I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends
and welcome to 3ABN
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and this is Family Worship.
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My name is John
Lomacang, Pastor John Lomacang,
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whatever you want to call me.
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I won't be able
to hear you anyhow.
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However, if the Sabbath
is beginning where you are
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or if the Sabbath is
ending where you are,
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we want to enjoy our time
together in family worship.
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You know,
spending time with the Lord
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is probably the most
important thing you can do.
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But the Sabbath is
an accelerated blessing
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because it's a canopy
of time that God blesses
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and he awaits that invitation
to come into our hearts
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as Revelation 3: 20.
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"He stands at
the door and knocks."
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He says turn
off your television,
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turn off your radio,
put down the news paper,
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get rid of your
homework, put the letters away,
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take a deep breath
and bring the Sabbath
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in as I wait to spend
this Holy time with you.
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Now we have some
wonderful people today.
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My wife is here.
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Angela, good to
have you here, honey.
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I am glad to be here.
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And Valera Babb, one
of our church members.
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Hi.
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And we have Lori Hodge.
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Good to have you here, Lori. Hi.
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And we have Denielle
and she is also a Babb.
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Yeah, yup.
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By the way, in our church I say,
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you know, this is
not a Babb family,
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they are very good family.
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And we have on the piano
who is going to be joining us
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in just a few
moments, Jill Morikone.
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Good to have you
over there, Jill.
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We're gonna sing
some songs together.
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We're gonna read
some stories in the Bible.
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We're going to
have some testimonies
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and I tell you what,
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if you've never had
family worship before
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we hope that this
infuses you to say,
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I have been
really missing something
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that God has
waited for me to enjoy.
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So we're gonna sing a song.
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Since it is about
blessing the Sabbath,
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what about "Take
Time to be Holy?"
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If you have hymnal, turn to 500
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and you can sing
with us that song,
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"Take Time to be Holy."
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Take time to be holy
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Speak oft with thy Lord
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Abide in Him always
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And feed on His Word
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Make friends of God's children
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Help those who are weak
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Forgetting in nothing
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His blessing to seek
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Once again.
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Take time to be holy
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The world rushes on
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Spend much time in secret
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With Jesus alone
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By looking to Jesus
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Like Him thou shalt be
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Thy friends in thyconduct
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His likeness shall see
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The last stanza.
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Take time to be holy
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Be calm in thy soul
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Each thought and each motive
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Beneath His control
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Thus led by His Spirit
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To fountains of love
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Thou soon shalt be fitted
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For service above
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Isn't that a wonderful song?
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Amen,amen. I love that song.
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It's about the Holy time
that God gives to us every week
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when the sun is setting.
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Somewhere in the
world the sun always sets.
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And when that sun is going down,
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the Lord is saying,
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I hope you're gonna
take time to be Holy,
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not that we are
not Holy everyday but--
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It also reminds you that
if it's a Sabbath ending,
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it means another
closer to another Sabbath.
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That's right.
That's a very good thought.
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You know, when
the Sabbath is ending,
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that means got to get
ready for the one that's coming.
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And how wonderful it is that
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one day we're gonna
be able to enjoy Sabbath
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and that blessed rest
in the presence of our Lord
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throughout eternity.
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You know, when I was
being raised in New York City,
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there Momma Haynes and
you've heard my stories
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about being raised in Brooklyn,
Momma Haynes, with my sister
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and I down, we
lived in Brooklyn.
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Now this is important.
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We lived on the East Coast
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but we would
always sing the song,
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"Day is Dying in the West."
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We were in the East singing,
"Day is Dying in the West."
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Because it was
dying in the West.
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Well, that's true. We
got to put that in context.
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It is to be born again.
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Three hours later,
it'll be dark in the West.
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Then it was
going down where I love
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'cause I was
raised on the West Coast.
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In the West Coast, that's right.
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So he died in the East,
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he was on his way
to Valera in the West.
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And here we are in the Mid West,
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caught between
the East and the West.
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And then there is a
mountain and so on and so forth.
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But this is a wonderful hymn
because it reminds us, Valera,
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that, when the
sun is going down,
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the Holy hour that God
sanctified from creation
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is just about
to light his flame.
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Let's sing that
song and reminisce about
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how wonderful it was
when we have been raised.
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Day is dying in the West
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Heaven is
touching earth with rest
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Wait and worship while the night
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Sets the evening lamps alight
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Through all the sky
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Let's sing that chorus, Holy.
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Holy, holy, holy
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Lord God of Hosts
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Heaven and
earth are full of thee
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Heaven and earth
are praising thee
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O Lord most high
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Let's look at the
last stanza. When forever.
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When forever from our sight
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Pass the stars,
the day, the night
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Lord of angels, on our eyes
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Let eternal morning rise
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And shadows end
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Let's sing that, are you ready?
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Holy, holy, holy
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Lord God of Hosts
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Heaven and
earth are full of thee
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Heaven and earth
are praising thee
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O Lord most high
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Amen, I remember that
singing that growing up.
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You too, Valera? Oh, yeah.
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We'd sit at
our-- in living room.
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Our living room
window faced west.
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And so we'd sit there
we watched the sun go down.
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Oh, precious memories, huh.
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You had the most
legitimate reason to sing that.
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Yeah, we were
watching that go down.
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You were living in the West.
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And I was talking to
Denielle and Lori earlier.
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I said you could share a story
about when you were growing up
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and they are still growing up.
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But it's wonderful.
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That takes me back like
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I could see myself
sitting there in the kitchen,
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15 Madison Street, Brooklyn
and the sun peeking its way
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through the
buildings that were behind us.
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Just the sliver of the sun
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and, you know, it goes
down behind the buildings
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before it goes over the horizon.
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When I'm in Brooklyn,
right behind our building,
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were tons of buildings.
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Exactly, so it was
setting nonetheless
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and Momma sat
there and there I was
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and the house was permeated
with the smell of baked bread.
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Ooh, that smells good.
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Can you smell it already?
Yeah, I can smell it already.
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You know, baked bread.
We baked bread today, so.
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Huh?
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We baked bread today
so I can still smell it.
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Look at that, you should've
brought some bread with us
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so we could
share with our friends.
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Maybe later. Maybe later.
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But that was how
it was and but also
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what we were reminded of was now
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Jesus was in the family.
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Remember that song?
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If Jesus in the family,
what kind of home is it?
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A happy home.
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Okay, this is not an hymnal
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but those of you younger, older,
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if you know the song,
you could sing along with us.
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And I think we'll
start with, that with Jesus
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and then with
Daddy in the family,
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then Mommy in the family,
then we'll call your names too.
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Just have fun, all right. Okay.
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With Jesus in the family
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Happy, happy
home Happy, happy home
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Happy, happy home
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With Jesus in the
family, happy, happy home
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Happy, happy home
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With Daddy.
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With Daddy in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy
home It's happy, happy home
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With Daddy in the
family, happy, happy home
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Happy, happy home
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What else do we
have besides Daddy?
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Mommy. Okay.
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With Mommy in the
family, happy, happy home
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Yes, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy home
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With Mommy in the
family, happy, happy home
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Happy, happy home
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Let's take Lori in the family.
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Lori, all right.
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With Lori in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy
home Yes, happy, happy home
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With Lori in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy home
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One more now for
Denielle. Denielle.
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With Denielle in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy
home Yes, a happy, happy home
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With Denielle in the
family, happy, happy home
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Together. Happy, happy home
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We should do you, Pastor.
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Wow, yeah, they should sing
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with Pastor in the
family but that's--
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Let's do it. Let's do it.
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And you too. Okay.
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Just Pastor. And you.
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With Pastor in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy
home It's a happy, happy home
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With Pastor in the
family, happy, happy home
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It's a happy, happy home
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Wow, with my honey in the family
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and your children in the family
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and all those who
are gathering together
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around the families circle,
you know, just if it's cool
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where you are, snuggle up,
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if it's warm where you
are, create some space.
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Turn the air conditioning on.
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Whatever the
condition of the home may be,
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it's always wonderful and cozy
when Jesus is in the family.
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You know, we
think about the Sabbath
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and we've grown up in
so many different places.
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Valera was raised in the
West. Where exactly in the West?
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Gaston, Oregon. Gaston, Oregon.
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Tell us about what it was like,
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you know, your
Sabbath experience,
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being raised in family,
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sun is going down
legitimately in the West.
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Tell us what it was
like, that personal touch
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with the Sabbath in your home.
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Well, you know,
Friday, of course was the day
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we prepared for the Sabbath.
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And so that was always,
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we never planned
anything to happen on Sabbath
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except that was the day
that you got everything ready,
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cleaned the house,
got everything ready.
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I could remember
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our house always smell
like Pine-Sol on Friday.
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And you know, not long ago,
I was walking, I don't know,
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it's a hotel or something
but obviously they just cleaned
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and they'd used Pine-Sol.
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And I came walking down,
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it's like ooh, it
smells like Sabbath is coming.
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And then half hour
before the sun went down,
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My Mom religiously said,
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"Okay, guys, it's
time for worship."
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And we gather in the living room
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and we do like we did tonight,
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you know, today we
gathered around the piano
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as kids got older and
learned to play the piano.
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We plunked out the
songs and sing songs.
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Before that we had
some songs on those discs.
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Oh. What do they call?
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They call them
view finders now or--
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Yeah, like Ducane machine.
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Anyway, and we project
those sometimes on the wall
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and we'd sing with those.
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I have no idea
where they came from
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but I can, even now
when I hear certain hymns,
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I can picture the pictures
that we sang with those things
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on Friday afternoon
and then we, you know, do
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on Friday evening and
then we do a little worship.
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And then often
times in the winter
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when we had a
long Friday evening,
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Mom would read to us
and we just all us kids,
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where there were
five of us in my family
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and we flopped down
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on the living room
floor colour whatever
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and she would read
to us until bed time.
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And it was just a
really a very special time
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to welcoming the Sabbath
and just, you know, gather
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and kind of forget
about the rush of the week
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and everything
and just kind of relax
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and welcoming the Sabbath
in a just a very relaxing way.
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Wow, I could see you reminiscing
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as you are telling the story.
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I'm looking the eyes
and seeing you go back
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and the pitch is becoming
more, real more riveting.
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Singing with
Mommy and the family
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was really, I was amazed up.
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I had to stop
singing on that one
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because just about one
year ago I lost my mother.
