1 00:00:00,566 --> 00:00:02,205 There's nothing compares 2 00:00:02,205 --> 00:00:03,597 with getting in with the Lord 3 00:00:03,597 --> 00:00:06,843 early in the morning when everything is quiet. 4 00:00:06,843 --> 00:00:08,904 David says, "I rise before dawn 5 00:00:08,904 --> 00:00:11,375 and cry for help and wait for Your Word." 6 00:00:11,375 --> 00:00:14,343 Pray, pray, pray! 7 00:00:14,343 --> 00:00:15,967 If you've fallen asleep there, 8 00:00:15,967 --> 00:00:18,105 Pray! To your knees! 9 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:20,853 We all have a deep sense, a deep sense 10 00:00:20,853 --> 00:00:25,753 that we were made to worship God. 11 00:00:25,753 --> 00:00:28,083 If ever I feel cold and dry in prayer, 12 00:00:28,083 --> 00:00:30,228 I come back to these verses, 13 00:00:30,228 --> 00:00:31,594 that Christ, He says, 14 00:00:31,594 --> 00:00:33,343 "Let Me hear your voice. 15 00:00:33,343 --> 00:00:35,513 Let Me see your face." 16 00:00:35,513 --> 00:00:37,667 "He will exult over you with joy. 17 00:00:37,667 --> 00:00:39,240 He will be quiet in His love. 18 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,738 He will rejoice over you 19 00:00:40,738 --> 00:00:43,273 with shouts of joy." 20 00:00:43,273 --> 00:00:46,406 God looking at His people. 21 00:00:46,406 --> 00:00:47,956 You get your eyes off Christ 22 00:00:47,956 --> 00:00:49,422 and you're going to lose. 23 00:00:49,422 --> 00:00:51,184 You're going to lose ground. 24 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:53,824 You're going to lose heat. You're going to lose passion. 25 00:00:53,824 --> 00:00:56,355 You're going to lose joy. You're going to lose love. 26 00:00:56,355 --> 00:00:57,748 You're going to lose. 27 00:00:57,748 --> 00:00:59,701 He wants us to desperately seek Him 28 00:00:59,701 --> 00:01:01,082 with all our heart. 29 00:01:01,082 --> 00:01:03,553 Brethren, in prayer, there's desperation. 30 00:01:03,553 --> 00:01:05,140 There's pleading. 31 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:08,924 Surrender to His love. 32 00:01:08,924 --> 00:01:11,594 Brethren, the truth is our time is short. 33 00:01:11,594 --> 00:01:13,136 The last thing we want to do 34 00:01:13,136 --> 00:01:15,554 is have lukewarmness. 35 00:01:15,554 --> 00:01:17,013 Stir up one another. 36 00:01:17,013 --> 00:01:19,852 Stir up one another to love and good works. 37 00:01:19,852 --> 00:01:22,919 Brethren, to our knees! 38 00:01:22,919 --> 00:01:26,241 Everything in the world 39 00:01:26,241 --> 00:01:32,778 is nothing compared to one soul. 40 00:01:32,778 --> 00:01:34,746 If you're going to do anything for God, 41 00:01:34,746 --> 00:01:37,197 you better do it now, you better do it today. 42 00:01:37,197 --> 00:01:38,982 You're better get at it. Move! 43 00:01:38,982 --> 00:01:41,070 Brethren, don't cool off. 44 00:01:41,070 --> 00:01:42,975 The race isn't done yet. 45 00:01:42,975 --> 00:01:45,291 Everything the Father decreed 46 00:01:45,291 --> 00:01:48,607 from all eternity for the Son to do, 47 00:01:48,607 --> 00:01:50,073 He did it faithfully. 48 00:01:50,073 --> 00:01:51,481 He did it perfectly. 49 00:01:51,481 --> 00:01:52,702 He did it as a man. 50 00:01:52,702 --> 00:01:54,153 He completed it all. 51 00:01:54,153 --> 00:01:57,829 The will of Jehovah fully prospered in His hand. 52 00:01:57,829 --> 00:01:59,473 I mean, you think about Christ 53 00:01:59,473 --> 00:02:01,036 pouring out His soul unto death 54 00:02:01,036 --> 00:02:04,355 after He has made all, total, full satisfaction 55 00:02:04,355 --> 00:02:07,324 for our sins in quenching the divine wrath 56 00:02:07,324 --> 00:02:08,493 that stood against me, 57 00:02:08,493 --> 00:02:10,727 took my sin, nailed it to His cross, 58 00:02:10,727 --> 00:02:12,033 and I bear it no more. 59 00:02:12,033 --> 00:02:13,046 Fully taken. 60 00:02:13,046 --> 00:02:14,252 Fully borne. 61 00:02:14,252 --> 00:02:15,321 Fully forgiven. 62 00:02:15,321 --> 00:02:17,443 Fully gone in the cross. 63 00:02:17,443 --> 00:02:19,713 Nailed to the cross. 64 00:02:19,713 --> 00:02:20,881 Gone forever. 65 00:02:20,881 --> 00:02:23,475 As far as the east is from the west, so far does He 66 00:02:23,475 --> 00:02:25,907 remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12. 67 00:02:25,907 --> 00:02:27,575 Every Christian is an emblem 68 00:02:27,575 --> 00:02:29,785 of the fact that God is more powerful 69 00:02:29,785 --> 00:02:33,876 than all the forces of hell. 70 00:02:33,876 --> 00:02:35,456 Make the little choices 71 00:02:35,456 --> 00:02:37,578 right now, right today. 72 00:02:37,578 --> 00:02:39,649 Do it and you'll never be sorry. 73 00:02:39,649 --> 00:02:41,062 You'll never have regrets. 74 00:02:41,062 --> 00:02:44,535 You can die in the joy of the Lord. 75 00:02:44,535 --> 00:02:47,205 We are Yours 76 00:02:47,205 --> 00:02:52,138 because You sought us and bought us at a price. 77 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:53,819 We invite you to join us 78 00:02:53,819 --> 00:02:55,576 for the 2012 Fellowship Conference 79 00:02:55,576 --> 00:02:57,970 in Denton, Texas, April 5-8th, 2012. 80 00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,350 For more information, go to 81 00:02:59,350 --> 00:03:01,368 illbehonest.com/fellowship