From the campus
of Andrews University
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this is New Perceptions
with Dr. Dwight K. Nelson.
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Spirit of the living God
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Fall afresh on me
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Spirit of the living God
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Fall afresh on me
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Break me, melt me
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Mold me, fill me
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Spirit of the living God
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Fall afresh on me
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The song that we are
singing is being sung in Spanish
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and its taken from Matthew
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as it's indicated
in the bulletin there
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but I will give the
translation almost directly
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from the Spanish
text that we are singing
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and it says this,
translated into English,
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"I say this, if two of you
are in agreement here on earth
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to ask for something
in prayer of my Father
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who is in heaven
He will give it to you
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because where two or
three come together in my name
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there am I in the midst of them.
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I am there in
the midst of them."
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Amen.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Let's pray together.
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Oh, God, that prayer in Spanish
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is our prayer too.
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The words of
Jesus, if two of you agree
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concerning
anything on this earth
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and I ask it of
my Father in heaven,
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it will be granted to you
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for where two or
three are gathered
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in My name I am there.
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Oh, God, that prayer promise
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we must claim
it, we must know it.
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In our teaching
today show us how.
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We humbly pray
in Jesus name, amen.
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It isn't easy to move
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from a sublime moment
like this and worship.
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To our teaching
today that begins with
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talking about Tim Tebow.
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So to make that transition a
little more comfortable for me
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I need somebody to
throw me a football.
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Thank You, Chaplin Jose.
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I feel better already.
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For those of you who
don't know, this is a football.
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Don't laugh.
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This is a
football and Tim Tebow,
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Tim Tebow, rookie quarterback
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with the Denver
Broncos just for now.
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Tim Tebow has
become a household name
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in almost every
American household
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except yours perhaps.
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Because of a familiar posture
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that Tim Tebow adapted
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knee to the turf
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after a mighty touchdown throw
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or just a grand pass,
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knee to the turf
in a pastoral prayer.
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Don't look at me,
look at the screen now.
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These are pictures of Tim Tebow.
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This is called
by the way Tebowing.
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The press went bananas
over this, America went bananas.
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A young evangelical
Christian who is unashamed
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of going to his
knees and thanking the one
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he believes made
that super pass possible,
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Tebowing.
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And everybody has
wade in, I'm telling you
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what the August
Wall Street Journal--
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I have a, I have a
file photo clip you see.
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The August Wall Street Journal
comes out with a guest editorial
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by Fran
Tarkington who used to be
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the quarterback for
the Minnesota Vikings.
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Title of the
editorial, "Does God care
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who wins football games?"
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USA Today did a
survey this last month,
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756 American's
poll asked the question,
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do you believe God is answering
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Tim Tebow's prayers?
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43.3% of Americans
believe that God in fact
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is indeed honoring
that man's prayers,
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that young man's prayers.
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But get this, in the 18
to 29 demographic age group
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which most of our Andrews
University students you are
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52.3% believe God is in fact
answering that boy's prayers.
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Now not everybody's happy.
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Tim Tebow has been
roasted in the press
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to the place a
sports columnist named Jen,
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let's see what is her name here,
Jen Floyd Engel with Fox Sports.
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She wrote a column.
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I thought rather
appreciate of her.
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She wrote a column and said,
"What the blank is going on
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with Tim Tebow?"
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That was the
title of the column.
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And then she says,
hey, listen, listen,
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because there was
a game this last fall
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where two Detroit Lions
sacked the young quarterback
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from the Denver Broncos
and after they sacked him
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they mocked his praying because
they both got down together
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and pretend like they were
thanking God for that sack.
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Now the sports
columnist asks, listen,
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"What if Tim
Tebow were a Muslim?
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What if Tim Tebow
bowed down to Mecca
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every time he
scored a quarterback,
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would there be a peep
in the United States?"
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Not a word
because nobody says a word
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against Muslims but
when a young Christian
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who doesn't flaunt
himself but thanks the source
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he believes of his
athletic prowess and success,
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when a young
Christian bows to his knees
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the country goes bananas.
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What's the problem?
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She says, what is this
saying not about Tim Tebow,
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what's it saying about
us because it bothers us
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every time we see
somebody pray in public.
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It reminds us of
what we're not doing.
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I thought that was pretty good.
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Tim Tebow, he has put prayer
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on the front page
of American sports.
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In fact, now that Tim
Tebow is in the off-season
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America needed a new hero
and boy, do we get one quick.
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A friend of mine in
Toronto, Todd Copeland,
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he is watching live
streaming right now.
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Todd said, Dwight, are you
following this Jeremy Lin thing?
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Jeremy Lin, 23 years
old, a Chinese-American
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Harvard graduate, an
evangelical Christian
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who was picked up
by the New York Knicks,
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they are down in the cellar
and almost single-handedly,
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he brings-- there
he is, he brings them,
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resurrects them to life
and the whole country now
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is talking about Jeremy Lin.
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That number 17, that's
the hottest selling t-shirt
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online with NBA products.
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You know what, welcome
to Sports Central Sabbath.
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If this keeps up, we're going
to have one Sabbath a month
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Sports Central Sabbath,
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a new headline from
God in American sports.
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And trust me we'll never
get a headline from the NHL.
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All right, that's for
you hockey fans, okay.
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Hey, listen,
Dwight, what's up with this?
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I mean, come on,
please, what is up,
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we're talking
about Tebow in church.
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Well, here's what's up.
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Tebowing and Linsanity,
that's what they're calling
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this craze over
the young Christian.
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Tebowing and
Linsanity have pushed prayer
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into the public
spotlight in the United States,
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something Jesus
longed to do 2, 000 years ago
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on the eve of His crucifixion.
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If only He could push prayer
into our public consciousness.
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So today, we're gonna take
Jesus on the eve of His death.
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Open your-- open
your Bible please,
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to the Gospel of John, our
theme book for this semester.
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Jose, thank you, bless you.
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Open your Bible to John 14.
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Title of this semester
series "The last days."
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Not the last days of earth,
the last days of Jesus' life
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in the fourth Gospel.
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By the way we're down
now to the last 24 hours,
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we're going to spend
days on the last 24 hours.
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Oh, don't you miss,
don't you miss next Sabbath,
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"The Explosive
Secret of the Vine."
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Don't miss a Sabbath after
that, "Trinity under Fire."
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A little mini-series
tucked inside this big series.
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We're down to the last 24 hours.
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It's Thursday night.
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John 14, open
your Bible to John 14.
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Now listen, we love
John 14, a whole lot of us
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because it begins with,
"Let not your heart be troubled,
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you believe in God
believe also in me.
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In my father's
house are many mansions,
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if it were not so I would have"
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Told you. "If go to prepare a"
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Place. "And if I
go and prepare a"
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Place. "I'll will come again."
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We love that passage,
we're gonna fly right over.
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We're gonna go to
the middle of John 14.
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If you didn't bring your Bible,
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grab the pew
Bible in front of you
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right now, please.
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John Chapter 14, let's
pick it up in verse 12.
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I've got my 2011 NIV,
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this is the latest
rendition of the NIV,
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and its red letter and so
I'm just always percolating
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when I can have read letters.
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And so whatever
translation you have that's fine
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but what would be on
the screen is the NIV.
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John 14:12, Jesus speaking,
"Very truly I tell you."
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Now, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Very truly,
there it is again, 25,
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you remember this, don't
you from our teaching series?
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Twenty five times
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John will use
this literary device
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inserting a double amen
into his gospel, 25 times.
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This is the next
to the last time.
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Twenty five times, amen, amen.
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And whenever you
run into amen, amen
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it's like a huge--
Whoa, slow down reader,
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slow down.
