I have a special guest,
a special friend with me.
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We used to call him Curly.
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You may wanna figure that out,
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used to call him Curly
but now we're calling him Dan.
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His name is Dan Summers
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and, Dan,
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how much of your
body was tattooed?
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Probably about 75% of my body
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is covered with
Three Stooges tattoos.
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Three stooges tattoos?
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That's just something that
you, ever since you was a kid,
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you just loved
the Three Stooges?
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Oh yeah, three
funniest guys I knew,
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Moe, Larry, and Curly, so...
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Right, so you
want to show the world
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that you supported them.
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Exactly, in a big way.
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So you advertise
for them. Exactly.
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Seventy five percent
of your body with tattoos,
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I notice they're
whole lot thinner
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than they used to be.
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Yeah, they're
actually fading away,
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I am the only
feller that can disappear
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and reappear at the same time.
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Okay and what's happened is,
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I wanna go back,
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we're gonna talk about
the Ten Commandments Weekend
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and the Ten Commandments
Twice Removed books.
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Dan Summers, his
grandmother was Fonda Summers.
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Fonda Summers is the
one if you've ever heard
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the mending broken
people tape how 3ABN started.
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Fonda Summers
was his grandmother,
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not an Adventist
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who is impressed to
give us the first two acres.
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Because of Fonda
Summers is why we're here
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with God's
blessings in Thompsonville
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because it was his grandmother,
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and little she had no idea
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that her grandson someday
years later, 22 years later,
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you picked up this book,
somebody gave you the book,
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Ten Commandments Twice Removed?
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Yes.
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And how did you feel about it?
Now you're not an Adventist...
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No, I was a fella
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that if the pastor
asked you to turn to Genesis,
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I'd be like where's that at?
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You know it's
pretty simple to find,
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it's at the
beginning of the Bible, right?
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Well, I had this Ten
Commandments Twice Removed Book
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and I made myself read it,
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and I read it through
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and it was like a
light went off in my head
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and I was like, it is
that simple, you know.
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I always thought the Sabbath
was on Sunday and it wasn't.
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I mean, it is
openly admitted in the book
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and it gives you the
reference in everything.
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So it's the
truth, it is so simple
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and it opened my eyes up.
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Wow.
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This, since
coming to our church,
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I think you met Randy at a...
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Yeah, Randy Wagner, I met
him at the gym I worked at.
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I worked at lifting weights.
He invited you to church?
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He invited me to church.
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And told our pastor,
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you'll know this
guy when he comes in,
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you'll know who he is,
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you'll have no
trouble recognizing him.
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I'm a pretty
easy fellow to spot.
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Yeah, yeah, pretty easy.
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So you come here,
but let's ask you,
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you've given
your heart to Jesus.
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You were baptized when?
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April 28th last
month. Just last month?
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Last month. All right.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Why are you having
the tattoos removed?
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Well, I want
people to understand
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that I got these
tattoos about five years ago,
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the ones on my
face and everything.
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My first wife passed away.
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And I decided, Hey,
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I'm not gonna
find another woman.
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I don't want a
girlfriend, you know.
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If someone's gonna love me,
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they're gonna
love me for who I am.
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So I decided to
get my face tattooed.
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Well, that backfired.
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I had more girlfriends
than I could shake a stick at.
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You know, and I'm like,
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"Where were you all right
before I had these tattoos,"
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you know, but it's the
Lord has provided a way for me
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to get these removed.
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I'd thought about
getting them removed,
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but it's so expensive.
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It's like 100 or
$200 a square inch
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and not cheap
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and Mr. Roland
Troy came by my house.
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And this was a time in my life,
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probably about 10 months
ago where I didn't want to live.
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I was thinking about suicide.
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He showed up at my house,
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said the Lord
impressed him to come over
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and he gave me this magazine,
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I had this Dr. Steven
Popkow article in there
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who as a ministry
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removes tattoos on the
neck, the face and the hands...
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He's an Adventist doctor.
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He's an Adventist doctor
out in Santa Monica, California,
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does it absolutely free.
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So I prayed about
it, thought about it
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and Mr. Troy
called the doctor up,
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the doctor said hey, with
the travel and everything,
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place to stay,
you'd be better off
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going somewhere around here
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'cause it'd be
just as expensive to pay
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for your travel and everything
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as it would be
to get them removed.
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So about three
months later, Cheri Peters,
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I'm sitting on her set,
hadn't planned to be there,
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we had a break.
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She's like, hey, Curly,
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she goes, have you
read about this article?
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This doctor's
removing tattoos for free?
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And I'm like,
"Yeah, but, you know,
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I can't afford flying out
there and all this stuff."
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She's like, "No problem.
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I'll take care of
every flight you have."
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You know, right there,
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that is how the
Lord can work miracles
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because I mean, I don't
have a penny to my name.
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I'm going through bankruptcy,
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nothing, nothing in
my pocket at all, right?
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So then the Lord provides me
a place to stay with out there.
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I'm not paying for it at all.
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People taking
care of the rental car,
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even Danny, I go next Tuesday
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back out for another treatment,
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and he's getting my
plane ticket for me next week.
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All you have to do is have faith
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in the Lord, you know.
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Don't worry about
the money end of it,
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go ahead and set what
you've got in your heart
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what the Lord's
placed in your heart
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and He will take
care of the rest,
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and that's where your
faith comes into play.
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Dan said
something a few months ago.
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He said, "You
know, I wanted people
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to see The Three Stooges."
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Of course, that's why you do it.
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But now I want
to get rid of them
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because I just want
them to see that Jesus in me.
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Yeah, exactly. That's good.
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Any closing thoughts?
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Somebody out here,
you've gone through
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a lot of things in your life,
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you've had a lot of struggles.
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You're still, of
course, having struggles
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but with God's this
is a year of victory.
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Oh, yes. That's our theme song.
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Yes, it is.
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One, just take a minute,
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encourage somebody out here
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maybe watching or
in the audience today?
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Anybody out there
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that's going through a struggle,
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I've gone through
a lot of them, drugs,
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you name it, death, have faith,
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Satan will knock you
back as much as he can
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and when you get knocked down,
he will try to keep you there.
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Make it this big, jump up say,
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"Lord, forgive me
for what I have done.
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I am your child,
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and He will take
you just as you are.
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Satan will try to
keep you back down in there
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and for parents
that have family members,
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daughter, sons
going through things.
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Do not give up on them.
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Jesus Christ
doesn't give up on us.
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Do not give up on your children.
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Amen. Thank you,
Dan. God bless you.
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How many be
praying for Dan? Let's see.
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All right, see all your friends.
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Thank you. All
right. Thanks, Dan.
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Well, it's my
privilege to introduce Millie,
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Millie Meador, right?
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And we have a lot of
hills and valleys and Meadors
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around here too
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and, Millie,
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let's get over
here just a little bit.
