Have you ever come to GYC?
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And on Wednesday night,
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it just feels like Friday night.
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It's such a
feast here every day.
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And I so appreciated last night
how we welcomed the Sabbath.
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Didn't you?
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Because it set
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this special
24-hour period of time
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apart as extra special
which they in fact are.
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And it leads me to the question,
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"Does how we keep the
Sabbath really matter?"
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Some people might
call paying attention
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to the details
legalistic or works-oriented,
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but it doesn't
have to be, friends.
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If you were here
last night, you heard...
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and if you weren't here,
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I'd invite you to go to
YouTube or go back on Facebook
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and listen to
that wonderful program.
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You heard that the
Sabbath was so beautifully
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and clearly explained
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as not a symbol of
legalistic human-oriented works
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but as the icon of God's grace,
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as the pinnacle of
rest in His salvation,
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the sign between
God and His people
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that He makes it
His responsibility
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to do the work of
sanctification in our lives
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when we only allow Him.
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Tonight, I'm going to talk
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about the
blessing of the Sabbath
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and how we can prepare for it
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throughout the week
to get the most benefit
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from it as possible.
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We have, as remnants
of the Garden of Eden,
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two blessings,
two gifts from God,
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marriage and the Sabbath.
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And I know this is GYC.
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So I presume that many of
you probably have never been
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through a marriage
seminar to find out
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how you can get
the most blessings
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out of your marriage.
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But tonight,
we're going to think
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about how we can get
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the most blessings
out of the Sabbath,
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old or young, new in
the faith or pioneers,
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we can all benefit
from studying this together.
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First of all, let's
go back to the beginning.
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I invite you to take your Bibles
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and let's turn to Genesis 2.
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Genesis 2, and we're going
to read beginning in verse 1.
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And when you're there,
if you could just say amen.
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Genesis 2:1, it says,
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"Thus the heavens and
the earth were finished
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and all the host of
them and on the seventh day,
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God ended His
work which He had made
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had made," verse 3,
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"God blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it
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because that in it He
had rested from all His work
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which God created and made."
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Now the first thing
that we want to understand
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about the Sabbath
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is that the hours of
the Sabbath are blessed.
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They're what? They're blessed.
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And it's not possible
with empirical instruments
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to somehow measure
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any differences
between an hour on Sunday,
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or Tuesday, or
Thursday, or on Sabbath.
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But spiritually speaking,
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if we believe
the Bible to be true
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and what we just
read in Genesis 2,
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there must be a
qualitative difference between
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the hours of the Sabbath
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and the other 144
hours of the week.
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Listen to how this blessing
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is described in
Gospel Workers page 209,
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"They should devote their time
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and energies to
spiritual exercises
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that the divine
influence resting
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upon the Sabbath may attend them
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throughout the week.
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Of all the days of the week,
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none are so favorable
for devotional thoughts
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and feelings as the Sabbath."
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Did you catch that?
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There is actually a
blessing on the Sabbath hours.
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That is to say that you will get
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more out of devotional exercises
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and feelings on Sabbath
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than you will on any
other day of the week.
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That's the blessing.
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God blessed them,
He set them apart.
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And this blessing that
we get out of the Sabbath
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is not because we're Adventists,
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it's not because
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it's the day we go to church on.
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The Sabbath is the
most profitable time
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for these activities
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because God in His infinite
wisdom blessed these hours
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for these purposes,
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not just for any
purposes but for these purposes.
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If you want to grow spiritually,
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if you want the greatest return
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on your investment of
time in Bible study and prayer,
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in building relationship
with God and family,
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in communing with God and nature
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and receiving
blessings from serving others,
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pour as many of these things
as possible into the 24 hours,
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blessed hours of the Sabbath.
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That's why we as Adventists
have been told to prepare
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for the Sabbath.
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It's not a new idea for us.
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You remember the account
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of the
crucifixion according to Luke.
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Jesus was
crucified on which day?
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The preparation day, right?
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The Jews
prepared for the Sabbath.
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Ideally...
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And I realized that I'm
talking about ideals here.
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Ideally, we want to arrive
at these blessed hours rested
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rather than needing more sleep
than usual during this day.
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As far as I can find,
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there's no special blessing
on the Sabbath for sleep.
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Ideally, we want to
have taken care ahead of time
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as many secular duties
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and responsibilities as possible
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so that we can fill the minutes
and seconds of the Sabbath
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with those things
that God blessed them for.
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As far as I can
find the Sabbath hours
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are not blessed for cooking,
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or cleaning, or
shopping, or homework,
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or secular employment,
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it's not because
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we're legalistic
about these things,
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it's because we
want as many blessings
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out of the
Sabbath hours as possible.
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It's the motive that
makes it legalistic drudgery
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or pure relational joy.
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Are we keeping the
Sabbath out of guilt or love?
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Now let me be clear here,
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the cessation of all
non-Sabbath activities
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does not
constitute Sabbath-keeping.
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Just because I
don't work on Sabbath
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doesn't make me
a Sabbath-keeper,
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just because I don't
do unnecessary cooking
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or cleaning doesn't
make me a Sabbath-keeper,
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just because I avoid
secular conversations
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on the Sabbath
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doesn't make me
a Sabbath-keeper.
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In fact, dead people
don't do any of those things
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on the Sabbath,
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but they aren't Sabbath-keepers.
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Keeping the Sabbath
is about doing on Sabbath
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the things the
Sabbath hours are blessed for.
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We remove those other activities
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so that we can spend
as much time as possible
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with our Savior and Friend.
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Now let me ask you a question,
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is the Sabbath at
the end of the week
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or at the beginning?
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How do you know?
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We often think about the fact
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that there are
seven days in a week
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in nearly every
culture around the world
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because God created,
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He created time
by spending time.
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But have you ever thought
about why He rested at the end
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instead of the beginning?
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It wasn't because He
was tired at the end.
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His rest was not
because He was worn out
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from the work of creation.
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I would propose to
you that all of creation
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including the
hand forming of man
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on the sixth day was
a purposeful intentional
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creatorial crescendo culminating
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in the act of
making the Sabbath.
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The Sabbath is not a rest
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in preparation
for the week to come,
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rather the week
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before the Sabbath is given us
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as preparation for
the coming Sabbath.
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All week, 144 hours, 6 days,
God's given to us to prepare,
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to be ready for
the special blessing
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that He wants to have.
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They're ours to manage
wisely, prudently, efficiently
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so that when those
blessed hours arrive,
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we can receive all
the blessings God wants
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to pour into them.
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You know, six months were
put into planning the one day
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that was to be
Jane and my wedding day.
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Six months, every
detail was arranged,
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as much of work of
the work as possible
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was done ahead of time.
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We wanted to be
able to spend time
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with our family
who had gathered.
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We didn't want to be
stressed when the day came.
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We didn't want to be
doing unnecessary tasks.
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We wanted that
one irreplaceable day
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to be able to
focus on the things
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that mattered most.
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The Sabbath is the special time
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God wants to
spend with you and me.
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Sunday through
Friday are the days
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He's given you to be ready.
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I'm looking forward to 2018
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and the Sabbaths God's
going to spend with me.
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How about you?
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Come to Me
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You who are weary
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I'll give you rest
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I'll give
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You rest
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Come to Me
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I'll take your burden
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Come to me
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You'll give me
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Rest
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Come to Me
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You who are weary
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I'll give you rest
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I'll give you rest
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Come to Me
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I'll take your
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Burden
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Come to me
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You'll give me rest
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For I am gentle
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And humble of heart
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Learn of Me
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And you shall find peace
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Unto
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Your soul
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Come to Me
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You who are weary
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I'll give you rest
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I'll give you rest
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Come to Me
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I'll take your burden
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Come to me
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You'll give me rest
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Come
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To Me
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Amen.
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Good evening.
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So this is my
favorite part of GYC.
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Can anyone guess why?
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Oh, I'm about to share with you
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what happened on
yesterday's outreach.
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Amen? Amen.
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I'm going to share
with you some statistics,
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and then we are going
to jump into an amazing way
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that we have seen God
working in the City of Phoenix.
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We knocked on over 28,456 doors
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in just 2.5 hours, my friends.
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We prayed with
over 1,500 people,
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over 31,000 pieces of
literature were passed out.
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We collected over 2 tons,
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3,729 pounds of canned food
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for the Phoenix Rescue Mission.
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We distributed 200
refugee relief kits.
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When we went to
the refugee center,
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we were told
that it was so amazing
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that we completely
restocked their shelves
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for a really,
really, really long time.
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Amen? Amen.
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And lastly, we had over
760 Bible studies come in.
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More than that though, friends,
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we were heard of people crying
when they went to the doors.
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People were saying,
"You've made my day."
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There was a lady at
the hotel who, believe it,
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outside of
outreach, one of the ladies
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who has been
lovingly cleaning our rooms,
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somebody, some brave
soul offered her Bible studies
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and she signed up for them.
