Father, God, we
come humbly bowed
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at the foot of the throne,
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just thanking You
for another day of life.
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Lord, this morning we ask
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that You give us a breakthrough,
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a breakthrough in
the way that we see You,
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a breakthrough in the way
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that we see
this world around us.
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Lord, a breakthrough in
the way that we believe in You.
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We ask that You invite...
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We invite Your Holy
Spirit to come and join us,
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we invite Your angels to come
and sing with and through us
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as we praise
You, as we honor You,
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as we glorify
Your name, we ask You
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to be here in the
midst as we worship You Lord,
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and we ask that our worship
and our praise be honorable.
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We ask all these things
in Your Son's precious name,
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amen.
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Good morning, church family.
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It is a pleasure to be
here with you this morning.
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If some of you didn't know,
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there is the
worship and music conference
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going on this weekend,
and it has been a blast.
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It's been so wonderful,
and we've been able to share
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in diversity,
in our differences,
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in music, and
genres, and styles.
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And this morning I want to share
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with you a new song, the
song is called "I Believe."
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And so I invite you
to stand on your feet
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as we sing this song
to God, I Believe, okay.
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Because in the verse Luke 12:22,
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it says, do not worry
about what you will wear
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or what you will do
about your life, why?
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Because we believe
and we should believe
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that God, our heavenly
Father has a plan for your life.
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So stand on your feet with me
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and let's sing this
song to our Lord and Father.
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Jehovah, You
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I trust, in You, Oh Lord
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Jehovah, You
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I trust, in You, I believe
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I believe You
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I trust, in You, Oh Lord
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Jehovah, You
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I trust, in You I
believe, I believe
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You are the God of miracles
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You are the God of wonders
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You are the God all powerful
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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Now, I need you
guys to try this with me,
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do you believe,
do you'll hear it,
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you know it now.
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Try it.
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Jehovah, You I trust
I trust in You In You
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Oh Lord Oh Lord,
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Jehovah, You I trust
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I trust, in You
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Sing I believe.
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I believe, I believe You
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I trust in You In You
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Oh Lord Oh Lord,
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Jehovah, You I
trust I trust, in You
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Sing I.
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I believe, I believe
You are the God of miracles
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You are the God of wonders
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You are the God all powerful
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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Okay, this next part.
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We're going to sing so long,
bye bye to all of our fears,
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all of our troubles.
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If you're in college, bye
bye to all those exams, right?
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Okay, let's sing bye bye
to my pain and my sorrow,
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so long bye bye.
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Here we go.
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One time.
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So long, bye bye
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Wave your hands
with me, so long.
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So long, bye bye
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I don't believe you,
come on, take a look.
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Goodbye to my pain And my sorrow
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So long, bye bye
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I know there are
some kids out there.
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So long, bye bye
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Young at heart, believe God.
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So long, bye bye
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Yes!
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Goodbye to my pain and my sorrow
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So long So long, bye bye
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So long, bye
bye So long, bye bye
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So long, bye
bye So long, bye bye
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Good bye, fear Bye Bye
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You ain't welcome here Bye bye
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Good bye pain Bye bye
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In Jesus' name Bye bye
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So long, bye bye
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So long, bye bye
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Goodbye to my pain and my sorrow
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So long, so long, bye bye
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One more time.
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So long, bye bye
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So long, bye bye
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Goodbye to my pain and my sorrow
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So long, bye bye
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You are the God...
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You are the God of
miracles You are the God of
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You are the God of wonders
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You are the God all powerful
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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I believe, I believe
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Amen. Amen.
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And because we believe we
have 10,000 reasons to sing,
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praise, and
honor, and glory to God,
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and I know you know this song,
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so let bless the
Lord with our voices,
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and with our souls,
and with our hearts, okay?
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He's worthy to be praised.
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Bless the Lord,
oh my soul Oh my soul
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Worship His holy name
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Sing like never
before Oh my soul
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I'll worship Your holy name
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The sun comes up
It's a new day dawning
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It's time to
sing Your song again
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Whatever may pass
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And whatever lies before me
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Let me be singing
When the evening comes
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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Oh my soul
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Worship His holy name
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Sing like never
before Oh my soul
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I'll worship Your holy name
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You're rich in love
And You're slow to anger
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Your name is great
And Your heart is kind
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For all Your goodness
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I will keep on singing
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Ten thousand
reasons For my heart to find
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Sing bless.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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Oh my soul
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Worship His holy name
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Sing like never
before Oh my soul
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I'll worship Your holy name
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And on that day When
my strength is failing
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The end draws near
And my time has come
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Still my soul will
sing Your praise unending
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Ten thousand years
And then forevermore
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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Oh my soul Worship His holy name
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Sing like never
before Oh my soul
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I'll worship Your holy name
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul
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Oh my soul Worship His holy name
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Sing like never
before Oh my soul
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I'll worship Your holy name
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I'll worship Your holy name
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Yes, I'll worship Your holy name
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You know, even though,
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we are able to bless the Lord,
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and we're able to praise Him,
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for we already know what
He is going to do for us.
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Doesn't mean that
we don't fall short
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and lack a faith sometimes,
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and doesn't mean that
our hearts aren't hurting,
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it doesn't mean
that we aren't human,
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but in our
humanness we can still cry out
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and come before the
altar, to seek our Father,
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and that's what
He asks us to do.
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Just come and talk to me,
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and so that I'm inviting
you to do here in this song,
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I know that this
is one we sing often,
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but really think about the words
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and know that God is
calling you to the altar,
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He doesn't want
to be far from you.
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He won't force you.
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So you have come voluntarily.
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So sing with me.
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Are you hurting
and broken within
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Overwhelmed by
the weight of your sin
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Jesus is calling
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Have you come to
the end of yourself
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Do you thirst for
a drink from the well
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Jesus is calling
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O come to the altar
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The Father's arms are open wide
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Forgiveness was bought
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with The precious
blood of Jesus Christ
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Leave behind...
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Leave behind your
regrets and mistakes
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Come today,
there's no reason to wait
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Jesus is calling
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Bring your sorrows
and trade them for joy
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From the ashes,
a new life is born
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Jesus is calling
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O come to the altar
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The Father's arms are open wide
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Forgiveness was bought with
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The precious
blood of Jesus Christ
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O come to the altar
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The Father's arms are open wide
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Forgiveness was bought with
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The precious
blood of Jesus Christ
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You're already down here.
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You're already ready
to lay off your burdens
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before the Lord, so
just sing out with me,
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what a
wonderful, what a glorious,
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what a marvelous Savior He is.
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Oh what a Savior
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Isn't He wonderful
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Sing alleluia,
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Christ is risen
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Bow down before Him
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For He is Lord of all
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Sing alleluia,
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Christ is risen
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Oh what a Savior
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Isn't He wonderful
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Sing alleluia
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Christ is risen
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Bow down before Him
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For He is Lord of all
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Sing alleluia
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Christ is risen
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O come to the altar
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The Father's arms are open wide
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Forgiveness was bought with
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The precious
blood of Jesus Christ
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O come to the altar
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The Father's arms are open wide
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Forgiveness was bought with
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The precious
blood of Jesus Christ
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Bear your cross as
You wait for the crown
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Tell the world of
the treasure You've found
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Well, happy first
Sabbath of April boys and girls.
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Nice to see you.
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You're looking
very springy today.
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You know, spring came
between the beginning and end
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of first service today.
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That's what's so cool.
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It just came right in
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because it was cold
when I came this morning
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and then went
out during the break
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and ooh, nice to have you.
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Glad you're here.
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Okay, so today's stories comes
from one of my story scouts.
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Her name is Sharon Dujon.
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She's the
manager director of WAUS.
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Comes from North Carolina,
Claremont, North Carolina.
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Anybody here
from North Carolina?
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Okay, here it is.
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It's about a pit bull.
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You know what a
pit bull looks like.
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Let's put a pit bull
on the screen right now.
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That's not the actual pit bull,
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but let's see if we can
get it on the screen here.
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Yeah.
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Oh-oh, yeah, that's a pit bull.
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Yep.
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And the pit
bull's name is Rocky.
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So Rocky is out in
his yard one evening
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just a few days ago.
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When along comes,
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let's see the next guest please.
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Oh, do you know what that is?
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That is an opossum or
we just call him possum.
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You know those
possums. And guess what?
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The moment Rocky saw the possum,
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what do you think Rocky did?
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I'm out of here.
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He is straight for that possum.
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And what do you
think the possum did?
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I'm out of here.
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And he is running
as fast as he can.
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And that pit bull is
coming faster and faster.
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And the possum sees,
oh, here comes a pipe.
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Here comes an underground pipe.
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I'm going in.
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There went the possum.
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Goodbye, Rocky.
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Rocky comes, no way.
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Now, the pipe
is only a foot tall
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and he's two feet tall.
