Good morning and
welcome to Fall Camp Meeting!
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How are you this morning?
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Fine!
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I asked everyone
here if they slept well
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and there was kind of a mixed
"Yeah, I don't really know. "
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Then I asked them
"How was breakfast? "
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And they said? "Yes! "
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Yes! We thank
Melody and her crew.
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We've been fed
physically this morning.
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We're looking forward to being
fed spiritually all day today,
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aren't we? Amen! This
morning I have the privilege
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of introducing
my dear wife Jill.
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She's going to be the
speaker for this hour.
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And I have to say I'm very
blessed to be married to her.
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We've been
married... we just passed our
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17th wedding
anniversary just last week.
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So I am so blessed.
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She's a woman of the
Word. She loves the Lord,
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and as you see Jill up front
it's who she is also at home.
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She loves people; she
loves studying the Word of God.
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I don't know... how many of
you watch Sabbath School Panel?
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Quite a few of you? OK.
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Well, those that are on
the panel: they study very hard
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and Jill is one of those.
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She loves
studying the Word of God.
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She'll spend the weekend
just studying and immersed.
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She's like: "Greg, guess
what? Wow! This is amazing. "
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She's telling me
all these neat tidbits.
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But the Word of God feeds her.
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And I just pray today
that the Word of God feeds you
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as well. You know,
you can listen to the Word
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but make it part of
you, right? That's the key.
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Today she's going to be
sharing When God Is Silent.
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But before she comes
we're going to be blessed by
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a beautiful song by
Celestine Barry-Dickens.
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And it's entitled
Were It Not For Grace.
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And accompanying on the piano
is Farrah Barry, her daughter.
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Time measured out my days...
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life carried me along.
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In my soul I yearned
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to follow God
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but knew I'd never be
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so strong.
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I looked hard at this world
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to learn how heaven
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could be gained
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Just to end where I began:
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where human effort
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is all in vain.
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Were it not for grace
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I can tell you where
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I'd be:
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Wand'ring down
some pointless road
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to nowhere
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with my salvation up to me.
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I know how that would go...
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the battles I would face
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Forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not for grace.
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So here is all my praise
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expressed with all my heart
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Offered to the Friend
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who took my place
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and ran a course I
could not even start.
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And when He saw in full
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just how much His love
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would cost
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He still went the final mile
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between me and heaven
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so I would not be lost!
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Were it not
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for grace
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I can tell you where
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I'd be:
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wand'ring down
some pointless road
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to nowhere
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with my salvation up to me.
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I know how that would go...
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the battles I would face.
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Forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not
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for grace...
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forever running
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but losing the race
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were it not
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for
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grace.
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Amen! Thank you so
much Celestine and Farrah.
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Where would we be
without the grace of God?
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Were it not for
grace. Good morning!
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Good morning. You all rest well?
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Did my husband
Greg just ask you that?
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We think alike.
After 17 years of marriage
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you start to think alike, right?
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The message this morning
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is entitled When God Is Silent.
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Not If God Is Silent
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because if you live long enough
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and you experience life
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you will experience
at some point or another
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the silence of God.
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My cell phone here
is my trusty companion.
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I told you last night -
I think it was last night -
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that I'm always with my
phone. So I thought I'd better
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bring it up with me here today.
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This phone... I am guilty
of... sometimes in meetings
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looking at it. I
might be in a meeting
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and all of a sudden my
boss calls... Danny calls.
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"Oh, excuse me... I
need to get the phone. "
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You're distracted, right?
Have you ever talked to someone
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and you're visiting with them
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and instead of them focused
like this gentleman right here
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looking you in the
eye, paying attention
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they're: "Oh
yeah... uh-huh... uh-huh. "
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Does that bother you? Yes!
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You feel like there's no
sort of connection, right?
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God desires - He
has always desired -
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to be in connection
with us as His people.
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Think about Adam and Eve.
All the way in the beginning
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back in Genesis God created them
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to live in connection with Him.
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What happened every
evening in the cool of the day?
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God came and He
talked with them.
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But we know that sin entered
this world and sin created
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a disconnect. Sin
broke that connection
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between us and the Father.
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All throughout the Bible
we see this incredible promise
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that God wants to
dwell with us... His people.
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He wants to establish -
re-establish - that connection
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with us. Exodus 25
verse 8. The Israelites
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He said: "Let them
make Me a sanctuary
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that I may... "
What's that word?
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Dwell. "dwell among them. "
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You go over a couple more
chapters: Exodus 29 verse 46.
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"They shall know that
I am the Lord their God
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who brought them
out of the land of Egypt
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that I may dwell among them. "
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I Kings 6 verse 13:
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"I will dwell
among the sons of Israel
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and will not
forsake My people Israel. "
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Zechariah 2 verse
10... I love this scripture:
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"Sing for joy,
O daughter of Zion
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for I am coming and I
will dwell in your midst. "
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God has always wanted to
dwell with us as His people!
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It transfers over
into the New Testament.
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John chapter 1 verse 14:
"And the Word was made flesh
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and dwelt among us.
As we beheld His glory
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as of the only
begotten from the Father
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full of grace and truth. "
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Now remember, all the
way back at the beginning
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in Genesis God had wanted
that connection with His people.
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And all throughout
Scripture - the Old Testament
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into the New
Testament - we see God desiring
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to dwell with His people.
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We get all the way to
the last book of the Bible:
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Revelation
chapter 21 and verse 3.
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"And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying:
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'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men
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and He will dwell with them.
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And they shall be His people
and God will be among them. ' "
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So from the
beginning before Eden was lost
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God wanted to
dwell with His people.
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And all throughout
history He still desires
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a connection
with us as His people.
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And in Eden restored God
will dwell with us again.
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God has always had a people
with whom He had a special
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relationship. Think about Enoch.
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He walked with God so
closely that what happened?
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God "took" him.
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Think about Abraham being called
out of the land of the Chaldees
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to a land that he didn't
even know where he was going.
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Why? Because God wanted to
establish a special relationship
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with Abraham and by
extension his descendants.
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God has always desired
relationships with His people.
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But what if you can't find Him?
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What if you can't
feel His presence?
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What if you
can't sense His favor?
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What happens then?
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Let's pray.
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Father, we come
before You just now.
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I am nothing,
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and I ask right now for
a coal from off Your altar.
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I pray that Jesus
would be lifted up and seen
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and glorified here
today. That Your Word
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and Your Spirit would
go forward with power.
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And we thank you
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Greg and I were
in Phoenix, Arizona
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just about a
year and a half ago.
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3ABN was doing evangelistic
meetings from Phoenix
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and we brought our
trucks and did a live broadcast.
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After church I was kind
of at the back of the church
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and a lady came
up and approached me.