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And I didn't realize how
much that would affect me
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but thinking about Sabbath
and the special times together.
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Wow, and that's what, you know,
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that's what those times do.
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As you can see
those times remind us
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not just of a
song, not just of a day
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but really it is
a time for family.
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Well, that's okay
because I think about it too.
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My Momma is gone
and try sometimes
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not to even tiptoe
too deeply into the story.
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'Cause I get caught into
the emotion of the moment.
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Of course, it's so fresh.
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So fresh because
you just lost your Mom.
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And my wife, this
was important because--
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Tell us about
your family worship.
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You came from a
pretty big family.
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I mean, you had like a--
you were the youngest of eight.
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Oh, family worship in my
house was absolutely wonderful.
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We would come home,
come from home from school
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and when we got
home from school,
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we would start cleaning.
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Pine-Sol, was
also one of the things
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we used in our family, Pine-Sol.
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It's not a
commercial for Pine-Sol.
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Oh, no. But it so happened--
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It's that smell of pine.
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Really, when Valera
said, I'm like, "she did too."
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We used Pine-Sol in our houses.
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We wash the dishes
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and we had to get
press our clothes,
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get our clothes
ready for church.
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We hung our clothes up.
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Matter of fact, I
called my sister, I said,
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"Give me some more
memories about family worship."
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And she was reminding me
also, so "Remember, Angie,
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we used to hang our clothes
up, right outside our closet?"
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"Oh, yeah, we used to that."
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Hang up our
clothes and then cook.
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We'd help Mom cook
food. Get the food ready.
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Cut up the onions and whatever
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and all the house
used to smell so good.
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And then we played Jim Reeves.
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Wow.
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Some of you don't
know who Jim Reeves is,
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but we used to
play Jim Reeves' music.
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Wow.
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And it took us, took me way back
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and also we used go play
old Heritage Singers', songs.
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That's right, I could hear
it now and "I'm Willing Lord."
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"I'm Willing
Lord," that's right.
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And so we used to play that.
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Play the music in the house,
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you just hear the music
all throughout the house.
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And then my Mom says,
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"Come on, everybody,
it's time for worship."
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And we'd all run
into living room,
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sit on the floor.
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And keep in mind, some
of you may not know this
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but my father died
when I was just three old
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and all eight of
us he left behind,
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one mother, one father.
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And so my Mom became
the head of the family
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and she continued that worship.
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'Cause my dad used to
have worship very faithfully
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and she continued that worship
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and so we had
worship in our home
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and we'd sing
songs like we did today.
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We sing songs and
that was so special.
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And "Day is Dying in the
West was one of our songs.
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We got to sing also. It
was one of our favorite.
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And so we would sing that
at the opening of the Sabbath
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and close of the Sabbath
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on Sabbath
evening, Saturday evening.
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And so it was special.
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We'd read scripture. My
mom had us read scripture.
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We'd have--
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We'd read our
Sabbath school lesson
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and it was always young people,
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whoever was coming to our house,
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cousins or friends,
they'd stay for worship.
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If they didn't want to
stay, then that's fine.
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They could leave
but they came over,
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"come on in for worship."
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Even the strangers in your case.
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Yeah, everybody.
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Yeah, we had a
quite many Sabbaths.
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We had a full house.
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And during the
time when we cooked,
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my mom always made extra food
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because we would always
have company on Sabbath.
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So we always had
extra food just in case,
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somebody comes in or a
cousin or one of my brothers'
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or sisters' friends
came in for Sabbath.
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And eventually I started
to be added to the crowd.
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And then, yeah,
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and then he started
coming in for Sabbath worship.
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The 16 years old. Yeah, yeah.
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And so that was a tiny
bit of what Sabbath worship
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was for my family
and it was very special.
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I hold it dear in
my heart to this day.
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And so we continued
that tradition in my home,
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our home with family worship.
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That's right, whenever
anybody's in our house,
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Sabbath comes, we would all--
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Adventist or not.
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Adventist or
not, even the stranger
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that is within your gates
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because, you know, Jill,
the Lord is the Lord of all.
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He wants everyone.
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All of His created
beings to worship Him.
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And so that time
when He comes in,
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like my wife and I, we
have worship together sometimes.
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Sometimes we'd really read along
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but on Friday evenings
I'm kind of tying up my sermon
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so it's like
really short. And she--
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And then she goes to
reading other materials
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to input in my sermon
and it gets all fired up
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and so the sermon gets
preached on Friday night
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and on Sabbath morning.
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But, Jill, you have a
devotional thought for us
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but begin by telling us
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what family worship
was like in your family.
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You know, I'm just
listening to Valera sharing,
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to Angie sharing, to you, Pastor
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and it's just incredible to me
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because the
tradition, we could say
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these are traditions
that we have in our homes
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but the symbolism of
it and the holiness of it
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and how it brings
family that much closer,
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that much more
real and God, to me
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that's the whole point
of worship having together,
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is drawing closer the family
or the strangers in your gates
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as brothers and
sisters in Jesus.
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But in addition to that,
it's drawing closer to God.
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So it was just my sister and I
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when we grew up
and my Mom and Dad
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and we would always take
our baths Friday afternoon.
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I remember scrubbing the house
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but I don't
remember the Pine-Sol.
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But I do remember scrubbing,
I remember scrubbing the house,
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I remember doing the
cooking and all of that.
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We'd have our,
and all that stuff.
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And then we always had a
special meal Friday night.
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And for us it
seems like breakfast food
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but we always had pancakes.
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And so every Friday
night, my Dad can't do onions
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and peppers and
garlic and all that stuff
00:20:56.99\00:20:58.89
but he really like pancakes.
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So every Friday night we
would get the same candles out.
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They were our
special Sabbath candles.
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My Mom would
whip up the pancakes,
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my sister and I would sit
down at the table with them.
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We always ate together.
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We always talked together
and then we would put on
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the records, the
Heritage Singers.
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We always listen to the
Heritage Singers' record.
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And then after that,
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the best part of
the whole evening to me
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was the time that my
sister and I got to teach.
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And as I look back on
that now I think about
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how like to teach Sabbath school
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or how I like to
share the word of God.
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And I think that was planted
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when I was a little
girl back growing up.
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And so every night,
my Mom and Dad would sit,
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they would be the
audience and we would teach.
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And so we would give the lesson
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that the Sabbath
school teacher was gonna give
00:21:50.81\00:21:52.71
and I started
this at four years old.
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And I would get up,
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I had the felts
and I would teach.
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"And this is what's
happening with Jesus
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and here's a story
and here's the scripture."
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And we always had to
give our memory verse.
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And to me that was
the most precious time.
00:22:03.52\00:22:06.62
Our family worship
was getting me personally,
00:22:06.65\00:22:09.62
getting to
share the word of God.
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Well, and you have a
devotional thought for us too
00:22:11.39\00:22:12.99
but I'm gonna
first go to Denielle
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.36
because Denielle,
I want to tell you,
00:22:15.40\00:22:18.10
we've been here at our church
00:22:18.13\00:22:19.53
for more than 10
years, like my 12 years.
00:22:19.57\00:22:23.91
The time is getting away from me
00:22:23.94\00:22:25.27
but I remember Denielle,
00:22:25.31\00:22:27.88
you don't have to
tell anybody your age
00:22:27.91\00:22:29.24
because that's
the best kept secret
00:22:29.28\00:22:30.61
I don't want to
blow off for you.
00:22:30.65\00:22:31.98
But Denielle is a teenager now.
00:22:32.01\00:22:33.95
But I remember when Denielle,
00:22:33.98\00:22:35.32
I remember meeting
with Babbs years ago
00:22:35.35\00:22:36.79
and she was young and
had this little squeaky
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.69
little young
voice and I would say,
00:22:38.72\00:22:41.36
"Hope you guys record this voice
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.16
so when she graduates
00:22:43.19\00:22:44.53
from high school
you could play it."
00:22:44.56\00:22:46.49
'Cause it was
cute but-- And never--
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Didn't like
shoes, right, Valera?
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.87
Didn't like shoes, she
would be tumble saucing.
00:22:50.90\00:22:52.93
Cart wheels in the church.
00:22:52.97\00:22:54.30
I remember cart wheels
going up the front isle
00:22:54.34\00:22:57.37
while Pastor is preaching.
00:22:57.41\00:22:58.81
Exactly, just as energetic as--
00:22:58.84\00:23:00.18
Much to the
sugar in her parents.
00:23:00.21\00:23:01.68
Huh.
00:23:01.71\00:23:04.15
Not the one thing
you want as a parent,
00:23:04.18\00:23:05.95
you want to see
your child doing.
00:23:05.98\00:23:07.32
Exactly.
00:23:07.35\00:23:08.68
And always out
going but now I've seen
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.02
Denielle grow up to be
such a spiritual young lady.
00:23:11.05\00:23:15.29
I've seen her
sometimes gathering circles--
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Go ahead, you
want to say something.
00:23:16.99\00:23:18.33
Yeah, do you remember
when she was little, Denielle,
00:23:18.36\00:23:20.56
she would always witness
to people that come to church.
00:23:20.60\00:23:23.37
She would draw pictures
and write a scripture for them
00:23:23.40\00:23:27.17
and give it to them.
00:23:27.20\00:23:28.74
And I've seen big men cry
00:23:28.77\00:23:31.14
just from what Denielle
gave them to encourage them.
00:23:31.17\00:23:34.48
The scripture they
needed at the right moment.
00:23:34.51\00:23:36.58
So, Denielle, you
have been a blessing.
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.38
She is been a
missionary for a long time.
00:23:38.41\00:23:39.78
It's a ministry.
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.48
You want to say something, Jill?
00:23:41.52\00:23:42.85
Just gonna say it's a ministry,
00:23:42.88\00:23:44.22
you know, it's a
ministry of reaching out
00:23:44.25\00:23:45.75
and caring for other people.
00:23:45.79\00:23:47.46
And the gift of music.
And she's still doing that.
00:23:47.49\00:23:49.62
And she's a
little poet, a writer.
00:23:49.66\00:23:51.49
Right, and you
know, when we asked her
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.50
do the program, I want
to put this all together.
00:23:53.53\00:23:54.86
When we asked her
to do the program,
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.23
to be a part of
our family worship,
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.43
the spiritual,
wheels began to turn
00:23:58.47\00:24:00.44
and Denielle cranked-out
a poem just for this program
00:24:00.47\00:24:04.34
that you are gonna
hear for the first time.
