Letting God Be Involved In Your Everyday Life

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We love you. 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.160 We may not know you by name, but we're praying 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.039 for you, believing for God's very, very best in your life. 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:37.479 If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:39.800 buying Peel be a part of one of our services. 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.200 I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.000 But thank you so much for tuning in today. I 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.280 like to get started each week with something kind of funny, 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.880 and of course these are just jokes. Please don't be 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:52.040 offended by especially this one today. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:54.880 But I heard about this man. 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:57.280 He was sitting in a dark restaurant and he leaned 0:01:57.320 --> 0:01:59.800 over to the ladies sitting next to him and said, Hey, 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.160 would you like to hear a blonde joke? She said, 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:04.480 before you tell me, you should know that I'm blonde, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:08.320 six feet tall and a professional bodybuilder, and the lady 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.120 sitting next to me is blonde, six foot two and 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:15.120 a professional wrestler, and the lady next to her is blonde, 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:19.240 six foot five and the kickboxing champion of the world. Now, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.320 would you still like to tell me the joke? He 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.480 thought about it a moment, said no, not if I'm 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:27.720 going to have to explain it three times. All right, 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:30.760 hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.320 This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.480 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.160 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:41.440 taught the word of God. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:46.720 I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.760 I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:54.320 bless you. I want to talk to you today about 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:58.519 letting God be involved in your everyday life. Too many 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.679 times we think God God is only interested in the 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:05.280 big things, and when we have a major crisis or 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:08.440 when some big problem arises, then we don't have any 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.720 problem going to God and asking for his health. But 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:15.639 the fact is God is interested in every area of 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.919 our lives, not just the big things. 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:19.519 Even the smaller things. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:22.840 God wants to help you be more productive at the 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.040 office each day. He wants to make that trip to 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.480 the grocery store more fruitful. God wants to help you 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:33.320 raising your children, cooking dinner at night. Wants to give 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.440 you favor with your clients. 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.480 Give you protection out there on the freeway. But here's 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:38.839 the key. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:42.520 God will only be involved in as much of our 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.760 lives as we allow him to. And the Scripture says 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.920 here in Proverbs three six, if you acknowledge God in 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.720 all of your ways, notice not just some of your ways, 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.080 not just the big things. But if we can learn 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.920 to acknowledge God in all of our ways, then he 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.080 will guide and direct our path. Well, how do we 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:08.040 acknowledge God by letting him know that we're depending on him, 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.680 by relying on him, In other words, by involving Him 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.160 in every part of our lives. All through the day, 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.360 we should be saying things like, God, help me to 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.040 have a safe trip to the office. God, give me 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.600 favor with these clients. Thank you Father for protecting my 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.560 children at school. God help me to find just what 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.799 I need in this grocery store. Just under your breath, 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:35.720 not a long prayer five or ten seconds all throughout 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:39.640 the day. We should constantly be acknowledging God. When we 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.680 do this, we're showing our dependency on God. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:43.839 We're saying, in. 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.839 Effect, God, I need you, I'm counting on you. God, 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.240 I know this day is not going to be as 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:54.480 fruitful without your help. And if you'll acknowledge God before 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.600 you go to the grocery store, he'll help you to 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.680 get the best deals. If you'll acknowledge Him before you 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.599 meet with those clients, he'll give you the words to speak. 