Dear Lord, I want
to thank you so much
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for all the
blessings that You gave us,
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for showing Yourself
throughout the weeks,
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months, and years.
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You're always by our side
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and You always
come and encourage us
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whenever we need You.
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Hear us as we
sing our love to You,
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and thank You for Your blessings
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in Your name, amen.
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My hope is built on nothing less
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Than Jesus blood
and righteousness
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
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But wholly trust in Jesus name
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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When Darkness
seems to hide His face
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I rest on His unchanging grace
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In every high and stormy gale
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My anchor holds within the veil
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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When He shall
come with trumpet sound
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Oh, may I then in Him be found
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Dressed in His
righteousness alone
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Faultless stan before the throne
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm, He is Lord
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Lord of all
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Christ alone, Cornerstone
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Weak made strong
in the Savior's love
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Through the storm
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He is Lord
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Lord of all
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Amen.
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This time we invite
you to come up for prayer
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and to just thank
God for the blessings
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He's given you
throughout this week,
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also for being with you
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through the
hardships or hard times.
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And so you guys come up here,
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pray to him with fellowship
with your brothers and sisters.
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You hear me when I
call You are my morning song
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Though darkness fills the night
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It cannot hide the light
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Whom shall I fear
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You crush the
enemy underneath my feet
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You are my sword and shield
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Though troubles linger still
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Whom shall I fear
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel
armies is always by my side
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The one who reigns forever,
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He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel armies
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is always by my side
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My strength is in your name
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For You alone can
save You will deliver me
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Yours is the victory
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Whom shall I fear
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Whom shall I fear
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel
armies is always by my side
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The one who reigns
forever He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel
armies is always by my side
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And nothing formed
against me shall stand
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You hold the whole
world in Your hands
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I'm holding on to Your promises
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You are
faithful You are faithful
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And nothing formed
against me shall stand
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You hold the whole
world in Your hands
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I'm holding on to Your promises
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You are
faithful You are faithful
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You are faithful
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I know who goes before me
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I know who stands behind
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The God of angel
armies is always by my side
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The one who reigns
forever He is a friend of mine
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The God of angel
armies is always by my side
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The God of angel armies
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is always by my side
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Good morning, boys and girls.
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It's nice to see you on this
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next to the last
Sabbath of October, still warm.
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And the leaves are so
pretty, oh, and the flowers,
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this is the time
for those little moms.
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Nice to have you
here. You happy to be here?
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I can tell it
on your face. Good.
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All right, so these two girls,
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they just love playing together.
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Name of one is Phoebe,
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the name of the other is Tillie.
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So they live on Vashon Island,
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south of Seattle
in the Puget Sound.
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Okay.
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So that's a nice place to
be from the Pacific Northwest.
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So one day, we're going
out into the woods today,
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to the woods today,
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so they were running
out into the woods to play,
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but they were not keeping
track where they were going.
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Oh, no, something
you should not do.
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They got lost, they
didn't know where are we.
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And as they're both
running do we go this way,
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do we go this way?
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Shall we go this way?
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Little Phoebe,
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she was not
watching where she was going
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and she disappeared.
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Tillie turned around,
"Phoebe, where are you?"
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Phoebe had just
fallen into a cistern.
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That's an old well,
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water at the
bottom, rocks on the bottom.
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Tillie looked down
and there was Phoebe
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at the bottom of the cistern.
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When you're little you
can't crawl out of a cistern,
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there is no way.
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And when you're
little, you can't help
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your friend crawl
out of a cistern either.
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What am I gonna do?
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And so they both just sat there,
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Phoebe in the
bottom, Tillie at the top.
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Oh, what can we
do? What can we do?
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I don't know. I don't
even know where we are.
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I call for help but
there's nobody around,
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it's just a forest.
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That's getting
dark, it's getting dark.
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I'm gonna stay with you.
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Little Tillie decided,
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"I'm gonna stay with you Phoebe.
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I'll be right
here, don't worry."
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Got dark, got
cold in the northwest.
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Yes, it did.
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Soon think, fell like forever.
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But soon that sun
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was beginning to peak
above the eastern tops,
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tip-tops of the
trees, a new day.
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Okay, okay.
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I thought about
it, I have a plan.
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I'm gonna look for
help, you stay right here.
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Well, she's not
gonna go anywhere, is she?
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You stay right here.
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I'm gonna look.
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So Tillie shut
off, "Where am I going?
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Where am I
going? Where am I going?
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Do I go out, do
I...? Where do I turn?
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Where do I turn? Where?
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Looks like we're in a ravine.
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Now she's coming out,
there's little valley.
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She runs out into the valley.
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Some people,
because you can imagine,
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the folks at
home are going crazy.
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Two little girls
are gone, they're crazy.
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Some people reported seeing
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Tillie come out of the woods.
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She looked around,
couldn't see anybody to help.
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She went back into the woods.
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They had people out searching.
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Day number two goes by.
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"I'm right here, Phoebe.
Don't you worry about it, girl.
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I'm right here."
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Day number three goes
by and night number three.
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Day number four goes
by, night number four.
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The people are going crazy.
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They have search
parties everywhere.
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Day number five goes
by, night number five.
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Day number six.
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Finally, Tillie said
I'm staying right here.
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"Now I've given up looking.
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I'll be right here."
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They're both very weak now.
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No water, no food.
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When all of a sudden they heard,
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crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch
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footsteps coming
through the forest,
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and then a voice
yelled, "There they are."
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The person with a
voice had a camera.
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And the person
came running up to them
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with a camera
and took a picture,
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and we're gonna put the
picture right now on the screen,
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because there is Phoebe.
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She's at the top part
where there's some rocks,
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it goes down into the
water, there is Phoebe.
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And where is Tillie?
Let's see the next picture.
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Oh, there is Tillie.
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For six days,
Tillie looked after Phoebe.
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For six days...
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Oh, the owner.
Let's see the owner.
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Oh, the owner, look he
looks little worried still.
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The poor dogs, they put
out the water for Phoebe.
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Rejoice.
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Tillie stayed with Phoebe.
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You know, they say,
dog is a man's best friend.
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I think a dog is
a dog's best friend.
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Tillie saved Phoebe's life
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because somebody
saw her come out,
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she would run out and then
go back, run out come back.
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They said they
must be in that area.
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Oh, she became so
famous, these two dogs did,
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but especially
Tillie the rescuer,
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the best friend forever
who stuck by her friend,
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that a very famous
person in Washington,
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next picture please.
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Said, bring the dogs
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and the governor of the
state of Washington said,
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you I now pronounce you
Washingtonians for a day.
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First time they've
given to a non-human.
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The whole state was rejoicing.
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You know, when I saw
that picture and I said,
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"Oh, to have a friend who
stays with you night and day."
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Then suddenly I
realize, "Wait a minute.
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I don't have a pet,
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but I have a friend who
stays with me night and day,"
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and what is His name?
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God.
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Jesus.
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BFF, best friend forever.
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I will never leave
you or forsake you.
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What a guy!
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What a savior!
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And by the way he
didn't stand there helpless,
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I can't do anything.
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He can get us out
of any hole we're in.
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What do you say to that? Yeah.
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How many are thankful
for Jesus our BFF Savior?
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And who wants to
thank Jesus in prayer?
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Somebody like to
thank Jesus in prayer.
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Do I see some hands up?
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Many hands on the
back row, but okay,
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I think you can
make it through sissy.
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Okay, you come on.
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Let me get a microphone for you.
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Here we go.
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Okay, now let's fold our hands.
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Let's close our eyes.
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We're gonna pray with sissy.
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What's your name, sissy?
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What? Germianna.
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Germianna, we're gonna
pray with Germianna now.
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Fold your
hands, close your eyes.
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Germianna, thank Jesus.
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Dear, Jesus,
thank You for this day.
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Thank You for
our daddies and moms
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and I thank you
for kids and Jonathan,
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and I thank you for
Nenah and everyone else.
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And I thank you for the teachers
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and her dads and everyone else.
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And the first
graders, and second graders,
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and for Miss Sienna, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Germianna.
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And God bless you boys
and girls as you go quietly,
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reverently back to your seats.
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Thank you Jesus for
being my BFF savior.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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Amen.
