Participants: J. D. & Shelley Quinn (Host), Eric & Marilyn Durant, Luis & Xenia Capote
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW015005A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello and welcome to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:10 Wherever you are joining us from around the world 01:13 that should be the Sabbath hours 01:15 and we are here to worship with you 01:17 and you know something, this is very special to me. 01:21 J.D., you grew up having family worship, I never did. 01:25 So I love family worship 01:27 and let me just introduce ourselves 01:29 going around the table very quickly. 01:30 I'm Shelley Quinn. And of course J.D. 01:33 And I am blessed to be this man's wife. 01:37 And then we have on the far end, Luis Capote. 01:40 My name is Luis Capote. 01:42 And, Luis, you are the in editing 01:44 for our Latino here at 3ABN. 01:46 That is correct. 01:47 We are glad you are with us. Thank you. 01:49 And then your beautiful wife, Xenia 01:50 and Xenia is with accounting. 01:52 Yes, I am. And we are glad to have-- 01:54 how long have y'all been at 3ABN? 01:56 I've been about three months. Three months. 01:58 So you are kind of the babies, the newbies in our family. 02:01 We sure we are. 02:02 Okay. And then we-- 02:04 And I just want to say real quick 02:05 that what a welcome you are. 02:07 You know, both of you just bring so much joy 02:09 and happiness and, you know, you just light up the room. 02:12 Thank you. Well, this is a gift. 02:14 Thank you. 02:15 And then we have Eric Durant 02:17 and Eric is in our engineering department. 02:19 Yes, I am. 02:20 And Marilyn, your beautiful wife 02:22 and she is the assistant manager 02:24 of our call center and we met Eric and Marilyn 02:28 when we were in Israel. 02:29 That's exactly right. 02:31 We just fell in love with them immediately. 02:32 Amen. It was a wonderful trip. 02:34 And, you know, we realize 02:35 that many of you sitting at home 02:37 may not have family with you. 02:40 God puts the lonely into families 02:42 and that's why we are here to do family worship with you 02:44 or maybe your whole family is gathered 02:46 around the television right now. 02:48 And we are just so glad that you are 02:50 because we want to spend this time bringing honor 02:53 and glory to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. 02:56 Honey, would you like to open in prayer? 02:57 Almost certainly. 03:00 Father, we just come to You in the name of Jesus 03:02 and we just thank You from the depths of our heart, 03:05 Lord, that we have the opportunity 03:07 to spend this time with the Creator of the universe. 03:10 And not only the Creator of the universe, 03:12 Lord, but with our special friends here 03:14 and our special friends whether they are listening 03:17 or whether they are watching. 03:19 We just give You our praise and glory. 03:21 We just asking, Lord, that You be with us 03:23 as we take this time to honor You, 03:25 Lord, and talk about the topic of love. 03:29 How much better it get in that, Lord, 03:30 because You are love. 03:32 So thank You again. Bless us. 03:35 Give You praise and glory in the name of Jesus. 03:37 Amen. Amen. 03:40 Well, we are going to make a joyful noise into the Lord. 03:44 If you have your hymnals we are going to sing 03:47 hymn number 432, "Shall We Gather at the River?" 03:51 Amen. 03:56 Shall we gather at the river 04:00 Where bright angel feet have trod 04:05 With its crystal tide forever 04:09 Flowing by the throne of God? 04:14 Yes, we'll gather at the river 04:19 The beautiful, the beautiful river 04:24 Gather with the saints at the river 04:28 That flows by the throne of God 04:33 On the margin of the river 04:37 Washing up its silver spray 04:42 We will walk and worship ever 04:46 All the happy golden day 04:51 Yes, we'll gather at the river 04:56 The beautiful, the beautiful river 05:01 Gather with the saints at the river 05:05 That flows by the throne of God 05:10 Ere we reach the shining river 05:15 Lay we every burdens down 05:19 Grace our spirits will deliver 05:23 And provide a robe and crown 05:29 Yes, we'll gather at the river 05:33 The beautiful, the beautiful river 05:38 Gather with the saints a t the river 05:42 That flows by the throne of God 05:48 Soon we'll reach the shining river 05:52 Soon our pilgrimage will cease 05:57 Soon our happy hearts will quiver 06:01 With the melody of peace 06:06 Yes, we'll gather at the river 06:11 The beautiful, the beautiful river 06:15 Gather with the saints at the river 06:19 That flows by the throne of God 06:25 Oh, Amen. 06:26 And I forgot to introduce another member of our family 06:30 and that is Summer Boyd, who is joining us on the piano. 