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.159 If you'll acknowledge Him before the trip home, he'll guard 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:08.760 you and protect you. He'll make sure you're at the 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.040 right place at the right time. But too often we 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.280 have God in our Sunday morning box. That's when we 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.040 think about him. That's when we come to church, that's 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.159 when we pray, or maybe we pray a few minutes 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.280 in the morning, pray over our meals. But then we 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.120 go about the rest of the day never really thinking 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.440 about God. After all, we kind of think, what's so 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.880 spiritual about going to work, Joel, what's so spiritual about 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.800 picking my children up from school or mowing the lawn. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.360 God's not concerned about that. Sure he is. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.840 God knows the number of hair on our head. He 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.280 knows our words before we even speak them. Why don't 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.240 you allow God to be involved in every area of 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:53.560 your life. I'm talking about developing a habit to where 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:57.839 in everything we do we're acknowledging God. We're either asking 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.880 for his help, or we're thinking him for his goodness, 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:05.040 or we're meditating on his scriptures. When we keep God 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:09.240 involved in our lives, it not only pleases him, but 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.960 it allows him to guide us and show us more 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.560 of his favor. And of course it's good to pray 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.120 in the morning. It's great you came to church today. 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:18.719 It's great to worship, but. 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:19.800 Don't leave it here. 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.360 Acknowledge God. When you're taking your children to school in 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:26.080 the morning, just say, Father, thank you for this day. 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:30.040 Thank you for blessing my children at home in your 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.960 everyday life. God, help me to get this house cleaned 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:36.839 up today. God give me wisdom cooking dinner tonight, about 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.280 to mow the lawn instead of complaining about it. 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.040 Father, thank you for giving me strength. Thank you for 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:42.640 my health. 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:45.839 Pulling out of the parking lot, tempted to get upset, 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:47.280 tempted to get frustrated. 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.160 Know God, I acknowledge you. Help me to keep my cool, 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:55.040 help me to not run over my prayer partner in 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.840 all your ways. Let's acknowledge God. 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:02.360 I found the more we depend on God, the more 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.040 of his blessings in favor will see. Jesus said in 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:10.080 John fifteen, Apart from me, you can do nothing. That's 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.360 the attitude we should live with God. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:13.040 I need you. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.160 I know this day is not going to be as 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:17.880 successful without your help. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.160 So driving to work in the morning, not a twenty 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.320 minute prayer, just under your breath. 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.600 God, help me to have a safe trip to the 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.400 office when you do that. You know what you just did. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:32.520 You acknowledge God with that one little statement you said 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.440 in effect, God, you are the lord of my life. 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:37.000 You are in control. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.640 And I humble myself to you, and I admit that 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.200 I'm not going to be as productive. I admit this 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.000 day is not going to be as good as it 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.360 should have been without your blessings and your favor in 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:52.840 my life. This shows our dependency on Him. And again, 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.320 God will be evolved only in as much of your 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.360 life as you allow him to. You can keep God 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.840 in your son morning box for twenty years, or you 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.560 can learn to acknowledge Him throughout the day. Really, this 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:10.280 should be a lifestyle that we develop. Going to lunch 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.360 this afternoon, God, I acknowledge you. Help me to have 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.120 a good lunch. God, help me to bump into somebody 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.800 I can bless, somebody I can encourage. You'll be amazed 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.360 at how your days will go smoother, how you'll see 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.040 the hand of God's favor in your life when you 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.760 get into a habit of acknowledging God. 