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>> Good morning.
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A happy Sabbath, Church.
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It is a joy to welcome each
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and every one of you
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to our beloved church,
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on the campus
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of Andrews University,
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and to our worship service.
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Now, whether you're here
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in person or online,
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whether this is your first time
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or you've been regularly coming
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to our worship service,
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we are grateful
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that you decided today
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to be here with us.
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So, welcome.
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I would like to invite all
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of those who can join me
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standing so we may lift up
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our hearts in prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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thank you, Lord,
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oh, so much for the opportunity
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and ability to come to this
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wonderful place to worship you.
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And we ask that you bless
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everyone present here,
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even those who are not present,
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but bless this place
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and ask that the Holy Spirit
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may be found in this church.
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And ask that everything
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that happens here, everything
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that we will witness here,
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may be only for Your glory
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and for Your honor.
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Amen.
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>> Amen.
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[ "O Day of Rest and Gladness"
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begins ]
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>> Good afternoon, PMC.
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I love to see
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those pearly whites.
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We will
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be singing some good hymns.
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So, we've all up here on stage,
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grown up on hymns.
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And we've selected some
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of our favorite hymns.
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And some of the hymns
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would sound like, um...
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¤ There is a fountain
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filled with blood ¤
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¤ Drawn from Immanuel's veins
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¤ And...
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>> ¤ Sinners, plunged beneath
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that flood ¤
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¤ Lose all their guilty stains
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>> You sound so good.
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Lose all.
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>> ¤ Lose all their guilty
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stains ¤
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>> Lose all.
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>> ¤ Lose all...
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>> Guilty stains.
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>> ¤ ...their guilty stains
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>> And sinners.
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>> ¤ And sinners, plunged
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>> Beneath.
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>> ¤ Beneath that flood
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>> Lose all.
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>> ¤ Lose all...
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>> Their guilty stains.
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>> ¤ ...their guilty stains
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>> Oh, you sound so good.
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Because you sound so good, I'll
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ask you all to stand with us
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as we sing the hymn "Redeemed."
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[ "Redeemed" begins ]
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For all you who know the song,
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let's sing together.
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>> Do you believe that?
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You believe that? Sing it.
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>> Amen. Amen.
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You may be seated.
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You may be seated.
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We will be singing
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a special music for you all.
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Um...
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This song holds dear
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to our hearts,
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and we do not know
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what you're going through.
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But one thing we know
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for sure is life happens.
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We are all into
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this human experience,
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and we just want to remind
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you today that God has
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not forgotten you.
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He is seeing you.
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He is with you.
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And because of that,
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it is well with your soul.
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Enjoy this piece.
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[ "It Is Well with My Soul"
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begins ]
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>> Amen.
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Praise God.
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It is well. It is well.
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We invite you all
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to stand with us again
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as we sing this hymn,
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which we heard you
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guys sing already.
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"I Must Tell Jesus."
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And let us tell Jesus
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of all our problems...
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this morning.
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[ "I Must Tell Jesus" begins ]
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>> What should you do?
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>> You may be seated.
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Be blessed and be seated.
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¤
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¤
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[ Applause ]
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>> There. Don't you feel better?
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Good, good. Good, good.
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If you have a Bible,
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would you please turn it
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to Mark 6:30.
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Mark 6:30.
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We're going to read just
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verses 30 and 31.
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If you don't have a Bible
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with you, no problem.
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There's one near you,
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a little red Bible,
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probably in the back of the pew
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in front of you there.
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It's on page 677
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in that Bible, 6-7-7.
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Mark 6:30.
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Let me give you just a little
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background to the story
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that we're going to read here.
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If we were to read earlier
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in chapter 6 of Mark,
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we would discover
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that Jesus has just sent
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out his 12 disciples, as far
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as we know, for the first time
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to go and preach
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and teach on their own.
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Two by two he sends them out
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to teach and preach about the
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kingdom, call for repentance,
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and to heal the sick,
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to cast out demons.
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And indeed,
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that is what happens.
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They have so much to tell Jesus.
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Casting out demons
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and healing people
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and preaching the gospel and
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seeing people's lives change.
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They were ready to tell
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their story to Jesus
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and this is the scene,
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that greets them.
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Mark 6:30.
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"The apostles gathered
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around Jesus
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and reported to Him all
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they had done and taught.
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Then, because
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so many people were coming
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and going that they did
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not even have a chance to eat,
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He said to them,
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'Come with me by yourselves
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to a quiet place
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and get some rest.'"
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For some of you listening
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right now,
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the text that we just read
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poses a great mystery,
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for you are a rare breed.
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For you, rest comes easy.
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Peace is your second nature.
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Tranquility your middle name.
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You fall asleep the moment
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your head hits the pillow
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and you wake up refreshed
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and ready to embrace
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the new dawn each and every day.
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You are not rushed.
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You are not hurried.
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You have no to-do list,
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at least not ones that annoy you
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when they're not done.
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Your blood pressure is
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below normal,
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and your greatest challenge
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each morning is to figure
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out what marvelous part of life
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you get to smile about first.
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And for you, dear listener,
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this sermon will be
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of precisely zero value.
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I'm sorry. Coming to church
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is risky, isn't it?
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You never know.
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You never know what the guy
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is going to speak about, right?
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However, there are others of you
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listening right now
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that do not see life that way.
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In fact, for you,
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the story that we just read
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in Mark 6 is not a story
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of just 2,000 years ago.
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It is your story today
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because, for you,
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life is astonishingly full.
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Sometimes it seems
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that you barely have time
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even to eat.
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A good night's sleep for you,
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well, that's fifth
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or sixth nature.
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Blood pressure cuffs cower
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when they see you coming,
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because the beating
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that they are about to take.
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Quiet meditation for you
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has long since been replaced
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by regular medication.
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And as for peace,
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well, peace is hard to come by.
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In fact, for you,
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the words that are wrongly
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attributed to Thomas Jefferson
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ring forever true.
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Have you ever felt that way?
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Like, the only rest
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that you get is in
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between explosions of activity?
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I know I have. Yeah.
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There have been times
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when I have gone on vacation
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and have intentionally planned
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the vacation to be long,
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because I know it's going
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to take me 3 or 4 days to come
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back down to earth, right?
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So it feels like I'm
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actually away, right?
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My mind
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stops moving so quickly.
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And my guess is that for those
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of us who have the genuine
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privilege of sharing this
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campus with not one, not two,
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but three schools and hundreds
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of faculty and thousands
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of students,
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we know better than most
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what it means to live life
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packed to the gills,
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ultra burdened, double booked,
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overscheduled, and under-rested.
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And if you find
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your anxiety level rising just
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thinking of your to-do list,
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there is something that
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I would like you to consider.
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Let me put our text back here
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up on the screen.
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This time we're going to add
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verse 32.
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Mark 6, beginning of verse 30.
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If you are one of the millions
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around the world
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who are running too fast
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and need, on occasion,
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to slow down,
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there's something
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that this text tells us
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about working for Jesus
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and the specific kind of rest
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that he invites us to take.
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And here it is.
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God's rest includes solitude.
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God's rest includes solitude.
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Now, some of you are saying,
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"Well, duh, of course
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we know that."
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Well, hang with me here.
