Please sing it again with me.
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Praise God, from whom
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All blessings flow
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Praise Him all creatures
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Here below
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Praise Him above
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ye heavenly host
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Praise Father, Son
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And Holy Ghost
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Amen
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Now thank we all our God
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With heart and hands and voices
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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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Well, good
morning, boys and girls.
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Good to see all of you
on this Sabbath after--
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what was the--
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what is it we were
celebrating this week?
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What was it? Thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving, the
Sabbath after Thanksgiving.
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It's nice to see you in
church at a holiday weekend,
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nice to have visiting
family and visiting guests.
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It's always nice to have
you, of course and good to see.
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We don't normally
have a children's story
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in second church
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but because the
college kids are gone
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we'll sneak one in
here, don't you tell them.
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I got the perfect
story to share with you
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and I just
learned it last weekend.
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We had the privilege of being
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out in the
middle of the Atlantic
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on a little rock in
the middle of the Atlantic
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named Bermuda.
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Ever heard of Bermuda?
Ever heard of Bermuda shorts?
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They are from Bermuda.
Ever heard of Bermuda grass?
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It's from Bermuda.
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So Karen and I flew
over there for island wide
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revival weekend.
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And when I got there I
learn-- oh, I learned history
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and I said, I have got
to meet the famous man.
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I'll tell you about
him in just a moment
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but let me just
show you a picture too.
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You look right at the screen
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and I'll show you
picture to of Bermuda.
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What is Bermuda?
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It's just a tiny little island,
just about 23 miles long.
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And at its widest point--
can you see it on the screen?
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You can look over here.
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At its widest point
it's only three miles wide.
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So it's just a-- kind
of a-- shape like a curly Q
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out in the
middle of the Atlantic,
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beautiful island.
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And look at the flowers
that are grown over here.
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Let's take a look. Oh.
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I think that's a
Bird of Paradise plant.
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Beautiful flower, just growing
along the side of the road.
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Let's look at another one.
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What's the next? Oh, yeah.
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Do you see, there are
a lot of little islands
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that make up the
nation of Bermuda.
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Now Bermuda is-- have
you ever heard of Britain,
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Great Britain?
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Ever heard of
the United Kingdom?
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Have you heard of it?
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Okay, this is one of
their colonies, the last colony.
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This is the last one.
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This belongs to Great Britain.
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I'll show you
that in just a moment.
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Okay.
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Oh, take a look
at the city tower
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in the Hamilton--
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Hamilton town center,
that's the capital of Bermuda.
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Most city towers
have clocks on them
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but look very
closely at that tower
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because the tower
has a compass on it.
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You know what a compass?
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Compass points-- what
direction does a compass point?
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North.
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South. East.
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Oh, you know a compass.
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And this compass is hooked
up to the wind vane at the top.
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Do you see the
wind vane at the top?
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And when the wind
turns that little wind vane
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the hand on the
compass points the direction
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that the wind is coming from.
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Because when you are out
in the middle of the Atlantic
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and you have no where to go
and you are stuck on the island
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you need to know where
that wind is coming from.
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Because they get
huge hurricanes there,
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so they are very careful.
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Next picture, please.
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Oh, what's that picture of?
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Oh, that's the
big Hamilton church.
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That's the main
church. And notice the colors.
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I want you to see the colors.
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See the nice
yellow pastel color.
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Let's see the next picture
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because there's
the conference office.
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Oh, nice pastel
pink, I like that.
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Very nice.
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And before I show you I
need to show you this BMW.
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See, this is a car.
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You know that car? Okay.
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Look where the license plate is,
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look where the license plate is.
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What do you see there
instead of the license plate?
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A crown A crown. That's right.
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If you see a car
with a silver crown on it
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and no license plate,
it belongs to the queen,
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they're in the service of
Queen Elizabeth II, you see.
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There is still a colony,
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so the queen is
still their monarch.
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But they think-- they consider
themselves British Americans
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because there's a
lot of Americans there
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plus Britishers.
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So there you got that.
Now look at the colors.
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Oh, look at that,
little blue, little purple.
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You see, all the houses are
in pastel, little bit of pink.
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Let's look at another one.
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Oh, blue and yellow.
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Let's do a close
up on the yellow.
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Oh, that's a church.
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And I'm thinking we ought to
paint Pioneer a bright yellow
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so all the students on campus
will know where the church is.
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You go to the
big yellow building.
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Look, isn't that
something? Isn't that pretty?
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Oh, that's beautiful.
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Okay, now I want to
tell you about somebody,
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most famous person in Bermuda.
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They told me about him,
they told Karen, they said,
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"Oh, if you are
lucky you get to meet him."
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His picture is
taken by more people
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than any other face in Bermuda.
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He's known the whole world over.
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I want to tell you his
story because it's perfect
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for the Sabbath
after Thanksgiving.
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His name is
Johnny. Yeah, Johnny.
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Anybody here, any
boys here name Johnny?
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Yeah, just-- oh, I got
two or three, four, five.
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Good, that's a
great name, isn't it?
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Yeah. Hallelujah.
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You just want to
see yourself on TV,
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that's what you are
doing, waving at the screen.
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All right, so his name
is Johnny, Johnny Barnes.
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Oh, I said, can-- when I
heard the story I said, can we--
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do we get to meet Johnny Barnes?
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He said, if you are
good, if you are good.
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You know what happened?
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Back in 1972, was
that before you were born?
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Oh, that's a long time ago?
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1972, back in 1972,
bus driver Johnny Barnes
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woke up one morning
and he said, you know,
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hey, I need to do
something for Jesus.
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I am just always just
taking care of my life,
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I am driving the city
bus but I want to do--
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I am so thankful for
what Jesus has done for me.
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I want to do something for Him.
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And he got an idea.
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So the next morning
he woke up at 2 o'clock,
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had his breakfast,
packed a little nap sack
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and he said, I'm going.
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And he went downtown to Hamilton
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because the traffic starts
about 5:00 in the morning.
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And at 4:45 in the
morning he took a little--
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he found a little
space and said, okay,
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I am gong to stand
right here, perfect
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because they have in Bermuda
what are called circuses.
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Now that's not a
thing that has animals.
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You know the tent with animals.
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A circus is a circle.
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We have a circle right out
here in front of the church.
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You know a circle, you
drive around the circle.
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They call it circus.
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So he said, I will
stand right around here
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by the traffic circus
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and when the car start coming by
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I know what I am gonna do.
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And that very
first morning he did.
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Here comes the first car, okay.
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Okay, Johnny, he said
to himself let's do it now.
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And he waved.
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He just waved.
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Hi. Bye.
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Next car came, he said, oh,
I got to be braver than that.
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So he waved a little harder.
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The next car came he
said, I got to say something.
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So he called, good morning.
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He did that for a whole
hour, just wave at the cars
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that went by, just good morning.
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God loves you!
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People are
driving by like, what?
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Who is this nut?
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And they drove
on. But guess what?
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The next morning
Johnny says, I am going back.
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And the next
morning he's standing
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right on his spot, right here.
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Five o'clock in the
morning comes, he waves.
00:15:08.28\00:15:12.41
He blew them kisses,
now he got real brave.
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I love you, he said.
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People thought this is
strange, who is this guy
00:15:18.32\00:15:21.45
that's waving
at us when we dive?
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The next morning he was there.
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The next morning he was there.
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Do you know
what, boys and girls?
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Listen to this, he
has been doing that
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every morning since 1972.
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He gets up every
morning at 2 o'clock.
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He's 85 years old right now.
00:15:38.14\00:15:40.67
He get's up at 2 o'clock,
his wife makes him breakfast,
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he packs his
little bag, he goes down
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and he waves and he smiles
00:15:45.29\00:15:47.90
and he yells,
"God loves you, sir!"
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And the people
started responding to him,
00:15:50.95\00:15:54.52
they started looking for,
00:15:54.55\00:15:55.62
I can hardly wait
to get down that circus
00:15:55.65\00:15:57.62
and let wave, Hey, Johnny.
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Hey, you, man,
Johnny, how are you?
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They yell out day after--
in fact, one day, one day
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after several years of
this Johnny wasn't there.
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He did not show
up and the newspaper
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the very next
morning with the headlines,
00:16:13.92\00:16:15.64
"Where is Johnny?"
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It's true.
00:16:17.98\00:16:19.47
He was in the hospital,
got a little bit of flu.
