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>> ¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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>> ¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujah ¤
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¤ Hallelujah ¤ ¤ Hallelujaaaah ¤
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[ Performers sing ]
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>> Sing, "Lord, we love you."
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>> From the highest of
heights. [ Performers sing ]
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¤¤ >> ¤ Holy Spirit, rain down ¤
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¤ Rain down ¤ ¤ Oh,
comforter and friend ¤
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¤ How we need Your touch
again ¤ [ Performers sing ]
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>> Now is the time. If
you want to come before the
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throne of God and open up your
hearts to allow the Holy Spirit
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to rain down upon
you, now is that time.
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Come forward and pray that
prayer, that you move out of
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your own way so the Holy Spirit
can open up and pour into you.
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Now is that time to allow God to
make a change in you. At the
beginning of this year,
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this school year, when things
can seem daunting and the path
ahead of you seems long, take up
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His yoke for His light and let
the Holy Spirit rain down upon
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you. Come forward now. ¤¤ ¤¤
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[ Performers sing ]
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>> Well, good morning, boys and
girls. Nice to see you on this
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first Sabbath of September.
Happy Sabbath and, of course,
blessed Labor Day weekend to
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you. Nice to have you.
Thank you, Deacon Jones, for
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what you do. Bless you.
Thank you, boys and girls.
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Hey. Hey, you want
to put that right here?
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There you go. All
right. Nice to see you on this
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beautiful, beautiful Sabbath.
And you're looking great. I hope
you feel as good as you
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look. Say, have you
heard about Hurricane Harvey?
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Rain, wind. You
heard about that?
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Hurricane Harvey?
I got a story from
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Hurricane Harvey. But
we just got a call from the
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control tower and they
said, "Please mention ADRA."
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So I want to tell your moms and
dads about A.D.R.A. -- adra.org.
If you go to ADRA, you can give
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a gift, a generous gift, to help
the people who are suffering in
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Houston. In fact, Ivana -- Where
are you, Ivana? She's singing in
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the singers, and she was up --
There she is. Ivana's from
Houston. Her family's in
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Houston. She told me this
morning. She said, "My folks are
okay." So hallelujah for that.
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But there are a lot of people
that aren't okay. So that's why
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we're -- President Trump says,
please, everybody, synagogues,
churches, mosques, please, this
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weekend pray for Houston. So
that's what we're doing. And
we're glad to do that.
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But anyway, so, this is a story,
ooh, out of all the bad news, I
think we have -- I do believe
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this would be a good news story.
But first I want to see Otis'
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face. Anybody here named Otis,
by the way? I just don't want to
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step on your name. Otis? Okay.
Let's see Otis' face, please, on
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the screen. Oh, there he
is. He is a German shepherd mix.
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He has a very sad face. He
always has a sad face, even when
he's happy, the people in
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the town say. He's just a sad
guy. This story is about Otis
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because last Friday night, Otis'
little 5-year-old owner, with
his parents, had to flee the
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town. They left the town because
Hurricane Harvey's coming. But
Grandpa said, "I'm not
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leaving the town." Grandpa
Salvadore. He said, "I'm not
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leaving the town. I'll stay
right here." "Well, can we leave
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Otis with you?" "Yes, you may."
So Grandpa said, "Okay, Otis,
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the storm is coming. I hope
you'll be okay out here in the
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screened-in room. I have water
for you. I have food for you.
You'll be just fine.
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If you need me, call me." So
Grandpa goes in. He's just
sleeping right through
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the hurricane. But in the middle
of the night, I would've done
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what Otis did. I'd just rip that
screen apart. I'm out of here.
And when Grandpa woke up the
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next morning, "Yo,
Otis, where are you? Whoo-hoo.
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Whoo-hoo. Otis? Otis?"
Grandpa started up and down the
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yard, up and down the
neighborhood. "Otis, Otis?
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Num-num time. Come on,
Otis!" No sound, nothing.
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That was last Sabbath, Saturday
morning. No sign of Otis in a
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little town of 5,000 people.
When a woman was driving through
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town -- get this. She's driving
through town. She said, "I've
never seen this in my life.
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I cannot believe that." She
pulled out her little phone, and
she took a picture of it.
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She quickly posted it on
Facebook, and it went what they
call viral, which means
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everybody's sharing the picture
because have you ever seen this
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in your life? And then she says,
"You know what? I live in this
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town. I wonder if that's Grandpa
Salvadore's. I wonder if that's
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Grandpa Salvadore's dog." So she
drove down the street ahead of
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Otis. She said, "Yo, Grandpa,
come on out here. Is this Otis
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coming?" And Grandpa looked out.
And let's see the next picture.
That's the picture that went
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viral. Here comes Otis.
He's got something -- that's not
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someone, is it? He's got
something in his mouth. Grandpa
said, "Otis, hallelujah!
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You're back!" Let me see a
picture of Grandpa Salvadore and
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Otis. There they are. Do
you see what Otis was carrying?
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That's dog food. [
Laughter ] That's dog food.
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That's dog food. He broke into
the lumber store. I don't know
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how Otis got in, but he knew
there was dog food in there. He
said, "Nobody's feeding me
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now. I'll grab this and
go." And that's what he did.
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[ Laughter ] Poor Otis the dog
said, "Nobody's taking care of
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me, so I have to get my own dog
food now." Sometimes, boys and
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girls, it feels like nobody's
caring for us either. Maybe your
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family's having a hard time, and
Mommy and Daddy are trying to be
brave and you're trying to be
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brave, but it feels like nobody
cares. But I want you to know
that the God who looked out for
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Otis is the same God who will
take care of you. He loves you.
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No matter what storm comes, he's
gonna take care of you so you
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can be at peace. Like Pastor
Sabine prayed, "Peace. Be
still." Who wants to thank God
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for being the God who always
cares for us? Young man, you
come right here. I saw your
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hand. What's your first name? >>
Javon. >> Javon? You go, Javon!
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Okay, guys, let's fold our hands
and close our eyes as Javon
thanks God for being the one who
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takes care of us. >> Dear God,
thank you for keeping us safe,
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thank you for bringing all of us
here for this wonderful day. We
ask you to keep us safe.
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We ask you to bless the people
who are hurting and touch them
with your healing hand.
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In Your name, we pray. Amen.
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>> "Oh, Jesus, lover of my soul,
let me to thy bosom fly while
the nearer waters roll,
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while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till
the storm of life is past.
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Safe into the haven guide, oh,
receive my life at last." That's
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our prayer. Dear
God, In Jesus' name. Amen.
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I'm holding here in my hands a
book that has changed the inside
of me, and I want it
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to do the same for you.
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In August, the first of August,
I flew out to British Columbia.
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Anybody here from
that great country?
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Province of British
Columbia, in a camp called Hope.
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I was really excited about going
because anybody who's been to
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Hope Camp says, "Man, wait till
you see the mountains that just
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surround that
place -- Snow-covered.
