O come, let us sing to the Lord
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Come, let us every one
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A joyful noise make to
the Rock of our salvation
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Let us before his presence come
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With praise and thankful voice
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Let us sing
psalms of praise to Him
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And make a joyful noise
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Our call to joy
this morning is Psalm 100
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and you can find that on page 10
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of your worship bulletin.
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"Make a joyful
shout to the Lord,
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all you lands!
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Serve the Lord with gladness,
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Come before His
presence with singing.
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Know that the Lord, He is
God, It is He who has made us,
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and not we ourselves.
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We are His people and
the sheep of His pasture.
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Enter into His
gates with thanksgiving,
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and into His courts with praise.
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Be thankful to
Him, and bless His name.
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For the Lord is good,
His mercy is everlasting,
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and His truth
endures to all generations."
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Praise to the Lord
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The Almighty,
the King of creation
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O my soul, praise Him
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For He is thy
health and salvation
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All ye who hear
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Now to His temple draw near
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Join ye in glad adoration
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Praise to the Lord
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Who over all things
so wondrously reigneth
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Shieldeth thee under His wings
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Yea, so gently sustaineth
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Hast thou not seen
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How thy desires ever have been
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Granted in what he ordaineth?
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Praise to the
Lord, who doth prosper
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Thy work and defend thee
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Surely His goodness and mercy
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Here daily attend thee
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Ponder anew
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What the Almighty can do
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If with his
love He befriend thee
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Praise to the Lord
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Oh, let all that
is in me adore Him
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All that hath life and breath
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Come now with praises before Him
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Let the amen
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Sound from His people again
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Gladly for all we adore Him
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Our words of joy
are taken from Psalm 98
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"O sing to the Lord a new song
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for He hath done
marvelous things,
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His right hand,
and His holy arm,
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have gained Him the victory.
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The Lord has made
known His salvation,
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His righteousness,
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He has revealed in
the sight of the nations.
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He has remembered His mercy
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and His faithfulness
to the house of Israel.
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All the ends of the earth have
seen the salvation of our God.
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Shout joyfully to
the Lord, all the earth.
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Break forth in song,
rejoice, and sing praises.
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Sing to the Lord with the harp,
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with the harp and
the sound of a psalm.
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With trumpets and
the sound of a horn.
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Shout joyfully
before the lord the King.
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Let the sea roar
in all its fullness.
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Let the world and all
those who dwell in it.
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Let the rivers clap their hands.
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Let the hills be joyful
together before the Lord,
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for He is coming
to judge the earth,
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with righteousness,
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He shall judge the world
and the peoples with equity.
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This is God's word.
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May we be touched by
God's abundant joy today.
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We have heard a joyful sound
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Spread the gladness all around
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Bear the news to every land
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Climb the steeps
and cross the waves
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Onward, 'tis our Lord's command
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Waft it on the rolling tide
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Tell to sinners, far and wide
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Sing, ye islands of the sea
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Echo back, ye ocean caves
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Earth shall keep the jubilee
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Sing above the battle strife
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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By His death and endless life
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Sing it softly through the gloom
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When the heart for mercy craves
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Sing in triumph o'er the tomb
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Give the winds a mighty voice
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Let the nations now rejoice
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Shout salvation full and free
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Highest hills and deepest caves
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This our song of victory
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Jesus saves, Jesus saves
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Holy Father,
Holy Son, Holy Spirit,
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what can we say, Triune God,
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our hearts are
full, we have every reason
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to be gathered in your
presence to bow before you.
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You have done all
things well this year
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and in gratitude
we praise Your name.
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Now as we jangle our nerves
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and radically shift
our thinking for a moment,
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may Holy
Scripture engage our minds,
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encourage our lives,
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we pray in Christ's name, amen.
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In the runaway
international bestseller,
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The Road Less Traveled,
you may remember that book.
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The late psychiatrist M.
Scott Peck opens the book,
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three words, nobody's
gonna deny the veracity
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of these three
words, "Life is difficult."
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So stuff of human existence,
our survival, it's difficult.
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Just a few days ago,
I sat down with a man,
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his heart
breaking over the immensity
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of what he is
suffering right now.
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By the way, you don't
have to be old to suffer.
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I looked into
that crystalline pain
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of a young co-ed on this campus.
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Struggling to
find divine courage
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in the midst of what
she is going through.
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I'll tell you the
truth, "Life is difficult."
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We know it
intuitively and by the way,
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some of you
haven't suffered yet.
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You've done all
right, but trust me,
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but they'll come
before you exit this life.
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You will suffer,
can't avoid it, cannot.
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So here's the
question, how then,
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how then should we live
in the midst of suffering?
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Bible word on this
Thanksgiving season weekend
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is entitled "The Gift:
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When Every Nerve
Shrieked With Pain."
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Those of you
watching on television,
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you are gonna
move to a study guide,
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without any interruption,
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not going to mention a
word about it when we get to it.
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So that's the website you want,
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you see it on
the screen right now.
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Go to our website, you
will get the same study guide
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and we'll plunge into it.
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For our case study today,
all right, Thanksgiving season,
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our case study today,
we're going to examine
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a little 5-foot 2-inch
woman who lived a century ago,
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that's our case study.
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She has just
boarded a sailing vessel
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preparing to leave the
western shores of this nation,
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her destination, a
rugged outback nation,
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Australia.
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You got it.
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Leaders of the church
that she serves in America
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have sent her on a mission
to build up the work of Christ
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in that almost
forsaken land at the time
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across the pacific
halfway around the world.
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The truth is however
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she has been politely
banished for a season,
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prophets are not always
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the most popular
people to have around,
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you understand and
she understands it.
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And so she goes with
everything within her
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resisting this
assignment to leave her home
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and the
comforts of her homeland,
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at her age as a widow.
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But she must
practice what she preached.
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Namely, submit to the
counsel of the leadership,
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however mistaken and
uninformed the leaders maybe.
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So she goes, but little
does she know on this day
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that she sails
away from our shores
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that she is sailing
straight into the vortex
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of the most intense physical
suffering of her entire life.
