Participants: Shelley Quinn (Host), May-Ellen Colón
Series Code: IAA
Program Code: IAA000417
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00:01 Did you know that the Sabbath is both
00:03 about vertical relationships and horizontal relationships? 00:06 The vertical is with God 00:07 and the horizontal is with His family? 00:09 Join us today, and we're gonna tell you 00:11 some wonderful ways to celebrate God's special day. 00:41 Hi, I'm Shelley Quinn, and this is "Issues & Answers." 00:44 And the issue we're talking about 00:46 today is the Sabbath and the fellowship part. 00:49 How we are having a vacation 00:51 not only with God, but with God's family? 00:53 And joining us again today is Dr. May-Ellen Colon. 00:57 Dr. Colon, we're so glad that you're back. 01:00 And we are talking about your book 01:02 "From Sundown To Sundown". How to enjoy? 01:06 How to keep the Sabbath and enjoy it? 01:08 Thank you, so much for being here. 01:10 It's a privilege. 01:11 Now you are the assistant director, 01:14 and always this is a mouthful. 01:16 Assistant director of Sabbath School 01:20 and personal ministries for the General Conference 01:22 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 01:24 And you've wrote this wonderful book 01:26 "From Sundown to Sundown to Sundown" 01:27 as kind of an extension of your personal experience, 01:31 your dissertation when you were, 01:33 the studies that you did, 01:35 as you're getting your doctorate. 01:36 And now you've put this into a very charming book, 01:40 a book that is not at all like 01:45 most books about the Sabbath. 01:46 This is all about how to enjoy God's Sabbath. 01:50 And she had shared with us so far 11 principles. 01:53 Now, I'm going to recap and then 01:55 we're going to talk about fellowshipping. 01:58 Let's look at the principles that 01:59 Dr. Colon has gotten from the Bible, 02:03 I mean, these are scriptural principles. 02:05 And first the guiding principle 02:06 for Sabbath is preparing, then resting, 02:10 then we have renewing, healing, celebrating, 02:14 and sanctifying, remembering, worshipping, 02:19 basking, responding, and trusting in God. 02:23 Now, if you missed any of those 02:26 and I just suggest that you watch 02:29 and try to see these program that came previously, 02:32 but today is gonna be a fun day. 02:34 We're gonna be talking about fellowshipping. 02:37 Please, let's start with that 02:40 principle number 12, which is all about. 02:43 The vacation with God's family 02:45 and it's starts with fellowshipping. 02:49 And that includes our own family. 02:50 Amen, yes, amen. 02:52 Nurturing Sabbath keeping means, 02:55 nurturing our relationships with family and friends. 02:59 And Jesus modeled this, you know, 03:02 went up to synagogue one Sabbath to Simon's house, 03:06 and you know, he modeled this idea. 03:08 And then God provides time to focus fellowship 03:12 with the whole family, even the family animals. 03:14 So that's in Exodus 20 talks about, not working. 03:18 So we can have this fellowship 03:19 including the animals. Yeah. 03:21 And the strangers when they get and so forth. 03:25 And then Sabbath and family go together. 03:30 I was really intrigued when I was at 03:32 Andrews at the seminary, I, Dr. Jack Deacon, 03:36 one of my favorite Hebrews scholars. 03:37 He told me about there's two Sabbath stories in Genesis. 03:43 In Genesis 1 and Genesis 2, 03:46 the two creation stories I should say. 03:49 And in Genesis 1, it has course of lists 03:53 all the seven days and then it says that, 03:55 you know, then he made the Sabbath. 03:57 And it's divided into seven parts, 03:59 you know, the seven days. 04:01 And then the second creation story, 04:04 it picks up in the beginning of Genesis 2. 04:07 And again it talks about how God made, 04:11 you know, Adam and Eve and so forth. 04:13 And Dr. Deacon says that story 04:17 is also broken up into seven parts. 04:20 And they're actually parallel the first story, 04:23 I don't have time to go into it, 04:24 and that one ends with the family. 04:27 You know, when the God, you know, 04:29 the God is, you know, there's husband shall 04:31 leave his father and mother include and his wife 04:34 and so forth, that's the end of that story. 04:37 And he said, Dr. Deacon said that in Hebrew thinking. 04:42 We have this parallelism. 04:43 And when there is a parallelism like that, 04:46 that means they're related to each other. 04:49 So the Sabbath was not only 04:50 a time to come apart and rest, 04:52 and spend that time with God, but also with the family. 04:56 Right and they go together. 