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>> Amen. >> Amen. You
know, I often wonder, what
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does it mean, that
power in the blood?
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Things don't always go the way
we want them to go in our lives,
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and sometimes I feel like God's
not with me or that I'm failing
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God.
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But the problem is never
God. God is always here with me,
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always here. His strength, His
power, is constant. And so if
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there's a problem, it's me not
reaching on to and claiming that
power in the blood of Jesus.
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And as we sing these songs, as
we sing about the power of the
blood of Jesus, the sacrifice,
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He already paid the price. He's
done the work. We just have to
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reach out and hold on to that
power. So let's make that power
real in our lives by just
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saying, "Jesus, here I am. Cover
me with Your blood." [ "The
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Blood" playing ]
>> Amen! >> Amen!
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>> It is so comforting to
know that His blood never, never
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loses its power. I am
thankful for that, and...
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the knowledge that that
sacrifice that He did on Calvary
just for you and for me
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so that we could have a chance
to be with Him forever -- that's
awesome, and I can't
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possibly wrap my mind around
that. "Thank You" is not even
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enough. This morning as we sing
the next song, I'd like us to
really meditate on the words.
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And I know that "Thank You" is
not enough, but fortunately, we
serve a God that knows our
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heart, and it goes beyond
thankfulness. And as we sing
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this, we just want Him to
know... "Thank You. Thank You,
Jesus, for doing that
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for me." [ "Worthy
Is the Lamb" plays ]
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>> Maybe you had a tough week
today -- this week. Maybe your
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week was very frustrating. You
know what? Jesus wants to hear
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about that. But maybe your week
was amazing, and you had so many
blessings that you could
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actually touch and see, and
you're anxious to share that
with Jesus as well. Whatever
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your week was, I'd like to
invite you to come forward and
share that with Him, Who wants
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to know every detail about
us. He wants to know that we are
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connected. So, as we sing this
song one more time, I'd like to
invite you to come front and
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talk to Him.
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>> Good morning. Boys and girls,
all right, let's be quiet so we
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hear the story. How are you
all doing this morning? >> Good.
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>> My name is Daniel,
and I'm a field biologist,
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which is just a fancy way of
saying that I get to be outside
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a lot, and I get to
spend time with wild animals,
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and I get paid for
it, which is wonderful.
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Now, I've been blessed with many
adventures throughout my years
as a biologist, and I want to
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share a special story with you
guys, but before I get to that,
I want to see if you guys
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can guess what my favorite study
animal is from looking at a
skull that I brought.
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>> Oh! [ Indistinct
conversations ] >> All right.
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Who can guess what this is? It's
a mammal. It eats only plants.
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It has one type of tooth -- just
molars -- and it lives its whole
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life in the water. Any guesses?
>> A beaver! >> A beaver? Good
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guess. Not quite. A little
bigger. Look at the skull.
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>> Alligator. >> Alligator?
All right. Do you want to guess?
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No? Crocodile?
Whale? No, it's a manatee.
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>> What?
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>> You wouldn't have
guessed. I would have been very
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impressed. So, I
study manatees, and I've
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had the unbelievable blessing
of working with manatees in many
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countries --
Cuba, Panama, Mexico.
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But the story... actually, even
most recently, this last month,
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I was down in the
Amazon River in Brazil.
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I got to work with
Amazonian manatees.
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There's a picture
there that you guys can see.
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But the story I want to
share with you guys this morning
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goes back a little further
to when I was just a student
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still just starting with
manatees, and it takes place
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in Honduras.
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Now, I had organized a series of
flights. We use a small plane to
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fly over a large area to see
where these animals are. And I
had organized six flights
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that I needed to do, and I
scheduled 10 days -- 10 days for
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six flights. How many extra days
did I have? Four extra days. I
thought that should be plenty
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of time for all the things that
can happen, just in case. Right?
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So, I invited two other
scientists, and I invited a
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pilot. His name was Chuck. And
I got all the paperwork done.
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And we arrived in Honduras, and
I had everything ready, and we
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were set to go. We were going to
start on a Sunday, and we were
going to finish the last day
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whenever we got to those six
surveys. The time I had
scheduled for those 10 days --
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listen up, guys -- was from
Sunday to the Tuesday of the
following week. Now, Sunday
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came, and I got over to the
airport, and you won't guess
what I saw. >> What?
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>> There was a big, white jet, a
$20 million jet, and it was in
the middle of the airport
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landing strip, and they told us,
"Nobody is flying in, and nobody
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can fly out." Because this plane
came in the night with no
lights, and it was abandoned
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there, and if you don't believe
me, you can Google it later. And
it was just abandoned there.
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And for three days, they did an
investigation. They didn't find
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out until many, many years later
who the jet belonged to. But the
long... the short of it
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is that we couldn't fly out for
three days, so I lost three days
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immediately. So now I was just
down to seven days. And I needed
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six flights. And one of those
days was the Sabbath. So, we
waited three days, and
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Wednesday came. We got there
early. We got into the plane.
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And then they told us, "There's
a fuel shortage. We can't give
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you fuel until everybody else
gets fuel because you're a
private plane." Boy, I was
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feeling really worried at this
point 'cause I was group leader,
and even though I was half the
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age of the other biologists, I
had all the responsibility.
