>> Good morning. Happy Sabbath.
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It is so great to come with
you to worship our God together,
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and today, we're going
to be celebrating a God
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who doesn't just live in
another realm and distance
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Himself from His creation,
but He gets involved, and
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He cares about
every aspect of our lives.
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So as we begin, let's pray
together. Father in Heaven, we
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thank you for caring about our
physical well-being, our mental
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health and our spiritual
connection with you, and we pray
that you will join us as we
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worship you, all for your glory.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Let's sing this
together. Praise Him.
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Let's sing that again.
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Sing with us.
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Isn't it great that God's love
never fails, that it never gives
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up on us? You know, we fail. We
give up. We mess up, for sure,
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but our God is always there to
take us back, and not only that,
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but He is who defines us. We're
not defined by our mistakes,
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even by all our choices. We are
defined by His immense love for
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us. We are defined by His
regard for us. We are who we are
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because it's what He says that
we are, and this morning we're
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talking about mental health this
morning, and there's just this
important foundation
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to lay our identity on, and that
is God's love and regard for us.
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I'd like to stand with
us as we continue singing.
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In my Father's house.
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I am chosen.
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I am.
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And our Father invites us to
come sit at his feet, and as we
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come to bring the things that
weigh us down to Him, he says,
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"My yoke is easy. My burden is
light. Let me help you. Let me
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carry some of that for you
because I love you because
you're my child." So as we're
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singing this last song, if
there's something that you want
to bring to His feet, join us at
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the front. >> Good morning, boys
and girls, on this first Sabbath
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of November. Nice to see you
here. G'day, that's what I
should be saying, g'day,
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because today's children's story
comes from one of my favorite
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story scouts who lives in
Australia now. Darish Yankovic,
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he saw this story. Oh, I'm so
glad he did. It's about a golden
retriever. What kind of an
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animal is a golden retriever?
Help me out. >> A dog.
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>> It's a dog. It's a big
dog. It's a beautiful dog.
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His name is Jake,
and the Atkinson family,
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oh, they loved their pet, Jake,
but Jake is very sad today.
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You know why he's sad?
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Because his sister, Molly, also
a golden retriever, died, and
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when somebody who is very dear
to you dies, it's a very sad
time, and Jake is just wandering
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around the house, and if he had
dogs tears, he'd be crying dog
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tears. He is so sad, and the
Atkinson family says, "Oh, this
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is terrible for that dog to
be so sad. Let's go buy another
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golden retriever. What do you
say, honey? Let's get one. Let's
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get a puppy," and so they went
out, and they bought a little,
tiny golden retriever named
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Addie, a little sister to join
big-brother Jake, and suddenly
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Jake with little Addie just
always nipping at his heel and
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grabbing his ear, suddenly Jake
is feeling good because he has
somebody traveling beside him,
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and soon Jake is back to his old
self, except, Uh-oh, they notice
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something is happening to Jake's
eyes. Something is going wrong
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with his eyes, and sure enough,
little Addie, his little sister,
she began to come up to Jake,
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and she would get right up
into his eyes. She would start
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licking his eyes. That
doesn't sound very fun at all.
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Something, Addie sensed, was
wrong. So they took Jake to a
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dog doctor, called a
veterinarian, and the
veterinarian looked at Jake's
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eyes. He said, "Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, I've seen this before. I'm
very sorry. There's nothing
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we can do to save the eyes.
We are going to have to take the
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eyes out." What? Yes! No!
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"We have to, or you're going
to lose your dog." Oh, so the
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family talked it over. They
said, "Okay, take Jake's eyes
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out." How would you like
somebody to take out your eyes?
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It would be bad. They took his
eyes out, and the doctor said
when he woke up -- Could he see
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anything? No, it's pitch-black,
but his tail was wagging because
he felt so much better.
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His eyes had quit producing
tears, and they had to take them
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out. Now Jake is in total
darkness. But when he gets back
to the house from the hospital,
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who comes right up to him? It's
little Addie. She is so excited
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to have her big brother back.
She said, "Jake, welcome home,"
and Jake said, "Listen, Addie,
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I can't see at all. It's
pitch-black. So you just lead
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me, and I'll follow where you
go." So Jake, the golden
retriever, has a seeing eye dog
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now, and the little seeing eye
dog is his sister, and she says,
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"Oh, watch out, those are the
stairs. Slow down. Good! Watch
out! Watch out for that corner,
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Jake," and she was helping Jake.
He's in darkness, but she's
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walking beside him and a big
help. And you know what? He
eventually got used
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to the whole house. He could
run. He can run now out in the
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yard because his little sister,
Addie, when he was in a time of
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terrible darkness, came right up
beside him and said, "I'm going
to stay close to you."
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I want to see a picture of Jake.
If you could just move over just
a little bit, Mama,
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I want to see a picture of Jake
and his sister, Addie. Now they
both have bow ties on,
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and I do want to compliment
those bow ties, but I want you
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to look at Jake. He's the one on
the right. You see, his eyes are
permanently closed.
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The eyeballs aren't there. So
it's just kind of sunken in, but
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it's Jake. "Jake, are you
upset?" "No," he says, "I'm not
upset because I have my sister,
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Addie, and I'm going to be
just fine." Oh. Thank you, Jake.
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Thank you, Addie. You know, who
else? I'm thinking of somebody
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who always walks with us, and
when it's dark, He really walks
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with us. Who am I thinking
of, I wonder? >> Jesus. >> I'm
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thinking of Jesus. He's a friend
in darkness. He's a friend in
light. He's always with us.
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And you know what He does?
Ooh, ooh! Sometimes He says --
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He picks another friend of His,
and He says, "I want you to go
that friend right there,
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and I want you to walk with that
little boy. I want you to walk
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with that little girl because
she's very lonely. She's very
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discouraged. She's very sad,"
and when we walk with people who
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are in darkness, it just brings
a new, fresh joy into their
hearts. Oh, thank you, Jesus.
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You never left us. You've always
been our very best friend.
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Who would like to thank Jesus
for us, and by thanking Jesus,
say, "Listen, Jesus,
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you stay with me"? Anybody?
With glasses, come on down here.
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Come on down here.
Yes, sir. Watch out, ladies,
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just let him through, and I got
a microphone for you. Here it
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is. And what's your
name? >> Nathan. >> Nathan.
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Hey. Let's pray
with Nathan, shall we?
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Nathan is going to thank Jesus
for being somebody who stays
with us all the time.
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Close your eyes, fold your
hands, and, Nathan, let's pray.
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>> Dear Jesus, thank you
for this day. Help us have a
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wonderful Sabbath and help us
follow Your word. In Jesus'
name, amen. >> Amen.
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Thank you, Nathan, for
that beautiful prayer. As you go
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quietly back to your seats, you
can say that, "Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you for staying with me
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whether it's dark or light.
I love you." Happy Sabbath.
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In fact, let's pray right now.
