WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.870 --> 00:00:03.710 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.509 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.589 --> 00:00:16.149 practical ways. Well, good morning. Good morning. We talk the 4 00:00:16.170 --> 00:00:19.390 whole night through. Good morning. Good morning to you and 5 00:00:19.429 --> 00:00:19.949 you and you. 6 00:00:20.589 --> 00:00:21.070 We made it. 7 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:21.820 We made it. 8 00:00:21.859 --> 00:00:22.379 It's Friday. 9 00:00:22.579 --> 00:00:25.519 It's Friday. I'm saying good morning. And I never, well, 10 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.280 hardly ever do it on a Friday. Yeah. But today 11 00:00:28.460 --> 00:00:29.100 is a good day. 12 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.320 Yeah, it's a great day. And you know what makes 13 00:00:31.379 --> 00:00:32.420 today amazing? 14 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:33.750 What makes today amazing? 15 00:00:33.770 --> 00:00:34.109 Phenomenal. 16 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:36.509 What makes today amazing? Stupendous. Wow. 17 00:00:36.829 --> 00:00:39.009 I'm trying to put out all the adjectives here. 18 00:00:39.210 --> 00:00:39.590 Wow. 19 00:00:39.670 --> 00:00:44.859 What makes today amazing? absolutely, utterly amazing is it's the 20 00:00:44.899 --> 00:00:46.479 thing that everybody waits for. 21 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:48.539 I don't believe this every time people do this. 22 00:00:48.579 --> 00:00:51.960 There is someone at home right now, a tear, a 23 00:00:52.060 --> 00:00:55.210 single tear is going down their face. It's crawling down 24 00:00:55.250 --> 00:00:55.710 their eyes. 25 00:00:55.829 --> 00:00:56.350 It's crying. 26 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:03.960 Because it's a segment of segments. What made Chris mad 27 00:01:04.099 --> 00:01:04.620 this week? 28 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.140 I just hate that intro. But you know what? I 29 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:08.900 got to be honest. That was the best intro to 30 00:01:08.939 --> 00:01:12.609 this segment ever. A single tear on somebody's side of 31 00:01:12.650 --> 00:01:15.609 their face. That is so funny. Okay. 32 00:01:15.629 --> 00:01:17.930 They want to know, the listeners are wondering, what made 33 00:01:17.989 --> 00:01:18.989 Chris mad this week? 34 00:01:19.010 --> 00:01:20.549 Well, it only took me a few seconds to think 35 00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:23.450 about it, Wesley, because it happened this morning. Okay. All right. 36 00:01:23.530 --> 00:01:25.689 So it made me mad. And I'm going to take 37 00:01:25.730 --> 00:01:28.450 a different, it's going to be a radically different take 38 00:01:28.530 --> 00:01:29.079 on the question. 39 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:29.599 Oh, okay. 40 00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:30.000 Yeah. 41 00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:31.620 Oh, so buckle up, ladies and gentlemen. 42 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.959 Here it is. Ready? Ready? Today I got mad at myself. Oh. 43 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:38.939 For being selfish. Oh, man. Yeah. 44 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:40.400 This might be a record right here. 45 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.019 That's right. That's right. Instead of being mad at the world. 46 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:43.439 Yeah. 47 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:46.439 Right. For the world, because normally I'm like, hey, I'm 48 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:49.939 mad at this thing. I'm mad for everybody else. Today, 49 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:54.980 I'm going to say, let's everybody else take time to 50 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:56.280 sometimes be mad at ourselves. 51 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:56.620 Yeah. 52 00:01:56.959 --> 00:01:59.359 Because sometimes we can be pretty selfish. Yeah. So let 53 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:00.519 me tell you why I was mad at myself. 54 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:02.000 Let us know what happened. 55 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:05.879 I was mad at myself for being mad at other things. 56 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:10.560 So I started off by being mad at my lawn guy. Right. 