Brokenness, brokenness
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is what I long for
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Brokenness is what I need
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Brokenness, brokenness
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is what You want from me
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So, take my heart and form it
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Take my mind, transform it
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Take my will, conform it
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To yours, to Yours, oh, Lord
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You may be seated.
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In the last several weeks
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we have been hearing
sermons about the temple
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where God's throne is
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and this next song is
one that I believe was done
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a couple weeks ago
as a special music.
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This morning we want to do
that same song in a way that
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might be a little
more recognizable.
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It's a song called
"Before the Throne of God Above"
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and if you know
it, we just invite you
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to join with us
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and if you are just
learning it for the first time
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and you want to
just get the melody
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for that first verse,
that's not a problem at all.
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This is "Before the
Throne of God Above."
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Before the throne of God above
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I have a strong and perfect plea
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A great High Priest
whose name is "Love"
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Who ever lives and pleads for me
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My name is graven on His hands
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My name is written on His heart
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I know that while
in heav'n He stands
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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No tongue can
bid me thence depart
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When Satan tempts me to despair
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And tells me of the guilt within
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Upward I look and see Him there
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Who made an end to all my sin
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Because the sinless Savior died
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My sinful soul is counted free
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For God the just is satisfied
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To look on Him and pardon me
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To look on Him and pardon me
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Behold Him there the risen Lamb
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My perfect,
spotless Righteousness
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The great, unchangeable I AM
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The King of glory and of grace
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One with Himself I cannot die
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My soul is
purchased by His blood
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My life is hid
with Christ on high
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With Christ, my
Savior, and my God
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With Christ, my
Savior, and my God
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Come, Thou Fount
of every blessing
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Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
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Streams of mercy, never ceasing
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Call for songs of loudest praise
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Teach me ever to adore Thee
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May I still Thy goodness prove
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While the hope of endless glory
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Fills my heart with joy and love
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Here I raise mine Ebenezer
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Hither by Thy help I'm come
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And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
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Safely to arrive at home
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Jesus sought me when a stranger
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Wandering from the fold of God
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He to rescue me from danger
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Interposed His precious blood
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Oh, to grace how great a debtor
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Daily I'm constrained to be!
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Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
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Bind me closer still to thee
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Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
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Prone to leave the God I love
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Here's my heart,
Oh, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts above
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Here's my heart,
Oh, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts above
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Take my heart and form it
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Take my mind, transform it
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Take my will, conform it
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To Yours, to Yours, oh, Lord
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Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!
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Lawd! Just a-hold on!
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Noah, Noah, let me come in
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De door's all
fastened an' de winders pinned!
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Just keep yo' hand on
de plow, an' you hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Noah said, "You lost yo' track,
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You can't plow straight
an' keep a-lookin' back"
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Just keep yo' hand on de
plow, an' you got to hold on,
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yes, you got to hold on!
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Well, my brother, hold on!
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Yes, just keep yo' hand on
de plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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If you want to get to heaven,
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let me tell you how
Jus' keep yo' hand on
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de gospel plow
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Just keep yo' hand on de
plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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If dat plow stay in yo' hand,
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land you straight
in de promised land
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Just keep yo' hand on de
plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Well, my sister, hold on!
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Yes, just keep yo' hand on
de plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Mary had a little babe,
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an' everyone
called my Jesus' name
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Just keep yo' hand on de
plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Keep on climbin'
an' don't you tire,
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'cause ev'ry rung
goes higher an' higher!
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Just keep yo' hand on de
plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Well, my brother, hold on!
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Yes, just keep yo' hand on
de plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Well, my sister, hold on!
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You got to hold on!
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Yes, just keep yo' hand on
de plow, an' you got to hold on,
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Yes, you got to hold on!
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Hmm, hmm, yes! Hmm, hmm, yes!
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Hold on!
Prayin'! Hold on! Prayin'!
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Hold on! Singin'!
Hold on! Shoutin' Lawd!
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Just keep yo' hand
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on de plow, an' you...
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Just hold on!
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Just hold on!
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Amen.
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Powerful one.
Thank you, thank you.
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Hold on, put your hand
on the gospel plow, hold on.
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Thank you very much.
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Let's pray together.
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Oh, God, that's what we
want to do, hold on tight.
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We're on the ride
of our lives, hold on.
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And in this hour
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in which we have
the high honor of living
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how then shall we
live, may today's teaching
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be guided by the
spirit for us all.
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We pray in Christ's name, amen.
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I don't know about you
but I would have yelling
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at the top of my lungs
to spur that bus driver on.
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Did you read the story?
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Did you see that one?
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This week, Wednesday morning,
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6:48 local time a bus
packed with passengers
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making its usual commute
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to the tiny
island of American Samoa.
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Now you know.
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Somewhere between
13 and 25 minutes later
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somebody on the bus happened
to look out toward the shoreline
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and saw a massive 15 to 20 foot
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wall of water racing
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toward that tiny
little island territory
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of America, American Samoa.
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Scientists, listen to
this, scientists estimate
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that is a result of a
magnitude 8.0 earthquake
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beneath the sea floor
125 miles to the south,
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four of them,
four consecutive walls
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of water race towards
Samoa and American Samoa
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at the speed of a 747 in
flight, 530 miles an hour.
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Four tsunamis.
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Somebody sees it,
the whole bus freezes
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as that bus driver
swings the vehicle around
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and races the wave
to the highest spot
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on little American Samoa.
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Listen to this Associated Press
release here, "'I was scared.
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I was shocked,' said
Didi Afuafi, 28-years-old,
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who was on the bus
when the giant waves
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came ashore on American Samoa.
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Didi went on 'All
the people on the bus
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were screaming, crying,
trying to call their homes.
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We couldn't get on cell phones.
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The phones just died on us.
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It was just crazy.'
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With the water approaching fast,
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the bus driver sped to
the top of a nearby mountain,
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where 300 to 500
people were gathered already,
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including patients evacuated
from the main hospital.
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Among them were
newborns with IVs,
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crying children and
frightened elderly people."
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The clergy arrived and
a prayer service began.
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I'm telling you
what, ladies and gentlemen,
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it's true, isn't it?
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How quickly life as
we know it can change
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and the paradigm
shift in an instant
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and our hearts go out
today to the survivors
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on Samoa and American Samoa.
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We got students here from
there, as well as the survivors
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in Western Sumatra, Indonesia
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which 24 hours later you heard
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of course those killer
quakes that struck Indonesia.
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How quickly life
as we know it change
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so that they would never forget
that there is coming a day
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when business as
usual will no longer pass.
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Into the sacred calendar
of the community of Israel
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God stuck a single
day, a day to remind them
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that for the human race a
day of reckoning is coming,
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for the human race there
will be a day of judgment
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and they call the
day the Day of Atonement.
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I have tried to imagine
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and I need you
to help me out here.
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What it would have been
like if you and I were living
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in that community of Israel
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back as they're wandering
through the wilderness.
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What would it have been like
to come to the Day of Atonement
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when by the
literally tens of thousands
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the entire community
gathers around the church
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planted in the middle,
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in the middle of
that mobile nation.
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Only today the church is empty.
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Every human being has
been commanded to leave--
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they called it the sanctuary
but it was their church.
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Everybody is out
except one lone individual
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who today is granted
divine permission to do
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what is forbidden
every other day of the year.
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That is to walk all
alone into that sacred space
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called the most holy place.
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And get this, get
this, we can't track him,
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we cannot tell where he
is, any other day of the year,
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his-- the high
priest magisterial garments
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along the hem are
sewn in bell, pomegranate,
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bell,
pomegranate, bell, pomegranate,
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bell, pomegranate.
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So whenever the
high priest moves,
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tinkle, tinkle,
tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
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but today, no sound.
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He stripped off of
those magisterial garments
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and today it's
just sacred white linen.
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In fact, some traditions say
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that the congregation
eventually came along
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and tied a rope to the
ankle of the high priest.
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Should he as a representative
of the community of Israel
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bearing their sins as it were,
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should he be stricken
down by the Shekinah Glory,
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they would then be able
to drag him out for burial.
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There is no record
ever that that happened
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but you and I
today, you and I are today
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with those tens of thousands
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and we already
know Aaron's boys,
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those two preachers' kids
have already inebriated DUI,
00:17:01.83\00:17:06.49
they have gone in,
died in an instant.
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So, guys, ladies and gentlemen,
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what would it
have been like to live
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in the Day of
Atonement back then?
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I want to go to
a passage with you
00:17:22.71\00:17:23.81
that we have not been to before.
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There are two cryptic
clues in this passage.
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It's possible
that we can surmise
00:17:28.79\00:17:31.93
not only what it would
have been like back then
00:17:31.96\00:17:33.82
but maybe these
cryptic clues are a guide
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to how we should live right now.
