WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.839 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls definitely are children of 2 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:16.320 all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical 3 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.800 with your host, a man of the entertainment industry of 4 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:26.920 over twenty years, an ordained minister. Here he is k D. 5 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:32.359 Welcome everybody to another episode of Let's Get Biblical, and 6 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:36.479 yes we are ready to unpack another funfilled edition for 7 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.159 you today. If this is your first time stumbling upon 8 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.600 this podcast, welcome. If it was given to you by 9 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:44.079 a friend, hey, shake their hand, buy them a coffee, 10 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.600 because you're about to unleash the Word of God in 11 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.719 your life in an amazing unique way. We take the 12 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.560 Word of God scriptures from the good old BI B 13 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.600 L E. And that's the basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth Manual. 14 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.039 We like to call it lasten around things going on 15 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:02.039 in your world, my world, or the collective world around us, 16 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.519 and we share it in a transparent and fun way. 17 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:07.680 That is what Let's Get biblicals all about. Now. You 18 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.480 may be a newbie, You may be somebody testing the 19 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.840 waters of your faith. You may be trying to grow 20 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.680 closer to Christ. Maybe you're somebody that's like, oh, I 21 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:17.959 don't even believe, but I'm gonna check this fool out. 22 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:18.120 Well. 23 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.560 We want to say thank you for stopping by. Anyway. 24 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:22.920 Being a former stand up comedian, I do like to 25 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:25.079 have a little fun from time to time with the 26 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:27.760 Word of God and teach it in a unique way. 27 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:31.319 But we have a phrase around here. We've been using 28 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.519 it over the last several years, and we want you 29 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.040 to use it as well. We dare you. We dare 30 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.480 you to listen. We dare you to try to develop 31 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.319 that faith with God, in that personal relationship with Him, 32 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:45.079 because that's what it's all about. We talked about it 33 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:47.719 in the last episode. We talked about building a relationship 34 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:50.200 with Him. And if you're somebody that's a non believer, 35 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:52.040 we have something for you at the end of the show, 36 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.319 so please stick around. And if you're somebody Luke Warman 37 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:57.959 faith testing your faith, or somebody that's been around the 38 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:01.560 faith for many years, listen, I don't know everything. You 39 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:04.799 don't know everything. That's the reason why God still has 40 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:07.840 us on this planet still to this day. We won't 41 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.360 know everything until we're walking with Jesus. Can I get 42 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:13.719 an amen on this morning? That's right. A couple things 43 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.280 before we do get started in this broadcast here today. 44 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:19.240 Please check us out on TikTok. We do have a 45 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.759 fun little TikTok page. It's called Let's Get Biblical WKD. 46 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:27.599 We have some fun videos, some fun clips. We all 47 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.560 tie it around the Word of God as well and 48 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.800 things that go on in the church from time to time. 49 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:34.759 So we have a little bit of humor there again, 50 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:38.879 that's over on TikTok. Let's Get Biblical WKD and let's 51 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.840 get right into it today, shall we. You saw the 52 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:45.240 title noise? How do we get rid of the noise 53 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.599 in our life? Do we want to get rid of noise? 54 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.280 What is noise? Now? I gotta tell you a little testimony, 55 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.120 and that's what this show is all about. The last 56 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.000 couple shows to start this month have been kind of lackluster. 57 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.479 I would have to say I've felt God kind of 58 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:05.400 delivering these messages, but through my word and through oral 59 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:07.520 surgery that I've had in my mouth over the last 60 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.319 couple months, I've been bumbling and stumbling. But there's been 61 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.840 a lot of disciples in the Bible that couldn't even speak, 62 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:15.639 some that had speech impediments, and some that had to 63 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.400 speak for them. But still the word of God was delivered, 64 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:20.439 and that's what we tried to do with you throughout 65 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.319 the rest of the month. You know, today we're ready 66 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.680 to go fast and furious with testimony. And that's how 67 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:28.879 the gospel spread. You see, one