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>> Happy Sabbath. Welcome to
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Pioneer Memorial Church on this
faculty dedication, returning to
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the school year Sabbath, and I'd
like to ask you all to stand and
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join me in a word of
prayer. Our Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the opportunity
to take a break, to take a
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Sabbath, to think on You, to
worship You, to praise You, and
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we thank You for hearing our
praises, and we just ask that
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You give us that gift today of
opening our hearts and our minds
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to You, that we may both be
filled with Your messages and
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that You may be pleased with
what You hear from our hearts.
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In Your name we
pray, Amen. >> Amen.
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>> Stay standing.
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know, I was just thinking about,
as we start this new year, that
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we're all coming from different
places, we're coming from a
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break, for some of us, and
some of us are coming from very
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joyous experiences, and others
are coming from periods of
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sorrow, and there's only one
truth that we can really take
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from all of these situations, is
that we need to have our focus
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in the right place. It
seems to be the easiest
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thing, at least in my life --
It's the easiest thing and the
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hardest thing, to keep your
focus in the right place, and
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that is on your creator.
It's so easy to give over to the
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world's way and
say, "I'll solve it.
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Let me be the one to solve it."
But today, I ask you to open
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your hearts in prayer to God
with this hymn that He will be
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your vision. Let it
be your personal prayer.
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>> It is a beautiful thing, to
hear you pour your hearts out to
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God, and I ask you now to stand
with us as we prepare our hearts
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for prayer and sing about
standing on the promises, on the
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solid rock, on
Christ, our savior.
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>> Oh, good
morning, boys and girls.
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It's so nice to see you
on this beautiful Sabbath.
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This is our last Sabbath in the
Howard Performing Arts Center,
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and you've been so faithful.
You've been so careful.
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We haven't had one accident
on these stairs, and we were
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worried before we
began on May 11th.
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And it's just
nice to have you back.
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Next Sabbath, guess
where we're gonna be?
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>> PMC! >> PMC! Yep!
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Next Sabbath. And, in
fact, do you know why I
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know that? Because
something very special
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happened this week. Hey, sissy.
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Something very special happened
this week, and I need you to see
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it. We don't
often have videos for
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our children's story, but,
today, we have a little video.
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We'll put it up on
the screen. Now, lookit!
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Uh-oh! Time out.
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Those of you that are sitting
right here, I need you to pull,
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come out this way just a
little because you can't see the
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screen. We had to
do that in the first
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service, too. So,
yeah, you just come way out
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here. Then you can
turn around because
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all eyes are on the
screen. Pastor José, thank you.
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All eyes on the screen. And
let's see what happened this
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week. >> Yeah!
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>> Let's see what happened this
week that tells me we are going
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home next Sabbath, all right?
Can you see the screen now?
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Say yes if you
can see the screen.
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>> Yes! >> Yes!
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>> All right, here we go.
You girls up there can see the
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screen? Here we go! Oh, oh, oh!
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Look at that!
This is fast-motion.
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Oh! Do you know what that is?
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Some people call that a steeple.
Some people call it a cupola.
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There it goes!
Oh, oh, oh! Cupola!
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Oh, oh! >> What is it?
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>> A crane! >> It's
a crane, you're right.
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There's -- [ Laughter ]
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You got it right,
girl. It is a crane.
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But let's do it again.
Come on, let's play that again!
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We got to see that now. Oh!
Look at that big, heavy cupola.
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There it goes! Oh,
oh, oh! Move it, move it!
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Guys, over! Over,
just a little bit!
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Just a little
bit! Okay, now down!
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Down, down, down!
Careful, careful, careful,
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careful... Whoa! Turn it around.
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Good, good,
good. Oh! Quick, quick!
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As soon as it
gets down, bolt it up!
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Zip! Zip! Zip! Zip!
Zip! Got it in! It's in!
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Hallelujah. That's
why I know, boys and
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girls, that we're gonna be going
back this next Sabbath, because
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they put the
crown on the church!
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Do you know that
Jesus has a crown for you?
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And I have a crown right
here. Jesus has a crown for you,
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and I have two crowns, and I'm
wondering if there is a little
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boy that would like to
try one of these crowns on?
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Young man, come here. I
saw your hand go up first.
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And I wonder if there's a little
girl that wants to try this on.
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Oh! Oh, my
little granddaughter put
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her hand up, though.
So you girls come and --
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Come together. Come
on. No, you can -- come on.
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Come on, Junior. No,
no, you can come on up.
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Come on. Oh, my,
well, okay, we'll just
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do this. [ Laughs
] We'll just do this
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one at at time. You
have to hold it on your
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head, okay? Jesus
has a crown for you, and
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He has a crown for you, sissy,
and He has a crown for you,
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little Ella, and He has a crown
for you, big guy, and He has a
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crown for you, little
girl. Jesus has a crown.
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He says, "I will
give you a crown of life."
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Do you know who gets a crown?
Anybody who's won the war.
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Anybody who wins the
war gets to have a crown.
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[ Laughs ] That
means all the boys and
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girls that go to Heaven will
get a crown, that means all the
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mommies and daddies that go
to Heaven will get a crown, big
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people, little
people will get a crown.
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But there's one person that's
gonna get the biggest crown in
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the universe, and the most
beautiful crown, and who do you
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suppose that is? >> Jesus!
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>> That would be Jesus.
The Bible says that when Jesus
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comes, He comes
with many crowns.
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Do you know why He
gets the biggest crown?
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Because He won the
biggest battle, that's why.
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He's the biggest
victor. He is our winning king.
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And I have a feeling -- we'll
take all of the crowns off.
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We'll say, "Jesus, you can
have this right at Your feet."
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>> I can. We're so
glad that You won the
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big battle for us. Hey,
Izzie, nice to have you, as
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well. Would
somebody like to thank
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Jesus for being our
biggest battle winner?
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All right, sissy, I
saw your hand go up.
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Yep, you come right up here.
And how do they get over here?
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Oh, Uncle Dan, we got
to get that microphone.
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Okay, sissy, I was point
at you, so you come, too.
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Today's a day
of multiples, okay?
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All right. So we're
gonna pray -- Whoops!
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We're gonna pray, and I'm gonna
hold this up, and you just thank
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Jesus for being our big
winner. You want to start?
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Okay. Sissy? >> Dear
Lord, thank You for this
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day. Thank You
for everything You
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gave us. Bless us
for coming to church
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and worshipping Your
Lord. In Jesus' name, I pray.