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That means he's gonna
have to be on his belly,
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but he gets down in his belly.
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When his owner came
out, Hey, Rocky, way.
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Yo, Rocky, where are you?
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No answer.
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Wait a minute,
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did I hear something
like barking far away.
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The owner began
to walk up and down.
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He walked away from the house.
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And suddenly it sounds like
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it's coming from
under the ground, barking.
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I wonder if that's Rocky,
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calls 911, the fire engines come
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and they begin to.
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Is it Rocky?
They look in the hole.
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Hey, listen, he's in there.
00:18:42.08\00:18:44.62
Rocky was 100 feet into
the pipe and he's stuck.
00:18:44.65\00:18:49.72
And they don't know where he
is so they're seeing right here,
00:18:49.76\00:18:51.43
shall we cut it right
here? No, he's not there.
00:18:51.46\00:18:53.33
How about right
here? Nope, not there.
00:18:53.36\00:18:54.90
How about over here? No.
00:18:54.93\00:18:56.26
Finally they get 100 feet
down, and they cut it open.
00:18:56.30\00:19:00.44
There is Rocky, they
can tell, they can hear him.
00:19:00.47\00:19:03.67
In fact, let's put a
picture of Rocky on the screen.
00:19:03.71\00:19:06.74
Can you see Rocky?
00:19:06.78\00:19:08.11
They've cut the plastic pipe
00:19:08.14\00:19:10.21
because fortunately
he is in a plastic pipe.
00:19:10.25\00:19:12.15
And there he is
trying to get out.
00:19:12.18\00:19:14.12
Good news, he got out.
00:19:14.15\00:19:16.12
Hallelujah!
00:19:16.15\00:19:17.49
Rocky got saved.
00:19:17.52\00:19:19.82
You know, sometimes
when we chase something
00:19:19.85\00:19:21.82
that we're not
supposed to be chasing,
00:19:21.86\00:19:23.19
we can get stuck.
00:19:23.22\00:19:24.56
You know what Jesus
says, don't chase money.
00:19:24.59\00:19:26.90
Jesus says, don't chase money.
00:19:26.93\00:19:28.43
But if Jesus were talking,
00:19:28.46\00:19:29.80
telling the
children story right now,
00:19:29.83\00:19:31.17
He'd say, Hey, boys and
girls, don't chase toys.
00:19:31.20\00:19:33.37
I don't need you to chase toys
00:19:33.40\00:19:34.74
because we always
have to have the next toy.
00:19:34.77\00:19:36.20
We see a toy at school.
00:19:36.24\00:19:37.57
Our friend has a toy.
The neighbor has a toy.
00:19:37.61\00:19:39.21
Mommy, Daddy, I
have to have more toys.
00:19:39.24\00:19:41.04
You already have 400.
00:19:41.08\00:19:42.78
I have to have this one.
00:19:42.81\00:19:44.51
Don't chase
toys, you'll get stuck.
00:19:44.55\00:19:47.88
And it could mean your life.
00:19:47.92\00:19:51.62
I am so glad that
even when we get stuck,
00:19:51.65\00:19:54.06
Jesus knows where we're stuck.
00:19:54.09\00:19:55.49
And you know what He does?
00:19:55.52\00:19:56.86
Electric saw...
00:19:56.89\00:19:58.23
He can open up that place
00:19:58.26\00:19:59.59
where we're
stuck and set us free.
00:19:59.63\00:20:01.43
But you know as
soon as He sets us free,
00:20:01.46\00:20:02.83
He says the same
thing they said to Rocky.
00:20:02.86\00:20:04.50
Don't you ever go
chasing possums again?
00:20:04.53\00:20:06.53
Do you hear me?
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.34
That's what he'll say,
don't keep chasing that money.
00:20:09.37\00:20:11.97
It'll kill you.
00:20:12.01\00:20:13.94
Oh, Jesus, thank
you for finding us
00:20:13.98\00:20:17.61
and getting us set free.
00:20:17.65\00:20:20.25
Who wants to thank Jesus
for being our set free Lord?
00:20:20.28\00:20:24.29
Let's just thank Jesus
for being our set free Lord.
00:20:24.32\00:20:28.02
Show.
00:20:28.06\00:20:29.39
What's your first name?
00:20:29.42\00:20:30.76
Sam.
00:20:30.79\00:20:32.13
Would you please close your eyes
00:20:32.16\00:20:33.76
and fold your hands as
Sam is going to thank Jesus
00:20:33.80\00:20:37.13
for being our
set free Lord, Sam?
00:20:37.17\00:20:40.14
Dear Jesus, thank You
that You're here with us.
00:20:40.17\00:20:43.57
And please bless us and
that the Sabbath is here
00:20:43.61\00:20:47.58
and that the Sabbath
is the best day ever,
00:20:47.61\00:20:50.75
and that You're here with us.
00:20:50.78\00:20:53.31
And then all the kids are here.
00:20:53.35\00:20:57.42
And that Pastor Dwight is safe,
00:20:57.45\00:21:01.26
and he's lead us all
on, and helped, healed.
00:21:01.29\00:21:06.09
We love you. Amen.
00:21:06.13\00:21:07.46
Amen. Thank you, Sam.
00:21:07.50\00:21:08.83
That was a precious prayer.
00:21:08.86\00:21:10.20
All right, as Sam just said
00:21:10.23\00:21:11.57
as you're going
back to your heart
00:21:11.60\00:21:12.93
and you're going
back to mom and dad,
00:21:12.97\00:21:14.30
you say thank You, Jesus.
00:21:14.34\00:21:15.67
Ride on, King Jesus
00:21:19.74\00:21:24.31
No man can a-hinder me
00:21:24.35\00:21:30.09
Ride on, ride on
00:21:30.12\00:21:34.46
Ride on, King Jesus
00:21:34.49\00:21:38.99
No man can a-hinder me
00:21:39.03\00:21:43.30
Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
00:21:43.33\00:21:47.60
No man can a-hinder me
00:21:47.64\00:21:52.74
He is King, He is Lord
00:21:52.77\00:21:57.48
Jesus Christ, the first and last
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.38
No man works like Him
00:21:59.41\00:22:01.25
He is King, He is Lord
00:22:01.28\00:22:05.92
Jesus Christ, the first and last
00:22:05.95\00:22:07.92
No man works like Him
00:22:07.96\00:22:09.69
Oh, ride on, King Jesus
00:22:09.72\00:22:14.60
No man can a-hinder me
00:22:14.63\00:22:19.00
Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
00:22:19.03\00:22:23.41
No man can a-hinder me
00:22:23.44\00:22:27.71
Jesus Christ, the first and last
00:22:27.74\00:22:29.94
No man works like him
00:22:30.11\00:22:32.08
Oh, ride on, King
Jesus No man works like Him
00:22:32.11\00:22:36.42
King Jesus rides
a milk white horse
00:22:36.45\00:22:38.95
No man works like Him
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.09
Because there're
sins from everywhere
00:22:41.12\00:22:43.66
No man works like Him
00:22:43.69\00:22:47.80
Oh, ride on, King Jesus
00:22:47.83\00:22:52.83
No man can a-hinder me
00:22:52.87\00:22:57.24
Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
00:22:57.27\00:23:01.88
No man can a-hinder me
00:23:01.91\00:23:06.68
Ride on, ride on
00:23:06.72\00:23:10.72
Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
00:23:10.75\00:23:15.62
No man can a-hinder me
00:23:15.66\00:23:19.86
Ride on, King Jesus, ride on
00:23:19.89\00:23:24.27
No man can a-hinder me
00:23:24.30\00:23:28.60
Ride on, ride on
00:23:28.64\00:23:32.67
Ride on, ride on
00:23:32.71\00:23:37.08
Ride on, ride on
00:23:37.11\00:23:41.92
Ride on, ride on
00:23:41.95\00:23:46.42
Ride on, in Jesus
00:23:46.45\00:23:50.66
Ride on, ride on
00:23:50.69\00:23:55.60
Ride on, ride on
00:23:55.63\00:23:58.40
Ride on
00:23:58.43\00:24:01.90
Ride
00:24:03.14\00:24:06.51
On
00:24:06.54\00:24:12.78
Amen!
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.35
Thank you, Sanctuary
Choir for that track.
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.69
That was beautiful.
00:24:20.72\00:24:22.79
Ride on, right on.
00:24:22.82\00:24:26.59
It's actually ride on.
00:24:26.63\00:24:29.70
You can say ride
on of Jesus as well.
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.77
Ride on.
00:24:31.80\00:24:33.13
Do you a picture of Him coming
to you on a big white horse,
00:24:33.17\00:24:35.97
saying, I just, I
know you'll need me
00:24:36.00\00:24:37.97
and I happen to show up.
00:24:38.01\00:24:39.54
Sometimes I imagine
that when I'm praying
00:24:39.57\00:24:41.48
that He shows up
on a big white horse.
00:24:41.51\00:24:44.81
And I'm here to help you.
00:24:44.85\00:24:46.92
I heard you.
00:24:46.95\00:24:48.62
Be at peace.
00:24:48.65\00:24:50.12
Ride on.
00:24:50.15\00:24:51.49
Let's pray.
00:24:51.52\00:24:53.12
Oh, Jesus ride
on, just keep riding.
00:24:53.15\00:24:57.03
Hold us close, take us with You
00:24:57.06\00:24:58.69
wherever You're
going till You come.
00:24:58.73\00:25:01.63
And this teaching,
it's your teaching.
00:25:01.66\00:25:06.90
We're asking you
please for Your mighty spirit
00:25:06.94\00:25:10.81
to make it clear to us.
00:25:10.84\00:25:12.87
In your name we pray, amen.
00:25:12.91\00:25:16.44
Let's share three short stories.
00:25:16.48\00:25:17.81
All right, short
story number one,
00:25:17.85\00:25:19.18
here it comes.
00:25:19.21\00:25:20.85
I was talking
with a friend of mine
00:25:20.88\00:25:22.72
who lives somewhere
else in this country.
00:25:22.75\00:25:26.32
The other day, I've
known her for quite some time.
00:25:26.35\00:25:30.83
A friend, by the way,
who has done very well
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.63
if I might say.
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.87
Yeah.
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.30
Beautiful family.
00:25:38.33\00:25:40.04
Great job pulling in figures
that I know nothing about.
00:25:40.07\00:25:45.37
I mean nobody in her house...
00:25:45.41\00:25:47.34
Seriously nobody in her house
00:25:47.38\00:25:48.71
goes walking
through the house saying,
00:25:48.74\00:25:50.08
if I were a rich man.
00:25:50.11\00:25:56.15
Nobody, nobody does it, why?
00:25:56.18\00:25:57.79
They're already rich.
00:25:57.82\00:25:59.32
Why would you hum that song?
00:25:59.35\00:26:01.86
Beautiful wife,
beautiful mother,
00:26:01.89\00:26:04.63
beautiful professional.
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.70
But she got a hold
of me the other day.
00:26:06.73\00:26:10.93
I wish you'd pray for me.
00:26:10.97\00:26:14.14
Responsibilities
in my life right now
00:26:14.17\00:26:16.64
are so hard to handle
00:26:16.67\00:26:18.21
but especially she went on,
00:26:18.24\00:26:20.71
the
uncontrollable responsibilities
00:26:20.74\00:26:22.91
that come when you choose
00:26:22.94\00:26:24.28
to live a certain
standard of living.
00:26:24.31\00:26:28.02
And then and
words are just tugged
00:26:28.05\00:26:30.49
at this little pastor's heart.
00:26:30.52\00:26:35.02
I wish I could be back
at Andrews in my dorm room
00:26:35.06\00:26:38.83
and have a talk with myself.
00:26:38.86\00:26:44.63
I'm sorry you can't go back,
00:26:44.67\00:26:48.34
but you very well may have
an important talk with yourself
00:26:48.37\00:26:53.88
because guess what, girl?
00:26:53.91\00:26:56.64
You're not alone,
00:26:56.68\00:26:58.01
what you just
said has been echoed
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.68
by thousands across
this country right now.
00:26:59.71\00:27:02.48
Take the Pulitzer-prize
winning journalist,
00:27:02.52\00:27:05.39
Charles Duhigg,
00:27:05.42\00:27:08.39
wrote a piece in January,
00:27:08.42\00:27:09.76
my friend Milkie Panaise
spotted and send it to me,
00:27:09.79\00:27:12.49
oh, my.
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.26
I want to share, this
is a story number two now.
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.10
I want to share a few
lines from that piece.
00:27:16.13\00:27:19.63
Here's how it begins.
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.00
My first charmed
week as a student
00:27:21.04\00:27:24.41
at Harvard
Business School turns out.
00:27:24.44\00:27:27.21
Enrolled at Harvard
University, he's an MBA student.
00:27:27.24\00:27:31.81
He goes to their
15th year class reunion
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.98
and now is going to
write about that reunion.
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.55
Okay.
00:27:37.59\00:27:38.92
But anyway, my
first week as a student
00:27:38.95\00:27:40.29
at Harvard Business School
late in the summer of 2001,
00:27:40.32\00:27:42.36
it felt like a
halcyon time for capitalism.
00:27:42.39\00:27:44.83
At the time for the
895 of us first yearers,
00:27:44.86\00:27:49.00
preparing ourselves
for business moguldom,
00:27:49.03\00:27:51.70
what really excited
us was our good luck.
00:27:51.73\00:27:54.34
A Harvard MBA seemed
like a winning lottery ticket,
00:27:54.37\00:27:57.87
a gilded highway to
world changing influence,
00:27:57.91\00:27:59.97
fantastic wealth,
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.58
and if those
self-satisfied portraits
00:28:01.61\00:28:03.81
that lined the
hallways were any indication,
00:28:03.85\00:28:06.78
a lifetime of
deeply meaningful work.
00:28:06.82\00:28:09.62
Yeah!
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.75
So it came as a bit of a shock.
00:28:11.79\00:28:13.46
Here we go.
00:28:13.49\00:28:14.92
When I attended my 15th reunion
last summer, just last summer
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.26
to learn how many
of my former classmates
00:28:18.29\00:28:20.46
weren't enjoyed, or enjoyed,
00:28:20.50\00:28:23.03
enjoying their
professional lives.
00:28:23.06\00:28:24.93
In fact, they were miserable.
00:28:24.97\00:28:26.40
I heard about one fellow alum
who had run a large hedge fund
00:28:26.43\00:28:29.47
until being sued by investors
00:28:29.50\00:28:30.94
who also happened to be
the fund manager's relatives.
00:28:30.97\00:28:34.81
Another person had
risen to a senior role
00:28:34.84\00:28:36.64
inside one of the nation's
most prestigious companies
00:28:36.68\00:28:40.12
before being savagely pushed
out by corporate politics.
00:28:40.15\00:28:45.22
Another had learned
in the maternity ward
00:28:45.25\00:28:47.72
that her firm was being
stolen by a conniving partner.
00:28:47.76\00:28:52.59
Now look at, those
are extreme examples.
00:28:52.63\00:28:53.96
Of course, most of us
were living relatively normal,
00:28:54.00\00:28:56.87
basically content lines.
00:28:56.90\00:28:58.37
But even among my
more sanguine classmates,
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.70
there was a lingering sense
of professional disappointment.
00:29:01.74\00:29:05.07
They talked about
missed promotions,
00:29:05.11\00:29:07.11
disaffected children,
00:29:07.14\00:29:08.81
billable hours in divorce court.
00:29:08.84\00:29:11.58
They complained about
jobs that were unfulfilling,
00:29:11.61\00:29:13.82
tedious or just plain bad.
00:29:13.85\00:29:15.58
One classmate described
00:29:15.62\00:29:17.65
having to
invest $5 million a day
00:29:17.69\00:29:19.82
which didn't sound
terrible, until he explained
00:29:19.85\00:29:22.19
that if he put only $4
million to work on Monday,
00:29:22.22\00:29:25.39
he had to scramble to
place $6 million on Tuesday,
00:29:25.43\00:29:29.73
and his co-workers
00:29:29.76\00:29:31.10
were constantly
undermining one another
00:29:31.13\00:29:32.87
in search of the next promotion.
00:29:32.90\00:29:34.24
It was insanely stressful work,
00:29:34.27\00:29:36.54
done among people he
didn't particularly like.
00:29:36.57\00:29:40.48
He earned about
$1.2 million a year
00:29:40.51\00:29:44.05
and hated going to the office.
00:29:44.08\00:29:49.35
"I feel like I'm
wasting my life," he told me.
00:29:49.38\00:29:51.62
"When I die, is
anyone going to care
00:29:51.65\00:29:54.02
that I earned an extra
percentage point of return?
00:29:54.06\00:29:57.36
My work feel so
totally meaningless."
00:29:57.39\00:30:01.26
He recognized the
incredible privilege
00:30:01.30\00:30:02.83
of his pay and status, but
his anguish seemed genuine.
00:30:02.86\00:30:06.23
He goes on,
00:30:06.27\00:30:08.30
"If you spend 12 hours
a day doing work you hate,
00:30:08.34\00:30:10.74
at some point it doesn't
matter what your paycheck says,"
00:30:10.77\00:30:14.34
he told me.
00:30:14.38\00:30:18.18
Charles Duhigg commenting,
00:30:18.21\00:30:20.25
"There's no magic salary
00:30:20.28\00:30:21.62
at which a bad job becomes good.
00:30:21.65\00:30:23.18
He had received
an offer to start-up,
00:30:23.22\00:30:25.25
and he would
have loved to take it,
00:30:25.29\00:30:26.62
but it paid half as much,
00:30:26.65\00:30:28.06
and he felt
locked into a lifestyle
00:30:28.09\00:30:29.79
that made this
pay cut impossible.