04:57 Even the literary structure, amen, 05:00 of those two creations stories points that out. 05:02 That's beautiful. Yeah, it's exciting. 05:04 And I love, again I'm going back to our 05:08 Jewish friends have been the custodians 05:10 of the Sabbath for many, many 05:14 thousands of years. And they do. 05:17 Well, the Sabbath has kept the Jews. 05:19 They haven't only kept the Sabbath 05:21 and Sabbath has kept the Jews. 05:22 And one other favorite fellowship activities, 05:25 when the Sabbath comes in, epitomized this 05:29 idea of fellowship with the family 05:31 and how the Sabbath and the family go together. 05:34 And they called this ceremony, 05:37 and I think we mentioned it on a previous program, 05:39 "the Kabbalah of Shabbat." Yes. 05:41 And I wish we have time to reenact this whole thing. 05:45 I have a lot of fun doing that when I have more time, 05:48 but the wife, the mother of the 05:50 family calls when Sabbath begins. 05:54 And they have, they have the table all set 05:56 and they have two candles there, 06:00 at least, two candles, and when shortly before 06:04 sundown probably about 40 minutes or so, 06:06 the wife lights the Sabbath candles 06:09 and says a special prayer. 06:11 And I like it. That is before the Sabbath actually begins. 06:14 It's kind of a hard preparation for the Sabbath. 06:16 Yes, they just kind of ease into it. 06:17 It's not, okay, sundown, stop everything, pull the plug. 06:22 No, they're kind of ease into it. 06:24 And then they have after that they have a blessing on the, 06:28 they usually have two rolls of 06:30 Challah bread as they call it, and. 06:32 Can you spell that? 06:33 C-H-A-L-L-A-H in English, 06:36 now don't ask me to spell it in Hebrew. 06:38 It's not, I wish, I knew Hebrew, 06:40 but they usually have two, 06:42 one represents one table below 06:44 and the other one the other and you notice 06:46 how it's waited and it kind of denotes, 06:49 not working, you know. 06:50 Like the folding over the arms. 06:51 Yeah, yes sort of, at least, 06:53 that's one meaning I can get-- 06:54 And it can also be the intertwining 06:56 of the family and in other word-- 06:57 Yes, oh! You can get a lot of mileage 06:59 out this that idea. Yeah. 07:01 And then they also have a blessing on the-- 07:04 Grape juice. On the grape juice, yeah. 07:06 And they called that the Kaddish. 07:10 And it's a very, it's sort of a forerunner 07:13 of our communion service. You know, I think 07:16 Jesus probably had a Sabbath 07:19 opening traditions something like this. 07:22 It's quite possible. 07:23 Yeah, and so it kind of brings the, 07:25 you like to closer to me, 07:27 what Jesus family might have look like 07:29 on Friday evening at the set of sun. 07:32 And then after they, after they do this, 07:35 the father blesses the children. 07:39 And to knows, I wonder 07:40 how good are we at blessing our children? 07:42 And do they feel our blessing and our 07:46 Do they feel in a regular? If they haven't all week, 07:51 at least, if we can do it on Sabbath. 07:53 And we just use this opportunity 07:56 for this fellowship at a deeper level with our family. 08:00 And then after they have the blessings of the children, 08:04 the father will take each one and say, special blessings 08:06 for the children then he blesses his wife. 08:09 And when my husband and I do this, 08:11 we reenact the whole thing I actually 08:13 take luddites and I bless him too. 08:15 So that everybody is included. 08:17 He deserves the lot blessings 08:18 'cause I appreciate him so much. 08:20 But it's an intentional way, you know, yes, 08:23 they know you loves them, but we need to 08:26 say it more and the Sabbath affords that opportunity. 08:29 I had a friend, who is missionary. 08:31 Who married a man who calls himself a messianic Jew, 08:33 he was Jewish descent. And when they married, 08:38 they began to open up the Sabbath like this. 08:41 It's very special. We don't want people 08:44 to feel that we're saying that 08:46 these are things that must be done, 08:48 it's just something that you can do for your family, 08:51 but one thing that we have try to stress 08:53 over-and-over is that, even simple things can be special. 08:56 So one thing I do know about the Jewish culture 09:01 is that they really believe that preparation 09:05 for the Sabbath was a hard preparation. 09:08 That's right. And it wasn't just with God, 09:10 but kind of, it's with the family too, wasn't it? 09:13 Yes, the fellowship dimension is broadly 09:15 and I remember one Sabbath, 09:17 when sundown came there was 09:20 one item of preparation that I hadn't 09:23 taken care with my husband. 