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Amen? Amen.
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We also had a bus
driver who the participants,
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the attendees,
were singing hymns
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and the bus
driver loved it so much,
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she wanted to take an extra
lap around the convention center
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so she could
hear some more songs.
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Amen?
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All of these things we know
that God is incredibly at work.
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But, friends, I
want to share with you
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some experiences
that are hot off the press
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that we see the Lord is working
on the hearts of people today.
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I have many special
friends with me here,
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but we're going to
start with Philip and Jessica.
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Philip you had a pretty
cool outreach experience.
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Please share with us.
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Great. Yeah.
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So I'm actually a
youth pastor in Pennsylvania,
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Philadelphia to be exact,
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and I'm actually a chaperone
with a group of people.
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And my group
actually volunteered
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at Pathways to Health.
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And being a chaperone
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by the time outreach day
rolled around, I was exhausted.
00:15:20.38\00:15:24.55
I did not want to
go to an outreach day.
00:15:24.59\00:15:28.92
And, you know, I was
planning on stealing away
00:15:28.96\00:15:31.49
and taking a nap once
everyone was on the bus.
00:15:31.53\00:15:34.20
All my spiritual
children were on the bus.
00:15:34.23\00:15:36.36
And until I ran
into my friend Tara,
00:15:36.40\00:15:40.27
and while I was
talking to her, bus leader...
00:15:40.30\00:15:44.04
What Marie? What
was it? Lisa Marie.
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No, Rose Marie, Rose
Marie on bus number 27,
00:15:47.01\00:15:49.94
and actually bus
leader Rose Marie
00:15:49.98\00:15:52.01
and also Linnell,
they were awesome.
00:15:52.05\00:15:53.48
They were wonderful bus leaders.
00:15:53.52\00:15:54.85
So you were
about to get on the bus
00:15:54.88\00:15:56.22
and what did they say?
00:15:56.25\00:15:57.59
And bus leader Rose Marie
storms out and basically says,
00:15:57.62\00:16:02.09
"I need one more person."
00:16:02.12\00:16:03.83
And I'm praying to
the Lord, "No, Lord.
00:16:03.86\00:16:07.13
Not me, please."
00:16:07.16\00:16:08.66
But she keeps saying it
00:16:08.70\00:16:10.03
and so I find myself
on that bus number 27
00:16:10.07\00:16:14.34
and I'm cranky
because I'm sitting next to...
00:16:14.37\00:16:17.44
What's your name? Jessica.
00:16:17.47\00:16:19.61
He's sitting next to...
00:16:19.64\00:16:20.98
Who could be cranky
sitting next to Jessica?
00:16:21.01\00:16:23.35
But I was a chaperone
again, I was a chaperone again.
00:16:23.38\00:16:26.25
So what ended up
happening though,
00:16:26.28\00:16:27.62
we had a great time.
00:16:27.65\00:16:28.98
We had a great time,
and we had Bible studies,
00:16:29.02\00:16:30.55
and it was a blessing,
00:16:30.59\00:16:31.92
but what ended up
happening was the last door
00:16:31.95\00:16:33.46
that I was on, the
last door that I was on,
00:16:33.49\00:16:36.49
this grandma comes
out and she's hesitant.
00:16:36.52\00:16:40.30
She's not really into it.
00:16:40.33\00:16:42.00
But I tell her, you
know, we have these health,
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you know, these...
00:16:44.63\00:16:45.97
I went through the
survey and the first question
00:16:46.00\00:16:47.40
was spiritual
health and all that stuff,
00:16:47.44\00:16:49.70
and I literally told
her, you know, because
00:16:49.74\00:16:52.24
she was
interested in the physical.
00:16:52.27\00:16:53.61
And so I was like,
00:16:53.64\00:16:54.98
you know, we had a
Pathways to Health event.
00:16:55.01\00:16:56.41
And so I was telling her
about the cooking classes
00:16:56.44\00:16:57.85
and all that stuff,
she was very interested.
00:16:57.88\00:17:00.75
So thank you,
Pathways to Health.
00:17:00.78\00:17:03.32
But what ended up happening
though was when it came time
00:17:03.35\00:17:06.35
to the Bible study
point, she was not interested.
00:17:06.39\00:17:09.79
And I told her, I was like,
00:17:09.82\00:17:12.03
"I came all the way
from Philadelphia to talk
00:17:12.06\00:17:14.86
to you about this."
00:17:14.90\00:17:16.23
And her eyes got
really big, and she was like,
00:17:16.26\00:17:18.73
"I'm from Philadelphia."
00:17:18.77\00:17:21.00
And it was the Holy Spirit,
and she literally was like,
00:17:21.04\00:17:26.94
"I need your number.
00:17:26.98\00:17:28.98
I need your number,
00:17:29.01\00:17:30.45
and this is a
divine appointment."
00:17:30.48\00:17:32.98
That came out
of her mouth. Amen.
00:17:33.01\00:17:35.12
And so what ended up
happening after that,
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you know, so
basically she signed up
00:17:37.72\00:17:39.95
for Bible studies.
00:17:39.99\00:17:41.32
Amen.
00:17:41.36\00:17:43.36
This has been
00:17:43.39\00:17:44.73
one of the most amazing stories.
00:17:44.76\00:17:46.09
We know that that lady,
00:17:46.13\00:17:47.46
actually her
granddaughter's classmate
00:17:47.50\00:17:49.86
had a tragedy happen
00:17:49.90\00:17:51.23
where the
granddaughter's classmate,
00:17:51.27\00:17:53.40
who was Jessica's age,
right, she had lost her friend.
00:17:53.44\00:17:58.91
They had been shot by the dad,
00:17:58.94\00:18:00.98
the mother and the
baby, on Christmas Day.
00:18:01.01\00:18:02.94
Friends, that's a tragedy,
00:18:02.98\00:18:04.38
but God is there with a solution
00:18:04.41\00:18:06.85
when we're willing to go.
00:18:06.88\00:18:08.22
Amen? Amen.
00:18:08.25\00:18:09.58
So Phillip, the Lord used you.
00:18:09.62\00:18:10.95
We thank you so much, Jessica,
00:18:10.99\00:18:12.32
for being willing
to go on outreach.
00:18:12.35\00:18:13.89
Our final testimony,
00:18:13.92\00:18:15.26
I have two good
friends here with me,
00:18:15.29\00:18:17.16
Anthony and Michelle.
00:18:17.19\00:18:19.03
Anthony, though, tell me
about your outreach experience
00:18:19.06\00:18:21.73
and who you met
while you were there.
00:18:21.76\00:18:24.17
So I had my heart set
00:18:24.20\00:18:29.20
on door-to-door outreach
00:18:29.24\00:18:31.47
'cause I'd been
baptized two years ago.
00:18:31.51\00:18:34.44
I had glow tracks in my pockets,
00:18:34.48\00:18:37.38
and I was so at it.
00:18:37.41\00:18:38.75
I'm like, "Lord, let's go
win souls for the kingdom.
00:18:38.78\00:18:40.82
I'm ready to go.
Let's go door to door."
00:18:40.85\00:18:43.22
But God said, "No."
And I said, "Really, Lord?"
00:18:43.25\00:18:46.05
He said, "Yeah, no."
00:18:46.09\00:18:47.49
So I ended up going to
the refugee relief outreach,
00:18:47.52\00:18:52.59
and I met this
young lady here, Michelle,
00:18:52.63\00:18:57.90
and come to find out
I was talking with her.
00:18:57.93\00:19:02.07
And she was from
the Phoenix community.
00:19:02.10\00:19:06.61
And the Holy Spirit
compelled me to talk to her
00:19:06.64\00:19:08.81
'cause she looked like
she was alone, and yeah...
00:19:08.84\00:19:11.88
We're glad you did.
00:19:11.91\00:19:13.25
So if we can switch sides here
and I can talk with Michelle.
00:19:13.28\00:19:16.55
You know, one
thing that's interesting
00:19:16.58\00:19:17.92
about what Anthony shared
00:19:17.95\00:19:19.29
was that he had his
pockets of glow ready to go
00:19:19.32\00:19:20.92
to the door-to-door,
00:19:20.96\00:19:22.42
but the Lord sent him
to the refugee outreach.
00:19:22.46\00:19:24.49
And I know many of
you who wanted to go on
00:19:24.53\00:19:26.09
the refugee
outreach went door to door.
00:19:26.13\00:19:29.40
So Lord knows
exactly what we need
00:19:29.43\00:19:31.63
and, you know, while
there, he ran into Michelle.
00:19:31.67\00:19:34.50
And, Michelle,
we're really blessed
00:19:34.54\00:19:36.67
that you're here with us.
00:19:36.71\00:19:38.04
And I want to know how on earth
did you end up here at GYC.
00:19:38.07\00:19:42.44
I actually came here
00:19:42.48\00:19:44.38
without even
knowing about the place.
