Today is the
best day of the week.
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It is the Sabbath of the Lord.
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And we ought to rejoice in it.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Feliz Sábado.
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Bon Sabbat.
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And this one is a tricky one.
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Gesegneten Sabbat.
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Magadang Sabado.
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Happy Sabbath. Amen.
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- God is good ~ all the time.
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- And all the
time ~ God is good.
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Amen.
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I want to tell you
that God gave us a reminder
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of what He wants to do today.
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Outside, it's raining.
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Or it was raining.
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And that is a reminder
of what God wants to do
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in our lives today.
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Amen?
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The showers of the
Holy Spirit, by God's grace,
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will fall on this
place, as it has already been.
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I want to read the
Scripture reading for today.
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It's found in 1 Peter 1:3-5.
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Three to five. 1 Peter 1:3-5
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If you have found it,
please stand up with me.
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Amen.
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1 Peter 1:3-5
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God's good Word says, if
you have the King James Version,
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with me join, it
says, "Blessed be the God
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and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
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which according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again
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unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
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from the dead, to an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled,
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and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you..."
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Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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And may God be in this place.
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In the name of Jesus, amen.
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You may now be seated.
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Welcome to GYC.
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Lead me, Lord.
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Lead me in Thy righteousness.
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Make Thy way plain
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before my face.
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For it is Thou, Lord,
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Thou, Lord, only
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that makest me dwell
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in safety.
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As we come to worship
this morning, turn your Bibles
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with me to Psalm 95.
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As we come into
the house of the Lord,
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may we prepare
by reading His Word.
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Psalm 95:1, the Bible says, "Oh
come, let us sing to the LORD.
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Let us shout joyfully to
the Rock of our salvation."
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As you wander the halls of
GYC, as you see the exhibits
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and the seminars
and the workshops,
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worship is a
time that is special.
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"Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving;
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Let us joyfully sing about Him
and shout to Him with psalms."
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May this worship
experience, as we come today,
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be something
different, something unique,
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something set apart.
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As the Israelites came to
worship God, they continued
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in Psalm 95:3, "For
the LORD is the great God,
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the great King above all gods.
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In His hand are the
deep places of the earth;
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the heights of the
hills are His also.
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The sea is His, for He made it;
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and His hands
formed the dry land."
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Psalm 95:6
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When all has been
heard, "Oh come, let us worship
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and bow down."
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When all has been
heard, "Let us kneel before
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the LORD our Maker."
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When all has been heard.
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"For He is our God, and we
are the people of His pasture
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and the sheep of His hand."
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As we come into
worship this Sabbath morning,
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when all has been heard, "Today,
if you will hear His voice:
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'Do not harden your hearts...'"
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Brothers and sisters, even
as we come into the presence
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of the Lord,
Prophets and Kings, page 48,
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"True reverence for
God is inspired by a sense
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of His infinite greatness and
a realization of His presence."
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As we come
before Him this morning,
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when all has
been said and heard,
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when the choir and the
orchestra and the preacher goes,
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and the lights are
dim, may our hearts be open
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to receive the Holy Spirit.
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Let's sing this morning
together a number of hymns
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lifting up the name of our God.
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We will start with, Praise
to the Lord, the Almighty,
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the King of Creation.
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Join us as we sing.
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One of the most
beautiful things about praise
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is that we are given the
opportunity as Christians,
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not just to make praise an
action or a choice that we make,
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a thing that we
do with our mouths,
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but a thing we
do with our lives.
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If we submit to live
praise out, then by definition
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our lives become an invitation
to do what we believe in;
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which is, lift up
the name of our God.
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It is my prayer that, GYC, each
and every life represented here
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in this room will
be lived in such a way,
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especially going from this
place, that it is an invitation
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to others; to those we
love, to those who love us,
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and to those we've never
met, to worship the King.
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Join us; O Worship the
King, All Glorious Above.
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Beautiful.
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One last song together this
morning as we raise our voices
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in praise to God.
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One last invitation to
the world around us to come
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and do as we desire to do with
our hearts, with our mouths,
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with our lives.
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Come, Christians, Join to Sing;
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Alleluia, Amen.
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Amen.
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Every year hundreds of
hours go into planning GYC
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by many volunteers who sacrifice
their time and their resources.
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And at the end of the
day, sometimes we're tempted
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to wonder, "Does it
really make a difference
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in the lives of people?"