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Where are you from?
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Let me put your
microphone right up close.
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Davenport, Iowa. Okay.
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Now by looking at you,
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I would say you're
probably a lifelong,
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maybe third generation
Seventh-day Adventist.
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Is that right? Oh, no.
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No?
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No, you're a
fairly new Adventist
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just baptized
this past year, right?
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Yes. How did that happen?
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Tell us about it?
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Well...
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I was a Quaker. Quaker?
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Quaker all my life
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and I had lived in
Florida for 10 years,
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and when I came back to Iowa,
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I started watching...
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No, at first, I
was going to church
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back to my Quaker church
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and they had gone
so secular, modern,
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whatever that
word is for modern.
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Anyway
Christianity they call it,
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and I've watched it a while
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and all they'd sing
was a new praise songs
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which is all right,
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but they didn't do
any of the good old hymns.
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And so I started praying for God
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to give me a Bible based church
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that preaches the gospel.
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And I got the 3ABN on my
rabbit ears on my television
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and I watched it about a month
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when I realized a
Seventh-day Adventist
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so I called the Adventist church
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there in Davenport
and Pastor Vic came out
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and visited me, gave me about,
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I think it was 27 lessons
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and I enjoyed going
out there to church so much
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because all the people
were so loving and friendly.
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I'm a hugger.
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I used that to
people if they cared,
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if I get my hug, I
don't ask them no more,
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I just thank God.
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All right, that's great.
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Now, Millie,
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let me ask you a question.
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Now you live in an apartment
with like 100 other people...
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One hundred and ten.
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One hundred and ten people,
does everyone else get 3ABN?
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Nobody else.
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No one else got it? Nobody else.
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You're the only one that got it?
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And they even
got cable and dishes
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and they don't get it.
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Well, once you joined,
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you started
coming to the church.
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Did you continue to get 3ABN?
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I did up until just I think
it's a couple of months ago
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we had a bit of a storm.
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And I haven't got it sense.
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You haven't got it since.
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No, so what happened is
you were looking for truth.
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That's right, God gave it to me.
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Now I am gonna
ask you a question
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that I don't
normally ask a woman.
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But when a person
gets to a certain age,
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they said, okay,
we're proud of it.
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I was informed by Dee.
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You wouldn't mind
telling us how young you are.
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I am 84, I'll be 85
this year. All right.
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So
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84 years old,
Millie's asking God
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to give her a
Bible based church.
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All of a sudden she's
getting 3ABN on rabbit ears
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didn't even know she
could get it in an apartment
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where other people
wasn't even getting it
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enough to watch it
to say this is truth.
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Call the pastor. He
comes and studies with you.
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You went to the church.
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Do they sing some
of the old hymns there?
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Oh, yes. All right.
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I'd rather say more of them
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but the new praise song,
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some of them are
pretty good I guess.
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What's one of your
favorite old hymns?
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Well,
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I got so many of
them, I just can't think.
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Do you like Old Rugged Cross or?
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The Old Rugged Cross...
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What a Friend and In the Garden?
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I Come at the Garden.
Okay, all right, good.
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Because it
lives. Okay, all right.
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Well, listen, God bless you.
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Welcome to the family of God.
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And we're so glad
to have a new sister
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in the Lord, aren't we?
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Thank you, Millie. Thank you.
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It's my
privilege now to introduce
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the speaker of the hour
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and I didn't
have trouble sometimes
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I take the church service,
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but I didn't have
trouble sharing this at all.
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In fact, I'm
happy to share this time
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with Pastor Wintley Phipps,
and president of Dream Academy,
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he is also 3ABN board member.
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And
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we had a little bit of a mix up.
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We thought Wintley
was gonna be here late.
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I thought he was gonna be
here later in the evening.
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He has to leave this afternoon.
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So we've said you
know, you can't leave,
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we only worked you just
a little bit last night.
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We need to work
you a little more.
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And so how many was blessed
by the sermons last night
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you heard it?
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And I want to say
to you personally,
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I was so encouraged by that.
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Pastor Phipps,
thank you so much.
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And God bless you.
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Thank you for being here.
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And we appreciate your support
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as a director of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network,
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and we're praying for you,
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of all the
people that I do know,
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in the Adventist
Church, I can say this,
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I don't know anyone
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who has the
influence with the public,
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that this man God has gifted him
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and has a tremendous impact
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with people
around the world from,
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you name it to presidents
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of the United States of America.
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So God has given you a
special gift in your music,
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special gift of
calling that you have,
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a special gift of
ministry and preaching.
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And so it's our privilege
to have you here today.
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God bless you. Thank you.
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Bless you, my
friend. Praise God.
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I thought I would
share with you a song
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that means so much to me
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because it reveals a truth
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that we don't often think about,
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and that is that God can sing.
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The Book of Zephaniah
says that He rejoices over us
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with singing.
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When people come to Christ
the Father breaks out in song,
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He rejoices with singing.
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I'm a little biased. I
think He's a base myself.
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I just can't see God as an alto
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you know, not yet
but I'm working on it.
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And, but this song
captures the moment
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when God was dreaming
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about making man
and created Adam.
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And as Adam opened his eyes,
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he realized that he was gazing
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on the features of divinity.
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And his first sensory experience
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is hearing God sing to him.
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That's what this
song tries to capture.
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Listen to the
message. I hope you're blessed.
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Who will hear
the music that I hear
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Who will hear the
sound that fills the air
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Who will see a
radiant beam of light
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Dancing for us on
that lonesome morning sky
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Who will know the
beauty of my earth
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Sense the joy and
wonder of its birth
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Who will see the
glory of the world
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That I have made
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And who will walk beside me
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In the garden in
the coolness of the day
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Creations glorious song
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That comes from my heart
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Expresses strains of love
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But only impart
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I long to hear the words
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The words that are true
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Someone to sing my heart
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Belongs to you
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And who will
feel the summer wind
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That moves across the water
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As it flows
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Who will enjoy the
orchestrated mystery
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That soars within my soul
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Who will hear the
glory of the music
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That I hear
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I will create man
to be in My own image
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Form him from the dust and earth
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And breathe into him
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My own breath
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Of life
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Now I hear you
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Speak to me
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How lovely are
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Your words
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How beautiful
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Are this wondrous paradise
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And all that you see
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Would never match the joy
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When your here with me
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The message of my song
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Will always be true
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Record a song
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My heart belongs to you
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You will enjoy the
orchestrated mystery
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That soars within my soul
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And we can feel the summer wind
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That moves across the water
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As it flows
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This wondrous paradise
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And all that you see
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Expresses strains of love
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But only in part
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The message of my song
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Will always be true
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Record a song
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My heart belongs to you
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The message of my song
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Will always be true
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Record a song
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My heart belongs to you
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My life, my love, my heart
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Belongs to you
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And that's what
God says to us today,
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My heart belongs to you,
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hallelujah.
