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>> Now, the
reason we're here today,
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it's not just because we
serve a God who died for us
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so that we may
live. We are here today
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because we serve a
God who, after three days,
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He rose again.
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He rose again. And we serve our
recent Saviour. So as we sing
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this song, it may not be too
familiar to you, but just
meditate on the lyrics and
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realize the wonderful and
powerful recent savior that died
for us, that we're serving and
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singing to today. >>
Amen, amen, glory to our God.
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>> Father, that's what
we're saying. You received that
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praise. All our voices express
that to You. We have a few
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moments left. Would you please
energize these moments? Hide the
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distractions. Hush the
clamorings of our minds. Speak
to us in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Can you imagine what it would
be like -- I'm serious -- if the
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police, little Berrien
Springs, Oronoko Township.
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I know the police. I
have a policeman five doors
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down from where I live.
But if the police showed up
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and I'm talking
about in their squad cars.
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Red and blue, flashing,
flashing, flashing, they show up
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at every entrance into this
tiny little village township.
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And they jump out of their squad
cars. There's an officer there
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halting all traffic, all traffic
arriving to our little Berrien
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Springs village. One question.
Do you live on the campus of
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Andrews? Do you live in the
village? The answer is yes, you
may go. If the answer's no,
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come again some other day. That
happened this Sunday in a little
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town in Kentucky called Wilmore.
You may have heard about it.
Population -- 6,461.
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Small town. Small Christian
university in that town named
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Asbury University, on whose
campus something rather unusual
happened when they were having
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worship at chapel a few
Wednesdays ago. And that is the
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worship didn't stop. They had
no big gun preacher. No visiting
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choir. It was just the students.
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And the worship kept going. The
services ended, but they stayed
in the Hughes Auditorium.
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And then the singing started,
and then the praising started,
and then the testimonies began,
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and then the confessions, and
then the repentance. And then --
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this is students lead now. Then
students start coming forward to
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the front, and all that day, all
that day, chapel kept going. By
the way, they're required to
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go to three chapels every week.
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It'd take a while, but
you'd get it. [ Laughter ]
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You'd get it.
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All that day, into the
night. Now word is spread across
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campus. Kids are
coming back to church.
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All that next -- all that night.
The next day, you got it. The
next night, all that week.
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The rest of that week. All the
next week that came. Four days
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into the following week. 16 days
and nights, 24/7. That place is
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packed now. Doing the kind of
worship we're doing right here.
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Led by students. Unbelievable.
20,000 people this Sunday showed
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up, and that's why the town
said, "Adios, we cannot handle
this." The president of Asbury
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University, Kevin Brown,
released a statement. They put
it on their website,
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Asbury University. Only they
opened a new page, and they
called the new page
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"Outpouring." Here are
the president's words in that
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statement. All right. Put it on
the screen for you. Kevin Brown
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-- "On February 8, 2023. Asbury
University's regularly scheduled
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chapel service never ended. What
we have experienced since that
Wednesday morning has been
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a current of immeasurable
goodness, flooding our community
and quickly moving into other
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regions of the world. Words fail
any effort to communicate the
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abundance of experiences
and stories that will leave us
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forever changed. Thursday,
February 23." Two days ago.
"Will mark the end of this
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historic multi-week gathering at
Asbury University with a
National Collegiate Day of
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Prayer broadcast hosted on our
campus." We celebrated that this
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Thursday ourselves here at
Andrews. "I find it fitting that
what started with college
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students on our campus is ending
with college students joined in
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prayer and worship
across the country." Wow.
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Somebody asked him why he was
bringing the revival to a halt.
He responded -- I like his
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words -- "How can you shut down
something you didn't start?"
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Isn't that good? We have a
couple of PhD students down
there. Their families or friends
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are here in town. I've read
both of their eyewitness reports
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because they stepped into that
huge auditorium, experienced it,
And then I'm going to read
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the last paragraph of of one
of these here. "The language of
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revival has been used a lot to
describe what's going on.
Personally, I would probably
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hold off using that type of
language." The president didn't
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use the word once. "I would hold
off using that type of language
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because we just don't know what
the fruits of this are going to
be. Is it going to effect long
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term change? Repentance, you
know, people turning back to the
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Bible. Are people going to go
back to their communities and
continue to take Jesus with
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them? Only time will tell. But
if you just ask me what I'm
seeing there right now,
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I see thousands of people who
are wanting a deeper experience
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with God. Thousands of people
from all different kinds of
backgrounds and ethnicities
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and denominations and ages
coming together to worship and
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pray. At the very least, I'd say
it shows just how much people
are in search of something
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more."
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I thought that was pretty wise.
Wow. So here we are in another
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little town about 500 miles to
the north, in another little
Christian university.
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Could it happen here? Let
me give you a little bit of
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history. The first as Asbury
Revival, historic, noted in the
reference books, took place in
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1970 in that same auditorium,
same campus. The date it began
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-- February 3, 1970. That fall
-- now listen to this -- that
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fall, eight months later,
October 1970, a similar revival
broke out on the campus of
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Andrews University. In chapel,
in this church on that morning.
