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00:12 >> It has stood the test of time. 00:15 God's Book, the Bible. Still relevant 00:20 in today's complex world. "It Is Written" -- 00:26 Sharing messages of hope around the world. 00:30 ♪♪ >> Welcome, and thank you 00:40 for joining us on "It Is Written Canada." 00:42 Today, we're going to be talking about a very important 00:45 subject -- how to hear God's voice. 00:47 And we're visiting a school here in beautiful British Columbia, Fountainview Academy. 00:51 It's a Christian high school, and we want to ask this question. 00:54 How do we hear God's voice? You know, God is invisible. We don't tend to hear Him a lot. 01:00 How can we hear Him? Does God really want to speak to us? 01:03 >> But before we talk to some Fountainview Academy students, let's listen to Jim's story 01:09 and how God spoke to him. 01:12 ♪♪ >> My wife and I have in prayer followed God 01:22 wherever He's wanted us to go. He's blessed me a huge amount by taking away 01:26 my addictions and leading me onto a path that wasn't headed 01:31 for destruction. I remember one story when we were living in Port Hardy. 01:38 And I was coming back from Campbell River, which is about a 3-hour drive. 01:41 And there was this young girl hitchhiking on the side of the road, 01:45 and about half a mile up the road I get this little voice in my head saying, 01:50 "Turn around and go get her." I'm like, "No, no, I don't pick up hitchhikers." 01:54 So, I just kept going down the road. I'm a new Christian, so I'm 01:58 still struggling with when you really are talking to me. I said, "If this is you, 02:02 Lord, make a white truck come around the next corner." So, as I was driving, the next 02:06 corner comes a white truck. So, I'm like, "Oh, I guess I'm going to get her." 02:11 So, I turn around, and I go pick up this young lady. She gave me her life story 02:15 and all the things that were hurting her in her past and in her present. 02:19 And I was able to talk to her about my past and connect with her. 02:22 And it was a really touching moment, and in that blessing was not only for her. 02:25 That was for me. About a year later, I was passing that same spot, 02:30 and here's another hitchhiker. And I kept going, because I don't 02:34 pick up hitchhikers. But the Lord in His unique wisdom [Laughs] had other plans 02:39 for me. Another reason I wasn't even thinking of picking this guy up 02:42 was he was probably 6'4", wearing army fatigues, dreadlocks, and a giant beard. 02:47 And I'm like, "Those are the type of guys people tell you don't pick up." 02:51 But I kept going, and the Lord spoke to me yet again. "Turn around and go get him." 02:56 And I said, "Lord, like last time, if you can prove this is you talking to me, 02:59 because I'm having doubts, make a white truck come around the corner again." 03:03 And I was, like, struggling. "No, make it a blue truck this time." 03:06 Like, no, white truck, blue truck. I'm like, "White truck." 03:09 And around that next corner, a white truck comes around the corner 03:13 with a blue truck behind it. I guess the Lord is speaking to me, and I turn around, 03:17 and as I picked him up, I could hear a really strong French accent. 03:22 And the guy told me he had just finished his engineer degree for forestry engineering 03:27 in Three Rivers, Quebec, and he wanted to do an in-the-wild experience across 03:31 Canada and see Canada as a whole before he started his career. 03:36 And here I'd put the label on him, and he was something other than that. 03:39 It was a really great conversation. I found out 03:42 he was a Christian, so I asked him, "Would you like to come to church tomorrow?" 03:45 He said, "Sure." So, I was going to bring him home that night, but I wasn't 03:47 sure how my wife would feel about it. So, I gave him some money, 03:51 dropped him off at the hostel, picked him up the next morning, and he came to church with us, 03:56 and he had a great experience. And I brought him to my youth group that night. 03:59 We played basketball. We came back to my place. He stayed with us 04:04 that night, and we washed all of his laundry for him. And we had a fire on the beach. 04:10 He said, "This was just wonderful meeting you and having this experience." 