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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Just A Moment | June 25, 2026
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- Greg laurie: so here is what you need to do, you need
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- To come to the lord, say, "alright lord,
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- Here's the life you have given me.
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- Here are my plans, here are my aspirations, here are my dreams,
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- Along with my weaknesses and shortcomings and sins.
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- I offer it all to you because i believe
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- Your plans are better than mine."
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- ♪ this is the day, ♪
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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- ♪ this is the day, ♪
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- ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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- Greg: you know, one of the things that strikes me
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- About life is how quickly it passes.
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- You know, when you're young, doesn't it seem as
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- Though life moves at a snail's pace?
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- I vividly remember being in elementary
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- School, bored beyond comprehension.
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- We're just waiting, waiting for the clock to strike the right
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- Number and we got up for recess, or we got outta school.
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- It seemed like i was in elementary
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- School for 30 years, right?
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- Every day seemed to take forever.
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- Now time goes by so quickly.
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- Weeks go by, what, it's sunday already?
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- What, it's the month is over already?
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- What, it's a new year already?
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- Billy graham was once asked what the greatest surprise of his
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- Life was, and he said, "the brevity of it."
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- And i think that's true.
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- And so as life goes by so quickly, it just
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- Seems as though it's speeding up.
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- It really isn't.
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- Scientists tell us the reason life seems to go faster when
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- You're older is because you're not having new experiences.
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- You know, you get into a routine, and you go to the same
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- Restaurant, and you sit in the same table, and
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- You order the same thing off the menu, and you come
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- To church and you sit in the same seats.
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- And i know where you all sit by the way.
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- I know when you're not here.
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- Oh, well, so-and-so's not here today, where are they?
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- Someone is in their seat.
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- We like routine, but when you're young, you're
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- More open to change and new opportunities.
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- I read an article yesterday in the paper
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- About "signs you're getting old."
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- Two thousand adults were polled.
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- One of them was, you forget people's names.
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- Oh, that's so true, isn't it?
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- That even happens when you're young, right?
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- You're talking to someone. "how are you?
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- Hey, good to see you."
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- "i don't remember their name."
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- And you're hoping they'll use their name in a sentence.
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- You're just waiting, just waiting.
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- You just say your name in some way and they don't say it.
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- "good to see you, see you next time,"
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- And you start forgetting things like that.
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- Here's another sign of aging.
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- You groan when you bend down.
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- It's just automatic, you sit down, "ugh,"
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- You get up, "ugh."
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- Another sign you're getting old is when you're bending down,
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- You wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
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- Like, "i don't wanna come down here again,
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- So let's get it over with now."
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- Here's another sign of getting old.
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- You don't know any songs on the top ten.
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- I have to admit that may be true of me right now.
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- Another sign of getting old is you avoid lifting things
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- Because of back concerns.
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- By the way, this is a great way to
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- Get out of lifting things too.
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- "oh, i can't, my back, you know."
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- But seriously, i'll think, if i take the other end of that sofa,
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- Am i going to pay for this later?
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- Because you throw your back out, it's a situation, right?
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- Another sign of getting old, you fall
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- Asleep in front of the tv every night.
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- Just last night i was watching something and i fell asleep.
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- Cathy says to me, "greg, are you sleeping?"
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- I'm like, "no." i was, why do we deny it?
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- It's not a sin to sleep, unless you sleep all day but--and
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- Here's another sign of getting old, complaining
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- About things more, complaining.
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- Another sign, taking a nap every day.
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- I actually kinda like to do that
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- But that's a sign of getting old.
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- Here's one final one, you start driving very slowly.
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- I mean, really slow.
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- Like, way too slow, like, just stop, hurry.
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- And you're always in a prius.
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- You know it's true, it's true, i'm
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- Telling you, this is totally true.
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- There's something wrong with prius drivers.
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- How many of you drive a prius?
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- Seriously? get out.
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- No, don't.
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- You probably get much better mileage than the rest of us, so
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- Congratulations on that wise car choice.
