Sunday Evening Service 3/23/25

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] Heat. Heat.

[0:14] [Music]

[1:57] Good evening. Thank you for joining us

[1:59] here tonight. It's good to see you all

[2:00] with us. Hopefully, you had a good

[2:02] afternoon and a good rest of the evening

[2:05] time before you came here. Glad you woke

[2:07] up and was able to make it. If you are

[2:10] able to, would you join us as we stand

[2:12] together as we sing There's not a friend

[2:15] like the lowly Jesus. Songs 296. No, not

[2:19] one. Song 296. We'll sing those first

[2:22] four verses.

[2:25] There's not a friend like the lonely

[2:29] Jesus. No, not one. No, not one. None

[2:35] else could heal all our souls

[2:39] diseases. No, not one. No, not one.

[2:45] Jesus knows all about our struggles. He

[2:50] will guide till the day is done. There's

[2:55] not a friend like the lonely Jesus. No,

[3:00] not one. No, not

[3:05] one. No friend like him is so high and

[3:09] holy.

[3:16] And yet no friend is so meek and

[3:25] lonely. Jesus knows all about our

[3:30] struggles. He will guide till the day is

[3:35] done. There's not a friend like the

[3:39] lonely Jesus. No, not one. No, not

[3:46] one. There's not an hour that he is not

[3:51] near us. No, not one. No, not one. No

[3:58] night so dark, but his love can cheer

[4:02] us. No, not one. No, not one. Jesus

[4:09] knows all about our struggles. He will

[4:14] guide till the day is done. There's not

[4:19] a friend like the lonely Jesus. No, not

[4:25] one. No, not

[4:29] one. Did every saint find his friend

[4:33] forsake him? No, not one. No, not one.

[4:40] or sinner find that he would not take

[4:44] him. No, not one. No, not one. Jesus

[4:52] knows all about our struggles. He will

[4:57] guide till the day is done. There's not

[5:02] a friend like the lonely Jesus. No, not

[5:07] one.

[5:09] Oh, not

[5:13] one. Then join me as we go to

[5:16] 216. I'm dwelling in Bula land. Song

[5:21] number 216.

[5:32] Far away the noise of strife upon my ear

[5:39] is

[5:41] falling. Then I know the sins of earth

[5:46] be set on every

[5:50] hand. Doubt and fear and things of earth

[5:56] in vain to me are calling.

[6:01] None of these shall move me from you la

[6:09] land. I'm

[6:11] living on the

[6:13] mountain underneath the cloudless

[6:18] sky. I'm

[6:20] drinking at the

[6:23] fountain that never shall run dry. Oh

[6:28] yes, I'm

[6:30] feasting on the

[6:32] mana from a

[6:35] bountiful supply. For I am

[6:40] dwelling in

[6:42] ma land.

[6:46] Far below the storm of doubt upon the

[6:52] world is

[6:54] between sons of men in battle long. The

[7:01] enemy

[7:04] withstand safe am I within the castle of

[7:11] God's word retreat.

[7:15] Nothing then can reach

[7:21] me

[7:23] land. I'm

[7:25] living on the

[7:28] mountain underneath the cloudless

[7:32] sky. I'm

[7:35] drinking at the

[7:37] fountain that never shall run dry. Oh

[7:42] yes, I'm

[7:44] feasting on the

[7:47] mana from a

[7:49] bountiful supply for I am

[7:54] dwelling in

[7:57] you

[7:59] land. Let the stormy breezes blow. Their

[8:05] cry cannot alarm me.

[8:10] I am safely sheltered. Here,

[8:15] protected by God's

[8:19] blend. Here the sun is always shining.

[8:24] Here there's not can harm

[8:28] me. I am safe

[8:32] forever in

[8:35] you land.

