0:00:04.845,0:00:07.618 "I was reading through John 4, 0:00:07.618,0:00:09.757 and during Jesus' discourse 0:00:09.757,0:00:11.596 with the Samaritan woman 0:00:11.596,0:00:13.658 where He says, "he [br]who drinks of this water 0:00:13.658,0:00:15.516 will thirst again, but whoever drinks 0:00:15.516,0:00:19.533 of the water I will give [br]him will never thirst." 0:00:19.533,0:00:21.827 I can read that and believe it 0:00:21.827,0:00:24.510 and so clearly affirm it. 0:00:24.510,0:00:26.045 I can have a conversation 0:00:26.045,0:00:29.062 with another believer about [br]it and its implications 0:00:29.062,0:00:32.015 and be stirred up full of desire 0:00:32.015,0:00:34.579 to live in such a way where we aren't 0:00:34.579,0:00:36.974 drinking from the broken [br]cisterns of the world 0:00:36.974,0:00:39.325 and are satisfied in Christ 0:00:39.325,0:00:41.917 and the living waters [br]that come only from Him. 0:00:41.917,0:00:45.590 But then, I can go home and in a moment 0:00:45.590,0:00:48.568 I find myself struggling with temptation 0:00:48.568,0:00:52.750 and sin and feeling overwhelmed 0:00:52.750,0:00:55.807 even in things that can be so trivial. 0:00:55.807,0:00:58.272 My question is about how can a Christian 0:00:58.272,0:01:01.913 draw out this transforming power 0:01:01.913,0:01:06.154 and strength from the Scriptures?" 0:01:06.154,0:01:09.146 He says, "It's one thing [br]to read your Bible, 0:01:09.146,0:01:11.465 but it's another thing [br]entirely to lay hold 0:01:11.465,0:01:13.416 of a text like that in John 4 0:01:13.416,0:01:16.280 and wield it powerfully [br]and draw out strength 0:01:16.280,0:01:19.516 in the time of trial [br]and apply it to your life 0:01:19.516,0:01:32.893 in such a transforming way." 0:01:32.893,0:01:35.203 Tim: What do you say? 0:01:35.203,0:01:37.994 I mean, here's the thing, 0:01:37.994,0:01:40.753 you get in a conversation with somebody. 0:01:40.753,0:01:41.978 You get all excited. 0:01:41.978,0:01:44.074 You're talking. 0:01:44.074,0:01:46.059 These doctrines - they excite you. 0:01:46.059,0:01:48.729 Why do they excite you? 0:01:48.729,0:01:50.407 That might be worth asking - 0:01:50.407,0:01:52.031 why you get excited. 0:01:52.031,0:01:55.009 Is it an intellectual exercise? 0:01:55.009,0:02:04.848 Is it that you've learned some new thing? 0:02:04.848,0:02:06.923 Then you go home 0:02:06.923,0:02:10.075 and you fall into all [br]sorts of temptations. 0:02:10.075,0:02:11.975 Now, I might read between the lines, 0:02:11.975,0:02:14.007 but I suspect they're sexual temptations 0:02:14.007,0:02:18.710 and probably computer-related temptations. 0:02:18.710,0:02:21.138 There's failure and there's falls, 0:02:21.138,0:02:25.953 and it's like how can this be? 0:02:25.953,0:02:28.380 Now you know, I heard a guy one time say - 0:02:28.380,0:02:30.501 preacher, old preacher - 0:02:30.501,0:02:31.926 what was his name? 0:02:31.926,0:02:35.294 He's that guy that preached [br]in Corpus Christi for years. 0:02:35.294,0:02:37.679 He was on the radio. 0:02:37.679,0:02:39.526 Arminian. 0:02:39.526,0:02:41.052 But I heard him say one time - 0:02:41.052,0:02:42.727 he'd be on the radio at lunch 0:02:42.727,0:02:44.208 when I worked as an engineer. 0:02:44.208,0:02:45.904 I heard him say one time, 0:02:45.904,0:02:48.846 if a man goes out and he prays 0:02:48.846,0:02:51.506 and he comes in and he barks at his wife, 0:02:51.506,0:02:59.046 what does it say about his praying? 0:02:59.046,0:03:03.187 I guess the same kind of thing. 0:03:03.187,0:03:07.752 What do you say if you have a conversation 0:03:07.752,0:03:10.765 and you're talking about John 4 0:03:10.765,0:03:14.681 and the water - the living water - 0:03:14.681,0:03:16.875 and you get all stirred [br]up and you go home 0:03:16.875,0:03:19.438 and you watch Internet pornography? 