God's Protection and the Great Controversy
2026-11-02 · 3.975 MHz · 0600 PST
The Bible reading
Psalm 124
Today's Reading (KJV): Psalm 124
1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: 5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. 6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
The study began with an introduction to Psalm 124, framing it within the context of the spiritual conflict between God and Satan. The host explained that Satan seeks to destroy God's people, a pattern visible from Cain and Abel through to the present day. Despite relentless persecution, God has preserved His people, ensuring their survival and spread across the globe. The psalm is presented as a celebration of this divine protection and the frustration of enemy plans.
Participants discussed the metaphors in the psalm, such as being swallowed by animals, overwhelmed by waters, and caught in snares. These images illustrate the overwhelming power of the enemy, yet the psalm affirms that God stands between His people and these threats. The discussion highlighted that God's protection does not mean the absence of trials, but rather that He manages them to prevent total destruction and to mature the faith of believers.
The group also explored the personal name of God, Yahweh, used in the psalm, emphasizing His covenant-keeping nature. References to other scriptures, including John 10:10, Revelation 12, and Acts 9, were made to support the theme of divine deliverance. The session concluded with a reminder that while the battle rages, the outcome is secure because Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings.
Insights
- The distinction between the kingdoms of light and darkness is absolute, and there is no true peace between them without compromising faith.
- God's sovereignty is demonstrated by His ability to restrain Satan's rage, allowing only what serves a greater purpose for spiritual growth.
- The image of a lighthouse standing against a massive wave serves as a powerful visual analogy for God's protective presence.
- Personal testimonies of near-death experiences and divine intervention reinforce the biblical truth of God's active protection.
- The psalm's focus on national deliverance ('let Israel say') reminds believers that God's faithfulness extends to the corporate body of Christ.
- The reference to John 10:10 clarifies that the thief's goal is destruction, while Christ's goal is abundant life, defining the nature of the spiritual conflict.
Transcript
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1:20And we're in Psalm 124 today.
1:22That's Psalm 124, and I appreciate you being there with us.
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1:59When that guy cleans your fireplace, he probably got the damper halfway shut.
2:04That's probably the problem.
2:05Make sure that damper's open up above your stove.
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2:09Copy that, Joe.
2:10Good suggestion.
2:11Will, KM5F, does your chimney have a damper on it?
2:15Is it partially closed?
2:16No, there's no damper in the flue, but there's a vent underneath that the liver opens, and
2:24he pulled a plug that was there, and ever since then, we've had trouble.
2:30So, I'll have to check on that, KM5F.
2:33Sometimes we get a bird in there.
2:35That might be the problem, too, with KM5F.
2:38Well, wouldn't that be lovely, cooking a bird in the chimney?
2:43Yeah, okay.
2:44Joe, KM6, WXP, Will, KM5F, got the suggestion.
2:48He's aware of that, and he says that that's not a problem at this point in time.
2:53But thanks for the suggestion.
2:55All right.
2:56WB7MX here looking for check-ins.
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3:03Very good morning, AK6OK.
3:05And good morning, Jeff, AK6OK.
3:08How are you on this fine Monday?
3:11I'm out of the week.
3:12I'm getting up.
3:15Lately, I'm so far behind.
3:17I've been sleeping good, and that's awesome.
3:20Well, I'm glad to hear you're sleeping well.
3:21That's huge.
3:22That's going to be so good for your health, so praise the Lord for that.
3:26How's your daughter doing with her broken elbow?
3:29She's doing fantastic.
3:31You can take her off the list.
3:32She's almost fully recovered, and so is Patty.
3:36We're all doing well.
3:37Yeah, I copy that.
3:38We took them off the list, as you instructed us previously, just checking up.
3:42So glad to hear that your daughter and your wife are doing well in that regard.
3:46All right, Jeff, AK6OK, we got you checked in.
3:49Appreciate you being there.
3:50Rockland, California.
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4:22Kilowatt Baker 6, Kilowatt Delta Zulu, KB6, KBZ.
4:27I'm having a break.
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4:32Copy KB6.
4:33Give me the rest of it, please.
4:36Yeah.
4:37KB6, KBZ, Kilowatt Delta Zulu.
4:40Okay, copy KB6, Kilowatt Delta Zulu.
4:47Thank you for being there.
4:48Appreciate you checking in.
4:50Where are you from?
4:51Over.
4:52Yeah, I normally live in Las Vegas, but I have a house up here in Utah, so I'm up here in
4:58Newcastle, Utah right now.
5:01Well, copy that.
5:03Good to have you with us.
5:04Yep.
5:04We're going to start the Bible study here in just a couple of minutes.
5:07We're in Psalm 124, so if you can turn there in your Bible.
5:10We will get started, so thank you for being there, and appreciate that a lot, Frank.
5:16Good to have you with us.
5:17Okay.
5:18Any other check-ins before we get started?
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5:21Yes.
5:22WB7VZL.
5:23Good morning to Frank and anybody else that's new, and sounds like the band's all right,
5:30Max.
5:33Yeah, it's doing okay, and we are getting everybody checked in, so anyway, good to have you with
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5:39Well, Roger, WB7VZL, College Place, Washington.
5:42Appreciate that.
5:43Okay.
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5:46WB7VZXN.
5:48Well, there he is, coming in at the last second.
5:50Good morning, Kevin.
5:51Good to have you with us.
5:52How are you doing?
5:53Good morning, Max.
5:54Well, we're hanging in there.
5:56Glad to be here.
5:58Lord, you have a nice and other day.
5:59And, yeah, I'm just pleased to hear your pastor made it for a second Sunday.
6:06Hopefully, it all went well for him.
6:09Anyway, we're doing fine.
6:10Glad to be here.
6:11Tippi Simmons, that again.
6:12Yeah, copy that.
6:14He was in the pulpit again yesterday and seems to be able to function long enough on a Sunday
6:21to be with us, so grateful for that.
6:23Appreciate your continued prayers for his healing, but he is making progress, and he's happy about
6:29this new medical regimen and doctor that he has working with him.
6:33He's still a long way from being well, but he is well enough to be able to function on
6:37a Sunday, so praise the Lord for that.
6:40All right, WB7MAX, any last-minute check-ins, please come now.
6:48All right, we are going to get started with our Bible study.
6:51This is WB7MAX.
6:54We are in Psalm 124.
6:56That's 124, so if you could open your Bibles to that section.
7:00We'll be talking about that today.
7:02Before we get started, we want to open in prayer, and so we've got Mike in 7, GND, opening
7:08in prayer for us today.
7:09Mike, please go ahead.
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8:00Amen. Thank you so much for that prayer, Mike. Really appreciate that.
8:09All right, we are in Psalm 124, and before Jerry reads Psalm 124 for us,
8:14I want to give us a little bit of background to what it is that we're reading here.
8:20You know, it's always and ever been the case that Satan desires to destroy the people of God.
8:26And the reason for this is that he hates God, and the way he strikes at God is by striking at those who are made in the image of God and who are serving God.
8:37And so he began this attack, of course, with Adam and Eve, and by his malevolence toward them caused the image of God in them to be defiled and defaced and to descend into depravity.
8:50After they were cursed and driven out of the garden, they had a son named Abel who was saved by God, who had faith in God, and who sought to serve God.
9:01But he had a brother named Cain who was rebellious against God, and Satan stirred up Cain to rise up and kill Abel, the first man of God to walk the earth after the fall was destroyed by Satan's servant.
