I've just been with Jesus
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I've just seen His glory
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I've just felt His presence
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As I feel it now
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He is all I long for
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There's no one I desire more
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For I've just been with Jesus
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And I am with him now
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Here in this place
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My soul that said is fine
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You have erased the rules
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I've tried so hard
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I am learning hard
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To abandon all my fears
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Each time I need you here
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I've just been with Jesus
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I've just seen His glory
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I've just felt His Presence
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As I feel it now
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He is all I long for
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There's no one I desire more
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For I've just been with Jesus
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And I'm with him now
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Nothing but you
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That's all my eyes can see
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Finally I found the place
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My heart has longed to be
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My own Jesus
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They don't matter any more
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My will, my life is yours
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I've just been with Jesus
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I've just seen His glory
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I've just felt His presence
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As I feel it now
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He is all I long for
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There's no one I desire more
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For I've just been with Jesus
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And I am with Him now
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I've just been with Jesus
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And I am with Him now
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Thank you, Melody.
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I have my sister, Tammy Chance.
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Any of you know Tammy?
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And if you don't,
you get to know Tammy now
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and Tammy has been singing
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ever since she
was a little girl.
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She always loved to sing
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and so she's just
done a brand new CD,
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it's just finished up.
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And when do you finish it?
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Well, we've not actually
done the final mastering of it,
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it'll be a few more weeks,
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but we do have a pre-release
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in our 3ABN bookstore
with four songs on it.
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Good.
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Are you gonna be doing
one of the songs tonight?
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Yes.
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And that was done right here
at our own sound center, right?
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Yes.
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Amazing sound
center, amazing producer E.T.
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Did E.T, help you?
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E.T, yeah, she's
an amazing producer.
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Yeah, she did a great
job and all the musicians
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and the backup singers.
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It was a privilege to be able
to be over there and to do it
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and to have that
kind of time technology.
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I told E.T, our dad
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who had his little Sony
reel to reel tape recorder
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in his little radio shack mics,
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he wouldn't be
able to comprehend
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the technology
that she used in...
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That he would have
liked it, wouldn't he?
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He would have loved it.
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All right,
okay, thank you Tammy.
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The song that I'm going to do
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is called "Outside These Walls."
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And I think it has a message
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like no other song
that I've ever heard
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because it talks about
outside the walls of the church
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where the people
are the hurting people.
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If we can't show love
and Christianity to them,
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what good is coming
to church every week
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and sitting in the
pews going to do us.
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If we can't be kind and loving
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and give our
fellow man what they need.
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Sometimes they just need
to know that somebody cares.
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Sometimes they need to
know about Jesus' love,
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sometimes they
need a helping hand,
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maybe financial or
maybe they're hungry
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and when we love and take care
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of those people
outside the walls,
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then we're showing
our love for Jesus.
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Within these walls
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We join our hearts
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We come together
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To be set apart
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But worshipping each service
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Is just a waste of time
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If we can't face everyday
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The dying world outside
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Do the crying know we care?
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And do the lonely find us there?
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Are we so involved
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We do not hear them call?
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Everywhere men are searching
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And wondering
why they're hurting
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Do they feel the
love of Jesus at all
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Outside these walls?
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Within our hearts
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He's planted a seed
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A love we can count on
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Through all that we need
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But safe in our seclusion
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How can we know
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That outside these walls
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Are seeds we need to sow?
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Do the crying know we care?
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And do the lonely find us there?
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Are we so involved
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We do not hear them call?
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Everywhere men are searching
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And wondering
why they're hurting
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Do they feel the
love of Jesus at all
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Outside these walls?
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And, Lord, through my love
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Please let others see
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Your love reflected
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Through us perfectly
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And let the crying know we care
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And let the lonely find us there
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Don't be so involved
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You do not hear them call?
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Everywhere men are searching
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And wondering
why they're hurting
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Do they feel the
love of Jesus at all
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Outside these walls?
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Amen.
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We're told that
if we would spend
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a little time every day
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contemplating the
final hours of Christ's life,
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that it would change us forever.
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I know that's
true in my own life.
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And I want you
just for a few minutes
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to go with me right now.
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You can close your
eyes, do whatever you need to,
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and try to
imagine what it was like
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when Christ was
going to the cross for you.
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Imagine what he heard,
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what he saw, what he tasted,
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and most importantly
what he thought about.
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The look on Judas' face
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The torches set ablaze
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The weapons drawn and raised
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The chill of night
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The friends who fled in fear
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The sound of Peter's tears
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The way the
people cheered "crucify"
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A nightmare coming
true before your eyes
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What was it that was
going through your mind?
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You thought of us
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Every one of us
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And all your love
for us caused you to stay
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You could have spared your life
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And still had paradise
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But even when the
pain we put You through
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Became too much
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You thought of us
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The friends who fled in fear
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The sound of Peter's tears
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The way the
people cheered, "crucify"
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The needles running red
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The nails, the fight for breathe
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The gaping door of death
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We often taste
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You raged against
the silence in the sky
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But when you asked for God
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To tell you why
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You thought of us
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Every one of us
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And all your love for us
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Caused you to stay
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You could have spared your life
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And still had paradise
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But even when the
pain we put you through
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Became too much
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You thought of us
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And on that Sunday bright
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So full of love and life
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With angels left and right
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To take you home
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But first, you
had to find someone
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To share the joy in you
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And who on earth
should be the first
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To hear the news?
