Glad to see you. Would
you like to hear about a man
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who wanted something
desperately for 20 years.
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We'll be right back.
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Hello, Welcome to
Issues and Answers.
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We all have issues and
we are looking for answers.
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I'd like to share something
before we get to the man
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who wanted something for
20 years. Listen to this,
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this comes from scripture.
How I thank you God that
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you will heal my waywardness,
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you love me freely.
Today, I'd like for us to focus
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on how much we loved,
how much God values us.
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There are lot of people
today that don't understand
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how valuable they are,
and how much God loves them,
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and that he has a plan
and purpose for their lives,
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and your best days are just
ahead because of God's great
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love. I promise I would
share this story with you.
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I love it and I
think you will like it too.
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It's written by Max
Lucado and I am going to just
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share this quickly.
For the past 20 years,
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I have wanted a dog, a
big dog, but there has always
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been a problem. The
apartment was too small,
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the budget was too
tight, the girls were too young,
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but most of all Denalyn
his wife was unenthusiastic.
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Her logic? She'd
already married one slobbering,
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shedding beast, why should
she put up for the second.
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So, we compromised
and got a small dog.
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I like Salty, but small
dogs aren't really dogs.
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They don't bark,
they yelp, they don't eat,
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hey nibble, they don't
lick you, they sniff you.
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I like Salty, but
I wanted a real dog.
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A man's-best-friend
type of dog, a fat-pawed,
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big eating, slurp you
on the face type of dog
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that you could
saddle or wrestle or both.
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I was alone in my
passion until Sara was born.
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She loves dogs and the
two of us were able to sway
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the household boat.
Denalyn gave in and Sara
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and I began the search.
We discovered a woman in
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South Carolina,
they live in Texas.
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We discovered a
woman in South Carolina
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who breeds golden
retrievers in a Christian
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environment. From
birth the dogs are surrounded
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by inspirational music
and prayers. Can you imagine
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this, this is a true
story. No I don't know if they
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tithe with their dog
biscuits, but when the
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trainer told me that
she had read my books,
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I got on board. The woman
with such good taste had to
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be a good breeder,
right? So we ordered a pup,
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we mailed the check,
selected the name Molly,
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and we cleared a
corner for her dog pillow.
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The dog hadn't even
been born, and she was named,
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claimed, and given
a place in the family.
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Can't be said, can't
the same thing be said about
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you? Long before
your first whimper,
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your master creator
claimed you, named you,
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and hung a
reserved sign on your room.
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You and Molly have
more in common than maybe
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your eating habits,
just teasing he says.
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You're both being
groomed for a trip,
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I like this, you're both
being groomed for a trip.
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We prefer the
terms maturation and
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sanctification to
weaning and training,
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but it's all about the
same. You're being prepared
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for your master's house,
you don't know the departure
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date or the flight number,
but you can bet your puppy
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chow that you'll be
seeing your owner someday.
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Isn't this the
concluding promise of David?
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David says in Psalms
23:6, And I will dwell in the
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house of the Lord forever.
Where will you live forever?
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In the house of the Lord
with the one who loves you
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and values you so
much. I love that story
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because I think it's
such a wonderful illustration
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and example of God's
great love before you were born
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God loves you, and
he want you to know that
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he loves you. My guest
today is a dear close friend
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Kelly Veilleux from
Northern New England.
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Yes. Waterville Maine.
How far are you from Canada?
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Oh, probably
two hours. Two hours
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and how far are you
driving time from Boston?
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Three hours. Three
hours, and how far are you
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from the beach? Little
over an hour if you hurry.
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An hour if you hurry.
So but you are up in the
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beautiful country.
Yes. How far are you from
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New Hampshire?
Probably hour and a half,
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two hours may be. Okay,
and how far from Vermont?
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Well depending on which
part, but probably four to
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five. What's the
most valuable thing,
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we are talking
about value today,
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what's the most valuable
thing in the State of Maine?
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Well if you are asking
me or you are asking the
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lobster fishermen. I suppose
Maine is one of the things
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Maine is known for is
this lobsters certainly,
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and also
blueberries. That's right. Yeah.
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Don't cranberries come
from somewhere up there?
