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00:36 [hopeful music playing] 00:39 ♪♪ 00:42 >> Welcome to It Is Written 00:44 Canada. 00:44 Thank you for joining us. 00:46 Like Jonah in the Bible, our 00:47 special guest, Troy Guderyan, 00:50 found himself running from God. 00:52 >> However, he found out that he 00:54 was not able to outrun God's 00:57 love for him. 00:59 Pastor Troy, welcome to It Is 01:01 Written Canada. 01:03 >> Thank you for having me. 01:05 [MIKE] Troy, tell us a little 01:06 bit about yourself, where you're 01:08 from, your family, their 01:10 influence in your life. 01:12 >> So I grew up in a small town, 01:15 Hudson Bay, which is about four 01:17 and a half hours, 01:19 a little, I guess, over four 01:21 hours northeast of Regina. 01:23 And... 01:26 ...from Hudson Bay, the farm 01:28 that we grew up on was just 01:29 south of Hudson Bay, ten miles 01:31 or so. 01:32 So it was just a ten minute 01:33 drive into town. 01:34 But... 01:36 ...yeah, it was-- I grew up as a 01:39 farm kid and loved the outdoors, 01:42 fishing, hunting. 01:44 In fact, like, after school, I 01:46 would jump on the quad and I 01:48 would drive over to a buddy's 01:50 house, and we would be in the 01:51 bush till like 10:00 at night. 01:53 And we ended up spending a night 01:55 in the bush one time. 01:56 It was just fun things, I guess, 01:58 for-- just things that I enjoyed 02:01 growing up. 02:03 You know, as my family was, you 02:08 know, they were religious and 02:10 Seventh-day Adventist, I grew up 02:11 in an Adventist home. 02:13 And so, you know, we always went 02:15 to church on Sabbath. 02:16 There wasn't a question of, you 02:18 know, what were we gonna do on 02:19 Saturday, you know, we knew that 02:21 we were going to church. 02:22 That's just what we did. 02:24 So obviously, coming from a 02:27 small town and having just 02:29 relatives in the church, you 02:31 know, and to come to the age of 02:33 finding, you know, a life 02:34 partner, you know, where do you 02:37 go when there's a church full of 02:39 cousins, right? 02:40 So you're not going to marry 02:42 your cousin. 02:43 Obviously, I knew that. 02:45 So fortunately, there was a girl 02:46 that had moved away 02:48 some years prior. 02:50 She had moved back to Hudson Bay 02:53 and come to high school. 02:56 And I was in my 12th grade and 02:58 she was in grade 11 and... 03:00 And so this girl was actually a 03:03 friend of my, one of my best 03:05 friends, right? 03:06 And so when she'd come to town, 03:09 he phoned her up and said, "Hey, 03:11 you know, do you wanna get 03:12 together, do something?" 03:13 And I happened to be actually 03:15 with my buddy at the time. 03:16 And anyways, we spent the 03:18 afternoon together and, you 03:21 know, we ended up hitting it off 03:23 and today she's my wife. 03:24 And so, yeah. 03:25 So it turned out well. 03:28 [RENÉ] So you were high school 03:29 sweethearts? 03:30 >> Yes, we are high school 03:31 sweethearts. 03:33 >> So, Troy, you mentioned that 03:35 you grew up in the church. 03:37 Did it become your faith and did 03:41 you understand why you were 03:44 going to church? 03:46 [TROY] You know, I just knew, 03:49 like I said, every Saturday, 03:51 you know, we'd just, we'd go to 03:52 church. 03:53 And obviously growing up and, 03:55 you know, as a kid, you learn 03:56 the Bible stories. 03:58 And so, I mean, 04:00 you know the Bible, you know 04:02 what it teaches, you know the 04:03 principles of it, but, you know, 04:07 you don't really embrace it as 04:09 your own and... 04:10 And it wasn't until we had an 04:13 evangelist come to Hudson Bay, 04:15 Victor Gill I believe it was, 04:17 and he did a Revelation seminar. 