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- And let me just say to you in closing, drive faster.
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- No, don't, no do, especially if you're in the fast lane.
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- But life passes so quickly.
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- Job 14:1 says, "how short is life?
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- How full of trouble?
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- We blossom like a flower and then
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- We wither like a passing shadow.
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- We quickly disappear."
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- Now, i know some of you who are young and thinking, oh greg,
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- Come on, this is a message for old people.
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- I've got my whole life in front of me.
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- Yes, you probably do, and i hope you do, and i hope you live that
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- Life well, but you never know, right?
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- I read a true story, a tragic story about a singer, richard
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- Versailles, age 63, singing at the metropolitan opera.
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- He climbed up on a ladder for a scene, and he was singing these
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- Lyrics, "too bad you can only live so long."
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- Then he had a heart attack and died
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- On the stage in front of everybody.
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- How sad though.
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- "too bad you can live for only so long."
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- And that's so true, too bad.
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- But the brevity of life is what james is addressing now, and the
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- Importance of living your life in the will of god.
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- James 4, let's read a few verses.
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- I'm reading 13 to 17 from the new living translation.
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- James says, "look here, you who say, 'today or tomorrow we are
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- Going to a certain town and stay there a year.
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- We will do business there and make a profit.'
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- How do you know what your life is gonna be like tomorrow?"
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- Asks james.
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- "your life is like the morning fog--
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- It's here for a little while, then it's gone.
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- What you ought to say is, 'if the lord wants us to, we will
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- Live and do this or that.'
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- Otherwise, you're boasting about your
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- Own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
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- Remember," james says, "it is a sin to know
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- What you want to do and not do it."
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- We'll stop there.
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- Point number one if you're taking
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- Notes, life is short, live it well.
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- Life is short, live it well.
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- James asks in verse 14, "how do you know
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- What your life will be like tomorrow?"
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- Really what james is asking is
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- What kind of life are you living?
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- What are you doing with this precious
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- Gift called life right now?
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- It's an important question to answer
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- Because life goes by so quickly.
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- Job 9 says, "my life passes more swiftly than a runner.
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- It flees away filled with tragedy.
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- It disappears like a swift boat."
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- David says the same thing in psalm 39.
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- He says, "my life is no longer than the width of my hand.
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- An entire lifetime is just a moment to you.
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- Human existence is but a breath.
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- We're merely moving shadows.
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- We're busy, and our busy rushing ends in nothing.
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- We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.
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- And so, lord, where do i put my hope?
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- My only hope is in you." wow.
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- So now james is addressing christian business people.
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- People who are out there working hard to make a living.
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- In this particular instance, he's talking
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- To successful christian business people,
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- Those who had done quite well.
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- He's commending them for it but he's is also reminding them to
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- Keep god at the forefront of their lives and remember that
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- Everything they've accomplished has come from the lord.
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- Because sometimes people forget about the lord.
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- Bringing me to point number two, we should plan
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- For the future but put god's will first.
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- Yes, plan for the future but put god's will first.
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- Sometimes people may think it's unspiritual to plan,
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- And actually it's very spiritual to plan.
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- Proverbs 6:6 says, "take a lesson
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- From the ants, you sluggard.
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- Learn from their ways and become wise!
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- They labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter."
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- Hey, check out the ants before you step on them.
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- They work hard, they're always busy.
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- Little ants moving big stuff around,
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- Ants getting ready for the future.
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- Take a lesson from the ants.
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- You know, it seems right now that in our
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- Nation there's a trend toward laziness.
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- I think it was always there, but certainly covid accelerated it.
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- Add a bunch of government money given to people and a lot of
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- People are not returning back to the workforce today.
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- I don't know if you've noticed, but there's a lot
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- Of employment opportunities out there.
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- It's getting hard for a lot of folks out
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- There to find people to come and work.
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- And we're losing that very principle
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- Our nation was built on.
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- Our nation was built on the importance of personal
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- Responsibility, innovation, and working hard.
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- It's called the protestant work ethic.
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- It's a good thing.