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Cranberries too yeah, but
blueberries is a predominant
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crop. Blueberries
and lobsters, and Moose.
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And Moose, you know
whenever I have been up there,
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I see the signs Moose
crossing, and I've never
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seen one, I have seen
them in Alaska, but I've never
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seen a Moose in Maine. So,
I tell people this is false
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advertising. They are
there. And they tell you,
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you want false
advertising. That's right.
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Because you don't
want them out on the road.
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Kelly how did you learn
that you had great value to God.
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Do you believe the
story first of all,
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do you believe that
before you were born
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God loved you.
Yes, I do believe that.
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As you read in that story,
it took my mind to recently
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I went through
that human body exhibit.
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Have you ever had an
opportunity to go through
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that, just going
around and some of the science
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centers around the
country. No, I haven't seen it.
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Oh, if you haven't yet
seen it you wanna try to see
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that. The human
body exhibit is amazing,
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they have literally
taken apart the human body in a
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way that it's just
amazing to be able to see that
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we truly are
fearfully and wonderfully made.
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And the first time that I
walked though that exhibit
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I was just in awe of
the creator and the detail
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that he put it into us
as his children, and a very
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thought that we were
created in his image.
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When you really let
your mind up around there,
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you begin to see the
value that there is on us.
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And you know Kelly,
Louie Giglio in his DVD's shows
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that very graphically he
has the, he talks about the DNA.
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DNA, yes. And he says
when you are converted and you
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become a Christian, God
actually changes your DNA.
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Now that's good news. Amen. Yes.
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That's wonderful news,
because you don't have to be
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what you were.
Amen, that's right.
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You can be who
xyou are now in Christ,
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and you know the
exciting thing is that people
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who are born into a
family of privilege.
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For instance Bill Gates
children, these are children
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who are born into a
special family and they have
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privileges that many
children don't have in other
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families, but for a
Christian when you are born into
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God's family, you have a
Father who is greater than
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anyone, anywhere
the Sovereign God of the
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Universe, and you
belong to a new family.
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Yes, amen. And do you
know that he loves us,
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we got the father now, who
loves us at least as much as
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he loves his own son
because he was willing for him
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to die for us, is
that a beautiful thought.
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That is mind boggling,
isn't it? At least as much,
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you know I, that
is mind boggling.
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It is. When I first
heard that I had to really
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let my mind wrap around
that, does he really love me
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that much. You know
Ruthie early on in my after
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my conversion
experience even though
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I have been a
Christian my entire life,
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I've only been a converted
Christian for about the
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last 12 to 14 years, but
early on in my journey after
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becoming
converted as a Christian,
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I didn't
experience, I didn't understand
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that depth of love and
often in my quiet time with the
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Lord, I would say Lord
what do you want to say to me,
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what is that you want
to say to me, and over,
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and over again it
was how much he loves me,
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and he would
say that I love you.
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Kelly I just love you,
can we just be together,
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I just love you
over and over again.
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That was amazing. And
he wants us to realize
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how valuable we are to him. Yes.
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He just wants to be with
us. May be you have heard
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this sweet story about the
90-year-old retired Pastor.
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He was invited back to
his church and ask to speak
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at the 11o' clock hour.
And he had difficulty walking,
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he kind of shuffled his
feet, and he had difficulty
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speaking, but his mind
was very sharp and clear.
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He still just exuded
the love of the Lord,
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and people loved to be
around him because he was
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just that kind of a
loving and lovable person.
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So they were eager to hear
his sermon and when it came
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time for his sermon, he
rose from the chair behind the
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pulpit with some difficulty
and it was like he was
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saying alright bones
altogether and so he stood
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up and then he kind of
shuffled up to the pulpit,
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grab the pulpit on both
sides, and he said this is
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the most important thing I
have learned in all of my life.
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Jesus loves me this I
know for the Bible tells me so.
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Amen. And he looked out at
the congregation he smiled,
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he said that's still
true. He turned around,
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went back to his
seat and sat down.
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That was the
sermon. That was the sermon.
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Wow. And you know
people came to him afterward
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and they said that's not
just a song that's worn out,
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it's not just
something that children need,
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you look around and you
say why are you a Christian
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and people will
say I am a Christian
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because Jesus loves me. Amen.