00:19:44.41\00:19:45.98
I was here to go to
Pathway actually with my sister,
00:19:46.01\00:19:49.68
she needed dental work.
00:19:49.72\00:19:51.19
And they asked me what I needed.
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.69
And I told this
lady, she was really nice,
00:19:53.72\00:19:57.43
that I was really
stressed and I needed,
00:19:57.46\00:20:00.76
I guess, answers, I needed hope.
00:20:00.80\00:20:02.76
She took me to the health booth
00:20:02.80\00:20:04.27
because
everything was already closed
00:20:04.30\00:20:05.70
and the guy there told me
00:20:05.73\00:20:07.70
I could take
anything from there,
00:20:07.74\00:20:09.10
and he asked me if I
knew about this event,
00:20:09.14\00:20:13.17
and I told him no,
and he said I should come.
00:20:13.21\00:20:15.68
I didn't know we had
to pay for it though.
00:20:15.71\00:20:17.78
So I said I was very
interested and I would go.
00:20:17.81\00:20:22.48
I wanted to find answers.
00:20:22.52\00:20:23.95
You can say that. I
wanted to find answers.
00:20:23.99\00:20:25.99
So our friend, Michelle,
here is actually from Phoenix
00:20:26.02\00:20:29.19
and she ended up
going to the Pathways event
00:20:29.22\00:20:31.53
'cause her and her sister,
her sister needed dental work.
00:20:31.56\00:20:34.36
And you get to the place
00:20:34.40\00:20:37.57
where you're
talking with this man,
00:20:37.60\00:20:38.93
and this man finds out
that you would be interested
00:20:38.97\00:20:41.07
in attending GYC, and
what did he do from there?
00:20:41.10\00:20:45.01
He offered to pay for it. Amen.
00:20:45.04\00:20:48.04
And, you know, we're so blessed
to have you here, Michelle.
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.21
One of our only questions
and the one thing Michelle
00:20:50.25\00:20:53.01
had shared with me
was that what is it
00:20:53.05\00:20:55.98
that inspired you
to want to come to GYC
00:20:56.02\00:20:58.39
or even attend it.
00:20:58.42\00:20:59.75
And what has been
your favorite part?
00:20:59.79\00:21:02.36
I think it's crazy
00:21:02.39\00:21:03.73
because when I
first went to the Pathway,
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.49
I didn't know it was Christian,
00:21:06.53\00:21:07.86
and I had
actually given up on God.
00:21:07.90\00:21:09.96
But I needed answers
and what I got out of here
00:21:10.00\00:21:13.17
was prayer and the
sermons, I got hope again.
00:21:13.20\00:21:17.04
Amen.
00:21:17.07\00:21:18.41
You guys, ministry,
serving the Lord works.
00:21:18.44\00:21:21.54
Amen. Amen. God is in control.
00:21:21.58\00:21:25.08
And, you know, one thing
00:21:25.11\00:21:26.61
we do as a family is we
love meeting new people,
00:21:26.65\00:21:30.79
Michelle, and we believe
00:21:30.82\00:21:32.15
that God has a
plan for your life.
00:21:32.19\00:21:33.79
So we're just going to
say a short prayer for you.
00:21:33.82\00:21:36.12
So if all of you could
say a prayer in your heart
00:21:36.16\00:21:37.79
as we bow our
heads and close our eyes.
00:21:37.83\00:21:40.26
Lord, we thank You so much
00:21:40.30\00:21:41.66
for bringing
Michelle here this year,
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.60
not just Michelle
but every other person,
00:21:43.63\00:21:45.93
Lord, who we
have met on outreach.
00:21:45.97\00:21:48.90
And, God, if
there is someone here
00:21:48.94\00:21:51.01
who maybe didn't
have hope like Michelle,
00:21:51.04\00:21:52.87
we pray that You'll
give it to them today.
00:21:52.91\00:21:54.91
Thank you for
using her and her story.
00:21:54.94\00:21:57.05
We know the future is bright.
00:21:57.08\00:21:58.98
We love you so
much. In Jesus' name.
00:21:59.01\00:22:01.72
Amen.
00:22:01.75\00:22:03.08
Over the last several years,
00:22:06.89\00:22:08.32
GYC has been
tremendously blessed
00:22:08.36\00:22:10.76
by a partnership with ASI.
00:22:10.79\00:22:13.03
And tonight, I have Kyle Allen,
the secretary treasurer of ASI.
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.13
Kyle, can you tell us
00:22:16.16\00:22:17.50
what is ASI and
why is it important?
00:22:17.53\00:22:19.80
Well, Taylor, I have a question
for you first, actually.
00:22:19.83\00:22:22.07
Okay.
00:22:22.10\00:22:23.44
What would happen
00:22:23.47\00:22:24.81
if every Seventh-day
Adventist business person
00:22:24.84\00:22:26.68
and lay professional person
00:22:26.71\00:22:28.64
were fully engaged
in the mission of taking
00:22:28.68\00:22:31.08
the Gospel to the
world in this generation?
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.18
I think we would be in heaven.
00:22:33.21\00:22:35.88
Amazing things
would happen, right,
00:22:35.92\00:22:37.89
if every lay
person was fully engaged?
00:22:37.92\00:22:40.49
Do you know that
Ellen White says that
00:22:40.52\00:22:41.89
"The work of God
on this earth..."
00:22:41.92\00:22:43.26
Actually I think you
mentioned it last night
00:22:43.29\00:22:44.63
in your talk.
00:22:44.66\00:22:45.99
"The work of God on this
earth will never be finished
00:22:46.03\00:22:48.36
until the men
and women comprising
00:22:48.40\00:22:50.07
our church membership
unite with church officers
00:22:50.10\00:22:53.17
and pastors to finish the work."
00:22:53.20\00:22:55.30
So the mission of ASI
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.67
is to engage all
of our laypeople,
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.77
business professionals,
00:22:58.81\00:23:00.14
and lay
professionals in every line
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.88
to take the Gospel
00:23:01.91\00:23:03.24
to the world in this generation.
00:23:03.28\00:23:04.68
So how does that relate
to the people here though
00:23:04.71\00:23:07.28
because not everybody is
old and business owners and...
00:23:07.32\00:23:10.52
Okay, good question.
00:23:10.55\00:23:11.89
So some people think
ASI is only for old people
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.46
but guess what guys,
00:23:13.49\00:23:14.82
we've opened up a new
category of membership
00:23:14.86\00:23:16.36
for young professionals.
00:23:16.39\00:23:17.73
Amen? Amen.
00:23:17.76\00:23:19.09
So young professionals
can now be members of ASI.
00:23:19.13\00:23:21.70
We want to encourage you
guys to find out about this.
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.83
This is a special
partnership with GYC.
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.73
We want you guys to come in.
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.10
We want to provide
mentorship, training,
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.44
and resources
for how you can learn
00:23:29.47\00:23:31.24
to share Christ
in your workplace
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.14
and be a light for Him.
00:23:33.17\00:23:34.51
So what does that
partnership look like?
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.54
What does ASI
do more in general?
00:23:36.58\00:23:38.01
How can these
people be benefited?
00:23:38.05\00:23:39.58
Okay, so first of all,
00:23:39.61\00:23:41.08
how many of you have
heard of the ASI Convention?
00:23:41.12\00:23:44.15
Okay, some of you saw
00:23:44.19\00:23:45.52
the flyer on your
chairs this morning.
00:23:45.55\00:23:46.89
We want to invite
you to come to Orlando,
00:23:46.92\00:23:48.92
August 1 to 4.
00:23:48.96\00:23:50.29
I know it's going
to be hot, Taylor,
00:23:50.33\00:23:51.66
but there's air
conditioning, okay?
00:23:51.69\00:23:53.03
Very good.
00:23:53.06\00:23:54.40
August 1 to 4,
2018, in Orlando, Florida.
00:23:54.43\00:23:56.03
And as young
professionals and GYC attendees,
00:23:56.06\00:23:58.20
you can come for a
very, very reduced rate
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.40
of just 70 bucks.
00:24:00.44\00:24:01.77
So we want you to come to
ASI in Orlando and get engaged.
00:24:01.80\00:24:05.17
Secondly, ASI, we
invest in key mission
00:24:05.21\00:24:08.41
and ministry
projects like Pathway.
00:24:08.44\00:24:10.58
Pathway is a project
that came out of ASI.
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.75
Or GYC. Or GYC.
00:24:12.78\00:24:14.22
So the bottom line is, guys,
00:24:14.25\00:24:16.25
we want to engage you
in the ministry of ASI
00:24:16.28\00:24:19.25
and we believe that
as we all join together,
00:24:19.29\00:24:22.09
laypeople and
church leaders unite,
00:24:22.12\00:24:25.09
the work will be
finished in this generation.
00:24:25.13\00:24:26.46
Amen. Amen.