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:30.320 And again, it. 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:33.080 Doesn't have to be long, it doesn't have to be loud. 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.439 Most of the time, I just do it under my breath. 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.760 If I'm about to make an important phone call where 0:08:39.800 --> 0:08:43.760 I need God's wisdom, I'll just whisper God, I acknowledge you. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.240 I'm asking for your help. About to get on a plane, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.839 about to take a trip. God, our lives are in 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.600 your hands. We're asking for your protection. Need to deal 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.800 with an issue at the office. God, I'm asking you 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:59.360 to give me the words to speak. God, I need 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:03.679 your help talking about in your everyday life. If you're 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.880 working on your car, you need to run up to 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.839 the auto supply to buy a part. Well before you do, 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.800 acknowledge God, God, help me to find the right part 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.280 about to meet with some clients. Just take an extra 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:19.559 ten seconds. God helped this meeting to be successful. God, 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.959 I'm asking for your favor in my life all through 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.480 the day. Twenty thirty forty times. We should constantly be 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.439 acknowledging God. I wonder how many times we don't have 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:31.679 a productive day. 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:33.240 Things don't go our way. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.360 We go to the store and we can't find what 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.880 we're looking for, or we buy something only to get 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.959 it home find out it's got a spot on it, 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:43.880 it's torn, so we got to take it back. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:45.319 Now it's a big hassle. 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.480 And you know, maybe that could have been avoided if 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.640 we would have just acknowledged God first. And I'm not 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.160 saying everything, of course, is going to go perfect if 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.000 we do this, but when we're doing everything in our 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:01.600 own strength without recognizing the true source of our strength, 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:02.600 things are. 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.160 Not going to go as smoothly as they should have. Now. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:08.880 I heard somebody say I never meet with another person 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.719 without first meeting with God. I like that, before you 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.520 meet with anybody else, make sure you first acknowledge God. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.719 This is what I do every morning before I leave 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.120 the house. I get on my knees and I say, God, 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.400 I know you have given me this day. You've given 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.080 me my breath. You've given me my strength, You've given 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:32.120 me my life. And God, I give this day back 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:35.480 to You. Let everything I do bring honor to your name. 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.520 Ride At the start, I acknowledge the true source of 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:44.000 my strength. I admit that I'm depending upon God. We 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.160 may have some natural talent, you may have some natural ability, 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.600 but it will always be limited. We will never reach 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:55.040 our highest potential without learning how to acknowledge God in 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:58.160 all of our ways. I like to run a lot 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.079 of time in the mornings. Before I do, It's a 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.400 habit now. I don't even really have to think about it. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.920 I just say, Father, thank you for giving me a 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.640 good run. Thank you that my legs work. Thank you 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:10.760 that I'm healthy, thank you that I have strength, thank 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.080 you that I'm alive. Just under my breath, I'm acknowledging God. 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:16.960 A lot of times, when Jonathan comes home from school, 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:19.240 we'll go out and throw the football. God, thank you 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.520 for giving us a good time. God, thank you for 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:25.200 giving me a great son. In everything we do, if 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.440 we'll acknowledge God, it'll go smoother. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.240 Even things we've been. 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.720 Doing a thousand times. You can practically do in your sleep. 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.600 You've been cooking dinner for twenty years, but under your 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.160 breast you should be saying, thank you, Lord for this food, 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.959 thank you for guiding me, thank you for helping it 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.920 to taste good. If you'll have that kind of attitude, 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.840 God will remind you when you left an ingredient out. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:48.920 He'll remind you when something's. 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:49.280 About to burn. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.560 You'll hear that still small voice, Hey, go check the oven. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.240 This will save you frustration, make your food taste a 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.240 lot better. I'm believing Victoria's taking notes. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.640 This morning, he says Joel. 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.760 Man, I'm not gonna bother God with those little petty things. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.000 He's got more pressing issues to deal with. Now. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:08.199 This is where we miss it. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.920 God wants to be involved in every part of our lives. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.920 It's his joy, it's his delight to know that we're 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.480 depending on him, that He is the source of our strength. 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.640 I know people give me a hard time about getting 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.839 good parking spots, Joel, I don't believe God's interested in 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.079 something as small as us getting a good parking spot. 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.800 I'm not gonna bother him with that. No, you're not 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:31.880 bothering God. It's just the opposite. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.599 It's the principle when you depend on God, when you 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.320 realize this day is not gonna be as good as 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.800 it could have been without God's favor and blessing. It's 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.000 this dependency. It's this relying on Him that causes God 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:50.240 to work. And really, when we don't acknowledge God, it's 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.480 a form of pride. We're saying, in a roundabout way, God, 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:54.280 I don't need you. 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.000 I can do this on my own. I can handle 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:58.079 this by myself. 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.920 That's when God has just back away and we don't 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.040 see his blessings in favor like we really should. But 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:09.120 if we can just develop this habit of constantly acknowledging 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.559 God throughout the day. When you get up in the morning, 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.040 just say Father, thank you for giving me a good day. 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:16.880 Thank you for helping me be a good parent to 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.560 my children. When you pull up to work, Father, thank 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.839 you for that parking spot driving home. God, help me 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.640 to be patient in traffic, help me to be kind 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:28.920 to my family tonight. What we're really saying is God, 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.120 I need you, I'm depending on you. That's when God 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:35.839 will show up. We see this even as parents. When 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.040 our children need our help, it draws it out of us. 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.120 We're glad to do it. The other day, Jonathan was 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.400 in the backyard hammering something. He's our eleven year old son. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.880 He couldn't get the nail to go in straight, kept 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.199 bending it over this way and the other way. And 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.120 I was inside the house watching the ballgame. But I 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.480 could hear all the hammering, all the commotion, but I 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.199 figured he was okay. He wasn't saying anything about it. 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:00.679 But in a few minutes he came in with one 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.400 of his friends. He was kind of frustrated. He said, Daddy, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:04.400 I need your help. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:07.160 I can't get this nail to go in straight. And 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.360 as a father, that made me feel good. I thought 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:11.880 I liked that he needs me. 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.079 In other words, he thinks I'm smart, he thinks I 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.760 can do anything. And I put my shoulders back, held 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:20.280 my head up high, and I kind of went out 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.600 there and wanted to show off. I wanted to do 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.960 my best, knowing that he believed in me, knowing that 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:26.360 he was. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:27.080 Counting on me. 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.480 I didn't do it for him. I just gave him 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.280 a little guidance, a little advice. I could see he 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.120 didn't have the board on something solid. He had it 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.640 on the grass. We moved it over to the concrete. 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.880 He took four or five swings. It went right in, 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.440 no problem at all. He was as happy as can be. 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:45.720 In fact, he said, here, Daddy, hold this next nail, 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:49.200 and I'll nail another one in. I said, no, Jonathan, 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.480 I don't have that much faith you hammerh it yourself. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.360 But this is the way God is when we need him. 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.200 It's his joy for him to be there to help 0:14:59.280 --> 0:14:59.600 us out. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:03.400 I thought about how simple that was for me to fix, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.520 just one word of advice from his father, just moving 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.880 it from here to there, getting it off the grass 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.560 onto the concrete made all the difference in the world. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.440 When you acknowledge God, many times, just like that, he'll 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.840 give you just a little bit of wisdom, just one 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.240 idea here and there. All of a sudden, you get 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.000 a break, another break, and the whole day turns out 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:28.440 much more productive. Sometimes you may not even realize what happened, 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:32.520 but because you took time to acknowledge God, he protected 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.720 you from an accident. He caused one of his angels 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.760 to just slow another car down, keep that from harming you. 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.600 Or he had one of your clients think about you 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.760 out of the blue and give you a call. He 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.440 let his favor shine down on one of your children 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.120 because you took time to bless him on the way 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:50.040 to school that morning. 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.440 You may never know, but the day went more productive. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:57.600 The day went smoother because we had the attitude God, 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:01.200 I'm depending on you, I need your help. But too 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.120 often we do just the opposite. I don't know if 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.720 you've ever been helping your child do homework. They're struggling, 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.760 they can't figure something out, and you know exactly what 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.240 they're doing wrong. You know exactly how to correct it, 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.280 but they won't take your help. Their attitude is I 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.000 can figure this out on my own. I don't need 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.960 your help. Let me do it by myself. And even 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:25.120 though as a parent we know we could make their 0:16:25.200 --> 0:16:28.520 life easier, we have to just step away. Same way 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:32.360 with God, when we don't acknowledge him, we're saying, God, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.040 I'm fine, i can handle this business meeting on my own. 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.840 I've been doing it for twenty years. Well, God, i 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.840 don't need your help raising these children. I'm fine. 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.160 I don't need help mowing the lawn, cooking dinner. I've 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:46.720 been doing it a long time. But if we could 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:50.320 just learn to depend on him, if we'd start acknowledging him, 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:54.080 we'd see things go smoother. We'd get things done quicker, 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.560 we'd have more joy and more peace. The Holy Spirit 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.200 is called our helper, but we have to be willing 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.360 to receive his health, and even in things that we've 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.119 done again and again, we have to still remember to 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.639 rely on God. I've been doing this now for about 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.200 seven years, since my father went to be with the Lord, 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.399 and I've spoken several hundred times, and I guess in 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:17.760 one sense, I've kind of got it down. I've kind 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.440 of gotten into my routine. But I can tell you 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.880 every time before I come out here, I say, without fail, God, 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:25.480 I need you. 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:27.359 I'm depending on you. 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.600 God. I know I can't do this in my own strength, 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.840 so I'm asking for your health. I don't take for 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:38.000 granted the source of my strength. I realize without his 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.359 blessings and his favor in my life, I'm never going 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:42.080 to become. 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.480 All God's created me to be. And it's this dependency 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.960 on Him that activates God's power. 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:53.280 It's when we're self relying, when we're independent, we only 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:57.080 stop God's progress. So every morning, when we first get up, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.440 we need to say God, thank you for this day. 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.240 He help me to make good choices. God, thank you 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:03.520 for your wisdom, thank you. 0:18:03.600 --> 0:18:04.280 For your strength. 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.840 And then all throughout the day, before you meet with 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.800 that person, God, I'm asking for your help. Before you 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.159 teach your students. God give me your favor, before you 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:15.359 play in that ballgame. 