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00:39 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, your host, 00:43 and once again we're so thankful and grateful 00:46 that you have chosen to study with us. 00:49 Today, we're going to look at lesson four 00:52 in this wonderful study guide 00:54 written by Brother Richard Bland, 00:56 "Sharing God's Love: What the Bible Says." 00:59 And today's lesson is entitled "Living with Loss." 01:03 Living with loss, 01:04 you know, in this world we're born basically to die. 01:09 So there's always going to be lost. 01:11 We're always dealing with some kind of hurtful situation. 01:14 But as we see the closing scenes 01:17 of this world history come about, 01:20 we're seeing more and more disasters, 01:22 we're seeing terrorists common 01:24 and lives being taken as never before, 01:27 and there's more and more people 01:29 that are having to deal with this issue, 01:32 the issue of living with loss. 01:34 And it can be a very painful one. 01:37 So we want to go with Pastor Kenny 01:39 and see what the Bible has to say, 01:41 and what the Lord has laid upon his heart. 01:43 But before we do that, 01:45 I'm going to share just one Bible passage. 01:47 And this Bible passage is found in Psalms, it's 147:3. 01:53 And it reads, "He healeth the broken heart, 01:57 and bindeth up their wounds." 02:00 Brothers and sisters, 02:01 I believe God has answers for every dilemma 02:04 that we experience in this life. 02:05 So I pray that you'll stay tuned, 02:07 and study, and be blessed with us. 02:10 Thank you for joining us today here at Behold the Lamb. 02:12 We're very grateful and thankful 02:14 that you have chosen to spend some time with us 02:16 and study of the Word of God. 02:18 We look forward to this time being in your home 02:20 and we pray that you're looking forward 02:21 to spending some time with us here in the Word. 02:24 We're going to be looking at a wonderful subject 02:25 that you've already heard about in the introduction 02:28 about living with loss. 02:30 You know, how do people learn to live with loss? 02:33 Is there some kind of secret 02:35 because every one of us will go through it. 02:37 So today, we're going to look into God's Word, 02:39 and I'm sure it's going to be an encouragement, 02:41 strength to us, 02:42 since it's something that we hate to say it, 02:44 but we have to face it. 02:46 So today, as we look at this most important subject, 02:50 especially the hour in which we live, 02:51 we're going to ask God's blessing upon it. 02:53 I'm going to kneel and pray. 02:54 If you'd like to kneel with me, 02:56 those of you home sometime you can't. 02:57 So maybe you may be driving down the road, 02:58 whatever you might be listening, 03:00 but you can pray with me. 03:01 So let's lift our hearts to God, 03:02 shall we as we pray together. 03:07 Loving God in heaven, we thank You 03:08 for Your many blessings that You give to us. 03:11 We thank You for the promise 03:13 two or three are gathered together, 03:14 You'd be in our midst, 03:15 You promised to give us word in due seasons. 03:18 Today, we ask that Your Holy Spirit now 03:20 will come near each of our hearts and minds, 03:22 illuminate these beautiful truths 03:24 that we may be able to look 03:26 and be able to comprehend the things 03:27 that are going on in the world 03:29 and how they may affect each and every one of us. 03:32 And so we will know where to turn to, 03:34 we know that You have the answers, 03:35 lest now we pray everyone who's tuned in, 03:38 everyone who's listening, 03:40 each one here we pray in a special way 03:41 the Spirit of the Living God. 03:43 And will come alive in each and every one of us, 03:45 may we know that we've been with Jesus 03:46 in my prayer today, 03:48 in His name we pray and for His sake, amen. 03:53 Again, always our encouragement always is 03:55 make sure you have pencil and paper, 03:56 you have pencil and paper, you can jot these things down 03:59 because you'll notice 04:01 today our time is a little bit shorter than normal. 04:03 So we'll move as quickly as we can. 04:05 But try to, you know, go through the things 04:08 that's necessary as it's kind of building blocks 04:10 so that we can learn what the Word of God says. 04:13 I'm going to invite you to take your Bible. 04:16 This is very, very important 04:17 because when you talk about loss, 04:19 the one thing that first came across my mind 04:22 and I think would come across your mind also 04:24 is in the Book of Job. 04:26 Job suffered what? Loss. 04:29 And a lot of loss. 04:30 And so if we just look at it quickly today 04:32 and not spend a lot of time on it. 04:33 But I'm going to read several verses 04:35 I think it's imperative. 04:37 Since our subject is living with loss, 04:40 let's look and approach it the way that Job did. 04:43 You know, there's a lot of message 04:45 that have been spoken on this subject. 04:46 But let's just notice, Job Chapter 1, Job Chapter 1, 04:51 I'm going to start reading with verse 13. 04:54 And a lot of verses we could read 04:55 but we're going to do with 13 and onward 04:57 because this shows what happened to Job 05:01 in just evidently a matter of moments. 05:04 Sometime we have one little thing, 05:06 we hit our thumb with a hammer or stump our toe 05:10 and we're ready to give up, 05:12 you know, throw our religion out 05:14 and just go our different ways. 05:15 But look what this man went through 05:17 and let's examine 05:19 and we pray that it will help us. 05:21 So in Job Chapter 1 beginning with verse 13. 05:25 Here's what the Bible says, the Bible says, 05:27 "And there was a day 05:28 when his sons and his daughters 05:30 were eating and drinking and wine 05:33 in their eldest brother's house." 05:36 I might just mention here quickly, 05:38 I think maybe his sons and daughters 05:40 did this quite often. 05:41 I'm just going to throw that out to you, 05:43 you can throw it back if you want to. 05:45 Because later on we won't have chance to read it. 05:47 But Job as he knew that they were eating and drinking, 05:50 and nothing wrong with just eating and drinking, 05:52 but maybe a little celebrating going on, 05:54 maybe a little too much. 05:55 But what happened was Job was making sacrifices for them. 06:00 He said, just in case they sinned, 06:03 there was something that was going on. 06:04 And so he was making some sacrifices 06:06 and asking God to forgive them 06:08 and to get them on the right path. 06:10 So there they were eating and drinking 06:12 in their eldest son's home. 06:13 Now notice what happened, 06:15 "Then there came a messenger unto Job." 06:19 And notice, this messenger, 06:20 "He said, 'The oxen were plowing, 06:23 and they asses feeding beside them.'" 06:26 So you had some oxen very valuable, 06:30 you had some like donkeys then 06:32 and there was 500, he had 500 oxen, 06:37 he had 500 donkeys. 06:40 And notice what this man said, 06:42 "They were feeding and all of a sudden, 06:43 verse 15," and the Sabeans or the..." 06:47 These here could be descendants of Kush. 06:50 These could have been descendants, 06:52 a tribe they came down on them. 06:54 Notice what happened, 06:56 "Fell on them, and took them away, 06:57 yea, they have slain the servants 07:00 with the edge of the sword, 07:02 and I only am escaped alone to tell thee." 07:06 Interesting here if it... 07:08 Do we believe that the enemy was the one behind this? 07:11 Absolutely, but notice 07:12 even the enemy left one person alive 07:16 so that he could tell the bad news, 07:18 he wanted to go into detail of what happened, 07:21 he wanted to know 07:22 because not only was Job wealthy in material things, 07:24 but also in servants or people who worked with him, 07:27 his household was huge. 07:29 One of the richest man 07:31 as it were at that point in time. 07:32 And so the enemy let one live 07:35 so he could run back and tell Job, 07:37 he said, "Man, you just lost 500 oxen. 07:40 You just lost 500 donkeys. 