09:25 I had said something unkind 09:27 and judgmental during the week, 09:28 and I never really apologized and made it right. 09:33 And so when we sat down to welcome our guests 09:37 into our home as a couple, our children are blessed, 09:39 left the nest, I told them, I apologize for being 09:44 judgmental couple of days ago 09:47 and I'm really sorry and so forth. 09:51 And then when that happens Sabbath feast 09:53 to send it up on our home. Amen. 09:55 And we need to set up, that's part of our 09:57 Sabbath preparation and it involves the 10:00 horizontal relationships with our families, 10:03 so I'm bringing it in here too. 10:05 You know, you just showed me something 10:07 that I hadn't really, I mean, 10:08 I'm seeing it more clearly is that, 10:10 Sabbath is not only restoration 10:13 and renewal in a celebration of 10:16 a relationship with the Lord, 10:18 but there is a renewal of our relationship with our family. 10:22 That's right, and this is the time, 10:23 you know, my children were all left, 10:25 so we connect with each other on Sabbath, I called them, 10:29 they know they're gonna get a call from me. 10:31 One in California and one in Oakland, they just know it. 10:35 And this is our reconnecting time. 10:38 And you know, when our fellowship, 10:39 yes, a horizontal fellowship is still though 10:42 needs to be determined and control by the vertical. 10:47 So our fellowship needs to be in a holy manner, 10:52 but there is a lot of room for rebuilding our connection 10:55 with our family in the Sabbath hours. 10:57 And that kind of text you write to your next principle 11:00 which was all about affirming the family members. 11:04 Yes, affirming Sabbath keeping, 11:09 means, rightly representing the atmosphere 11:12 of the Sabbath by a spirit of acceptance, love, 11:16 and affirmation rather than 11:19 a spirit of judgment and criticism. 11:22 Jesus said after one of His miracles, 11:25 so healing on Sabbath stop to the Pharisees, 11:28 stop making being critical, 11:31 stop being judgmental, you know. 11:34 Amen. And make the right judgments. 11:37 And so Jesus was about affirming 11:40 and making people feel like they're valuable. 11:44 So once again now and all of these principles 11:47 that you have written are a reflection of the principles 11:51 or the reflection of the character of God. 11:53 Yes. The person of God. 11:55 And then we'll bring them into the principles 11:57 and then we put these principles into practice. 11:59 So how might someone put these principle 12:02 of affirmation or being firming into practice 12:06 in since of the not only the family, 12:09 but maybe even the family of God. 12:11 Well, first of all we have to have 12:12 the right, the right mindset. 12:16 We need to live with Sabbath as a gift of 12:18 grace not merely as a piece of a law. 12:22 Yes, there is a place for the law. 12:24 But we have to marry it with the grace idea 12:27 and that involves affirming 12:30 and being gracious to those around us. 12:36 And there was one family that made a rule, 12:41 you know, we have something negative 12:43 say in our family during the Sabbath, 12:46 we feel, if that comes to mind during the Sabbath, 12:48 if they can wake, we're gonna wake 12:50 till after the Sabbath is over. 12:52 We're gonna try to make Sabbath 12:53 on the day of affirmation and of, 12:56 and observe in a positive feeling 12:58 a relationship in a positive way. 13:02 And also another thing about this affirmation principle, 13:07 don't have your pre-children for dinner. 13:09 In other words, you know, what I mean? 13:12 Eating and alive, eating or alive. 13:15 That doesn't means, that's physically beating. 13:17 And that you could be having him for dinner. 13:18 Yes, yes, yes. Yes, so keeping, you know. 13:22 So this affirmation in positive framing of things. 13:28 You know, in Isaiah 15:13, the Lord does say 13:31 that we're not supposed to be talk in our own words. 13:33 And I think that's he is trying to show us 13:35 put a guard at the door oppose to our lips 13:38 and not to be talking about business, 13:41 If there is one area that I would say 13:43 many people are lax and it's Sabbath conversation. 13:46 It's not always the most affirming and the most holy. 13:51 And by holy we're not talking about that, 13:53 you know, it's got to be some pierce 13:55 holy within thou type conversation, 13:58 but that it should be a conservation that set apart 14:01 for the purpose of the day to 14:03 talk about God in His blessings, 14:05 to talk about His love and our love 14:07 for our family and our friends. 