00:24:04.37\00:24:05.71
I haven't even heard it yet.
00:24:05.74\00:24:07.08
But tell us this poem
and then share it with us.
00:24:07.11\00:24:11.28
Well, I knew what I was going
for when I started writing it.
00:24:11.31\00:24:18.52
But it took a
while to get it finished
00:24:18.55\00:24:21.02
'cause I was trying to
look up homonyms and different,
00:24:21.06\00:24:25.99
trying to get a drive
and so it's not always easy.
00:24:26.03\00:24:29.23
Sometimes it
comes out really easy,
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.57
other times it's like,
00:24:31.60\00:24:34.94
"I need this, what is it?"
00:24:34.97\00:24:40.21
So but I always have
to keep reminding myself
00:24:40.24\00:24:44.68
that I don't
actually write these,
00:24:44.71\00:24:47.58
that God writes them.
00:24:47.62\00:24:48.95
I'm just a
messenger. Wow, praise the Lord.
00:24:48.98\00:24:51.45
And I have to
remind myself with that,
00:24:51.49\00:24:53.82
with everything that is written,
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.86
that it's not me, it's
God and I'm just a messenger.
00:24:57.89\00:25:00.76
Wow.
00:25:00.80\00:25:02.13
So the poem is
called The Sabbath.
00:25:02.16\00:25:05.67
The Sabbath is a day of rest
00:25:05.70\00:25:07.77
Set apart for it is blessed
00:25:07.80\00:25:10.31
A day to worship
our Creator and King
00:25:10.34\00:25:13.34
And to put aside
every earthly thing
00:25:13.38\00:25:16.24
The Sabbath is a gift to all
Man and creature, big and small
00:25:16.28\00:25:21.05
No work, no
worries, no burdens to bear
00:25:21.08\00:25:24.22
Give them to Jesus
and leave them there
00:25:24.25\00:25:26.82
Amen. Wow. Amen.
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.22
That is so--
00:25:29.26\00:25:31.19
you got to hear it with
all of us for the first time.
00:25:31.23\00:25:34.36
Thank you, Denielle.
And I like what she said.
00:25:34.40\00:25:36.83
She said, this is not, I
mean, I'm just a messenger.
00:25:36.87\00:25:39.87
And she is, she is.
She is the burning bush.
00:25:39.90\00:25:42.90
Oh.
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.27
Oh, that's
good. That's powerful.
00:25:44.31\00:25:45.64
Everybody took
something away from that sermon.
00:25:45.67\00:25:48.28
That's true, tell me, do
you remember that sermon?
00:25:48.31\00:25:50.21
Yes, I do.
00:25:50.25\00:25:51.58
Actually, used it
on my Mom telling her,
00:25:51.61\00:25:53.42
"Mom, you're not,"
00:25:53.45\00:25:55.02
whatever she
imagined, "you're bush."
00:25:55.05\00:25:56.92
She's like, "What do you mean?"
00:25:56.95\00:25:58.52
'Cause you had
done a sermon on Moses
00:25:58.55\00:26:01.09
and the burning
bush and said, you know,
00:26:01.12\00:26:02.79
we're not, we're
all bushes, you know,
00:26:02.82\00:26:04.73
it's up to God to
light us and let Him use us.
00:26:04.76\00:26:09.00
Wow, let His glory
be seen through us.
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.70
The young people are listening
to your sermons, honey.
00:26:10.73\00:26:12.83
Isn't it wonderful?
00:26:12.87\00:26:14.20
That's exciting because I had,
00:26:14.24\00:26:15.60
I cannot tell
you how many people
00:26:15.64\00:26:16.97
after that sermon said,
"Good to meet you, bush."
00:26:17.01\00:26:20.41
Then I said it,
I mean, George Bush
00:26:20.44\00:26:21.91
was ahead of all of us.
00:26:21.94\00:26:23.65
But truly, that's
what the Sabbath is.
00:26:23.68\00:26:26.21
It allows us to
remind ourselves that hey,
00:26:26.25\00:26:29.02
any light, any poems,
any songs, any ministry,
00:26:29.05\00:26:32.29
is because the Lord looks
at this little frail bush,
00:26:32.32\00:26:35.16
fruitless bush and
ignites our flames.
00:26:35.19\00:26:38.19
Amen.
00:26:38.23\00:26:39.63
And I thought you
had a thought on you.
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.03
I'm just listening
to what you are saying.
00:26:41.06\00:26:43.10
And it really
makes a difference, Lori.
00:26:43.13\00:26:44.83
Like, I want to
go back a little bit.
00:26:44.87\00:26:47.20
When Jill was talking
about like Sabbath candles,
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.11
I remember it wasn't
exactly Sabbath candle
00:26:50.14\00:26:52.27
but it was a Sabbath candle--
00:26:52.31\00:26:56.41
Abra.
00:26:56.44\00:26:57.98
Yeah, something like that
and you put the candles inside
00:26:58.01\00:26:59.91
and it was so
beautiful and we'd always have,
00:26:59.95\00:27:03.28
we'd always light it.
00:27:03.32\00:27:06.15
If we couldn't find the
candle, if we even we had to go
00:27:06.19\00:27:08.46
and buy one and put
it in there, you know.
00:27:08.49\00:27:09.82
And we always have it
lighting for Sabbath, morning,
00:27:09.86\00:27:13.09
or no, Sabbath
evening and Friday evening.
00:27:13.13\00:27:15.83
And we'd have it lit
and we do our worship
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.73
and leave that candle burning
00:27:17.77\00:27:19.37
and then when we go
to bed we'll blow it out.
00:27:19.40\00:27:21.57
And it was very special to
me and then we recently gave it
00:27:21.60\00:27:27.34
to someone for a Christmas gift
00:27:27.38\00:27:28.71
'cause it was
really special to us--
00:27:28.74\00:27:30.85
and they were special to us too.
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.21
So we gave them something
special to let them know
00:27:32.25\00:27:35.02
that they are special to us.
00:27:35.05\00:27:36.38
And it was amazing.
00:27:36.42\00:27:37.79
Passing along the
flame and the Sabbath flame,
00:27:37.82\00:27:39.99
to be more specific.
00:27:40.02\00:27:41.56
But you had a story
'cause you're talking about
00:27:41.59\00:27:43.19
what happened
once you were driving
00:27:43.22\00:27:44.63
on to church on a Sabbath.
00:27:44.66\00:27:46.03
Yes. That was very interesting.
00:27:46.06\00:27:47.40
Tell us how the Lord delivers
even the Sabbath is the day
00:27:47.43\00:27:49.40
not only of worship
but a day of delivery.
00:27:49.43\00:27:51.40
Talk about that. It
was a Sabbath evening.
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.77
And there was a
Revelation seminar I think.
00:27:54.80\00:27:57.27
Yeah, it was a
Revelation seminar
00:27:57.31\00:27:59.07
and we were on our way.
00:27:59.11\00:28:00.78
We were about to pull
into the church parking lot
00:28:00.81\00:28:02.94
and we are slowing down
and these huge headlights
00:28:02.98\00:28:06.15
are just like bearing
down and we didn't know,
00:28:06.18\00:28:09.22
like my mom just
screamed, "Jesus, save us."
00:28:09.25\00:28:11.85
And like I just looked.
00:28:11.89\00:28:13.96
I didn't really
know what was going on.
00:28:13.99\00:28:15.32
So I kind of
turned and there was like
00:28:15.36\00:28:16.69
this huge truck
that went past us.
00:28:16.73\00:28:18.56
He kind of dissert him, miss us
00:28:18.59\00:28:21.13
and my Mom pulled in
and pulled into parking lot
00:28:21.16\00:28:24.43
and just sat there
like, "God, thank you."
00:28:24.47\00:28:27.10
You know, she's all like praying
00:28:27.14\00:28:28.50
and thanking God and
I was like Mom, what,
00:28:28.54\00:28:32.34
I had no idea
what had just happened.
00:28:32.37\00:28:33.94
I was like, "what?"
00:28:33.98\00:28:35.61
And then she had
to repeat it all to me
00:28:35.64\00:28:37.05
and it was like,
wow, it actually,
00:28:37.08\00:28:39.81
you know, 'cause I
didn't really realize
00:28:39.85\00:28:41.92
what all was going on.
00:28:41.95\00:28:43.39
And-- but it was this huge,
00:28:43.42\00:28:46.05
I guess it was
a Dodge Ram truck.
00:28:46.09\00:28:47.42
You know how big they are.
00:28:47.46\00:28:48.79
Dodge Ram truck.
It was something.
00:28:48.82\00:28:51.19
You know, it was just going past
00:28:51.23\00:28:53.09
and if it had hit us,
00:28:53.13\00:28:56.77
it would have, we've
probably would have died
00:28:56.80\00:28:59.03
and probably would have
tore out the huge block.
00:28:59.07\00:29:03.81
It was like all these
brick block things for the sign
00:29:03.84\00:29:07.38
and then the sun
was in the middle.
00:29:07.41\00:29:08.98
And if our car
would've hit that,
00:29:09.01\00:29:11.65
which would have made it,
00:29:11.68\00:29:13.01
you know all toward
the building of the church
00:29:13.05\00:29:15.05
and there would have been damage
00:29:15.08\00:29:16.42
with people inside, you
know, and it was amazing.
00:29:16.45\00:29:19.52
And so we were,
00:29:19.55\00:29:20.96
we told some
people, they are like,
00:29:20.99\00:29:22.56
my mom was kind of in
like just recovering from it.
00:29:22.59\00:29:25.26
When she went in it
was like, "What happened?"
00:29:25.29\00:29:26.63
We told them and another thing,
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.43
I guess something too
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.43
is the Pastor's
sermon that night.
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.80
Because I would just like
00:29:33.84\00:29:35.17
I had a close call,
I thought that was wow,
00:29:35.20\00:29:36.54
you know, I was really
actually paying attention.
00:29:36.57\00:29:38.91
You know, normally I'm a
kid, I'm just like taking note,
00:29:38.94\00:29:41.61
you know, but this time I
was actually like in tune,
00:29:41.64\00:29:44.41
like more than usual.
00:29:44.45\00:29:45.78
The Lord got your attention.