9:15Well, Adam and Eve had another son named Seth, who was a man of God, and who fathered a godly line of descendants.
9:22So Cain, who killed Abel, went out to father an ungodly line of descendants, and the conflict between the people of God and the people of Satan raged and has ever since.
9:34So all of human history has been one in which the wicked followers of Satan have sought to destroy the righteous followers of God.
9:43Satan stirs up his men to swallow up the children of God, and were it not for the Lord's protection and for the Lord's intervention, the people of God would cease from the face of the earth.
9:55And human history is a record of unremitting assaults against God's people, and what is amazing is that although they engage in every effort to destroy the people of God, yet the people of God have been preserved, and those efforts to destroy them have failed.
10:18And so, though assaulted and persecuted, the people of God have been preserved by God, and not just preserved, they've spread across the entire earth.
10:27There are Christians today in every country on earth, and there are more Christians alive today than there have ever been in the history of the world.
10:36So had it not been for the Lord, who had been on the side of the Christians, they would have been exterminated a long time ago.
10:45But the Lord is on the side of his people.
10:48He's restrained Satan's rage against them, and he is so bound to him that he has only been able to persecute the people of God, but never to destroy them.
10:58And that's the testimony of our psalm that we're studying today, Psalm 124.
11:03In it, David celebrates God's protection of his people, and God's frustrating of their enemies.
11:12The Lord has sided with his people, the Lord has fought against their enemies, with the result that Israel has once again amazingly been preserved.
11:21And this has been the testimony not only of Israel in history, but of the people of God across the globe, and certainly the testimony of your own life.
11:34How many times have people sought to destroy your testimony, your ministry, your reputation, and your faith in God?
11:42And yet, each time, the Lord has protected you and preserved you so that you're able to triumph over your adversaries.
11:50And so if God is for us, who can ultimately succeed when they set themselves against us?
11:56Well, the answer is no one can, and therein lies our security.
11:59So we can give God a lot of praise and worship for all the times that he preserved us, even though heavy blows fell on us.
12:09And we can have much confidence in God regarding the future, that God is going to preserve us unto his heavenly kingdom, no matter how the wicked rage against us.
12:18Well, that's the message of our psalm.
12:21The Lord is on our side, and therefore, the plans of the wicked against us never wind up succeeding.
12:30All right, this is WB7MX, and now we're going to have Jerry KG6J read for us Psalm 124, and then we'll have our discussion.
12:39Jerry, KG6J, go ahead.
12:42Thank you, Pastor Matt.
12:44KG6J, reading Psalm 124 from the New King James.
12:48If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say,
12:57If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us alive.
13:06When their wrath was kindled against us, then the waters would have overwhelmed us.
13:13The stream would have gone over our souls.
13:17Blessed be the Lord who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
13:30Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowl.
13:36The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
13:39Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
13:44Psalm 124, KG6J, back after back.
13:48Jerry, good reading. Thank you for that. Appreciate that.
13:51WB7MX here.
13:53All right, any comments on our psalm?
13:55Please come now with your call sign.
13:56WB7VZL?
14:04Roger, please go ahead.
14:07Well, I was just pondering the elements you mentioned, of course, Abel and Cain,
14:14and some of those elements at the very beginning, like in Genesis 3.15.
14:22We can truly praise the Lord for the enmity that God blessed us with,
14:30that there is adequate separation.
14:33And in that separation, that kind of warning, so to speak,
14:43and that we do have an adversary, if we didn't have that ability, thanks to God,
14:51we would be sucked in.
14:53We'd be swallowed up, as this psalm says.
14:56Over.
14:56Yeah, it reminds me of the verse in 2 Corinthians 7 that says,
15:02What fellowship has light with darkness?
15:05And the idea there is that we have got two kingdoms that are completely antithetical to each other.
15:12We've got Satan, who is antithetical to God,
15:16and we have Satan's people, who are antithetical to God's people.
15:20And there's no bridging that gap.
15:23You know, Roger, one time I had a guy in my church,
15:27and we were having some controversy, as churches often do.
15:32And, you know, the question is, can't we all just get along?
15:35And the answer is, no, the sheep can't get along with the wolves.
15:40It never works.
15:41It can't work.
15:42It won't work.
15:43And the only way the sheep get along with the wolves is if the sheep all become wolves.
15:47And we're not going there, okay?
15:49We're not going to give up our faith in Christ.
15:51We're not going to give up our following of the scriptures.
15:56We're not going to give up our worship of God.
15:58And so there is no peace between Satan and God and between God's people and Satan's people.
16:05And so this war rages on.
16:08And the good news is the war is going to be over in the end when Jesus returns.
16:13It's one side is going to completely lose, and the other side is going to completely win.
16:19And Christ and his people are going to overcome, and Satan and his people are going to all be cast into the lake of fire.
16:25So until then, we have to settle in for the long, long battle that there is.
16:31And this battle is corporate against the people of God as a body, and it's also individual against our own individual situations as well.
16:44When you look at our psalm, Roger, it rejoices in some sort of a national deliverance here, not just a personal one,
16:54because he uses the language of our side, and now may Israel say.
17:01So there's some national deliverance that has been accomplished by God against a superior enemy here.
17:09And the psalmist is just, like, amazed and breathless and excited over this phenomenal deliverance that was only accomplished by God's good hand.
17:22Roger, back to you.
17:24Yeah, that wonderful renaming from Jacob, from deceiver to Israel, overcomer, has a whole cascading effect throughout all Scripture.
17:40And as you have implied, and of course it's very explicit in Revelation 12, as you so know well.
17:48And of course, my go-to verse for people that are just starting to grasp what they're involved with.
17:56You know, maybe they've had a tense of the controversy that's going on, but they haven't read the Scripture.
18:10My go-to text is Jesus himself.
18:15The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come to give life and more abundantly.
18:25And that is, in a nutshell, what Jesus recognizes, the great controversy between sin and righteousness.
18:34Yeah, amen.
18:37And yeah, that passage there in John chapter 10 is a wonderful passage.
18:42I think that's John chapter, what, 10 and verse 10?
18:46I think it is, yes.
18:48The thief comes not but for to kill and steal and to destroy, but I'm coming that they might have life and have it more abundantly.
18:54So that's John 10, 10.
18:55And yes, that verse, just like Genesis 3.15 and 2 Corinthians chapter 7 there, talks so much about this conflict.
19:04All right, any other comments?
19:06Anyone else want to comment on our passage?
19:08Please come down with your call sign.
19:11This is AK-6-OK.
19:13Good morning again.
19:14All right, we had a double there.
19:15We'll take them in order.
19:17Jeff, AK-6-OK, you go first, and then Kevin will grab you.
19:20Jeff, go ahead.
19:20Okay, as I read here in 2, it had not been until the Lord was on our side.
19:28When men rose up against us, they would have swallowed us alive.
19:32When their anger was kindled against us, the waters would have engulfed us.
19:38And what I think about right now, as just a picture of this, if you watch what's going on in Southern California,
19:46the raging seas right now, the high super tides, the king tides going on, and people's houses are collapsing.
19:55And it reminds me of the power of God and the power of the raging seas and flooding streets, flooding houses down there.
20:07But it doesn't matter what you have.
20:09It doesn't matter who you are.
20:11God is in control over you.
20:14Yeah, well said.
