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Take your Bible and turn to the book of Isaiah, the book of Isaiah. ago I was, oh I guess about 1975 somewhere through there. I had some things that I try to remember and I remembered something back then that I know it’s been 35, 40 years and I still remember them and so I had times of past them on the people but we know that salvation is free. Salvation is the gift of God, it’s not of works and because we know we have eternal life we ought to be just thrilled out of our glory.

I mean so happy about that. But I want you to look at a verse with me and hold your place there in Isaiah 26 because we’re gonna be coming there. But look there in the book of James chapter 1 James chapter 1. There’s something in the Word of God that it really kind of messes up our day. Wouldn’t it be neat if we could just go through life and there were no problems. I don’t know what I do. I’d have so much time on my hands because all my time is spent trying to solve problems.

And so the Bible says that you know trouble from the time we’re born. James chapter 1, look what he says in verse 2, my brethren counted all miserable when you fall in the diverse temptations. That’s where I I think some people read that verse. Count it all joy when you fall in the diverse temptations, knowing this that the trying of your faith work at patience, you say, well, I don’t need any more patience. I’ve got enough. I don’t want no more.

The Bible says tribulation work at patience. And sometimes it would be so wonderful to go through life and nothing go wrong. I wonder if some people actually think, you know, if I become a Christian, I won’t have all these problems. Well, if that’s the case, something has gone wrong. But trying to have the right kind of an attitude all the time is very difficult. Haven’t you found that true? You said, when do I let down? Well nobody else is around, huh?

Nobody can really see the real you. Like Moses prayed God, he says, let me die before some people see how wicked I am. Sometimes things just don’t go right in our life and we just seem to be robbed of a lot of joy and a lot of peace. I want you to take and go back there now to the book of Isaiah in chapter 26. Years ago I learned a simple little thing and I think I’ve given to you before.

And it is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Everybody knows how to count from 1 to 10, right? So you got that memorized. See how good I am a good teacher. I just taught you how to memorize from one to ten. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. But then there’s something else that can help you if you can just remember this simple little thing. One, run, two, zoo, three, three, four, door, five, hive, six, seven, heaven, eight, eight, nine, nine, nine, ten, ten.

You get all of that? See how easy that is? I just taught you how to memorize ten, leave you a little low word. One, run, two, zoo, three, three, four, door, five, five, six, seven, heaven, eight, eight, nine, one, ten, ten, it just flows. It’s so easy to remember. Because I remember that, you know, 35 or more years ago. But each one of those things has a special little story that really tries to help me as I live my life.

And believe it or not, for the last 35, 40 years, those things I keep in my mind. And as I go through day after day, after day, I still remember them. And I still try to apply them. And so it’s something that will help you tremendously if you just learn the principle. So if you’re writing down, taking any notes, that’s fine. If not, you can buy the CD. It’s only $100.

Just joking, just joking. But here in Isaiah and chapter 26, there’s two verses that I learned when I was at Florida Bible College and I was required to learn these two verses. And they’re awesome. Look here in verse 3 and 4. See, the one of the most important things is learning how to have a good attitude. You say, well, what helps my attitude? Well, did you realize so much hinges upon your attitude for yourself, for other people? And when you don’t think right, hey, things are not gonna happen right.

You’d be surprised how much is as he think of so he does. And so you need to learn how to think. All of your actions are by product of the way that you think. So you need to learn how to think. And if you could think the right way, it might help you in making the right decisions in your life. And that way you’re not always gonna be down in discouraging, moaning and pining and groaning and all that stuff.

No, no, no, no. You can be more positive. I don’t believe in the power of positive thinking. I believe in the power of biblical thinking. Think the way God wants you to. There’s a lot of people have positive thoughts, but I’m not talking about that. I’m not talking about, you know, was it Norman Vincent Peele that wrote that book? But anyway, here I want you to see in verse three, they’ll will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon thee.

Do you see anything there? I wonder why some people don’t have this peace that God’s talking about. That will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed upon thee. And in the last part of that verse says, because he trusted in thee, there is an advantage for the person who learns how to trust the Lord and will give you peace and you’re trusting God to do what you can’t do and to help you do what you should do.

So always remember, number one, run. Well, what do you see running? It’s your attitude, but your attitude is so important because you see, that’s what makes you do what you do with enthusiasm that you ought to do it. So what I do is I picture here, you know, your attitude and your riding high. Number two, I always think of zoo. Everybody knows what a zoo is, to zoo. Don’t it rhyme? It rhymes. So you can remember that. So to a zoo, but there’s something in a zoo.

