Wednesday Evening Joshua Chapter 9 "The Craftiness of the Enemy"

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] good evening I've had a church family

[0:02] this is a new experience we never

[0:04] thought we'd be doing this but we're

[0:06] glad that you're turning tuning in

[0:08] tonight and looking forward to a great

[0:10] time around the Word of God

[0:12] we're excited so if we experience

[0:15] technical difficulties this is our first

[0:17] and second try this and so we've got

[0:20] some place to improve in this area but I

[0:22] want to encourage us and I'm from the

[0:24] Word of God and hopefully you're

[0:27] gathered at home with your family and

[0:29] your gathering and grabbing your Bibles

[0:31] to follow along and one of the things

[0:34] that's exciting about being a Christian

[0:36] is having the opportunity to worship and

[0:39] sing to God so we're going to sing a

[0:42] song tonight there's a few people

[0:44] scattered around the auditorium we're

[0:46] going to sing a song tonight it's

[0:47] Amazing Grace and we encourage you to go

[0:51] so that we know you'll have the time of

[0:54] worship begin so we're going to sing it

[0:57] so if you hear some other voices there's

[0:59] a few here in the crowd they're going to

[1:01] sing it with us tonight right goes like

[1:04] this may see grace how sweet

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[1:20] I was blind now I see twas grace that

[1:50] taught my heart to fear and grace my

[2:01] fears really

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[2:12] precious did that grace appear the hour

[2:28] [Music]

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[2:52] we know the days to sing God's praise