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Open your Bible please to
the third book of the Bible,
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the Book of Leviticus.
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We are not going to Leviticus 16
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where you and I
have been before.
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Let's now go to a brand
new passage, Leviticus 23.
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By the way, you
didn't bring your Bible,
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grab the Bible
right in front of you,
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it will be the New Kings James.
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Our pew Bible is New King James,
00:17:54.08\00:17:55.79
you've got to see these
two cryptic clues for yourself.
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Grab the pew Bible,
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it will be page
86 in your pew Bible,
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I'm gonna be in the New
International Version, the NIV.
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Leviticus 23,
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let's find
Leviticus 23 together.
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Just note three
short verses, Leviticus 23,
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and let's pick it up
in verse 26, all right.
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Leviticus 23:26,
"The Lord said to Moses,"
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here comes now verse 27
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"The tenth day of
this seventh month
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is the Day of Atonement.
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Hold a sacred
assembly and deny yourselves,
00:18:32.96\00:18:35.54
and present an offering
made to the Lord by fire."
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Verse 28, "Do no
work on that day,"
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by the way,
ladies and gentlemen,
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this is the only day of the year
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where work was forbidden.
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No other holy or
holidays we call them today,
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no other holiday, sacred holiday
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was work forbidden
except the seventh day Sabbath.
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Always the seventh day Sabbath
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and then the Day
of Atonement as well.
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So verse 28, "Do
no work on that day,
00:18:57.92\00:18:59.47
because it is
the Day of Atonement,
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when atonement is made for
you before the Lord your God."
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Verse 29, "And anyone who does
not deny himself on that day
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must be cut off
from his people."
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Clearly it's a day
of judgment, cut off.
00:19:12.13\00:19:17.07
And you'll say
oh, come on, Dwight,
00:19:17.10\00:19:18.14
please give me a break.
00:19:18.17\00:19:21.31
All this Old Testament
stuff, I mean, I'm New--
00:19:21.34\00:19:24.89
I'm post New
Testament as a Christian.
00:19:24.92\00:19:27.56
I'm not into this
little superstitious,
00:19:27.59\00:19:30.02
you know, ancient ritual.
00:19:30.05\00:19:33.01
It matters not a thing to me
and you know what, my friend,
00:19:33.04\00:19:35.56
I'm with you absolutely right on
00:19:35.59\00:19:38.65
really, please, except,
00:19:38.68\00:19:44.24
except for the
stunning discovery
00:19:44.27\00:19:46.73
as we have shared it
in the last four teachings
00:19:46.76\00:19:49.67
that that little
Day of Atonement,
00:19:49.70\00:19:51.56
that one day on the calendar
for the community of Israel
00:19:51.59\00:19:54.51
was in fact a
divinely designed enactment
00:19:54.54\00:19:59.18
of an eventual day
for the entire human race.
00:19:59.21\00:20:03.10
A day of
reckoning, a day of judgment,
00:20:03.13\00:20:05.80
a day when there will no
longer be business as usual.
00:20:05.83\00:20:09.77
And as we noticed just last week
00:20:09.80\00:20:10.84
in that prophecy Daniel 8:14
00:20:10.87\00:20:12.46
the two-- the
final two minute warning,
00:20:12.49\00:20:14.96
the final two minute
warning of the human race.
00:20:14.99\00:20:17.94
Throw in a time out if you want.
00:20:17.97\00:20:19.49
Throw in time outs
until you're out of time outs
00:20:19.52\00:20:21.19
but then that
clock runs to zero.
00:20:21.22\00:20:24.52
Because of that,
two cryptic clues here,
00:20:24.55\00:20:28.59
maybe they are a clue as to
how then we should live today.
00:20:28.62\00:20:32.07
Let's take a look.
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Take your study guide out,
00:20:33.19\00:20:34.25
let's jot that two
clues down real quick
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and then I'll go home.
00:20:35.92\00:20:37.27
Grab the study guide
in your worship bulletin.
00:20:37.30\00:20:38.82
Reach into your
worship bulletin,
00:20:38.85\00:20:39.96
pull out that study guide.
00:20:39.99\00:20:41.09
If you didn't get
a worship bulletin
00:20:41.12\00:20:42.57
or you need a study
guide, thank you, ushers,
00:20:42.60\00:20:44.65
let's get study guides
please to those who need them,
00:20:44.68\00:20:47.28
hold your hand up
and here they come.
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.34
By the way,
those of you watching
00:20:49.37\00:20:50.67
on television right now,
we are delighted to have you.
00:20:50.70\00:20:52.60
Let me put our website
00:20:52.63\00:20:53.69
on the screen for you right now,
00:20:53.72\00:20:55.42
you can get the
same study guide.
00:20:55.45\00:20:56.93
You see it on the
screen now www.pmchurch.tv.
00:20:56.96\00:21:02.56
You're looking for
the series "The Temple."
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.99
And this is, this is
what, part five of "The Temple."
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Outside the Curtain,
00:21:08.06\00:21:09.17
that will be outside the
curtain, the most holy place
00:21:09.20\00:21:11.25
but inside the camp.
00:21:11.28\00:21:12.62
What was life
like inside the camp?
00:21:12.65\00:21:16.41
Maybe that's a clue to what life
00:21:16.44\00:21:17.56
ought to be like today.
00:21:17.59\00:21:18.63
Let's check it
out, figure it out.
00:21:18.66\00:21:20.94
All right, two clues.
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You got a study
guide, keep your hand up,
00:21:22.03\00:21:23.12
they are coming your way.
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Two clues, jot it down,
clue number one, deny yourself.
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"Deny yourselves,"
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Moses was speaking to the whole,
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to the whole community.
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Deny yourselves.
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Let's read that
verse again, verse 27,
00:21:37.18\00:21:39.11
you'll see it right there.
00:21:39.14\00:21:40.17
God speaking to Moses,
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"The tenth day of
this seventh month
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is the Day of Atonement.
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Hold a sacred
assembly and deny yourselves,
00:21:43.56\00:21:46.78
and present an offering
made to the Lord by fire."
00:21:46.81\00:21:50.68
Now keep your pen
moving, jot this down.
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.41
To "deny yourself"
depicts an intense personal,
00:21:52.44\00:21:56.37
that's the key word, personal,
00:21:56.40\00:21:58.26
intense personal
seeking after God.
00:21:58.29\00:22:02.17
But the truth of the matter
is we don't know what it means.
00:22:02.20\00:22:06.31
By that I mean you
can't go to the books of Moses
00:22:06.34\00:22:08.13
and find any clue
as to what does this
00:22:08.16\00:22:09.74
"deny yourself" mean.
00:22:09.77\00:22:11.52
In the Hebrew it
can be translated,
00:22:11.55\00:22:13.27
those of you that
have the New King James
00:22:13.30\00:22:14.51
or the King James, it
says afflict yourself.
00:22:14.54\00:22:16.65
You have the New
American Standard Bible
00:22:16.68\00:22:18.01
it says humble yourself.
00:22:18.04\00:22:19.29
We just looked at the
NIV, it says deny yourself.
00:22:19.32\00:22:22.14
So what?
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What's up with that?
00:22:23.61\00:22:25.94
Roy Gane, who
teaches Old Testament here
00:22:25.97\00:22:29.79
in our theological
seminar at Andrews University.
00:22:29.82\00:22:32.41
Listen to this,
Roy Gane was invited
00:22:32.44\00:22:35.66
by Zondervan
Publishing, huge publishing
00:22:35.69\00:22:40.44
in the Christian
world, all right.
00:22:40.47\00:22:41.82
Roy Gane was invited
by Zondervan Publishing
00:22:41.85\00:22:43.89
to author the
Leviticus, Numbers volume
00:22:43.92\00:22:47.62
of their NIV
application commentary
00:22:47.65\00:22:51.36
which by the way was not only
a professional honor for Roy
00:22:51.39\00:22:55.82
but which also gave a scholar
within our community of faith
00:22:55.85\00:22:58.57
the opportunity
to carefully exergy
00:22:58.60\00:23:01.22
for the wider Christian world,
00:23:01.25\00:23:02.65
the Bible sanctuary teaching
of the Day of Atonement.
00:23:02.68\00:23:06.57
Amazing.
00:23:06.60\00:23:08.34
I've been reading it through
00:23:08.37\00:23:09.41
just for my
devotional experience
00:23:09.44\00:23:12.35
and I got to tell you his book
00:23:12.38\00:23:13.53
for this series has
been extremely helpful.
00:23:13.56\00:23:16.10
Now Roy notes this.
00:23:16.13\00:23:17.98
He says you know
what, you can't find this,
00:23:18.01\00:23:19.63
this phrase "deny yourself"
in the writings of Moses
00:23:19.66\00:23:22.38
but there are three other places
00:23:22.41\00:23:23.52
it appears in the Old Testament
00:23:23.55\00:23:25.88
and from those three places,
ah, that's what it means.