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Notice carefully
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that the solitude
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Jesus wanted to provide for his
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disciples apparently requires
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a location, a place.
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It says that Jesus took them
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to a solitary place,
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a change of scenery
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that was solitary.
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And this idea of the importance
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of a specific place of solitude
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is significantly undervalued
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by far too many busy people.
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But it turns out
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that it is crucial to God's
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plan for humanity.
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And we see this very clearly
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reflected in Scripture.
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Just two examples at this point.
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First of all,
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if we were to go back
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to the Genesis account,
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Genesis 1 and 2,
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the creation account,
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we would find there
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that Adam and Eve are created
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and then placed
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in a specific place.
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Now, think about that.
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Jesus is working
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with a blank slate here.
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In the Septuagint it says,
00:30:19.41\00:30:20.48
you know, this word that's
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.18
used to describe the planet.
00:30:22.28\00:30:23.39
There was nothing there.
00:30:23.49\00:30:24.82
The Spirit of God is hovering
00:30:24.92\00:30:25.82
over this emptiness.
00:30:25.92\00:30:27.22
Jesus could have done anything
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.19
that he wanted to do.
00:30:29.29\00:30:30.46
So he makes the planet.
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.56
He gives the whole thing
00:30:34.63\00:30:35.40
to Adam and Eve.
00:30:35.50\00:30:36.53
They're to rule over it, subdue
00:30:36.63\00:30:37.57
it, dominate it, et cetera,
00:30:37.67\00:30:38.90
as the text says.
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And then, he gives them one
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.41
specific special place, Eden.
00:30:43.51\00:30:48.94
And it's there in this one
00:30:49.04\00:30:50.28
specific, special place
00:30:50.38\00:30:52.65
that, as far as we know,
00:30:52.75\00:30:53.68
Adam and Eve, this is
00:30:53.78\00:30:55.12
where they regularly walked
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.12
and talked with God.
00:30:57.22\00:30:59.95
An entire planet,
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.82
yet one specific place.
00:31:01.92\00:31:03.59
And even at the very end,
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.86
at least of this earthly life,
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.93
this idea of a special place
00:31:11.03\00:31:13.10
to be with God
00:31:13.20\00:31:14.44
still reigns very strongly.
00:31:14.54\00:31:17.57
Jesus said this in John 14:2.
00:31:17.67\00:31:19.64
He says,
00:31:19.74\00:31:20.51
"In my father's house
00:31:20.61\00:31:21.88
are many mansions.
00:31:21.98\00:31:22.78
If it were not so,
00:31:22.88\00:31:23.91
I would have told you.
00:31:24.01\00:31:25.38
I go to prepare a" what?
00:31:25.48\00:31:27.15
What does it say?
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.45
"A place for you."
00:31:28.55\00:31:30.62
Okay. For me. For you.
00:31:30.72\00:31:31.39
It's plural here.
00:31:31.49\00:31:33.15
"If it were not so," Jesus says,
00:31:33.25\00:31:34.86
"I would have told you."
00:31:34.96\00:31:35.82
You know, for years, that
00:31:35.92\00:31:36.56
puzzled me.
00:31:36.66\00:31:37.26
It seemed like this
00:31:37.36\00:31:38.19
bizarre interjection
00:31:38.29\00:31:39.63
into the flow of thought.
00:31:39.73\00:31:40.86
"In my father's house
00:31:40.96\00:31:41.56
are many mansions.
00:31:41.66\00:31:42.53
If it were not so,
00:31:42.63\00:31:43.43
I would have told you."
00:31:43.53\00:31:44.23
Well, I mean, there's probably
00:31:44.33\00:31:45.33
all kinds of things that are not
00:31:45.43\00:31:46.87
so that it doesn't trouble Jesus
00:31:46.97\00:31:49.10
that we don't know about them.
00:31:49.20\00:31:50.14
Right?
00:31:50.24\00:31:51.44
And yet here he makes
00:31:51.54\00:31:52.21
a specific point.
00:31:52.31\00:31:53.21
"If it were not so,
00:31:53.31\00:31:54.54
I would have told you."
00:31:54.64\00:31:55.41
For many years,
00:31:55.51\00:31:56.18
that puzzled me
00:31:56.28\00:31:57.65
until I recognized
00:31:57.75\00:31:59.51
that Heaven is a foretaste
00:31:59.61\00:32:01.52
of the restoration of Eden.
00:32:01.62\00:32:03.49
You know,
00:32:03.59\00:32:04.55
the Earth made new will be
00:32:04.65\00:32:05.52
the full consummation there.
00:32:05.62\00:32:06.89
The restoration of what
00:32:06.99\00:32:08.06
Eden was, right?
00:32:08.16\00:32:09.22
Creation will be restored.
00:32:09.32\00:32:10.89
But Heaven is a foretaste of it.
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.69
And apparently, in the mind of
00:32:12.79\00:32:14.96
God, in the perfection
00:32:15.06\00:32:16.43
of his plan that is Heaven,
00:32:16.53\00:32:18.83
it would be incomplete
00:32:18.93\00:32:20.64
unless you had a place.
00:32:20.74\00:32:25.34
A place to call your own,
00:32:25.44\00:32:28.01
a place in Heaven
00:32:28.11\00:32:30.18
to be with God,
00:32:30.28\00:32:32.05
to walk and to talk with him.
00:32:32.15\00:32:35.38
Apparently this is part
00:32:35.48\00:32:37.35
of what we were created for.
00:32:37.45\00:32:39.69
The divine wiring requires
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.32
solitude in a place away
00:32:42.42\00:32:45.23
from all the hustle and bustle
00:32:45.33\00:32:46.33
that we might hear
00:32:46.43\00:32:47.40
the voice of God.
00:32:47.50\00:32:48.70
Back to our story.
00:32:54.14\00:32:55.87
In Mark 6,
00:32:55.97\00:32:58.34
the idea of solitude
00:32:58.44\00:32:59.61
for the disciples requiring
00:32:59.71\00:33:01.21
a change of location
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.55
is very easy to misunderstand.
00:33:03.65\00:33:07.55
For instance, it's tempting
00:33:07.65\00:33:09.02
to pull out of this story --
00:33:09.12\00:33:10.95
They were all the hustle bustle.
00:33:11.05\00:33:12.09
Then they had to leave
00:33:12.19\00:33:12.92
to go some other place.
00:33:13.02\00:33:13.92
It's tempting to conclude,
00:33:14.02\00:33:14.86
oh, that's
00:33:14.96\00:33:15.76
because they couldn't be
00:33:15.86\00:33:16.96
conscious of Christ's presence
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.49
in the hustle and the bustle.
00:33:18.59\00:33:19.66
That is certainly not
00:33:19.76\00:33:20.50
the message of this story.
00:33:20.60\00:33:21.53
The Bible makes that clear.
00:33:21.63\00:33:22.70
You can be walking
00:33:22.80\00:33:23.50
down a busy sidewalk
00:33:23.60\00:33:24.67
in Manhattan with thousands of
00:33:24.77\00:33:25.87
people going either direction.
00:33:25.97\00:33:27.20
You can still be
00:33:27.30\00:33:28.57
in touch with God.
00:33:28.67\00:33:30.14
It's not that He leaves us once
00:33:30.24\00:33:31.47
a crowd comes into the room.