Well, everybody got their fuel,
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and would you believe there was
just enough fuel for us to be
able to do what we needed to do?
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So, I was praising God for that.
The next day came. It was a
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Thursday. We got there early.
There was enough fuel. We took
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off. We did our flight.
Everything was great, and then
as we were returning, the pilot
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comes on. Now, he has a way
to talk just to me through the
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channel. And he talks just to
me, and he said, "Hey, Daniel,
there's a slight problem."
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I said, "Uh, what's the
problem?" He said, "The flaps
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aren't working." Now, we're
about to land. And I'm not a
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pilot. I'm not an expert in
planes. But I knew that that
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wasn't great. The flaps are sort
of the brakes for the plane to
slow down. And so I said, "Is
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there a problem?" And he
said, "Well, not necessarily.
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It just means we're going to
have a hot landing," which
essentially means in
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pilot-speak that we're going
to land fast, faster than you're
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supposed to land. Well, I didn't
tell the other crew members. I
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didn't want to stress them out.
And we landed, and thankfully it
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was safely. Then I was worried
-- are we going to waste a lot
of time, days, possibly, in
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fixing these flaps? But
thankfully, it was a simple fix.
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Friday came. We came
back. We did our flight.
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Everything was fine. About
midway through, Chuck comes on
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the radio again and says,
"Daniel, slight problem." At
this point, I'm starting to
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really get worried. He said,
"The battery is dead. The
alternator's not working."
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Now I'm thinking, "All right.
Is that a problem?" And he said,
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"Well, not really, as long as we
don't stall. As long as the
engine doesn't stop, 'cause we
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only have one engine, then we're
fine." Because otherwise, the
only way to start it again is to
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manually turn the propeller.
Now, we're 500 feet up in the
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air. No one wants to get out of
the plane and turn that
propeller. So, thankfully, once
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again, we landed safely. The
plane did not stall. I didn't
tell the other crew
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members about that one, either.
Now, we landed. And I had to
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find that old mechanic again. I
think I have a picture of him so
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you can see. And it was a quick
fix again. It was a very simple
fix, so we were very grateful.
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It was like a 50-cent fix. But
I paid him a nice $20 tip. All
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right. Now, the next day was
Sabbath. I had done three
flights. God had been good to us
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multiple times on all three
of those flights. I had a big
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decision to make. I only had
four more days available, and I
needed three flights.
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The weather was going to be good
for Sabbath, Sunday, and Monday,
but Tuesday, the last day
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available, it was scheduled
to rain. Now, I thought long and
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hard, and I prayed, and I said,
"God, I want to be faithful to
You." But I was so worried about
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what the other scientists would
say if we took a day off that
was perfectly fine to fly.
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How would they understand taking
off the Sabbath? What do you
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think I did, boys and girls?
Should I take the Sabbath off?
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>> Yes. >> You bet. I said, "You
know what? Come what may, I'm
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going to honor God. He has been
faithful to me. So I'm going to
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trust in God." And I remembered
what I was taught in elementary
school at Ruth Murdoch.
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I remembered what I was taught
in high school and at Andrews
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University when I attended here,
and I remembered what I was
taught at Loma Linda while was
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attending there. And so I
decided to take the day off, and
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to my surprise, none of the
other scientists said anything.
They thought it was a good idea.
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And we had a great time at the
natural preserve that we went to
just enjoy nature during
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Sabbath. We returned on Sunday
to flights and Monday, and both
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those days went without a hitch
-- no problem, everything great.
The weather -- perfect.
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Then came Tuesday, our
last day, for our sixth survey.
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We needed that survey to occur.
We knew the rain was coming. We
took off early in the
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morning, and we headed east. We
got to our location, where we
started our four-hour survey.
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And we could see the rain about
a mile away as it was coming
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towards us. It always comes from
east to west in that region of
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the world. And as we're doing
the survey, we could see the
rain getting closer and closer.
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We could start smelling
the rain. In fact, we started
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feeling raindrops hitting the
plane, and of course, in such a
small plane, flying so low, it's
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very dangerous when the rain
hits. You don't want to be
conducting those kinds of
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surveys. And so I was praying
inside while I was doing this
survey, and I just remember that
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right as we were descending to
land, finishing up the survey,
the rain overtook us like a
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wave, and it was like a powerful
thunderstorm as we were landing.
And when we got down to the
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runway and we touched down, I
just remember the sound of the
rain and all of us looking
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wide-eyed at each other in
amazement. Nobody said a word.
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But we were all thinking the
same thing -- "How in the world
did we just pull this off?"
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Six surveys, six days that
we did them. We honored the
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Sabbath. Boys and girls, when I
come up with a difficult
situation in my life, I think
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back on that story, and I'm
encouraged by it, and I want to
encourage you guys.
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Trust in God because He is
faithful. Who would like to
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pray? >> Me. >> Nice
and loud. >> Dear Jesus,
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please help that plane to
stay... other planes to stay up.
And please help them to fly
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well and nothing to go wrong
with them. In Jesus' name we
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pray. Amen. >>
Amen. >> I want to do it!
