The Three A's - Helping Abortion-minded Women Trust the Lord - Part 2

WEBVTT100:00:00.600 --> 00:00:06.440I Am Yours, I am yours, I am yours. Send Me Lord.200:00:06.919 --> 00:00:11.150I am welcome to the Gospel Centerpro life podcast. This episode is300:00:11.230 --> 00:00:16.030part two of an episode we recordedlast week about helping abortion minded women trust400:00:16.070 --> 00:00:19.670the Lord. So stick with usas we continue to cover this vital topic.500:00:23.699 --> 00:00:35.700I felt show passis touch your heart. Well, welcome back to the600:00:35.770 --> 00:00:41.570Gospel Center pro life podcast. InOur last episode we talked about trust and700:00:41.890 --> 00:00:46.729how us, a sidebot counselors andother people in other pro life ministries are,800:00:46.929 --> 00:00:52.039in one sense, in a challengeof helping an abortion minded mom convey900:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.200the trust that she has in theabortion clinic to us, what we're saying1000:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.960and ultimately to the Lord. It'snot about us, it's about the Lord,1100:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.880but we are his representatives there infront of the abortion clinic, and1200:01:03.039 --> 00:01:06.510so in one sense we want themto trust what we're saying right. And1300:01:06.590 --> 00:01:08.069so we talked a little bit abouthow, you know, we need to1400:01:08.109 --> 00:01:11.790be accurate and what we're saying.We need to make sure that we're not1500:01:11.870 --> 00:01:15.390reinforcing some of the lives that theabortion industry and the abortion clinic is told1600:01:15.430 --> 00:01:18.980them that we're a bunch of angryprotesters so we want to make sure we're1700:01:18.980 --> 00:01:21.819acurable, we're saying, make surethat we're our demeanor and the way that1800:01:21.939 --> 00:01:25.939we come across is not just angryand in viscious, like what they're told.1900:01:26.340 --> 00:01:29.620Right. So there's some practical thingsand then we talked about some of2000:01:29.659 --> 00:01:33.930the scripture, about God's word,talking about how we're to trust in him.2100:01:34.090 --> 00:01:38.129You know, another challenge that wehave is we're coming against people whose2200:01:38.409 --> 00:01:41.650hearts and minds have been crafted bythe ways of the world and we're trying2300:01:41.650 --> 00:01:44.090to get them to stop trusting theways of the world and trust the ways2400:01:44.129 --> 00:01:47.560of God. Yeah, and ofcourse there's a strong encouragement, which is2500:01:47.599 --> 00:01:49.719hopefully what you're always going to getfrom us, that we need to be2600:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.680wielding the sword of the spirit,we need to be using the word of2700:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.599God to show these moms that theycan trust God and we need to,2800:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.680you, be using testimonies. Again, I think that is a powerful way2900:02:00.000 --> 00:02:04.829to get these women to see thatGod can be trusted in their situation.3000:02:05.790 --> 00:02:08.430So in this podcast we're going totalk a little bit about the the practical3100:02:09.110 --> 00:02:14.710and we'll get into some scripture andand talk about again what God's word says.3200:02:14.750 --> 00:02:17.020But because God's Word is very practical. Yeah, I shared some some3300:02:17.180 --> 00:02:22.180proverbs in the last episode that Ithink of practical proverbs that help us and3400:02:22.419 --> 00:02:25.460just practical interactions with people. Butthree things are going to be talking about,3500:02:25.500 --> 00:02:30.770as we're going to be talking aboutas it pertains to trust and trying3600:02:30.770 --> 00:02:37.849to gain an abortion minded woman's trust, is attitude, atmosphere and action.3700:02:38.330 --> 00:02:43.009Did so three a's. Maybe that'llhelp you guys that are listening to emory,3800:02:43.129 --> 00:02:45.639to remember, and I'm sure youwant us to break that down.3900:02:45.680 --> 00:02:47.960So we're going to try to breakthat down as best we can. And4000:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.000so first is attitude. You wantto you want to jump on that way?4100:02:53.080 --> 00:02:58.789Yeah, yeah, well, thesewomen are coming feeling fear, hurt,4200:02:59.469 --> 00:03:08.389desperation, trauma, crisis, despairand an impossible situation in their eyes4300:03:08.990 --> 00:03:13.819they are facing, whether we agreewith it or not. I never do4400:03:13.979 --> 00:03:17.259agree that it is impossible, butin their eyes it is, or they4500:03:17.300 --> 00:03:22.659wouldn't be there. A mother doesn'tcome to kill her child unless there is,4600:03:22.699 --> 00:03:28.370at least in their eyes, howevermisguided, some sort of reason that4700:03:28.650 --> 00:03:32.289they can't overcome without killing their child. Yeah, they say. That's what4800:03:32.449 --> 00:03:37.090they say. Anyway. That's whatthey tell us. So we need to4900:03:37.210 --> 00:03:44.000remember that when we trust in theLord, he is our confidence. Yeah,5000:03:44.159 --> 00:03:50.039and we have something to offer themthat they don't have and that they5100:03:50.280 --> 00:03:59.389desperately need, and I think thatattitude of Godly confidence and confidence in God5200:04:00.229 --> 00:04:06.430is really important and I have seenthat in a practical way played out on5300:04:06.509 --> 00:04:14.219the sidewalk, oftentimes with new,sometimes younger counselor sidewalk counselors that are out5400:04:14.259 --> 00:04:16.860there for the first few times.They are not confident. I know I5500:04:17.060 --> 00:04:20.420wasn't Romes first out there. Iwas very self conscious. I didn't know5600:04:20.540 --> 00:04:25.170I had something of value, becauseI didn't at that point. Honestly,5700:04:25.290 --> 00:04:29.689I really didn't know that I hadanything of value anyway, and I approached5800:04:29.889 --> 00:04:33.930the women tentatively, even, maybea little bit, well, more than5900:04:33.970 --> 00:04:38.720a little bit, fearfully. Yeah, that is not what they need.6000:04:39.800 --> 00:04:46.120As as an experience counselor now Ilearned more and more and more that if6100:04:46.160 --> 00:04:54.629I just jump into my interactions withthem with confidence, I have something that6200:04:54.829 --> 00:04:59.670you desperately need and I am confidentthat if you will hear me out,6300:04:59.790 --> 00:05:01.709you will feel better. In fact, sometimes I'll say that if you will6400:05:01.829 --> 00:05:06.110just hear me out. I promiseyou you will feel better. Yeah,6500:05:06.110 --> 00:05:11.100then you feel right now. Sothat confidence, I think, is an6600:05:11.180 --> 00:05:16.819absolutely critical attitude for any effective yeah, I'd bought counselor where do we