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Just days after she lands
near Melbourne, Australia,
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the suffering descends
and I want you to take note
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of her words as she
describes what she went through.
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Put it on the screen for you.
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Ellen White writing,
"I made the long journey
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across the Pacific
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and attended the
conference held in Melbourne.
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Just before the
conference closed
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I was stricken
with a severe illness.
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For the next eleven months
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I suffered from malarial fever
and inflammatory rheumatism."
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Now hit the pause
button right there,
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so, Karen, my wife, is a nurse,
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and I go to her,
I say, hey, listen,
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what's up with this
inflammatory rheumatism?
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She pulls down her big
thick medical dictionary,
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we look at it, go on Google
when you can't find the answer
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you are looking for,
found it on Google, here it is.
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Acute rheumatism,
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inflammation of the
joints attended with fever
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and attacking
usually the larger joints
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which become swollen,
hot, and extremely painful.
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All right, 11 months of
that, let's put it back up.
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"During this
period" Ellen White wrote,
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"I experienced the most
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terrible
suffering of my whole life."
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This by a woman
who at the age of 9,
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face struck by that
angry classmate's stone,
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intense
suffering at the beginning,
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but no, no, no,
this was the worst.
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"I was unable to lift
my feet from the floor
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without suffering great pain."
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"My right arm," now watch
this, "from the elbow down,
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was the only part of my
body that was free from pain.
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My hips, my spine
were in constant pain.
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I could not lie on my cot for
more than two hours at a time,
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though I had
rubber cushions under me.
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I would drag myself
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to a similar bed
to change my position.
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Physicians said I would
never be able to walk again,
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and I had fears that my life
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was to be a perpetual
conflict with suffering."
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How did that go,
"Life is difficult."
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Even for the friends of
God or maybe we ought to say
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especially for
the friends of God.
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Eleven months of suffering
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and what can we
learn from this case study.
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How to suffer, how to suffer.
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I hold here in my hands,
I'm really excited about this,
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I hold here in my
hands an entrusted loan,
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all right, keyword, loan,
from my friend Marlon Byrd
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who is the director of the
Center for Adventist Research
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here at Andrews University.
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I emailed Merlin this last week.
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I say, hey, Merlin,
any chance you would have
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Ellen White's diary entries
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during these 11
months of intense suffering?
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I'd love to see those.
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He shows up two
hours later in my office
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bearing this right here.
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He said, Dwight,
I'm doing something
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I am not supposed to do.
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I'm gonna let you use this,
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but listen to me carefully, boy,
00:19:43.32\00:19:48.34
if anything happens to
what I have loaned you,
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you will never
be heard from again.
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All right, I got
the message, Merlin.
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He's down in
Atlanta today, so he says,
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the associate director at the
Center for Adventist Research
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will meet you immediately
following second service
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and we'll remove from
your hands, this folder.
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I got it.
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All right, well, I got the
boy, so anyway here they are.
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I want to read a
few diary entries,
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these are all
written in Australia,
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those of you from down under.
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These were written at
Preston, Victoria, Australia.
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Some of you will
know where that is.
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I'm going to begin with May 9,
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just read a line or two
here, share this with you.
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"The past night"
okay, she's writing,
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oh, by the way, this
is not the original diary.
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The original
diaries are in a vault
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somewhere outside
the nation's capital.
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After she wrote, these
were turned over to a secretary,
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she had a secretarial pool.
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They sat down
with old typewriters.
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They used-- some of you
don't understand what this is,
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but they used what
was called carbon paper.
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All the old timers
are not in their heads,
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by the way, we still put it
at the bottom of letters, CC,
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that means carbon copy
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though we don't use
carbon copies anymore.
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So these are all
these, but she went back over,
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this was her
practice to go back over
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the typed entries and
she would make corrections.
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And I'll show you
one in just a moment.
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All right, so what's
the date on this one.
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May 9th, okay, May 9th,
listen, onion skin paper here,
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"The past night has
been a very long one
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and I am so restless
that I long for the day."
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You ever had nights like that
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where you were just
praying for day to come.
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I long for the
day, I keep my mind
00:21:41.24\00:21:43.34
as much as possible
on the promises of God.
00:21:43.37\00:21:45.69
I do not claim these
promises because I deserve them,
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but because they
are bestowed upon
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erring human
beings as a free gift.
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I am comforted
with the assurance
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that although
constantly suffering pain,
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I am never forsaken.
00:21:55.48\00:21:57.02
I put my trust in One
who is too wise to err
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and too good to do me harm.
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He will restore me to health.
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I shall yet speak forth
His praise in the congregation.
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I am determined not
to encourage feelings
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of despondency and gloom..."
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May 9, May 10,
oh, listen to this,
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"I have had a
rather singular night."
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That means unforgettable.
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Watch this,
"Sometime during the night
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I woke to find myself
lying stretched out on my back.
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My heart was
beating only feebly.
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I felt as if my body were
being crushed under a mass.
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I could hardly
move any of my limbs."
00:22:32.39\00:22:34.58
It almost feels, sounds
like a heart attack it's not.
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"I did not know where I was.
00:22:37.31\00:22:38.39
I called my nurse,
but she did not hear me.
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.07
After trying several times,
I succeeded in moving my limbs,
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but my body seemed helpless.
00:22:42.59\00:22:44.25
It was more than half an
hour before I could understand
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that I was in bed, and
before I could use my mind
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or move my limbs freely.
00:22:48.91\00:22:50.69
Then the thought came to me
00:22:50.72\00:22:52.50
that the angels of
the Lord had awakened me,
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or else I should soon
have breathed my last."
00:22:55.29\00:22:59.85
You university students do
not understand this, trust me,
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it'll come, the older you
get, the more sensitive you are,
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and in tune you are
to this little ticker
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and anything
that feels abnormal,
00:23:08.69\00:23:10.91
you are on red alert,
what is happening now,
00:23:10.94\00:23:13.73
that's what's going on there.
00:23:13.76\00:23:15.92
"I dared not
try to sleep again."
00:23:15.95\00:23:17.72
I'm not going back to sleep now.
00:23:17.75\00:23:20.65
"For my heart seemed to
be very feeble in action."