00:30:29.82\00:30:31.59
"My wife laughed
when I told her about it,"
00:30:31.63\00:30:34.60
he said to me.
00:30:34.63\00:30:36.77
And the story,
title of the piece.
00:30:36.80\00:30:39.60
Here it is, wealthy,
successful, and miserable.
00:30:39.63\00:30:45.61
So which one is it
if I were rich man,
00:30:45.64\00:30:51.01
or wealthy,
successful, and miserable.
00:30:51.05\00:30:55.95
Story number three.
00:30:55.98\00:30:57.32
Once upon a
time, there was a man
00:30:57.35\00:30:58.69
who did very well
with his investments.
00:30:58.72\00:31:02.52
Jesus told a story about him.
00:31:02.56\00:31:04.19
And we're going
to track this story
00:31:04.23\00:31:05.59
because it's one
of those wow stories.
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.36
Open your Bible with me
00:31:07.40\00:31:08.73
to the Gospel
of Luke Chapter 12.
00:31:08.76\00:31:10.10
Luke Chapter 12.
00:31:10.13\00:31:14.60
Jesus' story
about this investor,
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.84
agrarian investor.
00:31:17.87\00:31:20.31
Here we go, Luke Chapter 12.
00:31:20.34\00:31:21.68
You don't have a Bible,
00:31:21.71\00:31:23.04
it's too dark
where you're sitting,
00:31:23.08\00:31:24.41
that'll be on the screen.
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.78
These lights, is it.
00:31:25.81\00:31:30.15
This is the next four weeks.
00:31:30.19\00:31:33.05
And then we move out.
00:31:33.09\00:31:35.39
We'll be back.
00:31:35.42\00:31:36.76
We'll be back at
the end of summer,
00:31:36.79\00:31:38.13
you gonna love it
when you come back.
00:31:38.16\00:31:39.86
All right, this
is Luke Chapter 12.
00:31:39.89\00:31:41.40
I'm in the NIV, did I
tell you that, verse 16.
00:31:41.43\00:31:43.57
"And Jesus told
them this parable:"
00:31:43.60\00:31:45.40
They're the words on the screen.
00:31:45.43\00:31:46.77
"The ground of
a certain rich man
00:31:46.80\00:31:49.34
yielded an abundant harvest."
00:31:49.37\00:31:52.54
Wow!
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.11
You should have seen it.
00:31:54.14\00:31:55.48
That huge green
John Deere Combine
00:31:55.51\00:31:59.05
is just chewing up the back
40 like it's going out of style.
00:31:59.08\00:32:03.42
And every truck he could ret
00:32:03.45\00:32:05.12
is pulling under that huge spout
00:32:05.15\00:32:07.52
that is shooting
down yellow gold, green.
00:32:07.56\00:32:12.93
Next truck, please. Next truck.
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.66
At the end of the day,
00:32:14.70\00:32:16.03
there's so many rental
trucks in the farmyard.
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.23
there's not room for one more.
00:32:18.27\00:32:20.67
Oh, man, that night.
00:32:20.70\00:32:23.91
This farmer sat down
at his mahogany desk.
00:32:23.94\00:32:28.68
That trusted old adding machine
00:32:28.71\00:32:30.45
that's been his all these years.
00:32:30.48\00:32:32.15
He says, let me just
calculate the numbers.
00:32:32.18\00:32:35.18
And as he's running his fingers,
00:32:35.22\00:32:36.55
and let me try that again.
00:32:36.58\00:32:37.92
As he's running his
fingers, he's realizing
00:32:37.95\00:32:39.49
I have more cubic
yards of golden green
00:32:39.52\00:32:42.86
than I have
cubic space of silos.
00:32:42.89\00:32:45.56
What am I going to do?
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.40
Verse 17, "And so
he thought to himself,
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.40
'What shall I do?
00:32:50.43\00:32:51.77
I have no place
to store my crops.'
00:32:51.80\00:32:54.87
Then he said,
'This is what I'll do.
00:32:54.90\00:32:58.27
I will tear down my barns
and I will build bigger ones,
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.98
and there I will
store my surplus grain."
00:33:01.01\00:33:03.85
Yes, indeed, that's
what I'm going to do.
00:33:03.88\00:33:06.85
He has no clue, of
course, there's you and I do
00:33:06.88\00:33:09.22
overhearing the story.
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.09
He has no clue that
he's using the first,
00:33:11.12\00:33:13.99
the first person singular,
00:33:14.02\00:33:16.22
possessive pronoun, my,
my, my, it's on his lips.
00:33:16.26\00:33:20.86
Now, we can't fault him.
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.23
This is his grain.
00:33:22.26\00:33:23.60
It was his farm.
00:33:23.63\00:33:24.97
Let's not be
too hard on the man.
00:33:25.00\00:33:27.00
But Jesus is telling
us something about him.
00:33:27.04\00:33:31.77
Let's read verse 18 again.
00:33:31.81\00:33:37.91
"Then he said to
himself, 'This is what I'll do.
00:33:37.95\00:33:40.52
I'll tear down my barns,
and I'll build bigger ones.
00:33:40.55\00:33:42.98
Yes, I will, and there I
will store my surplus grain.
00:33:43.02\00:33:45.22
And I'll say to myself,
00:33:45.25\00:33:48.06
'You have plenty of
grain laid up for many years."
00:33:48.09\00:33:51.46
Take it easy boy.
00:33:51.49\00:33:52.83
"Eat, drink and be" what?
00:33:52.86\00:33:55.60
"Just be merry."
00:33:55.63\00:33:57.63
Hallelujah.
00:33:57.67\00:34:00.54
Late that night,
00:34:00.57\00:34:01.94
after crunching the
numbers for the sixth time
00:34:01.97\00:34:05.01
to make sure they're right.
00:34:05.04\00:34:07.51
Man goes up the rickety stairs,
00:34:07.54\00:34:09.68
crawls into bed
with the slumbering wife
00:34:09.71\00:34:11.88
and he is feeling so good.
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.45
He just starts
humming if I were rich man...
00:34:14.48\00:34:18.09
Yes, and he drifts off to sleep.
00:34:22.02\00:34:25.86
While he's snoring,
00:34:25.89\00:34:28.76
the curtains at
his window stand stiff.
00:34:28.80\00:34:33.67
When all of a sudden,
00:34:33.70\00:34:35.34
those stiff curtains
begin to mysteriously tremble.
00:34:35.37\00:34:39.47
And as they
tremble, they seem to part
00:34:39.51\00:34:41.24
and coming on a midnight breeze
00:34:41.28\00:34:43.35
is the presence that
fills that dark space.
00:34:43.38\00:34:46.45
The presence has a voice.
00:34:46.48\00:34:48.98
And the voice speaks
to the slumbering man,
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.72
verse 20.
00:34:51.75\00:34:54.72
"But God said to him, 'You fool!
00:34:54.76\00:34:58.43
This very night
00:34:58.46\00:35:00.13
your life will be
demanded from you.
00:35:00.16\00:35:02.53
Then who will get
00:35:02.56\00:35:04.10
what you have
prepared for yourself?'
00:35:04.13\00:35:06.33
" And with that pronouncement
the man jerks, awake.
00:35:06.37\00:35:09.80
He clutches his chest
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.17
and before he
can awaken his wife,
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.98
he's dead.
00:35:14.01\00:35:17.11
The end!
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.95
Wow!
00:35:19.98\00:35:22.05
Why would Jesus tell
such a somber, scary story?
00:35:22.08\00:35:26.92
Turns out that the punch line
to all three of these stories
00:35:26.96\00:35:29.62
is this very same punch line.
00:35:29.66\00:35:31.99
The punch line about this alum
00:35:32.03\00:35:34.30
who's feeling very
overwhelmed these days
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.13
over the price
tag of her success.
00:35:36.16\00:35:39.13
The punch line to the
15th year class reunion
00:35:39.17\00:35:41.14
of Harvard MBAs
00:35:41.17\00:35:42.50
and the punch line to
the suddenly rich farmer,
00:35:42.54\00:35:45.41
interestingly and
very raring, rarely
00:35:45.44\00:35:48.71
does Jesus not only
include a headline to a parable,
00:35:48.74\00:35:52.85
but a tagline.
00:35:52.88\00:35:54.78
And when you take the
headline and the tagline
00:35:54.82\00:35:57.59
and you put them together,
you get the punch line.
00:35:57.62\00:36:01.06
Let's check them out.
Grab your study guide.
00:36:01.09\00:36:02.82
Come on, senior
worship bulletin,
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.19
pull your study
guide out right now.
00:36:04.23\00:36:05.73
While you're doing that,
we'll put it on the screen
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.33
for those who are
watching at this moment.