0:03:19.438,0:03:20.798 It's kind of the same thing. 0:03:20.798,0:03:21.533 (from the room) 0:03:21.533,0:03:23.686 It seems like it's selfish. 0:03:23.686,0:03:27.997 (unintelligible) 0:03:27.997,0:03:30.710 Tim: Like the previous guy said, 0:03:30.710,0:03:34.343 there's a disconnect somewhere. 0:03:34.343,0:03:41.333 So, what's the magic formula? 0:03:41.333,0:03:42.420 Is there one? 0:03:42.420,0:03:43.223 (from the room) 0:03:43.223,0:03:45.309 Is he praying for power, 0:03:45.309,0:03:46.760 for strength from the Lord? 0:03:46.760,0:03:48.296 Is he praying for deliverance 0:03:48.296,0:03:53.722 and protection from temptation? 0:03:53.722,0:03:57.682 Tim: I don't know. 0:03:57.682,0:03:59.367 But here's the thing, 0:03:59.367,0:04:01.161 let's not complicate this too much. 0:04:01.161,0:04:02.781 Were you going to say something? 0:04:02.781,0:04:03.567 (from the room) 0:04:03.567,0:04:05.307 I was going to say the first thing 0:04:05.307,0:04:06.576 that popped in my mind - 0:04:06.576,0:04:08.323 the most exciting aspect of his walk 0:04:08.323,0:04:10.955 should not be happening outside the doors 0:04:10.955,0:04:13.489 with somebody else in a conversation. 0:04:13.489,0:04:15.854 But it should be happening in his home 0:04:15.854,0:04:18.890 personally with Christ Himself. 0:04:18.890,0:04:22.220 And that's what struck me. 0:04:22.220,0:04:25.144 Because for me, it's [br]going out of the house. 0:04:25.144,0:04:27.510 That's where I encounter the world. 0:04:27.510,0:04:30.749 And in the home is where the strength 0:04:30.749,0:04:32.537 and the life and the truth 0:04:32.537,0:04:37.596 and the foundation should be. 0:04:37.596,0:04:42.660 Tim: (incomplete thought) 0:04:42.660,0:04:44.849 What is it that gets us stirred up 0:04:44.849,0:04:46.288 when we talk to somebody else? 0:04:46.288,0:04:48.412 Maybe you're talking to somebody exciting? 0:04:48.412,0:04:50.595 Somebody's very exciting to talk to. 0:04:50.595,0:04:56.101 They can make it exciting. 0:04:56.101,0:04:57.876 But I would just say this, 0:04:57.876,0:05:01.293 I don't think we want to [br]make this overly complicated. 0:05:01.293,0:05:04.433 You say, what do you mean? 0:05:04.433,0:05:11.816 Well, think with me about Scripture. 0:05:11.816,0:05:14.337 The psalmist says, 0:05:14.337,0:05:18.389 "Thy Word have I hid in my heart, 0:05:18.389,0:05:22.029 that I might not sin against You." 0:05:22.029,0:05:25.160 What is that assuming? 0:05:25.160,0:05:30.739 It's assuming that I have read God's Word 0:05:30.739,0:05:34.171 and I have sufficiently [br]meditated on that Word 0:05:34.171,0:05:36.362 or memorized that Word 0:05:36.362,0:05:45.695 so that I can recall it when its needed. 0:05:45.695,0:05:47.752 You know what that's saying? 0:05:47.752,0:05:52.186 That's saying that when I'm tempted 0:05:52.186,0:05:54.435 to sin against Him, 0:05:54.435,0:05:56.082 I have His Word in my heart. 0:05:56.082,0:05:58.082 I access it. 0:05:58.082,0:06:00.760 And there's something in [br]the truth of that Word 0:06:00.760,0:06:04.434 that I have hid in my heart 0:06:04.434,0:06:07.273 that when I think on it, 0:06:07.273,0:06:10.446 there's such thought processes happening 0:06:10.446,0:06:14.957 that I make a conscious [br]decision not to sin 0:06:14.957,0:06:18.992 based on that reality from God's Word. 0:06:18.992,0:06:20.907 And you see, there's a disconnect here. 0:06:20.907,0:06:23.650 Because if I go and talk and get excited 0:06:23.650,0:06:26.205 about John 4, 0:06:26.205,0:06:29.484 but here I've got the mouse in my hand 0:06:29.484,0:06:30.933 or whatever it is, 0:06:30.933,0:06:33.078 and now I'm tempted - 0:06:33.078,0:06:34.906 do you see where the breakdown is? 0:06:34.906,0:06:38.311 If I'm not able to produce the very Word 0:06:38.311,0:06:42.324 right at that moment, what's it saying? 