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The hospital was
flooded with flowers
00:16:22.49\00:16:24.87
from all over the island.
00:16:24.90\00:16:26.95
As that's Johnny Barnes,
00:16:26.98\00:16:29.23
he's now known
as the most famous--
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the most famous
Bermudian in the world.
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They call him the
friendliest man in the world.
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I want to put
his picture up here.
00:16:38.67\00:16:40.53
I want to put his
picture up-- Oh, there he is.
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There he is.
00:16:44.47\00:16:46.98
Look at him, we drove by,
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I said, I have
to meet this Johnny.
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I have to meet
this Johnny Barnes.
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He was at the spot.
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And now, boys and
girls, he goes there--
00:16:52.80\00:16:54.64
he starts at 5
o'clock in the morning
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and everyday he
goes for five hours
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and he's 85 years old.
00:16:58.91\00:17:00.87
Look at him standing by
that circus and saying, "Hi.
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God loves you."
00:17:05.94\00:17:07.61
Now this is true,
while we were there
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because Karen and I want to
get our picture taken with him.
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While we were there
a motorcyclist came up
00:17:11.86\00:17:14.50
with his motorcycle helmet on,
00:17:14.53\00:17:16.44
because in Bermuda
the tourist can't--
00:17:16.47\00:17:19.12
they don't rent
cars to tourists,
00:17:19.15\00:17:20.45
they only rent
little motor scooters
00:17:20.48\00:17:22.35
and the maximum
speed on the island is 35km
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which is slower than you
drive on Andrew's campus.
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And so it's very slow,
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it's less than
25 miles and hour.
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And so here comes
this-- he's an American,
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big old American comes up
on this little tiny motorbike.
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He puts his motorbike
on the side of the road,
00:17:37.30\00:17:38.78
takes his helmet off,
comes walking across the road.
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He says, I am a
businessman from Miami
00:17:41.44\00:17:43.92
and I've been here for two weeks
00:17:43.95\00:17:45.87
and Johnny I just had to
get my picture taken with you.
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And he handed me
his camera and said,
00:17:48.45\00:17:49.48
hey, will you take a
picture of me with this man?
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I said, I'll be so glad to.
00:17:51.59\00:17:55.57
And let me tell you something,
this man has become so popular,
00:17:55.60\00:18:01.57
the friendliest
Bermudian in the world.
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But you know what,
we really know him as
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in the church where I was at,
00:18:07.56\00:18:10.27
all those
churches that got together,
00:18:10.30\00:18:11.49
do you know what he's called?
00:18:11.52\00:18:12.56
The friendliest
Adventist in the world.
00:18:12.59\00:18:16.56
He's a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian
00:18:16.59\00:18:18.27
and he's out there
everyday for five hours
00:18:18.30\00:18:21.44
saying, "God loves you."
00:18:21.47\00:18:23.33
Is that a lot of hard
work to have to do that,
00:18:23.36\00:18:25.78
just to say, God loves
you to people driving by?
00:18:25.81\00:18:27.86
"God loves you. I love you."
00:18:27.89\00:18:30.16
People stop, he
has prayed with people.
00:18:30.19\00:18:32.87
He has done that since 1972.
00:18:32.90\00:18:35.04
Now, one last part of the story,
00:18:35.07\00:18:36.80
so the Americans who
come there, the tourists,
00:18:36.83\00:18:39.25
oh, they said, they--
everybody loves Johnny Barnes.
00:18:39.28\00:18:41.97
And so a group of
Americans got together
00:18:42.00\00:18:43.53
and they went to the cabinet,
00:18:43.56\00:18:45.49
they went to
the cabinet officers
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of the Bermudian parliament
00:18:47.48\00:18:49.17
and they said, we
have a proposal to make,
00:18:49.20\00:18:50.95
we want to build a statue
in honor of Johnny Barnes.
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They raised a $100,000.
00:18:54.38\00:18:56.45
And let's see that
statue on the big screen.
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Look at that.
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There he is, it's
called the spirit of Bermuda,
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all because a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian man
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who was a bus driver said,
00:19:09.20\00:19:10.79
I can go to work a little early
00:19:10.82\00:19:12.71
and I can wave
at people going by.
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Do you have to
do something fancy
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for Jesus to make a mark?
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No.
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When you are thankful to Jesus
00:19:19.41\00:19:20.44
He has done
something special for you,
00:19:20.47\00:19:22.01
can you do
something special for Him?
00:19:22.04\00:19:24.78
But of course, so
everybody, last picture,
00:19:24.81\00:19:27.48
everybody wants to
get their picture taken
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besides Johnny Barnes.
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Hey, here's my
thanksgiving question,
00:19:33.75\00:19:35.40
question number one,
00:19:35.43\00:19:36.98
do we have a whole lot to
be thankful for the Jesus?
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For one hand, if
we have a whole lot
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to be thankful to Jesus for.
00:19:42.60\00:19:44.41
Oh, my.
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Do we, do we, do we?
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Okay. Other hand.
00:19:47.23\00:19:48.58
Now watch this.
Don't put up yet.
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Other hand, how
many want to take
00:19:50.69\00:19:53.22
the simple little acts of life
00:19:53.25\00:19:56.11
and show our gratitude to Jesus
00:19:56.14\00:19:58.70
by being a friend to others?
00:19:58.73\00:20:02.01
Put your other hand up.
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Oh, we want to,
just like Johnny Barnes.
00:20:03.52\00:20:06.09
They'll never
make a statue for us
00:20:06.12\00:20:08.11
but we can still make
a difference for Jesus.
00:20:08.14\00:20:10.85
Aren't you glad?
00:20:10.88\00:20:12.05
Oh, let's close our
eyes and let's talk to Jesus.
00:20:12.08\00:20:14.11
Jesus, oh, this is
such a beautiful story,
00:20:14.14\00:20:17.01
85-year-old man and
there he is just telling people
00:20:17.04\00:20:20.94
that You love them and
that he loves them too.
00:20:20.97\00:20:25.35
Oh, we raised our
hands because we have so much
00:20:25.38\00:20:27.42
for which to be thankful
this thanksgiving weekend.
00:20:27.45\00:20:29.66
And we quickly raised
our other hand, Jesus,
00:20:29.69\00:20:31.85
because like Johnny Barnes
00:20:31.88\00:20:33.69
we want to take the
simple little acts of life
00:20:33.72\00:20:38.09
and make a difference for You.
00:20:38.12\00:20:40.21
Shine through
these boys and girls
00:20:40.24\00:20:42.48
all over this community.
00:20:42.51\00:20:44.33
We pray in your name, amen.
00:20:44.36\00:20:48.01
As you go quietly and
revelry back to your seats
00:20:48.04\00:20:50.68
you can say that in your heart,
00:20:50.71\00:20:51.76
Jesus, I want to
be just like Johnny,
00:20:51.79\00:20:55.03
the friendliest friend
in all of Barring Springs.
00:20:55.06\00:21:00.18
I invite you to
turn n your bulletin
00:21:04.05\00:21:06.93
where we will read responsively.
00:21:06.96\00:21:10.41
The word this morning
00:21:10.44\00:21:11.99
is taken from
Deuteronomy 8:10-18,
00:21:12.02\00:21:16.71
"When you have
eaten and are full,
00:21:20.10\00:21:23.21
then you shall bless the
Lord your God for the good land
00:21:23.24\00:21:27.07
which He has given you.
00:21:27.10\00:21:29.57
Beware that you do not
forget the Lord your God
00:21:29.60\00:21:34.52
by not keeping His commandments,
00:21:34.55\00:21:37.54
His judgments, and His statutes,
00:21:37.57\00:21:40.52
which I command you today,
00:21:40.55\00:21:43.44
lest when you have
eaten and are full,
00:21:43.47\00:21:46.03
and have built beautiful
houses, and dwell in them,
00:21:46.06\00:21:49.69
and when your herds
and your flocks multiply,
00:21:49.72\00:21:53.33
and your silver and
your gold are multiplied,
00:21:53.36\00:21:57.10
and all that you
have is multiplied,
00:21:57.13\00:22:00.71
then you shall say in your heart
00:22:00.74\00:22:03.63
'My power and
the might of my hand
00:22:03.66\00:22:07.33
have gained me this wealth.'
00:22:07.36\00:22:10.06
You shall
remember the Lord your God
00:22:10.09\00:22:13.14
for it is He who
gives power to get wealth
00:22:13.17\00:22:17.40
and He may
establish His covenant
00:22:17.43\00:22:19.97
which He swore to your
fathers, as it is this day.'"
