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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW000007A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Welcome to 3ABN Family Worship. We invite you, no, no. 01:15 We encourage you to get your family, that's the spouse, 01:20 the sons, the daughter and especially tonight, 01:23 the little children because we have a special guest with us 01:28 and join us for family worship as we introduce the Sabbath. 01:34 I want to take just a moment and share with you 01:36 something about the Sabbath that 01:38 when Mollie and I came into the truth of Sabbath, 01:40 we did not know how to keep the Sabbath 01:43 and we have learned through process. 01:45 We've been Sunday keepers. Yeah. 01:48 For what, 50 something years. 01:50 A long time. Hundred and fifty. 01:52 Now, not quite 150 but for a long time, 01:55 so this was all new to us. 01:57 We had to learn how to keep the Sabbath. 01:59 It was processed in procedure but something that 02:02 really pierced my heart and made me realize 02:06 that the truth of the Sabbath was... 02:09 I ran into an old friend of mine and he was 02:14 talking to me and he said, 02:18 "How things are going with you?" 02:20 And I said, "Well, they are going pretty good. 02:21 How about you?" He said, "Great." 02:23 He said, "We've just started a new church, a new work 02:26 in Carvadale and I want to invite you to come." 02:28 So I said, "What day is it on?" 02:32 He said, "What? It's Sunday, of course." 02:33 And I told him then that I could not attend 02:37 on Sunday because I was a Sabbath keeper. 02:40 And then I witnessed him about the Sabbath. 02:42 I mean, that's just the natural thing to do. 02:45 He nodded "okay" like you are weird, 02:48 but whatever, but anyway then we parted our ways 02:52 and as I was going home, you get this. 02:55 As I was going home, the Holy Spirit pierced 02:58 to my heart and told me, "You're not a Sabbath keeper. 03:03 You go to church on Sabbath." 03:06 And I thought, "wow." 03:08 Now the reason why I thought "wow" 03:11 was 'cause I ran into my old friend at the car wash 03:16 on Sabbath afternoon when I was washing my car. 03:20 And I began to really take a look at it and I realized 03:22 that Sabbath doesn't begin when you get to Sabbath school, 03:26 and when you leave after pot blessing lunch. 03:29 The Sabbath begins right now-- oh, it's Sunday 03:32 and on Friday night and goes til Sunday on the Sabbath. 03:38 And so what we want you to right now is stop everything 03:41 that you are doing, get your people in there, 03:44 sit down and just rest and enter into a glorious Sabbath. 03:49 Amen. God says, I'm gonna-- 03:51 The Lord says, "I'm gonna enter His gates with 03:53 Thanksgiving and into His courts with praise." 03:57 So, praise God. Amen. 03:58 You know, how we have invited some of our dear friends... 04:03 Yes, yes. 04:04 To come and be a part of our Sabbath worship this evening. 04:07 And we invite every one of you. 04:09 We are so thankful that you are here with us. 04:12 We encourage you to lay aside this time 04:15 that God has given us to worship Him, 04:19 to lay aside the cares of the world 04:21 and just concentrate and think about Him. 04:24 And I would like to introduce our guests to you. 04:27 Now, these are our friends, our guests around our table. 04:31 First we have Robert and Nadya Stotz 04:34 and their beautiful little lady, Sofiya. 04:37 Sofiya, it's good to have you here as well. 04:40 Sofiya is on Tiny Tots quite often 04:43 and so she's very comfortable in front of the camera 04:47 and she knows what it is to be on television. 04:49 So Sofiya, we know that you are going to join us 04:52 and help us with worship. 04:53 Robert, it's good to have you here. 04:55 Oh, it's good to have here. 04:56 This is, of course my life, Nadya, Sofiya down here. 05:00 And you know, our family worship. 05:02 We love every day to teach Sofiya about Jesus 05:07 and at the nighttime, Sofiya, 05:10 what do we do night, can you-- do you? 05:13 Well, what we do is, we love to read the story books, 05:16 the Bible stories about Jesus. 05:17 Kind of the get her to know Jesus better 05:19 because we want her to know Jesus as her friend, 05:22 not just someone who is, you know, 05:25 "Oh, don't do this, don't' do that." 05:26 We want her to-- Jesus to be her friend. 05:28 Amen. 05:29 And what I love is you know, 05:30 my wife here is very, very good, 05:33 you know, Sofiya is with her during the day, 05:35 and she always tells her of Jesus' love. 05:37 And I'm always happy at night 05:39 before she goes to bed many times 05:40 she just starts singing songs to sleep, 05:43 you know, about Jesus and I always say with Jesus 05:47 in the family, it is a happy happy home. 05:49 Yes, it is. 05:50 Well, may be in a little bit we can get her 05:52 to share Bible stories with us if we.. 05:54 Oh, Sofiya, would you like to do that? 05:55 We'd love that. Sofiya, we would love that. 05:56 Let's see what happens. Let's see what happens, yeah. 05:58 Nadia, it's so good to have to here. 06:00 Yeah. Thank you. 06:01 Now, we have other friends with us as well that we've invited. 06:05 We've got Janelle and Don here with us, 06:09 and it's so good to have both you. 06:11 Thank you for having us here. 06:13 Oh, and they are a blessing, they really are. 06:15 Yeah they-- and you are here and you are from, 06:18 I believe, originally from over in Indiana. 06:21 Yes, yeah. Of course, yeah. 06:23 Yes, we have lived in Corydon area in Indiana 06:27 for about 13 years. 06:28 Thirteen years? Yeah. 06:30 And so in 2013, we moved here. 06:32 Well, it is so good to have you and what I would like 06:36 to do now, is just thank our Heavenly Father 06:40 for this wonderful time that we have of coming together, 06:44 of worshiping Him, of giving this time to Him. 06:47 So join us in prayer. 06:49 Holy Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus 06:51 and Lord, we praise You and we thank You 06:53 for Your grace and Your mercy, for Your goodness to us. 06:56 Thank You, Father, that You've given us this time 07:00 that we can set aside all of the cares of the world 07:03 and we can concentrate on You, lay our hearts before You, 07:06 Father, and give our lives to You, yield to You, 07:09 O, God to the degree that we know how to yield, 07:12 that You can take our lives and use us 07:14 for Your honor and Your glory. 07:16 Father, we ask Your presence, come into our hearts, 07:19 come into our lives, come into our presence, 07:22 Father, here in this home, here in this dwelling 07:25 and O God, and every person is watching. 07:28 Father, we pray You would specially, especially invade 07:32 their homes and their hearts, Father, 07:34 that all of us would recognize, 07:36 know Your presence, Father, and be drawn closer to You 07:39 during this Sabbath hour is our prayer. 07:42 In Jesus' name. Amen. 07:45 Well, let's praise the Lord. 07:46 Let's sing some song. 07:47 Okay, we are blessed with Janelle here, 07:49 leading a song for us. 07:51 We're gonna be... 07:53 And Jill Morikone accompanying on the piano. 