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Praise His holy name.
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What a God
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that He knows us so well
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and yet loves us so much
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that He sings over us.
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Oh, my heart belongs to You.
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Let us pray.
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Father, we thank
You for Your grace
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and Your mercy as
we open Your Holy Word.
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Cleanse me of
all unrighteousness,
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fill my life with
Your Holy Spirit's
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presence and power.
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Speak to me through me
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and for me and I
promise You, Lord,
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I'll always give You the honor,
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the glory and the praise.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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A message this morning,
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a law of divine reciprocity,
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a law
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of divine reciprocity.
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Come with me to
the reign of King Ahab.
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The Bible tells us that
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during the reign
of the King Ahab,
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the tribes of Israel
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turned away
from trusting in God.
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Instead they placed their trust
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in the false god of Baal.
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Can you imagine that?
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In 1 Kings 16:33,
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it says that King Ahab
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did more to provoke the Lord,
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the God of Israel
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than did all the
kings of Israel before him.
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What a dreadful epitaph
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to be put on one's grave
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that you did more to provoke God
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to anger
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than all the
other kings before him.
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As a consequence,
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God spoke His
judgments to Elijah
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that a drought would
come to the land of Israel
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and that there would
be neither dew nor rain
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until Israel turned to God
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with repentance
and acknowledge Him
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as the source of all blessing.
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After delivering the judgments
of God to Ahab in person,
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servant of God tells us
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he was like a bolt of lightning.
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Ahab didn't know
where it came from
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and didn't know
where he went when he left.
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All of a sudden he was
there, and he was gone.
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But he delivered
the judgments in person.
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And after doing
that, God commanded Elijah,
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to turn eastward
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and to hide himself by a brook
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named Cherith
that is before Jordan.
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And God said, and it shall be
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that thou shall
drink of the brook,
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I have commanded
the ravens to feed thee.
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And so it was in the
mountains near the book Cherith,
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the Prophet Elijah
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remained hidden from his enemies
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and throughout the
entire time of his exile,
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God in His love
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provided for Elijah.
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Every day,
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he drank from
the clear cool waters
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of the babbling brook.
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And every day God
sent ravens to feed him,
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I call it room
service in the wilderness.
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The only difference was
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God was the divine concierge.
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Every day like clockwork,
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God sent His ravens
to spread before Elijah,
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a banquet of basic fare.
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Only bread and water,
but it was a divine banquet.
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You see with God,
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even the bare
essentials can be a feast.
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Oh, you didn't hear me today.
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One of the most memorable meals
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we have ever had in our lives
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within the country of Greece.
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We went to church in
Athens and after church,
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the pastor
invited us to his home
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and we had a meal
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of white seasoned beans
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seasoned the Greek way,
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you know with
lots of oil, olive oil
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and oh, come on,
you're not listening to me
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and tomatoes
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and we had a
salad of slice tomato
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seasoned with basil.
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And for dessert,
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we had a dessert the
children had prepared.
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I guess they didn't think
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we were coming so the children
had prepared cream puffs.
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Now you've got to understand
I've eaten some fancy meals
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prepared by some of
the world's greatest chefs.
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My wife and I have
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even had Oprah's
chef fix us breakfast.
00:26:07.93\00:26:13.44
But that meal in
Greece in that pastor's house,
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my wife said to me this morning
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was the best
meal we have ever had.
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Maybe it was because we
were so hungry, I don't know.
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The truth is that with God,
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even the bare
essentials can be a feast.
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With God's presence,
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the basics can be
a culinary delight
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and there at the book
Cherith, Elijah learned
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that when you trust in the grace
00:26:44.33\00:26:45.93
and mercy of God,
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He will provide for you.
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Elijah learned that
Philippians 4:19 is true
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when it says, "My God
00:26:52.71\00:26:54.54
shall supply all your need
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according to his riches
in glory in Christ Jesus."
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Years ago, I read
of how George Mueller
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who lived a propagate life
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and even spent time in prison.
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George Mueller
opened an orphanage
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and he promised
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that he was not
going to ask anybody.
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This was after
he came to Christ.
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He opened up an
orphanage to give back
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and he promised himself,
00:27:22.10\00:27:23.91
he wasn't gonna ask
anyone for any money
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but yet all their
needs were supplied.
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One day they got up
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and all the
children sat at the table,
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no breakfast,
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but they prayed
on an empty table
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and there was a
knock at the door
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and the milkman said,
00:27:39.95\00:27:42.09
my carriage just broke
down in front of your house.
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.73
So make sure
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that this milk doesn't spoil.
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You can have all of it.
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One day someone asked him,
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how does it feel
living hand to mouth?
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He said, well, it's not so bad
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.17
when it's his hand but my mouth.
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After many months,
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after many months the
brook that sustained Elijah
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dried up and perhaps like me,
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you have had times in your life
00:28:15.09\00:28:17.83
when the stream that
sustained you ran dry.
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Have you ever had
those moments in your life
00:28:24.23\00:28:26.43
when the stream that
sustained you ran dry,
00:28:26.47\00:28:30.57
times in your life
when God allowed gifts
00:28:30.61\00:28:33.64
to ebb away like
water through a cup can,
00:28:33.68\00:28:37.38
times in your life
when jobs were lost
00:28:37.41\00:28:40.52
and your comfort
zones were threatened
00:28:40.55\00:28:44.69
by a lack of supply?
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All that translates
into is just being broke.
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I heard one preacher
who used to tell his members
00:28:55.93\00:28:58.47
don't say you're broke.
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Just say you're bent.
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I'm not broke, I'm just bent.
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But why would God allow this
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.04
in our experience
00:29:09.08\00:29:10.85
when we commit our
lives in service to Him?
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You see it is
during times of drought,
00:29:14.75\00:29:17.59
that we have no other
choice but to trust God,
00:29:17.62\00:29:22.06
to depend on Him like a
baby depends on his mother,
00:29:22.09\00:29:26.03
like a helpless child
leaning on its mother.
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Sometimes you
have to lean on Jesus
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.97
and let Him carry you
through those rough times.
00:29:32.00\00:29:35.84
There are those
times in your life
00:29:35.87\00:29:38.57
when God uproots dependencies,
00:29:38.61\00:29:42.88
He uproots what
you're leaning on,
00:29:42.91\00:29:45.71
He uproots your crutches
00:29:45.75\00:29:48.75
and He turns you
to the only place
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.72
that you can go and
that is to His supply.
00:29:50.75\00:29:54.72
One writer said in
God's universe of life,
00:29:54.76\00:29:57.89
the process of learning
and shaping is continuous
00:29:57.93\00:30:01.33
and continues till we die.
