No one enjoys
being in the darkness.
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We are creatures of
light, we need light to survive.
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Today, I want you to
meet someone who came
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from darkness into light.
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What an exciting experience,
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we'll be right back.
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Welcome to Issues & Answers.
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I think that many
people today have experienced
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the issue of
darkness, discouragement,
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feeling
disheartened, discouraged
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and not knowing how
to take the next steps
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into the light,
but God is faithful.
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I'd like to have
you hear this from the
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message Bible,
from the book of Psalms
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and it's the first part
of chapter 16 where David
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is saying, "keep me safe O God,
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I've run for dear life to you.
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I say to God, Be
my Lord! Without you,
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nothing makes sense." And
that's really how you feel
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if you are in the
darkness or you're experiencing
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depression or discouragement.
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Your life changes, it
takes on a different hue,
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a different color.
So, and then he says,
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"now that you've got
my feet on the life path,
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all radiant from the
shining of your face.
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Ever since you took my
hand, I'm on the right way".
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Our God is faithful
and true and he does
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keep us on the right
path. He has a wonderful
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purpose and plan for every life.
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I'd like for you to
meet our special guest today
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Liana and Martin Kim
from Berrien Springs,
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Michigan
welcome. Good, Thank you.
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Hello, good to be here.
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Liana said she is
from Korea and Martin
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is from Los
Angeles. And Martin how long
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have you and Liana been married?
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It's been a little
more then nine years now.
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But you still look
like kids, you've been
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married almost,
you're going on 10 years,
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almost, that's
wonderful. Now, we know
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that you are
working with the Southeast
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Asia project, yes,
raising money and working
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with people in all
of these countries,
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tell us which countries again.
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Cambodia,
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,
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and we are
working also in Myanmar.
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Four countries, five
countries, five countries
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with huge population
bases and enormous needs,
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yes, and
problems; but you've seen
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God's hand work. Yes.
In wonderful ways too,
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but I want to back up a
little bit have you always
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just been on the top
of the mountain Martin,
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have you always
just been working
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with God and
everything was perfect.
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I wish I could say
that I had that kind
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of experience; it has
not always been like that,
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I've spent much
time down in the valleys.
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And when did that start for you?
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God helped, I was
struck with a lot of anxiety,
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mild depression
growing up and I guess
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I always grew up
thinking one day I'll be happy
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if I made a lot of
money and that was the lie
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I believed
growing up and on one day
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I realized that money is
not what brings happiness
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and then I
started experiencing more
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severe depression later on.
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You thought you
had an answer and
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that was evasive.
Yes. And so you were left
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with the rug pulled
out from under you again.
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How did you find peace, you know
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who you are
today, you have peace.
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Yes. And you know
who God is and you know
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he's with you, but that
was not always the case.
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How, did you grow
up in a Christian home?
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Yes, I pretty much
grew up in a Christian home
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all my life, went
to church all my life.
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I, I know what the
Bible says but I guess
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for me you know
it was all up here,
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I wasn't experiencing
it and God kind of took
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me on a journey
where, where I had to
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understand what it
meant to live by faith,
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because what you know
and fear is ain't gonna
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change your life at
all, unless, that's right,
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and you take the
leap of faith and begin
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walking by faith.
You know really making
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the promise of the God
your own by appropriating
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the promises God by faith.
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It's not what we
know it's what we believe,
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yes and live, yes,
because that's what's powerful
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and no matter how
good your parents maybe
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that's not going
to help you. Right.
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So, Liana did you
see him struggle after
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you were
married, with depression.
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How did that make you feel?
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Because God gave
me the confidence that
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he is the right one.
Yes. And because of that
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confidence that
God gave it to me.
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I think I could
survive and then both of us not
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only him but both of us
we were having hard time
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but I knew that even
though God was silent
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but I knew that he was with us.
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And in the difficult
times when you don't see
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the answers you
have to make a decision
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I'm gonna go with
God, because there is no
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other way. I'm gonna go with God
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and God comes
through doesn't he?
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Yes. How did he come
through in your lives?
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How did he teach you?
How is he bringing you?
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And it's a daily
thing. Yes. You know
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if you should
decide, well Lord I think
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I can do this on my
own now, he would have
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to let you try to do
that and that is guaranteed
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failure for any of us.
Yeah. It just doesn't work.
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We forget that
we're puny human beings
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and we don't know
very much and we can do
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nothing without him.
