Happy Sabbath church.
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So I have a few statements
and all you need to reply with
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is with an amen.
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So I'm going to ask you,
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if you believe we
have a great God, say amen.
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Amen.
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If you believe we
have a big God, say amen.
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Amen.
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If you believe we have a
God who can do all things,
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say hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. All right.
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So as we begin our
worship and praise,
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I invite you to
stand with us as we sing
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about how amazing
and great our God is.
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Water You turned into wine
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Opened the eyes of the blind
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There's no one like You
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None like You
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Into the darkness You shine
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Out of the ashes we rise
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There's no one like You
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None like you
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Our God is greater
our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is Healer
Awesome in Power Our God!
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Our God!
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Into the darkness You shine
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Out of the ashes we rise
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There's no one like You
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None like you
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Our God is greater
our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is Healer
Awesome in Power Our God!
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Our God!
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Our God is greater
our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is Healer
Awesome in Power Our God!
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Our God!
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And if Our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us?
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And if our God is with us
Then what can stand against?
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And if Our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us?
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And if our God is with us
Then what can stand against?
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And if Our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us?
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And if our God is with us
Then what can stand against?
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What can stand against?
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What can stand against?
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What can stand against?
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Our God is greater
our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is Healer
Awesome in Power Our God!
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Our God!
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Our God is greater
our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is Healer
Awesome in Power Our God!
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Our God!
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Our God!
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You may be seated.
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Our God is indeed
great and He is faithful.
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This song may be
familiar to many of you
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or it might be
new to some of you,
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but we just invite you to sing,
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we're going to
sing the chorus first,
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and then go through the song.
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But it reminds us that
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we can continue to
claim God's promises
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and that He is faithful.
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So join us as we sing.
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Your promise still stands
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Great is Your faithfulness
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Faithfulness
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I'm still in Your hands
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This is my confidence
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You never failed me yet
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Walking around these walls
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I thought by now they'd fall
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But You have never failed me yet
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Waiting for change to come
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Knowing the battle's won
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For You have never failed me yet
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Your promise still stands
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Great is Your
faithfulness faithfulness
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I'm still in Your hands
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This is my confidence
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You never failed me yet
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I know the night won't last
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Your Word will come to pass
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My heart will
sing Your praise again
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Jesus, You're still enough
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Keep me within Your love
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My heart will
sing Your praise again
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Your promise still stands
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Great is Your
faithfulness faithfulness
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I'm still in Your hands
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This is my
confidence You never failed
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Your promise still stands
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Great is Your
faithfulness faithfulness
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I'm still in Your hands
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This is my confidence
You never failed me yet
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I've seen You move
come move the mountains
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And I believe
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I'll see You do it again
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You made a way
where there was no way
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And I believe I'll
see You do it again
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I've seen You move
You move the mountains
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And I believe I'll
see You do it again
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You made a way
where there was no way
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And I believe I'll
see You do it again
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I've seen You move
You move the mountains
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And I believe I'll
see You do it again
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You made a way
where there was no way
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And I believe I'll
see You do it again
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I'll see You do it again
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I'll see You do it again
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I'll see You do it again
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Your promise still stands
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Great is Your
faithfulness faithfulness
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I'm still in Your hands
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This is my confidence
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You never failed me yet
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And I never will forget
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You never failed me yet
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And I never will forget
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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O God my Father
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There is no shadow of turning
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With Thee
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Thou changest not
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Thy compassions they fail not
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As Thou has been
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Thou forever will be
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord unto me
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Summer and winter
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And springtime and harvest
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Sun, moon and stars
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In their courses above
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Join with all nature
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In manifold witness
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To Thy great faithfulness
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Mercy and love
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Great is Great
is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord unto me
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Pardon for sin
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And a peace that endureth
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Thine own dear presence
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To cheer and to guide
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Strength for today
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And bright hope for tomorrow
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Blessings all mine
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With ten thousand beside
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord unto me
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Great is Great
is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand hath provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Great is Thy faithfulness!
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Lord unto me
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Before we pray,
would you open your Bible
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to a book that's going to
be very hard for you to find,
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it's Haggai.
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When we ever
been to Haggai before?
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Probably never.
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But if you'll
find the Old Testament,
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you go to the last book
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of the Old Testament is Malachi,
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come back a book
that's Zechariah,
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and one more book
behind that is Haggai.
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You didn't bring a
Bible, pull the pew Bible out,
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it's page 636.
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We're just going to read this.
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Nothing on the screen, I
want to read this passage.
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We'll have a
prayer and plunge into
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our moments together.
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All right, Haggai 2.
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Haggai 2.
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I want to pick it
up please in verse 6.
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This is what the
Lord Almighty says,
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"In a little
while I will once more
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shake the heavens and the earth,
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the sea and the dry land.
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I will shake all the nations.
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'And what is desired
by all nations will come.
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And I will fill
this house with glory'
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says the Lord Almighty,
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'the silver is mine
and the gold is mine,
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declares the Lord Almighty.
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The glory of this
present house will be greater
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than the glory of
the former house,'
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says the Lord Almighty.
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'And in this
place I will grant peace
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declares the Lord Almighty.' "
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Let's pray.
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Oh, God, there's a
time coming is there
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when you will shake the nations.
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It was a bit
shaking just to learn
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before walking out on to this
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sanctuary.
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Now that tragedy in Pittsburgh
this morning in a synagogue.
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There's a bond
between Sabbatharians,
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no matter where
they live on the planet.
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There's a whole lot of
shaking going on, Father,
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in the nations of this earth,
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what is this that
we just read something,
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someone is coming that
all the nations will desire.
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That has to be true.
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And we know who that someone is,
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as we worship in the midst
of a shaken world, speak to us,
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I'm humbly praying
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Did you notice
it tucked into that,
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rather shaking
passage is a single line.
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I put it on the screen for you.
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If your Bible still
open, you'll see it.
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It's verse 8, this
is God Almighty Himself,
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the Lord of hosts speaking,
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"'The silver is mine,
and the gold is mine,'
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says the Lord."
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One translation says,
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that's the Lord of angel armies,
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it's all mine, the
silver and the gold.
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Are you talking to us,
God, because if you are,
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we are a bunch of
Americans, here most of us,
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well, we have some
Brazilians here, we have...
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I guess we have
90 other nations,
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but you know what?
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In this country we do
silver and gold, just fine.
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What do you think
about our jackpot,
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the Mega Millions jackpot.
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That's pretty good, won't it?
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did you follow
that story by the way,
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the Mega Millions jackpot,
unless you were sleeping.
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Some dear so...
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I'm not going to say lucky
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because you know what
they've done research,
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they have found that
those who win the giant jackpots
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actually end up many of them
with tragic, tragic endings.
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I tell you why.
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It's not worth
having that kind of money.
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What kind of money
you're talking about, Dwight.
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I guess I slipped
through that headline,
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"Oh, a little soul down
in," what was it Simpsonville,
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South Carolina had the right
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line up in numbers and won
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$1.537 billion,
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a billion dollars.
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Anybody here know
that kind of money?
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No, I don't know that
kind of number at all.
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But I'm saying,
"Try me, try me, try me.
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Just once try me."
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Come on $1.537 billion.
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Would that mean the silver
and the gold that God also has?
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Apparently.
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It reminds me that moment
when Peter and his bud John
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because whenever Peter
shows up in the gospels,
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you will always see
in the Gospel of John,
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you will always
see John boy there,
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they just were
buds, they were fisherman.
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John's young,
Peter's little older.
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But they hung around together.
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And this particular
afternoon, after Jesus
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rose from the dead and
ascended back to heaven,
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3 o'clock,
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it's 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and you know what?
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That's the prayer
hour, and Peter and John
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are hustling up the stairway
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into a gate called
beautiful, and it's beautiful
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because there is
embedded into the facade a vine
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with gold and silver grapes.
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And we've been talking
about a vine for a few weeks
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this new season.
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They're going
under the gate beautiful
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because they're
going to prayer meeting.
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I love it when friends go
to prayer meeting together.
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We got it by the way 7
o'clock in the morning,
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if you'd like to come
early 7 o'clock in the evening,
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bring a friend with you.
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That's what
prayer meeting is for.
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So Peter and John are hurrying
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because they're running
just a little bit behind
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but a professional beggar
00:20:35.03\00:20:36.36
because he's been
laying for 40 years from birth
00:20:36.40\00:20:38.20
is sitting there and is,
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.00
instinctively his wrist
goes out, alms for the poor.
00:20:40.04\00:20:45.11
Peter's about to hurry by,
when he hears that pitiful cry,
00:20:45.14\00:20:48.91
he stops.