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There's nothing like it.
So when we drove up to the
00:18:11.45\00:18:14.32
camp -- I'm telling you
the truth -- because of the
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wildfires that BC has really
struggled with, it was just
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yellow cloud, and you
couldn't see a mountain around.
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I think the people there were as
disappointed as I was, because
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here's this American kid coming,
and we want show him the best.
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It's a great camp. 4,000 or
5,000 adults, plus young adults,
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plus teenagers, and on and on
and on. So I got there late
Thursday afternoon, and time
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change and all, I want to go to
bed early 'cause I got to get up
early. I'm gonna preach to the
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pastors and their wives first
thing in the morning. So I went
to bed, got up early.
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I wanted to catch breakfast
before that preaching. So I went
down to the cafeteria,
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and as it would happen, as I
walked into the door, a young
man from another direction at
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the same moment
-- Boom! We meet.
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He said, "Hi, I'm
Lucas." I said, "I'm Dwight.
00:19:06.01\00:19:08.74
Hey, you know, Lucas..."
"Yeah," he said. "I know.
00:19:08.74\00:19:11.48
We got your website, and you
know, I'm a lay preacher so we
00:19:11.48\00:19:14.12
borrow the stuff
that's on the website."
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I said, "Help yourself.
That's why it's there."
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We're going through the
cafeteria line together, and I'm
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thinking, "I'm
gonna sit with this guy.
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He's the only guy I
know in this building."
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So when he sits down, I
sit down right across from him.
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We start our breakfast,
and he looks up and says,
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"Hey, you ever heard
about this book called
00:19:28.93\00:19:31.77
"Steps to Personal Revival:
Being Filled with the Holy
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Spirit?" I said, "Nope."
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.27
I said, "Who wrote it?"
He said, "Helmut Haubeil."
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I said, "Really? Adventist?"
"Yeah." "What's it about?"
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"Well, it's about the Holy
Spirit. 23 languages it's been
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translated into." "Really?"
"German writer, 23 languages,
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600,000 copies all over the
world now." "You serious? How
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come I haven't heard about this
book?" I said, "Coincidentally,
I'm gonna be speaking on the
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Holy Spirit up with the pastors
and their wives." He said, "I'm
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gonna be there." I said, "Good."
After that little worship with
the pastoral family,
00:20:04.30\00:20:07.84
he comes up to me, he says,
"Here. Here's the book." And he
handed me this book.
00:20:07.84\00:20:12.37
And he wrote in it, "God bless
your ministry, praying for you."
To Dwight, from Lucas.
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August 4. Acts 1:8." His e-mail
address and his cellphone.
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So it's a busy weekend. I mean,
it's 24 hours of Sabbath
preaching, but in between, I'm
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finding little snatches where I
can sit down with this book, and
I'm telling you the Gospel
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truth. I get into this book and
I say, "This is an unusual book.
00:20:28.46\00:20:32.09
I mean, it was written in German
and now it's in English, but
what's up with this content?"
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I'm reading every chance I get.
On the plane back. I'm now on my
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third time through this book.
And when I'm through, I'm
realizing I have to share this.
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Somebody's got to hear this.
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Met with the staff on Monday.
Copied it off because the book
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is free. It's free! I'm gonna
give it to you. At the end of
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this homily, I'm gonna give
it to you. It's free. I met with
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the staff this Monday. So we all
took turns reading the first
chapter, going around, and
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I'm telling you, I'm watching
the staff read, and I have seen
the staff read many books, but
00:21:07.46\00:21:12.03
something was going on in the
moment of the reading, and I'm
saying, "God, what is this
00:21:12.03\00:21:16.44
happening? You're just putting
your little fingerprints all
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over this, aren't you?" And I
knew -- There's no way we could
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begin this new school year at
Andrews University, in the
Pioneer Memorial Church --
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We could not begin it
without considering this theme.
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So we got a little miniseries
that's beginning right now
00:21:32.02\00:21:34.52
called "Ground Zero and
the New Reformation: How to Be
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Baptized with the Holy Spirit."
We got Martin Luther coming up.
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500th anniversary.
We're gonna talk about
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Martin Luther
big time in October.
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The New Reformation.
Maybe this is the key.
00:21:49.50\00:21:56.31
See the website up there?
There's a study guide if you're
00:21:56.31\00:21:59.58
watching right now
because I'm not gonna wait.
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We're gonna
plunge right into this.
00:22:01.62\00:22:03.35
Let me cut to the chase. Pull
the study guide -- You have a
study guide in your
00:22:03.52\00:22:06.19
worship bulletin today. Would
you please pull it out and your
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.59
Bible? Let's go. I want to give
you the CliffsNotes red-letter
00:22:08.59\00:22:12.29
version of what Jesus said less
than 24 hours before his
execution -- in fact, 12 hours
00:22:12.29\00:22:17.10
before his execution. Because if
a man is on Death Row and he
knows he's on Death Row,
00:22:17.10\00:22:21.10
what he's speaking about is
really important to him and for
00:22:21.10\00:22:27.14
his friends. So I want to invite
you to open your Bible to the
Gospel of John, Chapter 16.
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Take a look at this. This is the
CliffsNotes version. So you're
gonna get this fast
00:22:31.35\00:22:35.62
and furious. Hope you have your
seatbelt on because we're flying
00:22:35.62\00:22:39.15
right now. John, Chapter 16. I'm
in the NIV. You're gonna drop
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down to Verse 5 and read, and
you're hearing the red-letter
truth of the Holy Spirit.
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So this is the Lord Himself
telling us "Before I die, I need
to tell you about a gift I'm
00:22:46.19\00:22:49.86
gonna give you."
Chapter 16 of John, Verse 5.
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Here it comes.
00:23:03.28\00:23:05.18
Grab your pen right now and
fill it in on the study guide,
00:23:14.96\00:23:17.49
please. Fill it in.
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"The Holy Spirit will
take Jesus' place with us."
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I leave, he comes. So
these are the red-letter
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words in the upper room, so
let's go back to Chapter 14.
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For me, it's
just across the page.
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John 14, pick it up in Verse 16.
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Wow, jot it
down, will you please?
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"The Holy
Spirit..." I left out Verse 18.
00:23:50.89\00:23:55.00
That's the wrong line to
leave out 'cause it is so good.
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But I won't be here!
"I will come to you."
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So now jot it down.
The Holy Spirit not only
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will take Jesus' place with
us. He will also "bring Jesus'
00:24:08.54\00:24:11.38
presence into us."
Now, go to Verse 26, same
00:24:11.38\00:24:13.62
chapter. John 14:26.
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Jot it down now. "The
Holy Spirit will teach
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.20
Jesus' truths to us." One more.
00:24:29.20\00:24:32.17
Chapter 15. Same
verse. Verse 26. Chapter 15.
