God is love, 00:01:00.86\00:01:02.82 and He loves to give good gifts to His children. 00:01:02.86\00:01:07.20 Equally He loves to give good gifts to parents. 00:01:07.23\00:01:11.13 Our first speaker today 00:01:11.17\00:01:13.40 is a wonderful gift 00:01:13.44\00:01:15.10 to each of us in the ASI family and that's Jenny Tillay. 00:01:15.14\00:01:19.11 Several years ago, 00:01:19.14\00:01:20.48 the ASI family gave me the undeserved privilege 00:01:20.51\00:01:23.48 of serving and falling in love with their children. 00:01:23.51\00:01:26.68 One of them was Jenny 00:01:26.72\00:01:28.75 and other was her brother, little John John. 00:01:28.78\00:01:31.79 We met little John John last night. 00:01:31.82\00:01:34.46 Today, we're gonna be blessed as Jenny shares with us 00:01:34.49\00:01:39.79 the thoughts 00:01:39.83\00:01:41.96 and the desires that God has put on her heart. 00:01:42.00\00:01:45.83 And we want to thank Mike and Colleen 00:01:45.87\00:01:48.87 for sharing their children with the ASI family. 00:01:48.90\00:01:52.54 They made the gift she brings today, 00:01:52.57\00:01:54.71 be for each of us. 00:01:54.74\00:01:57.08 About 28 years ago, a young man visited 00:01:57.11\00:02:00.22 a small fledgling supporting ministry 00:02:00.25\00:02:05.19 in a Sabbath morning. 00:02:05.22\00:02:07.89 And when it was time for Sabbath School, 00:02:07.92\00:02:10.79 a group left a little chapel 00:02:10.83\00:02:12.99 and gathered around the bed of the leader of that ministry. 00:02:13.03\00:02:17.67 And this man taught Sabbath School 00:02:17.70\00:02:19.83 from his bed. 00:02:19.87\00:02:21.47 And that young man was so drawn and so impressed 00:02:21.50\00:02:24.87 by what was shared from God's word that day 00:02:24.91\00:02:29.44 that he joined that ministry, 00:02:29.48\00:02:31.55 and for the next 28 years served supporting ministries 00:02:31.58\00:02:35.85 around the world. 00:02:35.88\00:02:38.12 It was put in his heart 00:02:38.15\00:02:39.49 through the leader of that ministry to enter in 00:02:39.52\00:02:42.26 to sacrificial service for Jesus. 00:02:42.29\00:02:45.69 Well, that young man was myself 00:02:45.73\00:02:47.93 and that leader was Wilbur Atwood. 00:02:47.96\00:02:50.57 And the Lord has used Brother Atwood 00:02:50.60\00:02:52.33 to inspire young people by the hundreds into ministry, 00:02:52.37\00:02:57.21 into service for Him. 00:02:57.24\00:02:59.11 And around the world today, 00:02:59.14\00:03:01.81 there's memorials 00:03:01.84\00:03:04.51 to the sacrifice and the commitment 00:03:04.55\00:03:07.48 made by Brother Atwood. 00:03:07.52\00:03:09.52 And I'm sure the gift that awaits is great 00:03:09.55\00:03:14.59 that our hearts will be warmed 00:03:14.62\00:03:17.83 as God speaks through these two today. 00:03:17.86\00:03:19.76 Jesus wants me for a sunbeam 00:03:33.64\00:03:37.11 To shine for Him each day 00:03:37.15\00:03:41.05 In every way try to please Him 00:03:41.08\00:03:44.29 At home, at school, at play 00:03:44.32\00:03:47.59 A sunbeam, a sunbeam 00:03:47.62\00:03:51.66 Jesus wants me for a sunbeam 00:03:51.69\00:03:55.03 A sunbeam, a sunbeam 00:03:55.06\00:03:58.83 I'll be a sunbeam for Him 00:03:58.87\00:04:02.64 Jesus wants you for a sunbeam 00:04:02.67\00:04:05.97 To shine for Him each day 00:04:06.01\00:04:09.81 In every way try to please Him 00:04:09.84\00:04:12.98 At home, at work, at play 00:04:13.01\00:04:16.52 A sunbeam, a sunbeam 00:04:16.55\00:04:20.46 Jesus wants you for a sunbeam 00:04:20.49\00:04:23.76 A sunbeam, a sunbeam 00:04:23.79\00:04:27.30 Will you be a sunbeam for Him? 00:04:27.33\00:04:30.97 I'll be a sunbeam for Him 00:04:31.00\00:04:34.47 Let's all be a sunbeam for Him 00:04:34.50\00:04:39.87 This Little Light Of Mine 00:04:39.91\00:04:45.11 I'm gonna let it shine 00:04:45.15\00:04:50.19 This Little Light Of Mine 00:04:50.22\00:04:54.62 I'm gonna let it shine 00:04:54.66\00:04:59.39 This Little Light Of Mine 00:04:59.43\00:05:03.90 I'm gonna let it shine 00:05:03.93\00:05:07.24 Let it shine, let it shine 00:05:07.27\00:05:12.07 Let it shine 00:05:12.11\00:05:16.81 Let it shine, let it shine, 00:05:16.85\00:05:21.58 Let it shine 00:05:21.62\00:05:25.22 Light of the world, 00:05:29.76\00:05:33.26 Living in me 00:05:33.29\00:05:36.63 Shine through the darkness 00:05:36.67\00:05:40.14 For all to see 00:05:40.17\00:05:43.71 Light of the world, 00:05:43.74\00:05:47.38 Lighting the way 00:05:47.41\00:05:50.91 Shine on, Jesus, I pray 00:05:50.95\00:05:57.99 Shine on, Jesus, 00:05:58.02\00:06:01.79 Shine through me I pray 00:06:01.82\00:06:05.23 Shine on, Jesus, 00:06:05.26\00:06:08.76 Shine through me each day 00:06:08.80\00:06:12.27 In all that I do, 00:06:12.30\00:06:15.94 In all that I say 00:06:15.97\00:06:19.74 Shine on, Jesus, I pray 00:06:19.77\00:06:26.55 Shine on, Jesus, 00:06:26.58\00:06:30.45 Shine through me I pray 00:06:30.49\00:06:33.99 Shine on, Jesus, 00:06:34.02\00:06:37.29 Shine through me each day 00:06:37.33\00:06:40.76 In all that I do, 00:06:40.80\00:06:44.23 In all that I say 00:06:44.27\00:06:48.07 Shine on, Jesus 00:06:48.10\00:06:51.74 I pray 00:06:51.77\00:06:56.21 I'll be 00:06:56.24\00:06:57.91 A sunbeam for You 00:06:57.95\00:07:04.55 Amen. 00:07:06.22\00:07:07.56 What a blessing this week has been. 00:07:13.29\00:07:15.96 Every year I come to ASI excited to see 00:07:16.00\00:07:18.83 what God is doing in our lives. 00:07:18.87\00:07:21.47 I begin to think 00:07:21.50\00:07:22.84 what makes for a successful ASI convention. 00:07:22.87\00:07:26.07 Is that getting to connect with friends? 00:07:26.11\00:07:28.38 I know for some that's important. 00:07:28.41\00:07:30.75 For others, making our offering goal 00:07:30.78\00:07:32.75 really makes this a success. 