So, tell us though how,
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how is he has he
bringing you to a
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stability and strength
and confidence and courage
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and hope. There are
lot people today who
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want that. Yes, well
in Matthew chapter 6,
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over and over again
Jesus says do not worry about
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your life. And I
realized that anxiety consumed
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me and I said you
know what of course
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you know there
are many factors that,
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that can make an
individual more anxious.
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You know there
are genetic factors,
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environmental
factors and I said.
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And our own
choices. Yes. And decisions
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that we make
inadvertently you know
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unwisely but not
intentionally obviously.
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But regardless I
believe that the peace
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that God gives is
available to all of us,
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and quite often in
the Bible you see like
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when the disciples
were afraid like when they
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found themselves in a storm.
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What Jesus says is
O ye of little faith.
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And, and so I said
you know what if I have
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faith in God then faith
is the opposite of a worry,
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maybe it's cause I
don't have faith in God and,
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and that's what led
me on a journey where
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I realized that I
needed to grow my faith in God.
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So, how do you do that Martin?
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How did you do that?
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How did the Lord
lead you on that journey?
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Well, I first began
with a lot of praying
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saying why God,
why am I experiencing
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these things in my
life. If you are there
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and this is what you
would promised us, why?
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And pretty much
that's a simple prayer.
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We're asking God, and
when we call out to God,
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God promises to answer and, and.
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And the beautiful
thing is you're talking
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to someone who
is listening. Yes.
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He is there. Yes,
yes. And he is going to be
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faithful, so as you
were crying out to him
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as David does in the Psalms. He,
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and I don't believe
the Lord is offended.
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No. Or this bothers him at all.
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He knows what's
going on in your life
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and he wants us to be
honest. Yes. So, take us
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to the next step, what
did he do that after that.
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You know I wish
I could have say,
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I could say that the
Lord just turned my life
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around overnight but he didn't
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and I can look back
and I can see that it was
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a long journey,
but he had many things
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to teach me and
basically he's teaching me
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to get into his
word, teaching me to spend
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much time in prayer and
in Jeremiah 29 verse 13,
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God says and you will
seek me with all your heart.
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When I first came to
God and began this journey,
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it wasn't my whole heart,
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all I want it
was just deliverance
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from this pain. I
wasn't ready to give God
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my whole heart,
but he want to lead me
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on a journey
where I would surrender
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everything to him and.
There is a big difference
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isn't there? Yes.
Because otherwise we want
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things on our terms,
and when you as a puny
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human being want to
stay in the driver's seat,
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yeah, look out,
yeah, because we're not
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smart enough, we
think we are, yes,
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but we are not, yeah,
and the Lord says alright
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you know I'll just
give you a little more time
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but you've got to
even if you keep hitting
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the wall you've got
to know that is not going
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to work, yeah, without me, yeah.
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So how did you,
Liana how about you,
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how have you been through this?
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I think there is
a couple, I think
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we are one and
the one person is sick
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and then the other
partner is sick too,
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I mean emotionally
and spiritually too,
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True, true. And then
both of us still went
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through together and
it was not easy at all,
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but like my husband
shared I think God allowed
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all the things
that one time. One time,
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you know I had to
say Lord, I don't want
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anything else except you
and he said you're peace.
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You know God is, God
wants to bless me upon
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totally but the all
he wants to, all he want
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is you know I want
you Liana, I want Martin
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yourself and then God allow us,
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both of us to go to
the bottom of our life
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but once we got
there God said here I am.
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I am going to help
you one step at a time
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in a time, right now
even though even though
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I say these things
but in my heart you know
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it's not easy, but
both of us when we look back
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our life it is the
hardest time of our life
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but it is the most
blessing that we have
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ever received from precious God.
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You know there is
a gospel song that
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Rodney Griffin
wrote and it says,
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I've been to the
bottom and I found at the
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bottom a blessed holy rock.
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The rock Christ
Jesus and its just exactly
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what you've been saying Liana,
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that even though
our life takes some
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unavoidable turns
and takes us places
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we would not have wanted to go.
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God doth never, he
never leaves us for
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us a moment. He is always there.
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And I think
you're absolutely right,
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what effects one
effects the other,
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you go through
this together because
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you're partners for
life and you are trusting
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the Lord, but this is
why the Lord gives strength
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to one that will
help the other. Yes.
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And it's a beautiful experience,
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what would you
tell our viewers today?
