Learning To Follow Peace

0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.880 You're ready for a comeback, and with Purdue Global you 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:07.080 can do more than take classes. You can take charge 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:11.440 of your story, of your career, of your life, Earn 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:13.480 a degree you can be proud of, and get an 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:18.439 education employer's respect. It's time, your time, not just to 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:20.880 go back to school, but to come back and move 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:25.760 forward with Purdue Global, produce online university for working adults. 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.840 Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:33.080 No one likes to talk about money. Am I saving enough? 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:35.199 Can I buy a house? Am I paying too much 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:37.959 in taxes? Will I be able to retire? What if 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.559 you could unlock insights about your finances in less than 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.040 five minutes, with a clear picture of where you stand 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.879 today and where your money can work harder. Now you 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.960 can visit facet dot com to take the free quiz 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:53.600 and get your financial wellness score today. That's faceet dot com. 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.560 This ad is sponsored by Facet. Fast Wealth in Corporated 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.480 is an sec registered investment advisor. This is not an 0:00:57.520 --> 0:00:58.920 offer to buy your self securities sn or is it 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:00.000 investment legal or tax fives. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.240 He'll forget about the video game you gave him on 0:01:02.280 --> 0:01:02.840 his birthday. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:05.119 Wow, thanks Grandpa. 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:06.840 But He'll never forget how you invest it in his 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.280 future with the uns stapp. 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.480 Wow, Thanks Grandpa. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.600 The units stap makes it easy for grandparents and family 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.319 friends to give funds to a child's investment account for 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.760 a limited time. Download the uns stap and use the 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:20.840 code I heeart fifty at sign up to receive a 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.400 fifty dollars bonus when you fund your account. That's code 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.400 iHeart fifty when you sign up at unest dot co 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.319 for a fifty dollars bonus. See terms and conditions at 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:30.120 UNEs dot co. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.040 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.120 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.080 the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:40.880 be a blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.880 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:56.240 your life. God bless you. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.639 It is always our joy to come into your homes 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:00.760 each week, and I'll say it often we come with 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.680 good news because we know God rewards people that seek 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.320 after Him and that's you, or you wouldn't be watching today. 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.679 And I hope if you're ever in our area you'll 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.440 stop by and see us. We give you a personal 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:12.840 invitation and we'd love to have you to be a 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.000 part of one of our services. But thanks for tuning 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.280 in today. And I like to get started with something 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:19.880 funny each week, so listen to this one. A minister 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.720 was raising money for a new sanctuary. He said to 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.280 the congregation, anyone that will give one thousand dollars can 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.200 pick out the next three hymns. A little old lady 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.400 stood up the back and said, Pastor, I'll do it. 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.240 He was so excited. He said that's great. Now, what 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.440 hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation and said, 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:42.440 I'll take him and him and him. All right, hold 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:44.680 up your bible. Say it like you mean that you're ready. 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.760 This is my Bible. I am what it says. 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:48.119 I am. 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.280 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.160 what it says I can do. Today I'll be taught 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:58.440 the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.880 my heart is recept I will never be the same. 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:06.120 In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.119 I want to talk to you today about the importance 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:13.280 of following peace. God wants to lead every one of us, 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.720 and the Holy Spirit is called our helper He's there 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:19.800 to guide us, to direct us, and to help us 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.680 make good decisions in life. And one of the main 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.679 ways God leads us is by peace. When something is right, 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.840 it just feels good right down in here, there's a peace, 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.600 a rest, a knowing. On the other hand, there are 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.880 times when God withdraws our peace. Something may look perfectly 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:41.000 fine in the natural, there's no reason why you shouldn't 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:42.280 do it, but right down. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.120 In here you have an unrest and uneasiness. