Good morning and happy Sabbath,
so glad that you've joined us
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for this worship service
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in the beginning
of the Advent season.
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We serve an amazing God
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and we must
proclaim to all the world
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that Jesus Christ came.
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He was Emmanuel.
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He died, He rested, resurrected
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and guess what
He promised to do?
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Come back and come again.
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So I invite you this
morning to stand as we pray
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and also sing out
loudly and from our hearts
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and proclaim that the
Christ child was born.
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Please stand for prayer.
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Holy Father, from the beginning
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of this earth's
creation You purposed,
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as soon as the man
felt You purposed a promise
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that said that the Son
would come and redeem us all
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and, Father, we are
so thankful for that.
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So during this time
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we celebrate you
as the Promise Keeper,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Hark the herald angels sing
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"Glory to the newborn king
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Peace on earth, and mercy mild
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God and sinners reconciled"
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Joyful, all ye nations, rise
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Join the triumph of the skies
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With th' angelic host proclaim
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"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
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Hark the herald angels sing
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"Glory to the newborn King"
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Hail! the
heaven-born Prince of Peace!
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Hail the Son of Righteousness!
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Life and light to all He brings
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Risen with healing in His wings
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Mild He lays His glory by
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Born that man no more may die
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Born to raise the sons of earth
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Born to give them second birth
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Hark! the herald angels sing
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"Glory to the newborn King"
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O come, all ye faithful
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Joyful and triumphant
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O come ye
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O come ye to Bethlehem
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Come and behold Him
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Born the King of angels
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O come, let us adore Him
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O come, let us adore Him
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O come, let us adore Him
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Christ, the Lord!
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Sing, choirs of angels
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Sing in exultation
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O Sing, all ye citizens
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Of heaven above!
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Glory to God
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All glory in the highest!
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O come, let us adore Him
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O come, let us adore Him
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O come, let us adore Him
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Christ, the Lord!
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Amen.
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Silent night
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Holy night
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All is calm
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All is bright
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Round yon virgin mother
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And Child
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Holy Infant
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So tender and mild
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Sleep in
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Heavenly peace
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Sleep in
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Heavenly peace
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Silent night
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Holy night
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Wondrous star
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Lend thy light
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With the angels
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Let us sing
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Alleluia
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To our King
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Christ the Savior
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Is born
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Christ the Savior
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Is born
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come!
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart prepare Him room
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And heaven and nature sing
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And heaven and nature sing
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And heaven and nature sing
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No more let sin and sorrow grow
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Nor thorns infest the ground
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He comes to make
His blessings flow
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Far as the curse is found
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Far as the curse is found
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Far as, far as
the curse is found
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He rules the world
with truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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Well, good morning,
boys and girls, nice to see.
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Ooh!
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We've got people
still coming down the aisle,
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nice to have you here on
this first Sabbath of December,
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first Sabbath of Advent
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where we think about
Jesus coming the first time,
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good to have you.
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All right, now one of
my friend Michael Bryson.
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Michael Bryson is a
young friend of mine,
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he is an engineering
major at Andrews University,
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he's one of my
PowerPoint partners.
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And on our media team
that Michael got very sick,
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very sick this summer,
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very sick, we were
very worried for him,
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and we thank the
Lord he's got better.
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But while he was sick...
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Hey, anybody here
know what legos look like?
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Everybody who's ever touched
a lego, put your hand up.
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Have you ever touched a Lego?
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Okay, this is
the right audience.
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Good.
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Bring it in, gentlemen,
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bring it in you have never
seen anything like this before.
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Watch the screen right here
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if you're
sitting in the distance,
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keep your eye on the screen,
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here come our
media team members.
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Bring it.
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There it is, Michael,
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why don't you just
stand right over there.
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There it is. Okay,
down, down, down, down, down.
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Does anybody know what that is?
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Does anybody know what that is?
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Take a guess, what is it?
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Pioneer Memorial
Church, absolutely right.
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Hey, Michael,
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number one we're very
glad you're doing better.
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Number two, boy,
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you've really turned some
downtime into some profit here.
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Michael, look at these legos.
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How many legos did you use?
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I don't know exactly how many
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'cause, you know,
you build it as you go
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but I weighed it,
it weighs 6.5 pounds,
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so based on that I
estimate at least 2,000 pieces.
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At least 2,000, anybody
got 2,000 legos at home?
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No you don't. Okay, all right.
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Now Kate, do we
got a camera here.
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Come on, lets get this
camera on the big screens too,
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camera on the big
screens as well, there we go.
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Oh!
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Look at our minister, go
back to our minister music
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that would be your
dad, Jonathan, right there.
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Look, doesn't that
look like Dr. Logan?
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That is just like him.
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What's that in front of...
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Hey, Michael, what
are these things here?
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I've got both
cameras up front there,
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ones over here by the
organ and by the piano
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which is getting in everything.
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Can you get it vertical?
I want to see the stage.
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Jonathan, can you
stand up a little bit
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'cause we wanna see
the cross, the detail.
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Look it, here's the
Bible on the communion table
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but look at the cross.
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Okay, there we go now.
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There we go, the cross embedded
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but that looks like today's
praise team, look at that.
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Very nice, Michael.
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So, Michael, look it.
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So you're sick when
you're doing this, really sick.
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How did this
interface with that battle
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that was going on?
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Well, I was home,
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listening to the
church service on the radio
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and it kind of gets boring
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when you're just
there home all the time.
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So I was there,
you know, I like Legos,
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you know, it'd be
fun to build something.
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And so I was thinking,
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you know, what can
I build on Sabbath?
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And so I thought, I
should try to build the church
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and so I started with the stage
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and it just kind of drew
and drew until I had this.
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You know, Mike, I've been
over to your house to see this.
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What I'm amazed, boys
and girls, watch this,
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we're gonna need
a camera on this,
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hold the camera right
where we're at Jonathan.
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I want you to see
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where my finger
is pointing right now
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that is the rose
window right there,
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that's the big circle,
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we call that the rose window
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and Michael actually
painted it there, look at that.
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Isn't that's,
that was hand done.
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Yeah. Amazing. Used markers on.
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Yeah.
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Michael, Michael, Michael.
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How many people
do we have here? Ooh!
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We have...
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Forty six people.
Forty six people, good night.
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Here's what I'm gonna do,
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I'm gonna have everybody
to go back and sit down
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and I'm gonna
have you turn around,
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all the kids on this side
turn around and look up there
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and, Jonathan, give them
a wide shot of the church,
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where you just
pull out just a little.
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There you go.
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Pull it out, pull it
out, pull it out, pull it out,
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what a work of art.
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I think we ought to
put our hands together
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for Michael Bryson, don't you?
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Oh, my boys and girl.
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Now, boys and girls, I
have a question for you.
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Tell me if this
is a way you think
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that your older brother Melia
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made this
beautiful intricate model.
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He put all the
legos, this is what he did,
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he put all the
legos in a big brown bag,
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shook it up and then
just dumped them on the floor
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and wow.
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Is that how it happened? Oh, no.
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Oh no, he had to
take every little lego,
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he said this one
can't fit anywhere else
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but right here, this one has
to go right here on the wall,
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this one goes right here,
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they had to be in perfect order.
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How do you think God made you
as a very beautiful creation?
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Did He put all your
parts in a little brown bag
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and then throw it out
and say, "Voila, I got it!"
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No, God took every
little part when He designed you
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and He put you
together piece by piece.
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It is a beautiful
work of art that you are.
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And guess what?
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The God who did all that,
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Himself got put
together in His mommy's tummy
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piece by piece
until He was born,
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the Savior of the world,
that's what Christmas is about.
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We're celebrating the Creator,
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the Creator with
a beautiful design
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coming to earth.
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How many are
thankful that Jesus came?
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The one who made
the whole universe came,
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He got created
in that little womb
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and was born our Savior.
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Ah! That's what
Christmas is about.
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Who would like to thank Jesus
for coming to be our Savior?
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Yes, young man, come on up here.
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Michael, can I borrow that here,
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what's your first name?