00:20:48.94\00:20:50.28
And Peter locks his
eyes on that lame man
00:20:50.31\00:20:53.68
and he uses words
that raise huge expectation
00:20:53.72\00:20:57.29
in that lame heart.
00:20:57.32\00:20:58.85
Look at me, look at me,
00:20:58.89\00:21:01.76
silver and gold have I known,
00:21:04.19\00:21:05.83
but what I have I now give you
00:21:05.86\00:21:07.66
in the name of
Jesus of Nazareth,
00:21:07.70\00:21:09.66
get up and walk and
that fisherman's hand
00:21:09.70\00:21:11.83
comes down, and
grabs the bony wrist,
00:21:11.87\00:21:13.23
and somewhere between,
00:21:13.27\00:21:14.60
half way between down
and up, two brand new legs.
00:21:14.64\00:21:18.77
Now what did Peter say?
00:21:21.01\00:21:23.35
The exact opposite of God.
00:21:23.38\00:21:25.51
Peter comes along and says,
"Silver and gold have I," what?
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.78
"None."
00:21:27.82\00:21:29.15
God comes along, you
have your Bible still open
00:21:29.18\00:21:31.12
to Haggai 2:8, put
it on the screen again.
00:21:31.15\00:21:33.29
God says,
00:21:33.32\00:21:34.66
"The silver is mine
and the gold is mine."
00:21:34.69\00:21:37.93
Silver and gold have I none.
00:21:37.96\00:21:39.29
Peter confesses
silver and gold have I all,
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.53
God declares, it's all His.
00:21:42.56\00:21:47.24
Look, if you need any
money, and who here isn't.
00:21:47.27\00:21:51.27
If you're in trouble right
now when you need some money,
00:21:51.31\00:21:53.11
you need to know that
what God has just spoken.
00:21:53.14\00:21:55.08
That's our one liner today.
00:21:55.11\00:21:56.44
What God has just spoken
is hugely great news for you.
00:21:56.48\00:22:00.92
No matter what it is
you're going through,
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.55
if you're in trouble
and you need this God.
00:22:02.58\00:22:08.16
This God to saying,
00:22:08.19\00:22:11.49
"Why all these anxiety?
00:22:11.53\00:22:13.60
I have the gold.
00:22:13.63\00:22:15.16
I have the
silver. Don't worry, girl.
00:22:15.20\00:22:16.83
Boy, don't worry
I have you covered.
00:22:16.87\00:22:19.83
Just put your hand in mine."
00:22:19.87\00:22:23.84
Put your hand in
the hand of the man
00:22:23.87\00:22:25.54
who stilled the waters.
00:22:25.57\00:22:28.48
Put your hand in
the hand of the man
00:22:28.51\00:22:29.94
who calmed the sea.
00:22:29.98\00:22:32.08
Take a look at yourself
00:22:32.11\00:22:33.45
and you will look
at others differently.
00:22:33.48\00:22:35.78
If you put your hand
in the hand of the man
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.62
from Galilee.
00:22:37.65\00:22:40.56
Remember that one?
00:22:40.59\00:22:42.82
That be baby
boomers to remember.
00:22:42.86\00:22:46.73
And that is the Jesus.
00:22:46.76\00:22:49.43
Poorer as the church
mass by the way, Lord Jesus.
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.17
Poorer than the widow
who dropped in two mites,
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.40
Jesus didn't have
a coin on him one day
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.47
when they wanted a
little illustration,
00:22:56.50\00:22:58.04
He had nothing.
00:22:58.07\00:23:00.01
That's the Jesus
who is God in disguise
00:23:00.04\00:23:03.45
and that's what
God's talking about
00:23:03.48\00:23:05.01
when He's
talking about His house
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.38
one day is going
to have greater glory
00:23:06.41\00:23:07.95
than the house has ever had.
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.79
It's talking about Jesus.
00:23:10.82\00:23:12.15
In fact I want you to see that.
00:23:12.19\00:23:13.52
Let's read verse 7 again.
00:23:13.56\00:23:15.62
This is Haggai 2:7, "And
I will shake all nations,
00:23:15.66\00:23:18.63
and what is
desired by all nations."
00:23:18.66\00:23:20.60
Oh, we know the
Desire of Ages, don't we?
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.90
The one who is desired
by all nations will come
00:23:22.93\00:23:25.13
and I will fill
this house for the glory
00:23:25.17\00:23:26.84
says the Lord Almighty,
00:23:26.87\00:23:28.20
"The silver is mine
and the gold is mine
00:23:28.24\00:23:29.94
declares the Lord Almighty."
00:23:29.97\00:23:31.34
Verse 9, "And the
glory of this present house
00:23:31.37\00:23:32.97
will be greater than the
glory of the former house,'
00:23:33.01\00:23:34.58
says the Lord Almighty.
00:23:34.61\00:23:36.11
'And in this place
I will grant peace, '
00:23:36.14\00:23:37.81
declares the Lord Almighty.' "
00:23:37.85\00:23:39.45
I am the God of
the angel armies.
00:23:39.48\00:23:42.22
I am telling
you this is My house
00:23:42.25\00:23:47.19
and He's going to show up.
00:23:47.22\00:23:50.43
I mean you look at
the house right now
00:23:50.46\00:23:51.86
when God is speaking
these words, it's a mess.
00:23:51.89\00:23:54.00
They've been gone for 70 years.
00:23:54.03\00:23:55.73
When Nebuchadnezzar came
right in with that raging
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.33
serious
Babylonian horde, they took
00:23:58.37\00:24:01.17
every man, woman, and child
they could see still alive,
00:24:01.20\00:24:04.94
captive chain gang, their chain
00:24:04.97\00:24:07.01
winding through
the desert to Babylon.
00:24:07.04\00:24:09.68
Seventy years ago,
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.01
and then comes a new
king called Cyrus the Mede,
00:24:12.05\00:24:15.28
he comes in, sets them,
00:24:15.32\00:24:17.05
tells the
religions of his empire
00:24:17.09\00:24:19.35
I have respect
for your religions.
00:24:19.39\00:24:21.46
The Holy Spirit
has even mentioned
00:24:21.49\00:24:22.99
Cyrus by names.
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.36
So he's operating
under divine instructions
00:24:24.39\00:24:26.49
and he tells the Jews,
00:24:26.53\00:24:27.86
"Yo, go home,
00:24:27.90\00:24:30.10
I want the band
of you to go back,
00:24:30.13\00:24:31.90
get the place ready."
00:24:31.93\00:24:33.47
And so this
intrepid band of exiles,
00:24:33.50\00:24:35.17
Jews, they have come back.
00:24:35.20\00:24:38.54
And there's good
news, but I had to tell you
00:24:38.57\00:24:40.11
there's a little bit of
bad news first and that is,
00:24:40.14\00:24:42.58
that God has been
looking for them to come in back
00:24:42.61\00:24:44.65
as He could hardly
wait to renovate His house.
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.55
He wants to get His
house re-renovated again.
00:24:46.58\00:24:50.15
They get back and
guess what they do?
00:24:50.19\00:24:53.02
Immediately start
working on their own houses.
00:24:53.05\00:24:56.96
And they are putting
up some fine material.
00:24:56.99\00:24:59.89
Yes, they are.
00:24:59.93\00:25:01.53
And God is saying wait
a minute, wait a minute,
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.16
wait a minute, time out.
00:25:03.20\00:25:06.94
What's going on?
00:25:06.97\00:25:08.40
And one author by the way calls
00:25:08.44\00:25:09.77
what they were
putting up mansions.
00:25:09.80\00:25:13.38
Go back to chapter
one. Take a look at this.
00:25:13.41\00:25:15.24
So here's the bad news.
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.05
We will get right
back to the good news
00:25:17.08\00:25:18.41
because God says in verse 2,
this is what the Lord Almighty,
00:25:18.45\00:25:21.08
the Lord of hosts says,
"These people say to me."
00:25:21.12\00:25:23.35
Haggai.
00:25:23.39\00:25:24.72
The exiles who
came back with you.
00:25:24.75\00:25:26.09
"These people say to me,
'The time has not yet come
00:25:26.12\00:25:27.76
to rebuild the Lord's house.
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.72
Then the word of
the Lord,'" verse 3,
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.36
"came through
the prophet Haggai:
00:25:31.39\00:25:32.96
'Is it time for you yourselves
00:25:32.99\00:25:34.80
to be living in
your paneled houses,
00:25:34.83\00:25:37.37
while this house remains
00:25:37.40\00:25:40.24
a ruin?' "
00:25:40.27\00:25:43.47
Talking about a
rhetorical question.
