WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.160 You know, there's so many things about a Catalina 25 sailboat that I love, and I want to use 2 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:32.479 some of them today to share a word with you. 3 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:33.960 My name is Leanne Friesman. 4 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:40.200 This is Restoring Word, and we are restoring a Catalina 25. 5 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:46.320 My husband and I are believers, and we love the Lord, and we know just through life and 6 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.960 experience and years of ministry that life can be rough. 7 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:59.120 And there are some things that you can do, though, to calm yourself, strengthen yourself. 8 00:00:59.120 --> 00:01:06.180 Maybe make some of the storms in life easier if you can learn to depend on Him. 9 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:14.460 The Catalina 25 that Grant and I are restoring and learning to sail is a winged keel. 10 00:01:14.460 --> 00:01:17.800 Now this winged keel is a flared keel. 11 00:01:17.800 --> 00:01:19.920 It's under the waterline. 12 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.680 No one, of course, knows that it's there. 13 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:28.520 It looks like a normal sailboat, like thousands of other sailboats that are out there. 14 00:01:28.520 --> 00:01:34.000 This Catalina design, I think there's over 6,000 boats that have been produced. 15 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.480 It is a production boat. 16 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:43.320 But the thing about this boat is this design actually came from the Australia's Cup in 17 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:44.320 1983. 18 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:52.020 There was a designer who copied the idea of the wings of a bird, and these wings would 19 00:01:52.020 --> 00:01:55.040 flare at the base of this keel. 20 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:02.000 Now a keel is basically a big chunk of lead underneath the sailboat, and what it does 21 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:09.479 is it uses the force of the wind that comes down through the boat, and then that actually 22 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:16.880 pushes the boat forward with this big 4,000 pound chunk of lead that no one can see. 23 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:22.300 But this chunk of lead is a little bit different because it's a little shorter and at the bottom 24 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:23.300 it flares. 25 00:02:24.220 --> 00:02:32.420 That flare, it gives it enormous strength, speed, and stability. 26 00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:39.460 In our day and hour, I'm telling you, we need all the strength and the stability and the 27 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:41.380 speed that we can get. 28 00:02:41.380 --> 00:02:42.380 Strength. 29 00:02:42.380 --> 00:02:47.060 Well, I want to use a scripture from Romans 8 this morning, Likewise, the Spirit helps 30 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:49.460 us in our weaknesses. 31 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:55.300 We don't know how to pray for what we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with 32 00:02:55.300 --> 00:03:01.340 groanings that are too deep to be in words. 33 00:03:01.340 --> 00:03:08.100 Thank God for the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit enables us to pray forth mysteries 34 00:03:08.100 --> 00:03:10.480 that we don't understand. 35 00:03:10.480 --> 00:03:17.280 So many times in life we come up against a wall or we hit a storm, and I've just come 36 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.800 out of a pretty rough storm. 37 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:25.720 And I can tell you that one of the things that brought enormous strength in my life 38 00:03:25.720 --> 00:03:31.460 was being able to pray in the Spirit, praying the perfect will of God, praying the will 39 00:03:31.460 --> 00:03:37.360 of God in a situation that I, frankly, just don't understand. 40 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.120 And honestly, we all have them. 41 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.320 That's life, right? 42 00:03:42.320 --> 00:03:44.760 It can be tough. 43 00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:53.200 Psalms 143 verse 8, Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I put 44 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:56.080 my trust in you. 45 00:03:56.080 --> 00:04:03.240 Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. 46 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:08.460 So many things that we do in secret are where our strength comes from. 47 00:04:08.460 --> 00:04:13.920 And one of those secrets, really, that was taught to me by my pastor, Billy Joe Daugherty, 48 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:18.320 was the concept of early morning prayer. 49 00:04:18.320 --> 00:04:22.460 Early morning prayer is where you get the mind of Christ before you ever walk out the 50 00:04:22.460 --> 00:04:24.600 front door. 51 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:27.120 And we all have busy lives, trust me, I know. 52 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.040 We all have complicated things we have to do, I know. 53 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:37.720 But I know that when I acknowledge that I desperately need God in my life, and I take 54 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:45.320 that time to pray before I walk out the door, I pray in the car, I put praise and worship 55 00:04:45.320 --> 00:04:54.080 on in the car, I get my mind wrapped around Him, and I invite Him into the day. 56 00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:58.960 And you know, when I do that, it just seems like everything is much easier. 57 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.540 It isn't as crazy as it could have been. 58 00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:05.540 Why? 59 00:05:05.540 --> 00:05:06.700 Because he's just faithful. 60 00:05:06.700 --> 00:05:10.980 He comes in and he intervenes and he steps in certain situations. 61 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:18.140 He gives you wisdom, knowledge, and revelation to say or what not to say, and he's for you. 62 00:05:18.140 --> 00:05:21.780 He is a blessing. 63 00:05:21.780 --> 00:05:29.120 Psalms 5 verses 2 and 3, hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for you, to you I pray 64 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:30.120 in the morning. 65 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.840 Lord, you hear my voice. 66 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:38.320 In the morning I lay my request before you and I wait expectantly. 67 00:05:38.320 --> 00:05:44.240 You can't expect God to intervene and bring strength into your life. 68 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:50.800 He will give you the ability to walk through things you can't even imagine. 69 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.240 He's faithful. 70 00:05:52.240 --> 00:06:04.360 Lamentations 3, 22-23, the Lord's loving kindnesses indeed never cease, for his compassions 71 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:09.440 they never fail, for they are new every morning. 