I'm caught up in Your presence
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I just want to
sit here at Your feet
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I'm caught up
in this holy moment
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I never wanna leave
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Oh, I'm not here for blessings
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Jesus, You don't owe me anything
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More than
anything that You can do
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I just want You
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I'm sorry
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When I've just
gone through the motions
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I'm sorry
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When I just sang another song
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Take me back to where we started
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I open up my heart to You
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I'm sorry
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When I've come with my agenda
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I'm sorry
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When I forgot that You're enough
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Take me back to where we started
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I open up my heart to You
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I'm caught up in Your presence
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And I just want to
sit here at Your feet
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I'm caught up
in this holy moment
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I never wanna leave
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Oh, I'm not here for blessings
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Jesus, You don't owe me anything
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And more than
anything that You can do
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I just want You
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I just want You
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Nothing else, nothing else
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Nothing else will do
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I just want You
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Nothing else, nothing else
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Nothing else will do
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I just want You
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Nothing else, nothing else
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Nothing else will do
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And I'll build my life
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Upon Your love
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It is a firm foundation
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And I will put my trust
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In You alone
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And I will not be shaken
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And I will build my life
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Upon Your love
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It is a firm foundation
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And I will put my trust
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In You alone
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And I will not be shaken
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And holy there
is no one like You
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There is none besides you
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Open up my eyes in wonder
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Show me who You are
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And fill me with Your heart
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And lead me in
love to those around me
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Ephesians
6:13-17 reads like this,
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"Therefore put on
the full armor of God
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so that when the
day of evil comes,
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you may be able
to stand your ground.
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And after you have
done everything to stand,
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stand firm then
with the belt of truth,
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buckled around your waist
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with the breastplate
of righteousness in place
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and with your feet fitted
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with the readiness
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that comes from
the gospel of peace.
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In addition to all this,
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take up the shield of faith
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with which you can extinguish
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all the flaming
arrows of the evil one,
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take the helmet of salvation
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and the sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God."
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Amazing grace
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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Like me
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I once was lost
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But now am found
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Was blind but now
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I see
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'Twas grace that taught
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My heart to fear
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And grace
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My fears relieved
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How precious did
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That grace appear
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The hour
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I first believed
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Please stand in place.
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When we've been there
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Ten thousand years
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Bright shining
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As the sun
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We've no less days
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To sing
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God's praise
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Then when
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We first begun
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Amazing grace,
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How sweet the sound
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That saved a wretch
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Like me
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I once was lost,
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But now am found
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Was blind
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But now I see
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All power
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Is given unto me
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In heaven and in earth
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Baptizing them in
the name in the Father
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And of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost
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Teaching them to
observe all things
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Whatsoever I have commanded you
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And, lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto the end of the age
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Baptizing them in
the name in the Father
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And of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost
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Teaching them to
observe all things
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Whatsoever I have commanded you
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And, lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto the end of the age
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations
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Baptizing them in
the name in the Father
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And of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost
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Teaching them to
observe all things
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Whatsoever I have commanded you
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And lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto the end of the age
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And, lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto the end of the age
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And, lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto the end of the age
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And, lo,
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I am with you always
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Even unto
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The end of the age
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We have to respond to God.
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We can't just plunge
into the teaching today.
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And so based on
Psalm 103 is a litany
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that's going to
appear on the screen.
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I'll have a line,
you'll have a line,
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I'll have a line and so
on, and we'll work our way
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through this
expression of attitude to God
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for keeping us 12
months in His care.
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All right, it's on the screen.
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There it is.
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On this one year anniversary
of our pandemic lockdown,
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we have reason to praise God.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:15:30.89\00:15:33.60
and all that is within
me, bless His holy name.
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Though our way has
been fraught with danger,
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the angel of the
Lord has protected us.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:15:44.57\00:15:47.41
and forget not all His benefits.
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We are still
alive, though we know
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those who have lost
loved ones in death.
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We are still
healthy, though we know those
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who battled yet
for health and life.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:16:01.42\00:16:04.06
Who forgives
all your iniquities,
00:16:04.09\00:16:06.80
Who heals all your diseases.
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We know not what
these next 12 months
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may bring to this world
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or our nation or this community.
00:16:13.67\00:16:16.67
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:16:16.71\00:16:19.31
Who redeems your
life from destruction.
00:16:19.34\00:16:23.18
But because He
alone can redeem our lives
00:16:23.21\00:16:25.68
from destruction or in
the midst of destruction,
00:16:25.71\00:16:28.78
we know we can trust Him.
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As a Father has
compassion on His children,
00:16:32.89\00:16:36.66
so the Lord has compassion
on those who fear Him.
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So then let us commit ourselves
to keep on following after Him.
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The Lord has
established His throne in heaven
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and His kingdom rules over all.
00:16:50.34\00:16:53.27
To which let all the
people of God say amen
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Amen!
00:16:57.08\00:16:58.41
Amen!
00:16:58.45\00:16:59.78
Let's pray.
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Oh, God, what can we say?
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But thank you.
00:17:03.39\00:17:05.09
Thank you for
getting us through the past.
00:17:05.12\00:17:06.86
Thank You for
leading us to the future.
00:17:06.89\00:17:09.06
And thank You for Your promise.
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I am with you always,
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even to the end
of the age right now,
00:17:12.03\00:17:14.60
speak now
through Holy Scripture,
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we pray in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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Brennan Manning tells the story
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about a priest
friend of his from Detroit,
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who decided to
take a two week vacation
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to the Emerald Isle to Ireland.
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He was looking
forward to that time
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with the relatives
in that great country.
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And he has an 80 year old uncle.
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who's gonna
celebrate his 80th birthday
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while he's there
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and he can
hardly wait to join him.
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And on that great day,
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early in the
morning before dawn,
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he, the priest nephew
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and his uncle get up
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and they go for a walk together.
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They're walking along
the shores of Lake Killarney.
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And then the sun begins to rise.
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And the two of them stand
there transfixed for 20 minutes
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without speaking,
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When that ball of fire
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is positioned above the horizon,
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they resume their walk.
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And the priest nephew
looks down at his uncle
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who has this
beaming smile on his face.
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And he says, Uncle
Seamus, you look happy?
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I am. How come?
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Because the Father of Jesus
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is very fond of me.
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In fact, Manning goes
on, he says, let me tell you.
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And he comments on that line.
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If the question were put to you,
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so he's gonna push it to us.
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Do you honestly
believe that God likes you?
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So let's just pretend like
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the question is
coming to you right now.
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Do you honestly
believe that God likes you?
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Doesn't say love you?
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God likes you not loves you
because theologically He must.
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I mean, how would you answer?
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And then he satisfies
the theologians by saying,
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well, God loves by
necessity of His nature
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without the eternal
interior generation of love,
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he would cease to be God.
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Now keep reading, but
not, let we lay that aside.
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If you could
answer the question,
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do you believe
that God likes you?
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If you could answer,
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the Father is very fond of me,
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there would come a relaxedness,
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there would come a serenity
00:19:36.34\00:19:37.81
and a compassionate
attitude towards yourself.
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That is a reflection
of God's own tenderness.
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Keep reading.
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In Isaiah, there's
this wonderful line
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from the Old Testament,
Isaiah 49:15 God says,
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"Does a woman forget
her baby at the breast
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or fail to cherish,
the son of her womb?
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Yet even if these forget,
I will never forget you."
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Can you say amen to that? Amen!