07:42 And all of the servants who were out there, 07:44 your workers, maybe part of your household. 07:46 They're all gone, I'm the only one left." 07:51 Well, that would startle some of us here, want to say, 07:53 we start counting right quick with our calculator. 07:56 Whoo, my that's so much ahead of all this right here. 07:59 But all of a sudden he didn't have time 08:00 to even do that. 08:01 He didn't have time for even soak into his brain 08:03 because you'll notice what happened. 08:05 Verse 16, "While he was yet," what? 08:08 "While he was yet speaking there came another, 08:11 and said, The fire of God is fallen from," where? 08:15 "From heaven, hath burned up the sheep, 08:18 and the servants, 08:20 consumed them, and I only am escaped to tell thee." 08:24 Once again a disaster and what? 08:26 Only one left, the enemy lead off of him 08:29 so he could go back and try to crush Job. 08:33 Remember, the sheep now, there was 7,000 sheep 08:38 that were destroyed just like that 08:40 and it doesn't say how many human beings 08:43 and so one right on top of the other, verse 17. 08:47 And notice, "While this man was still speaking 08:50 there came," what?" 08:53 There came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made out, 08:57 notice it says, three bands, and fell upon the camels," 09:01 which were 3,000 camels, notice, 09:05 "and have carried them away, yea, and slain," 09:07 here again what, the servants, everybody was there, 09:11 "with the edge of the sword, and I'm the only one he said 09:13 that has come along to tell you escaped." 09:16 Now notice in verse 18, "While he was yet speaking..." 09:20 Now that seemed to be enough, doesn't it? 09:22 Right then and there way too much. 09:24 Now he said, "While he was yet speaking, 09:25 there came also another one, and said, oh, oh, 09:29 notice how it progressively it seemed to get worse. 09:32 It said, "Thy son, and thy daughters 09:34 were eating and drinking." 09:36 And remember, he had what? 09:38 He had seven sons and three daughters, 09:42 ten children. 09:45 And so the enemy wasn't happy 09:47 with just taking the animals and the servants, 09:49 he went right as close as he could get to Job. 09:52 And there's a reason we'll look at that 09:53 he didn't get to Job. 09:54 But notice, the Bible said, 09:56 "Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine 09:58 in thy elders brother's house. 09:59 And, behold, there came a great wind 10:01 from the wilderness, 10:03 and smote the four corners of the house, 10:06 and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead, 10:09 and I am escaped alone to tell thee." 10:13 Four calamities right on the neck of the other 10:16 before you could get the words out 10:18 something else happened to Job. 10:21 And then the bottom line or the straw would be, 10:25 you've lost seven sons, and three daughters, 10:28 ten children at the same moment, 10:30 plus your everything 10:32 you've worked for all your life. 10:34 Everything was gone, the bank account was drained. 10:37 We're talking about here living with loss. 10:39 This man had some severe loss. 10:41 But notice, notice what the Bible said there 10:44 in verse 20. 10:46 Soon as Job heard this, 10:47 I guess he rolled over and said, 10:49 "I've had enough, I'm going to curse God." 10:51 No, look what the Bible said. 10:53 "Then Job arose, and he rent his mantle, 10:56 he shaved his head, fell down on the ground." 10:59 And what did do? 11:00 The Bible says, "He worshiped, 11:04 'And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, 11:07 and naked shall I return thither: 11:09 And the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, 11:12 blessed be the name of the Lord." 11:15 Talking about learning to live or living with loss. 11:19 He said, "I came in with nothing, 11:21 and I'm going to go out with nothing. 11:22 And I say that to each one of you. 11:24 Everyone that's in hearing or viewing is you may come in, 11:27 you come in the world, right? 11:28 You come in naked, you don't have anything really, 11:30 you may work all your life, you've accumulated a lot, 11:33 but when you leave, 11:34 you're going to leave with nothing. 11:35 You're not going to have anything, 11:37 you can't take it with you, 11:38 all you take with you is certainly is your character. 11:40 And man what a character we see here, 11:42 a character that was been developed over the years 11:45 of his relationship with God. 11:47 Notice that and he said, notice what he said here, 11:50 "In all this Job sinned," what? 11:55 Nor charged God foolishly." 12:00 Think about it. 12:02 He just didn't get carried away and said, 12:03 "Well, this is the way God's going to do me, 12:05 then I'm just not going to have anything 12:06 to do with Him." 12:08 He didn't do that at all. 12:09 I came in with nothing, 12:11 I'm going to go out with nothing. 12:13 And blessed be the name of God. 12:16 Very interesting words 12:17 that which he had to offer there. 12:19 Now notice, you say, okay, there was a loss, 12:22 oh, indescribable, 12:24 most of us couldn't describe it. 12:25 We would have a very difficult time, 12:27 God forbid, to be one child 12:28 and with our grandma, or a mother, 12:30 or dad whatever it might be, our wife, our companion, 12:33 it seems to too big a burden to bear. 12:37 But here all of this at once, turn with me, 12:39 you're there in Job just to Chapter 6 12:41 just quickly four verses I want you to look on. 12:44 Tell me here as we read it that Job was not hurting. 12:48 Tell me he was not experiencing this thing called loss. 12:51 Notice, Job 6:1 reading on. 12:56 He said, "Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed." 13:00 He's wanting can you weigh... 13:03 Think about it, can you weigh it? 13:04 Can it be weighed out? 13:06 I don't know. 13:07 Notice, "Thoroughly weighed, 13:09 and my calamity laid in the balances thereof. 13:13 For now..." 13:15 Notice this, "For now it would be heavier 13:18 than the sand of the sea: 13:22 therefore my words are swallowed up. 13:27 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, 13:30 the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit," 13:34 notice, "the terrors of God do set themselves 13:37 in array against me." 13:40 Is it possible that he was hurting, 13:44 experiencing loss, if my grief could be weighed? 13:49 Have you ever been through some time like that, 13:51 that you're wondering, that you're hurting so bad, 13:54 you'd say, "If I could just weigh out my grief?" 13:56 I just put it on a scale and I try to weigh, 13:58 you know, how heavy would it be? 14:02 How could he go through this? 14:06 He said, "It's heavier than the sand of the sea." 14:12 More than he could almost possibly take 14:16 living with loss. 14:19 The Book of Ecclesiastes 3:6, 14:24 there's always wisdom 14:25 as we look in the Book of Ecclesiastes. 14:28 And it simply says here that a... 14:30 "It's a time to get..." 14:31 That means there's a time to gather 14:34 and there is a time to lose. 14:37 Simply put the beginning of that verse. 14:39 There's a time that we get in life. 14:42 There's a time that we gather in life, 14:43 but there also comes a time in life that we lose. 14:48 That's exactly what Job had said, wasn't it? 14:49 It's time that he had come in with nothing yet, 14:51 but he had lot 14:52 and then all of a sudden it's taken away. 14:55 Now, what does it mean to lose something? 