TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Morning Manna - October 9, 2025 - Proverbs 14:8-10 - Examining Our Way, Guarding Our Hearts

Episode Date: October 9, 2025

In today’s Morning Manna, we reflect on Proverbs 14:8–10, where Solomon contrasts the prudence of the wise who carefully examine their steps with the folly of those who live by self-deceit. We are warned that fools make light of sin, but the righteous find favor by treating guilt seriously and seeking reconciliation. Finally, we’re reminded that the deepest sorrows and highest joys of the heart are known only to the individual—and to God who searches all hearts. These verses call us to live with discernment, reverence, and trust in the Lord who alone fully knows our inner life.Teachers: Rick Wiles and Doc BurkhartYou can partner with us by visiting FaithandValues.com, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 399 Vero Beach, FL 32961.MEGA FIRE reveals the ancient recurring cycles of war and economic collapse that have shaped history for 600 years. These patterns predict America is now entering its most dangerous period since World War II. Get your copy today!www.megafire.worldGet high-quality emergency preparedness food today from American Reserves!www.AmericanReserves.comIt’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today!www.Amazon.com/Final-DayApple users, you can download the audio version on Apple Books!www.books.apple.com/final-dayPurchase the 4-part DVD set or start streaming Sacrificing Liberty today.www.Sacrificingliberty.com

Good morning, everybody. Welcome to this Thursday edition of Morning Manna. We're delighted to have you with us today, wherever you are in the world, to study the Word of God with us. So we are in the 14th chapter of the book of Proverbs. And yesterday, we started at verse 6. We were going to get at verse 6 to 10, but we only made it through verse 6 and 7. So we'll pick up today at verses 8, 9, and 10.

We'll look at the time to see whether we can go any further. But we're going to begin with verse 8 where we left off yesterday. Let's pray, Father God, Father, our wonderful, holy, blessed Father, we just magnify you and glorify you and exalt you in your greatness, and your Majesty. Father, thank you for giving us your son, who is the Word. And thank you for giving us the Holy Bible, which is the written word. We desire to know your ways, to obey your ways, and to please you. So Holy Spirit, take charge of this morning man a Bible lesson and teach us our Father's Word for the glory of His Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Morning Manna. It's the 8 o'clock hour here on the East Coast, and we are live right now. If you're tuned in with us, and we generally have several hundred people, usually about three to 400 people every day that tune in to Morning Manna to learn from the Word of God, not to learn from Rick or Doc, but to learn from Jesus through the Word.

And we want to give a greeting to our friends around the world, to Lena and Australia, to Rakaku in Japan, to Rachel and Malaysia, to Rosanna in Brazil, to Tim and Russia, and to all our friends at all points in between around the world and across the U.S. and Canada, good morning. We are in Chapter 14 of Proverbs today. Continue our study. We're going to begin our study today, focusing on three verses. We may do more than that later on, but let's work on verses. 8 through 10 this morning. Proverbs chapter 14 8 through 10 I'm reading from the King James this morning. The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way

but the folly of fools is deceit. Fools make a mock at sin but among the righteous there is favor. Verse 10 the heart knoweth his own bitterness and a stranger does not intermeddle

with his joy. God bless the reading of his word as we continue our study in Proverbs 14 today. Okay. Verse 8. King James, the wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit. The Septuagin says,

The wisdom of the prudent will understand his own ways, but the folly of fools leads them astray. prudent. What's it mean to be a prudent person? It's a person who has moral awareness, who self-examines themselves, has foresight, not living in just a now moment, but has an awareness or recognition of history and the future. and how the present is shaped by the past and how the future is being shaped by today. Amen. The prudence. When I think of prudence, I think of an individual that's not driven by an emotional response to everything that happens, whether it's good or bad, but they're even in their temperament. That's they approach all situations with the same circumspectness.

you know not being driven by fear or by excitement or anything else but based upon a sure foundation and of course for us as believers that sure foundation is the word of god and so that's what i think of when i think of prudence rate good yeah that's a good definition doc if if um today is heavily influenced by yesterday then tomorrow Tomorrow is heavily influenced by today. So today, each of us is making history in some form. We are forming, shaping tomorrow, just as yesterday's shaped today. So a prudent person thinks about that and says, I've got to be wise, I have to be careful about the things I'm doing day the things I'm saying because it's shaping tomorrow to understand his way the wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way to understand his way

to understand his way means to consider now understand his way w a h excuse me w a y and then the other way w e i g h so it means to weigh to discern to evaluate your course of life before god to evaluate it to understand your way the prudent understands his way It means that you're reflective. You're not impulsive. I see so many people who are impulsive. It's just make a decision. Do it.

