Hi and welcome to this
church's online gathering,
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hosted by
Pioneer Memorial Church.
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I want to start off
by welcoming all those
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in our local congregation
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gathered in
hundreds of locations
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all across our area.
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But I'm also
really excited to welcome
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all those
gathered across the nation
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and even across the globe
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in thousands of
different locations.
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You know, last
week, we did something
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that we've
actually never done before.
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We normally
live-stream our 11:45am service,
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the service that
you're watching right now.
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We do that normally.
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But then all of a sudden,
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as a result of this
coronavirus pandemic
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not being able to
meet together as a church,
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we thought to ourselves this.
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What if instead of
slowing down and retreating,
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what if in fact,
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if we stepped
forward and advanced
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and did something that
we've never done before?
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So that's exactly what
we did starting last week.
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And if you're joining
us for the first time,
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I'm really happy to let you know
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that we actually have
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three live-streamed
experiences happening.
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The first one is
our 9am Worship Service,
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which is a little
more traditional in nature.
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It's organ-led
here by Dr. Logan.
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And we already
had that this morning.
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We also have, at
10:30 in the morning,
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a Sabbath School Program.
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That's also live stream.
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But I want to let
you know about something
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that I'm really,
really excited about.
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If you go to PMChurch.org
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and click on
Sabbath School Resources,
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you will see age appropriate
Sabbath School content,
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literally for
every single age group
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that we have,
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all the way from
kindergarten to adults.
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And this was put
together, they did a great job,
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by Pastor Ben, Pastor
Lindsey, our media team.
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They did a really incredible job
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at putting that together.
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And finally,
today, we're experiencing
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our second service here
at 11:45am, blended service,
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and led out by our young adults.
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So I simply say praise God,
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by the power of technology
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and what we're able
to do here together.
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Our call to worship this morning
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is from Psalm Chapter 34.
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It says, "I will
bless the Lord at all times.
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"His praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
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"My soul shall make
its boast in the Lord.
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"The humble shall
hear of it and be glad.
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"Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
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"and let us exalt
His name together."
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Let's pray together.
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Holy Father in the midst
of our coronavirus pandemic,
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we pray the prayer
of the Prophet Habakkuk.
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Though the fig
tree does not blossom
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and no grapes be on the vines,
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though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
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though there are
no sheep in the pan
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and no cattle in the stalls,
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yet will I rejoice in the Lord,
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I will be joyful
in God my Savior.
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How can he do that?
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Praise in the
midst of adversity,
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joy in the middle of fear.
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Oh, Christ,
what he had, we seek.
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And so gathered in
households across this land,
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we urge you to
come into our space,
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inhabit our hearts,
our homes right now.
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For the joy of the
Lord is our strength
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and we will praise
You no matter what.
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Through Christ
Jesus our Lord, Amen.
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Strength will rise
As we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the
Lord, We will wait upon the Lord
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Strength will rise
As we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the
Lord, We will wait upon the Lord
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Our God, You reign forever
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Our hope, Our Strong Deliverer
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You are the everlasting God
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The everlasting God
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You do not faint
You won't grow weary
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You're the defender of the weak
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You comfort those in need
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You lift us up on
the wings Like eagles
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Strength will rise
As we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the
Lord, We will wait upon the Lord
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Strength will rise
As we wait upon the Lord
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We will wait upon the
Lord, We will wait upon the Lord
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Our God, You reign forever
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Our hope, Our strong Deliverer
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You are the everlasting God
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The everlasting God
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You do not faint
You won't grow weary
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You're the defender of the weak
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You comfort those in need
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You lift us up on
the wings Like eagles
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You are the everlasting God
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The everlasting God
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You do not faint
You won't grow weary
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You're the defender of the weak
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You comfort those in need
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You lift us up
on wings Like eagles
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my trials
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I cannot bear
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These burdens alone
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In my distress
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He kindly will help me
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He ever loves
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And cares for His own
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me,
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Jesus alone
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my troubles
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He is a kind,
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Compassionate Friend
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If I but ask Him
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He will deliver
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Make of my troubles
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Quickly an end
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me,
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Jesus alone
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Oh, how the world
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To evil allures me!
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Oh, how my heart
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Is tempted to sin!
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I must tell Jesus,
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And He will help me
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Over the world
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The vict'ry to win
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me,
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Jesus alone
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help
me, Jesus can help me
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Jesus can help me,
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Jesus alone
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Hide me now
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Under your wings
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Cover me
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Within your mighty hand
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When then oceans
rise And thunders roar
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I will soar with
You Above the storm
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Father, You are
King Over the flood
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I will be still
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And know You are God
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Find rest my soul
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In Christ alone
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Know his power
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In quietness and trust
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When the oceans
rise And thunders roar
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I will soar with
You Above the storm
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Father, You are
King Over the flood
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I will be still
And know You are God
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When the oceans
rise And thunders roar
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I will soar with
You Above the storm
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Father, You are King
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Over the flood
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I will be still
And know You are God
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I will be still
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And know You are God
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The Lord
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Is my Shepherd,
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I shall not want
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He maketh me To lie
down in green pastures.
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He leadeth me
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Beside the still waters
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He restoreth my soul
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He leadeth me In the
paths of righteousness
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For His name's sake
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Though I walk Through the valley
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Of the shadow of death
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I will fear no evil
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For Thou art with me
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Thy rod and Thy staff
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They comfort me.
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Thou preparest a table Before me
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In the presence of my enemies
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Thou anointest my head with oil
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My cup runeth over
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Surely goodness and mercy
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Shall follow me
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All the days of my life
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And I will dwell
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In the house of the Lord
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Forever
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And ever
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And evermore
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Thank you, William. Kenneth.
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One of the great,
great pieces of literature
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in history of humanity.
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And by the way, it's a
powerful prayer to pray.
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You can just
incorporate that song.
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Maybe your mother taught you
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how to repeat it in
the King James Version,
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doesn't matter.
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You just incorporate that
psalm and turn it into a prayer.
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You know that line,
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"I will fear no evil
for Thou art with me."
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Hallelujah.
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This is a time
of spreading fear.
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But there's the assurance,
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I will fear no evil
because You are with me.
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Let's talk to Him
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and then plunge
into the Word together.
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He has a Word for
us today, I do believe.
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Oh, God.
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Thank you for David,
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the shepherd who composed
that beautiful, beautiful song.
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And that line, we'll
not forget it, Father.
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We'll tuck it in our hearts.
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I will fear no evil
for Thou art with me.
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No matter what lies ahead,
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we go with You
and You go with us.
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Stay with us right now
as we plunge into your Word,
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in the Word of Christ,
we pray in his name, Amen.
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I guess I
shouldn't have been surprised
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with the people coming up to me.
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Not just the question
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but the people
asking the question.
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Apparently, we're all doing
a lot of deep thinking now.
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And the question was
not always phrased this way,
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in fact, I don't think it
was ever phrased this way.
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But I can take all the questions
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and condense them
to this single line.
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Can you get there from here?
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And I know immediately
what they're talking about.
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They're talking about,
you know what, I grew in it.
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I grew up in a church
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where the Bible
teaching of Jesus
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soon Second
Coming was a big deal.
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And I got to wonder right now,
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"Hey, preacher,
what do you think?"
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Is there a clear shot here?
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Can we get there from here?
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The here that we're
surviving together today
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in households around
the world, is this...
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Of course
coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic.
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Let's be real. Let's be honest.
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You know what
this pandemic has done?
