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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie - Just a Moment

August 11, 2025 | S25 E191 | 27:40

Greg Laurie - Just a Moment
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - Just a Moment | August 11, 2025
  • Greg laurie: so, here's what you need to do.
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  • You need to come to the lord say, "all right, lord, here's
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  • 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 your plans
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  • Are better than mine."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, the day when life begins ♪♪
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  • Greg: you know, one of the things that strikes me about
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  • Life is how quickly it passes.
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  • You know, when you're young, doesn't it seem as though life
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  • Moves at a snail's pace?
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  • I vividly remember being in elementary school bored
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  • 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 out of school.
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  • It seemed like i was in elementary school
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • Of his 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 seems as though
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  • It's speeding up.
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  • But 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 you order the
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  • Same thing off the menu and you come to church and you sit
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  • In the same seats 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 is not here today.
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  • Where are they?
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  • Someone is in their seat.
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  • We like routine.
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  • But when you're young you're more open to change
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  • And new opportunities.
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  • I read an article yesterday in the paper about signs
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  • 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.
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  • "how are you?
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  • Hey, good to see you."
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  • I don't remember their name and you're hoping they'll use
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  • Their name in the sentence.
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  • You're just waiting, just waiting, just say your name in
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  • Some way and they don't say it.
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  • "good to see you.
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  • See you next time."
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  • You start forgetting things like that.
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  • Here's another sign of aging, 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 want to 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 in the top 10.
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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 get
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  • 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 gonna pay for this later?"
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  • 'cause you throw your back out, it's a situation, right?
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  • Another sign of getting old, you fall asleep in front
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  • Of the tv every night.
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  • Just last night, i was watching something.
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  • I fell asleep.
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  • Cathe says to me, "greg, are you sleeping?"
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  • I'm like, "no," i was.
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  • Why do we deny it?
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  • It's not a sin to sleep unless you sleep all day, but,
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  • And 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, but that's a sign
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  • Of getting older.
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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.
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  • Like just stop, hurry.
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  • And you're always in a prius.
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  • You know, it's true.
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  • It's true.
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  • I'm 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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  • Jersey, get out.
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  • No, don't.
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  • You probably get much better mileage than the rest of us.
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  • So, 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.
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  • No do.
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  • 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 we wither
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  • 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,
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  • "oh, greg, come on.
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  • 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.
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  • And i hope you do and i hope you live that life well,
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  • But you never know, right.
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  • I read a true story, a tragic story about a singer,
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  • Richard versalle, aged 63,
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  • Singing at the metropolitan opera.
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  • He climbed up on a ladder for a scene and he was singing
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  • These lyrics.
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  • "too bad you can only live so long."
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  • Then he had a heart attack and died on the stage
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  • 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.
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  • Too bad.
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  • But the brevity of life is what james is addressing now.
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  • And the 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,
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  • We're gonna go to a certain town and stay there a year.
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  • We'll 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 own pretentious plans
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  • And all such boasting is evil.
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  • Remember," james says, "it is a sin to know what you ought
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  • 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 notes, life is short live
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  • It well.
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  • Life is short, live it well.
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  • James asked in verse 14, "how do you know what your life will be
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  • Like tomorrow?"
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  • Really what james is asking is, what kind of life
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  • Are you living?
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  • What are you doing with this precious gift called life
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  • Right now?
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  • It's an important question to answer because life
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  • 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, 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."
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  • 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 to successful
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  • Christian business people, those who had done quite well.
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  • He's commending them for it, but he's also reminding them to keep
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  • 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 for the future,
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  • 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 and actually
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  • It's very spiritual to plan.
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  • Proverbs 66 says, "take a lesson 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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  • And check out the ants before you step on them.
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  • They work hard.
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  • 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 nation there's
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  • 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
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  • Of 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 of employment
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  • Opportunities out there.
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  • It's getting hard for a lot of folks out there to find people
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  • To come and work.
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  • And we're losing that very principle our nation
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  • 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, but you should be the
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  • 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 honor to god
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  • 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, i don't need
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  • A preacher, i need a godly surgeon who knows
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  • 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.
