Everyday they pass me by,
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I can see it in their eyes.
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Empty people filled with care,
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Headed who knows where?
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On they go through private pain,
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Living fear to
fear. Laughter hides their
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silent cries, Only Jesus hears.
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People need the
Lord, people need the Lord.
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At the end of broken dreams,
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He's the open door.
People need the Lord,
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people need the
Lord. When will we realize,
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people need the Lord.
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We are called to take His light
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To a world where
wrong seems right.
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What could be too great a cost
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For sharing Life
with one who's lost?
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Through His love
our hearts can feel
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All the grief they
bear. They must hear the
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Words of Life Only we can share.
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People need the
Lord, people need the Lord
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When will we realize,
people need the Lord, amen.
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People need the
Lord, people need the Lord
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When will we realize
that we must give our lives,
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For people need the
Lord, people need the Lord.
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Gracious Heavenly Father, Lord,
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we ask that you would
be with us over the next
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few moments that
we spend together.
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Lord we ask that
you would be seeing not
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Christian Berdahl,
I'm just a servant.
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I pray that you
would lift our hearts far
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above this world Father
and I pray that you would
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help each one of us to
be encouraged to be upon
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this narrow pathway
of life that leads to
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life everlasting.
For we pray this in
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Jesus name and
for His sake, amen.
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Every word that I
will read are words that
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are not my own,
they were found in
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The Review and
Herald, January 12,
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1869 and dear Sister
White was given these words
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by God Himself. I
dreamed of being with
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a large body of
people. A portion of this
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assembly started
out prepared to journey.
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We had heavily-loaded wagons.
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And as we journeyed,
the road seemed to ascend.
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On one side of
this road was a deep,
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deep precipice. On
the other side a high,
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white, smooth wall,
like the hard finish upon
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plastered rooms.
And as we journeyed on,
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the road grew
narrower and steeper.
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Some places in the
road seemed very narrow,
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so much so that we
concluded that we could
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travel more safely
without the wagons.
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So we then loosed
them from the horses,
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and we took a portion
of the luggage from the
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wagons and we
placed it upon the horses,
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and we journeyed on horseback.
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Storms may rise on seas unknown
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While we
journey towards our home
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Surely we'll
learn what grace is for
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore
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Send us strength O pilgrim guide
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Sin would drown us in its tide
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Be close at hand and go before
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore
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Holy Spirit lead us on
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Give us courage bring the song
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Lord we trust Your Father's care
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Will convey us safely there
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Open or seal off every door
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore
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Straighten our
course with every prayer
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Let heaven's
breezes speed us there
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And grant us mercy evermore
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore
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Draw us near O finest Friend
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From dawn's
light to evening's end
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Each passing
day we love You more
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore
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As We Sail To Heaven's Shore.
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And as we progressed,
the path still continued
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to grow narrow. We
were obliged to press
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close to the wall, in
order to save ourselves
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from falling
off the narrow road,
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down the deep
precipices. And in doing this,
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the luggage on the
horses pressed against
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the wall, which
caused us to sway
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toward the
precipice. We feared that we
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should fall, and be dashed
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in pieces on the rocks.
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We then cut the
luggage from the horses,
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which fell over
the precipice. Amen.
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So, what do you
suppose the wagons represent?
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The loaded wagons I
believe represent all of
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the stuff and the
weight and care of this world.
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The things, the
emotional baggage, the abuse,
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the hurt and when we
draw close to the white wall
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which I believe
is the righteousness
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of Jesus Christ.
When we press close
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to that white wall
Jesus says no Christian,
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the things you are
holding onto are pressing
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against my righteousness.
Let me cut them away
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for you, bring them
to me and I will help you
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overcome all that
keeps you from me.
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And so they cut the
luggage from the horses,
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which fall over the
precipices down into the
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deep dark world
below. We continued,
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on horseback,
greatly fearing as we came
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to the narrower
places on the road,
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we feared that we
would lose our balance,
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and fall. But at such times,
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a hand seemed to take the bridle
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and carry us
over the perilous way.
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He who began a good work in you
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He who began a good work in you
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Will be faithful to complete it
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He'll be faithful to complete it
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He who started the work
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Will be faithful
to complete it in you
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If the struggle you're facing
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Is slowly replacing your hope
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With despair Or
the process is long
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And you're losing
your song In the night
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You can be sure that the Lord
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Has His hand on
you Safe and secure
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He will never abandon
you You are His treasure
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And He finds His pleasure in you
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He who began a good work in you
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He who began a good work in you
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Will be faithful to complete it
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He'll be faithful to complete it
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He who started the work
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Will be faithful
to complete it in you
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Do you believe that? Thank you.
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He who began a good work in you
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Will be faithful to complete it
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He'll be faithful to complete it
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He who started the work
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Will be faithful
to complete it in you.
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As the path
continued to grow more narrow,
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have you noticed
that? You start out when
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I started out I
was just a heathen,
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and now I'm just a
heathen saved by grace
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through faith in
Christ Jesus, amen.