00:30:01.36\00:30:05.40
Well, under the
judgments of God,
00:30:05.43\00:30:08.27
the drought had
so decimated the land
00:30:08.30\00:30:10.61
that even the brook
from which Elijah drank,
00:30:10.64\00:30:13.64
the brook that had
blessed him with quench
00:30:13.68\00:30:16.95
and sustenance,
00:30:16.98\00:30:18.51
even that brook dried up.
00:30:18.55\00:30:21.12
You know, sometimes
when God punishes the wicked,
00:30:21.15\00:30:24.59
the righteous are
adversely affected too.
00:30:24.62\00:30:28.76
Did you hear what I said?
00:30:28.79\00:30:30.99
The only difference
is that God has promised
00:30:31.03\00:30:33.80
even in drought to
take care of His people.
00:30:33.83\00:30:38.03
And so it was for Elijah
00:30:38.07\00:30:39.63
when the stream ran dry
00:30:39.67\00:30:41.90
and the ravens had
ceased their special delivery
00:30:41.94\00:30:46.11
that God spoke
again to Elijah saying,
00:30:46.14\00:30:48.88
"Arise, get thee to Zarephath,
00:30:48.91\00:30:52.65
which belongeth to
Zidon and dwell there.
00:30:52.68\00:30:56.85
Behold, I have
commanded a widow woman
00:30:56.89\00:31:00.86
there to sustain thee."
00:31:00.89\00:31:03.16
The Lord said, "Get up Elijah,
00:31:03.19\00:31:05.59
go up to Zarephath.
00:31:05.63\00:31:08.06
I want you to go
there and live for a while."
00:31:08.10\00:31:12.73
You know there are
times also in your life
00:31:12.77\00:31:15.70
when you will clearly
hear God speak to you.
00:31:15.74\00:31:20.38
And when God speaks,
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.84
you better listen.
00:31:22.88\00:31:25.41
I said when God speaks,
00:31:25.45\00:31:28.42
you better listen.
00:31:28.45\00:31:30.85
At the wedding in
Cana when the wine ran out,
00:31:30.89\00:31:34.02
Mary knew that her son
Jesus could supply the need.
00:31:34.06\00:31:37.56
She told her servants
00:31:37.59\00:31:39.19
in most profound
and simple words,
00:31:39.23\00:31:42.66
do whatever He tells you to do.
00:31:42.70\00:31:46.84
Amen.
00:31:46.87\00:31:48.30
There are times in your life
00:31:48.34\00:31:49.67
when you will
clearly hear God speak to you
00:31:49.70\00:31:52.47
and it is for your blessing
00:31:52.51\00:31:54.68
and yes for your protection
00:31:54.71\00:31:56.91
to do whatever
God tells you to do.
00:31:56.95\00:32:00.82
Don't marry Him.
00:32:00.85\00:32:02.62
I heard a lady say,
00:32:08.72\00:32:10.99
I saw this man and I said,
00:32:11.03\00:32:12.83
"Lord, please give me this man.
00:32:12.86\00:32:15.36
I pray, Lord, give me this man."
00:32:15.40\00:32:17.50
God said, "No."
00:32:17.53\00:32:18.87
She said, but I prayed,
Lord, and she married him.
00:32:18.90\00:32:20.24
And then she said,
after I got married,
00:32:20.27\00:32:21.60
I started praying,
"Lord, please take him away.
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.97
Take him away."
00:32:24.01\00:32:25.34
It's all right
when God speaks to you
00:32:28.18\00:32:30.18
to check with those you trust
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.01
and those in authority,
00:32:32.05\00:32:34.58
but the only authority
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.18
that really
matters is God Himself.
00:32:36.22\00:32:39.95
Elijah, says the Lord,
00:32:39.99\00:32:42.49
I want you to leave Cherith.
00:32:42.52\00:32:45.53
Cherith by the
way means drought.
00:32:45.56\00:32:49.20
And I want you
to go to Zarephath.
00:32:49.23\00:32:51.93
Zarephath, by the way,
means smelting furnace.
00:32:51.97\00:32:57.07
So God was saying to Elijah
00:32:57.11\00:32:58.51
and Elijah should
have gotten the clue.
00:32:58.54\00:33:00.21
I'm sending you
from heat to a furnace.
00:33:00.24\00:33:04.41
Elijah, there is a
widow woman in Zarephath,
00:33:04.45\00:33:07.42
she is a
precious servant of mine.
00:33:07.45\00:33:10.15
Go to her and you tell her,
00:33:10.19\00:33:13.05
I said, to take
good care of you.
00:33:13.09\00:33:16.42
Now, Zarephath was
not a part of Israel.
00:33:16.46\00:33:21.03
So understand the
significance of this.
00:33:21.06\00:33:24.63
When Elijah, God's servant
00:33:24.67\00:33:27.74
couldn't find no
protection in all of Israel,
00:33:27.77\00:33:32.31
God sent His servant Elijah
00:33:32.34\00:33:35.31
to find
sustenance and protection
00:33:35.34\00:33:38.61
in a heathen land.
00:33:38.65\00:33:41.82
Because you see,
sometimes your brothers
00:33:41.85\00:33:45.19
will hurt you thinking
they're doing God a favor
00:33:45.22\00:33:49.92
or they may hurt you thinking
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.56
they're following God's
directive to discipline you.
00:33:51.59\00:33:56.87
And I tell people, they work
like the devil for the Lord.
00:33:56.90\00:33:59.77
But don't miss this.
00:34:03.07\00:34:04.51
When God wanted to preserve
00:34:04.54\00:34:06.78
and sustain His prophet,
00:34:06.81\00:34:09.08
he sent Elijah to a
woman not of his race,
00:34:09.11\00:34:13.48
not of his religion.
00:34:13.52\00:34:15.88
God sent Elijah to a heathen
00:34:15.92\00:34:18.35
with a good heart.
00:34:18.39\00:34:20.46
Oh, you didn't hear me today.
00:34:20.49\00:34:22.62
God sent Elijah to a heathen,
00:34:22.66\00:34:25.76
with a good heart to
find refuge in her home.
00:34:25.79\00:34:29.06
The servant of the Lord
says she was not an Israelite,
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.83
but she walked in the
path of the light she had.
00:34:31.87\00:34:36.44
Joseph's brothers, put
him in a pit, you remember,
00:34:36.47\00:34:40.41
but God gave him
favor among heathens.
00:34:40.44\00:34:44.75
The Bible tells us
00:34:44.78\00:34:46.15
that Elijah came to the
gates of the city of Zarephath
00:34:46.18\00:34:49.55
and behold, there
he found the widow
00:34:49.58\00:34:52.49
of whom the Lord had spoken.
00:34:52.52\00:34:54.52
He found her near
the gates of the city,
00:34:54.56\00:34:57.33
gathering sticks.
