Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee
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God of glory, Lord of love
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Hearts unfold like
flow'rs before Thee
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Hail Thee as the sun above
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Melt the clouds
of sin and sadness
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Drive the dark of doubt away
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Giver of immortal gladness
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Fill us with the light of day!
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All Thy works with
joy surrounded Thee
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Earth and
heav'n reflect Thy rays
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Stars and
angels sing around Thee
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Center of unbroken praise
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Field and
forest, vale and mountain
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Bloss'ming meadow, flashing sea
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Chanting bird
and flowing fountain
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Call us to rejoice in Thee
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Thou art giving and forgiving
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Ever blessing, ever blest
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Wellspring of the joy of living
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Ocean depth of happy rest!
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Thou the Father
Christ our Brother
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All who live in love are Thine
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Teach us how to love each other
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Lift us to the joy divine
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I think it's
just two, this Sabbath
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and next children
story and second service
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and then the
college kids will be here
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and then you want to get
mom and dad come to first church
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where we have it every week.
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Nice to have you, oh we
got a group, nice to have you.
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Are any of youfreshmen
here at Andrews University?
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You're going to be freshmen?
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Yes, you are, yes you are
Jesus doesn't come one day
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you will be He
doesn't come soon.
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Nice to have you.
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All right, everybody here?
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Good and have you
had a good summer?
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Has it been a good summer?
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How many days until
school starts for you?
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How many have school
starting this next week?
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Anybody having school
starting in this next week
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a few of you do.
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Some schools
will start last week.
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And then how many
the following week?
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Ruth Murdoch?
How man Ruth Murdoch?
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Good, good, good,
good, good, all right.
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So here is the perfect,
here is the perfect story
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for the end of summer,
would that be all right.
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My friend, Alys
Williams spotted this story
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and she send it to me
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and we need to have something
upfront in order to do this,
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so kids, can you just move back,
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just a little this way
because someone is coming
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through the door right now.
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Our deacons are bringing them.
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Let's see here they come.
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Boy, can you hear the engines?
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Here they come, yep
there is the first one.
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What is that?
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Oh my, is that a real jeep.
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All right, stay down guys
because it's coming in your way,
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coming through.
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Deacon Jones is
bringing it right to the front.
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Did any of you had this
little drive around cars
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in your drive way when
you were a little, did you?
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Oh, you know that-- oh,
here comes another fancy model
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right behind,
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you know where we
got this, don't you?
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No.
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Somebody traded them
in for cash for clunkers
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and so that's how they--
they want to get a new car.
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See, you don't know about
that but that's what they do.
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Okay, now nobody is
touching, nobody is touching,
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everybody is watching.
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Oh, the story today
has to do with one these
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and I need to say, a
special thank you to my friend
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Aunt Lona and Uncle Bud
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because that's
what my kids call them
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when they were grown up
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but Bud Chapman
used to be sheriff.
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Late last night we
were still looking for these
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and they found this one,
their little grandson Alex
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had that to
quarter to ten last night.
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And then somebody remembered
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a Sabbath school room
this morning had this.
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Okay, let's look at
this one because this one,
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both of these are
cars you can actually go,
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you can go inside these and
drive them, we won't try it.
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This is a little
smaller chap the story today
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that happened this summer
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has to do with
this one right here.
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Almost just like that.
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So look at this one,
because little Demetrius Jones,
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three years old, that
seem like a very long name
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for a little
boy, Demetrius Jones.
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Anybody here three years old?
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Be proud of it, put your
hand up if you're three--
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you're three, three your size,
your size, your size, all right?
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Demetrius is so
excited and said,
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hey, grandma and grandpa,
are you telling me the truth,
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I get to go with you
to Peace River Island
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for camping this weekend?
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They live up in BC
that's British Columbia,
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all right that's in Canada.
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You really mean it,
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I get to go up
with you to camping?
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They said, yes
Demetrius, you're gonna be--
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are you gonna be will you be
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because your mom
and dad aren't coming
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will you be obedient,
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will you be
helpful around the trailer?
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Oh, yes I will.
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Good, you're coming with us.
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So can I take-- can I take my--
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can I take my
little driving truck?
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All right, we'll put it in
the back of the pickup truck
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and so they put the
little driving truck
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in the back of
their pickup truck
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drove up to Peace River Island
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and they set up their trailer.
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Oh, tomorrow,
tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
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because it was in the
evening when they set up.
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Tomorrow, tomorrow I get to ride
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my little truck
tomorrow I can hardly wait.
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And so when they tuck
little Demetrius into bed,
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they promised
him in the morning,
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in the morning
guess, who woke up early?
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Demetrius.
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Demetrius, you
are absolutely right
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because he wanted to do what?
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Ride.
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He wanted to ride his truck.
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He woke up so early
that grandma and grandpa--
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that's how grandpa sleeps.
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And he said, I
don't want to wake,
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I don't want to wake
grandma and grandpa up.
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So he said, I'm gonna go outside
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and I'm gonna just
ride my little truck.
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It had a little motor on
it I don't know what those are
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must be very nice.
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As it owned by daddy's
okay, you knew all about them.
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All right, so he
got in his little truck,
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people are
sleeping in the campground,
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you don't want awake
them up with the loud truck.
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So he's driving quietly.
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You know, grandma
and grandpa got up,
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they got up and
looked around hey,
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hey, Demetrius where are you?
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He's been ascending.
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Hey, Demetrius,
so grandpa got out
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on the Peace
River Island campground.
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Demetrius, are
you here? No answer.
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Grandma, where is
the truck? It's gone.
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Oh, no. I bet he
went running off.
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He's probably
visiting all the campus,
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they went for camper
to camper to camper no,
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we never seen a little
boy with a little truck.
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No, we never seen a
little boy with a little truck.
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And then they look down
to the flowing, raging river,
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no, you can't--
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then he would have
left this truck right there,
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no, he's not there
soon they call the--
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The Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, they came in.
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They said how was he
about this three years old.
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Once he go by Demetrius
they send out search parties
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everywhere for two hours.
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They searched for
little Demetrius every road
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they could think
of, no sign of him.
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Until two hours
later, 12 kilometer away
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somebody spotted a little
boy on a make believe truck
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that is turned upside down,
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flowing in the raging river.
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The rescuer dive into the
frigid British Columbia waters
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he swam out, the truck
was upside down, Demetrius--
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the rescuer grabbed
him, haul him to the shore.
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For 12
kilometers that's 7.5 miles,
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he rode his
truck down the river,
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nobody saw him and
eventually it rolled over
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and the three year old boy knew
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how to crawl up onto
the bottom of the truck.
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And hang on for dear life.
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I got to see a picture of
Demetrius Jones right now.
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Let's put it on the screen.
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There he is put
on the big screen,
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there he is.
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Look at him, almost
looks like this one doesn't it.
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Let's see a close
up of Demetrius Jones,
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oh, does he
look happy to be back
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with grandma
and grandpa of what?
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Do you think he
will ever do that again?
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No. No way.
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Oh, but I thought what a
story for the end of summer
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because who protects us
even when we're in danger,
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summer, fall, winter,
spring, who protects us?
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God. God does.
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He has a guardian angel.
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You know what, anytime
God saves somebody's like
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He saved yours do
you know what it means?
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It means, He has a
special plan for you.
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He's got a plan for Demetrius,
He has a plan for you.
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How many want to thank Jesus
for bringing you all the way
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through the summer
safely with one hand
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and then with
the other hand say,
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Jesus, may Your
special plan for me
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come true as I
stay close to You.
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Let's fold our hands
put your hands together,
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close your eyes.
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Oh, dear Jesus,
thank you for that story
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that the guardian
angel that save Demetrius,
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you have guardian
angels for all these children
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and their mommas and
daddies please Jesus,
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because you have a plan
for the new year keep us
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close to You
every step of the way.
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We pray in Your name, amen.
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As you go quietly and
reverently back to your seats.
00:14:01.00\00:14:03.68
You just say, Jesus,
thank you, thank you, thank you.
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O Lord my God!
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When I in awesome wonder
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Consider all the
worlds Thy hands have made
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I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder
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Thy pow'r thro'out
the universe displayed
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
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How great Thou art,
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how great Thou art!
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
00:15:36.53\00:15:42.50
How great Thou art,
00:15:45.77\00:15:50.20
how great Thou art!
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And when I think that
God, His Son not sparing
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Sent Him to die, I
scarce can take it in
00:16:08.32\00:16:14.32
That on the cross,
my burden gladly bearing
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He bled and died
to take away my sin
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
00:16:37.13\00:16:44.13
How great Thou
art, how great Thou art!
00:16:47.54\00:16:53.54
Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
00:16:57.20\00:17:04.20
How great Thou
art, how great Thou art!
00:17:07.61\00:17:15.36
When Christ shall come
with shout of acclamation
00:17:23.88\00:17:29.88
And take me home, what
joy shall fill my heart!
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Then I shall bow
in humble adoration
00:17:42.97\00:17:49.97
And there proclaim, my
God, how great Thou art!
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Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
00:18:03.73\00:18:10.73
How great Thou
art, how great Thou art!