00:36:07.36\00:36:10.30
It's a little series, a
little mini series called,
00:36:10.33\00:36:12.07
"How to survive the
coming economic crisis."
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.14
This is part two, part one,
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.71
it's already
there on the website.
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.07
Part two, "If I
were a rich man."
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.51
You look for the
word study guide.
00:36:20.54\00:36:21.88
The two word study guide.
00:36:21.91\00:36:23.24
Click on there, you'll
have the same study guide as us.
00:36:23.28\00:36:25.28
You want to get the headline,
the tagline and the punch line.
00:36:25.31\00:36:30.49
Let's get the headline
00:36:30.52\00:36:31.85
because we
haven't even read it yet.
00:36:31.89\00:36:33.96
It's what leads into the story.
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.39
So go up to verse
13, this is Luke 12:13,
00:36:35.42\00:36:37.83
"Someone in the
crowd said to Jesus,
00:36:37.86\00:36:39.43
'Teacher, tell my brother
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.56
to divide the
inheritance with me.'"
00:36:41.60\00:36:44.00
I want to tell you something.
00:36:44.03\00:36:45.37
Jesus is very smart here.
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.27
You never want to get in
the middle of a food fight
00:36:47.30\00:36:51.04
called the
battle over inheritance.
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.68
You can't win, stay out of it.
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.44
And Jesus is very
bright and He does.
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.91
So "Jesus replies," verse 14,
00:36:59.95\00:37:01.68
'Man, who appointed me a judge
or an arbiter between you?'
00:37:01.72\00:37:05.49
Then he said to
everybody in the crowed,
00:37:05.52\00:37:07.12
'Watch out!
00:37:07.16\00:37:08.49
Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed,
00:37:08.52\00:37:11.29
for life does not consist
00:37:11.33\00:37:13.40
in an abundance
of possessions.'"
00:37:13.43\00:37:15.73
Jot that down, that's
a headline, jot it down.
00:37:15.76\00:37:18.40
There it is in your study guide,
00:37:18.43\00:37:19.90
headline, "Watch out!
00:37:19.93\00:37:21.80
Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed."
00:37:21.84\00:37:26.14
Hit the pause button right there
00:37:26.17\00:37:27.51
'cause I hate that word greed.
00:37:27.54\00:37:29.38
I hate that word
greed, don't you?
00:37:29.41\00:37:31.08
Greed feels
yuck, it feels dirty.
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.92
A greed feels like,
give me, give me, give me,
00:37:33.95\00:37:36.05
give me, give
me, give me, give me.
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.39
Guess what? You
know what greed it?
00:37:38.42\00:37:40.06
Give me, give me,
give me, give me, give me.
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.82
It is that.
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.19
In fact, here's a
definition from a dictionary,
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.43
"Intense selfish
desire for something,
00:37:45.46\00:37:47.56
especially
wealth, power, and food."
00:37:47.60\00:37:51.60
Greed!
00:37:51.63\00:37:54.07
Watch out!
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.97
Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed.
00:37:56.00\00:37:57.97
But the headline continues.
00:37:58.01\00:37:59.34
Keep your pen moving.
00:37:59.37\00:38:00.71
Here's the second half of it.
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.08
"For life does not consist
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.08
in an abundance of possessions."
00:38:04.11\00:38:07.82
Ladies and
gentlemen, please note
00:38:07.85\00:38:09.48
that Jesus is not instructing us
00:38:09.52\00:38:11.19
that life doesn't
consist of possessions,
00:38:11.22\00:38:12.75
of course we have possessions.
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.12
You have and I have, it's
a sin to have possessions,
00:38:14.16\00:38:16.86
but life does not
consist in the abundance,
00:38:16.89\00:38:20.23
this
accumulating, this accumulating,
00:38:20.26\00:38:23.23
no, it doesn't.
00:38:23.26\00:38:26.20
The key word is abundance
that you just scribbled in.
00:38:26.23\00:38:30.31
There's a
website, believe it not,
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.94
a website entitled "Happify."
00:38:31.97\00:38:34.48
Now, here's how I
spell it, H-A-P-P-I-F-Y.
00:38:34.51\00:38:38.18
Happify.com.
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.38
And at that website
'cause they're dealing with,
00:38:40.42\00:38:41.88
there's a whole
discipline today by the way
00:38:41.92\00:38:43.72
in the academy called
the Economics of Happiness.
00:38:43.75\00:38:48.19
The scientists are
now studying happiness.
00:38:48.22\00:38:49.82
We're running out of it so fast
that they're going to find out
00:38:49.86\00:38:52.56
what do we do to
hold on to this, okay.
00:38:52.59\00:38:55.23
So at happify.com,
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.07
you have it in your study guide.
00:38:57.10\00:38:58.83
Jot this down,
fascinating to me.
00:38:58.87\00:39:01.10
Another happiness factor,
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
that's all they
talk about is happiness.
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.57
"Another happiness factor
00:39:04.61\00:39:05.94
is what positive psychologists,"
00:39:05.97\00:39:07.31
that's a realm of psychology,
00:39:08.01\00:39:09.51
refer to as the," jot it
down, "hedonic treadmill."
00:39:09.54\00:39:14.75
Now, hedonic means, you know,
hedonism is pleasure seeking.
00:39:14.78\00:39:17.99
So it's called
the hedonic treadmill.
00:39:18.02\00:39:21.02
What about he's talking about.
00:39:21.06\00:39:22.59
Well, keep reading,
00:39:22.62\00:39:23.96
"Through the same
process of habituation,"
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.93
a lot of big words here,
00:39:26.96\00:39:28.30
I didn't even know
what that word meant,
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.66
I had to look it up.
00:39:29.70\00:39:31.03
But it's a psychological term.
00:39:31.07\00:39:32.40
And here's what, and
I've put in brackets for you.
00:39:32.43\00:39:33.77
What is habituation mean?
00:39:33.80\00:39:35.14
It means a decrease in
our response to a stimulus
00:39:35.17\00:39:37.44
after being
repeatedly exposed to it.
00:39:37.47\00:39:39.14
That's what a drug
addicts experiences.
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.08
So one time, oh,
that's a great high,
00:39:41.11\00:39:43.61
but the second
time not quite as high,
00:39:43.65\00:39:45.55
but third time
not quite as high.
00:39:45.58\00:39:46.92
So what does the drug addict do?
00:39:46.95\00:39:48.28
He has to keep upping the dose.
00:39:48.32\00:39:51.85
Pleasure, hedonic
treadmill, upping the dose.
00:39:51.89\00:39:55.82
We do that when
we accumulate things.
00:39:55.86\00:39:58.13
This is the
point they're making,
00:39:58.16\00:39:59.49
in fact, keep reading.
00:39:59.53\00:40:00.86
"Through the same happening
process of habituation,
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.20
the happiness
associated with a new purchase,
00:40:03.23\00:40:06.00
a new job, or a
new house soon fades.
00:40:06.03\00:40:09.50
Trying to
recapture and retain feelings
00:40:09.54\00:40:11.61
of excitement and happiness
00:40:11.64\00:40:13.38
results in the
pursuit of more new things,
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.78
which becomes a
never-ending task,
00:40:15.81\00:40:17.75
like being on a
continuous treadmill."
00:40:17.78\00:40:20.42
You got to keep buying more,
00:40:20.45\00:40:22.48
and more, and more
to get the same high.
00:40:22.52\00:40:26.42
Hedonic treadmill.
00:40:26.45\00:40:30.33
Welcome to the third millennium.
00:40:30.36\00:40:32.59
We're all on it.
00:40:32.63\00:40:34.90
We have to have more.
00:40:34.93\00:40:36.26
I just have to have more.
00:40:36.30\00:40:39.87
Like little rats,
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.24
we keep running,
and running, and running
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.60
after the next new possession,
the next new pay increase,
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.47
the next new
pleasure, the hedonic treadmill.
00:40:44.51\00:40:46.68
That's what Jesus is
talking about right here.
00:40:46.71\00:40:48.64
Read verse 15 again,
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.01
"Then he said to
them, 'Watch out!
00:40:50.05\00:40:52.45
Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed,
00:40:52.48\00:40:55.42
life does not consist
00:40:55.45\00:40:56.79
in an abundance of possessions."
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.02
It's this hedonic treadmill
that Jesus is warning us about,
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.66
stay away from it.
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.03
In fact, let me tell
you a story about a farmer
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.93
once who had a great crop.
00:41:05.96\00:41:10.10
And he sets up his
story with that headline.
00:41:10.13\00:41:12.67
So that's the headline.
00:41:12.70\00:41:14.44
Now we got to get the tagline,
00:41:14.47\00:41:15.87
because if you put the headline
and the tagline together,
00:41:15.90\00:41:17.57
you get the punch line.
00:41:17.61\00:41:18.94
So what's the tagline?
