47] would lead Lord we love you thank you in

[22:49] Jesus name I pray amen you can be seated

[22:51] there folks thank you for

[22:53] standing Acts chapter 16 is a a very

[22:56] busy chapter uh a lot happens in Acts 16

[23:00] A lot's already happened before we even

[23:02] get to our text the Macedonian call it's

[23:06] kind of an important moment it's already

[23:07] taken place here in this chapter in the

[23:09] life of Paul he he saw that need the man

[23:11] in Macedonia and he was prepared to go

[23:13] to begin his next missionary journey to

[23:15] head that way and he's on this

[23:18] missionary journey with the young man

[23:19] Silas and he's been introduced to him in

[23:21] this chapter and begun his relationship

[23:24] with Timothy just been a busy chapter

[23:26] here in chapter 16 and they've now in

[23:29] the city of Philippi and the work has

[23:32] already been going they they've already

[23:33] seen Lydia saved her family the church

[23:36] the work going well that and I don't

[23:38] know if this is always true in your life

[23:41] it can often feel this way at least in

[23:42] mine that when everything seems to be

[23:44] going pretty

[23:46] smooth that's when trouble Finds Its way

[23:49] into your life right when we get

[23:50] comfortable everything's going okay

[23:53] almost too comfortable that's when

[23:55] trouble find that that's where Paul and

[23:56] Silas read things have been going good

[23:58] they've been preaching and praying

[24:00] seeing people saved the work is going

[24:02] well then we get to our text where

[24:05] trouble finds the two preachers in the

[24:07] way verse 16 the this woman comes to

[24:10] them who's possessed possessed with a a

[24:13] demonic Spirit that's given her some

[24:15] ability to be a soothsayer a fortune

[24:18] teller it's really quite a tragic

[24:20] situation to see unfold as she's in

[24:22] bondage to the spirit and not only that

[24:25] but she's also being used and abused by

[24:28] the wicked men that are using these

[24:30] abilities as a way to make money and

[24:32] this has gone on for some time it

[24:34] continues for a few more days and she

[24:37] follows Paul and Silas is dealing with

[24:39] them speaking with them kind of

[24:41] degrading the message that they're

[24:42] trying to Proclaim here in the city and

[24:45] none of us would would Bad Andy if Paul

[24:47] got angry with this woman or or

[24:49] frustrated with her or lashed out at her

[24:51] but really that's not his heart at all

[24:53] his heart is one of of grief of Sorrow

[24:56] it says in verse 18 that Paul being

[24:58] grieved heartbroken for sadden by the

[25:01] the condition the bondage that she's

[25:03] trapped in he takes action he takes pity

[25:06] on her he He commands that Spirit In The

[25:08] Name of Christ to come out of her and it

[25:11] comes out because no matter how powerful

[25:14] Satan thinks he is he has nothing on

[25:16] Jesus Christ and that's encouraging to a

[25:19] missionary going to a place like Japan

[25:21] that while Satan certainly has a a

[25:24] strong grip on all of our world we live

[25:26] in a wicked sinful world but being in a

[25:29] place like Japan it it opened my eyes to

[25:31] a whole other side of that coin I

[25:34] remember we went and visited a a city

[25:36] called otu it's right on the water

[25:38] beautiful city some of our most postcard

[25:41] worthy pictures were there in otaru I

[25:44] was showing one of the the young boys

[25:45] today that I had ice cream as big as my

[25:47] head and there was a fish head as big as

[25:49] the missionary's daughter that we found

[25:51] there in otaro really neat place but a

[25:53] very Wicked place no churches in otu and

[25:58] there there was just a Darkness there

[26:00] you it's hard to really understand

[26:01] unless you've been in a place like it

[26:03] before a foreign country a foreign land

[26:06] something like

[26:07] that but then we went up to this

[26:10] mountain it's called Mount tangu and at

[26:12] the top is a shrine to the tangu which

[26:15] is a demon and to this day not Japan 600

[26:20] years ago and fairy tales and folk Lords

[26:23] men and women people just like you and

[26:25] me that to this day 2024 will still

[26:29] climb this mountain to bring offerings

[26:31] money food alcohol to bring to the

[26:35] shrine of this Spirit to pacify him so

[26:39] that he'll protect them and their family

[26:41] from other worse

[26:42] Spirits it's

[26:44] heartbreaking to

[26:47] see but then I come to a passage like

[26:50] this and even though it's a a small

[26:52] moment here to see the the victory that

[26:54] comes through Christ that no matter how

[26:57] tight a grip the devil has on that that

[26:59] part of the world that he truly has

[27:01] nothing on Christ that they can have

[27:05] hope they can have Victory they can be

[27:07] freed from that bondage and while we

[27:10] would certainly Rejoice with this woman

[27:12] who's now been freed from that set apart

[27:14] from that not everybody in the story was

[27:17] so excited because her gainsayers the

[27:20] money changers there that were making

[27:22] money off her well they just lost their

[27:24] get-rich quick scheme just got taken

[27:26] away from them by these mean old preach

[27:28] here so they take action against them

[27:30] they begin to accuse them I mean we read

[27:33] through the text these Jews they're

[27:34] troubling our city how how can they get

[27:36] away with this they're teaching these

[27:38] Customs it's illegal for them to do this

[27:41] they get so angry and so frustrated with

[27:43] Paul and Silas that not only are they

[27:45] prepared to take physical action against

[27:47] them but they get the rest of the city

[27:50] all riled up and angry to take action

[27:52] right along with them these men are

[27:55] beaten their clothes ripped up they're

[27:58] their backs are

[28:00] whipped and finally they are chained up

[28:05] not even just their hands but their feet

[28:06] as well Shackled up in the stalks and

[28:09] off to the inner prison you go the inner

[28:13] prison not just any old prison the the

[28:15] nastiest the darkest the worst of the

[28:17] worst that Philippi had to offer all for

[28:20] two men of God who were just Faithfully

[28:21] doing what God wanted them to do they

[28:24] were going to pray going to preach and