04:21 So that's where I learned about 04:23 the Lamb of God and, you know, 04:25 His substitutionary sacrifice 04:27 for us. 04:29 And actually, that was when I 04:31 decided to give my life to the 04:32 Lord through baptism and I was, 04:34 I believe I was 17 or 18, I 04:36 would have to do the math, 04:38 but yeah. 04:40 That's when it became real to me 04:42 and I really understood what God 04:44 actually did for me by, you 04:46 know, His sacrifice on the 04:47 cross. 04:48 And it was at that moment that 04:50 I decided to give my life 04:52 to the Lord. 04:54 >> So, Troy, once you were 04:55 baptized, did you feel like God 04:57 had a plan for your life? 04:59 >> You know, I knew God had a 05:02 plan for my life because God has 05:03 a plan for everyone's life, but 05:06 I didn't know what that was. 05:07 And my buddy was actually 05:09 enrolling in Millwright 05:12 Industrial Mechanics. 05:14 And so I thought, "Hey, why not? 05:16 I'll try that out too." 05:17 Because I liked working with my 05:19 hands and doing things, so... 05:21 So I enrolled in Millwright 05:23 School and I enjoyed it. 05:26 We did welding and machining. 05:29 So we started the machine shop 05:31 and being 21 years old, you 05:34 know, we didn't have any money. 05:36 And so my dad ended up cosigning 05:40 for the loans and, you know, he 05:42 put up some land for collateral 05:43 and obviously he believed in 05:45 what we were doing. 05:46 I hired my cousin to work 05:48 for me. 05:48 He was he was a second year 05:50 machinist so he had a little bit 05:51 more experience machining than I 05:53 did just being at Millwright. 05:54 And so we were working on our 05:59 first few jobs, we were excited, 06:01 you know, to get going. 06:02 Things were not going, you know, 06:04 obviously well, as you start a 06:05 business, it takes time to get 06:07 your feet on the ground. 06:09 >> So just before you and 06:11 Lynnette got married, you had 06:13 this machine shop in Hudson Bay 06:16 that you were running and your 06:17 cousin was helping you. 06:18 But then something unexpected 06:21 happened. 06:22 Can you tell us about that? 06:24 >> We started working on these 06:27 hydraulic cylinders, was a piece 06:29 of equipment from my cousin's 06:31 skidder, and... 06:34 ...taking apart these hydraulic 06:35 cylinders, you know, sometimes 06:37 they can come apart easy and 06:39 sometimes they can, you know, 06:41 be a little bit more difficult. 06:44 I took apart the first hydraulic 06:46 cylinder by using 06:47 compressed air. 06:48 And I give it the shot of air, I 06:51 had all the retaining rings off 06:53 and the cylinder just, it come 06:54 out in my hand, nice and slick. 06:57 And I thought, this was 06:58 quite easy. 06:59 So I tried the second cylinder 07:01 and the second cylinder, it's 07:04 identical cylinders, and when I 07:06 went to to take it apart, the 07:08 shaft extended and it come to 07:10 the end where the gland is in 07:11 the cylinder. 07:12 But when I give it a shot of 07:13 air, it wasn't coming. 07:15 And so I thought, "Okay, a 07:16 little bit more air, needs a 07:17 little bit more air," and so you 07:18 continue to give it air. 07:20 And pretty soon, you know, this 07:23 cylinder has got 95 pounds of 07:26 air in it and it was like a 07:27 six-inch cylinder. 07:28 And so if you multiply that out, 07:30 it's like 2,600 pounds per 07:32 square inch of force that comes 07:35 out of that cylinder. 07:38 Well, that cylinder finally gave 07:42 way and when it did it, it hit 07:44 me in the stomach. 07:46 And so, you know, it pushed 07:49 everything up into my chest 07:50 cavity, you know, I fell to one 07:53 knee, I got up, and my cousin 07:56 looked at me and he said, "Do we 07:58 have to go to the hospital?" 07:59 And I said, "No, just let me 08:00 catch my breath." 08:01 And as I was catching my breath, 08:03 I realized that, you know what, 08:05 there's something seriously 08:06 wrong. 08:07 >> There was a lot of pressure 08:08 there. 08:09 It was like a cannonball hitting 08:10 you in the stomach. 