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And so that narrow
path was quite broad,
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Jesus says come as you are,
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bring what you
have, all of your baggage,
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all of your junk.
Everything that you
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have Christian,
bring it, come as you are.
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And I promise I will
not leave you as you are,
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and so as I journey
on this path way with
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Jesus Christ and I
prayed to him and I draw
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close to his, his
white righteousness.
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He says we're gonna
change some things in you,
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because we can make
you better then you are,
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we can make you a
light. And Jesus Christ has
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said each one of us
that sets our feet upon that
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narrow path way, he will make us
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something beautiful,
amen. Not perfect yet in
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character we can
become perfect and then
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physically we become
perfect when we swing over
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to the other side,
amen. As the path grew
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more narrow, we decided that we
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could no longer go on
horseback with safety,
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and so we left the
horses, it sounds like an
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obedient crowd to me.
And they went on foot,
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in single file following
in the footsteps of one
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and another. At this
point, small cords were
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let down from the top
of the pure white wall,
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which we eagerly
grasped, to aid us in keeping
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our balance upon the
path. And as we traveled,
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the cord it moved along with us.
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The path finally
became so narrow that we
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concluded that we
could travel more safely
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without our
shoes; so we slipped them
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from our feet, and
went on some distance
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without them. Soon
it was decided that
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we could travel
more safely without
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our stockings; and
these were removed,
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and we traveled
on with bare feet.
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It sounds like some
denial of self to me.
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And then we thought
of those who had not
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accustomed
themselves to privations
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and hardships.
Where were such now?
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They were not in
the company with us.
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Every heart is
filled with longing
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To be free from all life's pain
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Yet the search
through earthly pleasures
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Always ends in vain
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Only God who made the heavens
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Can satisfy our souls
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Apart from Him
and all His meaning
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All things fail as they begin
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And hearts
deceived Can only know
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A chasing of the wind
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All
achievements, all possessions
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All with time return to dust
00:19:56.84\00:20:02.74
Only God can be our reason
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For deep and quiet trust
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He will guard
us from the dangers
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That gladly make men fools
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Apart from Him
and all His meaning
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All things fail as they begin
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And hearts
deceived Can only know
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A chasing of the
wind A chasing of the wind
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Why do we live without Jesus?
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Why do we waste another day?
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He is the life that sustains us
00:21:37.17\00:21:43.85
The only hope for us today
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So tell me, why do we live
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Why do we live without Him?
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Why do we live?
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At every change,
some were left behind.
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Friends, this is
talking about you and me.
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At every
change, when Jesus says,
00:22:40.56\00:22:42.91
Christian now
we're gonna take you to
00:22:42.92\00:22:44.95
the next step,
there's more Lord.
00:22:44.96\00:22:47.03
Oh! There's a
lot more Christian.
00:22:47.04\00:22:48.88
At every change,
some were left behind and
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friends I hope
that's no one here in
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this auditorium.
When Jesus calls you to
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do away with
something in your life,
00:22:59.13\00:23:00.96
stand firm on the
promises and say God
00:23:00.97\00:23:03.68
I will set no wicked
thing before my eyes.
00:23:04.09\00:23:06.64
I will walk with you
and talk with you and I will
00:23:06.65\00:23:09.76
be totally sold out for
the gospel's sake, amen.
00:23:09.77\00:23:13.20
At every change,
some were left behind and
00:23:15.23\00:23:20.96
those only remained who
had accustomed themselves
00:23:20.97\00:23:25.09
to endure hardships.
The privations of the way
00:23:25.10\00:23:29.96
only made these
more eager to press on
00:23:29.97\00:23:32.42
to the end. Our
danger of falling from
00:23:32.43\00:23:34.86
the pathway it increased.
And we pressed close to
00:23:34.87\00:23:38.29
the white wall,
yet we could not place
00:23:38.30\00:23:41.07
our feet fully upon the path,
00:23:41.08\00:23:42.88
for it was far too narrow now.
00:23:42.89\00:23:45.86
We then suspended
nearly our whole weight upon
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the cords, and would exclaim,
00:23:53.74\00:23:55.89
"We have hold from above!
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We have hold from
above!" And the same words were
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uttered by all the
company in the narrow pathway.
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As we heard the
sounds of revelry and mirth
00:24:04.56\00:24:08.50
that seemed to come
from the abyss below,
00:24:08.51\00:24:10.57
what's the abyss my
friends? The world, amen.
00:24:10.58\00:24:14.52
It sounds like a big
party going on in the world,
00:24:16.28\00:24:19.01
I pray for our church,
I see it coming into my
00:24:20.11\00:24:23.18
church and it breaks my heart.
00:24:23.19\00:24:25.80
As we heard the sounds
of revelry and mirth that
00:24:27.04\00:24:30.00
seemed to come
from the abyss below,
00:24:30.01\00:24:32.12
we shuddered. We
heard the profane oath,
00:24:32.13\00:24:34.64
the vulgar jest,
and low, vile songs.
00:24:34.65\00:24:38.88
We heard the war
songs, the dance songs.