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You thought of us
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And all your love
for us caused you to stay
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We were the very ones
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Who turned away Your love
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But even when the
pain we put you through
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Became too much
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You thought of us
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You thought of us
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Thank you, Jennifer.
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Once again, it's my privilege
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to introduce a
friend and a brother,
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Pastor Wintley Phipps,
President of Dream Academy,
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also World of Praise Network.
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God bless you for
what you're doing.
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We love you. We appreciate you.
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And thank you
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that you're standing
out on the battle lines
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for the cause of God
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and that you
found victory in Jesus.
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Thank you, Pastor.
Thank you, God bless you.
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I want to do a real
happy Negro spiritual.
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Is that all right?
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Listen to the
message in the song.
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I hope you're blessed.
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I'm gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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I'm gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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I'm gonna study war no more
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Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
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Ain't gonna study war no more
00:18:26.60\00:18:29.60
Ain't gonna study war no more
00:18:29.64\00:18:35.51
Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
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Ain't gonna study war no more
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Ain't gonna study war no more
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I'm gonna lay down
my sword and shield
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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I'm gonna lay down
my sword and shield
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna study war no more
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Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
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Ain't gonna study war no more
00:19:15.82\00:19:18.85
Ain't gonna study war no more
00:19:18.89\00:19:24.73
Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
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Ain't gonna study war no more
00:19:28.13\00:19:31.10
Ain't gonna study war no more
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I'm gonna put on
my long white robe
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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I'm gonna put on
my long white robe
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Down by the riverside
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Ain't gonna study war no more
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I'm gonna put on my starry crown
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Down by the riverside
00:20:06.33\00:20:09.30
Down by the riverside
00:20:09.34\00:20:12.41
Down by the riverside
00:20:12.44\00:20:14.64
I'm gonna put on my starry crown
00:20:14.68\00:20:18.58
Down by the riverside
00:20:18.61\00:20:20.88
Gonna study war no more
00:20:20.92\00:20:26.25
Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
00:20:26.29\00:20:29.66
Ain't gonna study war no more
00:20:29.69\00:20:32.69
Ain't gonna study war no more
00:20:32.73\00:20:38.60
Well, I ain't
gonna study war no more
00:20:38.63\00:20:41.97
Ain't gonna study war no more
00:20:42.00\00:20:44.97
Ain't gonna study war
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Ain't gonna study war
Ain't gonna study war no more
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Praise God.
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Praise the Lord.
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Will you bow your head
with me as we praise Him today.
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Father, we thank You
that when we got down
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to the riverside to be baptized,
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we became new creatures
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and we don't study war no more.
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I ask that You'll bless
us as we open Your Word.
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Cleanse me of all
unrighteousness, Lord.
00:21:36.73\00:21:39.19
Fill me with Your
Holy Spirit's presence.
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Speak to me
through me and for me.
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And I promise You, Lord,
00:21:44.80\00:21:46.13
I'll always give You the honor,
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the glory and all the praise.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Oh, I love happy in the Lord.
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I said I love happy in the Lord.
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Amen.
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You know, the Lord says
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.19
that there is joy
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in the presence of God.
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And I tell people,
00:22:14.43\00:22:16.50
that joy is the absence.
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When you come out of joy,
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you have the absence
of the presence of God,
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because in His presence is what?
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Fullness.
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Hallelujah.
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Oh, joy.
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I wanna draw your
attention to a text of Scripture
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that I will be
speaking from today.
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It's found in
the Book of Joshua.
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The Book of Joshua,
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Chapter 4, God
is an awesome God.
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I love the Lord, do you?
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Amen.
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And in verse 4,
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can you read
that first sentence?
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What does it say?
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Then Joshua what?
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Called the 12 men
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whom he had prepared
of the children of Israel,
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out of every tribe a man
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and Joshua said unto them,
00:23:32.87\00:23:35.64
pass over before the
ark of the Lord your God
00:23:35.68\00:23:39.61
into the midst of Jordan,
00:23:39.65\00:23:42.18
take you up every man of you,
00:23:42.22\00:23:45.95
a stone upon his shoulder
according unto the number
00:23:45.99\00:23:50.19
of the tribes of
the children of Israel."
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Look at verse 6,
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"That this may
be a sign among you,
00:23:54.86\00:23:57.37
that when your children
ask their fathers in time
00:23:57.40\00:24:00.27
to come saying,
00:24:00.30\00:24:02.50
'What mean ye,
by these stones?'"
00:24:02.54\00:24:08.78
And then verse 7,
00:24:08.81\00:24:10.41
"Then ye shall answer them,
00:24:10.45\00:24:13.88
that the waters of
Jordan were cut off
00:24:13.92\00:24:16.28
before the Ark of
the Covenant of the Lord,
00:24:16.32\00:24:19.99
when it passed over Jordan,
00:24:20.02\00:24:22.72
the waters of
Jordan were cut off,
00:24:22.76\00:24:25.83
and these stones
shall be for a memorial
00:24:25.86\00:24:31.90
unto the children
of Israel forever."
00:24:31.93\00:24:38.27
My message today
00:24:38.31\00:24:41.28
what mean the stones?
00:24:41.31\00:24:46.98
The day the children of Israel
00:24:47.02\00:24:48.45
had prayed for,
had finally arrived.
00:24:48.48\00:24:52.32
The time had come for them
00:24:52.35\00:24:54.92
to cross over
into the Promised Land.
00:24:54.96\00:24:59.33
They gathered at
the banks of the Jordan
00:24:59.36\00:25:02.30
with Canaan in their view.
