Jordan Easley - God Defined It - Security

April 27, 2025 | 27:29

Pastor Jordan tackles the topic of security and how the world often tries to redefine it. He emphasizes that true security comes from God alone and that Jesus is our ultimate source of protection and provision. Using Psalm 121 as a guide, Pastor Jordan highlights five reasons why we can trust Jesus as our security: he is the Creator of everything, he prepares our path, he is always alert, he offers safety like no other, and he provides hope for eternity.

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All In with Jordan Easley | Jordan Easley - God Defined It - Security | April 27, 2025

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To live your life all in for jesus christ.
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And now from first baptist church in cleveland, tennessee,
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Here's pastor jordan easley.
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Pastor jordan easley: well, i'm glad you're here, and i hope you
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Have a bible.
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If you do, we're gonna be in psalm 121 today.
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We're continuing our series called "god defined it," and if
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You've been here over the last couple of weeks, you know, we've
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Really tackled some big topics in our culture today, things
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That god defines that the world tries to redefine, and today
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We're continuing that under this idea of god defined
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Our security.
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You know, when you hear that word security, what image
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Automatically pops into your mind?
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Maybe you think about a security guard, anybody?
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Or maybe you think about a home security system, maybe when you
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Think about personal security, you think about carrying a gun
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On your hip or maybe you think about defending yourself and
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Learning karate.
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I was thinking about this idea of security a couple of weeks
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Ago, and i was reading in the bible and i got to proverbs 3:26
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And this verse kind of caught me off guard, it says, "for the
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Lord is your security."
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And it doesn't say is a part of your security or the lord is a
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Portion of your security, it says, "the lord is
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Your security."
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And when i read that my initial thought was, yeah, of course,
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Jesus is always there and, of course, jesus always has
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Our back.
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But there was also something there that said, but if i want
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To be safe and secure, and if i want to be protected, then i
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Need to do some things on my own as well.
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I need to take some personal responsibility to build my
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Security and to build my stability.
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And as soon as i started thinking that thought, i
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Realized, wait a second, that's a lie, that's a lie.
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What i'm believing is a lie that the devil wants me to believe.
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He doesn't want me to believe that jesus is my only source of
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Security, he wants me to believe that jesus can't provide that
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For me, but that i can provide that for myself, and that's just
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The way the devil works, is it not?
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In the same way, the devil wants us to believe lies regarding
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Things like hope and joy and peace and where those things
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Come from.
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In the same way, the devil works so hard indoctrinating our
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Culture with lies regarding gender and marriage and love.
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We've got to understand that the devil is the author of
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Confusion, and he wants us to be confused on these
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Foundational things.
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He wants us to believe if we're going to have security, then we
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Need to provide that for ourselves, because jesus can't
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Do it by himself.
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The truth is, jesus is the source for everything you need.
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And we need to just go, just foundational truth, and that's
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What the word of god says.
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That's what the devil knows.
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But his job is to convince us that we don't need jesus, and
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That is simply not true.
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We just read that the lord is our security, which means that
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He alone has the capacity and the ability to protect us, to
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Provide for us, and to keep us safe.
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For some of you, when you think of this idea of security, your
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Mind goes in a different direction.
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If you're being honest, many of you would say my security comes
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From my successes or my security comes from my resume or
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My experiences.
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When you think about being safe and secure, you might even
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Equate your security with your 401(k)
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Or what's hanging out in your savings account or maybe it's
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Your social security benefits.
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For others in the room, being secure may mean living in the
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Right community or having the right circle of friends or
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Electing the right president.
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Am i stepping on anybody's toes today, hello?
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If you were to finish this sentence, how would you honestly
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Finish it today?
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My sense of security comes from blank, what would you put?
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What would you put right in that blank?
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My sense of security, my stability, my hope, my
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Foundation is built on what?
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Listen, i know we're really good at giving church answers in this
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Environment, but i want you to really lean into that question,
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Because i believe if the lord observed the truth of our hearts
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Today, that he would see that the world has done a really good
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Job of convincing us that our sense of security needs to be
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Contingent on many things and many other people other
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Than jesus.
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In psalm 121 today, we're gonna see david asking the same
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Question that i'm asking today.
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In fact, let me read this out of verse 1, he said, "i lift my
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Eyes towards the mountains.
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Where will my help come from?"
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I think that's a great question, a valid question for all of
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Us today.