They react to circumstances, to whatever's happening to them at the moment. Impulsiveness. But the prudent person is reflective. Thinks, ponderes. considers their way and what's taking place around them that the prudent person lives deliberately examines their own motives ponders their direction thinks about the consequences And so the prudent man or woman ask, doesn't ask just merely what works,

but the prudent man or woman asks the question, what honors God? Amen. What does God desire? What is God's will? Psalm 119, verse 59. I thought on my ways and turn my feet unto thy testimonies. The psalmist said, I thought about my ways and I turned my feet to your testimonies. Praise God.

When we consider our ways, you ponder, reflect on your own ways, the prudent person, the wise person says, I've got to make adjustments. to fit god's god's will his plan but the folly of fools is deceit the sad thing here with fools is that not only their words deceive others but they deceive themselves the number one deceived person in the life of a deceiver is the deceiver. Their folly deceives themselves. Their entire outlook is built on illusion. They live by reaction rather than reflection.

I see hints of narcissism. in this verse because a narcissus has a false self they're self-deceived yes their entire persona is a false self they've created a false self to hide their true self they don't like their true self they don't they're afraid others will see their true self and so they build a false self

a false persona and one of the reasons narcissists attack others is to denigrate them to tear them down the reason that they're tearing down their victim they choose a victim a prey

and they tear that person down is by tearing down that other person in their minds they're lifting themselves up in their sad twisted minds the only way they can lift themselves up is to tear down somebody else right so once again that's self-deception too you're not rising

you're just bringing someone else down to your deception but in their mind in their mind it's an illusion their entire outlaw their entire outlook on life is an illusion they live by reaction not reflection so self-deception is more than deliberate fraud that the fools lie first to themselves then to others and unfortunately most of them are pretty good at it yes because they don't understand they they first

fooled themselves it gets really deep and dark doesn't it yes it gets dark very deep and very dark that there are millions of people who

are so broken so twisted so mentally emotionally deformed Right. And there's never any self-reflection. There's always outward reflection. It's always someone else's, you blame someone else for what's happening in your life. And quick to analyze, quick to analyze and judge others.

Right. But never turn that magnifying glass on themselves. No, that's when you'll see the explosion of anger. Right. Because then they're faced with the reality of the situation that's, they are found wanting. Doc, for the narcissist, their greatest fear is to be seen as they are. I can understand that, yeah. That's their greatest fear. They're afraid somebody will see beyond their false self and see their real self.

Yes. So the fool believes that his way is right, because, He never pauses to test it. Sin clouds their judgment, pride blinds their conscience, and therefore folly perpetuates itself in a cycle of delusion. Their sin clouds their judgment. their pride blinds their conscience and so they just stay trapped in this cycle of self-delusion yes it's a willful preference for illusion over truth this is why psychologists and therapists will tell you

it's almost impossible to reform a hardcore narcissists especially a covert passive aggressive narcissism if you go further down the scale a covert passive aggressive malignant narcissist when they reach that level malignant narcissists most therapists will just say sorry my office is closed today as they know you can't reach them How did they get that way? Through self-willful self-deception. They created an illusion that they declared to be the truth.

Doc, you know what the Bible says about people who choose to believe a lie. Choose to believe a lie. That's always a profound statement in the Word of God. Have you ever thought about They choose to believe a lie about themselves Right They believe that their false self is real They choose to believe a lie

And because people choose to believe a lie God sends a delusion to them At some point the Lord says You've made a decision you have no interest in changing at all you have chosen to believe a lie I'm going to send a delusion to you and you'll be trapped inside your false self