00:24:39.05\00:24:41.67
We heard instrumental
music, and the loud laugh,
00:24:41.68\00:24:44.45
it sounds like a
great time in the world my
00:24:44.46\00:24:46.94
friends on the
broad road, but I'm going,
00:24:46.95\00:24:48.81
I'm here to testify to you,
00:24:48.82\00:24:50.27
I have been in the
broad road and it's,
00:24:50.28\00:24:53.62
it's a bunch of
facade, it's a bunch
00:24:53.63\00:24:56.35
of sophistry, it's a bunch,
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.19
it's the biggest lie
this plant has ever seen,
00:24:58.20\00:25:01.59
there is nothing
for us in the world,
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.25
there is nothing
there. Please take my word
00:25:04.26\00:25:07.12
for it young
people, amen. Pray for me,
00:25:07.13\00:25:11.17
because I'm speaking
to your young people in
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their meetings and I
have a whole series I'm
00:25:14.17\00:25:18.24
doing with them on, on
music and entertainment.
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.76
And parents, I hope that if your
00:25:20.77\00:25:23.56
young people wanna
take a stand for Jesus,
00:25:23.57\00:25:25.70
that you don't stop
that, that you'll take a
00:25:25.71\00:25:28.80
stand with them and
say we're gonna make
00:25:28.81\00:25:30.80
the changes. Because
God, my friends is looking
00:25:30.81\00:25:33.62
for a people who will
stand without compromise,
00:25:33.63\00:25:36.93
no compromise, a
little compromise
00:25:39.71\00:25:42.12
will kill you. You
know sister White says,
00:25:42.13\00:25:47.12
when we draw
closer, I'm paraphrasing,
00:25:47.13\00:25:49.36
we draw close to
that which God would have
00:25:51.96\00:25:52.93
us to be, we will be called by
00:25:52.94\00:25:53.91
the church odd,
singular, strait-laced
00:25:53.92\00:25:58.01
extremists, is that you? amen,
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I heard three
Amens, I'm half deaf,
00:26:03.07\00:26:04.90
I can hear in this ear,
so I heard it over here,
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I'm sorry. That
doesn't mean you're,
00:26:06.71\00:26:11.92
you're harsh, that
doesn't mean you're,
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.89
you're a wierdo.
It means you're not of
00:26:13.90\00:26:17.91
the world, amen.
Amen, praise God,
00:26:17.92\00:26:21.30
but it sounds like a party,
00:26:24.09\00:26:25.62
but listen to the
rest of the statement.
00:26:25.63\00:26:27.52
We heard the war
songs and the dance songs.
00:26:27.53\00:26:29.81
We heard instrumental
music, and the loud laugh,
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.61
mingled with cursing
and cries of anguish and
00:26:32.62\00:26:38.15
bitter wailing, and we,
we were more anxious than
00:26:38.16\00:26:43.49
ever to keep upon that narrow,
00:26:43.50\00:26:46.12
yes, difficult pathway.
00:26:47.25\00:26:49.88
Just the time I feel
That I've been caught
00:27:04.11\00:27:11.04
In the mire of self.
And just the time I feel
00:27:11.05\00:27:19.14
My mind's been
bought By worldly wealth.
00:27:19.64\00:27:26.05
That's when the breeze begins
00:27:26.96\00:27:31.41
To blow, I know
the Spirit's Call.
00:27:31.42\00:27:36.75
And all my worldly wanderings
00:27:39.00\00:27:44.36
Just melt into His Love.
00:27:44.86\00:27:50.15
Oh, I want to know You more!
00:27:50.82\00:27:55.32
Deep within my
soul I want to know You,
00:27:55.66\00:27:59.48
Oh, I want to know You.
00:27:59.95\00:28:02.44
To feel Your Heart
and know Your Mind,
00:28:02.45\00:28:06.67
Looking in Your
eyes stirs up within me,
00:28:07.25\00:28:11.13
Cries that says
I want to know You
00:28:11.57\00:28:17.32
Oh, I want to know You more.
00:28:18.19\00:28:26.29
When my daily deeds
00:28:26.30\00:28:33.99
Ordinarily lose life and song,
00:28:34.00\00:28:40.05
My heart begins to bleed,
00:28:41.71\00:28:46.04
Sensitivity to Him is gone.
00:28:46.05\00:28:52.35
I've run the race
but set my own pace
00:28:54.14\00:28:59.40
And face a shattered soul,
00:28:59.41\00:29:03.90
Now the Gentle Arms of Jesus
00:29:06.00\00:29:10.03
Warm my hunger to be whole.
00:29:10.72\00:29:18.14
Oh, I want to know You more!
00:29:18.15\00:29:21.63
Deep within my
soul I want to know You,
00:29:22.21\00:29:26.05
Oh, I want to know You.
00:29:26.70\00:29:29.19
To feel Your Heart
and know Your Mind,
00:29:29.20\00:29:33.28
Looking in Your
eyes stirs up within me,
00:29:33.88\00:29:37.67
Eyes that says
I want to know You
00:29:38.33\00:29:43.66
Oh, I want to know You.