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John. John is gonna pray.
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Let's close our
eyes and fold our hands
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as John thanks Jesus
for being our Savior.
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Dear, Heavenly Father,
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thank You for
this wonderful day.
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Lord, we are thankful
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for that we were
created by pieces and pieces
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by our true Creator in
Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen, beautiful prayer, John.
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God bless you, boys and girls,
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as you go quietly and reverently
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back to your seats,
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you can say thank you
Jesus for making me so special.
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Oh, that was beautiful,
Wind Symphony, thank you.
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Just what we needed today,
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a child is this who
laid to rest on Mary's lap,
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He is sleeping.
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Hard to imagine
that God of the universe
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in that box of
hay, unbelievable.
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How do we understand?
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Say, did you know this
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absolutely true in
the Book of Proverbs,
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everybody knows
the Book of Proverbs.
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In the Book of Proverbs there
is only one prayer recorded.
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And you're
thinking in every Bible book
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there would be lots of prayers.
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No, just one prayer and get this
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turns out it's a
Christmas prayer,
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no kidding, a Christmas prayer.
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I'm gonna read it to
you, right now, all right.
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Proverbs, "Two things
I ask of you, Oh Lord..."
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So that's the prayer,
"Two things I ask of you,
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oh Lord, do not
refuse me when I die".
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One prayer, two petitions.
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Here they come.
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"Do not refuse me when I die,
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keep falsehood
and lies far from me."
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And petition number two,
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"Give me neither
poverty nor riches,
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but give me only
00:21:17.14\00:21:21.41
my daily bread."
00:21:21.44\00:21:26.05
Wow!
00:21:26.08\00:21:27.55
Merry Christmas to you too.
00:21:27.58\00:21:29.85
Let's pray.
00:21:29.88\00:21:31.22
Oh, God, one
prayer, two petitions,
00:21:31.25\00:21:36.89
give us the courage please
00:21:36.93\00:21:39.03
to pray the second petition
00:21:39.06\00:21:43.16
through Jesus, amen.
00:21:43.20\00:21:48.64
Jolly old Saint Nicholas
00:21:48.67\00:21:53.91
Lean your ear this way!
00:21:53.94\00:21:57.95
Don't you tell a single soul
00:21:57.98\00:22:01.98
What I'm about to say
00:22:02.02\00:22:05.92
Christmas Eve is coming soon
00:22:05.95\00:22:09.92
Now, you dear old man
00:22:09.96\00:22:14.00
Whisper what you'll bring to me
00:22:14.03\00:22:19.47
Tell me if you can
00:22:19.50\00:22:24.21
There's not an adult in America
00:22:24.24\00:22:27.44
that believes that
what Christmas is all about
00:22:27.48\00:22:30.25
is this red nosed,
00:22:30.28\00:22:32.81
white bearded old
man called Santa Claus.
00:22:32.85\00:22:38.15
But I tell you what drive
through the malls of America,
00:22:38.19\00:22:41.52
you could have fooled me.
00:22:41.56\00:22:44.06
Do you want to know
what Jolly old Saint Nicholas
00:22:44.09\00:22:46.43
brought to
America on Cyber Monday
00:22:46.46\00:22:48.76
that would be four days ago?
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.87
Hold on your pew,
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.23
quoting Fortune
magazine this week.
00:22:53.27\00:22:55.64
The US hit a record as
consumers snapped up deals
00:22:55.67\00:23:00.34
on the busiest day of the
year for internet shopping.
00:23:00.38\00:23:03.75
In fact, get
this shopping online
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.71
went up 10.2
percent over last year.
00:23:05.75\00:23:10.75
Did your wages go up 10 percent?
00:23:10.79\00:23:14.32
Did the tuition
around here go up 10 percent?
00:23:14.36\00:23:17.13
Pretty close.
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.36
Did the economy
go up 10 percent?
00:23:19.39\00:23:22.90
Did your
offerings go up 10 percent?
00:23:22.93\00:23:26.13
Online shopping
on Cyber Monday did
00:23:29.17\00:23:32.17
to the whopping grand
total of $3.39 billion of sales
00:23:32.21\00:23:38.15
just last Monday.
00:23:38.18\00:23:39.61
And all by the way, let me
just insert this, Black Friday,
00:23:39.65\00:23:42.95
two days earlier,
00:23:42.98\00:23:44.32
we're not talking
retail shopping now, folks,
00:23:44.35\00:23:46.22
we're talking online, okay.
00:23:46.25\00:23:47.76
Online on Black
Friday, hold on and by the way,
00:23:47.79\00:23:53.40
it went up 21.6
percent over last year
00:23:53.43\00:23:57.27
online shopping on Black Friday,
00:23:57.30\00:23:59.43
a grand total of $3.34 billion.
00:23:59.47\00:24:05.64
So the first two shopping
days of the Christmas season,
00:24:05.67\00:24:08.41
let's put it on
the screen, please.
00:24:08.44\00:24:10.61
What's the grand total?
00:24:10.65\00:24:11.98
Look at that,
$6.73 billion spent.
00:24:12.01\00:24:17.35
Thanks to Jolly
old Saint Nicholas.
00:24:17.39\00:24:21.19
Can you believe it?
00:24:21.22\00:24:22.56
I mean, come on, come
on, come on, that's you,
00:24:22.59\00:24:25.36
you're in those
numbers, don't look at me.
00:24:25.39\00:24:28.93
That's you.
00:24:28.96\00:24:32.67
Jolly old Saint
Nicholas Lean you ear this way
00:24:32.70\00:24:37.41
Whisper what you've bring to me
00:24:37.44\00:24:39.91
Tell me if you can
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.91
I want to go to that prayer
that I read just a moment ago.
00:24:42.94\00:24:44.71
I want you to
see it in your Bible.
00:24:44.75\00:24:46.08
Can you believe
a Christmas prayer
00:24:46.11\00:24:47.45
in the Book of Proverbs?
00:24:47.48\00:24:48.82
Open your Bible
please to Proverbs 30,
00:24:48.85\00:24:50.42
the only prayer
in the entire book,
00:24:50.45\00:24:52.42
the wisest man
who ever lived prays
00:24:52.45\00:24:54.26
one prayer and this is it.
00:24:54.29\00:24:56.29
Proverbs 30.
00:24:56.32\00:24:58.59
Pull out your
phone, pull out your Bible,
00:24:58.63\00:25:00.36
pull out the pew Bible,
if you got the pew Bible,
00:25:00.40\00:25:02.76
it would be page 447,
what a prayer for Christmas.
00:25:02.80\00:25:07.17
Here we go.
00:25:07.20\00:25:08.54
This is Proverbs 30,
00:25:08.57\00:25:09.90
we'll begin in verse
7, verse 7, all right.
00:25:09.94\00:25:13.98
"Two things I ask
of you, oh Lord..."
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.28
Okay, so that's a prayer.
00:25:16.31\00:25:17.88
"Do not refuse
me before I die..."
00:25:17.91\00:25:20.18
One prayer with two
petitions. Here we go.
00:25:20.22\00:25:22.22
Number one, "Keep falsehood
and lies far from me..."
00:25:22.25\00:25:26.05
Not a bad prayer to be praying
at the end of an unforgettable
00:25:26.09\00:25:29.46
or forgettable political season.
00:25:29.49\00:25:33.16
And number two, "Give me
neither poverty nor riches,
00:25:33.19\00:25:38.73
but give me only
mine daily bread.
00:25:38.77\00:25:41.44
Otherwise..."
00:25:41.47\00:25:42.80
Verse 9, "I may have
too much and disown you
00:25:42.84\00:25:44.91
and say, 'Who is the Lord?'
00:25:44.94\00:25:46.68
Or I may become poor and steal,
00:25:46.71\00:25:49.38
and so dishonor
the name of my God."
00:25:49.41\00:25:53.68
A prayer for Christmas,
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.05
come on, you've
got to jot this down,
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.52
scribble it down while
still fresh in your mind.
00:25:56.55\00:25:58.29
Grab that study guide that's
inside your worship bulletin.
