Dudley Rutherford - A Trust That's Needed (Part 2)

May 21, 2026 | 27:29

Pastor Dudley Rutherford seeks to "lift up the name of Jesus across the country and the world through uncompromising biblical teaching."

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| Dudley Rutherford - A Trust That's Needed (Part 2) | May 21, 2026

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Male announcer: you make decisions that shape
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You don't need another trend; you need truth from above.
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In pastor dudley's new series, "just don't survive, flourish,"
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He uncovers the bible's divine nuggets of truth,
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Guidance, and instruction.
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This year don't just survive; open god's word and flourish.
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Join us next on "lift up jesus"
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For the series "don't just survive, flourish."
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Pastor dudley rutherford: you have to get back to seeing
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These two paths that you get to choose.
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And if you choose to live a life of wisdom,
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It means that you're trusting in the lord.
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If you're living a life of foolishness,
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All that means is you're trusting in yourself.
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If you rely upon god, that's wisdom.
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If you rely upon yourself, that's foolishness.
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Pastor dudley: i wanna welcome each of you
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To the "lift up jesus" television broadcast.
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I am pastor dudley rutherford, and i'm so glad you've joined me
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Here today.
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Do you know what really takes your christian life
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To the next level?
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It's not just reading the bible or listening
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To christian teaching.
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It's doing it on a regular basis.
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That's why being here each and every week
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And hearing this message is so important.
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My sermon today will give you new insight
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Into god's word.
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So make sure you have your bible, a pen,
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And your notes handy, and let's begin.
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Pastor dudley: he'll put on his shoulder pads
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And block for you.
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He's gonna get out his chalkboard and teach you.
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He's gonna get out his badge and protect you.
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He's gonna bring out his gavel and defend you.
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God as he holds the entire universe
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In the palm of his hand,
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He's gonna carry you through any situation you face.
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There was an evangelist by the name
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Of harry morehouse years ago.
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He used to travel all over the world.
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And whenever he came home, he'd oftentimes would bring
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Presents for everyone in his family.
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And he had a little girl, and she had a crippling disease,
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And she could not walk without crutches.
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And one day he came home from a trip
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And he had a really nice present for his wife,
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And the daughter said, "daddy, let me take it to mama."
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And the dad said, "darling, you can't carry the present."
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Because she couldn't hold the present
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And walk with crutches at the same time.
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She--he simply said, "sweetheart, you can't."
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She said, "please, daddy. i want to do it.
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Let me carry it to mother."
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"sweetie, you can't."
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"daddy, i can. let me."
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And he saw something in her eye
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And heard something in her voice and he said,
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"well, all right.
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I don't know how you're going to do it."
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And he handed her the gift and put it in her arms.
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And then she said, "now, daddy, pick me up!
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And take me to mama."
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Friends, god has done that so many times in my life.
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He gives me a job, he gives me a task,
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He gives me assignment, and then he picks me up
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And carries me through.
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And he'll do the same for every one of you.
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[congregation applauding]
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But you have to trust in him, not yourself.
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You know what our biggest problem is?
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That person in the mirror. you can write that down.
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What i mean by that is so often we only do
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That which we think is be-- that we think is best for us
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Instead of believing and living out our lives
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Knowing that the god of the universe,
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Who gave us this word, knows.
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As the creator, he knows what's best for us.
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It says in verse 5 to trust in the lord
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With all your heart, lean not upon your own understanding.
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In all of your ways acknowledge him.
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What does that mean, to acknowledge him?
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It's a word that means that in all the things that you do,
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You should be thinking of him.
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You should include him in on that decision.
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You need to know that he's there,
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That he's with you, that he has a plan
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And a goal and a will for your life.
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That little phrase-- "in all your ways"--
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It's a phrase that means-- as best i can explain it,
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It's like a little goat path.
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It's just a little goat path.
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If you've ever gone on a hike, you've seen these little trails.
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And the little tiny goat paths,
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They lead to the wide open trail.
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And what he's saying is when you're
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On the little goat trail, the little tiny trail,
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Acknowledge god and he will make your paths straight,
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Even in the little things like "what am i gonna wear today?"
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Have you ever once gotten up and when you got your clothes
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On you said, "i wonder if the lord wants me
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To wear this today"?
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Have you ever gone to eat and you said,
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"i wonder where god wants me to eat today"?
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"what class does god want me to take, to attend?
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What friends should i be hanging out with?
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What job should i take?"
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In all your ways, even in the little things,
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You acknowledge god
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And he will make your paths straight.
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He'll lead you, guide you, take you, protect you,
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And be with you.
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I am a pittsburgh steeler fan.
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I only wore this because of the playoffs.
