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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written. 00:21 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joioining me. 00:24 Carlo was born in March h of 1883 in the town of Lugo 00:28 in the north oItaly. 00:30 was 21 years old when he arrived in the United d States, 00:33 and after tryi his hand at various jobs and enterprises, 00:37 he fally hit upon an idea 00:39 that he was sure would make him a f fortune. 00:43 Investors poured millionss of dollars into his company. 00:46 Some m mortgaged their homes and invested their lifsavings 00:50 with Carlo. 00:51 Within mths he was bringing in a million dollars a day 00:55 in revenue--in 10. 00:58 But was soon discovered that Carlo's company 01:00 wasn't generating any profits at all. 01:04 Carlo had been using the money from n new investors 01:07 to provide dividends to longer-term investorors. 01:10 When greer numbers of his clients began demanding 01:13 thr money, Carlo, or Charles Ponzi's scheme, 01:19 was realed to be a massive fraud. 01:22 And many people lost everything. 01:25 And it wouldt be the last time. 01:27 In 200the late Bernie Madoff was charged 01:30 with securities fraud for running a massive e Ponzi scheme 01:34 that resulted in actual losses to invevestors 01:36 ofof about $18 billion. 01:39 It was thought to be the ggest fraud 01:41 in the history of Wall Street. 01:43 Even though h 14 and 1/2 billion was returned to investor 01:47 Madoff was sentenced to 150 yearsn prison. 01:51 People trusted Madoff, and Charles PoPonzi decades before, 01:56 to do the right thing with moneyey they invested. 01:59 But that trust was misplaced. 02:03 We live inin a world that is based on trust. 02:06 You mail a a letter, and you trust that if you put it 02:09 in that bobox or through that slot, it's going to maket 02:12 to where it's meant to go. 02:13 e mechanic tells you that your car needs ththis done, 02:16 and you ust the mechanic. 02:18 Your doctor tells you that you need thicertain medication 02:20 or maybe surgery. 02:22 Most of the time you have no idea, 02:25 but you ust the physician, and things work out. 02:28 You trust the person who cuts your ha. 02:30 Mostly it goes to plan. Sometimeit does not. 02:35 I got my hair cut once at the airport in Torononto, Canada. 02:38 Oh man, it was so bad I remember it all tse years later. 02:42 The person who I went to to have the mess fixed up 02:44 said that the woman who cut mymy hair in the first place 02:47 committed mamalpractice. 02:49 I calaugh about it now. 02:51 Truth is, we l laughed about it then. 02:54 Of course, not eveveryone can be trusted. 02:56 In fact, there are times you'd be unwise to trust. 02:59 That phone call when someone tells you 03:01 they're gonna send you a large sum of money, 03:02 but first you need to send money toto them? 03:05 No, don't trust that. Those are e scams. 03:09 But someone who ca always be trusted is God. 03:12 And we see that today. 03:18 We're continuing our serieies and as we look at "Great Characters of the Bible," the life of Isaac,c, 03:20 we see a a life demonstrating trust in God. 03:24 Isaac was born because of t trust. 03:27 HeHe was the child of promise born to Abraham d Sarah. 03:31 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac c was born. Sarah was 90. 03:36 Wh she heard she was going to have a child 03:38 so late in her l life, Sarah laughed. 03:41 In fact, shehe and Abraham did not trust God to begin wit 03:45 In Genesis 12, God saido Abram, 03:48 will make you a great nation; 03:50 "I will bless you and make your name gre; 03:53 and you shall be a blessing." 03:55 But time passed by, and nohild was born. 04:00 When Abraham brought this up to God in Genesisis 15, 04:03 GoGod "brought him outside and said, 'Look now ward heaven, 04:08 "and count the stars if you are able to nunumber them.' 04:11 And He said to him, 'So shall your desceants be.'" 04:16 The Bible says Abraham "belved in the Lord, 04:20 and He accounted it to him for r righteousness." 04:23 But that belief went only so far. 04:26 Sarah was getting older, and she wasn getting pregnant. 04:30 "So Sarai said to Abram, 'See now,w, the Lord has restrained me 04:34 from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid;; 04:38 "perhaps I I shall obtain children by her.' 04:42 And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai." 04:45 Which wasn't a great mov for any number of reasons. 