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.280 You can't quite put your finger on it, but it 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.480 just doesn't feel right. Well, that's God's way of saying, 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.400 hold off and don't do it. If we're going to 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.840 stay in His best plan and really make good decisions, 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:59.520 then we've got to be sensitive to what we're feeling 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:02.080 right down in here. We've got to learn to listen 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.280 to our hearts and not our heads. And it says 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.680 in Proverbs three, verse six that if you will acknowledge 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.200 God in all of your ways, then he will direct 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.640 your past. What does that mean to acknowledge God? It 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:19.599 simply means before you make a decision, be sensitive and 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.520 listen to your heart. Before you buy that new car, 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.240 check right down in here, do you have peace about it, 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.720 before you take that new job, before you go see 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.720 that move here, before you get into that new relationship. 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.480 You've got to learn to check with your heart. If 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.520 you have peace, then certainly move forward. But if there's 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:43.440 an unrest or an uneasiness, don't override those feelings. If 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.840 you will acknowledge God, he will protect you, he will 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.680 guide you, he'll help you to get better deals, he'll 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.280 show you more of his favor in your life. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.440 But it's when we just ignore these feelings down in 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.400 here that we get ourselves into trouble. 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.200 How many people have married people that they didn't have 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.080 peace about and they end up being hurt and lonely. 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:06.960 Or how many people buy things that they don't have 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.599 peace about and they end up head over their heels. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.880 In depth, friends, it's not hard to make good decisions, 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.680 it's not hard to hear God's voice. Simply learn to 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.800 follow your heart. And this says here in Colossians three, 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:23.880 verse fifteen. Let peace act as an umpire, deciding with 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.520 finality any questions that arise in your minds. 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.080 You know what an umpire does, He calls you safe 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:30.520 or out. 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.640 This scripture is saying that peace should be the determining 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.560 factor when it comes to the decisions that we make. 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.560 In other words, how do you feel right down in here? 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:45.080 Is there a peace or is there an unrest? And understand, 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.680 if you don't have peace before you do something, you're 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.279 not gonna have peace while you're doing it. If you 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.960 get into a relationship right now that you don't really 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.720 have peace about, you're not gonna have peace later on. 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.680 Or if you don't have peace about buying that car, 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.479 but you do it anyway, then you're not gonna have 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.920 peace when it comes time to pay the payment each. 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.120 Month, matter of fact, you're gonna be a little depressed. 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.400 Or if you don't have peace about taking that new position, 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:12.559 but you just do it because you know it pays 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.479 more money and it's a little more prestigious. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.159 Listen, in the long run, you're not gonna be happy. 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.240 You got to learn to fall a peace. Let peace 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:21.160 be your umpire. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.080 That's the way God leads us, and God wants to 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.760 help us in our everyday lives. I know, the other 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.000 day I was up at the mall and I found 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.240 a tie that I really liked. And I'm kind of 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.880 picky when it comes to certain things. So normally if 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.120 I find something I like, I don't think twice. I 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.839 just buy it. I showed it to Victoria. She said, oh, yeah, Joel, 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.400 that's beautiful. But just as I was about to go 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.680 up to the counter and pay for it, I felt 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.600 uneasy right down in here. I don't really know how 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.440 to explain it. I just didn't feel right, and all 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:50.479 of a sudden, I knew that. 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.720 I knew that, I knew that I was not supposed to. 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.159 Buy that tie, and in my head, you know, didn't 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:55.880 make any sense. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:57.599 But I've learned to just trust my heart. 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.400 Well, we left that place, and just as we were 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.680 about to leave the mall, we stopped by this one 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.960 other store, and do you know, they had the same tie, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.520 but it was on sale for almost half the price. 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:12.640 Man, when I saw that, I felt real good about it. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.040 But it's not always gonna make sense to you. You're 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:17.840 not always. 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.360 Gonna know why you have that uneasiness. But if you'll 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.000 learn to just trust your heart and follow what you're 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.320 feeling down in here, you will never go wrong. 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.080 That's the Holy Spirit leading you. 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.800 When you fall a peace, God will help you in 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.320 your everyday life. He'll even help you to get better 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.080 deals at the mall. I tell Victoria all the time, 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:36.280 you better fall a peace girl. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:36.720 Man. 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:38.840 I know. 