The leadership of this
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faith community were gathered in
Takoma Park at something they
used to call Autumn Council
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of the General Conference. They
interrupted the meeting. Listen
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to this. They interrupted the
meeting. "We just received a
phone call from Andrews
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University. The chapel has not
let out. Students are lined up
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at a microphone to share
their testimonies. That now is
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history. The rest is history, of
a revival that started on this
campus, in this very place,
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and spread to all the Adventist
colleges in North America. I'm a
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little freshman or sophomore
down in Southern. Everybody
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heard about it. Wow. Could it
happen again? You know, I did
the arithmetic. It's 53 years
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later from the Asbury 1970
revival. It's the same for us.
It started in Asbury
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and went to Andrews. I suppose
it could start in Asbury again
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and come to Andrews. Who am I to
say? I was brooding over all of
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this this week, and it suddenly
hit me, all those tweeted video
clips coming out of the packed
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Hughes Auditorium. You know
what? Those students, every one
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of them was a Gen Z'er. Telling
you the truth. Gen Z, 18 to 25,
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maybe up to 30, if you wish.
Every one of them. And I'm
thinking to myself,
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"That's what we got on this
campus." They're all Gen Z'ers.
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Undergrad, graduate, seminary.
They're all Gen Z'ers in the
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seminary. Man. You can't tell me
this generation isn't open to an
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outpouring of the love of God.
I'm so blessed to have young
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friends, the teens at Andrews
Academy. The 20-somethings here
at Andrews University.
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Wow. Now I know, I know
the moment a revival breaks out
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among the young, there are going
to always be people who step
forward and challenge the
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authenticity of what has just
happened. I understand that.
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Jesus understands that. That's
exactly what happened to him.
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One day, the Pharisees, those
grumpy old religionists, came
saddling up to Jesus,
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as he's riding on the back of a
donkey. The crowd is gone wild.
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They are jumping and hollering.
Their hands are in the air.
They're waving palm branches,
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they're praise shouting,
they're praise singing "Hosanna!
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Hosanna! Hosanna!" And the
grumpy religionists race up to
Jesus and say, "Yo, you got a
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problem on your hands here.
We got some false revival going
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on." Here it is. The account
in Luke, 19:3. "Some of the
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Pharisees in the crowd said to
Jesus, 'Teacher, rebuke your
disciples.'" And Jesus said to
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them, "'I tell you, if they keep
quiet, the stones will shout
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out." Come on. This must
be a counterfeit revival.
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I mean, people shouldn't be this
happy about Jesus. Are you
serious? You mean that?
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No, you can't. And by the way,
when Jesus and his entourage
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finally make their way down, and
sometime later, they end up in
the temple, the same grumpy
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religionists show back up. They
always show up when they're not
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wanted. Matthew, 21 now. "But
when the chief priests and the
teachers of the law saw
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the wonderful things Jesus did,
and the children this time are
shouting in the temple courts,
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'Hosanna to the Son of David,'
they were indignant. 'Do you
hear what these children
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are saying?' they asked Jesus.
'Yes, I hear what the children
are saying,' Jesus replied.
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Have you never read from the
lips of children?'" He's quoting
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Psalm 8 here. "'From the lips of
children and infants, You, O
Lord, have called forth your
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praise.'" Because what you
naysayers don't realize is this
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is the real deal. My, oh, my.
Fact of the matter is, if God is
ever going to renew,
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if God is ever going to revive,
if God is ever going to raise
up, if God is ever going to
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resurrect the church that you
and I belong to, it's going to
take this generation.
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You Gen Z'ers have been kind of
dissed on enough that you're
sort of callous to the thought.
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But it's going to take your
generation. Andrews Academy,
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your generation, Andrews
University. Your generation.
Where God will get the most
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traction, the highest momentum
for a strategic move. That's
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why, by the way, college
campuses are the Holy Spirit's
favorite place to begin a
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revival. A little German village
named Wittenberg, university
campus, a revival breaks out,
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and it becomes the mighty
Protestant Reformation. A little
college campus called
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Oxford University. And a
few youngsters get together, and
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they become the front edge
of the greatest revival to sweep
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the British Isles. The Holy
Spirit loves the young. And he
loves college campuses. So don't
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let anybody diss you for being
here at Andrews University. This
is ripe and fertile field
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for the Holy Spirit. He loves
it, and he loves you. You got a
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big friend in the Holy Spirit.
Listen to me. I'm telling you.
As I say, Gen Z'ers maybe the
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rescue generation of God's final
mobilization. Two Mondays ago,
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I'm here in my office, it's
Monday morning. Five undergrads
are sitting in my office.
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Multi-disciplined kids. Computer
engineering, I think. I know
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aviation. I know theology.
Whatever else. They wanted me to
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read a paper they wrote. Three
pages long. A carefully thought
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through well-articulated,
impassioned appeal to whoever
reads it. It begins with these
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words. "We are deeply concerned
with the declining spiritual
condition of the students
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at Andrews University."
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I hesitate to even speak those
words because I have spent my
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life pretty much here. And I
love this university. And they
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do, too. I only speak them
because I know that if I went to
every other campus and said,
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"Give me five students who feel
this way, there'd be legions."
This isn't the only place
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where a sentence like
this could be written.
