# The Presence of God

An episode of [Messages by David Antwi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1069725119), 2 Jun 2026, 23 min.

Audio: https://yetanothersermon.host/_/kc/media/mp3/92598.mp3

The Presence of God Series: June Fast 2026 Pastor: David Antwi June Fast 2026 Date: 2nd June 2026 ------------------- If you had one request for God, would you ask for a breakthrough or for His presence? Moses chose the latter, understanding that knowing God’s ways is more vital than merely witnessing His acts. This message explores how a purified heart unlocks a deeper level of divine guidance, turning God’s presence into the very map you need for the journey ahead.

## Transcript

[0:00] Welcome and thank you for joining this message by David Entry at Karis Church.
[0:04] In this season of Great Awakening, may God pour out His Spirit through His Word, refreshing
[0:09] ! your heart and awakening you to His will.
[0:13] Isaiah 29 verse 13.
[0:19] Isaiah 29 verse 13.
[0:22] Thank you, Jesus.
[0:24] The Bible says that,
[0:29] Wherefore the Lord said,
[0:33] Forasmuch as these people draw near me with their mouth, but their hearts are,
[0:42] but with their mouth and with their lips, they honor me,
[0:46] but have removed their hearts far from me.
[0:53] And their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of man.
[1:00] He said,
[1:01] These people draw near with their mouth.
[1:07] That's a serious thing.
[1:09] So you are approaching God with your mouth.
[1:11] But it says,
[1:14] Their hearts are far from me.
[1:20] Their hearts are what?
[1:23] Far.
[1:24] Yesterday we heard,
[1:26] we spoke about how
[1:27] God
[1:29] helped me
[1:31] to have the right heart towards you.
[1:34] Give me a pure heart.
[1:36] Give me a clean heart.
[1:38] Give me a sanctified heart.
[1:42] That's our prayer yesterday.
[1:44] That God,
[1:44] that my heart
[1:45] will be towards you.
[1:47] When thou said,
[1:49] Seek ye my face,
[1:51] my heart said,
[1:53] Thy face,
[1:54] O Lord,
[1:56] will I seek.
[1:57] Because
[1:58] to enjoy God
[2:00] is
[2:01] a matter
[2:02] of your heart.
[2:03] For with the heart
[2:08] man believes.
[2:10] Psalm 73 verse 1
[2:12] Psalm 73 verse 1
[2:15] says,
[2:15] Truly God is good to Israel,
[2:17] even to such
[2:18] as are of
[2:20] a
[2:21] clean heart.
[2:22] Who
[2:23] shall ascend
[2:24] to the holy hill of God?
[2:26] Psalm 24
[2:27] He who has
[2:29] clean hands
[2:30] and
[2:30] a
[2:31] pure heart.
[2:32] He said
[2:33] that
[2:34] for you to get
[2:35] close to God,
[2:36] God said,
[2:38] It is
[2:38] the pathway
[2:39] to me
[2:40] is the state
[2:41] of your heart.
[2:43] The path.
[2:44] So if your heart
[2:45] is not
[2:46] pure,
[2:47] your way
[2:48] towards God
[2:49] is hindered
[2:51] and is
[2:51] not pure.
[2:53] So in Isaiah
[2:54] chapter
[2:55] 29 verse 13
[2:57] He said,
[2:58] Draw near to me.
[3:01] So you can draw near
[3:02] with your mouth.
[3:04] Wow,
[3:04] that's an interesting one.
[3:06] You can draw near
[3:07] with your mouth.
[3:11] Just the mouth.
[3:17] The mouth.
[3:19] The mouth.
[3:20] But tonight
[3:20] that will not be your story.
[3:22] Not only tonight,
[3:24] but throughout this
[3:25] season of
[3:25] fasting.
[3:26] How many of you
[3:27] have sinned against
[3:28] God and you
[3:29] felt so bad
[3:30] about it
[3:30] and you
[3:31] were not?
[3:32] You just
[3:32] many times.
[3:34] Somebody said
[3:34] many times.
[3:35] Sometimes you
[3:36] just feel
[3:37] distant
[3:38] because of
[3:39] your...
[3:42] Sometimes
[3:42] it's just
[3:44] space to ask
[3:44] God,
[3:45] create in
[3:45] your clean hands.
[3:47] How many of you
[3:47] have struggled
[3:48] with something
[3:48] before?
[3:49] With disobeying
[3:50] God?
[3:51] You've struggled
[3:52] with obeying God
[3:53] and ended up
[3:54] disobeying God
[3:55] over and over.
