{"id":347,"date":"2020-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/065-shane-smith-tackling-doubt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:23:56","slug":"065-shane-smith-tackling-doubt","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/065-shane-smith-tackling-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"065: Shane Smith – Tackling Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is an exhortation given at the Mt. Waverly Ecclesia in Australia by Bro. Shane Smith titled, \u201cTackling Doubt\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to the good Christian
\ntalks podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi and I’m Chris.
\nThank you so much for joining us<\/p>\n

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\nthis week on this podcast.
\nWe select one taco week to help <\/p>\n

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\nWe post at the start of each
\nweek for you to listen. <\/p>\n

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\nWith a short intro before hand
\nto kind of set the stage for the<\/p>\n

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\nYou’re about to hear and now <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s hear more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nFor this week.
\nWe’re listening to an <\/p>\n

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\nextrication.
\nThat was another recommendation <\/p>\n

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\ngiven to us an excitation.
\nThat was given by Shane Smith at<\/p>\n

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\nthe Mount Waverley occlusion,
\nMelbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not sure exactly what year
\nthis excitation was given but it<\/p>\n

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\nwas a recommendation.
\nWe got a few months back and <\/p>\n

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\nfinally was able to listen to it
\nand really enjoyed it. <\/p>\n

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\nThe topic of this excitation is
\ntackling doubt brother Shane <\/p>\n

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\ndoes a really good job of
\nbreaking down what doubt can do <\/p>\n

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\nto us taking a look at that, you
\nknow once doubt is allowed to <\/p>\n

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\nenter into your mind you Or to
\nfeel doubt doubt is seated in a <\/p>\n

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\nfear fear of not knowing or not
\ndoing the right thing or not <\/p>\n

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\nknowing what you’re supposed to
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd once you have that fear, our
\nown human instinct is in to take<\/p>\n

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\nsteps to preserve ourselves kind
\nof self-preservation kicks in <\/p>\n

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\nand once that kicks in then you
\nstart looking for ways to kind <\/p>\n

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\nof prevent or solve your doubt
\nyourself and he looks at several<\/p>\n

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\nbiblical examples starting right
\nfrom the in the garden talking <\/p>\n

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\nabout how that you know, the
\nserpent introduced doubt into <\/p>\n

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\nEve’s mind about whether whether
\nor not what God had told Adam <\/p>\n

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\nand Eve was true.
\nAnd once she saw that doubt then<\/p>\n

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\nshe started to act on it and it
\ncaused the the downfall and then<\/p>\n

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\nlooks at multiple other Biblical
\ncharacters how that just a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle entering of Doubt has
\nsignificant impact on them and <\/p>\n

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\nkind of steers the course of
\ntheir life brother Shan with his<\/p>\n

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\nwith his exhortation is focusing
\non What that doubt can do to us,<\/p>\n

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\nyou know, whether it’s being
\nuncertain about where you stand <\/p>\n

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\nwith with friends or in a Social
\nCircle or being uncertain about <\/p>\n

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\nwork or doubting whether or not
\nyou’re able to do what you need <\/p>\n

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\nto do.
\nIt’s something that we all <\/p>\n

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\nstruggle with at various points.
\nSometimes it’s that little <\/p>\n

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\nnagging feeling in the back of
\nyour mind that you can’t quite <\/p>\n

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\nput your finger on why you feel
\nuncertain but it’s there and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a it’s a human failing we
\nall suffer with it and Shane. <\/p>\n

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\nOther chains excitation when
\nhe’s going through this points <\/p>\n

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\nout that rather than letting
\nthat doubt control us and steer <\/p>\n

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\nus that instead when we feeling
\nthat doubt and then you feel <\/p>\n

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\nthat fear of not knowing how
\nyou’re going to deal with the <\/p>\n

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\ndoubt.
\nIt’s that you’re feeling is <\/p>\n

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\ninstead to kind of take a lesson
\nfrom Paul and instead throw our <\/p>\n

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\ndoubts before God and feel the
\nconfidence that we know that God<\/p>\n

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\nis working in our lives that he
\nhas a larger plan going. <\/p>\n

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\nOn for us for each of us
\nindividually and for the world <\/p>\n

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\nas a whole and that if we can
\ntrust in God even when something<\/p>\n

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\nseems uncertain but knowing that
\nit’s going to work out in a way <\/p>\n

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\nthat makes sense in a way that
\nworks for his good and will as <\/p>\n

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\nlong as we’re striving to follow
\nafter him will lead to us being <\/p>\n

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\nin the Kingdom.
\nThen it allows us to banish <\/p>\n

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\nthose doubts and as Paul was
\ndoing to be able to speak boldly<\/p>\n

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\nand clearly and confidently.
\nGod and trusting in Him beyond <\/p>\n

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\nwhat any human person would say
\nhas we have any right to do so, <\/p>\n

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\nthis was a really awesome
\nexcitation. <\/p>\n

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\nLike I said, when I it was
\nrecommended a few months back <\/p>\n

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\nand we got around to listening
\nto it. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a really good one.
\nSo I’m excited to share this one<\/p>\n

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\nwith you.
\nAnd as this one should be <\/p>\n

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\ngetting published a little bit
\nafter the first of the year. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we wanted to have this one is
\nsomething especially with kind <\/p>\n

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\nof the popular thing with It’s
\nthe start of a new year is to do<\/p>\n

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\nNew Year’s resolutions to try to
\nrefocus yourself for the coming <\/p>\n