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>> All right, if you quietly
return to your seats... Thank
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you very much. [
Indistinct conversations ]
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[ Organ playing ]
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>> Amen!
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>> Let's talk to Him. O God, we
do have that hope. We have a
world to reach in this
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generation. These last few
moments, we give them to You.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
00:26:08.13\00:26:12.73
George Knight -- you've probably
heard of him -- wrote a piece
00:26:12.90\00:26:20.08
in a journal this
summer. I read it.
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The title of this piece, by
the way, begins with these two
00:26:23.61\00:26:26.61
words -- "Ground zero."
And his opening word, with an
00:26:26.61\00:26:30.49
exclamation after
it, is "Hiroshima!"
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Soon as I saw that word, I said,
"Man, that's from the land of my
00:26:35.66\00:26:39.49
birth. Hiroshima. We Americans
say "Hiro-SHE-ma." I said, "Wait
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a minute. Ground Zero. My mom
gave me a black-and-white album
that Dad put together."
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I pulled it out. Sure enough,
two black-and-white photos...
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ground zero. And by the
way, what was the date on that?
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August 6, 1945. So we're talking
about 72 years ago this month.
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Okay, so let's see the picture,
picture number one. Let's go.
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That -- my dad did not take that
one, by the way. But that's the
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picture the world saw just hours
after this nuclear explosion
obliterated an entire city in my
00:27:10.43\00:27:17.10
homeland. Here are my dad's
pictures. Here we go. Number
00:27:17.10\00:27:20.34
one. Number one -- it's my dad's
handwriting there -- was to say
00:27:20.34\00:27:23.24
"Hiroshima. A-bomb Center." They
called it the A-bomb back then.
00:27:23.24\00:27:26.57
That means about 1/2 mile above
that dome is where the nuclear
device detonated and just...
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[ Imitates explosion
] Picture number two.
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Look at that, and can you read
my dad's handwriting underneath
00:27:35.78\00:27:38.09
it? It's pretty small there.
00:27:38.09\00:27:39.79
It says, "Most
operated on living survivor."
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That's seven years
after. This is 1952.
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I don't know how my
dad found out about it.
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He obviously spoke to this guy,
this gentleman, in Japanese.
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He'd been through
multiple surgeries.
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Obviously not at ground zero.
Somewhere in the periphery.
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Still surviving
seven years later.
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Ground zero.
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George says, "Okay, what's
ground zero?" So he throws by
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four definitions, and it's the
fourth one that I hope will
catch your mind and heart.
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"Ground zero," he says, "is
where the action takes place.
Ground zero is where change
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happens. Ground zero is where
the course of world history is
00:28:10.29\00:28:13.22
shifted in new directions." Here
it comes now, number four. Put
it on the screen, please.
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Just leave that up there.
Let it hang there for a moment.
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Take a look at
that. Ground zero, in this
00:28:27.90\00:28:31.11
intergalactic, cosmic battle
between light and darkness...
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"Ground zero in the great
controversy between Christ,"
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the protagonist, "and
Satan," the antagonist,
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.28
"is the struggle..."
Hey, wait a minute, guys.
00:28:41.28\00:28:43.52
This is why we exist.
"...is the struggle for the
00:28:43.52\00:28:46.59
hearts and minds of"
what? "The next generation."
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God raised this little campus
up, what was it, 1901, 1902? I
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forget. Emmanuel Missionary
College. Raised it up why?
Because of the ground-zero
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mission we have. What's
our theme for this weekend?
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Total Engagement: Building the
Kingdom. And, oh, by the way,
00:29:07.88\00:29:11.55
when you factor in -- talking
about this next generation
that's already here -- when you
00:29:11.55\00:29:16.32
factor in the chaos and
craziness that over the summer
has gripped our nation...
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Let's not talk about Barcelona
and the world. Let's just talk
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.63
about America right here. Last
week in Charlottesville...
What's going on with this
00:29:23.63\00:29:27.50
country? Any notion of racial
reconciliation, movement, has
00:29:27.50\00:29:34.47
suddenly dissipated in this
battle of press releases and
00:29:34.47\00:29:39.07
press conferences. And where are
we? What's happening? George
Knight is absolutely
00:29:39.07\00:29:44.15
right.
00:29:44.15\00:29:45.68
And by the way, this struggle
has been going on for the entire
history of the human race.
00:29:53.76\00:29:59.29
In fact, George quotes another
George, and those of you who are
in education -- there are a
00:29:59.29\00:30:02.73
whole bunch of you that are --
the American educator and
influential educational
00:30:02.73\00:30:07.00
theorist -- I'm talking about
George S. Counts, last century.
00:30:07.00\00:30:12.34
Wrote nine books. George quotes
from one of those books with
this prescient, in my humble
00:30:12.34\00:30:17.18
opinion, prescient observation.
Put the words on the screen for
00:30:17.18\00:30:19.31
you. Hmm!
00:30:28.02\00:30:28.99
And I'm thinking
great controversy...
00:30:44.81\00:30:46.98
Now, here comes the line.