14:09 And to reflect the attitude of Jesus to His people, 14:13 you know, Jesus in the Ministry of Healing, 14:16 it says, it was heaven to be in Jesus presence, 14:19 you know, the dear Lord, the down to others. 14:22 He just have this affirmation, 14:25 this oozing was just, it was the way he was. 14:29 And so if we're gonna reflect that 14:31 characteristic of our God, 14:33 of our Lord affirmation will be one of our principles 14:37 that we live like and what better day to do it 14:40 then on the Sabbath, which is the time 14:43 for fellowship being and renewing our relationships. 14:47 And when you think about how many things are tugging 14:51 at the youth today, you know, 14:54 and there are so many families who are saying, 14:56 you know, I feel like my kids are being lost to me 14:59 and they're just going in so many different directions. 15:02 When family takes time during Sabbath to sit 15:07 and talk and affirm, this would make it, 15:10 I mean, that makes family time very special 15:13 and that's something that kids 15:15 would want to participate in. 15:17 And the associate the Sabbath and time with God 15:20 in a positive comforting lies, you know... 15:24 That's a wonderful. 15:25 And the Jew, our Jewish friends again, 15:29 they have, they have this little practice they follow. 15:35 They have a container, 15:37 it's usually more ornate anymore, 15:39 probably some got, everybody curbing, 15:41 and you know, medal or something, 15:43 but this is a little container that has bases 15:45 and things, they call it a Bausman. 15:48 And at the end of the Sabbath they pass it around and say, 15:53 may the fragrance of the Sabbath remain with you 15:56 throughout the coming week and I wish you 15:59 a wonderful week. 16:00 It's another way of affirming. 16:02 And I love, I can smell the clothes 16:04 from hearing this cinnamon, that's beautiful idea. 16:07 And so to them the Sabbath blessing 16:11 and what this represented is just that you're affirming 16:15 the Sabbath blessing on the rest of the week. 16:18 You know, on the person. 16:19 And on that person, yes, 16:20 you know that-you've got to value so much, 16:23 and I wish you have this wonderful blessing 16:26 that we've will enjoyed together. 16:28 And they the Havdalah ceremony, they call it. 16:32 At the end of the Sabbath, they have their beginning 16:34 when they hold up a candle and usually a young man 16:39 with the wicks all tangled and many, many wicks 16:41 all wrapped up in one. 16:43 And there is basically means because of the Sabbath 16:47 our family, our fellowship, our family has been 16:50 brought together again closely when we've been 16:54 entertain with each other, and-- 16:57 And you know these are very simple things 16:58 that people could do and or start some kind of 17:01 tradition of their own, yeah, to make Sabbath special, yes. 17:06 I know, a few people my age who grew up in the Church, 17:11 who have such a wonderful attitude about Sabbath 17:15 and it's because their parents made Sabbath 17:18 so special for them that they couldn't wait 17:21 from week-to-week till the Sabbath came around. 17:24 And these are my ideas that you've kind of been 17:26 introducing and that you've talked about in your book 17:28 "From Sundown To Sundown" 17:30 that the Sabbath, you know, 17:33 we've got 52 days a year, 17:36 a vacation time with God and to look at the Sabbath 17:39 as a time of vacation, as a preparation 17:42 for a rehearsal, if you will for His second coming. 17:46 It's thinks that really, 17:47 I hope people will hear and put into practice. 17:50 And we're not only exalting the Sabbath 17:52 by these intentional practices, 17:56 but the Lord of the Sabbath. 17:57 That's right. You know, it's all about Him. 18:00 If there is one thing you remember listeners 18:04 from that what we've been talking about 18:06 is that Sabbath is all about Him. 18:09 Amen. And not about us. 18:11 And we'll be blessed the us part will take care 18:14 of itself when we focus on Him, 18:16 it'll be blessed and we knew. 18:17 He'll take care of us. Yes. 18:19 All right, so guiding principle number 14 18:24 and that's serving. 18:26 The Sabbath keeping means serving other people 18:30 and love and witnessing lovingly for our God. 18:34 And of course, Isaiah 58 is often we go 18:38 to the very end of Isaiah 58 and make it part 18:41 of our Sabbath Bible study. 18:43 And yes, we should use it, in spite, of our Sabbath, 18:45 but it's really helpful and enlightening to look 18:49 at the context of Isaiah 58, 18:53 and you oh! What's a lovely, 18:56 it's a wonderful sermon I don't have time 18:58 to get into it, but you'll see that Isaiah 58 19:02 there one of the main points is the idea of service. 