Sunday Night 9.22.24

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:23] [Music]

[1:54] I was

[1:56] discouraged when no

[2:01] for I pray for

[2:04] years I

[2:06] still no

[2:08] change I was ready to give

[2:13] up what can I

[2:16] do when I pray the last

[2:22] time

[2:25] through and pray is just as me

[2:30] as

[2:32] God

[2:35] is is just

[2:37] strong as God is

[2:43] strong reaches

[2:45] far as

[2:48] God reach don't ever give up just pray

[2:56] just

[2:57] pray don't ever

[3:00] give up just

[3:06] pra we have been

[3:09] given a means to the

[3:13] throne of the god whose

[3:17] potential is yet to be

[3:22] known there is no

[3:25] liit as to what God can do

[3:31] so just keep on

[3:34] praying he's listening to

[3:40] you and pray is just as

[3:44] big as

[3:45] [Applause]

[3:48] God pray is just and

[3:52] strong as God

[3:56] is bre reaches for

[4:01] as

[4:03] God don't ever give up just pray just

[4:11] pray don't ever give

[4:16] up just

[4:20] pray and pray is just

[4:24] as as God

[4:27] [Applause]

[4:27] [Music]

[4:29] PR is just as

[4:32] strong as God is

[4:36] strong PR can reach as

[4:40] far as

[4:42] God can

[4:44] reach never give up just pray just

[4:52] pray don't never give up just pray

[5:00] [Music]

[5:13] we turn to Song number 100 no

[5:18] 219 song number

[5:20] 219 little is much when God is in it

[5:25] song number

[5:27] 29 on that first verse

[5:32] in the Harvest field now ripen is a work

[5:37] for all to do hark the voice of God is

[5:43] calling to the heart is calling you

[5:48] little is much when God is in it labor

[5:53] not for wealth or fame there's a crown

[5:58] and you can win in it if you'll go in

[6:03] Jesus name on that second verse of Psalm

[6:06] 219 does the place you're called to

[6:09] labor seem so small and little

[6:13] known it is great if God is in it and he

[6:18] will not

[6:20] forget his own verse number two no

[6:23] matter where you are if you're doing it

[6:25] for God and he's with you it's a great

[6:27] work so let's lift up on verse number

[6:29] two

[6:31] does the place your call to labor seem

[6:35] so small and little

[6:38] known it is great if God is in it and

[6:43] he'll not forget his own little is much

[6:49] when God is in it labor not for wealth

[6:54] or

[6:55] fame there's a crown and you can win

[7:00] if you'll go in Jesus

[7:05] name are you laid aside from

[7:09] service body worn with toil and care you

[7:14] can still be in the battle in the sa

[7:20] place of prayer little is much when God

[7:25] is in it labor not for wealth or

[7:30] fame there's a crown and you can win it

[7:36] if you'll go in Jesus name on that last

[7:41] when the conflict here is ended and our

[7:46] race on Earth is run he will say if we

[7:52] are faithful welcome home my child well

[7:57] done little is m

[8:00] when God is in it labor not for wealth

[8:05] or

[8:06] pain there's a crown and you can win it

[8:11] if you'll go in Jesus

[8:17] name let's lift it up on that last verse

[8:19] and then on the course we'll drop out

[8:21] and lift it up a capella so let's sing

[8:24] that fourth verse one more time because

[8:25] when the conflict is ended and your race

[8:27] is done he'll say welcome home my child

[8:31] well done but that well done is only if

[8:34] we are faithful so let's stay faithful

[8:36] to God and lift it up on verse number

[8:38] four

[8:40] together when the conflict here is ended

[8:45] and our race on Earth is run he will say

[8:51] if we are faithful welcome home my child

[8:56] well done little is m

[9:00] when God is in it labor not for wealth

[9:05] or

[9:06] fame there's a crown and you can win it

[9:12] if you'll

[9:13] go in Jesus

[9:19] name then join me as we turn to

[9:23] 103 to the regions Beyond I must go I

[9:28] must go song Number

[9:31] [Music]

[9:38] 103 to the regions Beyond I must go I

[9:44] must go where the story has never been

[9:49] told to the millions that never have

[9:53] heard of his love I must tell the sweet

[9:57] story of old

[10:00] to the

[10:02] reion

[10:04] Beyond I must

[10:07] go I must

[10:09] go till the

[10:12] world all the

[10:15] world his

[10:17] salvation shall

[10:21] know to the hardest of places he calls

[10:26] me to go not think king of comfort or

[10:32] ease the world may pronounce me a

[10:36] dreamer a fo enough if the master I

[10:42] please to the

[10:45] re

[10:47] Beyond I must

[10:50] go I must

[10:52] go till the

[10:55] world all the

[10:57] world his

[11:00] salvation shall

[11:03] know and at this time we'll just take a

[11:06] few moments to greet those nearby and

[11:08] welcome them to the service tonight

[11:59] I

[12:29] I

[13:10] as we're making our way back to our

[13:12] seats we'll lift it up on that last

[13:14] there are other lost sheep that the

[13:16] master must bring and if we're not able

[13:19] to go to their lands that they're

[13:21] scattered about we can help give so

[13:24] others can reach those other lost sheep

[13:26] so let's lift it out on verse number

[13:30] four there are other lost sheep that the

[13:34] master must bring and they must the

[13:38] message be

[13:40] told he sends me to gather them out of

[13:45] all lands and welcome them back to the

[13:50] PO to the

[13:53] reion

[13:55] Beyond I must go

[13:59] I must

[14:00] go till the

[14:03] world all the

[14:05] world is

[14:09] salvation shall

[14:14] know and at this time we'll have a time

[14:16] of prayer for the offering this evening

[14:19] tonight Lord we thank you for tonight

[14:21] and the opportunity to give to you and

[14:23] for the message that we're going to hear

[14:24] and for the songs and the special music

[14:27] we ask you Lord that please be hon

[14:29] honored and glorified in everything

[14:30] that's said and done and through the

[14:31] gifts that are given to you and bless

[14:33] the remainder of the service and bless

[14:34] the offering that Souls may be saved in

[14:38] the name of Jesus Christ we pray amen

[14:40] you may be seated

[14:46] [Music]

[16:22] people need the

[16:24] Lord if you are able to would you join

[16:27] us as we stand together one last time

[16:28] you you're able to for song

[16:30] 64 song number 64 lead me to Calvary

[16:35] song number

[16:45] 64 king of my life I Crown thee now

[16:52] thine shall the glory

[16:56] be lest I forget thy Thorn crowned brow

[17:03] lead me to

[17:08] calary lest I forget

[17:14] gety L I forget thy

[17:19] Agony lest I forget thy love for

[17:26] me lead me to

[17:33] show me the tomb where thou was late

[17:39] tenderly mourned and

[17:44] wept angels in Robes of light AR ra

[17:50] guarded the wild th

[17:55] SL lest I forget

[17:59] [Music]

[18:01] Theon lest I forget thine

[18:07] aony lest I forget thy love for

[18:14] me lead me to

[18:20] calary let me like Mary through the

[18:26] Gloom come with a gift for

[18:32] thee show to me now the empty

[18:38] tomb lead me to

[18:45] calary lest I forget

[18:48] [Applause]

[18:51] gony lest I forget thine

[18:57] Agony Les thy forgets thy love for

[19:03] me lead me to

[19:08] C may I be willing Lord to bear on that

[19:13] last may I be willing Lord to

[19:19] Bear daily my cross for

[19:25] thee even thy C of grief to

[19:31] share thou Hast born all for

[19:37] me L I forget

[19:44] gony lest I forget

[19:50] thony lest I forget thy love for

[19:56] me Le lead me to

[20:01] [Music]

