Carpe Diem

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don

Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today

with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. This is a special

day on our calendar. It is Veterans Day, and I

want to thank and honor and recognize all of our

veterans today from all the different armed services. Thank you

from the bottom of my heart for your brave service

and duty to our country. We owe our freedoms to

you and all those who have served faithfully and those

who continue to serve. So many lives were lost for

the cause of freedom, and I want to especially recognize

and thank our Vietnam veterans. I have a soft spot

in my heart for the Vietnam veterans because I was

in college during the Vietnam era and that war. Gosh,

it was difficult. It was really difficult. I was initially

very much for the war because it seemed like it

was the right thing, only to realize later it was

the wrong thing. Nevertheless, the reason I want to thank

especially our Vietnam veterans is because they never received a

proper welcome home. So I say to you, Vietnam veterans,

welcome home. You are honored, respected. I love you, and

I just thank all you precious veterans from the bottom

of my heart. Tonight's message he is carpe DM. I

believe we are in a carpe dm moment and that

word means sees the day we must seize the day.

November fifth was a great, great victory, great victory foreign nation,

and it was a great opportunity and it is a

great opportunity to help guide our citizens to a new

morality and away from all the negative culture, all the

trans culture which has infected our young people. Reverend Martin

Luther King Junior said in his famous I Have a

Dream speech that one day his children would not be

judged by the color of their skin, but by the

content of their character. Unfortunately, under this past regime that

was really revoked, and no longer are people chosen by

the content of their character. In the marketplace, we have

a new standard called DEI diversity, equity and inclusion. And

you see, even if you don't have the skill or

the intellect to do a specific job, it doesn't matter. Actually,

this is a Marxist philosophy that needs erased immediately from

our society. And I do hope the President Trump will

do that. Not only did the last administration revoke the

MLK idea, but they started that white supremacy movement, so

there was so much discrimination against white people trying to

get a job. I mentioned two weeks ago about a

prayer gathering in Washington, d C. At the National Mall.

And I believe that that gathering, and I said it

at the time, and the multitudes of people and groups

and churches alike that prayed for a removal of the

current evil agenda made a huge impact in our election

and for the days ahead. And I told you that

I knew in my spirit as I watched that gathering,

for I believe it was seven hours, maybe nine hours

of prayer and worship, I knew that things had shifted

in the spirit realm. So never never underestimate the power

of prayer. The Lord. This November fifth, the Lord really

extended his great mercy. I believe. I'm you know, I'm

speaking my own opinion. I believe he extended his great

mercy to us on November fifth. And I really want

to personally thank all of you who voted, and I

especially want to thank those who may have had a

change of heart that initially did not want to vote

and was going to sit this out, but decided to

come out and vote. I thank you, I thank you,

I thank you. Back to seize the day, we as

Christians must pursue God's agenda. God's agenda, yes, not the

government's agenda. We must pursue God's agenda. We must pray

that our new incoming government will pursue God's agenda, but

we have to pursue it with a vengeance. We must

continue to pray. As I kind of look at it

like this, we should be praying these next four years

as if we didn't win the election, and that I'm

talking about, I'm talking about all our prayer. I'm talking

about the way we tackled this election with prayer is

how we should tackle every day for the next four

years with prayer. I hope you would say, amen, because

we have an enemy. We have an enemy who doesn't sleep,

who doesn't rest, who is always prowling about, roaring as

a lion, and he will not step stop trying to

destroy our nation, our children, and our citizens. No, let

me be clear, because I'm sure I probably offended some

of you over the last several weeks but prior to

the election. But let me be clear today, I am

not against President Biden and Kamala Harris, because they are

people that God created in His image and likeness. But

I am against and have been against, their ungodly agendas

and their ungodly proposals to remove God from our society.