00:29:44.57\00:29:47.50
And I would give my final breath
00:29:47.51\00:29:51.89
To know You in Your
Death and Resurrection,
00:29:52.61\00:29:57.18
Oh, I want to know You more.
00:29:57.78\00:30:03.49
Oh, I want to know You.
00:30:04.64\00:30:07.70
to know You more
00:30:07.71\00:30:14.14
Oh, I want to know You more.
00:30:16.90\00:30:29.19
Much of the time we
were compelled to suspend
00:30:46.15\00:30:50.49
our whole weight upon the cords.
00:30:51.21\00:30:54.76
What are the
cords represent friends?
00:30:55.53\00:30:57.00
Faith, amen, you know when I ask
00:30:59.59\00:31:02.48
these questions in
Adventist congregations I
00:31:02.49\00:31:05.06
always get the right answer,
00:31:05.07\00:31:06.16
because you're a
studied people, amen.
00:31:06.17\00:31:08.07
But friends when I
ask these questions in,
00:31:08.60\00:31:10.90
in other denominations,
they have no idea what
00:31:10.91\00:31:14.45
these things
represent it is brand new
00:31:14.46\00:31:17.11
light for them. I
say Jesus has dropped
00:31:17.12\00:31:20.89
the cord of faith,
he's given every man
00:31:20.90\00:31:23.67
the measure of faith hasn't he?
00:31:23.68\00:31:25.55
I've given it to
every man and if you but
00:31:25.56\00:31:28.03
hold on, not by, walk by sight,
00:31:28.04\00:31:30.80
but you walk by
faith, you will be safe
00:31:30.81\00:31:33.64
and you'll be with me
in Heaven forever, amen.
00:31:33.65\00:31:37.10
And so I noticed that
these cords had increased
00:31:38.08\00:31:42.33
in size as we progressed,
so what does that mean
00:31:42.34\00:31:45.16
the faith is growing
and I notice that the
00:31:45.17\00:31:48.81
beautiful white wall
was stained with blood.
00:31:48.82\00:31:51.97
It caused a feeling
of regret to see the wall
00:31:53.56\00:31:55.49
was stained;
this feeling however
00:31:55.50\00:31:57.37
lasted for a
moment. As I thought that it
00:31:57.38\00:31:59.55
was as it should be,
you see those who were
00:31:59.56\00:32:02.05
following after will
know that others have passed
00:32:02.06\00:32:04.75
the narrow difficult
way before them and will
00:32:04.76\00:32:07.73
conclude that if others
will were able to pursue
00:32:07.74\00:32:10.15
the Ardmore course
that they could do the same,
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.69
amen. And as the
blood should be pressed from
00:32:12.70\00:32:15.37
their aching feet,
they would not faint
00:32:15.38\00:32:17.97
with discouragement;
but seeing the blood upon
00:32:20.06\00:32:23.50
the wall they
would know that others
00:32:23.51\00:32:27.81
had endured the same pain.
00:32:27.82\00:32:31.42
We're pilgrims on the journey
00:32:41.87\00:32:44.33
Of the narrow road
And those who've gone
00:32:45.06\00:32:50.80
before us line the way
Cheering on the faithful,
00:32:50.81\00:32:59.28
encouraging the weary
Their lives a stirring
00:32:59.29\00:33:05.86
testament to
God's sustaining grace
00:33:05.87\00:33:11.97
Surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses
00:33:13.64\00:33:20.19
Let us run the race
not only for the prize
00:33:20.94\00:33:26.86
But as those
who've gone before us
00:33:28.43\00:33:31.92
Let us leave to those behind us
00:33:31.93\00:33:35.76
The heritage of faithfulness
00:33:36.18\00:33:39.47
passed on through godly lives
00:33:39.48\00:33:47.95
Oh may all who come
behind us find us faithful
00:33:48.73\00:33:55.60
May the fire of our
devotion light their way
00:33:56.79\00:34:03.38
May the footprints that we leave
00:34:04.42\00:34:08.04
Lead them to believe
00:34:08.46\00:34:11.77
And the lives we
live inspire them to obey
00:34:11.78\00:34:18.06
Oh may all who come
behind us find us faithful
00:34:19.02\00:34:25.70
After all our hopes and
dreams have come and gone
00:34:34.70\00:34:41.17
And our children sift through
00:34:42.35\00:34:44.81
through all we've left behind
00:34:44.82\00:34:48.46
May the clues that they discover
00:34:49.93\00:34:53.52
and the memories they uncover
00:34:53.53\00:34:57.18
Become the light that leads them
00:34:57.71\00:35:00.55
to the road we each must find
00:35:00.56\00:35:06.21
Oh may all who come
behind us find us faithful
00:35:06.22\00:35:13.50
May the fire of our
devotion light their way
00:35:14.43\00:35:21.65
May the footprints that we leave
00:35:22.06\00:35:25.70
Lead them to believe
00:35:26.21\00:35:29.03
And the lives we
live inspire them to obey
00:35:29.46\00:35:36.30
Oh may all who come
behind us find us faithful
00:35:40.71\00:35:47.80
May the fire of our
devotion light their way
00:35:48.93\00:35:56.24
May the footprints that we leave
00:35:56.25\00:36:00.22
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live
00:36:00.23\00:36:05.62
inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind
00:36:05.63\00:36:14.26
us find us faithful,
amen. Oh may all who come
00:36:14.27\00:36:25.05
behind us find us
faithful, faithful. Amen.
