Welcome to another
Edition of Bible Alive.
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I have some Guests today that
we've had on before. They are no
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strangers to 3ABN. Uhm, they
talk about Family, they have a
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Ministry and I am really excited
about what they have to say
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because you know what?
It's practical. We have Tom and
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Elane. Tom I am glad you are
here with us again today. ñYes.
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Well thank you for having us
back and last time we were here,
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We were talking about Ministry
and we kind of ran out of time,
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before we ran out of energy.
ñI think we were just getting
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started. Weren't we
Elane? ñ I think you
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were more reminiscing ñYeh
ñthan you were talking about
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Ministry ñWell you know ñwe can
fix that today. ñIt's fun to do
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that so, we are going to
get about today, we are going to
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discuss more of your Ministry
and how- why it's so practical
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and how all that works and what
you do, the tools ñUh hmm ñso to
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speak ñOK ñbut before we do,
I think you've picked out a text
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ñYeh ñthat we'd like everybody
to get, so everyone get their
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Bibles and before we do that
let's have a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven thank you
again so much for this beautiful
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time that we can spend together
and that you have did this
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miraculous thing of Television
where even though we might not
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see each one of you personally
but Lord you gathered us
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together that the truth can be
there. Father I just pray that
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you bless this Program and I
thank you. I pray this in the
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name of Jesus, Amen. ñ Amen.
ñSo Tom, where is that text?
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ñWell actually it was too hard
for me to pick just one text
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ñOK ñso ah if I can for just
a moment I want to talk to our
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Viewers. ñAbsolutely.
You know, the Bible really
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talks about Gospel Order in
the whole Bible. First God's
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relationship to us as human
beings, individually. How he's
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reached out to us. Then
hopefully how we respond to him
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ñYes ñand responding back and
reciprocating the love that he
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gives to us and then how
it affects us in a marriage
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relationship. ñUh hmm ñThen how
our marriage and our Parenting
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can affect our Children if we
have offsprings, a blessing from
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the Lord and so Ephesians
talks about Gospel Order. ñOK.
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It talks about how we serve God.
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How God loves us,
then how we work together.
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Ephesians 5 talks about
the marriage relationship and
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then the verse that I want to
highlight today ñOK ñis ñWhich
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is love ñ6:1, it's Children
ñIt's Children OK ñWe want to
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talk a little about that today.
"Children obey your Parents in
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the Lord for this is right.
" ñuh hmm ñPretty simple but
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pretty powerful ñYes, it is
ñand I think Uhm everyone out
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there understands that today we
are living in a generation where
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Children almost have no respect.
They have very few rules and
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there is chaos in the World
ñYes ñ So I think all of us
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know that when we see a Child
or Children that are respectful
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and obedient it's a breadth of
fresh air. ñYes it is. ñIt's an
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uncommon thing to see today.
ñYes ñUh hmm ñSo our Ministry
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really ah came out of the
Work that God has been doing and
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continues to do in our lives as
individuals and as a Family and
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really the Ministry grew
out of questions like this. What
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happened to you Guys? Your
Children are different. You're
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different. You're happy ñYeh.
ñWell, it's because- ah it's
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quite obvious that we didn't
have Children who were very
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obedient from the beginning.
ñI ñI mean clearly ñI thought,
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I too- Yeh I thought Elane you
we're going to say that people
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would say they did us when we
we're doing this that well your
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Children are so amiable,
you ought to have my Children
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ñRight? ñWell that came later
but at first- at- when they
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first- the way they met then
it wasn't the case. ñSo you are
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saying then Children aren't
normally born out of the womb
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perfect Children? ñYeh ñLike
ñJust like ñThey are products of
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us, that's the problem. ñYeh
that's it ñand so as we began to
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focus our relationship
reciprocating that relationship
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to the love of God to us and
as we individually and as the
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marriage start to focusing
on that, God moved us out to
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Montana and we really started
looking at the Work that lies
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near us in our own home and
it was a result of focusing on
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that, with one part of it, that
people were saying, "Can you
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share with us?" We had no
idea of where this would lead to
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ñxxx ñtoday. ñSo what you
are saying is that you weren't
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planning a Ministry? ñNo,
it was ñyou just- you just knew
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that something had to change
ñAbsolutely or things weren't
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going to change. ñUh hmm
ñSo you needed to make- so
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you decided to make this
move to Montana. Any reason why
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Montana? and not Michigan? ñYes.