[20:04] calary then join me for

[20:09] 391 391 I'd Rather Have Jesus and we'll

[20:14] just sing those first two verses of

[20:25] 391 i' rather

[20:29] have

[20:30] Jesus than silver or

[20:35] gold I'd rather be his than have

[20:42] riches

[20:45] Untold I'd rather have

[20:50] Jesus than

[20:52] Howes or

[20:55] land I'd rather be

[20:59] led by his nail Tec

[21:04] hand then to

[21:06] be the

[21:08] king of a

[21:11] vast

[21:13] domain or

[21:15] beheld in sin dread

[21:23] way I'd

[21:25] Rather Have Jesus

[21:33] and this

[21:35] world

[21:37] of

[21:42] today i'

[21:44] ra have

[21:47] Jesus than

[21:49] man

[21:52] Applause I'd

[21:54] rather be faithful to him is dear

[22:01] cause I'd

[22:03] rather have

[22:06] Jesus than

[22:09] worldwide

[22:11] Fame I'd rather be

[22:15] true to His

[22:18] holy

[22:20] name then to

[22:22] be a

[22:25] king of a vast

[22:29] St or

[22:32] beheld in sin dread

[22:38] [Music]

[22:40] way I'd

[22:42] rather have

[22:46] Jesus

[22:47] [Music]

[22:51] than this this

[22:54] world

[22:56] aord to

[23:02] today you may be seated at this time

[23:05] we'll have a special from the pearcing

[23:06] quartet

[23:35] [Music]

[23:51] some will say it's

[23:53] foolish some that it's

[23:57] absur but still till we choose to build

[24:00] our lives upon God's holy

[24:04] word we know it's all perfect we trusted

[24:09] in all things it's holy and it's right

[24:15] so whatever this life

[24:19] brings we stand on what is timeless we

[24:24] stand on what is true we stand up on a

[24:29] shame no matter what the world may do we

[24:34] stand Upon This Rock spoken by the Lord

[24:39] Al and the other lives built on S may

[24:46] fall we

[24:52] stand it may not be in fashion it may

[24:57] not be we

[24:59] invoke but when we look at empty lives

[25:04] all around we know we could live

[25:08] pursuing power thinking pleasure

[25:12] satisfies God's a light cuts through the

[25:16] Shadows revealing they are just a

[25:21] li we stand on what is timeless we stand

[25:26] on what is true

[25:29] we stand up on a shame no matter what

[25:33] the world may do we stand upon this

[25:38] round spoken by the Lord

[25:41] alone and no other lies built on Sand

[25:47] may we stand We

[25:51] Stand let us trust his every

[25:55] word resisting every wrong

[25:59] let us read it and believe it it's our

[26:03] only hope for standing

[26:07] strong we stand on what is timeless we

[26:12] stand on what is true we stand up un as

[26:17] sham no matter what the world may do we

[26:21] stand Upon This Rock spoken by the Lord

[26:26] of all and are the lives built on Sand

[26:31] May

[26:33] for We

[26:39] Stand We Stand We Stand we

[26:49] [Music]