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.200 My brother in law, Kevin, told a while back how 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.880 he was gonna buy a new truck, a new suv. 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.760 And Kevin is very detailed. He's very thorough. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.240 So he spent several weeks researching it and finding the 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.840 best price. He was online and had different dealers bidding 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.680 on it, and finally he made his decision. He had 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.160 everything lined up, the right color, the right model, the 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.840 right price, but just as he was about to sign 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.040 the deal, all of a sudden, he didn't feel peace 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.720 about it. He just felt uneasy down in here, and 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.320 he was smart enough to just put it on hole. Well, 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.280 several weeks went by and I noticed that he didn't 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.280 have it yet. I said, hey, Kevin, when are you 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.280 get in your truck. What's taken so long? He said, well, Joel, 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.640 the truth is, I just didn't feel good about it, 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:20.920 and so I put it on hole. I said, oh, really, 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:22.920 what you know it's too much money or he couldn't 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:23.600 get the right model. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:25.360 What was it? He said, no, none of that. I 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.119 just simply didn't have peace, you know, in the natural. 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:29.240 I thought, that's kind of odd. 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.160 He'd done all this work, he was so excited about it. 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.520 But what's interesting is about a month later, that same 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.720 dealer called him back and said the manufacturer had just 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:41.600 put out word that they were offering a five thousand 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:45.080 dollars rebate to anyone that purchased one of those vehicles. Man, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:46.880 it didn't take Kevin long to get his piece back 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:51.480 after that. But all of a sudden, he knew that's 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:54.439 why he had felt that uneasiness, That's why God had 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.560 withdrawn his peace, and he could have overridden it. 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.000 He could have done his own thing, just went ahead 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.560 and bought his vehicle. No big deal. But if we'll 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:03.280 learn to fall of. 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.800 Peace, God will show us more of his favor. He'll 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:07.640 cause us to be at the right place at the 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.400 right time. Now, Kevin and Lisa, they not only have 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.079 a new truck, but they have an extra five thousand 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.640 dollars that they can give to our new ministry facility. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:22.760 I feel peace about that, don't y'all. But there's no 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.880 telling how many times God tries. 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:26.400 To bless us just like he did them. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.360 No telling how many times God tries to protect us, 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.679 keep us from danger. But we're not listening to what 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.400 he's saying. We're not paying attention to what we're feeling 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.679 right down in here. In other words, we're not letting 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.560 peace be our umpire. I hear people say all the time, well, 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.880 I wish God would speak to me. I wish I 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.199 could make better decisions, or I just wish I had 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.400 clear direction for my life. But the truth is God 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.319 is speaking to every one of us. But so often 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.600 we're waiting for this voice to boom out of the 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:54.560 heavens to tell. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.840 Us what to do. Go my son, buy thyself a truck. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:01.960 The time. That's not the way God speaks. 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.440 You know that He speaks to us in a still 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.600 small voice. He speaks to us right down in here 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.839 by a peace, a rest, a knowing you either feel 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:12.680 good about it or you don't feel good about it. 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.079 This is exactly how the apostle Paul heard from God. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:20.160 He said in Romans chapter nine, my conscience bears witness 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.840 with me. He was saying, in effect, I don't have 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.480 to see three visions to know what to do. I 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.079 don't have to hear five trumpet blasts. I just check 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.120 down on the inside. If I have peace, if my 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.760 conscience is clear, if there's a rest. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.160 A knowing, then I go ahead and do it. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.920 And in the same way, we don't have to make 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:41.600 hearing from God and staying in his will some super 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.400 spiritual or even some difficult thing. We just got to 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.960 learn to follow our heart. If you take a few 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.240 steps and you still have peace, then keep going. But 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.520 if you start to lose your peace, you need to 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.199 be smart enough to just back up and wait until 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.679 you feel good about it again. We need to get 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.840 in a habit of checking our hearts on a race basis. 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:02.440 I was thinking about my father. 