Very good reason. One of- the
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main thing was that we felt
convicted that we should Home
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School our Children. Educate
our own Children in the Home
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ñRight and you know 25 years
ago this was not popular. ñYes
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It was hardly ñThat's
true ñheard of. In fact it was
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illegal most places but the
North West and particularly the
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State of Montana had "Open
Home" School Laws, and were
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very lenient ñOK ñ Ah not that
we were looking for leniency, we
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like to comply within the
Law ñRight ñbut we wanted the
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freedom that God has given
us as American Citizens at least
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that we can choose to educate
our Children with the belief
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system that we want them
to understand. ñThere were
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actually a couple of other
reasons. One was, we- we wanted
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to be where there wasn't a dense
population ñOK ñcoming out of
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the Chicago area. Uhm we wanted
a place where we could not have
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so- so many and I hope the
Viewers won't be- not so many
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Government regulations and
so many you know, the idea of ah
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you know, you can't put
this garage up on your property
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because you know, you need
a special permit ñRight ñwe'll
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decide whether we give you that.
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So we were looking for a little
more room and ñOK ñMontana
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also had less population and a
place we could be out in nature,
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a lot of... ñYou are getting
away to me from one extreme to
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the other I mean you went to-
... from Chicago- believe me I
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hate driving through Chicago.
It's always a mess. There's
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always a lot of people ñThey
are still repairing the Illinois
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Toll Way. ñAlways they never
quit ñevery time we've been
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through there ñand then you go
out to Montana because we lived
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there 7 years, I mean it's like-
I say it's between walk and
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don't walk. I mean there is- is
more animals I think than there
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are people out there. ñYeh.
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ñDefinitely ñSo ñWe really
thought that we were taking a
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better chance to being against
so many people ñThat's really
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true ñbut that's you know
the whole focus of this Ministry
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has become how we restore
the relationship between God and
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ourselves, ñOK ñHow we bring
that into the marriage and then
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that- how that becomes real
practical Gospel in the Family
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as Parents working with our
Children. ñIn other words how it
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works and I just want to back up
a little bit there. ñSure ñYou
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went to Montana and Deb and
I were able to go and there is
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some people that came- some
people don't have the ability
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Uhm and when I say ability
maybe because of jobs or death
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ñThat's right ñbut whatever
they can't move but can people
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have this relationship Uhm with
their selves, with Christ and
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with their Children wherever
they are at? Is that possible?
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ñAbsolutely ñOK because I
want ñif it wasn't possible- I
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appreciate you bringing that
up because if it wasn't possible
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then God starts to play
favorites ñYeh ñand he is always
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such a person. ñAbsolutely ñNow,
I can say that it's much easier
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ñYes ñbecause you know the pulls
and the influences especially
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upon the young people and
the peer pressure that's- that's
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there today. I mean, there has
always been peer pressure ñRight
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ñyes ñbut it is possible and
we have the hope that if we are
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willing to make the time
and take the time and that's the
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other problem ñRight ñand it
could be a problem anywhere we
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are ñUh hmm ñbut we have so
many things pulling on you; even
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when we lived in- in ah
Hinsdale one of the suburbs of
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Chicago, we lived the lifestyle
there because everybody stayed
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up until 10, 11 o'clock at
night. ñRight ñThat was the
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lifestyle. We lived in it.