[26:53] stand if you have your Bibles go to

[26:55] Jeremiah chapter number two tonight

[26:58] Jeremiah chapter number

[27:01] two Jeremiah chapter 2 hopefully you

[27:03] read Jeremiah chapter 1 this afternoon

[27:06] and part of Jeremiah chapter 2 to help

[27:08] me out tonight and so we're looking

[27:10] forward to being in the Lord's word

[27:12] tonight if you're able would you please

[27:13] stand and honor the word of God we're

[27:14] going to begin reading in verse number

[27:15] one of chapter 2 read down to verse

[27:18] number 13 tonight moreover the word of

[27:21] the Lord came un me saying go and cry in

[27:23] the ears of Jerusalem saying thus sayeth

[27:25] the Lord I remember thee

[27:29] the kindness of thy youth the love of

[27:31] thine espousal when thou Wiest after me

[27:34] in the wilderness in a land that was not

[27:37] sown Israel was Holiness unto the Lord

[27:41] and the first fruits of his increase all

[27:44] that devour him shall offend evil shall

[27:47] come upon them sayeth the Lord hear ye

[27:49] the word of the Lord oh House of Jacob

[27:51] and all the families of the House of

[27:53] Israel thus saeth the Lord what iniquity

[27:56] have your fathers found in in me that

[27:59] they are gone away gone far from me have

[28:02] walked after vanity and are become vain

[28:05] neither said they where is the Lord that

[28:07] brought us up out of the land of Egypt

[28:10] that led us through the Wilderness

[28:11] through the land on deserts the land of

[28:14] deserts and of pits through a land of

[28:16] drought and of the shadow of death

[28:18] through a land that no man passed

[28:20] through where no man dwelt and I brought

[28:24] you into a plentiful country to eat the

[28:26] fruit thereof and the goodness thereof

[28:29] but when you entered ye defiled my land

[28:32] and made my Heritage an

[28:35] Abomination the priest said not where is

[28:37] the Lord they that handled the law knew

[28:40] me not the pastors also transgressed

[28:43] against me the prophets prophesied by

[28:46] Baal and walked after the things that do

[28:48] no Prophet wherefore I will you let will

[28:52] yet plead with you sayith the Lord and

[28:54] with your children's children will I

[28:56] plead for Passover the a of chidam and

[28:59] see and send unto kear and consider

[29:01] diligently and see if there be such a

[29:03] thing hath a nation changed their gods

[29:06] which are yet no Gods but my people have

[29:09] changed their glory for that which doth

[29:11] not profit be astonished oh ye Heavens

[29:15] at this and be horribly afraid be ye

[29:19] very desolate saith the Lord for my

[29:22] people have committed two evils they

[29:25] have forsaken me the fountain of Living

[29:29] Waters and hewed them out sisters broken

[29:34] ssts that can hold no water let's go to

[29:39] the Lord in prayer tonight dear heavenly

[29:40] father Lord I Thank you for the

[29:42] opportunity to preach your word tonight

[29:43] Lord I pray if you would please cleanse

[29:45] me of sin and enter me of myself that I

[29:47] might get out of the way tonight and

[29:48] your word may go forth Lord I pray that

[29:51] you'd speak to our hearts tonight

[29:52] challenge us from your word help us to

[29:55] listen not just with ears to hear but

[29:58] with hearts to do and not just be

[30:01] hearers of the word but be doers also in

[30:03] your name I pray amen thank you for

[30:05] standing you may be

[30:07] seated Jeremiah the

[30:10] prophet got a tough

[30:13] job he starts his ministry during the

[30:16] ended time of Josiah the king and then

[30:19] right after Josiah they go through a

[30:21] series of quick Kings there that lead

[30:23] the world into wickedness and then

[30:24] eventually into

[30:25] captivity and Jeremiah even continues to

[30:29] prophesy and be used by God after

[30:31] they're taken into

[30:32] captivity and Jeremiah's Ministry is not

[30:36] the most exciting

[30:38] Ministry now how many of you read

[30:40] chapter one today say

[30:42] Amen oh we're a little weak we got lots

[30:44] of work to do all right Jeremiah chapter

[30:47] number one the words of Jeremiah the son

[30:48] of hilaya of the priests that were in

[30:50] anoth in the land of Benjamin to whom

[30:52] the word of the Lord came in the days of

[30:55] Josiah the son of amnon King of Judah

[30:57] and the third th year of his Reign it

[31:00] came also in the days of jeim the son of

[31:02] Josiah king of Judah even under the end

[31:04] of the 11th year of Ziah the son of

[31:06] Josiah king of Judah under the carrying

[31:08] away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth

[31:10] month then the word of the Lord came

[31:13] unto me saying before I formed thee in

[31:15] the belly I knew thee and before thou

[31:17] camest forth out of the womb I

[31:19] Sanctified thee and I ordained thee a

[31:21] prophet unto the Nations then said I a

[31:24] lord God behold I cannot speak for I Am

[31:26] a Child the Lord said to me say not I am

[31:28] a child for Thou shalt go to all that I

[31:30] shall send thee and whatsoever I command

[31:33] thee Thou shalt speak be not afraid of

[31:35] their faces for I am with thee to

[31:37] deliver Thee sayith the Lord then the

[31:39] Lord put forth his hand and touched my

[31:40] mouth and the Lord said to me behold I

[31:42] have put my words in thy mouth see how

[31:45] this day set thee over Nations and over

[31:47] kingdoms and here's his ministry plan

[31:50] are you ready to root out to pull down

[31:54] to destroy and to throw down well that

[31:57] sounds wonderful doesn't it to build and

[32:01] to

[32:02] plant so Jeremiah's got this call from

[32:05] the Lord the Lord tells him before I

[32:08] formed thee in the belly I knew thee and

[32:10] I I I before thou camest forth I

[32:13] Sanctified thee he got a plan for thee I

[32:15] ordained thee Jeremiah's been given a

[32:18] plan from

[32:19] God Jeremiah's called to that generation

[32:24] to be a prophet preacher in that

[32:26] generation to reach that generation

[32:28] and the messages were going to be hard

[32:30] and the messages were going to be

[32:31] difficult at times and sometimes there'd

[32:33] be very little proper response to the

[32:35] word of God but that's what God called

[32:37] Jeremiah to do so Jeremiah God said

[32:40] before you were born before I formed

[32:43] Thee I knew thee before he was formed he

[32:46] knew thee by the way that's a good verse

[32:48] to Mark in your Bible to help with those

[32:51] that struggle with the abortion issue

[32:54] really shouldn't be an issue but those

[32:56] that struggle with it God formed them

[32:58] God knew them they were

[33:00] I they were they were a the before they

[33:05] were formed fully in other words they're

[33:07] already a life God God knew them and he

[33:10] formed them and he Sanctified Jeremiah

[33:12] and he ordained him a prophet then he

[33:14] says to him that I'm going to send you

[33:17] and I shall send thee he so you're not

[33:18] going to go where you want to go you're

[33:20] going to go where I tell you to go so

[33:22] God's going to send Jeremiah and he then

[33:24] he says whatsoever I command thou Thou

[33:26] shalt speak so he tells them this is

[33:28] what you're going to say this is the

[33:30] message you're going to deliver be not

[33:33] afraid of their faces for I am with thee

[33:35] to deliver thee sayeth the Lord every

[33:37] preacher of the Gospel should underline

[33:40] that verse and make that part of their

[33:42] life you don't think so but if you've

[33:44] been up here and you look out there

[33:46] there's some scary

[33:49] faces and you can get a fearful and

[33:51] afraid but Bible says Be not Afraid of

[33:53] their faces for I am with thee to

[33:55] deliver thee saith the Lord so the Lord

[33:58] tells Jeremiah be not afraid of their

[34:00] faces he Saidi going to put my words in

[34:03] thy mouth so Jeremiah you're going to

[34:05] say what I want you to say so Jeremiah

[34:08] Gets Ready God's called him God's

[34:11] equipped him God's got a plan for him

[34:12] and God says this is how your ministry

[34:14] philosophy is going to go in verse

[34:16] number 10 your philosophy is going to be

[34:18] to root out to pull down to destroy and

[34:21] to throw down four out of the six

[34:25] definitions explanations of Jeremiah's

[34:27] Ministry Ministry have a negative

[34:29] connotation then he get to the last two

[34:31] to build and to plant in order to build

