Victory over Zion's Enemies and God's Faithfulness
2026-11-07 · 3.975 MHz · 0600 PST
The Bible reading
Psalm 129
Today's Reading (KJV): Psalm 129
1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
The West Coast Bible Study focused on Psalm 129, examining the historical context of Israel's oppression and the metaphor of plowing furrows into the back to represent physical suffering. Participants discussed how God's righteousness ensures that tyrannical powers do not have the final word, emphasizing the hope found in divine covenant promises.
The discussion extended to the spiritual application of the psalm, with participants noting that affliction often comes from Satan and his followers, but believers who hold tight to God will not be defeated. The study highlighted the importance of keeping one's eyes on eternity and maintaining faith despite the difficulties of life on earth.
A significant portion of the net was dedicated to personal testimonies and prayer, particularly for a participant named Tom who shared his experience of paralysis and the community support he received. The group also read devotionals from Charles Spurgeon and Will Graham, focusing on the power of prayer and God's constant remembrance of His people.
Insights
- The study reinforced the idea that God allows affliction to reveal true love and faith, but He ensures His people are never ultimately defeated.
- The metaphor of grass on a housetop illustrates the fleeting nature of enemies who oppose God's people.
- Participants found comfort in the cross-reference to Hosea 11:1, linking Israel's childhood in Egypt to the psalm's opening lines.
- The devotional by Will Graham underscored that prayer is not just a suggestion but a command essential for daily peace and freedom.
- Tom's story demonstrated the practical outworking of faith through community support, such as helping with antennas and daily care.
- The group recognized the importance of 'being a brother's keeper' by actively helping those in need, as seen in Tom's situation.
- The study highlighted the contrast between the faithfulness of God and the unbelief of His people, urging believers to trust in God's constant remembrance.
Transcript
0:00Wow, amen. That's all I can tell you. Good to see you, Bert.
0:05AK-6 OK for the West Coast Bible study. Got a few more minutes.
0:25Well, I have myself checked in. That's a good start.
0:30We've got quite a few check-ins this morning.
0:32I'm not watching the Monterey STR, KFS, so I'm not sure who all is listening over there,
0:39but everybody who's listening, I have not said anything about this morning.
0:43Good morning. Glad you're here this morning.
0:46We're going to be in Psalm 129 this morning.
0:48Thank you.
0:50Thank you.
0:51Thank you.
0:52Thank you.
0:53Thank you.
0:58Thank you.
1:02Kelly, I need to wake up.
1:25I'll make you another glass of water.
1:27Here, AK-6, okay.
1:32I'll make you another glass.
2:02Good morning, everybody.
2:15Thanks for the standby.
2:17This is the West Coast Bible Study.
2:20Jeff in Rockland, California, running the net this morning.
2:25We'll see what we can glean out of the Bible on Psalm 129.
2:29Take a check-in.
2:31Go ahead.
2:32So, WB7VZL, good morning, Jeff.
2:38Good morning, Roger.
2:40Are we drip-drying this morning?
2:42That's right.
2:43My back has a little bit of moisture on it.
2:46I want to dry it off a bit.
2:49But, yeah, yeah, there's nothing like to kind of relax the legs after a week of using them in some unusual ways, like painting overhead.
3:05Man, I've done that before.
3:11I've done that before.
3:12Oh, boy.
3:13When you've got to move into a house and refurb it on the way in, that's a lot of work.
3:19Make sure you think about your bones.
3:21I've got to tell you, the older I get, the less I like doing that stuff.
3:25I used to do it all the time.
3:26Yeah, right.
3:30I'm glad I don't have to do it for a living.
3:31But my brother has a phobia, and it's based upon reality, against black mold.
3:40And so he was kind of paralyzed with what we were trying to do in the building.
3:46And so I said, well, let's get some of that paint that pushes it back.
3:53And so that's what I did.
3:54Anyway, he's much more free now.
3:57And so I praise the Lord for that.
4:02Yeah, as I understand it, black mold is a thing.
4:06You don't want to get involved in that stuff.
4:09But good for you, yeah.
4:12Take care of that stuff.
4:14Well, good to hear you on your Roger.
4:15I'll be relying on you to jump in, as you always do.
4:23Okay, let's see.
4:27We've got Psalm 129, huh?
4:31Over.
4:33That's correct.
4:34Song of Victory over Zion's enemies.
4:37That's right.
4:38This is kind of an ongoing theme through Psalm, isn't it?
4:42Yeah, we're in 129 today.
4:45Okay, I'll look what my side margin has as well to help me out.
4:50I really need some help.
4:52Over.
4:53Yeah, and I do look at commentaries as well.
4:57It's actually really valuable to get a different perspective on these passages.
5:04And so I rely on a lot of that stuff.
5:07I'm not smart enough just to read and go, oh, I know what that means.
5:14Yeah, me too.
5:15Okay, well, I'll let somebody else check in.
5:19Certainly, there's got to be somebody else that just got dried off.
5:22All right.
5:22I think so.
5:23I think so.
5:26I think there's others out there lurking.
5:29Let's give a last couple of calls here.
5:31AK-6, okay, for the West Coast Bible study.
5:34Good morning.
5:34Hey, Roger, how about the opening pair this morning?
5:47Surely.
5:49Okay.
5:50Give me a minute here.
5:52We'll take a couple more standbys for check-ins, and then we'll get started.
5:58All right.
6:06Last call.
6:07Any check-ins this morning, or per concern?
6:09AK-6, okay, for the West Coast Bible study.
6:12WS-7-SAB and Alfalfa 5 Yankee checking in.
6:18Hey, there you are.
6:19How you doing, Matt?
6:19Back.
6:21I'm doing very good, sir, and I'm one of those people that are working on rebuilding the house, too.
6:27So my back can tell you, testify, just how much work it is and how much getting older makes a difference.
6:35Alfalfa 5 Yankee standing by.
6:38Boy, no kidding.
6:40Uh, Tylenol is my best friend, uh, in back.
6:46I ate mine at 4 o'clock this morning, so that way I know I can take it at noon.