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God loves me. He has a
plan for me and he shows me his
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favor. What does that
word mean to you Kelly favor is
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something that is supernatural,
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and God has quite a bit
to say about his favor in his
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word? What can we
as Christians expect,
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what this favor mean to
you, God's supernatural favor.
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I think for me it is
meant to be enable to see the
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bigger picture of life and
the whole great controversy
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that's being played out,
you know, I mean the battle
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for my soul and your
soul that goes on all the time
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and being able to really
recognize that and our lives
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experiences around
me. So I guess may be
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it's a spiritual discernment
is a favor that God has
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given to at least to me
and to many of us I think
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to be able to see the
bigger picture, and recognize
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his moving in that picture.
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I believe that, but you
know sometimes we take things
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for granted, and I
believe we shouldn't,
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I think when
something happens to us,
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it's not a happened stance,
that's because God is with
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you and he is
showing you his favor.
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I think I mentioned this
story, but I just want to
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share it because to
me it was God's favor.
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My husband and I were
getting ready for a trip
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and we were going
to Virginia, we live in
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North Georgia and we
were driving the next day.
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So my husband Don was
getting the car ready to go.
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He pulled the car out of
the garage and hooked up the
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vacuum cleaner and
he was cleaning the car
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and vacuuming in, and
this you know getting the car
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ready. In the process, he
took his car keys from the
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car and laid them on the
trunk of my car or the other
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car there in the garage,
and he put with that a roll
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of tape for wide tape
for packaging packages
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and some receipts, and
he put them all there on the
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trunk of the car and
got busy you know and was
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vacuuming the car. Well a
little bit later I needed to
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run an errand. So I jumped
in the car not knowing that
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he had put those
things on the trunk of the car
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and it's kind of a
wide space for the things
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you know with
some horizontal space.
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So, I just jumped in the
car because how often do you
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check the exterior of the
car before you get it into
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drive off. Right. You
don't, its just not a habit,
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but as I after I came
back, my husband said can you
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help me find my keys
and we looked everywhere
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and he said oh I
remember where I put them,
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and he said they were
with the large roll of tape
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and some receipts, and
I put them on your car,
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úon the trunk of your car.
So, we walked up our fairly
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steep driveway, walked
out on the road looked in the
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grass beside the
road, we found the receipts,
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we never did find the
roll of tape of course
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because we live on a
hill, and you know where that
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tape is its down at
the bottom of the hill
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somewhere, but we
didn't worry about that,
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he was glad to find the
receipts, but he knew then
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where the keys were,
they were somewhere there.
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We looked and looked, and
we just could not find those
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keys. So we came back
in the house and he said
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lets look everywhere in
the house again because maybe
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they weren't with everything
else that I left on the
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car. So we went
through everything again inside
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and out, couldn't find
the keys, and I said Lord
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I really need to
find those keys for Don.
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He needs them desperately.
By then he was on to another
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task that he had to do
to get ready for the camp
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meeting trip. And I said
Lord would you let me find
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those keys for him, and
so I picked up the keys to my
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car and I said I am
gonna go down the road.
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Well, we live a mile up
the hill from the road down
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below exactly one
mile. I said honey
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I'll be right back,
he said where you going,
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I said I'm gonna look
for keys. So I drove down the
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hill very, very slowly
looking for keys by the side
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of the road, couldn't
see a thing. So I retraced
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my steps, I went everywhere
that I had been on that
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previous errand
couldn't find them anywhere.
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I even went to the supermarket
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and because I had gone
there, ran inside and ask
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at the desk, I said did
anybody turn in a set of
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keys from the
parking lot out here.
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She said when
would have that been.
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I said within the last
hour or two. No, nothing.
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So I came back home, but
just as I turned into the
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road that led up the
mile up to our driveway,
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a car of a neighbor
came right up behind me.
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So I pulled off
into someone's driveway,
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so that he could pass
because I wanted to take
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my time going up that
mile because I haven't found
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them coming down. And
the neighbor passed me
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and then there was one
kind of a hairpin curve on the
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way up to our house.
Strange, but he was standing
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there, he had parked, he
has quite a long driveway,
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but he had pulled into
the driveway and parked
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and was standing out beside
his car, and he raised his
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hand like this to me,
like I thought he meant stop.