0:06:42.324,0:06:44.616 What's happening? Where's the disconnect? 0:06:44.616,0:06:47.567 Well, I don't sufficiently have that Word 0:06:47.567,0:06:51.120 at my disposal. 0:06:51.120,0:06:54.057 Or, I don't sufficiently believe that Word 0:06:54.057,0:06:57.360 that I have at my disposal. 0:06:57.360,0:06:59.177 You see, the truths of God's Word - 0:06:59.177,0:07:04.925 they're falling at that point. 0:07:04.925,0:07:08.973 You know, I often think - 0:07:08.973,0:07:14.026 we're going to get to this - Ephesians 4. 0:07:14.026,0:07:16.710 Have you ever thought about [br]just how simplistic it is 0:07:16.710,0:07:18.936 for Paul to say, 0:07:18.936,0:07:22.424 any of you thieves? 0:07:22.424,0:07:24.982 Quit it. 0:07:24.982,0:07:29.452 Don't steal anymore. 0:07:29.452,0:07:31.966 And he encourages the opposite. 0:07:31.966,0:07:33.682 Work with your hands. 0:07:33.682,0:07:35.763 Be productive. 0:07:35.763,0:07:38.477 Not just so that you can be greedy, 0:07:38.477,0:07:41.701 but so that you have something to give 0:07:41.701,0:07:44.029 to those who are in need. 0:07:44.029,0:07:45.319 But isn't that amazing? 0:07:45.319,0:07:50.656 Just stop. 0:07:50.656,0:07:54.676 Not: Oh, there's this deep, 0:07:54.676,0:07:58.712 mystical formula. 0:07:58.712,0:08:02.612 Listen, if you are [br]regularly falling into sin, 0:08:02.612,0:08:04.176 the reality is this, 0:08:04.176,0:08:06.468 you're not applying God's Word. 0:08:06.468,0:08:08.117 You either don't know it, 0:08:08.117,0:08:14.200 you know it and don't believe it, 0:08:14.200,0:08:18.089 or you know it and you believe it, 0:08:18.089,0:08:22.053 but you willfully are [br]choosing sin over that. 0:08:22.053,0:08:26.165 I mean, that's what's happening. 0:08:26.165,0:08:31.975 It's not a super-complicated formula. 0:08:31.975,0:08:35.149 Think about this. 0:08:35.149,0:08:40.245 I did a series on self-cleansing 0:08:40.245,0:08:41.823 several years back. 0:08:41.823,0:08:43.401 It primarily came from this text 0:08:43.401,0:08:46.987 out of 2 Corinthians 7:1. 0:08:46.987,0:08:50.921 It's interesting at the end [br]of 1 Corinthians 6, 0:08:50.921,0:08:54.434 Paul is giving these promises. 0:08:54.434,0:08:56.691 Just promises about God being our Father; 0:08:56.691,0:08:58.123 we belong to Him. 0:08:58.123,0:08:59.778 And he says this, 0:08:59.778,0:09:02.735 "Since we have these promises, 0:09:02.735,0:09:04.462 let us cleanse ourselves 0:09:04.462,0:09:06.778 from every defilement of body and spirit, 0:09:06.778,0:09:09.551 bringing holiness to completion [br]in the fear of God." 0:09:09.551,0:09:10.701 Now think with me there. 0:09:10.701,0:09:12.393 What's Paul saying? 0:09:12.393,0:09:15.358 You ought to be able to think 0:09:15.358,0:09:21.461 on the promises of Scripture, 0:09:21.461,0:09:27.977 and not fall into defiling activities. 0:09:27.977,0:09:30.834 What does Scripture say? 0:09:30.834,0:09:35.738 We are to be renewing our minds. 0:09:35.738,0:09:38.414 And what are we doing as [br]we're renewing our minds? 0:09:38.414,0:09:40.419 We're figuring out what God's will is. 0:09:40.419,0:09:44.390 You know, you come to Scripture. 0:09:44.390,0:09:47.566 You find out what God's will is 0:09:47.566,0:09:50.658 and you do it. 0:09:50.658,0:09:54.292 And the thing is, as a Christian, 0:09:54.292,0:09:57.031 we hunger and thirst after righteousness. 