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For an hour, I listened. I
asked, pushed back. I listened.
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Came down to have prayer, so we
all know knelt down and prayed
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around the circle together. That
afternoon, I invited the
pastors, Lead Chaplain José,
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and his team. We sat around a
boardroom table downstairs, and
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we read through this paper,
three pages out loud together.
Chaplain José subsequently
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met with this
group. Again, again.
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The next day, as it turned out,
is a Tuesday, I happened to be
speaking at the Religion
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Theology Department undergrad
worship service for all
disciplines, so they're all
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Gen Z'ers there. Had an altar
call at the end of my short
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little talk, and Gen Z'ers, in
front of their peers, come
walking down in Nethery Hall --
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Not in Nethery. New Bold, New
Bold. They're coming down the
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stairs, in front of their peers,
coming to Christ. Don't tell me
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that this Generation Z, this Gen
Z generation, is not ready to be
mobilized and enlisted
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for the Lord Jesus Christ. I
believe it. Two Sabbaths in a
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row, by the way, do I need to
remind you, this winter, we've
had a Gen Z'er standing right
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here behind this humble little
pulpit, preaching her heart out.
00:27:01.15\00:27:05.99
I'm talking about Marian
Gonzales. She's a religious V.P.
communications major.
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I listened to her preach
her heart out on behalf of the
00:27:10.23\00:27:14.20
Gospel. The very next Sabbath,
junior psychology, pre-med major
Nick Bishop, SM, preaching
00:27:14.20\00:27:21.50
his heart out. I was so proud of
both of them. And then I don't
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mind telling you that just last
Sabbath, not even a Gen Z'er.
Pre Gen Z, young man named
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Heyman Lago played the part of
Job on this platform like
nothing I've ever seen before.
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I'm telling you, there is a
generation primed and ready to
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be mobilized. We just need the
ignition. We just need the fire.
00:27:46.80\00:27:50.93
I realize many of you, and I
want to give a shout out to you
00:27:54.67\00:27:57.11
who teach at Andrews
Academy and Andrews University.
00:27:57.11\00:28:00.54
Many of you are looked up to.
You're looked up to by these Gen
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Z'ers. They think you're
the coolest thing around.
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.72
And I know that
God is using you.
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You're not by
accident in that classroom.
00:28:11.35\00:28:14.69
God is using you. I
believe the church's best
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days -- I believe
Andrews University's best days
00:28:17.49\00:28:20.33
are yet to come.
God is on the throne.
00:28:20.33\00:28:25.47
We have nothing to fear. Gen
Z'ers are going to be key
players in the dramatic
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chapter to come. So the
question is, what do I do?
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What do you do? What do we do?
What next step shall we take?
There are two responses.
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Response number one. If you're
young, you must engage this
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battle. All right? If you're
young, you must engage this
00:28:47.76\00:28:52.49
battle. The greatest battle of
history is just roiling around
00:28:52.49\00:28:58.83
you as we speak. What's that
mean? Engage this battle. I'll
tell you what it doesn't
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mean. I'm going to run three
one liners by you right now.
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You will not remember the verse.
You won't remember where it's
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found. You won't even remember
all the words in the these three
00:29:08.48\00:29:11.81
one liners. But I've underlined
in every one liner the words
that need to get your attention.
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By the time we read the third
one, you say, "I get it, I get
00:29:15.82\00:29:19.02
it." Okay, let's go. One liner,
number one. Who's ever read the
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Book of Job. Job -- rather,
Judges. Come on, Judges, 5:23
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"Curse Meroz." You know what?
Nobody knows today. No scholar
knows, what is Meroz?
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Is it a place? It is
a person? Nobody knows.
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.70
This is Deborah, the prophet, is
singing a song, and it ends up
00:29:34.70\00:29:39.01
there. "'Curse Meroz,' said the
angel of the Lord. 'Curse its
00:29:39.01\00:29:43.35
people bitterly because they did
not come to help the Lord, to
help the Lord against the
00:29:43.35\00:29:49.02
mighty.'" What's going on here?
Some sort of battle is raging
00:29:49.02\00:29:51.99
around them, but these in Meroz
refuse to come to the help of
00:29:51.99\00:29:56.86
God's mission. They just sat
there, did nothing. They were...
00:29:56.86\00:30:03.13
Do you know what a AWOL means?
Come on, A-W-O-L, AWOL. No?
00:30:03.13\00:30:10.97
Well, I'll put on
screen for you. There it is.
00:30:10.97\00:30:13.64
It's a military term, AWOL.
What's it mean? Absent without
00:30:13.64\00:30:17.35
leave. Hey, who said -- boy, who
said you could leave? Who said
you could go to town?
00:30:17.35\00:30:21.62
You have no leave. Absent
without leave. These guys in
00:30:21.62\00:30:27.29
Meroz were absent without leave.
They should have shown up. They
should have been there.
00:30:27.29\00:30:30.56
But they weren't. I'm
talking to you who are young.
00:30:30.56\00:30:33.36
Don't you do that. Don't
you go AWOL. You must engage the
00:30:33.36\00:30:38.07
battle. Okay, three one liners.
Here comes number two. Psalm
00:30:38.07\00:30:42.44
78:9. Just like the last one.