06:34 And, Summer, we just thank you so much. 06:36 She's a little off there but not off on the key 06:39 but off in the distance and we are just glad 06:41 that Summer's with us. 06:43 Amen. 06:44 All right, what we would like to do next 06:47 is we are going to have a prayer of praise 06:51 and we are just going to do this in prayer sentences. 06:55 We are all gonna participate just as led by the Holy Spirit. 06:58 So I'll begin and then 06:59 and then as the Holy Spirit impresses you, 07:02 something that you would like to praise God for, 07:06 then you just join in. 07:08 Let's begin. 07:09 Heavenly Father, we come once again 07:11 in the name of Jesus and, Lord, 07:13 how we thank You for this Sabbath day. 07:16 We thank You, Father, 07:17 that it is a memorial to remind us 07:19 that You are not only our Creator 07:23 but the one who recreates us in the image of Jesus. 07:27 And we thank You, Father, that this Sabbath 07:30 is a sign for us to remember 07:32 that You are the one who sanctifies us. 07:35 And, Father, You tell us to rejoice 07:37 always pray without ceasing. 07:39 And so, Father, here we are together, 07:41 together with our brothers and sisters in Christ 07:43 and we want to just share this special time, 07:48 Lord, with You, because this is about You. 07:51 It's Your time. 07:52 Our appreciation, Lord, 07:54 that You have given us this time to separate ourselves 07:56 from the daily activities of the week. 07:59 So Father, we love You, we thank You. 08:03 As we gather together, Lord, in Your special Sabbath day 08:07 we ask in a special way hat You remind us 08:10 of the beautiful things that You created for us, 08:13 in the Heavens, in nature, 08:16 and even though the world is falling apart around us, 08:19 be it for any reason You still created 08:23 those beautiful things for us to enjoy and remember You. 08:27 Amen. 08:29 Lord, as we're gonna talk about love today 08:36 its in awe that we come to Your presence. 08:40 It is with humility 08:41 that we come in this wonderful day 08:45 to be able to give back a little bit of the joy, 08:50 of the love that You give to us every day. 08:53 We thank You for Your presence in our lives 08:56 and we thank You for Your presence 08:58 in this ministry and we thank You, 09:01 Lord, for all the things that You do on a daily basis 09:07 to enrich us, to make us 09:09 and to bring us closer to Your throne. 09:12 And, Father, we thank You and we praise You 09:15 for Your wonderful Sabbath, 09:17 for our families, for our friends. 09:21 We thank You for Your Son and for the truth. 09:25 We thank You for leading us to the dark days, 09:28 just shinning Your light upon us, to uplifting us 09:32 and we thank You for everything, Father. 09:37 Dear, Heavenly Father, 09:39 I thank You for being the rock of my salvation. 09:41 Amen. Amen. 09:42 I am so thankful for the many blessings 09:44 that You have bestowed upon me. 09:46 Please help me to live 09:48 according to Your will and not my own. 09:51 And, Father, we just do come into Your gates 09:55 with thanks giving in our hearts. 09:57 We enter Your courts with praise, 09:59 for You are worthy to be praised. 10:01 And we thank You, Father, for the gift of Your Son, 10:05 Jesus Christ, for the gift of the Holy Spirit 10:09 and the gift of Your word. 10:10 The three greatest gifts of grace. 10:12 How we thank You and praise You, Father, 10:14 for Your plan of salvation. 10:17 In Jesus' holy name we pray. 10:19 Amen. Amen. 10:21 Now the next song that we are going to sing 10:24 is number 292 in the hymnals and this song is, 10:30 you know, I consider praise songs 10:32 something like what we just read a while ago. 10:35 I mean, sang while ago, 10:36 the songs that we are talking about the Lord 10:39 but this is a true song of worship 10:41 because it is a prayer said to music. 