ANNOUNCER: COMING UP ON "MARRIAGE TODAY WITH JIMMY &
KAREN"... JIMMY: BUT DID YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU ASK GOD TO LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU, HE WILL?
WHEN YOU ASK HIM TO SPEAK TO YOU, HE WILL?
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HE SAYS WILL
WORK AND SUCCEED IN YOUR LIFE? EVERYTHING HE SAYS TO YOU WILL
BEAR FRUIT IN YOUR LIFE. SEE, GOD HAS AN ETERNAL
PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW,
HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ETERNITY.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS THAT JESUS LIVES WITHIN
OUR HEART IS THAT HE GUIDES US AS OUR SHEPHERD, HE GUIDES US
IN LIFE. DID YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF
GOD'S VOICE IN YOUR LIFE YOU CAN MAKE EVERY DECISION RIGHT
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE MADE
SOME BIG MISTAKES EARLIER IN YOUR LIFE, DEAD WORKS, THINGS
THAT YOU DID WITHOUT CONSULTING GOD. THEY SEEMED RIGHT, THEY
FELT RIGHT, BUT THEY WEREN'T RIGHT, AND THE FRUIT OF THOSE
THINGS WAS BAD. THAT'S THE WAY I WAS BEFORE I
CAME TO THE LORD. BUT DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ASK
GOD TO LEAD YOU AND GUIDE YOU, HE WILL?
WHEN YOU ASK HIM TO SPEAK TO YOU, HE WILL?
AND DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HE SAYS WILL
WORK AND SUCCEED IN YOUR LIFE? EVERYTHING HE SAYS TO YOU
WILL BEAR FRUIT IN YOUR LIFE. SEE, GOD HAS AN ETERNAL
PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW,
HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ETERNITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN ANOTHER PERSON'S HEART, HE KNOWS
WHAT'S IN EVERY PERSON'S HEART. HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TO THE ECONOMY. HE--HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. AND SO WHEN I'M
ASKING HIM TO GUIDE ME, HE HAS THE MASTER PLAN, AND HE KNOWS
EVERY MOVE TO MAKE IN MY LIFE. WHEN I'M GUIDING ME, I'M JUST--
I'M JUST USING EMOTION OR REASON OR FEAR OR WHATEVER IT IS
THAT I WOULD USE TO GUIDE-- TO GUIDE MY LIFE.
AND SO, IF JESUS IS TRULY THE LORD OF MY LIFE, I'M GOING TO
STOP AND LISTEN TO HIM BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION, THEN I'LL MAKE
THAT DECISION. SO HEARING GOD IS PROOF THAT JESUS IS ALIVE,
THAT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND THAT HE'S LORD
OF OUR LIVES. LET ME TALK ABOUT HOW GOD SPEAKS. SO YOU
SAY, WELL, "I WANT TO HAVE, JIMMY, A RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD, AND I WANT TO HEAR GOD." WELL, GOOD. WELL, LET ME--LET ME
TELL YOU HOW JESUS SPEAKS, BECAUSE HE SPEAKS TO US IN
DIFFERENT WAYS. THE FIRST WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US IS THROUGH
THE BIBLE, OBVIOUSLY. IS, EVERY TIME YOU'RE READING
THE BIBLE, YOU'RE--YOU'RE READING THE WORD OF GOD, AND GOD
IS SAYING SOMETHING TO YOU ON SOME LEVEL. NOW, WHEN THE BIBLE
USES THE WORD "WORD," IN OTHER WORDS, THE WORD OF GOD,
THERE ARE TWO WORDS FOR THE WORD "WORD,"
AND ONE OF THEM IS "LOGOS," THAT MEANS THE WRITTEN WORD OF
GOD. IT JUST MEANS THE BIBLE. YOU PICK IT UP AND YOU'RE
READING WHAT IS UNIVERSALLY TRUE FOR EVERY PERSON, OK?
THE OTHER WORD IS "RHEMA," ROMANS 10:17 SAYS, "FAITH COMES
BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD," THAT WORD THAT IS
RHEMA AND IT MEANS THE LIVING VOICE OF GOD.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO IN READING THE BIBLE
IS EVERY TIME YOU'RE READING THE BIBLE, YOU'RE GIVING GOD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU, AND HE IS.
