>>THIS PRESENTATION IS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF
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THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>GOD DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE ONE.
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GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY
SHOULD BE LOST - AND THAT WOULD
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INCLUDE SOME OF YOU WHO THINK
THAT YOU'VE WANDERED TOO FAR.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED
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>>WE WERE GOING TO
CHURCH EVERY OTHER WEEK.
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ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD THINGS REALLY
START TO MAKE SENSE FOR ME.
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I START TO GO TO CHURCH FOR
MYSELF AND THE PASTOR WANTED
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TO STUDY WITH ME.
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WE CAME TO THE STUDY
ABOUT BAPTISM AND I KIND OF JUST
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SHRUGGED, PUT MY HEAD DOWN
AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT READY.'
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HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYE
AND SAID, 'JASON, YOU'LL
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NEVER MAKE YOURSELF READY.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST
SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO.'
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I PUT A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND ME.
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THE DRINKING AND SMOKING, YOU
KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF STOPPED.
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ALL THROUGHOUT THE TIME
WHEN I WAS LEARNING ABOUT GOD
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IT WAS JUST ME AND GOD.
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IT COMES AROUND UP TO ABOUT
AUGUST AND I MEET THIS GIRL.
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ABOUT TWO YEARS INTO THE
RELATIONSHIP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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MARRIAGE AND EVERYTHING
BUT WE DIDN'T PRAY - WE DIDN'T
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STUDY TOGETHER.
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WE WERE ARGUING A
LOT BUT WE WERE ENGAGED.
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I STARTED DRINKING AGAIN
AND THEN IT WAS A SLOW DOWNWARD
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SPIRAL INTO DIFFERENT THINGS AND
THEN MY DEVOTIONAL LIFE STARTED
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REALLY WEASELING AWAY.
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WHEN WE BROKE UP IN 2008 IT
WAS HEAVY FOR ME BECAUSE, AGAIN,
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BEING WITH SOMEBODY
FOR THAT LONG - IT'S ALMOST
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LIKE A DIVORCE.
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I STARTED TO FALL
BACK AWAY EVEN MORE.
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I REMEMBER LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
- JUST LOOKING AT MYSELF AND
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SAYING, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO GOD?
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HE'S BROUGHT YOU SO
FAR.' AND YOU KNOW, GOD REALLY
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HEARD MY CRY.
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THERE WAS A TESTIMONY TELLING AT
MY CHURCH AND THERE WAS A CALL
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AND KIDS STARTED GETTING UP
- A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
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STARTED GETTING UP
FOR CALLS OF BAPTISM.
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I'M BACK DOING THE P.A.
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SYSTEM AT THIS TIME AND I FEEL
LIKE THIS - JUST URGE - LIKE MY
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HEART JUST STARTED RIPPING OUT
OF MY CHEST AND I JUST HAD THIS
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FEELING JUST TO GO UP.
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I GET UP TO THE FRONT AND I
MEET THE PASTOR WITH OPEN ARMS.
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I REALIZED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH
MORE TO LIFE THAN JUST LIVING
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LIFE FOR MYSELF AND, YOU
KNOW, FALLING AWAY - IT'S NOT A
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NECESSITY BUT GOD CAN WORK
THROUGH ANYTHING IN THE BAD
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TO MAKE IT THE GOOD.
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THAT'S A PROMISE HE MAKES.
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MY NAME IS JASON AND
I'VE RECLAIMED MY FAITH.
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>>AMEN.
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THERE ARE TWO GREAT STATEMENTS
OF JESUS THAT HE MAKES IN THE
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BIBLE THAT REALLY HELP US
TO CALIBRATE WHAT THE PURPOSE
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OF LIFE IS.
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IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 11
JESUS SAYS, 'COME UNTO ME.'
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AND THEN IN MATTHEW 28 HE
SAYS, 'GO AND TELL THE WORLD.'
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THE TWO GREAT PRIORITIES OF LIFE
ARE COMING TO JESUS AND THEN
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GOING FOR JESUS.
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IT'S REALLY COMING TO HIM
- THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP -
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AND THEN GOING FOR HIM
- THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP.
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AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY
TO SEEKING FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM
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AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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BUT THE DEVIL HAS A THOUSAND
DISTRACTIONS TO KEEP US FROM
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MAKING IT TO GOD'S KINGDOM
- TO KEEP US FROM MAKING IT TO
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THAT HOME HE'S
PREPARED FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
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THE LORD HAS PREPARED A PLACE
FOR YOU AND THE DEVIL WANTS TO
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GET YOU SIDELINED - DISTRACTED -
WHERE YOU LOSE YOUR BEARINGS AND
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YOU START BECOMING PREOCCUPIED
WITH THE CARES OF LIFE.
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WELL YOU KNOW, FRIENDS,
IF YOU'VE WANDERED FROM JESUS
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THERE IS SOMEONE
WHO IS SEEKING FOR YOU.
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GOD WANTS US TO
FIND OUR WAY BACK HOME.
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LET ME READ THIS PARABLE TO
YOU, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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TONIGHT, DEALING
WITH DEADLY DISTRACTIONS.
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LUKE 15 AND I'LL
START WITH VERSE 4.
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LUKE 15, VERSE 4, JESUS
ASKS, "WHAT MAN OF YOU, HAVING A
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HUNDRED SHEEP, IF HE LOSES
ONE OF THEM, DOES NOT LEAVE THE
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NINETY-NINE IN THE WILDERNESS,
AND GO AFTER THAT ONE WHICH IS
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LOST UNTIL HE FINDS IT?
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AND WHEN HE HAS FOUND IT,
HE LAYS IT ON HIS SHOULDERS,
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REJOICING.
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AND WHEN HE COMES HOME HE CALLS
HIS FRIENDS TOGETHER AND HIS
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NEIGHBORS, SAYING TO THEM,
'REJOICE WITH ME, FOR I HAVE
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FOUND MY SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST!'
I SAY TO YOU THAT LIKEWISE THERE
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WILL BE MORE JOY IN HEAVEN OVER
ONE SINNER WHO REPENTS THAN OVER
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NINETY-NINE JUST
PERSONS WHO NEED NO REPENTANCE."