00:23:20.68\00:23:24.47
She's worried, sums on, sums up.
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All right, May 11,
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"I thank the Lord for
the precious light today."
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You can hear that a lot.
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"The sleepless
hours of the past night
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were very wearing but
I was not comfortless,
00:23:36.78\00:23:40.29
I find consolation in
presenting my case to Jesus.
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The grace of Christ strengthens
me in my affliction."
00:23:43.47\00:23:47.28
So since this is a case
study, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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let's jot these down.
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Seven of them.
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I want to share
with you now seven
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how to live through your own
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suffering principles, all right?
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Grab your study guide
it's tucked away in your
00:23:56.90\00:23:58.53
Thanksgiving bulletin
today, grab the study guide,
00:23:58.56\00:24:01.12
we're not gonna take
time to get it to you.
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Grab your study guide,
if you need one afterwards,
00:24:03.32\00:24:05.11
you can ask for it.
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Let's jot these down.
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How to live
through your own suffering?
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Here's the list, number one,
put it on the screen, please.
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In your suffering look to Jesus.
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That's exactly
what just happened
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with these diary entries.
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In your suffering,
some of you, by the way,
00:24:17.91\00:24:19.84
listening on the
radio right now and by the--
00:24:19.87\00:24:21.45
I need to say we're
very delighted to have you
00:24:21.48\00:24:24.16
who are from WAUS, we've
made a special invitation
00:24:24.19\00:24:26.83
to our WAUS listeners.
00:24:26.86\00:24:29.25
You're sitting by
one today perhaps,
00:24:29.28\00:24:31.59
we've invited you
to come and join us
00:24:31.62\00:24:32.91
and we're delighted to have you.
00:24:32.94\00:24:33.98
We got a special dinner
for you right afterwards,
00:24:34.01\00:24:36.19
down those stairs behind me,
00:24:36.22\00:24:38.42
and I'm looking
for to meeting you
00:24:38.45\00:24:39.54
and greeting you then.
00:24:39.57\00:24:40.72
But those of you watching
on television, you know,
00:24:40.75\00:24:43.23
listening on the radio,
you know about suffering,
00:24:43.26\00:24:49.02
some of you are
experiencing it right now.
00:24:49.05\00:24:50.52
Number one, in your
suffering, look to Jesus.
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All right, here
comes number two,
00:24:55.30\00:24:56.47
May 12, this is
the very next day,
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"The past night has
been severe in trying."
00:24:58.83\00:25:00.91
You are going to
hear this again and again.
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"But I am determined
not to be discouraged.
00:25:02.57\00:25:05.38
I will press my petitions
to the throne of grace.
00:25:05.41\00:25:08.01
I spend many of my sleepless
hours in earnest prayer to God
00:25:08.04\00:25:11.93
and I know that he hears me
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and that he will
not disappoint me."
00:25:13.59\00:25:16.09
There it is,
principle number two,
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before I share that with you,
00:25:17.89\00:25:19.43
let me put on the screen for you
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and you have it
in your study guide,
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it's a little
excerpt from a letter
00:25:22.90\00:25:24.41
she wrote back to the States
00:25:24.44\00:25:25.83
describing what
she's going through.
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Put it on the screen,
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"In the long weary
hours of the night,"
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all right, "in the long
weary hours of the night,
00:25:33.08\00:25:35.81
when sleep has been
out of the question,
00:25:35.84\00:25:38.53
I have devoted
much time to prayer
00:25:38.56\00:25:41.05
and when every nerve seemed
to be shrieking with pain,
00:25:41.08\00:25:45.08
when if I considered myself,
00:25:45.11\00:25:46.44
it seemed that I
would go frantic,
00:25:46.47\00:25:47.80
the peace of Christ has come
into my heart in such measure
00:25:47.83\00:25:50.71
that I have been filled
with gratitude and thanksgiving.
00:25:50.74\00:25:53.31
I know that Jesus
loves me, and I love Jesus.
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Some nights I
have slept three hours,
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a few nights four hours,
and much of the time only two,
00:25:57.47\00:26:00.09
and yet in these
long Australian nights,
00:26:00.12\00:26:02.85
in the darkness, all
seems light about me,
00:26:02.88\00:26:05.85
and I enjoy sweet
communion with God."
00:26:05.88\00:26:11.12
Isn't that
beautiful? Yeah, jot it down.
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Principle number
two, there it is.
00:26:13.39\00:26:15.11
In your suffering, talk to God.
00:26:15.14\00:26:19.68
In your suffering look to Jesus,
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in your suffering, talk to God.
00:26:21.95\00:26:26.94
Okay, here's May 13,
we'll pick up another principle,
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May 13, here we go,
00:26:32.53\00:26:35.03
"I cannot yet move my
left arm without pain,
00:26:35.06\00:26:39.16
but thankfulness is constantly
welling up in my heart."
00:26:39.19\00:26:43.48
Remember, the
only part of her body
00:26:43.51\00:26:45.37
without pain was
from the elbow here,
00:26:45.40\00:26:47.26
this was her
writing hand, right arm.
00:26:47.29\00:26:49.93
I can't move this arm yet,
00:26:49.96\00:26:51.00
"But thankfulness is constantly
welling up in my heart,
00:26:51.03\00:26:54.08
my head is perfectly
clear, and my memory undimmed."
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.88
I have something I
can be thankful for.
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Would you jot that
down, please, number three.
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Number three, In your
suffering, give Him thanks.
00:27:00.90\00:27:04.45
In your
suffering, look to Jesus,
00:27:04.48\00:27:05.96
in your suffering, talk to God.
00:27:05.99\00:27:07.68
In your
suffering, give Him thanks.
00:27:07.71\00:27:11.52
May 14, "The past night has been
00:27:11.55\00:27:15.61
one of great tediousness.
00:27:15.64\00:27:17.36
I was obliged
to get up six times
00:27:17.39\00:27:20.70
to change my
position, for my back
00:27:20.73\00:27:22.20
and limbs were full of pain.
00:27:22.23\00:27:23.68
My neck was so painful
00:27:23.71\00:27:24.77
that it distressed
me to lie on the pillow.
