>> We set our sights on
compelling stories. 12 minor
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prophets of the old test
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profits message rich in wisdom
and filled with true is as
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relevant today as it was. Then
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it's hard to find. Come next.
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Joining us now on 3ABN for
an in-depth study of the word of
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God
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in the mines.
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>> Hello and welcome back
to 3 ABN summer camp meeting.
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Happy Saturday
to each one of you
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and happy Saturday to you at
home. We've been blessed here
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at Camp meeting where sorry
that you are not able to make
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it here in person, but we're
so glad we have to tune into 3
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aetn and watches encouraging
programs. We're also thankful
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for all of you that made
the trip here to 3ABN you know,
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you're all part of the
family. And importantly, though,
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most importantly, the family
of God, this evening clothes.
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In a Friday we have Doctor
David Shun bringing us another
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message. It's entitle prepare
to meet thy God. You know,
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Pastor David Shinn and I
and Joe, we've known each other
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for what's going on the sea
here probably close to 30 years
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and we didn't know each other
in create a role. We met each
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other in college and he's been
a dear friend. One time we took
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a mission trip
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to a country outside the United
States and one name which one
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and the transportation that
we had was a little bit rough.
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We're in these 15 passenger
vans. And we called the one
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puffer. We call the puffer
because it overheated all the
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time and we have to stop beside
the road. Let it cool down and
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we're in the tropics.
And when it would rain,
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we had to hold an
umbrella inside of the van
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to keep from getting wet.
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And David and I were in the
backseat and this van were all
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crammed together. We're doing
a little of choir trip were all
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crammed together in the back
seat of this 15 passenger van.
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And it had no vinyl on
the seat. It was just the the
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yellow foam, right?
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So when it rained and we're hot
and sweaty and we all got out
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of the van, we had these yellow
stains all up and down the
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backside of our white shirt.
So great memories with Pastor
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David Shinn. But he's a man of
the word. He has course been a
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pastor of a number of churches
and he just loves people loves
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campus ministry as well.
But we're just so blessed to
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have Pastor Davison here with
us this evening. But before it
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brings us a message, we have a
Pastor Ryan Day bringing us the
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special song. The Old Rugged
Cross on the piano is Simeon.
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Thank you very much.
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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>> Oh no. She 2 or
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>> student? No room to grow.
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>> The supreme.
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>> And much to.
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>> In 19 wrongs.
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Well, yeah, you just and unjust.
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>> Well, row last saw you.
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>> So.
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>> Well, ouch. Yeah.
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>> The food
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>> too much to me and
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>> I will come due to the.
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>> Good.
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>> H U.S. owned the team.
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>> For?
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>> We're moving.
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>> We're a game for
all its slow the spa.
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>> We buy, though.
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>> So is trash.
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>> Well, for me.
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>> For that to now.
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>> Just below me.
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>> To the Arabs
see in home, tuck.
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>> So much and Co.
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>> It's too much
rule fee had a law stuff.
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>> I will continue to the
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>> each morning. It's.
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>> War.
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[MUSIC]
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>> To the?
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>> For a kicker on time.
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>> I will be.
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>> H e
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and reprove each.
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>> And you only saw 2.
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>> Our own way. Be more.
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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>> You guys get
to sing this with me.
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Santa.
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[MUSIC]
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We're going to do it.
Can't meeting compel us to act.
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[MUSIC]
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>> School online
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[MUSIC]
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>> I was
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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>> to.
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[MUSIC]
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>> We serve it. Got
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praise the Lord. You may be some
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good evening, everyone.
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Happy saddest.
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Thank you, Ryan for that
beautiful song. The Old Rugged
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cross
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praise this name
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but you have Al.
Yeah, it's me as we pray.
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Our father in Heaven.
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We thank you for
the old Frank. It cross.
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We thank you for Jesus.
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We thank you for your grace.
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We thank you for the Sabbath
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and this reminder
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of creation and our recreate
Jen, back to the image of God.
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We thank you that we can rest
in that assurance every 7 days.
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And we pray that you
would bless us tonight
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with your holy spirit.
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Maybe inspire, mean instruct.
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I mean, Lightner mines and
speak to our arms should be as
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he sings
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in the precious
name of Jesus Christ.
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[MUSIC]
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I remember it vividly
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going to use
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public restroom
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in a in an undisclosed
location and I open the door
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and there he was
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a man.
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But I watched on
television for years
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in the flesh.
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Not just a screen
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you ever feel
like, you know, somebody
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I'm talking about see them on
television over and over again.
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Watch them. And then suddenly
it's like they're there.
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But it was the strangest thing
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because even though
I felt like I knew him
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problem was,
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you know me
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[MUSIC]
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starstruck
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didn't do anything. I was like
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excuse me and I
just went around him.
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But everyone else I
said never guess who I meant.
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[MUSIC]
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That was awkward.
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One day
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we're going to
see Jesus face to face
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and I would hate
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for it to be awkward.
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It's like high.
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I know you I don't really
know you when we talk about
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you don't want that.
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I know you
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and that relationship picks up
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right where it left off.
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Our topic this evening
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is taken from Amos chapter 4
verse 12, prepare to meet thy
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God.
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One day we're going to
able to see Jesus face to face
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and it would do us
well to prepare a man
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so that when we have
that face-to-face encounter,
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it's not awkward or even worse.
You call for the mountains and
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rocks to fall on you and hide
this from the face of him who
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sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the lamb.
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So how do we prepare to
meet God? How do we ensure
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that we pick up
right where we left off?
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The answer is found
in the book of Daniel.
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Believe it or not. How do we
know it's found in the book of
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Daniel because we have the
greatest book endorsement in
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all of Scripture given by Jesus
Christ himself. And if Jesus
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gives you a book indoors,
meant better perk up and pay
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attention and take some notes.
So here we find in Matthew
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Chapter 20 foreigners, 15 open
your bibles there to that great
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end-time chapter in here.
Jesus giving the best data
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logical evidence
isn't signs of the end.
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And in there he
gives a book endorsement.
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He says if you're
living in the end of time,
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if you're going to be prepared
to meet thy God, there's one
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book.
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>> That you need to read in
particular now we need to read
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them all.
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>> But this one, Jesus
says we need to especially pay
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attention to
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Matthew Chapter 20 foreigners
15. Therefore, when you see the
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abomination of desolation
spoken up by Daniel, the
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Prophet standing in the Holy
Place, whoever reads that him
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understand
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Jesus indicates
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that the for those of us that
are living in the end of time
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and are we
living the end friends?
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We're living the final
moments of its history.
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And Jesus says
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if you are privileged to
be living in the end of time
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of Danielle,
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better read it.