00:36:25.06\00:36:47.04
It's quite an
interesting thing to sing in
00:36:54.14\00:36:56.87
the Arizona desert, excuse me.
00:36:56.88\00:37:00.61
At length we came to
a large chasm at which
00:37:05.89\00:37:11.43
our path ended.
Amen. Amen, amen.
00:37:11.44\00:37:17.94
You see whatever
you're going through,
00:37:19.51\00:37:21.20
the pain, the
suffering, the sacrifice,
00:37:22.20\00:37:27.23
one day will all be
over. And you know in the
00:37:28.52\00:37:33.13
vision of heaven
the program I do,
00:37:33.14\00:37:34.55
she says we try to
call up our greatest trials,
00:37:35.08\00:37:38.49
but in light of
what was around us,
00:37:39.28\00:37:40.90
we couldn't speak them
out and we all declared
00:37:42.07\00:37:43.93
heaven was cheap
enough. We came to a
00:37:43.94\00:37:48.07
large chasm,
there was nothing now
00:37:48.08\00:37:50.02
to guide the
feet, nothing upon which
00:37:50.03\00:37:52.13
to rest them. Our
whole reliance must
00:37:52.14\00:37:54.24
be upon the cords,
which had increased in size,
00:37:54.25\00:37:57.23
until they were as
large as our bodies,
00:37:57.24\00:38:00.38
our faith made complete, amen.
00:38:01.09\00:38:03.36
And here we were
for a time thrown into
00:38:03.71\00:38:05.74
perplexity and
distress. And we, we inquired in
00:38:05.75\00:38:09.14
fearful whispers, "To
what is the cord attached?"
00:38:09.15\00:38:13.32
"To what is the cord attached?"
00:38:13.80\00:38:15.85
My husband she writes,
James was just before me.
00:38:16.24\00:38:19.64
And the large drops
of sweat were falling
00:38:19.65\00:38:22.16
from his brow.
The veins in his neck
00:38:22.17\00:38:24.45
and temples were
increased to double their
00:38:24.46\00:38:27.11
usual size, and suppressed,
00:38:27.12\00:38:30.36
agonizing groans
came from his lips,
00:38:30.37\00:38:33.62
a fearful struggle
was just before us.
00:38:35.18\00:38:38.79
The sweat was
dropping from my face,
00:38:39.08\00:38:41.02
and I felt such
anguish as I have never
00:38:41.03\00:38:43.62
felt before. A
fearful struggle was
00:38:43.63\00:38:45.95
indeed before us.
And if we failed here,
00:38:45.96\00:38:48.45
all the difficulties
of our experience had
00:38:48.46\00:38:53.46
been experienced for naught.
00:38:53.47\00:38:55.48
Can you see that
we are surrounded
00:39:03.99\00:39:09.86
By so great a cloud of witnesses
00:39:09.87\00:39:16.57
Those who paid the
price, the supreme sacrifice
00:39:16.58\00:39:22.69
Those of whom this
world were not worthy
00:39:23.09\00:39:29.71
Let us run, run the
race with endurance.
00:39:31.00\00:39:37.82
Laying aside every weight,
00:39:37.83\00:39:39.95
casting aside every
sin Let us run, run,
00:39:39.96\00:39:46.70
fixing our eyes on the son
00:39:47.51\00:39:50.09
Looking to Him,
finishing what we've
00:39:50.50\00:39:53.49
begin Let us run,
00:39:55.07\00:39:59.92
And now you see
that we are trusting,
00:40:12.46\00:40:18.65
we're continuing
What others started
00:40:18.66\00:40:24.98
They have passed the
baton straight and fast
00:40:25.49\00:40:29.79
Till we've won, we
will run to him who is holy
00:40:30.24\00:40:38.91
So, let us run, run,
run the race with endurance
00:40:39.54\00:40:46.54
Laying aside every weight,
00:40:46.55\00:40:48.80
casting aside every sin
00:40:49.26\00:40:52.25
Let us run, run,
fixing our eyes on the son
00:40:52.26\00:40:58.77
Looking to Him
finishing what we've begin
00:40:59.14\00:41:03.45
Let us run! Oh! And yes,
00:41:03.46\00:41:13.29
there were some who
had stumbled, fallen
00:41:13.30\00:41:18.63
God only knows I'm what
Still I press toward the
00:41:19.53\00:41:26.89
goal for the
Lord he is calling me
00:41:26.90\00:41:32.49
He's gone before, he's my reward
00:41:32.50\00:41:35.24
When I'm down Let us run,
00:41:35.25\00:41:42.07
run the race with endurance
00:41:43.91\00:41:46.88
Laying aside every weight,
00:41:46.89\00:41:49.11
casting aside every sin
00:41:49.12\00:41:52.82
Let us run, run,
fixing our eyes on the son
00:41:53.33\00:42:00.41
Looking to Him,
finishing what we've begin
00:42:00.42\00:42:04.94
Let us run! Let us
run! Let us run! Amen.