[34:34] and to plant he had to do a lot of watch

[34:36] this cleaning house he had to do a lot

[34:38] of getting people helping people get

[34:40] things out of their life that God wanted

[34:41] out of their life so they could build

[34:43] upon the foundation that God wanted to

[34:45] build upon and Jeremiah is known as the

[34:47] weeping prophet because a lot of the

[34:49] people he preached to a lot of people he

[34:51] prophesied to didn't do

[34:54] it they didn't respond like God wanted

[34:57] them to

[34:59] well Pastor didn't God know they were

[35:00] going to do that yes but God always

[35:03] always desires for his people to stay

[35:06] faithful to him even though in his for

[35:09] knowledge he knew they would not so he

[35:11] has this wonderful message the first

[35:15] message Jeremiah preaches to backslid

[35:18] slid in Judah is found in chapter two

[35:23] verse number one moreover the word of

[35:25] the Lord came unto me saying go and cry

[35:29] in the ears of Jerusalem saying thus

[35:32] saith the Lord I

[35:36] remember

[35:38] thee they had forgotten about him but he

[35:42] remembered

[35:43] them they had turned their backs on God

[35:46] but God hadn't turned his back on them

[35:49] he said I remember thee now growing up

[35:53] in church most of my life I've heard

[35:56] plenty of messages is on people being

[36:00] backsliding if I ask you today how many

[36:02] books of the Bible talk about

[36:03] backsliding what would your guess be I

[36:05] don't want you to answer I just want you

[36:06] to think about it as a kid I'm hearing

[36:09] so many messages on people backsliding

[36:11] you would have thought uh 40 50

[36:15] books maybe maybe 30 maybe half the

[36:18] Bible do you know it's only

[36:20] three only three books have the word

[36:22] backsliding or backslid in it or

[36:24] backslider now listen the principle of

[36:27] of that is throughout scripture but the

[36:30] word backslidden backslider is only

[36:32] found in three books and it said found

[36:34] in Proverbs I believe Hosea and in

[36:38] Jeremiah so he begins to describe to

[36:40] them he says I remember Thee the Lord

[36:42] remembers them the kindness of thy youth

[36:45] the love of thine espousal when thou

[36:47] wentest after me in the wilderness in a

[36:50] land that was not so Israel was Holiness

[36:53] unto the Lord the first fruits of his

[36:55] increase and all that devour him shall

[36:57] offend

[36:58] evil shall come upon them saith the

[37:00] Lord they were all in with God when they

[37:04] first came

[37:06] out but then things begin to

[37:10] change and they begin to get away from

[37:13] their first

[37:14] love begin to creep away from

[37:18] them thus sayith the Lord verse 5 what

[37:21] iniquity have your fathers found in me

[37:24] let's think about that for a minute God

[37:26] is asking them what what sin what

[37:29] iniquity did your fathers find in

[37:32] me in other words what did God do

[37:37] wrong that they are gone watch this far

[37:41] from me and have walked after vanity and

[37:45] are become

[37:49] vain what did God

[37:51] do that they walked away from

[37:54] God the answer is God didn't do a thing

[37:58] they walked away from him they turned

[38:01] their backs on God they walked away from

[38:05] God verse six neither said they where is

[38:09] the Lord that brought us up out of the

[38:11] land of Egypt that led us through the

[38:13] Wilderness through a land of deserts and

[38:15] of pits through a land of drought and of

[38:18] shadow of death through a land where no

[38:20] man passed through and where no man

[38:23] dwelt they didn't ask that they didn't

[38:26] say where is the Lord

[38:29] where is

[38:30] God verse 7 and I brought you into a

[38:34] plentiful country to eat the fruit

[38:38] thereof and the goodness thereof but

[38:41] when you entered ye defiled my land and

[38:45] made my in Heritage an

[38:47] Abomination so the people didn't do what

[38:49] God told them to

[38:51] do God says you made my land an

[38:55] Abomination well how did they do that

[38:56] well it's got to be verse eight that's

[38:58] how they did it the priest said not

[38:59] where is the Lord oh yep it's the

[39:02] priest's fault and they that handle the

[39:05] law knew me

[39:07] not the pastors also transgressed it's

[39:10] oh there it is it's the priest it's

[39:12] those that handled the law the word of

[39:14] God it's those that those pastors

[39:16] they're the ones they fail therefore the

[39:19] nation of Israel went away because of

[39:21] those

[39:24] people because of them

[39:27] they didn't do their part they didn't

[39:29] say what they should have said they

[39:30] didn't and then he goes on and the

[39:32] prophets prophesied by Baal and walked

[39:35] after the things that do not

[39:40] profit so the nation of Israel in the

[39:43] Book of Judges comes to God and says we

[39:47] want a king we want to be like everybody

[39:48] else give us a

[39:50] King Samuel says you don't want God to

[39:53] be in charge anymore you want a king

[39:55] yeah that's what we want so sometimes

[39:57] you get what you want but you don't want

[39:59] what you

[40:00] got Samuel prophesies what's going to

[40:03] happen and that's what happened they got

[40:06] what they wanted but they didn't like

[40:07] what they got and King Saul comes in and

[40:10] he begins to follow after God for a

[40:13] short period of time and then he gets

[40:15] distracted and in the end of King Saul's

[40:18] Ministry of being King uh he's seeking

[40:21] The Witch of

[40:23] indor he's messing around with familiar

[40:26] spirits

[40:28] the nation of Israel is drawn away from

[40:32] God but then God sends

[40:35] David and the nation has a

[40:38] Revival and David works and David does

[40:40] what he can to bring people back to God

[40:42] and David's a messed up man himself he's

[40:44] a broken man but he tries to get the

[40:46] people to come back to God and there's a

[40:47] Revival in the land and they're back to

[40:49] where God wants it to be they're setting

[40:51] aside things for the temple to have a

[40:54] proper place for God to worship God

[40:56] they're getting everything ready and

[40:58] Solomon

[41:01] comes Solomon who's described as the

[41:05] wisest man that lived on the earth

[41:08] outside the

[41:11] Lord became one of the foolish

[41:16] men

[41:18] because he didn't just have one wife he

[41:23] had a thousand

[41:25] wives and the wife wives that he got

[41:28] were wives from other countries and

[41:30] wives that worshiped false gods and it

[41:32] affected his relationship with God in

[41:35] the nation Drew

[41:37] away and Solomon who was supposed to be

[41:40] wise became foolish in a moment of

[41:44] weakness and a minute of decision and he

[41:47] pulls the nation away and the kingdom

[41:50] divides you have this divided Kingdom in

[41:53] jeroboam and

[41:54] rabo the struggle and it it would be sad

[41:58] to be a

[41:59] king that your testimony is found

[42:02] throughout the Book of first and 2 Kings

[42:04] in the verse book of First and 2

[42:06] Chronicles that your testimony is and

[42:09] they continued in the sins of

[42:12] jeroboam who led Israel to sin you'll

[42:15] read throughout the Chronicles and the

[42:17] Kings the sins of jeroboam the sins of

[42:20] jeroboam the sins of jeroboam the sins

[42:22] of jeroboam jeroboam who knew better

[42:24] jeroboam who could have done right in

[42:26] the eyes of God but he stepped

[42:29] away because he stepped away he brought

[42:32] the nation the Bible says that he caused

[42:34] Israel to

[42:36] sin and throughout the Chronicles you'll

[42:38] read about the sins of jeroboam and they

[42:41] continued in the sins of jeroboam and

[42:43] they continued in the sins of jeroboam

[42:45] Josiah comes on the scene as the last

[42:47] Godly

[42:48] King in Josiah's Ministry there's a

[42:51] Revival that happens in the

[42:53] land and at the end of Josiah's Ministry

[42:56] we have this high point where Josiah

[42:58] finds a portion of the word of God in

[43:00] the temple as they're rebuilding it and

[43:03] they bring out this portion of the word

[43:04] of God and he reads it and he sees the

[43:06] Judgment of God's going to come and he

[43:08] goes and he seeks on behalf of the Lord

[43:10] and then he goes and he reads it to the

[43:12] people and all the people make a

[43:13] covenant to love God and to serve God