[3:02] than when we first we know many times on

[3:15] Wednesday nights we take the opportunity

[3:17] to spend time in prayer in to pray for

[3:20] one another and so if you have a prayer

[3:22] request usually our church we take those

[3:24] prayer requests make Missha them and

[3:27] then have a time of Prayer well tonight

[3:29] most of you are not here but if you have

[3:32] a prayer request you can message us on

[3:35] facebook Messenger or you can leave it

[3:37] in the comments on this video and we'll

[3:39] happily add those to our prayer list and

[3:42] be praying for you tonight and we're so

[3:44] thankful for you spending the time with

[3:47] us this reversible Lord but tonight we

[3:49] also welcome Wednesday's spent time

[3:51] talking about our missionaries and we

[3:53] have a missionary letter for you tonight

[3:55] and so over on the same ship is going to

[3:57] come at this time and share with us the

[3:59] missionary letters for the evening

[4:01] brother say you

[4:10] good evening tonight two missionary

[4:13] letters from the leek family

[4:14] missionaries to Allen Texas greetings in

[4:18] the lovely name of Jesus it's time again

[4:21] to spring forward with so many things

[4:24] happening here in Allen and in our own

[4:26] personal lives I find it difficult when

[4:29] exactly where to begin

[4:30] I will tell you although there have been

[4:33] many ups and downs over the past couple

[4:34] of months

[4:35] the ups far outweigh the downs in other

[4:38] words we are still springing forward one

[4:42] of the most difficult challenges in

[4:44] church linky can be the uncertainty of

[4:46] your church's location as you search for

[4:48] a permanent place to meet we have

[4:51] already experienced the turbulence of

[4:52] how to change our meeting location four

[4:54] times due to scheduling conflicts with

[4:57] the city of Allen and our regular

[4:59] meeting place however in the midst of it

[5:02] all we have still seen dog continue to

[5:05] meet with us and bless us during the

[5:08] past two months we have had 13

[5:11] first-time visitors and our average

[5:13] attendance between 15 to 20 with a high

[5:16] day of 22 and with 9 first-time visitors

[5:19] although at times we have felt like we

[5:22] were only going around in circles we

[5:24] were in fact springing forward now I

[5:28] will spring forward into what is

[5:30] currently happening here I have included

[5:33] a page of pictures in this edition

[5:35] simply because like the expression goes

[5:37] a picture's worth a thousand words

[5:39] God is doing the impossible out here in

[5:42] Allen Texas as you look through the

[5:44] pictures you will see the forward

[5:46] progress in this ministry I want to

[5:49] praise God for the most recent

[5:50] progress as you see in the pictures God

[5:53] has given us our own permanent eating

[5:55] place we have a lot of work to do in

[5:58] order the turn this place into a church

[6:00] the Lord gave us the needed laborers

[6:03] from independent baptist builders to do

[6:05] all the necessary updates and remodeling

[6:07] all we have to do is pay for the needed

[6:10] materials to complete this project God

[6:13] had already provided almost happened

[6:15] that needed funds for this if God plays

[6:18] it in your heart to help us get this

[6:21] taken care of

[6:21] I assure you it will not be in vain if

[6:24] you have any questions about how you can

[6:26] help in this project feel free to call

[6:28] me or email me thank you for your

[6:31] faithful prayers and support as we labor

[6:32] for the lost souls in Allen Texas and

[6:34] continue to springboard for the cause of

[6:37] Christ in Christ belief family 99 38

[6:46] thank you brother Sam we appreciate you

[6:48] reading that letter tonight and we do

[6:51] have some prayer requests want to make

[6:52] you aware of our church family we want

[6:55] to let you know about some things you

[6:56] are miss Janice her surgeries do it very

[6:58] well and his recovery have been very

[7:02] very good be moving to a rehab facility

[7:04] tomorrow so we're excited about that so

[7:07] continue to pray for her as she recovers

[7:10] hip replacement surgery but also keep in

[7:13] mind the pewters Lauren its teeth

[7:16] they're doing very well a new Declan is

[7:18] home and growing he goes to see the

[7:21] doctor tomorrow for his first doctor's

[7:24] visit but when I encourage you to keep

[7:26] praying for them and at this time we're

[7:28] trying to have no visitors come see them

[7:31] just because of his early birth and we

[7:33] don't want to have any symptoms of the

[7:36] virus or any other sicknesses around him

[7:38] at this time so we'll try to share

[7:41] pictures on facebook of the new baby and

[7:44] how they're how he's developing and

[7:46] doing well but I'll talk with him today

[7:48] they're doing very well and they're

[7:49] excited about getting improving and

[7:52] getting back into the normal swing of

[7:54] things so keep them in prayer but also

[7:57] really Tyler went home the Heartland has

[8:00] finished their semester due to the

[8:02] corona virus where the Tyler went home

[8:04] to Texas yesterday but after he arrived

[8:07] he begin to have stomach pains and ended

[8:10] up in the ER and then placed in the

[8:11] hospital so pretty pray for brother

[8:13] Tyler again some kidney stones and he's

[8:16] in very much pain but they're in the