[28:27] this is how they're rewarded how how

[28:30] would you feel doing what you're

[28:33] supposed to do and this is how you're

[28:35] treated I'm sure you folks are way more

[28:37] spiritual than me but I'd be a little

[28:39] upset if we're really honest we get a

[28:41] lot more upset over far less difficult

[28:44] circumstances we're often quick to get

[28:47] upset we we heard a little bit this

[28:49] morning about bitterness and

[28:52] anger none of us would have thought a

[28:54] thing if that was Paul's response to

[28:55] this treatment I remember even in my own

[28:58] life a time you know we spend a lot of

[29:00] time in hotels in our line of work kind

[29:02] of comes with being a missionary on

[29:04] deputation I I've had more Hotel

[29:06] breakfast than any one person should

[29:08] ever have to have in their

[29:10] life but it it kind of comes with the

[29:12] job but one time I'll never forget we

[29:14] were locked out of our hotel room and it

[29:17] wasn't just locked out because the key

[29:19] didn't work and I had to get a new one

[29:20] oh no I wouldn't got new keys those

[29:22] didn't work either it was late at night

[29:24] it was probably about 11: 11:30 we had

[29:26] been at a preachers meeting and then you

[29:27] know how preachers are we we stood

[29:29] around and talked afterwards then we had

[29:31] to go eat food and then we talked some

[29:32] more after the food so we got back very

[29:34] very late which means I was very tired

[29:37] and at the time I had two toddlers that

[29:39] were very very tired and you know how

[29:41] toddlers are when they're tired they're

[29:43] going to do everything in their power to

[29:46] not act tired which means they're just

[29:49] going to be running around making as

[29:50] much noise as yeah it was 11:30 it was

[29:52] late I was ready for them to be in bed

[29:54] but we get locked out so locked out that

[29:57] I had to call the Main maintenance guy

[29:58] who came and cut open a hole above our

[30:01] door of our hotel room to break into our

[30:03] room to get our stuff out it was a long

[30:07] night but while I was frustrated ready

[30:10] to pull my hair out my kids were just

[30:12] running around singing I've got the joy

[30:14] joy joy down

[30:16] and they never lost their Joy they never

[30:19] lost one not a step they were just happy

[30:21] to be awake it didn't matter if we were

[30:23] trapped out of our hotel room stuck on

[30:25] the side of the road they never lost

[30:27] their

[30:28] Joy but folks we're so quick to lose

[30:31] ours things don't go our way troubles

[30:33] come along in our life difficulties

[30:35] things we don't understand or don't want

[30:37] and instead of being quick to run to God

[30:39] in those trying times we often can get

[30:41] angry or frustrated or

[30:43] bitter none of us would have thought a

[30:45] thing if Paul's response was one of God

[30:48] why why why would you let this happen to

[30:50] me we've been Faithfully preaching in

[30:52] the city we've been doing what you

[30:53] called us to do to pray to preach we we

[30:55] just saw this woman freed from the

[30:57] bondage of the spirit and and this is

[30:59] what we get Shackled together thrown

[31:01] down into prison beaten closed torn up

[31:04] why I I don't understand we're just

[31:06] trying to do what you told us to

[31:09] do but that's not Paul's response at all

[31:13] maybe the response we expect but his

[31:15] real response is very different because

[31:17] in verse 25 the Bible says that at

[31:20] midnight Paul and Silas

[31:23] prayed they prayed and Sayang Praises

[31:26] unto God and the the

[31:28] prisoners heard

[31:30] them what a testimony in spite of the

[31:35] circumstances in spite of the the

[31:37] beating the pain the the blood the

[31:40] tearing of their clothes the

[31:42] ridicule they never lost their

[31:45] Joy

[31:46] why because these men knew that the same

[31:49] God that they were Faithfully serving in

[31:51] Philippi was just as much with them in

[31:53] prison he never left them he hadn't

[31:55] forgotten them or put them aside he was

[31:58] still good he was still faithful he's

[31:59] still worthy to be praised the the

[32:01] circumstances didn't determine their

[32:03] Christianity they were going to be

[32:05] faithful no matter

[32:07] what trusting God in the hard times just

[32:10] as much as they would in any other time

[32:13] he was still right there with them they

[32:17] prayed they sang praises to Him so loud

[32:20] that the other prisoners could hear them

[32:22] I I don't know if Paul was one of those

[32:24] epic preachers that can preach and sing

[32:27] but he was going to sing anyway sing so

[32:30] loud that everybody knew the God that he

[32:32] served everybody in that prison knew

[32:35] exactly who they loved the one true God

[32:38] they could hear the songs of those crazy

[32:40] preachers that by all accounts had no

[32:43] business singing and rejoicing but they

[32:45] still did because no matter what he's

[32:47] always worthy to be praised he's always

[32:49] good he's always faithful he's always

[32:52] holy and

[32:54] righteous I doubt they' had their

[32:56] watches set for 11:50 to start their

[32:59] song service they've probably been

[33:00] singing for some

[33:02] time what a

[33:05] testimony but their songs Don't Go

[33:07] unheard the other prisoners can hear

[33:09] them but God can hear them as well

[33:12] because suddenly in verse 26 it's really

[33:14] maybe maybe quite a coincidence that

[33:17] there's a great earthquake so that the

[33:21] foundations of the prison are shaken and

[33:23] immediately all the doors are open and

[33:27] everyone's banned

[33:28] were

[33:29] loosed now I know I'm in good company

[33:32] because I'm in Oklahoma because I'm from

[33:34] Kansas which means we're tornado

[33:38] people it's you know everybody else is

[33:40] way more scared of tornadoes than we are

[33:43] we were down in Florida last September

[33:45] and it was kind of hurricane is time

[33:48] period you know again I'm from Kansas I

[33:49] barely know what the ocean is so I have

[33:51] no idea how you deal with hurricanes or

[33:53] tropical storm stuff but I said Kansas

[33:56] and tornado and everyone in Florida just

[33:58] sto they like they couldn't imagine a

[34:01] tornado they were utterly terrified we

[34:03] sit on the porch and drink lemonade and