00:23:25.91\00:23:29.46
Would you jot it down
please, in Psalm 35:13,
00:23:29.49\00:23:33.29
Isaiah 58:3, you can
check these out later,
00:23:33.32\00:23:36.06
and Ezra 8:21, the
practice of "denying yourself"
00:23:36.09\00:23:39.36
or "humbling oneself"
is linked with fasting.
00:23:39.39\00:23:43.48
Write the word in
please, "fasting."
00:23:43.51\00:23:46.35
So what's up with that, fasting?
00:23:46.38\00:23:49.82
Roy concludes...
00:23:49.85\00:23:51.74
This is Gane writing here,
put it on the screen for you.
00:23:51.77\00:23:53.52
You need to fill it
in, in your study guide.
00:23:53.55\00:23:54.82
"Thus, practicing self-denial
is an outward expression
00:23:54.85\00:23:58.82
accompanying supplication to God
00:23:58.85\00:24:00.70
at a time of inner distress."
00:24:00.73\00:24:03.68
Hold on now.
00:24:03.71\00:24:04.78
"Temporary
suspension of normal activities,
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.63
including eating
that sustains life"
00:24:07.66\00:24:09.97
and then I put in brackets
there, that's obviously fasting.
00:24:10.00\00:24:12.71
"Including eating
that sustains life,"
00:24:12.74\00:24:14.40
suspension of that
00:24:14.43\00:24:15.71
"focuses on God
without interruption
00:24:15.74\00:24:18.49
and acknowledges," jot it down,
00:24:18.52\00:24:20.35
"total dependence upon God
at a time of special need."
00:24:20.38\00:24:24.75
Did you catch that?
00:24:24.78\00:24:26.34
Denying oneself
means you undertake a sign
00:24:26.37\00:24:31.69
of total dependence upon
God at a time of special need.
00:24:31.72\00:24:37.61
The Day of Atonement
was the only day by the way,
00:24:37.64\00:24:40.65
of all the sacred
holy days or holidays,
00:24:40.68\00:24:43.38
it was the only one
where God commanded fasting.
00:24:43.41\00:24:46.72
In fact, it's
mentioned in the Book of Acts.
00:24:46.75\00:24:49.68
It says on the Fast day
00:24:49.71\00:24:51.44
capital "F," Fast
day near the end of Acts.
00:24:51.47\00:24:54.32
We know that's
the Day of Atonement,
00:24:54.35\00:24:55.45
it's the only one.
00:24:55.48\00:24:57.37
So here's the question,
00:24:57.40\00:24:59.32
what's the big
deal about fasting?
00:24:59.35\00:25:01.48
Come on, tell me, what's
the big deal about fasting?
00:25:01.51\00:25:04.04
Well, have you
noticed, check this one out,
00:25:04.07\00:25:06.59
I'm gonna run this by you,
00:25:06.62\00:25:07.67
have you noticed ours is
an appetite driven culture?
00:25:07.70\00:25:14.20
I want to talk about
television commercials,
00:25:14.23\00:25:15.77
only television
commercials right now.
00:25:15.80\00:25:17.73
I want you to name for me a
single television commercial
00:25:17.76\00:25:21.06
that does not
appeal to appetite.
00:25:21.09\00:25:24.20
Fame, food, drink, fortune,
00:25:24.23\00:25:29.20
power, possessions, popularity.
00:25:29.23\00:25:33.08
Tell me one
television commercial
00:25:33.11\00:25:35.25
that you can think
of that does not appeal
00:25:35.28\00:25:37.24
to one of those
appetites we have.
00:25:37.27\00:25:39.91
Tell me one.
00:25:39.94\00:25:42.26
I can only think of one,
00:25:42.29\00:25:44.65
the commercial for Depends.
00:25:44.68\00:25:50.25
There's no appetite involved.
00:25:50.28\00:25:52.81
But my point is, my
point is... everything--
00:25:52.84\00:25:58.78
I mean, sure, of
course you can come up one,
00:25:58.81\00:26:00.87
you can come up with one.
00:26:00.90\00:26:03.12
But the dominant
focus of our society
00:26:03.15\00:26:06.92
is appetite driven, is it not?
00:26:06.95\00:26:11.02
So here's the deal,
what are you hungry for?
00:26:11.05\00:26:15.66
What are you
hungry for right now?
00:26:15.69\00:26:18.79
What are you really hungry for?
00:26:18.82\00:26:21.77
And I'm gonna step,
I'm gonna step into an area
00:26:21.80\00:26:24.32
you and I have
never stepped into before.
00:26:24.35\00:26:27.54
Maybe I want to ask it
in the form of a question,
00:26:27.57\00:26:30.48
could it be that
maybe as the counter balance
00:26:30.51\00:26:35.46
to our appetite driven culture,
00:26:35.49\00:26:38.95
maybe it's kind
of a divine antacid
00:26:38.98\00:26:40.78
to all the
hungers that drive us.
00:26:40.81\00:26:43.85
In this hour of
the Day of Atonement
00:26:43.88\00:26:47.13
in the throne room
turned court room above
00:26:47.16\00:26:49.95
and by the way, it's down here
00:26:49.98\00:26:51.42
in this hour of
the Day of Atonement
00:26:51.45\00:26:52.64
in the dorm room,
in the class room,
00:26:52.67\00:26:54.96
in the living room, maybe,
00:26:54.99\00:26:59.19
maybe we ought to take seriously
00:26:59.22\00:27:03.11
the notion that every
now and then, now hold on,
00:27:03.14\00:27:08.35
every now and then for
maybe a day and a night,
00:27:08.38\00:27:11.58
I don't know, but
every now and then
00:27:11.61\00:27:14.89
maybe in this hour of history
00:27:14.92\00:27:17.73
we ought to take
seriously the idea of fasting.
00:27:17.76\00:27:24.16
Fasting... keeping in mind
00:27:24.19\00:27:28.54
of course Jesus'
very balanced counsel
00:27:28.57\00:27:32.44
about anybody who
undertakes a fast.
00:27:32.47\00:27:35.15
I want to show you
what Jesus said on this,
00:27:35.18\00:27:36.69
very balanced.
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.06
You need to see
it in your own Bible,
00:27:38.09\00:27:39.34
the sermon on the mount,
00:27:39.37\00:27:40.45
He didn't leave it
out, it's right there.
00:27:40.48\00:27:42.52
Matthew Chapter 6,
00:27:42.55\00:27:44.63
Matthew 6:16,
00:27:44.66\00:27:50.09
Jesus talks about
fasting, I want you to get this.
00:27:50.12\00:27:53.07
Take a look at it in your Bible.
00:27:53.10\00:27:54.58
"When you fast,"
00:27:54.61\00:27:56.27
by the way there is
no command from Christ
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.49
to fast anywhere
in the New Testament.
00:27:58.52\00:28:01.46
He never says
fast but it is under--
00:28:01.49\00:28:04.01
this is an
implicit understanding
00:28:04.04\00:28:06.29
that you are gonna fast,
00:28:06.32\00:28:07.52
the day will come
when you will fast.
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.71
So I'm gonna give you
some counsel about it.
00:28:09.74\00:28:11.17
Here we go, "When you fast,
00:28:11.20\00:28:12.86
do not look somber
as the hypocrites do,
00:28:12.89\00:28:15.23
for they disfigure their faces
00:28:15.26\00:28:16.76
to show men and women
that they are fasting.
00:28:16.79\00:28:18.43
"I tell you the
truth," Jesus says,
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.21
"they have received
their reward in full.
00:28:20.24\00:28:22.38
But when you fast,
put oil on your head
00:28:22.41\00:28:24.99
and wash your face, so
that it will not be obvious
00:28:25.02\00:28:27.28
to men and women
that you are fasting,
00:28:27.31\00:28:29.15
but only to your
Father, who is unseen,
00:28:29.18\00:28:30.76
and your Father, who sees
00:28:30.79\00:28:31.84
what is done in
secret, He will reward you."
00:28:31.87\00:28:37.73
What's going on here?
00:28:37.76\00:28:38.79
I love the way,
you're gonna love this too.
00:28:38.82\00:28:40.92
Eugene Peterson in the message,
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.31
notice how he paraphrases
this very same passage
00:28:42.34\00:28:46.31
and you'll need to
fill it in your study guide.
00:28:46.34\00:28:48.18
Peterson taking the
same words of Jesus.
00:28:48.21\00:28:50.13
"When you practice some
appetite-denying discipline."
00:28:50.16\00:28:53.86
That's what fasting
would be, appetite denying,
00:28:53.89\00:28:56.18
the big issue is appetite.
00:28:56.21\00:28:57.40
He hit the nail on the head.
