great honor and privilege to be here with you guys this evening, and I want to say thank
you so much to Pastor Menez and his family for inviting us out here and having this conference.
And obviously it's a team effort. It's very evident when you come to Verity Baptist Church
from all the ushers and the church members, how hospitable and friendly everybody is.
And I just want to know if the piano players can do that blindfolded. So, you know, obviously
I guess when you have so much great talent, you got to get like five of them on the piano
at the same time. That was great. The music is always amazing here. And I love coming
out here to this conference and being with you guys. It's also a great honor that we're
going to be able to air kind of a mini documentary that we put together called LGBT Terrace.
We're going to be airing it on Saturday night first. You all get to see it first. And so
I'm really excited about this. Of course, with a name like Terrace, it's going to have
a few interesting scenes. And just as an FYI, it does have a few, just some mild violence.
And of course, some of the things the protesters and these people say is kind of bad themes.
We did try to blur and try to block out and bleep some of the profanity. I know that people
associate me with certain profanity, but we did bleep it in the film. Now, we'll have
the word "fag" gratuitously in it, so if you're already offended, you won't want to watch
it. But if you are interested in seeing the film, we'd love for you to join us and to
watch it. I think that it's definitely very impactful to see all the things that have
happened to Verity Baptist Church and some of our friends and also just some of the things
that have happened to us out in Texas. Just to kind of give you an idea and paint a really
clear picture that the Bible has already told us, but sometimes it's impactful to see it
in real life and see how the Bible comes to life in our lives. And you know, being a Christian
is not boring. Boy, the Bible will come to life if you actually serve the Lord Jesus
Christ. And I know that many of you have experienced the Bible for yourself and it's a great honor
and privilege to be able to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and to be counted worthy to suffer
for His name's sake, not just always to have all the blessings, but also to experience
the persecution. The disciples were very grateful and joyous that they got to suffer
for Christ's sake. And of course Verity Baptist Church is the church it is because of the
fact that it's willing to stand on the truth and not back down to the persecution. Of
course this conference was tried to be shut down by hundreds and hundreds of sodomites
but you know what? It's still here and they're not here. As Pastor Minnis said they all moved
to Texas so apparently that's my issue. But we're gonna go ahead and get in my text this
evening chapter 11 of Numbers the Bible says in verse number 1, "And when the people complained
it displeased the Lord and the Lord heard it and his anger was kindled and the fire
of the Lord burnt among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the
camp." Now any story you read in the Bible where God kills people, it's serious. And
notice why God was willing to kill people was as a direct result of their complaining.
And so the title of my sermon this evening is "Don't complain." Don't complain. And
of course it's not saying here that every time someone complains God's just gonna strike
you with fire and you're gonna die. But that is the example set here in the text. And it's
a really important point for us because of course we love to hear sermons about how sodomites
are evil and disgusting and wicked. You know, no one's a sodomite in here. So it doesn't
really hit his home. Whereas this story is about people of God. They've been rescued
out of Egypt. They've been delivered by the Lord. They're God's people. And yet God can
still get very angry with his own people when they complain. God does not like complainers.
And let me be honest, no one does. No one likes complaining. No one likes complainers.
And we as God's people, we don't want to have a reputation like the children of Israel
as being complainers. We have so many great things going for us. So much zeal and fire
and soul winning and red hot preaching and amazing things that are really going to shape
our culture. The last thing we want to do is give place to the devil and become a bunch
of complainers on top of that and just ruin our testimony, ruin the momentum that the Lord has
given us. And you see that these individuals, they get kind of specific in their complaints.
Look at verse four, "And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting and the children
of Israel also wept again and said, 'Who shall give us flesh to eat?'" We remember the fish,
which we did eat in Egypt freely, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions
and the garlic, but now our soul is dried away. There is nothing at all beside this manna before
our eyes. And so what's kind of an interesting phrase that sticks out to me here is where they
say that their soul is dried away. And I was looking at this list of food and of course there's
nothing wrong with any of the items that are mentioned here, fish, melons, cucumbers. I love
cucumbers, but they kind of attach this food to their soul. And back where I'm from they have a
genre of food called soul food. Who knows what I'm talking about? Soul food, oh yeah. And what
is soul food? Often it's kind of a guilty pleasure because it just tastes so good. I mean it's bread
with butter and then they butter it again and then they give you butter on the table. You have your
own dipping dish of butter and of course everything is cooked gratuitously in butter when it's soul
food right? Pancakes and waffles and fried chicken everything's cooked in oil and grease
and of course it's it's wonderful because it gives you a good feeling when you eat that particular
substance you eat that food and so that's where it gets its name is soul food because it kind of
ministers to your soul and the word soul here is often just in reference to your person your
personality not necessarily the immaterial portion of you that's going to go to heaven but rather
just who you are you know when people talk about soul music soul food what are they talking about
they're talking about their personality their experiences the way that they relate to the world
and one of the ways that we relate to the world is through food food is something that we all
love and we go out we fellowship in fact many people organize their vacations around food
they organize their day around food you get dinner reservations because it's about food
and there's nothing wrong with food but let's be honest it is a carnal thing that you're striving
for it is a carnal achievement when we talk about food because in essence it doesn't really matter
what food you eat you know when we get to heaven it won't really matter what kind of diet you had
that was just something part of this world part of this life and they kind of got sick and tired
of just eating the manna over and over they wanted some variety didn't they they wanted some cucumbers
some some garlics and melons and this is probably pretty easy for us to relate to if you were given
the exact same meal every single day there would be a big temptation to complain about that wouldn't
it i know my dad growing up in kentucky they definitely didn't have any money and he tells me
that every single day they just had pinto beans and cornbread it was just pinto beans and cornbread
every meal and then on sundays they got fried chicken so it was just beans and cornbread beans
and cornbread but you know it's so funny my dad he's almost 90 now and you know what he loves to
eat pinto beans and cornbread i mean it's just like one of his favorite things and and i like
that attitude that even though he's had it so many times in his life probably more than all of us
combined he still loves it he still enjoys it and the bible is telling us here when it comes to
this manna there's nothing wrong with the manna but they were desiring something that is different
they just want some joy some pleasure some connection to this particular world and they're
missing it out of their diet now of course the bible is a spiritual book and so there's obviously
symbolism here of what the bible is trying to represent the bible makes it clear that the manna
found in scripture is actually a tie to the word of god itself and jesus christ even makes a reference
to the fact that man does not live by bread alone but by every word of god and so according to the
scripture the manna was a representation or a picture of the bible so if the bible is represented