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:06.160 He tried to build this sanctuary, probably five years before 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.440 we ever built it. He'd get up in front of 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:11.440 the congregation so excited and he said, this fall, we're 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.360 going to start our new sanctuary project. We'll fall would 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.679 roll around, and Daddy'd get back up there and say, 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.120 you know what, I don't have peace about it. We're 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.679 not going to start right now. He tried to start 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.160 it probably four or five times, in his own timing, 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.720 in his own way, but at least when it came 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.559 down to it, he was smart enough to follow his heart. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.680 He knew if he did it without peace, he wasn't 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:34.320 going to have God's annoying and it was. 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.840 Going to be a constant struggle. And that's what happens 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:38.960 when we just pushed through things and try to do 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.319 it our own way, in our own timing. And it's interesting, 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:46.800 one year, right before Christmas, in practically the worst recession 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.160 our city had ever seen, that's when Daddy began to 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.400 feel peace about it. That's when he knew he was 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.280 to start in the natural. It was the worst possible time. 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.080 Daddy's friends told him, John, you're never gonna raise the 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:58.320 money in this kind of economy. 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.199 You might as well forget it. But no doubt he 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:01.000 knew he had. 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.560 That peace, and he faulted his heart, and sure enough, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.640 we built this place debt free in just. 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:06.920 A little over a year's time. 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.840 But my point is this, just because you know you're 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:12.840 supposed to do something, just because God's put the dream 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:14.840 in your heart, doesn't mean. 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:15.560 It's the right time. 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.160 You got to fall a peace and don't be hard 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.480 headed and stubborn and just try to do it your 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.920 own way, because that's when it's going to be a 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:26.720 constant headache, and we're not always going to understand why 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.800 we feel a certain way, why we have that uneasiness, 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.960 but I would encourage you don't try to figure everything out. 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.720 What I'm saying today is just trust your heart. 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:39.040 That's God's speaking to you, and God always has your 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:43.079 best interest at heart. For instance, in relationships, you may 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.800 meet someone new at work or at the school, and 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:49.760 they seem like the nicest person in the world. Everybody 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.520 likes them. They're kind, they're friendly, they're outgoing. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:54.800 But it seems like every time you're. 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:58.000 Around them, you feel this uneasiness down in here. You 0:12:58.040 --> 0:12:59.800 can't quite put your finger on it. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:01.400 Something just doesn't feel right. 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:03.800 And your head is telling you to hay lighting up, 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.680 quit being so sensitive, but your heart is telling you 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.320 to be careful, watch out. 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:09.640 There's danger, there's trouble. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.080 See, that's God's way of saying, back off and be careful. 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.000 You've got to learn to trust your heart. Let peace 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.320 be your umpire. Well, you say, Joel, he's perfect for me. 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.040 He's good looking, he's out going, and he makes good money, 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:23.640 he's friendly. 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.000 Well that's all great. All I'm asking you today is 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:27.440 what are you feeling right down in here? 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:32.520 If there's an unrest or an uneasiness, don't override it, 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:33.360 don't ignore it. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:35.439 I've seen too many people. 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.200 Go way down the road in relationships and they end 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.679 up getting hurt and wasting a whole lot of time. 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.520 They tell me again and again, Jel, I always. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:44.800 Felt like something just wasn't right. 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:47.520 At the very beginning, I just didn't have peace about 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:52.280 this relationship. See, God knows what's best for us. All 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.440 we can see is a little down the road. God 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:56.320 can see the whole path. He can see the big 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.559 picture for our lives. God knows when there's a dead 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.480 end arond the corner we can't see it. 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:03.720 He knows when there's danger up ahead. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:06.960 Don't get so caught up in your emotions and so 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:11.280 caught up in the excitement that you just override that uneasiness. 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.560 I've seen people, every time the alarm goes off on 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.079 the inside, they push it. 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:17.920 Down again and again and again. 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.920 And really it's because they want their own way. They 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.800 don't realize that God's ways are so much better than 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:25.360 our ways. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:28.040 But God is not going to make us do what's right. 