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Crown Him
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The King of Kings
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The Lord of Lords
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The Prince of Peace
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Crown Him
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The one who died
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Who rose again
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To live forevermore
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Crown Him
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The Bread of Life
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High and holy Priest
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Bright and Morning Star
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He holds the keys of death
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He holds the keys of hell
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He is ruler of the kings
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Of earth
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Crown Him
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Behold your King
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Crown Him
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Behold your King
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Crown Him
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The King of Kings
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The Lord of Lords,
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The Prince of Peace
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Crown Him
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The One who died
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Who rose again
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To live forevermore
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Crown Him
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The Bread of Life
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High and holy Priest
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Bright and Morning Star
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He holds
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The keys of death
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He holds
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The keys of hell
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He is ruler of the kings
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Of earth
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Crown Him
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Behold your King
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Crown Him
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Behold your King
00:17:30.68\00:17:35.25
See Him
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Coming with the clouds
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Ev'ry eye shall see
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Him whom they have pierced
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See Him
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Who is the first
00:18:05.01\00:18:08.38
And is the last Alpha and Omega
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He is the Living One
00:18:14.79\00:18:21.76
He who is and was
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And who is to come
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He has loved us unto death
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He has
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Freed us by His blood
00:18:38.45\00:18:41.78
He is
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The mighty Son of God
00:18:45.65\00:18:51.39
Crown Him
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Behold your King
00:18:59.70\00:19:05.64
Behold Him!
00:19:08.34\00:19:12.11
Behold Him!
00:19:12.15\00:19:16.65
Behold Him!
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Behold
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The Lord of Lords
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And King of Kings
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Crown Him!
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Amen!
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Oh, thank you
Andrews Academy Silhouettes.
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It's beautiful.
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Tyler Ronto and the trombone,
bless you Hector Flores.
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Bless you as well Coronation,
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"Crown him, Lord of Lords,
crown him, King of Kings."
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Powerfully
rendered, we needed that.
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Let's pray together.
00:20:11.54\00:20:13.44
Oh, God, You are
00:20:13.48\00:20:17.21
the one we crown
in our hearts today.
00:20:17.25\00:20:21.72
Christ our Lord
is King of Kings,
00:20:21.75\00:20:24.09
He is Lord of Lords,
00:20:24.15\00:20:26.32
He's a Lamb of
God, He's our BFF,
00:20:26.35\00:20:29.59
He's all of that
00:20:29.62\00:20:31.69
and so are you
Father and Holy Spirit.
00:20:31.73\00:20:35.16
So we come to a
moment of teaching,
00:20:35.20\00:20:37.00
may scripture be clear,
00:20:37.03\00:20:38.37
if there's a
response we need to make,
00:20:38.40\00:20:40.57
let that response
be clear in our minds.
00:20:40.60\00:20:42.57
We pray in Jesus name, amen.
00:20:42.60\00:20:46.81
So I wonder if you would
agree with this sentence.
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I'm thinking you probably do.
00:20:50.41\00:20:52.55
I'm just kind of thinking
00:20:52.58\00:20:53.95
that everybody here
will agree with this.
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Let me check it out with you.
00:20:57.45\00:20:59.52
It takes guts.
00:20:59.55\00:21:02.32
It takes guts to stand.
00:21:02.36\00:21:06.29
You see, it
takes guts to stand up
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to the crowd.
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Yes or no?
00:21:14.40\00:21:17.47
To say, "Hey, you.
00:21:17.51\00:21:20.84
I'm not going there with you.
00:21:20.88\00:21:24.05
Hey, I'm not doing it with you.
00:21:24.11\00:21:28.62
I'm just saying, no."
00:21:28.65\00:21:30.75
So which part of the
no don't you understand
00:21:30.79\00:21:32.29
the N or the O.
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.99
It takes guts
00:21:35.02\00:21:37.29
to stand up to the crowd.
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In the dorm room,
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in the boardroom,
00:21:45.43\00:21:49.10
in the bedroom,
00:21:49.14\00:21:52.34
it takes guts to stand up
to the crowd and be uncool.
00:21:52.37\00:21:55.28
I like the way N.
D. Wilson puts it,
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best selling author.
00:22:01.32\00:22:03.59
He describes it this way,
00:22:03.62\00:22:05.32
the power of the zeitgeist.
00:22:05.35\00:22:10.06
Ever heard that word?
00:22:10.13\00:22:11.53
Before I put it on
the screen, zeitgeist.
00:22:11.56\00:22:15.00
What language do
you suppose it is?
00:22:15.03\00:22:16.36
Quick.
00:22:16.40\00:22:17.73
German, you got it to
the head of the class.
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.73
German, two words.
Geist means ghost, spirit.
00:22:19.77\00:22:24.07
Zeit means time,
00:22:24.11\00:22:25.87
spirit of the
time, spirit of the ages.
00:22:25.91\00:22:28.74
In other words
00:22:28.78\00:22:30.11
the prevailing spirit
and mood of the culture,
00:22:30.15\00:22:33.82
it takes guts to
stand up to the zeitgeist,
00:22:33.88\00:22:36.22
to the culture, to the crowd.
00:22:36.25\00:22:38.92
Yeah, it does.
00:22:38.95\00:22:40.72
To sit there when
the crowd is on its feet,
00:22:40.76\00:22:44.23
hands in the air,
00:22:44.29\00:22:45.63
and worship
space that could feel
00:22:45.66\00:22:48.00
whole lot like a
rumbling dance floor.
00:22:48.03\00:22:51.10
It takes guts to
stand, in this case sit.
00:22:51.13\00:22:55.97
It takes guts to
stand up to the crowd.
00:22:56.00\00:23:00.41
When the waitress has taken
everybody's order in the circle
00:23:00.48\00:23:03.24
and now she's asking
you, orders for drinks.
00:23:03.28\00:23:07.72
And what will you
have young man, young lady?
00:23:07.75\00:23:10.39
What will you have?
00:23:10.42\00:23:12.45
It takes guts to
stand up to the crowd.
00:23:12.49\00:23:17.23
The power of the zeitgeist.
00:23:17.26\00:23:21.36
The power of
culture, power of the crowd.
00:23:21.40\00:23:24.13
N. D. Wilson,
already he's 30 something.
00:23:24.17\00:23:27.00
Tell you, incredible.
00:23:27.04\00:23:28.37
Already critically
acclaimed as a writer,
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.51
best seller one of his
books "Death by Living"
00:23:30.57\00:23:33.74
he wrote an op-ed piece
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.14
in of all places
Christianity Today.
00:23:35.18\00:23:37.75
And I want to read to you a
line or two from that essay.
00:23:37.78\00:23:43.95
"Cows like to turn
their backs to the wind."
00:23:43.99\00:23:47.99
Did you know that?
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.42
And I neither.
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.79
"Cows like to turn
their backs to the wind.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.16
At least, all
the cows I know do.
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.20
Slowly, awkwardly, eventually,
00:23:55.23\00:23:58.93
all that beef will run
parallel to the breeze."
00:23:58.97\00:24:03.07
I love that line.
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.97
All that beef will run
parallel to the breeze.
00:24:05.01\00:24:09.54
"People aren't too different.
00:24:09.58\00:24:11.95
We align
ourselves safely into herds,
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.75
comforted by the
hot breath of others
00:24:14.78\00:24:17.09
breaking on the backs
of our necks and ears.
00:24:17.12\00:24:19.42
Then we huff and we puff
00:24:19.45\00:24:20.79
and we blow at the fools
turned in the wrong direction."
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.22
You didn't come poop.
00:24:23.26\00:24:24.59
Do you understand,
we're all looking this way,
00:24:24.63\00:24:25.96
why are you looking in the wind?
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.30
What's your problem?
00:24:27.40\00:24:29.33
And then he asked the question.
00:24:29.36\00:24:30.73
I'll put his words
on the screen for you.
00:24:30.77\00:24:33.30
"Is there anything
more compelling to us
00:24:33.34\00:24:36.54
than the heavy
synchronized breathing of a mob,
00:24:36.57\00:24:39.97
especially when
combined with cocked eyebrows
00:24:40.04\00:24:42.78
of disdain and
curled lips of disgust?
00:24:42.81\00:24:46.25
This is the zeitgeist,
00:24:46.28\00:24:48.58
inside the church and out,
00:24:48.62\00:24:50.85
and it will judge you
until you conform or commune.