get?6700:05:17.579 --> 00:05:23.009Because we're maybe people are listening,we're talking to people who maybe don't6800:05:23.050 --> 00:05:25.930have a lot of confidence. Right, they want confidence, they want to6900:05:25.970 --> 00:05:28.730be a witness for these babies,they want to be a voice for the7000:05:28.769 --> 00:05:30.850voices, but that's one of thereasons why they're listening to us, because7100:05:30.889 --> 00:05:35.160they're not confident and go out thereand do anything right. So how can7200:05:35.240 --> 00:05:41.160we have an attitude of confidence whenwe don't feel very confident? Yeah,7300:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.600and I can, I really believelike I I can speak to this because7400:05:45.759 --> 00:05:51.949I am by nature very shy,very by it, very socially awkward,7500:05:53.149 --> 00:05:59.029okay, and very introverted. Thatis my natural bent. Yeah, and7600:06:00.149 --> 00:06:04.259so I had to overcome all ofthat when I came out here, and7700:06:04.459 --> 00:06:12.420it wasn't me that overcame it.It truly, truly is the power of7800:06:12.579 --> 00:06:15.819the Holy Spirit. Yeah, ifyou are a believer in the Lord Jesus7900:06:15.899 --> 00:06:21.250Christ, the Holy Spirit in dwellsyou and you have the power and strength8000:06:21.410 --> 00:06:26.209of God. Yeah, and Ihave seen that over and over again.8100:06:26.769 --> 00:06:33.560But on a very practical level,when we step out in obedience to God,8200:06:34.600 --> 00:06:41.560our faith grows and our confidence grows. When we're in sin, we're8300:06:41.600 --> 00:06:46.000not confident, yeah, because we'reshriveled up in the the horror of sin,8400:06:46.120 --> 00:06:51.269the effects of sin. But whenwe're walking with God and obediently taking8500:06:51.310 --> 00:06:58.189the next step, then I dobelieve he gives us that confidence and we8600:06:58.470 --> 00:07:01.740see it in our own life.I I managed to walk in obedience despite8700:07:02.259 --> 00:07:06.420whatever struggles I'm FAC seeing. Yeah, now I can offer it to them.8800:07:06.660 --> 00:07:10.980You know, one story that comesto mind as I think about confidence8900:07:11.019 --> 00:07:13.579and I think about our confidence inthe Lord. And you know, I9000:07:13.660 --> 00:07:16.730think we have to be careful becauseour confidence should never be in our flesh9100:07:16.730 --> 00:07:19.850or on binstom. So hopefully youguys aren't. I mean we've already talked9200:07:19.889 --> 00:07:23.490a lot about trusting the Lord,not trusting the wisdom of the world,9300:07:23.529 --> 00:07:26.490so hope you're not picking that upfrom us. We're talking about confidence in9400:07:26.529 --> 00:07:30.199the Lord and confidence in the Lord'sability to move through us, and a9500:07:30.279 --> 00:07:34.079story that comes to mind is thestory of David, actually shepherd boy who9600:07:34.079 --> 00:07:39.639ultimately becomes a giant slayer right,and we sort of think maybe in our9700:07:39.759 --> 00:07:44.990in our you know, veggie taleswatching world, that you know this David9800:07:45.389 --> 00:07:48.389comes to Goliath and that's where itstarted for David. But no, not9900:07:48.629 --> 00:07:54.589so. David started when he wasin the shepherding role. He started out10000:07:54.629 --> 00:07:58.819in the field with the sheep andprotecting them. Yeah, he even shares10100:07:58.939 --> 00:08:01.740how he had killed a lion,how he'd killed the bear. So he10200:08:01.860 --> 00:08:05.139started with the wild animal. Hestarted small. I mean lions and bears10300:08:05.180 --> 00:08:09.980are pretty scary. Yeah, buthe started. I mean there's no comparison10400:08:09.220 --> 00:08:13.889to a line and a bear witha huge man with a spear the size10500:08:13.930 --> 00:08:16.410of a weaver's beam who could lopyour head off and one swing. Right.10600:08:16.769 --> 00:08:22.009But he was building his confidence feeling. Confidence steps through experience, and10700:08:22.050 --> 00:08:24.449that's what I encourage you guys with. Do something. Less you do nothing.10800:08:24.970 --> 00:08:28.319If you, if it's in yourheart to come out to the sidewalk10900:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.839and go out to an abortion clinic, can be effective. Step out in11000:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.120faith, go out there and pray. Maybe that be. That would be11100:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.799your first time going out to anabortion clint he just go out there and11200:08:37.919 --> 00:08:41.789pray and then maybe the next timeyou go out there and hold aside and11300:08:41.870 --> 00:08:45.149maybe the next time you go outthere and you say one sentence. I11400:08:45.230 --> 00:08:46.429don't know what that looks like,but I'm just telling you, when you11500:08:46.470 --> 00:08:50.990step out in faith, then Godwill use you and God will grow you11600:08:50.110 --> 00:08:54.629and God will stretch you in waysthat he otherwise wouldn't if you didn't step11700:08:54.629 --> 00:08:58.500out in faith. So our confidenceshould be in the ward and we learn11800:08:58.659 --> 00:09:01.419to be more and more confident inthe Lord as we step out more and11900:09:01.539 --> 00:09:05.500more in faith and put ourselves inuncomfortable situation. Now that's key. That's12000:09:05.539 --> 00:09:07.779where I was going to go withit, where your you led my thoughts,12100:09:07.980 --> 00:09:11.850was you have to be willing tobe stretched. Yeah, got to12200:09:11.889 --> 00:09:16.330be willing to be uncomfortable. Yeah, and you've got to remember this thing12300:09:16.929 --> 00:09:20.049is not about you. It's rightand about your right. The the pro12400:09:20.210 --> 00:09:26.440life issue, the issue of abortion, the Gospel, none of that's about12500:09:26.559 --> 00:09:28.879you. It's about Jesus. It'sabout his glory, as we have to12600:09:28.919 --> 00:09:33.159put ourselves the I'm like you,Vicky. You shared that you're extreme introvert.12700:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.440Yeah, people don't believe it.I don't know why, because I12800:09:35.480 --> 00:09:39.309feel like I convey that I'm anintrovert. I I don't like being around12900:09:39.389 --> 00:09:45.470people. Yeah, but I tellpeople I'm a crucified introvert. Jesus says,13000:09:45.509 --> 00:09:48.269take up your cross and follow me. I know I can't be a13100:09:48.350 --> 00:09:50.950witness like he's called me to beif I'm going to stay at home and13200:09:52.230 --> 00:09:54.779be in my own little shell andbe an introvert. Yeah, if I'm13300:09:54.820 --> 00:09:56.700going to share the Gospel and obeywhat God's telling me to do in his13400:09:56.779 --> 00:09:58.940word, to go in all theworld in Preace's Gospel, I got to13500:10:00.019 --> 00:10:03.700make myself uncomfortable, I got tobe a little socially awkward