WEBVTT 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:08.800 Is it 14 or is it? 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:10.480 I think we're going to start in the 11. 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:12.720 Oh, creo que vamos a empezar in el 11. 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:18.640 We added a couple of scriptures, but this is the main passage this month. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.359 Yeah, but we're starting in the middle of a sentence almost. 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:37.280 It says of whom we have many things to say and hard to be said, seeing you are doll of hearing. 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.799 He says you're still drinking milk. 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:48.879 When you should be eating solid food. 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:53.840 And so some of you are still drinking milk. 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.840 And if you are still drinking milk, you're advancing, that's good. 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:04.000 You gotta start somewhere. 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:08.639 But you can add a little coffee to that milk and it'll be a little tastier for you. 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:26.560 One day he said, Can you make me a cup of coffee? 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:29.520 He said, Can you make me a cup of coffee? 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.719 And you're gonna have a lot of helpers here. 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.520 And I said, You're growing up, son. 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:46.719 Without coffee, it's impossible to please God. 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.000 So that's our anchor, so to speak, anchor text. 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:00.159 And then verse 14. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:14.400 But strong meat belongs to those that are of full age, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.840 To discern what is good, what is excellent. 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:38.159 The word good and evil buena y mal is much more than just doing what's right and the opposite which is sin. 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:54.879 Develop your spiritual senses so you can know the difference between a life that is a life of excellence. 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:14.479 Until we do what Paul said here. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:20.319 We exercise, we develop our good spiritual senses. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.759 But the way we access these good things in life that He has prepared. 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:20.319 Not only is He our God, not only is He our Savior and our Lord and our Friend, but He's also our Heavenly Father. 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:26.639 And as a Father, He wants good things for His children. 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:27.600 Amen. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:28.240 Right? 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:30.319 He wants good things for His children. 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:35.439 Sorry. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.720 That's what we call the good life. 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.639 Living the good life. 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.680 As parents, we we want the best for our children. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:14.319 If you're uh not a parent, your parents want the best for you, and that's the way God is with us as children. 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:28.079 And when the and when our kids begin to do the right thing and live a good life, that means they're growing, they're growing up. 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.639 Growth is evidence of a healthy life. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:41.360 And so God doesn't want his children to remain babies. 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.040 A little bit of a shot of coffee in there. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.680 So we want to grow up spiritually, that's what God wants for us. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:07.759 Now sometimes we think we think this way, just because we think religiously. 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:32.800 We don't want we just want them to grow up. 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.079 And as they grow, they're pleasing us. 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:40.480 But don't put the horse before the cart. 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:44.800 The cart before the horse. 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:46.959 I knew what you meant. 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:53.920 As you grow, you'll just it'll be normal to please them. 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.240 And as we grow, we begin to live the good life. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.120 We begin to have a full life, I think. 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.800 You see, growth is what pleases him. 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:27.759 No, if we just grow, we'll please them. 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.679 And so you have to develop your spiritual life. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:41.600 And there's some things that we're going to show you today. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:55.360 But one of the things I want you to really get in your heart today is that God has prepared great things for you. 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:02.080 That's why He wants you to grow, that's why He wants you to grow up. 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.519 So you can enjoy it. 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.159 This is how he judges his own, his people. 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:40.720 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:57.600 Notice that he prepared things for us since the foundation of the world. 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:15.519 Before he brought Adam and Eve into the Garden of Eden, everything was prepared for them already. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:20.320 And over in 1 Corinthians 2 9. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:29.440 Verse 9. 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:39.440 But as it is written, I has not seen nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love him. 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.639 See, God has prepared things for those who love him. 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:58.000 That's us, that's his children. 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.960 It's as we discern between good and evil. 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.480 That's how we begin to grow. 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.000 We do some things. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.720 And say, oh, we shouldn't have done that one. 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:50.559 And so we grow. 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.080 I think Peter said it like this. 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.960 We grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.720 In 2 Peter 3.18, I think it is. 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.559 I want to look at the word knowledge in that verse. 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:23.360 It says, Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.120 Peter got a little excited about that. 