of the biggest things 68 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.919 in being a christ believer is spreading the Gospel. And 69 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:34.840 the best power and the best tool that you have 70 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:38.479 are your stories. Have you ever gone into a gym 71 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.919 you lost fifty pounds and then somebody next to you, 72 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.319 is it like, man, you look great, how'd you lose 73 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.479 all that weight? Well, you give them your testimony. You 74 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.439 give them your story. Man, you're a great dad. I 75 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.479 see that you're a single father. But your kids look 76 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:55.560 up to you. They have great grades in school. How 77 00:03:55.560 --> 00:04:00.360 do you do it? You share a story, a testimony. Well, 78 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.439 the testimony of faith is no different. And I have 79 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:05.000 to tell you I was out for a walk the 80 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.280 other day and I was just going out to go 81 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.000 for a walk, putting on my headphones, which are what 82 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.000 full of noise? Now, it could be joyful noise that 83 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.000 we speak of a little bit later on here in 84 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.079 the Bible. It could be rhetoric noise that we hear 85 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.160 all the time. It could be nonsensical noise. There's all 86 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.959 types of noise in this world to kind of hamper 87 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:26.839 us from the glory of God. And we'll get to 88 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.000 that in a minute too. Did that kind of just 89 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.519 strike a nerve with son of you? Because see, there's 90 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.279 all types of distractions in this world that are thrown 91 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:38.079 at us by the enemy. Noise is no different. Now, 92 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:39.920 as I was out going out for a walk, I 93 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.959 put on my headphones. It's a cool crisp day. Yes, 94 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.279 here in Texas there's a cool crisp day from time 95 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.600 to time, so I decided to take advantage of it 96 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:49.639 and go for a little bit of a walk. And 97 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.959 normally I would go in an area where it's quiet 98 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.839 so I can be with the Lord, walk with the Lord, 99 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:00.240 speak out loud and just feel his presence there, kind 100 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.680 of listen for him. And it was pretty interesting. I 101 00:05:02.720 --> 00:05:05.240 put on my headphones, and of course, me being a 102 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:08.519 political guy from time to time, I turned on Dan Bondjingo. 103 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.600 Don't get me wrong, all right, I love that dude. Dan, 104 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.240 if you're out there listening, we do support you. And 105 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.079 I started listening to his noise, and I know what 106 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.920 some of you guys on the far left are saying, 107 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:23.920 right now, Yeah, it's definitely just that noise. Yeah, we know, okay. 108 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:28.439 And as I'm listening to Dan and enjoying the stories 109 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.560 and enjoying some of the news, I got this feeling 110 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.959 in my brain and heart, body and soul to say 111 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:41.279 turn it off, turn this off. And now my human 112 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:43.120 forms like, man, I want to listen to something. As 113 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.920 I'm walking, kind of like a child with a father, right, 114 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.480 we start to argue, and it's okay to do that 115 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:52.959 when you're walking in faith. Question you can be like that. 116 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.199 Maybe you're in a church where they say don't question God. 117 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.000 That's completely wrong because the only way you form a 118 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:04.759 relationship is to ask questions. Well, as we're walking, I 119 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.800 hear turn that off, just walk, I'm like, no, I 120 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:10.439 want to listen to some music. I want to put 121 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.720 on something. All right here, how about this? How about 122 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.600 I put on a sermon. Let me put on another sermon. 123 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.839 Let me go find like a Billy Graham podcast, a 124 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:21.040 Steven Ferdick podcast, somebody just to kind of get God 125 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.040 on right. Well, God is sitting there saying, hey, hey, McFly, 126 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.879 I'm right here. The source is right next to you, 127 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.199 my son Jesus is right here. Speak to him, Let 128 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:35.040 him speak to you. No no, no, no, no no. Let me 129 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:36.879 keep going on with it. Let me try to keep walking. 