00:24:50.89\00:24:55.26
This is cool-shaming,
00:24:55.29\00:24:57.49
and it will make
you squirm and itch
00:24:57.53\00:24:59.26
to turn your back to the wind,
00:24:59.29\00:25:00.73
to stand with
all the other cows."
00:25:00.76\00:25:03.80
Because, let's face it.
00:25:03.87\00:25:05.20
It takes guts to
stand to the crowd,
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.34
stand up to that
crowd and be uncool.
00:25:07.37\00:25:13.41
Open your Bible to
the Gospel of Luke 1.
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Put the title
slide up right now.
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.88
Sort of mini series,
00:25:19.91\00:25:21.45
we'll have four
Sabbaths together,
00:25:21.48\00:25:22.82
you and I,
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.19
"Mission Possible
Called 2 B Uncool."
00:25:24.22\00:25:28.52
It's today's teaching,
00:25:28.56\00:25:30.23
you don't need to worry
about getting the study guide
00:25:30.26\00:25:31.86
'cause it's in your worship
bulletin, nothing to fill out,
00:25:31.89\00:25:33.70
but every quote I'm
going to quote you have it now,
00:25:33.73\00:25:36.00
and I know that you're
gonna want some of these.
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.97
So that's in the borne for you,
00:25:38.00\00:25:39.33
those who you are
watching by the way
00:25:39.37\00:25:40.70
www.pmchurch.tv
00:25:40.74\00:25:43.17
that's where you're going.
00:25:43.20\00:25:44.54
You get the same
collection of quotations.
00:25:44.57\00:25:46.84
All right,
we're going to Luke 1.
00:25:46.88\00:25:50.51
Open your Bible to Luke 1.
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.58
You didn't bring your Bible,
00:25:52.61\00:25:53.98
grab the pew
Bible in front of you,
00:25:54.02\00:25:55.35
it's page number 688.
00:25:55.38\00:25:56.79
Now you've got it on
your phone, tablet, it's fine.
00:25:56.85\00:26:00.29
Luke 1.
00:26:00.32\00:26:03.86
Luke 1, I'm in the NIV,
New International Version.
00:26:03.89\00:26:06.76
We'll pick it up in verse 11,
00:26:06.83\00:26:08.13
"Then an angel of
the Lord appeared to..."
00:26:08.16\00:26:11.13
old man Zechariah,
that's who the him is.
00:26:11.17\00:26:14.14
Old man Zacharias
priest very near retirement.
00:26:14.17\00:26:18.61
"The angel is
standing at the right side
00:26:18.64\00:26:20.68
of the altar of incense."
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.04
So Zechariah
standing in front of this
00:26:22.08\00:26:23.85
thick golden woven tapestry
00:26:23.88\00:26:29.25
between the holy place
and the most holy place,
00:26:29.28\00:26:31.65
and he's burning incense,
00:26:31.69\00:26:33.39
because all the
worshippers are outside praying,
00:26:33.46\00:26:35.99
and he's representing them.
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.36
Verse 12 and "When
Zechariah saw the angel,
00:26:37.43\00:26:40.13
he was startled and
was gripped with fear."
00:26:40.20\00:26:42.30
Who wouldn't be?
00:26:42.33\00:26:43.67
"But the angel said to him:
00:26:43.73\00:26:45.07
'Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
your prayer has been heard.
00:26:45.10\00:26:49.34
Your wife Elizabeth
will bear you a son,
00:26:49.37\00:26:51.61
and you are to call him John.'"
00:26:51.64\00:26:53.04
Verse 14, and "He will
be a joy and delight to you,
00:26:53.07\00:26:56.34
and many will rejoice
00:26:56.38\00:26:57.85
because of his birth, for,"
00:26:57.88\00:26:59.21
verse 14, "He will be
great in the sight of the Lord.
00:26:59.25\00:27:01.88
He is never to take wine
or other fermented drink,
00:27:01.92\00:27:06.82
and he will be
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:27:06.89\00:27:08.39
even before he is born."
00:27:08.42\00:27:10.19
Verse 16, "And
He will bring back
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.13
many of the people of
Israel to the Lord their God."
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.63
And finally verse 17,
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.46
"He will go on before the Lord,
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.60
in the spirit
and power of Elijah,
00:27:18.63\00:27:21.84
to turn the
hearts of the parents
00:27:21.87\00:27:23.30
to their children
and the disobedient
00:27:23.34\00:27:24.74
to the wisdom of the righteous
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.14
to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord."
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.64
You are gonna have a baby
00:27:29.68\00:27:31.31
and that baby will be granted
00:27:31.35\00:27:34.12
from all mighty God,
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.68
a mission to prepare the people
00:27:35.72\00:27:39.72
for the coming of the Messiah.
00:27:39.75\00:27:43.26
Can you imagine? Now seriously.
00:27:43.29\00:27:45.16
Can you imagine your folks,
just before you were born,
00:27:45.19\00:27:48.10
your folks, get an angel.
00:27:48.13\00:27:51.60
Shows up in
front of them, he said,
00:27:51.63\00:27:53.13
"Hey, you're
gonna have a baby girl.
00:27:53.17\00:27:56.20
You're gonna have a baby boy."
00:27:56.24\00:27:57.64
And I want you
to know something,
00:27:57.67\00:27:59.01
almighty God has
already called that girl,
00:27:59.04\00:28:00.74
called that boy for his mission,
00:28:00.81\00:28:02.38
Mission Possible.
00:28:02.41\00:28:03.78
He's already called her
00:28:03.81\00:28:05.75
to make ready this world
00:28:05.78\00:28:07.35
for the return of
the Messiah again.
00:28:07.38\00:28:09.82
Can you imagine
00:28:09.85\00:28:12.12
how your folks
would have responded?
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.49
And let me ask you a question.
00:28:13.52\00:28:14.86
Do you suppose they would
ever have told you about it?
00:28:14.89\00:28:17.83
Are you kidding?
00:28:17.86\00:28:19.19
They would have told you
every single day you're alive,
00:28:19.23\00:28:21.26
every single day, boy,
boy, the angel came and told us,
00:28:21.30\00:28:24.27
you have a mission.
00:28:24.30\00:28:25.63
girl, you have been
called to prepare this world
00:28:25.67\00:28:28.50
for the soon coming of
Jesus, you have a mission.
00:28:28.54\00:28:33.68
You grow up every stage of year,
00:28:33.71\00:28:39.25
pre-adolescent development,
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.82
every stage beyond hearing
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.69
you were born for a mission.
00:28:43.72\00:28:48.72
And sure enough the baby
was born and it was a boy,
00:28:48.76\00:28:52.63
and he does have a mission.
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.00
In fact, I want you to
catch the very last line
00:28:54.00\00:28:55.70
in chapter 1.
00:28:55.73\00:28:57.07
This is a long chapter,
00:28:57.13\00:28:58.47
that's why we're not
spending any time here.
00:28:58.50\00:28:59.83
This is a long
chapter. Look at verse 80.
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.60
Okay, way at the
back of the chapter,
00:29:01.64\00:29:03.74
now verse 80.
00:29:03.77\00:29:05.54
"And the child..." that
would be John, little John.
00:29:05.57\00:29:08.14
"And the child grew and
became strong in spirit,
00:29:08.18\00:29:13.68
and he lived in the wilderness
00:29:13.75\00:29:15.08
until he appeared
publicly in Israel."
00:29:15.12\00:29:17.99
Wow.
00:29:18.02\00:29:19.35
Hey, I need to say a
word to young parents
00:29:19.39\00:29:20.72
and parents to be, okay.
00:29:20.79\00:29:22.12
You're gonna be
a parent one day.
00:29:22.16\00:29:23.49
Yep.
00:29:23.53\00:29:24.86
I want to say a word to parents
00:29:24.89\00:29:26.23
or young parents
or parents to be.
00:29:26.26\00:29:28.30
A century ago,
00:29:28.33\00:29:29.66
these words are
written about the John baby.
00:29:29.70\00:29:32.60
Here we go, I'll put
it on the screen for you,
00:29:32.63\00:29:34.07
you have all the quotes.
00:29:34.14\00:29:35.47
"John the Baptist,
the forerunner of Christ,
00:29:35.50\00:29:37.34
received this early
training from his parents..."
00:29:37.41\00:29:40.81
Does a mommy, does a
daddy have a divine mission?
00:29:40.88\00:29:44.85
Oh, boy, do you...
