{"id":483,"date":"2022-03-02T18:31:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/181-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hearing-god-above-the-noise\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:11:25","slug":"181-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hearing-god-above-the-noise","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/181-josh-sommerville-exhortation-hearing-god-above-the-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"181: Josh Sommerville &#8211; Exhortation: Hearing God Above the Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are listening to an Exhortation by Bro. Josh Sommerville that was given at the Verdugo Hills Eccleisa this past Sunday, February 27, 2022. We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n<p>Send talk suggestions or comments to: <a href=\"mailto:goodchristadelphiantalks@gmail.com\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Show Notes, visit our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/GCT\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Anchor.fm\/GCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/GoodChristadelphianTalks\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodchristadelphiantalks\/\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCT_Podcast\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"transcript\">1<br \/>\n00:00:13,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:15,600<br \/>\nWelcome to good for selfie and<br \/>\ntalks. <\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n00:00:15,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:19,300<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Levi and I&#8217;m Chris and I&#8217;m<br \/>\nBrian, thank you for joining us <\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n00:00:19,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:21,900<br \/>\nthis week.<br \/>\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n00:00:21,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:26,400<br \/>\ntaco week to help us get the<br \/>\nBible in our daily news feed. <\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n00:00:26,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:29,300<br \/>\nWe post a new episode of the<br \/>\nstart of each week with a short <\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n00:00:29,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:31,400<br \/>\nintro before.<br \/>\nHand to kind of set the stage <\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n00:00:31,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:33,600<br \/>\nfor the talk.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re about to listen to and <\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n00:00:33,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:36,300<br \/>\nnow let&#8217;s talk more about this<br \/>\nweek&#8217;s talk. <\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n00:00:50,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:52,800<br \/>\nHello and welcome back this<br \/>\nweek. <\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n00:00:52,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:55,100<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re listening to an excitation<br \/>\nthat was given by brother Josh <\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n00:00:55,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:57,700<br \/>\nSomerville at the Verdugo Hills<br \/>\nEcclesia, this past Sunday, <\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n00:00:58,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:01,000<br \/>\nsorry, for a little bit of delay<br \/>\ngetting the Episode posted, but <\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n00:01:01,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:03,700<br \/>\nI needed to get the audio from<br \/>\nthe excitation because I really <\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n00:01:03,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:06,300<br \/>\nwanted to share it.<br \/>\nThe subject of the excitation <\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n00:01:06,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:08,500<br \/>\nthat I kind of gave it brother.<br \/>\nJosh didn&#8217;t give it a specific <\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n00:01:08,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:12,300<br \/>\ntitle was hearing God above the<br \/>\nnoise and it just felt super <\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n00:01:12,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:15,400<br \/>\ntimely when he when Josh was<br \/>\ngiving it especially with <\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n00:01:15,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:17,700<br \/>\neverything that is going on in<br \/>\nthe world right now with the <\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n00:01:17,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:21,400<br \/>\nevents going on, in Ukraine.<br \/>\nAnd everything else in the news <\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n00:01:21,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:25,400<br \/>\nwhere there seems to be more and<br \/>\nmore noise constantly fighting <\/p>\n<p>21<br \/>\n00:01:25,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:28,200<br \/>\nfor our attention.<br \/>\nAnd in his agitation, Josh is <\/p>\n<p>22<br \/>\n00:01:28,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:34,800<br \/>\njust looking at What we can take<br \/>\nand reminds us to be still and <\/p>\n<p>23<br \/>\n00:01:35,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:38,800<br \/>\nfocus on God, and letting<br \/>\nourselves. <\/p>\n<p>24<br \/>\n00:01:40,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:43,400<br \/>\nFeel his presence to be able to<br \/>\nmake our decisions rather than <\/p>\n<p>25<br \/>\n00:01:43,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:47,600<br \/>\nfocusing constantly on trying to<br \/>\njump from one thing to the next.<\/p>\n<p>26<br \/>\n00:01:49,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:52,700<br \/>\nAnd whether that for you is<br \/>\ntaking quiet meditation, going <\/p>\n<p>27<br \/>\n00:01:52,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:55,400<br \/>\nfor a walk, whatever it might be<br \/>\nfor you that allows you to kind <\/p>\n<p>28<br \/>\n00:01:55,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:57,000<br \/>\nof be calm and be a little<br \/>\nstill. <\/p>\n<p>29<br \/>\n00:01:57,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:01,500<br \/>\nIt really allows you to focus<br \/>\nand not be so reactionary. <\/p>\n<p>30<br \/>\n00:02:02,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:05,200<br \/>\nI just really like this<br \/>\nexcitation especially right now.