[8:38] I'm

[8:39] living on the

[8:42] mountain underneath the cloudless

[8:47] sky. I'm

[8:49] peeking on the

[8:51] mountain that never shall run dry. Oh

[8:57] yes, I'm

[8:58] feasting on the

[9:01] mana from a

[9:03] bountiful supply. For I am

[9:09] dwelling you love and on that

[9:14] last few hear the works of God. I sing

[9:21] in

[9:24] contemplation. Hearing now his blessed

[9:28] voice I see the way he

[9:33] planned. Dwelling in the spirit. Here I

[9:39] learn of full

[9:43] salvation. Gladly will I

[9:47] tear in

[9:50] you

[9:52] land. I'm

[9:57] living underneath the cloudless sky.

[10:03] I'm

[10:04] bringing at the

[10:07] fountain that ever shall run dry. Oh

[10:12] yes, I'm

[10:14] feasting on the

[10:16] mana from a

[10:19] bountiful supply. for I am

[10:24] dwelling in

[10:26] [Music]

[10:28] ma

[10:32] land. And at this time I'm going to ask

[10:34] brother Brown if he could pray for our

[10:36] offering this evening.

[11:03] Amen. You may be seated.

[11:05] [Music]

[11:24] Heat. Heat.

[11:40] [Music]

[12:28] If you're able to, would you join us one

[12:30] last time if you're able as we stand

[12:31] together for song

[12:33] 369. The

[12:35] comforter has come. Oh, spread the

[12:38] tidings round wherever man is found. The

[12:43] comforter has come. Not your blanket

[12:46] that you sleep under when you're taking

[12:47] a nap on Sunday afternoons, but the Holy

[12:50] Spirit, the spirit of God that he sent

[12:53] to you when you got saved, the comforter

[12:56] has come. So let's lift it up as we sing

[12:58] about God's Holy Spirit this

[13:01] evening. Oh spread the tiding

[13:05] drown

[13:07] wherever man is found

[13:11] wherever human hearts and human woes

[13:16] abound.

[13:18] Let every Christian

[13:21] tongue

[13:22] proclaim the joyful sound. The

[13:28] comforter has

[13:32] come. The comforter has come. The

[13:38] comforter has come. The Holy Ghost from

[13:44] heaven.

[13:45] The father's

[13:48] promise. Oh, spread the tidings round.

[13:54] Wherever man is found, the

[13:58] [Music]

[14:00] cupboard has

[14:04] come. The long, long night has passed.

[14:09] The morning breaks at last.

[14:13] and hush the dreadful

[14:16] whale and cury of the

[14:20] blast. As or the golden hills, the day

[14:27] advances

[14:28] past. The

[14:32] comforter has

[14:36] come. The

[14:38] comforter has come. The

[14:42] comforter has come. The Holy Ghost from

[14:48] heaven. The Father's promised

[14:52] gift. Oh, spread the tidings round.

[14:58] Wherever men is found, the

[15:04] comfort has come.

[15:09] Oh, the great king of

[15:12] kings with healing in his wings to every

[15:19] captive

[15:21] soul a full deliverance

[15:24] brings. And through the vacant sails,

[15:29] the song of triumph rings.

[15:33] The

[15:36] comforter has

[15:40] come. The

[15:42] comforter has

[15:44] come. The

[15:46] comforter has come. The Holy Ghost from

[15:52] heaven. The Father's promise give. Oh,

[15:58] spread the tidings round.

[16:02] Wherever men is found, the

[16:08] comfort has come on at last.

[16:13] Oh boundless love

[16:16] divine, how shall this tongue of mine to

[16:22] wondering mortals tell the matchless

[16:27] grace

[16:29] divine that I a child of hell. Would in

[16:35] his image

[16:37] shine. The

[16:39] [Music]

[16:41] comforter has

[16:44] come. The

[16:47] comforter has come. The

[16:51] comforter has come. The Holy Ghost from

[16:56] heaven. The father's promised gift.

[17:01] Oh, spread the tidings round.

[17:06] Wherever men is

[17:09] found, the

[17:13] comfort has

[17:18] come. You may be seated.