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Amen. >> Amen. Amen!
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>> ¤ Take my
life, and let it be ¤
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¤ Consecrated, Lord, to Thee
¤ Take my hands, and let them
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move ¤ ¤ At the
impulse of Thy love
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¤ Take my hands,
and let them move ¤
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¤ At the impulse of Thy love ¤¤
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>> ¤ Take my
feet, and let them be ¤
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¤ Swift and beautiful for
Thee ¤ Take my voice, and let me
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sing ¤ ¤ Always,
only, for my King
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¤ Take my voice,
and let me sing ¤
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¤ Always, only, for my King ¤¤
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>> ¤ Take my
silver and my gold ¤
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¤ Not a mite would I withhold
¤ Take my moments and my days
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¤ Let them flow
in ceaseless praise ¤
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¤ Take my moments and
my days >> ¤ Let them flow
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in ceaseless praise
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in ceaseless praise ¤ ¤¤
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>> ¤ Take my will
and make it Thine ¤
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¤ It shall be no longer mine
¤ Take my heart, it is Thine
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own ¤ ¤ It shall
be Thy royal throne
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¤ Take my heart,
it is Thine own ¤
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>> ¤ It shall be
Thy royal throne ¤
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>> ¤ It shall be
Thy royal throne ¤
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>> Thank you, Charles
and Julie. Byron, Ken.
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"Take my will, take my
heart, and it shall be Thine."
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Royal throne. The
right prayer to pray today.
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Let's pray. Son of David,
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we call upon You
now. Take our lives.
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Take this new year,
even before it commences.
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Take it all. Teach us.
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Break through,
please. We pray in Your name.
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Amen. The fact of
the matter is, we're
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in a war, and I'm telling
you something, this battle is
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intensifying. I read
two books this summer.
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I am so intimidated by those two
books, that I'm gonna share them
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with you, hoping you'll
feel intimidated, as well.
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Book number one, put it
on the screen, Sarah Weise.
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She is a marketer.
Title of her book --
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"InstaBrain: The New Rules
for Marketing to Generation Z."
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Book number two, on the
screen. "Meet Generation Z:
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Understanding and Reaching
the New Post-Christian World."
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Written by James Emery White.
No relation to the library
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on the campus of
Andrews University.
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All right? Really,
the word "intimidated"
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is past-tense. I'm
bucked up now, and you will
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be, too. But what I
want to do is I want
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to go to these two writers who
have described Generation Z, and
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out of hundreds, really, of
factoids, I want to gather a few
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statistics. I'm
gonna run them by you.
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No study guide to fill them out.
You're not gonna jot numbers
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down. We're not
even gonna put them on
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the screen. You're
gonna have to take what
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the Spirit sticks on
the wall of your mind.
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Something's gonna stick.
You're gonna have an impression,
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I promise, by the
time this is through, okay?
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So let's start with Sarah Weise.
She's the secular marketer.
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She opens up by reminding
us Generation Z is born between
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1995 and 2006. In
other words, their ages right
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now are 13 to 24. So 13
-- that's Andrews Academy,
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okay? Then we get to undergrads,
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then we get to
graduate and seminary.
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13 to 24. Do you know this?
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51% of this planet
today is under the age of 25.
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>> Hmm! >> Over half!
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Gen Z. That's
what they're calling
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them. They grew
up with high-speed
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Internet in their homes,
98% of them have smartphones.
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Go figure. You
knew that, didn't you?
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85% of Gen Zs find out about new
products through social media.
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Gen Zs practice
what's called "Quick Flex."
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They use to say of
Gen X-ers, "multitasking."
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These guys don't
multitask, they "quick flex."
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They can take five screens on
their phone and simultaneously
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monitor all five -- a reddit
thread, Instagram, a YouTube
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video... Five of them.
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Their attention
span is 8 seconds.
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[ Laughter ] Goldfish
have an attention span
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of 9 seconds. [
Laughter continues ]
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Millennials have an attention
span of 12 seconds, but
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millennials could only
operate four screens at a time.
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I'm telling you, the technology
is driving the human race.
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Most spend 3 hours
a night on YouTube.
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Their big deal is DIY.
How many here know what "DIY"
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stands for? You have
to be a Gen Z to know.
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[ Laughter ]
Yeah, "Do It Yourself."
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That's their choice of
learning. DIY -- big deal.
00:25:43.84\00:25:48.28
The average 13- to 24-year-old
today checks social media -- get
00:25:48.28\00:25:54.12
this -- 100 times a
day. 100 times a day.
00:25:54.12\00:25:58.35
In the middle of your class.
Lots of times in your class.
00:25:58.35\00:26:02.22
[ Laughter ] Right?
00:26:02.22\00:26:04.53
I'm gonna put Sarah
Weise on the screen.
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.76
You need to let some of this
sink in visually into your soul.
00:26:06.76\00:26:09.93
Sarah Weise's
writing, "It is terrifying..."
00:26:09.93\00:26:14.17
"Just too much!
I don't want it."
00:26:58.05\00:27:02.08
They are categorically
sleep-deprived, especially among
00:27:02.08\00:27:04.92
females. Gen Z
and brand loyalty.
00:27:04.92\00:27:09.49
Oh, please listen to
this one very carefully.
00:27:09.49\00:27:11.79
"When they commit, it
is for these reasons."
00:27:11.79\00:27:14.10
Okay, why would they
commit to Andrews University?
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.63
It would be for
these reasons. Number one,
00:27:16.63\00:27:19.00
superior customer experience.
Number 2, brand aligns with the
00:27:19.00\00:27:25.07
consumer's personal values.
"I like that school because I
00:27:25.07\00:27:28.04
have the same
values." Number three, speed.
00:27:28.04\00:27:32.85
Faster checkout and
delivery and registration.
00:27:32.85\00:27:36.25
I just added "and registration,"
but you got the point.
00:27:36.25\00:27:39.82
All right. Number
4, family or friend
00:27:39.82\00:27:42.29
recommendation. I
had a dad with his Gen Z
00:27:42.29\00:27:44.46
sitting in my office this week.
He said, "I wanted all four of
00:27:44.46\00:27:47.10
my kids to come here.
Three of them went elsewhere,
00:27:47.10\00:27:49.26
I've finally taken the baby,
and I'm bringing him here."
00:27:49.26\00:27:51.67
This boy is here because his dad
is recommending, "You come to
00:27:51.67\00:27:56.27
Andrews University."