10:44 So we are going to sing "Jesus, I Come." 10:54 Out of my bondage 10:58 Sorrows and night 11:01 Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come 11:08 Into Thy freedom gladness and light 11:15 Jesus, I come to Thee 11:22 Out of my sickness into Thy health 11:29 Out of my want and into Thy wealth 11:36 Out of my sin and into Thyself 11:42 Jesus, I come to Thee 11:49 Out of my shameful failure and loss 11:56 Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come 12:03 Into the glorious gain of Thy cross 12:10 Jesus, I come to Thee 12:17 Out of earth's sorrows into Thy balm 12:24 Out of life's storm and into Thy calm 12:31 Out of distress to jubilant psalm 12:37 Jesus, I come to Thee 12:44 Out of unrest and arrogant pride 12:51 Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come 12:58 Into Thy blessed will to abide 13:05 Jesus, I come to Thee 13:12 Out of myself to dwell in Thy love 13:19 Out of despair into raptures above 13:25 Upward for aye on wings like a dove 13:32 Jesus, I come to Thee 13:39 Out of the fear and dread of the tomb 13:46 Jesus, I come! Jesus, I come 13:53 Into the joy and light of Thy home 14:00 Jesus, I come to Thee 14:07 Out of the depths of ruin untold 14:14 Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold 14:21 Ever Thy glorious face to behold 14:28 Jesus, I come to Thee 14:34 Oh, Amen. Lord Jesus, we come to You. 14:38 This was a brand new song. 14:39 I heard it for the first time I think two Sabbaths ago 14:44 and it was new to me, I know it was new to many of you 14:47 but aren't these the most beautiful words. 14:48 Amen, amen. I love it. 14:51 Okay, what we are going to do for our time of the message, 14:56 getting into the scriptures 14:58 is we have all got live affirmations 15:00 from scripture from us and we are going to do 15:04 affirmations about the love of God. 15:08 And let me just explain very briefly 15:12 what an affirmation is. 15:14 An affirmation simply when how many promises 15:17 of God are ours in Christ Jesus? 15:20 All of them, right, 2 Corinthians 1:20. 15:22 An affirmation is just taking God at His word. 15:26 We are claiming His promise 15:29 and we either we pray it back to Him, 15:31 we speak it over our life, its just saying, 15:33 "Yes, Lord we agree with Your word." 15:36 And I want to read you an affirmation 15:38 then we are going to look at these scriptures 15:42 that go with this affirmation. 15:44 And this is a prayer basically. 15:46 It's praying the Word of God back to Him 15:48 so let's look at this. 15:50 We are on page 111, The love of God. 15:54 "Heavenly Father, You have loved me 15:56 and drawn me with Your everlasting love. 15:58 Help me to understand Your heart 16:01 that overflows with love. 16:03 I want to grasp how wide and long and high and deep 16:06 is Your limitless love for me. 16:09 Because of Your all inclusive love 16:12 You don't want anyone to perish. 16:14 That's why You sent Your only begotten Son 16:17 to give eternal life to all who receive Him. 16:20 Loving Father, You demonstrated Your unearned, 16:22 undeserved love by sending Jesus to die for us 16:27 while we were still sinners. 16:29 And by Your grace You have made us alive in Christ. 16:32 Salvation is Your gift to us. 16:35 You recreated us and prepared a good path 16:38 in which we should walk. 16:39 Precious Lord, please help us to understand Your love 16:43 that surpasses human knowledge." 16:46 You know, I had found that at least we know 16:50 that when we travel 16:52 and when you get all these prayer calls 16:54 in the pastoral department there are many people 16:57 who just don't know how to let God love them. 17:00 Did anybody here ever have that problem 17:02 with just accepting God as love in His love? 17:07 For me, it was thinking that God was gonna burn us forever 17:10 that made me afraid of God 17:12 but then just feelings of unworthiness 17:15 and we are going to look now at these scriptures, 17:18 what the Bible says about God's love for us 17:21 and we are going to discuss those scriptures 17:23 and we will pray them back. 17:25 And I will start just to give you an example. 