00:07:32.78\00:07:35.62 But I begin to wonder 00:07:35.65\00:07:36.99 what makes for a successful convention 00:07:37.02\00:07:39.62 for God. 00:07:39.65\00:07:41.42 Is it the testimonies we've heard? 00:07:41.46\00:07:43.69 The youth who have had a summer to remember, 00:07:43.73\00:07:46.80 the vegan food, all wonderful. 00:07:46.83\00:07:49.30 And yet, I think if we ask God today, 00:07:49.33\00:07:52.00 He would say having each one of us 00:07:52.03\00:07:54.54 make a commitment to take it back, 00:07:54.57\00:07:57.64 to take the joy we saw 00:07:57.67\00:07:59.01 reflected on everyone's faces last night, 00:07:59.04\00:08:02.21 to have our own faces reflecting that joy 00:08:02.24\00:08:05.48 throughout this year as we share Jesus. 00:08:05.51\00:08:08.18 To take the termination, 00:08:08.22\00:08:10.09 the stubborn persistence of the testimonies 00:08:10.12\00:08:13.46 and the outreach to take that 00:08:13.49\00:08:16.09 and in our own lives and witness 00:08:16.12\00:08:19.56 to have that same determination to share Jesus. 00:08:19.59\00:08:22.96 You and your ministry have the opportunity 00:08:23.00\00:08:25.47 to make this the most successful ASI 00:08:25.50\00:08:29.00 in history. 00:08:29.04\00:08:30.81 Our theme text this year has been Joel 2:28-29. 00:08:30.84\00:08:35.74 It's in your programs as well as in your Bibles. 00:08:35.78\00:08:38.38 Joel's a little book. 00:08:38.41\00:08:39.75 Two books pass Daniel if you'd like to turn there. 00:08:39.78\00:08:42.98 Joel was the messenger 00:08:43.02\00:08:44.35 that God sent to the people of Judah. 00:08:44.39\00:08:47.02 We know very little about him, 00:08:47.06\00:08:48.49 but we do know his name means in Hebrew, 00:08:48.52\00:08:52.83 the Lord is God. 00:08:52.86\00:08:54.56 How like God to use even the name of his messenger 00:08:54.60\00:08:59.70 to be a witness. 00:08:59.73\00:09:01.37 So God sends Joel, 00:09:01.40\00:09:03.27 the Lord is God to the people of Judah. 00:09:03.30\00:09:06.27 The people who'd become so complacent, 00:09:06.31\00:09:09.11 they'd become so self-satisfied and self-focused. 00:09:09.14\00:09:13.68 Sounds familiar to any of us. 00:09:13.72\00:09:16.42 And at this point, 00:09:16.45\00:09:18.02 the book opens with a huge plague of locusts 00:09:18.05\00:09:21.02 who've come and ravaged their land. 00:09:21.06\00:09:24.16 And Joel comes to them. 00:09:24.19\00:09:25.89 He says, "Listen, we need to have a revival. 00:09:25.93\00:09:30.03 We need to fast and pray. 00:09:30.07\00:09:32.17 We need to return our spiritual focus 00:09:32.20\00:09:35.20 to that of Jesus." 00:09:35.24\00:09:37.47 The people had had their entire lives 00:09:37.51\00:09:40.78 stripped away by the locust. 00:09:40.81\00:09:43.24 In chapter 1, verse 12, we read, 00:09:43.28\00:09:45.61 surely the joy of people is withered away. 00:09:45.65\00:09:49.35 Their joy was gone 00:09:49.38\00:09:50.72 because they weren't looking to Jesus, 00:09:50.75\00:09:53.19 to God for their joy. 00:09:53.22\00:09:54.99 Their joy was found in their material things. 00:09:55.02\00:09:58.79 As people often live paycheck to paycheck today 00:09:58.83\00:10:02.13 or stipend to stipend for some, 00:10:02.16\00:10:04.63 they lived harvest to harvest. 00:10:04.67\00:10:07.17 One harvest being gone meant devastation. 00:10:07.20\00:10:11.14 The people were desolate. 00:10:11.17\00:10:13.84 Have you ever had locusts ravage your life? 00:10:13.88\00:10:17.11 Have you ever had your faith hanging in shreds? 00:10:17.15\00:10:22.48 Here we find what we need to do 00:10:22.52\00:10:25.05 when the locusts come to our lives. 00:10:25.09\00:10:27.79 You know, every time I turn on the news these days, 00:10:27.82\00:10:30.46 I see people whose lives have been eaten by locusts. 00:10:30.49\00:10:34.70 Every time we see the news in Iraq 00:10:34.73\00:10:36.97 and now in Lebanon and Israel, 00:10:37.00\00:10:38.47 the bombs assailing the people, it's reminded me. 00:10:38.50\00:10:43.10 Well, I don't live in Beirut today. 00:10:43.14\00:10:45.44 I'm still living in a war zone. 00:10:45.47\00:10:47.74 I'm still living 00:10:47.78\00:10:49.31 where bombs gonna assail my life. 00:10:49.34\00:10:51.85 Well, they're not after my house. 00:10:51.88\00:10:53.98 The bombs of the enemy come to our souls, 00:10:54.02\00:10:57.55 to kill our souls, to take away the joy of Jesus. 00:10:57.59\00:11:02.62 Friends, today, there is a battle ground. 00:11:02.66\00:11:06.86 The Holy Spirit is wanting to help us fight 00:11:06.90\00:11:10.80 the great controversy raging 00:11:10.83\00:11:12.97 on the battleground of our lives. 00:11:13.00\00:11:15.10 Now is the time for us 00:11:15.14\00:11:17.74 to stand up in that war zone. 00:11:17.77\00:11:21.24 Our theme this year has been Tell Them Now. 00:11:21.28\00:11:24.31 We see that up here, tell the world, tell them. 00:11:24.35\00:11:27.95 Not only tell them the good news of Jesus, 00:11:27.98\00:11:30.39 but to tell them now 00:11:30.42\00:11:33.29 for what are we really waiting for. 00:11:33.32\00:11:37.19 In the second half of the Joel 2, 00:11:37.23\00:11:40.40 we see Jesus. 00:11:40.43\00:11:42.50 We see God speaking through Joel. 00:11:42.53\00:11:46.00 In verse 12, he says, 00:11:46.03\00:11:47.77 even now return to me with all of your hearts. 00:11:47.80\00:11:52.84 Verse 13, 00:11:52.87\00:11:54.21 "Rend your hearts, and not your garments." 00:11:54.24\00:11:58.08 God is saying enough with the outward shows 00:11:58.11\00:12:00.98 of humility, 00:12:01.02\00:12:02.35 enough with your outward shows of worship. 00:12:02.38\00:12:05.89 I want you, I want your hearts. 00:12:05.92\00:12:10.13 God is saying enough with your offerings, 00:12:10.16\00:12:13.26 I want you to be the offering. 00:12:13.29\00:12:16.40 I want you to make a commitment for me. 00:12:16.43\00:12:20.50 He goes on to say, return to the Lord your God. 00:12:20.54\00:12:24.97 Throughout Joel, 00:12:25.01\00:12:26.34 we see this common theme of urgency. 