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00:08 >>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE EXPRESSION BEFORE, 'IF YOU 00:10 DON'T LIKE THE WEATHER IN TEXAS, JUST WAIT; IT'LL CHANGE.' AND 00:14 YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, 'EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS - THE 00:16 RANCHES, THE BELT BUCKLES, THE COWBOY HATS...' BUT THE MOST 00:20 FAMOUS SLOGAN ABOUT TEXAS IS 'REMEMBER THE ALAMO!' 00:28 THE VIOLENT BATTLES AND BRAVERY OF ICONIC HEROES, HAVE BEEN THE 00:31 STUFF OF LEGENDS, THROUGHOUT WHICH ENTIRE CULTURES OFTEN DRAW 00:34 THEIR IDENTITY AND PRIDE, EVEN LONG AFTER CENTURIES ARE PAST. 00:38 AND IN TEXAS, THE STORY OF THE ALAMO HAS BEEN A RALLYING CRY OF 00:42 TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FOR 200 YEARS. 00:45 ONE REASON THAT TEXANS LOVE TO BRAG THAT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER 00:48 IN TEXAS IS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE TEXAS IS THE LARGEST OF THE 00:51 LOWER 48 U.S. STATES. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS 00:55 MASSIVE STATE GOT ITS BEGINNING IN A VERY SMALL CHRISTIAN 00:59 MISSION DURING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO. 01:02 EVERY YEAR THIS FAMOUS MISSION MUSEUM RECEIVES OVER TWO AND A 01:06 HALF MILLION VISITORS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE PLANET, THAT ARE 01:09 EAGER TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT THIS LEGENDARY SITE. 01:12 THE ALAMO PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. 01:16 IN DECEMBER 1835, TEXANS AND TEJANO VOLUNTEERS BATTLED 01:20 MEXICAN TROOPS QUARTERED IN THE CITY, FORCING GENERAL MARTIN 01:24 PERFECTO DE COS TO SURRENDER. THE VICTORIOUS VOLUNTEERS 01:27 THEN OCCUPIED THE ALAMO AND STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSES. 01:31 FAMOUS AMERICANS LIKE DAVY CROCKETT, JIM BOWIE, AND COLONEL 01:34 WILLIAM TRAVIS MADE THIS LOCATION - THIS ANCIENT MISSION 01:38 - THE BEACHHEAD - THE LAST STAND IN AN EPIC BATTLE TO WIN 01:42 INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS FROM MEXICO. 01:46 ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836, THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL ANTONIO LOPEZ 01:50 SANTA ANA NEARLY CAUGHT THEM BY SURPRISE. 01:53 UNDAUNTED, THE TEXANS AND TEJANOS PREPARED TO DEFEND THE 01:57 ALAMO. FOR THIS SMALL RAG-TAG GROUP OF 01:59 REBELS, THE YOUNGEST OF WHOM WAS ABOUT SIXTEEN AND THE OLDEST 02:02 SEVENTY-FIVE, WAS AGAINST THE WELL-TRAINED AND ORGANIZED 02:05 MEXICAN ARMY OF SIX THOUSAND-PLUS SOLDIERS. 02:09 IT WAS A FIERCE AND LOPSIDED BATTLE, YET THE SMALL FORCE OF 02:12 REBELS WAS ABLE TO REPEL THE TROOPS FOR THIRTEEN DAYS. 02:16 LEGEND HOLDS THAT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL HELP 02:20 FADING, COLONEL TRAVIS DREW A LINE IN THE GROUND WITH A SWORD 02:23 AND ASKED ANY MAN WILLING TO STAY AND FIGHT TO STEP OVER THE 02:27 LINE. ALL EXCEPT ONE CROSSED OVER. 02:31 THE FINAL ASSAULT CAME BEFORE DAYBREAK. 02:33 ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6, 1836, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE SIEGE, 02:38 CANON AND SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM INSIDE THE ALAMO BEAT BACK 02:42 SEVERAL MEXICAN ATTACKS. REGROUPING, SANTA ANA'S SOLDIERS 02:46 SCALED THE WALLS AND RUSHED INTO THE COMPOUND. 02:49 THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE CONTINUED UNTIL THE DEFENDERS WERE 02:52 OVERWHELMED. BY SUNRISE, THE BATTLE HAD ENDED 02:55 AND THE GARRISON WAS SLAIN. YOU KNOW, HISTORIANS MAY DEBATE 02:59 SOME OF THE DETAILS REGARDING THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, BUT 03:02 NONE OF THEM QUESTION THE INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE THAT WAS 03:04 MADE AND THE COURAGE THAT WAS DISPLAYED DURING THAT 03:07 INTENSE CONFLICT. THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE 03:11 - GIVING THEIR LIVES - AND THIS IS WHY THE STORY OF THE ALAMO IS 03:13 SO INSPIRING AND SO ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, AND 03:17 THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SO INSPIRING, FRIENDS, BECAUSE 03:19 SOMEONE WAS WILLING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GIVE HIS 03:22 LIFE SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE FREEDOM AND ETERNAL LIFE. 03:26 DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD TRUST YOUR LIFE TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT, 03:28 THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING? THE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS A 03:31 STORY OF COURAGE AND HOPE. IT'S THE STORY OF GOD WHO WILL 03:34 NEVER LEAVE YOU WITHOUT DEFENSE AND SUPPORT. 03:37 JESUS IS THE GOOD NEWS AND THE GOSPEL IS A STORY WORTH 03:41 REMEMBERING. (MUSIC) 03:48 >>DEEP WITHIN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE - STORIES OF GREAT 03:52 HEROES - HEROES OF GREAT DEEDS - GREAT LOVE AND GREAT SACRIFICE, 04:01 BUT BEHIND THEM IS ANOTHER HERO. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AMID THE 04:07 SHADOWS, HE WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING AND HE'LL BE 04:13 THERE UNTIL THE END. DISCOVER THE GOLDEN THREAD OF 04:18 A SAVIOR WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BIBLE TAPESTRY. 04:25 SHADOWS OF LIGHT: SEEING JESUS IN ALL THE BIBLE , A NEW BOOK BY 04:31 DOUG BATCHELOR. GET YOUR COPY TODAY BY 04:34 CALLING 800-538-7275 OR VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM . ONCE AGAIN, TO 04:41 PURCHASE YOUR COPY OF SHADOWS OF LIGHT , CALL 800-538-7275. 04:47 (MUSIC) >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN 04:53 IN 1965 WITH A GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT. 04:58 >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST 05:01 FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 05:03 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 05:07 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 05:11 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 05:15 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 05:18 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 05:21 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 05:26 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 05:29 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 05:33 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 05:37 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 05:40 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 05:44 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 05:48 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 05:52 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 05:56 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 06:00 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 06:02 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 06:07 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: 06:12 GOD'S MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. (MUSIC) 06:35 >>THE MESSAGE THIS MORNING IS ENTITLED A RIVER OF 06:39 INFLUENCE BECAUSE, REALLY, WHAT A CHRISTIAN LIFE SHOULD BE, AS 06:43 WE FLOW FROM OUR BIRTH TO THE END, IS A RIVER OF POSITIVE 06:50 INFLUENCE. YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT A VERSE 06:53 THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN HEAR QUOTED. 06:56 IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME, IN EZEKIEL 06:59 CHAPTER 47 AND, IN PARTICULAR, VERSE 9, EZEKIEL IS TAKEN INTO 07:05 VISION AND HE'S SHOWN - SORT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT VERSION OF THE 07:11 RIVER OF LIFE THAT YOU MENTION - THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN 07:14 REVELATION - AND IT SAYS, "AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERY LIVING 07:20 THING THAT MOVES, WHEREVER THE RIVERS GO, WILL LIVE. 07:27 THERE WILL BE A VERY GREAT MULTITUDE OF FISH, BECAUSE THESE 07:29 WATERS GO THERE; FOR THEY WILL BE HEALED, AND EVERYTHING 07:33 WILL LIVE WHEREVER THE RIVER GOES." 07:36 NOW, FOR ME, TODAY, FOR OUR MESSAGE TODAY, THOSE LAST FEW 07:41 VERSES IN PARTICULAR - THOSE LAST FEW WORDS - 'EVERYTHING 07:46 WILL LIVE WHEREVER THE RIVER GOES' - TO ME, I THINK, IS A 07:52 GOOD MOTTO FOR OUR LIVES. 'EVERYTHING WILL LIVE WHEREVER 07:57 THE RIVER GOES.' YOU KNOW, BEFORE I WAS A SEVENTH-DAY 08:01 ADVENTIST, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I ACTUALLY WORSHIPED WITH 08:04 OUR PENTECOSTAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. DON'T GET WORRIED. 08:07 I'M NOT GOING TO START SPEAKING IN TONGUES RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO 08:13 REMEMBER WE WOULD SING A SONG THAT I REALLY ENJOYED. 