here well what does the bible say about itself verse 7 and amanda i'm sorry and the manna was
his coriander seed and the color thereof as the color of bedelum and the people went about and
gathered it and grounded in mills and or beat it in a mortar and baked it in pans and made cakes
of it and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil so they're having you know glorified
pancakes and bread and and they're having all kinds of great food here according to the bible
it's fresh oil so there was nothing wrong with the manna in fact it tasted great is the bible
is describing it just objectively speaking the manna was amazing there was nothing wrong with
the manna but what was the problem is the children of israel complained about just having the manna
they wanted something else they want the cucumbers and the leeks and what does this kind of represent
well they're tying it back to egypt and egypt is a symbol for the world and the pleasures of this
world and the temptation in the christian life is to be unsatisfied with the things of god
and desire that which is of the world say you know what i i'm sick and tired of just the king
jane's bible i'm sick and tired of just church and soul winning and conferences and all these
different things i want some variety in my life i need some cucumbers i need to go out and and
get what the world has to offer i'm not just completely satisfied with what god has for me
i need to change up my diet and so a lot of christians will end up getting backslidden
because they don't want to just eat the manna of god's work and of course that's a label that gets
put on fundamentalists is they'll say they're fuddy duddies where they don't like to have any
fun and they don't like to do the things of the world but really we just don't like sinning we
don't like being of the devil we don't necessarily like supporting the things of this world because
the world is at enmity with god and i'll tell you what that accusation is not true you'll have a lot
of fun serving god there's a lot of excitement there's it's it's it's wonderful and it's fresh
i mean there's new experiences to be had almost every single week in serving god
but people will draw tired and bored with the things of god and they want to try and freshen up
their particular uh lifestyle but we need to be careful not to desire that which is of the world
and and to love not the world and to be satisfied with the things of god and whenever you are
struggling in this area and of course we're all human there's going to be times when we may
desire something else you need to not necessarily vocalize that to other people you need to just be
silent they should have just been silent hey you have that thought man cucumbers sound really good
but you know what i'm not going to discourage the heart of my brethren i'm not going to entice my
brethren with sin and temptation and that which is of the world and try to draw them away with me
i'm just going to be silent on the issue now keep your finger here and go to proverbs chapter number
17 for a moment go to proverbs chapter number 17 and i have just three quick points that i want to
kind of illustrate of what to do when you have this temptation to complain and then i want to
bring up a couple different scenarios but in proverbs chapter 17 and verse 28 the bible gives
us a really good instruction here on just shutting your mouth like what it says verse 28 even a fool
when he holdeth his peace is counted wise and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of
understanding you know if you're not very smart the best thing you can do is just not talk because
whenever you start talking we're going to instantly understand how intelligent you are the wisdom that's
coming out of your mouth and if you're kind of young you're kind of foolish you don't have much
to say you don't know what to say the best course of action many times just to keep your mouth shut
and of course the fools of this world they love to hear themselves talk don't they you look at the
news you look at podcasts you look at celebrities they love to hear their opinion and it's funny
because they never have a unique opinion do they they're just an npc repeating what someone else
already told them to say and they sound like a fool when they end up saying it and so whenever
you're tempted to complain about the things of this world not having them or i'm sick and tired
of church or whatever you need to just be silent you need to not always say everything you think
if you always say everything you think you're going to be a fool no one always has the best
thoughts the right thoughts sometimes you need to kind of mull things over in your brain or just
even think that wasn't something i should say especially teenagers and i'll be honest with you
when i was a teenager i put my foot in my mouth more than one time i said a lot of foolish things
a lot of weird things and i would have been better off just keeping my mouth shut in a lot
of different situations now go if you would back to our text point one is this if if you're tempted
to complain just be silent don't air it out don't say it point number two is that you need to be
satisfied with the things of god take satisfaction in the bible take satisfaction in the things of
god because it truly is fresh oil it may seem like oh man it's another meal of this but then
when you start eating it and chewing on it and consuming it you start realizing well this is
actually really good though i do actually really like this and i'm really enjoying it um you know
there's nothing better than a home-cooked meal and and you know what i often find especially
in 2023 america is the idea sometimes of eating out or going to a restaurant sounds really good
and then you show up and boy is it a disappointment boy you know you get that server
and you're thinking like wow he needs to watch lgbt terrace you know you know you start losing
an appetite just looking at the servers and the workforce and you're kind of thinking like wow
this guy's making my meal and they bring it out and never looks like the billboard i've never
seen mcdonald's look like the billboard folks okay it's way different and that's kind of how
the world is the world will make you think like it's a billboard mcdonald's and then you show up
and you're like what is this what is this cardboard that they're serving me and that's how often the
world is they try to entice you with all this wonderful joy and pleasure and fun but it ends
up just being cardboard at the end of the day meaningless and the home cooked meal was better
anyways it was better for you it cost a lot less too and boy sin will cost you so much more than
you want today it seems like every single restaurant now wants a tip it's like really a taco bell it's
a tip what am i supposed to tip i'm tipping you so you won't shank me like i don't understand why
i would tip i mean it took 25 minutes for fast food and it looks like you just slapped it together
and now i'm supposed to tip you it's like recommended 20 you know you're thinking like
this is taco bell what happened right it always costs more than you thought it's more expensive
the prices keep going up and you know what the same as a sin that it costs a lot more
they're asking for a tip they want to keep you longer than you had they always get your order
wrong and that is not the road that we need to travel we need to head towards the promised land
now look at verse number 13 here in our in our text numbers chapter 11 i want to see what this
happened kind of the impact that we have on complaining and of course every dad in here
that had to drive with their children knows what i'm talking about that complaining can drive you
insane okay now look what it says in verse 13 when should i have flesh to give unto all this
people for they weep unto me saying give us flesh that we may eat this really sounds like children
doesn't it i mean you've been driving and it's just getting close to lunchtime and they'll just
weep like when are we getting lunch are we there yet i mean they're just so quick to get all upset
about the next meal and verse 14 i am not able to bear all this people alone because it is too
heavy for me verse 15 and if thou deal thus with me kill me you know some people say like hey how is
you know being in the ministry and pastoring do you ever have like negative thoughts well you know
moses is like saying kill me and you know think about this moses is arguably one of the greatest
men of god to ever live one of the most famous men to ever live love the lord and yet he was willing
to be killed by god just as a result of complaining and you know what you have a great pastor here
pastor Jimenez who's who's stood up against the enemies of god who's fought the righteous battle