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I want to ask you, how many of
you went on outreach last year?
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Did you go on outreach last
year in Louisville, Kentucky?
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Well this year we
have an interesting
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testimony to share with you.
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And I brought
along Brittney Fletcher.
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And Brittney, can you explain
to us why it is that you're here
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and why I'm holding a survey
in my hand from last year's GYC?
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Last year, actually New Year's,
I stepped outside of my house
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to take out the
trash, and along the sidewalk
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came up a young man.
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He introduced himself, and
I cannot remember his name,
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but he just was like, "Why
don't you fill out this survey,
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you know, and kind of
see if there's anything that
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you would be
interested in doing."
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And so he handed me the
survey and handed me a pen,
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and I looked through
it and filled it out.
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So now as I look at this survey,
which is the original survey
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she filled out, it seems
like you circled everything
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to do with spiritual help.
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What is it that
led you to that point?
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Well, throughout my entire life
I know that I have been blessed.
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I've been raised
in a comfortable home,
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I made great grades, I
felt like I was a good person.
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And so something
was greatly missing.
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And I was very
active in my church.
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I tried to do different things
to kind of fill that hole.
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You know, teach the youth, be
a leader, whatever I could do.
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But I didn't have that
foundation with the Bible.
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And in my heart, I
think God put it on me
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to know that's what I needed.
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So you were
leading in your church.
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You went to an Episcopal
church, you were saying.
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You were active in it,
but yet you still felt like
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you needed more. - Yes.
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So the Bible worker
came back, and it took
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a little bit of time.
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How did that all work out?
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Well the survey was
handed to me on New Year's Day,
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so January 1st, and
I didn't hear anything
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initially until about May.
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And I was not at the
door when this happened.
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My mom told me that someone
came to give me Bible studies.
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And now as we look at
the back of this survey,
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we had a faithful Bible worker
who tracked all of the times
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that he came to her door.
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And he came six times
until he finally met you.
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Yes.
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Now this Bible
worker came, he meets you,
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you have the first study.
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What did you think as you
started studying the Bible?
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Was there anything new?
What was your experience like?
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Wow, I didn't have a
very good foundation,
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and I was so hungry that,
honestly, I soaked it all in.
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So I might have had
some questions, but it was
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based in the Bible, I saw every
piece of evidence right there.
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I just held onto it
and I just took faith.
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Amen.
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So here you are in your 20's,
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and the Bible is
still relevant to you today.
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And it made a difference
in your life just studying
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the Bible truths,
seeing Jesus in a clearer way.
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Well now by God's
grace, here it is,
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after a little bit of time,
December 17th of this year...
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How many days ago was that?
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...fourteen days ago,
Brittney, by the grace of God,
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decided to join the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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- Can you say amen? ~ Amen.
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So Brittney joins the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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by the moving of the Holy
Spirit and the cooperation
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of people looking for souls.
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Now fourteen days
later here you are at GYC.
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Now yesterday we
did this interesting
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thing called outreach.
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I don't know if
they've heard about it.
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But during
outreach, Brittney went out,
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and by God's grace
three to four people signed up
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for Bible studies.
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You know, as we're seeing
the working of the Holy Spirit
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through the moving
of God on this earth,
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it's without doubt that God's
work is being successful. Amen?
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God is leading
people who didn't know Him
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to be reached through GYC,
and then go to reach others.
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Brittany, we are so inspired
to see what God is doing
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in your life, and we
know that He's going to
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continue to move richly.
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Now we also
have one other person
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here with us this morning.
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His name is David Paño.
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Now after outreach
yesterday, I have to explain
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something to
you, we made an appeal
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for you to go on outreach.
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And the leadership of
GYC wanted to go as well,
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but were working logistics.
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But we decided that
we would get in a van
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and go on outreach as well.
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And David, being part of
GYC, we all got together.
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Can you explain
what happened yesterday?
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Well yesterday
after everybody was gone,
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we took a van; and there
was the president of GYC, Moise,
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president of Columbia
Union, and Taylor and myself.
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We went and we were
trying to find a place,
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because we didn't have maps.
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And we were thinking,
maybe we will go to the parks
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around the area.
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But somebody decided to
go to another neighborhood.
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And when we got there,
I'll say that it was not
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high class, nor middle
class area; Hispanic community.