Father, well, we needed that
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prayer. And what's that promise?
Yea, though we walk through the
valley of the shadow.
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You're there. Wherever
we are right now, Father,
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You are here. Take these next
few moments, sensitive subject,
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let us hear what we need to
hear, make it clear, we pray. In
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Jesus' name, amen. It is a
sensitive subject. In fact, I
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want to pick up where we left
off with the children's story.
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When you're in darkness,
you really need somebody
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to walk beside you. You
need somebody to be there
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with you. So
earlier this semester,
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I'm sitting in a circle
of Gen-Z university students.
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All right? We're just
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sitting around talking,
and as it often happens,
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the topic shifts
to mental health.
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That's just the reality. It
shifts to mental health, and
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it's an energetic conversation
that we're having, and then one
of the guys says, "Hey, yo, yo."
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He said, "I want to tell
you something. Last year, winter
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semester, man," he said, "I went
into a bout of depression." I
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said, "No. You?" "Yeah, me." I
said, "Well, look at you now.
How'd you get out of it?"
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He said, "Somebody. God sent
somebody into my life," and he
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pointed. True story, he pointed
across the circle at a guy
sitting where I'm sitting,
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and he said, "He did it." I
said, "You're talking about your
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roommate?" He said, "Yeah." I
said, "What'd he do?" "He just
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prayed with me. He prayed with
me at night. He just kept
praying for me, and I'm here
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because of him." I said to
myself, "Wow, this Generation Z
not only knows about mental
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health crises, it also knows
about mental health solutions.
He really got that right,"
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and then we fell back into
the conversation about mental
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health, and another kid, I'm
telling you the truth, another
university guy said, "Yo."
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I said, "What's up with you?" He
said, "My friend, not just last
winter, my friend last year
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went into a huge and dark dive.
He didn't think he was going to
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make it." I said, "Well,
what'd you do for him?" He said,
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"I knew I had to do something.
So I said to him, 'Look, I know
what you're going through.
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Here's the deal. I want you to
meet me every day, and I'm going
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to meet you every day at the end
of the day, and I'm going to ask
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you one question, and you be
ready for the answer. "Look back
over today and tell me one good
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thing that happened to you."'"
Every day, this guy and his
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buddy met at the end of the day.
They're not even roommates. They
met at the end of the day,
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and he asked that one question,
"What one good thing happened to
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you today?" And do you know
what? Because that friend was
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traveling beside his friend in
darkness, that friend in
darkness eventually reached the
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light. >> Amen. >> Hallelujah.
I'm thinking to myself,
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with that second story, I said,
"Wow, this Generation Z, they
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not only know that they have a
mental health crisis going on,
but they have found a huge
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solution." It's really kind of
crazy when you think about it.
You take this generational
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spread, okay? Here's the human
race right now. This is the
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human race. Those incoming,
okay, massive mental health
crisis, they're saying, over
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depression, and what's so weird
is the incoming generation is
matched by the outgoing
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generation. Gen Zs matched by
baby boomers plus, they have
their own huge mental crisis
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going on. Over here, it's called
depression. Over here, it's
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called dementia, and it's going
on just as real on both sides,
and I'm thinking to myself,
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"That is a huge felt need in
this little university parish,
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and we can't go on without
dealing with this extremely
sensitive subject, and I'm
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really nervous about this
because I'm probably going to
blow it in some people's minds,
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and I'll make a mistake and say
the wrong thing." Please know
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that it comes from a heart that
loves this parish, and I'm on
the same spectrum, and I'm
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closer to down here, and I know
it. So let's do this, if you're
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okay with this. We'll deal with
both ends of the spectrum, and
everybody in between will get
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dealt with, but we'll do it this
way. Let's deal with the bad
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news first. All right? I'm the
kind of guy if you say, "Good
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news or bad news?" give me the
bad first. I just want the bad,
just get it out of the way.
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Then tell me the good.
So we'll do the same. Okay?
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Okay, bad news for Generation
Z. Generation Z is born between
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1995 and 2006, between 13 and 24
years of age. Most of our
college students right there,
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huge mental health crisis going
on. The American Psychological
Association just this last year
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came out with a report. I've got
the title of the report right
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here. It's called the "APA
Stress in America Generation Z
Survey." Here are some
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important statistics. Let me run
these by you. This is bad news,
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I understand. We'll get over it.
Okay, here are the opening words
to that APA report.
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Let's put them on
the screen. All right.
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"Headline issues,"
it's talking about the news.
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Okay? Gen Z is big on news.
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"Headline issues"
such as immigration,
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such as sexual assault,
"are causing significant stress
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among members of Generation Z,
those between ages 15 and 21."
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They really pushed the borders
in for their particular survey,
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"with mass shootings,"
talking about headlines,
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"with mass shooting topping
the list of stressful current
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events, according to the
'APA Report Stress in America:
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Generation Z'
released in October."
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Now here come
the stats. All right?
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Stats are on the
screen, and by the way,
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don't write these down
because you have a study guide,
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and everything is in
there. We'll get to the
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fill-in-the-blanks a
few moments from now,
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but here's the APA
stats. "This generation
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is significantly
more likely, 27 percent,
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than other generations,
including millennials,
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15 percent, and
Gen Zers, 13 percent,
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to report their mental
health as fair or poor,
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the survey found.
They are also more likely,
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37 percent, along with
millennials, 35 percent,
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to report that they have
received treatment or therapy
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from a mental health
professional, compared with
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26 percent of Gen Xers,
22 percent of baby boomers
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and 15 percent of older adults."
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Did you get that number? About
one in three of this generation
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describe their mental health as
fair to poor. In fact,
university freshmen
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across this nation, higher than
any entering class in the
history of universities,
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are indicating on university
surveys, "I have mental health
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issues." Now, listen, folks,
come on. Come on. Come on.
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I understand it's very easy for
me to stand up front and throw,
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toss around a few numbers, but
behind these numbers are very
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real people who attend this
university and who worship in
this university church.
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We're not dealing with some sort
of mental health theory. We're
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dealing with an existential
crisis that's going on at this
end of the entry to the human
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race. APA on the
screen again, "More than nine
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in 10 Gen-Z
adults." So these would be
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the twentysomethings.
"More than nine in 10 Gen-Z
00:27:16.56\00:27:19.63
adults, 91 percent,
said they have experienced
00:27:19.63\00:27:22.80
at least one
physical or emotional symptom
00:27:22.80\00:27:25.54
because of stress, such
as feeling depressed or sad,
00:27:25.54\00:27:30.48
58 percent, or lacking
interest, motivation or energy,
00:27:30.48\00:27:33.75
55 percent. Only
half of all Gen Zs
00:27:33.75\00:27:37.65
feel like they do
enough to manage their stress."
00:27:37.65\00:27:41.62
We got a mental health crisis
going on in a whole nation. Is
00:27:41.66\00:27:48.33
there any help? Is there any
hope? Are you kidding? We
wouldn't be in this.
