Participants: John Lomacang
Series Code: 13SCM
Program Code: 13SCM000022
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00:31 Hello and welcome once again to 3ABN Camp Meeting.
00:34 This is 2013. 00:37 And we've been having a wonderful time, and this is 00:40 actually the last sermon for the whole week. 00:43 What are you all thinking? It's good and bad, right? 00:46 We're kind of tired but wow! We just keep being fed 00:48 all the time so we keep coming back to the till 00:51 and getting filled up. 00:53 And praise the Lord for the folk that... The music we've 00:56 been having, for Bro. Dwight, Steven Bohr. 00:59 In just a little bit Pastor John Lomacang 01:02 will be here and we praise the Lord for him. 01:05 And I just want to thank you again, all of you, 01:08 for your love and your prayers and financial support of 3ABN 01:12 as we continue to take this gospel of the kingdom 01:15 into all the world. E. T. Everett was down... David 01:19 and E. T. went down to the funeral of Ladye Love Smith... 01:22 her father passed away and she texted me just a little bit 01:25 ago and said: "Thank the Lord for great technology. 01:29 I'm in the car on my iPad 01:31 watching 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting. Isn't that amazing? " 01:34 So if you're in certain areas where they have the Internet 01:37 you can be driving down the road. Eventually 01:39 that'll be happening with broadband all across the nation. 01:43 So praise the Lord for technology 01:45 in the time that we have to continue to be a part 01:49 of the Lord's work. So what we're going to do now: 01:52 we're going to ask Sr. Yvonne Lewis to come out. 01:55 For those of you that don't know Yvonne 01:56 she's the manager of Dare to Dream Network 01:59 and you hopefully heard her testimony today 02:02 that God has brought her from the world of music. 02:05 Raised a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. 02:07 Left the church for a number of years. 02:09 Sang with Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack, Luther Vandross. 02:13 She was a jingle singer that did a lot of commercials 02:16 you've heard on the radio. 02:17 Pepsi and Diet Coke, Pizza Hut, Meow Meow Cat Chow... 02:22 you name it, she's done it all. 02:24 Folger's Coffee... and did a lot of those things. 02:28 But sang in the world and then a number of years ago 02:31 somehow she walked into C.A. Murray's church 02:34 or met C.A. Murray. Through that relationship 02:37 she gave her heart to the Lord, was baptized, 02:40 and has been living for Jesus ever since. 02:42 And we feel blessed that you are here 02:44 and you have taken this position of Dare to Dream Manager. 02:48 And we appreciate your music. 02:50 What are you singing for us tonight? 02:52 Just Once More. Right after Dr. Yvonne Lewis 02:55 sings the next voice you will hear is our own pastor. 03:00 And I don't want to say this with any kind of pride 03:02 but with love: our own pastor John Lomacang. 03:27 Here I am again. 03:31 I'm on my knees again. 03:37 But these are different tears 03:40 from a brand new set of scars. 03:44 Now they may look the same 03:48 but these are not the same. 03:53 These are dirty tears 03:56 so I can't see where You are. 04:01 But I pray You'll understand 04:04 and I pray You'll take my hand 04:09 and I pray there's still a place 04:12 in the shelter of Your grace. 04:16 I know I don't deserve another chance... 04:23 But I'm sorry. 04:26 I blew it. 04:28 I failed You once again. 04:32 All the things I said I was 04:36 I haven't been. 04:38 And I know that 04:42 You've heard this 04:44 a million times before... 04:49 but I need You to forgive me 04:54 just once more. 04:56 Oh, I need You to forgive me. 05:03 Now I made promises, 05:07 lots of promises 05:12 tied with ropes of sand 05:16 for they never last for long. 05:19 And I'm ashamed to ask 05:23 but I've just gotta ask: 05:27 "Oh Lord, may I start again? 05:32 Will You carry me back home? 05:36 Will You look beyond the sin 05:39 to the helpless fool within? 05:44 Can You take what I've abused 05:47 and make from it a vessel You can use? 05:52 I admit I don't deserve 05:55 another chance. " 05:59 Oh, but I'm sorry. 06:02 I blew it. 06:04 I failed You once again. 06:08 All the things I said I was 06:11 I haven't been. 06:15 And I know that 06:18 You've heard this 06:21 a million times before 06:26 but I need you to forgive me 06:30 just once more. 06:33 Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo 06:38 Can You look beyond the sin 06:41 to this helpless fool within? 06:46 Can You take what I've abused 06:49 and make from it a vessel You can use? 06:54 I agree I don't deserve 06:57 another chance. 07:01 Oh, but I'm sorry. 07:04 I blew it. 07:06 I failed You once again. 07:10 All the things I said I was 07:13 I haven't been. 07:17 And I know that 07:20 You've heard this 07:23 a million times before 07:29 but I need You to forgive me 07:32 just once more. 07:34 I said I need You to forgive me 07:40 just once more. 07:43 Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo... 07:48 Lord, I need You to forgive me 07:55 just once 07:58 more. 08:06 Ooo-ooo 08:10 ooo. 08:19 Amen! 08:25 Isn't that a wonderful song? Amen! 08:28 Rather than just being a wonderful song 08:30 I hope you heard the message: 08:32 forgive me just once more. 08:35 Thank you, Yvonne. We're kind of like brother and sister. 08:40 My wife and Yvonne are really very fond of each other. 08:44 We go back a ways. Her father was my principal. 08:47 He whipped me a few times when I was a young man. 08:51 And one day I saw him when we visited with him 08:54 years later, and he said: "Lomacang, 08:56 I own some of that success. " 09:00 But it's so good to know that whenever God calls 09:03 on His people like He has called on Yvonne 09:06 and as He's calling on every one of us 09:09 one day 09:12 the final invitation to accept Jesus 09:16 will be extended. 09:18 One day the final baptism will have been performed. 09:24 One day the doors of the ark of safety are going to be closed. 09:29 So God has given us this time that we now have 09:32 for Him to forgive us just once more. 09:35 Thank you again, Yvonne, for that song. 09:38 The message tonight is entitled Get Ready. 09:41 I'd like you to say that with me. 09:42 Get Ready. Get Ready. 09:46 Let us pray. 09:49 Heavenly Father, this opportunity has been given 09:51 by You for Your glory. 09:56 Send Your Holy Spirit now to speak through me. 10:00 In Jesus' name, Amen. 10:05 Revelation 19 verse 7 is where we find 10:09 our text of consideration tonight. Revelation 19:7. 