00:33:31.57\00:33:32.31
No, no, no, no.
00:33:32.41\00:33:33.54
However, that's not the ideal.
00:33:33.64\00:33:37.88
No question about it.
00:33:37.98\00:33:39.91
Having some consciousness of God
00:33:40.02\00:33:41.35
in the busyness and
00:33:41.45\00:33:42.22
the schedules that, yes,
00:33:42.32\00:33:43.18
it's possible and we need it.
00:33:43.28\00:33:44.29
We must have it.
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.72
But it is by far --
00:33:45.82\00:33:47.09
it's far not the ideal.
00:33:47.19\00:33:48.79
Instead, Mark 6 clearly
00:33:48.89\00:33:50.93
indicates that the disciples
00:33:51.03\00:33:52.19
were surrounded
00:33:52.29\00:33:53.09
by too many people.
00:33:53.19\00:33:55.23
It was too busy
00:33:55.33\00:33:56.30
with too many people.
00:33:56.40\00:33:57.97
And here we must ask
00:33:58.07\00:34:00.34
and answer a key question.
00:34:00.44\00:34:02.77
Why was that bad?
00:34:02.87\00:34:04.57
So, Pastor Shane, I mean,
00:34:07.51\00:34:08.41
if you've been surrounded
00:34:08.51\00:34:09.38
by people all day long,
00:34:09.48\00:34:10.05
you know exactly
00:34:10.15\00:34:10.98
what's wrong with that.
00:34:11.08\00:34:11.71
Well, not so fast.
00:34:11.81\00:34:12.61
Not so fast.
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.88
Why was it so bad
00:34:14.98\00:34:16.45
for the disciples and Jesus
00:34:16.55\00:34:17.89
to continue to hang out
00:34:17.99\00:34:19.19
there with the crowds?
00:34:19.29\00:34:21.69
I mean, think about it.
00:34:21.79\00:34:22.96
Jesus came to seek
00:34:23.06\00:34:24.09
and to save the lost.
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.33
That is to save people, right?
00:34:25.43\00:34:27.36
And if you're going to save
00:34:27.46\00:34:28.26
people, you need to be
00:34:28.36\00:34:29.23
where the people are.
00:34:29.33\00:34:29.90
And the people need to
00:34:30.00\00:34:30.57
be where you are.
00:34:30.67\00:34:31.93
So, at first glance, Mark 6,
00:34:32.03\00:34:33.74
Jesus and the disciples'
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.17
situation seems not to be
00:34:35.27\00:34:36.37
a bad one.
00:34:36.47\00:34:37.17
This is victory.
00:34:37.27\00:34:39.17
This is victory.
00:34:39.27\00:34:40.88
I mean, so many people coming
00:34:40.98\00:34:42.08
and going, they don't
00:34:42.18\00:34:42.84
even have time for lunch.
00:34:42.94\00:34:43.61
I mean, it's fantastic.
00:34:43.71\00:34:44.61
They have done so well.
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.35
I mean,
00:34:46.45\00:34:47.35
how many churches today lament
00:34:47.45\00:34:48.78
because they can't draw a crowd?
00:34:48.88\00:34:51.12
How many an evangelist
00:34:51.22\00:34:52.32
has looked out on opening night
00:34:52.42\00:34:53.36
on the crowd size, says,
00:34:53.46\00:34:54.46
"Oh, man, I wish there were
00:34:54.56\00:34:55.19
more people here."
00:34:55.29\00:34:56.32
And yet here is Jesus
00:34:56.42\00:34:57.96
and His disciples,
00:34:58.06\00:34:59.19
surrounded by the very people
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.93
that so desperately needed
00:35:02.03\00:35:03.13
what Jesus had to offer.
00:35:03.23\00:35:04.77
Why on Earth would
00:35:04.87\00:35:06.40
they need to get away from them?
00:35:06.50\00:35:08.30
Well...
00:35:13.64\00:35:17.11
The Bible doesn't tell us.
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.61
So we are left to
00:35:19.71\00:35:21.12
our sanctified imaginations
00:35:21.22\00:35:22.95
to think what
00:35:23.05\00:35:23.89
the reason might be.
00:35:23.99\00:35:24.79
And I think --
00:35:24.89\00:35:26.05
I think I can make
00:35:26.15\00:35:26.99
a good suggestion as to
00:35:27.09\00:35:28.12
why they needed to get
00:35:28.22\00:35:29.06
away from the crowds.
00:35:29.16\00:35:29.82
Let me put it up here on
00:35:29.92\00:35:30.49
the screen for you.
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Hmm.
00:35:47.94\00:35:49.41
You see,
00:35:49.51\00:35:50.38
Jesus was this divine mystery,
00:35:50.48\00:35:52.48
was He not, the incarnation?
00:35:52.58\00:35:53.92
He was fully God
00:35:54.02\00:35:55.02
and fully human
00:35:55.12\00:35:56.02
all at the same time.
00:35:56.12\00:35:56.95
If you can explain that to me,
00:35:57.05\00:35:58.09
you're smarter than I am.
00:35:58.19\00:35:59.22
But we do know
00:35:59.32\00:35:59.82
what the Bible says.
00:35:59.92\00:36:00.69
This is what it describes.
00:36:00.79\00:36:02.06
And because of this
00:36:02.16\00:36:02.82
fully human part,
00:36:02.92\00:36:03.99
without regular rest and
00:36:04.09\00:36:05.19
solitude and time
00:36:05.29\00:36:05.93
with his father,
00:36:06.03\00:36:06.49
Jesus could be
00:36:06.59\00:36:07.40
subject to temptation.
00:36:07.50\00:36:09.03
And if Jesus could be subject
00:36:09.13\00:36:10.20
to this,
00:36:10.30\00:36:11.07
how much more His dedicated
00:36:11.17\00:36:12.67
but still, oh, so immature
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.10
disciples.
00:36:14.20\00:36:16.00
Without regular time for them,
00:36:16.10\00:36:18.01
away from the crowds
00:36:18.11\00:36:19.37
that were following them,
00:36:19.47\00:36:21.01
they would eventually fall
00:36:21.11\00:36:23.01
into one of the ditches
00:36:23.11\00:36:24.38
on either side
00:36:24.48\00:36:25.31
of that discipleship path.
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.78
They would either be elated
00:36:26.88\00:36:28.48
when the crowd liked
00:36:28.58\00:36:29.55
what they did,
00:36:29.65\00:36:31.19
or they would be depressed
00:36:31.29\00:36:32.59
when the crowd didn't
00:36:32.69\00:36:33.72
like what they did.
00:36:33.82\00:36:35.79
And when the crowds were elated,
00:36:35.89\00:36:37.79
their egos would be inflated.
00:36:37.89\00:36:40.93
And to keep that going,
00:36:41.00\00:36:42.50
the winds of public opinion
00:36:42.60\00:36:44.20
would begin to guide their work
00:36:44.30\00:36:46.33
rather than the Spirit of God.
00:36:46.43\00:36:48.30
Ellen White hints at this.
00:36:51.54\00:36:52.81
"Desire of Ages," page 360.
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.71
She says, "It was
00:36:54.81\00:36:55.64
the disciples' duty."
00:36:55.74\00:36:57.35
Wow, that's a pretty strong
00:36:57.45\00:36:58.18
word there, isn't it?