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\nyears.
\nAnd I know sometimes when I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nlooked back at the years passed
\nit kind of can lead to doubt and<\/p>\n

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\nquestioning where you were
\ncoming from and where you’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing and so I this was I
\nthought was a really good one to<\/p>\n

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\nsort of focus on in the coming
\nyear driving and focusing that <\/p>\n

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\nthe hope and the faith that we
\nhave in God will overpower any <\/p>\n

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\nfear doubt that we might have so
\nwith that. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll turn it over to brother
\nShane Smith for his exhortation.<\/p>\n

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\nin tackling doubt Well, it was
\nthere in the beginning. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it was lightened.
\nAnd it was there nevertheless. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it only took one question to
\nbring it to the surface in Eve’s<\/p>\n

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\nmind.
\nIf you cast your mind back to <\/p>\n

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\nthe serpent in in back in Eden,
\nthe serpent had asked Eve hath. <\/p>\n

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\nGod said ye shall not eat of
\nevery tree of the garden to <\/p>\n

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\nachieve had responded.
\nWe may eat of the Trees of the <\/p>\n

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\ngarden, but of the fruit of the
\ntree, which is in the midst of <\/p>\n

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\nthe garden God has said You
\nshall not eat of it. <\/p>\n

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\nNeither.
\nShall ye? <\/p>\n

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\nTouch it lest you die.
\nAnd then the serpent made a <\/p>\n

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\nstatement to challenged.
\nHe’s thinking he said you will <\/p>\n

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\nnot surely die.
\nAnd he introduced the line of <\/p>\n

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\nreasoning that had two things it
\nappealed to her senses to be <\/p>\n

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\ngratified.
\nAnd created doubt about what God<\/p>\n

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\nhad said.
\nAnd the more she gave her mind <\/p>\n

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\nto the erroneous thinking of the
\nserpent the less the truth of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat God Said had any impact.
\nAnd doubt became disbelief. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd disbelief became rejection.
\nAnd she reached out and she took<\/p>\n

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\nof that fruit.
\nBut for Adam there was no doubt.<\/p>\n

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\nHe simply hearken unto the voice
\nof his wife and rejected the <\/p>\n

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\ncommand of his God.
\nAnd since creation nearly every <\/p>\n

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\nhuman identity will wrestle with
\ndoubt of one form of an era or <\/p>\n

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\nanother insecurity about one
\nthing and grasping of another <\/p>\n

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\nthing.
\nThey D more credible. <\/p>\n

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\nPrimarily because we allow the
\nseed of a diverse form of <\/p>\n

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\nthinking to be planted in our
\nmind. and The Offspring of doubt<\/p>\n

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\nis fear and When We Fear the
\nnext step is self-preservation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd suddenly we found ourselves
\nmaking immediate decisions to <\/p>\n

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\nremedy the problem to allay our
\nfear. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Adam said I heard thy voice
\nin the garden and I was afraid <\/p>\n

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\nbecause I was naked and I hid
\nmyself you see his fear led to <\/p>\n

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\nself-preservation.
\nThe problem is in most cases <\/p>\n

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\nthose immediate decisions lack
\nwisdom. that truth and then that<\/p>\n

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\nGod Like Us.
\nLet me come to the meaning of <\/p>\n

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\nthe word Doubtfire expresses the
\nmeaning of the word doubt this <\/p>\n

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\nway to be at variance with
\noneself to hesitate. <\/p>\n

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\nStrong’s puts it this way to
\nseparate thoroughly to withdraw <\/p>\n

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\nfrom or by implication to
\noppose. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he adds to be partial to
\nstagger or to waiver. <\/p>\n

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\nSo then come over to Genesis
\nchapter 15 and let’s see how the<\/p>\n

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\nmeanings of these takes us
\neffect in the life of Abraham <\/p>\n

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\nand Sarah.
\nIn Genesis chapter 15 and verse <\/p>\n

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\n4 Abraham is in discussion with
\nGod about the seed. <\/p>\n

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\nHe promised and God stated in
\nverse 4 that Eliezer shall not <\/p>\n

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\nbe thine Heir but the seed would
\ncome of his own bowels and we <\/p>\n

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\nread in verse 6 and Abraham
\nbelieved in Yahweh and he <\/p>\n

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\ncounted it to him for
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words.
\nThere was no doubt in Abraham’s <\/p>\n

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\nmind.
\nBut God will give him a seed. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when Ibraham in part of this
\ninformation to Sarah when no <\/p>\n

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\nseed came she doubted.
\nAnd more than that she <\/p>\n

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\ndisbelieved.
\nAnd finally, she blamed God for <\/p>\n

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\nher plight.
\nIf you have a look at chapter 16<\/p>\n

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\nverse 1 and 2.
\nNecessary. <\/p>\n

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\nI Abraham’s wife bear him.
\nNo children, and she didn’t hand<\/p>\n

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\nmaid an Egyptian whose name was
\nHagar and Sarah. <\/p>\n

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\nI said unto Abraham behold.
\nYahweh hath restrained me from <\/p>\n

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\nbearing.
\nI pray thee go in unto my made. <\/p>\n

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\nIt may be that I may obtain
\nchildren by her. and so we find <\/p>\n

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\nself-preservation led to the
\nsolving of a problem her way <\/p>\n

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\ngoing on to Hagar my maid you
\nsee the problem was when it came<\/p>\n

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\nto Sir II it was all about her.
\nShe said go in and says that I <\/p>\n

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\nmay be builded. by her the
\nproblem lies with the self and <\/p>\n