BUT MANY TIMES WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE, YOU'LL BE READING ALONG
AND A VERSE WILL JUST JUMP OUT AT YOU, A VERSE WILL JUST KIND
OF EXPLODE OFF THE PAGE AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BEGIN TO SAY
SOMETHING POWERFUL IN YOUR LIFE THROUGH THAT VERSE OR THAT
PASSAGE. THAT'S CALLED RHEMA. THAT'S CALLED THE LIVING VOICE
OF GOD. THE LOGOS IS JUST, I'M READING
THE BIBLE, AND THAT'S THE LOGOS. BUT THE RHEMA IS SOMETHING
EXPLODED OFF THE PAGE AND GAVE ME FAITH. FAITH COMES BY HEARING
AND HEARING BY THE RHEMA OF GOD. THIS RHEMA WORD THAT COMES INTO
MY HEART, THIS RHEMA WORD THAT JUMPS OFF THE PAGES OF THE
BIBLE, AND GOD USES THAT TO DIRECT ME IN MY LIFE.
THE SECOND WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US IS HIS STILL, SMALL VOICE
INSIDE OF OUR HEARTS. THIS IS FIRST KINGS 19, THIS IS
SPEAKING ABOUT ELIJAH AND HIS ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
"THEN HE SAID GO OUT AND STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE LORD.
AND BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND
TORE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND BROKE THE ROCKS
IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE WIND.
AND AFTER THE WIND, AN EARTHQUAKE, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT
IN THE EARTHQUAKE, AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, A FIRE, BUT THE
LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE, AND AFTER THE FIRE, A STILL, SMALL
VOICE." AND THAT'S HOW GOD SPOKE TO ELIJAH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES GOD SPEAK? HE
SPEAKS IN A STILL, SMALL VOICE INSIDE OF OUR HEART.
WHEN GOD IS SPEAKING TO YOU, IT'S NOT HERE NOW, IT'S--HE'S IN
HERE. AND YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL EARS. WHEN YOU'RE BORN AGAIN,
YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL EYES AND YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL EARS, AND HE'S
LIVING INSIDE THERE. AND YOU SAY, WELL, WHY DOESN'T HE SPEAK
LOUDER THAN HE SPEAKS? WELL, FOR SEVERAL REASONS, ONE IS BECAUSE
HE DOESN'T WANT TO INTIMIDATE US. GOD DOESN'T BARK. ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE VOICE OF GOD
IS IT'S THE MOST LOVING VOICE YOU'LL EVER--YOU'LL EVER HEAR.
GOD'S VOICE IS ALWAYS LOVING. EVEN WHEN GOD IS WARNING US,
HIS IS THE SWEETEST, MOST TENDER VOICE YOU'LL EVER HEAR IN
YOUR LIFE, AND THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE HEARING FROM GOD.
IF YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE DEVIL, HE'LL BRING FEAR AND
CONDEMNATION AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT GOD DOESN'T
USE FEAR, GOD DOESN'T USE CONDEMNATION.
BECAUSE WE'RE FORGIVEN AND WE'RE FRIENDS WITH GOD BECAUSE OF THE
BLOOD OF JESUS. BUT THE OTHER REASON THAT GOD
DOESN'T TALK LOUDLY IS BECAUSE HE'S INSIDE OF OUR VOICE.
WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE TO SOMEONE, VOLUME IS A LIABILITY.
MY LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER KATE CRAWLED UP ON MY LAP ONE DAY
AND SHE SAID, "PAPPY, I WANT TO--I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
TO YOU AND I WANT TO TELL YOU A SECRET," AND I SAID
"OK," AND SO SHE GOT UP RIGHT IN MY EAR. SHE PUT HER LIPS LIKE
RIGHT ON MY EAR AND SHE STARTED TALKING. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I
WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE IT WAS TICKLING MY EAR. I DIDN'T HEAR
A WORD SHE SAID BECAUSE SHE WAS RIGHT THERE TALKING, AND WHEN
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE TO BE SO QUIET IN WHAT YOU SAY FOR
A PERSON TO BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU. WELL, JESUS ISN'T RIGHT HERE,
HE'S IN HERE. HE SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE. WHEN
YOU'RE QUIET AND YOU'RE ASKING GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU, HE'LL SPEAK
YOUR LANGUAGE. IN AN UNMISTAKABLE WAY YOU'LL
HEAR INSIDE OF YOUR HEART WHEN YOU LISTEN THIS VOICE SPEAKING
TO YOU. AND YOU WOULD SAY, "WELL, JIMMY, HOW DO I KNOW
IT'S NOT THE DEVIL? HOW DO I KNOW IT'S NOT ME
JUST TELLING ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR." WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HOW
YOU KNOW. EVERYTHING THAT GOD SAYS ALWAYS AGREES WITH
SCRIPTURE. IT ALWAYS DOES. GOD WILL NEVER TELL YOU TO DO
SOMETHING THAT IS SINFUL. SO ALWAYS WHEN YOU BELIEVE THAT
YOU'RE HEARING SOMETHING FROM GOD, ALWAYS MEASURE IT AGAINST
SCRIPTURE. IT'S ALWAYS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER
OF GOD. GOD IS A LOVING, GENEROUS, GOOD GOD.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU TO BE IMMORAL, GOD IS NOT GOING TO
TELL YOU TO HATE SOMEBODY OR HURT SOMEBODY.