10:14 The Bible says: "Let us be glad and rejoice 10:19 and give Him glory for the marriage of the Lamb has come 10:23 and His wife has made herself ready. " 10:29 One of the blessings of being the last speaker 10:32 is that people remember you for what you said 10:36 but one of the challenges is you get the least amount of time 10:39 to preach. And so since I'm from New York 10:44 I want you to listen like a New Yorker 10:47 'cause I'm going to preach like a New Yorker. 10:50 That means if you miss anything I've said 10:52 get the DVD and slow it down. 10:56 You know, the word "get ready" is hardly 11:00 words that could be qualified as a sentence. 11:03 Yet those words have been used time and time again 11:08 in response to one scenario or another. 11:11 When I was growing up in New York City we used to go 11:13 to Camp Meeting at Victory Lake Camp Meeting 11:15 upstate New York in Poughkeepsie, New York, 11:17 I remember on Sabbath morning my mother would come to our 11:20 bed and say: "Wake up and get ready. " 11:25 And we knew exactly what she meant 11:28 because following "get ready" she would say: "If you're not 11:31 ready I'm leaving. " 11:33 And we looked forward to Camp Meeting. 11:35 But there's something else that we need to look forward to 11:38 more than Camp Meeting, and that is the coming of the Lord. 11:40 What do you say? Amen! 11:43 "Get ready" are also valuable words. 11:45 One would hardly think that these two words could make 11:49 such an impact as Michael Buffer thought they could. 11:54 He included these two words - "get ready" - at the heart 11:57 of his announcement: "Let's get ready to... " 12:00 And you've heard that phrase before. 12:02 And to this day he has grossed more than 12:06 four hundred million dollars just saying "Get ready. " 12:11 An amazing accomplishment. 12:16 When storms are coming meteorologists tell us 12:19 how to get ready. 12:21 When Christmas is coming advertisers remind us 12:25 to get ready. 12:27 And if you've come from the world that I used to live in - 12:30 I was a disc jockey in New York City, 12:31 I had all kinds of records - 12:33 if you came from that kind of world you might remember 12:36 that when the train is approaching the station 12:38 you can almost hear the song playing in your mind 12:41 "People get ready... there's a train a comin'. " 12:46 Get ready also brings with it a change of attitude. 12:50 Consider the following: 12:52 People that get ready for vacation have a happy attitude. 12:56 People that get ready to fight display a mean attitude. 13:00 When people get ready to lie they have a shifty and restless 13:04 attitude. When hungry people get ready to eat, the eyes 13:08 widen, the tongue salivates, and the stomach begins to say 13:13 "I'm ready. " Isn't that right? 13:15 When women get ready to shop for clothes and shoes that they 13:19 like they get a new attitude. 13:22 When men get ready to shop at their favorite gadget store 13:25 and the wife is not with them they get a relaxed attitude 13:29 and a sense of "I'm free... finally I'm free. " 13:33 But no matter what you get ready to do or what you get 13:36 ready for, you attitude will adjust to match that scenario. 13:42 Thus the wise man says: "For as he thinks in his heart 13:47 so is he. " 13:51 Some have asked their children the following questions: 13:55 "How are you going to get ready for church with that kind 13:58 of attitude? " 13:59 "You can't get ready for college with those grades. " 14:02 "How are you going to get ready for marriage without a job? " 14:06 Getting ready requires a change. 14:09 Two words of urgency: "Get ready: there's a storm coming. " 14:14 To get ready means that consideration of the event 14:19 will determine how we get ready. 14:22 Follow me carefully. 14:23 In the consideration of the event there are three responses 14:28 that will manifest themselves. 14:30 How many responses did I say? 14:33 Three. And here they are. 14:35 There will be an emotional component. 14:38 When we are getting ready our feelings about the event 14:42 will be manifested. 14:43 When we are getting ready there will be a cognitive component: 14:47 the thoughts and the beliefs about the event 14:51 will be manifested. 14:52 And finally, there will be a belief component: 14:55 how the event influences our behavior. 15:00 When I was sitting down today putting the final touches 15:04 on my sermon I thought to myself... 15:06 I said: "With all the knowledge that God has given us 15:09 about end-time events we should be the most alert 15:14 Christian movement on the planet. " Amen! 15:17 Amen? Amen! I mean, we could actually not in a boastful way 15:21 but in a very accurate way we can begin to 15:24 predict events that are going to transpire on this planet. 15:28 In politics, in religion, 15:31 in the Vatican, in the world, in morality... 15:36 with all that God has told us we ought to be the most 15:39 alert Christian movement on the planet. 15:43 Among all the other movements we ought to be the people 15:45 that are ready. What do you say? 15:47 When Paul speaks of that sudden destruction 15:50 that will take the world by storm he says to us 15:52 in I Thessalonians chapter 5 and verse 6... 15:56 You can turn there but I'll read it. 15:58 "Therefore let us not sleep as others do but let us 16:02 watch and be sober. " 16:04 In other words he says in that statement 16:07 "Let's get ready. " 16:11 In Testimonies volume 8 Ellen White says... 16:13 I thank God for the inspiration that He's given us 16:17 through Ellen White. What do you say? 16:18 Amen. I mean, you can read her writings 16:20 and find out what the newspapers are going to write two years 16:23 from now. Am I right? 16:27 Testimonies volume 8 page 27 and 28 she writes about the 16:31 condition of the world today. 16:33 She says: "Transgression has almost reached its limit. 16:38 Confusion fills the world 16:41 and a great terror is soon to break upon human beings. 16:45 The end is near. " And listen to this: 16:48 "We who know the truth 16:51 should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world 16:56 as an overwhelming surprise. " 17:00 In other words, she's saying that we ought to be ready. 17:03 We ought to get ready. As a matter of fact, 17:06 we should have been ready a long time ago. Amen for that? 17:09 Every time a Camp Meeting ends we go back home and say 17:12 "We ought to get ready. " And I'm asking myself 17:14 the question: "At what point if we're continuing to just 17:17 get ready, at what point will we BE ready? " 17:21 Whenever my wife and I go on vacation 17:23 we get ready but there's a point that we ARE ready. 17:26 When we celebrate our anniversary we get ready - 17:29 we've been waiting 30 years for this one - 17:31 and we hardly had any plans. 17:34 We just decided all that we needed to do 17:37 for our 30th anniversary was just spend time together. 17:39 Amen somebody. 17:41 We had done it all. 17:43 We took two suits down with us to Nashville 17:45 and I took a nice suit and my wife took a nice outfit. 