Hello, friends, welcome
to the 3ABN Worship Center.
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As we continue our series
on Foundation of Our Faith
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from the Dare to Dream Network.
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We've been blessed tremendously
by the messages that, thus far,
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Dr. Dedrick Blue Blue
have preached from his heart.
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Beginning our series
with the coming super storm,
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then our eyes were
opened when we heard him
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proliferate and
articulate the challenge
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that the church
has faced within,
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with a subservient
movement entitled Holy Laughter,
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then, Drapetomania,
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a title that has
eluded me in annunciation,
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but the message
was very, very clear.
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And the final one,
"They Shall Hunger No More."
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Stay tune as the
Lord once again empowers
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His servant to communicate
a message born in the word,
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anointed by the Holy Spirit.
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Now if you're tuning
in for the first time,
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Dr. Dedrick Blue
has been a pastor now
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in ministry for 30 years.
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Pastor, teacher,
college administrator
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and surely he has a passion
for many areas of ministry
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including inner-city ministry.
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He's currently the dean
of the school of religion
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at Oakwood University
in Huntsville, Alabama.
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And so, if there is a
young man or a young person
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who wants to go down
and learn about religion,
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I believe that he
will be an individual
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that will direct your life
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on to the anointing
of God's Holy Spirit.
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Born and raised in
Boston, Massachusetts,
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and spent a lot of
time in New York City,
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married 33 years,
three grown children,
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and he loves the Lord
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and he sure does love to preach,
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and we are thankful for that.
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Also our minister of music,
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Che Chin King has
warmed our hearts.
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Can you say amen to that?
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We have been
blessed by the instrument
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that God has given to her,
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and even the willing
hearts to use that instrument
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to the glory of the Lord.
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She's from Stockbridge, Georgia,
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a mother of two, a wife of one,
and loves Jesus, loves to sing
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and she's gonna bless our hearts
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with the song
entitled "My Father's heart."
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After this song of
ministry, the next voice
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that you'll hear will be
that of Dr. Dedrick Blue.
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Let everything that breathes
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Praise You
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The earth, the sky, the sea
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Praise You
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Just as nature shows to us
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Your blessing
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Soon I find my heart confessing
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My love is not my own
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It all belongs to You
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And after all You've done
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The least that I can do
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Is live my life in every part
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Only to please my Father's heart
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Love is all You need to heal us
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Flowing from the Heavens
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Jesus
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And with one voice
we'll sing together
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And this will
be our song forever
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My love is not my own
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It all belongs to You
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And after all You've done
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The least that I can do
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Is live my life in every part
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Only to please my Father's
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Heart
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My love is not my own
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It all belongs to You
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And after all You've done
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The least that I can do
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Is live my life in every part
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Only to please my Father's heart
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Only to please
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My Father's heart...
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What an
absolutely beautiful song.
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To know that indeed,
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Lord, my heart
does belong to you.
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And the only thing
that I ever want do in life
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is just to please my father.
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Amen.
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You know, if you ever
stop and think about your life
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and think about all the times
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when you chose
not to please God.
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And chose to do those things
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which were
absolutely contrary to His will.
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You soon discovered that
the things that you thought
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were gonna bring you
joy and peace and happiness
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only brought you
misery and sorrow.
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It's so much easy
just to do what God asks,
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because God is
always looking out
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for your best interest.
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You know, I
remember just growing up
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and walking down the
street, and you know,
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having my friends with me.
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You always feel safe when
you had your friends with you.
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You know, I mean everybody
has had their high school chums
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or their school kids
where they play around.
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When you have your boys
with you, you just feel good,
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you know, or
your girls, you know.
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You know, I had my boys with me.
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You just feel good, right?
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Because you know
that there is somebody
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who is always
there, who has your back.
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But the good news about Jesus
is that Jesus is always there,
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He always has your
back, He never leaves you,
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He never forsakes you, He
never turns His back on you,
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He never abandons you,
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just because you make a mistake.
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He's a friend that
sticks closer than a brother.
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Amen. Amen.
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And so, Lord,
because You've done all that,
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my heart belongs to you.
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Thank you so
very much Sister King.
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Well, we've been enjoying,
exploring the Word of God.
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Talking about the
last days in which we live,
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and how the devil is
preparing his troops to attack
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and destroy the people of God.
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We talked about how the
devil has infiltrated the church
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with dark and
nefarious movements
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that are seeking to
undermine the viability
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and the
vitality of God's church.
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We also explored
a little bit about
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how demons enter
into our life personally.
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But I want to let you know
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that I don't want to
leave you in the doldrums.
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I do want to give you
some keys and some solutions.
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But I also want to point you
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to the victory
that is ours and Jesus,
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because we are not
here to glorify the devil.
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The devil does the good
job at his own self-promotion.
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We don't need to promote him.
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What we do need to promote
is Jesus Christ as our Lord
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and as our Savior.
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So tonight, let's
just bow our heads
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and have a word of pray
as we approach the Lord.
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Our Father in
heaven, right now as we open
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Your word once
again, we ask and pray,
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that You would open our hearts
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to be receptive to
the moving of Your spirit.
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May the words of my
mouth and the meditations
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of our hearts be
acceptable in thy sight.
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Oh, Lord, our
strength and our redeemer
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Well, in Revelation 7,
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we looked at the
first verses there
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where John saw an angel,
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and he heard a voice saying,
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"Hurt not the earth nor the sea,
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nor the trees,
until the servants of God
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are sealed in their foreheads."
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We talked about
how God has angel
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standing on the
four corners of the earth
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holding back the
winds until we're sealed.
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But I like to take
you on the other side.
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And show you
something in Revelation 7,
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the same chapter.
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For Revelation 7 doesn't just
talk about the coming storm,
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but it also talks
about the impending victory.
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For here in
Revelation 7, we also see
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one of the grandest
scenes in all of scripture.
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For we are permitted
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to see on the other
side of the conflict,
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and we are able to
see the triumphal march
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of the redeemed of the ages.
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We see those who are sealed
with the seal of living God.
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The mark of God's possession,
the stamp of His character,
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they're settled
into the truth of God.
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They've not wavered,
they've not faltered,
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they've not given up,
they've not given out,
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they've not given in,
they've been bold and unabashed
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and unashamed, and unafraid,
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and they've stood for the gospel
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of the Jesus Christ,
for they have understood,
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it is the power
of God unto salvation
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to everyone that believes.
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They've been
through the time of trouble
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such as there never was
since there was a nation,
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and they've overcome the
world, the flesh, and the devil.
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They've overcome the dragon,
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the beast and the false prophet,
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and they've washed their
robes and made them white
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in the blood of the Lamb.
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Now, they stand on
Mount Zion with the Lamb.
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It is a great
multitude says John
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which no man can number
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from every nation and
kindred and tribe and people,
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they're all there with Jesus.
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I want to be there too.
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If I understand it,
Moses will be there.
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Moses will be there.
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David the king, Solomon,
the wise, Daniel, the faithful,
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Hanna, the mother,
Samson, the strong,
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Mary, the blessed
virgin, they will all be there.
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All the superstars
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of sacred
scripture will be there,
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and there will also
be some people there,
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who didn't have big names
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and we never
knew their names like,
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the little boy with
five loaves and two fishes,
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he will be there too.
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A woman with an issue of blood
and we never knew her name,
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and she will be there
too, or man who laid beside
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the pool of
Bethesda for 38 years.
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We never knew his name,
but he will be there too.
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All of them will be
there along with the superstars
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like big mouth
Peter, and doubting Thomas,
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and little
Zacchaeus, and John the beloved,
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and Apollos the
preacher, and Paul the Apostle,
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and Dorcas the resurrected,
and Azaya and Jeremiah,
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and Obadiah, and
Zechariah, and Nehemiah,
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and all the iah's
they all be there.
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With palms in the hands,
crying with the loud voice,
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saying salvation to our
God, which sits on the throne.
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What a grand scene.
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Now, you know, I know some
people say, well, you know,
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"Heaven will be nice,
quiet and serene place." Right.
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And I'm sure it'll be.
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I'm looking forward to
being there and sitting down
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by the throne of God,
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and putting my feet
in the crystal river,
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you know, and laying up
underneath my own mango tree.
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I'm looking
forward to that, right?
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But I'm also looking
forward to being there
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when the saints
of God go marching in
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and when they sing the
shout of triumphal joy.
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I want to be in that number.
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It's gonna be a grand
scene, a magnanimous occasion.
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A home coming celebration,
when the saints go marching in,
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I want to be in that number.
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But then towards the end of
the chapter in Revelation 7,
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there is a strange
byline to this dramatic scene.