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Where will my help come from?
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When you look up to the mountains, in other words, when
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You're down and your eyes are looking up, to whom are you
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Looking to pick you up?
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Right here where he says my help will come from what, that word
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Help is synonymous with security.
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Where does my security come from?
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That word help is synonymous with hope, where is my hope?
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Where does my hope come from?
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So the question is, when i'm in a place of desperation or need,
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Where do my eyes go?
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When the bottom falls out, what's my security blanket?
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When it all hits the proverbial fan, what resources are going to
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Sustain me?
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What person is going to protect me?
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Where does my help come from?
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I read a story this week that said during the initial
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Construction of the golden gate bridge, no safety devices were
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Installed or used.
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In fact, 23 men fell to their death while building this
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Bridge, did you know that?
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Twenty-three men.
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But then in the final phase of that building project, a large
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Net was installed as a safety precaution, and at least ten
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Men fell into that net and were saved from certain death.
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Something else i found interesting about that article
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Was that 25% more work was accomplished once that net
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Was installed.
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You know why?
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Because once there was a net, those men could--they could live
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In freedom, right?
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I mean, they had assurance of their safety, they had security
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Knowing even if i fall, there's something there to catch me.
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May i ask you a question, if you were to fall today, what would
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You count on?
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Or better yet, who would you count on to catch you?
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Hey, that's how the psalmist began this psalm, he said,
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"where does my help come from?"
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But look at how he responded in verse 2, he said, "my help
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Comes from the lord," you see that?
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He said, my help comes from him, the lord is my source
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Of security.
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Many times people hear christians say things like that,
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Like my help comes from the lord or my hope is in the lord, and
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They sort of roll their eyes because they just don't get it.
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And it is hard to explain to someone who doesn't know jesus,
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Who doesn't live with the same assurances that many of us
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Live with.
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They think, if you wanna be safe and secure, it's okay to love
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Jesus, but you better have more than that.
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Even to many of us, we're living our life as christians, and
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We're currently living and operating with a jesus
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Plus mentality.
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The world says it's okay to love jesus, but you better handle a
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Few things on your own as well.
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Like, you better have the right doctor and jesus, you better
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Have the right treatment plan or the right amount of money in
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Your bank account and jesus if you're gonna get through this.
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But when the scriptures talk about this subject, it gives us
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A different picture.
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The scriptures basically say if you have jesus, you will have
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Everything you need.
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And now, that doesn't mean that you no longer need doctors,
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Okay, don't hear me say that.
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It doesn't mean you no longer need medicine or money, but what
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It's saying is that when jesus saves your soul, when you
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Surrender your life to christ and you walk by faith in jesus
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Christ, that he can provide for you in ways that no one
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Else can.
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So i might still have a doctor, and i do, right, i might still
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Have medicine, and i do, but my faith is now in the creator, not
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On things that he created.
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So jesus, understand he can open doors that no one else can open.
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He can heal diseases that no one else can heal.
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He is our provider when all other sources of provision
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Dry up.
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That's who jesus is.
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So the question, where does my help come from?
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My help comes from the lord.
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But here's the question, why?
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Why jesus?
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I mean, just think through the eyes of a skeptic real quick and
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Ask the question, what makes jesus so special?
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Why should i trust jesus to be my source of security today?
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Well, i think as we continue to read this passage, the following
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Verses are gonna answer that question.
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In fact, if you're taking notes, i want to show you five
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Different reasons that jesus needs to be your security today.
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The first one is this, our source of security is the
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Creator of everything.
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Look at verse 2, "my help comes from the lord, the maker of
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Heaven and earth."
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You can think about every other source that we have a tendency
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To run to today, every other source.
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We run to money, why?
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Because we believe that dollars are going to catch us if
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We fall.
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We run to relationships, why?
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Because as long as we have someone, we're gonna be okay.
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We run to things like safety or the idea of safety, why?
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Because in a scary world, taking those precautions makes us
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Feel better.
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What are the sources of security that we tend to chase?
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We can all fill in the blank with this one, right?
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We all have a tendency to run to something or someone.
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And you know what, some of those things will comfort us and some
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Of those things will protect us temporarily, but 100% of those
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Things will ultimately fail us eventually.
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You run to money, guess what, that money is going to protect
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You and make you feel really good for a minute, but at the
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End of the day, what happens when the money runs out?