Debbie asked a question why are they so afraid of truth Rick what are your thoughts on that why are they so afraid of truth they're afraid of because of the hurt the pain in their life they're afraid they don't desire anybody to see how broken they are how deficient they are

they're afraid of transparency transparency terrifies them most of it goes back to childhood to childhood traumas they created this false illusion as a child And they've lived it. They've built it over years. And the most terrifying thing is somebody saying, I don't believe that's you. I believe you're hiding you. And they can't be open and transparent and say,

you're right. Inside, I'm a mess. Inside, I'm a scared little kid. They just can't do it. They're terrified. They're terrified. And that's when they're attacking people. if they can if they can attack others they're not being attacked right in their mind the best way

the best defense is an offense if i'm constantly attacking others i'm not going to be attacked that's the way they think it's sad Obviously, it begins, the fear of the Lord is beginning of wisdom. But there must be self-knowledge under divine light. Folly begins with self-deception under human pride. Yes, and true wisdom begins with, not, I won't even say self-examination, but God examination. In other words, we have to. get to a point the you know we go back the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom and we

touched on this briefly yesterday but but we are told we are told to judge ourselves doc yeah i know but that initial judgment has to start with god and god's saying you are judged you're judged by your insufficiency to save yourself so imagine two lights you've got god's light and he says hey just walk over here and stand under this light let's let's look at let's just look at you oh it's light it's brilliant light nothing's hidden but pride has a dark light so it's not even light it's a light bulb that shines darkness and so the the self-deceived person says

I'd rather stand under this light I don't see anything wrong but God says no come over here and stand in my light oh no that's too brilliant that says everything so prudence is the moral

art of aligning your path with God's revealed will simply means surrendering your will to God's will your ways to his ways your timing to his timing

I was telling Doc and Jody yesterday you know somebody in my morning prayers I just I don't know I just I just marvel at who our father is just marvel like how can a being

be somebody that doesn't have a birth certificate. In heaven, there's no birth certificate on the wall for God. Yes. And he'll never have a death certificate. Like, how can you be somebody who's just there all the time?

You always always were there and there was nothing before you there how can there be something how can there be a reality that never existed before this reality there was reality how can they be well that's god and the more i meditate on it the more i talk to him about it the more amazed and just stupefied by it is just like that's my father well if that's you why am I worrying about all these little problems I have in my life your word says to cast my cares on you well cast isn't handy something. It's throwing it. If I cast a baseball, I didn't just drop it on the ground. I threw it

with all my might. Right. You're getting as far away from you as you can't. If I cast a net into the water, I don't just drop it on the shore. I throw it as far as I can throw it. He said, cast your cares upon him throw your troubles to God as far as you can throw them he'll catch him

and you're free and that's what I do Lord I'm casting my cares hey they're yours now you ask for them you said cast your cares upon you I just cast my cares I enumerated my cares And I cast them.

They're not mine anymore. They're your cares. You asked for them. I threw them at you. You caught them. You figure out what to do about it. And, Doc, yesterday we had a big care just taking care of. Yes.

One of my biggest cares just evaporated. It just evaporated. And all it took was one piece of information. one piece. Just one little piece of information. And that changed, really has now changed the direction of the ministry. Yes. So there's important lesson here in wisdom. I thought about that this morning, Doc, that piece of information. So there's faith and there's action that you can't separate the two if there's no action there's no faith so i cast my cares upon the lord and i this one that was solved yesterday was one of the big cares i had i numerated them hey lord i want to tell you

what's in this list here here it comes okay at the same time as i cast my cares upon the lord my faith started to look not for the solution my solution my face started searching for his solution i didn't just sit still and say well cast my cares upon the lord i'm just going to sit here and wait on the solution to come by it doesn't work that way no i began searching not for my solution, but Lord, how are you going to solve this? And I began searching, and the Lord

revealed it to me. And within a couple hours, Doc and I were I mean, like, this just changes everything. This just opens up the door to all kinds of new opportunities. Right.

Saves money, opens up new doors, makes building things for the future easier. yes you know and it was almost everything that we were looking for that we've been looking for yes so it really it was the lord but you know the the fact of the matter is we had asked the lord lord is there an is there an alternative we were looking we were focused on one particular project but we were just not settled in it our hearts were not you know at peace about the particular path that we're looking at and just didn't it just seemed like there was another opportunity and the

lord opened it up but we had to talk to the lord about it first and i would encourage you i had to cast that care on him right throw it here lord i'm going to throw it at you right now here it comes so the fool deceives himself or herself because he or she walks without self examination without studying the scriptures and without praying. That's a combination. That's a triple ingredient recipe for deception. No self-examination, no Bible study, and no prayer. You can put that down in your notes.