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But because of the schedule
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And because the chargers moved up to la,
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The steelers have been playing at sofi stadium and i--
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This was like a-- almost a year ago.
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When the schedule came out for the season,
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I saw that the steelers were in town
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So i bought two tickets to the football game
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To see the pittsburgh steelers and i forgot about it.
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And just a few days before the game,
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I said, "ah, the steelers are in town."
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I thought, "i think i bought tickets to that."
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That's how long ago i bought the tickets.
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And so it was on a sunday night
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And i thought-- this went through my head.
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"who am i supposed to take?
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I got an extra seat.
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Who's gonna go with me?"
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And i literally--i've got 20,000 people i can ask,
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And i--seriously, i took time and i thought,
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"lord, who'd--who do you want in that car with me?"
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This is not a short five-minute deal,
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This is like a four-, five-hour commitment.
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"god, who do you want me to take to this game?"
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And this guy on the screen, his name is primos and he--
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I've never gone anywhere with him,
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Just the two of us.
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I've seen--we've been a part of some bike rides.
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We've gone on some bike rides together,
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But i've never called him up and said, "let's go eat,"
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Or do anything like that.
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So i just felt like the lord said,
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"dudley, you need to invite primos."
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So i sent him a text.
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It's just a few days before the game.
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I sent him a text, said,
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"primos, this sounds-- strange question.
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I got a ticket to the steeler game.
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Would you like to go?"
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About five minutes later, he's--"pastor, i would love
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To go.
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I'll even drive. i'll pick you up.
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What time do you want me to pick you up?"
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So we met here at the church.
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He picked me up here at the church sunday afternoon
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To drive down there, 405 freeway.
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The parking down there is horrendous.
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I don't know who came up with the parking down there
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At sofi, but they need to be fired.
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It's worse than shepherd church.
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But we're driving down there.
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He says, "pastor, you will not believe.
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The day you sent me that text was the one-year anniversary
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Of when my wife was diagnosed with cancer."
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His wife was diagnosed with cancer and literally--
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I think it was a brain cancer.
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And literally within a few weeks, she died.
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This is basically what i feel. it was a young couple.
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They had several children.
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They came to church.
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She was healthy, as healthy as can be,
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Came down with this diagnosis.
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In a few weeks she was dead.
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They had the service in here.
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I came. i was sad.
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I'm a believer and i believe she's in heaven,
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But it was just sad.
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It was a sad moment to think about
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This life taken at such a young age.
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But he said to me, he said, "we'll drive down."
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He said, "dudley, it was like the worst thing ever.
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I woke up today and it was the one-year anniversary
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When she was diagnosed with cancer."
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And he goes, "i was just wondering
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Whether or not i should tell my children
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Or even bring it up to them or remind them of it
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And all of a sudden i look down.
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I get a text that's you asking me to go to the steeler game."
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And he goes, "i just be-- i know that god in heaven
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Was just trying to encourage me that day."
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And i believe that to be true.
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I believe that to be true.
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You need to acknowledge god in everything that you do.
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You just simply say--well, whatever the little thing
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You're doing, you're just saying,
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"lord, is this pleasing to you?
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Is this what you'd have me to do?"
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You understand?
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You know what this reminds me of?
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Reminds me of jesus when he was 12 years old.
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He's just a teenage boy. he's 12 years old.
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They'd gone to the temple to worship,
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And when they left, they forgot to take jesus,
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And they had traveled and they didn't know
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Where he was and they said, "where's jesus?"
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And they had this manhunt trying to find jesus,
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And they found him a couple of days later.
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Where was he? he was back in the temple.
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And what did he say to his mom and dad?
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He said--"jesus, what are you doing?"
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What did he say?
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He said, "mom, dad, didn't you know
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That i have to be about my father's business?"
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That was what was priority to him even as a teenager,
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And that should be the priority for every one of us, amen?
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Number three. write this down quickly.
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I promise this won't hurt, but we need a trust
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That is seen through our generosity.
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In this section of the bible-- there's only two verses--
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Written by solomon.
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Everybody say, "solomon."
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Solomon, as we talked about last week,
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He was one of the wisest men who ever lived.
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He was also one of the richest men
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Who ever lived.
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Therefore, he's qualified to speak on the subject,
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And don't forget what you just read
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And what you just studied.
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He said in all your ways, even in little things,
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You just acknowledge god,
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And he will make your paths straight.
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And it's in that context that he says in verse 9,
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And also along with that, make sure you honor the lord
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With your wealth, and he had a lot of it,
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With the first fruits of all your crops.
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Now, here's the other side.
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If you do that,
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Then your barns will be filled to overflowing
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And your vats will brim over with new wine.