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.520 He'll give us those warnings, he'll give us suggestions, he'll 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.280 take away our peace, but he won't force us to 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:38.680 make good decisions. We have to acknowledge him, be sensitive, 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.840 pay attention to what he's saying right down in here, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:45.000 and understand when God says no, When you feel that 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.200 uneasiness and you're not really getting your way, it's not 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:51.400 because God's trying to make your life miserable, or it's 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:53.880 not because God wants you to go through life lonely. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.600 It's simply because God has something so much better in store. 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.280 God wants to do more than you can even ask 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:02.960 or think. And the enemy will tell you a lot 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.040 of times, well, you're not ever gonna meet anybody in 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:07.760 Look how beautiful she is. 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:08.920 This is your only chance. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.200 But no, when you fall a peace, when you fall 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.360 to your heart, you will always come out of head. 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.080 Don't settle for second best. Go with what you're feeling. 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:17.840 Right down in here. 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:22.040 And it's so important that we not make emotional decisions, 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.240 especially long term decisions. I've seen people they get so 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.760 caught up in the excitement that they totally override that 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.080 uneasiness right down in here. Well, I can't live without him, 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.600 or I can't live without her, or you've heard this, 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.720 I can't live without this new outfit. 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.960 Where's my credit card? No? 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.280 Quit digging yourself in a hall listen to the still 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:47.120 small voice. Don't override the warnings. Friends, God is not 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.600 gonna yell at you. He's not gonna hit you over 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:51.200 the head with the ball back to try to get 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.920 your attention. You have to acknowledge him. Then he'll help 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.760 you make good decisions. Then he will direct your past. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:01.280 It's not gonna happen if we're just and buyer emotions 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.960 and say you're out for a nice leisurely drive one 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.560 afternoon and you decide you're gonna stop buy the car 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.880 dealership and take a look at some of the new cars. 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.680 Sure Enough, the longer you're there, the more that starts 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.320 to grow on you. Your emotions get all stirred up. 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.560 You think, boy, I need one of these, and there's 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.840 my favorite color. And look you here, honey, if we 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.720 buy it today, we get a free barbecue grill. 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:24.520 It's a sign from God that whole time, you know, 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.440 down in here the alarm's. 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.720 Going off, you feel that unrest, that still small voices saying, 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:31.880 don't do it, you can't afford that, don't make any 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:35.560 emotional decision. How many people do I know today that 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.800 are just under a heavy burden of debt because they 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.440 have bought things that they just didn't really have peace about. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.400 That's called emotional spending. And when you make decisions like that, 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.400 six months down the road, when the newness wears off 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.880 and when your emotions aren't running high, you'll be thinking, Man, 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.840 what in the world was I doing Now? 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:54.920 I'm overburdened, I. 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.720 Can't take vacations, I don't have any extra money. It 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.120 all could have been avoided if we just let God 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.080 lead us right down in here. You know, any time 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:05.560 that we have to make a decision where we're really 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.399 excited and our emotions are running high, I think the 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.280 best thing we can do is just step back and 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:11.440 take a break. 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:12.560 Walk outside. 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:14.800 If you can sleep on it a couple of nights, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.840 pray about it, see how you feel right down in here. 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:20.320 It's not hard to know what to do. If you 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.840 want to stay in God's best plan. I promise you this, 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.360 God will help you, and every one of you can 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:28.080 be led by peace. Every one of us can make 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.200 good decisions if we'll just learn to follow our heart. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.000 That's where God speaks to us, not in our heads. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.360 I think about this couple that I've known for many years. 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.399 The young lady is a very gifted singer. I mean, 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.280 she's got an incredible voice, and her dream was to 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.399 one day be in full time ministry. She wanted to 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.800 use her gifts and talents for the Lord, but at 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.640 this time she was working at a professional company as 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:55.119 the marketing director. But one day out of the clear blue, 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.639 she got a call from what was one of the 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:01.720 largest and most prominent ministries that time, and sure enough, 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.720 they offered her a full time position to come help 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:06.320 lead worship in that ministry. 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.520 And so now not only. 