14:58 I mean, that's kind of maybe silly question you think about, 15:01 but what does it mean to lose something? 15:03 You know, Paul made it very clear 15:06 in Philippians 3:8, 15:09 he said, "I have suffered the loss of all things." 15:14 I mean, that's quite a statement to me. 15:17 Man of God says, 15:19 "I have suffered all the loss of all things." 15:23 Is anyone here... 15:26 Has anyone ever lost something? 15:29 Everyday I'm losing something, I don't know about you, 15:32 whether you misplace that or whatever. 15:34 But we're in a kind of constant searching mode 15:38 anymore around here. 15:39 We're always looking for something, 15:41 we've lost something, we've misplaced something. 15:44 And the lost can be devastating. 15:48 Then there are different kinds of loss. 15:51 For example, someone runs in and said, "I've lost my keys." 15:56 Anybody whoever lost their keys? 15:57 Oh, yeah. 16:00 I think they have a deal now, right? 16:01 That you can, if you lose your keys or something, 16:03 you can push, and make some noise or something, 16:05 let you know where they're at. 16:07 That's good thing. 16:08 But you could say, "I lost my keys." 16:10 And it could be a temporary loss 16:13 or it could be a permanent loss. 16:15 You may never find them again, but they're just keys. 16:19 And in the case of the keys, 16:21 there may come a time that you find them 16:24 and then everything is returned back to normal. 16:28 But there's certain kind of loss 16:29 that never returns back to normal. 16:34 Certainly things can change. 16:37 Few more examples just quickly to talk about loss. 16:40 A person can lose their temper. 16:43 It'd be nice if you lost your temper 16:45 that you'd lose it to extent you'd never find it again. 16:48 Somebody... Well, I lost of all you guys. 16:53 Wouldn't that be nice? 16:55 Well, I lost my temper 16:57 and I hope I never find it again. 16:59 Usually you means you just lost your temperament, 17:01 isn't that right for a second, 17:02 if you're not careful, a lot will come back. 17:04 But that could be one kind of loss. 17:06 And lot of times, I heard somebody say, 17:07 "Have you lost your mind?" 17:09 Have you ever heard that? 17:11 They said that to me a few times? 17:12 Have you lost your mind? 17:14 Most often I'd say, "Yes, that right?" 17:16 Some people get so panic over. We lost the game. 17:20 We lost the game. 17:22 It's like the world had come to an end. 17:25 Some come home at night 17:26 and they have a little pink slip. 17:28 They say, "Oh, honey, I've lost my job." 17:30 There's different kinds of loss and affects us differently. 17:35 You know, some of us can lose time or waste time, 17:39 but it's still a loss. 17:41 But then we have the bottom line, 17:43 you might say the loss of life. 17:46 The loss of life, how do you replace that? 17:50 But again, any kind of loss can be damaging, 17:53 it can be hurtful, it can be lasting. 17:58 How do we deal with it as God's children? 18:00 There must be a way to deal with this thing called loss. 18:03 No one wants something that you love to be lost 18:07 or separated from. 18:12 It can affect every area of your life. 18:14 And that means mentally, physically, spiritually, 18:16 and financially. 18:18 Because many people say, "I've lost it all, 18:20 everything I've worked for, my 401k, whatever it might be, 18:24 my savings." 18:26 There are millions who got up, 18:27 you know, a few years ago that had money in the bank, 18:30 million dollars and more in their savings, 18:32 and it was gone overnight. 18:35 Everything that mom and dad had worked for and grown old. 18:38 And that's all that they were counting on. 18:40 It was gone, it was lost. They couldn't get it back. 18:44 It affected them in a lot of different ways. 18:46 Some committed suicide, 18:49 others were never the same again, 18:51 or others who were 75 and 80 years old, 18:53 went to McDonald's or Walmart 18:57 to try to find a job so they can eat. 19:01 Was at work for years, and hoping to be able to retire 19:04 and have enough to live on. 19:06 Dealing with losses, something as I mentioned before 19:08 that we all must face in this life, 19:11 for one time or the other 19:12 we were going to have to face it. 19:13 So how do we deal with it? 19:15 How is it that we deal with loss? 19:18 Well, there are others, too many different ways, 19:19 but I'm going to suggest as I always do, 19:22 and you would do the same is we go to the Word of God. 19:25 And we find out how to deal with loss 19:28 because it's not easy. 19:30 It's a terrible, lonely situation 19:32 when we lose something that we care about, 19:35 and that we love. 19:36 Is there a way that we can something 19:38 we can find in the Word of God 19:39 that helps me to deal with loss? 19:41 Is there something in the Word of God 19:43 that can help me to cope, you see with loss. 19:46 Or is there something in the Word of God 19:49 that can help me to defeat loss, 19:51 completely reverse it. 19:54 How many here are familiar with Fanny Crosby? 19:59 She is what? 20:00 We talked about a little while ago. 20:02 She's a prolific songwriter, a blind young lady, 20:07 is written so many of our songs that we love 20:09 and that we grew up on, very gifted. 20:12 The Holy Spirit had to be working 20:13 through this young lady. 20:16 She was asked one time by, we know this name very well, 20:20 Dwight L. Moody. 20:21 She was asked by Dwight L. Moody said, 20:23 "Could you share some of your Christian experiences 20:27 with the group that they had there. 20:29 Share a little bit about your faith? 20:32 Share a little bit what keeps you going 20:34 through different kinds of experiences of life 20:37 and maybe some heartache." 20:40 She said, "You know, there is one hymn, 20:44 there's one hymn that I've written 20:46 that I've never published, 20:48 published many, many, many, many hymns, 20:50 but there's one hymn that I keep for myself 20:53 that I've never published. 20:55 And I call it my soul's poem. 20:59 This is my soul." 21:01 See, everybody is a little different, 21:02 and they have something that can help them 21:04 during their time of loss, 21:05 and said, "This is my soul's poem." 21:09 Sometime when I'm troubled, and sometime when I'm sad, 21:12 and once I'm going through a loss, 21:14 I bring this to my mind, 21:16 and I go over these words, it brings comfort to my heart. 21:21 It makes me happy when I've been sad, 21:24 just these words, 21:25 and then she began to recite it, 21:28 she began to... 21:29 And those who were there, she was reciting this, 21:32 tears fill the eyes of many who were there, 21:35 tears were streaming down the cheek 21:37 as she simply recited this song, 21:40 and some of you will know, and it starts out like this. 21:43 "Some day the silver cord will break, 21:47 and I no more and now shall sing. 21:51 But, O the joy when I shall awake 21:54 within the palace of the King. 21:57 And I shall see Him face to face, 22:01 and tell the story saved by grace." 22:06 What a beautiful song inspired that 22:09 she didn't want to publish at that time, 22:11 because that was her soul's poem. 22:15 And she could recite that and just think with me, 22:18 she was about 25 years of age, 22:21 just a young lady when this took place. 22:24 But at 25 years of age and blind young lady, 22:27 she realized in that song 22:30 that the first face that she would ever see 22:32 would be that of Jesus, 22:34 that gave her hope and gave her such encouragement. 22:38 The Bible encourages us, it's an encourager. 22:42 In the Book of Psalms 147:3. 22:47 Psalms 147:3, quickly, let's look at these verses. 22:50 Time's going by quickly. Notice what the Bible says. 22:53 Psalms what? 147:3. 