00:25:02.33\00:25:05.87
But between God's
people and Canaan,
00:25:05.90\00:25:09.44
lay an
impenetrable wall of water.
00:25:09.47\00:25:13.64
The melting snow
upon the mountains
00:25:13.68\00:25:16.14
that so raised
the level of the river
00:25:16.18\00:25:20.05
that's so swollen in
places, it overflowed its banks.
00:25:20.08\00:25:26.45
This wall of water
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.52
seemed
completely insurmountable.
00:25:28.56\00:25:34.16
Joshua set out the scouts
00:25:34.20\00:25:35.96
who looked everywhere
along the river's edge
00:25:36.00\00:25:39.40
for a shallow place to cross.
00:25:39.43\00:25:42.60
To this, to their
dismay, there was none.
00:25:42.64\00:25:47.38
That day,
00:25:47.41\00:25:48.94
the mighty Jordan
seemed impassable.
00:25:48.98\00:25:54.38
That day, all who
were in leadership knew
00:25:54.42\00:25:59.55
that without the help
and intervention of God,
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.93
the children of Israel
00:26:03.96\00:26:05.29
would not be able to crossover.
00:26:05.33\00:26:08.70
You know, in life,
00:26:08.73\00:26:11.57
if it hasn't come
to you, yet, it will.
00:26:11.60\00:26:15.50
There come those moments,
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.87
when you see nothing
ahead, but impending disaster,
00:26:17.91\00:26:23.61
days when you know
without the help of God,
00:26:23.65\00:26:27.42
you will never make it.
00:26:27.45\00:26:30.32
I remember very
early in my marriage.
00:26:30.35\00:26:34.22
Praise God,
00:26:34.26\00:26:35.59
I have been
married for 30 years.
00:26:35.62\00:26:38.39
But I remember
early in our marriage,
00:26:38.43\00:26:40.60
I was married only a few months
00:26:40.63\00:26:42.33
when I began to feel overwhelmed
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.63
by the mounting
responsibilities before me.
00:26:45.67\00:26:49.34
I realized I was a
husband with a wife
00:26:49.37\00:26:55.08
and I was making $440 a month.
00:26:55.11\00:26:58.71
That'll put the
fear of God in you.
00:27:03.85\00:27:08.66
And so one day I
gave my wife a card.
00:27:08.69\00:27:12.43
On the outside
of the card it said,
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.33
"Honey, it's me and
you against the world."
00:27:14.36\00:27:19.63
And on the inside of the
card when you open it, it said,
00:27:19.67\00:27:22.24
"And by the looks of things,
00:27:22.27\00:27:24.07
I think we're
going to get creamed."
00:27:24.11\00:27:26.07
With disaster looming ahead,
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.38
Joshua made a simple
and straightforward command.
00:27:32.41\00:27:38.92
Put away your sins.
00:27:38.95\00:27:43.09
Sanctify yourselves.
00:27:43.12\00:27:46.13
For tomorrow,
00:27:46.16\00:27:47.50
the Lord will do
wonders among us.
00:27:47.53\00:27:51.90
This was Joshua's message.
00:27:51.93\00:27:55.00
Put away your sins.
00:27:55.04\00:27:57.91
Sanctify yourself.
00:27:57.94\00:28:01.18
For tomorrow, we will crossover.
00:28:01.21\00:28:05.55
And early the next morning,
with the sound of the Shofar,
00:28:05.58\00:28:09.08
with a shot of triumph,
00:28:09.12\00:28:11.35
with Joshua
leading the procession,
00:28:11.39\00:28:13.99
the ark, the priest and people
00:28:14.02\00:28:17.09
began moving towards the bank,
00:28:17.13\00:28:20.33
directly towards
the treacherous waters
00:28:20.36\00:28:23.77
of the River Jordan.
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.90
Had they found a
reasonable way to go forward?
00:28:25.93\00:28:29.27
No.
00:28:29.30\00:28:30.94
Had they devised a
logical, coherent plan
00:28:30.97\00:28:35.04
to cross over the
high waters of the Jordan?
00:28:35.08\00:28:38.08
No.
00:28:38.11\00:28:39.61
Was the water still
high and impassable?
00:28:39.65\00:28:42.48
You betcha.
00:28:42.52\00:28:44.39
Absolutely.
00:28:44.42\00:28:46.32
And yet still,
00:28:46.35\00:28:47.69
Joshua's command was go forward.
00:28:47.72\00:28:51.96
Now today, brothers and sisters,
00:28:51.99\00:28:54.36
military strategists
00:28:54.40\00:28:56.33
love to give their
military maneuvers names.
00:28:56.36\00:29:00.30
Names like
Operation Desert Storm
00:29:00.34\00:29:03.64
and Operation Overlord.
00:29:03.67\00:29:06.21
And if you ask Joshua that day,
what his strategy was called.
00:29:06.24\00:29:09.78
He probably would have said
00:29:09.81\00:29:11.41
operation just get in the water.
00:29:11.45\00:29:16.89
You see, God's people
00:29:16.92\00:29:18.69
had no ships, no pontoons,
00:29:18.72\00:29:23.89
no waterborne
vessels to transport
00:29:23.93\00:29:27.16
an entire nation
across the river.
00:29:27.20\00:29:29.70
And yet Joshua's
command was go forward.
00:29:29.73\00:29:33.90
I don't know about you.
00:29:33.94\00:29:35.27
But walking into the
path of a raging river
00:29:35.30\00:29:39.47
does not sound like a
winning strategy to me.