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You can run to that relationship and it's gonna make you feel
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Super good in the moment, but what happens when the
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Relationship is no more?
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We can run to things that will temporarily comfort us, but
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Ultimately, none of those things will last.
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Nothing else that we chase in this world can say what
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God says.
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You know what he says?
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I am the creator of everything.
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I am the maker of everything.
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Nothing else that we chase as a source of security can make that
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Claim, only god.
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Hey, get this, only god can fulfill the role of god in
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Your life.
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This is a big point.
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Because if you put anything else in his place, that sentence may
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Look similar, but when the big g becomes a little g, you have a
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Major problem.
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When you look at money or relationships as your safety
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Net, you're trusting in a little g god to do things only a big g
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God can do.
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Do you get that?
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Sometimes i think that we miss out on god's best because we
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Replace god with things that simply can't be god.
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There's only one god, and the bible said that he is your
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Security today, he is the creator of everything.
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Let me give you number two, you're ready, say i'm ready.
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Say i'm ready.
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Now you're ready.
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Number two, not only is he that, guess what, he is the one
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Who prepares our path.
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Do you realize that jesus says, i will prepare your path
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For you?
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Look at what he says, "he will not allow your foot to slip."
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He says, i offer stability.
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When i read that verse earlier this week, my mind immediately
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Went to something that happened back in january of this year.
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Maybe you remember, there was an unforgettable winter storm that
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Hit our city in january, and i say it was unforgettable because
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At least for my family, the ice was so bad on our driveway that
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We were literally stuck at home for days.
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In fact, at one point, we had two cars stuck in the ditch at
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The bottom of our driveway.
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And even with four-wheel drive, we could not get the cars up
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The drive.
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We couldn't drive up to our house, and that was driving
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Me crazy.
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After a couple of days, i was getting a little antsy.
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I was like, we gotta get out of here, we're gonna kill
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Something, you know, this is gonna get bad if we don't get
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Out of this house, and so i was kind of getting to that point
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Where i was willing to try everything.
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I didn't grow up around ice, but i did everything that the
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Internet told me to do, and i got a bunch of salt, i was
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Throwing salt all over the place.
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Any y'all ever thrown salt on ice?
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It doesn't work very well.
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It didn't work for me, maybe i did it wrong.
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Second thing i did, i had a plastic snow shovel.
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Don't ask me where i got it, but i had a plastic snow shovel, and
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I'm trying to get this big--these thick ice off the
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Driveway with the plastic--it doesn't work, it didn't work
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For me.
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I was very, very frustrated with that.
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At one point, i even got my propane torch that i use to
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Burn weeds.
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I looked like i had a flamethrower out in my yard, i'm
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Blowing fire all over the place.
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And it would melt it for a second, but then it would
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Immediately freeze, i was so frustrated.
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At one point, i walked down my driveway because--on an atv, we
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Had a metal shovel at the bottom of my driveway, and my wife sent
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This video from our security camera of me walking down the
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Driveway to go get the shovel.
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Check this out real quick, this is me trying to walk down
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The driveway.
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Yep, so far so good.
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Nope, losing it, right here i'm on my tail, all right?
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I'm sliding on my tail the rest of the way.
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But let me just tell you, i was on my way to get a shovel
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Because i was gonna try to just chisel a little path up my
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Driveway so that we could get a little traction, just so that we
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Could walk up and down without slipping.
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And let me just say, it didn't turn out the way it was supposed
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To turn out, i ended up on my tail.
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I'm frustrated, i'm at the bottom of my driveway.
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I'd like to say that i was spending time with the lord, i
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Was not, all right, i was just mad.
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Have you ever felt completely helpless?
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Man, that's how i felt on that day.
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No matter what i tried, there was nothing i could do to clear
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The ice.
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But you know what happened next in that story?
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I was at the bottom of my driveway looking up, i'm looking
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At the ice and i'm frustrated, and i hear a four-wheeler
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Coming up.
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And i looked down the road, and it was a buddy of mine on a
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Four-wheeler.
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And he drives up to me and sarcastically says, "hey, i've
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Got ten huge bags of this stuff called industrial strength ice
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Melt, do you know anybody who could use that?"
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I was like, "yeah, moron, i know somebody who could use that,
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Bring the ten bags of industrial strength ice melt,"
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And he did.