00:41:18.97\00:41:20.31
Well, let's drop down
to the end of the story.
00:41:20.34\00:41:21.68
We'll read the last line
of the story one more time.
00:41:21.71\00:41:23.35
Verse 20, "But God
said to him, 'You fool!'"
00:41:23.38\00:41:26.18
It's the only place
in all the scripture
00:41:26.21\00:41:27.62
where God calls a man a fool.
00:41:27.65\00:41:30.52
"You fool!
00:41:30.55\00:41:32.12
This very night
00:41:32.15\00:41:33.62
your life will be
demanded from you.
00:41:33.66\00:41:35.39
Then who will get
00:41:35.42\00:41:36.76
what you have
prepared for yourself?"
00:41:36.79\00:41:38.13
Now here it comes.
00:41:38.16\00:41:39.49
"This, Jesus
says, is how it will be
00:41:39.53\00:41:41.60
with whoever stores
up things for themselves
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.73
but is not," how
does that line end.
00:41:44.77\00:41:47.27
Is not what?
00:41:47.30\00:41:48.74
Rich. Come on.
00:41:48.77\00:41:50.51
How does it end,
rich toward whom?
00:41:50.54\00:41:53.04
"Rich toward God?"
00:41:53.07\00:41:54.94
Did you jot that down please,
tagline "This is how it will be
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.58
with whoever stores up
things for themselves."
00:41:58.61\00:42:01.28
It's not wrong
to store up things
00:42:01.32\00:42:02.65
because I'm going to give
it away to the neighborhood,
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.02
I'm going to send it to ADRA.
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.39
It's not wrong
to store up things
00:42:05.42\00:42:06.86
but if it's all for
yourself, it's wrong.
00:42:06.89\00:42:09.09
You're being
rich toward yourself
00:42:09.12\00:42:10.76
when you, in fact, Jesus says,
00:42:10.79\00:42:12.53
"You need to be
rich toward God."
00:42:12.56\00:42:16.87
My!
00:42:16.90\00:42:19.13
Rich toward God.
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.30
Are you serious, Jesus?
00:42:21.34\00:42:23.30
Listen, how could I
possibly be rich toward God
00:42:23.34\00:42:26.24
when I can't even
be rich toward me.
00:42:26.27\00:42:30.58
Let me give you another website,
00:42:30.61\00:42:32.25
Investopedia,
00:42:32.28\00:42:33.82
a website that deals with
investments and investing.
00:42:33.85\00:42:37.12
In February, it ran a
most interesting analysis.
00:42:37.15\00:42:38.99
Get in all of these,
it's in your study guide.
00:42:39.02\00:42:41.02
According to the Credit
Suisse, that's this giant
00:42:41.06\00:42:45.96
International
Bank in Switzerland.
00:42:45.99\00:42:49.56
They put out a
Global Wealth Report 2018.
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.70
According to that report,
00:42:51.73\00:42:53.07
the top 1%, so
write that number in.
00:42:53.10\00:42:54.90
The top 1% of adults
00:42:54.94\00:42:56.94
account for more than 47%
of household wealth globally.
00:42:56.97\00:43:00.64
Now this raises an
interesting question:
00:43:00.68\00:43:02.94
Who exactly are
the 1% worldwide?
00:43:02.98\00:43:06.51
The surprising answer:
If you're an American...
00:43:06.55\00:43:09.28
Now, somebody of you're saying,
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.65
"Look it, Dwight, I'm
not an American, okay?"
00:43:10.69\00:43:12.39
So get over it.
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.76
Know, if you're
living in America,
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.12
that's exactly what it means.
00:43:15.16\00:43:16.49
If you're living in America
00:43:16.52\00:43:17.86
and you're living like
an American and you are,
00:43:17.89\00:43:20.16
if you're an
American, watch this.
00:43:20.20\00:43:22.93
You don't have to even be close
00:43:22.96\00:43:24.30
to being
uber-rich to make the list
00:43:24.33\00:43:26.94
and income of
$32,400 annual income.
00:43:26.97\00:43:31.57
$32,400 a year will
allow you to make the cut.
00:43:31.61\00:43:34.98
So if you're an
accountant, some of you are,
00:43:35.01\00:43:37.98
if you're a registered
nurse, married to one,
00:43:38.01\00:43:40.85
or even an
elementary school teacher,
00:43:40.88\00:43:42.98
congratulations.
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.35
The average wage
for any of these careers
00:43:44.39\00:43:46.86
falls well within
the top 1% worldwide."
00:43:46.89\00:43:53.19
My!
00:43:53.23\00:43:54.56
It turns out, we were
richer than we thought.
00:43:54.60\00:44:00.14
Are we?
00:44:00.17\00:44:01.70
Yeah.
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.07
But the reason
we're up in that 1%.
00:44:03.10\00:44:06.37
The article goes
on to note, is because
00:44:06.41\00:44:10.41
of the extreme
poverty on this planet.
00:44:10.45\00:44:14.98
And because
everybody else is so low,
00:44:15.02\00:44:20.09
it makes us look high.
00:44:20.12\00:44:23.93
We got to carry
that world on our hearts
00:44:23.96\00:44:25.66
a little more than we do.
00:44:25.69\00:44:27.23
Don't you think?
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.17
We're rich.
00:44:30.20\00:44:32.87
But it isn't that we're
so rich that they're so poor.
00:44:32.90\00:44:35.80
But when Jesus,
when Jesus commands us,
00:44:35.84\00:44:38.17
I want you to
be rich toward God.
00:44:38.21\00:44:40.08
He isn't commanding a
certain level of earning.
00:44:40.11\00:44:41.98
No, no, no, He's calling us
to a certain level of giving.
00:44:42.01\00:44:44.98
This is all about giving.
00:44:45.01\00:44:46.35
In fact, jot this down.
00:44:46.38\00:44:47.72
Let's put the
headline and tagline together.
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.42
When you combine the
headline in his parable
00:44:49.45\00:44:51.75
with the tagline of his parable,
00:44:51.79\00:44:53.46
you very quickly
come to his punch line,
00:44:53.49\00:44:55.26
one word, write it in, Give!
00:44:55.29\00:44:59.89
That's the punch line.
00:44:59.93\00:45:02.86
Give!
00:45:02.90\00:45:06.03
We kind of knew that
was coming, didn't we?
00:45:06.07\00:45:08.14
What's the big
deal about giving?
00:45:08.17\00:45:09.50
I'll tell you.
00:45:09.54\00:45:10.87
I've never read
anywhere in literature
00:45:10.91\00:45:12.31
a more prescient description
of the benefits of giving
00:45:12.34\00:45:15.71
than what you're about to read.
00:45:15.74\00:45:17.08
Ed Gungor in his book,
00:45:17.11\00:45:18.45
Religiously
Transmitted Diseases.
00:45:18.48\00:45:24.09
He writes about giving.
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.89
You have it in your study guy.
00:45:25.92\00:45:27.79
"Giving touches a nerve in
us that nothing else does."
00:45:27.82\00:45:33.26
It's the most
sensitive nerve you have.
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.66
I've had people
come up to me and say,
00:45:35.70\00:45:37.03
"Dwight, don't you ever
preach about money again
00:45:37.07\00:45:38.93
or we're leaving?"
00:45:38.97\00:45:42.00
Why?
00:45:42.04\00:45:43.37
Because that
nerve is so sensitive.
00:45:43.41\00:45:46.47
It immediately goes
into toxic reaction.
00:45:46.51\00:45:52.18
"Giving touches a nerve
in us that nothing else does.
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.22
We look a lot like
God." Here's the good news.
00:45:54.25\00:45:56.15
"We look a lot
like God when we do it."
00:45:56.18\00:45:58.02
John 3:16, "For God so loved
the world that He did" what?
00:45:58.05\00:46:01.02
"That He gave."
00:46:01.06\00:46:02.76
We look like God when we do it.
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.23
When you give,
keep your pen moving,
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.53
you defy the fear.
00:46:06.56\00:46:08.26
And we all have this fear
00:46:08.30\00:46:09.63
that you won't
have enough someday.
00:46:09.66\00:46:11.50
When you come to retirement,
I'm not gonna have enough.
00:46:11.53\00:46:13.90
When you come to
getting out of college,
00:46:13.94\00:46:15.57
I'm not gonna have enough.
00:46:15.60\00:46:16.94
When you come to having a
baby, I'm not gonna have enough.
00:46:16.97\00:46:19.71
That's the fear
that keeps needling us.
00:46:19.74\00:46:24.21
Don't give, don't
give, hey, on girl,
00:46:24.25\00:46:26.15
boy, hang on to this,
you're going to need this.
00:46:26.18\00:46:29.75
When you give, you defy the fear
00:46:29.78\00:46:32.35
that you won't have
enough, you insult greed.