6:50I'm going to, uh, clear out of here.
6:52I'm prepping, uh, tomorrow's dinner.
6:56Oh, cool.
6:57What's for dinner?
6:59I'm going to make, uh, potato salad and, uh, pork ribs.
7:06Oh, you can't go wrong there.
7:08That's, uh, that's good comfort food.
7:12All right.
7:13Matt, good to hear you in here.
7:14Thanks for checking in this morning.
7:16Good to hear you always.
7:18AK6OK, let's get started here.
7:20And, uh, we're going to open up with Roger with opening prayer this morning.
7:25Roger, would you go ahead, please?
7:27Yeah.
7:27Father, Father, I had the privilege of listening to a Christian radio station while taking a bath.
7:37And one of the songs that really was moving to my heart was excerpted from John 15.
7:46So thank you so much for that inspiration.
7:55We want to, as we gather around your Holy Word, abide in you.
8:00And so, uh, we know that without your blessed Holy Spirit, we could really not do that because we're so filled with selfishness.
8:09So take our hearts, fill them up with your presence, Christ in you, the hope of glory.
8:17We pray these things as we open your Word.
8:19In Jesus' name, amen.
8:20Great prayer this morning.
8:24Thanks so much.
8:25And, uh, hope you get through your day without too much aching and pain going on.
8:33So we already know what you're going through.
8:35And thanks for all of you who are participating this morning.
8:39Jerry KG6J is going to read Psalm 129 for us.
8:44And, uh, we'll get into a little discussion here and see if we can unpack this guy.
8:49Uh, Jerry, go ahead.
8:51KG6J from AK60K.
8:55Thank you, Jeff.
8:57KG6J, good morning, everyone.
8:59Psalm 129, reading from the New King James.
9:04Many a times they have afflicted me from my youth.
9:08Lydia, Israel now says, many a times they have afflicted me from my youth.
9:14Yet they have not prevailed against me.
9:17The flowers plowed on my back.
9:21They made their furrows long.
9:24The Lord is righteous.
9:26He has cut and pieces the cords of the wicked.
9:31Let all those who hate Zion be put to shame and turned back.
9:36Let them be as grass on the housetop, which withers before it grows up, with which the reaper does not fill his hands, nor he who finds she his arm.
9:52Neither let those who pass by them say, the blessing of the Lord be upon you.
9:59We bless you in the name of the Lord.
10:03Psalm 129.
10:05KG6J, back to you, Jeff.
10:09Thank you so much, Jerry.
10:11Appreciate that reading this morning.
10:14Interesting.
10:14And a little side note here, a little quick overview, and this is from a commentary that I read every morning.
10:23Verses 1 and 2 have to do with longstanding affliction.
10:27Israel looks back on a history of frequent oppression and dating back to their youth in Egypt and continues through various conquerors.
10:35And verse 3, the plowing metaphor, the plowers plowed upon my back and they made their furrow, long their furrows.
10:46This graphic image compares the physical scars, whipping and cruelty of slavery to a farmer dragging a heavy plow deep into the soil of a field.
11:00Pretty wicked stuff.
11:01And then verse 4, despite the severity of the abuse, the text declares, the Lord is righteous.
11:08He has cut the cords of the wicked because God keeps his covenant promises.
11:13And tyrannical powers are never allowed to have the final word.
11:18There's our hope.
11:20Verses 5 through 8.
11:22The second half shifts into a prayer asking God to put shame to those who hate Zion.
11:27And as Max was saying, I think it was yesterday, Zion represents the big mountain, the unmovable mountain, which I think represents God.
11:41The enemies are compared to grass growing on a flat rooftop, which scorches quickly in the sun,
11:47wounds before it can ever be harvested, and receives no blessing or greeting from passersby.
11:54So there you go.
11:55Any comments on the passage this morning?
12:04It's K-1-K-1.
12:08Yeah, who is that?
12:09It's K-1-K-1.
12:10It's amazing how much this 2,000-year-old book reverberates to help the news today,
12:15specifically talking about the fate of Israel and the fate of people who are there back on God.
12:21It's incredible.
12:22K-1-K-1.
12:23It's timeless, isn't it?
12:26It is crazy.
12:28I'm going to read the same passage out of the message.
12:33It's the same perspective, but a different take on it.
12:36This is the message I go back to once in a while, because I'm a little bit of a thick-headed dude, and I don't always put everything together.
12:44Let's start with verse 1 of the message.
12:47They've kicked me around ever since I was young.
12:50This is how Israel tells it.
12:52They've kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down.
12:58Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back, but God wouldn't put up with it.
13:04He sticks with us.
13:06There's that commitment that God has always made to us.
13:10Then God ripped the harnesses of the evil pommas to shreds.
13:15Oh, let those who hate Zion grovel in humiliation.
13:19Let them be like grass and shallow ground that withers before the harvest.
13:25Before the farm hens can gather it in, the harvesters get in the crop.
13:29Before the neighbors have a chance to call out,
13:32Congratulations on your wonderful crop.
13:36We bless you in God's name.
13:38So there's another perspective.
13:40Who has another comment this morning?
13:51I think we all need some coffee.
13:59KB, Beth, I'm KTV.
14:01Hello, Cassie.
14:03Go ahead.
14:05It seems like in this passage that Israel represents the people of God.
14:12And the affliction comes from Satan and his people because Satan will always hate God.
14:18He'll always hate his people.
14:20And as Satan afflicts his people, he doesn't win.
14:27And when we love God, when we depend on God and hold tight to God, he holds us up.
14:33And the devil will not win against us.
14:37And we'll be able to say all of our days that the Lord is righteous and he has cut us under the courts of the wicked.
14:47So we just depend on God constantly because this fight is not going to end until we're in heaven.
14:57And so we have to expect that this is what's going to happen.
15:00And if we love God, the closer we get to God, the more that the people of Satan will hate us and will fight against us.
15:08And so we have to just keep our eyes on the Lord all our lives because it seems like God allows his people to be afflicted to a great degree in order to show our true love for him.