04:50 The lack of faith in God crcreated friction, 04:52 which is still being experienced toy. 04:56 Now, let's say this. They're an elderly couple, 04:59 and they doubted that t Sarah would become pregnant. 05:01 That's fair enough, isn't it?? 05:03 I mean, who would have thought that Sarahould conceive 05:06 at that very advanced age? 05:08 But that's where faith comes into it. 05:10 ItIt was God who promised a child would be born, 05:13 d so therefore it's up to God to work that out, 05:17 even if itit seems unlikely from a human standpoint. 05:20 Our faith in God needs to stretchay further 05:24 than the limits of our hun understanding. 05:26 If yr faith in God only goes as far as your faith 05:29 inin yourself--"I could never do a job like th"; 05:33 "I just don't know how we could ever afffford to support 05:35 that missionary y family"; 05:37 "I can't see howrandma could possibly recover"-- 05:44 then that'evidence that God is the God of you don't have faith in God. the impossible. 05:49 It's not easy to explain exactly how God created the world. 05:54 But Hebrews 11 tells us that "by ith we understand 05:57 "that the worlds were framed by the worord of God, 06:01 "so that the things which are seen 06:03 were not made of things which are e visible." 06:07 We understand by faith. HeHebrews 11, verse 3. 06:10 me on, friend, how's your faith? 06:12 Is God big or small? 06:14 Is God able, or is He not able 06:17 A God inhich you can have faith can raise the dead. 06:20 He can turn water into wine. 06:21 He can feed the five thousand, open up the Red Sea, 06:25 bring water out of a rock, and see tot 06:29 that a 90-ar-old woman can have a baby. 06:33 Speaking of Abraham, Paul w wrote, 06:35 "And being not weak in faith,, he considered not his own body 06:39 "n"now dead, when he was about an hundred yearsld, 06:42 "neither yet the ddness of Sara's womb: 06:45 "he staggered not at the promise of Godhrough unbelief; 06:48 "but was strong in faith, givinglory to God; 06:52 "and being fully persuaded thatwhat He had promised, 06:56 He was able also tperform." 06:58 That's Romans 4, verses 19 through 21. 07:02 Now,w, did you see that? 07:03 Abraham simply believed that God cld do 07:08 what God said He could do. 07:10 And that's faith; that's trustst. 07:13 So that't's how Isaac came into the world: 07:16 faith, trust in God, 07:18 belief that God could do what God said He couldld do. 07:21 And bebefore long, 07:23 young Isaac was going to have to exercisfaith of his own. 07:28 I'llll be right back. 07:30 ♪[music swells and ends]♪♪ 07:39 >>Announcer: He was the first humabeing ever created, 07:41 the father of thhuman family. 07:43 And in Adam's storory we find some of the highest and lowest poin 07:47 of thehe human experience. 07:48 Our free offer today is "Great Characrs of the Bible: Adam," 07:52 part o of the ongoing "Great Characters of the Bible"eries. 07:55 To receive this free DVD, 07:57 call 800-253-3000 08:00 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 08:03 That's's 800-253-3000, 08:06 or visisit iiwoffer.com. 08:10 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joininme today 08:11 on It Is Writteten. 08:13 Before I go any further in talking ababout faith and trust, 08:16 let me say thihis. 08:18 There arare scams everywhere today. 08:21 In the 1920s, a man named ViVictor Lustig 08:24 sold the Eiffel Tower--twice. 08:27 He fooled people, deceived people, 08:30 and he made a lot of money. 08:31 AnAnd you wonder how someone could fall 08:33 for such a crarazy scheme. 08:34 Well, people do. 08:36 There's no shortage of unscscrupulous people 08:38 who will stop at nothing to separate yoyou 08:41 from your hard-earned money. 08:43 Watch out for phishing scams--that't's phishing, 08:45 P-H-I-S-H-I-N-G. 08:48 If you get an email maki an unbelievable offer 08:50 or asking for personal information, b be very careful. 08:54 Don't reveal any financial deils. 08:56 No guine organization is going to ask for those 09:00 in an emaiail. 09:01 Don't t open attachments or click on links-- 09:04 unless you're e 100 percent sure they're genuine-- 09:07 as they mit then infect your computer with a virus. 09:09 IfIf something looks too good to be true, it pbably is. 09:13 And if you're really unsure aboutut something 09:16 ask someone that you trust that arrives in your inbox, to look into it fofor you. 09:20 Now,w, back to Isaac. 