Good morning.
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I am thrilled to be introducing
our speaker this morning.
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Grace Daley knows
what it means to win.
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She was the leading
score in women's basketball
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at Tulane University.
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And in 2005 she was
inducted in the "Hall of Fame."
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Grace let the Italian
Professional Basketball League
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in scoring and was
named most valuable player
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by the French League.
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She was also a Euroleague
all stars selection in 2007,
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that's not so long ago.
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But Grace not only
knows what it means to win,
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she also knows what
it means to surrender.
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She grew up in a Christian home
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but when she came
face to face with Christ
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her life changed forever.
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She entered a new
game, a race so to speak,
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a race to the finish.
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We'll hear Grace's story today
and I know you will be blessed.
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I can hardly wait to walk
on shining of streets of gold
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I can hardly wait to
watch eternity unfold
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I can hardly wait to
see a city made of light
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Where there is no more crying
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No more pain and no more night
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I can hardly wait to
talk with Adam and with Eve
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With Abraham and Isaac
and with all those who relive
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Know my heart would dwell
to see the glories of that land
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They all will pale to nothing
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In the shadow of the lamb
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It will be
Jesus, it will be Jesus
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He spilled His precious blood
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So with Him I can meet
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It will be Jesus
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It will be Jesus
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His love will
make it happen for me
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I can hardly wait to
see the dead in Christ arise
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The countless clouds of angels
spread across the eastern sky
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When the Lord Himself descends
from heaven with a shout
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That will be day we
will forever seen about
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It will be
Jesus, it will be Jesus
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He spilled His precious blood
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So with Him I can meet
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It will be Jesus
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It will be Jesus
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His love will
make it happen for me
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It will be Jesus
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It will be Jesus
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He spilled His precious blood
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So with Him I can meet
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It will be Jesus
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It will be Jesus
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His love will
make it happen for me
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His love will make it
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Happen for me
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Amen. Amen.
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Good morning. Good morning.
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All right, that was
a beautiful selection
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and I'm praying that
this morning it will be Jesus
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that's speaking
through me to you all.
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Praise the Lord.
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I really
appreciate the invitation
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to speak at ASI this year.
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I'm really
grateful for the opportunity
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because every time
I share my testimony
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I'm encouraged,
I am re-motivated,
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I'm energized.
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So I'm hoping that today
all of us will leave here
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encouraged,
re-motivated and energized
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to be about our
Father's business.
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You know, as you heard
of me introduction, I had
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what most people will
consider to be a dream job.
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So that means I got to
live all over the world,
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in all over the United States.
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And actually all of my expenses
were paid, and I got paid.
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I had very short I'm
gonna call them ''Work Hours"
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and I use that term very loosely
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because I was out
there playing, okay.
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So I had very short work hours,
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I was "working" for
two to three hours a day
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and I played on four
different WNBA teams.
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Minnesota, New
York, Houston, Phoenix,
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I also played for
seven seasons overseas.
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Three years in
France, two years in Italy,
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one year in the Czech
Republic, a season in Spain
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and a few days in Russia.
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And I'll explain
that story in a minute.
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Well, here is
the way that it goes,
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every time I
traditionally chose a team,
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I chose a team based on
how I could help them, right?
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What I could contribute to them?
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Now one time in my life
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and this was my
Russian experience,
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I decided to choose a team
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based on purely selfish reasons.
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How much money I
could make, all right?
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And at that time playing in
Russia for women's basketball,
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that was the place
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where you can
make the most money.
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So I prayed, "God, please
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I just want to make as
much money as possible,
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send me to that place."
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And lo and behold
I ended up in Russia.
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And have you guys ever
heard of the mafia before?
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It's real, okay.
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I had-- I was
called into an office
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to get, you
know, paid upon arrival
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and they wanted to
pay me in a duffel bag.
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So I saw them
putting cash in a duffel bag
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and I had drivers, I
didn't speak Russian,
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I had drivers
that were watching me
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get paid in a duffel
bag with a lot of cash,
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who were supposed to
take me to my apartment
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and nobody I knew, knew
where I was going, okay.
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So it wasn't a
very safe environment
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my estimation.
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So that didn't last for
long, it lasted for seven days.
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And what I learned
from that story was,
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it is never a good idea
to ask God for what you want,
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because you know
what, you might get it.
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It's a great idea to ask
God for what He wants for you
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because then you'll
get what you really need.
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Amen.
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So unfortunately, it
took the Russian mafia
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to teach me that lesson.
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So anyway, my
story is very simple
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and before I get
started, I just want to take
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a moment to pause
for a word of prayer.
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Dear, Lord, thank you again
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for bringing me here
and for this opportunity
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I ask that every thing
I say today will be holy
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and fully
representative of You. Amen.
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Okay, so yeah, my
story really is simple.
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I decided to stop
playing professional basketball
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so I could
faithfully observe the Sabbath.
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And whenever I told people that
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I got a multitude
of adverse reactions
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and the most popular were
somewhere along these lines.
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You know, you are a Christian,
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you know, you're
playing for the glory of God,
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why would you stop doing that?
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God gave you a gift
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and He expects you to
use it to glorify Him.
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And I kept hearing
that, God gave me a gift
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and He expects me to
use it to glorify Him.
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But the conclusion
I came to was that,
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God did give me a gift
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but that gift
was not basketball.
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The gift that God
gave me was His word.
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And in His word is
contained the commandments.
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And in His
commandments is the Sabbath.
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So people often interpret
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what I did is
giving up my career,
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but I'm very careful
never to use that term
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because I did not give
anything up for Christ.
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What I did was, I
gave into Christ, right?
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I gave into Christ
and willingly surrendered
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and just to become
completely obedient.
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Because He is the one
that gave everything up for me.
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He is the one that
made the ultimate sacrifice.
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My job was simple, just give
in and accept His free gift.
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And as much as
people were telling me,
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"Hey, you're playing
for the glory of God."
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What I realized was, if I
was truly playing for God,
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going about His business,
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then I would be
playing by His rules
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and going along
with His schedule.
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And I learned that
the schedule was simple
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on my heavenly coach's team.
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It's right there in
the Ten Commandments
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I'm not making this up.
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Exodus 20:8-11, right?
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy,
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Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work
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and on the
seventh day you rest."
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So that meant I got to work
for six days, Sunday, Monday,
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Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday during the day,
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and on Friday evening
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my heavenly coach
calls a, what is this?
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A time out, all right.
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That is a universal symbol
everywhere in the world I go,
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this symbol
everybody knows this means.
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Time out.
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Time out, right, so I'm
gonna describe a time out
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and if you can
imagine this is exactly
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what the Sabbath should
look like and feel like for us.
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During a time out
players go to the sideline,
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they take a break
and they give their coach
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their undivided,
complete attention.
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They listen intently to
what their coach has to say.
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And while your coach is talking,
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it's a great time
to catch your breath,
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regain your focus,
relax, regain your strength
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because you're preparing to
go out and perfectly execute
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the plays that the coach
drew up on the clipboard.
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So the Sabbath is
God's weekly time out for us.
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So along with the coach
calling time outs, on a team
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the coach also is responsible
for making the schedule.
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Now here is a
typical WNBA schedule.
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I want to hold this
up, and it's actually okay,
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if you're not able to read
the teams on this schedule.
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What's
important is that you know
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that everyone of these
lines represents a game.
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Okay, so this is a
typical WNBA schedule.
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Now on this next page here,
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I've taken the liberty of
highlighting all of the games
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that entail
practicing or playing
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on the Sabbath, okay.
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So as you can see the schedule
drastically changes, all right.
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Now it's not just the WNBA,
the same can be said for NBA
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and also for college sports.
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This was, I just printed
out a current college schedule
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of my old
university, Tulane University,
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and this represents,
its book of schedule.
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Now on this
next page you'll see,
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I've taken the
liberty to blackout
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all the games that--
that are entail practicing
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or playing on the Sabbath, okay.
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The schedule
drastically changes again.
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Now here is one of
my favorites, the NFL.
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Okay, I picked the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
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because they are close to home.
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Here it goes, a
typical NFL schedule.
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Every one of these
games, every one of these lines
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represents a game
during the season, okay.
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Now here is what's left,
after I blackout all the games
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that entail practicing
or playing on the Sabbath.
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And you know,
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most professional
sports do the same.
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I had a really
unique opportunity
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to share my testimony in
Trinidad a few weeks ago.
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And when I was there I
held up a cricket schedule
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because everywhere
you go in the world,
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it's the same thing.
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If you're gonna be
a part of these teams,
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then you're gonna have to
practice or plan the Sabbath.
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So when I was playing
for the Minnesota Lynx
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and I was on their schedule,
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was I about my Father's business
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or was I about their business?
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Their business.
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When I was playing
for the New York Liberty,
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was I about my Father's business
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or was I about their business?
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Their business. Their business.
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When I was playing
for the Italian League,
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was I about my Father's business
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or was I about their business?
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Their business. Their business.
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When I was playing
for the Russian League,
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was I about my Father's business
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or their business?
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Well, you guys need
to be better listeners.
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I was about the mafia's business
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and that's why I left.