130 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:41.000 And I was, but I wasn't feeling it. Two three 131 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.800 five minutes to each podcast, I'm like, oh, I'm not 132 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:48.240 feeling it. I'm finding ways to nitpick the pastors, saying, man, 133 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:50.040 they're taking them too long to get into It's kind 134 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.480 of like what you guys might be thinking right now. 135 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.959 And I'm like, well, how about this. How about I 136 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:01.279 put on some meditation music, some godly meditation music, because 137 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.240 in our household will turn on, you know, really relaxing 138 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:08.040 instrumental music from time to time with the kids while 139 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.639 they're studying and doing their school work, and same thing 140 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.680 with my wife when she's cleaning or I'm in the 141 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:16.079 house doing something, I'll put on meditation music. So I 142 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:21.120 figured i'd put on godly meditation a lot of homes 143 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:24.879 and sounds and things of that nature, you know, not 144 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.920 too Catholicy, by the way, not there's anything wrong with 145 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:31.240 that Catholics out there, but something that would get me 146 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:36.360 in the frequency of where God's at. Well, it was funny, 147 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.519 all of a sudden I heard him say everything's noise. 148 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:45.399 Everything is noise in this world. And it literally stopped 149 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:50.399 me in my tracks on my walk. Everything is noise, 150 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:55.560 And I asked him, yeah, but why is it here? Then? 151 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:02.240 And again question talk, pray out loud so he can 152 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:06.240 hear you. And all of a sudden I heard was 153 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:12.920 it's a distraction. Noise is a distraction that takes you 154 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.040 away from me. Very interesting, right, And I know what 155 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.600 you're thinking, Well, there's some great noise out there. Of course, 156 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:25.079 according to Psalms ninety eight, verses four through nine, make 157 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.879 a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, make 158 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.399 a loud noise, and rejoice and sing praise, sing unto 159 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:36.360 the Lord with your harp, with the harp and the 160 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:41.360 voice of a psalm, joyful noise. I tried to do that. 161 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.639 I tried to get a joyful noise along with all 162 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:48.639 those homes you know, and stuff like that. Right, But 163 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.120 it was still very distracting because it was taking me 164 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:54.399 away from focusing on my walk and focusing on my 165 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.759 walk with the Lord at that present moment. They keep 166 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:04.000 in mind the story of Lucifer. He is a fallen angel. Well, 167 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:08.679 his main role in heaven was a worship leader. What 168 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:15.279 do worship leaders do? Make music make noise? A lot 169 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:19.360 of this started coming together for me, and I wasn't 170 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.559 going to do a podcast today, but I walked home 171 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.279 as fast as I could, because at my age, I 172 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.480 don't want to run all right, so I want to 173 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.240 have a heart attack, and all of a sudden, my noise. 174 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:35.120 All I do is hear harps and golden rainbows. I 175 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.840 wanted to get home, right, So I started walking home 176 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.000 and I heard him say, you need to do a 177 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.360 podcast immediately. And that's the thing about this podcast. I'm 178 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.879 going to deliver these testimonies and what is delivered to 179 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:51.799 me from him at that given moment. I don't sit 180 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:55.639 down and plan this out. I don't. So as I'm 181 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.399 thinking about noise, I started to google. Well, I don't 182 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.960 know too much about noise in the Bible. I heard 183 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:05.200 of Psalms ninety eight. I know that we know there 184 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.799 are noises back in those times. Of course, there was 185 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.639 a lot of political chatter. Of course, you had music 186 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.559 and building, and you had all the noises that we 187 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:18.519 have today. And even the disciples heard noises in their 188 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:21.679 head from time to time where they were battling unto 189 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.519 themselves with things that are going on in their life. 190 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.240 Kind of like you and I, we'll have that still 191 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.120 voice in our head saying yeah, go ahead and do it. 192 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.159 Kind of reminds me of Tom and Jerry. Remember when 193 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:36.679 you'd have the good angel on one shoulder, you'd have 194 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:39.240 the devil on the other shoulder. And that's kind of 195 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:42.480 like your conscience going back and forth battling. Well, if 196 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.759 there's good, there's evil. If there's evil, there's good. Noise 197 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:51.720 all noise, And as I'm walking today, that's the one 198 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:58.679 thing I heard. The opposition wants to distract you from me, 199 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.879 and I know that in this world there's tons of 200 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:09.720 distractions and sometimes noise is a great escape, right especially music. 201 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:13.840 I'm a big music kid. My family's a big music family. 