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  • In building and 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 do, to work hard
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  • And to honor god.
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  • But the problem with these folks, james is addressing is,
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  • They're 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 will
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  • At the forefront of your life."
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  • Greg: you know, the book of jonah is
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  • A story of a man who was called by god
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  • To do something and did not want to do it.
  • 00:11:32.501 --> 00:11:35.271
  • Of course, if we think about the whale in the story
  • 00:11:35.271 --> 00:11:37.606
  • Of the book of jonah and he has like three verses.
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  • But the rest of the book is about a man who was called
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  • To go to people he did not wanna go to with a message
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  • He did not wanna bring.
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  • Here's my question for you.
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  • Is there someone in your life that it's really hard for you
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  • To talk to?
  • 00:11:51.721 --> 00:11:53.055
  • It might your parents, it might be your children,
  • 00:11:53.055 --> 00:11:56.158
  • Your teenage children.
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  • It might be your siblings, it might be your spouse
  • 00:11:57.493 --> 00:12:01.097
  • And it 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 because, listen,
  • 00:12:09.171 --> 00:12:12.708
  • There is power in the gospel.
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  • Try to engage someone in a conversation
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  • About jesus today.
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  • Greg: i'm excited to announce that here at harvest
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  • We've partnered with our friends at freewill.
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  • We're doing here at harvest ministries.
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  • So as you make your plans, i hope you'll consider
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  • Investing in this ministry so we can continue
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  • To preach the gospel and teach the word of god
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  • For years to come.
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  • You can learn more at freewill.com/harvest.
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  • Greg: it should be the joy,
  • 00:12:56.485 --> 00:12:57.820
  • It should be the delight,
  • 00:12:57.820 --> 00:12:59.188
  • It should be the desire of every christian to do god's will.
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  • When a person is truly converted.
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  • And by that, i mean, when a person is truly come
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  • Into a relationship with christ, it will be reflected in the way
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  • That they live.
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  • Starting with the repentance from sin, there'll be
  • 00:13:14.670 --> 00:13:17.873
  • A humility there.
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  • 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.
  • 00:13:23.846 --> 00:13:27.650
  • And so this is the point that james is making is remember
  • 00:13:27.650 --> 00:13:31.320
  • To factor the lord in everything that you do.
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  • By the way, when we talk about the will of god, there are
  • 00:13:34.590 --> 00:13:37.893
  • Certain things in the bible that are clearly god's will
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  • 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?
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  • That's god's will for you.
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  • Ephesians 5:17 says, "don't act thoughtlessly, understand what
  • 00:13:55.778 --> 00:13:59.782
  • 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."
  • 00:14:05.221 --> 00:14:09.191
  • And by the way, in the original language, that's a command.
  • 00:14:09.191 --> 00:14:12.261
  • So god is saying, "i command you to be filled with
  • 00:14:12.261 --> 00:14:15.497
  • The holy spirit."
  • 00:14:15.497 --> 00:14:16.899
  • And then also in the greek, it speaks of something
  • 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:19.568
  • That's continuous meaning, do it over and over again.
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  • So god is saying, i command you to be filled with
  • 00:14:23.138 --> 00:14:26.809
  • The holy spirit again and again and again.
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  • So a great way to start your day, maybe when you're still
  • 00:14:29.178 --> 00:14:32.882
  • Laying in bed, you just say, "lord fill me with
  • 00:14:32.882 --> 00:14:34.817
  • The holy spirit today."
  • 00:14:34.817 --> 00:14:36.685
  • Give me all the power that i need.
  • 00:14:36.685 --> 00:14:38.687
  • Number two, god wants you to be holy and as a result,
  • 00:14:38.687 --> 00:14:42.758
  • Sexually pure.
  • 00:14:42.758 --> 00:14:44.493
  • 1 thessalonians 4:3 says, "god's will for you is to be holy,
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  • So stay away from all sexual sin.
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  • Then each of you would control his own body and live
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  • In holiness and honor, not in lustful passions
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  • Like the nonbelievers who do not know god."
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  • Okay, what does this mean?