00:34:57.36\00:34:59.89
Elijah called out
to her, "Dear woman,
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.66
fetch me I pray
thee a little water
00:35:02.70\00:35:05.13
in a vessel that I may drink."
00:35:05.17\00:35:08.47
As the widow got up
to go and get the water,
00:35:08.50\00:35:10.51
Elijah said,
"Oh, and by the way,
00:35:10.54\00:35:13.38
bring me also I pray
the little piece of bread
00:35:13.41\00:35:15.78
in your hand that I may eat."
00:35:15.81\00:35:18.45
The widow looked at Elijah,
00:35:18.48\00:35:20.32
you know, as if to say,
00:35:20.35\00:35:22.25
he must not be from here.
00:35:22.28\00:35:25.65
She was startled by
his requests for you see,
00:35:25.69\00:35:29.46
because of the drought
throughout all of Zarephath,
00:35:29.49\00:35:32.73
there was very little to eat.
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.20
Just when this widow found
that her food was about to fail
00:35:35.23\00:35:40.24
and run out,
00:35:40.27\00:35:41.60
just when she was about
to give up her own struggle
00:35:41.64\00:35:44.87
for bread,
00:35:44.91\00:35:46.24
just when she had come
to the final conclusion
00:35:46.27\00:35:49.04
that she wouldn't
find what she needed
00:35:49.08\00:35:52.31
to sustain her life
00:35:52.35\00:35:54.22
and the life of our only son
00:35:54.25\00:35:55.95
right at that moment,
00:35:55.98\00:35:58.32
when it had come
down to the wire.
00:35:58.35\00:36:01.39
Have you ever been there?
00:36:01.42\00:36:03.29
I said, have
you ever been there?
00:36:03.32\00:36:05.83
Right down to the final hour?
00:36:05.86\00:36:08.53
It was then that
God sent His prophet
00:36:08.56\00:36:11.60
not to give her food,
00:36:11.63\00:36:15.10
but to ask her to do something
00:36:15.14\00:36:18.14
counterintuitive.
00:36:18.17\00:36:22.24
God sent His prophet to ask her
00:36:22.28\00:36:26.15
to give what food
she had to the prophet.
00:36:26.18\00:36:30.92
Are you with me?
00:36:34.62\00:36:37.63
Not only her food,
00:36:37.66\00:36:40.06
but her son's food too.
00:36:40.10\00:36:42.93
So that's why the preacher,
00:36:42.96\00:36:45.37
the preacher could eat now.
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.20
Now would you
give your last food
00:36:47.24\00:36:49.50
so that your preacher could eat?
00:36:49.54\00:36:53.41
Man of God, she said,
00:36:53.44\00:36:56.11
as the Lord liveth,
00:36:56.14\00:36:57.65
I have not even a
slice of bread in my pantry,
00:36:57.68\00:37:00.78
all I have is a
handful of flour in a barrel,
00:37:00.82\00:37:03.89
and a little cup
of oil in my cup.
00:37:03.92\00:37:06.05
Man of God, we
are about to go in
00:37:06.09\00:37:08.42
and eat our last meal
and then lay down and die.
00:37:08.46\00:37:11.39
Man of God, can't
you see I'm out here
00:37:11.43\00:37:14.13
trying to make a
way out of no way.
00:37:14.16\00:37:17.67
Elijah said to the woman,
00:37:17.70\00:37:20.04
no need to fear.
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.40
Fear not.
00:37:24.14\00:37:26.01
Although I don't know about you,
00:37:26.04\00:37:27.38
but I've heard those words
00:37:27.41\00:37:28.74
in the midnight hour of my life,
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.51
no need to fear.
00:37:30.55\00:37:32.68
When the storms of life
00:37:32.71\00:37:34.35
are raging now I've
often heard God whispering
00:37:34.38\00:37:36.89
to my trembling
soul, no need to fear.
00:37:36.92\00:37:40.92
Sometimes when I'm
walking through the fire,
00:37:40.96\00:37:43.29
I hear God
whispering to my heart,
00:37:43.32\00:37:45.79
no need to fear.
00:37:45.83\00:37:47.63
Sometimes when I'm
walking through the flood,
00:37:47.66\00:37:50.17
and through the
swelling of the Jordan,
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.27
I hear God whispering
to me, no need to fear.
00:37:52.30\00:37:56.57
Some years ago, I was flying
00:37:56.60\00:37:59.04
on a small private plane
00:37:59.07\00:38:00.78
from Seattle to
Spokane, Washington.
00:38:00.81\00:38:03.31
It was dark, raining,
00:38:03.35\00:38:05.28
and we were
coming in and we crashed.
00:38:05.31\00:38:09.95
I've only been in one
plane crash in my life,
00:38:09.98\00:38:12.15
we crashed on the tarmac,
00:38:12.19\00:38:14.62
the pilot had forgotten
to put the wheels down.
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.66
And I have actually
seen a plane come in
00:38:20.90\00:38:23.13
and hit the tarmac and
the sparks ignited the fuel
00:38:23.16\00:38:27.97
and that plane I've seen a plane
00:38:28.00\00:38:29.80
go up in a ball of flames
00:38:29.84\00:38:31.67
but they said that day
it probably didn't happen
00:38:31.71\00:38:34.31
because it was raining heavily
00:38:34.34\00:38:36.31
and the wet
conditions doubts the sparks
00:38:36.34\00:38:39.61
that could have
ignited the fuel.
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.48
But that's what
they said happen.
00:38:41.52\00:38:44.45
Let me tell you what happened.
00:38:44.49\00:38:47.16
I was coming in on that plane
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.19
just talking to the Lord
00:38:49.22\00:38:51.43
with one of
those deep, powerful,
00:38:51.46\00:38:53.66
poignant conversations with God.
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.80
I was saying to God, God,
why are you so good to me?
00:38:55.83\00:38:59.43
I don't deserve it
00:38:59.47\00:39:00.80
and I kept hear God
00:39:00.84\00:39:02.17
whispering back to my heart,
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.01
son, no matter what happens,
00:39:04.04\00:39:06.14
I'm gonna take care of you.
00:39:06.17\00:39:08.98
No need to fear,
00:39:09.01\00:39:12.28
no need to fear.
00:39:12.31\00:39:14.55
Sometimes men will try
to say those same words
00:39:14.58\00:39:17.62
but somehow
they're not as comforting.
00:39:17.65\00:39:22.02
The other day I was on a
flight from Orlando to Cleveland
00:39:22.06\00:39:26.80
and halfway through the flight,
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.46
I heard a sound that
I'd never heard before
00:39:28.50\00:39:31.33
and I felt the plane shake
00:39:31.37\00:39:32.73
like I've never felt
a plane shake before.
00:39:32.77\00:39:35.04
It just shook and then I
heard a sound, it went...
