BILL: IN 1871, TRAGEDY STRUCK CHICAGO AS FIRE 00:00:05.00\00:00:05.96 RAVAGED THE CITY. WHEN IT WAS FINALLY EXTINGUISHED, 00:00:05.96\00:00:10.86 THE FIRE HAD TAKEN OVER 300 LIVES AND HAD LEFT 00:00:10.86\00:00:14.63 SOME 100,000 HOMELESS. A MAN BY THE NAME OF HORATIO 00:00:14.63\00:00:15.66 GATES SPAFFORD WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO TRIED TO HELP 00:00:15.66\00:00:21.13 THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 00:00:21.13\00:00:24.23 SPAFFORD, A CHICAGO LAWYER, WHO HAD INVESTED 00:00:24.23\00:00:25.16 HEAVILY INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, LOST EVERYTHING AS A 00:00:25.16\00:00:30.26 RESULT OF THAT FIRE. MORE TRAGICALLY, SPAFFORD HAD 00:00:30.26\00:00:34.86 ALSO SUFFERED THE LOSS HIS ONLY SON JUST A YEAR 00:00:34.86\00:00:35.83 EARLIER. STILL, FOR TWO YEARS SPAFFORD 00:00:35.83\00:00:41.76 ASSISTED THE HOMELESS, IMPOVERISHED, 00:00:41.76\00:00:45.23 GRIEF-STRICKEN AND OTHERS RUINED BY THE FIRE. AFTER 00:00:45.23\00:00:46.36 ABOUT TWO YEARS OF SUCH WORK, SPAFFORD AND HIS 00:00:46.36\00:00:52.23 FAMILY DECIDED TO TAKE A VACATION. THEY WERE TO GO 00:00:52.23\00:00:55.46 TO ENGLAND TO JOIN MOODY AND IRA SANKEY ON ONE 00:00:55.46\00:00:56.53 OF THEIR EVANGELISTIC CRUSADES, THEN TRAVEL IN 00:00:56.53\00:01:00.66 EUROPE. HORATIO SPAFFORD WAS DELAYED BY SOME 00:01:00.66\00:01:04.13 BUSINESS, BUT SENT HIS FAMILY ON AHEAD. HE WOULD 00:01:04.13\00:01:05.13 CATCH UP TO THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 00:01:05.13\00:01:08.10 ATLANTIC. THEIR SHIP, THE VILLE DE HAVRE, NEVER MADE 00:01:08.10\00:01:12.86 IT. OFF NEWFOUNDLAND, IT COLLIDED WITH AN ENGLISH 00:01:12.86\00:01:13.83 SAILING SHIP AND SANK WITHIN 20 MINUTES. 00:01:13.83\00:01:25.10 (MUSIC) 00:01:26.10\00:01:34.43 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:01:34.90\00:01:37.90 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE. 00:01:38.40\00:01:40.76 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:01:41.10\00:01:45.66 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:01:46.00\00:01:47.73 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:01:48.10\00:01:52.40 (MUSIC) 00:01:52.73\00:02:11.40 HORATIO'S WIFE, ANNA, WAS ABLE TO CLING TO A PIECE 00:02:12.63\00:02:13.63 OF FLOATING WRECKAGE THEIR FOUR DAUGHTERS WERE 00:02:13.63\00:02:17.10 KILLED. HORATIO RECEIVED A HORRIBLE TELEGRAM FROM HIS 00:02:17.10\00:02:24.80 WIFE, ONLY TWO WORDS LONG: "SAVED ALONE." SPAFFORD 00:02:24.80\00:02:26.00 BOARDED THE NEXT AVAILABLE SHIP TO BE NEAR HIS 00:02:26.00\00:02:31.70 GRIEVING WIFE. WHEN THE SHIP PASSED NEAR THE SPOT 00:02:31.70\00:02:36.63 WHERE HIS DAUGHTERS DIED, SPAFFORD PENNED 00:02:36.63\00:02:37.56 THESE PRECIOUS WORDS: 00:02:37.56\00:02:43.70 NOW, EVERY ONE OF US HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY TRAGEDY 00:04:00.66\00:04:01.63 TO SOME DEGREE. WHETHER IT BE ILLNESS, INFIRMITY, 00:04:01.63\00:04:07.03 DEATH, OR ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF THINGS THAT 00:04:07.03\00:04:10.46 CAN TOUCH US HUMANS, WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED PAIN. 