[43:16] and then right after Josiah's off the

[43:18] scene crash and

[43:20] burn their relationship with God

[43:23] tanks and they leave

[43:26] God just a few Kings later and really

[43:29] not really Kings their last king is more

[43:30] of a governor who's set up by Babylon

[43:33] they're taken into

[43:34] captivity the ministry of jeho kin and

[43:37] jeho

[43:39] Chim and Jeremiah's here and the nation

[43:42] that used to love God the nation that

[43:44] had had a Revival has now gone away from

[43:48] God and their prophets are prophesying

[43:51] to ba the

[43:53] priest those that handled the law didn't

[43:56] even know God

[44:00] but verse n God says wherefore I will

[44:02] yet plead with you sayith the Lord and

[44:06] with your children's children will I

[44:09] plead God's not through God's not done

[44:14] God continues and he continues and he

[44:18] continues all the way into to years

[44:20] later when he sends his own son to

[44:24] Jerusalem to the nation of Israel as

[44:26] their mess

[44:28] they still reject him God's not

[44:31] through verse 11 hath a nation changed

[44:34] their gods which are yet no Gods but my

[44:37] people have changed their glory for that

[44:39] which doth not

[44:41] profit be astonished oh ye Heavens at

[44:44] this and be horribly afraid be ye very

[44:46] desolate sayeth the Lord and this is

[44:48] what God's testimony is about the

[44:51] nation for my people have committed two

[44:56] evils

[44:57] they have forsaken me the Fountain of

[45:00] Living Waters and hewed them out

[45:04] sisters broken

[45:07] systemns that can hold no

[45:13] water my people have committed two evils

[45:17] they have forsaken me the Fountain of

[45:22] Living

[45:23] Waters and hewed them out sisters broken

[45:26] sister SS that can hold no water we're

[45:31] going to start with the sists and we'll

[45:33] come back to the Fountain of Living

[45:35] Water sists are man-made water

[45:39] Holdings they're usually built into the

[45:41] ground and they collect water they don't

[45:43] produce water they collect water but not

[45:46] only do they collect water they collect

[45:48] other

[45:49] things that run into the

[45:52] sistern sometimes a sistern will collect

[45:55] dead animals and when the dead animals

[45:58] get into the sistern you have a problem

[46:01] so you have to go remove the dead animal

[46:03] you have to get all the water that's in

[46:05] there out and then you have to clean up

[46:07] the sistern sometimes your sistern that

[46:10] holds water here in Oklahoma even part

[46:12] of it uh there are other snakes and dead

[46:15] things frogs and other stuff that get

[46:18] into the

[46:19] sisters it affects the water

[46:23] supply but these

[46:25] sisters are broken

[46:28] they're not just sisters that can

[46:29] collect water and hold water these are

[46:31] broken

[46:33] sisters they have no use there is no

[46:36] value to them they can't hold

[46:39] water the Bible says that they can that

[46:42] can hold no water if God says they hold

[46:45] no water they hold no

[46:48] water a sistern is no good if it cannot

[46:50] hold

[46:52] water but God is using this word picture

[46:55] to describe to the nation of of Israel

[46:57] that they tried to create something and

[47:00] this worship of Baal they tried to

[47:01] create something in this false idol

[47:03] worship they tried to create something

[47:05] to replace God and it wouldn't

[47:10] work had no

[47:12] value left them empty left them dry left

[47:15] them with

[47:18] nothing so he

[47:20] begins with the second evil is what

[47:23] we're beginning with that they hewed

[47:25] them out sistern

[47:27] broken sisters that can hold on watch

[47:29] say they built them themselves a god a

[47:33] religion a

[47:35] practice that has no value it's

[47:40] empty nothing there for

[47:44] it well that's the second

[47:46] evil the second evil is idolatrous

[47:51] worship trying to replace god with

[47:54] something else

[47:58] most of us probably don't have an idol

[48:02] sitting in a closet that you open the

[48:05] closet and you bow down to the

[48:08] idol most of us probably don't have one

[48:11] of

[48:15] those and God was dealing with a nation

[48:18] that had

[48:20] Idols idolatrous

[48:22] worship they worshiped Baal they

[48:24] worshiped the God mole they had gone

[48:27] into worshiping the goddess Venus and

[48:30] the the fertility goddess and the sexual

[48:33] sins that came they worshiped The Grove

[48:35] and everything else that entailed with

[48:37] that and so the the nation of Israel is

[48:39] going after false

[48:43] Idols that's the second

[48:47] evil the second evil is what they went

[48:50] after the first

[48:52] evil is what they forsook

[48:58] so he says my people have committed two

[49:01] evils they have forsaken me the Fountain

[49:05] of Living

[49:06] Waters So today we're going to go over

[49:08] here and we're going to say that over

[49:11] here on this side of the

[49:13] platform is the Fountain of Living

[49:16] Waters can you see it you can't see it

[49:18] where you at there's a fountain right

[49:20] here it it's a flowing Fountain it's a

[49:23] never ending Fountain it represents the

[49:25] Lord It's the Fountain of Living Waters

[49:27] and it it's fresh and it's new every

[49:30] single day it has everything I need to

[49:33] live it has everything that I need to be

[49:35] a Christian has everything I need to

[49:37] live a life that pleases God it's right

[49:39] here and the nation of Israel knew that

[49:42] God was the Fountain of Living Waters

[49:44] they knew he was available they knew

[49:46] they could come to him anytime they

[49:48] needed something they could go to the

[49:50] Fountain of Living

[49:53] Water Well they forsook it

[49:58] that means

[50:00] they stepped back from

[50:04] it that means

[50:08] that he's still there the fountain's

[50:11] still there the fountain is where it's

[50:13] always

[50:14] been they forsook

[50:17] it but then things would happen in the

[50:20] nation of Israel like Josiah became king

[50:21] and guess what happened they came

[50:23] back they came back to the Fountain of

[50:26] Living Waters

[50:27] they came back to him and they spent

[50:29] time with him and they had a

[50:30] relationship restored to him and they

[50:32] came back to God and they made a

[50:34] decision to live for God and they put in

[50:35] their hearts a desire to serve God but

[50:40] then they forsook

[50:44] him and then they forsook him and then

[50:49] they forsook him and then they forsook

[50:53] him and then they forsook him and they

[50:56] forsook him him and they forsook him and

[50:59] now they've left the Fountain of Living

[51:04] Water it's God it's his word it's fresh

[51:09] and a new every single day they replaced

[51:13] it with

[51:15] sists that can

[51:17] hold no

[51:20] water we can see it in the nation of

[51:22] Israel can't we I me all we got to do is

[51:25] look at their history and you can see

[51:26] how the nation of Israel forsook God the

[51:28] Fountain of Living Water and they went

[51:30] away from him it's easy to see it's

[51:32] obvious to see the nation of Israel they

[51:35] loved God and then they went away and

[51:36] they went back to him and they went away

[51:38] he says in the text he remembers them

[51:41] when they were close to him was love for

[51:46] him so the nation of Israel forsakes the

[51:49] fountain that's the first evil the

[51:52] second evil is they've Ted them out

[51:54] sisters broken sisters that can hold no

[52:00] water which evil have you

[52:07] committed you say well I didn't I didn't

[52:09] forsake God did you step away from

[52:14] God did you back away from the

[52:20] fountain

[52:24] sometimes people back away

[52:27] from the

[52:28] fountain because of other

[52:32] people other people say something other

[52:36] people do something and you back away

[52:38] from the Fountain of Living Waters

[52:40] because you've gotten distracted by

[52:42] other

[52:44] people sometimes hey I listen to me

[52:49] well sometimes somebody did something to

[52:52] you and hurt

[52:54] you many times in a church

[52:58] setting and I'm not trying to minimize

[53:01] Church hurt trying not to minimize hurt

[53:04] that's happen in your life emotional

[53:06] hurt or physical hurt or mental hurt I'm

[53:09] not trying to minimize that tonight the

[53:10] Lord knows my heart I'm not trying to