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JESUS TELLS A SIMILAR PARABLE IN
MATTHEW CHAPTER 18, IF YOU WANT
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TO TURN THERE QUICKLY, WHERE
HE TALKS ABOUT THAT LOST SHEEP.
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"FOR THE SON OF MAN" - AND
THIS IS VERSE 11, MATTHEW 18 -
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"FOR THE SON OF MAN HAS COME
TO SAVE THAT WHICH WAS LOST.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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IF A MAN HAS A HUNDRED SHEEP,
AND ONE OF THEM GOES ASTRAY,
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DOES HE NOT LEAVE THE
NINETY-NINE AND GO TO THE
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MOUNTAINS TO SEEK
THE ONE THAT IS STRAYING?
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AND IF HE SHOULD FIND IT,
ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, HE
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REJOICES MORE OVER THAT SHEEP
THAN OVER THE NINETY-NINE THAT
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DID NOT GO ASTRAY.
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EVEN SO, IT IS NOT THE WILL'" -
THIS IS WHAT MATTHEW SAYS THAT'S
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UNIQUE FROM LUKE - "'EVEN SO IT
IS NOT THE WILL OF YOUR FATHER
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WHO IS IN HEAVEN THAT ONE
OF THESE LITTLE ONES SHOULD
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PERISH.'" GOD DOES
NOT WANT TO LOSE ONE.
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GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY
SHOULD BE LOST - AND THAT WOULD
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INCLUDE SOME OF YOU WHO THINK
THAT YOU'VE WANDERED TOO FAR.
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NOW, IN THE THREE PARABLES
THAT YOU FIND THERE IN LUKE -
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YOU'VE GOT THE LOST COIN -
IT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT'S LOST.
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THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT
- THEY THINK THEY'RE OKAY AND
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THEY DON'T REALIZE
THAT THEY NEED TO BE SOUGHT.
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AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE LOST
SHEEP THAT IT REALIZES IT'S BEEN
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MISPLACED BUT IT
DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GET HOME.
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IT NEEDS SOMEONE TO GO AFTER IT.
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IT NEEDS SOME DIRECTION.
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HOW DOES A SHEEP GET LOST?
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DOES THAT SHEEP CONSPIRE?
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IT LOOKS AROUND ONE DAY -
IT PACKS ITS BAGS - IT WAITS
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UNTIL THE SHEPHERD'S
NOT WATCHING AND SAYS, 'I'M
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GOING TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT.
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SEE IF I CAN
ESCAPE.' SHEEP, TYPICALLY,
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AREN'T THINKING THAT WAY.
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WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY'RE OUT
NIBBLING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY -
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SHEEP KIND OF KEEP THEIR HEADS
DOWN AND THEY JUST SORT OF GO
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FROM ONE TUFT OF GRASS TO
ANOTHER TUFT OF GRASS AND WHILE
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THEY'RE EATING THIS GRASS
THEY'RE EYEING WHERE THEY'RE
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GOING TO GO NEXT.
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THEY SAY, 'AH, THAT
ONE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.'
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AND THEY GO OVER TO THIS
PIECE OF GRASS 'MMM, THAT WAS
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REALLY GOOD.
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HEY, THAT OVER THE
FENCE LOOKS BETTER.'
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BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE GRASS IS
ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE
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OF THE FENCE, RIGHT?
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AND HE STICKS HIS HEAD AND
ONE FOOT THROUGH THE FENCE AND
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NIBBLES ON THAT AND NIBBLES AND
NIBBLES AND NIBBLES - AND JUST
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LIKE A DOT-TO-DOT DRAWING IT
NIBBLES ITS WAY INTO BEING LOST.
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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE WANDERING FROM JESUS AND IT
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STARTS BY MAKING
SMALL COMPROMISES.
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'WELL, YEAH, I KNOW I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE DRINKING ANYMORE.
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I GAVE THAT UP BUT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A SPECIAL OCCASION AND MY
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FRIENDS ARE JUST GOING TO
PASS AROUND ONE LITTLE GLASS OF
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CHAMPAGNE AND WE'RE JUST GOING
TO TOAST THIS ONE PERSON THEN
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IT'S OVER WITH.
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I MEAN - I MEAN
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?'
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AND THEN THEY TRY TO FIND THAT
VERSE THERE IN JOHN CHAPTER 2
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AND SAY, 'AFTER ALL, JESUS
TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE.
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AND IT'S NOT WHAT GOES IN YOUR
MOUTH THAT DEFILES YOU BUT IT'S
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WHAT COMES OUT.' AND
THEY FIND SOME - AND THEY
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DRINK A LITTLE BIT.
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WELL THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER WITH
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THEIR FRIENDS, WHO MAY NOT
BE CHURCHGOING FRIENDS, AT THE
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FOOTBALL GAME AND THEY START
PASSING AROUND THE BEER AND THEN
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IT BECOMES TWO AND THEN IT
BECOMES ONCE EVERY WEEKEND AND
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THEN IT BECOMES ONCE EVERY DAY
AND THEY NIBBLE THEIR WAY INTO
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BEING LOST.
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AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS DRUGS AS
WE'VE HEARD IN SOME TESTIMONIES,
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SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY
GET DISTRACTED WITH EDUCATION.
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THEY SAY, 'WELL, YOU
KNOW, THE LORD UNDERSTANDS.
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I'VE GOT TO GET MY CAREER SET
AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE ON
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THIS SECULAR CAMPUS AND THERE'LL
BE SOME THINGS HAPPENING BUT,
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YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO
REALLY PUT MY EDUCATION FIRST
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DURING THESE YEARS.'
AND SOME PEOPLE MAKE THOSE
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LITTLE NIBBLES WHILE THEY'RE AT
SCHOOL AND THEY NIBBLE THEIR WAY
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RIGHT OUT OF THE FOLD AND
ONE DAY THEY WAKE UP AND SAY,
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'I HAVE NO IDEA
WHERE THE OTHER SHEEP ARE.
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I HAVE NO IDEA
WHERE THE SHEPHERD IS.
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HOW DID I GET HERE?'
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS
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THAT THE DEVIL'S GOT OUT THERE.