sometimes, I13600:10:03.779 --> 00:10:07.049gotta put myself out there and stepout and faith, because then in that13700:10:07.370 --> 00:10:11.649I learned more and more to trustin the Lord. And then what happens13800:10:11.730 --> 00:10:15.370in very ribly and what happened withme, and I think it happens with13900:10:15.649 --> 00:10:20.490everyone who truly trust that God isgoing to use you if you just will14000:10:20.009 --> 00:10:24.600be willing and obedient and step outin faith and he will use you as14100:10:24.720 --> 00:10:30.919he desires, is is it getseasier and you do things that you never,14200:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.440yeah imagined. I never imagined Iwould do this or that I would14300:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.190ever speak on a microphone or getget in front of a crowd or even14400:10:39.230 --> 00:10:41.909show up on a Saturday. Iremember telling you I allowed to do this,14500:10:41.070 --> 00:10:45.590but I'm never coming on a Saturday. It's crazy at there because they're14600:10:45.590 --> 00:10:48.389nuts. Yeah, and and Ithink that I, maybe you've experienced that14700:10:48.429 --> 00:10:54.259as well, that I'm still moreyou do it and watch God work and14800:10:54.500 --> 00:10:58.860help you through that uncomfortable situation,the more you realize I can do it14900:11:00.059 --> 00:11:01.860with godsolutely. I can't do itwithout them. Yeah, we with him15000:11:01.940 --> 00:11:05.330I can. You're not going toget all of the confidence that you need15100:11:05.450 --> 00:11:09.610in this area of Ministry by stayingat home and no praying. No,15200:11:09.049 --> 00:11:11.409no, you want and you're notgoing to get it as much as we15300:11:11.610 --> 00:11:15.769do with trainings and stuff like that, and we have the sidewalks for life15400:11:15.809 --> 00:11:18.639site. You're not going to getit the reading articles on sidewalks. Right,15500:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.600you need some of it, someconfidence and some knowledge and all that15600:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.759stuff, but you really have gotto just step out there on the sidewalk.15700:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.480You really got to just take thatstep of faith and maybe it is15800:11:26.559 --> 00:11:30.600working in a pregnancy center, maybeit is working out a maternity home or15900:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.629whatever it is, whatever God's calledyou to, you got to just step16000:11:33.669 --> 00:11:37.950out and do it, put yourselfout there and watch God do amazing things.16100:11:39.029 --> 00:11:43.269And then when you learn confidence inhim more and more and you look16200:11:43.309 --> 00:11:48.580back and you say, how inthe world did this fruit come out of16300:11:48.980 --> 00:11:52.740my life, then who gets theglory for that? Yeah, God,16400:11:52.820 --> 00:11:56.779God gets you've got a testimony.You've got a testimony that is going to16500:11:56.899 --> 00:12:01.649be able to instill your confidence now, which is not yours, it truly16600:12:01.730 --> 00:12:05.490is in the Lord. You're goingto be able to instill that in the16700:12:05.610 --> 00:12:09.769women, and that's what they need. They need confidence that I don't have16800:12:09.889 --> 00:12:13.809to kill my baby. I amstrong enough in God to do what God16900:12:15.330 --> 00:12:18.440has brought me to, and hehas brought me to this pregnancy and this17000:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.519child is there. Yeah, Imean simple dynamic of you can't give what17100:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.480you don't have, and so assidewalk counselors. And so in one sense17200:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.919we're saying you need to have confidenceright and another sense we're saying you're not17300:12:30.029 --> 00:12:31.669going to have all the confidence youneed right away. You need to step17400:12:31.669 --> 00:12:35.870out of faith. You got tostart somewhere and God will build that in17500:12:35.990 --> 00:12:39.950you. But just for starters,right out of the gate, we've got17600:12:41.029 --> 00:12:43.460a fact. We've got to haveour foundation of what we believe about ourselves17700:12:43.779 --> 00:12:46.860and the ministry we are called toin our effectiveness. All that in the17800:12:46.980 --> 00:12:52.259word of God. And if youare a Christian, you have every reason17900:12:52.460 --> 00:12:56.899to have confidence in the Lord.The Bible says that the spirit that raised18000:12:56.980 --> 00:13:01.730Christ Jesus from the dead lives inyou. If you're a child of God,18100:13:01.250 --> 00:13:05.649you have the spirit of God andthat is enough for you to take18200:13:05.690 --> 00:13:09.009a step of faith out there onthe sidewalk, take a step of faith18300:13:09.049 --> 00:13:13.919into a pregnancy center, whatever capacity, and let God do his thing through18400:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.080you. So I want to encourageyou in that. I don't want to18500:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.960know this to be a point thatdiscourage you, but we do need to18600:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.600convey confidence, and so we haveto be convinced in our own minds that18700:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.230we have in us what they need. And maybe that's just the simple thing.18800:13:26.789 --> 00:13:31.509These women coming to an abortion clinic, coming to a pregnancy center with18900:13:31.549 --> 00:13:35.909a crisis pregnancy situation going on,they don't have confidence in the Lord.19000:13:35.149 --> 00:13:39.950They don't know the Lord. Youhave what they need, and not you19100:13:41.110 --> 00:13:46.379and yourself, but in you thespirit of Christ dwells in you. Is19200:13:46.539 --> 00:13:50.379The hope of glory Christ Jesus Christin You, the hope of glory,19300:13:50.419 --> 00:13:54.809right. Yeah, so that's attitude. Okay. Next is atmosphere. Atmosphere,19400:13:56.210 --> 00:13:58.009okay, what does that mean?And, yeah, Cain. Remember,19500:13:58.009 --> 00:14:01.090guys, we're speaking primarily from thecontext we're in, which is being19600:14:01.169 --> 00:14:03.330at an abortion clinic on the sidewalk. Right, another a, but not19700:14:03.450 --> 00:14:07.409a good A. Yeah, exactly. So we're talking about atmosphere, and19800:14:07.490 --> 00:14:11.440what we're really talking about is thatatmosphere that is around you. Or,19900:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.440from lack of a better term,maybe it's a pagan term aura. Is20000:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.720that a pagan term? I thinkthat is. I don't know if we20100:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.320have any