Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000154A
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00:21 Good evening and welcome to A Sharper Focus.
00:24 My name is Jill Morikone. 00:25 We're so glad that you have taken time 00:28 this Wednesday evening to spend with us. 00:31 Here at the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 00:33 A Sharper Focus in the study of the Word of God. 00:37 It's a privilege, isn't it, to be able to come together 00:40 as brothers and sisters in Jesus 00:42 and study the Word of God. 00:43 And we're so glad that you have taken time 00:46 from your schedule to join us. 00:47 We want to encourage you to go to our website, 00:50 www.ASF.3ABN.org. 00:55 That's ASF.3ABN.org 00:59 There you can find past videos from the Sharper Focus. 01:02 Normally, Pastor John Lomacang does the Sharper Focus, 01:05 they would be on there, as well as study guides 01:08 where you can follow along. 01:10 So we are so glad that you have joined us. 01:12 And let's go to a scripture first 01:14 before we open up in prayer here this evening. 01:19 So our opening scripture is 2 Corinthians. 01:22 If you have your Bibles, turn with me. 01:24 If you have your Bibles at home, 01:26 we want to encourage you to turn with us. 01:28 2 Corinthians 5, 01:31 we're going to look at verse 17, 18, and 20. 01:36 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, 01:40 he is a new creation," 01:43 or a new creature. 01:44 "Old things have passed away, 01:46 behold, all things have become new. 01:49 Now all things are of God, 01:51 who has reconciled us to Himself 01:54 through Jesus Christ, 01:56 and has given us the ministry of reconciliation." 02:00 Verse 20, "Now then, we," that's you and I, 02:04 each one of us," are ambassadors for Christ, 02:07 as though God were pleading through us. 02:10 We implore you on Christ's behalf, 02:13 be reconciled to God." 02:16 Let's pray. 02:17 Father, we come before You this evening. 02:19 We thank You for Your Word. 02:22 I just ask right now that You could get me 02:25 out of the way, that You could hide me, 02:27 that Your Word would come alive. 02:30 Thank You for the promise. Your Word never returns void. 02:34 And we ask tonight that You will, 02:36 by the power of Your Holy Spirit, 02:38 accomplish in each one of our hearts what You desire. 02:42 We thank You in the precious and the holy name in Jesus, 02:46 amen. 02:47 Greg and I were traveling on 57. 02:50 Now we all know 57 is fairly close here to 3ABN. 02:53 It's a north south road 02:55 that kind of cuts Illinois in half, 02:57 right, from east to west. 02:59 It goes from Chicago all the way down 03:00 to the tip of the state. 03:03 We were traveling south on 57 03:05 and we were getting ready to get off Exit 71. 03:10 That is the... 03:12 That's right, Abby, the Benton exit. 03:14 So we were in the right lane getting ready 03:17 to take a right to get off. 03:20 And all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye, 03:22 I saw a pickup truck passing us 03:25 on the left hand side of the road. 03:27 The pickup truck was a big, big pickup truck. 03:32 Now I call most pickup trucks big boy pickup trucks. 03:35 Greg my husband has a big boy pickup truck 03:37 just because, to me, 03:39 they just seem like a man's truck or something. 03:42 No offense to any of you, lady drivers, 03:44 who drive a pickup truck. 03:46 So this was the granddaddy of big boy pickup trucks. 03:50 It was not just a pickup truck, it had the double wheels, 03:54 whatever you call that, the two tires, you know. 03:57 It was jacked up really high, it had a duel exhaust, 04:00 and it was roaring. 04:02 And there was a man driving. 04:03 And as it passed, 04:04 we're taking the Exit 71 to Benton, 04:07 and I just looked in the back window of the cap. 04:11 And it had two words there, 04:14 it said, Hell, Bent. 04:18 Hell, Bent. 04:19 And I wish I could tell you 04:21 that the first thought in my mind was, 04:23 "Lord Jesus, I pray for that man whoever he is, 04:26 whatever he's dealing with, whatever he's going through, 04:29 I ask for his salvation," 04:32 but that was not my first thought. 04:38 Confession is hard on the reputation, right? 04:41 For good for the character 04:42 and that was not my first thought. 04:45 My very first thought was, 04:47 "God, I thank You, I am heaven bound." 04:52 Where did that thought come from? 04:55 Am I complacent where I'm at spiritually? 04:59 Am I proud? 05:01 Do I have no compassion, no burden for hurting, 05:06 lost people? 05:09 Where did that thought come from? 05:11 I don't know if you feel that way tonight. 05:14 God, I just thank You, I'm heaven bound. 05:16 I'm not really concerned about anyone else. 05:19 Or maybe, you feel unworthy to witness. 05:24 Turn back just one chapter. 05:26 We're still inside Corinthians, 05:28 we're going back to 2 Corinthians 4, 05:31 2 Corinthians 4. 05:34 We're getting into our message tonight. 05:36 This is just laying groundwork. 05:38 2 Corinthians 4:6-7. 05:42 These are two of my favorite scriptures in the Bible. 05:45 "For God who commanded the light 05:49 to shine out of darkness," 05:52 this world, we could say, is a dark place. 05:55 Isn't it, Yanick? It's dark. Yeah. Yeah. 05:58 Sin, sickness, disease, suffering, death, 06:03 it's a dark place. 06:05 Into the midst of this dark world, 06:07 the light has shone. 06:09 It says, God shone the light in our hearts, 06:12 sets you and me, 06:14 "In our hearts to give the light of the knowledge 06:17 of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." 06:22 God brought Himself. 06:25 Jesus, the light of the world, 06:28 into this dark place, 06:32 into this dark world, Jesus came. 06:35 And where does that light shine the brightest? 06:38 In our hearts. The next verse. 06:40 "We have this treasure," that's the gospel, 06:42 that's Jesus the light of the world," 06:45 in earthen vessels, 06:47 that the excellence of the power 06:49 may be of God and not of us." 06:52 I have on the table here in front of Lorraine, a jar. 06:56 This is from Robby Dee. 06:59 Robby Dee, you know, works here at 3ABN 07:01 and does a wonderful job 07:02 with set design and all kinds of. 07:04 She's very creative. 