57 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:14.379 Because here's what happened. So literally in this particular case, 58 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:17.110 we started filming the Baba guys at 9 a.m. And 59 00:02:17.210 --> 00:02:19.530 we filmed five of them back to back. Right. And 60 00:02:19.590 --> 00:02:21.810 so I was due here at Heritage Church. This is 61 00:02:21.849 --> 00:02:25.310 our stage at 9 a.m. And so what did I do? 62 00:02:25.789 --> 00:02:27.370 I get in my car. I was heading back. I 63 00:02:27.409 --> 00:02:29.449 was heading to my car probably about, I don't know, 64 00:02:29.490 --> 00:02:33.409 maybe 12 minutes or 15 minutes to nine. I'm heading 65 00:02:33.469 --> 00:02:36.550 out to my car or my truck. And then there's 66 00:02:36.590 --> 00:02:39.740 a guy who sprays my lawn. And he's only been 67 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:41.479 spraying it for like maybe six months or so, a 68 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.319 new company. And this guy walks out and sees me 69 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.139 walking out to my truck and says, hey, it is you, 70 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:52.500 Pastor Chris. He goes, I saw your name and I've 71 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:54.500 been spraying your house for months. And I saw your 72 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:55.860 first and last name and I thought, I wonder if 73 00:02:55.900 --> 00:02:58.319 this is the same Chris Zarbaugh, which by the way, 74 00:02:58.340 --> 00:02:59.930 I got news for you. There's no other Chris Zarbaugh 75 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:01.090 except in Texas. 76 00:03:01.189 --> 00:03:01.469 Yeah. 77 00:03:01.550 --> 00:03:03.930 Like literally in the whole United States, except for in Texas. Yeah. 78 00:03:04.270 --> 00:03:07.150 So anyway, and he's a lawyer by the way. Yeah. So, uh, 79 00:03:07.590 --> 00:03:09.430 but anyway, he, uh, he goes, he goes, I thought 80 00:03:09.469 --> 00:03:11.169 it was you. He goes, I used to be, uh, 81 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:13.530 I used to go to your church and now I 82 00:03:13.550 --> 00:03:15.770 don't go anywhere. And you were my pastor for years 83 00:03:15.830 --> 00:03:18.610 and years. And I was like, wow. And I was like, 84 00:03:18.629 --> 00:03:20.030 that's cool. So we talked a little bit about it. 85 00:03:20.289 --> 00:03:22.169 And he goes, and I'm thinking to myself, like, okay, 86 00:03:22.210 --> 00:03:24.270 I got to go. I got to go. I got 87 00:03:24.289 --> 00:03:26.150 somewhere to be. And he goes, hey, so let me 88 00:03:26.189 --> 00:03:28.490 just ask you a question. He goes, can I just 89 00:03:28.530 --> 00:03:30.909 tell you about my marriage? And let me ask you, 90 00:03:30.930 --> 00:03:33.289 can you pray for me? And so he just starts 91 00:03:33.569 --> 00:03:37.590 unloading all these legitimate, like good things. You know, and 92 00:03:37.629 --> 00:03:40.129 I'm just like, okay, what am I going to say? Yeah. Hey, 93 00:03:40.189 --> 00:03:40.610 I'm late for. 94 00:03:40.629 --> 00:03:41.310 Yeah, I got to go. 95 00:03:41.569 --> 00:03:43.840 I got to go. I can't pray for you. Right. Yeah. 96 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.319 So I'm like legitimately listening to this guy. So you 97 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:49.360 already know the answer to this. So I texted you saying, hey, 98 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:51.419 I'm going to be late. Yeah. Because I'm doing this. 99 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:54.080 And I figured that's the better choice. Right. It's definitely 100 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:56.060 worth me being late 10 minutes for me to spend 101 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:57.860 time with this guy. Right. Yeah. So I made the 102 00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:00.780 choice and I stayed like 20 minutes talking to this guy. 103 00:04:01.210 --> 00:04:02.610 But in the entire time, I'm like, I'm sort of 104 00:04:02.650 --> 00:04:06.090 mad at him for making me late. Right. And I'm like, okay, 105 00:04:06.110 --> 00:04:08.250 so I get in my car. And I'm heading here 106 00:04:08.689 --> 00:04:10.210 and then all of a sudden I get in this 107 00:04:10.370 --> 00:04:14.460 bumper to bumper traffic jam. Now, normally this is the 108 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:17.360 place where At like a five o'clock, it would be 109 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:18.720 the place where the traffic jams. 110 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:19.139 Yeah. 111 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.230 It's coming off of, you know, a freeway, which turns 112 00:04:22.259 --> 00:04:25.410 into a main road. And that's normally where it's bumper 113 00:04:25.430 --> 00:04:27.569 to bumper traffic, but only normally like at 5 p.m. 114 00:04:27.829 --> 00:04:28.029 Yeah. 115 00:04:28.050 --> 00:04:30.529 So here it is at 9 a.m. I'm thinking we're 116 00:04:30.589 --> 00:04:33.660 past the window of 8 a.m. Why is this jammed up? 117 00:04:34.110 --> 00:04:35.709 And it is seriously jammed up. 118 00:04:35.949 --> 00:04:36.149 Yeah. 119 00:04:36.170 --> 00:04:39.860 So I'm late another 10 minutes. I'm behind schedule another 120 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:43.480 10 minutes. And the whole time I'm mad at whatever's 121 00:04:43.540 --> 00:04:47.930 happening there. Up there, right? Until I get up there 122 00:04:47.970 --> 00:04:52.430 and I realize somebody, this poor guy smashed his truck. 