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Jot it down one more time.
"The Holy Spirit will speak
00:24:43.91\00:24:47.22
Jesus' testimony through
us." Hey, listen, ladies and
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.72
gentlemen, can you
believe what we just read?
00:24:50.72\00:24:54.42
That's absolutely
phenomenal. Have you caught it?
00:24:54.42\00:24:57.06
That when this Spirit
-- When this Spirit comes,
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.06
guess what he comes with?
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He comes bearing the very
presence and power of Jesus
00:25:01.16\00:25:05.63
himself. The Jesus who was here
2,000 years ago keeps what he
did 2,000 years ago alive on
00:25:05.63\00:25:11.41
this planet through this
Advocate, this Holy Spirit. In
00:25:11.41\00:25:19.85
fact, get this -- It is the
mission of the Holy Spirit to so
be inside of you and me that
00:25:19.85\00:25:25.55
when anybody ever bumps into us,
the very first impression they
00:25:25.55\00:25:30.46
have is -- "Yo! That guy reminds
me of Jesus!" That's the deal.
00:25:30.46\00:25:38.87
J.I. Packer -- great British
theologian. Happens to live in
Canada now. J.I. Packer, in his
00:25:38.87\00:25:44.17
book, "Keep in Step with the
Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our
Walk with God" -- this is
00:25:44.17\00:25:48.51
dynamite. Put on the screen. You
have it in your study guide. By
the way, I got this
00:25:48.51\00:25:51.58
from my friend Frank Hasel's
Sabbath School lesson studies
from the winter of this year.
00:25:51.58\00:25:56.32
Little clue here -- Never
throw your quarterly away.
00:25:56.48\00:25:58.79
Hang onto it. This
really came in handy for
00:25:58.79\00:26:00.86
me. Look at this
quote, J.I. Packer,
00:26:00.86\00:26:02.56
on the screen.
00:26:02.56\00:26:04.46
No, no, no, no.
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.10
And I love this.
00:26:25.41\00:26:27.32
You know what a matchmaker is?
¤ Matchmaker, matchmaker... ¤
00:26:28.18\00:26:31.32
¤ Duh, duh, duh-duh ¤ You
know what a matchmaker does,
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.99
don't you? It
brings two people together
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.62
for life! So, I
love this. Packer says...
00:26:35.62\00:26:38.63
Oh, hold on!
00:26:46.33\00:26:48.24
So, the Holy Spirit says, "Hey,
Dwight, I got one mission in
00:26:50.24\00:26:53.41
your life." "Yo!
00:26:53.41\00:26:55.28
Susan, I have one mission in
your life, and that is to get
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.68
you to Jesus. I'm
gonna get you to Jesus, and
00:26:58.68\00:27:01.15
then my mission is I'm gonna
keep you -- I'm gonna keep you
00:27:01.15\00:27:04.02
with Jesus as
long as you let me.
00:27:04.02\00:27:05.79
I have one mission."
00:27:05.79\00:27:07.36
Holy Spirit never shows up like,
"Hey, guys, let's have a party!
00:27:07.52\00:27:11.43
I'm here now!" Nope. He is
the most humble being in the
00:27:11.43\00:27:14.30
universe. Just like the Father
and just like the Son, by the
way. They're always pointing at
00:27:14.30\00:27:18.40
the other one. "Not me.
Look at Him. You thank Him."
00:27:18.40\00:27:20.57
"No, you thank Him." "No, you
thank Him." That's the way they
00:27:20.57\00:27:25.31
are. Wow. "I'll
get you together, I'll
00:27:25.47\00:27:28.88
keep you together."
That's why Jesus says, by the
00:27:28.88\00:27:31.25
way, "It's to your
advantage that I go away.
00:27:31.25\00:27:33.68
Because if I'm
here, you don't get it."
00:27:33.68\00:27:36.22
I love the way Desire
of Ages puts it right here.
00:27:36.22\00:27:38.75
It's in your study guide,
though on the screen for you.
00:27:38.75\00:27:41.66
Now, what in the
world is all that saying?
00:27:48.73\00:27:50.43
Keep reading.
00:27:50.43\00:27:52.33
Jesus has five fingers on one
hand and he has five fingers on
00:27:55.80\00:27:58.24
the other and five
toes, too, on each foot.
00:27:58.24\00:28:01.11
If Jesus is with you, if Jesus
is with you, He can't be with me
00:28:01.11\00:28:05.25
'cause I'm just -- I'm
not available right now.
00:28:05.25\00:28:08.35
But the Holy Spirit
has no fingers, no body.
00:28:08.35\00:28:11.82
God is a spirit. He is a spirit.
00:28:11.82\00:28:14.16
He can be anywhere he wants.
He can be in China right now
00:28:14.16\00:28:16.46
talking to somebody while he's
talking to me right now, and
00:28:16.46\00:28:18.63
he's talking to you, by the
way, because he has to be in
00:28:18.63\00:28:20.70
communication with both you and
me in a moment called preaching.
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.96
If He's not in communication,
the preaching's just washed.
00:28:22.96\00:28:25.43
It's just dead. It's
over. He has to be working.
00:28:25.43\00:28:30.74
Oh, I love this.
00:28:30.74\00:28:32.31
Now, here it goes...
00:28:47.26\00:28:49.16
Jesus said, "Hey, listen,
I am so close to you now.
00:28:57.13\00:29:00.34
I am with you 24/7."
"How could that be, Lord?
00:29:00.34\00:29:02.64
You're up there
interceding for me."
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.11
"That's fine. I'm
doing it through the friend
00:29:04.11\00:29:07.71
I sent to you." Because
whenever the Holy Spirit
00:29:07.71\00:29:10.98
shows up, you don't feel
the Spirit, you feel Jesus.
00:29:10.98\00:29:14.18
You sense that Jesus is right
in the room, right now, when I'm
00:29:14.18\00:29:18.85
praying. That's
what He does for a
00:29:18.85\00:29:20.76
living.
00:29:20.76\00:29:22.16
King James calls
Him "Your Comforter."
00:29:23.46\00:29:26.23
The NIV calls
him "Your Advocate."
00:29:26.23\00:29:27.96
The Message calls
Him "Your Friend."
00:29:27.96\00:29:32.40
No wonder the gift of the
Holy Spirit is such a big deal
00:29:32.40\00:29:35.74
to Jesus. In fact,
once upon a time, Jesus
00:29:35.74\00:29:37.94
tells a very provocative story,
and I'm gonna share that story
00:29:37.94\00:29:40.74
with you. Unbelievable.
00:29:40.74\00:29:43.38
You know what I wish I
had? I wish I had a YouTube clip
00:29:43.38\00:29:46.48
of Jesus praying. Of
course, back in those days,
00:29:46.48\00:29:48.95
it would have to
be black and white.
00:29:48.95\00:29:50.32
It couldn't be in color.