00:25:58.32\00:26:00.62
Did you get
study guides up here?
00:26:00.66\00:26:02.19
All right, pull that
study guide out, let's go.
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.19
Thank you, friendly ushers.
00:26:04.23\00:26:05.56
Just hold your hand up,
they'll come in this way,
00:26:05.59\00:26:07.26
they're up in
the balcony as well
00:26:07.30\00:26:08.63
and while they're
doing it here those of you
00:26:08.66\00:26:10.00
who are watching
right now on live streaming,
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.53
we're delighted to have you
this first Sabbath of December.
00:26:11.57\00:26:15.90
We want you to get
the same study guide,
00:26:15.94\00:26:17.27
so let's put it on, you see
it right there on the screen
00:26:17.31\00:26:19.47
right now, this is our
title of today's teaching,
00:26:19.51\00:26:23.41
"Jolly Old Saint
Nicholas Goes To Bethlehem."
00:26:23.45\00:26:26.55
We'll do three of these little
Jolly old Saint Nicholas's
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.72
in the month of December.
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.69
But he goes to Bethlehem
and then you click on there,
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.99
it will say study
guide, you click study guide,
00:26:33.02\00:26:35.29
you've got it, okay,
so you're ready to go.
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.56
Some fascinating
stats in just a moment,
00:26:37.59\00:26:39.79
fascinating numbers,
you've got to write them down,
00:26:39.83\00:26:42.10
that's why you'll
need this study guide,
00:26:42.13\00:26:43.47
trust me you'll
need the study guide.
00:26:43.50\00:26:44.93
Let's go.
00:26:44.97\00:26:46.30
Let's put that
prayer down, Proverbs 30:8,
00:26:46.33\00:26:49.40
"O Lord, give me
neither poverty nor riches,
00:26:49.44\00:26:55.74
but give me
only my daily bread."
00:26:55.78\00:27:02.22
Wow.
00:27:02.25\00:27:05.05
Keep your pen moving,
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.45
"That is a Christmas prayer
asking God to keep me in",
00:27:06.49\00:27:11.16
write it down "moderation,
keep me in moderation"
00:27:11.19\00:27:15.96
because as he says in verse 9,
00:27:16.00\00:27:19.27
"The great danger in
wealth is that it tends
00:27:19.30\00:27:21.50
to make me feel
independent of God."
00:27:21.54\00:27:24.31
I'll say, wow, look what I got
00:27:24.34\00:27:26.14
'cause I don't need you anymore.
00:27:26.17\00:27:28.28
So number one,
"Great danger for wealth
00:27:28.31\00:27:29.81
but there's a great
danger in poverty is that
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.75
it tends to make me
feel forgotten by God."
00:27:31.78\00:27:34.98
And so Solomon says,
I'll go out and steal
00:27:35.02\00:27:36.92
because nobody's
taking care of me,
00:27:36.95\00:27:38.72
I'll forget that
you have forgotten me.
00:27:38.75\00:27:44.33
What a prayer. Let's
put it on the screen.
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.66
Hey, let's read this
one out loud, come on.
00:27:47.70\00:27:49.90
Let's read it out loud together,
00:27:49.93\00:27:51.27
"O God, give me
neither poverty nor riches,
00:27:51.30\00:27:56.34
but give me
only my daily bread."
00:27:56.37\00:28:00.24
A prayer to pray this Christmas.
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.11
Now a friend of mine and
I'm so grateful for this.
00:28:02.14\00:28:05.38
She made known to me a book,
00:28:05.41\00:28:08.98
written by a man
named Joshua Becker.
00:28:09.02\00:28:11.52
Ooh, I love the
title of the book.
00:28:11.55\00:28:14.12
Title of the
book, "The More of Less:
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.52
Finding the Life You Want
Under Everything You Own".
00:28:16.56\00:28:21.00
Now I need to tell
you that Joshua Becker
00:28:21.03\00:28:22.66
is the most famous
minimalist in the United States.
00:28:22.70\00:28:26.74
A minimalist is one who lives
with a minimum of stuff, okay.
00:28:26.77\00:28:31.71
His website, hot
traffic to his website,
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.78
I'm gonna give it to
you, it's in the study guide
00:28:33.81\00:28:35.14
but I'll give it to those
who are watching right now.
00:28:35.18\00:28:36.88
www.becomingminimalist,
00:28:36.91\00:28:42.78
that's it,
becomingminimalist.com
00:28:42.82\00:28:46.42
Go to that website,
you got his blogs there.
00:28:46.45\00:28:48.12
Now here they come, some stats,
00:28:48.16\00:28:50.26
astounding stats from this book,
00:28:50.29\00:28:53.66
"The More of Less".
00:28:53.70\00:28:56.16
Got your pen ready?
00:28:56.20\00:28:57.53
Let's go, there's six of
these, I'm gonna fly them by it.
00:28:57.57\00:28:59.20
Number one, "In
the United States
00:28:59.23\00:29:00.57
we now consume two times
00:29:00.60\00:29:02.17
as many material goods
as we did 50 years ago."
00:29:02.20\00:29:05.57
Double now, we're all nodding
our heads and saying, yeah,
00:29:05.61\00:29:08.11
but of course.
00:29:08.14\00:29:09.58
Okay, keep going, number
two, "Over the same period,"
00:29:09.61\00:29:12.05
that'd be 50 years,
00:29:12.08\00:29:13.42
"the size of the
average American home
00:29:13.45\00:29:15.92
has nearly tripled
and today contains about
00:29:15.95\00:29:19.45
300,000 items per house."
00:29:19.49\00:29:24.16
Now that includes toothbrush,
and a knife, and a fork
00:29:24.19\00:29:26.80
and if you have 10 knives,
00:29:26.83\00:29:28.16
and do you have 10
knives and all that,
00:29:28.20\00:29:30.00
300,000 stuff
things, things, things.
00:29:30.03\00:29:33.00
Here comes number three,
00:29:33.03\00:29:34.37
"On average our homes contain
more televisions than people."
00:29:34.40\00:29:39.01
Go figure.
00:29:39.04\00:29:40.38
Who's watching all
this, more TVs than people.
00:29:40.41\00:29:44.28
Number four, oh,
this was incredible.
00:29:44.31\00:29:46.85
"The US Department of Energy
reports that due to clutter,
00:29:46.88\00:29:51.62
25 percent of
people with two car garages
00:29:51.65\00:29:55.29
don't have room
to park cars inside."
00:29:55.32\00:30:00.16
You drive down your neighborhood
00:30:00.20\00:30:01.53
all those cars outside,
00:30:01.56\00:30:02.90
don't ask him
what's in the garage.
00:30:02.93\00:30:07.34
"And another 32
percent," on top of that,
00:30:07.37\00:30:09.47
"have room for
only one vehicle."
00:30:09.50\00:30:13.71
In our house we still
can get the two cars in,
00:30:13.74\00:30:16.51
the problem is we
can't get out of the car.
00:30:16.54\00:30:18.01
We have to whistle for somebody
to come open up the truck
00:30:18.05\00:30:20.12
and pull us out,
that's how bad it is.
00:30:20.15\00:30:24.59
Welcome to America,
keep going, number five,
00:30:24.62\00:30:26.79
"One out of 10
American households
00:30:26.82\00:30:29.02
rents off-site storage,"
write in the word storage,
00:30:29.06\00:30:33.66
"the fastest growing segment
00:30:33.70\00:30:35.03
of the commercial
real estate industry
00:30:35.06\00:30:36.40
over the past four decades."
00:30:36.43\00:30:37.77
Do you want to make some money?
00:30:37.80\00:30:39.13
Go into storage
depots, they're everywhere now,
00:30:39.17\00:30:42.87
the hottest
commercial investment.
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.47
Finally, number six,
00:30:44.51\00:30:45.84
"The average
household's credit card debt
00:30:45.87\00:30:47.48
stands at over $15,000
00:30:47.51\00:30:51.31
while the average
mortgage debt is over $150,000."