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If there is someone
who is going through
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a very difficult
time maybe its depression,
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maybe its financial
problem, maybe it's a
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loss of a job, our
country is in turmoil today,
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what would you tell them to do
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for some peace in
the time of storm?
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I would tell
them to learn to pray.
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Charles Spurgeon, the
great British preacher
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in the late 19th
century said that anything
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is a blessing
which makes us pray
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and if it weren't
for the difficulties,
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the troubles in my
life, I would not be the
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praying person that I am today.
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Now I believe that
prayer is such a privilege,
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it's such a
blessing because prayer
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is the practice
that depends on God I,
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I don't feel any, I
can never get any closer
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to God and feel
more of his peace
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than when I'm on
my knees in prayer.
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Beth Moore who
wrote Praying God's Words
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and other books has
said the same thing,
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you know she's gone
through some very difficult
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times in her life but
she said it has given me
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a hunger, a soul of
hunger for God's word
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and for his presence.
And she said I would spend
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days whole days, just
in his word and prayer,
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yes, and that is
what brought me the hope
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and the peace and the healing
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and the Lord works
with different people
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in different ways, he
doesn't call everybody
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to the same path for
healing, but he does say
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if you know me intimately,
yes, then I will make
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you strong and able to do bold
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and daring things,
that's from Daniel 11:32.
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So, what would you
tell someone in the audience
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who is saying I
need aside from prayer,
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is there something or
is there a, some secret,
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Liana that you
would add to that?
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I was not a
Christian and even at a time
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didn't know how to
pray and I know that
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there are so
many people out there
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who don't know about
God and who don't know
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how to pray but I
would suggest that
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God knows everything
about you and whether
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you say help me
or I need help even
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your silent God
knows everything about you.
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So please hang there
and then God will help you.
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That's right, how
long have you been
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a Christian? More than, I
think it will be 13 years.
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13 years. How did
you and Martin meet?
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It is another
miracle, we were just friends,
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I think my husband knows better.
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In 95, Liana was
just becoming a Christian.
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Did you attend the same church?
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No, no, no I was in
Korea for one year. Okay.
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Just studying the
language and making
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some money. And I met her at a
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Friday evening
Bible study at that time.
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So, she was living
in Korea at that time.
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Yes, okay, yes and
she was just becoming
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a Christian, we
were just friends,
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a few months later I
returned to the States
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and we were
apart for four years,
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didn't keep in
touch, but I often thought
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you know if I were to
marry someone in Korea
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I would like to
marry someone like Liana,
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just because I
remember that when she first
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started coming to church
there was this glow in her
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face and it was
because God was doing something
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incredible in
her life. It was when
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she was coming to the Lord.
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She was learning a lot of new
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and wonderful
things. Yes. Life changing.
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And four years
later, I had the opportunity
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to stop by Korea
for a little visit
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and I really wanted
to meet her and see how
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she was doing because
it's really easy to come
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into the Church, but
really easy to also leave
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the Church,
because of Sabbath issues.
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Well, how did you
know she wasn't married
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there or something
too. Well, I called her up
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and I said, I
said do you remember me
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and the second question
I asked is are you married,
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because if she
is married you know
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there is no
point in meeting her,
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no point in pursuing
this relationship. And,
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and she did
remember me and she said
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she wasn't married
and that day I asked her
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if I go meet her.
And basically she was two
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hours away from my
home which is in Seoul
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and I took a train
and made the two hour trip
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that day to go see
her. And prior to that
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basically I had come
to a point in my life
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where I told God
Lord, I'm gonna trust you to
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find that person
for me that you want me
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to unite with
marriage. I don't want
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to make that
decision, I'm gonna let you
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and when I met her
that day. And we spent
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the whole afternoon
and evening sharing,
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I just felt like she
might be the one but I need
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a confirmation from the Lord.
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How did you feel
Liana, how did you feel,
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were you glad to
see him, did you have
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a good time? How did you feel?
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Really wonderful
time but right after
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I became a Christian
at the time I was meeting
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with somebody who
was not a Christian
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and then every
time I asked the Lord.
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Lord is he the right
person, is he the right
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person and every
time I open the Bible.
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God said that do
not have the yoke
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with unbelievers
and I say okay, okay.
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So, you have this
other man in your life?
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But he wasn't a
Christian. That's right,
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you know he was not a
Christian and he was not
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willing to you know
about God, but later on after
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even before I met
Martin, I starting praying Lord,
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I am okay even
though I will not marry,
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but if you want
me to marry you know
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you choose the
right person for me
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and I had a long
list, the two big things
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for my spouse was the first one.