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\nwhen you come chapter 18 and
\nverse 9 when Sarah was no longer<\/p>\n

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\nable to conceive then the angel
\ncame confirming the promise. <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 18 and verse 9 and they
\nsaid unto him. <\/p>\n

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\nWhere is Sarah?
\nThy wife cheese in the in the <\/p>\n

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\ntent and he said I will turn
\nunto thee the time of life and <\/p>\n

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\nSarah.
\nThy wife shall have a son. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd she heard in the tent door
\nand verse 12. <\/p>\n

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\nShe laughed.
\nShe laughed with herself saying <\/p>\n

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\nafter I am waxed old shall I
\nhave pleasure my Lord being old <\/p>\n

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\nalso.
\nShe doubted she disbelieved. <\/p>\n

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\nShe feared.
\nAnd she said I laugh not she <\/p>\n

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\npreserved herself.
\nBut in essence the angel came <\/p>\n

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\nalong to Sarah and held a mirror
\nup to her face that impelled her<\/p>\n

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\nto take a reflective.
\nLook at her character and her <\/p>\n

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\nprevailing attitude for the past
\n20 years. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s when you come over chapter
\n21. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read from verse 1 and 2.
\nAnd Yahweh visited Sarah as he <\/p>\n

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\nhad said and the Lord said unto
\nSarah will did under Siri as he <\/p>\n

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\nhad spoken for Sarah conceived
\nand bare Abram son in his old <\/p>\n

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\nage at the set time which God
\nhad spoken unto him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what was the inhibition could
\nnot God have given her <\/p>\n

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\nconception 20 years earlier.
\nBut of course he could but <\/p>\n

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\nSarah’s doubt and disbelief was
\nher own problem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd for all those years she
\nthought it was too hard for God <\/p>\n

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\nto do the impossible.
\nIt was just too hard for him. <\/p>\n

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\nBut God will not interfere with
\nhuman will. to accomplish his <\/p>\n

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\npurpose What brought about the
\nMind change? <\/p>\n

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\nThen finally remove all down.
\nWell Hebrews tells us that was <\/p>\n

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\nall about faith.
\nFaith in the promised seed but <\/p>\n

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\nyou can see a distinct mindset
\nchange when you come and see in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 2 for Sarah conceived and
\nbare Abraham a son. <\/p>\n

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\nDo you remember the other verses
\nwe looked at you says that I <\/p>\n

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\nmight be builded by my servant
\nnow she says in verse 2. <\/p>\n

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\nI am she says she’s born that
\nthe child unto Abraham and we <\/p>\n

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\nread verse for Abraham
\ncircumcised. <\/p>\n

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\nHis son Isaac being eight days
\nold as God had commanded him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Abraham was 100 years old.
\nWhen his son Isaac was born unto<\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nYou see him mindsets now changed<\/p>\n

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\nthe promise was to Abraham.
\nShe thought that she could be <\/p>\n

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\nbuilding which is I understand
\nthat this was the child of <\/p>\n

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\npromise.
\nIt was promised to Abraham when <\/p>\n

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\nshe finally stopped trying to
\nwrestle with God. <\/p>\n

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\nShe eliminated all doubt.
\nShe said I knew all I had to do <\/p>\n

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\nwas just trust in God.
\nIt was all about faith. <\/p>\n

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\nFaith in the fact that nothing
\nwas too hard for the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nShe had to test him.
\nAnd it took 20 years brothers <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters for her to overcome
\nthat doubt and disbelief before <\/p>\n

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\nshe finally reached exactly the
\nsame position as her husband <\/p>\n

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\nwhen right in the beginning
\nAbraham believed God and it was <\/p>\n

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\ncounted unto him for
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nNow doesn’t that say an awful
\nlot about their relationship? <\/p>\n

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\nDid it the beginning when
\nIbraham believed? <\/p>\n

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\nand his wife didn’t Abraham
\ndidn’t take the heavy-handed <\/p>\n

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\ndominant role.
\nLook Sarah. <\/p>\n

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\nYou just going to have to get
\nthis sorted out in your mind. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t know why you don’t we
\ndoubt God. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re going to have to learn to
\ntrust him. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can’t resolve this your own
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nYou simply don’t have enough
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nIs that leadership in a
\nrelationship? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it understanding of his wife?
\nHello Abraham spoken to Sarah <\/p>\n

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\nlike that would have helped her
\nin her course. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know the father operated
\nlike this like so with us he <\/p>\n

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\nwould lose in an instant the
\nvery thing he desires of us. our<\/p>\n

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\nwilling submission and for 20
\nyears or thereabouts Abraham <\/p>\n

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\npatiently demonstrated the
\nexample of faith. of trust until<\/p>\n

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\nhis wife finally understood and
\nshe conceived in faith. <\/p>\n

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\nImagine what it was like when
\nSarah ultimately recognized her <\/p>\n

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\nfailing.
\nWhen she finally went to <\/p>\n

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\nAbraham.
\nAnd she said, you know Abraham. <\/p>\n

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\nYou were right.
\nFor all these years. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve been trying to solve this
\nproblem wide away. <\/p>\n

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\nI think dancing called all my
\ntime all this time. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve only made matters worse.
\nAnd during all that time you <\/p>\n

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\nwere patient with me.
\nAnd you just demonstrated to me <\/p>\n

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\nthe trust that I should head
\nalso. <\/p>\n

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\nNever was there a stronger Bond
\nmade that when husband and wife <\/p>\n

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\nhave Unity on Divine principles.
\nBut isn’t that true, sometimes <\/p>\n