Well, what’s in a zoo? Well, you have a goal. We’ll travel. And they had these carnivals and stuff like that. They used to move all over the place. And they’d have animals and so forth, and the circuses, and they put on all these things. And so you see all that. And you have a goal. We’ll travel. So you have a, for example, like a horse riding along. And whatever it is, wherever you’re going, you’re riding this horse and you’re going someplace.

Remember years ago, a man by the name of Paladin, have gun will, have goal will travel. In other words, you’ve got to have a purpose in your life. Notice what it says here in verse three, that will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon them because he trusts us in the end. Look at the next verse. Trust ye in the Lord Rasmus, for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. There is strength. You’ll get strength when you learn how to trust the Lord.

Otherwise you get burnout. You’ve heard from me, you can get burnout. I have never been burnout. I don’t come close to being burnout. I get a lot of things to do at times, but I try to learn how to schedule and try to leave off something else. And sometimes I have to work a little extra harder, but never to the place where I’m gonna Stop and quit because I’ve just got too much on my plate. Now, if you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

A lazy person never has time to get anything done. But a busy man tries a figure out a way to schedule something to get something that’s important, try to get it done. But that verse is an awesome verse for everlasting strength, peace of mind. And it will do what it says do. That will keep him in perfect peace. And you want that peace. This is what you want. Now, turning the Bible to the book of Matthew and chapter four, Matthew and chapter four.

There’s a verse there that everybody has heard, but it’s a very important verse. Chapter four and look in verse 19. In verse 19, it makes this statement. He said unto them, follow me. That means that there is a purpose. There is a goal. There’s something you’re to do. You are to go on. Keep going on. And you don’t find where God says, stop and don’t do anything. You know, just hang it all up. You didn’t serve your time and you’re too old anyway now and you just, you know, you’re a great head and you can’t do anything.

No, no. God’s Word has told us we go until we can’t go. We go until it’s time to stop until God takes us out of this world. There’s no time for a Christian to ever take a vacation from God. Take a vacation from his principles from sound doctrine. There is no place for that. Every child of God. realize you are to be a sound mind, sound doctrine, sound words. It’ll give you a sound life and it will help you tremendously.

But notice what he says there, follow me and I will make you fishers of men. There’s a purpose, a goal in life and everybody has to have one. In other words, you figure out what is that main thing God wants me to do with my life and then you make all of your decisions as it relates to that. Because see, if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will do. And a lot of people are just spending their time going in circles and getting nowhere.

And in the years begin to pass away and next thing you know, they haven’t accomplished anything. I have enjoyed watching how God has miraculously in my life given me what I wanted. He gives me what I want. I get pumped up just thinking about Potentials what the Lord might do next because I never know I just live on the edge of excitement And I don’t know about you, but I I do But you see you got to have a purpose you got to have a goal in life and number three.

I want you to write this down Right here in the book of Proverbs look in chapter 11 Proverbs in chapter 11 Proverbs 11 Some of you already know the verse Verse 30, verse 30. Remember this in James chapter 1, all the problems and you don’t have the answers, you go to the Lord, He gives you the wisdom you need and blah, blah, blah and you’re wise. Well, He teaches you how to be wiser down the road. And the revealing of your wisdom is always going to be, wisdom is justified in her children.

So what does that mean? Well wisdom is like a tree, and wisdom has fruit. So you look at the result of the fruit. Children revealed an awful lot about the parents. Isn’t that scary? Scares you to death, don’t it? Have you ever had anybody judge you by looking at your kids? And then you just wait long enough and they have kids. And then when they have some kids and have grandkids, everything’s forgiven. Because you love kids and you love your grandkids.

But God says wisdom is justified in her children. But anyway, look there in verse 30. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. So number three is you picture a tree. And a tree has got something on it. It’s got some fruit. So if you want to be successful in the spiritual realm, in the Lord’s realm, in the Lord’s work, you’ve got to think about success. What does success mean to you? What do you want to produce in your life?

The Bible says the fruit of the tree of life. Look what he says. He that when of souls is what? He’s wise. You are a tree. You are a tree. it says in the book of Psalms and chapter 1 that a tree yielded forth its fruit and so forth in the various seasons and so forth and this leaves do not fade and so on like a by the way I had a couple that did the other night they came up here and they quoted the first psalm.

Whoprofile? Are they here this morning? All right. There’s two of them right there. What until come up here both of you come up here right now and cook first song. Can you do it? You’re not gonna do it. All right, come on up here. Come on up here. All right, James, come over here. All three of you, come on up here. You ain’t got all day. Come on right now. Quick. Who? Steve Gantt, where’s Steve Yant? Steve Yant, get up here.