"The men of Ephraim." Nobody
00:30:42.44\00:30:46.17
knows what this is talking
about. There is no historical
evidence of this moment,
00:30:46.17\00:30:50.18
but we'll read it anyway. "The
men of Ephraim, though armed
00:30:50.18\00:30:54.22
with bows." You know what
that is, don't you? By the way,
00:30:54.22\00:30:59.59
Jonathan Alter -- rather, Robert
Alter renders this line. "They
00:30:59.59\00:31:04.16
were deft wielders of the bows."
They could hit with an air a
dime at 100 meters.
00:31:04.16\00:31:10.27
So these guys are fully equipped
to the teeth. They are able.
00:31:10.27\00:31:14.70
Okay, now we got that. "The men
of Ephraim, though, armed with
00:31:14.70\00:31:21.04
bows, turned back on the day of
battle." AWOL. They should have
00:31:21.04\00:31:25.71
been there. They could have been
there. But when the heat got
00:31:25.71\00:31:30.72
really hot, adios. They're
not there. What's going on here?
00:31:30.72\00:31:35.02
AWOL. I'm talking to you
who are young. Don't go AWOL.
00:31:35.02\00:31:39.16
Engage the battle that rages all
around you. Are there battles
00:31:39.16\00:31:45.77
going on? I was talking to a
young coed this week, not a part
of that other group I was with.
00:31:45.77\00:31:51.14
She says, "Oh, my, you
have no idea. You have no idea."
00:31:51.14\00:31:58.01
I have an idea. We are in
a battle. And you know what?
00:31:58.01\00:32:04.09
Because the Holy Spirit is so
big on Gen Z'ers, guess what?
And I must be candid here.
00:32:04.09\00:32:10.69
If the Holy Spirit is big on Gen
Z'ers, there's somebody down on
00:32:10.69\00:32:16.53
them. Guess who? Guess who?
Destroy 'em, kill 'em. They're
00:32:16.53\00:32:24.47
too effective. Crush the
movement. Stop the generation.
00:32:24.47\00:32:29.78
Yeah, I get it. All right, there
are three one liners. Here's the
00:32:29.78\00:32:34.12
last one. New Testament, 2
Timothy, 4: 9 and 10 Paul
sitting on death row
00:32:34.12\00:32:38.85
in the Mamertine dungeon in
Rome. He's writing to a young
00:32:38.85\00:32:41.79
associate of his, Timothy. "Do
your best to come to me quickly,
for Demas, because he
00:32:41.79\00:32:48.33
loved this world, has
deserted me and has gone to
00:32:48.33\00:32:53.50
Thessalonica." Demas is another
young, we gather, spiritual
warrior, partner with Paul.
00:32:53.50\00:32:59.41
But when the heat gets hot, when
the culture is strong and seeks
00:32:59.41\00:33:05.95
to suck you into
its iron jaws, look out.
00:33:05.95\00:33:10.09
Demas, gone. The world
just drew him away. Gotcha.
00:33:10.82\00:33:18.83
Don't go AWOL. Demas
went AWOL. Don't you go AWOL.
00:33:22.23\00:33:25.57
Engage. If you are young,
engage, engage the battle.
00:33:25.57\00:33:30.84
You were born for this. I'm
telling you. You got to trust
00:33:30.84\00:33:34.81
me. You are the generation we
have to have for this thing to
00:33:34.81\00:33:41.68
go viral. And it will go viral
one day, if Revelation, 18:1 is
correct, it will go viral.
00:33:41.68\00:33:46.92
And you've got to be a part
of it. Don't go AWOL on God.
00:33:46.92\00:33:52.39
All right, response number one.
Response number one. If you're
00:33:52.39\00:33:56.80
young, you must engage the
battle. Response number two. If
you're not so young,
00:33:56.80\00:34:00.84
you must engage the battle.
They're fairly similar, both of
00:34:00.84\00:34:06.27
those. Because the point is, it
doesn't matter your age at all.
Young or not so young.
00:34:06.27\00:34:10.58
The issue is not about your age.
The issue is about usage. Just
put "us" in front of "age."
00:34:10.58\00:34:16.89
Usage. Are you using what has
been handed to you on a silver
00:34:16.89\00:34:22.29
platter for the sake of the
Kingdom of God? Are you using
00:34:22.29\00:34:25.73
it? Are you using it? What
are you talking about, Dwight?
00:34:25.73\00:34:28.80
Well, let's go to Paul. The
Saint Paul that lost his buddy,
00:34:28.80\00:34:33.67
young buddy Demas, who sucked
into the culture and
disappeared. Let's go to Paul.
00:34:33.67\00:34:38.17
He's chained to a Roman soldier
right now, by the way. Yeah.
00:34:38.17\00:34:41.88
When he writes these words.
Ephesians 6:12 and 13, then
00:34:41.88\00:34:45.68
verse 18. "For our struggle
[battle] for our struggle is not
against flesh and blood, but
00:34:45.68\00:34:51.42
against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the powers
of this dark world and against
00:34:51.42\00:34:56.79
the spiritual forces, the armies
of evil in the heavenly realms."
Everybody's playing for you.