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Mercy. That's the truth.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:20:00.46\00:20:04.73
We've been celebrating
that line for weeks now.
00:20:04.77\00:20:08.44
And I thank God for the way
you've been pushing the line
00:20:08.47\00:20:11.81
out there through social media.
00:20:11.84\00:20:14.28
Thanks to you,
others are picking up on it
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.91
and I'm hearing about it.
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The maker of all things
loves and wants me, you,
00:20:18.98\00:20:24.35
but you know what?
00:20:24.39\00:20:25.95
That sentence, if
we're just gonna tuck that
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sentence on a wall
plaque on a shelf somewhere,
00:20:27.39\00:20:31.13
that sentence has not
fulfilled its mission.
00:20:31.16\00:20:35.23
Because this truth, the
maker of all things loves
00:20:35.26\00:20:37.30
and wants me has presupposes
a follow up question.
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And wouldn't you like to
get to know my maker too?
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It just assumes that I
wanna share that with you.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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Now, I'm gonna get a
little bit schoolmarmish here
00:20:50.58\00:20:52.85
if you don't mind
and be a bit particular
00:20:52.88\00:20:56.18
because some of you are,
I hear you quoting this line
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and you say the
creator of all things
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loves and wants me.
00:21:01.42\00:21:03.12
No, don't use that word creator.
00:21:03.16\00:21:04.59
You know why?
00:21:04.63\00:21:05.96
Because outside
these four walls,
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that's a huge debate.
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That's a war going on.
00:21:09.33\00:21:11.07
Creation versus evolution.
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You don't wanna step into that.
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The word maker is sufficient.
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In the beginning was the Word
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was with God.
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And by Him, all things
that were made were made.
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He's the maker.
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He's the maker,
stick with the maker.
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Of course we love the creator.
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There'll be a time
to talk about that.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
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Now let me be
schoolmarmish one more time
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and reminds you that
00:21:37.43\00:21:38.93
the sentence does not read this.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants you.
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The maker of all
things loves and wants us.
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No, no, no, the
me is intentional.
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You know why?
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Because me is a
personal confession.
00:21:51.94\00:21:54.94
You are telling about
yourself, that's your testimony.
00:21:54.98\00:21:57.85
And your testimony
can never be gainsaid,
00:21:57.88\00:22:01.25
nobody can step up
and say, no, not true.
00:22:01.28\00:22:03.65
What do you mean not true.
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.65
The maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.22
Now, if you said
the maker of all things
00:22:07.26\00:22:08.59
loves and wants you,
00:22:08.62\00:22:09.96
he said you
can't push that on me.
00:22:09.99\00:22:11.33
I don't have to believe that.
00:22:11.36\00:22:12.69
And he's right, she's right.
00:22:12.73\00:22:14.06
But when you say
the maker of all things
00:22:14.10\00:22:15.43
loves and wants me,
I'm telling you the truth.
00:22:15.46\00:22:19.43
That's what I found.
00:22:19.47\00:22:22.00
Wouldn't you like
to know this maker too?
00:22:22.04\00:22:25.17
That was beautiful. Yeah.
00:22:25.21\00:22:27.34
At all, boy, you gotta see this.
00:22:27.38\00:22:28.71
Come on. Let's
put it on the screen
00:22:28.74\00:22:30.08
without wasting a single minute.
00:22:30.11\00:22:31.58
Jesus said, as the
Father has sent Me,
00:22:31.61\00:22:33.62
this is our theme verse in 2021,
00:22:33.65\00:22:35.88
John 20:21 for a year 2021.
00:22:35.92\00:22:40.26
As the Father has
sent me, how does it go?
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.32
Let's read it out loud together.
00:22:42.36\00:22:43.69
"As the Father has sent
me, so I am sending you."
00:22:43.73\00:22:48.73
It's not enough to put
this on a piece of ceramic
00:22:48.76\00:22:52.37
and hang it up in the corner.
00:22:52.40\00:22:54.30
No, no, no.
00:22:54.34\00:22:55.67
The maker of all
things loves and wants me,
00:22:55.70\00:22:58.24
has to get from
you to somebody else.
00:22:58.27\00:23:01.84
And I love this.
00:23:01.88\00:23:04.15
Open your Bible
to 2 Corinthians.
00:23:04.18\00:23:05.55
2 Corinthians Chapter 5.
00:23:05.58\00:23:08.55
We're not gonna
read it from your Bible
00:23:08.58\00:23:09.92
because here's a translation.
00:23:09.95\00:23:11.29
I bet you've not
read in a long time
00:23:11.32\00:23:13.69
but perhaps ever.
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.06
Come on, it's the
Good News translation.
00:23:15.09\00:23:19.59
GNT, all right.
00:23:19.63\00:23:21.73
Used to be called
Today's English version.
00:23:21.76\00:23:23.70
Good News translation.
Come on. Let me put this up.
00:23:23.73\00:23:25.67
This is so
refreshing. 2 Corinthians 5:18.
00:23:25.70\00:23:30.31
So drop down to verse 18
and you can follow along here.
00:23:30.34\00:23:33.51
"Christ changed us from
enemies into His friends
00:23:33.54\00:23:38.01
and gave us the task of
making others His friends also."
00:23:38.05\00:23:41.82
That's all about Calvary,
00:23:41.85\00:23:43.28
but do you like
the way it puts it?
00:23:43.32\00:23:44.85
Yeah, Christ turned us
from enemies into friends.
00:23:44.89\00:23:47.76
And He's given us the
joy of taking other enemies
00:23:47.79\00:23:50.33
and turning them into friends.
00:23:50.36\00:23:51.69
Keep reading.
00:23:51.73\00:23:53.06
"Our message is that God
was making all human beings
00:23:53.09\00:23:56.53
His friends through Christ."
00:23:56.56\00:23:57.93
That's the story of
the cross. Keep reading.
00:23:57.97\00:24:00.94
"God did not keep an
account of their sins.
00:24:00.97\00:24:03.71
And He has given us the message
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.21
which tells how He
makes them His friends."
00:24:05.24\00:24:08.74
Man, I love that.
00:24:08.78\00:24:11.11
That is so refreshing.
00:24:11.15\00:24:14.85
He's given us a message.
00:24:14.88\00:24:16.55
That's why you can't
just, you can't settle.
00:24:16.58\00:24:18.75
You can't settle
for the single sentence,
00:24:18.79\00:24:21.02
the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.72
That's just not enough.
00:24:22.76\00:24:24.39
He has given us a message
00:24:24.43\00:24:26.56
to help other now come to know,
00:24:26.59\00:24:30.70
and to love that
maker of all things
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.07
that loves and wants me and you.
00:24:32.10\00:24:33.74
Let's read it now one more time
and just crunch it together.
00:24:39.07\00:24:42.81
So we got the
two versus condensed
00:24:42.84\00:24:45.05
under one screen.
00:24:45.08\00:24:46.41
Christ changed us from
enemies into His friends.
00:24:46.45\00:24:51.35
And He gave us a task of making
00:24:51.39\00:24:53.29
others His friends also.
00:24:53.32\00:24:54.86
And He has given us the message
00:24:54.89\00:24:56.59
which tells how he
makes them His friends.
00:24:56.62\00:24:59.73
What's going on?
00:24:59.76\00:25:01.10
What's critical for
you and I to realize here
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.97
is that the
source of this message,
00:25:04.00\00:25:06.67
the maker of all
things loves and wants me.