who works tirelessly and ministers and prays but you know what you could destroy him through
complaining you could destroy a godly man you could get a godly man so down and so discouraged
because of you complaining the last thing you want to do is take a great man like moses
who's led you out of egypt and is drawing you under the promised land and get him discouraged
by complaining that's the last thing you want to do is discourage him you need to be satisfied
with the fact that you're no longer a slave in egypt i mean you've been rescued out of egypt
not only that you spoiled the egyptians not only that you got the greatest revenge ever i guarantee
all of us in here one of the greatest things we could ever wish for is to see all of our enemies
lined up in the bottom of a sea and watch the red sea just come crashing in and just them all like
drowning and dying i mean you would be like please anything i will eat pentos and cornbread
to see that you know i will eat mcdonald's to see this you know it's like you would love to see that
they got to see all of these things are going through the wilderness they have this miracle
bread manna yet they find a way to complain and i'll tell you there's always an opportunity to
complain there's always an opportunity to be dissatisfied i mean we live in most one of the
most prosperity prosperity-filled countries prosperous countries in the world we're in
one of the most beautiful areas of the world i mean california beaches are amazing have you
ever been to texas no i'm just kidding now look texas is great but not for the beach okay folks
i mean you got amazing weather here you got all kinds of opportunities here and yet people will
still find a way to complain and you know you need to just be silent you need to be satisfied
and here's the third point you need to be spiritual you need to just be spiritual because
they're not being spiritual when they want this food they're being carnal and keep your finger
here but go if you would to uh proverbs chapter number 13 go to proverbs chapter number 13 for
a moment i want to show you another problem we're going to be going to a lot of proverbs too
if you kind of want to keep just a tab over in the book of proverbs but we need to stop
being so worried about all the carnal things that are going on in this world and and care
about the spiritual things that are going i mean from a spiritual perspective they've made leaps
and bounds they've left egypt they're no longer in servitude to the egyptians they have the
opportunity to serve god they just have the 10 commandments given to them by god from mount
oreb i mean mount cyanide they they have the word of god they're leading the the charge they're
getting the levitical priesthood i mean they have great opportunities to serve god like never before
and yet they're complaining aren't they they've made so much progress they have they have so many
opportunities that the the world is their future and yet they're so concerned with the carnal
aren't they the bible says in proverbs chapter 13 look at verse 25 the righteous eateth to the
satisfying of his soul but the belly of the wicked to want you know if they had just been concerned
with being righteous god would have taken care of them god would have provided food for them
in fact guess where they're headed to the land of milk and honey it well he wasn't leading them to
just have to eat just one diet for the rest of their life they were going to inherit the greatest
portion of the earth at that time all kinds of great substance all kinds of great wealth all
kinds of great food that they could have eaten but they just had to go through that little
temptation that little trial of the wilderness and they found themselves complaining and missing out
on that land in the future go to matthew chapter six go to matthew chapter six but notice according
to the bible the righteous is going to eat to the satisfying of his soul they said their soul was
dried away yet the bible saying that the righteous soul is going to be satisfied and let me tell you
something the things of god are the only things that can satisfy you in this world because as
soon as someone offered them the cucumbers and the leeks and the melons and the fish then they
would have complained about where where's the apples where's the watermelon where's the blueberry
and then they would have eaten everything and they would have been like i'm still not satisfied
because you know what the wicked are never going to be satisfied in this life sin will never
satisfy you in this life the only true satisfaction you can get in this life comes from the word of
god and comes from serving god faithfully that is the only real satisfaction you get and god
constantly reminds us of this point jesus christ himself in matthew chapter number six has you know
some really famous words here but i think they're fitting look at the latter portion of this chapter
look at verse uh let's look let's look at verse 30 wherefore if god so clothe the grass of the
field which today is and tomorrow's cast in the oven shall he not much more clothe you of little
faith therefore take no thought saying what shall we eat now is that any coincidence that in the
book of numbers the children of is there so concerned with what they're gonna eat and then
god brings up in the new testament jesus christ saying hey don't have this thought what shall we
eat yeah that goes back to point one be silent hey you have that stupid thought get rid of it
right be satisfied with what god's already given you and be spiritual is the third point what does
it keep saying in this particular passage it says or what shall we drink or will it shall we be
clothed for after all these things do the gentiles seek for your heavenly father knoweth that you have
need of all these things but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these
things shall be added unto you take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself sufficient unto the day as the evil thereof boy that verse is
true sufficient god god will bring enough uh persecution for you to last in a lifetime you
need to just be worried about serving god stop worrying about all the carnal things stop worrying
about the food stop worrying about the clothes stop worrying about where you're going to live
stop worrying about all these things you know because that's going to give you a temptation
to complain people complain about their food and where they live and their clothes and their house
and their car all the different things of this life and that's what the gentiles are constantly
seeking that's what the gentiles constantly want you know what god wants us to have a different
mindset and to be focused on the things above and seeking first the kingdom of god they were
not seeking first the kingdom of god in the wilderness because then they would have been
eating the man and been satisfied they were thinking you know i want the cucumber i want
some other kind of diet go back to numbers chapter 11 i want to read a few more passages
here before i give you a few applications to think about of course you could you could apply
this sermon to anything and everything there's always a strong temptation to complain at work
on the job family relationships there's there's all kinds of different things that go on you can
just complain about our world you can complain about our state complain about the state of things
complain about it being 2023 america there's a lot of different things you can complain about
and you want to take these principles with you that when you have that temptation be silent
you need to be satisfied and you need to choose to be spiritual now look at verse number 19 here
what does god say god ends up kind of answering this question of what they're going to eat says
verse 19 you shall not eat one day nor two days nor five days neither 10 days nor 20 days but even
a whole month until it come out at your nostrils and it'll be loathsome on to you so they want
this meat and god's like you want it i'll give it to you i'll give you so much meat it'll literally
come out your nose and it'll get to a point where you don't even like it anymore they wanted this
meat so bad and god says fine have it and you know what i think that god sometimes does this to
christians who say i want the world well then god will sometimes give you so much world you'll end
up hating it it'll give you so much world it'll start spewing out of your nostrils like alcohol
like people that decide you know what i'm going to go drink alcohol well pretty soon you might
start spewing that all over it might come through your nostrils and through your mouth and you're