00:30:50.31\00:30:51.61
Sound familiar? Last
half of the sentence --
00:31:03.89\00:31:07.10
Wow! Martin Luther, whose 500th
anniversary you're going to hear
00:31:15.94\00:31:19.84
a whole lot more about as we
move towards October, Martin
Luther -- that was his
00:31:19.84\00:31:24.55
passion. That's why he was so
big on teaching -- to shape the
00:31:24.55\00:31:28.75
next generation is to shape
the future. Everybody knows it.
00:31:28.75\00:31:32.62
Adolf Hitler knew it. Joseph
Stalin knew it. Kim Jong-un
00:31:32.62\00:31:36.96
knows it from North Korea. Ellen
White, American reformer and
spiritual leader -- she knew
00:31:36.96\00:31:42.63
it. Go for the young. We
exist because of that vision.
00:31:42.63\00:31:47.80
So, ground zero,
George Knight, you're right.
00:31:47.80\00:31:52.37
What are we going to do then? On
the cusp of a new year, how then
00:31:58.21\00:32:03.75
shall we live? Consider for a
moment something Jesus said just
literally a few paces away from
00:32:03.75\00:32:09.76
ground zero, Calvary. On the
very morning, by the way, the
very morning of his
00:32:09.76\00:32:16.70
execution. I want you
to picture Jesus' face.
00:32:16.70\00:32:18.97
Please. He stands there
bound and gagged almost.
00:32:18.97\00:32:24.94
Look at His face... bruised and
bloodied from being jumped from
behind and beaten by
00:32:24.94\00:32:30.35
that godless
Charlottesville-esque rabble in
Caiaphas' judgment hall.
00:32:30.35\00:32:35.12
Look at him, one eye black and
blue and swollen nearly shut
like a whupped prizefighter, the
00:32:35.12\00:32:40.76
other eye still open and
dark and clear but tired.
00:32:40.76\00:32:44.09
Splattered blood coagulated on
His cheeks and drying into His
00:32:44.26\00:32:48.90
beard, His lips still swelling
further from the pummeling by
00:32:48.90\00:32:53.67
human fists. He
stands bound in front of the
00:32:53.67\00:32:56.84
governor, and the governor,
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.11
ticked to high heavens for being
awakened in this ungodly hour
that is becoming more ungodly by
00:32:58.27\00:33:05.71
the second... Pilate speaks.
We pick the story up in the
00:33:05.71\00:33:10.52
Gospel of John, chapter
18. Take a look at it. John 18.
00:33:10.52\00:33:17.56
Drop down to verse 33.
"Pilate then went back inside
00:33:17.56\00:33:20.96
the palace, summoned"...
"Yo, prisoner, come here!"
00:33:20.96\00:33:25.30
..."summoned Jesus and asked
Him, 'Are you the king of the
00:33:25.30\00:33:33.94
Jews?'"
00:33:33.94\00:33:36.51
Pilate's stunned by the obvious
nobility of whoever this is.
00:33:42.85\00:33:47.42
[ Scoffs ]
00:33:47.42\00:33:48.32
"Jesus said, 'My kingdom'"...
building the kingdom --
00:33:55.83\00:34:01.10
here's the
original kingdom builder --
00:34:01.10\00:34:04.67
"'My kingdom is
not of this world.
00:34:04.67\00:34:07.01
If it were, my servants would
fight to prevent my arrest by
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.48
the Jewish
leaders. But now my kingdom
00:34:09.48\00:34:11.11
is from another place.'" Aha!
00:34:11.11\00:34:12.88
And there it is. Just a few
steps away from ground zero,
00:34:34.50\00:34:39.47
Calvary, the driving, compelling
heart of Adventist education
reduced to a single sentence --
00:34:39.47\00:34:44.71
"What is truth?" This last
spring, the chaplains and the
pastors convened a group
00:34:44.71\00:34:53.79
of Andrews studentsnot -- key
word --notmembers of our faith
00:34:53.79\00:34:59.69
community. So, over pizza
downstairs here in the commons,
Chaplain June led an informal
00:34:59.69\00:35:05.83
conversation. A young Baptist
coed is in that circle eating
pizza. "So, what do you think
00:35:05.83\00:35:12.41
about Andrews University?" She
said, "I like it here." A little
bit later, "What do you
00:35:12.41\00:35:20.58
think about the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church?" She looked
00:35:20.58\00:35:27.62
up. "You know, it's strange,"
she said. "I ask my Seventh-Day
00:35:27.62\00:35:33.13
Adventist friends" -- fellow
students here at the university
-- "I ask my Seventh-Day
00:35:33.13\00:35:37.60
Adventist friends what it is
they believe, and they reply,
'How should I know?
00:35:37.60\00:35:44.77
I just grew up in the church.'"
[ Exhales ] When I heard that,
00:35:44.77\00:35:51.51
I'm telling you the gospel truth
-- I not only blushed, but my
stomach just shriveled into a
00:35:51.51\00:35:56.75
tiny little fist... because I
like to think that some of the
00:35:56.75\00:36:03.16
brightest kids in our faith
community are students in this
university. It can't be those
00:36:03.16\00:36:07.30
students she's talking about,
can it? I mean, come on. They
grew up in Adventist homes.