07:55 Thank you. 07:57 We are gonna be singing two songs, 07:59 the first one is Trust and Obey and we are going to be singing 08:03 Verses 1, 3 and 5 and if we guys 08:06 have your hymnal at home, you can follow along with us. 08:13 When we walk with the Lord in the light of his Word 08:20 What a glory He sheds on our way! 08:27 While we do His good will He abides with us still 08:34 And with all who will trust and obey 08:40 Trust and obey for there's no other way 08:47 To be happy in Jesus 08:52 But to trust and obey 08:56 Not a burden we bear not a sorrow we share 09:04 But our toil He doth richly repay 09:10 Not a grief or a loss not a frown or a cross 09:17 But is blessed if we trust and obey 09:23 Trust and obey for there's no other way 09:30 To be happy in Jesus 09:35 But to trust and obey 09:40 Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet 09:48 Or we'll walk by His side in the way 09:54 What He says we will do where He sends we will go 10:01 Never fear only trust and obey 10:07 Trust and obey for there's no other way 10:14 To be happy in Jesus 10:19 But to trust and obey 10:25 Amen. That sounded beautiful. 10:26 Trust and obey. Beautiful. 10:27 I heard Sofiya sing it. 10:29 Touching our hearts. Indeed. 10:30 Yes, she was singing. 10:32 I heard that was one of the Sofiya's favorites. 10:34 You liked that song, don't you? 10:36 Yes, sir. 10:38 Next we are gonna be singing Number 457, 10:41 and this one is called I Love to Tell the Story. 10:53 I love to tell the story 10:57 Of unseen things above 11:02 Of Jesus and His glory 11:07 Of Jesus and His love 11:12 I love to tell the story 11:17 Because I know 'tis true 11:22 It satisfies my longings 11:27 As nothing else can do 11:32 I love to tell the story 11:37 'Twill be my theme in glory 11:42 To tell the old, old story 11:47 Of Jesus and His love 11:53 I love to tell the story 11:58 More wonderful it seems 12:03 Than all the golden fancies 12:08 Of all our golden dreams 12:13 I love to tell the story 12:18 It did so much for me 12:23 And that is just the reason 12:28 I tell it now to thee 12:33 I love to tell the story 12:38 'Twill be my theme in glory 12:43 To tell the old, old story 12:48 Of Jesus and His love 12:53 I love to tell the story 12:59 'Tis pleasant to repeat 13:04 What seems each time I tell it 13:09 More wonderfully sweet 13:14 I love to tell the story 13:19 For some have never heard 13:24 The message of salvation 13:29 From God's own holy Word 13:34 I love to tell the story 13:39 'Twill be my theme in glory 13:44 To tell the old, old story 13:49 Of Jesus and His love 13:54 I love to tell the story 14:00 For those who know it best 14:05 Seem hungering and thirsting 14:10 To hear it like the rest 14:14 And when, in scenes of glory 14:20 I sing the new, new song 14:25 'Twill be the old, old story 14:30 That I have loved so long 14:35 I love to tell the story 14:40 'Twill be my theme in glory 14:45 To tell the old, old story 14:50 Of Jesus and His love 14:57 Oh, Amen. 14:59 I just love to tell that story too. 15:01 Let's do it over and over and over again for sure. 15:03 You know, some of these songs, 15:05 doesn't matter how long we sing them, 15:06 they are only always gonna be wonderful to our heart, 15:09 touch our hearts and draw us closer to Jesus. 15:11 Amen to that. 15:12 I love these what we refer to as old songs. 15:14 I had a lady came to me one time back years ago, 15:16 I was telling Nadya earlier. 15:18 I didn't know, I don't know a lot of hymns, 15:20 because in our church, we sang off the wall 15:22 is what they referred to. 15:24 We did a lot of chores, but I had a lady came in to me 15:26 and said, "Pastor, why don't 15:28 you sing some of the old songs?" 15:29 and I said, "Well, we just sang one of the songs, 15:32 is 3,500 years old." 15:34 Oh, wow. 15:35 I said, "I would call those old too." 15:37 I said, we just sang a song of Moses 15:39 and it was about 3,800 years old, 15:42 so that's old song but there is nothing, 15:44 there is nothing that beats the old hymns. 15:47 They are true. That's true. 15:49 Oh man, I love Power in the Blood. 15:51 Yeah. That's a good one. 15:53 And we did a camp meeting here back on victory 15:55 and I suggested singing "Victory In Jesus" 15:58 and we were shocked that it wasn't in our hymnal book. 16:00 We sang it and we sang 16:02 the Real Father with it too for sure, for fact. 16:05 But we have a special guests, 16:08 special, special, special guest with us here today, 16:12 it's Jesus Christ but we have a someone 16:14 that is special, special, special, special too, 16:17 that is, Sofiya Stotz. 16:21 Hi, Sofiya and we want to take just a minute 16:24 and let Nadya introduce her 16:27 but not just we have mentioned her name 16:30 but to tell something about her but she also has her family. 16:34 Grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousins 16:39 that are watching and Russia. 16:43 And Ukraine. And Ukraine. 16:45 Oh, I didn't know that. 16:46 Russia and Ukraine. What part of Russia? 16:48 Southern part, by the Black Sea. 16:51 Okay. Beautiful area. 16:52 Oh, I bet, yeah. 16:53 And Ukraine, where? 16:57 I don't know where it was... 16:58 South-east kind of. 16:59 I've been to Kiev, Ukraine. 17:01 Yeah, south Ukraine. 17:02 We did some meetings here with John Carter. 17:04 Oh. He's powerful, powerful. 17:06 But I would like, I would like, Nadya, if you don't mind, 17:09 I'd like for you to take a minute 17:10 and just share something about 17:14 your beautiful daughter and first in English. 17:17 Just a little but then we want to take the time, 17:21 so bear with us, we won't take the time 17:23 toward Nadia can greet her family and present, 17:28 Sofiya to her family in the Soviet Union in Russia 17:33 and she's gonna do it in Russian, 17:35 I mean, I talked to C.A. and C.A. said, 17:37 "That's awesome." 17:38 We got a lot of Russian viewers and they don't, you know, 17:42 a lot of them don't know English that well 17:45 and they would love that, so... 17:46 Okay. It's yours. 17:49 Well, this is our daughter Sofiya. 17:51 She is almost four years old. 17:54 Good daughter, yes. Yeah 17:57 Try to behave, try to be a good girl. 18:01 Likes to sing and taken violin lessons, 18:04 so she is learning to play violin. 18:07 Wow. 18:08 She will play in the church soon hopefully. 18:09 Yeah, she would like to sing for church, 18:12 and play the violin. 18:13 Oh, you like to play violin? Oh, beautiful. 18:15 Yes. Okay. 18:17 All right. 18:19 Now you want me to say something in Russian? 18:20 No more than something, Nadya. 18:22 I want you to talk to your family 18:24 and show off that beautiful baby. 18:27 Well, um... 18:41 Okay, thank you so much. Oh, you are welcome. 18:43 I see that touched your heart and I know that, 18:47 you don't get to go home as often as you would like to. 18:50 So this opportunity to speak to your family... 18:53 Yeah. 18:54 And I know that's touching your heart 18:56 and introducing your daughter. 18:57 Robert, I know that you have had an opportunity 19:03 to nurture this woman here in the United States 19:07 and get to be a blessing to her. 19:09 I want to say she is nurturing me. 19:11 I mean, her father was a pastor and I hear this many times, 19:16 it is a very nice thing because he would always 19:18 invites people over Sabbath or whenever, 19:20 to feed them and spread the message about God 19:23 because he was in Ukraine and Russia. 19:25 They were persecuted, she went through a lot of persecution 19:28 for it by teacher who would hit her, saying, 19:30 "Why don't you come to school?" 