00:25:06.70\00:25:09.20
The source of this
message is in the book.
00:25:09.24\00:25:12.41
This is the source right here.
00:25:12.44\00:25:15.14
This is, nobody
just concocted that line.
00:25:15.18\00:25:17.91
That line comes
straight out of here,
00:25:17.95\00:25:20.35
the B-I-B-L-E.
00:25:20.38\00:25:24.69
Yes, that's the book for me.
00:25:24.72\00:25:28.52
I stand alone
on the Word of God,
00:25:28.56\00:25:32.19
the B-I-B-L-E.
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.93
It's here.
00:25:34.96\00:25:36.30
We have to know that,
00:25:36.33\00:25:37.67
you cannot
separate the love of God
00:25:37.70\00:25:40.64
from the Word of God.
00:25:40.67\00:25:42.64
They are
inextricably bound together,
00:25:42.67\00:25:48.58
the love of God that
comes shining through
00:25:48.61\00:25:52.08
in the Word of God.
00:25:52.11\00:25:53.68
In fact, do you know what?
00:25:53.72\00:25:55.05
Do you know what
this book calls itself?
00:25:55.08\00:25:59.09
This is dynamite. You were in.
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.39
We were in 2 Corinthians 5,
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.02
just turn a few pages
over to Ephesians Chapter 6,
00:26:03.06\00:26:06.09
come on, it's just a few pages.
00:26:06.13\00:26:07.46
You go 2 Corinthians,
00:26:07.50\00:26:08.83
then Galatians,
then it's Ephesians.
00:26:08.86\00:26:10.20
And we'll read this
00:26:10.23\00:26:11.57
in the New
International Version.
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.00
And I got something to show you.
00:26:14.04\00:26:16.60
All right, so this
is Ephesians Chapter 6.
00:26:16.64\00:26:19.11
There it is.
Drop down to verse 10.
00:26:19.14\00:26:24.08
What's that have to do
with the maker of all things
00:26:24.11\00:26:25.85
loves and wants me?
00:26:25.88\00:26:27.68
We gotta get the word out
00:26:27.72\00:26:29.08
and here's how
we're gonna do it.
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.45
All right.
00:26:30.49\00:26:31.82
Ephesians 6:10,
finally Paul's writing.
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.02
And by the way, he is manacled
00:26:35.06\00:26:36.62
to a Roman soldier.
00:26:36.66\00:26:39.36
He can't move.
00:26:39.39\00:26:40.90
He's chained
when he writes this.
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.83
"Finally be strong in the
Lord and in His mighty power.
00:26:43.87\00:26:47.04
Put on the full armor of God,
00:26:47.07\00:26:48.57
so that you can take your stand
against the devil's schemes."
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.17
Talking about warfare,
00:26:52.21\00:26:53.54
"For our struggle is
not against flesh and blood,
00:26:53.58\00:26:55.48
but against the rulers,
against the authorities,
00:26:55.51\00:26:57.71
against the
powers of this dark world
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.55
and against the
spiritual forces of evil
00:26:59.58\00:27:01.75
in the heavenly realms."
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.42
This is talking
about end game stuff.
00:27:03.45\00:27:05.09
This is end game now.
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.62
As I'm working these four weeks,
00:27:06.65\00:27:08.36
going back over
American apocalypse,
00:27:08.39\00:27:10.26
this is end game where
the confederacy of forces
00:27:10.29\00:27:14.60
is now moving to
the last showdown.
00:27:14.63\00:27:17.13
Keep reading.
00:27:17.17\00:27:18.50
Therefore, given the
times we're living in,
00:27:18.53\00:27:21.40
put on the full armor of God,
00:27:21.44\00:27:23.00
so that when the
day of evil comes,
00:27:23.04\00:27:24.91
you may be able
to stand your ground.
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.91
And after you have done
everything to stand four times,
00:27:26.94\00:27:29.78
stand, stand stand he
says, and here it comes
00:27:29.81\00:27:32.95
and take the helmet of salvation
00:27:32.98\00:27:35.62
and the sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God.
00:27:35.65\00:27:40.96
Can you see that?
See this word right here.
00:27:40.99\00:27:43.12
It's sword.
00:27:43.16\00:27:46.36
You know, that's how to
pronounce it, don't you?
00:27:46.39\00:27:48.40
It's sword.
00:27:48.43\00:27:50.47
No, you can't leave a,
00:27:50.50\00:27:51.83
you can't put a consonant
in a word and not use it.
00:27:51.87\00:27:53.84
It's sword.
00:27:53.87\00:27:56.07
Come on Dwight, you're serious?
00:27:56.10\00:27:57.44
Yeah, it's sword,
00:27:57.47\00:27:58.81
you're supposed to
pronounce it that way.
00:27:58.84\00:28:00.18
It's sword. Let me show you.
00:28:00.21\00:28:01.54
The sword of the
spirit is the Word of God.
00:28:01.58\00:28:06.15
It's a memory device for me.
00:28:06.18\00:28:07.52
I just
capitalized that W in sward
00:28:07.55\00:28:10.49
and I get word,
00:28:10.52\00:28:12.25
the sword of the
spirit is the Word of God.
00:28:12.29\00:28:16.52
Now, look, I grew
up in Japan, right?
00:28:16.56\00:28:18.46
So in Japan, everybody knows
00:28:18.49\00:28:20.40
about those celebrated
knights of centuries ago.
00:28:20.43\00:28:24.63
They're called samurai.
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.20
If you come into my office here,
00:28:26.23\00:28:27.57
you'll see a
little miniature samurai
00:28:27.60\00:28:29.17
right at the front of my desk.
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.64
And they were the
great sword warriors.
00:28:31.67\00:28:34.28
That's Japanese for gotcha.
00:28:37.65\00:28:39.41
So the Japanese
actually developed as two hands,
00:28:43.32\00:28:46.45
you know, in Europe,
it's just but in Japan.
00:28:46.49\00:28:52.26
So they have two
hands on the sword.
00:28:52.29\00:28:54.13
George Lucas
comes along, true story.
00:28:54.16\00:28:56.03
George Lucas
comes along and he says,
00:28:56.06\00:28:57.47
I'm gonna rewrite the
history of the universe.
00:28:57.50\00:29:01.24
And I'm gonna put this,
00:29:01.27\00:29:02.60
put together
something called Star Wars.
00:29:02.64\00:29:05.51
And whether you
talking about prequel,
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.24
Star Wars or sequel,
and Disney's bought it
00:29:07.28\00:29:12.51
so it's gonna be
quell, quel, quel forever.
00:29:12.55\00:29:16.28
Whatever you're talking
about, the sword is a big deal,
00:29:16.32\00:29:19.95
but they don't call it a
sword not George Lucas's.
00:29:19.99\00:29:22.22
I don't like that word sword.
00:29:22.26\00:29:23.79
I'm gonna call it light saber.
00:29:23.83\00:29:27.76
So I got one right here.
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.13
Oh, Debbie, bless your heart.
00:29:29.16\00:29:31.20
Yeah.
00:29:38.27\00:29:39.61
Well, I learned
that from my neighbor,
00:29:39.64\00:29:41.71
Jeff Smith, who
hand makes these,
00:29:41.74\00:29:44.15
I'm telling you the truth.
00:29:44.18\00:29:45.51
He's one of the
announcers at WAUS great voice
00:29:45.55\00:29:48.88
behind the microphone
00:29:48.92\00:29:50.75
and Jeff is an aficionado
of anything Star Wars.