  • 00:15:01.577 --> 00:15:03.779
  • Pretty clear, no premarital sex, no extramarital 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.
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  • End of story, that's it.
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  • Not a man and a man, not a woman and a woman.
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  • Not a man who wants to become a woman or a woman who wants
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  • To become a man.
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  • No, god's order is a man and a woman in marriage faithful
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  • To each other for life.
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  • Anything outside of that is not god's will.
  • 00:15:35.010 --> 00:15:41.050
  • Here's another one.
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  • God calls each and every one of us to pray and give thanks.
  • 00:15:42.418 --> 00:15:47.423
  • 1 thessalonians 5:17 says, "pray without ceasing.
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  • In everything give thanks for this is the will of god
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  • 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,
  • 00:16:01.403 --> 00:16:05.240
  • You need to present yourself to god each and every day.
  • 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:09.111
  • This is based on romans 12:1 and 2 where paul says,
  • 00:16:09.111 --> 00:16:12.948
  • "i urge you therefore brothers by the mercies of god
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  • That you present your bodies."
  • 00:16:16.452 --> 00:16:18.454
  • And that means your total being your personality, your will,
  • 00:16:18.454 --> 00:16:22.224
  • Your future.
  • 00:16:22.224 --> 00:16:23.559
  • "present your bodies to god as a living sacrifice wholly
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  • And acceptable, which is your reasonable service," which means
  • 00:16:27.696 --> 00:16:31.200
  • It's the logical thing to do.
  • 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:33.168
  • Then he says, "don't be conformed to this world, but be
  • 00:16:33.168 --> 00:16:36.705
  • Transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may know
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  • What is the good and acceptable and perfect will of god."
  • 00:16:41.543 --> 00:16:46.115
  • You wanna know god's will?
  • 00:16:46.115 --> 00:16:47.583
  • Present yourself to him and don't be conformed to
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  • This world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
  • 00:16:52.521 --> 00:16:56.392
  • How do you do that?
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  • Fill it with scripture and then you'll know god's will.
  • 00:16:57.726 --> 00:17:01.530
  • And what does he say about god's will?
  • 00:17:01.530 --> 00:17:03.032
  • The good and acceptable will of god.
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  • God's will is good.
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  • God's will is perfect.
  • 00:17:07.503 --> 00:17:10.572
  • Now, sometimes the lord says no to us.
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  • When we want to do something, he says, no.
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  • Oh god's out to ruin my fun.
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  • No, no.
  • 00:17:19.248 --> 00:17:20.616
  • The bible says, "no good thing will he withhold from those
  • 00:17:20.616 --> 00:17:23.585
  • That walk uprightly."
  • 00:17:23.585 --> 00:17:24.920
  • So if god says no, it's for your own good.
  • 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:28.023
  • Now you're gonna have to live a few years to figure that out
  • 00:17:28.023 --> 00:17:30.459
  • Maybe because you say, "oh no, i know better than god."
  • 00:17:30.459 --> 00:17:33.362
  • Well, you'll see, don't learn the hard way.
  • 00:17:33.362 --> 00:17:36.498
  • Maybe learn from the experience of others.
  • 00:17:36.498 --> 00:17:39.835
  • No plan of ours can improve on the will of god.
  • 00:17:39.835 --> 00:17:42.371
  • We only see bits and pieces.
  • 00:17:42.371 --> 00:17:44.273
  • He sees the whole, he sees the past, the present,
  • 00:17:44.273 --> 00:17:47.810
  • And the future in its total context as related to eternity.
  • 00:17:47.810 --> 00:17:53.182
  • So don't be afraid to say not my will but yours be done.
  • 00:17:53.182 --> 00:17:58.720
  • So here's what you need to do.
  • 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.322
  • You need to come to the lord say, "all right, lord,
  • 00:18:00.322 --> 00:18:03.625
  • Here's the life you have given me.
  • 00:18:03.625 --> 00:18:05.894
  • Here are my plans.
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  • Here are my aspirations.
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  • Here are my dreams along with my weaknesses
  • 00:18:09.698 --> 00:18:13.602
  • And shortcomings and sins.