<\/p>\n<p>31<br \/>\n00:02:05,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:08,600<br \/>\nI know myself personally I felt<br \/>\nlike it had been a very noisy <\/p>\n<p>32<br \/>\n00:02:08,699 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:11,200<br \/>\npast couple of weeks.<br \/>\nSo I really appreciated the Josh<\/p>\n<p>33<br \/>\n00:02:11,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:14,300<br \/>\ngave this excitation and I<br \/>\nreally enjoyed it. <\/p>\n<p>34<br \/>\n00:02:14,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:17,100<br \/>\nSo I thought it would be an<br \/>\nappropriate one. <\/p>\n<p>35<br \/>\n00:02:17,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:18,700<br \/>\nEspecially timely to share with<br \/>\neveryone. <\/p>\n<p>36<br \/>\n00:02:18,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:22,000<br \/>\nAnd so, I hope you enjoy it too.<br \/>\nAnd that you find it, <\/p>\n<p>37<br \/>\n00:02:22,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:26,200<br \/>\nencouraging in your walk, and<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re able to find some time to<\/p>\n<p>38<br \/>\n00:02:26,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:31,100<br \/>\nbe still and focus on God and<br \/>\nhear his presence around you. <\/p>\n<p>39<br \/>\n00:02:31,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:33,900<br \/>\nSo with that, I will turn it<br \/>\nover to brother Josh for his <\/p>\n<p>40<br \/>\n00:02:33,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:36,800<br \/>\nexhortation, hearing God above<br \/>\nthe noise. <\/p>\n<p>41<br \/>\n00:02:39,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:44,300<br \/>\nA couple of things before.<br \/>\nI begin, I didn&#8217;t get a chance <\/p>\n<p>42<br \/>\n00:02:44,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:50,000<br \/>\nto talk to Keeton last week<br \/>\nafter his exhortation, but I was<\/p>\n<p>43<br \/>\n00:02:50,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:53,100<br \/>\nthinking about how him and I<br \/>\nwere on the same wavelength. <\/p>\n<p>44<br \/>\n00:02:54,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:58,300<br \/>\nIn some ways, he started his<br \/>\nexhortation talking about the <\/p>\n<p>45<br \/>\n00:02:58,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:02,800<br \/>\nstruggle of getting up and going<br \/>\nto work and I can relate to <\/p>\n<p>46<br \/>\n00:03:02,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:06,400<br \/>\nthat.<br \/>\nAnd as I contemplated his <\/p>\n<p>47<br \/>\n00:03:06,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:09,800<br \/>\nthoughts and compared them with<br \/>\nthe topic that I&#8217;m going to be <\/p>\n<p>48<br \/>\n00:03:09,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:12,900<br \/>\nsharing with you all today, I<br \/>\nthink what I took away from it <\/p>\n<p>49<br \/>\n00:03:12,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:15,600<br \/>\nis the key word for us to<br \/>\nremember is that word struggle. <\/p>\n<p>50<br \/>\n00:03:17,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:19,600<br \/>\nYou know, Keaton is a young<br \/>\nBrothers, starting out his <\/p>\n<p>51<br \/>\n00:03:19,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:21,400<br \/>\ncareer.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s newly married. <\/p>\n<p>52<br \/>\n00:03:21,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:25,100<br \/>\nAnd so he shared with us an<br \/>\naspect of his personal struggle,<\/p>\n<p>53<br \/>\n00:03:25,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:29,700<br \/>\nwhich is getting up and getting<br \/>\ngoing, especially when you read <\/p>\n<p>54<br \/>\n00:03:29,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:32,300<br \/>\nabout the vanity of it all, and<br \/>\nit can be depressing. <\/p>\n<p>55<br \/>\n00:03:32,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:35,900<br \/>\nAnd I understand that and I can<br \/>\nrelate Because I remember what <\/p>\n<p>56<br \/>\n00:03:35,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:41,500<br \/>\nit was like when I was a young<br \/>\nnewly married, man. <\/p>\n<p>57<br \/>\n00:03:42,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:45,200<br \/>\nI was working a manual job and<br \/>\ngoing to school at night to get <\/p>\n<p>58<br \/>\n00:03:45,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:48,300<br \/>\na teaching credential and it was<br \/>\nstressful. <\/p>\n<p>59<br \/>\n00:03:49,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:53,100<br \/>\nAnd but I&#8217;ve learned that over<br \/>\nthe years of marriage that God <\/p>\n<p>60<br \/>\n00:03:53,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:55,600<br \/>\nhas always provided for me and<br \/>\nmy family. <\/p>\n<p>61<br \/>\n00:03:56,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:58,800<br \/>\nAnd the other thing is that<br \/>\nthere is a struggle that we are <\/p>\n<p>62<br \/>\n00:03:58,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:01,900<br \/>\nall dealing with and that<br \/>\nstruggle is hopefully building <\/p>\n<p>63<br \/>\n00:04:01,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:07,200<br \/>\nus to something better.<br \/>\nI also wanted to say before I <\/p>\n<p>64<br \/>\n00:04:07,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:12,800<br \/>\nstart to thank our brother David<br \/>\nfor his prayer because What he <\/p>\n<p>65<br \/>\n00:04:12,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:16,300<br \/>\ndid in about 2 minutes was<br \/>\nboiled down my whole <\/p>\n<p>66<br \/>\n00:04:16,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:20,200<br \/>\nexhortation.<br \/>\nAnd I was ready to break bread <\/p>\n<p>67<br \/>\n00:04:20,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:21,500<br \/>\nas soon as he said.<br \/>\nAmen. <\/p>\n<p>68<br \/>\n00:04:22,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:24,600<br \/>\nSo it was a, it was a beautiful<br \/>\nprayer brother. <\/p>\n<p>69<br \/>\n00:04:24,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:28,400<br \/>\nI really appreciate your<br \/>\nthoughts and your heart, it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>70<br \/>\n00:04:29,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:31,600<br \/>\nit&#8217;s really good.