How To Develop A Friendship With God || Bobby Conner || Exploring Truth || World Harvest Church

[Music] in every [Music] with [Music] hey [Music] is [Music] with me [Music] can i say [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] i am are [Music] [Applause] oh foreign [Music] well hello this is bobby connor from eaglesville ministry i am so excited and honored to be a part of world harvest church rice league wisconsin we love the staff we love you pastor and you and his whole family we love what god is doing in them and through them by them what a day to be alive esther 4 14 declares we're in the kingdom for such a time as this think about that such a time as this ah if you look at the natural you say chaos you see all kind of confusion going on but look at this god said he is a state he is a firm force in shaking times he says if we build our foundation upon the solid teachings of the word of god the winds will blow the shakings will come but your house will stand now i i'm so excited that we get to come and share with you today and i i want to just be as uh as real as we know how now you've heard the saying look out i've got friends in high places you if you're a born-again child of god you can say that you can say well i've got friends in high places because that's what the bible says listen to what jesus christ says and we're talking about our theme today is being a friend of god oh man getting intimate with god nothing could be more important than that paul said i push on i press on for the high calling of god he said i want to really get to know him and the power of his resurrection and be more like him now i've never met anybody i've been pre can you believe this i'm 77 years old i'll be 78 years old this year and i've been preaching over 50 something years and i'm average speaking five times a week for 50 plus years i tell people i'm living proof practice won't make perfect but here's what i want to tell you the more i get to know about god the more i realize i barely do know him but i want to tell you something he really really has uh our betterment on his heart he wants jeremiah 29 11. god said i don't i know my thoughts i think towards you declares the lord thoughts of your success not your failure my intention is to bring you to a good end not some kind of a dismal demise jeremiah 29 11. think about this just for a little bit almighty god the creator of the ends of the earth almighty god thinks about you and the book of psalms psalms 139 verse 18 says he thinks glorious thoughts about us is that amazing that's what it says he thinks glorious thoughts about us and he said he knew us before we were us and he says all of our days are written in his book before we've ever lived a single one of them see god has purpose for us ephesians 2 10. i'm talking fast ephesians 2 10 says we are his workmanship created in christ jesus under good works which god before ordained pre-plan that we would walk in them but i won't i want to get back to this theme of friends in high places oh the bible said there is a friend that will stick closer than a brother talking about christ and i'll tell you what earthly people may uh distance you they may uh ditch you they may separate themselves from you but not jesus jesus says this john 15 verse 15 jesus christ speaking says no longer do i call you servants for the servant does not know what his master's doing but i have called you friends for all that i have heard from my father i have made known to you oh isn't that amazing friends talk to friends and he wants to tell you everything he knows about the father that's what it says he says for all that i have heard from my father i have made known unto you we do have beloved friends in high places and what's so important is we can talk to our friends anytime day or night uh i've got friends all over the earth and i had a pastor friend there in germany and so uh i was gonna call him one time and somehow i don't know how it could happen to somebody like me i got mixed up on the time schedule i thought i was calling at 2 00 pm i didn't know i was calling at 2 00 am so i called albertson the phone rang and it rang and it rang finally he picked it up and goes literally i said alberts he said boy i said yes he said bluebee do you know what time it is i said apparently not i'd call my friend at 2 am but let me tell you about jesus he's a very present help he's always there you can talk to him about anything anytime anyplace we can cast all of our care upon him he cares for us there's a friend that sticks closer than the brother let's look at that again john 15 verse 15 jesus talking read part of the bible no longer do i call you a servant for the servant does not know what his master is doing but i have called you friends for all that i've heard from my father i have made known unto you that's pretty amazing he said well are you sure he's my friend or if you want to see the absolute capstone about jesus christ being your friend is john 15 13. john 15 13 says greater love had no man than this that someone would lay down his life lay down his life die for his friends that's what jesus christ did he gave his his life he sacrificed his life upon the cross he is a friend and that's what it says john 15 verse 13 says greater love had no man than nestle man then someone lay down his life for his friends oh listen how how can we repay somebody like that well you actually can't repay them but you can repay with love and loyalty and there's an accusation a strong actions accusation given against the body of christ uh in james chapter four verse four james four verse 4. listen to what it says now it starts out really strong you adulterous people do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with god therefore whosoever wishes to be a friend of this world makes himself the enemy of god now let's look at this in context it's saying if you're more concerned about pleasing uh people on earth doing what gets you ahead with other people and neglecting the things of god uh says you're that's not really a friend of god look