00:04:10.46\00:04:11.53 WHETHER IT BE THE PAIN OF A BROKEN BODY, A BROKEN 00:04:11.53\00:04:15.83 HEART, OR A BROKEN SPIRIT, TRAGEDY HAS TOUCHED US 00:04:15.83\00:04:19.86 ALL. WHETHER THE PAIN IS PHYSICAL IN NATURE OR 00:04:19.86\00:04:20.83 SPIRITUAL, WE HAVE ALL BE AFFECTED. JESUS SAID 00:04:20.83\00:04:25.93 IT WOULD BE THIS WAY. 00:04:25.93\00:04:26.40 REMEMBER JOHN 16: 33 00:04:26.40\00:04:34.56 IN TODAY'S PASSAGE, WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH A 00:04:48.93\00:04:49.86 FATHER WHO IS EXPERIENCING TRAGEDY. THAT DAY, DEATH 00:04:49.86\00:04:52.80 SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS AND IT HAD COME FOR 00:04:52.80\00:04:58.06 HIS 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. 00:04:58.06\00:04:58.60 HIS HEART IS BROKEN, AND IN THE MIDST OF HIS 00:04:58.60\00:05:03.03 TRAGEDY, HE TURNS TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. JAIRUS 00:05:03.03\00:05:04.03 FOUND OUT THAT JESUS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH IN THE 00:05:04.03\00:05:08.86 TIMES OF OUR TRAGEDY. 00:05:08.86\00:05:09.33 MARK 5: 21 - 43 00:05:09.33\00:05:17.86 WE ARE TOLD THAT THIS MAN IS A "SYNAGOGUE OFFICIAL". 00:08:07.73\00:08:08.80 HE WAS A MAN WHO HAD IT ALL, BUT AT THIS MOMENT IN 00:08:08.80\00:08:12.86 TIME, NONE OF IT MATTERED! 00:08:12.86\00:08:13.40 WHEN JAIRUS SPOKE, PEOPLE LISTENED. WHEN HE WALKED 00:08:13.40\00:08:17.26 INTO A ROOM, EVERYONE STOOD UP IN RECOGNITION. 00:08:17.26\00:08:21.03 T, NOW, HE FINDS HIMSELF IN A PLACE WHERE NONE 00:08:21.03\00:08:22.03 OF THAT MATTERS ANYMORE! 00:08:22.03\00:08:26.10 SICKNESS AND DEATH COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHO THIS 00:08:26.10\00:08:27.06 MAN IS, WHAT HE POSSESSES OR THE POSITION HE HOLDS. 00:08:27.06\00:08:32.50 YOU SEE, LIFE BECAME VERY DEFINED FOR JAIRUS! HE HAD 00:08:32.50\00:08:37.83 EVERYTHING, OR SO HE THOUGHT. IN REALITY, WHAT 00:08:37.83\00:08:38.80 HE HAD IN THE WORLD MEANT NOTHING! YOU SEE, DEATH 00:08:38.80\00:08:45.66 HAD COME TO THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS, AND IT HAD COME 00:08:45.66\00:08:49.53 FOR HIS REAL TREASURE. 00:08:49.53\00:08:50.03 THAT "LITTLE DAUGHTER" THE ONE LUKE CALLS HIS "AN 00:08:50.03\00:08:54.10 ONLY DAUGHTER, ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD" WAS 00:08:54.10\00:08:55.03 DYING AND SHE WAS HIS REAL TREASURE! 00:08:55.03\00:09:01.53 SOME PEOPLE SPEND THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AMASSING 00:09:03.10\00:09:04.10 POWER AND WEALTH. BUT, WHEN TRAGEDY COMES, THOSE 00:09:04.10\00:09:07.66 THINGS MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! DEATH DOESN'T 00:09:07.66\00:09:11.83 CARE IF YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE! SICKNESS AND 00:09:11.83\00:09:12.73 SORROW DOESN'T CARE IF YOU HAVE POWER, PRESTIGE AND 00:09:12.73\00:09:17.03 POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY. 00:09:17.03\00:09:17.56 SORROW AND SUFFERING DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR 00:09:17.56\00:09:22.86 POPULARITY. WHEN TRAGEDY AND DEATH SOME CALLING, 00:09:22.86\00:09:27.10 YOU BETTER