<br \/>\nSo maybe me and David are also <\/p>\n<p>71<br \/>\n00:04:31,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:36,000<br \/>\non the same wavelength will see.<br \/>\nBut I was going to I do want to <\/p>\n<p>72<br \/>\n00:04:36,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:38,600<br \/>\nshare and I will share with you<br \/>\nwhat I&#8217;ve been thinking about <\/p>\n<p>73<br \/>\n00:04:38,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:43,400<br \/>\nfor a while and it is about the<br \/>\npast few years and how they&#8217;ve <\/p>\n<p>74<br \/>\n00:04:43,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:48,000<br \/>\nbeen so crazy and how they&#8217;ve<br \/>\naffected all of us and they&#8217;ve <\/p>\n<p>75<br \/>\n00:04:48,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:50,300<br \/>\naffected his all in, you know,<br \/>\nin different ways. <\/p>\n<p>76<br \/>\n00:04:51,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:55,200<br \/>\nGod willing we&#8217;re coming to<br \/>\nthis, close of a pandemic that <\/p>\n<p>77<br \/>\n00:04:55,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:58,900<br \/>\nhas challenged us physically.<br \/>\nBecause many of us have been <\/p>\n<p>78<br \/>\n00:04:58,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:02,000<br \/>\ninfected.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been subjected to wearing <\/p>\n<p>79<br \/>\n00:05:02,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:05,800<br \/>\nmasks working from home being<br \/>\nseparated from those that we <\/p>\n<p>80<br \/>\n00:05:05,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:10,400<br \/>\nlove unable to travel getting<br \/>\nshots in our arms. <\/p>\n<p>81<br \/>\n00:05:12,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:14,900<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been challenged mentally<br \/>\nwith anxiety and stress, <\/p>\n<p>82<br \/>\n00:05:15,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:18,700<br \/>\nregarding the news, surrounding<br \/>\nthe ladies, strain, or the most <\/p>\n<p>83<br \/>\n00:05:18,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:22,300<br \/>\nrecent surge in cases or<br \/>\nlistening to what we should be <\/p>\n<p>84<br \/>\n00:05:22,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:24,800<br \/>\ndoing to prevent the spread or<br \/>\ntrying to determine who to <\/p>\n<p>85<br \/>\n00:05:24,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:27,400<br \/>\nbelieve on whether or not, we<br \/>\nshould be getting a shot. <\/p>\n<p>86<br \/>\n00:05:28,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:31,700<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ve been challenged<br \/>\nspiritually because we&#8217;re unable<\/p>\n<p>87<br \/>\n00:05:31,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:35,500<br \/>\nto meet in person.<br \/>\nAnd while we have members all <\/p>\n<p>88<br \/>\n00:05:35,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:38,200<br \/>\nover, not just here, we have<br \/>\nmembers that have stopped <\/p>\n<p>89<br \/>\n00:05:38,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:43,400<br \/>\nattending in person and only<br \/>\nattending on Zoom we&#8217;ve been <\/p>\n<p>90<br \/>\n00:05:43,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:48,000<br \/>\nthrough it in an insanely<br \/>\ndivisive election between Trump <\/p>\n<p>91<br \/>\n00:05:48,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:50,400<br \/>\nand Biden that has caused<br \/>\nconcern and has damaged <\/p>\n<p>92<br \/>\n00:05:50,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:54,800<br \/>\nrelationships and Ecclesia has<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s not going to be long <\/p>\n<p>93<br \/>\n00:05:54,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:56,400<br \/>\nbefore that&#8217;s going to start<br \/>\nagain. <\/p>\n<p>94<br \/>\n00:05:57,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:00,600<br \/>\nAt leashes have also been<br \/>\ndivided over covid and what to <\/p>\n<p>95<br \/>\n00:06:00,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:04,900<br \/>\ndo with masking and vaccinating.<br \/>\nAnd as Brother David said, <\/p>\n<p>96<br \/>\n00:06:04,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:06,600<br \/>\nwe&#8217;ve, you know, the disaster in<br \/>\nTonga. <\/p>\n<p>97<br \/>\n00:06:06,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:10,600<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s affected our members from,<br \/>\nyou know, of members that we <\/p>\n<p>98<br \/>\n00:06:10,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:14,200<br \/>\nhave here and our brothers and<br \/>\nsisters in Tonga, and that&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>99<br \/>\n00:06:14,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:16,000<br \/>\ngoing to continue to affect them<br \/>\nfor years to come. <\/p>\n<p>100<br \/>\n00:06:17,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:20,500<br \/>\nAnd as our brother said in<br \/>\nRussia we have what&#8217;s going on <\/p>\n<p>101<br \/>\n00:06:20,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:22,800<br \/>\nover there.<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s very upsetting and <\/p>\n<p>102<br \/>\n00:06:22,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:30,700<br \/>\ndiscern disconcerting and hard<br \/>\nfor us to understand what those <\/p>\n<p>103<br \/>\n00:06:30,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:33,400<br \/>\nbrothers and sisters are going<br \/>\nwith going going through as we <\/p>\n<p>104<br \/>\n00:06:33,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:38,000<br \/>\nhear live in live in peace.<br \/>\nAnd on top of all the things <\/p>\n<p>105<br \/>\n00:06:38,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:39,900<br \/>\nthat are going on in the world<br \/>\naround us, we&#8217;re dealing with <\/p>\n<p>106<br \/>\n00:06:39,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:42,600<br \/>\nour own personal problems,<br \/>\nwhether it be our jobs, our <\/p>\n<p>107<br \/>\n00:06:42,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:47,100<br \/>\nhomes, our health, our families,<br \/>\nour Ecclesia, and it just <\/p>\n<p>108<br \/>\n00:06:47,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:49,800<br \/>\ncontinues to build, and it can<br \/>\nbecome overwhelming and <\/p>\n<p>109<br \/>\n00:06:49,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:53,600<br \/>\ndebilitating, and stressful, and<br \/>\nit&#8217;s hard to know if there&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>110<br \/>\n00:06:53,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:02,800<br \/>\never going to be an end to it.