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I want to go to heaven together.
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Oh that's good. And I
want that, that person
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and second thing is
Lord, I want somebody
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who loves you
more than he loves me.
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Because if he loves
you then he will definitely
00:18:16.71\00:18:19.97
love me. So, I had
been you know praying
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for that kind of
person and when I met Martin
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after four years
later. God gave me the
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confidence that he
is the right person,
00:18:28.95\00:18:30.97
but how did I
know that and then what
00:18:31.00\00:18:33.09
if I like him but
if he doesn't like me,
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but on that day I
wrote on my Bible,
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thank you Lord for
this person because
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I know that there
is somebody whom I want
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to be with, and
then saying that God
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does answer my
prayer. So, when he
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and then three
weeks later he called me
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and he asked me to
marry. Three weeks,
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well but you were
both really pretty settled
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in your mind
weren't you? God, but that's
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an amazing and
a beautiful story,
00:19:06.35\00:19:08.45
both of you were
saying God you find
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.04
my mate for me. And
the Lord just brought
00:19:11.07\00:19:14.44
this together so beautifully,
00:19:14.47\00:19:16.89
that's exciting,
that's a wonderful story.
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Tell us how you're doing with
00:19:20.91\00:19:22.39
anxiety now and depression?
00:19:22.42\00:19:24.61
Only those who have
struggled with anxiety
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know what it's like, I
can find myself worrying
00:19:29.65\00:19:33.97
about the smallest
things but now through
00:19:34.00\00:19:36.60
prayer as I've
seen God come through
00:19:36.63\00:19:38.69
and open the doors and provide.
00:19:38.90\00:19:40.80
Now, because
I've had this journey
00:19:42.60\00:19:44.45
and I've seen God
come through so many times.
00:19:44.48\00:19:46.69
Now, I have less
fear about the future
00:19:46.96\00:19:49.37
because I've seen
how God has come through
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for me over and over again.
00:19:51.08\00:19:52.31
And so now my life
is, is full of more joy
00:19:52.50\00:19:58.70
and more peace. Now I
find life worth living
00:19:58.73\00:20:01.30
and I find life to
be an adventure just
00:20:01.33\00:20:04.03
because I'm always
asking the Lord what
00:20:04.06\00:20:06.28
he has next in stored for me.
00:20:06.31\00:20:07.61
That is exciting
and you know Martin,
00:20:08.36\00:20:11.11
and maybe you
knew this too Liana,
00:20:11.14\00:20:12.77
but 365 times in
scripture God tells us
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don't be afraid. It's
just like every morning
00:20:17.61\00:20:20.41
when you get up God says come
00:20:20.44\00:20:22.43
and spend sometime at my feet.
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Come and let me get
you ready for this day,
00:20:24.35\00:20:27.41
but the first thing
I'm gonna tell you is
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I love you, do
not be afraid. Yeah.
00:20:29.80\00:20:33.42
He's got enough
for one per every day,
00:20:33.45\00:20:35.54
don't be afraid.
Yeah. The things that are
00:20:35.57\00:20:39.01
happening around
us are too much for us
00:20:39.04\00:20:42.17
and he knows that,
but they're not too
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much for him. Yes,
he can do anything.
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You know another thing
that I think is important
00:20:47.41\00:20:50.01
is when we pray we
have to live our prayers
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and by that I mean we
have to live our faith.
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So we have to be
careful and watch our words.
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For instance someone
could pray for a child,
00:21:03.34\00:21:06.42
for 10 or 15 minutes or an hour,
00:21:06.73\00:21:09.23
because they're
concerned about how this
00:21:09.84\00:21:11.67
little boy is doing in
school then they get up
00:21:11.70\00:21:14.35
off their knees
and somebody says
00:21:14.38\00:21:16.20
how is your child
doing. Well, I don't know
00:21:16.23\00:21:19.92
he is just not
learning as well as the other
00:21:20.18\00:21:22.55
kids are, I may
have to hold him back.