123 00:04:53.009 --> 00:04:56.230 It looks like a brand new 2025 GMC white truck, 124 00:04:56.509 --> 00:04:59.990 full-size truck. And he smashes it into what looks like 125 00:05:00.009 --> 00:05:05.829 a 2025 unbelievably beautiful Jeep Renegade. Oh, man. And one 126 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:09.459 smashes into the other. These poor people are on the 127 00:05:09.500 --> 00:05:12.240 side of the road and they're just like, Like, you know, 128 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:14.800 like probably their lives are devastated. 129 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:15.160 Yeah. 130 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.779 But I'm angry that I'm another 10 minutes late. Right. 131 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:22.620 And so I, so then all of a sudden I 132 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.500 went from being angry at my long guy to being 133 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.540 angry at whoever's causing this traffic jam to, oh, it's 134 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.139 those guys up there with the traffic, with the, with 135 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:34.240 the lights in the tow trucks to all of a 136 00:05:34.259 --> 00:05:37.540 sudden being angry at myself going like, why am I 137 00:05:37.579 --> 00:05:40.579 so selfish? Right. I mean, I'm a few minutes late 138 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:43.519 and those guys whole lives have been turned upside down. 139 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:46.519 Who knows? Maybe that guy has whiplash. He's going to 140 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:48.889 struggle with his spine for the rest of his life. 141 00:05:49.069 --> 00:05:50.449 Right. You're mad about 10 minutes. 142 00:05:50.470 --> 00:05:53.870 But I'm mad about 10 minutes. of my meeting because 143 00:05:53.910 --> 00:05:56.949 I didn't plan for more cushion or margin. Yeah. Right? 144 00:05:57.209 --> 00:05:59.629 Because I could have been here at 8.30. Yeah. Right? 145 00:05:59.769 --> 00:06:01.449 By the way, I would have ordered everything if I 146 00:06:01.470 --> 00:06:03.129 had just come at 8.30. Right? 147 00:06:03.189 --> 00:06:06.509 That's it, ladies and gentlemen. Chris made Chris mad this week. 148 00:06:06.529 --> 00:06:07.029 That's right. 149 00:06:07.069 --> 00:06:08.069 That's what it was. 150 00:06:08.170 --> 00:06:11.230 Yeah, you know what? Instead of being mad for the world, 151 00:06:11.709 --> 00:06:14.480 I'm challenging the world to be mad at themselves every 152 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:16.379 once in a while because we can lose perspective. 153 00:06:16.420 --> 00:06:17.319 Yeah, that's true. 154 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:19.980 Right? That's very true. So I'm mad at Chris today. Yeah. Yeah. 155 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:23.259 That's it. Mark that in your calendars. It happened this day. 156 00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:25.480 Well, I'll tell you what. For the years that I've 157 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:27.790 been doing this, I've never been mad at myself. Well, 158 00:06:27.870 --> 00:06:29.629 I have, but I've never talked about it. 159 00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:29.990 Yeah. 160 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:31.689 Right? So that's it. 161 00:06:32.170 --> 00:06:32.750 That's good. 162 00:06:32.769 --> 00:06:36.029 Yeah, that's so funny. All right. Well, you want to 163 00:06:36.050 --> 00:06:38.149 come up with a transition? I'll give you a couple seconds. 164 00:06:38.189 --> 00:06:40.290 I know that you weren't thinking of a transition, but 165 00:06:40.329 --> 00:06:41.709 I'm going to put you on the spot. I'm going 166 00:06:41.730 --> 00:06:43.170 to give you like 10 seconds to come up with 167 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:45.689 a transition because this is about Jesus praying in the 168 00:06:45.750 --> 00:06:46.449 Garden of Gethsemane. 169 00:06:46.629 --> 00:06:49.649 Another thing that you can be mad at is when 170 00:06:49.709 --> 00:06:50.649 people don't pray. 171 00:06:51.370 --> 00:06:51.689 Okay. 172 00:06:51.709 --> 00:06:52.329 That was terrible. 173 00:06:52.529 --> 00:06:53.009 It was terrible. 174 00:06:53.290 --> 00:06:54.110 That was terrible. 175 00:06:54.189 --> 00:06:57.079 It's a good thing that this is terrible segments. Yeah. Right, 176 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.759 terrible segments? Yeah, because actually that has nothing to do 177 00:06:59.779 --> 00:07:02.620 with anything. Well, sort of. 178 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:04.740 Jesus was telling them that, you know, if you could 179 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:06.699 stay awake and pray with me for, you know. 180 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.800 But how does my story have anything to do with prayer? 