It would have to be black and
00:29:50.32\00:29:52.39
white back then. And
it wouldn't have sound.
00:29:52.39\00:29:53.99
So it'd be silent. It's
be like those silent, jerky
00:29:53.99\00:29:55.92
movies. Silent.
That's what it would be.
00:29:55.92\00:29:57.63
But we would see Jesus.
His lips would be moving.
00:29:57.63\00:30:00.26
We could tell there's
something on His face.
00:30:00.26\00:30:02.13
He's in communion with the
God of the Universe, his father.
00:30:02.13\00:30:04.87
And suddenly, real jerky, they
come into the picture because
00:30:04.87\00:30:07.30
these are the disciples.
They come and surround him, and
00:30:07.30\00:30:09.60
one is apparently the
spokesman. He begins...
00:30:09.60\00:30:13.21
That's exactly
what's happening right here.
00:30:16.34\00:30:17.95
The only other text we're
gonna look at here is Luke 11.
00:30:17.95\00:30:20.55
Take a look at this.
The provocative story begins
00:30:20.55\00:30:22.92
with Jesus in prayer. Luke 11.
00:30:22.92\00:30:24.95
You got your
Bible there? Luke 11:1.
00:30:24.95\00:30:33.19
Okay? Luke 11:1. Sure
enough, Jesus is praying.
00:30:33.19\00:30:38.27
I'd love to have that picture.
00:30:40.84\00:30:43.74
Obviously, the men have
all tiptoed in and they're
00:30:46.88\00:30:49.31
listening. One of the appointed
00:30:49.31\00:30:53.45
spokesmen said to Him...
00:30:53.45\00:30:55.85
Jesus gets up, dusts off his
knees 'cause He's outdoors, and
00:31:02.62\00:31:07.23
He says, "Okay, I will.
00:31:07.23\00:31:09.63
I'm gonna give you a prayer.
It's simple but profound, and I
want you to pray this prayer
00:31:09.80\00:31:16.87
whenever you want. And it goes
like this." In fact, say it with
00:31:16.87\00:31:21.08
me. "Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
00:31:21.08\00:31:28.15
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done in earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day
00:31:28.15\00:31:32.65
our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our
00:31:32.65\00:31:36.96
debtors. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from
evil. For thine is the kingdom,
00:31:36.96\00:31:42.80
and the power, and
the glory, forever. Amen."
00:31:42.80\00:31:46.60
You know, you're gonna have
people -- If you haven't had
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.10
them yet, they'll come up to and
they'll say, "You know what, I
listen to your praying, and you
00:31:49.10\00:31:52.44
ask for things. 'Give me this,
give me this, give me this.'
00:31:52.44\00:31:54.48
Your prayers should not have
petitions in them. They should
just say, 'Oh, God,
00:31:54.48\00:31:57.35
what a joy it is to be in Your
presence, I love you.' That's
the way you should pray."
00:31:57.35\00:32:00.48
Wrong! Absolutely wrong. Do you
know that this model prayer has
00:32:00.48\00:32:05.49
seven petitions in it? Seven!
Count them. Okay. "Our Father
00:32:05.49\00:32:08.92
which art in heaven," -- no
petition there. "Hallowed be thy
name." Ooh! That's a petition!
00:32:08.92\00:32:12.43
I want Your name to be
glorified. "Thy kingdom come" --
00:32:12.43\00:32:15.20
Oh, I want Your kingdom to come!
"Thy will be done" -- Oh, I want
Your will to be done "on earth,
00:32:15.20\00:32:18.40
as it is in heaven." "Give us
this day" -- Oh, there's number
00:32:18.40\00:32:20.80
four! "Give us this day our
daily bread! And forgive us our
00:32:20.80\00:32:23.41
debts, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not into
temptation, but..."
00:32:23.41\00:32:26.61
There's number seven.
"...deliver us from evil." Now
00:32:26.61\00:32:29.58
back to praise. "For Yours is
the kingdom and the glory and
the power forever and ever.
00:32:29.58\00:32:32.88
Amen." Seven petitions! Count
them! Jot that down, will you?
00:32:32.88\00:32:37.35
Really -- You know what?
You see what's on the screen
00:32:38.29\00:32:40.46
there? That's in
your study guide.
00:32:40.46\00:32:41.86
Apparently, God really loves it
when we ASK -- put it all caps,
00:32:41.86\00:32:45.23
will you? When we
ASK him for what we'd
00:32:45.23\00:32:47.76
like, for what we
want, and for what we need!
00:32:47.76\00:32:50.77
It's a big deal to
God. Seven petitions.
00:32:50.77\00:32:54.84
And then he tells us --
Now, here comes the provocative
00:32:54.84\00:32:58.71
story, and it's
really -- [ Whispering ] Shh!
00:32:58.71\00:33:01.34
It's really a story not
about The Lord's Prayer.
00:33:01.34\00:33:03.71
It's a story
about the Holy Spirit.
00:33:03.71\00:33:05.51
[ Normal voice ]
Here we go. Verse 5.
00:33:05.51\00:33:08.98
Well, I hope you have a friend.
If you don't have a friend,
00:33:12.19\00:33:14.52
like Pastor Sabine
said -- Get into a GO group.
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.46
You'll find friends.
You'll make friends fast.
00:33:16.46\00:33:19.49
I'll tell you what -- ¤
Ding, dong, ding, dong ¤
00:33:28.17\00:33:30.74
¤ Ding, dong, ding, dong ¤ "Yo!
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.44
Lookit, I just went to
the pantry -- no bread.
00:33:33.44\00:33:35.54
I went downstairs -- no bread.
There is no bread in the house,
00:33:35.54\00:33:38.45
and I can't let my friend go
to bed without some bread in his
00:33:38.45\00:33:41.15
tummy. Do you have bread?"
00:33:41.15\00:33:43.28
That's what's
happening here, right?
00:33:43.28\00:33:45.39
And, by the way, in the
New King James -- I love this.
00:33:45.39\00:33:47.16
In the New King
James, he's saying...
00:33:47.16\00:33:48.79
¤ Ding, dong, ding, dong... ¤
...until he wakes his friend up.
00:33:48.79\00:33:51.33
"I have nothing."
Boy, that's a big deal.
00:33:51.33\00:33:55.16
In fact, I wish you'd jot
it down before we finish this
00:33:55.16\00:33:57.27
story because -- Guess what?
00:33:57.27\00:33:59.67
You have to feel you have
nothing, or you won't ask for
00:34:04.67\00:34:07.58
this gift. He's
building up to a gift, but
00:34:07.58\00:34:10.41
you won't ask for it if you
don't feel that you have nothing
00:34:10.41\00:34:14.58
and you can't feed
yourself. Until you know that,
00:34:14.58\00:34:18.89
you won't ask. "I have nothing."
00:34:18.89\00:34:22.52
Wow. Verse 7.
