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 and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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Wherever you are
joining us from around the world
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that should be the Sabbath hours
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and we are here
to worship with you
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and you know something,
this is very special to me.
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J.D., you grew up having
family worship, I never did.
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So I love family worship
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and let me just
introduce ourselves
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going around the
table very quickly.
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I'm Shelley
Quinn. And of course J.D.
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And I am blessed
to be this man's wife.
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And then we have on
the far end, Luis Capote.
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My name is Luis Capote.
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And, Luis, you
are the in editing
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for our Latino here at 3ABN.
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That is correct.
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We are glad you
are with us. Thank you.
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And then your
beautiful wife, Xenia
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and Xenia is with accounting.
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Yes, I am. And we
are glad to have--
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how long have
y'all been at 3ABN?
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I've been about
three months. Three months.
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So you are kind of the babies,
the newbies in our family.
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We sure we are.
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Okay. And then we--
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And I just want
to say real quick
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that what a welcome you are.
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You know, both of you
just bring so much joy
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and happiness and, you know,
you just light up the room.
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Thank you. Well, this is a gift.
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Thank you.
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And then we have Eric Durant
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and Eric is in our
engineering department.
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Yes, I am.
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And Marilyn, your beautiful wife
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and she is the assistant manager
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of our call center and
we met Eric and Marilyn
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when we were in Israel.
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That's exactly right.
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We just fell in love
with them immediately.
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Amen. It was a wonderful trip.
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And, you know, we realize
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that many of you sitting at home
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may not have family with you.
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God puts the
lonely into families
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and that's why we are here
to do family worship with you
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or maybe your
whole family is gathered
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around the television right now.
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And we are just
so glad that you are
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because we want to
spend this time bringing honor
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and glory to our Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Honey, would you
like to open in prayer?
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Almost certainly.
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Father, we just come to
You in the name of Jesus
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and we just thank You
from the depths of our heart,
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Lord, that we
have the opportunity
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to spend this time with
the Creator of the universe.
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And not only the
Creator of the universe,
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Lord, but with our
special friends here
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and our special friends
whether they are listening
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or whether they are watching.
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We just give You
our praise and glory.
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We just asking,
Lord, that You be with us
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as we take this
time to honor You,
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Lord, and talk
about the topic of love.
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How much better
it get in that, Lord,
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because You are love.
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So thank You again. Bless us.
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Give You praise and
glory in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we are going to make
a joyful noise into the Lord.
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If you have your
hymnals we are going to sing
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hymn number 432, "Shall
We Gather at the River?"
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Amen.
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Shall we gather at the river
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Where bright
angel feet have trod
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With its crystal tide forever
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Flowing by the throne of God?
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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On the margin of the river
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Washing up its silver spray
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We will walk and worship ever
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All the happy golden day
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Ere we reach the shining river
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Lay we every burdens down
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Grace our spirits will deliver
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And provide a robe and crown
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints a t the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Soon we'll reach
the shining river
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Soon our pilgrimage will cease
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Soon our happy
hearts will quiver
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With the melody of peace
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Yes, we'll gather at the river
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The beautiful,
the beautiful river
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Gather with the
saints at the river
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That flows by the throne of God
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Oh, Amen.
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And I forgot to introduce
another member of our family
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and that is Summer Boyd,
who is joining us on the piano.
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And, Summer, we
just thank you so much.
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She's a little off
there but not off on the key
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but off in the
distance and we are just glad
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that Summer's with us.
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Amen.
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All right, what we
would like to do next
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is we are going to
have a prayer of praise
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and we are just going to
do this in prayer sentences.
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We are all gonna participate
just as led by the Holy Spirit.
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So I'll begin and then
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and then as the Holy
Spirit impresses you,
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something that you
would like to praise God for,
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then you just join in.
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Let's begin.
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Heavenly Father,
we come once again
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in the name of Jesus and, Lord,
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how we thank You
for this Sabbath day.
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We thank You, Father,
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that it is a
memorial to remind us
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that You are
not only our Creator
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but the one who recreates
us in the image of Jesus.
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And we thank You,
Father, that this Sabbath
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is a sign for us to remember
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that You are the
one who sanctifies us.
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And, Father, You
tell us to rejoice
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always pray without ceasing.
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And so, Father,
here we are together,
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together with our
brothers and sisters in Christ
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and we want to just
share this special time,
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Lord, with You,
because this is about You.
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It's Your time.
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Our appreciation, Lord,
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that You have given us
this time to separate ourselves
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from the daily
activities of the week.
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So Father, we
love You, we thank You.
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As we gather together, Lord,
in Your special Sabbath day
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we ask in a special
way hat You remind us
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of the beautiful things
that You created for us,
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in the Heavens, in nature,
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and even though the world
is falling apart around us,
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be it for any
reason You still created
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those beautiful things for
us to enjoy and remember You.
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Amen.
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Lord, as we're gonna
talk about love today
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its in awe that we
come to Your presence.
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It is with humility
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that we come in
this wonderful day
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to be able to give back
a little bit of the joy,
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of the love that You
give to us every day.
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We thank You for
Your presence in our lives
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and we thank You
for Your presence
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in this ministry
and we thank You,
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Lord, for all the things
that You do on a daily basis
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to enrich us, to make us
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and to bring us
closer to Your throne.
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And, Father, we
thank You and we praise You
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for Your wonderful Sabbath,
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for our
families, for our friends.
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We thank You for Your
Son and for the truth.
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We thank You for
leading us to the dark days,
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just shinning Your
light upon us, to uplifting us
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and we thank You
for everything, Father.
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Dear, Heavenly Father,
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I thank You for being
the rock of my salvation.
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Amen. Amen.
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I am so thankful
for the many blessings
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that You have bestowed upon me.
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Please help me to live
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according to Your
will and not my own.
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And, Father, we just
do come into Your gates
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with thanks
giving in our hearts.
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We enter Your
courts with praise,
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for You are
worthy to be praised.
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And we thank You, Father,
for the gift of Your Son,
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Jesus Christ, for the
gift of the Holy Spirit
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and the gift of Your word.
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The three
greatest gifts of grace.
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How we thank You
and praise You, Father,
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for Your plan of salvation.
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In Jesus' holy name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Now the next song
that we are going to sing
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is number 292 in the
hymnals and this song is,
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you know, I
consider praise songs
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something like what
we just read a while ago.
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I mean, sang while ago,
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the songs that we are
talking about the Lord
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but this is a
true song of worship
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because it is a
prayer said to music.
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So we are going to
sing "Jesus, I Come."
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Out of my bondage
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Sorrows and night
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Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come
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Into Thy freedom
gladness and light
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of my
sickness into Thy health
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Out of my want
and into Thy wealth
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Out of my sin and into Thyself
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of my
shameful failure and loss
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Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come
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Into the
glorious gain of Thy cross
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of earth's
sorrows into Thy balm
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Out of life's
storm and into Thy calm
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Out of distress
to jubilant psalm
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of unrest and arrogant pride
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Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come
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Into Thy blessed will to abide
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of myself to
dwell in Thy love
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Out of despair
into raptures above
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Upward for aye
on wings like a dove
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of the fear
and dread of the tomb
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Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come
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Into the joy and
light of Thy home
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Out of the depths of ruin untold
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Into the peace of
Thy sheltering fold
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Ever Thy glorious face to behold
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Jesus, I come to Thee
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Oh, Amen. Lord
Jesus, we come to You.
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This was a brand new song.
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I heard it for the first
time I think two Sabbaths ago
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and it was new to me, I
know it was new to many of you
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but aren't these the
most beautiful words.
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Amen, amen. I love it.
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Okay, what we are going to
do for our time of the message,
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getting into the scriptures
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is we have all
got live affirmations
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from scripture from
us and we are going to do
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affirmations
about the love of God.
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And let me just
explain very briefly
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what an affirmation is.
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An affirmation simply
when how many promises
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of God are ours in Christ Jesus?
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All of them,
right, 2 Corinthians 1:20.
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An affirmation is just
taking God at His word.
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We are claiming His promise
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and we either we
pray it back to Him,
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we speak it over our
life, its just saying,
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"Yes, Lord we
agree with Your word."