[34:05] watched the tornado

[34:07] it's but earthquakes I hadn't really

[34:10] ever been around earthquakes actually

[34:11] until I was at Hartland and I don't even

[34:13] know if it counts as an earthquake but

[34:16] it it was just enough to wake up me and

[34:18] my roommate who was also from Kansas

[34:20] which also means he had no clue what an

[34:21] earthquake was but it woke us up and we

[34:24] were raas and we were probably supposed

[34:26] to go check on the rest of our

[34:28] dorm but the earthquake

[34:31] lasted about that long so we pretty

[34:33] quickly just went back to bed I'm sure

[34:35] they're all fine we'll check on them

[34:36] later that was it for my earthquake

[34:39] experience very different from Paul's

[34:41] earthquake because Paul's earthquake was

[34:43] from the Lord so miraculous so powerful

[34:47] so perfect that I mean can you just

[34:48] imagine I mean what a story the doors

[34:51] blow open the chains that held these men

[34:55] together all fall to the ground they're

[34:58] free to go and if the story stopped

[35:01] right here we would all still remember

[35:03] this as one of the most incredible

[35:05] displays of the power and faithfulness

[35:07] of God in Paul's life what a story these

[35:11] men have started the the second

[35:12] missionary journey they've come to

[35:13] Philippi and they've seen the preaching

[35:15] of God's word take place people have

[35:17] gotten saved lives have been changed

[35:18] they've cast a spirit out of this woman

[35:21] because God's greater than the powers of

[35:22] Satan and then well they're falsely

[35:24] accused they're thrown into prison for

[35:26] just doing what God wanted them to do

[35:28] but God's greater than the walls of this

[35:30] Philippian jail the doors are blown off

[35:33] the shackles fall to the ground Paul

[35:34] could go home and tell everybody of the

[35:37] power and faithfulness of God and we

[35:38] would

[35:40] all remember this a great story powerful

[35:46] story but once again it's not where it

[35:49] ends because while we'd be excited we'd

[35:52] Rejoice that just Paul and Silas they

[35:55] walk out they are free to go the chains

[35:57] are off why would you stay what prisoner

[36:00] stays in jail the chains are off the

[36:02] doors are

[36:03] open they're probably going to

[36:06] leave but not everybody was as excited

[36:10] as Paul and

[36:12] Silas because in verse 27 we see that

[36:15] the keeper of the

[36:16] prison

[36:18] awaking out of his

[36:20] sleep seeing the prison doors open he

[36:23] drew out his

[36:25] sword and would have killed himself

[36:29] supposing that the

[36:30] prisoners had been

[36:34] fled story takes quite a drastic

[36:38] turn goes from a moment of

[36:41] rejoicing

[36:43] Victory it's really quite a a sad

[36:47] moment me personally I've not spent any

[36:49] time in the the military or anything

[36:51] like that if anyone here has I'm sure

[36:54] there's at least one please correct me

[36:55] if I'm wrong but my understanding is

[36:58] falling asleep on guard

[36:59] duty is not a good

[37:03] idea well this man had see back at verse

[37:07] 23 he was given a command a duty keep

[37:12] watch keep watch it's pretty simple job

[37:15] but an important one if you're put in

[37:16] charge of the inner prison the worst of

[37:18] the worst the nastiest of guys don't let

[37:21] him Escape that's your

[37:24] job but he failed

[37:27] he fell

[37:28] asleep can you just picture I mean the

[37:32] fear of just just waking

[37:40] up you could face serious consequences

[37:43] for just waking up you fell asleep

[37:46] you're already in big trouble there'll

[37:48] be consequences to be paid but then

[37:51] there's a whole other level of fear of

[37:56] Shame

[37:58] pain guilt because not only did this man

[38:01] wake

[38:03] up but when he woke up he saw the doors

[38:06] are

[38:08] open and again what prisoner stays in

[38:11] jail the doors are open and the guard

[38:13] was

[38:15] asleep they're

[38:17] gone I

[38:19] failed and in this culture the this time

[38:22] period this Jailer isn't just thinking

[38:25] oops I guess I messed up oh well well

[38:29] it's probably not that big a deal well

[38:31] who cares no no no this was serious this

[38:35] was a serious offense that he will face

[38:37] serious consequences for he was trusted

[38:39] with this it's his commandment it was

[38:41] his duty his job that he was trusted

[38:44] with keep watch he was put in charge of

[38:47] these men in the inner prison and he has

[38:51] failed and he believes with everything

[38:53] in him that the only way to be forgiven

[38:56] the only way to to write this wrong to

[38:59] pay the price for his wrongdoing is to

[39:01] take his own

[39:04] life and the man draws his sword and is

[39:07] prepared to do just that he's ready to

[39:10] end it all he thinks there is no other

[39:13] way there is no future there is no hope

[39:17] how can I ever make this right besides

[39:22] this and where this passage time and

[39:24] again continues to to hit home with me

[39:27] is that that mindset is exactly the same

[39:31] in

[39:32] Japan now we spoke about it some this

[39:34] morning even in the question answer time

[39:35] about the suicide and just the scope of

[39:38] it all Japan it has the highest suicide

[39:41] rate in the

[39:43] world and I mentioned this morning that

[39:45] the suicide it's

[39:47] kids 20 and under is the majority it's

[39:51] young people teenagers college kids that

[39:53] just like this man believe they have no

[39:56] hope they have no future they have

[39:58] nothing to live for the the price for

[40:00] failure is very very high the price for

[40:04] shame for Guilt dishonoring your family

[40:08] like this man that they don't just think

[40:10] Oops I messed up no it's I'm the mistake

[40:13] and the only way to be forgiven the only

[40:14] way to write this wrong is to take the

[40:17] mistake away that's what he's prepared

[40:20] to

[40:23] do that's what young

[40:25] people who've never never heard the

[40:28] gospel young Japanese people young

[40:31] families young men young women believe

[40:33] the exact same

[40:36] thing folks the need is

[40:41] great and

[40:42] thankfully this story doesn't end here

[40:45] either because while this man believes

[40:48] he has no hope nobody loves him nobody

[40:51] could ever forgive