17:28 I love Jeremiah 31:3, 17:32 this is talking about God's everlasting love 17:36 and He says, "Yes, I have loved you 17:39 with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness, 17:46 I have drawn you." 17:48 Anybody here ever experienced that drawing of the Lord? 17:51 Did any of you ever kind of walk away from God 17:54 and find that He drew you back? 17:56 Absolutely. 17:58 Yeah, you go through life 17:59 and sometimes this trail and error 18:02 but you find out that even when you make those errors 18:06 the Lord is with you because He leads you out 18:09 if you keep your eyes on Him He carries you through it, 18:12 even through the pains and through the struggles 18:15 and my life is a testimony for that 18:17 and I know Marilyn's life is that way also. 18:19 And that's what draws you to Him. 18:21 He sticks with you all the way. 18:22 Amen. 18:24 This is a fantastic scripture, Jeremiah 31:3. 18:28 I wish that I had thought to use this yesterday, 18:31 I had a precious lady called in yesterday 18:33 and she was lost, she was murmuring, 18:35 she was crying, her heart was breaking. 18:38 And she was saying, "I want to do 18:40 what Jesus has called me to do but I don't hear from Him." 18:43 As it turned out, to make a long story short, 18:46 she never prayed a prayer in her life. 18:47 Oh. 18:49 And I say is, listen-- I'll just called her name Jane. 18:52 I say listen, Jane, today would be a great time 18:54 to have your first prayer. 18:56 And so it got real quiet and so I thought well, 18:59 perhaps she didn't understand that I was asking her to pray. 19:02 I thought she was waiting for me to pray. 19:04 And so, Jane, how special this would have been 19:08 if we could have just said, Jane, 19:10 because she had a Bible in front of her, 19:12 just turn to Jeremiah 31:3 19:15 and then just say this and pray it back. 19:18 And we are going to do that in a little bit. 19:20 But wow, how special this but because the Holy Spirit 19:24 is there drawing us. 19:27 Wooing us. 19:28 And He just says, "I love you." Amen. 19:30 You know, someone said to me well, 19:32 God was speaking to Jeremiah in this scripture 19:36 so how can you take that and apply it personally? 19:39 Well, because God says, "I am the Lord, I change not." 19:43 And this Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. 19:46 And we know that 1 John 4:8, 16 says, 19:50 "God is love." He can't help. 19:53 I mean, that is His essence, so He cannot help but love us 19:58 with His everlasting love no matter what. 20:00 So let's pray that back to the Lord. 20:02 Father, I thank You that You have loved us 20:06 with an everlasting love. 20:07 I thank You, Father, that this is love 20:10 that You give to everyone and because of this love 20:14 You have drawn us with loving kindness. 20:17 And, Lord, there is even someone today that's watching. 20:21 Just chase them down by Your love, Father. 20:23 Let them be overcome and surrender to Your love. 20:26 In Jesus' name. 20:27 I'll do one more 20:29 and then we are going to start going around. 20:30 Ephesians 3:17-19 if you have your Bibles that home, 20:34 Ephesians 3:17-19 and I love this. 20:39 Paul writes to the Ephesians saying, 20:41 "I pray that you being rooted and established" in what? 20:46 "In love and the love of God may have power" 20:50 and that's that dunamis, dynamite power. 20:52 "Together with all of the saints, 20:54 to grasp how wide and long and high and deep 20:58 is the love of Christ and to know this love 21:02 that surpasses knowledge." 21:04 This everlasting love is limitless. 21:07 We can't-- you know, it's so hard for us. 21:10 The more I study about God's character 21:13 and His essence being love, 21:15 the more I realize how little I know. 21:18 You know, we just-- I don't think as human beings 21:21 we can totally understand how-- who God is 21:24 but He is doing everything He can to reveal Himself to us 21:28 and this limitless love, 21:30 if you will understand that God loves you 21:34 and then God by the power of His Spirit, 21:36 Romans 5:5 says, He pours into our hearts 21:40 and then by the power of the Holy Spirit, 21:42 we will be able to start grasping this wonderful love. 21:46 So just to pray Ephesians 3:17, 19 21:49 back to the Lord, I would just say, 21:51 "Father, thank You that You have rooted 21:55 and established us in love. 21:57 Thank You, Father, that You have given us 21:59 the power of the Holy Spirit 22:01 and that together with all the saints 22:02 You are teaching us to grasp, 22:05 to let hold how wide and deep and high 22:08 is the love of Christ, 22:10 so that we may know this love that surpasses knowledge." 