00:39:35.07\00:39:37.01
And the flight
attendant was right beside me
00:39:40.04\00:39:41.84
pushing the cart
00:39:41.88\00:39:43.38
and she stopped right
beside me and I heard her say,
00:39:43.41\00:39:45.78
Oh, no.
00:39:45.81\00:39:47.15
This does not sound good.
00:39:50.85\00:39:54.62
And then she
wheeled back the cart
00:39:54.66\00:39:56.89
and the pilot came on said,
00:39:56.93\00:39:58.29
"Ladies and
gentlemen, we have an emergency.
00:39:58.33\00:40:01.06
We've lost our
number one engine."
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.83
Now you got to
understand we only have two.
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.63
And everybody was
quiet and, and praying.
00:40:10.84\00:40:14.11
He said, I've radioed ahead.
00:40:14.14\00:40:16.68
We were going to try
to make it to Charlotte.
00:40:16.71\00:40:18.55
But they've cleared
the air space into Atlanta.
00:40:18.58\00:40:20.85
We're going to try
to go on in to Atlanta
00:40:20.88\00:40:22.82
and this plane is
running on one engine.
00:40:22.85\00:40:24.65
And all of us,
all these passengers
00:40:24.69\00:40:27.02
were praying
for that one engine.
00:40:27.06\00:40:29.59
Even the atheists were praying,
atheist will pray, you know,
00:40:29.62\00:40:33.90
I said they will pray.
00:40:33.93\00:40:35.30
And then the flight attendant
00:40:38.33\00:40:40.67
told the pilot when
we were really worried
00:40:40.70\00:40:42.80
we were in fear and
he got on the loudspeaker
00:40:42.84\00:40:46.78
to try to say
some comforting words.
00:40:46.81\00:40:48.94
And he said,
"Ladies and gentlemen,
00:40:48.98\00:40:50.31
I understand that
you're really concerned,
00:40:50.35\00:40:52.38
he said, but I
don't want you to worry.
00:40:52.41\00:40:54.45
He said, I've done
this many times before...
00:40:54.48\00:40:57.05
in the simulator."
00:41:00.96\00:41:02.29
Sometimes when man says,
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.30
"Don't fear, it is
not as comforting."
00:41:08.33\00:41:11.83
But fear not, God said.
00:41:11.87\00:41:15.60
God told me to tell you,
00:41:15.64\00:41:18.04
Elijah said to her,
if you'll only believe,
00:41:18.07\00:41:20.71
if you'll only be
faithful and obedient,
00:41:20.74\00:41:23.45
if you will only give.
00:41:23.48\00:41:29.72
God told me to tell you
00:41:29.75\00:41:31.69
that that barrel
of oil in your house
00:41:31.72\00:41:34.39
will be enough.
00:41:34.42\00:41:36.83
If you give,
00:41:36.86\00:41:40.66
God told me to tell you
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.36
that He's not only going
to stretch what you have,
00:41:42.40\00:41:45.53
but He's going to multiply.
00:41:45.57\00:41:48.50
God told me to tell you
00:41:48.54\00:41:49.97
that He's gonna
keep that barrel full,
00:41:50.01\00:41:53.14
and your oil will never run out.
00:41:53.17\00:41:57.31
That was a moment of
truth for that widow.
00:41:57.35\00:42:00.02
My favorite author says
00:42:00.05\00:42:01.38
that there could
not have been designed
00:42:01.42\00:42:03.89
for that widow a
greater test of her faith.
00:42:03.92\00:42:07.79
You see, the
greatest test of faith
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.92
is always when you
are called to walk away
00:42:09.96\00:42:12.96
from the known to
embrace the unknown.
00:42:12.99\00:42:16.60
You see to feed the prophet,
00:42:16.63\00:42:19.13
the widow of
Zarephath had to turn aside
00:42:19.17\00:42:23.64
from the obvious
00:42:23.67\00:42:25.54
and to embrace what
seemed counterintuitive,
00:42:25.57\00:42:31.01
to turn from her
present suffering,
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.65
from her distress,
00:42:33.68\00:42:35.68
and believe in the
substance of things hoped for
00:42:35.72\00:42:40.52
and the evidence of
things she could not see.
00:42:40.56\00:42:44.99
You see, God was
counting on that widow
00:42:45.03\00:42:47.93
to have the faith,
00:42:47.96\00:42:49.30
to overlook the consequences
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.70
of feeding the prophet first
00:42:51.73\00:42:55.00
and then trusting
God to supply her need.
00:42:55.04\00:42:59.21
You know, the
scriptures tell us that
00:42:59.24\00:43:00.98
because that widow
in the depths of poverty
00:43:01.01\00:43:03.88
and despair put God first.
00:43:03.91\00:43:06.61
God rewarded her
faith and her generosity.
00:43:06.65\00:43:11.65
Amen.
00:43:11.69\00:43:13.15
Because she proved faithful,
00:43:13.19\00:43:14.92
the Bible says
that she and her house
00:43:14.96\00:43:18.13
did eat many days,
00:43:18.16\00:43:20.23
hallelujah,
00:43:20.26\00:43:21.73
from that same barrel of flour
00:43:21.76\00:43:24.07
and that same cup of oil.
00:43:24.10\00:43:26.17
Brothers and
sisters, just like that woman
00:43:26.20\00:43:28.10
giving her last in obedience,
00:43:28.14\00:43:30.17
some here today
listening to me out in...
00:43:30.21\00:43:34.51
I don't know
what city you live in,
00:43:34.54\00:43:36.34
but you feel right now you,
00:43:36.38\00:43:38.31
yes, you feel like your
barrel of flour is empty,
00:43:38.35\00:43:42.28
your cup of oil is
drained to the last drop.
00:43:42.32\00:43:45.59
Oh but I want you to know
00:43:45.62\00:43:46.96
that there is a
promise in the Scripture.
00:43:46.99\00:43:49.86
If you claim it today,
00:43:49.89\00:43:52.79
God has pledged
00:43:52.83\00:43:54.60
that He will take care of you.
00:43:54.63\00:43:56.77
It is a promise
00:43:56.80\00:43:58.13
and yet it is
more than a promise.
00:43:58.17\00:44:00.00
It is one of the
laws of God's kingdom.
00:44:00.04\00:44:03.37
It is what I call a
counterintuitive law
00:44:03.41\00:44:07.38
of divine reciprocity.
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.98
We all know the
scriptural promise
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.35
found in Matthew 7:7.
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.48
"Ask
00:44:15.52\00:44:17.95
and it shall be given."
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.06
That sounds very rational to us.
00:44:20.09\00:44:23.16
Amen.
00:44:23.19\00:44:24.59
God has,
00:44:24.63\00:44:26.09
we need,
00:44:26.13\00:44:27.60
we ask,
00:44:27.63\00:44:29.53
that's reasonable.