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So we were divided.
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Taylor and I, we
were on the left side,
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Moise Ratsara and the Union
president was on the other side.
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So we started
passing GLOW tracts.
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And as were were going,
we started talking, Taylor,
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like we are passing GLOW tracts
here, pretty much in the ghetto,
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and we are in suits and
ties and trying to do outreach.
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This looks weird.
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And we were talking about
that, like, "Oh, maybe nobody is
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going to open the door to us."
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So we kept going, and as
we were knocking on the doors
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we got to one door.
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And I knocked on the
door, nobody answered.
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Left a tract.
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And when I was
leaving, a lady came in the back
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and she says,
"What's happening?"
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I just turned back and I
was like, I approached her,
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"Hi, my name is David.
This is a gift for you."
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And she grabs this tract
in Spanish, and she says,
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"Is this the Jehovah Witnesses?"
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I was like, "No
Ma'am, this is Christian."
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"Are you sure?"
"Yes, it is Christian."
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And she backs off and she
says, "I have chills right now."
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I was like, "What's happening?"
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She said, "You don't understand.
I have chills right now."
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And I was like,
"What is happening?"
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And she says, "David,
you know, I'm hearing voices,
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I've been having dreams.
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This must be from God.
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This is from God.
This is from God."
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This is what happened.
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When she came out
she was not well dressed.
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She was so busy in her home.
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And when she was busy
and doing certain things,
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she heard voices.
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And the voices
were like, "Sshhh."
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Like, "Come on, keep it quiet."
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And she was like,
"What's going on?"
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And then she heard
it again, like, "Sshhh."
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And she could hear
the knocking at the door.
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And she came out.
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And she said,
"David, and not just that.
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Not too long ago I had a dream.
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And in my dream
there were two ministers
00:23:31.91\00:23:34.91
of the Word of God coming to
my house handing me literature
00:23:34.94\00:23:38.11
with the Word of God.
00:23:38.21\00:23:39.55
And I knew they were
not Jehovah Witnesses."
00:23:39.91\00:23:42.65
And I was alone, by
that time Taylor went ahead,
00:23:43.25\00:23:47.66
so it was just me with her.
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.56
And I was like, "Oh,
she said two ministers.
00:23:49.76\00:23:52.36
So where's Taylor right now?"
00:23:52.39\00:23:53.86
So what happened is,
like, Taylor runs out of tracts,
00:23:53.90\00:23:59.33
so he comes back to me.
00:23:59.37\00:24:01.10
So we approach, and she's
like, "David, this is from God.
00:24:01.20\00:24:05.14
Because in my
dream, I saw two ministers
00:24:05.37\00:24:08.08
with the Word of
God handing hope to me.
00:24:08.11\00:24:11.31
And I heard the
voice from heaven saying,
00:24:11.58\00:24:13.65
'This is your last chance.'
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.05
And then I had another dream,
00:24:17.19\00:24:19.02
where rivers of blood
were running and running.
00:24:19.05\00:24:23.26
And I heard another voice
saying, 'I'm coming back soon.'"
00:24:23.29\00:24:26.96
And then she broke down,
and she said, "Please, please,
00:24:28.70\00:24:32.63
pray for me.
00:24:32.67\00:24:34.00
I need Jesus in my life."
00:24:34.04\00:24:35.87
In the middle of that,
we were like so shocked,
00:24:36.34\00:24:39.27
we prayed for her.
00:24:39.31\00:24:40.64
She signed up for Bible studies,
she's moving to San Antonio.
00:24:40.68\00:24:43.24
And I don't know if you noticed,
the theme of this GYC is
00:24:43.35\00:24:47.78
in regards to the judgment.
00:24:47.82\00:24:49.25
And this is the last
warning of this world.
00:24:49.42\00:24:52.22
And this is already happening.
00:24:52.39\00:24:54.19
My friends, by God's
grace the Lord is working
00:24:54.76\00:24:57.96
in amazing ways.
00:24:58.33\00:24:59.66
- Amen? ~ Amen.
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And we have an
opportunity to continue
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.77
to be co-laborers with God.
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.93
Now as GYC runs, it's
a volunteer organization.
00:25:07.14\00:25:11.04
No one gets paid.
No one has a salary.
00:25:11.07\00:25:14.08
It's all run by donations
and the support of young people
00:25:14.11\00:25:17.38
around the world.