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And I want to
read you an affirmation
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then we are going to
look at these scriptures
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that go with this affirmation.
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And this is a prayer basically.
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It's praying the
Word of God back to Him
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so let's look at this.
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We are on page
111, The love of God.
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"Heavenly
Father, You have loved me
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and drawn me with
Your everlasting love.
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Help me to understand Your heart
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that overflows with love.
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I want to grasp how wide
and long and high and deep
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is Your limitless love for me.
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Because of Your
all inclusive love
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You don't want anyone to perish.
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That's why You sent
Your only begotten Son
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to give eternal life
to all who receive Him.
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Loving Father, You
demonstrated Your unearned,
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undeserved love by
sending Jesus to die for us
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while we were still sinners.
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And by Your grace You
have made us alive in Christ.
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Salvation is Your gift to us.
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You recreated us
and prepared a good path
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in which we should walk.
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Precious Lord, please
help us to understand Your love
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that surpasses human knowledge."
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You know, I had
found that at least we know
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that when we travel
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and when you get
all these prayer calls
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in the pastoral
department there are many people
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who just don't know
how to let God love them.
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Did anybody here
ever have that problem
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with just accepting
God as love in His love?
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For me, it was thinking that
God was gonna burn us forever
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that made me afraid of God
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but then just
feelings of unworthiness
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and we are going to
look now at these scriptures,
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what the Bible says
about God's love for us
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and we are going to
discuss those scriptures
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and we will pray them back.
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And I will start just
to give you an example.
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I love Jeremiah 31:3,
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this is talking about
God's everlasting love
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and He says,
"Yes, I have loved you
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with an everlasting love,
therefore with loving kindness,
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I have drawn you."
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Anybody here ever experienced
that drawing of the Lord?
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Did any of you ever
kind of walk away from God
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and find that He drew you back?
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, you go through life
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and sometimes
this trail and error
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but you find out that
even when you make those errors
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the Lord is with you
because He leads you out
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if you keep your eyes on
Him He carries you through it,
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even through the pains
and through the struggles
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and my life is a
testimony for that
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and I know Marilyn's
life is that way also.
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And that's what
draws you to Him.
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He sticks with you all the way.
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Amen.
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This is a fantastic
scripture, Jeremiah 31:3.
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I wish that I had
thought to use this yesterday,
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I had a precious
lady called in yesterday
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and she was lost,
she was murmuring,
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she was crying,
her heart was breaking.
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And she was
saying, "I want to do
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what Jesus has called me to
do but I don't hear from Him."
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As it turned out, to
make a long story short,
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she never prayed a
prayer in her life.
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Oh.
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And I say is, listen--
I'll just called her name Jane.
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I say listen, Jane,
today would be a great time
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to have your first prayer.
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And so it got real
quiet and so I thought well,
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perhaps she didn't understand
that I was asking her to pray.
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I thought she was
waiting for me to pray.
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And so, Jane, how
special this would have been
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if we could
have just said, Jane,
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because she had a
Bible in front of her,
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just turn to Jeremiah 31:3
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and then just say
this and pray it back.
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And we are going to
do that in a little bit.
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But wow, how special this
but because the Holy Spirit
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is there drawing us.
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Wooing us.
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And He just says,
"I love you." Amen.
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You know,
someone said to me well,
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God was speaking to
Jeremiah in this scripture
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so how can you take
that and apply it personally?
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Well, because God says, "I
am the Lord, I change not."
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And this Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and forever.
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And we know that
1 John 4:8, 16 says,
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"God is love." He can't help.
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I mean, that is His essence,
so He cannot help but love us
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with His
everlasting love no matter what.
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So let's pray
that back to the Lord.
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Father, I thank You
that You have loved us
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with an everlasting love.
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I thank You,
Father, that this is love
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that You give to everyone
and because of this love
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You have drawn us
with loving kindness.
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And, Lord, there is even
someone today that's watching.
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Just chase them down
by Your love, Father.
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Let them be overcome
and surrender to Your love.
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In Jesus' name.
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I'll do one more
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and then we are going
to start going around.
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Ephesians 3:17-19 if you
have your Bibles that home,
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Ephesians
3:17-19 and I love this.
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Paul writes to
the Ephesians saying,
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"I pray that you being
rooted and established" in what?
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"In love and the love
of God may have power"
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and that's that
dunamis, dynamite power.
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"Together with
all of the saints,
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to grasp how wide and
long and high and deep
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is the love of
Christ and to know this love
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that surpasses knowledge."
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.83
This everlasting
love is limitless.
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We can't-- you
know, it's so hard for us.
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The more I study
about God's character
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and His essence being love,
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the more I
realize how little I know.
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You know, we just-- I
don't think as human beings
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we can totally
understand how-- who God is
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but He is doing everything
He can to reveal Himself to us
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and this limitless love,
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if you will
understand that God loves you
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and then God by the
power of His Spirit,
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Romans 5:5 says, He
pours into our hearts
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and then by the
power of the Holy Spirit,
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we will be able to start
grasping this wonderful love.
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So just to pray
Ephesians 3:17, 19
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back to the
Lord, I would just say,
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"Father, thank You
that You have rooted
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and established us in love.
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Thank You, Father,
that You have given us
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the power of the Holy Spirit
00:21:59.05\00:22:01.05
and that together
with all the saints
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You are teaching us to grasp,
00:22:02.85\00:22:05.35
to let hold how
wide and deep and high
00:22:05.39\00:22:08.62
is the love of Christ,
00:22:08.66\00:22:10.29
so that we may know this
love that surpasses knowledge."
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Amen. Amen.
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And-
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I was wondering,
what a testimony this was.
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Amen.
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Because He was talking
to the efficient church
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and He was
talking to the members.
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Its like you have experienced
this love in your lives.
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People should be
able to see it around you
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and that's the same thing
He is telling us, you know.
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We are here and we
have experienced this,
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we are experiencing
this here in this worship,
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people when we get out of here,
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they should be
able to see this love
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and feel it to the point
that they want this love.
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And what you are
saying is we need
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to be a channel of His love,
to reflect His love to others.
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And that is what will
bring people to Christ.
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And what caught my
attention is being rooted
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and established in
love and I just think about,
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.45
most of us in
Southern Illinois anyway
00:23:05.48\00:23:07.08
because we get
such a wonderful rain
00:23:07.12\00:23:09.35
annual rainfall.
00:23:09.38\00:23:10.89
We all have our tomato
plants, we all have our peppers,
00:23:10.92\00:23:13.76
we all have our little gardens
00:23:13.79\00:23:15.59
and I have
learned that all plants
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have different root systems.
00:23:20.60\00:23:22.60
Some go vertically down.
00:23:22.63\00:23:24.73
You need a deeper pot
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.10
or you need to cultivate
that land where it goes deep,
00:23:26.13\00:23:29.64
others just go horizontal.
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But the main thing is, is
that you cultivate the soil
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accordingly to the
plant that you have
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and then take the step further.
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If you do you are working
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and you truly
are rooted properly
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then you are
established in love.
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Then you are opening
up the avenue for harvest.
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And this is where it said,
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.16
"Then you will
have that Holy Spirit,
00:23:52.19\00:23:53.60
power that dunamis
power and then your--
00:23:53.63\00:23:56.97
those tomatoes are
gonna be great those souls,
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those brothers and sisters
that you are speaking with.
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The fruit. Amen. Amen.
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Marilyn, why don't
you do the next one?
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.77
Okay, 2 Peter 3:9, "The
Lord is patient with you,
00:24:05.81\00:24:10.75
not wanting anyone to perish
00:24:10.78\00:24:13.01
but everyone to come to repent."
00:24:13.05\00:24:15.95
That's an
inclusive one, isn't it?
00:24:15.98\00:24:17.82
Yes. Yes, it is.
00:24:17.85\00:24:19.79
How-- somebody share
an experience of your own
00:24:19.82\00:24:24.13
where you have recognized
how patient God is either
00:24:24.16\00:24:27.20
with you or with
someone else that perhaps
00:24:27.23\00:24:30.53
we've overlooked.
00:24:30.57\00:24:32.13
It's an everyday
struggle for God.