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All right, so when I decided
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to become fully
obedient to Christ
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and started
playing by His schedule,
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that is the point when I decided
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that I was gonna be
about my Father's business.
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And to me being
about my Father's business
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is as simple as being obedient.
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And mostly you were probably
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born and raised in
the Adventist Church.
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So you maybe wondering
how come it took me so long
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to come to this realization.
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So I'm gonna take that
time to tell you the story.
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The answer is simple.
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I didn't grow up in
the Adventist Church.
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My parents
actually made the transition
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when I was in high school.
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So I attended church
on the Sabbath with them.
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And the way I saw it,
we just changed the day
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we went to church, all right.
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Everything stayed the same.
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It wasn't a big deal to
me, we just changed the day.
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We used to go on Sunday,
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now we go to church on Saturday.
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Everything continued
as it normally would,
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including my basketball career.
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And I used to
attend Sunday churches
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and if any of you
ever out there have
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attended Sunday
churches for the most part
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you're out of
there by noon, right?
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So that was what
I was accustomed to.
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When my parents
joined the Adventist Church,
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I was in for a big surprise.
00:15:20.75\00:15:22.82
On Sabbath when 12
o'clock roll around,
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they hadn't even
collected the offering.
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And when I would
look at the bulletin,
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the sermon was so
far down the list.
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And you have to think, I was
a teenager at that time, okay.
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We weren't getting out of church
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until 2 or 3
o'clock in the afternoon.
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So my memory of
the Adventist Church
00:15:41.76\00:15:43.65
is being very
tired and very hungry.
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And I'm sure that
many of you can relate.
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I also remember that I made it
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all the way through high school,
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on the front page of the
sports paper all the time.
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I made it all the
way through college.
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On television and in the papers.
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I made it all the way
through the professional ranks
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and no
Adventist, no church member,
00:16:03.66\00:16:05.52
no health and temperance leader,
00:16:05.55\00:16:06.96
no pathfinder leader,
no stewardship leader,
00:16:06.99\00:16:10.06
no pastor, nobody ever
asked me how it was possible
00:16:10.09\00:16:15.21
that I could
advance so far in my career
00:16:15.24\00:16:17.46
and keep the Sabbath?
00:16:17.49\00:16:19.02
The topic of the
Sabbath actually never came up.
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Now I may have come up
behind the pulpit at some point.
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But I just explained to
you guys, I was a teenager
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and I was tired
and I was hungry.
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I never heard it.
00:16:28.84\00:16:30.32
But I know for sure
00:16:30.35\00:16:31.79
it never came up
in casual conversation
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with any church people.
00:16:34.32\00:16:35.93
Now everyone would
just ask me about my games
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and they would tell me
they read about me in the paper
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or they saw me on TV,
and they would encourage me.
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So naturally, I thought
00:16:45.20\00:16:47.26
these people are cheering me on,
00:16:47.29\00:16:48.98
I must be doing a
very good thing, right.
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Now I'm not blaming
anyone for my ignorance
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because that's
exactly what it was.
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I just didn't understand
the concept of the Sabbath.
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I'm giving you this
information just to say,
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that church people,
we need to figure out
00:17:02.60\00:17:05.49
when it's time
to be a cheerleader
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and when it's time
to be a prayer warrior.
00:17:07.22\00:17:09.75
Being about our
Father's business means,
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being obedient.
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It means encouraging
obedience and praying fervidly
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when people are
being disobedient.
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Anyway, no one ever
asked me how it was possible
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to have my entire career
while keeping the Sabbath
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until four years ago.
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And that simple question
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sparked an amazing
transformation in my life.
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Here is the way the story goes
and before I tell the story,
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it's every important
that I introduce two people.
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And these two people are
main characters in the story.
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So I'm gonna ask, Dr. Don Bovell
00:17:41.60\00:17:45.32
and his wife, Ann
Burnett to stand for a moment.
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And you guys get a
good look at them, okay.
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Dr. Don Bovell, he's
not the typical MD, okay.
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And we call MDs,
managers of diseases.
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So he's not the typical MD.
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He's currently trying to
put himself out of business
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and I'll tell you how.
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He's introducing his patients
to God's healthcare plan
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of preventing and
reversing lifestyle diseases.
00:18:07.43\00:18:10.46
He's been
practicing emergency medicine
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for over 24 years.
00:18:12.11\00:18:14.54
He's an amazing physician
00:18:14.57\00:18:16.05
and he's also an
outstanding preacher
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and he's also the
son of a preacher.
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Now his wife, Ann Burnett,
now I know they don't look
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much older than 20 years old,
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but they've been
married for 20 years.
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Yes, I call her Princess Anne,
because she truly exemplifies
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what it means to be
a child of the King.
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She is amazing, she is a
medical mission coordinator,
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a licensed contractor,
00:18:38.73\00:18:40.30
an outstanding
volunteer in the community.
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She is an outstanding volunteer
in the public school system.
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And she is a fulltime PE coach,
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volunteer at a
local Adventist school.
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She is also an awesome cook
00:18:53.06\00:18:54.72
and I
appreciate all those meals.
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I could go on forever,
00:18:57.64\00:18:58.67
but anyway, here is
the way my story goes.
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I came home from playing
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basketball over
season, I was sick,
00:19:02.51\00:19:04.89
I wasn't getting enough rest.
00:19:04.92\00:19:06.42
I wasn't eating
right, I wasn't being smart
00:19:06.45\00:19:09.30
and I'll go over
that a little later.
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So when I would get
home my parents would say,
00:19:11.20\00:19:14.67
"Oh, you know
what, you can just go see
00:19:14.70\00:19:16.26
Dr. Bovell and his wife.
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They will, you know, treat you
00:19:17.95\00:19:20.24
and you probably don't
have to set an appointment
00:19:20.27\00:19:23.04
just call them."
00:19:23.07\00:19:24.10
So I said, okay,
I don't know them
00:19:24.13\00:19:26.22
but I'm not feeling
well so I called them.
00:19:26.25\00:19:28.78
And lo and behold they
were just like parents said,
00:19:28.81\00:19:32.54
they were nice
and they were loving.
00:19:32.57\00:19:35.11
And the first time I called
00:19:35.14\00:19:37.63
he allowed me
to go to his office
00:19:37.66\00:19:40.14
and worked me
into the patient flow
00:19:40.17\00:19:42.23
and I got
treated like a VIP, okay.
00:19:42.26\00:19:44.77
Now this thing happened
again the following year.
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I had not talked to them
in between this interaction.
00:19:48.34\00:19:51.20
I said, thank you
very much for your help.
00:19:51.23\00:19:53.47
Came back next year home again,
00:19:53.50\00:19:55.74
I was sick, staying up late
00:19:55.77\00:19:58.01
not eating what
I should be eating.
00:19:58.04\00:19:59.52
And my mom and dad,
they said, "Hey, Grace,
00:19:59.55\00:20:03.03
go see Dr. Bovell and
his wife, they'll treat you.
00:20:03.06\00:20:05.60
And I'm thinking, I
just did that last year
00:20:05.63\00:20:07.60
and I haven't
talked to them in between,
00:20:07.63\00:20:09.39
I probably
shouldn't do that again.
00:20:09.42\00:20:11.16
But you know what,
I wasn't feeling well.
00:20:11.19\00:20:13.03
So I said, okay, I'll listen.
00:20:13.06\00:20:15.87
Children obey your
parents and the Lord, okay.
00:20:15.90\00:20:18.10
Because that simple active
obedience is what sparked this
00:20:18.13\00:20:21.23
amazing
transformation in my life.
00:20:21.26\00:20:23.19
So I said, okay, I called up
and his wife answers the phone,
00:20:23.22\00:20:25.91
and she is all bubbly and happy
00:20:25.94\00:20:27.82
and I don't know what this is.
00:20:27.85\00:20:29.40
I don't know it's--
later on I figured out,
00:20:29.43\00:20:32.46
it wasn't craziness,
00:20:32.49\00:20:33.53
it was actually the
joy of the Lord, okay.
00:20:33.56\00:20:35.83
So the two can
sometimes be confused
00:20:35.86\00:20:38.13
but this lady was
joyful, all right.
00:20:38.16\00:20:40.78
So it was an attractive quality,
00:20:40.81\00:20:43.68
second time this
happened, they called me
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.69
over to their house and said,
00:20:45.72\00:20:46.94
"Sure, just come over
he's about to go to work."
00:20:46.97\00:20:49.13
Treated me like a VIP patient.
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I heard the missionaries
say that the health message
00:20:50.96\00:20:53.25
can lead people to Christ.
00:20:53.28\00:20:54.82
This is exactly what happened
with my case, all right.
00:20:54.85\00:20:57.74
So this thing
happened three times, right.
00:20:57.77\00:21:01.46
And at this point I'm thinking,
is this getting outrageous.
00:21:01.49\00:21:04.75
I keep not calling
these people in between
00:21:04.78\00:21:07.91
and I keep only
calling when I need help.
00:21:07.94\00:21:10.55
So this seems
like I'm using them.
00:21:10.58\00:21:13.78
You guys picking up
what I'm putting down?