22:56 Notice this, two lines, 22:58 "He healeth the broken in heart, 23:02 he bindeth up their wounds." 23:06 How powerful those words are. 23:10 But we have to reach out in faith and claim those 23:12 because He said it, 23:14 when you hurt, you've got to say, 23:15 "I'm hurting. 23:17 I'm broken. I need to be healed. 23:20 I need a touch from the Master." 23:22 Look at it closer, 23:24 just those words for just a moment. 23:26 It starts out, "He healeth..." 23:29 I thought how wonderful that is it. 23:30 You know what that means really in the Hebrew? 23:33 He's going to heal. He healeth positive. 23:36 He's going to heal. He's going to cure. 23:40 He's going to repair me. He's going to repair you. 23:45 He's going to make me healthful again. 23:49 These are words we need to hang on to. 23:51 He's going to repair. He's going to heal my defects. 23:56 And notice the other word and my hurts, 23:59 isn't that beautiful? 24:00 See, that's the promise in He healeth. 24:03 Then it goes in all these directions. 24:04 I'm going to heal you where you're hurt. 24:07 I'm going to heal those defects. 24:08 I'm going to heal that which is broken 24:11 that needs to be repaired, 24:12 because God doesn't want us to be in that kind of shape. 24:16 I'm going to cure you. 24:17 He says, "Therefore, He healeth the broken." 24:19 And notice that word in the Hebrew 24:21 where you studied just a little bit. 24:23 It talks about when broken, God's looking at us and said, 24:26 "Kenny, you're in pieces. 24:28 You're in pieces." 24:30 See it's different if you have something broken, 24:31 there's one or two little pieces. 24:33 But when you have piece of glass or something, 24:34 and it shattered, 24:36 they say there's a million pieces 24:37 laying out through there. 24:38 God understands that, but He said, 24:40 "I know that you're in pieces, but I can heal you. 24:44 I know, I'm going to help you 24:46 because I know you've been crushed." 24:49 If you've ever went through some kind of loss, 24:50 sometime you feel like there's a heavy weight on you 24:53 that you've been crushed. 24:54 Those who have lost loved ones very close to them. 24:56 You feel a crazy heart to even breathe some time. 25:00 You feel like you've been crushed, 25:01 you're in 1,000 pieces. 25:03 And God said, "I'm going to heal you 25:05 because you're broken. 25:07 I'm going to heal that." 25:08 Notice the next word is heart. That certainly is the mind. 25:11 God says, "I'm going to heal the inner man." 25:14 Because that's where, sometimes it doesn't show 25:16 so much on the outside, 25:17 but on the inside, that's where God is... 25:20 He could look right inside of man. 25:22 He sees that you're broken. 25:23 He sees you're in a 1,000 pieces. 25:25 He need, sees that you need to be repaired. 25:27 He sees you're going through some kind of sorrow 25:31 and heartache. 25:32 And he says, "You know what? 25:34 I realized that inside is your seat in your mind, 25:37 the seat of emotions." 25:39 And what you're going through. Why? 25:41 Because He's been there. 25:43 He says, "I'm going to work on the heart, 25:45 I'm going to work on the conscience. 25:47 I'm going to work on your understanding 25:50 to help you to get through this time of need." 25:52 And then He says, 25:54 "Now I understand all of these things." 25:55 Now, somebody, "Now I need to bind you." 25:59 You know, if you've ever broken arm or a leg or head anything, 26:02 you know what? 26:04 It's nice to have the thing reset. 26:06 You've got to have it reset 26:07 in order for it to be normal again. 26:10 And then it can even be, by the way, a broken leg or arm 26:12 can be stronger than it was before, 26:14 by the way it heals. 26:16 But if you have someone just to set it 26:17 and it's not bound properly, are you still with me? 26:22 If you don't bind it, or put it in a cast properly 26:25 and keep it in the position that needs to be in, 26:27 you're going to be in worse shape than you were 26:28 and you never heal right. 26:31 God said, "Now I know what you're going through. 26:33 Now I'm going to bind you." 26:35 Notice that, "I'm going to bandage you up 26:38 is what that word means. 26:39 I'm going to bandage you up. 26:41 I'm going to make some ties so that keeps you in place, 26:46 so that you heal better than you ever were before." 26:48 How wonderful that is. 26:49 I'm going to bind those wounds. 26:52 That simply means again in Hebrews, 26:54 "I'm going to bind your sorrow. 26:56 I'm going to bind your hurt. I'm going to bind your pain. 27:00 I'm going to bind your injury. 27:02 I'm going to bind that grief that you have. 27:05 And I'm going to turn it into joy." 27:07 That seems almost impossible. 27:08 I know, but God said it can happen, 27:09 and it can happen. 27:11 Desire of Ages, page 329 says this. 27:16 Desire of Ages, 329, 27:18 "Whatever your anxieties and your trial..." 27:21 So I'm appealing to each one, 27:24 "Whatever your anxieties and..." 27:27 Notice this, "And your trials, 27:29 spread out your case before the Lord." 27:32 Now it doesn't mean bring it to Him in a box, 27:34 and just leave it there, and leave the lid on it. 27:36 He said, "Spread it out 27:38 everything that you're going through." 27:40 He already knows it all. 27:41 But it's good for us to lay it out 27:43 and tell Him this is a way I feel. 27:46 He knows that it's good for you. 27:48 It's good for me to be able to tell it to Him. 27:51 Spread it out before the Lord. Notice this. 27:53 "Well, I've got a heavy burden God, 27:56 it's so heavy." 27:57 Notice what Desire of Ages says, "The heavier..." 28:00 So you think you have 28:02 the heaviest burden in the world. 28:03 Well, listen up, "The heavier your burden, 28:05 the more blessed the rest." 28:09 The heavier what? 28:10 Your burden, the more blessed your rest. 28:13 How beautiful that is in casting them up 28:16 on the burden bearer. 28:20 Is he not what? He's our burden bearer. 28:23 He doesn't want you to have to carry that burden. 28:25 He doesn't want to see you crying at night. 28:27 He doesn't want to see you torn apart. 28:29 He doesn't want to see you in a 1,000 pieces. 28:32 And He said, "Let me carry it for you. 28:34 But you're going to have to come, 28:36 you're going to have to ask. 28:37 Let me bind it up. 28:39 Let me fix it up for you 28:41 those who are going through loss." 28:44 In the Book of Romans 8:18-28. 28:48 Read all those when you can. 28:50 We're going to concentrate on three or four verses 28:51 because of our time we can't do it. 28:53 But notice these verses, Romans Chapter what? 28:55 Eight, we would read through 18-28, 28:58 verse 18 note through 28 says this, 29:01 "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time 29:04 are not worthy to be compared 29:06 with the glory which shall be revealed in us." 29:10 Who's speaking here? 29:12 We say, "Paul." Notice what it's saying. 29:15 "For I reckon that 29:16 the sufferings of this present time." 29:18 It's almost like what we go through it. 29:20 It's really not worth talking or mentioning about worthy 29:23 to compared to the glory 29:25 that one day we're going to be able to see 29:27 with the heaven, right? 29:29 We look at the suffering and things 29:30 that we go through in this life. 29:31 It's not hardly worth looking at 29:33 because of what is before us. 29:35 So we need to be looking what's before us 29:37 rather than what is behind us, or over here to the side. 29:41 The glories that await you 29:42 because this is a temporary thing. 29:45 Notice what it goes on. 29:46 It says, verse 26, 29:48 "Likewise the Spirit also helped our infirmities." 29:51 Who helps us? The Spirit. Good. 29:54 "For we know not what we should... 