00:29:39.51\00:29:44.35
Doesn't sound like a
victory strategy to me.
00:29:44.38\00:29:48.32
To the casual onlooker,
00:29:48.35\00:29:50.52
Joshua's command sounded
more like a suicide mission,
00:29:50.55\00:29:56.12
more like a suicide
mission than an act of faith.
00:29:56.16\00:30:00.16
But when Joshua
said, let us cross over,
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.90
I want you to know a
strange thing happened.
00:30:02.93\00:30:06.57
Suddenly, by faith,
00:30:06.60\00:30:09.00
God's people
began marching steadily
00:30:09.04\00:30:12.57
toward the angry surging stream.
00:30:12.61\00:30:16.21
And as they advanced, suddenly,
with the rush of a mighty wind,
00:30:16.24\00:30:20.65
it looked as though an
invisible hand swept down
00:30:20.68\00:30:25.05
from the sky,
00:30:25.09\00:30:26.69
and began to roll back
the waters of the Jordan,
00:30:26.72\00:30:30.56
like it was rolling back
the covers off of your bed.
00:30:30.59\00:30:35.10
This was the miracle
Israel had prayed for.
00:30:35.13\00:30:39.63
That day you
see on their behalf,
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.70
God invoked the spectacular.
00:30:42.74\00:30:47.64
They had heard of
how he had done it
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.64
for their forefathers,
00:30:49.68\00:30:51.61
when they were
leaving Egypt to slaves.
00:30:51.65\00:30:54.28
It had been rehearsed to
them in every Sabbath school,
00:30:54.32\00:30:57.49
they used to have
Sabbath school back then,
00:30:57.52\00:30:59.25
you know.
00:30:59.29\00:31:00.62
They heard how God with
the breath of His nostrils
00:31:00.66\00:31:04.83
cleave for His people
a road through the sea
00:31:04.86\00:31:08.83
and now here it was,
00:31:08.86\00:31:10.47
He was doing it again.
00:31:10.50\00:31:12.93
I hope you can see this with me,
00:31:12.97\00:31:14.90
it ought to get you excited.
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.81
The priests carrying the ark,
00:31:17.84\00:31:20.41
advancing to the
middle of the channel,
00:31:20.44\00:31:23.21
and they stood there
00:31:23.24\00:31:24.68
in the middle of
the river Jordan,
00:31:24.71\00:31:27.22
talk about courage and waited
00:31:27.25\00:31:30.92
for the entire nation of Israel
00:31:30.95\00:31:33.76
to cross over to the other side.
00:31:33.79\00:31:36.79
Men and women and children,
and their flocks and herds,
00:31:36.83\00:31:41.63
and a host of homemade wagons,
00:31:41.66\00:31:44.23
crossed over Jordan with
praise and singing that day.
00:31:44.27\00:31:49.90
Friends, while the priest stood
00:31:49.94\00:31:52.54
with the ark in the
middle of the Jordan,
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.54
Joshua gave
another unusual command.
00:31:54.58\00:31:59.31
He commanded that 12
men chosen from each tribe
00:31:59.35\00:32:04.99
to take up a
stone from the riverbed
00:32:05.02\00:32:08.39
and to carry it over
00:32:08.42\00:32:10.43
to the western
side of the Jordan.
00:32:10.46\00:32:13.73
That day, Joshua commanded
00:32:13.76\00:32:17.07
that with those stones
taken out of the Jordan,
00:32:17.10\00:32:21.30
that a monument be erected
00:32:21.34\00:32:24.17
to the power, proficiency
00:32:24.21\00:32:27.64
of their incomparable God.
00:32:27.68\00:32:30.81
Hallelujah.
00:32:30.85\00:32:32.85
I hope you know that you
serve an incomparable God.
00:32:32.88\00:32:38.39
That means that no
one compares to Him.
00:32:38.42\00:32:42.16
That means He can
be compared to no one.
00:32:42.19\00:32:45.79
I hope you know
that it is He alone
00:32:45.83\00:32:48.66
who with His own finger
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.33
traced the
boundaries of the cosmos.
00:32:50.37\00:32:53.30
I hope that you
know that it is He alone
00:32:53.34\00:32:55.70
with His hand
who guides the stars
00:32:55.74\00:32:59.31
in that courses above.
00:32:59.34\00:33:01.21
I hope you know
that it is He alone
00:33:01.24\00:33:03.55
who promenade
through the universe
00:33:03.58\00:33:05.91
like a watchman on duty.
00:33:05.95\00:33:07.72
I hope that you
know that it is He alone
00:33:07.75\00:33:10.22
who strolls through the stars
00:33:10.25\00:33:12.82
with the moon
as His night light.
00:33:12.85\00:33:14.89
You serve an incomparable God.
00:33:14.92\00:33:17.89
It is He who measured
the breadth of the earth
00:33:17.93\00:33:21.00
and called each star by name.
00:33:21.03\00:33:23.50
You serve an awesome
and incomparable God.
00:33:23.53\00:33:27.54
That day on the
banks of the River Jordan,
00:33:27.57\00:33:29.74
Joshua commanded
that a monument be built
00:33:29.77\00:33:34.08
to the glory of God.
00:33:34.11\00:33:36.68
You see, Joshua knew that
for many generations to come,
00:33:36.71\00:33:40.95
a number of inquisitive
men and women and children
00:33:40.98\00:33:44.55
would come down to the Jordan
00:33:44.59\00:33:46.86
and as they stood there
gazing upon that monument,
00:33:46.89\00:33:51.06
that shrine of majestic granite
00:33:51.09\00:33:54.50
that was taken from
the bed of the river.