00:22:20.00\00:22:24.85
Let all things now
living a song of thanksgiving
00:22:54.05\00:23:00.70
To God the
creator triumphantly raise
00:23:00.73\00:23:07.50
Who fashioned and made
us, protected and stayed us
00:23:07.53\00:23:14.02
Who guideth us
onto the end of our days
00:23:14.05\00:23:21.01
His banners are o'er us
His light goes before us
00:23:21.04\00:23:27.88
A pillar of fire
shining forth in the night
00:23:27.91\00:23:35.30
Till shadows have vanished
and darkness is banished
00:23:35.33\00:23:41.65
As forward we travel
00:23:41.68\00:23:44.98
From light into light
00:23:45.01\00:23:51.20
His law He enforces
The stars in their courses
00:23:51.23\00:23:57.82
The sun in His
orbit obediently shine
00:23:57.85\00:24:04.83
The hills and the mountains
The rivers and fountains
00:24:04.86\00:24:11.65
The deeps of the
ocean proclaim Him divine
00:24:11.68\00:24:18.59
We too should be
voicing our love and rejoicing
00:24:18.62\00:24:25.78
With glad
adoration a song let us raise
00:24:25.81\00:24:32.82
Till all things now
living unite in thanksgiving
00:24:32.85\00:24:39.69
To God in the
highest hosanna and praise
00:24:39.72\00:24:47.69
And so, Holy
Father, we raise to You
00:24:52.26\00:24:55.93
a song of Thanksgiving,
a hymn of our gratitude.
00:24:55.96\00:25:02.64
Given all that you have done
00:25:02.67\00:25:07.76
and all that we have,
00:25:07.79\00:25:11.56
how than shall we
keep this spirit going?
00:25:11.59\00:25:17.43
Teach us this morning
00:25:17.46\00:25:19.40
through Christ
Jesus our Lord, amen.
00:25:19.43\00:25:24.96
I can't think of better text
00:25:24.99\00:25:28.79
to share on the
Sabbath after Thanksgiving
00:25:28.82\00:25:32.84
than this one, we
read it just a moment ago.
00:25:32.87\00:25:35.08
"When you have
eaten and are full."
00:25:35.11\00:25:37.49
Hallelujah.
00:25:37.52\00:25:40.01
Are you as full as you look?
00:25:40.04\00:25:42.59
You look great, you look great.
00:25:42.62\00:25:44.99
Anybody want to
know how much America
00:25:45.02\00:25:47.36
ate this Thanksgiving?
00:25:47.39\00:25:50.39
Obviously the
numbers are not all in yet.
00:25:50.42\00:25:53.79
But a
preliminary estimate reveals
00:25:53.82\00:25:59.62
that in 2007, 272
million turkeys have been raised
00:25:59.65\00:26:07.39
and trust me they're
not for household pets.
00:26:07.42\00:26:10.90
Yes, by the way
it does not make us
00:26:10.93\00:26:12.63
the highest turkey
consuming nation on earth.
00:26:12.66\00:26:15.48
I heard just this last
week, Israel is the highest
00:26:15.51\00:26:19.03
per capita
consuming nation on earth
00:26:19.06\00:26:20.80
for they do not
eat pork, wise people.
00:26:20.83\00:26:25.88
I tried to find
how many veggie turkeys
00:26:25.91\00:26:27.82
were raised this last year.
00:26:27.85\00:26:30.27
Barely you don't raise
those, you just cook them.
00:26:30.30\00:26:32.36
I did see somebody
speak-- this is true,
00:26:32.39\00:26:34.30
they now have a Tofurky,
00:26:34.33\00:26:38.12
it's in the shape of the
turkey but it's all tofu.
00:26:38.15\00:26:39.81
Is that what you had, isn't so?
00:26:39.84\00:26:43.64
Another popular
Thanksgiving staple
00:26:43.67\00:26:45.16
is cranberry production.
00:26:45.19\00:26:46.22
You had cranberry didn't you?
00:26:46.25\00:26:47.49
Oh, we had cranberry, 690
million pounds of cranberry
00:26:47.52\00:26:53.22
grown in the
United States this year.
00:26:53.25\00:26:55.52
Here's another one, pumpkins.
00:26:55.55\00:26:58.55
Did you have pumpkin?
00:26:58.58\00:26:59.73
Something with
pumpkin in it? Yeah.
00:26:59.76\00:27:01.42
You know, I never told you this
00:27:01.45\00:27:02.84
but all the years
we had our kids at home
00:27:02.87\00:27:04.62
and all those jack
lanterns and all the pumpkins
00:27:04.65\00:27:06.41
on the on the front doorstep.
00:27:06.44\00:27:08.04
We've been throwing
them out in the back,
00:27:08.07\00:27:09.10
just the compost pile of
00:27:09.13\00:27:10.16
throwing them
out, throwing them out.
00:27:10.19\00:27:11.22
This year for the first time a--
00:27:11.25\00:27:12.93
on its own a
massive pumping grew
00:27:12.96\00:27:15.95
right in the back
corner of our yard.
00:27:15.98\00:27:17.88
We got on our front door
step, if you want to swing by.
00:27:17.91\00:27:22.36
Pumpkins this year, one
billion pounds of pumpkins
00:27:22.39\00:27:26.37
in America.
00:27:26.40\00:27:27.95
And finally you did have
sweet potatoes, didn't you?
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.67
Sweet potatoes,
1.6 billion pounds.
00:27:30.70\00:27:33.53
Ladies and gentlemen, America
has eaten very well this year,
00:27:33.56\00:27:36.16
wouldn't you say?
00:27:36.19\00:27:37.98
How much of that
food did not get eaten.
00:27:38.01\00:27:41.56
I eaten, did it all get eaten?
00:27:41.59\00:27:42.79
Nope.
00:27:42.82\00:27:45.31
According to
Tim Jones, professor
00:27:45.34\00:27:47.08
of applied anthropology
at the University of Arizona,
00:27:47.11\00:27:50.58
who has spent 10 years
going through American garbage.
00:27:50.61\00:27:52.90
How its like that to be
a professional expertise?
00:27:52.93\00:27:56.51
I heard, he was
interviewed on NPR,
00:27:56.54\00:27:58.60
from the farm to
the store to the table
00:27:58.63\00:28:00.66
nearly one-half
of America's food
00:28:00.69\00:28:03.21
never gets eaten.
00:28:03.24\00:28:06.11
Fifty billion dollars
worth of food every year
00:28:06.14\00:28:08.74
we Americans throw
away from brown bananas
00:28:08.77\00:28:13.96
and I'm guilty that
one, to day old rice,
00:28:13.99\00:28:17.83
to cottage cheese
casseroles that finally grow
00:28:17.86\00:28:19.63
mold in the refrigerator,
you just throe it away.
00:28:19.66\00:28:23.01
When you've
eaten-- how does it go?
00:28:23.04\00:28:24.58
"When you have
eaten and are full."
00:28:24.61\00:28:29.00
What should our response be?
00:28:29.03\00:28:31.12
Let's take that,
let's take a moment,
00:28:31.15\00:28:32.57
I impact that line together.
00:28:32.60\00:28:34.30
This is from our
series, The Chosen
00:28:34.33\00:28:36.50
and this
teaching will be entitled
00:28:36.53\00:28:38.88
"An American Thanksgiving
in Canaan," all right.
00:28:38.91\00:28:42.96
Go to Deuteronomy
8, please with me.
00:28:42.99\00:28:44.88
Deuteronomy Chapter 8,
00:28:44.91\00:28:45.94
if you haven't already found it.
00:28:45.97\00:28:48.98
Take your Bible, if
you don't have a Bible
00:28:49.01\00:28:50.53
grab the pew
Bible in front of you,
00:28:50.56\00:28:52.97
New King James Version.
00:28:53.00\00:28:54.69
Stunning bit of discovery here
00:28:54.72\00:28:57.82
and I pass it on to you as well.
00:28:57.85\00:29:00.37
Deuteronomy
Chapter 8, that would be--
00:29:00.40\00:29:02.26
by the way in our
pew Bible, page 129.
00:29:02.29\00:29:05.66
Remember this
Moses' farewell address,
00:29:05.69\00:29:08.07
in a few days he'll be dead.