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\nthat there are some spiritual
\nprinciples that are distinctly <\/p>\n

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\nclear to us.
\nThat others might doubt or they <\/p>\n

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\nreject it, or they just can’t
\nsee it. and it’s so easy to for <\/p>\n

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\nus to become impatient with our
\nbrothers and sisters and think <\/p>\n

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\nhow look they just so hopeless
\nthey’re a lost cause but that’s <\/p>\n

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\nnot the way that God deals with
\nus and it’s not the way that <\/p>\n

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\nAbraham dealt with his wife.
\nThat’s the long-suffering <\/p>\n

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\ncharacter of God whom we
\nworship. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s a father who pities his
\nchildren that don’t understand <\/p>\n

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\nwho love him.
\nBut I blinded by their own Folly<\/p>\n

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\nand God will work with each of
\nus to reduce a character like <\/p>\n

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\nunder his own if we only let go
\nour doubt. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Trust in our father.
\nWell, there’s God’s observed <\/p>\n

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\nSierras change of heart.
\nLet’s see the way that he dealt <\/p>\n

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\nwith Gideon over in gems in
\nJudges chapter 7. <\/p>\n

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\nJin Judges chapter 7 The
\neyedropper claims to Gideon that<\/p>\n

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\nhe’s a mighty man of Valor.
\nAnd you wouldn’t think so if you<\/p>\n

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\nask Gideon.
\nAnd we’re told in Genesis. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Judges chapter 7.
\nAnd verse 7 that God says to <\/p>\n

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\nGideon and Yahweh said to get
\nhim by the 300 men that lap <\/p>\n

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\nwhile I save you and deliver you
\ndeliver the midianites into <\/p>\n

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\nthine hand.
\nYou come over to chapter 3 verse<\/p>\n

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\n8.
\nSo the people took the rituals <\/p>\n

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\nin the hand and their trumpets
\nand he said the rest of Israel <\/p>\n

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\nevery man to his tent and retain
\nthe 300 men. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m the host of Midian was
\nbeneath him in the valley. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it came to pass the same
\nnight that the Yahweh said unto <\/p>\n

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\nhim arise get thee down to the
\nhose for I’ve delivered into <\/p>\n

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\nthine hand. but if thou fear Go
\ndown with fuhrer. <\/p>\n

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\nThy servant to The Host.
\nSo on one hand, we have Gideon <\/p>\n

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\nwhose neck hold a mighty man of
\nValor. <\/p>\n

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\nHe sees himself small in his own
\nsite. <\/p>\n

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\nHis number of men who wish to go
\nto war with the midianites is <\/p>\n

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\nreduced to 300 and he’s going to
\ngo against a mighty host that <\/p>\n

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\nhas the sand of the sea for
\nmultitude and I think my memory <\/p>\n

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\nserves me correct was about a
\nhundred and thirty-five thousand<\/p>\n

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\nabout twice the population of
\nancestor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he stands on a hillside.
\nHe looks at $135,000 looks and <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s only he’s just 300.
\nAnd God raised him like a book. <\/p>\n

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\nand he said if you fear surely
\nwe can appreciate Gideon’s angst<\/p>\n

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\nin the such the face of such
\nodds. <\/p>\n

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\nBut how does God deal with
\nGideon’s doubt? <\/p>\n

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\nThe first of all there is no
\nreprimand for his angst. <\/p>\n

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\nOffer for the circumstances
\nprevailing upon him. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s no reprimand.
\nSecondly, God doesn’t take away <\/p>\n

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\nGideon’s fear and replace it
\nwith lye and courage. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd thirdly God doesn’t even
\nchange the circumstances with <\/p>\n

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\nthe incredible odds.
\nBut rather God encourages Gideon<\/p>\n

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\nto action.
\nTo demonstrate his faith in the <\/p>\n

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\nface of doubt.
\nSo in verse 13 and verse 14 <\/p>\n

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\nGideon goes down to the host.
\nTwo men go right up to the brink<\/p>\n

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\nof a hundred and thirty-five
\nthousand men. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here’s the conversation
\nabout a prophecy about Gideon <\/p>\n

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\nSupremacy in battle.
\nAnd it was so verse 15 when <\/p>\n

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\nGideon heard the telling of the
\ndream and the interpretation are<\/p>\n

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\noff that he worshipped and
\nreturned to the host of Israel <\/p>\n

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\nand said arise for Yahweh hath
\ndelivered into your hand the <\/p>\n

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\nhost of Midian.
\nThere we just did an overall <\/p>\n

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\nsummary of Gideon in the story
\nof Gideon which we’ve known from<\/p>\n

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\nSunday school for years.
\nBut if we were to put that <\/p>\n

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\ncollectively all together.
\nThere are six simple steps for <\/p>\n

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\nus over coming down.
\nPoint number one Trust in what <\/p>\n

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\nGod has promised in verse 9
\nGideon was told that God would <\/p>\n

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\ndeliver it into his hand
\nfundamental Vital Information. <\/p>\n

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\nGod said, I will do it.
\nSo Point number one in trust <\/p>\n

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\nwhat God has promised.
\nPoint number two, where in doubt<\/p>\n

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\nseek support God said to Gideon
\ngo with fuhrer thy servant <\/p>\n

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\nhearts and now there’s two of
\nthem on this agenda. <\/p>\n

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\nFind someone in Europe lesion
\nwith whom you can relate. <\/p>\n