202 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.320 My wife is a DJ. I grew up in radio. 203 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:21.399 My kids love music. We love Christian music, we love 204 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.759 hip hop, R and B, nineties, we love all that stuff, 205 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:33.279 old school country folk, we love it all. But if 206 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:38.000 you think about it, music is something that Lucifer controlled, 207 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:44.480 and we see it today in our world causing distractions. 208 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:46.919 It's the number one thing right now. Look what's going 209 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.720 on with jay Z and Diddy. Look at the things 210 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:53.480 that Beyonce is doing that seem a little ungodly, like 211 00:11:55.639 --> 00:12:01.279 all music orientated. Now, I'm not going to go into 212 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.840 a conspiracy theory that they're demonic, and that's another story 213 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.440 for another time. All we can do is pray for enemies, 214 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:13.399 as the Bible says. But it's noise. You got noise 215 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:15.759 we hear with our ears. There's noise we see with 216 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:20.360 our eyes every day when we read the news. I 217 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.639 mean I opened up Google News. Life threatening windstorm, fans 218 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:30.799 fires in South Caro, California, things about Trump, the government, 219 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:36.919 Jimmy Carter passing away. We also see more and more 220 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:40.519 problems with the weather, winter storm kra causing ice and snow. 221 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:47.720 It's nothing but noise. It's noise to take us away 222 00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:51.440 from Him. And there's a reason why you stop today 223 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:56.639 to hear the noise of this podcast. And that's what 224 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.000 you're probably saying. If you're a non believer right now, Well, 225 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.879 your podcast is noise and it's taken me away from God. 226 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:08.799 But we're delivering the word of God to you. So 227 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:14.000 in actuality, some noise is good noise, but noise in 228 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:17.240 general is there to take you away from your walk 229 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.519 with the Lord, have you ever just sat and listened 230 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:25.000 to a song, enjoyed that song, and then heard the 231 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:30.480 instrumental version of it and you feel different. Here's one 232 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:32.559 of our favorite songs on the show that we're gonna 233 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:37.159 play for you now. It's called Lion Elevation Worship Chris Brown. 234 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.279 And as you're listening to this song, think of what 235 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.240 we've talked about, noise to take you away from the Lord? 236 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.360 Is this taking you away from the world or will 237 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.600 it draw you closer? We'll talk about it in a moment. 238 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.279 God, Jacob. 239 00:13:52.720 --> 00:14:02.840 Good, King of Angels, the man. 240 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.600 For so many words. 241 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:15.840 Song of Heaven, Strong, louder than the thunder, make it glory, No. 242 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:27.080 He no hell, lie of Judah, Let the lie grow 243 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:38.799 hell hair line of Judah. Let her lie hairline of Judah. 244 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.000 Let the lie. 245 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.960 Heir hairline of Judah. 246 00:14:47.120 --> 00:15:15.080 Let the lie pride O Sire prophees, I'm a sire 247 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:42.440 flashing from this line, but the line of food. 248 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:53.240 As we talk about noise in our world today, the 249 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:59.320 music of Lion and Elevation Worship and Chris Brown, is 250 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.440 that noise to you? 251 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.559 Now? 252 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:05.159 For some of you non believers and haven't listened to 253 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:08.399 Christian music, you might be like, this is noise. Yeah, 254 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.440 that's just God starting a little fire in your heart, 255 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.919 saying check this stuff out. For us believers, when we're 256 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:18.519 in our churches or we're in our homes and we 257 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:22.159 hear that, is it noise unto you? Or is it 258 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:27.279 like Psalm's ninety eight says, make a joyful noise. It's confusing, 259 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.480 isn't it. Now? I could understand if this song's on 260 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:32.799 in the background and your kids are crying and screaming 261 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.120 at you, and the phone is ringing off the hook 262 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.559 and the dogs are barking, that's noise. To take you 263 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.039 away from that noise you just listen to. That is 264 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:44.399 Psalm's ninety eight at its best right there, make a 265 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:48.519 joyful noise, Praise the Lord in that noise. But have 266 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:53.960 you ever just stopped wherever you are right now? We're 267 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.440 going to do something and we're going to take a 268 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:04.279 ten second break from the noise. Now, maybe difficult for you. 269 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.759 May be at work, you may be in your house 270 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:13.359 right now, and you may be in a neighborhood where 271 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:15.400 there may be a little bit of noise, an outside 272 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.799 world noise. But if you ever just turned off the 273 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.440 noise for a moment. I'm gonna count to three and 274 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:31.880 I just want you to listen without noise. One, two, three. 