00:12:26.37\00:12:29.18 Do you hear the immediacy? 00:12:29.21\00:12:31.01 God is wanting you to make a decision 00:12:31.05\00:12:35.12 to stand up, 00:12:35.15\00:12:36.48 to live intentionally in the day of the Lord. 00:12:36.52\00:12:39.75 For really the day of the Lord 00:12:39.79\00:12:41.52 is when God fills all of our space. 00:12:41.56\00:12:44.39 It's when he is at the greatest priority 00:12:44.43\00:12:47.83 when working and serving Him 00:12:47.86\00:12:49.80 is the most important thing on my agenda for today. 00:12:49.83\00:12:54.17 Living in the day of the Lord, 00:12:54.20\00:12:55.97 our lives have to change in light of that fact. 00:12:56.00\00:13:00.01 At Pentecost, we see another great day of the Lord. 00:13:00.04\00:13:03.41 We see with Peter who quotes this text from Joel, 00:13:03.45\00:13:07.78 Joel 28 and 29, He says, 00:13:07.82\00:13:10.32 Now God's Spirit is being poured out on everyone. 00:13:10.35\00:13:15.26 If you read that milestone of all verses, 00:13:15.29\00:13:18.23 it says, "I will pour out my Spirit on all people, 00:13:18.26\00:13:22.06 your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. 00:13:22.10\00:13:25.10 Your old men will dream dreams 00:13:25.13\00:13:26.94 and your young men will see visions. 00:13:26.97\00:13:29.67 Even on my servants both men and women, 00:13:29.70\00:13:32.94 I will pour out my spirit in those days. 00:13:32.97\00:13:36.71 This is an all inclusive text. 00:13:36.75\00:13:39.85 None of us are off the hook. 00:13:39.88\00:13:41.78 Everyone has a chance to have God's Spirit poured out 00:13:41.82\00:13:46.76 on their lives. 00:13:46.79\00:13:48.26 The question is if we are willing 00:13:48.29\00:13:50.49 to stand up to the challenge 00:13:50.53\00:13:53.46 for really we're waiting for that final day of the Lord, 00:13:53.50\00:13:56.53 that final great judgment. 00:13:56.56\00:13:58.80 That day if Joel says 00:13:58.83\00:14:00.30 where everyone who calls on the name of the Lord 00:14:00.34\00:14:03.41 will be saved. 00:14:03.44\00:14:04.97 That is the day that we're waiting for. 00:14:05.01\00:14:06.91 We're waiting as Paul writes, 00:14:06.94\00:14:08.54 the day that comes as a thief in the night, 00:14:08.58\00:14:11.81 our lives have to change in light of that day. 00:14:11.85\00:14:15.85 There will come that day when we will be repaid 00:14:15.88\00:14:18.82 from what the locusts have eaten. 00:14:18.85\00:14:20.39 Verse 27, actually 25 gives us that hope. 00:14:20.42\00:14:24.13 It says I will repay you for the years 00:14:24.16\00:14:26.19 the locusts have eaten. 00:14:26.23\00:14:27.93 We don't have to worry about it now, friends, 00:14:27.96\00:14:30.23 we will be repaid for those years. 00:14:30.27\00:14:35.27 Our job now is as the Desire of Ages puts it, 00:14:35.30\00:14:38.61 I love the story of how Ellen White writes it 00:14:38.64\00:14:41.68 at the feeding of the 5,000 00:14:41.71\00:14:43.88 or Jesus takes a little boy's lunch 00:14:43.91\00:14:45.91 and makes it a feast. 00:14:45.95\00:14:47.62 She writes, 00:14:47.65\00:14:48.98 know that when you are surrounded 00:14:49.02\00:14:51.05 by souls in need, 00:14:51.09\00:14:52.99 Jesus is there. 00:14:53.02\00:14:55.26 Commune with Him. 00:14:55.29\00:14:56.86 And I love this last line. 00:14:56.89\00:14:58.26 It says bring your barley loaves 00:14:58.29\00:15:00.80 to Jesus. 00:15:00.83\00:15:02.60 It's not our job to feed the 5,000. 00:15:02.63\00:15:05.73 It's mine and your job to bring our loaves to Jesus, 00:15:05.77\00:15:10.61 to bring the tools and the gifts 00:15:10.64\00:15:12.61 to bring his spirit back to him, 00:15:12.64\00:15:15.18 and say, "Lord, here I am. 00:15:15.21\00:15:17.08 This is what I have, use me today." 00:15:17.11\00:15:20.42 He will take our loaves, 00:15:20.45\00:15:22.02 and He will help you feed whatever multitude 00:15:22.05\00:15:24.62 you are facing that day. 00:15:24.65\00:15:27.32 Our decision has to be though to bring them to Him. 00:15:27.36\00:15:32.19 This year, I've been privileged to work as a hospital chaplain 00:15:32.23\00:15:36.60 at Florida hospital. 00:15:36.63\00:15:38.00 And I've seen the immediacy of life 00:15:38.03\00:15:39.93 of how important it is to take every opportunity 00:15:39.97\00:15:43.64 to minister for God. 00:15:43.67\00:15:45.97 This lesson was brought quite forcibly to my life. 00:15:46.01\00:15:49.34 When I visited with a patient named Ray. 00:15:49.38\00:15:52.88 As I was visiting with Ray and his two daughters, 00:15:52.91\00:15:55.18 I realized that Ray would not long be with us 00:15:55.22\00:15:58.25 here on Earth. 00:15:58.29\00:15:59.62 His breathing was beginning to get very heavy. 00:15:59.65\00:16:02.46 The cancer was eating away at his body, 00:16:02.49\00:16:05.33 and he wasn't strong enough to fight it anymore. 00:16:05.36\00:16:08.16 And I knew as I talk to him, I felt the spirit impressed me, 00:16:08.20\00:16:11.63 now is the time to invite him 00:16:11.67\00:16:14.27 to participate with Jesus, to pray, 00:16:14.30\00:16:17.11 to enter into a season of time with God. 00:16:17.14\00:16:20.51 Invite God, the God of all comfort, 00:16:20.54\00:16:22.91 the father of compassion. 00:16:22.94\00:16:25.21 As I'm getting ready to invite them 00:16:25.25\00:16:26.95 to have this time of prayer, 00:16:26.98\00:16:29.65 there was a knock at the door 00:16:29.68\00:16:31.02 and the technicians rushed in to do a test. 00:16:31.05\00:16:35.36 And I began to think, well, I could come back to pray. 00:16:35.39\00:16:38.56 I mean, I can pray on my own. 00:16:38.59\00:16:40.46 I don't need to be in the room to pray for Ray. 00:16:40.50\00:16:42.86 And I started to talk myself out 00:16:42.90\00:16:44.60 of standing up 00:16:44.63\00:16:46.00 to inviting him into a relationship with Jesus. 