  • 00:18:13.602 --> 00:18:15.404
  • I offer it all to you because i believe your plans
  • 00:18:15.404 --> 00:18:19.441
  • Are better than mine."
  • 00:18:19.441 --> 00:18:21.143
  • That's really what this is all about.
  • 00:18:21.143 --> 00:18:22.511
  • Number five, we need to give god the glory for our life
  • 00:18:22.511 --> 00:18:25.314
  • And health.
  • 00:18:25.314 --> 00:18:26.682
  • So whatever you've accomplished in life or whatever you're about
  • 00:18:26.682 --> 00:18:30.486
  • To accomplish in life, just remember god gave it to you.
  • 00:18:30.486 --> 00:18:33.589
  • There are some people that have done very well.
  • 00:18:33.589 --> 00:18:36.058
  • They might say, "i've done well.
  • 00:18:36.058 --> 00:18:37.726
  • I've been shrewd, i've invested well, i've saved,
  • 00:18:37.726 --> 00:18:42.131
  • I pivoted at the right moment and done great in life."
  • 00:18:42.131 --> 00:18:45.367
  • Okay, fantastic.
  • 00:18:45.367 --> 00:18:47.436
  • But remember deuteronomy 8:18 says, "remember the lord
  • 00:18:47.436 --> 00:18:50.706
  • Your god gave you the ability to produce wealth."
  • 00:18:50.706 --> 00:18:54.610
  • Okay, so whatever you've done, that's still a gift of god.
  • 00:18:54.610 --> 00:18:57.813
  • "you know, but i worked hard."
  • 00:18:57.813 --> 00:18:59.148
  • God gave you the ability to work hard.
  • 00:18:59.148 --> 00:19:00.716
  • God gave you the breath in your lungs.
  • 00:19:00.716 --> 00:19:03.552
  • God is giving you the beat of your heart.
  • 00:19:03.552 --> 00:19:07.389
  • The bible tells the story of king nebuchadnezzar ruling
  • 00:19:07.389 --> 00:19:11.260
  • Babylon, which at that moment historically, was the most
  • 00:19:11.260 --> 00:19:14.563
  • Powerful kingdom on the face of the earth and it was
  • 00:19:14.563 --> 00:19:17.599
  • A magnificent kingdom for sure.
  • 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.570
  • There before nebuchadnezzar was all the glory of this community
  • 00:19:21.570 --> 00:19:27.509
  • And city he had built.
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  • One day he went out to his royal balcony and he surveyed
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  • His mighty kingdom.
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  • Before him rose the hanging gardens of babylon.
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  • One of the ancient world's seven wonders stretched around babylon
  • 00:19:36.752 --> 00:19:42.257
  • Where these huge walls that were 360ft high, 87ft thick
  • 00:19:42.257 --> 00:19:48.197
  • Wide enough for six chariots to ride abreast.
  • 00:19:48.197 --> 00:19:51.500
  • He's checking it all out and he says, "check out this great city
  • 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:55.737
  • That i've built."
  • 00:19:55.737 --> 00:19:57.539
  • And the bible says before he could finish the sentence,
  • 00:19:57.539 --> 00:20:01.944
  • God brought his judgment on nebuchadnezzar.
  • 00:20:01.944 --> 00:20:04.880
  • He entered into a form of mental illness for a period of time
  • 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.684
  • 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 turned to
  • 00:20:13.021 --> 00:20:16.758
  • The lord and believed in him.
  • 00:20:16.758 --> 00:20:18.160
  • Remember, give god the glory for all that you have.
  • 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:20.729
  • One final point.
  • 00:20:20.729 --> 00:20:22.364
  • We need to do what god has called us to do.
  • 00:20:22.364 --> 00:20:28.170
  • Look at verse 17, "remember it's sin to know what you ought to do
  • 00:20:25.901 --> 00:20:33.642
  • And not do it."
  • 00:20:33.642 --> 00:20:36.278
  • This is speaking of the sin of omission.
  • 00:20:36.278 --> 00:20:39.281
  • In the bible, there is a sin of commission and omission.
  • 00:20:39.281 --> 00:20:42.784
  • Do you know the difference?