GOD IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU TO ROB A BANK AND DO THINGS LIKE
THAT. HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THOSE THINGS. SO, GOD'S VOICE IS
ALWAYS CONSISTENT, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH HIS CHARACTER,
BUT ALSO IT WORKS. WHEN YOU'RE CULTIVATING A
LISTENING EAR TO THE LORD AND YOU BELIEVE THAT GOD IS SPEAKING
TO YOU, AGAIN, ALWAYS SCRIPTURAL, ALWAYS LOVING, NEVER
CONDEMNING, NEVER USES FEAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE MOST
WONDERFUL THING ABOUT IT IS IT WORKS.
AND YOU BELIEVE THE LORD IS TELLING YOU TO DO THIS, OR GO
HERE, OR TAKE THIS JOB OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE IS
SAYING TO YOU, AS YOU STEP OUT AND DO THAT
THING, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WORKS. NOW, IF IT DIDN'T WORK,
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND QUESTION, DID I NOT
HEAR GOD? YOU KNOW, WAS--WAS THERE SOME FLAW IN
THE PROCESS OF ME HEARING GOD? BUT MORE TIMES THAN NOT, WHEN
YOU'RE HEARING THAT VOICE AND YOU STEP OUT, YOU'LL FIND OUT
IT WAS GOD AND IT WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE.
ANOTHER WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US IS PEACE. NOW, BY THE WAY, IN
HEARING GOD, GOD CAN ALSO USE DREAMS AND VISIONS.
ACTS CHAPTER 2 SAYS, "WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES, YOUNG MEN
WILL SEE VISIONS AND OLD MEN WILL DREAM DREAMS."
EVEN UPON MY MAIDSERVANTS, GOD SAYS HE WILL DO THIS.
AND A VISION IS JUST, I'M SEEING SOMETHING IN MY HEART.
GOD IS GIVING ME THE ABILITY IN MY HEART TO SEE SOMETHING BEYOND
THE NATURAL REALM. WELL, GOD USES THOSE THINGS IN
OUR LIVES, AND WE NEED TO-- WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO USE
THOSE THINGS, HOWEVER HE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE, THAT HE
DOES--LET ME TELL YOU WHY GOD USES DREAMS. BECAUSE GOD CAN
BYPASS YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND. SOMETIMES YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND
WILL KEEP YOU FROM HEARING SOMETHING FROM GOD.
I FIND OUT THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I'M JUST ON THE VERGE OF WAKING
UP THAT GOD WILL SPEAK SOMETHING TO ME BECAUSE HE CAN BYPASS MY
NATURAL MIND, BECAUSE MY NATURAL MIND SOMETIMES BLOCKS WHAT GOD
IS TRYING TO SAY. NUMBER 3 WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS
TO US IS PEACE. COLOSSIANS 3:15 SAYS, "LET THE
PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS TO WHICH YOU ARE CALLED IN
ONE BODY AND BE THANKFUL." LET THE PEACE OF GOD
RULE YOUR HEART. THAT WORD RULE IS THE WORD
BRABEULO, AND IT MEANS TO UMPIRE. THE PEACE OF GOD, LIKE
BALLS AND STRIKES OR SAFE OR OUT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT--
THE PEACE OF GOD UMPIRING THE DECISION OF OUR LIVES. REMEMBER
WHEN JESUS SAW HIS DISCIPLES AFTER HE WAS RESURRECTED,
THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS "PEACE TO YOU." JOHN 14,
JESUS SAID, "THE HELPER, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER
WILL SEND IN MY NAME, HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS AND BRING
TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL THAT I SAID TO YOU.
PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU. MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU,
NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU.
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID." THIS
IS A PROFOUND THING. PEACE IS A PROFOUND THING. AND YOU CAN
FEEL IT. THE PEACE OF GOD IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT'S INTANGIBLE OR JUST SUPERNATURAL AND SPIRITUAL,
IT IS A TANGIBLE THING THAT YOU CAN FEEL GOD'S PEACE. AND THE
BIBLE SAYS, "LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR LIVES."