00:16:46.03\00:16:49.94 But then I heard that still small voice. 00:16:49.97\00:16:53.21 You know that voice. 00:16:53.24\00:16:54.78 That voice with all its smallness 00:16:54.81\00:16:56.54 speaks with such great power. 00:16:56.58\00:16:59.28 Jenny, what are you doing? 00:16:59.31\00:17:01.92 Why aren't you inviting me into this room? 00:17:01.95\00:17:05.95 They need my presence. 00:17:05.99\00:17:09.02 Stand up for me. 00:17:09.06\00:17:11.73 I realized, I couldn't say no to that voice. 00:17:11.76\00:17:15.86 And so I said, "Wait a minute." 00:17:15.90\00:17:17.77 With my best chaplaincy authority, 00:17:17.80\00:17:20.30 we were just gonna have prayer. 00:17:20.34\00:17:22.80 To my great surprise, the technician said, 00:17:22.84\00:17:25.24 "Well, sure, that would be great." 00:17:25.27\00:17:27.31 And so as we grab hands around Ray's bed, 00:17:27.34\00:17:30.38 we entered into that spiritual time of prayer, 00:17:30.41\00:17:34.02 where you could just feel God's Spirit. 00:17:34.05\00:17:36.75 It's one of those holy moments that take your shoes off 00:17:36.79\00:17:40.39 kind of holy ground times where you knew 00:17:40.42\00:17:43.06 that God was working on behalf of His people. 00:17:43.09\00:17:46.29 As I left that room, 00:17:46.33\00:17:47.66 I plan to come back in the afternoon 00:17:47.70\00:17:49.93 to commune more with Ray to help him see the God, 00:17:49.96\00:17:54.30 even in these last moments was still with him. 00:17:54.34\00:17:57.64 As I'm planning to come back, I receive a page on my beeper. 00:17:57.67\00:18:01.68 And Ray, 00:18:01.71\00:18:03.04 it said Ray is in cardiac arrest. 00:18:03.08\00:18:06.05 And so I'm running to his floor, 00:18:06.08\00:18:07.78 trying to reach his unit. 00:18:07.82\00:18:09.65 And as I come up to his room, 00:18:09.68\00:18:11.05 the nurse comes out and says, "Jenny, it's over. 00:18:11.09\00:18:14.62 Ray just died." 00:18:14.66\00:18:17.89 And I was so stunned. I couldn't believe it. 00:18:17.93\00:18:20.00 And I'm ministering to the family 00:18:20.03\00:18:21.36 and there was crying, and there's denial, 00:18:21.40\00:18:23.90 and we just can't believe that Ray is gone. 00:18:23.93\00:18:27.00 But then I began to hear something else, 00:18:27.04\00:18:28.74 I begin to hear the family telling 00:18:28.77\00:18:31.07 the other family members who were just coming. 00:18:31.11\00:18:33.41 We got to pray with dad. 00:18:33.44\00:18:35.38 Jenny was here 00:18:35.41\00:18:36.75 and he was still coherent enough, 00:18:36.78\00:18:38.11 and we were able to pray with dad. 00:18:38.15\00:18:41.85 And the comfort and the joy that they got 00:18:41.88\00:18:44.49 from having that last spiritual moment 00:18:44.52\00:18:47.59 was such a blessing. 00:18:47.62\00:18:49.06 They knew that Jesus had been with him. 00:18:49.09\00:18:52.46 And as I now stood at Ray's empty bed, 00:18:52.49\00:18:56.00 I realized what if I hadn't listened 00:18:56.03\00:18:58.90 to that still small voice, 00:18:58.93\00:19:01.14 what if I had done what was more comfortable, 00:19:01.17\00:19:04.07 which I wanted to do, which was easier. 00:19:04.11\00:19:07.48 What if I listened to the voice of inclination 00:19:07.51\00:19:09.74 as opposed to the voice of duty? 00:19:09.78\00:19:12.21 What if I had squelch that voice? 00:19:12.25\00:19:16.45 Friends, we don't always get a second chance 00:19:16.48\00:19:19.49 to minister with people. 00:19:19.52\00:19:21.29 We don't always get another time 00:19:21.32\00:19:23.16 to hear God's voice. 00:19:23.19\00:19:25.03 Now I could tell you other stories 00:19:25.06\00:19:27.23 of times that I shushed that voice. 00:19:27.26\00:19:29.80 I did what was easier. 00:19:29.83\00:19:32.23 Have you been hearing that voice lately? 00:19:32.27\00:19:34.70 You see, living in the day of the Lord 00:19:34.74\00:19:36.94 means not only hearing God's voice, 00:19:36.97\00:19:39.44 it means acting upon it. 00:19:39.47\00:19:42.11 It means standing up and saying, 00:19:42.14\00:19:44.38 I'm going to take it to a higher level. 00:19:44.41\00:19:46.48 There's something more that Jesus wants to do with me. 00:19:46.51\00:19:50.19 For as I've learned in the hospital, 00:19:50.22\00:19:52.25 today is the day I might be the only Jesus 00:19:52.29\00:19:55.29 someone gets to meet. 00:19:55.32\00:19:57.73 The same is true in your work. 00:19:57.76\00:20:00.63 We see this throughout scripture. 00:20:00.66\00:20:03.16 Jesus wants us to stand up for him. 00:20:03.20\00:20:09.00 In closing, 00:20:09.04\00:20:10.57 there is one story 00:20:10.61\00:20:11.94 that I think many of you probably haven't heard. 00:20:11.97\00:20:14.64 It's an Uncle Arthur story. 00:20:14.68\00:20:16.68 You remember Uncle Arthur, don't you? 00:20:16.71\00:20:18.91 Those big blue books with the Bible stories, 00:20:18.95\00:20:21.78 Billy and the Bees. 00:20:21.82\00:20:23.39 The story of the two Carolyns. 00:20:23.42\00:20:25.99 That is when my mother love to use on me. 00:20:26.02\00:20:29.02 It would become the story of the two Jennys. 00:20:29.06\00:20:32.59 But there is one story that Uncle Arthur, 00:20:32.63\00:20:36.03 his son actually was able to relate to me, 00:20:36.06\00:20:39.03 that Uncle Arthur in the back of his closet 00:20:39.07\00:20:41.27 had a large locked box. 00:20:41.30\00:20:43.67 It was a cash box. It was over 100 years old. 00:20:43.71\00:20:47.88 It was locked. 00:20:47.91\00:20:49.34 But after Uncle Arthur's death, 00:20:49.38\00:20:51.48 the sons are going through his belongings, 00:20:51.51\00:20:54.32 and they find the key to that locked box. 00:20:54.35\00:20:57.62 Now their father was notorious for treasure hunts. 