00:18:14.95\00:18:20.95
Then sings my soul,
my Savior God to Thee
00:18:24.79\00:18:31.79
How great Thou
art, how great Thou art!
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Oh, Father, we lived
all of our heart up to You.
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What do we say,
You are the great one.
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You are so
great, you are so good
00:19:04.42\00:19:08.97
and we are so honored
to be in Your presence.
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We linger little
longer, surely there is a word
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You have for us from Holy
Script make it clear please
00:19:14.95\00:19:19.49
and may relieve
with the certain sense
00:19:19.52\00:19:22.34
of Your
greatness and Your goodness
00:19:22.37\00:19:25.07
in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen. Be seated please.
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Oh, "How Great God
is," amen and amen.
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I want to you ask the
permission of those of you
00:19:41.33\00:19:44.27
who are visiting here
maybe for the first time
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or just visiting
we're glad to have you
00:19:46.10\00:19:48.23
but I need your
permission to just have
00:19:48.26\00:19:50.65
a little family moment
with the congregation here
00:19:50.68\00:19:53.41
we've been away for a six weeks.
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I want to share a series
of three little snapshots.
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Let's just do this
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and it's the third
snapshot that will all get into
00:19:59.76\00:20:03.00
but let me just
put the first snapshot
00:20:03.03\00:20:05.18
by a way of a
testimony "How Great God Is."
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These are little end of summer
testimonies to God's goodness,
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that's-- that's the manuscript
that's 366 pages of a manuscript
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and I want to
thank this congregation
00:20:17.43\00:20:19.00
for your faithful prayer
partnership in praying me
00:20:19.03\00:20:25.07
through the
finishing of that manuscript
00:20:25.10\00:20:28.71
for devotional book
coming out in a while.
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One page for everyday it
will come out on a leap year
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and the years actually it's 2012
00:20:37.13\00:20:38.69
we will have forgotten the
book by them but that's okay.
00:20:38.72\00:20:41.57
Book is due January 1, 2010
00:20:41.60\00:20:44.54
and so I knew that after
December there will be no way
00:20:44.57\00:20:46.48
we could do anymore work on it
00:20:46.51\00:20:48.10
and so thank you for
your-- your prayer partnership.
00:20:48.13\00:20:54.10
You know, there were times
because you were praying it
00:20:54.13\00:20:58.45
just was a sense that God even
gets into the writing process
00:20:58.48\00:21:03.04
that I just want to
say, "How Great God Is."
00:21:03.07\00:21:05.42
So thank you very
much, title of the book,
00:21:05.45\00:21:07.81
I think the Review and
Herald Publishing Association
00:21:07.84\00:21:09.41
has coming out with the book
00:21:09.44\00:21:10.47
and they have to send it
through all these committees
00:21:10.50\00:21:11.90
and you know and then book
will gone say, I think in 2011.
00:21:11.93\00:21:17.60
But the title of book its
been chosen is, "The Chosen."
00:21:17.63\00:21:21.38
It's a theological and
spiritual profile of God's
00:21:21.41\00:21:23.86
last generation
on earth and it has--
00:21:23.89\00:21:26.06
I hope it will
be a very practical
00:21:26.09\00:21:28.23
how to component to the book
00:21:28.26\00:21:30.31
that will be
helpful I'm praying.
00:21:30.34\00:21:32.34
So God is good and
thank you again for your--
00:21:32.37\00:21:35.61
your prayer partnership.
00:21:35.64\00:21:36.86
All right snapshot
number two let me put that up
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.07
because it's a one
more family moment here
00:21:39.10\00:21:40.83
we can put that on the screen.
00:21:40.86\00:21:42.47
That's a picture of our
brand new daughter-in-law,
00:21:42.50\00:21:45.80
Chelsea Knowlton Nelson.
00:21:45.83\00:21:47.08
That's a picture of Kirk
00:21:47.11\00:21:48.63
and Chelsea just two Sundays ago
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in the beautiful state
of Vermont they God married
00:21:51.54\00:21:54.87
and they we're so excited
to have another family member
00:21:54.90\00:21:57.36
in our tribe, Chelsea's
dad is an OB/GYN over there.
00:21:57.39\00:22:00.43
They lived for years in Vermont.
00:22:00.46\00:22:03.25
And so their family
planned for the wedding
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to take place on Lake Champlain,
00:22:05.52\00:22:07.78
which is Lake
between New York and Vermont
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and a little dinner
cruise ship it took place.
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You know it's pouring down rain
00:22:14.27\00:22:15.56
just as we're
getting ready to start
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and then God just at
that last moment lifted--
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lifted the clouds and
we had a beautiful sunset.
00:22:20.93\00:22:22.98
They got sunset
on that little ship.
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And so let me just
show you one more picture
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because those are our kids.
00:22:28.65\00:22:30.51
Here they are, that's Christian,
00:22:30.54\00:22:32.26
Andrews you know Andrews medical
00:22:32.29\00:22:33.70
with the US army range
is as down at Fort Knox.
00:22:33.73\00:22:35.75
And I want you count
that's one, two, three, four
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because I'm looking for the day
00:22:37.92\00:22:38.96
when that picture
will become five and six.
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I'm figuring
probably go up to 20
00:22:42.90\00:22:44.69
and so you see my
kids you let them know.
00:22:44.72\00:22:49.87
But you know thank it
00:22:49.90\00:22:50.93
because I know
congregations pray
00:22:50.96\00:22:52.52
especially for all the pastor's
kids that are on the staff.
00:22:52.55\00:22:56.03
And thank you
for all the prayers,
00:22:56.06\00:22:57.09
you've prayed
for all the children
00:22:57.12\00:22:58.81
on our pastoral staff here
00:22:58.84\00:23:00.02
for what you've
done for us, thank you.
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"How great God is", halleluiah.
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Now-- now you can come
in, you visitors join us now.
00:23:04.02\00:23:08.33
Because I want to
show a picture in a moment,
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that would be of not the
tallest mountain in Europe
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it's not the tallest
but it is a more treacherous
00:23:16.56\00:23:19.54
and challenging mountain
00:23:19.57\00:23:21.00
to be climbed
even today in Europe.
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When we were over in with
the skill of architecture,
00:23:24.11\00:23:27.06
back in June in
Italy for the Waldensians
00:23:27.09\00:23:30.27
where they were shooting
a documentary over there
00:23:30.30\00:23:32.51
with Cathy Dempsey.
00:23:32.54\00:23:33.99
After it was over we
slipped up to Switzerland
00:23:34.02\00:23:37.14
because we want to
celebrate Karen and I
00:23:37.17\00:23:38.91
our 35th anniversary.
00:23:38.94\00:23:40.74
And so we found a
little place there
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did it all online you know
00:23:42.55\00:23:44.37
and when we woke
up the first morning
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I want you to see the picture
00:23:46.19\00:23:47.77
out of that
little tiny apartment
00:23:47.80\00:23:49.23
in the village of
Grindelwald, Switzerland.
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You're looking there ladies
and gentlemen, that is Eiger.
00:23:52.01\00:23:54.95
They don't even call it
Mount Eiger it's just Eiger.
00:23:54.98\00:23:59.51
13,042 feet tallest
so it's not the tallest.
00:23:59.54\00:24:04.42
But you see-- you
see the front of it,
00:24:04.45\00:24:06.51
that is a 5,000
foot vertical face.
00:24:06.54\00:24:11.63
It was not
conquered for decades.
00:24:11.66\00:24:15.11
Fertility after
fertility of men intrepid men
00:24:15.14\00:24:18.98
wanting to go up
that vertical face.
00:24:19.01\00:24:21.88
The first successful climb
and I found all of these out
00:24:21.91\00:24:25.01
in a little village bookstore,
00:24:25.04\00:24:26.43
I brought a book
call "The White Spider."
00:24:26.46\00:24:29.48
Because "The White
Spider" is the nick name
00:24:29.51\00:24:31.89
they've given Eiger.
00:24:31.92\00:24:33.14
If you look up
on that close up now
00:24:33.17\00:24:35.72
there is patch of
vertical ice and snow
00:24:35.75\00:24:38.62
you have to traverse
it to go to the summit.
00:24:38.65\00:24:42.09
And it is a deadly
patch because in the summer
00:24:42.12\00:24:45.56
because you wouldn't
climb it in the winter
00:24:45.59\00:24:47.26
in the summer even
the melting of the sun
00:24:47.29\00:24:50.05
releases little
particles of ice and snow
00:24:50.08\00:24:53.79
that become
projectiles and missiles
00:24:53.82\00:24:57.33
and by the time you get
to this white spider patch,
00:24:57.36\00:25:01.85
you just have to pray
00:25:01.88\00:25:03.41
that you will make
it across that patch
00:25:03.44\00:25:05.53
without being striker.
00:25:05.56\00:25:06.83
Many plunge to their death
00:25:06.86\00:25:08.51
because of the
falling projectiles.
00:25:08.54\00:25:10.83
This is a story the
first successful ascent July 21
00:25:10.86\00:25:13.91
to July 24, 1938 by
Heinrich Harrer the part--
00:25:13.94\00:25:18.28
they were six starting
only four made it to the summit.