at that again you adulterous people wow that means being affectionate towards people that are illegal for you to do so remember the bible said come out from among them and be separate say the lord touch not the unclean thing and i will be your god and you will be my sons and daughters declares the lord god almighty so i don't want us to be identified as an adulterous people do you say no do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with god wow started that for yourself john james 4 4. listen to this i want us to be faithful like this first john 17 about proverbs proverbs 17 17. i like john 17 17 also john 17 17 says sanctify them that them being us sanctify them through the truth that word is truth or if we really love him we're going to love his truth or if we really want to walk with him we're going to walk in his word his word is a lamp to our feet and a lot to our path psalms 119 verse 105 thy word is a lamp under my feet think about that and a lot under my path psalms 18 verse 28 he says he will light my lamp my spirit and it will give light to the all of my heart it really will it'll illuminate us we've got to walk in the light haven't we here here's this great verse it says a friend loves it all times and a brother is born for adversity a friend it doesn't matter what kind of situation you're you're there to stick to it with them and that's what jesus says i like that listen what it says uh if you're if you really really want to draw near to god you've got to resist the devil james 4 verse 8 says draw near to god and he will draw near to you cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your hearts you double-minded you we cannot be one foot in the world one foot in in the kingdom of god we've got to really make sure we're doing matthew 6 33 matthew 6 33 says but seek ye what first top priority number one objective seeking first the kingdom of god and all these other things will fall right into place how do we make sure we're seeking first the kingdom of god we fill our heart with the word of god and the ways of god and the wisdom of god and we walk in the light as he is in the light but listen he says cleanse cleanse our hands you say well man i think i'm all right no we cannot get into his presence psalms 24 3 and 4 psalms 24 34 says who shall ascend into the hill of the lord he that hath what clean hands and a pure heart we have got to clean up her act and you say well how do i how do you do psalms 131 39 23 search me oh god and try me see if there'll be any wicked way in me and lead me in a way that's eternal and everlasting and god wants us to do that he wants us to follow what he's commanded us to do john 15 verse 14 says you are my friends if you do what i command you see it's very important to follow the teachings of jesus christ james chapter 2 verse 23 says and the scripture was fulfilled that says abraham believed god and it was counted to him as righteousness and he was called and identified and classified as a friend of god you obey the word of god walk in the will of god you'll be classified as a friend of god oh i want to be that i don't want to be unfaithful friend i want to be a true friend i tell you what it's really really amazing and look god will work on behalf of his friends look at second chronicles chapter 20 verse seven second chronicles chapter 24 7 says did you not oh our lord god drive out the inhabitants of the land before your people israel and give it forever to the descendants of abraham your friend well it just simply says in that verse god went to battle for his friend abraham and drove off the thugs and the intruders off the land and gave it to abraham's people because abraham is your friend and that's something i like that oh man god is really something over and over the old testament calls abraham the friend of god here's one isaiah 41 8 but you israel my servant jacob whom i have chosen the offspring of abraham abraham my friend i like that i want to be known as a friend of god don't you i want to be known the one that's really intimate with god how do you do it hunger hunger blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness they shall be filled and the bible says psalm 63 verse one that uh psalm 63 verse one says i thirst for you like in a dry and weary land portal water is and it says in psalms 42 oh it's a little desert deer pants after the water broke so past my soul after the oh god we've got to get hungry and thirsty and desperate for god and then god will really really begin to speak to us and communicate to us exodus 33 11. this is where it talks about god's speaking to moses and the bible says the word of god says god is no respecter of persons wow see that's how i used to get a lot of my in uh encounters with god i i that verse has got its own of persons and uh i would find some marvelous thing that god did with someone and i would bring it to god and say god you said you are no uh respecter of persons and this very verse i'm going to talk to you about i said you said you spoke to moses face to face as a friend respect your friend i said you said you're no respecter of purses i want you to speak to me face to face as a friend to speak and listen guess what god said bobby are you willing to do what he did to get what he got wow remember this moses went up on the mountain of god when it was on fire and trim and the the whole the whole earth was shaking and it says that he went up there and he said and god asked me says are you willing to do what he did to get what he got and i thought wow there's some uh there's some conditions to this exodus 33 11 thus saith the lord thus the lord used to speak to moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend when moses turned aside into the camp his assistant joshua the son of nun a young man would not depart from the tent i like that i think that's one thing that increased joshua's uh ability to take moses place was he didn't want to leave the presence he carried steel in the presence don't you love the presence of god i want us to get into the presence of god let the