00:21:13.81\00:21:16.04
Okay, so I said, I have
to do something to save face.
00:21:16.07\00:21:20.64
His wife keeps
talking about going to the gym
00:21:20.67\00:21:22.56
so I will extend an invitation
to join her at the gym.
00:21:22.59\00:21:28.36
Now one more
time, Princess Anne,
00:21:28.39\00:21:29.85
please stand up.
00:21:29.88\00:21:31.60
All right, can you step
toward the middle of the isle?
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I'm putting her on the spot.
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I present to you, Barbie, okay.
00:21:37.25\00:21:41.34
Now here is what was in my mind.
00:21:41.37\00:21:44.17
I'm gonna spend time
with Barbie in the gym,
00:21:44.20\00:21:46.78
its gonna be a total waste.
00:21:46.81\00:21:48.59
Because I'm used
to hardcore workouts
00:21:48.62\00:21:50.70
and sweating and pushups
and every kind of thing that's,
00:21:50.73\00:21:53.87
you know, just down in the
trenches and she looks like
00:21:53.90\00:21:57.89
she is straight
off the rack all right.
00:21:57.92\00:22:00.45
So I'm thinking, I'm gonna go
00:22:00.48\00:22:02.82
but I'm gonna
be wasting my time.
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.21
But at least it won't look like
I'm using these people anymore.
00:22:04.24\00:22:07.16
So we went to the gym
and she invited me to her
00:22:07.19\00:22:09.49
"Strength and
Conditioning Class," all right.
00:22:09.52\00:22:11.94
She's just gotten
out of her dance class,
00:22:11.97\00:22:13.81
so I figured, this is
gonna be a walk in the park.
00:22:13.84\00:22:16.42
And you know what, I breezed
to the class and I thought,
00:22:16.45\00:22:20.23
it wasn't that
bad, that was okay.
00:22:20.26\00:22:22.38
Okay, here is the next scene
00:22:22.41\00:22:24.87
I wake up in the
morning, all right.
00:22:24.90\00:22:26.83
You guys ever heard
something called DOMS,
00:22:26.86\00:22:28.47
delayed onset
muscle soreness, right.
00:22:28.50\00:22:31.51
So I wake up the next morning
00:22:31.54\00:22:34.49
and I can't
even walk, all right.
00:22:34.52\00:22:37.14
And I drive a stick shift,
00:22:37.17\00:22:38.71
so I literally
had to lift my leg
00:22:38.74\00:22:41.44
to put it on the clutch.
00:22:41.47\00:22:43.24
And then I started
thinking to myself,
00:22:43.27\00:22:45.68
I cannot be outdone
by Barbie, all right.
00:22:45.71\00:22:48.88
We're going back
to the gym together.
00:22:48.91\00:22:50.78
We're gonna keep doing this
until I can prove myself, okay,
00:22:50.81\00:22:54.27
'cause I, I play to
win, I'm a competitor.
00:22:54.30\00:22:57.30
So here's what happened,
we started going to the gym
00:22:57.33\00:23:00.12
and after a while she
says, "Hey, you know what,
00:23:00.15\00:23:03.18
do you want to start studying
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.60
the Sabbath school
lesson together?" All right.
00:23:04.63\00:23:07.45
And now the red flags
are up because remember,
00:23:07.48\00:23:11.71
in church I was very
hungry and very tired.
00:23:11.74\00:23:14.47
And the Sabbath
school part of the service
00:23:14.50\00:23:16.77
was a very big reason for that.
00:23:16.80\00:23:18.62
That made me get
to church earlier.
00:23:18.65\00:23:20.11
So I said, you know what,
00:23:20.14\00:23:21.77
I will study this
lesson with this lady
00:23:21.80\00:23:25.20
because I'm enjoying
her company, all right.
00:23:25.23\00:23:27.82
I'm enjoying the relationship.
00:23:27.85\00:23:30.11
Now a lot of times
00:23:30.14\00:23:31.17
when you get
caught up in religion
00:23:31.20\00:23:32.46
and we forget about
00:23:32.49\00:23:33.52
the importance of relationships.
00:23:33.55\00:23:35.68
That's how you
bring people to Christ.
00:23:35.71\00:23:37.39
So the particular lesson
that we're doing at the time
00:23:37.42\00:23:40.43
was called The Christian Life.
00:23:40.46\00:23:42.27
I don't know if you
guys can remember, this
00:23:42.30\00:23:43.44
one is from 2009.
00:23:43.47\00:23:45.31
And this is how
the journey begins.
00:23:45.34\00:23:47.67
We start going through
this book and in the meantime
00:23:47.70\00:23:50.32
we're always going to the gym.
00:23:50.35\00:23:51.87
That's our regular activity
right, multiple times a week.
00:23:51.90\00:23:54.61
The first lesson in
the Sabbath school lesson
00:23:54.64\00:23:56.80
was entitled, "Love."
00:23:56.83\00:23:59.67
And I thought to
myself, I know that God is love
00:23:59.70\00:24:02.99
and this is old news.
00:24:03.02\00:24:05.29
This is exactly why
00:24:05.32\00:24:08.10
I wasn't doing this book before,
00:24:08.13\00:24:09.63
because there is
nothing in there for me.
00:24:09.66\00:24:12.00
God is love, I know that.
00:24:12.03\00:24:13.47
And the next lesson
was entitled "Faith."
00:24:13.50\00:24:16.97
And I thought to myself again,
faith without works is dead,
00:24:17.00\00:24:20.60
I know that too.
00:24:20.63\00:24:21.97
My dad's been
telling me about that, my mom
00:24:22.00\00:24:24.39
preaching that, you
know, my entire life,
00:24:24.42\00:24:26.49
I grew up in a Christian home.
00:24:26.52\00:24:28.03
So I'm going through the
emotions with this lesson.
00:24:28.06\00:24:31.29
And the next lesson was
entitled "Hope," all right.
00:24:31.32\00:24:36.70
And let me be
honest with you all,
00:24:36.73\00:24:38.65
I was hoping that it
would soon be over, okay.
00:24:38.68\00:24:42.68
But at the same time,
00:24:42.71\00:24:44.56
I'm having a
great time at the gym
00:24:44.59\00:24:46.60
and I already told you
guys, I wasn't gonna be outdone
00:24:46.63\00:24:48.76
or outlasted by Barbie, okay.
00:24:48.79\00:24:51.00
The next lesson was
entitled "Life," all right.
00:24:51.03\00:24:55.07
And I know that the Bible says,
00:24:55.10\00:24:56.61
"I have come
that you may have life
00:24:56.64\00:24:58.91
and have it more abundantly."
00:24:58.94\00:25:00.87
So once again I'm just
going through the emotions.
00:25:00.90\00:25:03.63
None of this is really
for me but I'm enjoying
00:25:03.66\00:25:06.16
the relationship
with my new friend.
00:25:06.19\00:25:08.44
So I'm gonna continue,
the next lesson was entitled,
00:25:08.47\00:25:13.34
"Revelation" and it
become one of those things again
00:25:13.37\00:25:16.02
where I'm hoping
that God reveals to me
00:25:16.05\00:25:20.25
when the end of this
lesson book is going to happen.
00:25:20.28\00:25:23.55
Because this was
taking up a lot of my time
00:25:23.58\00:25:25.82
in the mornings now, okay.
00:25:25.85\00:25:27.75
So the next lesson
was entitled "Sin."
00:25:27.78\00:25:32.24
I should have probably put this
00:25:32.27\00:25:33.47
on the biggest size
poster board available,
00:25:33.50\00:25:35.57
because sin is
a very big problem
00:25:35.60\00:25:36.85
we have in earth, right?
00:25:36.88\00:25:38.29
So sin is a very big problem,
00:25:38.32\00:25:39.55
and I know that the
wages of sin is death
00:25:39.58\00:25:41.33
and the gift of
God's eternal life.
00:25:41.36\00:25:42.74
So once again that
was no new news to me.
00:25:42.77\00:25:46.44
Now at this
point thing's changed.
00:25:46.47\00:25:50.00
The next lesson is when my
eyes started to become opened.
00:25:50.03\00:25:54.39
And my name is Grace and
I feel like my mom and dad
00:25:54.42\00:25:57.13
gave me the name Grace
for such a time is this.
00:25:57.16\00:26:00.38
Because whenever I see my name
00:26:00.41\00:26:03.49
you have my
attention, all right.
00:26:03.52\00:26:05.23
Any document that has my name
I like to research the meaning,
00:26:05.26\00:26:07.94
I like to read about
it, I like to hear about it.
00:26:07.97\00:26:10.48
The next lesson was
entitled "Grace,'' okay.
00:26:10.51\00:26:15.68
And just a little side
note, whenever you see the word
00:26:15.71\00:26:18.86
"grace" in your
Bible from now on,
00:26:18.89\00:26:20.93
I know a lot of
times we've been, you know,
00:26:20.96\00:26:23.37
conditioned to
think that grace is simply
00:26:23.40\00:26:25.88
an undeserved gift from God.
00:26:25.91\00:26:28.22
Interpret the word
"grace" as God's power, okay.