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Come on, I know you
are talking about Tim Tebow
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but this is big stuff here.
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Get what Jesus is about to say.
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So Jesus has our attention now.
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"Very truly,
amen, amen I tell you,
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whoever believes in me
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will do the works
I have been doing,
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and they will do even
greater things than these,
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because I'm
going to the father."
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Here comes verse 13,
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"And I'll do
whatever you ask in my name,
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so that the father may
be glorified in the son."
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Here comes verse 14,
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"You may ask me for anything
in my name, and I will do it."
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Can you believe that, twice.
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He hasn't even taken a breath,
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twice in the same breath.
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Whatever you want, ask me,
ask me for anything you wish,
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I will do it, consider it done.
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That's huge.
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And by the way,
unless we conclude
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that this is a little--
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okay, guys, I need to
talk to you about prayer
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just a little bit before
we get on to the big stuff
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tonight in the upper room.
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I know Judas is gone,
it's just 11 of you and me.
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No, watch this,
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count how many
times Jesus will--
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count how many
times Jesus issues this
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identical promise
in the upper room.
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All right, so we
just read it in verse 13,
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"I'll do whatever
you ask in my name."
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We just read it in verse 14,
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"You may ask me
anything in my name."
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How many times
do we have so far?
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Two.
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Keep a record of the count.
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Drop down to
chapter 15, chapter 15:7,
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Jesus speaking,
"If you remain in me
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and my words remain in you,
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ask whatever you wish
and it will be done for you."
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Wow, there's another
one, how many we have now?
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Let's drop down to verse
16, chapter 15, Jesus speaking,
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"You did not
choose me but I chose you
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and appointed you so that
you might go and bear fruit,
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fruit that will last,
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and so that
whatever you ask in my name
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the father will give you."
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How many do we have now?
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We got four,
let's go to chapter 16.
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Drop down to verse 23 in
chapter 16, "In that day,
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" Jesus still
speaking, red letters in mind,
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"You will no
longer ask me anything.
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Very truly I tell you,
my father will give you
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whatever you ask in my name."
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Can you believe it?
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Oh, there's another
one, verse 24, verse 24,
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"Until now you have not
asked for anything in my name.
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Ask and you will receive,
and your joy will be complete."
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Come on, that's got to
be all, Jesus, no more.
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No, He's got one more, verse 26,
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"In that day you
will ask in my name.
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I'm not saying that I will
ask the Father on your behalf.
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No.
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The father himself loves
you because you have loved me."
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He will give it to you,
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you won't need me
to be pleading for Him,
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He loves you and He
will take care of you.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
how many did we come up with?
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Did you count?
How many did we have?
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Seven of them,
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a seven-fold
promise, seven times.
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As if He was afraid we
would miss it the first,
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the second, the
third, the fourth,
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the fifth, the sixth,
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I'll give it to you seven times.
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Grab your study guide,
we got to get these down,
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we cannot miss this.
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If you didn't get a bulletin
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that means you
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And while they're doing that
I want to welcome all of you
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who are-- who are
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delighted to have you
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well, watching on
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downloaded the video cast.
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However you've got this moment,
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we're very glad to have you.
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Let me put on the screen
for you our series title,
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"It's The Last Days,
The Last Days of Jesus."
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This particular
teaching is entitled,
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"The Saga of Tim
Tebow, Prayer and Jesus."
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Now those of you who
are viewing live streaming
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and otherwise, down
the corner www.pmchurch.tv,
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that's where you go
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So live streamers you
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download the study guide.
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Get it right now, you
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This is a keeper, you
will want this study guide.
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So the ushers
are coming your way,
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put your hand up and
let's plunge into this,
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the promise.
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Let's go back
over these promises,
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let's put them up on the screen.
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Let's go back
over them and notice--
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notice the
repetition of a particularly
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identifiable word.
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John 14:13, "I will do
whatever you ask in my name."
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Would you write that in, please?
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"I'll do whatever
you ask in my name,
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so that the Father may
be glorified in the Son."
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You see that
football in the corner,
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that's to remind us of Tebow
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and that's also to
remind me to tell you
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that I am very
grateful for my friend,
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Dave Jardine.
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Dave, I got you in right
at the beginning of the sermon
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in first church but I
want to put you in right here.
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Dave Jardine who happens to be
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the director of student
activities and athletics
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here at Andrews University
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and Dave is the guy that found--
got a hold of that football
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and brought it
over to me yesterday.
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Thank you, Dave, very much.
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All right, Jesus says,
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"I will do
whatever you ask in my name,
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so that the
father may be glorified."
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Let's look at the next
one, verse 14, Jesus speaking,
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"You may ask me for
anything in my name,
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and I will do it."
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You won't have to
linger over these long,
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we've already read them.
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Let's go to the next one, 15:7,
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"If you remain in me
and my words remain in you,
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ask."
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I mean, these may
end up all being asked.
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Let's see, "Ask
whatever you wish,
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and it will be done for you."
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Here's verse 16
in the same chapter,
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"Whatever you ask in my
name the Father will give you."
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Come on, you will
need a lot of time.
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Let's go on to 16:23,
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"My father will give you
whatever you ask in my name."
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Let's go to verse 24,
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"Until now you have not
asked for anything in my name.
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Ask and you will receive,
and your joy will be complete."
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Let's go to the last
one, number seven, verse 26,
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"In that day you
will ask in my name.
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I'm not saying that I will
ask the Father on your behalf.
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No, the father
himself loves you."
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You know what, you
almost get the impression,
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Jesus wants us to ask.
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I mean, does that occur to you?
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He wants us to ask.
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Yeah, but come on, Dwight,
I know, I know how this works,
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this everyday stuff.
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I know how these things work.
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It's all those
little if, ands and buts
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that are tucked in
their, those little qualifiers,
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the little conditions
that make it almost impossible
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to claim these promises.
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Wrong.
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What little if, ands and
buts are you talking about?
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Let's go back
over the same list,
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you have it right
now in your study guide.
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So I am gonna send
you back up to that list
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and now let's circle.
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You just circle every condition.
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You got to do this
first in order to get.
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Circle the conditions
and let's find out how many
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if, ands and buts
are tucked away in that.
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Let's put it back
up and that would be
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what is bolded in the blue here.
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So you already have this,
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you've already
filled in the word,
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circle, "In my name,"
because that's the condition,
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you have to ask in my name
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and then also circle
because there are two here,
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"That the father may
be glorified in the son."
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All right?
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Just circle the conditions.
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Let's go to the
next one, verse 14,
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"You may ask for me
anything in my name,
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"there it is again.
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Okay. So circle "in my name."
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Let's go to the next one, 15:7,
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"If you remain in me
and my words remain in you,
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" so circle that,
"ask what you wish
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and I'll do it for you."
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All right, let's go
to verse 16, Chapter 15,
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"Whatever you ask in my name,"
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there it is again, circle that,
"the Father will give you."
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Let's go to 16:23,
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"My father will give you
whatever you ask in my name,"
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circle, "in my name again."
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Let's go to verse 24,
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"Until now you have not
asked for anything in my name,"
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there it is again.
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Let's got to verse 26,
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"In that day you
will ask in my name."
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I'm not saying that
I'll ask the Father.
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No, He loves you,
He'll take care of you.
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There they are
ladies and gentlemen,
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according to the
circles that you've just drawn
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onto your own study guide
there are only three conditions
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to this dynamite prayer promise
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and I tell you what, these
three are not rocket science.
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Number one, we
must ask in His name,
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six times you circle those
words in my name, six times.
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We must number
one, ask in His name,
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number two, we must ask
that the Father be glorified,
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there's the other one and
here's the third one we must--
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Jesus said, "If you
abide in me and I abide in you,
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my word abides in you."