That's a recipe for trouble. let me phrase it like this the psychology of what we're talking about today the wise man or woman lives examined and the fool lives imagined the wise man or woman lives their lives examining themselves in the light of scripture the full lives a life in the light of their self their false self their imagination their delusion

me shall not walk in darkness. Matthew Henry, wisdom consists in duly considering our ways and what we have to do, that we may discern the right, but folly cheats men, makes them think that

they are safe when they are not. Charles Bridges, the prudent man suspects himself, he weighs his motives and ends, but the fool, satisfied with his own judgment, lives in a dream of self-delusion. Albert Barnes, the one lives with reflection, the other with impulse. Self-knowledge is the mark of wisdom. Self-deception is the essence of folly.

Yes. Alexander McLaren, to understand his way is the supreme act of wisdom to bring conduct under the scrutiny of conscience enlightened by God the fool's deceit is that he calls

darkness light G. Campbell Morgan wisdom is self-knowledge in relation to God folly is self-deception in separation from him could insights yes the bottom line here is that verse eight is teaching us that the the inner life of

wisdom is the habit of moral reflection examining your life studying the scriptures praying staying in the fear of the lord verse nine fools make a mock at sin but among the righteous there is favor the Septuagin says fools deride sin but among the upright there is mercy and favor the Hebrew word for mock

at sin the phrase mock at sin okay that whole phrase it the word that she is for sin can mean sin it can mean guilt

a guilt offering right and that's key there it can also mean guilt offering and the reason why it's key can you explain that yeah what the first part of the verse

could be saying and it does give a sense insight into that word a psalm for guilt is that fools not only mock sin but mock at making amends for sin as well there you go they mock the atonement right they mock the idea of repentance yes or making things right fools don't care the the Paschita the Aramaic Paschita says fools mock at the guilt offering but among the righteous there is grace yes not mocking at the sin itself the Prashita even though that's implied but at any attempt to repent of sin

that's scary Doc it's a conscience that is seared by arrogance yes it is a conscience that laughs when at things that angels tremble

yes and they're not just mocking other people in the guild offering they're mocking God And Galatians 6-7, pretty clear, be not deceived. God is not mocked for whatsoever man soweth, that shall he also reap. In the old economy of Israel, God made a provision for sin, which required an animal sacrifice. right in the new economy in the new covenant he provided a sacrifice once and for all and his son was the lamb yes so Jesus became the guilt offering he became so for somebody

who mocks at the idea of atoment mocks it at the concept of repentance a guilt offering they're mocking Christ is the greatest gift that God has given mankind was his son the greatest gift the greatest gift

in the universe was that he offered his son on the cross and to dismiss it to take that lightly I think it extends to people who dismiss their own

sins and like oh well I'm justified in that sin I'm entitled to that sin or I don't need forgiveness right I what I run into is this entitlement attitude well I can justify my sin because this person made me this way do this sin because I'm angry I'm bitter I'm insulted I'm hurts therefore I'm justified in my sin right it's like Geraldine flip Wilson Geraldine you say the devil made me do the devil made me do it and the devil is your neighbor or your mom or dad or your wife or your husband but the devil is anyone else but you if if you can justify your sin knowing that you it is a sin and

you it's it's against God's ways and you won't repent of it then you are mocking the guilt offering. You're saying to God, I know you gave your son on the cross for other people's sins, but this sin, I'm entitled to this sin. And there's a lot of people who think they are

entitled to their sins. Right. Now, if we can extend this out even a little further, that, you know, it says fools make a mock at the guilt offering, the sin offering. Christ became that guilt offering, sin offering for us on the cross. cross and fools mock the cross, fools mock Christ, fools mock the resurrection.

There's a lot that's really embedded in the first half of Proverbs 14-9. What about people who steal from their employer and they justify it by saying, I should have been paid more, or this employer didn't do this or did that, I'm justified. I'm making things right. See, that's really what it comes down to. I'm going to steal either money or equipment. I'm going to steal from this employer because I believe this employer has done something wrong

and I am going to make it right. It's called theft. And they don't repent over it. They don't repent of us in because they believe that they're justified. And you start getting to people's minds about their behavior. It's like, ooh, man, that's a strange concept. Martine in our chat made a mention, yes, Rick, many are proud of their sin.