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HE'S GOT A THOUSAND THINGS
TO TAKE AWAY OUR ATTENTION -
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ESPECIALLY IN THIS MEDIA-CRAZED
WORLD THAT WE'RE LIVING IN.
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YOU CAN'T LOOK ANYWHERE - JUST
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THERE ARE
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MESSAGES BLARING, FLASHING
- YOU'RE BEING ASSAULTED
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CONTINUALLY WITH A BLIZZARD OF
INFORMATION AND THE DEVIL HAS SO
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MANY OTHER THINGS TO OCCUPY YOUR
MIND THAT IT'S EASY FOR US TO
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FORGET WHAT THE REALLY IMPORTANT
THING IS - SEEKING FIRST THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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WHAT DESERVES MORE OF
YOUR ATTENTION THAN JESUS
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AND ETERNAL LIFE?
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WHAT IN THIS WORLD IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT?
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LUKE 21:34 - JESUS TELLS US
THERE AGAIN - SPEAKING OF THE
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LAST DAYS, "BUT TAKE HEED
TO YOURSELVES, LEST YOUR HEARTS
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BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH CAROUSING,
DRUNKENNESS, AND CARES
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OF THIS LIFE."
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NOW, WE KNOW ABOUT CAROUSING
AND DRUNKENNESS - THAT'S BAD
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BEHAVIOR - BUT THE CARES
OF THIS LIFE - ANYONE HAVE
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CARES OF THIS LIFE?
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THAT SORT OF
ENCOMPASSES EVERYBODY.
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WE CAN BECOME SO DISTRACTED WITH
EVEN GOOD THINGS THAT WE FORGET
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THE MOST IMPORTANT CRUCIAL THING
- "LEST THAT DAY COME UPON YOU
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UNEXPECTEDLY.
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FOR IT WILL COME AS A SNARE FOR
ALL THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE FACE
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OF THE EARTH."
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NOW I READ HERE, A MOMENT AGO,
IN THE BIBLE 'THE LORD IS NOT
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WILLING THAT EVEN
ONE SHOULD PERISH.'
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WILL THE
MAJORITY BE SAVED OR LOST?
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YOU KNOW IT JUST BREAKS MY
HEART TO SAY IT, BUT JESUS SAID,
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'STRAIGHT IS THE GATE AND NARROW
IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE
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AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT.
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BROAD IS THE WAY THAT
LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.'
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BUT GOD IS NOT WILLING
THAT EVEN ONE SHOULD BE LOST.
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SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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IT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE
CHOOSE TO DO OTHER THINGS.
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HOW SAD!
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THE LORD IS DESPERATE
FOR EVERYBODY TO BE SAVED.
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HE PAID A GREAT PRICE FOR YOU
TO BE SAVED - SPECIFICALLY - NOT
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JUST THE WHOLE WORLD.
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HE WOULD HAVE
DONE IT JUST FOR YOU.
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TO WASTE THAT INVESTMENT OF
GOD'S OWN LIFE IS SUCH A TRAGEDY
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- ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER
NOBODY NEEDS TO BE LOST AND IT
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IS TRUE YOU ARE HAPPIER IN
CHRIST - EVEN IN THIS LIFE -
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NOT TO MENTION ETERNITY.
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IT'S SO MUCH BETTER FOR THE
CHRISTIAN - EVEN IN THIS LIFE.
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I'M A LOT HAPPIER NOW, AS A
CHRISTIAN, THAN I WAS WHEN I WAS
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OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.
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YOU DON'T - YOU STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS BUT YOU DON'T GO TO
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SLEEP HUNG OVER
AND WAKE UP GUILTY.
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NO, WAKE UP HUNG
OVER - GO TO SLEEP GUILTY.
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I'VE PROBABLY DONE BOTH.
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MARK 4 - YOU KNOW THE
PARABLE OF THE DIFFERENT SOILS
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JESUS SHARES.
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AND THE GOSPEL SEED IS SPREAD
ON ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUND.
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THERE'S ONLY ONE KIND OF GROUND
THAT REALLY BRINGS FORTH FRUIT
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BUT, IN PARTICULAR, HE TALKS
ABOUT IN VERSE 18, "NOW THESE
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ARE THE ONES SOWN AMONG THORNS;
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HEAR THE
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WORD," - AND THEY SPRING UP
- "BUT THE CARES OF THIS WORLD,
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THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,
AND THE LUST OF OTHER THINGS."
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IT CAN EVEN BE MATERIALISM
THAT CAN BECOME A DISTRACTION -
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THIS OWNING A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
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WE CAN BECOME SO BURDENED WITH
POSSESSIONS THAT YOU CAN BECOME
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A SLAVE TO CREDIT CARD DEBT.
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AND THE DEVIL'S CAPTURING A
LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THOSE KIND
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OF DISTRACTIONS.
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THE LUST OF OTHER THINGS ENTERS
IN AND IT CHOKES THE WORD AND IT
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BECOMES UNFRUITFUL.
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NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'PASTOR DOUG, THAT'S ME.
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I GUESS I'M JUST BAD SOIL.
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I'M THE THORNY GROUND.
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WHAT AM I TO DO?'
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT TELLS US
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IN THE WORD THAT
SOIL CAN BE CHANGED.
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YOU READ IN JEREMIAH 4:3,
"THUS SAYS THE LORD, 'BREAK UP
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YOUR FALLOW GROUND.'" -
PRAY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
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WILL BRING HIS ROTOTILLER ACROSS
YOUR LIFE AND FERTILIZE YOUR
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HEART AND YOU
CAN HAVE GOOD SOIL.
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WE NEED TO PRAY THAT GOD
WILL GIVE US THAT NEW BEGINNING.
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NOW, HERE'S SOMETHING
THAT I THINK NEEDED TO BE SAID.
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ONE REASON THAT PEOPLE
STOPPED GOING TO CHURCH THEY'RE
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DISTRACTED BY BLESSINGS.
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THINGS ARE TOO GOOD.
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WE ALWAYS THINK THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE DEVIL ALWAYS SENDS
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THE HARD TIMES.
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SOMETIMES THE DEVIL
SENDS THE GOOD TIMES.
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I THINK IT WAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WHO SAID, 'MORE PEOPLE ARE
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DESTROYED BY
ABUNDANCE THAN WANT.'