00:34:56.79\00:35:04.40
Both sides are gunning for you.
They need your allegiance. They
00:35:04.40\00:35:09.34
need your loyalty. You are a key
to them, and they know it. You
just don't know it.
00:35:09.34\00:35:13.17
That's the problem. You don't
realize how critical you are at
this time in history.
00:35:13.17\00:35:20.05
"Armies of evil in the heavenly
realms." "Therefore," Paul
00:35:21.52\00:35:25.39
writes, "Put on the full armor
of God." You know that armor of
God. What is it? The helmet of
00:35:25.39\00:35:29.99
-- What is it? Helmet of
salvation, breastplate of --
00:35:29.99\00:35:34.10
what was that? Righteousness.
Sword of the spirit. Okay, come
00:35:34.10\00:35:38.80
on, the belt of truth. Shout
to the gospel. That's in those
00:35:38.80\00:35:42.40
little ellipses. Those three
dots. "Therefore put on the full
00:35:42.40\00:35:45.11
armor of God." Armor listed. And
Paul says something he does not
add into the armor because
00:35:45.11\00:35:49.81
this one's nuclear. This is
nuclear now. This is nuclear.
00:35:49.81\00:35:54.28
"And pray in the spirit on all
occasions with all kinds of
prayers and requests.
00:35:54.28\00:35:59.05
With this in mind, be alert and
always keep on praying for all
the Lord's people."
00:35:59.05\00:36:04.79
The reason prayer is listed
after Paul enumerates the pieces
00:36:04.79\00:36:09.93
of armor, I believe, is because
prayer is the most potent weapon
of all. It's kind of the iso.
00:36:09.93\00:36:14.77
He isos it. He says, "Let's just
talk, let's end by talking about
00:36:14.77\00:36:19.41
prayer." Nuclear, nuclear. Why
nuclear? Because prayer accesses
00:36:19.41\00:36:25.55
the source of all nuclear...
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.38
What would be the word after --
nuclear's an adjective. All
nuclear in the universe?
00:36:32.05\00:36:36.66
Nuclear what? What?
Okay, I'll take power.
00:36:36.66\00:36:43.13
That's good. The source of all
nuclear power in the universe.
00:36:43.13\00:36:50.61
That's why prayer is key. Hey,
listen, let's listen to somebody
00:36:50.61\00:36:56.34
pretty bright. He's in New York,
the eminent pastor in New York,
00:36:56.34\00:37:00.82
Timothy Keller. He wrote just,
well, it came out in Atlantic
magazine, a very celebrated
00:37:00.82\00:37:08.19
magazine. February 5, 2023.
Timothy Keller wrote a piece.
Here's the title of the piece,
00:37:08.19\00:37:12.56
"American Christianity is
Due for a Revival." That's the
00:37:12.56\00:37:17.67
title. Now you got my attention,
so I'm reading it. Okay, let's
00:37:17.67\00:37:22.10
put it on screen. "All
religions," Keller writes, "All
religions promote and call for
00:37:22.10\00:37:27.34
prayer. But historically, during
times of fast growth and
renewal, Christian movements
00:37:27.34\00:37:32.81
have been marked by an
extraordinary amount of communal
prayer." Now, watch this.
00:37:32.81\00:37:39.19
Jonathan Edwards -- not arguably
-- the number one homegrown
American theologian
00:37:39.19\00:37:45.53
in the history of this
continent. Jonathan Edwards
00:37:45.53\00:37:50.43
wrote of the -- Now here comes
Edwards speaking. "Explicit
agreement and visible union of
00:37:50.43\00:37:56.50
God's people in extraordinary
prayer." I love those two words.
"Extraordinary prayer for the
00:37:56.50\00:38:02.01
revival of religion. If you want
a revival, you have to have
extraordinary prayer."
00:38:02.01\00:38:06.65
Now, Keller goes on to comment.
"Unions of believers for
00:38:06.65\00:38:11.49
prayer." Small groups, big
groups, both large and small
gatherings have an empowering
00:38:11.49\00:38:18.39
effect. The renewed growth of
the church in the United States
will not happen without it.
00:38:18.39\00:38:25.57
I'm telling you, it's nuclear.
And it's necessary. Absolutely
00:38:25.57\00:38:32.74
nuclear and absolutely
necessary. And do you know why
it's absolutely necessary?
00:38:32.74\00:38:36.28
Because prayer is the one weapon
the enemy of us all cannot stand
00:38:36.28\00:38:43.02
up against. Prove it to me,
Dwight. Okay, I will. "Satan
cannot endure to have
00:38:43.02\00:38:49.42
his powerful rival appealed to.
For he fears and trembles before
Christ's strength and
00:38:49.42\00:38:55.76
majesty." Now get this. "At
the sound of fervent prayer,
00:38:55.76\00:39:00.57
Satan's whole host trembles."
00:39:00.57\00:39:04.57
We're in trouble now.
We're in trouble now, they say.
00:39:05.67\00:39:11.35
The sound of fervent prayer,
Satan's whole host trembles.
00:39:11.35\00:39:14.18
Keep reading. "And when angels,
all-powerful, clothed with the
armor --" Look at this.