presence of god get into us and it's really important to be a friend of god and david said gather walk through the valley of the shadow of death i'll fear no evil thou art with me thou rot and i said god is with us he said i'll never ever abandon you that's what he says joshua 1 9 be bold and be brave be very courageous go do what you're called to do because you will not be going by yourself i will never leave you nor forsake you have you found verses that are tucked away in the bible that it seems like people never look at here's one there's a verse in the bible that says if you'll get a lot of your friends together and sit down and begin to dialogue and talk about how much you love god and how much he loves you god will take notice of it and write your name in his book what that's what it says if you'll find a lot of your friends sit down and start talking about how much you love jesus now as jesus loves you and how much god has done for you and you're talking about the good things of god god will take notice of it and he'll write your name in this book you say where is that at bobby malachi 3 16 malachi 3 16 isn't that amazing god really wants us to spend time learning about him loving his ways loving his word and it's very important it's very very important it's important to let him into the our life hold back nothing that's what it says revelations 3 20 behold i stand at the door and knock if anyone hears my voice and opens the door i will come in and i will fellowship commune with him we've gotta if he knocks up on our heart story we gotta open it up oh man i like that i like that i like to tie in revelations chapter three verse 20 and revelations chapter four verse one revelation chapter 4 verse 1 says and after this i heard a voice that said come up here and i looked and there was a gate a door a portal standing open in heaven and i heard a voice that said come up here now notice this it says after this after what after we've done revelations 3 20. behold i stand the door knocked if anyone hears my voice opens the door i will come in and if we let him into our door he'll let us into his door that heavenly realm where there's wonderful understanding and grasping of the kingdom ways romans 8 28 says and we know very when let me get it right romans 8 verse 28 and we know that for those who love god all things work together for good for those who are called according to his purpose now that did not say everything that happens to you was good and it's certainly not i've been in this a long time there's trump there's trump traumatic things desperate things happen to the saints of god but i'm telling you all things work together when the whole thing is finished we have to say god you did well he does all things well one of my favorite verses in the whole bible is nahum chapter 1 verse 7. i preached a message on that on that verse once and the people that heard it that was developing the land were moravian falls community is they built the road that my home is on on nathan road nation mayhem one seven and the word mayhem is the one that brings encouragement and consolation nah one seven says god is good a stronghold in the day of trouble and he knows those that are trusting and clinging and relying upon him beloved we got to realize god is good don't you ever listen to the devil when he tries to accuse god that's his method of operation look all the way back in the book of genesis all the way back in the book of genesis the first word out of the mouth of the devil was hat god said and he never changes his method of operation he always wants to cast a shadow upon what god has said and upon the intent of god hath god said and then he began to say well he doesn't really mean god has said and he means everything that he says he says what he means and he means what he says and every time the devil speaks he speaks a lie every time god speaks he speaks the truth and we can love the truth and live by the truth we really really can't notice this ever remember when in matthew chapter 4 when jesus christ was being tempted by the devil out in the wilderness it says every time the devil would hurl an accusation at jesus what would jesus do he would say it is written and that's what you and i need to do hosea says my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge the people of god are being destroyed by lack of knowledge and we need to pack our heart full of the word of god so that we'll know all things work together for good to them that love god who are called according to his purpose and i'm telling you what god really wants us to put our mind and our focus upon the lord philippians 2 verses 4 through 8 let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interest of others have this mind among yourselves which is yours in christ jesus who through though he was in the form of god did not count it equality with god as a thing to be grasped but made himself of nothing taking the form of his servant being born in the likeness of man and became and being found in the human form he unbelieved he humbled himself and undue obedience even unto the death of the cross jesus christ said i love you so much i'll do this i'll step down out of my deity and i'll come and i'll walk and i'll suffer and i'll bleed and i'll die for the cross i'll be put in the grave and it says he will see them he'll see the sorrow and the travail of his soul jesus and he'll be satisfied oh man can you hear this all the way back in the garden of ede a garden of gethsemane all the way back in the garden of gethsemane it says that jesus falls on his knees before the father screams out oh father father if there be any way let this cup pass from me nevertheless not my will but your will what in the world don't you ever let any theologian tell you that jesus was trying to back away from the cross he said for this cause came out into the world what was he asking for oh father if there's any way that this cup passed for me this experience passed from me but not my will that will be done i'll tell you what he was saying he was literally saying he