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And let me just tell you, after applying this ice melt, within
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Minutes, and i'm not exaggerating, within minutes,
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The ice was gone.
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Within minutes, our cars could drive up and down.
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Within minutes, we no longer had to worry about slipping and
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Falling on the ice, why?
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Because the one thing that was needed, the one thing that would
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Work was applied to our problem.
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Listen, there are a lot of so-called sources that you can
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Apply to your life today, but the bible says there's only one
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That's gonna work.
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You say, man, why should i trust jesus as my safety and
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Security today?
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Five words, number one, because he alone offers the authority to
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Be your safety and security.
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He alone is the creator of everything, he alone is equipped
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To be god in your life.
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Little g gods can't do it, but he alone can.
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Not only does he offer authority, he also
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Offers stability.
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He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, right?
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He's not gonna allow your foot to slip, he gives you stability.
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Even in the midst of an icy journey, he said, i will give
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You the footing that you need.
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He also offers consistency, we just read about that.
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He doesn't sleep or slumber, he's fully alert.
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He's fully committed to being your protector today, but what
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Else does he offer?
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He offers safety, our god offers safety.
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What does it say?
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He's a shelter like no other.
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His presence is like shade for your life, he shields us and he
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Protects us.
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That's what we've read in the text so far, but before we
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Conclude, i want you to see that christ as our source of security
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Offers one more thing, and that is hope for eternity, hope
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For eternity.
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That verse says the lord will protect you, he will protect
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Your life, when?
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Both now and forever, did you catch that?
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So when the psalmist says that god will protect your life, that
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Word life can also be translated soul.
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So what that tells us is when god talks about saving us and
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Shielding us, his intentions are not only to protect your
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Physical life today, but he wants to protect your spiritual
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Life for eternity.
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When you're saved by christ, your salvation is secure
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In christ.
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I'm gonna say that again, when you are saved by christ, your
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Salvation is secure in christ.
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The question is, do you have that assurance today?
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Do you live with the kind of assurance that said, hey, no
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Matter what happens to me in this life, i'm good, because i
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Belong to the lord.
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Can you say today, you know what, y'all can hurt me, y'all
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Can talk bad about me, you can make fun of me, you can beat me,
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You could even kill me if you want, it doesn't matter because
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I belong to jesus.
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My life now and forever is protected by god.
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Can you honestly say that today?
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Because the truth is, when christ is your life and you
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Trust in his sovereignty, you ought to live with a different
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Kind of confidence, you ought to walk with a different kind of
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Faith, you ought to operate in a different kind of freedom.
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You know, while facing persecution and pain, i remember
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What paul said in romans chapter 8, he said, these present
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Sufferings are no comparison to the future glory i'll have in
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Christ jesus.
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These present sufferings are no comparison to the future glory
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I'll have in christ jesus.
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You say, how was he able to say that while facing what he
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Was facing?
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You know why?
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Because his salvation was secure in jesus.
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He knew no matter what you do to me, you cannot take my jesus
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From me.
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Hey, when you have that kind of assurance that jesus is your
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Savior and your protector, when you believe that he is your
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Shade and he is your shield, when you believe that nothing
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Can get to you that doesn't first come through him, it ought
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To give you the confidence that you need in this life knowing
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That god is with you and knowing that god is for you and that god
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Is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more than you could
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Ever ask, think, or imagine.
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Guess what?
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That truth is what allows you to live in true freedom.
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The lord will protect your life, when?
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Now and forever.
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Hey, what does that mean?
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You know what it means?
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It means when you're a child of the king, you're a child of the
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King forever and ever and ever.
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You know, there are a lot of people who struggle with this
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Idea of eternal security.
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Talked to a lot of people through the years that have said
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Things like that, you know, that i--i'm afraid that one day or
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After committing a certain sin, that i'm no longer gonna be
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Saved and i'm gonna be cast out and unable to go to heaven, i'm
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Gonna lose my salvation.
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I read a story a while back about a guy named watchman nee,
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Who had someone approach him with the same question.
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They said, can i lose my salvation?
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Because i feel like i'm losing it right now.
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When they said that to him, nee looked at the man and he said,
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You see that dog over there?
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That's my dog.
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He's a good dog, really good dog.
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He--he's house trained, he's never made a mess in the house,
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Not one time.
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He's fully obedient, he can do tricks.
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He's a pure delight to me.