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So I stopped right there
in the middle of the road
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because there wasn't any
traffic and I said did you
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happened to find
some keys, and he said no
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I wasn't asking you to
stop, I was just being friendly,
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and I said oh well I was
trying to find my husband's
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keys they are somewhere
on this road, I am sure.
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He said just a minute, he
looked behind the car over
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off the road in the
gravel of the pavement,
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and he said I see
something shiny over here.
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He ran and he picked up
the keys and brought them,
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he said these must be
your keys. I said they are.
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Amen. You know when
he gave me those keys
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and I drove up to our
home, I have to admit my eyes
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were wet. I was saying
Lord you showed me your favor.
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Amen. You sent an
angel here because this man
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did not know why he
stopped, he didn't know
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why he waved, he didn't
know why he didn't go up into
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his driveway,
and into his garage.
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The whole thing was a
set up, the Lord did that,
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and I was just overwhelmed
with emotion thinking God's
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love is so great. He is
even interested in helping us
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with little things that
may not be earth shaking,
00:19:24.52\00:19:28.45
but it was important to
us and when I went up to our
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home, and I held the keys
up like this for my husband.
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He said where did you
find those keys and when I told
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him the story, he said
that's the favor of God.
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Amen. God's sent his
angel that's the favor of God.
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And I think that we
need to look for those times,
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and realize that's God's
favor. God really loves me.
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So I want to ask you,
there is power in remembering,
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there is power in
remembering, God wants us to
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remember, when he has
been good to us because that
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teaches us that we have
value and that he loves us.
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Kelly don't you
just love to remember.
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Yes. Times when God did
something really special.
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That's right. And
you knew that was him.
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And something personal. Yes.
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For you, I know while
back when I was getting ready
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to take a trip, and you
know how we always have to do
00:20:27.67\00:20:30.45
list and the things you
need to make sure you remember,
00:20:30.48\00:20:33.47
and I had gone
through everything on my list,
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I couldn't think of
anything that I was forgetting,
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but one habit that I've
developed recently is to
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pray before I put my car
in gear as I am to back out
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of the driveway, I
always just say little prayer
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Lord is there
anything that I am forgetting.
00:20:45.77\00:20:47.72
Well this particular
time, that I asked him that
00:20:47.75\00:20:50.81
he said yes you are
forgetting your neck pillow,
00:20:50.84\00:20:53.60
you know those ones
you use on the aeroplane
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because I was going for
a long flight across the
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country, and I knew that
I would wanna try to take
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a nap. So I wouldn't be
all tired out when I got there,
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and I said yes thank
you, I forgot my neck pillow,
00:21:03.91\00:21:06.25
so I ran into the house,
where we had just sold our
00:21:06.28\00:21:08.36
house and moved into
a little rental house,
00:21:08.39\00:21:10.53
and things were
still everywhere in boxes,
00:21:10.56\00:21:13.74
and as I ran in the
door, I said Lord now problem
00:21:13.77\00:21:16.60
number two where is it,
and this is clear as can be.
00:21:16.63\00:21:21.03
He said look in the closet
at the bottom of the stairs.
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So I ran over to the
closet, opened the door
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and look up and down, I
don't see it, I think it
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must be upstairs with my
suitcases. So I ran upstairs
00:21:28.75\00:21:31.95
to look with the suitcases
all the while he keep saying
00:21:31.98\00:21:34.66
look in the closet. I
looked around the suitcases no
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I run back downstairs,
and again he is saying look in
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the closet. So I open
the door again, look in the
00:21:42.54\00:21:45.14
bottom of the basket he
told me, bring out the blanket,
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sure enough there it
was. And I would have never
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thought to look there,
but you know I think that this
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little stories or little
evidence of his leading in
00:21:55.22\00:21:59.37
our lives that when we
think of that verses says pray
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without seizing.
Sometimes people say what do you
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think that means. I
think it's a continual
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conversation being in
that attitude of prayer
00:22:07.54\00:22:10.22
all the time with
God. Talking, that's right.
00:22:10.25\00:22:12.36
Talking all the
time, whether it's out loud
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or just silently, but always
be in tune that practicing
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the presence of God. Did
you read that little book?