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.10
But this counterintuitive
law of divine reciprocity,
00:44:31.13\00:44:35.47
you find it in Luke
6:38 and it simply says,
00:44:35.50\00:44:40.68
"Give
00:44:40.71\00:44:43.55
and it shall be given
00:44:43.58\00:44:45.78
unto you,
00:44:45.81\00:44:48.02
but not only shall
it be given unto you,
00:44:48.05\00:44:51.32
it shall be given
unto you good measure,
00:44:51.35\00:44:55.32
pressed down, shaken together,
00:44:55.36\00:44:59.13
running over and
with the same measure
00:44:59.16\00:45:02.03
that you give out,
shall it be measured
00:45:02.06\00:45:04.63
and given back to you."
00:45:04.67\00:45:07.74
Now we all have
something to give,
00:45:07.77\00:45:10.54
even if it's just sticks.
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.34
But God's word says, Give,
00:45:13.38\00:45:16.14
and it shall be given.
00:45:16.18\00:45:17.51
It is counterintuitive to think
00:45:17.55\00:45:20.45
that you can
multiply by subtracting.
00:45:20.48\00:45:25.82
But, oh, I am
talking about my God,
00:45:25.85\00:45:27.62
He's an awesome God.
00:45:27.66\00:45:29.59
It is counterintuitive to think
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.13
that you can
add to what you have
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.63
by subtracting.
00:45:34.66\00:45:37.13
But that's what God says.
00:45:37.17\00:45:38.93
God is saying to somebody
out there listening to me,
00:45:38.97\00:45:42.94
give
00:45:42.97\00:45:44.31
and it shall be given to you.
00:45:44.34\00:45:46.71
The farmer plants
his seed in the ground,
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.94
he gives to the
earth the last of his seed,
00:45:48.98\00:45:52.28
but then he waits
for a bountiful harvest.
00:45:52.31\00:45:55.82
This promise give and
it shall be given unto you
00:45:55.85\00:45:59.35
is a promise bankrolled
00:45:59.39\00:46:02.39
by the King of Heaven Himself.
00:46:02.42\00:46:06.59
This promise is not
just some empty promise,
00:46:06.63\00:46:09.73
God has put up His kingdom
00:46:09.76\00:46:12.43
as collateral for this promise.
00:46:12.47\00:46:16.40
Give and it shall
be given unto you.
00:46:16.44\00:46:20.51
The other day, I
was singing at a huge,
00:46:20.54\00:46:24.38
one of the largest
churches in this country.
00:46:24.41\00:46:27.52
And I was talking to the pastor,
00:46:27.55\00:46:29.98
and the pastor
said to me, you know,
00:46:30.02\00:46:33.56
the Lord has really
been blessing us here.
00:46:33.59\00:46:36.62
And then I said to him,
00:46:36.66\00:46:38.96
you know, I've got a ministry
00:46:38.99\00:46:41.66
that helps children of prisoners
00:46:41.70\00:46:43.37
and I would like
to come to your church
00:46:43.40\00:46:46.27
and present our
ministry to these urban areas
00:46:46.30\00:46:50.17
and pick up an offering
00:46:50.21\00:46:52.14
and he said, "Well, you know,
00:46:52.17\00:46:53.51
I don't usually have programs
00:46:53.54\00:46:56.61
where I raise offerings
00:46:56.64\00:46:59.45
and besides this is
a tough time for me.
00:46:59.48\00:47:01.42
I just took on a
project of $86 million
00:47:01.45\00:47:05.65
and in the last
year, I've raised 46.
00:47:05.69\00:47:09.26
And I've got another 40
million to raise next year."
00:47:09.29\00:47:13.43
He said, "But you
got me at a good time,"
00:47:13.46\00:47:18.63
he said, "because I only give
00:47:18.67\00:47:22.20
when I'm squeezed.
00:47:22.24\00:47:23.57
Counterintuitive."
00:47:29.51\00:47:31.61
He said, "If you caught me
00:47:31.65\00:47:32.98
when everything
was going really well,
00:47:33.01\00:47:34.45
you probably wouldn't
have gotten anything from me.
00:47:34.48\00:47:36.69
He said, but I
take this law seriously,
00:47:36.72\00:47:39.75
give
00:47:39.79\00:47:42.16
and it shall be given unto you.
00:47:42.19\00:47:46.36
You see, in our
individual lives,
00:47:46.39\00:47:48.46
there are seasons of
seed time and harvest.
00:47:48.50\00:47:51.47
There are those
times in our lives
00:47:51.50\00:47:53.13
when God calls
upon us to sow in faith
00:47:53.17\00:47:56.20
believing that the
Lord of heaven knows
00:47:56.24\00:47:59.01
just what we
need when we need it,
00:47:59.04\00:48:02.04
and He will send us the blessing
00:48:02.08\00:48:03.85
and the increase
we need right on time.
00:48:03.88\00:48:08.38
Amen.
00:48:08.42\00:48:10.55
Before I close, God
spoke to me the other day.
00:48:10.59\00:48:14.16
And He said to me when your path
00:48:14.19\00:48:17.33
becomes one of
blessing and privilege,
00:48:17.36\00:48:21.66
and you do not remember
00:48:21.70\00:48:24.63
the innocent you
have left behind,
00:48:24.67\00:48:28.94
even your privilege
00:48:28.97\00:48:32.01
will cease to be a blessing
00:48:32.04\00:48:36.18
and become your greatest curse.
00:48:36.21\00:48:40.65
Oh, did you hear me today.
00:48:40.68\00:48:42.72
When your path
00:48:42.75\00:48:44.45
becomes one of
blessing and privilege
00:48:44.49\00:48:48.16
and you do not remember
the innocent and the helpless
00:48:48.19\00:48:51.93
you've left behind.
00:48:51.96\00:48:53.60
Even your blessing,
00:48:53.63\00:48:56.46
even your privilege
will cease to be a blessing
00:48:56.50\00:49:00.70
and become your greatest curse.
00:49:00.74\00:49:04.87
So that's why it's
important to remember to give.
00:49:04.91\00:49:11.21
Amen.
00:49:11.25\00:49:12.75
It's for your
blessing and protection
00:49:12.78\00:49:15.55
to give and to give back
00:49:15.58\00:49:18.02
because you see if
you do not remember
00:49:18.05\00:49:19.62
to reach back to
pull up somebody else,
00:49:19.65\00:49:22.42
even your
privilege will soon cease
00:49:22.46\00:49:25.36
to be a blessing
00:49:25.39\00:49:26.73
and become your greatest curse.
00:49:26.76\00:49:29.20
Years ago, a man who wanted
00:49:29.23\00:49:32.53
to travel with Mother Teresa
00:49:32.57\00:49:36.00
to Papua New Guinea.