00:46:32.39\00:46:35.29
There's that dirty word,
"You insult greed, the impulse
00:46:35.32\00:46:38.79
to acquire or possess more
than one needs or deserves.
00:46:38.83\00:46:42.96
If you really
believe that God owns it all
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.13
and then He is your
source and provider,
00:46:45.17\00:46:47.97
giving will be a simple matter.
00:46:48.00\00:46:50.11
The arena of
giving is the only place
00:46:50.14\00:46:52.97
where exactly what's
going on in Dwight's heart
00:46:53.01\00:46:55.61
is being revealed."
00:46:55.64\00:46:56.98
God says to Gabriel,
00:46:57.01\00:46:58.35
"Hey, Gabriel, find out
how much the boys given, huh?
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.55
And then tell me."
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.75
That number that he
comes up with will tell me
00:47:02.78\00:47:05.79
the spiritual
condition of Dwight's heart.
00:47:05.82\00:47:10.13
I'm sorry, but it's red hot.
00:47:10.16\00:47:13.16
And inst Dwight
because the nerve
00:47:13.19\00:47:15.33
from giving go
straight to your heart.
00:47:15.36\00:47:20.40
It's a very sensitive nerve.
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.60
Oh, but the last
line is even better.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.21
"According to Jesus,
00:47:24.24\00:47:26.51
giving keeps your
heart in motion toward God,
00:47:26.54\00:47:29.81
and away from material things.
00:47:29.84\00:47:31.41
Your heart will follow
the direction of your giving."
00:47:31.45\00:47:35.28
That's why the
headline and the tagline
00:47:35.32\00:47:37.02
of this parable when
you join them together,
00:47:37.05\00:47:38.65
they compose, give, give.
00:47:38.69\00:47:43.99
Please give Jesus says.
00:47:44.03\00:47:48.06
And when Jesus
breaths just a few moments
00:47:48.10\00:47:49.80
after He ends this little story.
00:47:49.83\00:47:52.97
Profoundly makes the point
00:47:53.00\00:47:54.34
and this is so
tender, I love this.
00:47:54.37\00:47:55.70
Just drop down.
Now, he's talking.
00:47:55.74\00:47:57.07
Verse 22 says, He's only
talking to His disciples.
00:47:57.11\00:47:59.67
It's just the people
that are really close to Him.
00:47:59.71\00:48:01.91
All right, so
that'd be you and me.
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.75
Luke 12:32,
00:48:03.78\00:48:06.21
"Do not be
afraid, little flock,"
00:48:06.25\00:48:08.12
Oh, I love that.
That's a good shepherd.
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.22
That's a good shepherd saying
hey, sheepies, hey, sheepies,
00:48:10.25\00:48:12.79
you, sheepies who follow me.
00:48:12.82\00:48:16.02
You're my homeboy,
you're my homegirl,
00:48:16.06\00:48:20.13
you found me.
00:48:20.16\00:48:22.10
Do not be afraid, little flock.
00:48:22.13\00:48:23.80
I know this can cause fear
00:48:23.83\00:48:25.27
when you deal with this subject,
00:48:25.30\00:48:26.63
don't be afraid,
00:48:26.67\00:48:28.00
for your father has been pleased
00:48:28.04\00:48:29.37
to give you the kingdom.
00:48:29.40\00:48:30.74
You already have the kingdom.
00:48:30.77\00:48:32.11
It's not like you
earned the kingdom
00:48:32.14\00:48:33.48
by giving a certain amount
00:48:33.51\00:48:34.84
and then, okay, let him in.
00:48:34.88\00:48:36.21
Come on, he really did
well, that was a good gift.
00:48:36.24\00:48:37.58
You just got it.
No, it's not that...
00:48:37.61\00:48:38.95
You already have the
kingdom, you have everything.
00:48:38.98\00:48:41.98
Hmm.
00:48:42.02\00:48:43.39
So what should I do Lord?
00:48:43.42\00:48:44.75
Verse 33,
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.12
"Sell your possessions
00:48:46.15\00:48:49.79
and give to the poor.
00:48:49.82\00:48:52.59
Provide purses, and
wallets, and portfolios
00:48:52.63\00:48:55.80
and checking
accounts for yourselves
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.37
that will not wear out,
00:48:57.40\00:48:58.73
a treasure in
heaven that will never fail
00:48:58.77\00:49:01.70
where no thief comes
near and no moth destroys.
00:49:01.74\00:49:04.64
For where your treasure...
00:49:04.67\00:49:06.01
Let's read this
one out loud together.
00:49:06.04\00:49:07.38
We've known this
since Sabbath school days.
00:49:07.41\00:49:08.74
Let's do it out loud together.
00:49:08.78\00:49:10.11
"For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also."
00:49:10.15\00:49:14.52
So give, give, give.
00:49:14.55\00:49:20.39
I said like, I
said if there's a...
00:49:20.42\00:49:21.92
Can we make this hurt anymore?
00:49:21.96\00:49:23.49
Gabriel, what should I be doing?
00:49:23.53\00:49:24.86
Really
tightening the screws here.
00:49:24.89\00:49:26.23
No, that's not it at all.
00:49:26.26\00:49:30.13
When you're rich
toward God, your heart...
00:49:30.17\00:49:32.83
Look at this.
00:49:32.87\00:49:34.20
When you're rich toward God,
00:49:34.24\00:49:35.57
your heart is
like this with Him.
00:49:35.60\00:49:36.94
You know why?
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.31
Because God's already a giver,
00:49:38.34\00:49:39.67
He's the biggest
giver in the whole universe.
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.04
So when you give,
you and God go like this.
00:49:41.08\00:49:42.54
He said, man
we're this, you and me.
00:49:42.58\00:49:46.01
Why?
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.38
Because he said bank
of heaven, I gave it all.
00:49:47.42\00:49:49.98
Have given you
everything you have with joy.
00:49:50.02\00:49:53.19
I'm asking for
everything you have
00:49:53.22\00:49:54.76
back to Me with gratitude.
00:49:54.79\00:49:57.43
Is that a switch,
is that fair enough?
00:49:57.46\00:49:59.06
Fair enough.
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.43
We're gonna be like
this, you understand that,
00:50:00.46\00:50:01.80
we're gonna be
like this, you and me.
00:50:01.83\00:50:03.93
When you give, be just like God.
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.57
He loves?
00:50:05.60\00:50:06.94
Of course, He
loves it Why wouldn't He?
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.27
How do I give Jesus?
00:50:09.30\00:50:10.64
Well, give to the
poor who're all around you.
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.01
Come on, you got eyes,
use them, give to the poor.
00:50:12.04\00:50:14.71
Yeah, but Jesus, what about,
00:50:14.74\00:50:16.08
what else, the needs
that are in front of you,
00:50:16.11\00:50:18.01
there'll be
needs all around you,
00:50:18.05\00:50:19.38
just give, just keep
giving, you be like me.
00:50:19.41\00:50:23.62
Yeah, I don't know.
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.92
Dwight, I think
you're really pushing this.
00:50:25.95\00:50:27.92
And besides, can I just
talk to competently with you?
00:50:27.96\00:50:32.16
What right does He
have to ask this from me?
00:50:32.19\00:50:37.50
I mean, come on.
00:50:37.53\00:50:39.10
I earned it.
00:50:39.13\00:50:41.10
I spent months
building up this little kitty.
00:50:41.14\00:50:46.84
Now you're asking
me to give from it.
00:50:46.88\00:50:53.21
Well, we just read
Ed Gungor a moment ago.
00:50:53.25\00:50:56.18
I hate to keep repeating him,
00:50:56.22\00:50:58.02
but put them on the
screen that, those last lines.
00:50:58.05\00:51:00.26
"The arena of
giving is the only place
00:51:00.29\00:51:01.69
where exactly what's going
on in your heart is revealed.
00:51:01.72\00:51:04.36
According to Jesus,
giving keeps your heart
00:51:04.39\00:51:06.03
in motion toward God and
away from material things.
00:51:06.06\00:51:09.50
Your heart will follow
the direction of your giving."
00:51:09.53\00:51:14.44
You know what? Here's the truth.
00:51:14.47\00:51:16.57
This came...
00:51:16.60\00:51:18.17
We were producing
this and it came then
00:51:18.21\00:51:19.97
and we already had
this study guide printed,
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.48
I'm sorry, but this
slide I want you to get it.
00:51:21.51\00:51:23.51
Would you just
scribble it please?
00:51:23.55\00:51:24.88
Scribble it down
in your study guide.
00:51:24.91\00:51:26.25
This is the take
home line right here.
00:51:26.28\00:51:28.05
"The more you give,
the closer you grow."
00:51:28.08\00:51:32.42
That's why God's big on giving.
00:51:32.45\00:51:33.96
Because the more you give,
the closer you and God grow.
00:51:33.99\00:51:37.03
He doesn't need
your tiny little quarters
00:51:37.06\00:51:40.96
and dollar bills.