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\nLook I’m really struggling with
\nthis. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat are you struggling with?
\nWell, I find this this this and <\/p>\n

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\nthis get-together of someone
\nwith like-minded faith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd share your birds.
\nPoint number three apply ourself<\/p>\n

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\nin faith He’s got to go with
\nfuhrer and he’s going right up <\/p>\n

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\nto the brink of a hundred and
\nthirty-five thousand men is got <\/p>\n

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\nto demonstrate his faith.
\nMake prayer fundamental in our <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nNumber four except what God <\/p>\n

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\nreveals getting old do it?
\nThis folding we’ve got this is <\/p>\n

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\nnone other than the sword of
\nGideon except don’t keep <\/p>\n

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\nfighting like Sarah accept what
\nGod has said. number 5 <\/p>\n

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\nunderstand it is God’s battle,
\nwhich he is asked for your <\/p>\n

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\ninput.
\nIn chapter 6 and verse 14 God <\/p>\n

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\nhad gone to Gideon said this is
\nthe battle to take place. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s my battle.
\nI’m appointing you to lead them.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was God’s battle if we can
\nonly stop taking all the <\/p>\n

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\nattention off ourselves and put
\nthe matter in God’s hands then <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s going to head as the
\nleader of the battle were <\/p>\n

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\nfollowing in his footsteps. and
\nfinally when Gideon heard the <\/p>\n

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\nprophecy and what the outcome
\nwould be he worshipped. <\/p>\n

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\nRemember to praise God for his
\nvictory in battle. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see brothers and sisters.
\nIt’s a natural characteristic of<\/p>\n

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\nhumanity experience doubt. and
\nfear when faced by trauma of <\/p>\n

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\noverwhelming circumstances what
\nit God is most interested in is <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we do.
\nWhen the fee hits us. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at that reading the we had
\nmeditation this morning in Psalm<\/p>\n

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\n56.
\nSo I’m 56 and those two verses <\/p>\n

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\nwe read.
\nWhat time I’m afraid. <\/p>\n

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\nI will trust in thee.
\nIn God, I will praise His word. <\/p>\n

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\nIn God have I put my trust.
\nI will not fear what flesh can <\/p>\n

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\ndo unto me. in verse 10 in God
\nwill I praise His word? <\/p>\n

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\nEnjoy will I praise His word in
\nGod have I put my trust I will <\/p>\n

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\nnot be afraid what man can do
\nunto me. <\/p>\n

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\nOr from Psalm 119 verse five and
\nsix. <\/p>\n

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\nI called upon the Lord in
\ndistress. <\/p>\n

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\nHe answered me and he made me
\nfree. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going around the room with
\ndoubt and distressed and <\/p>\n

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\nanxiety.
\nWhen it’s all done and it dealt <\/p>\n

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\nwith everything, which is free,
\nit’s gone. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd gods are just put your trust
\nin me. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can be free of The Angst
\nand the depth. <\/p>\n

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\nTrust me.
\nGo back over to Matthew chapter <\/p>\n

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\n14.
\nThat’s the very thing that Peter<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:17,500 –> 00:25:28,800
\nhad to learn.
\nSo we come to the events after <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:28,800 –> 00:25:31,300
\nthe feeding of the 5000 Matthew
\nchapter 14. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:35,900 –> 00:25:41,600
\nAnd after feeding of the 5000
\nJesus ascends a mountain and you<\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:41,608 –> 00:25:45,800
\ncan Strays his disciples to go
\ninto the boat to go before him <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:45,800 –> 00:25:48,600
\nto the other side while he sent
\nthe multitude away. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:50,800 –> 00:25:55,300
\nAnd we read in verse 24.
\nBut the ship was now in the <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:55,300 –> 00:25:59,400
\nmidst of the sea.
\nTossed with the waves for the <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:59,400 –> 00:26:04,800
\nwind was contrary.
\nI’m in the 4th Night Watch of <\/p>\n

339
\n00:26:04,800 –> 00:26:07,700
\nthe night.
\nJesus went unto them walking <\/p>\n

340
\n00:26:07,700 –> 00:26:11,800
\nupon the sea.
\nAnd when disciples saw him <\/p>\n

341
\n00:26:11,800 –> 00:26:16,000
\nwalking upon the sea they were
\ntroubled saying is it as it is a<\/p>\n

342
\n00:26:16,000 –> 00:26:19,000
\nspirit and they cried out for
\nfear that when I grow up through<\/p>\n

343
\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:22,000
\nSunday school, I sort of had
\nthis thought of a boat on the <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:22,000 –> 00:26:23,800
\nsea and you sort of sea of
\nglass. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:26,500 –> 00:26:30,900
\nBut it says in here the ship was
\nnow in the midst of the sea <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:30,900 –> 00:26:33,800
\ntossed with the ways he sent
\nthem out at night. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:36,600 –> 00:26:39,100
\nThe ages are not these
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:39,800 –> 00:26:41,600
\nThese are professional
\nfisherman. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:43,200 –> 00:26:46,300
\nAnd this boat is getting checked
\naround left, right and center. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:46,300 –> 00:26:49,300
\nThe wind is howling through the
\nrigging goodness knows what <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:49,300 –> 00:26:52,100
\nhappened to the sale.
\nThey’re trying to keep the vote <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:52,100 –> 00:26:55,200
\nand you must win the midst of a
\nstorm keep the boat into the <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:55,200 –> 00:26:59,400
\nwaves into the wind.
\nAnd here they all the focus <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:59,400 –> 00:27:03,300
\ntrying to keep this boat afloat.
\nAnd they suddenly see Jesus <\/p>\n

