Is it TOO Late for YOU?
You've done the math on your life, and it doesn't come out well. The years. The distance. The faith you set down. Before Israel ever left home, Moses told them how far they'd wander. Then he told them what God would do when they got there. Mon thru Fri 7 AM Eastern. SUN 6:30 PM https://www.youtube.com/live/yH3qdXeeYBg?si=cN9QRYonpazJg13H #Bible #Faith #NotTooLate Send Dr. Shawn a Message. Please leave your contact information if you’d like a reply! Support the show Thank you so much f...
Key Takeaways
- Even when you have done the math on your life and convinced yourself that it is too late, God's promise and His road home remain open.
- In Deuteronomy 30, Moses emphasizes the Hebrew word 'shuv,' meaning to turn, return, or come home, demonstrating that God is always turning toward you when you turn to Him.
- You do not have to travel to the edge of the earth or climb to heaven to find life, because the word of God is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart.
- Choosing life is not an emotion you wait for, but a deliberate turn you make when you tell God out loud that you are coming home.
- Wasted years, deep distance, and past mistakes do not cancel out God's covenant promises or the fact that Jesus is your life and length of days.
You've done the math on your life, and it doesn't come out well. The years. The distance. The faith you set down.
Before Israel ever left home, Moses told them how far they'd wander. Then he told them what God would do when they got there.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is it ever too late to come back to God?
No, it is never too late. Even when you feel you have gone too far or wasted years, God built a road home into His covenant, and He meets you from the farthest place you have wandered.
What does the Hebrew word 'shuv' mean in Deuteronomy 30?
'Shuv' means to turn, return, or come home. It highlights the moment of turning back to God, finding that He is already turning toward you.
How do Deuteronomy 30 and Romans 10 connect regarding God's word?
Moses told Israel that God's word and life are not hidden far away but are very near you. The Apostle Paul applies this directly to Yeshua (Jesus), showing that the word has become a face, a name, and a Savior who came down to rescue us.
What practical step can I take today if I feel too far gone?
Take one simple turn by speaking a single sentence out loud to God, such as telling Him you are turning around and coming home, and take one small step toward reconciliation in your relationships.
You've done the math on your life. And it doesn't come out well. I don't know. Maybe maybe you've been maybe you've been here. Maybe you haven't. Maybe I'm just Maybe I'm just one of one of a bunch of people who who have. I don't know. But you've done the math and you've looked at it. You've tried to cipher it, figure it the best you can. And it still comes back as you've wasted. Wasted years. Wasted opportunity. The kids who grew up while you were somewhere else. And I don't know where I was when all these other kids are growing up doing all these things and learning and making the right choices. And I don't know where I was when my children grew up. I guess working. The faith you walked away from at maybe age 20. And you never found your way back to it. So you've made peace with one sentence. One sentence, only three words. It's too late. Too late to fix it with them. You can't you can't go back and fix it with them. It's too late to come back to God like you mean it. We've lived too hard. Made way too many serious mistakes. Other people, sure. They can do it. Absolutely. I mean, my goodness. Maybe I do, no, I do. But the thing is, is you look at other people and you say, well, they recovered. But I went too far too long. So now you've settled. You're not bitter. You're not a bitter person, just griping at people. You're just quiet. You're not a. You're not a crab. You're just a person who keeps to themselves. Maybe maybe like somebody standing on a sidewalk outside the house they grew up in. You're looking in. Somebody else lives there now. Somebody else is living better than you lived in that house. And the door's been locked for years. And here's what nobody told you. Before Israel crossed over the Jordan, Moshe or Moses told them. He told them they'd walk away. All the way to the ends of the earth. Then he told them what God would do when he got there. With one Hebrew word he wouldn't stop repeating. 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Um, by the way, I don't know why I look the way I look on screen that I came in, turned the computer on, and something was weird with the camera. I don't know. Oh, you're a regular listener. Oh, but we're hearing from you now. Oh, that's so awesome! Well, thank you for joining us in chat. That's lovely. By the way, I forgot. October, that's gonna remember, 11th. Joe, you probably remember. October 11th, if that's a Sunday, I'll be preaching again at Virginia Creek Ministries. Looking forward to it. The folks at Virginia Creek Campground, there's a church there right in the middle of it. It's amazing. It's an amazing place with amazing people, and uh, I'd just be utterly delighted if if you'd come. If you're anywhere near um Surf City or or uh you know