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It has shot an arrow of icy fear
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to the heart of culture,
to the heart of society,
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to the heart of sports,
to the heart of this nation,
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to the heart of the planet,
to the heart of the church,
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to the place now we're
watching the Dow Jones average,
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we're watching the S&P,
we're watching the NASDAQ.
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We're watching
these equity markets
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plummeting,
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while everybody
stands helplessly by.
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Wow.
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It's enough to
take your breath away,
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I'll tell you,
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and probably enough to
take your retirement away too,
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come to think of it.
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This is a strange time, folks.
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We've even become...
Have you noticed this?
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We've become
afraid of each other.
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Three feet... Oh,
oh, now it's six feet.
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And you notice, we're fairly
trying to model that to you.
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We're afraid.
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It's not so much
about being six feet apart,
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but we're worried
about being six feet under.
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"Will I contract
this coronavirus?
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Am I gonna die from it?
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And what about her? She
looks a little ill today.
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Look at him, look at his
eyes, oh, does he have it?"
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We're all
asking these questions.
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We've kind of gone
crazy with this fear thing.
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And what about my children?
That's a very good question.
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What about my aged grandparents?
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And what about
my fellow employees?
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And what about my roommate?
What about the neighbors?
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And so we've moved into this
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very necessary social isolation.
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But in the
isolation that leaves us alone
00:21:34.59\00:21:37.06
and then we wonder
what's happening next.
00:21:37.09\00:21:39.79
Can you get there
from here, could it be?
00:21:39.83\00:21:44.53
Four months ago,
you think about it,
00:21:44.57\00:21:46.97
you could have predicted this
and there would not be a soul
00:21:47.00\00:21:50.01
today that would
have believed you.
00:21:50.04\00:21:52.67
"Are you serious?"
00:21:52.71\00:21:55.14
Two thousand years
ago Jesus predicted it
00:21:55.18\00:21:58.05
and we better believe it.
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.52
Welcome to the world of 2020.
00:22:00.55\00:22:04.02
Open your Bible
with me to a line,
00:22:04.05\00:22:06.39
a red letter line, Jesus spoke.
00:22:06.42\00:22:08.42
The Gospel of Luke,
you find your Bible.
00:22:08.46\00:22:12.53
You can use a device
you're looking on now,
00:22:12.56\00:22:14.60
maybe, but grab
a Bible near you.
00:22:14.63\00:22:16.63
And if you need a
device, pull it out.
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.13
Luke Chapter 21,
the words of Jesus.
00:22:18.17\00:22:19.73
Let Him speak.
00:22:19.77\00:22:21.10
Let's let Him speak
to our fearful hearts.
00:22:21.14\00:22:22.87
Luke Chapter 21,
00:22:22.90\00:22:24.24
I'm in the New
International Version.
00:22:24.27\00:22:26.54
Whatever Bible you have,
00:22:26.57\00:22:27.91
just keep near that book
for the rest of the journey.
00:22:27.94\00:22:30.55
That's the deal.
00:22:30.58\00:22:31.91
All right, Jesus
speaking, verse 25.
00:22:31.95\00:22:34.15
This is Luke
21. This is Tuesday.
00:22:34.18\00:22:35.92
He'll be dead on Friday, okay?
So this is the time context.
00:22:35.95\00:22:39.45
Verse 25, and,
"There will be signs..."
00:22:39.49\00:22:42.09
This is a chapter
called the little apocalypse.
00:22:42.12\00:22:44.89
He's giving us the
indicators when He will come.
00:22:44.93\00:22:47.86
"There will be signs in
the sun, moon and stars.
00:22:47.90\00:22:50.73
On the earth,
nations will be in anguish
00:22:50.77\00:22:53.50
and perplexity at the
roaring and tossing of the sea."
00:22:53.54\00:22:56.94
Here comes verse 26,
"People will faint from terror,
00:22:56.97\00:23:01.24
apprehensive of what
is coming on the world
00:23:01.28\00:23:03.51
for the heavenly
bodies will be shaken."
00:23:03.55\00:23:07.12
What you just
read is pandemic fear.
00:23:07.15\00:23:11.42
And if we're not
careful, the fear
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.25
will become the
pandemic and not the virus.
00:23:13.29\00:23:16.56
And Jesus is warning about that.
00:23:16.59\00:23:18.56
The psyche of the human race,
00:23:18.59\00:23:19.93
just before I
come, endemic fear.
00:23:19.96\00:23:23.30
Oh, wow!
00:23:23.33\00:23:24.73
I mean, you look at all
those mental health descriptors
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.90
that we just read,
anguish, perplexity,
00:23:26.94\00:23:28.64
fainting from
terror, apprehensive.
00:23:28.67\00:23:30.84
Snapchat just
announced Thursday, this week,
00:23:30.87\00:23:35.28
that it's adapting its app
00:23:35.31\00:23:37.91
so that now you
can go to Snapchat
00:23:37.95\00:23:39.98
and there will be protocol
00:23:40.02\00:23:43.32
to deal with your
mental health crisis.
00:23:43.35\00:23:47.42
America is experiencing
a mental health crisis.
00:23:47.46\00:23:50.86
It's called fear, pandemic.
00:23:50.89\00:23:55.66
Like I say, welcome to 2020.
00:23:55.70\00:23:57.83
I got a text from a
friend of mine, this week.
00:23:57.87\00:24:00.34
I'll read it to you.
00:24:00.37\00:24:01.70
"My pastor, there
isn't an answer for this,
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.41
but just need a space
to share my own thoughts.
00:24:04.44\00:24:07.18
I'm just
struggling to wrap my mind
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.91
around this thing.
00:24:08.94\00:24:10.28
Is this what
pestilence looks like?"
00:24:10.31\00:24:12.31
Pause button right there.
00:24:12.35\00:24:13.88
Pestilence, what
are you talking about?
00:24:13.92\00:24:15.25
I'll show you what
he's talking about.
00:24:15.28\00:24:16.62
It's in the same chapter.
00:24:16.65\00:24:17.99
So here we were in verse 26,
00:24:18.02\00:24:19.45
but just go back to verse 11.
00:24:19.49\00:24:21.36
We'll pick it up in verse 10.
00:24:21.39\00:24:22.72
"Then Jesus said to
His disciples," okay,
00:24:22.76\00:24:25.63
"Nation will rise against nation
00:24:25.66\00:24:27.20
and kingdom against kingdom."
00:24:27.23\00:24:28.56
We know that one.
00:24:28.60\00:24:29.93
Verse 11,
00:24:29.96\00:24:31.30
"There will be
great earthquakes,"
00:24:31.33\00:24:32.67
Those of you on the
West Coast know that one.
00:24:32.70\00:24:34.64
"Famines and
pestilences in various places,
00:24:34.67\00:24:37.47
and fearful events and
great signs from heaven."
00:24:37.51\00:24:39.41
Wait a minute, wait a
minute, what was that word?
00:24:39.44\00:24:40.78
That word was
pestilence. You just read it.
00:24:40.81\00:24:42.74
Does pestilence
include coronavirus COVID-19?
00:24:42.78\00:24:47.35
Well, why wouldn't
it include coronavirus?
00:24:47.38\00:24:49.78
I mean, we've had
pestilences before.
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.45
We've had swine flu,
we've had H1N1, we've had SARS,
00:24:51.49\00:24:56.46
the severe acute
respiratory syndrome.
00:24:56.49\00:24:59.13
We have MRSA,
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.96
which is a highly resistant
strain of bacterial infection.
00:25:01.00\00:25:03.50
Don't worry, that
sign was not misplaced.
00:25:03.53\00:25:08.47
Now my friend
goes on in his text.