19:32 But she went through all the persecution and, 19:35 but she would always wants people, 19:37 you know, to share and my mom, she's from Serbia 19:41 and she also, I remember here in America, 19:43 she came to America when she was really young. 19:46 They would all-- she would always, 19:48 well, in my family they would always invite people over tea 19:51 because of that I tell her, without her, 19:53 I probably wouldn't be inviting people 19:55 over because I... 19:57 she brings up Jesus in me many times. 19:59 She is always thinking of other people. 20:00 She is always bringing up, I'd say, the best in me. 20:04 Well, I like people and invite them. 20:05 We like people, yeah. 20:06 To invite people to our house 20:08 and thank you for invite to us to your house. 20:10 Yeah. You are welcome. 20:11 And I understand and I know that you are an excellent cook 20:14 and so when people comes to learning... 20:17 Okay, before Nadya, my meal, if cooked, 20:20 would be rice and beans. 20:23 So it is a big step up. 20:26 I mean, I learned how to bake a potato now. 20:28 Wow. And mashed potatoes. 20:29 Mashed potato, oil it. 20:36 Well, there is no doubt about Mollie being a good cook 20:38 but look at me. 20:41 She's a good cook. 20:43 She's a southern bale and a southern cook, 20:46 and praise God for that, so. 20:50 Mollie, why don't you get the scripture ready 20:52 and maybe we can cover Sofiya 20:57 into maybe sharing a Bible story with us 20:59 while we are getting ready here. 21:02 See if she is bonding to. Good book. 21:04 Okay. 21:06 Well, I will open them with these scriptures 21:08 while Sofiya is getting ready with her Bible story. 21:12 We are going to read Matthew the 28th chapter. 21:15 I'm going to start in verse 16. 21:18 It's the scripture says and how, in my Bible, 21:22 how this is prefaced and I bet it's prefaced that way 21:24 in your Bible as well. 21:26 It's called the what, the Great Commission. 21:29 It says "Then the eleven disciples 21:31 went away into Galilee, 21:33 to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 21:37 When they saw him, they worshipped him. 21:39 But some did what, what's that word? 21:41 Doubted. Doubted. 21:42 Some doubted. 21:44 So I want to show you how Jesus addressed that doubting. 21:46 How many of you have doubt in your hearts sometimes? 21:49 That's what we shouldn't have. 21:50 We should not have that doubting. 21:52 "And Jesus came and spoke to them saying 'All authority.'" 21:57 Another translation says, "All power." 22:00 "Has been given to Me and heaven and on earth." 22:02 So who's got all the power and the authority? 22:05 Jesus. 22:07 Jesus has all power and all authority 22:08 and then He turns right to those eleven. 22:11 Now remember some of them were doubting 22:13 and this is what He says. 22:15 He says, "Go therefore." You know what He is saying? 22:18 "I've got all the power and authority. 22:20 Now, I'm vesting it in you." 22:22 He vested it in those 11 but I want you to know 22:25 He is vesting it in everyone of us today. 22:28 "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all nations, 22:32 baptizing them in the name of Father and of the Son 22:35 and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them 22:38 to observe all things that I have commanded you." 22:40 He tells them I'm giving you the power and the authority 22:43 now I'm telling you what to teach them. 22:46 "All those things which I commanded you" 22:48 and then to me, this is the most precious 22:51 "and lo, I am with you always, 22:53 even to the end of the age." 22:55 We don't even have to do it by ourselves. 22:57 Who's with us? Every time we step out? 22:59 So I know there's some of the things 23:01 some of you do on the Sabbath is go out witnessing 23:04 and I know that's one of the hardest things 23:06 for me to do because I tend to be a little shy. 23:09 You know, and I think that's fear. 23:11 Afraid of rejection. Yeah. 23:13 But we don't have to afraid of rejection. 23:16 He says here "I'm giving you all power, all authority. 23:18 I'm telling you what to say to people 23:20 and how He has bear with us." 23:22 Yeah, Oh. Then leave us on our own. 23:24 I think the devil knows our fears. 23:26 He knows when the biggest fear is, 23:27 the fear of other people and talking to them. 23:31 Not even about Jesus, about anything, we have a fear. 23:34 I mean, if you look at the world today. 23:35 We have our own phones, 23:37 we are all just within ourselves. 23:38 Yeah. 23:40 And the devil knows that and so God is trying to give us 23:42 the encouragement here. 23:43 Go out, all powers... 23:45 I think two is a lot more easier when we make it to be. 23:47 We try to over think things, we get to 23:49 where we talk ourselves out of it 23:50 because "well, I don't know what to say, 23:52 I don't know what to do." 23:54 That's much more easier than we think. 23:55 I mean, just looking at somebody, 23:56 and may be something on that person, 23:58 you know, like you can see their hat. 23:59 Just speak to them it's really simple 24:00 and just Lord will open a door and step out 24:02 just a little bit in faith and just that moment, 24:04 Lord will give you that encouragement 24:06 to witness that person. 24:07 I've seen it many times. 24:09 You know, I-- go ahead. 24:10 No, you go ahead. 24:11 I thoughts, our theme is the blessing is on the go 24:15 and we shared yesterday morning in worship. 24:18 We go, you know, these powers stay until you get to moving. 24:23 So you get to moving, don't just sit there. 24:25 You get to moving and allow God to give the power to do it 24:29 but when you go, you want to go with God 24:32 and go being led by the Holy Spirit. 24:35 It's so important to be led but 24:38 it's amazing what the Holy Spirit will do 24:40 and how he will direct you. 24:43 I share this in Mollie's Sabbath school class. 24:45 I was talking about witnessing recently 24:47 that Mollie and I were in Alabama, 24:49 probably about 25 years ago and we got up, 24:51 we were playing golf we were on vacation. 24:54 We got up to the first tee and a guy was standing there 24:57 and he said, "Would you guys like to play with me? 24:59 I'm playing by myself." 25:01 And I said, "Yeah, we don't play good, 25:02 but we do play fast." 25:04 And he said, "Well, come on." 25:06 And so I got up there and I said... 25:08 say his name was Bill, I don't remember right now. 25:11 "Bill, what do you do? 25:12 And he said, "You would never guess 25:14 in a million years what I do." 25:16 I said, "God, I want to witness to this guy, 25:18 open a door here, don't wanting to shut down. 25:21 He said," There are only four of us 25:23 in the world that do this." 25:26 And as, I'm standing here 25:28 and Mollie bears witness with it. 25:30 The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, 25:33 "He restores old books. 25:38 He binds and rebinds old books." 25:42 And so I just told him, 25:44 "You restore old books, you are book binder." 25:46 And he turned around and dropped his golf club 25:48 and said, "A book...?" 25:51 Needless to say, he heard every word about it. 25:57 I didn't play golf that good but I sure witnessed 26:00 about Jesus that day. 26:01 So when you go the blessing is on the go, 26:03 so go with God and go with the leading 26:07 and the power of the Holy Spirit. 