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Okay.
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So those are the three.
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In fact let's just put
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all three of
them in one sentence.
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Will you fill this in
your study guide, please?
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Jesus promises,
here's the promise,
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"You may ask Me
for anything you wish,
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if you will ask in My
name for the Father's glory
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as you walk with Me in My word."
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That's it.
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Hey, listen, when
you update your iTunes,
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you know how they update
it, we got ten-point was it now.
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Who knows what the number is.
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But when you-- What is it?
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10.5, okay.
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When you update your
iTunes, do you notice this,
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they have embedded
in that update request
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what's called-- I
have to look it up there,
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end user license agreement.
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And then you get
a whole book online,
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a whole book that suddenly
appears before your eyes.
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You're supposed to
read the whole book through
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and at the very end of the book
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there will be
two little sentences,
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I accept, I decline.
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Isn't that right?
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And how many of you-- come on,
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how many of you
read the conditions
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that are laid down?
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Raise your hand up,
be brave and be unusual.
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Not a soul here reads it.
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I'm saying give
me the-- come on,
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I want to go, I accept,
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not knowing that I've just
signed away my entire life,
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24/7 now they're
going to put a little spy
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that watches me and
I gave them permission
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because I didn't
read the small print.
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We can be thankful that
the lawyers working for Apple
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and Microsoft
that bevy of lawyers
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didn't write the
conditions for Jesus promise.
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There's no book here, you got
to do this, this, this, this,
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this, this, this,
this, this, I accept.
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Okay, now I'll help you.
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None of that,
three little conditions.
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Jesus says, hey, pray My name,
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ask for the
Father's glory and please,
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as you walk with Me in My
word let's do it together.
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What's the problem here?
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You say, oh, but,
Dwight, I know, I know.
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Listen, I can understand
this glory of God thing,
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I mean, I can
understand what that means,
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pray for God's glory.
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And I can understand this
walking with Jesus in His word
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but I think there's
something fishy about this,
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in My name, six times He
inserts that, in My name.
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You think that's hard?
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It's not hard at all.
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Craig Keener, the
New Testament scholar
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in his two-volume
commentary in the fourth gospel,
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I like the way
Professor Keener puts it,
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I put it on the screen for you.
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You have to fill it
in, "Asking in his name."
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Okay, here's the
condition, what does it mean,
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Lord, to ask in your name?
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"Asking in his name signifies
asking as his representative,
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while about his business."
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Jesus, I'm down here,
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I am representing
You in this university
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on the job in my
neighborhood, in this game,
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Lord Jesus, I representing You
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and I want to do Your
business while I am here.
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That's what it means.
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Keep reading,
"Just as Jesus came
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and did in his Father."
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Now the next line,
praying in his name "involves
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prayer 'in keeping with
his character,'" write that in.
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I want to pray in
keeping with your character.
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"And His concerns and indeed
praying any union with Him."
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That's not rocket
science, that's not tough.
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If that Desire of
Ages a hundred years before
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Craig Keener
already had that down.
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Watch this is Desire of Ages
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fill it in your
study guide please
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"To pray in
Christ's name means much
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it means that we are
to accept His character."
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You know-- a person's name,
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a person's character is
bound up in his good name.
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That means we
accept his character,
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we manifest his
spirit and we work is works.
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What's so
complicated about that?
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In other words,
hey, you remember this,
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some years ago,
they had these little--
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they have these little
bands and they had WWJD
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and everybody is
wearing these WWJD bands.
00:27:34.71\00:27:37.11
What does WWJD stand for?
00:27:37.14\00:27:40.67
For what Jesus do?
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That's what, that's what
it means to pray in His name.
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Instead of WWJD it could
be, let's put this up WWJW,
00:27:45.68\00:27:52.55
what would Jesus want?
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That's all you are doing.
00:27:54.95\00:27:56.06
When you pray in His
name, you are saying Lord,
00:27:56.09\00:27:58.38
I really need help
00:27:58.41\00:27:59.65
and here's how I'm gonna pray
with this particular matter.
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I want to know
what you would want.
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That's a fair
question what would Jesus want?
00:28:04.74\00:28:07.43
Would Jesus want me
to score this touchdown?
00:28:07.46\00:28:10.71
Maybe not.
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Sometimes hey, no, no,
no sometimes losing a game
00:28:13.33\00:28:17.04
or a career
00:28:17.07\00:28:20.52
is the most important thing
that could ever happen to us.
00:28:20.55\00:28:26.60
It's not just
win-win forever with God.
00:28:26.63\00:28:29.99
So what does it mean?
00:28:30.02\00:28:31.05
Jesus, what do you want?
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Do You want me
to make a million?
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Maybe that's what
He wants, maybe not.
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If you've hung
around this planet very long
00:28:38.02\00:28:39.64
you know that
poverty is a much more
00:28:39.67\00:28:41.63
powerful
instructor than riches are
00:28:41.66\00:28:44.16
which is why Jesus
said to the wealthy,
00:28:44.19\00:28:46.17
it's gonna be very
hard for the wealthy
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to get into My kingdom.
00:28:48.35\00:28:50.55
So, maybe it's not to get rich.
00:28:50.58\00:28:53.74
What would Jesus
want from me right now
00:28:53.77\00:28:55.42
to marry that
knockout gorgeous girl?
00:28:55.45\00:28:59.29
Maybe not.
00:28:59.32\00:29:02.03
Some of us old
timers have learned,
00:29:02.06\00:29:06.03
we have learned
00:29:06.06\00:29:07.78
that physical beauty
can be very skin deep.
00:29:07.81\00:29:15.41
So what do you
want for me Jesus,
00:29:15.44\00:29:17.45
to get into med
school, to get into law school,
00:29:17.48\00:29:20.92
to get into that school?
00:29:20.95\00:29:22.50
Maybe not,
00:29:22.53\00:29:24.72
may be He has radically
different plans for your career
00:29:24.75\00:29:29.67
and you don't have a
clue yet, but that's okay.
00:29:29.70\00:29:33.49
Come on Dwight, it says,
I just read this Jesus says
00:29:33.52\00:29:36.27
whatever you want you
ask of Me and I will give.
00:29:36.30\00:29:41.41
But maybe He won't.
00:29:41.44\00:29:44.00
Hey, listen let
me tell you this,
00:29:44.03\00:29:45.62
if you want, if you
would like to pray a prayer
00:29:45.65\00:29:49.07
that he will always answer,
00:29:49.10\00:29:51.21
it will always be His
will to answer this prayer.
00:29:51.24\00:29:54.75
I want to give you
three prayers right now,
00:29:54.78\00:29:56.36
you can pray these prayers
for the rest of your life
00:29:56.39\00:29:58.45
and you will always know
00:29:58.48\00:30:00.13
without even
saying if it be your will,
00:30:00.16\00:30:01.69
you will know it is God's will.
00:30:01.72\00:30:03.99
Wesley Duewel in
his powerful book
00:30:04.02\00:30:06.11
"Mighty Prevailing
Prayer," he calls these
00:30:06.14\00:30:09.00
the three always prayers.
00:30:09.03\00:30:11.78
Put them on the screen let's go,
00:30:11.81\00:30:12.84
it's -- they are
in your study guide.
00:30:12.87\00:30:14.88
Number one, it is always
God's will to glorify His name.
00:30:14.91\00:30:20.66
You never have to say, God
I'm going out in classes today,
00:30:20.69\00:30:22.97
I'm going to my job today,
00:30:23.00\00:30:24.26
I'm moving out in
the neighborhood today
00:30:24.29\00:30:25.56
and I -- if it is Your
will let me glorify Your name.