20:16And, you know, he uses a number of metaphors here, right?
20:22He talks about a vicious animal swallowing them up in verse 3.
20:26And then in verse 4, he changes to the metaphor, the one you pointed out, the water's overwhelming us.
20:34And, you know, like you said, if you've ever been in the ocean during a storm or in a flood of some kind,
20:43you're not in control anymore.
20:46Someone else, something else is in control.
20:49And water is so powerful.
20:51There's no fighting against it.
20:52If you've ever been caught in a current or been tossed around by a wave or been in a flash flood,
21:00you know, it takes you where it wants to and it does with you as it pleases.
21:06And so, like you say, the waves pounding on the cliffs and swallowing up the homes,
21:12yeah, nobody's going to step in and put a stop to that.
21:14The only person that can do that is God.
21:16And so David here is picturing the enemies of God like this mighty tidal wave that's just sweeping across.
21:28And yet God, God is more powerful than all of those things.
21:33And he steps in between us and that raging wave and, you know, he protects us.
21:40I've seen a photograph, and maybe some of you have seen it too, and it's a guy standing in a lighthouse door.
21:47And there's this huge wave that comes and strikes the lighthouse.
21:51It's like 30 feet above the head of this guy.
21:55And yet the lighthouse that's built on the rock is protecting him from the force and the power of that wave.
22:01And it just goes around him because between him and the wave is the lighthouse.
22:06And I like to think of that, that between me and those things that would destroy me stands God protecting me from them.
22:17And that's kind of the picture here.
22:18So, yeah, the enemy is incredibly powerful, way more than we.
22:23But he's not more powerful than God.
22:25And that's the encouragement that we have.
22:27A great comment, Jeff.
22:28Appreciate you pointing out that illustration of what's going on down there on the California coast.
22:35All right, Kevin, KB7ZXN.
22:36Over to you.
22:37Go ahead.
22:38Good morning again, everyone.
22:40Great comments and good introduction, too, Max.
22:44Yes.
22:44Here, you know, sometimes giving thanks and songs of thanks can take different forms.
22:52And this is really an effective form of a song of thanks, I think,
22:57that we can take from.
22:59And we see, too, as it reflects on throughout the events of Israel and the Lord's covenant people,
23:15the point, if it had not been for the Lord.
23:19And things would have a different outcome, wouldn't they?
23:23And they really vividly, well, it's really vividly expressed in these psalms.
23:30And as you pointed out, swallowed up and overwhelmed and overrun.
23:36But this is something that I think we can, one, we see even in the very opening text here.
23:43The Lord is very personal.
23:46It's the covenant God.
23:48It's Yahweh.
23:49It's Jehovah God, Jesus incarnate, if you will, pre-incarnate.
23:56And so it's our Lord here that they're giving praise to.
24:03And, you know, as it is for Israel, we can see even throughout the centuries for the Lord's churches,
24:11though they have endured much persecution attack and continue to to this very day,
24:17the Lord has been faithful.
24:19If not been for the Lord, they would have been probably stamped out,
24:25and Joseph Smith would have been right in that regard.
24:29But that's not the case.
24:30The Lord's churches, as he has promised in Ephesians 3.21 and Matthew 16.18 and even Matthew 28,
24:43he is with us always.
24:45And he is through every age.
24:47And if not been for the Lord, it would be a different outcome.
24:52And I think we can always, yes, I think maybe you alluded to earlier,
24:55to make some personal applications in that too in our own lives.
25:00Can you imagine?
25:01It's, in other words, reflecting the disaster, the catastrophe that life would have been for Israel.
25:11But we could take that for God's people through every age would have been,
25:15if not been for the Lord's divine intervention on our behalf.
25:20KB 7 does that extent.
25:21Yeah, Kevin, thank you for bringing out those passages.
25:27Ephesians 1.21, that Christ has been set far above all principality and power and might and dominion
25:35and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come
25:40and put all things under his feet.
25:43So that's the good news.
25:45We have an enthroned Savior who sits in the heavens, who is sovereign over all things,
25:51including Satan and all of his people.
25:53And he makes the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of wrath he restrains.
25:59And so, yes, Jesus is with us always, even to the end of the age,
26:02and the gates of hell cannot prevail against the church.
26:06So that's the protection we have.
26:08And that protection flows from, as you said, Kevin, the covenant-keeping God.
26:13You'll notice in your Bibles the word there, Lord, is used consistently throughout this psalm.
26:21And as Kevin pointed out, that's Yahweh, sometimes translated as Jehovah.
26:26And that's God's personal name.
26:28That's the name that he uses when he makes covenants.
26:31There's words like Elohim, right, that is the general word for God.
26:36But when he uses Yahweh or Jehovah, that's the name he uses when he makes covenants with his people.
26:46So what Kevin was bringing out there is that this is the covenant-keeping God
26:52that has made covenant with Israel, and God keeps his promises.
26:56And when he promises to bless those who bless his people and curse those who curse his people,
27:02he keeps those promises.
27:03And so that's what he says, verse 1,
27:07if it had not been for the Lord that was on our side.
27:10Verse 2, if it had not been for the Lord.
27:13Verse 6, blessed be the Lord.
27:16Verse 8, our help is in the name of the Lord.
27:19And all of that is a reference to that covenant-keeping God
27:23who keeps his promises and protects his people.
27:26Kevin, thanks for those passages and for those explanations.
27:30That's really helpful.
27:32All right, any other comments?
27:33Please come now.
27:34KI7PWZ.
27:36KI7PWZ.
27:38Brad, go ahead.
27:39Yeah, I'm David.
27:40And I just wanted to say the picture you were talking about with the lighthouse
27:46and the ocean coming in and crashing against the backside of it
27:50and the guy standing in the doorway.
27:53In my early walk out of addiction in the early 2000s,
28:01I came across that picture.
28:03And it was like, yeah, that would be the God that would be protecting me
28:10that I'm looking for and looking forward for that walk with.
28:14And it was just such a magnificent picture to you.
28:19And that would be minor compared to what he can do.
28:24And I know that there's been several different times,
28:26whether it be attacks from Satan or different things that, you know,
28:34I call upon the name of the Lord.
28:37And sometimes I just, you know, I just say,
28:40Father God, Christ Jesus, Holy Spirit, and just keep repeating that.
28:45And whatever's attacking me or coming on, it just dissipates.
28:50It's gone.
28:51And, you know, there was a time when my wife and I were driving down the road
28:56and I started slowing down.
28:58And there wasn't any traffic around.
29:00And there was an intersection, a T intersection coming up.
29:04And she goes, why are you slowing down?
29:07I said, I have no idea why I'm slowing down, but I'm slowing down.
29:11And we got closer to the intersection.
29:13And this car comes flying through up out of the hill on the T
29:17and crashes into the barrier above the parking lot.
29:21And it's just like, wow.
29:22We were just, you know, amazed.
29:24That's how God works.
29:26He looks after us.
29:27He takes care of us.
29:28No matter what's going on, seen or unseen, he's there.
29:32And that's my God.
29:33And I just, it takes me to tears.
29:37So just wanted to share that.
29:39And KS7PWZ, out.
29:42David, thank you so much for that.
29:44Thanks for the correction on the name as well.
29:47KS7PWZ, great comment.
29:48And, yeah, you know, it would be useful for those of us on the Bible study
29:55or just to share about times, just like David did,
29:58when you could have been killed were it not for the Lord intervening and protecting you.