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A peculiar epilogue for it says
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of this multitude
in Revelation 7:16-17,
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it says this,
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"They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst anymore,
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neither shall the sun
light on them, nor heat.
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For the lamb,
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which is in the
midst of the throne
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shall feed them,
and shall lead them
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to fountains of living waters.
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And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes,
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they shall hunger no more."
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What a strange passage that
is, they shall hunger no more.
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What an enigmatic freeze,
they shall hunger no more.
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What does it mean,
they shall hunger no more.
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But you know, I have
three adult children now,
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and I have to
be honest with you,
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I'm so glad
that they are adults.
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I'll tell you why,
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because I had the
three eatingest children
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you ever want to
see in your life.
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Both my sons,
they're about 6' 3" 6' 4",
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they are tall guys.
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Both of them weigh
about 225, 230 pounds.
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And both of them
can eat like horses.
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But if you think
if they could eat,
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you should've seen my daughter.
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My daughter was 4' 11",
and she could out eat them.
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And so, when I would
come home at night expecting
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to have a lovely
meal prepared for me,
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after being out
working all day in the hot sun,
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slaving on behalf of
the Lord in this cause,
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and I come home
to empty the pot,
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the pot would be empty.
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So when I read about
the stats, when it says,
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"they shall hunger no more."
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I thought to myself, does
that mean, when I get to heaven,
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I'll never have to
go to the grocery store.
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Does that mean I get to keep
more of my money in my pocket,
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because God is
just gonna feed them,
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and I won't have
to feed them no more.
00:17:15.23\00:17:17.43
They will hunger no
more, and I shouted...
00:17:17.47\00:17:23.24
they shall hunger no more.
00:17:23.27\00:17:25.31
But then I looked at this thing,
00:17:25.34\00:17:26.68
and I began to ask myself,
00:17:26.71\00:17:28.64
what is the
meaning behind this text.
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What does hunger
mean in the Bible?
00:17:32.48\00:17:37.69
Well, first of all,
what does hunger mean?
00:17:37.72\00:17:39.62
Every normal person
knows what hunger is,
00:17:39.65\00:17:41.99
it's kind of hard to describe.
00:17:42.02\00:17:43.36
But it's that
sensation that we associate
00:17:43.39\00:17:46.23
when the stomach is empty.
00:17:46.26\00:17:48.40
But the doctors will go into
even greater detail than this.
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Hunger is a
feeling that we experience
00:17:51.80\00:17:55.97
when the glycogen level
00:17:56.00\00:17:58.04
of the liver falls
below at certain threshold.
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Sound deep, don't I?
00:18:02.68\00:18:04.01
Usually followed
by desire to eat,
00:18:04.05\00:18:08.18
the usually unpleasant feelings
originate in the hypothalamus
00:18:08.22\00:18:12.65
and it's released
through receptors in the liver.
00:18:12.69\00:18:15.22
Although the
average nourished human
00:18:15.26\00:18:17.03
can survive for
weeks without food intake.
00:18:17.06\00:18:19.29
The sensation of
hunger typically begins
00:18:19.33\00:18:23.47
several hours after eating.
00:18:23.50\00:18:26.03
And when hunger occurs,
00:18:26.07\00:18:27.40
there are
contractions in your stomach,
00:18:27.44\00:18:29.44
we call those hunger pains.
00:18:29.47\00:18:32.07
They usually last for
about 35 to 40 minutes,
00:18:32.11\00:18:35.41
and if you can
make it past that,
00:18:35.44\00:18:36.88
then you won't
be hungry anymore.
00:18:36.91\00:18:40.42
That's just the
sensation of hunger,
00:18:40.45\00:18:43.49
but then there is real hunger.
00:18:43.52\00:18:46.79
Real hunger occurs
00:18:46.82\00:18:48.16
when you haven't
eaten for several days
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or several weeks.
00:18:49.76\00:18:51.93
And after several
days or several weeks,
00:18:51.96\00:18:54.93
then you begin to die.
00:18:54.96\00:18:56.30
Right now, there
are 854 million people
00:18:56.33\00:19:00.24
across the world who
are hungry right now.
00:19:00.27\00:19:04.07
And that is up every year.
00:19:04.11\00:19:06.68
Each day there
are 16,000 children
00:19:06.71\00:19:12.05
who die of hunger in the world.
00:19:12.08\00:19:15.45
One child dies every
five seconds of hunger.
00:19:15.48\00:19:19.72
So hunger is real,
and hunger is deadly,
00:19:19.75\00:19:24.49
but hunger can
occur over more than
00:19:24.53\00:19:28.96
just the lack of
adequate nutrition.
00:19:29.00\00:19:32.80
Hunger can also speak to
other lacks in our lives.
00:19:32.83\00:19:37.84
The holes in our existence,
00:19:37.87\00:19:40.11
the gnawing pain that
we have for something more.
00:19:40.14\00:19:44.45
So when we speak of hunger
in the metaphorical sense,
00:19:44.48\00:19:48.58
we talk about want and
desire, and passion, and lust,
00:19:48.62\00:19:53.79
and a drive toward satisfaction.
00:19:53.82\00:19:57.99
And it's to realization
that there is something
00:19:58.03\00:20:01.90
that is missing in my life.
00:20:01.93\00:20:06.20
You see, hunger is
the gap between your need
00:20:06.23\00:20:12.77
or your perceived need
00:20:12.81\00:20:14.88
and the
satisfaction of that need.
00:20:14.91\00:20:18.61
I heard one
saying, it went like this,
00:20:18.65\00:20:22.28
I didn't originate
this, but it's interesting.
00:20:22.32\00:20:24.99
Talking about the hunger
in the paradox of our times,
00:20:25.02\00:20:28.59
it says, "We
have taller buildings,
00:20:28.62\00:20:33.36
but shorter tempers.
00:20:33.40\00:20:36.90
We have wider
freeways, but narrow viewpoints.
00:20:36.93\00:20:42.00
We buy more, but
we enjoy it less.
00:20:42.04\00:20:44.41
We have bigger
houses, but broken homes.
00:20:44.44\00:20:49.04
We have more
knowledge, but less judgment.
00:20:49.08\00:20:52.41
We have more experts,
but certainly more problems.
00:20:52.45\00:20:56.92
More medicines,
but less wellness.
00:20:56.95\00:20:59.99
We have
multiplied our possessions,
00:21:00.02\00:21:03.32
but we have reduced our value.
00:21:03.36\00:21:07.43
We have higher
incomes, but lower morals.
00:21:07.46\00:21:10.40
We have money in the
wallet, but poverty of spirit.
00:21:10.43\00:21:14.54
And churches are
empty, and souls are empty.
00:21:14.57\00:21:20.81
There is a poverty
of spirit in our hearts.
00:21:20.84\00:21:25.81
Too often we discover
that when we get what we want,
00:21:25.85\00:21:28.18
we don't actually
have what we need,
00:21:28.22\00:21:29.98
and there is the stock reality
in the inescapable truth,
00:21:30.02\00:21:33.29
that we are in
the midst of plenty,
00:21:33.32\00:21:35.26
but we are still
starving, something is missing.
00:21:35.29\00:21:38.59
Something is
inadequate inside of us.
00:21:38.63\00:21:42.43
There is a churning
in the pit of our belly
00:21:42.46\00:21:45.30
that longs for and yearns
00:21:45.33\00:21:48.27
for something
greater and something more.
00:21:48.30\00:21:51.24
You know, I had a friend,
his name was Eddie Deevanoodi,
00:21:51.27\00:21:57.01
I'll never forget Eddie.
00:21:57.05\00:21:58.78
Eddie looked like
he was a healthy child,
00:21:58.81\00:22:00.52
and we would go out and play.
00:22:00.55\00:22:02.22
And one day, we
were out playing,
00:22:02.25\00:22:03.82
and Eddie was running
00:22:03.85\00:22:05.19
and he just all of
a sudden collapsed.
00:22:05.22\00:22:06.55
He just fell down and collapsed.
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.92
They took Eddie to the hospital,
00:22:09.96\00:22:11.29
found out Eddie
had a broken leg.
00:22:11.33\00:22:14.40
You know why Eddie's leg broke.
00:22:14.43\00:22:17.30
Because Eddie had been eating,
00:22:17.33\00:22:19.63
but Eddie had only been
eating Twinkies and coke.
00:22:19.67\00:22:23.71
And so even though he
looked like he was robust,
00:22:23.74\00:22:28.04
his body was still
literally starving.
00:22:28.08\00:22:32.55
That doesn't it sound
like the condition of the world
00:22:32.58\00:22:35.08
in which we're in today.