When we moved out to Montana,
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not that we couldn't change
then, we did begin changing that
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even in our ñin Hinsdale ñin
Hinsdale. We said that we are
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not going to think the grass
is just going to be all green on
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the other side ñRight ñSo
we ñare not going to be sure it
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wasn't ñYeh, it isn't ñRight
ñbut when we got out there
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we were able to have much more
control over our schedule and
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so yes it can be more difficult
in some of the circumstances
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but people can find it as long
as they are willing to seek it
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with their whole heart. ñ And-
go ahead Alane. ñThe only other
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thought I had is what's most
important is that we are where
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God wants us to be ñYes ñand
when we are where God wants us
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to be God will give us the- his
Grace to do whatever he needs to
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do in our lives and so for us,
what made us move to Montana,
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those were factors but it was
clearly seeing the Hand of God
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leading us there you
know, bringing us to a piece of
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property that wasn't for sale,
having the Owner sell it at less
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than market value because we
didn't have a lot of money and
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so that's the key to be where-
in the will of God. Where does
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he wants us? And where he wants
us is where we are right now.
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That's where he wants us to
begin ñRight ñand then allow him
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to lead us wherever that is.
ñSo- so- so you are saying, one
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of the first tools, we are
talking about tools is, you need
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to learn to know God's will
ñAbsolutely ñwhich means that
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what you are- I'm- what I'm
gathering here is that you need
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time. ñThat's right. ñYou
got to have some kind of time
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because if you are so wrapped
up busy you are gonna be doing
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things ñYeh ñthat you think
might be right that isn't right.
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ñYeh. God wants to slow us down
ñOK ñSo he can get a- so he can
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get a- he can get a hold of us
and then you know, we- we want
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to talk about some of
the things that we're doing
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practically that God's led
us to dealing with you know the
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Seminars for Marriage. We do
Parenting Seminars, we have a
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Family Camp meetings and I don't
know how much of that we'll have
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time to talk about but those
are some of the practical things
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that we do. ñOK. Well we are
gonna- we are going to take a
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little break but Tom and Alane,
I want to talk about the Family
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Camp meetings. I want to talk
about these things and how the
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people have made changes by the
principles from the Bible we've
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shared. So don't go
away. This is exciting.
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We'll be right back.
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Have you ever noticed
how some people have a way of
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making cool stuff look easy,
as if they were born doing it
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but ask any one of them and
they'll tell you that it took a
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lot of hard work and
dedication. Sometimes they even
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fall but a Winner gets right
back up and keeps going. Well
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did you know that our walk with
God is just like that? We have
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to practice and be dedicated
if we want to close walk with
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God and one day we won't
just be walking with God, we'll
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be soaring with him.
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I'm glad that you've stayed with
us. We are with Tom and Alane
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Waters of Restoration
International and we just were
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talking about Uhm having time
and why that's such an important
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foundation and some of
the tools that you are using.
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But I want a- I want to go
right back to time. I think that
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time is so vitally important
because I feel that if you don't
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have that application some of
this other stuff isn't going to
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work so well. So you were
talking about the City and- and
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out in the- you were out in the
wilderness but whether you are
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in the City or the wilderness
or in the Country, I want you to
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explain a little bit more why
time is so vitally important.
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ñWell one of the principles
that I knew even as a boy and we
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can often know the philosophy,
but one of the principles was,
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"Seek Ye first the Kingdom
of God and his righteousness. "
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ñYes ñMathew 6:33. I believed
that. I had it memorized but
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I wasn't doing it. ñYes ñI did
if I had time. That's the whole
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thing but the Devil doesn't want
us to have time with God. He
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wants us to have time doing
everything else. He doesn't even
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mind blessing success if we
don't connect with God ñYes ñand
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so we came to recognize as
Husband and Wife that we are
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not going to do any of this
stuff that- that we even believe
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is right if we don't take time
to be still with God. ñ"Be still
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and know that I am God. "
ñThat's right, that he- that we
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actually- I call it The
New Conversion. ñYes ñevery day
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because what I did yesterday
isn't enough. I need something
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new with God and so to take
time to quiet down my mind and
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let me be convinced that I want
God to have me today. That he is
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going to lead me today, he
is going to guide me continually
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and- in to take that time, if
we don't we can go through the
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emotions, we can do all- we can
even say the right things but if
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we don't have that vital
connection with God's power we
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aren't going to be living
Christians. ñSo- so now, which
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leads me to this question, you
are talking about time and- and
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I agree, I believe Uhm that
because before we did with our
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Children but I want- I want the
Audience- the viewing Audience
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get- I mean time, OK, Wow!