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- This is why we live in a strong and prosperous nation.
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- If we lose it, we have problems.
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- And the bible tells us in romans 12:11, "never be lazy, but work
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- Hard and serve the lord enthusiastically."
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- So i don't know what you do for a living,
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- But you should be the best at what you do.
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- You should work harder than anybody else.
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- You should get in early, you should leave a little bit later,
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- You should work cheerfully, and you should do everything you do
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- For the glory of god wherever it is.
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- God has not called everyone into so-called ministry.
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- He hasn't called everyone to be a preacher but he has called us
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- All to minister and serve the lord and give
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- Honor to god whatever our profession is.
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- If you're a doctor, do it for the glory of god.
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- I'll tell you what, if i need surgery,
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- I don't need a preacher, i need a godly surgeon
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- Who knows what he's doing, right?
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- I may need a christian attorney.
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- I may need someone else in another field, and building, and
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- In music, and in art, and in politics.
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- We need strong believers out there to represent us well.
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- And so this is what we all are called to
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- Do, to work hard and to honor god.
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- But the problem with these folks james is addressing is they're
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- Believers but they're living like practical atheists.
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- And by that i mean, they're not factoring god into anything,
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- They're just making their plans and forgetting about god.
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- So james is reminding them, "hey, keep god's
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- Will at the forefront of your life."
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- Greg: you know, the book of jonah is a story
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- Of a man who was called by god to do
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- Something and did not want to do it.
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- Of course, we think about the whale in the story of the book
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- Of jonah and he has like three verses.
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- But the rest of the book is about a man who was
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- Called to go to people he did not wanna go to
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- With a message he did not wanna bring.
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- Here's my question for you, is there someone in your life that
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- It's really hard for you to talk to?
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- It might be your parents, it might be
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- Your children, your teenage children.
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- It might be your siblings, it might be your
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- Spouse and a just tense kind of a thing.
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- I'm encouraging you to pray first and engage people you love
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- And you know in a conversation about the lord.
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- Because listen, there is power in the gospel.
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- Try to engage someone in a conversation about jesus today.
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- Greg: it should be the joy, it should be the delight,
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- It should be the desire of every christian to do god's will.
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- When a person is truly converted, and by that i mean
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- When a person is truly coming to a relationship with christ, it
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- Will be reflected in the way that they live,
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- Starting with the repentance from sin.
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- There'll be a humility there, a desire to pray.
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- You'll have a new love for others that wasn't there before,
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- And you will want to do god's will.
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- And so this is the point that james is making is remember to
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- Factor the lord in everything that you do.
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- By the way, when we talk about the will of
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- God, there are certain things in the bible that
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- Are clearly god's will for everyone.
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- This doesn't vary from person to person.
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- You might wanna write these verses down.
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- Number one, it is the will of god that you are filled
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- With the holy spirit each and every day.
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- Did you know that? that's god's will for you.
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- Ephesians 5:17 says, "don't act thoughtlessly,
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- Understand what the will of the lord is.
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- Don't be drunk with wine because that will ruin your life.
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- Instead, be filled with the holy spirit."
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- And by the way, in the original language that's a command.
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- So god is saying, "i command you
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- To be filled with the holy spirit."
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- And then also in the greek, it speaks of something that's
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- Continuous, meaning do it over and over again.
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- So god is saying, "i command you to be filled with the holy
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- Spirit again and again and again."
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- So a great way to start your day, maybe
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- When you're still lying in bed, you just say,
- 00:14:00.538 --> 00:14:02.207
- "lord, fill me with the holy spirit today.
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- Give me all the power that i need."
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- Number two, god wants you to be holy,
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- And as a result, sexually pure.
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- 1 thessalonians 4:3 says, "god's will for you is to
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- Be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
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- Then each of you will control his own body and live in
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- Holiness and honor not in lustful passions like the
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- Non-believers who do not know god."
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- Okay, well what does this mean?
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- Pretty clear, no premarital sex, no extra-marital sex.