00:26:28.25\00:26:33.23
And that will change
your relationship with God
00:26:33.26\00:26:36.44
and the way you read the Bible.
00:26:36.47\00:26:37.89
So grace is God's power.
00:26:37.92\00:26:39.14
So God's power lead me to
open my eyes at this point.
00:26:39.17\00:26:43.56
And simultaneously as
the lesson was called Grace,
00:26:43.59\00:26:47.29
and I decided
this is now about me,
00:26:47.32\00:26:49.88
that's when
Princess Anne asked me,
00:26:49.91\00:26:52.38
"Hey, you know,
you're about to go overseas,
00:26:52.41\00:26:54.94
how are you gonna do all
that and keep the Sabbath?"
00:26:54.97\00:27:00.06
And I got to think it
00:27:00.09\00:27:01.30
because I had a
contract already written,
00:27:01.33\00:27:04.02
the dollar amount
was already decided.
00:27:04.05\00:27:06.79
I just had to
show up at this point.
00:27:06.82\00:27:08.43
I chose the country I
wanted to go to, okay.
00:27:08.46\00:27:12.45
She asked me this question
00:27:12.48\00:27:14.22
and I said, "You
know what, I can't."
00:27:14.25\00:27:18.37
If I'm gonna be
about my Father's business,
00:27:18.40\00:27:21.26
I can't go back over
there and play again, all right.
00:27:21.29\00:27:24.24
So the next lesson
was entitled, "Rest."
00:27:24.27\00:27:30.20
So now I have a direct message
from the Lord, Grace, Rest.
00:27:30.23\00:27:35.31
And when I got
that message, come on,
00:27:35.34\00:27:40.33
there was only
one thing left to do.
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.05
I picked up the
phone immediately,
00:27:42.08\00:27:44.37
I called my agent
and I said, game over.
00:27:44.40\00:27:48.52
It's time for me to play
for a new coach, all right.
00:27:48.55\00:27:51.91
And then he said, "Well,
are you sure about this?"
00:27:51.94\00:27:55.73
And I said, absolutely,
00:27:55.76\00:27:57.26
you don't have
to call me anymore.
00:27:57.29\00:27:58.60
If you have a job
give it to someone else
00:27:58.63\00:28:00.71
because now I'm
about to go about
00:28:00.74\00:28:02.48
my Father's business, all right.
00:28:02.51\00:28:04.58
So that was an open and shut,
00:28:04.61\00:28:05.90
there was
nothing left to decide.
00:28:05.93\00:28:08.27
There was no
agonizing over this decision,
00:28:08.30\00:28:10.64
God just said, Grace, rest,
it was simple choice to make.
00:28:10.67\00:28:15.48
Now what followed
is very interesting.
00:28:15.51\00:28:17.72
While Grace was
here on earth resting,
00:28:17.75\00:28:20.90
I started thinking,
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.97
I used to be a basketball player
00:28:23.00\00:28:24.48
while I'm here on earth.
00:28:24.51\00:28:25.57
I used to do certain
things in a certain way.
00:28:25.60\00:28:27.97
And the next lesson
was entitled, "Heaven."
00:28:28.00\00:28:31.86
So that was God just
telling me, Grace, rest,
00:28:31.89\00:28:34.80
set your sights on heaven, okay.
00:28:34.83\00:28:36.94
Stop thinking about
00:28:36.97\00:28:38.01
what you were
doing now here on earth.
00:28:38.04\00:28:40.44
So then I thought to myself,
okay, that's fine, I'll rest,
00:28:40.47\00:28:43.43
I'll set my sights on heaven.
00:28:43.46\00:28:45.02
But I used to be
a basketball player,
00:28:45.05\00:28:48.06
what do you want
me to be now, God?
00:28:48.09\00:28:50.34
Next lesson,
"Discipleship," okay.
00:28:50.37\00:28:54.52
Before you call He will answer
00:28:54.55\00:28:56.66
and while you're yet
speaking, He will hear.
00:28:56.69\00:28:59.53
So now I got
this mandate from God.
00:28:59.56\00:29:01.91
I'm gonna be a
fulltime disciple.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.80
I'm pumped up, I'm
excited about this.
00:29:03.83\00:29:06.49
But then, reality set
in I said, you know what,
00:29:06.52\00:29:09.84
when I was a basketball
player I used to get a paycheck.
00:29:09.87\00:29:12.43
I've been reading my Bible
00:29:12.46\00:29:13.97
and I hadn't heard
anything about disciples
00:29:14.00\00:29:15.75
getting a salary, okay.
00:29:15.78\00:29:17.29
So Jesus, how much do
disciples get paid, right.
00:29:17.32\00:29:21.94
And the next
lesson was entitled...
00:29:21.97\00:29:26.18
that even makes me
laugh, all right, "Stewardship."
00:29:26.21\00:29:28.80
And that was
simply God telling me
00:29:28.83\00:29:30.81
you know what, you can
keep thinking about your bills
00:29:30.84\00:29:33.59
and you can keep thinking
about your house and your car,
00:29:33.62\00:29:35.87
but none of that's yours
anyway, that is all mine.
00:29:35.90\00:29:39.06
All you have to do is
put your life into My hands
00:29:39.09\00:29:41.64
and I will handle your business,
00:29:41.67\00:29:43.56
if you're going
about My business, right?
00:29:43.59\00:29:46.05
So then I thought to myself
00:29:46.08\00:29:47.22
where am I gonna
do this, discipleship.
00:29:47.25\00:29:50.05
'Cause I'm convinced
00:29:50.08\00:29:51.11
this is my course
of work for life now
00:29:51.14\00:29:53.74
and the answer
came in the nex tlesson,
00:29:53.77\00:29:56.08
"Community."
00:29:56.11\00:29:57.15
Isn't this amazing?
00:29:57.18\00:29:58.26
It's amazing the way God speaks
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.25
when you're
listening, all right.
00:30:00.28\00:30:03.29
Community, so I decided
I'm staying right here at home
00:30:03.32\00:30:06.29
and I bought a
house in my hometown
00:30:06.32\00:30:07.70
and that worked out great.
00:30:07.73\00:30:09.16
And I got my blinders on
00:30:09.19\00:30:10.33
because God tells
me to do something
00:30:10.36\00:30:11.48
I go forward full force.
00:30:11.51\00:30:13.29
So while my blinders are on
00:30:13.32\00:30:14.68
about being home
in the community,
00:30:14.71\00:30:16.57
the next lesson was
entitled, ''Mission."
00:30:16.60\00:30:20.03
So that was God telling me,
00:30:20.06\00:30:21.45
yes, you have
work to do at home,
00:30:21.48\00:30:23.20
but at the same time
remember the Great Commission,
00:30:23.23\00:30:25.60
to go into all the
world and preach the gospel.
00:30:25.63\00:30:27.78
And since I got
that commission from God,
00:30:27.81\00:30:29.95
I've been traveling
every year on a mission trip
00:30:29.98\00:30:33.24
with the group
called "United Hands."
00:30:33.27\00:30:35.25
It's actually a
group that was started
00:30:35.28\00:30:38.20
in part by Dr.
Bovell and his wife.
00:30:38.23\00:30:40.26
We traveled to a different
country in the world every year
00:30:40.29\00:30:45.42
just to spread the gospel
through the health message.
00:30:45.45\00:30:48.03
We provide free
medical, dental and optical care
00:30:48.06\00:30:51.22
for communities in need.
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.61
And at the end of every visit
00:30:52.64\00:30:54.59
they come to me, they
come to the counseling station
00:30:54.62\00:30:56.87
where we let them know
00:30:56.90\00:30:59.26
that we want you
to be in good health.
00:30:59.29\00:31:01.72
And we gave them the
tools in order to stay healthy,
00:31:01.75\00:31:05.04
to prevent or reverse
whatever conditions they have.
00:31:05.07\00:31:08.34
And most
importantly we tell them
00:31:08.37\00:31:09.47
that God loves them.
00:31:09.50\00:31:11.00
So we meet their needs
00:31:11.03\00:31:12.83
and then we tell
them about Jesus.
00:31:12.86\00:31:15.70
We follow His example.
00:31:15.73\00:31:17.66
So what I realized is the
more I got connected to Christ
00:31:17.69\00:31:20.63
the more
connections I had in this life.
00:31:20.66\00:31:22.68
When I started looking for a job
00:31:22.71\00:31:23.94
I couldn't find
one, I had three, okay.
00:31:23.97\00:31:27.47
And I turned down
many others offers.
00:31:27.50\00:31:30.62
And here is what I learned,
I learned that the kingdom
00:31:30.65\00:31:32.50
has to be our
ultimate objective.
00:31:32.53\00:31:35.15
And as I
traveled over the years,
00:31:35.18\00:31:38.18
I have witnessed that we
are loosing sight of that.
00:31:38.21\00:31:40.98
Now I'm gonna
share a story with you
00:31:41.01\00:31:42.38
that happened
just a few months ago.
00:31:42.41\00:31:44.15
So you know that
is not just the world
00:31:44.18\00:31:47.66
that's loosing sight
of our objective, okay.