[8:18] process of dealing with those so you

[8:20] pray for brother Tyler as he deals with

[8:22] that and Lord willing we'll get recovery

[8:25] relief from that when I talked to him he

[8:27] had just got some new pain medicine so

[8:30] he was in a very good mood when I talked

[8:32] to him but he is improving in that area

[8:35] also I encourage you to pray for our

[8:37] country pray for the leaders of our

[8:40] country and being prayer for one another

[8:42] as we mentioned on Facebook

[8:45] about services on Wednesdays we're

[8:47] opening our building but we have changed

[8:50] the times from that for 9:00 a.m. in the

[8:52] morning til noon and then from 1:30 to

[8:56] 6:30 on Wednesday since our building is

[8:59] open to anyone in the community who

[9:01] would like to come and spend time in

[9:03] prayer that we opened for you our

[9:05] auditoriums disinfected and cleaned and

[9:08] so it would be a great opportunity for

[9:10] you to come and spread out throughout

[9:12] the auditorium and spend some time in

[9:13] prayer and we're excited about how the

[9:16] Lord worked today we had people stop by

[9:18] today and spend some time in prayer

[9:20] myself spent some time here the

[9:22] auditorium praying for the Lord but

[9:24] we're excited about what's in store

[9:27] tonight and what God's got placed on my

[9:29] heart for the message this evening when

[9:32] I encourage it to pray for one another

[9:34] there are some medical staff I would

[9:36] receive a message about some medical

[9:39] staff that has been placed in a in a sit

[9:44] home basically just the emergency

[9:45] medical staff left and those are the

[9:48] ones that are in danger of catching the

[9:51] virus for the rest of the hospital staff

[9:53] will sit home and so one of our church

[9:56] members was involved in that so pray for

[9:58] them as they have to take some vacation

[10:01] time for work and so you pray for them

[10:03] we greatly appreciate that but also

[10:05] being in prayer for the leaders of our

[10:07] community we're looking at an

[10:09] opportunity to get involved in helping

[10:11] the seniors in our community and be

[10:13] passing a lot more information about

[10:15] that here very shortly in the next

[10:17] coming days but tonight we want anchor

[10:20] to be in prayer also I'd like to

[10:22] encourage you to take this time those of

[10:24] you that are watching live and if you

[10:26] have the capability to share this on

[10:28] your own personal Facebook page that way

[10:31] those around us and those that are

[10:33] friends of yours who may not follow our

[10:34] church's page can have access to our

[10:37] live stream tonight so I encourage you

[10:40] to do that I know there's been a few

[10:41] shares already but I would encourage you

[10:43] to take the time to do that but if

[10:45] you're at home tonight I want you to

[10:47] grab a Bible even though you may not be

[10:50] a sibling with us in the Lord's house

[10:52] you're still assembling with us around

[10:54] the Word of God so take your Bible

[10:56] tonight as we turn to the book of Joshua

[10:59] chapter number 9 Joshua chapter number 9

[11:03] we're continuing our series of the book

[11:05] of Joshua and are excited about what's

[11:08] in store for us tonight from Joshua

[11:09] chapter number 9 and it jumps to a

[11:12] chapter 9 you just come from chapter 8

[11:14] where we found that they had restored

[11:17] their victory over AI they had the

[11:21] victory their AI and they build the

[11:24] altar and plaster Oni the 10

[11:26] commandments and have talked about it

[11:28] and have restored their relationship

[11:30] with God so they came from chapter 7

[11:33] with the sins of a king and the disaster

[11:37] that came from there with sitting in the

[11:39] camp and now we're in chapter 9 so you

[11:42] follow along as I read aloud Joshua

[11:44] chapter 9 verse number 1 the Bible says

[11:47] it came to pass when all the kings which

[11:49] are on this side Jordan in the hills and

[11:52] in the valleys and all the coasts of the

[11:55] Great Sea over heeis Lebanon that hits

[11:57] high the amirite

[11:59] the Canaanite the perizzite the hivite

[12:01] and the jebusite heard thereof that they

[12:05] gathered

[12:06] together to fight with Joshua to Israel

[12:08] with one Accord and with the inhabitants

[12:12] of given her what Joshua had done into

[12:15] Jericho into AI they did work piling in

[12:19] went and made as if enacted and

[12:21] bachelors and took old sacks upon their

[12:24] asses and white bottles old and ripped

[12:27] and bound up handle old shoes and

[12:30] clouded upon their feet and old garments

[12:33] upon men and all the red of their

[12:35] provision was dry and molding and they

[12:38] went to Joshua to the camp McGill ghetto

[12:41] and sent him to him into the men of

[12:43] Israel we become from a far country now

[12:47] that for make you leave with us and the

[12:50] minute israel said unto the Hittites

[12:52] perimeter ye twelve among us

[12:56] how shall we make a league with you and

[12:58] they said unto joshua we hear thy

[13:01] servants and joshua said in an interview

[13:04] and from whence come you

[13:06] and they said unto him from a very far

[13:09] country thy servants are coming because

[13:13] the name of the LORD thy God for we have

[13:16] heard the fame of him and all that he

[13:18] did and all that he did to the two kings