And, by the way, they're very
00:27:56.27\00:27:59.27
open to their parents'
recommendations when it comes to
00:27:59.27\00:28:01.94
finances. They're very open.
00:28:01.94\00:28:05.05
Physical health -- Uh-oh.
The first generation to have a
00:28:05.05\00:28:08.28
shorter life expectancy
than their parents due to
00:28:08.28\00:28:11.15
unprecedented childhood obesity.
This generation is nearly twice
00:28:11.15\00:28:14.52
as likely -- speaking of mental
health -- than millennials and
00:28:14.52\00:28:17.59
Gen X-ers to report mental
health as either "Fair" or
00:28:17.59\00:28:20.23
"Poor." More
likely to report having
00:28:20.23\00:28:22.13
received treatment or
therapy from a mental health
00:28:22.13\00:28:24.67
professional.
Today, Generation Z reports
00:28:24.67\00:28:27.24
higher levels of loneliness
and social isolation that
00:28:27.24\00:28:30.74
72-year-olds in
this nation. >> Oh, my...
00:28:30.74\00:28:33.88
>> More
isolation and loneliness.
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.48
Wow. Gen Z
learns at home, we just
00:28:36.48\00:28:39.25
discovered. Oh, no, no.
00:28:39.25\00:28:40.58
I need you -- I got
to run this one by you.
00:28:40.58\00:28:43.49
The number of teens who get
together with friends on a daily
00:28:43.49\00:28:47.29
basis dropped by more
than 40% from 2000 to 2015.
00:28:47.29\00:28:50.53
They're not connecting anymore.
Gen Z learns at home through
00:28:50.53\00:28:54.73
videos, but, at
school -- Listen, teacher.
00:28:54.73\00:28:56.60
At school, they long
for something different.
00:28:56.60\00:28:59.47
In-person activities -- this
is the marketer speaking -- with
00:28:59.47\00:29:03.24
classmates and
teachers, real connection.
00:29:03.24\00:29:05.87
6 in 10 Gen Z-ers cite in-person
team-based activities as their
00:29:05.87\00:29:09.71
preferred learning method.
"I can go at home and study
00:29:09.71\00:29:12.61
alone, I can DIY at home,
but when I come to your class, I
00:29:12.61\00:29:15.25
want to be with somebody
because I don't have people."
00:29:15.25\00:29:18.52
Mm. Second, our market's writing
00:29:18.52\00:29:22.89
monthly church attendance
has dropped over 20% since 1970,
00:29:22.89\00:29:25.59
ditto for less times
with friends from work.
00:29:25.59\00:29:27.76
They've gone from 2 1/2 hours a
week with their friends to under
00:29:27.76\00:29:30.67
1 hour a week now
with their friends.
00:29:30.67\00:29:32.53
And she writes, Sarah Weise,
"Imagine a student being unhappy
00:29:32.53\00:29:36.14
at school and having no
other community to turn to.
00:29:36.14\00:29:39.24
For many, that is a
reality." They go home, nothing.
00:29:39.24\00:29:45.65
Generation Z, they're
coming in nanoseconds to us at
00:29:45.65\00:29:50.15
Andrews University. Our
president, Andrea Luxton, in
00:29:50.15\00:29:54.29
her annual State of
the University address
00:29:54.29\00:29:57.56
this last week reminded us that
when we're clear on the "why"
00:29:57.56\00:30:02.00
for our existence, then we
better understand the "who" we
00:30:02.00\00:30:06.23
need to become to
deliver the "why."
00:30:06.23\00:30:09.10
And the "why" for
Andrews University's existence
00:30:09.10\00:30:11.87
is absolutely clear.
It's pasted everywhere on this
00:30:11.87\00:30:14.81
campus. Put it on
the screen, please.
00:30:14.81\00:30:17.01
"World Changers Made Here."
We believe that world-changers
00:30:17.01\00:30:20.48
are made. In other
words, we connect this
00:30:20.48\00:30:22.48
generation to Christ, and then
we send this generation out into
00:30:22.48\00:30:25.35
the world for Christ.
"World Changes Made Here."
00:30:25.35\00:30:31.39
But do you know who we're
supposed to be turning into
00:30:31.39\00:30:34.10
world-changers? The
people we just described.
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.00
These Gen Z-ers, your mission,
should you choose to accept it.
00:30:37.00\00:30:44.67
Wow. Let me take
the same factoids
00:30:44.67\00:30:48.88
now and watch another writer, a
Christian, slant the statistics.
00:30:48.88\00:30:53.95
Watch what he does
with it. James Emery White.
00:30:53.95\00:30:58.29
Radically different slant.
Put it on the screen, please.
00:30:58.29\00:31:00.22
His words...
00:31:00.22\00:31:02.16
"The most influential
generation in the West."
00:31:13.84\00:31:18.04
They're coming to us.
The first generation, by the
00:31:18.04\00:31:23.81
way, raised in a
post-Christian context.
00:31:23.81\00:31:25.78
Most of them still believe in
the existence of God -- 78% of
00:31:25.78\00:31:28.55
them. But listen to this --
00:31:28.55\00:31:29.95
Less than half of them attend
weekly religious services of any
00:31:29.95\00:31:32.69
kind, and only 8% would cite
a religious leader as a role
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.22
model. George
Barna makes his point
00:31:35.22\00:31:38.23
well. The younger
the generation, the
00:31:38.23\00:31:41.06
more post-Christian it is.
What's the next generation?
00:31:41.06\00:31:44.20
These little
kiddies that were up here.
00:31:44.20\00:31:45.93
If time should last, what
are they gonna be, Double A?
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.20
We've run out of
letters. [ Laughter ]
00:31:48.20\00:31:52.67
The younger the generation, the
more post-Christian they become.
00:31:52.67\00:31:57.48
Wow. Oh, boy.
00:31:57.48\00:32:00.48
Currently, teenagers spend
nearly 9 hours a day absorbing
00:32:00.48\00:32:05.39
media in all its
forms. 9 hours a day.
00:32:05.39\00:32:08.86
Leading Fedler, put
him on the screen, please.
00:32:08.86\00:32:12.06
The author of the
mass-media textbook, "Standard."
00:32:12.06\00:32:15.43
Fedler writing...
00:32:15.43\00:32:17.37
And you thought
it was you and me.
00:32:22.50\00:32:24.57
Nope! There is a
technology out there
00:32:24.57\00:32:28.11
now that is taking over
the education of an entire
00:32:28.11\00:32:31.51
generation. Oh, boy.