AND JESUS SAID, "I'M GOING TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TEACH
YOU EVERYTHING." PEACE, HE'S GOING TO BRING WITH HIM WHEN HE
COMES. AND MANY TIMES WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION AND
YOU'RE ASKING THE LORD TO GUIDE YOU--SEE, IF THE BIBLE SAYS
DON'T DO SOMETHING, DON'T DO IT. IF THE BIBLE SAYS DO SOMETHING,
DO IT. I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR. BUT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THE
BIBLE JUST DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT.
THE BIBLE DOESN'T TELL US WHICH CAR TO BUY. THE BIBLE DOESN'T
TELL US WHICH HOUSE TO BUY. IT TELLS US PRINCIPLES OF HOW TO
HANDLE OUR FINANCES. THE BIBLE DOESN'T TELL US--
IT DOESN'T TELL US WHICH MAJOR TO TAKE IN SCHOOL, OR WHICH
JOB TO TAKE, OR WHO TO MARRY. IT TELLS US TO MARRY A CHRISTIAN,
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY MARRY BOB OR MARRY TERESA, YOU KNOW, IT JUST
GIVES YOU PRINCIPLES. BUT WHO DO YOU MARRY? WHAT JOB DO YOU
TAKE? WHAT--WHAT MAJOR DO YOU CHOOSE? AND I'M SAYING AS
YOU'RE--AS YOU'RE CONSULTING GOD, AS YOU'RE ASKING GOD TO
GUIDE YOU IN LIFE, HIS PEACE IS PROFOUND. HUNDREDS OF TIMES AS
KAREN AND I HAVE MADE DECISIONS, SOMETIMES EVERYTHING LOOKS RIGHT
BUT YOU JUST DON'T HAVE PEACE ABOUT IT.
IN THE NATURAL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, EVERYTHING LOOKS RIGHT,
BUT SOMETHING INSIDE OF YOU IS TELLING YOU, "DON'T DO IT."
AND YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY "I JUST DIDN'T HAVE PEACE ABOUT IT,"
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT STATEMENT.
BECAUSE GOD'S TELLING--THE LACK OF PEACE IS GOD SPEAKING TO YOU.
BUT SOMETIMES THINGS CANNOT LOOK SO RIGHT.
SOMETIMES THINGS CAN KIND OF LOOK--ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY'RE
JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BLURRY AND YOU DON'T SEE THINGS
CLEARLY, BUT YOU HAVE A PROFOUND SENSE OF PEACE. I'VE MADE
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DECISIONS IN MY LIFE
BASED ON PEACE, AND I'VE NEVER MADE A WRONG DECISION BASED ON
PEACE. THE ONLY TIMES THAT I HAVE MADE WRONG DECISIONS IS
WHEN I DID SOMETHING AND I IGNORED THE LACK OF PEACE THAT I
HAD. KAREN IS REALLY GOOD AT THIS. AND WE WERE MAKING A
DECISION LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE TO ME,
AND I SAID TO KAREN, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE
DOING THIS AND THIS, AND KAREN SAID, "I DON'T FEEL PEACE ABOUT
THAT, JIMMY. I JUST DON'T FEEL PEACE," AND I SAID, "WELL..."
BECAUSE WE DON'T BULLY EACH OTHER, WE ALWAYS MAKE ALL
OF OUR DECISIONS TOGETHER, AND, UH, KAREN JUST SAID, "I JUST
DON'T FEEL PEACE ABOUT IT." AND I SAID "OK," SO WE DIDN'T
MAKE THAT DECISION. THANK GOD, BECAUSE IT WAS A WRONG DECISION.
AND SO LISTEN TO THE PEACE LEVEL IN YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE THAT'S GOD
SPEAKING TO YOU. ANOTHER WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS--I'LL HURRY UP
HERE--IS CIRCUMSTANCES, OPEN AND CLOSED DOORS. THIS IS
REVELATION 3. "TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA WRITE
THESE THINGS SAYS HE WHO IS HOLY, HE WHO IS TRUE, HE HAS THE
KEY OF DAVID, HE WHO OPENS AND NO ONE SHUTS
AND SHUTS AND NO ONE OPENS." AND HERE'S MY PRAYER THAT I PRAY
ON A REGULAR BASIS, "GOD, CLOSE DOORS FOR ME THAT NO MAN CAN
OPEN, AND OPEN DOORS FOR ME THAT NO MAN CAN CLOSE UNTIL I'M
STANDING IN YOUR PERFECT WILL." AND HE'LL ANSWER THAT PRAYER.