26:10 I like when you said how about it's neither the spirit led 26:13 because if not, we can make a mess of it. 26:15 You know, like asking God every morning, who can I... 26:18 who would you have me to witness to you might be 26:20 more than one person that if He leads you, 26:23 then that's the key, you know, that we... 26:25 you know found that out there, you know, 26:28 through just the witnessing and stuff that 26:31 asking for those opportunities 26:32 and that the Holy Spirit would prompt you 26:33 when that person is in your path. 26:36 You know and that's the key as a Holy Spirit. 26:37 Another thing I like to add to that too, 26:39 it's the blessings on a go like you said that faith, 26:41 when you are asking, pray for those things, 26:43 "Lord, I want divine appointments, 26:44 I want to reach somewhere for the gospel." 26:46 When he gives you that moment, 26:47 don't step back, well I'm not-- 26:49 You know, you need to step forward and Lord will just, 26:50 He'll take that moment and you'll be amazed 26:52 and not only does that encouraged that person 26:54 but it also encourages your faith. 26:55 You know, if you don't get out of there, 26:57 your faith is more encourages, you do these things. 26:59 You know, if you don't hear anything else I'll say tonight, 27:02 I want you to hear this. 27:04 You are not responsible for the end result 27:07 when God thrust you to do something. 27:09 You are responsible for being obedient to God. 27:13 So God speaks to you and tells you to do this, 27:17 then what you need to do is you need to go ahead and do it. 27:21 It doesn't matter whether they tell you are crazy. 27:23 If you tell you that nut, you are a nut. 27:25 You can tell, "I might be a nut but I'm screwed 27:27 on the right bolt and that bolt is Jesus Christ." 27:29 Amen. 27:30 But anyway, you know, you've got to be 27:33 led by the spirit of God when you do these things. 27:36 Go and God will honor that and you're not responsible 27:39 for the end result, hear it again. 27:41 You are responsible for being obedient to God. 27:44 Here we had a young lady who asked us just a few weeks ago, 27:47 we went to a funeral. 27:48 And the young lady we spoke to, 27:50 I haven't seen this young man in quite a well. 27:51 We used to work with but she asked us out. 27:54 You know, I felt the Lord impressed me, 27:55 give her this glow track that says "Talking with God" 27:58 and she says, "How do you know how to do that? 28:00 What is it?" 28:01 And I tell her it's the Spirit that tells us, 28:02 it impresses you. 28:04 This is what this person needs in this particular time 28:05 and I give it to him. 28:06 And she is like, "Oh, wow." 28:08 So, she was really attracted and wanted to know more about 28:10 how the spirit functions, how we work, 28:12 you know, impressing people with them. 28:14 I truly give them so... 28:15 It's amazing. The Spirit of God will lead us. 28:18 He's our teacher and He's our guide. 28:20 You know, how something that you mentioned earlier was that, 28:25 learning to keep the Sabbath, 28:28 learning because again, we were in our 50s 28:32 when came into the Adventist Church, 28:34 we came into the truth of the Sabbath. 28:36 Praise the Lord. 28:37 And so keeping the Sabbath and how he mentioned... 28:42 initially we thought going to church on Saturday 28:45 was what this was about, 28:47 that's just part of it, you know. 28:50 But learning how to keep the Sabbath and never having 28:54 any training in this, you know and see I know 28:58 with you two as you were talking 29:00 you were a preacher's kid, you are a PK. 29:03 Robert, were a preacher's son? No. 29:04 But you were raised strongly in the Adventist Church. 29:07 Yes. 29:08 So you have heritage, you have history. 29:10 You have examples in your home of-- 29:13 to follow and fortunately you have the same example 29:17 so that made it very compatible for you. 29:20 And Hal, and I didn't. We had to learn. 29:23 And I wanted to ask Janelle and Donald, 29:27 were you raised in an Adventist Church 29:29 and do you have this history and heritage and if not, 29:33 how did you learn to keep the Sabbath? 29:34 what were the steps the Lord led you to learn 29:38 how to keep the Sabbath? 29:40 One minute, I will share with you. 29:41 Mine will just be pretty quick, 29:43 he's got a better testimony, I think. 29:45 I was raised Seventh Adventist and then I was baptized about 29:50 age 12 and then about a year after that, 29:53 my parents got divorced 29:54 and so we stopped going to church 29:56 and hadn't been to church in a long time 29:58 and a lot of stuff that I'm learning now, 30:00 honesty, I mean, you know, I know I was a kid then 30:02 but He's just really opened up a lot of things to me 30:06 that I didn't know about, never remember hearing so, 30:09 you know, praise the Lord for that but yeah, it was... 30:12 that my parents plant the seeds at a young age 30:14 and unfortunately changed a little bit later but... 30:19 It's back now. 30:20 But, yeah, the Lord spoke in my heart, back in 2008, 30:24 things had to get right in my life 30:27 and I never even heard of the Adventist message. 30:28 I didn't even know was even had neighbors across the street 30:30 the kid that we Adventists, and I was like really, 30:32 I don't know what Adventist do. 30:34 But I am so, I started studying on some things 30:38 and the Lord really impressed me in a dream, 30:41 back in February 2008, He had talked to me. 30:43 He said that God is coming. 30:46 I mean, I know it came from Him specifically. 30:48 And I was like, I got to get some things right in my life so 30:50 I started studying and also He put in my mind sabido. 30:54 Like that's Spanish. I know Spanish. 30:56 So study that word out and I studied 30:57 on the different languages. 30:59 Russian, how is it in Russian? 31:00 Subota. Subota? 31:02 Subota. 31:03 Subota See, subota. 31:04 I'm like, "Wow, there's something to this. 31:06 A Sabbath thing." 31:07 So we really started it studying that 31:08 and we went through this, 31:10 study called Steps to Christ, both of us. 31:12 I am to kind of wrap this up. I don't know. 31:13 I don't think you mentioned that... 31:15 he thought my church, my parents were weird 31:17 for taking this Church on Saturdays when we were kids. 31:19 And he said, what's that all about? 31:21 Were you guys trying to be different or, you know, 31:24 what's up with that? 31:25 And so he kind of, kind of led into the.. 31:29 you know, the reason why. 31:31 He wanted to know why. 31:32 When we studied Steps to Christ together, 31:35 two months prior to finishing Steps to Christ, 31:37 I said in my head, "I want to go to church now. 31:39 I really want to go to church. 31:41 So like sinners anything to her and after we finished it, 31:44 she said, you know what, 31:45 "I think I want to go to church now." 31:47 But we were keeping this Sabbath actually at home, 31:48 we didn't think we needed church, 31:50 I'm sure many of us have been down that path, you know, 31:52 well, you don't need to go to church, we can do it here. 31:55 And the Lord impressed us. What was really funny. 31:57 As soon as I got into church in 2009, 31:59 I had baptized and they instantly said 32:01 "Hey, you want to be deacon?" 32:02 I'm like what's a deacon? What is a deacon? 