07:05 So this is a clay pot. 07:08 Now that verse, verse 7 07:09 in the New Living Translation says, 07:11 we have this treasure, that's the gospel of Jesus, 07:13 that's the light of Jesus 07:15 in Jars of Clay. 07:19 The gospel is poured into you and I. 07:22 Simple jars of clay. 07:24 If I turn this pot toward the camera, 07:26 can you see that? 07:27 You see the crack right there. 07:30 You and I are flawed. 07:32 Could we say that, cracked, imperfect vessels, 07:37 but God says, I want to pour the gospel, 07:41 whether we feel worthy or not, 07:43 whether we feel capable or not, 07:47 He says, I can use you. 07:49 I can use you as my ambassador. 07:54 So tonight, our topic, the title is "iChoose." 07:58 If I had my phone here, now I don't have an iPhone, 08:00 I have an android phone. 08:02 But, you know, the iPhone has the little i 08:05 and the capital P. 08:06 You know, how they spell it? iPhone. 08:08 Tonight is little i, capital C, 08:13 iChoose to be God's ambassador. 08:17 We're going to look at three different ways 08:19 that as we make this choice, three different choices 08:22 we can make as God's ambassadors. 08:24 So those choices, I'll tell you 08:25 and then we'll unpackage each one. 08:27 I choose to walk in compassion, that's number one. 08:32 I choose to walk in compassion. 08:34 Number two, I choose to walk in surrender. 08:39 And number three, I choose to walk in fervent prayer. 08:45 The first one, I choose to walk in compassion. 08:47 Remember, the story of the Good Samaritan, 08:49 we find that in Luke 10, 08:52 Jesus was talking, teaching. 08:57 And a lawyer came up to Him and said, 08:59 "What can I do to inherit eternal life?" 09:02 And remember, Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God 09:04 with all your mind, soul, and strength, 09:06 and your neighbor as yourself." 09:08 But the Bible says, 09:09 the lawyer trying to justify himself, 09:13 said, "Who is my neighbor? 09:16 Who is my neighbor?" Right? 09:17 And so Jesus told the parable, we call it the Good Samaritan. 09:21 The Bible says a certain man went down 09:24 from Jerusalem to Jericho. 09:29 Now a couple years ago, Greg and I 09:30 had the privilege of going to Israel. 09:33 And when you go to Israel, it truly is down 09:37 from Jerusalem to Jericho. 09:40 You're traveling east. 09:42 If you think about a map here, 09:44 Jerusalem's here and Jericho would really be straight east. 09:48 But elevation wise, you're traveling down, 09:52 it's 3,000 feet elevation drop and probably 18 miles, 09:57 it takes to get from Jerusalem over to Jericho. 10:01 It's probably 3,000 feet. 10:03 You're heading down toward the Dead Sea. 10:05 Jericho is a little bit north of the Dead Sea, 10:07 but you're heading down toward the Dead Sea. 10:10 So this man went down toward Jericho. 10:14 And on the way he got attacked, we know this story, 10:16 and he was left for dead by the side of the road. 10:18 Now remember, a certain religious man 10:22 passed by. 10:24 Who was the first man who passed? 10:25 Does anybody remember? 10:28 The Levite, okay. 10:30 So the Levite passed 10:33 and the priest. 10:35 Both of them, remember? 10:36 Not at the same time, but the Bible says 10:38 the Levite passed and the priest. 10:40 Remember, the priest walked on the other side. 10:42 Okay, he's over here and he said, 10:45 "Oh, I'm going over here," right, 10:47 because there was some sort of ritualistic contaminate... 10:51 You could be contaminated if you were brought in contact 10:54 with a dead person so they had all this ritual. 10:56 "I'm not going to be contaminated. 10:59 I'm walking by on the other side." 11:00 Remember, the Levite, he paused to look. 11:03 "Oh, 11:05 he looks dead. 11:07 Oh, I don't want to get involved. 11:10 I'm going over here. 11:11 I'm going on this side. 11:13 I don't want to be involved." 11:15 I think there's hindrances, God calls us 11:17 to walk in compassion, I choose to walk in compassion, 11:21 there's hindrances to us walking in compassion. 11:27 In my own life, they're called indifference, 11:31 selfishness, 11:35 busyness. 11:37 I don't know if you can relate to any of that. 11:40 I have a busy day, God, I have a lot of things 11:43 going on right now. 11:44 I see something over here. 11:47 I don't have time to get involved. 11:49 I'm going to step and walk on the other side. 11:54 In contrast to that, we see the example of Jesus. 11:58 Turn with me to Matthew. Matthew 8. 12:02 There is at least 31 recorded healings 12:06 of Jesus in the New Testament, in the gospels. 12:11 Many miracles, remember, the Gospel of John 12:14 at the end says, many more miracles Jesus did, 12:16 but there's not even a room to put them in. 12:19 So there's many more but there's at least 12:22 31 recorded healings in the Bible. 12:24 We are in Matthew 8. 12:28 We're going to look at verses 1 through 3. 12:30 I think this is one of my favorite passages 12:35 of Jesus' healing. 12:38 This is right after, remember, Matthew 5, 6, 7 12:40 is the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus laid out the principles 12:44 of His kingdom. 12:46 And now verse 1, Matthew 8:1. 12:48 "When He had come down from the mountain..." 12:51 Jesus just comes down from that mount of blessing, 12:54 the mount of beatitudes. 12:55 "When He had come down from the mountain, 12:58 great multitudes followed Him. 13:01 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, 13:04 'Lord, if You are willing, 13:07 You can make me clean.' 13:10 Then Jesus," my favorite part," 13:13 put out His hand and touched him, 13:17 saying, 'I am willing, be cleansed.'" 13:20 And the Bible says, 13:22 "After a great while 13:24 his leprosy was cleansed." 13:26 No what does it say? 13:28 Immediately. 13:30 Immediately, his leprosy was cleansed. 13:34 As I look at the example of Jesus. 13:35 In contrast to the priest and the Levite 13:38 who went on the other side, as I look at His example, 13:41 four things stand out to me. 13:44 First, He saw a need. 13:48 Now in our lives, in our experience, 13:50 there's many obvious needs. 13:52 Now in this case, it was an obvious need. 13:54 Would you say that? 13:56 A leper in Jesus' time 13:58 was considered unclean. 14:01 And so when he came out, he had to cry what, 14:07 unclean, unclean. 