00:31:47.69\00:31:51.72
I'm gonna talk about
the Adventist Church.
00:31:51.75\00:31:53.61
I'm gonna bring
this close to home.
00:31:53.64\00:31:55.51
And this story
is gonna illustrate
00:31:55.54\00:31:57.56
why it is time to be
about our Father's business?
00:31:57.59\00:32:01.03
Amen.
00:32:01.06\00:32:02.09
Now the Be Smart team,
00:32:02.12\00:32:03.20
Dr. Bovell, his wife and myself,
00:32:03.23\00:32:05.59
we traveled to a
church in another state
00:32:05.62\00:32:07.55
and just like today,
00:32:07.58\00:32:08.73
I was asked to
share my testimony.
00:32:08.76\00:32:11.38
You know, I walked away
from professional basketball
00:32:11.41\00:32:13.43
to observe the Sabbath,
it's a simple consistent story.
00:32:13.46\00:32:16.93
But there was a catch on
this particular invitation.
00:32:16.96\00:32:20.37
The pastor of that church
told me not to make the Sabbath
00:32:20.40\00:32:25.06
a central issue or a focal point
00:32:25.09\00:32:28.45
while sharing my testimony.
00:32:28.48\00:32:30.25
Now let me repeat this
so it's clear to you, okay.
00:32:30.28\00:32:33.37
I was told not to
focus on the Sabbath,
00:32:33.40\00:32:36.20
try not to mention the Sabbath
00:32:36.23\00:32:38.49
at a Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.63
And the words of the pastor,
00:32:40.66\00:32:42.38
the Sabbath is a
very sensitive issue
00:32:42.41\00:32:45.33
and the church
is divided about it.
00:32:45.36\00:32:48.19
Now I didn't completely
understand it at the time
00:32:48.22\00:32:50.72
why I was getting this message,
but it was revealed to me later
00:32:50.75\00:32:54.34
that some of the
leaders in the church
00:32:54.37\00:32:56.09
and deep pocketed
people have their kids playing
00:32:56.12\00:32:58.82
all kinds of sports
on the Sabbath, okay.
00:32:58.85\00:33:01.61
So I was
reminded a number of times
00:33:01.64\00:33:03.38
before our arrival.
00:33:03.41\00:33:04.62
And upon our arrival
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.52
to stay away from
the topic of the Sabbath
00:33:06.55\00:33:09.83
by a Seventh-day
Adventist Pastor,
00:33:09.86\00:33:12.67
and also by the
associate pastor.
00:33:12.70\00:33:15.10
Now I never
thought I'm not that old,
00:33:15.13\00:33:17.43
I never thought
I will live this--
00:33:17.46\00:33:18.96
see the day when I would hear
00:33:18.99\00:33:21.43
that the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:33:21.46\00:33:23.36
is divided about the Sabbath.
00:33:23.39\00:33:25.74
Anyway, I just prayed
the prayer in Acts 4:29,
00:33:25.77\00:33:28.75
I said, "Now, Lord,
behold their threatenings
00:33:28.78\00:33:31.33
and grant unto thy
servants, that with all boldness
00:33:31.36\00:33:34.69
we may speak thy word"
00:33:34.72\00:33:36.40
and I went about
my Father's business.
00:33:36.43\00:33:39.81
Now this particular
church had two services
00:33:39.84\00:33:41.93
and I thought to myself well,
00:33:41.96\00:33:43.92
I'll definitely make
it past the first one
00:33:43.95\00:33:46.78
but then after
that, the Be Smart team
00:33:46.81\00:33:49.07
is gonna go have worship
back in the hotel, all right.
00:33:49.10\00:33:52.10
Well, God is good, okay.
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.35
God is good and I miraculously
made it through both services
00:33:54.38\00:33:57.94
and needless to say,
00:33:57.97\00:33:59.36
those that were
offended by the message
00:33:59.39\00:34:01.32
were those that were clearly
in violation of the message.
00:34:01.35\00:34:04.53
Now I'm just gonna
say this to you straight,
00:34:04.56\00:34:06.44
because I only know
how to speak plainly
00:34:06.47\00:34:08.64
there are a lot of
Seventh-day Adventists
00:34:08.67\00:34:10.54
that are not
keeping the Sabbath.
00:34:10.57\00:34:13.14
It may sound
harsh, but I'm gonna speak
00:34:13.17\00:34:15.52
as directly as I can to
make sure this is clear.
00:34:15.55\00:34:17.92
If we're not going
about our Father's business,
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.63
we're going about
the devil's business.
00:34:20.66\00:34:23.06
There are no two ways about it.
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.06
And we can't be
about our Father's business
00:34:25.09\00:34:27.12
if we're not being
obedient to our Father.
00:34:27.15\00:34:29.29
We can't work for Him if
we're not working with Him.
00:34:29.32\00:34:32.35
And if we're not being obedient,
00:34:32.38\00:34:33.94
we're actually
working against Him.
00:34:33.97\00:34:36.33
And you know,
this thing is actually
00:34:36.36\00:34:37.64
deeper than the Sabbath.
00:34:37.67\00:34:38.70
We have to think to ourselves,
how many Christian principles
00:34:38.73\00:34:41.69
are we not sharing
00:34:41.72\00:34:43.16
because we
ourselves are not living them?
00:34:43.19\00:34:45.69
Now think about it, the
two main points of emphasis
00:34:45.72\00:34:49.10
in this
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:34:49.13\00:34:51.34
that set us apart
from other religions
00:34:51.37\00:34:53.60
are the Sabbath
and the health message.
00:34:53.63\00:34:55.83
Do you guys agree? Absolutely.
00:34:55.86\00:34:58.50
And I've already
told you a very real story
00:34:58.53\00:35:00.86
to let you know that
the Sabbath is in danger.
00:35:00.89\00:35:04.50
Now if we take time to
look at various congregations
00:35:04.53\00:35:07.64
we're also gonna learn
that the health message
00:35:07.67\00:35:10.26
is in danger too.
00:35:10.29\00:35:12.13
We tend to save
the health message
00:35:12.16\00:35:13.86
for Health and Temperance day.
00:35:13.89\00:35:16.38
And we do this twice a
year maybe at the most.
00:35:16.41\00:35:19.90
So this is a message that is
clearly not being consistently
00:35:19.93\00:35:24.20
reinforce from
behind the pulpit.
00:35:24.23\00:35:26.75
And in order to make
real progress at the church
00:35:26.78\00:35:29.64
in order to truly be
about our Father's business,
00:35:29.67\00:35:33.22
this has to change.
00:35:33.25\00:35:35.94
We have heard so
many because we travel
00:35:35.97\00:35:37.96
all over the
United States, okay.
00:35:37.99\00:35:39.89
We have heard so
many Adventist pastors,
00:35:39.92\00:35:43.04
use this line and
maybe you've heard it also.
00:35:43.07\00:35:46.36
They say things like,
00:35:46.39\00:35:47.82
"Eating right won't
get you into heaven,"
00:35:47.85\00:35:50.01
have you guys heard that?
00:35:50.04\00:35:51.54
We've heard it.
00:35:51.57\00:35:52.69
And although everyone will agree
00:35:52.72\00:35:55.26
with that
statement, you have to admit,
00:35:55.29\00:35:57.88
it's actually very disrespectful
00:35:57.91\00:35:59.29
to the health message.
00:35:59.32\00:36:01.54
And it's actually something
that we hear far too often.
00:36:01.57\00:36:05.58
Now let me try to
put it into prospective,
00:36:05.61\00:36:07.70
you actually don't
hear preachers getting up
00:36:07.73\00:36:09.49
behind the pulpit
and saying things like,
00:36:09.52\00:36:12.83
"Returning tithe
won't get you into heaven,"
00:36:12.86\00:36:14.97
have you guys heard that?
00:36:15.00\00:36:16.37
You've never heard that,
00:36:16.40\00:36:17.76
because they know
that would be disrespectful
00:36:17.79\00:36:19.63
to the tithing message.
00:36:19.66\00:36:21.24
And they value
the tithing messages.
00:36:21.27\00:36:23.45
They respect tithing
00:36:23.48\00:36:24.54
because they
put it into practice
00:36:24.57\00:36:26.31
and they've seen the
miracles it can render.
00:36:26.34\00:36:29.36
They talk about
tithing every time
00:36:29.39\00:36:30.93
the offering
plate is passed around.
00:36:30.96\00:36:32.93
They're convinced that tithing
is not a means of salvation
00:36:32.96\00:36:37.10
but it is a powerful
testimony of obedience to God.
00:36:37.13\00:36:41.74
Now you also don't hear pastors
00:36:41.77\00:36:43.26
getting behind
the pulpit and saying,
00:36:43.29\00:36:44.80
"Community service
won't get you into heaven,"
00:36:44.83\00:36:47.18
have you guys heard that?
00:36:47.21\00:36:49.05
It's simply
because that would be
00:36:49.08\00:36:51.28
disrespectful to
community service.
00:36:51.31\00:36:53.86
And they've put
that into practice,
00:36:53.89\00:36:56.60
they've seen the
miracles that it can render.