09:21 Isaac came into the world because hiparents trusted God. 09:25 They had faith i in God. And as a result, Isaac was born. 09:31 But when Isaac was a younman, 09:32 trt in God took on a whole new dimension for him. 09:37 The story is usually told from Abrahaham's perspective, 09:41 but let's see if we can consider ather angle here. 09:44 Genesis 22egins like this: 09:47 "Now it came to pass after these things 09:49 "that God tested Abram, and said to him, 'Abraham!' 09:53 "And he said, ere I am.' Then He said, 'Take now your son, 09:57 "'your only son Isaac, wh you love, 10:01 "'and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him ththere 10:03 "'as a burnt offering on one of the mountaiains 10:06 of which I shall tell you.'" 10:08 agine how Abraham must have felt. 10:11 There'd have been a progression of etions. 10:13 "Take yo son." 10:14 "Ah, my son!" How proud hehe must have been. 10:17 our only son"--God was saying, 10:20 "Take your legitimate heir;take the child of faith." 10:23 "Hmm, my son, ththe one God promised me and gave me. 10:26 Yes, my son." 10:29 "Take now yourur son, your only son... 10:31 "and go to the land of Moriah, and offer r him there 10:35 as a burnt offering." 10:38 Well, now Abram's pride turned to horror. 10:41 Now, what's remarkable is that the Bible saysys, 10:43 braham rose early in the morning and saddled his dodonkey, 10:47 "and took two of his young men with himand Isaac his son; 10:52 "and he split the wood fofor the burnt offering, 10:54 and arose and went to the place of which God had told him." 10:57 Genesis 22, verse 3. 10:59 It was a three-day journey, and it had thave been brutal, 11:03 walking th his son, who now is about 20 years of age, 11:06 and God was s asking him to offer that young man as a sacrice. 11:12 I wonder if there were l long pauses. 11:14 I wonder if Isaac ever said, 11:16 "Dad, you're not yr normal happy self." 11:19 ose had to be three dark days for Abraham 11:22 as they journeyed to wt today is Jerusalem. 11:25 "And Abraham said to his young men, 11:27 "'Stay here with the donkey; thlad [or young man] 11:31 "'and I wi go yonder and worship, 11:34 and we will come back to you.'" 11:36 Now, nice that: "We will come back to you." 11:40 It ss in the book of Hebrews that Abraham concluded 11:43 "that God was ablele to raise him"--or Isaac--"up, 11:47 even from the dead." 11:48 That's Hebrews 11:19. 11:50 But that didn't chchange the fact that he was being asked 11:53 to do something exuciatingly difficult. 11:57 "So Abraham tookok the wood of the burnt offering 11:59 "and laid it on Isaac hison; 12:03 "and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife,e, 12:06 "and the two of them went together. 12:08 "But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father a and said, 12:11 "'My father! ... L Look, the fire and the wood, 12:15 "but where is the lamb for r a burnt offering?' 12:18 "And Abraham said, 'My son, God will prode...Himself 12:23 "the lamb for burnt offering.' 12:25 So the two of them went together." 12:27 That beautiful verse points forward to theeath of Jesus 12:31 for thsins of the world. 12:32 d notice how Isaac was a type of Christ 12:35 in that he carriedthe wood himself 12:38 just like JeJesus carried His cross. 12:40 God would provide Himself a Lamb. 12:43 Divinity itself would be the Lamb slain 12:45 for the sins of the world. Jesusus would die. 12:48 But here at Mount Moriah, Isaac was gog to die. 12:52 Genesis 22:9:9 says, 12:53 "Then they c came to the place of which God had told him. 12:56 "And Abraham built a an altar there and placed the wood 12:59 "in order; and he bound Isaac his son n and laid him 13:03 on the altar, upon the wood." 13:05 We talk about the faith of Abraham, 13:07 but what about the faith of Isaac? 13:12 You know, I had a good dad, He could easily ve overpowered his father. I loved my dad,, 13:16 but if my father had said, 13:18 "Son, I'm going to sacrifice yoyou to God," 13:22 I don't think I'd have hung around. 13:24 But this young man's faith was stng. 13:27 He laid down on e altar. 13:28 In fact, i it's hard to imagine a 120-year-old man 13:31 picking up his grownwn son and placing him on the altar. 13:34 You'd have to think IsIsaac climbed up 13:37 onto the altar himself. 13:39 He might have sa, "Dad, do you want me here? 13:41 Or, should I move over here a little bit?" 13:44 Additionally, this story suggests that Abraraham 13:47 was the ki of man in whom Isaac could have faith. 