00:29:44.88\00:29:48.55
"He received his early
training from his parents.
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.69
The words of the
angel to Zacharias
00:29:50.72\00:29:52.72
had often been repeated to
John by his God fearing parents.
00:29:52.75\00:29:56.73
From his childhood his mission
had been kept before him,
00:29:56.76\00:30:00.00
and he accepted the holy trust."
00:30:00.03\00:30:02.06
Girl, I'm telling you, girl,
you were born for a mission.
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.57
Boy, listen to me.
00:30:05.60\00:30:07.04
Don't forget this.
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.44
You were born for a mission.
You were made for a mission.
00:30:08.47\00:30:11.34
What's my mission, daddy?
00:30:11.37\00:30:12.77
It's to help God,
00:30:12.81\00:30:14.14
get this planet ready
for the return of Messiah.
00:30:14.18\00:30:16.31
That's your mission. Do
you understand that child?
00:30:16.34\00:30:21.22
Mama, that baby still in arms,
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.98
I've heard a few already
this morning, still in arms,
00:30:23.02\00:30:26.25
you can be whispering, a
little baby, little child,
00:30:26.29\00:30:30.89
you go ahead and cry on
00:30:30.93\00:30:32.43
because mama knows you
have a mission for Jesus.
00:30:32.46\00:30:36.90
He's gonna use you
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.27
to get the world
ready for His return.
00:30:38.30\00:30:40.40
Come on, little boy.
00:30:40.47\00:30:41.80
Come on, grow up
but not too fast.
00:30:41.84\00:30:47.01
Yeah.
00:30:47.04\00:30:48.71
You say, "Uh, but pastor please,
00:30:48.74\00:30:50.31
not my baby."
00:30:50.38\00:30:51.71
I mean, look,
we're talking about,
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.11
my baby is not a
little miracle baby like John.
00:30:53.15\00:30:54.88
I mean, I just heard
Gabriel tell to Zechariah,
00:30:54.92\00:30:56.95
your baby has Holy
Spirit before he even comes out.
00:30:57.02\00:31:00.46
Can't be my baby. Oh,
I beg to differ with you.
00:31:00.49\00:31:04.86
Desire of Ages,
00:31:04.89\00:31:06.23
put the words on
the screen, please.
00:31:06.26\00:31:07.76
"Even the babe
in its mother's arms
00:31:07.83\00:31:10.87
may dwell as under
the shadow of the Almighty
00:31:10.93\00:31:14.30
through the faith
of the praying..."
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.00
Give me that next word?
00:31:16.04\00:31:18.47
Get, I didn't hear.
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.08
"Through the faith
of the praying," who?
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
Mother.
00:31:22.48\00:31:23.95
How many of you are
gonna be mother someday?
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.71
I'm looking in your faces
and wondering, "Will it be you?
00:31:25.75\00:31:27.82
Will it be you? Will it be you?"
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.25
How many of you are mothers now?
00:31:30.29\00:31:32.79
How many of your
grandmothers now?
00:31:32.82\00:31:35.29
Our little Ella just
turned two on Thursday.
00:31:35.32\00:31:39.03
Wish we could be
out there in Salem
00:31:39.06\00:31:40.66
to celebrate with her.
00:31:40.70\00:31:42.66
Now but this is
a praying mother.
00:31:42.70\00:31:44.23
By the way grandmothers
can pray, the grandpas do.
00:31:44.27\00:31:48.00
So where are we reading here,
00:31:48.04\00:31:49.37
"Even the babe in his
mother's arms may dwell
00:31:49.40\00:31:51.04
under the shadow of the Almighty
00:31:51.07\00:31:52.74
through the faith
of the praying mother.
00:31:52.77\00:31:55.08
John the
Baptist," Oh, I love this.
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.01
"John the Baptist was
filled with the Holy Spirit
00:31:57.08\00:31:59.08
from his birth."
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.52
We already got that part.
00:32:00.55\00:32:02.02
Now read, "If we as parents
00:32:02.05\00:32:04.65
will live in communion with God,
00:32:04.69\00:32:06.96
we too may expect
00:32:06.99\00:32:08.59
the divine Spirit to
mold our little ones,
00:32:08.62\00:32:11.79
even from their
earliest moment alive."
00:32:11.83\00:32:17.33
Oh, mama.
00:32:17.37\00:32:19.07
The only caveat here,
there's only one little caveat.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.50
The only caveat is
you must commune with God.
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.27
That's what we just read.
00:32:24.31\00:32:25.64
You must commune with God,
you have to be talking to Him.
00:32:25.67\00:32:28.14
Papa, you have to
be talking to Him,
00:32:28.18\00:32:30.45
you've got to be
praying for that child.
00:32:30.51\00:32:32.65
I know I'm
preaching to the choir,
00:32:32.68\00:32:34.02
because you already do,
00:32:34.08\00:32:35.42
but we've got some young parents
00:32:35.45\00:32:36.79
still not parents yet.
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.15
You, the moment
that child is born
00:32:38.19\00:32:39.59
begin a life of prayer,
00:32:39.62\00:32:42.02
communing with the eternal.
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.03
Oh, so mama stay close to God.
00:32:45.06\00:32:46.49
Papa, please,
that's my appeal to you,
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.23
stay close to God.
00:32:48.26\00:32:50.40
This is the most
critical time in history
00:32:50.43\00:32:52.17
to be rearing a
little tiny life,
00:32:52.20\00:32:56.84
for his, for her mission.
00:32:56.87\00:33:00.51
Verse 8 again.
00:33:00.58\00:33:05.11
"And the child grew and
became strong in spirit,
00:33:05.15\00:33:09.42
and he lived in the wilderness
00:33:09.45\00:33:10.79
until he appeared
publicly to Israel."
00:33:10.82\00:33:13.22
Have you ever wondered?
Because I have this week.
00:33:13.25\00:33:15.42
Have you ever wondered?
00:33:15.46\00:33:16.83
At what age did John
go into the wilderness?
00:33:16.86\00:33:19.73
How old was he when he finally
moved out into the wilderness?
00:33:19.76\00:33:23.00
I want to share one
little line with you.
00:33:23.03\00:33:25.17
Here's his line,
put it on the screen.
00:33:25.20\00:33:26.90
"The greater
portion of John's life
00:33:26.94\00:33:30.27
was spent in the wilderness."
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.64
Now we got to do a
little bit arithmetic here.
00:33:32.67\00:33:34.81
So John and Jesus
are cousins as you know
00:33:34.84\00:33:37.15
'cause Mary will end
up, once she's pregnant,
00:33:37.21\00:33:39.18
she ends up and cousin Elizabeth
00:33:39.21\00:33:40.88
whose great with
child, do you remember?
00:33:40.92\00:33:42.48
So the babies are gonna be born
about four, five months apart.
00:33:42.52\00:33:45.82
Okay.
00:33:45.85\00:33:47.22
John's gonna be born first
then Jesus will come along,
00:33:47.26\00:33:48.89
they're cousins.
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.79
We know that
Jesus died at 35ish.
00:33:50.83\00:33:53.76
Okay, 35ish is His age.
00:33:53.80\00:33:56.40
John died a year
and a half before Jesus,
00:33:56.43\00:33:59.13
so we're gonna
say, John is 33ish.
00:33:59.17\00:34:02.00
All right, the ish is
important but we'll say 33.
00:34:02.04\00:34:04.37
Now the greater
portion of the 33,
00:34:04.41\00:34:06.98
you spent in the
wilderness would be...
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.84
No, it got to be
make 17 or 18 years.
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.18
Meaning John would be
00:34:12.21\00:34:13.55
when he moved out
into the wilderness
00:34:13.62\00:34:14.95
15 or 16 years of age.
00:34:14.98\00:34:17.92
Could be mom and dad,
they were aged, they died.
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.16
And when they die, John is gone.
00:34:20.19\00:34:25.03
Let's put it on the
screen here the whole quote now.
00:34:25.06\00:34:27.20
"The greater
portion of John's life
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.53
was spent in the wilderness...
00:34:28.56\00:34:29.90
It was John's choice,"
I want you to catch this.
00:34:29.93\00:34:32.07
"It was John's choice
00:34:32.10\00:34:34.00
to forego the enjoyments
and luxuries of the city life
00:34:34.04\00:34:37.37
for the stern
discipline of the wilderness.