00:25:43.51\00:25:45.61
Verse 5, "Now this is
what the Lord Almighty says:
00:25:45.64\00:25:48.21
"Give careful attention,
careful thought to your ways.
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.65
You have planted
much, but have you noticed
00:25:50.68\00:25:52.25
you've harvested little.
00:25:52.28\00:25:54.78
You eat, but never have enough."
00:25:54.82\00:25:56.18
I wonder if
something's going on here.
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.12
"You drink, but
never have your fill.
00:25:58.15\00:25:59.89
You put on clothes,
but you're not warm."
00:25:59.92\00:26:01.69
Must have lived in Michigan.
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.06
"You earn wages, only
to put them in a purse
00:26:03.09\00:26:06.16
with holes in it."
00:26:06.19\00:26:08.00
I had someone visit me
in my office the other day.
00:26:08.03\00:26:10.60
And while I'm
standing up in my office,
00:26:10.63\00:26:12.47
kind of moving around
00:26:12.50\00:26:13.84
while I'm
talking to this person,
00:26:13.87\00:26:15.20
and I looked down,
00:26:15.24\00:26:16.57
and I noticed a
tick-tack on the floor.
00:26:16.60\00:26:17.94
I said, "Oh, great."
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.81
And I kept moving and I noticed
00:26:19.84\00:26:21.48
just more and more
tick-tacks on the floor
00:26:21.51\00:26:24.18
and I didn't dare look down,
00:26:24.21\00:26:25.55
I didn't dare to
lean over and say,
00:26:25.58\00:26:26.92
let me pick these
up, excuse me just a bit.
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.08
Obviously, I had
a hole in my pocket
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.52
and tick-tacks were
just dripping out like crazy.
00:26:30.55\00:26:32.95
How embarrassing.
00:26:32.99\00:26:36.39
The guy says, "You got purses,
00:26:36.42\00:26:37.76
what's the
problem with your purses?
00:26:37.79\00:26:39.13
How come they're all leaking?
00:26:39.16\00:26:40.50
You have no money left, do you?"
00:26:40.53\00:26:41.86
Verse 7, "This is what
the Lord Almighty says:
00:26:44.30\00:26:46.94
'Give careful
thought to your ways.
00:26:46.97\00:26:48.77
Go up to the mountains
and bring down timber..."
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.81
Come on, guys, "We're
going to build my house
00:26:50.84\00:26:53.27
so that I can
take pleasure in it
00:26:53.31\00:26:54.68
and be honored again."
00:26:54.71\00:26:56.44
We're going to
renovate My house.
00:26:56.48\00:26:58.31
Do you
understand? We got it, God.
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.35
And that's exactly
what the people do.
00:27:00.38\00:27:01.95
That's the good news,
now the bad news is over.
00:27:01.98\00:27:04.22
Verse 13 "Then
Haggai, the Lord's messenger,
00:27:04.25\00:27:07.99
gave this message to
the Lord, from the Lord
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.19
rather to the people:
00:27:10.23\00:27:11.56
'I am with you,"
guys, I love this.
00:27:11.59\00:27:12.99
I love this.
00:27:13.03\00:27:14.36
You're moving to
renovation, let me remind you
00:27:14.40\00:27:16.77
I am with you declares the Lord.
00:27:16.80\00:27:18.23
So the Lord stirred up
the spirit of Zerubbabel,
00:27:18.27\00:27:20.30
that would be the
governor of Judah, and Joshua,
00:27:20.34\00:27:23.30
that would be the high priest,
00:27:23.34\00:27:24.67
and the spirit of the
whole remnant of the people.
00:27:24.71\00:27:27.38
They came and began
to work on the house
00:27:27.41\00:27:29.28
of the Lord
Almighty, their God.' "
00:27:29.31\00:27:30.75
Now get this, verse
15, very interesting,
00:27:30.78\00:27:33.45
"On the twenty-fourth
day of the sixth month..."
00:27:33.48\00:27:37.25
May I tell you
something, guess what?
00:27:37.29\00:27:39.42
Scholars and archaeologists
have calculated that date,
00:27:39.45\00:27:41.89
and I want to give
it to you right now.
00:27:41.92\00:27:43.73
No study guide today,
so lock it in your mind.
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.16
That date is September 21,
00:27:46.19\00:27:49.16
530 BC.
00:27:49.20\00:27:52.53
They begin to renovate
the house of God and you say,
00:27:52.57\00:27:56.97
"Dwight, how many
years ago was that?"
00:27:57.01\00:27:58.34
Well, you take 2018 AD
minus 530 BC and you get 2,548.
00:27:58.37\00:28:03.51
But then you
crossed over from BC to AD,
00:28:03.55\00:28:05.81
so there's no zero.
00:28:05.85\00:28:07.22
You take one off,
that's 2,547 years ago,
00:28:07.25\00:28:11.15
last month they began to
renovate the house of God.
00:28:11.19\00:28:15.76
And here we are
2,547 years later,
00:28:15.79\00:28:18.89
about to do the same thing.
00:28:18.93\00:28:21.30
Amazing.
00:28:21.33\00:28:22.86
And by the way God says,
"Yo, yo, yo, yo, don't worry.
00:28:22.90\00:28:25.30
Don't worry.
00:28:25.33\00:28:26.67
The silver is mine
and the gold is mine.
00:28:26.70\00:28:30.11
I got you covered."
00:28:30.14\00:28:31.61
Listen, that line,
00:28:31.64\00:28:32.97
the silver is mine
and the gold is mine.
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.34
That's not a divine scolding,
that's a divine promise
00:28:34.38\00:28:37.55
that I'll take care of you.
00:28:37.58\00:28:39.91
Wow.
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.42
I'd say that's great news
for this little campus church.
00:28:41.45\00:28:45.15
It's like the band of exiles
2,547 years ago right now,
00:28:45.19\00:28:49.66
sets out to
renovate the house of God.
00:28:49.69\00:28:52.53
You know when I think of
the Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:28:52.56\00:28:56.43
I love this church.
00:28:56.46\00:28:58.43
And every time I
come to Psalm 26.
00:28:58.47\00:29:01.80
Psalm 26:8
00:29:01.84\00:29:04.61
because I read these
psalms every day, cycle of...
00:29:04.64\00:29:08.41
I'll come across it at
least two times a year.
00:29:08.44\00:29:12.01
Every time I come to Psalm 26:8.
00:29:12.05\00:29:17.05
In fact I've
scribbled on my margin, Pioneer.
00:29:17.09\00:29:18.79
Let me put Psalm
26:8. Is this great?
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.79
Hey, let's do this
one out loud together.
00:29:20.82\00:29:22.29
The Psalmist is in just in love
00:29:22.32\00:29:24.59
and you're going
to see with what?
00:29:24.63\00:29:26.09
Okay, let's read
this out loud together.
00:29:26.13\00:29:27.46
"Lord, I love the
House where You live,
00:29:27.50\00:29:31.80
the place where
Your glory dwells."
00:29:31.83\00:29:35.07
Oh God, I love Your house.
00:29:35.10\00:29:39.31
I'm going to tell you for
these little pastor's heart,
00:29:39.34\00:29:42.34
those bricks.
00:29:42.38\00:29:43.98
Those bricks are
not only sacred to me.
00:29:44.01\00:29:47.25
And this timber,
this place is precious.
00:29:47.28\00:29:51.92
Sometimes I come in here
all alone, middle of the night,
00:29:51.95\00:29:55.49
this place is dark.
00:29:55.52\00:29:57.16
I'll sit where
you're sitting right now.
00:29:57.19\00:30:00.56
And if you sit quietly enough
in the middle of the night,
00:30:00.60\00:30:04.27
I'm telling you, God is here,
00:30:04.30\00:30:08.07
you can almost hear
His voice in the darkness.
00:30:08.10\00:30:11.94
He say, "Hey, I'm here.
00:30:11.97\00:30:16.14
I'm so glad you came."
00:30:16.18\00:30:19.75
And He'll talk to you.
00:30:19.78\00:30:21.98
This is His house.
00:30:22.02\00:30:24.19
This is not my house.
00:30:24.22\00:30:26.15
He's always in this place.
00:30:26.19\00:30:30.69
Wow.
00:30:30.73\00:30:32.06
I love this place.
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.43
I know you love it too.
00:30:33.46\00:30:34.80
Oh, I know you love it.
00:30:34.83\00:30:36.77
Pioneer Memorial Church
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.27
on the campus of
Andrews University.
00:30:38.30\00:30:43.81
And when we overhear God
talking to the exiles come back
00:30:43.84\00:30:47.94
and He says, "Hey
guys, what's the problem?
00:30:47.98\00:30:49.44
I got a house, don't
you care about My house?
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.95
Anybody here
care about My house?"