00:21:22.58\00:21:24.28
Now, what kind of
faith is that, you have just
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talked to the Lord,
right, for this long time
00:21:27.63\00:21:31.13
asking the Lord
to intervene and then
00:21:31.67\00:21:34.59
you're saying, your
ears are hearing your
00:21:34.62\00:21:37.51
mouth saying I don't
know if God is hearing
00:21:37.54\00:21:41.14
my prayers. And I
really believe that when
00:21:41.17\00:21:44.06
we start talking
doubt and talking unbelief
00:21:44.09\00:21:47.50
that the Lord has to
say to the angels wait,
00:21:47.62\00:21:50.51
wait, wait, he
doesn't really believe. Yeah.
00:21:50.68\00:21:54.05
She is not really
ready. Yes. Because
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God honors faith.
Yes. He honors faith.
00:21:56.74\00:21:59.75
Yeah. And this is
why sometimes we have
00:21:59.78\00:22:02.47
to wait and wait
and wait for an answer.
00:22:02.50\00:22:04.95
Because our faith is
growing, yes, have you
00:22:04.98\00:22:07.87
found that? Yes, absolutely.
00:22:07.90\00:22:09.63
We make an effort to
thank God for everything,
00:22:10.95\00:22:14.30
to praise him always,
not only for the good things
00:22:14.95\00:22:18.60
but always and to talk faith.
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.03
Yes. To talk
hopefully and cheerfully about
00:22:21.06\00:22:24.42
everything and, and
we just see that that
00:22:24.45\00:22:29.69
honors God, that
pleases him. And you know
00:22:29.72\00:22:31.86
in the little book
Ministry of Healing,
00:22:31.89\00:22:33.46
we're told those very
words, it says talk faith,
00:22:33.87\00:22:37.99
talk faith, and I
believe that means I'm agreeing
00:22:38.78\00:22:42.54
with God. Yes. With
what he says in scripture,
00:22:42.57\00:22:45.49
he says I am strong in
the Lord and in the power
00:22:45.59\00:22:48.68
of his might and I
want to say to the viewers,
00:22:48.71\00:22:51.85
if you know God
and you're trusting him
00:22:52.07\00:22:54.47
and walking by faith
in his word you can claim
00:22:54.64\00:22:57.60
that promise, you
can say I am strong
00:22:57.63\00:23:00.14
in the Lord and in
the power of his might.
00:23:00.17\00:23:02.44
And instead of
thinking oh I don't know
00:23:02.95\00:23:05.18
if I can do this, go
to his word, his word says
00:23:05.21\00:23:08.99
I can do all
things through Christ
00:23:09.02\00:23:11.17
who strengthens me.
Amen. So we have to declare
00:23:11.20\00:23:14.64
God's word, it's
not just that we read it
00:23:14.67\00:23:17.10
and we believe it,
but we have to talk faith,
00:23:17.13\00:23:20.22
we have to speak
those words of faith
00:23:20.25\00:23:23.22
and trust
because when we do that
00:23:23.25\00:23:25.35
we get stronger
yes, in just making that
00:23:25.38\00:23:29.13
declaration that
God is true and we are
00:23:29.63\00:23:33.00
following him. And I
believe that the angels
00:23:33.03\00:23:36.22
and the Lord himself are happy,
00:23:36.25\00:23:37.81
when we say I
choose to go with God.
00:23:38.13\00:23:41.72
I choose even though I can't see
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.95
I am gonna walk by
faith. It's an interesting
00:23:44.30\00:23:48.81
and really joy filled
journey to walk by faith.
00:23:48.84\00:23:52.24
Yeah, you know. Not always easy,
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.94
but it's great. The
Bible is full of promises
00:23:55.67\00:23:58.50
and I realized
that all these promises
00:23:58.53\00:24:02.13
are for me,
they're for us. Amen.
00:24:02.28\00:24:05.01
And, and God want
us to just bless us but
00:24:05.04\00:24:08.09
he needs us to
assurance our faith in him.
00:24:08.12\00:24:10.24
That's right and
he says in Jeremiah,
00:24:10.54\00:24:13.01
I have never asked
you to call on me in vain,
00:24:13.04\00:24:15.48
I have never asked
you to call on me in vain.
00:24:16.25\00:24:18.17
So, that means
the same God who was
00:24:18.20\00:24:21.19
there at the Red
sea is going to open the
00:24:21.22\00:24:26.11
Red sea again. It's
not gonna look the same as
00:24:26.14\00:24:29.13
when he did at the
first time but he is opening
00:24:29.16\00:24:32.15
and parting the
waters all the time.
00:24:32.19\00:24:34.76
It's just an exciting
thing to watch our God
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.87
at work. Yes. Liana,
first what is the most
00:24:39.90\00:24:43.67
the easiest and hardest thing
00:24:43.70\00:24:45.84
for you in the Christian life?