00:32:31.51\00:32:34.02
Keep reading, on the screen.
00:32:34.02\00:32:36.05
Here's a key point.
00:32:49.90\00:32:52.83
"If I accept it,
then I affirm it.
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.71
"If I accept it,
then I affirm it."
00:32:58.71\00:33:03.08
Hmm. The media. On
the screen, Eric Schmidt,
00:33:03.08\00:33:07.92
Jared Cohen, in their
book, "The New Digital Age."
00:33:07.92\00:33:11.59
Oh, this is unbelievable.
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.52
Just leave that on
the screen for a moment.
00:33:26.07\00:33:29.14
Anarchy. There are
no rules out there.
00:33:29.14\00:33:31.37
There's nobody
controlling that space.
00:33:31.37\00:33:33.24
It's just there. The
largest experiment in
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.34
anarchy in the
history of the human race.
00:33:36.34\00:33:39.38
He's got to be right.
No other generation has had
00:33:39.38\00:33:43.65
pornography so available in such
extremes at such a young age.
00:33:43.65\00:33:47.49
Think about that now. 70%
of all 18- to 34-year-olds
00:33:47.49\00:33:52.06
are regular
viewers of pornography.
00:33:52.06\00:33:54.93
White calls it "the
wallpaper of our lives."
00:33:54.93\00:33:58.33
There is a porn site that
has over 15.35 billion visits,
00:33:58.33\00:34:02.80
twice the population of Earth!
Generation Z, as he puts it,
00:34:02.80\00:34:11.45
lives in a
pornified world. Yeah.
00:34:11.45\00:34:17.02
We're in a war, and
the battle is intensifying.
00:34:17.02\00:34:23.02
The more teens are exposed
to sexual content in movies, the
00:34:23.02\00:34:26.56
earlier they started having sex,
and the likelier they were to
00:34:26.56\00:34:30.23
have casual, unprotected
sex. One last quotation.
00:34:30.23\00:34:33.27
Denny Burk, on the screen.
00:34:33.27\00:34:35.20
I had a little girl, a co-ed see
me on the last Sabbath of the
00:34:43.48\00:34:46.38
school year, just a few
weeks ago, and she said to me,
00:34:46.38\00:34:48.95
"Pastor, you
have to this new year.
00:34:48.95\00:34:50.75
You have to deal
with pornography.
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.75
It is pervasive. Boys and girls.
00:34:52.75\00:34:55.62
You cannot leave that out."
So we're gonna have a little
00:34:55.62\00:34:59.53
DIY -- Do It Yourself --
on pornography this fall.
00:34:59.53\00:35:03.60
We have a few of those
little DIYs wrapped in.
00:35:03.60\00:35:08.17
Keep reading.
00:35:08.17\00:35:10.44
End quote. When I
put those two books down
00:35:25.09\00:35:28.39
at the end of the summer,
I said to myself, "My Lord...
00:35:28.39\00:35:32.16
My Lord, we are in a
war." And by the nanosecond,
00:35:32.16\00:35:35.50
this battle is intensifying.
We can't just sit here and say,
00:35:35.50\00:35:41.90
"Wow, this is a little rural
campus, and we have problems.
00:35:41.90\00:35:45.14
We have filters on
our Internet anyway."
00:35:45.14\00:35:47.54
Psht! You got to
listen to the kids
00:35:47.54\00:35:50.41
laugh about
those filters. >> Yeah.
00:35:50.41\00:35:54.05
>> We're in a war. It's
not just about pornography.
00:35:54.05\00:35:56.79
It's about the
entire culture of life.
00:35:56.79\00:36:00.62
Gen Z, God bless
them. We desperately need --
00:36:00.62\00:36:05.23
Ladies and gentlemen, we
desperately need a generational
00:36:05.23\00:36:08.70
breakthrough. I want
you to go to one of the
00:36:08.70\00:36:11.00
short wars
recorded in Scripture.
00:36:11.00\00:36:12.57
It's the shortest
battle, I should say.
00:36:12.57\00:36:14.27
Open your Bible, please, to
First Chronicles, Chapter 14.
00:36:14.27\00:36:16.57
The shortest
battle in the Bible.
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.04
Look at this Scripture.
See if there's anything for us
00:36:18.04\00:36:21.01
on this day of new
beginnings, on the eve.
00:36:21.01\00:36:23.88
1 Chronicles,
Chapter 14. 1 Chronicles.
00:36:23.88\00:36:27.08
I'll be in the
NIV. You follow along.
00:36:27.08\00:36:30.39
Whatever you have. 1 Chronicles,
00:36:30.39\00:36:32.75
Chapter 14, Verse 8.
00:36:32.75\00:36:34.69
Two leadership lessons tucked
away in the opening story line
00:36:46.74\00:36:50.37
of this very short battle.
Leadership lesson number one --
00:36:50.37\00:36:55.34
Yep. The Philistines here --
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.22
"He's the new king.
"He's the new king of Israel!
00:37:01.22\00:37:03.82
We're gunning."
We're going for him because
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.96
every enemy knows that if you
can take the leader down, you
00:37:06.96\00:37:11.29
have the whole army.
Just take the leader down.
00:37:11.29\00:37:15.16
You say, "Oh, Dwight, whew,
I'm very glad because I am not a
00:37:15.16\00:37:18.80
leader." I beg to
differ with you, sir.
00:37:18.80\00:37:21.34
I happen to subscribe to
John Maxwell's definition of
00:37:21.34\00:37:23.57
leadership. Put it
on the screen, please.
00:37:23.57\00:37:26.07
If you have influence on
this planet, you are a leader.
00:37:30.58\00:37:33.55
If you have influence on
this campus, you are a leader.
00:37:33.55\00:37:36.02
I don't care where you
work. I don't care what you do.
00:37:36.02\00:37:38.45
If you touch a human life in
your play circle, in your work
00:37:38.45\00:37:41.49
circle, in your classroom
circle, in your dormitory
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.19
circle, in your family circle,
in your neighborhood circle.
00:37:44.19\00:37:47.23
If you have only you and you
have influence on you, you are a
00:37:47.23\00:37:50.10
leader. There's no ducking out.
00:37:50.10\00:37:54.94
We're all in this together.
And the enemy strategy is...
00:37:54.94\00:37:59.81
Gun for the leader
first. [ Exhales sharply ]
00:37:59.81\00:38:09.72
Leadership lesson number one --
if you're the leader, the enemy
00:38:09.72\00:38:11.79
is going for you.