KNOW ONE GREATER THAN YOURSELF. YOU 00:09:27.10\00:09:28.10 SEE, LIFE WILL COME INTO CRYSTAL CLEAR FOCUS WHEN 00:09:28.10\00:09:34.00 TRAGEDY COMES! WHAT YOU THINK MATTERS NOW WILL 00:09:34.00\00:09:38.56 CEASE TO MATTER THEN. 00:09:38.56\00:09:39.06 SOMEWHERE, JAIRUS HAD HEARD ABOUT JESUS. THE 00:09:39.06\00:09:43.60 NAME JAIRUS MEANS "HE WHOM GOD ENLIGHTENS". SOMEHOW, 00:09:43.60\00:09:44.80 GOD HAD OPENED THE EYES OF THIS JEWISH OFFICIAL AND 00:09:44.80\00:09:51.50 HE SAW THAT JESUS WAS HIS ONLY HOPE. AND NOW, AT THE 00:09:51.50\00:09:57.76 VERY MOMENT HIS DAUGHTER IS DYING JESUS JUST 00:09:57.76\00:09:58.70 HAPPENS TO BE PASSING THROUGH TOWN. WHAT A 00:09:58.70\00:10:02.60 COINCIDENCE! NOT! IT WAS THE DIVINE PLAN OF GOD 00:10:02.60\00:10:09.16 THAT ALLOWED THE PATHS OF JAIRUS AND JESUS TO CROSS. 00:10:09.16\00:10:10.23 JESUS IS ALWAYS PASSING BY! NOTICE HOW THIS MAN 00:10:10.23\00:10:14.30 OF POSITION AND POWER CAME BEFORE JESUS CHRIST. HE 00:10:14.30\00:10:20.80 CAME REVERENTLY, PRAYERFULLY AND 00:10:20.80\00:10:21.53 PASSIONATELY. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE "FELL AT HIS 00:10:21.53\00:10:25.03 FEET". THE WORD "FELL" MEANS "TO DESCEND FROM A 00:10:25.03\00:10:29.93 HIGHER PLACE TO A LOWER". 00:10:29.93\00:10:30.46 IN OTHER WORDS, THIS BIG MAN HUMBLED HIMSELF IN THE 00:10:30.46\00:10:35.40 PRESENCE OF THE LORD OF GLORY. WHEN THIS MAN 00:10:35.40\00:10:36.46 COMES TO JESUS, FALLS DOWN BEFORE HIM AND MAKES HIS 00:10:36.46\00:10:41.26 PETITION TO THE LORD, HE IS SAYING TO JESUS, "I 00:10:41.26\00:10:45.23 CANNOT DO THIS THING, BUT I BELIEVE YOU CAN!" WHAT 00:10:45.23\00:10:46.23 A STATEMENT OF FAITH! THAT IS THE PLACE WE HAVE GOT 00:10:46.23\00:10:51.43 TO GET TO IN LIFE! WHETHER IT BE FOR THE SALVATION OF 00:10:51.43\00:10:56.36 YOUR OWN SOUL, THE SALVATION OF A LOVED ONE 00:10:56.36\00:10:57.26 OR FOR HELP IN A TIME OF TRAGEDY, WE HAVE GOT TO 00:10:57.26\00:11:01.10 REACH THE PLACE WHERE WE KNOW THAT WHILE WE CAN'T, 00:11:01.10\00:11:05.43 HE CAN! 00:11:05.43\00:11:10.80 WHEN JAIRUS SHARES HIS STORY WITH JESUS, HE 00:11:14.00\00:11:14.93 RECEIVES A SYMPATHETIC EAR. JESUS IS INTERESTED 00:11:14.93\00:11:18.66 IN HIS NEED AND GOES WITH JAIRUS TO HIS HOUSE. AS 00:11:18.66\00:11:24.66 JESUS GOES WITH JAIRUS, THEY ARE STOPPED BY THE 00:11:24.66\00:11:25.70 WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD. THIS DELAY MUST 00:11:25.70\00:11:29.83 HAVE GRIPPED THE HEART OF JAIRUS. NO DOUBT, HE IS 00:11:29.83\00:11:35.13 IMPATIENT AND WANTS THE MASTER TO HURRY. IT MUST 00:11:35.13\00:11:36.13 HAVE CONFUSED HIM AS TO WHY JESUS WOULD STOP AND 00:11:36.13\00:11:40.50 DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE, WHEN HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER WAS 00:11:40.50\00:11:45.26 LYING AT DEATHS DOOR. 00:11:45.26\00:11:45.90 NONE OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS EVER RECORD ANYTHING THAT 00:11:45.90\00:11:52.13 JAIRUS SAID DURING THIS DELAYING TIME. HE ISN'T 00:11:52.13\00:11:53.26 SEEN IMPATIENTLY PULLING ON THE ROBES OF JESUS 00:11:53.26\00:11:59.23 TO HURRY HIM ALONG. HE DOESN'T INTERRUPT OUR 00:11:59.23\00:12:02.23 LORD'S DIALOG WITH THIS POOR WOMAN. HE MERELY 00:12:02.23\00:12:03.23 WAITS UNTIL JESUS IS FREE AND CAN CONTINUE ON WITH 00:12:03.23\00:12:06.86 HIM. THIS IS THE RESPONSE OF FAITH! HERE IS A MAN 00:12:06.86\00:12:12.83 WHO HAS COME TO THE PLACE WHERE HE KNOWS THAT HE 00:12:12.83\00:12:13.83 CANNOT SOLVE HIS PROBLEM. 