00:24:26.49\00:24:27.83
We want to encourage you,
00:24:27.86\00:24:29.20
those of you who have never been
00:24:29.23\00:24:30.57
to ASI, please come.
00:24:30.60\00:24:31.93
I've been blessed
every time I've been there.
00:24:31.97\00:24:33.30
And for those of you
who are business owners,
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.07
please make sure to get plugged
into this exciting new program.
00:24:35.10\00:24:37.91
I believe God's
going to do great things.
00:24:37.94\00:24:39.27
That's right.
00:24:39.31\00:24:40.64
Come by our booth tonight
or visit us on our website
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.04
at ASIministries.org.
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.41
Amen.
00:24:44.45\00:24:45.78
How many of you, this evening,
00:24:50.75\00:24:53.19
are medical
students or dental students
00:24:53.22\00:24:57.43
or you are
physicians or dentists?
00:24:57.46\00:24:59.59
Can I see your hands?
00:24:59.63\00:25:01.10
Medical
students, dental students,
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.77
or physicians, or dentists?
00:25:03.80\00:25:06.23
The Adventist
Medical Evangelism Network
00:25:06.27\00:25:10.84
is a group of consecrated
00:25:10.87\00:25:12.71
godly dental and
medical personnel
00:25:12.74\00:25:17.55
that meet once a
year in a convention
00:25:17.58\00:25:20.82
to inspire
these godly physicians
00:25:20.85\00:25:25.62
and dentists to
use their offices
00:25:25.65\00:25:28.56
as centers of
evangelism and influence,
00:25:28.59\00:25:32.13
shares with them how to
help their patients know Christ.
00:25:32.16\00:25:36.63
I have with me Dr.
Carlos, Dr. Stephen.
00:25:36.67\00:25:39.83
What else does AMEN
do beside the convention?
00:25:39.87\00:25:44.41
Good question, Pastor Mark.
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.21
So how many of you
were at Pathways this week?
00:25:47.24\00:25:49.61
Raise your hand, a
lot of hands going up.
00:25:49.64\00:25:52.55
It was fantastic.
00:25:52.58\00:25:53.92
It was a
wonderful way to connect
00:25:53.95\00:25:55.85
with the
community here in Phoenix.
00:25:55.88\00:25:58.02
What if I told you
there was an organization
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.22
that could bring a
smaller scale Pathways
00:26:00.26\00:26:02.79
to your church so
that you could connect
00:26:02.82\00:26:05.89
with your community
00:26:05.93\00:26:07.36
and impact your
community for Christ?
00:26:07.40\00:26:10.40
AMEN does exactly that.
00:26:10.43\00:26:11.93
If you go to AMENSDA.org,
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.27
you can plug in and ask AMEN
to send a group of volunteers,
00:26:14.30\00:26:19.07
well, yeah, volunteers
to come to your church
00:26:19.11\00:26:23.21
and set up a clinic
00:26:23.24\00:26:24.58
much like Pathways
did here in Phoenix
00:26:24.61\00:26:27.35
but to a smaller scale.
00:26:27.38\00:26:28.98
You can rally your
professionals there
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.69
in your church, volunteers there
00:26:31.72\00:26:33.92
in your church, announce
it, promo it in the community,
00:26:33.96\00:26:37.69
and bring people
in and get serviced,
00:26:37.73\00:26:40.00
just like we did
here at Pathways.
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.33
And this year alone, they
did 30 clinics nationwide.
00:26:42.36\00:26:46.67
They're doubling their
efforts in 2018 with 60,
00:26:46.70\00:26:50.21
more than 60 clinics.
00:26:50.24\00:26:51.57
Look it up on the website.
00:26:51.61\00:26:52.94
One is coming near
you, get plugged in.
00:26:52.97\00:26:54.84
Dr. Stephen,
00:26:54.88\00:26:56.21
I am a medical student, suppose.
00:26:56.24\00:26:57.91
I'm not, I'm too old.
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.28
But, Dr. Stephen, let's
suppose I'm a medical student,
00:26:59.31\00:27:01.78
I don't have much
money, a dental student,
00:27:01.82\00:27:04.05
how can I ever
afford the convention?
00:27:04.09\00:27:08.16
You can come for free.
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.46
So if you are a
health professional,
00:27:10.49\00:27:11.99
if you're a
physician or a dentist,
00:27:12.03\00:27:14.50
we appeal to you to
come to our conference
00:27:14.53\00:27:17.70
in the last weekend of October.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.87
But especially, if
you are a medical student,
00:27:19.90\00:27:22.60
if you're a dental student,
or if you're a resident,
00:27:22.64\00:27:26.17
you are either
heavily subsidized
00:27:26.21\00:27:27.88
or it will be free for
you to come to our conference
00:27:27.91\00:27:31.11
the last weekend of October.
00:27:31.15\00:27:33.35
It will be in Indian
Wells which if you don't know,
00:27:33.38\00:27:36.02
that's near the
Palm Springs area.
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.85
About an hour, just over
an hour east of Loma Linda.
00:27:37.89\00:27:41.89
So it's very close for students
whether you're at Loma Linda
00:27:41.92\00:27:46.66
or especially if
you're at a secular university
00:27:46.70\00:27:50.07
and you're studying
medicine or dentistry,
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.83
we really want to encourage
you to come to learn the skills.
00:27:51.87\00:27:55.50
You know, you went into medicine
00:27:55.54\00:27:57.21
and dentistry to
kind of help people.
00:27:57.24\00:27:59.84
That's what we all wanted to do.
00:27:59.87\00:28:01.44
But what if you could
learn the skills to addressing
00:28:01.48\00:28:04.81
the spiritual
health of your patients?
00:28:04.85\00:28:07.75
And that's what
AMEN is all about.
00:28:07.78\00:28:10.15
So you can come and
learn those skills and seminars
00:28:10.19\00:28:12.62
and in the plenary sessions,
00:28:12.65\00:28:14.16
we really encourage
especially the students to come.
00:28:14.19\00:28:16.93
It will be free, your
registration will be free,
00:28:16.96\00:28:19.63
and even the
housing is subsidized.
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.20
So we really
encourage you to come.
00:28:21.23\00:28:22.56
You can look at the
website AMENSDA.org.
00:28:22.60\00:28:26.10
We are looking
forward to a whole generation
00:28:26.13\00:28:29.20
of medical
missionaries for Jesus.
00:28:29.24\00:28:32.24
Come by the AMEN booth.
00:28:32.27\00:28:34.01
Number 310. Number
310. God bless you.
00:28:34.04\00:28:37.65
I want to read a quote for you.
00:28:42.28\00:28:45.42
And it's found in
Christian Service page 170.
00:28:45.45\00:28:48.72
It says, "The
home missionary work
00:28:48.76\00:28:50.66
will be further
advanced in every way
00:28:50.69\00:28:54.10
when a more
liberal self-denying,
00:28:54.13\00:28:57.47
self-sacrificing
spirit is manifested
00:28:57.50\00:29:00.14
for the prosperity
of foreign missions."
00:29:00.17\00:29:03.41
Do you understand
what she's saying?
00:29:03.44\00:29:05.17
She's saying that you
can bless your local field
00:29:05.21\00:29:08.78
by supporting foreign missions.
00:29:08.81\00:29:12.91
And that's why they designed
the GYC sacrifice offering
00:29:12.95\00:29:18.05
because through
00:29:18.09\00:29:19.42
this we're
blessing other places,
00:29:19.45\00:29:21.09
and I want to talk to you
about the specific country
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.73
and how this offering
00:29:23.76\00:29:25.26
has been
impacting a whole country.
00:29:25.29\00:29:27.86
Venezuela's going
through rough times right now.
00:29:27.90\00:29:30.60
I don't know if
there's any Venezuelans here,
00:29:30.63\00:29:32.87
but we know they're
going through a rough time.
00:29:32.90\00:29:35.60
There's a lot of
political instability
00:29:35.64\00:29:37.84
over there.
00:29:37.87\00:29:39.21
They have no food.
00:29:39.24\00:29:40.94
Millions of
people are not eating
00:29:40.98\00:29:42.78
no more than two meals a day,
00:29:42.81\00:29:44.78
and those meals
are not nutritious.
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.25
You can find
people digging in trash.
00:29:47.28\00:29:51.22
But in the middle of that,
there's a lot of young people
00:29:51.25\00:29:53.46
that are rising up
in the time of crisis,
00:29:53.49\00:29:55.99
trying to spread the gospel.
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.69
In June, I was
there, and I was...
00:29:57.73\00:30:01.06
I was able to see the
reality of that country.
00:30:01.10\00:30:04.23
What you see in
the news is not enough.
00:30:04.27\00:30:06.97
And this group of
young people approached to me
00:30:07.00\00:30:08.97
and I realized
that they were doctors,
00:30:09.00\00:30:11.04
and they worked in a hospital.
00:30:11.07\00:30:13.27
And they told me
their necessities
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.64
and the reality of
those hospitals over there.