19:07 Still serving the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul. 19:11 Yes, and the Sabbath actually epitomizes, 19:15 so there is in fact, there is the Seventh-day Sabbath, 19:19 of course, there are other Sabbaths 19:20 in the Hebrew history, 19:24 we don't have time to go into them. 19:26 Those are the special. 19:27 Yes, special Sabbath, but I looked at them 19:30 and many of them refer to some things for the, 19:33 you know, the poor mention often like 19:35 when the land has its Sabbath, 19:37 but sure you'll leave something for the poor, 19:39 so they can go during that time 19:40 and pick food for their needs. 19:43 And the poorer and caring and serving, 19:47 it is part of the Sabbath attitude 19:49 and again the Seventh-day Sabbath 19:51 in this Chapter is showing the same idea. 19:54 Yeah, and all of those, of course, 19:56 those types found their fulfillment in Jesus Christ, 19:59 so special types, those special Sabbaths, 20:02 but it's the idea that they did find their fulfillment 20:05 in Jesus that we then are to be fulfilling, 20:09 I mean, He fulfill them all and we are to be 20:11 reflecting His service, 20:13 His love to the poor, His love to--That's right. 20:16 You know, if you done it to one of the least of 20:18 these you've done it onto me, so-- 20:20 Right, and this feast, you know, 20:22 they were called Sabbaths, they pointed forward 20:25 to the messiah, like you mentioned. 20:27 But of course the Seventh-day Sabbath is 20:30 set aside because that points back to creation. 20:35 And so it's in the different-- 20:36 From the beginning. 20:37 Yes, from the beginning before there was over a Jew. 20:40 Amen, so some of the ideas of service that 20:43 people might have on Sabbath. 20:46 Oh, my I still remember the years ago 20:50 and do sunshine bands and of course, 20:52 visiting to sake and I remember, 20:54 I remember Joan lady who is my friend use 20:57 to take her children to the nursing home 20:59 and I wrote in my book what she used to say 21:02 before the children sing their songs, 21:05 when they are little, and so beautiful 21:06 I am just glad to read it to you. 21:08 This is what she said to the nursing home residents. 21:11 We are Seventh-day Adventists. 21:12 We wish we could sing to you everyday, 21:15 but don't have time because we're working, 21:18 but today we don't have to work 21:19 so we came to share some of our Sabbath joy with you. 21:24 How precious? She is a precious loyal. Yes. 21:27 She is here for our Ten Commandments weekend. 21:29 Oh, yes. 21:30 And they've a wonderful sermon on the Sabbath. 21:33 And we really enjoyed her. 21:34 But the idea of that's part of the, 21:37 that's what the Sabbath, you know, 21:39 we have time set aside. 21:41 Now we have there is a lots of issues. 21:44 Sometimes we can get so involved in service 21:47 that we end up more tired then when we start, 21:50 you know, we talked about that. 21:52 We have to keep things in perspective 21:53 and imbalance and then of course 21:55 the issue of some people will do though and, 22:00 you know, do manual labor and Sabbath building 22:03 and cleaning people's yards, that's another discussion. 22:09 But we have to see all the principles 22:13 we've to getting a synergy with each other. Yes. 22:16 And yes, we're suppose to do service, 22:19 but the Lord also says we need to rest 22:21 and set aside and set the day apart, 22:24 so it's not like every other day. 22:25 So we have to be careful that our principles 22:29 don't kind of clash with each other. 22:32 We've to keep them all in a synergy. 22:35 So that's another discussion, 22:37 but service is part of the Sabbath, 22:40 but all of our service doesn't only need to be on Sabbath. 22:43 Amen and you know, lot of people who present 22:46 this mystery on Sabbath, 22:48 but there are many, many ways. 22:51 And serving can be for one another as well. Yes. 22:55 That means this is the time I don't know, 22:58 why this is coming to my mind, 22:59 but I do know that there are sometimes 23:01 that families feel that you know, 23:04 kids feel like the parents really don't listen 23:07 to them or parents are too busy. 23:10 Sometimes, it may be that service you could even 23:13 look at is you're serving your family by giving them 23:16 your undivided attention that you're giving 23:19 that your teenager time to really talk to you, 23:23 I don't know there is a lot of things 23:25 that fall into this principle. 23:27 So that is the attitude. 23:28 The Sabbath attitude is one of serving 23:31 and setting our gender aside, 23:35 so that we can live with Lord's character. 