00:22:35.12\00:22:37.49
People appear to
be healthy and happy,
00:22:37.52\00:22:42.46
but inside they
are actually starving.
00:22:42.49\00:22:45.89
I want to propose you
today that this starvation
00:22:45.93\00:22:49.06
is the result of
not necessarily things
00:22:49.10\00:22:52.47
that we have consciously done,
00:22:52.50\00:22:54.70
but it is the
result of the world
00:22:54.74\00:22:57.11
in which we find ourselves.
00:22:57.14\00:23:00.11
And the world in
which we find ourselves
00:23:00.14\00:23:01.88
is the world that
is encased in sin.
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.91
If you live in a world
that is encased in sin,
00:23:04.95\00:23:06.92
there's always a gap
between your perceived need
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.25
and the
satisfaction of that need.
00:23:10.29\00:23:12.82
No matter what you do,
no matter what you get,
00:23:12.85\00:23:15.19
you're never quite happy.
00:23:15.22\00:23:17.19
And sometimes
it's not your fault,
00:23:17.23\00:23:20.00
maybe you grew up at a home
00:23:20.03\00:23:21.56
where your parents were too busy
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.26
and they didn't have
time to show you love,
00:23:23.30\00:23:25.43
so you grew up with an
emptiness inside of you,
00:23:25.47\00:23:27.77
are yearning for love.
00:23:27.80\00:23:29.14
And the first
thing that happens,
00:23:29.17\00:23:30.71
some person comes along
and starts whisper in your ear,
00:23:30.74\00:23:33.98
"Baby, you so
fine, you blow my mind."
00:23:34.01\00:23:36.24
And put their hot
cheesy breath on top of you,
00:23:36.28\00:23:38.31
the next thing you
know, you run off with them,
00:23:38.35\00:23:41.12
because you're trying to satisfy
00:23:41.15\00:23:44.35
a longing in your heart.
00:23:44.39\00:23:46.12
There's a hunger that's there.
00:23:46.15\00:23:48.32
Maybe you have very
little capacity to love it all,
00:23:48.36\00:23:52.16
because you were
rejected and abused as a child.
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.86
Now you cannot
show vulnerability.
00:23:55.90\00:23:59.20
So you end up rejecting
people before they reject you.
00:23:59.23\00:24:03.54
You keep the distance
and you keep the wall,
00:24:03.57\00:24:05.74
but inside of yourself,
you long for relationship,
00:24:05.77\00:24:10.25
you want something more,
there's a hunger inside of you.
00:24:10.28\00:24:15.15
Maybe you're lonely
and you want a friend.
00:24:15.18\00:24:17.65
Maybe there's a
dream that you had,
00:24:17.69\00:24:19.19
but you stopped
dreaming and stop believing
00:24:19.22\00:24:21.82
and maybe you
undermine your own success,
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.23
because you have to bring
defeat out of every victory.
00:24:25.26\00:24:29.53
Maybe you find a
way to talk yourself out
00:24:29.56\00:24:32.30
of that degree or talk yourself
out of that promotional,
00:24:32.33\00:24:36.00
talk yourself
out of that victory.
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.27
Maybe you feel like
you're stuck in neutral,
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.21
like you're weighed down
and that you are powerless.
00:24:41.24\00:24:46.08
But when you all add
it up, the end of the day,
00:24:46.11\00:24:51.02
there is
something that is out there
00:24:51.05\00:24:53.25
that you desired to
attain, but you can't reach it.
00:24:53.29\00:24:57.03
You're grasping,
but you can't get to it.
00:24:57.06\00:25:00.00
You wanted and you desire,
00:25:00.03\00:25:01.96
but there is a gap
between your perceive need
00:25:02.00\00:25:05.23
and the satisfaction.
00:25:05.27\00:25:06.60
It kind of reminds me
of the old song, right.
00:25:06.63\00:25:09.54
By the rolling stones,
00:25:09.57\00:25:10.91
I can't get no
satisfaction though I try.
00:25:10.94\00:25:14.14
Though I try,
though I try, though I try.
00:25:14.18\00:25:19.68
The gap.
00:25:19.71\00:25:22.35
You know, when I
was at Christian school,
00:25:22.38\00:25:24.45
and I won't mention
the name of the school
00:25:24.49\00:25:25.95
'cause I don't want to
characterize the school,
00:25:25.99\00:25:27.76
but it was a
Christian University,
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.99
that I was attending.
00:25:30.03\00:25:31.36
I received a
phone call one night
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.99
from a friend of
mine, he said "Dedrick.
00:25:33.03\00:25:36.23
I said, "Yeah."
"I need your help."
00:25:36.26\00:25:38.47
He said, "I have been
studying with a young man
00:25:38.50\00:25:41.47
who I'm trying
to bring to Christ,
00:25:41.50\00:25:45.21
and he refuses to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:25:45.24\00:25:48.81
He says he doesn't
want to study anymore.
00:25:48.84\00:25:51.68
And he doesn't
want to pray anymore,
00:25:51.71\00:25:54.15
because he says, he
has prayed for years,
00:25:54.18\00:25:56.25
and God refuses to
answer his prayers."
00:25:56.28\00:25:59.75
And so he said, "Because
God doesn't answer his prayers,
00:25:59.79\00:26:03.22
he now prays to Satan,
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.16
and Satan answers his prayers."
00:26:05.19\00:26:10.60
He said, "I've tried
everything, so he said,
00:26:10.63\00:26:13.27
will you talk to him?"
00:26:13.30\00:26:14.64
I talk to the young man
and we had a conversation.
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.24
And, you know, what happened?
00:26:17.27\00:26:18.61
Shortly after I
talk to the young man,
00:26:18.64\00:26:19.97
I started receiving phone calls,
00:26:20.01\00:26:23.41
from the Satanist who
he had been praying with.
00:26:23.45\00:26:27.08
Now they didn't know
that I was praying with him,
00:26:27.12\00:26:30.75
because he didn't tell
them, I didn't tell them,
00:26:30.79\00:26:33.02
and my friend didn't tell them.
00:26:33.05\00:26:34.39
But don't you know that Satan
has power, he does have power.
00:26:34.42\00:26:37.36
These people started
calling me at my house,
00:26:37.39\00:26:40.00
and threatening me
and telling me that,
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.50
if I didn't leave
this young man alone,
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.70
that they were gonna
kill me, and kill my wife,
00:26:44.73\00:26:47.17
and kill my child.
00:26:47.20\00:26:50.81
And I thought to
myself, why in the world
00:26:50.84\00:26:54.08
would someone go
there than go to God,
00:26:54.11\00:26:58.21
because somewhere he
felt a sense of disappointment
00:26:58.25\00:27:04.79
that God had let him down.
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.96
The hunger, pop
star, Katy Perry,
00:27:07.99\00:27:12.13
she grew up in a Christian home.
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.80
We talk to Katy Perry,
she would tell you, she said,
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.53
"My parents were
traveling evangelist.
00:27:17.57\00:27:23.00
And when I was a
child, I wanted to grow up
00:27:23.04\00:27:25.17
to be the next Amy Grant,
00:27:25.21\00:27:27.84
and I prayed and
prayed and prayed,
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.71
and ask God to make
me the next Amy Grant."
00:27:29.74\00:27:32.31
But when he
didn't do it, she said,
00:27:32.35\00:27:35.88
"I sold my soul to the devil,
00:27:35.92\00:27:38.75
because the devil
gives me what I want."
00:27:38.79\00:27:44.13
The gap, the hunger.
00:27:44.16\00:27:47.13
Now in a next few minutes,
00:27:47.16\00:27:49.06
I just want to
help you to understand
00:27:49.10\00:27:51.20
how Satan works in this gap.
00:27:51.23\00:27:53.90
I want to show
you from the Bible,
00:27:53.94\00:27:56.10
just for few moments,
00:27:56.14\00:27:57.64
what he did with Jesus,
00:27:57.67\00:28:00.28
and how it is the
key to understanding
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.58
how Satan seeks to
exploit us in our weaknesses.
00:28:04.61\00:28:08.55
In Matthew 4, Matthew 4,
00:28:08.58\00:28:11.29
you're familiar with
this passage scripture.
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.56
Says this, beginning
with verse 1, it says,
00:28:13.59\00:28:18.13
"Then Jesus was
let up of the spirit
00:28:18.16\00:28:19.93
into the wilderness.
00:28:19.96\00:28:23.06
To be tempted of the devil,
and when he had fasted 40 days
00:28:23.10\00:28:27.04
and 40 nights,
afterwards he was a hungered."