181 00:07:08.899 --> 00:07:10.589 I don't know. I'm just trying to tie it in. 182 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:11.899 Wait, the fact that I didn't pray? 183 00:07:11.920 --> 00:07:14.759 I don't know. It was bad. It just was bad. 184 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:15.860 We're just going to let it die. 185 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.500 No, no, no. Let's resurrect it. Let's resurrect it. 186 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:24.019 Listen, listen, listen. 187 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.379 I should have prayed while being on the road. 188 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:26.870 Yeah. 189 00:07:27.189 --> 00:07:27.470 Right? 190 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:28.029 Yeah. 191 00:07:28.050 --> 00:07:30.730 And the fact that I didn't pray is just like 192 00:07:30.769 --> 00:07:31.310 this story. 193 00:07:31.550 --> 00:07:33.370 There we go. We're going with that one. 194 00:07:33.389 --> 00:07:33.490 Okay. 195 00:07:33.509 --> 00:07:34.610 That's what we're going with. 196 00:07:34.629 --> 00:07:36.670 All right. Oh, man. So funny. 197 00:07:37.269 --> 00:07:39.769 Luke 22, verses 39 through 46. 198 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.699 Yeah. So this is only like seven verses. 199 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:46.519 Yeah. So it's super short. It says, then accompanied by 200 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.509 the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as 201 00:07:50.649 --> 00:07:54.449 usual to the Mount of Olives. There he told them, 202 00:07:54.870 --> 00:07:58.709 pray that you will not give into temptation. He walked 203 00:07:58.769 --> 00:08:02.639 away about a stone's throw and knelt down and prayed. Father, 204 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:05.120 if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering 205 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:08.800 away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, 206 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:13.000 not mine. Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him. 207 00:08:13.769 --> 00:08:17.170 He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony 208 00:08:17.189 --> 00:08:20.009 of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like 209 00:08:20.069 --> 00:08:24.300 great drops of blood. Verse 45. At last he stood 210 00:08:24.449 --> 00:08:27.579 up again and returned to the disciples, only to find 211 00:08:27.620 --> 00:08:32.019 them asleep, exhausted from grief. Why are you sleeping? He 212 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:34.980 asked them. Get up and pray, so that you will 213 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:37.120 not give in to temptation. 214 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.830 Yeah, you know what's interesting is that we have covered 215 00:08:40.950 --> 00:08:46.110 this exact passage, it seems like, a few times recently. 216 00:08:46.769 --> 00:08:50.990 So we did, we did the gospels and then we 217 00:08:51.029 --> 00:08:53.330 covered it in the gospels. And then what we did 218 00:08:53.350 --> 00:08:57.250 was we did a series, basically famous sayings of Jesus. 219 00:08:57.309 --> 00:08:59.090 Like what if Jesus had a podcast, he would cover 220 00:08:59.110 --> 00:08:59.870 his famous sayings. 221 00:08:59.990 --> 00:09:00.190 Yeah. 222 00:09:00.470 --> 00:09:02.350 And then, and it just seems like just a few 223 00:09:02.389 --> 00:09:06.279 weeks ago, we went ahead and talked about this. So 224 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.340 we sort of revisited it like, you know, maybe, I 225 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:12.929 don't know, a couple months apart. And then we, We 226 00:09:12.990 --> 00:09:15.169 had a choice on whether or not to include it 227 00:09:15.210 --> 00:09:16.990 in this podcast. And you know what we all decided? 228 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:21.639 We have to include it because you can't have a 229 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.960 new series called Dangerous Prayers without this prayer. 230 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.080 The one from Jesus, yeah. 231 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:30.240 Because this is perhaps one of the most dangerous prayers 232 00:09:30.299 --> 00:09:34.120 of all. Yeah. And so it is the goat of 233 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.379 these moments, right? So we're like, well, you know what? 234 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.710 We're going to talk about it again, maybe from a 235 00:09:38.750 --> 00:09:43.230 different angle. Because, again, there's always something new to learn 236 00:09:43.649 --> 00:09:45.909 from the same passage of scripture. By the way, have 237 00:09:45.929 --> 00:09:48.240 you ever done that? Have you ever read, for instance, 238 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.159 like John 3.16 or something, and something stands out to 239 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:54.220 you and you're like, wow, that's amazing. And then you 240 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:58.610 go back and you read something as basic for salvation 241 00:09:58.669 --> 00:10:01.980 as John 3.16 again. then somehow something else completely comes 242 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:02.159 to light. 