00:30:51.35\00:30:58.02
Will Rogers that the
folksy American philosopher
00:30:58.05\00:31:01.32
once said, I'll put the
words on the screen for you.
00:31:01.36\00:31:03.26
"Too many people spend
money they haven't earned
00:31:03.29\00:31:06.09
to buy things they
don't want to impress people
00:31:06.13\00:31:08.86
they don't like."
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.53
I mean, why do we do this?
00:31:10.57\00:31:12.60
What's up with this?
00:31:12.63\00:31:15.60
Why are we doing this?
00:31:15.64\00:31:19.27
And how did that prayer go?
00:31:19.31\00:31:21.34
Put it on the screen
again for us, please.
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.31
Let's do it one
more time out loud,
00:31:23.35\00:31:25.01
"O God, give me
neither poverty nor riches,
00:31:25.05\00:31:30.05
but give me
only my daily bread."
00:31:30.09\00:31:35.36
Speaking of daily bread
once upon a long ago time,
00:31:35.39\00:31:39.19
the God and
Creator of this universe
00:31:39.23\00:31:43.50
disappeared into a teenage womb
00:31:43.53\00:31:47.44
and was born in a little village
00:31:47.47\00:31:52.41
that has this name,
00:31:52.44\00:31:56.18
this is the English of
the Hebrew, fill it in.
00:31:56.21\00:31:58.71
The name "House of Bread"
00:31:58.75\00:32:02.32
write that down, House of Bread,
00:32:02.35\00:32:03.95
Beth-lehem.
00:32:03.99\00:32:07.02
House of Bread.
00:32:07.06\00:32:09.06
"A fitting birthplace for one
00:32:09.09\00:32:10.49
who one day will
teach us how to pray,
00:32:10.53\00:32:13.33
'Our Father, who art in heaven,
00:32:13.36\00:32:16.06
give us this day
our daily bread."
00:32:16.10\00:32:20.74
Write that down.
00:32:20.77\00:32:22.40
"A fitting prayer from
Him who one day would declare,
00:32:22.44\00:32:25.51
I am the Bread of Life,
00:32:25.54\00:32:30.11
whoever comes to Me
will never go hungry."
00:32:30.15\00:32:34.95
What was that prayer again?
00:32:34.98\00:32:37.29
"O God, give me
neither poverty nor riches,
00:32:37.32\00:32:41.86
but give me
only my daily bread."
00:32:41.89\00:32:47.20
Well, I come to think of it.
00:32:47.23\00:32:48.63
If you would make that prayer,
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.40
your prayer that
essentially is praying
00:32:50.43\00:32:53.67
the prayer of a minimalist,
not a maximalist, a minimalist.
00:32:53.70\00:33:00.14
What's a minimalist?
00:33:00.18\00:33:01.51
A minimalist is one who
asks God for a quiet contentment
00:33:01.54\00:33:04.75
over a minimum of
things and a maximum of Jesus.
00:33:04.78\00:33:11.69
Give me Jesus, isn't
that a Christmas carol?
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.89
Give me Jesus.
00:33:13.92\00:33:15.69
Give me Jesus
00:33:15.72\00:33:19.63
Give me Jesus
00:33:19.66\00:33:24.17
You can have all of this world
00:33:24.20\00:33:30.21
But give me Jesus
00:33:30.24\00:33:35.64
Wow. Amen.
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.51
What's all this have
to do we hashtag RXF4NOW.
00:33:37.55\00:33:43.32
Let me share with you
00:33:43.35\00:33:44.95
one of the most
profound verses in all the Bible
00:33:44.99\00:33:47.02
and I found it
just four weeks ago,
00:33:47.06\00:33:48.56
I'm dying to
share this with you.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.33
We'll come back to
this three times this month.
00:33:50.36\00:33:53.40
I want you to go to the Book
of 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians,
00:33:53.43\00:33:56.33
so you turn it from Proverbs
now 30 to 2 Corinthians 1.
00:33:56.36\00:34:02.60
Oh, look at it, I've
known these verses here
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.44
but somehow I never saw
it, I just never saw it,
00:34:04.47\00:34:07.48
but I want you to see it too.
00:34:07.51\00:34:09.04
2 Corinthians 1:20.
00:34:09.08\00:34:13.31
2 Corinthians 1:20,
00:34:13.35\00:34:15.92
I'm reading, "For no
matter how many promises
00:34:15.95\00:34:19.39
God has made they
are 'Yes' in Christ.
00:34:19.42\00:34:25.13
And so through him
the 'Amen' is spoken by us
00:34:25.16\00:34:29.96
to the glory of God."
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.93
Did you get that
Jesus is God's great 'Yes.'
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.97
To every single
promise He has ever made,
00:34:35.00\00:34:37.77
God has ever made
to the human race,
00:34:37.81\00:34:39.31
Jesus is the 'Yes'
and all we have to say,
00:34:39.34\00:34:41.74
I'm telling you all
we have to say is 'amen'
00:34:41.78\00:34:45.51
and when you say
amen, that promise is yours.
00:34:45.55\00:34:49.98
Now I'm gonna repeat myself
00:34:50.02\00:34:51.35
because we've been
coming back to this
00:34:51.39\00:34:52.82
over and over this fall.
00:34:52.85\00:34:54.36
You have got to
get this principle
00:34:54.39\00:34:55.99
before we put a wrap
on this little series,
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you've got to get the principle
and then here's the principle.
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I remind you that when
God, God is so omnipotent
00:35:01.63\00:35:04.50
that when God speaks a word
and it comes out of His mouth.
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So powerful is that word
that the moment He speaks it,
00:35:09.27\00:35:12.34
the word creates the
reality it describes.
00:35:12.37\00:35:16.08
So when God steps out
into the darkness and says,
00:35:16.11\00:35:18.41
"Let there be yo, light."
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.05
There was in less
than half a nanosecond,
00:35:21.08\00:35:23.42
guess what there was, light.
00:35:23.45\00:35:26.92
He speaks the
word and it happens.
00:35:26.96\00:35:29.46
Psalm 33:6 and 9,
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.70
"By the word of the
Lord were the heavens made
00:35:35.73\00:35:37.33
and by the breath of His
mouth, the host of them."
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That's verse 6,
now here comes verse 9.
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"For He spoke, and it was done.
00:35:41.27\00:35:43.14
He commanded,
and it stood fast."
00:35:43.17\00:35:46.47
He speaks the
word and it happens,
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.04
that's why I love Isaiah 55:11.
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.35
God says, the word
that comes out of My mouth
00:35:50.38\00:35:51.98
will never come
back to me empty,
00:35:52.01\00:35:53.65
it will never
come back to me empty
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.32
but it will
accomplish the purpose
00:35:55.35\00:35:56.69
for which I sent it
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.05
and it will
succeed in the mission
00:35:58.09\00:35:59.42
I have given it.
00:35:59.45\00:36:00.79
The word always
accomplishes what God speaks
00:36:00.82\00:36:03.32
because when He speaks,
00:36:03.36\00:36:04.89
the word creates the reality
that the word has described.
00:36:04.93\00:36:08.83
That's why Jesus can
come along in John 6:63 it is
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and he'll say this, "My words",
00:36:11.77\00:36:17.51
"My words, the
words I speak to you
00:36:17.54\00:36:20.74
they are spirit
and they are life."
00:36:20.78\00:36:24.81
That's why in that
very chapter of John 6,
00:36:24.85\00:36:26.61
here's what Jesus does
before 15,000 gaping mouths,
00:36:26.65\00:36:31.55
and gawking eyes Jesus takes.
00:36:31.59\00:36:34.62
Can you believe this?
00:36:34.66\00:36:35.99
He takes, He takes
five little loaves of bread
00:36:36.02\00:36:40.30
and two fishies
and He breaks the loaf,
00:36:40.33\00:36:44.17
here is what He
does, they're all starry,
00:36:44.20\00:36:46.33
He breaks the loaf and
He lifts up the two halves
00:36:46.37\00:36:50.61
to heaven and He cries out,
00:36:50.64\00:36:52.34
"Oh, Father, with this bread,
00:36:52.37\00:36:58.11
feed the world."