14:09 So he could not come privately to Jesus 14:12 and like the woman try to touch the hem of the garment, 14:15 everybody knew that the leper is on his way. 14:18 Unclean, he has to cry. 14:20 So in that case, it was an obvious need. 14:23 Jesus didn't have to try to look for the need, 14:26 He saw it, he heard it, it was obvious. 14:29 There's obvious needs we see. 14:32 Maybe someone is intoxicated, and you can tell that, 14:36 that's an obvious need. 14:38 Someone in the church is in the hospital and sick, 14:41 that's an obvious need. 14:43 But I think the needs that are hard to see 14:46 are the ones that are hidden. 14:48 You think about someone in a marriage struggling, 14:53 think about someone as a child being abused, 14:57 not telling anybody about it, that's a hidden need. 15:01 You think about someone dealing with anger, 15:04 lust, unforgiveness, 15:07 now they're going to come to church 15:09 if they go to church, and say, 15:12 "I'm doing well." 15:14 How are you supposed to see the need 15:16 in someone else's life? 15:18 I know Monday nights, for several years, 15:21 I had the privilege of going to jail with Ressa, 15:24 and some of my other sisters here in church. 15:28 And this particular Monday night, 15:30 we asked the girls, 15:33 "If you could use one word, 15:36 what one word would someone else use 15:39 to describe yourself? 15:42 So Lorraine here would say, 15:46 "Jill would describe me as whatever." 15:49 What one word would someone else use 15:52 to describe you? 15:54 And the girls kind of looked around. 15:55 We're in a small little cement room there. 15:57 And the girls kind of looked around. 16:00 And the one girl who was usually prone to talk, 16:03 she always talked, and she's got excited, 16:05 and she liked to talk. 16:07 She said, oh, she laughed, she said, 16:09 "My friends would call me mouthy." 16:13 And it was true. 16:14 She always had something to say and she liked to talk. 16:18 And so the girls seemed to, kind of, enjoy this 16:20 and we started around the circle. 16:23 Oh, I'm fun loving. 16:24 My friends would describe me as fun loving, 16:27 loud, quiet. 16:30 We're all different. 16:31 Pretty, and she was beautiful long dark hair, 16:35 just a beautiful girl, 16:37 boisterous, 16:38 sweet, 16:40 nice. 16:42 Then I said, the mood was happy, 16:44 they're bantering, they're having a good time. 16:47 Then I said, now let's change it up, 16:49 not how would Jill describe Lorraine, 16:52 but how would Lorraine describe herself. 16:56 What one word would you use 16:59 to the describe yourself? 17:03 Instantly, the atmosphere in the room changed. 17:06 They had been laughing 17:07 and kind of joking with each other, 17:09 having a good time and all of a sudden, 17:12 it got quiet. 17:14 And instead of looking at me, they kind of 17:16 looked at their feet and fidgeted. 17:19 And I said, "It's okay, be honest." 17:23 So I looked at the girl who had said, 17:25 "My friends would call me mouthy," 17:26 the first one who talked. 17:28 And I looked at her and I said, "What word would you use 17:31 to describe yourself?" 17:34 And she looked up, and I was surprised 17:36 before she'd been laughing, 17:39 and now there was pain in her eyes. 17:41 And she said, depressed. 17:44 And then she just lowered her head to the floor 17:48 and I said, thank you for being honest. 17:49 Does anybody else want to share? 17:52 We're talking about... 17:53 The mask is gone, right? 17:55 How other people see, and these are the true needs 17:57 that are going on inside of their heart and life. 17:59 So we went around the room, confused, 18:03 lonely, 18:05 afraid, 18:07 angry, 18:09 and the last one, 18:11 she said, broken. 18:13 And then she began to cry. 18:16 Those are what I would call the hidden needs. 18:20 Now when we walk into jail, they didn't tell us that, 18:23 they were laughing, and boisterous, 18:25 and having a good time, and bantering back and forth, 18:30 and you could say, I don't see any hidden, 18:32 I don't see any need. 18:33 Obviously, they're in jail, okay, there is a need, 18:35 I'm not saying that. 18:37 But I don't see a need, you know, 18:38 we just come to church and we see people. 18:40 We walk down the street, we communicate with family, 18:43 and spouses, and kids, and neighbors, 18:46 and we might not see a need. 18:48 And so I think God calls us as 18:53 choosing to be His ambassador. 18:55 I choose to be His ambassador. 18:57 As we choose to walk in compassion, 19:00 God calls us to ask Him 19:03 to show us the needs around us. 19:06 Ask God, what are the needs of those in my family? 19:10 What are the needs of those in my church? 19:11 Or as I go today, 19:14 this morning, God, I pray that today 19:16 as I go throughout my day, You would reveal to me 19:20 the need in someone's life, 19:22 the hidden need that I'm not seeing. 19:25 The Holy Spirit knows what those needs are. 19:27 And then, this is for me, 19:30 I need to take time to see the needs, 19:33 take time to notice that. 19:35 So first, I see in this story of Jesus healing the leper, 19:37 He saw the need. 19:39 Second, He stopped and listened. 19:42 Remember, the lepers coming toward Him 19:44 and the leper could have come 19:46 and he's crying unclean, unclean, 19:48 and Jesus could have said, "I'm busy. 19:51 I got stuff going on, I've got to teach My disciples. 19:55 I need to go to the temple and worship." 19:57 He stopped and He listened to what the leper had to say. 20:03 I think God calls each one of us as His children 20:06 to take time, to stop, and to listen. 20:11 Third thing I see is that He took action. 20:16 He didn't just listen to the leper, 20:17 He listened to the problems 20:19 and the things he's going through. 20:20 And then said, 20:22 "Okay, I'm sorry you're having a bad day today, 20:27 go in peace," right? 20:29 He took action. 20:31 Now at 3ABN, 20:33 we receive many phone calls from many people, 20:36 but one that we receive on a continual basis, 20:39 I would say many different people, 20:41 they call in and they say, 20:43 "God has put this ministry on my heart. 20:47 God is... 20:48 I see there's a need in this certain place 20:51 whatever it is. 20:52 There's a need for a soup kitchen, 20:54 there's a need for a ministry for young people, 20:56 there's a need for a ministry for homeless, okay? 21:00 And then they say, and I always say, first of all, 21:03 I always say, wonderful, praise the Lord. 21:06 He's given you this ministry, this burden. 