17:49 And we planned on dressing up together. 17:52 And when we got to our destination she said: 17:55 "Now why are we dressing? For what? 17:58 I'm not... To impress you? For you to impress me? 18:01 We know we can dress. Let's just have fun together. " 18:04 Amen? We had waited 30 years 18:08 and made absolutely no plans 18:09 but just spend some time together. 18:12 And we had a good time. 18:14 Every time I write on a CD or a book I always put this text. 18:19 Paul the apostle taps us on the shoulder 18:22 in Romans chapter 13 and verse 11 and he says to us: 18:25 "And that knowing the time 18:28 that now it is high time 18:32 to awake out of sleep for now our salvation 18:35 is nearer than when we believed. " 18:38 The New King James version says: "Nearer than when 18:40 we FIRST believed. " 18:42 I go back and think of the many years - 18:45 26 years now as a pastor, 30 years as a husband - 18:49 and I'd like to think that we are closer to the coming of 18:52 Jesus now than we were 26 years ago. What do you say? 18:55 Amen! I look at the world events around us... 18:58 This new pope that has just been inaugurated - if I can use 19:02 that phrase. I sat in my living room stunned by 19:05 the phrase habemus papam: "We have a pope. " 19:10 The first openly Jesuit pope to enter that seat. 19:14 Knowing and understanding what the Jesuits stand for 19:16 I said to myself "Lord have mercy. 19:18 The people of God ought to be awake now more than ever 19:21 before. " Amen! 19:23 I still believe in preaching prophecy. What do you say? 19:25 I still believe in talking about the movements that are coming. 19:28 Whether it's in the Vatican; whether it's in apostate 19:31 Protestantism; whether it's in the world, the people of God 19:34 have been given a message that we've got to be faithful 19:37 and continue to preach. Amen! 19:39 Knowing the time... that now "it is HIGH time 19:43 to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation 19:46 nearer than when we first believed. " 19:48 Ellen White says that Satan is intensely working 19:51 to create an indifference among the remnant. 19:55 He wants the people of God to know the message 19:58 to ignore the message 20:00 and believe that their safety is in knowing the message 20:03 rather than getting ready for what the message prognosticates 20:07 is on the horizon. 20:09 I read this quotation and I thought to myself: 20:11 "Should I read that? Maybe I should? Maybe I shouldn't. " 20:14 And the Lord impressed me: "Put it in there just in case 20:17 you want to read it. " So I'm going to read it. 20:18 Are you ready? Amen. And the reason I'm going to read this 20:21 is because it uses a word that we don't normally hear 20:24 used in the pulpit. But Ellen White puts this in 20:27 the context I believe that really has an urgency. 20:29 She says... Early Writings page 118. 20:33 She says: "I saw that the remnant were not preparing 20:37 for what is coming upon the earth. " 20:40 And then she says: "Stupidity like lethargy 20:45 seems to hang upon the minds of most of those who profess 20:51 to believe that we are having the last message. " 20:57 And then she says: "My accompanying angel 20:59 cried out with an awful solemnity: 'Get ready, 21:02 get ready, get ready, for the fierce anger of the Lord 21:06 is soon to come. ' " 21:08 I believe this last message. What about you? Amen! 21:10 If you believe it, there ought to be a cognitive response, 21:15 an emotional response, a behavioral response. 21:19 We ought to not just believe it 21:22 or have a feeling about it, it ought to change the way 21:25 we live as Seventh-day Adventists. 21:29 Not just internal but external. 21:34 And if you have more interest for temporal things than for 21:37 eternal things you are suffering from lethargy. 21:41 I always wonder how people come to church 21:45 and want to rush home before the sermon ends 21:48 and expect to be in heaven and have Jesus on a timeclock. 21:55 If some of them were allowed to go to heaven, you'll hear 21:57 all these 12 o'clock rings going off 22:01 right in the midst of Jesus' sermon. 22:05 If you can't spend a thoughtful day in the presence of your 22:08 brothers and sisters in fellow- ship when the Sabbath comes, 22:12 then you are suffering from lethargy. 22:15 If you cannot fathom the thought 22:19 of somebody possibly preaching for two hours, 22:25 a good sermon... 22:28 And by the way, what qualifies it as good 22:32 is that it comes from the Word of God. Amen! 22:36 If C.D. Brooks preached for two hours... I'll be right here! 22:39 There'll be people that just get up in the midst of 22:41 Elder Brooks' sermon and say: I've got to go home; 22:43 I'm tired. " I always say to people: 22:45 "Tell that to your employer on Monday morning. 22:47 'I'm not coming in. ' Why? 'I'm tired. ' " 22:52 If spiritual things are on the lower end of your scale, 22:56 then you are suffering from lethargy. 22:58 I remember growing up my father would make us - 23:01 and I say make us - write out the multiplication 23:03 tables from 1 to 12. My sister hated that. 23:06 Every time she had to write it down she'd throw it 23:08 behind the subway steps. 23:10 That means they're the basement steps. 23:12 She'd ball it up and throw it behind the basement step. 23:14 And my dad didn't know that until one day he had to go clean 23:17 down in the basement. There were balls and balls 23:19 of white paper. All my sister's papers. 23:22 She balled up the multiplication tables 23:24 and then threw them behind the steps. 23:26 But he kept on pushing at us and today I can recite 23:29 the multiplication tables back and front. 23:33 My point is this: if you don't have interest in spiritual 23:36 things, you've got to be determined to make spiritual 23:39 things your focus until your mind develops 23:43 an interest for spiritual things. 23:46 You've got to pray the prayer that David prayed: 23:49 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, 23:52 and renew a right spirit within me. " 23:56 Another reason that we ought to get ready is that it's later 23:59 than it's ever been before 24:01 and God is not going to allow sin to go on indefinitely. 24:06 I was just really troubled and I'm going to keep talking about 24:09 this until they pass a law and then I'm going to keep 24:12 talking about it. 24:14 Every time I hear that another state introduces gay marriage 24:18 it lets me know that we are coming to the end of time. Amen! 24:21 Am I telling the truth? Yes! 24:23 In some parts of the world I'd of been just arrested. 