00:30:14.68\00:30:17.31
First of all,
they had no supplies,
00:30:17.35\00:30:19.01
they had no gloves, no
masks, and many of them,
00:30:19.05\00:30:21.65
they're performing
surgeries without those things.
00:30:21.68\00:30:25.55
One of them, they told me,
00:30:25.59\00:30:26.92
"My only protection
right now is just God.
00:30:26.96\00:30:29.32
I have to pray."
00:30:29.36\00:30:31.83
They have no medicine.
People are just simply dying.
00:30:31.86\00:30:36.16
One of the doctors told me,
00:30:36.20\00:30:37.53
"A week ago, I was
just going to quit.
00:30:37.57\00:30:39.63
What's the point of
going to the hospitals
00:30:39.67\00:30:41.74
and just letting people die
because we cannot help them?"
00:30:41.77\00:30:45.51
They have no food
in those hospitals.
00:30:45.54\00:30:48.08
One doctor told
me that a year old,
00:30:48.11\00:30:50.58
one-year-old baby weighs
as much as a two-month-old
00:30:50.61\00:30:55.25
because moms cannot produce milk
00:30:55.28\00:30:58.02
because they have no food.
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.22
And the worst of all,
they cannot preach the gospel.
00:31:00.26\00:31:04.29
They were not
trained how to do it.
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.33
And it's a sad situation,
and they were desperate,
00:31:07.36\00:31:11.57
and they told me,
"Please, we need help."
00:31:11.60\00:31:13.67
And they told me
00:31:13.70\00:31:15.04
that many doctors
are leaving the country.
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.77
Many of them, they're
just leaving the country
00:31:17.81\00:31:19.27
to other places
and the hospitals
00:31:19.31\00:31:21.78
are with less
doctors every time.
00:31:21.81\00:31:24.08
And they told me,
00:31:24.11\00:31:25.45
"We want to
stay, but we need help.
00:31:25.48\00:31:28.98
We need
resources. We need training.
00:31:29.02\00:31:31.32
We want to teach
people about Jesus.
00:31:31.35\00:31:33.49
Even if they die,
they will live again."
00:31:33.52\00:31:37.86
And this is where
GYC has responded.
00:31:37.89\00:31:42.63
Your offerings were the means
00:31:42.66\00:31:45.67
to respond for these doctors.
00:31:45.70\00:31:48.97
iShare donated some,
00:31:49.00\00:31:51.17
but GYC took over
and a training weekend
00:31:51.21\00:31:57.05
was designed for these doctors.
00:31:57.08\00:32:00.22
And by God's grace, 45 of them,
00:32:00.25\00:32:02.52
they came and they were trained.
00:32:02.55\00:32:04.92
You will see in a
little bit the video
00:32:04.95\00:32:07.76
of what just
happened over there.
00:32:07.79\00:32:10.46
But I'll tell you
this, these doctors,
00:32:10.49\00:32:11.83
they want to stay
00:32:11.86\00:32:13.19
and they're sacrificing
themselves for the people.
00:32:13.23\00:32:16.03
And we're asking to you,
if these people are working,
00:32:16.06\00:32:20.67
sacrificing, and they're saying,
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.77
"This is my hands,
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.27
I just need
tools," what will you do?
00:32:24.31\00:32:29.58
What will you
sacrifice for them?
00:32:29.61\00:32:34.15
And this is just one country
out of many that are in need.
00:32:34.18\00:32:39.29
That's why we need
this type of offerings
00:32:39.32\00:32:42.39
because whenever there's a need,
00:32:42.42\00:32:43.99
GYC needs to respond.
00:32:44.03\00:32:46.83
And we will
respond if you help us to.
00:32:46.86\00:32:50.53
I'll tell this
before we start the video,
00:32:50.57\00:32:54.07
you will see the
information on the screens
00:32:54.10\00:32:56.57
about how can you donate online.
00:32:56.60\00:32:58.64
You can do it
monthly, but at the same time,
00:32:58.67\00:33:02.94
whoever wants an envelope
and wants to donate for this,
00:33:02.98\00:33:06.72
you can just raise
your hand during the video,
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.85
and the ushers will come
00:33:08.88\00:33:10.55
and they will give you an
envelope and you can leave
00:33:10.59\00:33:13.05
the envelopes at the
end with the leaders.
00:33:13.09\00:33:16.52
May God bless you,
00:33:16.56\00:33:18.26
and may you also
sacrifice something for God.
00:33:18.29\00:33:23.67
Unrest in Venezuela
seems to be worsening
00:33:23.70\00:33:25.90
after an attack
on a military base
00:33:25.93\00:33:27.70
over the weekend.
00:33:27.74\00:33:29.14
Spiritualism,
killings, mass economic crisis,
00:33:29.17\00:33:34.14
and emotional instability
00:33:34.18\00:33:35.94
within Venezuela cannot
put out the flame of the faith
00:33:35.98\00:33:39.95
in the heart of young people
00:33:39.98\00:33:41.32
who want to see
their Savior come
00:33:41.35\00:33:43.52
in their lifetime.
00:33:43.55\00:33:44.89
Despite the obstacles
being many and the risk high,
00:33:44.92\00:33:48.52
this training was made
a reality in August 2017
00:33:48.56\00:33:51.89
where Mission Gilead took place.
00:33:51.93\00:33:54.00
GYC along with the
affiliates in Colombia heard
00:33:57.20\00:34:00.64
and responded to the
cry of the Venezuelan youth.
00:34:00.67\00:34:03.77
The project was a three-day
00:34:03.81\00:34:05.77
medical
missionary training program
00:34:05.81\00:34:08.04
in which young
professionals came
00:34:08.08\00:34:10.75
and received
specialized training
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.58
on how to be a
medical missionary
00:34:12.61\00:34:14.45
within their own community.
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.18
The lack of medicine
calls for natural alternatives
00:34:16.22\00:34:19.85
which are accessible
in their communities.
00:34:19.89\00:34:22.42
They were taught geotherapy,
00:34:22.46\00:34:24.96
hydrotherapy, natural remedies,
00:34:24.99\00:34:28.33
and how to make charcoal.
00:34:28.36\00:34:30.37
Teaching them how to alleviate
physical needs was not enough.
00:34:30.40\00:34:34.80
They were also trained
to fill spiritual needs.
00:34:34.84\00:34:37.41
They would receive training
on how to give Bible studies,
00:34:37.44\00:34:40.71
share the Gospel
in a medical setting,
00:34:40.74\00:34:43.04
and learning the true meaning
of being a medical missionary.
00:34:43.08\00:34:46.98
They left with
more than training.
00:34:47.02\00:34:49.32
They took rice, lentils,
and beans back to their homes,
00:34:49.35\00:34:53.72
food that is not easily
accessible in Venezuela.
00:34:53.76\00:34:56.73
Tears were shed
and hope was regained.
00:34:56.76\00:35:00.13
God has opened their
eyes to new horizons.
00:35:00.16\00:35:03.93
All of this has
been made possible thanks
00:36:32.85\00:36:35.29
to your contributions.
00:36:35.32\00:36:39.89
Over the years
of GYC's overlooking
00:36:39.93\00:36:45.10
and what God has been
doing through this movement,
00:36:45.13\00:36:48.57
we have realized
00:36:48.60\00:36:49.94
that more and
more God is calling us
00:36:49.97\00:36:52.01
to revival and to mission.
00:36:52.04\00:36:55.44
We are here today to introduce
the theme for next year,
00:36:55.48\00:36:59.01
but I want to tell you
00:36:59.05\00:37:00.38
that God is wanting to
come in our generation.
00:37:00.42\00:37:02.98
Amen? Amen.
00:37:03.02\00:37:05.05
This is why we have chosen
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.79
to focus on revival and mission.
00:37:06.82\00:37:09.76
And, Jonathan,
why don't you tell us
00:37:09.79\00:37:12.29
the text for next year's theme?
00:37:12.33\00:37:15.16
Next year's theme
will be based on Acts 1:8.
00:37:15.20\00:37:20.07
Acts 1:8, it says,
00:37:20.10\00:37:21.94
"But you shall receive power
00:37:21.97\00:37:24.14
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you
00:37:24.17\00:37:26.94
and you shall be My
witnesses in Jerusalem,
00:37:26.98\00:37:30.98
in all of Judea, and Samaria,
00:37:31.01\00:37:33.35
and to the end of the earth."
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.48
In it we find a
powerful promise,
00:37:36.52\00:37:40.12
we find power,
00:37:40.16\00:37:41.49
and we find a
commission from Jesus,
00:37:41.52\00:37:44.23
some of His last words to us
before He ascended to heaven.
00:37:44.26\00:37:48.80
I believe God has
a special plan for us
00:37:48.83\00:37:50.97
in this generation,
00:37:51.00\00:37:52.33
and I don't just say
this because we are at GYC.