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We'll talk more about this in a couple of months,
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But the truest reflection and measurement
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Of truly trusting in god versus self
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Is found in what we do with our resources.
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I saw a study the other day that shocked me.
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I think you'll know why it shocked me,
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But 40% of a church in the course of a year
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Give nothing.
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I'm not talking about in a service;
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I'm talking about someone who comes to church
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For the entire year.
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Close to 40% give nothing.
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And just so you know, if you're new here today,
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We have not passed an offering plate in here
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In six years.
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Did we pass an offering plate in here today?
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No.
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We stopped in the year 2020.
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Why did we stop in 2020?
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'cause of covid, and people didn't wanna touch
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Anything that someone else had touched.
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And so we--literally we stopped passing
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The offering plate, we stopped pa--
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We used to hand out communion trays, and then we--
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So we stopped doing that.
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We opened up all the doors,
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Including the doors of the bathroom.
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People didn't wanna touch a door to go inside to the--
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So we just opened up all the doors.
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We stopped passing the communion out.
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We start--stopped passing the offering tray.
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We have not passed an offering plate in here
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In six years.
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I honestly don't know how we're even open.
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But people give online,
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And i want to thank you for doing that.
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And i guess-- i don't even know where they are.
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Honestly, i really do not know,
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But i've been told that there are some boxes out front
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That you can put offerings in.
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But what that tells me,
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That there's a vast number of people
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Who come to church and accept god's blessings
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But have little trust in a god who owns the cattle on--
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In a thousand hills,
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The sustainer and provider of our life,
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The one who has the ability
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To open up the floodgates of heaven
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And pour out so much blessing in your life
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That you don't even have enough room to contain it all.
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It is a law of god.
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It is more of a law than even the law of gravity,
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That what a man sows a man will reap.
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But it's sad the number of people
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Who never experience the blessing of god
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In their life because they simply cannot trust god
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In their finances.
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Verse 9 again.
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Honor the lord with your wealth,
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The first fruits, not your leftovers,
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And then your barns will be filled to overflowing.
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Write this down quickly.
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What you honor first reveals what you trust the most.
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What you honor first reveals what you trust the most.
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Everybody say, "eli."
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In 1 samuel chapter 2, there was this man named eli,
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And eli was told by god through the prophet,
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"eli, if you will honor me,"
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God says, "i will honor you."
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We usually flip that around.
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We think, "god, if you honor me, if you bless me,
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If you give me all this stuff,
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Then i'll give a little something back."
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God told eli, "eli, no, that's not how it works."
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God said, "eli, if you decide you're gonna honor me,
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You need to just trust me.
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I am going to honor you."
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And that's the same thing solomon is saying here.
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Number four. write this down.
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One more level or nuance that keeps us on the right path.
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A trust that welcomes god's discipline
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As proof that he loves us.
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How many of you know the lord loves you?
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Oh, he loves you.
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So sometimes when god disciplines us,
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We start to question god; and you need to understand
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That when god is disciplining you,
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It's because he loves you.
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"well, why would he discipline me then?"
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Well, because you got off that path of following wisdom
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And you started following that life of foolishness.
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So god will discipline us
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To get us back on that path of wisdom.
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It says in verse 11, "my son, do not despise
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The lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
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Because the lord disciplines those that he loves
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In the same way that a father disciplines
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The son that he delights in."
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I've told you this before.
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I've got a sister.
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She got a spanking once every year.
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She only got a spanking once a year.
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She was like a perfect child. i have another sister.
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She got a spanking once every six months.
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She got two spankings every year.
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She was almost perfect.
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Your pastor-- i'm child number three of five.
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I'm in the middle. that's why i'm so well balanced.
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Your pastor got a spanking once a month.
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About 10, 12 times a year my dad spanked me.
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Now, my brother who passed away,
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He got a spanking every seven days.
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Every week, he got a spanking.
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But my other brother, dino, he got a spanking--
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I'm not making this up-- every single day.
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And he'd come home from school.
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He'd just come home from school,
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Dad would spank him.
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And i remember my brother asking,
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"dad, why are you spanking me?"
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And my dad said these words:
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"because, son, i know you did something wrong today.
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That's why i'm spanking you."
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Now, don't write me a letter
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'cause i know it's not politically correct
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To spank your kid.
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I wouldn't be in this pulpit if my dad hadn't spanked me.
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I just want you to know that.
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[congregation applauding]
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My other brother would be in prison.
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I want you to write this down.
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Correction is confirmation that god adores you.
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If he didn't love us, he wouldn't bother correcting us.
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I went to the heritage christian school
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Basketball games friday night.
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All the teams played.
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They got all these great coaches over there.
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Man, they are coaching these kids up.