24:26 That's all right. Maybe there's somebody in jail 24:28 that needs to hear that message. Amen! 24:30 But the people of God ought not fear what men can do 24:33 to them but ought to take upon their shoulders 24:36 the responsibility of preaching the truth, 24:39 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 24:41 Every time I hear... And it's almost like there's a parade 24:45 or there are people applauding every time. "Hey France 24:48 just passed. " "Ohio just passed. " 24:51 "Washington, D.C. just had their first. " 24:53 And people say: "Oh, great, we're becoming open-minded. " 24:57 Well, when it comes to gay marriage my mind is closed. 25:00 Amen? When it comes to the Sabbath my mind is closed. 25:04 When it comes to the truth about the 2nd coming of Christ 25:08 my mind is closed. 25:09 As Elder Brooks says: "There are some people that say 25:12 why don't you be open-minded 25:13 when it comes to the truth? " And I have been convinced 25:15 by God's truth... my mind is closed. 25:17 That means the truth is locked in. 25:21 Ellen White says: "In just a little time Christ will come 25:24 in power and great glory. 25:26 What a terrible thing it would be if we should not be ready. " 25:30 She says: "Let us get ready AT ONCE! " 25:33 And that's in In Heavenly Places page 195. 25:37 We have to be like Israel. 25:39 I read that text in Matthew chapter 24, and it says 25:42 when the day came for destruction 25:44 when the world was inundated by a flood 25:47 it says they were "eating and drinking. " 25:49 And I stopped and thought about what's wrong with eating 25:52 and drinking? And then the Lord sent me back to 25:54 Egypt. You see, the night before God delivered the Israelites 25:58 they also were eating and drinking. But the difference was 26:02 those in the world were eating and drinking as though they had 26:06 no urgency. They were sitting down. 26:09 But when God told the Israelites to eat 26:11 He said "do it standing up. " 26:14 "Standing up with your waist and your belt tightened, 26:18 your sandals on. " They ate their last meal standing. 26:23 You see, the people of God 26:24 should not become like the world. 26:27 "Be not overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness 26:32 and the cares of this life" we are told 26:34 "so that that day would overtake you unawares. " 26:37 It's good to eat. Amen... 26:42 For hungry folk it's good to eat. 26:44 People like to eat. 26:46 But never allow appetite to prevent us from an urgency 26:51 of getting ready for the coming of our Lord. 26:54 In the book Maranatha she says on page 255 26:58 "Now we ought to get ready for the time of trial. 27:00 Now we ought to know whether our feet are planted 27:04 on the Eternal Rock. We must have an individual experience 27:08 and not depend upon others for our light. " 27:11 In other words, my mama can't save me. 27:14 My dad can't save me. 27:16 My wife can't save me. 27:19 Your husband can't save you. 27:21 Notice how I said "your husband. " 27:23 'Cause I only have a wife. 27:25 Just want to make that clear. 27:29 Need no faux pas and no slip ups. 27:32 We've got to get ready. 27:34 Pastor Kenny, we've got to get ready by checking our foundation 27:38 for leaks. You see, if we are not built on the rock 27:42 when the flood of compromise comes it will wash us away. 27:46 We've got to check our foundation for leaks. 27:50 We've also got to check our fruit. 27:53 We've got to inspect our own fruit. 27:55 You know, we like to inspect everybody else's fruit. 27:57 We are quick to say: "That's not a loving Christian. 27:59 Oh, I can't stand her... she is so impatient. " 28:01 God is saying to you: "Check out your own fruit. " Amen! 28:05 Love and joy and peace and longsuffering and gentleness 28:09 and meekness and patience. And I'm convinced 28:11 it's too late to be a cantankerous Christian. 28:14 Can you say "Amen" to that? 28:16 I don't even know how those words go together. 28:19 Sometimes we dismiss the behavior of people that are 28:22 church members. They've been members a long time 28:23 and they'll pull a young person aside and offend them. 28:26 And we say: "Well that's just how Bro. So-and-So is. " 28:28 And we dismiss it. 28:30 But that's not the kind of behavior that will be carried on 28:34 in the kingdom of God. If you're cantankerous down here, 28:37 you've got to give that to Jesus because there'll be no 28:39 cantankerous Christians in the kingdom. Amen! 28:42 There'll be no offensive Christians in the kingdom. 28:44 There'll be no profane Christians in the kingdom. 28:47 There'll be no lying and deceiving and conniving. 28:50 There'll be no lust-driven Christians in the kingdom. 28:54 We've got to give all of that to the Lord down here. 28:56 We've got to get ready now. Say "Get ready now. " 28:59 Get ready now. This is the hour that we must get ready. 29:02 Ellen White also says to us 29:04 that we have to get ready by telling our neighbors and our 29:06 friends that the world is coming to an end. 29:09 We must work like it's five minutes before midnight 29:14 and at midnight the doors are shut. 29:18 In Maranatha page 312 she says: 29:21 "The burden of my message to you is get ready. 29:24 Get ready to meet the Lord. 29:26 There is a world to be warned of the near approach 29:29 of the end of all things. " 29:30 I've got to tell you something about the title of my sermon 29:32 because when Shelley Quinn called me, I think it was 29:35 last week or maybe the week before last, I don't remember 29:37 when, so many things happen in my life at such a rapid pace, 29:41 I was busy writing a book about - you know - 29:43 Sunday Mask and doing all the things that my wife gave me 29:46 to do... My wife worked me hard this week. 29:51 I cut the grass. I cleaned out the garage. 29:53 I cleaned her truck, my truck. 29:54 I cleaned everything that could be cleaned. 29:57 And she rewarded me today with a good dinner. Amen! 30:02 But Shelley Quinn called me and she said: "Pastor John, 30:05 we need a sermon title. " 30:06 I said: "Shelley, I don't even know what I'm preaching on 30:09 Saturday night. " She said: "Well we need a sermon title. " 30:12 I said: "Shelley, even if I give you a title I'm going to 30:14 change it because I don't know what I'm going to be saying. " 30:16 She said: "John... sermon title. " 30:20 I said: "OK, just put Get Ready... " 30:23 having no idea, Karen, that when I got home 30:26 and I put those two words in the writings of Ellen White 30:30 I discovered over and over and over and over and over 30:33 God's servant - in every age and in almost every situation - 30:37 she beckoned, she trumpeted that clarion call. 30:41 In every situation: "Get ready to meet the Lord; 30:43 get ready, the end is near. " 30:45 "Get ready to carry the gospel; get ready, get ready, 30:48 get ready. " And I said: "Lord, thank you. That's YOUR title. " 30:51 We've got to get ready for a universal government takeover 30:58 for my Bible tells me that soon the kingdoms of this world 31:02 will become the kingdoms of our Lord and of our Christ 31:05 and He shall reign forever and ever. 31:06 Can you say "Amen" to that? 31:08 A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER. 31:10 I'm going to be in that kingdom. What about you? 31:12 Amen. We ought to get ready for a universal healthcare reform 31:16 bill. God's going to shut down all the hospitals. 