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But then he said to the man, but out there in the kitchen, i have
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A son, he's a baby boy, and let me tell you, that baby boy makes
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So many messes.
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Not only by throwing food on the floor, but making messes in
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His diaper.
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I mean, he throws his food around, he fouls his clothes,
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He's a total mess.
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But let me ask you a question, who do you think is going to
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Inherit my kingdom?
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Not my dog, my son.
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You know why?
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Because he's my child.
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Listen, some of you need to hear this today because your life has
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Been a mess.
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But when you're a child of the king, you're a child of the
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King forever.
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Only jesus can promise what he's promising here, and he promises
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To give you the security you need both now and forever.
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Who is this jesus, may i tell you?
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He's the creator of everything, he alone prepares our path.
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He's always alert, he is a safe shelter right by our side.
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He is our protector, and his protection and provision
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Is unending.
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Proverbs 3 says, "for the lord is your security," but let me
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Ask you a question, is he your source of security?
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I think better than asking you that is to ask you this
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Question, is he your lord?
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Because i want you to see in this text that the promise of
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This verse, in verse 8, is contingent on the first question
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And that is, is he lord?
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Look at verse 8 real quick, what does it say?
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"the lord will protect your coming and going both now
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And forever."
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We love this promise, but do we make him lord?
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Because if this isn't true, then this won't be true.
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So how can jesus become my source of security?
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How can he give me this right here, just not for today, but
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For all of eternity?
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The question is, have you made him lord?
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Have you trusted jesus as lord now?
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I'm talking about when times are good, when times are bad, do you
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Run to jesus, is he the net underneath you?
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Is he the source of security?
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Is he the shelter right next to you?
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Is he the lord of your life today, and have you trusted
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Jesus as lord forever?
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Have you trusted him in salvation?
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Have you trusted him in full surrender?
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Is he your heavenly father?
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Can you say with certainty that you are a child of the king?
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If you've never done that before, it's hard for you to
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Wrap your mind around what it is for god to be your source of
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Security, but you know what, he can do that for you right now.
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Would you bow your heads and close your eyes?
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I just wonder if there's someone in here today that says, you
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Know what, i've been around jesus, i've heard about jesus,
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I've even prayed to jesus, but i've never fully surrendered to
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Jesus as lord.
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But i want to ask him to save me, to change me, to make me
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New today.
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I want to allow jesus to become the lord of my life, so that he
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Can be my source of security right now and forevermore.
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If that's you, would you just pray right now and say jesus,
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I'm asking you to do something in my life that only you can do,
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I'm asking you to forgive my sins and to make me a child of
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The king.
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I'm asking you to save me once and for all.
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Lord, i don't wanna go halfway in with you, i wanna go all in
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With you.
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I want to trust you with everything that i am,
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Everything, i hold nothing back.
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I turn my back on sin and the things of this world, and i turn
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My full attention and devotion to you.
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You are the king of kings, and i'm asking you to become the
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King of my heart right now.
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Lord, i'm not ashamed of this decision, i wanna--i'm asking
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You to do this in my life and i will tell the world about you, i
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Want my life to make a difference for your kingdom
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Starting right now.
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Thank you jesus for saving me, thank you for this moment, and
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Thank you for loving me.
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It's in his name we pray, amen.
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♪♪♪
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Pastor jordan: the words of psalm 119 serve as a gentle
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Reminder that god's word is like a guiding light, illuminating
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Our path and directing our steps.
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It's a daily blessing to immerse ourselves in the wisdom and the
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Love and the truth found in god's word.
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When we dive into god, it's like god dives into us, and when we
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Do that, he allows us to discover his purpose for our
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Lives and really gain strength that we need in order to
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Be maximized.
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Hello, i'm pastor jordan easley, and i believe that dedicating
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Time to daily bible reading will enrich your life, empower you
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With god's presence, and provide for you lasting strength as you
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Navigate this part of your journey.
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You know, i've never had someone accept a bible reading challenge
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And then come back saying i really regret reading
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God's word.
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And so today, i wanna extend to you that same challenge, but
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Don't worry, i'm not only challenging you, i want to
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Equip you.
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In fact, today, i want to provide for you a free bible
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Reading plan to support your spiritual journey.
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This is a thoughtful crafted plan that will guide you through
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The entire bible in just one year.
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And if you follow this plan, i will guarantee that you will not
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Only grow in wisdom but also in your personal walk with jesus.
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