OK, time. I mean, what does that
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mean? The- the Audience, I
know you know. "Hey, I've got 10
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minutes to be- I've got an
appointment. " but tell me in a
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practical way, how do you change
that time? And what does that
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mean? What are you doing with
God? You're saying you get to
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know God better but people go
to Church, people teach Sabbath
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School lessons. They do a lot of
stuff for the Lord but what you
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are saying is that those
are good things but there is
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something- the reason why people
are missing out, getting upset
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with one another, with their
Kids, things aren't working is
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because there is a portion of
that- of time that they are not
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working with or it's not
happening. So tell me what- I
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want to know what it is. ñYeh.
Well for us and my Wife can
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share from her thoughts but for
me it meant adjusting when I go
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to bed and when I get up.
ñOK ñNow that was very practical
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because I like to sleep and I
like to- I used to like sleeping
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and so I started- we made a
commitment to start getting up
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earlier and instead of having a
5- minute prayer with everything
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spinning in my head ñYes ñthat
meant I wanted to really have
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time to talk to God about my
real life and my real needs and
00:18:48.72\00:18:52.91
to slow down and then not
just talk to him but actually be
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still and look for
some guidance for the day.
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Open my heart up to God.
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Go to his Word and find
inspiration there and actually
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be changed for- for a new day
and have power with God. ñAnd in
00:19:06.09\00:19:12.27
order to do that Alane, you
couldn't normally stay up until
00:19:12.30\00:19:15.86
10 or 11 at night and get up
because normally I would assume
00:19:15.89\00:19:20.75
that when you get up, if you
are around, you're not having
00:19:20.78\00:19:23.38
that- that openness with God.
00:19:23.41\00:19:26.22
ñThat's right. For me I
wake up naturally in the morning
00:19:26.25\00:19:29.58
ñOK ñbut it does help to go to
bed early but for me what made
00:19:29.61\00:19:32.86
it impactive is to recognize
that and Scientists prove this.
00:19:32.89\00:19:37.18
That are- we are the sharpest,
we learn the most when we are
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the freshest ñOK ñ the
most rested which is usually the
00:19:41.66\00:19:44.59
morning time. Therefore that's
the best learning time and what
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really helped me is not just
take a set of time- an amount of
00:19:48.77\00:19:52.79
time maybe an hour to spend
time studying the Word of God,
00:19:52.82\00:19:55.87
what do I do, where do I go
ñYes ñand for years you can you
00:19:55.90\00:19:59.55
know read through the Book of
Psalms or you know, read through
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the Bible but it- it wasn't as
clear to me until I started to
00:20:02.58\00:20:08.33
see where- what are my
weaknesses and started to study
00:20:08.36\00:20:11.27
about those things. I struggled
with impatience. I did- wasn't-
00:20:11.30\00:20:14.72
I didn't think I was ever
impatient. Oh, my Husband may
00:20:14.75\00:20:17.24
ñxxx ñdisagree with me
ñxxx heard you are impatient
00:20:17.27\00:20:20.00
and ñbut after marriage and
especially after Children, it's
00:20:20.03\00:20:23.84
like wow! where is this coming
from? In saw a side of myself
00:20:23.87\00:20:26.41
that I didn't even know existed.