15:23And we have to keep our eyes on eternity because it's not going to be easy until we get there.
15:31And so for eternity, we'll be having the life that we always wish we could have here.
15:38It will be blessed.
15:39It will be wonderful.
15:41It will be eternal bliss, no sickness, no wrinkles, no pain.
15:46And we'll just be with him forever.
15:48So that has to be always in our mind because we're not going to ever have it easy here.
15:54The devil is always going to fight us and he's going to use his people to fight against the people of God.
15:59When we take a stand for truth, Satan hates it and his people hate it.
16:06So we've got to keep going, taking a stand for truth and for God and his word until he takes us home.
16:14KB7, KDY, back to you.
16:16Exactly, Kathy.
16:20You and Max, by the way, are just such a great inspiration to everybody on here.
16:26That's a great kind of a wrap-up of this song.
16:31And based on the recent election, no matter what site you're on, but based on the politics that are going on right now, it's getting grim.
16:41You know, it's been grim for years and years.
16:46I remember back 50 years ago, warmer than that, and I thought we were in a problem then.
16:54And I look now and it's absolutely unbelievable where we've gone from where we used to be.
17:01See, I enjoyed being a kid.
17:03I really did, because we didn't have all the stress that you've got today.
17:07But you're right.
17:08You've got to focus our eyes on God, even when it comes to your own family.
17:12I think in my own life, I can tell you that some of my biggest challenges have been with my own family, extended family, immediate family.
17:22And we've got to get over this stuff.
17:24We've got to remember who we are, remember psalms like this that say, we look at you, God.
17:30We've got to not pay attention to what's going on around us.
17:33And we do win this battle, but it's a tough one.
17:38And you're right, God does allow us to go through some stuff.
17:41There is no question.
17:43So thank you, Kathy.
17:45Great, great comment this morning.
17:47What are the comments we've got out there?
18:00Roger, I'm waiting for you.
18:03Are you dry yet?
18:06Yes.
18:07Well, I needed to take a break, so I apologize here.
18:15I'm going to look at one reference here that I need some help on.
18:22Yeah, take your time.
18:28Take your time.
18:29I'm looking at other commentaries as well.
18:32Great stuff.
18:35Commentaries about all the psalms.
18:39So I'm very reliant on commentaries because I'm not a biblical scholar like some folks are around here.
18:48Over.
18:50W6YSI.
18:53Good morning, W6YSI.
18:55Go ahead.
18:56Yeah, can I read the devotion?
18:59You know, from Charles Spurgeon for November 7th this morning.
19:06I would love to have you do that.
19:08In fact, I'm going to go grab a devotional while you're doing that.
19:11I was just thinking about one by Will Graham as well that we read.
19:15Go ahead.
19:16Okay.
19:16Okay.
19:17It's based on Isaiah 49, verse 16.
19:24No doubt part of the wonder that is concentrated in the word behold is on account of the contrast which the unbelieving lament of the preceding sentence of Zion.
19:51Zion said,
19:53The Lord has forsaken me.
19:56My Lord has forgotten me.
19:59How amazed the divine mind seems to be at this wicked unbelief.
20:05What can be more astounding than the unfounded doubt and fears of God's favored people?
20:13The Lord's loving word of rebuke should make us blush.
20:20He cries,
20:21How can I have forgotten you when I have engraved you on the palms of my hands?
20:28How dare you doubt my constant remembrance when the memorial is carved upon my own flesh?
20:36Oh, unbelief, what a strange mortal you are.
20:41We do not know what to wonder at most, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of his people.
20:48He keeps his promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt him.
20:55He never fails.
20:57He is never a dry well.
21:00He is never a setting sun, a passing meteor, or a melting vapor.
21:08And yet we are continually troubled with anxieties, molested with suspicions, and disturbed with fears as if our God were a mirage of the desert.
21:23Behold is a word intended to stir our admiration.
21:28Here, indeed, we have a theme for marveling.
21:32Heaven and earth may well be astonished that rebels should obtain such a closeness to the heart of infinite love as to be written on the palms of his hands.
21:51I have engraved you.
21:54It does not say your name.
21:56The name is there, but that is not all.
22:00I have engraved you.
22:03Consider the depth of this.
22:05I have engraved your person, your image, your circumstances, your sins, your temptations, your weaknesses, your wants, your works.
22:18I have engraved you, everything about you, all that concerns you.
22:24I have put all of this together here.
22:27Will you ever say again that your God has forsaken you when he has engraved you on his own palms?
22:38Well, thank you, W6YSI, K6OK.
22:51Perfect for this morning.
22:53A lot of very discouraged folks out there right now, and there have been for years and years, and it's just getting worse.
23:02But I'll tell you the other thing that I see that's going on is that more people are coming to Christ than I have ever seen in my life.
23:10It's crazy, and it's great to see, wonderful to see.
23:17So anyway, thank you so much for reading that this morning.
23:22There's a couple of devotionals that we've been reading, Will Graham's book.
23:28Will is a really good friend of mine, and this is Billy Graham's grandson.
23:35I've known him for about 25 years.
23:37We talk all the time.
23:39And he wrote a devotional many years ago and signed a couple copies for me and sent them to me.
23:47And I just love this stuff.
23:49He just talks a lot about his grandpa, Billy Graham, and, wow, what neat stuff.
23:54Let's get any other comments on Psalm 129 this morning.
24:01K1-K-O-I.
24:03Yeah, go ahead, George.
24:06The early part of this, talking about when Israel was a child,
24:10this apparently is a reference to when Israelis were captives in Egypt.
24:15It's a reference to Hosea 11.1.
24:19When Israel was a child, then I loved him and called my son out of Egypt.
24:24So that's where the child analogy comes in.
24:27Go over.
24:29Yeah, interesting.
24:31Good observation.
24:33What was that again?
24:35Hosea 11.1.
24:36It's a cross-reference.
24:37It's in one of my references here talking about the early period when the first part of the psalm
24:43when he's talking about when he was a child, when the children of Israel.
24:49Ah, got it.
24:50Okay.
24:51Okay.