[APPLAUSE] BE SENSITIVE TO CIRCUMSTANCES,
BE SENSITIVE TO OPEN AND CLOSED DOORS, AND WHEN A DOOR OPENS
TO YOU, ASK GOD, "DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THAT DOOR?"
AND AGAIN, HE WILL GIVE YOU PEACE ABOUT IT AND HE'LL GUIDE
YOU. BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD CLOSES A DOOR
IN OUR LIVES AND WE GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THIS AND THAT,
SOMETIMES IT'S THE BEST--IT'S GOD LOVING US NOT ALLOWING US TO
DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. NUMBER--THE FINAL WAY, AND THIS
IS--THIS IS PROBABLY NOT EXHAUSTIVE--BUT ANOTHER WAY
THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US IS PEOPLE. MANY TIMES GOD WON'T SAY
ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TO ME. HE WOULD SAY IT MAYBE THROUGH KAREN
OR MAYBE A FRIEND. UH, PROVERBS SAYS, "WHERE THERE IS NO
COUNSEL, THE PEOPLE FALL, BUT IN THE MULTITUDE OF
COUNSELORS THERE IS SAFETY." SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT DECISION TO MAKE, OR MAYBE YOU THINK YOU KNOW,
BUT YOU NEED CONFIRMATION, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN
DO IS FIND A BELIEVER WHO IS SUCCESSFUL.
NEEDS TO BE A BELIEVER AND THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
AREA THAT YOU'RE NEEDING HELP. AND YOU GO TO THEM AND YOU ASK
THEM TO CONSULT WITH YOU, AND AGAIN IT HAS TO BE BIBLICAL
WHATEVER THEY SAY. BUT SOMETIMES GOD SPEAKS TO US
THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY HOW GOD SPEAKS TO US,
BUT GOD SPEAKS. AND THERE'S AN INTERACTIVE
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH GOD, WITH HIM GUIDING US AS OUR
SHEPHERD. AND LET ME CLOSE BY SAYING HERE'S WHAT HINDERS GOD
FROM SPEAKING TO US. NUMBER ONE IS UNBELIEF. IF YOU
DON'T HAVE--IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD SPEAKS, YOU'RE RIGHT,
HE DOESN'T. HE DOESN'T SPEAK TO PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE HE DOESN'T
SPEAK. AND HEBREWS 11:6, "WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE WHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS
AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO SEEK HIM." HE IS, GOD
IS IN MY LIFE. YOU KNOW, LET ME TELL YOU THE FAITH THAT YOU NEED
TO HAVE TO HEAR GOD. NOW, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN WHAT
I'M ABOUT TO SAY NOW BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU NEED TO HAVE FAITH THAT HE LOVES YOU.
SEE, SOMETIMES, THE DEVIL COMES TO US EVEN AS I'M SPEAKING IN
THIS MESSAGE AND THE DEVIL WILL SAY, "YEAH, GOD SPEAKS, BUT HE'S
NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A LOUSE." WELL,
THAT'S THE WAY THE DEVIL SPEAKS, DEMEANING, CONDEMNING, YOU
KNOW, GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU ENOUGH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING. I HAVE FAITH THAT THE BLOOD OF
JESUS PAID FOR MY SINS, AND I HAVE FAITH THAT THE ANGER OF GOD
WAS TAKEN AWAY ON GOOD FRIDAY AND NOW GOD IS MY DADDY, AND
HE'S MY FRIEND. I HAVE FAITH. BUT I'VE HEARD THAT CONDEMNING
VOICE IN MY LIFE FROM THE DEVIL THAT TRIED TO COME AND SHOOT--
SEE, THE DEVIL'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS YOU BEING FRIENDS
WITH GOD. BECAUSE EVERY--EVERYTHING HE HAS
DESIGNED FOR YOUR LIFE CAN'T HAPPEN IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH
THE LORD. SO AS YOU BEGIN TO COMMUNE WITH
THE LORD, YOU NEED TO HAVE FAITH THAT GOD IS LIVING IN YOUR LIFE
AND IN YOUR HEART AND THAT HE LOVES YOU. THE SECOND THING
THAT HINDERS HEARING GOD IS DISOBEDIENCE.