00:36:07.30\00:36:11.03
They went to Adventist schools
all their lives. I've been
00:36:11.03\00:36:16.00
brooding over her words all
summer. "What do you believe?"
"[Scoffs] How should I know?
00:36:16.00\00:36:20.64
I just grew up in the church."
[ Inhales sharply ] But you know
00:36:20.64\00:36:26.38
what? I thank God for that
little Baptist coed. Number one,
00:36:26.38\00:36:31.05
she likes being here. Number
two, she has Adventist friends.
00:36:31.05\00:36:34.32
Number three, she came to share
some pizza with us. And number
four, maybe she was
00:36:34.32\00:36:38.76
telling us something we needed
to hear. What Jesus just said to
00:36:38.76\00:36:44.80
Pilate as we stood there
listening. Repeat the words
00:36:44.80\00:36:49.64
again -- verse 37. "You're a
king, then," Pilate shoots back.
00:36:49.64\00:36:51.77
"I have one mission, for which
I was born. I have one reason
00:37:06.62\00:37:12.36
for my life." I have one reason
why I teach in this university.
00:37:12.36\00:37:18.83
I have one reason why I serve in
this university. I have one
reason why I lead in
00:37:18.83\00:37:23.97
this university. I have
one reason why I preach in this
00:37:23.97\00:37:28.01
university. I came into the
world to testify to truth. What
00:37:28.01\00:37:33.88
truth? "The truth I was talking
about last night alone with my
11 when I said to them, 'I am
00:37:33.88\00:37:44.06
the way and the truth and the
life.'" That truth. The truth as
00:37:44.06\00:37:53.87
it is in Jesus. That's the fire
in the belly of the Seventh-Day
Adventist university -- the
00:37:53.87\00:38:01.34
truth as it is in Jesus.
George Knight -- ground zero.
00:38:01.34\00:38:05.78
How'd he put it?
00:38:05.78\00:38:07.18
"Ground zero in the great
controversy between Christ and
00:38:07.35\00:38:10.05
Satan is the struggle
for the hearts and minds
00:38:10.05\00:38:12.82
of the next generation."
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.76
That's our mission. That's what
we're all about. Led to this
00:38:14.92\00:38:18.79
university so that we might
engage with Christ in this
struggle, His struggle, His
00:38:18.79\00:38:25.33
struggle, for the hearts and
minds of the next generation.
00:38:25.33\00:38:28.74
You say, "Ha! Nice try, Dwight.
That'syourmission, not my
00:38:28.74\00:38:34.58
mission." And you know what?
You're absolutely right. It is
00:38:34.58\00:38:38.58
my mission. But it is not my
mission alone. Because I'm going
to tell you something that you
00:38:38.58\00:38:42.35
already have sensed, and you've
known this a long time, anyway,
I know. You know as well as I do
00:38:42.35\00:38:47.06
that they'll listen more closely
to you than they ever will to
00:38:47.06\00:38:52.99
me. I'm talking about those
moments in the class. They're
there -- for some reason
00:38:52.99\00:38:59.10
today, the passion of your life
is being poured out in your
lecture about this discipline
00:38:59.10\00:39:05.07
that you love. It's just pouring
into the space of that room.
00:39:05.07\00:39:10.31
Something happens. You know,
I teach graduate students over
00:39:10.31\00:39:17.35
here at the theological
seminary. That something is not
every day. I understand that.
00:39:17.35\00:39:21.82
But there are days, and you know
it, mind and heart connected
with the young seated in those,
00:39:21.82\00:39:31.20
at those desks in front of
you, and it's at that moment --
00:39:31.20\00:39:36.10
they're wide-eyed. You know why?
Because they're wannabes. They
want to be what you are.
00:39:36.10\00:39:42.38
That your grasp, your lucid
grasp of the discipline you
champion -- they want to be
00:39:42.38\00:39:47.58
just like you. And when this
comes out of you, and by the
00:39:47.58\00:39:51.22
way, you could be the most
bashful professor on this campus
or you could be the most
00:39:51.22\00:39:55.66
exuberant one around. It doesn't
matter, your personality type at
all. You are just so caught up.
00:39:55.66\00:39:59.29
There is just like fire inside
of you. I want to suggest to you
00:39:59.29\00:40:03.13
that that fire moment -- and we
all know those moments when we
teach -- that fire moment
00:40:03.13\00:40:08.17
is the moment of Christ Jesus
where He steps into that space.
He doesn't care what your
00:40:08.17\00:40:14.08
discipline is. He led you into
the discipline you have chosen.
00:40:14.08\00:40:16.71
But that's His perfect entree
out of that moment of hot
passion for learning
00:40:16.71\00:40:22.62
and growing. That's His moment,
and He steps into the air.
00:40:22.62\00:40:27.52
You're not talking theology.