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:42.799 He said, Glory to God. 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.440 Get a little excited when God reveals something. 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:00.799 Sometimes you think that we get the revelation at home. 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:02.720 Sometimes we get it right here while we're preaching. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:17.279 There was nobody in front of him. 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:20.159 He was just writing a letter. 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.600 And it hit him and he got excited. 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.840 But he says here grow in the knowledge. 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.279 I want to look at that word knowledge. 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.639 But not yet. 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.559 This word grow is interesting. 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.720 It means to augment. 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.480 To make something greater by adding to it. 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.720 To increase. 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.879 To expand. 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.279 God wants to expand our spiritual capacity. 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.000 Why? ¿Por qué? 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.919 To make our lives great. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.759 So that we can live a good life. 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.000 You see, he told Abraham, I'm gonna make you great. 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.600 And we are the seed and the children of Abraham. 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:30.480 He wants to make us great, he wants us to live a great good life. 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:36.000 Now, this word knowledge. 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:42.960 There's a difference between knowledge, the word knowledge here. 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.480 And information and information. 00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:51.600 Knowledge in the word of God and information are two different things. 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:12.559 I was a baby still in diapers and the good ones, I was in spiritual huggies. 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:20.879 But I was reading, I would read a particular author some books that he wrote. 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:29.120 And I remember back thing he was talking about head knowledge and revelation knowledge. 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:54.080 But when you look at this word knowledge in the original language, when Peter says grow in knowledge, he's not talking about information that you put in your mind. 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.960 That God would grant you the spirit of wisdom and revelation. 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.480 Wisdom. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:05.440 We hear it, but we don't do it. 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.400 So we know about God, but we don't know God. 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.079 If we knew God, we would do it. 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:26.640 But this word knowledge, it means precise and correct information. 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.160 It's spiritual illumination that comes from God. 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.559 And he opens his word and it becomes revelation to us. 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.559 In other words, we understand it for the first time we're like, ah, I know what that means. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:05.680 But when we just read the Bible for information, it just stays in our brain. 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.759 But it doesn't affect our lines. 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:14.960 But what we want is spiritual information, revelation from God. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:24.000 When that comes, that's stored in our heart, in the deepest part of our being. 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:26.240 And when it comes alive in us, when it does, we're starting to walk and flow with God. 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.799 We're now in his stream. 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:41.279 Where there's life, where there's power, where there's reality. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.279 Sometimes we think the things we see are reality. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.920 But the reality is what God has said. 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:54.640 It's a higher, it's a higher reality. 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:03.279 I say it like this: God's truth is greater than the reality of my life. 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:19.519 So when the attacks of the enemy come when life doesn't look good, his word is still truth, it's still higher than my reality. 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.759 It doesn't mean my reality doesn't exist. 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:29.440 It just means my reality has to adjust to God's truth. 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.160 It has to change, it has to move. 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:37.200 I'm not gonna move from the word of God. 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.799 It has to move and adjust. 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:51.920 So when pain comes in your body, it's reality. 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.440 It hurts. 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.759 But then there's the truth of God. 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:02.079 By his stripes I am healed. 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:06.960 He took my sickness and my pain. 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.559 That's the truth. 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:13.440 This is real, but this is truth. 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:20.720 So this pain has to adjust and align itself to the truth. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:26.559 You see, and when the word of God comes alive to you. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:38.319 The first few times you're like, oh, I wish that were true. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.960 Oh God, heal me, please. 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:46.640 Oh, I seen you healing people, why don't you heal me? 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.960 Keep reading that word. 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.799 Keep letting it get on the inside of you. 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:00.240 And one day you're gonna do like Peter did. 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.839 His word is truth. 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:07.039 Yes, this pain is real. 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.400 But it's gotta go. 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.680 Because by his stripes I am healed. 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.920 I'm not trying to be healed. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.119 I'm declaring what God has declared. 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.720 I am healed. 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:28.079 Let that get on the inside of you. 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.119 Sometimes we say it. 