00:24:45.87\00:24:47.27
The easiest thing
is I think a doubt
00:24:50.11\00:24:51.97
for a human being
just to doubt but. Yes,
00:24:52.00\00:24:55.10
the easiest thing is
to doubt, you're right.
00:24:55.13\00:24:57.00
But I decided
to refuse to do it.
00:24:57.38\00:25:00.35
That's good. And
then the greater thing is,
00:25:00.65\00:25:04.88
is to you know
to trust in the Lord
00:25:06.11\00:25:09.19
and just follow the
word though I have a doubt
00:25:09.43\00:25:12.75
like you said talk
about faith, cheerfully
00:25:13.17\00:25:16.58
and hopefully.
That's good, that's good.
00:25:16.61\00:25:19.53
What about you
Martin? Yeah, I think one of
00:25:20.29\00:25:27.03
the devils most successful
tools to bring us down
00:25:27.06\00:25:30.69
is doubt and discouragement.
00:25:30.72\00:25:32.58
Yeah he is just always trying to
00:25:33.26\00:25:36.63
pummel us with
discouraging thoughts.
00:25:36.66\00:25:39.50
There was a woman who
was visited by her pastor
00:25:40.31\00:25:42.92
and she had been
in a severe depression
00:25:42.95\00:25:45.16
for weeks and weeks
so bad that she didn't
00:25:45.19\00:25:48.60
get up during the day
she just stayed in bed.
00:25:48.63\00:25:50.85
And he and his
wife went to visit her.
00:25:51.26\00:25:53.34
And he said she
wanted to tell him all of the
00:25:53.74\00:25:57.93
things that were
negative in her life
00:25:57.96\00:25:59.68
and he said I spend
a third of my time here
00:25:59.71\00:26:02.93
on this problem and
two thirds on the solution.
00:26:02.96\00:26:06.65
So, he said this is
the solution I want you
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.36
every hour I want
you to make a list of the
00:26:10.39\00:26:13.74
10 things that
you're thankful for and then
00:26:13.77\00:26:16.22
every hour thank God out loud.
00:26:16.25\00:26:18.91
Use scripture if you
can, but say this to the Lord
00:26:18.95\00:26:23.33
out loud, so that
your ears hear that
00:26:23.36\00:26:26.93
you are being thankful
and at first she didn't
00:26:26.96\00:26:29.92
think she would could
do that, she wasn't excited
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.82
about it and she
didn't even want to try.
00:26:32.85\00:26:35.06
But the longer
she thought about it,
00:26:36.01\00:26:38.20
finally she said
well I'll give it a try
00:26:38.23\00:26:40.00
and she did that. He
went back, he and his wife
00:26:40.68\00:26:44.02
went back a couple
weeks later and before
00:26:44.05\00:26:46.82
they had the, she
had the blinds pulled
00:26:47.36\00:26:49.78
and you know she was
just living in the dark
00:26:50.09\00:26:53.93
that was her choice,
but now the blinds were up.
00:26:53.96\00:26:58.18
Amen. You can tell that
there had been work done
00:26:58.21\00:27:00.35
in the yard and she
had done some house work.
00:27:00.38\00:27:04.05
She was dressed and
she obviously had showered
00:27:04.08\00:27:07.62
and washed her hair and
she was in a house dress
00:27:07.65\00:27:10.88
and you know
her life has changed
00:27:10.91\00:27:13.74
and she hadn't done
anything except to stop
00:27:13.77\00:27:17.01
and declare God's word,
speak words of gratitude
00:27:17.04\00:27:23.17
and faith. So, it
really does work, doesn't it?
00:27:23.20\00:27:27.82
Yes. And God is
good, he is faithful.
00:27:27.85\00:27:30.13
There is one place that
we can always go for help
00:27:30.16\00:27:33.49
and hope and for stronger faith.
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.81
Yes. And that is to
God's word. Our time
00:27:36.84\00:27:40.37
goes quickly and I
want to thank you both
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for being here with
us today and sharing
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from your hearts.
I really believe that
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this is so helpful
and I hope that you have
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been blessed as I have.
And when you come to dark
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days remember God's
word and declare words
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of faith and hope.
So, we've enjoyed having
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you with us. We
hope that you will be,
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you have been blessed
and we'll see you again
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next time on Issues and Answers,
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until then God bless you.
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