In every fashion. God loves them, he does, but he

hates their deeds. And it is God's will that all

men and women would not perish. It's not God's desire

or will that any perish but be saved and have

everlasting life and come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

So we continue to pray that they have an encounter

with the Lord and come to salvation. Now. The Lord recently,

as I mentioned last week, the Lord recently highlighted Jeremiah

Chapter fifteen, verses nineteen through twenty one. I want to

read those verses again, and then I'm really gonna kind

of sink my teeth into that so you really understand

what I'm trying to get across. So it starts therefore,

thus says the Lord, if you return, then I will

bring you back. You shall stand before me, and if

you take out the precious from the vile. You shall

be my mouth. Let them return to you, but you

must not return to them. And I will make you

to this people a fortified bronze wall. And they will

fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you,

for I am with you to save you and deliver you,

says the Lord. I will deliver you from the hand

of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the

grip of the terrible. And so I really feel like

the Lord is that to us as a Christian people.

You know he's when he says, I'm going to make

you a people fortified, a fortified bronze wall, that's just

telling us that the Lord wants to strengthen the body

of Christ. He wants to strengthen our resolve to follow him.

He's going to fight against our enemies, That's what he said.

And see they're already rising up their head. They're protesting,

they're resisting, they're doing even the Republicans are doing some

nasty things, but they're not going to prevail. They're not

going to prevail against us. The Lord says he's with

us to save and deliver us. He's going to deliver

us from the hand of the wicked. He's going to

redeem us from the grip of the terrible. That's the truth.

So we mustn't get complacent, we mustn't get fearful that

the enemy is going to raise his ugly head again.

Yes he is. I said. He doesn't rest, he doesn't sleep,

he's walking about, roaring as a lion. Now in the

New Living Translation, the One Scripture says this, you must

influence them. Do not let them influence you. They will

fight against you like attacking an army. But I will

make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.

They will not conquer you. See. That's very encouraging to us.

But we have to remember we're here. We are here

today as believers in Christ, to influence our nation, to

influence the people around us, to influence neighbor's family. We're coworkers.

We are to influence them. We cannot let them influence us. Sadly,

what has happened is that the Church has been influenced

by the world. And so the world, I mean, the

church looks so much like the world you can't often

tell the difference. But the Lord says, separate the precious

from the viole. Now, first of all, what does it

mean to separate the precious from the vowel. So that's

what I'm going to explain to you. We have to

allow the Lord to remove from our heart anything and

everything that grieves the Holy Spirit. I mean everything and

anything that grieves the Holy Spirit. Thoughts that become words

out of our mouth that grieve the Holy Spirit are vile.

The Bible warns against coarse language, and as you know,

that's become a common thing even among Christians, using you know,

foul language, and the Bible warns against that. So a

clean heart produces clean lips. We need to examine our motives,

examine our priorities, and see if we are in alignment

or possibly we are out of alignment with God's word

and his desires for us. So just like a car,

I don't know if you've ever had a car that

needed an alignment, but it will pull. If it's out

of alignment, it will pull to one side or the other.

And that's what happens. We associate with friends or family

and they pull us out of alignment. So my question is,

do you spend time with people who honor God and

believe his word, or do you hang out with people

who are lukewarm for God and worldly in their ways?

It is time for record make a decision. You're either

for God or you're against him. You can't be gray

in the gray zone. It's white or black. It truly is.

It's white or black. There's no gray here. Live your

life so that your life honors God. My next question

is is your light under a bushel or is it

clearly seen for all to see, especially those who are

in darkness. If you've got your light under a bushel,

it's doing zero. Nobody can see your light. And I

would have to say that if your light is under

a bushel, you are probably very worldly, very lukewarm, and

you haven't I don't know, you're you're deceived. You need

to fact. I was just talking with friends over the

weekend and they have family members. A young gal that

was just absolutely on fire for God. She's as cold

as ice now for the Lord. See, these things cannot be.

These things should not be. Parents. You know, parents, you

are responsible fathers. I have said this several times on

this program, on this broadcast. Fathers, you are the priests

of your home. Your duty, your responsibility is to teach

your children the scriptures. Oh you don't have time. Oops,

well you're going to stand before the Lord. He's going

to ask you why you didn't. That is your ultimate

responsibility for your family is to teach your children's scripture,

to have family time with them, to encourage them, to

strengthen them in the ways of the Lord, to make

sure they are in church on Sunday morning. So maybe

you're not doing your job. Nevertheless, we want to live

a life that honors God. And as I said, if

your light's under a bushel, it's time to crawl out

from that bushel. Think about this. Whatever is worldly in

your life is vile. See it's that simple. If your

life is worldly, it's vile. Jesus said, it's a narrow way.