GOD ALWAYS LOVES US. HE-- WE DON'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT
TO HEAR GOD. THIS ISN'T A POINT SYSTEM. BUT WHEN THE LORD
SPEAKS, IF YOU DON'T OBEY IT, HE'LL STOP SPEAKING--UNTIL YOU
MAKE IT RIGHT. I WAS TALKING TO A MAN OUT HERE IN THE
FOYER ONE DAY AFTER CHURCH, AND I HAD BEEN SPEAKING ON
HEARING GOD AND HE SAID, "PASTOR JIMMY, I HAVEN'T HEARD GOD IN
TWO YEARS." AND I SAID, "YOU HEARD HIM TWO YEARS AGO?" AND HE
SAID "YEAH." I SAID, "WELL, WHAT DID HE SAY?" HE TOLD ME
WHAT I SAID. IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC, I SAID "WELL, DID YOU
DO IT?" HE SAID, "NO." AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU NEED TO MAKE
THAT RIGHT WITH THE LORD AND HE'LL KEEP SPEAKING TO YOU."
BUT--BUT WHEN THE LORD--WHAT-- WHAT THE LORD SAID TO THAT MAN
WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO HAVE OBEYED. IT WAS GOD. I
MEAN, WHEN HE TOLD ME, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING GOD WANTED
HIM TO DO. WELL, IF THE LORD SPEAKS TO US AND WE JUST KIND OF
THROW IT OVER OUR SHOULDER AND WE SAY, "I DON'T LIKE THAT WORD,
COULD YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER WORD?" YOU KNOW. THE LORD'S RESPONSE
TO THAT IS, "I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND JOE."
YOU KNOW, "I'M NOT JUST ANOTHER PERSON TALKING TO YOU, I'M GOD.
AND IF YOU VALUE MY VOICE, I'LL KEEP SPEAKING.
BUT IF I SAY THINGS TO YOU AND YOU JUST KIND OF THROW THEM OVER
YOUR SHOULDER, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT." SO AGAIN, HE ALWAYS
LOVES US AND HE'S EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, AND IF WE'VE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT AND
HE'LL--HE'LL FORGIVE US. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST THROW GOD'S
WORD OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND EXPECT HIM TO KEEP SPEAKING TO
YOU. NUMBER 3-- AND THIS IS--THIS IS THE END.
BUSYNESS AND DISTRACTION. IS-- IT'S THE OLD SAYING, "IF THE
DEVIL CAN'T GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND STOP YOU, HE'LL GET
BEHIND YOU AND PUSH YOU TOO FAST. AND JUST NOT EVER SLOWING
DOWN--GOD ISN'T OBLIGATED TO CHASE US DOWN AND TALK TO US,
WE'RE OBLIGATED TO SLOW DOWN AND LISTEN TO HIM. AND THIS IS WHAT
WE CALL A QUIET TIME. WHEN I TALK ABOUT YOUR PRAYER TIME
EVERY DAY, I CALL IT A QUIET TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT
TO GET A QUIET TIME EVERY DAY ALONE WITH GOD. YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE JUST--5 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES IS SO IMPORTANT.
HOPEFULLY IT COULD BE LONGER THAN THAT. AND YOU SAY, "WELL,
JIMMY, MY HOUSE, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE ACTIVITY AROUND
MY HOUSE." GET IN YOUR CAR BEFORE WORK AND SHOW UP TO WORK
EARLY, AND JUST SIT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT BY YOURSELF FOR 5
OR 10 MINUTES. OR SCHOOL. OR--OR WHEREVER YOU CAN GO--
AT THE PARK--JUST TO GET TIME ALONE WITH GOD.
AND IN THAT ALONE TIME WHEN YOU'RE QUIET, TURN THE RADIO
OFF, TURN THE TV OFF, GET QUIET. AND ASK GOD QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, READ--READ YOUR BIBLE, READ A PROVERB, READ A
PSALM EVERY DAY, IT'S SO ENCOURAGING. YOU KNOW,
READ--READ THE WORD, AND TELL--TELL GOD WHAT YOU'RE
WORRIED ABOUT. TELL GOD WHAT YOU'RE NEEDING. HE'S YOUR DADDY.
HE LOVES BEING YOUR DADDY. AND THEN SAY, "LORD, I NEED YOU TO
SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THIS." AND THEN JUST GET QUIET.
YOU'LL BE--LET ME TELL YOU, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE
LORD, HE'S A TALKER. HE'S A TALKER.
HE TALKS A LOT. AND WHEN THE LORD TALKS,
IT'S SO COMFORTING. IT'S JUST...THROUGH MANY YEARS
OF HEARING GOD, HE IS THE MOST GRACIOUS, WONDERFUL, SWEET,
CONSISTENT... PERSON I'VE EVER KNOWN.
AND HE LIVES INSIDE OF HERE. HE DOESN'T COME AND GO.