04:14 He said, "Most people don't even stop to pick you up, much less let me stay at their home and 04:18 feed me." So, the next morning, he said, "I'm ready to go back." 04:22 So, I took him into town, and before I left the home, I grabbed my first Bible 04:27 that I picked up at camp when I was baptized. It was just a little pocket 04:30 Bible. And when I dropped him off, I said, 04:33 "I have something to give you if you would like it." I said, "I have a little Bible." 04:37 And he said, "Well, thanks. Yeah, I'd love it." And so I gave him the Bible. 04:40 He put it in his pocket. And he looked at me, and he said, "You know what? 04:42 Nobody has ever done that for me before. Thank you." 04:46 And we said goodbyes, and I never heard or seen from him again. 04:50 I mean, there's many times we all want to see, you know, the effects 04:54 of our ministry. And sometimes we don't need to see it. 04:58 We need to see it up there, not here on Earth. I think God has us planting 05:01 seeds constantly that we aren't going to see until we're in heaven. 05:05 My past gives me a unique perspective on how I see the Gospel, and the trauma 05:11 that I've gone through, like I say, helps me to speak to others. 05:17 God can use that in me. He can use that brokenness to help others and help them 05:22 find God. Don't just sit in the pew and wait to be fed. 05:28 Don't hide your light. Help others to see that light and reach out to your community. 05:35 There are so many people that are out there hurting. They need Jesus' love. 05:40 And we can show them that love. We can't hold it back. >> So, there's Jim's story. 05:48 You know, white truck, blue truck, white truck, blue truck. Then he decides, "Ah, 05:51 it's a white truck." And then comes round the corner a white truck 05:55 followed by a blue truck. What's the chances? Kind of reminds me of the story 05:59 of Gideon in the Bible, where he's asking God to give him a sign, 06:03 you know, put out a fleece, and that fleece is gonna be wet, and the ground is gonna be dry. 06:09 And the next day he's like, "Ah, no, I want the fleece to be dry and the ground is wet." 06:14 And it's just like God is speaking to him clearly, just as he spoke to Jim 06:19 in Jim's story. So, Jim learned that really God loves each one of us, 06:26 and we have that love. We can't hold it back. We have to show 06:29 that love to others. And when we listen to His voice, He speaks to us. 06:33 So, we have these Fountainview Academy students with us. 06:36 We've got Darrell and McClain and Nick. And can any of you relate to 06:40 that, to Jim's story, like, asking for a sign? >> So, actually, 06:44 I have a similar story. I could relate to Jim's story. Well, during Christmas break, 06:50 I was talking to my mom. She just came out of the blue, asked me, 06:53 "Hey, Darrell, where are you going to college at?" >> Yeah. 06:55 >> Well, that's an important question, right? Because everyone wants 06:59 to know where they're gonna go for future, where they're gonna study in the future. 07:03 >> And if God can speak to you or give you a sign, as He did with Gideon and with Jim, then 07:08 you know where you're going, and you can have assurance. Yeah. 07:12 >> Well, I told her that I'm going to Weimar, but I said it sarcastically. 07:17 >> Why did you say it sarcastically? >> Yeah, I'm going to Weimar. 07:21 >> Because the thing is about this college is that they are not accredited. 07:25 >> Oh, okay. >> So, it's kind of like, "I care about my future, 07:29 so I need to go to college that is accredited." >> So, at that time 07:33 it wasn't accredited. >> No, it wasn't. >> Okay. 07:36 >> Anyway, so I told my mom. My mom asked me, "So, do you think 07:40 this is God's plan? You know? Do you think this is God's 07:42 plan?" And I told her, "If this is God's plan, 07:46 in the next six months, before graduation, that place is gonna get 07:52 accredited." And my mom was kind of like smirking. 07:55 She just told me like, "Okay, let it be. If it's God's plan, then go 07:59 ahead." So, like, later on during the year, 08:03 my friend Nathan Holt came to my room. He's studying at Weimar. 08:07 >> Yeah. >> He's studying at Weimar. And he came to my room, 08:12 and he got an e-mail from his president that is saying 08:16 "Hey, Weimar is accredited." So, he just -- look. At this point, he doesn't know 08:20 that I'm waiting for this, okay? So, he just told me, "Hey, guess what? 08:24 Weimar is accredited." >> [ Laughs ] >> If you dared see my face, 08:29 I was surprised. My face was white pale. And I was like, 08:33 "Oh, no way. This is a miracle. This is the Lord 08:37 telling me what to do." So, I guess that's what -- >> It was pretty great. 