<br \/>\nSo it is hard to allow God, to <\/p>\n<p>111<br \/>\n00:07:02,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:07,200<br \/>\nspeak to us.<br \/>\nIt is difficult to hear him <\/p>\n<p>112<br \/>\n00:07:07,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:12,000<br \/>\nabove the noise.<br \/>\nIt can feel almost impossible at<\/p>\n<p>113<br \/>\n00:07:12,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:17,500<br \/>\ntimes to listen because we are<br \/>\nso consumed by the problems <\/p>\n<p>114<br \/>\n00:07:17,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:19,200<br \/>\ngoing on around us and affecting<br \/>\nus. <\/p>\n<p>115<br \/>\n00:07:22,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:25,000<br \/>\nSome of us may be struggling to<br \/>\nsleep. <\/p>\n<p>116<br \/>\n00:07:25,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:29,000<br \/>\nWe might wake up hours before we<br \/>\nneed to, because we&#8217;re dealing <\/p>\n<p>117<br \/>\n00:07:29,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:31,700<br \/>\nwith the stress, we get through<br \/>\nthe day. <\/p>\n<p>118<br \/>\n00:07:32,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:39,800<br \/>\nWe struggle to get through the<br \/>\nday. and then we can&#8217;t seem to <\/p>\n<p>119<br \/>\n00:07:39,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:43,100<br \/>\nturn our minds off.<br \/>\nSo what do we do? <\/p>\n<p>120<br \/>\n00:07:44,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:46,700<br \/>\nWe watch TV or we listen to<br \/>\nmusic. <\/p>\n<p>121<br \/>\n00:07:47,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:50,100<br \/>\nYou might play a podcast or read<br \/>\na book or scroll through <\/p>\n<p>122<br \/>\n00:07:50,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:53,100<br \/>\nFacebook or do anything to take<br \/>\nour mind off. <\/p>\n<p>123<br \/>\n00:07:53,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:56,100<br \/>\nWhat is bothering us and help us<br \/>\nto fall asleep. <\/p>\n<p>124<br \/>\n00:07:56,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:01,100<br \/>\nSo in essence, we&#8217;re using noise<br \/>\nto block out the noise. <\/p>\n<p>125<br \/>\n00:08:01,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:05,400<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s in our minds and it seems<br \/>\nironic, but it is what we do. <\/p>\n<p>126<br \/>\n00:08:06,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:10,300<br \/>\nOnly to then wake up and start<br \/>\nthe process over again. <\/p>\n<p>127<br \/>\n00:08:11,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:18,000<br \/>\nPsalm 46:10.<br \/>\nBe still and know that I am. <\/p>\n<p>128<br \/>\n00:08:18,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:22,400<br \/>\nGod.<br \/>\nI will be exalted among the <\/p>\n<p>129<br \/>\n00:08:22,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:26,400<br \/>\nHeathen.<br \/>\nI will be exalted in the Earth. <\/p>\n<p>130<br \/>\n00:08:27,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:31,900<br \/>\nThis whole salmon fact, is just<br \/>\na beautiful Psalm filled with <\/p>\n<p>131<br \/>\n00:08:31,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:35,500<br \/>\nwords of encouragement.<br \/>\nBut I wanted to single out verse<\/p>\n<p>132<br \/>\n00:08:35,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:40,500<br \/>\n10 purely because of what those<br \/>\nfirst two words say to be still.<\/p>\n<p>133<br \/>\n00:08:43,799 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:46,800<br \/>\nBe still.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t move. <\/p>\n<p>134<br \/>\n00:08:46,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:49,400<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t speak.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t do anything. <\/p>\n<p>135<br \/>\n00:08:50,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:55,700<br \/>\nJust be still and be quiet and<br \/>\nknow that he is God. <\/p>\n<p>136<br \/>\n00:08:59,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:03,000<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s something that happens<br \/>\nwhen we allow the silence to <\/p>\n<p>137<br \/>\n00:09:03,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:04,700<br \/>\ncome to the Forefront of our<br \/>\nminds. <\/p>\n<p>138<br \/>\n00:09:05,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:11,300<br \/>\nThe ears begin to work again.<br \/>\nWe hear sounds. <\/p>\n<p>139<br \/>\n00:09:12,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:17,700<br \/>\nInstead of them working so hard<br \/>\nto block out the noise or work <\/p>\n<p>140<br \/>\n00:09:17,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:22,600<br \/>\nso hard.<br \/>\nFiltering what we want or need <\/p>\n<p>141<br \/>\n00:09:22,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:26,300<br \/>\nto hear.<br \/>\nThey can finally relax when it <\/p>\n<p>142<br \/>\n00:09:26,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:29,900<br \/>\nis silent and do what God<br \/>\nintended them to do, which is to<\/p>\n<p>143<br \/>\n00:09:29,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:34,400<br \/>\nhere.<br \/>\nSo, let&#8217;s practice being silent.<\/p>\n<p>144<br \/>\n00:09:51,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:58,600<br \/>\nDo you hear yourself breathing?<br \/>\nGenesis 2:7 says and the Lord <\/p>\n<p>145<br \/>\n00:09:58,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:02,300<br \/>\nGod formed man from the dust of<br \/>\nthe ground and breathed into his<\/p>\n<p>146<br \/>\n00:10:02,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:03,800<br \/>\nnostrils.<br \/>\nThe breath of life and Man <\/p>\n<p>147<br \/>\n00:10:03,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:10,400<br \/>\nbecame a living soul.<br \/>\nWhat a gift that we&#8217;ve been <\/p>\n<p>148<br \/>\n00:10:10,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:15,900<br \/>\ngiven?