Pender County or Onslow County, North Carolina on that particular day, feel free to come by. They get started at 9:30, and they're not kidding. And uh they do get started at 9:30. Love it. Lovely people, some of the nicest people you ever meet in your life. And I'm gonna be teaching on uh friendship. And uh I've crafted a series just for all you're very sweet. Thank you, Joe. You're really kind. Yes, you're coming back by popular demand. That's very kind. I love those people there. They're the nicest people. Anyway, talking about friendship, and it'll be the third in our series. I wrote a series um specifically for that part of life. So, anyway, I wrote my second book. It's not really my second book, but it's the second one I published. True Word, Faith for Life. It's textbook quality. I say stuff there that I could never say here. It'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry. Don't drink your coffee while you're reading it. Put your coffee over to the side, drink a cup, drink it, drink, take a sip, put it down, swallow, and then read. Uh, because you know, some stuff is pretty funny in there, and and other stuff will make you cry. So maybe have maybe have some tissues nearby. Totally not kidding. You're gonna get mad too. You'll get mad, you'll read it, you'll get mad. I say some stuff in there that make people mad, but it's built to last. The ink won't poison you. It's special ink, and uh the paper is super heavy paper. It's made to be written on, and I made the print large enough, and the space large enough, and the margins large enough that you can write notes. A lot of people use it for their daily devotional. Pretty cool. Anywho, true wordfaithforlife.com, right up there at the top. Uh store is what it's called. Anyway, welcome to day 131 of Through the Bible in a year. We're walking the story of God. Today we're in Deuteronomy 29 and 30. This is where Moses sets life and death. Life and death in front of a whole nation. And he pleads with them to choose. Another choice. Well, I've got a question. You have a choice too. I've got a question for you. You can answer it if you don't want to, you don't have to. It's free of charge, no cost or obligation to you. You don't win a toaster or an air fryer. I realize now nobody does toasters. Air fryer. That's the big thing now. So answer in the chat or in the comments below if you're listening on playback. What has your life been saying you believe about you and God? Oh. Sometimes we ask the hard question. What has your life? What is it? What has it been saying about what you actually believe about you and God? Is it too late? Or not yet? Type the one you've been living. Real talk. Israel is camped on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan, from the land. Moses knows he won't cross with him. Breaks my heart. I know I say it every time, but if it does, it breaks my heart. I can't wait to see him in heaven. I'm gonna hug him. They say there'll be no tears in heaven, but I wonder if there'll be happy tears. I'll shed some tears. I'll say, man, thank you so much. Being a leader in that circumstance and all those situations I can't imagine. And he knows he won't cross with them and he sees it. So in chapter 29, then he's ever the leader, preparing them. Even though he won't enjoy it, he could have easily detached and gone, you know what? The people are ungrateful. Man, what you've put me through. Now he can't go. Forty years of my life becomes of me now. But in chapter 29, he gathers the whole nation to renew the covenant. I think this is so beautiful. Deuteronomy 29. If you're writing down Deuteronomy 29, verses 10 and 11. By the way, just so you know, true wordfaithforlife.com, that's my website. And uh there's a section there. There's there's a million great things there, if I may say so myself. I work very, very hard on it. But um up on blog, if you click on the word blog and then drop it down, you'll go to the one from this past week. I encourage you to do that. Um, it is built in such a way the blog is very personal and and uh I think touching. Uh I talk in a different voice there, but then if you go, if you you read the blog and you just keep scrolling, you'll see study guide. The study guide is where you see sort of the academic side of me, but you also see um maybe the Bible study or Bible college teacher side of me. And um that's a you can use that as a resource for your small group or your Sunday school or or maybe you have a uh devotional group, I don't know. Um but you can use it, you're welcome to use it. The only thing I ask, really and truly, the only thing I ask is if you could just copy, because I make it copy and pasteable, copy also the um the copyright line. It's all throughout. So I I would appreciate if you do that. And I say that for a reason. Unfortunately, I've been burned so many times. It's all free. I don't charge anything for it. Anyway, Deuteronomy 29, verses 10 and 11. The tribal heads, the little ones, the wives, right down to the sojourner who chops the wood. Nobody's too small to stand in this covenant. Moses opens with brutal honesty. I like that about him. Deuteronomy 29, verses 2 through 4. You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt. But to this day, the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. Forty