08:42 I remember that night because my brother Nathan, he told me first. 08:47 It was really amazing. I was surprised because they'd been waiting for that for years. 08:53 >> Years. >> And then it just happened like just over a couple months 08:57 after you asked. So, that's really amazing. >> Because I also -- 09:03 I didn't really think that it's gonna get accredited because the Christmas before, 09:06 when we went on our -- remember California tour, the one before, right? 09:11 They were also saying that it's gonna get accredited, but the same thing happened. 09:14 It's not gonna get accredited. >> Yeah, I think that God, too, when He speaks, 09:18 and another thing is, you know, what I love about hearing God's voice is God always wants 09:25 to lead us to action. His words are not empty, right? And they lead us to do 09:30 something. I think that's one of the most important things 09:32 about hearing God's voice is we have to respond to it. We have to do something 09:37 about it. Otherwise you know, we -- for me I wonder, "Why 09:40 am I not hearing God's voice?" But if I'm not doing what He's already told me, 09:43 then it's meaningless. It's kind of like -- it reminds me of texting. 09:47 You know, if you text someone, they text you back, and you have a conversation. 09:51 But, like, if someone texts you and then you don't respond, you might get a couple more, but 09:55 then it's probably going to end. >> Yes. >> And you might ask yourself, 09:59 "Oh, why aren't they talking to me?" But, I mean, 10:02 you didn't respond to anything. They're just waiting for you to respond back. 10:05 And I think it's the same way with God. >> Yes. 10:07 I think that God's words should lead us to action and, for me, hearing 10:11 God's voice, it's... It always makes me want to do something and makes me 10:19 want to hear more of Him and put myself in situations where I can hear Him. 10:22 >> Humbleness. >> Yeah, because I feel like, especially with 10:27 humility and stuff like that, we get so prideful in our world today because we feel 10:30 so self-sufficient, and we have all this stuff around us that makes us feel like 10:36 we can do things on our own. >> Yes. >> And kind of crowd out His 10:40 voice. >> Right. >> And so for me, getting 10:42 into nature is so important for me or into situations that I'm not comfortable with 10:47 because God can lead me there so much more because I am totally reliant on Him. 10:53 And it really, when I get out into a real world and not just this 10:57 fake one that we've all built for ourselves in modern society, but when I get out into 11:03 the real world, it really shows me kind of my place and how much I really need God 11:08 when I have nothing else. >> So, you're out there in nature, and I just think of the 11:14 verse in Psalm 46:10, where it says, "Be still and know that I am God." 11:18 >> Mm-hmm. >> The things that I worry about, God's like, "I don't 11:22 worry about that. I've got it handled," right? Like, what does really God say 11:28 to me? He says, "I just want to talk to you. 11:30 I just want to" -- yeah. >> Right, right. >> And He talks to you 11:33 when it's quiet like that. >> Yeah, and I think a lot of the times that He does that 11:37 is through, you know, kind of we call them "wilderness experiences," 11:40 when you have people like Moses going out into the wilderness, or Jesus 11:44 went out into the wilderness. But it doesn't always have to be like that 11:47 because sometimes you just are in situations that you're not comfortable with, like Daniel. 11:51 He went to Babylon, and for him he still felt alone and he had to depend on God 11:55 because it was just something he wasn't used to. >> Right. 11:58 No, I can relate with that, what Nick's saying. It's different situations. 12:02 I know for me this past Christmas break I went to Mexico on a mission trip. 12:07 And Nick actually went on it, too, but he came later than I did. 12:10 We had just come off of a music tour. So, I was exhausted already 12:13 from the tour and went straight into this mission trip unlike Nick. 12:16 He went home for a little bit. So, you got a break. >> Awesome. 