00:20:57.65\00:21:01.32 So they begin to get excited 00:21:01.36\00:21:02.92 what could be inside the locked box. 00:21:02.96\00:21:06.09 And as they open the box, 00:21:06.13\00:21:07.50 they lift the lid expectedly excited to know 00:21:07.53\00:21:11.30 what it's going to be. 00:21:11.33\00:21:13.40 Inside the box was a simple phrase. 00:21:13.44\00:21:17.61 A little piece of paper with three words. 00:21:17.64\00:21:20.64 The three words Uncle Arthur thought 00:21:20.68\00:21:22.58 were the most important ones he could leave for his sons. 00:21:22.61\00:21:27.22 Those words were, "Do it now." 00:21:27.25\00:21:30.29 Do it now. 00:21:30.32\00:21:33.25 They knew what that meant. 00:21:33.29\00:21:35.16 They knew it was time to stand up 00:21:35.19\00:21:38.56 to do whatever God was impressing 00:21:38.59\00:21:40.60 upon their lives. 00:21:40.63\00:21:42.56 That same message is for us today, 00:21:42.60\00:21:46.53 to do it now. 00:21:46.57\00:21:48.67 To do whatever you've been feeling 00:21:48.70\00:21:50.77 God impressing upon your hearts 00:21:50.81\00:21:53.58 because we don't know if we'll get another chance. 00:21:53.61\00:21:57.45 There is nothing worse than hearing God's voice 00:21:57.48\00:22:00.52 and not acting upon it. 00:22:00.55\00:22:03.05 Today, you and I 00:22:03.08\00:22:04.99 are being brought together for a reason. 00:22:05.02\00:22:07.09 Young and old, experienced and novice, 00:22:07.12\00:22:09.92 each one of us have a work 00:22:09.96\00:22:12.63 and a need to follow God. 00:22:12.66\00:22:14.93 We have a need to bring God's Spirit, 00:22:14.96\00:22:18.27 to bring our tools, to bring our loaves to Jesus. 00:22:18.30\00:22:22.90 In this day of the Lord, 00:22:22.94\00:22:24.64 we need to start acting 00:22:24.67\00:22:26.27 like we're living in the end times. 00:22:26.31\00:22:28.74 We need to come back 00:22:28.78\00:22:31.38 to what is important and essential 00:22:31.41\00:22:33.88 in the Gospel message, the simplicity of Jesus. 00:22:33.92\00:22:37.49 It's time for you to stand up 00:22:37.52\00:22:40.79 wherever you are to reach someone this year. 00:22:40.82\00:22:44.59 You and your ministry will help make this ASI 00:22:44.63\00:22:48.10 the most successful ASI convention in history. 00:22:48.13\00:22:52.20 God will long remember what's happened this week. 00:22:52.23\00:22:55.84 But he's a lot more excited on what happens now. 00:22:55.87\00:23:00.38 It is my challenge 00:23:00.41\00:23:01.81 and then my encouragement to each one of us 00:23:01.84\00:23:04.18 to take it back. 00:23:04.21\00:23:06.58 As in the words of Jesus, 00:23:06.61\00:23:09.05 "My sheep hear My voice 00:23:09.08\00:23:11.85 and they follow it." 00:23:11.89\00:23:14.89 In our daily lives, 00:23:14.92\00:23:16.26 this year when we hear that still small voice, 00:23:16.29\00:23:20.06 let's do it now. 00:23:20.10\00:23:21.86 Amen. 00:23:21.90\00:23:23.23 Let us go back to the upper room. 00:23:34.38\00:23:38.51 Jesus had just left our home, 00:23:38.55\00:23:41.85 and He had given certain instructions 00:23:41.88\00:23:44.75 to His disciples. 00:23:44.79\00:23:47.19 One of them was tell them now, 00:23:47.22\00:23:52.33 but another instruction 00:23:52.36\00:23:55.33 gave them the privilege 00:23:55.36\00:24:00.30 of having power. 00:24:00.34\00:24:02.60 He said I want you to, Tarry, in Jerusalem 00:24:02.64\00:24:07.11 until you receive power. 00:24:07.14\00:24:10.45 In other words, don't try to tell them now 00:24:10.48\00:24:14.88 if you don't have the power. 00:24:14.92\00:24:18.15 The disciples were also instructed 00:24:18.19\00:24:22.62 that they should pray for that power. 00:24:22.66\00:24:26.33 They entered the upper room, 00:24:26.36\00:24:29.06 and they spent 10 days pleading with God 00:24:29.10\00:24:33.70 to give them the power to do the work 00:24:33.74\00:24:36.71 that Jesus had asked him to do. 00:24:36.74\00:24:40.41 We know that it was successful 00:24:40.44\00:24:43.65 because in Colossians 1:23, 00:24:43.68\00:24:48.95 Paul penned these words, 00:24:48.98\00:24:51.62 "The gospel, which ye have heard, 00:24:51.65\00:24:55.96 and which was preached to every creature, 00:24:55.99\00:25:00.20 which is under heaven." 00:25:00.23\00:25:02.36 And if you check the date 00:25:02.40\00:25:04.53 of when that epistle was written, 00:25:04.57\00:25:07.34 it was only about 30 years. 00:25:07.37\00:25:11.11 Within 30 years, 00:25:11.14\00:25:13.68 following the commission to tell them now, 00:25:13.71\00:25:18.48 but to tell them now under the power of Pentecost, 00:25:18.51\00:25:23.65 they were completely successful 00:25:23.69\00:25:27.22 in taking the gospel to the world. 00:25:27.26\00:25:31.93 Now we go down to the Millerite movement. 00:25:31.96\00:25:36.23 Some people would like to distance themselves 00:25:36.26\00:25:39.63 from the Millerite movement 00:25:39.67\00:25:41.80 because some are saying 00:25:41.84\00:25:44.94 that we were false prophets 00:25:44.97\00:25:47.94 because of predicting a coming of Christ. 00:25:47.98\00:25:51.71 But we do not need to distance ourselves 00:25:51.75\00:25:55.58 from the Millerites 00:25:55.62\00:25:57.39 because they received 00:25:57.42\00:25:59.62 the same power of Pentecost. 00:25:59.65\00:26:03.99 Let me just read an account 00:26:04.03\00:26:06.90 from Great Controversy 369, and 70. 00:26:06.93\00:26:12.87 "Rich and poor, 00:26:12.90\00:26:15.60 high and low, 00:26:15.64\00:26:17.31 were from various causes, 00:26:17.34\00:26:19.91 anxious to hear for themselves, 00:26:19.94\00:26:22.88 the doctrine of the Second Advent. 00:26:22.91\00:26:25.81 The Lord held the spirit of opposition in check, 00:26:25.85\00:26:30.99 while His servants 00:26:31.02\00:26:32.95 explained the reasons of their faith. 