00:27:24.80\00:27:26.98
But the Lord is good,
and He draws near to me
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.75
as I lift up my
heart in prayer to Him,
00:27:29.78\00:27:31.88
beseeching Him for grace
and for restoration to health.
00:27:31.91\00:27:35.32
I have a longing
desire to get well."
00:27:35.35\00:27:37.29
And then she does, she does
what the scriptures say to do.
00:27:40.30\00:27:44.22
You're suffering?
00:27:44.25\00:27:45.39
Watch what the scriptures say,
put it on the screen for you.
00:27:45.42\00:27:47.34
This is-- this is James 5.
00:27:47.37\00:27:49.64
"Is anyone among you
suffering? Let him pray."
00:27:49.67\00:27:53.64
We don't pray
alone, here it goes,
00:27:53.67\00:27:55.52
"Is anyone
cheerful? Let him sing songs."
00:27:55.55\00:27:58.51
Next, "Is anyone among you sick?
00:27:58.54\00:28:00.91
Let her call for
the elders of the church
00:28:00.94\00:28:03.12
and let them pray over her,
00:28:03.15\00:28:04.75
anointing her with oil
in the name of the Lord."
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.88
Keep reading "And the prayer
of faith will save the sick,
00:28:06.91\00:28:09.47
and the Lord will raise him up.
00:28:09.50\00:28:11.06
And if he has committed
sins, he will be forgiven.
00:28:11.09\00:28:13.52
Confess your
trespasses to one another,
00:28:13.55\00:28:15.21
pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
00:28:15.24\00:28:17.57
The effective, fervent
prayer of a righteous man
00:28:17.60\00:28:20.07
or a woman avails much."
00:28:20.10\00:28:23.49
Jot it down,
will you, number four,
00:28:23.52\00:28:24.96
In your
suffering, ask for prayer.
00:28:24.99\00:28:27.56
Some people are
very private about this,
00:28:27.59\00:28:29.54
they'll be like, ah, listen,
I don't like to tell anybody,
00:28:29.57\00:28:31.93
I don't want people
to feel sorry for me.
00:28:31.96\00:28:34.65
That's a big mistake.
00:28:34.68\00:28:35.77
You should not be
trying to suffer alone.
00:28:35.80\00:28:38.51
What's the point of it?
00:28:38.54\00:28:39.79
You'll get some little
hero award for being private?
00:28:39.82\00:28:42.48
No, no, no, don't suffer
alone. Ask others to join you.
00:28:42.51\00:28:45.65
Ask others to
join you in praying.
00:28:45.68\00:28:51.33
Number four, In your
suffering, ask for prayer.
00:28:51.36\00:28:54.72
All right, I'm gonna
jump up to June 15 now,
00:28:54.75\00:29:00.41
"The night has
been long and trying."
00:29:00.44\00:29:02.69
She says it over and over again,
00:29:02.72\00:29:03.97
those nights were tough.
00:29:04.00\00:29:05.82
"The night has
been long and trying.
00:29:05.85\00:29:07.34
I lay awake from half
past ten till half past two,
00:29:07.37\00:29:11.35
so full of nervous
pain that I could not rest.
00:29:11.38\00:29:13.91
But I will not repine.
00:29:13.94\00:29:16.41
Though He slay me,
yet will I trust in Him."
00:29:16.44\00:29:22.68
In fact, you know, in keeping
00:29:22.71\00:29:24.74
with that invitation in James 5,
00:29:24.77\00:29:26.85
watch this, she calls
for the elders of the church,
00:29:26.88\00:29:33.16
she calls for the pastors
to come and pray for her.
00:29:33.19\00:29:36.42
I got it right here,
00:29:36.45\00:29:38.49
"The trying, almost
sleepless night is ended.
00:29:38.52\00:29:42.28
Yesterday afternoon
Pastor Daniells and his wife,
00:29:42.31\00:29:45.18
Pastor Tenney and his
wife, and two men named
00:29:45.21\00:29:47.27
Stockton and Smith came
to our house at my request
00:29:47.30\00:29:49.72
to pray that the
Lord would heal me.
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.38
We had a most
earnest season of prayer,
00:29:51.41\00:29:53.08
and we were all much blessed.
00:29:53.11\00:29:54.79
I was relieved"
and you can tell,
00:29:54.82\00:29:56.84
she's just
wishing she could write,
00:29:56.87\00:29:59.20
"I was relieved
but not restored."
00:29:59.23\00:30:01.38
It will come up again and again,
00:30:01.41\00:30:02.53
why have I not been healed.
00:30:02.56\00:30:04.82
Some of you know what
that's all about, don't you?
00:30:04.85\00:30:07.56
I was relieved,
but not restored.
00:30:07.59\00:30:10.12
I have now done all that I can
to follow the Bible directions,
00:30:10.15\00:30:12.53
and I shall wait
for the Lord to work,
00:30:12.56\00:30:14.34
believing that in His own
good time, He will heal me."
00:30:14.37\00:30:18.64
You just keep praying.
00:30:18.67\00:30:19.70
June 17, here's
another principle that emerges,
00:30:24.10\00:30:28.54
I read this to you, all right,
careful as I turn these pages,
00:30:28.57\00:30:34.46
June 17, here it is,
00:30:34.49\00:30:40.35
all right, one more, got it.
00:30:40.38\00:30:46.61
"During the past night
I have slept but little."
00:30:46.64\00:30:50.36
Sounds like a broken record.
00:30:50.39\00:30:52.15
She isn't writing for you,
or for me, this is her diary.
00:30:52.18\00:30:56.88
"The past night I
have slept but little.
00:30:56.91\00:30:58.68
I tried to look to
Jesus, to place my hands--
00:30:58.71\00:31:01.58
to place myself rather in the
hands of the great physician.
00:31:01.61\00:31:04.49
He has said, My grace
is sufficient for thee.
00:31:04.52\00:31:07.16
The grace of Christ
leads men to speak right words
00:31:07.19\00:31:09.97
under all circumstances.
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.57
Bodily suffering is no excuse
for unchrist like actions."