12:18 >> But I was straight into it, and getting there I was tired. It was really hot, 12:23 and we got there late at night, and I was just looking around. I'm like, "What am I doing 12:27 here?" I had no idea. I was just confused. 12:30 I'm like, "I could be at home with my family really enjoying Christmas." 12:33 >> Because it felt nothing like Christmas there. Sunshine and burritos was not -- 12:38 yeah. >> And so I'm there, and I'm like, "What am I doing?" 12:42 And there's very few people I knew there, and like I said Nick wasn't there at that time. 12:46 And so, I was just kind of by myself. I'm like, "I'm not even with 12:49 family. It's near Christmas." And we were there 12:52 to build churches, right? So, I got to know people there. I was talking to them. 12:56 And at that point in my life, I was in a place where it was hard. 13:00 I felt like I wasn't really hearing God, and being around these people 13:04 is interesting because they were all very unique, different people. 13:07 They were from different places all around the world and just different backgrounds, 13:11 different cultures. But yet, even though they all had a different experience with 13:15 God, and you could tell, they all got to -- like, they got along very well, 13:21 and it's because they all had that same goal in mind of "We are gonna build these churches 13:24 for the people down here." And because of that goal, they had that same aim. 13:28 Just because they heard God differently, they still got along because of that, 13:32 and they were able to work together. And really seeing that, it 13:34 showed me that God really does speak to us uniquely, and it ended up being an amazing 13:40 mission trip. And I learned a lot about how God speaks to us. 13:43 And I really saw him through all the different people there in unique, different ways, 13:47 just kind of like in the Bible how to each person God spoke to them really differently. 13:52 He didn't use just one way to speak to, like, a person exactly the same every time, 13:56 but it was in unique ways. Like Balaam was through a donkey and other people angels, other 14:00 people's dreams, right? And so He really is someone that speaks to you 14:04 the way you really need to hear it. >> Yeah, yeah, it's amazing. 14:08 You know, when you talk to someone, you have different conversations. 14:12 So, I talk to Darrell, and the way he talks to me is probably quite different 14:15 than the way he talks to Nick, than the way he talks to McClain and the way he talks to Rene. 14:22 And so we talk to each other differently. Why wouldn't God talk to us 14:25 differently? He has different relationships, and we're 14:28 all unique individuals. I think of this guy from Bermuda. 14:32 He's a famous guy. He's famous there. He wasn't famous at the time. 14:37 His name is Johnny Barnes. And so, Johnny Barnes was a bus driver. 14:42 He was actually trained as an electrician, and he was a very social guy. 14:47 And so, he liked to talk to people, and he would share his faith. 14:50 And so, he got to the stage in his life where he was ready to retire. 14:55 And so, he didn't really want to sit and do nothing. And so, he was praying, reading 15:01 his Bible one morning. And he said, "God, what should I do?" 15:06 And he distinctly heard God say to him, "Go to Crow Lane and tell all the people 15:12 driving by that I love them." So, that's what he did. 15:17 He got up 4:00 in the morning, and he went down to Crow Lane, and he just, "I love you. 15:22 I love you. God loves you. God loves you." True. 15:25 And everybody on the island knows this guy. He became so famous 15:29 that even Queen Elizabeth gave him an honor, you know. He was honored. 15:34 They even made a statue, which cost them $70,000. And so this statue of him 15:39 standing there. Why? Because he got up every morning, 15:44 and he was there on that street corner from 4:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the morning. 15:49 And it's the busiest roundabout in the whole island of Bermuda. And so, as the people 15:55 were going by, they got to know this man. And they were so cheered by him. 15:59 So, one day he got sick. And he was in the hospital. And people are phoning 16:04 into the radio station. They're like, "Where is Johnny Barnes?" 16:07 And he was in the hospital. And so, can you imagine if something happened 16:12 to me and people are phoning to the radio station saying, "Where is Mike Lemon?" 