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- The only sex god will bless is the union of a man and a woman
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- In marriage, end of story, that's it.
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- Not a man and a man, not a woman and a woman, not a man who wants
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- To become a woman or a woman who wants to become a man.
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- No, god's order is a man and a woman in
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- Marriage faithful to each other for life.
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- Anything outside of that is not god's will.
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- Here's another one.
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- God calls each and every one of us to pray and give thanks.
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- 1 thessalonians 5:17 says, "pray without ceasing.
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- In everything give thanks for this is the will
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- Of god in christ jesus concerning you."
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- So put god's will first in your life.
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- Listen to this, to know god's will, point number three, you
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- Need to present yourself to god each and every day.
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- This is based on romans 12:1 and 2, where paul says, "i urge you
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- Therefore brothers, by the mercies of
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- God that you present your bodies."
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- And that means your total being, your
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- Personality, your will, your future.
- 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:51.382
- "present your bodies to god as a living sacrifice, holy and
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- Acceptable, which is your reasonable service."
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- Which means it's the logical thing to do.
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- Then he says, "don't be conformed to this world but be
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- Transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may know what
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- Is the good and acceptable and perfect will of god."
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- You wanna know god's will?
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- Present yourself to him and don't be conformed to this
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- World, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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- How do you do that?
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- Fill it with scripture, and then you'll know god's will.
- 00:16:25.883 --> 00:16:29.954
- And what does he say about god's will?
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- "the good and acceptable will of god."
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- God's will is good, god's will is perfect.
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- Now sometimes, the lord says no to us.
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- When we wanna do something, he says no.
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- "oh, god's out to ruin my fun."
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- No, no, the bible says "no good thing will
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- He withhold from those that walk uprightly."
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- So if god says no, it's for your own good.
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- Now you're gonna have to live a few
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- Years to figure that out maybe.
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- Because you say, "oh no, i know better than god."
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- Well, you'll see, don't learn the hard way.
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- Maybe learn from the experience of others.
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- No plan of ours can improve on the will of god, we only see
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- Bits and pieces, he sees the whole.
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- He sees the past, the present, and the future
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- And its total context as related to eternity.
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- So don't be afraid to say, "not my will but yours be done."
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- So here's what you need to do.
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- You need to come to the lord say, "alright
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- Lord, here's the life you have given me.
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- Here are my plans, here are my aspirations, here are my dreams
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- Along with my weaknesses and shortcomings and sins.
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- I offer it all to you because i believe
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- Your plans are better than mine."
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- That's really what this is all about.
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- Number five, we need to give god
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- The glory for our life and health.
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- So whatever you've accomplished in life,
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- Or whatever you're about to accomplish in life,
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- Just remember god gave it to you.
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- There are some people that have done very well.
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- They might say, "i've done well, i've been shrewd,
- 00:18:04.348 --> 00:18:07.351
- I've invested well, i've saved, i pivoted at the
- 00:18:07.351 --> 00:18:10.788
- Right moment and done great in life."
- 00:18:10.788 --> 00:18:13.691
- Okay fantastic, but remember deuteronomy 8:18 says, "remember
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- The lord your god gave you the ability to produce wealth."
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- Okay, so whatever you've done, that's still a gift of god.
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- "yeah, but i worked hard."
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- God gave you the ability to work hard.
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- God gave you the breath in your lungs.
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- God has given you the beat of your heart.
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- The bible tells a story of king nebuchadnezzar ruling babylon,
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- Which at that moment historically was the most
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- Powerful kingdom on the face of the earth.
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- And it was a magnificent kingdom for sure.
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- There before nebuchadnezzar was all the glory
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- Of this community and city he had built.
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- One day he went out to his royal balcony
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- And he surveyed his mighty kingdom.
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- Before him rose the hanging gardens of babylon one of the
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- Ancient world seven wonders, stretched around babylon were
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- These huge walls that were 360 feet high, 87 feet thick, wide
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- Enough for six chariots to ride abreast.
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- He's checking it all out and he says, "check
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- Out this great city that i've built."