00:34:37.41\00:34:40.64
Here his surroundings
00:34:40.68\00:34:42.01
were favorable to habits
of simplicity and self-denial.
00:34:42.04\00:34:46.68
Uninterrupted by the clamor
of the world that zeitgeist,
00:34:46.72\00:34:51.82
he could here study the lessons
of nature, of revelation..."
00:34:51.85\00:34:55.09
So he had a few
scrolls of the Old Testament.
00:34:55.12\00:34:57.23
"And of providence."
00:34:57.29\00:34:58.63
God himself came down to train
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.53
that young man,
15, 16 years of age.
00:35:00.56\00:35:05.30
Here's the point.
00:35:05.33\00:35:07.47
When you realize that
your life purpose is bound up
00:35:07.54\00:35:10.71
with the divine mission
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.07
to prepare the world
for the coming of Christ,
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.54
you must take
00:35:14.58\00:35:17.45
proactive steps yourself
00:35:17.48\00:35:20.22
to align your
life with that mission.
00:35:20.25\00:35:24.39
Now as long as you're one digit,
00:35:24.42\00:35:26.42
your age is one digit,
00:35:26.45\00:35:28.26
your parents are
making that decision for you.
00:35:28.29\00:35:30.33
Isn't that right? One digit.
00:35:30.36\00:35:31.73
They're making
the choices for you.
00:35:31.76\00:35:33.26
But the moment
you become two digits,
00:35:33.29\00:35:36.06
Jesus turns 12,
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.43
He is in the temple and He says,
00:35:37.47\00:35:39.37
"This is for me, this is me."
00:35:39.40\00:35:41.57
The moment you
become two digits,
00:35:41.60\00:35:42.94
and by the way everybody
here is pretty much two digits.
00:35:42.97\00:35:46.78
The moment you
hit the two digit,
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.28
whether you're 15 or 25,
00:35:48.31\00:35:49.64
35, 45, 55, 75, 85,
00:35:49.68\00:35:52.65
I don't care how old you are.
00:35:52.68\00:35:54.08
The moment you hit two digits,
00:35:54.12\00:35:56.05
you now have
control over your life
00:35:56.08\00:36:00.79
and aligning it to the
high purpose of Almighty God.
00:36:00.82\00:36:05.76
Isn't that something?
You now take the initiative.
00:36:05.79\00:36:09.83
You're young
adult on this campus,
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.50
you're going through university,
00:36:11.53\00:36:12.87
you've got a great major,
00:36:12.90\00:36:14.24
you have a career dream in mind.
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.60
And God comes along to you
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.01
and He says, girl, He says, boy,
00:36:17.04\00:36:18.37
I want to tell you
something about that career.
00:36:18.41\00:36:19.91
That career was only
to assist me in my mission
00:36:19.94\00:36:23.14
to prepare a world
for my soon coming.
00:36:23.18\00:36:25.51
Do you understand that?
00:36:25.55\00:36:26.92
You'll earn a living
but you're working for me.
00:36:26.95\00:36:29.65
You'll earn a living
but you're working for me.
00:36:29.68\00:36:32.02
Do you
understand that? Are you 85?
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.99
Saying, you retried.
00:36:34.06\00:36:35.39
I still have a mission for you.
00:36:35.42\00:36:37.89
Once you're in the two digits,
you cooperate, you align.
00:36:37.93\00:36:42.03
So here is the question.
00:36:42.06\00:36:43.43
What are you doing
right now to align your life
00:36:43.47\00:36:46.17
with the mission of
a soon coming Christ?
00:36:46.20\00:36:49.90
I know what your profession
is, I'm looking at your faces.
00:36:49.97\00:36:51.57
I know a whole lot of you.
00:36:51.61\00:36:52.94
I know what
your professions are.
00:36:52.97\00:36:54.31
I'm not asking you,
what your profession is,
00:36:54.34\00:36:56.04
I'm asking what
are you doing now
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.88
to align your life
00:36:57.91\00:36:59.85
to the mission,
the mission possible
00:36:59.88\00:37:02.95
of a soon coming Jesus?
00:37:02.98\00:37:06.59
All right, we needed
that little Luke 1 moment,
00:37:06.62\00:37:09.82
because it's the red
letters of Jesus in Matthew 11
00:37:09.86\00:37:12.79
that we want to end
with, so go to Matthew 11.
00:37:12.83\00:37:14.93
The red letters of Jesus.
00:37:14.93\00:37:17.00
Go back to Matthew 11.
00:37:17.07\00:37:19.50
By the way, we will fast
forward now from the little boy
00:37:19.53\00:37:23.44
who eventually goes
out into the wilderness
00:37:23.51\00:37:24.87
till six months
before he's beheaded,
00:37:24.91\00:37:28.28
he's going to be
beheaded in six months
00:37:28.31\00:37:29.68
from the moment
these words are spoken.
00:37:29.71\00:37:32.08
Red letter words,
Christ will speak them.
00:37:32.11\00:37:34.12
Matthew 11:7,
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.05
"As John's
disciples were leaving,"
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.25
you see the disciples John
is a master, he has followers.
00:37:38.29\00:37:42.62
They've come for
a private audience
00:37:42.66\00:37:44.13
with this Jesus.
00:37:44.16\00:37:46.53
He's had time along with them,
00:37:46.56\00:37:47.86
he sent them back to his cousin
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.93
in Herod's fortress dungeon.
00:37:49.96\00:37:55.14
As John's
disciples were leaving,
00:37:55.17\00:37:56.67
Jesus scrolls around,
00:37:56.71\00:37:58.04
pivots on his sandals
and turns to the masses.
00:37:58.07\00:38:01.41
He began, He calls out to them.
00:38:01.44\00:38:03.21
"He began to speak
to the crowd about John.
00:38:03.24\00:38:05.51
'What did you go out
into the wilderness to see?
00:38:05.55\00:38:09.28
A reed swayed by the wind?'"
00:38:09.32\00:38:13.49
Everybody in that audience
knew what a reed looks like,
00:38:13.52\00:38:17.16
because Jesus chooses
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.53
the vegetation growing profusely
00:38:18.56\00:38:20.53
along the very
patch of the Jordan River,
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.93
where John was baptizing.
00:38:22.96\00:38:24.30
There's a picture, take a look.
00:38:24.33\00:38:25.90
Everybody immediately
saw what Jesus was asking,
00:38:25.93\00:38:29.54
did you go out
into the wilderness
00:38:29.57\00:38:30.94
to see a reed?
00:38:30.97\00:38:33.58
As you can see from the
picture reeds are flimsy enough
00:38:33.61\00:38:36.24
that they are
unable to stand tall
00:38:36.28\00:38:38.18
before a prevailing
wind or even a breeze.
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.65
Let the wind blow this
way, the reed goes this way.
00:38:40.72\00:38:43.69
Let the wind blow that
way, the reed bends that way.
00:38:43.72\00:38:48.32
A reed is always
as fickle as the wind.
00:38:48.36\00:38:53.80
And God knows
00:38:53.83\00:38:55.90
the winds of the
zeitgeist blow every, which way?
00:38:55.93\00:39:01.80
N.D. Wilson again, put
them the screen, please.
00:39:01.84\00:39:04.74
Continue his essay,
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.11
"But for the
rest of us," meaning,
00:39:06.14\00:39:07.78
those of us "Who want to stand
00:39:07.81\00:39:09.14
with all the
other cows in the herd,
00:39:09.18\00:39:11.08
the single greatest
factor in our decision-making
00:39:11.11\00:39:14.48
is simple compliance."
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.38
That's his
underlying there, compliance.
00:39:16.42\00:39:19.62
"We turn with the crowd
00:39:19.65\00:39:20.99
because we want the
awkwardness to stop.
00:39:21.02\00:39:23.36
We want them all to
stop looking at us like that.
00:39:23.39\00:39:26.13
We want to feel
the wind of opinion
00:39:26.16\00:39:27.93
at our backs.
00:39:27.96\00:39:29.93
How did otherwise
intelligent people, he asked,
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.37
go along with a Third
Reich, the invasion of Poland,
00:39:32.40\00:39:35.10
the extermination of the Jews?
00:39:35.14\00:39:37.01
We may assume they were evil,
brainwashed, or a bit of both,
00:39:37.04\00:39:40.41
and in part were right."
00:39:40.48\00:39:41.81
But now two questions.