16:16 And they're just like, "I don't know. Is that important?" 16:20 Yeah, it's important because he's always there. You know, he's cheering us up. 16:23 And we love people who are happy, people who are telling us, "I love you. God loves you." 16:28 You know, some of the people, even the ladies would say, "You know, how come" -- 16:31 they would complain to their husbands -- "How come you never say I love you, but 16:34 Johnny Barnes tells me every single day that he loves me?" And so, this man, 16:40 he was an inspiration. He did that six hours a day. And then afterwards 16:44 he would go to the hospitals. He would go into town. He would pray with people. 16:49 I mean, he really shared his faith. From the time he retired till 16:53 30 years afterwards, he did this. Stood on that street corner. 16:58 And so, what an amazing man that he did for 30 years from 6 hours a day. 17:05 That's an incredible story. >> Mm-hmm. >> So, we're going to take 17:09 a quick break right now, and then we will come back right after this brief message. 17:15 >> Canada. All across this vast and diverse nation, 17:19 people are searching for meaning, acceptance, and hope. 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You can also visit us online 19:03 at www.ItIsWrittenCanada.ca and click on the "donate" button. 19:11 >> So, I want to pick up on something that Nick said earlier 19:13 about hearing God's voice, and it's very true. 19:15 It's in the Scriptures, and Jesus talks about it 19:17 in Luke 8:18, where He says, "Be careful how you hear, 19:23 for the one who has, more will be given, and from the one 19:26 who has not, even what he thinks he has will be taken away." 19:30 So Jesus is really saying to us, "If you want more, listen to what you've already been told." 19:36 >> Right. >> So, what's clear to you. Don't worry 19:40 about what's unclear. So, sometimes we want to know the future. 19:43 Who is the person we're going to marry? Where are we going to study? 19:47 And we want to know this some distant future. And God is really saying, 19:51 "Don't worry about those things in the future. Just focus on the things 19:54 that I've told you already that are really clear." And so sometimes people want 19:58 to know the future, and I say, "Well, what is clear to you? Should you read your Bible?" 20:01 And they say, "Yes, I should read my Bible. That's clear to me." 20:03 "Are you reading your Bible?" They're like, "Oh..." "Are you praying? 20:07 Do you know that you should pray?" "Yes." 20:10 Okay? And so you know certain things God wants you to do, 20:13 and you're not doing them. So, God, why would He give you more when you're not doing what 20:17 He's already telling you to do and what's clear to you? So, I want to tell you 20:20 a little bit about a lady who, she grew up in Brazil, and when she became 20:25 a baptized Christian, she was so on fire. She shared 20:28 her faith with everyone. And there are many people coming to the church. 20:31 She was not a Bible worker. She wasn't a pastor or anything like that. 20:35 She was just sharing her faith as a church member. And she got older, and 20:40 eventually she was ready to retire, and she became a hazard on the road. 20:44 They took her driver's license away, and so they said, "Okay, you can't drive, 20:49 grandma." And so she sat at home, and she felt so useless. 20:54 And she was praying to God, "What can I do? I want to help people." 20:57 And then she noticed outside of her window they were setting up a circus 21:02 in this field outside. And so she prayed to God, "What can I do for those people 21:05 over there?" because she wanted to share her faith. And God said to her, "Make 21:09 lemonade." And she was used to hearing God's voice. 21:14 And so she's like, "Make lemonade? Okay." So, she went to her friends 21:18 and her neighbors. She said, "I need big containers, and I need some 21:21 powder." Help me. I have to make 21:24 some lemonade for these people and can you freeze some ice for me?" 21:26 And so she made gallons and gallons of lemonade, and every day she would go there, 21:29 and she'd give this lemonade to these guys. And there are over 21:32 300 workers who were working in this big circus. And so, she did this day 21:36 after day, and eventually they said to her, "Grandma, why are you doing this for us?" 21:39 And she said, "Well, God told me to do this for you." And they said, "We believe you, 21:45 because we go from town to town, and no one has ever done this before." 