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She said: "Hey Jill,
I want to talk to you. "
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And I said: "Oh, great! "
'cause I love to meet people.
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And I love to meet
people especially who are part
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of the 3ABN family.
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And so I said:
"Oh, that's wonderful. "
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And she said: "I read
an article that you wrote
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in the Adventist Review. "
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She said: "It was about
your journey with infertility. "
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And as soon as she said
that my little antennas went up
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because... I'm going to
tell you a little secret today.
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When you choose to
be open with people
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about what goes on in your life
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it gives people the opportunity
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to speak into your
life. Is that not true?
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If you're open then other people
can be open back with you.
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Now this is a double-edged sword
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because there are many people...
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Greg and I have been
very open about our journey
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with infertility.
There are many people
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that would come up and
say: "Oh, we're praying for you"
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or "Have you
considered adoption? "
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or "Maybe you should
consider this certain thing. "
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Which is wonderful. We love
to hear suggestions and ideas
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and thoughts from people.
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But there are certain people
who maybe take that a little bit
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farther. I received a
phone call in the office one day
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and I just want you all to know
I'm just sharing this with you
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right here in this group. We
don't want anything to go out
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on air about this or
anything like that. So...
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this is a private thing that
I'm sharing with you right now.
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So just so you know:
don't really make a big issue
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out of this, OK? This is
just between us right here.
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So this lady called me,
and I won't tell you the city
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but it was from a large
metropolitan city in the US.
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And she called and she
said: "Jill, I understand
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you don't have kids. " And I
said: "Yes ma'am that's right. "
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She said: "Well
I want you to know
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if you make my
recipe for beef stew... "
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"you will have a baby. "
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Now I just want you all
to know I'm a vegetarian.
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I have never
eaten meat in my life.
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I'm not saying it's
right or wrong, it's just my
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personal choice. And I
thought: "Well, bless her heart.
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It's very kind. " So she said:
"I'm giving you the recipe. "
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I said: "Yes ma'am...
I will write it down. "
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So I'm taking notes. Two pounds
of beef and so many onions
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and so much... She's
giving me the recipe.
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I'm writing it down.
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And she said: "Are
you writing this down? "
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And I said: "Yes, I am. "
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And then she said: "Well I
am going to be watching on 3ABN
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and if in three months you don't
start to develop a little tummy
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I'm coming to 3ABN and I
will cook beef stew for you. "
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So when this lady in Phoenix
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said: "I read your article about
your journey with infertility"
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I thought: "Please,
God... not beef stew! "
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"I'm just... I'm just not
ready to deal with beef stew
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at the moment, you know? "
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But that was not at
all what she had in mind.
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She said: "I want to
share with you my own journey. "
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And she told me
about she and her husband.
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Married. Tried
for kids for 10 years.
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That's a long time. She
said that they couldn't.
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They decided to adopt...
which is a beautiful thing.
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She said they
decided on a foreign adoption
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and they paid a
great deal of money
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to do this foreign adoption.
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They were supposed
to get 2 little girls.
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They named them.
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They got their pictures.
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They were due to
get the girls very soon.
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And then she
said: "We got the news
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that the girls who
were supposed to be ours
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had been sold in
the sex traffic trade. "
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She said: "Jill, every day
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I live with the knowledge
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that those
pictures on the fridge
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that were
supposed to be my girls
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and they're not.
And not only that
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they might be dead today,
Jill. It's been several years.
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Or even worse, we don't
know what's going on with them.
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But if you cry out to God
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and it appears
that He is silent... "
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The children of Israel
experienced the silence of God.
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Turn with me to
Exodus. Exodus chapter 1.
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Exodus chapter 1 verse 7
describes the supernatural
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multiplication of
the children of Israel.
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Exodus 1:7: "But
the children of Israel
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were fruitful and
increased abundantly
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multiplied and
grew exceedingly mighty.
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And the land was
filled with them. "
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So you see all
those verbs there?
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They were
fruitful, they increased,
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they multiplied, they grew.
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"And the land was
filled with them. "
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But then a new king came up
and he didn't really know about
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Joseph and maybe he
didn't really like Joseph.
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And maybe he really didn't like
the way that the children of
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Israel were multiplying.
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And so he forced
them to become slaves.
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They were forced to do service
in the field to make bricks.
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And when that
didn't work so well
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he instituted a new
law that the midwives
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were supposed to kill the
firstborn... the new baby boys.
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Were supposed to kill
all newborn baby boys.
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They were in 400 years
of slavery and bondage.
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God had promised to deliver them
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and yet for 400 years
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it appeared as
if God was silent.
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Now a side note.
It's interesting to me
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400 years is kind of
significant in the Bible.
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We have 400 years of slavery.
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400 years of the
times of the judges.
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400 years of the
times of the kings
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and 400 years of the
inter-Testamental period.
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That's between the
book of Malachi and Matthew
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when Jesus comes on the scene.
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So the end of the
prophets to Matthew
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is another 400 years.
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I want to tell you today:
when it seems God is silent
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He is not absent.
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When it seems He is
silent He is not still.
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When it seems He is
silent He is not finished.
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Job also
experienced the silence of God.
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Turn with me to
Job... Job chapter 30.
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Now Job lost a
great deal in his life.
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What did he lose? He lost
his livelihood, did he not?
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And his herds and his
cattle and his servants.
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He lost his children,
did he not? All ten of them?
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And to be honest he
really lost his wife, too,
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because she kind of turned
against him in the midst of this
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and he lost his health.
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We're in Job
chapter 30 verse 20.
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Job chapter 30 verse 20.
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Job says: "I cry out
to You... " meaning God.
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"but You do not answer me.
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I stand up and You regard me. "
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The New Living
Translation says: "I cry to You,
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O God, but You don't answer.
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I stand before You and
You don't even look at me. "
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Jesus experienced
the silence of God.
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Psalm chapter 22 verses 1 and 2.
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This is that Messianic psalm.
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He says on the
cross: "My God! My God!
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Why have you forsaken Me?
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.47
What are You so
far from helping me
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and from the
words of my groaning?
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O my God! I cry in the
daytime but You do not hear.
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I cry in the night
season and am not silent. "
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When it seems that God is
silent we are called to trust
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the promise not the perception.
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We are called to walk
by faith not by sight.
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We are called to
trust Him in the storm
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as well as the sunshine.
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Called to trust Him by
faith... not our feelings.
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Now this morning I want to
talk to you about seven things
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that God is doing when
it appears that He's silent.
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So when we think in our
journey, in our walk with God,
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and you're praying and it
feels like your prayer hits
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the ceiling and it
bounces back and tumbles down
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around your shoulders
and "Where are You, God? "
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In the midst of this when
it seems that God is silent
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there are seven
things that He is doing
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even in the midst
of that silence...