00:31:11.60\00:31:16.06
That's something, you
know, when I'm not feeling well,
00:31:16.09\00:31:18.26
look at Karen, look at
everybody that I bump into,
00:31:18.29\00:31:20.79
because you're
going to hear about it.
00:31:20.82\00:31:23.31
Bodily suffering tends to
draw from us a really grouchy
00:31:23.34\00:31:27.37
and gripey spirit, doesn't it?
00:31:27.40\00:31:30.04
Isn't that
something, bodily suffering
00:31:30.07\00:31:31.42
is no excuse to I
for unchrist like words.
00:31:31.45\00:31:36.78
But isn't that something?
00:31:36.81\00:31:37.85
She says, "He
said-- He has said,
00:31:37.88\00:31:40.13
My grace is
sufficient for thee."
00:31:40.16\00:31:41.35
Let me show you where she got
that, this is Paul suffering.
00:31:41.38\00:31:44.40
The great
prophet and Apostle Paul,
00:31:44.43\00:31:45.93
2 Corinthians 12:7
00:31:45.96\00:31:47.86
"And lest I should
be exalted above measure
00:31:47.89\00:31:49.83
by the abundance
of the revelations"
00:31:49.86\00:31:51.82
he was receiving visions, all
right, that's what prophets do.
00:31:51.85\00:31:54.08
They receive visions.
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.56
"A thorn in the
flesh was given to me,
00:31:55.59\00:31:57.56
a messenger of
Satan to buffet me,
00:31:57.59\00:31:59.79
lest I be
exalted above measure."
00:31:59.82\00:32:01.98
Now watch this,
"Concerning this thing
00:32:02.01\00:32:04.22
I pleaded with the Lord
00:32:04.25\00:32:05.96
three times that it
might depart from me."
00:32:05.99\00:32:08.09
This is it, now I
lay me down to sleep,
00:32:08.12\00:32:09.94
and, oh, by the
way, heal me, God,
00:32:09.97\00:32:11.84
three of those
prayers, are you kidding?
00:32:11.87\00:32:13.19
That is to the mat,
facing the carpet with God,
00:32:13.22\00:32:15.90
I'm begging You'll heal me.
00:32:15.93\00:32:18.09
Heal me of this.
00:32:18.12\00:32:19.42
Three times,
three times I begged Him
00:32:19.45\00:32:23.96
and what did He say to me?
00:32:23.99\00:32:25.82
"My grace" that's all she wrote,
00:32:25.85\00:32:27.45
she just scribbled
this into her dairy
00:32:27.48\00:32:28.59
"My grace is sufficient for you,
00:32:28.62\00:32:31.01
for My strength is
made perfect in weakness.
00:32:31.04\00:32:33.37
Therefore--" Paul,
exclaims, "most gladly
00:32:33.40\00:32:36.51
I will rather
boast in my infirmities
00:32:36.54\00:32:38.58
and in my sicknesses
that the power of Christ
00:32:38.61\00:32:40.66
may rest upon me.
00:32:40.69\00:32:42.63
Therefore I take pleasure
in infirmities, in reproaches,
00:32:42.66\00:32:45.95
in needs, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ's sake."
00:32:45.98\00:32:49.44
Now here's the
principle "For when I am weak,
00:32:49.47\00:32:53.18
then I am strong."
00:32:53.21\00:32:54.46
Wow, how does that work?
00:32:54.49\00:32:55.90
Because when I am weak and
I can't get myself through,
00:32:55.93\00:32:58.53
I lean hard on God and
He comes shining through
00:32:58.56\00:33:01.83
'cause it isn't right anymore,
and that's what's happening.
00:33:01.86\00:33:05.68
My grace is sufficient for you.
00:33:05.71\00:33:07.05
Would you jot that down, please.
00:33:07.08\00:33:08.57
Principle number five,
there are only seven of these.
00:33:08.60\00:33:10.39
In your
suffering, trust His grace.
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.88
What did we write?
00:33:12.91\00:33:13.94
In your
suffering, give Him thanks.
00:33:13.97\00:33:16.01
In your
suffering, ask for prayer.
00:33:16.04\00:33:17.55
In your
suffering, trust His grace.
00:33:17.58\00:33:21.23
Now let me share this one,
00:33:21.26\00:33:23.21
this is June 20, so I
go few pages up to June 20.
00:33:23.24\00:33:27.37
"I slept for the
first part of the night,
00:33:27.40\00:33:29.31
but during the latter
part I could not rest.
00:33:29.34\00:33:31.22
I committed my case to the Lord,
00:33:31.25\00:33:32.95
and was comforted by the thought
00:33:32.98\00:33:34.26
that I am a subject of His care.
00:33:34.29\00:33:36.11
I do find peace
and comfort in prayer,
00:33:36.14\00:33:38.92
but I should look upon it as
a great blessing from the Lord
00:33:38.95\00:33:41.56
if I could pass from the
hours of the night in sleep."
00:33:41.59\00:33:43.87
You know what,
God, it's really great
00:33:43.90\00:33:45.74
to have some
time to pray with you,
00:33:45.77\00:33:46.80
but I would really
rather sleep than pray.
00:33:46.83\00:33:49.37
Very candid, I mean, this sleep,
00:33:51.67\00:33:54.28
this prayer thing is
gone on long enough now,
00:33:54.31\00:33:56.32
how about some rest?
00:33:56.35\00:33:58.51
That's what she's saying,
00:33:58.54\00:34:00.91
when the next time you
have a night in your bed
00:34:00.94\00:34:02.34
and go to sleep and
you are as wide awake
00:34:02.37\00:34:04.46
as you can possibly be.
00:34:04.49\00:34:06.54
Yeah, you know.
00:34:06.57\00:34:10.53
"I do find peace
and comfort in prayer,
00:34:10.56\00:34:14.39
but I should look upon it as
a great blessing from the Lord
00:34:14.42\00:34:16.39
if I could pass the
hours of the night in sleep.
00:34:16.42\00:34:17.95
These words
comfort and strengthen me.
00:34:17.98\00:34:19.62
'Be therefore renewed in
the spirit of your mind.'"