Like we have gay Pride Month. Oh, yeah. They're mocking it. That's what they're doing. You got it. There you go. Governments put flags up on government buildings. Yes.

so fools mock sin itself but it's more than this is far beyond ignorance it's rebellion it's not that the fool doesn't understand sin he does but he or she despises the concept of repentance yes to mock sin is the same as calling evil good sin is never so deadly as when it becomes trivial and amusing that's a very dangerous stage or celebrated or celebrated yeah now there's a contrast among the righteous there is favor favor the grace of god his goodwill his blessings among the righteous there is favor i desire everybody in this class to know that every day In my prayers, I pray for God's favor to be upon you. That his goodness, his joy, his peace, his health, his prosperity,

his reconciliation, all of his goodness be upon the people in this ministry who come to Morning Manner. And then for my enemies and my critics and the people that wish I would die, Jesus said to bless your enemies so I pray I pray that God's presence comes to them there's no greater blessing there's no greater blessing

I'm not praying that money come to them or power or any no God's presence that's the greatest treasure and if his presence comes into their life they won't be my enemy anymore yes I have another thought today doc during prayer I don't know why I'm at saying this stuff but

maybe it's gonna mean something to somebody maybe somebody needs straighten something out today when there are differences between brothers and sisters and Christ between Christians when when there are Christians who don't speak to each other who are angry at each other how does that work out when Christ comes back and all of us are in New Jerusalem with Christ what does that look like Are you telling me that when you meet that person that you can't speak to right now on earth? Are you telling me that in New Jerusalem, you're going to continue not to speak to that person?

Right. Think that through. I would be concerned about not being in New Jerusalem. because you hold bitterness, unforgiveness towards other people. You can't forgive others. God will not forgive you. It's just that simple.

He says so. Jesus warned the Pharisees. If you will not forgive others, God will not forgive you. So if you have people right now who are angry, bitter at you not talking to you you do your best to work it out and and when your conscience is clean and clear even if they refuse to talk to you it's no longer your problem yes the righteous will never mock sin and atonement and repentance because they understand the gravity of grace

we love grace but have you ever stopped and considered why we need grace oh once you think that went through you're like the only reason grace was made by God was because

I'm a sinner right that's it oh me we love oh doc we sing amazing grace we write songs about we talk about grace and grace and we never stop to think the reason it exists is because I'm bad our righteousness is as filthy rags right if we weren't so rotten there would be no grace that saved a wretch like me we forget about that word rich in the soul

you can't say rich I'm not a rich yes you are you want self-examination it begins there yes you are rich yes but you're saved by grace

praise God you don't stay a wretch so show grace to others. Extend grace and mercy to others as it has been extended to you.

The righteous have experienced something that the full mocks. Reconciliation with God. God's supreme, number one, to-do list. The number one thing on his to-do list today is to reconcile with people. He is the supreme reconciler. All he desires to do every day is to be reconciled with more souls. Yes.

what do you think they have a they have a meeting with god and the angels what do you think they're talking about reconciliation give me a report on how many reconciliations we've had today he's not he's not worried about jupiter spinning or the elections or the economy but he is thinking about reconciliation with humans. Amen. Those who fear sin find favor and those who mock sin forfeit grace. Adam Clark said, The fool laughs at guilt and scoffs at repentance.

The righteous alone knows the sweetness of pardon. Praise God. That's good. I like that. Alexander McLaren, to make a mock at sin is the climax of folly. It is the laughter of the insane before the precipice. The wise see, sin, and weep, for they know its end. Terrell Spurgeon.

he who just that sin has never been forgiven none mock sin who have felt his burden where there is grace there is gravity about guilt gee Campbell Morgan

moral levity is spiritual blindness to mock sin is to deny God's holiness to fear sin is to find his favor we are not the fool ridicules guilt as fiction

the saint grieves over it as fact his tears are the seed of divine favor verse 10 King James the heart knoweth his own bitterness and a stranger doth not enter metal with his joy I don't think I've ever used the word intermeddle

I don't be intermeddling with me today subtoagin says the heart that knows its own bitterness rejoices not with a stranger nor will a stranger share in its joy so first 10 is speaking about psychological and spiritual solitude it is an acknowledgment that no one but the individual each one of us individual can truly comprehend the depths of his own inner experience. Right.