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But a study it
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5 indications,
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5 things that we can
draw out firm Jesus. His book
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endorsement of Daniel
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number one, Daniel is
an inspired profit. And by
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implication, the book
of Daniel is trustworthy.
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In other words, the book of
Daniel, it's not a fairy tale.
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There's higher critical liberal
scholars out there that believe
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that the book of Daniel was
written sometime later because
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they can not believe
in predictive prophecy.
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They say this is impossible.
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But if you believe in Jesus,
you can believe that he's a
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prophet, a man.
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In other words, this is not
some profit that is erroneous.
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Jesus believed the North
Testament. By the way, the New
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Testament wasn't even written.
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Jesus says, read this
book. You Can trust it
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because Daniel is a profit.
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Number 2, the book of
Daniel should be read and study.
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There's a community of fates
out there that believe that
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book of Daniel cannot be study.
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It should not be. It cannot
be understood Jesus as we did.
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Number 3, the book of
Daniel would be understood.
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It's a book that is sealed
until the end of time but it
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will be unsealed. You
can read the book of Daniel
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and understand it.
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Number 4, the prophecies within
the book of Daniel would be
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fulfilled.
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Number 5,
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the book of Daniel's message is
relevant and practical for and
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time living
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want to read a statement from
testimonies to ministers Page
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one 14
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when the books of Daniel
and revelation are better
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understood believers will have
an entirely different religious
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experience.
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They will be given such
glimpses of the open gates of
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heaven that heart and mind will
be impressed with the character
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and that almost develop in
order to realize the blessings
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in us, which is to be the
reward of the pure in heart.
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In other words, the book
of Daniel is not just about
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prophecy.
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It's about transformation
of life to prepare to meet.
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Thy got
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the book of Daniel
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is divided into 2
main John Rous prophecies
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and stories. These are end-time
prophecies and the stories that
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are interwoven with in this book
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are characteristics that we
are to avoid and emulate. In the
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end of time,
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there are 8 stories, 6 of the
stories characteristics that we
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are to seek to emulate.
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2 of the stories are
characteristics that we are to
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seek to avoid.
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And this evening,
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we're going to look at 2
stories very quickly and draw
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out lessons for us practical
applications that will help us
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to prepare to meet our God.
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So if your Bibles,
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the book of Daniel
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Daniel Chapter one,
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well, you're turning there.
Want to give you a little bit
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of background on
the book of Daniel.
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The book of Daniel encapsulates
the entire 70 year captivity.
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Remember Hezekiah when he
was visited by the babylonians
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rather than sharing about
God he shared all his well. He
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shared his bank account is
401 K is assets in the stock
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portfolio
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and Isaiah went in to him
and said because you did this,
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your children,
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we'll be Unix in
the court of the king.
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They will be carried away
into captivity and Hezekiah
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individual said, look, as long
as it doesn't happen while I'm
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alive, I'm OK
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and so
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has a Chi's. Descendants
were taken away into captivity.
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I E Daniel. So
Daniel is taken away.
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He is a you, Nic. How do
we know that? Because he was
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placed under the
custody of the master of Unix.
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You don't hear
about Missus, Daniel,
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so you can imagine
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young person teenager,
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16, 17 years of age, maybe
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Im asking, laid
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and taken on 1000 Mile March
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from Jerusalem to Babylon
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and he ends up there
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at the University of Babylon.
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Ideally
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and Nebuchadnezzar
begins process up systematic. In
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culture, a church
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brain watch.
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He takes the soft approach,
gives them a new name, gives
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them a different diet.
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And Daniel Chapter one
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is a summary of the entire book
in a way because it begins with
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the captivity
and ends with Cyrus.
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And I believe that the rest of
the book of Daniel would not be
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possible if it wasn't
for Daniel Chapter one,
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you know the story
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because the cafeteria
00:18:12.92\00:18:15.26
vivid imagination. Big Puffy
chef hats. You know, talking
00:18:19.79\00:18:24.23
about
00:18:24.23\00:18:25.73
Michelin star Buffet.
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Every delicacy you can imagine.
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Do you think Daniel
want some comfort food?
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You better believe
it. 1000 Mile March,
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the mask you laid it
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probably had his parents likely
killed right in front of him.
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And if you're anything like
human nature, like forget this
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religion stuff
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when in Babylon
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do as the babylonians do
this, the least of my worries
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pilot up.
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But he says no,
00:19:02.50\00:19:05.37
he says now.
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And you know the start
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give me a 10 day test
00:19:08.84\00:19:11.28
and you go
stands before males are
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and now as our thinking is
mine, these you guys are crazy.
00:19:13.65\00:19:16.15
What are you eating?
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He said this is a slam dunk
00:19:17.89\00:19:19.75
and he goes in stands there
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and Daniels face
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looks like those
commercials from oil of olay
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[MUSIC]
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hair. Looks like those pan
teen commercials. You know, I'm
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talking about light.
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The breath doesn't stink.
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Form
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the elastic step going to
pay trucks and profits. Prophets
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and kings.
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They stand out everybody else.
Heres lost its shine cracking
00:19:50.75\00:19:56.16
skin foul breath. Nebuchadnezzar
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the he's the guy that's
over them. Mels Ares liked.
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Keep on doing what you're doing
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[MUSIC]
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and then
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the clinch
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Dan Chapter one verse 17.
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As for these young men,
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God gave them knowledge
and skill in all literature and
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wisdom. And Daniel had
understanding, you know,
00:20:26.65\00:20:30.16
visions and dreams.
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In other words, if you want
to understand the prophecies of
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Daniel,
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you got to practice
the temperance it. Dan,
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let me say that again.
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If you want to understand
the prophecies of Daniel,
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you got to practice
the temperance of Daniel.
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Now there's a
theme that emerges here
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and going to doctor John Peckham
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used to be professor of
systematic theology at Andrews
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University uses a
fancy word called bilateral.
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Now bilateral is in
contrast to unit left
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unilaterally is like
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one person makes a decision
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and that's it.
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Now when it comes to theology,
a unilateral theology is
00:21:17.11\00:21:21.74
predestination
00:21:21.74\00:21:23.81
you following me. God
makes a unilateral decision.
00:21:23.81\00:21:27.32
Your saved or lost your saved
or lost and he decides he's
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elect.
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Although I sympathize
with Calvin. I kindly disagree
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because I believe in
free will and choice. Right?
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But in this one,
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you see evidence
of not unilateral
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but bilateral.
What's that bilateral
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is is evidenced in the Hebrew
nuances when it talks about,
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you know, walking with got
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in other words, you know,
Walker's got the implication is
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violent.
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God takes us debt,
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.15
you know, takes a step.