13:55 Now, l let me challenge you If you want someone to have faith in God---- a little bit. 13:57 a friend, a child, a cocolleague-- 14:01 then live in such a wa 14:03 that if ey were basing their opinion of God on you, 14:07 they'd be attracted to God. 14:09 Isaac knew that Abrahaham his father loved God. 14:13 Isaac waconvinced that Abraham loved him. 14:16 And so then he could trurust Abraham. This was faith. 14:21 His own father was going to tatake his life, and Isaac said, 14:25 "Go right ahead. I trustGod, and I trust you." 14:29 He could trust his fatherr because he knew his father; 14:31 he was acquainted th his father. 14:34 This story is in the Bibible to prompt you to emulate the faith 14:39 of both Abraham and Isaac. 14:41 And while God definitely doe not want anyone sacrificing 14:45 eir children, He does want us to be obedient to H Him. 14:49 Sometimes lifefe challenges you. Sometimes life is difficul 14:53 Sometimeyour faith is shaken. Sometimes you want to give u up. 14:57 But faith enables you toto hang in, 14:59 remembering that life, and a life of fait isn't a sprint, 15:06 In 2021, golfer Bryson but 's a marathon. DeChambeau got backk 15:10 to the clubhouse after the second round of a a tournament 15:12 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and dedecided he would go home. 15:16 He was sure that hwasn't going to make the cut. 15:19 He was in 90th place, 15:22 and only 65 goers would go on to play in the third round. 15:26 He was on his way y home to Texas when he found out 15:28 that a number of oth players had dropped 15:30 down the leaderboard, , and he actually had made the cut. 15:35 So he got back on a plane in the early hoururs of the morning, 15:38 made his way back to the golf cose, 15:40 and on just a couple of hours' ' sleep, 15:42 played in the third round. 15:44 He endnded up finishing the tournament 15:52 tied for ninth and earningaround $228,000. Not a bad weekend's work.. 15:54 You see?e? It wasn't over even when it looked like it w over. 15:58 And th's how it is in your walk with God: faith. 16:03 Hang in there with God. 16:05 Let God dodo His work in your life. 16:09 Believe that God is able because He is ab. 16:15 Abraham was out to take his son's life 16:17 when an Angel intervened. 16:18 "Abraham!" the Angel excxclaimed. Abraham responded. 16:22 The Angel thenen said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, 16:25 "or do anything toto him; for now I know that you fear God, 16:29 "since you have nott withheld your son, 16:31 your only son, from me." 16:34 And day that story stands as one of the great storieies 16:37 of faith in the Bible, 16:38 the faith of Abraham-- and d the faith of Isaac. 16:42 HeHe trusted his dad. He trusted God. 16:47 And you can trust God, too. 16:50 I'll be right t back. 16:51 ♪[music swells and ends]♪♪ 17:00 >>John: Thank you for remembering that It IsIs Written 17:02 exists because of the kindness of people just like you. 17:05 To support this ininternational life-changing ministry, 17:08 please call l us now at 800-253-3000. 17:13 You can send your tax-deductible gift 17:14 to the addss on your screen, 17:16 or you can visit us line at itiswritten.com. 17:19 Thank you for your prayers andfor your financial support. 17:22 Ounumber again is 800-253-3000, 17:26 or you can visit us onli at itiswritten.com. 17:30 >>Jo Bradshaw: So how is faith seen 17:32 later in Isaac's experience? 17:35 One of the biggest decisions of Isaac'sife 17:37 s guided by faith in God. 17:40 Where would Isaac c find a wife? 17:43 Now, that's a big decision. 17:44 And we see herethat it's a decision 17:46 that should be guided by G. 17:48 You know, if more people brout God into that decision, 17:52 there'd be a whole lot less heartache inin the world. 17:55 Is God able to find the right someone, t right life partner? 18:01 Abraham didn't want his s son to fall in love 18:03 with a woman who didn't serve the ly true God. 18:06 RememberAbraham was promised that the Son of God, 18:09 the Messiah, would be born throughis lineage, 18:12 through Isaac. It was essentia Isaac marry a believer. 18:17 Abraham woulsend a servant to his home country, 18:20 and he commissioned thatat servant to bring back 18:22 a suitable wife for Isaac. 18:24 And IsIsaac, about 40 years old now, 18:28 went along with his ther's plan. 18:31 Back in Bible times, parents usually had a sayy 18:34 in whom their children married. 18:37 Looking at how marriages roinely fail today, 18:39 it's hard to say that that wouldn't be a good idea now. 18:43 And we remember God's counsel is fou 18:45 in 2 Corinthians 6 in rse 14, where it is written, 18:49 "Do not bebe unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 18:53 "For what fellowship has righteouess with lawlessness? 