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  • The sin of commission is what you do when you do what
  • 00:20:44.653 --> 00:20:48.724
  • You shouldn't do, when you cross the line, when you break
  • 00:20:48.724 --> 00:20:51.960
  • The commandment, when you fall short of the standard,
  • 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:54.896
  • Which is god's glory.
  • 00:20:54.896 --> 00:20:56.632
  • The sin of omission is when you know to do right
  • 00:20:56.632 --> 00:20:59.701
  • And you don't do it.
  • 00:20:59.701 --> 00:21:02.204
  • And i think christians are more guilty of the sin of omission
  • 00:21:02.204 --> 00:21:07.042
  • Than they realize.
  • 00:21:07.042 --> 00:21:08.710
  • "to him that knows to do good," verse 17, "and yet does not do
  • 00:21:08.710 --> 00:21:13.715
  • It, to him it is sin."
  • 00:21:13.715 --> 00:21:15.651
  • Let's take the gospel as an example.
  • 00:21:15.651 --> 00:21:19.221
  • We have been commanded by jesus
  • 00:21:19.221 --> 00:21:21.189
  • To go into all the world and preach the gospel.
  • 00:21:21.189 --> 00:21:23.925
  • That's what he says.
  • 00:21:23.925 --> 00:21:25.294
  • "go into all this world, preach the gospel and make disciples
  • 00:21:25.294 --> 00:21:27.929
  • Of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father,
  • 00:21:27.929 --> 00:21:31.166
  • Son, and the holy spirit."
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  • We say, "amen," great.
  • 00:21:32.834 --> 00:21:34.169
  • When's the last time you did it?
  • 00:21:34.169 --> 00:21:36.204
  • When's the last time you engaged someone
  • 00:21:36.204 --> 00:21:39.174
  • In a gospel conversation?
  • 00:21:39.174 --> 00:21:41.610
  • Stats tell us that 95% of christians have never led
  • 00:21:41.610 --> 00:21:45.113
  • Another person to christ.
  • 00:21:45.113 --> 00:21:49.651
  • Two percent of churchgoers invited an unchurched person
  • 00:21:49.651 --> 00:21:53.288
  • To church in the last year.
  • 00:21:53.288 --> 00:21:54.890
  • Two percent.
  • 00:21:54.890 --> 00:21:56.224
  • See, the problem for many of us is the great commission
  • 00:21:56.224 --> 00:21:59.094
  • Has become the great omission.
  • 00:21:59.094 --> 00:22:00.962
  • Let me say something that might sound controversial,
  • 00:22:00.962 --> 00:22:04.466
  • But i think it's biblical and true.
  • 00:22:04.466 --> 00:22:06.601
  • It can be a sin to not share your faith with someone.
  • 00:22:06.601 --> 00:22:11.707
  • "well, you're wrong greg, you know we should, we should.
  • 00:22:11.707 --> 00:22:13.942
  • But it's not a sin."
  • 00:22:13.942 --> 00:22:15.277
  • Hold on.
  • 00:22:15.277 --> 00:22:16.611
  • "to him that knows to do good and does not do it,
  • 00:22:16.611 --> 00:22:19.614
  • To him it is sin."
  • 00:22:19.614 --> 00:22:21.316
  • Let me illustrate.
  • 00:22:21.316 --> 00:22:22.651
  • Let's say you're walking on the street and there's a house
  • 00:22:22.651 --> 00:22:24.920
  • On fire and someone says, "there's a child in there."
  • 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:28.190
  • Now, i hope at the very least you will call 911.
  • 00:22:28.190 --> 00:22:31.360
  • Maybe you'll be a hero and try to run in the burning house
  • 00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:34.529
  • And save the child.
  • 00:22:34.529 --> 00:22:35.897
  • But if you just kept walking, oh, first you take a picture,
  • 00:22:35.897 --> 00:22:38.900
  • Gotta post that on social and you keep walking,
  • 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:44.639
  • That's irresponsible.
  • 00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:46.074
  • That's almost criminal.
  • 00:22:46.074 --> 00:22:48.176
  • Now, we have a whole culture that needs to know god.