00:27:48.33\00:27:50.40
If there were no help and
no hope, I would stay away from
00:27:50.40\00:27:53.54
this subject. I'd keep it away
with a 10-foot pole. Of course,
00:27:53.54\00:27:58.07
there's help. That's the bad
news down here. Let's deal with
the bad news up here, okay?
00:27:58.07\00:28:01.31
Make sure that everybody gets
bad news today. Okay, let's go
00:28:01.31\00:28:05.05
to the Alzheimer's Association.
Now remember, down here on the
generational spectrum,
00:28:05.05\00:28:09.82
it's depression. Down
here on the generational scale,
00:28:09.82\00:28:18.29
dementia, losing my mind. The
Alzheimer's Association, most
00:28:18.29\00:28:24.00
recent report, 5.6 million
Americans suffer from
Alzheimer's dementia right now,
00:28:24.00\00:28:31.24
right now. In fact, put this on
the screen. "By 2025, the number
00:28:31.27\00:28:35.08
of people age 65 and
older with Alzheimer's dementia
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.88
is projected to reach
7.1 million Americans,
00:28:37.88\00:28:42.28
almost a 27 percent increase
from the 5.6 million age
00:28:42.28\00:28:46.22
65 and older," today.
00:28:46.22\00:28:48.32
Wow. And then, by the
way, by 2050, listen to this,
00:28:48.36\00:28:52.09
"The number of people age 65 and
older with Alzheimer's dementia
may grow to a projected
00:28:52.09\00:28:56.46
13.8 million Americans." We're
talking about a mental health
crisis on both ends
00:28:56.46\00:29:03.71
of the spectrum, folks. How
could we possibly ignore this?
00:29:03.71\00:29:10.61
In a book that my friends Dwayne
and Lori Cofrig gave me the
00:29:10.61\00:29:13.65
other day, the title of the
book, "The Alzheimer's Solution:
A Breakthrough Program
00:29:13.65\00:29:17.59
to Prevent and Reverse the
Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at
00:29:17.59\00:29:22.99
Every Age," written by a
husband-and-wife team. They're
00:29:22.99\00:29:26.56
both MDs, Dean and Ayesha
Sherzai. They are the
codirectors of the Brain Health
00:29:26.56\00:29:31.83
and Alzheimer's Prevention
program at Loma Linda
University. From that book that
00:29:31.83\00:29:35.24
I'm reading three books on
Alzheimer's. I read three books
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.87
on Gen Zs. Now these words on
the screen from the
husband-and-wife team,
00:29:38.91\00:29:43.08
"While every chronic disease
you can think of is in decline,
00:29:43.08\00:29:47.88
deaths due to Alzheimer's
have increased nearly 87 percent
00:29:47.88\00:29:52.25
in the last decade.
The next decade could be
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.22
even worse. Ten
percent of people
00:29:55.22\00:29:57.36
over the age of 65 will
develop some form of dementia,
00:29:57.36\00:30:00.96
and people over the age of
85 have a 50 percent chance
00:30:00.96\00:30:05.00
of developing the disease.
Alzheimer's may, in fact,
00:30:05.00\00:30:09.10
be America's third most-deadly
disease, behind only heart
00:30:09.10\00:30:13.98
disease and cancer,"
and now comes this sentence,
00:30:13.98\00:30:16.64
"The question is no longer
if we will develop the disease
00:30:16.64\00:30:20.85
but when."
00:30:20.85\00:30:22.68
Well, have a nice day. You too.
I mean, please, did you have
00:30:22.72\00:30:27.99
to ruin our day? It's not a
question of when. No, no, it is
00:30:27.99\00:30:34.03
a question of when. I'm losing
it in front of you. This is bad.
00:30:34.03\00:30:40.20
Man, you like to do this
privately where nobody sees it
00:30:40.20\00:30:46.04
coming. Oh, it's not a question
of if. It's a question of when
this is going to happen to me.
00:30:46.04\00:30:53.31
Mercy, mercy, depression at
this end. Dementia at this end.
00:30:53.31\00:30:57.82
Is there any good news for any
of us somewhere along this strip
called the generation?
00:30:57.82\00:31:03.29
Yeah, there's great news, and
the great news is how God is
interfacing with us in this.
00:31:03.29\00:31:08.03
This is going to blow you out of
the water when you see this.
Now, you pull your study
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.70
guide out. Now, you pull it out
because I'm going to share three
00:31:10.70\00:31:14.17
parts of good news, three
good-news parts. You ready for
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.74
these? You don't have a study
guide, hold your hand up. Here
come these friendly
00:31:16.74\00:31:19.37
ushers your way. You got to
have this. There are three parts
00:31:19.37\00:31:22.21
of good news. You can get the
bad news. It's all there, but
00:31:22.21\00:31:25.25
we're not even filling in those
blanks. Here comes the good news
now. Hold your hand
00:31:25.25\00:31:28.45
up in the balcony.
Hold your hand up down here.
00:31:28.45\00:31:31.19
Those of you watching on
TV, we put it on the screen.
00:31:31.22\00:31:33.36
You see it there.
There's our website,
00:31:33.36\00:31:35.29
www.newperceptions.tv.
What's this about?
00:31:35.29\00:31:40.20
"A DIY," Gen-Zers
know, a "Do-It-Yourself Guide
00:31:40.20\00:31:43.70
to Better Mental
Health: Saving Your Sanity."
00:31:43.70\00:31:47.40
Saving your sanity.
00:31:47.40\00:31:49.10
"Is there any good news in
that, Dwight?" You bet there is.
00:31:49.14\00:31:52.21
You go to that website, click
onto that title. You'll have the
00:31:52.21\00:31:55.01
same study guide, all these
facts and now three parts of
good news. Here comes part
00:31:55.01\00:31:58.95
number one, good news, jot
it down. Our depression, Jesus
00:31:58.95\00:32:06.49
knows. All right? Our
depression, Jesus knows. Isaiah
53, Karen and I were just
00:32:06.49\00:32:14.10
repeating this, trying to repeat
it by memory last night in our
worship. Isaiah 53, it's the
00:32:14.10\00:32:17.03
great Messianic prophesy, the
Old Testament, verse 4. Put it
00:32:17.03\00:32:20.90
on the screen for us, please.
Isaiah 53:4, "Surely he" -- This
would be the Messiah.
00:32:20.90\00:32:25.21
This would be Christ. "Surely he
took up our" -- What's the next
00:32:25.21\00:32:28.31
word? He took up our what? He
took up our pain, okay? He took
00:32:28.31\00:32:33.08
up our pain, just get that in
your brain. He took up our pain.
00:32:33.08\00:32:36.82
And keep reading, and he bore
our what? He bore our suffering.