00:28:27.07\00:28:31.34
When I read
that, I said, you know,
00:28:31.37\00:28:32.74
I hate to
disagree with the Bible,
00:28:32.77\00:28:34.11
but it says Jesus didn't
eat for 40 days and 40 nights,
00:28:34.14\00:28:37.11
afterwards he was hungered.
00:28:37.15\00:28:38.71
If I don't eat for 40
minutes afterwards I'm starving,
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.12
I'm ready to
hurt somebody, right.
00:28:41.15\00:28:42.95
It say, He hadn't eaten
for 40 days and 40 nights,
00:28:42.98\00:28:45.25
and afterwards he
was a hungered, right?
00:28:45.29\00:28:49.29
It is at the time, when
Jesus is at his weakest,
00:28:49.32\00:28:52.63
that the devil makes his play.
00:28:52.66\00:28:55.16
The tempter comes
to him, and says this,
00:28:55.20\00:28:57.87
"If you are the Son of God,
00:28:57.90\00:29:01.34
command these
stones to be made to bread.
00:29:01.37\00:29:04.91
Now I'm going to unfold for you
00:29:04.94\00:29:07.64
the three fold
strategy of the devil.
00:29:07.68\00:29:10.68
It is the same
strategy he uses every time
00:29:10.71\00:29:15.02
in every
situation no matter what,
00:29:15.05\00:29:18.15
and when you see it,
00:29:18.19\00:29:19.52
you'll recognize it immediately.
00:29:19.55\00:29:21.86
And once you see it,
00:29:21.89\00:29:23.22
you'll never be
able to forget it.
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.96
Look at what he does.
00:29:25.99\00:29:27.33
The first thing he says
this, "He comes to Jesus,
00:29:27.36\00:29:29.10
when he's hungry,
and he says to Jesus,
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.87
you're hungry, you have a need."
00:29:31.90\00:29:37.24
You have a need.
00:29:37.27\00:29:39.47
So what the devil does?
00:29:39.51\00:29:41.01
He says, "Jesus,
after all you're only human.
00:29:41.04\00:29:48.48
That's all right to
indulge and to give in,
00:29:48.52\00:29:52.29
you can't expect to
be perfect all the time.
00:29:52.32\00:29:56.66
After all Jesus,
you have hormones,
00:29:56.69\00:29:59.23
and your hormones are talking.
00:29:59.26\00:30:01.23
You have knees and
your knees are pressing.
00:30:01.26\00:30:03.73
It's all right Jesus,
00:30:03.77\00:30:05.17
don't worry about
what others will think.
00:30:05.20\00:30:08.87
Don't concern yourself
what others want you to do.
00:30:08.90\00:30:12.34
Jesus, you just do you.
00:30:12.37\00:30:15.68
Just a little bit of
indulgence won't kill you,
00:30:15.71\00:30:18.41
after all, Jesus,
you need to take a break,
00:30:18.45\00:30:20.98
you need a
little bit of freedom.
00:30:21.02\00:30:23.32
You're trying to take
care of everybody else.
00:30:23.35\00:30:25.92
You need to take
care of yourself first."
00:30:25.95\00:30:29.56
"How can you save
the world of Jesus,
00:30:29.59\00:30:31.46
if you can't save yourself?"
00:30:31.49\00:30:33.23
If you don't know
how to take care of you,
00:30:33.26\00:30:35.03
you're no good fit.
00:30:35.06\00:30:36.40
After all, like
Whitney Houston said,
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.27
Jesus, the greatest
love of all is inside of you.
00:30:38.30\00:30:43.67
"You have a need,"
00:30:43.71\00:30:46.01
that's the first
lie that the devil says.
00:30:46.04\00:30:48.54
"You have a need." Indulge it.
00:30:48.58\00:30:53.75
But then he says this,
"The devil take it them up
00:30:53.78\00:30:57.29
into the holy city
00:30:57.32\00:30:58.65
and sets him on the
pinnacle of the temple."
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.32
And he said to him,
"If you be the Son of God,
00:31:01.36\00:31:04.59
catch yourself down."
00:31:04.63\00:31:06.96
For it is written
that he shall give
00:31:07.00\00:31:08.76
his angels charge
over you, concern you,
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.37
in all your ways and
they shall bad you up
00:31:11.40\00:31:13.94
less you dash your
foot against the stone.
00:31:13.97\00:31:16.37
Notice the devil
says this, first he says,
00:31:16.40\00:31:18.81
"You have a need,"
but then secondly he says,
00:31:18.84\00:31:22.18
"God won't take
care of your need."
00:31:22.21\00:31:26.95
He said, "Look hear
Jesus, where are you?
00:31:26.98\00:31:29.05
Where are you?
00:31:29.08\00:31:30.42
You're out here in
the middle of nowhere."
00:31:30.45\00:31:33.09
If God really cared about you,
00:31:33.12\00:31:34.56
do you think He will leave
you out here in this desert.
00:31:34.59\00:31:38.29
And who you're
doing this for anyway?
00:31:38.33\00:31:40.56
You're doing this for God.
00:31:40.60\00:31:42.40
God cares about you.
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.27
Well, Jesus, if
God cares about you,
00:31:44.30\00:31:46.00
then go ahead and prove it.
00:31:46.03\00:31:48.10
You say he cares, prove
it, Jesus, go on and jump.
00:31:48.14\00:31:52.24
If you jump, he delivers
you, that's gonna prove it,
00:31:52.27\00:31:54.58
but you don't really believe it,
00:31:54.61\00:31:55.94
because you know that
God doesn't take care of you.
00:31:55.98\00:31:59.01
If you believed
it, you would jump.
00:31:59.05\00:32:00.88
Jump, Jesus, jump.
00:32:00.92\00:32:03.82
So he says, first of
all, you have a need.
00:32:03.85\00:32:06.15
Secondly, God will not
take care of your need.
00:32:06.19\00:32:10.19
Now I want to
point this out to you.
00:32:10.23\00:32:12.79
Whenever you talk to someone
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.96
who has turned
their back on God,
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.93
it is you who should believe
it because they don't believe
00:32:17.97\00:32:21.14
that God will take
care of their needs.
00:32:21.17\00:32:26.47
They believe that
God has failed them.
00:32:26.51\00:32:29.31
I prayed for my
mother, and my mother died.
00:32:29.34\00:32:32.91
I ask you to
intervene behalf of my children,
00:32:32.95\00:32:35.85
and they still went away.
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.59
I needed some money to pay
my mortgage and it didn't come.
00:32:38.62\00:32:42.42
God does not
take care of my needs.
00:32:42.46\00:32:46.19
So first you have a need.
00:32:46.23\00:32:47.56
Secondly, God won't
take care of your needs.
00:32:47.60\00:32:49.70
But then
thirdly, listen to this,
00:32:49.73\00:32:52.50
the devil takes him up to
an exceeding high mountain,
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.14
and shows him all
the kingdoms of the world
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.21
and the glory of them.
00:32:57.24\00:32:58.57
And said on to him, "All
this things, I'll give you,
00:32:58.61\00:33:02.24
if you fall
down and worship me."
00:33:02.28\00:33:05.31
In other words,
"I'll supply your needs.
00:33:05.35\00:33:08.88
You have a need,
God won't give it you,
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.82
I will supply your need.
00:33:11.85\00:33:14.19
All these things I'll give you
if you would just worship me.
00:33:14.22\00:33:17.36
Now you know something.
00:33:17.39\00:33:18.73
The devil always
operates the same way.
00:33:18.76\00:33:21.63
He convinces you
that you have a need
00:33:21.66\00:33:24.47
that God doesn't take care
of it, and he will supply it.
00:33:24.50\00:33:28.27
And you know the devil
has ability to take care
00:33:28.30\00:33:32.21
of some of these
things, after all he's called
00:33:32.24\00:33:33.84
'the prince of this world'.
00:33:33.88\00:33:36.28
He does have some
authority and some territory.
00:33:36.31\00:33:38.81
He's the prince of this world.
00:33:38.85\00:33:41.42
You know, and as a
prince of this world,
00:33:41.45\00:33:43.42
he exercises that
authority to make sure
00:33:43.45\00:33:47.22
that he can appear
to supply your needs.
00:33:47.26\00:33:51.29
Let me give you an example.
00:33:51.33\00:33:53.60
I once knew a young man,
00:33:53.63\00:33:55.00
who was struggling with
a serious drug addiction.
00:33:55.03\00:33:59.07
And every time he got clean,
somebody would come to him
00:33:59.10\00:34:03.74
and give him more drugs.
00:34:03.77\00:34:08.84
And usually if you get
drugs, you have to pay for them,
00:34:08.88\00:34:14.75
but people would just come
and give him drugs for free.