08:17 IT SAYS, 'I HAVE A RIVER OF LIFE FLOWING OUT OF ME, MAKES THE 08:20 LAME TO WALK AND THE BLIND TO SEE, OPENS PRISON DOORS, SETS 08:24 THE CAPTIVES FREE, I HAVE A RIVER OF LIFE FLOWING OUT OF 08:27 ME.' IT'S TALKING ABOUT THAT RIVER OF LIFE THAT JESUS SPOKE 08:31 OF TO THE WOMAN AT THE WELL - THAT WOULD BE ARTESIAN IN 08:34 NATURE, SPRINGING UP FROM WITHIN. 08:36 AND IT DOESN'T JUST COME INTO US TO REFRESH US, IT'S SUPPOSED TO 08:41 FLOW OUT OF US FOR A GODLY INFLUENCE. 08:45 WHEREVER THE RIVER FLOWS, EVERYTHING LIVES. 08:49 YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF THE NILE RIVER IS KIND OF UNIQUE. 08:54 IT'S THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD, FOR ONE THING - OVER FOUR 08:57 THOUSAND MILES LONG - 4,258 TO BE SPECIFIC. WHAT'S AMAZING IS 09:03 THAT FOR OH, A COUPLE OF THOUSAND YEARS, PEOPLE IN THE 09:08 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE RIVER CAME FROM. 09:12 AND YOU WOULD THINK, 'WELL, IF THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE 09:14 RIVER CAME FROM, WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST PADDLE UP THE RIVER?' 09:18 THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE OF THE NILE WAS. 09:21 WELL, THAT WAS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BECAUSE AS YOU START GOING 09:25 UP THAT RIVER - FOUR THOUSAND MILES LONG - A THOUSAND MILES OF 09:28 IT GO THROUGH JUST A BLISTERING DESERT AND THERE'S A LOT OF 09:34 PLACES WHERE IT'S FULL OF CROCODILES AND NOBODY WANTED TO 09:38 MAKE THE EXCURSION. 09:40 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE THERE'S RAPIDS - IN FACT, 09:42 THE SOURCE OF THE NILE WAS NOT DISCOVERED - JOHN SPEAK 09:47 DISCOVERED IT IN 1858 - AUGUST - A COUPLE OF EXPEDITIONS TO 09:53 AFRICA WORKED ON THAT - BUT NOBODY HAD ACTUALLY GONE FROM 09:59 THE MEDITERRANEAN DOWN THE NILE RIVER UNTIL - 2006 WAS THE FIRST 10:05 EXPEDITION - A NEW ZEALANDER AND HIS CREW. 10:08 FIRST TIME THEY TRIED SOMEONE WAS KILLED - THEY WERE SHOT - 10:12 AND THEN, WHEN THEY FINALLY DID MAKE IT, IN EIGHTY DAYS, THREE - 10:17 THIRTEEN-FOOT BOATS THEY HAD TO PORTAGE AND GO THROUGH SOME VERY 10:21 ROUGH RAPIDS AND THEY WERE FREQUENTLY ATTACKED BY 10:24 CROCODILES THAT WOULD CHARGE THEM FROM THE SHORE. 10:27 AND I DIDN'T MENTION THAT SOME OF THE TRIBAL WARS THEY GOT 10:31 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, BUT IT'S JUST A VERY ROUGH PASSAGE. 10:37 IT REMAINED UNEXPLORED. 10:39 TODAY, IF YOU GO TO GOOGLE EARTH - AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT WE 10:42 HAD ON THE SCREEN A MOMENT AGO - AND YOU LOOK AT A SHOT OF THE 10:45 NILE RIVER, YOU'LL SEE, WHEN YOU ZOOM IN, THAT TO THE RIGHT AND 10:50 TO THE LEFT ALL ALONG THROUGH THAT DESERT THAT WAS ONCE 10:54 IMPASSABLE, ARE FARMS. EVERYTHING LIVES WHEREVER THE 10:59 RIVER GOES. SOMETHING ABOUT WATER - WHERE IT 11:02 FLOWS THINGS LIVE - IF IT'S GOOD WATER. 11:05 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER A STORY OF A MIRACLE IN THE BOOK OF 2 KINGS, 11:09 WHEN SOME OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS CAME TO ELISHA AND THEY 11:13 SAID, 'THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION FOR US TO HAVE A SCHOOL BY THE 11:17 JORDAN RIVER, BUT THE ONLY FRESH WATER SOURCE IS - THE WATER'S 11:21 BAD, IT'S SULPHUR WATER.' HE SAID, 'BRING ME A VESSEL WITH 11:24 SOME SALT IN IT.' AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO HIM AND HE POURED 11:27 IT AT THE SOURCE OF THE SPRING AND THE WATERS WERE HEALED AND 11:32 TODAY THOSE WATERS FROM THAT SPRING IS THE MAIN WATER SUPPLY 11:36 FOR THE CITY OF JERICHO. IT'S CALLED THE SPRING OF ELISHA 11:40 AND IT FLOWS - IT'S A PROFUSE SPRING. 11:43 I'VE DRANK FROM THOSE WATERS AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING TO 11:48 SAY, 'THIS IS THE SPRING.' IT'S THE ONLY SPRING, IT'S GOT TO BE 11:51 THE ONE. 'AND THESE ARE THE WATERS THAT WERE ONCE 11:53 UNDRINKABLE.' AND NOW THERE IN THE DESERT, 11:57 JERICHO, LOWER THAN SEA LEVEL, THERE'S MUCH LIFE BECAUSE 12:02 THERE'S WATER. WATER BRINGS INFLUENCE. 12:05 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE SHOULD BE THE SAME WAY. I'D LIKE TO READ 12:08 SOMETHING TO YOU FROM THE BOOK STEPS TO CHRIST . 12:11 ONE QUOTE IS FROM PAGE 59, THE OTHER IS PAGE 77, "THE LOVE OF 12:17 CHRIST CHERISHED IN THE SOUL SWEETENS THE LIFE AND SHEDS A 12:21 REFINING INFLUENCE ON ALL AROUND. 12:24 GOD IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND LIGHT AND JOY TO THE UNIVERSE. 12:29 LIKE RAYS OF LIGHT FROM THE SUN, LIKE STREAMS OF WATER BURSTING 12:32 FROM A LIVING SPRING, BLESSINGS FLOW OUT FROM HIM TO ALL OF HIS 12:37 CREATURES. AND WHEREVER THE LIFE OF GOD IS 12:39 IN THE HEARTS OF MEN, IT WILL FLOW OUT TO OTHERS IN LOVE AND 12:42 BLESSING. WHEN THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS ENSHRINED IN THE HEART 12:46 LIKE SWEET FRAGRANCE, IT CANNOT BE HIDDEN. ITS HOLY INFLUENCE 12:50 WILL BE FELT BY ALL WITH WHOM WE COME IN CONTACT. 12:54 THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE HEART IS LIKE A SPRING IN THE 12:57 DESERT FLOWING TO REFRESH ALL, MAKING THOSE WHO ARE READY TO 13:01 PERISH EAGER TO DRINK THE WATER OF LIFE." 13:05 THE LORD SAID THAT CHRISTIANS ARE TO BE LIKE THE INFLUENCE OF 13:10 SALT AND LIGHT. AS WE READ IN OUR MEMORY VERSE, 13:13 JESUS SAID, 'YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. 13:16 YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. LET YOUR SALT HAVE A SAVOR. 13:20 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.' NOW SALT, TODAY - SODIUM CHLORIDE THAT YOU 13:25 BUY FROM THE STORE IN THE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE ROUND CONTAINER 13:28 FROM MORTON'S SALT IS, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY REFINED AND PURIFIED AND 13:33 I'VE GOT SOME SALT UP IN OUR CABIN IN COVELO THAT'S PROBABLY 13:37 BEEN IN THE CUPBOARD THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS. 13:39 IT TAKES A LONG TIME WHEN YOU ONLY GO UP, YOU KNOW, ONCE EVERY 13:43 FEW MONTHS TO USE. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS 13:46 SALT AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S STILL SALTY. 13:51 BUT SALT, IN BIBLE TIMES, WAS NOT MINED THAT WAY AND REFINED 13:54 THAT WAY AND THEY WOULD DIG IT OUT OF THE EARTH AND OFTEN THE 13:58 VESSEL THEY HAD WITH SALT IN IT HAD A LOT OF IMPURITIES AND DIRT 14:03 AND AS THEY GOT TO THE BOTTOM IT GOT WHERE IT JUST WASN'T GOOD 14:06 FOR MUCH. YOU CAN'T SPREAD IT IN THE 14:08 GARDEN, IT'LL KILL THE PLANTS, SO THEY'D THROW IT OUT ON THE 14:11 PATH BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO KEEP - THE ICE MELTED 14:15 AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS FROM THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID THAT 14:18 IT'S GOOD FOR NOTHING. HOW DO YOU SALT SALT? 14:22 IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PERVADING INFLUENCE TO GIVE 14:26 ADDITIONAL FLAVOR. IT EVEN SAYS IN THE BIBLE - JOB 14:29 SAID, 'IS THERE ANY FLAVOR IN THE WHITE OF AN EGG?' 14:32 SORT OF AN INSIPID TASTE, BUT THEN YOU PUT A LITTLE SALT IN IT 14:35 - MATTER OF FACT, MOST OF US, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, WE LIKE SALT A 14:38 LITTLE TOO MUCH. IT'S HARD TO EAT JUST ONE CHIP, 14:42 AS LAY'S POTATOES PROVED MANY YEARS AGO. THAT WAS THEIR MOTTO. 14:48 AND THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT - YOUR BODY CRAVES - YOU CAN'T 14:53 LIVE WITHOUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IT. 14:56 TOO MUCH ISN'T GOOD FOR YOU EITHER, BUT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE 14:58 THAT INFLUENCE OF ADDING FLAVOR TO THE WORLD. 15:02 AND, IF YOU'VE GOT LIGHT, YOU DON'T COVER THE LIGHT - YOU 15:06 DON'T OBSCURE IT - YOU EXPOSE IT SO IT WILL HAVE AN INFLUENCE FOR 15:11 GOOD. NOW, IN A PRACTICAL WAY, THIS 15:14 WORKS FOR THE CHRISTIAN'S INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD. 15:17 YOU, PERHAPS, REMEMBER WHEN GOD SAID HE WAS GOING TO DESTROY 15:22 SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 15:24 AND ABRAHAM, HEARING THAT THESE ANGELS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO 15:27 JUDGE AND DESTROY THE CITY, HE KNEW HIS COUSIN - HIS NEPHEW, 15:31 RATHER - LOT WAS THERE WITH HIS FAMILY. 15:33 ABRAHAM HAD ALREADY RISKED HIS LIFE ONCE TO SAVE THEM AND 15:37 INSTEAD OF MOVING OUT OF TOWN, THEY STAYED IN SODOM. 