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God takes a step
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and in up takes a step.
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By the way,
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the book of Daniel, you see
that the Angel Gabriel comes
00:22:13.40\00:22:16.10
down and says, Daniel,
you are highly favorite,
00:22:16.10\00:22:20.50
you know, got plays favorites.
00:22:20.50\00:22:22.80
Don't leave yet.
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There is evidence that
got actually has favorites.
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Peter James and John
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Joseph.
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But here's the thing.
00:22:42.12\00:22:44.33
Everyone can be a favorite,
00:22:44.33\00:22:48.86
but not everyone
00:22:48.86\00:22:50.70
chooses to be in that bilateral
relationship to be a favorite
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praises name for that.
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Don't you want to be a favorite
00:22:57.34\00:22:59.41
that God looks down from
heaven? And since David Shinn
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highly favored, I'm like
all and praise God for that.
00:23:02.18\00:23:08.08
We're really interested in you.
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.79
Well, he's
interested in everybody,
00:23:10.79\00:23:12.95
but not everyone chooses to be
in that bilateral relationship
00:23:12.95\00:23:19.19
here. You see this evidence
because God initiate got gives
00:23:19.19\00:23:24.63
council to Daniel, where did
you get that from the book of
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.90
Leviticus in regards to diet
00:23:27.90\00:23:31.74
what he should put in his body
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.34
and he chooses in the
cafeteria, got initiated by
00:23:34.34\00:23:37.68
giving revelation by giving
light and he chooses and that
00:23:37.68\00:23:40.72
Kate, in that cafeteria to
exercise his freedom of choice,
00:23:40.72\00:23:44.99
which God had given him.
So you can't take any credit
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.59
for that
00:23:47.59\00:23:49.49
by saying I can't
put that in my body
00:23:49.49\00:23:53.23
and then God response
00:23:55.96\00:23:59.03
by making him look better
than everybody else. Now that's
00:23:59.03\00:24:02.27
cooperation. But I believe
those a divine blessing in
00:24:02.27\00:24:04.67
that, too.
00:24:04.67\00:24:07.14
And then it says God gave
them knowledge and skill in all
00:24:07.14\00:24:13.18
literature and wisdom. And
Daniel had understanding in all
00:24:13.18\00:24:16.92
divisions and Dreams.
00:24:16.92\00:24:19.05
Ivy League
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magna coup plot.
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They come to the
end of their testing
00:24:26.83\00:24:30.00
and these guys are like and
easy ruse. They eat some weird
00:24:30.00\00:24:33.27
stuff.
00:24:33.27\00:24:34.74
[MUSIC]
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Magna com. Lot Summa
come lot. All of these guys,
00:24:36.40\00:24:42.11
the proof's in the pudding.
00:24:42.11\00:24:47.32
So we have this thing that
emerges here in Daniel Chapter
00:24:47.32\00:24:51.45
one in preparation for the
second coming of Jesus. We have
00:24:51.45\00:24:55.92
this idea and this notion of
Temperance and its and Daniel
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Chapter one
00:24:59.86\00:25:02.16
which indicate that I believe
that Daniel had gone to that
00:25:02.16\00:25:06.47
cafeteria and said love
me up on those pork chops
00:25:06.47\00:25:11.11
and that's quid
whatever it is. I don't know.
00:25:11.11\00:25:17.45
That wouldn't be
a book of Daniel.
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And that's something
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these are of age is page 101.
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All who would perfect
holiness and the fear of God
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must learn the lessons of
temperance and self-control.
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This self discipline is
essential to that mental
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strength and spiritual
insight that will enable us to
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understand and to practice the
sacred truths of God's word for
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this reason. Temperance finds
it place its place in the work
00:25:45.94\00:25:51.28
of preparation for
Christ's second coming
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as you hear that
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now, let me be clear.
00:25:57.29\00:26:00.19
I don't believe
in righteousness by
00:26:00.19\00:26:02.52
the innocent.
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.66
It's not like you can go ahead
and say I'm the gun that says,
00:26:08.20\00:26:11.27
come on.
00:26:11.27\00:26:14.70
I don't believe in
righteousness by vegetarianism
00:26:14.70\00:26:18.24
either.
00:26:18.24\00:26:22.98
But there's something
that happens in your Christian
00:26:22.98\00:26:24.85
experience.
00:26:24.85\00:26:26.75
I want them to put on screen
00:26:26.75\00:26:28.52
a bird's eye view. The view
of the sanctuary that we showed
00:26:28.52\00:26:31.95
this morning.
00:26:31.95\00:26:33.89
This is the path back to the
throne of God. There you have
00:26:33.89\00:26:36.59
it on the screen. You can
see that there is this this half
00:26:36.59\00:26:42.53
back to the throne of got
00:26:42.53\00:26:45.03
it used to be that Adam and Eve
were in the most holy place in
00:26:45.03\00:26:48.60
Eaton before the fall. But
the entire human race was placed
00:26:48.60\00:26:52.37
outside. So got brings us
into the courtyard into the Holy
00:26:52.37\00:26:55.61
Place and into the most holy
places, a progression that God
00:26:55.61\00:26:58.41
wants to bring us on. This is
a kindergarten illustration that
00:26:58.41\00:27:01.28
got brings out.
00:27:01.28\00:27:03.49
He brings in and the first
thing that you see is the altar
00:27:03.49\00:27:06.65
berndt's burnt-offering in
praise got that's the first
00:27:06.65\00:27:09.46
thing.
00:27:09.46\00:27:10.86
There is grace.
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.53
There's a sure an CE
00:27:12.53\00:27:14.10
you come and you accept Jesus
as your savior and Lord in your
00:27:14.10\00:27:18.77
name is written in the Lamb's
book of Life. No questions
00:27:18.77\00:27:22.20
asked.
00:27:22.20\00:27:24.94
And if you're died today,
00:27:24.94\00:27:27.04
you're in the kingdom.
00:27:27.04\00:27:28.54
That's grace.
00:27:28.54\00:27:30.48
So is not about how far you
get on planet Earth. It's about
00:27:30.48\00:27:33.88
being in the process.
00:27:33.88\00:27:35.78
So you come in accept Jesus
as your savior and Lord, you're
00:27:35.78\00:27:39.79
baptize. But back on
the screen, you can see the
00:27:39.79\00:27:42.22
progression here
into the courtyard.
00:27:42.22\00:27:45.16
You accept Jesus as your
savior and Lord you're baptized.
00:27:45.16\00:27:49.06
Then you come into the
holy place and you have the lamp
00:27:49.06\00:27:51.90
stand. Yeah. The altar of
showbread and the incense.