00:36:56.63\00:36:59.43
So they talk about
community service all the time.
00:36:59.46\00:37:01.76
They talk about
visiting the sick and shedding,
00:37:01.79\00:37:03.84
distributing
literature, visiting prisons
00:37:03.87\00:37:06.68
which we could do more of.
00:37:06.71\00:37:08.17
And it's something
they're convinced of
00:37:08.20\00:37:11.20
and they know it's
not a method of salvation,
00:37:11.23\00:37:13.71
but it is a powerful
testimony and an effective tool
00:37:13.74\00:37:18.14
to leading people to Christ.
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.29
Now look, eating right
00:37:20.32\00:37:21.91
and following the health message
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.37
may not get you into
heaven, but it will ensure
00:37:23.40\00:37:26.74
that your time on
earth as a disciple
00:37:26.77\00:37:29.24
is more
productive and enjoyable.
00:37:29.27\00:37:31.91
It is a clear
indicator to the world
00:37:31.94\00:37:34.57
that you understand the
true stewardship involves
00:37:34.60\00:37:38.44
not just your time, your
talents and your treasure,
00:37:38.47\00:37:41.88
not just using those
things to glorify God,
00:37:41.91\00:37:43.89
but also your temple.
00:37:43.92\00:37:45.69
It is a method, it's
not a method of salvation,
00:37:45.72\00:37:49.27
but it is a powerful
testimony of obedience to God
00:37:49.30\00:37:54.45
and a very effective tool
in leading people in Christ.
00:37:54.48\00:37:58.04
Amen.
00:37:58.07\00:37:59.14
Now many pastors, many leaders
00:37:59.17\00:38:02.28
have not put the
health message into practice,
00:38:02.31\00:38:04.52
so they haven't seen
the miracles it can render.
00:38:04.55\00:38:08.52
And that's why they may
not respect or value it.
00:38:08.55\00:38:12.14
When is the last time,
00:38:12.17\00:38:13.32
you guys know the
principle of our rest, right?
00:38:13.35\00:38:16.27
When is the last time
you've heard a preacher
00:38:16.30\00:38:18.91
tell their congregation,
you ought to go to bed early?
00:38:18.94\00:38:23.08
It's probably
because most preachers
00:38:23.11\00:38:26.16
are staying up late, right.
00:38:26.19\00:38:28.62
And the rule is simple.
00:38:28.65\00:38:30.63
If you are not
practicing this lifestyle
00:38:30.66\00:38:33.93
then, you probably
will not preach it, okay.
00:38:33.96\00:38:37.86
So those two principles,
00:38:37.89\00:38:39.35
the Sabbath and
the health message,
00:38:39.38\00:38:41.03
they are two
gifts that God gave us
00:38:41.06\00:38:44.29
that make it so easy
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.63
to spread His message of love
and salvation and it is time
00:38:46.66\00:38:50.29
and it maybe past
time at this point,
00:38:50.32\00:38:52.43
but it's absolutely time to
be about our Father's business
00:38:52.46\00:38:56.67
and to be obedient and
start using those messages.
00:38:56.70\00:39:00.17
We need to
commit to 100% obedience
00:39:00.20\00:39:02.82
in all aspects of our lives
00:39:02.85\00:39:05.07
and understand that there
are no levels of obedience.
00:39:05.10\00:39:09.48
You're either about
your Father's business
00:39:09.51\00:39:11.56
or you're not.
00:39:11.59\00:39:13.34
People tend
to-- you know, people
00:39:13.37\00:39:16.18
who actually are not
about their Father's business
00:39:16.21\00:39:18.62
they tend to make excuses
00:39:18.65\00:39:20.22
to try to
justify their behavior.
00:39:20.25\00:39:22.43
People that are about
their Father's business
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.90
simply trust and obey,
regardless of the consequences.
00:39:24.93\00:39:30.08
Now I have guy come up to me
00:39:30.11\00:39:31.64
after I shared my testimony once
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.66
and he told me that his son was
00:39:33.69\00:39:35.15
a collegiate baseball player.
00:39:35.18\00:39:37.53
And that would be harder
for him to make the decision
00:39:37.56\00:39:40.44
to keep the
Sabbath, than it was for me,
00:39:40.47\00:39:42.62
because his son
is a 20 year old guy.
00:39:42.65\00:39:45.17
And you know,
it's different for him
00:39:45.20\00:39:47.51
and I just don't understand.
00:39:47.54\00:39:49.58
I'm here to say and
this is what I told him,
00:39:49.61\00:39:52.28
there are no
levels of obedience,
00:39:52.31\00:39:55.41
we are all ultimately
faced with the same decision.
00:39:55.44\00:39:59.11
Are we gonna be about
our Father's business or not?
00:39:59.14\00:40:03.06
Now besides following Christ
00:40:03.09\00:40:04.82
is never a matter
of giving things up.
00:40:04.85\00:40:06.62
It's simply a
matter of giving in.
00:40:06.65\00:40:09.53
Once you give into
Christ what's gonna happen is,
00:40:09.56\00:40:11.98
you're gonna willingly surrender
00:40:12.01\00:40:13.82
all the things
in your life to Him.
00:40:13.85\00:40:16.68
And a life of complete
surrender and obedience
00:40:16.71\00:40:20.21
is the most powerful testimony.
00:40:20.24\00:40:23.54
Now I used to think
that playing basketball
00:40:23.57\00:40:26.61
was my vehicle to share Christ.
00:40:26.64\00:40:28.66
But then I realized,
00:40:28.69\00:40:30.16
I was the one
driving that vehicle.
00:40:30.19\00:40:32.75
What I finally
learned was that obedience
00:40:32.78\00:40:35.52
is the most powerful vehicle,
00:40:35.55\00:40:38.81
because Jesus is the
one behind the wheel.
00:40:38.84\00:40:42.35
And I've actually
had more opportunities
00:40:42.38\00:40:44.63
to share Christ in
the last four years,
00:40:44.66\00:40:47.10
since I stopped
playing on the Sabbath
00:40:47.13\00:40:48.94
then in my
entire 15 year career.
00:40:48.97\00:40:52.59
Now fast forward to today I
look forward to the Sabbath,
00:40:52.62\00:40:55.53
I love the Sabbath,
00:40:55.56\00:40:56.59
it's the most
awesome day of the week.
00:40:56.62\00:40:59.20
But I also love the
right arm of the gospel,
00:40:59.23\00:41:02.68
I love the health message.
00:41:02.71\00:41:05.21
You heard me talk about
it a little while just now
00:41:05.24\00:41:06.88
I'm gonna little further,
I love the health message.
00:41:06.91\00:41:09.32
I don't just
love to talk about it,
00:41:09.35\00:41:11.35
I love living it
and I love the benefits.
00:41:11.38\00:41:14.73
I also love sharing it.
00:41:14.76\00:41:16.61
Now the Be Smart team,
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.21
myself Dr. Bovell and
his wife, we have repackaged
00:41:18.24\00:41:21.81
the health laws in
a very creative way.
00:41:21.84\00:41:26.43
What we've done is,
we repackaged it in a way
00:41:26.46\00:41:29.64
where we made each
health law a mission.
00:41:29.67\00:41:32.68
A mission that
you should accomplish
00:41:32.71\00:41:34.60
by the end of the day.
00:41:34.63\00:41:35.93
And when you
accomplish that mission
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.36
you kind of check
it off the list, right.
00:41:37.39\00:41:39.60
So it's a daily
accountability list.
00:41:39.63\00:41:42.17
We call it the smart chart.
00:41:42.20\00:41:43.36
Now I'll show you how it works,
00:41:43.39\00:41:44.53
but first I'm gonna go
over the principles briefly.
00:41:44.56\00:41:47.07
The B&B Smart is
for believe in God.
00:41:47.10\00:41:49.41
Your mission,
should you choose to accept
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.20
starts your day with a prayer,
spend quality time with God,
00:41:51.23\00:41:54.23
have morning devotions,
spend time in the word
00:41:54.26\00:41:56.34
and end your day with prayer.
00:41:56.37\00:41:57.89
Something we
teach children to do,
00:41:57.92\00:41:59.62
but something we often
neglect as we get older.
00:41:59.65\00:42:01.92
The E&B Smart is for
eating fruits and vegetables
00:42:01.95\00:42:04.30
and drinking water.
00:42:04.33\00:42:06.01
Your mission,
should you choose to accept
00:42:06.04\00:42:08.08
is to go for at
least seven servings
00:42:08.11\00:42:10.44
of fruits and
vegetables every single day.
00:42:10.47\00:42:12.94
And a easy way
to remember that is,
00:42:12.97\00:42:14.85
go for seven to get
ready for heaven, all right.
00:42:14.88\00:42:17.37
Because as it
was in the beginning,
00:42:17.40\00:42:18.80
so will be in the end.
00:42:18.83\00:42:19.95
So the maze we'll start
00:42:19.98\00:42:21.38
getting ready
for heaven right now
00:42:21.41\00:42:22.81
by eating the
foods that God created.