15:39 ABRAHAM NEGOTIATES WITH THE LORD AND HE SAYS, 'NOW LORD, YOU'RE 15:42 NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED? 15:44 FAR BE IT FOR THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH TO DO THAT.' AND THE 15:47 LORD SAID, 'NO, I WON'T DO THAT.' AND HE SAID, 'BUT IF 15:50 THERE ARE FIFTY RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL STILL 15:53 BE HOPE FOR THEM BECAUSE THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF FIFTY RIGHTEOUS 15:56 PEOPLE THINGS CAN TURN AROUND.' GOD SAID, 'IF THERE'S FIFTY 16:00 RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY I WON'T DESTROY IT. ABRAHAM TAKES IT THE 16:04 NEXT STEP AND SAYS, 'LORD, HOW ABOUT FORTY-FIVE?' 16:07 HE THINKS ABOUT HOW BAD SODOM IS AND HE THINKS THERE MAY NOT BE 16:09 FIFTY. 'HOW ABOUT FORTY-FIVE? 16:11 WOULD YOU SPARE THE CITY FOR FORTY-FIVE?' 16:14 GOD SAID, 'IF THERE'S FORTY-FIVE RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY, I'LL 16:16 SPARE THE WHOLE CITY.' ABRAHAM THINKS AND HE SAID, 'I DON'T 16:20 KNOW IF THERE'S EVEN FORTY-FIVE. LORD, WHAT ABOUT THIRTY? 16:25 WHAT ABOUT TWENTY? WHAT ABOUT TEN?' 16:31 AND GOD SAID, 'I'LL SPARE THE CITY IF THERE ARE TEN RIGHTEOUS 16:34 IN THE CITY.' AS IT TURNS OUT, THERE WAS ONE. 16:39 LOT'S WIFE TURNED BACK. 16:41 HIS SONS-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW DIDN'T LEAVE 16:43 AND THE TWO DAUGHTERS THAT WENT WITH HIM, THEY SEDUCED THEIR 16:46 FATHER, SO YOU WONDER WHERE THEY STOOD. 16:50 BUT GOD SAID THAT AS LONG AS THERE WAS STILL A POSITIVE 16:55 INFLUENCE, THINGS COULD CHANGE, THE BIBLE SAYS THE EFFECTUAL 17:01 PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN (OR WOMAN) AVAILS MUCH, AND GOD 17:05 WANTS US TO HAVE THAT RIVER OF POSITIVE INFLUENCE WHEREVER WE 17:09 ARE - IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU WORK - NOT EVERYBODY IS CALLED 17:12 TO BE A PASTOR OR TO BE AN EVANGELIST OR TO BE A BIBLE 17:15 WORKER, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A GODLY INFLUENCE THAT TELLS FOR 17:20 JESUS IN WHATEVER ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN. 17:23 AND SO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL BEING CALLED TO DO. 17:27 THE WORD 'INFLUENCE' - LET ME GIVE YOU A DEFINITION HERE: 17:30 INFLUENCE IS A POWER AFFECTING A PERSON, THING, OR COURSE OF 17:34 EVENTS, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT OPERATES WITH ANY APPARENT 17:37 EFFORT; 2) A POWER TO SWAY BASED ON PRESTIGE, WEALTH, ABILITY, OR 17:42 POSITION; 3) TO PRODUCE AN EFFECT BY IMPERCEPTIBLE OR 17:47 INTANGIBLE MEANS. YOU ALL HAVE AN INFLUENCE. 17:53 EVERYBODY HAS AN INFLUENCE. SOME MAY SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN 17:57 OTHERS, BUT YOU WILL BE USING YOUR INFLUENCE THROUGH THIS DAY, 18:01 WHETHER YOU THINK ABOUT IT OR NOT. 18:03 AND ALL OF US HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN INFLUENCE 18:06 FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'LL ALL GIVE 18:11 AN ACCOUNT TO GOD FOR IN THE JUDGMENT. 18:14 WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE ARE YOU? 18:18 JESUS WAS CALLED 'THE WORD' AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE 18:21 LOOKED LIKE, WE KNOW WHAT HE SAID. AND THOSE THAT HEARD JESUS 18:24 CAME BACK AND SAID, 'NEVER A MAN SPAKE AS THIS MAN.' THE WORD 18:28 BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US. THIS BIBLE - IT'S CALLED THE 18:31 WORD OF GOD - AND THERE'S POWER IN THE WORD. 18:34 AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ALL GATHER TOGETHER LIKE 18:36 THIS AND THE CRESCENDO OF OUR WORSHIP SERVICE IS THE 18:40 PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THESE 18:44 WORDS ARE NOT JUST REGULAR WORDS. JESUS SAID, 18:48 'THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK, THEY ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE.' 18:51 AND THERE'S SOMETHING TRANS-FORMATIONAL ABOUT THE WORDS. 18:55 AND EVEN OUR WORDS - WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD, BUT EVEN 18:58 OUR WORDS - YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY THAT WILL 19:02 JUST TOTALLY CHANGE THEIR DAY AND ENCOURAGE THEM. 19:05 YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE A WORD OF COMPLIMENT, A WORD OF 19:08 AFFIRMATION OR ENCOURAGEMENT, A WORD OF APPRECIATION AND THAT 19:12 CAN BUOY THEIR SPIRITS. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE 19:14 BRINK OF DESPAIR - AND I'VE - I'VE HEARD SOME INCREDIBLE 19:17 STORIES IN LETTERS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE VIRTUALLY AT THE POINT 19:21 OF SUICIDE AND THEY'RE FLIPPING THROUGH THE DIALS ON TV OR RADIO 19:25 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY HEAR SOMETHING AND THEY KNOW GOD 19:28 SPOKE TO THEM AND IT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING. 19:30 JUST WORDS - SOUND WAVES GOING THROUGH THE AIR, BUT THEY CREATE 19:33 PICTURES. WORDS ARE VERY STRONG. I CAN SAY THINGS NOW THAT'LL 19:36 MAKE YOUR HEART BEAT FASTER - EITHER JOY OR ANGER - I WON'T. 19:41 I CAN SAY THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE YOU SALIVATE. 19:45 SOME OF YOU ARE STILL DOING THAT BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT POTATO 19:48 CHIPS A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 19:49 (LAUGHTER) I COULD TALK ABOUT LEMONS AND GET THE SAME EFFECT. 19:53 YOU WON'T SMELL A LEMON, YOU WON'T SEE A LEMON, BUT IF I TALK 19:55 ENOUGH ABOUT LEMONS YOU'LL START TO PUCKER BECAUSE THE WORDS 20:00 CREATE IMAGES AND EVEN BRING BACK MEMORIES OF FRAGRANCES IN 20:04 YOUR MIND AND IT CAN HAVE A PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT. 20:07 THEY'RE JUST WORDS. WORDS ARE VERY POWERFUL. 20:10 THEY'RE ALSO POWERFUL FOR BAD. IT'D BE NICE TO SAY, AS IT SAYS 20:17 IN THAT FAMOUS BALLAD, ABOUT EVERY CHURCH, 'WHERE SELDOM IS 20:21 HEARD A DISCOURAGING WORD' - WOULDN'T THAT BE A GOOD MOTTO? 20:24 SOMETIMES CHURCHES - THERE'S A LOT OF DISCOURAGING THINGS THAT 20:28 PEOPLE SAY. A LOT OF GOSSIP AND A LOT OF 20:30 NEGATIVITY AND CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THE SUNNIEST PEOPLE IN THE 20:35 WORLD. WE OUGHT TO BE BRIGHT. WE OUGHT TO BE POSITIVE. 20:38 WE'VE GOT - THE GOSPEL IS GOOD NEWS. 20:40 OUR WORDS SHOULD BE INSPIRING AND ENCOURAGING. 20:44 LUKE CHAPTER 4:22, "SO ALL BORE WITNESS TO HIM, AND MARVELED AT 20:49 THE GRACIOUS WORDS WHICH PROCEEDED OUT OF HIS MOUTH." 20:52 - SPEAKING OF JESUS - THEY MARVELED AT THE GRACIOUS WORDS. 20:56 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? WE FOLLOW CHRIST'S EXAMPLE. 20:59 PSALM 19:14 - THIS IS A PRAYER OF DAVID WE COULD ALL REPEAT: 21:03 "LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE 21:07 ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY STRENGTH AND MY 21:10 REDEEMER." THAT'S A GOOD PRAYER 21:12 FOR THE MORNING. >>AMEN. 21:13 >>'LORD, WHATEVER WORDS I'M GOING TO PRAY TODAY, LET THEM BE 21:15 ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT.' EPHESIANS 5:4, "...NEITHER 21:22 FILTHINESS, NOR FOOLISH TALKING, NOR COURSE JESTING, WHICH ARE 21:27 NOT FITTING" - NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHRISTIANS - 21:29 "BUT RATHER GIVING OF THANKS." CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE 21:32 APPRECIATIVE - THEY OUGHT TO BE THANKFUL - NO DISCOURAGING 21:34 WORDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QUOTE HERE 21:38 FROM THE THIRD BIBLE COMMENTARY, PAGE 1159, "PASSIONATE WORDS SEW 21:44 SEEDS THAT PRODUCE A BAD CROP, WHICH NO ONE WILL CARE 21:48 TO GARNER OR HARVEST. OUR OWN WORDS HAVE AN EFFECT ON 21:51 OUR CHARACTER - EVEN THE WORDS YOU SPEAK AFFECT YOU. 21:54 YOU KNOW, I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS DISCOURAGED BUT 22:00 I WAS PUT IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY THAT I SAW THEY WERE 22:05 DISCOURAGED AND I FIGURED, 'WELL I'M A PASTOR, I SHOULD TRY TO 22:07 ENCOURAGE THEM.' AND SO, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T FEEL SO GOOD 22:10 MYSELF, I FIGURED IT'S MY JOB DESCRIPTION. 22:13 I'M GETTING PAID TO DO THIS SO I BETTER ENCOURAGE HIM. 22:15 AND SO, IN MY PROCESS OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM, WHAT DO YOU 22:19 THINK HAPPENED TO ME? I WAS ENCOURAGED. 22:22 AND YOU'RE AFFECTED BY YOUR OWN WORDS AND IF YOU'RE SPEAKING 22:26 NEGATIVE, BAD WORDS OR DISCOURAGING WORDS TO 22:33 OTHER PEOPLE, IT EVEN IMPACTS YOU. 22:35 YOU CAN DEEPEN THE HOLE THAT YOU'RE ALREADY IN. 22:38 THE INFINITE GOD, ALONE, CAN MEASURE THE MISCHIEF THAT IS 22:41 DONE BY CARELESS WORDS. WHAT UNHAPPINESS HAS BEEN 22:44 PRODUCED BY THE SPEAKING OF THOUGHTLESS UNKIND WORDS 22:47 IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE? HARSH WORDS RANKLE IN THE MIND. 22:50 IT MAY BE YEARS AND THEY NEVER LOSE THEIR STING. 22:54 AS PROFESSED CHRISTIANS, WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE INFLUENCE OF 22:56 OUR WORDS - THAT THEY HAVE UPON THOSE WITH WHOM WE COME IN 22:59 ASSOCIATION. WHETHER THEY'RE BELIEVERS OR 23:01 UNBELIEVERS, OUR WORDS ARE WATCHED AND MISCHIEF IS DONE 23:04 BY THOUGHTLESS UTTERANCES. NO AFTER ASSOCIATION WITH 23:08 BELIEVERS OR UNBELIEVERS WILL WHOLLY COUNTERACT THE 23:11 UNFAVORABLE INFLUENCE OF THOUGHTLESS OR FOOLISH WORDS. 