24:54That's a great observation.
24:56Thanks for bringing that to our attention, too.
24:58Any other comments?
24:59I'm going to read about Billy Graham's best advice.
25:04This fits in here as well.
25:06Over.
25:07November 7, X-Ray, I'm here.
25:10November 7, who is that?
25:12Yeah, this is November 7, X-Ray, Oscar.
25:15We're just doing a demo at a slot.
25:19We'll be able to make this move forward.
25:20N7XO, I think it is.
25:24You said you're in Las Vegas?
25:27Roger, roger.
25:29And did you say you were at a swap meet?
25:32Yeah, we have a little swap meet here for a couple hours, and we're just doing a demo.
25:40Well, good for you.
25:41Swap meets are my thing.
25:43I absolutely love it.
25:44If I didn't know there was a swap meet in Vegas, I'd have driven out there.
25:47Over.
25:47Yeah, it's usually the first Saturday of the month, and it's only a few hours.
25:55It's pretty small, but we're doing a demo of homemade maglis here, running on generator power, using about 50 watts.
26:05You sound okay.
26:06What is your handle there?
26:09Name here, the short version is Don, Delta, Oscar, November, roger.
26:14Okay, roger, Don.
26:15Well, welcome to the West Coast Bible Study.
26:17We've been on here for, well, let's see, we started at 5.30 this morning, and here we are almost 6.20.
26:23So we're on here every morning at 6 o'clock.
26:26You're welcome.
26:26Join us any time, and I'm going to someday meet you out there at your swap.
26:32Okay, what's your location there?
26:34I'm in Rockland, California.
26:37Most of the stations are in Oregon, California, Nevada, and the West Coast area.
26:44You're here, over.
26:45Okay, thanks, Don.
26:46Kyla, Marion, Montana, and a great net at 73 from Las Vegas, generator power, 50 watts.
26:5673, thank you.
26:59Okay, thanks, Don.
27:00Good to have you in here.
27:01Who else is in there?
27:02Whiskey, Whiskey, 7, Tangle.
27:05Kyla, Marion, Montana.
27:07Yeah, good morning, WW7T.
27:09How are you this morning?
27:12Oh, I'm trying to get myself moving.
27:15I'm trying to get myself up so I can at least listen to the study and maybe give some input.
27:23Sometimes I don't have the energy.
27:26So I've got there, so I got here late, but I can hear you guys on my HF ring.
27:34All right, well, good to hear you this morning.
27:36I don't have you on the list.
27:37I know you've been on here before.
27:38What's your handle?
27:39Well, if you look at my initials on Kira Z, it's my name backwards, but it's my call sign.
27:47And for Thomas, William, or Welch, that is my last name.
27:54And that's my call sign backwards in the southern zone, which is Montana.
27:59Okay, I think you said Tom.
28:00Okay, got it.
28:02Excellent.
28:02You got any comments on the passage this morning?
28:07In my what this month?
28:08Do you have any comments on the passage this morning?
28:13Well, you're on 129, right?
28:15Or are you on 130?
28:17We're on 129 today.
28:20129.
28:21Not really.
28:21I haven't got to read it yet this morning.
28:23I've mainly been listening to you, Tyson.
28:26Okay, well, thanks for being here.
28:30I really appreciate it.
28:32Yeah, it's really cool.
28:34Well, who else has got a comment on this morning?
28:37Then I'm going to read a little devotional from Billy Graham.
28:39Good morning, Tom.
28:44This is WB7V0.
28:48Jeff, can I talk to Tom?
28:51Of course you can talk to Tom.
28:54Really?
28:55This is the first time I've had the privilege of talking one-on-one with Tom.
28:59I am so thrilled with your signal here in College Place, Washington.
29:06And whoever helped you, the wonderful Elmer, so to speak, to get that antenna up,
29:14I sure missed you when you were not on the air.
29:18And now that you're back, you've got a great signal.
29:22So pass on my appreciation, Tom.
29:24Over.
29:26Copy that.
29:26Well, I have a number of people to help me, but mainly it's Harry Johnson comes out
29:33and helps me get my antenna back up.
29:35He brings some of the other hams here.
29:37We have a group that started about a couple years ago, and it's called Frog,
29:42and it's the Flathead Radio Operator Group.
29:46And it's a group of guys and gals that like to help fix repairs
29:53and help other hams get things fixed and working.
29:56Antennas up and using their radios all the time.
30:01And some of them have all the way to air trues, some only have their techs,
30:04and some of them only got general radio operators on that.
30:10I mean, GPR, no, I can't say it right, right, this morning.
30:15But it's on 462, I think it is.
30:20Say or heard.
30:20Well, Tom, it's great to have you part of the group orally.
30:29And, again, the signal is wonderful.
30:31I'm glad you joined us this morning, Jeff.
30:34Tom is the one we're praying for, an electric wheelchair to assist Tom in his life
30:42that was dramatically changed by an unexpected paralysis.
30:48Jeff, over.
30:50Okay, Tom, now I know who you are.
30:53Tom, I wanted to talk to you about that.
30:56Has that happened yet?
30:58Did you get the wheelchair you were looking for?
31:00No, they haven't got it to me yet.
31:02I just talked to the company, and they said the doctor finally got the paperwork all right.
31:08Now I've got to make sure my Medicare heartbeat is in place.
31:13I'll call them Monday to make sure because there's a lot of changes going on.
31:18My wife passed away, so I'm trying to re-get money moving in the right direction.
31:24So we used to go into a cot she had.
31:26Now I've got to move with everything in my mind, and I've got to move her money over to mine.
31:30So I appreciate it the couple of guys sent me.
31:33It was really great.
31:35And that, so you guys tell me not to feel so alone when I'm here most of the time by myself.
31:44So I have them here.
31:45People that live on the property with me, I give them a place to stay
31:49so they wouldn't have to spend almost $800 a month for rent.
31:54And the LAR required to pay is make sure they help pay the electric bill.
31:58And that's where we do that.
32:00So God helps.
32:01We take care of one another.
32:03And that's what we were meant to do.