[3:57] When those
[3:58] kind of things
[3:59] happen to you,
[4:00] don't come and
[4:01] be asking God
[4:01] for breakthrough.
[4:04] That's the
[4:04] charismatic gospel.
[4:06] When you are
[4:07] struggling with sin,
[4:08] you are asking
[4:09] God for blessings.
[4:11] At the prayer time,
[4:12] you ask him,
[4:13] go,
[4:13] oh God,
[4:14] give me a new job.
[4:15] Don't start
[4:16] like that.
[4:17] Don't start
[4:18] like that
[4:19] because you're
[4:20] actually far
[4:20] from him.
[4:21] So,
[4:24] you have to
[4:24] listen.
[4:26] In Hebrews
[4:26] chapter 4
[4:27] verse 16,
[4:28] it said,
[4:29] let us come
[4:29] boldly before
[4:30] the throne of
[4:31] grace.
[4:32] The word
[4:35] boldly,
[4:38] the word
[4:38] boldly,
[4:38] the original
[4:39] Greek word
[4:40] translated that
[4:41] boldly.
[4:42] Some other
[4:42] versions say
[4:43] let us,
[4:43] I think,
[4:44] ESVO,
[4:45] which is
[4:46] confidently.
[4:47] Let us
[4:48] come
[4:48] confidently.
[4:49] The Greek
[4:49] word translated
[4:50] boldly,
[4:51] let us
[4:52] approach
[4:53] with confidence.
[4:55] That Greek
[4:55] word translated
[4:56] with confidence
[4:57] or boldly
[4:57] is the same
[4:58] word that
[4:59] is translated,
[5:01] the same
[5:01] word that
[5:02] is used
[5:03] for
[5:04] freedom of
[5:06] speech.
[5:09] Freedom of
[5:10] speech.
[5:11] That word,
[5:12] that the
[5:12] roots,
[5:13] it's
[5:14] eventually
[5:14] became the
[5:15] word that
[5:15] is used
[5:15] for freedom.
[5:16] So,
[5:16] let us
[5:17] come with
[5:18] freedom of
[5:18] speech.
[5:18] speech.
[5:19] But how
[5:20] can you
[5:20] come with
[5:20] freedom of
[5:21] speech if
[5:23] you are
[5:23] illegal or
[5:27] if you are
[5:28] an alien?
[5:30] He said,
[5:31] you were
[5:31] once far,
[5:32] Ephesians
[5:32] chapter 2.
[5:34] You who were,
[5:35] verse 12,
[5:35] you who were
[5:36] once far away
[5:38] as he brought
[5:40] near.
[5:40] before you
[5:43] start throwing
[5:45] things to
[5:46] God about
[5:46] what you
[5:47] want him
[5:47] to do,
[5:48] you have
[5:49] to ask
[5:49] him to
[5:50] draw you
[5:50] closer.
[5:52] And the
[5:52] only way
[5:52] you can
[5:53] get closer
[5:53] to God
[5:54] is,
[5:55] God,
[5:56] create me a
[5:57] clean heart.
[5:57] Yesterday I
[5:58] taught you,
[5:58] how do you
[5:59] get a
[5:59] clean heart?
[5:59] One of
[6:00] it is to
[6:00] pray.
[6:00] Ask God,
[6:02] create me a
[6:03] clean heart.
[6:04] Create me.
[6:05] Sometimes you
[6:06] come to
[6:07] church or
[6:08] you come into
[6:08] a prayer meeting
[6:09] and you
[6:12] shouldn't have
[6:13] much to
[6:13] pray or to
[6:14] say but to
[6:15] ask,
[6:16] have mercy
[6:16] on me,
[6:17] create me a
[6:18] clean heart.
[6:19] Create me a
[6:20] clean heart.
[6:20] I've been
[6:21] disobedient.
[6:22] I've missed
[6:23] you.
[6:24] I've
[6:25] disobeyed
[6:25] you.
[6:26] Create me a
[6:27] clean heart.
[6:28] Anytime you
[6:29] ask God to
[6:30] create you a
[6:30] clean heart,
[6:31] it draws you
[6:31] closer to
[6:32] God because
[6:33] he becomes
[6:34] your target.
[6:35] Because he
[6:36] becomes your
[6:37] target.
[6:38] And God
[6:39] wants to
[6:40] be your
[6:41] target.
[6:42] Hallelujah.
[6:44] The children
[6:44] of Israel,
[6:46] that's what
[6:47] God said
[6:48] about them.