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- And the bible says, before he could finish the sentence, god
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- Brought his judgment on nebuchadnezzar.
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- He entered into a form of mental illness for a period of time,
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- Where he literally thought he was an animal.
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- He was on all fours.
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- God restored his sanity, and nebuchadnezzar
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- Turned to the lord and believed in him.
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- Remember, give god the glory for all that you have.
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- One final point, we need to do what god has called us to do.
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- We need to do what god has called
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- Us to do, look at verse 17.
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- "remember it's sin to know what you ought to do and not do it."
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- This is speaking of the sin of omission.
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- In the bible there is the sin of commission and omission.
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- Do you know the difference?
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- The sin of commission is what you do when you do what you
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- Shouldn't do, when you cross the line, when
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- You break the commandment, when you fall short
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- Of the standard, which is god's glory.
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- The sin of omission is when you know
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- To do right and you don't do it.
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- And i think christians are more guilty of the
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- Sin of omission than they realize.
- 00:20:33.764 --> 00:20:37.134
- "to him that knows to do good," verse 17,
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- "and yet does not do it, to him it is sin."
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- Let's take the gospel as an example.
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- We have been commanded by jesus to go into
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- All the world and preach the gospel.
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- That's what he says, "go into all this world, preach the
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- Gospel and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
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- Name of the father, son, and the holy spirit."
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- We say amen, great.
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- When is the last time you did it?
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- When is the last time you engaged
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- Someone in a gospel conversation?
- 00:21:06.297 --> 00:21:10.101
- Stats tell us that 95% of christians
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- Have never led another person to christ.
- 00:21:12.670 --> 00:21:18.109
- Two percent of churchgoers invited an unchurched person to
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- Church in the last year, two percent.
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- See, the problem for many of us is the great
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- Commission has become the great omission.
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- Let me say something that might sound
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- Controversial, but i think it's biblical and true.
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- It can be a sin to not share your faith with someone.
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- "well, you're wrong, greg.
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- You know, we should, we should, but it's not a sin--" hold on.
- 00:21:41.532 --> 00:21:44.602
- "to him that knows to do good and
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- Does not do it, to him it is sin."
- 00:21:46.570 --> 00:21:49.640
- Let me illustrate.
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- Let's say you're walking down the street and there's a house
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- On fire and someone says, "there's a child in there."
- 00:21:53.277 --> 00:21:56.814
- Now, i hope at the very least you will call 911.
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- Maybe you'll be a hero and try to run in
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- The burning house and save the child.
- 00:22:02.053 --> 00:22:04.388
- But if you just kept walking, oh, first you take a picture,
- 00:22:04.388 --> 00:22:07.725
- "gotta post that on social," and you keep walking, that's
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- Irresponsible, that's almost criminal.
- 00:22:13.431 --> 00:22:16.767
- Now we have a whole culture that needs to know god, and let me
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- Take a quick poll, how many of you believe the bible is true?
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- Raise your hand up, okay.
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- How many of you believe what the bible teaches about the
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- Afterlife and that there really is a heaven?
- 00:22:28.312 --> 00:22:30.715
- Raise your hand up.
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- How many of you believe that in this afterlife
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- There is also a hell and a future judgment?
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- Raise your hand up.
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- Okay, most of you raise your hand, here's my question now.
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- Why are we not doing more people to keep them from going to hell?
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- Because the bible actually tells us that we should seek to snatch
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- People from the flames of judgment.
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- You say, "oh gosh, greg, you know, i don't know.
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- I'm afraid i'll say the wrong thing, or i
- 00:22:58.743 --> 00:23:01.178
- Won't have an answer to their question."
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- Or yeah, okay, so?
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- I think you know more than you think you know.
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- And i think you might be surprised at what will pop into
- 00:23:10.321 --> 00:23:13.157
- Your mind and out of your mouth when you take a
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- Step of faith and say, "lord, use me."
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- In fact, you might be so good, you'll
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- Want to take notes on yourself.
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- Well, where'd that come from?