00:42:22.84\00:42:25.20
So E is for eating
fruits and vegetables
00:42:25.23\00:42:26.89
and drinking water.
00:42:26.92\00:42:28.13
Water and no soda, all right.
00:42:28.16\00:42:31.73
And we also are encouraging
people to choose the fruit
00:42:31.76\00:42:34.58
instead of the juice, all right.
00:42:34.61\00:42:37.31
Eat the fruit, the whole
fruit and nothing but the fruit,
00:42:37.34\00:42:40.26
so help you God.
00:42:40.29\00:42:42.39
And the S&B Smart
for sunshine and air.
00:42:42.42\00:42:46.84
Your mission,
should you choose to accept
00:42:46.87\00:42:48.82
is to get at least
15 minutes of sunshine
00:42:48.85\00:42:50.93
and fresh air every single day.
00:42:50.96\00:42:53.65
Now if you're darker skinned,
00:42:53.68\00:42:55.58
your need more
time in the sunlight.
00:42:55.61\00:42:58.87
80% of African Americans
are Vitamin D deficient.
00:42:58.90\00:43:03.64
70 % of Hispanic Americans
are Vitamin D deficient.
00:43:03.67\00:43:08.31
60% of White Americans
are Vitamin D deficient.
00:43:08.34\00:43:12.99
The best source for
Vitamin D is the sunshine
00:43:13.02\00:43:16.39
and God has given
this thing to us for free.
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.08
We need to get out get into
the sunshine every single day.
00:43:19.11\00:43:22.62
The M&B Smart is for moderation.
00:43:22.65\00:43:24.85
We teach the Christian
definition of moderation,
00:43:24.88\00:43:27.79
which means self
control in good things
00:43:27.82\00:43:31.06
and avoiding bad things, right.
00:43:31.09\00:43:33.93
Abstain from all evil.
00:43:33.96\00:43:35.89
So I'm not gonna limit this
to just tobacco and alcohol,
00:43:35.92\00:43:39.53
I'm gonna say we
need to abstain from foods
00:43:39.56\00:43:43.10
that are very high in
sugar, like donuts and cookies
00:43:43.13\00:43:46.75
and cakes and ice-cream.
00:43:46.78\00:43:48.94
So when we teach moderation
we don't teach children,
00:43:48.97\00:43:52.16
oh, it's okay to have
a little bit of ice-cream
00:43:52.19\00:43:54.07
after your dinner.
00:43:54.10\00:43:55.35
We teach children
00:43:55.38\00:43:56.74
replace that
ice-cream with some fruits
00:43:56.77\00:44:00.18
or something that God created.
00:44:00.21\00:44:02.89
And it's simple, we want
to put things in our body
00:44:02.92\00:44:06.63
that are good for us.
00:44:06.66\00:44:07.91
When we know
things are not good for us
00:44:07.94\00:44:09.67
because the studies have proven
that sugar causes diabetes,
00:44:09.70\00:44:12.89
contributes to
heart disease, cancer,
00:44:12.92\00:44:15.48
causes you to gain weight,
suppresses your immune system.
00:44:15.51\00:44:18.38
Things like that we don't
even want to touch, all right.
00:44:18.41\00:44:21.81
We want to eat the
foods that God made for us
00:44:21.84\00:44:24.11
that heal our
bodies and restore us.
00:44:24.14\00:44:26.91
The A&B Smart is
for action, all right.
00:44:26.94\00:44:29.50
"A" is for action for
adults 30 minutes a day, okay.
00:44:29.53\00:44:33.86
For children,
we're talking about
00:44:33.89\00:44:36.40
actually 60
minutes a day minimum.
00:44:36.43\00:44:39.15
Now I want you guys to
take one minute with me, okay.
00:44:39.18\00:44:42.74
Everybody standup, all right,
we've been sitting long enough
00:44:42.77\00:44:45.97
and that's not healthy
sitting down for so long.
00:44:46.00\00:44:48.37
And here is what we're
gonna do for 60 seconds.
00:44:48.40\00:44:50.60
I want you guys
to do this activity,
00:44:50.63\00:44:52.01
it's very simple, all right.
00:44:52.04\00:44:53.64
You're sitting in your
chairs, all you're gonna do is,
00:44:53.67\00:44:56.28
touch your bottom down to
your chair and get back up.
00:44:56.31\00:44:58.74
Touch your bottom down to
your chair and get back up.
00:44:58.77\00:45:00.82
Try not to use your arm,
if you have to that's fine.
00:45:00.85\00:45:03.03
Ready set go,
keep going, 60 seconds,
00:45:03.06\00:45:05.61
if you're at home and
you are watching this,
00:45:05.64\00:45:07.25
get up from your couch and
just touch down and get up.
00:45:07.28\00:45:10.63
And right now we're
looking great, this looks like
00:45:10.66\00:45:12.68
a popcorn machine in full blast.
00:45:12.71\00:45:15.53
So far so good, but you're only
12 seconds into it, all right.
00:45:15.56\00:45:19.88
We're gonna keep
doing this for 60 seconds,
00:45:19.91\00:45:21.82
come on, keep going.
00:45:21.85\00:45:22.98
The doctor up here is
working in double time,
00:45:23.01\00:45:25.88
he is on a mission.
00:45:25.91\00:45:27.17
We're 23 seconds
into this right now.
00:45:27.20\00:45:29.64
Keep going, we have
to get the 60 seconds,
00:45:29.67\00:45:31.48
that's our goal right now.
00:45:31.51\00:45:33.06
We're trying to get
fit for the kingdom,
00:45:33.09\00:45:34.65
not just
spiritually but also physically.
00:45:34.68\00:45:37.12
All right you're half way there,
00:45:37.15\00:45:38.72
we have 25 more seconds to go.
00:45:38.75\00:45:42.04
The popcorn
machine is slowing down.
00:45:42.07\00:45:44.66
It seems like, it's
almost time to eat the popcorn.
00:45:44.69\00:45:47.89
All right, 20-- 15 more
seconds to go, keep going.
00:45:47.92\00:45:50.88
Some of you guys are
getting a deep squat there,
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.79
your heart rates
getting up, you're feeling good.
00:45:52.82\00:45:54.80
Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four,
00:45:54.83\00:46:00.39
three, two, you may be seated.
00:46:00.42\00:46:03.22
I chose that activity
to prove a simple point,
00:46:07.19\00:46:10.60
exercise makes
you happy, all right.
00:46:10.63\00:46:14.77
This is as joyful
as this room has been
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.68
as long as I've been up here,
00:46:16.71\00:46:17.74
I should have done
this at the beginning.
00:46:17.77\00:46:20.01
Exercise actually increases
your body's level of serotonin,
00:46:20.04\00:46:23.89
the body's
natural happy hormone.
00:46:23.92\00:46:25.97
So God gave us these
things so we can be happy.
00:46:26.00\00:46:28.97
He gave us these health laws.
00:46:29.00\00:46:30.73
So exercise 30 minutes a day
00:46:30.76\00:46:32.72
and exercise actually
lowers your blood pressure
00:46:32.75\00:46:35.91
more
effectively than medication.
00:46:35.94\00:46:38.86
But just like medication
00:46:38.89\00:46:39.92
you got to do
it every day, okay.
00:46:39.95\00:46:41.86
And obviously,
we advocate resting
00:46:41.89\00:46:43.35
one day on the Sabbath.
00:46:43.38\00:46:45.52
"R" is for rest.
00:46:45.55\00:46:47.27
Rest, it means
being in bed by 10 o'clock
00:46:47.30\00:46:50.25
every single night, okay.
00:46:50.28\00:46:52.29
And that something we have to do
00:46:52.32\00:46:53.98
if we want to be
effective witnesses the next day
00:46:54.01\00:46:57.18
that are awake, alert and happy.
00:46:57.21\00:46:59.51
Going to bed on
time improves your mood.
00:46:59.54\00:47:01.64
The T&B smart
is for tell others.
00:47:01.67\00:47:04.21
It's a very powerful
principle that is a reflex
00:47:04.24\00:47:07.56
if you're living this way.
00:47:07.59\00:47:09.65
Tell others,
share Jesus every day,
00:47:09.68\00:47:13.61
everywhere you go
all around the world,
00:47:13.64\00:47:15.97
in your home, outside
your home, share Jesus.
00:47:16.00\00:47:19.36
And the "T" is also for TV time,
00:47:19.39\00:47:21.16
limiting your TV time
00:47:21.19\00:47:22.57
to one hour or less
of quality television.
00:47:22.60\00:47:25.45
And if you're
watching this right now,
00:47:25.48\00:47:26.92
this is quality television.
00:47:26.95\00:47:31.50
You know, when
we explain Be Smart,
00:47:31.53\00:47:33.50
we tell people
to go for the goal.
00:47:33.53\00:47:35.23
Don't just try to work on
one thing, work on everything.
00:47:35.26\00:47:38.05
God's working on
our entire being, okay.
00:47:38.08\00:47:40.30
So work on
everything and go for the goal.
00:47:40.33\00:47:42.47
And what we've actually done is,
00:47:42.50\00:47:44.09
we've come up
with a creative way
00:47:44.12\00:47:46.38
to package this program
00:47:46.41\00:47:47.69
and present it to
the public school system.