00:25:18.31\00:25:21.73
So it gives you an idea
00:25:21.76\00:25:23.37
of the magnitude
to that challenge.
00:25:23.40\00:25:25.10
Now why talk about
the "White Spider" at all,
00:25:25.13\00:25:26.79
here is why?
00:25:26.82\00:25:28.07
Because it occurs
to me at this moment
00:25:28.10\00:25:29.87
in this waning
movement of this summer,
00:25:29.90\00:25:32.52
there are massive white spiders
00:25:32.55\00:25:35.58
towering in front of our
civilization and our nation.
00:25:35.61\00:25:39.15
This crazy economy that we
were talking about when we left,
00:25:39.18\00:25:43.06
nothing is changed that
little whistling by the cemetery
00:25:43.09\00:25:46.35
in the dark
business of it's all okay now
00:25:46.38\00:25:48.83
don't believe the whistles.
00:25:48.86\00:25:52.93
This economy, this whole
thing with the healthcare
00:25:52.96\00:25:56.09
debate, I mean,
you're following all that.
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.08
Afghanistan we have these
massive white spiders today,
00:25:58.11\00:26:02.08
that impeding the progress
00:26:02.11\00:26:03.55
but here is deal
about a mountain,
00:26:03.58\00:26:05.94
you can either go up
it or you can go back,
00:26:05.97\00:26:08.16
you can't go around it.
00:26:08.19\00:26:10.26
The white spiders
that faced the human race
00:26:10.29\00:26:12.41
are gonna have to
be ascended somehow
00:26:12.44\00:26:14.25
and by the way
flip it over, forgot--
00:26:14.28\00:26:16.66
forget the global white spiders.
00:26:16.69\00:26:18.83
We all have our
personal white spiders,
00:26:18.86\00:26:21.51
we have these looming,
towering mount financial peaks
00:26:21.54\00:26:25.98
that are blocking us right now,
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.77
I'll never be able
to make it to that top,
00:26:27.80\00:26:30.12
we have physical summits.
00:26:30.15\00:26:32.06
I'm talking about our health.
00:26:32.09\00:26:33.50
We've got
emotional, we have social,
00:26:33.53\00:26:37.75
we have academic mountains,
somebody you're freshman
00:26:37.78\00:26:40.76
just come into this campus
we are so excited to have you.
00:26:40.79\00:26:44.42
God has led you here
00:26:44.45\00:26:45.80
and you're in front
of incredible event year
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.46
but some of view
with feeling like a
00:26:47.49\00:26:49.12
massive white spider right now.
00:26:49.15\00:26:51.05
There is no way I
can get through this.
00:26:51.08\00:26:52.94
Oh, you can.
00:26:52.97\00:26:55.16
It's because we all had
and face our white spiders
00:26:55.19\00:26:58.44
that we're
beginning today at little,
00:26:58.47\00:26:59.88
mini little two patter, call
lessons from the "White Spider"
00:26:59.91\00:27:04.39
two mountain climbing
stories from the Old Testament,
00:27:04.42\00:27:07.47
today and next Sabbath
00:27:07.50\00:27:09.11
and then we
plunged into a new school
00:27:09.14\00:27:10.60
because everybody will be back.
00:27:10.63\00:27:13.63
Two stories with
fresh hope and courage,
00:27:13.66\00:27:16.91
don't want you
to be discouraged.
00:27:16.94\00:27:18.97
Either go up or you
go back and God says
00:27:19.00\00:27:21.02
I'm not let you go
back you've got to go up,
00:27:21.05\00:27:23.68
we'll climb this,
we'll make it by God's grace.
00:27:23.71\00:27:27.17
Story number one today,
00:27:27.20\00:27:29.67
I wish we can put an 85
year-old-man right here.
00:27:29.70\00:27:32.62
Is there anybody here who
is man and who is 85 years old.
00:27:32.65\00:27:35.77
I promise I will not make
come up on this platform but
00:27:35.80\00:27:40.34
I kind of visualize
what an 85 man would--
00:27:40.37\00:27:43.21
85 year old man
would look like today.
00:27:43.24\00:27:45.39
Anybody proud to be 85?
00:27:45.42\00:27:47.70
You're not so proud, are you?
00:27:47.73\00:27:51.55
We had some put their
hands up in first church.
00:27:51.58\00:27:53.85
If we can 85 year
old man right here
00:27:53.88\00:27:56.23
by the way is 85 young?
00:27:56.26\00:27:59.99
No, it's not young.
00:28:00.02\00:28:01.40
Is it old?
00:28:01.43\00:28:02.74
Oh, I don't know that
we say so why we just agree
00:28:02.77\00:28:05.13
its middle age,
middle age, all right.
00:28:05.16\00:28:07.93
If we can put an 85
year old man right here,
00:28:07.96\00:28:10.86
we could then begin
to visualize the story
00:28:10.89\00:28:13.08
that's about to unfold.
00:28:13.11\00:28:14.17
His name meant Dog.
00:28:14.20\00:28:15.57
Now I know that in Roman
culture that's not a very,
00:28:15.60\00:28:17.75
that's not a very
complementary kind of name,
00:28:17.78\00:28:20.24
you call somebody a dog.
00:28:20.27\00:28:22.68
And yet he's one of
the greatest unsung heroes
00:28:22.71\00:28:26.63
in the entire Old Testament.
00:28:26.66\00:28:28.42
When he's comes on the
scene in our story today,
00:28:28.45\00:28:30.71
he's 85 years old, subtract 40
00:28:30.74\00:28:33.90
he would have
been subtract 45 rather
00:28:33.93\00:28:36.52
that would I made him 40
those number are important
00:28:36.55\00:28:40.02
as you see as we open
up the Bibles right now.
00:28:40.05\00:28:41.86
Let's go to the story
without any further delay.
00:28:41.89\00:28:44.15
The sixth book
of the Bible Joshua,
00:28:44.18\00:28:46.27
go to the Book at Joshua,
find Joshua Chapter 14 please.
00:28:46.30\00:28:51.72
By the way I've be in the
new International Version today,
00:28:51.75\00:28:54.23
if you didn't bring a
Bible, oh, please find--
00:28:54.26\00:28:57.35
find the pew Bible
right in front of you,
00:28:57.38\00:29:00.34
it'll be the New
King James Version
00:29:00.37\00:29:01.70
not too much difference.
00:29:01.73\00:29:03.19
I'm thinking though
I'm gonna be preaching
00:29:03.22\00:29:04.46
in the NIV again this fall.
00:29:04.49\00:29:07.43
I'm getting my
New King James rebound
00:29:07.46\00:29:11.04
because the
cover just tore apart.
00:29:11.07\00:29:12.91
By the way I have
a woman that I know
00:29:12.94\00:29:15.25
if you have a Bible
that needs to be recovered
00:29:15.28\00:29:17.18
you just get all to me
you're watching on television,
00:29:17.21\00:29:19.36
you get hold of us that
I'll give you a phone number
00:29:19.39\00:29:21.05
and you can get it done.
00:29:21.08\00:29:22.11
She did this one and did
a beautiful, beautiful job.
00:29:22.14\00:29:24.74
So this is-- in
the pew Bible that's,
00:29:24.77\00:29:26.16
we page 159 Joshua Chapter 14,
00:29:26.19\00:29:30.91
Joshua Chapter 14.
00:29:30.94\00:29:33.90
Lessons from the "White Spider"
00:29:33.93\00:29:36.50
the story of man name the Dog.
00:29:36.53\00:29:38.88
Joshua Chapter 14
let's pick it up in verse 6.
00:29:38.91\00:29:44.17
Joshua 14:6,
"Now the men of Judah
00:29:44.20\00:29:46.83
approached Joshua at Gilgal,
00:29:46.86\00:29:49.21
and Caleb son of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite said to him,"
00:29:49.24\00:29:53.72
hit the pause
button right there,
00:29:53.75\00:29:55.02
he said to him but
hold it right there.
00:29:55.05\00:29:57.13
We need to sense of
what's happening in the story.
00:29:57.16\00:29:59.69
For five years now
the children of Israel
00:29:59.72\00:30:05.65
now we used to sing this
is kids in Sabbath school.
00:30:05.68\00:30:07.23
Didn't we sing a song about
00:30:07.26\00:30:08.63
the Walls of
Jericho came tumbling down,
00:30:08.66\00:30:10.53
was isn't a some
kind of a song like that,
00:30:10.56\00:30:11.78
the Walls of
Jericho came tumbling down.
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.75
It's been five years
since Jericho collapsed
00:30:13.78\00:30:16.67
and they conquered the first
city of the new Promised Land.
00:30:16.70\00:30:19.99
I wish the story where win,
win, win, win, win, win, win
00:30:20.02\00:30:22.37
but the story goes
like win, win, loss
00:30:22.40\00:30:24.41
and it was bitter
loss win, win, win.
00:30:24.44\00:30:27.81
It's all another story
00:30:27.84\00:30:28.87
in that bitter loss
and the tragic lesson
00:30:28.90\00:30:30.82
they had to
learn in the hard way.