275 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:47.079 That was only ten seconds. Can you imagine if you're 276 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:53.480 able to go into a room, a quiet room, maybe 277 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.119 put on some noise canceling headphones like I do when 278 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.400 I go into prayer or when we do this podcast, 279 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:06.119 and you just speak to the Lord, there's no noise 280 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:12.119 to take us away from him. I'm a tour guide 281 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.240 in the city of San Antonio. One thing that I 282 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:19.799 learned about Spanish Catholicism and missionaries. They came in and 283 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:24.680 built missions in order to form communities to teach about Catholicism. 284 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:29.880 They were in areas that were so quiet in the 285 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.559 middle of the woods you could hear a pin drop. 286 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:41.559 Can you imagine the connection they had with God in 287 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:47.799 any given moment that they were learning about him. Noise 288 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.920 is just that a distraction that take us away from 289 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:53.319 the Lord. And do you know that there's not a 290 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:57.240 lot of verses in the Bible about noise? There truly isn't, 291 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:03.240 But there's a lot of versus in the Bible talking 292 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.039 about silence. Matthew six y six is one of the 293 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:10.319 best ones. But when you go pray, Go away by yourself, 294 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:15.319 shut the door behind you, and pray for your father 295 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:21.240 in private. Then your father, who sees everything, will reward you. 296 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.880 I never understood that early in my walk. But try it. 297 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:31.319 Try closing the door, try shutting it. I used to 298 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.240 light a candle. I used to sit there in the dark, 299 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:36.480 and I pray, and I would just feel things I 300 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:44.039 would never feel before. I just I wouldn't. Some of 301 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:47.319 my other favorite phrases in the Bible verses in the 302 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:51.279 Bible Isaiah chapter thirty, verse fifteen. This is what the 303 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:55.519 Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says. Only in 304 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:59.759 returning to me and resting in me, you will be saved. 305 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:07.559 In quietness and confidence is your strength. Think about that. 306 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:12.160 When you're quiet, your confidence in your strength builds. When 307 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:17.680 there's noise, what's draining you. The noise is draining you, 308 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.559 making you tired, making you more angry, making you more upset, 309 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:25.279 using more energy in that situation. Even when you're reading 310 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:28.119 something on your tablet or phone or watch and you 311 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:31.519 see something from the news come across that disrupts you, 312 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:38.000 that's noise. Verbal and silent noise is here as a 313 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:45.400 distraction to take you away from the Lord. I didn't 314 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.759 understand that until this walk today, when I had go 315 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:52.960 for my walk. I hear noise every day. Heck, I'm 316 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.920 one of the contributors of it. Okay, Like I said, 317 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:58.279 we have a podcast. We run a couple podcasts. I 318 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.720 use my mouth on the regular as a tour guide. 319 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:04.960 We run an entertainment company that produces noise. And I 320 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.680 know what you're thinking, Oh, should we just stop with 321 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.759 noise all the time then, and the world should just 322 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:10.599 be quiet? No, Because I'm gonna tell you right now. 323 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:14.119 There used to be an old song by Belinda carlyle Ooh, 324 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:17.759 heaven is a place on Earth. Wrong. Heaven is a 325 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.559 place in heaven. And there's a reason because Earth is 326 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:31.000 not heaven. It's not. This is the world of Lucifer. 327 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:35.279 God created a Lucifer was cast down, and this is 328 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:41.559 a devil's playground. You may have heard that before. Music, Money, greed, gluttony, fame, power, 329 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:47.480 corruption rains all noise to take you away from the Lord. 330 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:52.119 In the one day when we are in heaven, it's 331 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.759 gonna be a joyful noise. There will be meadows that 332 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:57.799 He will lay us in, and pastors he will lay 333 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.720 us in, and we will hear still quietness of that area. 334 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.680 When we hear light music, will we hear angels singing, 335 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:09.519 We will hear a new world rejoice. Which world sounds 336 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:13.799 better to you that? Or maybe somebody like ice Pice 337 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:20.160 just shaking it all around exactly a joyful noise Psalms 338 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:26.119 ninety eight. But in quietness is where you get your strength. 