00:25:17.41\00:25:18.75
This morning we
have an opportunity.
00:25:18.81\00:25:20.28
There are offering envelopes
on your seat or in your hands,
00:25:20.32\00:25:23.85
and we would invite you to take
this and prayerfully consider
00:25:23.89\00:25:27.49
what the Lord is
asking you to give
00:25:27.52\00:25:29.66
to continue to support
the work of more Brittany's
00:25:29.69\00:25:32.49
being brought to the Lord,
00:25:32.53\00:25:33.90
of more ladies who
are having visions of
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.03
Jesus' soon coming to
be reached, by God's grace.
00:25:36.06\00:25:39.90
I pray that you
would prayerfully consider
00:25:39.93\00:25:42.20
the offering that the
Lord is asking you to give.
00:25:42.44\00:25:45.14
You can also donate online.
00:25:45.24\00:25:46.94
There is an option
there at gycweb.org/give.
00:25:46.98\00:25:50.98
We ask that you would
not give your tithes here,
00:25:51.28\00:25:53.62
but any offering that would go
to support the work of the Lord
00:25:53.65\00:25:56.85
we pray that you
would give it at this time.
00:25:57.05\00:25:58.82
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
00:26:21.54\00:26:28.25
to receive the
food of Your Holy Word.
00:26:28.28\00:26:36.52
Take Your truth,
plant it deep in us;
00:26:36.56\00:26:42.93
shape and fashion
us in Your likeness,
00:26:42.96\00:26:50.24
that the light of
Christ may be seen today
00:26:50.27\00:26:57.35
in our acts of love
and our deeds of faith.
00:26:57.38\00:27:05.75
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us
00:27:05.79\00:27:12.06
all Your
purposes for Your glory.
00:27:12.09\00:27:21.37
Teach us, Lord, full obedience,
00:27:27.38\00:27:33.62
holy reverence, true humility.
00:27:33.65\00:27:41.52
Test our
thoughts and our attitudes
00:27:41.56\00:27:47.63
in the radiance of Your purity.
00:27:47.66\00:27:56.30
Cause our faith to
rise, cause our eyes to see
00:27:56.34\00:28:03.21
Your majestic
love and authority.
00:28:03.24\00:28:12.39
Words of power
that can never fail,
00:28:13.02\00:28:18.99
let their truth
prevail over unbelief.
00:28:19.03\00:28:27.80
Speak, O Lord,
and renew our minds.
00:28:40.12\00:28:45.99
Help us grasp the
heights of Your plans for us:
00:28:46.02\00:28:55.13
truths unchanged
from the dawn of time
00:28:55.23\00:29:01.14
that will echo
down through eternity.
00:29:01.17\00:29:11.08
And by grace we'll
stand on Your promises,
00:29:13.68\00:29:21.09
and by faith we'll
walk as You walk with us.
00:29:21.12\00:29:30.23
Speak, O Lord, till
Your church is built
00:29:30.43\00:29:36.50
and the earth is
filled with Your glory.
00:29:36.54\00:29:46.51
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
00:30:05.10\00:30:12.01
to receive the truth
00:30:12.04\00:30:16.11
of Your Holy Word.
00:30:16.14\00:30:26.09
Amen.
00:30:36.23\00:30:37.57
Happy Sabbath, GYC.
00:30:38.23\00:30:40.24
There's just a trickle
of blessings that have been
00:30:41.87\00:30:44.21
happening since the
beginning of this conference.
00:30:44.24\00:30:46.74
And this morning something
big is about to happen.
00:30:47.68\00:30:51.41
No, not this
morning, but some day soon.
00:30:51.91\00:30:54.48
Christ is coming.
00:30:55.52\00:30:56.85
God is coming so soon.
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.75
You know why?
00:31:00.22\00:31:01.56
Because His people
are taking Him seriously.
00:31:01.59\00:31:04.26
This morning when we
had a prayer session,
00:31:04.79\00:31:07.40
at 5:05 I went
to the prayer room.
00:31:08.46\00:31:11.37
I said, I was a
bit late yesterday.
00:31:11.40\00:31:13.44
I went at 5:30
and there was already
00:31:13.47\00:31:15.47
one person who was there.
00:31:15.50\00:31:17.24
Two persons who were there.
00:31:17.27\00:31:18.61
But this time
was the same thing.