[17:51] David praises

[17:53] God. We're going to begin reading in

[17:56] verse number one. Oh

[17:57] Lord, thou hast searched

[18:00] me and known me. Pretty powerful

[18:05] statement

[18:06] there. Thou hast searched me and known

[18:09] me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine

[18:13] uprising. Thou understandest my

[18:15] thoughts, my thought, excuse me, a far

[18:18] off. Thou compassest my path and my

[18:22] lying down, and art acquainted with all

[18:25] my ways. For there is not a word in my

[18:28] tongue, but lo, oh Lord, thou knowest it

[18:31] all together. Thou hast beset me behind

[18:35] and before and laid thine hand upon me.

[18:39] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.

[18:42] It is high. I cannot attain unto it.

[18:45] Whether shall I go from thy spirit or

[18:48] whether shall I flee from thy presence.

[18:51] If I ascend up into heaven, thou art

[18:53] there. If I make my bed in hell, behold,

[18:57] thou art there. If I take the wings of

[19:00] the morning and dwell in the uttermost

[19:02] parts of the

[19:04] sea, even there shall thy hand lead me,

[19:08] and thy right hand shall hold me. If I

[19:12] say, Surely the darkness shall cover me,

[19:15] even the night shall be light about me.

[19:18] Yay, the darkness hideth not from thee,

[19:21] but the night shineth as the day. The

[19:24] darkness and the light are both alike to

[19:27] thee. For thou hast possessed my reigns.

[19:31] Thou hast covered me in my mother's

[19:33] womb. I will praise thee, for I am

[19:37] fearfully and wonderfully made.

[19:40] Marvelous are thy works, and that my

[19:43] soul knoweth right well. My substance

[19:47] was not hid from thee when I was made in

[19:49] secret, and curiously wrought in the

[19:52] lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes

[19:54] did see my substance, yet being

[19:57] unperfect, and in the thy book all my

[20:00] members were written, which in

[20:03] continuence were fashioned, when as yet

[20:06] there was none of them. How precious

[20:09] also are thy thoughts unto me, oh God.

[20:12] How great is the sum of them. If I

[20:15] should count them, they are more in

[20:18] number than the sand. when I awake, I am

[20:22] still with thee. Let's go, Lord, in

[20:25] prayer tonight. Heavenly Father, Lord, I

[20:28] thank you for the opportunity to preach

[20:29] your word tonight. Lord, I pray if you

[20:32] would please help me tonight to preach

[20:35] your word. Cleanse me of sin. Empty me

[20:39] of myself that I might get out of the

[20:41] way tonight and your word may go forth.

[20:45] Lord, I pray you challenge us and

[20:48] encourage us from your word tonight.

[20:51] Lord, we're thankful for each and

[20:53] everyone who's here tonight. We're

[20:54] thankful for those that are watching on

[20:56] the live stream. And Lord, we pray

[20:58] tonight that all that said and done will

[21:00] bring honor and glory to you. In your

[21:03] name I pray. Amen.

[21:07] David writes about the Lord that the

[21:11] Lord has searched him and he knows me.

[21:14] God is

[21:16] omnisient. He's all

[21:19] knowing. I want you to think about that

[21:21] for just a minute. He's

[21:24] omnisient. He's all knowing and he knows

[21:27] all about

[21:30] us. No, like all about us.

[21:36] Everything there is about us, he

[21:40] knows. And yet he still loves us and he

[21:44] still cares for us and he still makes

[21:48] intercession for

[21:50] us. Even though he knows it

[21:53] all, he

[21:55] cares. Notice verse two. Thou knowest my

[22:00] downsitting and mine uprising.

[22:03] Thou understandest my thought a far off.

[22:07] Some of us may need to underline that

[22:09] verse because sometimes we think nobody

[22:13] understands but God does.

[22:16] I don't understand. I don't know. Nobody

[22:18] gets it. You know, sometimes we can be

[22:21] like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh,

[22:24] discouraged all the time, head

[22:27] down. But God knows. And not only does

[22:31] he know it, he understands it.