00:26:32.99\00:26:36.26 Sometimes the instrument was feeble, 00:26:36.29\00:26:39.66 but the Spirit of God gave power 00:26:39.69\00:26:42.50 to His truth. 00:26:42.53\00:26:44.60 The presence of Holy Angels 00:26:44.63\00:26:47.24 was felt in these assemblies, 00:26:47.27\00:26:50.47 and many were daily added to the believers. 00:26:50.51\00:26:54.88 As the evidences of Christ's soon coming were repeated, 00:26:54.91\00:26:59.68 vast crowds listened in breathless silence 00:26:59.71\00:27:03.62 to the solemn words. 00:27:03.65\00:27:06.19 Heaven and earth seem to approach each other. 00:27:06.22\00:27:11.06 The power of God was felt upon old and young 00:27:11.09\00:27:16.80 and middle-aged. 00:27:16.83\00:27:18.60 Men sought their homes with praises upon their lips, 00:27:18.63\00:27:23.61 and the glad sound rang out upon the still night air. 00:27:23.64\00:27:28.74 None who attended those meetings 00:27:28.78\00:27:32.08 can ever forget those scenes of deepest interest." 00:27:32.11\00:27:37.05 And so from about the year 1833, 00:27:37.09\00:27:41.39 until the year 1844, 00:27:41.42\00:27:44.03 Pentecost was falling again upon the Millerite movement. 00:27:44.06\00:27:48.96 As a result, the gospel went 00:27:49.00\00:27:52.50 to every mission station in the world. 00:27:52.53\00:27:56.04 Now not every heathen heard about it, 00:27:56.07\00:27:59.17 but every Christian on planet earth 00:27:59.21\00:28:02.18 heard about this message 00:28:02.21\00:28:04.55 within just a few years. 00:28:04.58\00:28:08.42 As we begin to look at this bit of history, 00:28:08.45\00:28:12.19 we realize that it's a fulfillment 00:28:12.22\00:28:15.02 of Joel 2:23. 00:28:15.06\00:28:20.03 Joel said, "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, 00:28:20.06\00:28:24.37 and rejoice in the Lord your God 00:28:24.40\00:28:27.14 for he hath given you 00:28:27.17\00:28:29.30 the former rain moderately, 00:28:29.34\00:28:32.84 and he will cause to come down for you the rain, 00:28:32.87\00:28:37.85 the former rain, 00:28:37.88\00:28:39.81 and the latter rain in the first month." 00:28:39.85\00:28:43.62 Yes, the disciples receive the early rain. 00:28:43.65\00:28:48.82 But now as God came to the time for the final message 00:28:48.86\00:28:53.56 to go to the world, 00:28:53.60\00:28:55.56 He poured out the early rain upon the Millerites, 00:28:55.60\00:29:00.17 and He promised that the latter rain was to follow 00:29:00.20\00:29:05.14 after that early rain. 00:29:05.17\00:29:07.58 But unfortunately there, 00:29:07.61\00:29:09.94 we see the change. 00:29:09.98\00:29:13.52 As we come to the year 1856, 00:29:13.55\00:29:18.09 we find that instead of the latter rain falling 00:29:18.12\00:29:22.62 upon the majority, I'm sure there was some, 00:29:22.66\00:29:25.59 there were receiving still the early rain power. 00:29:25.63\00:29:28.80 But in general, 00:29:28.83\00:29:30.50 we had to be called the latter sea in church. 00:29:30.53\00:29:35.04 By 1868, 00:29:35.07\00:29:38.37 a very sad statement 00:29:38.41\00:29:41.14 had to be made from the testimony of Jesus. 00:29:41.18\00:29:45.65 And here's the testimony. 00:29:45.68\00:29:48.72 God's willingness to have His people perish 00:29:48.75\00:29:53.89 has been the reason 00:29:53.92\00:29:55.99 for so long delay. 00:29:56.02\00:30:00.93 There is no reason 00:30:00.96\00:30:03.67 why we had to be called a false prophet 00:30:03.70\00:30:07.50 for predicting a coming of Christ in 1844. 00:30:07.54\00:30:12.34 Yes, it's true. 00:30:12.37\00:30:13.71 He couldn't come on that day, 00:30:13.74\00:30:15.58 but it was His plan to come shortly after. 00:30:15.61\00:30:20.08 If the early rain had continued to fall, 00:30:20.12\00:30:24.35 and if the latter rain had been added 00:30:24.39\00:30:28.62 to that early rain power, 00:30:28.66\00:30:32.09 we see in 1868, 00:30:32.13\00:30:36.06 there had already been a long delay. 00:30:36.10\00:30:41.34 But that's not all. 00:30:41.37\00:30:43.94 Again, we find from the testimony of Jesus, 00:30:43.97\00:30:48.64 a statement in 1901. 00:30:48.68\00:30:51.95 We may have to remain here in this world 00:30:51.98\00:30:56.69 because of insubordination many more years, 00:30:56.72\00:31:02.56 as did the children of Israel. 00:31:02.59\00:31:07.16 We cannot say anything against that statement today 00:31:07.20\00:31:11.00 because we have been here 00:31:11.03\00:31:12.90 more than 100 years since that time. 00:31:12.93\00:31:16.50 We have been here 162 years 00:31:16.54\00:31:22.58 since the time. 00:31:22.61\00:31:24.61 When the early rain 00:31:24.65\00:31:26.55 was beginning to fall upon God's people 00:31:26.58\00:31:30.79 and God had a plan, 00:31:30.82\00:31:32.92 they went in a very short time 00:31:32.95\00:31:35.09 it could have all been finished up. 00:31:35.12\00:31:37.69 You see, when God's people are full of the Holy Spirit, 00:31:37.73\00:31:42.53 it doesn't take very long. 00:31:42.56\00:31:45.43 The work is able to go rapidly. 00:31:45.47\00:31:49.14 We as human beings have a tendency 00:31:49.17\00:31:52.27 to work on the plan of addition, 00:31:52.31\00:31:55.64 but God is able to work on a plan of multiplication 00:31:55.68\00:32:01.35 and things can go quickly 00:32:01.38\00:32:03.52 if the gospel could go to every creature 00:32:03.55\00:32:05.65 on planet earth 00:32:05.69\00:32:07.02 within 30 years with 120 people. 00:32:07.06\00:32:11.59 And if God through a few Millerites, 00:32:11.63\00:32:14.36 the maximum numbers they got to was about 300,000, 00:32:14.40\00:32:18.37 the midnight cry about 50,000. 00:32:18.40\00:32:22.84 If God could take the message 00:32:22.87\00:32:24.91 to every single Christian on planet Earth 00:32:24.94\00:32:28.54 through these people, 00:32:28.58\00:32:30.81 then we know that it wouldn't take very long 00:32:30.85\00:32:35.12 for the work to be done. 00:32:35.15\00:32:37.69 In fact, as we look at this statement 00:32:37.72\00:32:42.19 from the book Acts of the Apostles, 00:32:42.22\00:32:44.73 page 50, 00:32:44.76\00:32:46.23 we see something important for us 00:32:46.26\00:32:49.60 at this moment. 