00:39:41.84\00:39:43.58
"But when was the last
time you hedged an opinion
00:39:43.65\00:39:47.62
because of the hot
breathing of those around you?"
00:39:47.65\00:39:50.52
Second question, "When
did you last choose your words
00:39:53.56\00:39:57.03
more on the politics of
a situation than on truth?"
00:39:57.06\00:40:01.86
He writes this line,
00:40:01.90\00:40:03.37
"The zeitgeist
is a fickle master,
00:40:03.43\00:40:06.30
because the zeitgeist is us."
00:40:06.33\00:40:09.67
Why do you go out to
the wilderness to see?
00:40:12.71\00:40:15.44
A reed fickling in the wind.
00:40:15.48\00:40:18.85
Anybody who knows
anything about the life of John
00:40:18.88\00:40:21.35
the Baptist knows,
00:40:21.38\00:40:22.72
you could never call him
a reed blowing in the wind.
00:40:22.75\00:40:26.49
Yo! King Herod.
00:40:26.52\00:40:28.86
You...
00:40:28.89\00:40:30.23
Do you understand,
00:40:33.06\00:40:34.93
that you are committing adultery
00:40:34.93\00:40:36.33
with your brother's wife,
00:40:36.36\00:40:38.23
and you will be lost
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.10
unless you turn
00:40:41.14\00:40:43.14
and repent and leave her.
00:40:43.17\00:40:46.74
The thundering young
prophet in the wilderness
00:40:46.81\00:40:50.01
who speaks truth to power.
00:40:50.08\00:40:55.05
He ends up in the
dungeon of Herod's fortress,
00:40:55.08\00:40:58.49
six months from now, dead.
00:40:58.52\00:41:03.32
It takes guts
00:41:03.36\00:41:05.63
to stand up to the crowd,
00:41:05.66\00:41:07.30
especially when you
know the price of standing up
00:41:07.40\00:41:10.33
as everybody in this room knows.
00:41:10.37\00:41:13.30
Wow.
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.64
Speaking of sexual
immorality and Herod,
00:41:20.68\00:41:24.05
do you understand
00:41:24.11\00:41:25.95
that sexual immorality is
one of the strongest winds
00:41:25.98\00:41:29.65
blowing through this
culture's zeitgeist today?
00:41:29.68\00:41:35.12
Heterosexual,
00:41:35.16\00:41:38.03
homosexual,
00:41:38.06\00:41:41.10
asexual,
00:41:41.13\00:41:43.90
pansexual,
00:41:43.93\00:41:46.33
transsexual,
00:41:46.37\00:41:49.14
bisexual,
00:41:49.17\00:41:51.61
it doesn't matter.
00:41:51.64\00:41:54.54
The winds of immorality
are no respecters of persons.
00:41:54.58\00:41:59.35
And listen, listen, listen,
00:41:59.38\00:42:00.85
if we turn
00:42:00.92\00:42:02.25
to the prevailing
zeitgeist of this culture
00:42:02.28\00:42:04.55
to self define,
00:42:04.59\00:42:08.82
or to define ourselves
00:42:08.86\00:42:11.36
on the basis of its fickle
blowing and constant change,
00:42:11.39\00:42:15.20
we will remain as
confused as we already are.
00:42:15.23\00:42:19.90
How do we survive the
stiff winds of this sexual
00:42:24.97\00:42:29.68
morality or
immorality zeitgeist?
00:42:29.71\00:42:34.62
Here's a page you can tear
right out of John's playbook.
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.19
Put it on the screen for you.
00:42:37.25\00:42:39.29
"John distrusted his own
power to withstand temptation."
00:42:39.32\00:42:43.59
It's a good
posture to have by the way.
00:42:43.63\00:42:45.43
Don't you think
you're some big hero,
00:42:45.46\00:42:46.86
you're not.
00:42:46.90\00:42:48.20
None of us is.
00:42:48.23\00:42:49.63
"He distrusted his own
power to withstand temptation,
00:42:49.66\00:42:52.37
and therefore he shrank
00:42:52.40\00:42:54.60
from constant
contact with sin..."
00:42:54.64\00:42:56.64
Would you
circle those four words
00:42:56.67\00:42:58.01
in your study guide,
00:42:58.04\00:42:59.37
"constant contact with sin".
00:42:59.41\00:43:01.88
Because in today's zeitgeist,
00:43:01.91\00:43:04.28
so much of what appears
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.65
on our little
screens, or our bigger screens,
00:43:05.68\00:43:10.39
or our big screens
00:43:10.42\00:43:13.56
or on the silver screen,
00:43:13.59\00:43:15.46
so much of what
appears on our screens today
00:43:15.49\00:43:20.90
through Netflix,
00:43:20.93\00:43:24.17
through Cyberspace,
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.90
through Hollywood,
00:43:26.94\00:43:29.50
through video gaming
at 3:00 in the morning,
00:43:29.54\00:43:33.48
through the music industry,
00:43:33.54\00:43:35.11
so much of what
appears on our screens today
00:43:35.14\00:43:40.18
is the zeitgeist
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.55
of sexual immorality.
00:43:42.58\00:43:46.65
You know that,
00:43:46.72\00:43:48.56
I just remind you.
00:43:48.59\00:43:53.03
"John distrusted his own
power to withstand temptation
00:43:53.06\00:43:55.46
and he shrank from
constant contact with sin,
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.53
lest he should lose the sense
of it exceeding sinfulness...
00:43:57.57\00:44:00.57
So far as possible, he
closed every avenue..."
00:44:00.64\00:44:04.11
Circle those three
words, "closed every avenue",
00:44:04.14\00:44:06.01
because he finally figured out
00:44:06.04\00:44:07.38
there's an off
switch on this thing.
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.25
It's the only way
you can close the avenue.
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.41
You can't help
with what anybody else
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.32
blares into your face,
00:44:14.35\00:44:15.68
but you have an off switch,
00:44:15.72\00:44:18.42
you just turn it
off, you close the avenue.
00:44:18.45\00:44:21.82
I can't afford to,
00:44:21.86\00:44:23.19
I can't be desensitized
to the sexual immorality,
00:44:23.22\00:44:26.56
that is the
zeitgeist of this age,
00:44:26.59\00:44:29.80
I can't.
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.60
"He closed every avenue
by which Satan could enter,
00:44:31.63\00:44:33.44
yet he was still
assailed by the tempter."
00:44:33.50\00:44:35.04
Doesn't matter how
many off switches you hit.
00:44:35.07\00:44:36.81
Nobody's forgotten
you, not the devil.
00:44:36.87\00:44:39.01
He remembers you, he
remembers your address.
00:44:39.04\00:44:41.24
"But his spiritual,
00:44:41.28\00:44:42.61
John spiritual
perceptions were clear.
00:44:42.64\00:44:44.85
He had developed strength
and decision of character..."
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.32
When you love God,
00:44:47.38\00:44:48.72
and loyalty to God
00:44:48.75\00:44:50.09
begins to grow in your
heart, radical loyalty,
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.25
God will give the
attendant strength you need
00:44:52.29\00:44:55.42
to be able to turn it off.
00:44:55.46\00:44:56.99
He will give you
the ability to stand up
00:44:57.03\00:45:00.13
because it takes guts
to stand up to the crowd.
00:45:00.16\00:45:03.03
God will give it to you.
00:45:03.06\00:45:06.17
"He develops strength
and decision of character,
00:45:06.20\00:45:08.00
and through the
aid of the Holy Spirit
00:45:08.04\00:45:09.84
he was able to
detect Satan's approaches,
00:45:09.87\00:45:12.71
and to resist his power."
00:45:12.74\00:45:17.25
Red letters again,
Jesus speaking in verse 7,
00:45:17.28\00:45:19.21
"What did you go out
into the wilderness to see?
00:45:19.25\00:45:22.38
A reed swayed by the
wind? If not," verse 8.
00:45:22.42\00:45:24.92
"What did you go out to see?
A man dressed in fine clothes?
00:45:24.95\00:45:27.59
No, those who wear fine
clothes are in kings' palaces."
00:45:27.66\00:45:29.96
Verse 9, "Then what
did you go out to see?"
00:45:30.03\00:45:32.06
I'm asking you, you
tell me. "A prophet?
00:45:32.09\00:45:35.16
Yes, I tell you, and
more than a prophet."