You don't work for the religion
00:40:27.52\00:40:33.66
department. You have your own
calling, but in the exercise of
that calling, in the moment when
00:40:33.66\00:40:39.53
mind to mind, and don't ask me
why, but it's almost like
they're breathless. They're just
00:40:39.53\00:40:45.57
sitting there in the palm of
your hand, which is a
nail-scarred hand that says, "I
00:40:45.57\00:40:53.55
made you for this. I made you
for this." And you know it's
true because sometimes it
00:40:53.55\00:41:01.72
surprises even you. When the
class empties and everybody's
gone and you're all
00:41:01.72\00:41:06.29
alone, and you're flipping your
computer shut, you sense He was
00:41:06.29\00:41:14.70
here. "He walked into my room
today. And I wasn't even talking
00:41:14.70\00:41:24.38
about Him." Wow. So, I tell
you what, my friend. Nice try.
00:41:28.35\00:41:33.42
You can't pin that
mission on me. It's ours.
00:41:33.42\00:41:38.79
You're making a sale. Financial
investor that you are, you're
00:41:38.79\00:41:43.63
making a sale. You're down.
You're crunching the numbers.
You are waxing eloquent about
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.63
the state of the market today,
and these clients are just...
00:41:46.63\00:41:51.47
they're justthere. That moment
when your palm is the palm of
Christ... is the Christ moment
00:41:51.47\00:41:57.48
for your kind of work. Huge
respect for you in that split
00:41:57.48\00:42:06.12
second. It happens here through
you, through us. So, here's the
00:42:06.12\00:42:11.73
question -- how can I be
comfortable testifying to the
truth as it is in Jesus day in
00:42:11.73\00:42:16.60
and day out? Let me end with
this. In anticipation of the
upcoming 500th anniversary of
00:42:16.60\00:42:22.67
the Wittenberg door and Luther
and the Reformation, I read
three biographies of Luther this
00:42:22.67\00:42:27.41
summer and scanned two others.
In the biography by the English
historian Derek Wilson -- title
00:42:27.41\00:42:33.75
of his biography, "Luther:
Out of the Storm." This is
00:42:33.75\00:42:38.15
fascinating. In describing the
deep angst, this grinding sense
of being utterly lost -- it was
00:42:38.15\00:42:47.73
so bad for Luther, he coined a
German word for it,anfechtungen.
He was in the grip of
00:42:47.73\00:42:53.74
anfechtungen. Wilson makes the
point that it was those moments
00:42:53.74\00:43:04.15
that something happens. Put
his...just one line. Put it on
the screen for you.
00:43:04.15\00:43:07.32
Derek Wilson. His --
Luther -- Luther's...
00:43:07.32\00:43:09.78
The Lord knows we all have those
treadmills to have to grind
through every single day.
00:43:18.76\00:43:23.63
As important as those treadmills
are, what was happening to
Luther is beyond the treadmill.
00:43:23.63\00:43:29.37
It's something he encounters all
alone, sometimes for days and
nights while he's going
00:43:29.37\00:43:36.61
around his work. He's just...
justanfechtungen is deep within
00:43:36.61\00:43:41.12
his soul. He's struggling for
God, struggling. The point is,
00:43:41.12\00:43:45.52
what's happening is, he's making
it his own. It's becoming his.
00:43:45.52\00:43:51.19
It's not a theory. It's not a
piece of knowledge. It's...Now
it's just moving in. And Wilson
00:43:51.19\00:43:57.40
points out, it's how that angst
that leads to the Bible, that
leads to God, to Christ, to the
00:43:57.40\00:44:02.07
Calvary and the Reformation. One
day, Luther was so troubled
about God that his spiritual
00:44:02.07\00:44:07.88
mentor, Johann von Staupitz, who
was vicar general of the
Augustinian order that Luther
00:44:07.88\00:44:14.45
was part of as a monk and a
priest, Staupitz is listening to
00:44:14.45\00:44:20.19
Luther. By the way, Staupitz and
Luther loved each other all the
way through until Staupitz died,
00:44:20.19\00:44:25.36
though they would have to part
company theologically. Staupitz
is listening to Luther.
00:44:25.36\00:44:31.57
He's distraught over God, and
at one point, he interrupts --
00:44:31.57\00:44:36.04
"Martin! God is not angry at
you! But you are angry at Him.
00:44:36.20\00:44:41.31
Look at the
Cross. Look at the Cross,
00:44:41.31\00:44:45.81
Martin." Jesus
stands bound and almost
00:44:45.81\00:44:54.62
gagged before Pilate
that Friday morning early.
00:44:54.62\00:44:58.16
He knows just a few steps away,
ground zero, but He also knows
that on Tuesday afternoon, His
00:44:58.33\00:45:07.44
last time in the sacred temple,
with a crowd around Him, He
announced to everyone who
00:45:07.44\00:45:13.68
would listen the
words in John 12:32...
00:45:13.68\00:45:17.45
And then John boy scribbles
in the next line, "He spoke of
00:45:22.25\00:45:26.96
His impending
death" -- crucifixion --
00:45:26.96\00:45:31.43
lifted up between heaven and
earth, hoisted. Ground zero, the
00:45:31.43\00:45:37.50
Cross. That's the explosive
drawing that pulls us into the
vortex of the great controversy,
00:45:37.50\00:45:45.77
the struggle for the young minds
and hearts of the next
generation -- for which you
00:45:45.77\00:45:50.75
were born. You were born
for this. Do you understand?