[6:50] God said,
[6:52] Isaiah
[6:53] chapter 29
[6:55] verse 13
[6:56] was referring
[6:58] to the
[6:58] children of
[6:58] Israel.
[7:00] It's not
[7:01] Gentiles God
[7:02] was talking
[7:02] about.
[7:03] God was
[7:03] talking to
[7:04] the children
[7:04] of Israel
[7:05] Israel.
[7:06] And he
[7:06] was telling,
[7:07] saying that,
[7:08] talking about
[7:09] the children
[7:09] of Israel,
[7:10] he was
[7:10] saying that,
[7:11] these,
[7:14] wherefore,
[7:14] the Lord
[7:14] said,
[7:15] for as much
[7:15] as these
[7:16] people draw
[7:17] near me
[7:19] with their
[7:20] mouth,
[7:22] and with
[7:22] their lips
[7:23] they do
[7:23] honor me.
[7:25] God,
[7:25] I love you.
[7:27] God,
[7:27] I love you.
[7:29] You are
[7:29] just so
[7:30] amazing.
[7:30] God said,
[7:34] with their
[7:35] lips
[7:35] they do
[7:37] honor me,
[7:38] but have
[7:39] removed their
[7:40] hearts far
[7:41] from me.
[7:42] And because
[7:43] of that,
[7:44] there was
[7:44] an impediment
[7:46] in their
[7:46] work with
[7:47] God.
[7:48] So,
[7:48] they could
[7:49] not enjoy
[7:50] God,
[7:52] and God's
[7:53] presence,
[7:54] and God's
[7:54] goodness,
[7:55] the way they
[7:56] should.
[7:56] I believe
[7:57] that one
[7:58] unique feature
[7:59] of this
[8:00] season of
[8:01] fasting is
[8:02] drawing closer
[8:03] to God.
[8:06] Sunday,
[8:07] I spoke
[8:07] about some
[8:08] of the
[8:08] benefits of
[8:09] fasting,
[8:10] and one
[8:11] of the
[8:11] benefits of
[8:12] fasting,
[8:12] spiritual
[8:13] benefits,
[8:14] is it
[8:15] deepens
[8:15] your
[8:16] dependence
[8:17] on God.
[8:19] It draws
[8:20] you.
[8:20] Fasting helps
[8:21] you to
[8:21] deepen
[8:22] your dependence
[8:23] on God
[8:24] and in
[8:24] prayer,
[8:25] or it
[8:26] helps you
[8:26] to even
[8:27] get closer
[8:28] to God.
[8:29] it draws
[8:30] you closer
[8:30] to God.
[8:31] Fasting
[8:32] helps you
[8:33] to do
[8:33] that.
[8:35] Moses
[8:35] met God
[8:38] and he
[8:39] was having
[8:39] a discourse
[8:41] with God
[8:42] in Exodus
[8:43] chapter
[8:44] 33.
[8:46] verse 12.
[8:58] verse 12 says,
[8:58] Moses said
[8:59] unto the
[8:59] Lord,
[9:00] see,
[9:01] thou hast
[9:02] said unto
[9:02] me,
[9:04] or thou
[9:04] said unto
[9:05] me,
[9:05] bring up
[9:06] these people,
[9:07] and thou
[9:07] hast not
[9:08] let me
[9:11] know
[9:11] whom thou
[9:13] will send
[9:13] with me,
[9:14] yet thou
[9:15] hast said,
[9:16] I know
[9:17] thee by
[9:17] name,
[9:18] and thou
[9:19] hast also
[9:19] found grace
[9:20] in my
[9:21] sight.
[9:22] Moses
[9:23] said,
[9:23] that's what
[9:24] you said
[9:24] to me,
[9:25] so now
[9:25] therefore,
[9:26] I pray
[9:27] thee,
[9:28] if I
[9:28] have found
[9:29] grace in
[9:29] your sight,
[9:31] show me
[9:32] thy way,
[9:34] that I
[9:34] may know
[9:35] thee.
[9:35] Did you see
[9:36] that?
[9:36] creating
[9:37] me a
[9:38] clean
[9:38] heart,
[9:40] that I
[9:41] may
[9:41] worship
[9:43] you.
[9:44] Show me,
[9:44] if I
[9:45] have found
[9:45] favor in
[9:46] your sight,
[9:47] then show
[9:48] me your
[9:49] way.
[9:49] Some of
[9:50] us,
[9:50] the first
[9:50] thing we
[9:51] would have
[9:51] asked is,
[9:51] give me
[9:52] a job.