00:29:08.10\00:29:11.48
He's lead these
people for 40 years
00:29:11.51\00:29:13.50
through the burning sands
of that wilderness wandering
00:29:13.53\00:29:17.86
and he announces to them,
look you guys, I can go with you
00:29:17.89\00:29:20.11
but when you get
over into Canaan,
00:29:20.14\00:29:22.34
when you have your Thanksgiving
00:29:22.37\00:29:24.55
and you have planted your garden
00:29:24.58\00:29:26.13
and you have reaped your fields
and your tables are spread,
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.99
when you push away finally from
that bountifully laden repast,
00:29:30.02\00:29:36.17
I want you to do this,
please don't forget it.
00:29:36.20\00:29:39.37
Deuteronomy 8:10,
00:29:39.40\00:29:40.70
"When you've eaten and are full,
00:29:40.73\00:29:43.39
then you shall
blessed the Lord your God
00:29:43.42\00:29:46.73
for the good land
He has given to you."
00:29:46.76\00:29:54.12
I want you children,
00:29:54.15\00:29:55.85
I want you children to
remember please, bless Him.
00:29:55.88\00:29:59.57
And there is a beautiful
word, a Hebrew word is Baraq.
00:29:59.60\00:30:02.80
I love that word.
00:30:02.83\00:30:04.14
Now the NIV renders
Baraq, are consistently praise
00:30:04.17\00:30:08.24
and I think we missed a
little bit in that rendering.
00:30:08.27\00:30:10.55
It can mean to
kneel down in worship.
00:30:10.58\00:30:13.65
It's the word that
appears in this favorite--
00:30:13.68\00:30:15.88
this one of our favorite
Thanksgiving Psalm, Psalm 103.
00:30:15.91\00:30:18.97
Take a look at
this, Psalm 103:1.
00:30:19.00\00:30:21.75
In fact, but let's just
read this out loud together.
00:30:21.78\00:30:25.02
"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:30:25.05\00:30:27.83
and all that is within
me, bless His holy name.
00:30:27.86\00:30:32.14
Bless the Lord, O my soul
00:30:32.17\00:30:34.96
and forget not all His benefits.
00:30:34.99\00:30:38.10
Who forgives
all your iniquities,
00:30:38.13\00:30:40.63
who heals all your diseases,
00:30:40.66\00:30:43.03
who redeems your
life from destruction,
00:30:43.06\00:30:46.00
who crowns you
with loving-kindness
00:30:46.03\00:30:48.36
and tender mercies,
00:30:48.39\00:30:50.17
who satisfies your
mouth with good things,
00:30:50.20\00:30:53.11
so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle's."
00:30:53.14\00:30:56.63
When the child of God
does inventory with her life
00:30:56.66\00:31:00.17
and she adds it up, Baraq,
bless the Lord, O my soul.
00:31:00.20\00:31:06.45
And that's why,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:31:06.48\00:31:07.67
when we get-- particularly
00:31:07.70\00:31:08.74
in our first
celebration here at Pioneer,
00:31:08.77\00:31:10.97
when we gather the first thing
we do is we sing those words,
00:31:11.00\00:31:14.52
"Praise God from whom
00:31:14.55\00:31:17.86
all blessings flow."
00:31:17.89\00:31:22.84
"When you've eaten and are full,
00:31:22.87\00:31:25.60
then you shall blessed the
Lord your God for the good land
00:31:25.63\00:31:27.95
which he is given you."
00:31:27.98\00:31:29.25
America-- I understand it,
00:31:29.28\00:31:30.57
America is not
a Christian nation
00:31:30.60\00:31:32.74
but we are a blessed nation.
00:31:32.77\00:31:34.95
You can say that whether
you are Christian or Muslim
00:31:34.98\00:31:36.99
or Jew or
atheist, it doesn't matter,
00:31:37.02\00:31:38.88
you got a sense
that this nation of ours.
00:31:38.91\00:31:41.59
I know that they are
100 nations represented here
00:31:41.62\00:31:43.29
when all the students are
home, but you've got a sense
00:31:43.32\00:31:46.42
that this nation of
ours is truly blessed.
00:31:46.45\00:31:49.47
I came across an essay
and easing kind of essay
00:31:49.50\00:31:54.18
that appear on the
web written by John Durr.
00:31:54.21\00:31:57.34
Let me read this to you.
00:31:57.37\00:31:58.41
I want to talk about
America's bountiful blessings.
00:31:58.44\00:32:01.08
"The United States is
undeniably the richest
00:32:01.11\00:32:03.44
and most powerful nation
ever on the face of the earth,
00:32:03.47\00:32:06.94
all right.
00:32:06.97\00:32:08.78
The gross domestic product,
GDP of the United States
00:32:08.81\00:32:11.24
is larger than the next
two biggest economies combined
00:32:11.27\00:32:13.58
which would be China and Japan.
00:32:13.61\00:32:15.22
The US economy out-produces
the combined economies
00:32:15.25\00:32:17.64
of over 47 poor nations
00:32:17.67\00:32:19.63
which account for 53%
the population of the world,
00:32:19.66\00:32:22.57
these 47 nations
including China and India.
00:32:22.60\00:32:27.00
But if you translate
it to an individual scale
00:32:27.03\00:32:29.00
how much is that does that
income of the average American
00:32:29.03\00:32:31.77
compared to the average
income of the poor of the world?
00:32:31.80\00:32:34.10
Listen to this, last
available statistics 2000,
00:32:34.13\00:32:36.69
the per capita income of
the US was 360% higher than
00:32:36.72\00:32:40.40
the world average per
capita income, the CPI.
00:32:40.43\00:32:43.47
The U.S.
boasted a CPI of $34,100
00:32:43.50\00:32:48.15
while the average
world CPI was $7,410."
00:32:48.18\00:32:52.18
This doesn't even
give an accurate picture
00:32:52.21\00:32:53.66
because the world
average include the US
00:32:53.69\00:32:55.38
and the other
wealthy nations of Europe.
00:32:55.41\00:32:57.66
Therefore let's look at the
56% of the world's population
00:32:57.69\00:33:00.44
who comprise the world's poor.
00:33:00.47\00:33:01.97
Listen to this,
"According to the statistics,
00:33:02.00\00:33:04.61
these statistics
from the World Bank,
00:33:04.64\00:33:06.39
56% of the world's population
lives in extreme poverty.
00:33:06.42\00:33:10.42
They survive on an income
of less than $730 per year."
00:33:10.45\00:33:16.38
Which you
calculate to $2 per day.
00:33:16.41\00:33:18.41
"Half of the
world's poor who comprise
00:33:18.44\00:33:20.49
28% of the world's population
live on $1 or less a day
00:33:20.52\00:33:25.25
in comparison the
average American earns from
00:33:25.28\00:33:27.01
46 to 92 times more
then the poverty-stricken
00:33:27.04\00:33:31.29
comprising over half of
the world's population."
00:33:31.32\00:33:34.16
We are a blessed nation.
00:33:34.19\00:33:37.87
Reading an author a century
ago to write these words.
00:33:37.90\00:33:41.58
Every now and then
I go back to his words
00:33:41.61\00:33:42.92
I have them scribbled
at the top of the page
00:33:42.95\00:33:45.59
for Revelation 13 in my Bible.
00:33:45.62\00:33:48.56
I go back to these
words just to be reminded.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.99
Put it on the screen for you.
00:33:51.02\00:33:53.29
"The Lord has done
more for the United States
00:33:53.32\00:33:56.79
than for any other country
upon which the sun shines."
00:33:56.82\00:34:02.18
Right now I'm
reading Nathaniel Philbrick's
00:34:06.81\00:34:09.34
newest book,
it's called Mayflower.
00:34:09.37\00:34:13.19
You look at the blog today
in the bulletin on our website
00:34:13.22\00:34:15.53
I referred to that
book and some statistics.
00:34:15.56\00:34:18.25
It's an amazing, amazing tale.
00:34:18.28\00:34:20.24
And by the way,
the book is not just--
00:34:20.27\00:34:21.40
it's is not just
getting the pilgrims
00:34:21.43\00:34:23.02
to Cape Cod, it's the 60 after,
00:34:23.05\00:34:26.61
it's just a phenomenal story.