00:31:18.77\00:31:20.48
Two persons were there.
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
And when we were praying, at
6:00 the room was almost filled.
00:31:22.84\00:31:28.68
And before we even
began, the room was filled up.
00:31:29.52\00:31:32.35
My dear friends,
the room overflowed.
00:31:33.02\00:31:35.96
People were kneeling outside.
00:31:36.86\00:31:38.99
And the Spirit of
the Lord descended.
00:31:40.00\00:31:42.46
My dear friends, if
we take God seriously
00:31:43.33\00:31:47.07
He will take us seriously.
00:31:47.57\00:31:49.10
And He is coming soon.
00:31:49.80\00:31:51.37
Aren't you excited?
00:31:52.14\00:31:53.64
And I know, if
you have that thought,
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.81
you cannot stop smiling either.
00:31:55.84\00:31:58.28
We know that a lot of you have
not visited the prayer room yet.
00:31:59.91\00:32:04.02
So we will have
another prayer session.
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.72
If you'll see in
your schedule, it's 1:30.
00:32:05.75\00:32:08.26
We moved it to 2:00
this afternoon until 2:45.
00:32:08.29\00:32:12.79
So for those of
you who have missed it,
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.76
don't miss this chance.
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.36
And I guess if there is
one thing that we would request
00:32:16.46\00:32:19.00
of the next GYC, if we still
have another GYC next year,
00:32:19.03\00:32:23.71
we will request for
a bigger prayer room.
00:32:24.94\00:32:26.94
~ Amen.
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.31
Maybe this size.
00:32:28.34\00:32:29.88
And one person
approached me after the prayer.
00:32:32.71\00:32:36.15
He stood beside a door,
00:32:36.65\00:32:38.82
he was waiting for
people to finish talking.
00:32:38.85\00:32:41.36
And then when I approached
him, he just hugged me.
00:32:41.66\00:32:44.59
He hugged me so tight.
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.26
And then later on, I
could sense that he was crying.
00:32:46.43\00:32:50.23
And when I let go, he
said, "And to think that
00:32:50.53\00:32:54.57
I was not
planning to come here."
00:32:54.60\00:32:57.21
My dear friends, if the
Spirit is asking you to go,
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.78
do not hold back.
00:33:02.24\00:33:03.58
Do not hold back.
00:33:04.08\00:33:05.78
Do not miss out on
this wonderful opportunity
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.98
to be closer with God.
00:33:09.02\00:33:10.45
This particular time, we
will be spending time in prayer.
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.26
And as we have done
in the previous nights,
00:33:15.66\00:33:18.06
we were grouping
into two's and three's.
00:33:18.09\00:33:20.00
This time, no.
00:33:20.03\00:33:21.36
This time is going
to be you and the Lord.
00:33:21.40\00:33:23.70
We'll be having
four prayer leaders here.
00:33:23.87\00:33:26.57
Brother Jonathan will
be praying the praise.
00:33:26.60\00:33:29.10
Pastor Sebastian will
be praying the confession.
00:33:29.47\00:33:32.27
Sister Melody will be
doing the supplication.
00:33:32.44\00:33:34.98
And sister Melissa will
be doing the thanksgiving.
00:33:35.18\00:33:38.55
After each and every
prayer leader has prayed,
00:33:38.75\00:33:42.25
you have 30 seconds
one on one with God.
00:33:42.28\00:33:45.22
Speak to Him directly.
00:33:46.12\00:33:47.59
Take Him seriously.
00:33:49.46\00:33:50.79
But before that, I'd like
to read this wonderful quote,
00:33:51.19\00:33:54.10
one of my favorite quotes.
00:33:54.13\00:33:55.46
It's found in,
Desire of Ages, page 688.
00:33:55.50\00:33:59.60
It says, "He is well pleased
when we make the very highest
00:33:59.63\00:34:04.64
demands upon Him, that
we may glorify His name.
00:34:04.67\00:34:08.14
They may expect
large things if they have
00:34:08.61\00:34:12.08
faith in His promises."
00:34:12.11\00:34:13.75
My dear friends, this is
the time to ask for more.
00:34:14.25\00:34:18.05
Praise Him for more.
00:34:18.49\00:34:20.09
Confess deeper.
00:34:20.39\00:34:22.09
Pray more and
thank Him for more.