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LET ME READ YOU A VERSE.
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DEUTERONOMY 6, VERSE 10.
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HERE'S THE CONTEXT: DEUTERONOMY
IS MOSES' LAST SERMON BEFORE THE
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL CROSS OVER
INTO THE PROMISED LAND AND HE IS
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GOING TO GIVE THEM VICTORY OVER
THEIR ENEMIES BUT THE PROMISED
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LAND IS POSSESSED BY SEVEN OTHER
NATIONS AND HE SAYS, 'YOU KNOW,
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YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THESE
NATIONS WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY
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GOT THINGS BUILT AND
ESTABLISHED, AND I WANT TO GIVE
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YOU A WARNING.'
DEUTERONOMY 6, VERSE 10, "SO IT
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SHALL BE, WHEN THE LORD YOUR
GOD BRINGS YOU INTO THE LAND OF
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WHICH HE SWORE TO YOUR FATHERS,
TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, TO
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GIVE YOU LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL
CITIES WHICH YOU DID NOT BUILD,
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HOUSES FULL OF ALL GOOD THINGS,
WHICH YOU DID NOT FILL, HEWN OUT
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WELLS THAT YOU DID NOT DIG,
VINEYARDS AND OLIVE TREES THAT
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YOU DID NOT PLANT.' -
BRINGS THEM INTO A LAND
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FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY -
"AND WHEN YOU HAVE EATEN AND YOU
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ARE FULL, THEN BEWARE LEST YOU
FORGET THE LORD WHO BROUGHT YOU
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OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT
FROM THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE."
00:14:10.36\00:14:12.80
TRANSLATION: IF GOD BLESSES YOU
- YOU GET THE GOOD EDUCATION,
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YOU GET THE GOOD JOB, YOU GET
THE NICE CAR, YOU GET THE NICE
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HOUSE, YOU'RE HEALTHY AND
WEALTHY AND WISE AND YOU'VE GOT
00:14:18.76\00:14:22.53
FRIENDS, YOU TAKE VACATIONS
AND YOU CAN AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME
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THAT YOU'RE ON THE ROAD TO
HEAVEN BECAUSE YOU'RE BLESSED
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AND YOU CAN BE SELF-DECEIVED.
00:14:31.16\00:14:32.60
YOU CAN BE LOST AND NOT
EVEN KNOW IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE
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CHRIST AT THE
CENTER OF YOUR LIFE.
00:14:34.50\00:14:36.83
HE SAYS, 'BEWARE THAT YOU
FORGET THE LORD WHO BROUGHT YOU
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OUT OF EGYPT.' THAT
MEANS 'WHO SAVED YOU FROM
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YOUR SLAVERY TO SIN.' SO,
WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO ALSO
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HELP US KNOW WHAT OUR STATE IS
BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOVERNED
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BY GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES.
00:14:50.86\00:14:54.10
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS
A PERSON CAN DO TO KEEP FROM
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NIBBLING THEIR
WAY OUT OF THE CHURCH?
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GET INVOLVED.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
IS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO CHURCH
00:15:02.30\00:15:04.03
AND JUST SIT.
00:15:04.03\00:15:06.20
IF THEY GO WEEK AFTER WEEK AND
JUST SIT AND SORT OF TAKE IT IN,
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WE ARE - LET'S FACE IT - LIVING
IN A GENERATION THAT IS BEING
00:15:08.50\00:15:10.93
PROGRAMMED LIKE WE'RE
SPECTATORS ALL THE TIME.
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THE APOSTLES WERE NOT
SPECTATORS OF CHRISTIANITY.
00:15:15.00\00:15:18.50
THE EARLY DISCIPLES ALL
FELT OWNERSHIP OF GETTING THIS
00:15:18.50\00:15:22.33
MESSAGE OUT.
00:15:22.33\00:15:23.60
THEY ALL HAD A PASSION THAT THEY
WERE INVOLVED - THEY NEEDED TO
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DO SOMETHING GREAT.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ONE TIME, WAS
RIDING HOME AFTER A SERMON IN
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HIS CARRIAGE AND HE WAS WITH
HIS SECRETARY AND HIS SECRETARY
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SAID, 'MR. PRESIDENT, HOW DID
YOU ENJOY THE MESSAGE TODAY?'
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AND LINCOLN, IN HIS
VERY STRAIGHT WAY SAID,
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'DIDN'T CARE FOR IT.'
THE SECRETARY SAID, 'WELL, I
00:15:41.76\00:15:44.73
THOUGHT HE WAS VERY ELOQUENT.'
HE SAID, 'WELL HE WAS ELOQUENT,
00:15:44.73\00:15:47.96
BUT HE DIDN'T ASK ME
TO DO ANYTHING GREAT.'
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PEOPLE WANT TO BE CHALLENGED
WITH A PURPOSE THAT IS BIGGER
00:15:52.13\00:15:55.70
THAN THEIR OWN LIVES - SOMETHING
THAT'S WORTH NOT ONLY LIVING FOR
00:15:55.70\00:15:59.23
BUT SOMETHING WORTH DYING FOR.
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I REMEMBER READING AN AD
THAT WAS IN THE LONDON PAPER - I
00:16:03.16\00:16:07.06
DIDN'T READ IT, IT WAS
YEARS AGO I READ ABOUT IT.
00:16:07.06\00:16:10.36
THIS IS WHAT
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IT SAID, 'MEN WANTED
FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY.
00:16:11.30\00:16:14.06
SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG
MONTHS OF DARKNESS, CONSTANT
00:16:14.06\00:16:19.06
DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL.
00:16:19.06\00:16:23.56
HONOR AND
RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS.'
00:16:23.56\00:16:26.76
THE AD WAS SIGNED BY THE ARCTIC
EXPLORER SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON.
00:16:26.76\00:16:30.50
RIGHT AFTER THE AD RAN,
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INSTANTLY
00:16:30.50\00:16:33.56
RESPONDED - PEOPLE THAT
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING GREAT.
00:16:33.56\00:16:38.13
THEY WANTED TO HAVE A PURPOSE.