ñWow! ñSo that to me is what
00:20:26.44\00:20:31.08
made the- that study time in
the morning to understand how to
00:20:31.11\00:20:36.46
become patient, how to allow the
Spirit to soften you know, this
00:20:36.49\00:20:41.96
rumbling inside and to trust
the Lord Jesus to manage my
00:20:41.99\00:20:46.26
thoughts and my emotions
instead of just reacting to the
00:20:46.29\00:20:48.92
situation and I tell you it
wasn't a study that you know, a
00:20:48.95\00:20:53.06
week long. I mean it was a
process. ñIt took time ñIt took
00:20:53.09\00:20:55.83
some time and not that I am
perfect in that but I tell you
00:20:55.86\00:20:58.82
it has made a powerful ah
influence in our life and the
00:20:58.85\00:21:02.90
Children, as a Group they could
see the difference. That's the
00:21:02.93\00:21:06.12
applied practical side of
that ñYeh ñthat study time to
00:21:06.15\00:21:10.73
the life and that's made a- a
tremendous difference, in every
00:21:10.76\00:21:14.00
area. ñThat applied time, OK,
is where we- we started doing
00:21:14.03\00:21:18.94
the principles and you know
we've got things here that we
00:21:18.97\00:21:21.73
are going to share, some of the
materials but it's doing that in
00:21:21.76\00:21:24.45
our Home, teaching my Children
how to study God's Word was
00:21:24.48\00:21:30.38
powerful for me ñhmm ñNobody
ever did that for me. ñYeh
00:21:30.41\00:21:33.87
ñNobody ever taught me to pray.
I got down on my knees ñExcept
00:21:33.90\00:21:38.58
in maybe- to say, "Now... " you
know, what is that? ñ"Now lay me
00:21:38.61\00:21:42.26
down to sleep... " ñ"I pray the
Lord... " ñmy Soul to keep. "
00:21:42.29\00:21:44.50
ñBut you know the words ñYeh,
I learned that one ñOK ñYeh ñand
00:21:44.53\00:21:47.40
so to- to realize that if I want
my Children to have a better
00:21:47.43\00:21:51.46
start than I had and I had
wonderful Parents ñRight ñYou
00:21:51.49\00:21:53.93
had wonderful Parents ñYeh but
they didn't understand about all
00:21:53.96\00:21:55.72
these things. ñNo. Who taught
them? ñYeh and so it's not that
00:21:55.75\00:21:58.94
we didn't have good Parents
but they loved us ñYes ñbut they
00:21:58.97\00:22:02.10
didn't know ñRight and so we
said, "we've got to take time if
00:22:02.13\00:22:06.50
we want something to happen like
it's beginning to happen in us,
00:22:06.53\00:22:09.45
we need to do this with our
Children. " That led us into
00:22:09.48\00:22:12.97
having Parenting Seminars ñYes
ñpeople literally that were our
00:22:13.00\00:22:17.18
old friends called us and said,
"Can you come help us learn some
00:22:17.21\00:22:20.65
of this stuff? Your Children
are different than they used to
00:22:20.68\00:22:23.39
be. They don't talk back. "
I mean Allison, our oldest you
00:22:23.42\00:22:26.06
know, she used to talk back all
the time and we thought it was
00:22:26.09\00:22:29.18
cute some of the time. ñI will
tell- and I would never think
00:22:29.21\00:22:30.63
that today because I've known-
I've known her since she was
00:22:30.66\00:22:33.68
probably, what? Six ñYeh ñ 7
years old ñYeh, 6 or 7 years old
00:22:33.71\00:22:36.60
ñand she's seem so
amiable. So they say
00:22:36.74\00:22:39.76
about Alicia my Oldest,
but really that's not the
00:22:39.79\00:22:42.26
case but ñWhat ñ that's true
because it comes through your
00:22:42.29\00:22:44.24
Parents. ñWell we- we
have- we have these old cassette
00:22:44.27\00:22:47.29
recordings of her when she was-
even before 2 years old ñWow!
00:22:47.32\00:22:50.44
ñThat's one of the funny things
I'd like to do when she was at
00:22:50.47\00:22:51.87
work ñYeh ñI'd record the
Children and little did I know
00:22:51.90\00:22:56.28
it was going to come back
and ñhaunt you ñIncriminate us,
00:22:56.31\00:22:59.16
incriminate us. ñWell
it's real. ñIt's real. ñWe- are
00:22:59.19\00:23:02.27
talking about real things and so
I- I want to- one thing that I
00:23:02.30\00:23:06.08
want to share some material but-
so I talk to people, that say,
00:23:06.11\00:23:10.38
"Dwight you know, say you are
the freshest when you get up but
00:23:10.41\00:23:13.48
I- when I get up I feel like a
Mack truck hit me," so- and then
00:23:13.51\00:23:17.41
some people say, "I can't go
to sleep early" so what quick
00:23:17.44\00:23:21.57
counsel would you give to
people? Because I have my own
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.83
but I want to know. You are the
Experts, you tell me. ñWell I am
00:23:23.86\00:23:26.38
glad that you've said that
because I could never really
00:23:26.41\00:23:29.20
understand how you know, she'd
say it like, something like this
00:23:29.23\00:23:33.22
"Honey, do you hear the
birds singing?" and I'd go,
00:23:33.25\00:23:36.31
"What birds?" I can't hear
anything. ñRight ñYou just woke
00:23:36.34\00:23:39.34
me up. She's laying there
in bed ñAnd then you go back to
00:23:39.37\00:23:42.38
sleep ñlistening to the birds.