00:30:30.85\00:30:32.65
But five years now
they-- they've been--
00:30:32.68\00:30:34.28
they've been
conquering piece by piece
00:30:34.31\00:30:36.03
until most-- most of Canon now
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.61
is ready to
become the Promised Land
00:30:38.64\00:30:40.62
that God has given to
the children of Israel.
00:30:40.65\00:30:42.53
That's when the
story happens here
00:30:42.56\00:30:44.48
and these men of
Judah approached.
00:30:44.51\00:30:45.94
Verse 6 again, "Now the
men of Judah approached Joshua
00:30:45.97\00:30:48.28
at Gilgal, and Caleb"
whose name means "dog"
00:30:48.31\00:30:53.10
there he is right there, Caleb
00:30:53.13\00:30:55.32
"and Caleb son of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite said to Joshua,"
00:30:55.35\00:30:59.95
I need to tell you
hold, hold just a moment.
00:30:59.98\00:31:01.86
Kenizzite listen
it, this is fascinating,
00:31:01.89\00:31:04.66
scholars believe some do,
00:31:04.69\00:31:07.02
the Caleb was a descended
of Kenaz the grandson of Issa.
00:31:07.05\00:31:12.29
So the children of
Israel all descendents of Jacob
00:31:12.32\00:31:14.56
so he's almost like a
distant cousin all right?
00:31:14.59\00:31:17.59
Grandson of-- a grandson of Issa
00:31:17.62\00:31:19.45
and the Caleb was a proselyte
one of the mix multitude
00:31:19.48\00:31:23.86
who join the children of Israel
00:31:23.89\00:31:25.53
in that midnight
flight the Exodus from Egypt,
00:31:25.56\00:31:30.38
which is probably a
shirt tail cousin of Moses
00:31:30.41\00:31:33.16
who is related
to the Canaanites.
00:31:33.19\00:31:35.93
So isn't that something, he
is part of the mix multitude
00:31:35.96\00:31:39.51
who became a radical
believer, his name Metdog.
00:31:39.54\00:31:43.53
Caleb starts to speak here
in verse 6, he says to Joshua,
00:31:43.56\00:31:49.68
''You know what the Lord
said to Moses the man of God
00:31:49.71\00:31:53.00
at Kadesh Barnea
about you and me."
00:31:53.03\00:31:56.16
Because there is
something very special about
00:31:56.19\00:31:57.59
Caleb and Joshua.
00:31:57.62\00:31:59.62
Kadesh Barnea by
the way code words,
00:31:59.65\00:32:01.57
code words for
the more meltdown.
00:32:01.60\00:32:04.04
Do you think God
planned on Israel
00:32:04.07\00:32:05.24
taken 40 years to conquer,
00:32:05.27\00:32:08.32
the wilderness between
them in the Promised Land.
00:32:08.35\00:32:10.87
You're kidding he wanted
to be a matter of months.
00:32:10.90\00:32:13.21
Remember the story, 12
spies go in 10 spies comeback.
00:32:13.24\00:32:17.02
Massive walls no way
00:32:17.05\00:32:18.57
hosay we can never take
this land two spies spoke up.
00:32:18.60\00:32:22.45
And then God made
a promise all right.
00:32:22.48\00:32:26.11
Everybody in the age of 20,
00:32:26.14\00:32:28.89
you're not going
in only these two.
00:32:28.92\00:32:31.50
So Caleb is reminding Joshua,
00:32:31.53\00:32:33.35
you and I, we're the
only ones living left,
00:32:33.38\00:32:37.31
Caleb says to
Joshua now you know
00:32:37.34\00:32:38.64
what the Lord say
to Moses the man of God
00:32:38.67\00:32:40.26
at Kadesh Barnea
about you and me.
00:32:40.29\00:32:41.76
''I was forty years old
00:32:41.79\00:32:42.82
when Moses the
servant of the Lord sent me
00:32:42.85\00:32:44.34
from Kadesh Barnea
to explore the land.
00:32:44.37\00:32:46.37
And I brought him back a report
according to my convictions
00:32:46.40\00:32:49.22
but" verse 8, "my
brothers who went up with me
00:32:49.25\00:32:51.16
made the hearts of
the people melt with fear.
00:32:51.19\00:32:53.38
I, however, followed the
Lord my God wholeheartedly.
00:32:53.41\00:32:56.37
So," verse 9, "on
that day Moses swore to me,
00:32:56.40\00:32:59.24
you heard it Joshua,
00:32:59.27\00:33:00.62
''The land on which your feet
00:33:00.65\00:33:02.49
Caleb have walked
will be your inheritance
00:33:02.52\00:33:04.99
and that of your
children forever,
00:33:05.02\00:33:06.58
because you have followed
the Lord my God wholeheartedly.'
00:33:06.61\00:33:10.40
Now then, just as the
Lord promised," I love this,
00:33:10.43\00:33:14.17
"he has kept me
alive for forty-five years
00:33:14.20\00:33:17.94
since he said this to Moses."
00:33:17.97\00:33:19.88
He has kept me alive.
00:33:19.91\00:33:24.10
You think about it
Caleb is the second oldest man
00:33:24.13\00:33:25.73
in the community, he
is 85, Joshua was older.
00:33:25.76\00:33:28.11
Everybody else is
a little berry mound
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.06
on those hot wilderness sense.
00:33:31.09\00:33:32.93
Nobody is left,
he's kept me alive.
00:33:32.96\00:33:37.20
You know when I
read those words,
00:33:37.23\00:33:39.26
I think of the senior
citizens in this congregation,
00:33:39.29\00:33:42.56
who can make the same testimony,
00:33:42.59\00:33:44.29
the Lord has kept me alive
all these years, halleluiah.
00:33:44.32\00:33:51.20
We are so blessed to have
you that God has to couched
00:33:51.23\00:33:57.71
and nurtured to your senior
years in this congregation.
00:33:57.74\00:34:02.09
Now I won't say
a word to the young
00:34:02.12\00:34:03.62
because their
few young over here.
00:34:03.65\00:34:07.24
The commentary on
this verse in Joshua,
00:34:07.27\00:34:10.25
by the way I called
up, I called up the great
00:34:10.28\00:34:13.31
such a dear friend
Professor Leona Running,
00:34:13.34\00:34:15.80
the great Hebrew professor
in our theological seminar.
00:34:15.83\00:34:18.58
She is 93 years young now.
00:34:18.61\00:34:19.99
I called her up this
last week I said, Leona
00:34:20.02\00:34:21.72
you-- you're the
only one that knows
00:34:21.75\00:34:23.31
who wrote the different books
00:34:23.34\00:34:25.58
of the Bible commentary
in our commentary series.
00:34:25.61\00:34:28.68
So who wrote the book,
00:34:28.71\00:34:30.14
who wrote the
commentary for Joshua said,
00:34:30.17\00:34:31.96
I'll call you back
she checked it all out,
00:34:31.99\00:34:34.56
RO Christiansen some
of you might remember
00:34:34.59\00:34:36.96
that name wrote
the book on Joshua.
00:34:36.99\00:34:39.76
Now I want put for
those who are young, this is,
00:34:39.79\00:34:41.69
this is not for the aged,
00:34:41.72\00:34:43.00
this is not quote for
you, this is for the young.
00:34:43.03\00:34:45.09
I want put it on
the screen for you,
00:34:45.12\00:34:47.89
"The reward of a
life of virtuous youth
00:34:47.92\00:34:52.10
and temperate
manhood, by nature's own law,
00:34:52.13\00:34:55.45
is ordinarily"
that's a key word,
00:34:55.48\00:34:57.86
"usually a vigorous,
healthy, and respected old age.
00:34:57.89\00:35:03.21
'Loyalty to God had
apparently preserved Caleb
00:35:03.24\00:35:05.97
from the dissipating sin
of his fellow Israelites.
00:35:06.00\00:35:08.57
He had not indulged
appetite as they had,
00:35:08.60\00:35:10.91
nor had he lost
sleep and rest at night
00:35:10.94\00:35:13.87
struggling with a
painted conscience
00:35:13.90\00:35:15.65
His abstemious
his self control life
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.58
had paid off in
dividends in this life,
00:35:18.61\00:35:21.11
and now" in our
story "he presented himself
00:35:21.14\00:35:23.76
before Joshua with
undiminished strength at an age
00:35:23.79\00:35:27.46
when most others had already
been called from this life."
00:35:27.49\00:35:32.01
I want to say something
that you who are young.
00:35:32.04\00:35:35.59
Don't you believe,
don't get snookered by society
00:35:35.62\00:35:41.37
which will call
you to sow all the vow
00:35:41.40\00:35:44.30
those you want right now,
00:35:44.33\00:35:46.48
I'm telling you what it
isn't worth it, whatever--
00:35:46.51\00:35:50.41
whatever a man saws
he's gonna eventually reap.
00:35:50.44\00:35:53.94
So here is the
deal, don't you be at all,
00:35:53.97\00:35:56.46
don't you be at all
ashamed about living virtuously,
00:35:56.49\00:36:01.12
healthfully,
righteously and faithfully.