<br \/>\nTo have life to have breath. <\/p>\n<p>149<br \/>\n00:10:18,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:22,700<br \/>\nTo be walking Miracles, living<br \/>\nbreathing creatures. <\/p>\n<p>150<br \/>\n00:10:24,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:31,600<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s incredible.<br \/>\nWhen we sit in silence, can we <\/p>\n<p>151<br \/>\n00:10:32,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:36,600<br \/>\nfeel our heart beating?<br \/>\nThe blood pulsing through our <\/p>\n<p>152<br \/>\n00:10:36,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:38,800<br \/>\nbody without any control on our<br \/>\npart. <\/p>\n<p>153<br \/>\n00:10:41,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:44,100<br \/>\nHow can anyone think anything<br \/>\ndifferent and some higher power <\/p>\n<p>154<br \/>\n00:10:44,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:48,800<br \/>\nthat work?<br \/>\nAnd if we continue in this <\/p>\n<p>155<br \/>\n00:10:48,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:52,500<br \/>\nsilence, what else do we begin<br \/>\nto notice? <\/p>\n<p>156<br \/>\n00:10:56,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:01,600<br \/>\nYou notice your body?<br \/>\nmaybe the aches and pains of <\/p>\n<p>157<br \/>\n00:11:01,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:05,700<br \/>\nLife, the sore muscles, The<br \/>\ntwinge in your back. <\/p>\n<p>158<br \/>\n00:11:08,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:10,700<br \/>\nMaybe your bottom going numb, on<br \/>\nthe seat you&#8217;re sitting on. <\/p>\n<p>159<br \/>\n00:11:13,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:18,100<br \/>\nFirst Corinthians 6:19 and 20.<br \/>\nWhat know you not? <\/p>\n<p>160<br \/>\n00:11:19,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:21,600<br \/>\nThat your body is the Temple of<br \/>\nthe Holy Spirit, which is in <\/p>\n<p>161<br \/>\n00:11:21,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:24,700<br \/>\nyou.<br \/>\nWhich he have of God and ye are <\/p>\n<p>162<br \/>\n00:11:24,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:27,900<br \/>\nnot your own for ye are bought<br \/>\nwith a price. <\/p>\n<p>163<br \/>\n00:11:28,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:33,500<br \/>\nTherefore glorify God in your<br \/>\nbody and in your spirit which <\/p>\n<p>164<br \/>\n00:11:33,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:40,200<br \/>\nare gods. just a reminder that<br \/>\nGod gave us not only life but he<\/p>\n<p>165<br \/>\n00:11:40,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:45,500<br \/>\ngave us these bodies and were<br \/>\nhere alive today, only because <\/p>\n<p>166<br \/>\n00:11:45,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:51,200<br \/>\nof his grace We belong to him<br \/>\nand to glorify him in all that <\/p>\n<p>167<br \/>\n00:11:51,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:57,000<br \/>\nwe do.<br \/>\nContinuing in this silence, <\/p>\n<p>168<br \/>\n00:11:57,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:02,100<br \/>\nbrothers sisters.<br \/>\nWe can hear God&#8217;s creation. <\/p>\n<p>169<br \/>\n00:12:04,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:08,800<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t hear it in here.<br \/>\nBut I went out during the break <\/p>\n<p>170<br \/>\n00:12:08,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:10,900<br \/>\nand just sat in the parking lot<br \/>\nfor a few minutes. <\/p>\n<p>171<br \/>\n00:12:12,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:20,200<br \/>\nYou can hear birds insects.<br \/>\nThe soft murmur of conversations<\/p>\n<p>172<br \/>\n00:12:20,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:25,300<br \/>\nin the distance.<br \/>\nA random child laughing. <\/p>\n<p>173<br \/>\n00:12:28,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:33,200<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only<br \/>\none who&#8217;s taken a moment in <\/p>\n<p>174<br \/>\n00:12:33,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:36,100<br \/>\nsilence like that.<br \/>\nAnd sometimes many of us might <\/p>\n<p>175<br \/>\n00:12:36,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:39,700<br \/>\nenjoy doing that in special<br \/>\nplaces, like Idlewild to find a <\/p>\n<p>176<br \/>\n00:12:39,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:43,800<br \/>\nquiet place to close our eyes<br \/>\nand just be silent and allow <\/p>\n<p>177<br \/>\n00:12:43,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:46,000<br \/>\nthose sounds to come to the<br \/>\nForefront of our minds. <\/p>\n<p>178<br \/>\n00:12:48,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:51,900<br \/>\nThe Bible gives us lots of<br \/>\nexamples, of moments, of silence<\/p>\n<p>179<br \/>\n00:12:52,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:54,200<br \/>\nand quietness and I want to<br \/>\nshare some of those with you. <\/p>\n<p>180<br \/>\n00:12:56,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:59,900<br \/>\nBecause we might think that God<br \/>\nis in the loud and the powerful <\/p>\n<p>181<br \/>\n00:13:00,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:03,300<br \/>\nespecially with what&#8217;s going on<br \/>\nin the world around us and in <\/p>\n<p>182<br \/>\n00:13:03,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:07,300<br \/>\n1st Innings 19 11 through 13.<br \/>\nElijah God speaking to Elijah <\/p>\n<p>183<br \/>\n00:13:07,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:10,900<br \/>\nand he says go forth and stand<br \/>\nupon the mount before the Lord <\/p>\n<p>184<br \/>\n00:13:10,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:14,100<br \/>\nand before and behold the Lord<br \/>\npassed by and a great and strong<\/p>\n<p>185<br \/>\n00:13:14,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:17,800<br \/>\nwind rent, the mountains and<br \/>\nbreak in pieces the Rocks before<\/p>\n<p>186<br \/>\n00:13:17,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:22,200<br \/>\nthe Lord, but the Lord was not<br \/>\nin the wind and after the wind <\/p>\n<p>187<br \/>\n00:13:22,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:24,700<br \/>\nan earthquake, but the Lord was<br \/>\nnot in the earthquake. <\/p>\n<p>188<br \/>\n00:13:25,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:27,900<br \/>\nAnd after the earthquake a fire,<br \/>\nbut the Lord was not in the <\/p>\n<p>189<br \/>\n00:13:27,908 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:30,600<br \/>\nfire.