00:36:58.28\00:36:59.01
"It was the disciples duty
00:36:59.11\00:37:00.52
to rest.
00:37:00.62\00:37:02.45
As the disciples had seen
00:37:02.55\00:37:03.82
the success of their labors" --
00:37:03.92\00:37:04.92
again, witnessed
00:37:05.02\00:37:05.92
the big crowds coming and going,
00:37:06.02\00:37:07.19
can't even find time to eat --
00:37:07.29\00:37:08.56
"they were in danger
00:37:08.66\00:37:09.86
of taking credit to themselves,
00:37:09.96\00:37:11.79
in danger of cherishing
00:37:11.89\00:37:12.83
spiritual pride,
00:37:12.93\00:37:13.93
and thus falling
00:37:14.00\00:37:14.93
under Satan's temptations.
00:37:15.03\00:37:16.43
A great work was before them,
00:37:16.53\00:37:19.43
and first of all,
00:37:19.53\00:37:20.10
they must learn
00:37:20.20\00:37:21.40
that their strength was not
00:37:21.50\00:37:22.70
in self but in God.
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.94
Like Moses in the wilderness
00:37:25.04\00:37:26.14
of Sinai,
00:37:26.24\00:37:27.41
like David among the hills
00:37:27.51\00:37:28.44
of Judea,
00:37:28.54\00:37:29.61
or Elijah by the brook Cherith,
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.71
the disciples needed to come
00:37:31.81\00:37:33.01
apart from the scenes
00:37:33.11\00:37:34.48
of their busy activity,
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.22
to commune with Christ,
00:37:36.32\00:37:37.92
with nature,
00:37:38.02\00:37:39.35
and with their own hearts."
00:37:39.45\00:37:42.32
Huh.
00:37:42.42\00:37:45.63
And, thus, Jesus says,
00:37:45.73\00:37:49.30
actually he commands it.
00:37:49.40\00:37:51.73
It's not a request,
00:37:51.83\00:37:52.57
it's a command.
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.17
Come ye apart.
00:37:54.27\00:37:56.91
Come and rest a while.
00:37:57.01\00:37:59.07
Leave the crowds.
00:37:59.17\00:38:00.64
Head for a solitary place.
00:38:00.74\00:38:04.05
Again, this is undoubtedly part
00:38:04.15\00:38:05.81
of the reason that Jesus often
00:38:05.91\00:38:06.92
spent whole nights in prayer
00:38:07.02\00:38:07.98
with His Father alone,
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.18
no one around,
00:38:09.28\00:38:10.22
in deserted and solitary
00:38:10.32\00:38:11.52
places, because it's
00:38:11.62\00:38:13.02
in those types of places
00:38:13.12\00:38:14.39
that the blur of humanity
00:38:14.49\00:38:16.22
comes more closely into focus.
00:38:16.32\00:38:18.56
The constant flow of human need
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.03
is momentarily silenced,
00:38:20.13\00:38:21.33
and a person can be.
00:38:21.43\00:38:24.27
A person can hear.
00:38:27.07\00:38:28.44
And did you notice
00:38:32.01\00:38:32.87
the three biblical blessings
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.18
that this leads to, this hearing
00:38:34.28\00:38:35.88
and this being
00:38:35.98\00:38:36.95
in the presence of God?
00:38:37.05\00:38:38.91
Found here in the last part
00:38:39.01\00:38:39.85
of this quotation here.
00:38:39.95\00:38:42.48
Biblical rest and solitude
00:38:42.58\00:38:44.42
makes it possible to commune
00:38:44.52\00:38:45.95
with Christ,
00:38:46.05\00:38:47.46
to commune with nature, and
00:38:47.56\00:38:48.72
to commune with our own hearts.
00:38:48.82\00:38:51.96
You know, communing with Christ.
00:38:52.06\00:38:52.69
We've talked about
00:38:52.79\00:38:53.26
that many a time.
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.10
I mean, of course,
00:38:54.20\00:38:55.16
this is so important.
00:38:55.26\00:38:56.16
Nothing is more important.
00:38:56.26\00:38:57.53
And peaceful times of quiet
00:38:57.63\00:38:59.17
make the voice of God
00:38:59.27\00:39:00.87
much easier to hear.
00:39:00.97\00:39:03.91
Communing with nature.
00:39:04.01\00:39:05.64
You know, this is one of the
00:39:05.74\00:39:06.81
biggest reasons that city living
00:39:06.91\00:39:08.24
can be so dangerous to one's
00:39:08.34\00:39:09.94
soul, for nature and the city is
00:39:10.05\00:39:11.88
largely paved over.
00:39:11.98\00:39:13.92
But in nature,
00:39:14.02\00:39:15.55
we learn afresh the lessons
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.42
of God's grandeur and His power
00:39:17.52\00:39:19.32
and His intelligence
00:39:19.42\00:39:20.29
and His creativity.
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.09
In nature, we also come
00:39:22.19\00:39:23.76
closer to our roots.
00:39:23.86\00:39:25.03
Remember, after all,
00:39:25.13\00:39:26.03
we're made of dirt,
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.50
and in some sense,
00:39:28.60\00:39:29.90
going out in
00:39:30.00\00:39:30.93
the soil is coming home.
00:39:31.03\00:39:33.50
You know, I always --
00:39:33.60\00:39:34.60
It kind of brings
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.27
a dark smile to my lips,
00:39:36.37\00:39:37.71
because I've heard it so often,
00:39:37.81\00:39:39.31
that people say, "Well, you
00:39:39.41\00:39:40.44
know, Adventist schools don't
00:39:40.54\00:39:41.71
have farming programs anymore,"
00:39:41.81\00:39:43.41
because we couldn't afford them.
00:39:43.51\00:39:45.11
They didn't make enough money.
00:39:45.21\00:39:47.42
As though that were the point.
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.92
The point was that
00:39:50.02\00:39:51.49
we could get our hands dirty
00:39:51.59\00:39:52.55
again, that we could
00:39:52.65\00:39:54.19
be reconnected with
00:39:54.29\00:39:55.56
nature and nature's God.
00:39:55.66\00:39:57.99
That's what it was for.
00:39:58.09\00:39:59.96
And it's when we get out there
00:40:00.06\00:40:01.06
in nature and we see the sky,
00:40:01.16\00:40:02.83
and we hear the birds,
00:40:02.93\00:40:03.80
and we see the grass, and we
00:40:03.90\00:40:05.03
hear the falling rain,
00:40:05.13\00:40:06.23
we see the lightning flash
00:40:06.33\00:40:08.07
that, in some sense,
00:40:08.17\00:40:09.27
we have a homecoming experience.
00:40:09.37\00:40:11.44
And in coming home,
00:40:11.54\00:40:12.54
we find ourselves more grounded
00:40:12.64\00:40:14.11
and purposeful
00:40:14.21\00:40:15.04
and in tune with God.
00:40:15.14\00:40:16.85
And lastly,
00:40:19.05\00:40:20.95
biblical solitude results
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.52
in communion
00:40:23.62\00:40:24.32
with our own hearts.