00:36:01.15\00:36:04.32
You live that
way, you live it boldly
00:36:04.35\00:36:06.53
and one day if
Jesus doesn't come soon
00:36:06.56\00:36:09.06
your life can be extended
00:36:09.09\00:36:10.48
just when the community
faith will be needing you.
00:36:10.51\00:36:13.33
You start right now.
00:36:13.36\00:36:16.21
Look at Caleb,
read verse 10 again,
00:36:16.24\00:36:18.97
"Now then, just
as the Lord promised,
00:36:19.00\00:36:21.17
he has kept me
alive for forty-five years
00:36:21.20\00:36:23.79
since the time he
said this to Moses,
00:36:23.82\00:36:25.14
while Israel moved
about in the desert.
00:36:25.17\00:36:26.99
Here I am today" can you see
that 85 years old saying this.
00:36:27.02\00:36:29.79
And by the way, they
didn't live to be 200,
00:36:29.82\00:36:32.06
Joshua lived to be 101
00:36:32.09\00:36:33.43
so he is the equivalent
of 85 year old man today.
00:36:33.46\00:36:37.02
We just beg that
the last survivor
00:36:37.05\00:36:39.11
World War I was is a 109.
00:36:39.14\00:36:42.25
So it's our-it's
within our age bracket now.
00:36:42.28\00:36:45.07
Here I am today what did he say,
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.45
so here I am today
eighty-five years old,
00:36:46.48\00:36:48.54
"I am still as strong today
as the day Moses sent me out,
00:36:48.57\00:36:51.32
I'm just as vigorous
to go out to battle now
00:36:51.35\00:36:53.61
as I was then, Now give me"
00:36:53.64\00:36:55.83
and I love it in
the New King James,
00:36:55.86\00:36:57.40
"Now give me this
mountain" I want this mountain,
00:36:57.43\00:37:00.94
I'm 85 I can do it,
"give me this mountain
00:37:00.97\00:37:04.07
that the Lord
promised me that day."
00:37:04.10\00:37:05.50
Forty-five years ago.
00:37:05.53\00:37:06.84
"You yourself heard then
00:37:06.87\00:37:08.15
that the Anakites"
these giants "were there
00:37:08.18\00:37:10.38
and their cities
were large and fortified,
00:37:10.41\00:37:12.29
but the Lord helping
me" at 85 years of age,
00:37:12.32\00:37:15.43
"I will drive them out
just as he said." Hallelujah.
00:37:15.46\00:37:21.66
Mark those words
down in your brain
00:37:21.69\00:37:23.25
and never forget them.
00:37:23.28\00:37:24.40
"Give me this
mountain!" I want that mountain.
00:37:24.43\00:37:29.72
The cry of an
oxygenerian, the bold cry.
00:37:29.75\00:37:33.81
What can we learn from it?
00:37:33.84\00:37:34.96
I want to share
with you four lessons
00:37:34.99\00:37:36.11
and then will sit down will go.
00:37:36.14\00:37:37.80
Four lessons
grab your study guide.
00:37:37.83\00:37:38.90
Do you the study guide,
did you get a worship bulletin
00:37:38.93\00:37:40.43
when you came in? Thank you.
00:37:40.46\00:37:42.13
Friendly were
making sure everybody
00:37:42.16\00:37:43.91
today gets a study guide.
00:37:43.94\00:37:44.97
If you didn't get one
you want these four lessons
00:37:45.00\00:37:47.17
holds your hand up, four lesson.
00:37:47.20\00:37:49.55
And by the way the
lesson number four is the key.
00:37:49.58\00:37:52.56
You want lesson number four,
00:37:52.59\00:37:53.74
it's a secret to
all the first three
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.13
and while they are doing that
I want to welcome those of you
00:37:56.16\00:37:57.87
who are watching on
television right now
00:37:57.90\00:37:59.20
we're delighted to have you.
00:37:59.23\00:38:00.28
I want you to have
the same study guide.
00:38:00.31\00:38:01.53
Jot these lessons
down, go to our website.
00:38:01.56\00:38:03.10
Let me put it on
the screen for you,
00:38:03.13\00:38:04.68
www.pmchurch.tv
00:38:04.71\00:38:08.88
You're looking for the
little two part series,
00:38:08.91\00:38:12.23
lesson from the White Spider,
lesson from the White Spider.
00:38:12.26\00:38:15.84
This will be part one,
00:38:15.87\00:38:16.95
that's the one you click
on next week will be part two
00:38:16.98\00:38:19.46
and then by the way
don't miss our brand new,
00:38:19.49\00:38:22.79
New Year series
that begins two week
00:38:22.82\00:38:25.27
from the day called the Temple.
00:38:25.30\00:38:28.83
Not the temple
here, what's up, up there,
00:38:28.86\00:38:32.95
what is going on in
the temple up there?
00:38:32.98\00:38:36.83
This maybe the
most challenging series
00:38:36.86\00:38:38.38
you and I will ever
work through together,
00:38:38.41\00:38:40.55
it begins two weeks
from the day, the Temple.
00:38:40.58\00:38:44.34
But right now
lessons from the White Spider
00:38:44.37\00:38:45.40
jot them down.
00:38:45.43\00:38:46.46
Let's go there are four of these
00:38:46.49\00:38:47.52
but the first
three will only work
00:38:47.55\00:38:49.87
if you have lesson four.
00:38:49.90\00:38:51.07
That's the clincher number four.
00:38:51.10\00:38:52.57
But write it down
please lesson number one,
00:38:52.60\00:38:54.65
Be willing to
be in the minority.
00:38:54.68\00:38:58.78
Be willing to be in the minority
00:38:58.81\00:39:01.48
even if the minority
report won't carry the day,
00:39:01.51\00:39:05.86
still be willing
to be in the minority.
00:39:05.89\00:39:07.91
Now look at guys,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:39:07.94\00:39:09.69
I understand that
there is a little bit
00:39:09.72\00:39:11.25
of teenager in all of us
00:39:11.28\00:39:13.24
that loves the warm security
of being a part of the pack,
00:39:13.27\00:39:17.13
a part of the crowd,
a part of the majority.
00:39:17.16\00:39:20.65
I remember when I went out
the college for the first time
00:39:20.68\00:39:22.95
this is for you freshman,
00:39:22.98\00:39:25.23
when I went out the
college for the first time,
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.56
I was missionary's kid
00:39:26.59\00:39:27.62
I graduated from
Far Eastern Academy
00:39:27.65\00:39:29.60
on the island
nation of Singapore,
00:39:29.63\00:39:31.86
came back to the
States all alone.
00:39:31.89\00:39:33.31
So one of us, you
heard just a moment ago
00:39:33.34\00:39:35.72
went to southern college.
00:39:35.75\00:39:39.21
Now I got to tell you
first Singapore was 10 years
00:39:39.24\00:39:42.88
behind life in
the United States.
00:39:42.91\00:39:45.05
So when I landed on that campus
00:39:45.08\00:39:47.24
I was dressing like happy days.
00:39:47.27\00:39:51.91
I had long dark plans
there where intentionally
00:39:51.94\00:39:54.13
just a little short
so that they would reveal
00:39:54.16\00:39:56.30
the white socks that I had on,
00:39:56.33\00:39:58.76
I showed up in
that first freshman
00:39:58.79\00:40:00.20
orientation meeting
with these white socks
00:40:00.23\00:40:02.26
that look like
they had neon lights
00:40:02.29\00:40:03.67
just announcing
that they were there,
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.97
I realized nobody
else in that crowd
00:40:06.00\00:40:07.76
was wearing white socks.
00:40:07.79\00:40:08.82
I went straight back to the dorm
00:40:08.85\00:40:10.04
took those socks out
and never worn again.
00:40:10.07\00:40:13.31
There is something about
the teenager in all of us
00:40:13.34\00:40:15.25
nobody wants to
stick out like soar thumb,
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.78
nobody wants to look David
I look like a country bumpkin.
00:40:17.81\00:40:21.05
I don't want to do that.
00:40:21.08\00:40:23.90
But lesson number one,
00:40:23.93\00:40:25.00
Be willing to be
apart of the minority.
00:40:25.03\00:40:28.18
Nobody likes standing off
from the crowd I understand,
00:40:28.21\00:40:31.15
12 spies comeback, 10 off
the 12 of vast majority say,
00:40:31.18\00:40:34.94
giants too tall, walls
too massive cannot be done
00:40:34.97\00:40:39.51
and when the
people start wailing
00:40:39.54\00:40:41.26
Caleb and Joshua go waiting out
into the morning congregation,
00:40:41.29\00:40:45.03
timeout time wait hold it,
00:40:45.06\00:40:47.58
what do you mean
it can't be done,
00:40:47.61\00:40:49.50
you forgot who's leading us,
00:40:49.53\00:40:50.95
of course it can't be done.
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.68
Do you know that
they picked up stones
00:40:52.71\00:40:54.59
ready to stone
the minority report?