00:12:13.83\00:12:17.06 HE HAS PLACED THAT PROBLEM IN THE HAND OF JESUS AND 00:12:17.06\00:12:18.23 HE HAS LEFT IT THERE. WHAT A LESSON FOR YOU AND ME! 00:12:18.23\00:12:24.36 DURING THE TIME OF DELAY, A SERVANT OF JAIRUS COMES 00:12:24.36\00:12:29.60 TO THE TRAGIC WORD: "YOUR DAUGHTER HAS DIED" CAN YOU 00:12:29.60\00:12:30.76 IMAGINE HOW JAIRUS MUST HAVE FELT AT THAT MOMENT? 00:12:30.76\00:12:37.66 HIS WORLD MUST HAVE FALLEN APART AROUND HIM. ALL OF 00:12:37.66\00:12:43.56 HIS DREAMS AND HOPES WERE IN AN INSTANT SHATTERED 00:12:43.56\00:12:44.60 AND BROKEN. I WONDER IF HE SAID WITHIN HIS HEART: 00:12:44.60\00:12:50.40 "IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE CROWD, WE WOULD HAVE 00:12:50.40\00:12:55.73 GOTTEN THERE IN TIME AND MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE 00:12:55.73\00:12:56.70 BEEN ALIVE. IF THAT WOMAN HAD NOT INTERRUPTED JESUS, 00:12:56.70\00:13:00.66 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HOME NOW AND EVERYTHING WOULD 00:13:00.66\00:13:04.23 BE FINE. IF JESUS HAD NOT STOPPED TO HELP THAT 00:13:04.23\00:13:05.20 WOMAN, MY DAUGHTER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!" 00:13:05.20\00:13:09.23 SURELY, THIS MAN COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR 00:13:09.23\00:13:13.53 HIS TRAGEDY! SO, A TRAGIC SITUATION HAS TRANSFORMED 00:13:13.53\00:13:14.56 ITSELF INTO AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. THE LITTLE GIRL 00:13:14.56\00:13:22.03 IS NO LONGER SICK, NOW SHE IS DEAD! EVEN AT THIS 00:13:22.03\00:13:28.96 TRAGIC MOMENT, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW 00:13:28.96\00:13:30.00 FAITH REACTS. JAIRUS HAS PLACED HIS FAITH IN JESUS, 00:13:30.00\00:13:35.00 AND EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH, HIS FAITH DOES NOT 00:13:35.00\00:13:42.56 WAIVER! JESUS SAYS TO JAIRUS, "DO NOT BE AFRAID 00:13:42.56\00:13:43.56 ANY LONGER, ONLY BELIEVE!" 00:13:43.56\00:13:49.50 WHAT A WORD OF FAITH! 00:13:49.50\00:13:50.10 JESUS IS SAYING TO HIM, "DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU 00:13:50.10\00:13:55.50 HEAR. DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU KNOW. DON'T BELIEVE 00:13:55.50\00:13:56.50 WHAT YOU SEE. JUST TRUST ME!" 00:13:56.50\00:14:03.13 THAT IS WHAT FAITH SAYS TO YOU TODAY! EVERY INSTINCT 00:14:05.36\00:14:06.43 AND EVERY INDICATOR MAY SAY, "IT IS HOPELESS!" 00:14:06.43\00:14:10.16 BUT, FAITH LOOKS AWAY TO A GOD WHO IS GREATER THAN 00:14:10.16\00:14:15.20 ANYTHING WE CAN HEAR, KNOW OR SEE! ALL I AM SAYING 00:14:15.20\00:14:16.26 IS, YOU BRING YOUR NEED TO JESUS. YOU TRUST YOUR NEED 00:14:16.26\00:14:20.86 TO JESUS AND YOU LEAVE YOUR NEED WITH JESUS! 