[40:52] him there's a voice that will cry out to

[40:55] him through the darkness of that

[40:57] Philippian jail that will tell him how

[41:00] he can have

[41:02] hope but Paul verse 28 but Paul cried

[41:06] with a loud voice saying do thyself no

[41:09] harm for we are all here we're all

[41:14] here the man couldn't believe it it says

[41:17] he called for a light I mean what what

[41:19] would be your response if you heard some

[41:22] voice cry out to you in the darkness

[41:24] when you thought you were all alone

[41:27] I don't know if you've been in a in a

[41:28] church or even in your house you hear

[41:30] like a little creek or the wind or a

[41:32] tree or something it gets a little

[41:33] spooky at night it was midnight he was

[41:35] all by himself and he hears stop we're

[41:37] still

[41:38] here he couldn't believe it he he grabs

[41:41] a light the Bible says he came in

[41:44] trembling shaking with fear and

[41:46] disbelief that anybody would even still

[41:48] be here at

[41:50] all but there they are those crazy

[41:54] preachers that have been singing All

[41:55] Night Long

[41:58] falls down before them and he brings

[42:00] them out and he asks them the question

[42:02] I'm sure many of us could quote in here

[42:03] tonight from verse 30

[42:05] sir what must I do to be

[42:10] saved and they said believe on the Lord

[42:12] Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved in

[42:16] thy

[42:19] house this man just couldn't understand

[42:23] why would you stay for

[42:24] me the doors are open

[42:27] I was

[42:29] asleep why didn't you

[42:31] leave why didn't you leave nobody would

[42:35] have stopped you nobody would have

[42:36] thought a thing about it if you just

[42:37] walked out and left me to pay the price

[42:40] for my

[42:41] failure why would you stay for

[42:45] me maybe there really is something

[42:48] different about you

[42:50] too maybe there's something different

[42:52] about that God you've been singing about

[42:54] all night maybe there's something

[42:56] different about that Jes Jesus that you

[42:57] were preaching in the streets that he

[42:59] raised from the dead

[43:04] that that he died for

[43:07] me you know there there was that woman

[43:09] that you were talking to and she was

[43:10] acting so strange has been bothering

[43:13] people for days but then but then you

[43:14] talked to her and something changed in

[43:16] her

[43:19] life why would you stay for

[43:24] me you see folks the god that we serve

[43:28] he's distinctly different from anything

[43:30] else in this world he's completely and

[43:34] wholly

[43:36] different I remember going to the Shinto

[43:39] temple with my wife one of the last days

[43:41] we were in Japan to see just the the

[43:44] vastness of this place and the history

[43:47] that's there I mean how it's withstood

[43:49] all that snow for hundreds of years a

[43:51] thousand years and it's still there all

[43:53] the original

[43:54] pieces but it's really quite tragic to

[43:57] walk through and to just see the the

[43:59] empty religious

[44:01] routine people just coming to to check

[44:04] the religious

[44:05] box well this is where you buy the

[44:08] pieces of wood to write prayers on so

[44:10] that those prayers can be burned and

[44:12] sent up to the gods you have to pay to

[44:15] pray aren't you thankful a pastor didn't

[44:17] get any credit card information before

[44:19] we prayed tonight to welcome no we don't

[44:22] have to do

[44:25] that you also have to buy your fortunes

[44:28] buy this buy that and give offerings and

[44:30] stuff

[44:32] still if that wasn't enough for me one

[44:35] of the hardest things was to watch at

[44:36] 4:00 sharp a Shinto priest would come

[44:39] from kind of the the holy of holies type

[44:42] area in their Temple out to the

[44:43] Courtyard where we were and at 4:00 he

[44:46] began to pound on this drum and that

[44:49] signaled for everybody to leave go home

[44:53] get out of here hope you got your

[44:55] praying done hope you got your offerings

[44:56] given because now your access is

[44:59] closed go home come back

[45:05] tomorrow we're well past four o00 but

[45:07] we're still here you know why because we

[45:10] don't serve a dead God that's right we

[45:11] don't have just an empty religious

[45:13] routine we serve the Living God Amen the

[45:16] one who sent his only let beg God Son

[45:18] eight8 million gods in Shinto none of

[45:21] them love you but the one true God loves

[45:23] you so much that he gave his only

[45:25] begotten son to die on the cross to pay

[45:28] the price for your sin in mind that we

[45:29] through him could have eternal life he's

[45:31] distinctly different he loves you he

[45:33] desires to have a personal relationship

[45:36] with you he's faithful he's good he's

[45:38] holy he's distinctly different that's

[45:41] what's going through this man's head

[45:43] he's heard of the Gods of Philippi he's

[45:45] heard of all of the priests and the

[45:46] religions the theology all these

[45:48] different things that Philippi has to

[45:50] offer but none of those men would have

[45:52] cared for him nobody else would have

[45:53] stayed for him but there was something

[45:55] different about Paul there's something

[45:57] different about his God there's

[45:58] something different about Jesus he cares

[46:01] he loves

[46:02] you Paul cared

[46:05] stop I know you think you have no

[46:08] hope but let me tell you how you can

[46:10] have

[46:12] hope

[46:13] s how can I know that

[46:17] God Paul didn't say well you got to be a

[46:20] good

[46:21] person well you got to really dress a

[46:23] certain way well you got to write a

[46:25] really big check to let's see Paul the

[46:28] Apostle all right hand that no no no no

[46:30] it was believe believe on the Lord Jesus

[46:33] Christ and thou shalt be

[46:37] saved and the details given there at the

[46:39] end of verse 31 is house well they don't

[46:42] just magically get saved because he got

[46:45] saved they aren't grandfather then I I

[46:46] like to think he went home LED his

[46:48] family to the Lord I mean what a night

[46:52] probably not what he expected when he

[46:53] clocked in that

[46:55] day but not only was his life changed

[46:57] but his whole family his wife children

[47:01] lives all totally

[47:04] changed but none of that

[47:06] happens none of that