23:15 OUR WORDS EVIDENCE THE MANNER OF FOOD UPON WHICH THE SOUL FEEDS." 23:20 OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS. 23:23 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR INFLUENCE FOR OTHERS, CHANGE 23:30 WHAT INFLUENCES YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE 23:34 YOUR INFLUENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS, YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION 23:38 ABOUT WHAT IS INFLUENCING YOUR LIFE. 23:40 AND THE MORE POSITIVE THAT YOU TAKE IN, THE MORE PROBABLE THAT 23:44 POSITIVE WILL ALSO COME OUT. SO OUR ACTIONS ALSO MAKE A 23:50 DIFFERENCE OF INFLUENCE. PEOPLE NOT ONLY LISTEN TO WHAT 23:53 WE SAY, THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE DO. 23:57 YOU THINK ABOUT THE STORY OF JONAH. 23:59 GOD SAYS TO JONAH, 'ARISE, GO, PREACH, SAVE THESE PEOPLE IN 24:02 NINEVEH.' HE SAID, 'OH LORD, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY THEM, 24:05 GOOD RIDDANCE. THEY'RE NINEVITES - THEY'VE 24:06 NOT BEEN VERY GOOD TO ISRAEL. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AND THEY 24:09 PROBABLY WON'T APPRECIATE ME PRONOUNCING JUDGMENT ON THEM.' 24:12 AND SO JONAH GOES THE OTHER WAY. SO WHEN JONAH IS NOT GOING WHERE 24:16 GOD TOLD HIM TO GO - AND HE'S THINKING, 'LOOK, I DON'T 24:18 WANT TO TALK TO NINEVEH. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY. 24:21 I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO MY OWN PEOPLE. I'M JUST GOING TO GO TO 24:23 THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.' SO HE GOES ON A SHIP TO TARSHISH. 24:27 NOW, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE, TARSHISH WAS THE SAME AS 24:33 WHAT YOU WOULD SAY TODAY, 'TIMBUKTU' - YOU EVER HEARD - 24:36 THERE REALLY IS A PLACE CALLED TIMBUKTU - AND IT USED TO BE THE 24:41 MOST REMOTE PLACE A MARINE - A U.S. MARINE - 24:43 COULD BE STATIONED. WE HAD A MARINE POST IN TIMBUKTU 24:46 AND SO THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT THAT SAYING, 'OH MAN, ALL THE 24:50 WAY TO TIMBUKTU.' THAT'S IN NORTH AFRICA. 24:55 WELL, IF YOU LIVED IN BIBLE TIMES, THE LAST SEAPORT BEFORE 24:58 YOU SAILED OFF INTO DRAGON COUNTRY OF THE OCEAN THAT WAS 25:00 UNCHARTED, WAS CALLED TARSHISH. 25:02 IT WAS AS FAR TO THE WEST AS YOU COULD GO. 25:05 AND SO, JONAH, WHEN HE FLED, HE WANTED TO GET AS FAR AWAY - HE 25:07 SAID, 'LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER ANYBODY. 25:10 I DON'T WANT TO BE A BAD INFLUENCE. 25:11 I DON'T WANT TO BE A GOOD INFLUENCE. 25:13 I'M JUST GOING TO DO MY OWN THING. 25:14 I'M GOING TO GO ON A CRUISE.' SO HE GOT ON THE BOAT AND THOUGHT, 25:18 'I'M GOING TO MIND MY OWN BUSINESS. I'M GOING TO GET IN MY 25:20 CABIN HERE AND GO TO SLEEP.' AND THEN A GREAT STORM AROSE AND IT 25:25 SAYS THAT THE SAILORS ON THE BOAT KNEW THAT THEY WERE 25:27 PERISHING AND LATER THEY WAKE UP JONAH AND THEY DISCOVER HE - 25:32 THEY CAST LOTS - THEY'RE PERISHING BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING 25:35 FROM GOD. HIS RUNNING FROM GOD WAS 25:37 BRINGING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN. THE PEOPLE IN 25:40 NINEVEH WERE PERISHING BECAUSE JONAH WOULDN'T GO TALK. 25:43 FINALLY, HE GOES THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE AND HE GOES THROUGH 25:47 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A FISH. HE ENDS UP BACK ON SHORE. 25:50 HE GOES TO - THIS IS A SHORT VERSION OF THE STORY - HE GOES 25:54 TO NINEVEH, GOES UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, PREACHES FOR FORTY DAYS 25:59 AND THEN THE CITY WILL BE DESTROYED. 26:01 THERE'S A GREAT REVIVAL - MATTER OF FACT, YOU DO NOT FIND A 26:04 GREATER REVIVAL IN THE BIBLE THAN THE REVIVAL THAT GOD 26:09 PERFORMED THROUGH A VERY RELUCTANT AND NEGATIVE PROPHET 26:13 NAMED JONAH, WHICH SHOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US THAT IF GOD 26:16 COULD USE JONAH WITH HIS BAD ATTITUDE, HE CAN USE ANY OF US 26:19 IF WE'RE WILLING, RIGHT? AND HOPEFULLY SAVED 26:22 JONAH IN THE PROCESS. SO JONAH PREACHES AND THEN GOD 26:26 DOESN'T RAIN FIRE ON THE CITY LIKE HE SAID AND JONAH'S UPSET. 26:31 HAVE YOU EVER READ THE LAST CHAPTER OF JONAH? JONAH BEGINS 26:34 TO POUT. HE SAYS, 'LORD, I WALKED - MY WORD IS AT STAKE. 26:38 I TOLD ALL THESE PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO DESTROY THEM AND YOU'RE 26:40 BLESSING THEM. WHAT'S UP? GOD SAYS, 'WELL, THEY REPENTED.' 26:44 'BUT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO THINK OF ME NOW? 26:47 WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CREDIBILITY, GOD?' AND JONAH IS SO UPSET. 26:52 THEN A PLANT GROWS UP DURING THE NIGHT. 26:55 HE'S JUST SITTING OUTSIDE THE CITY WAITING FOR FIRE TO COME 26:57 DOWN. IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING. 26:59 AND HE'S GETTING HOT DURING THE DAY AND A GOURD GROWS UP WITH 27:02 THESE BIG BROAD LEAVES AND IT STARTS GIVING HIM SOME SHADE AND 27:04 HE'S THANKFUL FOR THE GOURD, BUT THE NEXT DAY A CATERPILLAR WAKES 27:09 UP AND BITES THROUGH THE GOURD - YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG 27:12 AT ALL - IF YOU'VE GOT A ZUCCHINI - IF YOU BREAK THE STEM 27:14 EVERYTHING DRIES UP AND DIES ALMOST INSTANTLY. AND THIS GOURD 27:18 DRIES UP AND NOW HE'S REALLY UPSET BECAUSE OF THIS GOURD. 27:23 NOW HE - HE'S MAD BECAUSE GOD IS NOT GOING TO DESTROY - THE BIBLE 27:27 SAYS THERE WERE 120,000 PEOPLE IN NINEVEH THAT DIDN'T KNOW 27:30 THEIR RIGHT HAND FROM THEIR LEFT. 27:31 THAT WAS AN ANCIENT TERM FOR CHILDREN - THAT DIDN'T KNOW 27:34 THEIR RIGHT HAND FROM THEIR LEFT. 27:36 AND THERE'S MANY CATTLE. GOD SAID, 'JONAH, 27:39 WHAT'S WITH YOU?' HE SAID, 'YOU'RE UPSET BECAUSE 27:45 YOUR GOURD DIED AND YOU'RE GETTING TOO MUCH SUN. 27:50 AND YOU'RE GETTING HOT FROM TOO MUCH SUN AND YOU WANT ME TO RAIN 27:54 FIRE AND BRIMSTONE DOWN UPON THE MULTIPLIED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 27:57 IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE REPENTED BECAUSE YOU PREACHED TO THEM. 28:01 NOT TO MENTION THERE'S 120,000 CHILDREN AND THERE'S CATTLE. 28:05 AND I CARE ABOUT ALL OF THEM. 28:07 I DON'T WANT ANY OF THEM TO PERISH. 28:09 AND JONAH, WHEN YOU RAN FROM GOD PEOPLE WERE DYING. 28:14 WHEN YOU FINALLY SUBMITTED TO ME, A WHOLE CITY REPENTED. 28:17 AREN'T YOU GLAD?' BY THE WAY, THAT'S STILL TRUE TODAY. 28:21 EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 28:25 PEOPLE WILL EITHER LIVE OR DIE BECAUSE OF OUR INFLUENCE. 28:28 YOU MIGHT THINK, 'WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED. 28:30 I JUST WANT TO GO ON A CRUISE.' IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 28:34 EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE. 28:36 YOUR ACTIONS WILL TELL FOR ETERNITY. 28:38 YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER ONE TIME, THE PASTOR WHO BAPTIZED ME - 28:42 PASTOR JOE PHILLIPS - WE NEEDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR SOME LOCAL 28:47 WORKING PROJECT - SOME BUILDING PROJECT - IT WASN'T A BIG THING 28:52 - A RENOVATION - AND HE SAID, 'FRIENDS, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT 28:55 THE MONEY RIGHT HERE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 28:57 AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE TALKED AND WE ARE GOING TO PLEDGE RIGHT 28:59 NOW A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DO THIS. 29:02 IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PLEDGE?' 29:05 AND I WENT TO HIM LATER AND I SAID, 'PASTOR PHILLIPS, DOESN'T 29:08 IT SAY IN THE BIBLE, 'WHEN YOU GIVE, DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND 29:11 KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND DOES'? 29:12 WHY - WHY'D YOU ANNOUNCE HOW MUCH YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE?' 29:16 HE SAID, 'BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD BY MY 29:21 EXAMPLE.' HE SAID, 'THE BIBLE ALSO SAID, 'LET YOUR GOOD WORKS 29:24 SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE' - LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE SO 29:27 THEY MAY SEE - 'YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER.'' HE 29:31 SAID, 'IF I'M DOING IT FOR THEM TO GLORIFY ME,' HE SAID, 'THAT'S 29:33 NO GOOD.' HE SAID, 'I WANT TO DO IT TO GLORIFY GOD AND I, BY MY 29:36 EXAMPLE, WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM.' AND WHEN HE MADE HIS 29:38 STATEMENT THAT 'I'M GOING TO PLEDGE THIS MONEY.' OTHER PEOPLE 29:40 SAID, 'WELL, LOOK, IF OUR PASTOR, WHO'S ON RETIREMENT, IS 29:42 GOING TO DO THAT, MAYBE I'LL DO THIS AND...' IN ONE SITTING THEY 29:46 HAD ALL THE MONEY BECAUSE OF HIS INFLUENCE. 