00:40:54.62\00:40:58.37
Two spies who said
with the power of our God
00:40:58.40\00:41:01.56
we can do it.
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.56
No matter what
the cast my friends,
00:41:03.59\00:41:05.59
we must all be willing
to be apart of the minority.
00:41:05.62\00:41:08.92
Let me share with you some
words written 100 years ago,
00:41:08.95\00:41:11.42
commenting on this
aspect of Caleb's life.
00:41:11.45\00:41:13.56
Put it on the screen for you,
00:41:13.59\00:41:14.83
I do believe there in
your study guide as well.
00:41:14.86\00:41:16.99
Speaking of Caleb, "It
is when the unbelieving
00:41:17.02\00:41:20.28
cast contempt
upon the Word of God
00:41:20.31\00:41:23.82
that the faithful
Calebs are called for.
00:41:23.85\00:41:27.91
It is then that they will
stand firm at the post of duty,
00:41:27.94\00:41:31.63
without parade," without show
00:41:31.66\00:41:33.38
"and without
swerving because of reproach.
00:41:33.41\00:41:35.79
The unbelieving spies
stood ready to destroy Caleb.
00:41:35.82\00:41:39.67
He saw the
stones in their hands,
00:41:39.70\00:41:44.38
the hands of those who
had brought a false report
00:41:44.41\00:41:46.49
but this did not deter him,
00:41:46.52\00:41:48.30
he had a message
and he would bear it.
00:41:48.33\00:41:50.18
The same spirit
will be manifested today
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.79
by those who are true to God."
00:41:52.82\00:41:56.86
There is been big rocker
this summer across the nation,
00:41:56.89\00:42:00.03
in our community of
faith over the competing world
00:42:00.06\00:42:04.39
views of creation and evolution
and theories of origin,
00:42:04.42\00:42:10.42
the story of Caleb
is a compelling reminder
00:42:10.45\00:42:13.67
that even if
you're in the minority
00:42:13.70\00:42:15.66
you must stand hold,
00:42:15.69\00:42:18.60
hold the ground,
hold your ground.
00:42:18.63\00:42:21.53
Lesson number one,
00:42:21.56\00:42:22.59
be willing to
be in the minority.
00:42:22.62\00:42:23.65
Lesson number two, jot it down,
00:42:23.68\00:42:25.21
Grow bolder as you grow older.
00:42:25.24\00:42:30.01
Grow bolder as you grow older.
00:42:30.04\00:42:34.37
I have a wonderful mother-in-law
00:42:34.40\00:42:36.58
she is 90 years young,
should be 91 in January.
00:42:36.61\00:42:41.80
She likes to quip,
growing old emphasizes.
00:42:41.83\00:42:47.39
That's good.
00:42:47.42\00:42:49.17
You know, I got to tell you
00:42:49.20\00:42:50.23
this is kind of
embracing to admit this you
00:42:50.26\00:42:52.14
but I used to think,
00:42:52.17\00:42:54.01
I used to think you know
what, what is the problem,
00:42:54.04\00:42:57.10
I would love to grow old.
00:42:57.13\00:42:58.77
I mean, common when you retire,
00:42:58.80\00:43:00.59
you never have to work
a day in your life again,
00:43:00.62\00:43:03.27
hallelujah.
00:43:03.30\00:43:04.69
When you
retired you can sleep in
00:43:04.72\00:43:07.07
for as long as you
want every single day.
00:43:07.10\00:43:11.38
Now I'm beginning
to discover you know,
00:43:11.41\00:43:14.03
even if you want to
sleep in anymore you can't.
00:43:14.06\00:43:18.70
Is that happened to you too?
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.57
Even on Sunday your
day out you can't sleep in,
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.75
you're waking up with the birds.
00:43:22.78\00:43:24.62
This is a
conspiracy by the young
00:43:24.65\00:43:26.38
I that's what I think it is.
00:43:26.41\00:43:27.87
You guys plan this.
00:43:27.90\00:43:31.15
Now I tell you what
after loosing two fathers,
00:43:31.18\00:43:33.70
watching both of them
die, not very pretty deaths
00:43:33.73\00:43:37.86
and having two be
loving mothers now,
00:43:37.89\00:43:40.25
watching all the
medications, all the pills,
00:43:40.28\00:43:43.16
all the doctor visits,
I've revised my understanding.
00:43:43.19\00:43:49.11
I believe my mother--
my mother-in-law is right
00:43:49.14\00:43:51.23
growing old emphasizes.
00:43:51.26\00:43:54.84
But you know what,
growing old physically
00:43:54.87\00:43:57.26
doesn't have to mean
growing weak spiritually
00:43:57.29\00:43:59.82
or morally or ethically.
00:43:59.85\00:44:03.65
You can grow
bolder, you can grow bolder
00:44:03.68\00:44:06.02
as you grow older
that's what happen to Caleb.
00:44:06.05\00:44:08.39
He got bolder as he went.
00:44:08.42\00:44:10.23
By the way that's the
truth about Abraham and Sarah
00:44:10.26\00:44:12.15
their faith story,
00:44:12.18\00:44:13.45
here at the beginning
was nothing like it was
00:44:13.48\00:44:15.87
when they grew old.
00:44:15.90\00:44:17.76
That's a way it was with Jacob,
00:44:17.79\00:44:19.20
that' a way it was with
Moses he had to go pass 80
00:44:19.23\00:44:21.87
before God said
I can use you know.
00:44:21.90\00:44:23.97
Grow bolder as you grow older.
00:44:24.00\00:44:26.36
It was that way with Ruth
and Mary and Paul and John
00:44:26.39\00:44:30.01
until when you get to Paul
00:44:30.04\00:44:31.22
who's just about
ready to be executed
00:44:31.25\00:44:33.05
and he is saying I'm
know I have believed in,
00:44:33.08\00:44:36.49
I'm persuaded he's able
to keep what I have committed
00:44:36.52\00:44:38.91
onto him against that day.
00:44:38.94\00:44:40.57
Grow bolder as you grow older.
00:44:40.60\00:44:44.96
We are so blessed in
this perish to have you
00:44:44.99\00:44:48.66
who are seniors,
the seniors followers
00:44:48.69\00:44:52.34
and disciples of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:44:52.37\00:44:54.25
You don't understand
the incredible commitment
00:44:54.28\00:44:57.41
you make to the body of Christ.
00:44:57.44\00:45:00.04
Your tenacious faith,
00:45:00.07\00:45:03.21
your
willingness to stay faithful
00:45:03.24\00:45:05.58
no matter what
happens, I'm telling you what,
00:45:05.61\00:45:08.29
God sent you to us,
we have to have you,
00:45:08.32\00:45:12.67
you model to us what we must be.
00:45:12.70\00:45:14.89
We too want to grow
bolder as we grow older.
00:45:14.92\00:45:18.50
I want to share
this with just to seen
00:45:18.53\00:45:19.80
it's the rest of you, you can,
you don't have to listen to this
00:45:19.83\00:45:22.04
but there is a promise
that I find so beautiful
00:45:22.07\00:45:24.66
and I want you to
hear these words from God.
00:45:24.69\00:45:26.50
God is speaking
this promise to you.
00:45:26.53\00:45:28.25
This is in the Book of Isaiah.
00:45:28.28\00:45:30.03
I want you look
it up in your Bible
00:45:30.06\00:45:31.40
will put it on the
screen but go ahead look it up
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.66
because you may want to
mark these verses in your Bible.
00:45:33.69\00:45:35.60
This would be Isaiah 46.
00:45:35.63\00:45:39.84
Just two verses but I'll
tell you what an awesome promise
00:45:39.87\00:45:43.69
God makes to you.
00:45:43.72\00:45:45.35
Isaiah 46:3, he
says, hey listen to me,
00:45:45.38\00:45:48.90
"Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
00:45:48.93\00:45:51.12
and all you who remain
in the house of Israel,
00:45:51.15\00:45:53.88
you whom I have upheld
since you were conceived,
00:45:53.91\00:45:56.74
and have carried
since your birth."
00:45:56.77\00:45:59.21
I've been with you
since that first gasp of air
00:45:59.24\00:46:02.32
when you came out
to your mommy's tummy,
00:46:02.35\00:46:04.04
I've been there
with you, now notice
00:46:04.07\00:46:05.27
what He promises to you.
00:46:05.30\00:46:06.33
Verse 4, "Even to
your old age and gray hairs
00:46:06.36\00:46:12.16
I am he,
00:46:14.72\00:46:16.49
I am he who will sustain you.
00:46:16.52\00:46:18.45
I have made you
and I will carry you,
00:46:18.48\00:46:21.35
I will sustain you
and I will rescue you."
00:46:21.38\00:46:24.19
Isn't that beautiful?
00:46:24.22\00:46:25.99
Even until you have
white hair or no hair
00:46:26.02\00:46:28.38
it doesn't matter to
Me, I'm there for you,
00:46:28.41\00:46:31.76
I'm with you
every step of the way.
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.30
I'm gonna holds
you and sustain you
00:46:34.33\00:46:36.83
and I'm gonna rescue
you right at the end.
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.21
I'll rescue you.