[47:08] happens if Paul doesn't

[47:12] care and really for most of us the story

[47:15] wouldn't be any different we'd still

[47:18] love this

[47:19] story Paul walks out chains are off

[47:22] doors were open who cares what happens

[47:24] to the guard and in fact we

[47:27] we kind of like it when the bad guy

[47:30] loses that's the best part of a lot of

[47:32] stories right you read the book of

[47:34] Esther and hmon gets what's coming to

[47:36] him at the

[47:37] end that's the best part the good guys

[47:40] right off into the sunset the credits

[47:42] roll and everything's perfectly fine

[47:45] none of us would have thought a thing

[47:47] well he got what he deserved serves him

[47:50] right punishment fits the crime he fell

[47:53] asleep well he's the one who put Paul in

[47:56] there in the first place he tightened

[47:57] those chains he whipped his

[48:00] back why would he care about him he's

[48:03] just some

[48:04] Jailer he's not even named Philippian

[48:08] Jailer that's it why would anybody care

[48:10] about

[48:13] him but because Paul did

[48:16] care he stopped he could have just

[48:19] walked out he could have just gone on

[48:21] about his day and moved on but Paul took

[48:24] the time to go back

[48:27] to stop a man he he saw a man who was

[48:29] prepared to end his life and to spend

[48:31] the rest of Eternity in a sinner's hell

[48:33] separated from God forever but Paul

[48:36] cared enough to go to him to stop him to

[48:39] tell him how he could know Christ as his

[48:41] Savior and because Paul did that because

[48:43] one person cared about the spiritual

[48:46] condition of one other person Not only

[48:49] was that man's life changed but his

[48:52] whole family gets

[48:55] saved the church had Philippi got quite

[48:57] a few new members that

[48:59] day if you read the book of Philippians

[49:01] very a very special Church to Paul right

[49:04] a church that that loved Paul that g

[49:07] that gave to take care of Paul that

[49:09] prayed for him that that knew how much

[49:11] Paul cared for

[49:13] them but that doesn't happen if Paul

[49:16] just walks

[49:18] out no Paul saw the

[49:21] need and he had

[49:23] compassion he saw the need what need the

[49:25] need for Jesus Christ

[49:27] the need for a savior and he had enough

[49:29] compassion on him he cared he loved him

[49:31] to go to

[49:33] him to tell

[49:37] them but folks do we

[49:39] care do we

[49:43] care because there's

[49:45] people

[49:47] everywhere

[49:49] people people are

[49:53] weird people are interesting I I used to

[49:56] work at a shopping mall I had two jobs

[49:58] in college at a shopping mall that'll

[50:00] teach you real quick people are

[50:02] weird I had young people in my youth

[50:04] group and I was a youth pastor that

[50:06] worked at Walmart you learn pretty quick

[50:07] people are weird I worked as a FedEx

[50:11] driver people are

[50:14] weird but Jesus Christ really loves

[50:17] people so much that he died for

[50:20] people but pretty

[50:22] often all those people around us can

[50:25] just kind of become background knowing

[50:28] we don't really think about them they're

[50:30] just kind of there just other cars on

[50:33] the

[50:34] road just other houses may maybe I'm

[50:36] weird I know I'm weird my wife tells me

[50:38] a lot but has it ever really sunk in

[50:41] that as you look at at other houses that

[50:43] people live

[50:46] there big brain thought right other

[50:49] people live there they had Thanksgiving

[50:51] there little kids open their their

[50:53] Christmas presents on Christmas morning

[50:54] in that house and that house and that

[50:56] house they have wives and grandparents

[50:59] and children they have jobs they go

[51:01] grocery shopping they're people they're

[51:03] real living breathing people just like

[51:05] you and me that have the exact same need

[51:07] that each of us had the need for a

[51:10] savior but those same people that we

[51:13] walk by in Walmart the same people that

[51:14] we drive by we shake our fist hand and

[51:16] get angry at those bad Oklahoma Drivers

[51:18] those weird other customers at the store

[51:20] my annoying co-workers rude neighbors

[51:22] crazy

[51:24] family but they're people

[51:27] they're

[51:29] people if we don't care about them who

[51:41] will doesn't mean you always have to

[51:43] agree with

[51:44] them no I think you should take a stand

[51:46] for what's right and don't ever be

[51:49] ashamed of that Paul wouldn't

[51:52] have but we still need to love

[51:54] him to care for him

[51:58] a lot of times they don't expect

[52:00] that when I worked at Chick-fil-A we're

[52:03] all spiritual Heartland students

[52:06] work I had a young man that I worked

[52:08] with in the back who asked me once if I

[52:12] hated him it really it really took me by

[52:15] surprise what why do you even think that

[52:18] why of course I don't hate you what do

[52:20] you I'd worked with him for years at

[52:21] this point but he saidwell I I think

[52:24] homosexual marriage is okay

[52:28] and he thought because he knew I believe

[52:30] different from him well then surely I

[52:33] must hate

[52:34] him I told him Bren I don't hate

[52:37] you Jesus doesn't hate him I don't agree

[52:41] with

[52:41] him but I don't hate

[52:44] him he's a sinner in need of his savior

[52:47] just like I was just like you

[52:50] were do we see the need do we do we see

[52:54] people the way that Christ sees people

[52:56] people the way that Paul saw this man

[53:00] because our tendency is to look at that

[53:01] weird cashier with different colored

[53:03] hair at Walmart and maybe just go to the

[53:05] self

[53:06] checkout to not even take the time to

[53:08] learn your waitress's

[53:10] name it's pretty it's pretty hard to

[53:13] give somebody a track if you were really

[53:15] rude to them if you threw a fit because

[53:18] they got your order wrong or misspelled

[53:19] your name on your coffee cup I'm sorry

[53:22] but it's pretty it's pretty hard to give

[53:23] them a track if you were a really bad

[53:25] customer it's not a very good

[53:28] testimony do those co-workers really

[53:30] know that you live different that you

[53:32] act different does your neighbor know

[53:34] where you go on

[53:37] Sundays there's

[53:39] people people all around us and

[53:41] sometimes you you may be the best gospel