00:34:26.64\00:34:29.20
But I want to
tell you, my personal,
00:34:29.23\00:34:30.26
my personal
response, I'm reading this
00:34:30.29\00:34:31.76
and I'm thinking to myself
00:34:31.79\00:34:34.05
how can you deny that
the hand of almighty God
00:34:34.08\00:34:39.10
has been instrumental in shaping
00:34:39.13\00:34:43.48
the very heart and
soul of this nation.
00:34:43.51\00:34:46.99
Now I am looking out and
I see there are people here
00:34:47.02\00:34:48.53
from other nations
and you taken perhaps
00:34:48.56\00:34:50.68
a bit of an affront to this,
00:34:50.71\00:34:52.22
I am not suggesting for a moment
00:34:52.25\00:34:54.39
that God has not had
a hand in your nation
00:34:54.42\00:34:56.74
but I am telling
you, of all nations upon
00:34:56.77\00:34:58.75
which the sun shines,
there's been no nation
00:34:58.78\00:35:02.16
more blessed than this one.
00:35:02.19\00:35:06.07
And I don't say
that with hubris either,
00:35:06.10\00:35:08.23
you got to know my
heart, I was born in Japan.
00:35:08.26\00:35:10.00
So I am American kid
but grew up overseas.
00:35:10.03\00:35:14.02
I don't say we're hubris
and I tell you why I don't
00:35:14.05\00:35:16.71
because I know, I know
00:35:16.74\00:35:18.95
how the story is
gonna suddenly pivot
00:35:18.98\00:35:22.71
and it is same like life
is going on just as usual
00:35:22.74\00:35:25.14
in the good old US of A
00:35:25.17\00:35:26.42
and then there
will be something,
00:35:26.45\00:35:28.14
there will be a
massive paradigm shift.
00:35:28.17\00:35:32.65
And the ending to this nation
is an ending of utter tragedy.
00:35:32.68\00:35:36.93
My heart just
breaks when I realized
00:35:36.96\00:35:39.91
what is coming to America.
00:35:39.94\00:35:42.45
I mean, I read the apocalypse,
I read the prophecies.
00:35:42.48\00:35:46.14
I was out jogging
this Thanksgiving morning,
00:35:46.17\00:35:48.21
did my little 5k in
that beautiful crisp air
00:35:48.24\00:35:53.14
of Thanksgiving
morning and I was just saying,
00:35:53.17\00:35:55.88
God, you have got to--
I know how the story ends
00:35:55.91\00:35:59.46
but hold off that
ending as long as You can,
00:35:59.49\00:36:03.16
keep America
00:36:03.19\00:36:07.02
in the hallow of
Your hand a little longer.
00:36:07.05\00:36:11.53
It's a sad, sad ending.
00:36:11.56\00:36:13.96
And maybe in the New Year
00:36:13.99\00:36:15.90
you and I will
examine that ending.
00:36:15.93\00:36:18.64
But for now we
are a nation blessed,
00:36:18.67\00:36:21.26
surely of all nations on earth.
00:36:21.29\00:36:22.91
A holiday called Thanksgiving
would be appropriate.
00:36:22.94\00:36:28.76
How is it go?
00:36:28.79\00:36:29.82
"When you have
eaten and are full
00:36:29.85\00:36:32.95
then you shall
bless the Lord your God
00:36:32.98\00:36:34.96
for the Good land
which He has given to you."
00:36:34.99\00:36:38.66
I mean, that's a no brainier.
00:36:38.69\00:36:39.77
I said, who else
am I suppose to bless.
00:36:39.80\00:36:41.07
If I can't bless God, who else?
00:36:41.10\00:36:42.53
Moses said, I want to
put another person in play
00:36:42.56\00:36:44.92
as a possibility
for being blessed.
00:36:44.95\00:36:47.25
Watch this, verse 12,
00:36:47.28\00:36:49.27
"Lest when you've
eaten and are full,
00:36:49.30\00:36:52.53
and have built beautiful
houses and dwell in them,
00:36:52.56\00:36:54.59
and when you heard
and your flocks multiply,"
00:36:54.62\00:36:56.32
verse 13, "and your silver
and your golden are multiplied,
00:36:56.35\00:36:58.36
and all that you
have is multiplied,"
00:36:58.39\00:37:00.37
verse 14, "when
your heart is lifted up,
00:37:00.40\00:37:02.27
and you forget the Lord
00:37:02.30\00:37:03.35
who brought you out
of the land of Egypt,
00:37:03.38\00:37:04.71
from the house of bondage,
00:37:04.74\00:37:05.94
who leads you through the
great and terrible wilderness
00:37:05.97\00:37:08.15
in which they
were fiery serpents"
00:37:08.18\00:37:09.52
don't miss next
Sabbath, Fiery Serpents.
00:37:09.55\00:37:11.95
"And scorpions and thirsty
land where there was no water,
00:37:11.98\00:37:14.62
who brought water for
you out of the flinty rock,
00:37:14.65\00:37:19.05
who fed you" verse 16,
00:37:19.08\00:37:20.26
"in the wilderness with a manna,
00:37:20.29\00:37:21.35
which your fathers did
not know that He my humble you
00:37:21.38\00:37:23.68
and that he might test
you, to do you good in the end.
00:37:23.71\00:37:26.44
Lest you say in
your heart," verse 17,
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.99
"my power and
the might of my hand
00:37:29.02\00:37:31.22
have gained me this wealth."
00:37:31.25\00:37:34.17
There's another
person in play here
00:37:34.20\00:37:36.14
and instead of
blessing God you know what,
00:37:36.17\00:37:37.82
You and I, we can resort
to self-blessing, bless me.
00:37:37.85\00:37:43.27
And by the way,
when you say bless me,
00:37:43.30\00:37:44.46
it's not because
you sneezed either,
00:37:44.49\00:37:45.71
just blast me for
what I did, self-blessing.
00:37:45.74\00:37:50.89
The prevailing sin.
00:37:50.92\00:37:52.01
We don't need it down out
trump to remind us this, do we?
00:37:52.04\00:37:55.26
The self-blessings
is the prevailing sin
00:37:55.29\00:37:56.74
of this generation.
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.08
I don't suppose it's
unique to this generation.
00:37:58.11\00:38:00.55
Obviously once upon a
time there was a king name
00:38:00.58\00:38:03.47
Nebuchadnezzar.
00:38:03.50\00:38:04.80
And Jesus told a
parable about a rich fool,
00:38:04.83\00:38:06.93
I understand that.
00:38:06.96\00:38:10.12
But it is certainly
00:38:10.15\00:38:12.50
the prevailing sin of our age.
00:38:12.53\00:38:18.41
We flew, you know, to Bermuda
for that island wide revival.
00:38:18.44\00:38:24.44
They are just
moving into elections now.
00:38:24.47\00:38:26.99
The highest
elected official their be
00:38:27.02\00:38:29.46
equivalent of our president,
he's known as premier,
00:38:29.49\00:38:31.51
he serves under the
Queen, you understand.
00:38:31.54\00:38:33.87
But they wanted
him, the premier to come
00:38:33.90\00:38:35.97
and of course with
elections just three weeks away,
00:38:36.00\00:38:38.02
why would you turn
down an opportunity
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.41
to address a group like that.
00:38:39.44\00:38:40.56
And so the premier showed up.
00:38:40.59\00:38:41.80
They also invited
00:38:41.83\00:38:43.07
the opposition
leader in the parliament.
00:38:43.10\00:38:46.72
So he was there,
and all front row
00:38:46.75\00:38:49.31
Sabbath morning of
government officials.
00:38:49.34\00:38:52.47
And they invited
both of these men,
00:38:52.50\00:38:53.76
first the premier and
then the opposition leader
00:38:53.79\00:38:55.48
to get up and share a
few words or greeting.
00:38:55.51\00:38:58.37
And as they were giving
that greeting I was reminded,
00:38:58.40\00:39:00.73
I was reminded of
my very human tendency
00:39:00.76\00:39:06.11
to always present myself
in the best light possible,
00:39:06.14\00:39:10.92
without looking,
like I am self-blessing.
00:39:10.95\00:39:14.42
Let me tell
you, some politicians
00:39:14.45\00:39:15.49
don't have a
corner on this thing.
00:39:15.52\00:39:18.11
They don't have a corner on it.
00:39:18.14\00:39:21.77
"Lest--" verse 17,
"Lest you say in your heart,
00:39:21.80\00:39:24.72
'My power and
the might of my hand
00:39:24.75\00:39:27.65
have gained me this wealth."