18:56 And what communion haslight with darkness?" 18:59 Abraham kn that an ungodly woman 19:02 could totally changethe family tree. 19:05 It was imperative that Isaac marrrry a believer. 19:08 He also knew that if Isaac traveled far away toto marry, 19:11 the family of the bride wod try to persuade him 19:13 to remain there, 19:15 and God had specifically told Abraham thahat Canaan 19:18 was the land that he and his descendants would d inherit. 19:21 Abraham would send his mosttrusted servant, Eliezer, 19:23 to search for a wife for Isaac. And Eliez prayed. 19:28 He prarayed a very specific prayer, 19:30 and God answered Eliezes prayer exactly. 19:34 When h he met Rebekah, 19:36 he had no doubt she was the answer to s prayer. 19:40 He gave her gifts and found ouwho she was. 19:43 The Bie says, "The man bowed down his head 19:46 and worshiped the Lord 19:48 And then Eezer gave God the glory. 19:50 He said, "Blessed be thehe Lord God of my master Abraham, 19:55 "who has not forsaken Himercy and His truth 19:58 toward my master." 19:59 This was aajor answer to prayer. 20:02 This had consequences for e kingdom of heaven. 20:05 And notice: Abraham and Isaac tookhis seriously. 20:09 Where would they find the woman 20:10 who would become o of Jesus' own ancestors? 20:14 She e was a prayer away. 20:16 They chose to do things God's way, 20:19 to praand ask God to lead the entire process, 20:24 and God swered their prayers in a dramatic way. 20:29 And God hasn't changed. 20:31 What are the big dececisions you are facing? 20:34 What school too to? 20:36 WhWhether to buy or sell a house? 20:37 What career to pursue? Who to marry? 20:40 Life is a constant stream of decisions. 20:43 And which huhuman being is capable 20:47 So when you're facing a of always making major decision, turnrn to God. the right dedecisions? 20:51 Consulult God and allow God to lead the way. 20:54 God will answeyour prayers in the same way 20:56 He answered the prayerof Abraham and Isaac and Eliezer. 20:59 We have been promid as much. 21:02 In the Sermon on the Mount, 21:03 Jesus s said, "Ask, and it will be given to you; 21:07 seek, and you will find; knock, and it w will be opened to you." 21:12 Matthew 7, verse 7. 21:13 This is trust in God. 21:16 Isaac's life came to be as the resesult of faith. 21:20 His later life was aracterized by faith. 21:27 "I am the God of your Later, God visited Isaac and said, father Abraham; 21:30 "do not fear, for I am with you. 21:31 "I will ess you and multiply your descendants 21:35 for my servant Abraham's sake." 21:38 And Isaac did exactly what his father would have done. 21:42 "He ilt an altar there and called on the name of the LoLord." 21:46 You'll notice that i in earth's last days, the experience 21:49 of God's people characterized by trust or faith. 21:55 Revevelation 14:12 speaks about God's people 21:57 saved in thend of time, and it says, 21:59 "Here isis the patience of the saints: 22:02 "here are they that keep e commandments of God, 22:05 and the faith of Jesus." 22:07 Which shows us, among other things, 22:10 that obedience to God is prpredicated upon faith in God. 22:15 Faith ads to submission to the will of God. 22:21 Yes ago, I got myself in a tangle 22:24 that taught me something about faith. 22:27 I was inviteted to participate in a circus act. 22:30 When a circus came to town, 22:31 they advertised on the radioio station where I worked, 22:35 and they wanted one of the radio station personalalities 22:38 to particite in a circus act--for publicity. 22:42 I s volunteered by the rest of the radio station s staff. 22:45 I thought I'd have a great time. 22:46 Maybe I'd drs up as a clown; 22:48 maybe d put my head in a lion's mouth. 22:51 I goa shock when I arrived at the circus on the big n night 22:55 and was introduced to 22:57 "The Great Luigi," I think k his name was. 23:00 He was a knife throwower. 23:03 I was going to have to stand in front of a boarard 23:06 whe the Great Luigi threw knives near me, past me-e-- 23:11 hopefully not at me. 23:13 It's one of those,ne of those "wow" events, 23:15 kind odangerous, kind of a daredevil thing to do, 23:18 and I, I was terrified.. What if he missed? 23:22 He stood much further back than I I wished, 23:28 whwhich I thought may well My heart was pounding jeopardize my existenc in my chest. 