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- Well, you'd never know where it came from
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- If you don't take the step of faith.
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- And i suggest to you that there are times the lord
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- Has nudged you to engage that person.
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- You're walking along, there's some person sitting there on a
- 00:23:37.281 --> 00:23:40.751
- Bench all alone, they look sad and dejected.
- 00:23:40.751 --> 00:23:44.088
- And maybe the lord said, "just go over there
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- And tell 'em that they're loved by god."
- 00:23:45.623 --> 00:23:48.359
- "i don't wanna do that." why not?
- 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:50.294
- "well, what if they laugh at me?"
- 00:23:50.294 --> 00:23:51.629
- Yeah, well, what if they take an interest in what you're saying?
- 00:23:51.629 --> 00:23:56.367
- Let me take it a step further, what if
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- They wanna hear what you have to say?
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- What if they come to jesus christ?
- 00:24:00.337 --> 00:24:03.474
- How about that?
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- I'd rather take the risk and not have it go so well.
- 00:24:04.875 --> 00:24:08.345
- But many times it goes better than you may think it will.
- 00:24:08.345 --> 00:24:10.748
- And speaking of serving the lord, i believe
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- The lord leads us all the time to serve him.
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- You know, it's interesting the bible uses
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- Different kinds of phrases over 58 times.
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- Like love one another, care for one another,
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- Pray for one another, encourage one another,
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- Support one another, one another.
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- That's what it's all about.
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- Here's how you know you're maturing spiritually.
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- When it stops being about you
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- And it starts being about others.
- 00:24:38.209 --> 00:24:40.811
- Well instead of coming to church, you don't say, "what
- 00:24:40.811 --> 00:24:43.147
- About my needs," but instead you say, "i've been
- 00:24:43.147 --> 00:24:46.250
- So blessed by god, how can i serve the lord?"
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- And how do i serve god?
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- I serve god by serving other people.
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- Serving the lord by serving them, how can i help?
- 00:24:54.592 --> 00:24:57.895
- So, when we get up here and say, you know, we could use some help
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- In sunday school, or, well, we could use some folks helping us
- 00:25:00.731 --> 00:25:04.168
- In new convert counseling, or helping people
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- Find their seats, or park their cars, or, well, we
- 00:25:07.705 --> 00:25:11.141
- Could use some help over here or there.
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- And you say, "well, you know, here they are lord, send them."
- 00:25:13.110 --> 00:25:18.549
- And instead, i should be saying, "here i am lord, send me."
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- Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie. i've got some good news for you.
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- God loves you and god has a plan for your life.
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- Here's the problem, we're separated from god by our sin
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- Because we've all broken his commandments.
- 00:25:41.238 --> 00:25:44.074
- But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago god sent
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- His son, jesus christ, to die on the cross for your
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- Sin, and then to rise again from the dead.
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- The same jesus who died and rose is alive
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- And ready to come into your life right now.
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- Would you like your sin forgiven?
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- Would you like to know that when you die, you will go to heaven?
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- If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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- Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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- You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
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- I turn from my sin now, and i choose to
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- Follow you from this moment forward."
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- Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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- If you did, god in heaven has heard you and i wanna
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- Send you a new testament to start reading.
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- Announcer: you're invited to the 2026 harvest crusade
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- At angel stadium, saturday, july 11 with music from
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- Phil wickham.
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- ♪ run as fast as i can into your arms ♪
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- ♪ 'cause i was created to be where you are ♪
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- ♪ there's an ache in my heart ♪
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- Announcer: michael w. smith.
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- ♪ holy are you, lord god almighty ♪
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- Announcer: taya.
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- ♪ worship, worship ♪
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- ♪ worship the lord ♪
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- Announcer: kari jobe carnes and cody carnes.
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- ♪ who else is worthy? who else is worthy? ♪
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- Announcer: a message from pastor greg laurie and more.
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- The harvest crusade with greg laurie,
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- July 11 at angel stadium.
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- Go to harvest.org for more information.
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- Male: who's coming with me?
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