He is not septically
00:32:36.82\00:32:42.86
removed from the human race. He
is in the thick of it. He took
00:32:42.86\00:32:48.30
up our pain, and depression is
nothing but pain. We struggle
through that pain. We struggle
00:32:48.30\00:32:54.44
for the darkness to somehow be
relieved, and it doesn't seem to
00:32:54.44\00:32:58.71
ever leave us. He took up our
pain. "Oh, He wasn't depressed."
Oh, yes, He was, and I'm
00:32:58.71\00:33:01.74
going to prove it to you. In
fact, you know what? God knew
depression was coming
00:33:01.74\00:33:05.88
to the human race, and so one of
the Psalms, oh, it is so down.
00:33:05.88\00:33:10.52
It is so depressive that you
just got to kind of take a deep
00:33:10.52\00:33:13.69
breath before you begin reading
it. It's Psalm 88, Psalm 88.
00:33:13.69\00:33:19.03
Don't read it now. I'm going to
give you three verses: one at
the beginning, one at the middle
00:33:19.03\00:33:22.03
and one at the end. It's
filled with depressive language.
00:33:22.03\00:33:25.13
Watch this. So put it on
the screen please, Psalm 88:1.
00:33:25.13\00:33:29.37
"Lord, you are the God who saves
me." That's the only positive
00:33:29.37\00:33:34.48
line in the entire psalm.
You just saw it. That's it.
00:33:34.48\00:33:36.85
It's all downhill from here.
"You are the God who saves me."
I acknowledge that, but,
00:33:36.85\00:33:40.68
"Day and night, I cry out
to you." This is depressive
00:33:40.68\00:33:43.79
language. I am crying to you.
Obviously, you're not hearing
00:33:43.79\00:33:47.22
me. Go to the middle of this. Go
to the middle. Go to verse 14.
00:33:47.22\00:33:51.36
"Lord, why, why do you reject
me?" Oh, that's depressive
00:33:51.36\00:33:57.50
language. I've been rejected.
People are staying away from me.
00:33:57.50\00:34:01.14
Why do reject me? Keep reading.
"Why do you reject me and hide
your face from me?"
00:34:01.14\00:34:05.21
It's the language of depression.
Here's the last line of the
00:34:05.21\00:34:09.38
whole prayer, "You have taken
from me my friend and neighbor.
Darkness is my closest friend."
00:34:09.38\00:34:17.15
¤ Hello, darkness, my old
friend ¤ ¤ I've come to talk
00:34:17.15\00:34:23.12
with you again ¤ You got to be
a baby boomer to know that one.
00:34:23.12\00:34:29.30
Isn't that something? The psalm
ends with, "The only thing I can
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.23
talk to is darkness," because
that's depression. Everything is
00:34:32.23\00:34:37.31
dark. The great commentator on
the Psalms, Derek Kidner, he
writes -- You've got this
00:34:37.31\00:34:41.21
in your study guide. Speaking of
this psalm, "There is no sadder
00:34:41.21\00:34:45.48
prayer in the Psalter." That's
150 psalms, "with its witness
00:34:45.48\00:34:50.22
to the possibility of unrelieved
suffering as a believer's
earthly lot," end quote.
00:34:50.22\00:34:57.56
Some of us believe that if
you come to Jesus, this kind of
00:34:57.56\00:35:00.50
health and wealth gospel that's
going on out there, and people
00:35:00.50\00:35:02.60
are loving it. If you come to
Jesus, you'll never get
depressed. If you come to Jesus,
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.27
you will never suffer. If you
come to Jesus, there will be no
00:35:05.27\00:35:08.44
pain in your life. You're going
to buy your way out of it.
You're going to be on top
00:35:08.44\00:35:11.07
of the world. That is so
wrong, it just makes you sick.
00:35:11.07\00:35:17.41
No, you can be a close friend
to Jesus. In fact, you can be
00:35:17.41\00:35:20.55
Jesus and be depressed. Let me
show you this. This is amazing.
00:35:20.55\00:35:26.35
Talking about depression, do you
feel it now? Psalm 22, you'll
00:35:26.35\00:35:30.23
recognize the opening words.
David wrote the words, and it's
00:35:30.23\00:35:34.73
David's prayer, but there's only
one being in the universe that
this psalm could truly
00:35:34.73\00:35:38.30
be prayed authentically by, and
that's the Lord Jesus. Psalm 22
begins with the words,
00:35:38.30\00:35:44.61
"My God." How's it go?
"My God, why have you" what?
00:35:44.61\00:35:49.21
This is depressive language all
the way, halfway through, about
two-thirds of the way
00:35:49.21\00:35:53.28
through, and then it switches.
There's scholars who believe
that Jesus was actually
00:35:53.28\00:35:57.62
praying this entire psalm. In
fact, between services, someone
00:35:57.62\00:36:03.02
came to me, and they said, "Hey,
listen, you know, Jacob Milgrom,
the great Hebrew scholar
00:36:03.02\00:36:08.46
out in California, Berkeley, he
told Roy Gane this, 'You know
what's happening here
00:36:08.46\00:36:16.91
with Jesus on the cross? Jesus,
by quoting the first line of
00:36:16.91\00:36:22.28
Psalm 22, is telling everybody
nearby, "Listen, you want to
understand about life?
00:36:22.28\00:36:25.81
Read the entire Psalm. Just
read the Psalm."'" Scholars also
00:36:25.81\00:36:30.15
believe that Jesus prays the
rest of the psalm under His
breath. Is Jesus depressed on
00:36:30.15\00:36:36.32
the cross? Well, you've got
depressive language in this
opening line. Keep reading.
00:36:36.32\00:36:39.26
"My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me? Why are you so far
00:36:39.26\00:36:42.23
from saving me, so far from my
cries," depressive language and
00:36:42.23\00:36:46.17
anguish, depressive language.
"My God, I cry out by day, but
you do not answer by night."
00:36:46.17\00:36:51.27
"I find no rest." The oppression
has set in. He is in the grip of
00:36:51.27\00:36:55.34
it. Go down to verse 6. "I am a
worm and not a man." When you're
00:36:55.34\00:37:00.85
in the grip of darkness, you
feel zero worth. You're like a
00:37:00.85\00:37:06.55
worm. "I'm nobody. Nobody cares.
God doesn't care. My family
doesn't care. My friends don't
00:37:06.55\00:37:10.63
care. I'm all alone," and
too many people say, "I'm out of
00:37:10.63\00:37:14.63
here." Don't you ever go out of
here. There's somebody in this
00:37:14.63\00:37:19.53
universe that has been where you
are, and He will never leave you
00:37:19.53\00:37:25.34
or forsake you. He knows exactly
what's happening to you. He got
00:37:25.34\00:37:30.51
a mainline full concentration in
just hours, and by the way, He
was depressed in the garden of
00:37:30.51\00:37:35.25
Gethsemane. This is Calvary.