going to look like a fool and idiot and you're going to loathe it you're going to loathe the
things of this world because you know what this world is not satisfactory it's not going to give
you any kind of satisfaction only the things of god look at verse 21 of the moses said the people
among whom i am are 600 000 footmen now i said i will give them flesh that they may eat a whole
month shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them or shall all the fish of the
sea be gathered together for them to suffice them and the lord said unto moses is the lord's hand
waxed short thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not you know it's
kind of crazy to think about all the miracles that these people got to witness and yet they
still doubt the lord at times right i mean you you walk through the red sea you had goshen where
you didn't see uh any kind of evil partake of you all of your cattle were protected against all the
evil plagues you didn't have the darkness which was felt your firstborn were delivered i mean you
saw all these amazing miracles you see the fire of god literally leading you through the wilderness
and then he's like hey i'm gonna give you a bunch of food and you're like well i don't think you do
that right isn't that crazy but that's how people are i mean you think about it you trusted the lord
jesus christ with your soul to not go to hell for all of eternity that's a pretty big decision and
then people are having a hard decision about finances or where to go to church or you know
these things are inconsequential in comparison and you saw the miracle of god's holy spirit
coming inside of you and becoming a child of god and being enlightened with all truth and then
they think well i don't know if i trust that part of the bible though i don't know if that part of
the bible is true you know that's a wicked thought you need to continue to be spiritual
and continue to have faith in god and make sure that you're trusting in the manna he already gave
you you know every day they had to go out there and get that manna it wasn't like a one-time
decision it was a lifestyle decision every day they'd go out there and they could only get one
day's worth and it wouldn't last except for on the sabbath a special miracle magically didn't
bread worms and and didn't stank on the second day and god performed this miracle for a really
long time now to think about it if you had you're in a wilderness with absolutely no food that takes
a lot of faith to not go out and scavenge or look for some kind of option being like well what if
god doesn't deliver but here's the thing god always delivers god always delivers and i'm telling you
there are people today that start to lose faith and they don't think that god is going to deliver
what is a particular application you want to make this this evening is about something i think some
people get afraid that god can deliver on and that is finding a spouse finding a spouse there's a lot
of young single people today that i think that they're complaining about not being able to find
a spouse and they start thinking that god is not able to deliver they think well where where are
we going to get these spouses from i mean if we got every single girl in the new ifb we'd still
be short if we got all the cattle you know hey you know samson called his wife a heifer all right
so don't get too offended i mean all right but he's like hey where where are we going to get all
these women from but you know what god is able to deliver god is able to provide in this situation
go to proverbs chapter 18 and you know it makes me upset when i hear all these singles complaining
about finding a spouse you know why it makes me upset because you know they're really complaining
against god you're complaining against god when you're saying where well we're all these you know
women where all these men where all these people well you know what the bible tells us that spouses
are from god and the bible gives us instruction about how to find them look what it says in
proverbs chapter 18 verse 22 who so findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtaineth favor of
the lord so notice according to the bible in this context it's talking about a man searching for a
wife it's saying he has to go and find one he actually has to put some effort and some energy
into finding it and when they find one notice what the bible attaches this to it says that they
obtained favor of the lord meaning that god had a hand in them getting this spouse look at the
next chapter and look at verse 14 it's getting even clearer house and riches are the inheritance
of fathers and a prudent wife is from the lord notice who the wife is coming from it's coming
from god so when people are saying oh i don't have anyone to marry i can't get a wife you know
they're really accusing they're accusing god of not giving them that wife or giving them that spouse
and you know what that is a wicked idea you're complaining against god and you're saying oh where
are we going to get all these things well number one you need to just be silent because every guy
that complains about not finding women every guy loses respect for them you know i never think
like wow that guy's you know enrique suave you know a chad he can't find any women show me the
guy in the bible that was amazing that couldn't find women it seems like solomon didn't have that
problem did he it seemed like david didn't really have a problem finding women did he it seems like
the men of the bible they their problem was finding too many women okay it wasn't the fact
that they couldn't find one it was the fact that what you know what they uh obviously were looking
they were trying they were striving i mean when david wants a wife he has to get 200 foreskins
you're complaining how many foreskins have you had to gather for your wife right but this is a guy
that's taking some strong initiative some strong will and he's going out there and looking for
this young damsel and whom he can marry and look at this chapter we're still here in chapter or go
back to chapter 18 for a moment and look at verse 24 notice what the bible says a man that hath
friends must show himself friendly how about this if you want a girlfriend how about you show
yourself friendly you know girls pick up on a lot of things really quickly and if you're awkward
they may not want to be your friend you know how you get a girlfriend be friendly to them
be kind to them be nice under them go and and try to get one and of course don't blame god
for your awkwardness you know fix yourself first right try to be friendly first the bible isn't
saying you know if you don't have friends that god why don't i have any friends he's saying well
be friendly you want to have some friends then end up being friendly and you can have some
you know you want a girlfriend be friendly under girls and that will give you the opportunity to
get a girlfriend but let me tell you something you need to be silent on this issue because even
though i don't have any respect for you you know there's even less respect than me women no girl
wants to say like man this guy's been complaining about how hard it is to find women i'm so into
that you know i just love the way he trashes women and talks about how hard it is to find a good one
and man that just really makes me interested in this guy no no they lose all respect for a guy
that's complaining about how hard it is to get women you know there's something innate in women
they they want to feel like they're this lofty prize being striven for not just consolation
option of just like well i guess you know well if i have to is that the best i can get you know
it's they want to feel pursued and desired and like this guy actually wants to be with them
and i'm telling you guys the worst thing you can do for yourself is to complain about how hard it
is to get women that's not going to win you any prizes we don't respect it the women don't respect
it and god does not like it either stop complaining be silent on that particular issue now i'll give
you a little bit of advice if you're young you're single in this or in this room and you desire to
be married you know what if you're a young guy you should approach every girl that you find
attractive every single girl that you find attractive you should go and you should be
friendly to her and let me tell you a little secret you only have to find it's you know it's
not solemn we're not looking for a thousand here you only have to find one okay be friendly and
of course you know you actually have to put some effort seek one go out and look for don't think
that she's going to come and knock on your door and give you the gospel and you'll get married
brother sagura already got married okay and you know anything about brothers here his wife literally