00:29:50.79\00:29:54.92
He knows the whole
story backwards and forwards.
00:29:54.96\00:29:57.93
And so he actually
crafts these by hand.
00:29:57.96\00:30:03.03
Something happens to you
00:30:03.06\00:30:04.40
when you put your
two hands on this.
00:30:04.43\00:30:07.44
And the antagonist
00:30:07.47\00:30:09.07
and the protagonist
00:30:09.10\00:30:12.11
in the Star Wars saga
00:30:12.14\00:30:16.68
always end up.
00:30:16.71\00:30:18.18
In fact, I wanna
tell you something.
00:30:21.78\00:30:25.15
He had been
waiting for this moment
00:30:25.19\00:30:27.59
for 30 some years,
00:30:27.62\00:30:31.96
and I got you now.
00:30:31.99\00:30:34.53
I have you where I need you.
00:30:34.56\00:30:37.63
We meet at last face to face,
00:30:37.67\00:30:43.47
and he comes on
the young Messiah
00:30:43.51\00:30:46.74
when the Messiah is depleted.
00:30:46.78\00:30:49.14
He's wasted. He's worn.
00:30:49.18\00:30:51.88
Forty days and 40 nights
00:30:51.91\00:30:55.28
fasting for the salvation
00:30:55.32\00:30:57.79
of you and me.
00:30:57.82\00:31:01.46
When the arch nemesis shew.
00:31:01.49\00:31:04.63
Good to see you again.
00:31:08.30\00:31:11.93
We've met before.
00:31:11.97\00:31:13.47
In fact, I think you
were that fallen rebel
00:31:13.50\00:31:16.94
that got kicked out of heaven.
00:31:16.97\00:31:18.41
You look and may
shaded like a rebel.
00:31:18.44\00:31:22.31
Hey, see the stone,
00:31:22.34\00:31:27.58
prove it to me
00:31:27.62\00:31:31.69
you are who you say you are.
00:31:31.72\00:31:34.49
The emaciated young man
00:31:39.46\00:31:43.06
licks his cracked lips
00:31:43.10\00:31:46.94
realizes this is
the first face to face
00:31:46.97\00:31:51.91
in a long time.
00:31:51.94\00:31:55.48
And do you know
what the young man does?
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.11
It is written...
00:32:05.85\00:32:07.39
man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:32:16.06\00:32:17.90
but by every word that proceeds
00:32:17.93\00:32:19.30
out of the mouth of God, yes.
00:32:19.33\00:32:23.07
Lucifer jumps back.
00:32:23.10\00:32:24.44
You have one too.
00:32:29.24\00:32:32.95
Well, I can do what you do.
00:32:32.98\00:32:35.38
It says in the Bible,
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.19
he will give his
angels charge over you
00:32:37.22\00:32:39.49
and they will
keep you from falling.
00:32:39.52\00:32:41.46
So I ask you as we
stand on this temple top,
00:32:41.49\00:32:45.49
throw yourself over.
00:32:45.53\00:32:50.03
But when he does
00:32:50.07\00:32:53.30
what he just did,
00:32:53.34\00:32:56.40
the saber is still dark.
00:32:56.44\00:32:58.84
He cheated in the quotation.
00:32:58.87\00:33:02.41
The young man
withdraws his saber again.
00:33:02.44\00:33:07.95
It is written.
00:33:07.98\00:33:10.29
You shall not
tempt the Lord your God.
00:33:10.32\00:33:16.29
Gone.
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.66
He's not gone.
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.76
All right, this is it.
00:33:20.80\00:33:23.47
This is moving for the kill.
00:33:23.50\00:33:27.74
Watch this.
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.41
The whole world in a panorama.
00:33:30.44\00:33:32.81
I'm gonna give
you the entire planet.
00:33:32.84\00:33:34.84
You don't have to do Calvary.
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.31
What a waste.
00:33:36.34\00:33:38.58
None of that.
00:33:38.61\00:33:40.12
You can have the whole planet.
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.48
I am the prince of this world.
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.02
You may have the whole planet.
00:33:43.05\00:33:44.39
I ask only one thing,
00:33:44.42\00:33:45.75
you bow down right
here and you worship me.
00:33:45.79\00:33:48.82
One last time,
00:33:53.09\00:33:55.06
the young prince
00:33:55.10\00:33:57.97
pulls out his light saber.
00:33:58.00\00:34:01.90
It is written, you shall worship
00:34:01.94\00:34:06.04
the Lord, your God, and
Him only shall you serve
00:34:06.07\00:34:11.48
and with a mighty,
00:34:11.51\00:34:15.32
and Lucifer's gone.
00:34:15.35\00:34:20.69
Tell him more opportune time.
00:34:20.72\00:34:24.73
Hey guys, if Paul were
writing to this generation,
00:34:24.76\00:34:29.53
you know what he would say?
00:34:29.56\00:34:32.97
The light saber of the spirit
00:34:33.00\00:34:38.11
is the Word of God.
00:34:38.14\00:34:40.41
The light saber of the spirit
00:34:40.44\00:34:43.91
is the Word of God.
00:34:43.95\00:34:46.88
Wow, amazing.
00:34:46.92\00:34:50.39
So when's the last
time you did anything
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.52
with a light saber yourself.
00:34:52.55\00:34:53.92
Come on, are you
running through life?
00:34:53.96\00:34:57.03
Are you running through life
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.59
with this thing
on a shelf somewhere?
00:34:58.63\00:35:03.70
And you got this.
00:35:03.73\00:35:07.04
Because this is
what Lucifer has,
00:35:07.07\00:35:11.07
without the power
that emanates from this.
00:35:11.11\00:35:16.41
And if you're
not consulting this,
00:35:16.44\00:35:19.51
your light
saber looks like this.
00:35:19.55\00:35:21.52
And there is no
button to turn it on.
00:35:21.55\00:35:24.02
This is all you have.
00:35:24.05\00:35:26.29
And when it's
Lucifer without the light
00:35:26.32\00:35:28.82
and you without the light,
he wins every single time.
00:35:28.86\00:35:34.03
You know why?
00:35:34.06\00:35:36.03
No light, no power,
00:35:36.06\00:35:42.00
no life saver.
00:35:42.04\00:35:44.71
This was made to be used.
00:35:44.74\00:35:47.38
And if it sits on that
dormitory shelf, or it sits
00:35:47.41\00:35:51.41
beside your
00:35:51.45\00:35:52.88
latest inkjet print off
00:35:57.85\00:36:03.83
and it just sits
there, you're dead.
00:36:03.86\00:36:08.73
And Lucifer knows it.
00:36:08.76\00:36:10.70
He can't turn
the light saber on,
00:36:10.73\00:36:14.27
only one being can.
00:36:14.30\00:36:16.54
And it's the being
who wrote this book.
00:36:16.57\00:36:20.38
The Word of God is
a sword of the spirit.
00:36:20.41\00:36:25.98
Amen.
00:36:26.01\00:36:27.35
Amen. Yeah.
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.52
So what's the
deal with the Word?
00:36:29.55\00:36:31.75
When's the last
time you read it?
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.39
No, come on.
00:36:33.42\00:36:34.82
You may have
brought one to church.
00:36:34.86\00:36:36.62
Most of you didn't.
You didn't bring it.
00:36:36.66\00:36:39.26
You didn't even
pull your phone out
00:36:39.29\00:36:40.63
when we started
looking at the Word.