29:57 Yeah, should pray as we ought: 30:00 but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 30:04 with groanings which cannot be uttered." 30:07 Notice, even groanings is a groan is a sigh. 30:11 It has to do with... 30:13 It really means standing even close to... 30:15 When you're praying, and you're in pain, 30:18 and you trying to get through, 30:20 that's when He's the closest to you. 30:21 He standing close by you. 30:24 It's a groaning, it's like grief. 30:27 You're grieving, He's grieving with you. 30:29 When you cry, He cries with you. 30:31 You see, this is how close our Savior is to us, 30:34 as our elder brother. 30:35 Groanings that cannot be uttered. 30:37 We'll look at those close in a minute, 27. 30:39 "He that searches the heart," 30:41 that we know one that search the heart, 30:43 "Yes, the one that searches the heart knoweth 30:45 what is the mind of the Spirit, 30:47 because he maketh intercession 30:49 for the saints according to the will of God." 30:52 I'm glad we have someone, right, 30:54 making intercession for us, 30:55 according to the will of God, and not my will. 30:58 We'll be ourselves in a big mess, wouldn't we? 31:00 We turn it over to God, verse 28, 31:02 this is the one that most are familiar with 31:04 is and we know that all things do what? 31:08 Work together for good them that love God, 31:11 and then who are called according to His purpose. 31:15 All things work together for good. 31:17 And you know what? That's not easy. 31:19 People say, "Oh, well, just all things work together 31:21 when someone's died, 31:22 and someone's lost, something..." 31:24 That's not as easy 31:25 as it is quoting in that scripture. 31:28 Think about it. 31:30 That takes faith to believe 31:32 what God has left for us to read, all things. 31:36 And it comes to the point we can't figure out 31:38 why it's happened. 31:39 But we know that God has a plan. 31:42 We can't see all the ins and the outs. 31:44 But we know that God has something to help us 31:46 along the way because He says, 31:48 "By faith, all things work together for good." 31:52 Well, how can good come out of this 31:53 that might be what would say, 31:55 "No, I don't know, but God says it will." 31:57 There's the difference, 31:58 I don't know how He's going to do it. 32:00 I'd like to know sometime 32:02 when things were getting down and out. 32:04 And you're just like, "Just speak to me, Lord. 32:07 Just tell me so I'll know." 32:10 But He says, "All things work together for good." 32:13 You see, Paul here in Romans 8, starting with 18, 32:17 Paul was speaking of something 32:19 that he knew was taking place in his own life. 32:22 He was talking about painful experiences and loss. 32:26 He knew that there was more to come. 32:28 Look what this man had been through. 32:30 See, for suffering loss and going through it, 32:33 we need to look at those who have went through it, 32:34 just like we looked at Job. 32:36 We'll talk about him a little more in a moment, 32:37 if we have time. 32:39 But notice Paul here realized, 32:40 he was going to what he'd been through was brutal. 32:42 But he had more brutal things to go through yet. 32:45 And the end result, he was going to have to die. 32:49 He was going to have to die. 32:51 But you know, how he looked at these things, 32:53 maybe it will help us. 32:55 He began to look to realize that 32:56 while we live on this earth is a short time. 33:00 It's a very short time, 33:01 if you really stop and think about. 33:02 Someone says, "Well, it seemed like 33:04 we've been here." 33:05 It passes rather quickly. 33:07 And so Paul begin to look at and say, 33:08 "This is just a season." 33:10 And so I have to look beyond what's happening right now 33:13 and to the realities of heaven. 33:16 His encouragement was based upon 33:18 as you read through the passage there. 33:21 His courage was based upon the second coming of Jesus. 33:26 Did you get it? 33:27 To encourage that, the encouragement that he took 33:30 from all of what he's going through 33:31 and what he's had to go through yet was based upon, 33:34 I know that Jesus is coming back, 33:37 the second coming. 33:39 And he began to think about Christ power, 33:42 Christ perfect character. 33:44 It was an encouragement to him. 33:46 As Titus 2:13 says, 33:48 "The second coming of Christ is our blessed hope." 33:52 See, if you don't have a blessed hope, 33:54 you're not gonna be able to make it through. 33:55 I'm not going to make it through. 33:57 If I don't see something 33:58 beyond what's going on right now, I'm in trouble. 34:01 If there's not something better 34:02 than what this world has to offer, I'm in trouble. 34:05 If there's something I need to reach out by faith 34:08 and grab a hold of it is the second coming of Jesus. 34:11 This world is soon to pass away. 34:13 Jesus is coming and He promises eternal lie. 34:16 These old things will be passed away. 34:19 How wonderful? What a promise that is? 34:22 And then Paul was looking and thinking in his mind, 34:25 and he said, "Oh, glory be to God," 34:28 because he realized there in, what? 34:30 1 John 3:2, he said, 34:31 "One day, one day I shall see Him as He is." 34:37 Do you long for that? 34:38 And when you're going through loss, 34:40 it encourage us one day, one day soon. 34:43 I'm not always going to feel the way I do right now today. 34:45 Right now I'm miserable 34:47 and things just not going right. 34:48 But I know what the Word says, 34:49 God helped me to make it through 34:51 for this moment and this day, 34:52 and it will get better in time as time goes by. 34:56 And I'm going to be able to see Him as He is. 35:00 He said, "I'm going to be able to have 35:01 a real revelation of Jesus Christ. 35:03 I'm going to have a real revelation 35:05 of the splendor, and the glory, 35:07 and the eternal realities of heaven." 35:10 Think about that. And the throne of God. 35:12 Read that in Acts 7:9. 35:14 Read that in the Book of Revelation 35:16 21:10 and 11, and 23, and 24, 35:21 where it's talking about the Holy City, 35:23 the New Jerusalem, 35:25 it's talking about the Lamb is going to be there, 35:28 and that the Lamb is the light of that city. 35:30 That gives you hope and encouragement. 35:32 Revelation 22:5, 35:34 "And there'll be no night there. 35:36 There's going to be no sorrow there. 35:37 There's not going to be anything shut away 35:38 from you or for me." 35:41 Paul makes it very, very clear in his writings 35:44 for those who are going through loss 35:46 that the only, the Christian... 35:48 Listen carefully, 35:49 "Only the Christian because of the Word of God 35:54 can explain the mysteries of suffering." 35:57 Did you get that? 36:00 Only the Christian can explain because of the Word of God, 36:04 the mysteries of suffering, sorrow and of loss. 36:09 You know, 1 Thessalonians 4:13 says, 36:11 "Remember, that you sorrow 36:12 not as others who have no hope." 36:15 We have sorrow, 36:17 but it's a different kind of sorrow 36:18 than those who don't know Christ, 36:20 those who have no hope. 36:21 Yes, it hurt. Yes, it's a mess. 36:23 No, we don't want to go through it. 36:26 But think about this. 36:27 We don't sorrow as those who have no hope. 36:30 We have hope that we will see our loved ones again. 36:33 We have hope that God can restore. 36:36 Things may be taken away for today, 36:37 and may be double replaced tomorrow. 36:40 We may have more than we ever had, 36:41 if that's what God wants. 36:43 Nothing's impossible with God. 36:45 You know, ever since the beginning, 36:48 ever since the man and then you had nature, 36:52 creation, 36:53 it's continually been suffering. 