30:05You know, I used to be a timber faller.
30:07And, you know, there's two times when I absolutely should have been killed by falling trees.
30:15But God enabled me to just step aside and to see the danger a millisecond before it arrived and avoid it.
30:24And I just, you know, have experienced so many times the hand of God in saving my life.
30:30Otherwise, I would not be here.
30:32And I'm sure that many of you have experienced what David was talking about,
30:36and that is the protection of God and the intervention of God in ways that you didn't even see
30:41until you look back and you go, oh, thank the Lord that I was protected.
30:47I think of times when I was delayed for some reason or the other.
30:53And then, you know, you get down the road and there's a huge accident that just happened.
30:57And had you not had the delay, you would have been in that accident.
30:59So, yes, David, praise the Lord for such a God who stands between us and danger
31:05and who protects us and preserves us.
31:09All right, other comments.
31:10Please come now.
31:13Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, WS7SAB.
31:16All right, we've got Sandy, WS7SAB, and Beck Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee checked in.
31:22Good morning, Beck.
31:23How are you guys doing?
31:25Good morning.
31:25We're doing great.
31:26Didn't mean to interrupt, but wanted to be checked in.
31:29Copy that.
31:31Thank you for checking in.
31:32All right, any other comments on our psalm?
31:34Psalm 124, go ahead.
31:37PWM.
31:38Brian, KJ7 PWM, go ahead.
31:42I just wanted to comment, you know, we're talking about the times that we realized God saved us.
31:49Think about all the times that we didn't even have a clue, and he was there for us.
31:59Yeah, amen.
32:00There's plenty of times like that.
32:02While I got Brian on the phone here, I want to encourage you all to go to westcoastbiblestudy.com.
32:07West Coast Bible Study is all one word.
32:09Our brand new website is up now, courtesy of Brian, KJ7 PWM, and the work he did on producing
32:17that website for us to replace our older and more clunky version.
32:22So westcoastbiblestudy.com, check it out.
32:25All right, back to our psalm, Psalm 124.
32:28Any comments on Psalm 124, please come out.
32:30Go ahead there, Mike, in 7G&D.
32:39Just looking at the context of the beginning, it talks about if the military is not going
32:46to be in our slide, the oldies, they went to escape the flash clock, they went to escape
32:53and the nest, the flare that the boundless was, they would have been caught.
33:04And at the very end, our health was coming to the north, and the maker had to work.
33:10But it was kind of like, look at the beginning, it would have not been our life tonight.
33:15Yeah, Mike, thank you for that.
33:35Yes, that last verse, our help is in the name of the Lord who made the heaven and earth.
33:39Well, you know, if somebody is there to help you who, you know, built a fence, you think,
33:46well, you know, he can help me with a fence.
33:49But here's God who made the heavens and the earth.
33:53And what that means is that there's nothing in the heavens or on the earth that God can't
33:58help you with, because he made it all, he controls it all, he's sovereign over it all,
34:05and he can manage it all for the outcomes that he wants his people to have.
34:12And so it's interesting that it also says in Psalm 121 in verse 2, Psalm 121, verse 2,
34:23my help comes from the Lord which made heaven and earth.
34:26And here's our Psalm 124, our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
34:30And time and again, we run across this phrase, this is the God who made the heaven and the earth.
34:37And it didn't evolve out of a big bang of some kind.
34:41God made it.
34:43And so therefore, God's in control of it.
34:45And therefore, nothing in it or on it can harm us without his permission.
34:51So, Mike, thanks for that comment.
34:53Appreciate that.
34:54All right, any other comments?
34:55Please come now.
34:56KD7YQT.
34:58KD7YQT, go ahead.
35:00Yeah, I'm reminded, even though the psalm doesn't bear this out,
35:04I'm reminded of how Job was attacked by the enemy.
35:10Now, I know the Lord allowed that.
35:12The Lord allowed him to take all of his property and kill his family.
35:17And, of course, not kill him, but completely inflict him.
35:22And I just remember in Scripture hearing the ferociousness of the enemy.
35:29That's how bad he wants to get it at.
35:32I mean, if you remember, you know, one calamity after another, after another, after another.
35:38I mean, the servants wouldn't even finish speaking before the next calamity was there.
35:43And I just pray for the Lord for his protection over us.
35:49And because we see a picture of what would happen if his protection was not there.
35:55And I think the psalm says that.
35:57You know, if the Lord had not been on our side, let Israel say, if the Lord had not been on our side,
36:02the men of Cactus, they would have followed us alive.
36:05And they're burning anger against us.
36:06I think that bears that out.
36:09But anyway, that's just my opinion.
36:11Yeah, Scott, you're exactly correct.
36:15I appreciate that perspective.
36:18That's a biblical perspective.
36:20You know, God's protection doesn't mean that God isn't going to allow the enemy some degree of success in afflicting us.
36:32You know, you look at Job.
36:34God restrained Satan with reference to certain things.
36:39But he gave him permission to do other things.
36:42And so why was it that God allowed Job to be assaulted as much as he was?
36:50Well, it's because he had a good purpose to bring out of that in providing us with a multitude of lessons that come to us in the book of Job
37:00that have been a blessing to the church for thousands of years.
37:03And it will continue to provide us with an anchor for our faith and an understanding of God's work in providence
37:10when, in fact, it seems like God is not there protecting us.
37:16So God protects us to the degree that he prevents Satan from destroying our faith
37:25and he prevents Satan from driving us away from God.
37:31But he allows enough of Satan's work to be brought against us, to mature us, to increase our faith,
37:41to cause us to praise God for the deliverance he does bring.
37:45And so protection means that God manages what happens to us.
37:52It doesn't mean he provides us with a bed of roses where everything goes wonderfully.
37:57But what he does do is he allows enough to mature us and to equip us
38:02and to generate a greater dependence on him and a greater praise to him,
38:10but not so much that we are destroyed.
38:12It reminds me of that verse in 1 Corinthians that says,
38:15God will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able,
38:20but will with the temptation provide a way of escape that you may be able to bear it.
38:25And so God is managing the trials that come into our life, the tests that come into our life,
38:32so that good results are produced out of them rather than destructive results coming from them.
38:40Scott, thank you for pointing out that principle.
38:45All right.
38:45Any other comments on our passage?
38:47Please come now.
38:48WB7, Vizadell.
38:50Roger, please go ahead.
38:52Yeah.
38:53I'm glad you mentioned Job.
38:54And, of course, the prelude to Job, the first two chapters,
39:00we find that this Satan, this adversary, the serpent, the devil,
39:09in Revelation 12 says, this began in heaven.
39:16War began in heaven.
39:19What we're experiencing on earth, where the stage, as Shakespeare summed it up,
39:25you know, the world is a stage, and we sure see that portrayed in Job 1 and 2,
39:32and we're actors on that stage.
39:35And we, there's rules of engagement going on in heavenly places, as Paul talks about.
39:44So, yeah, it's pretty big.
39:47WB7, Vizadell.
39:48Well, yes, it is, and it's an honor to be chosen by God to act on his behalf on this stage
39:56in which this conflict between God and Satan is played out in and through their respective people that serve them.
40:05And, you know, the good news of the Bible, summarized in the book of Revelation,
40:11is that God wins and his people win.
40:13Revelation 17, 14,
40:15These shall make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb shall overcome them.