00:40:24.42\00:40:26.89
You know,
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.12
I'm just going to guess half
00:40:28.22\00:40:29.09
of all counselor and
00:40:29.19\00:40:30.16
psychologist visits occur
00:40:30.26\00:40:31.96
because humans don't do this.
00:40:32.06\00:40:35.13
Now, this is not an offense
00:40:35.23\00:40:36.10
to my counseling friends.
00:40:36.20\00:40:37.37
Praise the Lord for good
00:40:37.47\00:40:38.03
Christian counselors
00:40:38.13\00:40:38.80
when we need them.
00:40:38.90\00:40:39.97
And they, like me,
00:40:40.07\00:40:41.64
are in the business
00:40:41.74\00:40:42.40
that we're in
00:40:42.50\00:40:43.14
because people need help,
00:40:43.24\00:40:44.31
because people often don't do
00:40:44.41\00:40:45.37
the right thing, right?
00:40:45.47\00:40:46.84
When Heaven comes,
00:40:46.94\00:40:47.64
we'll all be out of work.
00:40:47.74\00:40:48.28
Praise the Lord.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.68
Unemployment never
00:40:49.78\00:40:50.55
looked so good, right?
00:40:50.65\00:40:52.91
But because we don't do
00:40:53.01\00:40:54.08
these things, we get in trouble.
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.08
You know, I sometimes think
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.19
that Christians in particular,
00:40:57.29\00:40:58.49
or anyone helping others
00:40:58.59\00:40:59.85
on a regular basis,
00:40:59.95\00:41:01.29
can easily get lost
00:41:01.39\00:41:02.82
in meeting the needs
00:41:02.92\00:41:04.26
of other people while losing
00:41:04.36\00:41:06.16
their own identity in Christ.
00:41:06.26\00:41:09.13
Time apart,
00:41:09.23\00:41:10.50
even and especially apart
00:41:10.60\00:41:12.10
from those who need Jesus
00:41:12.20\00:41:13.87
and us, is therefore crucial.
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.74
He or she
00:41:15.84\00:41:16.84
who does not take the time
00:41:16.94\00:41:18.21
to know their own heart is
00:41:18.31\00:41:19.94
in great danger of losing it.
00:41:20.04\00:41:22.08
So, let it be clear.
00:41:27.32\00:41:31.75
Do come to church.
00:41:31.85\00:41:36.32
Do come to Sabbath school.
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.33
We still do need community
00:41:39.43\00:41:41.63
and iron to sharpen iron.
00:41:41.73\00:41:43.13
Et cetera, et cetera.
00:41:43.23\00:41:44.03
All of that is still true.
00:41:44.13\00:41:45.43
And we also need time apart.
00:41:45.53\00:41:49.30
Time to rest a while.
00:41:49.40\00:41:50.94
Time with God and nature
00:41:51.04\00:41:52.61
and ourselves
00:41:52.71\00:41:53.88
so we can reorient toward heaven
00:41:53.98\00:41:56.58
and be reminded afresh
00:41:56.68\00:41:57.98
that we are not
00:41:58.08\00:41:58.85
just disposable items
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.48
to be used up in a whirlwind
00:42:00.58\00:42:01.68
of good works,
00:42:01.78\00:42:02.88
but that we are God's children,
00:42:02.98\00:42:04.19
his precious,
00:42:04.29\00:42:05.12
deeply valued children.
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.12
And few things provide
00:42:07.22\00:42:08.69
that renewal
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.13
like solitary, natural places.
00:42:10.23\00:42:12.46
Just God and you.
00:42:12.56\00:42:14.56
So let me ask you the question,
00:42:17.63\00:42:20.17
when was the last time
00:42:20.27\00:42:21.80
you were alone with God?
00:42:21.90\00:42:23.07
I don't just mean like walking
00:42:26.01\00:42:27.08
from your car to the office,
00:42:27.18\00:42:28.38
or from the parking lot
00:42:28.48\00:42:29.18
to your dorm room.
00:42:29.28\00:42:30.98
I mean, for an extended period
00:42:31.08\00:42:32.38
of time, when was the last time
00:42:32.48\00:42:34.45
that you were alone with God?
00:42:34.55\00:42:36.75
Now, for some of you,
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.02
the answer is, well,
00:42:40.12\00:42:40.62
just this morning.
00:42:40.72\00:42:41.82
Praise the Lord. Keep going.
00:42:41.92\00:42:43.16
Let me pour gas on your fire.
00:42:43.26\00:42:44.33
Okay.
00:42:44.43\00:42:45.63
For some of you,
00:42:45.73\00:42:46.66
you cannot remember
00:42:46.76\00:42:47.60
the last time
00:42:47.66\00:42:48.40
that you were alone
00:42:48.50\00:42:49.46
for an extended period of time
00:42:49.56\00:42:50.93
in a solitary place with God,
00:42:51.03\00:42:52.63
and it's high time
00:42:52.73\00:42:53.70
that you got back to that.
00:42:53.80\00:42:56.47
So I plead with you,
00:42:56.57\00:42:58.61
be brutal with your calendar.
00:42:58.71\00:43:02.11
The devil is.
00:43:02.21\00:43:03.88
He watches it very closely.
00:43:03.98\00:43:06.18
You need to watch it carefully,
00:43:06.28\00:43:06.95
too.
00:43:07.05\00:43:07.82
Be brutal with it.
00:43:07.92\00:43:08.85
Make the time and space
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.52
necessary.
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.39
Find a location for solitude.
00:43:12.49\00:43:14.82
Maybe you're fortunate enough
00:43:14.92\00:43:16.29
to own some property.
00:43:16.39\00:43:17.23
Find a quiet space
00:43:17.33\00:43:18.29
on your property.
00:43:18.39\00:43:19.43
If you're in a dorm room,
00:43:19.53\00:43:20.36
find quiet time
00:43:20.46\00:43:21.20
in your dorm room
00:43:21.30\00:43:22.00
when your roommate, you know,
00:43:22.10\00:43:22.80
will not be around.
00:43:22.90\00:43:24.47
Take a solo hike
00:43:24.57\00:43:25.50
or a stroll through
00:43:25.60\00:43:26.47
a nearby nature preserve or
00:43:26.57\00:43:27.87
down a wooded trail somewhere.
00:43:27.97\00:43:28.70
We have lots
00:43:28.80\00:43:29.54
of those around here.
00:43:29.64\00:43:30.77
Maybe you need to take
00:43:30.87\00:43:31.84
a short drive to the lake
00:43:31.94\00:43:32.81
or to the river.
00:43:32.91\00:43:34.11
Perhaps after school or work,
00:43:34.21\00:43:35.64
or during the day,
00:43:35.74\00:43:36.48
if that's an option for you.
00:43:36.58\00:43:37.91
Doing it at a time when you're
00:43:38.01\00:43:39.25
fairly certain others will
00:43:39.35\00:43:40.22
not be around.
00:43:40.32\00:43:41.55
Wherever it is,
00:43:41.65\00:43:42.78
whenever you do it,
00:43:42.88\00:43:43.95
the goal is to be with God
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.35
and, in so doing,
00:43:46.45\00:43:47.49
to be refreshed
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.96
and...
00:43:50.06\00:43:53.46
something more.
00:43:53.56\00:43:55.00
"Desire of Ages," page 363.