[13:21] of the and rocks that were beyond jordan

[13:24] de sion king of Heshbon and to all King

[13:27] Commission which was at Astaroth where

[13:30] for our elders and all the inhabitants

[13:31] of our country speak to us say take

[13:34] victuals with you for the journey and go

[13:37] to meet them and say to them we are your

[13:40] servants

[13:40] therefore now

[13:42] with us this are ready we took clock for

[13:46] our provision how are houses on the day

[13:48] we came forth to go unto you but now

[13:51] behold it is dry and it is moldy and

[13:55] these bottles of wine which we filled

[13:58] were new and the whole baby red and

[14:01] these are garments that our shoes are

[14:04] become old by reason of the very long

[14:06] journey and the men took of their

[14:09] victuals and that's not counsel at the

[14:12] mouth of the Lord

[14:14] let's go Lord in prayer tonight then

[14:17] they follow lord I thank you for the

[14:18] opportunity to preach your word tonight

[14:20] and what I prayed you would please

[14:22] cleanse me of state you didn't do me a

[14:24] cell that I'm going get out of the way

[14:26] tonight in your word may go forward what

[14:28] I pray that you would speak to our

[14:30] hearts and kurtis us from your word

[14:32] tonight those that are here and those

[14:34] that are listening at home or whatever

[14:36] they may be in your name I pray amen

[14:39] when he comes to the Book of Joshua

[14:42] we've been following the law in our

[14:44] series and our series has been entitled

[14:46] say God new adventure and we noticed the

[14:50] transition that has happened how

[14:52] Joshua's become the new cleaner and we

[14:55] started off with Joshua being challenged

[14:57] to be strong and very courageous had not

[15:00] laid it out for him that he needed to

[15:03] have faith in God in his leadership and

[15:06] then he continued on through that

[15:07] process and we

[15:10] they had victory after victory they

[15:12] crossed over the Jordan River on dry

[15:15] ground and they set up the stones as a

[15:17] memorial and they were reminded of the

[15:20] meaning of those stones from that time

[15:23] frame they also Banton has a great

[15:25] victory over Jericho and what a happy

[15:28] moment that was to have a victory over

[15:30] Jericho but then came back the

[15:36] destruction and they had the lost the

[15:39] lives that were lost and then from AI we

[15:42] find that they go in sins in the king

[15:46] and because I'm a consid the judgment of

[15:49] God falls upon the nation of Israel in

[15:52] chapter 8 we talked about that last

[15:54] Sunday night on the courage to start

[15:57] over again and God gave instructions on

[16:00] what they needed to do in order to get

[16:02] back on the right track and to get back

[16:04] into serving the Lord once again but now

[16:07] become to Joshua chapter number 9 and

[16:10] the craftiness of the enemy notice if

[16:13] you would these people here the

[16:15] Gibeonites they're not very far from

[16:17] where they're camped at Gilgal it's

[16:19] about a 20 mile journey from Gilgal to

[16:22] where they give you that city's word

[16:24] it's about 6 miles from there to

[16:26] Jerusalem so they come and they pretend

[16:29] they pretend that they're from a far

[16:32] country they pretend that they're

[16:35] something that they're not they pretend

[16:39] they are probably the greatest con

[16:42] artists that the nation of Israel face

[16:44] they come up with a plan to de-seed the

[16:47] nation of Israel why because they heard

[16:50] about Jericho and they heard about AI I

[16:54] wonder what they heard about they did

[16:58] they hear the mighty nation of Israel

[17:00] was defeated the first time and AI maybe

[17:05] because there was a defeat there they

[17:07] had hope that maybe just maybe we can

[17:12] get a victory over there but then they

[17:14] heard about the destruction of AI so

[17:17] they decided you know I we need to take

[17:19] this land and we need to come before the

[17:21] Israelites and make a pact with them so

[17:26] they set up some deceitful ways and they

[17:29] come they present themselves and they

[17:32] make it appear like there's something

[17:34] that they're not and in the process of

[17:37] deceit Joshua who just had suffered

[17:43] defeat at a nun who just had restored

[17:46] his relationship with the Lord

[17:49] follow the directions of the Lord now as

[17:52] we look at verse 14 ask not the counsel

[17:57] at the mouth of the Lord he took the TV

[18:02] nights at their word he could be given X

[18:06] what he saw from them and said you know

[18:08] what I'm gonna make the pact with you

[18:11] I'm going to make an agreement with you

[18:12] I'm gonna make that leap with you I'm

[18:14] gonna make peace with you and then

[18:17] Joshua finds out a few days later there

[18:20] are only 20 miles away from us we didn't

[18:24] talk to God you would think that after

[18:26] the situation in AI when he didn't talk

[18:30] to the Lord there the peers that Joshua

[18:33] would have learned

[18:34] his lesson but again joseline did not

[18:37] take counsel from God and the reason he

[18:41] didn't take counsel from God is because

[18:43] he surveys the situation and used his

[18:47] own judgment his own judgment on what

[18:51] was right and what was wrong and it's a

[18:55] very dangerous place to get to in your

