Message From the Pastor

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Lawrence Bradford</FONT></B></I></DIV><DIV align=left><B><FONT class="TimesRoman10" FACE="Times New Roman, adobe-times, Times" SIZE="2">Archived from:  May 2001</FONT></B></DIV></TD></TR></DIV></TABLE> </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: -4711px; margin-left: 0px"><IMG SRC=/tp.gif WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER=0></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 3432px; margin-left: 210px"> <A HREF="pastor.html" TARGET="_parent"><IMG SRC = "publishImages/pastor0501_13290.gif" WIDTH=263 HEIGHT=60 BORDER=0></A> </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: -4711px; margin-left: 0px"><IMG SRC=/tp.gif WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER=0></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 3528px; margin-left: 162px"> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=351><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0"><TR VALIGN=top><TD HEIGHT=46><DIV align=center><B><FONT COLOR=#3333cc><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">You have permission to use the above sermon outlines however you wish in order to help spread God's word.</FONT></FONT></B></DIV></TD></TR></DIV></TABLE> </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: -4711px; margin-left: 0px"><IMG SRC=/tp.gif WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER=0></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 3614px; margin-left: 159px"> <A HREF="http://www.jamesstreetonline.org" TARGET="_parent"><IMG SRC = "publishImages/pastor0501_13298.gif" WIDTH=112 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0></A> </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: -4711px; margin-left: 0px"><IMG SRC=/tp.gif WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER=0></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 285px; margin-left: 101px"> <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=489><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0"><TR VALIGN=top><TD HEIGHT=3084><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">I.      I Proberbs 3:5-6</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">        5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and le not unto thine own</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">        understanding.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">        6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">        </FONT><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">A.  Teachable Spirit</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            1. The first thing in the Lord's training camp is we have to have a teachable</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            2. Do not get set in your ways</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            3. If you haven't changed your opinion in a year, you are set in your ways, or</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">               as Proverbs puts it; you are leaning on your own understanding</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            4. When the word of God meets deception, there is hurt</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            5. The word of God hurts as no sin can ever hurt; the word of God comes to </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                change us, when we refuse to be changed, the hurt comes</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            6. There can never be any mistake bout the hurt of the Lord's word when it </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                comes to his child</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            7. But the point of the hurt is the point of revelation</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            8. There a places in our lives that are real sensitive, they are lodged in our</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                life and we don't want to let them go</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">       </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            9. The word of God goes right straight to these places</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           10. Do we trust Him or do we lean to our on understanding</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           11. The word of God always reveals me to myself</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           12. The moment I say or refuse to let the word of God have its way in my                        life, the word has exposed me to leaning on my on understanding, and                     not trusting in God </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">        B. Trust</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">        </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             1. Trust = Hebrew (982) batach = baw-takh'; a prim. root; prop. to hide for                     refuge [but not so precipitately as 2620]; fig. to trust, be confident or                         sure: - be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put                         confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             </FONT><B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">2.</FONT></B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> </FONT><B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Trust is to be in the Lord</FONT></B></DIV><DIV align=left><B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></B></DIV><DIV align=left><B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             </FONT></B><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">3. Trust is to be with all the heart</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             4. Amp. Proverbs 3:5 Lean on, trust and be confident in the Lord with all</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 your heart and mind, and do not rely on your own insight or under-                           standing</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             5. Trust is David facing Goliath when no one else will. </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 I Samuel 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me                       with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in                     the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom                         thou has defied.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             6. Trust is Moses standing at the red sea, and nowhere to go                                       Exodus 14:9-10</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of                     Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them                                 encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.                               10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their                         eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were                       sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">             7. Trust is three young Hebrew men, that when everyone else is bowing                       they are still standing </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 Daniel 3:11-12 </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast                   into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the                         province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O                 king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the                     golden image which thou hast set up.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">        C. Understanding</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">  </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              1. You don't have any so don't lean on it</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              2. Most of the time you can't see God in a situation, because of your                            understanding</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              3. Isaiah 55:8-9</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my                          ways, saith the Lord.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher                      than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              4. In the Lord's training camp the first thing to go is our understanding, our                    thoughts, our ways</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              5. Sometimes we don't understand what the Lord is doing</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              6. Did David understand why? </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              7. Did Moses understand why?</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              8. Did the three Hebrew children understand why?</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              9. We don't have to understand, but we have to trust, we have to lean, with                    all of our heart nothing kept back</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">            10. To see God move we have to give up our understanding</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">        D. Acknowledge God</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              1. David acknowledge God</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  I Samuel 17:34-37</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his fathers sheep, and                      there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his                      mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and                      smote him, and slew him.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised                    Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of                      the living God.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  37 David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the                  lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of                    this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">               2. Moses acknowledged God</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   Exodus 14:13-14</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see                       the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the                             Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more                   for ever.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   N.I.V. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">               3. The three Hebrew children acknowledged God</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   Daniel 3:16-18</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the                           king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this                           matter.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the                           burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy                       gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">         E. God will direct</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">               1. God directed David</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   I Samuel 17:40; 49-51</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones                     out of the brook, and put them in a shepherds bag which he had, even                     in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the                             Philistine </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and                         slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk                       into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone,                       and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the                     hand of David.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                   51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his                           sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off                       his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was                       dead, they fled.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              2. God directed Moses</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  Exodus 14:15-16</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me?                          speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and                    divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the                        midst of the sea.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">              3. God directed the three Hebrew children</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  Daniel 3:23-25</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down                  bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste,                    and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men                        bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king,                    True, O king.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">                  25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst                  of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the                        Son of God.</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">        </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica12" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">II.     Victory is ours if we</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           A. Trust in the Lord</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           B. Lean not on our understanding </FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           C. Acknowledge God</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           D. Let the Lord direct our path</FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV align=left><FONT class="Helvetica10" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">           E. In other words entering the Lord's training camp with a teachable spirit</FONT></DIV></TD></TR></DIV></TABLE> </DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: -4711px; margin-left: 0px"><IMG SRC=/tp.gif WIDTH=0 HEIGHT=0 BORDER=0></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY>