The Deepest Deep
Pastor David T. Elms Preached on 7/26/2026
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Summary
Pastor David T. Elms explores Psalm 42, reframing 'deep calling unto deep' as a desperate cry in the midst of a life-storm, and encourages believers to move toward God in faith even when overwhelmed by chaos.
Key points
- •The phrase 'deep calleth unto the deep' in Psalm 42 is not just a spiritual platitude but a description of a man caught in an overwhelming storm where chaos above meets chaos below.
- •When we face 'black water' and 'bruised skies' in our lives-whether through family rebellion, betrayal, or societal shifts-God remains the anchor that is deeper than the storm.
- •Biblical breakthroughs often require us to move first before God moves (e.g., humbling ourselves, praying, or going to a specific 'there').
- •We must learn to interrogate our own souls like David did, asking 'Why art thou cast down?' and choosing to hope in God even when emotions suggest otherwise.
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Hope
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Life application
When you feel overwhelmed by chaos this week, stop and talk to your soul: identify the specific 'storms' bothering you, then audibly declare, 'I shall yet praise Him,' and take one proactive step of faith toward God.
Reflection questions
- What 'black water' or 'bruised skies' are you currently facing in your personal life or career?
- David mentioned being 'harassed by enemies' and 'eating tears.' How can you be more honest with God about your pain during prayer?
- Is there a 'there' (a specific place of obedience or habit) that God is calling you to move toward before He provides the next breakthrough?
- How does knowing that 'deep calleth unto the deep' refers to a storm change your perspective on Psalm 42?
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0:00not by your wisdom, but by theirs. Amen.
0:00Amen.
0:00I have uh been warned by my mentor
0:04when I first began to preach and pastor.
0:08He said, "David, don't fight this summer
0:11because summer is when people travel."
0:14And you can see how we're uh really
0:17crowded right now. But when people start
0:19coming back, I can't tell you how many
0:21are not here today because of the
0:23blessed summer. And I love it. I
0:25celebrate the fact that you're able to
0:27travel. Uh, it's not anything that I
0:29feel badly about. In fact, I'm not the
0:31kind of pastor that says you have to be
0:33home on Sunday to be in church. I have
0:36known those kind and I'm not saying that
0:37they're wrong. It's good to get back for
0:39Sunday. But there's also something
0:42beautiful about taking a rest and taking
0:45a moment and being gone. I told my wife
0:47that we're going to take our vacation
0:49this year. Uh, and we're going to do it
0:51in October because I want to go when
0:55it's cool and the leaves are changing.
0:57So, I will be taking our vacation in
0:59October, thank God. Uh, I'm looking
1:01forward to that. But until then, I'm
1:04just going to keep marching through that
1:06point. But the hardest time to pastor is
1:09June, July, and August. And uh,
1:14June is easier than July,
1:17and July is easier than August because
1:20everyone is tired.
1:23It seems like they're not tired, but
1:25they've taken a vacation. And vacations
1:28wear you out.
1:31I know you're being real silent on me
1:33right now, but it's amazing how
1:35structure is fulfilling when you have
1:37order in your day. And of course, those
1:40with kids,
1:42uh-huh, I hear you. You're ready for
1:45school to start back. And the teachers
1:46that I'm honored to pastor, they're
1:49already ready. They're working and
1:52struggling and straining to get their
1:54classrooms ready. And here we are in the
1:56middle of it all and everybody's tired.
2:00But guess what? God's still great.
2:03>> I had as a part of my parenting a family
2:07day. Uh, and it was very important to me
2:09to have a family day where I took
2:11whatever I had, whether they were in the
2:13school or not, and took a season for
2:16them on that one day a week. and they
2:18knew it was all about us being together.
2:20One u year for family day, I decided
2:24that I wanted to um take my kids to
2:27Everglades National Park and we had
2:30there was u there was six of us and so I
2:33rented two Johnboats. If you've not been
2:36to Everglades National Park, you can
2:37rent johnboats out there and go fishing.
2:40And so I rented two Johnboats and we had
2:42gone to Subway and got packed up with
2:44Subway sandwiches. You know the great
2:46place called Subway? Uh at that time it
2:49was one of my children's favorite
2:51restaurants.
2:53I can't speak on behalf of my wife, but
2:55right then we went to Subway and we
2:57loaded up with subs and chips and drinks
3:00and we went out to Everglades National
3:03Park and the day was glorious and
3:05beautiful. We rented two Johnboats and
3:08we decided to proceed deep into the
3:10Everglades and for 40 for 30 to 40
3:14minutes
3:15We went into the depth of the
3:17Everglades. We noticed on the way out
3:19that one boat was exponentially faster
3:22than the other boat and I was driving
3:24the fast boat and uh so we would always
3:27stop and see any gator that we came
3:29across and all the the excitement of
3:31being in the Everglades. You will never
3:33get bored out there. At least you better
3:35not. [clears throat]
3:36Uh and so we went all the way out to an
3:39island way out. I mean, not just if you
3:41know the map of the canals there, you
3:43know, there's two or three initially and
3:46then you can get into some fun stuff.
3:48So, we got out into the fun stuff and I
3:51pulled my Johnboat up on the land of
3:53Pioneer Me and the other boat finally
3:56come chugging up, you know, chugging up
3:59finally. And uh it pulled up and we got
4:01out on the island after I cleared it
4:03from all the reptilian creatures. And uh
4:07we got it cleared out and we opened up
4:10our sandwiches and began to eat. And out
4:13of nowhere,
4:16after watching a lot of working of the
4:19animal life
4:20and those peering creatures staring at
4:23me, I noticed a raindrop fell.
4:30I looked up and the sky looked as if it
4:32was bruised
4:35and the clouds were rolling. And so I
4:37told the kids, "Uh, we better um head
4:40back.
4:42And I told the other boat, which Jordan,
4:44my nephew, was driving with my two
4:46girls. I said, "You guys take the fast
4:49boat. Me and Melanie and Ethan will take
4:51the slowboat." Fast boat ran like a
4:54rabbit. Slow boat [snorts] had the
4:57engine of an electric razor.
5:08The silence had been interrupted by a
5:10boom
5:14and sliding from the horizon came a
5:16fastm moving storm.
5:19And uh I noticed
5:22the gators were sliding off the banks
5:24like they had a reservation at a special
5:26restaurant.
5:29The rain moved from a gentle nudge to a
5:32hammering
5:34>> pound. [snorts]
5:36The wind was blowing sideways and they
5:39took off in the scatboat.
5:43Ethan and my wife got in the boat with
5:45me lovingly. My wife would not abandon
5:47me at this moment. She did abandon me
5:49though because she had a hoodie
5:53and she pulled that black hoodie at the
5:55sight of her only mouth. That's all I
5:59could see was her mouth. She was facing
6:03me because the wind and the rain was so
6:05strong and the lightning. It was so bad.
6:09The rain was going sideways.
6:12The water beneath, if you've ever been
6:14to the Everglades, you know the water is
6:15black. Okay? I don't know where you find
6:17black water, but there the water is
6:19black.
6:21So, you've got the black water bene
6:23below and the black sky above and the
6:26lightning dancing and the thunder
6:28roaring. And
6:30>> I was going all that that little
6:32electric razor motor could go.
6:35>> Now, I'm not a I mean, I'm not a
6:38Catholic, but I almost prayed the
6:39rosary.
6:44In our text, we read a verse of
6:46scripture where David is writing his
6:48psalm.
6:49It comes across a verse of scripture
6:51that you and I have quoted many times.
6:53At least I have quoted it and misqued it
6:56because it says in that scripture, he
6:58describes all these things going on
7:00around him. And then he says, "The deep
7:04calleth unto the deep."
7:06And I through my years of being around
7:08the church have always thought, well
7:10that's the deeper things of God calling
7:12to the deeper things of God.
7:14>> When I hear the deep crith under the
7:16deep, it must mean we're having a really
7:19powerful church service. And those that
7:21are really not just wanting the shallow
7:23end, they're ready to kick in. But
7:26that's not
7:29what David's saying. It is literally a
7:32weather report.
7:33It is a man in a storm. It's not poetry.
7:37It is a desperate man crying out. And
7:40he's literally saying that the deep
7:42beneath him has conspired with the deep
7:44above him. And he cannot hardly tell
7:48which way is up. He said, "The noise of
7:50thy water spouts, thy billows, and thy
7:54waves." These are the things I'm talking
7:57about when I'm telling you that the deep
8:00is crying to the deep. It's not written
8:02from a library. It's written from a
8:04dangerous place.
8:06>> Have you ever heard when it rains it
8:08pours? Maybe you've said that
8:11David is in a place when he writes this
8:13psalm where everything has come apart.
8:16His son has brought a rebellion against
8:20him in the entire land and he has lost
8:24the love of Abselum. An animal had a a
8:28an animal spirit had come over Abselum
8:30to come and take the palace from David.
8:33David is running from Jerusalem. He had
8:36a best counselor, his wisest counselor.
8:39His closest friend, his name was Ahyhel.
8:42And Ahyhel had defected to Abselum's
8:46side of the ledger. Mphibicheth was a
8:51child of Saul that David had honored and
8:54allowed to live in the palace. And
8:56Mphibicheth had besa had had left David
8:59and abandoned David and gone to the uh
9:02uh side of Abselum. And while he's
9:05leaving Jerusalem, a man named Shimi,
9:08how about these names? Okay, you
9:10probably don't want to name your
9:11children these names. Okay. Uh
9:15Shimi comes up to David and begins
9:18throwing rocks at him and kicking dusts
9:20on him. [snorts] And David is so down.
9:25He literally says to his helpers who was
9:28willing to take Shimi out. He was
9:31willing to kill him. He said, "Don't
9:34touch him." It could be that he was sent
9:38by God. How low do you have to be
9:41>> to think that the people throwing rocks
9:43at you were sent by God?
9:46Now, I know you've heard this
9:48spiritualized and preached and
9:49proclaimed, but there are times we get
9:51the scripture and we twist it a little
9:53bit out of the place that it was written
9:55in. I heard about one pre saint who told
9:58her pastor she was so beaten down from
10:00family storms and from situations at
10:03work. She said, "I'm so tired, I'll
10:05almost be glad to get in the grave just
10:08to lie down and get in the casket. Maybe
10:10I can find some rest there." And then
10:13she thought a minute. He said, "But I'm
10:16afraid as soon as I get laid down, the
10:17Lord's going to come and I'm going to
10:18have to get back up."
10:24I mean, how low do you have to be
10:27>> when those who are throwing rocks at
10:29you, you say that could be of God? How
10:32low do you have to be when you say, "The
10:35deep beneath me is conspiring
10:39with the deep above me?" It starts out
10:42so good that we've made a song out of
10:44the opening verse of this song. As a
10:46deer panteth for the water, so my soul
10:50longeth after you. [singing]
10:53You alone are my heart's desire, and I
10:57long to worship you. Y'all ready? Sing
11:00it. You alone are my strength and my
11:04shield. To you alone may my spirit
11:09yield.
11:11It didn't feel like a song though when
11:13David wrote it
11:15>> because we pluck verses out of place
11:18because we like the way it sounds.
11:21But this preacher on this morning is
11:23trying to get you to pluck that song
11:25back into a place where you feel like
11:27everything beneath you is black water
11:30and everything above you is a bruised
11:32sky. And all you have is a weather
11:35report that says, "The deep is crying
11:39unto the deep and the noise of the sound
11:42of the waters are overwhelming me." And
11:46here's what David said. If you read it
11:47from the message, it says, "Uh, I'm
11:50eating tears for breakfast and I'm
11:52eating tears for supper. I go over and
11:55over it trying to figure out how did I
11:57get here? I'm emptying out the luggage
12:00of my life. I was always the one in
12:03front of the worshiping crowd. I was
12:05even the one leading the praisers. I was
12:08the one who was eager to arrive at the
12:11house of God. I'm the one who said I was
12:13glad when they said unto me, "Let us go
12:16to the house of the Lord." But now the
12:19chaos beneath me is crying to the chaos
12:21above me. Your swelling surf and your
12:24thundering breakers crash over and crush
12:27down on me. The storm below me is crying
12:30to the storm above me. And sometimes I
12:33ask God, "My rock solid God, why did you
12:38let me down? Why am I walking around in
12:41tears, harassed by my enemies?
12:46I've got three quick points to give you
12:48today and then we're going to pray.
12:50Point number one, we are in a storm in
12:53this hour. We are in an hour where we
12:56are trying to figure out as a nation who
12:59we are. Communism once tried to come
13:02into our nation and it was the 30s, the
13:0440s, and the 50s. It went down for a
13:07season, but now if you know the
13:09situations around about us, communism is
13:12trying to make its way back in different
13:14clothes into America. And communism is
13:18always anti- good because it needs you
13:20owing the government,
13:22>> not owing God. So communism has an
13:25agenda to remove God from the story and
13:28make the government your greatest
13:31provider. Right.
13:34>> This is like the day in scripture where
13:36the Bible says darkness
13:38came upon the face of the deep.
13:43>> Chaos you do not understand is talking
13:46to chaos you cannot control. The deep
13:49beneath is calling to the deep above.
13:52Are the communists taking over? Is China
13:54with its godless system of marking
13:56anybody who doesn't praise in the way
13:59that they prescribe? Are they taking
14:01over? What can stop these politicians
14:05who's trying to take over our nation
14:07away from godlessness? And that isn't
14:09new, but it is with a different uh
14:12garment nowadays. What is the new status
14:14quo? Our children wonder if there will
14:17be a job for them when they get older.
14:20Parents who are children are going back
14:22to school. We wonder what is artificial
14:24intelligent going to do to a learning
14:27system. Mama, is there anything on the
14:30screen that is real? And all of these
14:34things, nobody knows what is going on.
14:37And as a church, I have welcomed you to
14:39embrace tools. And artificial
14:42intelligence is one of those tools. But
14:44not even the professors, the academics,
14:47the politicians, or the power brokers
14:50know what is going to happen with this
14:53knowledge that is tumbling over itself.
14:56Every week there's a new discovery
15:00and all of that the very men building it
15:03have told Congress they don't fully
15:04understand the thing they have made and
15:07I know some in fact I talked to somebody
15:09who was a pastor friend of mine he said
15:11I I said how are you handling AI he said
15:13I don't even talk about it he said
15:15because I feel like my people are
15:16already under such stress out in the
15:18world that they want to have one place
15:19where they don't talk about it and maybe
15:21he's wiser than me but my feeling is is
15:23that I like using tools that's the
15:26reason and I have a phone. If you don't
15:27like tools, get rid of your phone. Uh if
15:30you don't appreciate great tools, get
15:32rid of your car. Uh I appreciate tools.
15:34And these are just new tools that we've
15:36got to learn how to operate in. I'll
15:38never forget when my uncle bought a nail
15:40gun. It was the first time that they
15:41ever had a nail gun. And he mocked
15:43anybody who used it because he said,
15:45"There's nothing like a claw hammer."
15:47And a bunch of uneducated, unskillful
15:49workers are the ones that need nail
15:51guns, those ridiculous things. And then
15:53it wasn't very long until I saw him
15:55going down the side of a house. Bam,
15:57bam bam bam bam bam bam bam bam
15:59bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. He was the
16:01fastest man in all of town with a nail
16:03gun. I said, "Whatever happened to your
16:05claw hammer?"
16:10>> So, I am pro- tools. I think y'all have
16:14heard that word before.
16:16I am pro-tools. But we get tired of
16:19playground shenanigans that come with
16:21collateral damage. And we're always
16:23trying to see where's the damage coming
16:26from because my kids I care about. My
16:29marriage I care about. My job I care
16:31about. My income I care about. What are
16:34we going to do? And am I going to be
16:36displaced? I can't tell when a job's
16:38going to be displaced, where the job's
16:40going to be displaced to, when it's
16:42going to be. There's a fog in our
16:44forecast.
16:46I'll always remember when Ethan was at
16:49Bible college and he had gone to spend
16:51the weekend in uh Denver, Colorado and
16:54uh be with his cousins and they were
16:56putting on a pullpit conference in St.
16:58Louis, Missouri. And Ethan uh was
17:01driving from Denver to St. Louis and I
17:04was going to see brother and sister
17:05Lanciano. I was literally sitting in
17:07front of their house when my dad called
17:09me and my dad said, "David, we just got
17:11a call. Ethan's in trouble." I said,
17:13"Really?" I said, "How do you know?" He
17:15said, "Well, we we we we talked to him."
17:18Uh, I said, "He is? What has happened?"
17:20He said, "Well, the people said they're
17:22with the courthouse or the sheriff's
17:24office and that he was caught with a DUI
17:27and he's in jail and but but because of
17:30it, don't call anybody else. You alone
17:33can help us." And my dad had been he
17:36knew details. He knew specifics. He knew
17:38everything about Ethan's journey from
17:40Denver to Colorado. And I'm sitting
17:43there confused. What's going on? I
17:45couldn't comprehend it. I know sometimes
17:48kids can do something silly and if Ethan
17:50had done that, I would have been
17:51forgiving and loving and I would have
17:53bailed him out and I don't think I would
17:55have told anybody. Okay?
18:00>> Because I got people's back, baby.
18:05>> But I'll always remember I called Shawn
18:07Raven. Lisa Chet's here today, which I
18:09love you, Lisa. God's doing an amazing
18:11work in Lisa's life. She's one of the
18:13top top cops in in all of Fort
18:15Lauderdale. Uh well, she's not anymore,
18:18okay? So, don't chase her down with all
18:20of your needs. All right? Just let her
18:22be retired.
18:24But, uh I called Shawn, who at that time
18:26I believe was a captain with Dave, and I
18:28told him, I said, "Sean, listen. What's
18:29going on? Here's here's the thing." And
18:31he told me, he said, "David, it's a
18:34sham." I said, "How
18:38how did they talk to Ethan?" He said, '
18:40They have people that talk kind of like
18:42they're drunk, kind of like they're in a
18:45certain sound and and they can confuse
18:47the grandparents. They pray on them. I
18:49said, 'Well, how did they know he was
18:50going from where he was going? He said,
18:51"They do research. They spend their
18:53whole morning researching Facebook page,
18:56Instagram posts, and they know all these
18:58things,
18:59>> and it's it they are smart."
19:04What's that song by Michael Jackson?
19:07>> They're smooth. See, I'm so saved. I
19:10don't know these songs.
19:14I I I don't know these songs.
19:18Look at you, Dawn smiling at me.
19:21[panting]
19:22Smooth criminal.
19:27[cheering]
19:30>> Y'all act like you know that song.
19:36And that's not the last of it. And it's
19:38going to hit you, too.
19:40>> And when it comes, you're going to feel
19:41like, "My Lord, it's black water roing
19:44underneath me. It's a bruised sky
19:46boiling above me. I don't know which way
19:48to turn. The water's going sideways. The
19:51noise of the water spouts are all around
19:53me. I don't understand the billows that
19:55are overshadowing me. God, how long? How
19:58long? I'm eating tears for breakfast.
20:01I'm eating tears at lunch. I'm eating
20:03tears at dinnertime. [screaming] Oh
20:05Lord, how long? How long? How long
20:10the deep of your need comes to a place
20:13where you call out to the deep of the
20:15deep? And that's the title of my message
20:18is there's a deeper deep. There's a
20:20deepest deep because weather is
20:23momentary.
20:25The weather report can get you. Have you
20:26ever been listening on the radio? This
20:29is a test.
20:31This is a test of the mutual
20:33broadcasting system. But this is only a
20:36test.
20:40Y'all don't even know about these days.
20:42You don't even have radios. How many do
20:43not even know what I'm talking about?
20:45Raise your hand right now.
20:47>> Oh my goodness. I've got a pretty
20:50educated church. I've always known you
20:52were smart.
20:56This is a test.
20:59Pablo Cruz said it in 1977.
21:03What you gonna do when she says goodbye?
21:09What you gonna do when she is gone?
21:14Storms beneath, storms above, the
21:18billows over my head. Now, I know all of
21:20you are great at hiding your stuff. And
21:25you know, I'm not the preacher that
21:27always preaches about the stuff because
21:29the goodness of God does lead people.
21:32And the goodness of God doesn't always
21:33keep you in your stuff because blessing
21:35is phenomenal. Living for God is the
21:38best life that there is. He has come
21:40that I might have life and that more
21:42abundantly. We don't stay down when we
21:45come to him. He begins to elevate us up.
21:48But even in your place of blessing, you
21:51find out that there's heavier burdens in
21:54the middle of blessing.
21:56>> There's always a trial of adversity. But
21:59what people don't understand is how much
22:02greater is the trial of prosperity.
22:06>> And so when you come to that place and
22:08it feels like your word David is, you
22:10got to understand first of all that the
22:13storm of our hour was not meant to
22:15overwhelm you. Because my second point
22:17is you've got to move first
22:21and then God moves.
22:24You say, "No, no, no. You know, God
22:26ought to know. He knows all that I
22:27need." No. You better read the fine
22:29print of the spirit. Read the fine print
22:31in the Bible because the Bible says all
22:33things work together to for the good to
22:36them that love God.
22:38>> What? To who? To them that love God. All
22:42things work together for the good to
22:43them who love God and are called
22:45according to his purpose. You move first
22:48and then he moves. If my people,
22:52>> if my people which are called by my
22:54name, you move shall humble themselves.
22:57You move and pray. You move. Then I will
23:01hear from heaven. Then I will forgive
23:03their sin. Then will I heal their land.
23:06You move. Then God move. Delight thyself
23:09also in the Lord.
23:13>> There is a truth in this house.
23:16>> People have worshiped today that are in
23:19the middle of the bottom of the valley.
23:21But they have learned if I delight
23:24myself also in the Lord, then he shall
23:26give me the desires of my heart. You
23:29move, then he moves. I'm not waiting to
23:32praise him until I have the praise
23:35report. I know that I have in my hands
23:38the capacity to create a praise report.
23:42Because I know when the deep beneath me
23:45conspires with the deep above me, it is
23:48not the final message I am to hear. I
23:52have been young,
23:54>> but now I'm old, but I've never seen the
23:58righteous forsaken,
24:00>> nor his seed [laughter] beckon to break.
24:02Call unto me [screaming]
24:04>> and I will answer thee. You move, then
24:08God moves. That's the reason at the
24:09conclusion of every service we have an
24:11altar call. And I know it's not the
24:13custom in a lot of Christianity today.
24:15And I know your flesh twists and turns
24:17to not ever get in the come down here.
24:20But I want to proclaim to you there's a
24:21reason we do it. Because you move, then
24:24God moves. You've got to let him know.
24:27For whosoever shall call on the name of
24:29the Lord shall be saved. You call and
24:33then he answers. But as many as received
24:35him, to them gave he. I need some folks
24:39that are here to receive today. I need
24:42some folks that are willing to be hungry
24:45today. I need some people who are
24:48willing to say in their spirit, I have
24:51come to bless the Lord. I will bless the
24:55Lord at
24:57[cheering]
24:58>> when
25:00>> when
25:02>> you see the pattern. God is not a
25:06vending machine, nor is he a slot
25:09machine.
25:11>> He's a father.
25:12>> And a covenant always must be signed
25:15with two signatures. You move first,
25:18then God moves. God told Elijah in first
25:21Kings 17, "Get thee to the brook,
25:24Cherith. And there at the brook, I have
25:28commanded the ravens to feed thee
25:31there." Many people don't see the there,
25:35but there's a there there. Get thee to
25:37the brook Cherith. There were ravens
25:40flying with the GPS programming system.
25:44The ravens were not circling the whole
25:46map looking for a hungry prophet. If
25:48Elijah had set up camp anywhere but the
25:51brook Cherith, he'd have watched the
25:54catering company fly over because they
25:57had one address. The there God said to
26:00be at in the middle of your deep below
26:03going crazy with the deep above. God
26:06said, "I know the way that you take. Ah,
26:10and I will be finished with you one day.
26:13And when I am through with you, God will
26:16turn you to gold. The algorithms cannot
26:19change your reality. Sister Elms, come
26:21musicians. The responsibility of loving
26:24God is the price of relationship. It's
26:26not a small thing to move first. It's
26:30the only thing. It's the only thing.
26:33We're not waiting to be safe. Delight
26:37thyself in the Lord. Commit thy way unto
26:41the Lord. Psalm said, "Freten not thy
26:44selves because of evildoers." In that
26:48psalm, three times David said, "Freten
26:50not thyself." You know why he had to say
26:52that?
26:54We do it
26:56out there in the Everglades
26:58with that little motor. I'm telling you,
27:01I tried to make the wisest decision I
27:03could make. Here I am, big bed dead, and
27:08I have the slowest one. At least I gave
27:09the fast one to the others. They were
27:11gone. Scadaddius,
27:14is that a word? Scuadi.
27:15>> Scuaddle.
27:15>> Scuaddle.
27:16>> Scuaddle.
27:18>> I make words.
27:20>> Scuadle.
27:22My wife was looking at me through that
27:24hole
27:26and Ethan was hunkered down
27:29>> and I had to be strong looking where we
27:32were going.
27:34>> I don't know how.
27:34>> And I'm telling you what, I literally
27:36had to put on sunglasses so I could keep
27:39my eye open. It was that cold and hard
27:42coming down on me. I was trying to get
27:45there and I was saying, "Keep plowing,
27:47little engine. Keep plowing." Then
27:49lightning struck and I thought, "You
27:51need to get to land." And I thought,
27:53>> "You're no safer on land in these
27:56Everglades than you are in this water
27:58out here. It's better for you to keep
28:01chugging and get home in Jesus name."
28:03You know what I found out in that boat?
28:06I thought it was a family day and I
28:08thought we only had six, but I found out
28:10that there were seven because when I
28:13finally got back to Port Everglades and
28:16those gators that I had passed were fine
28:19in that storm, they were loving it.
28:23[groaning]
28:26>> It was
28:28>> You feel like you're doing that right
28:29now?
28:32You got a super fast car outside, but
28:35when your life shows up,
28:37>> Jesus,
28:42>> you're trying so hard, but
28:46>> the business
28:51trying to restore that relationship with
28:53your boy.
28:55[snorts]
28:59You're trying to keep the family.
29:08How long, oh Lord?
29:12You know what David does? This is my
29:15last point and pray
29:19twice. He says the same thing in this
29:21psalm.
29:27He interrogates himself.
29:30He does not deny the deep. He doesn't
29:33deny the storm.
29:37He doesn't deny his depression, his
29:39despondency.
29:43He just
29:45talked to himself.
29:49Why art thou cast down, oh soul?
29:54If it it seems like he's manic if you
29:57read the whole psalm as one because he
30:00says something cheerful and then he's
30:01right back in it.
30:04He's right back in that low spot.
30:09Midway through he says, "Hope thou in
30:11[screaming] God."
30:14He gets to the last verse and he said,
30:18"Why art thou cast down, oh my soul?
30:22Why art thou disqued in me? In other
30:25words, you're really being quiet down
30:27there.
30:30And then all of a sudden, you're
30:31yelling.
30:35And then he said, "Hope thou in God, for
30:38I shall yet
30:42praise him.
30:44I shall yet."
30:48Some of y'all need to come to this altar
30:50today and drag all of your
30:54bruised sky
30:57and pull all of your swamp water
31:02up here with you
31:04and say, "I shall yet."
31:08Praise God.
31:11With LXM, we have um speech. In fact,
31:14they've got to present tomorrow because
31:15they preach in a few weeks. And I I get
31:18them to work on annunciation.
31:20They've got to say things like the tip
31:23of the tongue, the lips and the teeth.
31:25The tip of the tongue, the lips and the
31:26teeth. They have to say things that help
31:30them learn and speak clearly. You know,
31:35New York. You need New York. [music] You
31:36know, you need new unique New York.
31:42But one thing I make them say that is
31:45deeper than just
31:48a tongue exercise.
31:52Whether the weather is cold, whether the
31:54weather is hot, we'll be together,
31:56whatever the weather, whether we like it
31:57or not.
32:04And while you're figuring out the
32:05weathers,
32:08God is the deepest deep.
32:13And he's saying,
32:15"Will you come
32:18and hope in me?
32:20All your things that are going sideways,
32:23upside down, royally and boiling,
32:27will you make a [music] new consecration
32:30to me?
32:32Shall we stand?"
32:38The Hebrew children didn't know what was
32:40going on when they were thrown into the
32:41fiery furnace.
32:44You know the story. You Bible readers
32:47really know it well. If you don't bow
32:50and bend and worship the image, we're
32:54going to put you into a furnace that is
32:56heated seven times hotter.
33:01And they told the king Nebuchadnezzar,
33:04"Oh king,
33:07we're not afraid to answer you on this
33:09matter.
33:11Our
33:13God is able
33:15to deliver us.
33:19But if he doesn't,
33:21I'm still not going to bow.
33:23And you know what they found out in the
33:26fiery furnace?
33:29The furnace did not destroy them.
33:33>> The furnace introduced them.
33:38>> They went in just three Hebrew children.
33:41They came out servants of [music] the
33:44most high God.
33:47>> I'm open this altar today to anybody
33:50who's willing to say,
33:52"I need the Lord in the sunshine hour
33:56and I need the Lord when the storm
33:57clouds roll. [music] I need him. I'm
34:01coming to you, Lord. I will say to my
34:04soul, hope thou [singing and music] in
34:08God." If you've not received the Holy
34:11Ghost, come on down. Come close. Come
34:13close. Come close. There's going to be
34:15[music] a lot of people that are wanting
34:16to come to the altar today. Come down as
34:19close as you can. Come as close as
34:21[music] you can. If you need to sit,
34:23find a seat. But everybody that can come
34:25as close as you can. [music] We want to
34:27fill this altar with this many of those
34:30who are willing to bring the deep that
34:34is beneath you and the deep that is
34:38above you and say, "Oh God, that
34:41preacher can't pray it for me."
34:44Oh Lord, I'm not too proud to tell you.
34:49I've got to have you more than I've ever
34:51needed you [music] before in my life.
34:54And I'm here to tell you, I'm going to
34:58move, Lord, so you can move.
35:01>> I'm [singing] going to call out so you
35:04can respond.
35:06I'm going to hope in you.
35:13[music]
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35:22Heat.
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35:43[music]
35:45Heat.
35:48Heat.
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36:04[music]
36:11Heat.
36:16>> [music]
36:27[music]
36:29>> Heat. Heat.
36:34[music]
36:37Heat.
36:47[music]
36:51Heat.
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37:07[music]
37:13[music]
37:17>> Heat. Heat.
37:20[music]
37:23Heat.
37:26[music]
37:37[music]
37:39Heat.
37:43[music]
37:50>> [music]
37:57[music]
38:00>> Heat up
38:04here.
38:07[music]
38:18>> [music]
38:30[music]
38:36[music]
38:49[music]
39:12>> Heat. Heat.
39:22[music]
39:29[music]
39:34Heat. Heat.
39:57Heat.
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40:13Heat.
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40:33Heat.
40:37[music]
40:41Heat. Heat.
40:43[music]
40:55[music]
41:01[music]
41:10>> [music]
41:15>> Heat up here.
41:17[music]
41:26Heat
41:35>> [music]
41:37>> up
41:40here. [music]
41:48[music]
42:02Heat up here.
42:12[music]
42:18Heat. Heat.
42:40[music] Heat
42:47[music]
42:54[music]
43:08[music] up here.
43:25>> [music]
43:25>> Heat. Heat.
43:32Heat.
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43:42[music] Heat.
43:49[music]
44:02Heat.
44:05Heat. [music]
44:15>> [music]
44:20>> Heat. Heat.
44:30Heat. Heat.
44:42[music]
44:51Heat.
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