00:28:57.43\00:28:59.25
"When you practice some
appetite-denying discipline
00:28:59.28\00:29:02.03
to better," please make sure
00:29:02.06\00:29:04.42
you get that word,
"concentrate on God."
00:29:04.45\00:29:07.71
Ladies and gentlemen,
let us be clear immediately
00:29:07.74\00:29:10.01
fasting is not about
getting God's attention,
00:29:10.04\00:29:12.03
fasting does not make God say,
00:29:12.06\00:29:13.45
oh, man, I am really
impressed with junior there.
00:29:13.48\00:29:16.53
I am really
impressed with sissy.
00:29:16.56\00:29:18.44
Whoa, look at that fasting.
00:29:18.47\00:29:20.37
Fasting does not move God a wit,
00:29:20.40\00:29:23.59
24/7 He already loves
you to the max, all right.
00:29:23.62\00:29:26.75
That's a key point, 24/7
00:29:26.78\00:29:28.25
He already loves you to the max.
00:29:28.28\00:29:30.38
But Peter-- let's
put it back up, please.
00:29:30.41\00:29:33.30
What Peterson is saying here,
00:29:33.33\00:29:35.39
if you want to
concentrate more clearly.
00:29:35.42\00:29:40.44
He says, Jesus
says, "When you practice
00:29:40.47\00:29:41.73
some appetite-denying
discipline to better
00:29:41.76\00:29:43.39
concentrate on God,
00:29:43.42\00:29:44.68
don't make a
production out of it."
00:29:44.71\00:29:46.37
I love this.
00:29:46.40\00:29:47.43
Keep reading "It might turn you
00:29:47.46\00:29:50.26
into a small-time celebrity
but it won't make you a saint."
00:29:50.29\00:29:54.01
Isn't that good?
00:29:54.04\00:29:55.54
Oh, barns, oh,
she is fasting, oh.
00:29:55.57\00:30:00.59
By the way, Jesus says
that is all the reward you get.
00:30:00.62\00:30:04.58
That's it.
00:30:04.61\00:30:05.68
If you tell anybody that
little whoa, is all you get.
00:30:05.71\00:30:10.97
You haven't impressed God.
00:30:11.00\00:30:14.49
Peterson says, hey listen,
00:30:14.52\00:30:15.56
"If you 'go into
training' inwardly" I like this
00:30:15.59\00:30:17.60
"If you 'go into training'
inwardly, act normal outwardly.
00:30:17.63\00:30:21.47
Shampoo and comb your
hair, brush your teeth,"
00:30:21.50\00:30:23.98
please "wash your face.
00:30:24.01\00:30:27.03
God does not
require," now isn't this good?
00:30:27.06\00:30:28.90
"God does not require
attention-getting devices.
00:30:28.93\00:30:31.17
He won't overlook
what you are doing,
00:30:31.20\00:30:32.85
He'll reward you well."
00:30:32.88\00:30:35.18
Don't you tell your roommate,
"I'm going on a fast today,
00:30:35.21\00:30:37.58
can't go with you
to the cafeteria."
00:30:37.61\00:30:39.01
Don't say a word
to your housemate,
00:30:39.04\00:30:40.76
to your spouse mate, to
your workmate, not a word.
00:30:40.79\00:30:43.99
Mum's the word, shh.
00:30:44.02\00:30:48.75
Just a day and a night
where you will hold in check
00:30:48.78\00:30:53.31
an appetite
that defines your day
00:30:53.34\00:30:57.35
and sets your schedule.
00:30:57.38\00:30:59.21
You think about it,
00:30:59.24\00:31:00.31
everything we do
is run right here.
00:31:00.34\00:31:04.18
Everything we do
comes out of here
00:31:04.21\00:31:06.54
but one day comes you
say, oh, hold it, stomach,
00:31:06.57\00:31:09.75
I'm not listening to you
today 24 hours, 24 hours.
00:31:09.78\00:31:15.72
Hey, listen, for some of us
00:31:15.75\00:31:17.01
it may be that food isn't the
only thing we would fast from.
00:31:17.04\00:31:19.14
It may be that you would
wish to fast from television.
00:31:19.17\00:31:22.12
Now here's a
thought fast from radio,
00:31:22.15\00:31:25.48
fast from your iPod.
00:31:25.51\00:31:26.56
No iPod, no music, off.
00:31:26.59\00:31:31.34
How about a 24
hour internet fast,
00:31:31.37\00:31:33.78
nothing in cyberspace.
00:31:33.81\00:31:36.67
I would say fast
from our cell phones
00:31:36.70\00:31:38.11
but who has the
courage and time for that
00:31:38.14\00:31:39.65
so we will just leave
cell phones out of it.
00:31:39.68\00:31:42.51
Isn't that right?
00:31:42.54\00:31:44.50
Listen, jot this down please.
00:31:44.53\00:31:45.62
Whatever it is you
fast from, here's a deal,
00:31:45.65\00:31:48.46
in its usual place.
00:31:48.49\00:31:49.52
Would you underline
that and circle that.
00:31:49.55\00:31:51.31
In the usual place that
00:31:51.34\00:31:52.71
whatever it is
you're fasting from
00:31:52.74\00:31:54.25
in that place in
your day's schedule
00:31:54.28\00:31:55.94
insert some quiet
time alone with God.
00:31:55.97\00:31:58.83
That's the big deal right there.
00:31:58.86\00:32:00.73
Substitution is
how we are doing this.
00:32:00.76\00:32:02.82
You pull something out,
I'm going without this now,
00:32:02.85\00:32:05.35
you put something in.
00:32:05.38\00:32:06.58
I want some quiet
time alone with God.
00:32:06.61\00:32:09.94
That's the deal on fasting.
00:32:09.97\00:32:11.86
In fact, you know, you could do,
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.50
you could take your Bible.
00:32:14.53\00:32:15.99
Wouldn't this be something
you got a pocket Bible,
00:32:16.02\00:32:17.46
take your Bible
00:32:17.49\00:32:19.26
to where you have
lunch, when you slip away.
00:32:19.29\00:32:21.89
Nobody, hey, where did he
go for lunch? I don't know.
00:32:21.92\00:32:23.55
You just slip
away with your Bible.
00:32:23.58\00:32:25.67
During that time you
normally be eating today,
00:32:25.70\00:32:28.40
I'm not eating, I'm eating here,
00:32:28.43\00:32:30.86
I'm feeding here.
00:32:30.89\00:32:32.85
In fact, jot that
down will you please?
00:32:32.88\00:32:34.02
Substitute your
appetite for food
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.53
with an
appetite for "every word"
00:32:36.56\00:32:38.74
according Jesus
"every word that comes
00:32:38.77\00:32:41.29
from the mouth of
God" Matthew 4:11.
00:32:41.32\00:32:43.70
May I remind you that
when Christ spoke those words
00:32:43.73\00:32:48.01
He is immortal,
hand to hand combat
00:32:48.04\00:32:53.82
with the fallen Lucifer himself.
00:32:53.85\00:32:55.56
After 40 days he
speaks these words,
00:32:55.59\00:32:57.92
after 40 days of
fasting day and night
00:32:57.95\00:33:01.84
he is not asking
anybody to be like Jesus there.
00:33:01.87\00:33:04.92
Never, never.
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.62
You know, God
doesn't need a 40 fast
00:33:06.65\00:33:08.27
and trust me you don't either
00:33:08.30\00:33:10.89
but he said in
the myth of that trust
00:33:10.92\00:33:14.17
"Man and women shall
not live by bread alone,
00:33:14.20\00:33:16.16
but by every word that proceeds
00:33:16.19\00:33:18.32
from the mouth of God."
00:33:18.35\00:33:19.38
Take your pocket Bible with you,
00:33:19.41\00:33:21.14
find that little spot
00:33:21.17\00:33:22.27
where you can be alone with God,
00:33:22.30\00:33:23.99
feed on the Word of God.
00:33:24.02\00:33:25.16
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:33:25.19\00:33:26.22
the point is we
are living in God's
00:33:26.25\00:33:27.66
final strategic
salvation history chapter,
00:33:27.69\00:33:31.73
we are in the judgment.
00:33:31.76\00:33:34.51
I know it doesn't feel like it.
00:33:34.54\00:33:37.31
I know that we are going to
dinner as soon as this is over.
00:33:37.34\00:33:39.95
I know that life goes
on, we'll have Saturday night
00:33:39.98\00:33:41.95
and then there will be next week
00:33:41.98\00:33:43.02
and I know it doesn't feel like
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.56
we are in the
judgment but we are.
00:33:45.59\00:33:51.79
The two minute
warning has already sounded.
00:33:51.82\00:33:55.30
You can ignore it,
you can play not me,
00:33:55.33\00:33:59.60
or you can sing,
no, no, no, no, no.