Absolutely. That's what this verse is really trying. No one else can understand it. No one else. No one else can bring joy. This is amazing because in my prayer time this morning, This is one of the things. I wasn't even thinking of the scripture as I spoke it to the Lord.

I thought about things that I've been through. And I said, Father, you and me are the only ones who know what I have gone through, what I have endured. There is nobody else. If I tried to explain it, they couldn't comprehend. it even if they tried even if they were empathetic and desired they they would not be able to understand it because it happened to me and only you know it that's what this verse is saying there are things happening in your life that only you and the Lord know about right and there's no person on earth that can satisfy that there's no

you know whether it's a spouse a parent a child a friend the only one who truly understands the only one that can bring reconciliation and joy as it talks about in this verse is the lord only he understands our hearts our guilt our shame our bitterness that we have only he can bring joy in the midst of that it doesn't come from anything in the world in relationship. That's a hard thing for a lot of people to deal with because oftentimes we're told that our joy is based on how others perceive us or how others treat us when really that doesn't count for anything at all. It's that self-deception that's in place. True wisdom means acknowledging that only God understands me, my heart, and understands my mind my

pathway back to joy yes and nobody else is going to understand it and so i think i think we um we vex ourselves quietly in our inner thoughts wishing hoping that there would be others who would understand what we've gone through individually what we have experienced and we we wish this would happen we wish there would be people who would say i get it i understand exactly this verse is saying that's not going to happen right this is between you and god see the good thing about your father one of the other one of the other roles of your heavenly father he's also your therapist Amen. Imagine.

Look at all. Okay, think about this. In human life, okay, imagine your father is a physician. Well, that's pretty cool, isn't it? You never have to go to the doctor. Because your father is the doctor. Or imagine your father. father is a dentist you never go to a dentist because your father is your dentist

right okay extend this out you have me father is everything you need he's everything you need so he's one of his roles he's also your therapist he's your counselor It's one of the titles of the Holy Spirit. Right. One of the names of Jesus, according to Isaiah. Wonderful. Counselor.

Yes. Prince of peace. So you can go to your Heavenly Father in private. Total privacy. He is the therapist who never discusses your personal thoughts and words with anybody he will never tell anybody unlike humans you got to be careful with humans you you share something deeply personal with certain humans they'll weaponize it to use it against you amen your heavenly father as your father and your therapist says no please

open up talk to me yes talk to me He understands what you've been through. He understands the pain, the hurts, everything you've been through. He understands it, and the truth is nobody else will ever understand it. So if you've been quietly waiting on other people to come to you, give you a big hug, and say, suddenly I understand everything you've ever been through and all the pain, all this disappointment, disappointment that's not going to happen but your father does and he desires you to talk to him about it right and he will bring inner healing he may you know that's the other thing you father's

also heart surgeon he'll crack your chest he'll look inside at your heart you'll pull out shrapnel arrows debris he'll pull it out hey I said hey that's been in your heart

for a long time let's get it out so the heart more than just our thoughts it's the seat of our emotion our thoughts our conscience our moral reflection it is our being

yes our entire inner life before God what does the verse say the heart that knows its own bitterness rejoices not with a stranger nor will a stranger share in its joy we wish

others would understand And the bitterness in our heart, when we say bitterness, we're talking about the pains, the disappointments, the hard experiences, not bitterness where you hate somebody. Right. The heart knows its own bitterness and joy. He will not share these with a stranger. Right. there are certain things you shouldn't tell people. Amen. I've learned that lesson. Wow.

Just don't tell people. Just you confess it to God. I don't believe this kind of modern pop psychology is in the church. Well, you got to stand up in front of the church and confess all you. No, no, no, no, no. You're just setting yourself up to be vilified. you confess to God okay

knoweth its own bitterness the word here Mara the Hebrew word it conveys a deep personal grief hidden of life

known only to the sufferer and to God. To give you a comparison, that same word was used regarding Hannah back in 1st Samuel Chapter 1, where she was crying out for her, she was barren, and she had grief and pain because she could not be a mother. And so she prayed to the Lord. It says, 1 Samuel 110, she was in deep grief or pain and prayed unto the Lord. See, now Hannah had the right approach.