Leadership lesson number two --
00:38:11.79\00:38:14.36
Because that's what
leaders do. They don't run.
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.86
They don't wimp out.
They're not gonna quit.
00:38:19.86\00:38:21.83
No. You go for the enemy.
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.37
Isn't that what David did?
"Hey, they're coming for me?
00:38:23.37\00:38:25.53
I'm going for them." We have to.
00:38:25.53\00:38:28.40
We can't sit here and wring our
hands over these statistics and
00:38:28.40\00:38:31.87
say, "Oh, my
Lord, isn't this awful?"
00:38:31.87\00:38:38.48
Jared Thurman, in
an astounding piece.
00:38:38.48\00:38:40.52
I'm a little surprised
that they published it.
00:38:40.52\00:38:42.85
I'm very grateful that
they did. My friends at the
00:38:42.85\00:38:45.19
Adventist Review. Jared
Thurman, this month, just
00:38:45.19\00:38:48.09
a few days ago, wrote a piece
entitled "The Church I Want to
00:38:48.09\00:38:52.23
Belong to is...Terrible."
Here are a snatch of words from
00:38:52.23\00:38:57.37
that, on the screen.
00:38:57.37\00:38:59.30
David could have run from the
enemy, but he ran to the enemy
00:39:20.56\00:39:24.13
because that's what leaders do.
We have to take it on together,
00:39:24.13\00:39:30.10
which means that whatever
happens this new year, we will
00:39:30.10\00:39:33.47
take the initiative.
We'll take the offensive.
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.30
We'll do it together.
We need a generational
00:39:36.30\00:39:39.61
breakthrough. That's the truth.
00:39:39.61\00:39:42.34
"How we gonna get it, Dwight?"
Well, just keep reading.
00:39:42.34\00:39:44.25
It's right here.
Pick it up in Verse 9.
00:39:44.25\00:39:47.75
Now, what's the mean, "Baal?"
We say "bael," but it's Baal.
00:40:19.98\00:40:22.95
It's the Canaanite phrase for --
a Canaanite word, rather -- for
00:40:22.95\00:40:26.15
"Lord" or "master."
"Perazim," as in the plural.
00:40:26.15\00:40:28.66
The "iam" is always plural
in the Hebrew, and so that means
00:40:28.66\00:40:31.23
breakthroughs.
He's the master of
00:40:31.23\00:40:32.83
breakthroughs. He's
the Lord of breakthroughs.
00:40:32.83\00:40:37.63
He's the God of breakthroughs.
In fact, let's drop the "Baal"
00:40:37.63\00:40:41.60
out because we don't
like that word anyway.
00:40:41.60\00:40:43.34
Let's call him Elohim Perazim.
00:40:43.34\00:40:46.04
Let me hear you
say "Elohim Perazim."
00:40:50.65\00:40:52.88
Elohim Perazim. It just
fits. Let's do it again.
00:40:52.88\00:40:56.35
Elohim Perazim. He's
the God of generational
00:40:56.35\00:41:01.56
breakthroughs. James
Emery White writes...
00:41:01.56\00:41:07.03
If you're gonna reach out to
Gen Z-ers, which we're gonna do
00:41:07.03\00:41:10.23
together, then there are two
realities you must immediately
00:41:10.23\00:41:13.37
understand, and here they are.
Lookit, he's talking about a
00:41:13.37\00:41:16.34
cross-section now.
Understand, there are huge
00:41:16.34\00:41:18.51
exceptions to this, but he says
these are two realities you got
00:41:18.51\00:41:21.38
to lock onto.
Reality number one, Gen Z-ers
00:41:21.38\00:41:24.08
are lost. Put his
words on the screen,
00:41:24.08\00:41:28.02
please.
00:41:28.02\00:41:29.45
End quote. All right?
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.76
Not your
children, you understand.
00:41:40.76\00:41:43.90
But a cross-section
of this generation.
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.10
Number one, they are
lost, and, number two, they are
00:41:46.10\00:41:49.40
leaderless. This
about broke my heart when I
00:41:49.40\00:41:51.94
read this. Watch this.
00:41:51.94\00:41:53.31
James Emery White again.
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.24
Now notice... That's
where my heart broke.
00:41:59.95\00:42:08.42
I said, "I can't believe
it." They have no mentors.
00:42:08.42\00:42:11.96
They have no one who cares.
They are so isolated by their
00:42:11.96\00:42:16.50
technology. They
are so isolated by the
00:42:16.50\00:42:19.03
medium itself, they
have nobody to turn to.
00:42:19.03\00:42:22.54
And they're coming
to us in nanoseconds.
00:42:22.54\00:42:27.71
No mentors. Are you serious?
Nobody that you can talk to?
00:42:27.71\00:42:32.71
Nobody that will pray
with you? Nobody that cares?
00:42:32.71\00:42:35.52
Nobody that will ask, "Hey,
how's your mom doing this week?"
00:42:35.52\00:42:39.72
Nobody knows! Oh,
they have hundreds,
00:42:39.72\00:42:45.13
thousands of friends in the
electronic world, but not a one
00:42:45.13\00:42:48.70
of them cares. [
Sighs ] God bless them.
00:42:48.70\00:42:57.14
"So what can I do, Dwight?
Come on, come on, come on.
00:42:57.14\00:42:59.71
Cut to the chase. Is
there anything we can do?"
00:42:59.71\00:43:02.08
Let me tell you
what I know, okay?
00:43:02.08\00:43:03.75
I'm gonna end with this.
This is personal testimony.
00:43:03.75\00:43:07.18
This last school year, I
met with a group of Gen Z-er
00:43:07.18\00:43:10.15
university students.
Every other week, almost all the
00:43:10.15\00:43:13.12
way through the school year
-- almost every other week --
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.26
and I called them
"The Collegiate Council."
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.76
Now, I had to really suck it up
to find out if these kids would
00:43:18.76\00:43:21.46
even sit down
with this old dude.
00:43:21.46\00:43:23.20
And so I asked them.
I was absolutely amazed,
00:43:23.20\00:43:27.84
delightfully,
that they said yes.
00:43:27.84\00:43:30.01
Now, a bunch of them said no,
but that's the risk you got to
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.34
take if you want to get a yes.
You got to be willing to take a
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.74
no. [ Laughter ]
00:43:34.74\00:43:36.48
So I got a bunch of
them. Multi-discipline,
00:43:36.48\00:43:40.22
multi-gender, multi range
of ages from a freshman to two
00:43:40.22\00:43:44.92
seniors, and I sat
with them every other week.