00:46:39.24\00:46:40.37
Lot of debate in this healthcare
about end of life issues.
00:46:40.40\00:46:43.40
The big debate in the healthcare
conversation right now,
00:46:43.43\00:46:46.63
what about end of life issues?
00:46:46.66\00:46:47.73
God is saying end of
life, I'll be with you,
00:46:47.76\00:46:49.98
you want to end of
life issue here it is,
00:46:50.01\00:46:51.78
I'm with you till you die.
00:46:51.81\00:46:54.05
I'll be with you when
you breathe your last.
00:46:54.08\00:46:56.46
I'll be there, I'll be with you.
00:46:56.49\00:46:58.89
Oh, what a God?
00:46:58.92\00:47:00.56
Well, grow older and as
you grow older grow bolder.
00:47:00.59\00:47:04.59
Lesson number
three jot it down please,
00:47:04.62\00:47:05.94
Ask God for you mountain.
00:47:05.97\00:47:08.38
Octogenarian Caleb cries
out "Give me this mountain!"
00:47:08.41\00:47:12.17
We got to pray the same
prayer, ladies and gentlemen.
00:47:12.20\00:47:14.16
Ask God for your mountain.
00:47:14.19\00:47:15.60
It doesn't matter the mountains,
00:47:15.63\00:47:16.66
we all got
different mountains, trust me.
00:47:16.69\00:47:18.46
We're different ages
we got different mountains
00:47:18.49\00:47:20.18
it doesn't matter,
financial mountain,
00:47:20.21\00:47:23.14
physical
mountain, health mountain,
00:47:23.17\00:47:24.60
social mountain.
00:47:24.63\00:47:25.92
I'm here as the
brand new student mountain,
00:47:25.95\00:47:28.83
it doesn't matter the mountain.
00:47:28.86\00:47:30.26
We've got the
mountains but here is a deal,
00:47:30.29\00:47:32.91
we need to ask God to give us.
00:47:32.94\00:47:36.16
Oh, God give me,
give me this mountain.
00:47:36.19\00:47:41.63
This story hair raising
00:47:41.66\00:47:43.62
describing the
first successful ascent.
00:47:43.65\00:47:47.48
They came to a
point of no return
00:47:47.51\00:47:50.16
and I want to put the words.
00:47:50.19\00:47:51.46
I think they are
in the study guide
00:47:51.49\00:47:52.52
to put them on
the screen for you.
00:47:52.55\00:47:53.58
"Forward" now this
is Heinrich Harrer,
00:47:53.61\00:47:57.26
his name's
translation the German book,
00:47:57.29\00:47:58.93
"Forward," he
writes "was the only way,"
00:47:58.96\00:48:01.58
these are the weak and
frozen because they are iced up.
00:48:01.61\00:48:06.32
They're spending
the night in a rope,
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.18
there is no, there is no ledge.
00:48:08.21\00:48:09.65
You are hanging in a rope,
waiting for the sun to rise
00:48:09.68\00:48:12.86
so that you can
start climbing again.
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.60
'''Forward' was the only
way now no more turning back.
00:48:15.63\00:48:18.05
The past was wiped out,
all that mattered was future,
00:48:18.08\00:48:20.89
and the future lay
over the snow-plastered,
00:48:20.92\00:48:22.69
ice glazed summit-wall.
00:48:22.72\00:48:24.23
'I believe'" and
here he's speaking a truth
00:48:24.26\00:48:26.16
for all of life, "'I believe
no man can be completely able
00:48:26.19\00:48:29.38
to summon all his strength,
all his will, all his energy,
00:48:29.41\00:48:32.97
for the lat desperate
move, till he is convinced
00:48:33.00\00:48:36.20
that the last
bridge is down behind him
00:48:36.23\00:48:38.92
and that there is
nowhere to go but on.'''
00:48:38.95\00:48:42.88
They're comes at time in life
00:48:42.91\00:48:44.12
when you have to cut the ropes
to your past and just go up.
00:48:44.15\00:48:48.85
There is no choice
buddy, up is the only way left.
00:48:48.88\00:48:52.52
Give me this mountain.
00:48:56.56\00:48:57.81
We need to tear a page
out of Caleb's play book
00:48:57.84\00:48:59.70
and ask God for the
mountain that intimidates us,
00:48:59.73\00:49:02.84
give me this mountain.
00:49:02.87\00:49:05.18
You know what
just melting the words
00:49:05.21\00:49:06.97
will enable us to talk to talk
00:49:07.00\00:49:09.19
you're gonna
have to talk to talk
00:49:09.22\00:49:10.25
before you'll ever walk to walk.
00:49:10.28\00:49:11.35
So just say words to
yourself again and again
00:49:11.38\00:49:13.59
God give me this mountain.
What are you talking about?
00:49:13.62\00:49:15.29
I'm talking about this
financial crises I'm in.
00:49:15.32\00:49:17.46
Give me this mountain.
00:49:17.49\00:49:19.29
I'm talking about this
educational academic crisis
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.92
I'm facing, give
me this mountain.
00:49:21.95\00:49:23.54
There are string of
failures in my life,
00:49:23.57\00:49:24.98
give me this mountain.
00:49:25.01\00:49:26.41
What you're doing
is, you're transforming
00:49:26.44\00:49:28.80
your shifting the paradigm.
00:49:28.83\00:49:30.61
In fact, would you
jot this down please.
00:49:30.64\00:49:32.46
You shift the paradigm.
00:49:32.49\00:49:33.91
We need to shift the paradigm
on that towering mountain
00:49:33.94\00:49:36.84
before us so that rather
than defining it as an obstacle,
00:49:36.87\00:49:41.71
we ask God to give it
to us as an opportunity.
00:49:41.74\00:49:45.35
There is a huge difference,
00:49:45.38\00:49:46.93
just changing your
mind about the mountain.
00:49:46.96\00:49:49.53
Oh, God, I know it's a crisis
00:49:49.56\00:49:51.02
but you know what,
give me this mountain
00:49:51.05\00:49:52.88
because it will the
perfect moment for You
00:49:52.91\00:49:55.25
to show yourself
strong on this planet for me.
00:49:55.28\00:49:58.37
Give me this mountain, please.
00:49:58.40\00:50:03.27
So Caleb did, nothing changed
it's still the awful mountain
00:50:03.30\00:50:06.78
it was 45 years ago,
he has to still take it,
00:50:06.81\00:50:10.70
he's asking for it now,
give me, give me this mountain.
00:50:10.73\00:50:17.00
I love that promise
in 2 Chronicles 16:9,
00:50:17.03\00:50:22.44
I skipped over when I put
this study guide together,
00:50:22.47\00:50:24.19
my apology I'm
gonna put it on the screen
00:50:24.22\00:50:25.67
please jot this down.
00:50:25.70\00:50:26.83
This is a promise for
you, 2 Chronicles Chapter 16:9,
00:50:26.86\00:50:30.58
"For the eyes of the Lord
range throughout the earth
00:50:30.61\00:50:33.60
to strengthen those
whose hearts are fully,
00:50:33.63\00:50:37.60
fully committed to him."
00:50:37.63\00:50:40.27
Isn't that beautiful?
00:50:40.30\00:50:41.62
He just look over
for somebody to help,
00:50:41.65\00:50:43.37
if you say give me
this mountain I'll help you.
00:50:43.40\00:50:47.13
Sister,
brother, I will help you,
00:50:47.16\00:50:50.72
give me this mountain.
00:50:50.75\00:50:52.60
He is just looking for someone
00:50:52.63\00:50:54.91
whose heart is longing for
him to show himself strong.
00:50:54.94\00:50:58.69
All right here it
is final lesson four.
00:50:58.72\00:51:00.98
Now remember the
first three will work
00:51:01.01\00:51:03.26
if there is lesson
four, this is-- this is it,
00:51:03.29\00:51:05.14
lesson four is what counts.
00:51:05.17\00:51:07.33
You get the first three,
00:51:07.36\00:51:08.52
if you remember
lesson four jot it down.
00:51:08.55\00:51:10.08
And finally follow
God "wholeheartedly."
00:51:10.11\00:51:13.42
That word is between quotation
marks because the Hebrew word
00:51:13.45\00:51:16.83
for
wholeheartedly appear six times
00:51:16.86\00:51:19.46
in connection with the
life of Caleb more than
00:51:19.49\00:51:21.42
any other person in
the entire Old Testament.
00:51:21.45\00:51:24.06
He is called
following God wholeheartedly,
00:51:24.09\00:51:26.84
in fact it's three times in this
very story that we just read.
00:51:26.87\00:51:29.31
Let's end the story now
Joshua, go back to Joshua 14,
00:51:29.34\00:51:32.84
let's end of
story with verse 13.
00:51:32.87\00:51:35.67
Caleb ask give me
this mountain, here we go,
00:51:35.70\00:51:40.02
"Then Joshua blessed
Caleb," it's verse 13 of 14
00:51:40.05\00:51:43.78
"Joshua blessed
Caleb son of Jephunneh
00:51:43.81\00:51:46.27
and gave him
Hebron as his inheritance.