00:24:32.17\00:24:34.70
You know, it's an everyday,
you wake up in the morning
00:24:34.74\00:24:37.31
and you want to you
do your morning worships,
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.97
do your singing and
you have to keep that song
00:24:40.01\00:24:42.88
in you heart a
whole all the time.
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.21
You know, like when
we were a pathfinder
00:24:45.25\00:24:46.58
keep a song in your
heart because if you don't,
00:24:46.61\00:24:50.69
if you overlook it,
00:24:50.72\00:24:52.45
if you are not in
the presence of God
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.36
then you are not
able to fully understand
00:24:55.39\00:24:58.49
what He truly
brings to the table.
00:24:58.53\00:25:01.43
You know, when
you look at verses
00:25:01.46\00:25:02.83
like this the patience
that He has for everyone of us.
00:25:02.86\00:25:07.34
How many of us do not struggle
with something in our lives
00:25:07.37\00:25:11.21
that we say to
ourselves everyday,
00:25:11.24\00:25:12.84
"Lord, please
help me with this."
00:25:12.87\00:25:15.34
And God is patient
enough to tell you,
00:25:15.38\00:25:17.28
brother, I love
you, sister, I love you.
00:25:17.31\00:25:19.48
Sister, I will be
with you all the time.
00:25:19.51\00:25:21.78
And it's so encouraging to know
00:25:21.82\00:25:24.65
that we serve a God
that no matter where we go,
00:25:24.69\00:25:29.46
no matter what we do, no
matter where our mind is,
00:25:29.49\00:25:32.39
He is constantly
gonna tugging on our heart
00:25:32.43\00:25:34.90
and our mind is
gonna be telling,
00:25:34.93\00:25:36.60
"I need you
back. I want you back.
00:25:36.63\00:25:38.47
I want to fill
you with my love."
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.30
Not all of us have
perfect family experiences.
00:25:40.34\00:25:44.51
So a lot of us equate our
love to what our father gave us,
00:25:44.54\00:25:47.84
to what our sister
or siblings gave us.
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.08
So its so
difficult to truly comprehend
00:25:50.11\00:25:54.02
that love that
full-- that energy that God
00:25:54.05\00:25:59.25
wants to bestow upon us
00:25:59.29\00:26:01.32
and it's not until we are
constantly plugged onto Him,
00:26:01.36\00:26:06.59
that we are truly
going to understand,
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.26
"Okay, Lord, I get it
now. I feel Your love."
00:26:09.30\00:26:12.73
You know what I like
the most about 2 Peter 3:9?
00:26:12.77\00:26:15.20
It's almost the
desperation in it from God.
00:26:15.24\00:26:17.94
He's saying I'm
patient with you,
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.84
not wanting anyone to perish.
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.74
He is desperate for
us to come back home.
00:26:21.78\00:26:24.11
That's that
everlasting limitless,
00:26:24.15\00:26:26.85
all inclusive love,
He is desperate for you.
00:26:26.88\00:26:30.35
If you are not walking
with the Lord right now,
00:26:30.39\00:26:32.69
trust me, God
is waiting for you.
00:26:32.72\00:26:35.69
He is desperate for you
and I love the part that says
00:26:35.72\00:26:39.56
He doesn't want
anyone to perish.
00:26:39.59\00:26:42.20
He doesn't want
anyone, you know,
00:26:42.23\00:26:44.40
the gift of
eternal life we receive
00:26:44.43\00:26:46.53
as 1 Corinthians 15:57
says when Jesus returns again,
00:26:46.57\00:26:50.61
then this mortality
puts on immortality.
00:26:50.64\00:26:54.18
He wants everyone to
live forever with Him,
00:26:54.21\00:26:56.38
that's why He created us.
00:26:56.41\00:26:58.05
But it says that
He wants everyone
00:26:58.08\00:27:00.62
to come to repentance, to
give you that Godly sorrow
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.15
and its God, even
repentance turning away
00:27:04.19\00:27:07.12
from sin is the act of God.
00:27:07.16\00:27:10.83
I mean, it's a gift.
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.19
Acts 5:32 says that
repentance is a gift from God.
00:27:12.23\00:27:16.43
Let me say one
more thing. Oh, God--
00:27:16.46\00:27:17.80
Now let me put this
back but it just hit me
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.97
that I wanted-- I
can think how it hit me.
00:27:20.00\00:27:23.44
God's love, you
know, consumes sin.
00:27:23.47\00:27:29.68
Amen.
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.05
God's love is a holy
self sacrificing love
00:27:31.08\00:27:35.95
and when we are
filled with God's love
00:27:35.98\00:27:38.45
that consumes sin in our life.
00:27:38.49\00:27:40.86
That's why no one can stand
in to the face of a holy God
00:27:40.89\00:27:46.49
who isn't covered with the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.16
Why don't you pray
that back, Marilyn?
00:27:49.20\00:27:52.00
Lord, I am so
thankful for Your patience.
00:27:52.03\00:27:55.47
Without Your love and
Your ability to keep me
00:27:55.50\00:28:00.08
on the right
path and not to stray.
00:28:00.11\00:28:03.14
Lord, I am so
thankful for the love.
00:28:03.18\00:28:05.98
In your name I pray, amen.
00:28:06.01\00:28:07.42
Amen. Amen.
00:28:07.45\00:28:08.98
Luis, why don't
you take the next one?
00:28:09.02\00:28:11.35
This verse, we
all know John 3:16,
00:28:11.39\00:28:16.73
it's probably our favorites
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.43
but there is such a
huge message in this.
00:28:18.46\00:28:20.56
"For God so loved the world
00:28:20.60\00:28:23.30
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:28:23.33\00:28:26.77
that whosoever believeth
in Him shall not perish,
00:28:26.80\00:28:31.27
but have eternal life."
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.81
Amen.
00:28:32.84\00:28:34.18
This morning I woke
up and I was thinking,
00:28:34.21\00:28:36.38
I was thinking about
what we were gonna talk today
00:28:36.41\00:28:39.05
and what we were gonna do
and I went back to when Jesus,
00:28:39.08\00:28:43.02
His last moments on Earth,
when He told the disciples,
00:28:43.05\00:28:46.25
"Come pray with me"
and He went to pray.
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.12
And I remember, I'm
reminded of the tears of blood
00:28:49.16\00:28:51.66
that came from His cheek
because of the separation
00:28:51.69\00:28:55.36
that He was gonna
have from His Father.
00:28:55.40\00:28:57.73
Yes. Amen.
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.10
You know, a lot of times
we take that for granted.
00:28:59.13\00:29:01.14
We don't look at the separation
00:29:01.17\00:29:03.17
that we have
between us and Jesus.
00:29:03.20\00:29:05.41
And Christ looks
here, "I love you so much.
00:29:05.44\00:29:09.14
I love you so much
00:29:09.18\00:29:10.51
that I am willing to
be apart from my Father
00:29:10.55\00:29:14.98
in order for your
sins to be forgiven."
00:29:15.02\00:29:18.09
That really
touched me this morning
00:29:18.12\00:29:20.26
when I look at that
will i look at individuals
00:29:20.29\00:29:22.46
and when I look
when you are struggling,
00:29:22.49\00:29:25.09
when you are
having a difficult time,
00:29:25.13\00:29:27.36
when families do not
love you when you are,
00:29:27.40\00:29:29.56
you know, there's
nothing happening in your life.
00:29:29.60\00:29:31.77
You could be assured
that there is a God in Heaven
00:29:31.80\00:29:36.37
that loved you so much.
00:29:36.40\00:29:37.74
Amen.
00:29:37.77\00:29:39.11
That loved you,
cared for you so much
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.28
that He was willing to
deny the presence of His Son
00:29:41.31\00:29:45.11
and for Him to die
in the most wretches way
00:29:45.15\00:29:47.95
which is the cross for you.
00:29:47.98\00:29:50.09
Amen.
00:29:50.12\00:29:51.45
Not for everybody,
He did it for Eric,
00:29:51.49\00:29:54.72
He did it for
J.D., He did for me.
00:29:54.76\00:29:58.33
He did it for each one of
us and when I look at God,
00:29:58.36\00:30:02.03
I can't comprehend
that love sometimes.