00:30:51.98\00:30:53.38
When we overhear Him say that,
00:30:53.42\00:30:55.55
we know immediately
00:30:55.58\00:30:56.95
God also loves this house.
00:30:56.99\00:31:01.92
You love it. I love it.
00:31:01.96\00:31:04.46
And through the miracle
00:31:04.49\00:31:05.83
of what happens
behind these lenses,
00:31:05.86\00:31:08.10
do you know what?
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.73
Hundreds of thousands of people
00:31:09.76\00:31:13.77
keep coming to
this house of God,
00:31:13.80\00:31:16.71
every single week,
all over the world.
00:31:16.74\00:31:21.78
Brazil, glad you're here.
00:31:21.81\00:31:25.21
Why?
00:31:25.25\00:31:26.61
Because this house
has become dear to them.
00:31:26.65\00:31:28.78
I'm talking about our alums,
00:31:28.82\00:31:30.89
when they graduate and go away,
00:31:30.92\00:31:32.25
they still come
back through that.
00:31:32.29\00:31:35.86
It's not just me and
you that love this place,
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.83
there are people...
00:31:37.86\00:31:39.19
When I travel across the nation,
00:31:39.23\00:31:40.63
I have people come
up to me, they say, "Yo!
00:31:40.66\00:31:43.20
Pioneer Memorial
Church, that's my church."
00:31:43.23\00:31:45.13
I say, "Really?"
00:31:45.17\00:31:46.50
All over the
world, that's my church.
00:31:49.34\00:31:54.24
Oh, how I love.
00:31:54.28\00:31:55.64
Put it on the screen again.
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.01
"Oh, Lord, how I love
the house where You live,
00:31:57.05\00:32:01.22
the place where
Your glory dwells."
00:32:01.25\00:32:04.02
I'm telling you what?
00:32:04.05\00:32:05.39
So it's truly good
news when God says to us,
00:32:05.42\00:32:07.46
let me remind you,
00:32:07.49\00:32:08.82
"The silver is mine
and the gold is mine."
00:32:08.86\00:32:12.03
Don't you worry.
00:32:12.06\00:32:13.40
I have all the resources
you need to fix this place up.
00:32:13.43\00:32:17.03
I have all the
resources you need to fix
00:32:17.07\00:32:19.63
the leaking roof in your church.
00:32:19.67\00:32:24.27
There used to be a
cooper lawn on top,
00:32:24.31\00:32:25.64
that's called the steeple.
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.24
You know where it is right now?
00:32:27.28\00:32:28.61
It's parked right
there, right outside that wall,
00:32:28.64\00:32:30.88
in the corner there
because we had to go up there,
00:32:30.91\00:32:33.75
rip the roof apart
to patch just one hole.
00:32:33.78\00:32:37.69
There are holes
all over this place,
00:32:37.72\00:32:39.05
it's still leaking
00:32:39.09\00:32:40.76
'cause I have enough
resources to help you there.
00:32:40.79\00:32:42.92
I have enough
resources to help you
00:32:42.96\00:32:44.36
with this shag carpet.
00:32:44.39\00:32:46.33
You see it's a shag
carpet though nobody intended it
00:32:46.36\00:32:48.20
to be a shag carpet.
00:32:48.23\00:32:49.56
What's up with that?
00:32:49.60\00:32:52.50
Because I can help
you with the shag carpet
00:32:52.53\00:32:54.54
because says,
00:32:54.57\00:32:55.90
I have the resources to help you
00:32:55.94\00:32:57.27
with these hard wooden pews.
00:32:57.31\00:32:59.04
For 60 years,
00:32:59.07\00:33:00.41
people have been sitting
hard on these hard wooden pews.
00:33:00.44\00:33:02.64
How would you
feel if you were a pew?
00:33:02.68\00:33:04.45
God says, "I'll
help you with that,
00:33:07.38\00:33:08.72
I'd buy that sound system."
00:33:08.75\00:33:10.29
That sound system.
00:33:10.32\00:33:11.65
Let me tell you
something, I have something,
00:33:11.69\00:33:13.02
it does need work so
that every year and every pew
00:33:13.05\00:33:15.62
can hear both voice
and music with clarity,
00:33:15.66\00:33:17.96
no matter where
you sit in this church.
00:33:17.99\00:33:20.10
I'd talk about that in a moment.
00:33:20.13\00:33:21.66
"The silver is mine
and the gold is mine."
00:33:21.70\00:33:25.30
So I'm asking
you returning exiles
00:33:25.33\00:33:27.24
to help me repair and
renovate my house of prayer
00:33:27.27\00:33:30.27
for all people.
00:33:30.31\00:33:33.17
And how do
Haggai's people respond?
00:33:33.21\00:33:35.18
One more line, verse 12,
"Then Zerubbabel, and Joshua,
00:33:35.21\00:33:40.38
and the whole
remnant of the people
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.02
obeyed the voice
of the Lord their God
00:33:42.05\00:33:44.25
and the message of
the prophet Haggai,
00:33:44.29\00:33:45.95
because the Lord
their God had sent Him,
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.82
and the people
feared, they revered God."
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.59
And they said, "God, you got it.
00:33:50.63\00:33:54.30
Not our houses,
it's Your house."
00:33:54.33\00:33:57.13
That has front and
center attention now.
00:33:57.17\00:34:00.67
And that's why I'm
excited this Sabbath by the way
00:34:00.70\00:34:02.87
because our building committee
00:34:02.90\00:34:04.24
has been working
for a year and a half
00:34:04.27\00:34:05.84
to make this
beautiful brochure possible.
00:34:05.87\00:34:08.84
Take it out please.
00:34:08.88\00:34:10.28
You were handed this.
00:34:10.31\00:34:11.65
If you didn't get
one, then put your hand up.
00:34:11.68\00:34:13.01
We will get some
ushers, we'll get you this.
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.82
This is a beautiful brochure.
00:34:14.85\00:34:16.65
By the way I want to
thank Brittany Doyle,
00:34:16.69\00:34:18.22
our graphics designer.
00:34:18.25\00:34:20.66
She worked with Troy Homenchuck,
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.92
who did the
architectural artwork,
00:34:22.96\00:34:24.59
just beautiful, beautiful.
00:34:24.63\00:34:26.66
I'm so excited about this.
00:34:26.70\00:34:28.16
Would you take it out right now?
00:34:28.20\00:34:29.53
And I want you to
notice by the way,
00:34:29.56\00:34:30.90
I put on the cover
for you. There you go.
00:34:30.93\00:34:32.43
I want you to notice that
00:34:32.47\00:34:34.10
this is called
Renovate Heart and House.
00:34:34.14\00:34:37.61
You see, we've
been spending time
00:34:37.64\00:34:38.97
all this new
season with the heart.
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.28
You remember,
00:34:41.31\00:34:42.64
before the
students even got here,
00:34:42.68\00:34:44.01
we pulled this big sign
down, it says, "Renovate."
00:34:44.05\00:34:45.61
You know, how many
faculty and staff were on that?
00:34:45.65\00:34:47.48
They were covering
that, those signatures,
00:34:47.52\00:34:49.48
plus the freshman,
00:34:49.52\00:34:51.39
that's what we were focusing on,
00:34:51.42\00:34:53.39
we want our hearts
ready to become moral leaders
00:34:53.42\00:34:55.62
on this campus.
00:34:55.66\00:34:56.99
For weeks now, we've
been talking about Jesus.
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.79
I am the vine,
you are the branches.
00:34:58.83\00:35:01.00
If you abide in me and I in you,
00:35:01.03\00:35:02.63
the heart will be
fine, you'll bear much fruit.
00:35:02.66\00:35:05.67
But there comes a time
as God has just reminded us
00:35:05.70\00:35:08.20
when it's not just
heart, there has to be house,
00:35:08.24\00:35:12.01
renovate heart and house.
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.31
And now we move to house.
00:35:14.34\00:35:16.91
You didn't get a
brochure, just put your hand up,
00:35:16.95\00:35:18.68
they're coming up and
down the aisle for you.
00:35:18.71\00:35:20.85
House.
00:35:20.88\00:35:23.79
Wow.
00:35:23.82\00:35:27.02
So I feel very comfortable
talking about this by the way
00:35:27.06\00:35:32.06
on the Sabbath
because God did it first.
00:35:32.09\00:35:34.93
He said, "Go,
get some wood for me.
00:35:34.96\00:35:36.33
Let's talk about the
plans for this house of mine."
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.93
And He did it.
00:35:38.97\00:35:40.30
He was in church.
00:35:40.34\00:35:41.90
Is He in church right now?
00:35:41.94\00:35:43.51
We're reading His words.