00:16:38.13\00:16:39.50
JESUS HAS CALLED YOU WITH
THE GREATEST MESSAGE AND THE
00:16:39.50\00:16:43.40
GREATEST MISSION IN THE WORLD -
TO SAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERISHING
00:16:43.40\00:16:48.56
AND HELP THEM LIVE.
00:16:48.56\00:16:49.53
WHAT'S GREATER THAN THAT?
00:16:49.53\00:16:51.23
AND TO GO AS FAR AS YOU
CAN GO - THE WHOLE WORLD.
00:16:51.23\00:16:54.30
AND TO LIVE A LIFE THAT IS A
CONTRADICTION OF THE ACCUSATIONS
00:16:54.30\00:16:57.50
OF THE DEVIL.
00:16:57.50\00:16:58.60
TO LIVE A NEW LIFE AS A
NEW CREATURE - TO BE HOLY.
00:16:58.60\00:17:02.16
THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
00:17:02.16\00:17:03.13
THAT'S AN ADVENTURE.
00:17:03.13\00:17:04.46
TALK ABOUT AN
ADVENTURE - LIVE LIKE CHRIST.
00:17:04.46\00:17:07.66
WE'VE GOT TO GET INVOLVED.
00:17:07.66\00:17:10.43
PEOPLE SELDOM LOSE THEIR
RELIGION BY BLOWOUT, THEY
00:17:10.43\00:17:13.83
USUALLY LOSE IT BY A SLOW LEAK.
00:17:13.83\00:17:17.26
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
00:17:17.26\00:17:19.53
AND THEN SOMETIMES IT'S BEING
FAITHFUL RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT
00:17:19.53\00:17:22.96
AT THE MOMENT -
STAYING INVOLVED.
00:17:22.96\00:17:25.70
I THINK IT WAS C.S.
00:17:25.70\00:17:26.96
LEWIS WHO SAID, 'A GLIMPSE OF
THE NEXT THREE FEET OF ROAD IS
00:17:26.96\00:17:30.26
MORE IMPORTANT AND USEFUL
THAN A VIEW OF THE HORIZON.'
00:17:30.26\00:17:33.26
ARE YOU BEING FAITHFUL
WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?
00:17:33.26\00:17:35.96
DO SOMETHING.
00:17:35.96\00:17:37.23
DON'T JUST WAIT FOR SOMETHING
LATER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT WHAT
00:17:37.23\00:17:39.36
CAN YOU DO NOW?
00:17:39.36\00:17:41.23
'YOU ASK 'WHAT
IS THE WILL OF GOD?'
00:17:41.23\00:17:44.80
WELL HERE'S THE ANSWER TRUE.
00:17:44.80\00:17:46.53
THE NEAREST THING THAT
SHOULD BE DONE THAT HE CAN DO
00:17:46.53\00:17:48.73
THROUGH YOU.' ALL
OF US HAVE BEEN CALLED
00:17:48.73\00:17:51.96
BY THE LORD.
00:17:51.96\00:17:53.53
SOME GET DISTRACTED BY
MONEY - THE MAKING OF MONEY.
00:17:53.53\00:17:59.20
NOW, MONEY IS NOT EVIL, IT'S THE
LOVE OF MONEY THAT'S THE ROOT OF
00:17:59.20\00:18:02.16
ALL EVIL, BUT
JESUS WAS PRETTY CLEAR.
00:18:02.16\00:18:05.30
HE SAID, 'A MAN'S LIFE DOES
NOT CONSIST IN THE ABUNDANCE OF
00:18:05.30\00:18:07.73
THINGS THAT HE POSSESSES AND
IT IS HARDER FOR A RICH MAN TO
00:18:07.73\00:18:10.40
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD THAN
A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE
00:18:10.40\00:18:12.73
OF A NEEDLE.' THERE
ARE EXCEPTIONS IN THE
00:18:12.73\00:18:15.26
BIBLE, BUT WHAT WORRIES ME
IS EVERYBODY I MEET WANTS TO BE
00:18:15.26\00:18:18.20
THE EXCEPTION.
00:18:18.20\00:18:20.76
YEAH, THERE ARE SOME HOLY
GODLY RICH PEOPLE, BUT THEY WERE
00:18:20.76\00:18:24.93
THE EXCEPTIONS.
00:18:24.93\00:18:26.43
ABUNDANCE - AS I SAID,
IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.
00:18:26.43\00:18:28.73
YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER PEOPLE
IT'S NOT JUST EDUCATION OR THEIR
00:18:28.73\00:18:31.76
CAREER OR THEIR WORK, SOMETIMES
IT'S ENTERTAINMENT BECOMES A
00:18:31.76\00:18:34.93
DISTRACTION - OR SPORTS.
00:18:34.93\00:18:39.03
PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE
A RELIGION OUT OF SPORTS.
00:18:39.03\00:18:41.63
I'VE TRAVELED TO SOME PARTS
OF THE WORLD THAT THEY OUGHT TO
00:18:41.63\00:18:43.46
HAVE ALTARS TO SOCCER -
OR WHAT THEY CALL FOOTBALL.
00:18:43.46\00:18:47.26
IT'S LIKE A RELIGION AND IF
THEIR TEAM WINS THEY STORM THE
00:18:47.26\00:18:50.23
FIELD AND RIOT.
00:18:50.23\00:18:51.83
IF THEIR TEAM LOSES THEY
STORM THE FIELD AND RIOT.
00:18:51.83\00:18:55.76
AND IT'S JUST - HOW MANY OF
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:18:55.76\00:18:58.80
NOW WE'RE A LITTLE MORE
SELF-POSSESSED MAYBE HERE IN
00:18:58.80\00:19:01.33
NORTH AMERICA BUT IT'S A
RELIGION NONETHELESS FOR OTHERS.
00:19:01.33\00:19:04.93
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE BIBLE
BEGINS AND ENDS WITH SHEEP?
00:19:04.93\00:19:09.16
YOU CAN READ IN GENESIS
'ABEL WAS A KEEPER OF SHEEP.'
00:19:09.16\00:19:13.20
IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK.
00:19:13.20\00:19:14.46
YOU GO TO THE LAST CHAPTER OF
THE BIBLE AND YOU ARE INVITED TO
00:19:14.46\00:19:16.43
THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.