00:43:57.87\00:44:01.07
"In all who are under
00:44:01.17\00:44:02.00
the training of God
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.87
is to be revealed a life
00:44:03.97\00:44:05.21
that is not in harmony
00:44:05.31\00:44:06.41
with the world,
00:44:06.51\00:44:07.51
its customs, or its practices.
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.91
And everyone" --
00:44:10.01\00:44:11.11
How many people there?
00:44:11.21\00:44:12.11
What does it say? Everyone.
00:44:12.21\00:44:13.85
Okay, so no exceptions here.
00:44:13.95\00:44:14.95
"And everyone needs to have
00:44:15.05\00:44:17.19
a personal experience
00:44:17.29\00:44:19.15
in obtaining a knowledge
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.06
of the will of God."
00:44:21.16\00:44:22.12
Wouldn't you like that?
00:44:22.22\00:44:22.79
Wouldn't that be awesome
00:44:22.89\00:44:23.36
to have?
00:44:23.46\00:44:24.23
A personal knowledge
00:44:24.33\00:44:24.86
of the will of God.
00:44:24.96\00:44:26.03
"We must individually hear
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.00
Him speaking to the heart.
00:44:28.10\00:44:30.97
When every other voice is
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.63
hushed, and in quietness,
00:44:32.73\00:44:34.17
we wait before Him,
00:44:34.27\00:44:35.64
the silence of the soul makes
00:44:35.74\00:44:37.71
more distinct the voice of God.
00:44:37.81\00:44:40.18
He bids us, 'Be still,
00:44:40.28\00:44:43.21
and know that I am God.'
00:44:43.31\00:44:46.72
Psalm 46:10.
00:44:46.82\00:44:48.82
Here alone
00:44:48.92\00:44:51.39
can true rest be found.
00:44:51.49\00:44:54.16
And this is" --
00:44:54.26\00:44:55.62
Here's the answer.
00:44:55.72\00:44:56.99
"This is the effectual
00:44:57.09\00:44:58.96
preparation for all who labor
00:44:59.06\00:45:02.26
for God."
00:45:02.36\00:45:06.07
You see, this time alone with
00:45:06.17\00:45:07.54
God in a solitary place,
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.10
absolutely, it is for you.
00:45:09.20\00:45:10.81
God loves you.
00:45:10.91\00:45:11.71
He wants you to be refreshed,
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.14
to know that he is God,
00:45:14.24\00:45:15.38
to have that knowledge,
00:45:15.48\00:45:16.48
to secure you in whatever it is
00:45:16.58\00:45:17.71
that you're going to do next.
00:45:17.81\00:45:18.91
And make no mistake,
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.92
He is preparing you
00:45:21.02\00:45:22.32
for great things to come.
00:45:22.42\00:45:25.05
That's one of the greatest
00:45:25.15\00:45:26.39
purposes of this time
00:45:26.49\00:45:27.52
alone with God.
00:45:27.62\00:45:28.32
He is preparing you
00:45:28.42\00:45:29.62
for the great things to come.
00:45:29.72\00:45:32.19
Now, this was certainly true
00:45:32.29\00:45:32.96
for the disciples.
00:45:33.06\00:45:33.83
Again, Mark chapter 6 there.
00:45:33.93\00:45:34.93
The next big event
00:45:35.00\00:45:37.03
that happens, oh, it's a doozy.
00:45:37.13\00:45:39.30
The feeding of the 5,000.
00:45:39.40\00:45:40.44
You know,
00:45:40.54\00:45:41.37
if I'm working with somebody
00:45:41.47\00:45:42.57
and they don't really have much
00:45:42.67\00:45:43.24
of a belief in God,
00:45:43.34\00:45:44.14
but they're willing at least
00:45:44.24\00:45:44.84
to listen to Scripture
00:45:44.94\00:45:45.61
to see what it says,
00:45:45.71\00:45:46.54
that's one of the places
00:45:46.64\00:45:47.41
I will take them.
00:45:47.51\00:45:47.98
How come?
00:45:48.08\00:45:49.01
Because that miracle is
00:45:49.11\00:45:50.45
very difficult to deny.
00:45:50.55\00:45:51.98
It's powerful stuff.
00:45:52.08\00:45:53.35
You cannot pull fish and loaves
00:45:53.45\00:45:55.35
out of your robes
00:45:55.45\00:45:56.32
enough to feed 5,000
00:45:56.42\00:45:58.35
or 10,000 people, as it actually
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.89
probably was closer to.
00:46:00.06\00:46:01.39
It's impossible to do.
00:46:01.49\00:46:02.46
It's one of the most
00:46:02.56\00:46:03.12
glaring evidences
00:46:03.22\00:46:04.46
of the divinity of Jesus Christ.
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.13
And to prepare for that,
00:46:07.23\00:46:09.33
Jesus said first,
00:46:09.43\00:46:12.93
"Let's go and be quiet
00:46:13.03\00:46:15.40
so that you can commune with me
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.61
and with nature
00:46:17.71\00:46:19.34
and your own souls."
00:46:19.44\00:46:21.14
You know, we here at Pioneer
00:46:23.95\00:46:25.08
also have some great things
00:46:25.18\00:46:25.98
that are coming up in
00:46:26.08\00:46:26.85
the not too distant future.
00:46:26.95\00:46:29.02
We've talked about this
00:46:29.12\00:46:29.65
a number of times.
00:46:29.75\00:46:30.25
New strategic plan
00:46:30.35\00:46:31.32
that's soon to be started,
00:46:31.42\00:46:32.49
implementation, some
00:46:32.59\00:46:33.46
of it over the summer.
00:46:33.56\00:46:34.36
We're beginning implementation
00:46:34.46\00:46:35.72
in earnest in the fall
00:46:35.82\00:46:36.73
with the new school year.
00:46:36.83\00:46:37.99
And with it,
00:46:38.09\00:46:38.89
new opportunities for ministry
00:46:38.99\00:46:40.16
are going to come, new
00:46:40.26\00:46:41.13
opportunities for relationships
00:46:41.23\00:46:42.50
and deepening community with us,
00:46:42.60\00:46:43.83
with our university students,
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.03
with high school students,
00:46:45.13\00:46:46.37
elementary school students,
00:46:46.47\00:46:47.40
members of our community,
00:46:47.50\00:46:49.00
getting to know them better,
00:46:49.10\00:46:50.04
that they might come to know
00:46:50.14\00:46:50.84
Jesus Christ, as well.
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.61
And with all of the hustle
00:46:52.71\00:46:53.98
and bustle and busyness
00:46:54.08\00:46:55.11
that is present now
00:46:55.21\00:46:56.75
and that's coming on
00:46:56.85\00:46:57.75
the near horizon,
00:46:57.85\00:46:59.68
my humble suggestion is this --
00:46:59.78\00:47:01.82
let us use the summer
00:47:01.92\00:47:03.89
to rest and recharge with God.
00:47:03.99\00:47:07.89
Or if your summer schedule
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.12
does not have a natural break
00:47:09.22\00:47:10.29
built into it,
00:47:10.39\00:47:11.19
create some similar
00:47:11.29\00:47:12.46
natural breaks,
00:47:12.56\00:47:13.70
some smaller natural breaks
00:47:13.80\00:47:15.73
that you might be refreshed
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.47
and that you might be prepared
00:47:17.57\00:47:18.57
for the great things
00:47:18.67\00:47:19.57
God has coming.