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:11.720 Would she be singing to thousands of people in auditoriums 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.800 across the world, but to many more through the television 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.680 outreach and in the natural. This was just a dream 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.600 come true. She and her husband went out and celebrated 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.680 that night. They were so excited. It looked like God 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.800 had done more than they could even ask or think. 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.480 And they told the ministry that they would get back 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.040 with them in a week or so and let them 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:33.879 know their final decision. But it's interesting, during that week, 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:37.880 they both began to feel and unrest in the natural. 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.240 They were excited in the natural, it was a no 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.960 brainer they should accept it. But right down in here, 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.679 something just didn't feel right and especially the husband. He 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:50.040 felt so strongly against it, but he thought maybe it 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.320 was just his nerves, you know about moving to another city. 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:55.520 After all, this was his wife's. 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.199 Dream come true, so he didn't want to damp in 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:58.040 her enthusiasm. 0:18:58.440 --> 0:18:59.639 So he just kept it all. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:02.560 To himself out But two or three days later, his 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.560 wife came to him and she said, Honey, you're gonna 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:07.119 think I'm crazy, but we need to talk. 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:10.400 I don't think we should take this new position. Something 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:11.760 just doesn't feel right. 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.240 He began to explain how he had been feeling the 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.240 same way, and they said when they made a decision 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:20.479 to decline that offer, it was like this heavy burden 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:21.680 just lifted off of them. 0:19:21.800 --> 0:19:23.640 All of a sudden. They got their peace back. 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:26.479 Now in the natural, it looked like she was passing 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:30.240 up a once in a lifetime opportunity. But what's interesting, 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:34.120 several months later, that ministry was involved in a great, 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:35.159 big controversy. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.760 It was all over the news. To make a long. 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:41.640 Story short, the ministry eventually ended up laying off more 0:19:41.680 --> 0:19:44.720 than ninety percent of the employees. Basically, the ministry just 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.399 shut down to nothing. Here they would have just packed 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:50.360 up their family and moved across the country, quit their 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:53.359 good jobs, taking their kids out of school, bought another house, 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:56.159 and found out just a few weeks later it was 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:59.320 all for nothing. Friends, God knows what's best for us. 0:19:59.400 --> 0:20:01.800 He can see the big picture. And I'm challenging you 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.080 today to start really listening to your heart. 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:06.520 No matter how good it looks in the natural. You 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.080 got to let peace be your umpire. 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:12.159 Let peace be your ultimate decision maker. One time in 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:15.760 the Gospels, Peter said, I'm gonna go out and go fishing. 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:18.520 The other disciples said, Peter, we're gonna come along with you. 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.720 They went out there and fished all night, didn't catch anything. 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:25.240 The next morning, Jesus came along and he said, hey, guys, 0:20:25.480 --> 0:20:27.640 if you will cast your nets on the other side 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:30.560 of the boats, you'll catch a great haul of fish. 0:20:31.000 --> 0:20:33.280 And sure enough, when they did that, they caught so 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.919 many fish that their nets began to break. Now I 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:39.359 believe there's a spiritual principle there. Peter said I'm going 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.280 to go fishing. In in fact, he was saying, I'm 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:44.800 going to go do my own thing. I'm gonna go 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:48.200 just do it my own way. There's nothing wrong with fishing. 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:50.520 But notice the principle here, when they did it their 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:54.400 own way, nothing happened. Jesus came along and he said, 0:20:54.400 --> 0:20:56.920 in effect, if you will do it my way, if 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.320 you will let me lead you and guide you, you 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:01.639 will begin to see great things happen in your life. 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.040 And when they did it his way, they caught more 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:07.720 fish than they could handle. And in the same way, 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:11.080 if we can learn to just acknowledge God and follow 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:12.959 what we're feeling down in here. In other words, if 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:15.640 we'll do it God's way, God will take us places 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.800 that we've never even dreamed of. That young lady she 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.960 passed on that opportunity, but after that God began to 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:22.520 open up. 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:23.359 Door after door. 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:26.640 She ended up recording many albums and having a very 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:30.879 successful career. It's so important that we pay attention to 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:34.480 the still small voice on the inside. What I'm saying is, 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:37.240 don't ever do something if you don't first have peace 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:39.800 about it. I think about the time in the Old 0:21:39.840 --> 0:21:43.199 Testament where Isaac was a very old man. He was 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.000 close to death and he wanted to give his son 0:21:46.280 --> 0:21:49.359 Esau the blessing that belonged to the firstborn son. 0:21:49.840 --> 0:21:52.680 And Isaac was basically blind. He couldn't see anything. 