00:37:52.37\00:37:54.64
We really believe this. Amen.
00:37:54.67\00:37:57.01
And we are hoping that revival
00:37:57.04\00:37:58.84
and mission will
bring about the end.
00:37:58.87\00:38:02.64
Amen.
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.05
So, Moise, tell us what
will be next year's theme.
00:38:04.08\00:38:08.42
Next year's theme will be
based on the text Acts 1:8.
00:38:08.45\00:38:13.79
It will be named To The End.
00:38:13.82\00:38:18.36
I pray, and I pray
00:38:18.39\00:38:21.76
that Jesus will come before GYC,
00:38:21.80\00:38:26.53
and this is the location,
remember, GYC, Houston,
00:38:26.57\00:38:30.27
like Gary Blanchard
says, in the country of Texas,
00:38:30.31\00:38:34.51
we're going to
meet in Houston again.
00:38:34.54\00:38:37.51
But I pray that
Jesus is going to come
00:38:37.55\00:38:39.81
before GYC begins in Houston.
00:38:39.85\00:38:41.78
Amen? Amen.
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.28
But if He does not,
we're going to be there.
00:38:43.32\00:38:46.55
Now is a time
00:38:46.59\00:38:47.92
and we are praying
for the latter rain.
00:38:47.96\00:38:50.59
We want nothing
else but the latter rain.
00:38:50.63\00:38:53.50
We want Jesus to do something.
We don't want the glory.
00:38:53.53\00:38:57.20
We want God to get the glory.
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.50
And that is what
we're praying for.
00:38:59.53\00:39:00.97
Amen.
00:39:01.00\00:39:02.34
To The End, and
we don't want this
00:39:02.37\00:39:04.47
just to be another
GYC with a nice theme.
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.38
We want this to be
our marching orders.
00:39:07.41\00:39:10.21
And, friends, we cannot
share too much right now,
00:39:10.25\00:39:12.31
but I can promise you
00:39:12.35\00:39:13.78
that God right now is
preparing something very special
00:39:13.82\00:39:17.62
for next year's theme
00:39:17.65\00:39:19.09
and the upcoming time to
make this theme of next year
00:39:19.12\00:39:23.02
a living reality
in all of our lives.
00:39:23.06\00:39:25.66
We believe that God
will do an incredible thing,
00:39:25.69\00:39:27.53
and we're excited to
share more next year.
00:39:27.56\00:39:30.57
So be there in
Houston, 2018, To The End.
00:39:30.60\00:39:34.10
Amen.
00:39:34.14\00:39:35.47
Good evening, GYC.
00:39:39.84\00:39:41.18
Tonight in our
this I Believe section,
00:39:41.21\00:39:44.18
it will be
presented by a Casey Vaughn.
00:39:44.21\00:39:46.61
She currently is
00:39:46.65\00:39:48.98
a graduate student at Andrews
and she serves on the EECOM
00:39:49.02\00:39:52.39
as one of the
general vice presidents.
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.99
And tonight, she
will be presenting for us.
00:39:55.02\00:39:58.53
So we'd like to
invite her. Thank you.
00:39:58.56\00:40:01.33
Good evening.
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.40
It's been a
wonderful time here at GYC.
00:40:03.43\00:40:05.43
Amen? Amen.
00:40:05.47\00:40:08.44
So there's been
a couple questions
00:40:08.47\00:40:10.14
I've been asking myself lately.
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.97
Who am I? Where do
I fit into society?
00:40:13.01\00:40:17.35
Where do I fit into
my generation as a whole?
00:40:17.38\00:40:21.38
How much of my personal religion
00:40:21.42\00:40:22.82
is actually based in the
Bible and how much is merely
00:40:22.85\00:40:25.62
my personal religious
philosophy or worldview?
00:40:25.65\00:40:29.92
What do I believe?
00:40:29.96\00:40:33.36
No, I'm not going to presume
00:40:33.40\00:40:34.73
to speak for every
millennial in my generation
00:40:34.76\00:40:36.77
because after all
00:40:36.80\00:40:38.27
we're the most
diverse generation in history,
00:40:38.30\00:40:40.74
and coincidentally,
00:40:40.77\00:40:42.10
the one that
cares the most about it.
00:40:42.14\00:40:44.54
But I can tell
you what I have seen.
00:40:44.57\00:40:47.54
I have seen this
generation create,
00:40:47.58\00:40:50.21
harness, and improve
whole new ways to communicate.
00:40:50.25\00:40:53.65
I sat in my classes in
my undergrad and watched
00:40:53.68\00:40:56.08
as my generation shaped politics
00:40:56.12\00:40:59.05
and entire nations.
00:40:59.09\00:41:01.39
We are the generation brimming
with potential and passion.
00:41:01.42\00:41:04.69
I see a
generation who is passionate
00:41:04.73\00:41:06.76
about
authenticity and vulnerability.
00:41:06.80\00:41:11.33
Voices from
every side pressure us
00:41:11.37\00:41:13.77
to fit into societal,
cultural, and religious molds
00:41:13.80\00:41:18.04
all while we fight
for that authenticity.
00:41:18.07\00:41:21.81
We are the generation passionate
00:41:21.84\00:41:23.35
about ending
sexism, racism, slavery,
00:41:23.38\00:41:27.35
and the stigma
surrounding mental health,
00:41:27.38\00:41:29.28
and I believe that
we can do those things.
00:41:29.32\00:41:32.09
I believe that we have
00:41:32.12\00:41:33.46
the ability to end
societal strongholds
00:41:33.49\00:41:37.03
that have held on
us for generations.
00:41:37.06\00:41:40.46
And I believe
00:41:40.50\00:41:42.30
that God believes
in this generation.
00:41:42.33\00:41:45.97
I believe that
God believes in you,
00:41:46.00\00:41:48.17
God is passionate
about your passions.
00:41:48.20\00:41:52.47
In Amos, He tells us,
00:41:52.51\00:41:54.58
"But let justice
run down like water
00:41:54.61\00:41:57.41
and righteousness
like a mighty stream."
00:41:57.45\00:41:59.85
The passions of
you, my generation,
00:41:59.88\00:42:02.12
are not an appendix
in the body of Christ,
00:42:02.15\00:42:04.95
they are not some organ
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.32
that we merely haven't
found the usefulness of yet,
00:42:06.35\00:42:09.62
but they're a vital,
00:42:09.66\00:42:10.99
vital part of
the body of Christ.
00:42:11.03\00:42:13.60
Whatever passions
God has given you,
00:42:13.63\00:42:16.40
take them and run with them.
00:42:16.43\00:42:18.30
Run with them towards Him.
00:42:18.33\00:42:21.80
I believe that
we truly can change
00:42:21.84\00:42:23.67
the world in this generation,
00:42:23.71\00:42:25.04
even if that is
just for one person.
00:42:25.07\00:42:29.14
I believe, in this generation,
we can see our Savior come
00:42:29.18\00:42:33.58
and that we can see
our Savior face to face.
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.95
I believe in this generation
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.32
because we have the
ability to create new platforms
00:42:37.35\00:42:40.06
and harness new avenues
00:42:40.09\00:42:41.42
for the spreading of the gospel.
00:42:41.46\00:42:43.53
I believe in this generation
00:42:43.56\00:42:46.36
because we care
about each other.
00:42:46.39\00:42:49.33
I believe in this generation
00:42:49.36\00:42:50.70
because we care about community.
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.37
I believe in this generation
00:42:52.40\00:42:53.74
because God
believes in this generation,
00:42:53.77\00:42:55.87
and I believe in this generation
00:42:55.90\00:42:59.14
because we are
so utterly helpless.
00:42:59.17\00:43:04.01
Without Jesus,
00:43:04.05\00:43:06.85
no amount of
efforts at GYC, at home,
00:43:06.88\00:43:10.59
anywhere will
accomplish anything.
00:43:10.62\00:43:14.36
Without Jesus,
working in and through us,
00:43:14.39\00:43:17.09
all the messages
and sermons in the world
00:43:17.13\00:43:19.73
won't make a difference.
00:43:19.76\00:43:21.43
Without Jesus in our lives,
millions upon millions will die
00:43:21.46\00:43:24.43
without hope and
without salvation.
00:43:24.47\00:43:27.37
Without Jesus, no
amount of influence, money,
00:43:27.40\00:43:31.34
time in the world is
going to impact a single soul
00:43:31.37\00:43:35.78
for eternity.
00:43:35.81\00:43:38.21
Without Jesus in
our personal lives,
00:43:38.25\00:43:41.48
no amount of
GYCs will change us.
00:43:41.52\00:43:44.95
Without Jesus in the
hearts of this generation,
00:43:44.99\00:43:48.02
every single one
of us will be lost.
00:43:48.06\00:43:53.63
Without Him,
00:43:53.66\00:43:55.00
we will be the generation
that could have ended slavery.