21:09 Let's pray together over that. 21:11 But you know what many times happens? 21:13 They say, 21:15 "Oh, I thought maybe 3ABN could take that on. 21:20 3ABN could start a homeless ministry. 21:24 And you know our answer is always 21:25 God gave us our mission. 21:27 Our mission is to proclaim 21:29 the undiluted three angels' messages 21:32 to a lost and dying world. 21:34 But if God put that burden on your heart, 21:37 then you're supposed to act on it, right? 21:39 God doesn't give me a burden 21:41 that Iris is supposed to take care of. 21:44 No. 21:46 If God wants Iris to do something, 21:47 He's going to put it on Iris's heart. 21:50 So I think as we choose to walk in compassion, 21:56 we see the need or ask God to show us the need. 21:59 We stop and listen, 22:01 and then we choose to take action. 22:03 Not say, so and so needs to take action 22:05 on this issue or this need I see here, 22:08 we choose ourselves to step out and to take action. 22:12 And number four is my favorite, 22:14 this is I choose to walk in compassion. 22:17 Jesus put out His hand and touched. 22:22 Now in their day, 22:25 no person would jeopardize his health 22:30 or his ritualistic purity by coming in contact 22:35 with a person with leprosy. 22:37 And yet, 22:40 He reached out and touched. 22:43 There's many untouchables in our life, 22:46 in our ministry as we travel, as we are God's ambassadors, 22:51 and God calls us not to turn away 22:55 in difference, 22:58 in busyness, 23:02 even in revulsion, 23:04 He calls us to reach out 23:07 and to touch, 23:08 reach out and minister. 23:10 So first, I choose to walk in compassion. 23:14 Second, I choose to walk in surrender. 23:17 Turn with me to Galatians 2. 23:22 Galatians 2. 23:25 I like the writings of Paul. 23:30 Almost all the books, 23:31 you know, that he wrote, I love those. 23:33 We're in Galatians 2:20. 23:38 "I have been crucified with Christ, 23:41 but it is no longer I who live," 23:43 we're talking about surrender," 23:45 but Christ who lives in me, 23:48 and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith," 23:52 that's right," 23:54 in the Son of God, who loved me 23:56 and gave Himself for me." 24:00 I am crucified with Christ. 24:03 Surrender is kind of a difficult term sometimes. 24:06 It seems confusing. 24:07 What in the world does surrender mean? 24:09 But I think surrender is simply saying, yes to Jesus, 24:13 every time He calls from my heart. 24:16 Every time I'm facing a decision 24:18 is just saying yes to Jesus. 24:20 I think as we choose to be His ambassador, 24:25 as we choose to step out in ministry, 24:27 many times God calls us to minister to someone 24:30 or maybe, I shouldn't even say that, 24:33 God can call me to minister to someone 24:37 that I don't want to minister to. 24:39 Anybody been there? 24:41 God... 24:43 Couldn't you have called Pastor Lomacang. 24:47 Oh, Cynthia, she is a godly woman. 24:49 Couldn't you have called Cynthia to minister? 24:53 Why did you call me? 24:55 You ever felt that? 24:57 I choose to walk in surrender. 25:00 What does God ask us to surrender? 25:03 He asks me personally to surrender 25:05 my unwillingness to witness. 25:09 Sometimes it's my pride, 25:12 and I think I'm too good to witness. 25:15 Let so and so do the witnessing. 25:18 Sometimes it's my selfishness 25:20 'cause I think I don't have time to witness. 25:24 And He says get out of yourself, Jill. 25:27 Surrender that and reach out for someone else. 25:31 Sometimes it is my bitterness or unforgiveness 25:35 toward someone else. 25:36 "Oh, Lord, you couldn't be asking me to witness to Lorrain 25:39 'cause I don't even like her." 25:41 Now that's not true, she is my friend, 25:44 so I can say that. 25:47 But sometimes God calls us to witness 25:52 to someone that maybe we're holding a grudge against 25:56 or we need to ask God's forgiveness for. 26:02 Hebrews 12, I love that scripture. 26:05 Hebrews 12:14-15, 26:08 "Follow peace with all men and holiness, 26:11 without which no one shall see God." 26:14 And then it continues, 26:15 "Looking diligently lest any root of bitterness 26:20 springing up trouble you, 26:22 and thereby many people be defiled." 26:25 If I hang on to unforgiveness, what's it going to do? 26:29 It's going to affect other people. 26:31 It's going to affect my ability to witness. 26:36 And sometimes God asks me 26:37 to surrender my irritation. 26:42 Father, do I have to witness? 26:44 Do I have to do that? 26:46 Ephesians 4, Ephesians 4:31, "Let all bitterness, and wrath, 26:50 and anger," 26:52 King James says, "in clamor, 26:54 and evil speaking 26:56 be put away from you, with all malice." 26:59 And be kind one to another, tender hearted, 27:04 forgiving each other, even as God in Christ Jesus 27:08 forgave me, forgave you. 27:13 Sometime ago, 27:15 and I debated whether I should tell you this story or not. 27:20 But I think it shows 27:21 what God wants to do the work He wants to do in our lives. 27:26 Sometime ago, I was in the office 27:27 and someone called 27:29 and I felt irritated. 27:34 Have you ever felt irritated at somebody? 27:36 So I was on the phone and this precious woman, 27:42 she's a daughter of God. 27:44 I fell irritated. 27:50 And... 27:52 we talked, and talked some more, 27:56 and talked some more, and all I could think of is, 28:00 "God, I don't even want to witness to her." 28:03 Forgive me, I'm being honest. 28:05 I don't even want to deal with this. 28:08 And then I turned, I work in an office 28:12 with several women. 28:14 I turned and I went like, 28:17 you ever made that face? 28:20 And as soon as I did that, she said, 28:23 "Would you pray with me, Jill?" 28:27 And I thought how can I pray? 28:32 I have, she is God's daughter 28:36 and I have just made a face. 28:38 I have just let my irritation come through. 28:42 But I know we're supposed to pray, 28:44 God calls us to pray. 28:47 And so I began to pray and I felt like 28:49 the world's worst hypocrite 28:54 praying for someone when I had just made a face. 28:59 And as soon as I hung up the phone, 29:02 I turned to the ladies in the office and I said, 29:04 "I'm sorry, would you forgive me?" 29:06 She is God's daughter. 29:08 God calls each one of us to witness for Him. 29:14 And here I am in my own selfishness, 29:19 my own stuff unwilling 29:23 to reach out and witness. 