00:39:27.68\00:39:29.37
Self-blessing, the prevailing
sin of this generation.
00:39:29.40\00:39:31.79
Is it not? But of course.
00:39:31.82\00:39:34.30
But what's so
stunning about this passage
00:39:34.33\00:39:36.75
is the very overt
prescription that Moses offers
00:39:36.78\00:39:40.69
as an antidote to our
self-blessing, to our tendency,
00:39:40.72\00:39:44.52
to our
proclivity to self-blessing.
00:39:44.55\00:39:46.77
This stung me and it
maybe surprising to you too.
00:39:46.80\00:39:49.33
Take a look at
this, this is verse 10
00:39:49.36\00:39:51.41
and we left out
a verse intensely.
00:39:51.44\00:39:53.10
We are reading it now, verse 11.
00:39:53.13\00:39:54.16
Verse 10, "When
you've eaten and are full
00:39:54.19\00:39:56.71
then you shall
bless the Lord your God
00:39:56.74\00:39:58.66
for the good land
which he has given you."
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.38
Now the verse we
left out, verse 11,
00:40:00.41\00:40:02.32
"Beware, that you do
not forget the Lord your God
00:40:02.35\00:40:05.68
by not keeping His
commandments, His judgment
00:40:05.71\00:40:09.34
and His statutes
which I command you today."
00:40:09.37\00:40:12.84
You got to remember,
Moses says, hey, guy's,
00:40:12.87\00:40:15.74
I'm gonna be gone
in just a few hours,
00:40:15.77\00:40:17.62
you must remember
the Lord your God.
00:40:17.65\00:40:20.09
By the way, you counted it.
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.44
I went through
with my computer program
00:40:21.47\00:40:23.40
that it's his hands
down, most favorite praising
00:40:23.43\00:40:25.92
in all the Book of Deuteronomy,
00:40:25.95\00:40:27.51
"The Lord your God," 282 times
00:40:27.54\00:40:31.88
it just always
there, you got to remember,
00:40:31.91\00:40:34.29
the Lord your
God, the Lord your God.
00:40:34.32\00:40:35.74
And that also include the times
00:40:35.77\00:40:36.80
when he talked
about the Lord our God,
00:40:36.83\00:40:38.14
282 times the Lord your God.
00:40:38.17\00:40:39.83
I want you to keep him
front-and-center, remember.
00:40:39.86\00:40:42.91
Now it says, don't forget.
00:40:42.94\00:40:44.29
Let's put it in
the positive, remember.
00:40:44.32\00:40:47.15
And here's what's surprising,
00:40:47.18\00:40:48.34
how am I supposed
to remember Moses?
00:40:48.37\00:40:50.11
How am I supposed to do it?
00:40:50.14\00:40:51.49
By keeping-- hold on, by
keeping God's commitments.
00:40:51.52\00:40:59.14
You believe that?
Look, you just read it.
00:40:59.17\00:41:02.14
It's there in verse
11, I'll read it again.
00:41:02.17\00:41:04.30
"Beware that you do not
forget the Lord your God
00:41:04.33\00:41:08.33
by not keeping His commandments,
00:41:08.36\00:41:10.36
His judgments and His statutes
00:41:10.39\00:41:12.30
which I command to you today."
00:41:12.33\00:41:15.40
Isn't that amazing,
ladies and gentleman?
00:41:15.43\00:41:16.46
Come on.
00:41:16.49\00:41:17.52
You know what Moses
is saying, obedience,
00:41:17.55\00:41:19.40
the keeping of God's commanded.
00:41:19.43\00:41:20.61
Obedience is the
secret to sustained gratitude.
00:41:20.64\00:41:26.05
For whom you obey, you remember.
00:41:26.08\00:41:28.71
Obedience is this
secret to sustain gratitude.
00:41:28.74\00:41:36.55
I want to keep thankful
and stay obedient to God,
00:41:36.58\00:41:40.68
stay obedient to Him.
00:41:40.71\00:41:45.60
Whenever I go on a
trip I-- I'm wanting to just
00:41:45.63\00:41:48.60
take a book along to
read that I've read before,
00:41:48.63\00:41:51.38
one of my favorites is
Roland Bainton's seminal,
00:41:51.41\00:41:54.90
biography of Martin Luther,
it's called "Here I Stand."
00:41:54.93\00:41:57.02
And I got the
book in a paper bag
00:41:57.05\00:41:58.14
so I can just throw
it in my computer case
00:41:58.17\00:41:59.77
as I did heading over
this last weekend to Bermuda.
00:41:59.80\00:42:03.52
Martin Luther, in that biography
00:42:03.55\00:42:05.21
I came upon the
point that is Luther's.
00:42:05.24\00:42:07.40
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:42:07.43\00:42:08.82
This is Luther's point,
"All morality is gratitude."
00:42:08.85\00:42:15.03
Isn't that amazing?
00:42:15.06\00:42:16.11
"All morality is gratitude.
00:42:16.14\00:42:19.38
It is the irrepressible
expression of thankfulness
00:42:19.41\00:42:21.64
for food and
raiment, for earth and sky,
00:42:21.67\00:42:24.21
and for the
inestimable gift of redemption."
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.47
Did you get that?
00:42:27.50\00:42:28.53
All morality, all
morality is gratitude.
00:42:28.56\00:42:33.25
Out of a grateful response
of what God has done for me
00:42:33.28\00:42:35.31
of course, I want to obey Him.
00:42:35.34\00:42:36.60
All morality is gratitude.
00:42:36.63\00:42:39.60
Obedience which is
morality in action,
00:42:39.63\00:42:42.44
obeying the
ethical-- the ethical norms
00:42:42.47\00:42:45.13
that God has established,
00:42:45.16\00:42:46.38
obedience is the
secret to sustained gratitude.
00:42:46.41\00:42:52.04
Verse 11 again,
00:42:57.56\00:42:58.62
"Beware that you do not
forget the Lord your God
00:42:58.65\00:43:01.41
by not keeping His commandments,
00:43:01.44\00:43:03.18
His judgments and His statutes
00:43:03.21\00:43:04.56
which I command
you today" verse 12,
00:43:04.59\00:43:06.40
"lest when you
have eaten and are full,
00:43:06.43\00:43:08.38
and have build beautiful
houses and dwell in them,"
00:43:08.41\00:43:10.14
drop down to verse 17,
00:43:10.17\00:43:11.31
"that you say in
your heart, 'My power
00:43:11.34\00:43:13.55
and the might of my hand
have game me this wealth.'"
00:43:13.58\00:43:17.36
Self-blessing
cannot occur in the life
00:43:17.39\00:43:20.40
that is obediently live,
it can't occur, it just can't.
00:43:20.43\00:43:23.24
How can you bless
yourself when you're obeying
00:43:23.27\00:43:26.21
another authority in your life?
00:43:26.24\00:43:30.66
Obedience is a
secret to sustain gratitude
00:43:30.69\00:43:33.99
and sustain gratitude is
the antidote to self-blessing.
00:43:34.02\00:43:39.46
Which means the cure for
our preventing sin, obey.
00:43:39.49\00:43:42.50
Obey, America.
00:43:42.53\00:43:44.02
America, obey God.
00:43:44.05\00:43:48.12
That's the cure
for our self-blessing,
00:43:48.15\00:43:51.24
obedience to the Creator
00:43:51.27\00:43:54.22
because whom you
obey you remember,
00:43:54.25\00:43:55.64
and whom you remember you love.
00:43:55.67\00:43:58.28
Which by the way, was
just a few breaths earlier
00:43:58.31\00:44:00.95
Moses is trying
to make this point.
00:44:00.98\00:44:02.16
Just go back to 7: 9.
00:44:02.19\00:44:04.46
Moses was making a point, 7:9,
00:44:04.49\00:44:07.12
"Therefore know that
the Lord thy God, He is God,
00:44:07.15\00:44:11.21
the faithful God who
keeps covenant and mercy
00:44:11.24\00:44:13.75
for a thousand generations
00:44:13.78\00:44:15.97
with whose who love Him
and keep His commandments."
00:44:16.00\00:44:21.90
I suppose that's a no-brainer,
00:44:21.93\00:44:23.14
that loving God
results in obeying God.
00:44:23.17\00:44:24.70
Isn't it a no-brainer,
whom you love, you obey?
00:44:24.73\00:44:29.50
Which is why I obey Karen.
00:44:29.53\00:44:32.73
What do laughing at?