00:39:14.18\00:39:19.42
"Clothed with the armory of
heaven, come to the help of the
00:39:19.42\00:39:24.16
fainting, pursued soul --" By
the way, that's just you against
the whole army of Satan.
00:39:24.16\00:39:27.76
Just little me against the
whole army is Satan. When that
00:39:27.76\00:39:32.33
happens, angels, clothed with
the armory of heaven, come to
the help of that fainting,
00:39:32.33\00:39:36.40
pursued soul. And when that
happens, read this. Satan and
his host fall back,
00:39:36.40\00:39:40.58
well knowing that their battle
is going to take a lot longer
than they thought at first.
00:39:40.58\00:39:45.45
Is that what it says? That this
battle is going to turn their
00:39:45.45\00:39:50.12
way eventually if they just stay
at it? Is that how it reads? How
00:39:50.12\00:39:53.09
does it read? That the battle
is what? It is lost. It is lost.
00:39:53.09\00:39:59.39
There's no argument. There's
no debate. It's over, out.
00:39:59.39\00:40:04.30
And they obey. My.
Doesn't matter whether you're
00:40:04.30\00:40:09.80
young or not so young. You must
engage this battle through
prayer in the name of
00:40:09.80\00:40:15.48
Christ Jesus. Kneeling down
in your dorm room. Your roommate
00:40:15.48\00:40:20.62
there, your roommate not there,
it does not matter. You're in
00:40:20.62\00:40:23.59
the dark. You're kneeling down.
And what are you doing? You're
00:40:23.59\00:40:26.89
asking Jesus to pour himself out
upon you, to pour himself out
upon your roommate, to pour
00:40:26.89\00:40:31.26
himself out on the guys across
the hall, to pour himself out
upon some friends in that other
00:40:31.26\00:40:38.07
dormitory.
00:40:38.07\00:40:39.33
In the dark, you're begging
Him to send the powers away.
00:40:41.04\00:40:50.71
That's what I do when I go into
my -- after running, when I go
into my a little study.
00:40:52.48\00:41:00.52
No lights on. Sun isn't up,
hasn't come up. I just get down
00:41:00.52\00:41:08.00
and start talking to God. And
sometimes I use this phrase, and
I'll repeat it over and over
00:41:08.00\00:41:12.37
again. Jesus, son of
David, have mercy on me.
00:41:12.37\00:41:17.74
Jesus, son of David, have mercy
on me. Sometimes I'm thinking
00:41:17.74\00:41:22.78
about somebody. I might be
thinking about you. I say,
"Jesus, son of David,
00:41:22.78\00:41:27.92
have mercy on her." Jesus, son
of David, have mercy on them.
00:41:27.92\00:41:34.66
Many times I prayed, "Jesus, son
of David, have mercy on us here
00:41:34.66\00:41:39.59
at Pioneer. Have mercy on us
here at Andrews University."
Jesus, son of David.
00:41:39.59\00:41:46.10
Sometimes I change it up. I say,
"Jesus, lamb of God, who takes
away the sin of the world,
00:41:46.10\00:41:51.61
have mercy on me." Jesus, lamb
of God, who takes away the sins
00:41:51.61\00:41:56.31
of the world, have mercy on us.
The point is, you don't need a
class in how to pray.
00:41:56.31\00:42:03.69
You can just pray.
He's listened to you. Shh.
00:42:03.69\00:42:08.96
Heaven is silent as you pray.
00:42:08.96\00:42:11.73
You've been waiting for that
prayer, and all they need is
00:42:12.93\00:42:17.50
your permission. And in that
prayer, you're crying out your
permission. Deliver me now.
00:42:17.50\00:42:25.44
Deliver me now. I must have you.
00:42:25.44\00:42:27.31
That's it. Nuclear.
The forces, the armies
00:42:29.51\00:42:36.89
of the enemy
driven away. My, oh, my.
00:42:36.89\00:42:41.29
What was that line again? There
will be no resurrection. Timothy
00:42:43.59\00:42:47.76
Keller, yeah. No resurrection
without extraordinary prayer. I
want to ask you a question.
00:42:47.76\00:42:51.47
Are you having extraordinary
prayer, Mr. RA or Ms. RA? Are
you having extraordinary
00:42:51.47\00:42:57.44
prayer in the place
where you're in charge of?
00:42:57.44\00:43:00.51
Let me ask you,
department chair, are you having
00:43:00.54\00:43:05.25
extraordinary
prayer where you lead?
00:43:05.25\00:43:08.48
Let me ask you, teacher.
00:43:08.48\00:43:09.58
You've got a room full
of students. Are you having
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.92
extraordinary prayer there? Do
you open your class with prayer?
00:43:11.92\00:43:14.79
Do you end the class
with prayer? Or you just say,
00:43:14.79\00:43:17.19
"I pray in my heart"? How are
they going to know there's
extraordinary prayer
00:43:17.19\00:43:20.66
for them if nobody's praying for
them audibly? You're the voice.
00:43:20.66\00:43:26.84
It's your nuclear weapon.
00:43:26.84\00:43:28.37
How about a
Sabbath school teacher?
00:43:31.51\00:43:34.51
Are you having
extraordinary prayer?