00:36:40.66\00:36:42.00
I don't need this.
00:36:42.03\00:36:43.37
He's gonna put all the
words on the screen anyway.
00:36:43.40\00:36:45.20
When's the last time
you took this Word of God
00:36:45.23\00:36:48.14
and it became a sword
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.54
in your hand against the enemy.
00:36:50.57\00:36:53.98
It's the only way you can win.
00:36:54.01\00:36:56.01
It's offensive, it's defensive.
00:36:56.04\00:37:00.15
It's all we have is this book.
00:37:00.18\00:37:06.09
Dietrich Bonheoffer.
00:37:06.12\00:37:07.46
Everybody loves
Dietrich Bonheoffer
00:37:07.49\00:37:08.82
always gonna be the hero celeb
00:37:08.86\00:37:13.19
from World War II,
Dietrich Bonheoffer.
00:37:13.23\00:37:15.16
And when he was
only 30 years old,
00:37:15.20\00:37:16.53
by the way,
00:37:16.56\00:37:17.90
not much older than
you Dietrich Bonheoffer
00:37:17.93\00:37:19.60
wrote a letter to
his brother-in-law.
00:37:19.63\00:37:22.34
Brother-in-law's
name, Rudiger Schleicher.
00:37:22.37\00:37:25.77
On April 8, 1936,
Bonhoeffer is 30 years old,
00:37:25.81\00:37:29.61
he will be
executed at the age of 39
00:37:29.64\00:37:32.05
by direct order
of Hitler himself.
00:37:32.08\00:37:36.58
A lot of people
dismissed Dietrich Bonhoeffer
00:37:36.62\00:37:38.75
as left to center
00:37:38.79\00:37:40.12
and therefore not
somebody reliable.
00:37:40.16\00:37:44.96
I beg to differ.
In this letter...
00:37:44.99\00:37:49.06
Let me put it on
the screen for you,
00:37:49.10\00:37:50.43
in this letter
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
00:37:50.47\00:37:53.13
is writing to
his brother-in-law.
00:37:53.17\00:37:55.37
I believe he writes by hand.
00:37:55.40\00:37:58.91
"I believe that the Bible alone
00:37:58.94\00:38:00.94
is the answer to
all our questions
00:38:00.98\00:38:02.84
and that to
receive an answer from it
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.88
we need only to ask
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.82
with persistence
and a little courage.
00:38:06.85\00:38:09.85
One cannot read, he
underlines it in the letter.
00:38:09.88\00:38:12.85
One cannot read the
Bible as we read other books
00:38:12.89\00:38:16.93
only as we wait
expectantly before it
00:38:16.96\00:38:19.46
for the ultimate
answer does it give it to us.
00:38:19.49\00:38:22.06
The reason for this is
simply that in the Bible,
00:38:22.10\00:38:25.00
it is God who speaks to us."
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.70
That's the gospel truth.
00:38:28.74\00:38:30.44
That's why this light
saber is the only weapon
00:38:30.47\00:38:34.61
that works against Lucifer
00:38:34.64\00:38:35.98
because when you
say it is written
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.01
and you're under attack
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.38
and you will be
under attack tomorrow,
00:38:39.41\00:38:41.18
just count on it.
00:38:41.22\00:38:43.08
But when you say it is
written and you follow up,
00:38:43.12\00:38:46.02
it is written
with what is written.
00:38:46.05\00:38:48.36
Even if you don't get it right,
00:38:48.39\00:38:50.13
and you don't have to do it
in the King James to use it.
00:38:50.16\00:38:53.73
Any language that
comes out of your lips works.
00:38:53.76\00:38:57.50
A garbled remembrance works
00:38:57.53\00:39:01.17
because you're
tapping into eternal light.
00:39:01.20\00:39:07.08
It is written.
00:39:07.11\00:39:08.61
It's here.
00:39:12.88\00:39:14.45
"And so I will
ask with all my powers
00:39:18.19\00:39:20.69
what God is trying to
say to us through the Bible,
00:39:20.72\00:39:23.49
every other place
outside the Bible has become
00:39:23.53\00:39:26.56
too uncertain for me."
00:39:26.59\00:39:29.73
Now I'm gonna, I wanna
talk to this academic community
00:39:29.76\00:39:32.53
because we live
with a lot of books.
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.84
Oh my, do we live with books?
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.24
People even read
them, some write them.
00:39:36.27\00:39:40.58
I wanna tell you something.
00:39:40.61\00:39:41.94
You've been given
a lot of books here,
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.88
professionally, academically,
00:39:44.91\00:39:48.45
but all the books you
have been given cannot do,
00:39:48.48\00:39:52.99
impossible to do
00:39:53.02\00:39:56.06
what this long book can achieve.
00:39:56.09\00:40:00.50
Impossible, no possibly.
00:40:00.53\00:40:03.33
Impossible.
00:40:03.37\00:40:05.67
What are you
talking about Dwight?
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.54
I'll show you
what I'm talking about.
00:40:07.57\00:40:08.90
The apocalyptic
classic Great Controversy.
00:40:08.94\00:40:10.51
And they put the
words on the screen,
00:40:10.54\00:40:11.87
"The effort to grasp the
great truths of revelation,
00:40:11.91\00:40:14.01
read the Bible,
impacts freshness to you.
00:40:14.04\00:40:17.18
So when you take this book
up and you endeavor to grasp it,
00:40:17.21\00:40:20.95
it imparts freshness,
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.02
and vigor to all your faculties.
00:40:23.05\00:40:25.69
It expands the mind."
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.16
You wanna expand your mind.
00:40:27.19\00:40:28.52
You're feeling under assault.
00:40:28.56\00:40:29.89
And sometimes the mental health
realities being what they are.
00:40:29.92\00:40:35.10
You feel that you
feel utterly depleted.
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.57
I cannot go on, my life is shut.
00:40:37.60\00:40:42.60
When you come to those moments
00:40:42.64\00:40:44.07
and the pandemic has
brought us to those moments
00:40:44.11\00:40:46.47
again and again and again.
00:40:46.51\00:40:47.98
And the pandemic is not over.
00:40:48.01\00:40:50.48
When you come to those moments
and you want a shot of light,
00:40:50.51\00:40:54.65
like electricity
to go through you,
00:40:54.68\00:40:56.05
you won't feel it.
00:40:56.08\00:40:57.42
You won't sense it.
You won't even see it.
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.69
But when you pick this book up
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.26
and begin to read
the author of the book
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.93
steps into your
space and breathes himself
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.63
into your mind.
00:41:07.66\00:41:09.46
It's called mental health
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.23
at its best.
00:41:16.71\00:41:18.84
And it comes here.
00:41:18.87\00:41:22.11
Wow.
00:41:22.14\00:41:24.58
Figures all your
faculties, expands your mind,
00:41:24.61\00:41:27.02
sharpens your perceptions,
ripens your judgment.
00:41:27.05\00:41:29.45
"The study of the Bible
00:41:29.48\00:41:30.82
will ennoble every thought
00:41:30.85\00:41:32.19
feeling an aspiration
as no other study can.
00:41:32.22\00:41:34.66
Keep going.
00:41:34.69\00:41:36.02
"An earnest
reverent study of this book,
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.19
bringing the mind of the student
00:41:38.23\00:41:40.46
in direct contact
with the infinite mind
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.06
would give to the
world, man and women,
00:41:43.10\00:41:45.60
young men and
young women of stronger
00:41:45.63\00:41:48.74
and active intellect
00:41:48.77\00:41:52.34
as well as of nobler
principle than has ever resulted
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.51
from the ablest training
that human philosophy affords."