0:09:57.031,0:09:58.614 There is a hunger. 0:09:58.614,0:10:00.275 There is a hunger to do His will. 0:10:00.275,0:10:01.808 There's a hunger to please Him. 0:10:01.808,0:10:05.426 There's a hunger after [br]what's good and righteous. 0:10:05.426,0:10:10.570 And so, there's a huge disconnect 0:10:10.570,0:10:16.964 if we find that in the [br]moment of temptation, 0:10:16.964,0:10:20.147 God's Word just isn't there. 0:10:20.147,0:10:23.506 My mind doesn't go to it. 0:10:23.506,0:10:25.982 You know, if you get there [br]in front of the computer, 0:10:25.982,0:10:26.978 and it's just like: 0:10:26.978,0:10:30.801 Nope, I don't even want to think about it.[br]I don't want to think about this. 0:10:30.801,0:10:33.255 I don't want to think about what God says. 0:10:33.255,0:10:35.810 See, that's not how I live my life. 0:10:35.810,0:10:37.150 I'm studying the Word 0:10:37.150,0:10:38.742 not just so I can get lathered up 0:10:38.742,0:10:42.302 and all excited when I'm [br]talking to you about it. 0:10:42.302,0:10:45.933 I'm reading it and I'm [br]trying to hide it away 0:10:45.933,0:10:48.197 in my mind, in my conscience, 0:10:48.197,0:10:50.370 so that as I'm going through life 0:10:50.370,0:10:51.471 and there's something, 0:10:51.471,0:10:53.110 I'm trying to evaluate everything 0:10:53.110,0:10:55.553 through the filter of God's Word. 0:10:55.553,0:10:57.723 And it's like: God doesn't like this. 0:10:57.723,0:10:59.104 And this will not go well. 0:10:59.104,0:11:00.704 And this will grieve the Spirit. 0:11:00.704,0:11:02.030 And I will suffer for it. 0:11:02.030,0:11:06.674 This is not good. 0:11:06.674,0:11:08.588 You know, you convince yourself of that, 0:11:08.588,0:11:11.344 that this is not good. 0:11:11.344,0:11:13.346 I was just talking to a brother 0:11:13.346,0:11:15.264 right before our study tonight, 0:11:15.264,0:11:16.572 and he was telling me, 0:11:16.572,0:11:18.834 you know I've been in some hard places. 0:11:18.834,0:11:20.815 And he said there was a point in his life 0:11:20.815,0:11:22.182 when he fell and he said 0:11:22.182,0:11:24.466 there was just such darkness. 0:11:24.466,0:11:27.162 And he said it was a battle. 0:11:27.162,0:11:29.932 He talked about scratching and clawing 0:11:29.932,0:11:32.546 to get his way out of that darkness. 0:11:32.546,0:11:35.752 And he said he's in the light now. 0:11:35.752,0:11:37.940 And he said he feels closer to God 0:11:37.940,0:11:39.286 than he's ever felt, 0:11:39.286,0:11:41.215 and the last thing he would want to do 0:11:41.215,0:11:42.909 is go down that road into sin 0:11:42.909,0:11:44.673 that would in any way harm that 0:11:44.673,0:11:45.764 or take it away. 0:11:45.764,0:11:52.571 And see, if these realities of Scripture: 0:11:52.571,0:11:56.964 don't grieve the Spirit. 0:11:56.964,0:11:58.476 You've been sealed by Him. 0:11:58.476,0:12:00.040 Don't grieve Him. 0:12:00.040,0:12:01.469 If you recognize, 0:12:01.469,0:12:03.177 my sin is going to grieve the Lord. 0:12:03.177,0:12:06.062 My sin is going to take me [br]out of fellowship with the Lord. 0:12:06.062,0:12:08.517 My sin is going to impact my prayer life. 0:12:08.517,0:12:11.173 My sin - it's going to hold me back. 0:12:11.173,0:12:12.957 It's going to weigh me down. 0:12:12.957,0:12:15.364 It's going to make me less productive. 0:12:15.364,0:12:17.142 I'm not going to be the vessel 0:12:17.142,0:12:19.505 fit for the Master's use. 0:12:19.505,0:12:21.419 It's going to pollute me. 0:12:21.419,0:12:23.293 It's a defilement. 0:12:23.293,0:12:25.468 Sin never does good. 0:12:25.468,0:12:27.817 It never helps you.[br]It never makes you better. 0:12:27.817,0:12:29.401 It doesn't. 0:12:29.401,0:12:30.862 It doesn't make you stronger. 