00:34:19.65\00:34:23.35
That begins in one diary entry
00:34:23.38\00:34:25.98
a series of seven
biblical quotations,
00:34:26.01\00:34:29.08
no references,
she just quotes them.
00:34:29.11\00:34:31.04
She's been
memorizing scriptures,
00:34:31.07\00:34:32.16
she scribbles
them into her dairy,
00:34:32.19\00:34:34.58
that leads us to
principle number 6.
00:34:34.61\00:34:36.39
Would you jot this down, please.
00:34:36.42\00:34:37.48
In your
suffering, read His Word.
00:34:37.51\00:34:41.20
She was saturated in the word.
00:34:41.23\00:34:42.63
She kept going back to the book,
00:34:42.66\00:34:44.06
to the Bible, to the Bible.
00:34:44.09\00:34:46.11
In your
suffering, read His word.
00:34:46.14\00:34:50.67
All right.
00:34:50.70\00:34:52.10
One, two, three, just two
more now, one last principle,
00:34:52.13\00:34:56.50
and I'm going to
June 30 to get this one,
00:34:56.53\00:34:59.78
and I read this to you, June 30.
00:34:59.81\00:35:02.45
"Another night
has nearly passed."
00:35:02.48\00:35:04.06
Remember I told
you the secretary
00:35:04.09\00:35:05.13
has typed this up and
then she went back over them
00:35:05.16\00:35:06.91
and made little emendations.
00:35:06.94\00:35:09.50
She did here, "Another
night has nearly passed"
00:35:09.53\00:35:12.35
was what she originally wrote
in her diary, then she wrote,
00:35:12.38\00:35:14.61
"Another night
of great weariness"
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.77
she scribbles that
in her handwriting--
00:35:16.80\00:35:18.34
great weariness
has nearly passed.
00:35:18.37\00:35:20.16
"Although I
continue to suffer much pain,
00:35:20.19\00:35:22.08
I know that I am
not forsaken by God."
00:35:22.11\00:35:25.75
Later, when she rereads it,
she strikes out the name God
00:35:25.78\00:35:28.62
and she writes "I know that I am
00:35:28.65\00:35:30.59
not forsaken by my Savior."
00:35:30.62\00:35:33.25
They're very personal,
intensity in this suffering
00:35:33.28\00:35:37.37
through which she journeys.
00:35:37.40\00:35:39.19
"My prayer is, Help me,
Jesus, that I may not dishonor
00:35:39.22\00:35:42.54
Thee with my lips.
00:35:42.57\00:35:43.81
Let no unkind
words be spoken by me."
00:35:43.84\00:35:48.57
Wow.
00:35:48.60\00:35:49.65
Here it comes,
here is the last entry,
00:35:49.68\00:35:51.97
that I'm reading to you.
00:35:52.00\00:35:53.30
This is July 15,
00:35:53.33\00:35:57.52
"The Lord has brought
me through another night.
00:35:57.55\00:36:02.41
I did not sleep well.
00:36:02.44\00:36:05.69
The weather this
winter" remember in July,
00:36:05.72\00:36:08.50
it's winter in Australia,
00:36:08.53\00:36:10.38
summer here, but
winter down there.
00:36:10.41\00:36:12.42
The weather this winter
has not been unpleasant,
00:36:12.45\00:36:14.76
but the air is very penetrating,
00:36:14.79\00:36:16.58
and I cannot manage
to keep comfortably warm
00:36:16.61\00:36:18.75
in these high rooms,"
apparently high ceilings
00:36:18.78\00:36:20.70
"with only a grate fire."
00:36:20.73\00:36:21.96
Little fire in the grate,
"I have had two severe chills,
00:36:21.99\00:36:24.88
and this has greatly
increased the lameness
00:36:24.91\00:36:26.44
in my shoulders and hips."
00:36:26.47\00:36:27.68
Listen, "But
notwithstanding this,
00:36:27.71\00:36:30.03
I was able to
spend most of yesterday
00:36:30.06\00:36:32.30
writing on the life of Christ."
00:36:32.33\00:36:34.82
Now may I hit the
pause button right here
00:36:34.85\00:36:36.64
in this little interjection,
00:36:36.67\00:36:41.41
one of the profound gifts
of God through Ellen White
00:36:41.44\00:36:44.92
as a result of this
intense season of suffering
00:36:44.95\00:36:48.03
was the eventual
completion of her magnum opus
00:36:48.06\00:36:51.05
entitled The Desire Of Ages.
00:36:51.08\00:36:53.66
The greatest book,
bar none, that I have read
00:36:53.69\00:36:56.69
on the life of
Jesus and George Barna
00:36:56.72\00:36:58.56
when he surveys his clergy,
00:36:58.59\00:37:01.30
the Christian
demographer discovers that 40
00:37:01.33\00:37:03.79
and under clergy
list Ellen White as one--
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.76
all denominations by the way,
00:37:06.79\00:37:08.41
40 and under
clergy list Ellen White
00:37:08.44\00:37:10.54
as one of
theauthors they turn to,
00:37:10.57\00:37:13.15
amazing and I know,
it's the book Desire Of Ages.
00:37:13.18\00:37:16.62
Classic, next time
you and I are together,
00:37:16.65\00:37:19.70
it will be an
opportunity to get that book.
00:37:19.73\00:37:22.97
So here she is,
intense suffering
00:37:23.00\00:37:26.19
but could it be
that through her own pain
00:37:26.22\00:37:28.25
the divine suffering
and passion of her Lord
00:37:28.28\00:37:30.22
was refracted.
00:37:30.25\00:37:34.27
Could it be the
Desire Of Ages has become
00:37:34.30\00:37:36.66
the inspirational
classic that it has
00:37:36.69\00:37:41.74
because of this season,
00:37:41.77\00:37:44.04
the suffering in
the life of the author,
00:37:44.07\00:37:47.01
one wonders.
00:37:47.04\00:37:49.25
So she writes here
but not withstanding this,
00:37:49.28\00:37:51.36
"By suffering I was able
to spend most of yesterday
00:37:51.39\00:37:53.14
writing on the life of Christ."
00:37:53.17\00:37:54.38
Now listen to this, this
is the principle number seven,
00:37:54.41\00:37:56.85
"I praise the Lord because I
feel a nearness to my Savior.