00:41:55.54\00:42:00.48
Philosophy cannot save you.
00:42:00.52\00:42:03.28
Philosophy cannot transform you.
00:42:03.32\00:42:06.96
It can excite you.
It can tickle your mind.
00:42:06.99\00:42:09.89
It can trope your depths,
but the only way your life
00:42:09.92\00:42:13.56
and mind can be
changed right here.
00:42:13.60\00:42:17.13
Amen. Right here, the B-I-B-L-E.
00:42:17.17\00:42:20.40
Yes, that's the book for me.
00:42:20.44\00:42:22.20
Man, they taught this
to me in nursery school.
00:42:22.24\00:42:25.67
I stand alone
on the Word of God,
00:42:25.71\00:42:28.74
the B-I-B-L-E.
00:42:28.78\00:42:31.08
Those kids are right.
00:42:31.11\00:42:32.45
Never lose the mind of a child.
00:42:32.48\00:42:34.68
Never lose the sweet
spirit of innocence that says,
00:42:34.72\00:42:38.65
I will take God's
word for what it is,
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.92
a word directly to me.
00:42:40.96\00:42:42.92
That's the only way
the light saber works,
00:42:46.36\00:42:50.57
right there.
00:42:50.60\00:42:52.80
Otherwise like Lucifer,
00:42:52.83\00:42:54.17
you go through your day
00:42:54.20\00:42:55.54
with a dead pod on your hands.
00:42:55.57\00:43:00.78
God is not dead.
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.58
And He has all
the light you need.
00:43:03.61\00:43:06.41
You just have to
connect with Him.
00:43:06.45\00:43:09.12
How many weeks has it been
since you've really taken time
00:43:09.15\00:43:10.59
to study the Word?
00:43:10.62\00:43:11.95
I'm talking to the
adults here right now?
00:43:11.99\00:43:13.72
How many weeks has it been
00:43:13.76\00:43:15.09
since you really
read the Word of God?
00:43:15.12\00:43:17.33
I'm not talking about
five minute devotional.
00:43:17.36\00:43:19.03
I love those.
They're inadequate.
00:43:19.06\00:43:22.96
Inadequate.
00:43:23.00\00:43:24.97
How much time do you
spend in the Word of God,
00:43:25.00\00:43:26.84
the W-O-R-D, S-W-O-R-D?
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.71
How much time do
you spend in the Word?
00:43:30.74\00:43:32.77
You're a faculty member here.
You teach in this university.
00:43:32.81\00:43:34.78
Good for you.
00:43:34.81\00:43:36.24
How much time do you
spend in the Word of God
00:43:36.28\00:43:37.91
before you stand up
in front of our kids?
00:43:37.95\00:43:41.08
You're preacher
in this university,
00:43:41.12\00:43:42.78
a chaplain in this university.
00:43:42.82\00:43:44.15
Good for you.
00:43:44.19\00:43:45.52
How much time do you
spend every day in the W-O-R-D
00:43:45.55\00:43:48.56
with an S in front of it
00:43:48.59\00:43:50.46
before you go and
minister across this campus?
00:43:50.49\00:43:54.16
It cuts both ways.
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.83
And I am just as much
on the line as you are.
00:43:56.87\00:44:00.04
Our only power
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.94
in the light
saber is if it's on.
00:44:02.97\00:44:06.71
You've gone weeks.
00:44:12.61\00:44:14.75
Don't raise your hand.
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.35
It's okay.
00:44:16.38\00:44:18.12
That's what life has become.
00:44:18.15\00:44:19.49
The pandemic has
driven us down to basics
00:44:19.52\00:44:23.16
and the devil has
worked hard to make sure
00:44:23.19\00:44:24.73
this basic is not a part of it.
00:44:24.76\00:44:28.20
It's not too late.
00:44:28.23\00:44:29.56
I got great news for you.
00:44:29.60\00:44:30.93
It is not too late.
00:44:30.97\00:44:32.30
You can pick this book up
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.67
when you go home this afternoon,
00:44:33.70\00:44:35.04
and you say,
Lord, Jesus, forgive me.
00:44:35.07\00:44:39.04
I go back to the book.
00:44:39.07\00:44:41.31
I don't know what to do,
but I go back to the book.
00:44:41.34\00:44:43.35
I'm gonna give
you something to do
00:44:43.38\00:44:44.71
and then sit out.
00:44:44.75\00:44:46.08
Come on, let's do it right now.
00:44:46.11\00:44:47.45
I'm gonna give you, how
to get back into the book.
00:44:47.48\00:44:50.49
Number one, mark
your Bible up. Okay?
00:44:50.52\00:44:53.66
Some of you might need
to buy a little paperback
00:44:53.69\00:44:55.42
so you can mark it up,
Mark it up, color it up.
00:44:55.46\00:44:58.59
These two incidents
happen and both individuals
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.96
are sitting right here
00:45:02.00\00:45:03.33
right now in the second service.
00:45:03.37\00:45:04.70
These two incidents happened
within the last four weeks.
00:45:04.73\00:45:06.50
So I saw my
teenager friend of mine
00:45:06.53\00:45:09.10
and she said, "Hey
pastor, look at my Bible."
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.17
So I took a look at her Bible.
00:45:11.21\00:45:12.57
She has it all these
colors, they're all underlined.
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.94
I said, "What is this?"
00:45:14.98\00:45:16.31
She says, "I'm
studying my Bible."
00:45:16.34\00:45:17.68
I said, "You go,
girl, good for you."
00:45:17.71\00:45:20.05
A few, two weeks later,
00:45:20.08\00:45:22.15
a middle-aged man came and said,
00:45:22.18\00:45:23.52
"Hey, pastor I
gotta show you my Bible."
00:45:23.55\00:45:25.39
And then I look and
they're all color-coded
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.22
and he has gone through,
00:45:27.26\00:45:28.59
and he is noted the
words that speak to his soul.
00:45:28.62\00:45:32.23
Guys, this is
not rocket science.
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.16
You don't have to
take a class for it.
00:45:34.20\00:45:35.86
If you have a bag of markers
and an old paper bag Bible,
00:45:35.90\00:45:39.77
go ahead road and just color
it and put circles around it.
00:45:39.80\00:45:43.00
That book is worthless
with leather covers on it
00:45:43.04\00:45:46.07
and nothing written in between.
00:45:46.11\00:45:47.61
It is worthless
00:45:47.64\00:45:49.98
because it doesn't have
your fingerprints on it.
00:45:50.01\00:45:54.22
Get a Bible, Go
to the bookstore.
00:45:54.25\00:45:58.09
Amazon's got them
paperbacks eight bucks.
00:45:58.12\00:46:01.32
Don't get an E
letter, an E-book.
00:46:01.36\00:46:05.49
You can't mark them.
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.00
I'm just telling
you just buy a cheap $8.
00:46:07.03\00:46:09.66
Go to Walmart.
00:46:09.70\00:46:11.03
They're sitting on
the shelf right now,
00:46:11.07\00:46:13.03
waiting for you.
00:46:13.07\00:46:14.94
Grab a paper Bible
and begin to mark it up.
00:46:14.97\00:46:17.17
Dwight what do I mark?