But you’re talking about always going, always doing what God wants you to do. And you’re talking about, get up closer to this thing here so they can hear you all real loud and clear. Steve, yes, we’ll get on this side. This says we got a new bus and I just knew a hundred. All right, go ahead. This is the first song. Psalms chapter 1 verses 1-2-6, blesses is the man that walketh not in the council of the end godly, nor standeth in a way of sinners, nor sineth in a sea of the scornful, But his light is in the law of the Lord.

And in his lawless, he meditated day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bring forth his fruit in his season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he’s due shall prosper. The Angalia are not so, but alike the chaff which to win driveth the way. Therefore the Angales shall not stand in the judgment. North sin is in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord north the way of the righteous, but the way of the Angales shall perish.

Amen. You should always be ready, but I wouldn’t embarrass anybody for anything in the world. You know that. And I wouldn’t throw you under the bus. Especially not a new bus that we just got. But he that win of souls is wise. It means that you are producing something that will last for eternity. The people you went to Christ can never be undone. And it’s fruit, as the Bible says in John 15, that remains. It means it’s not corruptible.

This is fruit that lasts forever. So once you lead a person to the Lord, it’s the best thing you can ever possibly do. So you should always plan for profit. Try to figure out what can we do to reach more people. I put one hook in the water, I can catch one fish. I put two hooks in the water, I might catch two fish. And if I did it to him, my daddy did. He put a net across the thing and we all went upstream everybody was just sitting there fishing, just hit it, get that thing.

And then they just take that net and pull it all in one time and catch all the fish they wanted to. I don’t think it’s legal today. This one guy was out there, Dean Wharton. He had heard about how this one guy was fishing and that he was dynamite in and catching all the hair and then it would come up. And then they just, so he went out with them to see, he wasn’t going to catch him buddy. And so they got out there in the lake, next thing you know, the fish were going to reach down there He took a stick of dynamite and he struck it and lit it.

And he tossed it to the game warden and says, you’re going to sit there, you’re going to fish. Sometimes you’ve got to just motivate people to do the right thing. And it can scare you to death. But one time this person’s going to have this operation. Heart surgery. And he’s laying there, he says, Doc, I’m scared to death. Oh, Doc, you have no idea how scared I am. I’ve never had a heart operation before. I’m scared to death. He says, son, I know exactly how you feel.

This is my first one too. But you’ll find out there’s some things that God wants you to do. So number four, if you’re writing anything down, in Psalms 81, Psalms 81, you’re right there close. So just look there in Psalms 81. This is an excellent verse. It’s a powerful verse. Because see, what you ask God for depends upon the size of your God. Do you believe that God really can do anything he wants? And then he can move mountains.

The Bible says if you have the faith of the size of a grain of mustard seed, you can say, move that mountain. So I thought about that one day and I thought, okay, well here’s two guys and there’s one mountain. This guy wants that mountain over there and this guy wants that mountain over there. Now how can God answer that prayer? Well I don’t believe he’s talking about a mountain, a dirt but an impossibility, a problem you can’t solve.

Do you think it’s possible for you to have a problem so big God can’t solve it? God says he can do exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think. So he says here in Psalms in 81, look there in verse 10, I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, opened thy mouth, what? WAD, and I will fill it. Now this is when it pays to have a big mouth. It’s when you’re talking to God unless you have a little God.

And a little God can only do little things. But if you have a big God, then you know that there is not anything that’s impossible because he says in the book of Luke in chapter 9, and it is impossible, but not with God. God can do the impossible. things that man can’t do. All he’s looking for is somebody to believe him. Would you trust him? Try him and see what God can do. Whatever the problem may be. But I also want you to see something that’s just a little bit lower than this.

Because he makes the statement in verse 11, but my people would not hark unto my voice. And Israel would none of me. Then what nothing to do with me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walk in their own councils. All that my people had harkened unto me. And Israel had walked in my ways I should. I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries. In other words, what happened when they turned back the kiddies burned down?

It didn’t have to happen. The Lord says, I would have. They could have been in there so much sooner, but no, they rebelled against the Lord and they walked in the wilderness for 40 years. And it didn’t have to be that way. And it broke God’s heart. And all they had to do was open their mouth wide and I would have filled it. So they had some children of Aeneck in theirs. They were too big. They could have went on.

They could have done it, but they missed out on some of the greatest blessing because they would not. It wasn’t that they could not. They would not. And you’d be surprised how many hardships and burdens that you’ve had to carry because you would not learn to cast your cares upon the Lord. Because you have a sense of pride about you that I don’t need God. I don’t need the Bible. I don’t need anything and I don’t need anybody. and God’s gonna show you they can’t, and he says you’ll put a yoke of iron upon your neck until it weighs it down until it destroys you.