00:19:16.43\00:19:20.73
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT JESUS AS
THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN FROM THE
00:19:20.73\00:19:24.00
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
00:19:24.00\00:19:25.63
AND ALL THE WAY FROM GENESIS
TO REVELATION IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:19:25.63\00:19:28.40
SHEPHERDS.
00:19:28.40\00:19:29.73
SO IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR US TO
CONSIDER THIS FOR JUST A MOMENT
00:19:29.73\00:19:32.10
BECAUSE JESUS COMPARES US,
SOMETIMES, TO WANDERING SHEEP.
00:19:32.10\00:19:36.76
AND HE IS THE GREAT SHEPHERD.
00:19:36.76\00:19:40.20
WHY WOULD A SHEPHERD NOTICE THAT
ONE SHEEP IS MISSING IF HE HAD
00:19:40.20\00:19:43.86
A HUNDRED?
00:19:43.86\00:19:45.93
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A
HUNDRED SHEEP UP ON A GREEN
00:19:45.93\00:19:48.66
HILL, COULD YOU JUST LOOK
UP THERE AND LOOK DOWN AND SAY,
00:19:48.66\00:19:51.10
'OH, I SPOT ONE'S MISSING'?
00:19:51.10\00:19:53.26
THEY ALL KIND OF LOOK A DINGY
WHITE COLOR AND THEY KIND OF
00:19:53.26\00:19:58.56
MELD TOGETHER AND IF ONE
SHEEP'S IN FRONT OF ANOTHER IT
00:19:58.56\00:20:01.16
PRETTY HARD TO NOTICE THAT ONE
IS MISSING UNLESS YOU COUNTED.
00:20:01.16\00:20:06.63
YOU KNOW HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE END
UP MISSING FROM OUR CHURCHES?
00:20:06.63\00:20:09.56
BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER COUNT.
00:20:09.56\00:20:12.50
WE THINK, 'OH,
THAT'S PROUD TO COUNT.'
00:20:12.50\00:20:14.53
A GOOD SHEPHERD
COUNTS HIS SHEEP.
00:20:14.53\00:20:16.20
HOW ELSE YOU GOING
TO KNOW ONE IS MISSING?
00:20:16.20\00:20:18.36
IT'S WHEN YOU RUN THEM THROUGH
THAT SHEEP GATE AND YOU SAY
00:20:18.36\00:20:20.73
'ONE, TWO, THREE' - BRINGING
THEM BACK INTO THE FOLD AT THE
00:20:20.73\00:20:22.83
END OF THE DAY THE SHEPHERD
COUNTS THEM AND SAYS, 'WAIT A
00:20:22.83\00:20:24.76
SECOND, LET'S COUNT AGAIN.
00:20:24.76\00:20:26.16
ONE IS MISSING.' AND SO
THE SHEPHERD SAYS, 'WELL,
00:20:26.16\00:20:28.90
NINETY-NINE OUT OF A
HUNDRED, THAT'S NOT BAD.
00:20:28.90\00:20:33.40
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN REPORT
TO THE CEOS THAT WE'VE GOT
00:20:33.40\00:20:36.00
99% ACCURACY.
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.86
ANY OF YOU EVER GO TO WALMART
WITH FIVE KIDS AND COME OUT WITH
00:20:39.86\00:20:41.96
FOUR AND SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW,
FOUR OUT OF FIVE ISN'T BAD.'
00:20:41.96\00:20:49.13
WOULD WE THINK THAT WAY?
00:20:49.13\00:20:51.76
DO YOU LOVE YOUR CHILDREN MORE
THAN THE LORD LOVES HIS SHEEP?
00:20:51.76\00:20:56.50
DOES THE LORD LOVE HIS
CHILDREN LESS THAN WE LOVE OURS?
00:20:56.50\00:21:01.20
HOW ANXIOUS IS HE
THAT HIS SHEEP COME HOME?
00:21:01.20\00:21:04.86
HOW ANXIOUS IS HE
THAT YOU COME HOME?
00:21:04.86\00:21:07.73
HOW MUCH DID HE PAY TO
REDEEM AND TO RECLAIM US?
00:21:07.73\00:21:12.96
WELL, SO ONE SHEEP IS
IMPORTANT - YOU NOTICE HE'S GOT
00:21:12.96\00:21:17.56
NINETY-NINE BUT ONE IS MISSING.
00:21:17.56\00:21:19.53
NOTICE THE VALUE OF EVEN ONE.
00:21:19.53\00:21:23.13
HOW MUCH WOULD HE PAY FOR YOU?
00:21:23.13\00:21:24.36
DOES THE SHEPHERD CARE?
00:21:24.36\00:21:26.83
AND YOU KNOW IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL STORY THEN.
00:21:26.83\00:21:29.26
THE BIBLE TELLS US HE PROBABLY
GOES OUT AT NIGHT AND HE'S
00:21:29.26\00:21:33.16
ROAMING BECAUSE AT THE END OF
THE DAY - YOU PASTURE THE SHEEP
00:21:33.16\00:21:35.80
DURING THE DAY -
THEY'RE NOT NOCTURNAL ANIMALS.
00:21:35.80\00:21:38.66
AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU BRING
THEM BACK, THE SUN'S GOING DOWN,
00:21:38.66\00:21:40.50
BRINGING IN THE FOLD - YOU
COUNT - YOU'VE GOT NINETY-NINE.
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.53
COUNT AGAIN - NINETY-NINE.
00:21:42.53\00:21:45.53
FLUFFY'S MISSING.
00:21:45.53\00:21:49.16
AND THE SHEPHERD LEAVES THE FOLD
PROBABLY WITH AN ATTENDANT -
00:21:49.16\00:21:52.06
IT TOOK MORE THAN ONE MAN
TO TAKE CARE OF A HUNDRED SHEEP
00:21:52.06\00:21:53.96
IN BIBLE TIMES.
00:21:53.96\00:21:55.66
MAYBE THEY HAD SOME
SHEEP DOGS TO HELP WATCH THEM.
00:21:55.66\00:21:57.83
HE SAYS, 'I
BETTER GO FIND FLUFFY.'