339 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:28.920 I know that's where I get it, especially with the 340 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:34.000 Lord now even before I was a follower of Christ, 341 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:42.440 and I take moments just to breathe. Oh, one, two three, 342 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.920 there's peace, right? Why do you think they do it 343 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:53.119 in boxing? The noise of the fight, bing bang boom, 344 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:56.799 going after each other, the chatter, the cling, the clang, break. 345 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:59.799 Go to your corners so they can get some kind 346 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:05.279 of peace to recollect themselves. That's what heaven is going 347 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:12.319 to be like, peace collecting yourself daily. No hurt, no pain, 348 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:18.400 no noise, no noise from the internet, no noise from TV, 349 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:22.960 no noise from a podcast, from a stand up comedian 350 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:29.079 in the past, things of that nature. You know, what 351 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:31.880 we got to do is endure, though we have to 352 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:36.279 endure this race on earth. If you are a child 353 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:40.480 of God and you are a newcomer to this faith. 354 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:44.640 We have to endure daily and that's why noises in 355 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:49.319 this world. It's a part of the endurance. I just 356 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.440 realized that, after almost fifteen years in my walk with Christ, 357 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:59.119 that I have to escape the noise. And this is 358 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.119 coming from a young man. They grew up listening to 359 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:03.200 hip hop in the nineties and there was a song 360 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:06.440 by a public Enemy called bring the Noise. No, don't 361 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:10.079 bring the noise. Okay, I'm gonna do a Christian version 362 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:14.680 of that, bring the peace. He can't do the drums 363 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:19.519 and stuff. It's gotta be real quiet, but perfectly honest 364 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:22.519 to you. We're enduring the race right now that is 365 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.960 set before us by God. We are going through it. 366 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.680 We're gonna continue to go through it. And when you're 367 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:32.960 going through it, sometimes that's really hard. Right. What kind 368 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:36.119 of God would do that to us? Well, one that 369 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:41.400 wants you to come to him constantly for love and help. Lord, 370 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.240 get me through this noise. This is just nonsense. Lord, 371 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:47.079 get me through this chapter in my life. It's just nonsense. 372 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:53.119 It's taking away my power from you. I've heard people 373 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:57.359 say it's taking away my power. That's the bad way 374 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:03.720 to say. It taking away my power from you is 375 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:08.079 showing him that you trust in him. Hebrews ten thirty 376 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:12.200 six says, for you have the need of endurance, so 377 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:15.440 that you have done the will of God and you 378 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.759 may receive what is promised. There are so many great 379 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:24.359 verses on endurance, peace and silence, not a lot on 380 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:28.400 noise in the Bible, and there is a reason for that, 381 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:32.559 because there's no need for the noise in the Bible, 382 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:38.160 because He brings peace unto you. Now, if you're one 383 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.400 of those ones that is looking for peace in your 384 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:44.000 life right now and you withstood this twenty five minutes 385 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:48.839 of biblical verses and strength and power in your life 386 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:51.039 through this podcast today, we just want to give you 387 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.880 a round of applause and say thank you. This is 388 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:57.400 a cheerful noise, by the way, not a distracting noise. 389 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:01.160 We want to say thank you for listening to the 390 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:03.480 show today. However, before we do get out of here, 391 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:06.240 each and every week, for those that are non believers 392 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:08.119 and you're looking to change your life and you're looking 393 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:12.640 to maybe make a change, you've tried everything. You've seen 394 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:15.079 t shirts and bumper stickers that say you've tried everything. 395 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.839 Why not try God well, this is your absolute opportunity 396 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:22.720 to do just that. And wherever you may be, maybe 397 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:25.279 you're in that quiet still place right now. Maybe you're 398 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:27.400 in a silent place in your home. If you are 399 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.960 driving and you're listening, please pull off to the side 400 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.960 of the road. If you're at work and you have 401 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:34.839