I just absolutely love
the practice of a family
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that prays together,
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that minister
together, stays together.
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Amen. That's right.
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And so, as we got
these last two minutes here,
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just share your heart?
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You know, JD, I believe that
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one of the most important things
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to understand is this,
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is that if a family is
going to serve together,
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it has to be because
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they each have their own
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personnel intimate
relationship with Jesus.
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Whoo! That's good.
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You know, as a pastor
I'm talking to some pastors
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who are viewing today.
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You know, sermon
preparation is one thing,
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but having your
personnel devotion,
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connecting with
Jesus is another.
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And that needs to be
a fundamental priority.
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Pastors' wives, you
know same thing as a family,
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pastors' kids,
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all children need
to develop that time,
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the quality time with Jesus.
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And that has been
one of our priorities,
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something that we seek
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to implement on a daily basis.
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You know, as we each have
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our personal
relationship with Jesus,
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that's going to
produce fruits of the spirit,
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fruits of love,
of joy, of service.
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And so what fuels our ministry,
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we've come to understand that
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what fuels our
ministry as a family
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is that quality
time with Jesus alone,
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in His Word and in prayer.
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And I know it that's
the truth for me as a father
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and as a husband
and also for Heidi
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as a mother and a wife.
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You know, I as a
licensed clinical social worker,
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I work about a
day and half a week,
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I also home
school Elijah and Moriah.
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So I've lot of in my plate,
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but I see a lot of
people that are really hurting.
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And all around us
there's people hurting.
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Yes.
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And we, we're
hurting ourselves many times.
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And when we have that
personal relationship with God,
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it gives us a joy
in our heart that no...
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We can't get anywhere else.
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And beyond that, it gives us
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something we can share.
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And as a family
being able to share
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Jesus' love with other people,
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and being able to
minister together.
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For me that has been a dream.
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Amen.
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Well, we are just, we can tell
with your lovely children how,
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how the Lord is
working in your lives.
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And we wanna thank you
so much for the pointers
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that we've been
given here today,
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and it is true for all of
us that we have to have that
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personal relationship.
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You can't just be
studying your Bible
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to answer the questions
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on your Sabbath
school quarterly,
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you've got to press
into God's presence.
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God bless you,
and join us again.
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Amen.
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