32:05 I don't know what that is. 32:06 So they quickly put me in position to do something 32:09 in a church and I was a privilege 32:11 and then I realized, "You know what, 32:13 this is a privilege to be in this church 32:14 and not to open it and function because here we were sitting 32:17 in our living room, and just saying, 32:18 well, we will keep the Sabbath at home, we don't need elder 32:20 so the Lord really opened the door so... 32:23 You know, what I want you to do is come back to you, 32:26 Hal, if this will work. 32:28 Okay. 32:29 And let you tell our viewers because I know that 32:34 so many of our viewers are like Hal and I and like you are. 32:37 We weren't raise Adventist. 32:40 And how you, what you do own the Sabbath to keep the Sabbath 32:44 but remember I said earlier that Sofiya 32:47 was going to tell a story. 32:48 Yes. 32:49 I think Sofiya that it is time for you to tell a story 32:52 if you are ready to. 32:53 Are you ready to tell your story? 32:55 Over here. 32:56 Okay. All right. 32:57 You've got a big smile. 32:59 Yeah, if you are not, we'll wait a few minutes 33:00 but if you want to tell you story now, you can. 33:02 I like to hear it. 33:04 Just look at this, what does it say? 33:06 She's just a little shy. 33:08 She's a little shy, now that's okay. 33:09 We know that she will, she wants to tell her story. 33:14 Sofiya, you will let us know when you are ready to tell 33:16 that story and we'll be ready to listen to it, 33:19 but I want to ask you two. 33:22 You both being raised Adventist, 33:26 keeping the Sabbath from sun down on Friday 33:29 till sun down on Sabbath. 33:32 What is it that you do on the Sabbath? 33:35 You know, it's not just "all right, you start, 33:38 you read your Bible, you go to church." 33:40 I know you invite people to you home. 33:42 There's so much to it and Hal's got some scriptures or got a-- 33:45 not some scripture but you've got 33:47 something from Sister White. 33:48 You want to read that? 33:50 I would love to, Mollie. 33:51 So, let me put my glasses on 'cause I'm old. 33:55 But I want to ask you all what you'd do? 33:57 Okay. 33:58 This is powerful because so many people think well, 34:01 you know, "I go to church, I go to Sabbath school, 34:03 then I go to pot blessing lunch and then I go home, 34:06 take a nap and that's it. 34:08 Because I'm not supposed to do anything. 34:10 You see, that's just not so. 34:12 She says here Ellen White, this is from CH, 3682, 34:18 "Your neglect to attend the public worship of God 34:20 is a serious error. 34:22 The privileges of divine service will be as beneficial 34:25 to you as to others and are fully as essential. 34:29 But you may be unable to avail yourself of these privileges 34:34 as often as do many others. 34:36 You will frequently be called, upon the Sabbath, 34:39 to visit the sick, and may be obliged 34:43 to make it a day of exhausting labor." 34:46 For the Lord. 34:48 Such labor to relieve the suffering was pronounced 34:51 by our Savior a work of mercy 34:54 and no violation of the Sabbath. 34:58 But when you regularly devote your Sabbaths 35:01 to writing or labor, making no special change, 35:05 you harm your own soul, give to others an example 35:10 that is not worthy of imitation, 35:13 and do not honor God." 35:15 We will to honor God but we can honor God 35:19 by being a witness on the Sabbath. 35:22 Witnessing to, you know, 35:24 Jesus said that after that the Holy Spirit 35:27 has come up on you, you shall be witnesses unto Me, 35:31 both in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, 35:34 and the other most parts on the earth. 35:35 Well, I'm not a really smart guy, 35:37 but in Alabama, both is two 35:40 and He names four different places where Jerusalem, 35:42 Judea, Samaria is your own locale, 35:46 your own neighborhood, your own neighbors, 35:49 your own people that you are familiar with 35:52 and then to the other most parts of the earth, 35:55 is when that you go to a different place, 35:59 or traveling or whatever the case may be 36:02 but what we need to be is not a witness every now and then, 36:05 we need to be a constant witness. 36:08 Now you have something you were talking about, 36:10 it's just the preacher 36:12 that's supposed to do the witnessing, right? 36:14 Yeah. Exactly, yeah. 36:16 That's all his job. Yeah, his job, is it? 36:18 Wait a minute, I don't think the world 36:20 would go so fast with it. 36:21 I don't think it will go but, you know, 36:23 I found out that sheep produce sheep. 36:25 Yeah, that's right. 36:28 I like to read this. 36:29 This is another Ellen White's quotes here. 36:31 It's called "One Person Not to Do All the Witnessing." 36:34 "The fact that the Lord has been represented as hearkening 36:38 to the words spoken by His witnesses, 36:41 tells us that Jesus is in our very midst." 36:44 Did you hear that? 36:45 It tells us that Jesus is in our very midst. 36:47 "He says, 'Where two or three are gathered together 36:50 in my name, there am I in the midst.' 36:53 One person is not to do all the witnessing for Jesus, 36:56 but everyone who loves God is to testify 36:59 of the preciousness of His grace and truth. 37:01 Those who receive the light of truth 37:03 are to have lesson upon lesson to educate them 37:06 not to keep silent, 37:07 but to speak often one to another. 37:10 They are to keep in mind the Sabbath meeting, 37:12 when those who love and fear God, 37:14 and who think upon His name, 37:16 can have opportunity to express their thoughts 37:18 in speaking one to another." 37:20 Now, I kind of like in this idea. 37:22 It's like if really love somebody, 37:23 when you want to go and tell somebody about it. 37:24 I mean, it's like keep it to yourself. 37:27 When God comes into your life and He changes you, 37:29 it's like you can't hold it in. 37:31 You want to get out and you see all these people around you 37:33 just it looks so unhappy and miserable and you're like 37:35 "wow" you want them to have the same joy. 37:38 I think that's what we need to do as a group of people 37:40 and our thing too is that the Holy Spirit 37:42 is another part of the witnessing. 37:44 If we have the Holy Spirit with us, 37:45 we've been talking about, 37:46 that's what we need to do this work. 37:48 With the pulpit I've read shows us 37:51 that we are to do benevolent acts of goodness 37:54 on the Sabbath and you are saying 37:57 that it's not just the pastor that needs to do it. 37:59 That's exactly right. 38:00 It needs to be a sheep as well. 38:02 So, Nadya and Robert, 38:04 is Sofiya ready to tell her story? 38:08 Well, I was just talking about the Sabbath. 38:09 I'm a working progress. 38:11 Okay. 38:12 I'm working progress, for me that means every Sabbath 38:15 I know, I failed every time. 38:18 There are times even recent, I go and follow the news 38:22 well, I may not be going back to the Bible. 38:25 And I'll say because of Nadya, the mindset of the Sabbath 38:29 doesn't actually start sun down. 38:31 It's starts with preparation. Yes in prepartion, that's good. 38:33 And, you know, I mow the lawn. 38:34 Nadya, she gets the house clean. 38:37 And you are talking on? 38:39 On Friday. On Friday. 38:40 Friday, before the sun down. 38:41 I mean, there's the preparation and, 38:43 you know, when we look at Moses, you gather before, 38:47 you know, the day happens. 