00:30:25.59\00:30:28.09
Are you kidding?
00:30:28.12\00:30:29.17
It's always His
will to glorify His name.
00:30:29.20\00:30:31.54
John 12:28, Jesus says,
"Father, glorify your name"
00:30:31.57\00:30:34.99
and here comes his booming word,
00:30:35.02\00:30:36.28
"I have and I will."
00:30:36.31\00:30:38.99
It's always His will.
00:30:39.02\00:30:41.15
Three always prayers
you never have to ask,
00:30:41.18\00:30:42.57
is this your will.
00:30:42.60\00:30:43.63
Here's another one,
"It is always God's will
00:30:43.66\00:30:45.90
to save the sinner."
00:30:45.93\00:30:47.26
God my roommate do you
understand my roommate please,
00:30:47.29\00:30:50.94
if it's your will
save her, save him.
00:30:50.97\00:30:55.46
You never have to
say, if it's your will.
00:30:55.49\00:30:57.16
It is His will to
save your roommate.
00:30:57.19\00:31:01.03
You have
children? You have children?
00:31:01.06\00:31:04.10
That you are
desperate for Jesus to save
00:31:04.13\00:31:06.12
you never have to
pray, if it is your will.
00:31:06.15\00:31:08.64
It's always His will
to save your colleagues.
00:31:08.67\00:31:11.46
Always and there's one
more and I love this one,
00:31:11.49\00:31:14.46
"It's always God's
will to revive the church."
00:31:14.49\00:31:17.04
Always.
00:31:17.07\00:31:18.24
Oh, God if it's your will
revive Andrew's University,
00:31:18.27\00:31:20.43
are you
kidding, that's His will.
00:31:20.46\00:31:22.64
Revive the
Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:31:22.67\00:31:24.86
No, it's my will you don't
have to add if it is your will.
00:31:24.89\00:31:28.79
It is my will.
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.28
Next time you're feeling like
00:31:32.31\00:31:33.34
you are not
getting enough prayers
00:31:33.37\00:31:34.40
that really have the
answers that you want,
00:31:34.43\00:31:36.69
you can pray three
prayers those three
00:31:36.72\00:31:39.23
and you'll never have to say
if it's your will, you just ask.
00:31:39.26\00:31:44.01
That's what Jesus
is saying right here,
00:31:44.04\00:31:45.81
back to 14:13 "And I'll do
whatever you ask in my name,
00:31:45.84\00:31:52.97
so that the Father may
be glorified in the Son."
00:31:53.00\00:31:55.38
Verse 14, "You may ask
me for anything in my name,
00:31:55.41\00:31:58.91
and I will do it."
00:31:58.94\00:32:01.50
Seven times
Jesus is saying guys,
00:32:01.53\00:32:04.44
I'm trying to tell
you ask Me please ask Me.
00:32:04.47\00:32:09.91
Do you know, why He-- Do
you know why He is so big
00:32:09.94\00:32:12.71
on these seven?
00:32:12.74\00:32:14.02
These seven full
promise because of verse 12,
00:32:14.05\00:32:16.66
we just -- we just
skipped right over verse 12.
00:32:16.69\00:32:18.69
Take a look, a closer
look at verse 12 will you?
00:32:18.72\00:32:21.72
John 14:2 "Very truly
amen, amen I tell you,
00:32:21.75\00:32:26.97
whoever believes in me will
do the works I have been doing."
00:32:27.00\00:32:31.09
You're gonna do
what I have been doing
00:32:31.12\00:32:33.44
but hold up,
hold on to your pew,
00:32:33.47\00:32:35.19
"will do the work
that I've been doing
00:32:35.22\00:32:37.04
and they will do even
greater things than these
00:32:37.07\00:32:43.09
because I am
going to the Father."
00:32:43.12\00:32:47.04
Did you catch that
line, even greater things,
00:32:47.07\00:32:51.35
than what I have
done you are going to do.
00:32:51.38\00:32:54.45
Amazing.
00:32:54.48\00:32:57.96
I want you to do greater
things than I have ever done.
00:32:57.99\00:33:00.78
Wow, wow, Jesus are you serious?
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.51
He is.
00:33:03.54\00:33:04.57
Let me show you
how serious He is.
00:33:04.60\00:33:06.13
This summer, early summer I
was reading the gospel of John
00:33:06.16\00:33:10.27
through this summer and
that's what led to our series.
00:33:10.30\00:33:13.24
But on the day when
I came to these verse,
00:33:13.27\00:33:16.00
to verse 12 on the day
when I came to verse 12
00:33:16.03\00:33:19.67
first thing that morning
as it turns out that very day
00:33:19.70\00:33:23.97
Karen and I were
with our friends,
00:33:24.00\00:33:25.79
Dave and Marilyn Bauer.
00:33:25.82\00:33:27.97
Bauer used to be here for years.
00:33:28.00\00:33:29.93
They've been telling me
-- they've been emailing me
00:33:29.96\00:33:31.87
for months come on
Dwight, come on Karen,
00:33:31.90\00:33:33.81
come on down here.
00:33:33.84\00:33:34.87
We want to take you to
the Billy Graham library
00:33:34.90\00:33:37.89
in Charlotte, North Carolina.
00:33:37.92\00:33:39.26
You got to go come spend a few
days with us in Hendersonville,
00:33:39.29\00:33:42.59
we'll go to the
library together.
00:33:42.62\00:33:44.14
It will just--
you will never have
00:33:44.17\00:33:46.37
quite an experience like it.
00:33:46.40\00:33:48.12
And I want to tell you
something ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:48.15\00:33:50.12
it was that plus
more when we went
00:33:50.15\00:33:52.73
with Dave in
Marilyn, Billy Graham library.
00:33:52.76\00:33:55.21
I mean here is this
teenager, how old are you?
00:33:55.24\00:33:58.07
Here is this
teenager, who accepts--
00:33:58.10\00:34:01.70
he is milking
cows, he's milking cows
00:34:01.73\00:34:04.79
and he accepts the Lord
Jesus Christ as his Savior.
00:34:04.82\00:34:08.44
He surrenders his life
to God and God reaches down
00:34:08.47\00:34:12.37
from the throne of the
universe takes that boy
00:34:12.40\00:34:15.48
and uses that
cow milking teenager
00:34:15.51\00:34:19.02
to turn an entire
generation and an entire planet
00:34:19.05\00:34:22.87
upside down for the
glory of the kingdom of haven.
00:34:22.90\00:34:26.01
I mean that's one of
those "wow," stories.
00:34:26.04\00:34:32.29
May be that's what Jesus meant.
00:34:32.32\00:34:34.86
I'm going to the
Father and you are going to do
00:34:34.89\00:34:38.37
even greater things than I did.
00:34:38.40\00:34:43.83
What does that
mean that Billy Graham
00:34:43.86\00:34:44.89
is greater than Jesus?
00:34:44.92\00:34:45.95
No, He didn't say
you're gonna be --
00:34:45.98\00:34:48.54
He didn't say you are
going to be greater than me.
00:34:48.57\00:34:49.86
He says you're gonna do
greater things than I did.
00:34:49.89\00:34:54.76
Hey, listen, come
on guys, all you need--
00:34:54.79\00:34:57.88
all you need is a
laptop, a cell phone
00:34:57.91\00:35:03.02
and a plane
ticket, you can go anywhere
00:35:03.05\00:35:05.17
on this planet and
become a live missionary
00:35:05.20\00:35:07.54
for Jesus Christ, right now.
00:35:07.57\00:35:10.12
You can go anywhere, you're
the most mobile generation
00:35:10.15\00:35:12.24
we've ever had on earth.