[53:43] they ever hear you may be the only

[53:45] chance they ever have there there's

[53:46] people in your life that you meet that

[53:48] you know that he'll never meet right

[53:50] they'll never talk to

[53:52] him ever but they know you right they

[53:56] know you God's put you in places with

[54:00] people for a

[54:02] reason I was a FedEx guy I mentioned

[54:04] that about four and a half years I love

[54:07] the job great job um but you know we we

[54:10] get all kinds of guys all different

[54:12] walks of life all different

[54:14] backgrounds I mean you name it I

[54:16] probably rode with him in a truck for

[54:17] eight hours chefs musicians military

[54:20] firefighters I mean

[54:22] anything but a lot of times it was guys

[54:24] who were coming looking for the magic

[54:26] job where you do no work and make a lot

[54:28] of

[54:28] money it wasn't FedEx if you found it

[54:32] let the rest of us know but I can tell

[54:33] you it wasn't

[54:34] FedEx so that means a lot of those guys

[54:37] would maybe make it a day maybe two but

[54:41] a lot one

[54:44] day one day means I've only got one

[54:48] chance I may be the only gospel they

[54:51] ever hear the only invitation to church

[54:53] they ever get the only person who took

[54:55] the time enough out of their today to

[54:57] care about

[54:59] them we know it's real easy for me to

[55:01] say well I just don't feel good

[55:03] today well we just our personalities

[55:06] just don't click I'm no I don't want to

[55:08] talk to them they're weird they smell

[55:11] bad I don't like how they look I don't

[55:13] like their politics I don't like this I

[55:14] don't like that we can make any number

[55:16] of excuses Under the Sun but so often

[55:19] the only thing really stopping us from

[55:21] being the witness we ought to be is

[55:24] us one day one chance that coworker may

[55:28] not be there on Monday the neighbor

[55:30] you've had forever might move away I I

[55:34] even think of my dad he would go to

[55:37] Quick Trip every Sunday before men's

[55:39] prayer get a cup of

[55:41] coffee just a quick trip cup of coffee

[55:44] he probably could have gone to an actual

[55:45] coffee shop but he went to quick trip

[55:48] but every Sunday he had the same guy the

[55:50] same cashier his name was Dennis for

[55:53] years this went on nobody else is weird

[55:55] or crazy enough to be a quick trip at

[55:57] 7:15 in the morning but there was my dad

[55:59] there was Dennis forced to work there so

[56:02] they would talk my dad invited him to

[56:04] church and witnessed to him a little bit

[56:06] here and there just got to know him over

[56:07] the years found out kind of his story

[56:09] why he'd moved there they he'd moved

[56:11] from out of state but they like the same

[56:12] sports team you know they kind of became

[56:14] friends and I I'd love to tell you

[56:16] church that Dennis came and got saved

[56:18] and his whole family and it was awesome

[56:20] but that didn't happen we're we're not

[56:24] responsible for the end result but we

[56:25] are called to be faithful to be a

[56:28] witness to give every person the best

[56:31] chance they'll ever have to take the

[56:33] gospel to them and Dennis moved away

[56:36] he's not there anymore but the point is

[56:38] folks who's the Dennis in your

[56:42] life who's the dentist in your life who

[56:45] do you work with who do you see all the

[56:47] time don't let them just be background

[56:49] noise don't let him just go by because

[56:52] look at the

[56:54] difference that one person person can

[56:57] make Paul cared he could have just

[57:00] walked out nobody would have blamed him

[57:03] but he stopped he took the time out of

[57:05] his day to care to see the need in that

[57:09] man's life the same need that anybody

[57:11] else in Philippi had this man had the

[57:13] same need so he went to him he had

[57:16] compassion on him he shared the gospel

[57:17] with him and he got saved his family got

[57:19] saved who knows the countless number of

[57:22] individuals in Philippi that were led to

[57:24] Christ by the jailer but none of that

[57:27] happened if Paul didn't

[57:29] care you've got a vacation bible school

[57:31] coming up at the end of

[57:33] July we'll never know the impact of just

[57:36] one

[57:38] kid his dad was a bus kid

[57:43] right but because someone took his dad

[57:45] to church he got saved he's pastored

[57:49] taught at Heartland I probably wouldn't

[57:50] be here without his dad taught me at

[57:52] school he's here pastoring witnessing to

[57:55] you all all because somebody picked up a

[57:58] Ed Pearson on the bus route probably was

[58:01] wicked and disobedient crawling around

[58:03] under the seats being a

[58:05] terror I'll tell him that when I see

[58:09] him after pastoral advice

[58:14] after but because somebody cared about

[58:17] him look at what God can

[58:20] do will you see the neede will you have

[58:24] compassion Lord as we come before

[58:26] tonight Lord so thankful God that

[58:28] somebody saw the need for Christ in each

[58:30] of Our Lives Lord the people that are

[58:32] here Lord we wouldn't be here if

[58:33] somebody didn't care enough about us to

[58:35] invite us to church to share the gospel

[58:37] with us we're all here because of

[58:40] somebody but Lord there's people all

[58:42] throughout our lives people that you've

[58:43] put there on

[58:45] purpose Lord that need you that need you

[58:49] just as much as anybody in

[58:51] Japan Lord there's people right here

[58:53] that need you Lord help us us to see

[58:56] those people the way that you

[58:58] do Lord that they're just sinners in

[59:00] need of a

[59:03] savior Lord maybe there's someone here

[59:06] tonight that like this Jailer Lord

[59:08] believes they have no hope they have no

[59:10] future Lord help them to come forward

[59:12] tonight Lord to recognize their their

[59:14] real need is the need for Christ Lord if

[59:17] there's ever been a time and place in

[59:19] their life they trusted in Christ as

[59:20] Savior Lord help tonight to be that

[59:21] night for them Lord I pray you bless the

[59:24] time of invitation now help us to

[59:25] respond Jesus name I pray amen

[59:31] Pastor We Stand

[59:33] Together God dealing with your

[59:36] heart business with God tonight

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[59:55] [Music]