00:21:57.83\00:22:00.20
AND HE TAKES OFF IN THIS RUGGED
ROCKY TERRAIN THAT THEY HAD
00:22:00.20\00:22:04.26
THERE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL -
WHERE THEY HAD RAVINES AND THEY
00:22:04.26\00:22:06.50
HAD WILD JACKALS AND WOLVES
AND - YOU READ ABOUT WOLVES
00:22:06.50\00:22:09.26
IN THE BIBLE.
00:22:09.26\00:22:10.60
THEY HAD BEARS AND
THEY HAD LIONS BACK THEN.
00:22:10.60\00:22:12.83
AND HE GOES TO DANGER
ALL THAT IN THE DARK FOR ONE.
00:22:12.83\00:22:19.83
AND HE SEARCHES AND HE
SEARCHES AND IT'S COLD AND IT'S
00:22:19.83\00:22:24.06
INCONVENIENT AND HE'S STUMBLING
AROUND, BUT FINALLY HE FINDS IT
00:22:24.06\00:22:29.90
AND HE REJOICES.
00:22:29.90\00:22:31.20
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS?
00:22:31.20\00:22:32.23
HE SCOLDS THE SHEEP
AND SAYS, 'YOU DUMB SHEEP!'
00:22:32.23\00:22:35.40
IS THAT WHAT HE DOES?
00:22:35.40\00:22:37.26
OR IS HE HAPPY?
00:22:37.26\00:22:38.53
SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME
BACK BECAUSE THEY THINK, 'YOU
00:22:38.53\00:22:41.43
KNOW, EVERYONE'S GOING TO
REMIND ME OF WHAT I DID WRONG.'
00:22:41.43\00:22:44.10
AND, BY THE WAY, IF YOU SEE
SOMEONE SHOW UP IN THE CHURCH
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AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE
IN AWHILE, PLEASE DON'T SAY TO
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THEM, 'WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
00:22:48.03\00:22:51.00
YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD ABOUT YOU?
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IS IT TRUE THAT
YOU'VE BEEN AT THE BAR?'
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BE LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE
AND REJOICE WHEN THEY COME BACK.
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WHEN THAT MISSING SON IS FOUND -
WHEN THAT MISSING SHEEP IS FOUND
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- WHEN THAT MISSING COIN
IS FOUND THERE IS REJOICING.
00:23:04.60\00:23:09.00
AMEN?
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HE COMES BACK - REJOICING SO
MUCH HE CALLS ALL HIS NEIGHBORS
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TOGETHER.
00:23:15.63\00:23:16.86
YOU KNOW, IF I FOUND A MISSING
GOAT I WOULDN'T BRING ALL MY
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.13
NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AND HAVE
A FEAST - BUT THAT WAS HOW THEY
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.83
FELT BACK THEN ABOUT ONE SHEEP.
00:23:20.83\00:23:23.46
AND HOW DOES HEAVEN FEEL ABOUT
ONE OF GOD'S WANDERING CHILDREN
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THAT COMES BACK TO
THE FOLD OF THE CHURCH?
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.70
2005 THERE WERE SOME BOY SCOUTS
CAMPING IN THE WILDERNESS OF
00:23:30.70\00:23:35.90
UTAH - SOME PRETTY RUGGED
COUNTRY OUT THERE - AND ONE BOY,
00:23:35.90\00:23:39.90
BRENNAN HAWKINS, GOT
SEPARATED FROM HIS BUDDY.
00:23:39.90\00:23:43.63
HE HAD A BUDDY AND HE'S GETTING
OUT OF HIS CLIMBING GEAR AND AS
00:23:43.63\00:23:45.70
HE'S GOING BACK TO THE CAMP HE
TOOK A WRONG TURN - YOU KNOW YOU
00:23:45.70\00:23:49.70
CAN GET DISORIENTED IN THE WOODS
- AND BACKTRACKED THE WRONG WAY
00:23:49.70\00:23:54.93
AND JUST WENT FROM BAD TO
WORSE UNTIL HE WAS PLAIN LOST.
00:23:54.93\00:23:59.63
CALLED - TRIED TO FIND HIS
WAY BACK TO CAMP - HE COULDN'T.
00:23:59.63\00:24:03.56
EVENTUALLY THEY NOTICED THAT
HE WAS MISSING AND THEY STARTED
00:24:03.56\00:24:06.16
LOOKING FOR HIM.
00:24:06.16\00:24:07.40
AND WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY
COULDN'T FIND HIM THEY CONTACTED
00:24:07.40\00:24:09.20
THE AUTHORITIES AND THEY
CONTACTED THE PARENTS AND A
00:24:09.20\00:24:12.06
DESPERATE SEARCH ENSUED FOR
BRENNAN WHO WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
00:24:12.06\00:24:16.76
THE TEMPERATURES GOT COLD -
MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE AREA -
00:24:16.76\00:24:19.53
COLD CREEKS, DANGEROUS
WATERFALLS - LOT OF PEOPLE
00:24:19.53\00:24:22.83
HAVE BEEN LOST AND
DIED IN THIS WILDERNESS.
00:24:22.83\00:24:26.23
AND THEY GOT 1400
PEOPLE SEARCHING THE HILLSIDE
00:24:26.23\00:24:29.96
FOR THAT BOY.
00:24:29.96\00:24:31.96
THE SUN WENT DOWN - ALL NIGHT
LONG THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM.
00:24:31.96\00:24:35.43
CALLED - NEXT DAY -
ANOTHER WHOLE DAY OF SEARCHING -
00:24:35.43\00:24:39.63
COULDN'T FIND HIM.
00:24:39.63\00:24:40.86
THE PARENTS WERE ABSOLUTELY
DESPERATE WONDERING HOW IT WAS
00:24:40.86\00:24:44.26
GOING TO END.
00:24:44.26\00:24:46.20
THREE DAYS GO BY THEY COULDN'T
FIND HIM - SEARCHING, CALLING,
00:24:46.20\00:24:52.00
1400 PEOPLE COMBING THE HILLS -
AND NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO LOSE
00:24:52.00\00:24:54.16
HOPE JUST BASED ON PAST RECORDS
OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO OTHERS
00:24:54.16\00:24:57.83
THAT GOT LOST.