<br \/>\nAnd after the fire, a still <\/p>\n<p>190<br \/>\n00:13:30,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:35,000<br \/>\nsmall voice, And it was.<br \/>\nSo when Elijah heard it, that he<\/p>\n<p>191<br \/>\n00:13:35,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:37,900<br \/>\nwrapped his face in his mantle<br \/>\nand went out and stood in the <\/p>\n<p>192<br \/>\n00:13:37,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:41,300<br \/>\nentering of the cave.<br \/>\nEntering in of the cave and <\/p>\n<p>193<br \/>\n00:13:41,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:43,200<br \/>\nbehold.<br \/>\nThere came a voice unto him and <\/p>\n<p>194<br \/>\n00:13:43,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:46,100<br \/>\nsaid what doest?<br \/>\nThou here Elijah. <\/p>\n<p>195<br \/>\n00:13:48,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:51,100<br \/>\nElijah is running away and<br \/>\nterrified for his life. <\/p>\n<p>196<br \/>\n00:13:51,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:54,200<br \/>\nBut he needed a reminder of who<br \/>\nwas in charge and although God <\/p>\n<p>197<br \/>\n00:13:54,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:57,200<br \/>\ncreated that urged, the wind and<br \/>\nthe earthquake in the fire. <\/p>\n<p>198<br \/>\n00:13:58,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:02,300<br \/>\nIt was when he spoke to Elijah.<br \/>\nIt was in that still small voice<\/p>\n<p>199<br \/>\n00:14:02,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:05,800<br \/>\nand it seems that with God,<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re always looking for the <\/p>\n<p>200<br \/>\n00:14:05,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:09,100<br \/>\nfire and brimstone to occur.<br \/>\nAnd we know that when Christ <\/p>\n<p>201<br \/>\n00:14:09,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:13,400<br \/>\nreturns, it will be loud and<br \/>\nunmistakable, but there are <\/p>\n<p>202<br \/>\n00:14:13,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:15,900<br \/>\nlessons in the Bible that we can<br \/>\nlearn. <\/p>\n<p>203<br \/>\n00:14:16,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:17,700<br \/>\nThat show was the power of<br \/>\nSilence. <\/p>\n<p>204<br \/>\n00:14:20,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:24,100<br \/>\nOne of the beautiful things we<br \/>\nfind in the Book of Job is <\/p>\n<p>205<br \/>\n00:14:24,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:27,600<br \/>\nchapter 2, verses 11 through 13,<br \/>\nwhen jobs three friends. <\/p>\n<p>206<br \/>\n00:14:29,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:31,200<br \/>\nHeard of all this evil that was<br \/>\ncome upon him. <\/p>\n<p>207<br \/>\n00:14:31,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:35,200<br \/>\nIt came everyone from his own<br \/>\nplace, he life as the Tema night<\/p>\n<p>208<br \/>\n00:14:35,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:38,100<br \/>\nand bildad the shuhite and<br \/>\nzophar the Namath a&#8217;ight. <\/p>\n<p>209<br \/>\n00:14:39,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:43,100<br \/>\nFor they had made an appointment<br \/>\ntogether to come to mourn with <\/p>\n<p>210<br \/>\n00:14:43,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:46,200<br \/>\njob and to comfort him.<br \/>\nAnd when they lifted up their <\/p>\n<p>211<br \/>\n00:14:46,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:49,400<br \/>\neyes, a far-off and knew him,<br \/>\nnot, they lifted up their voice <\/p>\n<p>212<br \/>\n00:14:49,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:53,200<br \/>\nand wept and they rent everyone<br \/>\nhis mantle and sprinkled dust <\/p>\n<p>213<br \/>\n00:14:53,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:57,800<br \/>\nupon their heads towards heaven.<br \/>\nSo they sat down with him upon <\/p>\n<p>214<br \/>\n00:14:57,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:05,500<br \/>\nthe ground, seven days and seven<br \/>\nnights, and none speak a word <\/p>\n<p>215<br \/>\n00:15:05,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:10,000<br \/>\nunto him.<br \/>\nFor they saw that his grief was <\/p>\n<p>216<br \/>\n00:15:10,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:16,100<br \/>\nvery great.<br \/>\nJob was devastated and <\/p>\n<p>217<br \/>\n00:15:16,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:20,200<br \/>\nstruggling.<br \/>\nAnd his friends sat in silence <\/p>\n<p>218<br \/>\n00:15:21,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:27,000<br \/>\nfor a full week. when I think<br \/>\nupon that, and I contemplate on <\/p>\n<p>219<br \/>\n00:15:27,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:31,400<br \/>\nthat, I would like to think that<br \/>\nthey sat there and cried with <\/p>\n<p>220<br \/>\n00:15:31,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:35,000<br \/>\nhim.<br \/>\nHeld his hand. <\/p>\n<p>221<br \/>\n00:15:36,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:40,900<br \/>\nRubbed his back.<br \/>\nHeld his head in their lap as he<\/p>\n<p>222<br \/>\n00:15:40,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:44,800<br \/>\nslept.<br \/>\nBrought him food or something to<\/p>\n<p>223<br \/>\n00:15:44,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:49,200<br \/>\ndrink.<br \/>\nBut there was nothing they <\/p>\n<p>224<br \/>\n00:15:49,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:53,100<br \/>\ncould, they could have said,<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s nothing that would have <\/p>\n<p>225<br \/>\n00:15:54,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:57,300<br \/>\ngiven him encouragement or<br \/>\ncheered him up. <\/p>\n<p>226<br \/>\n00:15:57,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:02,000<br \/>\nSo I say anything.<br \/>\nThey showed him Comfort. <\/p>\n<p>227<br \/>\n00:16:03,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:07,000<br \/>\nThey showed him support and<br \/>\nencouragement without saying a <\/p>\n<p>228<br \/>\n00:16:07,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:14,600<br \/>\nword, just to sit in silence.