00:27:51.90\00:27:55.50
This is the other phase of
the Christian experience. Now,
00:27:55.50\00:27:59.31
let me ask you a question.
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.58
Is it more important
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.78
to be born
00:28:03.78\00:28:05.45
or to grow after you're born?
00:28:05.45\00:28:09.28
Seems to be a little
bit confusion about that.
00:28:09.28\00:28:12.32
When we were in Alaska,
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.03
my wife and I have
been married 10 years and we
00:28:23.03\00:28:25.73
we're thinking like a
00:28:25.73\00:28:28.70
we don't want kids because
we thought what a world to bring
00:28:28.70\00:28:31.94
kids into.
00:28:31.94\00:28:33.61
We thought about fostering
00:28:33.61\00:28:37.08
and
00:28:37.08\00:28:38.81
I don't know what is
about Alaska. But like surprise,
00:28:38.81\00:28:40.88
surprise.
00:28:40.88\00:28:41.75
[MUSIC]
00:28:41.75\00:28:45.19
My wife's like I think
I'm pregnant. I said, oh,
00:28:45.19\00:28:47.99
I said when double check this
cycle off to Walgreens and I
00:28:47.99\00:28:51.49
get the most expensive
00:28:51.49\00:28:53.33
pregnancy test. I can fight.
00:28:53.33\00:28:55.63
I'm not going get some cheap
brand. I'm going to get this
00:28:55.63\00:28:58.40
cost like $25
00:28:58.40\00:29:00.97
and I'm waiting for
this thing to go off
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.27
being nice. All. Wow.
00:29:03.27\00:29:06.41
My wife and I were type a
personality can be ready for
00:29:06.41\00:29:09.34
this birth
00:29:09.34\00:29:12.55
read every book mosque
last breathing, everything.
00:29:12.55\00:29:18.19
And so
00:29:18.19\00:29:19.62
the birth pangs begin.
00:29:19.62\00:29:22.52
I even had an apt
00:29:22.52\00:29:24.79
that show the the frequency
of the birth pangs and the the
00:29:24.79\00:29:30.20
contractions as they click,
click, analytics graphs on the
00:29:30.20\00:29:34.20
whole thing.
00:29:34.20\00:29:36.10
52 hours later,
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.58
whether in the body or out
of the body? I do not know.
00:29:49.38\00:29:53.36
And I'm not even giving birth.
00:29:56.19\00:29:58.53
I'm exhausted. But, you know,
00:29:58.53\00:30:04.33
baby comes price like cut
the umbilical cord. I put on the
00:30:04.33\00:30:09.44
ceremony, a diaper
market on the calendar.
00:30:09.44\00:30:13.68
And I'm like, oh, just
kick back and relax now.
00:30:13.68\00:30:17.48
And the nurses like excuse me,
you know that you have to feed
00:30:21.28\00:30:24.35
this baby every 2 hours.
And I'm like, yeah, 95 right.
00:30:24.35\00:30:29.86
She's like
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.96
24 hours.
00:30:31.96\00:30:34.20
And then the sinking
realization came over me
00:30:34.20\00:30:38.10
being born is one thing.
00:30:38.10\00:30:40.04
Praise God every
year you have a birthday.
00:30:40.04\00:30:43.24
But now you've got
to keep this baby a lot
00:30:43.24\00:30:45.71
and friends.
00:30:50.91\00:30:52.81
We have a lot of Christians
00:30:52.81\00:30:55.18
and for years and pampers
00:30:55.18\00:30:57.65
or even worse
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.46
in the NICU
00:31:02.46\00:31:06.53
growing after birth
00:31:06.53\00:31:10.03
is as important as being born.
00:31:10.03\00:31:13.64
There's something called
failure to thrive. You heard
00:31:13.64\00:31:15.50
about it, a baby that doesn't
gain weight doesn't grow to
00:31:15.50\00:31:18.51
something wrong.
00:31:18.51\00:31:20.84
You need to grow in Grayson in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
00:31:20.84\00:31:23.78
Christ.
00:31:23.78\00:31:25.05
And so there needs to be
progression. There needs to be
00:31:25.05\00:31:27.28
grow.
00:31:27.28\00:31:28.42
If we don't stop growing, if
we stop growing, we're dying.
00:31:28.42\00:31:31.82
Something's wrong. In our
Christian experience in needs
00:31:31.82\00:31:34.12
to be dynamic.
00:31:34.12\00:31:35.79
And so that second phase
of our tradition experience as
00:31:35.79\00:31:40.50
exemplified in
the whole, the place
00:31:40.50\00:31:43.77
is staying alive.
After we become a life
00:31:43.77\00:31:49.87
article furniture in there,
00:31:49.87\00:31:52.84
the lamp stand in every
day. The priest would come in to
00:31:52.84\00:31:56.24
call the place. Du Preez
represents Jesus and he comes
00:31:56.24\00:32:00.08
with an oil. No oil represents
the holy spirit and he feels
00:32:00.08\00:32:03.69
the lamp stand. The lamp
stands represents us the church.
00:32:03.69\00:32:08.29
He feels it up and there's light
00:32:08.29\00:32:12.89
and one of the
fruit of the spirit,
00:32:12.89\00:32:17.23
it's a fruit. It's a result
00:32:17.23\00:32:20.87
is temperance,
00:32:20.87\00:32:24.87
self-control. Now we can't
manufacture it. It's a gift of
00:32:24.87\00:32:29.21
the spirit.
00:32:29.21\00:32:30.58
It's a fruit of the spirit,
00:32:30.58\00:32:33.55
but notice how it happens.
The only spirits poured into
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.85
our lives
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.82
and one of the fruit,
00:32:37.82\00:32:39.65
his temper,
00:32:39.65\00:32:42.86
self-control.
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.36
Now it's interesting.
00:32:44.36\00:32:46.16
Then in the Holy Place,
00:32:46.16\00:32:49.53
there's no light.
00:32:49.53\00:32:51.63
There's no skylight. There's
only one source of light.
00:32:51.63\00:32:54.10
I should say.
00:32:54.10\00:32:55.64
It's the lamp stand
00:32:55.64\00:32:58.47
now. Right in front of the lamp
stand is the table of showbread
00:32:58.47\00:33:02.74
and the bread. The bread of
life can represent the word.
00:33:02.74\00:33:06.21
The only way to see the
bread if is if the lights are on
00:33:06.21\00:33:12.09
the following me.
00:33:12.09\00:33:13.72
The only way to see the
bread is if the lights are on.
00:33:13.72\00:33:18.49
So if you want to see the bread,
00:33:18.49\00:33:23.77
the lights have to be on.