00:30:02.06\00:30:04.60
I can't comprehend how
You can love us so much
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.50
to lay Your life for
somebody that doesn't even care,
00:30:07.54\00:30:12.34
doesn't even speak
or speak ill of You.
00:30:12.37\00:30:14.88
You'd still died
one the cross for you.
00:30:14.91\00:30:16.68
So even if you
are sinning right now
00:30:16.71\00:30:20.28
and you don't have
Christ in your heart
00:30:20.32\00:30:24.12
Christ is telling you by this,
00:30:24.15\00:30:26.62
"I still love you and
I will wait for you..."
00:30:26.65\00:30:32.26
Forever. "Forever."
00:30:32.29\00:30:33.73
Amen.
00:30:33.76\00:30:35.26
And of course, we've all
heard this but 1 John 4:8
00:30:35.30\00:30:38.30
and as well as 4:16
tells us that God is love.
00:30:38.33\00:30:43.34
You know,
sometimes people are looking
00:30:43.37\00:30:44.87
for that particular
scripture and that's 1 John 4:8,
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.61
God is love so
this is who He is.
00:30:47.64\00:30:50.45
Love is the controlling
force in the divine government.
00:30:50.48\00:30:54.52
That is the epitome of who He is
00:30:54.55\00:30:59.09
and He is saying
here, He has so loved
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.19
that He gave His one--
00:31:01.22\00:31:02.56
Boy, you just
presented just perfectly, Luis.
00:31:02.59\00:31:05.46
Yes.
00:31:05.49\00:31:06.83
And, you know, what I love
about this scripture as well,
00:31:06.86\00:31:09.63
it's another example
of His all inclusive love
00:31:09.66\00:31:13.13
is that "God so loved
the world that He gave"
00:31:13.17\00:31:18.01
in Romans 5:8
says that He sent--
00:31:18.04\00:31:21.58
He demonstrated
His love for us in His
00:31:21.61\00:31:23.65
that He sent His
Son to die for us
00:31:23.68\00:31:26.21
while we were yet sinners.
00:31:26.25\00:31:27.78
So He gave His only begotten Son
00:31:27.82\00:31:31.35
and Jesus Christ is
God's greatest gift of grace.
00:31:31.39\00:31:36.89
I mean, when we talk about grace
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.99
it is not a license to sin,
when we remember that Christ
00:31:39.03\00:31:43.13
is the greatest gift
He has ever given to us.
00:31:43.16\00:31:45.80
So that's wonderful.
00:31:45.83\00:31:47.30
I love the fact that He doesn't
limit Himself by anything.
00:31:47.34\00:31:50.71
He says whosoever, it doesn't
matter what race, what color,
00:31:50.74\00:31:54.48
what background,
where you have been,
00:31:54.51\00:31:56.58
He just cares about who you are
00:31:56.61\00:31:57.95
and where you are
going and I love that about.
00:31:57.98\00:32:00.22
Amen. Amen.
00:32:00.25\00:32:02.68
Luis, you want to
pray that one back?
00:32:02.72\00:32:05.29
Our loving Father,
00:32:05.32\00:32:08.12
it is so wonderful
to come to Your throne.
00:32:08.16\00:32:11.29
It is so wonderful
to hear these words
00:32:11.33\00:32:13.70
from You that You say whosoever
00:32:13.73\00:32:15.80
I will give you
everlasting life.
00:32:15.83\00:32:19.73
Lord, You were willing
to give Your Son for us,
00:32:19.77\00:32:22.87
help us to be willing
to give our life for You.
00:32:22.90\00:32:26.98
In Christ's name, amen.
00:32:27.01\00:32:28.78
Amen. Lovely.
00:32:28.81\00:32:30.88
J.D., why don't you take
00:32:30.91\00:32:33.08
this one is going
to be Ephesians 2:4-10
00:32:33.11\00:32:38.92
and this is the
unearned, undeserved love.
00:32:38.95\00:32:43.89
And this is a
wonderful topic here
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.03
because we are
talking about God's grace.
00:32:46.06\00:32:49.40
We are talking that He
gave His only Son for us
00:32:49.43\00:32:54.47
and now we are gonna
take another step further.
00:32:54.50\00:32:56.77
"God, being rich in mercy,
because of His great love,"
00:32:56.81\00:33:01.11
remember we were saying it
00:33:01.14\00:33:02.48
that's the controlling
force in the divine government.
00:33:02.51\00:33:06.38
"Because of His great
love with which He loved us,
00:33:06.41\00:33:09.48
even when we were dead in sin
00:33:09.52\00:33:11.32
and transgressions," past tense.
00:33:11.35\00:33:14.26
So He has loved
us in spite of that.
00:33:14.29\00:33:17.23
We did what we did yesterday.
You know, He is blinking.
00:33:17.26\00:33:22.70
"By grace you have
been saved," for by grace
00:33:22.73\00:33:25.87
you have been
saved through faith
00:33:25.90\00:33:27.74
and that not of yourself
because it's a gift of God.
00:33:27.77\00:33:31.94
"Not a results of works,
00:33:31.97\00:33:35.01
that no one could
boast," can boast.
00:33:35.04\00:33:38.38
"For we are his
workmanship" in other words
00:33:38.41\00:33:42.35
we are God's
spiritual recreation.
00:33:42.38\00:33:45.85
"Spiritually recreated in
Christ Jesus for good works,
00:33:45.89\00:33:50.39
which God prepared beforehand
00:33:50.43\00:33:54.33
so that we would walk
with Him and in them."
00:33:54.36\00:33:58.57
He is saying about--
talking about beforehand,
00:33:58.60\00:34:02.10
you know, this is
whenever we say it
00:34:02.14\00:34:05.44
dealing with before
creation it was planned
00:34:05.47\00:34:08.98
by God the Father, God the Son,
00:34:09.01\00:34:11.85
it was planned that
those saved by grace
00:34:11.88\00:34:15.55
would have good
works as a result
00:34:15.58\00:34:17.92
of their love for Jesus.
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.66
Oh, that's, you know,
when we think about John 14:15,
00:34:20.69\00:34:27.63
Jesus said, "If you love
Me, keep My commitments."
00:34:27.66\00:34:30.43
When you are
filled with His holy love
00:34:30.47\00:34:32.70
as God pours His love into you,
00:34:32.73\00:34:34.90
that the Holy Spirit into you--
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.11
we don't obey to be safe
but we were saved by grace,
00:34:37.14\00:34:40.61
this is so clear here.
00:34:40.64\00:34:42.88
We don't deserve His
love or saved by grace
00:34:42.91\00:34:46.21
but when that
love is in our heart
00:34:46.25\00:34:48.88
we want to walk, you
know, in obedience to Him
00:34:48.92\00:34:52.75
and obedience is
the greatest expression,
00:34:52.79\00:34:55.06
highest expression of worship.
00:34:55.09\00:34:57.23
Here I see
something very interesting.
00:34:57.26\00:34:59.76
How-- no matter
what you have done
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.36
in your life, God loves you.
00:35:02.40\00:35:05.20
Amen. Amen.
00:35:05.23\00:35:06.57
I have heard so many people
00:35:06.60\00:35:08.17
and sometimes
you feel that inside.
00:35:08.20\00:35:10.74
I did this terrible thing,
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.34
you know, may
be committed murder
00:35:12.37\00:35:14.61
or whatever
terrible thing you did
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.48
and you think, "But
God can't love anymore."
00:35:16.51\00:35:19.48
But it says here
that He can. Amen.
00:35:19.51\00:35:22.12
No matter where you
are you feel that God,
00:35:22.15\00:35:25.62
you have no
love, nobody loves you
00:35:25.65\00:35:27.72
but it says here God loves you
00:35:27.76\00:35:29.89
no matter what you did.
00:35:29.92\00:35:31.53
How undeserving you are.
00:35:31.56\00:35:33.36
It almost seems like sometimes
that life-- we're like clay
00:35:33.40\00:35:37.07
and God molds us.
00:35:37.10\00:35:39.57
And life kind of
hardens you after a while
00:35:39.60\00:35:42.74
and you end up like a statue.