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.680 Before it's on the inside. 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.720 So it doesn't have any effect. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.200 No, you gotta get it on the inside. 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:44.559 You gotta get into that stream of life. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:52.480 Everything in God's Word is for our good. 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.880 It's so that we can live this good life. 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:02.799 I have come that you might have life. 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.720 Life and life more abundantly. 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.640 He's trying to preach for me now. 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.519 That's my problem. 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.000 Sorry. 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.119 That's my problem. 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.480 I have come that you might have life. 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:23.039 And have life more abundantly. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.160 That's a good life. 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:32.799 He didn't say I have come that you might have salvation. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.720 And struggle the rest of your time in this world. 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.599 He did say we'd have problems, right? 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.200 In the world you will have problems. 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.640 You will have adversity. 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:55.039 But he said, be of good cheer. 00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:00.559 Don't go tell your whole neighborhood about what you're going through. 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.359 Be of good cheer. 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:08.880 If you're of good cheer, you're not gonna tell everybody your problems. 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:13.039 You're of good cheer. 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.519 He has overcome. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.680 That's what he said. 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:24.240 And because he has made us more than conquerors. 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:29.759 I don't care what I'm up aga what comes up against me. 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.440 It's gotta move. 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.920 Or I'm going over that wall. 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.759 That's the good life. 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.839 We live like Jesus lived in the earth. 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:50.000 He had problems, problems with people. 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.319 You ever have problems with people? 00:25:56.480 --> 00:26:00.319 He had to rebuke Peter one time and say, get behind me, devil. 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:08.079 He said, You're being influenced by the devil right now. 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:18.559 And that wasn't that wasn't somebody outside of his circle, that was his main disciple. 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:25.039 So he had problems along the way. 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:32.720 He was trying to sleep one time and a storm hit while he was trying to sleep. 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.599 And they tried to kill him. 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:48.960 And he walked right through the middle of them. 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.440 And they're like, Where'd he go? 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.839 Where'd he go? 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.440 More than a conqueror. 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.599 No matter what you face, God is with you. 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:13.759 And so the ultimate goal of the Word of God for our lives is that we live a life with God. 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:19.359 That's a life above, not below. 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:24.400 How can we say that we're walking with God? 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:29.119 But we don't know what we're going to do with all of these problems and we're going to have to do that. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:35.359 But we just turn to God and we say, well, what do we do with this? 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.319 Peter said, They're asking for money, Jesus, what do we do? 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.160 He told them what to do. 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.640 He says, Go fishing. 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.559 And the first fish that you pull out. 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.759 And take that gold. 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.279 And the money they're looking for, the money they're asking for. 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:11.039 Use that gold to pay it. 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.400 So what do we do when problems come? 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.759 We say, Jesus, what do we do? 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.720 Holy Spirit, direct my life. 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:25.839 That's the purpose of walking with God. 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:31.440 It's not to say, man, this is horrible, I don't know what I'm gonna do. 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.319 Oh, but I love God. 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.880 I'm still going to church. 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.720 I'm still gonna tell people about Jesus. 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.640 I don't care if the devil kills me. 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.880 I'm on my way to heaven. 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:54.079 No, that's not what the Lord said. 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:59.839 In every circumstance, He wants to take us over. 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.279 He doesn't want us just to put up with things. 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:15.839 What do they say when people are going through things? 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.799 Some people's advice is this. 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.960 You don't have to put up with it. 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.319 You gotta put get to flight. 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.920 Get on the word of God and begin to fly. 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:04.079 No matter what the devil threw at you or life threw at you. 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.880 Or what you threw at yourself. 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.880 Sometimes we create our own crises, right? 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:20.000 But in all of that, there is the mercy and the goodness of God. 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:25.200 Just say, Lord, I messed up. 00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.480 Get me back on track. 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:35.279 So you don't have to say, well, I guess I have to go through this. 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:40.720 There may be a little bit of transition. 