00:25:08.50\00:25:10.97
So he asked the question,
00:25:11.01\00:25:12.34
"Is this what
pestilence looks like?"
00:25:12.37\00:25:15.01
Then he writes,
00:25:15.04\00:25:16.85
"Then another
financial breakdown.
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.28
All that's missing
is a natural disaster
00:25:19.31\00:25:21.08
and a big war."
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.45
And has an emoji,
kind of scrunched face.
00:25:22.48\00:25:25.62
"I'm not even 40," he writes,
00:25:25.65\00:25:28.76
"and I've experienced
in my adult life terrorism,
00:25:28.79\00:25:31.66
two massive financial collapses,
00:25:31.69\00:25:33.86
two recessions
and one on the way,
00:25:33.90\00:25:36.03
and hosted record
breaking natural disasters.
00:25:36.06\00:25:38.40
What in the world?"
00:25:38.43\00:25:41.00
Good question.
00:25:41.04\00:25:42.37
What in the world is going on?
00:25:42.40\00:25:46.07
Put it on the
screen again for us.
00:25:46.11\00:25:48.04
"People will faint from terror."
00:25:48.08\00:25:50.25
Like the old King James reads,
00:25:50.28\00:25:51.95
"Men's hearts
failing them for fear,
00:25:51.98\00:25:54.18
apprehensive of what
is coming on the world."
00:25:54.22\00:25:57.32
Because nobody
knows what's next.
00:25:57.35\00:26:01.29
You'd be a
billionaire if you knew.
00:26:01.32\00:26:05.19
But Jesus knew.
00:26:05.23\00:26:08.40
And by the way,
it's that unknown.
00:26:08.43\00:26:10.97
You know what human fear
is always caused by, always?
00:26:11.00\00:26:14.40
It's fear of the unknown.
00:26:14.44\00:26:17.74
We're living with it now.
00:26:17.77\00:26:19.11
So here's the question.
00:26:19.14\00:26:20.48
Could this be a dress
rehearsal for the big one?
00:26:20.51\00:26:25.21
Maybe this is us rehearsing?
00:26:25.25\00:26:29.52
Some of you live on
the side of this country
00:26:29.55\00:26:31.32
where the big one is
known and talked about.
00:26:31.35\00:26:34.82
Is this a dress rehearsal?
00:26:34.86\00:26:36.19
Let me rephrase the question.
00:26:36.22\00:26:38.73
Could this be the big one?
00:26:38.76\00:26:44.17
That's a sobering thought.
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.57
Before answering that
that I'm gonna attempt to,
00:26:50.54\00:26:54.48
we need to talk about
this social isolation mandate.
00:26:54.51\00:26:59.11
This concept of
social distancing
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.75
is not just about
three feet and six feet.
00:27:00.78\00:27:02.42
Let's just get this clear.
00:27:02.45\00:27:03.79
Let me join on
the big bandwagon.
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.25
There has been roar and
bias these last few days.
00:27:05.29\00:27:08.36
This is about taking
seriously isolating ourselves
00:27:08.39\00:27:11.76
from potential carriers
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.23
and spreaders
of the coronavirus.
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.53
That's what it's about.
00:27:15.56\00:27:17.37
You may have it, I may have it.
00:27:17.40\00:27:19.60
I don't want it from you
and you don't want it from me.
00:27:19.63\00:27:21.64
That's why we're doing this.
00:27:21.67\00:27:23.00
Now Pastor Rodney
shared this with me, this week.
00:27:23.04\00:27:27.98
It's a piece written
by a computer specialist
00:27:28.01\00:27:31.48
who describes in the
light of the pandemic
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.88
we're going on right now.
00:27:33.92\00:27:35.25
He describes the phenomenon
of geometric progression.
00:27:35.28\00:27:38.15
Viruses multiply, you know this,
00:27:38.19\00:27:40.62
by geometric progression,
00:27:40.66\00:27:41.99
1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 4,
00:27:42.02\00:27:43.66
4 becomes 8, 16,
32, 64, 128, 256,
00:27:43.69\00:27:49.33
and on and on and on.
00:27:49.36\00:27:51.23
Viruses go viral.
That's what the word means.
00:27:51.27\00:27:55.20
Viral, it just goes viral.
00:27:55.24\00:27:59.51
I want you to read this piece.
00:27:59.54\00:28:00.88
I'm not gonna
summarize it for you.
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.24
I don't have the time.
00:28:02.28\00:28:03.61
I want you to read it.
00:28:03.65\00:28:05.05
I'm gonna put my Twitter address
00:28:05.08\00:28:06.65
on the screen right now.
00:28:06.68\00:28:08.02
All right, you see it
there, @DwightKNelson.
00:28:08.05\00:28:10.85
That'll take you to my homepage.
00:28:10.89\00:28:14.46
You go down for tweets,
00:28:14.49\00:28:15.82
just between services countdown.
00:28:15.86\00:28:17.23
You go down four
tweets, down is a retweet.
00:28:17.26\00:28:22.93
And you're
looking for this title,
00:28:22.96\00:28:24.30
the sober math
00:28:24.33\00:28:25.67
everyone must
understand about the pandemic.
00:28:25.70\00:28:28.70
I sent that to
everyone that comes to...
00:28:28.74\00:28:32.67
They use the word follower,
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.04
and I really
don't like that word,
00:28:34.08\00:28:35.41
but that's what it is.
00:28:35.44\00:28:36.78
I sent it to Karen.
00:28:36.81\00:28:38.15
I sent it to my
kids, their spouses.
00:28:38.18\00:28:39.51
I'm giving it to you right
now, @DwightKNelson, Twitter.
00:28:39.55\00:28:43.49
Don't look up...
Don't look it up now.
00:28:43.52\00:28:46.05
But what's the point?
00:28:46.09\00:28:47.76
This seemingly...
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.12
Listen, listen,
00:28:49.16\00:28:50.49
this seemingly slow meandering
coronavirus COVID-19 thing
00:28:50.53\00:28:55.46
in 30 days could
overwhelm this nation
00:28:55.50\00:28:58.87
and the
healthcare system in America,
00:28:58.90\00:29:01.80
30 days if we do not
practice social distancing
00:29:01.84\00:29:08.04
and friendly isolation.
00:29:08.08\00:29:10.65
And by the way, governors
are now stepping in saying
00:29:10.68\00:29:13.75
we're gonna
mandate that isolation.
00:29:13.78\00:29:17.05
And the rumors are rampant.
00:29:17.09\00:29:18.42
I got texts
yesterday from people saying,
00:29:18.45\00:29:20.39
"Hey, it's coming
nationally." How do I know?
00:29:20.42\00:29:24.39
But let's not
have... We don't have...
00:29:24.43\00:29:26.33
We don't need to
have the government
00:29:26.36\00:29:27.96
tell us to isolate.
00:29:28.00\00:29:29.70
We're trying to
protect each other.
00:29:29.73\00:29:32.73
Listen, you're not alone.
00:29:32.77\00:29:34.10
You got your phone,
you got the internet,
00:29:34.14\00:29:36.30
you have FaceTime, Skype.
00:29:36.34\00:29:39.04
You can be in electronic touch
with anybody on this planet.
00:29:39.07\00:29:42.34
But do you know
what I'm concerned about?
00:29:42.38\00:29:44.18
I'm concerned about the
people that don't have that,
00:29:44.21\00:29:46.48
they don't use that.
00:29:46.51\00:29:48.45
And it's gonna start
feeling awfully lonely for them.