00:34:23.86\00:34:27.23
Let us spend
that time in prayer.
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.30
Father, we come before
You with praise in our hearts
00:34:39.47\00:34:43.08
and our lives.
00:34:43.11\00:34:44.45
You are our God.
00:34:44.48\00:34:46.61
You're the God of
creation, the God of salvation,
00:34:46.65\00:34:49.88
the God of
re-creation, the God of glory.
00:34:50.15\00:34:53.15
We praise You for Your beauty,
Your truth, and Your life.
00:34:53.62\00:34:57.23
You are the one we adore.
00:34:58.26\00:34:59.86
We love You, Lord.
00:35:00.43\00:35:01.76
You are truly our God.
00:35:02.10\00:35:05.63
You are our righteousness.
00:35:06.67\00:35:08.30
You're our great High Priest.
00:35:09.10\00:35:10.74
God, we praise You
with all of our hearts.
00:35:11.17\00:35:14.31
Our Father, we
confess this morning
00:35:28.52\00:35:33.56
that we were not worthy to
receive another day of life.
00:35:34.10\00:35:37.57
But because of
what Jesus has done,
00:35:38.63\00:35:40.67
You extended Your
mercies to us one more time.
00:35:41.60\00:35:44.81
Father, we have not
known You as we ought.
00:35:45.61\00:35:48.71
We've neglected the time
in prayer and in Your Word.
00:35:49.64\00:35:53.11
We fail to open our
hearts to God as to a friend.
00:35:53.88\00:35:57.12
We fail to invite Jesus into
every aspect of our experience
00:35:58.09\00:36:02.56
and to make His
Word our counselor.
00:36:02.76\00:36:04.89
Father, we haven't feared You
as we ought to have feared You,
00:36:05.66\00:36:08.93
to have a sense of
Your presence in all places
00:36:09.30\00:36:12.03
and at all times.
00:36:12.07\00:36:13.50
Forgive us, Lord, for
our lack of reverence,
00:36:13.54\00:36:15.67
to approach a Holy
God with a casual nature.
00:36:15.70\00:36:19.67
Father, we pray that
You would forgive us,
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.74
for we have not loved
and served as we ought.
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.65
And Lord, we pray
that You would forgive us
00:36:27.08\00:36:30.75
for not seeking corporately,
for not coming together
00:36:30.95\00:36:34.69
more often as we see the
day of Jesus drawing nearer.
00:36:34.72\00:36:37.99
Forgive us, Lord, for
being caught up in the things
00:36:38.33\00:36:40.46
of this world and
forgetting the next.
00:36:40.50\00:36:43.37
Forgive us, Father, for
mixing up our priorities
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.90
and putting last things
first, and leaving Him who has
00:36:47.37\00:36:50.74
given all for us as last.
00:36:50.77\00:36:53.34
Father, forgive us for
being afraid to be radical,
00:36:54.28\00:36:58.45
and being willing to
surrender everything on the
00:36:59.18\00:37:01.55
altar of Jesus' love and to bear
our cross in this generation.
00:37:01.58\00:37:06.55
Father, we pray that
You'll forgive us for our sins
00:37:07.42\00:37:11.49
that have grieved Your heart.
00:37:12.56\00:37:14.16
Dear heavenly Father, we just
praise You for Your forgiveness.
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.24
And You tell us now to come
boldly to Your throne of grace.
00:37:24.74\00:37:28.48
And Father, we want to come.
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.15
You tell us in Your Word in
James 4:2 that we don't have
00:37:30.18\00:37:33.11
because we don't ask.
00:37:33.15\00:37:34.88
Father, please
forgive us for not asking.
00:37:35.25\00:37:37.69
Right now, Father, we
want to make big requests.
00:37:37.95\00:37:40.66
We've seen and we've
heard the messages today
00:37:41.36\00:37:44.73
and over the last few days, and
our hearts have been pricked.
00:37:44.76\00:37:47.46
We've been convicted.
00:37:47.50\00:37:48.86
And Father, may we
not leave this place
00:37:48.90\00:37:51.77
with these convictions,
but may we act upon them.
00:37:51.80\00:37:56.44
Father, You tell us
in Psalm 2:8, "Ask of Me
00:37:56.81\00:38:00.21
and I will give you the
heathen for thine inheritance,
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.35
and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession."