40:20For he is Lord of lords and King of kings,
40:22and they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful.
40:26So, we know how the story turns out.
40:28We just have to fight the good fight
40:30until Christ comes and brings a conclusion
40:34to the conflict and the warfare.
40:37He's the Prince of Peace.
40:38He will bring perfect, eternal peace.
40:40But until then, we're involved in a war.
40:42We need to settle down and fight.
40:44But fight with a confidence that God is for us.
40:47And if God be for us, who can be against us?
40:49And really, that's what our psalm is talking about.
40:52Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
40:57In verse 6 there,
40:59Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers.
41:03The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
41:06So, how many times does Satan's thoughts capture us
41:08and to bind us into some sinful behavior?
41:13And yet, the Lord came along and broke us out of that,
41:15delivered us from it, gave us the strength to overcome.
41:18And while the battle still rages,
41:21nevertheless, the outcome is sure,
41:23and God secures the victory of his people,
41:27not only in this life, but also in the long term, in eternity.
41:32So, praise the Lord for that.
41:34All right, we've got about four minutes to go.
41:36Any four more comments on our psalm?
41:38Please come now.
41:42WB7, is it Al?
41:43Roger, please go ahead.
41:44I don't know the address immediately,
41:48but I can't help but think of Paul mentioning
41:50that he was inside the city walls,
41:55and they were determined to capture him.
41:58You know, like, they said,
42:00well, we've got him in this city, but where is he?
42:03We're going to find him.
42:04And he was led out,
42:06out the city walls,
42:09through a window at night.
42:10And when I read this psalm that we have before us,
42:15they really thought that they had him.
42:17But he escaped by God's providence.
42:20Over.
42:21Yeah, copy that.
42:22That's Acts 9.23.
42:24It says,
42:25And after that many days were fulfilled,
42:27the Jews took counsel to kill Paul.
42:30But their lying away was known of him.
42:32And he's still called Saul at this point in time.
42:35And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
42:37Then the disciples took him by night
42:39and led him down by the wall in a basket.
42:41And when Saul was come to Jerusalem,
42:43he attempted to join himself to the disciples.
42:46So, yeah, Acts 9.23-25 is where that's at.
42:51And there's a classic example
42:53of what our psalm is talking about.
42:55They laid a trap for him.
42:57They were going to kill him.
42:58God provided deliverance to him.
43:01And, you know,
43:02these metaphors, Roger,
43:04that are used in our psalm are quite amazing.
43:06Verse 3,
43:09Then they had swallowed us up.
43:11And there's the idea of a devouring animal.
43:14When their wrath was kindled against us,
43:17there's the picture of fire.
43:19And then verse 4,
43:21Then the waters had overwhelmed us.
43:23There's the flood.
43:25So we've got a devouring animal as a picture here.
43:27We've got burning fire as a picture here.
43:30We've got a flood as a picture here.
43:32And then in verse 7,
43:36Our soul has escaped like a bird and a snare.
43:39And so we've got the idea of a snare.
43:41So that's what the enemy brings against us.
43:43Right?
43:43He brings devouring animals.
43:46Satan walks about as a roaring lion,
43:48seeking whom he may devour.
43:50And then we've got the picture of the fire here.
43:52And the idea that they want to burn us up.
43:56We've got the picture of the flood here.
43:58They want to overwhelm us.
43:59That's also used in Revelation 12.
44:02Satan sends out a flood after the people of God.
44:05And then, of course, a bird caught in a net,
44:08which is powerless to escape
44:09unless someone comes and rips a hole in the net.
44:12And then the bird gets out.
44:14And so this is a picture of the force
44:16and the power that's brought against us.
44:20And the good news is the Lord is on our side.
44:24And so as a result,
44:25none of this power that's brought against us
44:27can ever triumph over us.
44:30And whatever form it comes in,
44:32and whoever brings it,
44:34is going down to defeat.
44:35Because, you know, God is a father.
44:37He defends his kids.
44:39I mean, I know a bunch of us on this net are fathers.
44:43And if someone came and attacked one of your kids,
44:45like, would you stand up and fight for them?
44:47You would lay down your life for them.
44:50And so God is not a deadbeat dad
44:51who runs when the kids are under attack.
44:54He stands up.
44:55He stands between his kids and the attack.
44:57And he defends them.
44:59And that's the picture here.
45:01And so we can have confidence
45:03that when we're under attack,
45:05whatever the power of it is,
45:07whatever the source of it is,
45:10whatever the nature of it is,
45:12God is standing there to defend us.
45:15And so the Lord's on our side.
45:18And so we can say,
45:20because of that,
45:21we have escaped.
45:24And the testimony of our lives,
45:27not only at this point in our life,
45:29but certainly at the end of our life,
45:30will be verse 6.
45:32Blessed be the Lord
45:33who has not given us as a prey
45:36to their teeth.
45:37So here we are today,
45:39preserved amazingly enough,
45:41given all the things
45:42that have been brought against us
45:43throughout our lifetime.
45:44And that's because of God before us
45:47who can be against us.
45:48All right.
45:49We are out of time.
45:50It is time for us to go to our prayer.
45:53Are there any prayer requests
45:55anybody wants to bring
45:56before Al leads us in prayer?
45:59Please come down.
46:02KI7PWZ.
46:04KI7PWZ.
46:05David, go ahead.
46:06Our daughter is in the middle
46:08of a fight with cancer,
46:11breast cancer,
46:12and she's on her ninth thing
46:16with the shots.
46:17And she's battling.
46:19She's doing good,
46:20but she could sure use prayer with this.
46:22It's very heartbreaking.
46:26Copy that, David.
46:27What's your daughter's name over?
46:28Her name is Brenda.
46:32Okay.
46:32We're going to pray for Brenda.
46:34Brenda is the daughter
46:35of David KI7PWZ.
46:38She's fighting breast cancer.
46:40She's in her ninth treatment,
46:42and we need to pray for her.
46:44David, I really sympathize with that.
46:46My wife has had breast cancer twice,
46:4915 years apart each time,
46:51and God has preserved her life.
46:53But been there, done that,
46:55and I know the heartbreak
46:56and the difficulty that's involved.
46:58And so my sympathy
47:00and prayers
47:01will certainly be with you,
47:03and I know all of those
47:04on the net
47:05will be with you as well.
47:06All right.
47:07That's David KI7PWZ,
47:09his daughter Brenda
47:10with breast cancer.
47:12All right.
47:12Any other prayer requests?
47:13Please come down.
47:19All right, Al.
47:20KJ7QQH,
47:21go ahead and close
47:22in prayer for us, please.
47:25Thank you, Pastor Mac.
47:26And everyone is on the net.
47:30Good morning.
47:30This is KJ7QQH.
47:32Let's all come together
47:33before the Lord in prayer.
47:36Heavenly Father,
47:37thank you for today
47:38and the time
47:39with you in your presence
47:41and in your work.
47:42We gather together
47:44and we join with one voice
47:48in bringing you
47:50the prayers and praises
47:52after you today,
47:53which is pleased
47:54that you would be
47:55happy and pleased
48:00to grant those
48:01for us today.
48:03We just heard
48:04from David KI7PWZ
48:07and that gives prayer
48:09for his daughter Brenda
48:10battling cancer.
48:12And she's in treatment now.