[53:12] Min minimalize that at all but listen to

[53:15] me if you're not careful that hurt will

[53:18] draw you away from the Fountain of

[53:19] Living

[53:20] Water and you'll be so consumed by your

[53:23] hurt that you've forsaken the Fountain

[53:25] of Living Water

[53:32] water if you don't renew it day by day

[53:34] you

[53:37] forsake if you don't come to God every

[53:39] day you

[53:41] forsake if you don't have a desire to go

[53:44] to the Fountain

[53:47] daily then you're forsaking the

[53:52] fountain you're moving away from where

[53:55] God wants you to be

[53:57] when you choose

[54:00] not to partake of the Fountain of Living

[54:10] Water other

[54:12] relationships Church struggles in your

[54:17] life difficult situations that you

[54:20] face sometimes will watch this cause us

[54:23] to forsake the Fountain of Living Water

[54:26] sometimes we'll be over here and

[54:28] everything's going great and we're

[54:30] joying the Lord and we're singing How

[54:33] Great Thou Art I love the Lord little is

[54:37] much when God is in it and then bills

[54:41] come and I'm looking at my bills going

[54:45] oh what am I going to do what am I going

[54:47] to do when Monday goes by what am I

[54:49] going to do and Tuesday goes by and

[54:52] Wednesday goes by and all of a

[54:54] sudden I for sh in the

[54:57] fountain listen struggles in your life

[55:01] can help you that those struggles will

[55:03] pull you away from the

[55:05] fountain they'll pull you away from God

[55:07] if you allow it and too many times God's

[55:11] people have forsaken the Fountain of

[55:14] Living Water and they've backslid and

[55:16] now listen it's not when I get this far

[55:18] away from the fountain that I'm backslid

[55:21] and it's when I took that first step

[55:24] back

[55:29] backsliding is not when a person is out

[55:32] of church backsliding is when the church

[55:36] is coming they're coming to church and

[55:37] they're not doing what the word of God

[55:39] says to

[55:41] do they've forsaken the Fountain of

[55:44] Living

[55:49] Water when you get your eyes on your

[55:53] labor as we talked about this morning

[55:57] you can forsake the

[56:03] fountain when life gets hard you can

[56:06] forsake the

[56:07] fountain when the Devil Comes whispering

[56:10] in your ear it's easy to forsake the

[56:14] fountain you got a purpose in your heart

[56:18] I'm staying at the

[56:20] fountain

[56:22] why let me tell you what's out there

[56:25] nothing

[56:28] he says it in the verse there's broken

[56:31] sistems that hold no

[56:33] water there's nothing better than

[56:36] God nothing in this world the world has

[56:38] nothing to offer to you better than the

[56:41] Fountain of Living

[56:43] Water nothing better out

[56:45] there well you know preacher my marriage

[56:48] you know if I had a better wife or if I

[56:50] had a better husband if I had a new wife

[56:52] or no no

[56:54] no go to the fountain

[56:58] go to the Fountain of Living

[57:00] Water Well preacher you don't understand

[57:03] how hard it is out here go to the

[57:07] Fountain go to the Fountain of Living

[57:10] Water stay

[57:13] there he said it's evil to forsake

[57:16] it it's evil to forsake

[57:23] Him Sunday to Sunday the last last seven

[57:28] days have you backslid from the

[57:36] fountain have you backslid from the

[57:39] fountain have you stopped going to the

[57:45] Fountain have you turned away from the

[57:50] fountain how about

[57:53] it have you not consulted his wife word

[57:56] this

[57:57] week have you not communicated with him

[58:00] in

[58:02] prayer this message that Jeremiah

[58:05] delivers is not a fun

[58:08] message it's not a joyful

[58:13] message and Jeremiah has to deliver it

[58:15] to a group of people that have forsaken

[58:18] God he's delivering it to a group of

[58:21] people who are serving the god

[58:24] Molech and they're offering their

[58:26] children and burning their children in

[58:28] the fire

[58:33] Mo

[58:37] mox's Idol has a fire

[58:42] belly they would was made many times out

[58:46] of

[58:48] iron and it had hands that were tilted

[58:53] out and they would lay the children on

[58:55] the

[58:56] hands that were heated from the fires

[58:59] and it

[59:00] would sear their skin and they'd cry out

[59:03] in

[59:04] pain the way the hands were tilted it

[59:07] would cause them to

[59:09] roll into the fire of the belly and be

[59:14] consumed parents were taking their

[59:16] children and offering them to the god

[59:20] molet to be burned

[59:23] alive that's how Wicked

[59:26] Judah is at this

[59:29] time they're serving Baal they're

[59:31] serving other Idols they're serving the

[59:33] goddess

[59:35] Venus which has sexual prostitution as

[59:39] part of the

[59:42] worship I don't have time tonight to

[59:44] take you to another parallel passage

[59:46] that talks about the great wickedness

[59:48] that was happening inside the

[59:51] temple they were inside the temple they

[59:53] were bowing down and worshiping the god

[59:56] of the

[59:58] sun they were literally turning their

[60:01] back on the holy of holies and bowing

[60:03] toward the sun to worship the God of the

[60:06] Sun by the way in our vernacular today

[60:08] that would be worshiping

[60:13] Allah that's the that's where they're at

[60:16] that's this

[60:17] nation they turn from God now listen

[60:21] listen we're talking about people who

[60:23] used to love God people used to to care

[60:26] about God people used to walk with God

[60:29] people used to get up every day and

[60:31] spend time with God those very people

[60:34] have forsaken The

[60:37] Fountain and he heed them out sisters

[60:40] broken sisters like there's nothing of

[60:43] value away from

[60:48] him now if

[60:50] people that were God's chosen

[60:54] people and God pleaded with them and he

[60:56] pleaded with them and he pleaded with

[60:57] them and he pleaded with them and he

[60:59] pleaded with

[61:01] them could turn on

[61:04] him don't you

[61:07] think Christians in 21st century

[61:11] Christianity could forsake

[61:16] God your idol may be something

[61:20] else I don't have time tonight to go

[61:22] really into this broken sisters and

[61:25] spend time there talking about all the

[61:26] idols that could be in your life that's

[61:28] a whole another message I just want to

[61:30] focus on that first evil forsaking the

[61:35] fountain forsaking the

[61:44] fountain have you forsaken the Fountain

[61:49] of Living Water this

[61:54] week you forsaken it this week if you

[61:58] have you need to get your heart

[62:01] right you need to come back to him you

[62:04] come back to the

[62:10] Fountain one of the things that happens

[62:13] when you have young drivers in your

[62:16] house you put apps on their

[62:19] phone to know where they're

[62:23] at so you can pull up they're on they're

[62:26] over here in this neighborhood or

[62:27] they're here in this place and you can

[62:30] watch them and see where they're at

[62:33] there's a lot of parents who do that not

[62:36] because they're nosy they just want to

[62:37] know where you're at and that you're not

[62:40] dead they're just concerned for you they

[62:43] want to know where you're

[62:47] at and so we have

[62:50] that so my wife and I have it on our

[62:52] phones our son has it on his phone so we

[62:54] can know where each other is

[62:58] that you know what I'm asking you to do

[63:01] tonight is to look to your heavenly

[63:03] father and say

[63:04] God where am I

[63:07] at am I at the

[63:09] fountain or have I moved

[63:13] away God where am I

[63:17] at am I at the Fountain of Living Water

[63:20] Earth have I stepped back hey hey most

[63:23] Christians don't backslide out of church

[63:26] they backslide in

[63:28] church their hearts get away from God

[63:32] in church life not outside of Church

[63:36] Life what do I mean by that they still

[63:38] come to church they still sit in a Pew

[63:41] they still go through the motions but

[63:43] their heart has forsaken the

[63:47] fountain how does that portray in our

[63:50] life well you can hear the word you can

[63:52] hear the word you can hear the word and

[63:55] if you you don't do the word you

[63:58] forsaken the

[63:59] fountain God says this and you say I

[64:02] hear

[64:04] you now how well would it work how well

[64:08] would it work for you

[64:11] parents if you said to your child I want