00:45:50.75\00:45:53.88
Everything you do has been born
for this. So, what would happen
00:45:53.88\00:46:00.82
if you and I, every morning, had
a quiet nook alone, and somehow
00:46:00.82\00:46:10.63
we tiptoe up to the Cross again?
You get there however way you
00:46:10.63\00:46:15.37
wish to get there. You want to
read the Gospels one at a time?
I mean, the last chapters of
00:46:15.37\00:46:18.47
the Gospels one at a time? You
want to read some book you love
00:46:18.47\00:46:22.74
about Calvary? "Desire of
Ages"? It doesn't matter to me.
00:46:22.74\00:46:25.11
But what would happen if you and
I, every morning, would kneel at
00:46:25.28\00:46:28.85
ground zero, the ground zero of
the Cross, and we would look up
00:46:28.85\00:46:32.02
into that face? He's
not hanging on the Cross
00:46:32.02\00:46:34.16
now. It's a beautiful face.
00:46:34.16\00:46:35.99
No coagulated
blood, no crown of thorns.
00:46:35.99\00:46:38.79
But He's still the Savior of
the world. What would happen if,
00:46:38.96\00:46:43.43
every day, we prayed the prayer
of Fanny Crosby? Remember Fanny
00:46:43.43\00:46:48.84
Crosby? ¤ I am Thine, O Lord ¤
¤ I have heard Thy voice ¤ ¤ And
00:46:48.84\00:46:55.74
it speaks Thy love to me ¤ ¤ And
I long to rise in the arms of
00:46:55.74\00:47:02.48
faith ¤ ¤ And be closer drawn
to Thee ¤ Sing it. ¤ Draw me
00:47:02.48\00:47:12.13
nearer, nearer, blessed Lord
¤ ¤ To the Cross where Thou hast
00:47:12.13\00:47:22.04
died ¤ ¤ Draw me nearer, nearer,
nearer, blessed Lord ¤ ¤ To Thy
00:47:22.04\00:47:35.45
precious bleeding side ¤ What
would happen if every morning
that were our prayer?
00:47:35.45\00:47:43.39
We just prayed it. We sang it
even to Him. I don't know where
00:47:43.39\00:47:48.60
those kids that this little
Baptist coed talked to are going
00:47:48.60\00:47:52.30
to be this year. It is very
possible they will be in your
classes. So, "Hey, how do I
00:47:52.30\00:48:00.58
know? I just grew up in the
church." Let's reverse the
testimony. Let's move from
00:48:00.58\00:48:07.12
growing up in the church to...
growing up in Christ. 'Cause
that kid, after that
00:48:07.12\00:48:15.72
red-hot moment when you've had
the whole class, there's going
to be a kid one day who waits
00:48:15.72\00:48:20.30
for everybody else to leave, and
he's standing in front of you,
and he says, "Listen, Prof.
00:48:20.30\00:48:25.90
I've been noticing something.
Would you please tell me about
00:48:25.90\00:48:34.21
your faith?" And you'll open
your mouth -- I promise you, you
will open your mouth, and words
00:48:34.21\00:48:39.51
will come out of the mouth you
did not expect because that's
the ground-zero moment
00:48:39.51\00:48:44.72
that all heaven has called you
for. Because of you at Andrews
00:48:44.72\00:48:52.19
University, that kid,
that girl, knows Jesus. Amen.
00:48:52.19\00:49:00.87
And amen. Yeah, I know
that's why you're here.
00:49:00.87\00:49:05.24
Me, too. Let's dedicate
ourselves. Let's ask God to
00:49:05.24\00:49:10.28
dedicate us. This is a very
special moment. Here's what
we're going to do. Turn to page
00:49:10.28\00:49:14.58
12 of your bulletin and bring it
with you, please. It's the
litany of dedication for today.
00:49:14.58\00:49:21.42
I'm going to invite the
president in a moment -- she's
going to come up here,
00:49:21.42\00:49:23.79
Andrea Luxton, and she's going
to lead us in this litany of
00:49:23.79\00:49:26.73
dedication. She's going to be
joined on this side by Jeannie
Leiterman, who's principal
00:49:26.73\00:49:31.93
of Andrews Academy. But here's
the deal. If you are a member of
00:49:31.93\00:49:37.04
the Andrews University family --
staff, faculty, administration,
whatever you do, in some little
00:49:37.04\00:49:42.41
nook and cranny around here, I
want to invite you right now.
Let's not wait for somebody
00:49:42.41\00:49:46.08
else. You just step forward,
and they'll come follow on right
00:49:46.08\00:49:48.65
behind you. Would you mind just
coming up here to the front?
00:49:48.65\00:49:51.09
We do this where we're just
standing here under the
ground-zero symbol of Calvary.
00:49:51.09\00:49:56.76
I want you to come forward as we
surrender our lives and the year
00:49:56.76\00:50:02.13
to Him, Who is our Lord and
Savior. You come on up. And I
want to say to new student
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parents who are here, parents
who are here with new students,
parents, when we get to the
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portions marked "faculty and
staff," would you read those
portions with the faculty and
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staff? They'll be all over this
place. But you just lift your
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voice up as well. And the rest
of us will listen and join in
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and be a part of that prayer of
dedication. They're coming
forward. While they're coming
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forward, let's all stand
together. So just please stand
where you're seated right now.