00:46:17.21\00:46:18.54
You just mark
whatever brings to your mind,
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.54
the maker of all
things loves and wants me
00:46:20.58\00:46:22.11
because we can't have
00:46:22.14\00:46:23.48
this little
diddy that just sing,
00:46:23.51\00:46:24.85
hangs up in the air.
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.21
We gotta know that.
In fact, it's right here.
00:46:26.25\00:46:27.95
And the next time somebody
asks me, prove it to me.
00:46:27.98\00:46:30.02
I'll say, well,
I'm so glad you asked.
00:46:30.05\00:46:32.35
Why?
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.72
Because I've
been reading my Bible.
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.09
That's why. So mark it up.
00:46:35.12\00:46:37.43
Number two, simple,
collect the passages,
00:46:37.46\00:46:39.86
collect the stories, I
love that story of Jesus
00:46:39.89\00:46:41.66
that really drives home
00:46:41.70\00:46:43.16
the maker of all things loves
and wants me, write it down.
00:46:43.20\00:46:45.63
Scribble the story down.
00:46:45.67\00:46:47.00
Nobody's gonna be
checking this book.
00:46:47.04\00:46:48.37
It's just you and Jesus
00:46:48.40\00:46:49.77
with your light
saber in your hands.
00:46:49.80\00:46:54.11
And by the way, it's on when you
00:46:54.14\00:46:55.54
and Jesus are alone,
this thing is pulsating.
00:46:55.58\00:46:58.18
It is emanating,
divine, supernatural power
00:46:58.21\00:47:02.42
into your mind.
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.99
And then number
three, this is it.
00:47:06.02\00:47:08.69
Jot down ideas
that you can share
00:47:08.72\00:47:10.43
why you believe the maker
00:47:10.46\00:47:11.79
of all things
loves and wants me?
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.16
That's all you have to do.
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.53
That's it.
00:47:14.56\00:47:18.83
Come on. We
can't go weeks anymore.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.74
I have no idea
what's happening next.
00:47:20.77\00:47:23.20
But as I've poured
00:47:23.24\00:47:24.57
over this apocalyptic scenarios,
00:47:24.61\00:47:27.21
it is just, it has
kept occurring to me.
00:47:27.24\00:47:30.15
And that's the only thing that
has kept me going is I said,
00:47:30.18\00:47:33.18
man, there's
nobody going to read this?
00:47:33.21\00:47:35.82
No, the spirit says, no.
00:47:35.85\00:47:38.22
I'll determine who reads it.
00:47:38.25\00:47:40.02
You just write it,
just write it for me.
00:47:40.06\00:47:44.26
We'll get it out.
00:47:44.29\00:47:48.10
You got to come back here.
00:47:48.13\00:47:50.63
You'll never
survive without this.
00:47:50.67\00:47:53.40
We once were known as
00:47:53.44\00:47:54.77
a people of the book a long ago.
00:47:54.80\00:47:59.17
Sweet memories.
00:47:59.21\00:48:01.91
It's time to go back.
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.48
What do you say? Amen!
00:48:03.51\00:48:04.85
Now come on. What do you say?
00:48:04.88\00:48:06.31
It's time to go back.
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.42
Let's go back to the light saber
00:48:08.45\00:48:12.32
along with Jesus empowered
00:48:12.35\00:48:15.92
for the end game just ahead.
00:48:15.96\00:48:20.03
All right. Let's go
to the connect card.
00:48:20.06\00:48:23.06
pmchurch.org/connect.
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If you'll do that on
your device right now,
00:48:24.80\00:48:26.60
you will get this connect card.
00:48:26.63\00:48:27.97
I'm gonna give
you an opportunity
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.34
to get something.
00:48:29.37\00:48:30.71
And so we'll need
your email address for it.
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.11
Here are the next
steps, you go to on our tickets
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.71
to our website
pmchurch.org/connect.
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Box number one, I
would like to read
00:48:37.58\00:48:39.08
my sword of the spirit,
00:48:39.11\00:48:41.18
looking for meaningful evidences
00:48:41.22\00:48:42.92
of the maker of all things
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.42
loves and wants me
keeping record of them
00:48:44.45\00:48:46.76
in a little
journal, a notebook.,
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.22
my laptop file.
00:48:48.26\00:48:49.62
I just wanna go through it.
00:48:49.66\00:48:51.46
I wanna
experience this word again
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.96
and look at if
you're in some really,
00:48:54.00\00:48:55.80
it just doesn't make sense.
00:48:55.83\00:48:58.13
It's okay to move on.
00:48:58.17\00:49:02.40
You're not the guy
translating the Bible
00:49:02.44\00:49:04.21
for the human race now.
00:49:04.24\00:49:05.57
You can skip stuff.
00:49:05.61\00:49:08.98
You can move to the next page.
00:49:09.01\00:49:12.11
Sometimes we
kill ourselves saying,
00:49:12.15\00:49:13.48
I gotta read everything.
00:49:13.52\00:49:14.85
No, you don't have to.
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.45
Just read it.
00:49:16.48\00:49:18.39
Keep a record of it.
00:49:18.42\00:49:19.82
Put a check mark there.
00:49:19.85\00:49:21.19
The singers are coming out.
00:49:21.22\00:49:22.56
They're gonna
point us to the Word
00:49:22.59\00:49:23.93
in a beautiful song.
00:49:23.96\00:49:25.36
Okay. Here's box
number. What is this?
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Box number two, please
send me a Bible reading plan
00:49:26.83\00:49:29.53
that will guide
me through God's Word
00:49:29.56\00:49:30.90
in 12 months.
00:49:30.93\00:49:32.27
They're all over the internet.
00:49:32.30\00:49:33.64
But if you will
put an email address,
00:49:33.67\00:49:35.80
you say, "No,
Dwight you choose for me."
00:49:35.84\00:49:37.57
Okay. You put
your email address.
00:49:37.61\00:49:39.61
We will send you a 12 month.
00:49:39.64\00:49:41.54
How to read your Bible through
in 12 months, it'll bless you.
00:49:41.58\00:49:44.91
And you'll keep that journal.
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.88
And you'll be
looking for where is this,
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.25
the maker of all
things loves and wants me,
00:49:48.28\00:49:49.88
and it's gonna be
popping up everywhere.
00:49:49.92\00:49:53.86
So just make sure
we have email address.
00:49:53.89\00:49:55.42
And finally, I would like
to follow Jesus in baptism.
00:49:55.46\00:49:57.73
Look at this, if
after his baptism,
00:49:57.76\00:50:01.50
he himself has the light saber,
00:50:01.53\00:50:05.97
the it is written.
00:50:06.00\00:50:08.57
Then I wanna be
baptized just like Jesus.
00:50:08.60\00:50:11.74
And then I'll take up
that light saber as He did.
00:50:11.77\00:50:16.28
And He will teach
me what is written.
00:50:16.31\00:50:19.98
Put a check mark there.
You never been baptized before?
00:50:20.02\00:50:21.85
Put a check mark there.
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.22
We'll be in touch
with you electronically.
00:50:23.25\00:50:25.29
We just have to
have your email address.
00:50:25.32\00:50:27.06
We'll be in touch with you.
00:50:27.09\00:50:28.69
This is a great year.
00:50:28.72\00:50:31.19
Don't worry about COVID-19
00:50:31.23\00:50:33.60
however long it lasts
00:50:33.63\00:50:36.26
you got Jesus
every step of the way.
00:50:36.30\00:50:39.23
Oh, Father, thank You.