00:34:14.78\00:34:20.26
Now I've been to
my doctor's office,
00:34:20.29\00:34:21.86
and my doctor won't even
give me drugs for free...
00:34:21.89\00:34:26.33
the pharmacy.
00:34:26.36\00:34:27.70
But these people were
giving him drugs for free,
00:34:27.73\00:34:30.47
because the devil will
tell you that you have a need,
00:34:30.50\00:34:34.30
and then he
says, "I'll supply it."
00:34:34.34\00:34:38.71
I'm gonna let you know today.
00:34:38.74\00:34:40.48
If you find yourself
continually confronted
00:34:40.51\00:34:42.78
with the same sin
and the same temptation
00:34:42.81\00:34:45.21
and it comes too easily,
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.58
then you better believe
that somewhere in the back
00:34:46.61\00:34:48.58
of that the devil is
behind that saying to you,
00:34:48.62\00:34:52.05
I'll supply your needs.
00:34:52.09\00:34:56.89
I knew another man,
00:34:56.93\00:34:59.79
who reported of
sexual addiction,
00:34:59.83\00:35:02.16
and he felt
compelled to go out daily
00:35:02.20\00:35:03.93
and find himself a
new sexual partner.
00:35:03.97\00:35:07.74
Sometimes he would
get up in the morning,
00:35:07.77\00:35:09.17
and he would go out
00:35:09.20\00:35:10.54
and he would always
find a new sexual partner.
00:35:10.57\00:35:12.91
Sometimes he would find
two or three in the same day.
00:35:12.94\00:35:17.95
Now listen to this.
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.22
I know people who've
been looking for 10 years,
00:35:23.25\00:35:26.49
20 years, 30 years
for mate, you know.
00:35:26.52\00:35:29.99
They've done
everything they thought,
00:35:30.03\00:35:31.36
they knew how to
do to get a mate.
00:35:31.39\00:35:33.29
They got their hair
fixed, they got their job,
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.46
they have the house,
they have everything,
00:35:35.50\00:35:37.30
and they still
can't find the mate.
00:35:37.33\00:35:38.67
And yet this man
has more sexual partners
00:35:38.70\00:35:41.87
than he knows what to do with.
00:35:41.90\00:35:44.64
When I finally had a
chance to talk with him,
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.71
the man was
lying on his deathbed.
00:35:47.74\00:35:52.18
And all he could
do on his deathbed
00:35:52.21\00:35:54.18
is have the fainting memory.
00:35:54.22\00:35:59.35
A failing twisted body parts
00:35:59.39\00:36:03.22
that he thought was
going to bring him pleasure.
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.63
But now only
brought him pain and regret.
00:36:05.66\00:36:09.73
Yeah, the devil
says, "You have a need."
00:36:09.76\00:36:12.10
The devil says,
"I'll supply that need."
00:36:12.13\00:36:15.10
But it always
comes with the price.
00:36:15.14\00:36:19.44
It doesn't come free.
00:36:19.47\00:36:23.38
There're people right now,
00:36:23.41\00:36:24.81
who are in marital relationships
00:36:24.85\00:36:27.62
and you are not happy,
00:36:27.65\00:36:28.98
and you find yourself
in extramarital affairs,
00:36:29.02\00:36:31.49
because the devil says to you,
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.19
"Listen, you're
only human, come on now."
00:36:33.22\00:36:37.96
God doesn't expect you
to be perfect all the time,
00:36:37.99\00:36:42.56
after all if God was
gonna take care of your need,
00:36:42.60\00:36:46.13
He would have
given you the right wife
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.20
or the right husband.
00:36:48.24\00:36:50.57
And because God didn't do it,
00:36:50.61\00:36:53.51
I'm gonna take
care of your needs.
00:36:53.54\00:36:57.11
There're people right
who are working on a job,
00:36:57.15\00:37:00.52
and if you're working on a job,
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.02
some of us are
overworked and underpaid.
00:37:03.05\00:37:05.05
Isn't that truth?
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.42
Go on and tell the truth,
right, overworked underpaid.
00:37:06.45\00:37:10.39
And it's so easy
to be on the job,
00:37:10.43\00:37:12.59
and the devil
comes to you and says,
00:37:12.63\00:37:13.96
"Oh, man, you have a
need, you need more money.
00:37:14.00\00:37:20.90
God's not taking
care of your needs.
00:37:20.94\00:37:23.71
I'll take care of your needs.
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.07
All you have to do
is this or do that.
00:37:25.11\00:37:29.11
But it always
comes with a price.
00:37:29.14\00:37:31.81
You want to know how people
slide down the slippery slope
00:37:31.85\00:37:35.08
to demon possession.
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.22
It is at the
moment of compromise,
00:37:37.25\00:37:40.32
is at the time of the gap
between our perceived need
00:37:40.36\00:37:44.49
and our satisfaction.
00:37:44.53\00:37:46.56
That's when the
devil slips in there
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.66
with his pernicious lies.
00:37:48.70\00:37:51.30
But I love what the
Bible says in Isaiah 55:2,
00:37:51.33\00:37:54.40
for the Bible says this,
"Why will you spend money
00:37:54.44\00:37:57.84
for that which is not bread,
00:37:57.87\00:37:59.84
and labor for that
which does not satisfy."
00:37:59.87\00:38:03.71
You want to know
what satisfies the things
00:38:03.75\00:38:05.68
of this world can never satisfy.
00:38:05.71\00:38:07.82
Human beings can
never satisfy you.
00:38:07.85\00:38:10.32
There is only one
thing that can satisfy you,
00:38:10.35\00:38:13.49
and that is the relationship
00:38:13.52\00:38:15.36
with my Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:38:15.39\00:38:18.86
He will supply all of your
needs according to His riches
00:38:18.89\00:38:23.50
and glory by Christ Jesus.
00:38:23.53\00:38:25.50
Only Jesus can fill
the emptiness of our lives.
00:38:25.53\00:38:29.70
Only Jesus can fill
the vacuum of our hearts.
00:38:29.74\00:38:35.01
They shall hunger no more.
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.08
You see, there's good news
in the Bible for the hungry.
00:38:37.11\00:38:41.55
The good news is that
Jesus is the bread of life.
00:38:41.58\00:38:46.02
There's good news for
those who are malnourished.
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.29
Jesus can supply
all of your needs.
00:38:49.32\00:38:52.36
From the Book of
Revelation, it says,
00:38:52.39\00:38:53.73
"They shall hunger no more."
00:38:53.76\00:38:56.16
Now, I've been hungry
sometime like you have,
00:38:56.20\00:39:01.60
and my hunger has led
me to chase silly dreams
00:39:01.64\00:39:05.34
and shooting stars.
00:39:05.37\00:39:07.74
Running nowhere fast,
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.61
gorging myself on the
empty calories of this world.
00:39:10.65\00:39:14.45
And you know, I'm gonna tell you
00:39:14.48\00:39:15.82
something about
people in the church,
00:39:15.85\00:39:18.65
'cause people in the
church sometimes think that
00:39:18.69\00:39:20.46
they are above
this, but they are not.
00:39:20.49\00:39:25.79
Especially people
in certain churches,
00:39:25.83\00:39:27.36
certain erudite
churches like our church.
00:39:27.40\00:39:29.63
You know, we're erudite people.
00:39:29.66\00:39:33.40
So we do things
like chase titles,
00:39:33.44\00:39:38.67
chase positions, chase degrees.
00:39:38.71\00:39:44.11
So that now we
think that we are more
00:39:44.15\00:39:48.38
because we have more.
00:39:48.42\00:39:53.86
So I have some fiends
who went and got a degree,
00:39:53.89\00:39:57.79
and they got a doctor degree,
00:39:57.83\00:39:59.16
and now they make
everybody call them doctor.
00:39:59.19\00:40:02.80
I was talking to one person,
00:40:02.83\00:40:04.17
and I called them
by their fist name,
00:40:04.20\00:40:05.63
and said, that
was doctor, doctor.
00:40:05.67\00:40:08.04
And I say, "Oh, my goodness."
00:40:08.07\00:40:10.64
So he said to me, "You
have to call me doctor."
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.34
I said, "Well, listen,
when my mother named me,
00:40:12.37\00:40:14.04
she named me Dedrick,
it's okay to call me Dedrick.
00:40:14.08\00:40:17.98
The only time
somebody has to call me doctor
00:40:18.01\00:40:19.71
is when I go to
get a mortgage loan,
00:40:19.75\00:40:21.08
or I go to the bank.