[18:57] life when you depend upon human judgment

[19:00] to discern what's right and what's wrong

[19:04] the Bible clearly details for us what is

[19:06] right and what is wrong the Bible thus

[19:08] saith the LORD is revealed to us what is

[19:11] sin and what is not sin but in our life

[19:14] we find the exhaustible chapter number

[19:16] nine that these Israelites did not take

[19:19] counsel of the Lord they did not seek

[19:23] him they did not ask his approval and

[19:26] then ended up in a terrible terrible

[19:29] situation and in our lives we have been

[19:33] challenged that the Word of God shows us

[19:37] that we need to take counsel from God

[19:40] they give you nice this evening they

[19:43] painted a beautiful picture they said

[19:45] we're from a far country they had dusty

[19:48] clothes clothes that had holes in and

[19:51] then put on the worse that they had they

[19:53] said this break we took get hot out of

[19:55] the oven now it's the molding and it's

[19:59] dry liar liar pants on fire what they

[20:04] had done was they had deceived the

[20:07] nation of Israel the craftiness of the

[20:12] enemy and in our lives every single day

[20:17] the enemy is at work in his crafty ways

[20:21] to deceive people especially Christians

[20:26] he works his best to deceive us in the

[20:31] faith

[20:31] things we are not too big to behave in

[20:34] behaviors that we normally would not

[20:36] behave in the enemy works hard to

[20:41] deceive Christians

[20:43] he's very crafty in what he does he's a

[20:45] master of manipulation you think about

[20:49] Saint in the way that he works some of

[20:51] the things that he does some of the ways

[20:54] that he works says he gets you to

[20:56] question what God has stated he started

[21:00] all the way back to the Garden of Eden

[21:02] with Eve he asked me he said yea hath

[21:05] God said and she begin to question the

[21:11] very things that God had the same now

[21:14] here in 2020 we live in a world where

[21:18] aren't you tempted by the devil to

[21:20] question what God has said in his word

[21:25] one of the most popular verses over the

[21:27] last few days Hannity seen on social

[21:30] media st. Timothy 1:7 for God have not

[21:33] given us the spirit of fear but of power

[21:35] and of love and of a sound mind but my

[21:39] how the world beats that truth but even

[21:43] as Christians sometimes our fear

[21:45] collides with our faith and we wonder

[21:50] and we question and if we're not careful

[21:53] we'll do the same thing that is relax

[21:56] dude we'll use our judgment and our

[21:59] discernment to make decisions without

[22:02] seeking the counsel of God when you find

[22:07] in these verses they sought not the

[22:09] counsel of them out of the mouth of the

[22:11] Lord we find the thing had opportunity

[22:14] to they could have asked God about it

[22:16] how many times in your life have you

[22:19] made a decision

[22:21] you didn't ask god but you should do one

[22:25] person talking to me about a time they

[22:27] purchased the vehicle they purchased the

[22:30] vehicle and they thought this is the

[22:32] vehicle that I need they got a good deal

[22:34] on it and then two weeks later the

[22:37] vehicle broke down and fell apart

[22:41] they said for it to I guess I should

[22:43] have prayed and asked God about it

[22:44] shouldn't I

[22:45] I said yes even in everyday decisions

[22:50] were to seek the counsel of God to know

[22:54] how to live to know how to act to know

[22:56] how to conduct ourselves in this fearful

[22:59] time anxiety and fear overwhelmed every

[23:03] single person so unfortunate what has

[23:06] happened in our country with the spread

[23:08] of the corona virus it's unfortunate to

[23:11] know that there are people that are safe

[23:13] and they're people that are dying as a

[23:15] Christian it ought to burden your heart

[23:17] but there are souls out there dying that

[23:20] may not know Jesus Christ as their

[23:22] Savior it on burn in your heart to share

[23:26] the gospel and Auburn in your heart to

[23:28] talk to people about the Lord

[23:30] but in our database peter has swept over

[23:34] the world fear of the unknown I want to

[23:39] remind you tonight God is still God God

[23:42] is still on the throne God is still in

[23:45] control the coronavirus is not a

[23:47] surprise to God he already knew

[23:50] he's already announced tomorrow he knows

[23:53] what's ahead all we can do though is not

[23:56] good for tomorrow but take care of today

[24:00] and today well I think every Christian

[24:03] needs this truth trust in the Lord with

[24:06] all thine heart and lean not unto thine

[24:11] own understanding in all thy ways

[24:13] acknowledge him and he shall direct thy

[24:18] paths

[24:19] but you know this in our life so many

[24:23] times the enemy comes and he's your ass

[24:25] Dee I deal with people often that are

[24:28] struggling in their life and sometimes I

[24:30] talked to me in about temptations that

[24:33] they're facing

[24:34] one man mentioned yet co-worker one time

[24:37] who was being a little flirtatious with

[24:41] him and begin to think about those

[24:44] things but can I tell you what I told

[24:48] him is that no I asked him I said was it

[24:51] was it a good-looking individual was she

[24:54] nice to look at he said yes Lord the

[24:57] devil wouldn't tempt you was someone