[64:14] you to do this and they responded I hear

[64:18] you but they didn't do

[64:22] it how many of you are going to let them

[64:25] continue

[64:27] continue saying I hear you but not doing

[64:32] it I hear you but I'm not going to do it

[64:36] I hear

[64:38] you I heard you but I'm not going to do

[64:41] it most of us would struggle in our

[64:46] flesh because the anger would

[64:49] rise and we'd say yes you

[64:53] are no I'm not yes you are no I'm not if

[64:59] I have to make you you

[65:05] are now we laugh listen how many times

[65:10] does our heavenly father look at us and

[65:11] says and we say to him I hear you God

[65:15] but I don't do it I hear you Lord I hear

[65:18] you wait wait wait I hear you Lord I

[65:20] came forward during the invitation I

[65:22] knelt down at the altar Lord I heard you

[65:24] I heard you speaking to My Heart Lord I

[65:26] promise you I'll do this I promise I

[65:28] promise I promise and you go home and

[65:30] Monday you don't do

[65:32] it

[65:34] why why would you do that it's because

[65:37] you forsaken the

[65:39] fountain if you recognize he's the

[65:42] Fountain of Living

[65:44] Water everything you need comes from

[65:48] him why would you go anywhere

[65:53] else backsliding begins with when a

[65:55] Believer says God I hear you but I won't

[65:58] do

[66:01] it so since you brought it

[66:05] up God I hear

[66:07] you you want me to increase my missions

[66:12] I hear

[66:13] you but I'm not going to do

[66:16] it God I hear you you want me to be

[66:18] involved in this ministry I hear you

[66:21] God but I'm not going to do it hey hey

[66:28] God came and sent two angels to the city

[66:32] of

[66:33] Sodom they told lot what was going to

[66:36] happen they told lot you got to get

[66:40] out you know the Bible says lot did

[66:43] after hearing what God was going to do

[66:46] lot Bible says it this way he

[66:53] lingered Mr lot why are you lingering

[66:55] ing why are you

[66:59] waiting he lingered he paused he

[67:04] delayed there's danger in the delay When

[67:08] God says

[67:10] do there's danger and the delay When God

[67:13] says

[67:15] do so tonight if you forsaken the

[67:19] Fountain of Living Water you need to go

[67:20] back to God tonight you need to come to

[67:23] an altar get right with God God and make

[67:26] a heart decision that you're going to do

[67:28] right and then do it this week you say

[67:31] right now I'm right at the fountain

[67:33] praise God tuck this one away put it in

[67:35] your

[67:36] pocket and let God's spirit convict you

[67:38] when you find yourself forsaking the

[67:43] fountain when it gets to 11:30 at night

[67:47] and you all of a sudden remember I

[67:48] haven't read my Bible

[67:50] today I'll just do it tomorrow no I'm

[67:52] gonna get up I'm gonna get in the word

[67:53] I'm gonna spend time with God

[67:56] hey if you don't make time for God you

[67:58] will run out of time there are a lot of

[68:01] other things that will distract you from

[68:02] being in the word of God if you don't

[68:05] have a pattern time of prayer in your

[68:07] life you're going to run out of

[68:10] time told the young couples last week in

[68:13] our young couples

[68:15] class that one of the greatest things

[68:17] that married couples can do together is

[68:20] to pray with one another right before

[68:22] they go to

[68:23] bed to pray with one another

[68:28] another sir it it'll be humbling for

[68:31] you if you're laid in bed holding on to

[68:35] your wife and say honey why don't you

[68:36] pray tonight hey you want to know what

[68:38] she's struggling with sir you want to

[68:40] know the hardship that she's got in her

[68:41] heart the heaviness that's on her heart

[68:43] just listen to her while she

[68:45] prays just

[68:47] listen just listen to what's on her

[68:51] heart because yeah there may be some

[68:53] things that you pray for too but when

[68:55] you hear your wife or you hear your

[68:58] children's Mother Pray you're going to

[69:01] realize hey there's some things that are

[69:02] heavy on her heart that I need to make

[69:04] consideration for me to pray for as

[69:09] well well do something for your marriage

[69:11] if you'll regularly practice

[69:15] that tonight have you forsaken The

[69:18] Fountains Living Water if you're right

[69:22] where you need to be thank God you're

[69:24] still there

[69:27] because it's God who got you there it's

[69:29] God who's helping you stay there it's

[69:30] God who's equipping you to stay there

[69:33] thank God you're

[69:35] there but if you've stepped

[69:40] away Bible says you've committed an evil

[69:44] you've forsaken the Fountain of Living

[69:47] Water hey people will cause that

[69:50] sometimes in your life the devil's

[69:52] distractions may cause that sometimes in

[69:54] your life

[69:55] Church hurt or people hurt may cause

[69:57] that sometimes in your life and we're

[69:59] not trying to minimize that but you

[70:02] could be hurt by somebody someone could

[70:04] have done something to you and listen

[70:05] there is a difference spend a lot of

[70:08] time dealing with people with hurt there

[70:10] is a big difference between scars and

[70:14] wounds there's a big difference between

[70:17] scars and

[70:19] wounds scars have healed but there's

[70:23] still reminders and if we're not careful

[70:26] we'll be reminded of past

[70:29] hurts wounds still need

[70:33] healing and that takes time and it takes

[70:37] the medicine of God's word to help

[70:39] wounds

[70:43] heal you remember when you were a kid

[70:46] riding your bicycle and you fell on the

[70:48] road you skinned your knee and you

[70:52] went Mama cuz no one run the

[70:56] daddy

[70:59] mama your mama cleaned it all up and the

[71:01] Magical Power of a

[71:03] Band-Aid for every little kid it's got

[71:06] magical powers put a Band-Aid on

[71:09] it put that Band-Aid on

[71:12] there and then Band-Aid comes off and

[71:15] then there's that dreaded thing it's

[71:17] called a

[71:20] scab you got that scab on that

[71:23] knee and your mama said said to you

[71:26] don't pick at it or it won't

[71:31] heal don't pick at it or it won't heal

[71:35] listen listen God's been trying to heal

[71:37] you from some hurts that are in your

[71:39] life but you keep picking at

[71:41] it so it's not healing right you keep

[71:45] picking at the scab that God's trying to

[71:46] do a healing work but you keep picking

[71:49] at it and it's not going to heal right

[71:51] you keep replaying it you keep reliving

[71:54] it you keep thinking about it it and

[71:55] guess what's going to happen at you just

[71:57] picking at it picking at it picking at

[71:58] it and all of a sudden it opens up and

[72:01] it bleeds

[72:04] everywhere I was 11 years

[72:09] old and we lived next to the church we

[72:12] had a parsonage and it was my

[72:15] responsibility to mow the grass at our

[72:18] house so church had a couple riding

[72:20] lawnmowers I was only allowed at that

[72:22] time to use the small one I'm 11 not

[72:25] allowed to use the big one not allowed

[72:27] to use the tractor the church had 32

[72:29] Acres a lot of it was cornfield but I

[72:32] think we mowed about 10 of those

[72:35] Acres I wasn't allowed to use the almus

[72:37] chap chmer tractor I wasn't allowed to

[72:40] use the Big L more had to used a little

[72:42] bitty Snapper that had little five

[72:44] speeds on the side one two three four

[72:47] five of course dad said keep it in

[72:50] three

[72:54] five so I was driving from our parsonage

[72:57] back behind our church building over to

[72:59] our barn where we had our our tractors

[73:01] and uh equipment there and I'm coming

[73:04] back and I'm in a

[73:06] hurry part of the reason I'm in a hurry

[73:08] is I had to mow on a Sunday morning

[73:11] because somebody else forgot to mow and

[73:14] so to help my dad I'm mowing the front

[73:16] yard of the church before we went to

[73:19] church so I out there I was going as

[73:21] fast I'm in five coming in and it had

[73:23] one of those things that when you got in

[73:24] there you're supposed to turn it off and

[73:26] then you're supposed to take it out of

[73:27] gear and put it in

[73:28] neutral so I parked it in there put the

[73:31] brake turned the key off forgot that it

[73:33] was still in gear and then when I let

[73:35] off the brake to step off that thing

[73:37] jumped because it was still in gear even

[73:40] though I'd turn the engine off it it