00:35:12.27\00:35:16.42
You can get to
places Jesus in His lifetime
00:35:16.45\00:35:18.96
could never have dreamed to go.
00:35:18.99\00:35:22.33
You can get to
places the disciples
00:35:22.36\00:35:23.75
never dreamed to go.
00:35:23.78\00:35:24.88
When Jesus-- when Jesus
says, even greater things,
00:35:24.91\00:35:27.61
He's talking about the extent.
00:35:27.64\00:35:29.61
So what are you
dreaming to do for Jesus?
00:35:33.21\00:35:36.29
I mean, what greater
thing do you wish to do?
00:35:36.32\00:35:41.49
I got to read that
verse again, verse 12,
00:35:41.52\00:35:45.88
Jesus speaking,
"Very truly I tell you
00:35:45.91\00:35:47.75
whoever believes in me will
do the works I've been doing,
00:35:47.78\00:35:53.56
and they will do even
greater even greater things
00:35:53.59\00:35:56.57
than these because I
am going to the Father."
00:35:56.60\00:35:59.23
Jesus why are you
going to the Father?
00:35:59.26\00:36:00.81
Drop down to verse 16,
"I'm going to the Father
00:36:00.84\00:36:03.20
and I will ask the
Father," watch this
00:36:03.23\00:36:06.30
"and He will give
you another advocate,"
00:36:06.33\00:36:09.61
another
counselor, another companion,
00:36:09.64\00:36:13.35
another helper,
another comforter.
00:36:13.38\00:36:15.67
He's going to give
you the Holy Spirit
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.11
and notice what He
says about the Holy Spirit,
00:36:17.14\00:36:18.74
"Who will come to help
you and be with you forever,
00:36:18.77\00:36:23.46
the Spirit of truth."
00:36:23.49\00:36:25.36
I'm going to the Father.
00:36:25.39\00:36:27.22
I am going to give you a gift
00:36:27.25\00:36:28.55
that you have never
received in your life.
00:36:28.58\00:36:31.32
When you get this
gift, hey, guess what.
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.75
When the Holy
Spirit comes in you,
00:36:33.78\00:36:36.59
remember those
three always prayers.
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.08
Those will be the
prayers He will be answering
00:36:38.11\00:36:39.50
through your life,
you will glorify the --
00:36:39.53\00:36:41.79
you will glorify God's name
00:36:41.82\00:36:43.25
when the Holy
Spirit comes in you.
00:36:43.28\00:36:44.62
You will save loss sinners when
the Holy Spirit comes in you.
00:36:44.65\00:36:47.70
You will help revive the church
00:36:47.73\00:36:49.48
when the Holy
Spirit comes in you.
00:36:49.51\00:36:51.07
I am gonna send the Holy Spirit.
He will be the greatest gift.
00:36:51.10\00:36:54.88
When you get this gift you
have everything in the universe.
00:36:54.91\00:37:00.32
Would you jot that
down first before I show you
00:37:00.35\00:37:02.32
a quotation that in
fact makes that very point.
00:37:02.35\00:37:05.35
Here's what Jesus is
saying, He said, "Hey, listen,
00:37:05.38\00:37:07.00
ladies and gentlemen, ask me --
00:37:07.03\00:37:09.17
"ask Me and I will
give you the Holy Spirit
00:37:09.20\00:37:11.97
and even greater
things than what I did
00:37:12.00\00:37:15.21
while I was there you and He
together will be able to do it."
00:37:15.24\00:37:20.24
Isn't that something?
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.49
You say, oh, Dwight, come on.
00:37:23.52\00:37:25.36
No, no come on,
it's the gospel truth.
00:37:25.39\00:37:29.63
Look at this, put
this-- you don't have this
00:37:29.66\00:37:31.08
in your study guide because
it came to me this morning,
00:37:31.11\00:37:32.79
early and so, we
got this inserted,
00:37:32.82\00:37:34.82
just get the page
number when you see it
00:37:34.85\00:37:36.30
and scribble it down.
00:37:36.33\00:37:37.36
"The Holy Spirit was
the highest of all gifts
00:37:37.39\00:37:40.72
that Jesus could
solicit from His Father
00:37:40.75\00:37:44.00
for the
exultation of His people.
00:37:44.03\00:37:45.81
This is the--
the numero uno gift
00:37:45.84\00:37:48.17
since they, since
they sang in Spanish,
00:37:48.20\00:37:50.05
I can say numero uno
gift, this is a number one gift.
00:37:50.08\00:37:54.27
Now watch this next
line "This promised blessing"
00:37:54.30\00:37:56.98
this is speaking
of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:57.01\00:37:58.98
"This promised
blessing, claimed by faith"
00:37:59.01\00:38:02.31
let's read this
out loud together,
00:38:02.34\00:38:03.78
"This promise
blessing, claimed by faith,
00:38:03.81\00:38:07.90
brings all other
blessings in its train."
00:38:07.93\00:38:12.63
What's it mean, in its train?
00:38:12.66\00:38:13.91
It means like if
you're in the engine
00:38:13.94\00:38:15.55
and you got a caboose
you got all these cars
00:38:15.58\00:38:17.90
don't you just hate
coming to a railroad crossing
00:38:17.93\00:38:19.91
and every car that,
every train car in the US
00:38:19.94\00:38:22.69
is on that line and
you're there for hours.
00:38:22.72\00:38:26.87
In His train when
the Holy Spirit comes
00:38:26.90\00:38:30.02
He's got car after car after car
after car after car behind Him.
00:38:30.05\00:38:33.49
He says "Listen,
girl, boy, if you get Me
00:38:33.52\00:38:36.59
you get everything
wrapped up in My gift."
00:38:36.62\00:38:42.31
So Jesus says, seven times
00:38:42.34\00:38:45.53
seven times I've been
trying to tell you, ask Me.
00:38:45.56\00:38:51.80
So, before I sit down I
got to ask this question,
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.38
I got to ask this question.
00:38:53.41\00:38:55.62
What greater thing
and I'm asking this
00:38:55.65\00:38:57.94
I've been praying over this
question for the last 24 hours.
00:38:57.97\00:39:00.78
I've been praying
over this question for you,
00:39:00.81\00:39:03.25
I've been praying
over this question for me
00:39:03.28\00:39:05.44
and I'm saying, God,
what are you saying here
00:39:05.47\00:39:08.14
with Jesus seven fold
promise, so I'm very serious.
00:39:08.17\00:39:11.31
Now I need you
to listen carefully.
00:39:11.34\00:39:13.29
What greater thing would
you like to do for Jesus?
00:39:13.32\00:39:20.94
I mean Jesus is very
clear this is not for us,
00:39:20.97\00:39:23.96
this is not for us, folks.
00:39:23.99\00:39:25.28
I want to do some great
thing for me Jesus, forget it.
00:39:25.31\00:39:28.56
What greater thing would
you like to do for me, He says?
00:39:28.59\00:39:36.35
You want to be a Tim Tebow,
lives out his radical faith
00:39:36.38\00:39:39.89
in the spotlight
of public attention?
00:39:39.92\00:39:42.59
Be the best you can be.
00:39:42.62\00:39:44.13
You want to be a Mother Teresa,
00:39:44.16\00:39:46.38
who lives out her life
for the dregs of humanity?
00:39:46.41\00:39:48.82
Be the best you can
be but do it for Jesus.
00:39:48.85\00:39:51.54
You want to be an obscure mother
00:39:51.57\00:39:53.17
who simply lives to her
child until she grows up
00:39:53.20\00:39:56.32
the fullness of what
it means to follow Jesus?