<br \/>\nMaybe that week of Silence was <\/p>\n<p>229<br \/>\n00:16:14,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:18,800<br \/>\nwhat job needed to just be and<br \/>\nto breathe. <\/p>\n<p>230<br \/>\n00:16:21,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:23,600<br \/>\nIn John chapter 8, we read about<br \/>\nthe woman caught in the act of <\/p>\n<p>231<br \/>\n00:16:23,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:26,800<br \/>\nadultery, and they asked him in<br \/>\nverse 5, they asked Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>232<br \/>\n00:16:27,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:30,200<br \/>\nNow, Moses in the law commanded<br \/>\nus that such should be stoned, <\/p>\n<p>233<br \/>\n00:16:30,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:33,700<br \/>\nbut what&#8217;s a us out?<br \/>\nHow does Jesus respond? <\/p>\n<p>234<br \/>\n00:16:35,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:38,800<br \/>\nBut Jesus stooped down, and with<br \/>\nhis finger wrote in the ground <\/p>\n<p>235<br \/>\n00:16:39,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:44,400<br \/>\nas though he heard them.<br \/>\nNot And we can picture the <\/p>\n<p>236<br \/>\n00:16:44,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:47,300<br \/>\nscene.<br \/>\nOf this crowd getting quite <\/p>\n<p>237<br \/>\n00:16:47,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:50,300<br \/>\nworked up.<br \/>\nAnd they&#8217;re dragging this woman <\/p>\n<p>238<br \/>\n00:16:50,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:52,700<br \/>\nwho&#8217;s probably resisting and<br \/>\nfighting against them toward <\/p>\n<p>239<br \/>\n00:16:52,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:56,600<br \/>\nJesus with this plan that they<br \/>\nalready have in their minds to <\/p>\n<p>240<br \/>\n00:16:56,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:59,600<br \/>\naccuse him.<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s instigators. <\/p>\n<p>241<br \/>\n00:16:59,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:03,800<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure if you know encouraging<br \/>\nthe rest of the crowd hyping <\/p>\n<p>242<br \/>\n00:17:03,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:07,800<br \/>\neach other up. that what they&#8217;re<br \/>\ndoing is righteous, that what <\/p>\n<p>243<br \/>\n00:17:07,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:12,900<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re doing is just and yet<br \/>\nJesus says nothing. <\/p>\n<p>244<br \/>\n00:17:15,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:18,800<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re not told how long that<br \/>\nsilence lasted could have been. <\/p>\n<p>245<br \/>\n00:17:20,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:23,599<br \/>\nMinute.<br \/>\nAnd a minute is a long time when<\/p>\n<p>246<br \/>\n00:17:23,599 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:31,300<br \/>\nsomeone asks you a question and<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t answer those moments <\/p>\n<p>247<br \/>\n00:17:31,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:33,700<br \/>\nof Silence, proved to be<br \/>\npowerful. <\/p>\n<p>248<br \/>\n00:17:35,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:38,600<br \/>\nMaybe it gave.<br \/>\nJesus just a moment to breathe a<\/p>\n<p>249<br \/>\n00:17:38,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:43,000<br \/>\nmoment to think.<br \/>\nEven though we&#8217;re sure he didn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>250<br \/>\n00:17:43,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:48,400<br \/>\nneed it but maybe it was for<br \/>\nthem to give them a moment, a <\/p>\n<p>251<br \/>\n00:17:48,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:52,900<br \/>\nmoment to think.<br \/>\nChrist, not allow himself to be <\/p>\n<p>252<br \/>\n00:17:52,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:57,000<br \/>\nbrought to their level.<br \/>\nBut his State of Mind was always<\/p>\n<p>253<br \/>\n00:17:57,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:06,700<br \/>\ncalm.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re also exhorted that we <\/p>\n<p>254<br \/>\n00:18:06,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:10,300<br \/>\nshould do things to the glory of<br \/>\nGod but to do them quietly. <\/p>\n<p>255<br \/>\n00:18:12,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:15,200<br \/>\nIn Matthew chapter 6 and verse<br \/>\n3. <\/p>\n<p>256<br \/>\n00:18:15,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:19,900<br \/>\nBut when thou doest alms, Let<br \/>\nnot thy right hand. <\/p>\n<p>257<br \/>\n00:18:19,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:23,100<br \/>\nKnow what I&#8217;m sorry.<br \/>\nLet not thy left hand know what <\/p>\n<p>258<br \/>\n00:18:23,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:27,000<br \/>\nthy right hand do with that.<br \/>\nThine alms may be in secret and <\/p>\n<p>259<br \/>\n00:18:27,008 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:30,000<br \/>\nthy father, which seeth in<br \/>\nsecret himself, shall reward, <\/p>\n<p>260<br \/>\n00:18:30,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:32,100<br \/>\nthee openly and it&#8217;s a funny<br \/>\nverse. <\/p>\n<p>261<br \/>\n00:18:32,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:35,600<br \/>\nIf you think about it,<br \/>\nliterally, because it would be <\/p>\n<p>262<br \/>\n00:18:35,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:38,600<br \/>\nimpossible for me to donate to<br \/>\nthe Ecclesia with my left hand, <\/p>\n<p>263<br \/>\n00:18:39,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:42,800<br \/>\nwhile hiding my right hand.<br \/>\nSo that it doesn&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m<\/p>\n<p>264<br \/>\n00:18:42,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:45,000<br \/>\ndoing.<br \/>\nI think it&#8217;s going to figure it <\/p>\n<p>265<br \/>\n00:18:45,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:47,800<br \/>\nout.<br \/>\nBut we understand the meeting. <\/p>\n<p>266<br \/>\n00:18:49,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:51,900<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no gain by making noise<br \/>\nabout donations. <\/p>\n<p>267<br \/>\n00:18:52,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:58,800<br \/>\nJust do that quietly.