Welcome to Studies with Stearman.

Join us as we look deeper into the Bible.

Strengthen your faith with us, even as we see the day approaching.

And now, here's Gary.

What do you have to do to get God to bring the desired results to your life, whether

that be financial blessing, spiritual blessing, healing, uplift, outreach, whatever it might

be, what do you do to manipulate God in your favor?

I'm not going to answer that question. I'm not going to answer that question.

I don't want to answer that question.

I shouldn't have to answer that question,

because I want to tell you, it's God who does the manipulating.

And yet, you stop and think about it,

there are people today who are being conditioned to think

that there are scriptural methods of coaxing God into giving the proper results in one's life.

Today, there is growing doubt and skepticism and frustration in American society, particularly when Christian

practice is viewed by outsiders. They look at Christian practice and they see just a variety

of bizarre behaviors. And they say, I don't want any part of that Christianity. And particularly

kids, teenagers today, are really being

turned off to Christianity.

I'm talking about public school kids.

The average teenager on the street

out there, they look at Christianity, and they just

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