31:19 "The inhabitants shall not say 'I am sick. ' " 31:22 What do you say? God is going to put the optometrists 31:25 out of business. Every eye will see Him when He comes. 31:28 The production of crutches and wheelchairs and canes 31:31 and walkers will come to a screeching halt 31:33 because the Bible says "the lame man shall leap 31:36 like a hart. " Universal healthcare reform... 31:39 the kind that God can put in effect that costs us 31:42 absolutely zero dollars. 31:44 Usain Bolt, that Jamaican Olympian ain't going to have 31:48 anything on the saints because we will "run and not be weary; 31:52 we will walk and not faint. " Can you say "Amen" to that? 31:54 We've got to get ready for that. 31:56 Got has got us getting ready. 31:59 And the reason why we are going to run? 32:01 You see David, the Psalmist, gave context to the running. 32:04 Christians run. I've heard of people 32:05 they say they "run on in Jesus. " 32:07 I don't even know what that means. 32:11 I've been in churches where people are running up and down 32:13 the aisles and they're all exhausted and sweaty 32:16 and everything. And I said: "Now what just happened? " 32:18 They said: "They were running on in Jesus. " 32:22 But I read the Bible, and this is the kind of running 32:24 I want to do. David the Psalmist in Psalm 119 verse 32, he says: 32:28 "I will run the course of Your commandments. " 32:31 Come on, say "Amen" church. Amen! 32:33 If that's where God's commandments are going to 32:34 lead me, I'm going to run the course of His commandments. 32:37 Because the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the 32:40 strong, but as Matthew says 32:42 "But he that shall endure unto the end 32:44 the same shall be saved. " 32:46 I'm going to run until I end up in the kingdom of heaven. 32:49 What about you? 32:51 Get ready for the concert of the ages. 32:54 Get ready for the choir. Some of you sit down there 32:56 and listen to us sing. One day we're going to sit down 32:59 and listen to you sing. What do you say about that? 33:01 I met a lady that's well up in years. 33:04 She's in her 80's and she was telling me her experience. 33:08 How she had been suffering from throat cancer 33:11 and how she received treatment and how the doctors 33:15 had done a wonderful miracle and they had taken out this 33:18 large tumor in her throat. But every time she inhaled 33:22 I heard her and I thought "Then what is the problem? " 33:26 She said: "You know, you wouldn't believe it but I used 33:27 to be able to sing very well. " And I said to her: 33:30 "Don't worry about it. One day you're going to sing again. " 33:32 Amen? There's some people that said they can't sing. 33:36 My wife sings on a hill far away. 33:44 But... See, I wouldn't say that unless we had a great love 33:47 relationship. 'Cause some of you will say that and your wife will 33:50 leave you right here in Thompsonville 33:52 and go back to Texas without you. Am I telling the truth? 33:55 Don't put your hand up. 33:57 But one day my wife is going to sing in the sweet bye and bye. 34:01 Amen? We've got to get ready... 34:04 get ready for the concert of the ages. 34:06 The Bible says "the tongue of the dumb will sing 34:09 and they will sing a new song! " 34:12 Oh, how we're going to sing. 34:14 Nobody's going to sing... Like Doug Batchelor, my friend, 34:17 he said "When we get to heaven" he said "John, it's going to be 34:19 easy to find me. I'm going to be the one singing the loudest. " 34:23 'Cause Doug could do about anything 34:25 but he can't sing. 34:27 Don't tell him I said that. 34:28 If you're watching the program, Doug, I'm just admitting 34:30 that you do a lot of good things. If I had a nickel... 34:33 Like Bobby Davis said... If he had a nickel for every 34:36 for every time somebody told him their story about 34:40 their conversion... He said "If I had a nickel for every time 34:43 they mention Doug Batchelor's name I'd be wealthy today. " 34:47 He's a wonderful preacher 34:48 but in heaven we'll hear him sing. 34:53 The tongue of the dumb will sing. 34:58 And I'm not applying that to Doug. 35:04 He's my good friend. I wouldn't say that about a good friend. 35:08 Get ready for the earthquake of the ages. 35:11 I have an app on my iPad that I had to just de-activate 35:15 a moment ago because it always pops up 35:17 when there's a 5.0 or greater. It pops up in the middle 35:20 of whatever I'm doing and let's me know where in the world 35:23 that there's an earthquake... 35:24 where that earthquake just occurred. 35:27 But I tell you what, when the final earthquake happens 35:30 it's not going to be popping up on anybody's iPad. 35:33 Because even the building that houses the Richter scale 35:38 is going to be coming down. What do you say? 35:41 Amen! 35:42 The Lord says: "I will shake the heavens 35:44 and the earth will be moved out of her place. " 35:47 And then the reason for the earthquake is going to be this: 35:50 the earth is going to quake and cast out the dead. 35:54 And oh I am looking forward to the day when the dead will be 35:58 cast out of their graves. 36:00 I've got a mother in New York; I've got a mother in the 36:02 Virgin Islands. And I told you before a couple of years ago 36:04 I don't know where I'm going to be. 36:06 I want to be in New York to see Momma Haynes who gave me 36:09 the way of life... who led me into the path 36:11 that I now stand in. I want to be in the Virgin Islands 36:14 to see my mother come forth from her dusty grave. 36:17 God gave me the privilege of baptizing my mother 36:20 after we were abandoned and separated from 3 mos. old 36:24 to almost 26 years old... I didn't even know who she was. 36:28 And God gave me the privilege of baptizing her. 36:30 And sometimes I say: "I want to be in the Virgin Islands 36:32 to see her come forth from the grave. " 36:34 So some days New York; other days the Virgin Islands. 36:36 But God's got this thing figured out because He says 36:38 "Why don't you just meet them in the air? " 36:42 Amen? Amen! 36:44 Get ready for the reunion of the ages. 36:46 Families separated by death will again embrace their loved ones. 36:50 Oh how wonderful that's going to be 36:52 to see those that we've laid to rest! 36:54 Every year people are being laid to rest. As we sit here 36:57 people are dying all around us. 36:59 Tragedies... buildings falling. 37:01 I saw the video of an airplane - a 747, a cargo jet - taking off 37:06 in Afghanistan. Seven Americans on board 37:08 perished because the cargo shifted and before they could 37:12 even get to 1,000 ft. I watched in horror 37:15 as the video was put on YouTube. 