[73:42] still jumped there's still inertia I

[73:43] guess in that

[73:45] engine and I had my left foot down and

[73:47] the ankle of my foot got scraped by the

[73:50] outside of the lawnmower and cut my foot

[73:52] just a little bit wasn't too bad just a

[73:54] little bit cut maybe about that big

[73:57] around about a week and a half later

[74:00] Church camp came around I went to hoer

[74:03] Hills Baptist youth

[74:05] camp and now that little scrape that

[74:07] little cut that had on there it had a

[74:09] nice scab on it we went out that morning

[74:12] and we played all sorts of

[74:15] games and I had them white athletic

[74:18] socks and I've been out there playing

[74:19] games and you know what happens when

[74:21] your socks get sweaty and you got a scam

[74:23] it weaves together

[74:28] and so it came swim time and I'm there

[74:31] and I go to take my sock off and like

[74:34] uhoh this is not good it's not coming oh

[74:38] it hurts and I didn't want to rip it off

[74:40] I'm 11 years

[74:43] old so my counselor looks at me and he

[74:45] says why aren't you going to swim time I

[74:47] said my socks stick into my scab he said

[74:50] here let me see it

[74:57] I'm just pointing over there because

[75:00] they know the the person I'm talking

[75:01] about I won't mention any names to

[75:03] protect the

[75:04] guilty he said let me see

[75:06] it ripped it right

[75:09] off now I'm bleeding so you know what

[75:11] that means I can't go in the swimming

[75:13] pool I'm bleeding said now you got to go

[75:16] to the nurse thanks a

[75:19] lot he said oh and by the way you got to

[75:22] change all the way back into proper

[75:23] dress code before you can leave the

[75:24] swimming hole

[75:27] get all dressed all the way back up go

[75:29] over there to the nurse I said are you

[75:31] going to take me to the nurse he goes no

[75:32] nurse is office is just there I'm going

[75:34] swimming you go over there such a

[75:36] compassionate camp counselor I tell you

[75:39] went over there and bandag it up you

[75:41] know what happened to the rest of that

[75:42] week that thing wouldn't scab over that

[75:44] thing kept bleeding and I didn't get to

[75:45] swim the whole

[75:46] week not

[75:48] bitter not bitter at

[75:51] all you know what happened when that

[75:53] scab came off it

[75:56] hurt it hurt worse than when it got cut

[75:59] the first

[76:01] time it did it

[76:05] hurt a lot of times there's spiritual

[76:08] mental and emotional wounds that have

[76:09] happened in people's life and God's

[76:11] tried to scab it over and you've ripped

[76:13] the scab off and it hurt just as bad if

[76:15] not worse and sometimes it's other

[76:18] people that have said something other

[76:20] people that have done something and the

[76:21] trauma from past hurts have come flying

[76:23] back up listen if you're if you're not

[76:25] careful those traumas from church hurt

[76:26] traumas from past hurt will pull you

[76:28] away from the

[76:29] fountain don't let it don't let it for

[76:33] don't forsake the fountain don't leave

[76:36] the fountain say Well church hurt people

[76:39] hurt emotional hurt I didn't heal right

[76:42] I understand but the Fountain of Living

[76:44] Water can help you to become what God

[76:46] wants you to become bring Comfort to

[76:49] that

[76:51] hurt tonight have you forsaken the

[76:54] fountain

[76:55] Living

[76:58] Water it's not multiple steps away it's

[77:02] just when you stop

[77:03] going when you stop

[77:06] going have you forsaken the Fountain of

[77:08] Living

[77:10] Water number two tonight would you ask

[77:13] God God can you show me where I'm

[77:16] at can you show me where I'm

[77:20] at would you ask God that

[77:23] tonight God God do I need to move back

[77:27] to

[77:27] you or am I right where I need to

[77:31] be would you give God

[77:34] permission to tell you where you're at

[77:38] tonight and if he tells you will you do

[77:41] something about it two responses for a

[77:45] Believer when God tells you where you're

[77:47] at two responses one thank God number

[77:51] two ask God for forgiveness if you're

[77:54] right where he he wants you to be thank

[77:56] God number two if you're not where

[77:58] you're supposed to be ask God for

[78:00] forgiveness and come back to the

[78:02] Fountain would you stand together your

[78:04] heads bowed and eyes

[78:13] closed my people have committed two

[78:16] evils he said they have forsaken me the

[78:19] Fountain of Living Waters and have HED

[78:20] out ssts broken sisters that can hold no

[78:24] water

[78:25] tonight have you forsaken the fountain

[78:28] this

[78:29] week I'm not asking about last week I'm

[78:31] just asking about this past week not two

[78:34] weeks ago not a month ago just this past

[78:36] week have you forsaken the

[78:38] fountain number two would you ask God to

[78:40] show you where you're at would you give

[78:43] God permission to Search Your Heart dear

[78:46] heavenly father I pray

[78:47] [Music]

[78:49] tonight that you'd help

[78:53] us to not forsake

[78:57] you the Fountain of Living

[79:01] Water not let others distract us from

[79:04] the fountain not let hurts distract us

[79:08] not let the Ws of the devil distract us

[79:11] but keep focused on the Fountain of

[79:13] Living Water have your will in this

[79:16] invitation time in your name I pray amen

[79:19] as God leads you you do business with

[79:22] God tonight

[79:27] take up thy cross and

[79:32] fall

[79:34] me I

[79:36] heard my

[79:38] master

[79:42] say I gave my life to

[79:48] ransome thee

[79:51] Surrender Your all

[79:55] [Music]

[79:58] today

[80:00] whever he

[80:02] lead I'll

[80:06] go

[80:08] wherever he

[80:11] leads I'll

[80:15] go I'll

[80:17] follow my

[80:19] Christ who

[80:22] loves me so

[80:26] whever he

[80:29] leads I'll go we'll play through another

[80:32] [Music]

[80:34] verse God formed you God's got a plan

[80:37] for you God wants to use

[80:41] you what does your chapter two of your

[80:43] life story

[80:45] say does your chapter 2 say you've

[80:49] forsaken me the Fountain of Living Water

[80:52] you've HED Out Sisters broken sisters or

[80:56] does your chapter 2 said and they obeyed

[80:59] the voice of the

[81:01] Lord what's your chapter two of your

[81:04] life story tonight let's sing that next

[81:07] verse with him

[81:09] tonight he drew me

[81:13] closer

[81:15] to his

[81:17] side I

[81:19] S his will to GL

[81:26] and in that will I

[81:31] now

[81:33] abide

[81:35] wherever he

[81:37] leads I'll go sing it unto the Lord

[81:40] tonight if you're

[81:41] able

[81:43] whereever he

[81:46] leads I'll go do you mean it

[81:50] tonight

[81:52] whereever he lead

[81:55] I'll

[81:59] go I'll follow my Christ who

[82:06] loves me

[82:08] so

[82:10] wherever he

[82:13] leads I'll

[82:16] [Music]

[82:18] go let me be transparent with you

[82:21] tonight there have been times throughout

[82:23] my Christian Life for have to preach

[82:25] this message to myself over and over and

[82:28] over again and say to myself Adam have

[82:32] you forsaken the Fountain of Living

[82:34] Water and have you heed out sists broken

[82:37] ssts that can hold no water now if the

[82:41] preacher can struggle with that I'm

[82:42] pretty confident everyone in the room

[82:46] needs to say to themselves God have I

[82:49] forsaken the Fountain of Living

[82:51] Waters and have I heed Out Sisters have

[82:54] I moved mov away from where you want me

[82:55] to be God show me where I'm

[82:58] at and if you ask him he'll show you but

[83:02] don't just be a hearer be a doer also

[83:07] let God move you back to the Fountain of

[83:11] Living Waters brother Samuel would you

[83:12] come and lead us in our dismissal song

[83:19] [Music]

[83:22] tonight Lead Me to some soul today teach

[83:26] me Lord just what to say friends of mine

[83:29] are lost in sin and cannot find their

[83:31] way few there are who seem to care and

[83:34] few there are who pray and then this

[83:37] last phrase melt my heart and fill my

[83:43] life Give Me One Soul today let's lift

[83:46] it up on

[83:50] 546 lead me to some soul

[83:55] today oh teach me Lord just what to say

[84:01] friends of mine are lost in sin and

[84:07] cannot find their

[84:11] way few there are who seem to care and

[84:18] few there are who

[84:22] pray melt my my heart and fill my life

[84:29] Give Me One Soul

[84:34] today you are dismissed