48:14We have asked
48:15you would go before her
48:16and be a healing
48:19and guide
48:20and protection
48:21over her
48:21during this time
48:23and also for David
48:25and the family
48:26as they go through
48:27this time with her.
48:29We also want to join
48:30our brother Jim
48:31at 7BKE
48:33in asking prayers
48:35for the healing
48:36and the clearing
48:37of the illness
48:38that's spreading
48:39through the retirement
48:40home.
48:40For Jim,
48:41and ministers,
48:43we just ask
48:45that that would
48:47be allowed
48:49so that Jim
48:50could get back
48:51to sharing the gospel
48:52with those people
48:53there.
48:55First Eve,
48:56W6YSI,
48:57we join him
48:58and his wife,
48:59Leslie,
49:00as they go through
49:02the process
49:02of setting up
49:03a new home
49:04in James,
49:04South California.
49:05We just ask
49:07you go before them
49:08and provide them
49:10a smooth process
49:13and success
49:15in the purchase
49:15and the setting up
49:17of that new home
49:18there.
49:19For Jerry,
49:20AE70R,
49:21we understand
49:23he's possibly
49:24going to
49:25Springfield
49:26for a heart
49:27ablation today.
49:28He's waiting
49:29on a call
49:30to confirm
49:30if that's going
49:32to happen today.
49:34Either way,
49:34just go before him
49:36and make that
49:39process for him
49:40a success.
49:43And our commission
49:44will be
49:45benefited from that.
49:48For our brother
49:49Jeff,
49:49we pray for
49:52Peter,
49:53KT-6-DT,
49:55and that
49:56alien with flood
49:57damage
49:57that he's going
49:58through right now.
50:01For our brother
50:02Glenn,
50:02KJ-7-QMW,
50:04we ask prayers
50:05for his good sleep
50:08and relief
50:09of his foot pain.
50:11For Rob,
50:12KB-7-CL,
50:15he has unspoken
50:16prayer requests.
50:18You know,
50:19before anyone,
50:22we just ask you
50:23to be pleased
50:24to grant
50:24whatever that might be.
50:26So Mark,
50:27KJ-7-PBT,
50:28for his unspoken
50:30prayer requests
50:30as well.
50:31For Mike,
50:32and 7-GND,
50:35we ask for
50:36safety and success
50:37in his upcoming elk hunting trip.
50:40For Al,
50:41and 6-MOT,
50:43we ask prayers
50:45for the health issues
50:48for he and his wife.
50:51And also,
50:52we ask prayers
50:53for Michael,
50:53who recently passed,
50:54and peace and comfort
50:56for Michael's wife,
50:57Angela,
50:57and family.
51:00For George,
51:01a 1-K-O-Y,
51:03he lost his wife's family
51:04to cancer in July.
51:06We pray for comfort
51:07for George
51:08and his family
51:09and for all
51:10who are dealing
51:11with cancer.
51:13For Charles,
51:14and son,
51:15B-E-N,
51:17we lift up
51:18Charles and his family
51:19as they process
51:21that the passing
51:22of their son
51:23from Trevor
51:23will answer
51:24on October 11th.
51:26Give them peace
51:27and comfort
51:27for the whole family.
51:30For Dave,
51:31AI-7QQ,
51:33we give praise
51:35for Noah,
51:36a young man
51:36in Dave's prison ministry.
51:38He's now saved
51:39and attending church.
51:41We just pray
51:42for Noah's continuing
51:44in your work
51:45and his faith.
51:47For Jerry,
51:47KG-6J,
51:48for Jerry's boss,
51:51Rachelle,
51:52as she goes through
51:53chemo and radiation
51:54treatments
51:54on her neck cancer.
51:57We pray for the treatment
51:58to be effective.
52:00First,
52:01for Jerry's physical therapy
52:02for his back pain
52:04and disaster relief
52:05of that back pain
52:06and for his balance issues.
52:09And we give praise
52:10for Jerry's success
52:11and completion
52:12of his plumbing work
52:13that is home.
52:16For Beth,
52:17Alpha Alpha 5,
52:18Yankee,
52:19we pray for the continued
52:20healing of his vision
52:21from his head injury.
52:23And also for their neighbor,
52:24Nancy,
52:25who needs healing
52:26from cancer.
52:27She's also in need
52:28of salvation.
52:29We give praise
52:30that Nancy is showing
52:31great improvement.
52:33For Jan Brokart,
52:34a diabetic,
52:35and some of her footwork
52:37is she's now home
52:38and improving.
52:40For her husband,
52:41Ken,
52:42having heart
52:43or rhythmic issues.
52:44For Mike,
52:47KI-7 RSV.
52:49For his wife,
52:50Liz,
52:51who's fighting cancer
52:52and praying
52:54for effective,
52:55we pray for the effective
52:56female treatment
52:57that she's currently
52:59doing.
53:02For Will,
53:03Gelo Mike,
53:03five homestruck.
53:05Prayers for continuing
53:06his hormone treatment
53:08for the next year.
53:10We pray that the treatments
53:12will be effective
53:13in restraining
53:14and removing
53:14his prostate cancer.
53:17We continue to lift up
53:18Keisha
53:19for her liver transplant.
53:21It's been postponed
53:23since she's stable now.
53:25and we just pray
53:27for her stress
53:28that is in her life
53:31to be released
53:32and we pray
53:33for her salvation.
53:36For Jeff,
53:36AK-6 OK,
53:38we pray for the
53:39thousands of Bibles
53:40being shipped out
53:41to our troops
53:42that are in his ministry
53:43and we just ask
53:45that you would
53:46continue
53:47to go before them
53:49and put those
53:49into the hands
53:50of the troops
53:51and use those Bibles
53:52to save things
53:53by those soldiers.
53:55We pray
53:56there's a need
53:57for three new chapels
53:58to be built
53:59on Jeff's tenancy
54:00and for you,
54:02God,
54:02to raise up those
54:03to manage them
54:04and that that need
54:05will be met.
54:07For Tom,
54:08WW-17.
54:10Tom's recovering
54:11from a major
54:12spine surgery
54:12and he's in a wheelchair
54:13and we pray
54:15that his physical therapy
54:16will provide
54:17the least
54:17of his pain
54:18and give him
54:19an increase
54:20mobility.
54:21We pray
54:22that he'll be
54:22approved
54:23for a new
54:24power chair
54:25and that that
54:26would be med soon.
54:28He's home now,
54:29recovering from
54:30a reaction
54:30to medication
54:31that recently
54:32sent him
54:33to the hospital.
54:36We continue
54:37to pray for
54:37Pastor Max's
54:39pastor,
54:40Jeff Black,
54:41who has
54:42severe ulterior
54:42colitis.
54:44We pray for
54:45the healing
54:45for him
54:46through the medical
54:47treatment
54:48that he's received.
54:48for Cody
54:51KI-7-TRF,
54:53we pray
54:53for the healing
54:54that Uncle Doug
54:55is a believer
54:56with a severe
54:57head injury
54:57and we pray
54:59for his ongoing
55:00treatment
55:00and recovery.
55:02We get brave
55:03that he's showing
55:04good improvement
55:04now.
55:06For Scott,
55:07KD-7-YQD,
55:09we pray for his
55:10wife Pam
55:10who has severe
55:11lupus
55:12and we pray
55:13that that was
55:14going to remission.
55:15We pray for
55:16God's daughter
55:17Kendra
55:18with ongoing
55:19multiple chronic
55:20health needs.