00:29:48.48\00:29:52.69
That's why I'm very pleased
00:29:52.72\00:29:56.16
that our board of elders
this week launched a strategy
00:29:56.19\00:29:59.49
to be in touch with
the most vulnerable members
00:29:59.53\00:30:01.06
of our pairs,
00:30:01.10\00:30:02.43
and we've
printed their names off.
00:30:02.46\00:30:04.30
Too late, we know your age,
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.74
where there are
the people in the 70s,
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.10
people in the
80s, people in the 90s,
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.77
and we have people in the 100s.
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.21
Those are the most vulnerable,
00:30:11.24\00:30:12.57
not because they
did something wrong,
00:30:12.61\00:30:13.94
which is because that's
the way this virus works.
00:30:13.98\00:30:17.55
Although, come on,
some of you are very young.
00:30:17.58\00:30:19.65
Young adults
watching right now you said,
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.12
"Hey, not me."
00:30:21.15\00:30:22.48
Ooh, you're not
watching the news.
00:30:22.52\00:30:24.55
They're coming
in now at all ages,
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.19
so let's not do this
little "it's not me" thing.
00:30:26.22\00:30:30.23
Anyway, the elders are
going to be calling you up.
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.03
If you're in that category,
00:30:32.06\00:30:33.40
they're gonna be calling you up.
00:30:33.43\00:30:34.76
They're gonna be
saying, "How you doing?
00:30:34.80\00:30:36.13
I just wanted to let you
know we're thinking about you.
00:30:36.16\00:30:37.60
We haven't forgotten
you. The church is empty.
00:30:37.63\00:30:39.00
We miss you. We
hope you miss us."
00:30:39.03\00:30:42.10
And about 420 some
names that we have isolated
00:30:42.14\00:30:45.44
and they're gonna be divvied up,
00:30:45.47\00:30:47.11
and they're gonna pray with you,
00:30:47.14\00:30:48.48
and they're gonna assure
you that Jesus is with you.
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.05
You're not going
through this thing alone.
00:30:50.08\00:30:51.78
No, you're not.
00:30:51.81\00:30:54.88
In fact, we have a group
now working on this strategy.
00:30:54.92\00:30:57.25
Oh, I thought this was good.
00:30:57.29\00:30:59.55
They're gonna do the
grocery shopping for you.
00:30:59.59\00:31:01.42
That's the deal.
00:31:01.46\00:31:02.79
They're not
gonna buy it for you.
00:31:02.82\00:31:04.16
You have to give them a check
00:31:04.19\00:31:05.63
because you're that
generation that still knows
00:31:05.66\00:31:07.50
how to write a check.
00:31:07.53\00:31:09.56
But they'll go to the store,
00:31:09.60\00:31:10.93
they'll keep you
out of circulation.
00:31:10.97\00:31:12.47
You don't want to
be bumping into people
00:31:12.50\00:31:13.84
that may be carriers.
00:31:13.87\00:31:16.97
And they'll arrange a way
for you to make that payment.
00:31:17.01\00:31:19.37
And by the way, let me tell you,
00:31:19.41\00:31:20.74
you go to our
website, it says COVID-19.
00:31:20.78\00:31:23.48
There's big gold bar
at the top, click on that,
00:31:23.51\00:31:26.58
drop down to
the latest e-letter.
00:31:26.61\00:31:28.18
Go to the bottom of the
letter, you can sign up.
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.29
And I'm talking
to the rest of you,
00:31:30.32\00:31:31.65
not in that vulnerable category.
00:31:31.69\00:31:33.39
You can sign up to
actually help people,
00:31:33.42\00:31:35.22
"Hey, I'd be willing to go."
00:31:35.26\00:31:36.59
I had a guy, one
of our media team,
00:31:36.62\00:31:37.96
tell me in between
services, "I want to do that.
00:31:37.99\00:31:39.49
Okay, we'll go to that place."
00:31:39.53\00:31:40.86
COVID virus, go,
drop down COVID-19,
00:31:40.90\00:31:44.30
drop down to e-letter
and you just give your name.
00:31:44.33\00:31:47.14
"I'd be happy to
help." We can help.
00:31:47.17\00:31:49.50
We don't want you to be alone.
00:31:49.54\00:31:50.91
Late last night I got
a text from my friend,
00:31:50.94\00:31:52.97
Dominique.
00:31:53.01\00:31:55.01
She runs the health
and wellness center,
00:31:55.04\00:31:56.58
the Andrea Sun
center here on campus.
00:31:56.61\00:31:59.01
She said, "Dwight,
I need you to know,
00:31:59.05\00:32:01.45
I formed a little
group called SOZO, S-O-Z-O."
00:32:01.48\00:32:04.42
And in the Greek
it means to save.
00:32:04.45\00:32:06.59
SOZO crew. We're
gonna be the saving crew.
00:32:06.62\00:32:09.92
And I'm enlisting
people to join it.
00:32:09.96\00:32:11.29
You got to go to the
Facebook, to the group page.
00:32:11.33\00:32:13.53
SOZO crew, just write that down
'cause it's not on the screen.
00:32:13.56\00:32:15.96
SOZO crew, and you go
there and you can join.
00:32:16.00\00:32:19.63
She's doing the same thing.
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.00
We're gonna marshal everybody
00:32:21.04\00:32:22.37
to look out for those
that need special attention.
00:32:22.40\00:32:24.84
The deal is we're gonna make it,
00:32:24.87\00:32:27.48
we're going to make it together.
00:32:27.51\00:32:28.88
God is with us.
00:32:28.91\00:32:30.25
Listen, let's just
be clear about that.
00:32:30.28\00:32:32.11
But we are going to
need to strictly adhere
00:32:32.15\00:32:35.98
to the radical social distancing
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.55
our medical and health
officials are recommending.
00:32:38.59\00:32:41.52
I'm watching Margaret Brennan
on Face the Nation this week.
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And she has...
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He has kind of
become a rock star now.
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He's a short, little
doctor named Dr. Fauci.
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And he always stands to
the right of the President.
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And he was speaking to the mics.
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So she's talking to
him, she said, "Dr. Fauci,
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would you get on a plane now
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and fly just domestically
we're talking about?"
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And you know what he said?
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"No, I wouldn't
get on a plane now.
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I have no control
over what I'm breathing."
00:33:05.11\00:33:07.38
"Well, would you take
your wife out to a restaurant,
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have a little meal together?"
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He said, "No, I can't
control who's in that space."
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Listen, if the
medical authorities
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are telling us
radical isolation,
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we got to believe it.
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You're doing the right thing.
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Don't capitulate?
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We'll get an all
clear one of these days.
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We're praying.
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Keeping yourself
out of circulation
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from those who
might be contaminated
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is the critical game plan.
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But clearly, this is no game.
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What if it's not a rehearsal?
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What if it's the big one?
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Getting back to that question,
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it's going to be
in multiple forms.
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And we're asking it this way.
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Regarding the Second Coming,
can you get there from here?
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Can you get there from here?
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Now I'm gonna talk real
heart to heart with you.
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There's no study guide here.
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But I want you to think with me.
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In fact, I'm
gonna put a timestamp
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on this moment right now.
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It's March 21, 2020.
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I know nothing
beyond March 21, 2020.
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I know this behind today.
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But based on where
we are on this day,
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I've been brooding.
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I've been praying.
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And in my mind,
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there's begun to
develop a checklist.
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I jumped up from prayer
and I scribbled a few down,
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so I'm gonna pass it for
what it's worth, all right?
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Who am I?
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.47
I'm not a prophet or
the son of a prophet,
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but I watched
the times as you do.
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Okay, so let me
run these by you.