00:43:34.51\00:43:37.41
Elders of this church, are
you having extraordinary prayer
00:43:37.41\00:43:41.52
in this season of the
battle? What are we doing?
00:43:41.52\00:43:46.35
Think this is just going to
happen because we believe it
00:43:46.35\00:43:48.96
will happen?
00:43:48.96\00:43:49.86
It will not happen. It will
not happen. What are you talking
00:43:49.89\00:43:54.23
about, it? Whatever you want.
Revival. You put any name tag
00:43:54.23\00:43:57.83
on it you wish. It will not
happen without extraordinary
00:43:57.83\00:44:01.47
prayer. I happen to agree with
Timothy Keller. He's spot on.
00:44:01.47\00:44:05.17
Extraordinary prayer. And your
Pathfinder club, extraordinary
00:44:05.17\00:44:09.71
prayer. Is that
what we're getting?
00:44:09.71\00:44:11.18
The Academy, extraordinary
prayer? The college?
00:44:13.15\00:44:18.59
Extraordinary prayer? You want
revival. If we don't use our
00:44:18.59\00:44:25.56
weapon, how do we engage the
battle? And how in the world and
in God's name does Jesus win the
00:44:25.56\00:44:30.13
war if you won't use
your weapon? True story.
00:44:30.13\00:44:35.44
There's a reporter that came
out of World War II. He had Army
00:44:37.67\00:44:42.54
rank as a U.S. Army reporter.
His name, Colonel Samuel Lyman
00:44:42.54\00:44:46.31
Marshall. He interviewed
hundreds of soldiers in World
War II and after World War II,
00:44:46.31\00:44:51.99
and he came up with a battle
theory that changed military
books -- unbelievable -- on
00:44:51.99\00:44:57.89
warfare. The book started to
circulate. The generals were
absolutely flabbergasted.
00:44:57.89\00:45:03.60
"This can't be true." But
the book said it is true. And in
00:45:03.60\00:45:09.44
fact, describing the Battle of
Normandy, Omaha Beach, June 6,
1944. The wave coming across
00:45:09.44\00:45:17.98
the English Channel that
will eventually bring the war in
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.52
Europe, World War II, to an end.
He describes in his book "Men
Against Fire", that in the
00:45:21.52\00:45:26.86
Normandy invasion at Omaha
Beach, only one out of five
soldiers fired their guns.
00:45:26.86\00:45:34.46
One out of five. Where were
the other 4/5? As I say, the
00:45:34.46\00:45:40.50
generals were absolutely
appalled. He died in 1977. The
book changed a military
00:45:40.50\00:45:46.24
strategy. But after he died,
somebody said, "Something's not
00:45:46.24\00:45:49.78
right here." They went back and
examined it and found out that
00:45:49.78\00:45:53.98
he had made it up. He had taken
one battle, the battle of Makin.
00:45:53.98\00:46:00.59
And from the figures in that
battle, he extrapolated this
will be true for all battles.
00:46:00.59\00:46:06.80
And it was wrong. Kind of silly,
isn't it? I mean, the idea that
00:46:06.80\00:46:11.20
people would go into war and not
use a weapon given to them. That
00:46:11.20\00:46:17.34
is so silly. But then how many
of us struggle through every
day? How many of us struggle
00:46:17.34\00:46:20.51
through the long, dark nights
without any meaningful
engagement of the battle,
00:46:20.51\00:46:24.51
without even taking the weapon
upon our lips? Well, you're
00:46:24.51\00:46:30.82
crazy. Why would you wake up in
the morning knowing you're in a
war? You've been born into this
00:46:30.82\00:46:34.32
war. Why wouldn't you use that
weapon immediately? The hosts
00:46:34.32\00:46:38.73
will flee! Yeah, it is kind of
silly to have nuclear power at
the tip of your lip
00:46:41.33\00:46:49.30
and not exercising it. Wow.
You want a revival around here?
00:46:49.30\00:46:56.14
You want to see the windows of
heaven opened up so wide that we
won't have room enough to
00:46:56.14\00:47:00.05
receive it? Then start using,
start using your prayer power.
00:47:00.05\00:47:05.59
Fire those prayers to Jesus.
Just fire them. He'll handle it
00:47:05.59\00:47:10.59
from there. Give him reason.
Give him permission to intervene
00:47:10.59\00:47:16.97
in your life. And let him, let
him do his work in our midst.
Jesus, son of David,
00:47:16.97\00:47:24.44
have mercy on me. Jesus,
son of David, have mercy on us.
00:47:24.44\00:47:32.58
Please. Lamb of God, who
takes away the sin of the world,
00:47:32.58\00:47:39.72
have mercy on us. I'm gonna
invite you guys to come forward.
00:47:39.72\00:47:45.03
I'm calling an audible right
now. I want you to come forward.
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Hope Wallace is nearby. Just
come forward. I want to sing
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"Just As I Am." That was a
beautiful song that you let us
sort of surprise you.
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Thanks for doing it.
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You know what I want to do?
I'm going to give an altar call
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right now. Don't worry about the
guys. They'll be here in time.