more. Yeah, Idon't know if we have an aura or20200:14:20.679 --> 00:14:22.799or like Karma, you know,payment when people say that. So maybe20300:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.669or is not the right term.But what I'm saying is the what's in20400:14:26.750 --> 00:14:31.350the air all around you? Theyfeel. What do you feel coming from20500:14:31.429 --> 00:14:35.549these people? Yeah's at you,and there is a certain an atmosphere that20600:14:35.710 --> 00:14:39.940we create. It's one of thereasons why that when we train our sidewalk20700:14:39.980 --> 00:14:41.620counselors and one of the reasons whywe would encourage you, guys. You20800:14:41.700 --> 00:14:45.659need to be smiling, need tobe happy. Yeah, the joy of20900:14:45.700 --> 00:14:48.139the Lord. Now, listen.We're in front of an abortion clinic.21000:14:48.500 --> 00:14:54.169We see here in Charlotte thirty we'veseen recently some days were forty five babies21100:14:54.730 --> 00:14:58.409are dying in there. With thewomen going in. We see the women21200:14:58.490 --> 00:15:01.009come out with tears in their eyes. They're broken from what they've just done.21300:15:01.049 --> 00:15:05.169We just see the enemy ravage thesepeople's lives and kill these babies.21400:15:05.330 --> 00:15:11.639Just so grievous and so it's hardto convey an atmosphere of life and joy21500:15:11.799 --> 00:15:16.440and peace and all of that.However, because we have confidence in the21600:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.399Lord, because he's in us,the joy of the Lord is our strength21700:15:20.429 --> 00:15:24.909and we can convey and should conveyon our faces the joy of the Lord,21800:15:26.549 --> 00:15:30.309peace, hope. Right are.The atmosphere around us should be one21900:15:30.309 --> 00:15:33.669of hope. It should be oneof life, rather than the atmosphere.22000:15:33.990 --> 00:15:35.500To contrast it with the atmosphere andthe abortion clinic. What is it?22100:15:35.620 --> 00:15:39.500We've heard from abortion workers, we'veheard from MOM's that have gone into the22200:15:39.539 --> 00:15:43.220abortion clinic. It's an atmosphere dead. They say it smells like death.22300:15:43.379 --> 00:15:48.980I've had so many tell me thatit smells like death, death, darkness.22400:15:48.059 --> 00:15:52.090Yeah, they can feel it.Going in, even people who are22500:15:52.129 --> 00:15:56.529not necessarily, you know, spirituallyminded or whatever, and one's see in22600:15:56.610 --> 00:16:00.049the atmosphere, and I want tocontrast the joy of the Lord with some22700:16:00.250 --> 00:16:07.360people looking at what happens on thepro choice side. They'll sometimes be dancing,22800:16:07.720 --> 00:16:11.559playing music and and laughing and yeah, is is that joy? And22900:16:11.600 --> 00:16:18.629I would challenge that. No,that's mocking. I think it's mocking the23000:16:18.789 --> 00:16:22.590God and and God's desire for whatwill actually happen there. So that is23100:16:22.870 --> 00:16:27.309that is not what we're talking about. We're not talking about dancing and ridiculing23200:16:27.549 --> 00:16:30.629right. Yeah, you know,and you know, and even with and23300:16:30.750 --> 00:16:34.580I've had people who I did apodcast a long time ago with Andrey Gonzalez23400:16:34.620 --> 00:16:37.820with love life, talking about worshipand prayer in front of an abortion that23500:16:37.899 --> 00:16:42.620I kind of even had Christians saysomething like worship and prayer, prayer,23600:16:42.700 --> 00:16:45.940of course, but worship, worshipmusic in front of an abortionally, like23700:16:47.019 --> 00:16:49.809I said, even appropriate. Yeah, and I think there's are some inappropriate23800:16:52.009 --> 00:16:55.570ways of worship out there. Idon't think we need to be playing happy23900:16:55.610 --> 00:17:00.690dancy songs. I think there needsto be a somber, not a depressing,24000:17:00.769 --> 00:17:03.920atmosphere. mean we play music.We set up an amplified speaker where24100:17:03.960 --> 00:17:10.200we play worshipful, melodious and worshipworshipful music, hymns and that sort of24200:17:10.279 --> 00:17:15.869thing, and it does set theatmosphere, just naturally fills the atmosphere with24300:17:15.109 --> 00:17:19.150with music that honors God and allof that. And so that's, you24400:17:19.230 --> 00:17:23.349know, a practical atmosphere thing.And even now, as we're out there24500:17:23.430 --> 00:17:26.950on the sidewalk, maybe having yourphone, not in a way that distracts24600:17:26.950 --> 00:17:30.940you, but having your phone playingand worship music. I think that's very24700:17:30.980 --> 00:17:34.500appropriate. I think it puts usin the right mindset and we can tap24800:17:34.579 --> 00:17:37.460into the joy of the Lord.Yeah, and yeah, there is a24900:17:38.059 --> 00:17:41.900certain amount of like you said,with the proborts and stuff. It's just25000:17:41.059 --> 00:17:44.730mockery and all of that. Soof course we're not talking about that.25100:17:45.130 --> 00:17:49.529We are talking about a soberness.We're talking about an attitude and atmosphere of25200:17:49.930 --> 00:17:53.890seriousness, but also of joy.Yeah, because again, we want those25300:17:53.890 --> 00:17:56.609women to come to us, wewant them to trust us. Right,25400:17:56.970 --> 00:18:00.759that's what this is all about.We want because if we just have an25500:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.880atmosphere around us, we're just we'rejust gruff and we're just angry and we're25600:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.839angry at abortion it were condemning.You know, that's why we say our25700:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.359motivation to be out there on thesidewalk has to be out of Love,25800:18:11.720 --> 00:18:15.390love for God first and then lovefor our neighbor it. We cannot be25900:18:15.509 --> 00:18:19.549motivated by hatred. And I understand. Listen, we should hate abortion.26000:18:19.589 --> 00:18:22.789Yeah, we should hate the abortionindustry, not the people, but the26100:18:22.869 --> 00:18:27.900industry itself. We I hate thatthing. It's terrible. Still destroyed millions,26200:18:27.980 --> 00:18:32.619millions, millions of lives. Yeah, but that can't be my motivator,26300:18:32.660 --> 00:18:37.339right. If I'm motivated by hatredfor abortion or playing parenthood, for26400:18:37.539 --> 00:18:41.609the abortion industry, for the liesthat they tell, if that's my motivation,26500:18:41.849 --> 00:18:44.329then the atmosphere arounds me, aroundme, is going to be one26600:18:44.369 --> 00:18:47.170of just what they've got inside ofthere. And so what we're saying is,26700:18:47.529 --> 00:18:51.730if we want these women to trustwhat we have to say, then26800:18:51.769 --> 00:18:53.849we can't have the same atmosphere aroundus that they are filling inside of