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What a beautiful little
book. Yeah to think about the
00:22:21.12\00:22:23.96
fact that God is always
there and he wants to be
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involved in every
aspect of our life.
00:22:26.85\00:22:29.15
And when he puts a
thought in your mind.
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To recognize you.
Follow through on that.
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Yes. Because I was
saying with the keys,
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I was saying Lord I
would like to help Don.
00:22:35.82\00:22:38.61
I would like to find
those keys, will you help me,
00:22:38.64\00:22:41.20
and the next
thought was get in your car,
00:22:41.23\00:22:43.26
drive down the
hill. Yes. And so I went.
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Your sister out in Oregon
had a beautiful experience
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that taught some people
in the community about the
00:22:53.22\00:22:56.33
value of young
people and their prayers,
00:22:56.36\00:23:00.80
and how much God values us all.
00:23:01.39\00:23:03.38
Tell us about that,
that's an exciting story.
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Well, I wish that
she was here today.
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I do too. To be able to
tell you all the details,
00:23:08.14\00:23:10.00
but they have a small
Christian school in a rural
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area of Oregon and they
have been looking and praying
00:23:13.58\00:23:18.32
for ways that God could
get them more involved in
00:23:18.35\00:23:21.06
their community and to
kind a raise the awareness that
00:23:21.09\00:23:24.43
not only that they are
there, but the God is there.
00:23:24.46\00:23:27.09
And so they lone behold
you know God does interesting
00:23:27.12\00:23:30.55
things to answer our
prayer sometimes but.
00:23:30.58\00:23:33.18
But often is not what we
expect. That's very true.
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It can be a big surprise.
And it certainly was in this
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car. There was a bank
right near by their school that
00:23:39.09\00:23:42.89
was robbed, not just
once, but twice this little bank
00:23:42.92\00:23:46.23
was robbed. In this small town.
00:23:46.26\00:23:48.09
In the small town.
Is this Springfield.
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No, it's the Eugene area.
Eugene area. Yes. In Oregon.
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And so they decided the
holy sprit impressed the
00:23:53.11\00:23:57.38
principal, my brother-in-law
Don and his wife Kim to
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call up the Bank President
and see if they could bring
00:24:00.63\00:24:03.39
the kids over from
their school. Now this is an
00:24:03.42\00:24:05.45
elementary school K
through eight and bring the kids
00:24:05.48\00:24:08.93
over there and ask if they
could actually pray for the
00:24:08.96\00:24:12.38
Bank, and for the bank
officers, and just general
00:24:12.41\00:24:14.92
healing, prayers of
healing for that Bank.
00:24:14.95\00:24:17.54
You know Kelly I
think that is so important
00:24:17.57\00:24:19.21
because obviously
things were out of control.
00:24:19.24\00:24:22.49
Yes. This is something
beyond the control of the
00:24:22.52\00:24:25.94
Bank personal and
if it happened twice,
00:24:25.97\00:24:29.72
the police weren't on it either.
00:24:29.75\00:24:31.67
You know they haven't
solved that. That's right.
00:24:31.70\00:24:34.16
And so, but here I
think this is so important
00:24:34.19\00:24:37.61
because here our children
who are seeing that they
00:24:37.64\00:24:41.69
can be used. That's
right, that's right.
00:24:41.72\00:24:44.76
And to be a help
to somebody. Yes.
00:24:44.79\00:24:47.15
And it show God's love.
And it's exciting the way the
00:24:47.18\00:24:49.51
God wants to bring his people,
00:24:49.54\00:24:52.42
his name into the
community. I believe that.
00:24:52.45\00:24:55.35
And often times, its
in the crisis or tragedy
00:24:55.38\00:24:57.53
situations because that's
when he gets our attention,
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.60
and we know that you
know crisis is coming on the
00:25:00.63\00:25:06.04
levels probably that
we have never seen before,
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.32
and all the more reason
why we need to be prepared as
00:25:08.35\00:25:10.98
Christians do, to
share the love of God,
00:25:11.01\00:25:13.06
and the value that he
places on us as people,
00:25:13.09\00:25:16.07
kind of back to
where we started with.