00:42:05.38\00:42:25.39
Before us, on the
other side of the chasm,
00:42:35.05\00:42:38.57
was a beautiful
field of green grass,
00:42:39.52\00:42:42.52
it was about six inches high.
00:42:42.53\00:42:44.44
I couldn't see
the sun, but bright,
00:42:45.18\00:42:47.60
soft beams of light,
resembling fine gold and
00:42:48.24\00:42:51.84
silver were
resting on this field.
00:42:51.85\00:42:54.40
Nothing I had seen
upon earth could compare in
00:42:54.95\00:42:59.14
beauty and glory
with just this field.
00:42:59.15\00:43:02.33
But could we succeed
in reaching it was the
00:43:03.02\00:43:04.91
anxious inquiry.
Should the, the cord break,
00:43:04.92\00:43:08.43
we must perish.
Again, in whispered anguish,
00:43:09.16\00:43:12.90
the words were
breathed, "What holds the cord?"
00:43:12.91\00:43:16.40
And for a moment we
hesitated to venture.
00:43:16.89\00:43:19.38
And then we
exclaimed, "Our only hope is to
00:43:19.39\00:43:22.13
trust wholly to the
cord. It has been our
00:43:22.14\00:43:24.80
dependence all
the difficult way.
00:43:24.81\00:43:27.16
It will not fail us
now." But still we were
00:43:27.17\00:43:30.38
hesitating and
distressed. And friends,
00:43:30.39\00:43:33.44
sometimes in your walk your,
00:43:33.45\00:43:34.99
you're hasting and
distressed and God in our
00:43:35.00\00:43:37.48
ministry many times
we didn't know Lord,
00:43:37.49\00:43:40.21
where do you want us to go?
00:43:40.22\00:43:41.54
How do you want us to accomplish
00:43:41.55\00:43:42.86
different projects?
How do you want us to
00:43:42.87\00:43:44.49
go forward in faith?
We'll hold on but Father,
00:43:44.50\00:43:47.10
we're distressed we
don't necessarily know
00:43:47.11\00:43:49.13
sometimes how to
go, how to proceed.
00:43:49.14\00:43:51.78
I wanted to get a
program like this,
00:43:51.98\00:43:53.81
this program finished;
00:43:53.82\00:43:55.01
I didn't know how to do it?
00:43:55.02\00:43:56.47
We didn't have the
funds, so instead of sitting
00:43:56.48\00:43:58.95
around not doing it,
I said let's get some
00:43:58.96\00:44:01.67
brothers and sisters together.
00:44:01.68\00:44:03.03
Hey, you play the
horn, you play the clarinet,
00:44:03.04\00:44:05.37
you play the string,
a bunch of amateurs in
00:44:05.38\00:44:07.82
my basement
recorded this music, amen.
00:44:07.83\00:44:11.77
And I'm not an
engineer I said then he said
00:44:11.78\00:44:14.22
okay Lord, I'm praying,
00:44:14.23\00:44:15.70
God teach me how to be the,
00:44:15.71\00:44:17.36
the microphone man and
so he says okay Christian
00:44:17.37\00:44:20.32
let's go. And he taught
00:44:20.33\00:44:21.57
me how to microphone
all this and I don't know
00:44:21.58\00:44:23.58
nothing friends,
I'm a video guy not the
00:44:23.59\00:44:26.49
audio guy. But
friends, I wanna declare to you,
00:44:26.50\00:44:30.74
God has something
for you to do and if he's
00:44:31.13\00:44:33.68
called you and it's
God will, it's God's bill,
00:44:33.69\00:44:36.49
you go forward.
And God will bless your
00:44:36.50\00:44:41.32
little tiny
efforts, that's what we did,
00:44:41.33\00:44:43.12
we just said okay God,
let's go, record this stuff
00:44:43.13\00:44:45.83
in my basement.
On to a computer,
00:44:45.84\00:44:49.46
that that blows my
mind, a bunch of amateurs
00:44:51.01\00:44:55.31
and God says well,
well use it anyway.
00:44:55.32\00:44:57.40
We were still
hesitating in distress.
00:44:59.95\00:45:01.56
The words were then spoken,
00:45:02.55\00:45:03.86
"God holds the cord,
and God holds the cord.
00:45:04.23\00:45:07.59
We need not fear."
Amen. God holds your
00:45:07.60\00:45:11.16
ministries in his
hand, God holds them not you,
00:45:11.17\00:45:15.28
not your
supporters, not the promotion
00:45:15.29\00:45:18.02
that you do, the
newsletters that you do.