[22:35] He understands my thought. A far

[22:38] off. Thou compass my path and my lying

[22:44] down and art acquainted with all my

[22:47] ways. Wait a minute. Now we've

[22:50] transitioned not just from God being

[22:53] omnisient, but him also being

[22:56] omnipresent. He is near.

[23:00] As a believer, take comfort. God is

[23:02] near.

[23:06] As a believer, take caution. God is

[23:09] near.

[23:12] Come

[23:15] on. When I need him to be the comforter,

[23:18] and I didn't know brother Samuel was

[23:19] going to pick that song, but it fits

[23:20] with the message tonight. If we need him

[23:22] to be the comforter, he's there.

[23:25] He's there. He's on. No matter where

[23:27] we're at, he's there. No matter what

[23:30] we're struggling with, he knows it. He

[23:32] understands it. He's

[23:35] there. He knows. He can passeth my path

[23:39] in my lying down. Not acquainted with

[23:40] all my ways. Now watch this. For there

[23:43] is not a word in my

[23:45] tongue, below, oh Lord, thou knowest it

[23:50] all together.

[23:53] There's not a word in my

[23:55] tongue that I've said or that I've

[23:59] thought about saying that God didn't

[24:01] know

[24:03] about. Everything we speak, everything

[24:06] we think, God knows all about it.

[24:12] Believer, take courage. He's

[24:14] there. Believer, take caution. He's

[24:18] there.

[24:21] years ago that used to be described. I

[24:23] used to say it this way. When you're

[24:26] sitting on your

[24:27] couch, you're watching your TV. God is

[24:32] there. He sees what you

[24:36] see. You got your earbuds in or your

[24:38] AirPods in. He hears what you

[24:42] hear. He hears what you hear. He sees

[24:45] what you see. He knows what we think.

[24:51] But take

[24:53] caution. Make

[24:54] sure when we were little kids, we used

[24:57] to learn a song in in Sunday school. Oh,

[25:00] be careful little eyes what you see. Oh,

[25:04] be careful little eyes what you see. For

[25:07] the father up above is looking down in

[25:10] love. So be careful little eyes what you

[25:14] see. And it had a multiple. Oh, be

[25:17] careful little ears what you hear. Oh,

[25:20] be careful little hands what you do. Oh,

[25:22] be careful little feet where you go. Be

[25:24] careful little mouth what you say. Cuz

[25:26] the father up above is look at he's

[25:28] omnipresent. He knows.

[25:32] Be careful little mind what you think.

[25:36] Oh, be careful little mind what you

[25:38] think. Cuz the father up above is

[25:41] looking down in love. So be careful

[25:43] little mind what you think. He's

[25:46] omnipresent. He's

[25:49] omnisient. Verse five, thou hast beset

[25:52] me behind and before and laid thine hand

[25:57] upon me. Now, we're talking more about

[25:59] his omnipresence. He's your front guard

[26:02] and he's your rear guard. David, a man

[26:05] of war, as he describes it in this

[26:07] passage. God is before him and God is

[26:10] after him. He's his front guard and he's

[26:13] his rear guard. He's protecting him.

[26:16] He's guiding him. Thou hast set me

[26:18] behind and before and laid thine hand

[26:21] upon me such knowledge is too

[26:25] wonderful. Too wonderful to me. It is

[26:28] high. I cannot cont attain unto it.

[26:31] Let's just stop and think. Nothing

[26:33] enters my

[26:35] life that God didn't know about.

[26:40] Nothing gets to

[26:42] me that God did not know

[26:48] about. The knowledge is too

[26:52] wonderful, too wonderful to recognize,

[26:55] too wonderful to

[26:57] express the omniscience and the

[27:00] omnipresence of

[27:02] God. I mean, think about it. When you're

[27:05] hurting, you're

[27:07] struggling. As a married person,

[27:09] sometimes you're hurting. You're

[27:10] struggling and you think, "My spouse

[27:12] doesn't get it." God

[27:14] does. God fully

[27:17] understands. He understands your

[27:20] thoughts. The presence of God is near.