that26900:18:53.849 --> 00:18:57.880abortion clinic. Yeah, we needto have an atmosphere of life and peace,27000:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.480like I said, joy of theLord and also, I think another27100:19:00.519 --> 00:19:07.599very critical point of our the atmospherewe create is one of compassion. Yeah,27200:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.549and and you said that kind ofwith the with we have to love,27300:19:10.829 --> 00:19:15.190love artus are as as ourselves.So have compassion towards them and they27400:19:15.349 --> 00:19:18.509will feel that. Yeah, wewant to help them and we truly do27500:19:19.069 --> 00:19:22.910want to help them, and weshould be able to show that through not27600:19:23.150 --> 00:19:27.180only what we're going to get intonext, how we do actually off her27700:19:27.259 --> 00:19:33.220help, but just through our facialexpression, the words that we use.27800:19:33.579 --> 00:19:37.140Avoiding name calling, absolutely, becausethat's not showing compactilon. One of the27900:19:37.220 --> 00:19:42.210things to before we move on fromthis point, that I you warn our28000:19:42.250 --> 00:19:45.890people here locally, in that is, I talk to people nationally, because28100:19:45.890 --> 00:19:51.369there can be some contentious situations infront of abortion clinics that create a very28200:19:51.410 --> 00:19:56.000unhealthy right atmosphere out there. Yeah, with people arguing with one another,28300:19:56.279 --> 00:20:00.880right provifers, people with different methodologies, people with different theologies, you know,28400:20:00.920 --> 00:20:06.680the the Protestants arguing with the Catholics. Yeah, and I understand there's28500:20:06.720 --> 00:20:10.549disagreements there. There's some some issuesthat we need to talk about. We28600:20:10.630 --> 00:20:11.869need to talk about the truth,we need to talk about the scripture.28700:20:11.869 --> 00:20:15.589Yeah, but I think there's acontext for that and I in front of28800:20:15.630 --> 00:20:19.910an abortion clinic, arguing about theologicalissues and stuff, as much as we28900:20:19.990 --> 00:20:23.619might be well meaning in that,it creates an atmosphere of content, and29000:20:25.460 --> 00:20:30.099that atmosphere of contention is no differentthan the contention that those women feel in29100:20:30.140 --> 00:20:33.180their hearts and they already have intheir lives. And so you're offering to29200:20:33.220 --> 00:20:37.650them an atmosphere of they already gotand they look out the window or they29300:20:37.690 --> 00:20:40.569came walking down the street. Arethey pull down the street and they see29400:20:41.009 --> 00:20:42.769fighting and striving. Well, listen, I just came from that in my29500:20:42.849 --> 00:20:47.289house, these people that are allfor me, quote help. They can't29600:20:47.289 --> 00:20:48.849do anything for me because they gotthe same stuff going on with yeah,29700:20:48.849 --> 00:20:52.480why is that guy going on withme? Yeah, why should I trust29800:20:52.519 --> 00:20:55.680them? Right? So we needto be careful with that. Again,29900:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.200I think there are conversations that needto be had, and I've had plenty30000:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.440of those conversations, theologically and allthat. Yeah, but we need to30100:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.549be careful for the atmosphere that weset right, you know. Yeah.30200:21:03.589 --> 00:21:07.589So let's move on to that thirdone, right action, action, and30300:21:08.430 --> 00:21:11.789in this what we're talking about is, you know, again, as the30400:21:12.109 --> 00:21:15.230previous podcast, we talked about theActions Of God, the faithfulness of God,30500:21:15.390 --> 00:21:19.180the things that God has done,cheering the testimonies and that sort of30600:21:19.259 --> 00:21:23.220thing. But those testimonies flow outof the actions, out of the actions30700:21:23.539 --> 00:21:27.099that we do. The we reallywhat we're getting into, the resources.30800:21:27.140 --> 00:21:30.180That's right. The Hell how weact on what we say. That's right,30900:21:30.259 --> 00:21:33.289and so this is important that.Yeah, we need to give accurate31000:21:33.329 --> 00:21:37.930information, we need to convey thatGod has trustworthy, that their resources to31100:21:38.009 --> 00:21:41.890help and we need to follow upwith what we say we're going to do.31200:21:42.210 --> 00:21:47.160That's right and that's that's massive.It's a huge part of trust.31300:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.039If you say you're going to dosomething and you don't do it, you31400:21:51.240 --> 00:21:55.480have just really a roaded yeah,trust and you're going to have to start31500:21:55.519 --> 00:22:00.799all over again and it's hard torebuild. So we don't tell our counselors.31600:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.990If you make a promise her statement, be sure that you follow through31700:22:04.589 --> 00:22:07.589on that so that they know thatthey can trust you. They've had a31800:22:07.670 --> 00:22:12.789lot of deceit and discouragement and betrayalin their lives most of the time.31900:22:12.950 --> 00:22:17.740Yeah, absolutely, the women thatI meet. So that's part of it32000:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.859and this is one of the reasonswhy we need to be careful in the32100:22:18.900 --> 00:22:22.059language that we use. We doso when we're standing out on the sidewalk.32200:22:22.980 --> 00:22:26.180We don't need to have okay,so an example, we had the32300:22:26.220 --> 00:22:30.289podcast couple of weeks ago about adoption. Right, yeah, and I've heard32400:22:30.289 --> 00:22:36.410people on the sidewalk, well intendingpeople call out, I'll adopt your baby,32500:22:36.849 --> 00:22:38.569and I had one one lady actuallydid actually know. I'm sorry,32600:22:38.569 --> 00:22:41.809it was a young man who didit. Said Yeah, I'll adopt your32700:22:41.849 --> 00:22:44.480baby and then he came out tome and said I didn't even talked to32800:22:44.519 --> 00:22:48.480my wife. I mean, whatif they really want me to adopt their32900:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.119baby? Like, I probably shouldn'thave offered it. You're probably seingna offered33000:22:51.200 --> 00:22:53.400it is right. I mean that'smaybe an extreme example. Yeah, and33100:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.279you know those stories, unfortunately,are very few and far between, and33200:22:57.359 --> 00:23:03.109I'm sure you know God would haveorchestrated thing something after he would have worked33300:23:03.150 --> 00:23:06.470something out. But we don't needto offer things that we can't fulfill.33400:23:06.950 --> 00:23:10.549And we you know, we mightbe tempted to do