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seven things He's doing.
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Number one: He hears.
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He's still listening.
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It might seem that He is
silent but He's still listening.
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Turn back to the
children of Israel.
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We're going back to Exodus.
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Exodus chapter 2 verse 23.
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Remember they'd
been 400 years in bondage
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wondering: "God, where are You?
It seems that You're silent. "
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It says: "Then the
children of Israel groaned
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because of the
bondage and they cried out.
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And their cry came up to
God because of the bondage. "
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Verse 24: "So God
heard their groaning... "
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You hear that word?
"God heard their groaning
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and He remembered His covenant
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. "
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Jump over to Exodus 3 verse 7.
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The Lord said: "I have
surely seen the oppression
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of My people who are in
Egypt and have heard their cry
00:23:16.16\00:23:19.56
because of their taskmasters. "
00:23:19.76\00:23:22.26
So does it seem right
now that you are walking
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in a dry desert place? Does
it seem like you are walking
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in the silence of God?
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God hears you right now.
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In the midst of whatever
you deal with, in the midst of
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whatever you are going through
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God is
listening... God hears you.
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Psalm 34:15: "They
eyes of the Lord are
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upon the righteous and His
ears are open unto their cry. "
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Number two. What's the
second thing God is doing
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when it APPEARS
that He's silent?
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He not only hears... He cares.
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You know, you can
really listen to someone
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and not focus or put your
full attention or really care.
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Is that true? I
remember growing up
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.45
as a kid. My sister
and I used to tease my Dad
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a great deal because whenever
he got involved in reading
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everything else
would kind of shove aside
00:24:17.59\00:24:20.22
and he wouldn't
even pay attention.
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So we would come
and say: "Daddy... "
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and we'd ask him
a simple question.
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And he'd say: "Uh-huh. "
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And then we'd say: "Oh, he
wasn't really paying attention.
00:24:29.90\00:24:32.73
" Right? So he heard us
enough to say: "Uh-huh. "
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.17
Right? But it didn't seem
like he was really invested
00:24:35.37\00:24:37.24
at that point. So
then we would say:
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.31
"Oh, Daddy, can... can
we go get some ice cream? "
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.84
"Uh-huh. " Now if
you knew my parents
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you'd know that
was kind of a no-no
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so you know he's not listening.
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Then we'd say: "Daddy... " This
is always how we ended it...
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.95
"is your head chopped off? "
00:24:52.15\00:24:53.56
"Uh-huh. "
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So that tells you
00:24:56.09\00:24:58.36
you can hear but not
really pay attention.
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Is that true? But
God not only hears
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He cares.
00:25:06.17\00:25:07.67
He is invested; He is interested
00:25:08.07\00:25:11.81
in what happens
to you and to me.
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Matthew 10, Jesus speaking,
talks about "not a sparrow
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falls to the ground
without the Father's notice. "
00:25:18.68\00:25:23.52
Now I don't know
if you like birds.
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Greg and I like birds. Some of
my favorites are the bluebirds.
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They're so pretty.
Aren't they pretty? Oh!
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And the cardinals are so
bright and vibrant in their red.
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And then there's the sparrows.
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They're common.
Would you say that?
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There's a lot of sparrows.
They're brown, kind of motley,
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which is no issue...
except they kick my bluebirds
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out of the bluebird house
and THAT I take issue with.
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But regardless of
whether they're a bully or not,
00:25:54.08\00:25:57.09
regardless of whether
they're very attractive,
00:25:57.29\00:25:59.05
regardless of
whether there's a lot of them
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or a few of them God
says: "Even the sparrow
00:26:01.02\00:26:06.19
does not fall to the ground
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.66
and I pay
attention. I notice; I see. "
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So God hears us in the
midst of seemingly silent times.
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God cares. Number
three: He understands.
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He understands.
00:26:22.44\00:26:24.08
When you're going
through a difficult time
00:26:25.58\00:26:27.48
do you want someone
who understands you?
00:26:27.68\00:26:29.55
Someone who can be
there? Who can empathize?
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.95
The story is told of a teenager
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who always read bedtime
stories to his little sister.
00:26:36.73\00:26:41.43
And he got kind of tired every
night the same bedtime story.
00:26:41.63\00:26:46.57
You know, couldn't
she get a new story?
00:26:46.77\00:26:48.10
And he read it over, and
the next night he read it again.
00:26:48.20\00:26:51.74
And then the next
night he read it again.
00:26:51.94\00:26:54.34
Over and over and over.
00:26:54.54\00:26:57.08
So then he got the
bright idea and he said:
00:26:57.28\00:26:59.61
"I'm going to record
myself on a tape player
00:26:59.81\00:27:02.45
reading the bedtime story
00:27:02.65\00:27:04.09
so any time she
wants to hear my voice
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.32
and she wants to
listen to the story
00:27:06.52\00:27:08.29
she just turns on the tape. "
00:27:08.49\00:27:09.82
So he gave it to her.
"I've got a present for you. "
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.93
And he's thinking:
"Whew! I'm kind of free of my
00:27:12.33\00:27:14.20
little kid sister and I
don't have to worry about this
00:27:14.40\00:27:16.46
every night. "
00:27:16.67\00:27:18.00
So he gave her... "Here
is the little tape player
00:27:18.13\00:27:20.74
and any time you
want to hear a story
00:27:20.94\00:27:23.27
you just turn the button
on and you can listen to it. "
00:27:23.47\00:27:26.11
She said: "But I don't want that
00:27:26.51\00:27:28.34
'cause it doesn't have a lap. "
00:27:28.84\00:27:31.98
"It doesn't have a lap. "
00:27:32.48\00:27:33.82
So her favorite
part was the fact that
00:27:34.02\00:27:37.09
she could be with him
and she could sit on his lap
00:27:37.29\00:27:40.82
when he read
the bedtime stories.
00:27:41.02\00:27:43.69
We all need...
it's an inherent need
00:27:44.09\00:27:47.10
in all of us...
to be understood.
00:27:47.30\00:27:49.00
To know that
someone - God - understands
00:27:49.50\00:27:54.40
what you are going through in
the midst of that silent time.
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Jesus
understands. Hebrews 4:14-16.
00:27:58.67\00:28:02.18
"Seeing then that we
have a great High Priest
00:28:02.58\00:28:06.41
who has passed
through the heavens -
00:28:06.61\00:28:08.78
Jesus, the Son of God -
let us hold fast our confession
00:28:08.98\00:28:13.19
for we do not have a High
Priest who cannot sympathize
00:28:13.39\00:28:17.16
with our weaknesses.