ñWell, one of the things, I try
00:23:42.41\00:23:45.51
to get to be like her ñYes
ñand I am a morning now ñYes
00:23:45.54\00:23:48.69
ñ'by choice. ' ñYes ñOk.
She's one by ñSo you can change?
00:23:48.72\00:23:51.30
ñUh hmm ñI can change but ñYou
can change? ñBut- but I also
00:23:51.33\00:23:56.33
ñOK. That we can change but one
of the things that helps me is
00:23:56.36\00:24:01.33
that I get up and do something.
I say, "Good morning Lord and I
00:24:01.36\00:24:06.03
need you today" but I get up and
I get active, OK? ñOK ñI go out
00:24:06.06\00:24:11.00
and I get on my treadmill, OK
ñOK ñI've got a ñThat will wake
00:24:11.03\00:24:13.97
you up ñYeh ñI'm out there but
I'm talking to the Lord ñYeh ñOK
00:24:14.01\00:24:16.63
and I'm not saying that
people are going to get on their
00:24:16.66\00:24:19.23
treadmill ñRight ñbut maybe go
off for a walk ñRight ñor talk
00:24:19.26\00:24:21.56
to the Lord but I get woken up
ñby doing something ñYeh because
00:24:21.59\00:24:24.76
I used to try to do like she
did and I'd- and I... wake up
00:24:24.79\00:24:30.31
and my... ñxxx worry
xxx that ñYeh. So there
00:24:30.34\00:24:34.42
are differences? ñThat's right.
ñSome people ñYeh ñare morning
00:24:34.45\00:24:36.92
people naturally ñUh hmm ñand
some people aren't but you- you
00:24:36.95\00:24:40.29
knew that you needed to be
ñI needed the morning with the
00:24:40.32\00:24:42.36
Lord. ñYeh ñSo you- so you
ñYeh ñhave to do something ñYeh.
00:24:42.39\00:24:44.64
ñWhere maybe Alane you can just
get up and you could read. You
00:24:44.67\00:24:47.54
don't need to jump on the
treadmill so to speak ñYeh
00:24:47.57\00:24:49.79
ñand really just- just in that-
those years of transition for
00:24:49.82\00:24:53.52
him, actually now he can now
get up ñAbsolutely ñfrom a dead
00:24:53.55\00:24:56.09
sleep and be wide awake in
the Word. ñOK. ñSo he is a ñxxx
00:24:56.12\00:24:59.08
ñbefore the treadmill now ñso
things can change ñThat's right
00:24:59.11\00:25:00.99
ñYeh ñThat's right. ñSo you see-
now you just have to start where
00:25:01.02\00:25:03.12
you are and do what you can
but it's easy to get up in the
00:25:03.15\00:25:07.44
morning early if you keep doing
that you will want to go to bed
00:25:07.47\00:25:11.36
and you won't have a problem.
ñI think that's the key.
00:25:11.39\00:25:13.15
ñThat's the big key.