29:25 In contrast to that just a few weeks ago, 29:28 I got a letter in the office from a woman 29:32 who is a viewer of 3ABN and she's a precious lady. 29:35 And I called her on the phone and asked her 29:38 if I could share this story and she said, 29:39 "I could as long as I didn't mention her name." 29:43 She sent me this story. 29:44 She's a great writer, I won't read you the story, 29:47 but she's a great writer. 29:48 And it's about, she's an older woman, 29:50 and it's about years ago, when she and her husband 29:54 went deep sea fishing off the coast of Delaware. 29:59 And she said, they would go three or four times each summer 30:02 and they would go fishing 30:04 and something her husband enjoyed, 30:05 something they could do together. 30:07 So she wrote the story in first-person. 30:09 So I'll share with you in first-person, 30:10 but it didn't happen to me, 30:12 it happened to this viewer of 3ABN. 30:14 She's a precious lady. 30:15 So she said, my husband and I would go deep sea fishing off 30:18 the coast of Delaware. 30:20 And there was a girl there who her name was Carla. 30:24 They called her a boat girl or a captain's mate. 30:28 So she had more energy than anybody that I had met. 30:33 And any time someone would yell, 30:36 fish or trouble with a line or something, 30:38 she was there working to untangle the line, 30:40 working to help and she was a great worker. 30:44 Not an exceptionally beautiful woman 30:47 but she was attractive. 30:48 She was smiling, she was friendly, 30:51 she was helpful. 30:53 Carla was probably 16 years old. 30:58 We usually went down three or four times each summer. 31:03 Carla seemed more tired, more and more tired. 31:08 But I thought well, she's working hard. 31:10 It's 'cause she's working so hard, 31:12 that's why Carla is getting tired. 31:15 When she got off work, got off the boat, 31:19 she would walk up to beach, there would be kind of a trail 31:22 of boys of young men following her. 31:25 And one night, 31:28 I saw her entering 31:30 a back alley door with a blue light overhead. 31:35 And I kind of knew what that meant. 31:38 And I got her address then I tried to go to her house 31:41 where she lived with her mother 31:42 and it was just a ramshackle house on stilts. 31:46 Then the next summer, my husband and I came down, 31:48 and she was no longer working on the boat. 31:53 They had transitioned her to selling tickets. 31:57 And the captain said, she's no longer real steady 31:59 on her feet. 32:01 That's why we had to put her on the shore. 32:04 And then a few times later, 32:07 I don't remember if it was years 32:08 or just a few times, 32:10 then Carla was working with the food. 32:14 And then the next time Carla was picking up the litter, 32:18 the trash, that was on the beach. 32:21 Then the next year 32:23 when my husband and I came to go deep sea fishing 32:26 off the coast to Delaware, 32:29 we didn't see Carla. 32:31 And we asked and nobody seemed to even really care 32:34 where she was. 32:37 And so we went fishing several times, 32:40 and on the very last day, we came off the boat. 32:45 Now at the corner of my eyes, I saw someone sitting 32:47 in a wheelchair on the beach. 32:51 I need to back up my story before I get to the wheelchair, 32:54 I should have told you this very vital piece in the story, 32:58 which I hadn't seen Carla, I hadn't seen Carla. 33:01 I decided to send her a letter. 33:06 I didn't have her address, 33:08 I didn't even really know her name, 33:10 but I poured all the love in my heart for her 33:14 and all the love that Jesus had for her. 33:19 I sent it, never heard anything back. 33:23 Now we're to the point. 33:24 I get off the boat, 33:26 someone's in a wheelchair there. 33:28 Oh! 33:29 As I got closer, 33:31 she had eyes as blue as summer sea 33:35 but they were kind of faded. 33:36 And I realized it was Carla. 33:41 And so I went to her and hugged her 33:43 and I said, "Oh, Carla." 33:45 She said, "No, no, don't you know, 33:47 I have AIDS. 33:49 I have... 33:51 just a short time to live." 33:55 And I said, "Oh, Carla, I didn't know you had AIDS. 33:59 I sent you a letter." 34:01 She said, "I got it. 34:04 I got your letter. 34:06 And I'll see you up there." 34:13 That to me is an example of a heart 34:17 that walks in compassion, 34:20 and a heart that walks in surrender. 34:24 You know, when God impressed her 34:26 to write that letter, she could have said, 34:30 "Why am I writing the letter? 34:31 I don't know Carla that well. 34:33 I just knew her little bit from the boat 34:34 and I know her health, she seemed little tired, 34:36 but I don't know what's wrong with her. 34:38 I don't have an address. God, I'm off the hook. 34:41 I don't need to write anything." 34:43 But instead she walked in surrender. 34:47 God says, "Write the letter." 34:49 She wrote the letter. 34:52 What an impact it had on that young woman's life 34:55 and Carla will be in heaven because this precious woman, 35:01 who sent me this story, 35:04 made a choice to walk in compassion 35:07 towards someone else, 35:09 made a choice to walk in surrender 35:12 to what God asked her to do. 35:16 Many times when God asks us... 35:18 You think of the stories in the Bible, 35:20 remember, Jeremiah, he said, 35:23 "I'm a child. 35:24 I can't do it." 35:26 And God said, 35:27 "Do not be afraid of their faces, 35:29 for I will be with you." 35:31 Remember, Moses said, "I can't talk." 35:34 And God said, 35:36 "Has not, did not I make man's mouth." 35:40 Now therefore go and I'll be with your mouth 35:43 and I'll teach you what you need to say. 35:47 Paul could have said, "I killed people." 35:49 Surely, God, you don't want to use me, 35:53 use somebody else, 35:55 but instead he surrendered and he said, 35:58 "I'm willing." 36:01 The third. 36:02 First, I choose to walk in compassion. 36:05 Second, I choose to walk in surrender. 36:08 Third, I choose to walk in fervent prayer. 36:13 It was one of those nights 36:14 when I did not want to do ministry. 