" Other translations say
00:28:17.36\00:28:20.16
"We don't have a High
Priest who cannot understand
00:28:20.36\00:28:24.17
our weaknesses. "
"But He was in all points
00:28:24.33\00:28:27.24
tempted like as we
are yet without sin.
00:28:27.44\00:28:30.21
Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace
00:28:31.37\00:28:34.88
knowing that we may obtain mercy
00:28:35.28\00:28:37.51
and find grace to
help in our time of need. "
00:28:37.71\00:28:41.52
Jesus understands.
00:28:42.02\00:28:43.85
What does He understand?
00:28:44.05\00:28:45.39
He certainly
understands temptation...
00:28:45.42\00:28:47.26
would you say that's true?
00:28:47.46\00:28:48.79
Luke 4:1-2.
00:28:48.96\00:28:50.43
"Jesus, being filled with
the Holy Spirit, returned from
00:28:50.63\00:28:53.03
Jordan and was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness
00:28:53.23\00:28:56.60
being temped for 40
days of the devil. "
00:28:56.80\00:28:59.10
Forty days...
consistent. He understands
00:28:59.30\00:29:02.64
what it feels
like to be tempted.
00:29:02.84\00:29:05.07
He understands hunger.
00:29:05.57\00:29:06.91
Luke 4:2: "And
those days He ate nothing,
00:29:06.98\00:29:11.31
and afterward when they
had ended He was hungry. "
00:29:11.71\00:29:14.38
Now I don't know about you
but fasting is not my gift.
00:29:14.58\00:29:17.75
Right? So you
need to pray for me.
00:29:19.05\00:29:20.92
I need to work on that
more. But fasting is a difficult
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.59
thing. No food? Wow!
00:29:23.79\00:29:25.73
Jesus understands hunger.
00:29:26.80\00:29:28.96
He understands poverty.
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.13
Matthew 8 verse 20:
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.60
"Jesus said to
him: 'Foxes have holes
00:29:33.80\00:29:36.00
and the birds of
the air have nests
00:29:36.20\00:29:37.71
but the Son of Man has
nowhere to lay His head. ' "
00:29:37.91\00:29:42.68
Jesus understands weariness.
00:29:43.21\00:29:45.75
Have you ever been weary?
00:29:46.15\00:29:47.48
John 4:6: "Now
Jacob's well was there.
00:29:47.72\00:29:50.62
Jesus, therefore,
being weary from His journey
00:29:50.82\00:29:54.26
sat by the well. "
00:29:54.46\00:29:56.36
He understands weariness.
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.19
He understands disappointment.
00:29:58.29\00:30:01.30
Luke 13 verse 34.
00:30:01.50\00:30:03.90
This is when He's
overlooking Jerusalem.
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.34
He says: "Oh
Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
00:30:07.54\00:30:09.64
The one who kills the prophets
00:30:09.84\00:30:12.07
and stones those
who are sent to her.
00:30:12.27\00:30:15.48
How often I wanted
to gather your children
00:30:15.68\00:30:19.11
together as a hen gathers
her brood under her wings
00:30:19.31\00:30:23.02
but you were not willing. "
00:30:23.42\00:30:25.69
He loves His people.
00:30:25.89\00:30:28.59
He came to die for His people
00:30:28.79\00:30:32.39
and yet they didn't care.
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.93
They didn't want to be gathered.
00:30:35.33\00:30:37.37
They didn't want to be saved.
00:30:37.57\00:30:39.90
They didn't want
what He had to offer.
00:30:40.10\00:30:43.61
Jesus
understands disappointment.
00:30:44.01\00:30:46.91
He understands rejection.
00:30:47.31\00:30:48.84
John 6:66-67
00:30:49.34\00:30:52.15
says: "From that
time many of His disciples
00:30:52.55\00:30:55.88
went back and
walked with Him no more. "
00:30:56.08\00:31:00.29
"Then Jesus said to the twelve:
00:31:00.99\00:31:02.72
'Are you going
to leave me too? ' "
00:31:02.92\00:31:04.56
"Will you also go away? "
00:31:04.76\00:31:07.13
Jesus understands rejection.
00:31:07.33\00:31:09.73
He understands
sorrow. Matthew 26...
00:31:09.93\00:31:12.87
this is the
Garden of Gethsemane.
00:31:13.07\00:31:15.57
He's falling
prostrate on the ground.
00:31:15.97\00:31:18.61
"My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful... even unto death. "
00:31:19.34\00:31:23.65
He understands
death. John chapter 11.
00:31:24.45\00:31:27.68
Remember? The death
of His friend Lazarus.
00:31:27.88\00:31:30.32
And the Bible tells
us that "Jesus wept. "
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.56
He also
understands the silence of God.
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Matthew 27 verse 46.
00:31:38.86\00:31:41.03
"At the ninth hour Jesus
cried out: 'My God! My God!
00:31:41.23\00:31:44.80
Why have You forsaken Me? ' "
00:31:45.20\00:31:48.17
Now that's just a few
things that Jesus understands.
00:31:48.37\00:31:50.77
We know He understands us
completely because He walked
00:31:50.97\00:31:54.78
this earth as a human:
00:31:54.98\00:31:57.28
fully divine... fully human.
00:31:57.48\00:32:00.18
He walked this
earth and He understands.
00:32:00.38\00:32:02.58
So when we
experience the silence of God
00:32:03.28\00:32:08.56
we know that He hears.
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.16
We know that He cares.
00:32:10.36\00:32:12.29
We know that He understands.
00:32:12.49\00:32:14.46
Number four: He comforts.
00:32:14.66\00:32:17.17
Have you experienced
the comforting power of God?
00:32:17.47\00:32:19.60
How does He comfort?
00:32:20.00\00:32:21.84
He comforts us by His Word.
00:32:22.04\00:32:24.17
Psalm 119:49-50.
00:32:24.37\00:32:27.34
"Remember the Word to Your
servant upon which You have
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.45
caused me to hope. This is
my comfort in my affliction
00:32:30.65\00:32:34.92
for Your Word
has given me life. "
00:32:35.32\00:32:38.42
What gave comfort in
the midst of the affliction?
00:32:38.62\00:32:42.46
His Word. God's Word
has incredible power!
00:32:43.39\00:32:47.66
The promises contained in this
Word... we know all His promises
00:32:47.86\00:32:51.70
are yes and
amen in Christ Jesus.
00:32:51.90\00:32:55.97
I love to pray the
Word of God back to Him.