29:50 AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT THAT - THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 29:53 THE PHILLIPS COUPLE IS THAT EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE 29:55 CHRISTIANS. THEY JUST HAD A POSITIVE INFLUENCE. NOW YOU HAVE 30:01 AN INFLUENCE ON CHILDREN. SOME OF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN. 30:04 SOME OF YOU TEACH CHILDREN. SOME OF YOU JUST RUN INTO THEM. 30:07 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN NUMBERS 14:18 "THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING AND 30:12 ABUNDANT IN MERCY, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION; BUT 30:15 HE BY NO MEANS CLEARS THE GUILTY, VISITING THE INIQUITY OF 30:19 THE FATHERS ON THE CHILDREN TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH 30:21 GENERATION.'" THAT DOESN'T SOUND FAIR. 30:24 WHY IS GOD GOING TO VISIT THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS ON THE 30:26 CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION? 30:29 THAT'S ALSO IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - THE COMMANDMENT 30:31 ABOUT IDOLATRY - VISITING THE FATHER - THE INIQUITY OF THE 30:35 FATHERS ON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF 30:38 THEM THAT HATE ME.' BUT IT GOES ON TO SAY, 'AND SHOWING MERCY 30:41 UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM' - NOT THREE OR FOUR GENERATIONS - 30:44 'SHOWING MERCY UNTO THOUSANDS OF THEM THAT LOVE ME AND KEEP MY 30:48 COMMANDMENTS.' WHY WOULD GOD PUNISH THE CHILDREN FOR THE SINS 30:51 OF THE FATHERS? I THOUGHT THE BIBLE FORBADE THAT. 30:54 IT'S NOT SAYING THAT. WHAT IT'S SAYING IS THE 30:56 INFLUENCE OF THE FATHERS AND THE MOTHERS 31:02 ON THE CHILDREN WILL OFTEN GET THEM INTO A CYCLE OF BEHAVIOR 31:06 THAT WILL BE REPEATED FOR THREE OR FOUR GENERATIONS AND IT'S 31:11 HARD TO GET OUT OF. 31:14 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR INFLUENCE ON OUR CHILDREN TELLS 31:18 FOR, BY OUR EXAMPLE, BY OUR WORDS, BY OUR CONDUCT, FOR GOOD. 31:23 BECAUSE YOU'RE BASICALLY ESTABLISHING WHAT THE NEXT 31:25 FAMILY AND GENERATION AND COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE LIKE IN 31:28 WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S BEING MODELED FOR THE CHILDREN. 31:33 AS ALBERT SCHWEITZER SAID, 'THERE'S THREE EXAMPLES TO 31:35 TEACH' - I'M SORRY - 'THREE WAYS TO TEACH CHILDREN: IT'S EXAMPLE, 31:39 EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE.' YOU KNOW, IN THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS OF GERMANY - 31:46 YOU'VE HEARD OF HARTZ PET FOOD? THEY HAVE THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS - 31:49 THEY ACTUALLY RAISE CANARIES. NOW THE GERMANS ARE MUCH MORE 31:53 PARTICULAR ABOUT THEIR CANARIES THAN WE ARE HERE. 31:55 THEY TRADE THEM AND THERE ARE SPECIALISTS AND SOME CANARIES 31:59 HAVE ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL SONGS. 32:02 LAST NIGHT, AS WE WERE HAVING FAMILY WORSHIP, JUST AS THE SUN 32:05 WAS GOING DOWN, OR EVEN A LITTLE AFTER, WE COULD HEAR JUST 32:08 OUTSIDE OUR DOOR - WE'VE GOT THESE BIRDS - I DON'T EVEN KNOW 32:10 WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, BUT THE BIRDS STARTED SINGING THESE 32:12 SONGS AND NO TWO TWEETS ARE THE SAME. 32:15 I WAS SHOWING NATHAN, I SAID, 'LOOK, IF YOU WHISTLE, HE'LL TRY 32:17 AND MATCH YOU OUT THE WINDOW.' AND SO WE WERE DOING (WHISTLES) 32:24 AND THESE BIRDS, THEY'RE TALKING TO US. THEY WERE TRYING TO MATCH 32:26 ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. BEAUTIFUL SONG - THAT'S 32:29 THE FIRST THING WE HEAR IN THE MORNING. 32:31 KAREN DOESN'T NECESSARILY APPRECIATE IT. 32:32 I GET UP EARLY AND I'LL OPEN THE WINDOW AND THIS BIRD IS 32:34 RIGHT OUT THERE - BEAUTIFUL SONG - BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT HEAR IT 32:36 AT 5:30. AND CANARIES, YOU KNOW - YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION 32:41 BEFORE 'SING LIKE A CANARY.' BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL CANARIES 32:44 DON'T SING. SOME CANARIES SING VERY POORLY. 32:49 CANARIES LEARN TO SING. SO IN THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS, WHAT 32:52 THEY DO - WHERE THEY RAISE THESE WORLD FAMOUS CANARIES - IS THEY 32:57 WILL TAKE THE VERY BEST SINGERS AND THEY KEEP THEM. 33:01 AND THEY PUT THEM WITH THE LITTLE FLEDGLINGS THAT HAVE 33:03 PROMISE AND AS THE LITTLE BABY CANARIES ARE GROWING UP, THEY 33:07 LISTEN TO THE MASTERS SING AND THEY LEARN THESE EXQUISITE 33:11 COMPLICATED SONGS AND THEN THEY SELL THEM AND THEY'VE LEARNED 33:14 THESE SONGS. BUT ONE FELLA MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. 33:18 HE HAD A PRIZE CANARY THAT USED TO SING BEAUTIFULLY, BUT HE FELT 33:22 SORRY FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS IN HIS CAGE INSIDE THE KITCHEN ALL 33:24 THE TIME, AND HE THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS SOME FRESH AIR. 33:27 IT GETS SUNSHINE BUT IT NEEDS SOME FRESH AIR.' SO HE TOOK IT 33:29 OUTSIDE AND DURING THE SPRING HE HUNG IT UP IN A TREE NEAR THE 33:33 BIRDBATH WHERE THERE WAS A GAGGLE OF SPARROWS THAT USED TO 33:40 LIKE TO CONGREGATE AND THAT CANARY STARTED OUT SINGING, BUT 33:45 AFTER HANGING OUT WITH THE LITTLE BROWN SPARROWS FOR 33:47 AWHILE, THE MAN NOTICED THAT IT HAD LOST ITS SONG. 33:51 ALL IT COULD DO WAS A PITIFUL LITTLE CHIRP LIKE A SPARROW. 33:56 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR SONG IS GOING TO BE INFLUENCED BY WHO 34:01 THEY HANG OUT WITH. >>AMEN. 34:02 >>AND THAT'S WHY YOU WANT THEM TO BE EXPOSED TO POSITIVE ROLE 34:06 MODELS AND THE RIGHT KIND OF LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE ALL BECOME 34:10 SOMETHING LIKE WHO WE HANG OUT WITH. 34:13 1 TIMOTHY 4:12, 'LET NO ONE LOOK DOWN' - PAUL SAID TO TIMOTHY - 34:17 'ON YOUR YOUTHFULNESS, BUT RATHER IN SPEECH, CONDUCT, LOVE, 34:21 FAITH, PURITY SHOW YOURSELF AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE.' 34:28 NOW THE REASON A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF AFRICA IS DIFFERENT 34:31 TODAY IS BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OLD MISSIONARY NAMED ROBERT 34:36 MOFFAT AND HE WENT TO A CHURCH WHERE THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN 34:40 NAMED DAVID LIVINGSTONE WHO USED TO OPERATE THE BILLOWS - THEY 34:44 USED TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD PUMP THE BILLOWS FOR THE AIR 34:46 ORGAN. ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THOSE LITTLE PEDAL ORGANS? 34:50 AND AFTER THE SERVICE, DAVID LIVINGSTONE HAD HEARD HIM 34:55 TALKING ABOUT AFRICA AND HE WENT THERE TO TRY AND INSPIRE PEOPLE 34:59 TO SUPPORT THE WORK AND THERE WAS NO SUPPORT AT ALL THAT HE 35:01 GOT FROM THIS ONE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BUT THIS YOUNG BOY, ON 35:05 HIS WAY OUT THE DOOR, MOFFAT PATTED HIM ON THE HEAD AND SAID, 35:08 'YOUNG MAN, WILL YOU BE A MISSIONARY FOR JESUS?' 35:10 HE SAID, THOSE WORDS RANG IN HIS EARS AND HE MADE UP HIS MIND. 35:14 HE WANTED TO ACTUALLY GO TO CHINA, BUT RIGHT WHEN HE WAS 35:16 GOING TO BE CALLED TO GO TO CHINA IT CLOSED AND SO HE WENT 35:19 TO AFRICA AND LO AND BEHOLD, DAVID LIVINGSTONE MARRIED ROBERT 35:23 MOFFAT'S DAUGHTER AND HE BECAME A MISSIONARY THAT INSPIRED MANY 35:29 OTHER MISSIONARIES AND, NOT TO MENTION A FAMOUS EXPLORER, 35:33 BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID TO HIM WHEN HE WAS A BOY, 'WILL YOU BE A 35:37 MISSIONARY?' SIMPLE - AND HE MADE UP HIS MIND 35:39 BACK THEN THAT HE WOULD DO THAT. SOMEONE ELSE SAID, 'SMALL BOYS 35:43 LEARN TO BE LARGE MEN IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE MEN WHO CARE 35:46 ABOUT SMALL BOYS.' >>AMEN. 35:48 >>AND THAT'S ALSO TRUE OF GIRLS. TV HAS AN INFLUENCE AND, 35:55 UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT GOOD. DO YOU KNOW A LOT OF YOUNG 36:00 PEOPLE COPYCAT CRIMES THAT THEY FIRST LEARN ABOUT ON TV? 36:05 THERE WAS THIS ONE YOUNG MAN THAT KEPT PLAYING THIS VIDEO 36:09 GAME CALLED GRAND THEFT AUTO WHERE THE CHARACTERS IN THE GAME 36:13 ARE CONSTANTLY SHOOTING POLICE AS THEY STEAL CARS. 36:17 THERE WAS ONE YOUNG MAN USED TO PLAY THAT GAME JUST ABOUT 24 36:19 HOURS A DAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID? 36:22 HE STOLE A CAR AND WHEN THEY TOOK HIM TO THE POLICE STATION 36:24 HE SHOT THREE POLICE. AND THEN AFTER THAT HE QUOTED 36:27 THE WORDS FROM THE VIDEO GAME, HE SAID, 'WELL, WE ALL GOTTA 36:31 DIE SOMETIME.' AND THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT THE GAMES HE 36:39 WAS PLAYING HAD INFLUENCED HIS BEHAVIOR. 36:42 CONVERSELY, IN THE BOOK ADVENTIST HOME YOU READ, "ONE 36:46 WELL-ORDERED, WELL-DISCIPLINED FAMILY TELLS MORE IN BEHALF OF 36:50 CHRISTIANITY THAN ALL THE SERMONS THAT COULD BE PREACHED." 