00:43:44.92\00:43:48.86
And I said, "What am I
gonna talk to these kids about?"
00:43:48.86\00:43:52.03
So, the first time they came in,
we just kind of all introduced
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.40
each other. So
they're all strangers,
00:43:54.40\00:43:55.93
and I'm a stranger. And
we're talking, and guess
00:43:55.93\00:43:58.53
what came up, on
their own? Mental health.
00:43:58.53\00:44:02.40
Mental health. They
started talking about their
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.57
own mental health, and I'm
thinking, "Man, I come from a
00:44:04.57\00:44:07.11
generation you don't bring
that stuff up in public at all."
00:44:07.11\00:44:09.74
[ Laughter ] Right?
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.08
They started
talking. So we get --
00:44:13.08\00:44:15.82
We go, two weeks later, Claudia
brought a little food, and that
00:44:15.82\00:44:19.25
always helps. So
there'd be snacks there,
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.69
they'd come,
5:00 in the afternoon.
00:44:21.69\00:44:23.79
We'd sit down
together. They'd eat, we'd talk.
00:44:23.79\00:44:27.76
Eventually, we got around to,
"Hey, how things going with you
00:44:27.76\00:44:30.70
and God? How do
you connect with God?"
00:44:30.70\00:44:34.20
It was no big
rocket-science question.
00:44:34.20\00:44:36.30
They got into it.
One of the kids said --
00:44:36.30\00:44:39.74
You know, I'll tell you a
little something about prayer.
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.31
I gave him a clip to a
video -- we got it online.
00:44:41.31\00:44:44.18
It's me talking about my
own prayer life, such as it is.
00:44:44.18\00:44:47.38
But I talk about it.
And, remember -- DIY, YouTube?
00:44:47.38\00:44:51.92
They like it. So he
took it and he showed it
00:44:51.92\00:44:54.32
to his girlfriend. She liked it.
00:44:54.32\00:44:55.56
They got together with a large
circle of friends on a Friday
00:44:55.56\00:44:58.19
night on this campus and they
played it for the whole circle.
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.96
He came back the next time, to
the meeting, and he brought his
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.53
girlfriend with him.
She joined our group.
00:45:02.53\00:45:04.53
They're all just
kind of like, "Wow."
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.67
It's nothing about me.
It's just something simple --
00:45:06.67\00:45:09.20
DIY! They were responding.
00:45:09.20\00:45:13.84
Now, look, if you got a better
way to do this, I'm sure you're
00:45:13.84\00:45:17.51
gonna find one, but...
This little group, this
00:45:17.51\00:45:21.22
collegiate council,
they decide they're gonna --
00:45:21.22\00:45:23.15
"Let's survey the campus.
Let's survey all the students!
00:45:23.15\00:45:25.39
So we got permission from
Student Life -- God bless you,
00:45:25.39\00:45:27.59
Student Life -- and they said,
"Yeah, you can do a survey."
00:45:27.59\00:45:29.92
They checked the survey out,
they said, "We'll send it out."
00:45:29.92\00:45:31.66
We got 319
responses from that survey.
00:45:31.66\00:45:34.20
Duane McBride said, "Dwight,
that is a great sample."
00:45:34.20\00:45:37.77
Do you know what the number-one
need of Andrews University
00:45:37.77\00:45:40.10
students, as
expressed in this survey is?
00:45:40.10\00:45:41.84
The number-one need -- "I
want to find a relationship
00:45:41.84\00:45:44.91
with God." The
number-one need of the
00:45:44.91\00:45:48.78
Gen Z-ers on our campus now --
"Show me a relationship, help me
00:45:48.78\00:45:53.92
find a
relationship with God." Wow.
00:45:53.92\00:46:00.16
Making World Changers. I
guess we kind of start with
00:46:00.16\00:46:05.23
God, don't we? My...
00:46:05.23\00:46:08.50
By the way, these
kids are coming back.
00:46:08.50\00:46:10.43
I can hardly wait for them to
get back because they're helping
00:46:10.43\00:46:13.30
me present the first three
sermons of the new year in our
00:46:13.30\00:46:15.97
newly renovated church,
and the title of the series is,
00:46:15.97\00:46:18.57
"Roommates, Bad
Dates, and Soulmates."
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.48
We're gonna talk
about relationships.
00:46:20.48\00:46:22.41
The number-one need of Gen Z,
the number-one need of the human
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.45
race. Listen, we
are all isolated by
00:46:25.45\00:46:27.35
technology today.
Let's not just say it's the
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.62
teens. All of us are isolated.
00:46:29.62\00:46:31.29
We're all
pulling this thing out.
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.05
We're all compartmentalized
and desperate for some human
00:46:33.05\00:46:37.79
connection. I think
the Lord's gonna bless a
00:46:37.79\00:46:41.96
very practical
how-to, DIY series.
00:46:41.96\00:46:44.63
I hope you'll be a part of it.
We're bringing friends to church
00:46:44.63\00:46:47.24
August 31. So please
bring your friends on
00:46:47.24\00:46:49.20
campus and off-campus
with you when you come.
00:46:49.20\00:46:52.77
But here's what I
found out. They're excited.
00:46:52.77\00:46:57.68
They're actually
eager to meet with you.
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.45
Do you remember a
few years ago, we shared
00:47:00.45\00:47:03.22
Christian Smith --
he's a sociologist at
00:47:03.22\00:47:05.92
Notre Dame University -- his
discovery that the kids this age
00:47:05.92\00:47:09.72
appreciate what's on
the screen right now.
00:47:09.72\00:47:12.53
Non-parental
adult spiritual mentors.
00:47:12.53\00:47:16.23
In other words,
these are parents.
00:47:16.23\00:47:18.87
They don't want
you to be their parent.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.84
They want you to be an adult.
Don't apologize for being an
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.71
adult. Don't be
intimidated by being an
00:47:23.71\00:47:25.51
adult. They like
you being an adult!
00:47:25.51\00:47:27.51
They want you to do
something spiritually for them.
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.88
Mentor them.
Lookit, you can do the same
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.98
thing in your
workplace where you work.
00:47:32.98\00:47:34.52
You got a bunch of student
employees in Planned Services.
00:47:34.52\00:47:36.62
Get those student
employees together.
00:47:36.62\00:47:38.09
"Hey, guys, I
want to meet with you."
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.65
Can you do it Wednesday
afternoon, Thursday afternoon?