37:17 I looked at that. My wife told me about it. 37:19 I watched this 747 fully loaded with fuel 37:23 as it fought its way. They said what had happened 37:25 is one of the cargo bays had slipped and began to imbalance 37:29 the plane. And as that plane struggled to get altitude 37:31 it just teetered and tipped and then just came crashing 37:35 to the ground in a fiery ball of destruction. 37:39 And I thought to myself right there... then and there... 37:42 seven records for eternity just shut. 37:47 And I cannot imagine the sadness that the families 37:50 have to follow on with. The families that have to pick up 37:53 the broken pieces. But if you love the Lord, one day 37:56 there's going to be an earth- quake and even your husbands 37:59 and those who perished in whatever the disaster may be 38:02 will come forth from their graves. Praise God for the 38:04 resurrection! Amen! Friends that I lost in high school. 38:08 Friends that I lost in church school. 38:11 Family members. God is going to break up 38:14 every place where there is going to be a saint in a grave. 38:18 I said a number of years ago: "Be careful... 38:20 don't be in Wal-Mart when the earthquake happens 38:23 because there are going to be some saints that come through 38:25 the floors of Wal-Mart. " 38:27 I mean, you don't know... you don't know that. 38:30 Two hundred years ago it could have been a burial ground... 38:32 now it's a Wal-Mart. 38:38 Just a thought. 38:42 But what a reunion that's going to be! 38:45 Parents reunited with their children. 38:48 Children reunited with their parents. 38:51 And not just reunited but as the songwriter says 38:53 "reunited... and you look so good! " 38:56 Amen? 38:58 We're not going to see old parents come forth 39:00 from the grave. We're not going to see parents with eye problems 39:03 and parents with hearing aids. 39:06 They're going to come forth from the grave looking so pristine 39:08 and so perfect in the righteousness and the remake 39:13 of Jesus... a complete extreme makeover. 39:19 Amen! I see saints that come to church 39:25 and some of them struggle. We have a saint in church 39:27 that always tells me what the next thing is. 39:30 You know, she had so many issues and so many things 39:33 that had been broken in her body throughout her life. 39:36 Every now and then she'd give her testimony. 39:38 She said: "This week the Lord fixed this part 39:40 and last month the Lord fixed that part. 39:43 A year ago He fixed that part. " 39:45 And I said: "Sister, tell the doctors to quit it 39:48 because when the Lord comes back He won't have anything 39:50 to fix! " 39:54 But oh how beautiful it's going to be when Jesus comes. 39:57 Can you say "Amen" to that? Amen! 39:59 No more separation; no more death. 40:01 No more sorrow; no more crying. 40:03 NO MORE FUNERALS! Amen! 40:06 My sister called me the other day and she said... 40:08 She just came back from a funeral. She was down at the 40:10 World Trade Center when September 11th occurred 40:12 just about 12 years ago. Can you imagine? Twelve years ago. 40:16 And she had gone through so many funerals. She said: 40:18 "John, you know I could quit just out of being in shock. 40:22 I have put so many friends in the grave. 40:24 I could quit the force and get full pay 40:27 just from the sheer shock of going to so many funerals. " 40:30 And to this day she is struggling with dialysis. 40:32 She'd go to work and work maybe a double shift 40:35 and then go to dialysis and then go home. 40:37 Or some mornings she gets up early... goes to dialysis 40:39 and then goes to work for eight hours. And I said: 40:41 "How do you do it? " She said: "Just pray for me. " 40:45 I keep praying for my sister because when the Lord comes 40:48 I want my sister to be in the ascension. 40:53 Left the church at 16 years old 40:56 and I'm praying for her to come back. 40:58 My wife and I pray for her all the time. 41:00 There are two people that we pray for every single day: 41:02 my wife's mother and my sister. 41:05 Every single day. 41:07 And then we add to that list as the priorities of church 41:09 members and people that we know 41:11 and people struggling with illnesses. 41:12 We add to that list but one thing we do know: 41:15 every prayer that we pray in behalf of those that God loves 41:20 those prayers will be answered. 41:22 There's going to be a day that's going to be better 41:26 than any day we have every experienced. 41:28 And you think about that for a brief moment 41:29 because that goes over our heads sometimes. 41:31 Think about the most fun you have ever had. 41:35 Think about the greatest joy you have ever experienced. 41:39 Think about the day that you had more endorphins 41:43 popping in your head from excitement than you've ever 41:45 experienced. And when the Lord comes, you will exponentially 41:48 be filled with joy. 41:50 And by the way... this joy won't end. 41:52 This is going to be joy forevermore. What do you say? 41:54 Amen! Not giddy... not silly... 41:57 but joy! 42:00 Not PlayStation joy. 42:03 Not cable TV joy. 42:07 Not basketball championship joy. 42:12 Not eating joy. 42:14 Not getting married joy... 42:17 but eternal life joy. 42:20 I look forward to the day when Jesus can come 42:24 and take us to the place that we have long talked about, 42:29 preached about, 42:31 prayed about, 42:34 and sung about. 42:36 What a day of rejoicing that will be 42:40 when we all get a chance to see Jesus! 42:44 You know, you've got to really pray hard because 42:46 some of us have been in this thing so long that to us it's 42:48 now just a habit. 42:50 Don't ever allow your Christianity to become a habit. 42:53 Amen! 42:55 It's got to be something that is awakened every day. 42:58 You're got to spend time in the Word of God. 43:00 There's bread in the Word of God every day that's fresh. 43:03 Never allow your Christianity to become stale. 43:06 Never allow your Christianity to become traditional. 43:10 And don't allow the world to crowd you so away from Christ 43:14 that the things of the world become a priority in your life. 43:19 We've got to put worldliness down. Come on somebody. Amen! 43:22 We've got to dress like we're getting ready for heaven. 43:25 We've got to talk like we're getting ready for heaven. 43:28 We've got to eat like we're getting ready for heaven. 43:31 We've got to be willing to put health reform and dress reform - 43:36 not health deform but health reform. 43:40 I was reading in the writings of Ellen White 43:41 when she talked about the difference between health 43:43 reform and health deform. 