00:34:22.52\00:34:26.29
So this guy's
ringing the doorbell, right?
00:34:28.00\00:34:29.16
¤ Ding, dong, ding,
dong... ¤ I love this.
00:34:29.16\00:34:32.33
You'll wake us up!
Well, the guy's yelling loud
00:34:37.14\00:34:39.54
enough to wake everybody in
the house up inside the house.
00:34:39.54\00:34:42.38
But you know what's happening?
That's what they did back in the
00:34:42.38\00:34:45.18
Jesus day. The
children slept all around
00:34:45.18\00:34:47.08
Mom and Dad. Go figure.
00:34:47.08\00:34:50.15
"I can't get up
and give you anything."
00:34:52.52\00:34:53.92
Now, here comes the
punch line. Hold on. Verse 8.
00:34:53.92\00:34:56.19
"I tell you," Jesus says to
His disciples, "even though that
00:34:56.19\00:34:59.19
neighbor will not get up and
give you the bread because of
00:34:59.19\00:35:02.13
friendship, yet because of
your shameless audacity he will
00:35:02.13\00:35:06.37
surely get up and give
you as much as you need."
00:35:06.37\00:35:09.97
Would you write
that down, please?
00:35:09.97\00:35:13.44
Only the new NIV has
this, and it's just so choice.
00:35:14.98\00:35:18.68
Do you know what
"shameless audacity" is?
00:35:24.72\00:35:27.12
[ Knocking ] ¤
Ding, dong, ding, dong ¤
00:35:27.12\00:35:29.86
¤ Ding, dong, ding, dong ¤
I'm not letting you go to sleep!
00:35:29.86\00:35:31.93
¤ Ding, dong, ding, dong
¤ That's shameless audacity.
00:35:31.93\00:35:34.76
"I have nothing! I
have to have bread!"
00:35:34.76\00:35:38.93
That's shameless audacity.
And that's what Jesus is talking
00:35:38.93\00:35:42.70
about, and --
Oh, boy, he says --
00:35:42.70\00:35:44.84
Now let me just
drive this home. Verse 9.
00:35:44.84\00:35:48.34
Red words, red letters.
00:35:48.34\00:35:50.25
Keep going!
00:36:00.96\00:36:02.86
Are you kidding? You
would? No. Psht! Verse 12.
00:36:07.03\00:36:10.90
Are you kidding? Verse 13.
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.80
Isn't that amazing?
The Lord's Prayer and the
00:36:25.11\00:36:29.85
parable is all
leading up to that last line.
00:36:29.85\00:36:33.66
Mercy. And, by
the way, you want to
00:36:33.66\00:36:36.39
talk about this gift
of the Holy Spirit --
00:36:36.39\00:36:37.93
Do you understand what
kind of a gift this is?
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.83
Let me just run this
by you. Check this out.
00:36:39.83\00:36:43.03
Let me put that Desire
of Ages on the screen again.
00:36:43.03\00:36:46.37
You ever seen a locomotive?
Chicka-chicka-chicka-chicka...
00:36:54.28\00:36:56.08
It has an engine, and it's long.
Some of these trains, when our
00:36:56.08\00:36:58.41
kids were young, we'd
sit there and count them.
00:36:58.41\00:37:00.35
Must have been 500
cars. We've been here all day.
00:37:00.35\00:37:03.32
Doesn't it feel like
that? This is the Holy Spirit.
00:37:03.32\00:37:06.65
The Holy Spirit, when He shows
up, brings all other blessings
00:37:06.65\00:37:10.73
in its train.
00:37:10.73\00:37:12.63
Every other blessing you can
think of is wrapped up in the
00:37:18.67\00:37:21.47
blessing of the Holy Spirit,
but, hold on, it gets even
00:37:21.47\00:37:24.54
better than this. Watch this.
00:37:24.54\00:37:26.27
Next quotation on
the screen, please.
00:37:26.27\00:37:27.94
Ellen White.
00:37:27.94\00:37:29.84
Hey, listen, guys, are you
getting the magnitude of this?
00:37:45.19\00:37:48.23
Look, I'm flying this by you,
I understand that, but this is
00:37:48.23\00:37:51.87
huge. I mean,
this would be like --
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.07
Do you see these crazy
commercials -- these 30-minute
00:37:54.07\00:37:57.14
commercials, just one
commercial all the way through.
00:37:57.14\00:38:00.24
"If you buy this..." Do
you notice what they always
00:38:00.24\00:38:03.18
do, near the end? And,
by the way, "if you buy it
00:38:03.18\00:38:06.05
today, we're throwing
in five cutlery knives!
00:38:06.05\00:38:10.15
We're throwing
in a parrot peeler!"
00:38:10.15\00:38:13.32
[ Laughter ] A
parrot? Did I say parrot?
00:38:13.32\00:38:15.19
I meant carrot. Yeah.
Because if you get a parrot
00:38:15.19\00:38:17.43
peeler, you're in
trouble with the law.
00:38:17.43\00:38:19.96
You cannot -- You
cannot peel parrots,
00:38:19.96\00:38:22.40
but if you do --
Yeah, you got it right now.
00:38:22.40\00:38:25.17
It's carrots. Guys,
please. It's a carrot peeler.
00:38:25.17\00:38:28.34
[ Laughter ] Look,
you've seen these things
00:38:28.34\00:38:31.51
because they're always saying,
"Hey, you get this, we're gonna
00:38:31.51\00:38:33.84
give you all of this."
But Jesus' promise is like
00:38:33.84\00:38:36.64
Macy's. You ever
go shop at Macy's?
00:38:36.64\00:38:39.38
Yeah. Jesus'
promise is like Macy's.
00:38:39.38\00:38:41.35
You see one gift there.
You see one gift, and you go to
00:38:41.35\00:38:44.29
it, and you say, "I want this
gift," and -- good news today!
00:38:44.29\00:38:48.76
Streamers come down.
Because you chose this gift,
00:38:48.76\00:38:52.29
we're giving you everything else
in this Macy's store to boot!
00:38:52.29\00:38:57.70
You get it all right now.
Wouldn't you shop at Macy's?
00:38:57.70\00:39:02.40
[ Laughter ] That's
what Jesus is saying!
00:39:02.40\00:39:05.27
I got one gift, and with that
gift, it brings all other gifts.
00:39:05.27\00:39:07.64
"What kind of gift
are you talking about?"
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.31
I'm talking about the gift
of forgiveness for a guilty
00:39:09.31\00:39:11.41
conscience. "What
kind of gift are you
00:39:11.41\00:39:12.91
talking about?" I'm
talking about the gift of
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.88
peace for a fearful heart.
"What are you talking about,
00:39:14.88\00:39:17.29
Dwight?" I'm
talking about the gift of
00:39:17.29\00:39:19.15
purity for a life
that is struggling.