32:05Be our brother's keeper.
32:07And he meant that literally when he said it.
32:09And that, if we have a way to help somebody, we need to reach out and do so.
32:15Always.
32:15You know, I shared with somebody, a pastor, and he says, you know, Tom, you're totally right.
32:21When we share the Lord with somebody, help somebody, or that, it says in the scripture that we,
32:28if we, when the prince comes, the door will be shut if your lamp isn't filled.
32:32And our lamp is, by what we do in the Holy Spirit, is the oil that fills our lamp.
32:38We always got to remember, we want that oil in the Holy Spirit to anoint our lives
32:43and cause us to be looking to serve and bless others around us
32:49and bring that witness to Jesus Christ and how much we love one another.
32:54That's how the world knows Jesus Christ is alive and well,
32:57is our love reached out to one another.
32:59Whiskey, whiskey, 710, go back to that control.
33:03Great, Tom.
33:04I, you know, you've been in my heart a lot, Tom.
33:07I've been thinking about you for, what, the last month or two,
33:11whenever I keep hearing this prayer concern.
33:14I want you to get in touch with me.
33:17I think maybe I can help with this wheelchair.
33:20Do you have a pencil?
33:21Can you write down my number?
33:23Do I have a what?
33:26Do you have some way to write down my phone number
33:29so you can give me a call at some time?
33:32No, but Max has my phone number.
33:35I text him all the time.
33:37And you can get a hold of me.
33:40Send me an email at my call sign.
33:43It's whiskeywhiskey7tango.com at gmail.com.
33:48That will get to me, too.
33:50And I'll try to watch for it.
33:51But you can also text me.
33:53My phone number is 406-607-9900, if you got that.
34:01Okay, I'm writing it all down here.
34:03One second.
34:03Tom, give me that number.
34:04406-what is it?
34:05Tom, shoot over your phone number one more time.
34:16406-607-9900.
34:23Got it.
34:24Thank you.
34:24I'll be contacting you probably on Monday, I'm guessing.
34:27But I'll get in touch with Tom.
34:29All right.
34:29Thank you so much, Tom.
34:31So, Josh, it's good to hear your voice.
34:32I know who you are.
34:34And thanks, Roger, for filling me in on that one.
34:38Any other comments this morning or prayer concerns?
34:41And I'm going to close this out with a quick devotion from Will Graham about Pearl Goody,
34:46which you'll find very interesting.
34:48Yeah, I have a comment here.
34:53And listening to Tom's speech, I couldn't help but think about Isaiah 58.
35:00Isaiah 58 is the appeal which Tom so poignantly highlighted that our actions and our faith need to be manifested in good works,
35:19like the Apostle James says.
35:22And I just want to praise the Lord for the hands that came to the rescue for our friend Tom.
35:32And got his antenna up.
35:34Got it functioning.
35:35Got it functioning.
35:36And as Tom said, providing shelter, saving him the tremendous amount of money in the loss of his dear one in the context of his needs.
35:51Isaiah 58, there's a special promise for those who reach out.
35:55And I may be totally wrong, Jeff, but sometimes we can just say, may God bless you and pass by.
36:04Did you notice that, Jeff?
36:06I don't know if that's the correct interpretation.
36:09I would like to ask Max, maybe tomorrow when he's with us.
36:15I'm assuming he'll be back tomorrow.
36:17But this last phrase, nor do those who pass by say, nor do those who pass by say, the blessing of the Lord be upon you.
36:30We bless you in the name of the Lord and not take action, like Isaiah 58 talks about.
36:38Over.
36:39Yeah, I think you're reading that right.
36:42Absolutely.
36:44Gosh, this just warms my heart that Tom was able to speak this morning.
36:49Tom, you're a blessing to a lot of us here.
36:52And your name comes up daily.
36:54So, wow, very cool.
36:58All right, if you guys don't mind, you want me to close out with a little quick two-page thing here?
37:06Contact?
37:07Yeah, contact.
37:08Go ahead.
37:09That's WhiskeyWhiskey7tago again.
37:11One thing is I wanted to explain.
37:13I'm not the one that was saying that I own the property I'm on.
37:17My wife and I bought it when we first moved up to Montana.
37:21Now, the people I help are Tony and Paulette.
37:25And Tony is a ham radio operator.
37:27He's studying for his general.
37:28His wife wants to get her tech and her general.
37:30And then they can come on the air with all of us.
37:34But they needed a place.
37:35They were having a trailer park in Columbia Falls.
37:38They had about $700, $800 a month.
37:40And they needed a place.
37:42And one of my old pastors told me about it.
37:45And I knew them before.
37:47I haven't seen them a long while.
37:48And I told them they could come out to my place and mark a fifth wheel.
37:53And now they live with me on my property.
37:55And they helped me like Tony did this morning.
37:57He did the thing of sitting down and putting my compression socks on my feet that I can't do for easy.
38:04And they helped me get my underwear on.
38:07And that's so I can get up my old 40-year-old power chair I've got.
38:12And get me going this morning.
38:17So I can come to a Bible study this morning.
38:19And he got up early to do that.
38:21And I really appreciate that when he does that.
38:24I really appreciate everybody who's out here at the Bible study, too.
38:27Whiskey, whiskey, seven, tango.
38:28Thank you, Tom.
38:32My gosh.
38:33That puts a whole new twist on Bible study, doesn't it?
38:37I'm so glad you're here.
38:39Keep coming every morning.
38:41You've got some wonderful friends there.
38:43And, gosh, just love what I just heard.
38:47Thank you again, Tom.
38:48And thanks, Roger, for that recognizing who Tom was there that slipped by me.
38:57Any other comments or concerns this morning?
39:03WB7 Visa, L?
39:05Yeah, go ahead, Roger.
39:07Yeah, there was one reference in the side margin that I took a look at.
39:11And it's in verse 2, where it refers to 2 Corinthians 4, 8, and 9, where in verse 2 of our passage,
39:22many times they have persecuted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
39:30And so, if we, in the context of the time that I think that you were talking about when I was absent,
39:40that this passage in 2 Corinthians 4, 8, and 9, where we are afflicted in every way, Paul says,
39:54That the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body,
40:21for we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake,
40:31that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our own mortal flesh.