43:45 She said: "When we make a test where God has never made a test 43:49 health reform becomes health deform. " 43:52 We've got to eat like those that are getting ready for 43:55 a heavenly diet, what do you say? Amen! 43:58 That means you can't always have it your way. 44:00 Amen! Praise the Lord! 44:04 Forget about the golden arches and think about the golden 44:06 streets. Amen? Amen! 44:10 That's right. This body... you only get one. 44:12 It's hard to believe I'm only 35, isn't' that right? 44:17 I met somebody yesterday we hadn't seen in a long time 44:19 and she said: "You guys just don't age. " 44:21 I said: "I love you even more. " 44:24 But if you think my wife is pretty now, you wait till 44:27 we get to heaven. That's why I'm holding on to her. 44:31 See, some of you think that your wife is getting older 44:33 and all that. Uh-uh... she's getting better! 44:36 That's right. 'Cause I'm going to finally look like 44:39 I'm supposed to look when I get to heaven. 44:42 Amen somebody... Amen! 44:44 Don't be trading them in. 44:46 Don't be trying to get a newer model. 44:49 Amen. 44:51 'Cause when you get to heaven... 44:53 When I get to heaven my wife is going to be the best model 44:56 in heaven. Amen! I look forward to eternity with her. 45:02 I look forward to spending eternity with her. 45:04 And if she can cook that down here, just imagine 45:07 how good she's going to cook in heaven. 45:09 Love you, honey. 45:12 And then one day my wife and I 45:15 are going to get to take the best trip together. 45:17 We have flown together to 51 countries. 45:19 We are now frequent flyers with American Airlines. 45:22 But Jesus has other plans because He's purchased for us 45:26 by His blood a seat on the New Jerusalem Airlines. Amen! 45:32 And I just can't wait! 45:34 You know, you stand at the terminal gate and you wait 45:37 till your names are called. We are Platinum customers 45:40 and it always feels good that they said... You know, 45:43 they always start with the guys that are way ahead of us. 45:45 You know, Executive Platinum... and we think: "OK, 45:48 they think they're something. " 45:50 And then they get down to - you know - Emerald and 45:53 whatever and they finally get down to Platinum 45:54 and we get up like we're really important. 45:59 And we walk in. 46:01 But I tell you, when Jesus comes we're going to all not be 46:03 Gold or Platinum, we're all going to be covered by the 46:05 blood of the Lamb. What do you say? Amen! 46:07 Doesn't matter if I go in first or go in last 46:10 as long as the door shuts behind us. What do you say? 46:12 Amen! 46:14 Get ready for the journey of the ages. 46:16 The longest single flight we've taken together is 16-1/2 hours 46:20 from Atlanta to Johannesburg, So. Africa. 46:23 Can you imagine two day's work just sitting in an airplane? 46:28 But if you don't like that, don't get nervous because 46:31 the flight we're going to take to heaven is going to be 46:32 seven days long. Amen? Amen! 46:35 And while we're in flight we're going to be singing 46:37 some songs. All the way my Savior leads me. 46:40 Oh the fullness of His joy! 46:42 Perfect rest to me is promised 46:45 in my Father's house above. 46:47 When I wake to life immortal, 46:49 wing my flight to realms of day, 46:51 this my song through endless ages... Come on now: 46:54 Jesus led me all the way. 46:57 We're going to see things we've never seen before. 46:59 We're going to pass constellations we've never 47:01 passed before. We're going to see what God can really do. 47:04 I'm looking forward to seeing how God really made this thing. 47:08 I'm looking forward to being there the day that He re-makes 47:11 this thing. When He puts death to death. 47:15 When He puts sin to death. 47:17 Never accept or believe the idea that sin will ever have a chance 47:21 of coming back a second time. Amen! Because I believe today 47:24 and I hold onto the sufficiency of the blood of Christ, 47:26 if Jesus defeated sin at the cross, it's defeated. 47:29 Can you say "Amen" to that? Amen! 47:32 His blood is sufficient. 47:34 The devil nor sin is going to survive the coming of the Lord. 47:38 Now for those of you that like potluck, get ready for the 47:40 banquet of the ages. 47:43 Oh, I should have gotten more "Amen's " than that. 47:45 Bet you're still digesting your lunch. 47:48 Get ready for the banquet of the ages 47:51 when the promise that Jesus made to His disciples 2,000 years ago 47:56 will be fulfilled in our sight. 47:59 He said to them in Matthew 26:29 48:01 "But I say unto you I will not drink henceforth 48:04 of the fruit of this vine until the day when I drink it 48:07 new with you in My Father's kingdom. " 48:10 I plan on being there for that dinner. What do you say? 48:13 Amen!. Oh yeah... it doesn't matter where you sit. 48:16 Ellen White says that the table is going to appear as though 48:19 it's miles long and no matter where you sit 48:23 you're going to feel like you're at the right hand of the Father. 48:25 Amen? Amen! 48:27 I mean, what a table it's going to be. 48:28 We've got pictures. We try to create in our own minds 48:31 what heaven is going to be. But brethren, the best drawing 48:34 you've ever seen, the best artist's conception that you've 48:37 ever been able to create falls far short... far short 48:43 of anything that God has in store for us. 48:46 That's another reason why I want to go. 48:47 I've seen a whole lot. 48:48 I can't wait to see what God has in store for us. Amen! 48:51 Anybody else like that? 48:53 You know, all these science fiction movies and all these 48:56 creators of all these special effects... you know, they can 48:59 really make you dizzy with these special effects nowadays. 49:02 You think 3-D is something? Wait till God finishes creating. 49:06 Amen. He's probably going to show us 4-D. 49:09 Because we're not going to see it all around us 49:11 we're going to be right in the middle of it. What do you say? 49:13 Traveling for seven days on the power of divinity. 49:18 Passing stars and constellations far beyond Orion. 49:24 Entering through a portal that scientists say 49:26 if we ever even get near to it it will crush anything that 49:29 gets within its proximity. 49:31 One day we're going to see Jesus. One day we're going to be 49:33 able to touch His hands. One day we're going to be able 49:35 to see His face. Come on somebody... say "Amen. " 49:38 One day we're going to sit down with Jesus and say: "Father, 49:41 tell me about all the times You spared me when I drove my car. " 49:44 Amen! "Tell me what it was like when You helped me make it 49:48 from one week to the next. " 49:49 "Tell me, Lord, how You saved my children. " 49:52 "Tell me, Lord, how You answered my prayer for those 49:54 that were going astray and You laid me to rest until 49:58 You still saved them. " I want to tell you this: 50:01 I left the church when my mother died 50:03 and I went out into the world. 