Watch this, the garden of
00:37:35.25\00:37:37.39
Gethsemane. I told you I'd
prove this to you. The book "The
00:37:37.39\00:37:39.85
Desire of Ages," I bet you never
saw this before. "Desire of
Ages" on the screen, the night
00:37:39.85\00:37:44.16
before Calvary, in the garden of
Gethsemane, "Christ's agony did
not cease, but His" --
00:37:44.16\00:37:48.53
What's the next word? But
His what? "But His depression
00:37:48.53\00:37:53.30
and discouragement left
him." He was depressed. He'll be
00:37:53.30\00:37:58.14
depressed again tomorrow on the
cross clearly. Psalm 22 is a
dead giveaway, but the
00:37:58.14\00:38:04.78
discouragement, the depression
left Him. "The storm had in
00:38:04.78\00:38:08.28
nowise abated." It's not gone,
"But He who was its object was
strengthened to meet its fury.
00:38:08.28\00:38:12.05
He came forth calm and serene."
A heavenly peace rested on His
bloodstained face in Gethsemane.
00:38:12.05\00:38:18.19
"He had borne that which no
human being could ever bear. He
00:38:18.19\00:38:22.73
had tasted the sufferings of
death for every man, woman and
child." He tasted it in
00:38:22.73\00:38:28.50
Gethsemane. Depression, he
tasted it. It'll be worse
tomorrow, Jesus. Our depression,
00:38:28.50\00:38:35.71
what did we just write down?
Jesus knows it. Yes, He does.
00:38:35.71\00:38:39.15
What about our dementia?
Does he know that too? You'll be
00:38:39.15\00:38:42.52
surprised. Watch this, write it
down. Good news part two, our
dementia: Jesus cares.
00:38:42.52\00:38:51.89
Consider these words of Jesus to
Peter, the last words Jesus will
ever speak to Peter.
00:38:51.89\00:38:58.57
They are these, John 21:18,
"Very truly I tell you." Amain,
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.80
amain -- that's what it is in
the Greek. So it's something
very significant being said
00:39:01.80\00:39:05.54
here. "Very truly I tell
you, when you were younger you
00:39:05.54\00:39:08.78
dressed yourself and went where
you wanted." But I'm telling
you, Peter, "When you are old,
00:39:08.78\00:39:13.62
you will stretch out your hands,
and someone else will dress you,
and someone else will lead you
00:39:13.62\00:39:20.69
where you do not want to go."
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.72
Ladies and gentlemen, that
is classic end-life dementia.
00:39:22.76\00:39:29.90
They're telling me I
should be eating this.
00:39:29.90\00:39:31.70
"Come on, Daddy,
open your mouth, eat this.
00:39:31.70\00:39:33.90
This is good for you."
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
00:39:33.90\00:39:35.37
Why are you
treating him like a kid?
00:39:35.37\00:39:41.64
End-of-life dementia,
they're going to dress you.
00:39:41.64\00:39:44.41
You can't dress yourself.
You don't even know how to put
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.38
on your socks
anymore. You can't decide,
00:39:46.38\00:39:48.75
"Today I want to go here,
and tonight I want to go there."
00:39:48.75\00:39:51.99
You can't make
any decisions, buddy.
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.69
We make the decisions here. Your
family is paying good money for
00:39:54.72\00:39:59.86
you to be here. Dementia, Jesus
is describing dementia, though
He's actually telling Peter how
00:39:59.86\00:40:04.43
he's going to die on a cross.
Don't tell me Jesus doesn't know
00:40:04.43\00:40:10.44
about dementia. What is
dementia? I like how Dr. Wes
Youngberg, a lifestyle medicine
00:40:10.44\00:40:15.01
specialist puts it, in his
fascinating new book "Memory
00:40:15.01\00:40:19.28
Makeover: How to Prevent
Alzheimer's and Reverse
Cognitive Decline in the Natural
00:40:19.28\00:40:23.45
Way." Now, Wes' dad, John
Youngberg, is a member of this
parish, and by the way,
00:40:23.45\00:40:27.06
there's a bulletin
insert in your bulletin today.
00:40:27.06\00:40:30.03
If you want to get more of where
Wes Youngberg is coming from,
00:40:30.06\00:40:32.66
just take a look at
that insert, but let's put
00:40:32.66\00:40:35.53
Youngberg on the
screen. I know Wes.
00:40:35.53\00:40:37.80
"I tend to think of dementia
as a temporary" -- I like that.
00:40:37.80\00:40:41.04
He didn't put permanent. He
said, "I tend to think of it
00:40:41.04\00:40:43.61
as a temporary
cognitive impairment
00:40:43.61\00:40:46.57
associated with recent exposures
to one of more dementogens."
00:40:46.57\00:40:50.88
Well, what are dementogens?
Dementogens are substances
00:40:50.88\00:40:53.62
linked to dementia.
They cause dementia.
00:40:53.62\00:40:55.92
So he says, "I like to
think of it as a temporary
00:40:55.92\00:40:58.52
cognitive impairment.
One or more dementogens
00:40:58.52\00:41:00.69
that collectively
cross a threshold level,
00:41:00.69\00:41:03.26
leading to decreased
functionality in judgment,
00:41:03.26\00:41:06.03
communication, organization
and the normal functions
00:41:06.03\00:41:08.56
of daily living."
00:41:08.56\00:41:10.13
That's what dementia is, and not
a baby boomer alive is looking
00:41:10.17\00:41:14.30
forward to that. We don't want
that. Now I'm hitting the pause
00:41:14.30\00:41:19.34
button. Time-out. Time-out.
Time-out. Time-out. I'm hitting
00:41:19.34\00:41:21.91
the pause button right here.
This is going to feel like it
was totally inserted.
00:41:21.91\00:41:25.21
Guess what? It was. I
have nowhere else to use this.
00:41:25.21\00:41:29.32
So I'm using it right now with
you because listen to this very
00:41:29.32\00:41:35.02
carefully. If you're down here,
listen to this very carefully
because I'm going to now insert
00:41:35.02\00:41:40.46
a dementogen, the substance
linked to dementia, that you are
00:41:40.46\00:41:45.00
going to have to seriously
consider eliminating from your
diet now. This is out of the
00:41:45.00\00:41:54.98
blue, but I got to insert it.
I'm going to go back to doctors
Dean and Ayesha Sherzai.
00:41:54.98\00:42:00.32
They call it the poison of the
21st century, the poison. "What
are you talking about,
00:42:00.32\00:42:06.52
Dwight?" I'm talking
about bad news. Here it comes.
00:42:06.52\00:42:11.53
"If we had to name a single food
that plays the biggest role in
00:42:11.53\00:42:17.33
the development and progression
of Alzheimer's, it would be
sugar." I'm so sad to have to
00:42:17.33\00:42:23.57
announce that. It breaks
my heart, for me, not for you.
00:42:23.57\00:42:30.21
It would have to be sugar.
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.11
Keep reading.