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.47
Verse 10, "This is the
one about whom it is written:
00:45:37.53\00:45:40.80
'I will send my
messenger ahead of you,
00:45:40.84\00:45:43.00
who will prepare
your way before you.'"
00:45:43.04\00:45:48.41
A prophet. Oh, yes.
00:45:48.44\00:45:50.41
And I tell you and
more than a prophet.
00:45:50.45\00:45:53.25
N.D. Wilson
again, on the screen.
00:45:53.28\00:45:55.65
"Prophets must be fearless,
00:45:55.68\00:45:58.29
immune to the
pressures of kings and crowds,
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.86
aligned only with
the breath of God.
00:46:01.89\00:46:05.19
We are in need
of prophets now..."
00:46:05.23\00:46:09.13
That would be you
00:46:09.16\00:46:11.63
that we so
desperately need in this place.
00:46:11.67\00:46:14.50
"We are in need of prophets now.
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.81
Christians are scattered
00:46:16.84\00:46:18.17
but the world's wind
is heavy and unified.
00:46:18.21\00:46:21.38
Truth and ultimate glory may
be in the hands of our Maker,
00:46:21.41\00:46:24.35
but the keys of earthly shame
are in the hands of the mob.
00:46:24.38\00:46:28.32
Prophets must be immune
00:46:28.35\00:46:29.68
to floggings on
Facebook and Twitter.
00:46:29.72\00:46:33.02
They must be
fearless before friends
00:46:33.05\00:46:35.76
and tenure committees
00:46:35.79\00:46:37.46
and stadiums filled
with the priests of Baal.
00:46:37.53\00:46:40.90
The world is
busy applying pressure
00:46:40.93\00:46:42.60
on, what the world calls,
00:46:42.63\00:46:43.97
oh, these are
just 'social issues,'
00:46:44.03\00:46:45.60
and Christians are
busy caving left and right,
00:46:45.63\00:46:48.97
trying to accept
fresh cultural dogma simply
00:46:49.00\00:46:52.07
so that they might be accepted."
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.01
I don't know if you
got that last sentence,
00:46:55.04\00:46:56.38
I'm gonna repeat it.
00:46:56.41\00:46:57.75
Trying to accept
fresh cultural dogma simply
00:46:57.78\00:47:00.98
so that we might be accepted.
00:47:01.02\00:47:03.52
And guess what?
00:47:03.55\00:47:04.89
Universities are
among the most susceptible
00:47:04.92\00:47:06.89
of all human
institutions to seek, to conform
00:47:06.92\00:47:10.66
with the prevailing winds
of the dominant zeitgeist.
00:47:10.69\00:47:14.60
The pressure is huge on faculty,
00:47:14.63\00:47:17.57
it is huge on students.
00:47:17.60\00:47:20.14
Universities
more than hospitals.
00:47:20.17\00:47:23.71
It's huge.
00:47:23.74\00:47:26.27
The prevailing zeitgeist,
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.51
nobody wants to look different,
nobody wants to stand up,
00:47:28.54\00:47:31.31
nobody wants to be at
campus that's gonna laughed at,
00:47:31.35\00:47:34.15
uh, just a little old
Bible College that's all it is.
00:47:34.22\00:47:37.39
Nobody wants to live with that.
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.56
So whatever they're doing,
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.53
we're there.
00:47:43.56\00:47:46.16
The pressure is enormous.
00:47:46.19\00:47:48.63
N. D. Wilson, 30 something,
00:47:48.66\00:47:51.03
brilliant young
mind, he's right.
00:47:51.07\00:47:55.14
People ask, "Are there no
more John the Baptist left,
00:47:55.17\00:47:57.94
no prophets who would challenge
00:47:57.97\00:47:59.31
the herd mentality of
the prevailing zeitgeist?
00:47:59.34\00:48:01.81
Oh, there are, I
need to tell you,
00:48:01.84\00:48:04.28
there are more young John
the Baptists on this campus
00:48:04.31\00:48:06.85
than you may realize at all,
00:48:06.88\00:48:08.45
I've met four of
them just the other night.
00:48:08.48\00:48:13.49
I was leaving,
walking out of this church.
00:48:13.52\00:48:16.42
Pastor, they follow me out.
Pastor, we need to talk to you.
00:48:16.46\00:48:20.23
About what?
00:48:20.26\00:48:22.53
About what we're hearing?
And what are you hearing?
00:48:22.56\00:48:26.47
For the next 15 minutes,
00:48:26.50\00:48:28.84
three young men
and one young woman
00:48:28.87\00:48:30.31
unburden their hearts.
00:48:30.34\00:48:33.58
I then told them, what
you're sharing with me,
00:48:33.61\00:48:37.55
you need to share with those
who can do something about it.
00:48:37.58\00:48:41.02
And we had prayer on
the steps of this church.
00:48:41.05\00:48:45.55
What did you go out to see, uh?
00:48:45.59\00:48:47.19
A reed flickling in the
wind, is that what you thought?
00:48:47.26\00:48:51.43
No, I tell you.
00:48:51.46\00:48:55.16
A prophet and I
say, more than a prophet,
00:48:55.20\00:48:59.30
for you and your friends,
00:48:59.33\00:49:00.87
you and your friends
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.50
have been raised up
for a moment like this.
00:49:02.54\00:49:07.44
I'm talking to you Jesus says,
00:49:07.51\00:49:10.08
"More than a prophet."
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.65
I'm calling you to
be a movement of young,
00:49:16.22\00:49:20.99
for me at this time in history.
00:49:21.02\00:49:26.39
You say, there's
nothing here about a movement,
00:49:26.43\00:49:28.13
are you kidding.
00:49:28.16\00:49:29.63
Look at what it says,
verse 14, red letters.
00:49:29.66\00:49:33.64
Jesus says, "And if you
are willing to accept it,
00:49:33.67\00:49:36.71
John is the
Elijah who was to come."
00:49:36.74\00:49:39.61
The Elijah?
00:49:39.64\00:49:40.98
Is there something about
an Elijah coming one day?
00:49:41.01\00:49:42.74
Oh, yes, there is, Malachi,
00:49:42.78\00:49:44.15
the last two lines
00:49:44.18\00:49:45.51
of the Old
Testament Malachi 4:5-6,
00:49:45.55\00:49:48.18
"See, God says,
00:49:48.22\00:49:49.55
I will send the
prophet in Elijah to you..."
00:49:49.58\00:49:51.89
John is that Elijah.
00:49:51.92\00:49:53.29
But let me tell
you why John can't be
00:49:53.36\00:49:55.39
the fulfillment of this.
00:49:55.42\00:49:56.86
"I will send to
you the prophet Elijah
00:49:56.93\00:49:58.83
before that
great and dreadful day
00:49:58.86\00:50:01.76
of the Lord comes."
00:50:01.80\00:50:03.16
The great and dreadful
day is the cataclysmic end
00:50:03.20\00:50:06.03
to this human race.
00:50:06.07\00:50:07.40
That's when I will send Elijah.
00:50:07.44\00:50:09.14
Elijah can't be one human being,
00:50:09.17\00:50:11.31
it's a movement.
00:50:11.34\00:50:12.67
And what will this movement do?
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.04
Look at verse 6, "He
will, the movement will turn
00:50:14.08\00:50:15.88
the hearts of the
parents to their children,
00:50:15.91\00:50:17.31
and the hearts of the
children to their parents,
00:50:17.35\00:50:18.81
or else God says,
00:50:18.85\00:50:20.18
I will come and strike the
land with total destruction."
00:50:20.22\00:50:23.55
John the Baptist was raised up
for the Messiah's first coming,
00:50:23.59\00:50:26.42
I will have a
movement, John the Baptist,
00:50:26.45\00:50:28.99
Elijah movement
00:50:29.02\00:50:30.39
just before the
Messiah's second coming.
00:50:30.43\00:50:32.49
It will take guts to
stand up to the crowd
00:50:32.53\00:50:34.46
but I will have young
men, and middle-aged men,
00:50:34.46\00:50:37.30
and elderly men, young women,
00:50:37.33\00:50:39.97
middle-aged
women, and elderly women,
00:50:40.00\00:50:41.77
I will have a people who
will stand up to the crowd,
00:50:41.80\00:50:48.38
and tell the truth
about who I am as creator
00:50:48.41\00:50:50.98
and redeemer of the human
race and the time is almost out.