00:35:43.54\00:35:45.37
I want to talk for a moment.
00:35:45.41\00:35:46.74
Just think out loud
with me for a moment.
00:35:46.78\00:35:50.25
I remember the night
when Carey Carscallen,
00:35:50.28\00:35:51.91
the chairman of
our building committee,
00:35:51.95\00:35:55.18
calculated the bottom line.
00:35:55.22\00:35:56.58
So we're all
sitting there. Okay.
00:35:56.62\00:35:57.95
What's it going to
be? What's it going to be?
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.52
You see the building committee
hired a roofing engineer,
00:35:59.55\00:36:01.59
a consultant.
00:36:01.62\00:36:02.96
This guy does it for a living.
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.33
He crawled all over this roof.
00:36:04.36\00:36:05.69
Do you know that there are
36,700 square feet up there,
00:36:05.73\00:36:08.76
it's 8 tenth of an acre.
00:36:08.80\00:36:10.47
Just the roof, 8
tenths of an acre.
00:36:10.50\00:36:13.80
And this is a
very dangerous pitch,
00:36:13.84\00:36:16.27
and he's taken
pictures, 51 pictures he took.
00:36:16.30\00:36:19.31
He put it into an
eight page report,
00:36:19.34\00:36:22.21
I've read the report.
00:36:22.24\00:36:24.81
And when Carey came
to that bottom line,
00:36:24.85\00:36:26.58
I must admit I did
what the Japanese do
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.68
because I've grown up in
Japan, I just sucked in there.
00:36:28.72\00:36:31.29
A little over a million dollars.
00:36:36.69\00:36:38.29
On that shack carpet,
00:36:42.66\00:36:44.00
guys, we have to
change the shag carpet.
00:36:44.03\00:36:46.84
Okay.
00:36:46.87\00:36:48.20
They added it.
00:36:48.24\00:36:49.80
Put that picture. There you go.
00:36:49.84\00:36:51.31
So this is the
artist now saying,
00:36:51.34\00:36:53.34
look what it's going to
be without a shag carpet,
00:36:53.38\00:36:55.41
look at those pews by
the way, they're padded.
00:36:55.44\00:36:57.85
Are you serious,
00:36:57.88\00:36:59.21
these pews are
going to be padded now?
00:36:59.25\00:37:00.58
Yeah, only the bottoms. Yeah.
00:37:00.62\00:37:03.28
But the bottoms will be
00:37:03.32\00:37:04.95
and by the way
the ergonomic shape
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.86
of this new pew,
you're going to love it.
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.49
It's cheaper by the
way to replace the pews
00:37:08.52\00:37:10.03
than to renovate the pews.
00:37:10.06\00:37:11.49
And we're going
to make wider aisle.
00:37:11.53\00:37:12.86
Show me the next picture.
00:37:12.89\00:37:14.23
We're going to make wider aisle
00:37:14.26\00:37:15.60
so that a wheelchair can
go rolling down the side,
00:37:15.63\00:37:18.33
two people can
pass in the aisle.
00:37:18.37\00:37:20.60
Now it's just one person and...
00:37:20.64\00:37:23.61
No more we're going to...
00:37:23.64\00:37:24.97
We're going to
shorten the pews to make sure
00:37:25.01\00:37:28.84
that there'll
be plenty of space.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.45
And I want to
keep looking at that
00:37:30.48\00:37:31.81
because do you see
in the bottom picture,
00:37:31.85\00:37:34.62
do you see
something gray hanging down
00:37:34.65\00:37:36.58
over the bricks in
these blank brick spots?
00:37:36.62\00:37:39.85
Guess what that is?
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.22
The building
committee hired audio engineers,
00:37:41.26\00:37:43.83
they came in and
did a massive study
00:37:43.86\00:37:45.59
on this large sanctuary,
00:37:45.63\00:37:48.66
that is the cause of sound waves
00:37:48.70\00:37:50.73
bouncing around us
and making voice and music
00:37:50.77\00:37:52.77
sometimes
difficult to understand.
00:37:52.80\00:37:54.84
Our forefathers and foremothers,
00:37:54.87\00:37:57.24
when they brought forth
this church 60 years ago,
00:37:57.27\00:37:59.37
this coming Valentine's Day.
00:37:59.41\00:38:00.98
When they brought
forth this church,
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.34
they just were not
prepared for the echo chamber.
00:38:02.38\00:38:05.48
People say don't
call it an echo chamber.
00:38:05.51\00:38:06.95
Well, that's what's happening.
00:38:06.98\00:38:08.32
There's reverb happening.
00:38:08.35\00:38:10.15
The engineers said,
00:38:10.19\00:38:11.52
"You got to slow
that reverb way down,
00:38:11.55\00:38:13.15
guys, it's too long.
00:38:13.19\00:38:14.52
You've got to reduce
the length of reverb."
00:38:14.56\00:38:17.63
So those little padded curtains,
00:38:17.66\00:38:20.36
electronic just like X-Pac,
00:38:20.40\00:38:24.10
go back up again.
00:38:24.13\00:38:25.47
We can control the
sound in this space
00:38:25.50\00:38:27.44
so that voice and music together
00:38:27.47\00:38:29.87
become
intelligible anywhere you sit.
00:38:29.90\00:38:34.38
So okay, and by the way
the outer engineers say,
00:38:34.41\00:38:37.15
"Nice sound system,
00:38:37.18\00:38:38.51
but you need a
new one, big time."
00:38:38.55\00:38:40.95
So we've shown that in as well.
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.62
The lights,
00:38:42.65\00:38:43.99
you can't even
get the light bulbs
00:38:44.02\00:38:45.35
to replace these lights.
00:38:45.39\00:38:46.72
These are 60-year-old lights.
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.09
Everything's gone
LED. We're not LED.
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.09
We want lights
that will have restart,
00:38:50.13\00:38:51.63
so you can control the
lightness to a perfection.
00:38:51.66\00:38:56.80
Buy the time you got to
the bottom-line, Carey says,
00:38:56.83\00:38:59.53
"All right, hit
the total button."
00:38:59.57\00:39:01.40
Two million
dollars. Two million dollars.
00:39:04.77\00:39:09.38
Wow. But I tell you what?
00:39:09.41\00:39:10.91
The news gets even better.
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.28
Hold on now
because we already have.
00:39:12.31\00:39:13.92
Listen to this.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.28
We already have $3,352,111
00:39:15.32\00:39:19.49
cash on hand for
this project to begin.
00:39:19.52\00:39:22.76
We already have 3,352,000.
00:39:22.79\00:39:25.19
And by the way,
00:39:25.23\00:39:26.56
I've visited with the president
of Michigan Conference,
00:39:26.59\00:39:28.63
the new president, he said,
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.00
"Dwight, we're going to
be helping you, you bet."
00:39:30.03\00:39:32.07
I visited with the
president of this university.
00:39:32.10\00:39:34.14
I've visited the CFO,
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.50
both of them were
in the first service.
00:39:35.54\00:39:36.91
They both said,
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.27
"Don't worry, we're going
to be taking care of you,"
00:39:38.31\00:39:39.77
because you know
00:39:39.81\00:39:41.14
the university has something
very beautiful over here
00:39:41.18\00:39:42.51
called the Health
and Wellness Center.
00:39:42.54\00:39:44.01
And it's embarrassing,
I'm sure to have a church
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.11
with a leaky roof right
next to so beautiful building.
00:39:46.15\00:39:49.02
I mean, please folks,
00:39:49.05\00:39:50.39
don't go in that
church, you'll get wet.
00:39:50.42\00:39:52.79
Stay over in the
Health and Wellness,
00:39:52.82\00:39:54.59
that the university
doesn't want to do that.
00:39:54.62\00:39:56.52
It's a no, come on.
00:39:56.56\00:39:57.89
This is our
church, this is our campus.
00:39:57.93\00:39:59.66
We'll help you. God bless them.
00:39:59.69\00:40:01.56
We talked to the treasurer
of the Lake Union Conference,
00:40:01.60\00:40:04.33
who is a member of this
church and he assures us that
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.07
they will have a
part in this project.
00:40:06.10\00:40:08.74
So we are well on our way
00:40:08.77\00:40:10.97
to renovate heart and house.
00:40:11.01\00:40:15.84
In fact, may I tell
you this, we already have,
00:40:15.88\00:40:18.75
this is the best news of all.
00:40:18.78\00:40:20.12
We already have the 2 million.
00:40:20.15\00:40:23.25
Praise the Lord is right.
00:40:26.32\00:40:28.72
He said, "Where is it, Dwight?"
00:40:28.76\00:40:31.06
It's in your pocket.
00:40:31.09\00:40:33.09
It's in your...
