Well, today we've been talking
with Pastor Octavian Poenaru
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and he has been
sharing his testimony.
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And during the news
break, I was just telling him
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and I'll just repeat it on air.
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God has given you
a special gift to,
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I believe to
read people's hearts
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and to be sensitive to that.
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How important is,
you used two words
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during the news break
authenticity and commitment?
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Talk about that just a moment?
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Well, in the end what matters
the most both for ourselves
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and for our people,
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for other people
is the truthfulness
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and authenticity.
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Even as hard it is but I think
we have to face the question,
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"Am I truly in love with God?
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Do I truly-- am I truthful
to God deep in my heart?"
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It doesn't mean
that we don't struggle.
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We've this or
that and we are not,
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we can be tempted
and we can struggle,
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but in the end the
question is how truthful,
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how committed in my heart.
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And the
authenticity and commitment,
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I think they go hand to hand.
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I think commitment,
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it's a very,
very important thing.
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If we are not
committed in the end
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somewhere a crisis will come
and the collapse will follow.
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But if we are committed,
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God will take us through
in His grace and in His power.
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And I think that the,
the more as the Bible says,
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if we understand
how much He loves us,
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we will love Him
because He first loved us.
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And that's so
important is to understand
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that the heart of your Father,
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how much He is looking
to you to be authentic.
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Not to hide, be authentic
but to commit yourself to Him.
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Pastor Octavian, thank you
so much for being here today.
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And we've enjoyed your testimony
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and may God
richly bless the work
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that you are doing
there in Washington.
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And for those of you at
home, our prayer for you
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is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you
today and always.
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Bye-bye.
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