was literally saying this remember it says in psalms 22 when christ was on the cross and he screamed out my god my god why has that forsaken me that's what he was saying see this is the first time ever in the eons of eternities that god the father and god the son had been separated when christ was on the cross the bible says in the book of habakkuk god is of a pure eye then to behold iniquity and when the blessed lamb of god became the sin of all the people in all the world the father turned his back because he he's too pure to look upon iniquity like that but then jesus screamed my god my god why has that forsaken me wow jesus saw all of that and he said i'm willing to do it because i've got friends and i love them and i want to pay the send it that they owe somebody's got to pay for our sin we can't we we it's a price way above what we can pay because it's eternal damnation and but jesus paid it all all to him we owe sin is left a crimson stain but he washes us white as snow oh the lord jesus what a friend a friend that sticks closer than a brother he really does he really does i want you to i want you to spend time talking to him now this may sound sound crazy but one of the things we need to do if we're going to get close to jesus is we got to unplug some from all of them chatter that goes on around us we we don't like silence but psalms 46 11 god says be still and know that i am god we need to learn how to turn off some of the media turn off some of the mechanisms and get still psalms 46 11 be still and know that i am god the devil knows that verse so he's going to do everything he can to harass you hinder you keep you from getting to know god because when you get to know god you realize hey i'm special ephesians 2 10 said god created things for me to do before he created me and i'm going to step into my destiny and he said the book of daniel but daniel 11 32 be but the people that do know their god they will displace strength and they will take action so the devil wants to keep us ignorant and dumb concerning who we are in the word so we'll be weak and impotent but we're not weak and efficient the bible says in acts 1 8 but you shall receive power dunamis authority power when the holy spirit comes up again you will be of witness i love that don't you we have power you so bobby how much power do we have jesus said this these works that i do and greater works than these shall you do because i go to my father i'm telling you we have got to realize in us dwells the same power of the holy spirit that was in jesus christ the spirit the reason pressed jesus to us in you wow i can do all things through christ who infuses me with power with inner strength and you've got it what we've got to do is learn who we are and begin to step in that kingdom authority we are kings and priests revelations one five and six we cannot continue to be misinformed on who we are you know i guess to know sinners saying by grace that's what you were but you're a saint of god now you're a child of the king you're a joint heir with jesus christ you're the head and not the tale you cannot be stopped you're invincible through jesus christ i can do all things through christ who empowers me who infuses me with inner strength wow i'm capable for any task he assigns to me that's what it says and we've got to be busy realizing god has a plan and god has equipped us to be able to fulfill that plan if we'll just walk in the light of his word it's amazing we got to get into the word that's what's so important so if we're going to be uh communing with our friends in high places we've got to spend time in the word of god let me ch check on time like like it is time is very important uh time it says we've got to learn to redeem the time ephesians 5 14 through 18 what with gold aim and true purpose redeeming the time making full use of every moment don't mean around uh witness have a plan and a plot of fulfilling the destiny god has for your life okay listen here here's one exodus 3 verse 6 through 8 and he said i am the lord your i am the lord god of your father the god of abraham the god of isaac the god of jacob and moses hit his face where he was afraid to look at god then the lord said i have surely seen the afflictions of my people who are in egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters i know their suffering said i have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the egyptians and to bring them up out of the land too to a good and broad land and land flowing with milk and honey to the place that i promised see god's plans are good for us and god raised up the man moses to be a leader and god is raising us us up to be leaders in the body of christ to bring back hope to the people of god don't cat hebrews 10 35 hebrews 10 35 says don't fling away your steadfast confidence in god one translation says hold on to hope it pays big dividends the devil if he could he would get us hopeless but i'm telling you we're going to focus on god and we're going to seek god and we're going to do just like no we're going to find favor in the eyes of god that's what it says genesis 6 8 through 9 it says verses 6 chapter 6 that says but noah found favor in the eyes of god oh god wants us to find favor matter of fact this is a season of favor what second corinthians 6 2 now is an acceptable time a time of the favor of god that's what it says it's a time that god will hear you and help you so i'm having fun don't don't go to church and not have fun i i tell you we love god and share now i come up a lot of times when i we're traveling i come up because i like gumbo and shark and really cook gumbo and so that's one of the reasons i come is a i like gumbo no i come because we really love the thing that's going on there in world harvest church and the vision they have to see souls saved around the earth and we are in harvest time we're at a time when people are desperate they're looking at the world and the world is filled with chaos and all kind of confusions all kind of uh dilemmas and uh we've got to just focus on the lord and we've got