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:16.760 God, I acknowledge you. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.040 I recognize you're the source of my strength. I'm asking 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:23.480 you to protect me, help me to excel. I talk 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.240 to a very famous baseball player the other day, one 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.920 of the best in the league. He's a superstar, and 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.359 said all kinds of records, and I've seen him on television. 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.200 Before he gets up to bat, he goes through a 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.320 certain routine and I ask him what it was all about, 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.199 and it's exactly what we're talking about. Before he steps 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.280 up to the plate, every time he's bat in thousands 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:47.160 of times, he's extremely talented. 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.920 But each time before he gets up there, he closes 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:55.720 his eyes and says, God, I need you. He's acknowledging God. 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:58.560 The fact is he's not telling God, I want a 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.800 home run. He's not telling God how to do it. 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:04.479 He's simply admitting God, I need you. When he faces 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:07.000 Roger Clemens, he says, God, I really need you. 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:09.600 But what's he doing. 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:15.760 He's showing his dependency on God. He's humbling himself and saying, 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:18.960 in effect, I may be a quote superstar, I may 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:22.159 have some talent, but God, I recognize apart from you, 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:25.480 I can do nothing. I realize God, You've given me 0:19:25.560 --> 0:19:28.960 the strength, the talent, the favor, and I don't take 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:32.320 for granted your goodness in my life. I acknowledge you 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:36.320 in all of my ways. Another translation of that same 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:41.160 verse in Proverbs says, in everything you do, put God first, 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.880 and he will crown your efforts with success. I think 0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.800 we'd be amazed at how much more success we could 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:51.639 have if in everything we did we put God first. 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:56.480 That should be our attitude everywhere I go today, everything. 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:57.960 I do, I'm going to acknowledge God. 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:02.000 I'm saying, get go God out of that Sunday morning box. 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:04.879 When you go to the mall, God, I acknowledge you. 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:08.080 Help me to have a productive time. When you do that, 0:20:08.480 --> 0:20:11.560 God will direct your path. He will crown your efforts 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.840 with success. In other words, he'll help you to find 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.119 what you're looking for. He'll help you to get the 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:20.000 best deals. He'll help you to not waste your time, 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:23.000 not waste your money. I remember my mother used to 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:26.120 come home growing up and tell my father, look, John, 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:29.359 I got twelve dresses for the price of six, God's favor. 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:32.240 My dad would say, God, don't do any more favors 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:32.560 like that. 0:20:34.600 --> 0:20:38.040 But when we acknowledge God, he causes us to be 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:40.960 at the right place at the right time. When we 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:44.480 put God first in everything we do, that's when his 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:47.600 blessings will chase us down and overtake us. That's when 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:51.080 we can outrun the good things of God. The other day, 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:54.600 our little daughter, Alexandra came in. She's seven years old, 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.120 and she asked me if i'd take her to buy 0:20:57.160 --> 0:20:57.919 a cell phone. 0:20:58.440 --> 0:21:00.440 And I'd promised her one month mon before. 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:03.680 Her brother Jonathan has one, and her little cousin was 0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:05.159 going out of town and they wanted to. 0:21:05.160 --> 0:21:07.320 Be able to talk on their phones. I didn't really 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:07.960 feel like going. 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:10.040 I was kind of tired, but I just couldn't turn 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.480 her down. I said, Okay, let's go. Well, about that 0:21:12.600 --> 0:21:15.600 time Jonathan heard where we were going. He said, oh, Daddy, 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:18.040 I want to come too, And I said, well, Jonathan 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:21.520 that's fine, but you already have a cell phone. He said, 0:21:21.560 --> 0:21:24.080 I know, Daddy, I just want to go look. You 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:26.440 got to know, Jonathan's not a looker, he's a buyer. 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:29.840 As we were leaving, Victoria said, well, I don't want 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:31.960 to be here by myself, and so she said I'll 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:33.960 come along, so man alive. It turned out to be 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:35.960 a family affair going to the cell phone place. 