00:29:45.81\00:29:47.15
Yes, I was like,
wow, you know. And he--
00:29:47.18\00:29:51.15
Well, it was neat
00:29:51.19\00:29:52.79
but every single time it
was like this thin light.
00:29:52.82\00:29:55.89
But every time he said a
verse it would get brighter.
00:29:55.92\00:29:57.69
And it was like that thick
around him, around everything.
00:29:57.73\00:30:00.80
And it would get
brighter every single time
00:30:00.83\00:30:02.83
and I was like,
"Did you see that?"
00:30:02.86\00:30:04.63
I'm talking to friend of
ours, like "Did you see that?"
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.53
And like, "What?
00:30:06.57\00:30:07.90
Apparently no one
else could see it.
00:30:07.94\00:30:09.54
Even my mom was like,
"I don't see anything."
00:30:09.57\00:30:11.17
I was like, "But
it's right there,
00:30:11.21\00:30:12.77
it was this tiny light
00:30:12.81\00:30:14.14
and when he says a
verse it gets brighter."
00:30:14.18\00:30:15.78
You know, it's like, wow.
00:30:15.81\00:30:17.55
And I guess I had it was like,
00:30:17.58\00:30:19.68
that was special night to me.
00:30:19.71\00:30:21.25
It was very special.
Lord communicated to you.
00:30:21.28\00:30:23.45
I saw you, Jill, you had
a thought that was gonna--
00:30:23.49\00:30:24.82
I was just gonna say, Lori,
to me it's a beautiful thing,
00:30:24.85\00:30:27.36
God spared your life.
00:30:27.39\00:30:28.89
And God spared
your life for a purpose.
00:30:28.92\00:30:31.13
You are a young woman,
that I think of Jeremiah 29.
00:30:31.16\00:30:34.10
God says, "I know
the plans I have for you,
00:30:34.13\00:30:37.07
plans to prosper
you and not harm you,
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.97
plans to give you
a future and a hope."
00:30:39.00\00:30:41.07
And for both, you
Lori and Denielle,
00:30:41.10\00:30:42.87
and for you at
home, you may be young
00:30:42.90\00:30:45.04
and saying, "I don't even know.
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.47
My life is just beginning.
00:30:46.51\00:30:47.84
I don't know what's
going on with my life."
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.71
But God has a
plan for your life.
00:30:49.74\00:30:53.11
And that's a beautiful thing.
God spared you for a purpose.
00:30:53.15\00:30:55.78
And that
something I often wondered.
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.25
I wondered like,
you know, why am I here,
00:30:57.29\00:30:59.59
when it was like
rough day or something.
00:30:59.62\00:31:01.06
And then I either
think of that verse
00:31:01.09\00:31:03.36
or you know, I think about
the past thing that's happened
00:31:03.39\00:31:06.16
and He was like protecting me.
00:31:06.19\00:31:07.90
It's like, you know
there has to be something.
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.46
I better hang in there,
00:31:09.50\00:31:10.83
you know, better to
see what's going on.
00:31:10.87\00:31:12.20
That's right, hang in there.
00:31:12.23\00:31:13.57
Jill, you had a thought
for us to share with us today.
00:31:13.60\00:31:15.40
To with our
audience, a devotional thought.
00:31:15.44\00:31:17.01
I did, absolutely.
00:31:17.04\00:31:19.11
This, I'm gonna
start with a short story
00:31:19.14\00:31:20.91
and this I'll
tie into the Sabbath.
00:31:20.94\00:31:23.08
I know you were talking about
00:31:23.11\00:31:24.45
the Sabbath being a day
of deliverance, you know.
00:31:24.48\00:31:26.82
The Lord saved you.
00:31:26.85\00:31:28.18
The Sabbath is
also a day of healing.
00:31:28.22\00:31:30.15
That's right.
00:31:30.19\00:31:31.62
We go with a women.
Valera goes as well.
00:31:31.65\00:31:34.26
We go on Monday
nights to the local jail
00:31:34.29\00:31:37.23
and we rotate
through and we meet
00:31:37.26\00:31:39.56
and do Bible studies
with the women in the jail.
00:31:39.59\00:31:41.76
And this one night I
was asking the women,
00:31:41.80\00:31:44.90
if someone else
were to describe you,
00:31:44.93\00:31:47.27
how would they describe you?
00:31:47.30\00:31:48.94
What would they say
00:31:48.97\00:31:50.31
if someone else
were to describe you?
00:31:50.34\00:31:51.87
And if I would
ask each one here,
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.84
we could all say
something about each other.
00:31:53.88\00:31:55.94
But they went around
the room and they described.
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.18
What they thought someone
else would say about them.
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.45
And the words were,
mouthy, loud, quiet.
00:32:00.48\00:32:05.42
Those are two opposites
00:32:05.45\00:32:06.79
but they were
opposite personalities.
00:32:06.82\00:32:08.46
Loud, quiet,
pretty, boisterous, happy,
00:32:08.49\00:32:15.80
kind of life at the party,
all of those type of words.
00:32:15.83\00:32:19.00
And then they
were having a good time
00:32:19.03\00:32:20.70
and laughing and talking
00:32:20.74\00:32:22.07
and then I said,
let's go around again.
00:32:22.10\00:32:24.37
And this time, I want you to say
00:32:24.41\00:32:26.37
how you would describe yourself.
00:32:26.41\00:32:29.81
And instantly, the
atmosphere of the room changed.
00:32:29.84\00:32:32.98
And it got quiet.
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.35
And the first girl, the
girl who had said mouthy,
00:32:34.38\00:32:37.52
the one who had just thought
00:32:37.55\00:32:38.89
other people would
describe her as that.
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.26
And she was a happy
girl, she talked a lot.
00:32:40.29\00:32:42.69
She was involved,
she said, I am sad.
00:32:42.72\00:32:49.53
And the next girl, angry,
depressed, lonely, afraid,
00:32:49.56\00:32:55.17
and the last one got me
00:32:55.20\00:32:56.54
more than the rest
and they were all sad.
00:32:56.57\00:32:58.17
She said broken.
00:32:58.21\00:33:00.68
And we talked about
the masks that we put on.
00:33:00.71\00:33:03.28
The masks that other people see
00:33:03.31\00:33:04.95
and then the masks
that we put on the--
00:33:04.98\00:33:07.02
we're trying to
hide who we are inside.
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.08
But Jesus says, "He loves us."
00:33:09.12\00:33:13.02
He created in the beginning
00:33:13.05\00:33:15.02
and He wants to
re-create in us His image.
00:33:15.06\00:33:19.29
We are
daughters, sons of the King.
00:33:19.33\00:33:22.20
And so when I think of Sabbath,
00:33:22.23\00:33:23.73
I think of a day without--
we don't have to wear the mask.
00:33:23.77\00:33:26.90
That it's us and God.
00:33:26.94\00:33:29.04
We come into His
presence with His word.
00:33:29.07\00:33:31.44
Fellowshipping with
brothers and sisters
00:33:31.47\00:33:33.41
and worship, going to church,
00:33:33.44\00:33:35.34
fellowshipping with
family, with friends,
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.28
we don't have to wear the mask.
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.71
And the time when
God pours into our life
00:33:39.75\00:33:42.68
who we really are,
who we are in Jesus.
00:33:42.72\00:33:45.35
I think He said, He
created us in the beginning,
00:33:45.39\00:33:48.56
re-created, wants to
re-create His character in us.
00:33:48.59\00:33:52.69
And the Sabbath
is the symbol to me
00:33:52.73\00:33:54.43
of the re-creative power of God.
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.70
And the work He
can do in our lives
00:33:56.73\00:33:58.53
and I think of 2
Corinthians 5: 17,
00:33:58.57\00:34:00.97
"If anyone is in
Christ, he's a new creation.
00:34:01.00\00:34:04.04
All things are passed away.
00:34:04.07\00:34:05.51
Behold, all
things have become new."
00:34:05.54\00:34:08.04
And so we don't know
00:34:08.08\00:34:09.41
if our friends at home
if you are a Sabbath keepers
00:34:09.44\00:34:11.51
or where you are
in your walk with God.
00:34:11.55\00:34:14.18
But I think that God
wants us to come apart
00:34:14.22\00:34:16.48
and to find out who He
is and who we are in Jesus.
00:34:16.52\00:34:19.92
And just be
healed and reconciled
00:34:19.95\00:34:21.69
with each other's
brothers and sisters.
00:34:21.72\00:34:23.39
Wow, amen, that's so true
00:34:23.43\00:34:24.93
because we don't
know how broken we are
00:34:24.96\00:34:27.20
until we are asked to
describe ourselves sometimes.
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.13
And you know, sometimes
00:34:30.17\00:34:31.67
the week could
be really exciting,
00:34:31.70\00:34:34.10
you could be going
through a heat wave,
00:34:34.14\00:34:36.71
you could be going through
a frosty season in your life,
00:34:36.74\00:34:41.61
you could have just,
00:34:41.64\00:34:42.98
a baby could have
been born in your family
00:34:43.01\00:34:44.35
the day before or,
00:34:44.38\00:34:45.85
you could have lost a loved one.
00:34:45.88\00:34:47.52
You never know
and so those moments
00:34:47.55\00:34:48.88
are really
important because all of us
00:34:48.92\00:34:50.39
as Jill described
that everyone of us
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.15
has those up and down days,
00:34:52.19\00:34:53.89
those days when you
experience God's deliverance
00:34:53.92\00:34:56.59
and those days when the sermon
gets brighter and brighter,
00:34:56.62\00:34:59.29
those days when young people
00:34:59.33\00:35:00.66
are finally listening
to the pastors message
00:35:00.70\00:35:03.30
and those days
when we reminisce about,
00:35:03.33\00:35:05.37
you know, my, your mom,
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.60
you think about your mom
and now you think, now our mom.
00:35:07.64\00:35:11.01
And Valera, your
family is always,
00:35:11.04\00:35:12.77
my wife and I always
admire you and Mike and Denielle
00:35:12.81\00:35:16.81
and Denai and Jonathan and Jason
00:35:16.85\00:35:20.18
and we say they all grown up
00:35:20.22\00:35:21.82
but they still do
everything together.
00:35:21.85\00:35:23.45
Isn't that amazing?
Yeah, as a family, yeah.
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.19
And I love that
and we're a family,
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.72
a church family
'cause most of us,
00:35:27.76\00:35:30.06
we don't have our
families with us, do we?