00:45:18.03\00:45:19.76
Do you realize we put
like five newsletters in
00:45:20.16\00:45:23.03
ten years. We're
still here, because its God,
00:45:23.04\00:45:27.92
can you say amen? Amen.
00:45:27.93\00:45:30.70
God holds the cord;
these words were then
00:45:34.76\00:45:37.83
repeated by those
behind us, accompanied with,
00:45:37.84\00:45:40.67
"He will not fail us now.
00:45:41.06\00:45:42.68
He has brought
us this far safely."
00:45:43.91\00:45:46.61
I will speak, I will wait,
00:45:59.21\00:46:04.82
I will send prophets among them
00:46:05.55\00:46:12.03
That they might
hear, that they might see
00:46:12.55\00:46:18.38
and understand
how much I love them
00:46:18.98\00:46:25.51
Then they will
know that I am Father,
00:46:25.94\00:46:32.14
then they will know I am Lord
00:46:32.15\00:46:37.15
They'll walk with
Me and be My people
00:46:38.77\00:46:44.80
I'll walk with them as
their God, as their God
00:46:44.81\00:46:54.00
I will strike,
I will scourge and
00:46:58.47\00:47:04.69
carry out vengeance upon them
00:47:04.70\00:47:10.83
But I will heal
the wounds I make
00:47:11.22\00:47:16.98
and tenderly
take them back to me
00:47:17.50\00:47:23.43
They will know that I am Savior,
00:47:24.06\00:47:30.06
I am Redeemer and Friend
00:47:30.07\00:47:34.99
Immanuel, the God
that is with them,
00:47:36.97\00:47:42.82
the God who gives all He can
00:47:43.28\00:47:48.30
He is salvation,
He is the kingdom,
00:47:49.61\00:47:55.49
to know Him is paradise
00:47:55.50\00:48:01.62
He will come, My own Son,
00:48:15.60\00:48:21.34
a Word faithful
hearts can't help hearing
00:48:21.97\00:48:27.92
And by His death,
with His last breath a
00:48:28.30\00:48:34.29
Father's
forgiveness comes flowing
00:48:34.30\00:48:40.17
Then they will
know that I am Father
00:48:40.18\00:48:46.28
Then they will know I am Lord
00:48:46.71\00:48:51.83
They'll walk with
Me and be My people
00:48:52.97\00:48:58.66
I'll walk with
them as their God,
00:48:59.07\00:49:03.95
He is salvation,
He is the kingdom,
00:49:05.48\00:49:11.33
to know Him is
paradise Then they will know
00:49:11.34\00:49:20.69
that I am Father
Then they will know
00:49:20.70\00:49:26.75
I am Lord, I am Lord, I am Lord.
00:49:26.76\00:49:47.37
I see that my time
is running short and I
00:49:57.37\00:50:00.11
needed six minutes to
do the last song and I
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have five minutes left,
I don't know what to do.
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Do it you say, the
production crew says no.
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My husband James,
she says was right before
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me and he swung
himself over the fearful abyss
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into the beautiful field beyond.
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And I, I
immediately followed she writes.
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And oh, what a sense
of relief and gratitude we
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felt to God! I heard
voices raised in triumphant
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praises to God. I was happy,
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perfectly happy, she writes.
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I awoke, what a hard
thing to be a prophet,
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wow! The clock just
gave me seven minutes,
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pray, and it's
God's number 7 amen!
00:50:45.98\00:50:50.05
Hallelujah! Oh! Father
God, you are so merciful,
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amen. And I
immeditely followed And oh,
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.78
what a sense of
relief and gratitude we
00:50:57.79\00:51:00.07
felt to God! And I heard those
00:51:00.08\00:51:01.69
voices raised in
triumphant praises to God.
00:51:01.70\00:51:04.19
I awoke and I found
that from the anxiety I had
00:51:04.20\00:51:07.44
experienced in passing
over the difficult route,
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nearly every nerve
on my being seemed to be
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in a tremor. Friends,
she's talking about those
00:51:15.97\00:51:21.27
who have ceased to
send the hundred and forty
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four thousand who
stand without a mediator,
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do you understand
the gravity of that?
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And friends, we
will not stand then if we
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don't stand now, it
is time for us to be
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Seventh-day
Adventist Christians and to
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march to the beak of
Jesus Christ the drummer,
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amen? Amen, it's
time to be His people,
00:51:45.42\00:51:48.43
it's time to walk
forward, it's time to cast
00:51:48.44\00:51:51.19
every sin and
every weight aside,
00:51:51.20\00:51:53.04
it is time to show the
world that God loved us
00:51:53.05\00:51:56.71
who could wash one
and another's feet, amen.
00:51:56.72\00:52:00.03
And this dream she
says, it needs no comment.
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It made such an
impression upon my mind
00:52:03.22\00:52:05.95
that probably every
item in it will be vivid
00:52:05.96\00:52:10.86
before me while my
memory shall continue.