00:14:20.86\00:14:25.56 EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION MAY SAY, "IT'S 00:14:25.56\00:14:26.60 NOT GOING TO WORK OUT!" 00:14:26.60\00:14:29.63 BUT, YOU LEAVE IT IN HIS HAND BY FAITH AND TRUST 00:14:29.63\00:14:30.63 HIM WITH IT. HE WILL WORK IT OUT IN HIS TIME AND IN 00:14:30.63\00:14:34.80 HIS WAY. BY THE WAY, HE MAY NOT WORK IT OUT THAT 00:14:34.80\00:14:38.96 WAY YOU WANT HIM TO! ARE YOU CONTENT TO LET HIM 00:14:38.96\00:14:39.93 DO IT HIS WAY? GET THAT PROBLEM INTO HIS HAND 00:14:39.93\00:14:45.86 AND LEAVE IT THERE! 00:14:45.86\00:14:49.76 NOTICE THAT JESUS PUT OUT OF THE HOUSE EVERYONE WHO 00:14:50.26\00:14:51.30 DID NOT BELIEVE HIM. THOSE WHO LACKED FAITH IN HIM 00:14:51.30\00:14:54.30 WERE EXCLUDED FROM SEEING HIM MOVE AND WORK IN 00:14:54.30\00:15:00.43 POWER. THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED! YOU SEE, FAITH 00:15:00.43\00:15:01.43 BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE, SEES THE INVISIBLE AND 00:15:01.43\00:15:06.76 RECEIVES THE IMPOSSIE. 00:15:06.76\00:15:07.20 UNBELIEF RECEIVES NOTHING FROM THE HAND OF GOD! 00:15:07.20\00:15:13.53 WHEN JESUS ENTERED THE ROOM WHERE THAT DEAD GIRL 00:15:13.53\00:15:18.80 WAS LYING, HE TOOK HER BY THE HAND AND TOLD HER 00:15:18.80\00:15:19.76 TO RISE AND SHE DID! WHEN LIFE CAME IN DEATH HAD TO 00:15:19.76\00:15:27.06 FLEE! HOW DO WE KNOW SHE WAS ALIVE? SHE HAD ALL THE 00:15:27.06\00:15:33.43 SIGNS. SHE WAS LIVING, SHE WAS WALKING AND SHE WAS 00:15:33.43\00:15:34.50 EATING. WHEN THOSE IN THE ROOM SAW WHAT JESUS HAD 00:15:34.50\00:15:39.36 DONE, THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WERE "COMPLETELY 00:15:39.36\00:15:42.93 ASTOUNDED". THOSE TWO WORDS COME FROM A WORD 00:15:42.93\00:15:44.00 THAT MEANS "TO THROW OUT OF POSITION; TO BE OUT OF 00:15:44.00\00:15:49.70 ONE'S MIND." LITERALLY, WHEN THEY SAW JESUS DO 00:15:49.70\00:15:56.20 WHAT HE DID, IT BLEW THEIR MINDS AND LEFT THEM WITH 00:15:56.20\00:15:57.23 THEIR CHINS HANGING ON THEIR CHESTS IN AMAZEMENT! 00:15:57.23\00:16:05.70 HE IS WAITING TO DO THAT SAME THING IN YOUR LIFE 00:16:07.90\00:16:08.90 TODAY. HE IS WAITING FOR YOU TO BRING YOUR 00:16:08.90\00:16:13.73 IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION TO HIM, LEAVE IT WITH HIM BY 00:16:13.73\00:16:17.93 FAITH, AND TRUST HIM TO DEAL WITH IT IN HIS TIME. 00:16:17.93\00:16:18.96 SOME OF YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR SOUL TO JESUS TODAY. 00:16:18.96\00:16:24.33 YOU NEED TO BE SAVED. 00:16:24.33\00:16:24.80 YOU NEED NOT FEAR THAT HE WON'T SAVE YOU. HE WILL 00:16:24.80\00:16:28.93 AND HE WILL FIX THAT WHICH IS BROKEN IN YOUR LIFE. 00:16:28.93\00:16:33.40 SOME OF YOU NEED TO BRING A LOST SPOUSE, A 00:16:33.40\00:16:34.33 LOST CHILD OR SOME OTHER SPECIAL PERSON TO JESUS 00:16:34.33\00:16:38.33 TODAY. PUT THEM IN HIS HAND AND LEAVE THEM TO 00:16:38.33\00:16:43.23 HIM. SOME NEED TO BRING A SITUATION THAT IS CAUSING 00:16:43.23\00:16:44.40 YOU FEAR AND WORRY TODAY. 