Five Lessons for a Transformative Spiritual Journey
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"Assurance of God's love is very, very important. I'll tell you, if you are assured of God's love the way I want to show you here in John 17:23, for many people, their favorite verse in the Bible is John 3:16, 'God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.' It was my favorite verse for years until one day God opened my eyes to see John 17:23, which told me the last part that the Father loves me as much as he loved Jesus." [00:03:39]
"Begin your day with God and His word, and by the grace of God, I've tried to follow that for 65 years. From the time I was converted, I began to read the Bible every day in the morning. I had a room in the naval base, and so I would get up, kneel down, pray for a few minutes, maybe 15 minutes or so, and get up and take my Bible and sit at my table with a notebook and read it." [00:09:54]
"Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Amen. Man shall live. So if your life has not come up to the level of what God wants you to, it's because you have not taken every word in God's word. Who is to blame? I see God has taken the trouble through the years to write a book for me, and I can't say that I love him if I don't take that seriously." [00:12:09]
"Keep a good conscience always. In Acts of the Apostles, in chapter 24 and verse 16, this is Paul's testimony. I want to read beginning in verse 15, Acts 24:15. It says here in the last part of verse 15, 'I have this hope in God there will certainly be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked.' Now we all know that there're going to be two resurrections: the resurrection of the righteous and the resurrection of the wicked." [00:15:10]
"Know that God controls all my circumstances. That's a great lesson that's been for me. Turn to Romans in chapter 8 and verse 28. We read there that God makes all things work together for good to those who love him. But it doesn't stop there. The good is mentioned in the next verse. He predestined us to become conformed to the image of his son." [00:24:25]
"Remain humble and die to yourself. Matthew 11:29, Jesus said there's only these two things he told us to learn from him, not how to preach, but learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart. What am I supposed to learn from Jesus primarily? Gentleness and humility. That's it. I may not be able to sing; some of you may not be able to preach. It doesn't matter." [00:28:01]
"God is opposed to the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. If you don't know that verse, it's one of the most important verses to know. The devil's opposing us, our flesh, our lusts in our nature are opposing us. On top of that, if God also opposes you, brother, there's no hope for you. And it says here God will oppose anyone who's proud." [00:29:54]
"Sin will not rule over you if you are under grace. If you're not under grace, sin will rule over you. And it's because people have not received grace. They've got grace for forgiveness of sins, but that's it. There's a lot more grace than that. Sin will not be master over you if you're under grace." [00:31:13]
"God is in control of everything. And finally, the last thing I would say, number five, remain humble and die to yourself. Matthew 11:29, Jesus said there's only these two things he told us to learn from him, not how to preach, but learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart." [00:28:01]
"God will never allow you to be tempted or tested beyond your ability. So don't ever say that temptation is too strong for me. If it is strong, he'll give you grace because he's always said, 'My grace is sufficient for you.' So I've been tremendously helped by this. I believe I can look into the entire future and say I will never, till now, till Jesus comes, I will not be tempted by any situation which I cannot handle." [00:26:41]
"Always remain assured of God's love. He loves you as you love Jesus, and don't be frightened because of circumstances. Number two, begin your day with God and His word always. And number three, keep a good conscience always. Number four, know always that God is in complete control of circumstances. All authority in Heaven and Earth belongs to him." [00:33:24]
"Take up your cross every day and follow me. Most Christians do not know what that means. It just means recognize that in Christ, I've been crucified with Christ, like Paul said, and I choose that way of death every day. 2 Corinthians 4:10 says always bearing in our body the dying of Jesus. That way you will be an overcomer every single day because you choose the way of death." [00:34:25]
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"Begin your day with God and His word, and by the grace of God, I've tried to follow that for 65 years. From the time I was converted, I began to read the Bible every day in the morning. I had a room in the naval base, and so I would get up, kneel down, pray for a few minutes, maybe 15 minutes or so, and get up and take my Bible and sit at my table with a notebook and read it." [00:09:54]
"Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Amen. Man shall live. So if your life has not come up to the level of what God wants you to, it's because you have not taken every word in God's word. Who is to blame? I see God has taken the trouble through the years to write a book for me, and I can't say that I love him if I don't take that seriously." [00:12:09]
"Keep a good conscience always. In Acts of the Apostles, in chapter 24 and verse 16, this is Paul's testimony. I want to read beginning in verse 15, Acts 24:15. It says here in the last part of verse 15, 'I have this hope in God there will certainly be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked.' Now we all know that there're going to be two resurrections: the resurrection of the righteous and the resurrection of the wicked." [00:15:10]
"Know that God controls all my circumstances. That's a great lesson that's been for me. Turn to Romans in chapter 8 and verse 28. We read there that God makes all things work together for good to those who love him. But it doesn't stop there. The good is mentioned in the next verse. He predestined us to become conformed to the image of his son." [00:24:25]
"Remain humble and die to yourself. Matthew 11:29, Jesus said there's only these two things he told us to learn from him, not how to preach, but learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart. What am I supposed to learn from Jesus primarily? Gentleness and humility. That's it. I may not be able to sing; some of you may not be able to preach. It doesn't matter." [00:28:01]
"God is opposed to the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. If you don't know that verse, it's one of the most important verses to know. The devil's opposing us, our flesh, our lusts in our nature are opposing us. On top of that, if God also opposes you, brother, there's no hope for you. And it says here God will oppose anyone who's proud." [00:29:54]
"Sin will not rule over you if you are under grace. If you're not under grace, sin will rule over you. And it's because people have not received grace. They've got grace for forgiveness of sins, but that's it. There's a lot more grace than that. Sin will not be master over you if you're under grace." [00:31:13]
"God is in control of everything. And finally, the last thing I would say, number five, remain humble and die to yourself. Matthew 11:29, Jesus said there's only these two things he told us to learn from him, not how to preach, but learn from me, for I'm gentle and humble in heart." [00:28:01]
"God will never allow you to be tempted or tested beyond your ability. So don't ever say that temptation is too strong for me. If it is strong, he'll give you grace because he's always said, 'My grace is sufficient for you.' So I've been tremendously helped by this. I believe I can look into the entire future and say I will never, till now, till Jesus comes, I will not be tempted by any situation which I cannot handle." [00:26:41]
"Always remain assured of God's love. He loves you as you love Jesus, and don't be frightened because of circumstances. Number two, begin your day with God and His word always. And number three, keep a good conscience always. Number four, know always that God is in complete control of circumstances. All authority in Heaven and Earth belongs to him." [00:33:24]
"Take up your cross every day and follow me. Most Christians do not know what that means. It just means recognize that in Christ, I've been crucified with Christ, like Paul said, and I choose that way of death every day. 2 Corinthians 4:10 says always bearing in our body the dying of Jesus. That way you will be an overcomer every single day because you choose the way of death." [00:34:25]
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