36:54 THAT'S KIND OF HUMBLING TO ME. 36:56 I THINK THAT ALL I DO IN PREACHING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO 37:00 ONE WELL-ORDERED, WELL-DISCIPLINED CHRISTIAN 37:02 FAMILY THAT LETS THEIR LIGHT SHINE. THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE 37:07 THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD - HAVING AN INFLUENCE 37:10 LIKE THAT THAT WILL LAST. WE INFLUENCE, FOR THOSE OF US THAT 37:14 ARE MARRIED, YOU INFLUENCE YOUR SPOUSE. 37:17 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS, 'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR' AND I WOULD THINK 37:21 THAT YOUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR WOULD BE YOUR SPOUSE. 37:24 IT'S INTERESTING, THE BIBLE SAYS 'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR' 37:26 AND 'LOVE YOUR ENEMY' TOO. 37:28 SO EITHER WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOUR SPOUSE, RIGHT? 37:30 (LAUGHTER) YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE. BUT YOU INFLUENCE EACH OTHER. 37:36 1 KINGS 11:4, "FOR IT WAS SO, WHEN SOLOMON WAS OLD, THAT HIS 37:42 WIVES TURNED HIS HEART AFTER OTHER GODS;" - NOW, OF COURSE, 37:45 IT DOESN'T HELP IT IF YOU HAVE, LIKE, A THOUSAND WIVES AND 37:47 CONCUBINES - "AND HIS HEART WAS NOT LOYAL TO THE LORD HIS GOD, 37:52 AS WAS THE HEART OF HIS FATHER DAVID." 37:55 BECAUSE OF THAT INFLUENCE. YOU CAN READ SOMETHING 37:57 SIMILAR ABOUT KING AHAB. NOW I'M NOT PICKING 38:01 ON THE WOMEN. JUST HANG ON. 38:02 I'VE GOT IT GOING BOTH WAYS HERE. 38:03 1 KINGS 21:25, "BUT THERE WAS NO ONE LIKE AHAB WHO SOLD HIMSELF 38:08 TO DO WICKEDNESS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, BECAUSE JEZEBEL HIS 38:12 WIFE STIRRED HIM UP." 38:15 CONVERSELY, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT ESTHER HAD A POSITIVE 38:20 INFLUENCE ON HER WIFE - HER HUSBAND, KING AHASUARUS AND THE 38:25 WHOLE NATION WAS SAVED BECAUSE OF THAT. 38:29 1 PETER 3:1 AND 2, "WIVES, LIKEWISE, BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR 38:33 OWN HUSBANDS, THAT EVEN IF SOME DO NOT OBEY THE WORD, THEY, 38:36 WITHOUT A WORD," - WITHOUT EVER HEARING, MAYBE, A PREACHER'S 38:39 SERMON - "MAY BE WON (TO THE LORD) BY THE CONDUCT OF THEIR 38:43 WIVES, WHEN THEY OBSERVE YOUR CHASTE CONDUCT ACCOMPANIED BY 38:46 FEAR." INFLUENCE IN THE FAMILY. 38:51 SO IF YOU THINK, 'WELL, I HAVE NO INFLUENCE.' WE ALL DO. 38:54 WE'RE INFLUENCING SOULS EVERY DAY. 38:56 ONE MORE - NOW HERE'S WHERE IT GOES BOTH WAYS - 1 CORINTHIANS 38:59 7:14, "FOR THE UNBELIEVING HUSBAND IS SANCTIFIED BY THE 39:03 WIFE, AND THE UNBELIEVING WIFE IS SANCTIFIED BY THE HUSBAND; 39:07 OTHERWISE YOUR CHILDREN WOULD BE UNCLEAN, BUT NOW THEY ARE HOLY." 39:11 NOT SAYING THAT HAVING ONE BELIEVER IN A FAMILY, EVEN IF 39:15 THE HUSBAND AND THE CHILDREN DON'T BELIEVE, IF THE MOTHER 39:19 BELIEVES, THROUGH HER INFLUENCE AND THROUGH HER PRAYERS, SHE CAN 39:22 PRESERVE THE LIFE OF HER FAMILY. JUST AS HAVING TWENTY RIGHTEOUS 39:27 PEOPLE IN SODOM CAN PRESERVE A WHOLE CITY, YOU CERTAINLY CAN 39:30 WITH ONE BELIEVING PARENT - ONE BELIEVING SPOUSE - WHETHER 39:34 IT'S THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE. THERE'S EVEN FAMILIES WHERE 39:37 SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THE CHILD THAT ACCEPTS THE LORD. 39:41 THROUGH SOME CIRCUMSTANCE THEY'RE EXPOSED TO JESUS - THEY 39:43 GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS - THEY'RE PRAYING FOR THEIR 39:45 FAMILIES AND I'VE HEARD STORIES WHERE WHOLE FAMILY IS CONVERTED 39:48 BY THE YOUNGEST CHILD THAT GAVE THEIR HEART TO JESUS. 39:51 WE ALL HAVE AN INFLUENCE. YOUR FRIENDS, YOU WILL INFLUENCE 39:57 THEM AND YOU WANT TO PICK YOUR FRIENDS CAREFULLY BECAUSE 39:59 THEY'RE PROBABLY INFLUENCING YOU. 40:01 THAT'S WHY IT DOES SAY IN PSALM 1, "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS 40:04 NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR STANDS IN THE PATH 40:08 OF SINNERS, NOR SITS IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL;" - 40:11 ALL OF US GOING THROUGH LIFE ARE SOMETHING 40:13 LIKE EITHER A STREAM OF LIVING WATER OR OF LAVA. 40:17 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHAT LAVA DOES WHEN IT ESCAPES THERE IN 40:20 THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII AND GOES THROUGH A COMMUNITY? 40:26 EVERYTHING IS SCORCHED AND BURNED. 40:28 THE ASPHALT BURNS - IT JUST - IT KILLS EVERYTHING IN ITS WAKE. 40:31 IT'S - YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT SOME RIVERS LIKE THAT IN CHINA 40:33 NOW, WHERE THE FACTORIES HAVE DUMPED SO MANY CHEMICALS IN THE 40:35 RIVER THAT EVERYTHING ALONG THE EDGES OF THE RIVER DIES. 40:41 IT'S JUST - IT'S CAUSTIC AND TOXIC AND POISONED - AND I KNOW 40:47 THERE'S NO ONE HERE LIKE THAT, BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL MET ONE 40:49 OR TWO PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE THAT - JUST 40:52 NEGATIVE AND THEY SORT OF JUST - THEY KILL HOPE WHEREVER THEY GO. 41:00 WE OUGHT TO BE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. 41:01 THE BIBLE SAYS WHEREVER THE RIVER RAN, THINGS LIVED. 41:05 OUR LIVES CAN BE LIKE THAT - A RIVER OF LIFE. 41:10 PROVERBS 13:20, "HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT 41:14 THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL" - SING LIKE A SPARROW. 41:18 NO, IT SAYS "WILL BE DESTROYED." PROVERBS 22:24 AND 25, "MAKE NO 41:25 FRIENDSHIP WITH AN ANGRY MAN, AND WITH A FURIOUS MAN DO NOT 41:28 GO, LEST YOU LEARN HIS WAYS AND SET A SNARE FOR YOUR SOUL." 41:33 YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY MOTHER - I'VE PROBABLY MENTIONED THIS 41:37 BEFORE, BUT SHE WAS AN ACTRESS EARLIER IN HER LIFE AND, I DON'T 41:42 KNOW WHY, BUT WHENEVER SHE TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE PHONE 41:45 SHE WOULD TRY TO SOUND LIKE THE PERSON SHE WAS TALKING TO. 41:49 AND MY BROTHER AND I COULD ALWAYS TELL WHO SHE WAS ON THE 41:52 PHONE WITH - WE DIDN'T EVEN NEED THE DETAILS OF THE CONVERSATION. 41:55 WE DIDN'T NEED ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE LIKE THAT. 41:58 ALL WE KNEW IS BY HER VOICE WOULD CHANGE. 42:01 SHE HAD FRIENDS IN ENGLAND - SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY ASSUME AN 42:04 ENGLISH ACCENT WHEN SHE CALLED THEM. 42:06 AND INSTEAD OF SAYING 'ELEVATOR' SHE WOULD SAY 'THE LIFT'. 42:08 INSTEAD OF SAYING 'TELEPHONE' SHE WOULD SAY 'THE TELLY' AND 42:10 SHE USED ALL OF THE ENGLISH WORDS. 42:11 SHE KNEW - SHE LIVED IN ENGLAND FOR AWHILE SO SHE KNEW ALL THAT. 42:15 BUT IT WAS EVEN MORE SUBTLE. SHE HAD FRIENDS IN NEW YORK CITY 42:18 AND WE COULD ALWAYS TELL WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO BECAUSE SHE SORT 42:22 OF MORPHED AND REFLECTED WHOEVER SHE WAS TALKING TO. 42:25 NOW IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS WITH MY MOTHER, BUT ALL OF US ARE A 42:28 LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. OUR SOULS, TO SOME EXTENT, 42:32 ARE LIKE A MIRROR OR EVEN A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE, THAT SOMEHOW 42:34 ABSORBS AND REFLECTS THE PEOPLE THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH. 42:38 WE ALL - ALL OF US - EXUDE AN AURA TO OTHERS AND ALL OF US 42:44 ABSORB SOME OF THE AURA OF OTHERS. 42:48 WE ALL INFLUENCE EACH OTHER. YOU CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL WHAT 42:52 OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO EXCEPT AS YOU CHOOSE TO BE A 42:55 POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THEM. PICK YOUR FRIENDS VERY CAREFULLY 43:00 BECAUSE YOU MAY BECOME LIKE THEM. 43:04 THERE WAS A - AN EPITAPH REGARDING A GIRL THAT HER 43:12 FRIENDS SAID AT HER FUNERAL, 'IT WAS EASIER TO BE GOOD WHEN SHE 43:17 WAS WITH US.' ALFRED LORD TENNYSON SAID, 'I'M PART OF ALL 43:22 THAT I EVER MET.' ALL OF US ARE INFLUENCED BY EACH OTHER. 43:27 JOHN WESLEY DETERMINED TO HAVE NO COMPANIONS EXCEPT THOSE THAT 43:30 HE BELIEVED WOULD HELP HIM IN THE LIFE OF FAITH AND 43:33 RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT HE WAS TRYING TO LEAD. 43:36 AND THEY MADE A LITTLE HOLY CLUB, THEY CALLED THEM. 43:40 NOW HE WAS ALWAYS FRIENDS WITH THE LOST AND HE'D STUDY WITH THE 43:42 LOST, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO JUST OPENING YOUR HEART AND 43:44 INTERACTIONS AND FRIENDSHIPS HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO 43:47 BE INFLUENCED BY THE WRONG GROUP.' AND SO JOHN WESLEY AND 43:49 CHARLES WESLEY AND JOHN WHITFIELD AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS 43:52 THERE AT OXFORD, THEY GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, 'WE WANT TO 43:55 BE FRIENDS WITH GOD AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE RIGHT INFLUENCE AND 43:58 THE WHOLE METHODIST CHURCH GREW OUT OF THAT BECAUSE THEY 44:01 REALIZED HOW POWERFUL INFLUENCE WOULD BE. 44:05 THIS ONE MOTHER COULD ALWAYS TELL WHO HER DAUGHTER WAS 44:08 PLAYING WITH BY HOW SHE ACTED WHEN SHE CAME HOME. 44:12 HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN THAT? KIDS COME HOME AND YOU SAY, 44:15 'HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING WITH SO AND SO TODAY?' 