<br \/>\nAnd in Matthew, 6, and verse 6. <\/p>\n<p>268<br \/>\n00:18:58,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:03,100<br \/>\nBut when thou prayest enter into<br \/>\nthy closet, and when thou has <\/p>\n<p>269<br \/>\n00:19:03,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:07,000<br \/>\nshut the door, pray to thy<br \/>\nfather, which is in secret and <\/p>\n<p>270<br \/>\n00:19:07,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:09,100<br \/>\nthy father, which seeth in<br \/>\nsecret, shall reward thee <\/p>\n<p>271<br \/>\n00:19:09,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:13,100<br \/>\nopenly, Again, we don&#8217;t take<br \/>\nthat verse. <\/p>\n<p>272<br \/>\n00:19:13,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:15,400<br \/>\nLiterally we don&#8217;t run and pray<br \/>\nin our closets. <\/p>\n<p>273<br \/>\n00:19:17,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:21,400<br \/>\nAnd we understand that the point<br \/>\nis to not make a big scene about<\/p>\n<p>274<br \/>\n00:19:21,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:27,400<br \/>\nprayers.<br \/>\nTo pray in a quiet place to God.<\/p>\n<p>275<br \/>\n00:19:28,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:30,800<br \/>\nQuiet place can be outside on a<br \/>\nwalk. <\/p>\n<p>276<br \/>\n00:19:31,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:34,800<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re sitting in your backyard<br \/>\nor just listening to the wind <\/p>\n<p>277<br \/>\n00:19:34,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:36,500<br \/>\nand the birds and giving God<br \/>\npraise. <\/p>\n<p>278<br \/>\n00:19:38,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:41,500<br \/>\nAnd as we turn our attention to<br \/>\nJesus, we see the example that <\/p>\n<p>279<br \/>\n00:19:41,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:43,600<br \/>\nhe gave us when he was<br \/>\nstruggling. <\/p>\n<p>280<br \/>\n00:19:44,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:48,900<br \/>\nAnd hearing about the death of<br \/>\nJohn, the Baptist Matthew 14 <\/p>\n<p>281<br \/>\n00:19:48,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:53,200<br \/>\nverse 13, when Jesus heard of<br \/>\nit, he departed that spy ship <\/p>\n<p>282<br \/>\n00:19:53,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:57,100<br \/>\ninto a desert Place apart.<br \/>\nJesus went to be alone. <\/p>\n<p>283<br \/>\n00:19:58,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:01,900<br \/>\nThe find a quiet place to mourn.<br \/>\nThe death of his friend to pray <\/p>\n<p>284<br \/>\n00:20:01,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:05,200<br \/>\nto his heavenly, father to<br \/>\ncollect his thoughts to gather <\/p>\n<p>285<br \/>\n00:20:05,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:10,400<br \/>\nstrength.<br \/>\nWe also read Mark 1:35 and in <\/p>\n<p>286<br \/>\n00:20:10,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:14,200<br \/>\nthe morning also about Jesus<br \/>\nrising up a great while before <\/p>\n<p>287<br \/>\n00:20:14,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:18,700<br \/>\nthe day he went out and departed<br \/>\ninto a solitary place and their <\/p>\n<p>288<br \/>\n00:20:18,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:22,000<br \/>\nparade.<br \/>\nThis was a way for Jesus, to <\/p>\n<p>289<br \/>\n00:20:22,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:25,400<br \/>\ncollect his thoughts and I&#8217;m an<br \/>\nexample to us, as well. <\/p>\n<p>290<br \/>\n00:20:26,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:30,100<br \/>\nEspecially now as we live in a<br \/>\nworld, that&#8217;s so noisy and <\/p>\n<p>291<br \/>\n00:20:30,100 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:34,900<br \/>\ntroubling.<br \/>\nWe need to find a quiet place to<\/p>\n<p>292<br \/>\n00:20:34,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:37,400<br \/>\nbe able to gather our thoughts<br \/>\nand approached our heavenly <\/p>\n<p>293<br \/>\n00:20:37,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:41,200<br \/>\nfather in prayer.<br \/>\nAnd here we are, aren&#8217;t we? <\/p>\n<p>294<br \/>\n00:20:42,900 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:45,000<br \/>\nBecause now is we&#8217;re about to<br \/>\npartake of the bread and the <\/p>\n<p>295<br \/>\n00:20:45,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:48,600<br \/>\nwine and we silently pass them<br \/>\nfrom hand to hand. <\/p>\n<p>296<br \/>\n00:20:49,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:54,200<br \/>\nWe allow for that moment of<br \/>\npeace and quiet to wash over us <\/p>\n<p>297<br \/>\n00:20:55,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:59,400<br \/>\nas we are reminded again and<br \/>\ninternalized. <\/p>\n<p>298<br \/>\n00:21:00,700 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:04,000<br \/>\nThe thought that God sacrificed<br \/>\nhis son for us. <\/p>\n<p>299<br \/>\n00:21:05,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:09,200<br \/>\nThat we should be giving that we<br \/>\nshould be given everlasting life<\/p>\n<p>300<br \/>\n00:21:09,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:13,800<br \/>\nin his soon-coming kingdom.<br \/>\nWe need to remember that even <\/p>\n<p>301<br \/>\n00:21:13,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:18,500<br \/>\nChrist in his Darkest Hour was<br \/>\nlooking looked for a quiet place<\/p>\n<p>302<br \/>\n00:21:18,500 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:21,800<br \/>\nwhere he could approach his<br \/>\nfather in prayer where he could <\/p>\n<p>303<br \/>\n00:21:21,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:27,000<br \/>\nlay his struggles at his<br \/>\nfather&#8217;s feet to gather up his <\/p>\n<p>304<br \/>\n00:21:27,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:32,800<br \/>\nstrength for what lies ahead.<br \/>\nIn Mark chapter 14 and they came<\/p>\n<p>305<br \/>\n00:21:32,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:34,700<br \/>\nto a place which was called<br \/>\nGethsemane. <\/p>\n<p>306<br \/>\n00:21:35,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:40,800<br \/>\nAnd he saith to his disciples<br \/>\nsit ye here while I pray And he <\/p>\n<p>307<br \/>\n00:21:40,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:43,300<br \/>\ntaketh with him Peter, and<br \/>\nJames, and John and began to be <\/p>\n<p>308<br \/>\n00:21:43,300 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:45,200<br \/>\nsore.<br \/>\nAmazed, and to be very heavy. <\/p>\n<p>309<br \/>\n00:21:46,600 &#8211;&gt; 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