00:33:59.63\00:34:03.14
Deny myself, I'll
deny appetite not fast.
00:34:03.17\00:34:10.56
I love my friends down
the road here in Buchanan,
00:34:10.59\00:34:13.07
Life Action Ministries,
great leader Byron Paulus said,
00:34:13.10\00:34:17.46
chatted with Byron along
the way my time pastoring here,
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.06
they run a wonderful
ministry just down in Buchanan
00:34:20.09\00:34:22.65
and they put out this
very inspirational magazine.
00:34:22.68\00:34:26.83
Can you get a
camera in on that please?
00:34:26.86\00:34:29.34
This is their Revive magazine
and this is the latest one
00:34:29.37\00:34:32.78
and look at the
cover story, Bible Boredom?
00:34:32.81\00:34:35.20
Reviewing your
passion for God's word.
00:34:35.23\00:34:38.31
Inside the magazine is a
piece by Howard Hendricks,
00:34:38.34\00:34:41.03
the great theologian from
Dallas Theological Seminary.
00:34:41.06\00:34:44.73
In his piece he tells a story
00:34:44.76\00:34:46.35
and I got to share
the story with you.
00:34:46.38\00:34:48.26
He tells a story-- let
me just read it to you.
00:34:48.29\00:34:52.14
Here it is. Okay.
00:34:52.17\00:34:54.07
"A man I know" all right
"A man I know came to Christ,
00:34:54.10\00:34:57.98
so I gave him a New Testament
and told him to read it.
00:34:58.01\00:35:02.42
He came back a week
later and said, 'I read it.'
00:35:02.45\00:35:06.65
I said, 'I know, but I
meant the whole thing.'
00:35:06.68\00:35:10.08
He said, 'I did.'
00:35:10.11\00:35:11.99
He said, 'I
read the whole thing,
00:35:12.02\00:35:13.07
including the
palms in the back.'
00:35:13.10\00:35:15.74
He thought the word
was palms, it's Psalms,
00:35:15.77\00:35:17.30
you know, it's the
little New Testament Psalms.
00:35:17.33\00:35:19.68
"'I read the palms,
00:35:19.71\00:35:20.90
I love those
palms, I read them.'
00:35:20.93\00:35:23.91
And he said, 'I understand
00:35:23.94\00:35:25.10
there is another
section to this thing.'"
00:35:25.13\00:35:26.73
He is talking
about the Old Testament.
00:35:26.76\00:35:28.43
"So I gave him
the Old Testament,
00:35:28.46\00:35:29.49
and three weeks
later he came back
00:35:29.52\00:35:31.16
and said he'd read it!"
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.11
Now Hendricks is talking
to you and me "My friend,
00:35:33.14\00:35:36.06
we have elders in our church
00:35:36.09\00:35:37.76
who have never read the
Bible through in its entirety!
00:35:37.79\00:35:44.32
But here is this guy
who is like a little kid
00:35:44.35\00:35:46.44
with a fire engine so
excited to study the Bible.
00:35:46.47\00:35:49.53
Some time later,
this same man and I
00:35:49.56\00:35:50.78
were studying the
passage where Jesus says,
00:35:50.81\00:35:52.33
Luke 12:15 'One's
life does not consist
00:35:52.36\00:35:54.69
in the abundance of
the things he possesses.'
00:35:54.72\00:35:56.89
He stopped me and
said, 'Whoa, does that mean
00:35:56.92\00:35:59.44
what I think it means?'
00:35:59.47\00:36:02.31
I asked him what
he thought it meant,
00:36:02.34\00:36:03.96
and he explained it
better than any commentary
00:36:03.99\00:36:06.05
commentary I had ever read.
00:36:06.08\00:36:07.30
So this man went
out and liquidated
00:36:07.33\00:36:09.03
a million
dollars' worth of property
00:36:09.06\00:36:11.16
to resource the
work of Jesus Christ."
00:36:11.19\00:36:14.09
That's called
taking the word seriously.
00:36:14.12\00:36:16.20
That's called being excited
about that little pocket Bible.
00:36:16.23\00:36:18.41
That's called carrying
that pocket Bible with you.
00:36:18.44\00:36:20.40
That's called every
chance you get to find a moment
00:36:20.43\00:36:22.86
where you and God
can be alone in His word.
00:36:22.89\00:36:25.75
Fast, fasting,
pull something out
00:36:25.78\00:36:29.99
so that you can
put something in.
00:36:30.02\00:36:32.58
Some of you by the way,
00:36:32.61\00:36:33.64
will pull
something out permanently
00:36:33.67\00:36:35.59
and never bring it back.
00:36:35.62\00:36:37.57
That will be the
work of the spirit
00:36:37.60\00:36:39.36
and you will have
to know what that is.
00:36:39.39\00:36:47.00
We are living in
God's judgment up there,
00:36:47.03\00:36:52.63
there must be a
spiritual deepening going on
00:36:52.66\00:36:55.38
down here, that's the point.
00:36:55.41\00:36:58.02
And so I'm moving into territory
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.41
where you and I
have never been before
00:37:00.44\00:37:01.64
and I'm wondering out loud
00:37:01.67\00:37:02.86
maybe the time has
come for us to fast.
00:37:02.89\00:37:08.24
Let me share a line
from this apocalyptic classic
00:37:08.27\00:37:10.59
called the Great Controversy.
00:37:10.62\00:37:11.89
You have it in your study guide,
00:37:11.92\00:37:13.46
you have to fill that in.
00:37:13.49\00:37:14.52
"We are living in
the most solemn period
00:37:14.55\00:37:16.15
of this world's history."
00:37:16.18\00:37:17.51
Well, there's
an under statement.
00:37:17.54\00:37:19.07
"The destiny of earth's teeming
00:37:19.10\00:37:20.27
multitudes is
about to be decided.
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.99
Our own future well-being
00:37:22.02\00:37:23.86
and also the
salvation of other souls
00:37:23.89\00:37:25.58
depend upon the
course which we now pursue.
00:37:25.61\00:37:27.90
We need to be guided
by the Spirit of truth.
00:37:27.93\00:37:30.04
Every follower of
Christ should earnestly inquire
00:37:30.07\00:37:32.00
'Lord, what do
you want from me?"
00:37:32.03\00:37:33.20
What do You want me to do?
00:37:33.23\00:37:35.83
He will honor that
prayer by the way, He will honor
00:37:35.86\00:37:38.16
and He will show
you, He will lead you.
00:37:38.19\00:37:40.15
Now here comes, "We
need to humble ourselves"
00:37:40.18\00:37:42.92
that's Day of Atonement language
00:37:42.95\00:37:44.04
straight out of the Hebrew.
00:37:44.07\00:37:45.12
"We need to humble
ourselves before the Lord,
00:37:45.15\00:37:48.20
with fasting and
prayer, " Jot that down,
00:37:48.23\00:37:51.91
fasting and prayer.
00:37:51.94\00:37:55.22
"And to meditate
much upon His word,
00:37:55.25\00:37:57.23
especially" this
what got me by surprise,
00:37:57.26\00:37:59.29
"especially the
scenes of the judgment."
00:37:59.32\00:38:02.61
Why do you ever want
to look at those scenes?
00:38:02.64\00:38:04.02
Hey they always make
me a little bit nervous.
00:38:04.05\00:38:07.34
Maybe that's the point.
00:38:07.37\00:38:13.32
"Great peace have
they which love thy law."
00:38:13.35\00:38:15.30
Look, I understand about
peace that passes understanding
00:38:15.33\00:38:17.70
but every, every now and
then I need a little reminder.
00:38:17.73\00:38:20.81
Dwight, guess what
buddy, your life is just today
00:38:20.84\00:38:27.71
so how's it going
you and me today boy,
00:38:27.74\00:38:31.08
because I'm
concerned every now and then
00:38:31.11\00:38:34.04
you get them too, the little--
00:38:34.07\00:38:40.01
you thought about where
we are in history right now?
00:38:40.04\00:38:45.29
It's a Day of Atonement language
00:38:45.32\00:38:46.51
straight out of the scripture.
00:38:46.54\00:38:48.57
Humbling ourselves
through fasting and prayer.
00:38:48.60\00:38:50.56
So here's a
deal, maybe you and I
00:38:50.59\00:38:53.43
are to consider
fasting as a demonstration
00:38:53.46\00:38:54.92
as Roy Gane put it of
our total dependence upon God
00:38:54.95\00:38:58.48
in a time of special need.
00:38:58.51\00:39:00.50
I don't know when
to tell you to do it,
00:39:00.53\00:39:02.01
I don't know how much
time you ought to do it,
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.59
for don't ask me.
00:39:03.62\00:39:08.26
But what if we just did it?