00:33:23.77\00:33:26.70
No, the spirit we need
help. But one of the things that
00:33:26.70\00:33:29.84
helps us to see the bread
00:33:29.84\00:33:32.37
is the fruit of the
spirit, one of which
00:33:32.37\00:33:37.91
you ever try to read the Bible
00:33:37.91\00:33:41.55
after getting
your Thanksgiving meal
00:33:41.55\00:33:46.92
comatose, you wake up
in a fog. You're like, oh,
00:33:46.92\00:33:51.06
there's a reason for that.
00:33:51.06\00:33:52.79
Because contrary to the
last 2000 years of Christian
00:33:52.79\00:33:55.70
theology, which has separated
the body and the soul and says
00:33:55.70\00:33:59.83
that this
dichotomy, we are a soul.
00:33:59.83\00:34:06.41
>> And so in Christian
theology, you can do whatever
00:34:06.41\00:34:08.44
you want
00:34:08.44\00:34:09.44
with your body,
00:34:09.44\00:34:11.15
talking about Christian
theology, the evangelicals in
00:34:11.15\00:34:13.65
the product since my
love. They have this dichotomy.
00:34:13.65\00:34:16.02
So like, look, this always
spiritual. That's the part that
00:34:16.02\00:34:18.75
you really need to care
about because the body doesn't
00:34:18.75\00:34:21.59
matter. You can do whatever
you want with your body.
00:34:21.59\00:34:24.76
You can put it in it whatever
you want, you can put on it
00:34:24.76\00:34:27.46
whatever you want,
00:34:27.46\00:34:28.83
it doesn't matter.
00:34:28.83\00:34:30.70
But guess what? You are a soul.
00:34:30.70\00:34:33.84
So when you put
that thing, you knew
00:34:33.84\00:34:36.60
you put it in your soul.
00:34:36.60\00:34:39.47
>> And its use
your understanding.
00:34:39.47\00:34:43.41
And in the end of time,
00:34:43.41\00:34:45.21
Jesus says that there's
going to be a deception that if
00:34:45.21\00:34:49.62
possible,
00:34:49.62\00:34:51.19
good to see the very elect
00:34:51.19\00:34:55.22
what is the end to toe
and to do for deception.
00:34:55.22\00:35:00.06
The truce,
00:35:00.06\00:35:02.16
which means that we need this,
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.13
which means that
we can't be impaired.
00:35:05.13\00:35:09.24
I don't practice health reform
00:35:09.24\00:35:11.84
in order to be saved.
00:35:11.84\00:35:15.61
I do it because
00:35:15.61\00:35:17.51
I would have a clear mind
00:35:17.51\00:35:20.62
and I want to give glory to got
00:35:20.62\00:35:22.95
because he bought
this with his blood
00:35:22.95\00:35:26.82
Romans chapter 12 verse
one. I beseech you, therefore,
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.19
brother in by the mercies
of God that you present your
00:35:29.19\00:35:31.96
bodies, a living sacrifice,
hold the acceptable to God,
00:35:31.96\00:35:34.83
which is your
reasonable service.
00:35:34.83\00:35:38.13
When you read the vibe, when
you see the word there for one
00:35:38.13\00:35:40.54
preacher said, ask what it's
therefore, it's a concluding
00:35:40.54\00:35:43.51
statement. In other words,
premise, premise premise there
00:35:43.51\00:35:47.74
for
00:35:47.74\00:35:48.91
in Rahman's. He's just
gone through the beauty of the
00:35:48.91\00:35:50.61
Gospel, gone to justification,
sanctification and it's by Fay.
00:35:50.61\00:35:54.72
You can earn it
00:35:54.72\00:35:56.48
your saved by
grace through faith.
00:35:56.48\00:35:59.75
And after this, he says,
therefore, because of the
00:35:59.75\00:36:02.76
mercies of God, has Jesus been
merciful to you as you giving
00:36:02.76\00:36:06.46
you a chance after chance,
has he given opportunity after
00:36:06.46\00:36:09.56
opportunity? Well, Paula says,
therefore, because of all the
00:36:09.56\00:36:13.64
mercies of God,
give your I bought this
00:36:13.64\00:36:18.81
a living sacrifice, not
Macy, aided dying, sacrifice,
00:36:18.81\00:36:24.38
hold the acceptable to
got which is reasonable.
00:36:24.38\00:36:29.62
It's not unreasonable. It's not
irrational. It's not legalism.
00:36:29.62\00:36:35.36
It's reasonable.
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.36
But there's an order to this.
00:36:37.36\00:36:39.53
Jesus gives himself for us
00:36:39.53\00:36:42.20
and were touched by his love.
00:36:42.20\00:36:44.53
And because of that,
we respond and say, Lord,
00:36:44.53\00:36:48.34
I give you this
00:36:48.34\00:36:50.14
the best version
of this as possible.
00:36:50.14\00:36:54.91
And that's Danielle
00:36:54.91\00:36:58.71
means God is my
judge, Dan. Yeah,
00:36:58.71\00:37:05.52
we get else should I?
00:37:05.52\00:37:08.29
They have to see it.
00:37:08.29\00:37:10.73
And people think that
legacy means lukewarm.
00:37:10.73\00:37:13.63
Les, to see a that's a
characteristic legacy means
00:37:13.63\00:37:17.33
people, judge,
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.93
it's the last church we
are they to see people judged
00:37:19.93\00:37:25.87
is a type of
the last generation,
00:37:25.87\00:37:29.34
the characteristics that he has.
00:37:29.34\00:37:32.28
We are to emulate
by the grace of God.
00:37:32.28\00:37:36.18
And there's going to be a
people in the end of time that
00:37:36.18\00:37:38.65
say I love Jesus so much
00:37:38.65\00:37:41.52
my body,
00:37:41.52\00:37:42.69
it's hit us
00:37:42.69\00:37:44.46
and I can't put anything in
here because this is the temple
00:37:44.46\00:37:47.50
of Scott
00:37:47.50\00:37:51.13
in the end of time
00:37:51.13\00:37:52.93
to be prepared for the second
coming of Jesus to be prepared
00:37:52.93\00:37:56.84
to meet our God.
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.94
We're going to practice the
temperance of Daniel because
00:37:58.94\00:38:02.31
we're going to need to and need
to understand the prophecies of
00:38:02.31\00:38:06.65
Daniel.
00:38:06.65\00:38:07.95
Very quickly to our second
story here, a new chapter 6,
00:38:07.95\00:38:12.42
Daniel Chapter 6.
Now the book of Daniel
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.76
is in this unique way of
perilous and parallel lives.