243 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:03.490 Yeah, it just kind of jumps out at you. 244 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:07.210 Yeah. And what's always interesting about the scripture is that 245 00:10:07.350 --> 00:10:10.169 sometimes you'll read a verse and it may even have 246 00:10:10.190 --> 00:10:12.519 the same meaning. but then somehow it applies to an 247 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:15.519 entirely different thing that you're going through. Yeah. Right? And 248 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:18.980 that's the beauty of reading God's Word daily because I 249 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.580 can't even tell you the number of times where I've 250 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:22.000 thought to myself, oh, I've read this before. 251 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:22.480 Yeah. 252 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.470 And yet it's like, man, that applies directly to what 253 00:10:25.490 --> 00:10:27.690 I'm going through now. And the last time I read this, 254 00:10:27.950 --> 00:10:30.149 I wasn't going through anything like that. And how could 255 00:10:30.210 --> 00:10:32.470 this apply to this? And it's like, well, that's just 256 00:10:32.509 --> 00:10:35.470 the magic of God's Word. God's Word through the power 257 00:10:35.490 --> 00:10:38.929 of the Holy Spirit, the Bible says it's alive, it's living, 258 00:10:39.330 --> 00:10:44.600 it's active. It's profitable for teaching, for correction, for reproof, 259 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:48.299 for instruction in righteousness. And it cuts to the joints 260 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.100 and the marrows. It divides the thoughts, the intents of 261 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:55.440 the heart. And it's just amazing to me how, again, 262 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:58.659 the same passage of Scripture can apply to what we're 263 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.529 going through in a totally different way. 264 00:11:00.710 --> 00:11:01.710 Yeah, that's very true. 265 00:11:01.929 --> 00:11:02.750 Isn't that funny? 266 00:11:03.389 --> 00:11:06.649 Verse 40 is where it says, There he told them, 267 00:11:07.169 --> 00:11:11.259 Pray that you will not give in to temptation. And 268 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:17.210 I love that because every single person watching today has 269 00:11:17.350 --> 00:11:21.870 some form of temptation in their life. Whatever that thing is, 270 00:11:22.710 --> 00:11:28.059 Jesus is telling us that we can pray about that thing. Oftentimes, 271 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.759 people will struggle with their temptations. For someone, it could 272 00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:34.379 be drugs. For someone, it could be alcohol or whatever 273 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:38.210 that thing is. You can find help in your time 274 00:11:38.259 --> 00:11:41.509 of need. You can pray and ask the Father to 275 00:11:41.610 --> 00:11:45.470 help me with this temptation, and God will. That's the 276 00:11:45.509 --> 00:11:49.509 beauty of it. But oftentimes, when there is a temptation 277 00:11:49.610 --> 00:11:53.509 or an addiction or something like that, asking God for 278 00:11:53.629 --> 00:11:57.110 help with that temptation is oftentimes the last thing that 279 00:11:57.149 --> 00:11:57.730 people would do. 280 00:11:58.009 --> 00:11:58.590 Yeah, that's right. 281 00:11:58.710 --> 00:12:00.970 And they'll seek out other means to try to get relief. 282 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:04.139 Yeah. And, you know, when you ask God for help, 283 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:10.429 sometimes the answer that God gives is more practical than supernatural. Yeah. Right. 284 00:12:10.809 --> 00:12:13.669 So it's like it's like so, for instance, you were 285 00:12:13.710 --> 00:12:17.230 saying something like alcoholism, which, as we all know, is 286 00:12:17.350 --> 00:12:21.100 extremely powerful disease. Right. So, you know, you're praying like, OK, God, 287 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.909 tell me what this temptation is. you know, to drink 288 00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:26.740 or not. The simple answer that God may say is, well, 289 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.320 your first step is leave the bar. Yeah. That's true. 290 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.259 Just walk out. Yeah. Right. 