08:11 [TROY] Yeah, like... 08:12 >> Throwing everything up. 08:13 But you, I mean, you're feeling 08:15 this and a second before you're, 08:18 everything's fine. 08:19 And so after it hits you, it 08:21 hits you so quickly you don't 08:22 even... 08:22 Hey, no passage of time. 08:24 You're fine. 08:25 But it wasn't just shortness 08:27 of breath. 08:28 [TROY] No, it wasn't. 08:29 In fact, there was quite a bit 08:31 of internal damage done and we 08:33 didn't realize that until I got 08:35 to the hospital and they, you 08:37 know, they cut my coveralls off 08:39 and they prepped me to fly out 08:41 to Saskatoon. 08:43 And when I flew out to 08:44 Saskatoon, when I arrived to 08:46 Saskatoon, my mom and my aunt 08:48 were waiting at the hospital 08:49 for me. 08:50 And, you know, as I was flying, 08:54 I could-- I noticed my stomach, 08:55 you know, it just kept getting 08:56 larger and larger and so I knew 08:59 something was really wrong. 09:00 And, you know, when you're 09:01 laying there in that state, 09:02 you're wondering, you know, 09:04 obviously you're praying, you 09:05 know, you know, you don't know 09:06 what's going on and, you know, 09:08 the thought crossed my mind, you 09:10 know, "What am I doing?" right? 09:13 "Is this really God's plan for 09:15 my life?" you know, start a 09:16 machine shop. 09:18 And you know, I questioned 09:20 myself, you know, "Am I running 09:22 from God?" 09:23 But the funny thing is we, 09:25 sometimes we just continue doing 09:27 what we're doing because 09:30 it's easy, right? 09:31 And so we ended up getting to 09:34 the hospital. 09:36 My mom and aunt were waiting 09:37 there and they rushed me in and 09:39 prepped me for surgery. 09:41 And I remember the last thing 09:43 that the doctor told me, he said 09:45 that, "You might come out with a 09:48 bag, colostomy." 09:50 So I wasn't in the situation 09:55 to argue with him. 09:56 So I come out of surgery. 09:59 When I come out of surgery, 10:01 praise God, I didn't have a bag 10:03 and everything was well, I, you 10:06 know, my stomach was stapled, I 10:08 can't remember 40 some staples 10:10 and they just cut me, 10:13 went around my bellybutton and, 10:14 you know, cut me wide open. 10:15 They pulled everything out, 10:17 cleaned it up, put it back in. 10:18 Everything-- they couldn't have 10:20 done a better job, but as I was 10:25 laying in bed, I was quite-- I 10:28 never had an accident like this 10:29 before, so I didn't know what to 10:31 expect for, you know, the amount 10:32 of pain that one would be in 10:34 in a situation like this. 10:36 And so I was in quite a bit of 10:38 pain and they had given a button 10:41 to push as soon as you needed 10:43 the pain medication and so I was 10:45 pushing it and nothing was 10:47 really helping. 10:48 The only thing that was kind of 10:50 odd was I was starting to get 10:52 itchy and... 10:55 ...my back especially. 10:57 And so I would ask Lynette, 10:59 "Lynette, can you scratch 11:00 my back?" 11:00 And so she was scratching my 11:02 back so hard that it was just 11:04 leaving welts on my back and... 11:07 But it felt so good, like when 11:08 she scratched, but it was just 11:10 welting my back. 11:11 And so she was questioning the 11:15 doctors, the nurses, like, "Do 11:17 you think that he could be 11:18 allergic to the medication?" 11:20 Like, I was allergic to 11:21 penicillin when I was young, 11:23 right, and so she was asking 11:25 about the morphine medication. 11:28 And they didn't think that it 11:30 was an issue. 11:31 And so she was getting hungry 11:34 and so she jumped in the 11:36 elevator and she went down to 11:38 the cafeteria to get a 11:39 bite to eat. 11:40 And as she was in the elevator, 11:46 she heard over the intercom... 11:49 [] “Code blue, room 305. 