I'm going to have an altar call
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right now. If it occurs to
you that this entrusted gift of
00:48:10.05\00:48:19.46
prayer has kind of sat on the
shelf of your life and the shelf
of your heart and you'd like to
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give that entrusted gift, fresh
power in your life and in the
lives of those that you lead,
00:48:28.90\00:48:37.91
the lives of those that
you play with, you live with.
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These guys are going to sing
"Just As I Am" without one plea.
I'm going to invite you to come
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forward. Okay, hold on.
I'm gonna invite you to come
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forward, and by coming forward,
and by coming forward, you're
saying -- because I'll come
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forward with you. And this is
not a call for everybody to come
00:49:01.20\00:49:05.51
forward. But I know I need to
use that power, that nuclear
power, more than I do.
00:49:05.51\00:49:12.31
So why not today, just say,
"Hey, come on before we go home
and have dinner, let's make a
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decision."
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Let's rededicate ourselves. So
that's the invitation. Now, if
there's somebody here
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who has never come to Jesus,
never publicly said, "Yeah, I
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want Jesus." "I want him to take
charge of my life." I want to
invite you to come.
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From the back of the balcony to
the front of this church.
Doesn't matter where you're
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sitting right now, you're
watching online, you can make
the decision, but I want you to
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do the walk. The walk
will be important for you.
00:49:40.91\00:49:45.05
Some of you here have not been
baptized, and I don't know.
You're saying, "Well, you know,
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I've just been putting it off
and I'm not ready yet." Why not
make a decision today?
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Don't go into this battle
without the power that your
saviour has for you.
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So I'm gonna invite you to
come forward, as well. It's a
00:50:01.26\00:50:04.07
beautiful song. We just sang it
a moment ago. You've never come
to Jesus. You need him to be
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baptized. You won't be baptized
today. We'll just work with you.
Take the time you need.
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And you'd like to activate this
gift of prayer, this nuclear
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gift, against the forces. I'm
gonna invite you to stand up,
step on everybody's toes,
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and come here to the front. And
I want to pray with you. I'll be
down here to meet you.
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I'm not going to have everybody
stand because it's hard. It's
hard to step over you and
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around you. So just
stay seated. Close your eyes.
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Let me have a prayer, and then
we'll go. Okay, let me have the
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prayer, and then you
guys lead us. Jesus, please.
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You've given us everything we
need in that gift of yourself,
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at Calvary. As the fellas sang
just a moment ago, the blood.
Now the gift of prayer
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to access Calvary's
nuclear power. Grant that to us.
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Privately, collectively, just
grant it to us. As we sing this
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beautiful little
hymn, "Just As I Am."
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¤¤ >> Second verse.
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>> Fifth verse.
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>> So, dear God, we come. We
come to you. You're everything
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we ever needed. You're
everything we truly desire.
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And we must have you, Jesus. We
come just as we are. We didn't
do some quick change
00:54:28.66\00:54:38.67
artistry to make us look
different or the same. It was
when we started walking
00:54:38.67\00:54:45.45
forward. But you want us just as
we are. You won't leave us just
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as we are. And that'll
be your work, Holy Spirit.
00:54:51.65\00:54:56.32
For the nuclear power of prayer
to bring what our hearts have
always wished and longed for,
00:54:56.32\00:55:03.10
prayed for even. Every
man standing in front of you.
00:55:03.10\00:55:08.64
Every woman standing in front
of you right now. You know.
00:55:08.64\00:55:14.71
Put your strong nail-scarred
arms around them. Hold him
00:55:14.71\00:55:21.28
close. Hold her close. And we'll
go with you. Wherever you lead
00:55:21.28\00:55:26.82
us, we will go with you.
00:55:26.82\00:55:28.52
And would you mind shining out
of our hearts to the people back
00:55:30.96\00:55:35.30
at home that we'll see in a few
minutes? Would you mind just
kind of reflecting out of our
00:55:35.30\00:55:42.80
speech? I don't know. Just do
what you do. Pass it on, Jesus.
00:55:42.80\00:55:49.18
Pass it on, Holy Spirit. Just as
we are, we've come. And just as
it is with you now,
00:55:49.18\00:55:56.28
we leave with you with quiet
confidence and blessed hope. In
the name of Jesus, let all
00:55:56.28\00:56:06.80
the people say amen. And
amen. God bless those of you
00:56:06.80\00:56:11.67
who came forward. If you made
a decision when you were coming
00:56:11.67\00:56:15.90
forward about baptism or I want
to come back to Jesus, just let
one of us know, will you?
00:56:15.90\00:56:20.38
You can go to the
connect card. 281-2345.
00:56:20.41\00:56:24.11
One, two, three, four, five.
00:56:24.15\00:56:25.21
Go to the connect card
269, and indicate there, "Hey,
00:56:25.25\00:56:28.88
Dwight, this is what I
was coming forward for."
00:56:28.88\00:56:31.29
I'll get all of that. Coming
forward for baptism, there will
00:56:31.32\00:56:34.39
be a box you can check. I'll get
it. Just check it. It'll be sent
00:56:34.39\00:56:38.86
to me, and we'll be in touch
with you electronically. All
right, God to go with you.
00:56:38.86\00:56:43.30
The best is yet to come.
00:56:43.30\00:56:44.87
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