00:32:56.37\00:32:59.54
That
revolutionized my prayer life
00:32:59.74\00:33:02.74
when I understood that I
could claim these promises
00:33:02.94\00:33:06.35
and I could call
those things that are not
00:33:06.55\00:33:09.48
as though they
already were. In other words,
00:33:09.68\00:33:12.09
it says: "I am a new
creation in Christ Jesus. "
00:33:12.29\00:33:14.82
Well, do I feel new today? No.
00:33:15.02\00:33:16.66
Do I act new? You
could ask my husband.
00:33:16.86\00:33:19.49
He'd probably say:
"Well, I'm not so sure, Jilly. "
00:33:19.69\00:33:21.76
So the truth is that in
Christ I can claim them.
00:33:21.96\00:33:27.07
I can pray that back
to God and say: "Thank you
00:33:27.47\00:33:30.87
God that in You You
can make me a new creation
00:33:31.07\00:33:36.54
and You have made
me a new creation. "
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.68
We experience comfort by His
Word. We experience comfort by
00:33:39.48\00:33:42.45
His Spirit. We experience
comfort by His presence.
00:33:42.65\00:33:47.79
Psalm 23:4: "Yea, though I walk
00:33:48.19\00:33:50.53
through the valley
of the shadow of death
00:33:50.73\00:33:53.46
I will fear no
evil... " And why?
00:33:53.66\00:33:55.56
Because He is with us.
00:33:55.76\00:33:58.83
His presence brings us comfort.
00:33:59.03\00:34:01.87
Number five: He accompanies.
00:34:02.07\00:34:04.47
Turn with me to Isaiah.
00:34:04.87\00:34:06.57
Isaiah is probably one of my
favorite Old Testament books.
00:34:06.98\00:34:10.55
And it's kind of
divided into two sections.
00:34:10.95\00:34:13.05
You have the
first section of Isaiah
00:34:13.45\00:34:14.95
called the Book of Judgment.
00:34:15.15\00:34:17.49
And it's a little
harsh you could say.
00:34:17.89\00:34:20.86
The people were
turning their back on God.
00:34:21.02\00:34:23.69
They had forsaken Him;
they were worshiping idols.
00:34:23.89\00:34:27.26
And so the
message is a strong one.
00:34:27.66\00:34:30.77
It's a message of judgment: to
turn from what they were doing.
00:34:30.97\00:34:35.07
The second half
of the book of Isaiah
00:34:35.47\00:34:37.51
is a message of comfort.
00:34:37.71\00:34:40.31
Isaiah chapter 43.
00:34:40.81\00:34:42.74
Isaiah 43. God wants
us to turn back to Him.
00:34:43.14\00:34:47.12
He wants to redeem us
and restore our relationship
00:34:47.32\00:34:52.25
with Him. Isaiah
chapter 43 verse 1:
00:34:52.45\00:34:55.16
"Now thus says the Lord
who created you, O Jacob. "
00:34:55.36\00:34:59.43
In the Hebrew the word
for create means to form
00:34:59.63\00:35:02.46
or shape. I imagine God -
00:35:02.66\00:35:06.57
Adam and Eve in the
very beginning - forming them
00:35:08.44\00:35:11.97
from the dust of the ground.
00:35:12.37\00:35:14.34
"Now thus says the
Lord who created you.
00:35:14.54\00:35:17.18
He formed you,
O Israel. Fear not
00:35:17.38\00:35:22.38
for I have redeemed you. "
00:35:22.58\00:35:25.52
He bought us back.
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.46
He made us in the beginning
00:35:28.66\00:35:30.79
and then we
turned our back on Him.
00:35:30.99\00:35:33.90
We said: "We don't want
anything to do with You.
00:35:34.10\00:35:35.83
We choose our own way. "
00:35:36.03\00:35:38.57
And then He, by
the power of His Spirit
00:35:38.77\00:35:41.20
and by the blood
of Jesus at the cross
00:35:41.60\00:35:44.34
He bought us back.
00:35:44.54\00:35:46.57
"I have called you by
your name... you are Mine. "
00:35:46.98\00:35:49.14
Here's the promise, verse 2:
00:35:49.34\00:35:50.68
"When you pass through
the waters I will be with you
00:35:50.81\00:35:54.42
and through the rivers...
they shall not overflow you.
00:35:54.82\00:35:57.92
When you walk through the
fire you shall not be burned
00:35:58.12\00:36:00.26
nor shall the flames scorch you.
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.52
I am the Lord your
God, the Holy One of Israel,
00:36:02.72\00:36:06.16
your Savior. "
00:36:06.36\00:36:07.96
He walks with us in
the midst of the fire.
00:36:09.66\00:36:13.60
He walks beside us as we
go through the raging stream.
00:36:13.80\00:36:19.21
We do not walk alone.
00:36:19.41\00:36:21.61
Hebrews 13 verse 5 He
says: "Never will I leave you;
00:36:21.81\00:36:25.95
never will I forsake you. "
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.55
We are not alone.
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.79
Twenty years ago my Mom had
some serious health challenges.
00:36:31.29\00:36:35.19
And even though it's been
20 years I can remember it
00:36:35.69\00:36:38.09
as if it were yesterday.
00:36:38.29\00:36:39.96
I remember the doctor
visit after doctor visit.
00:36:40.36\00:36:43.06
I remember wondering
what's going to happen.
00:36:43.57\00:36:47.44
What's the
diagnosis going to be?
00:36:47.64\00:36:49.57
Scared! And there was
a certain scripture that
00:36:50.07\00:36:53.24
I claimed: Psalm 112 verse 7.
00:36:53.44\00:36:56.54
"You shall not be
afraid of evil tidings.
00:36:56.75\00:37:00.45
His heart is fixed
trusting in the Lord. "
00:37:00.65\00:37:05.19
Now I had
misinterpreted that scripture.
00:37:05.39\00:37:08.66
I thought it meant
nothing evil will come to me
00:37:09.06\00:37:12.53
as long as my heart is
fixed trusting in the Lord.
00:37:12.73\00:37:15.73
Well that's not what
the scripture says at all
00:37:15.93\00:37:17.37
but that is what I was claiming.
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.57
"So God, as long as
I have enough faith,
00:37:19.77\00:37:22.70
as long as my heart is
fixed firmly enough on You,
00:37:22.90\00:37:27.08
as long as I keep that
00:37:27.48\00:37:29.44
we're going to have a
good outcome for my Mom. "
00:37:29.64\00:37:32.21
So I remember sitting
in the doctor's office.
00:37:32.71\00:37:34.72
My Mom's on the
table here in the middle;
00:37:34.92\00:37:37.25
my Dad's on this side.
00:37:37.45\00:37:38.82
I can still remember
him leaning against the wall
00:37:39.02\00:37:40.86
arms folded across his chest.