11:51 All doctors to the E.R.” 11:52 [TROY] And she said she knew 11:54 right away that it had to have 11:56 been me. 11:57 And so she come right back up to 11:59 the room. 12:00 And they were trying to get her 12:01 into a quiet room, and she 12:04 wasn't having that. 12:05 She said, "No, I know what 12:06 happens in the quiet room." 12:07 And so she talked her way into 12:10 the room. 12:11 And so she was able to get into 12:12 the room and she-- I don't-- I 12:14 didn't know this, she was 12:16 rubbing my foot and she's, you 12:18 know, calling my name and I'm, 12:21 she said I'm-- I was staring 12:22 right through her. 12:24 It turns out that I was allergic 12:26 to the morphine and my body 12:28 started shutting down. 12:30 And so once Lynette got back 12:33 into the room and they gave me a 12:37 shot of adrenaline and I 12:39 remember like it was yesterday, 12:41 I sat up in bed and I thought I 12:45 was dreaming. 12:46 You know, there was a light, you 12:47 know, they had the light in my 12:48 face and I sat up and I looked 12:51 out and I saw Lynette surrounded 12:54 by, you know, a few nurses and 12:55 I, and I'm like, "Oh," I said to 12:57 myself, "Oh, I must be 12:57 dreaming." 12:58 And I just laid right back. 13:03 I went back to sleep. 13:05 There was no audio sound, I, 13:07 like I say, I could just see her 13:08 there and I was happy and I laid 13:11 back down. 13:12 The second shot of adrenaline 13:14 that they gave me, 13:15 my audio came back. 13:17 And so when I opened my eyes, 13:20 you know, they had the light in 13:21 my face and I started hearing 13:23 what they were saying and they 13:24 were they were saying, you know, 13:25 I stopped breathing and, you 13:27 know, so they started going 13:28 through all the things that they 13:30 were doing. 13:31 And I realized at that moment 13:33 that they were actually talking 13:34 about me. 13:36 And so it was at that moment 13:39 that I'm like, I have to tell 13:40 myself to keep breathing, right? 13:42 I realized the situation and how 13:44 severe it was and how close to 13:47 death I was. 13:49 I said a short prayer to the 13:51 Lord and I just said, "Lord, if 13:54 You have something else in mind 13:56 for me, you know, show me 13:59 what that is." 14:00 But I said to Him, I said, "If 14:03 You save my life," basically a 14:06 second chance, right? 14:08 "If You save my life, I will go 14:10 wherever You want me to go. 14:11 I will do whatever You want me 14:12 to do." 14:14 We were planning on getting 14:15 married in two months, and so 14:18 you know what? 14:19 The Lord was good. 14:20 He answered my prayer. 14:22 I didn't realize it at the time, 14:24 but it was eight days later I 14:26 was out of the hospital. 14:28 We went to Taco Time and I got 14:31 the hot sauce and tested out how 14:33 well the doctor did on my 14:34 stomach and everything was 100%. 14:37 And so we returned back to 14:39 Hudson Bay and, you know, once I 14:42 had recovered from the injury, 14:45 back working at the shop. 14:46 And it was three and a half 14:49 years later that I just felt 14:51 that, you know, maybe there's 14:53 something else the Lord 14:54 has for me. 14:55 And I said to Lynette, you know, 14:58 "I just feel like the Lord maybe 14:59 is calling us into the 15:00 ministry." 15:02 So we... 15:04 ...packed up our vehicle and 15:06 I don't even know what the 15:07 circumstance was, but we ended 15:08 up out it at Burman, er it was 15:10 CUC at the time. 15:12 We took a trip out to CUC and 15:14 we toured the campus and, you 15:16 know, everything looked great 15:17 and we started looking for 15:18 housing and housing was through 15:20 the roof. 15:21 And so we turned around and we 15:23 went back to Hudson Bay and 15:25 continued on our life machining 15:26 and welding and, you know, 15:28 life as usual. 15:31 It was probably close to seven 15:34 years and... 15:38 ...you know, I felt that feeling 15:40 again, but it wasn't until there 15:42 was a few signs that things were 15:44 happening. 15:45 >> Troy, you were looking for a 15:47 sign from God, and that's 15:48 understandable. 