00:38:15.76\00:38:21.56
It's in a kayak stick
structure. And there are 2
00:38:21.56\00:38:25.77
stories that are in parallel
to each other. Daniel Chapter 3
00:38:25.77\00:38:32.61
and Daniel Chapter 6
00:38:32.61\00:38:35.41
are on the same theme. What
is the theme of Daniel chapters?
00:38:35.41\00:38:38.68
3? What's the story?
00:38:38.68\00:38:41.48
The fiery Furnace worship.
Remember the Daniels, 3 friends
00:38:41.48\00:38:45.79
on the the plane of Dura.
There is a death decree that if
00:38:45.79\00:38:50.49
you don't worship the image,
you'll be cast into the fiery
00:38:50.49\00:38:56.33
furnace.
00:38:56.33\00:38:58.60
Now, the person that is missing
00:38:58.60\00:39:01.30
is Daniel.
00:39:01.30\00:39:03.44
Some people may assume that
Daniel was acting like he was
00:39:03.44\00:39:06.17
tying his shoes.
00:39:06.17\00:39:08.58
So just to take away any doubt
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.75
what Daniel would have done,
I believe that maybe was away on
00:39:11.75\00:39:14.78
business. Maybe Nebuchadnezzar
knew the type of individual
00:39:14.78\00:39:17.62
that he wasn't say, hey,
can you can you just go on this
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.99
trip, please?
00:39:19.99\00:39:21.76
And you can see evidence that
Daniel would have stood with
00:39:21.76\00:39:25.49
the 3 other he breeze.
Why? Because Daniel Chapter 6,
00:39:25.49\00:39:29.40
the test comes to him except
this time. Daniel is a senior
00:39:29.40\00:39:33.64
citizen.
00:39:33.64\00:39:35.14
He's lived through the
entire seven-year captivity
00:39:35.14\00:39:39.04
and there he is in a new regime.
00:39:39.04\00:39:43.45
Another regime takes over
00:39:43.45\00:39:45.55
and they place Daniel, who was
basically second in command in
00:39:45.55\00:39:48.35
the previous kingdom, second
in command and the next one,
00:39:48.35\00:39:51.55
Daniel not only had I high, I Q
00:39:51.55\00:39:55.19
he had I eat you as well.
00:39:55.19\00:39:58.09
He was a loving and lovable
Christian, a man by his grace.
00:39:58.09\00:40:02.30
And so in Daniel
Chapter 6, we have this story
00:40:02.30\00:40:07.04
and it's familiar to all of us.
00:40:07.04\00:40:13.07
I have a 6 year-old
00:40:13.07\00:40:16.38
and a 2 year-old
00:40:16.38\00:40:18.55
and
00:40:18.55\00:40:21.68
we we go to the zoo quite often
00:40:21.68\00:40:27.09
for the kids.
00:40:27.09\00:40:28.99
It's amazing with.
00:40:28.99\00:40:30.26
It's amazing what
you do when your parents
00:40:30.26\00:40:34.20
and
00:40:34.20\00:40:35.96
there have been several times
00:40:35.96\00:40:38.53
that I go to see these big cats
00:40:38.53\00:40:42.17
and can you imagine I just
imagined myself accidentally
00:40:42.17\00:40:46.01
said nightmares. I have.
I don't know. I think these
00:40:46.01\00:40:48.01
thoughts but
00:40:48.01\00:40:49.24
being like dropped in that cage.
00:40:49.24\00:40:53.28
Have you seen the
paws of these big cats
00:40:53.28\00:40:57.65
during that story of
Siegfried Roy number years ago,
00:40:57.65\00:41:02.42
he had tame this this
this tiger from an early age
00:41:02.42\00:41:07.73
and it is this freak accident.
I think he tripped over
00:41:07.73\00:41:11.63
something and sentence
something that that prey in
00:41:11.63\00:41:14.67
sting kick to accept. This
cat wasn't just this little
00:41:14.67\00:41:17.61
company. More is full grown any
tripped and instantly that cat
00:41:17.61\00:41:22.64
launched and you know
where they go, they go, right.
00:41:22.64\00:41:26.98
I mean, I can do the job killer
00:41:26.98\00:41:29.95
and shook him like a
rag doll. He survived.
00:41:29.95\00:41:33.92
He survived. And I remember
him doing an interview shortly
00:41:33.92\00:41:36.46
thereafter. I mean, he
looked a shell of himself.
00:41:36.46\00:41:39.79
So here's the decree. Look
worship the king for 30 days.
00:41:39.79\00:41:45.40
You're going to be
in with those big cats.
00:41:45.40\00:41:49.04
So here is Daniel
00:41:49.04\00:41:53.48
had been doing the same rhythm,
the same routine, his entire
00:41:53.48\00:41:58.15
captivity.
00:41:58.15\00:42:00.32
How do we know that diverse
as that he did this since his
00:42:00.32\00:42:03.49
early days now? Now the
question is why would he do it
00:42:03.49\00:42:06.69
this particular way? The Bible
says that he would open his
00:42:06.69\00:42:09.16
windows toward Ruislip.
00:42:09.16\00:42:11.36
Why would he do that?
00:42:11.36\00:42:12.99
Because Solomon in his dead,
a cut or a prayer. When you read
00:42:12.99\00:42:16.33
about in chronicles,
it's a beautiful prayer.
00:42:16.33\00:42:19.63
He prays this
particular prayer and he says.
00:42:19.63\00:42:22.50
>> Lord, if your people
are unfaithful and led away to
00:42:22.50\00:42:27.38
captivity, he knew
that because of Deuteronomy
00:42:27.38\00:42:30.61
Moses had prophesied. If
they're not faithful, they're
00:42:30.61\00:42:32.88
going to be led away into
captivity. So he praises per
00:42:32.88\00:42:36.05
Solomon is dead, a cut
or a prayer says, Lord,
00:42:36.05\00:42:39.49
if our people are led away
into captivity, may they pray
00:42:39.49\00:42:44.23
toward?
00:42:44.23\00:42:45.03
>> This place?
00:42:45.03\00:42:48.16
And I believe that every day of
Daniel's existence in Babylon,
00:42:48.16\00:42:53.70
he would get up and have
the same rhythm and ritual and
00:42:53.70\00:42:57.41
routine 3 times a day and
you would pray toward Jerusalem,
00:42:57.41\00:43:02.58
praying for deliverance,
praying for the restoration of
00:43:02.58\00:43:05.55
his people.
00:43:05.55\00:43:07.95
And you can imagine
00:43:07.95\00:43:09.62
the decree is out
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.15
and he notes
00:43:11.15\00:43:12.92
what's about to happen.
00:43:12.92\00:43:14.82
Can you imagine the pressure,
00:43:14.82\00:43:19.09
the tendency to
rationalize in his mind?