00:36:58.15\00:37:01.25
And 15,000 consumers went
home with their tummies full
00:37:01.28\00:37:05.95
because when He speaks
a word and He says 'amen'
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.72
as He did on that
prayer, He says, 'amen', boom.
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The promise immediately
00:37:12.83\00:37:17.83
is engaged and
responded to by God.
00:37:17.87\00:37:22.20
Jesus, here's the point,
guys, Jesus is God's great
00:37:22.24\00:37:25.44
'Yes' to every single
promise God has ever made.
00:37:25.47\00:37:30.45
Every promise, which
means that any promise,
00:37:30.48\00:37:34.02
can you think of
promise right now?
00:37:34.05\00:37:35.38
Can you think of a
promise from the Bible?
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Something is
gonna pop in your mind.
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Any promise that
come that you come to,
00:37:38.15\00:37:41.62
if you say amen to it,
00:37:41.66\00:37:44.26
Jesus is the fulfillment,
He has already fulfilled
00:37:44.29\00:37:49.83
what that particular
promise is promising.
00:37:49.86\00:37:53.07
He's the great 'Yes'.
00:37:53.10\00:37:56.17
That's why the
word was made flesh,
00:37:56.20\00:37:59.77
so He can come down here
00:37:59.81\00:38:01.14
and be not Dr. no, not
Dr. no, he's God, yes, yes.
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Every promise.
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.29
How about the
promise of my salvation?
00:38:10.32\00:38:12.02
Yes.
00:38:12.05\00:38:13.46
How about the promise
of me becoming righteous,
00:38:13.49\00:38:14.96
you know, right
living, right thinking, yes.
00:38:14.99\00:38:18.03
How about the promise of me
00:38:18.06\00:38:19.39
being forgiven,
pardoned, and cleansed?
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.00
Yes. You say amen, you got it.
00:38:21.03\00:38:25.87
How about the promise
of a brand new beginning
00:38:25.90\00:38:28.90
for my broken life?
00:38:28.94\00:38:30.27
Yup.
00:38:30.31\00:38:32.11
How about the
promise of no more fear? Yes.
00:38:32.14\00:38:34.64
How about the
promise of food on my table?
00:38:34.68\00:38:37.65
Yes.
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.01
How about the promise
of success in my classes?
00:38:39.05\00:38:42.38
Yes.
00:38:42.42\00:38:43.75
How about the promise
of financially stabilizing
00:38:43.79\00:38:46.39
this institution
and this congregation?
00:38:46.42\00:38:49.42
Yes.
00:38:49.46\00:38:50.79
How about the
promise of becoming
00:38:50.83\00:38:52.16
a mighty witness for Jesus?
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.53
Yes.
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.90
How about the
promise of becoming rich?
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.60
No.
00:38:56.63\00:39:00.34
You can't push this too far.
00:39:00.37\00:39:04.01
Right.
00:39:04.04\00:39:06.24
Ah, but I changed my answer,
I change it back to a yes
00:39:06.27\00:39:09.44
because you'll
become rich in ways
00:39:09.48\00:39:12.08
you never before imagined
you could become rich in.
00:39:12.11\00:39:15.45
Amen.
00:39:15.48\00:39:16.95
Wow, when that word became flesh
00:39:16.99\00:39:21.09
that the mighty yes of God
00:39:21.12\00:39:23.32
came down to
live next door to us.
00:39:23.36\00:39:26.16
God yes, God yes,
and that was Jesus.
00:39:26.19\00:39:32.17
And I promise you, I promise you
00:39:32.20\00:39:34.87
there is nothing God has
ever promised in His life
00:39:34.90\00:39:38.47
and He's lived a long time.
00:39:38.51\00:39:39.84
There is nothing
God has ever promised
00:39:39.87\00:39:42.61
that is not already
fulfilled and made available
00:39:42.64\00:39:46.88
in God's great yes, name Jesus.
00:39:46.92\00:39:50.45
All you and I need to do
00:39:50.49\00:39:52.02
and I'm sorry for sounding
like a broken record now,
00:39:52.05\00:39:54.09
but all you and I need to
do is say amen to that promise.
00:39:54.12\00:40:01.03
You say, Dwight, but
what is the amen mean?
00:40:01.06\00:40:03.26
Well, I will tell
you what the amen means.
00:40:03.30\00:40:06.00
We said this before but
let me refresh your memory,
00:40:06.03\00:40:08.47
when I say amen to
one of God's promises,
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.64
here's what I'm saying.
00:40:10.67\00:40:12.27
I say, "Dear,
God, that by faith",
00:40:12.31\00:40:14.41
okay here it is.
00:40:14.44\00:40:15.78
"By faith I choose
to believe your promise
00:40:15.81\00:40:19.38
and trust you to deliver to me
00:40:19.41\00:40:21.15
in the most opportune
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.18
and beneficial
time for my life."
00:40:23.22\00:40:25.79
You choose, I can't stand
here and say you do it now
00:40:25.82\00:40:29.59
or I'm not gonna believe
in you, that's called force,
00:40:29.62\00:40:32.66
that's called presumption,
there is no faith in that.
00:40:32.69\00:40:35.56
He's just a
magician and you think
00:40:35.60\00:40:36.93
God's gonna dance to your music?
00:40:36.97\00:40:38.73
No, you can't do that.
00:40:38.77\00:40:40.24
When you say amen,
you choose the time,
00:40:40.27\00:40:43.20
I know you're gonna
fulfill this promise.
00:40:43.24\00:40:44.91
You do what's
most beneficial for me,
00:40:44.94\00:40:48.31
I believe, amen, that promise.
00:40:48.34\00:40:53.08
And I'm telling you
from God's hand to your lips,
00:40:53.11\00:40:58.12
that's how it
works, God will deliver.
00:40:58.15\00:41:00.96
Now look it, folks,
we're not talking about
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.59
UPS delivery here,
00:41:02.62\00:41:04.66
we're not talking
about FedEx delivery here,
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.03
you understand that.
00:41:06.06\00:41:07.40
We're not talking
about Amazon Prime delivery,
00:41:07.43\00:41:09.26
we're talking about
the God of the universe,
00:41:09.30\00:41:10.87
when you ask and you
say amen to that promise
00:41:10.90\00:41:16.34
that you put your finger on.
00:41:16.37\00:41:19.37
Instantly, He begins
to move heaven and hell
00:41:19.41\00:41:23.68
to respond to a promise He made.
00:41:23.71\00:41:26.75
Don't give Him a
timeline that's not fair,
00:41:26.78\00:41:30.99
just trust Him, trust Him.
00:41:31.02\00:41:36.26
Now, can you think
of a promise that God
00:41:36.29\00:41:38.73
that you can't say amen to?
00:41:38.76\00:41:40.13
I don't think you can.
00:41:40.16\00:41:41.80
You want an Amazon Prime,
00:41:41.83\00:41:43.20
you want an Amazon
Prime kind of promise,
00:41:43.23\00:41:45.03
I'm gonna give
it to you right now.
00:41:45.07\00:41:46.40
These are the words of Jesus.
00:41:46.43\00:41:47.77
Red letters in the Bible,
put it on the screen for you,
00:41:47.80\00:41:49.14
Jesus speaking, Luke 6:38,
00:41:49.17\00:41:51.07
"Give and it
will be given to you,
00:41:51.11\00:41:53.98
pressed down, shaken
together and running over!"
00:41:54.01\00:41:59.11
That is an
incredible promise by the way.
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.95
Jesus says, "You give, it
will be given back to you."
00:42:00.98\00:42:03.89
I mean, we're talking
about really giving it back,
00:42:03.92\00:42:06.05
not that little bit you
gave, we're pressing it down
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.22
you got so much.
00:42:08.26\00:42:10.29
Mercy.
00:42:10.33\00:42:11.66
And all you have to say
in response to Jesus' promise
00:42:11.69\00:42:14.83
is amen.
00:42:14.86\00:42:17.03
And then you give,
you've got to give.
00:42:17.07\00:42:19.63
You gonna say no, no, I want
the promise without the action.