15:50 I mean, Gideon looked for a 15:51 sign, he asked God for a sign. 15:52 You were looking for a sign, you 15:54 didn't really know you were 15:55 looking for a sign, but you 15:56 felt like you were running from 15:57 God, but He sent you three signs 16:00 and they were obvious to you. 16:01 Tell us about those three signs. 16:03 >> Yeah. 16:04 You know, like you say, I didn't 16:06 realize that we were actually 16:08 looking for three signs until 16:10 things started happening. 16:12 The first thing that happened to 16:14 me was I was working in the 16:17 industry and there was a heavy 16:20 door that had to get put back up 16:22 into place after working on this 16:24 piece of equipment. 16:26 And as I was, we were putting 16:29 this door up, I went to reach 16:32 in and pull a chain out of this 16:35 door, and the piece of equipment 16:38 had slipped and the door 16:41 slammed shut and it... 16:44 ...it actually crushed 16:45 this finger. 16:46 I didn't realize, I pulled my 16:48 hand out and my finger was 16:51 hanging there, my bone sticking 16:52 out, and I stuck my hand back in 16:55 the glove and I made my way to 16:57 the parking lot, drove myself to 16:58 the hospital. 17:00 And, you know, we were sent to 17:02 Saskatoon once again and, you 17:05 know, they they repaired 17:06 my finger. 17:08 So that was sign number one. 17:10 The second thing that happened 17:11 was it wasn't that long after. 17:14 In fact, my finger wasn't even 17:16 healed up. 17:17 I-- we had it in gauze and it 17:20 was just a big ball on the end 17:22 of my finger. 17:24 I had a pin in my finger that 17:28 went to the, about the middle of 17:29 my hand. 17:31 And I was doing some, just a 17:34 small job, and I was bending 17:38 some pieces of rebar and I had a 17:41 square tubing locked in the vise 17:44 and I would stick the rebar in 17:45 and I had another piece of 17:46 square tubing that I would slide 17:47 over and I would just bend 17:49 basically hooks, right? 17:51 And so I had 80 of these hooks 17:53 to do and I was going through 17:55 them and I got 60 some of them 17:57 done and didn't realize, but the 18:00 piece in the vise was working 18:01 loose, working itself loose. 18:03 And I think probably I wasn't 18:04 able to tighten the vise enough 18:06 because of my hand was still 18:08 damaged. 18:09 And when I was doing a bend and 18:13 giving it the final, you know, 18:16 push, the whole thing popped out 18:19 of the vise and it ended up 18:22 hitting me right in the mouth. 18:24 Now, it didn't, like it didn't 18:25 touch my lips or anything. 18:27 I must have been smiling as I 18:28 was working, I don't know, but 18:30 it sheared two of my teeth 18:33 off, it just broke them. 18:35 [MIKE] It's miraculous it didn't 18:36 hit you in your head anywhere 18:38 and hurt you, I mean, 18:40 it could have been life 18:41 threatening. 18:42 >> Yeah, like it could have done 18:43 a lot of damage and it... 18:45 And you know, just hard enough 18:47 just to break both of those 18:48 teeth. 18:49 And so we found ourselves 18:50 driving to Swan River, Manitoba, 18:53 to get, you know, my teeth root 18:55 canal-ed. 18:56 And on the way there, you know, 18:58 I'm talking with Lynette and, 19:00 you know, we're saying to 19:02 ourselves, "You know what, the 19:04 Lord has something, gotta have 19:06 something different for us, 19:07 like, you know, how many more 19:08 signs do we need?" 19:09 Like, this was sign number two. 19:13 You know, she was on the phone 19:14 with her mom and her mom's like, 19:16 "You know, you guys better start 19:17 listening," you know, "I don't-- 19:18 I'm scared of, you know, what's 19:19 coming next." 19:20 So that night we get home, it's 19:24 late, we just crawl into bed, 19:28 shut the light off, and there's 19:30 a moment of silence and I didn't 19:32 realize that Lynette was 19:33 praying. 19:35 But we had just gotten into bed 19:37 and I was pulling my hand out 19:39 from underneath the sheets of 19:41 the bed and the pin and my 19:44 finger had a little hook on the 19:46 end, well, it caught on a thread 19:49 under the blanket. 