36:56 And we realize that suffering is going to continue 36:59 until Jesus comes back. 37:01 Because when the entrance of sin came, 37:03 everything began to suffer, everything began to die. 37:08 And so we realized 37:09 that will continue till Jesus come. 37:11 And we'll thank God 37:12 for the intercession of the Holy Spirit. 37:14 Isn't wonderful, thank God 37:16 for the intercession of that Holy Spirit 37:18 that helps to hold us together. 37:23 The Holy Spirit helps to hold us together. 37:26 This is what we need to be held together 37:29 when we're going in different directions 37:30 and we're not sure which way to go. 37:33 Paul doesn't say and never does he say in the Word 37:37 that the Spirit removes our infirmities, does he? 37:40 You know, sometime I like to say, 37:42 "Well, Lord, just take this away now, 37:43 I don't want to deal with it. 37:44 I don't want to have to go through this." 37:46 Certainly is anyone ever 37:48 kind of thought along those lines? 37:49 I don't need this now. 37:50 I don't need anything else. 37:52 I've heard people say, "I don't want anything else." 37:55 But nowhere in scripture does it say, 37:57 "He's going to take away the... 37:58 removes our infirmities." 38:00 But He helps us and gives us strength to overcome. 38:04 Gives us what we need to get through that valley. 38:08 And man, I'm telling you, 38:09 there's a lot of valleys out there. 38:11 But, you know, if you go through a valley 38:12 and I go through a valley is because God sees that 38:15 I need to go through that valley. 38:17 If heaven is going to be my home, 38:18 that's why I need to rejoice in that valley 38:21 as well as I rejoice on the mountaintop. 38:24 Paul goes on, he says, 38:25 "You know, you don't even know what we should pray for. 38:28 Used a word ought. 38:30 You know what you ought to pray for. 38:32 I always said as a little child, I said, 38:34 "We didn't forget praying then." 38:37 About seven or eight years ago, I forget praying. 38:38 I don't need to pray, 38:40 but I don't know what I need to pray for. 38:41 Why I pray? 38:43 None of you do stuff like that but me I know. 38:46 This phrase should be read. 38:48 We can read it like this 38:49 really in the original language. 38:50 This phrase says should be translated. 38:53 We don't know what we should pray. 38:56 And another is, we don't know how to pray. 38:59 See, said ought 39:01 'cause we don't know what ought, 39:03 but then what was it, come back 39:04 literally pray as it is necessary. 39:08 Pray as necessary. 39:10 Sometimes we don't know necessarily 39:12 because we were too selfish or self centered 39:15 because of our spiritual condition 39:17 we don't know how to pray or what to pray for 39:19 because we can't take self out of it. 39:22 We can't take all that selfishness out. 39:25 We don't know what's best for us. 39:27 But God does know that, the beginning and the end. 39:30 Therefore we have to submit to Matthew 26 tells us 39, 39:35 "Not as I will, but as thou wilt, 39:38 as an end result, suffering." 39:42 Yes, it's going to happen. 39:44 But we need to learn to pray. Why? 39:47 Bible said all things again, what? 39:49 Work together for good. 39:51 You can also translate that, 39:53 see if it makes a little easier to understand. 39:55 I don't know that it will 39:56 and God works all things for our good. 40:00 God does what? 40:01 He works all things for our good. 40:04 How many times have you heard it said, 40:06 "Nothing can touch the child of God, 40:08 except the Lord promises?" 40:10 Anybody ever heard that? 40:12 No, nobody can take, 40:13 nobody take you out of God's hand, right? 40:15 Nothing can touch the child of God 40:17 until you know the Lord gives permission to do so. 40:20 Where do we find that? 40:21 Well, you know, go to the Word of God. 40:23 We were looking in Job Chapter 1 quickly, 40:25 we'll only have five minutes or so left. 40:26 Notice, in the Book of Job, 40:28 we were looking about what Job went through, 40:30 and the loss, and the heartache, 40:32 and how he stayed true to his God. 40:35 You know, if you look at Job 1:12, you'll see this. 40:39 Notice, this you can know for sure 40:42 that nothing happens in your life, 40:44 unless God gets permission, is the way he dealt with Job. 40:48 I think Brother Mark brought that out, 40:49 as we were talking about, 40:51 even in the children's story here 40:52 that God's in control, isn't He? 40:55 He's still in control. 40:56 Notice this here, it says, "And the Lord said," Job 1:12, 40:59 "And the Lord said, "Unto Satan, behold, 41:03 all that he hath is in thy power." 41:07 Think about, all, he said Job, "All that he has, right? 41:10 All the Job has, he's telling to Satan is in your hand. 41:13 That's what power means in your hand. 41:15 Only up on him, put not forth thine hand." 41:18 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. 41:22 So notice this, 41:23 Satan has to have permission to get to God saints. 41:28 Think about it. 41:29 He had to go, Satan had to go to God and say, 41:33 of course God threw Job's name out there to say, 41:35 "Okay, here's a righteous man, now you may go to him." 41:39 But notice what it says, as soon as God said go," 41:42 Satan jumped out right quick. 41:43 So I want to get him right now. 41:45 But notice in Job 2:6, again, this comes up. 41:49 And the Lord said unto Satan, 41:52 "Behold, He is in thine hand, but save his life." 41:57 Now, the saved right there simply means preserved. 42:02 Notice that, and the Lord said to Satan, behold, what? 42:05 He's in your hand. 42:07 Take Job, he's in your hand, but you cannot take his life. 42:11 God is still in control even in times of sorrow, 42:15 even in times of loss, God is still in control. 42:17 The devil can't do anything. 42:19 And certainly unless we step out on his ground, 42:21 then we're in trouble. 42:23 But when we are God's people, living for Him, 42:25 doing everything we know 42:26 by the grace of God and live for Him, 42:28 nothing happen, nothing touches the apple of His eye 42:31 until He gives permission. 42:32 Praise God for that. 42:34 Desire of Ages, page 471 says this, 42:38 "The history of Job 42:41 has been shown that suffering is inflicted by Satan, 42:46 and is overruled by God for the purpose of mercy." 42:50 God can overrule. 42:52 God can say that's enough. 42:54 God can say that's it. 42:56 If you're His child, or you His child today, 42:58 He certainly promised to help us 43:00 in our time of need. 43:02 We won't have time to finish everything, 43:03 but I noticed there was a lady 43:09 on her deathbed. 43:11 And there's three things word called, 43:15 and held in camp, well known songwriter, 43:20 again, the lover of the Word of God, 43:22 the day that she passed away, 43:24 she called in for the secretary, 43:26 one who worked with her 43:28 and said read the Word of God to me, 43:29 is precious during life has to be precious to the end. 43:32 Read Isaiah 42, 43:35 and the friend began to read it. 43:37 And as the friend begin to read Isaiah 42, 43:42 notice when she came to verse 6, 43:45 the woman said, "Stop." 43:47 Barely a whisper, "Stop." 43:49 It says there that the Lord have called the 43:52 in righteousness, 43:54 and will hold thine hand, and we'll keep thee... 44:00 She said in just a whisper, 44:03 "Called, held, and kept. 44:08 I can now rest in that promise." 44:12 And she died, she fell asleep. 44:15 How wonderful to say, 44:17 "He's called us, He's held us and He's going to keep us." 44:21 How wonderful our time of loss no matter what it is, you know, 44:26 God's promise that He's called us, 44:29 He's going to hold us, 44:30 and He's going to keep us in the palm of His hand. 44:34 You know, as we close the day, I want to pray for you, 44:36 I want you to be praying for us here 44:38 that the Holy Spirit of the Living God 44:39 will touch you, because some of you 44:41 are going through heartache, 44:42 you think you'll never get through, 44:43 but the Word of God here 44:45 just what little we touched on here, 44:46 it guarantees us 44:47 that He's going to see us through. 