00:35:42.77\00:35:45.64
And then God has to
come in and break that statue
00:35:45.67\00:35:48.54
down to powder again
and mould the clay back
00:35:48.58\00:35:50.88
and shape you into
new who you need to be.
00:35:50.91\00:35:53.25
And we had to be
broken. That's right.
00:35:53.28\00:35:56.45
We had to be broken
to come to the Lord.
00:35:56.48\00:35:58.12
Amen. That's right.
00:35:58.15\00:35:59.49
But it says here
00:35:59.52\00:36:00.86
"For by grace you have
been saved through faith."
00:36:00.89\00:36:02.49
In other words,
that's grace on God's part,
00:36:02.52\00:36:05.19
but there has to be
faith on man's part.
00:36:05.23\00:36:07.80
Amen. Amen.
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.16
So there is the
cooperating with each other.
00:36:09.20\00:36:11.43
You want to pray that
back? I certainly would love to.
00:36:11.47\00:36:15.00
Father, as we come to
You in the name of Jesus,
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.91
we want to thank
You for Your great love.
00:36:16.94\00:36:19.64
We want to thank You, Lord,
00:36:19.67\00:36:21.01
that in spite of
who we have been,
00:36:21.04\00:36:23.58
in spite of the
warts that we may have,
00:36:23.61\00:36:26.38
the dirt that we may have, Lord,
00:36:26.41\00:36:28.82
that You
intercede in our behalf.
00:36:28.85\00:36:32.12
We thank You,
Lord, for Your grace.
00:36:32.15\00:36:34.59
So, Father, we
just give You all praise
00:36:34.62\00:36:37.99
for being who You are
00:36:38.03\00:36:40.46
and Father we just
as we read Your word,
00:36:40.50\00:36:45.50
we just ask, Lord,
that it be enveloped into us
00:36:45.53\00:36:49.37
and not only,
Father, do we hear this
00:36:49.40\00:36:52.17
but that we choose
to do something about it
00:36:52.21\00:36:54.81
and allow You to work in us.
00:36:54.84\00:36:57.21
We love You and thank You.
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.71
Amen. Amen.
00:36:58.75\00:37:00.08
All right, so we
have looked at so far
00:37:00.12\00:37:03.45
and the love of God
that it is everlasting,
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.75
it is limitless, all inclusive
and unearned, undeserved.
00:37:05.79\00:37:10.93
Now we are going to
look at His Fatherly love,
00:37:10.96\00:37:13.76
His disciplinary
love, a forgiving love,
00:37:13.80\00:37:17.03
and a protecting love,
one that's inseparable love.
00:37:17.07\00:37:22.00
So I am going to
read 1 John Chapter 3--
00:37:22.04\00:37:26.51
actually, Luis, why
don't you do 1 John 3:1.
00:37:26.54\00:37:31.15
"Behold what matter of love
00:37:31.18\00:37:33.18
the Father has
bestowed on to us,
00:37:33.21\00:37:36.55
that we shall be
called children of God."
00:37:36.58\00:37:40.66
Amen. I can't file Him that.
00:37:40.69\00:37:45.79
You know, I
look back in my life,
00:37:45.83\00:37:48.06
I was born in a
communist country.
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.67
We had all this
struggles and my parents,
00:37:50.70\00:37:53.40
how they were Catholic
and they had their struggles
00:37:53.44\00:37:57.04
and then they heard this message
00:37:57.07\00:37:58.91
and I was born on a
Friday and I say Sabbath,
00:37:58.94\00:38:01.28
I was at church.
00:38:01.31\00:38:02.64
So I've been at
church all my life.
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.78
So but I here stories, I
hear stories like Eric's,
00:38:04.81\00:38:08.35
I hear stories around the,
00:38:08.38\00:38:10.15
you know, my work and I
see how God has done for them
00:38:10.19\00:38:13.46
and it's like, it
says, behold what matters
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.96
the love the Father has for you,
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.76
for each one of us.
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.23
I have been blessed that
00:38:21.26\00:38:22.93
I have followed
God's way all of my life.
00:38:22.96\00:38:26.37
I never had to struggle.
00:38:26.40\00:38:27.90
I never had to worry
about not being in His presence.
00:38:27.94\00:38:32.77
Praise the Lord.
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.14
You know, so I'm
grateful for that
00:38:34.18\00:38:36.08
but then at the same
time I look at individuals
00:38:36.11\00:38:39.28
that have been in
the depths of their life
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.92
and life has not
done them well and Christ,
00:38:42.95\00:38:46.05
the glimpse of
Christ comes into their life
00:38:46.09\00:38:48.79
and now they are
pastors, they are individuals
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.83
that are given
their whole life to God
00:38:50.86\00:38:53.66
and when I read this right here,
00:38:53.70\00:38:55.40
He bestowed it onto
us. He gave it to us.
00:38:55.43\00:38:58.70
He has constantly
working in our behalf.
00:38:58.73\00:39:01.80
There is nothing we can do.
There is nothing we need to do.
00:39:01.84\00:39:05.37
God is saying, "I will
do a great job through you,
00:39:05.41\00:39:10.25
just humble
yourself and allow the spirit
00:39:10.28\00:39:12.71
to work in your life."
00:39:12.75\00:39:14.12
Amen, why don't you
pray that one back, Luis?
00:39:14.15\00:39:17.35
Our, loving
Father, we are so grateful
00:39:17.39\00:39:21.09
that You bestow on us
Your love no matter what.
00:39:21.12\00:39:26.36
Behold what mattered the love
the Father has given onto us.
00:39:26.39\00:39:33.03
Humble us, Lord,
00:39:33.07\00:39:34.70
to truly understand
what that means in our lives.
00:39:34.74\00:39:39.01
And we give You
praise and we give You honor
00:39:39.04\00:39:41.94
and we give You
worship because You are the one
00:39:41.98\00:39:45.41
that is doing the work in us,
00:39:45.45\00:39:48.32
so through us
others can see your power.
00:39:48.35\00:39:51.39
In Christ's name, amen. Amen.
00:39:51.42\00:39:54.02
Now we are going to take
a look at Hebrews 12:6-10.
00:39:54.06\00:39:58.83
Well, actually I
don't think that's all,
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.23
we are going to look it
in a little bit of that.
00:40:00.26\00:40:02.13
J.D., why don't you do
this because, you know,
00:40:02.16\00:40:04.33
God is the perfect Father
00:40:04.37\00:40:06.13
and here's
something that I found.
00:40:06.17\00:40:07.87
You know, a parent knows
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.01
when a child
needs loving assurance
00:40:10.04\00:40:12.07
or when they need discipline.
00:40:12.11\00:40:13.78
Well, God is never
going to discipline you
00:40:13.81\00:40:17.45
when you are just insecure
and need loving assurance.
00:40:17.48\00:40:20.08
He is gonna come
down and He's swoops
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.92
sometimes when I
think, what's going on,
00:40:21.95\00:40:25.69
you know, with sin wise
God, reassures me with His love.
00:40:25.72\00:40:28.96
Then there's other times
that I'm feeling pretty good
00:40:28.99\00:40:30.89
about myself and
He disciplines me.
00:40:30.93\00:40:33.23
So He is the perfect Father.
He knows when to do that.
00:40:33.26\00:40:35.43
J.D.?
00:40:35.46\00:40:36.80
Yes, Hebrews 12:6-10,
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.80
"The Lord
corrects and disciplines
00:40:40.84\00:40:43.94
everyone,
everyone whom He loves.
00:40:43.97\00:40:47.21
He disciplines us
for our certain good
00:40:47.24\00:40:49.94
that we may become
partakers in His own holiness."
00:40:49.98\00:40:52.71
Amen.
00:40:52.75\00:40:54.08
Obviously there
is in order for us
00:40:54.12\00:40:57.22
to form our
character properly in His eyes,
00:40:57.25\00:40:59.89
so that we can be better
brothers and sisters in Christ.
00:40:59.92\00:41:03.89
There is that
avenue for correcting
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.76
and all who have children know,
00:41:06.80\00:41:09.70
you know, this hurts
me more than it hurts you.
00:41:09.73\00:41:11.90
I heard that once, I
heard it a thousand times.
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.94
Yes, we all did.