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Every timeout they're in their face.
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They're correcting, they got the chalkboard out.
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They're cor-- and they do it in practice.
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They do it in games.
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They're just constantly correcting
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These student athletes, why?
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Because the coach cares about himself?
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No.
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'cause that coach cares about that student athlete
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And wants that student athlete
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To be the best he can be.
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Write this down.
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God disciplines his children, not strangers.
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Hebrews 12:6 says the same thing that solomon writes.
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The hebrew writer says, "the lord disciplines
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The one that he loves,
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And he chastens every son whom he receives."
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It doesn't say every visitor.
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It doesn't say every neighbor.
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It doesn't say every stranger.
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No, it says, "the lord disciplines
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The one that he loves,
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And chastens every son whom he receives."
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If god didn't care about you, he'd just let you drift away.
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When you got down there on that pathway of foolishness
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And you began to ignore god's word
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And you just gonna do your own thing,
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If god didn't care for you, he'd just let you go.
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But god will bring discipline in your life to get you back
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On that right path.
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Can somebody say, "amen"?
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He does--you know why he does that?
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Because god sees the future for what he needs
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And what he can see in you.
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And so when he disciplines you,
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He's developing you for what he has in store.
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Verse 13 says, "blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
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The man who gains understanding,
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For she," wisdom, wisdom,
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"is more profitable than silver."
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Wisdom will yield better returns than gold.
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Now, he would have said bitcoin if he was writing it today.
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They didn't have bitcoin back in those days.
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"she," wisdom, verse 15, "is more precious than rubies,
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And nothing you desire can compare with her.
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Long life is in her right hand;
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And in her left hand are riches and honor."
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To the man, to the woman who reads god's word
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And decides they're gonna live according to god's word,
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Long life, riches, and honor
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Is to that person who follows god's wisdom.
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I want you to write this down.
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It is a hidden treasure.
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This is a treasure.
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If i told you and it was true,
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You'd have to believe it was true,
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And i wouldn't tell you unless it was true.
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But if i told you in your backyard
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Exactly 4 feet from the surface of the earth,
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4 feet down, was buried $10 million of gold coins,
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If that was true,
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You wouldn't be sitting here right now.
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Where would you be?
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You'd be home digging up your backyard, why?
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Because there's a treasure there.
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You see this book right here?
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It doesn't do you any good if it's closed,
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But inside this book is a treasure.
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You need to open up god's word, and as you begin to read,
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You learn about the ways of god, the wisdom of god.
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You begin to study and follow this.
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God has all these blessings in store for that person,
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That man, that woman, that boy, that girl
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Who wants to flourish like a palm tree,
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Grow like a cedar tree.
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You plant yourself in the presence of god
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And the house of god.
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You begin to take the love of god,
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The faithfulness of god, the word of god.
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You obey the commandments of god.
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You tie that--you bind that around your neck,
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You write that on the tablet of your heart,
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And you live that each and every day.
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You lean not upon your own understanding.
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In all your ways, even the little ways,
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You acknowledge god,
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And he will make your paths straight.
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Pastor dudley: oh, i hope you were blessed
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By today's message.
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As i told you earlier, it's listening
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To the teaching and preaching from god's word
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On a regular basis
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That makes such a powerful difference
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In our lives.
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So let's plan on being here again next week
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Same place, same time.
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What do you think about that?
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And if you're ever in the southern california area,
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We would love to meet you on a saturday night
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Or a sunday morning here at shepherd church.
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It's an amazing community that will have
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A powerful and positive impact on your life.
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You can find all the service times
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And locations on our website at liftupjesus.com.
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And in the meantime, i want to encourage you:
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That whatever you're doing and wherever you're going,
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Don't forget to always-- come on, do it with me--
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Lift up jesus.
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Pastor dudley: you know, it's a fact
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That we have people all over the world
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That watch this program week after week,
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But we also know there are many areas
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That we have yet to get into
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Where we are desiring to give this message of hope.
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I know for a fact
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That recently we've been able to get on in colorado springs
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And also parts of south carolina,
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And one of the reasons we chose those two areas is because they
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Have a high rate of suicide.
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We've done some research
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And we know that there are people there
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Who are in desperate need,
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And i want you to know if you're listening today
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That there are many areas
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Where if we just had people come along to help us,
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We could have far more influence
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In this world and in this culture.
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To help us impact the nations for christ.
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And if you're ever in the southern california area,
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We invite you to visit us at shepherd church
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Here in los angeles.
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It's an amazing experience you'll never forget.
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Until next time, remember to always lift up jesus.
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Dudley Rutherford - A Trust That's Needed (Part 2)

May 21, 2026 | 27:29

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