[24:59] who's ugly but he's crafty he comes

[25:06] after us with people that are just what

[25:10] we're looking for or just what we're

[25:13] missing that's his formula for

[25:15] deceitfulness and craftiness I think of

[25:18] fishermen I like to fish don't get a

[25:21] fish as much as I want to I have a son

[25:23] who loves to fish it soon as it warms up

[25:25] or planned on going fishing are

[25:27] and so he's excited about that but when

[25:31] it comes to fishing different fish bite

[25:34] on different things and the lures that

[25:38] they are vital on are the bait that they

[25:41] are attracted to is exactly what they

[25:44] want and they design boo they eat it up

[25:50] and unfortunately there are a lot of

[25:52] Christians who've gotten taken a hook

[25:55] line and sinker by the devil's

[25:57] temptations in their life because they

[26:00] did not consult the Lord Himself they

[26:04] did not seek counsel from God they did

[26:07] not look into the Word of God have a

[26:10] walk with God that helping to fight off

[26:12] the temptations we know the Word of God

[26:15] says they had no temptation taken you

[26:17] but such as is common to man but God is

[26:19] faithful

[26:20] I'm not certain to be tempted above that

[26:22] you're able but when that temptation

[26:24] also make a way of escape that you may

[26:27] be able to bear it there's no temptation

[26:30] that you can't say no to with the power

[26:34] of God unfortunately in our lives we

[26:37] don't want to talk to God about our sin

[26:39] choices do we we're not going to talk to

[26:41] God and make decisions on how we're

[26:43] going to live and how we're going to act

[26:45] and how will you go through life without

[26:47] talking to God because we already know

[26:50] we're making decisions that are wrong we

[26:53] already know we may be living in such a

[26:55] way that's displeasing to God so

[26:58] therefore we don't seek counsel from God

[27:01] will do it on our own but how many times

[27:04] in your life have the decisions you made

[27:07] on your own got to the mess messed up

[27:11] your life down here in a place that you

[27:13] thought you'd never be because you

[27:17] the council of God one of the blessings

[27:20] of being a Christian is that we can go

[27:22] to God at any time at any time of any

[27:25] day 24 hours a day seven days a week 365

[27:29] days a year and this year 366 because

[27:32] it's leap year we can go to God at any

[27:35] time mention his name and pray seek

[27:39] counsel from the Word of God sometimes

[27:42] in our life it requires us to keep

[27:44] counsel from other people other godly

[27:47] people in our lives the Bible says that

[27:50] we proper something is in the multitude

[27:52] of counselors there is safety those

[27:57] counselors better be godly because if

[28:01] they're not godly they're gonna give you

[28:02] counsel that points you in the wrong

[28:03] direction and if it's contrary to the

[28:06] Word of God it's not the counsel that

[28:08] you need in your life we need the

[28:10] counsel of the Word of God to know what

[28:12] to do but by how they work their way in

[28:16] how they wildly said this how they tried

[28:20] to convince the nation of Israel that

[28:24] they were far country when really they

[28:29] were their next-door neighbors one of

[28:31] the other things I want you to notice is

[28:33] it seems that they've heard about a time

[28:35] they had heard about a failure in the

[28:38] nation of Israel a failure they had lost

[28:41] a battle so they were motivated thus the

[28:45] war to deceive the nation of Israel

[28:49] because they had heard of a failure

[28:52] already this nation was not as powerful

[28:55] as they thought but they found that they

[28:59] had a flaw they had a failure and it was

[29:03] easy to attack their failure

[29:06] I wonder if the devil looks it up

[29:08] sometime

[29:09] as the great senator and says I've got

[29:12] him once on that baby maybe not get him

[29:15] again I hooked the what's on pornography

[29:18] maybe I could hook in the game i hook

[29:21] the want some alcohol maybe I can hook

[29:24] them again I hooked the one song not

[29:26] spending time to go where to God maybe

[29:28] I'll hook them again who can watch so

[29:30] stay it out of terror child their

[29:36] attempted over and over again but as we

[29:40] mentioned on Sunday we're tempted and

[29:43] thrown away but it's not Satan who makes

[29:45] us do it it's our own lust and enticed

[29:51] the Word of God here you'll see Joshua

[29:54] makes a decision with no counsel from

[29:57] the Lord Joshua makes the peace look at

[30:00] verse 15 joseline made peace within and

[30:04] made a league with him to let them live

[30:06] and the princess of the congregation is

[30:09] swear unto them how sad how sad that a

[30:16] nation makes a decree and makes a deal

[30:19] with people who have deceived them

[30:22] without talking to God when God has said

[30:24] to go in and to wipe out all the

[30:27] inhabitants of the land but because of

[30:31] their own decision not to seek the

[30:36] counsel of God and the craftiness of the

[30:39] enemy they fell prey and for many years

[30:44] struggled and their relationship

[30:47] the Gibeonites because one man said I'm

[30:52] not going to counsel the Lord I'm going

[30:54] to make this decision on my own I think

[30:57] I know what's best and in our lives you