00:30:43.519 --> 00:31:00.079 Because sometimes we create such a wall for ourselves, and the Lord's not gonna knock it down, he's gonna help you knock it down. 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:08.240 And so that may take a while, it may take a while to knock that wall down, but it's coming down. 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:16.400 In other words, there may be some consequences. 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.240 But that's not gonna be the end of your story. 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:29.359 Look at Colossians 3 10. 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:53.039 See, there's a renovation, a renewing that takes place. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:08.480 The scripture says his divine power in 2 Peter 1 3. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.279 And in the life to come. 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:33.599 Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:44.480 How is grace and peace multiplied in our lives? 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:50.880 We pray, Lord, give me more grace. 00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.359 When we're babies, he'll give us more peace. 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:13.519 Ah, but as we grow up, he says, Mama, give me some milk from the refrigerator. 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:20.640 When you're a baby, you say, Oh, let me get him some milk, he wants some milk. 00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:26.240 Growing up a little bit, get your own milk. 00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.079 Get your own cereal cereal. 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:33.440 And so grace and peace are multiplied in our life. 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.200 Through the knowledge of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:53.440 So when we develop our spiritual senses, we're moving from information to spiritual revelation. 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:56.880 And things begin to happen in our life. 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.319 We begin to understand the character of God a little better. 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:12.880 The more we understand his love, did you know that love is the essence, the absolute essence of who God is? 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.280 That is God. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.519 The Bible says God is love. 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:28.639 And so when we begin to grow, we begin to know the love of God. 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:35.119 How much he loves people, but how much he loves us. 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:41.840 And that understanding begins to remove the fear we used to have of God. 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:47.760 And we get cemented and anchored in his goodness. 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:56.159 Every good and perfect gift comes from above. 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:13.280 And God said, I'll show you myself. 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:18.719 And the Bible said he hid them behind the cleft of a rock. 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:24.320 And it says that the goodness of God passed before him. 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.760 God is loved. 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.159 God is good before anything else. 00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:37.440 And when we get grounded in love, we get grounded in his goodness. 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:47.039 So that when bad stuff comes our way, we don't blame God. 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:50.159 We don't say, God, why are you putting me through this? 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.559 And the devil says, Well, you know you deserve it. 00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.159 Look what you did. 00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.840 No. 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.320 No. 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.719 We're grounded in his love and his goodness. 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.559 Lord, you didn't do this. 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:10.880 But I thank you that you're going to turn this around for my good. 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:15.440 We begin to learn the character of God. 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:22.960 We begin to discover the purpose and the destiny for our life here on earth. 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.679 Living life becomes easier. 00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:34.880 You say, what am I supposed to do here in this life? 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.679 Get to know the love of God. 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:46.000 The love of God will place you right where you're supposed to be. 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.440 Just like a mom with her baby. 00:36:53.679 --> 00:37:01.440 When the baby is tired and sleepy, she goes and picks up the baby and puts him in the right place. 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.920 That's the love of God. 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:10.559 That's the foundation to understanding what we're supposed to do in life. 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.599 So we stop wandering. 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.599 And it works out. 00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:04.800 And we begin to learn the voice of God. 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.760 We're developing our spiritual senses. 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:18.079 And then when problems come our way, we're rooted in God's love. 00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:27.679 Some of you, you may be a preacher. 00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.559 And so you're doing that. 00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:35.679 Some of you are called to work at a job and retire from one company. 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.519 Some of you are called just to stay home. 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.239 And take care of the house. 00:38:56.079 --> 00:39:00.400 Whatever your purpose is, it doesn't matter to God, He's given you that purpose. 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:06.000 You're a star right where you are. 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:10.400 There was a song we used to listen to, my wife and I. 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.800 You don't have to be a star, baby. 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.519 To be in my show. 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.320 You'll shine right where you're at. 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:38.400 You might say, Man, I'm just raising these kids, when are they gonna be 18? 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:46.800 Your star may not be shining real bright right now. 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:58.159 But as your children begin to grow up, and they begin to do some amazing things asombrosas. 00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.840 You know who's shining, you're shining. 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:04.320 You're like, that's that's her son. 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:06.719 Ese es su hijo. 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:08.079 That's his son. 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:13.519 Sometimes you may have to wait a few years before you hear that. 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.480 Sometimes they say that's that's his son. 