36:18 You know one of those nights, it was a busy day at work 36:20 and I was just ready to go home, 36:23 but instead it was our time for ministry at the jail. 36:26 And I wasn't even feeling very good. 36:28 I was feeling kind of dizzy or light-headed 36:32 or something like that. 36:33 And so I drove in, Ressa and I went in. 36:37 And then we got to the jail, we always pray before we go in. 36:42 And I said, "Oh, Ressa, do you mind praying for me, 36:45 I'm just not feeling well?" 36:47 And she said, I thought someone seemed a little different, 36:49 and she prayed for me. 36:51 And I thought "Okay, thank You, God, 36:53 You're going to give me what I needed." 36:54 I walked out of the... 36:56 Stepped out of the car and I had to like hold onto it 36:58 because I still felt like I was going to fall down. 37:00 And we walked into the jail and I still felt weak and dizzy 37:03 and I don't know, God, I just, why am I here. 37:07 And we stepped in and we did prayer requests. 37:11 And... 37:13 one of the girls raised her hand and she said, 37:17 the normal prayer requests would be my boyfriend, 37:22 my husband, who's in jail, 37:24 my ex, my kids, 37:28 my upcoming court date, those are the normal 37:31 what four, three, four requests. 37:33 She said, "I want to be a preacher when I get out." 37:38 Wow! 37:39 You want to be a preacher. 37:41 I don't think I'd ever heard someone in jail say that. 37:43 I want to be a preacher when I get out. 37:46 So I said, "Oh, praise the Lord. 37:48 That's wonderful. 37:49 Keep studying God's Word, keep walking in obedience 37:53 to what He's called you to do." 37:54 Then we stood for prayer and we always say, 37:56 "Does someone want to pray?" 37:58 And usually, 38:00 they either say, no, 38:02 and we pray or one or two would offer a short prayer. 38:08 But this night, we'll call her Patty, 38:10 this night Patty began to pray. 38:14 I have never in my life heard an inmate pray 38:20 like Patty prayed. 38:22 And just being honest, 38:23 I'm not sure I've heard many preachers or Christians 38:29 pray like Patty prayed that night. 38:32 She prayed by name for each person in the circle. 38:37 The needs they had, 38:38 the addictions they were struggling with, 38:40 the stuff, the junk in their lives, 38:42 she lifted each one up by name 38:44 and then she began to rebuke the drug culture 38:47 here in southern Illinois. 38:49 And I thought how long had I been going to jail. 38:54 I don't think ever once that I prayed, 38:56 that God would rebuke the entire drug culture 39:00 in a certain area. 39:02 And it rebuked to my heart because Patty knew how to pray. 39:08 God calls us to walk in fervent prayer. 39:11 Watchman Nee 39:14 was born in China, 1903. 39:17 And he lived till 1972. 39:19 He was a Christian church leader, and author, 39:23 a teacher. 39:24 He was in prison the last 20 years of his life 39:28 for his faith. 39:30 But before he became a Christian, 39:32 when he was in college, 39:33 is when he first heard about Jesus 39:36 and he decided to dedicate his life to Jesus. 39:40 He made a covenant that he would pray 39:43 for his friends. 39:45 Now he came from a secular background, 39:47 so his friends are all secular, they're not Christians. 39:51 And he began to pray for his friends. 39:55 Now he made a list. 39:56 Now if I were to come up 39:57 with a list of friends, what would you have? 39:59 Ten? Twenty? Thirty? Forty? 40:02 He said, he had 40 friends. 40:04 That's a lot of friends, right? 40:05 Fifty friends, that's a lot of friends? 40:07 Seventy. 40:09 He made a list of 70 people. 40:12 Seventy of his friends 40:14 that he wanted to intercede for. 40:20 He prayed not just wrote them on a list, 40:25 and okay, Father, I just ask you 40:26 to bless John, and Sally, 40:28 and Mary, and Moses, and Henry, 40:31 he prayed passionately, fervently, 40:36 expectantly for each one. 40:39 He took them one by one, sometimes 40:41 You can read the story. 40:42 Sometimes he spent all night 40:46 in prayer 40:47 for one of his friends. 40:50 And one by one, 40:53 they came to accept Jesus. 40:56 Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, 41:00 thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, 41:05 sixty-eight. 41:07 Sixty eight of his seventy friends 41:10 that he covenanted with God, he was going to pray for, 41:16 they accepted Jesus. 41:18 Now you can't tell me prayer doesn't work. 41:20 Prayer doesn't change people's hearts and lives. 41:24 Psalm 2:8, turn with me there. 41:29 We can quote it but I love this chapter and verse. 41:32 Psalm 2:8. 41:37 King James says, 41:38 "Ask of Me, 41:41 and I will give You the heathen for Your inheritance, 41:46 and the uttermost parts of the world 41:49 for your possession." 41:51 Ask 41:54 You mean it's that simple? 41:56 Ask. 41:57 Ask for the conversion of your children, 42:01 ask for the conversion of your spouse, 42:05 ask for the conversion of those in your church, 42:10 those in your family, those in your neighborhood, 42:13 those who are your enemies, 42:17 ask. 42:18 John 16:24, Jesus speaking, 42:21 "Hither to or before you asked 42:24 nothing in my name. 42:27 Ask, and you shall receive, 42:31 that your joy may be full." 42:34 God calls us to ask for souls, 42:38 God calls us to ask for a boldness 42:42 to speak for Him. 42:45 It was a cold rainy day 42:48 and I had forgotten my umbrella. 42:51 So I was coming from the car 42:53 to Walmart there in Benton, I was going grocery shopping. 42:56 And so I'm dashing through 42:58 because I'm trying to get out of the rain 43:00 and I get into Walmart, and I grab a cart 43:03 and I start to go down the aisle. 43:07 I went to the cosmetic section first 43:11 and so I needed toothpaste and shampoo 43:15 and it was in the middle of that shampoo aisle, 43:18 that I saw her, gray hair, kind of like 43:22 pulled up away from her face, 43:24 kind looking face, real pleasant. 43:28 And I didn't think anything about it, I just smiled, 43:30 "Hi." 43:31 I went on with my cart, I'm looking for shampoo. 43:34 And all of a sudden, 43:35 a Walmart employee stopped to ask her, 43:39 "Excuse me, ma'am, what's wrong with your hand?" 43:43 I didn't notice there was anything 43:45 wrong with her hand. 43:46 So I turned around and I looked 43:50 and it was wrapped with a bandage, 43:53 kind of, loose wrapped around the hand. 43:57 And I thought, oh. 43:59 I wonder what's wrong and instantly 44:02 I felt the impression of the Holy Spirit, 44:04 not an audible voice 44:05 but, you know, when God speaks to you 44:07 in your heart and in your mind, 44:08 okay, I'm speaking to you right now. 44:11 So the impression was this, 44:13 "Jill, go talk to her." 44:17 Okay, "God, I can do that." 44:20 So I went over to her and I said, 44:22 "Hey, my name's Jill. 44:25 How are you?" 44:27 And she said, "Oh, my name's Jane." 44:29 That's not her name. 44:30 I don't remember her name actually. 