[31:01] and I are going to struggle from day to

[31:03] day making decisions without seeking the

[31:07] counsel of God so in that in 2020 with

[31:10] the vigor sets around us should we be

[31:13] fearful and afraid no should we be

[31:18] cautious and considerate yes

[31:22] should we try our best to be good

[31:25] citizens yes no the Bible tells us that

[31:28] that makes it to you earlier to 2nd

[31:30] Timothy 1:7 forgotten I've given us the

[31:32] spirit of fear but of power and of love

[31:35] and of a sound mind that we got gave us

[31:40] a mind he wants us to use it to make

[31:43] wise decisions he wants us to use the

[31:46] mind that he gave us to make wise

[31:49] decisions sometimes we can be critical

[31:53] of those around us and that they let

[31:56] fear overtake them but we must be

[31:59] reminded there been times in our own

[32:01] life when we've let fear or protect us

[32:04] we've let anxiety overwhelm us and the

[32:07] cares of this life first Peter 5:7

[32:09] reminds us casting all your care upon

[32:12] him because he cared for you it's

[32:18] amazing to me the next verse in that

[32:19] chapter is first Peter 5:8 be sober be

[32:22] vigilant because

[32:24] the devil as a roaring lion walketh

[32:27] about seeking whom he may devour when

[32:30] the Lions roaring you know he's alive

[32:34] but when he speaking in the grass

[32:37] getting ready to pounce on his prey

[32:45] unfortunately there are a lot of

[32:47] Christians but the devil has snuck up on

[32:50] the last few weeks and has been tempted

[32:53] to question what God has said to doubt

[32:58] God that he's in control to question why

[33:03] this is going on and understanding yes

[33:06] we don't know why but we know who and

[33:10] that is gone nothing happens in our life

[33:13] that hasn't crossed over the desk of God

[33:16] the day before and it is his allowance

[33:19] of difficult times in our life so where

[33:23] we will fully depend upon him that verse

[33:28] says casting all your care because he

[33:32] cared from you that's not like a fishing

[33:35] boat caps where you cast it out and

[33:37] really back in no my friend that is

[33:40] giving it to him and believing it but in

[33:46] the day days we live in that's going to

[33:48] get in daily process you're gonna have

[33:51] to wake up in the morning and find

[33:54] comfort and counsel from God and allow

[33:59] the Word of God to penetrate your heart

[34:01] and to guard your thoughts Bible talks

[34:07] about guard your hearts for out of it

[34:09] are the issues of life our emotions will

[34:13] overwhelm as we mentioned on Sunday here

[34:16] comes not from the Lord as it says in

[34:20] that verse God not given us

[34:22] spirit of fear doesn't come from God the

[34:25] tactic of the enemy but also it is an

[34:30] emotional response to information we

[34:33] have received unfortunately the day and

[34:37] age we live sometimes turning on the TV

[34:39] will cause you to have an emotional day

[34:42] sometimes it updates on your phone will

[34:45] cause you to have an emotional day but

[34:49] can I tell you what'll help you get

[34:50] through your day better than your

[34:52] newsfeed better than watching the news

[34:54] they spending some time with the Word of

[34:56] God open it up the Bible and see what

[35:00] God has said in his word tonight as

[35:05] we're here gathered together and those

[35:07] that are watching at home I want to be

[35:10] an encouragement to you tonight don't

[35:13] forget every day to seek the counsel of

[35:16] God don't forget how important it is to

[35:21] make godly decisions you need to know

[35:25] God's input on your decisions tonight we

[35:30] can see from the nation of Israel that

[35:33] the enemies clearly got some craftiness

[35:36] he's clearly out to deceive you and I

[35:40] but ultimately we spend time with God

[35:44] we'll know how to handle the trials

[35:47] we'll know how to handle the

[35:48] difficulties we'll be able to overcome

[35:51] any temptation that comes our way when

[35:55] we have the Word of God as the theme of

[35:59] our church says to be a strong church it

[36:02] takes a personal relationship

[36:04] with this book one writer once said that

[36:07] simple keep you from this book or this

[36:11] book will keep you from sin the key to

[36:15] those verses are you and the book what

[36:20] you see with the Word of God

[36:22] depends on rather sitting or doing what

[36:28] thought would happen to do what you do

[36:31] with the Word of God will determine

[36:32] whether you live a life of fear or live

[36:35] a life of faith as I mentioned tonight

[36:39] God wants us to be wise and to use the

[36:43] mind that he's given us tonight I'll

[36:46] call for the tactics of the enemy don't

[36:49] be deceived remember God is still God

[36:54] and he knows what's going on and more

[36:58] importantly he's got the answers for

[37:02] everything we face in our life tonight

[37:06] love God and keep his Commandments and

[37:11] you'll find yourself in a place of

[37:15] experiencing peace that passes all

[37:18] understanding

[37:21] let's pray tonight I'd hold those that

[37:24] are watching at home I encourage you to

[37:26] spend some times and I pray with one

[37:28] another maybe having someone in your

[37:30] family lead the room in a word of Prayer

[37:33] but let's spend some time praying and

[37:35] thanking God for how he works in our