00:40:33.13\00:40:36.56
Right, that face would...
00:40:36.60\00:40:39.30
Yeah, it's in your pocket,
not in all my pocket, no,
00:40:39.33\00:40:42.30
but put all our
pockets together.
00:40:42.34\00:40:43.91
Yeah, I told you, the
news just keeps getting better.
00:40:43.94\00:40:46.34
That's why the
building committee
00:40:46.37\00:40:47.71
and the church board
voted last Monday night.
00:40:47.74\00:40:49.41
Listen to this,
they said, you know what?
00:40:49.44\00:40:51.71
"We're doing the whole
thing this spring summer.
00:40:51.75\00:40:54.05
We're doing the whole
thing this spring summer."
00:40:54.08\00:40:57.29
And by the new
school year, there will be
00:40:57.32\00:40:59.95
a new refurbished church
00:40:59.99\00:41:04.23
to welcome the students
back to Andrews University.
00:41:04.26\00:41:07.16
What do you say to that?
00:41:07.20\00:41:08.53
I say, "Amen." I say, "Amen."
00:41:08.56\00:41:13.13
Sixty years old.
00:41:13.17\00:41:15.24
Sixty years
old, Valentine's Day.
00:41:15.27\00:41:17.34
1959, 60 years later
will be Valentine's Day, 2019.
00:41:17.37\00:41:22.81
I say, "Let's give to God
00:41:22.84\00:41:25.51
a one million dollar cash,
00:41:25.55\00:41:28.82
birthday present
00:41:28.85\00:41:30.62
for the Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:41:30.65\00:41:31.99
It's His house, why not?
00:41:32.02\00:41:35.79
That's why I'm
excited about this Sabbath.
00:41:35.82\00:41:39.96
And everything that
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.33
this beautiful
little brochure represents.
00:41:41.36\00:41:43.30
So okay. Oh,
Lord, I love Your house.
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.73
Okay, Lord, let's
just get this clear,
00:41:45.77\00:41:47.20
I love the house where You live
00:41:47.24\00:41:48.70
and the place
where Your glory dwells.
00:41:48.74\00:41:52.07
Which means the
question deserves to be asked.
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.24
Yo, Dwight, how
much you're going to do?
00:41:54.28\00:41:58.78
Dwight, I'm talking to you,
how much are you going to do?
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.28
And the question that
reverberates in your own mind,
00:42:02.32\00:42:04.35
I wonder how much I should do
00:42:04.39\00:42:06.62
to renovate
God's house at Pioneer.
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.96
Karen and I came back
from Hong Kong this summer
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.53
in July, preaching mission.
00:42:11.56\00:42:13.90
We got back at our
house, I'm telling you,
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.83
we opened the
door, oven, humid, hot,
00:42:15.86\00:42:20.20
what's wrong with
our air condition.
00:42:20.24\00:42:22.00
Called a reputable
firm up in St. Joseph,
00:42:22.04\00:42:23.91
they sent a rep
out here, and he says,
00:42:23.94\00:42:25.74
"I had to tell you,
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.11
but this outdoor
AC thing is dead.
00:42:27.14\00:42:29.88
It's gone."
00:42:29.91\00:42:31.35
And by the way, he said,
00:42:31.38\00:42:32.71
"I was just looking
at your electric furnace,
00:42:32.75\00:42:34.65
that thing 40 years
old, it's on its last legs,
00:42:34.68\00:42:38.25
you need to replace
that, and might I suggest gas."
00:42:38.29\00:42:42.39
And I said to him,
00:42:42.42\00:42:43.76
"Okay, so what
would the bottom-line be?"
00:42:43.79\00:42:45.86
And he showed it to me.
00:42:45.89\00:42:49.13
Are you serious?
00:42:49.16\00:42:51.07
I said, "We need
some time to talk."
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.30
So Karen and I
got alone together,
00:42:53.34\00:42:54.67
we huddled up, then we
huddled up and we said,
00:42:54.70\00:42:57.67
"What can we do?"
00:42:57.71\00:43:00.68
But you know what?
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.04
If you do some
half baked concoction,
00:43:02.08\00:43:04.28
you're not going
to be happy with that,
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.65
it's going to
break all over again,
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.02
you're going to
have to do this right
00:43:07.05\00:43:08.38
or don't do it at all.
00:43:08.42\00:43:09.75
And that's what we decided.
00:43:09.78\00:43:11.39
And so you know
what we had to do
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.19
into our hard earned
carefully protected life savings
00:43:13.22\00:43:19.03
we withdrew the amount
00:43:19.06\00:43:21.93
to make our house livable again.
00:43:21.96\00:43:27.94
God comes to the
friends of Haggai and He says,
00:43:27.97\00:43:30.61
"Hey guys, I'm just saying.
00:43:30.64\00:43:34.08
I need you to do the
same thing for My house."
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.21
And so logically
thinking, I mean why couldn't I?
00:43:36.24\00:43:39.15
Why couldn't I decide to be
just as quick to draw out money
00:43:39.18\00:43:42.18
in order to...
00:43:42.22\00:43:43.55
If I pay for my own
home, why couldn't I be
00:43:43.59\00:43:45.05
just as resolute to draw money
00:43:45.09\00:43:46.65
from hard earned
savings to repair God's house?
00:43:46.69\00:43:51.13
I mean, if it were my
house that were leaking,
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.33
you think I'm going to
say, "Hey, Karen, go to Walmart,
00:43:53.36\00:43:55.63
get some more
buckets, we can do this,
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.43
just stray them
out here, who cares.
00:43:57.47\00:43:59.67
Just use buckets."
00:43:59.70\00:44:02.07
The chairman of the
board of Andrews University,
00:44:02.10\00:44:04.91
Artur Stele was
preaching last November,
00:44:04.94\00:44:08.64
for reformation Sabbath,
he preaches his heart out.
00:44:08.68\00:44:11.51
I'm sitting right
there in second service,
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.72
and we have this humongous
thunderstorm come over.
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.62
And while he's preaching,
there are deacons tiptoeing out
00:44:16.65\00:44:20.32
putting buckets all along.
00:44:20.36\00:44:22.19
And I'm thinking,
"Artur, don't look back,
00:44:22.22\00:44:24.03
just don't look
back, don't worry about it,
00:44:24.06\00:44:25.79
we've got it."
00:44:25.83\00:44:27.16
And I'm sliding lower and lower,
00:44:27.20\00:44:28.63
it's embarrassing.
00:44:28.66\00:44:30.37
You don't leave a leak,
00:44:30.40\00:44:32.57
you fix it if
you value the house.
00:44:32.60\00:44:37.44
Oh, okay.
00:44:37.47\00:44:40.91
Oh, by the way God says,
00:44:40.94\00:44:42.28
"Did I tell you, I'm
going to take care of you
00:44:42.31\00:44:43.65
because all the silver is
mine and all the gold is mine."
00:44:43.68\00:44:47.95
And by the way just relax,
00:44:47.98\00:44:49.58
God is not
talking about equal gifts,
00:44:49.62\00:44:52.22
He's talking
about equal sacrifice.
00:44:52.25\00:44:54.96
We can't all give
the same, you kidding.
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.59
But we can all
sacrifice the same
00:44:57.63\00:45:00.10
because you know what
00:45:00.13\00:45:01.46
my sacrifice is not
determined by the amount I give,
00:45:01.50\00:45:04.20
rather it's
determined by the amount
00:45:04.23\00:45:05.97
I have left over after
my gift has been given.
00:45:06.00\00:45:09.50
That's how you tell
whether it's sacrifice or not.
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.87
Which is why Jesus
could look down at that
00:45:11.91\00:45:14.08
those coffers of
offerings and say,
00:45:14.11\00:45:16.11
"That little woman who
gave all her two little mites,
00:45:16.14\00:45:21.18
she's given more
than everybody today
00:45:21.22\00:45:24.19
because she had nothing left.
00:45:24.22\00:45:27.52
And the God of the
universe in human flesh said,
00:45:27.56\00:45:30.03
"I see that, that
woman with her two mites
00:45:30.06\00:45:32.79
has raise money in
the trillions ever since.
00:45:32.83\00:45:36.97
He took her
sacrificial act and by His stage
00:45:37.00\00:45:40.17
whisper proclaimed
it to the universe.
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.54
And we all know the story.
00:45:43.57\00:45:45.67
And if she can do it,
what can I do for You, Jesus?
00:45:45.71\00:45:50.78
Well,
00:45:50.81\00:45:52.15
so anyway, your
pastors two Mondays ago,
00:45:54.25\00:45:58.25
we huddled
around our little table,
00:45:58.29\00:45:59.72
we're short two pastors, okay?