00:38:03.38\00:38:07.28
You tell us, Father, to ask.
00:38:07.32\00:38:09.28
It seems impossible, Father.
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.22
How can we do what
You've called us to do?
00:38:11.25\00:38:13.76
But You say You
will work through us.
00:38:13.79\00:38:15.82
You say You will
give us Your Spirit.
00:38:15.86\00:38:17.43
And that's what
we desperately need.
00:38:17.46\00:38:19.29
You even tell
us in Joshua 23:10,
00:38:19.39\00:38:21.73
"One man of you
shall chase a thousand:
00:38:21.76\00:38:23.70
for the LORD your God, he
it is that fighteth for you,
00:38:23.73\00:38:26.43
as he hath promised you."
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.87
Father, we desperately
need increased faith.
00:38:29.90\00:38:32.61
We need You to break our
hearts with the things that
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.74
break Your hearts.
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.45
And Father, we're
asking today that You would do
00:38:37.68\00:38:40.48
what we cannot do for ourselves.
00:38:40.72\00:38:42.82
And that is, help us to truly
die to self and to surrender.
00:38:42.85\00:38:46.92
We cannot crucify self, Father.
00:38:46.96\00:38:49.09
Only You can do this for us.
00:38:49.19\00:38:51.06
But You promise, You told us
through the words of inspiration
00:38:51.33\00:38:54.23
that, "The Lord can do
more in one hour than we can
00:38:54.26\00:38:56.63
do in a whole lifetime.
00:38:56.67\00:38:58.33
And when He sees that His
people are fully consecrated,
00:38:58.43\00:39:01.50
let me tell you, a great work
will be done in a short time,
00:39:01.54\00:39:05.04
and the message of truth will
be carried into the dark places
00:39:05.07\00:39:08.11
of the earth, where it
has never been proclaimed."
00:39:08.14\00:39:11.15
So Father, we are
asking for big things today.
00:39:11.48\00:39:14.25
And we thank You.
00:39:14.52\00:39:15.85
As You tell us in Jeremiah
33, "Call upon Me and I will
00:39:16.15\00:39:19.62
answer thee and show
thee great and mighty things
00:39:19.65\00:39:22.16
which thou knowest not."
00:39:22.19\00:39:23.59
Right now, as we take
a few seconds to pray,
00:39:24.03\00:39:26.70
convict us of what
You are asking us to do.
00:39:26.73\00:39:30.20
Father, we want to
thank You, Lord, for Your word
00:39:36.67\00:39:40.01
that says,
"Rejoice in the Lord always.
00:39:40.04\00:39:42.71
And again I say rejoice."
00:39:43.14\00:39:44.85
Father, we lack
giving You thanksgiving.
00:39:44.88\00:39:47.78
We lack giving You the credit
of the things in our lives.
00:39:47.95\00:39:53.52
Father, Your Word
says it is good to give
00:39:53.92\00:39:56.36
thanks to the Lord.
00:39:56.39\00:39:57.73
Oh Father, please,
may there be thanksgiving
00:39:57.76\00:40:01.10
that is on our
tongues at all times.
00:40:01.13\00:40:04.03
Especially when we go
through trials, Father.
00:40:04.07\00:40:06.67
We want to thank You
for the roof over our head,
00:40:06.70\00:40:10.61
we thank You for
the family, the friends,
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.31
we thank You for
bringing us here at GYC.
00:40:12.34\00:40:15.61
We thank You, Father, that
You are working in our hearts.
00:40:15.84\00:40:19.08
But Father, we thank
You mostly that You sent
00:40:19.31\00:40:22.08
Your only Son to die for us.
00:40:22.18\00:40:24.65
And so, Father, we just want
to take the last few seconds
00:40:25.09\00:40:29.96
just giving You thanksgiving.
00:40:30.16\00:40:32.29
Place upon our
hearts thanksgiving.
00:40:32.39\00:40:35.93
Lord, prepare me
to be a sanctuary,
00:40:46.01\00:40:53.42
pure and holy, tried and true.
00:40:53.65\00:41:02.49
With
thanksgiving I'll be a living
00:41:02.52\00:41:11.20
sanctuary for You.
00:41:11.50\00:41:19.41
For we pray this in the
loving name of Your Son Jesus.
00:41:19.51\00:41:23.08
Amen.
00:41:23.11\00:41:24.95