Walk This path is a narrow way. And he said

it's difficult. Jesus told us in Matthew six, verse thirty three,

he said, seek ye first the Kingdom of God and

his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

So are you seeking first the kingdom of God. Paul

wrote to the Thessalonians in Chapter four, verses one through twelve.

This is what he said. Finally, then, brethren, we urge

and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound

more and more, just as you received from us, how

you ought to walk and to please God. For you

know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

See these scriptures I'm sharing with you right now, these

scriptures in First Thessalonians, chapter four. These scriptures will help

you to see the precious that the Lord so desires

verse three. For this is the will of God your sanctification,

that you should abstain from sexual immorality. That each of

you should know how to possess his own vessel, meaning

your own body, in sanctification and honor, not in passion

of lust, like the gentiles who do not know God.

That no one should take advantage of and defraud his

brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger

of all such as we also forewarned you and testified.

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore,

he who rejects this does not reject man, but God,

who has also given us his holy spirit verse nine.

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I

should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by

God to love one another. But we urge you, brethren,

that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to

mind your own business, and to work with your hands

as we commanded you. That you may walk properly towards

those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

So there's a there's a there's a major reason for

separating the precious from the vile in your life. And

I hope you're seeing this clearly. Yes, it's for you

to do that. But ultimately, when you're separating and you're

removing the vial out of your life and out of

your Christian walk, what you're actually doing is you're impacting people.

People who know you, people who love you, people who

watch you in the marketplace, people who watch you in church.

Because not every person in your church is wheat. Jesus

told us there would be tears among the wheat. So

how important it is now? Like now, now is the

day of reckoning. Now, that's what I'm trying to emphasize

to you. Now it is time to flee from lust,

flee from worldly desires, walk in a place of holiness,

sanctify your life. That means separate your life, your priorities,

unto the Lord and what he wants to do with

your life. Have you ever asked him what he would

like to do with your life? Or are you just

managing your life? And if you're if you are the

one managing things, it's going to go to heck in

a handbasket, as they say. So, I'm trying to encourage

you to seize the day, seize the moment, seize the

time we are in. We've been given four years to

make a difference in our nation. You're responsible, If you're

a Christian, you are responsible to make a difference. Your

life cannot be hit under a bouscheu any longer, cannot

and so you must separate the precious from the vile.

And only the Holy Ghost can show you personally what

is vile in your life? What is vile in your heart?

What is vile in your actions? What are you thinking about?

What are you doing? Are you doing things in secret

that you shouldn't be doing? Are you honoring your mother

and father? Are you honoring your spouse? Are you honoring

your boss? I mean, there are a lot of categories here.

I'm just glossing over the big picture, but there's a

lot of ways that you could be walking in the vow,

in the worldly that you're oblivious to. So I really

want you to ponder what I have said today, and

I want you to inquire of the Holy Spirit. Where

do I begin? Ask him? Where do I begin? What

areas of my life Holy Spirit need an alignment or

an adjustment? Or what do I need to remove out

of my life so that I am carrying the precious Amen?

So I leave you with this carpe dm seese the day.

Make the most of what God wants you to do.

We have been given a sliver of time, which actually

is very precious. The time that we've been given, these

four years are very precious. So we want to do

everything within our strength to honor God, to bring people

into the Kingdom. There are so many lost people, so

many sick people, physically ill people. Begin to begin to

do what the Holy Spirit needs and wants you to do.

So surrender. Don't you love that word? Surrender to the

Holy Spirit and let him do a work in your life.

Remember he's the potter and you're on the Potter's wheel.

So let him mold and make you into a very

precious servant of the Lord. Amen. Well, this is don Noble.

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This is Don Nobles saying Shalom shalom, Peace be unto you.