00:45:59.75\00:46:01.22
So we're short,
we're hiring them.
00:46:01.26\00:46:03.83
We're short right now, we
sat around this round table
00:46:03.86\00:46:06.43
where we meet,
and we ask ourselves
00:46:06.46\00:46:08.46
how much are we willing
to give to the Renovate Heart
00:46:08.50\00:46:12.73
and House project.
00:46:12.77\00:46:14.10
After all, leaders lead the way,
00:46:14.14\00:46:15.47
leaders don't
follow, leaders are ahead,
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.71
saying, "Come on,
I believe in this."
00:46:17.74\00:46:20.81
So everybody went home
with this little envelope
00:46:20.84\00:46:24.28
like you have right now,
00:46:24.31\00:46:25.65
everybody, all the
pastors go home with it, okay,
00:46:25.68\00:46:27.52
everybody in our staff.
00:46:27.55\00:46:29.58
We spend the week
talking to our family,
00:46:29.62\00:46:30.95
we spend the
week talking to God,
00:46:30.99\00:46:33.12
and we came back
with this envelope sealed,
00:46:33.15\00:46:35.32
we wrote an
amount on this envelope.
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.29
I didn't know, I don't know.
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.80
But we put all the envelopes
in the middle of the table,
00:46:40.83\00:46:43.10
we put our hands on top of them,
00:46:43.13\00:46:44.47
and we said, "God,
this is awfully humble,
00:46:44.50\00:46:46.50
I know, but
please would You use this
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.54
as a seed for Your kingdom."
00:46:48.57\00:46:51.37
We took the
envelopes, I gave to JoAnn,
00:46:51.41\00:46:52.87
our church accountant/treasurer.
00:46:52.91\00:46:55.74
I said, "JoAnn,
give me the total
00:46:55.78\00:46:57.11
by the end of the
afternoon, please."
00:46:57.15\00:46:58.48
She handed me a
little yellow posted slip.
00:46:58.51\00:47:00.65
And on that posted slip
00:47:00.68\00:47:02.55
were these numbers $45,510.
00:47:02.58\00:47:08.06
A bunch of
pastors, are you serious,
00:47:08.09\00:47:11.69
tears just came into my eyes.
00:47:11.73\00:47:15.30
That night, I shared that number
00:47:15.33\00:47:17.60
to our church board,
00:47:17.63\00:47:19.33
these are the leaders of
the Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:47:19.37\00:47:22.14
I share that number,
we sent the envelope home
00:47:22.17\00:47:25.11
with all the leaders,
00:47:25.14\00:47:26.47
and if you're going
to be around this week,
00:47:26.51\00:47:28.11
you're not traveling,
00:47:28.14\00:47:29.48
drop by the church
office with envelope,
00:47:29.51\00:47:30.95
if you wish by Friday.
00:47:30.98\00:47:33.01
Twelve families
drop by noon yesterday
00:47:33.05\00:47:36.35
when the door is closed.
00:47:36.38\00:47:37.75
JoAnn gave me another
little yellow posted note.
00:47:37.79\00:47:40.32
And it read $64,600.
00:47:40.36\00:47:45.36
When you add up those
humble little pledges,
00:47:45.39\00:47:47.76
$1,10,110.
00:47:47.80\00:47:51.30
Wow.
00:47:51.33\00:47:53.74
Why am I bragging
about this? Are you kidding?
00:47:53.77\00:47:56.50
I'm just telling you,
that nobody is asking you to do
00:47:56.54\00:48:00.94
what your leaders
are not already doing.
00:48:00.98\00:48:04.45
They're going on a limb with God
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.88
because God says,
00:48:06.92\00:48:08.25
"The silver is
mine, don't you worry,
00:48:08.28\00:48:09.62
the gold is
mine, don't be anxious.
00:48:09.65\00:48:12.65
I'll take care of you.
00:48:12.69\00:48:14.92
This is My house, I'll
honor, I'll honor that."
00:48:14.96\00:48:18.93
Do you know what?
00:48:18.96\00:48:20.30
If you take a $1,10,110
and you put it with the 352,
00:48:20.33\00:48:24.70
we're short of half a
million dollars already.
00:48:24.73\00:48:30.47
Already as a bottom-line.
00:48:30.51\00:48:34.51
So we're appealing to you today,
00:48:37.25\00:48:39.38
to consider that
bottom-line as well,
00:48:39.41\00:48:41.38
it's God's house
which you worship in.
00:48:41.42\00:48:44.59
We are privileged
to worship together
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.32
and take this little envelope.
00:48:46.35\00:48:47.99
Come on, do you
mind just pulling it out.
00:48:48.02\00:48:50.03
It's just two
sentences, just two sentences.
00:48:50.06\00:48:52.09
This isn't
signing your life away,
00:48:52.13\00:48:54.36
this isn't taking fingerprints,
this is just a pledge.
00:48:54.40\00:48:57.70
Notice how it begins,
00:48:57.73\00:48:59.07
pull it out by the
grace of God, all right
00:48:59.10\00:49:00.70
so if my life just
keeps continuing as it is.
00:49:00.74\00:49:03.00
And by the way these
are all over three years,
00:49:03.04\00:49:04.77
it's over three years.
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.81
By the grace of God
I/we want to participate
00:49:06.84\00:49:10.75
in making a sacrificial offering
00:49:10.78\00:49:12.41
to Pioneer's Renovate
Heart and House campaign.
00:49:12.45\00:49:15.12
Here is my/our
prayerful pledge of support
00:49:15.15\00:49:19.45
total over three years
00:49:19.49\00:49:20.89
for Pioneer's
renovation project.
00:49:20.92\00:49:23.93
That's it.
00:49:23.96\00:49:25.29
You put a little number
00:49:25.33\00:49:26.66
and bring this
back next Sabbath.
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.03
Let just have it, we won't know
what's on it, nobody will know.
00:49:28.06\00:49:31.60
But we will have a
joyous celebration before God
00:49:31.63\00:49:36.67
that He has called
us to join with Him
00:49:36.71\00:49:40.18
in renovating His favorite house
00:49:40.21\00:49:43.11
on this campus.
00:49:43.14\00:49:45.68
Why not?
00:49:45.71\00:49:47.22
Hey, Ellen White, 100
years ago, on the screen,
00:49:47.25\00:49:49.98
"Everything God could do has,
00:49:50.02\00:49:51.65
was done to save
a perishing world."
00:49:51.69\00:49:53.92
"God so loved the world
00:49:53.96\00:49:55.29
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:49:55.32\00:49:56.66
John 3:16, that
whosoever believeth in Him
00:49:56.69\00:49:58.86
should not perish, but
have everlasting life."
00:49:58.89\00:50:00.60
Keep reading.
00:50:00.63\00:50:01.96
God has made it
impossible for it to be said
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.40
that He could have
done more than He has done
00:50:04.43\00:50:08.64
for you and me
and the fallen race,
00:50:08.67\00:50:11.41
when He gave us His Son...
00:50:11.44\00:50:13.11
Oh, I love this.
00:50:13.14\00:50:14.48
"He gave Himself.
00:50:14.51\00:50:15.84
In one great gift He poured out
the whole treasure of heaven."
00:50:15.88\00:50:19.88
Last line is the joyous one.
00:50:19.91\00:50:22.35
"He has revealed a love
that defies all computation,
00:50:22.38\00:50:27.36
a love that should
fill our hearts and lives
00:50:27.39\00:50:30.09
with gratitude."
00:50:30.13\00:50:31.89
He says, "You
can't crunch the numbers,
00:50:31.93\00:50:33.40
get the adding machine going.
00:50:33.43\00:50:34.76
Let's find out how much
God has really done for us."
00:50:34.80\00:50:36.50
You can't do it, it
defies all computation.
00:50:36.53\00:50:40.94
The silver is mine.
00:50:40.97\00:50:43.20
The gold is mine.
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.11
Yo, I'll take care
of you, that's my point.
00:50:45.14\00:50:48.64
I'll take care of you.
00:50:48.68\00:50:50.18
I need you to help me
00:50:50.21\00:50:52.55
fix My house, please.
00:50:52.58\00:50:56.69
Just look at Calvary,
00:50:56.72\00:50:58.75
crunch the numbers at
the foot of the cross.
00:50:58.79\00:51:02.22
Just for me, He was
willing to go through
00:51:02.26\00:51:04.79
empty His treasury.
00:51:04.83\00:51:08.33
Wow.
00:51:08.36\00:51:09.76
So, "Oh, come on,
Dwight, how much it cost you,
00:51:09.80\00:51:12.13
don't even talk
to me about giving."