00:41:13.97\00:41:15.30
I don't know about Father
but understood that exactly
00:41:15.34\00:41:17.61
but then so it is right here.
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.31
Whenever something
doesn't go just exactly
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.38
and I have a trial, I
know that I am being corrected.
00:41:22.41\00:41:26.88
And now as you
mature into Christianity,
00:41:26.92\00:41:29.68
you begin to,
"That's okay, Lord,
00:41:29.72\00:41:31.89
I'm gonna get through
this because I know You love me
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.52
and that You're
never gonna forsake me."
00:41:34.56\00:41:36.06
Amen.
00:41:36.09\00:41:37.43
And, you know, I actually
pray for God's discipline.
00:41:37.46\00:41:40.93
And people, that's what
most people would go, "oh."
00:41:40.96\00:41:43.60
But you something, He
is going to discipline me
00:41:43.63\00:41:46.13
one way or the other.
00:41:46.17\00:41:47.60
So He is this loving parent.
00:41:47.64\00:41:49.60
How does a parent
usually first start?
00:41:49.64\00:41:51.74
They will give you
a word of correction
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.24
and it's in a soft voice.
00:41:53.27\00:41:55.14
And if you don't follow
it, it gets a little bit louder
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.98
and a little bit louder
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.35
and then if you don't follow it,
00:41:59.38\00:42:00.72
you might get some
kind of chastisement.
00:42:00.75\00:42:02.98
So I pray that
He will correct me
00:42:03.02\00:42:06.25
and discipline me
and give me an ear
00:42:06.29\00:42:07.92
to hear when He is.
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.29
Well, you know,
Shelley, I can testify to that
00:42:09.32\00:42:11.43
because there was a time
00:42:11.46\00:42:13.90
when I was doing something wrong
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.66
and the Lord was talking to me
00:42:15.70\00:42:17.53
saying,
"Marilyn, correct yourself.
00:42:17.57\00:42:19.30
Correct yourself."
00:42:19.33\00:42:20.67
And I wasn't listening.
00:42:20.70\00:42:22.20
And then it was a drastic step
that He took with me to say,
00:42:22.24\00:42:28.21
"I was talking to
you and you didn't listen
00:42:28.24\00:42:30.45
and now this is how I
am going to correct you."
00:42:30.48\00:42:34.88
So, that's the
Lord talks to you.
00:42:34.92\00:42:38.05
And praise God
for His discipline.
00:42:38.09\00:42:39.79
Honey, why don't
you pray that back?
00:42:39.82\00:42:41.16
Amen. Amen.
00:42:41.19\00:42:43.26
Father, we just come to You
once again and we thank You,
00:42:43.29\00:42:45.86
Lord, for You being
there to correct us.
00:42:45.89\00:42:52.63
Father, none of us like
pain, none of us like trails
00:42:52.67\00:42:56.34
but we just
ask, Lord, that You--
00:42:56.37\00:42:59.21
we welcome You
00:42:59.24\00:43:00.81
because we know
it's for our good.
00:43:00.84\00:43:03.04
We thank You.
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.11
In the name of
Jesus, amen. Amen.
00:43:05.15\00:43:06.65
Okay, Marilyn, why
don't you take Isaiah 43:25
00:43:06.68\00:43:11.32
about God's forgiving love?
00:43:11.35\00:43:14.52
"I, even I, am He who
blots out your transgressions
00:43:14.56\00:43:21.43
for My own sake, and I
will not remember your sins."
00:43:21.46\00:43:26.03
What a blessing.
00:43:26.07\00:43:27.40
Amen. What a blessing.
00:43:27.44\00:43:30.17
And you know
something, when He says that
00:43:30.21\00:43:32.24
He does it for His own sake,
how painful it is for a parent
00:43:32.27\00:43:36.95
to watch a child
do something wrong
00:43:36.98\00:43:38.68
and when they forgive him
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.22
and finally
they just have to try
00:43:40.25\00:43:41.75
not to even think
about it because it hurts
00:43:41.78\00:43:43.62
God to think
about it, right, amen.
00:43:43.65\00:43:46.69
And then, Eric, 1 John
1:9 again on forgiving love.
00:43:46.72\00:43:50.99
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.66
and just to forgive us our sins
00:43:53.70\00:43:56.90
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:43:56.93\00:44:00.84
And Isaiah 4:1-4--
00:44:00.87\00:44:03.81
Well, let's just
stop there for a second.
00:44:03.84\00:44:05.37
Let's pray back.
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.74
Let's talk about how,
00:44:06.78\00:44:09.68
what a great
promise 1 John 1:9 is
00:44:09.71\00:44:13.52
because, you know, this is--
00:44:13.55\00:44:15.12
confession is the
clearing house of the conscious.
00:44:15.15\00:44:17.89
Amen. It's Cleansing.
00:44:17.92\00:44:19.25
It's cleansing. It is.
00:44:19.29\00:44:20.62
When we come, not
only does He forgive us
00:44:20.66\00:44:22.42
but what does He do?
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.56
He cleanses us of
all unrighteousness.
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.80
How precious.
00:44:27.83\00:44:29.16
He says, no matter
where you have been,
00:44:29.20\00:44:31.03
no matter what you have done,
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.80
if you come to
Me with sincerity,
00:44:32.83\00:44:36.10
He is gonna forgive you
00:44:36.14\00:44:37.51
and He will never
ever hold it against you.
00:44:37.54\00:44:39.97
So just pray that
scripture back to Him.
00:44:40.01\00:44:43.71
Heavenly Father, thank You
so much for Your forgiveness.
00:44:43.75\00:44:47.68
Thank You for
forgetting my past.
00:44:47.72\00:44:51.42
Thank You for not
holding those things against me
00:44:51.45\00:44:55.26
and for hearing
my sincere prayers.
00:44:55.29\00:44:58.69
For they cleanse my heart,
they have cleansed my life.
00:44:58.73\00:45:02.53
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:45:02.56\00:45:04.13
Amen. Amen.
00:45:04.17\00:45:06.53
Yeah, go ahead,
Eric, and take Isaiah 43
00:45:06.57\00:45:08.80
and this is on
God's protective love.
00:45:08.84\00:45:11.27
Isaiah 43:1-4.
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.48
"Do not fear, for
I have redeemed you,
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.88
I have called you by name.
00:45:17.91\00:45:19.85
You are mine!
00:45:19.88\00:45:21.72
When you passed
through the waters,
00:45:21.75\00:45:23.69
I'll be with you
and through the rivers,
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.26
and they will not overflow you.
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.96
And when you
walk through the fire,
00:45:29.99\00:45:32.43
you will not be scorched,
nor will the flame burn you.
00:45:32.46\00:45:37.03
For I am the Lord your God,
00:45:37.07\00:45:38.97
the Holy One of
Israel, your Savior.
00:45:39.00\00:45:41.80
Since you are
precious in My sight,
00:45:41.84\00:45:44.34
since you are
honored and I love you."
00:45:44.37\00:45:48.51
That is such a powerful verse.
00:45:48.54\00:45:52.18
Can I share a
little quick story?
00:45:52.21\00:45:53.92
This is a fantastic story
that happened to me probably,
00:45:53.95\00:45:56.18
probably about seven-years-old.
00:45:56.22\00:45:58.39
We had an old '49 Ford truck
00:45:58.42\00:46:01.79
and we were going
through this little river
00:46:01.82\00:46:04.73
and it had been raining,
the water was rushing by.
00:46:04.76\00:46:08.50
I would guess, it might
have been four foot deep
00:46:08.53\00:46:11.97
and we were in a
truck, bobtail truck
00:46:12.00\00:46:14.47
and my dad and I
were going back home
00:46:14.50\00:46:18.01
and we come to the rushing river
00:46:18.04\00:46:20.14
and it scared me, says,
"Daddy, what are we gonna do?
00:46:20.18\00:46:23.45
We are gonna turn around?"
00:46:23.48\00:46:24.81
He says, "No, son, we
are gonna go through this."
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.05
Well, I believed my dad.
00:46:27.08\00:46:29.12
And we start that
black bobtail truck,
00:46:29.15\00:46:31.72
you know, through
there and everything
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.62
and we got to the other side.