years of miracles, and they still didn't get it. Hey, don't be so hard on them. What about us? I didn't get it for a long time, and I didn't have things. Well, I had lots of things that they didn't have. I had scripture, shelves and shelves of books. I had all that. I had all the things. I could search on the computer, I could read the Bible anytime, day or night, I could read commentaries, I could study specific things, I could do all those things, I had all those things in my hands, and yet, so we can't be too hard on these people, 40 years of miracles, and they still didn't get it. Listen, many of the disciples were walking with Yeshua, walking with Jesus every day. They were camping and walking and eating and did everything together, and some of them didn't get it until don't be so hard on them. We have all these things, and yet we don't grasp it. Sometimes today's the day, maybe, that you have a breakthrough. I want you to hold on to that because chapter 30 answers that whole thing. Then verses 14 and 15. It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, but with whoever is standing here with us today, and with whoever is not here with us today. First, that's every generation of Israel still to come. Jewish tradition heard even more in that line. People from the nations could one day join themselves to Israel's God. The door was built wide on purpose. On purpose. Now, hear how unusual the next chapter is. Before I say that, I like summer wildflower garden. Your tag name, whatever you call that, I don't even know what to call it, handle, whatever. Um it reminds me when we drive and we drive through and we see the center is grass or to the side is grass, and they plant wildflowers. And so in the summer and spring, it's just beautiful. I love them running. We love running up on that. Sometimes they'll plant beautiful purple ones and yellow or whatever the case may be. It's just whatever. It's so pretty. Anyway, not for nothing. That was free of charge, no cost of application yet. Now, I want you to hear how unusual the next chapter is. Ancient treaties, Hittite and Assyrian alike. The end by calling down curses on the vassal who breaks faith, the army comes. That's the last word. No clause brings the rebel home. But Deuteronomy 30 does. Take a deep breath, you're gonna need it. Deuteronomy 30, verses 1 and 2. When all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you. And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice with all your heart and with all your soul. Now, first of all, I want you to notice one thing. You know, every time I speak and every time I preach, I always say I have for you today a challenge and a choice. When all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse. Where do you think I got that challenge and a choice? Now I want you to notice the word when, not if. That word when, it's not if, it's when. Moses isn't guessing. Hello, Shakazulu 333. Moses is not guessing here. Call them to mind. Oh my man. In Hebrew, that's literally you bring it back to your heart. The verb here is shuv. Shin vav bit. To turn, to return, to come home. Something turns inside before anybody walks home. We remember the story of the prodigal son. I teach it differently than you've probably ever heard it. Yeshua describes that moment in Luke 15, verse 17: the Son in the far country came to himself, then returned. The word Shuv again. Verse 3, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples. The NASB reads, Restore you from captivity. Either way, God gives back what the exile took. And restore Ishov to. God turns in verse three. Israel turns in verse eight. God turns in verse nine. Seven times in ten verses. Moshe or Moses rings that verb like a bell. Every time you turn, you find he's already turning toward you. Verse 4. If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. Gets up at 4 a.m. to listen live. I wonder where you were listening from, folks, and what time it is where you are, live or on playback. I love to hear where people are. We had somebody from Sweden. We've had people from Taiwan the past several days. We've had people from Africa, um uh Lagos, Nigeria. Yeah, it's cool. Internet is something, isn't it? The uttermost parts of heaven. That's for the Hebrew mindset, the uttermost parts of heaven. That's the horizon. As far as a person can get. And the Hebrew says it twice. From there, Bisham, from there. Not from somewhere closer, not after you've made it halfway back on your own, from the farthest place you've ever wandered. Verse 6. Back in Deuteronomy 10, verse 16, Moshe or Moses commanded Israel to circumcise their own hearts. Now listen. The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. The heart they didn't have in chapter 29. God promises to give in chapter 30. Jeremiah 31. We'll call it a new covenant. Verses 11 through 14. This commandment is not too hard for you, neither is it far off, it is not in heaven, neither is it beyond the sea. But the word is very near you. So that you can do it. Every ancient listener knew those journeys. In the epic of Gilgamesh, the king crossed the waters of death to the end of the world, hunting for life that wouldn't end. He found a plant that would make him young again. On the way home, a serpent stole it. Moshe or Moses says nobody has to make that trip. Nobody has to do that. Life isn't hidden at the edge of the world, it's near you. Verses 19 and 20. Verses 19 and 20. Treaties called the gods as witnesses. Israel had one God, and he was a party to the covenant. So Moses called, he calls creation. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days. Holding fast here in Hebrew is devak, the letbet kuf. The word from Genesis 2, verse 24, where a man holds fast to his wife, love that clings. Here's the translation tension that matters most. The English Standard Version, ESV, says, he is your wife. The NASB, New American Standard Bible, says, for this is your life. The Hebrew is kik hu, ki huyega. Kik huyek. And that little word who can point to God Himself or to the loving and the clinging. Both readings are honest. Both land in the same place. You can't have life without the person. When we think about what has enriched our lives so much, we always say, oh, my friendships, I have incredible friendships. It was one of my dearest friends' birthdays yesterday, right? And and if I if I know your number, uh, you know, and we're we're friends like that, I will sing you happy birthday. If you're a person that would like that. That's kind of what I'm known for. And so uh I sang this person who I have known, uh Cindy, by the way, uh Colleen. And um, I even sang her husband John, who I've also known Bazillion Years, and two of my very dearest friends, and I sing them happy birthday, sing them both happy birthday, and they always they always like it. I think they do, I don't know. And I love to do it. I just call them up and I sing them happy birthday. I love to do it. And you know, I said that to say this. The things that make us look back on a rich life, it isn't stuff we've accumulated. Listen, I've protected billionaires, people with 11 zeros after their wealth. A number in 11 zeros. I have been with them when they've, hey, well, listen, we're gonna we're gonna go shopping. Then 1.5 million dollars later, 20, 30 minutes, millions of dollars have been spent. And they had their people come in and they package everything up and they live a different life, but I'm telling you, I've sat with those people, just one-on-one, being the detail leader and the the boss of the protection detail, and I've sat with them and I've said, How you doing? You look like You look like you're struggling. Yeah, I can't when we have that kind of relationship, that's what I'll say. Or I'll wait for them to speak. And they generally did. And they'll say, Man, I really miss my mom. Man, I really miss my wife, my kids. When I was trying to grow this business or these businesses and accumulate, I was so focused on stuff. And now I don't have the people. You can't have the life without the person. That person in this, and this, it's not a rule book, it's a person. And his name is Jesus. You've told yourself it's too late. I know that you have. I have. I've told myself that many times. You've told yourself, look, the door's been locked for many years. It's fused shut from being locked for so long, it's fused shut. But God told Israel they'd end up at the edge of the world before they ever left. He built the road home. He built the road home into the covenant before the first step away. The wasted years, oh my, the wasted years. Oh, mine is 1107. Miss Tammy says, Billy Graham is too. You know, this you might find interesting. Billy Graham is the reason why I'm preaching today. And those people, those people that I just talked about, John and Cindy, two of my dearest friends, the decision was made in the guest room of their home. I tell that story. It's a long story, I won't tell it here. But that's where I was when I made the decision to preach the gospel of Christ, to teach the Bible. And Miss Colleen can tell you, good lands that has looked different over the years, but here we are. People. People make a difference. Billy Graham's life made a massive difference in my life. Dr. David Jeremiah, massive difference in my life, so many. But then there are people that are regular people, regular but amazing people. Stella and Richard Wharton, fourth and eighth grade education. They were old and they were so unbelievably poor. But they loved Jesus. They worshiped Jesus. They praised Jesus. They were grateful for every morsel of food that crossed their lips. And then I think about Mrs. West, one of my Sunday school teachers when I was a little kid. She was poor. But she had memorized the Bible. The entire Bible. She was poor. Not much education at all. She loved the Bible so much. She memorized it. And I asked her one time, I said, this is such a little kid. I was a weird little kid, but I was a little kid. And I said, Miss West. She was she was single. And she was an older lady. So romance had passed through her life. And I said, Miss Miss West, why did you memorize the Bible? The Bible is such a big book. Because I was curious, you know, should I memorize things? I had this weird memory. I could just look at something. And I knew it. I could read a book in a regular grown-up book in ten minutes. I didn't know that nobody else could. And Miss West answered and said, one day I may not be able to see these words, to read them. So I thought it might make sense for me to memorize