00:24:57.83\00:25:00.06
AFTER FOUR DAYS, ONE OF THE
SEARCHERS GOING DOWN A TRAIL
00:25:00.06\00:25:04.43
WITH AN ATV SPOTTED A VERY
HAGGARD LOOKING 11-YEAR-OLD WHO
00:25:04.43\00:25:08.70
CAME OUT FROM BEHIND SOME
BUSHES AND IT WAS BRENNAN.
00:25:08.70\00:25:13.06
AND HE MANAGED TO SURVIVE - HE
HAD CURLED UP DURING THE NIGHT
00:25:13.06\00:25:15.53
UNDER HIS SWEATSHIRT, LEANED
AGAINST A TREE AND CRIED HIMSELF
00:25:15.53\00:25:17.70
TO SLEEP LOOKING AT THE MOON,
DRANK OUT OF THE CREEKS AND ATE
00:25:17.70\00:25:22.76
SOME LEAVES AND OTHER THAN BEING
A LITTLE DEHYDRATED AND COLD HE
00:25:22.76\00:25:28.70
WAS FINE.
00:25:28.70\00:25:30.30
WHEN HE CAME RIDING INTO
CAMP WITH THIS MISSING BOY,
00:25:30.30\00:25:33.23
HOW DO YOU THINK THE
SEARCH PARTY BEHAVED?
00:25:33.23\00:25:35.70
HOW DO YOU THINK
HIS PARENTS REJOICED?
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.76
HOW DO YOU THINK THE LORD
FEELS WHEN HIS WANDERING SHEEP
00:25:37.76\00:25:40.93
COME BACK?
00:25:40.93\00:25:43.33
>>STAY TUNED, WE'LL BE
RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S
00:25:43.33\00:25:45.50
SPECIAL OFFER.
00:25:45.50\00:25:54.76
>>GOING BACK TO JONAH, YOU KNOW,
WHEN HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE BOAT
00:25:54.76\00:25:56.80
ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION,
GOD SENT A STORM TO SAVE HIM.
00:25:56.80\00:26:03.10
AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE
BEEN OUT OF THE CHURCH - YOU'VE
00:26:03.10\00:26:05.16
BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME
TRIALS AND WONDERING 'WHY
00:26:05.16\00:26:07.23
IS THIS HAPPENING?'
AND IT COULD BE BECAUSE GOD
00:26:07.23\00:26:08.83
LOVES YOU AND HE'S
TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
00:26:08.83\00:26:15.00
AND HE WILL MAKE YOU RESTLESS
UNTIL YOU FIND YOUR REST IN HIM.
00:26:15.00\00:26:21.90
>>"LET HIM WHO THIRSTS COME.
00:26:21.90\00:26:23.60
WHOEVER DESIRES LET HIM
TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY."
00:26:23.60\00:26:26.60
REVELATION 22:17.
00:26:26.60\00:26:28.93
IMAGINE, YOU ARE IN A REMOTE
VILLAGE IN GUATEMALA AND THERE
00:26:28.93\00:26:31.73
IS NO WATER AVAILABLE FOR
COOKING, WASHING, OR DRINKING.
00:26:31.73\00:26:35.33
YOU MUST WALK TWO OR MORE HOURS
ONE WAY JUST TO GET WATER FOR
00:26:35.33\00:26:38.20
YOUR FAMILY OR BE FORCED
TO DRINK THE STAGNANT WATER IN
00:26:38.20\00:26:41.10
PONDS OR POLLUTED STREAMS -
PLACES WE WOULDN'T EVEN LET OUR
00:26:41.10\00:26:44.00
DOGS DRINK.
00:26:44.00\00:26:45.26
IN THESE VILLAGES SMALL CHILDREN
SUFFER THE MOST FROM WATER-BORNE
00:26:45.26\00:26:47.83
DISEASES AND MANY
INFANTS DIE FROM DYSENTERY.
00:26:47.83\00:26:50.96
AMAZING FACTS AND WATER FOR LIFE
HAVE TEAMED UP TO MAKE A MAJOR
00:26:50.96\00:26:53.63
IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF
THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA.
00:26:53.63\00:26:56.20
USING CHRIST'S METHOD OF
REACHING THE HEART, AMAZING
00:26:56.20\00:26:58.56
FACTS WILL WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER
WITH WATER FOR LIFE TO DRILL
00:26:58.56\00:27:01.46
WELLS IN VILLAGES, THUS MEETING
THEIR DESPERATE NEED FOR FRESH,
00:27:01.46\00:27:05.06
CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND THEN
POINTING THEM TO JESUS AS THE
00:27:05.06\00:27:08.06
ULTIMATE FRIEND
FOR THEIR THIRSTY SOUL.
00:27:08.06\00:27:10.40
AFTER THE NEW WELL IS FLOWING
IN A VILLAGE, AMAZING FACTS WILL
00:27:10.40\00:27:13.06
SEND MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS TO TEACH
THEM SIMPLE WAYS THEY CAN CARE
00:27:13.06\00:27:16.06
FOR THEIR BODIES AND
LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES.
00:27:16.06\00:27:18.66
THEN WE WILL SEND OUR
TRAINED BIBLE WORKERS TO SHARE
00:27:18.66\00:27:21.33
LITERATURE, GIVE BIBLE STUDIES,
AND CONDUCT EVANGELISTIC
00:27:21.33\00:27:24.06
MEETINGS.
00:27:24.06\00:27:25.40
AS PEOPLE ARE INTRODUCED TO THE
GOSPEL MESSAGE IN BOTH WORD AND
00:27:25.40\00:27:27.83
DEED, AMAZING FACTS WILL BUILD A
PLACE OF WORSHIP WHERE THIRSTING
00:27:27.83\00:27:31.36
PEOPLE CAN BE FILLED FOREVER.
00:27:31.36\00:27:33.43
WILL YOU JOIN AMAZING FACTS
TO HELP REACH PEOPLE FOR CHRIST
00:27:33.43\00:27:36.23
IN GUATEMALA?
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YOUR GIFT OF ANY SIZE WILL
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00:27:37.40\00:27:40.16
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YOU CAN VISIT US ONLINE
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>>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S
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SPECIAL FREE OFFER.
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THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION.
00:28:02.33\00:28:04.56
JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER
ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO
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NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER
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>>THIS PRESENTATION IS
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THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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