00:46:33.66\00:46:35.82
And he said, "Son, this
is a great lesson for you"
00:46:35.86\00:46:39.73
and He gave us a scripture.
00:46:39.76\00:46:41.96
"Do not fear
00:46:42.00\00:46:43.43
because there are rivers
of life that's gonna come by,
00:46:43.47\00:46:46.13
that's gonna sweep hard
and you need use your head.
00:46:46.17\00:46:48.77
I know that we could get through
00:46:48.80\00:46:50.14
this because I
have done it before."
00:46:50.17\00:46:52.01
And as you study the Bible,
00:46:52.04\00:46:53.98
you know, is
that water and fire,
00:46:54.01\00:46:55.44
they are both purifying agents
00:46:55.48\00:46:57.65
and I was just
thinking here as we heard this,
00:46:57.68\00:47:01.72
that is we are
going on the other side
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.32
the truck was cleaned.
00:47:03.35\00:47:05.32
You know that water
did wash that truck off
00:47:05.35\00:47:08.62
and so thank You,
Jesus, for this promise.
00:47:08.66\00:47:11.59
I was thinking that, you know,
when you read a verse like this
00:47:11.63\00:47:15.90
you can't help but
reflect on your own life
00:47:15.93\00:47:19.33
and the times in the
past where you looked around
00:47:19.37\00:47:21.54
and you said,
"Where are you, God?"
00:47:21.57\00:47:24.01
You know, "why am
I going through this?
00:47:24.04\00:47:25.64
I didn't do
anything to deserve this.
00:47:25.67\00:47:27.18
What's going on?"
00:47:27.21\00:47:29.21
And then when He carries
you all the way through it,
00:47:29.24\00:47:31.58
in the end you say,
"Okay, I see You were there"
00:47:31.61\00:47:35.88
and that's what
this verse reminds me of.
00:47:35.92\00:47:38.55
You want to pray that one back?
00:47:38.59\00:47:41.46
Dear, Heavenly Father,
00:47:41.49\00:47:42.82
thank You for reliving our fears
00:47:42.86\00:47:46.29
that when we come to You,
we know that You have got it.
00:47:46.33\00:47:50.03
We know that You will
carry us through the flames
00:47:50.07\00:47:51.87
and through the fires
and through the storms
00:47:51.90\00:47:53.70
and even though at
times when we look around
00:47:53.74\00:47:56.60
and it seems like
You are not there,
00:47:56.64\00:47:58.11
we know because of
our past experience
00:47:58.14\00:48:00.61
in Your word that You are there.
00:48:00.64\00:48:03.48
Please continue to be
merciful and patient with us
00:48:03.51\00:48:05.71
when we struggle and
continue to be our guiding hand.
00:48:05.75\00:48:09.78
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:48:09.82\00:48:11.95
Amen. Amen.
00:48:11.99\00:48:13.32
Okay, Xenia, Romans 8:39,
00:48:13.36\00:48:15.72
and this is about
God's inseparable love.
00:48:15.76\00:48:19.93
"Nothing shall be
able to separate us
00:48:19.96\00:48:23.60
from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus."
00:48:23.63\00:48:27.87
I mean nothing and
what else is there?
00:48:27.90\00:48:32.24
You know it is that? Nothing.
00:48:32.27\00:48:35.41
And sometimes we
put so many obstacles
00:48:35.44\00:48:37.31
in front of ourselves.
00:48:37.35\00:48:38.68
We put them but those things
don't keep us away from God.
00:48:38.71\00:48:43.42
God will find you no
matter where you are.
00:48:43.45\00:48:45.19
Amen.
00:48:45.22\00:48:46.55
You might be
homeless, under a bridge,
00:48:46.59\00:48:48.02
or whatever God will find you.
00:48:48.06\00:48:50.56
Amen.
00:48:50.59\00:48:51.93
Xenia, you want to
pray that back to the Lord?
00:48:51.96\00:48:54.20
Thank You, Lord, that
there is nothing that You--
00:48:54.23\00:48:57.43
that can keep You from us.
00:48:57.47\00:48:59.43
You will find us no
matter how deep we have gone
00:48:59.47\00:49:02.87
then You will bring
us back with Your love.
00:49:02.90\00:49:05.34
Amen. Amen.
00:49:05.37\00:49:08.71
And then I will
take the final one
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.35
and this is one of my
favorites Zephaniah 3:17
00:49:10.38\00:49:14.15
and this is about
God's fatherly love.
00:49:14.18\00:49:16.05
It says, "He will
quiet you with His love,
00:49:16.08\00:49:19.05
He will rejoice
over you with singing."
00:49:19.09\00:49:22.12
Singing. Amen.
00:49:22.16\00:49:23.49
I grew up thinking of
00:49:23.53\00:49:25.03
I had a love
affair with Jesus Christ,
00:49:25.06\00:49:27.36
didn't know much
about the Holy Spirit
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.36
but my picture of God,
the Father was a very stern,
00:49:29.40\00:49:32.93
it had been painted for
me a very stern picture.
00:49:32.97\00:49:36.07
And I always thought of
God just kind of watching me
00:49:36.10\00:49:38.57
ready to zap me if
I did something wrong.
00:49:38.61\00:49:41.18
That was my picture.
00:49:41.21\00:49:42.88
And I remember
when God healed me
00:49:42.91\00:49:45.75
from vertigo and
told me to rejoice
00:49:45.78\00:49:49.45
and I had just done
this study on rejoice
00:49:49.48\00:49:53.19
and if you looked
at the transliteration
00:49:53.22\00:49:55.76
it's essentially-- in
the Hebrew rejoice means
00:49:55.79\00:49:59.19
to twirl about in a circle.
00:49:59.23\00:50:01.56
Here I have just
gotten over vertigo
00:50:01.60\00:50:02.96
and the Lord
saying rejoice, right.
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.90
So I am thinking, Lord, surely
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.77
you don't want
me to twirl around.
00:50:06.80\00:50:08.44
And as I did this
scripture came to my mind.
00:50:08.47\00:50:11.77
"He will quiet
you with His love,
00:50:11.81\00:50:14.84
He will rejoice
over you with singing."
00:50:14.88\00:50:18.78
That wasn't my picture
of God up there, you know,
00:50:18.81\00:50:23.72
I didn't realize that He
was up there celebrating me,
00:50:23.75\00:50:29.52
that He was rejoicing,
that He could be dancing around
00:50:29.56\00:50:33.40
and singing only for us.
00:50:33.43\00:50:35.03
Hoping wonderfully
hear Him sing one day.
00:50:35.06\00:50:36.40
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, yes. I want to.
00:50:36.43\00:50:40.10
I am gonna pray all of
these back very briefly
00:50:40.14\00:50:44.14
for all the promises
that we just read in this page
00:50:44.17\00:50:47.61
and just close
your eyes, please.
00:50:47.64\00:50:49.81
Abba, in fatherly love
You have given us Your name
00:50:49.84\00:50:53.05
and made us Your children.
00:50:53.08\00:50:55.05
And we know that
Your fatherly devotion
00:50:55.08\00:50:58.82
is demonstrated by
Your disciplinary love.
00:50:58.85\00:51:02.36
You discipline us
for our eternal benefit.
00:51:02.39\00:51:05.63
Oh, Father, You
are a perfect Father
00:51:05.66\00:51:07.10
and we trust You
completely to train us
00:51:07.13\00:51:11.43
in Your way of righteousness
and we pray for Your correction
00:51:11.47\00:51:14.37
and Your loving discipline.
00:51:14.40\00:51:16.24
You love us with
a forgiving love,
00:51:16.27\00:51:18.41
blotting out the sins
that we confessed to You.
00:51:18.44\00:51:21.58
Your love is protective over us,
00:51:21.61\00:51:23.81
for we are
precious in Your sight
00:51:23.85\00:51:25.98
and Your love is inseparable.
00:51:26.01\00:51:28.15
Nothing can
separate us form Your love.
00:51:28.18\00:51:30.52
Thank You,
Father, for quieting us
00:51:30.55\00:51:33.02
with Your love and
rejoicing over us with singing.
00:51:33.05\00:51:36.89
Loving Father,
please help us to understand
00:51:36.93\00:51:40.53
that Your love truly
surpasses human knowledge.