00:39:08.29\00:39:11.13
And if you are
on a prescribed diet
00:39:11.16\00:39:12.45
check with your
physician of fast from
00:39:12.48\00:39:13.84
something beside food or drink.
00:39:13.87\00:39:15.96
All I know is that we are living
00:39:15.99\00:39:17.62
in the time of the judgment
00:39:17.65\00:39:18.83
and it's probably
calling for an intensification
00:39:18.86\00:39:21.17
of the spiritual experience
we are presently enjoying,
00:39:21.20\00:39:23.46
intensify, intensify.
00:39:23.49\00:39:29.67
Let's read that line again.
00:39:29.70\00:39:31.04
Did you keep your
finger in Leviticus 23,
00:39:31.07\00:39:34.77
read it again verse 26.
00:39:34.80\00:39:36.65
"The Lord said to Moses,
00:39:36.68\00:39:38.12
'The tenth day of
this seventh month
00:39:38.15\00:39:39.51
is the Day of Atonement.
00:39:39.54\00:39:40.59
Hold a sacred
assembly and deny yourselves,
00:39:40.62\00:39:43.92
and present an offering
made to the Lord by fire."
00:39:43.95\00:39:47.10
There it is clue number two.
00:39:47.13\00:39:48.52
Clue number one, deny yourself.
00:39:48.55\00:39:50.39
Clue number two,
assemble yourselves.
00:39:50.42\00:39:54.06
Hold a sacred assembly.
00:39:54.09\00:39:56.27
Now ladies and
gentlemen, look to deny yourself
00:39:56.30\00:39:58.08
depicts an intense,
maybe why witness down,
00:39:58.11\00:40:00.02
an intense
personal seeking after God.
00:40:00.05\00:40:02.93
But now to "assemble yourselves"
00:40:02.96\00:40:05.13
depicts an intense,
write it down, collective,
00:40:05.16\00:40:08.26
a collective seeking after God.
00:40:08.29\00:40:10.03
The Day of Atonement is
both a private intensification
00:40:10.06\00:40:13.04
and a
collective intensification.
00:40:13.07\00:40:14.83
It's got to
happen on both levels,
00:40:14.86\00:40:16.51
privately, collectively.
00:40:16.54\00:40:20.96
I was sharing my heart
this last Wednesday night
00:40:20.99\00:40:23.98
with a house of
prayer congregation
00:40:24.01\00:40:26.14
and I was
wondering aloud with them.
00:40:26.17\00:40:30.11
What do you
think it's gonna take?
00:40:30.14\00:40:32.13
Maybe you have
an answer to this?
00:40:32.16\00:40:33.75
What do you
think it's gonna take
00:40:33.78\00:40:35.47
for God to get the
attention of this generation?
00:40:35.50\00:40:39.74
Inside the church,
outside the church,
00:40:39.77\00:40:41.27
it doesn't matter to
me, just this generation.
00:40:41.30\00:40:43.68
What do you
think it's gonna take?
00:40:43.71\00:40:46.37
I mean, you and I might
not agree about everything
00:40:46.40\00:40:49.00
that's very okay,
but I have a feeling--
00:40:49.03\00:40:52.87
I mean, please, could there be,
00:40:52.90\00:40:55.60
you help me out, could there be
00:40:55.63\00:40:59.75
a more opportune time
for the friends of Jesus
00:40:59.78\00:41:04.26
to be coming together
outside of Sabbath worship?
00:41:04.29\00:41:08.27
I mean, we got that
one down, hallelujah.
00:41:08.30\00:41:11.14
But could there be an
opportune time in history--
00:41:11.17\00:41:14.59
could there be a
more opportune time
00:41:14.62\00:41:15.75
in history than this one,
00:41:15.78\00:41:16.96
the insecurity, the uncertainty?
00:41:16.99\00:41:19.61
I look in the faces
of our talking heads
00:41:19.64\00:41:22.14
nobody knows for
sure what's going on.
00:41:22.17\00:41:26.02
Wouldn't this be a
fairly obvious time
00:41:26.05\00:41:29.91
for the community to
have these sacred assemblies?
00:41:29.94\00:41:34.84
Whatever that means,
beyond Sabbath worship.
00:41:34.87\00:41:39.51
Jonathan Edwards
considered by many
00:41:39.54\00:41:41.10
the greatest
theologian in American history.
00:41:41.13\00:41:44.46
Jonathan Edwards,
00:41:44.49\00:41:45.61
I'll put the words
on the screen for you.
00:41:45.64\00:41:47.36
Three centuries ago
he wrote these words.
00:41:47.39\00:41:49.13
"When God is about to
accomplish great things
00:41:49.16\00:41:51.23
for his church," I like this.
00:41:51.26\00:41:52.68
"When God is about to
accomplish great things
00:41:52.71\00:41:54.32
for his church, He
will begin by a remarkable
00:41:54.35\00:41:57.71
pouring out of 'the Spirit
of grace and supplication.'
00:41:57.74\00:42:02.39
" Now hold on, what
if we were on the cusp?
00:42:02.42\00:42:05.30
What if we were right
now on the cusp of God
00:42:05.33\00:42:08.11
getting ready to do that
00:42:08.14\00:42:11.73
for His church,
for the human race?
00:42:11.76\00:42:15.11
Right now, what if we
were just almost there?
00:42:15.14\00:42:20.29
What if God were waiting
for an intense collective
00:42:20.32\00:42:23.43
seeking after Him
like we never have before?
00:42:23.46\00:42:27.01
Did you see that line?
00:42:27.04\00:42:28.12
By the way, you look
down your study guide
00:42:28.15\00:42:29.18
because you have
there quote there.
00:42:29.21\00:42:30.24
Do you see that line,
he is quoting from the,
00:42:30.27\00:42:31.51
from the scripture.
00:42:31.54\00:42:32.76
God will pour "the Spirit
of grace and supplication."
00:42:32.79\00:42:36.01
See the
quotation marks around it?
00:42:36.04\00:42:37.08
Let me put from
his old King James
00:42:37.11\00:42:38.89
because that's all they have
back then three centuries ago,
00:42:38.92\00:42:40.80
he only had the King James.
00:42:40.83\00:42:42.22
Here's the line,
Zechariah 12:10, fascinating.
00:42:42.25\00:42:45.34
Go and make it in
your Bible later sometime.
00:42:45.37\00:42:48.84
God making this
promise, isn't this incredible?
00:42:48.87\00:42:51.04
"And I will pour out
on the house of David
00:42:51.07\00:42:53.86
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
00:42:53.89\00:42:55.58
a spirit of grace
and supplication."
00:42:55.61\00:43:00.89
That is amazing.
00:43:00.92\00:43:02.17
In fact, jot it down,
"I will pour out upon you
00:43:02.20\00:43:05.46
a spirit of grace
and supplication."
00:43:05.49\00:43:08.21
The New Living
translation renders
00:43:08.24\00:43:09.54
that a spirit of prayer.
00:43:09.57\00:43:10.84
Write that in, a
spirit of prayer.
00:43:10.87\00:43:12.45
You go to the
English Standard Version
00:43:12.48\00:43:13.86
and it feels like a
spirit of pleading, pleading.
00:43:13.89\00:43:17.81
I will pour out
the spirit on you.
00:43:17.84\00:43:20.16
And by the way,
that's not Holy Spirit,
00:43:20.19\00:43:21.91
He can say I'll pour
out my spirit on you.
00:43:21.94\00:43:24.54
No, no, no, no, no,
00:43:24.57\00:43:25.68
before I pour
out finally My spirit
00:43:25.71\00:43:29.58
I'm gonna first pour
out a spirit of asking.
00:43:29.61\00:43:33.45
I'm gonna give you a new spirit,
00:43:33.48\00:43:34.64
a spirit that wants to
have what I've had all along.
00:43:34.67\00:43:39.34
I'll pour out on you a
spirit of supplication.
00:43:39.37\00:43:43.25
A giddiness.
00:43:43.28\00:43:44.58
Now watch this
I'll put another line
00:43:44.61\00:43:46.17
from Jonathan Edwards.
00:43:46.20\00:43:48.65
"When God has
something very great
00:43:48.68\00:43:53.32
to accomplish for His church,
00:43:53.35\00:43:55.68
it is His will that
there should precede it
00:43:55.71\00:43:58.75
the extraordinary
prayers of His people."
00:43:58.78\00:44:04.69
Ladies and gentlemen,
wouldn't it be something,
00:44:04.72\00:44:08.42
wouldn't it be
something if God were waiting
00:44:08.45\00:44:11.05
to find out from you and me,
00:44:11.08\00:44:13.97
if we are intensely serious
about wanting that final gift
00:44:14.00\00:44:20.11
the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:20.14\00:44:22.26
Wouldn't be something,
so it is now like, hey, God,
00:44:22.29\00:44:25.31
I would love to
have that Holy Spirit
00:44:25.34\00:44:26.61
fill me please, hallelujah.