that because it's going33500:23:10.589 --> 00:23:14.099to save the baby, but wedon't need a lot to lie to save33600:23:14.180 --> 00:23:17.500the baby. Right. God's again, God's the one that's doing the saving.33700:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.940God's the one that's doing the changein the hearts. Yeah, but33800:23:19.019 --> 00:23:22.460they do need help, they wantsolutions. They are in a place where33900:23:22.500 --> 00:23:29.289they feel like there is no solution. There is no solution other than abortion.34000:23:29.410 --> 00:23:30.769I heard that over and over again. This is what I have to34100:23:30.849 --> 00:23:37.329do. Yeah, and so weneed to dispel that lie that abortion is34200:23:37.450 --> 00:23:41.839their only choice or at all avalid or good choice with well, what34300:23:41.000 --> 00:23:47.200are some other solutions that can leadthem to a different choice, the choice34400:23:47.279 --> 00:23:52.960for life? And so you know, that's where we get into our resource34500:23:52.079 --> 00:23:59.430list, our general resources and andwe have a long list of help in34600:23:59.710 --> 00:24:03.829every area of whatever these MOMS raise, any any of the obstacles that they34700:24:03.869 --> 00:24:11.259raise, and that is such animportant point in establishing trust. oftentimes they34800:24:11.299 --> 00:24:15.700will come over when we have offeredsomething and they'll come over to one of34900:24:15.819 --> 00:24:19.660us and say, okay, tellme, what kind of housing do you35000:24:19.740 --> 00:24:23.140have? Yeah, and and thewant to see a list where they end,35100:24:23.259 --> 00:24:27.210and so we have to be readyto show them. Yeah, we35200:24:27.329 --> 00:24:30.170said we'd offer you a housing solution. Let me show you, yes,35300:24:30.329 --> 00:24:36.250list of housing that we have.Yeah, absolutely, and it is hard35400:24:36.329 --> 00:24:40.160work to dig for those resources.It's hard work to find those resources and35500:24:40.240 --> 00:24:42.720we certainly again don't want to offerresources that we really don't have available,35600:24:44.440 --> 00:24:48.640but Google is a very useful tool. Yeah, and final resources. We've35700:24:48.680 --> 00:24:52.519been able to find. Guys,you'd be amazed at the ministries that are35800:24:52.519 --> 00:24:55.829available out there. We one story, I don't know if we ever shared35900:24:55.910 --> 00:24:57.309this story, but it's a powerfulstory, of the young lady that was36000:24:57.430 --> 00:25:03.710drug addicted and pregnant and didn't havehousing, and we were able to find36100:25:03.750 --> 00:25:07.859a housing ministry that takes pregnant drugaddicted women. It's even better than that.36200:25:07.980 --> 00:25:11.299So she had come to the Lordon the RV also, yeah,36300:25:12.180 --> 00:25:15.180and she had submitted her life tothe Lord and she said it was the36400:25:15.259 --> 00:25:18.980most piece she had ever felt inin her entire life. And so,36500:25:19.619 --> 00:25:26.609and we didn't have she's pregnant.She's now a brand new believer. She,36600:25:26.849 --> 00:25:29.410or at least she has, submittedher life. Yeah, we're at36700:25:29.490 --> 00:25:36.400the seed has certainly been planted.She's drug addicted and and she has no36800:25:36.559 --> 00:25:42.599money. So I googled pregnant,Christian, drug addicted. There was one36900:25:42.680 --> 00:25:48.200more thing in there. I don'tremember what it was, but there were37000:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.990four things. Oh, I goNorth Carolina. Okay, that's where we37100:25:52.069 --> 00:25:56.670lived. Yeah, all right,and I get those were my search words37200:25:56.789 --> 00:26:00.869and Google and what came up wasa place perfect. It was Christian,37300:26:02.309 --> 00:26:06.140it was for drug addicted women,it kept them for like three years,37400:26:06.220 --> 00:26:11.220it would train them in in everyarea. But Google failed me. It37500:26:11.380 --> 00:26:15.460was in Kentucky. It is inKentucky, and so I said, I37600:26:15.619 --> 00:26:18.460know you guys aren't going to gofor this. Her mom was with her,37700:26:18.049 --> 00:26:22.569but call them because maybe they'll knowof some place here in North Carolina.37800:26:22.609 --> 00:26:26.130And they they called them. Icalled them first and they said we37900:26:26.289 --> 00:26:30.890have one bed. I said,well, these people are in North Carolina38000:26:30.930 --> 00:26:32.960and we need a place in NorthCarolina and they said, well, we'll38100:26:33.000 --> 00:26:37.480transfer Medicaid and within I think twoor three days, that woman was there.38200:26:37.559 --> 00:26:41.400Yeah, yeah, in Kentucky.So that's that's pretty amazing. It38300:26:41.480 --> 00:26:44.279was a miracle. It was.Now, in that situation, though,38400:26:45.359 --> 00:26:48.750did you convey to her, well, we're definitely going to find you a38500:26:49.190 --> 00:26:53.549maternity home that will take you rightaway? Good, good question, because38600:26:53.750 --> 00:26:56.990when when they came out of theabortion center, the the mother of the38700:26:57.029 --> 00:27:03.180drug addicted girl said, if youcan find me a place today for my38800:27:03.420 --> 00:27:07.660drug addicted daughter to go then Iwill get her out of that pregnancy center.38900:27:07.700 --> 00:27:11.380Yeah, and I couldn't promise,but I said I can't. I39000:27:11.539 --> 00:27:15.380was honest. I said I can'tpromise you that, but I can promise39100:27:15.460 --> 00:27:19.369you that we will try our hardest. Yeah, and and that was enough.39200:27:19.690 --> 00:27:22.089That was enough for her. Shewent and got her daughter out and39300:27:22.769 --> 00:27:27.690our whole team was making calls.We were calling all over the city and39400:27:27.849 --> 00:27:32.880I was googling and then this,this place came up and it all worked39500:27:32.920 --> 00:27:36.319out. So, you know,brought that point up because even with our39600:27:36.359 --> 00:27:41.160baby shower ministry, for example,and this is not a ministry promotion podcast,39700:27:41.359 --> 00:27:44.470guess it just speaking from our experience. Yeah, you will our baby39800:27:44.549 --> 00:27:47.910shower ministry, though we promise,make certain promises. Will give you a39900:27:47.990 --> 00:27:49.869baby shower, we will give youmany of the things you need for your40000:27:49.869 --> 00:27:53.029baby close up to two years,but we don't promise will give you all40100:27:53.069 --> 00:27:56.990the diapers that you need. Inall this, we make sure that they40200:27:56.109 --> 00:28:00.180know we're going to do the bestwe can give them a lot of diapers.40300:28:00.259 --> 00:28:03.140We do, and we never hada woman that's been disappointed when we've40400:28:03.140 --> 00:28:07.460been a baby show. Usually justover. Well, sure, we're reasonable40500:28:07.539 --> 