00:37:41.06\00:37:43.02
I'm over here on this side
leaning up against the wall
00:37:43.63\00:37:46.49
over here arms
across my chest looking.
00:37:46.70\00:37:48.96
Here comes the doctor
and I'm just claiming:
00:37:49.36\00:37:51.27
"You shall not be
afraid of evil tidings.
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.07
His heart is fixed
trusting in the Lord God. "
00:37:53.27\00:37:55.14
"You've got this, God. It's
going to be a good report. "
00:37:55.34\00:37:58.04
"God, I'm claiming that. "
00:37:58.24\00:37:59.91
The doctor comes in.
00:38:00.31\00:38:02.21
He says: "I'm so sorry
00:38:02.61\00:38:04.61
but the diagnosis isn't good.
00:38:05.01\00:38:10.35
She's diagnosed with MS. "
00:38:11.65\00:38:13.66
And I remember it
was quiet in the room.
00:38:14.16\00:38:18.89
The doctor left. I
remember my Mom crying.
00:38:19.79\00:38:23.03
And I remember I was MAD at God.
00:38:23.43\00:38:25.57
"But God... " You remember I had
misinterpreted the scripture.
00:38:26.37\00:38:29.80
Remember that? So
I'm saying: "But God...
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.94
as long as I claim
this, as long as I had enough
00:38:32.14\00:38:36.75
faith, You said nothing
evil was going to happen. "
00:38:36.95\00:38:39.21
And then I looked
at the scripture again
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.25
and realized that's
not at all what it says.
00:38:41.45\00:38:44.29
It said not that
evil wouldn't come -
00:38:44.69\00:38:47.26
we know the rain falls
on the just and the unjust -
00:38:47.66\00:38:50.13
we know that trials and
tribulations come to those who
00:38:50.33\00:38:53.76
walk with Jesus and those who
have turned their back on Him.
00:38:53.96\00:38:57.37
It doesn't
matter... we know that.
00:38:57.77\00:38:59.73
It is because we
live in a world of sin.
00:38:59.93\00:39:03.61
BUT the promise
in that scripture
00:39:04.01\00:39:07.31
is that God will be
with us through anything.
00:39:07.51\00:39:12.41
God will be with us in
the midst of the storm.
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.72
He hears; He cares; He
understands; He comforts;
00:39:17.12\00:39:21.06
He accompanies.
Number six: He answers.
00:39:21.26\00:39:25.06
Now you might be
saying: "Wait a minute, Jill.
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.16
I've asked for an
answer and I didn't get it. "
00:39:27.43\00:39:30.40
"I asked for an
answer and it did not come
00:39:30.90\00:39:34.54
the way I wanted. "
00:39:34.74\00:39:36.17
You know, we're taught as
kids... at least I was taught
00:39:36.57\00:39:38.44
as a kid... there are
three answers to prayer.
00:39:38.64\00:39:40.71
Were you ever taught that?
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.24
Yes... no... and
what's this one? Maybe.
00:39:42.38\00:39:47.78
Yes! That's what I was taught.
00:39:47.98\00:39:49.68
I think there's actually four.
00:39:49.88\00:39:51.92
First one over here
says: "No... not yet. "
00:39:52.32\00:39:56.29
Now that's the one that would
be what we'd consider the maybe,
00:39:57.23\00:40:00.63
right? "No... not yet. "
00:40:00.83\00:40:03.13
You know, they say on average
people are going to spend
00:40:03.53\00:40:05.73
six months of your lifetime
waiting in line for something.
00:40:05.93\00:40:10.34
Whoo! Forty-three days on hold
with automated customer service.
00:40:11.31\00:40:16.14
Twenty-seven days
waiting at the bus platform.
00:40:16.64\00:40:19.88
Nine years of the average
person's life is spent on the
00:40:20.08\00:40:22.95
cell phone... and for my
assistant LaDonna over here
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.19
and myself... we probably would
spend at least eighteen years
00:40:25.39\00:40:27.56
of our life on our cell phones.
00:40:27.72\00:40:29.19
No, those are just... We say:
"OK... I don't like to wait. "
00:40:30.83\00:40:33.50
But what if it's a
more difficult waiting time?
00:40:34.60\00:40:37.40
What if you're waiting
for the result of a biopsy
00:40:37.60\00:40:39.43
or the nurse's
voice after surgery?
00:40:39.63\00:40:41.60
Or the door to open for
the job you always wanted
00:40:41.80\00:40:44.14
or the home you want or
the ministry that doesn't
00:40:44.34\00:40:46.37
seem to open. Or
finances for school or loans
00:40:46.57\00:40:50.35
or retirement. Or maybe you
just want God to provide you
00:40:50.55\00:40:53.95
with a friend or a child
00:40:54.15\00:40:57.22
or a soulmate.
00:40:57.42\00:40:59.62
What do we do in the
midst of that waiting time?
00:41:00.12\00:41:03.06
So that is a subject
altogether for another time.
00:41:03.26\00:41:06.29
We won't get into
that. But the first
00:41:06.70\00:41:09.46
answer is "No, not yet"
meaning it might be coming
00:41:09.86\00:41:13.03
but not at this time.
00:41:13.23\00:41:14.97
Second answer is "No...
because I love you too much. "
00:41:15.37\00:41:20.34
Now how in the world
could love be a "no? "
00:41:20.91\00:41:24.81
Wouldn't you think if
you love someone you want to
00:41:25.85\00:41:28.55
give them good things?
00:41:28.75\00:41:30.52
How can love be a "no? "
00:41:34.32\00:41:36.09
This is a deep subject.
00:41:36.59\00:41:38.56
Could take a very long time.
00:41:38.96\00:41:40.30
I can think of at least
three ways - three reasons -
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.93
that love is a "no"
00:41:43.13\00:41:44.47
because love is protection.
00:41:44.50\00:41:47.04
Boundaries are for our safety.
00:41:47.87\00:41:51.44
You think about you have
a kid and they go to touch
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.24
the hot stove
and what do you say?
00:41:53.44\00:41:54.94
"Oh yes, honey, 'cause
Mommy wants to say yes. "
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.28
No! Right? You say:
"Don't touch that stove! "
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.32
Why? Because love is protection.
00:42:00.52\00:42:03.82
What if they run
out in the street?
00:42:04.22\00:42:05.72
You would run and grab
your kid - wouldn't you? -
00:42:05.92\00:42:07.66
and pull them back from danger
00:42:07.86\00:42:10.46
because love is protection.
00:42:10.66\00:42:13.09
Love is also ownership.
00:42:13.29\00:42:16.43
When you belong to someone -
00:42:17.43\00:42:19.93
and we belong to
the Lord Jesus Christ -
00:42:20.14\00:42:22.64
He has a Godly jealousy over us.