38:49 To prepare yourself for the Sabbath, 38:51 so I think our mindset needs to start not on, 38:55 you know, "Oh, it's sun down. 38:57 Now everything get shut off, no TV, that's it." 38:59 No, it needs to start before that. 39:00 Amen. 39:01 Those watching need to remember this is Friday night 39:04 and tomorrow would be a good day 39:07 for you to put everything that we are saying, 39:09 in everything in the Word to God and to practice. 39:11 During preparation in night, we are ushering in the Sabbath 39:14 into tomorrow as you worship divine worship and everything, 39:20 ask God to prepare your heart, to be a witness. 39:22 Amen. 39:24 I think doesn't Sister White tell us 39:25 to guard the edges of the Sabbath. 39:27 That's right. Amen to that. 39:29 Well, what else we'd do in Sabbath? 39:31 Well, yeah. 39:32 In the morning we go to church Sabbath School, 39:34 then, you know, sermon 39:35 and, you know, sometimes we stay for lunch 39:37 or we usually come home and invite people 39:39 and afternoon, sometimes we go for like, 39:43 nature walk, you know, to enjoy 39:45 because nature is another Bible that, you know, 39:48 God created that we can learn a lot. 39:50 Where we go, we start going to nursing homes. 39:54 Sometimes we go to West Frankfurt or Benton, 39:57 and those, you know, people who live there, 40:00 come and sit down and to listen our singing. 40:04 And Sofiya sometimes has a solo there, don't you. 40:06 Yeah, and sometimes she will do in a special music 40:09 and can be another witness to those people. 40:14 Oh, and I know that it must really touch their hearts. 40:20 I know, I've spent some time in a nursing. 40:23 Had a lady in the nursing home and I went 40:25 quite after most every afternoon I would drop down 40:28 and see her and the-- 40:31 I got so attached to the others there in the nursing home. 40:35 They are so thankful when you come to see them 40:38 and spend some time with them. 40:39 Sometimes you cannot get out of like, every day 40:41 and go see people and they are happy 40:42 when people come to them 40:44 and you know, hug them, sing to them, 40:46 you know, beautiful old songs. 40:47 Yeah. Oh, yeah. 40:49 There was a lady there who was visiting her, 40:52 I believe her father and she asks, 40:53 "Oh, that's very nice. 40:54 What you're doing? What church are you from?" 40:56 Very some. 40:57 So it's not only witness to them, 40:59 there but anyone who might be visiting. 41:01 Right. 41:02 And we are thinking, "Oh, we are going to bless them." 41:06 But who gets the most blessings? 41:07 That blessing comes back on us, multiple fold. 41:12 Now you guys have a ministry of going out 41:16 and doing a lot of witnessing, street witnessing, 41:19 home witnessing and when I used to be in sales, 41:23 it was called "cold call." 41:24 Where you didn't know the person, 41:26 I didn't have their number and everything. 41:27 Would you share some of that with us? 41:29 Oh, my. 41:30 You want to share a story for us? 41:31 Oh, I can start this one out. 41:33 And he gets more detailed at the story 41:34 so I think he might be better to kind of fine tune it. 41:36 Then take off with it. Let's see what he does. 41:38 Okay, so we were at different church 41:42 this particular Sabbath he was speaking at 41:45 and so it was like about two hours away 41:48 and so we were coming back. 41:51 We had a friend with us and so our friend 41:54 was sitting in the front seat 41:56 and then I was sitting in the back seat 41:57 and as we were, we took a different route 41:59 than what we would normally like, 42:01 we've been to this church before for Don to speak there 42:03 and for some reason, he took a different route and so... 42:10 you can take it from there. 42:11 Yeah, we were heading on south to come back to Benton 42:15 and another road where we went, 42:16 it wide of to two different decisions 42:18 so I wasn't sure which way I should go, 42:19 to the left or to the right. 42:21 Some says turn to the right, so we curved to the right 42:23 and we go down maybe half a mile. 42:26 We see this gentleman probably in his 30s, 40s 42:29 towing behind him this suitcase and the suitcase behind him, 42:33 well I looked at Yanick was with us. 42:35 Yes. You and me and Yanick. 42:37 I said, "Shall we pick this gentleman up 42:39 and I'm like... 42:40 Some said pick him up and prior to all this had me, 42:43 I should back this story up, this church he went to. 42:46 I want the gentleman by the name of Paul, 42:47 he was kind of made his own home, 42:48 made bread and he gave us a loaf to take home with us. 42:52 I was guarding it. 42:53 And she was like, "Excuse me, I am not, 42:55 this is my loaf of bread." 42:57 And then other gentleman that I... 42:59 when I preach there, he said he really enjoyed the ceremony. 43:01 He said, "I want you to have us." 43:03 And he slipped me a hundred dollar bill. 43:04 Wow. Praise God. 43:05 Hundred dollar bill and we don't have 43:07 a whole lot of money in our wallet. 43:08 Can I go with you next time? 43:09 He passed away. Oh. 43:11 Yeah, he passed away this year. 43:13 But so we are traveling, pick up this gentleman, 43:15 you know, we are like, "what do we witness, 43:17 how do we witness this man?" 43:18 He told us that he was actually in a living-- 43:20 staying in an abandoned home and the police came 43:23 and said "You need to get to out of here. 43:25 You are not to stay in here." 43:26 So that's why he's walking in the street 43:27 and trying to get to Mount Vernon. 43:29 So he said, "Okay, 43:30 we can get there, we can turn that way." 43:31 So we traveled, we picked him up, 43:33 get him in the car, we go to Mount Vernon. 43:34 He sits in the back seat with her. 43:36 She's like, "This is a little awkward." 43:37 Yeah, it was very awkward. 43:38 I said, "I don't know if I'll like this. 43:40 Yeah, he is homeless. 43:41 And so we got into this point 43:42 where he needed to be dropped off. 43:44 We get him out, he gets out of the car, 43:46 gets his luggage and stuff and gave him a book. 43:48 I think it's "Great Controversy." 43:50 Gave him "The Great Controversy." 43:51 You need to read this, this is about the battle 43:53 between good and evil, this really gonna help you. 43:54 And then she said-- in her mind 43:56 she said, "well I want to give this man the loaf of bread" 43:59 because he is homeless so she gave him the loaf of bread. 44:01 Ungrudgingly. 44:03 And same for me with the hundred dollar bill. 44:05 You know, I had this envelope 44:07 with a hundred dollar bill, it's in my wallet, 44:09 So the guy walks off, he goes on these steps 44:11 to go to this, like apartment complex 44:13 and the Lord says, "you know you got 44:14 a hundred dollar bill in your pocket." 44:15 Oh my. "No, no. 44:17 Not the hundred dollar bill." "No, no, God. 44:20 Oh, my God." 44:21 How many of us have rebuked the devil? 44:23 But God tells us. 44:24 He say," You need to go follow him 44:26 and give him the hundred dollar bill." 44:27 He said, "Don't judge him, 44:29 don't think about me he's gone has passed us. 44:30 Just give him the hundred dollar bill and go." 44:31 So I go down the steps and, you know, I'm looking around. 44:33 He's gone and I'm like, "Oh, man, he was an angel." 44:35 It was a test, okay, I'm going to go back and nope 44:37 I looked just down, there he is. 44:38 Oh, man. 44:40 So I run down giving a hundred dollar bill and get back 44:42 and just, just as when you pray that Lord opens up door 44:45 and it's just amazing when you get that opportunity 44:47 to really witness to somebody. 