00:52:10.87\00:52:13.78
We were prepared
for the journey with
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our wagons loaded
down We had all the things
00:52:29.60\00:52:35.02
we needed and some
more of what we had found
00:52:35.03\00:52:39.66
But as the road then narrowed,
00:52:39.67\00:52:43.04
so the wagons could not climb
00:52:43.05\00:52:46.01
We journeyed on with our horses,
00:52:46.59\00:52:49.93
leaving things of ours behind.
00:52:49.94\00:52:53.16
Traveling the narrow way of the
00:52:53.17\00:52:57.52
steep and windy road A
smooth white wall on one
00:52:57.53\00:53:02.72
side and a precipice
below As we journey on the
00:53:02.73\00:53:11.10
way grows smaller still
00:53:11.11\00:53:14.45
Stripped of all earthly support
00:53:14.89\00:53:17.65
We cling unto His will
00:53:17.66\00:53:22.90
To save ourselves from thorn
00:53:25.71\00:53:28.06
We press close to the wall
00:53:28.07\00:53:31.77
Our luggage was interfering
00:53:32.27\00:53:34.83
we cut it loose and let it fall
00:53:34.84\00:53:38.64
And such times
when we were fearful
00:53:39.20\00:53:41.83
And our bodies began to sway,
00:53:41.84\00:53:45.61
our hands seem
to take the bridle
00:53:46.14\00:53:48.34
and guide us over the way
00:53:48.35\00:53:52.22
Traveling the narrow way of
00:53:52.23\00:53:56.38
the steep and windy road
00:53:56.43\00:53:59.74
A smooth white wall on one
00:53:59.75\00:54:02.02
side and a precipice below
00:54:02.03\00:54:06.09
As we journey on the
way grows smaller still
00:54:06.10\00:54:13.46
Stripped of all earthly support
00:54:13.47\00:54:16.65
We cling unto His will
00:54:16.66\00:54:22.00
With our horses
now left behind us
00:54:34.81\00:54:37.76
We traveled on in single file
00:54:37.77\00:54:41.28
Our feet exposed
to grip the rocks
00:54:41.99\00:54:44.91
We were fearful all the way
00:54:44.92\00:54:48.22
Small cords came
down from above us
00:54:48.61\00:54:51.39
To keep our balance on the path
00:54:51.40\00:54:54.95
We've hold from
above, we were shouting
00:54:55.48\00:54:58.12
It seem like this is all we have
00:54:58.13\00:55:01.79
Traveling the narrow way of
00:55:01.80\00:55:06.28
the steep and windy road
00:55:06.29\00:55:09.56
A smooth white wall on one
00:55:09.88\00:55:11.68
side and a precipice below
00:55:11.69\00:55:15.93
As we journey on the
way grows smaller still
00:55:15.94\00:55:22.97
Stripped of all earthly support
00:55:23.62\00:55:26.35
We cling unto His will
00:55:26.36\00:55:31.92
From those not used the hardship
00:55:37.73\00:55:40.83
we heard
complains time and again
00:55:40.84\00:55:44.57
While they chose
to stay behind us
00:55:45.06\00:55:47.80
We eagerly pressed on to the end
00:55:47.81\00:55:51.40
The wall once
white and beautiful
00:55:51.93\00:55:54.83
Now had a bloody stain
00:55:54.84\00:55:58.07
If others were able
to pursue this course
00:55:58.56\00:56:01.67
Then we can do the same
00:56:02.03\00:56:04.67
Traveling the narrow way of
00:56:05.09\00:56:09.44
the steep and windy road
00:56:09.45\00:56:12.65
A smooth white wall on one
00:56:13.05\00:56:15.01
side and a precipice
below As we journey on,
00:56:15.02\00:56:22.53
the way grows smaller still
00:56:22.54\00:56:26.62
Stripped of all earthly support
00:56:26.63\00:56:29.64
We cling unto His will
00:56:29.65\00:56:35.24
Where a narrow path now ended,
00:56:37.63\00:56:40.07
lay a chasm deep and wide
00:56:40.67\00:56:44.06
Scenes of beauty beyond compare
00:56:44.65\00:56:47.58
await us on the other side
00:56:47.59\00:56:51.06
Again, in whispered anguish we
00:56:51.84\00:56:54.97
breathe who holds the cord
00:56:54.98\00:56:59.04
Assured it was
none but God himself
00:56:59.48\00:57:02.80
We swung unto our reward
00:57:02.81\00:57:06.06
Traveling the narrow way of
00:57:06.46\00:57:10.88
the steep and windy road
00:57:10.89\00:57:13.86
A smooth white wall on one
00:57:14.40\00:57:16.19
side and a precipice below
00:57:16.20\00:57:20.06
As we journey on the
way grows smaller still
00:57:20.47\00:57:27.66
Stripped of all earthly support
00:57:27.67\00:57:30.68
We cling unto His will
00:57:30.69\00:57:36.64
Stripped of all earthly support
00:57:38.22\00:57:41.14
We cling unto His will.
00:57:41.15\00:57:54.86