00:32:49.63\00:32:52.47 "The lapse of time has wrought no change 00:32:52.50\00:32:57.41 in Christ's parting promise 00:32:57.44\00:32:59.77 to send the Holy Spirit as His representative." 00:32:59.81\00:33:03.58 You see, Jesus has the same plan 00:33:03.61\00:33:07.25 that he had for His disciples. 00:33:07.28\00:33:09.58 And the plan is 00:33:09.62\00:33:11.59 to share with the world now, 00:33:11.62\00:33:16.16 but not to try to share without the power. 00:33:16.19\00:33:21.30 "It is not because of any restriction 00:33:21.33\00:33:24.83 on the part of God 00:33:24.87\00:33:26.60 that the riches of His grace 00:33:26.63\00:33:29.10 do not flow earthward to men. 00:33:29.14\00:33:31.77 If the fulfillment of the promise 00:33:31.81\00:33:34.64 is not seen as it might be, 00:33:34.68\00:33:38.51 it is because the promise is not appreciated 00:33:38.55\00:33:43.12 as it should be. 00:33:43.15\00:33:45.35 If all were willing, 00:33:45.39\00:33:49.29 all would be filled with the Spirit." 00:33:49.32\00:33:54.40 Now and some of these experiences 00:33:54.43\00:33:56.26 we've heard, 00:33:56.30\00:33:57.63 it seems for sure 00:33:57.67\00:33:59.47 that there are people that are willing to be filled 00:33:59.50\00:34:03.30 and God is blessing. 00:34:03.34\00:34:06.34 But when we look at the whole picture, 00:34:06.37\00:34:09.54 there is a lot more to be done. 00:34:09.58\00:34:13.48 In fact, I think of that song 00:34:13.52\00:34:16.38 that we sing showers of blessing. 00:34:16.42\00:34:20.19 And in there, there's a phrase that says this. 00:34:20.22\00:34:25.49 Around us, mercy drops are falling. 00:34:25.53\00:34:30.43 But for the showers, we plead, 00:34:30.47\00:34:35.00 this is a time 00:34:35.04\00:34:36.94 for all of God's people 00:34:36.97\00:34:40.24 to accept the opportunity and the privilege 00:34:40.28\00:34:43.35 that they have, 00:34:43.38\00:34:45.61 to reach out for the early rain. 00:34:45.65\00:34:49.32 We don't have to wait for the latter rain. 00:34:49.35\00:34:53.32 There is an early rain that has to happen now. 00:34:53.36\00:34:57.06 If all we're willing, 00:34:57.09\00:34:59.56 all would be filled with the Spirit. 00:34:59.59\00:35:04.17 Wherever, the need of the Holy Spirit 00:35:04.20\00:35:07.37 is the matter little thought of, 00:35:07.40\00:35:09.60 there is scenes spiritual drought, 00:35:09.64\00:35:12.61 spiritual darkness, spiritual declension, 00:35:12.64\00:35:16.58 and death. 00:35:16.61\00:35:18.21 Whenever minor matters, occupy the attention, 00:35:18.25\00:35:22.38 the divine power which is necessary 00:35:22.42\00:35:25.25 for the growth and prosperity of the church, 00:35:25.29\00:35:28.29 and which would bring all other blessings 00:35:28.32\00:35:30.36 in His stream is lacking, 00:35:30.39\00:35:33.43 though offered in infinite plenitude. 00:35:33.46\00:35:37.40 Yes, God never made a decision to turn up the power. 00:35:37.43\00:35:41.57 The early disciples lost it after a while. 00:35:41.60\00:35:45.67 Those who came after the Millerite movement, 00:35:45.71\00:35:48.01 they lost it after a while. 00:35:48.04\00:35:50.38 At least in general, 00:35:50.41\00:35:52.61 but God never intended to turn it off. 00:35:52.65\00:35:55.28 It was His plan to have that power 00:35:55.32\00:35:58.65 showered upon His people 00:35:58.69\00:36:00.46 from the time it started in 1833 00:36:00.49\00:36:03.93 until it finished. 00:36:03.96\00:36:05.79 And there would have been no long delay. 00:36:05.83\00:36:10.17 So we look at what God has for the future, 00:36:10.20\00:36:14.44 which no doubt, 00:36:14.47\00:36:16.81 if we are the ones who will seek God 00:36:16.84\00:36:20.28 for the outpouring of His Holy Spirit 00:36:20.31\00:36:22.18 as He desires us to, 00:36:22.21\00:36:24.18 we are going to be the ones to see it. 00:36:24.21\00:36:28.05 From Spalding and Magan collections, 00:36:28.08\00:36:30.12 page four, it says, 00:36:30.15\00:36:32.22 "I saw the latter rain was coming, 00:36:32.25\00:36:35.49 as the midnight cry 00:36:35.52\00:36:37.76 and with 10 times the power." 00:36:37.79\00:36:41.26 It doesn't take long for God to finish the work, 00:36:41.30\00:36:45.03 but it requires the power. 00:36:45.07\00:36:48.74 A decision to go forward with telling them now 00:36:48.77\00:36:53.38 and a decision to say, Lord, 00:36:53.41\00:36:56.31 there's no way, I can tell them now 00:36:56.34\00:36:59.08 if you do not give me the power that you have promised. 00:36:59.11\00:37:04.55 There's one other dimension in the verse 00:37:04.59\00:37:08.19 of Joel 2:28. 00:37:08.22\00:37:10.86 It's implied. 00:37:10.89\00:37:12.83 And it says that the older and the younger 00:37:12.86\00:37:17.23 are both going to be used of God 00:37:17.27\00:37:20.20 in a special way in these last days, 00:37:20.24\00:37:23.10 old men, dreaming dreams, 00:37:23.14\00:37:25.91 young men seeing visions. 00:37:25.94\00:37:28.81 Yes, God is looking for us to work together. 00:37:28.84\00:37:32.81 It is time to abolish the generation gap 00:37:32.85\00:37:36.58 and to press together. 00:37:36.62\00:37:38.45 There is a reason why we need to press together. 00:37:38.49\00:37:42.29 God has given experience to those of older years. 00:37:42.32\00:37:47.20 The things that they have gone through, 00:37:47.23\00:37:49.90 the experience that they have had 00:37:49.93\00:37:53.60 requires many, many trials, 00:37:53.64\00:37:57.24 many, many struggles, 00:37:57.27\00:37:58.61 and they are prepared to help others. 