00:35:30.09\00:35:32.69
Our brothers, our sisters,
so we are brothers and sisters
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.63
together in our church.
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.73
That's right.
00:35:37.77\00:35:39.10
It's true what you
said, "take the mask off."
00:35:39.13\00:35:40.90
Be real.
00:35:40.94\00:35:42.27
I was thinking as Jill
was talking about that,
00:35:42.30\00:35:43.64
"take the mask off."
00:35:43.67\00:35:45.01
I was talking to
somebody this week
00:35:45.04\00:35:47.21
and they were saying, their son,
00:35:47.24\00:35:50.51
you know, had quit going
to the church at one point
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.95
because when he went to
church, he felt uncomfortable.
00:35:52.98\00:35:57.79
He was lonely there.
00:35:57.82\00:35:59.42
And I thought how sad, you know.
00:35:59.45\00:36:01.36
So we need to, you know,
00:36:01.39\00:36:03.86
we could say we
take the mask off.
00:36:03.89\00:36:05.33
We can do that before God
00:36:05.36\00:36:06.70
but it's little
bit harder sometimes
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.16
to do that with each other.
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.53
So I think as a church family,
00:36:09.56\00:36:11.27
we need to kind
of keep our eyes open
00:36:11.30\00:36:14.77
to others that may, you know,
they may, they have a mask.
00:36:14.80\00:36:18.37
They may look like they are fine
00:36:18.41\00:36:21.11
but maybe we need
to spend a little time
00:36:21.14\00:36:23.41
and see what's
underneath their mask,
00:36:23.45\00:36:24.88
what they are
hiding behind that mask
00:36:24.91\00:36:28.02
and see, you
know, if we can minister
00:36:28.05\00:36:30.19
in a way or something to them.
00:36:30.22\00:36:31.55
Because sometimes you could
be in a crowd and be lonely.
00:36:31.59\00:36:33.82
I've heard
people say that before.
00:36:33.86\00:36:35.49
Kind of takes
us, we have a story
00:36:35.52\00:36:36.99
I want to walk
with you all through.
00:36:37.03\00:36:39.39
If you have your Bibles,
go to Matthew Chapter 12.
00:36:39.43\00:36:41.50
We talked about the
Sabbath, the day of deliverance,
00:36:41.53\00:36:43.93
the day of
family, a day of worship,
00:36:43.97\00:36:46.20
a day where we
take the mask off.
00:36:46.23\00:36:48.60
But it's also a day of healing.
00:36:48.64\00:36:51.61
So often people
misunderstand the Sabbath.
00:36:51.64\00:36:53.61
You know, when the Sabbath
comes in some people say,
00:36:53.64\00:36:55.18
"Well, you know,
the Jews did this
00:36:55.21\00:36:57.38
and Jesus did
that and I even had
00:36:57.41\00:36:58.81
one person once said to
me, "Even Jesus violated
00:36:58.85\00:37:02.05
the Sabbath," someone once said.
00:37:02.08\00:37:03.42
And I said, "Oh, if
Jesus violated the Sabbath,
00:37:03.45\00:37:06.12
we're all in trouble."
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.82
But I think it came
out of a misunderstanding
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.16
of what the Sabbath was.
00:37:10.19\00:37:11.53
Jill, you have, I
could see having think--
00:37:11.56\00:37:12.99
But in Matthew
Chapter 12, there's a story.
00:37:13.03\00:37:16.26
We want to walk
through together,
00:37:16.30\00:37:17.63
amplify certain points of it.
00:37:17.67\00:37:19.07
But it shows you that as
Mark 2 verse 27 and 28 says,
00:37:19.10\00:37:23.04
"The Sabbath was made for man,
and not man for the Sabbath."
00:37:23.07\00:37:26.64
Long before they were families,
I would say when Adam and Eve,
00:37:26.68\00:37:31.01
there were no aunts, no uncles,
00:37:31.05\00:37:32.38
no grand parents, no grand kids,
00:37:32.41\00:37:34.55
you know, no
little boys and girls
00:37:34.58\00:37:35.92
running around
the garden of Eden.
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.29
They were just two individuals.
00:37:37.32\00:37:38.92
And the Lord created a
Hoy pair in a Holy time.
00:37:38.95\00:37:43.39
And what more, what better time
00:37:43.43\00:37:45.99
to focus on the Holy
family in that Holy time
00:37:46.03\00:37:50.53
in the Holy relationship
than in a day and age
00:37:50.57\00:37:53.27
where the family
has been attacked,
00:37:53.30\00:37:56.07
where the Sabbath has
practically been pushed out
00:37:56.10\00:37:58.84
and replaced with tradition.
00:37:58.87\00:38:00.58
What better time to
go back to remembering
00:38:00.61\00:38:02.38
what the Lord did
in the Garden of Eden.
00:38:02.41\00:38:04.91
Long before they were Jews,
long before they were Gentiles,
00:38:04.95\00:38:07.72
just two perfect people.
00:38:07.75\00:38:09.18
He blessed the day
and He blessed the family.
00:38:09.22\00:38:11.05
So this story shows
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.46
as the thousands of
years continued to roll,
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.92
it got distorted
and Jesus had to restore
00:38:15.96\00:38:17.83
to His own people how
beautiful the Sabbath was.
00:38:17.86\00:38:20.10
So let's begin by,
we'll go around the circle
00:38:20.13\00:38:22.03
and if you're comfortable--
00:38:22.06\00:38:23.40
You guys are comfortable to
read a verse here and there?
00:38:23.43\00:38:24.77
Okay, great.
00:38:24.80\00:38:26.13
We're gonna read
versus as we go around
00:38:26.17\00:38:27.57
and we're gonna
pause along the way
00:38:27.60\00:38:29.07
and make some
points in the story.
00:38:29.10\00:38:31.04
It starts at
Matthew Chapter 12:1.
00:38:31.07\00:38:33.68
It says, "At that
time, Jesus went through
00:38:33.71\00:38:37.41
the grain fields on the Sabbath.
00:38:37.45\00:38:39.81
And His disciples were hungry
00:38:39.85\00:38:41.88
and began to pluck
heads of grain and to eat."
00:38:41.92\00:38:45.35
And verse 2, honey.
00:38:45.39\00:38:47.72
"And when the Pharisees saw it,
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.59
they said to Him, 'Look
your disciples are doing
00:38:49.62\00:38:53.06
what is not lawful
to do on the Sabbath.'"
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.96
Okay, now before we
go Valera, it was amazing
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.27
how the disciples, the Jews had,
00:38:58.30\00:39:00.54
they had so
burdened the Sabbath,
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.50
you see the Sabbath
we know as a blessing.
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.17
A day of rest.
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.21
To them it was a
day of regulations.
00:39:06.24\00:39:08.18
Yeah, rules. Dos and don'ts.
00:39:08.21\00:39:09.54
Days of rules.
00:39:09.58\00:39:11.61
But it was never
intended by God to be that.
00:39:11.65\00:39:14.15
And if somebody is hungry
00:39:14.18\00:39:15.52
and we've all
seen this application
00:39:15.55\00:39:17.32
because sometimes
people are hungry.
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.39
Your sister is
involved in a SDA elderly care
00:39:19.42\00:39:22.29
for elderly people.
00:39:22.32\00:39:25.09
If somebody is
hungry, would you say to them,
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.46
"Well, I'd sure love to feed you
00:39:27.50\00:39:28.93
but it's a Sabbath."
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.30
No.
00:39:30.33\00:39:31.67
You know, that's
not the God we serve.
00:39:31.70\00:39:33.54
So this legalistic thing
was connected to the Sabbath.
00:39:33.57\00:39:35.80
But go to the third
verse, Valera and look at this.
00:39:35.84\00:39:38.54
"But he said unto them,
00:39:38.57\00:39:40.14
'Have ye not
read what David did,
00:39:40.18\00:39:42.04
when he was an hungred,
and they that were with him.'"
00:39:42.08\00:39:46.55
Okay. And Jill, verse 4.
00:39:46.58\00:39:48.42
"How he entered
the house of God,
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.22
and ate the shewbread,
00:39:50.25\00:39:51.59
which was not
lawful for him to eat,
00:39:51.62\00:39:53.96
nor for those who were with him,
00:39:53.99\00:39:55.46
but only for the priests?"
00:39:55.49\00:39:57.03
Okay, and Denielle,
you are into verse 5.
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.43
"Or have you not read in the law
00:39:59.46\00:40:01.56
that on the Sabbath days
the priests in the temple
00:40:01.60\00:40:04.07
profane the
Sabbath, and are blameless?"
00:40:04.10\00:40:07.10
Okay, Lori.
00:40:07.14\00:40:08.57
"Yet, I say unto
you, that in this place
00:40:08.60\00:40:10.81
there is one
greater than the temple."
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.81
Wow, that's huge.
00:40:12.84\00:40:14.64
Powerful. That was huge.
00:40:14.68\00:40:17.31
They were putting such
emphasis on the temple,
00:40:17.35\00:40:20.22
the grain field, they even
00:40:20.25\00:40:22.12
But they
weren't focusing on God.
00:40:22.15\00:40:23.49
Say that again. They
weren't focusing on God.
00:40:23.52\00:40:24.85
They were not focusing on God.
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.25
Matter of fact,
even worse than that,
00:40:26.29\00:40:29.22
here in their presence
was Jesus, the Creator.
00:40:29.26\00:40:32.19
Yes. The Lord of
heaven and earth.
00:40:32.23\00:40:33.83
And there are- over,
00:40:33.86\00:40:35.50
"Your disciples ate
some wheat on the Sabbath.
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.97
It's not good."
00:40:39.00\00:40:40.34
And then said,
"Don't you remember David,
00:40:40.37\00:40:43.30
how he went and
ate the shewbread?
00:40:43.34\00:40:44.97
It wasn't right for
him. He wasn't a priest.
00:40:45.01\00:40:47.14
But what was the
point in the story.
00:40:47.18\00:40:48.51
What was being emphasized?
00:40:48.54\00:40:49.88
If you think about it, tell
me what was being emphasized?
00:40:49.91\00:40:52.35
I think the next
verse sums it up.
00:40:52.38\00:40:53.78
"The Son of man is
Lord even of the Sabbath."
00:40:53.82\00:40:55.62
So to me it's
showing Jesus is saying,
00:40:55.65\00:40:57.55
it's not about rules. Right.