00:43:55.03\00:44:00.34
Without Him, we
will be the generation
00:44:00.37\00:44:01.80
that could have
ended sexism and racism.
00:44:01.84\00:44:05.81
Without Him,
we'll be the generation
00:44:05.84\00:44:07.34
that brings our children
to GYC to plead with Him
00:44:07.38\00:44:09.84
to do the things we
could not do ourselves.
00:44:09.88\00:44:13.62
Without Him, we
will be the generation
00:44:13.65\00:44:16.08
that's looked back on
with so much lost potential.
00:44:16.12\00:44:20.06
Without Him, no
matter how hard we work,
00:44:20.09\00:44:22.56
no matter how many fundamentals
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.69
we teach or series we preach,
00:44:24.73\00:44:29.26
not a single
soul will be brought
00:44:29.30\00:44:31.57
to repentance and new life.
00:44:31.60\00:44:35.54
But with Him,
00:44:35.57\00:44:38.01
but with Jesus,
Jesus is the only thing,
00:44:38.04\00:44:41.78
the only person,
the only catalyst,
00:44:41.81\00:44:44.15
the only justice pursuer
00:44:44.18\00:44:45.78
who can make a
difference in this world today.
00:44:45.81\00:44:49.35
With Him...
00:44:49.38\00:44:50.72
No, He through us,
through this generation,
00:44:50.75\00:44:56.09
Jesus will feed the
hungry, through this generation,
00:44:56.12\00:44:59.43
Jesus will wipe away the tears
00:44:59.46\00:45:01.03
from the eyes of
the brokenhearted.
00:45:01.06\00:45:02.46
Through this generation,
00:45:02.50\00:45:04.20
Jesus will
welcome the downtrodden
00:45:04.23\00:45:06.03
into the church doors.
00:45:06.07\00:45:07.40
Through this generation,
00:45:07.44\00:45:08.77
Jesus will show the
world His heart of love
00:45:08.80\00:45:10.97
and bring the
gospel to the entire world.
00:45:11.01\00:45:13.48
Through this generation,
00:45:13.51\00:45:14.88
Jesus will be known not
just through our preaching
00:45:14.91\00:45:18.88
but through our lives.
00:45:18.91\00:45:22.65
And I don't need to tell
you that this only happens
00:45:22.68\00:45:25.22
when we're fully surrendered.
00:45:25.25\00:45:26.59
You are at GYC after all.
00:45:26.62\00:45:29.32
I don't need to tell
you that unless our hearts
00:45:29.36\00:45:32.99
are wholly and
totally and fully His,
00:45:33.03\00:45:36.67
this will not happen.
00:45:36.70\00:45:39.83
Jon Foreman summed
up Amos 5 this way,
00:45:39.87\00:45:45.87
"Instead let there
be a flood of justice,
00:45:45.91\00:45:50.38
an endless
procession of righteous living.
00:45:50.41\00:45:54.25
Instead of the
hypocrisy of our praise,
00:45:54.28\00:45:57.65
instead of the
hypocrisy of our festivals.
00:45:57.69\00:46:01.19
Instead let there
be a flood of justice
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.49
and endless
expression of righteous living
00:46:03.53\00:46:07.96
instead of a show."
00:46:08.00\00:46:12.03
It is on His heart
to change the world.
00:46:12.07\00:46:16.64
He believes in this generation.
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.77
Jesus believes in you.
00:46:19.81\00:46:23.98
I believe in this generation.
00:46:24.01\00:46:25.35
We can put an end to systemic
hate, racism, sexism, slavery,
00:46:25.38\00:46:28.92
you name it but not alone.
00:46:28.95\00:46:32.29
I believe in this generation,
00:46:32.32\00:46:33.66
we can show the world this hope
00:46:33.69\00:46:35.02
that you and I hold in
our hands but not alone.
00:46:35.06\00:46:40.30
I believe in this generation,
00:46:40.33\00:46:41.66
we can see our Jesus face
00:46:41.70\00:46:44.33
to face but not alone.
00:46:44.37\00:46:49.10
I believe in this generation
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.77
not because of who we are
00:46:51.81\00:46:54.21
but because of who He is.
00:46:54.24\00:46:57.91
This I believe.
00:46:57.95\00:47:01.32
Amen.
00:47:01.35\00:47:03.45
Wonderful.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.69
And I can't
believe it's almost over.
00:47:08.72\00:47:13.26
I'm going to miss all of you.
00:47:13.29\00:47:15.26
But I'm going to miss
the prayer room even more.
00:47:15.30\00:47:18.63
Last chance to be
in the prayer room.
00:47:18.67\00:47:21.84
Who among you here
00:47:21.87\00:47:23.20
has not visited the prayer room,
00:47:23.24\00:47:25.57
raise your hand?
00:47:25.61\00:47:27.44
You want to be there? Yes.
00:47:27.48\00:47:30.01
By God's grace.
00:47:30.05\00:47:31.38
So I don't want
to delay any further,
00:47:31.41\00:47:33.82
I just want to
introduce to you my friends
00:47:33.85\00:47:36.45
who have been
in the prayer room.
00:47:36.48\00:47:37.82
Shiloh, tell us what
happened in the prayer room
00:47:37.85\00:47:40.59
when you first went to
the prayer room before.
00:47:40.62\00:47:43.22
Well, I was in a
really dark place at the time.
00:47:43.26\00:47:47.06
I was discouraged.
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.43
And so I went to the prayer room
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.30
and everybody was telling me
00:47:50.33\00:47:53.44
how awesome it was
and I didn't see it.
00:47:53.47\00:47:57.21
It wasn't working for me.
00:47:57.24\00:47:59.34
And so I went
again and same thing,
00:47:59.37\00:48:01.24
went again, and
finally had a breakthrough,
00:48:01.28\00:48:02.98
and I was like,
"Yes, this is awesome."
00:48:03.01\00:48:05.08
And it didn't last.
00:48:05.11\00:48:07.45
And so I went again, it
was the last time I went...
00:48:07.48\00:48:10.69
Well, not the last time I went,
but I went again, and it was...
00:48:10.72\00:48:15.86
I decided I was going
to not pray for myself,
00:48:15.89\00:48:19.36
I was just going
to pray for others.
00:48:19.39\00:48:21.43
And while I was
praying for others,
00:48:21.46\00:48:23.67
I just had a break through
and just broke down crying.
00:48:23.70\00:48:26.30
And when I left, I
couldn't stop smiling
00:48:26.33\00:48:29.70
and I haven't had
those feelings again
00:48:29.74\00:48:32.87
for a little over two years now.
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.01
She's still smiling
until now. You see that?
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.58
That has never been wiped out.
And Shiloh did not stop there.
00:48:37.61\00:48:42.05
She could not
let the prayer room
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.35
just be there in GYC.
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.12
What did you do?
00:48:46.15\00:48:47.49
I went home to my home church
00:48:47.52\00:48:49.32
and realized we
didn't have a prayer room.
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.69
And so during a board meeting
when I probably should have
00:48:51.73\00:48:55.60
been asking
permission for a prayer room,
00:48:55.63\00:48:57.87
I was cleaning
out a storage closet,
00:48:57.90\00:48:59.77
and so we have
a prayer room now.
00:48:59.80\00:49:02.20
And my dear friends, I
preached in that church.
00:49:02.24\00:49:04.01
I saw her prayer room.
00:49:04.04\00:49:05.97
It's an extreme makeover
00:49:06.01\00:49:08.84
from a storage to a prayer room.
00:49:08.88\00:49:11.31
Thank you, Shiloh.
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.11
My good friend Luke
here has been to GYC.
00:49:13.15\00:49:16.32
This is his fourth time in GYC,
00:49:16.35\00:49:18.79
and he said that the first two
00:49:18.82\00:49:21.02
did not have that
much impact on him.
00:49:21.06\00:49:24.43
What happened on the third time?
00:49:24.46\00:49:25.79
And that was
last year, isn't it?
00:49:25.83\00:49:27.16
That's correct. I
went to the prayer room.
00:49:27.20\00:49:29.50
You went to the prayer room,
00:49:29.53\00:49:30.87
and what happened
in the prayer room?
00:49:30.90\00:49:32.40
When I went to the prayer room,
it changed my spiritual life,
00:49:32.43\00:49:35.20
it changed my focus
on prayer off of self
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.67
and on to about God.
00:49:37.71\00:49:39.24
And that's what my focus is
00:49:39.27\00:49:41.34
for mission work and everything.
00:49:41.38\00:49:42.71
And now it's not focused
on self, it's focused on God.
00:49:42.74\00:49:45.71
Amen? Amen.
00:49:45.75\00:49:47.32
And I heard from
some of my friends
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.95
that you were excited
to go to GYC this year,
00:49:49.98\00:49:53.29
for what reason?
00:49:53.32\00:49:54.66
The prayer room. He
is a man of few words.
00:49:54.69\00:49:58.39
But he knows what he
wants and he goes for it.