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Number one, for the
first time in my life,
00:34:46.08\00:34:48.08
the nations of Earth
are united at one common
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and desperate effort
to eradicate a crisis.
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True or false? You tell me.
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It's true. Check.
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Number two, nations here
to for enemies or antagonists
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are now united at
around a common agenda,
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a common threat, check.
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Number three, mutual suffering
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is united very
strange bedfellows,
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like the United States and Iran.
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Who would have
thought this four months ago?
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Number four, in
a matter of days,
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in 200 plus languages,
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peoples were
united to join forces
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in the
elimination of a common foe
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and a perceived danger.
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A foe some are choosing
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to identify now with the people.
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Intentionally choosing
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to call the Coronavirus COVID-19
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the Chinese virus.
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Oh, but do I come
up... We've always done that.
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We've had the Mexican virus,
we've had the Spanish flu.
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You're right, we
have, a century ago.
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We don't do that now.
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I had an Asian
student on this campus,
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before the campus was
shut down in my church office,
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and he said, "You
know something, pastor?
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In the midst of all of this,
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it feels like we're
getting blamed for it."
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Well, I'm an Asian,
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14 years in Japan
born and raised there.
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Yeah, it would
feel weird, wouldn't it?
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If who you are
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is how they
identify the calamity.
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Let's be honest.
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In a time of trouble,
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and I'm using that
phrase intentionally
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because I don't have to unpack
00:36:29.75\00:36:31.52
the meaning of
that phrase to you.
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In a time of trouble,
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it has been an
historical reality
00:36:37.66\00:36:43.97
that the
minorities or a minority
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has been easy to pick
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to receive the wrap
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for what the rest of
society is suffering.
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All I have to say is
Germany and Adolf Hitler
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and the Jews.
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We know history is clear.
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In times of crisis,
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somebody is picked out
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and made the scapegoat.
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And suddenly in World War...
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Before World
War II, in the '30s,
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the Jews became
this social pariah.
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We just move you away.
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Elimination.
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This dark strategy
is as old as the Earth.
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I remind you on the
eve of Jesus' death,
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the high priest of the religion
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that ruled the
land of Palestine,
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the high priest Caiaphas
00:37:53.27\00:37:55.17
stood before the
supreme court, the Sanhedrin,
00:37:55.20\00:37:58.61
and he spoke these words.
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Put them on the screen for us.
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"It is better for you
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.78
that one man die for the people,
00:38:02.81\00:38:05.21
then that the
whole nation perish."
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.28
Blaming the minority
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for the
suffering of the majority.
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I suppose, in a time
of national calamity,
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even here,
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that argument
00:38:27.57\00:38:29.74
could be presented
before a hastily assembled
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supreme court.
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Yeah, just think, just think.
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That's all I need to say.
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I repeat,
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it happened in Hitler's Germany.
00:38:47.12\00:38:49.92
Could it happen here?
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All it would take is
a calamity large enough
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and a leader desperate enough
00:38:54.16\00:38:55.90
to shift the blame for
the calamity on a minority
00:38:55.93\00:38:58.63
that refuses to
yield its conviction.
00:38:58.67\00:39:00.54
So let's not fool ourselves
that it cannot happen here.
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The point. Thanks for asking.
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You can get there from here.
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Then is this a big one, Dwight?
00:39:11.68\00:39:13.85
That doesn't
feel like it, does it?
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But then again four months ago,
00:39:16.02\00:39:17.79
we never would have
guessed our predicament today.
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Now what do we have?
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Let me share a tweet.
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From a young friend of
mine, his name is Shawn Brace.
00:39:24.16\00:39:26.39
He is a young
pastor in the Northeast.
00:39:26.43\00:39:29.63
He just tweeted this week.
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I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:39:31.80\00:39:34.24
I thought a rather
bright observation.
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See what you think.
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"Suddenly..."
Shawn Brace writing.
00:39:38.11\00:39:40.64
He was a student here
at Andrews University.
00:39:40.68\00:39:42.01
I had him in a preaching
class. He was a young...
00:39:42.04\00:39:43.68
He was a undergrad
leader on this campus.
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Shawn is writing,
00:39:47.05\00:39:48.38
"Suddenly, all
the end-time scenarios
00:39:48.42\00:39:50.02
I've heard all my life
00:39:50.05\00:39:51.39
don't seem that
far-fetched or implausible.
00:39:51.42\00:39:54.79
It's crazy how
quickly everything changes.
00:39:54.82\00:39:58.03
Even as recent as a week ago,
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.53
many of them seemed
outlandish and unimaginable."
00:40:00.56\00:40:05.83
And, ladies and
gentlemen, brothers and sisters,
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therein lies the
inescapable point.
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You got it.
That's it right there.
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Can you get there
from here? Are you kidding?
00:40:13.17\00:40:17.28
And by the way,
from here to there.
00:40:17.31\00:40:19.85
We used to think
from here to there
00:40:19.88\00:40:21.38
would take a whole lot of time.
00:40:21.42\00:40:23.12
Could it be that
from here to there
00:40:23.15\00:40:24.69
doesn't take much time at all?
00:40:24.72\00:40:28.22
Think about it.
00:40:28.26\00:40:29.59
Don't just sit here and suffer
in the midst of this calamity.
00:40:29.62\00:40:33.06
You grew up in a church
00:40:33.09\00:40:34.90
that taught
Jesus is coming soon.
00:40:34.93\00:40:36.26
I know you did it
00:40:36.30\00:40:37.63
or you wouldn't be
on this live stream.
00:40:37.67\00:40:40.60
It's time to rethink
what you grew up with.
00:40:40.64\00:40:44.84
Wow.
00:40:47.84\00:40:49.18
I want to end
with that text message
00:40:49.21\00:40:51.78
from my other young friend.
00:40:51.81\00:40:54.75
I'll pick it up
right where he left off.
00:40:54.78\00:40:57.82
Okay, so...
00:40:57.85\00:40:59.85
It's not on the
screen. I got it right here.
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"I remember a
thought you shared..."
00:41:01.66\00:41:03.12
So he texted me.
00:41:03.16\00:41:04.49
"I remember a thought
you shared a few years ago,
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.26
how it would take just
the right kind of crisis,
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.76
and suddenly the world flips,
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.23
and things just
pick up more momentum,
00:41:10.27\00:41:11.97
and then Jesus is here.
00:41:12.00\00:41:13.50
And I would
love..." He's texting to me.
00:41:13.54\00:41:15.57
"I would love Jesus to be here.
00:41:15.60\00:41:17.34
I would love The
Great Controversy
00:41:17.37\00:41:18.87
to be case closed
00:41:18.91\00:41:20.24
with the
character of God cleared
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.68
and the Lamb of
God to be praised.
00:41:21.71\00:41:23.78
But, Dwight,
00:41:23.81\00:41:25.15
the prayer on my
heart is we need more time.
00:41:25.18\00:41:28.02
Should we be praying
and asking for more time?
00:41:28.05\00:41:31.45
There are so many who
don't know about Jesus,
00:41:31.49\00:41:33.56
there are so
many who are sitting
00:41:33.59\00:41:34.92
in the valley of
indecision," he calls it.
00:41:34.96\00:41:38.49
"And how many do we
know who've turned away,
00:41:38.53\00:41:41.16
who are just one phone
call, one text message,
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.70
one compassionate act away
from turning back to Jesus?
00:41:43.73\00:41:47.34
I'm wrestling with this prayer,
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.20
this call to mercy."
00:41:49.24\00:41:53.94
He's absolutely right.