[27:23] Verse seven, whether shall I go from thy

[27:25] spirit, or wheither shall I flee from

[27:28] thy presence? If I ascend up into

[27:30] heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed

[27:32] in hell, behold, thou art there. If I

[27:34] take the wings of the morning and dwell

[27:36] in the uttermost parts of the sea, even

[27:39] there shall thy hand lead me, thy right

[27:42] hand shall hold me. Even if I took

[27:46] off, he's still

[27:48] there leading and

[27:51] guiding. I say verse 11, surely the

[27:53] darkness shall cover me. Even the night

[27:56] shall be light about me. Yay, darkness

[27:58] hideth not from thee. And you can't hide

[28:00] in the dark from

[28:02] God. Remember when you were a little kid

[28:04] and you played hide and seek and you

[28:08] thought, "You can't see

[28:13] me." Little kids though, you can't see

[28:16] me. They're right there in front of

[28:19] you. But because they can't see you,

[28:23] then you can't see them. You can't see

[28:26] me. They're hiding. At least they think

[28:29] they

[28:31] are. We can't play hideand-seek with

[28:35] God. Can't hide from him. He knows where

[28:38] we're at. And he understands our

[28:40] thoughts are far

[28:42] off. Even in the darkness, he's there.

[28:45] Even in the darkness, he sees

[28:49] us. Verse 13, for thou hast possessed my

[28:54] reigns. That was a confusing term. Thus

[28:58] possessed my reigns. I had to go do some

[29:01] study because I don't remember having

[29:04] rains. I've got a wedding ring, but I

[29:06] don't have reigns. You know, usually

[29:09] attached to horses is when I think of

[29:12] rains. But the word there, the Hebrew

[29:15] word has the sense of when I was in

[29:18] embriionic

[29:19] form, when I was first being formed by

[29:23] God, he knew me.

[29:26] Jeremiah tells us that

[29:29] too. But the Bible is telling us here be

[29:32] my reigns. Thou hast possessed my

[29:35] reigns. Thou hast covered me in my

[29:36] mother's womb. Verse 14, I will praise

[29:39] thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully

[29:41] made. Marvelous are thy works and that

[29:43] my soul knoweth right well. God doesn't

[29:45] make a mistake.

[29:49] God made us and he knows

[29:53] us and he cares for

[29:57] us. So David writes that God's made him.

[30:00] He's fearfully and wonderfully made. But

[30:02] not only that, he said, "Marvelous are

[30:04] thy

[30:05] works and that my soul knoweth right

[30:10] well."

[30:12] Not just the physical blessings of God

[30:15] forming us, but the spirit blessings of

[30:18] my soul, knowing right well. Verse 15,

[30:21] my substance was not hid from thee when

[30:24] I was made in secret, and curiously

[30:27] wrought in the lowest parts of thine

[30:28] earth. Thine eyes did see my substance,

[30:31] yet being unperfect, and in the book of

[30:33] all my members were written, which is in

[30:36] continuence were fashioned. When as yet

[30:38] there was none of them, how precious

[30:40] also are thy thoughts unto me, oh God.

[30:45] God formed us in our mother's womb. God

[30:48] had a plan for us. God set us apart for

[30:52] service to

[30:53] him. And yet his thoughts towards

[30:56] us so

[31:00] wonderful. Think about that. Let's read

[31:03] that verse together again. Let's look at

[31:04] it. Verse 17. How precious also are thy

[31:09] thoughts unto me, oh God. How great is

[31:12] the sum of them. God's omniscience,

[31:15] God's omnipresence, that he fearfully

[31:18] and wonderfully made me. That he's the

[31:20] comforter when I need comforting. He

[31:22] understands me, he knows me, he cares

[31:25] for me. All of those thoughts that he

[31:27] has toward me is so

[31:29] wonderful, so great.