40:42Wow.
40:43So death works in us, but life in you.
40:48That's the heritage that we have, Jeff.
40:54WB7 Visa, L.
40:57Great observation.
40:59Yeah, think about that.
41:01That's humbling, isn't it?
41:04More than humbling.
41:07Well, thank you, Roger.
41:08Thanks to everybody else for jumping in this morning, Kathy and all of you.
41:13What a great, great study this morning.
41:16And the comments, Tom jumping in.
41:20This devotional I'm going to read to you guys has got not a title to do with this verse today,
41:26with this chapter 129, Psalm 129.
41:29But this is about prayer, and this is from the perspective of Billy Graham.
41:34And I just, this really hit me.
41:36And when I read this a couple of days ago, I said, I've got to read this to the Bible study.
41:42It's short.
41:44It's packed full of stuff.
41:45So just listen to this.
41:47This has to do with rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and everything give thanks.
41:53For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
41:56That's 1 Thessalonians 5, 16 through 18.
42:01That's a reference verse here.
42:03So this is Will Graham speaking about his grandpa, Billy.
42:09In the pages of world history, you won't find many mentions of a lady named Pearl, let's call her Pearl Good.
42:17She never ran for political office, commanded troops, or served as the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
42:25Rather, Pearl was a widowed nurse in her mid-60s living in Pasadena, California.
42:31In 1949, when my grandfather came to Los Angeles to hold a crusade, the very first night, she watched a fiery preacher, at that point, a largely unknown young evangelist, share the gospel.
42:44As Pearl later recounted in an interview, the night God laid those boys on my heart as a burden.
42:51After the early crusade, Pearl became a prayer warrior for my grandfather.
42:55She would buy a Greyhound bus ticket to wherever he was holding an event, quickly check into a nearby motel, and immediately begin praying.
43:05Pearl estimated that she covered 48,000 miles by bus simply to pray for the crusades.
43:13Even later, when Pearl could no longer travel, or when my grandfather was preaching overseas,
43:19she would make it a point to know exactly when he would be preaching, and she would spend those exact moments in prayer.
43:27In an address he gave in 1994, my grandfather said,
43:31She prayed all many nights, and I could sense the presence and power of that prayer.
43:38When she died, I felt it.
43:40We must never underestimate the power of prayer, lifted up by wonderful saints like Pearl.
43:46Prayer is vital in developing our relationship with our Savior and in building up and supporting others through the work of the Holy Spirit.
43:58The Bible places great importance on prayer.
44:01Bless those who curse you.
44:03Pray for those who mistreat you.
44:06That's Luke 6.28.
44:08Be joyful in hope.
44:10Patient in affliction.
44:12Faithful in prayer.
44:14Romans 12.12.
44:15Don't be anxious about anything, which we refer to here in 129.
44:21But in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
44:28Philippians 4.6.
44:30These aren't merely pleasant suggestions.
44:33I view these as commands to follow in our daily walk.
44:37Our Lord knows that only by daily conversation with Him can we live in peace and freedom.
44:44Just like Pearl and her prayers for my grandfather's crusades, our prayers can allow others to experience the power of God.
44:52There you go, you guys.
44:54Any quick comments, and we'll go to prayer time.
44:56KM5F.
44:57KM5F.
44:57Beautiful, Jeff.
44:59Thanks for sharing about Pearl.
45:03KM5F.
45:04Yeah, I was just shocked about this, Gal.
45:06How about that?
45:07Yes, other comment.
45:10KM5F.
45:10Yeah, go ahead, Will.
45:13Yeah, to add to that about prayer, where he said praying always in the armor of God in Ephesians 6, verse 18, it says,
45:22Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching, therefore, with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.
45:31So let's pray always in the Spirit, all the time.
45:35KM5F.
45:37Excellent, yes.
45:38Absolutely true.
45:40It's amazing.
45:43Well, here's a little aside.
45:45Could today be the day that we recognize the need and give our time to God?
45:51I guarantee if you do, you'll see the fruit of His special time almost immediately.
45:56He begins to work in and through you.
45:59Wow.
46:00Well, a powerful, powerful message from Will Graham.
46:04And let's take any last comments before we start some prayer time.
46:10KM5F.
46:12Go ahead, Will.
46:13Yeah, we need to make sure we include Tom at the start of our prayer.
46:17KM5F.
46:20Absolutely.
46:21Al, would you include Tom in the first part?
46:24I'm going to be calling Tom.
46:26I want to talk to him for a minute.
46:28But go ahead, Al.
46:30You want to add him?
46:36Roger.
46:37I had him on the list.
46:40Okay.
46:41Everybody, thank you so much for being patient with me this morning and with everybody else.
46:46It's been a great morning.
46:47And thanks so much.
46:48Al, would you close us out in prayer?
46:50And be sure to include Max in his trip today.
46:52Roger that.
46:53Roger that.
46:56And thank you, Pastor Justin.
46:59Good morning to everyone on the stand.
47:01This is KJ7QQ.
47:03What a powerful time today as we have a lot of things going on.
47:09And we just want to gather together right now and join together in prayer.
47:16For the Lord.
47:18Heavenly Father, thank you for this time today in your words and your presence.
47:23Thank you, Pastor Justin.
47:24Thank you.
47:25Thank you.
47:26Thank you.
47:27We're all right.
47:28Thank you.
47:29Thank you.
47:30He's recovering from major spine surgery, and he's confined to a wheelchair, and we just pray that his physical therapy will provide relief and pain, and give him increased mobility, and we'll pray that his power wheelchair will be approved, and that he'll have a good hand in that, and that he will be able to get around much easier that way.
47:58We also want to join Tom in giving praise for sending your angel to help him get his hair set up, and that allows him to be a giant here on the next day.
48:14It's so good to hear him and to hear his testimony and how this is working in his life, and we just want to also let him know
48:28that as long as he has you and this man, he will never be alone.