00:39:19.15\00:39:21.09
"What are you talking about?"
Every gift in the universe!
00:39:21.09\00:39:23.49
I'm talking about the gift
of honesty for one who struggles
00:39:23.49\00:39:26.23
with integrity. Every
gift, every blessing you
00:39:26.23\00:39:29.40
can think of, you get
it with that one gift.
00:39:29.40\00:39:33.44
So why ask for 100 gifts if you
can have one gift that will give
00:39:33.44\00:39:37.14
you the 100? >> Amen!
00:39:37.14\00:39:39.94
>> Man. Jesus --
isn't this something?
00:39:39.94\00:39:42.94
What an offer you
have made to us, Lord.
00:39:42.94\00:39:44.71
And, oh, by the way
-- You need to see this.
00:39:44.71\00:39:46.65
The actual Greek here in
Luke 11:13 -- it's on the screen
00:39:46.65\00:39:49.38
for you. This is
actually how Dr. Luke
00:39:49.38\00:39:51.62
wants it to
read. It's continuous.
00:39:51.62\00:39:59.53
So, write in the word
"continually" 'cause that's what
00:39:59.53\00:40:01.43
Jesus is saying. "If
you would just continually
00:40:01.43\00:40:04.27
ask me, I will give you this
gift that brings all other gifts
00:40:04.27\00:40:08.80
with it." "One
gift, and you get all the
00:40:08.80\00:40:11.77
rest." If, if,
if, if, if, if, if --
00:40:11.77\00:40:14.61
"If you continually ask me."
00:40:14.61\00:40:17.98
Now, what's up with that? Well,
you have to be a daddy to know
00:40:19.05\00:40:22.28
this one. And I'm a daddy. You
have to be a daddy. I remember
00:40:22.28\00:40:26.35
when Kirk was 5 years old... And
he's the father of our
granddaughter Ella.
00:40:26.35\00:40:33.70
When he was 5 years old, Kirk
figured it out that in October,
in preparation for the Christmas
00:40:33.70\00:40:38.53
season, Toys 'R' Us -- You ever
heard of Toys 'R' Us? Toys 'R'
Us would put a flyer in
00:40:38.53\00:40:42.97
the Sunday paper. Kirk figured
it out. So every Sunday, I'd be
00:40:42.97\00:40:47.41
there, you know, looking bad,
but just reading my newspaper,
and Kirk would come up and say,
00:40:47.41\00:40:51.55
"Hey, Daddy, is there a Toys 'R'
Us?" I'd say, "Kirk, I do
believe there's one here.
00:40:51.55\00:40:55.12
Yeah, hey, take it, bub." So
he'd take it and he'd race down
00:40:55.12\00:40:59.12
to his room. A few minutes, I
could hear his footsteps coming
-- Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
00:40:59.12\00:41:02.02
He's coming down the hall and he
says, "Daddy. Daddy, I..." This
00:41:02.02\00:41:08.33
is something else. "I have been
wanting this for Christmas. I
have been wanting this for
00:41:08.33\00:41:12.40
Christmas for a long time."
[ Laughter ] I said, "You have,
00:41:12.40\00:41:18.47
Kirk? Give me a high-five,
buddy! Good! Thank you!" And
00:41:18.47\00:41:24.21
he'd leave. Next -- on Sunday,
another Sunday paper, there'd be
another Toys 'R' Us flyer in it.
00:41:24.21\00:41:27.75
You guessed it -- Kirk would
be there, "Daddy, can I get the,
00:41:27.75\00:41:31.02
uh, Toys 'R' Us?" "You bet. You
can have it." Down to his room.
Silence down there.
00:41:31.02\00:41:35.19
I'd be waiting. Now, this time
-- boom, boom, boom, boom! --
00:41:35.19\00:41:38.59
and he is hyperventilating. [
Panting ] "Daddy. Daddy. Look,
00:41:38.59\00:41:43.16
look, look. All my life, I
have been wanting this! Do you
00:41:43.16\00:41:47.94
understand?!" I said, "Kirk, I
didn't know. Where have I been?"
00:41:47.94\00:41:54.44
[ Laughter ] How much of the
time you and I are like a
5-year-old with a Toys 'R' Us
00:41:54.44\00:42:00.78
flyer stuck in the Sunday paper?
"God, I got to have this today.
All my life I've been wanting
00:42:00.78\00:42:05.09
this!" God says, "Well, okay,
yeah, you go ahead and have it."
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.92
Five days later -- Five days
later, I don't even remember
ever breathing a need
00:42:07.92\00:42:13.90
for that. How many times have
I said, "God, this time, it's
00:42:13.90\00:42:18.40
really true. I need it."
Jesus says, "Nope, nope, nope,
00:42:18.40\00:42:21.17
nope, nope, nope, nope, nope."
You're evil. As a parent, you
00:42:21.17\00:42:24.61
give good gifts, but you're
bright. You don't give a gift
every time a child asks for a
00:42:24.61\00:42:28.41
gift. What do you do? You
listen. You listen. How intense
is that? How many times has he
00:42:28.41\00:42:32.91
asked for this? How many times
has she said, "Oh, Daddy," and
00:42:32.91\00:42:35.78
she throws her arms around your
neck and just melts your heart?
"Oh, Daddy, I have to have
00:42:35.78\00:42:39.32
this." You're
measuring that as a parent.
00:42:39.32\00:42:41.56
Not because you're a grumpy old
parent and you're hard to please
and you just like stickin' it to
00:42:41.56\00:42:45.96
your kids! It's because you're
waiting to see, "Is this really
00:42:45.96\00:42:49.90
what he wants?" And so Jesus
says, "If you're gonna ask for
00:42:49.90\00:42:53.37
the Holy Spirit, you ask
continually." You just ask again
and again. Shamelessly audacity.
00:42:53.37\00:42:56.94
Keep ringing my doorbell. It's
not that I'm not hearing you.
00:42:56.94\00:43:00.04
I'm hearing you, I'm listening
to you, but I want to know -- Do
you really want this gift?
00:43:00.04\00:43:06.25
That's what's happening.
He's not being a meanie. Nope.
00:43:06.25\00:43:11.72
You just continually show me
that shameless audacity.
"Audacity for what?"
00:43:11.72\00:43:18.39
For the Holy Spirit. "What's
up with that gift?" Because with
00:43:18.39\00:43:22.50
that gift, you get every other
gift. Every other gift in the
universe, you have.
00:43:22.50\00:43:26.80
So you've got to ask for
the right gift. And this is it.
00:43:26.80\00:43:31.24
Continually ask me. Again and
again and again. Ladies and
gentlemen, that's why
00:43:31.24\00:43:37.05
this little book -- This has
really driven this home to me.