44:49 Would you like to pray one more time, 44:51 I'm going to kneel up here and just pray for you 44:53 as a Holy Spirit comes into your heart, 44:55 into your life that things begin to change. 44:57 Let's pray right now. Shall we together? 45:02 Merciful Father in heaven, we thank You again 45:03 for Your Word that's encouraged us, 45:06 even at a time of loss when our heart is broken, 45:08 we've been crushed, went into 1,000 pieces. 45:11 We say now, there's no way to get out of this mess, 45:13 You have 1,000 ways. 45:15 We realized that You can come 45:17 into our hearts, in our lives, in our mind, 45:18 You can change us, You can mold us, 45:20 and You can make us after Your image 45:23 that we can look and say, "Oh, lo, this is our God, 45:25 one of these days that He's coming back 45:28 where He's going to save us." 45:30 We pray that You'll keep this hope 45:31 instill in the hearts, and the minds 45:32 of those who are suffering loss right now. 45:35 I pray that they'll look to you and they'd be healed. 45:37 And as I look to You, 45:38 the author and finisher of our faith, 45:40 we know one day soon You're going to come 45:42 and You're going to take the faithful home. 45:43 Bless us we pray to that and give courage, strength, 45:45 and faith in Jesus name we pray and for His sake, amen. 45:49 Hello and welcome back. 45:51 Friends, I pray that the message of Pastor Kenny 45:54 just gave living with loss was something that gave you 45:58 encouragement and hope. 46:00 And isn't it awesome that today I have Pastor Kenny here. 46:04 We're going to talk a little bit more about 46:07 living with loss and some of the other messages 46:10 that are in this wonderful Bible study, 46:12 sharing God's Love: What the Bible has to say. 46:16 And I've been telling you each time we open this program 46:18 that it was written by Brother Richard Bland. 46:20 And Richard Bland is back here to visit with us today. 46:24 Brother Richard, there are people in this world 46:27 that even the loss of loved ones, 46:31 many times there's people 46:33 that aggrieve themselves to death 46:34 because they feel they have no hope. 46:37 So how important was it to get something like this 46:41 into their hands so we can give them hope. 46:43 It was so important that we took upon ourselves 46:47 after doing over 25 million of Bible lesson 46:50 to come up with something that everybody could use 46:54 and get them what 25 question that most people want to know. 46:58 And that's what we did. We went through many questions. 47:01 I mean, that the top 25 that people want to know. 47:04 For example, number one is stress. 47:06 Everybody has stress. 47:08 We put the answers in out of their Bible. 47:10 Every text is out of the Bible. 47:12 So what kind of Bible you have. 47:15 You can use this, it's designed for a Bible. 47:18 The Holy Bible, any kind of Bible 47:20 and that's the reason why 47:21 nobody's turning down and we haven't... 47:24 Right now in America, 47:25 125 million of those are printed. 47:27 So everybody can have one. 47:29 So you can't say you gonna be left out. 47:30 That's right. 47:32 And there's so many wonderful Bible promises. 47:33 When I started the program earlier, 47:36 I quoted actually 47:37 one of your first Bible passages 47:40 that you have on living with loss 47:42 and that was Psalms 147:3. 47:45 And everybody can claim this, 47:47 we claim this and I encourage you to claim this, 47:50 "He healeth the broken heart and bindeth up their wounds." 47:54 There are people that have tremendous wounds. 47:57 We've had disasters with earthquakes, 48:00 we've had hurricanes, we've had fires, 48:04 everything is record setting right now 48:06 because we're seeing the Bible being fulfilled. 48:08 These are the birth pains. 48:10 We're told it's going to draw worse, and worse, and worse. 48:13 We have terrorism on every corner. 48:16 So I think these messages, these lessons 48:19 they need to get out as fast as possible. 48:21 And, Brother Richard, you have another ministry too, 48:24 we're here from Behold the Lamb ministries, 48:25 but you have another ministry. 48:27 Tell us about your ministry? 48:28 Our ministry is United Prison Ministry, 48:30 and United Prison ministry, 48:31 we provide free material to every prison 48:34 in the United States and many foreign countries. 48:37 But let's speak about the United States we are. 48:39 In the United States, 48:41 we now have come up with a system 48:45 where not only the prisoners can learn the Word of God, 48:48 but their family members and they back home 48:50 because we found 48:52 when a prisoner get out of prison, 48:53 if you go back to the same environment, 48:54 in the year or two, he's back in prison. 48:57 So these lessons that you have in your hand are designed 49:00 for them and the family members to get it, 49:02 and we made it so economical 49:04 even though they costs $5 a piece. 49:07 We have designed in so that when they get them in bulk, 49:11 they can save money by even getting just $1 piece. 49:14 Amen. Can you imagine that? 49:15 Good. Yes, I can. 49:17 Twenty five Bible study, you know... 49:18 I can 'cause we bought some and we're giving them away. 49:22 I can really imagine that. Yeah. 49:24 And that's what we want everybody to do is looking for. 49:26 So if you have a doctor, if you have a business, 49:29 you need to get these and put in your office 49:32 for the purpose of letting your customers have this. 49:35 I was just telling them, 49:36 my personal dentist 49:38 who I didn't think was much of a Christian, 49:40 I hate to say that, 49:41 but I didn't know of any church affiliation that he had. 49:44 When he looked at these, he said, 49:45 "You know, I'm glad you put these in my office." 49:48 So much so we only gave him about a couple of hundred, 49:51 but he give me $1,250 down just last week 49:53 because he was so impressed. 49:54 Amen. Amen. 49:56 Now, on top of that another businessman 49:59 that I had never met before, 50:01 he was so impressed with these lessons here, 50:03 he said, you know one thing, he gave me a check, 50:06 you would not guess how much that was for? 50:08 Well? $10,000. 50:10 Praise the Lord. He sent me card. 50:11 I want people to know what this Word of God is. 50:15 So if you out there, you can call this number, 50:18 area code (205) 755-4744. 50:24 I'll repeat that again, 50:25 area code (205) 755-4744. 50:31 Or you can look it up 50:32 United Prison Ministry, UPMI.org. 50:36 Either way, or writers us, 50:38 PO Box 8, Verbena, Alabama 36091. 50:43 That's United Prison Ministry or UPMI, and you can get this 50:47 or you can contact Behold the Lamb, 50:49 they have the address here. 50:51 But make sure that you get it and share 50:54 because we found out this, if you want a blessing, 50:56 pass out the lesson. 50:57 Amen. If you want a blessing, what? 50:59 Pass out the lesson. 51:01 And if you care, you will share. 51:03 If you care about your neighbors, 51:05 if you care about your friends, 51:07 if you care about your children, 51:08 if you care about anybody in your family, 51:10 you will share these lessons with them. 51:12 Behold the Lamb. 51:14 That's why we have taken upon ourselves 51:16 to do each and every one of these 51:18 in a one hour Bible study with our viewing audience. 