00:41:53.98\00:41:56.58
You will never pray the prayer,
00:41:56.61\00:41:58.38
"Come now and get me."
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.45
There's not a parent alive
who would pray that prayer.
00:42:00.48\00:42:03.08
There's not a loving
roommate or classmate
00:42:03.12\00:42:07.52
or neighbor that
would pray that prayer.
00:42:07.56\00:42:08.89
Just come now and get me.
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.03
We can't pray that
prayer. The boy is right.
00:42:11.06\00:42:14.23
We need to be
pleading for mercy.
00:42:14.26\00:42:16.36
Stop this virus,
stop the endemic,
00:42:16.40\00:42:19.17
stop the pandemic.
00:42:19.20\00:42:20.84
We need to reach
the people who are...
00:42:20.87\00:42:23.27
How did he put it?
00:42:23.30\00:42:24.64
"The people who
are one text message,
00:42:24.67\00:42:28.48
one compassionate act,
00:42:28.51\00:42:30.08
one phone call away
from turning back to Jesus."
00:42:30.11\00:42:32.91
Those are the people we need
to be talking about right now,
00:42:32.95\00:42:35.08
not worrying about how do I like
00:42:35.12\00:42:36.48
being shut up in my house.
00:42:36.52\00:42:39.42
This is no
longer about you and me.
00:42:39.45\00:42:41.62
Yes, we suffer.
00:42:41.66\00:42:43.32
Elijah suffered
00:42:43.36\00:42:44.69
right in the middle of
the worst crisis in Israel.
00:42:44.73\00:42:49.20
You don't get
out a jail free card.
00:42:49.23\00:42:51.17
Well, you don't have to
do the gospel commission.
00:42:51.20\00:42:53.44
No, no, no, you just
take care of yourself.
00:42:53.47\00:42:56.50
I want to tell you something.
I have some news for you.
00:42:56.54\00:42:58.37
Jesus is not coming back
until the world gets reached
00:42:58.41\00:43:01.78
and the church does the reaching
00:43:01.81\00:43:04.55
because the reaching is
part of the strategic plan
00:43:04.58\00:43:07.72
to change the
hearts of the church.
00:43:07.75\00:43:10.55
That would be you
and that would be me.
00:43:10.59\00:43:12.85
Here's a stunner for you.
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.22
One line, Ellen
White, a century ago,
00:43:14.26\00:43:17.23
I'll put it on the
screen, take a look at this.
00:43:17.26\00:43:19.79
"The work which the
church has failed to do
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.16
in a time of
peace and prosperity..."
00:43:22.20\00:43:24.43
Peace and prosperity.
Peace and prosperity.
00:43:30.07\00:43:33.04
Here we are. You
know the timestamp.
00:43:33.07\00:43:35.84
Here we are.
00:43:35.88\00:43:37.21
Could it be peace and
prosperity now to find it?
00:43:37.25\00:43:40.25
You go this way.
00:43:40.28\00:43:42.62
You don't go this way now.
00:43:42.65\00:43:46.59
Read it again.
00:43:46.62\00:43:47.96
"The work which the
church has failed to do
00:43:47.99\00:43:49.39
in a time of
peace and prosperity,
00:43:49.42\00:43:51.43
she will have to do
in a terrible crisis
00:43:51.46\00:43:54.56
under most discouraging,
forbidding circumstances."
00:43:54.60\00:43:58.93
What we have not done in a
time of peace and prosperity,
00:43:58.97\00:44:01.80
guess what?
00:44:01.84\00:44:03.17
We don't get to skip it now.
00:44:03.20\00:44:04.54
We just forget
sharing the Savior Jesus
00:44:04.57\00:44:07.14
with our friends
in our little worlds.
00:44:07.18\00:44:08.51
We don't have to do it now.
We're going straight to heaven.
00:44:08.54\00:44:10.25
You're not going to heaven
and I'm not going to heaven
00:44:10.28\00:44:13.58
until this world gets reached,
00:44:13.62\00:44:15.58
and it has to be the church
00:44:15.62\00:44:17.89
because the church
has a vital mission
00:44:17.92\00:44:19.59
and message that has to go.
00:44:19.62\00:44:21.92
We have to do it.
00:44:21.96\00:44:23.43
I'm sorry.
00:44:23.46\00:44:24.89
There is no card
that gets us out of it,
00:44:24.93\00:44:28.86
which is why we need to pray.
00:44:28.90\00:44:30.47
Oh, we need to pray.
00:44:30.50\00:44:32.37
Do you know that the churches
of Southwestern Michigan,
00:44:32.40\00:44:34.27
where we are right now,
are banding together today?
00:44:34.30\00:44:38.04
This afternoon at 4 o'clock,
4 o'clock this afternoon,
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.78
I'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:44:41.81\00:44:43.14
We're calling it a
Symphony of Prayer.
00:44:43.18\00:44:46.92
A Symphony of Prayer.
00:44:46.95\00:44:49.45
Why are we praying together?
00:44:49.48\00:44:51.75
Obvious, obvious reasons.
00:44:51.79\00:44:54.52
You're in your home. I'm in my.
00:44:54.56\00:44:56.83
You're in your dorm
room or your trailer,
00:44:56.86\00:44:59.29
your apartment
or your hotel room.
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.86
And the Symphony of Prayer
is asking, pleading with God
00:45:01.90\00:45:06.60
to have mercy on
America and the world
00:45:06.63\00:45:10.21
and save the lost.
00:45:10.24\00:45:12.11
There are lost people you know.
00:45:12.14\00:45:13.78
You're not so far removed
00:45:13.81\00:45:15.74
that you have
totally isolated yourself
00:45:15.78\00:45:17.75
in a little Adventist community
00:45:17.78\00:45:19.11
and you know no loss people.
00:45:19.15\00:45:20.72
I know you know.
00:45:20.75\00:45:22.72
Those are the people to ask God
to start placing on your heart.
00:45:22.75\00:45:25.25
"God, give me a
burden for these.
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.19
I've been looking
out only for myself."
00:45:27.22\00:45:30.09
What about them?
00:45:30.13\00:45:31.69
How do we reach
people that don't even know
00:45:31.73\00:45:33.13
they're in a
critical condition right now
00:45:33.16\00:45:34.93
and that if they
don't meet Jesus,
00:45:34.96\00:45:37.03
they're gone?
00:45:37.07\00:45:38.40
4:00 pm, I don't care
what time zone you live in,
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.27
where you are in the
world right now, join us.
00:45:43.30\00:45:47.31
Join us in this earnest prayer.
00:45:47.34\00:45:48.68
Gather your
little family around you.
00:45:48.71\00:45:50.75
You say, "Dwight, all alone,"
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.11
like we saw one of
the pictures a moment ago.
00:45:52.15\00:45:54.45
You go, get on the phone.
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.18
You got a kindred spirit
that believes like you believe
00:45:56.22\00:45:58.12
call that person up and say,
00:45:58.15\00:45:59.49
"Hey, let's pray
right now, you and me."
00:45:59.52\00:46:01.39
It's time to
pray. Is this a big one?
00:46:01.42\00:46:05.06
Well, what if it were?
00:46:05.09\00:46:07.26
What are we
doing? What are we doing?
00:46:07.30\00:46:11.37
Pray for our leaders,
00:46:11.40\00:46:13.17
pray for the
termination of the coronavirus.
00:46:13.20\00:46:15.84
We got work to do.
That still has to be done.
00:46:15.87\00:46:18.34
Why do I have
to do this, Dwight?
00:46:18.37\00:46:19.71
Because Jesus is
coming soon, that's why.
00:46:19.74\00:46:21.94
Amen.