00:42:19.67\00:42:22.50
What's up, folk?
00:42:22.54\00:42:23.87
That's craziness.
You've got to give.
00:42:23.91\00:42:25.41
He says, give and it
will be given to you,
00:42:25.44\00:42:27.14
you've got to give.
00:42:27.18\00:42:28.51
You say amen to
that promise, boom!
00:42:28.54\00:42:31.35
His omnipotent word declares
to you it will be given to you.
00:42:31.38\00:42:38.69
Exactly as I ask, when I
ask, for the reasons I ask,
00:42:38.72\00:42:43.06
nope, nope, nope.
00:42:43.09\00:42:45.83
But it's beneficial,
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.20
the very best you can trust Him,
00:42:47.23\00:42:50.47
you know.
00:42:50.50\00:42:51.90
Joshua Becker, let me go
back to this book one more time.
00:42:51.93\00:42:54.60
The title of the book
again, "The More of Less:
00:42:54.64\00:42:56.34
Finding the Life You Want
Under Everything You Own".
00:42:56.37\00:42:58.84
He makes what strikes me
as a profound observation.
00:42:58.87\00:43:02.28
Look at as far as I know
this is not a religious book.
00:43:02.31\00:43:06.01
He may not believe in
anybody in the universe
00:43:06.05\00:43:08.78
but Himself and you
and me but that's okay,
00:43:08.82\00:43:10.82
he's making a point
here, I want you to catch it,
00:43:10.85\00:43:12.42
put it on the screen for you.
00:43:12.45\00:43:13.99
"It's true," Becker
writes "that the less we need,
00:43:14.02\00:43:18.19
the more we can give away."
00:43:18.23\00:43:21.90
Yeah, come on,
00:43:21.93\00:43:23.26
if you don't
need all that stuff,
00:43:23.30\00:43:24.63
if you don't need all
that stuff, you give happily.
00:43:24.67\00:43:26.03
That's why they
have garage sales,
00:43:26.07\00:43:27.40
people are giving stuff
they don't want anymore.
00:43:27.44\00:43:28.90
Somebody's garbage is
somebody else's treasure.
00:43:28.94\00:43:33.27
"The less we need,
the more we can give away.
00:43:33.31\00:43:36.44
But oh, what if the
inverse is also true?"
00:43:36.48\00:43:39.78
Here it comes now.
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.28
"What if the more we
give away, the less we need?
00:43:41.32\00:43:45.69
In other words,
00:43:45.72\00:43:47.06
what if generosity
leads to contentment?"
00:43:47.09\00:43:53.70
Wow, give and it
shall be given unto you.
00:43:53.73\00:43:57.77
Isn't so much a
promise of how when you give,
00:43:57.80\00:44:00.34
you make a million.
00:44:00.37\00:44:02.07
As it is a promise
of how when you give,
00:44:02.10\00:44:04.41
you will feel
like a millionaire.
00:44:04.44\00:44:08.81
Give.
00:44:08.84\00:44:10.71
How did Joshua put it,
what if the more we give away,
00:44:10.75\00:44:13.35
the less we need.
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.95
In other words what
if generosity leads to,
00:44:15.98\00:44:19.49
and by the way what
every human longs for?
00:44:19.52\00:44:23.09
You know what the materialist
is so we have a minimalist
00:44:23.12\00:44:26.09
and we have a maximalist,
00:44:26.13\00:44:27.46
but now we're
talking about materialist,
00:44:27.50\00:44:28.83
don't get confused.
00:44:28.86\00:44:30.20
What does a materialist believe?
00:44:30.23\00:44:31.57
A materialist believes this.
00:44:31.60\00:44:34.10
If I can just get
enough of this stuff,
00:44:34.14\00:44:37.04
I would be contented.
00:44:37.07\00:44:39.64
Everybody's going
for the same prize,
00:44:39.67\00:44:44.88
I want contentment.
00:44:44.91\00:44:48.32
But the materialist believes
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.09
that in the
accumulation of stuff,
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.85
the latest technological
gadgets got to always be
00:44:52.89\00:44:55.96
the new first kid on
the block to have them,
00:44:55.99\00:44:58.53
did an accumulation of stuff
I will finally be contented.
00:44:58.56\00:45:03.03
I am telling you, you
will never be contented,
00:45:03.06\00:45:05.77
impossible and that's
what Becker is saying.
00:45:05.80\00:45:09.47
Generosity, giving it away
00:45:09.50\00:45:12.44
is what will bring
contentment to your life.
00:45:12.47\00:45:15.04
My momma, after all Jesus
00:45:15.08\00:45:17.85
is God's great yes.
00:45:17.88\00:45:22.68
That's why Jesus can say,
00:45:22.72\00:45:25.52
put it on the screen,
"Give," Jesus speaking,
00:45:25.55\00:45:28.82
"Give and it
will be given to you."
00:45:28.86\00:45:32.06
I tell you what, you
say amen to God's great yes,
00:45:32.09\00:45:34.76
you give to Him and you see,
00:45:34.80\00:45:36.83
just see what Jesus
will give back to you.
00:45:36.87\00:45:41.64
I promise you.
00:45:41.67\00:45:44.11
No, no, He promises you
so that's what Jesus says.
00:45:44.14\00:45:47.68
Do you want to
see what God says?
00:45:47.71\00:45:49.04
Put God on the screen, please.
00:45:49.08\00:45:51.21
"Bring the whole
tithe into My storehouse
00:45:51.25\00:45:53.72
and test Me and see
if I will not throw open
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.58
the floodgates of Heaven
and pour out so much blessing
00:45:55.62\00:45:58.09
that there will not be
room enough to store it."
00:45:58.12\00:46:02.39
You say amen to that
promise and you tithe,
00:46:02.42\00:46:06.19
tithe it back to God.
00:46:06.23\00:46:09.23
You got it, boy, as my
temper said, thank you.
00:46:09.26\00:46:14.20
Now I know you're serious,
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.87
you really want to
be partners, don't you?
00:46:16.91\00:46:20.64
You say, amen to it,
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.01
He says bring it say amen
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.65
and I will open the
flood gates of heaven.
00:46:23.68\00:46:27.98
After all Jesus
is God's great yes.
00:46:28.02\00:46:31.72
Every promise is yes in Him.
00:46:31.75\00:46:35.92
Okay, so early on
Black Friday morning
00:46:35.96\00:46:38.06
I'm having worship, okay,
so this is just a few days ago.
00:46:38.09\00:46:40.80
Early on Black Friday
morning having worship
00:46:40.83\00:46:42.83
and I suddenly
remember I forgot,
00:46:42.86\00:46:46.23
you know, I have a
little twitter account.
00:46:46.27\00:46:47.67
I forgot to send
anything out on Thanksgiving,
00:46:47.70\00:46:51.31
oh, it's too late now.
00:46:51.34\00:46:52.67
It's a little word of grace,
a little word of gratitude,
00:46:52.71\00:46:54.61
it's day after thanksgiving,
what's a point of it now.
00:46:54.64\00:46:57.25
And while I'm having worship,
00:46:57.28\00:46:58.61
suddenly a
thought comes to my mind
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.05
so I grab my phone
'cause that's where
00:47:00.08\00:47:01.42
I do most of my tweeting.
00:47:01.45\00:47:02.78
I grab my phone and I...
00:47:02.82\00:47:04.85
In 140 characters or
less I typed up this message.
00:47:04.89\00:47:08.89
Put it on the screen
for you, you see it there.
00:47:08.92\00:47:10.99
"The antidote 2 Black Friday
00:47:11.03\00:47:15.76
is 4 words long.
00:47:15.80\00:47:18.03
Memorize them,
00:47:18.07\00:47:19.43
you'll have no
problem driving past
00:47:19.47\00:47:20.90
a shopping mall
today on Black Friday"
00:47:20.94\00:47:23.20
and what are the four words?
00:47:23.24\00:47:24.57
"I don't need it."
00:47:24.61\00:47:30.11
Now look at I've been tweeting
for four years is it, five.