knocked on his door win soul winning and that's one of the first times he got introduced to her
that was a miracle folks okay if you're thinking that's going to happen to you you're going to
wait a long time okay but you know i'll tell you something about brother's girl he was seeking god
at that point in his life he was showing up at church putting himself in uncomfortable situation
dragging people to church interested in god and then bam soul-winning wife material i mean that's
incredible okay you know that guy's blessed right not every day that happens and you young ladies
you think like you know what i can knock on the next door and i can get some young handsome man
that's interested in you know and god hey i'm so winning is where it's at folks okay you need to
get out there and find somebody right how about this how about just pray to god for a spouse
i mean if you you really think that god of the universe can't give you a spouse
i mean have you ever looked at this room there's plenty of men and women in this room
where do you think we all met each other you know god gave us all spouses god blessed me
with a wonderful spouse that i have and you know what i know that god can do it again and again
and again because god doesn't ever run out god always has a supply god always can rain manna
from heaven god can always multiply the bread god can always multiply the fishes he has the power of
exponential multiplication don't lose faith in god in 2023 america and you say well yeah but
there's a lot of horus women out there okay don't marry them that was pretty easy wasn't it check
mark don't marry any of them i'll tell you what even in today i still personally believe it's
easier to get married than it's ever been before because number one there's more people on the
planet than ever before there's more opportunity number two you have tools like the internet you
have this great option pastor jimenez is bringing the mana to you with new ib singles he's literally
just offering this unto you you have all kinds of opportunities to go to conferences and visit
churches and travel everywhere people are out and about you have i mean it's never been easier to
meet different kinds of people today and you know what when you start making accusations about how
hard it is i feel like you're just accusing god because go back 500 years when you lived in some
small little town and tell me how easy it was to find women there was just the one you know it was
like i mean every guy wanted the one chick that came into the town square right i mean it was a
lot harder to meet people find people and of course today you know we don't want to have this
accusation against god because ultimately you know it's just it's misguided and i think what happens is
because of so much rejection it sometimes even causes young men to get bitter and start becoming
a woman hater the worst thing don't don't become a woman hater you know women are wonderful a wife is
a great thing there's a there's this movement out there that's trying to get men to stop getting
married that is bad advice that is horrible advice for young men the best thing that young men can do
that desire a wife is to get married young and rejoice with the wife of his youth and you'll
never regret you know the only regret i have about marrying my wife is it took too long i should have
married her sooner you know what i was blessed with a great woman you know if you have this
great woman in your life that's marriage material what are you waiting for put a ring on it you know
like why are you just waiting and waiting i mean get some home-cooked meals all right what are you
waiting about and i've noticed that the guys that are constantly complaining about not getting or
about girls not being good is just because they can't get one right just like pastors complaining
about the red hot preaching conference is just because they weren't invited you know they're
just envious of it right go through to judges chapter number 14 go to judges chapter number 14
but obviously you know when people are just hating on a particular subject it's just because they're
envious or they're having a bad attitude there's nothing wrong with women today it's not like you
know there wasn't problems in the old testament it's not that you know being married is the
easiest thing in the world obviously it's work obviously marrying a sinner comes with its
consequences but let me tell you something my wife is the best relationship i have on this planet
it's my best friend and i love her and it's the greatest relationship i have and ever will have
and for other people to miss out on that would be a great travesty to them and i don't want you to
go down that road i want you if you desire marriage to get married and we're trying to
encourage you to stop complaining about it and do something about it you know just get silent stop
talking about it and be satisfied with the fact that god is giving you a lot of options out there
there is options out there it's just a lot of times people just don't want what's out there
they want the cucumbers and the melons and all you don't want that you know the world offers
all kinds of horrible options out there and i think because of the internet it's kind of
a two-edged sword it's caused a lot of young single guys to end up desiring the wrong thing
now there's a man in the bible that struggled with this look at judges chapter 14 verse 1 and
samson went down to timnath and saw a woman in timnath of the daughters of the philistines and
he came up and told his father and his mother and said i've seen a woman in timnath of the
daughters of the philistines now therefore get her for me to wife then his father and his mother said
on him is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren or among all my people that thou
goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised philistines and samson said on his father
get her for me for she pleaseth me well notice he's never talked to this chick he's never been
around this chick but you know what he saw her tiktok profile and he thought like oh man that's
the kind of woman that i want hey dad how do you hook me up with one of these instagram models
but let me tell you something about tiktok and instagram it's fake it's fake you know what there's
a lot of fakeness going on in this world today a lot of filters all kinds of makeup and all kinds
of weird things that are going on and you know what i think that sometimes people have this idea in
their head they see the mcdonald's billboard but let me tell you something it's fake there's never
been a burger that's ever existed that looked like that and you get this appetite for something
that's not even real you need to get in the you need to get there in person actually talk to the
person man to man man to woman and talk to them and see them and you know what you will be attracted
to lots of people but i think a lot of men are ruining themselves by getting attracted to
something that doesn't even exist or just something from afar that looks good but you know what if you
talk to her if you've been around you realize this is a bad option she's not loyal she's not faithful
she's not someone that's going to keep secrets she's not someone that's going to trust in me and love
me and you know attractiveness for a woman is a lot more than just physical appearance because
you know sometimes you see a woman and she opens her mouth and she just instantly looks uglier
like hillary clinton i don't even know i don't even know it's already pretty bad let's just be
honest you know aoc boy does that thing look like a mule when it starts opening its mouth
and i'm telling you you know there's a lot more to attractiveness and you can actually become more
attracted to your spouse over time as getting to know them and loving them and appreciating them
but sometimes men they just want this this idea of the internet and it's a lie it's fake it's not
real it's not sincere it doesn't really exist and they're chasing something that doesn't exist
they have unrealistic goals and they fall in love with photoshop and filters instead of actually
women don't fall in love with photoshop don't fall in love with the internet fall in love with a real
person with a real soul with a real personality and get around real people and don't get this
attitude of like the only thing that matters is how attractive she is physically no how about
someone that's saved how about someone that actually loves god you know of course if you're
not attracted to someone i don't recommend dating them or marrying them but at the same time you
should never date someone that's not saved don't don't get involved and start getting serious with