00:37:58.64\00:38:01.78 But I have to say to many of us that are older here, 00:38:01.81\00:38:06.75 we have not been as faithful as we should have been 00:38:06.78\00:38:11.35 to the training of the young people. 00:38:11.39\00:38:14.29 You know, many times, it's easier to work alone, 00:38:14.32\00:38:18.76 but God has called us to get some young people 00:38:18.79\00:38:22.70 and to help them learn. 00:38:22.73\00:38:24.53 Not only 00:38:24.57\00:38:25.90 will they be able to do what we are doing 00:38:25.93\00:38:28.30 in some other place, 00:38:28.34\00:38:29.94 but someday, 00:38:29.97\00:38:31.41 they will have to take our place. 00:38:31.44\00:38:33.81 And therefore, God is calling 00:38:33.84\00:38:37.38 under the special outpouring of His Holy Spirit 00:38:37.41\00:38:40.82 for the older folks 00:38:40.85\00:38:42.18 to become interested in the training of the youth. 00:38:42.22\00:38:46.05 Second, He's calling for the youth 00:38:46.09\00:38:49.16 to get rid of their attitude, 00:38:49.19\00:38:51.83 which often exists toward those that are older, 00:38:51.86\00:38:55.53 their view of those that are older 00:38:55.56\00:38:59.23 and to begin, to recognize that there is wisdom, 00:38:59.27\00:39:03.10 there is understanding, 00:39:03.14\00:39:04.84 there is a benefit to press close to those 00:39:04.87\00:39:08.48 that are of experience. 00:39:08.51\00:39:11.05 There is a danger 00:39:11.08\00:39:13.72 when we advance too rapidly as a youth 00:39:13.75\00:39:19.19 that we become lifted up and proud. 00:39:19.22\00:39:22.46 In fact, I was reading one day, 00:39:22.49\00:39:24.53 and this sentence caught my eye. 00:39:24.56\00:39:26.46 It was in regard to Dr. Kellogg. 00:39:26.49\00:39:29.53 And it said, 00:39:29.56\00:39:31.83 when God gives success to anyone, 00:39:31.87\00:39:35.80 9 times out of 10, 00:39:35.84\00:39:38.77 they lose their way. 00:39:38.81\00:39:42.34 In order for us to really be able 00:39:42.38\00:39:46.01 to not lose our way, 00:39:46.05\00:39:48.08 it is important to grow together 00:39:48.12\00:39:51.49 and to work together, 00:39:51.52\00:39:53.22 the old and the young. 00:39:53.25\00:39:55.29 This morning, 00:39:55.32\00:39:56.66 I would like to ask for a decision 00:39:56.69\00:39:59.66 on the part of some of you here in the audience. 00:39:59.69\00:40:03.47 First, I would like to ask for those that are older. 00:40:03.50\00:40:08.14 Would you be willing to take your time, 00:40:08.17\00:40:12.87 some of your time this next year 00:40:12.91\00:40:15.51 to give training to some young people, 00:40:15.54\00:40:18.91 to find a way, 00:40:18.95\00:40:21.08 to help them to learn what you know how to do. 00:40:21.12\00:40:24.99 If you would be willing, 00:40:25.02\00:40:26.35 we just invite you to bow on your knees 00:40:26.39\00:40:29.89 there by your seat. 00:40:29.92\00:40:31.26 And if you're not able to bow on your knees, 00:40:31.29\00:40:34.90 you can sit with your bowed head. 00:40:34.93\00:40:37.10 But we would like to ask 00:40:37.13\00:40:38.97 that you make a commitment to the Lord 00:40:39.00\00:40:42.00 that you're gonna train, 00:40:42.04\00:40:43.61 you're gonna find somebody to train. 00:40:43.64\00:40:46.21 And I like to pray as the young people as well. 00:40:46.24\00:40:49.78 If God is impressing your heart 00:40:49.81\00:40:52.38 that you would like to help, 00:40:52.41\00:40:56.35 we would pray that you to kneel, 00:40:56.38\00:40:59.75 and that you would be willing to work 00:40:59.79\00:41:01.26 with someone that's older. 00:41:01.29\00:41:03.16 May God bless each of you. 00:41:03.19\00:41:05.16 Let us pray. 00:41:05.19\00:41:06.53 Our Father in heaven, 00:41:11.50\00:41:14.37 You have called some of us that are older 00:41:14.40\00:41:17.57 to do some training this next year. 00:41:17.61\00:41:20.48 We pray that Your blessing will rest upon everyone 00:41:20.51\00:41:24.41 that has made that decision. 00:41:24.45\00:41:26.88 We also want to pray for those young people 00:41:26.92\00:41:31.55 that are willing to work with the older folks 00:41:31.59\00:41:35.79 and do overcome 00:41:35.82\00:41:37.56 the natural tendencies to pull away. 00:41:37.59\00:41:40.76 We pray that You'll bless them 00:41:40.80\00:41:43.13 that they will gain an experience 00:41:43.16\00:41:44.57 that will make them mighty workers in your cause. 00:41:44.60\00:41:48.07 In Jesus name, amen. 00:41:48.10\00:41:50.87 Wherever Ye may lead me 00:42:09.92\00:42:16.63 I want to follow You 00:42:16.67\00:42:22.47 Through the valley Of the shadow 00:42:22.50\00:42:27.48 Or through the mountain's Breathless view 00:42:27.51\00:42:34.52 If the crowds applaud My progress 00:42:34.55\00:42:40.16 Or if they never know my name 00:42:40.19\00:42:47.00 I will follow You 00:42:47.03\00:42:53.64 Just the same 00:42:53.67\00:42:58.77 If you lead me Through the desert 00:42:58.81\00:43:05.41 Where Your voice seems far away 00:43:05.45\00:43:11.05 I will still believe You love me 00:43:11.09\00:43:16.22 I will listen and I will pray 00:43:16.26\00:43:22.46 For if the thousands Throng around me 00:43:22.50\00:43:27.74 Or if I am the critics' toys 00:43:27.77\00:43:34.98 I will need to know 00:43:35.01\00:43:42.12 Your still small voice 00:43:42.15\00:43:47.19 Lord, I want to be Your servant 00:43:47.22\00:43:53.36 Though I don't always know how 00:43:53.40\00:43:58.97 But You promised to be with me 00:43:59.00\00:44:03.74 Lord, I need You near me now 00:44:03.77\00:44:09.91 So let me see You In each moment 00:44:09.94\00:44:16.02 Day by day 00:44:16.05\00:44:18.55 And week by week 00:44:18.59\00:44:24.69 And I will follow You 00:44:24.73\00:44:31.20 Wherever 00:44:31.23\00:44:32.60 Ye may lead 00:44:32.63\00:44:38.81 Lord, I will follow You 00:44:45.01\00:44:51.65 Wherever 00:44:51.69\00:44:53.29 Ye may 00:44:53.32\00:45:00.60 Lead 00:45:00.63\00:45:07.57