00:51:40.56\00:51:44.50
In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
00:51:44.53\00:51:46.77
Well, boy, our
time is going quickly
00:51:46.80\00:51:49.67
but do you feel like you
have learned a little something
00:51:49.70\00:51:51.74
or even if it wasn't
learning we have just focused
00:51:51.77\00:51:57.81
more on the love of God
00:51:57.85\00:51:59.25
and so that we can
know how wonderful He is.
00:51:59.28\00:52:03.45
Honey, I think you've got some
prayer requests, haven't you?
00:52:03.49\00:52:07.09
Yes, what we would like to
do on this Sabbath worship,
00:52:07.12\00:52:10.76
there are many people that are
fighting major battles in life.
00:52:10.79\00:52:14.63
And we-- people share
these, these pains with us
00:52:14.66\00:52:19.67
and so we normally
try to record a few
00:52:19.70\00:52:22.74
and so I'd like to just share.
00:52:22.77\00:52:25.54
Would you like for me to
pass these around or you should?
00:52:25.57\00:52:27.68
No, just go ahead and
read as we just said it.
00:52:27.71\00:52:29.74
Okay, okay.
00:52:29.78\00:52:31.11
Number one is,
this is for Cindy.
00:52:31.15\00:52:35.28
And Jeff in Oklahoma is
requesting special prayer
00:52:35.32\00:52:38.22
for his precious wife, Cindy.
00:52:38.25\00:52:40.36
She is fighting the results
of a stroke in her brain.
00:52:40.39\00:52:44.03
And not only she dealing that
00:52:44.06\00:52:45.53
but then on top of that
she has stage four cancer.
00:52:45.56\00:52:48.13
So we certainly
left up for Cindy.
00:52:48.16\00:52:51.43
Janice in South
Dakota has broken her wrist
00:52:51.47\00:52:53.80
in a fall, then had surgery.
00:52:53.84\00:52:56.40
She is now in physical
therapy but has less than 50%
00:52:56.44\00:52:59.37
usage of her wrist.
00:52:59.41\00:53:01.44
She is asking for
the Lord's intervention
00:53:01.48\00:53:03.45
to obtain more
flexibility in that wrist.
00:53:03.48\00:53:06.98
Ester in California is
requesting special prayer
00:53:07.02\00:53:09.95
from the
containment of the fires
00:53:09.98\00:53:11.45
in Northern California,
Oregon in Washington.
00:53:11.49\00:53:14.42
The residual
smoke that continues
00:53:14.46\00:53:16.26
to saturate the area
makes breathing difficult.
00:53:16.29\00:53:19.26
Something we don't think about.
00:53:19.29\00:53:21.26
Darlene called 3ABN prayer line
00:53:21.30\00:53:23.37
before she went in
for open heart surgery.
00:53:23.40\00:53:26.10
She called back with a praise
00:53:26.13\00:53:27.67
that the surgery was successful
00:53:27.70\00:53:29.14
and that she
had very little pain
00:53:29.17\00:53:32.21
but she asks for
God's continual blessing.
00:53:32.24\00:53:34.34
Amen.
00:53:34.38\00:53:35.74
Terry in Texas is feeling weak.
00:53:35.78\00:53:38.08
She is experiencing
shortness of breath and nose
00:53:38.11\00:53:40.68
that she is anemic.
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.38
Please pray earnestly.
00:53:42.42\00:53:45.09
Lenore in Washington is
facing surgery in both eyes.
00:53:45.12\00:53:48.62
She is anxious over this
00:53:48.66\00:53:50.03
but asks for God's
peace to cover here.
00:53:50.06\00:53:52.99
Two more.
00:53:53.03\00:53:54.36
Please pray for Mary in Canada,
00:53:54.40\00:53:56.26
who is requesting special prayer
00:53:56.30\00:53:57.63
for her circulation to improve.
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.04
She fears the worst.
00:54:00.07\00:54:02.30
Well, we covered
that today, didn't we?
00:54:02.34\00:54:05.17
Linda in Tennessee
is suffering with CHF,
00:54:05.21\00:54:08.81
has a pacemaker and
two holes in her heart
00:54:08.84\00:54:11.21
that will need
surgery to correct.
00:54:11.25\00:54:13.42
She is asking that God
will be foremost in her life.
00:54:13.45\00:54:16.38
Amen.
00:54:16.42\00:54:17.75
Should say a
prayer over these people.
00:54:17.79\00:54:19.12
Oh, boy.
00:54:19.15\00:54:20.49
Father, as we come
again to you once again.
00:54:20.52\00:54:23.36
Father, You are the creator,
You are the great physician.
00:54:23.39\00:54:26.63
All good and perfect
things come from You.
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Father, You are the one
who has the plan for our life
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and so, Father, as we just
lift up each of these requests,
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we just say help.
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Father, You know how dissect,
You know how to intercede,
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You know how to
comfort people's hearts.
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Be with the
families involved here, Lord.
00:54:42.18\00:54:44.81
And, Father, once
again we lift them up to You
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and just ask, Lord,
that You will handle it
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according to Your
will for Your glory.
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We know that You
love each one of us, Lord,
00:54:51.02\00:54:53.89
and that You have
something special for us.
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And so as You handle this, Lord,
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just give us the
wisdom and the comfort
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to know that You were
working in our behalf.
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We love You and we thank
You in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
00:55:06.74\00:55:08.07
Well, I have to say that this
hour has gone by very rapidly.
00:55:08.10\00:55:12.44
And just want to
thank each one of you,
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Eric and Marilyn,
and Luis and Xenia.
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We thank you for joining J.D.
and I in this Family Worship.
00:55:18.48\00:55:21.85
We are glad you
are part of our family.
00:55:21.88\00:55:23.49
Oh, we love you, Shelley.
Yeah, we love you guys too.
00:55:23.52\00:55:25.89
And I just would like to share
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for those of you
at home this thought.
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You know, the Bible
says in Mark 12:30, 31,
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Jesus said that, this
is the greatest commandment
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that we love the Lord
with all of our heart,
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with all of our
soul, with all of our mind
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and with all of our strength
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and that's not
possible to do in our humanity.
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That's right.
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But Romans 5:5 says
that God will pour out
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His love into our hearts
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by the power of the Holy Spirit,
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then we can fulfill
that greatest commandment
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and then we will
learn to love our neighbors
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as we love ourselves
and that's an unselfish,
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self-sacrificing kind of
love that God is asking for.
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And so our
prayer for you at home
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is that you will
benefit from these scriptures,
00:56:17.74\00:56:22.28
delve on these scriptures.
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Let God's love
permeate your heart.
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Just let Him
envelope you in love.
00:56:27.72\00:56:31.25
Honey, did you
have a closing thought?
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Well, I just go back to this
and I mentioned this earlier.
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"Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
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and in everything,
give thanks for Jesus,
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because this is the
will of God in your life."
00:56:43.20\00:56:46.67
He is the one that has the plan
00:56:46.70\00:56:48.77
so if we would just
allow Him through the aid
00:56:48.80\00:56:51.61
of the Holy Spirit to impress us
00:56:51.64\00:56:54.08
and then take those
marching orders and go forward.
00:56:54.11\00:56:58.78
Amen.
00:56:58.81\00:57:00.15
Just know that
each one of us love you
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and we appreciate you
00:57:02.08\00:57:03.59
and we appreciate
all that you do for 3ABN.
00:57:03.62\00:57:06.15
Oh, absolutely.
00:57:06.19\00:57:07.52
We thank you so
much for your prayers
00:57:07.56\00:57:09.92
and financial
support of this ministry
00:57:09.96\00:57:12.16
and our prayer for
each one of you at home
00:57:12.19\00:57:15.03
is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:15.06\00:57:18.53
the love of the Father
00:57:18.57\00:57:20.07
and the
fellowship of the Holy Sprit
00:57:20.10\00:57:22.30
will be with you always.
00:57:22.34\00:57:24.81
Thank you so much for joining us
00:57:24.84\00:57:27.24
for worship and we
pray that you are having
00:57:27.28\00:57:30.88
or have had a blessed Sabbath.
00:57:30.91\00:57:33.65
Amen. Amen.
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