21:48 And so they said, "Tell us more about God. How can you hear His voice?" 21:51 And so she started sharing about the Bible, and as they learned, they started 21:57 to become very, very interested. And some of them became Christians, 10, 15, 20. 22:04 Eventually there was 120 of them who became Christians, and they decided, "Well, what can we 22:09 do? How do we share our faith?" And they said, "Well, we're 22:12 in the circus." So, they asked the church pastors, and they're like, "Eh, 22:15 you maybe should quit the circus because that's kind of not a Christian thing to do." 22:17 But others were like, "Maybe we should use this to serve God." 22:22 And so they started praying about it. And some of the clowns 22:24 got together, and they said, "What we're going to do, we're going to tell the people 22:29 about Jesus." And so, it came time. The circus came together. 22:35 The clowns were having fun. And the people were laughing. And then finally 22:40 one of the clowns came out and he said, "You know, it's fun to be at the circus, 22:43 and it's great, and we love making fun, but life is not always fun. 22:49 And I found that sometimes it's difficult. And I've learned something. 22:54 There is this old lady. Let me introduce you to her. She's a really nice, old lady." 22:58 And so, he brought her up to the front, and he said, "She taught me about Jesus. 23:01 She told me about the Bible. And if you're interested in learning about the Bible and 23:05 about how God can speak to you, then you can come forward and talk to us after the show." 23:12 And they continued sharing this for months and months, and eventually six months later 23:16 they had brought in over 300 people just because this one lady made lemonade, 23:23 because God had spoken to her. And so, being still and listening to God's voice, 23:28 and He will give you more and more and more, as you listen to Him, 23:32 as you're obedient to what He asks you to do. So, we can hear God's voice. 23:36 And when God speaks to us, we are to be obedient to what He has asked us to do. 23:41 So, I thank you all for sharing your stories today with us. And I know 23:47 that you know that God speaks to you through His Word. So, guys, I just want to thank 23:52 you for allowing us to ask you questions and thank you, Nick and McClain and Darrell, 23:57 for coming and joining us today. >> No problem. >> Before we close let's listen 24:02 to "This Is My Father's World." 24:07 ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ This is my Father's world 24:35 ♪ And to my listening ears, all nature sings, and round me rings 24:47 the music of the spheres ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ 25:05 ♪ This is my Father's world ♪ The birds, their carols raise the morning bright, 25:18 the lily white, declare their Maker's praise ♪ ♪ This is my Father's world 25:32 ♪ He shines in all that's fair ♪ In the rustling grass, I hear Him pass ♪ 25:43 ♪ He speaks to me everywhere ♪♪ ♪♪ 26:00 ♪♪ ♪ This is my Father's world ♪ Oh, let me ne'er forget 26:13 that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet ♪ 26:25 ♪ This is my Father's home ♪ Why should my heart be sad? ♪ The Lord is King, 26:39 let the heavens ring ♪ ♪ God reigns ♪ Let the earth be glad 26:49 ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ 27:06 ♪♪ 27:22 >> So, this is our Father's world, and He wants to speak to us, and He does. 27:27 He speaks to us everywhere. Let's talk to Him now as we close off. 27:31 Let's bow our heads. Father in heaven, we thank you that your word tells us 27:37 that you want us to know your voice. You tell us 27:42 in 1st Thessalonians 5:16-18, "Rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks 27:49 in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you, in Christ Jesus." 27:54 That's what we want to know, Lord. We want to know your will, 27:57 and we want to hear your voice. And we pray that you will speak to us, and we will listen. 28:02 In Jesus' name. Amen. >> Amen. 28:05 >> So, friends, thank you very much for joining us. And remember the words of Jesus 28:09 where He said, "It is written: 'Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that 28:14 proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 28:18 ♪♪ ♪♪ 28:26 ♪♪ ♪♪ 28:47 ♪♪ ♪♪ |
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