00:42:23.04\00:42:27.68
Now there's a big difference be-
tween being jealous for someone
00:42:27.88\00:42:31.21
or being jealous of someone.
00:42:31.61\00:42:34.12
If you are jealous for someone
that's like coveting, right?
00:42:34.32\00:42:37.59
That's the wrong
kind of jealousy.
00:42:37.79\00:42:39.69
"I wish I could have
their car or their spouse
00:42:39.89\00:42:43.96
or their bank account
or their position. " Right?
00:42:44.16\00:42:46.36
That's a wrong type of jealousy.
00:42:46.56\00:42:49.16
This jealousy -
jealous of something -
00:42:49.86\00:42:52.73
is what I call this
love means ownership.
00:42:52.93\00:42:56.64
In other words, God
says "I love you so much
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.88
that if you have
something in your life -
00:43:01.08\00:43:03.45
if there is an idol - if
there is something in your life
00:43:03.65\00:43:07.05
between Me and you... "
Me and you, I apologize...
00:43:07.25\00:43:12.22
God and us... If
there's something in our life
00:43:12.42\00:43:15.22
He says: "I want that to go. "
00:43:15.62\00:43:18.23
"Because I love you so
much I want you to only belong
00:43:18.43\00:43:23.10
to Me and to nobody else. "
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.57
Love is
protection; love is ownership;
00:43:26.43\00:43:28.90
love is also salvation.
00:43:29.10\00:43:31.84
I think about Jesus when He
experienced the silence of God.
00:43:32.47\00:43:36.51
He said: "God, if it's possible,
00:43:37.68\00:43:39.85
please... " What'd He say?
"let this cup pass from Me. "
00:43:40.05\00:43:44.35
"I don't want to
go to the cross...
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.86
I don't think I
can experience that. "
00:43:47.06\00:43:49.12
"I cannot walk through that. "
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.93
"In My flesh I cannot do that. "
00:43:52.13\00:43:54.83
And yet, God said: "No. "
00:43:55.23\00:43:57.23
And why is that? So that
you and I could be saved.
00:43:57.43\00:44:01.24
Sometimes the answer is a "no"
and it has nothing to do with
00:44:01.77\00:44:05.84
protection and
nothing to do with ownership
00:44:06.04\00:44:08.18
and everything to do with
the salvation of someone else.
00:44:08.38\00:44:12.38
Maybe someone else in your life,
00:44:12.88\00:44:14.62
someone else in your
neighborhood, someone else
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.95
in your community.
00:44:17.15\00:44:18.55
So the first
answer is: "No, not yet. "
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.89
Then we have: "No,
I love you too much. "
00:44:21.09\00:44:23.53
Then we have: "Yes! I
thought you would never ask! "
00:44:23.93\00:44:27.76
Think of James
chapter 4 verse 2.
00:44:28.16\00:44:30.13
What does the Bible tell
us? "You have not... " What?
00:44:30.33\00:44:32.73
"because you ask not. "
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.17
Philippians...
Philippians? Psalm 2:8.
00:44:35.57\00:44:38.41
"Ask of Me, and I'll give you
the heathen for your inheritance
00:44:38.81\00:44:41.98
and the uttermost parts of
the world for your possession. "
00:44:42.18\00:44:45.85
What do we ask for? The
conversion of our family,
00:44:46.41\00:44:49.42
friends, neighbors,
enemies... the world.
00:44:49.62\00:44:51.79
The outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:51.99\00:44:53.92
We ask for revival and
reformation to spring forth.
00:44:54.12\00:44:57.39
A new heart... the heart of
flesh that He has promised us
00:44:57.59\00:45:00.93
in Ezekiel 36. We ask
for God to write His law
00:45:01.13\00:45:04.63
in our heart and on our mind
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.94
that we could become a
new creation in Christ Jesus.
00:45:07.14\00:45:10.14
That He could be
glorified in our life.
00:45:10.54\00:45:13.07
We ask for spiritual
blessings in Christ Jesus,
00:45:13.27\00:45:16.08
that His name would be
written on our forehead,
00:45:16.28\00:45:18.95
that our name would be written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:45:19.15\00:45:22.28
That we could be
transformed into His image.
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.79
We ask for strength to
endure and grace to overcome
00:45:24.99\00:45:27.56
and victory from sin,
deliverance from bondage,
00:45:27.72\00:45:31.09
freedom in Christ, peace
that passes all understanding.
00:45:31.29\00:45:34.03
And then we thank Him that
His promises are yes and amen
00:45:34.43\00:45:40.34
in Christ Jesus.
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.64
And the final answer
over here is another yes.
00:45:42.84\00:45:45.54
Yes and so much more.
00:45:45.94\00:45:48.74
God wants to do
"exceedingly abundantly
00:45:49.14\00:45:52.98
above all that we
could ever ask or think. "
00:45:53.18\00:45:56.69
Ephesians 3 verse 20.
00:45:57.09\00:45:59.05
So God hears us... even
when it seems like He's silent
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in your life He's listening.
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When it seems like He's
silent He cares for you.
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When it seems like He's silent
He understands what you're
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going through. When
it seems like He's silent
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He comforts you.
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When it seems like
He's silent He accompanies
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or He walks with
you through the fire.
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When it seems like
He's silent He answers.
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And sometimes - I
don't even understand -
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the answer is not
what we asked for.
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I know some of
you here in this room.
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Some of you I haven't met yet.
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I know a few of your stories.
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Some of you have
lost children to death,
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spouses to death... divorce.
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Some of you your children
have walked away from God
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and you just want
them to come back.
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We all have an experience,
a time when we are walking
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through that silent time...
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that time of pain.
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And yet number 7, the
final thing that God does.
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Always happens. And
that is that He delivers.
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He delivers.
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We started with the children of
Israel; I want to end with them.
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Go back to
Exodus... Exodus chapter 3.
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Exodus 3 verses 7 and 8.
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We read 7 already at
the beginning, but let's
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read it again. "The Lord
said: 'I have surely seen
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the oppression of My
people who are in Egypt
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and I have heard their cry
because of their taskmasters
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for I know their sorrows. ' "
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God knows, sees, and under-
stands your sorrows today.
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"So I have come down
to... " What's that word?
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"deliver them out of
the hand of the Egyptians
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and to bring them in from that
land to a good and large land,
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to a land flowing
with milk and honey. "
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Now it might seem like
the deliverance is not coming
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in your life but it will come.
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God will bring that deliverance.
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John 8:36: "If the
Son makes you free,
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you shall be free indeed. "
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What does He deliver us from?
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He delivers us from
bondage. The children of Israel
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were in bondage for 400 years.