0:21:53.200 --> 0:21:56.359 And so one day he called Esau in and he said, son, 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:59.840 if you'll go kill some game and prepare me a meal, 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:01.120 I'll give you the. 0:22:01.080 --> 0:22:03.640 Blessing that rightfully belongs to you. Well. 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:07.719 Esau's mother, Rebecca heard this, and she loved her son, Jacob, 0:22:07.800 --> 0:22:10.600 more than she loved Esau. And she told Jacob to 0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:13.879 go put on Esau's clothing, and she made Isaac his 0:22:14.040 --> 0:22:17.080 favorite meal, gave it to Jacob and sent them in 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:19.520 in front of the dad. And so Jacob's in there, 0:22:19.520 --> 0:22:21.560 pretending to be his brother Esau, and he said, Dad, 0:22:21.600 --> 0:22:24.520 here I am. I've got the meal you asked me for. Now, 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:28.159 maybe you can give me your blessing. And it's interesting 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:32.199 how many times Isaac felt like something was wrong, but 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:35.520 he just kept overriding the warnings. He said, Esau, how 0:22:35.560 --> 0:22:37.879 did you get back so quickly from killing that game? 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:40.840 You've never prepared a meal for me this fast before 0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.720 noticed the alarm went off. Something wasn't right. He felt 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:47.879 that uneasiness. Jacob made up some kind of excuse. I 0:22:47.880 --> 0:22:50.400 don't know, Dad, it just all fell into place. Everything 0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:54.160 worked good. This time, Isaac still didn't feel right. He said, well, 0:22:54.160 --> 0:22:57.320 come over here, Esau, let me feel you See, Esau 0:22:57.480 --> 0:23:00.560 was very hairy. Jacob had put on some animal skins 0:23:00.760 --> 0:23:04.560 so he'd feel like his brother. And Isaac thought to himself, well, 0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:08.439 it feels like Esau. But the voice still sounds like Jacob. 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:12.480 Another alarm went off. Something's not right right down in here. 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:15.439 He had that unrest. God warned him again and again, 0:23:16.119 --> 0:23:18.600 but Isaac ended up missing it where we miss it 0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:21.520 so often, He went ahead and did it anyway, even 0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:24.199 though he didn't have peace. He went against what he 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:26.560 was feeling right down in here, and he ended up 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:30.120 blessing the wrong son. And so often we fought Jacob 0:23:30.240 --> 0:23:31.560 for being a deceiver, and. 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:32.560 Certainly he was wrong. 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.639 But God tried to warn Isaac again and again, even 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:40.560 after he had mistakenly blessed Jacob. He said, once again, 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:43.760 tell me the truth, Esau. Is this really you notice 0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:44.600 his lack of peace? 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:46.240 Well, when Esau. 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:49.000 Finally came back in with the meal he had prepared, 0:23:49.040 --> 0:23:51.879 and Isaac realized what had happened, he began to weep 0:23:51.960 --> 0:23:54.399 and weep and weep. He said, Esau, I've made a 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:58.320 terrible mistake. Your brother has tricked me, and I've given 0:23:58.400 --> 0:24:01.960 him the blessing that belonged to you, and I cannot. 0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:02.200 Take it back. 0:24:02.800 --> 0:24:05.040 Esau said, come on, dad, surely you can do something. 0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:07.280 Surely you can bless me as well. He said, No, 0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:11.120 what's done is done, And what a shame. It all 0:24:11.160 --> 0:24:13.600 could have been avoided if Isaac would have just paid 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:15.680 attention to what he was feeling right down in here. 0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:19.000 And I don't believe that God will allow us to 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:22.800 make a major mistake without giving us warning after warning 0:24:22.880 --> 0:24:26.159 after warning, And if you will just be sensitive and 0:24:26.200 --> 0:24:29.000 when you feel that unrest and when something down in 0:24:29.040 --> 0:24:31.680 here is saying it's not right, don't ignore that. 0:24:31.960 --> 0:24:34.120 Don't do what Isaac did, and just do it anyway. 0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:37.600 The Bible talks about when we do things that we 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:40.400 don't feel good about down in here, we are sinning 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.679 against our own conscience. That's what Paul was saying, My 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:47.679 conscience bears witness with me. Well, if your conscience doesn't 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:51.080 bear witness, if you feel that uneasiness, if the alarm 0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:53.119 keeps going off, the best thing you can do is 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:56.120 just pull back. Doesn't matter how many people are pressuring you, 0:24:56.520 --> 0:24:58.679 doesn't matter how great the opportunity looks. 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:01.320 Don't go forward unless you first have peace. 0:25:01.720 --> 0:25:04.840 Let peace be your umpire, Let it be the ultimate 0:25:04.880 --> 0:25:07.720 decision maker. I heard a story about this man that 0:25:07.920 --> 0:25:10.880 was a well known pastor. He was a sought after 0:25:10.960 --> 0:25:13.800 speaker all over the world, and his ministry was growing 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:16.720 and growing. One day, he had a speaking engagement in 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:19.080 another city and the next morning he was to get 0:25:19.160 --> 0:25:21.760 up and catch a flight. The night before, he woke 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:23.840 up in the middle of the night with a very 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:27.760 distinct unrest and uneasiness on the inside. 0:25:27.840 --> 0:25:29.560 He knew something wasn't right. 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.879 He tossed and turned, and he couldn't get back to sleep. 