00:43:37.05\00:43:40.62
I've pray for the baptism of the
Holy Spirit before. You probably
00:43:40.62\00:43:44.19
have, too. You probably did it
at the age of 8, and maybe you
heard your folks do it, and you
00:43:44.19\00:43:48.76
did it at the age of 15 or
whatever. But the deal is, this
is where I've just missed it.
00:43:48.76\00:43:53.23
I haven't just -- I haven't
kept coming back. I haven't kept
00:43:53.23\00:43:58.23
coming back and with shameless
audacity saying, "I have to have
it. I have to have it today.
00:43:58.23\00:44:02.67
Please, Father, that gift that
brings all other gifts." That's
what clicked with me.
00:44:02.67\00:44:10.85
I got to keep asking.
00:44:10.85\00:44:12.75
I mean, Jesus himself
models this when he's here.
00:44:12.91\00:44:15.35
Watch this on the
screen. Ellen White.
00:44:15.35\00:44:19.05
Every day, morning by morning
-- best time of the day to ask.
00:44:28.43\00:44:31.87
Morning by morning
every day. Isn't that amazing?
00:44:31.87\00:44:36.54
Here's a little
book, Acts of the Apostles
00:44:36.54\00:44:38.81
also on the screen....
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.71
Hey, listen, guys,
this is not rocket science.
00:44:50.95\00:44:55.52
Help me out here. But
if our Lord, the Messiah
00:44:55.52\00:45:00.96
himself desperately needed
morning by morning to plead for
00:45:00.96\00:45:07.30
this gift that brings
all other gifts with it...
00:45:07.30\00:45:12.41
If he needed it,
wouldn't you say, big time,
00:45:12.41\00:45:18.95
we need it, too? Come on.
00:45:18.95\00:45:23.99
That's the point.
Morning by morning.
00:45:23.99\00:45:28.92
"Father, please, today,
give me that baptism today."
00:45:28.92\00:45:37.37
So what would happen if you
and I, every day we asked...
00:45:37.37\00:45:41.34
¤ Ding, dong ¤ I'm here again.
00:45:41.34\00:45:45.07
I need that again.
I need what you have.
00:45:45.07\00:45:48.21
Please. Today.
Knowing that every time --
00:45:48.21\00:45:52.58
every time the Holy Spirit shows
up, he's bringing Jesus to me.
00:45:52.58\00:45:57.12
He's bringing Jesus to you.
The presence and the power --
00:45:57.12\00:46:01.66
The power in that one gift.
And, by the way, when you get
00:46:01.66\00:46:08.10
Jesus every day, you have
more than you'll ever want and
00:46:08.10\00:46:10.87
everything you'll ever need.
So shouldn't we start asking?
00:46:10.87\00:46:15.34
Shouldn't we be
asking morning by morning?
00:46:15.34\00:46:19.27
One more
quotation. One more quotation.
00:46:19.27\00:46:20.94
Christ's Object Lessons.
There's a bonus to this asking.
00:46:20.94\00:46:23.35
This is cool.
Christ's Object Lessons
00:46:23.35\00:46:25.35
on the screen for you.
00:46:25.35\00:46:27.25
Now, here it
comes. Write that in.
00:46:36.96\00:46:40.56
Get this -- The more you ask,
00:46:41.83\00:46:44.90
the closer you
grow. The more you ask,
00:46:44.90\00:46:48.70
the closer you grow. And
when you have a little child
00:46:48.70\00:46:51.67
and that child throws his or her
chubby little arms around your
00:46:51.67\00:46:54.61
neck, you're just
loving the asking part.
00:46:54.61\00:46:56.64
You're just loving the asking
part, and that's why the Father
00:46:56.64\00:46:59.48
loves it when you
just keep coming back.
00:46:59.48\00:47:01.55
"Come to again.
Tell me what you need.
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.09
Tell me what you
want." The more you ask,
00:47:04.09\00:47:07.32
the closer you
grow. The more you ask,
00:47:07.32\00:47:10.19
the closer you grow. Wow.
00:47:10.19\00:47:14.46
Hey, I don't know what's
happening to America these days.
00:47:14.46\00:47:17.67
I'm really concerned for my
homeland, I'm just being honest
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.90
with you. I've
never seen Washington so
00:47:19.90\00:47:24.34
utterly confused
and uncertain. Never.
00:47:24.34\00:47:31.68
Hurricane Harvey, by the way...
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.62
They're now saying it may end up
ravaging this nation's economy
more than Hurricane Katrina and
00:47:33.78\00:47:38.49
Hurricane Sandy combined!
Combined! It's like everything
00:47:38.49\00:47:42.59
is ratcheting up. It just keeps
ratcheting up. What's going on?
00:47:42.59\00:47:45.33
Why is all this ratcheting up
happening? Politics ratcheting
00:47:45.33\00:47:49.63
down, ratcheting down. What's
going on? Racially, we are
00:47:49.63\00:47:59.27
witnessing hate speech and moral
fracturing, the likes of which
nobody remembers. Where's all
00:47:59.27\00:48:07.02
this leading this country to, I
wonder? North America, South
America, Russia, Asia, Africa,
00:48:07.02\00:48:13.15
Europe, Australia -- There is
nowhere on this planet that we
can turn today and find
00:48:13.15\00:48:17.53
a solution. Everybody's in
this blue funk, and it's getting
00:48:17.53\00:48:22.90
worse. And in a few weeks, by
the way, the leaders of our own
faith community will gather
00:48:22.90\00:48:29.87
outside Washington, D.C., to
struggle with the unity and the
future of our own World Church.
00:48:29.87\00:48:35.11
What is happening to us? Where's
all this leading? My dear
00:48:35.11\00:48:45.09
friends, that old spiritual is
absolutely true. If we ever
needed the Lord before, we sure
00:48:45.09\00:48:55.90
do need him now. >> Amen. >> And
I believe this German. I got to
00:48:55.90\00:49:00.57
tell you a little something
about this. So, I'm tweeting on
this last night, and I'm sending
00:49:00.57\00:49:03.77
out the book to anybody that
wants it. So I'm tweeting on
this, and a guy tweets back.
00:49:03.77\00:49:10.35
So I'm talking about Helmut
Haubeil, the German -- He's a
00:49:10.35\00:49:15.52
retired pastor. So I get this
tweet back, and listen to this
-- "I've met people who told me
00:49:15.52\00:49:20.59
that the author Helmut Haubeil
is the closest to a saint they
00:49:20.59\00:49:26.33
have ever met. Modern day Enoch
they said." That man, when you
pick up the book, I promise you,
00:49:26.33\00:49:35.30
something is there. Something
in simple English is there.
00:49:35.30\00:49:40.01
It's not something. It's someone
who is saying, "This is the
00:49:40.01\00:49:46.35
time. Because I'm running out of
time, I need you to be baptized
00:49:46.35\00:49:58.63
with me." The church is a mess.
We'll never figure it out
without the baptism of the
00:49:58.63\00:50:06.23
Spirit.