44:49 You don't know their impact that little moment makes. 44:51 And, you know, I have been thinking, 44:53 we would love to like have this gentleman's, 44:56 the rest of the story. 44:57 Yeah. 44:59 And we won't get the story until we turn it. 45:01 Amen. So we get there. 45:02 But someday we will get the rest of that story. 45:04 Yeah. 45:06 God is good. 45:07 I was on the way to Alabama 45:10 and I didn't pick up hitchhikers, 45:12 we traveled so much 45:14 and traveled at night a lot times. 45:15 I just didn't pick up hitchhikers 45:18 and there was a guy hitchhiking 45:19 on the side of the road in Paducah, Kentucky 45:23 and the Lord spoke to me and said, 45:24 "Pick him up." I said, "No." 45:26 And then Lord said, "Pick him up." 45:27 I said, "No." 45:28 And the Lord said, "Pick him up or you be toast." 45:31 So, no, not really but ow, quit hitting me. 45:36 But the Lord did not tell you you will be toasted. 45:38 No, He didn't say I would be toast 45:40 but I pulled over and picked him up 45:42 and when he started running 45:43 for the car, he held his hand on his jacket, on his belt 45:48 and the first thing I thought was, 45:51 "Oh, no. He's got a gun in his belt." 45:55 He went at the car, and he opened the door 45:57 and then Lord said, "Witness to him." 45:59 "Hey, open the door." 46:00 and I said, "I want you to know 46:01 that I am listening to a Christian tape, 46:03 a Christian CD. 46:04 and if you get in here, and you ride, 46:05 where are you going? Hopkinsville. 46:07 You get in here, you are gonna listen 46:08 to this all the way to Hopkinsville, 46:10 and you are gonna hear about Jesus 46:11 so we listened to the CD for a little while. 46:13 I turned it off, back then I think it was the tape, 46:15 but I turned it off 46:17 and started telling him about Jesus, 46:19 just talking to him about Jesus. 46:21 Witnessing to him, telling him, "Our testimony, 46:24 your testimony is the most powerful thing that you have. 46:27 Tell him about Jesus but telling if you've been there 46:30 on both sides if you've been there." 46:33 So I told him all about that and he got tears in his eyes. 46:36 We stopped at Hopkinsville 46:38 and I felt like the Lord told me to give him some money. 46:41 I had a five in my billfold, 46:43 I had a twenty in my billfold, 46:46 and I had a hundred. 46:48 Which one do you think God told me to give him. 46:51 So I handed to him and he just almost started crying 46:54 and he said, "I want to show you something, Hal." 46:56 And he opened up his jacket 46:59 and he had a pistol in his jacket. 47:03 And he said, "I've been trying to get a job. 47:05 Couldn't get a job. 47:07 My family has no groceries, hungry. 47:11 I've got three kids and I got into this car 47:14 with the intention of robbing you." 47:16 Oh, wow. 47:17 But he said back there, 47:19 just the ways when you were talking about Jesus 47:21 and how He had blessed you, 47:22 this is what I knew that I needed. 47:25 So I ask Jesus into my heart. 47:29 Instead of getting shot 47:31 I got a blessing and he got a blessing too. 47:34 So it doesn't matter. 47:35 You know, Nadya told me a story about her mother in Russia. 47:38 Just...you don't have to witness all the time, 47:40 just be a Christian. 47:42 Yeah. 47:43 And her family just had a garden. 47:45 We are nice people in Russia 47:47 and one came time and then moved. 47:49 There is a lady who would always walk by their house 47:51 and one day, they weren't there. 47:53 She asked around where did they go. 47:55 "Oh, he's a pastor and he moved to another place." 47:57 And she's like, Oh, what church did they go to? 48:00 I want to know where these people work 48:01 because they are all the time they just talk 48:04 and she would walk by near her momma. 48:05 Yeah, my mom was a little shy, you know, 48:07 even pastor's wife but she was kind of, you know, 48:11 shy to speak to people, 48:12 you know, and being. 48:14 In front didn't speak and she was always smiling 48:17 just saying, hi, and just smile. 48:19 Sometimes gives something from the garden, 48:21 pick some flowers and give to people. 48:23 It's how people learn about God 48:26 then came to Jesus. 48:28 Well, she showed them Jesus. 48:29 But she became an Adventist 48:30 and you said someone else became a pastor that she knew? 48:34 Yeah, another friend also was passing, 48:36 looking at her smiling and then he became a deacon 48:39 and pastor now he's still in church being pastor. 48:41 Praise God. Wow. 48:43 We hope that some thing, 48:45 we still got just a little bit of time, 48:46 but we are gonna go with some 48:48 prayer request here in just a moment. 48:49 We hope something that we have seen it as sparked 48:52 something in you that you can be a witness. 48:56 You don't have to be an Elder, 48:57 you don't have be a deacon, 48:59 just a child of God and God will be with you 49:01 and God will honor that 49:03 and the Holy Spirit will lead you. 49:05 You know, I did want to say 49:06 we have a couple of instances here 49:09 where people picked up hitchhikers 49:11 and I know that's a dangerous thing to do 49:14 but listen to what each one of these situations say it. 49:18 Initially which was the spirit of the Lord 49:21 prompted with your heart. 49:22 We never picked that hitchhiker. 49:23 Yeah, and be led by the spirit of the Lord 49:26 when you step out and do something 49:29 that might be a little different 49:31 than what you normally do. 49:32 And how this witnessing and going out, 49:35 you know, the scripture we looked at initially 49:38 that great Commission. 49:39 First and foremost, He gives you the power, 49:42 He gives you the authority, He invest that into us, 49:46 His followers and then He gives us the commission 49:49 which is to just go tell people about Jesus. 49:51 Hal said it earlier, 49:53 your personal testimony is the most powerful thing 49:55 you have to share and He's with you. 49:58 He's gonna be with you always. 50:00 I remember the first time I tried to speak publicly. 50:05 I was so frightened that I couldn't get enough air 50:09 in my lungs to push a word out. 50:12 Now, you aren't won't gonna believe that today 50:14 but I wasn't a public speaker. 50:17 I couldn't speak in front of people. 50:19 She got sick after she spoke. 50:21 One time I spoke, before I spoke, 50:23 Hal, the first speaking engagement ever had. 50:26 Hal accepted it for me 50:28 and so then I had to do it and... 50:30 There were several hundred women before us. 50:33 I got a migraine headache. 50:34 I threw up two times before I spoke. 50:36 So it's a process and what you do is your to the Lord. 50:42 And ask Him to help you 50:44 and He'll be with be with you every step of the way. 50:47 As we usher in the Sabbath tonight, 50:51 welcoming the presence of God and the Holy Spirit 50:54 and you do to the Church tomorrow 50:56 and Sabbath school, I hope... 50:58 Yeah, don't forget Sabbath school. 51:00 ...the really, the need of it oh, not to forget the sermon. 51:04 But don't forget tomorrow afternoon 51:07 if the Lord prompts you to go somewhere 51:09 and speak to somebody or sick, 51:11 visit somebody or share him... 51:14 Go to nursing home. Nursing homes. 51:15 We've got a few prayer requests, 51:17 we are gonna move through here. 51:19 Robert's gonna read 51:20 and then we are gonna have a word of prayer. 