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:35.639 His wife the next morning, the first words out of 0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.200 her mouth were, Honey, I just don't feel. 0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:41.000 Good about you taking this trip today. And understand, this 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:43.960 man had flown all over the world. Flying wasn't anything 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:45.120 new to him, but. 0:25:45.160 --> 0:25:48.400 This was the first time he'd ever felt something so strongly, 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:51.080 first time his wife had ever said anything like this. 0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:53.879 He began to explain how he had been feeling the 0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:56.800 same way the night before, and it wasn't a fear. 0:25:56.840 --> 0:26:00.000 I'm not talking about being afraid. There's a difference between 0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:02.879 fear and having a lack of peace. A lack of 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:05.080 peace is just a knowing down in here that something 0:26:05.160 --> 0:26:08.639 is not right. But unfortunately this man did just what 0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:12.240 Isaac did. He overrode all the warnings. He thought, I 0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:15.520 can't disappoint these people. I've promised them. It's been scheduled 0:26:15.560 --> 0:26:17.760 for a long time, and I just cannot let them down. 0:26:18.359 --> 0:26:21.560 And he overrode his conscience. He went against what he 0:26:21.640 --> 0:26:24.000 was feeling down in here. And do you know that plane, 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.160 in perfectly good weather had some kind of odd problem 0:26:27.320 --> 0:26:30.160 and it ended up going down and not one person survived. 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:33.960 The wife said afterwards. God tried and tried to get 0:26:33.960 --> 0:26:37.000 our attention. He tried to protect us, he tried to 0:26:37.040 --> 0:26:40.120 warn us. But see, they didn't let peace be the umpire. 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.240 He just went ahead and did it his own way. 0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:45.399 And no doubt if he would have just acknowledged God 0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:47.920 and followed his heart, he'll still be with us today. 0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:51.080 And I'm not trying to bring fear on anybody. I'm 0:26:51.080 --> 0:26:53.320 not saying if you get nervous, man, don't leave your house. 0:26:53.560 --> 0:26:56.480 No, I'm just talking about following your heart. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:01.840 Fall of peace, and don't ignore the honeys. Don't override 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:06.000 those warnings. Friends, You've got to learn to acknowledge God. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:07.240 Before you make your decisions. 0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.640 Acknowledge God before you finalize your plans. God is smarter 0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:15.160 and wiser than we are, and if we will acknowledge him, 0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:19.320 he's promised he will direct our paths. One translation says 0:27:19.480 --> 0:27:22.879 he will crown our efforts with success. And that's my 0:27:23.000 --> 0:27:25.320 dream for every one of you, that you would experience 0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:28.199 the abundant life that God has in store. But I 0:27:28.280 --> 0:27:31.560 know that all starts when we make good decisions. 0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:33.240 So let me challenge you again. 0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:37.280 Always let peace be your umpire, Let peace be the 0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:41.119 deciding factor, and do not make emotional decisions. Don't have 0:27:41.200 --> 0:27:44.200 to have it your own way. Follow your heart, listen 0:27:44.200 --> 0:27:47.359 to that still small voice. If you do that, God 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:48.000 will help. 0:27:47.840 --> 0:27:50.240 You to make great decisions. He'll protect you. 0:27:50.480 --> 0:27:52.520 He'll guide you, he'll show you more of His favor, 0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:55.239 and you will experience that life of victory that He 0:27:55.280 --> 0:27:55.920 has in store. 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:57.960 Amen. How many of you receive it this afternoon? 0:27:57.960 --> 0:27:58.280 Amen? 0:27:59.200 --> 0:28:02.240 And we never like clos our godcast without giving you 0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:05.119 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:05.359 --> 0:28:09.679 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 0:28:09.840 --> 0:28:14.720 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:18.320 you my lord And Savior. Friends, if you prayed that 0:28:18.400 --> 0:28:21.320 simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 0:28:21.359 --> 0:28:24.080 a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:26.760 He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 0:28:27.480 --> 0:28:30.920 Thank you for listening to the Juelus Deine podcast. Help 0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:33.720 us continue to share the message of hope with those 0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:37.400 all over the world. Visit joelus dein dot com slash 0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:39.479 give Hope to give a gift today. 0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:43.200 Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 0:28:43.320 --> 0:28:46.080 I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:49.160 podcast to keep you inspired all through the week. 0:28:49.400 --> 0:28:52.280 We're praying for you. I know God's best is still ahead. 0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:53.520 We'll see you next time. 0:29:02.080 --> 0:29:04.600 More than ever before, people are turning to the church 0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:08.240 for their mental health struggles. Unfortunately, the church has largely 0:29:08.280 --> 0:29:11.360 been ill equipped to help. That is until now. Join 0:29:11.440 --> 0:29:14.440 nearly fifty thousand people just like you who've enrolled in 0:29:14.480 --> 0:29:17.360 the Mental Health Coach training program and become equipped to 0:29:17.520 --> 0:29:19.880 help for a limited time. Apply for a full tuition 0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:22.280 scholarship and only pay a one time tech fee of 0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:25.920 fifty four dollars if accepted. Apply now at mental health 0:29:25.960 --> 0:29:29.160 coach dot org. That's Mentalhealthcoach dot. 0:29:29.080 --> 0:29:34.400 Org be a barbecue hero with delicious ultralow netcar Hero 0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:38.320 Bread buns and tortillas, soft and fluffy, high in fiber, 0:29:38.360 --> 0:29:40.400 and with zero grams of sugar and up to ten 0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:43.480 grams of protein, coming in at under one hundred calories 0:29:43.520 --> 0:29:46.000 per serving. Oh and did I mention they taste like 0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:49.440 their mouthwatering traditional versions. It's enough to have the neighbors 0:29:49.440 --> 0:29:52.520 asking for seconds. Use code iate to M ten for 0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:55.360 ten percent off your first Hero Bread purchase at hero 0:29:55.480 --> 0:29:58.680 dot COO that's I eight M ten for ten percent 0:29:58.720 --> 0:30:01.600 off at hero dot ce. Oh, summer is here, and 0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:03.800 our sleep is just as important as our weekend plans. 0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:05.600 So get the sleep you deserve with Lisa. 0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:07.680 For a limited time, save up to seven hundred dollars 0:30:07.720 --> 0:30:10.920 off select mattresses plus two free pillows during our summer sale. 0:30:11.040 --> 0:30:13.360 Check out our hybrid mattress designed to keep you cool 0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:16.320 during those hot summer nights. Lisa also offers free shipping 0:30:16.440 --> 0:30:18.280 and a risk free one hundred night trial. 0:30:18.480 --> 0:30:19.680 Get the sleep you deserve. 0:30:19.880 --> 0:30:21.800 Shop our summer sale now and save up to seven 0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:24.959 hundred dollars off select mattresses plus two free pillows at 0:30:25.000 --> 0:30:27.720 Lisa dot com. That's l e E. S. A dot 0:30:27.760 --> 0:30:30.480 Com exclusions apply. Visit Lisa dot com for details.