00:40:57.59\00:40:59.25
It's about relationship.
And that is the key difference.
00:40:59.29\00:41:03.43
'Cause we can keep the Sabbath
00:41:03.46\00:41:04.79
but we make it all about rules
or we make it all about dos
00:41:04.83\00:41:07.56
and don'ts as you mentioned.
00:41:07.60\00:41:09.23
It's interesting
to me if you look,
00:41:09.26\00:41:10.87
they went
through the grain fields
00:41:10.90\00:41:12.23
and they plucked the grain.
00:41:12.27\00:41:13.60
I used to think the
disciples were stealing.
00:41:13.64\00:41:18.37
Like you're not
supposed to do that.
00:41:18.41\00:41:20.58
But if you read
in Deuteronomy 23,
00:41:20.61\00:41:22.98
it actually was
lawful for them to do that.
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.81
Not to cut it with a sickle
and take from their neighbor
00:41:25.85\00:41:27.98
but they could, you know,
rub the grains with their hands
00:41:28.02\00:41:31.19
and they could eat
if they were hungry.
00:41:31.22\00:41:32.55
That was in the Bible, in
their, you know, the laws.
00:41:32.59\00:41:34.92
They could do that.
00:41:34.96\00:41:36.29
But the issue,
the Pharisees had,
00:41:36.32\00:41:37.66
of course, was the dos
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.03
and don'ts
relating to the Sabbath.
00:41:39.06\00:41:40.40
Right, and they were
not taking their John Deere
00:41:40.43\00:41:41.76
and plowing the
fields and harvesting.
00:41:41.80\00:41:44.27
There's a difference.
00:41:44.30\00:41:45.63
The issue that
was being brought up
00:41:45.67\00:41:47.00
was the needs of individuals.
00:41:47.04\00:41:50.24
David was hungry.
00:41:50.27\00:41:51.61
"Where could we get
some bread, it's a Sabbath?"
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.64
"Go to the temple,
there's some shewbread there."
00:41:53.68\00:41:55.64
The Lord wouldn't
say, you know David,
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.35
you need to
starve, it's a Sabbath.
00:41:57.38\00:42:00.92
If the sun goes down in time
if you'd eat, you'd be okay.
00:42:00.95\00:42:04.92
But starve as
long as the Sabbath--
00:42:04.95\00:42:06.86
And there is some people
I want to make this point,
00:42:06.89\00:42:08.56
there's some people
that have made the Sabbath
00:42:08.59\00:42:09.92
so many dos and don'ts.
00:42:09.96\00:42:11.89
Somebody once said,
00:42:11.93\00:42:13.26
if the Sabbath becomes a delight
00:42:13.29\00:42:15.86
as the Lord
intends if it were to be,
00:42:15.90\00:42:17.37
then more people
will look at the Sabbath
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.03
as a day of freedom,
rejoicing and blessings.
00:42:19.07\00:42:21.40
But here the
Pharisees, "religious people"
00:42:21.44\00:42:25.21
put burdens on it
that Jesus never puts.
00:42:25.24\00:42:27.11
So He was kind
of re-teaching them.
00:42:27.14\00:42:28.48
What was the next
verse that we go to?
00:42:28.51\00:42:29.94
Verse number 9, is that my turn.
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.81
No, verse 7. Verse number 7?
00:42:31.85\00:42:33.82
Okay, here it is.
00:42:33.85\00:42:36.02
But I think that,
well, I'll go to verse 7.
00:42:36.05\00:42:39.35
"But if ye had known
00:42:39.39\00:42:42.22
what this means I
desire," here's the lesson,
00:42:42.26\00:42:44.93
"I desire mercy,
and not sacrifice,
00:42:44.96\00:42:47.96
ye would not have
condemned the guiltless."
00:42:48.00\00:42:51.57
That's funny, how
do you condemns him by
00:42:51.60\00:42:53.03
if he's not even
guilty of anything?
00:42:53.07\00:42:54.77
You're condemning people
that haven't even done anything.
00:42:54.80\00:42:57.21
See, go to the
next verse, honey.
00:42:57.24\00:42:58.77
Before that it says
in the Desire of Ages,
00:42:58.81\00:43:01.51
it says, "Christ
reiterated the truth
00:43:01.54\00:43:05.35
that the sacrifices were
in themselves of no value."
00:43:05.38\00:43:08.92
That's right.
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.29
"They were a
means and not an end.
00:43:10.32\00:43:12.85
Their object was to
direct men to the Savior
00:43:12.89\00:43:16.02
and thus to bring
them in harmony with God."
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.16
Wow.
00:43:19.19\00:43:20.53
So and it ends here,
"So with the Sabbath,"
00:43:20.56\00:43:23.57
so with the Sabbath and it says,
00:43:23.60\00:43:25.50
"it was designed to bring
men into communion with God.
00:43:25.53\00:43:30.04
But when the mind was
absorbed with wearisome rights,
00:43:30.07\00:43:34.34
the object of the
Sabbath was thwarted,
00:43:34.38\00:43:38.65
its mere outward
observant was a mockery."
00:43:38.68\00:43:42.62
Wow, so it was saying that
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.19
you could
actually observe the day
00:43:44.22\00:43:46.15
but have no
connection with the Lord.
00:43:46.19\00:43:48.49
Which doesn't say,
not observe the day
00:43:48.52\00:43:51.49
but said, if
you're gonna do that,
00:43:51.53\00:43:52.86
remember, "Hey, hey,
guys, I'm right here,
00:43:52.89\00:43:55.23
one greater than
the laws in your midst."
00:43:55.26\00:43:58.33
He said, "I'm right here."
00:43:58.37\00:43:59.73
And you're
missing the whole blessing
00:43:59.77\00:44:01.47
because you're missing who I Am.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.04
When I think about the Sabbath,
00:44:03.07\00:44:04.41
I think God is
just calling to us
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.04
and He says, "I love you,
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.18
I want to spend the
whole day with you."
00:44:08.21\00:44:10.45
Now He wants to
spend everyday with us
00:44:10.48\00:44:12.25
but in a special way.
00:44:12.28\00:44:13.78
He says His
hours are sanctified.
00:44:13.82\00:44:15.32
They are set
apart. They are Holy.
00:44:15.35\00:44:16.92
I just want to commune with you,
00:44:16.95\00:44:18.29
I want you to
draw in my presence
00:44:18.32\00:44:19.95
and when I read this,
when I think about that,
00:44:19.99\00:44:22.46
I think I am here in my
observance of the Sabbath
00:44:22.49\00:44:26.46
and what I gain from
it but I want to grow.
00:44:26.49\00:44:29.56
I want to learn
so much more of Jesus
00:44:29.60\00:44:32.23
and grow into His
presence every Sabbath.
00:44:32.27\00:44:34.94
That's right.
Valera, any thoughts on that?
00:44:34.97\00:44:37.01
Well, I was just thinking,
00:44:37.04\00:44:38.37
you know, "Turn
your eyes upon Jesus,"
00:44:38.41\00:44:40.18
you know, that song
kind of popped in my head
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.21
and you know, if
we're focusing on Jesus,
00:44:42.24\00:44:45.55
the rules and regulations
00:44:45.58\00:44:47.02
are gonna take
care of themselves.
00:44:47.05\00:44:48.38
I mean, if
you're focusing on Him,
00:44:48.42\00:44:51.22
He's gonna lead you into what,
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.72
you know, if you're
spending your time with Him,
00:44:53.76\00:44:56.09
you're not gonna worry
about what you're doing
00:44:56.12\00:44:58.03
and not because you
are spending time with Him.
00:44:58.06\00:45:00.33
And so the rules just kind
of take care of themselves.
00:45:00.36\00:45:02.93
But if you focus on
the rules. That's right.
00:45:02.96\00:45:04.80
you don't have
time to look at Jesus.
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.43
You are focusing down here
and then, "What am I doing?
00:45:06.47\00:45:08.57
What am I doing?
What am I supposed to do?
00:45:08.60\00:45:10.04
What am I not supposed to do?"
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.41
And-- They are just gone.
00:45:11.44\00:45:13.44
They'll never have
time to think about God.
00:45:13.48\00:45:14.88
Any point you
want to like to give,
00:45:14.91\00:45:16.24
young ladies, about the Sabbath,
00:45:16.28\00:45:17.61
what you are learning here?
00:45:17.65\00:45:18.98
You could--
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.35
It's more special than
the Jews are making it seem.
00:45:20.38\00:45:21.92
That's right.
00:45:21.95\00:45:23.28
They were making
it seem like it was,
00:45:23.32\00:45:25.65
like it was like a rule day.
00:45:25.69\00:45:27.02
Like they had to do this
and they couldn't do that.
00:45:27.06\00:45:29.32
No, God is like,
no, I just want you
00:45:29.36\00:45:30.83
to follow me to worship me
00:45:30.86\00:45:34.70
but to let me hold
a special place heart.
00:45:34.73\00:45:38.33
That's right. Just
spend time with me.
00:45:38.37\00:45:40.37
Don't, like worry about the rest
00:45:40.40\00:45:42.17
or what the world is doing.
00:45:42.20\00:45:43.54
That's right, that's
right. Just follow Him.
00:45:43.57\00:45:45.87
That's right.
00:45:45.91\00:45:47.24
And you know,
when I was growing up,
00:45:47.28\00:45:49.14
you know, you just,
00:45:49.18\00:45:50.61
we did things for
rules and regulations.
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.61
We didn't know Jesus.
00:45:52.65\00:45:54.25
And I could wait till
the Sabbath ends on Saturday.
00:45:54.28\00:45:59.65
Friday was like, "Oh."
00:45:59.69\00:46:02.52
Yes, I looked
forward to Sabbath.
00:46:02.56\00:46:03.93
It was time of rest.
00:46:03.96\00:46:05.59
But as I got to be a teenager,
00:46:05.63\00:46:07.36
oh, yeah, in New
York City too, Saturday--
00:46:07.40\00:46:10.17
Yeah, the world
just crowded itself.
00:46:10.20\00:46:12.23
Oh, it's tough when
you are in the city.
00:46:12.27\00:46:15.50
And what happened to me is like,
00:46:15.54\00:46:18.97
oh, yeah, Sabbath is ended.
00:46:19.01\00:46:21.81
Oh, I could go hang
out with my friends.
00:46:21.84\00:46:23.78
And I didn't know Jesus.