00:47:19.67\00:47:20.97
And by the way,
00:47:23.34\00:47:26.54
please don't let the solitary
00:47:26.64\00:47:28.94
quiet time be seen by you
00:47:29.04\00:47:32.45
as an interruption
00:47:32.55\00:47:33.78
and an irritant
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.75
in your schedule.
00:47:35.85\00:47:36.92
It reminds me of a story.
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.46
Many years ago, yea, verily,
00:47:41.56\00:47:43.56
in the last millennium,
00:47:43.66\00:47:44.39
when my wife and I were not
00:47:44.49\00:47:45.49
my wife and I, we were dating.
00:47:45.59\00:47:46.43
We were
00:47:46.53\00:47:47.23
boyfriend and girlfriend.
00:47:47.36\00:47:48.70
We were on our way back
00:47:48.80\00:47:49.73
from summer camp
00:47:49.83\00:47:50.67
after working there,
00:47:50.77\00:47:52.07
and she was in her car.
00:47:52.17\00:47:53.57
I was in my car.
00:47:53.67\00:47:55.14
You may remember a story
00:47:55.24\00:47:55.97
I told about this
00:47:56.07\00:47:56.74
about a year and a half ago.
00:47:56.84\00:47:57.54
This is a different story.
00:47:57.64\00:47:58.81
You may not want to caravan with
00:47:58.91\00:48:00.28
us after you've heard stories
00:48:00.38\00:48:01.14
like this too much.
00:48:01.24\00:48:02.88
She was in what I believe
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.31
was a 1978,
00:48:05.41\00:48:07.22
maybe '79 Honda Civic
00:48:07.32\00:48:11.85
Hondamatic.
00:48:11.95\00:48:14.59
Some of you remember
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.09
the dark days of the '70s.
00:48:16.19\00:48:18.53
Those were difficult days for
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.33
people that enjoyed automobiles.
00:48:20.43\00:48:22.13
Smog restrictions
00:48:22.23\00:48:23.37
were just coming in, and her
00:48:23.47\00:48:24.17
car had the Hondamatic
00:48:24.27\00:48:26.84
transmission.
00:48:26.94\00:48:27.74
Now, a Hondamatic transmission.
00:48:27.84\00:48:29.37
Honda makes some fine cars.
00:48:29.47\00:48:30.54
This transmission I wasn't
00:48:30.64\00:48:31.44
super fond of.
00:48:31.54\00:48:32.91
It had two speeds, no joke.
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Two speeds.
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It was a two-speed transmission.
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Those two speeds were
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comatose and rigor mortis. Okay?
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And very, very slow car,
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you know.
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And, so, we're driving.
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I'm something of a mechanic.
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Don't, like, ask me
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to do professional stuff,
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but I can keep my cars running.
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My car was running fine.
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Her car, she'd said there's
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some troubles with it.
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I don't know exactly what it
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was, I hadn't paid
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that much attention to it.
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We start out on what was
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to be about a 4- or 5-hour trip.
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Okay, if everything went well.
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And we're headed someplace,
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I don't remember where it was,
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but to me, it was important.
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We were going to conquer
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the highway, right?
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We're headed
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to this important destination.
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And about 10, 15 minutes
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into the trip,
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Darlene pulls over to the side
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of the road in her Robin egg
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blue Hondamatic two speed.
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And I pull in with my 240Z,
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and I get out of the car.
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I said, "What's the problem?"
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And she says, "I don't know.
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It just stopped running."
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So, being mechanically minded,
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I pop open the hood,
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try to look, see what's wrong.
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No smoke, nothing leaking.
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Can't tell if there's --
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No electrical connections appear
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to be in the wrong place,
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et cetera.
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I don't know. Close the hood.
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We wait a little bit.
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Turns the key. Starts right up.
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Ah! Problem fixed. Great.
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Back on the road.
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She goes from
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comatose to rigor mortis.
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We're cruising along.
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And about 10,
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15 minutes later, it dies again.
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She pulls over
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the side of the road.
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I get out of my car, I come.
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I said, what happened?
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She said, "Well, it died again."
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I said, "Well, did you do
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anything, did you hit a button?
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Did you do the wrong this,
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that, and the other?"
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"Well, no." Pop the hood.
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Look around. Can't see anything.
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Nothing seems to be wrong.
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Close the hood.
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We wait a little bit.
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Turn the key. Starts right up.
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This went on
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for hundreds of miles.
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Every 10 to 15 minutes,
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this little Robin egg blue
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Hondamatic curse would die.
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And we'd pull over
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to the side of the road.
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And by time 4 or 5,
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I am getting irritated.
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I can't believe that.
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We got important things to go.
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Destination is receding
00:50:33.56\00:50:35.43
beyond the sunset, right?
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.13
And I can't find what's
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wrong with this thing.
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There's no smoke, there's no
00:50:38.93\00:50:39.73
steam, there's no nothing.
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It's not vapor lock.
00:50:40.74\00:50:41.50
I can't figure this out.
00:50:41.60\00:50:42.64
So I am irritated.
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.04
Every single time this little
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car decides to take a break,
00:50:45.87\00:50:47.24
I get hotter under the collar.
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Now contrast this
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with the bright, sunny,
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peach-filled-with-cream day
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that Darlene was having.
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.39
You see,
00:51:02.49\00:51:03.76
every time her little car died
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.86
and she pulled over to the side
00:51:05.96\00:51:07.23
of the road, she was elated.
00:51:07.30\00:51:09.73
Because, you see, as I said,
00:51:09.83\00:51:11.43
we were coming back
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.17
from summer camp,
00:51:12.27\00:51:13.10
and we worked at Sunset Lake
00:51:13.20\00:51:14.20
Summer Camp in Washington State.
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And I don't know if this is
00:51:15.50\00:51:16.37
still true today, but in those
00:51:16.47\00:51:17.31
days, dating among
00:51:17.41\00:51:18.81
staff members was not allowed.
00:51:18.91\00:51:20.48
Well, we were thoroughly
00:51:20.58\00:51:21.78
dating, and so, I was guys
00:51:21.88\00:51:24.11
director for two years, she was
00:51:24.21\00:51:25.21
girls director for two years.
00:51:25.31\00:51:26.08
We did that together.
00:51:26.18\00:51:27.45
And, so, both those summers
00:51:27.55\00:51:29.48
were, you know, we could not
00:51:29.58\00:51:30.72
let on to the campers
00:51:30.82\00:51:32.39
that we were dating.
00:51:32.49\00:51:33.42
We didn't want to be a
00:51:33.52\00:51:34.39
distraction, you know, as often
00:51:34.49\00:51:36.02
happens if relationships are
00:51:36.12\00:51:36.56
there.
00:51:36.66\00:51:37.39
So that's all done now.
00:51:37.49\00:51:39.46
We're driving to this wherever
00:51:39.56\00:51:40.86
it was that we're going.
00:51:40.96\00:51:41.70
We're leaving camp.
00:51:41.80\00:51:42.80
She's excited
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.20
that now she gets to see me.
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.67
We have been set
00:51:45.77\00:51:46.70
free in her mind, right?