"Sugar is one of the most
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.12
destructive
compounds we can ingest,
00:42:34.12\00:42:36.75
and we are consuming more of
it now than at any other point
00:42:36.75\00:42:39.55
in human history."
00:42:39.55\00:42:41.29
In 1900, Americans consumed
5 pounds of sugar a year per
00:42:41.32\00:42:47.40
American. Guess what? In 2010,
Americans consumed 190 pounds of
00:42:47.40\00:42:51.87
sugar per American, per
American. We have been weaned on
sugar, and we didn't know it.
00:42:51.87\00:43:02.01
Mercy. It's
everywhere. By the way,
00:43:02.01\00:43:06.05
let me put these words because
the food industry has pulled a
00:43:06.05\00:43:11.09
big one on us. I'm just going to
tell you the truth. You want to
talk about justice?
00:43:11.09\00:43:15.02
They don't want us to see sugar
on the labels anymore because
they know we're getting
00:43:15.02\00:43:17.99
smart on this sugar thing.
00:43:17.99\00:43:19.89
Watch this on the
screen, from the same book.
00:43:19.93\00:43:22.16
"Sugar is the foundation
of the standard American diet,
00:43:22.16\00:43:24.87
disguised as high-fructose
corn syrup, crystal dextrose,
00:43:24.87\00:43:30.37
sucrose and many other
scientific-sounding names."
00:43:30.37\00:43:33.81
It's all sugar.
00:43:33.81\00:43:36.04
It's all sugar, but they don't
want us to know it's sugar. You
00:43:36.08\00:43:40.65
know why? Because it keeps us
going back to buy that stuff.
The fast food, junk food: It's
00:43:40.65\00:43:46.15
all sugar. They don't want us to
know it, and now we're reaping.
00:43:46.15\00:43:51.23
We've sown the wind, and we're
reaping the whirlwind with this
generation and dementia,
00:43:51.23\00:43:55.90
early onset dementia now coming
to a neighborhood near you. My,
00:43:55.90\00:44:04.47
my, my, my, my, it's everywhere.
Did I say that? Pasta.
00:44:04.47\00:44:08.68
"No, come on,
Dwight." Italiano. No, pasta.
00:44:08.68\00:44:12.48
Pasta sauce, yogurt, salad
dressing, granola bars,
coleslaw, potato salad,
00:44:12.48\00:44:19.75
my favorite because some of you
have a wonderful recipe, we put
00:44:19.75\00:44:23.53
just a little. "It's not
that much sugar, Dwight." Potato
00:44:23.53\00:44:31.10
salad, pizza, even ketchup. I've
gone crazy. I'm driving Karen
00:44:31.10\00:44:35.84
crazy because I'm checking every
label that she brings home.
"Hey, hey, yo, yo, yo,
00:44:35.84\00:44:39.81
did you see this?" Oh, my, but
do you know what? We laugh it
00:44:39.81\00:44:48.98
off. Some day, you'll thank me.
You're going to have to start
checking those labels.
00:44:48.98\00:44:55.49
That's the point, guys. You have
to check at what it is you're
00:44:55.49\00:45:00.23
eating. Evidence is so great. I
don't eat meat, but I hog off. I
hog up on cheese and sugar,
00:45:00.23\00:45:08.90
two killers. I should
have stuck to smoking and meat.
00:45:08.90\00:45:15.71
Breakfast cereals, do you know
what you're feeding your kids?
Have you ever looked at one
00:45:19.91\00:45:24.92
of those boxes, the
little panel on the side? Sugar,
00:45:24.92\00:45:32.26
unbelievable. Is that there's no
need to even say a word about
ice cream and candy and fudge
00:45:32.26\00:45:40.34
and chocolate chip cookies
and desserts of every delectable
00:45:40.34\00:45:43.77
color and taste? We are addicted
to sugar. I'm sorry to ruin your
day, but it's true.
00:45:43.77\00:45:48.54
We're addicted to it, but here's
the very good news, good news,
00:45:48.54\00:45:52.88
good news. We can become
unaddicted to sugar. You just
00:45:52.88\00:45:57.09
quit eating it. You will lose
your taste for sugar. That's
what they're telling me.
00:45:57.09\00:46:01.82
You will lose your taste for
sugar. You got to hang in there.
00:46:06.49\00:46:13.20
Can I talk to Jesus about it?
You sure may. In fact, I
recommend you talk to
00:46:13.20\00:46:16.84
Jesus, just heart-to-heart you
and Jesus, and have a real
conversation about,
00:46:16.84\00:46:20.98
"I need strength because this is
killing me." Guys, what's good
00:46:20.98\00:46:27.92
for you He wants. Is there
sugar in fruit? Of course, it's
00:46:27.92\00:46:31.32
natural sugar. It's the refined
sugar that's killing us, killing
us. There's another book.
00:46:31.32\00:46:35.72
I got to tell you about it. It's
written by Dr. Dale Bredesen.
00:46:35.72\00:46:40.13
Oh, a great title, listen to
this, "The End of Alzheimer's:
00:46:40.13\00:46:42.60
The First Program to Prevent and
Reverse Cognitive Decline," who,
00:46:42.60\00:46:46.74
by the way, he endorses
Youngberg's book. So I have
three books. This guy endorses
00:46:46.74\00:46:52.97
Wes' book. He, too -- Wes
has a chapter in his book called
00:46:52.97\00:46:56.91
"Sugarholic." Okay?
But here is Berdesen --
00:46:56.91\00:47:01.22
Bredesen, sorry, on the screen.
00:47:01.25\00:47:02.08
"Chronic inflammation"
-- The brackets are mine.
00:47:03.25\00:47:06.19
This is the body's response to
what it perceives is an attack.
00:47:06.19\00:47:09.06
All right? So it inflames.
00:47:09.06\00:47:10.86
"Chronic inflammation can
arise when we regularly ingest
00:47:10.86\00:47:14.23
inflammation-triggering
foods, such as sugar.
00:47:14.23\00:47:17.70
Sugar is like
fire, a source of energy,
00:47:17.70\00:47:19.90
but very dangerous. Our bodies
recognize sugar as poisonous,
00:47:19.90\00:47:23.71
and therefore rapidly
activate multiple mechanisms
00:47:23.71\00:47:26.17
to reduce its concentration
in our blood tissues."
00:47:26.17\00:47:29.38
Do you know that they are
now calling Alzheimer's disease
00:47:29.41\00:47:35.58
diabetes 3? Everybody here,
there are people who have
diabetes 1. There are people
00:47:35.58\00:47:38.69
who have diabetes 2. They are
now calling Alzheimer's number 3
00:47:38.69\00:47:41.86
because it behaves the same way.
Sugar, heavy sugar intake into
00:47:41.86\00:47:45.43
the system, and when you have
heavy sugar intake, the body
goes immediately into
00:47:45.43\00:47:48.80
action producing insulin because
it has to counteract what you're
00:47:48.80\00:47:53.50
doing. There's an enzyme that
helps break down this insulin,
and it's called IDE,
00:47:53.50\00:48:00.08
insulin degrading enzyme. So
the moment that sugar comes in,
00:48:00.08\00:48:06.82
and we get this insulin spike.