'HOW'D YOU KNOW?' 44:19 'I CAN TELL BY THE WORDS YOU'RE USING AND BY THE WAY YOU'RE 44:22 ACTING.' AND THEN, IF THAT'S TRUE, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT 44:29 WE HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON OTHERS FOR LIFE? 44:32 JAMES 5:19 AND 20, "BRETHREN, IF ANYONE AMONG YOU WANDERS FROM 44:37 THE TRUTH, AND SOMEONE TURNS HIM BACK, LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WHO 44:41 TURNS A SINNER FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY WILL SAVE A SOUL FROM 44:46 DEATH AND COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS." 44:50 I REMEMBER I WAS STANDING BY A RIVER ONE TIME AND A BUNCH OF 44:54 PEOPLE WERE SWIMMING - IT WAS OUT IN THE DESERT - AND THERE 44:57 WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. IT WAS A WARM DAY AND I WAS WITH 45:00 A FRIEND FROM BROOKLYN, HIS NAME WAS JAY SAMUELS, AND SOMEBODY 45:06 SHOWING OFF, DOVE FROM A LARGE ROCK. THEY DIDN'T REALIZE HOW 45:09 SHALLOW - I THINK THEY'D BEEN DRINKING - THEY DOVE INTO THIS 45:12 SHALLOW SPOT AND THEY HIT THEIR HEAD WHEN THEY DOVE. 45:17 MY FRIEND JAY - EVERYONE GOT REAL QUIET AND THEY SAW IT AND 45:22 THEY JUST LOOKED - AND THE GUY WAS LAYING AT THE BOTTOM - THE 45:27 WATER WAS CLEAR ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD SEE IT. 45:29 MY FRIEND JAY JUMPED IN THE WATER AND SWAM OVER AND GASPING 45:34 AND SPUTTERING PULLED THE GUY OUT AND ONCE HE DID THAT OTHERS 45:37 CAME TO HELP HIM. AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING ABOUT 45:39 THE STORY IS JAY COULD NOT SWIM. I WAS A GREAT SWIMMER 45:45 AND I JUST STOOD THERE. AND HERE HE SAVED 45:48 THIS GUY'S LIFE. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT'D 45:52 REALLY BE SOMETHING TO SAVE A PERSON'S LIFE. 45:55 TO SAY - YOU KNOW, OR HAVE SOMEONE SAY, 'YOU SAVED MY 45:57 LIFE.' WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SAVE A LIFE? 46:01 WELL, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUSH SOMEONE IN THE WATER AND THEN GO 46:02 IN AFTER THEM. THAT DOESN'T COUNT. 46:04 IT'S JUST GOT TO HAPPEN. YOU CAN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN OR IT 46:07 DOESN'T - IT'S NOT - YOU DON'T EARN POINTS THAT WAY. 46:10 BUT - AND I'VE HAD THE FANTASIES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 46:13 BEING A CHRISTIAN YOU THINK, 'OH LORD, AM I GOING TO MAKE IT?' 46:15 IF I WERE TO DIVE IN THE WATER AND DROWN TRYING TO SAVE 46:20 SOMEBODY, YOU'D KIND OF HAVE TO SAVE ME, WOULDN'T YOU? 46:22 IF I LAID DOWN MY LIFE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEBODY, DO YOU GET 46:25 ANY CREDIT FOR THAT. NO, THAT WOULD BE 46:27 SALVATION BY WORKS. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE 46:31 A CHANCE TO SAVE LIVES. I JUST READ IT. 46:34 'IF ANYONE AMONG YOU WANDERS FROM THE TRUTH AND SOMEONE TURNS 46:38 HIM BACK AGAIN, LET HIM KNOW THAT HE THAT TURNS A SINNER FROM 46:41 THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS WILL SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH AND COVER A 46:45 MULTITUDE OF SINS BY BRINGING THEM TO JESUS. 46:48 THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF SINNERS - OF SINS THAT ARE COVERED. 46:53 WE'RE INFLUENCED BY TEACHERS. 46:55 THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS. 46:59 2 TIMOTHY 2:16 AND 17, "BUT SHUN PROFANE AND IDLE BABBLINGS, FOR 47:05 THEY WILL INCREASE TO MORE UNGODLINESS. 47:08 AND THEIR MESSAGE WILL SPREAD LIKE CANCER. 47:10 HYMENAEUS AND PHILETUS ARE OF THIS SORT," - THERE WERE SOME 47:13 FALSE TEACHERS THAT CAME INTO THE EARLY CHURCH. 47:16 I REMEMBER I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE I'LL NOT NAME RIGHT NOW 47:19 AND HAD A LOT OF TEACHERS I REALLY LOVED AND I WAS LEARNING 47:22 SOME WONDERFUL THINGS AND BEING ENCOURAGED AND SOMETIMES I 47:26 WANTED TO SHOUT AFTER I CAME FROM CLASSES THAT WERE SO 47:28 INSPIRING. I WAS STILL, COMPARATIVELY 47:30 A NEW CHRISTIAN. SECOND YEAR I WENT TO THIS BIBLE 47:34 CLASS AND IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE THE TEACHER WAS ALWAYS 47:39 QUESTIONING EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE. AND YOU'D SAY SOMETHING 47:42 WITH ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE BIBLE AND THEY WOULD SAY, 'WELL, IT 47:44 DOESN'T REALLY MEAN THAT.' 'OH.' AND YOU'D SAY SOMETHING ELSE, 47:47 'OH, YEAH, THIS...' 'OH, IT'S NOT - THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN 47:49 THAT.' AND FINALLY I WENT TO THE TEACHER AND I SAID - IT WAS A 47:54 PROFESSOR AND I SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO - I'M GOING TO CANCEL 47:57 COMING TO THIS CLASS. HE SAID, 'OH, WHY?' 48:01 AND I SAID, 'WHENEVER I WALK OUT OF HERE I FEEL LIKE MY FAITH IS 48:06 WEAKER.' AND I SAID, 'I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE LESS FAITH. 48:11 I DON'T WANT TO HAVE LESS FAITH.' 'OH NO, NO, YOU'VE GOT 48:13 TO HEAR ME OUT, DOUG. GIVE IT TIME. 48:14 YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO THINK CRITICALLY AND...' THE LAST I 48:19 HEARD I THINK HE LEFT THE FAITH. >>AMEN. 48:22 >>BUT HE WAS LIKE A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. 48:25 AND THE STUDENTS AND I - I'M GLAD - TO THIS DAY I'M GLAD I 48:27 WALKED OUT. I WENT AWAY FROM THERE AND GOT 48:28 INVOLVED IN DOING REVELATION SEMINARS. 48:30 BUT I COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. 48:33 AND SO, YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. 48:35 TEACHERS HAVE A VERY POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS. 48:39 WELL I'M - I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 48:41 BUT I THINK YOU'RE ALL GETTING THE POINT THAT WE ALL HAVE AN 48:44 INFLUENCE IN OTHER PEOPLES' LIVES. 48:46 LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU AND THIS IS - I KNOW I'VE BEEN 48:48 READING A LOT OF QUOTES - THIS IS FROM THE BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT 48:51 LESSONS - THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT QUOTES HERE - PAGE 340, IF 48:54 YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS PAGE 340 , "EVERY 48:58 SOUL IS SURROUNDED BY AN ATMOSPHERE OF ITS OWN. 49:02 IT MIGHT BE CHARGED WITH THE LIFE-GIVING POWER OF FAITH, 49:05 COURAGE, AND HOPE AND SWEET WITH THE FRAGRANCE OF LOVE, OR IT 49:08 MIGHT BE HEAVY AND CHILLED WITH THE GLOOM OF DISCONTENT AND 49:11 SELFISHNESS OR POISONOUS WITH A DEADLY TAINT OF CHERISHED SIN. 49:15 BY THE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDING US, EVERY PERSON WITH WHOM WE 49:19 COME IN CONTACT IS CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY AFFECTED." 49:23 YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THAT YOU'RE AFFECTING PEOPLE. 49:27 "THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY FROM WHICH WE CANNOT FREE OURSELVES." 49:30 WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR INFLUENCE. 49:33 "OUR WORDS, OUR ACTIONS, OUR DRESS, OUR DEPORTMENT, EVEN THE 49:37 EXPRESSION OF THE COUNTENANCE HAS AN INFLUENCE. 49:40 UPON THE IMPRESSION THUS MADE HANGS THE RESULTS FOR GOOD OR 49:45 EVIL, WHICH NO MAN CAN MEASURE. EVERY IMPULSE THUS IMPARTED SEED 49:50 IS SOWN WHICH WILL PRODUCE A HARVEST. 49:53 IT IS A LINK IN THE LONG CHAIN OF HUMAN EVENTS EXTENDING" - WE 49:56 DON'T KNOW WHERE - "IF, BY OUR EXAMPLE, WE AID OTHERS IN THE 49:59 DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD PRINCIPLES, WE GIVE THEM POWER TO DO GOOD. 50:04 IN THEIR TURN, THEY EXERT THE SAME INFLUENCE UPON OTHERS AND 50:07 STILL UPON OTHERS. THUS, BY OUR UNCONSCIOUS 50:09 INFLUENCE, THOUSANDS MAY BE BLESSED." YOU THINK THAT WIDOW 50:13 KNEW, WHEN SHE TRIED TO SLIP QUIETLY INTO THE TEMPLE AND MAKE 50:17 HER DONATION OF TWO PENNIES THAT THAT WAS REALLY GOING TO MAKE A 50:21 BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE RESOURCES OF GOD'S KINGDOM? 50:25 HAD NO IDEA, BUT THE INFLUENCE - IT WASN'T THE TWO CENTS - HER 50:28 SACRIFICE - THE INFLUENCE OF THAT - HAS, QUITE LITERALLY, 50:32 BROUGHT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE CAUSE OF GOD. 50:36 YOU HAVE NO - IT CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION. 50:40 LET ME KEEP READING, "THROW A PEBBLE INTO A LAKE AND A WAVE IS 50:43 FORMED AND THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. AND AS THEY INCREASE, 50:46 THE CIRCLE WIDENS UNTIL IT REACHES A VERY FAR SHORE. 