00:33:54.53\00:33:57.00
He knew that for generations,
people would feel compelled
00:33:57.03\00:34:01.67
and even
constrained to ask the question
00:34:01.70\00:34:05.87
that is found in
our Scripture today.
00:34:05.91\00:34:10.01
What mean these stones?
00:34:10.05\00:34:14.82
What mean these stones?
00:34:14.85\00:34:18.45
And when they said and
asked about that Joshua said,
00:34:18.49\00:34:23.43
and let's read what Joshua said.
00:34:23.46\00:34:26.09
Chapter 4 verse 21.
00:34:26.13\00:34:28.53
"And he spake unto the
children of Israel, saying,
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.10
when your children
shall ask their fathers
00:34:31.13\00:34:35.04
in time to come,
00:34:35.07\00:34:37.07
saying, what mean these stones?
00:34:37.11\00:34:41.58
Then ye shall let
your children know, saying,
00:34:41.61\00:34:45.25
Israel came over
this Jordan on dry land.
00:34:45.28\00:34:51.25
For the Lord your God
dried up the waters of Jordan
00:34:51.29\00:34:55.79
from before you
until ye were passed over,
00:34:55.82\00:34:59.49
as the Lord your
God did to the Red Sea,
00:34:59.53\00:35:02.96
which he dried
up from before us,
00:35:03.00\00:35:04.87
until we were gone over."
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.24
And verse 24, why?
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.40
"That all the
people of the earth
00:35:09.44\00:35:12.77
might know the hand of the Lord,
00:35:12.81\00:35:16.68
that it is mighty,
00:35:16.71\00:35:18.78
that ye fear the
Lord your God forever."
00:35:18.81\00:35:22.45
So Joshua, when
the people asked,
00:35:22.48\00:35:26.19
what mean these stones?
00:35:26.22\00:35:29.86
You tell them that
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.73
when the Shekinah Glory
approached the river's edge,
00:35:31.76\00:35:35.83
every molecule and drop of water
00:35:35.86\00:35:38.93
in the river
Jordan stood at attention.
00:35:38.97\00:35:43.44
When they asked,
"What mean these stones?"
00:35:43.47\00:35:46.17
You tell them that
when the glory of God
00:35:46.21\00:35:48.94
approached the river,
00:35:48.98\00:35:50.35
that every wave saluted,
00:35:50.38\00:35:52.68
every swollen
billow stood aside,
00:35:52.71\00:35:55.82
as the King of glory
00:35:55.85\00:35:57.69
led His people across the Jordan
00:35:57.72\00:36:00.16
on the dry land.
00:36:00.19\00:36:02.12
When your children
asked their fathers
00:36:02.16\00:36:04.09
in time to come,
"What mean these stones?"
00:36:04.13\00:36:07.80
Tell them that it was here
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.90
that when the
priests and the ark
00:36:09.93\00:36:11.73
had come up out
of the River Jordan,
00:36:11.77\00:36:14.00
that the wall of water
00:36:14.04\00:36:15.70
that stood at
attention suddenly collapsed,
00:36:15.74\00:36:19.44
and the river turned
again in to its normal channels.
00:36:19.47\00:36:22.81
When your children ask,
"What mean these stones?"
00:36:22.84\00:36:27.08
Let the children know
that as long as God's glory
00:36:27.12\00:36:31.19
was in the Jordan with us,
00:36:31.22\00:36:33.36
no disaster
came to God's people.
00:36:33.39\00:36:36.83
You tell them that
as long as God's glory
00:36:36.86\00:36:39.83
was in the Jordan with us,
no catastrophe seemed imminent.
00:36:39.86\00:36:45.57
Hallelujah.
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.74
No calamity overtook us.
00:36:47.77\00:36:50.51
When your children
asked, "What mean these stones?"
00:36:50.54\00:36:53.61
Tell them that as
long as God's glory
00:36:53.64\00:36:57.68
was in the water
with us, we were safe.
00:36:57.71\00:37:01.75
I am learning in my life
that all the water in the world
00:37:05.85\00:37:10.69
can't bury you as long as
the glory of God is with you.
00:37:10.73\00:37:15.93
I'm learning that
even if people hate you,
00:37:15.96\00:37:20.54
when the glory
of God is with you,
00:37:20.57\00:37:26.17
nothing can take you down.
00:37:26.21\00:37:30.18
Praise His holy name.
00:37:30.21\00:37:33.21
God taught me a long time
ago that people feed pigeons,
00:37:33.25\00:37:38.22
but they shoot at eagles.
00:37:38.25\00:37:41.42
But if God before you,
00:37:41.46\00:37:45.29
who can stand against you?
00:37:45.33\00:37:47.70
I came here today
00:37:47.73\00:37:50.27
really with one
message in my heart.
00:37:50.30\00:37:54.40
I came here to praise the Lord
00:37:54.44\00:37:57.94
for the miracles He has wrought
00:37:57.97\00:38:00.61
through the ministry of 3ABN.
00:38:00.64\00:38:04.41
That's what I came
here to say to you.
00:38:04.45\00:38:06.78
I came here today to
celebrate and thank God
00:38:06.82\00:38:11.55
for the miracles He has
done through this ministry.
00:38:11.59\00:38:16.32
You see, 3ABN has come
through its own Jordan.