0:12:30.862,0:12:32.357 It doesn't make you run better. 0:12:32.357,0:12:34.179 It doesn't make you more Christlike. 0:12:34.179,0:12:36.749 It isn't. It's bad all the time. 0:12:36.749,0:12:38.910 And if you've got enough Scripture 0:12:38.910,0:12:40.520 packed away in your heart 0:12:40.520,0:12:41.978 that you know that's true 0:12:41.978,0:12:43.723 and you're confronted by that 0:12:43.723,0:12:46.321 when you're making decisions - 0:12:46.321,0:12:49.092 I recognize sometimes [br]we're grabbed immediately 0:12:49.092,0:12:50.502 by temptations, 0:12:50.502,0:12:53.479 and we get swept away. 0:12:53.479,0:12:57.577 I recognize those kind of things happen. 0:12:57.577,0:13:00.236 Scripture says in Psalm 37, 0:13:00.236,0:13:03.276 "The law of his God is in his heart. 0:13:03.276,0:13:06.624 His steps do not slip." 0:13:06.624,0:13:09.008 Why? Because the law's in his heart. 0:13:09.008,0:13:23.030 It gives firmness to your step. 0:13:23.030,0:13:26.339 I guess before I move on to the last one 0:13:26.339,0:13:28.884 if I even get there, [br]I would just say this. 0:13:28.884,0:13:31.211 One of the thoughts that just came 0:13:31.211,0:13:32.429 when I was thinking: 0:13:32.429,0:13:35.976 what do you say to somebody like this? 0:13:35.976,0:13:39.800 I got to thinking about the devil. 0:13:39.800,0:13:45.908 We know that the devil snatches the seed. 0:13:45.908,0:13:54.374 And look, the devil is a seed-snatcher. 0:13:54.374,0:13:57.061 And he will seek to snatch it [br]from the true Christian 0:13:57.061,0:14:00.984 just as well as from the lost person. 0:14:00.984,0:14:02.680 And I would say this, 0:14:02.680,0:14:08.382 don't lose the Word of God. 0:14:08.382,0:14:11.967 Don't go sit and read 0:14:11.967,0:14:15.331 three chapters out of your Bible 0:14:15.331,0:14:17.593 and then listen to garbage music, 0:14:17.593,0:14:19.539 garbage TV, 0:14:19.539,0:14:22.539 garbage Internet use, 0:14:22.539,0:14:26.055 and social media - 0:14:26.055,0:14:30.039 don't do that. 0:14:30.039,0:14:32.452 It's like taking a bunch of seed 0:14:32.452,0:14:35.084 and you've just thrown it there, 0:14:35.084,0:14:37.861 and you want to see fruit come from it, 0:14:37.861,0:14:39.616 and you purposely walk out 0:14:39.616,0:14:41.587 to where all the ravens are. 0:14:41.587,0:14:44.642 Just like daring them to take it all away. 0:14:44.642,0:14:46.994 Don't do that. 0:14:46.994,0:14:49.702 I mean, you hear the Word of God preached, 0:14:49.702,0:14:51.284 I know - our church breaks out 0:14:51.284,0:14:53.246 into immediate fellowship, 0:14:53.246,0:14:55.823 but there can be a place to get out, 0:14:55.823,0:14:57.935 get away. 0:14:57.935,0:15:00.087 I mean, I felt that at the conference 0:15:00.087,0:15:01.842 when Geoffrey Thomas preached. 0:15:01.842,0:15:04.763 I just wanted to run away 0:15:04.763,0:15:06.582 and just go be alone. 0:15:06.582,0:15:09.880 Why? You just want it to soak in. 0:15:09.880,0:15:15.196 I mean, don't throw [br]away the Word of God. 0:15:15.196,0:15:16.811 We're trying to cleanse. 0:15:16.811,0:15:19.453 It's kind of like taking soap and water, 0:15:19.453,0:15:22.243 and you're trying to clean something, 0:15:22.243,0:15:27.615 and then throw a bunch of mud on it. 0:15:27.615,0:15:30.278 It's counterproductive. 0:15:30.278,0:15:31.933 Don't do that. 0:15:31.933,0:15:36.734 If you're going to hide Scripture, 0:15:36.734,0:15:38.453 do it effectually. 0:15:38.453,0:15:43.996 Do it in such a way that [br]it's readily retained 0:15:43.996,0:15:47.816 and readily accessible. 0:15:47.816,0:15:52.352 (Incomplete thought) 0:15:52.352,0:15:56.654 Don't compartmentalize your life. 0:15:56.654,0:15:59.065 What do I mean by that? 0:15:59.065,0:16:04.788 Well, I've got to read my Bible. 