00:16:44.40\00:16:48.30 BRING IT TO JESUS, GIVE IT TO HIM AND WATCH HIM 00:16:48.30\00:16:49.33 CHANGE IT FOR HIS GLORY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, 00:16:49.33\00:16:54.16 BUT I KNOW HE HAS IT FOR YOU. WHY NOT GET THE 00:16:54.16\00:17:00.83 PEACE, COMFORT AND HELP YOU NEED TODAY? YOU SEE, 00:17:00.83\00:17:01.83 THE SUPPLY FOR OUR NEED WILL ONLY BE FOUND IN 00:17:01.83\00:17:07.06 JESUS CHRIST. I INVITE YOU TO DO WHAT JAIRUS DID SO 00:17:07.06\00:17:11.96 LONG AGO. GET UP, GO TO JESUS, FALL AT HIS FEET 00:17:11.96\00:17:13.00 AND TELL HIM WHAT YOU NEED. DO YOU NEED TO 00:17:13.00\00:17:19.13 BE SAVED TODAY? HE CAN DO THAT! DO YOU NEED TO SEE A 00:17:19.13\00:17:24.36 LOVED ONE TOUCHED AND SAVED? HE CAN DO THAT! 00:17:24.36\00:17:25.33 DO YOU NEED HELP WITH A PROBLEM? HE CAN DO THAT! 00:17:25.33\00:17:30.00 DO YOU NEED GRACE FOR A VALLEY? HE CAN DO THAT! DO 00:17:30.00\00:17:34.83 YOU NEED HEALING FOR SICKNESS OR A BROKEN 00:17:34.83\00:17:35.73 HEART? HE CAN DO THAT! 00:17:35.73\00:17:40.63 JESUS IS NOT A MAGIC GENIE! BUT, HE IS A 00:17:40.63\00:17:41.53 SOVEREIGN LORD! HE CAN TAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE 00:17:41.53\00:17:46.50 SITUATION AND TURN IT INTO A MIRACLE OF HIS POWER AND 00:17:46.50\00:17:52.50 GLORY. IS THERE A NEED? GET IT TO HIM! 00:17:52.50\00:17:57.43 WHEN PEACE, LIKE A RIVER, ATTENDETH MY WAY, 00:18:08.73\00:18:18.46 WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL; 00:18:19.00\00:18:29.03 WHATEVER MY LOT, THOU HAS TAUGHT ME TO SAY, 00:18:29.76\00:18:39.33 IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL, WITH MY SOUL. 00:18:39.70\00:18:50.16 IT IS WELL, 00:18:50.96\00:18:55.46 WITH MY SOUL, 00:18:55.90\00:19:02.10 IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, 00:19:02.36\00:19:12.90 MY SIN, OH, THE BLISS OF THIS GLORIOUS THOUGHT! 00:19:19.86\00:19:29.96 MY SIN, NOT IN PART BUT THE WHOLE, 00:19:30.23\00:19:39.80 IS NAILED TO THE CROSS, 00:19:40.23\00:19:44.83 AND I BEAR IT NO MORE, 00:19:45.03\00:19:49.76 PRAISE THE LORD, 00:19:50.10\00:19:53.73 PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL! 00:19:54.10\00:20:00.33 IT IS WELL, 00:20:00.76\00:20:05.36 WITH MY SOUL, 00:20:05.70\00:20:10.60 IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, 00:20:10.96\00:20:21.20 AND LORD, HASTE THE DAY WHEN MY FAITH 00:20:23.03\00:20:24.03 SHALL BE SIGHT, 00:20:24.03\00:20:32.06 THE CLOUDS BE ROLLED BACK AS A SCROLL; 00:20:33.10\00:20:44.00 THE TRUMP SHALL RESOUND, 00:20:44.53\00:20:48.90 AND THE LORD SHALL DESCEND, 00:20:49.20\00:20:54.03 EVEN SO, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. 00:20:54.36\00:21:05.10 IT IS WELL, 00:21:05.73\00:21:09.50 WITH MY SOUL, 00:21:12.33\00:21:17.73 IT IS WELL, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL, 00:21:18.06\00:21:34.50 >>BILL: LET US PRAY. 00:21:36.10\00:21:36.73 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THINK OF THOSE RIGHT NOW THAT 00:21:36.73\00:21:38.76 ARE BRINGING THEIR PROBLEMS TO YOU. I PRAY 00:21:38.76\00:21:39.70 THAT YOU MAY ATTEND TO EACH AND EVERY SITUATION 00:21:39.70\00:21:43.93 ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:21:43.93\00:21:52.23 (MUSIC) 00:21:53.33\00:22:37.96 (MUSIC) 00:22:40.96\00:22:56.16 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY WE'RE GOING ON AN IMAGINARY 