00:47:30.15\00:47:33.95
I have never written a
tweet that has been retweeted
00:47:33.98\00:47:38.79
and favored it more
times than that single line.
00:47:38.82\00:47:42.79
And do you know why?
00:47:42.82\00:47:44.36
Because
everybody knows, it's true.
00:47:44.39\00:47:48.80
"I don't need it."
00:47:48.83\00:47:56.10
Do I?
00:47:56.14\00:47:58.57
Do you?
00:47:58.61\00:47:59.94
Wow.
00:48:06.45\00:48:09.85
"Two things I
ask of you oh, Lord,
00:48:09.88\00:48:12.42
do not refuse me before I die,
00:48:12.45\00:48:15.09
keep falsehood
and lies far from me
00:48:15.12\00:48:18.76
and give me
neither poverty nor riches
00:48:18.79\00:48:20.90
but give me only my daily bread.
00:48:20.93\00:48:25.80
For no matter how many promises
00:48:25.83\00:48:27.44
God has made they
are all yes in Christ
00:48:27.47\00:48:31.77
and so through Him
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.14
the amen is spoken by
us to the glory of God."
00:48:33.17\00:48:38.08
Promise, I am your daily bread,
00:48:38.11\00:48:42.65
prayer, amen,
00:48:42.68\00:48:46.49
give me Jesus.
00:48:46.52\00:48:51.36
Take out your
connect card, please.
00:48:51.39\00:48:55.13
Tucked away
where your study guide
00:48:55.16\00:48:56.77
was a moment ago.
00:48:56.80\00:48:59.57
How should we respond to this,
00:48:59.60\00:49:02.74
we got a few guests
here, always nice to have you,
00:49:02.77\00:49:04.87
bless you, fill out
the front side of the card
00:49:04.91\00:49:06.71
what you're comfortable with.
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.54
Need a card, just
hold your hand up,
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.08
here come the ushers.
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.45
Turn the card
over, my next step today.
00:49:11.48\00:49:13.35
Some suggested
responses, box number one,
00:49:16.85\00:49:19.55
this Christmas what I
want more than anything else.
00:49:19.59\00:49:24.36
Give me Jesus.
00:49:24.39\00:49:26.93
Give me Jesus, my daily bread.
00:49:26.96\00:49:31.27
Boy, that's a prayer.
00:49:31.30\00:49:35.27
There's a
Christmas prayer for you.
00:49:35.30\00:49:38.67
Box Number two, this Christmas
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.04
I want to give more than I have.
00:49:40.08\00:49:43.04
I want to give more than I have.
00:49:43.08\00:49:45.18
Jesus said, given,
it will be given to you.
00:49:45.21\00:49:46.85
I will take them up but I
want to give more than I have.
00:49:46.88\00:49:49.25
Here two suggestions
of how you might give.
00:49:49.28\00:49:51.15
Number one, I want
to return God's tithe,
00:49:51.19\00:49:54.49
His 10 percent of my income.
00:49:54.52\00:50:00.50
There's some of you
who are saying right now,
00:50:00.53\00:50:02.10
you know, it's true.
00:50:02.13\00:50:03.87
I'm a kind of haven't
spend the tithe this year
00:50:03.90\00:50:05.97
until things turn around,
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.34
you know, they'll
turn around eventually.
00:50:07.37\00:50:09.70
Oh, my friend, my friend,
they will never turn around.
00:50:09.74\00:50:13.14
The way to turn things around
for you is to return to God
00:50:13.17\00:50:18.78
that 10 percent,
they'll turn around.
00:50:18.81\00:50:21.52
I promise you,
00:50:21.55\00:50:22.88
I will open up the
floodgates of heaven
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.25
and bless you there
won't be enough room
00:50:24.29\00:50:25.62
to store my blessing.
00:50:25.65\00:50:27.56
Just show me
00:50:27.59\00:50:28.92
that we're
together in this journey,
00:50:28.96\00:50:30.46
just show me underneath
your nickels and dimes,
00:50:30.49\00:50:33.86
that's tiddlywinks to me.
00:50:33.90\00:50:36.43
I just want to
know do you want me?
00:50:36.46\00:50:37.83
Do you really want me?
00:50:37.87\00:50:41.07
Something substantive
00:50:41.10\00:50:42.77
by which I say
to God, yes, please.
00:50:42.80\00:50:45.17
Amen.
00:50:45.21\00:50:46.88
If you haven't tithe this year
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.98
or you kind of
phone off thinking, man,
00:50:49.01\00:50:50.75
it's just kind of crunch time.
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.75
I want to
challenge you to consider
00:50:52.78\00:50:55.08
that perhaps what
you've been waiting for
00:50:55.12\00:51:00.06
will be unleashed
00:51:00.09\00:51:02.06
when you say
amen to this promise
00:51:02.09\00:51:06.83
and accept His invitation,
tithe it back to Him.
00:51:06.86\00:51:10.50
The other box is I want to give
00:51:10.53\00:51:12.23
a sacrificial year and
offering to this congregation.
00:51:12.27\00:51:16.94
We love to have that.
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.31
You know, we have
hope training this year,
00:51:21.31\00:51:22.88
was that right or what?
00:51:22.91\00:51:25.11
$62,000, $62,000
this congregation invested
00:51:25.15\00:51:28.78
in Hope Trending, 62,000.
00:51:28.82\00:51:30.49
Now here's the deal.
00:51:30.52\00:51:31.85
This is what so
often happens and I know.
00:51:31.89\00:51:34.52
If you need some extra money,
00:51:34.56\00:51:35.89
you reach into this pocket
00:51:35.92\00:51:37.56
and you put it into this pocket,
00:51:37.59\00:51:39.66
you just move money around.
00:51:39.69\00:51:41.20
That's okay,
that's understandable
00:51:41.23\00:51:43.77
but because we've done that
to get through Hope Trending,
00:51:43.80\00:51:46.70
we're looking at some naives
for a very unglamorous fund
00:51:46.74\00:51:50.57
called Church
operating, keeps the lights on,
00:51:50.61\00:51:52.54
keeps a little
treasures in primary,
00:51:52.57\00:51:54.88
a primary treasures
and little friends going,
00:51:54.91\00:51:56.81
you know, those
little magazines and...
00:51:56.85\00:51:58.28
I did some arithmetic.
00:52:03.02\00:52:04.65
If a 1000 giving units,
00:52:04.69\00:52:07.39
all right, if a
1000 giving units,
00:52:07.42\00:52:09.99
so you're married so that
would be two giving units,
00:52:10.03\00:52:12.49
and we're more than
a 1000 giving units.
00:52:12.53\00:52:14.56
But if a 1000 giving
units gave $100, $100,
00:52:14.60\00:52:20.34
I just drove by
Pizza Hut this week
00:52:20.37\00:52:21.80
and they said,
pizza is for $10, okay.
00:52:21.84\00:52:24.27
So that's 10
pizzas, mark down to $10.
00:52:24.31\00:52:29.38
If every one of us
gave $100 and by the way
00:52:29.41\00:52:34.22
that's like three
gas fill ups may be,
00:52:34.25\00:52:37.02
right, about three.
00:52:37.05\00:52:39.45
We're not talking
about a lot of money here.
00:52:39.49\00:52:41.92
But if a 1000 giving units
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.93
all gave a $100
to church operating,
00:52:43.96\00:52:47.83
we are clear to sail into 2017.
00:52:47.86\00:52:52.30
Oh, but you heard Pastor Rodney
just a moment ago, and he says,
00:52:52.33\00:52:55.20
"Guys, we've got to
go into all the world,
00:52:55.24\00:52:56.57
it's not just about
keeping our lights on,
00:52:56.60\00:52:57.94
it's about turning the light
of the world on out there."
00:52:57.97\00:53:01.04
So let's throw
another $50, come on.
00:53:01.08\00:53:04.08
You're feeling
generous this Christmas.
00:53:04.11\00:53:06.21
I mean, 6.73 billion,
00:53:06.25\00:53:09.05
I guess we are feeling generous.