00:40:21.12\00:40:22.45
The banker
better call me doctor,
00:40:22.48\00:40:23.82
then I'm hoping I can
get a better interest rate.
00:40:23.85\00:40:28.02
But other than that, you
see, we get caught up in it too,
00:40:28.06\00:40:31.93
thinking that those
things will satisfy us.
00:40:31.96\00:40:35.16
Sometimes we think
00:40:35.20\00:40:37.07
that our
religion will satisfy us.
00:40:37.10\00:40:41.00
So that if I go to
church on the right day
00:40:41.04\00:40:44.17
and eat the right food,
and sing the right song,
00:40:44.21\00:40:47.54
and pray the right prayer,
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.18
then I too will be
able to get to heaven.
00:40:49.21\00:40:51.48
But the reality is this.
00:40:54.75\00:40:57.15
There is no
salvation in veggie burger,
00:40:57.19\00:41:01.22
and there is no
grace in soya cheese.
00:41:01.26\00:41:05.79
But the fact of the matter is,
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.26
there is not salvation by diet,
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.80
it's salvation by grace.
00:41:09.83\00:41:13.13
But we reach after those things
00:41:13.17\00:41:16.20
that we think will satisfy
the longing in of our hearts.
00:41:16.24\00:41:20.11
But at the end of the
day, it is empty calories,
00:41:20.14\00:41:23.85
only Jesus can satisfy.
00:41:23.88\00:41:27.12
There are people out there,
00:41:27.15\00:41:28.48
who have run
from place to place,
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.45
they slept in all the beds,
00:41:30.49\00:41:32.19
they read all the
books, they watched all the TV,
00:41:32.22\00:41:35.82
they've visited all the doctors,
00:41:35.86\00:41:37.89
they watch opera
and Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil,
00:41:37.93\00:41:41.33
and Jerry and Maury,
and Steve and Judge Mathis
00:41:41.36\00:41:45.80
trying to find the answers
to life's perplexing dilemmas.
00:41:45.83\00:41:51.41
But in the end,
00:41:51.44\00:41:54.28
the only thing that can satisfy
is relationship with Jesus.
00:41:54.31\00:41:58.81
The good news is
that there is hope
00:41:58.85\00:42:00.78
in the word of God.
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.58
There is joy for
the sealed of God.
00:42:02.62\00:42:05.39
And there is the privilege
for the redeemed of God.
00:42:05.42\00:42:08.49
For the promise
says in Revelation,
00:42:08.52\00:42:10.83
"They shall hunger no more."
00:42:10.86\00:42:15.10
Hallelujah, right?
Now, what does this mean?
00:42:15.13\00:42:18.33
Have you ever been to
someone's house for dinner?
00:42:18.37\00:42:22.54
And you sit down to eat,
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.44
and they start
bringing the food out,
00:42:24.47\00:42:26.54
and they'll put it on
the table and you look,
00:42:26.57\00:42:29.14
and you keep waiting
for them to bring more.
00:42:29.18\00:42:32.28
But that's all there is.
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.35
These little teeny tiny
00:42:34.38\00:42:37.45
microscopic dishes,
00:42:37.49\00:42:41.76
you know, with
nothing in it, right,
00:42:41.79\00:42:43.99
so you're afraid to eat.
00:42:44.03\00:42:46.36
You're afraid to eat
because you're afraid
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.06
that the food is
gonna run out, right.
00:42:48.10\00:42:50.40
So you get a little bit of this,
00:42:50.43\00:42:52.23
and just a little bit of that,
00:42:52.27\00:42:54.34
because you don't
want the food to run out.
00:42:54.37\00:42:57.24
Well, I have got news
for you, good news, right.
00:42:57.27\00:42:59.64
When it says, "They
shall hunger no more."
00:42:59.67\00:43:01.48
Listen, the bread of
heaven never runs out.
00:43:01.51\00:43:05.88
That dish is never
empty. It's always full.
00:43:05.91\00:43:09.85
There's always a fresh supply.
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.75
You know, there's
an old song that says,
00:43:11.79\00:43:13.56
"Though millions have come,
there's still room for one.
00:43:13.59\00:43:17.69
There is room at
the cross for you.
00:43:17.73\00:43:20.00
They shall hunger no more."
00:43:20.03\00:43:24.27
From the Mount of
Blessings, page 21.
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.40
Listen to what this author says,
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.64
"Our Lord himself
has given the command
00:43:28.67\00:43:33.07
be filled with the spirit."
00:43:33.11\00:43:35.64
Oh, I love that.
00:43:35.68\00:43:38.51
Because when I'm empty,
00:43:38.55\00:43:40.35
God is there to fill
me with His presence.
00:43:40.38\00:43:44.25
You know, right now,
00:43:44.29\00:43:45.62
I happen to be in
Huntsville, Alabama,
00:43:45.65\00:43:46.99
and my wife is in New York,
00:43:47.02\00:43:48.36
and we're doing
this commuting thing
00:43:48.39\00:43:49.99
until we can
workout the situation,
00:43:50.03\00:43:51.83
the housing
situation back and forth.
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.00
And so, we're
going back and forth,
00:43:54.03\00:43:55.43
and sometimes I'm sitting there
00:43:55.46\00:43:57.93
in that little old apartment
and I feel little lonely.
00:43:57.97\00:44:01.64
But when I get on my knees,
00:44:01.67\00:44:03.00
and I start to pray to the Lord,
00:44:03.04\00:44:04.44
guess what happens?
00:44:04.47\00:44:05.81
The Holy Spirit comes and
satisfies my needs, right.
00:44:05.84\00:44:09.68
We're never alone with God.
00:44:09.71\00:44:11.55
He says, "Be filled
with the Spirit of God."
00:44:11.58\00:44:14.02
The Spirit of God is able
to supply all of your needs
00:44:14.05\00:44:18.79
and to fill your life
with meaning and purpose.
00:44:18.82\00:44:22.12
If you come to Christ,
He won't leave you hungry.
00:44:22.16\00:44:25.06
He'll satisfy your needs.
00:44:25.09\00:44:26.80
He'll associate your souls.
00:44:26.83\00:44:28.90
He'll fill your life,
He'll nourish your experience,
00:44:28.93\00:44:32.93
and He is not
skimpy with the portions.
00:44:32.97\00:44:35.47
Hallelujah.
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.51
You know, one day my wife and I,
00:44:37.54\00:44:40.14
we went to a restaurant, right.
00:44:40.18\00:44:42.44
And we went in and sat
down, and we looked at the menu,
00:44:42.48\00:44:45.55
and there really
wasn't much there
00:44:45.58\00:44:46.92
that we could eat.
00:44:46.95\00:44:48.35
So we asked, well,
00:44:48.38\00:44:49.72
do you have any
vegetarian dishes
00:44:49.75\00:44:51.99
on your menu?
00:44:52.02\00:44:53.62
And the waiter
dropped his head and said,
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.46
"No, but let me
see what I can do."
00:44:55.49\00:44:57.79
And he went back in the kitchen.
00:44:57.83\00:45:00.33
And then a few minutes
later, out came the chef,
00:45:00.36\00:45:05.80
and when the chef found
out that we were vegetarian,
00:45:05.83\00:45:09.74
the chef was
overjoyed and delighted.
00:45:09.77\00:45:13.88
He said, "What would you
like for me to make for you?"
00:45:13.91\00:45:15.64
Said we don't know.
00:45:15.68\00:45:17.41
He said, "Just
let me handle it."
00:45:17.45\00:45:18.81
He said, "I'll make
something special for you."
00:45:18.85\00:45:21.88
And so we sat there,
00:45:21.92\00:45:23.25
and a few minutes later
the waiter brought out a dish.
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.79
Oh, this is great.
00:45:25.82\00:45:27.29
We ate that, and
a few minutes later,
00:45:27.32\00:45:29.16
he brought out another dish,
and we started eating on that.
00:45:29.19\00:45:33.03
Then a few minutes later,
he brought out another dish,
00:45:33.06\00:45:35.86
and we started eating on that.
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.87
And he brought out another dish,
00:45:37.90\00:45:39.33
and we started eating on that.
00:45:39.37\00:45:40.90
And just when we
thought that it was over,
00:45:40.94\00:45:44.77
he brought out another dish,
00:45:44.81\00:45:46.98
and we started
eating on that, right.
00:45:47.01\00:45:49.51
And then all of a
sudden, the chef came out,
00:45:49.54\00:45:53.42
and we saw him
standing in the door,
00:45:53.45\00:45:56.08
peeking over us eating,
00:45:56.12\00:45:57.72
with the biggest
smile on his face.