291 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:36.309 And that bottle that you have at home, pour it out. 292 00:12:36.370 --> 00:12:38.389 Pour it out. Yeah. And you're like, well, I don't 293 00:12:38.409 --> 00:12:41.230 have the strength to do either one of those choices. Okay. Well, 294 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:43.620 then that's why we have others in our lives. And 295 00:12:44.049 --> 00:12:46.230 of course, in that world, You know, most of us 296 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:50.330 know it as sponsors, right? So there's the practical sponsor, 297 00:12:50.409 --> 00:12:53.190 and then there's, you know, the spiritual advisor, and oftentimes 298 00:12:53.250 --> 00:12:57.049 that person is one and the same. Yeah. But anyway, 299 00:12:57.090 --> 00:13:00.129 all that to say, when you pray, God, help me 300 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.740 with this temptation, I guess what I'm really trying to 301 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:05.919 say is, it's not as if God is going to 302 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:08.759 magically always remove the temptation. 303 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.159 Yeah. 304 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:13.940 Right? God would oftentimes just say, just make this choice 305 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:18.080 so that you... so that the temptation removes itself. Yeah. Right? That, 306 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:20.730 you know, remove yourself from the temptation, right? Have it 307 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.009 being removed from your life just by making these guidelines 308 00:13:24.049 --> 00:13:27.269 or these rules or these systems, you know, put them 309 00:13:27.309 --> 00:13:30.210 into place. You know, we call it accountability. 310 00:13:30.309 --> 00:13:30.549 Yeah. 311 00:13:30.629 --> 00:13:35.350 Right? We call it prevention. All these different types of things. 312 00:13:35.850 --> 00:13:38.679 So I think that, you know, pray that you will 313 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:44.179 not lead me in temptation isn't always just God supernaturally saying, 314 00:13:44.549 --> 00:13:48.769 changing our desires and our hearts, it is providing us 315 00:13:48.809 --> 00:13:50.169 with a means to escape. 316 00:13:50.429 --> 00:13:50.669 Yeah. 317 00:13:50.950 --> 00:13:51.169 Right? 318 00:13:51.870 --> 00:13:55.500 And oftentimes it's a process. You know, it's not kind 319 00:13:55.529 --> 00:13:57.759 of like what you're talking about. It's not instant. It's 320 00:13:57.820 --> 00:14:02.039 not just poof and then you're, you know, instantly transformed 321 00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:05.820 or something like that. Oftentimes, think of it this way 322 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:09.120 for those of you who are watching. It took you 323 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:12.240 a while to get into it. So it may be 324 00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:14.940 a process to get out of it. You know, it's 325 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:17.299 not always going to be just instant and then you 326 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:19.740 walk away from the thing. Now, I have seen some 327 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:23.159 miracles happen in people's lives where they did have some 328 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.759 instant things happen. But for most of us, it's going 329 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.450 to be a process for the transformation that you're seeking 330 00:14:30.490 --> 00:14:32.409 in your life. It's not going to be just instant 331 00:14:32.490 --> 00:14:34.129 and then boom, it happens. 332 00:14:34.409 --> 00:14:35.590 Yeah, that's exactly right. 333 00:14:35.870 --> 00:14:36.049 Yeah. 334 00:14:36.129 --> 00:14:40.080 You know, James 1, verse 12 says, is one of 335 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.230 the first verses. In fact, it may be the very 336 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:45.889 first verse I've ever memorized. In fact, now that I'm 337 00:14:45.909 --> 00:14:48.169 thinking about it, I think it is. Okay. But I 338 00:14:48.190 --> 00:14:49.250 want to read it though. Yeah. 339 00:14:49.330 --> 00:14:52.250 Because we- You said this is James 1 for the listeners? 340 00:14:52.269 --> 00:14:55.730 Yeah, James 1.12. Okay. It said, God blesses those who 341 00:14:56.450 --> 00:15:00.549 patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterwards, they will receive the 342 00:15:00.570 --> 00:15:03.409 crown of life that God has promised to those who 343 00:15:03.450 --> 00:15:06.029 love him. And remember that when you are tempted, do 344 00:15:06.070 --> 00:15:09.950 not say, God is tempting me, God is never tempted 345 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:13.549 to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else. Temptation 346 00:15:13.590 --> 00:15:17.090 comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag 347 00:15:17.149 --> 00:15:22.110 us away. These give birth to sinful actions, and when 348 00:15:22.169 --> 00:15:25.570 sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death. Beth, 349 00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:28.610 so don't be misled, dear brothers and sisters. So then 350 00:15:28.629 --> 00:15:33.090 it goes on. You know, it's interesting how the King 351 00:15:33.129 --> 00:15:36.570 James Version, I memorized it in the King James Version. 