[37:37] house that's pretty then with all the

[37:39] lord I thank you for how you work at our

[37:41] lives

[37:42] we're not thankful for the counsel of

[37:44] your word and how it helps us to face

[37:48] every day life decisions

[37:51] I pray tonight for those that are at

[37:55] home and struggling maybe with fear and

[37:58] anxiety more than they'll cast those

[38:01] cares upon you when I bring tonight for

[38:04] those that are simple

[38:05] you lure that we will seek your face

[38:08] every single day the ones that hope will

[38:12] seek your face every single day what I

[38:17] appreciate your word would I pray to

[38:20] help our community be with our mayor as

[38:23] he makes decisions on what to do for the

[38:26] city of El Reno be with those that are

[38:29] in need in our community is

[38:30] opportunities arise for us to be a

[38:33] blessing to our community what I pray we

[38:35] take that opportunity thank you for all

[38:38] that you've done for us enough bless us

[38:40] as we go our separate wings bless those

[38:43] that are watching on Facebook live

[38:45] tonight in your name I pray amen

[38:48] what a reminder we are having Sunday

[38:50] morning only services this coming Sunday

[38:53] it'll be an eleven o'clock service no

[38:55] Sunday school 11 o'clock service near

[38:58] the auditorium we've got a large enough

[38:59] auditorium that you can spread out and

[39:01] have room and practice that social

[39:04] distancing that they're talking about

[39:06] but I would encourage you to be here

[39:08] this coming Sunday if you're someone who

[39:11] would like the copy of our audio CD we

[39:13] can get you a copy of that I encourage

[39:16] you to share this video on Facebook live

[39:18] on Facebook live video with us on social

[39:20] media this coming Sunday we will be

[39:22] doing our best begin us in a better

[39:24] format we'll be switching cameras Lord

[39:27] willing and also be having it set up to

[39:29] where to be on Facebook YouTube and

[39:31] our church website as well for those who

[39:34] do not have a Facebook account but we're

[39:36] excited about how God has have worked

[39:38] and I encourage it tonight he's still

[39:40] gone he knows what's going on but I

[39:44] would encourage you to be here Sunday

[39:45] morning if you're able we still have

[39:48] offerings that we need to give to the

[39:50] Lord if you're someone who can't get out

[39:53] and you need us to come by and collect

[39:55] your offering to put in the offering on

[39:56] Sunday you can message me and let me

[39:59] know I will be happy to do that for you

[40:01] can message our church Facebook if you

[40:03] have my cell phone number you can do

[40:05] that and give me a call or a message and

[40:07] we come by collect that for you so you

[40:09] don't have to get out if you're an

[40:11] elderly person in our church or a person

[40:13] with a weakened immune system and you

[40:15] need some air drum do not hesitate to

[40:17] call the church office at 405 two six

[40:20] two two five five seven or you can

[40:22] message pastor and I'll go out and get

[40:24] it for you and try to help get that and

[40:26] get it to you but I encourage you to let

[40:29] us know about those things again if you

[40:31] have a prayer request please pass those

[40:33] along and we'll be happy to pray for

[40:35] those for those who have worked turning

[40:37] in tuning it earlier in the service we

[40:39] did mention that miss Janice is doing

[40:41] very well and she's recovering from her

[40:44] surgery they'll be moving

[40:45] physical therapy tomorrow in a new

[40:47] facility also Lauren in the baby room

[40:50] very well and their recuperated going to

[40:53] see the doctor tomorrow but again we're

[40:55] encouraging no visitors at this time so

[40:58] just to give this some time for him to

[41:00] build up some immunities there and also

[41:02] on encourage our church members who

[41:04] mentioned brother Tyler is in the

[41:06] hospital in Texas having kidney stone

[41:08] issues and so he'll be in prayer for him

[41:11] those that have ever experienced kidney

[41:13] stones know the pain that I had involves

[41:15] so you meet in prayer for him we greatly

[41:17] appreciate that alright so again I want

[41:20] to thank you for tuning in tonight to

[41:22] our evening service again we'll have

[41:24] this open for prayer request again on

[41:27] the Wednesday so as I mentioned we have

[41:29] our auditorium open from 9:00 a.m. to

[41:32] noon but then also from 1:30 to 6:30 you

[41:36] can come in and spend time praying for

[41:38] the country praying for the elderly

[41:39] praying for those that have weakened

[41:41] immune system or just praying for

[41:43] yourself and the struggles that you face

[41:45] also we'll let you know about some

[41:47] opportunities to be involved in some

[41:49] ministries around our community I've got

[41:52] a phone call that we need to make

[41:53] tomorrow to get us on the list to help

[41:55] out with the mobile meals department

[41:58] here in El Reno so we're looking forward

[42:00] to that again keep in mind that God is

[42:02] still God and even though there's a

[42:04] virus he is truly the great physician

[42:07] thank you for tuning in thank you for

[42:09] being here night goes here than here may

[42:11] the Lord bless you and have a great

[42:12] great rest of your week goodbye