51:22 And, of course, we offer these as well. 51:24 You know, each program is offered for a love gift 51:27 of just $8 or more. 51:28 And when they call in, they're going to get 51:30 at least one of these for free. 51:31 So we have... 51:32 We've just determined we're going to give them away 51:34 for free. 51:35 But I love what you said 51:37 because we're both faith based ministry, 51:38 3ABN is a faith based ministry. 51:41 And as you partner up with any of these ministries, 51:44 you're partnering up with heaven. 51:45 You know that we're told that there'll be stars 51:47 in the crowns of those who just by support 51:51 are enabling those of us who are willing 51:55 to get these messages out 51:57 and into the hands of our friends and our loved ones. 51:59 And Pastor Kenny, you have been... 52:01 This was the fourth in a series of 25. 52:04 Yes. And this was living with loss. 52:06 We've already done stress management, 52:08 defeat loneliness, the healing of sorrow. 52:12 So, Pastor Kenny, why are these important? 52:14 Why should people want to know about living with loss? 52:18 Why would they want to know about how to quit smoking? 52:20 Successful parenting? 52:22 Why would they want to know as I turn the page 52:24 what happens to man after death? 52:27 Or where sin came from? 52:29 Or which day is the Lord day? 52:30 Why would people want to know that? 52:32 Why should they know that? 52:33 Yeah, well, you know, I think we're all in agreement 52:35 that we live in this hour of earth's history, 52:38 where all kind of things are happening in abundance. 52:41 And again, we have to deal with stress, 52:43 we have to deal with sorrow. 52:45 If we live in this world, we're going to deal 52:46 with the issues we were just talking about here. 52:49 And these are issues that kind of 52:51 reminds me like what Christ, 52:52 you know, somebody came asking for bread, or they needed help, 52:56 He helped them first, 52:57 and then He gave them the bread. 52:58 That's right. 53:00 So here, people, we knew, 53:01 there's meat of the Word out there, 53:03 we understand that there's truth in there. 53:05 But people are having to deal with sorrow and grief, 53:08 money issues, stress, suicide, 53:11 you know, all these things are on a hand. 53:13 And so these lessons help us to know how to deal with them 53:16 the way God says we need to deal with them. 53:19 Not how some man might say, but God says in His Word, 53:22 and if we deal with the way God says, 53:23 it's going to work out. 53:25 Amen. 53:26 You know, I have to jump in there 53:27 because you said, I know there's meat 53:29 of the Word out there. 53:30 And I know there's some difficult, 53:32 in fact, I've even asked you sometimes, 53:33 where'd you get that information? 53:34 And I know it came from the Holy Spirit. 53:36 You know, and in my mind, this is meat of the Word. 53:41 'Cause if we don't raise our children properly, 53:43 if our marriages are destroyed, 53:45 if we're destroying our body temple, 53:47 we're all going to be lost. 53:49 You know, you need to have all of these things. 53:52 And sometimes they're overlooked. 53:54 And these are the issues, these are the troubles, 53:57 the stress, the trials that we live by day by day. 54:02 You know, this is our family life, 54:04 how do we do it? 54:05 Is there hope? 54:06 You know, there's many people that have given... 54:08 I mean, think about the thousands 54:10 that we hear of young people, 54:12 young people, teenagers, 54:13 and early teens that are committing suicide. 54:16 They have no home, 54:18 they're not being raised in a Christian family. 54:21 These to me are still meat of the Word 54:23 and I think we need to get the videos, 54:25 we need to get the lessons, 54:28 and you can tell us this is interdenominational, 54:31 every faith can get it. 54:32 They can just look it up in their own Bible, 54:34 there are no commentaries, no man's insertions, 54:37 you didn't put anything 54:39 on what you thought that passage may. 54:40 You didn't even tell us 54:42 what Strong's Concordance meat as well. 54:44 You just let the Bible speak and of course, the Holy Spirit. 54:48 And I believe you encourage people in here 54:50 to pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance, right? 54:52 In fact we do. 54:54 In fact people have asked me, "So what do you think of this? 54:55 I say, "What do you mean I think?" 54:57 God will lead you and guide you. 54:58 In fact, He made you. 55:00 So He knows exactly what it takes for you 55:01 to understand His scripture. 55:04 And like I tell the people in prison, you know, 55:06 over 7 billion people in the world 55:08 and this thing 55:09 that little space on the thumb there, 55:11 is seven over seven billion different prints, 55:13 we got these who is dead, plus those who live now. 55:16 We can thank for bringing the people 55:18 who are already dead. 55:19 But God can do that 55:20 so if you want to know the answer, 55:22 you get on your knees and go to the Lamb of God, 55:24 and He will give you the answers 55:26 of what you're going to find out here. 55:29 In fact, back He said, "There are many stories 55:32 that you're going to need 55:34 because God has designed this for you." 55:35 Not only for you, for those whom you know, 55:38 and your family members. 55:39 That's right. 55:40 And you know if you want to have this hour message 55:43 of living with loss, 55:45 all you need to do is contact us here 55:47 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 55:48 Our phone number is here 55:50 in the United States at Central Time 55:52 and it is area code (618) 942-5044 55:57 or you may send us an email and that is 56:00 BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com. 56:03 Or visit us on our website 56:05 www.Behold TheLambMinistries.com. 56:10 And, friends, if you want to have 56:12 just the message is going to be offered to you 56:15 for a love gift of $8 or more. 56:17 You can call in and even ask about our sharing price. 56:19 The ladies that answer the phone though 56:21 they'll be happy to tell you 56:22 what the sharing price is all about. 56:24 So if you want to get a group of 10 or 20 DVDs 56:27 and you want to have these Bible studies along with it, 56:31 just call, we'll give you whatever you need. 56:34 And I think this is a good witnessing tool, 56:36 both the DVD, the message, 56:38 and putting these 56:40 you can make these your own personal little ministry. 56:42 So call us, we'll give you 56:44 Brother Richard Bland's information again. 56:47 Or, Brother Richard, 56:48 why don't you just tell us one more time, 56:49 what is your phone number? 56:51 Okay, area code (205) in America, 56:53 (205) 755-4744. 56:57 And we're Central Time too. 56:59 That's (205) 755-4744. 57:04 And I want to also say this UPMI.org, 57:07 or you can put on contact UPMI.org. 57:12 Either way or go to our website UPMI.org. 57:17 Many things you will find out there. 57:18 And then too, I want to share this with you. 57:20 At the end of these studies here, 57:23 we have over 500 Bible texts of the stories 57:26 in the back of the Bible that you go to immediately. 57:29 In fact, I was talking to a lady just other day 57:31 who grew up a Christian, she said, 57:33 or parents rather, over 55 years old, she said, 57:36 "She loved this, got to keep this as a keepsake. 57:38 So any well-known stories about, 57:40 you can go to it quickly and it tell you 57:42 where's it's found without you going through 57:44 the 773,692 words to find, did you said amen? 57:48 That's right. 57:49 This is a power pack study guide. 57:52 It really is. 57:53 Don't put off tomorrow what you need to do today. 57:57 May our precious Lord continue to bless 57:59 each and every one of you. |
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