0:16:04.788,0:16:07.055 But now, okay, I'm done with that. 0:16:07.055,0:16:08.669 It's kind of like the person 0:16:08.669,0:16:10.645 that just splits up their week. 0:16:10.645,0:16:14.957 Sunday mornings - religious. 0:16:14.957,0:16:17.077 The rest of the week, I'm a pagan. 0:16:17.077,0:16:19.727 But see, we can divide our [br]days up like that too. 0:16:19.727,0:16:22.120 We've got our little [br]segment of prayer there, 0:16:22.120,0:16:23.670 and we've got our Bible reading. 0:16:23.670,0:16:25.020 We've got that done. 0:16:25.020,0:16:28.277 Now I can go gossip with [br]the people at work. 0:16:28.277,0:16:31.569 Don't do that. 0:16:31.569,0:16:35.166 Listen, we're Christians. 0:16:35.166,0:16:38.752 Live Christian lives 24/7. 0:16:38.752,0:16:42.168 Let Scripture permeate 24/7. 0:16:42.168,0:16:43.811 Don't shut down. 0:16:43.811,0:16:46.605 If you're using your Christian liberty 0:16:46.605,0:16:50.989 and it's like yeah, I feel like 0:16:50.989,0:16:54.438 I can take rest and I can camp out 0:16:54.438,0:16:56.013 with my family, and I can watch 0:16:56.013,0:16:58.210 Little House on the Prairie - 0:16:58.210,0:17:00.000 I only say that because my daughters 0:17:00.000,0:17:02.177 had that on last night. 0:17:02.177,0:17:06.066 I mean, look, assess it. 0:17:06.066,0:17:10.024 After you watch three shows 0:17:10.024,0:17:13.324 of Little House on the Prairie, 0:17:13.324,0:17:16.432 are you messed up? 0:17:16.432,0:17:20.362 Does it pollute you? 0:17:20.362,0:17:22.746 Then don't do it. 0:17:22.746,0:17:24.939 I mean think, think, think. 0:17:24.939,0:17:26.896 We're to be renewing our minds. 0:17:26.896,0:17:28.067 What is God's will? 0:17:28.067,0:17:29.877 Run everything through that filter. 0:17:29.877,0:17:32.806 Through God's will;[br]through God's will; through God's will. 0:17:32.806,0:17:34.256 What's pulling me away? 0:17:34.256,0:17:35.938 What grabs my heart? 0:17:35.938,0:17:37.635 So that my mind goes off it? 0:17:37.635,0:17:38.829 What are the idols? 0:17:38.829,0:17:40.892 What are the things in life? 0:17:40.892,0:17:42.698 You know, somebody could watch 0:17:42.698,0:17:45.510 a football game, and it's like, 0:17:45.510,0:17:47.629 they're thinking about [br]the Lord through it. 0:17:47.629,0:17:49.949 Now they might focus [br]on the game a little bit, 0:17:49.949,0:17:51.531 but they're feeling like 0:17:51.531,0:17:53.211 I need to go outside and pray. 0:17:53.211,0:17:54.229 There's some people: 0:17:54.229,0:17:56.115 how could you ever go outside and pray 0:17:56.115,0:17:57.600 during a football game? 0:17:57.600,0:18:00.599 What? Are you crazy? 0:18:00.599,0:18:02.386 You're so excited.[br]You're so into it. 0:18:02.386,0:18:03.932 And then all you can think about 0:18:03.932,0:18:07.156 is football stats and everything [br]for the next week. 0:18:07.156,0:18:09.750 You need to stop. 0:18:09.750,0:18:13.556 Listen, Paul said, we've got liberty, 0:18:13.556,0:18:15.504 but you don't let anything bring you 0:18:15.504,0:18:16.659 under its power. 0:18:16.659,0:18:19.101 You need to live your life that way. 0:18:19.101,0:18:21.275 If you're living your life where it's like 0:18:21.275,0:18:23.253 all you can think about is - 0:18:23.253,0:18:25.387 whatever it is, put it in there, 0:18:25.387,0:18:28.551 but if it's distracting, 0:18:28.551,0:18:31.489 we need to live - 0:18:31.489,0:18:33.131 and it doesn't mean 0:18:33.131,0:18:34.536 that every song you listen to 0:18:34.536,0:18:37.662 has to be specifically [br]be the Christian song. 0:18:37.662,0:18:40.367 But, it certainly doesn't hurt 0:18:40.367,0:18:42.305 if you're singing Christian songs 0:18:42.305,0:18:43.466 all through the day, 0:18:43.466,0:18:47.340 and you're reciting biblical truths. 