00:28:10.859and our promises, because one ofthe things that you can do to if40600:28:10.940 --> 00:28:14.809you've tried to gain trust from anabortion mounted woman and you've gained a little40700:28:14.809 --> 00:28:18.650bit of that trust, you canchip away that trust yourself about making unreasonable40800:28:18.690 --> 00:28:22.369promise and she might even know inher mind that there's no way they can40900:28:22.410 --> 00:28:27.000deliver. Yes, yeah, now, and I do want to caution people41000:28:27.279 --> 00:28:33.599not to be discouraged if sometimes whatthey hear is different from what you said,41100:28:33.960 --> 00:28:37.000because, yeah, I had anexperience where our counselors, I know41200:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.990that counselor, and she had beencalling out and I actually wasn't on the41300:28:41.029 --> 00:28:45.789sidewalk at the time, but acouple left the abortion center and listen to41400:28:45.829 --> 00:28:51.710her and agreed to call me tofind out about our resources. And when41500:28:51.750 --> 00:28:56.660they called me, they hou seenwas the big issue and they asked about41600:28:56.700 --> 00:28:59.740that and as I talked with themabout what we could do and what we41700:28:59.819 --> 00:29:03.940could recommend, he hung up onme and they went an aborted their child.41800:29:04.579 --> 00:29:10.289So they had in there. Iknow our counselor did not say this,41900:29:10.450 --> 00:29:15.410but in their own head what theyheard was we would pay all of42000:29:15.529 --> 00:29:18.690their housing costs so that they couldmove to a new apartment. Now we42100:29:18.970 --> 00:29:22.769I've never ever heard our councilor evenremotely suggests anything like that, of course,42200:29:22.890 --> 00:29:26.559but that's what they kind of heardand we can't help that. They're42300:29:26.599 --> 00:29:29.880not. You can't help it.You have convey the truth and if people,42400:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.119you know, hear something else,that's not your fault. But it42500:29:33.279 --> 00:29:38.470is our job right to convey thetruth and with our actions, be be42600:29:38.670 --> 00:29:44.630honest, be consistent with the scriptures. We are supposed to help and as42700:29:44.670 --> 00:29:48.390much as we're able to. Yeah, but that doesn't mean I mean we're42800:29:48.470 --> 00:29:52.380told from, you know, thepro abortion crowd, that if we convince42900:29:52.420 --> 00:29:56.420a mom to keep her baby,we need to provide for every one of43000:29:56.460 --> 00:30:00.059her needs all the way up toeighteens life actually through college. Usually it's,43100:30:00.220 --> 00:30:03.619to hear, you know, aridiculous notion rights, not even you43200:30:03.740 --> 00:30:07.140know, remotely. Only is itnot possible. You would have to imagine43300:30:07.170 --> 00:30:10.130these women actually want that. Andthey don't mean most of these women.43400:30:10.130 --> 00:30:15.250When they're in a crisis situation,it's one, one emergency situation and they43500:30:15.410 --> 00:30:18.690need a voice of truth to stepin. Just like that card I read43600:30:18.809 --> 00:30:22.799from the young lady a couple ofweeks ago. She just needed that Voice43700:30:23.680 --> 00:30:27.640of someone speaking truth to her otherthan her own voice that was telling her43800:30:27.680 --> 00:30:30.359to a boys what she said.And so many of these women that's what43900:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.880they want. They want someone tocome in and because there's that fight in44000:30:33.960 --> 00:30:37.190their heart, they know the rightthing to do, but they don't want44100:30:37.230 --> 00:30:38.869to do the right thing. Theywant to do the right thing, but44200:30:38.910 --> 00:30:41.190they don't. They want that.You know, it's that fights, that44300:30:41.430 --> 00:30:45.230that war that's in the heart,and what we're trying to do is tip44400:30:45.309 --> 00:30:49.339that scale to life. Yeah,and we do that and ultimately to the44500:30:49.460 --> 00:30:53.140Lord. And we do that andgain their trust by being truth, will44600:30:53.140 --> 00:30:59.980be in forthright, having a properattitude of confidence. Yeah, create an44700:30:59.980 --> 00:31:06.569atmosphere of compassion, mercy, graceand then acting on what we say and44800:31:06.809 --> 00:31:10.569acting on their behalf, coming totheir aid and as much as we can.44900:31:11.329 --> 00:31:15.329And you know, God does amazingthings. Yeah, through that.45000:31:15.730 --> 00:31:19.359Yeah, he does. And thereis a there's a lot of great stories45100:31:19.400 --> 00:31:25.480in the biomesure that can support thismessage. But but one of them that45200:31:25.559 --> 00:31:29.559we've used a lot because it's sogood. Yeah, it is, is45300:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.789the parable. Well, it's nota parable it's a story, a true45400:31:33.869 --> 00:31:37.750story of Jesus walking on the water. Yeah, yeah, and this is45500:31:37.829 --> 00:31:42.269there's actually sent three different gospels.Yeah, but it's what I'm going to45600:31:42.309 --> 00:31:48.180be reading from his mark, chaptersix and verse Forty Five. Immediately he45700:31:48.460 --> 00:31:51.900it's Jesus, made his disciples getinto a boat and go before them to45800:31:51.940 --> 00:31:55.259the other side to Bethesna. Sohe's going up to the mountain to pray.45900:31:55.420 --> 00:31:57.259He sent his disciples on their wayand maybe they're wondering how you going46000:31:57.339 --> 00:32:00.539to get their Jesus, but theyknow it's Jesus, so they just they46100:32:00.619 --> 00:32:02.730figure he'll make away right, sothat they obey, which is very good.46200:32:02.769 --> 00:32:07.650Yeah, should. Yeah, butthey get caught in a storm and46300:32:07.809 --> 00:32:10.170it says now an evening came thevote. The boat was in the middle46400:32:10.170 --> 00:32:14.890of the sea and he was aloneon the land and he saw them straining46500:32:14.930 --> 00:32:16.519to row, for wind had comeagainst us. So there's this storm and46600:32:16.599 --> 00:32:21.759the picture is for an abortion mindedwoman, there's this storm in her life46700:32:22.279 --> 00:32:25.119and the waves are tremendus. There'sa few seas against hers. Is Huge.46800:32:25.319 --> 00:32:29.680Everything is against tonight. I'm aKayaker. I know if you are46900:32:29.880 --> 00:32:34.869trying to row against the wind,it is hard. You feel like you47000:32:34.990 --> 00:32:37.230are getting nowhere. Right. Yeah, so here they are in the midst47100:32:37.230 --> 00:32:42.950of this sea, the wind andthe waves beaten against them, and it's47200:32:42.990 --> 00:32:45.099night too. I got a man. That's all my goodness. So and47300:32:45.220 --> 00:32:51.980so here's Jesus seeing this take place, and here's what the Bible says and47400:32:52.059 --> 00:32:54.259says. Then