[9:54] Give me
[9:55] a breakthrough.
[9:57] When Moses
[9:58] had a chance
[9:59] to speak to
[9:59] God about
[10:00] important
[10:01] things,
[10:02] he didn't
[10:02] say,
[10:02] show me
[10:03] your acts,
[10:04] because in
[10:05] the book
[10:05] of Psalm,
[10:06] I think
[10:06] Psalm 103
[10:07] verse 7 or
[10:07] so,
[10:08] the Bible
[10:08] says that
[10:08] he showed
[10:09] his acts
[10:11] to the
[10:12] children of
[10:12] Israel,
[10:13] but to
[10:13] Moses,
[10:14] he made
[10:15] known his
[10:16] ways to
[10:16] Moses,
[10:17] but the
[10:17] children of
[10:18] Israel,
[10:18] his acts.
[10:19] So we
[10:19] have the
[10:20] acts of
[10:20] God and
[10:21] the ways
[10:21] of God.
[10:22] You can
[10:22] know the
[10:23] acts of
[10:24] God,
[10:24] but not
[10:25] know God
[10:25] properly.
[10:27] But when
[10:28] you know
[10:28] one of the
[10:29] signs that
[10:29] show that
[10:30] you are
[10:30] getting closer
[10:30] to God,
[10:31] he should
[10:32] begin to
[10:32] know his
[10:32] ways.
[10:33] So
[10:33] circumstances
[10:34] and
[10:35] situations
[10:35] do not
[10:36] bother you
[10:37] as much
[10:38] as your
[10:39] closeness to
[10:39] God is
[10:40] intact.
[10:41] So
[10:41] sometimes
[10:42] you can
[10:42] even go
[10:43] to the
[10:43] cross,
[10:44] be crying
[10:44] and you
[10:47] are happy
[10:47] you are
[10:47] doing that
[10:48] because you
[10:48] are in
[10:49] the ways
[10:49] of God.
[10:49] You are
[10:50] in the
[10:50] path of
[10:50] God.
[10:51] You
[10:51] know his
[10:52] ways.
[10:53] God
[10:54] showed
[10:55] Moses his
[10:55] ways.
[10:56] Moses
[10:56] asked for
[10:57] it.
[10:59] He said,
[11:00] if I have
[11:01] found favor
[11:01] with you,
[11:02] he didn't
[11:03] say kill
[11:03] my enemies.
[11:04] prove to
[11:06] them,
[11:06] let them
[11:06] know you
[11:07] are with
[11:07] me.
[11:08] But
[11:08] Moses
[11:09] said,
[11:10] just show
[11:10] me your
[11:11] ways.
[11:12] So I
[11:12] know how
[11:13] to walk
[11:13] with you.
[11:14] Show me
[11:15] your ways.
[11:15] So Moses
[11:15] prayed and
[11:16] he said to
[11:17] the Lord,
[11:17] that if I
[11:18] found favor
[11:18] with you,
[11:19] show me
[11:20] now thy
[11:21] way,
[11:21] that I
[11:22] may know
[11:23] thee,
[11:24] that I
[11:24] may find
[11:25] grace in
[11:25] thy sight,
[11:26] and consider
[11:27] that this
[11:27] nation is
[11:28] thy people.
[11:29] Show me
[11:30] your ways
[11:31] that I
[11:31] may know
[11:31] you,
[11:32] and that I
[11:32] may find
[11:33] grace in
[11:35] your sight.
[11:38] Verse 14
[11:39] says that,
[11:40] and he
[11:40] said,
[11:41] when Moses
[11:42] asked God,
[11:42] show me
[11:43] your way,
[11:43] God said,
[11:44] my presence.
[11:47] Let's all
[11:47] read the verse
[11:48] 14 together.
[11:48] Let's go.
[11:54] Let's say it
[11:55] again.
[11:55] Let's read it.
[11:55] Let's go.
[11:56] Everybody,
[11:56] let's read it.
[11:57] Let's go.
[11:57] my presence
[11:59] shall go
[12:00] with you,
[12:01] and I'll
[12:01] give you
[12:02] one more
[12:02] time.
[12:03] And he
[12:04] said,
[12:04] I see
[12:09] God's
[12:09] presence
[12:09] going
[12:10] with
[12:10] somebody.
[12:13] I see
[12:14] God's
[12:14] presence
[12:14] going
[12:15] with
[12:15] somebody.