355
\n00:27:03,300 –> 00:27:10,000
\nwalking upon the sea.
\nAm I cried out for fear? <\/p>\n

356
\n00:27:12,700 –> 00:27:17,200
\nAnd verse 27 Jesus said spake
\nunto them saying be of good <\/p>\n

357
\n00:27:17,200 –> 00:27:21,100
\ncheer.
\nIt is I and Be not Afraid now, <\/p>\n

358
\n00:27:21,100 –> 00:27:23,600
\nthe wind is howling through this
\nsituation. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:27:24,900 –> 00:27:27,300
\nWe tend to look at it.
\nWe sit in our chairs in a hall <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:27,300 –> 00:27:29,400
\nand we said look at the
\nsituation what’s happening in in<\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:29,400 –> 00:27:32,300
\na ship out in the ocean and I
\nsuppose because ago tuna <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:32,300 –> 00:27:33,600
\nfishing.
\nYou know what it’s like out in <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:33,608 –> 00:27:37,000
\nthe rough sea, sometimes the
\nwind is howling through this <\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:37,000 –> 00:27:40,600
\nsituation and they see this
\nfigure of someone standing upon <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:40,600 –> 00:27:43,000
\nthe waves and then Peter turns
\naround. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:43,000 –> 00:27:47,900
\nHe says in verse 28 Lord if it
\nbe thou bid me to come onto the <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:47,900 –> 00:27:53,900
\non the water, Look, it’s a
\nstaggering request. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:55,300 –> 00:27:59,200
\nAbsolutely staggering for you.
\nGo to you see the waves and the <\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:59,200 –> 00:28:03,800
\nmove the water moving.
\nNever in the scripture to hear <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:03,800 –> 00:28:05,900
\nof anyone walking on the water
\nor sense. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:06,800 –> 00:28:10,400
\nBut Peter has asked his Lord
\nbird me to walk on the water to <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:10,400 –> 00:28:13,100
\ncome to you.
\nIt’s just an instinctive <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:13,100 –> 00:28:16,400
\nresponse his main focus.
\nThere’s his Lord. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:16,400 –> 00:28:19,300
\nHe wants to be with him is not
\nconcerned about the odds. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:23,000 –> 00:28:28,700
\nAnd Jesus said unto me come.
\nHenry’s not just anything off of<\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:28,700 –> 00:28:32,800
\nplatform onto a flat surface.
\nThe boat is rising up and down <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:32,800 –> 00:28:35,300
\nand Peter’s going to try put his
\nfoot out there and he’s going to<\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:35,300 –> 00:28:37,300
\nput his foot on the moving
\nwater. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:37,400 –> 00:28:42,000
\nAnd he finally is able to do
\nthis and it says we find that <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:45,500
\nthey walked on the water to go
\nto Jesus. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:48,100 –> 00:28:50,900
\nAnd the waves are moving up and
\ndown that Peters on the water <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:51,100 –> 00:28:53,900
\neverything’s moving up and down
\nand he’s walking on the water <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:54,000 –> 00:28:58,000
\nand he is going to Jesus and
\nhe’s walking straight to him. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:02,000 –> 00:29:10,400
\nAnd Jesus said unto them. verse
\n27 be of good cheer it is I be <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:10,400 –> 00:29:14,900
\nnot afraid.
\nSo when Peter stepped out of <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:14,900 –> 00:29:18,600
\nthat boat onto those turbulent
\nWaters Peter was not afraid. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:20,800 –> 00:29:25,000
\nWhen you got out of that ship he
\nwas not afraid he was not afraid<\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:25,000 –> 00:29:26,900
\nof defying nature to walk on the
\nwater. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:26,900 –> 00:29:31,100
\nWe tossed around with the waves.
\nAnd as long as he had Jesus as <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:31,100 –> 00:29:35,500
\nhis primary focus Peter was not
\nafraid. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:38,200 –> 00:29:44,600
\nSo what caused into sync?
\nBut when he saw the wind <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:44,600 –> 00:29:49,800
\nboisterous he was afraid.
\nAnd beginning to sink. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:50,200 –> 00:29:54,700
\nHe cried out Lord save me so now
\nhe has lost his focus of <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:54,700 –> 00:29:59,100
\nattention Upon Jesus and his let
\nthe wind become his primary <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:59,100 –> 00:30:04,100
\nfocus.
\nHe’s taking his eyes off Jesus. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:07,200 –> 00:30:12,500
\nAnd he said he says there and
\nimmediately Jesus stretched <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:12,500 –> 00:30:17,900
\nforth his hand.
\nAnd called him that what does it<\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:17,900 –> 00:30:20,100
\ntell you about Jesus?
\nThe Jesus was still on the <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:20,108 –> 00:30:21,800
\nwater.
\nYes, cause Jesus was still on <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:21,800 –> 00:30:24,200
\nthe water that Jesus had quick
\nreflexes. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:24,200 –> 00:30:27,700
\nYes that he was a strong man to
\nhold Peter at the water. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:27,700 –> 00:30:33,300
\nYes.
\nBut when did Jesus respond? <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:38,100 –> 00:30:45,200
\nwhen Peter asked him if you ever
\nthought about that. when become <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:45,200 –> 00:30:56,500
\ndoubtful No, we had to go was to
\ngo to Christ. and ask you and <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:56,500 –> 00:31:01,400
\nyou know brothers and sisters
\nPeter was almost at Christ’s <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:02,200 –> 00:31:06,200
\nfeet if Jesus could reach out
\nand grab him by the hand. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:06,200 –> 00:31:11,500
\nHe was almost there.
\nSo how close are we to the <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:11,500 –> 00:31:16,000
\nkingdom of God?
\nWell almost are brothers and <\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:16,000 –> 00:31:20,000
\nsisters so important that we
\ndon’t let seeds of Doubt get <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:20,000 –> 00:31:24,600
\ninto our mind.
\nCan I pay them might have been <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:24,600 –> 00:31:27,400
\nafraid of the forcible wind
\nbrothers and sisters but to his <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:27,400 –> 00:31:31,600
\ncredit when he down to the
\ncircumstances and feared he knew<\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:31,600 –> 00:31:34,200
\nwhere his greatest consolation
\nlie. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:34,400 –> 00:31:41,900
\nIt was in his Lord.
\nAn addition to that there’s <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:41,900 –> 00:31:48,000
\nanother important fact here that
\nwhy Peter took his eyes off <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:48,000 –> 00:31:53,200
\nJesus.
\nJesus never took his eyes off <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:53,200 –> 00:32:02,000
\nPeter. ever wonder about that in
\nlife when you going through and <\/p>\n