00:46:21.98\00:46:23.31
Jesus is coming soon.
Do you understand that?
00:46:23.35\00:46:26.11
The other day that
thought just swept over me,
00:46:26.15\00:46:28.28
and it just was
like, like electricity.
00:46:28.32\00:46:30.35
Jesus is coming soon
00:46:30.39\00:46:32.89
because you can
get there from here.
00:46:32.92\00:46:35.82
The pieces are in place.
00:46:35.86\00:46:38.99
But the four winds
are being held back
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.63
by the angels of heaven saying,
00:46:40.66\00:46:42.00
"No, no, no, they're not ready."
00:46:42.03\00:46:43.63
Come on, wake up. Wake up.
00:46:43.67\00:46:48.17
I'm praying for the church.
00:46:48.20\00:46:49.54
I'm praying for the church,
00:46:49.57\00:46:50.91
like I've never
prayed for the church before
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.27
not because I'm some good guy.
00:46:52.31\00:46:53.81
No, but because I
live for this church.
00:46:53.84\00:46:55.94
This church has been my life.
00:46:55.98\00:47:00.58
We can't be lost.
00:47:00.62\00:47:03.72
We can't be asleep.
00:47:03.75\00:47:06.32
We can't just
blow this thing off.
00:47:06.35\00:47:10.36
"You got to let Jesus.
00:47:10.39\00:47:11.73
Dwight, you're
just hyping this up."
00:47:11.76\00:47:13.09
No, I'm not. Come
on. Let's take the bad...
00:47:13.13\00:47:15.53
We'll deal with the
bad news one more time.
00:47:15.56\00:47:17.07
Verse 26, let's read this.
00:47:17.10\00:47:18.43
I'm gonna show you something.
00:47:18.47\00:47:19.80
The news just
keeps getting better.
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.17
So here's the bad news.
00:47:21.20\00:47:22.54
Verse 26, "People
will faint from terror,
00:47:22.57\00:47:23.97
apprehensive of what
is coming on the world
00:47:24.01\00:47:25.91
for the heavenly
bodies will be shaken."
00:47:25.94\00:47:27.81
Now here comes good news.
00:47:27.84\00:47:29.71
This is verse 27,
00:47:29.74\00:47:31.08
"At that time, they
will see the Son of Man
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.18
coming in a cloud with
power and great glory."
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.18
And guess what?
Here comes verse 28.
00:47:36.22\00:47:37.85
Even the better
news, the best news.
00:47:37.89\00:47:39.65
Verse 28,
00:47:39.69\00:47:41.02
and, "When you see these things
begin to take place, stand up."
00:47:41.06\00:47:44.53
Jesus says, "Lift up your heads
00:47:44.56\00:47:46.59
because your
redemption is drawing near."
00:47:46.63\00:47:48.60
Can you believe that?
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.60
That is a posture of hope,
by the way, He says stand up.
00:47:50.63\00:47:52.83
Come on, don't be huddled over.
You stand up, put your head up.
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.64
Boy, don't look like
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.01
you're the last
guy on this planet.
00:47:57.04\00:47:58.51
Put your head up, girl.
00:47:58.54\00:47:59.87
Stand up, lift up your head
00:47:59.91\00:48:01.71
because I am
coming to redeem you.
00:48:01.74\00:48:05.81
I'm coming back.
00:48:05.85\00:48:07.98
Hallelujah.
00:48:08.02\00:48:09.68
We have hope. We have...
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.49
Like that, oh,
fervent Adventist anthem,
00:48:12.52\00:48:15.82
we have this hope.
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.66
We do. Never forget it.
00:48:18.69\00:48:20.80
In the midst of this dark night,
00:48:20.83\00:48:22.50
never forget it.
00:48:22.53\00:48:23.87
We have hope. And
the best is yet to come.
00:48:23.90\00:48:26.30
I promise you, the
best is yet to come
00:48:26.33\00:48:28.37
because Jesus is
coming, that's why.
00:48:28.40\00:48:31.07
My, oh my, oh my!
00:48:31.11\00:48:33.54
In fact, I'm
gonna ask you to stand
00:48:33.58\00:48:34.91
where you are right now.
00:48:34.94\00:48:36.28
Stand up
00:48:36.31\00:48:37.65
and we're gonna
sing this with forever.
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.01
Now listen,
don't stand just yet.
00:48:39.05\00:48:40.92
I'm getting you ready
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.28
'cause you're getting
comfortable on that couch.
00:48:42.32\00:48:46.19
I'm gonna ask you to
stand in just a moment.
00:48:46.22\00:48:47.56
But there's
electronic Connect card,
00:48:47.59\00:48:49.02
and this is
really important now.
00:48:49.06\00:48:51.23
You're on our web
page and it says you know,
00:48:51.26\00:48:52.79
if you look at
their little tabs,
00:48:52.83\00:48:54.16
and the first tab says overview
of the live streaming service,
00:48:54.20\00:48:57.13
the next tab over says Connect,
00:48:57.17\00:48:59.87
Click on Connect.
00:48:59.90\00:49:01.34
There is the Connect,
00:49:01.37\00:49:02.70
go all the way to
the bottom of the page.
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.07
There is a Connect card.
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.44
There's some steps
to take, next steps.
00:49:05.47\00:49:06.94
Notice these please.
00:49:06.98\00:49:08.31
Next step number one,
00:49:08.34\00:49:09.68
I realize that in the
midst of the state of emergency
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.51
you can get
there from here, check.
00:49:11.55\00:49:13.65
I'm saying I'm checking
it. I hope you'll check it.
00:49:13.68\00:49:16.28
Here's comes box number two.
I believe Jesus is coming soon.
00:49:16.32\00:49:19.35
Check. I'm checking that.
00:49:19.39\00:49:20.86
I hope you're
checking it as well.
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.42
Here comes box number three,
00:49:22.46\00:49:23.79
I will make a list of
people to love back to him.
00:49:23.83\00:49:26.19
And don't you be waiting for us
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.56
to send you
something to make that list?
00:49:27.60\00:49:28.96
You have everything you need,
00:49:29.00\00:49:30.33
you have that little smartphone,
00:49:30.37\00:49:31.93
start making a
list of the people
00:49:31.97\00:49:33.50
that need to know Jesus
00:49:33.54\00:49:35.10
before the big one
00:49:35.14\00:49:36.60
brings everything
to a crashing halt.
00:49:36.64\00:49:40.28
You know that list, check.
00:49:40.31\00:49:42.31
I will... Join me
in doing that, check.
00:49:42.34\00:49:45.01
I will make a list.
00:49:45.05\00:49:46.38
And finally
00:49:46.41\00:49:47.75
there's box number
three and four rather.
00:49:47.78\00:49:49.92
Pray for me.
00:49:49.95\00:49:51.29
You see that? Pray for me.
00:49:51.32\00:49:53.72
Here is what's keeping me back.
00:49:53.76\00:49:57.16
Here is what's keeping me
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.53
from coming back to Him.
00:49:58.56\00:50:02.56
Here's what's keeping
me from coming back to Him.
00:50:02.60\00:50:04.97
Do you know what?
00:50:05.00\00:50:06.33
Jesus is coming back for you,
00:50:06.37\00:50:08.27
but there's
something keeping you
00:50:08.30\00:50:10.31
from coming back to Him.
00:50:10.34\00:50:11.77
What is it?
00:50:11.81\00:50:13.78
If you put that there
00:50:13.81\00:50:15.18
'cause you
already know what it is,
00:50:15.21\00:50:16.54
you just thought about it.