00:45:57.75\00:45:59.82
Then we came to understand
that it was chef's greatest joy
00:45:59.85\00:46:06.16
that we would be filled,
that we would hunger no more.
00:46:06.19\00:46:12.13
Here's what the
Bible says, John 16:24,
00:46:12.17\00:46:16.27
Jesus says,
00:46:16.30\00:46:17.64
"Hitherto, you have
asked nothing in my name."
00:46:17.67\00:46:21.21
Right.
00:46:21.24\00:46:22.58
He said,
00:46:22.61\00:46:23.95
"Ask and you may receive
that your joy may be full."
00:46:23.98\00:46:28.28
Don't you understand
that Jesus wants to fill us?
00:46:28.32\00:46:31.55
Jesus has been in the kitchen
00:46:31.59\00:46:33.72
cooking up
blessings just for you.
00:46:33.76\00:46:36.99
He has been working
in and out just for you.
00:46:37.03\00:46:39.73
Listen, Jesus could
hand us the standard menu
00:46:39.76\00:46:43.30
and just said,
"Select from this."
00:46:43.33\00:46:45.60
But instead, he is
my personal savior.
00:46:45.63\00:46:51.37
He cooks up a
blessing that is just for me,
00:46:51.41\00:46:57.41
nobody else, right.
00:46:57.45\00:46:59.98
He goes out of his way
00:47:00.02\00:47:01.35
because he wants
me to feel understood,
00:47:01.38\00:47:04.32
and validated, and
appreciated, and loved.
00:47:04.35\00:47:08.09
He understands
that there is a gap
00:47:08.12\00:47:09.99
between my desired
need and my satisfaction.
00:47:10.03\00:47:13.53
And so he says,
00:47:13.56\00:47:14.90
"I'm the one
that can satisfy him."
00:47:14.93\00:47:17.30
So, Christ, He
keeps bringing out
00:47:17.33\00:47:20.44
new surprise after new surprise.
00:47:20.47\00:47:22.17
Isn't that good, right?
00:47:22.20\00:47:23.81
New blessing after new blessing.
00:47:23.84\00:47:25.87
And then after He
gets finished blessing you,
00:47:25.91\00:47:27.71
He brings out more
grace and more mercy,
00:47:27.74\00:47:32.05
and more love and more hope,
and more joy and more peace,
00:47:32.08\00:47:38.02
and more faith,
00:47:38.05\00:47:39.39
more and more,
and more and more,
00:47:39.42\00:47:42.19
more
deliverance, more salvation,
00:47:42.22\00:47:45.63
more victory, more
praise, thank you Jesus.
00:47:45.66\00:47:50.83
You've been so good to me,
00:47:50.87\00:47:52.20
I can't even
begin to eat it all.
00:47:52.23\00:47:54.94
That's why John
says in John 1:16,
00:47:54.97\00:47:58.94
"And of his fullness,
00:47:58.97\00:48:01.18
we have received
grace for grace."
00:48:01.21\00:48:05.98
Oh, I love what
the Psalmist says
00:48:06.01\00:48:07.35
in Psalms 34:8-10, it says this,
00:48:07.38\00:48:10.72
"Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good!
00:48:10.75\00:48:15.82
Blessed is the man
that trusteth in him.
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.26
Oh, fear the
Lord, ye his saints:
00:48:18.29\00:48:20.90
for there is no want
to them that fear him.
00:48:20.93\00:48:26.23
The young lions do
lack, and suffer hunger:
00:48:26.27\00:48:29.64
but they that seek the Lord
00:48:29.67\00:48:33.27
shall not want
for any good thing."
00:48:33.31\00:48:36.18
Oh, that means
usually have it, right?
00:48:36.21\00:48:38.51
And so the Bible says,
"They shall hunger no more."
00:48:38.55\00:48:43.05
Listen, no more
desperate housewives,
00:48:43.08\00:48:48.22
no more hungry husbands,
no more abandoned children,
00:48:48.26\00:48:52.99
no more rich people
with poverty of spirit.
00:48:53.03\00:48:56.97
No more poor people,
who only rich and grace,
00:48:57.00\00:49:00.84
no more lonely days
or sleepless nights,
00:49:00.87\00:49:04.67
no more looking
for and longing for,
00:49:04.71\00:49:07.91
no more weeping
and no more wailing.
00:49:07.94\00:49:11.65
No more running from
life and running into sin,
00:49:11.68\00:49:15.95
no more hiding.
00:49:15.98\00:49:18.59
But then, I shall know
even as also I am known.
00:49:18.62\00:49:23.63
For then, my faith
will be made strong,
00:49:23.66\00:49:27.90
then all of my
questions will be answered.
00:49:27.93\00:49:31.97
All of my hopes fulfilled,
and all of my fears gone
00:49:32.00\00:49:36.71
and all of my dreams
turned into a reality
00:49:36.74\00:49:41.08
for "They shall hunger no more."
00:49:41.11\00:49:44.01
And on that day,
00:49:44.05\00:49:45.75
I want to sit at
the welcome table,
00:49:45.78\00:49:50.19
I want to be there with
Moses, and Daniel, and David,
00:49:50.22\00:49:55.62
and Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob.
00:49:55.66\00:49:59.36
I want to be there with Azaya
and Jeremiah, and Nehemiah,
00:49:59.39\00:50:03.60
and Zechariah, and Zephaniah,
00:50:03.63\00:50:06.30
and Amaziah, and
Obadiah and all the iah's.
00:50:06.33\00:50:10.71
I want to be there
at the welcome table
00:50:10.74\00:50:13.17
when we shall hunger no more.
00:50:13.21\00:50:15.54
I want to be
there with Fanny Crosby,
00:50:15.58\00:50:18.01
as she sings the song,
00:50:18.05\00:50:21.28
"Blessed
assurance Jesus is mine."
00:50:21.32\00:50:24.22
And I want to be there
00:50:24.25\00:50:25.59
when Bacchus Bach
plays his Bach cantata
00:50:25.62\00:50:28.49
joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
00:50:28.52\00:50:31.03
I want to be there.
00:50:31.06\00:50:32.89
I want to be there also
when the mighty clouds of joy
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.03
begin to walk on the
mighty clouds of joy.
00:50:36.06\00:50:38.97
I want to be there,
00:50:39.00\00:50:40.34
when the Dixie Hummingbirds
are starting to hum,
00:50:40.37\00:50:42.70
I want to be there
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.07
when the my side
drummers they start to drum
00:50:44.11\00:50:46.07
and then my side
is jump up and down
00:50:46.11\00:50:48.11
and praise the Lord.
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.08
I want to be there
00:50:50.11\00:50:51.81
to know that
from this moment on,
00:50:51.85\00:50:54.68
I'll never again
worry about anything,
00:50:54.72\00:50:59.55
for there shall be no gap
00:50:59.59\00:51:01.79
between my perceived
need and my satisfaction.
00:51:01.82\00:51:05.89
But the final thing I
will say to you is this.
00:51:05.93\00:51:09.73
You don't have to
wait to get to heaven
00:51:09.76\00:51:12.20
to experience heaven now.
00:51:12.23\00:51:16.40
God at this very moment
wants to supply your needs.
00:51:16.44\00:51:21.84
And if you're
sitting at home right now,
00:51:21.88\00:51:23.45
and you've got yourself
in the middle of some mess,
00:51:23.48\00:51:26.11
in the middle of some
destructive relationship,
00:51:26.15\00:51:28.98
we invite you to
call our prayer line,
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.59
and talk to one
of our counselors,
00:51:31.62\00:51:33.76
they will pray with you
and they will pray you through.
00:51:33.79\00:51:37.46
They will point
you to the Word of God,
00:51:37.49\00:51:39.73
and help you to understand
that there is victory,
00:51:39.76\00:51:42.63
that there is salvation
and power in the name of Jesus.
00:51:42.66\00:51:46.80
If you find
yourself at this moment
00:51:46.84\00:51:48.47
surrounded by darkness,
00:51:48.50\00:51:50.31
know that God is able to
defeat the forces of the enemy,
00:51:50.34\00:51:53.64
and no weapon formed
against you shall prosper.
00:51:53.68\00:51:56.95
No one understand
that the Spirit of God
00:51:56.98\00:51:59.58
is waiting and
knocking at your door
00:51:59.61\00:52:03.35
urging you to respond.
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.05
And so take the
opportunity today
00:52:06.09\00:52:08.89
to let Jesus be
first in your life,
00:52:08.92\00:52:11.83
to satisfy your needs,
00:52:11.86\00:52:14.10
and to give you the
peace, and the victory
00:52:14.13\00:52:17.27
that you have been
longing for your entire life.