[12:17] And God
[12:18] giving
[12:18] somebody
[12:19] rest.
[12:20] The rest
[12:21] you are
[12:21] about to
[12:22] enjoy is
[12:23] as a
[12:23] function
[12:24] of God's
[12:24] presence.
[12:27] he said,
[12:31] Moses said,
[12:32] if I
[12:32] found
[12:32] favor
[12:32] with
[12:33] you,
[12:34] then
[12:34] show me
[12:36] your ways.
[12:38] Show me
[12:39] your ways
[12:39] that I
[12:39] may know
[12:40] you.
[12:40] And God
[12:40] said,
[12:41] my presence
[12:42] will go
[12:42] with you.
[12:44] My presence,
[12:45] my presence.
[12:47] You know,
[12:47] Jesus said,
[12:48] I am the
[12:49] way.
[12:50] The way
[12:51] to God.
[12:52] See,
[12:53] listen to this
[12:54] very carefully.
[12:55] When he
[12:55] said,
[12:55] show me
[12:56] your way,
[12:56] what did
[12:57] God say?
[12:57] I will
[12:57] do.
[12:59] I will
[13:00] be with
[13:00] you.
[13:01] Because
[13:02] he is
[13:02] the way.
[13:04] John
[13:04] 14,
[13:05] 6.
[13:05] You
[13:05] remember?
[13:07] That's
[13:08] why I
[13:08] quoted
[13:08] Isaiah
[13:10] 29,
[13:11] verse 13.
[13:12] That
[13:12] because
[13:13] they
[13:13] walk
[13:14] with
[13:14] God,
[13:15] they
[13:15] have
[13:15] not
[13:17] getting
[13:17] close
[13:17] to him.
[13:18] Their
[13:18] hearts
[13:18] are
[13:18] far.
[13:19] And
[13:19] so
[13:20] God
[13:20] hasn't
[13:21] been,
[13:21] they
[13:21] are
[13:22] not
[13:22] enjoying
[13:22] God's
[13:22] presence
[13:23] the way
[13:23] they
[13:23] should.
[13:25] But
[13:25] Moses
[13:26] said,
[13:26] show me
[13:27] your way
[13:27] and God
[13:27] said,
[13:28] my presence
[13:28] will go
[13:29] with you.
[13:30] When God
[13:30] called
[13:31] Abraham
[13:31] and he
[13:33] said,
[13:34] Abraham,
[13:34] get
[13:35] out of
[13:36] your
[13:36] territory
[13:37] to a
[13:38] place where
[13:38] I will
[13:39] show you.
[13:40] Pastor,
[13:40] according to
[13:41] Hebrews
[13:41] chapter 11,
[13:42] the Bible
[13:42] says that
[13:42] Hebrews
[13:43] 11,
[13:44] 8,
[13:44] Abraham
[13:45] left,
[13:47] went out
[13:48] not knowing
[13:49] where he
[13:49] was going.
[13:50] Why?
[13:50] Because
[13:51] God,
[13:52] if you have
[13:52] God,
[13:52] you have
[13:53] the map.
[13:53] did you
[13:55] get
[13:55] what I
[13:55] said?
[13:57] If
[13:57] he said,
[13:58] by faith
[13:58] Abraham
[13:59] obeyed when
[13:59] he was
[13:59] called to
[14:00] go out
[14:00] to the
[14:02] place which
[14:03] he would
[14:03] receive as
[14:05] an inheritance
[14:05] and he
[14:06] went out
[14:06] not knowing
[14:07] where he
[14:07] was going
[14:08] but he
[14:08] still went.
[14:08] Why?
[14:09] Because he
[14:10] had the
[14:10] map.
[14:12] He
[14:12] didn't
[14:12] have the
[14:13] location
[14:13] but he
[14:14] had the
[14:14] map
[14:14] because the
[14:15] map is
[14:16] God.
[14:16] The
[14:16] presence
[14:17] of God
[14:17] is the
[14:18] way.
[14:18] the
[14:21] presence
[14:21] of God.
[14:22] When God
[14:23] is with
[14:24] you,
[14:24] you don't
[14:25] lose your
[14:26] way.
[14:27] So,
[14:28] he said,
[14:28] show me
[14:29] your way.
[14:29] He said,
[14:29] I am
[14:30] my way.
[14:31] When God
[14:32] is with
[14:32] you and
[14:33] this season
[14:34] as we
[14:35] enter,
[14:36] as we
[14:36] go further
[14:37] into the
[14:37] fasting,
[14:38] pray that
[14:39] Lord,
[14:40] my heart
[14:40] will be
[14:41] right before
[14:42] you.