44:32 My name's Jane. 44:35 And so I said, "I couldn't help but notice your hand, 44:37 it's all wrapped up in this bandage. 44:41 You mind telling me what's going on 44:42 with your hand?" 44:44 "Oh, no!" She was real open. 44:46 And she talked about the difficulty 44:48 she'd had with her hand and how she had been 44:50 to many doctors here in southern Illinois, 44:54 had gone farther away for more medical care, 44:58 still hadn't gotten the help that she needed. 45:01 She had gone all the way to Mayo Clinic 45:03 trying to get help for her hand. 45:06 She said, even the doctors at Mayo don't know 45:10 what's wrong with my hand. 45:13 And for the second time, I felt that impression, 45:16 the still small voice of the Holy Spirit, 45:19 "Pray with her, Jill." 45:21 And I thought... 45:23 We're in Walmart. 45:26 "God, did you notice that we're in Walmart? 45:30 There's a lot of people here." 45:33 I don't think I'll pray for her. 45:36 I think I'll do the Christian thing 45:38 and I'll say, "I'll pray for you later." 45:42 So I said, "My husband and I keep a prayer journal 45:46 and we'd really like to pray for you." 45:49 What a capo? 45:51 Oh, she said, but she didn't know 45:52 what the Holy Spirit was telling me, right? 45:54 She didn't know the wrestling I was having with my own mind 45:57 about this. 45:58 So she said, "Oh, honey, that's real nice." 46:02 So I got out my little pad and paper 46:04 and I wrote her name down, Jane. 46:07 "Pray for her hand" and the Holy Spirit said. 46:09 I said, "Pray for her now." 46:12 And I said, no. 46:16 You ever said no to the voice of the Holy Spirit? 46:21 So I turned and walked away, 46:24 I didn't feel very good inside. 46:28 And I thought well, it's too late, 46:31 I can't go back now. 46:32 I can't fix it. We'll just go on. 46:37 All of a sudden, I walked past the candles 46:43 and there she was looking at candles. 46:46 And the Holy Spirit spoke for the second time 46:49 or maybe it's the third by now, the third time, 46:52 "Jill, pray with her." 46:55 And thought oh, God, 46:57 I know I should have prayed before 46:59 and I know I was not obedient 47:01 to what You called me to do but I certainly cannot pray now 47:06 because how weird does that look. 47:07 I should have prayed when she first told me 47:09 about her hand and you first impressed me 47:11 to pray for her. 47:12 If I pray for her now, 47:17 I'm going to look weird. 47:19 Oh, I should have prayed for you before 47:21 but now I want to pray for you. 47:22 No, God, I'm not going to do it. 47:24 So for the third time, I said no. 47:29 We walk down, get to the back of the store, the groceries, 47:33 I'm starting to head to the grocery aisle 47:36 and I looked out of the corner of my eye, 47:39 she's there at the back of the store 47:41 where the butter and eggs are. 47:43 And the Holy Spirit spoke for the fourth time, 47:48 "Jill, go pray with her." 47:52 And I said, no. 47:56 God, you asked me here and I agree, 47:58 I should have done it but I didn't. 48:00 And so since I didn't do it then, 48:02 I'm not going to do it with the candles 48:04 and now it's been like 20 minutes or half an hour, 48:06 what am I going to say? 48:08 Excuse me, can I pray with you? 48:10 No, God. 48:11 And so I started going up and down the aisles 48:14 in the food feeling horrible. 48:18 You know what it's like when the Holy Spirit 48:20 convicts you in your heart, you need to do something. 48:24 And I knew I was walking in direct disobedience 48:27 to what He had called me to do. 48:29 So I was in the middle of the baking aisle, 48:32 you know, the flour, and the oil, and the spices. 48:36 And the Holy Spirit broke through 48:39 all my rationalizations, 48:43 all my defenses, all my stubbornness, 48:47 and pride, and selfishness 48:50 and said, "How many times 48:53 do I have to call for your heart 48:56 until you're going to walk in obedience." 48:59 And I said, "God, forgive me, I'm sorry. 49:03 I know that You wanted me to walk in prayer 49:07 and it's a simple thing, just praying with somebody. 49:12 But, God, I don't know if I'm going to see her again." 49:16 And, first of all, He said, of course, I forgive you. 49:19 I love you. 49:21 I made you. 49:24 I forgive you. 49:25 And I said, "God, thank You for forgiving me 49:28 but I want to make it right. 49:30 How am I going to find Jane again. 49:32 The Walmart's big, I don't know where she is." 49:35 And He said, trust me. 49:37 And so I walked to the end of the aisle and I looked, 49:41 this is all the way back to the butter and eggs 49:42 where I'd seen her before but it's been a while 49:44 since I saw her. 49:46 There she is. 49:47 I stood back and I said, "Oh, thank You, Jesus, 49:51 for allowing me not to redeem myself 49:54 but to walk in obedience, to walk in surrender, 49:58 to walk in prayer like You had asked me 50:00 to do the first time. 50:02 And so I hurry with my cart to the back of the store 50:04 and there was an older couple talking to her. 50:07 And all of a sudden they moved off 50:10 just as I came up and she said, 50:12 "Oh, hi, Jill." 50:13 This couple's from my church. 50:16 And I just told them about the nice girl I met 50:18 in Walmart who said she prayed for me. 50:21 Isn't God good? 50:23 He made it so easy for me to come back and pray. 50:26 It could have been like, who are you, 50:28 and I don't remember you, 50:29 and it could have been a difficult thing, 50:31 but He made it easy for me to obey. 50:34 And it was just the opening that I needed. 50:36 And I said, actually, Jane, that's why 50:39 I came back now to see if you would let me pray 50:44 for you right now. 50:46 And she said, "Oh, honey, I'd love that." 50:49 And she held her good hand out to me, the non-bandaged hand. 50:52 She held her good hand out to me and we held hands 50:55 in the middle of Walmart. 50:57 And petition the throne of grace asking for grace, 51:02 and mercy, and healing, and help, and forgiveness, 51:06 and I know that God heard and that He answered. 51:10 And that's not the end of the story. 