00:37:56.88\00:38:00.86
My faith feeds on
the rich promises of God,
00:38:00.89\00:38:03.50
which are full of
comfort and hope."
00:38:03.53\00:38:05.10
And then she starts singing,
00:38:05.13\00:38:06.48
how do we know
she started singing
00:38:06.51\00:38:08.05
because with her pen,
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.33
it was all
fountain pens back then,
00:38:09.36\00:38:10.55
with her pen,
00:38:10.58\00:38:11.61
she starts writing the
words of Charles Wesley,
00:38:11.64\00:38:13.99
remember, she grew up
in the Methodist Church.
00:38:14.02\00:38:16.49
Charles Wesley, the
beloved hymn writer,
00:38:16.52\00:38:18.95
she starts writing, you
can see that pen scratching
00:38:18.98\00:38:21.09
across the parchment.
00:38:21.12\00:38:22.39
"Jesus, lover of my soul
00:38:22.42\00:38:25.98
Let me to Thy bosom fly
00:38:26.01\00:38:28.67
While the billows near me roll
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.52
While the tempest still is high
00:38:30.55\00:38:32.77
Hide me, O my Savior, hide!
00:38:32.80\00:38:35.33
Till the storm of life is past
00:38:35.36\00:38:37.89
Safe into the haven guide
00:38:37.92\00:38:39.93
O, receive my soul at last
00:38:39.96\00:38:42.48
You know when I learn a
hymn, I'll get the first stanza,
00:38:42.51\00:38:44.84
everything else is gone.
00:38:44.87\00:38:46.20
I don't know any other stanzas.
00:38:46.23\00:38:48.05
She breaks out
into the second stanza,
00:38:48.08\00:38:49.36
she keeps writing.
00:38:49.39\00:38:50.42
Other refuge have I none
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee,
00:38:50.45\00:38:55.51
Leave, O leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me
00:38:55.54\00:39:00.19
All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring
00:39:00.22\00:39:05.32
Cover my defenseless head,
With the shadow of Thy wing
00:39:05.35\00:39:12.51
The memorized
words of Charles Wesley
00:39:12.54\00:39:15.73
entered into her diary,
00:39:15.76\00:39:17.63
there it is, principle number 7,
00:39:17.66\00:39:19.15
jot it down, In your
suffering, sing His praise.
00:39:19.18\00:39:24.40
Sing His praise.
00:39:24.43\00:39:26.69
Start singing when
you're feeling the worst,
00:39:26.72\00:39:29.69
start singing, and see
if the spirit of Christ
00:39:29.72\00:39:33.09
doesn't begin
to leave, leave you
00:39:33.12\00:39:39.04
higher than the pain
that has been your focus.
00:39:39.07\00:39:42.97
But interestingly as
soon as she's finished singing
00:39:43.00\00:39:45.27
this Hymn into her
diary, she pens this line up.
00:39:45.30\00:39:47.13
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:39:47.16\00:39:48.35
"My whole being
longs after the Lord.
00:39:48.38\00:39:51.58
I am not content to be satisfied
00:39:51.61\00:39:53.17
with occasional
flashes of light.
00:39:53.20\00:39:55.76
I must have more."
00:39:55.79\00:39:57.54
My whole being
longs after the Lord.
00:39:57.57\00:39:59.54
Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:39:59.57\00:40:00.60
I think it was a
time ago, or two,
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.30
that you and I know the
Jesus principle by their fruits,
00:40:02.33\00:40:07.64
you know, by their fruits.
00:40:07.67\00:40:12.04
You will know,
how should I suffer,
00:40:12.07\00:40:14.77
how did she put it?
00:40:14.80\00:40:15.83
My whole being
longs after the Lord.
00:40:15.86\00:40:18.21
I must have more,
00:40:18.24\00:40:20.24
that's how you suffer
through your suffering.
00:40:20.27\00:40:23.62
You do it with Jesus.
00:40:23.65\00:40:27.08
Won't you sit back.
00:40:29.26\00:40:30.39
Choir has a very
special, moving arrangement
00:40:30.42\00:40:34.36
of an old gospel hymn.
00:40:34.39\00:40:35.47
I want you to listen to this.
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.83
"There's not a
Friend like the lowly Jesus:
00:40:37.86\00:40:40.97
No, not one! No, not one!
00:40:41.00\00:40:43.56
None else could heal
all our souls' diseases.
00:40:43.59\00:40:49.10
No, not one! No, not one!"
00:40:49.13\00:40:51.59
There's not a
Friend like the lowly Jesus
00:41:07.72\00:41:12.98
No, not one!
00:41:13.01\00:41:15.83
No, not one
00:41:15.86\00:41:19.29
None else could heal
all our souls' diseases
00:41:19.32\00:41:25.11
No, not one!
00:41:25.14\00:41:27.92
No, not one
00:41:27.95\00:41:31.76
Jesus knows all
about our struggles
00:41:31.79\00:41:37.30
He will guide
till the day is done
00:41:37.33\00:41:43.26
There's not a
Friend like the lowly Jesus
00:41:43.29\00:41:49.14
No, not one!
00:41:49.17\00:41:52.28
No, not one
00:41:52.31\00:41:55.06
There's not an hour
that He is not near us
00:41:59.18\00:42:05.39
No, not one!
00:42:05.42\00:42:08.36
No, not one
00:42:08.39\00:42:12.45
No night so dark,
but His love can cheer us
00:42:12.48\00:42:18.56
No, not one!
00:42:18.59\00:42:21.71
No, not one
00:42:21.75\00:42:25.88
Jesus knows all
about our struggles
00:42:25.91\00:42:31.79
He will guide
till the day is done
00:42:31.82\00:42:38.22
There's not a
Friend like the lowly Jesus
00:42:38.25\00:42:44.48
No, not one!
00:42:44.51\00:42:47.61
No, not one
00:42:47.64\00:42:50.91
Did ever saint find
this Friend forsake him
00:42:53.95\00:42:59.80
No, not one!
00:42:59.83\00:43:02.93
No, not one
00:43:02.96\00:43:06.36
Or sinner find that
He would not take him
00:43:06.39\00:43:12.59
No, not one!