00:38:16.36\00:38:21.30
Jordan, with waves of doubt,
00:38:24.93\00:38:28.60
and skepticism,
have mercy Jesus.
00:38:28.64\00:38:33.24
I came here today to thank
God for His gracious mercies,
00:38:33.27\00:38:38.08
we do not deserve His grace.
00:38:38.11\00:38:41.92
But I'm grateful
that He remembers
00:38:41.95\00:38:44.29
that we are but does.
00:38:44.32\00:38:46.79
Hallelujah.
00:38:46.82\00:38:48.56
Someone said, "Look, look,
if you find a perfect church,
00:38:48.59\00:38:52.93
don't join it, you'll spoil it."
00:38:52.96\00:38:55.00
Twenty years ago,
more than 20 years ago,
00:38:59.40\00:39:02.17
Danny and a small
group of supporters
00:39:02.20\00:39:05.04
believed that God
was saying to them,
00:39:05.07\00:39:08.44
"Go forward, sanctify
yourself and go forward."
00:39:08.48\00:39:14.02
And they came
through waves of doubt
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.55
with great faith,
that great sacrifice.
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.79
Supporters
invested in the erection
00:39:19.82\00:39:22.32
and stabilizing of this ministry
00:39:22.36\00:39:25.03
and now today,
this ministry stands
00:39:25.06\00:39:28.16
as a great memorial for God.
00:39:28.20\00:39:31.40
This ministry is a
monument to the grace of God.
00:39:31.43\00:39:35.84
It is a monument to
the faith of the laity.
00:39:35.87\00:39:39.61
Yeah, you're not
listening to me today.
00:39:39.64\00:39:41.71
It is a monument to
the faith of common people.
00:39:41.74\00:39:47.62
This ministry was not
begun by any high executive.
00:39:47.65\00:39:52.62
Sorry, Danny.
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You look at this building
in which we worship tonight.
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It's more than just a
roof and some nice walls.
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All these television
stations around the country,
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millions of people
having an opportunity
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to hear the
gospel being preached,
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.71
broadcasting
equipment, state of the art,
00:40:18.75\00:40:22.25
all around the globe people
are listening to God's Word
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being preached right now.
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And should time last, and
our Lord delay His coming,
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succeeding generations will ask
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"What mean these stones?
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What mean these stones?"
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And we want somebody to
tell them that it was here
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that a handful of
God's people marched by faith
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into the waters of the unknown.
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I want somebody to
tell them that it was here
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that God did a mighty
miracle for His people.
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Should time last,
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should there be some
who asked the question,
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"What mean these stones?"
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Don't you be shy to tell
them this was God's doing.
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Don't you be shy to tell them
that this was God's miracle,
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He raised this up,
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tell them how God
blinded the eyes of enemies
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so before they even
knew what had happened,
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God had already raised it up.
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What mean these stones?
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These stones mean that
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with God, all
things are possible.
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These stones mean that
as long as you trust in God,
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no future is too
grand for you to claim it.
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Oh, you didn't
hear what I just said.
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When you trust God,
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no future is too
grand for you to claim it.
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I love it when people say to me,
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"That'll never happen."
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I just love it
when people say to me,
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"That'll never happen."
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I think of that
old black gardener
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down in Louisiana
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who his boss called
him aside one day and said,
00:42:16.87\00:42:21.94
"I heard your preacher
is down there in your church
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preaching about civil rights."
00:42:26.27\00:42:29.04
And that old
gardener said "Yes, sir."
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He said but I want,
his boss said to him,
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but I want to tell you,
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you will never
get your civil rights.
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And that gardener said
00:42:40.72\00:42:43.56
"Yes, sir, but
suppose God say something.
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Suppose God say something?
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What mean these stones?
00:42:54.90\00:42:56.24
They mean that our God
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is a God of
advancement and not retreat.
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They mean that our God
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is a God of
victory and not defeat.
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They mean that God's people
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when they have no
money, Jehovah Jireh.
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What mean these stones?
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They mean that
our God finds delight
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when His children progress.
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They mean that God
will do great things
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when His children by faith
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reach for blessings
that are beyond their grasp.
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Oh, you didn't
hear what I just said.
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When you reach for blessings
that are beyond your grasp.
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What mean these stones?
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I tell people
when they say to me,
00:43:36.14\00:43:38.18
"That'll never happen."
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I say, "Suppose
God say something."
00:43:39.58\00:43:43.45
They mean that God
will reward our faith
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when we pursue the impossible.
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They mean that with God,
the incredible is possible.
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Oh, you didn't hear me today.
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With God, the
improbable is conceivable,
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the unlikely is attainable.
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These stones mean that
God has given us the faith
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to transcend the
present realities
00:44:07.21\00:44:10.45
of our difficult experiences.
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They mean that the
mighty power of hope
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will always triumph over
the sum total of our despair.
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That same hope that
carried God's people
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from Eden to Moriah,
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that same hope that
carried God's people
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from Moriah to Mount Sinai,
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that same hope that
carried God's people
00:44:32.13\00:44:34.70
from Mount Sinai to Calvary,
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that same hope, tell them,
00:44:36.91\00:44:39.54
"It lives on at 3ABN."
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.74
What mean these stones?
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They mean that, there
lives in this universe
00:44:44.15\00:44:47.48
a remnant of the remnant.
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And they intend to press forward
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to the mark of the prize
00:44:53.42\00:44:55.46
of their high
calling in Jesus Christ.
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You see, some of us realize
00:44:58.76\00:45:00.73
that we are no longer
young chickens anymore.