You don't think I do?
00:44:32.76\00:44:34.61
Oh, I do.
00:44:34.64\00:44:36.01
Although I am gonna
tell you this, tell you this,
00:44:36.04\00:44:39.17
there are very few
people that I obey.
00:44:39.20\00:44:42.66
I have a character flaw.
00:44:42.69\00:44:43.79
I am telling you, this is
not something to be proud of
00:44:43.82\00:44:45.50
but I am going to tell
you, I have a character flaw.
00:44:45.53\00:44:47.78
I am extremely stubborn
00:44:47.81\00:44:49.94
and I hate taking
orders from anybody,
00:44:49.97\00:44:55.16
even my conference president.
00:44:55.19\00:44:57.68
Why?
00:44:57.71\00:44:58.74
Just I don't know,
I am too independent.
00:44:58.77\00:45:00.05
God's working on that.
00:45:00.08\00:45:01.11
But I want to tell you,
00:45:01.14\00:45:02.60
there are some people in my life
00:45:02.63\00:45:05.01
I call them my EF hurting people
00:45:05.04\00:45:08.61
that when they speak I listen.
00:45:08.64\00:45:13.13
Do you know why I listen?
00:45:13.16\00:45:15.24
Because I admire them.
00:45:15.27\00:45:18.26
I respect them.
00:45:18.29\00:45:20.41
I love them.
00:45:20.44\00:45:21.92
So I trust them.
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.14
Now let me tell you something,
they don't know I am listening.
00:45:24.17\00:45:27.80
Oh, I put an impossible protest,
00:45:27.83\00:45:35.19
an argument but I am listening.
00:45:35.22\00:45:38.85
My wife Karen is
one of those people.
00:45:38.88\00:45:44.30
I play the
devil's advocate with her.
00:45:44.33\00:45:47.44
I'll out logic
her at every turn,
00:45:47.47\00:45:51.39
I'll frust, debate
00:45:51.42\00:45:56.85
but I am listening to see
how well she holds this one.
00:45:56.88\00:46:02.98
And when she laid out her case
00:46:03.01\00:46:06.93
notice, I didn't' say
when she lays down the law.
00:46:06.96\00:46:10.90
When she lays out her
case I say, all right,
00:46:10.93\00:46:17.81
you made your point, I'll do it.
00:46:17.84\00:46:20.27
I'll do it.
00:46:20.30\00:46:21.52
Why?
00:46:21.55\00:46:22.75
Because she's someone I
respect and admire and love.
00:46:22.78\00:46:25.14
Because I know
her mind and her heart
00:46:25.17\00:46:26.84
I can trust her
command, that's why.
00:46:26.87\00:46:29.30
I know her mind
and I know her heart.
00:46:29.33\00:46:31.33
Jesus says, do you know My mind,
00:46:31.36\00:46:34.08
do you know My heart?
00:46:34.11\00:46:35.78
John 14:15, "If you love
me, if you really love me
00:46:35.81\00:46:41.24
you will keep My commandments."
00:46:41.27\00:46:43.56
You will, America,
if you really love me.
00:46:43.59\00:46:47.24
Some of you think this is
a Christian nation, it is not
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.18
but you think it is,
fine, keep His commandments,
00:46:49.21\00:46:51.32
America, keep His command.
00:46:51.35\00:46:53.86
If you love me, Jesus
says, keep His commands.
00:46:53.89\00:46:56.23
Moses comes along,
Deuteronomy 8:11, he says,
00:46:56.26\00:46:58.54
"Remember God by
keeping His commandments."
00:46:58.57\00:47:02.03
Now ladies and gentlemen,
neither Christ nor Moses
00:47:02.06\00:47:04.82
is appealing for legalism,
rather both are bound together
00:47:04.85\00:47:07.66
the spirit of loving gratitude
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.02
with the spirit of
grateful obedience.
00:47:09.05\00:47:10.66
They are overlaid,
you can't separate them.
00:47:10.69\00:47:13.21
They have to go together.
00:47:13.24\00:47:17.78
Because whom you gracefully obey
00:47:17.81\00:47:19.86
you will faithfully remember
00:47:19.89\00:47:21.00
and the God you
faithfully remember
00:47:21.03\00:47:22.61
is a God you
will gratefully obey.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.25
Luther is absolutely right.
00:47:24.28\00:47:25.95
All morality is
gratitude, is gratitude.
00:47:25.98\00:47:32.31
And it is that appeal that
is woven from stem to stern
00:47:32.34\00:47:37.11
throughout the
Book of Deuteronomy.
00:47:37.14\00:47:38.66
You know why?
00:47:38.69\00:47:39.75
Because Deuteronomy is
written for the chosen.
00:47:39.78\00:47:43.13
And when you've been chosen,
when you have been chosen
00:47:43.16\00:47:48.01
the God who went to all
of the work of choosing you
00:47:48.04\00:47:53.73
says, now follow Me, I
have done this for you,
00:47:53.76\00:48:00.99
now you follow Me.
00:48:01.02\00:48:05.40
When you get into
the land of Canaan
00:48:05.43\00:48:06.92
and your tables are
full and you push away,
00:48:06.95\00:48:11.17
you bless the Lord your God
00:48:11.20\00:48:13.44
and beware, beware
that you do not forget Him
00:48:13.47\00:48:17.06
by not keeping His commandments.
00:48:17.09\00:48:22.86
All morality is gratitude
00:48:22.89\00:48:26.34
which is why more
than anyone else on earth
00:48:26.37\00:48:29.95
the chosen have
been called to obey,
00:48:29.98\00:48:34.35
more than anybody else on earth.
00:48:34.38\00:48:37.15
If I read my
apocalypse correctly
00:48:37.18\00:48:39.11
just before the return of Christ
00:48:39.14\00:48:40.45
the chosen to describe
this way, Revelation 14:12,
00:48:40.48\00:48:43.00
"Here is the
patience of the Saints,
00:48:43.03\00:48:45.14
here they who keep
the commandments of God
00:48:45.17\00:48:47.45
and the faith of Jesus."
00:48:47.48\00:48:49.99
if you love Me, if
you love Me you obey Me.
00:48:50.02\00:48:55.90
Here is the
patience of the chosen,
00:48:55.93\00:48:58.36
the endurance of the chosen.
00:48:58.39\00:49:01.57
I have Christian
friends who say, you know what,
00:49:01.60\00:49:04.24
I don't have to obey God,
00:49:04.27\00:49:05.62
His commandments are
no longer binding to me.
00:49:05.65\00:49:08.19
I've been set free.
00:49:08.22\00:49:09.33
Oh, my friend, are you serious.
00:49:09.36\00:49:11.16
That is mistaken thinking
to conclude the divine grace
00:49:11.19\00:49:13.84
is somehow released
you from human obedience.
00:49:13.87\00:49:15.93
How could it
be? It's impossible.
00:49:15.96\00:49:18.11
It is utterly illogical
00:49:18.14\00:49:21.12
because the
reverse is just as true,
00:49:21.15\00:49:23.20
whom you disobey
you do not truly love.
00:49:23.23\00:49:27.67
The chosen do
not have the option,
00:49:27.70\00:49:30.19
they do not have the option.
00:49:30.22\00:49:32.20
They are called to obey.
00:49:32.23\00:49:35.07
Moses and Jesus and
Luther are more than clear,
00:49:35.10\00:49:38.42
whom you love, you obey
and all morality, all obedience
00:49:38.45\00:49:42.87
its gratitude, all
of it grateful response.
00:49:42.90\00:49:47.40
Not legalism, its gratitude.
00:49:47.43\00:49:51.93
Which is why when we bow
00:49:51.96\00:49:53.29
you and I before the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:49:53.32\00:49:56.13
how can we not help
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.11
but be moved to
grateful obedience.
00:49:58.14\00:50:00.19
Do you
understand that everything
00:50:00.22\00:50:01.67
you ate on Thursday
and every possession
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.22
you still hold on to today,
00:50:04.25\00:50:06.58
all of it has been
purchased by Calvary,
00:50:06.61\00:50:07.97
do you understand that?
00:50:08.00\00:50:09.25
Let me put it on the screen,
00:50:09.28\00:50:10.31
this classic line from
Desire of Ages, pages 660,
00:50:10.34\00:50:14.58
"To the death of Christ we
owe even this earthly life.