She took her bitterness, she took her loss, she took her disappointment. But she didn't remain there. She didn't blame somebody else. She prayed unto the Lord. The Lord heard her and responded to her desperate cry. And the result was the prophet Samuel. Doc, every soul has its own Gassimony. every soul

Christ prayed in the Garden of Gassimony His disciples slept He got up and said Can you guys just pray for an hour with me? See even Jesus

experienced this verse and where do his consolation finally come from it wasn't from the disciples was it no from his father yes your friends may sympathize but none of them can fully feel feel the burden of your cross amen your cross is personal we have god hands out personalized crosses it's your cross to carry and these woundsings and hurts and disappointments god uses us to change us to improve us why would you talk to a why talk to people go to strangers and spill their guts they're called counselors therapists why would you go there and not first go to your father you have more confidence is that a stranger is going to solve your problem than Almighty God.

The Lord desires you to go to him. Yes. Come to me. All who are burdened and heavy laden, I will give you rest. Pour out your heart to your father, who is also your therapist, your counselor. He'll solve the problem. He'll take the pain away. He'll remove the things.

that are causing the pain oftentimes he removes the pain and yet the people or the things that cause the pain remain and yet the pain has left your heart

and that is to show you he is the source of your happiness and your joy that he's saying you can live with this I'm going to give you grace to live in the midst of these people and they're not going to hurt you anymore I'm going to take away your pain

I'm going to close up the wounds what's a bruise a bruise is an internal wound it's a bruise a wound is an external wound you've been hit you've been cut you've been stabbed you've been shot

but a bruise is an attack on the inside. Jesus bore our wounds and our sorrows. Our sorrows. A stranger does not enter meddle with his joy. It means that true joy is too sacred and too personal to be shared by those who do not partake in its source.

And I'll just be up front with you. Most people don't care. Thank you, Doc. Most people don't care about the pain that you're in. They don't care about the sorrow. They don't care about your experience. That's so Gen X-like. Doc, that's so Gen X-like.

But it is true. Even though it's an earmark of my generation, it is true. Because the Gen Xers figured it out. It says, you know what? At the end of the day, they don't even care. But the unfortunate side is most Gen Xers don't care either. So that's where our fault is. and where our weakness for our generation is, is we don't care.

We're self-deceived as well. So we prefer to bathe in our own bitterness. And so even rather than going to God. But the truth is, most people don't care. But guess what? God does care. The Father does care. He careth for us, the Bible says.

He careth for us. there are in the counseling world there are two types of counselors there's there's one it's a profession they're good at what they do it's a profession you pay them a lot of money they sit and they listen to you they give you their their advice but at five o'clock they're done with it they go home that's right okay then there's there's the other kind

which truly cares wakes up in the middle of the night with their heart burdened for you and praise oh god solve this person's problem yes there are two different types

right but the joy of the righteous is the joy of forgiveness it's the joy of forgiveness It's the joy of fellowship with God. It's the joy of inward peace. And it's a secret known only to those who walk with him. My desire for you is for you to develop a intimate relationship with God.

It's so wonderful that you just say, Rick, I'd like to explain it to you, but I can't. It's just, it's too marvelous. four words and then we'll understand oh you've made it you you're there and just what this verse is also saying to me Rick is that everyone around me is going through their own personal struggles or crisis their own they're own they're going through it and to me that generates because I'm a believer that generates compassion for them and I I'm the first admit that sometimes I'm not the most compassionate person.

So this verse speaks to me in that I've got to keep in mind that others are going through deep sorrows and pain that I cannot comprehend on my own. And so I need to bring my sorrows to the only one who can solve them, and that's Jesus Christ. Doesn't mean that counselors and psychiatrists and psychologists don't have some value. But for the believer, our first stop in this journey should be our fault. Yes. Apostle Peter talked about unspeakable and full of glory. Joy unspeakable, yes.