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I may look like I'm still there,
00:45:05.13\00:45:07.20
but I'm not there anymore.
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I discovered I'll never
forget the moment I discovered
00:45:10.07\00:45:13.14
that they made a post in
the middle of the vehicle
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that I could use
when I'm getting out,
00:45:17.38\00:45:19.55
just lean on it a little bit.
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It'll help you
stand up, you know?
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We realize we don't run
like young chickens anymore,
00:45:25.85\00:45:29.02
we don't cluck,
00:45:29.06\00:45:30.39
it takes a whole
lot of effort for us
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to do the same
things we did years ago.
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Come on, say amen.
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Amen.
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You may not know
that when I'm singing
00:45:43.20\00:45:44.84
I'm using muscles I
never knew existed now.
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Years ago there was
some things you could do
00:45:49.44\00:45:51.51
and you could
just keep on stepping
00:45:51.55\00:45:53.18
but now you gotta rest awhile.
00:45:53.21\00:45:58.52
But no matter how old we get,
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.36
we know that before us
00:46:00.39\00:46:02.22
lies extraordinary
prodigious victories
00:46:02.26\00:46:06.59
that God wants us to attain.
00:46:06.63\00:46:08.96
There are still
battles God wants us to win,
00:46:09.00\00:46:12.53
no matter how old you get,
00:46:12.57\00:46:13.90
and you're never
too old to trust Him.
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Somebody say amen.
00:46:17.14\00:46:18.97
You're never too
old to trust Him.
00:46:19.01\00:46:21.91
No matter how old you get,
00:46:21.94\00:46:23.28
there are
heights yet to be scaled,
00:46:23.31\00:46:25.71
difficulties to be conquered,
00:46:25.75\00:46:27.58
there are battles to be won.
00:46:27.62\00:46:29.45
No matter how old you get,
00:46:29.48\00:46:31.15
you can't sit on
your spiritual laurels.
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Amen.
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You can't kick back
and enjoy the attainments
00:46:36.93\00:46:39.69
of those who've gone on
before for this ministry.
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I want you to know for 3ABN,
00:46:43.03\00:46:45.10
there are hills yet to conquer.
00:46:45.13\00:46:49.90
But suppose God say so.
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There are
valleys to pass through,
00:46:53.07\00:46:56.24
suppose God say so.
00:46:56.28\00:46:58.41
I want you to know,
like every other ministry,
00:46:58.45\00:47:00.78
this ministry will have
its own Jordans to cross.
00:47:00.82\00:47:06.72
But when they say,
what mean these stones?
00:47:06.76\00:47:10.16
You can say that it
means that our God is faithful,
00:47:10.19\00:47:14.30
His promises are true.
00:47:14.33\00:47:16.43
They mean that we can...
00:47:16.46\00:47:17.80
The God we serve
knows no limitations
00:47:17.83\00:47:20.40
but our own faith.
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.00
They mean that He
is the same yesterday,
00:47:22.04\00:47:25.31
today and forever.
00:47:25.34\00:47:27.04
They mean that
when we are troubled
00:47:27.08\00:47:28.58
on every side, we
are not distressed.
00:47:28.61\00:47:32.85
Hallelujah.
00:47:32.88\00:47:34.72
We may be
persecuted, but not forsaken.
00:47:34.75\00:47:39.25
We may be cast down,
but we're not destroyed.
00:47:39.29\00:47:43.99
'Cause suppose God say so.
00:47:44.03\00:47:45.86
They mean that,
00:47:45.89\00:47:47.23
despite all
evidences to the contrary,
00:47:47.26\00:47:49.66
God's purposes
cannot be thwarted
00:47:49.70\00:47:52.90
nor His plans be defeated.
00:47:52.93\00:47:55.37
I love standing
on the Word of God.
00:47:55.40\00:47:59.67
Reminds me of that
old lady in San Francisco
00:47:59.71\00:48:02.71
after the huge earthquake,
00:48:02.74\00:48:05.15
they were
interviewing her and said,
00:48:05.18\00:48:06.85
"What did you think
about the earthquake?"
00:48:06.88\00:48:08.72
And she said, "Oh,
I'm just so glad to know
00:48:08.75\00:48:11.72
that I still serve a God
who can shake this world."
00:48:11.75\00:48:15.52
3ABN has been blessed
00:48:20.00\00:48:25.83
by a God
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.60
who can still shake this world.
00:48:27.64\00:48:31.27
They mean that all
opposition, difficulty,
00:48:31.31\00:48:36.04
God can handle it.
00:48:36.08\00:48:38.68
They mean that
when others thought
00:48:38.71\00:48:40.68
we were getting too
big for our breeches,
00:48:40.72\00:48:46.15
when others thought that
00:48:46.19\00:48:47.52
we were biting off
more than we could chew,
00:48:47.56\00:48:50.99
then a remnant of the
remnant still believed
00:48:51.03\00:48:55.73
that this last day
message would circle this globe.
00:48:55.76\00:49:00.50
It means that right
here in this cornfield,
00:49:00.54\00:49:05.41
a remnant of
believers trusted God
00:49:05.44\00:49:09.08
to supply every need.
00:49:09.11\00:49:11.98
What mean these stones?
00:49:12.01\00:49:13.38
They mean that God's ability
00:49:13.42\00:49:15.78
to do great
things is immeasurable.
00:49:15.82\00:49:19.15
What mean these stones?
00:49:19.19\00:49:20.52
They mean that God
is willing to do for us
00:49:20.56\00:49:23.46
above and beyond
what we can ask or think.