23:31 I thout of how I wasn't gonna be able to say goodbye 23:33 to my mother. 23:34 Luigi saw that Ias terrified, 23:36 so he came up to me and he said to me, 23:39 "You'll be okaif you do two things." 23:42 I said, "What are thosose two things? I'll do them." 23:43 He said, "Listen to what I tell you, and do anytything I say." 23:49 No doubthat helped. [fanfare and drumroll] 23:51 There was a drumroll,, a cymbal clash, 23:55 a kne was thrown, and it hit... 23:58 the board behind me. [knife strikes wood] 24:00 That was good, but I look at Luigi, 24:01 and he h five knives left. ♪[dramatic music]♪ 24:04 And theyll came, one after another 24:05 after another afafter another, 24:07 one of them so closese to my head 24:10 that I felt the breeze as it flew by. 24:13 But you know what did? 24:14 I did exactly what he told me, anI listened to what he said. 24:20 Faith in God is ju like that. 24:22 Faith is listening to God and trusting God 24:26 to do ththe right thing in your life. 24:28 Faith is believing Godnd expecting God's Word to do 24:33 what it says it will do. 24:35 Isaac's life was a lifef faith. 24:39 Let your life be a life of faiaith. 24:42 You u can trust God, and as you do, 24:45 expect Him to do great things in you. 24:50 >>Announcer: He was s the first human being ever created, 24:53 the father of the human family. 24:55 And in Adam's story we find some the highest and lowest points 24:58 of the human expernce. 25:00 Our freeffer today is "Great Characters of the Bible: Adam,m," 25:03 part of the ongoing "GreatCharacters of the Bible" series. 25:07 To reive this free DVD, 25:08 call 800-253-3000 25:11 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 25:14 That's 800-253-3000, 25:17 or visit iiwoffer.com. 25:21 ♪[sofmusic]♪ 25:22 >>John Bradshaw: There are some things 25:23 you dot want to forget, and there are some things 25:25 God specifically tells us to rememr. 25:29 At the dawn of time, thehe Creator of the universe 25:32 gifted to the human family a didivine prescription 25:35 r combating stress, busyness, and the pressures ofof daily life, 25:40 a regular blessing of time spent in the hea of God. 25:44 Don't miss "A Day to R Remember." 25:49 We'll travel to the largest in the world and rediscover heaven's purposese for your life. Ten Commandmts 25:53 "A Day to Remeer," 25:54 a peonal God seeking a meaningful connection 25:57 with His children, a way forward for spitual renewal. 26:01 We'll open the Bible together 26:03 and learn that God hasblessings for His children 26:06 that are being overlooke and neglected. 26:09 Get more from God. Go dper in your faith. 26:12 "A Day to Rememember," 26:14 watch now on I It Is Written TV. 26:17 ♪[music ends]♪♪ 26:21 >>John: Let's pray together now. 26:23 Our Father in heaven, we thank You tay 26:25 for the example given us both Abraham and Isaac. 26:29 thank You for Isaac's life brought about by faitith 26:33 and thenen lived by faith. 26:35 He demonstrated faith as he turned to Yo 26:37 in life's big decisions. 26:39 Would You u give us grace to do that same thing? 26:41 Right now there's somemebody struggling with an illness, 26:44 with financial cllenges, with interpersonal issues. 26:48 And d I pray for that person at this moment, 26:51 asking You to move int her life, his life, 26:53 anand bring Your peace and Your presence. 26:56 And right now ere's somebody struggling 26:58 with an even bigger decision 27:00 Should I trust God with my life? 27:03 Should I surrend my life to Him? 27:06 Friend, if that's you, would youlift up your heart to God? 27:09 If you're able to, lift up your hand to God right now. 27:13 ReReach out to God and say, 27:14 "Lorord, I believe. I want to believe. 27:17 "Let Jesus live His lifefe in me. 27:20 I accept Him as my L Lord and Savior." 27:23 We thank You, Father in heaven, foforgiveness of sin. 27:25 We t thank You for a new life. 27:27 We thank You for the privilege of beingng able to call ourselves 27:31 the children of God Most High. 27:34 And, Father, keep us i in the hollow of Your hand, 27:36 not just now but forever. 27:38 In Jesus' name we prpray. 27:40 Amen. 27:42 Thank you so much for joining me. 27:43 m looking forward to seeing you again next time.. 27:46 Until then, rememb: 27:48 "It is written, , 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:53 but byvery word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"'" 27:56 ♪[dramatitic theme music]♪ 28:25 [music ends]♪♪ |
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