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Entrapped, enslaved...
and yet God by the power
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of His Spirit delivered them.
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Broke those bands of
slavery and He delivered them.
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He delivers us from
trouble. Psalm 34:17:
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"The righteous
cry and the Lord hears
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and delivers them out
of all their trouble. "
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He delivers us from fear.
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Psalm 34:4: "I sought the Lord
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and He heard me and delivered
me from all my fears. "
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Are you afraid today?
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Are you going through something
that makes your heart tremble?
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Are you going through something
that you feel like you are in
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the midst of
bondage and addiction?
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Do you feel like you are in
trouble and there is no way out?
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God wants to deliver you today.
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He wants to
deliver you from bondage
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and from trouble and
from fear and from sin.
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Matthew 1:21: "He
shall save His people
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from their sin. "
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I stepped out of our
kitchen into the garage
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and the heat just
hit me full in the face.
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Hundred degrees.
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Flat 100 degrees in the garage.
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Greg and I were headed out
and the garage door opened up
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and all of a sudden... I
was just getting in the car
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and Greg said: "Jilly
look up. " And so I looked up
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and there was a humming-
bird at the peak of the roof.
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Little itty bitty.
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Now it was 100
where I was standing
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so it was probably I don't
know, 110... 115? It was hotter
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up there in the rafters.
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And I said: "Well
it needs to come out. "
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The garage door was open
so I said: "Come, come! "
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It's not going to listen
to me but I thought maybe
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if the door's open it
would know safety is outside.
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It's going to die at
the peak of the roof.
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"Come out! " But it didn't.
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I ran and I got our
humming- bird feeder. It's red.
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And I thought maybe
it'd be attracted to the red
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and it would come down.
That didn't do anything.
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So Greg put on
some old work gloves.
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He got a ladder.
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And I held my breath as
he climbed up the ladder
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and then stepped onto
the trusses... the rafters.
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And he stepped from one
to the other to the other
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till he was right underneath
where the hummingbird was.
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And he reached
up and he grabbed it
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in his gloved hands,
and it began to squawk
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in a way that I have never heard
a hummingbird squawk before.
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I'm sure it said: "What
do you think you're doing?
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Are you trying to kill me? "
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And then he gingerly
stepped from rafter to rafter
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and then walked down the ladder.
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And we went outside
and he opened up his hand
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and it was so weak
that it couldn't even fly.
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And so I held the
hummingbird feeder there
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and it picked up its little
beak and it began to drink.
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And then pretty
soon it got enough energy
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and it lifted
off and it flew away.
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And it reminded
me of how many times
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I have walked in a
way of my own choosing.
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I have refused to
do things God's way.
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And I got "enwrapped"
in bondage and slavery.
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I became in trouble.
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I was surrounded with fear and
didn't even know how to get out.
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Didn't know where
to go or what to do.
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God opened the door
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and said: "Why don't you come? "
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And I was too afraid.
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I preferred to stay at the roof
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where I would die.
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And then Jesus climbed the
ladder of my own stubbornness
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and pride and He
reached up scarred hands
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to hold me. And
then He walked back down
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and went outside the garage -
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outside of my prison home,
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outside of where I had
been trapped in bondage -
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and He opened up His hands
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setting me free to choose again.
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Because our God never forces.
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Our God says: "I love you. "
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"I died for you! "
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"I want to set you free,
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and even when it feels that
you are walking in a silent time
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I am right there
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and I want to
bring you deliverance...
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but it's up to you.
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You can turn back
around and fly into the garage
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or you can be free. "
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Do you want to be free today?
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Listen as Tim ministers.
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How great
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is our God!
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Sing with me: how great
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is our God!
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I know you'll see how great...
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how great
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is our God!
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Sing it with me.
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How great is our God!
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Sing with me: how great
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is our God! And all will see
00:54:18.82\00:54:21.49
And all will see how great...
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how great
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is our God!
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Name above all names!
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Name above all
names! He is worthy...
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He is worthy of all praise.
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And my heart... and my heart
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will sing how great
00:54:48.18\00:54:52.12
is our God!
00:54:52.32\00:54:56.86
How great is our God!
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Sing with me: how great
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is our God!
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And all will see how great,
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how great
00:55:16.38\00:55:18.85
is our God! Have you experienced
00:55:19.35\00:55:23.22
the greatness of
God in your life?
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Amen! Do you want to
experience His greatness
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in a way that you
never have before?
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If you are
walking in a dark place,
00:55:29.99\00:55:32.49
if you are experiencing
it seems like the apparent
00:55:32.69\00:55:35.73
silence of God, if
you want special prayer
00:55:35.93\00:55:38.87
today why don't you stand.
00:55:39.07\00:55:40.40
I want to pray for you.
00:55:40.84\00:55:42.17
I know that God wants
to bring us deliverance
00:55:42.30\00:55:46.54
because He
hears, because He cares,
00:55:46.94\00:55:50.15
because He
understands, because He comforts
00:55:50.35\00:55:54.22
and walks with us through that.
00:55:54.42\00:55:56.79
Because He wants to
bring us deliverance.
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And at home: I just
want to make a special appeal
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to you as well. God
wants to deliver you
00:56:05.99\00:56:08.86
from bondage, from addiction.
00:56:09.06\00:56:10.93
God wants to
deliver you from trouble.
00:56:11.33\00:56:13.20
He wants to set you free.
00:56:13.40\00:56:15.97
Will you make a
decision right now?
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Open up your
heart to the Lord Jesus.
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Allow Him access.
Allow Him to come in
00:56:22.04\00:56:25.35
and to change you forever.
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Father, we come
before You and we're standing
00:56:28.08\00:56:30.09
before You as
Your children just now
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thanking You for
the gift of Jesus.
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Thanking You that
in our dark moments,
00:56:38.06\00:56:41.10
in those barren places,
00:56:41.30\00:56:43.47
in the midst of addiction
and struggle and stress
00:56:43.67\00:56:47.10
thanking You that You
have come to set us free.
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That You have come
that we would have life
00:56:52.34\00:56:55.11
and have it more abundantly.
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So God, thank you for reaching
out those nail-scarred hands
00:56:58.25\00:57:01.78
and for bringing
us out into victory.
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For bringing us
out into freedom.
00:57:05.49\00:57:08.06
And we choose You.
We open up our hearts
00:57:08.26\00:57:12.06
to receive Your love, Your life,
00:57:12.26\00:57:15.96
Your peace, Your anointing.
00:57:16.16\00:57:19.87
And we thank You for
what You are going to do
00:57:20.27\00:57:23.64
and how You can hear and
answer the prayer of faith.
00:57:23.84\00:57:27.08
And we ask this in
Jesus' name, Amen. Amen!
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