someone that's not even saved i mean make sure that they're safe obviously if you want to date
them by getting them saved like hey i'm going to give you the gospel until you get saved but
you know you don't want to get in wrapped and develop a relationship with someone
that isn't even a good option for you to get saved or to be to be spiritual and of course that's the
third point you want to be silent and stop complaining about women those that are single
you want to be satisfied with the options that god has and not have to go seek to the philistines
and number three you need to be spiritual and just be serious about serving god be patient and pray
work hard i mean jacob had to admittedly work pretty hard in order to get his wife but you know
what after he got her according to the bible that seven years was just as a few days to him it just
seemed like nothing and of course you know there's nothing wrong with waiting for the right person to
marry and i'm not trying to encourage you to just marry someone just to marry someone but you know
when you are attracted to them you're jealous for them they're saved you know there's no reason to
just wait you need to pull the trigger because sometimes you'll wait and then the options get
worse over time the options don't get better they get worse and i don't want people to necessarily
regret this because they have this unrealistic goal they're looking on tiktok and you know tiktok
won't age but you will they're just going to keep putting 18 year olds up and 19 year olds up on
tiktok you know but guess what you're going to keep getting older every single year and you want
to make sure that you are seeking for the wife that god has for you and i think that you should
try if you want to get married to get married young i mean the bible says rejoice with the wife
about youth there's nothing wrong with getting married young and being with them at that time
go through the proverbs 21 go back to proverbs this kind of is related to my second application
i want to make but after you actually get married there's another temptation to then start complaining
about your spouse that you have and of course the honeymoon phase it's very easy that's why it's
called the honeymoon phase what is the honeymoon phase it's not a specific timeline it's just when
marriage was easy and for some people that's five minutes for some people that's five years
right so it could be all over the map but every relationship is going to experience a honeymoon
phase where it's easier it's more exciting you kind of it's not that difficult there's a lot less
to complain about you kind of overlook a lot of the issues and the reality is in a relationship
you'll kind of get to a point where there's a strong temptation to start complaining about
your spouse i'll say this you should never complain about your spouse you say what do
you mean by that i mean in public and private to them to your family members the worst thing
you can do in your relationship is to complain and talk negatively about your spouse you should
just never do it when you have those thoughts you need to just silence your mind and get rid of
those thoughts and not get placed under the devil it it's a bad road because it's very easy to think
a lot of negative things or positive things about your spouse don't let yourself go down the negative
train because you chose you stood before god and you've made a vow that you're going to love them
no matter what for better for worse and let me tell you something love is not reciprocating good
for good it's reciprocating good for evil it's saying i'm going to love you and think positive
about you and want to do good for you even when you don't deserve it having a bad day or i don't
like it and yet a lot of people will constantly complain about their spouse and they'll get to
a point where they stop remembering the good and it's very easy to do you can if you just start
having negative thoughts it goes down a dark road and you get to a point where you just you can't
even think of anything positive about anymore you're so focused on the negative and the bible says
in proverbs 21 look at verse 9 it is better to dwell in a corner of the house top than with a
brawling woman in a white house you know the last thing any man wants is just to be around a woman
constantly arguing and fighting with them and challenging every single thing that he says and
does and just getting on his case you know what men don't want to marry a mother they want to marry
a wife we left mom we said bye mom i'll call you on mother's day you know what they want they want
a wife they want a cheerleader and let me tell you something cheerleaders are only positive
isn't that crazy i mean you're you're terrible you're losing the game you've never won you can't
even see scored for the other team and they cheered that's the essence of and you know that's what men
want you know what they don't want is to brawl with someone they didn't marry a dude okay they
want to be married to a wife to a woman that's going to love them and appreciate them and be
positive and and you know we're sensitive we need you to constantly encourage us okay look at
Proverbs 21 verse 19 it is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry
woman men would rather have physical hardship than just to have their wife nag them it's just it's
just so difficult and you want to know why it's because the man is so strong and all we do is
think about how to solve problems and we can't solve this problem because we can't beat you up
okay we can't we're not going to smack you in a submission and yet you know you're so good with
words often sometimes you can't really even compete and women can spin everything negative
they're like media analysts or something just everything can be spun into a negative light
if they want to and they can be mad about everything i guess that's why there's so many
women news anchors apparently or faggots you know that's the two people that spin everything
negatively right and so as a man you just you're just like so enraged because you have no way to
solve that problem you're just thinking like i right it's just like i just rather be in the
literal wilderness burning and whatever because he's like i can build a shelter you know i can
set up a cooler can build a man cave he starts like inventing it but it's like in this situation
he's just like he's so just exhausted he just wants to get away and you know women will think
like man i'm just so sick and tired of my husband not hanging out with me i'll just nag him into
hanging out with me that will never work that is a vicious cycle the worst thing you can do
is to try and brawl and be contentious and nag him into doing the things that you want it's just not
how relationships work and you win more flies over with honey you know you want your husband
to be around you don't complain you want him to get away from you as fast as possible complain
and the bible is really clear on this particular subject go to proverbs 5 go to proverbs 5 you
know if you really want more in your relationship instead of complaining you know you know you're
supposed to do give them what they want now that sounds tough especially when you're mad
when you're upset with them you know what you give them what they want and that is how you're
going to get the reaction that you want just like god first loved us and then we decide to choose
to love him back and of course the same is in a marriage that you need to choose to love your
spouse first give them everything they want if you're mad at your spouse this is my challenge
for you give them exactly what they want you're like now i'm gonna take it away right i'm gonna
be mad i'm gonna be cold i'm gonna be bitter no no no the best thing you can do is give him exactly
what he wants now here's the thing every woman in here already knows exactly what he wants and i'm
just saying give that to him it'll fix your relationship and if you as a man are upset with
your wife you know you give her exactly what she wants and you know what it is it's to know each
other because women just want to sit and talk and get to know each other and men according to first
corinthian 7 they just want to know their wife so i'm telling you when you know what to give them
you give it to them and it'll fix your relationship but you know what will not fix your relationship
is complaining men complaining about their wives will not give them what they want they don't like
it when you start complaining they're thinking like you're kind of like a woman and when women
are complaining they want to get away and it won't fix your relationship you need to just be
satisfied with the spouse that you have and give them what they want and then you could hope for