00:22:56.83\00:22:57.83 SHOPPING TRIP! IMAGINE WE'RE AT THE STORE WHERE 00:22:57.83\00:23:01.56 YOU GET YOUR GROCERIES COME ON IN WITH ME, AND 00:23:01.56\00:23:05.00 LET'S GET BUSY. WE'RE ON A MISSION TO PURCHASE ONLY 00:23:05.00\00:23:06.03 THOSE FOODS THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD UP OUR BODIES 00:23:06.03\00:23:09.96 AND MAKE THEM STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL FOR GOD. FIRST 00:23:09.96\00:23:15.46 OF ALL, IN MOST GROCERY STORES THE REALLY GOOD 00:23:15.46\00:23:16.46 STUFF IS USUALLY LOCATED ON THE PERIMETER OF THE 00:23:16.46\00:23:19.86 STORE. GO THERE FIRST, AND FILL YOUR SHOPPING CART 00:23:19.86\00:23:24.33 WITH ALL THE GORGEOUS COLORS AVAILABLE. I'M 00:23:24.33\00:23:25.30 TALKING DARK GREEN, LEAFY VEGETABLES LIKE KALE, 00:23:25.30\00:23:30.56 COLLARD GREENS, SPINACH, AND DANDELION GREENS; 00:23:30.56\00:23:33.63 VIVIDLY COLORED VEGETABLES LIKE BEETS, SQUASHES, 00:23:33.63\00:23:34.66 RED, YELLOW, AND ORANGE PEPPERS, DEEP ORANGE 00:23:34.66\00:23:39.13 CARROTS, BROCCOLI, PURPLE CABBAGE, AND MORE. THEN 00:23:39.13\00:23:44.53 THERE'S THE FRUITS - WHAT A SELECTION WE HAVE 00:23:44.53\00:23:45.50 BLUEBERRIES, STRAWBERRIES, CHERRIES, GRAPES, APPLES, 00:23:45.50\00:23:49.96 ORANGES, BANANAS, KIWIS, CANTALOUPE, MANGOS; I'M 00:23:49.96\00:23:54.03 STARTING TO GET HUNGRY! 00:23:54.03\00:23:54.56 WHILE YOU'RE IN THE PRODUCE SECTION, BE SURE 00:23:54.56\00:23:58.10 TO PICK UP SOME ONIONS, FRESH GARLIC, AND LEMONS 00:23:58.10\00:23:59.20 ALL PLANT FOODS ARE FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH EXCELLENT 00:23:59.20\00:24:03.36 NUTRITION - GOOD, COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES, A NICE, 00:24:03.36\00:24:07.53 MODERATE AMOUNT OF PROTEIN, AND A BIT OF FAT 00:24:07.53\00:24:08.46 - ALL IN QUANTITIES YOUR BODY CAN USE WELL. NOW, 00:24:08.46\00:24:14.00 WHEN WE'RE WALKING THE AISLES OF THE STORE, WE 00:24:14.00\00:24:17.96 WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PROCESSED FOODS AS MUCH AS 00:24:17.96\00:24:19.06 POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE WANT TO EAT MOST OF OUR FOODS 00:24:19.06\00:24:22.60 ARE CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO HOW THEY ARE GROWN. AND, 00:24:22.60\00:24:27.13 WE WANT TO COOK FOODS OURSELVES, RATHER THAN 00:24:27.13\00:24:28.10 USING CONVENIENCE FOODS. 00:24:28.10\00:24:31.36 THAT WAY WE GET TO CONTROL THE SALT AND THE SUGAR, 00:24:31.36\00:24:32.43 AND WE ELIMINATE THE MYRIAD OF OTHER ADDITIVES. 00:24:32.43\00:24:37.63 WHEN YOU'RE PURCHASING PASTA, BE SURE TO TRY THE 00:24:37.63\00:24:43.06 NEW WHOLE GRAIN PASTAS. SO DELICIOUS! AND, BROWN RICE 00:24:43.06\00:24:44.30 IS REALLY NICE. LOOK FOR LOWER SODIUM VERSIONS OF 00:24:44.30\00:24:50.43 TOMATO SAUCES; BETTER YET, IT'S SO EASY TO MAKE YOUR 00:24:50.43\00:24:55.16 OWN - JUST SIMMER SOME TOMATOES WITH OREGANO, 00:24:55.16\00:24:56.13 BASIL AND OTHER HERBS AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY! 00:24:56.13\00:24:59.50 IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO PEANUTS, TRY ALMOND BUTTER 00:24:59.50\00:25:03.96 OR ANOTHER NUT BUTTER. 