IDE goes to work, says, "I can
00:48:06.82\00:48:11.25
handle this. I can handle this,"
and begins to immediately start
working, break it down,
00:48:11.25\00:48:14.89
break it down, break it down,
too much, too much in the blood,
too much, too much, too much.
00:48:14.89\00:48:18.06
But the problem is -- Now
this is the killer. IDE is also
00:48:18.06\00:48:24.10
critical in the destruction of
amyloid plaque. Amyloid plaque
is what's produced in the brain
00:48:24.10\00:48:28.70
that causes Alzheimer's.
IDE works on amyloid plaque and
00:48:28.70\00:48:33.14
insulin, but if you've got this
big sugar high going all day
long, IDE is over here.
00:48:33.14\00:48:39.05
It's like having a fire in North
Berrien Springs, and the whole
00:48:39.05\00:48:43.89
fire department, and then we get
a fire in South Berrien Springs.
We got a fire going over here.
00:48:43.89\00:48:47.46
That's too bad. We got to
stay with this. We can't go.
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.53
IDE has to divide its energies
now because of the high sugar
00:48:50.53\00:48:56.26
intake, and so amyloid plaque
just quietly gets produced,
leading to dementia and disease.
00:48:56.26\00:49:04.77
We've totally thrown the system
by our addiction to sugar, and
the body says, "What are
00:49:04.77\00:49:11.05
we supposed to do now?" Three
books, all of them unequivocal
00:49:11.05\00:49:16.32
in their warning against sugar,
and if you're serious about
00:49:16.32\00:49:19.52
mental health and the avoidance
of dementia, you have to
seriously consider how to reduce
00:49:19.52\00:49:23.96
refined sugar from your diet,
period. Now, look, if you'd like
somebody that really knows
00:49:23.96\00:49:28.60
what they're talking about to
stand in front of us, somebody
that knows sugar and
00:49:28.60\00:49:32.03
nutrition and healthy lifestyle,
if you'd be interested in that,
on our Connect card,
00:49:32.03\00:49:36.94
you'll have a chance to put a
little check mark there, and if
I get enough check marks,
00:49:36.94\00:49:39.31
then I'm going to say, "Hey, we
got to have somebody come in.
There's a real interest here."
00:49:39.31\00:49:43.45
All right? Does Jesus
care about our dementia?
00:49:43.45\00:49:46.11
Of course He does. Whether our
diet caused our dementia, our
00:49:46.11\00:49:49.82
genes caused it, nature caused
it, He care about our dementia,
but Jesus cannot do
00:49:49.82\00:49:54.52
what only you and I can do.
He can't remove sugar from your
00:49:54.52\00:49:58.66
table. He can't remove sugar
from your cupboard. He can't
00:49:58.66\00:50:01.46
remove sugar from your desserts.
He can't remove sugar from your
00:50:01.46\00:50:04.67
fast food breaks. He just can't
remove the sugar. You go there.
00:50:04.67\00:50:08.20
You want it. You get it. We got
to help Jesus. We have to help
00:50:08.20\00:50:15.01
him. Does that make sense?
00:50:15.01\00:50:16.54
Our depression, our dementia,
but here comes good news part
00:50:21.12\00:50:24.32
three. I'm telling you this is
really good news now because we
00:50:24.32\00:50:27.42
have -- What do we have?
Our depression, Jesus knows.
00:50:27.42\00:50:30.36
Our dementia, Jesus cares,
and now finally, jot it down,
00:50:30.39\00:50:32.79
our dependence, Jesus invites.
That's what He's asking.
00:50:32.79\00:50:36.23
He's like, "Come on, I
want you to depend on Me."
00:50:36.23\00:50:39.33
Whether you're a
Gen Z or a millennial,
00:50:39.33\00:50:40.80
Gen Z or a baby
boomer plus all the way down,
00:50:40.80\00:50:45.61
the most profound
secret to mental health
00:50:45.61\00:50:48.18
is found in the seven-word credo
that Jesus Himself lived by.
00:50:48.18\00:50:52.75
Let's put it on the screen,
Hebrews 2:13. Read it out loud
00:50:52.78\00:50:57.02
with me. "I will put my trust in
him," seven words. "You can
trust me," Jesus says,
00:50:57.02\00:51:07.66
"with your depression. You can
trust me with your dementia. You
00:51:07.66\00:51:12.47
can trust me. I'm not going
anywhere. I will be with you
00:51:12.47\00:51:19.01
through it all." The classic
ministry of healing on the
screen. This is great, oh, my.
00:51:19.01\00:51:22.88
"If in our ignorance we
made missteps." Oh, mercy, Lord,
00:51:22.88\00:51:26.05
we made missteps. We
didn't know. We didn't know.
00:51:26.05\00:51:28.22
Nobody told us. "If in our
ignorance we make missteps and
00:51:28.22\00:51:32.62
mistakes, the Savior does
not forsake us." Hallelujah. "We
00:51:32.62\00:51:36.32
need never feel that
we are alone." Praise God.
00:51:36.32\00:51:38.36
"Angels are our
companions." God be praised.
00:51:38.36\00:51:42.16
The comforter, the holy spirit
that Jesus "promised to send in
00:51:42.16\00:51:44.67
His name abides with
us." And here comes a line
00:51:44.67\00:51:47.94
you never saw before,
"Those who suffer most have
00:51:47.94\00:51:51.81
most of Jesus' sympathy." I
want you to circle that in your
00:51:51.81\00:51:57.21
little study guide because you
didn't have to fill it in. Those
who suffer most receive
00:51:57.21\00:52:02.58
most of Jesus' pity and
sympathy. Isn't that amazing?
00:52:02.58\00:52:08.62
Some of you going through a dark
depression right now. You're not
00:52:08.62\00:52:12.83
even outside of your house.
You're not even outside of your
00:52:12.83\00:52:15.10
dorm room. You're just watching
this because you don't like
showing up around people because
00:52:15.10\00:52:19.63
everybody else seems happy.
Nobody understands the darkness
00:52:19.63\00:52:25.41
you live under. I want you to
know there is somebody who
understands, who Himself was
00:52:25.41\00:52:30.81
depressed and who says to you,
"I don't care what's happening
00:52:30.81\00:52:34.12
to you, girl. I don't care
what's happening to you, boy.
I'm with you. I'll get you
00:52:34.12\00:52:38.62
through this. I will. I promise
you. I'll get you through this."
Most of His sympathy goes to
00:52:38.62\00:52:44.89
who suffer most. Isn't that
great? Most of it goes to those
00:52:44.89\00:52:50.20
who suffer most, and
maybe you today, my friend.