50:50 SO WITH OUR INFLUENCE, BEYOND OUR KNOWLEDGE OR CONTROL, IT 50:53 TELLS UPON OTHERS IN BLESSING OR IN CURSING. 50:57 CHARACTER IS POWER. THE SILENT WITNESS OF A TRUE, 51:00 UNSELFISH, GODLY LIFE CARRIES AN ALMOST IRRESISTIBLE INFLUENCE. 51:05 BY REVEALING, IN OUR OWN LIFE, THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST, WE 51:09 COOPERATE WITH HIM IN THE WORK OF SAVING SOULS AND THE WIDER 51:13 THE SPHERE OF OUR INFLUENCE, THE MORE GOOD WE MAY DO. 51:16 WHEN THOSE WHO PROFESS TO SERVE GOD FOLLOW CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, 51:19 PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW IN THEIR DAILY LIFE, WHEN 51:23 EVERY ACT BEARS WITNESS THAT THEY LOVE GOD SUPREMELY AND 51:26 THEIR NEIGHBOR AS THEMSELVES, THEN WILL THE CHURCH HAVE POWER 51:29 TO MOVE THE WORLD." IF WE WOULD ALL REALIZE, FROM 51:33 THIS MOMENT ON, THAT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US - GOD HAS GIVEN US 51:39 A LIFE TO BE AN INFLUENCE FOR OTHERS FOR GOOD AND IF WE WOULD 51:43 CHOOSE AND SAY, 'ALRIGHT, I AM GOING TO MEET PEOPLE TODAY. 51:47 I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE TODAY. 51:48 I GET TO SMILE AT PEOPLE TODAY. AND THROUGH WHATEVER I DO, LORD 51:53 GOD HELP ME' - BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIS HELP - 'GOD 51:57 HELP ME TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE.' AND YOU 52:00 KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? AS YOU LIVE THAT WAY - TO BRING 52:02 GLORY TO GOD AND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR BY BEING A GOOD 52:05 INFLUENCE, IT WILL THEN REACT IN A BLESSING ON YOU. 52:10 IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE. 52:12 AND AS YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO GIVE A GOOD INFLUENCE YOU WILL 52:15 RECEIVE, IN TURN. ONE LAST LITTLE POEM: MY LIFE 52:21 WILL TOUCH A DOZEN LIVES BEFORE THIS DAY IS DONE, LEAVE 52:25 COUNTLESS MARKS FOR GOOD OR ILL ERE SETS THE EVENING SUN. 52:30 THIS THE WISH I ALSO - I ALWAYS WISH, THE PRAYER I ALWAYS PRAY, 52:34 'LORD, MAY MY LIFE HELP OTHER LIVES IT TOUCHES BY THE WAY.' IS 52:38 THAT YOUR PRAYER, FRIENDS? THAT WE CAN BE LIKE JESUS AND 52:42 HAVE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON OTHERS AND I THINK WE'D PROBABLY 52:48 ALL DO WELL TO SAY, 'LORD, WE CAN'T UNSCRAMBLE SCRAMBLED EGGS. 52:52 WE CAN'T GO BACK AND NECESSARILY UNDO EVERY WORD WE'VE SPOKEN OR 52:56 THE INFLUENCE WE MAY HAVE HAD, BUT WE CAN RESOLVE, BY YOUR 52:59 GRACE - ACCEPT YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR THE PAST AND SAY, 'BY YOUR 53:02 GRACE, FROM NOW ON, LORD, I WANT TO BE A GOOD INFLUENCE FOR 53:06 CHRIST. I WANT TO LET MY LIGHT SHINE.' 53:08 AND REMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR INFLUENCE, YOU NEED 53:13 TO CHANGE WHAT INFLUENCES YOU. >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH 53:16 AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 53:19 NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT 53:23 THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 53:28 AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS AS 53:33 WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 53:37 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. 53:41 VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. >>DID YOU KNOW THIS BOAT COULD 53:47 SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH 20,000 PEOPLE? 53:50 OR A CAR LIKE THIS ONE COULD REACH 10,000 SOULS SEEKING HOPE 53:54 IN JESUS. IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE YOU'RE NOT 53:57 USING AND WOULD LIKE TO REACH HEARTS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD, 54:00 PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER DONATING YOUR VEHICLE TO 54:02 AMAZING FACTS TODAY. IT'S EASY TO TURN YOUR UNNEEDED 54:06 CAR, BOAT, RV, MOTORCYCLE - EVEN ATVS AND JET SKIS - INTO A 54:12 SOUL-WINNING VEHICLE FOR CHRIST AND GET A TAX DEDUCTION. 54:16 AMAZING FACTS WILL ARRANGE TO PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND PROVIDE 54:19 YOU WITH A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT. 54:21 THE PROCEEDS FROM THE RESALE WILL BE USED TO SHARE GOD'S 54:24 TRUTH WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. 54:27 DON'T LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE COLLECTING DUST. 54:32 USE IT TO TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH AMAZING FACTS. 54:35 CONTACT US TODAY AND LET US HELP TURN YOUR CAR, BOAT, RV, OR 54:39 MOTORCYCLE INTO LIVES SAVED FOR CHRIST. 54:45 (MUSIC) HELLO FRIENDS, WE ALL KNOW A MARATHON IS ONE OF THE 54:56 LONGEST AND HARDEST RACES A PERSON COULD RUN. 54:59 BUT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE ULTRA MARATHON THEY USED TO HAVE 55:01 IN AUSTRALIA? IT WAS 544 MILES FROM 55:05 MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY. IT ATTRACTED AS MANY AS 55:08 150 WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES. BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED 55:12 THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER FORGET. IN 1983 A 61-YEAR-OLD POTATO 55:16 FARMER NAMED CLIFF YOUNG DECIDED TO ENTER THE RACE. 55:20 NOW PEOPLE WERE VERY AMUSED BECAUSE HE HAD ON RUBBER 55:22 GALOSHES OVER HIS BOOTS AND WHEN THE RACE BEGAN AND ALL THE 55:26 RUNNERS TOOK OFF, SURE ENOUGH OLD CLIFF WAS LEFT BEHIND 55:29 SHUFFLING ALONG VERY SLOWLY - BUT HE WAS SHUFFLING VERY 55:33 PERSISTENTLY. NORMALLY, DURING THIS 7-DAY 55:36 RACE, THE RUNNERS WOULD GO ABOUT 18 HOURS RUNNING AND THEN THEY'D 55:39 SLEEP FOR 6 HOURS, BUT NOBODY EVER TOLD CLIFF THAT. 55:43 WHEN THE OTHER RUNNERS STOPPED TO REST DURING THE NIGHT, CLIFF 55:46 JUST KEPT ON RUNNING. 55:48 SOME PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OLD CLIFF WAS GOING TO HAVE A HEART 55:50 ATTACK AND THEY WERE ASKING THE RACE ORGANIZERS TO SHOW MERCY 55:53 AND STOP THE CRAZY OLD MAN. BUT HE WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT. 55:57 EACH DAY HE WAS GAINING ON THE PACK BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE 56:00 SLEEPING HE WAS PLODDING ALONG. DURING THE LAST NIGHT OF THE 56:04 RACE CLIFF PASSED ALL OF THESE WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES. 56:08 NOT ONLY WAS CLIFF ABLE TO RUN THAT 544-MILE RACE WITHOUT 56:12 DYING, HE WON - BEATING ALL THE OTHER RACERS BY 9 HOURS, 56:16 BREAKING THE RECORD AND BECOMING A NATIONAL HERO IN THE PROCESS. 56:21 WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THAT WHEN THEY TOLD HIM HE HAD WON 56:22 THE $10,000.00 PRIZE, HE LOOKED CONFUSED AND SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW 56:26 THERE WAS A PRIZE AND HE DECIDED TO SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER 56:29 RUNNERS. WHEN ASKED HOW HE WAS ABLE 56:31 TO RUN ALL NIGHT LONG, CLIFF RESPONDED THAT HE GREW UP ON A 56:34 FARM WHERE THEY HAD ABOUT 2,000 HEAD OF CATTLE AND, BECAUSE THEY 56:37 COULDN'T AFFORD HORSES, HE USED TO HAVE TO ROUND THEM UP ON 56:40 FOOT, SOMETIMES RUNNING TWO AND THREE DAYS NON-STOP. 56:43 SO, THROUGHOUT THE RACE, HE JUST IMAGINED THAT HE WAS CHASING 56:46 AFTER THE COWS AND TRYING TO OUTRUN A STORM. 56:49 OLD CLIFF'S SECRET WAS TO KEEP ON RUNNING WHILE OTHERS WERE 56:52 SLEEPING. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US 56:54 THAT THE RACE IS NOT NECESSARILY TO THE SWIFT. 56:58 SOMETHING LIKE AESOP'S FABLE OF THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE - THE 57:01 TORTOISE JUST KEPT ON PLODDING ALONG. 57:04 THAT'S WHY JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:13, 'HE THAT ENDURES 57:08 UNTO THE END, THE SAME WILL BE SAVED. 57:10 NOW YOU MIGHT SLIP AND FALL DURING THE RACE. 57:13 YOU MIGHT EVEN GET OFF TO A BAD START. 57:15 BUT IN THE CHRISTIAN RACE THAT WE RUN, THE MAIN THING IS YOU 57:18 WANT TO FINISH WELL. KEEP ON RUNNING, FRIENDS, 57:20 AND DON'T GIVE UP. (MUSIC) 57:31 >>I REALLY WANTED TO START A NEW DEVOTIONAL HABIT BUT 57:33 LIFE GOT IN THE WAY. NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE A MONTH 57:36 INTO THE NEW YEAR AND I'M LIKE, 'WHAT'S THE POINT OF STARTING?' 57:39 THEN I SAW '365 AMAZING ANSWERS TO BIG BIBLE QUESTIONS'. 57:43 EACH DAY IS A SINGLE STUDY SO YOU CAN START ANYWHERE ON ANY 57:47 DAY AND NOT MISS A THING. THEY'RE CRISP, CLEAR, 57:50 AND ENLIGHTENING. >>GET YOURS TODAY BY CALLING 57:54 800-538-7275 OR VISIT 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'. 58:03 >>TOGETHER WE HAVE SPREAD THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER THAN EVER 58:06 BEFORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 58:14 (MUSIC) |
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