00:50:06.23\00:50:08.87
Shall we not join Him? Come on.
Shall we not? Okay. This is it.
00:50:13.07\00:50:17.98
I promised you this book, and
I'm gonna give it to you right
00:50:18.28\00:50:19.98
now, all right?
00:50:19.98\00:50:22.45
In fact, you can download
it. Put the PDF on the screen,
00:50:22.62\00:50:24.72
please. You can
download this book in
00:50:24.72\00:50:26.99
one split second, before we
sing the Lord's Prayer together,
00:50:26.99\00:50:30.79
you'll have this on your
phone. We did it in the staff.
00:50:30.79\00:50:33.50
Somebody found it, and it
was like -- boom, boom, boom!
00:50:33.50\00:50:35.10
"It's on my phone now."
There it is on the screen.
00:50:35.10\00:50:38.03
I don't know if you can
see that, but it's in the study
00:50:38.03\00:50:40.40
guide. discipleshipcourse.org.
00:50:40.40\00:50:42.74
www.discipleshipcourse.org.
And while we're speaking, the
00:50:42.74\00:50:47.84
book is downloading.
It's a short little book.
00:50:47.84\00:50:50.28
Six chapters.
Six chapters. Look.
00:50:50.28\00:50:53.11
And, by the way, you get a PDF,
which means these pictures from
00:50:53.11\00:50:56.12
here, beautiful color pictures,
you'll get all of those as they
00:50:56.12\00:50:59.12
look in my book. So you
see this website, you see
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.62
down in the lower-left corner?
That's this book right here.
00:51:01.62\00:51:04.53
That's this book. So
you click on it with your
00:51:04.53\00:51:07.10
cursor. You just
click on that, and in
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.30
2.5 seconds, the
book is with you.
00:51:09.30\00:51:11.37
You have the book. So
you can start reading it.
00:51:11.37\00:51:14.80
If you read a chapter a week,
a little bit every day, in six
00:51:14.80\00:51:18.64
weeks, you would be so blessed.
If you just want to read a
00:51:18.64\00:51:22.28
chapter a day and do it all in
one week, in six days, you will
00:51:22.28\00:51:26.05
have it. Call
somebody up -- no kidding.
00:51:26.05\00:51:28.62
Call somebody up and say,
"Hey, listen, let's just do this
00:51:28.62\00:51:30.99
together. I know
you're there and I know
00:51:30.99\00:51:32.55
that I'm here, but let's
just read a few paragraphs."
00:51:32.55\00:51:34.46
Because when we read this
together as a staff, there's a
00:51:34.46\00:51:37.06
dynamic when somebody's reading
with you and you're stopping and
00:51:37.06\00:51:40.00
you're reflecting, and I
saw it happening on Monday.
00:51:40.00\00:51:42.40
Don't read this
alone if you don't have to.
00:51:42.40\00:51:46.10
Find somebody that
will read it with you.
00:51:46.10\00:51:51.44
Everybody here
can have this book.
00:51:51.44\00:51:54.24
House of Prayer, 7:00
in the morning, we're here.
00:51:54.24\00:51:57.48
House of Prayer, 7:00
in the evening, that's this
00:51:57.48\00:51:59.75
Wednesday, we're right
here. My friend Lucas, bless his
00:51:59.75\00:52:03.45
heart, is
shipping us some books.
00:52:03.45\00:52:05.92
My new friend
from British Columbia.
00:52:05.92\00:52:09.16
Why? Because these books -- that
are free -- are telling a truth
00:52:09.16\00:52:13.29
that is costly, and
it's a truth we need to know.
00:52:13.29\00:52:18.00
Think of what would happen
-- Think of what would happen if
00:52:18.00\00:52:22.84
100 people at Andrews University
were every morning -- I'm
00:52:22.84\00:52:27.01
talking about
the administration.
00:52:27.01\00:52:28.64
That'd be the third floor.
I'm talking about every dorm,
00:52:28.64\00:52:31.15
I'm talking about the
seminary. Every floor.
00:52:31.15\00:52:34.42
100 people -- just 100 -- every
morning were pleading with God.
00:52:34.42\00:52:42.29
"I need the
Spirit all over today."
00:52:42.29\00:52:45.73
"Baptize me."
Think what would happen.
00:52:45.73\00:52:49.13
Think what would happen.
John Wesley said, "Give me
00:52:49.13\00:52:52.40
100 men who love nothing but
God and hate nothing but sin and
00:52:52.40\00:52:56.20
seek only the glory of
God, and I'll turn the world
00:52:56.20\00:52:59.47
upside-down." 100. 100.
00:52:59.47\00:53:04.28
With all the earnestness I
can muster, I'm begging you --
00:53:04.28\00:53:07.55
I'm not asking you. I'm
begging you for the sake of
00:53:07.55\00:53:10.89
God and His
kingdom. Ask for this gift
00:53:10.89\00:53:17.73
every day until Jesus
comes. Until Jesus comes.
00:53:17.73\00:53:26.27
I love the opening of the new
school years because we get to
00:53:26.27\00:53:30.17
pray in voice and song the very
prayer that Jesus just taught
00:53:30.17\00:53:34.11
us. So I'm gonna
invite you to stand
00:53:34.11\00:53:35.98
to your feet.
We're gonna sing the
00:53:35.98\00:53:37.58
Lord's Prayer.
We're gonna sing all seven
00:53:37.58\00:53:39.45
petitions to Him, but just
remember now when you sing the
00:53:39.45\00:53:41.92
Lord's Prayer or repeat the
Lord's Prayer, hidden between
00:53:41.92\00:53:45.25
the lines is the
promise of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:45.25\00:53:47.92
Jesus embedded it
in that model prayer.
00:53:47.92\00:53:51.06
Let's sing our hearts out today.
00:53:51.06\00:53:55.23
¤¤ >> ¤ Our Father ¤
¤ Which art in heaven ¤
00:53:55.40\00:54:21.26
¤ Hallowed be ¤ ¤ Thy
name ¤ ¤ Thy kingdom come ¤
00:54:21.26\00:54:46.58
¤ Thy will be done ¤ ¤ On
earth as it is ¤ ¤ In heaven ¤
00:54:46.58\00:55:10.71
¤¤ ¤¤ ¤ Give us this day ¤
00:55:10.71\00:55:29.89
¤ Our daily bread ¤ ¤ And
forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors ¤
00:55:29.89\00:55:49.91
¤¤ ¤ And lead us
not into temptation ¤
00:55:49.91\00:56:01.99
¤ But deliver us from evil ¤ ¤
For thine is the kingdom ¤ ¤ And
00:56:01.99\00:56:21.11
the power ¤ ¤ And the
glory ¤ ¤ Forever ¤ ¤ Amen ¤
00:56:21.11\00:56:46.30
¤¤ ¤¤ ¤¤
00:56:46.30\00:57:03.72
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