00:50:39.27\00:50:41.64
Thank You for the
gift of the light saber.
00:50:41.67\00:50:45.97
We couldn't make it.
00:50:46.01\00:50:47.71
Forgive us, dear
God, have mercy on us.
00:50:47.74\00:50:51.11
We've gone a long time
00:50:51.15\00:50:54.68
without reading Your Word.
00:50:54.72\00:50:57.95
We start over right now.
00:50:57.99\00:51:01.39
Start us any way you wish.
00:51:01.42\00:51:04.86
Make some young warriors
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.46
in this room
Father in this sanctuary.
00:51:06.49\00:51:10.13
Shape some, not
so young warriors
00:51:10.17\00:51:13.84
who at their
age become champions
00:51:13.87\00:51:18.37
of the sword of the
spirit and the Word of God.
00:51:18.41\00:51:22.04
Raise them up, Father,
for the end game, please,
00:51:22.08\00:51:26.35
for the end game,
00:51:26.38\00:51:30.25
raise them up in Jesus' name.
00:51:30.29\00:51:34.49
Amen
00:51:34.52\00:51:35.86
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
00:51:58.98\00:52:04.85
And a light
00:52:04.89\00:52:07.16
Unto my path
00:52:07.19\00:52:12.63
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
00:52:12.66\00:52:18.67
And a light
00:52:18.70\00:52:21.04
Unto my path
00:52:21.07\00:52:24.81
We see what you can do
00:52:41.72\00:52:44.76
Oh God of wonders
00:52:44.79\00:52:48.30
Your power has no end
00:52:48.33\00:52:50.67
The things You've done before
00:52:54.87\00:52:57.77
In greater measure
00:52:57.81\00:53:01.44
You will do again
00:53:01.48\00:53:05.35
Cause there's no prison wall
00:53:05.38\00:53:08.55
You can't break through
00:53:08.58\00:53:10.52
No mountain You can't move
00:53:10.55\00:53:14.56
All things are possible
00:53:14.59\00:53:18.36
There's no broken
body You can't raise
00:53:18.39\00:53:23.47
No soul that You can't save
00:53:23.50\00:53:26.74
All things are possible
00:53:26.77\00:53:31.17
In darkest night
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.74
You can light it up
00:53:33.78\00:53:37.05
You can light it up
00:53:37.08\00:53:39.85
Oh God of revival
00:53:39.88\00:53:43.92
Let hope arise
00:53:43.95\00:53:46.69
Death is overcome
00:53:46.72\00:53:49.76
You've already won
00:53:49.79\00:53:52.69
Oh God of revival
00:53:52.73\00:53:55.50
He rose in victory
00:53:59.37\00:54:02.54
And now You're seated
00:54:02.57\00:54:05.77
Forever on Your throne
00:54:05.81\00:54:08.21
So why should my heart
00:54:12.21\00:54:15.25
Once You've defeated
00:54:15.28\00:54:18.52
I will trust in You alone
00:54:18.55\00:54:22.56
Cause there's no prison wall
00:54:22.59\00:54:25.86
You can't break through
00:54:25.89\00:54:27.56
No mountain you can't move
00:54:27.60\00:54:30.80
All things are possible
00:54:30.83\00:54:35.34
There's no broken body
00:54:35.37\00:54:38.47
You can't raise
00:54:38.51\00:54:40.21
No soul that You can't save
00:54:40.24\00:54:43.28
All things are possible
00:54:43.31\00:54:47.28
The darkest night
00:54:47.32\00:54:50.15
You can light it up
00:54:50.19\00:54:53.36
You can light it up
00:54:53.39\00:54:56.02
Oh God of revival
00:54:56.06\00:55:00.06
Let hope arise
00:55:00.10\00:55:02.73
Death is overcome
00:55:02.76\00:55:05.83
You've have already won
00:55:05.87\00:55:08.57
Oh God of revival
00:55:08.60\00:55:11.64
Come awaken Your people
00:55:14.74\00:55:17.85
Come awaken Your city
00:55:17.88\00:55:21.12
Oh God of revival
00:55:21.15\00:55:23.15
Pour it out, pour it out
00:55:23.18\00:55:27.26
Every stronghold will crumble
00:55:27.29\00:55:30.39
Hear the chains hit the ground
00:55:30.43\00:55:33.80
Oh God of revival
00:55:33.83\00:55:35.80
Pour it out, pour it out
00:55:35.83\00:55:39.80
Come awaken Your people
00:55:39.83\00:55:42.97
Come awaken Your city
00:55:43.00\00:55:46.41
Oh God of revival
00:55:46.44\00:55:48.34
Pour it out, pour it out
00:55:48.38\00:55:52.65
Every stronghold will crumble
00:55:52.68\00:55:55.75
Hear the chains hit the ground
00:55:55.78\00:55:58.95
Oh God of revival
00:55:58.99\00:56:00.89
Pour it out, pour it out
00:56:00.92\00:56:05.56
You can light it up
00:56:05.59\00:56:08.76
You can light it up
00:56:08.80\00:56:11.53
Oh God of revival
00:56:11.57\00:56:15.40
Let hope arise
00:56:15.44\00:56:18.14
Death is overcome
00:56:18.17\00:56:21.28
You've have already won
00:56:21.31\00:56:24.18
Oh God of revival
00:56:24.21\00:56:28.38
There's no prison wall
00:56:28.42\00:56:31.39
You can't break through
00:56:31.42\00:56:33.32
No mountain You can't move
00:56:33.36\00:56:36.62
All things are possible
00:56:36.66\00:56:41.16
There's no broken body
00:56:41.20\00:56:44.50
You can't raise
00:56:44.53\00:56:46.30
No soul that You can't save
00:56:46.33\00:56:49.64
All things are possible
00:56:49.67\00:56:54.74
We've been really
blessed by the financial support
00:57:06.96\00:57:08.76
that comes from our viewers.
00:57:08.79\00:57:10.36
And we've made a
conscious decision
00:57:10.39\00:57:11.76
not to continually appeal to you
00:57:11.79\00:57:14.03
for that support.
00:57:14.06\00:57:15.53
Fact is, as
everyone in the industry
00:57:15.56\00:57:17.13
will tell you
we're needing to make
00:57:17.17\00:57:18.77
constant upgrades
to our technology.
00:57:18.80\00:57:21.54
So if God has blessed you,
00:57:21.57\00:57:23.04
and you'd like
to further the work
00:57:23.07\00:57:24.41
of this ministry, we
invite you to partner with us.
00:57:24.44\00:57:26.71
Not a single
penny of your donation
00:57:26.74\00:57:28.34
will go to me.
00:57:28.38\00:57:29.71
Every bit of your
gift goes to the mission
00:57:29.74\00:57:32.01
of blessing your
community and our world.
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.45
You can donate on our
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00:57:34.48\00:57:37.42
or call the number.
00:57:37.45\00:57:38.89
You know, the
number 877- HIS-WILL.
00:57:38.92\00:57:41.62
Again that number is
877-the two words HIS-WILL.
00:57:41.66\00:57:45.96
And may the God
who has blessed you
00:57:45.99\00:57:47.40
continue to pour into your life
00:57:47.43\00:57:49.20
the gifts of His
joy and His hope.
00:57:49.23\00:57:51.93
Thank you.
00:57:51.97\00:57:53.30
And I'm looking forward
to seeing you right here
00:57:53.34\00:57:55.34
again next time.
00:57:55.37\00:57:56.81