48:34No, he does not feel like he's isolated there, and that we're with him as you are too.
48:43We also want to pray for all those that are traveling.
48:46There's a lot with us, and there's a lot that are on vacation.
48:50We just want to pray for Jubal 7, N7 TPP.
48:55We just ask for safe travel for his family as they return from vacation.
49:00We want to pray for Aaron KB7.
49:03Yes, and he's taking a break, and he's heading to the Rory B. Coastal, which is why we just pray for them to have a good, quality time for safe travel.
49:14For Keith and KB7, praise God for your help in finding a therapy for his mom to move into.
49:27We pray for her to adjust well to the youth place and people there.
49:32For our brother, Roger, that he's at the EPL, we join him in giving praise for Aaron KB7, for a positive out-of-the-courts, a friend and neighbor.
49:45And we definitely want to lift up our pastor, Max, as he travels back from New Jersey today.
49:52We also pray for his wife, Kathy, as she travels into the belly of the beast.
49:58He can get to Portland Airport to pick him up.
50:02And for David, KI7-PWZ, he joined him in lifting up his daughter, Brenda, who's battling breast cancer.
50:12She's receiving chemotherapy treatment now.
50:15And we know how rough that can be.
50:18Give her all the blessings if she can tolerate that treatment.
50:25And we also pray for David, as he's enduring pain from bulging, distant back.
50:34We just want to make sure that that treatment he's receiving will be effective.
50:40For our brother, Jim, and Kevin BK, we pray for his ministry.
50:44As he goes down to the local McDonald's, meets with bedrooms there and ministers to them and shares the gospel.
50:52And we also pray for the clearing of the illness that's spreading through the retirement home of Jim BK.
50:59That he'll be able to get back in there and to share the gospel with him as well.
51:05For Steve, W6YSI, we pray for your guidance.
51:10The purchase of Steve and Leslie's new home in Kodila, a development in Jamestown, California.
51:19We also be afraid that Leslie has a referral to a vascular surgeon for her leg pain.
51:25If she can get to treatment, a resolution to the page she has.
51:30For Jim, W6YSI, we pray for Peter, KK-60P, for the things that he's going through right now, dealing with the flood damage in his home.
51:45For the last KK-7UMW, we pray for good sleep and relief from foot pain.
51:51We pray for Rob, KB-7PL, for his unspoken prayer request.
51:59For Mark KJ-7TBT, we give praise, repeat, answer to his unspoken prayer request.
52:08For Mike, N7GND, we ask for safety and success in the LW trip that he's on right now.
52:15For Al, N6MOT, prayers for health issues for both P.E.F.'s life.
52:22For George, K1KOS, he lost his wife cancer to cancer in July.
52:29We pray for comfort to George, his family, and for all who are dealing with cancer.
52:36His granddaughter, Katelyn, is due to deliver his first great-grandson in mid-November any day now.
52:43And we pray for a safe delivery, a healthy baby.
52:47We also pray for safe travel for George, if he travels to visit family for Thanksgiving.
52:56For Charles, N7N-E-B, B-E-N.
53:01His son, Trevor, has cancer on October 11th.
53:05We just ask for peace and comfort for the whole family.
53:08For Dave, AI-7QQ, we hear praise for Noah, a young man engaged in the ministry, who's now saved and attending church.
53:20We ask the prayers for Noah for his continuing in your work and his faith.
53:28For Jerry, KG-6J, he joins him in continuing the praying work at Paz Rochelle.
53:34We lift her up as she goes to chemo and radiation treatment on her neck.
53:40Yes, we're praying for the treatments to be effective.
53:45And we also give praise that Jerry has been approved for more clinical therapy sessions.
53:54We pray that those will continue to approve this vaccine.
53:58And then give you some pain relief and improved balance.
54:03For our brother, Beck, Alabama, by Yankee and the wife, Sandy,
54:08we pray for continuing to feel in such a vision and his head injury.
54:14And that they will have success in the remodeling of their new house.
54:22So that they'll be able to move into that soon.
54:24For their neighbor, Sandy, and Nancy, she needs healing from her cancer and also salvation.
54:33We give praise to Nancy Ashwin, great inclusion.
54:36For Sam Brook, our diabetic, who has some of her food removed, now home and improving.
54:42And also for her husband, Ken, who's having heart arrhythmia issues.
54:49We pray for Liz, Mike, the CISW, RSV's wife, is fighting cancer.
54:59We pray for effective chemo treatment for her.
55:02But we'll cure Mike, by Foxtrot.
55:06We pray for continuing hormone treatments for the next year.
55:11And we pray for the treatments to be effective and in her strength indeed.
55:17And we're moving the positive infection.
55:20We continue to pray for Keisha's liver transplant.
55:22She's getting close home, that she's stable now.
55:27So we pray that that liver transplant will be able to happen sometime soon.
55:32And we pray for the stress that she's having in her life right now.
55:37We pray for her salvation.
55:39And we pray for the fix-ups with the new Bible studies that Bill started attending.
55:45We pray for Jeff, a.k.a. if it's okay.
55:49We pray for the thousands of Bibles that he should tell to our troops.
55:56And we pray that those Bibles will be used to save and sanctify soldiers.
56:01We pray that the means for the three new chapels to be built.
56:06And for you, God, to raise up those to manage them.
56:12We pray for Jeff.
56:13He prepares to travel on November 11th to meet with the publishers and share his death project.
56:22For Dr. Jack Black, he has severe ulcerative colitis.
56:28And we pray for his healing through the mental treatment that he's receiving.
56:33We pray for GI-7-TRN for the healing of a purple dove, a believer from severe fat injury.
56:40We pray for his ongoing treatment and recovery.
56:45We just pray that he's showing for the improvement now.
56:49For Scott, AD-7-YQT.
56:52We pray for his wife, Pam, who has severe lupus.
56:55And we pray it will go into remission.
56:58We pray for his daughter, Kendra, who's ongoing multiple chronic health needs.
57:02We pray for Mike, KK-7-N, with stage 4 cancer.