00:44:26.64\00:44:28.52
That one time request,
what if God were holding back
00:44:28.55\00:44:33.68
and saying no, no, no, no, no,
00:44:33.71\00:44:35.72
I want to know do
you really want it.
00:44:35.75\00:44:39.15
So He is not promising on
that promise we just read.
00:44:39.18\00:44:42.24
He is not saying, I'm
gonna pour out My sprit.
00:44:42.27\00:44:43.65
He says, no, I'm
gonna give you instead
00:44:43.68\00:44:45.79
a spirit of asking.
00:44:45.82\00:44:48.51
Oh, what happened?
00:44:48.54\00:44:49.93
Oh, what happened
if you were the one
00:44:49.96\00:44:50.99
God was waiting to ask
on behalf of this campus.
00:44:51.02\00:44:54.67
Listen Dwight, how
would I pray that prayer?
00:44:54.70\00:44:55.96
Simple.
00:44:55.99\00:44:57.39
Say, oh, God, I
wish you would pour out
00:44:57.42\00:44:59.75
upon Andrews
University a spirit of asking,
00:44:59.78\00:45:03.53
a spirit of pleading.
00:45:03.56\00:45:05.24
God, we can go
through generation,
00:45:05.27\00:45:06.96
after generation, class
after class after class.
00:45:06.99\00:45:09.23
We can go for another millennium
00:45:09.26\00:45:10.75
if You need us
to but could it be
00:45:10.78\00:45:12.76
that you are on the cusp of
what You have promised to do
00:45:12.79\00:45:16.70
if we were in
the Day of Atonement.
00:45:16.73\00:45:18.62
Now would you pour out
for us a spirit of asking,
00:45:18.65\00:45:23.36
a spirit of wanting?
00:45:23.39\00:45:30.01
You know, I got two
wonderful kids, hallelujah,
00:45:30.04\00:45:32.93
Kirk and Kristin.
00:45:32.96\00:45:34.06
And Kirk and
Kristin were very young.
00:45:34.09\00:45:37.70
In November, every
year in November Toys "R" Us
00:45:37.73\00:45:42.01
would come out with
the new Christmas flyer.
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.82
They used to
come out in November
00:45:43.85\00:45:44.91
now they are coming out
first of October of course,
00:45:44.94\00:45:47.20
but Toys "R" Us
00:45:47.23\00:45:50.36
and you know my kids
would do every Sunday
00:45:50.39\00:45:51.67
they would pull it out
00:45:51.70\00:45:52.79
because they love
to drew those pictures.
00:45:52.82\00:45:55.79
So I hey, guys,
here's the latest Toys "R" Us
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.65
brochure of full color
and they would hurry off
00:45:59.68\00:46:02.96
to a corner of the
house and before you know,
00:46:02.99\00:46:05.48
what I mean, in five
minutes Kirk is back daddy,
00:46:05.51\00:46:08.40
I found it at
last what I have always
00:46:08.43\00:46:11.12
been wanting all my life.
00:46:11.15\00:46:14.11
Daddy, can I
have this and point--
00:46:14.14\00:46:17.41
put his little
pudgy finger I want that.
00:46:17.44\00:46:20.87
I've always--
daddy, you know that
00:46:20.90\00:46:22.23
I always wanted this.
00:46:22.26\00:46:23.87
And I'm thinking
to myself yeah, right.
00:46:23.90\00:46:28.31
Because if another week
goes by and another Toys "R" Us
00:46:28.34\00:46:31.85
flyer comes out guess what,
00:46:31.88\00:46:34.02
he goes back to
the same pictures
00:46:34.05\00:46:35.61
but now it's not that
one he wants another one.
00:46:35.64\00:46:37.77
Daddy, I'm telling--
you weren't sure last
00:46:37.80\00:46:40.77
but you really be sure
now this is the one I want.
00:46:40.80\00:46:44.61
There isn't a parent
alive who doesn't know
00:46:44.64\00:46:46.02
what I'm describing right now.
00:46:46.05\00:46:48.39
Come on, isn't that true?
00:46:48.42\00:46:49.74
Of course.
00:46:49.77\00:46:50.81
So what does a wise parent do?
00:46:50.84\00:46:53.38
A wise parent waits.
00:46:53.41\00:46:55.50
Okay, I'm gonna
watch this boy for a while.
00:46:55.53\00:46:57.33
If my boy comes back
to me week, after week,
00:46:57.36\00:46:59.61
after week,
after week, after week,
00:46:59.64\00:47:01.60
and he said I got to
have it, I got to have it,
00:47:01.63\00:47:03.71
I got to have it
and I love my boy
00:47:03.74\00:47:05.46
and I'm thinking this
would be a nice gift for him.
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.57
At that point I
take him seriously.
00:47:07.60\00:47:11.10
That little flash in the
pan I got to have it now stuff
00:47:11.13\00:47:13.54
hey, I'm not a dummy
00:47:13.57\00:47:17.50
because if I give you
that you want something else.
00:47:17.53\00:47:21.50
Our divine
parent is no different.
00:47:21.53\00:47:24.08
Oh, God, I got to have
the Holy Spirit see You later,
00:47:24.11\00:47:25.98
ciao and we are gone.
00:47:26.01\00:47:29.76
Oh, you really want
the spirit, did you?
00:47:29.79\00:47:32.21
I'll see if you
bring it up tonight
00:47:32.24\00:47:34.00
and it's not
anywhere near on mines.
00:47:34.03\00:47:36.29
What a pastor
preached about it today
00:47:36.32\00:47:37.43
I say bring it up.
00:47:37.46\00:47:38.88
But then it's gone.
00:47:38.91\00:47:40.97
Ladies and gentlemen, if
this is a Day of Atonement
00:47:41.00\00:47:44.06
up there and down here
00:47:44.09\00:47:45.96
then there is a
new intensification
00:47:45.99\00:47:47.46
that God is calling for
00:47:47.49\00:47:49.28
and He is saying, guys,
come on, let's get real please.
00:47:49.31\00:47:52.37
How many gifts do you want?
00:47:52.40\00:47:53.88
I have one gift,
00:47:53.91\00:47:55.51
I have one gift
that if you get this gift
00:47:55.54\00:47:57.04
it will give you every
other gift in My store house,
00:47:57.07\00:47:58.93
ask Me for that gift
00:47:58.96\00:48:01.29
but I want to find
out if you really want it.
00:48:01.32\00:48:03.45
Ask Me again tomorrow and
then ask me again tomorrow,
00:48:03.48\00:48:06.48
and then ask me again tomorrow,
00:48:06.51\00:48:07.80
and one of these days trust me
00:48:07.83\00:48:10.29
I will give you,
your hearts content.
00:48:10.32\00:48:13.49
But I got to find out
are you really serious?
00:48:13.52\00:48:16.99
Do you want it?
00:48:17.02\00:48:18.20
A century ago, not
three centuries ago
00:48:18.23\00:48:19.77
that's Jonathan
Edwards, a century ago
00:48:19.80\00:48:22.28
these words were written,
put it on the screen for you.
00:48:22.31\00:48:24.76
"A revival of
true godliness among us
00:48:24.79\00:48:28.45
is the greatest and most urgent
00:48:28.48\00:48:30.37
of all our need.
00:48:30.40\00:48:32.12
To seek this
should be our first work.
00:48:32.15\00:48:33.87
There must be earnest effort
00:48:33.90\00:48:34.96
to obtain the
blessing of the Lord,
00:48:34.99\00:48:36.45
not because God is not willing
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.64
to bestow His blessing upon us,
00:48:38.67\00:48:40.26
but because we are
unprepared to receive it."
00:48:40.29\00:48:41.63
You only asked me once.
00:48:41.66\00:48:44.30
If I gave the same to
you what would you do?
00:48:44.33\00:48:45.82
You throw it away.
00:48:45.85\00:48:47.11
You're not ready to receive it.
00:48:47.14\00:48:48.52
It's because we are not ready,
00:48:48.55\00:48:49.85
that we must keep asking.
00:48:49.88\00:48:52.01
Oh, that last line, "A
revival need be expected
00:48:52.04\00:48:54.45
only in answer to prayer."
00:48:54.48\00:48:56.55
So here's the
deal, what if preparatory
00:48:56.58\00:48:58.64
to this final
revival that Revelation 18:1
00:48:58.67\00:49:01.56
predicts this outpouring
the sprit all over the planet,
00:49:01.59\00:49:04.42
what if God wants us
before asking for the spirit,
00:49:04.45\00:49:09.68
what if we started
asking for the spirit of asking.
00:49:09.71\00:49:14.67
What if we just said I
need a spirit of pleading
00:49:14.70\00:49:17.39
because I don't want it real,
I don't want it real much now.