[14:43] Give me a
[14:43] clean heart.
[14:44] Give me a
[14:44] pure heart
[14:45] so I can
[14:45] get closer
[14:46] to you.
[14:47] So I
[14:47] will know
[14:48] your ways.
[14:49] Knowing
[14:49] your ways
[14:49] is having
[14:50] his presence.
[14:52] You see,
[14:53] sometimes
[14:53] it's not
[14:55] the challenges
[14:56] that is
[14:57] the problem.
[14:59] It is
[15:00] the lack
[15:00] of his
[15:01] presence.
[15:03] It's the
[15:04] lack of
[15:04] his presence.
[15:06] And I
[15:07] can guarantee
[15:08] you,
[15:08] if you
[15:09] can focus
[15:10] on praying
[15:11] God,
[15:11] I need
[15:12] your presence.
[15:13] I want
[15:13] to be
[15:14] closer to
[15:15] you.
[15:16] Give me
[15:16] a clean
[15:16] heart.
[15:17] Give me
[15:17] a pure
[15:18] heart so
[15:18] I can
[15:19] be closer
[15:19] to you.
[15:20] Sometimes,
[15:20] when you
[15:21] pray to
[15:22] God,
[15:22] your heart
[15:24] desire is
[15:24] to have
[15:25] a pure
[15:25] heart before
[15:26] God,
[15:27] it changes
[15:28] the game
[15:29] because it
[15:29] doesn't matter
[15:30] what others
[15:30] are doing.
[15:31] It's not
[15:31] your problem
[15:32] anymore.
[15:33] It doesn't
[15:34] matter.
[15:34] You do
[15:35] not serve
[15:36] God based
[15:37] on how
[15:37] others are
[15:37] serving you.
[15:39] Even in
[15:39] athletics,
[15:40] I used to
[15:41] be an
[15:41] athlete.
[15:42] In
[15:42] athletics,
[15:43] when you
[15:43] are running,
[15:44] when you
[15:44] are running
[15:45] on the
[15:45] track,
[15:46] say,
[15:46] eight people
[15:46] running,
[15:48] there is
[15:49] a tendency
[15:50] for you
[15:51] to pace
[15:52] your speed
[15:53] based on
[15:54] the people
[15:54] you are
[15:54] running with.
[15:57] But sometimes
[15:57] when you
[15:57] are running,
[15:59] you keep,
[15:59] so when you
[16:00] see the
[16:00] athletes running,
[16:01] especially
[16:02] 100 meters,
[16:03] 200,
[16:03] because that's
[16:04] fast pace,
[16:05] you see,
[16:06] they are going
[16:07] forward,
[16:07] but sometimes
[16:08] they keep
[16:08] looking on
[16:08] the side.
[16:09] When you
[16:10] look towards
[16:11] the side,
[16:11] it helps
[16:11] you to see
[16:12] how the
[16:13] other one
[16:14] who is
[16:14] behind you
[16:15] is closing
[16:15] in,
[16:15] especially
[16:16] when you
[16:16] are ahead
[16:17] of everybody.
[16:18] When you
[16:18] are ahead
[16:18] of everybody
[16:19] and you
[16:19] are in
[16:19] the middle
[16:20] lane,
[16:21] you have
[16:22] to go
[16:22] like this
[16:23] and keep
[16:23] going like
[16:23] this,
[16:24] as you
[16:24] watch
[16:25] forward,
[16:25] so that
[16:26] just in
[16:26] case someone
[16:27] is closing
[16:27] the gap,
[16:28] you tie.
[16:29] So you
[16:29] see,
[16:29] even with
[16:30] athletics,
[16:31] when you
[16:31] are running,
[16:32] your speed
[16:33] can be influenced
[16:34] by the people
[16:34] you are running
[16:35] with.
[16:36] You heard
[16:36] the story
[16:36] of the
[16:37] rabbits
[16:38] and the
[16:38] turtles?
[16:39] Yes.
[16:41] The rabbits
[16:41] speed was
[16:44] based on
[16:45] the turtles.
[16:45] So he
[16:46] knew that
[16:46] I would
[16:46] ask for
[16:47] this turtles
[16:47] I would
[16:47] arrive before
[16:48] him.
[16:49] And he
[16:49] went and
[16:50] sat under
[16:50] a tree,
[16:51] relaxed,
[16:52] because
[16:52] he would
[16:53] never come.