00:53:09.08\00:53:11.79
What if we took another $50.
00:53:11.82\00:53:15.02
How many pizzas is that?
00:53:15.06\00:53:16.59
Well, $10, that's 5.
00:53:16.62\00:53:20.63
Boy, by the time we're
through we're gonna be able to
00:53:20.66\00:53:22.00
get pizzas to everybody.
00:53:22.03\00:53:24.60
But anyway, throw another $50.
00:53:24.63\00:53:27.44
If every giving unit
just gave another $50,
00:53:27.47\00:53:29.30
that's a $150 now.
00:53:29.34\00:53:30.84
Come on, we're talking
about a lot of money here
00:53:30.87\00:53:32.31
not in America.
00:53:32.34\00:53:35.04
And let's do one more,
00:53:35.08\00:53:36.41
we have some
precious children over here.
00:53:36.44\00:53:38.71
Ruth Murdoch Elementary
School in Andrews Academy,
00:53:38.75\00:53:40.82
let's throw
another $50 for them,
00:53:40.85\00:53:42.18
come on, another $50.
00:53:42.22\00:53:43.85
Do you begrudge our
children another $50?
00:53:43.89\00:53:47.36
If we each gave
$100 to this congregation
00:53:47.39\00:53:52.33
and $100 to
evangelism and children
00:53:52.36\00:53:55.46
'cause their
evangelism too, $200.
00:53:55.50\00:54:01.30
Every giving unit, this month.
00:54:01.34\00:54:05.14
All I'm saying is you
can get there from here.
00:54:05.17\00:54:09.78
To the guy who
emptied the treasury of heaven
00:54:09.81\00:54:12.05
every last penny
to save you and me
00:54:12.08\00:54:15.55
what is 200 bucks
to college students,
00:54:15.58\00:54:18.09
what is two hundred bucks?
00:54:18.12\00:54:20.62
A lot, okay.
00:54:20.66\00:54:23.53
I'm talking to the
wrong group apparently.
00:54:23.56\00:54:25.43
But, you know, what I mean,
00:54:28.60\00:54:30.00
we can drop $200 just like that,
00:54:30.03\00:54:31.80
I gotta have that new phone,
00:54:31.83\00:54:33.60
there it goes
$300 just like that.
00:54:33.64\00:54:35.74
I got to have an iPhone,
00:54:35.77\00:54:37.87
boom without batting an eye.
00:54:37.91\00:54:41.84
What if we gave the
little that we have to Jesus,
00:54:41.88\00:54:48.32
who says give it to me
00:54:48.35\00:54:50.59
and it shall be
given back to you.
00:54:50.62\00:54:53.39
What if we said amen and we did,
00:54:53.42\00:54:57.86
that's my invitation
to you wherever you live,
00:54:57.89\00:55:00.10
whatever church you attend,
00:55:00.13\00:55:01.80
whatever
congregation you support,
00:55:01.83\00:55:04.07
why don't we this year
give God a big Christmas gift.
00:55:04.10\00:55:10.04
We need it.
00:55:10.07\00:55:12.07
This church
needs it. Let's pray.
00:55:12.11\00:55:15.51
Oh, God, thank you,
thank you for these people,
00:55:15.54\00:55:17.78
everybody has been sitting here,
00:55:17.81\00:55:19.15
we have been getting
into the word together,
00:55:19.18\00:55:20.52
we're ready go home now.
00:55:20.55\00:55:22.32
But dear God, not
before letting you know
00:55:22.35\00:55:27.12
how grateful we
are that the treasury
00:55:27.16\00:55:28.82
has been emptied
00:55:28.86\00:55:30.43
and that Jesus is the great yes
00:55:30.46\00:55:33.03
to every promise
you have ever made
00:55:33.06\00:55:36.20
or will ever make, it's
all wrapped up in Jesus,
00:55:36.23\00:55:39.73
and so to Jesus we say
amen to the glory of God.
00:55:39.77\00:55:43.71
Jesus do whatever it takes,
00:55:43.74\00:55:45.81
you want me to
give, I will give,
00:55:45.84\00:55:47.74
amen, to give it back to me,
00:55:47.78\00:55:49.94
amen to opening the
floodgates of heaven,
00:55:49.98\00:55:52.35
amen
00:55:52.38\00:55:56.12
to your glory and honor.
00:55:56.15\00:55:59.05
Know our hearts, we
love you with all our heart.
00:55:59.09\00:56:02.59
Oh God, if you were here
we would line up to hug you
00:56:02.62\00:56:06.80
one after another.
00:56:06.83\00:56:09.46
We so love you
00:56:09.50\00:56:13.90
'cause you so loved us
00:56:13.94\00:56:16.50
in Jesus, amen.
00:56:16.54\00:56:20.64
Thank you for
joining us in worship today.
00:56:20.68\00:56:22.61
I hope you were blessed.
00:56:22.64\00:56:24.21
As we enter the
busy holiday season,
00:56:24.25\00:56:25.81
I trust you're able to
snatch some quiet moments
00:56:25.85\00:56:27.18
to reflect on all
that you're grateful for.
00:56:27.22\00:56:30.49
Me, I'm thankful for
you for your prayers,
00:56:30.52\00:56:33.19
for your letters
which literally come to us
00:56:33.22\00:56:34.72
from around the world.
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.56
You'll never know
the impact your prayers
00:56:36.59\00:56:38.16
for this ministry have
on me and our entire team.
00:56:38.19\00:56:41.30
Trust me, you bless
me through your prayers,
00:56:41.33\00:56:44.30
so I'm thankful for you,
00:56:44.33\00:56:45.77
I am thankful for the
young creative tech team
00:56:45.80\00:56:47.34
that makes this ministry happen.
00:56:47.37\00:56:49.00
They keep coming up
with new innovative ideas
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.21
for sharing the gospel globally
00:56:51.24\00:56:52.67
through
electronic media, television,
00:56:52.71\00:56:54.61
radio, web, mobile,
00:56:54.64\00:56:56.34
whatever, what's more
these young innovators
00:56:56.38\00:56:59.08
have had the
skills and the commitment
00:56:59.11\00:57:01.78
to see our projects through.
00:57:01.82\00:57:03.49
So I'm thankful for
you, I'm thankful for them
00:57:03.52\00:57:06.12
and you'd expect me to say
00:57:06.15\00:57:07.49
this as another
year draws to an end.
00:57:07.52\00:57:08.86
I'm also thankful
00:57:08.89\00:57:10.23
for the financial
support of viewers like you
00:57:10.26\00:57:12.76
that makes this
ministry possible.
00:57:12.79\00:57:14.76
If you've been
blessed this new year,
00:57:14.80\00:57:16.30
I'd like to ask you
to join the hundreds
00:57:16.33\00:57:17.77
who financially support
our New Perceptions Ministry.
00:57:17.80\00:57:21.44
It's simple to do,
00:57:21.47\00:57:22.80
just call our toll
free number 877-HIS-WILL,
00:57:22.84\00:57:25.37
the two words HIS WILL,
00:57:25.41\00:57:27.34
and one of our
friendly operators
00:57:27.38\00:57:28.71
will be happy to assist you.
00:57:28.74\00:57:30.08
Trust me, no gift is too small
00:57:30.11\00:57:32.11
for God to use to
spread His good news.
00:57:32.15\00:57:34.05
And let me remind
you not a single penny
00:57:34.08\00:57:36.12
of your
donation will come to me,
00:57:36.15\00:57:37.89
every gift is entirely invested
00:57:37.92\00:57:40.26
in our mission to communicate
00:57:40.29\00:57:41.62
God's everlasting
gospel to what we believe
00:57:41.66\00:57:44.53
is an end time generation.
00:57:44.56\00:57:46.19
So once again the
number to call is 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:46.23\00:57:50.13
This Christmas I wish for you
00:57:50.17\00:57:51.97
God's very best wrapped
up in Jesus 24/7 all the way
00:57:52.00\00:57:57.04
through the new year to come.
00:57:57.07\00:57:59.77
God bless you.
00:57:59.81\00:58:01.28