00:47:47.72\00:47:50.36
Now the B&B smart is
actually for believing God
00:47:50.39\00:47:53.37
but in order to get this program
00:47:53.40\00:47:54.71
at the public
schools, the B&B smart become
00:47:54.74\00:47:57.30
brush your teeth and bathe.
00:47:57.33\00:47:59.87
And you know what, we
have parents thanking us
00:47:59.90\00:48:02.30
everyday about
this. Because apparently,
00:48:02.33\00:48:04.93
these are things
kids don't like to do.
00:48:04.96\00:48:06.38
So their missions are to brush
their teeth in the morning,
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.65
brush their teeth before bedtime
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.53
and bathe before bedtime.
00:48:10.56\00:48:11.78
So we devised something
called a smart chart, okay.
00:48:11.81\00:48:15.00
And I'm gonna repose
that if this simple chart
00:48:15.03\00:48:18.58
and actually the kids
get it, it looks like this.
00:48:18.61\00:48:21.63
It's in the form of a paper
00:48:21.66\00:48:24.73
that they fill out
everyday at school.
00:48:24.76\00:48:27.18
This simple paper, we have
seen this paper revolutionize
00:48:27.21\00:48:31.81
the lives of adults.
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.36
It holds them accountable
for their daily actions.
00:48:33.39\00:48:36.53
We host free exercise
classes for our local community,
00:48:36.56\00:48:39.91
four times a week, okay.
00:48:39.94\00:48:42.37
And it also
involves a game night
00:48:42.40\00:48:45.62
for the young
people, where we incorporate
00:48:45.65\00:48:47.66
a spiritual lesson at half time.
00:48:47.69\00:48:49.88
And we've been
teaching these principles
00:48:49.91\00:48:52.01
and we've had people
00:48:52.04\00:48:53.07
filling out their
smart charts, okay.
00:48:53.10\00:48:55.11
We've seen
people loose 30 pounds,
00:48:55.14\00:48:56.99
45 pounds more sometimes.
00:48:57.02\00:48:59.13
We've seen people
reduce their medications,
00:48:59.16\00:49:01.92
get off of their medications.
00:49:01.95\00:49:03.54
We've seen people
experiencing the abundant life
00:49:03.57\00:49:06.89
that Jesus talks about
based on simply following
00:49:06.92\00:49:10.70
His health principles
that He's given for free.
00:49:10.73\00:49:13.72
If we could get this paper,
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.54
this smart chart
in the more schools,
00:49:15.57\00:49:17.58
we have seen how powerful it is,
00:49:17.61\00:49:19.70
it can revolutionized
the health of America.
00:49:19.73\00:49:23.50
Because it's
something as simple as
00:49:23.53\00:49:25.52
holding people
accountable for their actions
00:49:25.55\00:49:27.83
and letting them know
that it is important to us
00:49:27.86\00:49:31.27
that they do
these things, all right.
00:49:31.30\00:49:33.12
We all need encouragement,
we all need reinforcement.
00:49:33.15\00:49:36.73
So we all want to encourage
each other to be smart,
00:49:36.76\00:49:40.45
Be Smart it's time to
start as good for your brain
00:49:40.48\00:49:42.79
and good for
your heart, all right.
00:49:42.82\00:49:44.80
And if you wanted more
information about our program,
00:49:44.83\00:49:47.70
you can go on our
website it's www.besmart365.com,
00:49:47.73\00:49:54.52
www.besmart365.com
00:49:54.55\00:49:59.96
and you can learn
more about our program
00:49:59.99\00:50:02.32
and how we're trying to
get this in the public schools
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and the health
principles that we promote
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that are absolutely not from us,
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that are from God.
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Now I'm gonna close with a story
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that just is gonna bring this
whole thing into perspective
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and let us know that truly
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it is time to be
about our Father's business.
00:50:16.91\00:50:19.88
Because if we're
doing anything here on earth
00:50:19.91\00:50:22.93
that's selfishly
motivated or is about us,
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we are working in vain.
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Now here is the
way the story goes,
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for the last
four years I've been
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a physical education teacher
at the elementary school level.
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Now in the upcoming year,
I'll be a kindergarten teacher.
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I'm excited about that.
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I love kids and five year olds
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are the best thing that
ever happened to planet earth.
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God made them cute
for a reason, all right.
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'Cause when they
start acting crazy,
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oh, they're so cute, all right.
00:50:49.69\00:50:51.82
It's softens your heart.
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So anyway, pray for
me on that adventure.
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Well, every
year in my PE classes
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I used to teach a
basketball unit, all right.
00:50:59.18\00:51:01.36
So when the
kids see me you know,
00:51:01.39\00:51:03.22
going between my
legs and crossing over
00:51:03.25\00:51:04.84
and making all the shots.
00:51:04.87\00:51:06.23
Well, the goals are
only 8 feet tall, right.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.14
When they see me
making all these shots
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and I asked them at
the end of this unit,
00:51:10.50\00:51:13.18
hey, do you guys know
00:51:13.21\00:51:14.24
who the greatest
basketball player
00:51:14.27\00:51:16.01
that ever played the game was?
00:51:16.04\00:51:18.18
These five year
olds, they tell me that
00:51:18.21\00:51:20.25
I'm the greatest
basketball player ever.
00:51:20.28\00:51:23.03
And you know, it's flattering
but I like to consider myself
00:51:23.06\00:51:27.09
to be a pretty honest person.
00:51:27.12\00:51:28.24
So I have to
break the news to them
00:51:28.27\00:51:30.08
and I told them you know what,
00:51:30.11\00:51:31.64
I appreciate you saying that,
00:51:31.67\00:51:33.58
but it's not me guess again.
00:51:33.61\00:51:35.77
And on one occasion I
had a kid raise his hand,
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oh, I know, I
know, I know, I know.
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Okay, who is the
greatest basketball player ever?
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Michael Jackson.
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So I thought to myself,
really? Michael Jackson?
00:51:48.92\00:51:51.52
So I said, listen
you're half way there,
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you got the Michael
part right, Michael Jordan,
00:51:53.72\00:51:57.49
and these kids look up
to me and they said, who?
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All right.
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Keep this in mind,
a few years from now
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if what you're not doing is
about your Father's business
00:52:09.44\00:52:13.39
no one will
remember who you are.
00:52:13.42\00:52:17.25
No one will
remember what you've done.
00:52:17.28\00:52:20.35
Five year olds growing up today,
00:52:20.38\00:52:22.09
they don't know
who Michael Jordan is
00:52:22.12\00:52:24.13
and he won, what
six championships,
00:52:24.16\00:52:26.48
leading scorer here,
leading scorer there.
00:52:26.51\00:52:28.55
and to be honest,
00:52:28.58\00:52:30.07
if I had not been
invited to appear here today
00:52:30.10\00:52:32.42
you wouldn't know
who I was either, okay.
00:52:32.45\00:52:35.70
So I'm saying this
and I told you that story
00:52:35.73\00:52:39.29
to simply
illustrate that it's time to be
00:52:39.32\00:52:42.16
about our Father's business.
00:52:42.19\00:52:44.02
Because if we choose
to be obedient to Him
00:52:44.05\00:52:47.90
and I'm equating being
about our Father's business
00:52:47.93\00:52:50.48
to being obedient, okay.
00:52:50.51\00:52:52.63
And if we choose
to be obedient to God
00:52:52.66\00:52:55.85
we will be remembered by the one
00:52:55.88\00:52:58.26
that matters the most.
00:52:58.29\00:52:59.85
My Bible tells
me in Hebrews 6:10,
00:52:59.88\00:53:02.13
"God is not unjust, he
will not forget your work
00:53:02.16\00:53:06.14
and the love you have shown him
00:53:06.17\00:53:08.18
as you have helped His people
and continue to help them."
00:53:08.21\00:53:13.65
So everybody at ASI
today, two things Be Smart,
00:53:13.68\00:53:17.70
Be Smart it's
time to start, right.
00:53:17.73\00:53:20.45
Second thing, it is time to
be about our Father's business.
00:53:20.48\00:53:26.99
Dear, Lord, thank you for
the opportunity once again
00:53:27.02\00:53:29.20
that You have given
me to share my testimony.
00:53:29.23\00:53:31.83
And just thank You
for the, the motivation
00:53:31.86\00:53:34.75
that I know that You
have already given us
00:53:34.78\00:53:37.82
and I ask that you
please just allow us to continue
00:53:37.85\00:53:40.96
to encourage each other
as we're on this journey,
00:53:40.99\00:53:44.63
this journey to
spread Your message.
00:53:44.66\00:53:48.09
Please help us to all
remember and continue to utilize
00:53:48.12\00:53:51.77
the tools that You've given
us to make this so easy for us.
00:53:51.80\00:53:55.31
Help us to be a
obedient to Your word,
00:53:55.34\00:53:57.53
help us to always
just strive to please You.
00:53:57.56\00:54:01.41
All these things I
ask in Your name. Amen.
00:54:01.44\00:54:03.39
Amen.
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