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:22.000 You're like, no, that's not my son. 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:24.000 No, this is my home. 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.559 Not yet. 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.880 God is still working on him. 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.320 But you know what? 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:42.880 When when life comes at you, because you're developing your spiritual life, the storms of life they may knock you down, but they won't keep you down. 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.360 They won't break you. 00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.519 They can't. 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.239 It's impossible. 00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:54.320 Our life becomes stronger. 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:59.280 Our life becomes greater even in the midst of storms. 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:05.119 We become more spiritually resilient. 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:10.159 We bounce back. 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:15.280 I like to watch boxing matches from the old times. 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:19.199 Like Mohammed Ali. 00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.119 Mohammed Ali. 00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.880 He said, I swing like a butterfly and sting like a bee. 00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.000 But those fights were amazing. 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:34.400 You thought your guy was going down. 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:41.280 Sometimes they did go down, but they they bounced back up and won the fight. 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.719 That's you and I as believers. 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.760 We're resilient. 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:51.039 We bounce back. 00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:57.440 We get back in the ring no matter what happens. 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:04.480 I don't care what happened, I'm gonna rewrite this story with the help of God. 00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:19.840 Because sometimes we try and write our own story. 00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:24.480 But it wasn't what God wanted for our life. 00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:29.199 And so we go, we derail, we go a different way. 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:02.800 Anybody named Jesus, I like to get their phone number. 00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:08.559 Because maybe it's the real Jesus. 00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:14.239 But Jesus gave his life to the Lord just a couple of weeks ago. 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:23.280 And I was trying to call him. 00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.840 But here you are in person. 00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:34.880 Let me come in for a landing. 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.559 I see some people trying to leave already. 00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:37.280 Hang on, hang on. 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.599 No, they're just using the facility. 00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:04.719 There has to be a longing of thirsting in our life. 00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:16.480 Something something that you want so bad that you're not gonna stop. 00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:25.039 No matter what it takes, David sang a song this way. 00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:37.360 He said, as the deer longs for the water, so my soul longs after you, God. 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:49.199 When we long for God that way, you ever been so thirsty that you would drink anything that they put in front of you? 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:56.960 That's the thirst we have to have for the word of God. 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:04.400 Not just for the Bible, but for the Holy Spirit to open our understanding. 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:23.599 Paul said to Timothy on these things. 00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:28.480 So that your prophet will be evident to the people. 00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:52.639 I know what prophet means, but what does it mean in the Bible? 00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.360 It means progress and advancement. 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:03.360 I said, wait a minute. 00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:06.480 Because on Friday night we were here. 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:09.920 And the Lord gave me a message on that. 00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:15.519 And so I thought Friday night was different from today, but it's the same message. 00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:20.480 God wants us to advance. 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:26.400 And Paul said, if you'll meditate on these things, you'll advance in your life. 00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:33.039 You won't go to the very top overnight, but you'll advance. 00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.960 But you'll advance. 00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:41.360 The results of meditating the word of God. 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:46.400 He said it to Joshua. 00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:49.360 You'll make your way prosperous. 00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:52.320 That's the word, advance. 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:55.119 And you'll have good success. 00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:58.639 Things will turn out for you. 00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.840 They'll turn out good for you. 00:47:03.760 --> 00:47:08.800 This is the higher level of life that God has prepared for us. 00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:20.559 But the higher level of life is determined by our level of hunger. 00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:24.639 You want to go higher, you gotta get hungrier. 00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:30.960 In the world we climb the ladder of success. 00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:53.519 Sometimes we just want him when we need him. 00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:58.960 But there has to be a level of hunger. 00:48:01.280 --> 00:48:03.519 And that we just want him all the time. 00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:09.519 And so that means a little more time in the Word of God. 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:14.159 You stay up a little later. 00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:28.079 And you get up a little earlier. 00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:34.159 And you constantly expose yourself to the Word of God. 00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:39.440 The Holy Spirit can't open our eyes. 00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:50.320 The Holy Spirit can't open our eyes until we open our Bible. 00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:42.960 And it catches my attention y cautiva mi atención. 00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:44.320 I'll hear it all week. 00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:52.559 That's how the word gets inside of us. 00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:04.960 Read books. 00:50:05.199 --> 00:50:06.559