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Bring It On-Line: - June 12, 2017

GENESIS 6:6 (NIV): "THE LORD REGRETTED THAT HE HAD MADE HUMAN BEINGS ON THE EARTH, AND HIS HEART WAS DEEPLY TROUBLED." IS THIS HOW GOD FEELS? HOW DO YOU START YOUR DAY? Read Transcript


Well, we want to take a few minutes to bring it

on with some of the email questions

that you all have sent in.

And this first one, Gordon, comes

from Michelle who says, "My husband is very religious.

He reads the Bible every day and watches

several religious programs.

He considers himself a fervent Christian and that he is very,

quote, 'close to God.'

He's a very negative, angry person.

He sees the bad in everything and everyone.

His favorite quote is from Genesis 6:6--

'The Lord regretted that He had made human beings on the earth,

and His heart was deeply troubled.'

He's quoting the Bible, so does this

mean that this is God's feeling and the attitude?

I thought God was a loving God."

GORDON ROBERTSON: Michelle, you thought right.

God is a loving God.

And even in the middle of the judgment on all of mankind,

which was the flood, there was the redemption.

He found Noah a righteous man in his generation.

And he saved him and all of his family.

And then, when he found Abraham, he made a covenant.

That through him, all the nations of the world

would be blessed.

And that covenant was fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

And the Bible says, "For God so loved the world that he

gave his only begotten son."

So God loves people.

God loves everyone.

He's not looking at their problems.

He's looking, how can I provide a solution?

And that solution is Jesus.

I would encourage you to pray for your husband.

I would encourage that the love of God

would be shed abroad in your heart.

That he would see that and respond to that.

It's the goodness of God that leads

to all change in our thoughts.

And so, when you look at the goodness,

then you start to say, why do I want to be bitter?

Why do I want to be angry, judgmental?

All of those things.

And you start to see things with God's eyes.

And God's eyes are always, "God so loved the world."

Very good.

This is a viewer who says, "How do you both start your days?

I always feel rushed and never seemed

to feel like I have time to spend in prayer.

Do you have any tips?"

GORDON ROBERTSON: Terry, do you feel rushed?

Most of the time I feel rushed.

But, you know what?

Well, my day starts in the shower.

I start talking to the Lord right away,

and I don't stop all day long.

He's probably very tired of hearing from me, but--

No, he's not.

Well, you know, we're raising a young granddaughter

right now.

And so, mornings--

GORDON ROBERTSON: Yeah, I was going to say.

Aren't the great time of the day for me anymore.

We're doing backpacks, lunches, getting dressed.

But evenings, I love to stay up till everybody in my house

has gone to bed.

And then, I just have quiet time with the Lord.

I've got my books ready to go, and that's my time with God.

But I do pray all day long.

Prayer isn't something I just--

Yeah, it's good to set aside time.

Back in my days in Manila, I actually

had the luxury of starting every day for two hours.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Oh wow.

And I got into this tithe at the time.

And like you, you know, things get very busy.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yeah.

And particularly here in America, it's

like we're a very busy culture.

It is a faster paced country.

You know, please don't bother to talk to me because I'm busy.

It's unfortunate because we're not really enjoying life,

we're enjoying our busyness.

And so, you've got to steal the time.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yeah, you do.

And you have to find ways to say, OK, I have some downtime

now.

I love these wonderful smartphones to carry with you.

They--

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Absolutely.

And

They can get you a Bible at any point in time you are--

you can say, OK--

And devotionals, and, yes.

Here we go.

Exactly.

And you can structure a life to actually enjoy

the presence of the Lord.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yeah, but I do think

God helps give sanity in the midst of our crazy schedules,

but you have to--

I'm not yet there where I'm praying in the shower.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well, your loss.

I'm not as holy as you.

[LAUGHTER]

I get rid of the dirt there.

The drive time is a wonderful time

to put on some praise and worship,

or listen to an audio Bible.

And you can have a quiet time just on your commute.

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