00:51:46.80\00:51:48.14
And I can still see it,
00:51:48.24\00:51:49.10
like on time 3 or 4
00:51:49.20\00:51:50.47
this thing happened.
00:51:50.57\00:51:51.54
Dies over, pulls over the side.
00:51:51.64\00:51:52.74
"Oh, not again,"
00:51:52.84\00:51:53.54
I'm thinking to myself.
00:51:53.64\00:51:54.91
She opens her door, she gets
00:51:55.01\00:51:56.71
out, big smile on her face.
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.95
She prances like this gazelle
00:51:59.05\00:52:00.78
back to the passenger side of my
00:52:00.88\00:52:02.02
car, opens the door, gets in
00:52:02.12\00:52:02.85
and sits down, and says,
00:52:02.95\00:52:03.89
"How are you doing?"
00:52:03.99\00:52:06.15
Oh.
00:52:06.25\00:52:08.06
Because for her,
00:52:09.79\00:52:11.56
every single time there was
00:52:11.66\00:52:12.86
this break,
00:52:12.96\00:52:14.56
it was a time to reconnect.
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.33
For me, I got closer
00:52:16.43\00:52:18.63
and closer to a heart attack
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.14
every time that happened, right?
00:52:20.24\00:52:22.40
And my guess is,
00:52:22.50\00:52:23.61
if you were to compare our
00:52:23.71\00:52:24.97
vital health statistics
00:52:25.07\00:52:26.31
at the end of that trip,
00:52:26.41\00:52:27.48
which took a very long time
00:52:27.58\00:52:28.64
to get to wherever it was
00:52:28.74\00:52:29.34
that we were going,
00:52:29.44\00:52:30.58
I would have probably lost
00:52:30.68\00:52:31.88
weight from sweating
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.05
and my blood pressure
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.52
would have been highly elevated,
00:52:34.62\00:52:36.02
and Darlene would have just had
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.12
a little smiley face
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.09
and a ray of sunshine
00:52:38.19\00:52:39.05
coming down on her
00:52:39.15\00:52:39.95
health report card, okay?
00:52:40.06\00:52:41.46
Isn't it interesting the
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.83
difference it can make,
00:52:46.93\00:52:48.60
one's attitude
00:52:48.70\00:52:50.90
towards interruptions of rest.
00:52:51.00\00:52:54.04
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:52:58.44\00:52:59.51
we are indeed headed for
00:52:59.61\00:53:00.61
some great things.
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.38
I believe that Jesus Christ is
00:53:02.48\00:53:03.61
on his way,
00:53:03.71\00:53:04.75
that he is anxious to get down
00:53:04.85\00:53:06.65
to this planet
00:53:06.75\00:53:08.12
and put an end to sin
00:53:08.22\00:53:09.78
and take us home to be with him.
00:53:09.88\00:53:11.89
I am so glad
00:53:11.99\00:53:13.46
that that is the great thing
00:53:13.56\00:53:14.56
that we are headed on.
00:53:14.66\00:53:15.59
We're on a great journey.
00:53:15.69\00:53:16.73
And unlike me in that following
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.99
my wife and her Hondamatic
00:53:19.09\00:53:20.00
there, who didn't know
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.63
where -- I can't remember
00:53:21.73\00:53:22.43
where we were going.
00:53:22.53\00:53:23.43
We know where we're going.
00:53:23.53\00:53:24.67
We're going to Jesus.
00:53:24.77\00:53:26.17
Jesus is our goal.
00:53:26.27\00:53:27.70
He is the destination.
00:53:27.80\00:53:29.04
Great things are coming.
00:53:29.14\00:53:30.47
Great things
00:53:30.57\00:53:31.57
for which we must be ready.
00:53:31.67\00:53:34.84
But too often on
00:53:34.94\00:53:37.65
our way to great things,
00:53:37.75\00:53:39.15
we see rest and recovery
00:53:39.25\00:53:41.08
time as interruptions and
00:53:41.18\00:53:43.08
irritants rather than gifts.
00:53:43.18\00:53:46.45
So, please, don't make the
00:53:46.55\00:53:48.89
mistake that I did with that
00:53:48.99\00:53:50.49
Robin egg blue Hondamatic.
00:53:50.59\00:53:53.70
Instead, remember the lesson
00:53:53.80\00:53:55.80
that Jesus taught his disciples,
00:53:55.90\00:53:58.27
and that is that the best
00:53:58.37\00:54:00.30
take a rest.
00:54:00.40\00:54:02.50
The best,
00:54:02.60\00:54:03.84
most productive followers
00:54:03.94\00:54:05.21
of Jesus make time
00:54:05.31\00:54:06.44
for regular rest.
00:54:06.54\00:54:08.11
Real, honest, soul level rest.
00:54:08.21\00:54:10.48
Because such rest
00:54:10.58\00:54:11.48
is not an option.
00:54:11.58\00:54:12.68
It's a blessed requirement given
00:54:12.78\00:54:14.12
by Jesus himself.
00:54:14.22\00:54:15.75
It is the gift of a gracious God
00:54:15.85\00:54:18.05
who knows that his children are
00:54:18.15\00:54:19.42
not ministry machines,
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.52
but rather our deeply loved sons
00:54:21.62\00:54:22.92
and daughters
00:54:23.02\00:54:23.89
who deserve to live balanced,
00:54:23.99\00:54:25.66
fulfilled, and genuinely
00:54:25.76\00:54:26.96
powerful lives for Him.
00:54:27.03\00:54:29.53
May your summer season,
00:54:29.63\00:54:31.03
or whatever break you create,
00:54:31.13\00:54:32.93
be a good one
00:54:33.03\00:54:35.74
and may each one of us
00:54:35.84\00:54:37.17
find our rest in Him
00:54:37.27\00:54:39.41
as we prepare for the great
00:54:39.51\00:54:41.64
things and harvest to come.
00:54:41.74\00:54:43.95
[ "A Quiet Place" begins ]
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>> I'm Shane Anderson,
00:56:51.97\00:56:52.97
the lead pastor here
00:56:53.07\00:56:54.28
at Pioneer Memorial Church.
00:56:54.38\00:56:56.61
At Pioneer Media, we have been
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blessed by the financial support
00:56:58.38\00:57:00.18
that comes from our viewers
00:57:00.28\00:57:01.35
like you, that enable us
00:57:01.45\00:57:03.15
to continue this ministry.
00:57:03.25\00:57:05.59
We've made a conscious decision
00:57:05.69\00:57:06.99
not to continually appeal to you
00:57:07.09\00:57:08.46
for that support.
00:57:08.56\00:57:10.16
However, keeping this ministry
00:57:10.26\00:57:11.36
going takes money to support
00:57:11.46\00:57:13.19
our staff and technology needs.
00:57:13.29\00:57:15.80
If God has blessed you
00:57:15.90\00:57:17.43
and you would like to further
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the work of this ministry,
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we invite you to partner
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with us.
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You can donate on our website,
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pmchurch.org,
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then click Giving at the top,
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then select Media Ministry.
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Or call the number
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877-HIS-WILL.
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Again, that number is
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877, the two words HIS-WILL.
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My prayer is that the God
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who has blessed you will
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continue to pour into your life
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the gifts of His joy
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and His hope.
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Thank you, and I'm looking
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forward to seeing you right here
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again next time.
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