55:22And also,
55:22we're praying
55:23for Mike
55:23KD-7-N
55:24with stage 4
55:25cancer.
55:27We pray for
55:27the chemo
55:28treatment
55:28that started
55:29on September
55:2926th
55:30to be effective.
55:32For George
55:33K-1-K-O-Y,
55:35his granddaughter
55:36Caitlin
55:36is due
55:37to deliver
55:38and his
55:40first great
55:41grandson
55:42is coming
55:44in mid-November.
55:46We pray
55:46for safe
55:46delivery
55:47and a
55:47healthy
55:48state.
55:49For Kevin
55:50and KD-7-XN,
55:52Kevin's dealing
55:53with rest
55:54before his
55:54issues.
55:55We pray
55:55that his lungs
55:56will heal
55:57up and be
55:58clear.
55:59He can
56:00join us
56:02in full
56:02measure
56:03here on
56:03the net
56:04for our
56:06for myself,
56:09KD-7-QQD,
56:11for the healing
56:12of our son
56:13John,
56:13for your
56:13camp,
56:14and also
56:15for our
56:16neighbor
56:16Lucas,
56:17who has
56:17suddenly
56:18lost his
56:18hearing,
56:19and needs
56:20treatment
56:20plans for
56:21that.
56:23For
56:23her
56:23passion
56:25wants to
56:25spread,
56:25Rick
56:26both,
56:26he needs
56:27to tell
56:28his business
56:28and fire
56:30and catch
56:31his gun.
56:32For
56:32Carol,
56:33KK-7,
56:34TPO,
56:35we pray
56:36for June,
56:37a Christian,
56:38stage 2
56:38pump
56:39cancer.
56:40We pray
56:41for her
56:41healing.
56:43We pray
56:44for Doc
56:45W6RLJ.
56:47We pray
56:48for the
56:48establishment
56:48of a
56:49dental
56:49clinic
56:50on the
56:50island of
56:51TG.
56:52That's what's
56:53on our list
56:54today,
56:54Lord,
56:55and we
56:55know that
56:56there's
56:56many,
56:56many more,
56:57especially
56:58those of
56:59the violent
57:00multitude
57:01with unspoken
57:03prayers.
57:04We just
57:04ask you
57:04to be in
57:06your mercy
57:07and able
57:07to hear
57:08those and
57:09grant
57:09those as
57:10well.
57:11We just
57:12ask you
57:12to be with
57:12all those
57:13suffering
57:13throughout
57:14the world.
57:16Be with
57:16us and
57:17protect us
57:17united
57:18on a path
57:19to your
57:20will and
57:21bring us
57:21back tomorrow
57:22for more
57:22of you and
57:23your word.
57:24We thank
57:25you,
57:25Lord,
57:25for your
57:25goodness,
57:26your mercy,
57:26and your
57:27grace to
57:27each one
57:28of us.
57:28You
57:28mostly
57:29give us
57:30your son,
57:30Jesus
57:31Christ,
57:32and it's
57:32through him
57:33that we
57:33pray all
57:34these things.
57:35Amen.
57:35This is
57:36KJ7QQH.
57:38We're
57:38turning back
57:39to you
57:39there.
57:39Back to
57:40you.
57:43KJ7QQH,
57:44thank you
57:44so much
57:44for that
57:45prayer.
57:45Really
57:45appreciate
57:46that.
57:46The
57:46net
57:46would
57:46like
57:46to
57:47acknowledge
57:47Dave,
57:47KE7WKI.
57:49Dave
57:49showed up
57:50there on
57:50the
57:50Utah
57:50SDR
57:51a while
57:51back.
57:52Dave,
57:52good to
57:53have
57:53you
57:53with
57:53us
57:53today.
57:53We
57:54got
57:54you
57:54checked
57:54in.
57:55All
57:55right,
57:55this is
57:55WV7MX
57:56net
57:56control
57:57for the
57:57West
57:57Coast
57:58Bible
57:58study.
57:58I
57:58want
57:58to
57:58thank
57:59all
57:59the
57:59stations
57:59who
58:00checked
58:00in
58:00this
58:00morning
58:01as well
58:02as
58:02those
58:02who
58:02stood
58:02by
58:03to
58:03give
58:03us
58:03a
58:03clear
58:04operating
58:04frequency.
58:06We
58:06meet
58:06here
58:06seven
58:07days
58:07a
58:07week
58:07at
58:086
58:08a.m.
58:09in
58:09order
58:09to
58:09read
58:09the
58:10scriptures,
58:10understand
58:11their
58:11meaning,
58:11message,
58:12and
58:12application,
58:13and then
58:13pray
58:14for grace
58:14and mercy
58:15to be
58:15able
58:15to live
58:16out
58:16what
58:16we
58:16learn
58:17and
58:17for
58:18God
58:18to
58:18meet
58:18the
58:18needs
58:18of
58:19those
58:19that
58:19are
58:19in
58:19our
58:19circle
58:20fellowship.
58:21I'll
58:21be
58:21returning
58:22this
58:22frequency
58:22now
58:23to
58:23regular
58:24amateur
58:24use.
58:25This
58:25is
58:25WB7MAX.
58:27I'll
58:27be
58:27clear
58:28and
58:28standing
58:29by.
58:30Jeff,
58:30AK-60K,
58:31WB7MAX,
58:33are you
58:33still on
58:33frequency?
58:34Go ahead
58:34there,
58:35Jeff.
58:42All right,
58:43nothing heard
58:44from Jeff.
58:44AK-60K,
58:45I'll
58:45contact him
58:46via cell
58:46phone.
58:47All right,
58:48the frequency
58:48is now
58:49open.
58:49Anybody
58:49want
58:50to
58:50discuss
58:50anything?
58:51Back
58:51Alpha
58:51Alpha
58:525
58:52Yankee,
58:52you've
58:52got
58:53something
58:53for
58:53us.
58:53Go
58:53ahead.
58:59Thank
59:00you,
59:00Max.
59:00Good
59:01job.
59:01KI-6WXP.
59:03Good
59:03signal.
59:04Everything
59:04good.
59:06Okay,
59:07we had
59:07a double
59:08there.
59:09Joe,
59:09I heard
59:09you
59:10KI-6WXP.
59:11Go
59:11ahead
59:12there,
59:12Joe.
59:13Yeah,
59:13very
59:14good.
59:14Yeah,
59:14you sounded
59:15good.
59:15Everything
59:15went
59:16good.
59:16Good
59:16signal,
59:17good
59:17everything.
59:18Praise
59:19Lord,
59:19thank you
59:19for that.
59:20Yeah,
59:20it was a
59:21good Bible
59:21study.
59:22Okay,
59:22I think
59:23Beck
59:23Alpha
59:235
59:24Yankee
59:24might have
59:25been in
59:25there.
59:25Beck,
59:25go ahead.
59:30Okay,
59:30that was a
59:30negative.
59:31We double
59:31with Joe.
59:34That was a
59:35double.
59:36Okay.
59:36WB7MAX,
59:43I'm standing
59:43by ready
59:44to talk
59:44to anybody
59:45who wants
59:45to chat
59:46in the
59:47after
59:47discussion.
59:48Just
59:48throw out
59:49your call
59:49sign and
59:49we'll have
59:50a chat.
59:52KI7PWZ?