0:18:47.340,0:18:49.840 Look, the more you [br]can permeate your mind - 0:18:49.840,0:18:52.406 I recognize, we don't [br]read and we don't pray 0:18:52.406,0:18:54.492 every hour of our waking day. 0:18:54.492,0:18:56.452 I recognize we have lives to live 0:18:56.452,0:18:57.985 where we have to work 0:18:57.985,0:18:59.499 and we go to school 0:18:59.499,0:19:02.136 and we shop and we get gas. 0:19:02.136,0:19:03.571 I recognize that. 0:19:03.571,0:19:06.450 But listen, if you're storing up 0:19:06.450,0:19:08.955 and treasuring that Word in your heart, 0:19:08.955,0:19:11.277 it's there when you're at the gas station. 0:19:11.277,0:19:12.524 It's there at HEB, 0:19:12.524,0:19:14.287 and it's there in the classroom. 0:19:14.287,0:19:15.634 It's there in the workplace, 0:19:15.634,0:19:18.494 and it's there at home when [br]you're taking care of the kids. 0:19:18.494,0:19:20.212 And it's there and it's permeating, 0:19:20.212,0:19:23.202 and it's regulating, and it's guiding. 0:19:23.202,0:19:25.761 The Word is a lamp unto my feet. 0:19:25.761,0:19:27.092 You imagine walking around, 0:19:27.092,0:19:28.591 pitch black outside. 0:19:28.591,0:19:30.051 A lamp to your feet - 0:19:30.051,0:19:31.369 it means I can see. 0:19:31.369,0:19:33.922 I can see where I should put my next step. 0:19:33.922,0:19:35.699 Notice it's a lamp to your feet, 0:19:35.699,0:19:37.121 not just a lamp to your eyes; 0:19:37.121,0:19:38.537 not just a lamp to your body. 0:19:38.537,0:19:40.780 It's a lamp for your feet.[br]What does that mean? 0:19:40.780,0:19:42.216 It's showing you the ground - 0:19:42.216,0:19:45.085 where to step, where to avoid. 0:19:45.085,0:19:46.716 Fill your heads with it. 0:19:46.716,0:19:48.321 Fill your minds with it. 0:19:48.321,0:19:50.615 Don't just put it on the walls 0:19:50.615,0:19:52.990 because that's the thing to do. 0:19:52.990,0:19:55.491 Memorize it. 0:19:55.491,0:19:57.809 Hide it. 0:19:57.809,0:19:58.611 (From the room) 0:19:58.611,0:20:01.171 Brother, can I read this verse in Job? 0:20:01.171,0:20:05.712 In Job 23:11-12, Job says, 0:20:05.712,0:20:08.661 "My foot has held fast to His steps. 0:20:08.661,0:20:12.434 I have kept His way and [br]have not turned aside. 0:20:12.434,0:20:13.645 I have not departed 0:20:13.645,0:20:16.012 from the commandments of His lips. 0:20:16.012,0:20:17.933 I have treasured the words of His mouth 0:20:17.933,0:20:21.612 more than my portion of food." 0:20:21.612,0:20:25.449 Tim: Yep, and you have [br]the New Testament version, 0:20:25.449,0:20:27.310 "Man shall not live by bread alone..." 0:20:27.310,0:20:29.626 Well, actually that comes [br]from the Old as well, 0:20:29.626,0:20:31.740 but it's recited by our Lord 0:20:31.740,0:20:35.013 in His temptation. 0:20:35.013,0:20:36.775 Man doesn't live by bread alone, 0:20:36.775,0:20:39.396 but by every word that proceeds[br]from the mouth of God. 0:20:39.396,0:20:40.242 Remember that. 0:20:40.242,0:20:42.841 The thing is Scripture is putting 0:20:42.841,0:20:47.242 the Word of God in a [br]more important category 0:20:47.242,0:20:51.519 than food. 0:20:51.519,0:20:53.932 We don't do well without food. 0:20:53.932,0:20:55.790 We're constantly thinking about it. 0:20:55.790,0:20:57.743 We need it. 0:20:57.743,0:21:00.140 The thing that you don't want to do - 0:21:00.140,0:21:05.078 what is it that kills physical appetite? 0:21:05.078,0:21:06.926 Have you ever had times in your life 0:21:06.926,0:21:09.433 when you're not hungry? 0:21:09.433,0:21:13.806 Never? 