00:49:17.42\00:49:20.74
I'm just not
really big on this now.
00:49:20.77\00:49:22.78
God, give me a
pleading, create a hunger in me,
00:49:22.81\00:49:27.63
create a thirst
in me, I want to ask.
00:49:27.66\00:49:32.88
Deny yourself by fasting.
00:49:32.91\00:49:35.88
Assemble yourselves by
praying, sacred assembly
00:49:35.91\00:49:42.17
at the risk of
being misunderstood.
00:49:42.20\00:49:44.48
I'm gonna put a screen,
00:49:44.51\00:49:45.71
a slide on the screen right now.
00:49:45.74\00:49:47.71
It's blue and it will
say House of Prayer on it
00:49:47.74\00:49:52.32
and it will remind you
that every Wednesday night
00:49:52.35\00:49:54.32
the doors of this
church are open to human beings
00:49:54.35\00:49:59.13
who don't want to pray
alone as we do all week anyway
00:49:59.16\00:50:04.48
but who now say sacred
assembly, Day of Atonement,
00:50:04.51\00:50:08.39
assemble ourselves
together I want to come.
00:50:08.42\00:50:11.57
It will be over by
eight, starts at seven,
00:50:11.60\00:50:14.72
over by eight.
00:50:14.75\00:50:16.54
Don't have an hour in
the hour of His judgment,
00:50:16.57\00:50:20.38
tell me, tell me.
00:50:20.41\00:50:23.03
That's not true.
00:50:23.06\00:50:25.09
I'm not making
anybody feel guilty.
00:50:25.12\00:50:27.69
I'm not saying
you're gonna be lost
00:50:27.72\00:50:28.92
if you don't come
to house of prayer.
00:50:28.95\00:50:30.85
All I'm doing is telling
you in the middle of every week
00:50:30.88\00:50:34.78
the doors to
this church are open
00:50:34.81\00:50:37.90
and you can
assemble yourself with others
00:50:37.93\00:50:42.01
who share your passion for
the spirit of supplication.
00:50:42.04\00:50:46.81
I'd love to have you come.
00:50:46.84\00:50:50.19
That's it.
00:50:50.22\00:50:54.16
So here's the deal, I
want to pray with you.
00:50:54.19\00:51:01.88
I want to kneel with
you and in that kneeling
00:51:01.91\00:51:06.35
I want to some how
get some words out here
00:51:06.38\00:51:09.11
out of my heart on your behalf
to the throne of the temple
00:51:09.14\00:51:12.45
that is occupied right now.
00:51:12.48\00:51:15.50
I'm gonna talk direct,
00:51:15.53\00:51:17.76
directly I'll
be in communication
00:51:17.79\00:51:21.21
to that temple room and
here's what I'm gonna ask
00:51:21.24\00:51:23.82
and will tell you in advance,
00:51:23.85\00:51:24.92
I'm gonna ask
that God would begin
00:51:24.95\00:51:28.10
to pour out a
spirit of supplication
00:51:28.13\00:51:31.89
upon Pioneer Memorial
Church, Andrews University
00:51:31.92\00:51:35.89
and our little tiny community
here in South West Michigan.
00:51:35.92\00:51:39.31
I believe that the time
is right for the pleading.
00:51:39.34\00:51:46.92
Let's kneel together.
00:51:46.95\00:51:48.12
By the way, when we
are through kneeling
00:51:48.15\00:51:50.23
there will be
words on the screen
00:51:50.26\00:51:51.45
and oh, I love this, old
gospel hymn only stanza of it,
00:51:51.48\00:51:55.83
"Teach me Father, what to say,
00:51:55.86\00:51:57.52
teach me Father, how to pray."
00:51:57.55\00:51:58.94
It's a beautiful little prayer.
00:51:58.97\00:52:00.04
We'll sing that to
conclude our service together.
00:52:00.07\00:52:04.02
Oh, God, so here
we are sacred assembly
00:52:10.52\00:52:17.43
on our knees,
You are on the throne
00:52:17.46\00:52:21.65
we are on our knees.
00:52:21.68\00:52:23.60
You're hearing
our hearts right now,
00:52:23.63\00:52:25.67
not just one voice but
all of these heart voices
00:52:25.70\00:52:30.13
ascending to You.
00:52:30.16\00:52:32.43
Dear Father, our
prayer is a humble one,
00:52:32.46\00:52:35.28
it is a simple one.
00:52:35.31\00:52:37.67
Would You please pour
out the spirit of pleading,
00:52:37.70\00:52:42.93
the spirit of asking,
the spirit of supplication
00:52:42.96\00:52:48.40
upon us right here.
00:52:48.43\00:52:52.87
It maybe that
little prayer group
00:52:52.90\00:52:54.32
that has been quietly
meeting all these weeks
00:52:54.35\00:52:59.60
has been appointed by you
00:52:59.63\00:53:01.33
to become the front
edge of a new prayer.
00:53:01.36\00:53:05.30
Keep them Father, praying
it might be that young adult
00:53:05.33\00:53:10.23
whose been alone before
You pouring our his heart,
00:53:10.26\00:53:12.61
pouring out her heart
and saying God, change me.
00:53:12.64\00:53:16.10
Change my
university, change my church,
00:53:16.13\00:53:19.28
change my world.
00:53:19.31\00:53:20.98
It may be she is
praying that way already,
00:53:21.01\00:53:23.56
he is praying that way
now because You raised him up
00:53:23.59\00:53:26.01
You said, I got to
have somebody asking
00:53:26.04\00:53:28.12
on behalf of the whole.
00:53:28.15\00:53:29.99
Father, keep the
prayers, only now multiply them.
00:53:30.02\00:53:34.44
That hundreds of
prayers ascend not just today
00:53:34.47\00:53:37.48
because we looked in
the Toys "R" Us catalogue
00:53:37.51\00:53:39.74
and oh, got to have it.
00:53:39.77\00:53:42.22
Create a new hunger for us,
00:53:42.25\00:53:44.72
a new hunger that will
drive us back to our knees again
00:53:44.75\00:53:47.92
and again a relentless
intensification of our faith
00:53:47.95\00:53:52.60
that will not let you
go unless You bless me.
00:53:52.63\00:53:58.04
Just like Jacob
I won't let You go
00:53:58.07\00:54:01.79
unless you bless me.
00:54:01.82\00:54:03.62
Grant us that
intensification of our faith
00:54:03.65\00:54:08.01
now more than ever
00:54:08.04\00:54:13.99
and one day on the other side
00:54:14.02\00:54:19.29
tell us the story of
how these humble prayers
00:54:19.32\00:54:26.13
were seized by the Holy Spirit
00:54:26.16\00:54:29.64
to bring on the grand
finale of reaching this world
00:54:29.67\00:54:35.86
for Christ in one generation.
00:54:35.89\00:54:39.08
Oh, God, please do
whatever it takes teach us
00:54:39.11\00:54:45.39
how to pray.
00:54:45.42\00:54:47.09
Let's sing that together.
00:54:47.12\00:54:49.64
Teach me, Father, what to say
00:55:03.31\00:55:10.74
Teach me, Father, how to pray
00:55:10.77\00:55:18.44
Teach me all along the way
00:55:18.47\00:55:25.46
How to be like Jesus
00:55:26.79\00:55:34.20
I would be like Jesus
00:55:34.23\00:55:41.98
I would be like Jesus!
00:55:43.19\00:55:49.30
Help me, Lord, to daily grow
00:55:51.21\00:55:59.10
More and more like Jesus!
00:56:00.27\00:56:06.53
Now to him who was able
to keep you from falling
00:56:11.42\00:56:15.86
and to present you
faultless before His throne
00:56:15.89\00:56:19.86
with great joy
00:56:19.89\00:56:21.84
to the only wise God our
Savior be glory and honored
00:56:21.87\00:56:26.29
dominion and majesty both now
00:56:26.32\00:56:30.85
and forever more, amen.
00:56:30.88\00:56:35.71
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:36.91\00:56:39.58
I hope that the Spirit of Jesus
has blessed your time with us
00:56:39.61\00:56:42.67
right here in the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:42.70\00:56:44.14
on 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 hour of worship?
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We're always
looking as a consequence
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for new ways to bridge somehow
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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 a
140,000 visitors last year.
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It's an incredible opportunity
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that God has given us
given us to expand His kingdom.
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If you'd like to
help partner with us
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as we seek to spread
the everlasting gospel
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I would love to have you
call our toll free number.
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We've got very
friendly operator standing
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by here is the
number 877-His-Will.
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877 and then the
two words His-Will,
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one of the operators
will be happy to give you
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the details of
how you can partner
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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 to spread
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the truth about God
for this generation.
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We are living in urgent times,
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now more than ever
we've got to go to the world
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with the good
news entrusted to us.
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So once again here
is that toll free number
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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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