00:51:41.00\00:51:43.23
I own the whole place.
00:51:43.26\00:51:45.17
Now, when you
give, you become like Me,
00:51:45.20\00:51:48.47
and we go like this.
00:51:48.50\00:51:49.84
You and Me like this.
00:51:49.87\00:51:51.21
Man, we're like this.
00:51:51.24\00:51:52.57
Don't you let anything
keep you from being close to Me.
00:51:52.61\00:51:54.91
The only thing
that could make us
00:51:54.94\00:51:56.48
not be close to Him anymore
00:51:56.51\00:51:57.85
is when we quit giving.
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.81
And you know
when you quit giving
00:51:59.85\00:52:01.22
'cause giving a $1 to a
child that walks by and say,
00:52:01.25\00:52:03.35
Man, I did a great thing today.
00:52:03.39\00:52:06.62
You did a great thing,
but that's not the given.
00:52:06.65\00:52:10.13
That's not the given
Jesus is talking about.
00:52:10.16\00:52:12.59
Everybody can't
give the same amount,
00:52:12.63\00:52:13.96
I understand that.
00:52:14.00\00:52:15.33
But everybody can
sacrifice equally.
00:52:15.36\00:52:18.37
Can't we?
00:52:18.40\00:52:19.73
We can.
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.74
People say,
"Dwight, why do you even deal
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.37
with the subject of giving?
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.74
Do you know that
of all the subjects,
00:52:24.77\00:52:26.78
all the subjects
that Jesus taught on,
00:52:26.81\00:52:28.84
this is the most
predominant subject,
00:52:28.88\00:52:32.31
hands down or anything else.
00:52:32.35\00:52:33.68
He keeps going back to giving
00:52:33.72\00:52:35.05
and giving, and
giving, and giving.
00:52:35.08\00:52:36.42
Why?
00:52:36.45\00:52:37.79
Because it's the nerve,
00:52:37.82\00:52:39.15
it hit run straight to my heart,
00:52:39.19\00:52:40.52
it's the most sensitive nerve,
00:52:40.56\00:52:41.89
the nerve from
here to here is strong.
00:52:41.92\00:52:45.99
And when you tell me
that, when you threaten this,
00:52:46.03\00:52:48.90
my heart just kind
of start shriveling.
00:52:48.93\00:52:50.77
And when you threaten this more,
00:52:50.80\00:52:52.13
and my heart just
keeps shriveling, why?
00:52:52.17\00:52:53.84
Because this is how
you open your heart up,
00:52:53.87\00:52:55.80
this right here.
00:52:55.84\00:52:57.17
This is not very nice
00:52:57.21\00:52:58.54
to do this on television, is it?
00:52:58.57\00:53:02.14
I quit doing it.
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.61
But when you go from
here to your heart, that's it.
00:53:04.65\00:53:08.65
That's what
Jesus is talking about.
00:53:08.68\00:53:12.29
The more you give,
the closer you grow.
00:53:12.32\00:53:14.19
So the next time, now,
seriously, the next time,
00:53:14.22\00:53:16.52
here's my...
00:53:16.56\00:53:17.99
I suggest, the next
time you are alone with Jesus
00:53:18.03\00:53:20.13
and you'll be alone with
Jesus in just a few hours.
00:53:20.16\00:53:22.60
The next time
you're alone with Jesus,
00:53:22.63\00:53:24.27
here's what I want you to do.
00:53:24.30\00:53:25.63
I want you to ask
Jesus and He will comply.
00:53:25.67\00:53:28.37
I want you to ask Jesus,
Lord, show me Your hands.
00:53:28.40\00:53:30.77
All right.
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.14
Now, He's going
to do this with you.
00:53:32.17\00:53:33.51
So you have to reach
your hand out, both hands,
00:53:33.54\00:53:36.41
and you take His two
hands and you hold His two hands
00:53:36.44\00:53:39.48
and you look down
and don't look it,
00:53:39.51\00:53:40.88
don't look at the floor,
don't look at the ceiling.
00:53:40.92\00:53:42.78
You look at His hands.
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.15
And you'll notice
right near His wrist,
00:53:44.19\00:53:45.82
there's an ugly
purplish, pinkish,
00:53:45.85\00:53:48.59
grayish kind of
scar in both hands.
00:53:48.62\00:53:52.93
I want you to
look at those scars.
00:53:52.96\00:53:55.40
And then I want you
to look up into His face,
00:53:55.43\00:53:57.90
turn your eyes upon
Jesus and you ask Him,
00:53:57.93\00:54:00.07
"Lord, how can we
have those scars?"
00:54:00.10\00:54:05.11
And I promise
you, I promise you,
00:54:05.14\00:54:07.74
this will be His answer to you,
00:54:07.78\00:54:09.74
because I gave everything
I have for you, everything.
00:54:09.78\00:54:16.52
I gave it all,
00:54:16.55\00:54:18.02
if you've been the
only boy on this planet,
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I gave it all for you.
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Next time you're
alone with Jesus,
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you just do that.
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He will accommodate you.
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A century ago a writer captured
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this meaning of
Calvary so poignantly.
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I want to put the
words on the screen for you.
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"Let us surrender
ourselves a living sacrifice,
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and give our all to Jesus.
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It is His, we are
His purchased possession.
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Those who are
recipients of His grace,
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who contemplate
the cross of Calvary,
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the scarred
hands will not question
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concerning the proportion."
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Yeah, but I shouldn't be
having to give that much,
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but will feel
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that the richest
offering is all too meager,
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all disproportionate
to the great gift
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of the only-begotten
Son of the infinite God.
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Through self denial,
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the poorest
among us will find ways
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of obtaining
something to give back to God."
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The more you give,
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the more you give,
the closer you grow.
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So I want to say
to my younger friend,
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wherever she is right now.
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I want to say to her, girl,
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you want to
come back to college,
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and be in that dormitory room
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and give yourself a little talk.
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I suggest spare your breath.
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There's no need to do that.
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You need to stay in
this moment of time.
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You need to sit down with Jesus,
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you need to do this
hand thing with Jesus.
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And you ask Jesus to
help you give your way
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out of the life
you're in right now.
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Just start
giving, just start giving,
00:55:59.02\00:56:01.06
just start
giving, give your way out,
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it may not mean
changing your job,
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.59
it may not mean
reducing your income,
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but it will surely
mean from henceforth
00:56:07.83\00:56:10.47
that you are going
to be rich toward God,
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it means that.
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You just keep giving,
and giving, and giving.
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And that crisis,
that existential crisis
00:56:20.41\00:56:23.11
that you're suffering right now,
00:56:23.14\00:56:24.81
that crisis is gone.
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Why?
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Because you've turned
the attention off of you
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to the God who has
been rich toward you
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and now you are rich toward Him.
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It will go just like that.
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And by the way
the stresses that come
00:56:37.26\00:56:38.59
from not having enough money,
00:56:38.63\00:56:40.86
the stresses that come
from having too much money,
00:56:40.90\00:56:44.03
they're relieved the same way,
00:56:44.07\00:56:46.33
you just give,
and give, and give
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until God say, that's enough.
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You'll know, you'll know.
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Christ does know, not for you,
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because you are rich toward God.
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Think of the last
time someone said,
00:57:09.32\00:57:11.89
"I'm praying for you."
00:57:11.93\00:57:13.33
Didn't it give you a
sense of peace and reassurance
00:57:13.36\00:57:15.86
that somebody cares for me?
00:57:15.90\00:57:17.63
I know how I feel
when I get an e-mail
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.00
from one of our viewers saying,
00:57:19.03\00:57:20.37
"Yo, Dwight, I've been
praying for you lately."
00:57:20.40\00:57:22.34
There's nothing like knowing
someone is praying for you.
00:57:22.37\00:57:24.84
So I want to offer you
an opportunity to partner.
00:57:24.87\00:57:27.48
Let me, let us
partner with you in prayer.
00:57:27.51\00:57:29.84
If you have a
special prayer request
00:57:29.88\00:57:31.45
or a praise of thanksgiving
you'd like to share with us,
00:57:31.48\00:57:34.12
I'm inviting you to contact
one of our friendly chaplains.
00:57:34.15\00:57:37.02
It's simple to do.
00:57:37.05\00:57:38.39
You can call our
toll-free number 877,
00:57:38.42\00:57:40.29
the two words, HIS WILL.
00:57:40.32\00:57:41.79
877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:41.82\00:57:44.13
That friendly
voice that answers,
00:57:44.16\00:57:45.69
you tell him, you tell
her what your prayer need is,
00:57:45.73\00:57:48.76
we'll join with
you in that petition.
00:57:48.80\00:57:51.73
May the God who answers prayer
00:57:51.77\00:57:53.10
journey with you
these next few days
00:57:53.13\00:57:54.64
until we're right
back here together
00:57:54.67\00:57:56.30
again next time.
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