[31:35] But yet it's easy to let it slip, isn't

[31:37] it? It's easy to let it become

[31:40] mundane. It's easy to let it get routine

[31:43] in our lives. But we ought to remember

[31:47] how precious also are thy thoughts unto

[31:50] me. It ought to be precious how God

[31:52] cares for

[31:53] you. How God has a plan for you. How

[31:58] great is the sum of them. If I should

[32:01] count them, they are more in number than

[32:04] the sand. When I awake, I am still with

[32:07] thee. We're just go back. If I should

[32:10] count them, they are more in number than

[32:12] the

[32:14] sand. You ever felt like God wasn't

[32:16] thinking about you? That's a lie.

[32:24] I had the privilege, it was probably a

[32:27] year and a half

[32:29] ago to be sitting in the living room of

[32:32] uh Paty and Earl Boyer at the time. And

[32:37] Earl was talking to me about one of his

[32:40] songs that he loved to

[32:42] sing, which was the song When He was on

[32:46] the

[32:47] cross, I was on his mind.

[32:51] Now, at that time, we're sitting there

[32:53] talking about he went and got his

[32:54] guitar. I don't know if you remember

[32:55] this, Paty. Went and got his guitar and

[32:57] played a little bit for me. And it had

[32:59] been a while since he

[33:01] played, but I remember him talking to me

[33:04] about that song. When he was on the

[33:07] cross, I was on his mind. For he knew

[33:13] me, yet he loved me.

[33:18] He whose glory makes the heaven

[33:22] shine. I'm so

[33:24] unworthy of such

[33:27] mercy. But when he was on the cross, I

[33:32] was on his mind. I like that song. That

[33:37] encourages my

[33:39] heart to think that when my savior died

[33:42] for

[33:43] me, he was thinking about me.

[33:49] Does that encourage you that when he

[33:51] died, he was thinking about you? He who

[33:54] knows you all all about

[34:00] you. Young couples that first get

[34:02] married, they don't really know each

[34:04] other. They think they do, but they

[34:08] don't know each

[34:09] other. And then you get married, you've

[34:11] been married for about five, six years.

[34:13] Guess what you discovered? you still

[34:15] don't know each

[34:17] other. Then you get married about 15, 20

[34:20] years and you think we got it figured

[34:22] out. Then one of them

[34:25] changes and the things they used to

[34:27] like, they don't like them

[34:30] anymore. I don't know how many different

[34:32] home decorating schemes your wife's

[34:34] going to

[34:36] choose. You may she may say, "I like

[34:38] this." And then that changes to

[34:41] something else. And then that changes to

[34:44] something

[34:46] else. And so her her likes and dislikes

[34:51] change and you think, "I've got her

[34:54] figured

[34:55] out. I know what she

[34:58] likes." And then she changes on

[35:02] you. My wife and I, when we got married,

[35:05] she hated

[35:07] tea. Growing up, that's what we had all

[35:10] the time. My mom's from Kentucky, so we

[35:12] had sweet tea all the time. It was the

[35:14] primary drink in our house. Sweet tea.

[35:18] That's what we had. Water, sweet tea,

[35:20] milk. That's pretty much it most of the

[35:23] time. And then at times, you know, we

[35:26] got the fancy juice in a can, you know,

[35:29] where you pull the little rubber thing

[35:30] off and you the frozen concentrate fell

[35:34] in. That's the fancy juice. No. Three

[35:37] cups, three of these of water. Filled up

[35:39] three times. Pour it in. Mix it up.