And you just come under those heavy burdens and weighs you down, lower and lower and lower. So number four, I always picture this door and I open this door and I see a big God. But some people have closed that door. And by faith you can see so much and that’s why you read the word of God and you studied the word of God. So number five, turn the book of Revelation chapter two. Revelation chapter two. Now this is gonna knock your socks off.

Now this is a Lulu. Revelation chapter two. And that is because of a thing called fear. Everybody gets afraid at times. Jesus says, you believe in God, believe also me, fear not. Be not afraid. In Matthew chapter 10, it’s mentioned about three, for times down through there, don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. Why? Because we’re afraid. But if you can learn to accept this one little point, it could help you in your life. Let me give this one little point.

I know you just chaffing it to the bitch, can’t wait. Look what he says here in verse nine, of Revelation chapter two, where he says, I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. You see, oh yeah? See in this life, How many tribulations you have, how many problems you have is not the issue. How poor you are or how rich you are is not the issue. Whether you’ve got it or where you have nothing, if that’s not the issue.

Man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things that he possesses. What God said. But your faith is on trial and that’s worth more than all the gold, silver and precious stones in the whole world. tries your faith because he wants to reward you when you get to heaven because you prove that you love me more than you love the world. You love me more than you love you know the pleasures of life. So if you can accept this one little old bitty thing it can help you in your Christian life look what it is.

In verse 10 fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer, behold the devil shall cast some of you into prison that you may be tried and it says, and you shall have tribulation ten days, be thou faithful unto unto what? Except the worst and everything in between is gravy. Are you willing to serve the God even if you would die doing so? Well if you can accept that and not be afraid then there ought not be nothing in between that should shake your life or your faith.

Because what’s called the worst thing you can have in your life? Yeah, well, where do you go? Well, what’s so bad about that? What’s so bad about you? I just don’t want to be poor. God says there ain’t nothing wrong with it. You can be poverty, but he says you’re rich. There was a man that was rich. He tore down his barn, built bigger barns, so he could put more of his stuff in there, and he says, soul, take down his, he’s drinking to be married for tomorrow we die it.

And God says, thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee. He wasn’t foolish because he was rich, he was foolish because he hadn’t laid up treasure in heaven. And most people never do that. Don’t let the fears of this world so destroy you because fear is a success crusher, it ruins your life. Because you live in a constant fear. Fear is an emotional issue. It’s a lack of trust. It means that you don’t really believe in that script.

We just read over there in the book of Isaiah in chapter 26 when he makes a statement, trusting the Lord with all your heart and so forth. When he talks about, I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon the trust she and the Lord forever for in the Lord Jehovah’s everlasting strength. You don’t really believe that. If you do, it’ll make a difference. You see, all of these things reveals the attitude that you have about life.

number six, number six sick. Always think of a person laying in a hospital bed. They’re sick. They’re in a hospital. And you’re going to give them something. You’re going to help because they can’t help you. You’re going to help them. And remember that you should always seek to be a go-giver. To learn, to go, and to give. To execute, to go and to give. Because you believe that whatsoever you sow, you shall reap. If you sow, you shall reap.

Do you believe that? God’s Word says that it is true. Be not deceived. God is not mocked. How do you mock God by mocking sin? You mock sin. There’s nothing to pay. I get away with it. It won’t matter. You sow wild looks when you’re young. You reap wild looks when you get older. Most of the problems that most people have when they get older is because they sowed wild they were young and thought they’d get away with it.

You know, they saw the wild oaks and they prayed for a crop failure. And it don’t work. Doesn’t work. But whatever it is you want to reap so. I just want everybody to love me. Okay, love everybody. So what you want to reap? You want to reap peace, so peace. You want to reap love, so love. Do you know the Bible says a man who wants friends must show himself to be friendly? But if you don’t do that well, then it’s not gonna happen automatically reap what you sow and If that’s what you want but learn that you have to plant first in the 11th chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes He says cast thy bread upon the waters and after many days it will come back to you somebody says who wants soggy bread It’s just there’s a principle involved.

You cast the seed that produces the bread and it’ll come back to you. Learn to work for what you get. Some people just sit in their recliner and they’re waiting for God to bless them. Have you ever saw anything? No. You ever do anything? No. It’s ridiculous. You work. God blesses your labor. Blesses your work. You’ve been listening to Bibleline, a teaching ministry of Calvary Community Church in Tampa, Florida with Dr. Ralph Arnold. We pray that you were blessed by today’s message.

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