[16:55] And he
[16:55] fell asleep
[16:56] like something
[16:57] happens to you
[16:57] when you are
[16:58] reading your
[16:58] Bible.
[17:01] He fell
[17:02] asleep.
[17:03] When he
[17:03] woke up,
[17:04] turtles
[17:05] has arrived
[17:05] because he
[17:07] was judging
[17:08] his speed
[17:09] by his
[17:10] opponent's
[17:12] speed.
[17:13] And it's
[17:14] common in
[17:15] Christianity
[17:15] and Christian
[17:16] life to
[17:18] see,
[17:19] somebody is
[17:19] breaking their
[17:20] first astray.
[17:21] So you
[17:21] two,
[17:21] okay,
[17:22] I'll
[17:22] break my
[17:22] at 3.30.
[17:28] I'll
[17:29] break my
[17:29] at 3.30,
[17:30] especially
[17:30] husbands and
[17:31] wife.
[17:33] Don't
[17:34] follow your
[17:34] husband.
[17:37] He's
[17:37] older,
[17:38] likely.
[17:39] don't
[17:43] follow your
[17:43] wife.
[17:45] Don't
[17:46] follow her
[17:46] because
[17:47] my wife
[17:50] says she
[17:51] is a
[17:51] weaker
[17:51] vessel.
[17:52] So,
[17:54] but the
[17:54] truth is
[17:54] that sometimes
[17:55] you might
[17:56] even come
[17:57] to the
[17:57] prayer meeting
[17:58] later than
[17:59] you could
[17:59] have because
[18:00] the others
[18:01] will come
[18:02] around that
[18:02] time.
[18:04] But when
[18:04] it comes
[18:04] to pure
[18:06] purity of
[18:07] heart,
[18:07] anytime you
[18:08] are actually
[18:08] desiring
[18:09] a pure
[18:10] heart,
[18:10] you know
[18:11] what?
[18:11] You don't
[18:12] care about
[18:12] any other
[18:13] person because
[18:13] it's really
[18:15] purely between
[18:16] you and
[18:16] God.
[18:17] So that is
[18:18] why all
[18:18] of us
[18:18] to press
[18:19] towards
[18:20] purity of
[18:21] heart
[18:22] towards God.
[18:23] God,
[18:23] give me a
[18:24] clean heart.
[18:24] Give me a
[18:25] pure heart.
[18:26] In this
[18:26] season,
[18:27] as we
[18:28] fast,
[18:28] can you
[18:29] imagine you
[18:29] are fasting
[18:30] with a pure
[18:30] heart?
[18:32] You are
[18:33] fasting with
[18:33] a pure
[18:34] heart.
[18:35] Even if
[18:36] the results
[18:37] would take
[18:37] 10 days to
[18:38] come,
[18:38] like today
[18:38] in our
[18:39] reading,
[18:39] it says
[18:40] that
[18:40] Satan will
[18:43] afflict some
[18:44] of you
[18:44] for 10
[18:45] days.
[18:46] 10
[18:46] days.
[18:47] Yeah.
[18:48] Revelation
[18:49] chapter 2
[18:50] verse 10
[18:51] and 11.
[18:51] For 10
[18:52] days.
[18:53] Even if
[18:54] your testimony
[18:55] is supposed
[18:56] to take 10
[18:56] days,
[18:57] because of
[18:57] the purity
[18:58] of your
[18:58] heart,
[18:58] it can
[18:59] take 3
[18:59] days.
[19:01] The heart
[19:02] is so pure
[19:03] before God.
[19:04] The heart
[19:04] is so clean.
[19:05] And when I talk
[19:05] about your heart
[19:06] is pure,
[19:06] your heart
[19:07] is sincere.
[19:08] It doesn't
[19:09] mean you are
[19:09] perfect,
[19:10] but your heart
[19:10] is sincere.
[19:12] Your yes
[19:13] is your yes
[19:13] before God.
[19:14] Your no
[19:15] is your no
[19:15] before God.
[19:16] Your heart
[19:16] is sincere.
[19:17] Moses said,
[19:19] let your
[19:20] presence,
[19:20] show me
[19:21] your ways.
[19:22] And God
[19:23] said,
[19:23] my presence
[19:24] will go
[19:24] with you.
[19:24] Then Moses
[19:25] said,
[19:25] if your
[19:26] presence
[19:26] does not
[19:26] go with
[19:27] us,
[19:27] then there's
[19:27] no point
[19:28] in this
[19:28] fasting.