51:22 Okay, we have a Kay from Canada, 51:24 is requesting a special prayer 51:26 for her son-in-law, Rodney. 51:28 He's been diagnosed with cancer. 51:30 Genevieve in California is a 101 years young 51:34 but her son at the age of 70 years 51:35 has cut off all communication with her 51:37 so she requests prayer that her son would renew 51:40 the communication with her. 51:42 Bob in Florida is an active witness 51:44 for the Lord and giving out Bible studies in his area. 51:47 He requests praying for those he has shared his studies with, 51:50 that the Holy Spirit will move upon their hearts 51:52 to make a decision for Christ. 51:54 Amen. 51:55 Silverstein in Illinois is praying for a miracle. 51:58 Yes. We know them. 52:00 Her precious husband Mike was seriously 52:02 in need of God's mercy and grace due to heart issues. 52:05 Elaine in Texas is combating a serious issue. 52:08 She is recouping-- is recouping from illness 52:11 and wants to know about Jesus. 52:14 Verline in New Jersey is struggling with work issues 52:16 that seem to be overwhelming, 52:18 addition she is concerned for her sons 52:19 and is pleading with God for their salvation. 52:22 Nancy in California is asking for our prayers. 52:25 Her mother has consented to study a God's word with her. 52:29 And Rosanna in California is suffering with arthritis, 52:33 arthritis in her legs and hips that limits her mobility. 52:37 She wants to regain her mobility 52:38 so she can continue to be a witness for her family. 52:40 Amen. 52:42 We need to take these people and others before the Lord. 52:45 You are watching tonight and you do have prayer. 52:49 You know, we are not your high priest, 52:51 Jesus is your high priest 52:52 but what we do is we agree with that. 52:55 Now you are saying you are there and I'm here 52:58 well, the Word of God 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, 53:01 "He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him." 53:03 That means that we are joined at the hip, 53:06 one father, different mothers. 53:08 So wherever you are, by the spirit of God, 53:10 we are joined with you. 53:12 So we can agree with you in prayer. 53:15 I'm gonna ask Don if he will, to pray 53:17 and then, I'm gonna ask Mollie, 53:20 if she will, to pray and we are gonna believe, 53:23 we are going to trust and rely on the 53:25 spirit of God to touch you, 53:26 no matter how many miles between us, 53:28 even in Russia and Ukraine. 53:30 And I am thinking of all of these prayer requests, 53:33 maybe one of them really touched your heart. 53:35 And if it did that, we are asking that you join 53:38 with us on prayer and also take these prayer 53:41 needs as well, for one can put a thousand, 53:44 two can put ten thousand so join with us. 53:49 We're gonna bow our heads in prayer. 53:51 O, Heavenly Father, Lord of all creation, 53:54 Lord, we are amazed by how you Lord, have plucked us out 53:59 and each one of us are brought us to this truth, 54:02 Lord, in this time, amazing journey 54:04 that You placed us on 54:06 and how You are wanting to get your children back home. 54:08 Lord, we just thank You for this opportunity 54:10 to you spent this Friday night, 54:11 the Sabbath eve with You, Lord. 54:13 On Your glorious day that You sanctify 54:16 and set apart for holy use, Lord. 54:18 That we should go out to be "repairers of the breach 54:20 and restorers of the past dwell" 54:22 as You say in Isaiah 58:12, 54:24 Lord, You have heard these powerful requests 54:28 and the testimonies shared uplifting, 54:30 You Lord in praise. 54:31 We know there's a time coming 54:33 when all eyes will be drawn upon the skies 54:36 and see You break forth and take us home 54:38 to be where You are, Lord 54:39 and we can finally can say this is our God, 54:42 we have waited for Him and there are so many 54:43 Lord, suffering right now. 54:45 Many across, not only this United States, 54:47 but across the entire world. 54:49 And I'm thinking of Japan Lord, just pray Lord 54:53 that you will touch them and help them Lord 54:55 and also those who were lifted tonight, 54:58 thinking about this lady, her son had been separated 55:01 communication with her for 70 years. 55:04 That's a long time, Lord. 55:05 We know that You are able to break down barriers 55:07 that You can break down prejudice, 55:10 some hurts, some pains. 55:12 I just pray to open her hearts and give it to you, Lord 55:14 and also concerning the bearers Lord, Michael and Celestine 55:18 you know that situation, 55:20 and also they are listening tonight. 55:22 Maybe they are making a decision for the first time. 55:25 I want to keep the Sabbath. 55:26 I want to know how. 55:28 I pray Lord, that you will open up the word to them 55:30 and as I've never seen it before, Lord, 55:31 we know what Your spirit is, mighty and powerful to save. 55:34 We just pray that You anointed each one listening tonight, 55:37 each one here present that Lord, 55:39 Your spirit will move 55:40 and that Lord this time that is soon upon us 55:43 that we will have this strength and courage 55:44 to go out and witness to the world 55:46 that Your gospel can save and heal 55:48 and bring those lost sons and daughters back and full. 55:51 We pray this in a powerful, 55:52 precious, wonderful name of Jesus Christ. 55:55 Amen. Thank you, Father. 55:57 And Father, we bring before You throne of grace. 56:00 All of our viewers and listeners 56:02 and those... 56:03 needs that are so heavy upon their hearts. 56:06 Father, we stand them before You and ask, 56:08 O, Lord, that you would touch everyone of them, 56:10 draw them Lord, closer to You, 56:12 these prayer needs that we just heard. 56:14 Father, we thank You that Your ear isn't deaf 56:17 nor Your arms shortened, but Father, 56:18 You are actively moving on behalf of those 56:22 that have such a need before You. 56:24 Now we commend them unto Your hands, 56:25 we praise You and thank You, Lord for Your presence, 56:28 for Your grace and for Your mercy 56:29 and Your goodness to us. 56:31 Thank you, Lord, that Your grace and mercy 56:33 has renewed every morning 56:34 and Lord, we can rely on You and depend on You, 56:37 now we commend our lives and our hearts 56:39 and hands and ask You Lord 56:41 to direct our steps in our thoughts. 56:43 In Jesus' name. 56:44 Amen. 56:46 The Word of God says, the studies show you 56:47 that you have to prove doen to God workmen 56:49 that need not be ashamed but 56:50 rightly dividing the word of truth. 56:52 Witness said rightly if you couldn't wrongly divided 56:55 so be sure rightly divide the word of truth 56:58 and study to show you some proof. 57:00 Find out what keeping the Sabbath holy really means. 57:04 It's more than just going to church on Sabbath. 57:07 We have shared that, 57:08 it's more than just going to Sabbath school. 57:11 You are starting out here tonight 57:13 and this could be a new experience for your life, 57:16 this could be a new era, 57:19 a dawning of a new day and new understanding 57:22 so take advantage of that and allow the 57:25 spirit of the Lord to lead you, guide you, 57:27 and direct you into keeping the Sabbath. 57:31 Remembering it and keeping it holy, 57:34 God bless you, keep the faith. 57:36 Amen. 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Revised 2015-10-05