00:50:14.61\00:50:18.48
The bread we eat" I love this,
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.07
"the bread we eat is a
purchase of His broken body.
00:50:20.10\00:50:22.75
The water we drink is
bought by His spill blood.
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.04
Never one, saint or
sinner eats his daily food,
00:50:25.07\00:50:27.80
but he is nourished by the
body and the blood of Christ.
00:50:27.83\00:50:30.85
The cross of Calvary
is stamped on every loaf.
00:50:30.88\00:50:34.70
It is reflected in
every water spring."
00:50:34.73\00:50:40.05
Wow, to the death of
Christ we owe our all
00:50:40.08\00:50:42.79
which is why all
morality is gratitude.
00:50:42.82\00:50:46.01
We owe it all.
00:50:46.04\00:50:49.65
And which is why
obedience is still a secret.
00:50:49.68\00:50:55.62
Hey, you want to
live with a grateful life,
00:50:55.65\00:50:57.79
long past
Thanksgiving this year?
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.40
Then obey Him, obey
Him, obey His commandments
00:50:59.43\00:51:03.57
for it is true.
00:51:03.60\00:51:04.88
Obedience is the secret
00:51:04.91\00:51:08.59
to sustained gratitude.
00:51:08.62\00:51:13.04
Let us pray.
00:51:13.07\00:51:14.62
"When you've eaten enough full
00:51:18.12\00:51:19.57
then you shall
bless the Lord your God.
00:51:19.60\00:51:21.92
Oh, Lord our God,
00:51:21.95\00:51:26.20
teach us to be
thankful by helping us
00:51:26.23\00:51:32.46
to be obedient
through Jesus Christ our Lord
00:51:32.49\00:51:36.87
whom to love is to obey, amen.
00:51:36.90\00:51:42.50
One can almost
picture the pilgrims
00:51:45.56\00:51:47.82
in this hymn we're
going to close with.
00:51:47.85\00:51:48.96
The hymn was composed in 1960s,
00:51:48.99\00:51:50.54
open your hymn
please to hymn 556.
00:51:50.57\00:51:53.30
But you can picture
that the pilgrims almost.
00:51:53.33\00:51:55.86
They hymn begin
with these words,
00:51:55.89\00:51:57.17
"As saints of old
there first-fruits
00:51:57.20\00:51:59.76
brought of
orchard, flock, and field."
00:51:59.79\00:52:03.14
It's a great hymn, we never
sung it here before, hymn 556.
00:52:03.17\00:52:06.44
But let's sing
this grateful praise
00:52:06.47\00:52:07.81
to the familiar
tune of Isaac Watts
00:52:07.84\00:52:10.69
"I sing the
mighty power of God."
00:52:10.72\00:52:13.06
You know that melody, we
will sing to that melody,
00:52:13.09\00:52:15.79
sing with all your heart.
00:52:15.82\00:52:17.68
This expressional
gratitude, hymn 556.
00:52:17.71\00:52:21.40
As saints of old
their first-fruits brought
00:52:56.35\00:53:00.39
Of orchard, flock, and field
00:53:00.42\00:53:04.44
To God, the giver all good
00:53:04.47\00:53:08.51
The source of bounteous yield
00:53:08.54\00:53:12.53
So we today
first-fruits would bring
00:53:12.56\00:53:16.66
The wealth of this good land
00:53:16.69\00:53:21.00
Of farm and
market, shop and home
00:53:21.03\00:53:27.05
Of mind and heart and hand
00:53:27.08\00:53:34.31
A world in need now summons us
00:53:34.34\00:53:38.44
To labor, love, and give
00:53:38.47\00:53:42.39
To make our life an offering
00:53:42.42\00:53:46.47
To God, that all may live
00:53:46.50\00:53:50.83
The church of
Christ is calling us
00:53:50.86\00:53:54.98
To make the dream come true
00:53:55.01\00:53:59.38
A world redeemed
by Christ-like love
00:53:59.41\00:54:06.10
All life in Christ made new
00:54:06.13\00:54:10.50
In gratitude and humble trust
00:54:13.50\00:54:17.55
We bring our best today
00:54:17.58\00:54:21.70
To serve Your
cause and share Your love
00:54:21.73\00:54:26.19
With all along life's way
00:54:26.22\00:54:30.36
O God, who gave yourself to us
00:54:30.39\00:54:34.77
In Jesus Christ your Son
00:54:34.80\00:54:39.30
Teach us to give
ourselves each day
00:54:39.33\00:54:46.16
Until life's work is done
00:54:46.19\00:54:52.78
And now may the God of peace
00:54:59.14\00:55:00.42
who brought up our
Lord Jesus from the dead,
00:55:00.45\00:55:03.87
that great Shepherd of the sheep
00:55:03.90\00:55:05.85
through the blood of
the everlasting covenant.
00:55:05.88\00:55:08.86
May He make you
complete in every good work
00:55:08.89\00:55:11.01
to do His will.
00:55:11.04\00:55:12.70
Working in you what
is pleasing in His sight,
00:55:12.73\00:55:15.75
through Jesus
Christ to whom be glory
00:55:15.78\00:55:18.63
forever and ever, amen.
00:55:18.66\00:55:24.58
Before you go I wanted
to take one more moment
00:55:24.61\00:55:27.15
and let you know how glad I am
00:55:27.18\00:55:28.73
to share this hour of worship
and Bible teaching with us.
00:55:28.76\00:55:31.42
This is the
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:55:31.45\00:55:33.31
and we're on the
campus of Andrew's University
00:55:33.34\00:55:35.13
and the series is The Chosen.
00:55:35.16\00:55:37.49
This is a series
that has been growing
00:55:37.52\00:55:39.87
and it's burned on my heart
and over the last few weeks
00:55:39.90\00:55:43.86
before this new season began.
00:55:43.89\00:55:45.73
And some
concentrated prayer time
00:55:45.76\00:55:47.91
I believe the Spirit of
God lead me do this series,
00:55:47.94\00:55:50.36
out of the Book of Deuteronomy
00:55:50.39\00:55:52.10
for this generation
within our community of faith
00:55:52.13\00:55:54.69
and outside this
community of faith.
00:55:54.72\00:55:56.68
I believe both, both
communities need to hear
00:55:56.71\00:56:01.25
the compelling Bible truth
00:56:01.28\00:56:04.32
captured in this
series called The Chosen.
00:56:04.35\00:56:05.93
So thank you for
joining me and all of us
00:56:05.96\00:56:08.67
as we continue our journey
00:56:08.70\00:56:10.13
deeper and deeper into
the heart of this theme.
00:56:10.16\00:56:12.96
Living as you and I do and I'm--
00:56:12.99\00:56:15.47
I know I'm
preaching to the choir now,
00:56:15.50\00:56:17.44
living as we do on
the edge of a civilization
00:56:17.47\00:56:20.64
that is surviving through
constant up evil and change.
00:56:20.67\00:56:24.74
I am so grateful
and I know you are
00:56:24.77\00:56:27.03
for the bedrock
hope we have in Jesus.
00:56:27.06\00:56:30.32
I'm thankful that you
and I have been given name
00:56:30.35\00:56:32.93
the privilege by God to
partner to reach this generation
00:56:32.96\00:56:36.06
the world over through
the satellite telecast.
00:56:36.09\00:56:38.17
I don't know how it
works, I just know that
00:56:38.20\00:56:39.93
those
satellites drop the signals
00:56:39.96\00:56:42.48
and those
footprints all over the planet
00:56:42.51\00:56:44.53
are helping
disseminate this divine call
00:56:44.56\00:56:48.10
to become a part of The Chosen,
00:56:48.13\00:56:49.57
God's last generation on earth.
00:56:49.60\00:56:51.25
So please, here's
what I want you to know,
00:56:51.28\00:56:53.30
I thank God for
you in a generous way
00:56:53.33\00:56:56.12
you have partnered
with us in the past
00:56:56.15\00:56:58.06
and making New
Perceptions possible globally.
00:56:58.09\00:57:01.50
Your tax-deductible
gifts are been multiplied
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all across the earth I
believe for such a time as this.
00:57:04.06\00:57:07.53
Look, would you like to
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00:57:15.79\00:57:17.12
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Thank you very, very much.
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And be assured, I'm looking
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00:57:55.91\00:57:59.02
right here again
next time as we continue
00:57:59.05\00:58:02.36
our fascinating
journey into The Chosen.
00:58:02.39\00:58:05.96
God bless you.
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