00:25:03.96\00:25:04.46 JUST BE SURE THERE'S OIL SWIMMING AT THE TOP OF THE 00:25:04.46\00:25:08.40 BOTTLE. THEN YOU KNOW THAT THE PRODUCT IS NOT 00:25:08.40\00:25:09.40 HYDROGENATED. THE SAME WITH MARGARINE, LOOK FOR 00:25:09.40\00:25:13.76 ONES THAT SAY "NO TRANS FAT, NON-HYDROGENATED". IF 00:25:13.76\00:25:18.56 YOU'RE PURCHASING COOKING OIL, OLIVE OIL IS ALWAYS A 00:25:18.56\00:25:19.73 SAFE BET. BE SURE, THOUGH, TO PURCHASE ONES IN DARK 00:25:19.73\00:25:24.16 COLORED GLASS BOTTLES AND STORE THEM IN A DARK, COOL 00:25:24.16\00:25:27.40 PLACE AT HOME. THIS WILL KEEP THE OIL FROM GOING 00:25:27.40\00:25:28.40 RANCID TOO QUICKLY. LET'S GET SOME MILK, CEREAL 00:25:28.40\00:25:33.50 AND BREAD BEFORE WE GO. 00:25:33.50\00:25:34.00 I HIGHLY RECOMMEND USING MILKS MADE FROM SOY, 00:25:34.00\00:25:37.40 ALMOND, RICE, OAT, OR HEMP. BREAKFAST CEREALS 00:25:37.40\00:25:42.36 SHOULD BE LOW IN SUGAR AND HAVE AT LEAST 5G FIBRE PER 00:25:42.36\00:25:43.46 SERVING. AND FOR BREAD, MAKE SURE THE LABEL SAYS 00:25:43.46\00:25:48.16 100% WHOLE GRAIN. IN FACT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE READING 00:25:48.16\00:25:54.70 YOUR LABELS FAITHFULLY SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE 00:25:54.70\00:25:55.76 PUTTING INTO YOUR BODY. 00:25:55.76\00:25:59.36 REMEMBER, YOUR BODY IS GOD'S TEMPLE! ONLY THE 00:25:59.36\00:26:00.40 BEST FOR THE LIVING GOD! I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED OUR 00:26:00.40\00:26:04.33 LITTLE SHOPPING TRIP. 00:26:04.33\00:26:04.80 I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 00:26:04.80\00:26:07.53 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU HAVE NO COME TO KNOW JESUS WHO 00:26:15.26\00:26:16.36 CAN BRING COMFORT TO YOUR SOUL, THEN LET ME INVITE 00:26:16.36\00:26:18.46 YOU TO BEGIN THE DISCOVER BIBLE COURSE. IT IS A 00:26:18.46\00:26:23.26 CORRESPONDENCE COURSE THAT YOU CAN DO IN THE COMFORT 00:26:23.26\00:26:24.33 OF YOUR OWN HOME. IT ARRIVES POSTAGE PAID AND 00:26:24.33\00:26:28.23 THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER ON YOUR PART. 00:26:28.23\00:26:33.40 HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 00:26:33.40\00:26:34.16 TO GET STARTED TODAY. 00:26:34.16\00:26:36.96 >>BILL: WE'VE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER PROGRAM, 00:27:39.83\00:27:41.00 I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU SPENT THIS LAST HALF HOUR WITH 00:27:41.00\00:27:43.20 US - I HOPE YOU'LL BE BACK AGAIN WITH US NEXT WEEK. 00:27:43.20\00:27:46.66 IN THE MEAN TIME YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEB-SITE 00:27:46.66\00:27:47.60 WWW.ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 00:27:47.60\00:27:54.30 WE HOPE TO BACK NEXT WEEK BE THE GOOD LORD WILLING 00:27:54.30\00:27:55.40 UNTIL THEN REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT 00:27:55.40\00:27:58.63 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT 00:27:58.63\00:28:03.40 PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:28:03.40\00:28:07.70 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:28:10.63\00:28:13.06