00:46:23.81\00:46:25.78
Later on I got to know
Jesus and then I was looking.
00:46:25.81\00:46:30.32
I looked forward to the Sabbath.
00:46:30.35\00:46:31.69
I didn't want the
Sabbath to end on Saturday.
00:46:31.72\00:46:35.52
So it became a joy
with me in Jesus on Sabbath.
00:46:35.56\00:46:39.96
That it became a
relationship connection.
00:46:40.00\00:46:41.86
A relationship, yes.
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.43
Like for those, and
now I'm gonna put this
00:46:43.47\00:46:44.87
in context here, for
those who are married
00:46:44.90\00:46:46.90
and have a good marriage,
00:46:46.94\00:46:48.54
they don't dread
their anniversary, you know.
00:46:48.57\00:46:51.67
The best time of
the year. Yes, amen.
00:46:51.71\00:46:53.78
Or dread spending
time with their spouse,
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.81
oh, dear, the kids are gone,
00:46:55.84\00:46:57.18
I gotta to spend
time with my husband."
00:46:57.21\00:46:58.55
Exactly. "What do we do now?
00:46:58.58\00:47:00.75
The kids are off to college."
00:47:00.78\00:47:02.12
Yes.
00:47:02.15\00:47:03.49
And it's like,
"Great they are gone,
00:47:03.52\00:47:04.85
we could spend time together."
00:47:04.89\00:47:06.22
You see, all of us
have a good marriage
00:47:06.25\00:47:07.59
so we could all--
00:47:07.62\00:47:08.96
We could all
share that. Exactly.
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.33
And I just want to add this.
00:47:10.36\00:47:11.69
A lot of times,
one of the reasons
00:47:11.73\00:47:13.06
why the Sabbath is a special day
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.43
is because, you know,
00:47:14.46\00:47:15.80
if you see the
Sabbath as everyday,
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.23
then you will never work.
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.33
Some people say,
"Well, it could be any day."
00:47:19.37\00:47:20.87
Well, it's not any
day and it's not everyday.
00:47:20.90\00:47:22.57
It's just the seventh.
00:47:22.60\00:47:23.94
And so the Lord
says, shut everything down,
00:47:23.97\00:47:26.04
not that those things are
bad and are not themselves,
00:47:26.07\00:47:28.34
but He said, this
is my special time.
00:47:28.38\00:47:30.15
And so it's like
the guys call me say,
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.58
"Hey, I know
it's your anniversary.
00:47:31.61\00:47:33.98
Would you want to go
play some basketball?"
00:47:34.02\00:47:35.85
I say, "There is no way
I want to play basketball.
00:47:35.88\00:47:37.85
It's my anniversary."
00:47:37.89\00:47:39.22
And Valera has heard me say this
00:47:39.25\00:47:40.59
is a school board
treasure, remember?
00:47:40.62\00:47:42.42
What do I would
say about graduation?
00:47:42.46\00:47:44.03
Graduation was
always on anniversary week
00:47:44.06\00:47:47.30
and we guys just got married
the wrong time of the year.
00:47:47.33\00:47:49.46
Yeah, I know that.
00:47:49.50\00:47:50.83
He said I won't be
there, right, I won't be there.
00:47:50.87\00:47:54.54
We would do that but
if it fell on like the day
00:47:54.57\00:47:57.81
and I say, okay and sometimes
00:47:57.84\00:47:59.37
we did out of love for
our school we were there.
00:47:59.41\00:48:03.24
We actually did.
00:48:03.28\00:48:04.61
But sometimes I say, "Okay,
guys, I'm giving you a year.
00:48:04.65\00:48:07.68
Do not plan." Yeah.
00:48:07.72\00:48:09.05
'Cause it was like
maybe the 20th anniversary
00:48:09.08\00:48:11.15
or something special like that.
00:48:11.19\00:48:12.75
So those numbers, 20 or
25 or 30, those are special.
00:48:12.79\00:48:15.96
It's not on the special year.
Everything in between is fine.
00:48:15.99\00:48:18.03
Everything in
between we gave it to school
00:48:18.06\00:48:20.23
or the days
that were in between.
00:48:20.26\00:48:21.60
But let's finish
up the story here.
00:48:21.63\00:48:23.23
It says, and what
verse are we at now.
00:48:23.26\00:48:24.77
Verse-- Verse 9.
00:48:24.80\00:48:26.13
I think it's your time, hon.
00:48:26.17\00:48:28.50
Now when he had heard--
00:48:28.54\00:48:30.71
No, "Now when He
had departed from there,
00:48:30.74\00:48:33.88
He went into their synagogue."
00:48:33.91\00:48:37.38
Verse 10.
00:48:37.41\00:48:38.75
"And, behold, there was a
man which had his hand withered.
00:48:38.78\00:48:41.78
And they asked him, saying,
00:48:41.82\00:48:43.18
'Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath days?'
00:48:43.22\00:48:46.15
That they might accuse him."
00:48:46.19\00:48:48.66
This last--
00:48:48.69\00:48:50.03
"Then He said to them,
'What man is there among you
00:48:50.06\00:48:52.43
who has one sheep,
and if it falls into a pit
00:48:52.46\00:48:55.16
on the Sabbath day,
will he not lay hold of it,
00:48:55.20\00:48:57.23
and lift it out?'"
00:48:57.27\00:48:58.77
Okay, Denielle.
00:48:58.80\00:49:00.84
"Of how much more value
then is it in man than a sheep?
00:49:00.87\00:49:05.17
Therefore it is lawful
to do good on the Sabbath."
00:49:05.21\00:49:08.78
And Lori.
00:49:08.81\00:49:10.15
"Then He said to the
man, 'Stretch out your hand.'
00:49:10.18\00:49:12.38
And he stretched it
out and it was restored
00:49:12.41\00:49:14.92
as whole as the other."
00:49:14.95\00:49:16.28
Wow, so the Sabbath is
not only a day of worship
00:49:16.32\00:49:18.92
and family and rest from labor
but it's a day of restoration.
00:49:18.95\00:49:24.49
It's a day where
good things can be done,
00:49:24.53\00:49:26.49
not that we can't do
good on the other day.
00:49:26.53\00:49:28.70
But they had so
many restrictions.
00:49:28.73\00:49:30.23
They said, it became a day of,
00:49:30.27\00:49:31.80
as I think Lori
said, dos and don'ts.
00:49:31.83\00:49:34.70
It became a day of
rules and regulations
00:49:34.74\00:49:37.34
and it was not a
day of relationship.
00:49:37.37\00:49:38.91
And so there are those of you
00:49:38.94\00:49:40.74
that maybe never had
family worship before.
00:49:40.78\00:49:43.51
They are those of you
that may have family worship
00:49:43.55\00:49:45.11
as a tradition
like it was the case
00:49:45.15\00:49:46.92
in your family and of mine.
00:49:46.95\00:49:48.52
But if it's a tradition,
we want you to recapture
00:49:48.55\00:49:50.69
your connection with
Christ, not just the tradition.
00:49:50.72\00:49:53.42
'Cause traditions
can make us forget
00:49:53.46\00:49:55.96
what the real importance
of or the Man of the Sabbath,
00:49:55.99\00:49:58.09
the Lord of the Sabbath,
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.46
the one who wants to
have a relationship with us.
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.50
But if there are that
have not have family worship,
00:50:01.53\00:50:04.40
this might be a
good time to ignite that.
00:50:04.43\00:50:06.50
I like the way--
we have a candle.
00:50:06.53\00:50:07.87
My wife does that.
00:50:07.90\00:50:09.24
She lights
candles around the house
00:50:09.27\00:50:10.64
as a sweet smelling savor.
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.01
Yeah, I love doing that.
00:50:12.04\00:50:13.38
Yeah, as you said,
the sweet smelling savor
00:50:13.41\00:50:14.88
and to welcome the Sabbath
00:50:14.91\00:50:16.24
and our Sabbath
candle I call it.
00:50:16.28\00:50:18.08
And that-- do you remember
00:50:18.11\00:50:19.45
the flavor of
the candle you had?
00:50:19.48\00:50:21.48
Um, sometimes it was a vanilaish
00:50:21.52\00:50:24.19
'cause I like vanilla ice cream.
00:50:24.22\00:50:25.55
Okay. You know,
it was like that.
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.26
Sometimes it was ginger snaps
00:50:27.29\00:50:29.12
or something like
that, well, it smelled good.
00:50:29.16\00:50:31.43
Ginger snaps. Doesn't--
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.19
I'm not sure if
I'm getting this right
00:50:33.23\00:50:34.56
but doesn't
restoration mean restore?
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.43
Exactly. That's
what I was thinking.
00:50:36.46\00:50:38.13
Yes, so it's a time
of restoring the family,
00:50:38.17\00:50:41.44
restoring
everything that the week
00:50:41.47\00:50:42.90
has kind of chiseled away.
00:50:42.94\00:50:44.47
It charges up your battery
00:50:44.51\00:50:46.41
so you can go
through another week
00:50:46.44\00:50:47.78
so that you can spend more
time with God and recharge it.
00:50:47.81\00:50:50.55
You know, I'm gonna
get you to do a sermon
00:50:50.58\00:50:51.91
because you are
really good at this.
00:50:51.95\00:50:53.28
No, no, no, no, no.
00:50:53.31\00:50:54.78
You're not ready for that
yet. See, it is coming out.
00:50:54.82\00:50:56.48
It's coming
between you and Denielle,
00:50:56.52\00:50:58.49
I'm sure we could.
00:50:58.52\00:50:59.85
So there's some of
you-- Give it to Denielle.
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.22
There's some of you that
has given us some letters.
00:51:01.26\00:51:03.83
I want to share this around.
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.19
Kind of take one,
honey and pass one Valera
00:51:05.23\00:51:06.86
and then one to
Jill and then we're gonna
00:51:06.90\00:51:09.10
read these
letters really quickly.
00:51:09.13\00:51:10.73
And then we're gonna have prayer
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.20
and I'm gonna ask
Denielle and also Lori to pray
00:51:12.23\00:51:15.27
for some of
these names on the list
00:51:15.30\00:51:16.64
but, friends, I
tell you something else
00:51:16.67\00:51:19.94
we do too on the Sabbath.
00:51:19.97\00:51:21.31
When we are done our devotional,
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.35
I say to Angie,
any special request.