00:51:12.17\00:51:13.50
Oh, you're right, don't give,
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.71
unless you'd be
willing to do this.
00:51:16.74\00:51:18.91
Here's the deal,
you're college student.
00:51:18.94\00:51:20.38
"Oh, Dwight, I'm a
graduate student here,
00:51:20.41\00:51:22.14
we're just a
beautiful little family,
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.51
the Gomez family.
00:51:23.55\00:51:24.88
I'm a graduate
student, you know,
00:51:24.91\00:51:26.25
how tight it is for
a graduate student."
00:51:26.28\00:51:27.62
I understand, I was
a grad student here.
00:51:27.65\00:51:30.45
Here is a deal for you,
one pizza a week, medium size.
00:51:30.49\00:51:36.29
You go without $10 a week.
00:51:36.32\00:51:40.23
If you go without one pizza,
00:51:40.26\00:51:41.73
we can give that
$10 to God Himself,
00:51:41.76\00:51:43.70
that's 10, that's four
times, it's $40 a month,
00:51:43.73\00:51:46.13
that's $480 a year,
00:51:46.17\00:51:48.04
and it's only three years
that would be $1,440, $1,440.
00:51:48.07\00:51:53.98
You will have quietly been
investing in this house of God
00:51:54.01\00:51:57.81
as a student on the
campus of Andrews University.
00:51:57.85\00:52:00.48
Yeah, Dwight, but
I don't use checks
00:52:00.52\00:52:01.85
and I don't use tied envelopes.
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.49
Oh, good, well,
we're ready for that.
00:52:03.52\00:52:05.35
Would you put on the
screen please the brand new,
00:52:05.39\00:52:08.12
this just came out,
the Adventist giving app.
00:52:08.16\00:52:10.56
I just downloaded it yesterday.
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.69
Go to your store,
go to your app store,
00:52:12.73\00:52:14.36
you get it.
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.73
It's so simple and renovate,
00:52:15.76\00:52:17.40
when you type in
Pioneer Memorial...
00:52:17.43\00:52:18.77
They'll ask you
to pick the church
00:52:18.80\00:52:20.14
'cause it reads
where your location,
00:52:20.17\00:52:22.80
and it will give you
one of the choices in town,
00:52:22.84\00:52:24.57
and it'll be Pioneer.
00:52:24.61\00:52:25.94
Just tap on that,
you've got the rest.
00:52:25.97\00:52:27.31
Line number three is renovate,
00:52:27.34\00:52:30.05
$10 a week from your debit card.
00:52:30.08\00:52:32.31
Your debit card
will not even feel it.
00:52:32.35\00:52:36.79
Given the way you
spend it best buy.
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.75
You say, "Dwight,
I'm not into apps.
00:52:44.49\00:52:45.83
I really don't like apps."
00:52:45.86\00:52:47.20
Okay, you're watching it
now and we have live streamers
00:52:47.23\00:52:49.76
who are online
with us right now.
00:52:49.80\00:52:52.67
You know what?
00:52:52.70\00:52:54.30
I'm gonna put on the
screen, you can see it pop
00:52:54.34\00:52:55.77
in front of your
laptop right now.
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.77
You see that website
that just went up yesterday,
00:52:57.81\00:53:00.24
pmchurch.org/renovate.
00:53:00.28\00:53:03.41
Anywhere in the
world, just go to that,
00:53:03.45\00:53:05.51
you have this whole booklet,
summarize, you get the booklet,
00:53:05.55\00:53:08.28
and when it drops
down you'll see donate,
00:53:08.32\00:53:10.35
click donate, you can
donate whatever you wish.
00:53:10.39\00:53:13.36
And if you're an alum
from Andrews University,
00:53:13.39\00:53:15.96
we'd love to have you be a
part of helping your old church
00:53:15.99\00:53:19.29
when you are here,
why not, it's God's house,
00:53:19.33\00:53:23.57
and He needs you.
00:53:23.60\00:53:24.93
You say, "Dwight, I'm not
into this electronic stuff."
00:53:24.97\00:53:27.07
Okay, tide envelope,
you come next Sabbath,
00:53:27.10\00:53:29.74
there'll be a line
on the tide envelope,
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.24
renovate."
00:53:31.27\00:53:33.48
Do it the old fashioned way,
00:53:33.51\00:53:36.04
that's the way I do it.
00:53:36.08\00:53:38.81
Turned the tide envelope in.
00:53:38.85\00:53:40.95
And by the way hold
on, nobody's given gifts,
00:53:40.98\00:53:43.89
we're not asking for
anything next Sabbath.
00:53:43.92\00:53:45.95
Next Sabbath is just this.
00:53:45.99\00:53:47.96
There's no cash in this.
00:53:47.99\00:53:49.32
We won't be looking
inside, is there any...
00:53:49.36\00:53:50.69
No, this is it.
00:53:50.73\00:53:52.26
Bring this back next
Sabbath and with joy before God,
00:53:52.29\00:53:55.73
let's stand
00:53:55.76\00:53:57.10
and let's sing the
doxology of what God has done
00:53:57.13\00:53:59.07
and I believe because I know God
00:53:59.10\00:54:02.40
and I know you that
this church will rise up
00:54:02.44\00:54:05.47
125th of our
operating income a year,
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personally we can do it,
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piece of cake through
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Not equal giving,
but equal sacrifice.
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Yeah, next Sabbath.
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Oh, by the way
come Tuesday night,
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Tuesday night over
there in the youth chapel,
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Carey Carscallen, the
chair of our building committee,
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Pastor Jose, who chairs our
Renovate campaign at com team,
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they'll be here,
there'll be some materials
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you can get up
close and check it out.
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Ask any question you
wish, 7 o'clock, next Tuesday.
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The next Sabbath we
come, we should come rejoicing,
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bringing in the
sheaves as the scripture sings.
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He's able.
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God will bless you, I know.
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Let me end by telling
you that a few years ago,
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Madeline Johnston,
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one of our
faculty here retired now,
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but it is years
ago, she told me about
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when their little daughter,
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when their daughter
Elizabeth was a little tike,
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and she went to Sabbath school,
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and she learned her
Sabbath school lesson,
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"God loves a cheerful giver,
" that be 2 Corinthians 9.
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All right. "God
loves a cheerful giver."
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Do you get that,
Elizabeth? I get it.
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"God loves a cheerful giver."
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So all week
long, she's repeating,
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she's reciting the memory verse,
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"God loves a cheerful giver."
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But one morning
00:55:24.22\00:55:25.55
when Madeline went by
little Elizabeth's bedroom,
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she heard her,
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and instead of saying
God loves a cheerful giver,
00:55:28.92\00:55:32.49
she got a little
confused and she was saying,
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"God is a
lovely, cheerful giver."
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"God is a
lovely, cheerful giver."
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You know what?
The girl got it right.
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He's right, Paul, God
loves a cheerful giver.
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But I say next Sabbath,
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let's bring these
little envelopes to the God
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who is a lovely cheerful giver.
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"The gold is mine,
the silver is mine,
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don't you fret.
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I've got you covered."
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Amen.
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[indistinct song]
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And now to Him who is
able to do immeasurably
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more than all we ask or imagine.
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According to His power
that is at work within us,
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"To Him be glory in the church,
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and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations
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forever and ever."
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Amen.
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I want to take an extra moment
to thank you for joining us
00:57:15.93\00:57:17.83
in worship today.
00:57:17.87\00:57:19.20
It's by the continued
support from viewers like you
00:57:19.23\00:57:21.10
that we're able to
bring you this program.
00:57:21.14\00:57:22.90
Today, I want to
invite you though
00:57:22.94\00:57:24.34
to share with us
00:57:24.37\00:57:25.71
how this
ministry has blessed you.
00:57:25.74\00:57:27.28
I get inspiring notes,
emails from the viewers,
00:57:27.31\00:57:29.64
literally all over
the world telling me,
00:57:29.68\00:57:31.38
"But Dwight, God has
been blessing me this way.
00:57:31.41\00:57:33.28
He's been doing this."
00:57:33.31\00:57:34.65
I would love to
hear from you as well.
00:57:34.68\00:57:36.02
Just visit our website,
you know, at newperceptions.tv,
00:57:36.05\00:57:40.16
and click on the contact
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00:57:40.19\00:57:42.86
Send me the note, let me
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00:57:42.89\00:57:45.53
right now in your life.
00:57:45.56\00:57:47.33
Once again, thank you
for being with us today.
00:57:47.36\00:57:49.83
I hope you join us
right here next time.
00:57:49.86\00:57:52.00
And until then,
00:57:52.03\00:57:53.37
may the God of
grace journey with you
00:57:53.40\00:57:55.24
every step of the way.
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