00:50:16.58\00:50:18.05
If you put that there
00:50:18.08\00:50:20.22
and give me an email
address on the other side,
00:50:20.25\00:50:24.02
you don't even
have to put your name.
00:50:24.05\00:50:26.35
If you put that there,
00:50:26.39\00:50:28.32
I will personally pray for you.
00:50:28.36\00:50:30.73
There's
something holding you back.
00:50:30.76\00:50:33.26
You've grown up with this.
00:50:33.29\00:50:35.66
I saw some people this
week who have grown up with it.
00:50:35.70\00:50:39.47
But the look of
terror on their faces
00:50:39.50\00:50:41.57
is just I will never forget it.
00:50:41.60\00:50:44.31
They've grown up with this,
00:50:44.34\00:50:46.27
but there's
nothing beneath them.
00:50:46.31\00:50:50.01
There's no hope.
00:50:50.05\00:50:51.91
They have forgotten.
00:50:51.95\00:50:55.22
You may be in that group.
00:50:55.25\00:50:57.39
There's something
holding you back from Jesus.
00:50:57.42\00:51:02.56
Whatever your conscience
is telling you right now,
00:51:02.59\00:51:05.29
I agree with your conscience.
00:51:05.33\00:51:07.16
You need to
surrender that to Jesus.
00:51:07.20\00:51:09.10
Look at Calvary. What's Calvary?
00:51:09.13\00:51:10.73
Calvary is where
they nailed Jesus arms
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.73
in a wide open embrace
00:51:12.77\00:51:14.70
so that whenever
you look at the cross
00:51:14.74\00:51:17.41
there He is saying,
00:51:17.44\00:51:18.77
"Come to Me, please.
Don't wait. Don't wait.
00:51:18.81\00:51:22.31
Come to Me."
00:51:22.34\00:51:25.75
So whoever you are,
00:51:25.78\00:51:28.68
and most of you grew up
in this faith community,
00:51:28.72\00:51:31.45
if there's
something holding you back,
00:51:31.49\00:51:33.89
I'm appealing to you
00:51:33.92\00:51:35.26
on behalf of the
Lord Jesus Himself,
00:51:35.29\00:51:38.63
let it go, that ball and chain.
00:51:38.66\00:51:41.50
Give it to Him,
00:51:41.53\00:51:42.86
He can break that
chain and save your life,
00:51:42.90\00:51:47.57
but He has to
have your permission.
00:51:47.60\00:51:49.87
What are you
waiting for? Easter?
00:51:49.90\00:51:52.77
Don't wait that long. Do it now.
00:51:52.81\00:51:57.08
We have hope, Jesus is coming.
00:51:57.11\00:51:59.71
Ready or not, here I
come. That will be the day.
00:51:59.75\00:52:03.39
Oh, don't wait.
Don't wait, don't wait.
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.32
It'll be too late then.
00:52:05.35\00:52:07.12
Do it now.
00:52:07.16\00:52:08.82
Do it now. We got to sing this.
00:52:08.86\00:52:10.69
It is the Adventist anthem.
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.69
We sing with
fervor. Come on, ladies.
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.56
Keep that social distancing.
00:52:15.60\00:52:17.70
But we got to sing this.
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.07
And I'm gonna
invite you to stand
00:52:19.10\00:52:20.44
wherever you are right
now, just stand, just stand up.
00:52:20.47\00:52:22.57
Nobody's in that space with you.
00:52:22.60\00:52:23.94
You don't look
funny. Just stand.
00:52:23.97\00:52:25.37
If somebody is in
that space with you, stand,
00:52:25.41\00:52:27.21
have them stand with you.
00:52:27.24\00:52:28.58
We'll put the
words on the screen
00:52:28.61\00:52:29.94
and we're gonna
sing our hearts out.
00:52:29.98\00:52:31.31
Let's do it.
00:52:31.35\00:52:32.68
We have this hope
00:52:48.26\00:52:51.67
That burns within our heart,
00:52:51.70\00:52:57.24
Hope in the coming
00:52:57.27\00:53:00.51
Of the Lord
00:53:00.54\00:53:05.85
We have this faith
00:53:05.88\00:53:09.22
That Christ alone imparts,
00:53:09.25\00:53:15.06
Faith in the promise
00:53:15.09\00:53:18.56
Of His Word
00:53:18.59\00:53:23.87
We believe the time is here,
00:53:23.90\00:53:28.40
When the nations far and near
00:53:28.44\00:53:32.94
Shall awake, and shout and sing
00:53:32.97\00:53:37.98
Hallelujah!
00:53:38.01\00:53:40.62
Christ is King!
00:53:40.65\00:53:46.45
We have this hope
00:53:46.49\00:53:50.19
That burns within our hearts,
00:53:50.23\00:53:56.36
Hope in the coming
00:53:56.40\00:54:00.64
Of the Lord
00:54:00.67\00:54:06.84
We got to sing it again.
00:54:10.31\00:54:11.65
Come on, we got
to sing it again.
00:54:11.68\00:54:13.65
It'll never be fresher
in our hearts and right now
00:54:13.68\00:54:16.22
Jesus is coming soon.
00:54:16.25\00:54:18.32
Let's sing it one more time.
00:54:18.35\00:54:22.22
We have this hope
00:54:22.26\00:54:25.33
That burns within our heart,
00:54:25.36\00:54:30.93
Hope in the coming
00:54:30.97\00:54:34.30
Of the Lord
00:54:34.34\00:54:39.64
We have this faith
00:54:39.67\00:54:43.14
That Christ alone imparts,
00:54:43.18\00:54:48.98
Faith in the promise
00:54:49.02\00:54:52.49
Of His Word
00:54:52.52\00:54:57.99
We believe the time is here,
00:54:58.03\00:55:02.63
When the nations far and near
00:55:02.66\00:55:07.10
Shall awake, and shout and sing
00:55:07.14\00:55:11.84
Hallelujah!
00:55:11.87\00:55:14.61
Christ is King!
00:55:14.64\00:55:20.42
We have this hope
00:55:20.45\00:55:23.99
That burns within our hearts,
00:55:24.02\00:55:30.06
Hope in the coming
00:55:30.09\00:55:34.23
Of the Lord
00:55:34.26\00:55:40.24
Oh, Jesus, you know our hearts.
00:55:43.84\00:55:45.67
We know Your heart
00:55:48.68\00:55:50.75
and we believe
You are coming soon.
00:55:50.78\00:55:54.68
If there's a
decision we need to make,
00:55:54.72\00:55:58.49
grant us Your gentle courage
00:55:58.52\00:56:03.16
and Your strong faith
00:56:03.19\00:56:05.93
that we might make the decision
00:56:05.96\00:56:07.93
You're asking
our hearts to make.
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.70
We'll walk with You,
Jesus, by Your grace.
00:56:10.73\00:56:13.60
We will walk with
You every step of the way
00:56:13.64\00:56:16.87
until You come.
00:56:16.91\00:56:19.27
And he you testifies
to these things says,
00:56:19.31\00:56:21.54
"Yes, I am coming soon."
00:56:21.58\00:56:23.65
Amen.
00:56:23.68\00:56:25.01
Come, Lord Jesus.
00:56:25.05\00:56:26.65
And now the
grace of the Lord Jesus
00:56:26.68\00:56:28.55
be with God's people.
00:56:28.58\00:56:31.09
Amen.
00:56:31.12\00:56:32.45
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00:57:05.89\00:57:07.69
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00:57:09.12\00:57:10.66
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00:57:10.69\00:57:14.30
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00:57:14.33\00:57:17.07
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