57:07And we pray for the chemo treatment that started on September 26th to be effective.
57:13For his daughter, Becca, who needs your protection as she works with troubled youths.
57:19He started a new job at that hospital, and he experienced an uprising, and she was able to help to quell.
57:32And we just know that she needs her protection for that, to watch over and protect her.
57:40For Mike, W-7-T-W-O.
57:42And we pray for the salvation of J.B. DeFrancet, who's immersed in rock and roll culture.
57:49And we pray for the remission of his wife, Sherry's Meniere's defeat.
57:56The Chatea K-7-YQT's niece, Hayley, who needs salvation as well.
58:01And for Autumn, we give prayers for her to find a new place to live, and for her mental stability, development of her social skills, deliverance from false theological beliefs, and for her salvation.
58:17For Carol, KK-7-TPO, we pray for the protection of Alice, Carol's 7-year-old Greek granddaughter, from ungodly influences in her home, and for her salvation.
58:30And that's what's on our list today, Lord.
58:34We just ask that you would be with all who are suffering throughout the world, and all those with unspoken parents.
58:42We just ask that you would bring us back here again tomorrow for more of you and your word.
58:48And we just thank you for your goodness, mercy, and grace to each one of us, and mostly for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ.
58:56And it's through him we pray all these things.
58:58Amen.
58:58Amen.
58:59This is KK-7-QQH.
59:02We're going to get back to you there, Pastor Jeff, at control.
59:07Well, thank you, Al, very, very much.
59:10Gosh, all those prayer concerns.
59:12God will take care of every one of them.
59:14Thank you so much, guys.
59:16And thank you, Al, for the prayer list this morning.
59:20Very much appreciate that.
59:22And this is a very, very special Bible study this morning, I will say.
59:26This is Jeff, AK-6-OK Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.
59:31I want to thank all the patients who checked in this morning, as well as those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency.
59:38We meet here seven days a week at six in the morning in order to read the Bible, understand his reading and message, and then pray that God will help us live out what we've learned and meet the needs of our circle of fellowship.
59:51I'll be returning this frequency now to general use.
59:55This is Jeff, AK-6-OK, and I'll be clear and standing by.
59:59Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee with this morning's joke.
60:03Oh, this will be a challenge.
60:04Go ahead, Beck.
60:06What gets sharper the more you use it?
60:09Is that what gets sharper?
60:15Yes, what gets sharper the more you use it.
60:20Your mind?
60:23Your mind?
60:24Yeah.
60:25I think it's your mind.
60:29You're right.
60:32Wow, I got one.
60:34That comes from a sharp mind.
60:36Joe got it, too.
60:40Somebody else got it, too.
60:41That was an easy one, Beck.
60:44Okay, I'm sorry.
60:46Go ahead, Will.
60:47Go ahead, Will.
60:48Yeah, I was one of the ones that said you're mine.
60:52Okay, you get credit.
60:53I get credit.
60:55Joe gets credit.
60:55Who else?
60:56Anybody else get that?
61:00I didn't, and I was reading it.
61:05Oh, man.
61:06Okay, you guys.
61:08Sounds great.
61:09Good to hear you all in here.
61:10Any other comments before I shut my hand down here?
61:13Well, Beck, you need to use it more so it gets sharper.
61:18Well, Roger.
61:19Well, ever since the accident, it's been a little foggy, but I'm hanging in there.
61:24So is it getting better?
61:27I don't know about my mind getting better.
61:29My vision's pretty much locked the way it is.
61:33I go see the surgeon on the 14th or the 15th of this month and find out if they're going to be willing to do the surgery or not.
61:40So I'll find out if my eyes are going to get sharper or not.
61:43Well, I hope that goes well back, obviously.
61:55Let's keep that in prayer.
61:58All right, everybody.
61:59I think it's going to be a beautiful Saturday today.
62:02Nice weather here in California, so let's see if we can make the best of it.
62:06Everybody have a good day.
62:07I'm going to QRT unless there's anybody else who wants to jump in here.
62:12Good job, Pastor Jeff.
62:14I'm going to QSY.
62:15I'm a little early.
62:16My crew's not here yet.
62:18So I'll see you all later.
62:19Have a good day.
62:20K-I-6-W-X-P.
62:24Okay, Joe.
62:25Yeah, I'll be over in 59, maybe in a minute here.
62:27I'm going to go down and get a cup of coffee.
62:29All right.
62:30See you, Joe.
62:32God bless, everybody.
62:33Take care.
62:35You're Jeff.
62:35Good job.
62:36Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, QRT.
62:39Thanks, Beck.
62:40Yeah, you have a good day.
62:41We'll see you tomorrow.
62:45Let not your hurts be trouble, neither let them be afraid.
62:48K-1-K-O-Y.
62:49There you go, George.
62:52Looking forward to seeing you when you come out here.
62:55Looking forward to it, Jeff.
63:00All right.
63:01AK-6 okay.
63:02I'm going to be clear, folks.
63:03See you later.
63:04K-1-K-5-F.
63:20K-1-K-5-F.
63:34K-1-K-B-7, ZX-N.
63:42K-1-K-5-F.
63:44Hey, good morning, Will.
63:47I didn't know if you guys are adventurous or not, but this evening, or I think at 5 o'clock,
63:54the seniors are getting together for a luncheon over there at Dixie Diner in town here.
64:04Yeah, I had to put my headset back on, so I missed the first part of that game.
64:08Well, I was just saying, I don't know how adventurous you guys might be,
64:13but at 5 o'clock today, the seniors are getting together in the back room there at Dixie Diner's
64:19for a get-together and dinner.
64:24Yeah, I'll have to check with my wife to see what kind of plans she has.
64:28K-1-K-5-F.
64:30Well, I completely understand, but, you know, there's always room for a couple more.
64:36So are you over that cold that you had?
64:38But anyway, just thought I'd share that with you.
64:41You and Martha Faye have a wonderful day.
64:46How did the Bible study go? I was just curious.
64:49Well, we had six people there.
64:51The guy that's leading it is working on it.