00:47:39.65\00:47:42.29
When's the best
time? Let's just sit down."
00:47:42.29\00:47:44.46
You meet with
kids in your class.
00:47:44.46\00:47:45.93
Say, "I want to meet
with a bunch of you."
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.66
You call them out by
name, or you get to go to them
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.00
personally,
whatever. Sit down with them.
00:47:50.00\00:47:52.07
Don't be
intimidated by that circle.
00:47:52.07\00:47:54.10
They are wanting you
to begin to care for them.
00:47:54.10\00:47:59.04
Of course you have to earn it.
Of course you have to take time.
00:47:59.04\00:48:01.54
You're not gonna rush into
this, but you're gonna do fine.
00:48:01.54\00:48:05.05
You're gonna do splendidly.
You know what, God has been
00:48:05.05\00:48:08.38
waiting for this
generation all His life.
00:48:08.38\00:48:12.02
They finally got here.
Don't you suppose God has
00:48:12.02\00:48:16.36
already prepared a winning
breakthrough strategy to reach
00:48:16.36\00:48:20.56
these young? Do you
think he got caught by --
00:48:20.56\00:48:22.90
Oh, good night. Where'd
this Internet thing come
00:48:22.90\00:48:24.87
from? Gabriel,
why didn't you tell
00:48:24.87\00:48:26.37
me?" [ Laughter ]
00:48:26.37\00:48:29.17
Of course not. God's
been waiting for them all
00:48:29.17\00:48:32.87
His life, and now
that they're here...
00:48:32.87\00:48:34.81
And His strategy -- I'll
tell you what His strategy
00:48:34.81\00:48:37.28
is. Y-O-U.
00:48:37.28\00:48:40.35
Y-O-U and M-E.
That's the strategy.
00:48:40.35\00:48:44.62
Come on! Pull those kids in.
00:48:44.62\00:48:46.42
Pull them into your house.
Pull them into your office.
00:48:46.42\00:48:51.56
You know what, here at Pioneer,
we need to reactive -- I'm
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.13
absolutely convinced.
We need to reactive our
00:48:54.13\00:48:56.20
"Adopt A Student" Ministry.
When there was change in campus
00:48:56.20\00:48:58.50
ministry, it kind
of fell by the way.
00:48:58.50\00:48:59.90
We need to reactivate that.
You community people have an
00:48:59.90\00:49:03.10
immense gift to offer --
nonparental spiritual mentoring.
00:49:03.10\00:49:06.61
Just get five of
them to come over.
00:49:06.61\00:49:08.91
Let them bring
their own friends.
00:49:08.91\00:49:11.15
They'll be comfortable that
way. And you say, "Come over."
00:49:11.15\00:49:13.05
Of course you're gonna
feel a little stiff at first.
00:49:13.05\00:49:14.92
Don't worry about it.
You'll get over that stiffness
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.22
just like that.
You got to step out.
00:49:17.22\00:49:20.42
You got to take a
risk. That's what leaders do,
00:49:20.42\00:49:22.86
and you're a leader.
You got to take a risk.
00:49:22.86\00:49:27.60
And, guess what, God wins.
And, you know what, a friendship
00:49:27.60\00:49:31.63
with God, that'll be the
biggest breakthrough of all, the
00:49:31.63\00:49:34.77
number-one need
expressed in this university.
00:49:34.77\00:49:37.31
Oh, put that graphic
one more time, please.
00:49:37.31\00:49:38.94
Put that
graphic. I just love it.
00:49:38.94\00:49:40.24
Brittany Doyle, our
Graphic Designer Specialist,
00:49:40.24\00:49:42.58
she put this
together. Isn't that cool?
00:49:42.58\00:49:45.05
Look at that. Pow! Pow!
00:49:45.05\00:49:50.79
And it's red. You
know why it's red?
00:49:50.79\00:49:53.19
Because calvary is the greatest
breakthrough in the history of
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.79
the universe.
That's why it's red.
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.39
Pow! At the cross, Jesus broke
00:49:57.39\00:50:00.23
through. He
broke through the enemy
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.16
lines. He
shattered the hold of the
00:50:02.16\00:50:04.13
enemy on this
generation and on this planet.
00:50:04.13\00:50:06.50
>> Amen. >> I, if
I be lifted up, I'll
00:50:06.50\00:50:08.70
draw all people to
me, including Gen Z-ers."
00:50:08.70\00:50:11.21
Just before that line, he
says, "And now the prince of the
00:50:11.21\00:50:13.81
world..." Pow!
00:50:13.81\00:50:16.08
Pow! It's gone.
00:50:16.08\00:50:19.85
I've denuded him. Breakthrough.
00:50:19.85\00:50:24.52
We have nothing to fear
this new year, my friends.
00:50:24.52\00:50:28.26
This is God's year.
He set us up for success.
00:50:28.26\00:50:30.96
He has set us up
for this generation.
00:50:30.96\00:50:32.66
All he needs now is
you and me. Calvary. Pow!
00:50:32.66\00:50:40.60
And so, today, we do what we
just started to do last year.
00:50:40.60\00:50:45.17
We've been doing this with
the new students all the time.
00:50:45.17\00:50:47.28
Seems like all the time.
But last year, we did it for the
00:50:47.28\00:50:51.08
first time with the faculty
staff that are gathered in this
00:50:51.08\00:50:54.52
service. And,
today, I want to humbly
00:50:54.52\00:50:56.85
invite you, if you're a faculty
member of a staff member or an
00:50:56.85\00:51:00.49
administrative member
of Andrews University,
00:51:00.49\00:51:03.19
Andrews Academy, Ruth
Murdoch Elementary School...
00:51:03.19\00:51:06.16
If you're a teacher in private
school, if you're a teacher in
00:51:06.16\00:51:09.40
public school, if you're a
homeschool teacher, I want to
00:51:09.40\00:51:12.43
invite you today to make the
long journey from the end of the
00:51:12.43\00:51:15.70
balcony because you're gonna
have an opportunity to put your
00:51:15.70\00:51:18.91
name on the line. Some
of you did it last year,
00:51:18.91\00:51:21.61
and it's hanging proudly on
the wall of our church, and this
00:51:21.61\00:51:24.98
will soon join it. Breakthrough.
00:51:24.98\00:51:27.82
And by signing your name, you're
just saying, like I'm gonna do,
00:51:27.82\00:51:31.09
"Jesus, I'm just
asking for a breakthrough.
00:51:31.09\00:51:33.42
Use me any way you wish."
"Help to reach Generation Z.