50:05 But she prayed for me before she died 50:08 and God answered that prayer. What do you say? 50:10 You see my brothers, my sisters: don't stop praying because God 50:13 is gonna answer the prayers. Keep on praying. 50:16 The final movements are going to be rapid. 50:18 No more night; no more pain; 50:20 no more tears... never crying again. 50:23 Praises to the great I Am and we will live in the light 50:27 of the risen Lamb. I'm looking forward to that day. 50:30 So what do you do when Camp Meeting is over? 50:32 Do you go back home and just sit down? 50:34 What do you do, church? Tell me somebody in two words 50:36 what do you do when you go home? 50:37 Get ready! 50:39 You get your family ready. 50:41 You get your life ready. 50:42 You get your prayer life ready. 50:44 You get your spiritual life ready. 50:46 You begin to pray like folk that are looking forward to 50:48 Jesus' coming. You begin to live like Jesus is coming tomorrow. 50:52 You begin to love like Jesus is on His way. 50:56 I like the way that H.M.S. Sr. said... 50:58 You know, all of his life he would say and end his programs, 51:01 he would say: "Jesus is coming soon" 51:03 and somebody at his bedside... was sitting there with him 51:06 and he said: "Elder Richards, you're about to be laid to rest. 51:09 What do you say now? Jesus hasn't come yet. " 51:12 And he said with a fainting voice: "He's on His way. " 51:15 Come on somebody: He's on His way... He's on His way. 51:21 They say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away 51:24 but He's on His way. The final movements will be rapid. 51:28 The people of God have to get ready. 51:31 Jesus is soon to come. 51:34 We've got to live like we want to go. 51:38 We've got to love like we want to go. 51:41 And so my brothers and my sisters wherever you may be from 51:44 let's not become enamored by where we're from 51:48 but let's begin to get enamored by where we're headed. 51:50 No matter what country you come from, no matter 51:53 what your nationality may be, 51:55 no matter what you believe and what you don't believe, 51:57 it's time to get ready. Because where I come from 52:00 is nothing in comparison to where I'm going. 52:02 So by God's grace, let's get ready. What do you say? 52:05 Amen! Amen! 52:07 All right, we'd like to get all the folk who've been singing. 52:10 Some of you are out here. If you've been singing 52:12 or preaching we want you to come up. 52:15 Bro. Dwight come up. 52:17 And we want to... How many have had a great time this week? 52:21 All right... in the Lord? Praise the Lord for that. 52:24 And you know we have a Fall Camp Meeting also, right? 52:28 I'm not sure what the dates are 52:29 but I can tell you it's in the Fall. How's that? 52:31 So that's all we can do right now. 52:33 But I want to just say a special thank you for all of you. 52:37 Dwight, especially for you. It's a long time away 52:40 from your family and your church and all these folk. 52:43 But you know it's like we hope you're looking at it 52:45 like you just came and got a piece of heaven. 52:47 So Berrien Springs is OK... you can go back there. 52:50 But you can tell them you've been to a better place. 52:54 Now he's got a little sample of what it's' going to get like. 52:58 Berrien Springs. I spent four years up there, but 53:01 that's before you were pastor. I didn't go to school; 53:04 I managed a lumber yard and got in people's way. 53:06 But I had a good time in Berrien Springs... a great place to be. 53:10 Thank you so much for what you have done. All of you. 53:12 Coming all the way from Australia. And where's Julia? 53:16 She's... Julia, you should be up here too. 53:19 All right. Julia... John, you should be up here. 53:22 So we've got Australians; we've got Russians. 53:25 Philippines. Oh, Texas. Shelley says "Texas. " 53:29 Oregon... we've got them back here. 53:31 Georgia. OK, from all over 53:33 and even a few of us from southern Illinois. 53:35 And Pastor Gilley, we have just a few moments left. 53:40 And we just want to praise the Lord. We do. 53:43 This has been a real blessing and we've heard some wonderful 53:47 messages. We heard about Elijah and the Elijah message 53:50 from Steve Bohr. And we heard about the cross 53:54 and God's new thing from Pastor Dwight. 53:58 The music has just been heavenly. 54:01 We appreciate all the good music... we really do. 54:04 And I've been blessed. 54:09 This Camp Meeting has blessed me. 54:11 It has made me determined to have a closer relationship 54:16 with the Lord Jesus Christ... to know Him better. 54:19 And that's what Camp Meeting is all about 54:23 is it should inspire us to go to our knees, 54:28 to go to the Word, and to re-commit ourselves 54:34 to Jesus Christ. That's what we want to do here tonight. 54:38 And I'm hoping that we can sing together but I'm also hoping 54:42 that as a congregation we can re-commit ourselves 54:46 to Jesus. To the task of putting forth this message. 54:52 To the unity with all of those who work together 54:56 in putting the gospel out. 55:00 And we want that kind of spirit in our hearts. We do. 55:04 Pastor Dwight, would you come up 55:05 and just give us a closing prayer? And then maybe we'll 55:08 sing a little chorus together also. 55:11 But there are viewers watching from around the world 55:13 and you have touched many many lives including those of us 55:17 up here and behind you, so thank you. 55:22 Father, what Pastor Jim just said is the longing 55:27 of our hearts. Jesus' prayer on the eve of His death 55:31 "that they, Father, may be one as We are One. " 55:36 Do whatever it takes. 55:39 Create this Christ-borne unity. 55:43 Pour out the Spirit upon us 55:46 and finish Your work in this generation. 55:52 We live for the return of our Savior, 55:54 but we will not go home alone. 55:56 We will take every man, woman, and child we can 55:59 to the Savior. So we go our separate ways 56:04 to all points on the compass, but You go with us. 56:06 Keep Your arms around us till one day we will be 56:09 as Pastor John just preached at the nail-scarred feet 56:13 of our Savior. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 56:18 Showers of blessing... 56:22 showers of blessing we need. 56:26 Mercy drops round us are falling... 56:31 but for the showers we plead. 56:35 Now we're going to change keys. 56:36 "There shall be showers of blessing, " 56:41 this is the promise of love. 56:46 There shall be seasons refreshing 56:50 sent from the Savior above. 56:56 Showers of blessing... 57:00 showers of blessing we need. 57:06 Mercy drops round us are falling... 57:11 but for the showers we plead. 57:17 The chorus again: 57:18 Showers of blessing... 57:23 showers of blessing we need. 57:28 Mercy drops round us are falling... 57:33 but for the showers we plead. |
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