he saw them strainingit at rowing for the wind was against47500:32:54.299 --> 00:32:58.059them. This is verse Forty Eight. And now, about the Fourth Watch47600:32:58.099 --> 00:33:00.529of the night, he came tothem walking on the sea and would have47700:33:00.769 --> 00:33:06.289passed them by. So he wouldhave went right by them. And this47800:33:06.529 --> 00:33:09.609is the picture of, you know, God knows the situations, he knows47900:33:09.650 --> 00:33:15.319the situations these women are in andhe's come to that situation. Right.48000:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.440That's the picture of the sidewall counselorlike. We've come to that situation,48100:33:17.559 --> 00:33:23.839we've come as a presence there,but that presence, Jesus, is not48200:33:23.920 --> 00:33:29.470always going to come to the rescueimmediately because he's waiting for them to be48300:33:30.269 --> 00:33:35.230true, trusting toward him. Yeah, and you know, welcome him to48400:33:35.349 --> 00:33:38.950say hey, help us are something. Yeah, exactly, to reciprocate what48500:33:39.150 --> 00:33:44.579God has done and God's presence there, or he would he would have walked,48600:33:44.619 --> 00:33:49.579would have right why don't? That'sjust monumental to think about that.48700:33:49.900 --> 00:33:54.180Yeah, that he truly that's thereal choice. The choice is not between,48800:33:54.660 --> 00:33:58.410you know, death of the babyor life of the baby. The48900:33:58.450 --> 00:34:04.890choices. Will you just let JesusWalk Right by and not reach out to49000:34:05.410 --> 00:34:08.329him? Will you trust him orwill you trust the Lord? Are you49100:34:08.409 --> 00:34:12.119going to keep rowing yourself? Youknow, I've actually said no, when49200:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.840you're not going to get anywhere,keep rowing in the sea, going around49300:34:15.960 --> 00:34:19.480and around and around in a surflewith the wind and the way beaten against49400:34:19.519 --> 00:34:22.920you. Are you going to inviteJesus into the situation? Right, and49500:34:22.000 --> 00:34:25.110that's ultimately we all know the story, right. I don't think I'm conveying49600:34:25.150 --> 00:34:29.349to anybody a story that they haven'talready heard. Yeah, Jesus would have49700:34:29.389 --> 00:34:31.150passed by, but then they sawJesus, they thought he was a ghost.49800:34:31.469 --> 00:34:35.349And that's so it's a lot likewhat we're dealing with. You know,49900:34:35.429 --> 00:34:37.739we're dealing with an abortion amount ofwoman going into a situation. She's50000:34:38.059 --> 00:34:40.940wind and waves against swirling around.She's going into the abortion clinic. She50100:34:42.019 --> 00:34:45.059looks at US and says we're scaryghost. You know I'm saying, yeah,50200:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.739yeah, but if she would justand again, it takes the grace50300:34:46.820 --> 00:34:50.380of God, it takes the spiritof God moving her heart, she would50400:34:50.380 --> 00:34:52.170just see. You know, it'sactually the Lord, through his people,50500:34:52.289 --> 00:34:57.650has come into this situation and hewants to intervene. Would you just trust50600:34:57.690 --> 00:35:00.610him? Yeah, you know,and of course we know in this situation,50700:35:00.769 --> 00:35:02.849Peter says, well, Lord,if it's you, then command me50800:35:02.969 --> 00:35:06.369to come out and walk on thewater. And we know that it's you.50900:35:06.650 --> 00:35:08.440And if it's you, and anddon't mean to interrupt, I think51000:35:08.440 --> 00:35:15.039I love that, that that question. If it's you, so and I51100:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.880think of the women wondering, areyou who you say you'll be? Can51200:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.630I trust you? Can I trustus, first of all, that the51300:35:22.829 --> 00:35:25.429intermediaries? Yeah, and ultimately,can I trust God? Is it you?51400:35:27.030 --> 00:35:30.030If it's you, then and thenI will step out on the water51500:35:30.070 --> 00:35:32.989and of course we know what happenshe steps out, Jesus is will come.51600:35:34.590 --> 00:35:38.300He steps out as he's long ashe's looking at Jesus, he's all51700:35:38.340 --> 00:35:42.460right. When he takes his eyesoff of Jesus, then he begins to51800:35:42.500 --> 00:35:45.980sink and it's much like that pictureof those abortion minded women, except,51900:35:46.019 --> 00:35:49.739of course, in this situation.A lot of times they've not even initially52000:35:49.780 --> 00:35:53.210had their eyes on Jesus right,but we want to help them to look52100:35:53.250 --> 00:35:57.889to him. Ultimately, it's notabout us, it's not about them look52200:35:57.929 --> 00:36:00.570at us and trusting us, butwe are God's representative and you know,52300:36:01.289 --> 00:36:05.480into the story is Jesus ultimately getsinto the boat. They're safe on the52400:36:05.559 --> 00:36:08.440other side, the storm calms andall of that, and that's what God52500:36:08.519 --> 00:36:13.320can do in these situations with theseMOMS if they would put their trust in52600:36:13.360 --> 00:36:16.840him. And so I think thatpretty much is what we want to convey52700:36:16.880 --> 00:36:20.949to you guys. Would encourage youguys with, and that we focused a52800:36:21.070 --> 00:36:24.190lot from the sidewall councling aspect andwe've got a lot of folks that are52900:36:24.190 --> 00:36:29.550listening that are doing sidewalk counseling orthere want to get involved in sidewalk councling.53000:36:29.630 --> 00:36:31.940We do want encourage you guys tobe confident in the Lord, step53100:36:32.059 --> 00:36:36.380out in faith. Let God useyou. Go to our website, www53200:36:36.500 --> 00:36:40.059dot sidewalks, the number four lifecombe encouraged to step out on the sidewalk,53300:36:40.380 --> 00:36:45.420step out yourself, as Peter did, onto that water, keep your53400:36:45.460 --> 00:36:47.289eyes signs Jesus, and she's right. You can't give what you don't have.53500:36:47.409 --> 00:36:50.929If you want these women to fixtheir eyes on Jesus and trust in53600:36:50.969 --> 00:36:52.449him, you got to do thesame. But if you do, you're53700:36:52.489 --> 00:36:55.170going to walk and water, yougoing to see God do some amazing things.53800:36:55.289 --> 00:36:59.489Yeah, and the testimonies that youmay have heard from us, God's53900:36:59.489 --> 00:37:01.639going to do those things through youif you'll trust him in that way.54000:37:02.199 --> 00:37:05.760So with that we want to wrapthis thing up, but we do appreciate54100:37:05.800 --> 00:37:14.039you guys listening and until next time, God bless me love for love,54200:37:16.750 --> 00:37:25.869give me our loft for gratitude.I know it will cost me my life.54300:37:30.539 --> 00:37:32.940Nothing's too precious. And some metyou