00:52:50.20\00:52:54.00
"Those who suffer most have
most of His sympathy and pity.
00:52:54.04\00:52:56.50
He is touched with the
feeling of our infirmities,
00:52:56.50\00:52:58.91
and He desires us to lay
our perplexities and troubles at
00:52:58.91\00:53:02.01
His feet and leave them there.
00:53:02.01\00:53:05.01
I will put my trust in Him."
Dependence, oh, that's the good
00:53:05.05\00:53:15.26
news. That means you can put
your trust. You can depend upon
00:53:15.26\00:53:20.60
one person, who, by the way, has
a lot of friends working for
him. I went over to the
00:53:20.60\00:53:24.57
counseling and testing center
this last week, and they gave me
00:53:24.57\00:53:27.57
a little tour. It's beautiful,
got a nice lounge and music and
-- ah! Jesus has friends here
00:53:27.57\00:53:33.44
who specialize in darkness, and
if darkness is in your heart
right now, these friends
00:53:33.44\00:53:40.05
can take that dark, help that
darkness to go away. The
counseling testing center
00:53:40.05\00:53:45.55
is for students at Andrews
University, but down the same
00:53:45.55\00:53:50.23
hallway, there's an adult
counseling center for those in
00:53:50.23\00:53:53.46
the community. You can come
in. And by the way, did you love
00:53:53.46\00:53:57.90
those two stories, about the guy
that prayed for his roommate,
just kept praying for him,
00:53:57.90\00:54:00.84
and he prayed him right through
that depression? Look at, when
00:54:00.84\00:54:04.07
somebody is beside me, I can
go through pretty much anything.
00:54:04.07\00:54:07.11
That boy who said, "I'm going to
meet you every day at the end of
the day," do you understand
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.61
that? "I'm going to ask you one
question. What good thing
happened to you today?
00:54:09.61\00:54:13.21
Tell me," and that friend of his
came out of that darkness. Jesus
has been to that darkness.
00:54:13.21\00:54:21.66
I want to end with this. Harvard
University, Phil Pianci tells
about a study published
00:54:21.66\00:54:28.53
in the American Journal
of Psychiatry on Harvard
00:54:28.53\00:54:33.64
undergraduates. Okay? Students
who experienced a religious
00:54:33.64\00:54:36.64
conversion in their student
days, they found Jesus while
they were at Harvard,
00:54:36.64\00:54:39.84
and they did a study of these.
Now watch this. The students
00:54:39.84\00:54:44.35
had, I'm quoting now, "A radical
change in lifestyle, shown by a
00:54:44.35\00:54:50.25
marked decrease in the use of
drugs, alcohol and cigarettes,"
00:54:50.25\00:54:54.26
just dropped off when they met
Jesus. Number two, these same
00:54:54.26\00:54:59.03
students not only had that
marked decrease, but their
academic performance,
00:55:02.30\00:55:07.60
guess what, academic performance
goes up. You meet Jesus.
00:55:07.60\00:55:10.57
Their academic performance
improved, and number three, this
00:55:10.57\00:55:13.31
is the line we're all looking
for, and number three, they
seemed less prone to depression,
00:55:13.31\00:55:18.35
preoccupation with death and
bouts of existential despair. In
other words, mental health
00:55:18.35\00:55:26.79
got turned around when they came
to Jesus. I'm inviting you, my
00:55:26.79\00:55:31.66
friend, whether you're a student
at Andrews University or not, to
00:55:31.66\00:55:35.43
come to Jesus. This same Jesus
can heal you of your mental
00:55:35.43\00:55:39.43
health issues. You think there's
nobody that cares for you.
00:55:39.47\00:55:41.17
You think there's
nobody that understands you.
00:55:41.17\00:55:42.94
Jesus knows what
you're going through.
00:55:42.94\00:55:44.47
You just come to Him. He
will step into your life,
00:55:44.47\00:55:47.34
if you give Him permission, and
He'll begin the healing process.
00:55:47.34\00:55:50.18
I'm telling you
there's nothing you can do
00:55:50.18\00:55:54.52
that would be more effective
and powerful than to invite
00:55:54.52\00:55:58.39
the one who Himself
drank the cup of depression
00:55:58.39\00:56:01.29
to its bitter dregs
to become your companion.
00:56:01.29\00:56:08.76
Invite Jesus into your life.
You're watching right now on a
00:56:08.80\00:56:13.50
screen somewhere. Invite Jesus
into your life. It's as simple
as saying, "Jesus, look at, I
00:56:13.50\00:56:16.84
can't get myself out of this
darkness. I cannot get out.
They've locked the door.
00:56:16.84\00:56:21.24
I can't leave this dark room."
You ask Jesus. That lock is
00:56:21.24\00:56:25.71
gone. There will be somebody
with you. Oh, it may take Him a
while. Don't ask Him to do other
00:56:25.71\00:56:33.02
than He knows best to do, but He
will take care of you. I promise
00:56:33.02\00:56:38.53
you. He will take care of you.
No depression, no dementia,
there's no depression
00:56:38.53\00:56:44.37
or dementia that can take you
away from Him or that can take
00:56:44.37\00:56:47.14
Him away from you, and I am on
that very good news. What do you
00:56:47.14\00:56:51.67
say? >> Amen. >> Come
on. There's no better news
00:56:51.67\00:56:54.98
than that. Don't give up.
Whatever you do, don't quit.
00:56:54.98\00:57:03.05
You're going to win, and
Jesus will win through you.
00:57:03.05\00:57:06.15
Think of the last
time someone said,
00:57:08.92\00:57:11.46
"I'm praying for you."
Didn't it give you a sense
00:57:11.46\00:57:13.76
of peace and reassurance
that somebody cares for me?
00:57:13.76\00:57:17.17
I know how I feel when I get an
e-mail from one of our viewers
00:57:17.20\00:57:19.83
saying, "Yo, Dwight, I've been
praying for you lately." There's
nothing like knowing
00:57:19.83\00:57:22.97
someone is praying for you. So I
want to offer you an opportunity
00:57:22.97\00:57:26.54
to partner. Let me, let us
partner with you in prayer.
00:57:26.54\00:57:29.41
If you have a
special prayer request
00:57:29.44\00:57:31.05
or a praise of thanksgiving
you'd like to share with us,
00:57:31.05\00:57:33.72
I'm inviting you to contact
one of our friendly chaplains.
00:57:33.72\00:57:36.65
It's simple to do.
You can call our toll-free
00:57:36.65\00:57:38.49
number 877, the two
words, HIS WILL, 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:38.49\00:57:43.66
That friendly voices
that answers, you tell him,
00:57:43.66\00:57:45.99
you tell her what
your prayer need is.
00:57:45.99\00:57:48.33
We'll join with
you in that petition.
00:57:48.33\00:57:51.23
May the God who answers prayer
journey with you these next few
00:57:51.27\00:57:54.20
days until we're right back
here together again next time.
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