00:52:17.30\00:52:21.07
Let's pray.
00:52:21.10\00:52:22.90
Our Father in heaven,
00:52:22.94\00:52:25.41
Lord, we've often
chased after things
00:52:25.44\00:52:28.41
that don't satisfy.
00:52:28.44\00:52:31.51
Run in the wrong directions
looking for blessings.
00:52:31.55\00:52:36.18
When all the time the blessings
are there through Jesus.
00:52:36.22\00:52:40.16
The devil always will say to us,
00:52:40.19\00:52:41.96
"You have a need,
00:52:41.99\00:52:43.32
God won't take
care of your need,
00:52:43.36\00:52:45.43
I will supply your need,
00:52:45.46\00:52:47.40
but it's a lie that
always comes with a price."
00:52:47.43\00:52:50.83
But salvation
with Jesus is free,
00:52:50.87\00:52:54.60
for He has
already paid the price.
00:52:54.64\00:52:58.07
Now, Lord, may we walk in
that salvation and victory
00:52:58.11\00:53:02.84
in Jesus' name.
00:53:02.88\00:53:04.71
Amen.
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.08
Can we say amen?
00:53:12.22\00:53:13.56
Amen.
00:53:13.59\00:53:14.92
We shall hunger no more.
00:53:14.96\00:53:16.89
Are you still
hungry? Are you still hungry?
00:53:16.93\00:53:21.26
Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst after righteousness,
00:53:21.30\00:53:23.63
for they shall be felt.
00:53:23.67\00:53:25.00
Thank you, Pastor Dr. Blue.
00:53:25.03\00:53:27.77
What encouraging words
can you give to our audience
00:53:27.80\00:53:30.01
as we wind down
this wonderful series
00:53:30.04\00:53:33.38
on what you have shared
with us looking forward?
00:53:33.41\00:53:37.85
Well, what I would like
to share with you is this.
00:53:37.88\00:53:41.55
That we talked a little bit
00:53:41.58\00:53:42.92
about the coming
Global Super Storm
00:53:42.95\00:53:47.09
and the
emergence of satanic forces
00:53:47.12\00:53:49.46
that are in this world.
00:53:49.49\00:53:51.29
No one understand that
those satanic forces are real.
00:53:51.33\00:53:54.80
They are not metaphorical,
00:53:54.83\00:53:56.33
they're not
figments of our imagination
00:53:56.36\00:53:58.03
and cannot be explained
00:53:58.07\00:53:59.53
simply by
scientific paranormal research.
00:53:59.57\00:54:03.71
The devil is real,
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.07
and he wants to destroy
each and everyone of us.
00:54:05.11\00:54:08.54
But also understand
00:54:08.58\00:54:09.94
that he is not just
working out there in the world,
00:54:09.98\00:54:12.91
he is also
working in the church.
00:54:12.95\00:54:15.68
To undermine the
church through false doctrine,
00:54:15.72\00:54:18.89
but also to make us
complacent in the church
00:54:18.92\00:54:23.26
so that we don't rise
to be the holy warriors
00:54:23.29\00:54:26.70
that God is calling us
to be in these last days.
00:54:26.73\00:54:30.70
The devil does have
power, but God has all power.
00:54:30.73\00:54:35.00
The devil does have a message,
00:54:35.04\00:54:36.94
but we have our message as well.
00:54:36.97\00:54:39.21
It is found in Revelation,
00:54:39.24\00:54:40.71
"And I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
00:54:40.74\00:54:44.78
having the
everlasting gospel..."
00:54:44.81\00:54:46.28
Amen.
00:54:46.31\00:54:47.65
"To preach to them
that dwell on the earth,
00:54:47.68\00:54:49.55
to every nation and
kindred and tongue and people
00:54:49.58\00:54:52.32
saying with the loud voice,
00:54:52.35\00:54:53.86
"Fear God..."
00:54:53.89\00:54:55.22
That's right.
00:54:55.26\00:54:56.59
"Give glory to him now."
00:54:56.62\00:54:57.96
While probation still lingers
00:54:57.99\00:55:01.06
and while the door
of mercy is still open.
00:55:01.10\00:55:03.40
And while the angels
are still holding back
00:55:03.43\00:55:05.60
to winds of strife,
00:55:05.63\00:55:06.97
fear Him and
give glory to Him now,
00:55:07.00\00:55:09.24
for soon the hour of
his judgment has come.
00:55:09.27\00:55:12.34
But before that
happens, it's not too late.
00:55:12.37\00:55:15.71
You can still make it in.
00:55:15.74\00:55:17.61
God still has the place for you.
00:55:17.65\00:55:19.58
And then there is no
sin that God cannot forgive.
00:55:19.61\00:55:22.95
There is no chain
that God cannot brake.
00:55:22.98\00:55:25.99
There is no pressure upon
you that God cannot relieve.
00:55:26.02\00:55:29.72
There is no way
blocked that God cannot open.
00:55:29.76\00:55:32.83
He is a mighty, a
powerful and an almighty God.
00:55:32.86\00:55:35.96
And that we would but trust him,
00:55:36.00\00:55:37.90
He will deliver us.
00:55:37.93\00:55:40.14
Wow.
00:55:40.17\00:55:41.50
I don't think
he is empty by far.
00:55:41.54\00:55:42.87
Can you say amen?
00:55:42.90\00:55:44.24
Amen. Wow.
00:55:44.27\00:55:45.61
What do we follow that up with?
00:55:45.64\00:55:47.34
You just
encouraged me to the point
00:55:47.38\00:55:48.98
where I have a whole
lot more sermon material.
00:55:49.01\00:55:50.85
I know Pastor
C.A has taken notes.
00:55:50.88\00:55:52.81
We always do that.
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.18
But now as you go back
to Oakwood University--
00:55:54.22\00:55:56.58
Yes, sir.
00:55:56.62\00:55:58.25
You have a lot of young people
00:55:58.29\00:55:59.62
that you're faced
with on a daily basis.
00:55:59.65\00:56:00.99
Yes.
00:56:01.02\00:56:02.36
What can you say to our
young folk in particular today?
00:56:02.39\00:56:05.36
I would say to the young people,
00:56:05.39\00:56:07.03
you must come to understand,
00:56:07.06\00:56:09.20
that at this
junction in earth's history,
00:56:09.23\00:56:12.93
you don't have time,
00:56:12.97\00:56:14.30
there are really only two roads
and you must make a decision.
00:56:14.34\00:56:18.24
What appears to be
the tinsel of this world
00:56:18.27\00:56:21.48
cannot be compared to the glory
that God has revealed to us.
00:56:21.51\00:56:25.01
And God wants to use you now
00:56:25.05\00:56:27.52
in your youth to be
a holy warrior for Him.
00:56:27.55\00:56:30.82
If you try Him
and trust Him now,
00:56:30.85\00:56:33.66
He will take you places
00:56:33.69\00:56:35.16
where you have never
thought you would go.
00:56:35.19\00:56:37.26
And do things with you
00:56:37.29\00:56:38.63
that you never
dreamed were possible.
00:56:38.66\00:56:40.86
He will exalt you
00:56:40.90\00:56:42.23
if you humble
yourself before Him.
00:56:42.26\00:56:43.77
And He will use
you in mighty ways
00:56:43.80\00:56:46.60
to shake the very
foundations of hell
00:56:46.63\00:56:49.04
to build the kingdom of God.
00:56:49.07\00:56:50.47
That's right. That's right.
00:56:50.51\00:56:52.01
And so with those
words in mind, once again,
00:56:52.04\00:56:54.41
I want to thank
you for reminding us
00:56:54.44\00:56:56.54
that this is not our
last time by God's grace,
00:56:56.58\00:56:59.41
that we will have
you grace the stage.
00:56:59.45\00:57:01.18
Not only of Dare to
Dream, but the ministry of 3ABN,
00:57:01.22\00:57:04.19
can we all say amen to that?
00:57:04.22\00:57:06.32
This food has been given to us,
00:57:06.35\00:57:08.62
courtesy of the
Lord Jesus on high
00:57:08.66\00:57:11.56
through a servant whose
heart is not only willing,
00:57:11.59\00:57:14.16
but you can see
there's a whole lot more there.
00:57:14.20\00:57:15.73
So on behalf of
Dr. Dedrick Blue,
00:57:15.76\00:57:18.13
Chelauna King, Dr. Yvonne Lewis,
00:57:18.17\00:57:20.27
and the 3ABN staff here.
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And Dare to Dream,
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we want to thank
you for tuning in.
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Remember, there's only
one foundation of faith
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and His name is Jesus.
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God bless you.
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Amen.
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