00:51:23.38\00:51:25.51
And we start
going down the list.
00:51:25.55\00:51:26.88
Did you ever
think about that, Jill?
00:51:26.92\00:51:28.52
You kind of go down the
list and you think of people
00:51:28.55\00:51:30.69
that are there,
people that are not there.
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.99
And there is no rush
because you don't have
00:51:34.02\00:51:35.52
to rush back to work.
00:51:35.56\00:51:37.76
You don't have
to rush to anything.
00:51:37.79\00:51:39.13
It's the time
where you slow down.
00:51:39.16\00:51:40.50
So let's kind of go
through these quickly
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.13
and what do you have, honey?
00:51:42.16\00:51:44.33
Okay.
00:51:44.37\00:51:46.60
It says, "Dear
3ABN, Very good day
00:51:46.63\00:51:50.31
for all your company.
00:51:50.34\00:51:51.77
My name is Igor." IGOR.
00:51:51.81\00:51:54.41
Okay, yeah.
00:51:54.44\00:51:55.78
"And I'm from Russia.
00:51:55.81\00:51:57.15
Recently I have ability
00:51:57.18\00:51:59.55
to watch your
programs through internet.
00:51:59.58\00:52:02.98
I do that with
greatest pleasure.
00:52:03.02\00:52:05.75
I have been interested
in the English language
00:52:05.79\00:52:08.52
for a long time now.
00:52:08.56\00:52:10.26
To watch
English-speaking programs
00:52:10.29\00:52:12.56
on our local Russian
television is impossible."
00:52:12.59\00:52:16.13
Wow.
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
"Your programs are
terrifically finest
00:52:17.53\00:52:21.74
and because I am
interested in the Bible,
00:52:21.77\00:52:24.71
I watch your programs non-stop.
00:52:24.74\00:52:27.74
I wish all your
company to prosper.
00:52:27.78\00:52:30.71
God bless you, Smirnoff."
00:52:30.75\00:52:32.95
Igor Smirnoff. Wow.
00:52:32.98\00:52:35.12
Okay, who do you have, Valera?
00:52:35.15\00:52:36.69
Okay, this is from Robert.
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.55
And it says, "Dear 3ABN,
00:52:38.59\00:52:40.29
Wow, the Holy Spirit was working
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.22
on your Sabbath school
presentation this morning.
00:52:42.26\00:52:44.99
I am so blessed to
see the panel discussion
00:52:45.03\00:52:47.60
and their
overwhelming Spirit of God
00:52:47.63\00:52:49.50
working through the presenters.
00:52:49.53\00:52:51.63
Thank you, for your
presentation and format.
00:52:51.67\00:52:54.87
If our church could
grasp the fundamentals
00:52:54.90\00:52:57.41
that you all were inspired
to present this morning,
00:52:57.44\00:53:00.71
we will end the work soon
and Jesus will come quickly.
00:53:00.74\00:53:04.41
You are in my prayers
00:53:04.45\00:53:05.78
and I ask you to
keep me in yours.
00:53:05.81\00:53:08.52
Wow, okay. Thank you."
00:53:08.55\00:53:09.88
And Jill, who do you have?
00:53:09.92\00:53:11.25
This is from
Andrew and it's an e-mail.
00:53:11.29\00:53:13.52
"Dear 3ABN, Thank
you for keeping on,
00:53:13.56\00:53:16.16
keeping on with Jesus.
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.96
I'm encouraged by your networks
00:53:17.99\00:53:19.43
because they are
full of God's ways
00:53:19.46\00:53:21.76
and His health advice.
00:53:21.80\00:53:23.26
Plus Danny
Shelton is always willing
00:53:23.30\00:53:25.23
to give glory to God
00:53:25.27\00:53:26.60
for all the great
things he has done.
00:53:26.63\00:53:29.10
Thanks again for
your faithfulness."
00:53:29.14\00:53:31.51
Wow.
00:53:31.54\00:53:32.87
And I'm gonna let
those three letters savor
00:53:32.91\00:53:35.38
in the minds of our
viewers and listeners
00:53:35.41\00:53:37.58
and I want to share
some prayer requests.
00:53:37.61\00:53:39.61
So we could surely have
the best of our time here.
00:53:39.65\00:53:43.55
It says Shauna in
Texas is going through chemo
00:53:43.59\00:53:47.06
and is in need of prayer.
00:53:47.09\00:53:48.42
Shauna, we're
gonna pray for you.
00:53:48.46\00:53:49.79
We know the Lord is with you.
00:53:49.82\00:53:51.16
Be encouraged and we pray that
00:53:51.19\00:53:53.06
you could sense
God's presence there.
00:53:53.09\00:53:55.30
Robert needs strength from God.
00:53:55.33\00:53:57.53
He's facing
spiritual warfare. Wow.
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.54
That's very real.
The battle is very real.
00:54:00.57\00:54:03.91
Delia has a 15 year-old daughter
00:54:03.94\00:54:06.21
that was just
released from drug rehab
00:54:06.24\00:54:09.74
but has been
drawn into prostitution.
00:54:09.78\00:54:13.42
She also has a 14 year old son
00:54:13.45\00:54:15.32
that is suffering from Lupus.
00:54:15.35\00:54:17.79
She is a word working--
hard working single mom,
00:54:17.82\00:54:23.69
doing her best that
she can for her family.
00:54:23.73\00:54:26.53
But needs strength, perseverance
00:54:26.56\00:54:29.93
and some
encouragement from prayer.
00:54:29.96\00:54:32.47
Well, we have to real
remember Delia in our prayers.
00:54:32.50\00:54:34.94
Michael and Eleanor is
need of a heart transplant.
00:54:34.97\00:54:38.11
He is combating
many heart illnesses.
00:54:38.14\00:54:40.88
And finally, pray
that God's protection
00:54:40.91\00:54:45.11
and favor for my elderly mother
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.22
who would be
traveling throughout this month.
00:54:47.25\00:54:50.25
And that's from Reese.
00:54:50.29\00:54:51.92
And I tell you, we would surely
00:54:51.95\00:54:53.29
want to remember
all those in prayer
00:54:53.32\00:54:54.89
and remember them to
bring them before the Lord.
00:54:54.92\00:54:57.93
Honey, we have 2
minutes and 26 seconds.
00:54:57.96\00:55:00.26
I always like to pray.
00:55:00.30\00:55:01.63
But could I ask you to pray,
00:55:01.66\00:55:03.00
just kind of
remember those names
00:55:03.03\00:55:04.40
that we've mentioned here.
00:55:04.43\00:55:06.03
And for those of
you that are at home,
00:55:06.07\00:55:07.54
you could bow
your heads with us.
00:55:07.57\00:55:08.94
We're gonna spend about a minute
00:55:08.97\00:55:10.31
or so in prayer and ask the Lord
00:55:10.34\00:55:12.31
to hear these prayer requests
that are very important.
00:55:12.34\00:55:14.74
Okay, let's bow our heads.
00:55:14.78\00:55:16.21
Our kind Father in heaven,
00:55:16.24\00:55:17.65
we bow before
Your presence today.
00:55:17.68\00:55:20.55
And we just thank
You and praise You
00:55:20.58\00:55:22.25
and honor You and glorify You.
00:55:22.28\00:55:24.19
You are worthy to be praised.
00:55:24.22\00:55:26.82
Father, you heard
the prayer request
00:55:26.86\00:55:28.79
that was lifted up before You.
00:55:28.82\00:55:31.56
We pray Father
for Shauna in Texas
00:55:31.59\00:55:34.73
who is going through chemo.
00:55:34.76\00:55:37.10
We pray Lord that Your hand
00:55:37.13\00:55:38.73
would be upon
Shauna in a special way,
00:55:38.77\00:55:42.27
that you give
guidance to the physicians
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and the care givers
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and whoever is assisting Shauna.
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I pray for healing
and for guidance upon her.
00:55:49.31\00:55:53.08
Be with her family also.
00:55:53.11\00:55:54.95
And Lord we
also remember Robert.
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He needs strength from You.
00:55:57.45\00:55:59.52
We pray that You always help Him
00:55:59.55\00:56:01.36
through this spiritual warfare
that he is going through.
00:56:01.39\00:56:05.13
Send the angels that
excel in strength to guard him,
00:56:05.16\00:56:08.60
to protect him, to
see him through this.
00:56:08.63\00:56:11.53
And also Delia who has
a 15 year-old daughter,
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has been released
from the drug rehab.
00:56:15.24\00:56:17.84
Father we also pray for
that family in a special way.
00:56:17.87\00:56:21.08
I pray that You'll send
your Holy Spirit into that home
00:56:21.11\00:56:25.68
that the evil
influence will be wiped away
00:56:25.71\00:56:28.88
and I thank you,
Father for hearing
00:56:28.92\00:56:31.79
and answering prayer
00:56:31.82\00:56:33.29
and Lord, we pray for all
the other prayer requests,
00:56:33.32\00:56:36.09
Michael and also from Reese,
00:56:36.12\00:56:38.76
And we thank you for hearing
and answering in Jesus' name.
00:56:38.79\00:56:42.03
Amen. Amen.
00:56:42.06\00:56:44.00
Thank you, honey,
thank you, Valera,
00:56:44.03\00:56:45.87
thank you,
Jill, thank you, Lori,
00:56:45.90\00:56:48.40
thank you,
Denielle and most of all
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.74
thank all of you
that have tuned in today
00:56:50.77\00:56:52.64
to enjoy Family Worship with us.
00:56:52.67\00:56:56.31
We have taken time to be Holy
and we were gonna sing a song
00:56:56.34\00:56:59.11
of "Jesus in the
family, happy, happy home."
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Friends, we know
that if you allow
00:57:01.75\00:57:03.08
Jesus to be in your
family, through family worship,
00:57:03.12\00:57:05.79
how happy your home would be.
00:57:05.82\00:57:07.76
We are praying for
the Moms and the Dads,
00:57:07.79\00:57:09.62
for the boys and
the girls for all those
00:57:09.66\00:57:11.29
who draw closer to
Jesus in this special time
00:57:11.33\00:57:14.03
and then we could
look forward to eternity
00:57:14.06\00:57:16.16
when the Sabbath would
be not just the single day
00:57:16.20\00:57:18.67
but a blessing
throughout eternity.
00:57:18.70\00:57:20.34
God bless you
until we see you again.
00:57:20.37\00:57:23.91