00:43:12.62\00:43:15.69
No, not one
00:43:15.72\00:43:19.68
Jesus knows all
about our struggles
00:43:19.71\00:43:25.76
He will guide
till the day is done
00:43:25.79\00:43:32.66
There's not a
Friend like the lowly Jesus
00:43:32.69\00:43:39.50
No, not one!
00:43:39.53\00:43:44.08
No, not one.
00:43:44.11\00:43:48.58
What gift can we bring
00:45:04.29\00:45:08.45
What present, what token
00:45:08.48\00:45:13.30
What words can convey it
00:45:13.33\00:45:17.44
The joy of this day
00:45:17.47\00:45:22.12
When grateful we come
00:45:22.15\00:45:26.70
Remembering, rejoicing
00:45:26.73\00:45:30.94
What song can we offer
00:45:30.97\00:45:35.65
In honor and praise
00:45:35.68\00:45:40.93
Give thanks for the past
00:45:45.00\00:45:48.66
For those who had vision
00:45:48.69\00:45:52.48
Who planted and watered
00:45:52.51\00:45:56.27
So dreams could come true
00:45:56.30\00:46:00.32
Give thanks for the now
00:46:00.35\00:46:04.35
For study, for worship
00:46:04.38\00:46:08.55
For mission that bids us
00:46:08.58\00:46:12.57
Turn prayer into deed
00:46:12.60\00:46:16.04
Give thanks for our friends
00:46:20.69\00:46:24.65
For families and strangers
00:46:24.68\00:46:28.44
For all those who touch us
00:46:28.47\00:46:32.62
In numberless ways
00:46:32.65\00:46:35.16
With token of love
00:46:35.19\00:46:40.41
Affection and caring
00:46:40.44\00:46:44.47
Reflecting their Maker
00:46:44.50\00:46:48.36
In deeds larger and small
00:46:48.39\00:46:52.04
Give thanks for tomorrow
00:46:56.28\00:47:00.38
Full of surprises
00:47:00.41\00:47:04.41
For knowing whatever
00:47:04.44\00:47:08.24
Tomorrow may bring
00:47:08.27\00:47:12.28
God gives us His Word
00:47:12.31\00:47:16.41
That always, forever
00:47:16.44\00:47:20.43
We rest in God's keeping
00:47:20.46\00:47:24.32
And live in God's love
00:47:24.35\00:47:27.66
This gift we now bring
00:47:32.51\00:47:36.44
This present, this token
00:47:36.47\00:47:40.41
These words can convey it
00:47:40.44\00:47:44.46
The joy of this day
00:47:44.49\00:47:48.35
When grateful we come
00:47:48.38\00:47:52.52
Remembering, rejoicing
00:47:52.55\00:47:56.62
This song we now offer
00:47:56.65\00:48:00.66
In honor and praise!
00:48:00.69\00:48:03.85
To God be the glory
00:50:37.50\00:50:41.01
Great things He hath done
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.04
So loved He the world that
00:50:44.07\00:50:47.33
He gave us His Son
00:50:47.36\00:50:50.56
Who yielded His life an
00:50:50.59\00:50:53.67
Atonement for sin
00:50:53.70\00:50:56.85
And opened the life gate
00:50:56.88\00:51:00.33
That all may go in
00:51:00.36\00:51:02.99
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
00:51:03.02\00:51:06.66
Let the earth hear His voice
00:51:06.69\00:51:09.84
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
00:51:09.87\00:51:13.05
Let the people rejoice
00:51:13.08\00:51:16.32
O, come to the Father
00:51:16.35\00:51:19.59
Through Jesus the Son
00:51:19.62\00:51:22.17
And give Him the glory
00:51:22.20\00:51:25.99
Great things He hath done
00:51:26.02\00:51:31.04
Great things He hath taught us
00:51:31.07\00:51:34.24
Great things He hath done
00:51:34.27\00:51:37.75
And great our rejoicing
00:51:37.78\00:51:40.82
Through Jesus the Son
00:51:40.85\00:51:43.72
But purer, and higher
00:51:43.75\00:51:46.59
And greater will be
00:51:46.62\00:51:50.11
Our wonder, our transport
00:51:50.14\00:51:53.51
When Jesus we see
00:51:53.54\00:51:57.15
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
00:51:57.18\00:52:00.86
Let the earth hear His voice
00:52:00.89\00:52:04.10
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
00:52:04.13\00:52:07.36
Let the people rejoice
00:52:07.39\00:52:10.86
O, come to the Father
00:52:10.89\00:52:14.13
Through Jesus the Son
00:52:14.16\00:52:17.47
And give Him the glory
00:52:17.50\00:52:21.07
Great things He hath done
00:52:21.10\00:52:24.58
Praise God, from
whom all blessings flow
00:52:42.64\00:52:48.80
Praise Him, all
creatures here below
00:52:48.83\00:52:55.40
Praise Him
above, ye heavenly host
00:52:55.43\00:53:02.30
Praise Father,
Son, and the Holy Ghost
00:53:02.33\00:53:09.99
Amen.
00:53:12.55\00:53:17.53
Now thank we all our God
00:53:46.63\00:53:51.58
With heart and hands and voices
00:53:51.61\00:53:57.49
Who wondrous things hath done
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In whom His world rejoices
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Who, from our mothers' arms
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Hath blessed us on our way
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With countless gifts of love
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And still is ours today
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O may this bounteous God
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Through all our life be near us
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With ever joyful hearts
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And blessed peace to cheer us
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And keep us in His grace
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And guide us when perplexed
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And free us from all ills
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In this world and the next
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All praise and thanks to God
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The Father now be given
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The Son and Him who reigns
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With them in highest heaven
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The One eternal God
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Whom earth and heaven adore
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For thus it was, is now
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And shall be evermore
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But my God shall
supply all your need
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according to his riches
in glory by Christ Jesus.
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Now unto God and our Father
be glory forever and ever.
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Amen.
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God in three persons
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Blessed Trinity!
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Holy!
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The title became a
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Steps to Christ,
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walking beside you
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