00:39:56.35\00:39:59.74
That's huge,
you're doing it for Him.
00:39:59.77\00:40:04.76
You want to be a lay evangelist
00:40:04.79\00:40:06.69
and win a thousand souls
for the Kingdom of Heaven.
00:40:06.72\00:40:11.30
Some of you are
going to be called
00:40:11.33\00:40:13.15
that you're listening right now
and that was a spirits moment,
00:40:13.18\00:40:15.75
His entry into your mind
and some things being planted
00:40:15.78\00:40:18.09
in your mind and something
is stirring in your heart
00:40:18.12\00:40:20.27
and you're gonna
become that person, you watch.
00:40:20.30\00:40:23.96
If you dream for Him
not for you, for Him,
00:40:23.99\00:40:28.22
what do you want to be?
00:40:28.25\00:40:29.88
You want to find
a cure for cancer?
00:40:29.91\00:40:31.66
Would that be okay?
00:40:31.69\00:40:32.73
A cure for cancer
could that glorify God,
00:40:32.76\00:40:35.23
but of course what do
you want to be for Jesus?
00:40:35.26\00:40:38.59
What greater
thing do you want to do?
00:40:38.62\00:40:40.12
Help write a new law that
will end systemic injustice
00:40:40.15\00:40:43.13
in our nation become a jurist,
00:40:43.16\00:40:45.75
who can help a
politician who can help.
00:40:45.78\00:40:50.77
What do you
want to be for Jesus?
00:40:50.80\00:40:52.42
How about a mission
doctor in a far away village
00:40:52.45\00:40:54.48
that nobody's
ever heard of before
00:40:54.51\00:40:56.19
and nobody will
hear of you again
00:40:56.22\00:40:57.86
but like Albert Schweitzer
you will go to that village
00:40:57.89\00:41:00.23
and you will serve the
Kingdom of Heaven, why not?
00:41:00.26\00:41:05.17
How about what would Jesus?
00:41:05.20\00:41:06.38
What's the greater
thing you could do for Jesus?
00:41:06.41\00:41:08.68
Could it be to
become the new Billy Graham?
00:41:08.71\00:41:14.96
Could it be somebody listening
today here on television,
00:41:14.99\00:41:19.09
on the radio, on
the web some young heart
00:41:19.12\00:41:21.87
hears that line and just
like that the Spirit says,
00:41:21.90\00:41:24.88
I'm talking to you boy,
I'm talking to you girl,
00:41:24.91\00:41:27.88
I'm talking to you.
00:41:27.91\00:41:30.65
I need you, I'm calling you.
00:41:30.68\00:41:33.02
Greater things than
these you will do with Me
00:41:33.05\00:41:37.85
so ask Me, just ask Me.
00:41:37.88\00:41:41.04
Don't go him harm
your way through campus
00:41:41.07\00:41:43.61
and life has
gone well I'm nobody,
00:41:43.64\00:41:45.41
I'm just a little insignificant,
00:41:45.44\00:41:47.68
nobody even knows my name
around this place, forget it.
00:41:47.71\00:41:52.25
In fact, let me end with this,
00:41:52.28\00:41:53.94
this Desire of Ages
again, "The Lord is disappointed
00:41:53.97\00:41:58.05
when His people place a
low estimate upon themselves."
00:41:58.08\00:42:02.24
I'm nobody, I'm no
nobody on this campus
00:42:02.27\00:42:05.41
big man on the
campus are you kidding,
00:42:05.44\00:42:06.80
I'm the smallest man on this
campus, nobody cares for me.
00:42:06.83\00:42:09.95
You can be milking cows
and God has a dream for you.
00:42:09.98\00:42:13.30
Don't you sell yourself short,
dream big for Him not for you.
00:42:13.33\00:42:17.66
Maybe that's your problem
you've been dreaming for you.
00:42:17.69\00:42:19.54
Oh, I want to be big someday
I want to be famous someday.
00:42:19.57\00:42:21.75
I want to be great someday,
00:42:21.78\00:42:22.81
I want to be in the
headlines someday, forget it.
00:42:22.84\00:42:25.76
Those headlines
will burn one day.
00:42:25.79\00:42:30.03
What can you do
with your career,
00:42:30.06\00:42:32.38
your call for the
Kingdom of Heaven,
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.88
something greater
than even Jesus did
00:42:34.91\00:42:37.11
when He was here, dream big?
00:42:37.14\00:42:38.50
Seven times He says asks
Me, ask Me and I'll help you.
00:42:38.53\00:42:43.94
You want to reach an
un-reached people group
00:42:43.97\00:42:45.15
that has never
before been reached
00:42:45.18\00:42:47.09
by the everlasting gospel?
00:42:47.12\00:42:48.63
Be that missionary, ask
me, to do something greater
00:42:48.66\00:42:52.99
than I could have
done when I was here,
00:42:53.02\00:42:55.94
I'll send the Holy Spirit to you
00:42:55.97\00:42:58.02
and when the Holy
Spirit and you team up
00:42:58.05\00:42:59.97
look out world, this
is dynamite partnership
00:43:00.00\00:43:05.33
so ask Me, ask
Me for the spirit.
00:43:05.36\00:43:08.03
Ask Me whatever you wish
and I will give it to you.
00:43:08.06\00:43:13.27
"The Lord is
disappointed when his people
00:43:13.30\00:43:14.77
place a little
estimate upon themselves."
00:43:14.80\00:43:16.39
Keep reading.
00:43:16.42\00:43:17.52
"He desires His chosen,"
that's the theme I love,
00:43:17.55\00:43:21.82
the chosen ones, the chosen.
00:43:21.85\00:43:25.17
"He desires His
chosen to value themselves
00:43:25.20\00:43:28.13
according to the price,
He has placed upon them."
00:43:28.16\00:43:30.65
Calvary is
already purchased you--
00:43:30.68\00:43:32.36
you are worth all of heaven.
00:43:32.39\00:43:34.70
Jesus would have
left heaven for just you
00:43:34.73\00:43:36.98
that's how valuable you are.
00:43:37.01\00:43:38.59
"He desires His
chosen to value themselves
00:43:38.62\00:43:40.77
according to the price He
has already placed on them."
00:43:40.80\00:43:43.04
Now this gets
even better watch this.
00:43:43.07\00:43:44.88
"God wanted you,"
that's why you were born.
00:43:44.91\00:43:47.67
"God wanted you, else He
would not have sent His Son
00:43:47.70\00:43:50.55
on such an expensive
errand to redeem you."
00:43:50.58\00:43:52.68
Keep reading.
00:43:52.71\00:43:53.90
"He has a use for you," in
the back row of the balcony
00:43:53.93\00:43:58.28
He has a use for you.
00:43:58.31\00:44:00.04
"And He is well pleased when you
00:44:00.07\00:44:01.70
make the very
highest demands upon Him,
00:44:01.73\00:44:03.70
that you may glorify His name."
00:44:03.73\00:44:06.17
Watch this, gets even better.
00:44:06.20\00:44:07.98
"You may expect large things
00:44:08.01\00:44:12.54
if you have
faith in His promises."
00:44:12.57\00:44:16.65
So He says ask
Me. Come on, ask me.
00:44:16.68\00:44:23.78
Ask Me, just ask Me.
00:44:23.81\00:44:27.58
Seven times I'm
begging you to ask Me.
00:44:27.61\00:44:30.08
Do you understand?
00:44:30.11\00:44:31.21
I want you to ask Me,
00:44:31.24\00:44:33.06
ask to do something
even greater than I did.
00:44:33.09\00:44:37.59
Ask Me, ask Me,
ask Me to, ask Me.