[60:07] is there a

[60:08] face when he talked about dentist that

[60:11] came to your

[60:12] mind is there your

[60:15] dentist person at your gas station

[60:18] person at your coffee

[60:22] house do you even know

[60:26] if they're saved or

[60:28] not why

[60:30] not it's probably because we haven't

[60:36] asked second Corinthians tells us the

[60:39] love of Christ constrain

[60:42] us when you get arrested by Christ and

[60:46] the love of Christ you can't

[60:48] help but share it with someone

[60:51] else you can't help but talk to others

[60:56] that very same passage the love of

[60:57] Christ could strenth us so that he would

[60:59] die for many he says therefore If any

[61:02] man be in Christ he's a new

[61:05] creature when Christ changed you the

[61:08] love of Christ constrained you it

[61:11] changes your

[61:14] life how about it

[61:17] tonight their face their

[61:20] name God brought to your

[61:24] minded and made let's do a couple things

[61:27] let's

[61:29] pray and then

[61:31] let's pursue them this next

[61:35] week talk to them about what God has for

[61:39] them thou now you know the words sing it

[61:42] with tonight heav

[61:46] pure is th heart right with God

[61:53] it is thy soul wearing the Garment of

[62:00] white is thy heart right with

[62:08] God is th heart right with

[62:15] God wased in the

[62:19] crimon

[62:23] flood cleansed and made

[62:27] holy humble and

[62:31] LLY right in

[62:35] the god May quietly be seated and all

[62:39] God's people said man I want to thank

[62:41] you for being in the Lord's House

[62:43] tonight and thank you for your

[62:44] faithfulness to the Lord I know some of

[62:47] you participated earlier in the love

[62:49] offering tonight but if you did not get

[62:51] to participate we'll have ushers at both

[62:53] doors with offering plates if you'd like

[62:55] to participate and you didn't get to

[62:57] participate earlier we want to be a

[62:59] blessing to the missionary and his

[63:00] family and so how many of you got a

[63:02] prayer card today you got a prayer card

[63:04] for missionary all right if you didn't

[63:05] get one make sure you get one also make

[63:07] sure you look at the new baby because

[63:09] she's not on the card so you can commit

[63:11] it to memory all right but also tonight

[63:14] I I want to challenge the church this

[63:16] week to onp purpose pray for The Parkers

[63:20] so if you got a pen get it out because

[63:23] we're getting ready to take two prayer

[63:24] requests from Brother Jack and two from

[63:27] his wife now if he didn't tell her

[63:29] that's not my fault I told him this

[63:31] afternoon I said let your wife know I'm

[63:33] going to ask her for two personal prayer

[63:35] requests so we can pray this week for

[63:37] her so miss Lizzie did you have two

[63:40] requests for us to pray for you this

[63:43] week

[63:53] okay okay

[64:14] okay sure okay so I heard your prayer

[64:17] request in case you didn't hear so you

[64:19] wants to learn the next two the two

[64:21] alphabets the two primary alphabets we

[64:23] heard this morning there's three but the

[64:25] two primary alphabets in the next few

[64:27] months so that's going to take some

[64:30] concerned prayer for her all right so

[64:32] let's pray in that area also she asked

[64:34] as a mom and as a wife the transition

[64:37] for her family as they move to Japan so

[64:40] let's begin praying for that and commit

[64:43] to do that on purpose this week so what

[64:44] I'm asking you to do is on purpose take

[64:47] her request make intercessory prayer for

[64:49] her this week and do it intentionally so

[64:53] take a prayer card pray those requests

[64:55] brother Jack did you have

[65:01] two

[65:14] okay okay

[65:44] okay

[65:47] okay so those who couldn't hear him he's

[65:49] preaching VBS at his home church and he

[65:51] going to be preaching that week so he's

[65:52] finishing up the messages and want to

[65:54] have an impact in in his home church and

[65:57] then also secondly the paperwork process

[66:00] now I haven't been involved as a

[66:01] missionary but I've talked to a lot of

[66:03] missionaries and I feel that that's a

[66:04] very stressful very difficult process

[66:08] and Devils loves to mess that up for

[66:11] missionaries and so let's pray extra for

[66:13] the paperwork process the finalizing of

[66:15] everything getting their visas and

[66:17] everything ready for that so if you

[66:19] would this week on purpose don't just

[66:22] look at their prayer card but on purpose

[66:24] take it out and and pray for these

[66:27] requests because here is it three or

[66:29] four weeks you're in Arkansas about

[66:31] three weeks it's about three weeks he's

[66:34] going to be with my dad in Arkansas so

[66:36] maybe we can follow up and see how the

[66:38] Lord's been working on that and so we'll