[35:41] Yeah. Grape juice. Orange

[35:44] juice. Apple

[35:46] juice. 59 cents a little one. That was

[35:50] great. Then I went to the store later

[35:52] on. They shrunk them. Took two to make

[35:55] it. Is that what they do to

[35:58] you? But when my wife and I first come,

[36:00] she hated tea. And I tried to get her to

[36:03] drink it. She wouldn't drink it. You

[36:05] know what my wife's discovered here over

[36:06] the last few

[36:09] months? HTO. I'm blaming some of you

[36:12] because you started

[36:15] it. So now she likes tea, but it's got

[36:19] to be flavored tea. Got to have the

[36:22] flavoring to it because regular tea is

[36:25] not her thing, but the flavored

[36:27] tea. So here I was thinking, I'm okay. I

[36:30] got it all figured out. Brother Garza,

[36:32] she's she's not going to drink tea. You

[36:34] know what I did this week when we got

[36:36] out of the doctor's visit that I took

[36:37] her to? I went and got her

[36:42] tea. Now, I know that about my

[36:47] wife, but brother Danny

[36:50] knows not to get her tea for Kathy. But

[36:54] if he gets her an

[36:57] icy, he's done good for the

[37:01] day. Because people are different and

[37:04] their likes and dislikes, they change.

[37:06] And what my wife used to like and she

[37:09] didn't like tea, now she likes tea and

[37:11] the the things that change in our lives.

[37:13] But God knows all about us. And you may

[37:16] think, "Nobody understands me." And God

[37:19] says, "I

[37:20] do. I know all about you. I know who you

[37:24] are and what you struggle with

[37:26] internally.

[37:28] I know the thoughts that you don't even

[37:30] verbalize to the family in your life.

[37:33] God says, "I know all those. I

[37:35] understand

[37:37] them." How his thoughts toward us are so

[37:41] wonderful, so so precious to

[37:46] us. David writes, "If I could count

[37:49] them, they'd be more than the sand." He

[37:51] said, "When I awake, I am still with

[37:55] thee.

[37:57] David says, "When I

[38:00] die and I awake in paradise in heaven,

[38:05] God, you're still going to be

[38:07] there. In fact, you're going to be with

[38:09] God for all

[38:13] eternity. So, you might as well get used

[38:15] to him being around you

[38:17] now. We ought to live our lives in such

[38:19] a way that brings honor and glory to God

[38:22] every day."

[38:25] So David talks about when he awakes, I

[38:27] am still with thee. Then then David

[38:29] struggles. Verses 19 to 22. Truly thou

[38:33] wilt slay the wicked, oh God. Depart

[38:35] from me, therefore, ye bloody men, for

[38:37] they speak against thee wickedly, and

[38:39] thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do

[38:42] not I hate them, oh Lord, that hate

[38:44] thee, and not I greed with those that

[38:47] rise up against thee? I hate them with

[38:49] perfect hatred. I count them mine

[38:51] enemies.

[38:54] David's struggling here because the

[38:56] wicked people, the wicked, the profane,

[38:58] their evil speech, the enemies of God,

[39:01] it bothers

[39:03] him. He doesn't like

[39:07] it. But then David says to

[39:10] God, verse 22, "Search me, oh

[39:14] God, know my heart." He already knows

[39:18] it. "Try me and know my thoughts." He

[39:22] already knows

[39:23] them. And see if there

[39:25] be any wicked way in

[39:30] me and lead me in the way

[39:35] everlasting. David knows that God is

[39:37] omnisient. David knows that God is

[39:40] omnipresent. David knows that God knows

[39:44] him. Knows all about him. and his

[39:47] thoughts are overwhelming to him about

[39:49] how great God is. And David says,

[39:53] "Search

[39:58] me. Search me, oh God, and know my

[40:00] heart. Try me and know my thoughts and

[40:02] see if there be any wicked way in me.

[40:06] And lead me in the way everlasting."

[40:09] David's request at the Psalm 139 is

[40:12] this. God, you know it, but will you

[40:15] show it to

[40:17] me? God, you know it. Will you show it

[40:21] to

[40:21] me? Now, when God shows it to us, what's

[40:25] the purpose of

[40:28] it? To do something with

[40:31] it. Search me, oh God. Know my heart.

