00:00The Scripture says in Job chapter 14, it says this,
00:04For there is hope for a tree, if it's cut down, that it will sprout again,
00:10and that its tender shoots will not cease.
00:14Though its root may grow old in the earth, and its stem may die in the ground,
00:20yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.
00:29And wow, even though the tree, that branch is cut off,
00:33and you know that any branch that is cut off, life is gone.
00:38Amen. Come on.
00:40So, that's why we are talking about the Word of God, which transcends natural laws.
00:49There's a picture, this happened a number of years ago.
00:52I was in San Francisco with some of the pastors.
00:55Pastor Lawrence was with me.
00:56We went to visit a natural park.
01:04They had some very ancient trees there.
01:07And as I was passing by a stream, I saw a log that fell over a stream.
01:14Okay?
01:14It's cut off.
01:15That log is cut off.
01:18That tree, that tree is now a log.
01:22It's cut off from its roots.
01:23I could see that.
01:24But you know what's happening?
01:25As it fell over the stream,
01:28not into the stream, okay?
01:30Just above the stream.
01:31It's not touching the water.
01:32Only a little, a small stream.
01:36I said, guys, look, look, look.
01:38You know what we saw?
01:40We saw this.
01:42This is taken from there.
01:44See?
01:44And you can see the roots.
01:46I should have taken the picture of the roots.
01:46The roots, there are no roots.
01:48It's cut off.
01:49We do not know how long it's been cut off.
01:52But at the scent of water, it started budding.
01:56Fresh, green leaves.
02:00It's actually cut off.
02:02But there are green leaves from this tree.
02:06At the scent of water.
02:10Amen?
02:11The water is the Word of God.
02:13Whatever it is, you need the Word of God
02:15every single day.
02:18Because there are a lot of areas in your life
02:19that has cut off, that has gone dead.
02:21You know, and many a times,
02:22it's because of our foolishness,
02:24our actions, or sin.
02:26You know, we indulge in some of these things.
02:29We think there's no consequence.
02:30There's always a consequence.
02:32Sin always brings death.
02:35Amen?
02:36Do you know that?
02:37At the scent of water.
02:39The moment it senses water,
02:41it sprouts.
02:43Life comes in.
02:44So, you keep yourself washed all the time.
02:46Keep yourself in the Word.
02:47How many of you, you find that
02:49when you are without the Word of God,
02:50okay, this happens often when you're on holiday.
02:54Those of you who are tuning online,
02:55you're on holiday right now.
02:56You're eating sashimi and all that.
02:58Alright?
02:58And they even send anything to your pastor.
03:00Okay, never mind.
03:01It's okay.
03:02But let me just tell you this.
03:03You're watching, right?
03:04But the thing is that many of us,
03:05we experience this on holiday
03:06because we don't spend time in the Word
03:09or we don't listen to the Word and all that.
03:11After some time,
03:12you find that you tend to feel defiled.
03:15Amen?
03:15You tend to like quarrel more.
03:18You find that you're more discouraged,
03:20more depressed, more angry.
03:21And the whole purpose for the holiday
03:23is for you to rest and refresh.
03:26But instead of that,
03:27you come back to your own country.
03:30And then you feel like you need another holiday.
03:36So, the thing is this.
03:38We're not refreshed.
03:39We can bathe every day
03:40and still not be refreshed.
03:42Because this refreshing
03:43is something of the Spirit.
03:46Amen?
03:47So, stay in the water.
03:49Amen.
03:50Like that rock.
03:51The water comes all the time.
03:53Amen?
03:54Instead of bringing it out of the water
03:55and then you get dirty again,
03:57then you put it back,
03:58and you know,
03:59stay in the water.
04:01And that is spend time in the Word.
04:04Get the Word of God.
04:05You can't spend time
04:06reading the Bible on that day.
04:08Amen?
04:09Then spend time listening
04:10as you're walking and shopping around,
04:12as you're eating your food.
04:13Amen?
04:16Amen?
04:17Amen?
04:19Listen to the Word.
04:22Doesn't have to be Pastor Prince.
04:24Any Word that is based on the Word of God
04:27that glorifies Christ,
04:29keeps you Christ-occupied.
04:31Amen?
04:32As you look to Him,
04:33you become radiant.
04:35Praise the Lord.
04:38Amen?
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