00:43:19.09\00:43:23.33
I mean, I would be
tempted to think liked.
00:43:23.33\00:43:27.64
I'm going to pray
00:43:27.64\00:43:29.44
when my windows closed today.
00:43:29.44\00:43:33.07
God understands,
00:43:33.07\00:43:35.21
by the way, I would
be so much more effective
00:43:35.21\00:43:40.02
second in command and
in the stomach of a lion.
00:43:40.02\00:43:44.45
So many ways to to rationalize.
I've served. Got all these
00:43:44.45\00:43:47.59
years. Surely you understand,
after all, I don't need open my
00:43:47.59\00:43:50.89
windows today.
God knows my heart,
00:43:50.89\00:43:55.40
but he didn't
00:43:55.40\00:43:59.50
keeping his
windows closed. That day
00:43:59.50\00:44:03.14
would be a statement
to the rest of the world
00:44:03.14\00:44:08.41
that he was
bowing to the pressure
00:44:08.41\00:44:11.31
and ultimately this
honoring he's caught
00:44:11.31\00:44:15.95
senior says
00:44:15.95\00:44:18.09
well into his
80's, possibly his 90's.
00:44:18.09\00:44:23.22
Imagine the scene.
00:44:23.22\00:44:25.09
Let's imagine these guys with
these ear pieces. I know they
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.70
didn't have back then, you know,
00:44:31.70\00:44:34.04
SWAT team cattle are everything.
00:44:34.04\00:44:37.97
Is he going to
do it? Just watch.
00:44:37.97\00:44:41.14
And you know, it's
the moment he kneels.
00:44:44.45\00:44:47.48
He's probably a dead man
00:44:47.48\00:44:50.05
break in their own,
00:44:53.32\00:44:55.16
read him his Miranda rights.
00:44:55.16\00:44:58.23
Here's the Punchline.
00:45:01.70\00:45:05.20
I would rather die,
00:45:05.20\00:45:07.44
then misses devotions.
00:45:07.44\00:45:11.34
Let me say that again,
00:45:11.34\00:45:13.04
Daniel would rather
die. Then miss his devotions.
00:45:13.04\00:45:19.58
A man Daniel would
rather be eaten by a lion.
00:45:19.58\00:45:24.65
Then miss his time with God.
00:45:24.65\00:45:28.46
What's the reason
why we miss our devotions
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.06
[MUSIC]
00:45:31.06\00:45:36.30
too much pickles. Peanut butter
and pizza. The night before
00:45:36.30\00:45:40.77
the snooze button.
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.97
Facebook you to checking
our phone first thing in the
00:45:43.97\00:45:47.74
morning.
00:45:47.74\00:45:49.71
Thousands of reasons
to miss our devotions.
00:45:49.71\00:45:54.28
But Daniel,
00:45:54.28\00:45:55.55
who is a type of the
last generation that it can be
00:45:55.55\00:45:57.65
prepared to meet got
00:45:57.65\00:46:00.29
devotions
00:46:00.29\00:46:01.89
the highest priority of his life
00:46:01.89\00:46:06.06
dear to him than life itself.
00:46:06.06\00:46:10.00
It said that
00:46:12.90\00:46:14.57
conversations,
00:46:14.57\00:46:16.91
the relationship
00:46:21.14\00:46:23.35
as one book, I have
called fears conversations
00:46:23.35\00:46:26.92
and she says that
our lives change slowly
00:46:26.92\00:46:31.85
then dramatically.
00:46:31.85\00:46:33.52
One conversation at a time
00:46:33.52\00:46:37.43
you think about your life,
there's certain conversations
00:46:37.43\00:46:41.23
your entire life.
00:46:41.23\00:46:44.13
Those one has been that
was always upset with his wife
00:46:44.13\00:46:46.94
because she always wanted to
talk about the relationship and
00:46:46.94\00:46:49.54
being the typical man. He says,
why do we need to talk about a
00:46:49.54\00:46:51.71
relationship? But we
just have a relationship.
00:46:51.71\00:46:55.44
And then he realized
00:46:55.44\00:46:57.08
that the conversation
00:46:57.08\00:46:59.15
once the relationship,
00:46:59.15\00:47:01.88
yeah, people in your
life that you stop talking to
00:47:01.88\00:47:06.52
relationships over
00:47:06.52\00:47:08.79
because the communion,
the conversation is the
00:47:08.79\00:47:12.69
relationship
00:47:12.69\00:47:14.73
our devotional time.
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.23
It's very simple.
00:47:17.23\00:47:19.00
Got talks to us
through his word.
00:47:19.00\00:47:23.07
We talked back to God in prayer.
00:47:23.07\00:47:27.21
This is the conversation,
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.65
the conversation,
00:47:30.65\00:47:33.31
the relationship.
00:47:33.31\00:47:35.92
There's 3 things that emerge
from Daniel Chapter 6 in verse
00:47:35.92\00:47:39.22
10. Now when Daniel knew that
the writing was signed, he went
00:47:39.22\00:47:42.32
home and in his upper room
with his Windows open, torturous
00:47:42.32\00:47:45.26
mean out down on his knees
and prayed 3 times that day
00:47:45.26\00:47:49.63
and gave thanks before God
as his custom wise. Since his
00:47:49.63\00:47:54.10
early days, he had a rhythm
routine and ritual. Same time,
00:47:54.10\00:47:58.54
same place. Same way.
00:47:58.54\00:48:03.08
We should have
00:48:03.08\00:48:04.81
a way
00:48:04.81\00:48:06.41
any system
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.48
of having our
devotions every single day.
00:48:08.48\00:48:13.96
It should be like clockwork.
00:48:13.96\00:48:16.12
It should be like
brushing our teeth.
00:48:16.12\00:48:18.63
I have this
00:48:22.53\00:48:23.90
this ritual
00:48:23.90\00:48:25.97
the way that you
succeed in the morning.
00:48:30.21\00:48:34.21
It starts the night before.
00:48:34.21\00:48:36.85
You know that Tim Cook
00:48:36.85\00:48:39.88
gets up at 3.45. am every
single day? You know, Tim Cook,
00:48:39.88\00:48:44.09
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple.
00:48:44.09\00:48:47.56
Tim Cook gets up at
03:45AM. every single day
00:48:47.56\00:48:54.66
because he's committed to Apple.
00:48:54.66\00:48:57.30
It's wrapped.
00:48:57.30\00:48:58.67
>> The CEO of Disney is up
before 05:00AM every single
00:48:58.67\00:49:03.30
day. And yet we have an
audience with the King of Kings
00:49:03.30\00:49:06.84
and the Lord of Lords.