59:54Okay,
59:55KI7PWZ,
59:56go ahead.
59:58I guess
59:59the first
59:59question is
60:00what is
60:00your name?
60:01My name
60:02is Max,
60:03M-A-X,
60:03just like
60:04my call
60:04sign,
60:04WB7MAX.
60:06Okay,
60:07got it.
60:08I was just
60:09wondering if
60:10I contact
60:11you through
60:12the internet
60:15on the
60:16QRZ,
60:19could I
60:20get a list
60:21of the names
60:22and the
60:22call signs
60:23through there
60:24through email?
60:25Yeah,
60:26you sure
60:26can.
60:27So my
60:27email address
60:28is good.
60:30So if
60:31you just
60:31go to
60:31QRZ
60:32at
60:33WB7MAX,
60:35Whiskey
60:36Bravo
60:367 Mike
60:37Alpha
60:37X-Ray
60:38and you
60:39mouse over
60:39the email
60:40thing there
60:41and I'll
60:41show up
60:41my address
60:42and you
60:43can email
60:43me and I'll
60:44be glad to
60:44respond to
60:45any request
60:46that you
60:46have.
60:46Over.
60:48Okay,
60:48thank you
60:48very much.
60:49KI7PWZ,
60:50we are
60:51clear for
60:51today this
60:52morning.
60:53All right,
60:54real good,
60:54David,
60:55thank you for
60:55that.
60:56Okay,
60:56any other
60:57comments?
60:58Please come
60:58now.
60:59I forgot to
61:00turn my
61:00amp on.
61:01Did that
61:01make a
61:01difference?
61:02Well,
61:02it sure
61:03did,
61:03brother.
61:03We can
61:04finally hear
61:04you now.
61:05How are you
61:05doing?
61:08I'm doing
61:09okay.
61:09I'm getting
61:09ready to
61:10start my
61:10next 90
61:12days are
61:13going to
61:13be murdered.
61:14I'm already
61:15regretting buying
61:16the other
61:17house.
61:18But once I'm
61:18all moved in,
61:19I'm sure I
61:20won't be.
61:21Today's joke
61:21is what comes
61:22down but what
61:23never goes
61:24back up?
61:25What comes
61:26down but never
61:27goes back up?
61:28How about my
61:28bank account,
61:29over?
61:29mine too.
61:37Anybody got
61:37an answer?
61:41The
61:42crashed
61:42flame?
61:45Oh,
61:46that's a good
61:46one.
61:47But no,
61:47that's not it.
61:48It's rain.
61:50Rain comes
61:50down but never
61:51goes back up.
61:53All right,
61:53that's a good
61:54one,
61:54Beck.
61:54Thank you for
61:55that.
61:55Appreciate
61:55that.
61:56All right,
61:57anyone else?
61:58Go ahead.
61:58I was
61:59going to
61:59say inflation.
62:00When
62:00evaporation
62:01happens.
62:04That's
62:04steam,
62:05not rain.
62:07Okay,
62:08I thought
62:08it was
62:08because of
62:09the rain
62:09that it
62:10would have
62:10something
62:10evaporate.
62:12Well,
62:12you're
62:12right,
62:13okay.
62:15But it's
62:16a joke.
62:16It's not
62:16a scientifically
62:17precise
62:18explanation.
62:21Yeah,
62:21so rain
62:22comes down
62:23and never
62:23goes back
62:23up.
62:24But of
62:25course,
62:25steam
62:26goes back
62:26up and
62:27forms the
62:27clouds,
62:28which
62:28didn't
62:28create
62:28rain.
62:29So it's
62:30going back
62:31up just
62:31in a
62:31different
62:32form,
62:32in vapor
62:32form instead
62:33of a
62:34solid
62:34water
62:34form.
62:35So I
62:36guess that's
62:36the justification
62:37for the answer
62:38there,
62:38Joe.
62:39I was going to
62:40say a lead
62:40balloon.
62:43Purchasing
62:44power.
62:45You know,
62:46my brain
62:46worked.
62:47I'll just
62:47show you
62:47how it
62:48works.
62:48It's
62:48confused.
62:50I'll
62:50copy that.
62:51Well,
62:51I'll join
62:51the club
62:52here of
62:52the confused.
62:53All right,
62:56I thought I
62:57heard Will
62:57KM5F.
62:58Will,
62:58were you
62:59floating
62:59around out
62:59there?
63:00Yeah,
63:01purchasing
63:01power goes
63:02down but
63:02never comes
63:03back up.
63:04Yeah,
63:04copy that.
63:05Purchasing
63:06power goes
63:06down and
63:07never comes
63:07back up
63:08because
63:08inflation
63:08carries on,
63:09doesn't it?
63:10You know what
63:11goes up and
63:11never comes
63:12back down is
63:12property taxes,
63:14over.
63:14You know,
63:19good job on
63:20that website,
63:20whoever did
63:21that.
63:21I finally
63:22checked it
63:22out.
63:23Nice and
63:23neat,
63:24clean,
63:24and then
63:24you can
63:25get the
63:25different
63:25lengths
63:26listed
63:26in the
63:26SDR.
63:27Pretty
63:27neat.
63:28Yeah,
63:28copy that.
63:29Brian,
63:29KJ7TWM
63:31did that.
63:31He lives
63:32up in
63:32Port Angeles,
63:33Washington,
63:34and he's
63:34some sort
63:35of a
63:35computer
63:35genius
63:36guy,
63:37IT guy,
63:38you know,
63:39and he
63:39cranked that
63:40out for us,
63:41and I'm
63:41so grateful.
63:42It's just
63:42so much
63:43nicer than
63:44the old
63:44one we
63:45had,
63:45over.
63:47QSL,
63:47yeah,
63:47it's nice.
63:48Yeah,
63:48I like it.
63:49Most things
63:50you go to,
63:50you get
63:51confused,
63:52and it
63:52goes where
63:53it don't
63:53smoke,
63:53so you
63:54push a
63:54button where
63:54you think
63:55you're
63:55going,
63:55it don't
63:56go.
63:56This is
63:57nice,
63:57this is
63:57neat.
63:59Yep,
63:59yep,
63:59copy that.
64:00Well,
64:00praise the
64:01Lord for
64:01having a
64:01professional
64:02do that.
64:03All right,
64:03any other
64:04comments,
64:04please come
64:05down to
64:05your call
64:05time.
64:07KB7ZXN.
64:08Kevin,
64:09KB7ZXN,
64:10go ahead.
64:13Outstanding
64:13job on
64:14the website.
64:15Nice
64:15upgrade,
64:16and thank
64:17you for
64:17all the
64:18work put
64:18into doing
64:19that.
64:20Notice,
64:20don't have
64:21access to
64:22the prayer
64:23list now,
64:24in case
64:24there will
64:24be a
64:25login
64:25required
64:26or
64:26something,
64:26but anyway,
64:28just a
64:29compliment.
64:31It's nice,
64:32functional,
64:33and I can
64:33tell you to
64:33put some
64:34work into
64:34it.
64:35KB7ZXN.
64:37Yeah,
64:38copy that.
64:39The prayer
64:39list page
64:40is still
64:40a work in
64:41progress,
64:42so,
64:43Al and
64:44I are
64:44going to
64:44get
64:44together
64:45and work
64:45on that,
64:46and that
64:48was kind
64:49of the
64:49one thing
64:49that we
64:50were
64:50on.