418
\n00:32:02,000 –> 00:32:05,400
\nyou can’t see the things that
\ndistract us on the way to the <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:05,400 –> 00:32:08,900
\nkingdom of God.
\nWe find R over here over there. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:09,900 –> 00:32:12,700
\nJesus never took his eyes off
\nPeter for a moment. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:16,100 –> 00:32:19,400
\nMatt just second chronicles the
\none I quote so really like <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:19,400 –> 00:32:33,300
\nsecond Chronicles chapter 16.
\nIn verse 9 just so fitting for <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:33,300 –> 00:32:36,100
\nthis.
\nThis little section II <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:36,100 –> 00:32:41,800
\nchronicles 16 verse 9 for the
\neyes of Yahweh run to and fro <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:41,800 –> 00:32:46,800
\nthroughout the whole Earth.
\nTo show himself strong in the <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:46,800 –> 00:32:51,600
\nbehalf of them whose heart is
\nperfect toward him. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:54,100 –> 00:32:56,500
\nRevel which reversed upon the
\nface of the Earth brothers and <\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:56,500 –> 00:33:02,800
\nsisters God’s eyes are with
\nWhether on a ship when replying <\/p>\n

429
\n00:33:02,800 –> 00:33:06,300
\nwith the traipsing through the
\nmiddle of a desert God’s eyes on<\/p>\n

430
\n00:33:06,300 –> 00:33:11,700
\nthe I beholding his service some
\n33 Verse 18 the eye of the Lord <\/p>\n

431
\n00:33:11,700 –> 00:33:17,700
\nis upon them that fear Him.
\nBut back in chapter 31, it’s <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:17,700 –> 00:33:22,500
\nback in chapter Matthew chapter
\n14, you’ll notice how tender <\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:23,700 –> 00:33:30,800
\nJesus speaks.
\nCome averse and diverse 30 also <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:30,800 –> 00:33:36,100
\nverse 31 and immediately Jesus
\nstretched forth his hand and <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:36,100 –> 00:33:40,500
\ncaught him and said unto him.
\nO thou of little faith. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:42,500 –> 00:33:47,700
\nwherefore did staredown There’s
\nNo harsh condemnation. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:48,500 –> 00:33:50,500
\nThere’s no pity.
\nYou’re so impulsive. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:33:50,800 –> 00:33:53,400
\nYou say one thing but you’ve
\nbarely pull it through. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:54,700 –> 00:34:00,000
\nWhere Ford it’s their down.
\nAnd Jesus identifies precisely <\/p>\n

440
\n00:34:00,000 –> 00:34:03,400
\nwhat Peter’s problem was.
\nOh ye of little faith. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:34:03,400 –> 00:34:08,199
\nYou trusted me to digital.
\nWhy did you doubt? <\/p>\n

442
\n00:34:09,400 –> 00:34:12,199
\nSo again debt was the primary
\nissue which was brought about by<\/p>\n

443
\n00:34:12,199 –> 00:34:15,000
\nthe force of wind.
\nNow, we know when you come to <\/p>\n

444
\n00:34:15,000 –> 00:34:19,100
\nEphesians that the Winds of
\nDoctrine blow left and right <\/p>\n

445
\n00:34:19,199 –> 00:34:22,699
\nevery form of thinking which is
\ncontrary to the truth as it is <\/p>\n

446
\n00:34:22,699 –> 00:34:26,600
\nin Christ.
\nAnd we go through life and there<\/p>\n

447
\n00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:28,800
\nare questions that plant seeds
\nof doubt. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:29,699 –> 00:34:31,500
\nPeople come along and they ask
\nyou questions. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:32,500 –> 00:34:36,000
\nHow do you know God exists?
\nIt’s a questionnaire <\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:36,000 –> 00:34:39,000
\ngranddaughter come to us
\nrecently and asked how do we <\/p>\n

451
\n00:34:39,000 –> 00:34:44,900
\nknow God is there?
\nPeople who have left the <\/p>\n

452
\n00:34:44,900 –> 00:34:48,199
\nChristian Community.
\nHow do you know the Bible is <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:48,199 –> 00:34:52,500
\ntrue?
\nJust think for a moment. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:52,500 –> 00:34:54,400
\nWhat else would you do with your
\nlife? <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:55,100 –> 00:35:03,400
\nIf God was real.
\nself-preservation you see What <\/p>\n