352 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.440 And so it says, blessed is the man that endureth 353 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.299 temptation for when he has tried, he shall receive the 354 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:44.419 crown of life to which the Lord has promised to 355 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.860 them that love him. And then there's another one. You 356 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:51.360 know what? Now that I'm reading this, there's another one, 357 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:55.600 1 Corinthians 10, 13. And again, I memorized everything in 358 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:58.120 the King James Version, which is the Old English Version 359 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.820 written in the 1600s. But it says, but there is 360 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.019 no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man. 361 00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.360 Yeah. 362 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:09.279 But God is faithful. who will with the temptation always 363 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:11.590 provide a way to escape so that you may be 364 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.169 able to bear it. 365 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.250 Yeah. Right? 366 00:16:13.669 --> 00:16:16.090 And the reason why that came to mind is because 367 00:16:17.009 --> 00:16:22.230 there is an implication there that, again, God may not 368 00:16:22.269 --> 00:16:26.309 necessarily remove the temptation desire, right? Yeah. So the reason 369 00:16:26.330 --> 00:16:28.230 why I read those two is because the first one 370 00:16:28.250 --> 00:16:31.029 in James 1.12 said, It's not God's desire that he 371 00:16:31.049 --> 00:16:33.929 placed in you. Yeah. God doesn't tempt you. Yeah. 372 00:16:33.970 --> 00:16:35.090 We can't blame God. 373 00:16:35.190 --> 00:16:38.889 Right. It comes from your desires. Yeah. So when you pray, 374 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:41.500 pray that you will not lead us in temptation. Don't 375 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:44.399 expect God to necessarily change your desires. It says in 376 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.600 1 Corinthians 10, 13, that he will give you a 377 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.899 way to walk away. 378 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.830 It's kind of like a life raft. Yeah. 379 00:16:50.850 --> 00:16:52.049 He'll give you a means to escape. 380 00:16:52.129 --> 00:16:52.389 Yeah. 381 00:16:52.549 --> 00:16:53.450 Yeah. Yeah. 382 00:16:53.490 --> 00:16:54.509 No, that's really, really good. 383 00:16:54.590 --> 00:16:57.230 Yeah. Yeah. For sure. And then the other dangerous part 384 00:16:57.250 --> 00:17:01.279 of the prayer is, And of course, the main thing is, Father, 385 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:05.200 not my will, but yours be done. Yeah. Right? We 386 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.250 talked about the cup of suffering. And if you'll let 387 00:17:07.269 --> 00:17:09.930 this cup pass from me, a few weeks back, we 388 00:17:10.170 --> 00:17:13.369 talked about this. And we talked about how the cup 389 00:17:13.549 --> 00:17:17.869 can be symbolized in Revelation. But oftentimes it was cultural. 390 00:17:18.269 --> 00:17:20.730 And I believe it was more cultural. When you're sitting 391 00:17:20.750 --> 00:17:22.490 around a campfire, they pass you a cup and you 392 00:17:22.509 --> 00:17:23.910 can choose to partake or not. 393 00:17:23.970 --> 00:17:24.150 Yeah. 394 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.579 And he's saying, I don't want to partake of what 395 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:29.920 you're offering me. You know, sometimes we feel like God says, 396 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:34.960 do this thing, be a part of this. And if 397 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:38.220 we recognize it's God's will, there are just times where 398 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:41.559 we say, God, I don't want to do this. Yeah. 399 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.480 I don't want to. 400 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.759 It's too hard. It's too difficult. It's going to cost 401 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.740