to be affirmed we've got to tell the people it says jesus said it this way men's hearts failing them for the things they see coming up on the earth but we gotta look higher we've got to get the people not to focus on the calamities but focus on the creator isaiah 26 3 says that will keep him us in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon thee trust in the lord jehovah for in the lord jehovah is everlasting never failing strength oh he's a great help in he he really really really is and god bless you he really wants to honor you and strengthen you and listen listen here it says it says matthew 10 32 through 33 matthew 10 32-33 so everyone who acknowledged this me before men i also will acknowledge before my father who is in heaven but whoever denies me before men i also will deny him before my father which is in heaven this is a time we've got to learn that god has nothing to do with secret disciples secret agents no we've got to stand up and we've got to be salt and light we are a city set on a hill that cannot and will not be hidden now i want to thank you again i know this is a different different way of sharing the gospel but i want you to know something god has good plans and you're a part of those plans and god wants you to really set your focus on fulfilling the will of god for your life you can do something no other human being can do that's what it says you're divinely unique 7.6 billion people alive not on this planet not a single one like you you are divinely unique in the purest sense of the term but god wants to use you in a unique way so yield yourself to him say lord i'm not my own i'm yours i'm asking you to let me really build a friendship relationship with you i want to walk with you i want to be like in like it says enoch walk with god and then he says enoch well it's not because god took him i'll tell you that's a marvelous verse uh we've got to we got to get into the bible don't you think so i listened to micah 7 says who is like or god pardoning iniquity and passing over transgressions for the remnant of his inheritance who's like god no one's like god jesus holy ghost and god wants us to be like god it says making man in his own image now oh man that's that's a mouthful right there but god bless you and god bless your family i want to pray for you the bible says this here's a good verse about you and your inheritance isaiah 44 3 4 isaiah 44 34 says i'll pour water upon him that is thirsty floods up on dry ground i will pour my spirit on your descendants and they will spring up like willows by a fertile river see you and i are forging the future our grandchildren we're living in we want to hand this thing off better than we received it now people say well bobby you're supposed to be prophetic can you give me a word for where our nation's headed well our nation right now is under judgment what kind of what we cannot do the things we've been doing in our nation and not not suffer the correcting judgments of god upon our life the i the where isaiah 5 20 says woe unto the nation finds that easy to call good evil and evil good we're there but god god loves us too much to leave us there so he's going to shake everything that can be shaken so that the only things that cannot be shaken will remain and uh you watch this when all the smoke is cleared when everything is settled down we're going to be in a position of greater glory all of this shaking is to align us again to receive a greater glory and let me tell you what let's move into it today let's start let's start putting away the works of darkness putting away a double minus and let's put our heart upon the lord the bible said we'll find him when we search for him and seek for him with all our heart so like i said i love ross lake i love the pastoral team here at world harvest church and i tell you guys it's so good it's so good to hear the word of god and be living in a time like this we're going to see the greatest revival the world has ever seen you see the lobby we're in we're in a big mess right now but god is going to show himself isaiah 64 verse 1 oh lord oh lord oh lord rin the heavens and come down he's coming down i 64 verse 1 but he's bringing something with him what is he bringing bobby fire he's going to run the heavens and he's coming down and he's bringing fire and he's going to burn up all the wood hand stubble and that's going to be marvelous and he says that's what it says it says and though fire will make the water boil what does that mean it means we've had the word in the bible the word is symbol to water but we have not had the fire now we're going to have the word and the fire and we're going to find out god is a god of the harvest we're going to see mighty mighty soul-winning moves of god in the days in in front of us i want to pray with you and thank you for letting us come father i want to thank you for the fact you're the same yesterday today and forever jesus christ does not change and lord when we drift away and try to change i pray you'll bring us back i pray that you will put that hook in our jaw and bring us back i pray we'll have a time of recalibration you said we need to return back to our first love god give us grace to do that i thank you for what you're doing i thank you for an opportunity just to say jesus we want you to control our life we thank you i pray father that you would give us a boldness to share the gospel like never before i pray you take away from us cowardness and timidity and you said the righteous will be as bold as a lion so god i pray you'll forgive us for our timidity and make us as bold as a lion not some fleshly arrogant swagger but a humility that's irresistible and that that people will see that we love them and we won't see we want to see this best thing happen to them so lord jesus have your way i pray you'll bless the staff i pray your blessed people and lord jesus i pray above everything else you will receive glory and honor and praise from our lives in jesus name amen [Music] oh you are worthy [Music]

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