19:50 And when I pulled my hand out, I 19:53 just felt a sensation in-- go 19:56 through my hand and I realized 19:59 that the-- when I felt with my 20:01 other hand that my pin was 20:02 missing and I pulled that pin 20:05 out of my hand. 20:07 And I said to Lynette, I said, 20:08 "You're not gonna believe this." 20:10 And remember, she was, I didn't 20:12 realize she was praying. 20:14 And she said, and she goes, 20:15 "What?" 20:15 I go, "I just pulled the pin out 20:18 of my finger." 20:19 And so we had just got home, you 20:20 know, and now we have to turn 20:22 around and go back to the 20:23 hospital. 20:23 She said, "I can't believe it." 20:25 She said, "I was just praying 20:27 for another sign," she said, 20:30 "from God that, you know, if You 20:33 give me another clear sign," she 20:34 said, "I'll start packing our 20:36 bags tomorrow and, you know, 20:38 we're gonna head to CUC. 20:41 It was a... 20:43 ...it was a Christian university 20:45 in Alberta, in Lacombe. 20:47 It's now called Burman 20:48 University. 20:49 And that's what, that's actually 20:53 what happened. 20:54 Like, she prayed that prayer and 20:56 we got the third sign. 20:57 She started packing the next day 20:58 and we made our decision that, 20:59 you know what, that was it, we 21:02 were gonna go no matter what. 21:04 There was nothing gonna stop us. 21:05 When we look back, we just say, 21:06 you know, we can see that the 21:07 Lord has led the whole way and, 21:09 you know, sometimes we just 21:11 fight it. 21:11 You know, like Jonah, like you 21:12 said, you know, we run from God 21:14 and sometimes we should just, 21:17 you know, be still and just 21:20 listen and, little bit sooner 21:22 than what we do. 21:24 >> So, Pastor Troy, you've been 21:26 in the ministry now for more 21:28 than ten years here in Regina. 21:31 Can you tell us what has been 21:33 the most toughest thing in the 21:34 ministry and also the most 21:36 joyful thing for you? 21:39 >> Yeah, for sure. 21:40 You know, there's lots of things 21:42 that happen. 21:44 But I have to say the most, the 21:48 hardest thing that I've done in 21:50 these ten years... 21:53 ...is... 21:55 ...is actually burying my... 21:59 ...one of my best friend's 22:01 daughters at the age of 14. 22:06 She was same age as Emma, my-- 22:07 one of my daughters. 22:08 And I-- we got the call, we were 22:12 actually going to Hudson Bay 22:14 and, for the weekend and I was, 22:17 I wanted to phone him. 22:18 Lynnette says, "Can you phone... 22:22 ...Dionne, my friend, and ask 22:26 him if we can use the quad 22:27 for the weekend?" 22:28 We were going up, we wanted to 22:29 do some quadding. 22:30 And I got to Melville, we fueled 22:33 up with fuel and I phoned my 22:36 sister and she was just bawling. 22:42 And she, I guess my friend was 22:45 out quadding with his daughter 22:48 and they went for a wiener 22:49 roast, they were coming back... 22:52 ...and the-- it happened right 22:55 in front of him. 22:57 He was waiting for them and the 23:00 quad flipped right in front of 23:02 him and landed on her and 23:06 it took her life and... 23:08 So he asked me to do the 23:12 service and that was... 23:16 ...that was the toughest thing 23:17 I had to do. 23:21 Yeah. 23:26 But the thing that was really 23:31 joyful, the best thing that I've 23:34 done so far and probably will 23:37 have an opportunity one more 23:38 time, but is I was able to give 23:42 my daughter away in marriage. 23:44 [gentle piano music playing] 23:46 ♪♪ 23:50 It was an honour, you know, we 23:52 raise our children and to that 23:55 point where they're ready for, 23:56 you know, starting their own 23:58 family. 23:58 And so, yeah, I was able to do 24:00 the service and give her away 24:03 and Lynnette and I were very 24:06 proud to do that. 24:07 Yeah it was... 24:09 ...it was a moment that we 24:11 really enjoyed. 