00:51:46.30\00:51:48.32
So Hebron has belonged
to Caleb son of Jephunneh
00:51:48.35\00:51:51.37
the Kenizzite ever since,
because he followed the Lord,
00:51:51.40\00:51:56.17
the God of
Israel," with all his heart,
00:51:56.20\00:52:02.01
"wholeheartedly."
00:52:02.04\00:52:03.57
As the NIV renders it.
00:52:03.60\00:52:05.70
So what is mean to
follow God wholeheartedly?
00:52:05.73\00:52:08.30
Well, let's
just answer this way,
00:52:08.33\00:52:09.58
what would it mean to
follow God half heartedly?
00:52:09.61\00:52:13.45
What is mean to
follow God half heartedly?
00:52:13.48\00:52:16.22
I mean, having just
come from a wedding,
00:52:16.25\00:52:17.28
can you imagine wedding bows
00:52:17.31\00:52:18.67
and we've got a
beautiful wedding tomorrow
00:52:18.70\00:52:19.99
with Garemo and Esther.
00:52:20.02\00:52:22.24
Can you imagine
wedding bows going like this
00:52:22.27\00:52:24.34
a pledge to have
and to hold you to love
00:52:24.37\00:52:27.07
and cherish you
with half my heart?
00:52:27.10\00:52:31.78
Do you think there
is minister in the world
00:52:31.81\00:52:34.18
who put his hand
and say all right
00:52:34.21\00:52:35.45
and I'll pronounce your
husband-- are you kidding.
00:52:35.48\00:52:37.48
If you ever say half my
heart you go home it's over.
00:52:37.51\00:52:42.98
What is it mean to
follow God wholeheartedly?
00:52:43.01\00:52:47.69
Out of
Christiansen, I love this.
00:52:47.72\00:52:50.58
He writes that the
Hebrew word for a wholeheartedly
00:52:50.61\00:52:52.74
gives the idea of a traveler
00:52:52.77\00:52:54.65
who intend upon
following his guide
00:52:54.68\00:52:56.47
walk so closely in his steps
00:52:56.50\00:52:58.72
as to leave hardly
any space in between.
00:52:58.75\00:53:02.37
That is very close.
00:53:02.40\00:53:03.46
Look at because its summer time,
00:53:03.49\00:53:05.10
does it-- hasn't
it happened to you,
00:53:05.13\00:53:06.52
you're wearing flip-flops
00:53:06.55\00:53:08.15
and someone behind
you keep stepping on them
00:53:08.18\00:53:10.19
because they're
getting too close.
00:53:10.22\00:53:11.57
What are you doing? I mean.
00:53:11.60\00:53:14.61
When you wear a
little flip-flops
00:53:14.64\00:53:17.37
that's what it means, to
follow God wholeheartedly.
00:53:17.40\00:53:20.84
It mean walks so close to Him
00:53:20.87\00:53:22.92
you are practically
stepping on his flip-flops,
00:53:22.95\00:53:28.37
Hebrew says, it's
that close, that close.
00:53:28.40\00:53:32.76
I can think of a better way
on this Pre New Year movement,
00:53:32.79\00:53:35.26
I can think of better
way to end of the New Year
00:53:35.29\00:53:37.01
and follow God
wholeheartedly, can you?
00:53:37.04\00:53:40.74
So how do I follow
God wholeheartedly?
00:53:40.77\00:53:44.01
You can you know.
00:53:44.04\00:53:46.22
I want to end with this,
00:53:46.25\00:53:47.48
a century ago these
words written by Caleb,
00:53:47.51\00:53:49.90
have a lot to say
today it just one line,
00:53:49.93\00:53:51.77
look at it in your study
guide it was Caleb's faith,
00:53:51.80\00:53:55.09
"It was Caleb's faith that
gave him courage even so today
00:53:55.12\00:53:58.96
to follow Jesus
requires wholehearted"
00:53:58.99\00:54:01.92
there is the key word
"requires wholehearted
00:54:01.95\00:54:05.29
conversation at the
start, and a repetition
00:54:05.32\00:54:11.16
of this conversation every day."
00:54:11.19\00:54:16.04
Did you catch that?
00:54:16.07\00:54:17.34
Wholehearted at the
start and a repetition
00:54:17.37\00:54:21.23
of this conversation every day.
00:54:21.26\00:54:25.76
So what's this with
repeat conversation every day?
00:54:25.79\00:54:28.39
It's a simple
ladies and gentlemen,
00:54:28.42\00:54:29.45
just get this down.
00:54:29.48\00:54:30.51
All that means
00:54:30.54\00:54:31.57
is to go to the
mountain of salvation every day.
00:54:31.60\00:54:33.92
Go to that mountain every day.
00:54:33.95\00:54:36.13
You say what
mountain you're talking about
00:54:36.16\00:54:37.23
there is only
mountain in the universe,
00:54:37.26\00:54:39.17
God stood at the foot
of the mountain one day
00:54:39.20\00:54:40.75
and long before
Cable cry the words,
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.46
God stood at the foot
of this towering mountain
00:54:42.49\00:54:44.56
and he cried out,
give me this mountain.
00:54:44.59\00:54:47.07
I'm talking about Mount Calvary.
00:54:47.10\00:54:49.32
So here is the deal,
00:54:49.35\00:54:51.26
every day for the
rest of your journey,
00:54:51.29\00:54:53.76
every day for the
rest of your journey
00:54:53.79\00:54:56.12
read the story of
Calvary in Matthew 27.
00:54:56.15\00:54:59.58
I do it every day.
00:54:59.61\00:55:02.01
Climb Mount
Calvary in the just behind
00:55:02.04\00:55:05.80
the sign of
Jesus every single day,
00:55:05.83\00:55:08.11
whatever you do for
your worship include
00:55:08.14\00:55:09.95
the reading of Matthew 27,
00:55:09.98\00:55:11.73
beginning with
verse 24 go to verse 54,
00:55:11.76\00:55:13.96
we climb the mountain every day
00:55:13.99\00:55:16.71
and when you get the
summon of Mount Calvary
00:55:16.74\00:55:18.87
at the foot of the cross,
00:55:18.90\00:55:20.83
you pray the prayer of Caleb,
00:55:20.86\00:55:21.91
oh, God give me,
give me this mountain.
00:55:21.94\00:55:27.28
I can't save myself,
I can't save my family,
00:55:27.31\00:55:30.01
I can't save my friends,
I can't save my carrier,
00:55:30.04\00:55:33.08
I can't say my life.
00:55:33.11\00:55:34.73
Oh, God give me, give me
this mountain, Mount Calvary.
00:55:34.76\00:55:41.21
And you know what He will do?
00:55:41.24\00:55:42.76
He'll give the every gift
that flows from Mount Calvary.
00:55:42.79\00:55:44.78
He will give it to you.
00:55:44.81\00:55:46.05
Out of that hymn
writer put it free to all
00:55:46.08\00:55:48.48
a healing stream flows
from the Calvary's mountain.
00:55:48.51\00:55:53.42
Give me that
mountain, give it to me.
00:55:53.45\00:55:56.98
And by the way, true, true.
00:55:57.01\00:56:00.47
If you will pray that
prayer, give me this mountain,
00:56:00.50\00:56:04.38
speaking of Calvary
every day with Jesus,
00:56:04.41\00:56:07.13
if you will pray that prayer
00:56:07.16\00:56:09.72
there is not another
mountain in your life
00:56:09.75\00:56:13.71
that Jesus will not help
you climb and conquer with Him.
00:56:13.74\00:56:20.92
You go up Calvary every day
00:56:20.95\00:56:23.25
and you get every
other mountain as well.
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Give me this
mountain. Give me this mountain.
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It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today,
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out the Spirit of Jesus
has blessed your time with us
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right here in the
Pioneer Memorial Church
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in the campus of
Andrews university.
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Do you know
that around the world
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people join us every
week for this our worship.
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We're always looking as
a consequence for new ways
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to bridge somehow to
connect with these people,
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who come here to
worship via the telecast.
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One of the areas that
is quickly growing for us,
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is our website.
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We had more than hundred
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and forty thousand
visitors last year,
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it's an incredible opportunity
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that God has given us
to expand His kingdom.
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If you would like
to help partner with us
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as we seek the spread
the everlasting gospel
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I'd love to have your
call our toll-free number.
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We got very friendly operators
standing by, here is the number,
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877-His-Will, 877 and
then the two words His Will,
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one of the operators will be
happy to give you the details
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of how you can partner
with this global ministry.
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If you prefer listen
you could do it all online.
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Go to our website,
please, www.pmchurch.tv
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I'd be honored to
have the privilege
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of partnering with
you as we seek the spread
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that truth of our
God for this generation.
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We are living in urgent
times, now more than never
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we've got to go to the world
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where the good
news interested to us.
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So once again here is that
toll-free number 877-His-Will.
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Thank you in
advance for your generosity.
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That blesses me and
you grow this ministry.
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I pray that the Spirit of Christ
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will abide with you
every step of the way
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and I hope you'll come
back again next time right here
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as we continue our
worship journey together.
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