[19:32] Verse 15.
[19:33] And he
[19:35] said unto
[19:35] him,
[19:37] if thy
[19:38] presence
[19:38] go not
[19:39] with me,
[19:40] don't take
[19:41] me anywhere.
[19:43] Don't take
[19:44] me anywhere.
[19:44] There's no
[19:45] point in
[19:45] this fasting.
[19:48] There's no
[19:48] point in the
[19:49] prayer if your
[19:50] presence will
[19:51] not.
[19:51] Because the
[19:52] presence of
[19:52] God is your
[19:53] all sufficient
[19:55] answer.
[19:57] The presence
[19:57] of God.
[19:59] He said,
[19:59] if your
[20:00] presence does
[20:00] not go with
[20:01] me,
[20:01] don't take
[20:01] me.
[20:01] Moses said,
[20:04] if your
[20:04] presence does
[20:05] not go with
[20:06] us,
[20:07] for Gary,
[20:09] for Gary,
[20:11] he said,
[20:12] he said unto
[20:13] him,
[20:13] if your
[20:13] presence go
[20:15] not with
[20:15] me,
[20:17] carry me
[20:17] not out
[20:18] from here.
[20:19] Don't carry
[20:19] me,
[20:19] they go.
[20:22] No,
[20:23] don't carry
[20:24] me from
[20:24] here.
[20:25] If your
[20:25] presence does
[20:26] not go
[20:27] with me,
[20:27] Moses said,
[20:28] don't carry
[20:29] me.
[20:29] And he
[20:30] says that for
[20:30] where we
[20:31] shall it
[20:31] be known
[20:32] here that
[20:33] I and
[20:34] thy people
[20:35] have found
[20:35] favor in
[20:36] your side.
[20:37] Is it
[20:37] not in
[20:38] that thou
[20:39] goeth
[20:39] with us?
[20:40] So shall
[20:41] we be
[20:41] separated,
[20:42] I and
[20:43] thy people,
[20:44] from all
[20:45] the people
[20:45] that are
[20:46] upon the
[20:46] face of
[20:46] the earth.
[20:48] And the
[20:48] Lord said
[20:49] to Moses,
[20:49] I will
[20:50] do this
[20:50] thing that
[20:51] thou hast.
[20:52] Moses
[20:52] transacted
[20:53] with God
[20:54] for his
[20:55] presence.
[20:57] And God
[20:57] said,
[20:58] Moses said,
[20:58] if you
[20:59] don't go
[20:59] with me,
[21:00] if your
[21:01] presence is
[21:01] not with
[21:01] us,
[21:02] it's your
[21:03] presence with
[21:03] us,
[21:04] that's the
[21:04] only thing
[21:04] that distinguishes
[21:05] us from
[21:06] all other
[21:07] people.
[21:08] It makes
[21:08] us unique.
[21:09] It's the
[21:09] presence of
[21:10] God.
[21:10] It's not
[21:11] the hand
[21:12] of God,
[21:13] but it's the
[21:14] presence of
[21:14] God.
[21:14] Did you see
[21:15] what I'm
[21:15] talking about?
[21:16] It's not
[21:16] the hand of
[21:16] and the
[21:17] easiest way
[21:18] to secure
[21:18] God's
[21:19] presence is
[21:20] through a
[21:20] clean heart.
[21:22] Desire him
[21:22] and desire
[21:23] that God
[21:24] give me a
[21:25] clean heart.
[21:26] Give me a
[21:26] clean heart.
[21:27] I want to
[21:28] know your
[21:28] ways.
[21:29] Some of
[21:30] us,
[21:30] it's possible
[21:31] that all
[21:32] your Christian
[21:33] life,
[21:33] you've never
[21:34] prayed to
[21:35] know God's
[21:35] ways.
[21:37] God,
[21:37] do this
[21:38] for me.
[21:38] God,
[21:38] help me.
[21:39] God,
[21:40] power.
[21:40] It's a
[21:41] good prayer,
[21:42] but it's a
[21:43] lower version.
[21:45] The highest
[21:45] version is
[21:46] your presence.
[21:48] Create in
[21:50] me a
[21:52] clean in
[21:54] hand.
[21:56] Purify me.
[22:00] Purify my
[22:01] heart.
[22:03] Create in
[22:05] me a
[22:06] clean heart.
[22:09] So glad I
[22:10] fall.
[22:11] We're so
[22:11] glad you
[22:12] joined us
[22:12] for this
[22:13] message by
[22:13] David Entry.
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