00:25:16.10\00:25:17.63
That's right, that's
right. The whole, you know
00:25:17.66\00:25:18.98
the whole value that God
has on us as his children
00:25:19.01\00:25:22.23
so much that he sent
his son to die for us.
00:25:22.26\00:25:25.35
So they took this
group of young people,
00:25:25.38\00:25:28.71
children, and they
stationed themselves
00:25:28.74\00:25:32.09
around the bank, and
this is during the day.
00:25:32.12\00:25:35.87
During the day. And
did the kids hold hands.
00:25:35.90\00:25:39.34
I believe that's
how it happened, yes.
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.62
And they were praying.
And they actually prayed
00:25:41.65\00:25:42.85
for the, you know, for
the community, for the bank.
00:25:42.88\00:25:45.47
Protection. For protection,
prayers of protection,
00:25:45.50\00:25:48.30
of course the
news media showed up.
00:25:48.33\00:25:51.04
So you know the kids kind
a got some exciting time to
00:25:51.07\00:25:54.67
be able to be on the
news. But again it was all away
00:25:54.70\00:25:57.95
that God, that we as
human beings can make God look
00:25:57.98\00:26:01.61
good, and that's
what they did that day.
00:26:01.64\00:26:03.44
Isn't that good. Amen.
00:26:03.47\00:26:05.90
And the people in the
Bank, what was their response.
00:26:05.93\00:26:08.38
Very positive, very open
yes. They probably loved it.
00:26:08.41\00:26:12.95
And have you heard about
the, was the crime solved.
00:26:13.91\00:26:16.92
I have not heard, we
need to look into that.
00:26:16.95\00:26:19.36
But the young people had
a very positive experience.
00:26:19.39\00:26:23.79
Yes. In going to meet
somebody who needed prayer.
00:26:23.82\00:26:29.02
Amen. And they stationed
themselves around this Bank
00:26:29.05\00:26:31.94
and they said dear God
take care of this Bank,
00:26:31.97\00:26:35.17
its happened twice,
don't let it happen again.
00:26:35.20\00:26:37.62
Amen. And as far as we
knew that was the end of that.
00:26:37.65\00:26:41.10
That's right. We have not
heard any other incidence.
00:26:41.13\00:26:43.64
And you know it just goes
to show that prayer is one
00:26:43.67\00:26:45.86
of those things that
crosses all boundaries.
00:26:45.89\00:26:49.63
That's right. You
know, it just, it does,
00:26:49.66\00:26:51.48
it crosses cultural boundaries,
00:26:51.51\00:26:53.19
and age boundaries,
and denominational bound
00:26:53.22\00:26:56.48
everything. Prayer is
just seems to be the common
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.02
denominator. That's
right, I agree. Well we have had
00:26:59.05\00:27:03.89
a good time here
today Kelly remembering.
00:27:03.92\00:27:06.93
Amen. Remembering
what God has done,
00:27:06.96\00:27:10.20
and how good he is
because there is such power
00:27:10.23\00:27:14.48
in remembering. Amen.
00:27:14.51\00:27:16.38
And I just would like to
challenge you take sometime
00:27:16.41\00:27:20.63
maybe everyday to
just stop and remember,
00:27:20.66\00:27:24.44
what has God done for
you. There is really a great
00:27:24.47\00:27:27.72
deal of power in pausing,
and looking into his word,
00:27:27.75\00:27:32.33
and thanking him
for his goodness,
00:27:32.36\00:27:34.69
not only for the ways
that he blessed David,
00:27:34.72\00:27:37.52
or Joseph, or Moses.
He opened the Red Sea,
00:27:37.55\00:27:41.14
and that's wonderful, but
he is still potting the waters.
00:27:41.17\00:27:45.87
Amen. He is still
opening Red Seas for people.
00:27:45.90\00:27:49.55
There is such
power in remembering,
00:27:49.58\00:27:53.22
and I believe that when
God recalls those things to
00:27:53.25\00:27:56.18
your mind, he
wants you to just pause,
00:27:56.21\00:27:58.44
and say dear God
thank you so much for
00:27:58.47\00:28:02.07
what you did. I want
to develop an attitude of
00:28:02.10\00:28:05.49
thanksgiving
and gratitude. Amen.
00:28:05.52\00:28:08.00
God bless you. See
you again next time.
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