24:16 [MIKE] Troy, final question. 24:19 If there's someone who's feeling 24:21 right now like they're running 24:23 away from God, what would you 24:25 say to them? 24:29 >> Well, just from my 24:30 experience, you know, you can't 24:33 outrun God, you know, like, you 24:35 know, we shared with Jonah. 24:36 You know, Jonah, there was no 24:38 running away from God. 24:39 You can't hide from God. 24:41 And when you feel God calling 24:43 you, you know, just stop to 24:47 listen to that still small voice 24:49 and, you know, you can probably 24:52 avoid a lot of... [chuckles] 24:55 ...a lot of incidences in my 24:57 case, right? 24:58 If I would have listened sooner, 24:59 you know, I probably would still 25:00 have you know, my digit would 25:03 still work and, you know, I 25:04 wouldn't have five fake teeth in 25:06 the front of my mouth and... 25:07 But I would just say, 25:09 you know... 25:11 ...just listen to that voice 25:13 and, you know, pray about it and 25:16 take it serious because God is 25:18 serious. 25:19 If He calls you, He's not gonna 25:20 give up. 25:21 He's a pursuer and He'll pursue 25:24 you until you're ready. 25:27 Yeah. 25:28 >> Troy, we've come to the end 25:29 of our time together. 25:31 I wonder if you could pray for 25:33 someone. 25:34 Maybe there's someone who's 25:34 feeling like they're running 25:35 away from God to pray that they 25:38 will understand you can't outrun 25:41 God and especially outrun His 25:43 love for you because He has 25:45 something more joyful for you 25:47 than you are running away from. 25:50 Can you pray for... 25:51 [TROY] Sure. 25:52 Let's bow our heads. 25:54 Heavenly Father, Lord, we just 25:56 wanna thank You that You never 25:58 give up on us. 25:59 And, Lord, no matter how many 26:01 times You call and how many 26:02 times we reject that calling, 26:06 Lord, we know that You are 26:10 waiting, standing at the door, 26:12 knocking at the door of our 26:15 heart. 26:16 And, Lord, I know that there may 26:17 be somebody out listening to 26:20 this... 26:23 ...message, Lord, that is 26:25 running from God and they need 26:27 to listen to the God's calling 26:30 and understand that God's love 26:33 for us is greater than we can 26:34 even imagine and He only wants 26:37 the best for us. 26:38 And I wanna thank You, Lord, for 26:40 leading me into the ministry and 26:42 I pray, Lord, that as You 26:44 continue to knock on the hearts 26:45 of those who You wish to be in 26:47 ministry, Lord, that they will 26:49 hear and answer that calling. 26:52 I pray in Jesus' name, amen. 26:53 [MIKE & RENÉ] Amen. 26:55 >> Pastor Troy, thank you so 26:57 much for joining us on It Is 26:58 Written Canada. 27:00 >> Well, thank you, guys, for 27:01 having me. 27:02 It was a pleasure. 27:07 >> Friends, as Troy said, he 27:09 didn't really know why he was 27:10 going to church until he studied 27:12 the Bible for himself. 27:14 >> Our free offer is our Bible 27:16 study guides. 27:17 These Bible study guides will 27:19 help you to learn what the Bible 27:21 teaches and how the Bible has 27:23 verifiable answers to life's 27:26 existential questions, including 27:28 God's will for your life. 27:30 [RENÉ] Practical answers that 27:32 make sense and will give you 27:33 assurance for the present and 27:36 the future. 27:40 Before you go, we would like to 27:42 invite you to follow us on 27:44 Instagram and Facebook and 27:46 subscribe to our YouTube channel 27:49 and also listen to our Podcasts. 27:52 And if you go to our website, 27:54 you can see our latest programs. 27:57 >> You, too, can experience the 27:58 fullness of life found in the 28:00 words of Jesus when He said, "It 28:02 is written, 'Man shall not live 28:05 by bread alone, but by every 28:07 word that proceeds out of the 28:08 mouth of God.'" 28:10 [inspirational music playing] 28:12 ♪♪ |
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