00:44:37.62\00:44:45.01
Want you to reach into
that bulletin of yours.
00:44:51.36\00:44:53.47
You've already pull the card up,
00:44:53.50\00:44:54.60
pull it out again I
want to take the connect card
00:44:54.63\00:44:56.33
Pastor Rodley took
us on this first time
00:44:56.36\00:44:58.83
using this card we
are so excited about this.
00:44:58.86\00:45:00.95
He took us through
one side of the card,
00:45:00.98\00:45:02.38
I'm -- I'm gonna draw
your attention to the back side
00:45:02.41\00:45:04.73
of the card, all right,
the connect card right here.
00:45:04.76\00:45:06.55
Those of you
watching on live streaming
00:45:06.58\00:45:09.31
we are gonna have that
connect card up for you,
00:45:09.34\00:45:10.93
you'll be able to get
the same connect card.
00:45:10.96\00:45:13.09
You'll be able to
make the same next step
00:45:13.12\00:45:15.13
because you know what you
can't hear a teaching like this
00:45:15.16\00:45:17.46
and not take the next step.
00:45:17.49\00:45:20.42
You can't hear a
teaching like this
00:45:20.45\00:45:21.88
and not do something.
00:45:21.91\00:45:23.43
So turn the card over.
00:45:23.46\00:45:24.60
You see where it
says my next step today is
00:45:24.63\00:45:27.13
I want to-- I tell you
I wish you would join me
00:45:27.16\00:45:30.18
and just put a check mark here,
00:45:30.21\00:45:31.32
I want Jesus
three always prayers
00:45:31.35\00:45:34.70
to become my daily prayer.
00:45:34.73\00:45:38.54
I want Jesus-- look at God,
glorify yourself through me,
00:45:38.57\00:45:41.32
save sinners
through me, revive help,
00:45:41.35\00:45:43.09
let me help you
revive the church.
00:45:43.12\00:45:44.46
Can you put a check mark there?
00:45:44.49\00:45:46.07
How about this one
"I wish to pray big,"
00:45:46.10\00:45:49.37
now please notice
this, "I wish to pray big
00:45:49.40\00:45:51.82
not for the Holy
Spirit" notice the word,
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.27
"I wish to pray big
with the Holy Spirit."
00:45:54.30\00:45:56.91
I'm not asking
for the Holy Spirit,
00:45:56.94\00:45:58.50
I'm asking to pray big with Him
00:45:58.53\00:46:00.63
something great for
the Kingdom of Heaven.
00:46:00.66\00:46:04.11
Well, I want to put a
check mark right there.
00:46:04.14\00:46:06.72
You say, hey listen Dwight,
00:46:06.75\00:46:08.87
I am just really
not into Jesus at all
00:46:08.90\00:46:10.79
I just happened
to be in church today
00:46:10.82\00:46:12.64
and here you are and
now here I have this card.
00:46:12.67\00:46:15.15
I want to say to you my friend,
00:46:15.18\00:46:16.39
you see the next box
over I'm interested in
00:46:16.42\00:46:19.36
you put a check
mark right there,
00:46:19.39\00:46:21.29
if the Spirit is
speaking to your heart
00:46:21.32\00:46:22.80
or you're just
thinking, you know,
00:46:22.83\00:46:23.86
I would love to have a
relationship with Jesus
00:46:23.89\00:46:26.38
put a check mark right there.
00:46:26.41\00:46:28.05
I'm interested in beginning
00:46:28.08\00:46:29.59
a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
00:46:29.62\00:46:33.37
Our connect team
will be in touch with you,
00:46:33.40\00:46:35.36
you'll be given
something that will take you
00:46:35.39\00:46:37.92
into that
relationship, just like that.
00:46:37.95\00:46:41.98
Some of you
today have never said
00:46:42.01\00:46:44.14
I'm serious about a relationship
with Jesus, this is your day.
00:46:44.17\00:46:47.59
No altar call,
choirs not singing yet,
00:46:47.62\00:46:51.51
just a check mark
00:46:51.54\00:46:52.57
I'm interested in beginning
a relationship with Jesus.
00:46:52.60\00:46:54.94
Oh, I'm interested in
information on baptism
00:46:54.97\00:46:58.07
you noticed in the other box,
we're having a baptism April 21
00:46:58.10\00:47:01.35
and another baptism April 28
to round to cap this semester.
00:47:01.38\00:47:06.67
I can't think of a better gift
to give yourself and to give God
00:47:06.70\00:47:09.85
than your choice to
follow Jesus in baptism.
00:47:09.88\00:47:12.89
You put a check mark
there I'm interested in baptism
00:47:12.92\00:47:14.81
our connect team
will be in touch with you.
00:47:14.84\00:47:17.59
Nobody is gonna be
baptized next week trust me
00:47:17.62\00:47:20.02
this is a chance for you now
00:47:20.05\00:47:21.92
to decide I'm
interested in baptism.
00:47:21.95\00:47:24.36
Information on
church membership,
00:47:24.39\00:47:26.14
serving on a team,
you are college student,
00:47:26.17\00:47:28.33
you are a
community member, a visitor,
00:47:28.36\00:47:31.26
I would love to serve on a team.
00:47:31.29\00:47:32.48
If you check serving on a
team we'll send you a website
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.48
and there will be ten
ministries right there
00:47:35.51\00:47:37.61
and you pick and you
sign up on your own, online.
00:47:37.64\00:47:42.58
We're serious about
taking the next step
00:47:42.61\00:47:45.38
because it's not
enough to listen to a sermon
00:47:45.41\00:47:47.28
and go home and say
"Well, I was edified."
00:47:47.31\00:47:49.90
You have to do something.
00:47:49.93\00:47:53.98
In a moment the ushers
are gonna pick this card up
00:47:54.01\00:47:57.27
along with our
morning tithes and offerings.
00:47:57.30\00:47:59.96
I want to pray first
00:47:59.99\00:48:02.21
but I want to pray that
in a choir at this moment
00:48:02.24\00:48:04.29
you will sense
what your next step is
00:48:04.32\00:48:08.18
and I'm hoping if you are
00:48:08.21\00:48:09.24
a long time
Andrew's University student
00:48:09.27\00:48:11.26
or a long-time member here
00:48:11.29\00:48:13.19
that those first two
00:48:13.22\00:48:15.17
I want to pray big
with the Holy Spirit
00:48:15.20\00:48:18.05
will be on your radar screen.
00:48:18.08\00:48:20.43
Ask Him and see what He will do.
00:48:20.46\00:48:24.98
Let's pray together,
00:48:25.01\00:48:26.11
oh, God I can't come to
this seven fold promise,
00:48:26.14\00:48:30.59
this seven fold called a prayer
and not take the next step.
00:48:30.62\00:48:36.31
And so please a little
check mark here check mark there
00:48:36.34\00:48:40.02
but know that
what our hearts are
00:48:40.05\00:48:45.03
we are longing
00:48:45.06\00:48:48.84
to be in tandem with Jesus
00:48:48.87\00:48:52.21
and pray the big,
the greater thing.
00:48:52.24\00:48:56.54
We're longing to start over,
00:48:56.57\00:48:59.40
and so wherever we put
our check mark dear Father,
00:48:59.43\00:49:04.20
tuck this decision away,
00:49:04.23\00:49:05.79
we will hear from somebody
but tuck this decision away.
00:49:05.82\00:49:10.01
And with the
seventh fold promise
00:49:10.04\00:49:12.00
in our hands and in our hearts,
00:49:12.03\00:49:15.07
let us move forth
into this new week,
00:49:15.10\00:49:19.42
greater things
seeking greater things
00:49:19.45\00:49:22.19
for the glory of
our Lord Jesus Christ
00:49:22.22\00:49:24.64
in His name we pray, amen.