We used to sing that song. I don't know if any churches sing that anymore. Joy unspeakable and full of glory, full of glory, full of glory. Joy unspeakable and full of glory. And the half has never yet been told. Amen. It cannot be explained. only experienced

but you know what joy is the result of having bitterness healed you can't really understand joy until you've had bitterness until you've had sorrow

and only until you've tasted grace can you understand the sweetness of it and again as i said earlier if we weren't such wretched sinners there would be no need for grace right and so we we we ask oh god give us grace what's because of who and what we are but thank god for grace that's why i've said before. I hate that phrase

that person fell from grace. No, they fell into grace. Yes. It's the church religious world that says, oh, you send you, don't you go near that grace? You're not worthy of it. You're a sinner. For heaven.

That's the reason grace was made. Yeah, you fall from grace. No, you fall into a big old swimming pool of it. you go coplop in a pool of grace and God looks and says hey

here's another sinner just fell into the swimming pool of grace watch their face when they realize I'm not going to beat them up praise God then there are people

religious people to get angry because God doesn't beat you up for your sin and they're angry and they're bitter because they have an image of God that's not God God you're supposed to smack that person you're supposed to destroy that person and that says who are you talking to

you got the wrong image of me we we as humans we want a judgmental God for others but we want a graceful God for ourselves Amen. Grace is for me, judgments for you. Isn't that the attitude of a lot of people? They want all the grace they can get for themselves,

but they want all the judgment that you can get. The bottom line is we are individuals, and each one of us stands before God. And that's it. Pour out your heart to God in private. Don't tell other people about it. Let him be your counselor. Let him be your therapist.

Let him be your heart surgeon. These are personal acts. Galatians 6.5, every man shall bear his own burden. Yes. It means to, every soul. stands alone before the creator. Human companionship cannot replace divine communion.

Charles Bridges, the heart of man is a deep well. None can fathom it but God. The bitterness of conviction, the sweetness of pardon, Both are secrets between the soul and its maker. Adam Clark, every man has a certain trial, affliction, or temptation, which none but himself knows. Equally, he has a joy which no other can share,

for it lies in the testimony of his conscience and the peace of his God. Charles Spurgeon There are griefs that tongue cannot utter And there are joys that speech cannot tell The best communion is not with man But with God Who interprets the language of size Oh my

I like that I knew you would my wife I think she can interpret my size she'll I might go and she

she will do an interpretation of what that means and it could mean a variety of different thing depending on the circumstance but God knows what it really means she has the gift of interpretation on size but only God knows

and it's best that only God knows two more commentators g campbell morgan the heart is a sanctuary into which no stranger can come in that solitude man discovers both the bitterness of sin and the joy of salvation amen i like that and william are not of scotland every heart has its peculiar bitterness but grace transforms that solitude into the secret place of divine joy okay well

oh we're over time I didn't realize how late it was okay apologize just a few minutes so I hope this has had an impact on people in a very deep personal

way and that you have a a gentle awareness in the coming days that you're never going to find anybody to understand what you've been through but your father does and your father not only understands it he has a solution he understands and he understands and he takes away the pain the hurt the bruising the wounding he takes it all away even though he may not take away the people who do it to you. See, that's more victory than if he removed the people who are wounding you.

In God's mind, the victory in your life is you're able to live amongst them and you're not wounded anymore. Amen. Because he's lifted you up above them. Okay. love you see you tomorrow ladies and gentlemen don't forget rick's new book mega fire america's the next fourth turning crisis ordered at megafire dot world that's megafire all one word dot w o r ld get your copy of this today and uh we're still getting lots of good feedback

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But if you can be here with us live, there's a special blessing that comes with fellowshiping with people from all over the world in the Lord's table. And the Holy Spirit told me this morning that he was finished with the boat faith series. Okay. And it was time to move on to the next topic.

All right. I already know where we're headed then. I've already been there. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, God bless you. We love you. for being our friend and our partner in ministry. We love you very much.

And I just feel like before we leave here, if there's bitterness in your heart, if there's sorrow in your heart, bring it to the Lord. Bring it to it. Don't stay there. Don't wallow in that. Don't dig that pit deeper.

Bring it to the Lord. He cares. He cares for us, the word says. Bring it to him. On that note, God bless you. We love you. And we'll see you on the front. body edition of morning minute.