[40:36] Try me and know my thoughts. and see if

[40:38] there be any wicked way in me and lead

[40:41] me in the way everlasting. We need God's

[40:43] guidance into the right

[40:45] way. So the David as the psalmist

[40:48] writes,

[40:50] God, search

[40:52] me, know

[40:54] me, try me, guide me. In other words,

[40:58] David's saying, I cannot do it on my

[41:01] own. I need your help, God.

[41:05] Search

[41:06] me, know me, try me, guide me, lead

[41:13] me. David's

[41:15] request, his prayer requests that God,

[41:18] Psalm 139 verses 23 and 24,

[41:22] ought to be part of every believer's

[41:27] life. For we give God permission, God,

[41:30] search

[41:31] me. Know my heart. Know my

[41:35] thoughts, see if there be any wicked way

[41:37] in me, and lead me in the way

[41:43] everlasting. When was the last time you

[41:46] gave God

[41:48] permission, to search you, to know you,

[41:52] to try you, to see if there be any

[41:56] wicked way in

[42:01] me? having boys.

[42:03] Sometimes when they complete their chore

[42:07] at the

[42:08] house, mom or dad will come check

[42:14] it. You know what happens a lot of times

[42:16] when mom checks it? There's things that

[42:20] aren't done like they should

[42:22] be and mom points out, "You need to fix

[42:26] that. You need to fix that." Or

[42:29] sometimes, "Good job. You did

[42:32] good. That's exactly how I want it to

[42:37] be. But when mom checks it, it's not

[42:40] just so mom could say, "You missed that

[42:42] and you missed that. Okay, I'm going to

[42:44] go play

[42:46] now."

[42:48] No, mom checked it so you would fix it.

[42:54] And when we give God permission to

[42:56] search us and know us and try us and

[42:58] lead us when he shows it to us, we need

[43:01] to fix

[43:02] it. That's what we got to

[43:05] do. So, have you done that lately? Have

[43:09] you let God search you, know you, try

[43:10] you, lead

[43:12] you? If not, why

[43:16] not? Why

[43:18] not? Are you afraid of what he'll

[43:21] find? Is it already convicting

[43:25] you? I try my best every

[43:30] day to use Psalm 139 in my life that God

[43:35] search me. And sometimes he does that

[43:38] and it's not

[43:39] pleasant and I got to get it

[43:43] right. And sometimes in our life it is

[43:49] uncomfortable when God shows things

[43:52] to us that we need to

[43:58] fix. So would you give God tonight

[44:00] permission to search you, to know

[44:04] you, to try you, to know your thoughts,

[44:09] to see if there be any wicked way in

[44:11] you. Now, tonight we're going not going

[44:14] to have a normal

[44:16] invitation. Right where you're at, would

[44:18] you bow your head right now? Now the

[44:21] altars are open if you want to

[44:24] move. But knowing the omniscience and

[44:26] the omnipresence of God, would you allow

[44:30] God tonight to search you, to know

[44:33] you, to try you, to know your thoughts?

[44:38] Would you give God permission to do

[44:39] that? Some are coming to the front to do

[44:42] business with God, some doing business

[44:43] with God in their seats. You do what God

[44:46] would have you do. Allow God search you.

[44:51] Know me. Try. Know my thoughts.

[45:42] Lord, I pray

[45:44] tonight your

[45:47] omniscience, your

[45:49] omniresence would affect us in our daily

[45:52] life.

[45:55] And Lord, we want to give you permission

[45:57] every day to search

[46:00] us, to know

[46:02] us, to try

[46:05] us, know our

[46:07] thoughts, to see if there be any wicked

[46:09] way in us, then ultimately to lead us to

[46:14] a heart that's right with

[46:17] you. Lord, I pray you'd help us to

[46:19] follow

[46:20] that and to do that every day in our

[46:23] lives. In your name I pray. All God's

[46:27] people said. Amen.