ñYou know, if you keep trying
00:25:13.18\00:25:14.99
ñhard enough ñif you
don't go to sleep until eleven
00:25:15.02\00:25:16.46
ñIf you go to sleep early ñYeh
ñit will ñ it's harder but ñSo
00:25:16.49\00:25:18.50
things- so things can change,
it changed for our life that
00:25:18.53\00:25:22.30
can change for your life
and you are saying that this is
00:25:22.33\00:25:25.09
probably the foundation
ñAbsolutely ñYou've got to have
00:25:25.12\00:25:28.06
time- real time you know not
just because- the other thing
00:25:28.09\00:25:31.76
is people can- can, they'll tell
me, "Dwight, I've read you know
00:25:31.79\00:25:35.16
like, you know I try to read the
Bible and I'm bored. " I mean,
00:25:35.19\00:25:39.06
it doesn't make a lot of sense
but you are saying if you pray
00:25:39.09\00:25:42.54
and you have time and you
talk to him as a friend ñUh hmm
00:25:42.57\00:25:45.11
ñ"Lord I've got these issues,"
you know, "Take my heart today,"
00:25:45.14\00:25:47.70
that the Lord will kind of
show you- also in the Scriptures
00:25:47.73\00:25:50.75
things that will make sense
to you. ñYeh ñIt will start-
00:25:50.78\00:25:53.68
the Bible will come alive.
ñIt's ñGo ahead ñInstead of
00:25:53.71\00:25:56.79
reading the Bible as a Book
of History, enter into those
00:25:56.82\00:25:59.74
stories and say, "Am I
anything like this person?" and
00:25:59.77\00:26:02.49
or ñOK ñ"How am I like
King Saul?" ñOK ñYou know, "What
00:26:02.52\00:26:06.04
kind of attitudes?" you
know, "Am I demonstrating this
00:26:06.07\00:26:09.39
resistive... " you know, or
"Am I doing almost everything I
00:26:09.42\00:26:12.49
know is right but I just
couldn't do this because I can
00:26:12.52\00:26:14.88
just say, 'Well Lord, I am going
to do this because it will honor
00:26:14.91\00:26:16.83
you' but it's really done
my way. " So I find the morning
00:26:16.86\00:26:19.71
time helps me to have a- a
disposition to the Will of God
00:26:19.74\00:26:23.56
that sets the tone for the day.
That keeps it in the forefront
00:26:23.59\00:26:26.97
of my mind so that when I enter
the day, as we all enter the
00:26:27.00\00:26:30.04
day and we run into things that
we did not plan for, bumps in
00:26:30.07\00:26:33.55
the day that we have a better
Uhm way to go through those and
00:26:33.58\00:26:37.87
and that's through Christ ñOK
and so I hate- I hate the time
00:26:37.90\00:26:42.13
goes so quickly but you- you-
before we end which has got to
00:26:42.16\00:26:45.68
be soon here but you've got-
we're going to have you on again
00:26:45.71\00:26:48.28
how do you- I believe this
is such an important subject, in
00:26:48.31\00:26:51.71
fact maybe we will- we are
going to have you on again and
00:26:51.74\00:26:53.52
show some of that material
that we talked about because we
00:26:53.55\00:26:56.24
are not going to have time but-
but I believe that this is so
00:26:56.27\00:26:59.16
vitally important, Family-
there are so many hurting
00:26:59.19\00:27:02.27
Families today and Uhm I think
Uhm that God wants you probably
00:27:02.30\00:27:07.96
to- to show the World that there
is a difference between the
00:27:07.99\00:27:12.26
real Christian and that Families
can get along ñUh hmm ñIsn't
00:27:12.29\00:27:15.07
that true? ñOh yeh. ñAbsolutely
ñand they need to ñFamilies
00:27:15.10\00:27:17.23
can be transformed. ñThey
can be transformed not just one
00:27:17.26\00:27:19.75
ñThat's right ñbut the whole
Family ñAbsolutely ñThat's what
00:27:19.78\00:27:21.53
God wants. ñxxx one at
a time. I am not- I am not
00:27:21.56\00:27:23.36
responsible. I mean, technically
we are as Parents but it- it
00:27:23.39\00:27:26.64
can start in my heart first
ñAmen, that's right ñin one
00:27:26.67\00:27:28.92
person makes a difference.
ñAbsolutely. ñWell, we've got to
00:27:28.95\00:27:32.98
go but you too can
have a better way of life.
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.13
You can have a better
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