00:49:58.43\00:50:01.76
Thank you, Luke.
This is my friend Emely.
00:50:01.80\00:50:06.97
Emely, tell us
about how you were brought
00:50:07.00\00:50:09.70
to the prayer room.
00:50:09.74\00:50:11.07
Well, actually, last year
was our first time in GYC.
00:50:11.11\00:50:14.74
So I went to
one of the seminars,
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.85
melody seminar.
00:50:16.88\00:50:18.21
And I knew she was
giving one of the books.
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.12
So I went to the
booth, and that's where,
00:50:20.15\00:50:24.09
yeah, I met Jim.
00:50:24.12\00:50:26.65
And he was telling me
about the prayer room,
00:50:26.69\00:50:29.49
I didn't know
anything about the prayer room.
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.86
And he said something,
00:50:31.89\00:50:33.23
I'm just going to paraphrase it,
00:50:33.26\00:50:35.10
and he said, "If you came to GYC
00:50:35.13\00:50:37.90
and you don't go
to the prayer room,
00:50:37.93\00:50:39.70
then you came
here to do nothing."
00:50:39.73\00:50:42.30
So yes, I came
here to do something.
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.71
So we went to the prayer room.
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.81
And what happened
in the prayer room?
00:50:47.84\00:50:49.68
Well, the prayer room was
a life-changing experience.
00:50:49.71\00:50:53.48
I'm not the same person anymore,
00:50:53.52\00:50:55.82
like my focus is
only God and Jesus Christ.
00:50:55.85\00:51:00.29
And I heard that you
came up with something
00:51:00.32\00:51:03.69
that came out of the
prayer, and what was that?
00:51:03.73\00:51:05.93
We came with something
called "instant prayer."
00:51:05.96\00:51:10.03
Instant prayer, not
Instagram but instant prayer.
00:51:10.07\00:51:13.80
Not Instagram, instant prayer.
00:51:13.84\00:51:16.20
Okay, what is Instagram...
00:51:16.24\00:51:17.67
Or instant prayer?
00:51:17.71\00:51:21.48
Well, instant
prayer, whenever we prayed,
00:51:21.51\00:51:25.95
we got the answer right away.
00:51:25.98\00:51:28.88
We just close
our eyes and whenever
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.99
we'd open them after the prayer,
00:51:31.02\00:51:33.46
the prayer was answered.
00:51:33.49\00:51:34.82
Amen. Wow, that's strange.
00:51:34.86\00:51:37.59
That's amazing.
Thank you so much.
00:51:37.63\00:51:39.79
I guess Francis here
has more things to say
00:51:39.83\00:51:42.70
about the instant prayer.
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.07
Let Francis explain.
00:51:44.10\00:51:46.97
Okay, so like Emely said,
00:51:47.00\00:51:49.00
it was the first time
last year coming to GYC
00:51:49.04\00:51:51.17
and we did go
to the prayer room.
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.57
And to just give
you a little testimony
00:51:52.61\00:51:54.78
of what happened to
us, when we got here,
00:51:54.81\00:51:57.15
she ended up having
a really bad headache,
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.11
and throughout the whole weekend
00:51:59.15\00:52:01.05
or a couple days
that we were here,
00:52:01.08\00:52:02.75
we had a lot of...
00:52:02.78\00:52:04.12
After coming to the prayer room,
00:52:04.15\00:52:05.49
we started praying
more and would have these...
00:52:05.52\00:52:07.66
We started praying more often
and we would have small prayers
00:52:07.69\00:52:10.36
and then we could start to see
00:52:10.39\00:52:11.73
that as soon as
we finished praying,
00:52:11.76\00:52:13.09
our answers
would be right there.
00:52:13.13\00:52:14.46
So like I said, she
had a really bad headache
00:52:14.50\00:52:17.57
and she was here in the service,
00:52:17.60\00:52:19.07
and she's like,
"I need to go back,
00:52:19.10\00:52:20.44
but I don't want to go back.
00:52:20.47\00:52:21.80
I don't want to
miss the sermon."
00:52:21.84\00:52:23.17
So she put her head down,
00:52:23.20\00:52:24.54
I gave her like a
little quick massage,
00:52:24.57\00:52:25.91
and I prayed in my head.
00:52:25.94\00:52:27.44
And then after I
finished praying,
00:52:27.48\00:52:29.51
you know, she stood
up and she grabs my hand,
00:52:29.54\00:52:32.75
she's like, "Wow,
you have gifted hands."
00:52:32.78\00:52:34.35
And I'm like what?
00:52:34.38\00:52:36.08
And, you know, she's like,
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.45
"No, really, my
headache is gone,
00:52:37.49\00:52:38.99
like, I'm done, I'm staying."
00:52:39.02\00:52:41.82
And I was like, "Really?
00:52:41.86\00:52:43.22
Because I literally
just prayed for you,
00:52:43.26\00:52:44.76
like, a couple of seconds
ago and your headache is gone.
00:52:44.79\00:52:47.46
So it's not my
hands, that was God."
00:52:47.50\00:52:48.83
So it was like,
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.20
you know, it's something small
but it just gave me the chills
00:52:50.23\00:52:52.43
because I was so
blessed that week,
00:52:52.47\00:52:55.20
and it was just an
amazing feeling, so...
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.57
Praise God. Amen? Amen.
00:52:57.61\00:52:59.57
And this is one
amazing thing about our God.
00:52:59.61\00:53:01.24
He gives us little evidences
that would build our faith.
00:53:01.28\00:53:04.68
And I know that it
did not stop there.
00:53:04.71\00:53:07.12
What are the other things
00:53:07.15\00:53:08.48
that came out of
that prayer room?
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So after we did the prayer room,
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that whole week
we were so blessed
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that I had been
trying to read the Bible,
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the whole entire
Bible for the year,
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and we made a commitment.
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I was like, "You know what,
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this year I'm going
to do the Bible reading."
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So we went home
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and we started
studying the Bible,
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and every day we called
each other to discuss it
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to make sure we were accountable
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and that we didn't
quit and we were successful.
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So we finished
reading the Bible this year.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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An excitement to read the Bible,
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that is the Holy
Spirit, my dear friends.
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And you know what,
these two girls here,
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they could not
keep it to themselves
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and they have
been inviting friends.
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And now they invited
two friends to come to GYC
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and they have been pushing them,
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"Let us go to the prayer room."
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And the guy that I'm
going to introduce to you came
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from Dominican Republic.
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Okay, Dr. Eric,
tell us what happened
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when you arrived in GYC.
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Well, first time in GYC
and my first day I got sick.
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I thought it was
like a simple cold
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or probably I was
tired from the trip.
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But then I checked myself
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and diagnosed
myself and I had...
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Since I'm a doctor.
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And then I found out
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that I had a bacterial infection
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that I had in the
past, which is really bad.
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And the only way to
treat it is using antibiotics.
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So, you know, I'm
not from here in the US,
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it's kind of expensive
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if you don't have
a health insurance
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to see a doctor or
to go to an urgent care.
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And then my
friends, they were like,
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"Oh, what do we do now?"
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They were so worried about me.
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Then I said to myself,
"God, You brought me here.
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You wanted me to be
here. So what is this?
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You have to do something."
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So I heard the
stories about the experience
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they had in the prayer room.
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So I decided I'm
going to the prayer room,
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but I was like burning
up in fever, headache, pain,
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I didn't want to
walk or anything.
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And then she was
like too worried about me,
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this lady right here.
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She was like,
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"Let's make a
little prayer room here
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in the room.
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Let's pray."
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So we prayed,
but the next morning
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I couldn't go
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'cause I was feeling really bad.
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But then the following morning,
I was like God brought me here,
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He has to do something.
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So I decided to
go with my headache,
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my fever, like a zombie.
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But then in the prayer
room, as soon as I get into it,
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like everybody praying,
I started praying myself,
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people praying for
sick people we don't know.
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I was sick right there.
I'm like this is God's will.
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So as soon as I walk
out from the prayer room,
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like no pain, no fever, nothing.
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I could see the
bacteria within me,
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I checked myself again,
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I'm like I still
have the bacteria,
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but I'm not
feeling any pain or fever.
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Later on, I had the antibiotics
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but God had already made
His part in the prayer room.
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So I encourage you to
go to the prayer room,
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God is everywhere
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but He's there
like more than anywhere.
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I don't know. Amen?
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Isn't that an amazing testimony?
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I'm thinking that the next
time we had Pathways to Health,
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we'll just have Pathways
to Health with prayer room.
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Amen. A whole prayer room, amen?
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Amen.
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My dear friends, you
still have one more chance
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to go and visit
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the prayer room
tomorrow at 6:00am.
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Do not let GYC pass you
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by without going
to the prayer room.
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My dear friends,
don't let God wait for you.
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Let's go, let's
come running to Him.
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Amen?
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Let's kneel down for the prayer.
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