00:51:33.42\00:51:36.73
Jesus, please,
just help me. Help me.
00:51:36.73\00:51:39.56
You do the
breakthrough. Just help me."
00:51:39.56\00:51:43.00
All right? So I'm
gonna ask you, without
00:51:43.00\00:51:45.27
any further fanfare, just get
to your feet, please, and come
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.97
forward. Our
pastors will have red pens
00:51:47.97\00:51:49.84
because the freshmen are
gonna do this Friday night.
00:51:49.84\00:51:52.24
I'm gonna talk to them, and
they'll use other colors so the
00:51:52.24\00:51:56.18
red will always be
leaders, and you're the leaders.
00:51:56.18\00:51:59.68
And so, lookit, it's a long
way from the balcony, but don't
00:51:59.68\00:52:02.42
worry about it. Jesus
is asking you, "Please,
00:52:02.42\00:52:06.09
ask Me to be Your
breakthrough." Come on down.
00:52:06.09\00:52:10.03
Stay up here while you
will. After you're through, our
00:52:10.03\00:52:13.03
president -- By the
way, when the last person
00:52:13.03\00:52:15.66
to sign, Andrea Luxton is gonna
step to the microphone and offer
00:52:15.66\00:52:19.23
a prayer of
dedication for all of us.
00:52:19.23\00:52:21.50
And I'm gonna call
you parents in a moment.
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.64
Don't you leave, parents.
I'm gonna call you to take a
00:52:23.64\00:52:26.21
stand. I'm gonna
call the leaders of
00:52:26.21\00:52:28.08
the church to take a stand.
But now, I'm gonna invite our
00:52:28.08\00:52:32.01
faculty, our administrators, our
staff, our teachers, public and
00:52:32.01\00:52:37.65
private, our
homeschool... Grab a red pen.
00:52:37.65\00:52:43.02
Take that pen, and
scribble your name.
00:52:43.02\00:52:46.53
And, you know, Chuck and Julie
sang such a beautiful song for
00:52:46.53\00:52:49.33
us a moment ago. We
need to sing those same
00:52:49.33\00:52:51.47
words, and so we're
gonna put the words to
00:52:51.47\00:52:53.54
"Take My Life and Let it Be,
Holy consecrated Lord to thee."
00:52:53.54\00:52:56.34
We're gonna put it on the
screen, and we're gonna just
00:52:56.34\00:52:59.61
sing. Give time
for your colleagues.
00:52:59.61\00:53:02.08
Come on down.
We're got plenty of time.
00:53:02.08\00:53:04.71
Plenty of time.
Let's sing together.
00:53:04.71\00:53:09.42
Don't stand. We'll
stand in dedication at the
00:53:09.42\00:53:11.25
end. ¤¤
00:53:11.25\00:53:22.63
¤¤ ¤¤
00:53:22.63\00:53:41.52
¤¤ ¤¤
00:53:41.52\00:54:00.44
¤¤ ¤¤
00:54:00.44\00:54:19.32
¤¤
00:54:19.32\00:54:28.63
>> We want God to do
a breakthrough for us.
00:54:31.20\00:54:34.80
Our church back at home, my life
right now, it doesn't matter.
00:54:34.80\00:54:38.21
I want to invite you, if you're
a worshipper here today and you
00:54:38.21\00:54:41.08
want to join us in this prayer
for breakthrough, just to stand
00:54:41.08\00:54:43.91
to your feet, as well.
So we're all standing at the
00:54:43.91\00:54:46.31
end. Would you stand, please?
00:54:46.31\00:54:51.29
God bless you. Our
president is going to lead
00:54:51.29\00:54:56.19
us now in a prayer dedication
for this breakthrough.
00:54:56.19\00:55:03.06
>> Our Lord and our God, we
have not signed our names today
00:55:03.06\00:55:10.81
likely or easily. And,
Lord, neither do we stand
00:55:10.81\00:55:16.01
other than with humility and a
recognition that if it were not
00:55:16.01\00:55:21.45
for your leadership, we
would not know what to do.
00:55:21.45\00:55:25.99
Those of us who are here on this
platform have chosen to bid this
00:55:25.99\00:55:33.29
university, work in education
and schools because we believe
00:55:33.29\00:55:40.10
in Christian education.
We believe that it can change
00:55:40.10\00:55:46.14
lives. But, Lord, we do that in
00:55:46.14\00:55:50.61
partnership with You because we
know that it is only as we keep
00:55:50.61\00:55:56.55
fixing our eyes on You and
listen to Your leadership that
00:55:56.55\00:56:02.06
we will know what to do.
We think of the challenges
00:56:02.06\00:56:07.60
ahead. We're
thankful for all the
00:56:07.60\00:56:10.47
students that are going to be
arriving on this campus and some
00:56:10.47\00:56:14.60
who are already here, and
we recognize that we are Your
00:56:14.60\00:56:20.14
agents to represent You to them.
Help us, Lord, to listen well,
00:56:20.14\00:56:28.38
to pray well, to act in a way
that represents Your character,
00:56:28.38\00:56:35.36
Your love, Your
goodness. May our commitment and
00:56:35.36\00:56:41.10
relationship to you be an
example which will lead them to
00:56:41.10\00:56:44.87
commitment and
relationship with You, also.
00:56:44.87\00:56:49.34
Bless us now, we pray,
Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.
00:56:49.34\00:56:53.91
>> Amen. ¤¤
00:56:53.91\00:57:03.65
>> We've been really blessed by
the financial support that comes
00:57:05.89\00:57:07.92
from our viewers, and we've
made a conscious decision not to
00:57:07.92\00:57:11.26
continually appeal
to you for that support.
00:57:11.26\00:57:14.30
The fact is, as everyone in the
industry will tell you, we're
00:57:14.30\00:57:17.47
needing to make constant
upgrades to our technology.
00:57:17.47\00:57:20.20
So if God has blessed you and
you'd like to further the work
00:57:20.20\00:57:22.90
of this ministry, we
invite you to partner with us.
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Not a single penny of
your donation will go to me.
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Every bit of your gift goes
to the mission of blessing your
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community and our world.
You can donate on our website,
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newperceptions.tv.
Or call the number.
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You know the
number -- 877-HIS-WILL.
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Again, that number is 877
-- the two words "HIS-WILL."
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And may the God who has blessed
you continue to pour into your
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life the gifts of
His joy and His hope.
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Thank you. And
I'm looking forward to
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seeing you, right
here, again, next time.
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