00:49:36.04\00:49:38.37
He learned that
she was traveling
00:49:38.41\00:49:39.97
and so he booked
a flight to travel
00:49:40.01\00:49:44.11
and he said to
her, "Mother Teresa,
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.01
can I travel on the
same plane with you?
00:49:46.05\00:49:49.72
And so I can talk with
you and learn from you."
00:49:49.75\00:49:53.39
Mother Teresa
looked at him and said,
00:49:53.42\00:49:55.06
"You have enough
money to pay airfare
00:49:55.09\00:49:57.69
for Papua New
Guinea to go there?"
00:49:57.73\00:49:59.93
"Oh yes," he said,
00:49:59.96\00:50:01.43
to which Mother Teresa replied,
00:50:01.46\00:50:03.26
"Then give that
money to the poor."
00:50:03.30\00:50:07.70
She said, "You
learn more from that
00:50:07.74\00:50:10.54
than anything I can tell you.
00:50:10.57\00:50:15.24
I have learned
more from giving back
00:50:15.28\00:50:18.45
than I have learned from
anything else in my life."
00:50:18.48\00:50:23.95
When you give back
in love and service,
00:50:23.99\00:50:27.16
it teaches you gratitude.
00:50:27.19\00:50:29.26
When you give back
in love and service,
00:50:29.29\00:50:31.59
it teaches you humility.
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.06
When you give back
in love and service,
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.16
it teaches you about
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.83
this most important
law of divine reciprocity.
00:50:37.87\00:50:41.77
You give and it
shall be given to you,
00:50:41.80\00:50:45.07
you reap what you sow.
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.48
And those who keep taking
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.98
without giving back
00:50:50.01\00:50:52.01
sow seeds of disharmony,
00:50:52.05\00:50:54.58
dysfunction and injustice.
00:50:54.62\00:50:57.72
Someone said,
"If you have a lot,
00:50:57.75\00:50:59.99
give some of your possessions
00:51:00.02\00:51:01.79
if you have little,
then give some of your heart
00:51:01.82\00:51:05.96
but give."
00:51:05.99\00:51:07.40
People who keep
getting without giving
00:51:07.43\00:51:10.07
will stagnate and die.
00:51:10.10\00:51:13.47
People, are you with me today?
00:51:13.50\00:51:15.60
People who keep receiving
00:51:15.64\00:51:17.61
without sharing with others
00:51:17.64\00:51:19.67
block the channel
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.04
through which all their
incoming blessings flow.
00:51:21.08\00:51:27.02
It is a law of nature.
00:51:27.05\00:51:29.28
Every living
organism stays alive
00:51:29.32\00:51:33.99
because whatever nourishes it
00:51:34.02\00:51:36.89
passes through it.
00:51:36.93\00:51:40.10
Are you with me today?
00:51:40.13\00:51:41.96
Every living organism
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.27
stays vibrant
00:51:44.30\00:51:46.13
and dynamic and alive
00:51:46.17\00:51:48.74
because whatever
nourishes it passes through it.
00:51:48.77\00:51:52.67
It does not stay inside.
00:51:52.71\00:51:55.18
When you hoard, you
only curse yourself.
00:51:55.21\00:52:01.18
But when you give back,
00:52:01.22\00:52:03.25
you bless the world
and you bless yourself.
00:52:03.28\00:52:08.79
Reminds me of that
old black lady sitting
00:52:08.82\00:52:10.83
in church
00:52:10.86\00:52:12.63
watching that very
wealthy man in church,
00:52:12.66\00:52:17.07
the pastor had made an appeal.
00:52:17.10\00:52:20.30
They needed resources,
00:52:20.34\00:52:21.67
they needed money
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.67
and she was, this old black lady
00:52:23.71\00:52:25.51
was watching this
wealthy man with his head down,
00:52:25.54\00:52:28.14
just agonizing,
and uncomfortable,
00:52:28.18\00:52:30.55
and eye shifting, and
finally she said to him,
00:52:30.58\00:52:34.92
"Son,
00:52:34.95\00:52:36.95
the Lord you
serve is an honest God.
00:52:36.99\00:52:42.02
If you give Him too much,
00:52:42.06\00:52:44.43
He give it back."
00:52:44.46\00:52:45.79
Today,
00:52:53.34\00:52:56.44
God is convicting someone
00:52:56.47\00:53:00.01
to give significantly
00:53:00.04\00:53:04.05
to this ministry,
00:53:04.08\00:53:07.68
to carry out the work of God
00:53:07.72\00:53:12.02
sharing this last day message
00:53:12.05\00:53:15.56
all around the world.
00:53:15.59\00:53:17.26
Now I'm gonna
tell you something.
00:53:17.29\00:53:19.89
There is no other
ministry on planet earth
00:53:19.93\00:53:25.83
that takes the gospel farther
00:53:25.87\00:53:29.24
to more places than 3ABN.
00:53:29.27\00:53:32.77
Did you hear what I said?
00:53:39.28\00:53:41.38
There is no other ministry
00:53:41.42\00:53:45.09
on planet earth
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.29
that takes this last day message
00:53:47.32\00:53:50.43
to more corners of the globe.
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.63
And God has asked me
00:53:53.66\00:53:57.10
and told me
00:53:57.13\00:53:58.57
that there are people out there.
00:53:58.60\00:54:02.10
This is the moment
00:54:02.14\00:54:04.51
for you to give
00:54:04.54\00:54:06.78
and you've been agonizing.
00:54:06.81\00:54:08.28
You're not sure,
00:54:08.31\00:54:09.64
you're swayed by
this or swayed by that.
00:54:09.68\00:54:13.48
I'm here to
tell you do something
00:54:13.52\00:54:16.79
that's counterintuitive.
00:54:16.82\00:54:21.19
Give
00:54:21.22\00:54:23.53
and it shall be given to you.
00:54:23.56\00:54:26.46
Bless others
00:54:29.76\00:54:32.57
and you'll only bless yourself.
00:54:32.60\00:54:37.04
God
00:54:37.07\00:54:39.21
is reaching out to
someone here today.
00:54:39.24\00:54:45.01
Someone's listening.
00:54:45.05\00:54:47.62
He's blessed you.
00:54:47.65\00:54:49.28
You sold property.
00:54:49.32\00:54:50.65
You sold land,
you sold a business.
00:54:50.69\00:54:54.09
You've got a
windfall. You've been blessed.
00:54:54.12\00:54:58.39
God is saying to you,
00:54:58.43\00:55:01.03
give
00:55:01.06\00:55:04.23
and it shall be given unto you.
00:55:04.27\00:55:09.94
It is a divine law
00:55:09.97\00:55:13.61
of reciprocity.
00:55:13.64\00:55:15.98
Hallelujah.
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.35