0:21:13.806,0:21:16.160 I mean you get sick? 0:21:16.160,0:21:17.675 You know if you have a child 0:21:17.675,0:21:20.070 and they're not hungry, that's bad. 0:21:20.070,0:21:22.230 Like just recently this family, 0:21:22.230,0:21:24.036 their little Abigail - 0:21:24.036,0:21:26.090 she was in bad shape. 0:21:26.090,0:21:29.565 They had her in ICU and transfusions. 0:21:29.565,0:21:32.639 She wouldn't eat. 0:21:32.639,0:21:35.349 But you know, that's not healthy. 0:21:35.349,0:21:37.919 And when you get [br]Christians and they don't eat, 0:21:37.919,0:21:39.635 that's bad. 0:21:39.635,0:21:43.443 That's your sustenance.[br]That's your life. 0:21:43.443,0:21:46.334 The Word. 0:21:46.334,0:21:49.168 The Word. 0:21:49.168,0:21:52.420 We had a sister here beforehand, 0:21:52.420,0:21:54.766 she was talking about [br]coming to our church, 0:21:54.766,0:21:56.281 or coming to the conference, 0:21:56.281,0:21:57.638 and she was making comments 0:21:57.638,0:22:02.502 about how Scripture seems to be the focus. 0:22:02.502,0:22:04.037 It's got to be. 0:22:04.037,0:22:05.928 It's our only source of truth. 0:22:05.928,0:22:08.166 There's no other source [br]of truth in this world. 0:22:08.166,0:22:09.414 This is it. 0:22:09.414,0:22:11.402 God has given us one place. 0:22:11.402,0:22:14.365 This is the only place we [br]know for certain that's true. 0:22:14.365,0:22:16.778 Even the stacks of books and stuff - 0:22:16.778,0:22:18.750 yeah, they're written about the Bible, 0:22:18.750,0:22:20.985 but you don't know if they're always right 0:22:20.985,0:22:23.737 and the way men are [br]interpreting it is always right. 0:22:23.737,0:22:30.564 But here, we have a sure foundation. 0:22:30.564,0:22:33.573 I mean, look, this is a treasure. 0:22:33.573,0:22:36.701 People have died over it. 0:22:36.701,0:22:39.579 Tyndale - his blood ran 0:22:39.579,0:22:44.412 for trying to put this in our language. 0:22:44.412,0:22:46.160 Many people have given their life 0:22:46.160,0:22:47.315 for this book. 0:22:47.315,0:22:48.830 There's no more precious book 0:22:48.830,0:22:50.465 because of the truths held in it. 0:22:50.465,0:22:55.749 These are the truths of life. 0:22:55.749,0:22:57.850 There's places in the world 0:22:57.850,0:22:59.526 where they have one Bible 0:22:59.526,0:23:02.953 or a part of one Bible for a whole church. 0:23:02.953,0:23:06.422 Most of you probably have [br]multiple Bibles in your home. 0:23:06.422,0:23:10.956 Don't take this for granted. 0:23:10.956,0:23:14.493 Well, I think we'll call [br]it a night right there. 0:23:14.493,0:23:17.214 Let's pray. 0:23:17.214,0:23:24.533 Father, we thank You that [br]You've given us the Word. 0:23:24.533,0:23:26.220 Lord, help us. Help us. 0:23:26.220,0:23:28.409 We never want to take it for granted. 0:23:28.409,0:23:29.637 Lord, open it up. 0:23:29.637,0:23:31.662 May it become more alive, 0:23:31.662,0:23:35.663 more real, more gripping. 0:23:35.663,0:23:38.055 Lord, give us eyes to see. 0:23:38.055,0:23:43.072 Give us hearts to dig. 0:23:43.072,0:23:47.098 I pray for these brothers [br]and sisters in this room 0:23:47.098,0:23:48.271 that they would hide 0:23:48.271,0:23:50.130 and continue to hide the Word of God 0:23:50.130,0:23:51.964 in their hearts; 0:23:51.964,0:23:53.726 that they would not be hearers only, 0:23:53.726,0:23:55.751 but doers. 0:23:55.751,0:24:00.083 Hearers and doers. 0:24:00.083,0:24:05.733 Lest they deceive themselves. 0:24:05.733,0:24:07.649 Lord, we thank You for this treasure 0:24:07.649,0:24:09.064 that You've committed to us. 0:24:09.064,0:24:11.715 We thank You in the name [br]of our Lord Jesus Christ. 0:24:11.715,0:24:13.095 Amen.