00:50:51.01\00:50:55.15
Come now to him,
00:50:55.18\00:50:57.55
I will have a movement
and you are that movement.
00:50:57.59\00:51:03.93
It takes guts to
stand up to a crowd,
00:51:03.96\00:51:06.73
because have you noticed this,
when you stand up, look, look,
00:51:06.80\00:51:09.03
when you stand up,
there you are standing up,
00:51:09.06\00:51:11.50
the moment you
stand up, you stand out.
00:51:11.53\00:51:14.70
You know what it
feels like to stand out?
00:51:18.31\00:51:20.28
Just ask Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego,
00:51:20.34\00:51:21.98
"Hey, boys, how did it feel
00:51:22.01\00:51:23.45
standing up
just the three of you
00:51:23.51\00:51:24.85
everybody else on their
faces before that image,
00:51:24.88\00:51:27.82
and you three
boys are standing up.
00:51:27.85\00:51:29.82
What did that feel like?
00:51:29.85\00:51:32.22
Talk about the
hot breath of the mob.
00:51:32.25\00:51:35.86
Yeah.
00:51:35.89\00:51:38.53
And by the way, I just tell
you about the word zeitgeist,
00:51:38.56\00:51:40.96
these people that
run the zeitgeist.
00:51:41.00\00:51:44.00
They have one
compelling mission,
00:51:44.03\00:51:48.37
level anyone who stands up.
00:51:48.40\00:51:50.54
You know, why the world
doesn't want you standing up?
00:51:50.57\00:51:53.07
Because when you stand up,
00:51:53.11\00:51:54.58
it makes it clear
they're not standing.
00:51:54.61\00:51:57.88
The mission of
the world is at level,
00:51:57.91\00:51:59.88
cut them off at the
feet, just cut them off,
00:51:59.95\00:52:02.02
eliminate, so
that we're all flat,
00:52:02.05\00:52:04.99
all of us flat.
00:52:05.02\00:52:06.35
Nobody stands up on this planet.
00:52:06.39\00:52:08.02
Lucifer says,
nobody, it's my planet.
00:52:08.06\00:52:12.76
Wow.
00:52:12.79\00:52:15.76
Which is why that
zeitgeist of the world.
00:52:15.80\00:52:19.47
The zeitgeist of the
world beheaded John the Baptist.
00:52:19.50\00:52:23.51
The zeitgeist of the
world crucified the Lord Jesus,
00:52:23.57\00:52:28.04
because they had
the courage to stand up,
00:52:28.08\00:52:30.81
and so they were
cut off at the knees
00:52:30.85\00:52:33.88
and taken down.
00:52:33.92\00:52:35.72
No, it takes guts to
stand up to the crowd.
00:52:35.75\00:52:41.96
But that's what Jesus
is calling you to do today.
00:52:41.99\00:52:44.63
I end with these words of His,
I put it on the screen for you,
00:52:44.66\00:52:47.10
"If anyone
desires to come after Me,
00:52:47.13\00:52:49.60
let him, let her deny herself,
00:52:49.63\00:52:51.43
let him deny himself
and take up his cross,
00:52:51.47\00:52:54.70
let her take up her
cross and come follow Me."
00:52:54.74\00:52:59.47
Stand up, stand out for Christ.
00:52:59.51\00:53:03.85
That's your mission,
should you choose to accept it.
00:53:03.88\00:53:06.58
You were born for this,
you were born for this moment.
00:53:06.61\00:53:10.99
Don't blow your
rondevu with eternal destiny.
00:53:11.02\00:53:17.79
Stand up
00:53:17.83\00:53:19.56
and be counted for Christ.
00:53:19.59\00:53:23.87
Don't worry about
standing out, you will.
00:53:23.93\00:53:27.10
The issue is standing up.
00:53:27.14\00:53:30.57
Let us pray.
00:53:30.61\00:53:31.94
Oh, God...
00:53:31.97\00:53:33.31
We feel the hot breath
00:53:37.31\00:53:40.08
on our necks and ears,
00:53:40.12\00:53:42.92
we know which way
the herd is pointed,
00:53:42.95\00:53:47.36
but Holy Father,
00:53:47.42\00:53:50.09
grant us a generation
00:53:50.13\00:53:54.86
that will turn around,
00:53:54.93\00:53:58.10
face the wind,
00:53:58.13\00:54:00.94
and stand up to the crowd.
00:54:00.97\00:54:05.47
The zeitgeist
00:54:05.51\00:54:08.18
will cut us off at our legs,
00:54:08.21\00:54:11.58
if you so wish.
00:54:11.61\00:54:15.05
But like John,
00:54:15.08\00:54:17.72
they may leave us
standing just long enough,
00:54:17.75\00:54:21.46
for the truth to
be heard and known.
00:54:21.49\00:54:25.99
Oh, give us the courage
of John and the holy boldness
00:54:26.03\00:54:29.83
of Christ our Lord, I pray.
00:54:29.86\00:54:34.67
And while every
head is bowed in prayer,
00:54:34.70\00:54:36.24
I can't move to
the connect card.
00:54:36.27\00:54:39.51
Didn't do this in
first service but I must ask,
00:54:39.54\00:54:44.01
is there a young man,
00:54:44.05\00:54:46.48
is there a young woman
in this space right now,
00:54:46.51\00:54:53.15
who would be willing to stand
00:54:53.19\00:54:55.49
to your feet
00:54:55.52\00:54:56.89
and by standing say only this,
00:54:56.93\00:54:59.16
by the grace of Jesus my Lord,
00:54:59.19\00:55:05.57
by His grace
00:55:05.60\00:55:07.64
I choose to stand up
00:55:07.67\00:55:11.97
for Him here, there,
00:55:12.01\00:55:16.64
anywhere, He and I go.
00:55:16.68\00:55:20.55
If there's a young man here
who would be willing to say,
00:55:20.62\00:55:22.92
I'm going on the line right now.
00:55:22.95\00:55:25.82
I'd like to invite
you to stand to your feet.
00:55:25.85\00:55:28.19
If there's a young woman
here who is willing to say,
00:55:28.22\00:55:31.53
I'm willing right now I
don't have to weigh this,
00:55:31.56\00:55:35.56
I know the choice
and I make it right now.
00:55:35.60\00:55:39.03
I like to invite you to
quietly stand to your feet.
00:55:39.07\00:55:43.24
And I need to ask if there
is a not so young man here,
00:56:06.36\00:56:11.13
and a not so young woman here,
00:56:11.17\00:56:15.24
that would also like
to step up to the line
00:56:15.27\00:56:20.01
and stand up by the
grace of the Lord Jesus
00:56:20.08\00:56:23.55
through His power,
00:56:23.58\00:56:25.38
and enabling spirit, I
choose to stand for Him.
00:56:25.41\00:56:31.55
I'd like to ask you
00:56:31.59\00:56:34.72
to stand to your feet,
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.93
and say to all those
who are sitting around you
00:56:36.96\00:56:40.33
and to the witnessing universe
00:56:40.40\00:56:43.93
by your grace, by your grace,
00:56:43.97\00:56:47.40
I too would stand.
00:56:47.44\00:56:52.51
Oh, Father,
00:56:52.54\00:56:54.71
we are all here.
00:56:54.74\00:56:58.65
Such as we are we give to you,
00:56:58.68\00:57:02.95
raise up a movement Father,
00:57:02.98\00:57:07.12
please.
00:57:07.19\00:57:08.96
And give us the courage
00:57:08.99\00:57:11.93
to be in that movement
00:57:11.96\00:57:15.06
for Christ
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.53
in whose name we pray,
00:57:16.56\00:57:18.97
amen.
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I wanted to take an extra moment
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to let you know how grateful
I am you joined us today.
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I hear from viewers
and listeners like you
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all across this nation and
literally around the world,
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and I'm thankful,
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because it's through the
generosity of the members
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of this congregation
and people like you,
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that we're able to
bring you this program.
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So if what we shared
today has touched your heart,
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I like to invite you to become
a financial partner with us.
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Just give us a call.
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Toll free number 877, the two
words HIS-WILL, 877-HIS-WILL,
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or if you'd
rather go to our website
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www.pmchurch.tv.
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Either way, your generosity
will bless a new generation
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in cyberspace
all over this planet,
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so thank you.
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Thank you very much
for your partnership.
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