HE'S HERE TO STAY. AND WE ALWAYS HAVE GOD TO DIRECT
US IN OUR LIVES. IT'S--IT'S--IT'S MORE THAN
IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST--IT'S FANTASTIC. YOU CAN MAKE EVERY
DECISION RIGHT. YOU CAN KNOW THAT GOD IS LEADING YOU IN LIFE.
AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO CAN SUCCEED.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS MESSAGE TODAY. YOU KNOW, JESUS--
JESUS CAME TO SET US FREE, TO GIVE US ETERNAL LIFE, BUT TO
TEACH US HOW TO LIVE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I
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ANNOUNCER: UNDERSTAND HOW TO HAVE A REAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD, AND THE THE FOUNDATIONS OF KNOWING HIM
WITH JIMMY'S NEW SERIES "THE GOOD LIFE." THIS PRACTICAL
SERIES WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO EXPERIENCE GOD THROUGH PRAYER,
THE KEY TO HEARING GOD'S VOICE, AND HOW TO CONQUER YOUR
THOUGHT LIFE. FOR YOUR GIFT OF $50 OR MORE,
WE'LL SEND YOU "THE GOOD LIFE" SERIES ON CD
PLUS JIMMY'S NEW BOOK "TEN STEPS TOWARD CHRIST." FOR YOUR GIFT OF
$90 OR MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE DVD SERIES AND BOOK.
JIMMY: AND HERE'S MY PRAYER THAT I PRAY ON A REGULAR BASIS. "GOD,
CLOSE DOORS FOR ME THAT NO MAN CAN OPEN AND OPEN DOORS FOR ME
THAT NO MAN CAN CLOSE UNTIL I'M STANDING IN YOUR PERFECT WILL."
ANNOUNCER: FOR YOUR GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT,
WE'LL SEND YOU THE CD SINGLE MESSAGE "A DAILY DYNAMIC PRAYER
LIFE." Jimmy: AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING, YOU SAY, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO PRAY
ABOUT." WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT, RIGHT? YOUR PRAYER LIST
IS YOUR WORRY LIST. ANNOUNCER: GOD HAS A FULFILLING
PLAN FOR YOU. EXPERIENCE "THE GOOD LIFE" TODAY.
WHEN YOU'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE, YOU TALK, AND IT'S
NOT A MONOLOGUE, IT'S A DIALOGUE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO UNFORTUNATE IN MY HEART AND MIND
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, EVEN CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, EVEN LEADERS
AND SOMETIMES EVEN PASTORS TEACH THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR GOD.
WELL, I GOT SAVED 40 YEARS AGO, AND IN THE MORNING I GOT
SAVED I DIDN'T KNOW ANY THEOLOGY.
I--I HAD NO IDEA, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE BOOK OF GENESIS WAS.
BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT SAVED, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF
RECEIVING CHRIST AS LORD OF MY LIFE, THE LORD SPOKE TO MY
HEART AND SAID, "DON'T SEE YOUR FRIENDS AGAIN." I HAD A LOT OF
UNGODLY FRIENDS. I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LIVE THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE IF I WOULD'VE KEPT THOSE FRIENDS. THEY
WOULD'VE DRUG ME BACK INTO THE OLD LIFESTYLE THAT I WAS IN.
BUT I REMEMBER--I DIDN'T HEAR IT WITH THIS EAR, I HEARD IT IN
MY HEART AND I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE UP
THOSE FRIENDS, AND I DID. TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS--KAREN
AND I--I GOT SAVED THE WEEK BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED,
SO THIS WAS A WEEK AFTER WE GOT MARRIED. I WAS IN THE
BACKYARD OF OUR HOME AND WE HAD A LITTLE BITTY APARTMENT, AND I
WAS IN THE BACKYARD AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS A NEW CHRISTIAN, AND
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING, AND I HAD NEVER
THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS A PREACHER BEFORE. BUT AT 19 YEARS OLD I
WAS SITTING IN THE BACKYARD OF MY HOUSE AND I SAW--I JUST SAW
LIKE A SHEET DROP DOWN IN FRONT OF MY EYES. I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. BUT I SAW MYSELF PREACHING TO A MULTITUDE
OF PEOPLE AND GOD CALLED ME THEN INTO THE MINISTRY AND BEGAN TO
SPEAK TO ME ABOUT MY FUTURE, AND THE LORD TOLD ME HOW I WOULD
GO INTO THE MINISTRY. I MEAN, AGAIN HE JUST SPOKE TO
MY HEART. I WAS JUST LEARNING EVERYTHING
ABOUT GOD, BUT YOU KNOW WHEN I LOOK BACK--THOSE
THINGS WERE GOD. I MEAN, I HEARD GOD. GOD TOLD ME NOT TO SEE MY
FRIENDS AGAIN, AND NOW 40 YEARS LATER, I SAY THANK GOD HE TOLD
ME THAT. GOD CALLED ME INTO THE MINISTRY
AND NOW I SIT HERE ALL THESE YEARS LATER SAYING, "THANK GOD
I'M DOING WHAT GOD WANTS ME TO DO WITH MY LIFE."
BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING--WHAT IF YOU NEVER HEARD GOD?
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS? NOW, THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY,
OBVIOUSLY, AND EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE IS GOD'S VOICE TO US.
I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY. BUT SITUATIONALLY, THERE ARE
MANY THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T IN THE BIBLE THAT GOD WANTS TO
SPEAK TO US. FIRST OF ALL, JUST LOVE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR GOD
EVERY DAY, MANY TIMES WHEN I'M HEARING GOD HE'S JUST TELLING ME
HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME, OR HE'S GIVING ME SOME SPECIFIC
GUIDANCE. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE HAS A LOT TO SAY,
BUT WHICH HOUSE DO YOU BUY? WHICH CAR DO YOU BUY?
YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU PUT YOUR KIDS IN SCHOOL?
YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU MARRY? ALL THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT,
THEY'RE SITUATIONAL. THERE ARE BASICS IN THE BIBLE
THAT ARE ALWAYS TRUE. BUT GOD IS A GOD WHO WALKS WITH
US RELATIONALLY, SPECIFICALLY, FOR YOU.
GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU HE'S NOT SAYING TO ANYBODY ELSE.
AND LET ME SAY SOMETHING ELSE. IF YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, YOU HAVE
SPIRITUAL EARS, YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL EYES, YOU HAVE--
YOU HAVE A SPIRIT PERSON ON THE INSIDE OF YOU THAT IS CAPABLE OF
HEARING FROM GOD. AND MY CHALLENGE TO YOU IS THIS.
GET ALONE, TALK TO GOD, ASK GOD SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU
NEED IN YOUR LIFE AND JUST WAIT. AND LISTEN, LISTEN TO HIM IN
YOUR HEART. AND WHEN HE SPEAKS, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE BIBLE WHEN HE SPEAKS TO YOU.
DO IT, FOLLOW IT, PUT FAITH. FAITH COMES BY HEARING
AND HEARING THE WORD OF JESUS. LISTEN TO GOD. IT WILL TRANSFORM
YOUR LIFE. I HOPE THAT THIS HAS BEEN
HELPFUL TO YOU, AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT EVERY TIME WE COME TO
YOU HERE AT "MARRIAGE TODAY," WE ARE ABLE TO COME TO YOU BECAUSE
OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS, A PRECIOUS GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO STAND WITH US EVERY MONTH FINANCIALLY.
AND FOR THAT--WE CALL THEM OUR ROCK SOLID PARTNERS--FOR THAT,
THEY GET A RESOURCE THAT NOBODY ELSE GETS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE BECOME A ROCK SOLID PARTNER?
KAREN AND I ARE ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH US TO HELP US COME
BACK TO YOU, BUT ALSO TO SEND US AROUND THE WORLD TO PEOPLE IN
NEED THAT DESPERATELY NEED THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
BECOME A PARTNER. HERE'S HOW YOU CAN DO IT.
ANNOUNCER: GOING THROUGH DIVORCE IS A LOT TO ASK OF CHILDREN AND
OFTEN RESULTS IN YEARS OF EMOTIONAL PAIN. IT'S A VIOLENT
RIPPING APART OF THEIR PARENTS AND A SENSE OF ABANDONMENT. WHAT
SOMETIMES WE SEE AS A QUICK WAY OUT CAN MEAN COMPLETE LOSS FOR A
CHILD. JIMMY: YOU HAVE A 100% CHANCE
OF SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE. YOU WERE MADE FOR MARRIAGE.
ANNOUNCER: "MARRIAGE TODAY" EXISTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
THE PAIN OF DIVORCE AND TO STEER COUPLES AWAY FROM MARITAL
FAILURE BY TELLING THEM THE TRUTH. WHEN YOU STAND
WITH "MARRIAGE TODAY," YOUR INDIVIDUAL EFFORT MULTIPLIES
WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS AND TOGETHER, WE CAN REBUILD A
LEGACY OF STRONG FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD. CHOOSE YOUR LEVEL OF
PARTNERSHIP TODAY AND RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO
STREAMING LIBRARY. BECOME A ROCK SOLID PARTNER TODAY.
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