456
\n00:35:03,400 –> 00:35:06,100
\ncould I do with my life if this
\nwasn’t real? <\/p>\n

457
\n00:35:06,200 –> 00:35:08,200
\nThat’s what Peter said to Jesus
\nLord. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:35:08,200 –> 00:35:11,500
\nDon’t get a Jerusalem picking
\nyourself get behind me Satan. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:35:11,500 –> 00:35:16,400
\nHe said The brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:35:16,400 –> 00:35:20,000
\nWe not why not be called upon to
\nlead 300 soldiers against a <\/p>\n

461
\n00:35:20,000 –> 00:35:25,200
\nhundred thirty-five thousand.
\nWhat’s a walk on the rough Seas?<\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:28,200 –> 00:35:32,700
\nBut God desires our absolute
\ntrust in what he asks of us. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:34,400 –> 00:35:36,900
\nYou know, I believe that the
\ncircumstance of Matthew chapter <\/p>\n

464
\n00:35:36,900 –> 00:35:40,300
\n14 would Peter on the water.
\nI ask myself the question. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:40,300 –> 00:35:45,300
\nSo why did that take place?
\nWhat are we being told here in <\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:45,300 –> 00:35:50,600
\nthis gospel record?
\nIn fact is a little lighter in <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:54,400
\nin Peters life.
\nThe seeds of Doubt expressed you<\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:54,400 –> 00:35:57,300
\nMatthew chapter 14 come up
\nagain. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:59,600 –> 00:36:02,800
\nYou’re one of them.
\nNo, I’m not. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:36:03,000 –> 00:36:09,800
\nI’m not one of them. your Jesus
\nis I’m not it’s not me and he <\/p>\n

471
\n00:36:09,800 –> 00:36:14,200
\nbegins to occur since we see the
\nseeds of Doubt come back into <\/p>\n

472
\n00:36:14,200 –> 00:36:19,700
\nhis mind, and he suddenly dis
\nTing himself from Christ. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:36:22,200 –> 00:36:24,200
\nSo it’s prophetically what was
\nyet to come? <\/p>\n

474
\n00:36:25,900 –> 00:36:28,900
\nBut you know after Jesus
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:36:30,700 –> 00:36:39,400
\nJesus met Peter Again by another
\npile of coals and Jesus comes in<\/p>\n

476
\n00:36:39,500 –> 00:36:45,500
\nand he and he finds the key
\nissue in overcoming doubt. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:48,300 –> 00:36:51,100
\nAnd Peter standing there by the
\npile of coals, and he suddenly <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:51,100 –> 00:36:57,100
\ngoes I’ve been here before.
\nAnd Jesus comes to Peyton see <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:57,100 –> 00:36:59,900
\nPeter.
\nDo you love me? <\/p>\n

480
\n00:37:01,900 –> 00:37:04,600
\nAnd you can just about guarantee
\nthat people his head looking <\/p>\n

481
\n00:37:04,600 –> 00:37:07,000
\ndown at Kohl’s he would look at
\nhis face Jesus face. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:37:08,900 –> 00:37:12,900
\nPeter do you love me and Peter’s
\nuncomfortable? <\/p>\n

483
\n00:37:14,300 –> 00:37:17,200
\nAnd finally by the third time
\nPeter do you love me? <\/p>\n

484
\n00:37:18,900 –> 00:37:21,200
\nHe shifted his eyes from down
\nthat find it looks at P. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:37:21,200 –> 00:37:27,000
\nJesus face.
\nAnd you can finally acknowledge <\/p>\n

486
\n00:37:27,600 –> 00:37:30,200
\nand there’s communication back
\nwith Christ and Peter. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:37:32,400 –> 00:37:36,900
\nAnd he looked unto Jesus and he
\nknew that there was no hiding of<\/p>\n

488
\n00:37:36,900 –> 00:37:43,600
\nhis emotions with Jesus.
\nLet It Go Peter Do you love me? <\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:45,800 –> 00:37:48,100
\nAnd the beautiful thing about
\nthose circumstances brothers and<\/p>\n

490
\n00:37:48,100 –> 00:37:51,600
\nsisters that even though Peter
\ndoubted Christ. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:37:53,600 –> 00:38:02,100
\nEven though he denied Christ.
\nPeter found forgiveness with <\/p>\n

492
\n00:38:02,100 –> 00:38:05,900
\nChrist We come around this
\nMemorial type of we can take <\/p>\n

493
\n00:38:05,900 –> 00:38:08,400
\nheart that in all the things
\nthat face Us in life. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:38:09,600 –> 00:38:15,300
\nThat upset US Financial issues
\njob loss tragedy suddenly ill <\/p>\n

495
\n00:38:15,300 –> 00:38:18,400
\nhealth and we become tossed
\naround like a boat upon the <\/p>\n

496
\n00:38:18,400 –> 00:38:22,400
\nWater.
\nThe god understands the bamboo <\/p>\n

497
\n00:38:22,400 –> 00:38:26,100
\noccations what we go through.
\nThis is just trust me. and with <\/p>\n

498
\n00:38:26,107 –> 00:38:30,300
\nthe times we haven’t trust him
\nGod says Just come to me and <\/p>\n

499
\n00:38:30,300 –> 00:38:32,200
\ndemonstrate your love and I’ll
\nforgive you for that. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:38:35,000 –> 00:38:37,900
\nIf we can only look unto Jesus
\nthe author and finisher of our <\/p>\n

501
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