00:49:24.67\00:49:27.89
As the choir sings now the
ushers are coming your way,
00:49:27.92\00:49:31.91
they'll receive our
morning tithes and offerings
00:49:31.94\00:49:33.84
freely you have
received, freely now let us give
00:49:33.87\00:49:37.49
as we continue in worship.
00:49:37.52\00:49:40.29
The Heavens are
telling the glory of God
00:49:58.05\00:50:04.26
The wonder of his
work displays the firmament
00:50:08.80\00:50:14.43
The wonder of his
work displays the firmament
00:50:17.43\00:50:22.78
Today that is
coming speaks it's the day
00:50:28.84\00:50:34.48
The night that is
gone to following night
00:50:40.17\00:50:46.48
The night that is
gone to following night
00:50:46.51\00:50:52.58
The Heavens are
telling the glory of God
00:50:52.61\00:50:58.08
The wonder of his work
00:50:58.11\00:51:00.77
The wonder of his work
00:51:00.80\00:51:03.62
displays the firmament
00:51:03.65\00:51:07.83
The wonder of his work
00:51:07.86\00:51:10.11
The wonder of his work
00:51:10.14\00:51:11.94
displays the firmament
00:51:11.97\00:51:14.66
In all the lands resounds
00:51:18.31\00:51:24.75
The word Never unperceived,
00:51:24.78\00:51:29.42
ever understood
00:51:29.45\00:51:32.16
Ever, ever, ever understood
00:51:32.19\00:51:39.67
In all the lands resounds
00:51:42.83\00:51:49.32
The word Never unperceived,
00:51:49.35\00:51:53.82
ever understood
00:51:53.85\00:51:56.92
Ever, ever, ever understood
00:51:56.95\00:52:03.84
Ever, ever,
00:52:03.87\00:52:06.89
ever understood
00:52:15.89\00:52:19.89
The Heavens are
telling the glory of God
00:52:19.92\00:52:25.23
The wonder of his work
00:52:25.26\00:52:31.01
Displays the firmament
00:52:31.04\00:52:34.11
The wonder of his work
00:52:39.42\00:52:44.89
displays the firmament
00:52:44.92\00:52:47.48
The wonder of his work
00:52:47.51\00:52:50.22
displays the firmament
00:52:50.25\00:52:54.38
The wonder of his
work displays the firmament
00:52:54.41\00:53:00.14
The wonder of his work
00:53:00.17\00:53:01.65
displays the firmament
00:53:01.68\00:53:03.02
displays the firmament
00:53:03.05\00:53:05.43
The wonder of his work
00:53:28.65\00:53:33.99
displays the firmament
00:53:34.02\00:53:39.44
The wonder of his work
00:53:44.40\00:53:46.74
Displays the firmament
00:53:46.77\00:53:49.41
Displays the firmament
00:53:49.44\00:53:51.93
Displays the firmament
00:53:51.96\00:53:56.74
The wonder of his work
00:53:56.77\00:54:01.94
Displays the firmament
00:54:01.97\00:54:07.03
Displays the firmament
00:54:18.91\00:54:24.37
Displays the firmament
00:54:24.40\00:54:28.45
Displays the firmament
00:54:28.48\00:54:31.02
Displays the firmament
00:54:31.05\00:54:34.01
Beautiful.
00:54:45.08\00:54:46.89
Thank you, choral
let's stand together
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.62
one stanza of
this majestic hymn,
00:54:48.65\00:54:50.82
that God will send
us out into the world
00:54:50.85\00:54:52.51
with one stanza on the screen
00:54:52.54\00:54:55.54
let's sing together.
00:54:55.57\00:54:56.60
Lead on, O King eternal
00:55:12.52\00:55:16.71
We follow not with fears
00:55:16.74\00:55:20.88
For gladness breaks like morning
00:55:20.91\00:55:24.77
Where'er Thy face appears
00:55:24.80\00:55:28.79
Thy cross is lifted o'er us
00:55:28.82\00:55:32.77
We journey in its light
00:55:32.80\00:55:36.80
The crown awaits the conquest
00:55:36.83\00:55:41.10
Lead on, O God of might
00:55:41.13\00:55:46.77
And now to Him who is
able to do immeasurably
00:55:50.13\00:55:52.44
more than all we ask or imagine.
00:55:52.47\00:55:56.76
According to His power
that is at work within us,
00:55:56.79\00:55:59.46
to Him be glory in the church
00:55:59.49\00:56:02.41
and in Christ Jesus
00:56:02.44\00:56:04.31
throughout all generations
forever and ever, amen.
00:56:04.34\00:56:09.87
I'd like to take a moment
here at the end of the service
00:56:19.99\00:56:21.93
to tell you about
one of the most important
00:56:21.96\00:56:23.37
groups of people that
make this ministry possible.
00:56:23.40\00:56:27.43
They are a team of people,
00:56:27.46\00:56:28.76
they're not afraid to get down
into the thick of life itself,
00:56:28.79\00:56:32.53
which is why
you're gonna find them,
00:56:32.56\00:56:33.73
you will find them
moving forward on their knees.
00:56:33.76\00:56:37.03
They are our prayer partners.
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.81
A group of men and
women and young adults
00:56:38.84\00:56:41.97
who believe that this
humble television ministry
00:56:42.00\00:56:44.80
has been raised up by
God for such a time as this.
00:56:44.83\00:56:47.23
And so they pray earnestly
that God will use the preacher,
00:56:47.26\00:56:50.53
that God will use
me, that God will use
00:56:50.56\00:56:52.03
the countless other volunteers
00:56:52.06\00:56:54.09
to spread the everlasting
gospel and the word of God
00:56:54.12\00:56:57.20
in ways we could
never have imagined before.
00:56:57.23\00:56:59.70
They're the ones who are praying
00:56:59.73\00:57:01.29
that God is gonna open
up the hearts of people,
00:57:01.32\00:57:04.47
open up the hearts of viewers
00:57:04.50\00:57:05.86
around the
world for the message,
00:57:05.89\00:57:08.02
the critical message for
this end time generation.
00:57:08.05\00:57:12.18
And what I'd
like to do is ask you
00:57:12.21\00:57:14.33
would you be willing to
be a prayer partner with us,
00:57:14.36\00:57:17.02
a prayer partner
with New Perceptions.
00:57:17.05\00:57:18.60
You don't have to
call a toll free number.
00:57:18.63\00:57:20.40
You don't have to
go online to register.
00:57:20.43\00:57:22.45
All I need to know
is that you'd be willing
00:57:22.48\00:57:25.18
to lift this little ministry
up day after day after day.
00:57:25.21\00:57:30.99
Pray that somehow through radio
and television and the web,
00:57:31.02\00:57:34.75
God will open up new
doors, new regions on earth
00:57:34.78\00:57:39.38
where the everlasting
gospel can be proclaimed.
00:57:39.41\00:57:41.80
There is no
question, the power of prayer
00:57:41.83\00:57:44.41
has potential to take
this ministry to places
00:57:44.44\00:57:46.67
we could never
have imagined before.
00:57:46.70\00:57:49.49
So that's it.
00:57:49.52\00:57:50.55
Would you please be willing
to partner with me in prayer?
00:57:50.58\00:57:54.15
The times are
urgent, the need is critical
00:57:54.18\00:57:57.97
and I hope you'll say, yes.
00:57:58.00\00:57:59.68
Till we're together next time,
00:57:59.71\00:58:01.96
may the prayer
answering God accompany you
00:58:01.99\00:58:04.90
every step of the way.
00:58:04.93\00:58:06.93