them. And when I memorized them, they went into my soul. The wasted years don't cancel the promise. The distance doesn't say I'm too far from God. I've been too far. I've gone too far. The distance doesn't cancel that promise. Neither does the fact that you still don't understand them. I don't understand them either. Israel didn't either. They didn't. I don't. Look, I've studied the Bible for decades. I've got multiple doctorates up on the wall all about studying scripture in the ancient Near Eastern language culture and context. I am a Bible geek. I still don't. I work on it. I work on it every day. It's my greatest passion. My other passion is, as you might guess, is teaching you. Trying to teach others. Wherever I'm asked to preach, and here just about every day, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Sundays, 6.30 p.m. And every time I'm here, I always try to be very, very prepared and that's my passion. Because I want you to have a relationship with God as an Eween. The Almighty. And his son, Yeshua Hamashiach, Jesus the Messiah. Look, Israel didn't, they didn't understand him. He's so big. It's such a grand thing to comprehend. And the heart you can't change yourself. Oh my. You can't change your own heart. But that's okay, because God said he'll change it for you. Some of you are a long way from where you started. You're another city, another country. You've done all you can to get away. You've got a whole nother life. Some of you are ten feet from someone you haven't talked to in years. Different distances. Same promise. From there. You don't have to climb to heaven or cross an ocean. You don't have to become a better version of yourself first. You just have to turn. It isn't too late. The word is near you. I don't care how old you are. I don't. Doesn't matter. I'm 61 years old. I have a massive brain injury and spinal cord injury and cardiothoracic injury and mental capacity issues. And I will tell you, every day, closer to God, it's not too late. The word is near you. It's in your mouth right now. Breathe. Breathe it in. Thank you, by the way. The person I didn't know was listening. Just sent a thank you and did a hype thing. I don't know what that is, but did a hype thing. Something on YouTube, I don't know. Look, it's not too late. The word is near you. It's in your mouth. Right now. So here's your step today. If you want, you don't have to. Hello, Beauty for Ashes. I'm glad to have you. The word is in your mouth. So use it. Before the sun goes down today or rises today, it might be nighttime where you are. Before that turn, say one sentence out loud to God. Say one sentence, Father. I'm turning around. I'm coming home. That's it. I'm turning around. I'm coming home. Then take one turn you've been putting off. One. I'm not asking you to, you know, when you when you have a task, you've got to pack up a house, you're moving. You can't pack the whole thing up at once, one room at a time. When you're decluttering, it's one room at a time. Don't leave that room until it's finished. I'm not asking you to do the whole house. I'm not asking you to do the whole room. I'm asking you to do your heart. One sentence out loud to God, not to me, to God. Father, I'm turning around. And I'm coming home. That day in that room at my friend's house, one of whom, whose birthday was yesterday, that day was eight hours on my knees in prayer. It was one of the hardest days. And one of the sweetest days of my life. I didn't eat all day. It was pancake day. John makes phenomenal pancakes, and the kids knew pancakes, Saturday pancakes. I just stayed in my room, and the sweet kids are grown, successful adults now, but they would bring me food and put it outside the door and drink. It was unlike me. I had the shades open. And I was looking out over a valley. And at the end of eight hours of praying and sweating and just trying to come to grips. I didn't see it coming. Miss Nancy, she knows who she is. She spoke a word in my life. Stunning. She couldn't have known. At the end of that, I turned and I looked. I opened my eyes from praying and saying, Yes, God. I will preach. I'm jacked up, but I will preach. And suddenly, a double rainbow over the valley. I thought it was just me saying that. It wasn't just me. Others all I did. One turn. I prayed at the end of that. Justice. Heavenly Father. I'm turning around. I'm coming home. Yes. One turn. I'm just asking you to take one turn you've been putting off. Read Deuteronomy 30, verses 1 through 6 out loud. Then send one line to the person you've stopped calling, you've stopped texting them. Don't try to fix 20 years in one message. Do not try to fix 20 years in one message. Just send this. I've been thinking about you. I've been thinking about you. That's it. Not trying to fix everything. One step toward home. Guard this first. The promise to gather Israel was made to Israel and it stands. Romans 11, verse 29. The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. But in Romans 10, Paul or Shaul shows you who stands inside Deuteronomy 30, Romans 10, verse 6. Do not say in your heart, who will ascend to heaven, that is to bring Messiah down, verse 7, or who will descend into the abyss, that is to bring Messiah up from the dead. Moses said, Beyond the sea. Paul says, the abyss, the