23:38 And you also had mentioned in our program, 23:40 a previous program that when you're making Sabbath plans 23:44 you did not only a plan for the day. 23:46 but a monthly plans, so maybe one Sabbath 23:49 would be a Sabbath of service, 23:51 one Sabbath would be a Sabbath of 23:52 just come apart and rest. 23:54 And so that you're not exhausting yourself 23:58 and trying to fulfill every single principle on each one. 24:02 Okay, so let's look at guiding principle number 15 caring. 24:08 Caring for necessary needs. 24:13 Sabbath keeping means caring for necessary physical needs 24:16 on Sabbath and no creature, animal, 24:19 or human should be allowed to suffer on this day. 24:24 And the Lord talks about in Exodus 23:12 about, 24:29 you know, we even have your animals be 24:32 refreshed on Sabbath, so that they're not 24:34 overworked and not to suffering, 24:36 you know, and it some-- 24:38 And the situation ox in a ditch or sheep 24:41 in the ditch you're gonna to take it out and not let this. 24:43 Yeah, in Mathew 12, of course when Jesus was 24:46 and His disciples are going through the cornfield 24:48 or the wheat field depending on what translations you read. 24:51 Yeah, again they were taking care of 24:54 unnecessary physical need apparently 24:55 they were hungry and he just do not 24:58 contaminant for that, yeah. 25:01 So the caring, now let's go through now 25:05 because we've had you now for four programs, 25:08 let's take all of these principles 25:10 and we're just gonna run them through real quickly 25:13 all principles of how to make the Sabbath a delight. 25:19 And the first principle is preparing. 25:23 And you get in that preparation done 25:25 you're gonna have a much happier Sabbath. 25:28 Resting is important, so that you know that 25:31 you're coming apart and getting some physical rest 25:34 and emotional spiritual rest. 25:36 Renewing, a Sabbath principle is healing. 25:40 Jesus spend a lot of His time there were seven miracles 25:43 that He did on the Sabbath day. 25:45 Celebrating, celebrating is something 25:48 I feel it's very important then we have 25:51 a sanctifying that the Sabbath is a time, 25:55 a principle of sanctifying and just realize 25:57 it's an intimate time with the Lord. 25:59 Remembering, remembering God is creator, 26:02 remembering all that He has done for us 26:04 and we're worshipping Him and truth 26:06 and spirit going to church with that attitude 26:08 that we are gonna worshiping 26:10 and realizing it doesn't end at the end of church. 26:12 Basking in God's wonderful creation going out into nature 26:17 and just sing what God has done for us 26:20 and the gifts He has given us. 26:21 Responding to Him and to His love. 26:24 Trusting in Him not leaning on our own understanding. 26:28 And then principle number 12 is fellowshipping, 26:31 that's what we've been talking about today. 26:33 How to restore that time with the family 26:35 and renew family relationships? 26:39 Affirming, being positive. 26:41 And serving others and then finally always 26:44 having that caring attitude. 26:46 When you would look at this in your book 26:50 "From Sundown To Sundown" 26:51 how to keep the Sabbath and enjoy it? 26:53 May Ellen taking these practices and looking 26:57 at this when your a little boy looked at you one day 27:00 when he was four years old and you're singing happy, 27:02 "Sabbath is a happy day" and he said, 27:04 no it's not momma. 27:06 When from that time forward to today 27:09 God is really changed your life, 27:12 not just in the way you celebrate the Sabbath, 27:14 but He has changed that really that personal 27:17 vertical relationships with Him, hasn't He? 27:19 Yes, He has. 27:21 And He used the Sabbath as a way 27:23 for me to just stop and reevaluate 27:26 my relationship with Him. Amen. 27:30 And the way I enjoying keep the Sabbath is 27:33 a reflection of the stay with that relationship. 27:36 I agree with that a 100% and we're so thankful 27:39 that you've come and May Ellen 27:40 for these last four programs. 27:42 We're thankful for the book and just thankful 27:45 that you're sharing the experiences 27:48 that God has let you through. 27:50 Now for those of you at home, 27:52 I hope somehow as it has for me that this has kind of, 27:57 maybe picked your interest in doing something 28:01 a little more special for each Sabbath. 28:04 May the love of the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus 28:08 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 28:10 be with you today and everyday? |
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