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Up in the balcony, those of you
who are watching on live
streaming right now, be a part
00:50:33.83\00:50:38.30
of this. Join us in this moment
as we cross the edges into a
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brand-new uncharted year.
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>> This is a group of passionate
and committed individuals
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who are here because they
believe in Seventh-Day Adventist
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education and because they
believe in young people and
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making a
difference in their future.
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Let's read together. "Standing
before God on the eve of this
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new year, we affirm our mission
as a Seventh-Day Adventist
school of higher education,
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expressed in our theme,
"Total Engagement: Building the
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Kingdom." >> We recognize God's
call to both engage and enlist
the minds and hearts of the next
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generation. Keep a close
watch on yourself and on your
00:51:27.35\00:51:32.99
teaching. Stay true to what is
right, and God will save you and
those who hear you.
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>> Wasn't this a mission Christ
Himself embraced? "For this
reason I was born and
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for this purpose. I have come
into the world to bear witness
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to the truth. Everyone who is of
the truth listens to my voice."
>> Then day and night let us
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listen to His voice, we who are
called by the Spirit of Jesus to
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testify to His truth and build
His Kingdom. "I am the way, the
truth, and the life."
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By what we teach and how we
teach, may the truth of Jesus be
reflected through us to our
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students. >> We accept His
total-engagement command --
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"a new commandment I give you
that you love one another. As I
have loved you, so you must
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love one another." >> But
what about His total-engagement
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admonition, "Keep a close watch
on yourself and on your
teaching"? >> We accept the Holy
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Spirit's counsel and will seek
to prepare and shape the next
generation, that they too may
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follow the Savior and build His
Kingdom. >> Then may the God Who
entrusts the next generation to
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us empower us to equip them in
the Holy Spirit's Kingdom
mission to reach the
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civilization before Christ
returns. Even so, come, Lord
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Jesus. >> Amen.
Amen. >> And amen.
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>> Loving heavenly Father,
eternal Holy Spirit, and divine
00:53:12.49\00:53:16.62
Savior Jesus Christ, we
come in the name of Jesus
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into Your presence this morning.
00:53:19.86\00:53:21.63
We are standing here in Your
presence. We come with gratitude
00:53:21.80\00:53:27.80
for Your protection, Your
goodness and guidance in the
past years. We have wandered
00:53:27.80\00:53:33.74
sometimes too often, and You
have called us back to You. When
we have stumbled, You have
00:53:33.74\00:53:39.91
lifted us up again. And we
come and thank You for Your
00:53:39.91\00:53:45.99
commitment to us. We are
unworthy, yet You have created
and redeemed us. We praise You,
00:53:45.99\00:53:52.33
O Lord, for Your grace and Your
mercy. Thank You for the
glorious gift of the Cross and
00:53:52.33\00:53:58.13
the Resurrection. As the school
year begins, we come before You
00:53:58.13\00:54:03.74
because we desperately need You.
In our various capacities, we
need to be sure that we kneel
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before You as students of the
science of salvation, so that
our students may know Jesus as
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their Savior and may live as
faithful Seventh-Day Adventist
00:54:16.45\00:54:21.49
Christians. We come from diverse
backgrounds, multiple
ethnicities, so many languages.
00:54:21.49\00:54:28.23
Teach us, Lord, to respect each
other, to respect diversity, but
also, Lord, may we experience
00:54:28.23\00:54:35.00
the unity that the world does
not know, a unity that we may
00:54:35.00\00:54:41.68
find in You alone. We dedicate
ourselves to You, Master
Teacher. In humble surrender, we
00:54:41.68\00:54:46.98
give You back our classrooms,
our dorms, our appointments, our
goals, our objectives, our
00:54:46.98\00:54:52.89
outcomes, yes, our budgets, and
our agendas. We surrender all to
00:54:52.89\00:54:59.43
You. In fact, we dedicate this
school year, this campus, our
very lives, to You this year.
00:54:59.43\00:55:06.80
And we ask that through Your
Spirit, Your grace, and Your
mercy, we may be empowered, that
00:55:06.80\00:55:13.78
this may be the best school year
ever -- not in our estimation
but in Yours, the best year
00:55:13.78\00:55:20.65
ever at Andrews University. In
Your holy name we pray and
dedicate ourselves.
00:55:20.65\00:55:27.06
Amen. >> Amen. [ Organ playing ]
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>> ¤ The Lord bless you and
keep you ¤ ¤ The Lord lift His
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countenance upon you ¤ ¤
And give you peace, and give you
00:55:42.84\00:55:53.31
peace ¤ ¤ The Lord make His face
to shine upon you ¤ ¤ And be
00:55:53.31\00:56:05.09
gracious unto you, and be
gracious ¤ ¤ The Lord be
gracious, gracious unto you ¤
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¤ Amen ¤ ¤ Amen ¤ ¤ Amen ¤
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¤ Amen ¤ ¤ Amen ¤ ¤ Amen ¤
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¤ Amen ¤
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>> I want to take an extra
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