72 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:10.940 Great is thy faithfulness. 73 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:17.480 You know, this is a scripture here that really depicts the stability that God can bring in 74 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:18.480 your life. 75 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:25.600 One of the things I love about this winged keel is that the weight is spread out. 76 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:31.840 It is in the shape of the wing, right, so that it can actually float across the water. 77 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:39.320 But because that weight is lower and heavier, it brings great stability to that boat. 78 00:06:39.320 --> 00:06:47.640 And honestly, when you have Jesus in your life, that strength and that stability enables 79 00:06:47.640 --> 00:06:53.800 you to go through some things that maybe you wouldn't be able to do so easily. 80 00:06:53.800 --> 00:07:00.800 You know, when you love your family and a family member passes away or there's sickness 81 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:08.520 or there's a job issue or maybe you're starting a new year, a new school year, a new season, 82 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:16.640 when you give it all to him and you trust him, then he can give you that stability. 83 00:07:16.640 --> 00:07:21.480 You know, there's no promises that the storms are going to cease. 84 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.040 We're going to have storms in our country. 85 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:24.640 We're going to have storms in our state. 86 00:07:24.640 --> 00:07:27.280 We're going to have storms at our job. 87 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:29.560 But he's the stability. 88 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.560 That's who we look to. 89 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:37.320 We don't sit and, you know, step back in fear because there's a storm. 90 00:07:37.320 --> 00:07:40.000 We all have them. 91 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:45.600 We look to him who brings us strength and stability in the storm. 92 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.120 And he provides that for us. 93 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:56.640 The other thing I want to talk about you a little bit is the speed element. 94 00:07:56.640 --> 00:08:06.640 This boat, because of this flare at the bottom of the keel, it has an aerodynamic element 95 00:08:06.640 --> 00:08:09.680 that the other keels don't have. 96 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:16.840 This keel is broad, but what it does is it actually enables the boat to be lifted. 97 00:08:16.840 --> 00:08:22.640 In an earlier message, I talked about how the wind comes and blows against the sails. 98 00:08:22.640 --> 00:08:25.720 It actually has what's called the Bernoulli effect. 99 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:26.720 It's just like an airplane. 100 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.700 I mean, if you think about airplane wings, right, that are turned now instead of sideways, 101 00:08:31.700 --> 00:08:34.640 now they're on a mast and they're straight up and down. 102 00:08:34.640 --> 00:08:41.020 What happens is when that wind comes across that sail, there's a lifting element. 103 00:08:41.020 --> 00:08:45.480 And when you have this keel that's below the water, it helps lift the boat as well. 104 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.920 And what's the result of that? 105 00:08:48.920 --> 00:08:52.520 Great speed. 106 00:08:52.520 --> 00:08:59.520 You know, when you do life with the Holy Spirit, when you serve God, there are times where 107 00:08:59.520 --> 00:09:03.480 you definitely need the anointing to be successful. 108 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.480 You're not going to be able to do it by yourself. 109 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:07.800 You're going to have to have His grace. 110 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:09.160 You're going to have to have His favor. 111 00:09:09.160 --> 00:09:11.080 You're going to have to have His wisdom. 112 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:16.440 You're going to have to be able to learn things quickly, especially on my job. 113 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:20.480 It seems like I'm learning new things every year. 114 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:27.320 But when His grace and His strength is on you to do it, you can. 115 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:32.460 I like to think of it as the anointing for life, not just the anointing for ministry. 116 00:09:32.460 --> 00:09:36.220 His tangible presence for ministry is powerful. 117 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:37.220 It's everything. 118 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:41.900 It changes everything because He anoints His word. 119 00:09:41.900 --> 00:09:47.540 But if He's calling you to do something in this hour, maybe it seems too hard, too big, 120 00:09:47.540 --> 00:09:53.540 too difficult, over your head, like you can't do it. 121 00:09:53.540 --> 00:10:00.060 Trust me when you invite Him into that process and you're honest and humble. 122 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:07.360 before him, and you invite him into it, I can guarantee you there's going to be 123 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:12.400 strength to do it. There's going to be stability, even though it might seem 124 00:10:12.400 --> 00:10:18.200 stressful and over your head, and there will be the stability to do it. That boat 125 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:24.840 isn't going to rock. You know, a sailboat, if it takes too much wind, it can begin 126 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:30.720 to heel, which means it's leaning, which means there's there's too much sail, and 127 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:37.240 the wind is pushing that boat over. At that point, you want to let a 128 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:42.960 little bit of the sail out. You want to make the sail smaller or shorter, so 129 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:48.400 there's less area for that wind to catch on that boat. So what happens? The boat 130 00:10:48.400 --> 00:10:53.560 goes back upright. You know, it looks pretty cool in pictures when that boat 131 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:59.440 heels, but it can actually slow you down. It can affect your crew. It 132 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:05.400 can affect what's inside the boat. You have less of that keel to work 133 00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:10.160 with that's under the water, where your strength is, where your stability is. You 134 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:15.360 want to stay upright in the storm. You want to have wisdom in the storm. God 135 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.520 wants to give you that today. Thank you for listening. Please like and subscribe 136 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:24.120 the channel. Share this message with someone who needs some encouragement 137 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:30.160 today. It's a joy to speak to you, and have a wonderful day.