00:49:23.49\00:49:28.00
What mean these stones?
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.36
They mean that
the ability of our God
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.67
is beyond our every prayer.
00:49:31.70\00:49:34.44
What mean these stones?
00:49:34.47\00:49:35.97
They mean that God knows
the number of our prayers
00:49:36.00\00:49:39.87
that have ascended on
behalf of this ministry
00:49:39.91\00:49:43.41
He has blessed
them and will continue.
00:49:43.45\00:49:45.55
And maybe you'll send
up a few prayers yourself,
00:49:45.58\00:49:50.59
maybe you've sent up a petition
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.15
and express mail it
to the throne of God.
00:49:53.19\00:49:57.56
Sometimes we don't
want things to go ground
00:49:57.59\00:50:00.83
when we're praying to
God, we want it there now.
00:50:00.86\00:50:04.80
And I want to
share with you a promise
00:50:04.83\00:50:09.20
from my favorite
author's writings
00:50:09.24\00:50:12.67
that I hold with
me, I carry it with me,
00:50:12.71\00:50:17.75
Desire of Ages, page 300,
00:50:17.78\00:50:20.12
"From the soul
00:50:20.15\00:50:23.49
that feels his need of God,
00:50:23.52\00:50:27.79
nothing is withheld."
00:50:27.82\00:50:30.63
From the soul...
00:50:34.90\00:50:38.13
I'm talking to 3ABN
supporters and listeners.
00:50:38.17\00:50:43.77
"From the soul
00:50:43.81\00:50:46.27
that feels his need of God
00:50:46.31\00:50:51.81
nothing is withheld.
00:50:51.85\00:50:55.98
To that soul is given
00:50:56.02\00:51:00.72
unrestricted access
00:51:00.76\00:51:06.70
to the one in whom
all fullness dwells."
00:51:06.73\00:51:12.03
So those of you
who are listening today
00:51:12.07\00:51:15.54
your passport into
the presence of God
00:51:15.57\00:51:20.94
is your need of
Him and as long...
00:51:20.98\00:51:25.91
Are you listening to me?
00:51:25.95\00:51:27.55
As long as this ministry
00:51:27.58\00:51:31.12
feels their need of God,
00:51:31.15\00:51:36.06
we will have unrestricted access
00:51:36.09\00:51:41.90
to the presence of God.
00:51:41.93\00:51:44.17
So no matter what happens,
00:51:49.84\00:51:54.28
I'm so encouraged
because I know that
00:51:54.31\00:51:56.44
because of this
ministry thousands have asked
00:51:56.48\00:51:59.01
for deliverance and received it.
00:51:59.05\00:52:04.09
I want to share a
song with you as I close.
00:52:04.12\00:52:08.22
It says praise His name,
00:52:08.26\00:52:11.36
listen to the message.
00:52:11.39\00:52:14.83
Praise His Holy name.
00:52:14.86\00:52:16.20
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
00:52:16.23\00:52:19.27
My heart can sing
00:52:28.31\00:52:32.58
When I pause to remember
00:52:32.61\00:52:38.75
A heartache here
00:52:38.79\00:52:42.52
Is but a stepping stone
00:52:42.56\00:52:48.70
Along a trail
00:52:48.73\00:52:53.13
That's winding always upwards
00:52:53.17\00:52:59.24
This troubled world
00:52:59.27\00:53:03.78
Is not my final home
00:53:03.81\00:53:09.65
But until then
00:53:09.68\00:53:13.66
My heart will go on singing
00:53:13.69\00:53:20.46
Until then
00:53:20.50\00:53:23.77
With joy I'll carry on
00:53:23.80\00:53:30.51
Until the day
00:53:30.54\00:53:34.34
My eyes behold that city
00:53:34.38\00:53:41.02
Until the day
00:53:41.05\00:53:44.75
God calls me home
00:53:44.79\00:53:49.32
The things of earth
00:53:57.40\00:54:01.67
Will dim and lose their value
00:54:01.70\00:54:08.01
As we recall
00:54:08.04\00:54:11.85
They're borrowed for awhile
00:54:11.88\00:54:18.22
And things of earth
00:54:18.25\00:54:22.42
That cause the heart to tremble
00:54:22.46\00:54:28.63
Remembered there
00:54:28.66\00:54:33.13
Will only bring a smile
00:54:33.17\00:54:39.27
This weary world
00:54:39.31\00:54:43.58
With all its toil and struggle
00:54:43.61\00:54:49.85
May take its toll
00:54:49.88\00:54:53.66
Of misery and strife
00:54:53.69\00:54:59.93
The spirit of man
00:54:59.96\00:55:04.27
Is like a waiting falcon
00:55:04.30\00:55:10.81
When it's released,
00:55:10.84\00:55:14.84
It's destined for the sky
00:55:14.88\00:55:21.55
But until then
00:55:21.58\00:55:25.42
My heart will go on singing
00:55:25.45\00:55:32.13
Until then
00:55:32.16\00:55:35.83
With joy let's carry on
00:55:35.86\00:55:42.47
Until the day
00:55:42.50\00:55:46.17
Our eyes behold King Jesus
00:55:46.21\00:55:52.61
Until the day
00:55:52.65\00:55:56.38
God calls me home
00:55:56.42\00:55:59.42
Until the day
00:56:07.93\00:56:12.00
God calls me home
00:56:12.03\00:56:16.47
God calls me home
00:56:27.58\00:56:32.05