realm of the dead. Gilgamesh went to the end of the world for life and lost it to a serpent. Yeshua went down into death itself and came back up with a life no one can steal. Verse 8. Verse 9 If you confess with your mouth that Yeshua is Lord and believe in your heart that God is raised, that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. The word Moses said was near you, has become a face. And a name. And Yeshua told a story about too late. Luke 15, verse 20. This one always gets me. Maybe you know the story, but while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and kissed him while he was still a long way off. From there. In that world and in that culture, a dignified father didn't run at all. Kenneth Bailey, who spent decades in the Middle East, points out the shame that Father took on to reach his son first. It is not too late. The Father is already running toward you. Moses said, He is your life. In John 14, verse 6, Yeshua says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. That's why, when you ask me, what denomination am I? I say I am a follower of the way. Choose life. Life is Yeshua, Jesus. Look, I have for you today a challenge and a choice. And yes, that was my wrist popping out of joint. It'll be fine. Happens all the time. All my joints do it. I'll pop it back in after. Look, here's your choice. You can keep standing on the sidewalk. You can keep standing on the sidewalk. You can be sure the door is locked, living that quiet sentence that just continues to repeat to you it's too late. Or you can turn around. Shuva. You can find out the father's been running down the road towards you the whole time. Choosing life isn't a feeling that you wait for. Feelings and emotions lie. Choosing life isn't a feeling that you wait for. It's a turn that you make. Too late? Or not yet? Choose today. My friends, prayer is not asking for an easy journey. It's asking for a strong back. Pray this with me. Father, we've done the math in our lives. We've done it. We've done all the calculations on our lives. And we've believed the quiet sentence that says, Well, it's too late. Thank you that you told your people before they ever left that you'd bring them home. Almighty God, thank you that from the farthest place we've ever wandered from there, you gathered us. I ask God that you do in us what we couldn't do. Circumcise our hearts so we can love you with all of them. I ask that you put your word in our mouths and in our heart and turn us around. Father, I ask that you teach us to hold fast to you the way you've held fast to us. And thank you. Oh. Thank you. Thank you for Yeshua. Thank you for Jesus. Thank you for the word who came near us. And for a father who runs to us while we're still along with. Oh, his beautiful, beautiful name. Amen. If you've been sure it's too late for you, I get it, been there. I want you to hear this one more time. From there, he will gather you. The word is near you. It's in your mouth. You can speak it right now. If you want to put an end to the wandering and come to him, pray this with right now, one time. Pray it and believe it. Yeshua, I need you. Pray it with me. Yeshua, I need you. Jesus, I need you. I believe you died for me. And you rose from the grave. I surrender my life to you today. Forgive me of my sins, my hurts, my habits, and my hang ups. I'm yours. In your name. Amen. If you prayed that prayer, you just turned around and the father was already running. If you've prayed that prayer, type home in the chat or in the comments below so we can celebrate with you. Then find one believer. One believer, somebody you know that is a believer, and tell them out loud with words. Tell them it wasn't too late for me. Hey, listen, reach out to me at truewordfaithforlife.com. Contact. I would love to hear about it. Oh, I'd love it so much. I hear it every day. It's one of my greatest joys. Listen, it's not too late. It never was. The God who saw you walking away built the road home into his covenant. From there, he will gather you. From there, he will take you. Turn around. He's already running. Tomorrow's a big day in Deuteronomy 31. Moshe or Moses hands Israel to a new leader. And yes, it does break my heart. But when the time comes, we must recognize it. And God makes a promise for the day the person you lean on is gone. Send this to somebody. Send the link to this to somebody who's sure it's too late. And if you haven't subscribed, tap the little bell for all notifications. Click the little thumbs up. I would absolutely love that. Praise God, Beauty for Ashes. Home, praise God. Robbie, praise God for all of you. Thank you. I'm going to pray this over you. I'm nobody special, but I'm going to pray this over you in the same language that it was prayed over his people, in the same language that Yeshua himself was praying. In mid-sentence, he was carried home to the Father after he had risen. I'm going to pray this first in Lashon Hakodesh, which is Hebrew for the language of God, and then I will translate it for you. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Until tomorrow at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday or Sunday at 6 30 p.m. Until then. Shalom Bishem Yeshua. Veshalom Alakim. Shalom Shalom.
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