0:21:37.200 --> 0:21:40.040 As we were driving there, I did just what I'm 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:43.520 asking you to do today under my breath. Nobody heard me. 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:48.840 I simply said, God, help us to find just the 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:49.480 right phone. 0:21:49.880 --> 0:21:53.879 Alexandra had a certain style, a certain color, a particular model. 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:55.919 And we got there and the people were so friendly, 0:21:55.960 --> 0:21:58.560 and sure enough they had the exact right phone that 0:21:58.680 --> 0:21:59.440 she was looking for. 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:02.560 She was just so happy. Then Jonathan came up. I 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:03.280 knew his coming. 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:06.160 He said, Daddy, He said, I really want to get 0:22:06.160 --> 0:22:08.119 a new phone, and I got some money saved up. 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:10.920 I said, Jonathan, your phone is barely a year old. 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:11.800 That'd be a waste. 0:22:12.400 --> 0:22:15.399 The man behind the counter hurt us talking and he said, Jonathan, 0:22:15.520 --> 0:22:16.960 let me see your phone. He took it and he 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:19.040 looked up his number and he told us for one 0:22:19.119 --> 0:22:21.840 hundred and fifty dollars. We could turn Jonathan's phone in 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:23.160 and he could get a new one. 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:24.639 I said, well, I don't think we want to do that. 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:26.760 Then he said, what kind of phone do you have? 0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:29.760 I gave him my phone. He looked it up, and 0:22:29.880 --> 0:22:31.840 he said, oh, you're way over to you can pick 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:33.200 out any new phone free. 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.040 And so I let Jonathan have the new phone, and 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:39.600 I took Jonathan's phone, which was much better than mine. 0:22:40.119 --> 0:22:42.400 Then just as we're about to leave, he asked Victoria 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:46.720 what kind of phone do you have? And her phone 0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:49.600 wasn't that old, but it was real beat up. She 0:22:49.800 --> 0:22:52.240 had dropped it several times while she was driving and 0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:54.120 tried to put on her makeup at the same time. 0:22:56.280 --> 0:22:58.560 And I told her, no, we've already checked it out. 0:22:58.640 --> 0:23:00.320 It's going to be a couple hundred dollars. We're going 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.080 to pass. He said, no, she's not gonna leave without 0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:06.280 having a new phone. He looked at his assistant and said, 0:23:06.400 --> 0:23:07.399 just give her a phone. 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:10.840 He said do what he said. Yeah, I said, just 0:23:10.960 --> 0:23:13.720 give her a phone. We walked out of there, and 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:16.320 I thought to myself, we went in to buy one phone. 0:23:17.359 --> 0:23:20.560 We came out with three brand new phones. Plus mine 0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:23.720 was practically new and we only paid for one phone. 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.399 I was scratching my head. I didn't see how that 0:23:26.520 --> 0:23:27.000 turned out. 0:23:28.240 --> 0:23:31.399 You know what, That was God causing us to be 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:33.800 at the right place at the right time. That was 0:23:33.960 --> 0:23:38.399 God directing our steps, his blessings chasing us down. When 0:23:38.440 --> 0:23:40.520 we got in the car, first thing, I said, thank 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:42.960 you Lord for your favor, Thank you Lord. 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:43.520 For your goodness. 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:47.480 If you'll acknowledge God in all your ways, in everything 0:23:47.640 --> 0:23:50.040 you do, put in first place, you won't be able 0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:51.560 to outrun the good things of God. 0:23:52.080 --> 0:23:54.000 All through the day, we should be saying. 0:23:54.000 --> 0:23:56.600 Thank you Lord for your favor, Thank you Lord for 0:23:56.720 --> 0:23:59.480 a safe trip home, Thank you Lord for your peace, 0:24:00.040 --> 0:24:02.840 Thank you Lord for a good night's rest tonight. In 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:06.320 all your ways, acknowledge God. And it's great to pray 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:08.520 in the morning. It's great that you are so faithful 0:24:08.560 --> 0:24:12.200 to come to church. But the scripture says to pray 0:24:12.640 --> 0:24:16.720 without ceasing. That means all through the day, under our breath, 0:24:17.080 --> 0:24:20.120 we should be talking to God, asking for his help, 0:24:20.600 --> 0:24:24.320 thanking him for his goodness, acknowledging him, making him a 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:27.239 part of not just Sunday mornings, not just of our 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:30.639 devotional time, but all throughout the day. Now, a lot 0:24:30.720 --> 0:24:33.880 of people don't realize prayer is just talking to God 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:38.080 when it says pray without ceasing. Really, that's an attitude. 0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:41.280 It means we have God constantly on our mind. We 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:44.520 are grateful, we have His praise as always coming out 0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:46.840 of our mouths throughout the day. Thank you Lord for 0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:49.359 your peace. Thank you Lord for helping me deal with 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:54.160 that situation. Thank you Lord for giving me wisdom in life. See, 0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.240 it's okay to simply. 0:24:56.200 --> 0:24:56.920 Talk to God. 0:24:57.520 --> 0:25:00.560 I know people anytime they pray, it's like turn into 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:04.800 another person. They get very formal, very stiff, very rigid. 0:25:05.119 --> 0:25:07.639 They pray in the King James version of the Bible. 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.040 Oh God, Thou art so great. 