or pray and ask God that they'll give you a reciprocal love and affection look at what says in
Proverbs chapter 5 verse 18 let thy fountain be blessed and rejoiced with the wife of thy youth
let her be as the loving hind and pleasant row let her breast satisfy thee at all times and be
thou ravished always with the love the Bible is telling us that we should be satisfied with our
spouses we should let them satisfy us and of course you need to do your part first satisfy them first
if you want to be satisfied but what has happens in most relationships is they think oh i might
give them what they want if they give me what i want first this is a bad dark road to go down
don't go down this road just decide you know what i'm going to satisfy them with everything that
they want and that is how you're going to have the best relationship that you could possibly have
go to colossians chapter number three go to colossians chapter number three but a lot of
people they go down the dark road they stop trying to satisfy their spouse they stop trying to give
with their spouse what they want they just complain and complain and complain and then they end up
getting divorced and you know what's interesting is what as soon as someone gets divorced you know
what they end up doing they start working out cleaning themselves up and they start treating
someone that they're dating really nice and giving them everything they want and i'm thinking like
why didn't you just try that in your marriage you know people get all upset about their relationship
and then it's thinking like well go look at your wedding day photos okay and you're thinking like
wow okay why don't you start working on yourself like you would if you were back on the market
and isn't it sad that people will get divorced and then they'll work on themselves for a stranger
that they may not even get married to but they wouldn't do it for the spouse that married them
already it's like the person that if you're going to doll yourself up and and and work and improve
on your body and yourself to be the best version of yourself wouldn't you want to do that for your
spouse you know we need to get couples to start dating each other again husbands should start
dating their wives and wives should start dating their husbands instead of complaining and i'll
tell you the amount of time i've been in the ministry probably the biggest issue i see taking
people out of church is marriage problems marriage problems where a spouse is dragging the person out
or ruining their life or causing them all kinds of issues and it just seems like it's a common theme
that bad marriages result in people being less spiritual serving god less it affects them very
negatively it hurts the children it hurts the whole family and i'm telling you what we need
to have strong marriages in the new ifb the whole world is just divorcing and remarrying like crazy
and it ought not so be in god's house it ought not be in the new ifb we need to get these kids
married young and be faithful till death do us part and let me tell you something you know how
you're gonna do that never complain stop complaining don't complain be silent be satisfied and be
spiritual now the bible tells us how to be spiritual in colossians it gives us some advice as husbands
give me a second to turn there colossians chapter 3 look at verse verse 19 husbands love your wives
and be not bitter against them meaning what is bitterness they did something wrong and you're
upset about it instead of continuing to be upset about that love them which is exactly what i said
give them exactly what they want say like oh my wife isn't doing what i want she's not making me
the meal that i like and she's not helping around the house and she's not doing you know the things
that i like okay we'll give her more attention give her more time sit down with her love on her
and vice versa ladies if you want your husband to spend more time with you talk sweetly to him if
you want him to not want to spend time with you nag him and complain and make fun of him and just
attack him verbally brawl with him constantly and yeah he'll have no desire to want to hang out with
you look at first peter chapter 3 go to first peter chapter number three and the bible saying
the spiritual thing to do men is to not be bitter to get over it and just love your wife anyways
and let's be honest you sin worse against god than she did against you and if god's constantly
forgiving you why can't you forgive your wife let things go she obviously doesn't mean what she says
okay she's pregnant whatever right i mean women are going to do things that upset you it's okay
they're women and there's no reason to just get bitter against them and to hate them and to have
this woman hating attitude that so many men have today no no you need to love and appreciate the
woman that god has given you the bible says her price is far above rubies your wife can be the
greatest thing in your life but you got to put effort and energy into it and you ladies if your
husband is not necessarily being the best husband has shortcomings you should still choose to be
spiritual too look at verse one likewise he wives be in subjection your own husbands that if any
obey not the word they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wise while they
behold your chase conversation coupled with fear who's adorning let it not be that outward adorning
of plating the hair of wearing of gold or putting on apparel but let it be the hidden man of the
heart in that which is not corrupt even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in
the sight of god a great price so according to the bible it's not a contentious brawling woman it's
one who's meek and quiet that fits in with our point one silent right not complaining all the
time quiet number two that she's satisfied with her spouse even if he's not perfect and number
three that she's choosing to be spiritual like sarah is the example here in the bible and i'll
tell you what god thinks of it as being a great price but those that are constantly complaining
about what god has given them you know what god gets so angry in the old testament he destroyed
them he destroyed them i want to go to one more place go to first crenthians chapter three i have
one last application i want to make here and and that is people not just complaining about
marriage or relationships but people that will complain about church they might even
complain about a conference like the red hot preaching conference and be like man it was hot
It's called the Red Hot Preaching Conference, folks.
What do you think Pastor Amina is going to bring 60 degrees in here?
You know, and chill you out? No, no, no.
It's going to be HOT, right?
Don't complain.
Don't complain about a con...
I mean, if you're coming to the Red Hot Preaching Conference and you're complaining,
you're missing out.
I mean, you're going to complain about the manna from heaven, too?
I mean, what are you going to complain about?
One of the greatest opportunities, one of the greatest churches,
one of the greatest pastors, one of the greatest conferences,
and then you're going to complain about it.
You know what? That's wicked.
It would be wicked to have such an attitude, but you know, people do that.
The bathroom lines were too long.
Yeah.
Oh, the seating was really full.
Oh, Pastor Shelley preached way too long.
You know, just be like Pastor Anderson and come under me and say,
"Pastor Shelley, I liked all three of your sermons this evening."
"Oh, I had to sit by some weirdo."
You know, sorry.
It's like, "Oh, where's the ping-pong competition?"
Well, I guess they're just tired of winning, okay?
You know, no one's going to beat Brother Noah, all right?
He's a kid, and he's still kicking our butts, right?
They say, "Oh, when are you going to feed me?"
You know, isn't that what the children of Israel are saying?
"Hey, get the cucumbers at the store, okay?"
You're not coming to Red Hot Preaching Conference for cucumbers.
You're coming from the manna.
You're coming for the fresh oil.
You're coming for the Holy Spirit.
You're coming to be anointed by God.
You're not coming here to enjoy it physically.
You're coming here to enjoy it spiritually.
Be spiritual!
Be silent, be satisfied, and be spiritual!
This is one of the greatest things that's ever happened in your life.
Don't complain about it!
That doesn't make any sense!
People do this, won't they?
They'll even go back home and they'll complain about their church.
They'll start comparing their church.
But you know what?
All of the pastors here represented in all their churches
are amazing churches.
Yet people will go back and they'll complain about it
because it's not verity.
We don't have three piano players playing at the same time on a banjo.