00:49:06.84\00:49:11.21
We should get ready for that.
00:49:11.21\00:49:13.72
And it begins the night before.
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.02
And so I have a
read a rhythm and ritual
00:49:16.02\00:49:19.02
for how I go to bed at
night and it's very simple.
00:49:19.02\00:49:22.19
One of the things
is my my cell phone.
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>> Sit next to my lab table
on by my bed. Studies have shown
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that if you have that thing
by your bed, your sleep quality
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goes down, just having it
there. The blue light that you
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get from that phone
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many times we go to sleep
with that thing. All right.
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They say a minimum of half
an hour. More ideally an hour
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before you're going to sleep.
You should have no screen time
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because it messes
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your sleet.
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You know, I'm an
administrator and
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I need to be present with
my family. I was constantly
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getting interrupted my phone.
So you know where I park my
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phone when I come
home in the garage.
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That's real.
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It's plugged in
in the garage. Now
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at intervals during the
evening. I go out there to
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check it
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cold out there. And I'm just
like, oh, I need to catch up on
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this and I put it back.
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We need a way to
manage our phones in.
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It's taking over our lives.
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I do something with my
phone. Another thing is
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the ritual. I brush my
teeth. A shower after the game.
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Get out a shower. Get dressed.
But I do something. I grab my
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clothes from the night before.
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Not the 94th that I'm
going with the next day.
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It's been a long day.
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I grab my clothes
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that then I'm going to air
the next day and I put them out
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there on the kitchen table
and I put my Bible. I put a
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flashlight
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and I put a notebook
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on the kitchen table that
way. I get up in the morning
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talking play, grab my clothes,
put it on, grab my Bible,
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grab my flashlight. Its goal
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because that's the most
important appointment by day.
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And I want to be ready.
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>> I want to be ready. Rhythm,
routine ritual. But you need to
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do what works for you.
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>> This is how we prepare
for the second coming of Jesus.
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We talked about what Jesus
would walk in this room right
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now. What's going to be
our interaction with him? Is it
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going to be awkward is going
to be like I know you I don't
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know. You kind of know you
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if we spend time with God every
day in our personal devotions
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and throughout the day in
our thoughts and medications
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when he comes,
we're going to be like
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right where we left off
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some tips for having
our morning devotions
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number one.
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This is the prayer that we
should always pray is found in
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the book steps to Christ Page 70
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consecrate yourself
to God in the morning.
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Make this your very first work.
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Let your prayer be. Take me us
O Lord. As holding 9, I lay on
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my plans at thy feet. Use meat
a day in nice service. Abide
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with me and let all my work
be wrought in D this is a daily
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matter each morning. Consecrate
yourself to God for that day
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surrender all your plans to him
to be carried out to be given
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up as his providence
shell indicate this day by day,
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you may be giving your
life into the hands of God and
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that's your life will be molded
more and more after the life of
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crime. Just when you get out
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kneel beside your bed
and say Lord, today I R s
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I surrender
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help me to be
willing to be made willing.
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Give me the gift of repentance.
You know, repentance is a gift
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prevented, says sorrow for
San Ana. Turning away from it.
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In other words, you
can go to God say, Lord,
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I love the sun will be dated.
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I don't even feel
sorry. Help me to be sorry.
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That's the most helpless.
Yet most invincible prayer that
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you can pray. The Lord today
I'm giving you authorization in
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my life.
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That's how you
prepare to meet our guy
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said a regular time
and place tab devotions
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and that's the Holy Spirit to
help you in your study. Choose
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the passage of scripture.
You can start off with
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practical books like first
Thessalonians or the book of
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James
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paraphrase the passage in
a notebook I highly recommend
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that you write
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rather than your computer
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engages more of your mind.
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Ascot Lord, what are you trying
to tell me in this passage and
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write your prayer response
to God? This is very simple and
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think about the Bible
passage throughout the day.
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You want to
deeper devotional life
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you want to life.
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That is just
marinated with the word of God.
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A colleague of mine
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that
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I was at a
ministerial meeting at
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he told me the story
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how he met his wife.
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So I perked up.
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.28
I was single at the time
00:54:48.28\00:54:52.75
on the Internet
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avenues singles dot
com, something like that.
00:54:55.06\00:54:58.13
He was in the state.
She's in a foreign country
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and they fell in love.
00:55:01.36\00:55:04.53
They decided to get married.
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He proposed to her
without ever having met.
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I was like, whoa,
man. And he said, David,
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it gets even better.
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We set the wedding day
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and I went over there.
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The groomsmen,
everything was set.
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And the first time I met her
face to face was when I got off
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the plane
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and a few days
later, we got married.
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Now, this is descriptive,
not prescriptive. You know, I'm
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talking about
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which means this
administration, not a model for
00:55:41.47\00:55:44.51
dating and courtship
in a way to work out.
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Have you got?
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And I said, my brother,
00:55:50.81\00:55:53.28
we're going to do. If you
got off that plane, you look at
00:55:53.28\00:55:55.25
this woman does about the your
wife and you said, Oh, lord,
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what have I done?
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He said, David,
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it was the strange thing
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because we spent so much time.
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>> Every day
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in conversation
because conversation is the
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relationship. We just spent so
much time every day talking to
00:56:16.30\00:56:19.74
each other in communion
that when I matter face to face
00:56:19.74\00:56:26.28
our relationship, kicked up
00:56:26.28\00:56:29.45
one day,
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we're going to be
Jesus face to face.
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>> And if we're
spending time with him every day
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because we'd rather
die than miss our devotions
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when we beat Jesus,
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it's going to be like
00:56:49.97\00:56:54.11
this is our guide.
00:56:54.11\00:56:56.18
We have waited for him
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and he will save us
00:56:58.55\00:57:00.75
and our relationship will
pick up right where it left off
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and continue
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4 after and never. But
the cisa sages of paternity.
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How many you want to save
or create in me a deeper desire
00:57:13.13\00:57:16.70
for you. Help me with
my devotion life. A man by
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straits. Let's
pray. Father in heaven.
00:57:19.80\00:57:22.27
You know, our promises
are like ropes of sand,
00:57:22.27\00:57:25.57
but give us the
desire to desire.
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Help us to put away our phones
and open our bibles. Get us up
00:57:28.21\00:57:31.55
in the morning. Mayor Angels
touch us so that we can spend
00:57:31.55\00:57:35.32
time with you so that when
we see you face-to-face, our
00:57:35.32\00:57:39.62
relationship will pick up
00:57:39.62\00:57:41.92
right where we left off, help
us to rather die than miss our
00:57:41.92\00:57:45.19
devotions.
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>> We asked in the
precious name of Jesus Christ
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