51:14 A few months, 51:15 maybe it was six months, maybe it was a year, 51:18 I don't remember, it's been several years 51:19 since that happened. 51:21 Maybe it was six months, I don't remember, 51:22 I saw her again in Walmart. 51:25 And I said, "Oh, Jane, how are you?" 51:29 And we talked. 51:31 She remembered me and I remembered her instantly. 51:34 And we talked a bit. 51:36 And then she said, "Honey, what church you go to?" 51:39 And I said, "Oh, 51:40 I go to the Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist Church." 51:44 And she said, 51:45 "I listen to your pastor on the radio, John Lomacang." 51:49 And I said, "That's right. 51:51 That's right." 51:52 You know sharing Jesus and witnessing to others, 51:56 we're talking about I choose to walk 51:58 as God's ambassador tonight. 52:01 Sharing Jesus witnessing to others 52:04 doesn't always come from a Bible study. 52:06 Yes, sometimes it does and God calls us 52:09 to give Bible studies, 52:11 but it doesn't always come from a Bible study. 52:14 It doesn't always come from someone 52:15 speaking in the pulpit 52:18 or from knocking on a stranger's door. 52:23 Sharing Jesus, 52:24 I believe is simply walking with Jesus. 52:28 Being obedient to His voice when He chooses 52:31 to speak to our heart, it's saying, here am, I Lord, 52:37 I choose to be an ambassador, I choose to walk in compassion, 52:41 I choose to walk in surrender, 52:45 I choose to walk in fervent prayer, 52:47 please send me. 52:50 The size of the job doesn't matter neither does it, 52:52 it's importance through the publicity 52:54 that it brings 52:56 or the pain that it causes my own heart and life, 53:00 all that matters is our willingness 53:03 to hear the voice of Jesus 53:05 and to say here am I, send me. 53:08 We have just a couple moments left. 53:09 I want to turn to that, Isaiah 6. 53:13 Isaiah was a young man. 53:15 We know when the prophetic call came to him. 53:20 And he wasn't really sure and God gave him this vision. 53:25 Isaiah 6:1, 53:30 he says, "In the year that King Uzziah died, 53:32 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, 53:33 high and lifted up," 53:34 so God gave him a vision of the temple. 53:38 "The train of His robe filled the temple, 53:40 and then there were the seraphim 53:41 with the six wings, 53:43 and they covered their face, and their feet, 53:44 and they flew and they said, 53:46 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, 53:49 the whole earth is filled with His glory!' 53:53 And the posts of the door were shaken 53:55 by the voice of him who cried out, 53:57 and the house was filled with smoke." 54:01 He's seen a revelation of the glory of God. 54:04 And when he saw that, what happened? 54:07 Verse 5, he realized who he was 54:10 in relationship to God. 54:14 "Then I said, 'Woe is me, I am undone.'" 54:16 He sensed his own unworthiness, 54:19 I am undone. 54:20 "I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell 54:22 in the midst of a people of unclean lips, 54:24 mine eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts.' 54:28 Then one of the seraphim, the angels flew to him, 54:31 having in his hand a live coal 54:34 which he had taken with tongs from the altar." 54:38 He sensed his unworthiness, woe is me who am I 54:41 in the presence of God Almighty. 54:44 Then he said, I am unclean, 54:46 he repented and confessed of his sin. 54:50 Then he was cleansed, the hot coal 54:53 from off the altar touching his lips. 54:56 And the angel said, 54:58 "Behold, this has touched your lips, 54:59 your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is purged. 55:04 And then he heard the voice of the Lord, calling, 55:08 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?' 55:13 Then I said, "Here am I, send me." 55:18 I think God calls us to be His ambassadors. 55:21 We started out with 2 Corinthians 5, 55:24 now then we are ambassadors for Christ 55:26 as though God were pleading through us, 55:29 we implore you on Christ's behalf, 55:31 be reconciled to God. 55:33 And as He calls us to be His ambassador, 55:37 our job is to come before Him, 55:40 recognize who He is, 55:42 allow Him to touch us, to cleanse us, 55:46 to fill us with His Spirit, and then go forth willing. 55:51 Here am I, send me willing, obedient, 55:55 ready to be empowered by the Holy Spirit. 55:58 So tonight, I just want to appeal to you at home, 56:00 I don't know where you are in your walk with God. 56:04 Maybe you feel like the cracked clay pot 56:06 we held up at the beginning and you say, 56:09 I'm a mess, I got a lot of cracks. 56:11 God says, I can mend you, I can fill you, 56:16 I can pour the light of My gospel of Jesus 56:21 through you, 56:22 and even through those cracks, I can reveal Myself, 56:27 I can reveal Jesus through you. 56:31 Allow Him access to your heart. 56:34 Make a choice, I choose to be His ambassador, 56:39 make a choice to walk in compassion. 56:41 Ask God to show you the needs of the people 56:44 around you. 56:46 Take time, stop, 56:48 see those needs, listen to them, 56:50 and then whatever God puts on your heart and life, 56:54 step out in obedience, 56:58 reach out and touch, 56:59 walk in compassion, make a choice, 57:02 I choose to walk and surrender. 57:05 Whatever God calls you to surrender right now, 57:08 make a choice to surrender to Him. 57:09 And finally, I choose to walk in fervent prayer, 57:14 spend time every day, passionately, persistently, 57:18 fervently, praying for those in need. 57:22 We want to thank you for joining with us tonight 57:25 for A Sharper Focus. 57:27 Know that at 3ABN, 57:28 we love you and we pray for you. 57:30 Just pray that God would stand you up and equip you 57:33 to be all He has called you to be. 57:35 Let's as we could go out this evening, 57:37 let's go to the Lord in prayer. 57:39 Father, we thank You that You have called each one of us 57:43 to be Your ambassador. 57:46 Lord Jesus, we make a choice tonight to walk in compassion 57:50 toward our brothers and sisters, 57:52 who You who want to walk and surrender, 57:55 to whatever You have called us to do, 57:58 and we choose to walk in prayer. 58:00 Thank You for working in us and through us, 58:03 in the precious and holy name of Jesus, amen. 58:07 God bless. |
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