  • 00:22:48.176 --> 00:22:51.713
  • And let me take a quick poll.
  • 00:22:51.713 --> 00:22:53.348
  • How many of you believe the bible is true?
  • 00:22:53.348 --> 00:22:55.484
  • Raise your hand up, okay.
  • 00:22:55.484 --> 00:22:57.185
  • How many of you believe what the bible teaches about
  • 00:22:57.185 --> 00:22:59.788
  • The afterlife and that there really is a heaven?
  • 00:22:59.788 --> 00:23:02.324
  • Raise your hand up.
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  • How many of you believe that in this afterlife there is also
  • 00:23:03.692 --> 00:23:06.561
  • A hell and a future judgment?
  • 00:23:06.561 --> 00:23:08.430
  • Raise your hand up.
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  • Okay, most of you raised your hand.
  • 00:23:09.765 --> 00:23:11.266
  • Here's my question now.
  • 00:23:11.266 --> 00:23:14.302
  • 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
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  • To snatch people from the flames of judgment.
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  • You say, "oh gosh, greg, you know, i don't know, i'm afraid
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  • I'll say the wrong thing or i won't have an answer
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  • To their question or yeah, okay."
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  • So?
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  • I think you know more than you think you know, and i think you
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  • Might be surprised at what will pop into your mind and out
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  • Of your mouth when you take a step of faith and say,
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  • "lord, use me."
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  • In fact, you might be so good, you'll want to take notes
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  • On yourself.
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  • Well, where did that come from?
  • 00:23:55.544 --> 00:23:57.813
  • Well, you'd never know where it came from if you don't take
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  • 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 or some person sitting there on a bench,
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  • All alone.
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  • They look sad and dejected and maybe the lord said,
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  • Just go over there and tell them that they're loved by god.
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  • I wanna do that.
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  • Why not?
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  • Well, what if they laugh at me?
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  • Yeah.
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  • Well, what if they take an interest in what you're saying?
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  • Let me take it a step further.
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  • What if they wanna hear what you have to say?
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  • What if they come to jesus christ?
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  • How about that?
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  • I'd rather take the risk and not have it go so well.
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  • But many times it goes better than you may think it will.
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  • And speaking of serving the lord, i believe the lord
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  • Leads us all the time to serve him.
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  • You know, it's interesting,
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  • The bible uses different kinds of phrases over 58 times like
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  • Love one another, care for one another, pray for one another,
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  • Encourage one another, 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: when
  • 00:25:04.212 --> 00:25:07.015
  • It stops being about you and it starts being about others.
  • 00:25:07.015 --> 00:25:12.254
  • Well, instead of coming to church, you don't say,
  • 00:25:12.254 --> 00:25:14.489
  • "what about my needs?"
  • 00:25:14.489 --> 00:25:16.391
  • But instead you say, "i've been so blessed by god,
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  • 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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  • Greg: hi, my name is greg laurie.
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  • I started searching for god at a very young age, and my search
  • 00:25:30.772 --> 00:25:35.944
  • Led me into a lot of wrong directions including drug use
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  • That i almost destroyed my life completely.
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  • But someone told me about jesus christ and it changed
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  • My life forever.
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  • And i want you to know that whatever course your life is on
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  • Right now, it can change if you realize there's a god in heaven
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  • Who loves you and he has a plan for your life.
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  • I prayed this prayer to ask jesus into my life
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  • At the age of 17, but here i am at the age of 70,
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  • And i can tell you i made the best choice i ever could make.
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  • You can make that same choice yourself.
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  • You could just say, "jesus help me.
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  • Forgive me of my sin.
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  • I wanna go to heaven when i die.
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  • I want a relationship with you."
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  • If you would pray a prayer like that, god will hear you
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  • And answer you.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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  • Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
  • 00:26:33.335 --> 00:26:36.738
  • Unexpected message.
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  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
  • 00:26:42.777 --> 00:26:47.248
  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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  • Country through this television program, they also help us to
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  • Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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  • Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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  • Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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  • In lahaina on the island of maui.
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  • And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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  • Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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  • Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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  • Great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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