[66:40] be excited to hear about that so you be

[66:42] in prayer for them as they travel headed

[66:45] back to Kansas tomorrow and so pray for

[66:47] traveling mercies for them as well and

[66:50] especially traveling with little

[66:52] ones they need extra prayer anyone

[66:55] that's ever traveled with little ones

[66:57] knows they need extra prayer and so you

[67:00] pray for them as they travel tomorrow

[67:02] all right brother the park of you and

[67:03] your family make your way out to your

[67:05] table and excited about that how many of

[67:07] you remember last missions conference

[67:09] brother dick and miss Karen Webster

[67:10] being with us and doing our missions

[67:13] conference last year brother Webster uh

[67:15] manages the global Independent Baptist

[67:17] missions office and they take care of

[67:20] all the paperwork so with brother Parker

[67:22] they help with the paperwork they help

[67:24] with the support C coming in and getting

[67:26] it to the missionaries accounts and all

[67:28] of that stuff and when brother Webster

[67:31] was here he talked about a need uh for

[67:33] the missions office the missions office

[67:35] got a new office space and so they're so

[67:38] excited about it because it's going to

[67:40] allow them to be involved in helping

[67:42] more missionaries and so they're super

[67:44] excited about that but they still got

[67:47] rent they got to pay on that it's just

[67:49] part of having an office you got to pay

[67:51] the light bill you got to pay the rent

[67:54] and all of that stuff and so I've been

[67:55] praying about it for quite a while and I

[67:58] do believe the Lord has led me to

[68:01] recommend to the church that we take on

[68:03] the Websters at the mission's office to

[68:05] help the missionaries with the paperwork

[68:08] and getting everything mailed getting

[68:10] everything taken care of getting the

[68:12] missionaries their insurance keeping

[68:14] everything up to date so we want to

[68:16] recommend that we take on the missions

[68:18] office for the Independent Baptist

[68:20] missionaries but also we have extra

[68:23] missions money coming in so thankful for

[68:25] you giv to missions and the increase

[68:27] that's happened in our church in our

[68:29] missions budget and we have an excess

[68:32] right now in our missions budget and we

[68:34] heard this morning that they're at 71%

[68:37] and they want to get to the field by the

[68:38] end of the year or by the first part of

[68:40] next year and I think God wants to use

[68:43] our church to help them get there and so

[68:45] all in favor of taking on The Parkers to

[68:47] help them be one of our missionaries let

[68:49] it be known by good hearty amen amen all

[68:51] right all those in favor taking on the

[68:53] missions office to help the missions

[68:54] office let it be known by a good hearty

[68:57] amen man well we're going to be excited

[68:59] for them because that's going to help

[69:01] and get them closer to the field and

[69:03] Japan and we're excited for what God's

[69:05] doing in them and through them and I'm

[69:07] excited for you being here tonight and

[69:10] uh before we're dismissed Brother Sam

[69:12] you come and uh we haven't done this in

[69:16] a while because I was in the hospital

[69:19] and rehab for a few months so if you've

[69:22] had a birthday in the month of June

[69:25] the month of June you have a birthday in

[69:28] the month of June would you please stand

[69:32] you had a birthday in the month of June

[69:35] all right got a few more standing few

[69:38] more standing got some over there all

[69:39] right so uh brother Charlie turned 25

[69:42] again and so um so he's excited about

[69:46] that but we're going to sing Happy

[69:47] Birthday to all these folks and then

[69:49] right after we sing happy birthday

[69:51] brother Samuel's going to lead us in a

[69:52] course for our dismissal song so

[69:59] happy birthday to you happy birthday to

[70:06] you happy birthday God bless

[70:11] you Happy Birthday to

[70:16] You oftentimes the day seems long our

[70:19] trials can be hard to bear and we're

[70:21] tempted to complain to murmur and

[70:23] despair but there is one in Heaven who

[70:25] knows our deepest care Let Jesus solve

[70:27] your problem just go to him in prayer

[70:29] we'll be dismissed with the chorus of

[70:30] song number two it will be worth it all

[70:33] when we see Jesus on that

[70:36] chorus

[70:38] it

[70:39] will

[70:41] be worth it

[70:44] all when we see

[70:49] Jesus life's trials will seem so

[70:53] small when when we see

[70:58] Christ one glimpse of his dear

[71:03] face all sorrow will

[71:08] heas so bravely run the

[71:13] race till we see

[71:19] Christ you are dismissed

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[71:33] for

[71:35] [Music]