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:16.000 I'm asking THEE to help thy humble servant today. No, 0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:18.680 you don't have to pray in Old English. And I 0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:21.439 know God sees your heart. You want to be reverend, 0:25:21.480 --> 0:25:24.560 you want to be respectful. But it's okay to talk 0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:26.719 to God just like you talk to one of your 0:25:26.760 --> 0:25:29.879 good friends. He's a friend that sticks closer than a brother. 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:33.080 You know. 0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:36.120 It's kind of funny the same people that I see 0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:37.240 praying Old God. 0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:40.639 Thou must help thy humble servant. They're saying to their friends, 0:25:40.760 --> 0:25:41.920 what's going down, homeboy. 0:25:44.280 --> 0:25:46.359 And I'm not saying it's okay to call God homeboy. 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:49.160 I don't think I do that. But here's what I'm saying. 0:25:50.280 --> 0:25:52.560 There's nothing wrong. Y're not even listening to me. 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:52.760 Now. 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:55.600 There's nothing wrong. 0:25:55.480 --> 0:25:58.120 With getting up in the morning and saying, good morning, Lord, 0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.480 I love you today, thinking for the good things you 0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:02.240 have in store. 0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:06.000 God. I acknowledge that you've given me my strength, You've 0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:08.680 given me my life, and I'm here to say I 0:26:08.840 --> 0:26:10.080 need you God. 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:13.960 I'm counting on your favor, on your strength, on your wisdom, 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:17.560 on your guidance in my life today. Then all through 0:26:17.600 --> 0:26:20.520 the day you're talking to him, you're thanking him for 0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:24.160 his goodness. You're making him a part of your everyday life. 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:28.280 The word depend in one translation of the Bible, means 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:31.680 to hang down. Think of a piece of fruit on 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:34.679 a branch. It's hanging there like an apple and orange. 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:38.080 In other words, without the strength of the tree, it's 0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:38.600 going to fall. 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:39.639 It's not going to make it. 0:26:40.359 --> 0:26:43.920 Jesus said, I am divine, You are the branches. If 0:26:43.960 --> 0:26:47.440 you abide in me, you will bear much fruit. Just 0:26:47.520 --> 0:26:50.480 the opposite would be true. If we don't abide in him, 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.119 we're not going to be fruitful. Not being fruitful means 0:26:54.320 --> 0:26:57.520 we're not as productive. We're not as successful as God wants. 0:26:57.400 --> 0:26:57.720 Us to be. 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:00.879 You've all had days when you've driven across town to 0:27:00.920 --> 0:27:03.199 pick up something, only to get there and find out 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:05.560 that it's closed. Or you work all day on your 0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:07.960 computer and something goes wrong and you lose your information. 0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:11.159 You go to workout and the place is packed, or you. 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:14.439 Forgot your tennis shoes. Just little things that cause us 0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:17.960 to not be productive. Not every time, of course, but 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.960 sometimes it's because we're not acknowledging God. We're not abiding 0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:24.600 in him. We've gotten off to where we're doing everything 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.680 in our own strength. Now God has to just back away. 0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:31.520 He's not guiding us, directing us, giving us his favor 0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:34.960 like he would if we'd start relying on him. Once again, 0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:38.800 that word abide indicates is something that we continually do. 0:27:39.480 --> 0:27:41.080 In other words, you don't get up in the morning 0:27:41.160 --> 0:27:43.600 and say, Okay, God, I prayed, I read a chapter 0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:45.840 in the Bible. I'm set for the day, went to 0:27:45.960 --> 0:27:47.560 church on Sunday, I'm set for the week. 0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:48.960 Know all through the day. 0:27:49.160 --> 0:27:53.040 Under your breath, God, I need you. Something good happens. Father, 0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:56.000 Thank you for your goodness at the office. God give 0:27:56.040 --> 0:27:59.200 me your wisdom driving home. Thank you Lord for protecting me. 0:28:00.000 --> 0:28:03.160 If you will abide in Him, you'll be fruitful, you'll 0:28:03.200 --> 0:28:06.000 be productive, You'll see your days go much much smoother. 0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:09.119 So let me challenge again today. Get God out of 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:11.800 your Sunday morning box. Make him a part of your 0:28:11.840 --> 0:28:15.200 everyday life. Learn to talk to him often. Get in 0:28:15.280 --> 0:28:17.480 that habit all through the day. God, I need you, 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:21.040 I'm counting on you. Remember, Apart from him, we can 0:28:21.119 --> 0:28:24.160 do nothing. If you'll learn to acknowledge God. If you'll 0:28:24.200 --> 0:28:27.040 put him first in everything you do, God will crown 0:28:27.080 --> 0:28:29.800 your efforts with success. He'll guide you and direct you, 0:28:29.880 --> 0:28:32.200 and I know you'll live the life of victory he 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:33.040 has in story. 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:35.480 Amen, do you receive it today? I know you do. 0:28:36.880 --> 0:28:39.520 We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:42.480 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:42.760 --> 0:28:47.040 Would you pray with me? 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