It's like, okay, well, you know what?
Sing "Nothing But the Blood" as loud as you can, alright?
While the 10-year-old plays from Pastor Anderson's music book, okay?
You know what?
Be silent on that issue.
Don't complain about it.
Don't complain about your church.
I mean, of course, you come here,
there's a lot of opportunity and temptation to compare
and be like, "We don't have an orchestra like that one."
No one does, okay?
You know?
It's like, "We don't have a cool poster like that one."
You know? "Where's our poster?"
It's like, get over it.
Don't complain about everything in life.
Think about how many people live in this world
and they don't have a new IFB church near them.
And they're actually satisfied with the church
the lame church are going to.
They're actually not complaining about the church they're going to.
And you know what's a bad testimony for the new IFB?
It's all the people that go to some other Baptist church
that's not necessarily one of our friends
and they're constantly complaining about their church.
You know what? It makes me think that they're a bad person
when they're complaining about their church.
I don't have a lot of respect for those people.
And you know, Pastor Anderson and Pastor Minnis,
when you hear them talk about their previous church experiences,
they're always praising it and talking highly of it,
talking about all the good that they got out of it.
They're not just sitting here complaining and ragging on everybody else.
You know, it's a wicked attitude to constantly complain.
"Oh, this church is too big" or "this church is too small."
Get over yourself.
You know, what's the perfect church size?
Who knows?
I put out a poll on this and it was like all over the map.
People like 30 person size church, some people like 500 plus church.
You know, it's all over the map on what people like.
But you know what? If it's not what you like,
shut up. No one cares.
No one wants to hear and you complaining doesn't help grow the church or anyways.
You know, there's a lot of small churches that are amazing churches.
You know, Verity Baptist Church wasn't this big when it started
and it was still an amazing church when it started.
People say, oh, well, there's not enough for my kids at the church.
You want them eating cucumbers during this?
I mean, what do you want?
You want them to go get molested by a pedophile in the kids program?
I mean, what do you people have the wrong motivations are coming to church.
It's not a babysitter, folks.
A lot of people just come to church.
I went to a church where people literally they just dropped off their kids.
They didn't go to church.
They're just bringing it as a literal babysitter.
And it's like those are the type of people that call like, what do you have for my kid?
It's like that should not be the first question when you're looking for a church.
What kind of kids programs do they have?
People will complain about the fact that they don't have the awesome thanksgiving events like First Works.
And I'll be honest, I've seen the pictures. It looks amazing.
They're like, where's our Thanksgiving event, Pastor Shelley?
It's in Orange County.
Have fun. See you later.
You know, why does church have to be so far from my house?
Move.
You know, I don't, it's just silly.
People will complain about everything.
Oh, church is too close to my house.
You know, you can't, you can't win with anybody.
Well, when are we gonna have Red Hot?
You're not.
Come to Verity.
Join Verity Baptist Church and then you can have Red Hot, right?
It's like, oh, well their lady's tea was so much more amazing.
Okay, why are you complaining about all the free stuff?
It's interesting how people get all this free stuff and they always complain about it, don't they?
Oh, Faithward Baptist Church gives powerades out for soul winning.
It's 120 degrees, folks.
They always like to cherry pick the convenient truth, right?
It's like, powerade, 120 degrees.
And the breeze actually feels like a blow dryer.
It's weird.
It's like, usually you think wind, good.
It's like wind, whoa, what is this?
You know, they like to cherry pick all of the things that they think are so amazing.
Oh, I wish my pastor did this.
Shut up!
No one cares.
And God is mad at you.
You really think that God is pleased when you're complaining about Pastor Menes?
You really think that God likes it when you're complaining about Pastor Thompson?
You really think that God is pleased when you're complaining about your pastor?
The man of God is praying for you and loving you and serving you and ministering unto you?
You really think God liked it when they complained about Moses and being out in the wilderness?
No, he killed them.
We need to take these things seriously and not take for granted all the wonderful blessings that God has given us.
And I'll tell you something, we have a great opportunity to be tempted to complain but we should be silent.
We should be satisfied with what God has given us and we need to be spiritual.
Now a faith word has every DVD.
Well, go load up, okay?
You know, and Brothers and Girls will give you a back massage while he's at it or something, you know, I don't know.
But you know, it's actually wicked to compare churches and to compare pastors and to compare preachers.
The Bible tells us, look at 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 1,
"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
I fed you with milk and not with meat, for hitherto you were not able to bear it.
Neither yet now are you able, for you are yet carnal.
For as there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are you not carnal and walk as men?"
So according to the Bible, when you're comparing preachers or comparing pastors or comparing churches
and you start complaining about it, you're just carnal.
You're not right with God. God doesn't like it.
God doesn't care about your opinion. Just shut up. Just get on the program.
You know, enjoy the things that you enjoy about the church and the things that you don't.
Never tell anyone. And just stop complaining.
And of course, the children of Israel, they were not satisfied with the manna.
What is the manna? It's the Bible. Let me tell you something.
Every single one of my friends and every single pastor in the new IB,
you know what they dish out every single Sunday and Wednesday and Thursday?
This. And you know what? You're not coming to church for their personality.
You're coming to church for the King James Bible.
You're coming to church for the Word of God.
You're coming to the Red Hot Preaching Conference from the manna which came down from heaven.
The Lord Jesus Christ himself, the Bible.
And let me tell you something, it doesn't matter the messenger.
It's the Bible that we're here gathered together for anyways.
Why are you so carnal, worried about how it's delivered?
Why don't you just eat the fresh oil and the manna that God gave you?
Stop complaining about the manna.
Because you know what? When you complain about the manna, God will stop giving it to you.
God wants to lead you into a land flowing with milk and honey.
It's in due time.
And while you're going through that wilderness, enjoy the manna and don't complain.
Let's close in prayer.
Thank you, Heavenly Father, for giving us the Word of God.
Thank you for giving us the King James Bible.
I pray that as we go our separate ways and as we enjoy this conference this week,
if we struggle with temptation to complain or be dissatisfied,
that we would just keep our mouths shut.
That we would realize that we have a wonderful gift here, the King James Bible.
It doesn't matter the messenger or the man or the personality.
We can enjoy the Bible for the Bible itself.
And I pray that you would just help us all to choose to be spiritual.
Today, tomorrow, this week, and as we go back to our places,
that we continue to be spiritual and that we wouldn't complain about the world.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.