22:14 Amen. Amen. 22:15 And- 22:18 I was wondering, what a testimony this was. 22:23 Amen. 22:24 Because He was talking to the efficient church 22:27 and He was talking to the members. 22:28 Its like you have experienced this love in your lives. 22:33 People should be able to see it around you 22:35 and that's the same thing He is telling us, you know. 22:37 We are here and we have experienced this, 22:40 we are experiencing this here in this worship, 22:43 people when we get out of here, 22:46 they should be able to see this love 22:47 and feel it to the point that they want this love. 22:51 And what you are saying is we need 22:52 to be a channel of His love, to reflect His love to others. 22:56 And that is what will bring people to Christ. 22:59 And what caught my attention is being rooted 23:02 and established in love and I just think about, 23:05 most of us in Southern Illinois anyway 23:07 because we get such a wonderful rain 23:09 annual rainfall. 23:10 We all have our tomato plants, we all have our peppers, 23:13 we all have our little gardens 23:15 and I have learned that all plants 23:20 have different root systems. 23:22 Some go vertically down. 23:24 You need a deeper pot 23:26 or you need to cultivate that land where it goes deep, 23:29 others just go horizontal. 23:31 But the main thing is, is that you cultivate the soil 23:35 accordingly to the plant that you have 23:37 and then take the step further. 23:40 If you do you are working 23:41 and you truly are rooted properly 23:44 then you are established in love. 23:46 Then you are opening up the avenue for harvest. 23:50 And this is where it said, 23:52 "Then you will have that Holy Spirit, 23:53 power that dunamis power and then your-- 23:57 those tomatoes are gonna be great those souls, 23:59 those brothers and sisters that you are speaking with. 24:01 The fruit. Amen. Amen. 24:03 Marilyn, why don't you do the next one? 24:05 Okay, 2 Peter 3:9, "The Lord is patient with you, 24:10 not wanting anyone to perish 24:13 but everyone to come to repent." 24:15 That's an inclusive one, isn't it? 24:17 Yes. Yes, it is. 24:19 How-- somebody share an experience of your own 24:24 where you have recognized how patient God is either 24:27 with you or with someone else that perhaps 24:30 we've overlooked. 24:32 It's an everyday struggle for God. 24:34 You know, it's an everyday, you wake up in the morning 24:37 and you want to you do your morning worships, 24:40 do your singing and you have to keep that song 24:42 in you heart a whole all the time. 24:45 You know, like when we were a pathfinder 24:46 keep a song in your heart because if you don't, 24:50 if you overlook it, 24:52 if you are not in the presence of God 24:55 then you are not able to fully understand 24:58 what He truly brings to the table. 25:01 You know, when you look at verses 25:02 like this the patience that He has for everyone of us. 25:07 How many of us do not struggle with something in our lives 25:11 that we say to ourselves everyday, 25:12 "Lord, please help me with this." 25:15 And God is patient enough to tell you, 25:17 brother, I love you, sister, I love you. 25:19 Sister, I will be with you all the time. 25:21 And it's so encouraging to know 25:24 that we serve a God that no matter where we go, 25:29 no matter what we do, no matter where our mind is, 25:32 He is constantly gonna tugging on our heart 25:34 and our mind is gonna be telling, 25:36 "I need you back. I want you back. 25:38 I want to fill you with my love." 25:40 Not all of us have perfect family experiences. 25:44 So a lot of us equate our love to what our father gave us, 25:47 to what our sister or siblings gave us. 25:50 So its so difficult to truly comprehend 25:54 that love that full-- that energy that God 25:59 wants to bestow upon us 26:01 and it's not until we are constantly plugged onto Him, 26:06 that we are truly going to understand, 26:09 "Okay, Lord, I get it now. I feel Your love." 26:12 You know what I like the most about 2 Peter 3:9? 26:15 It's almost the desperation in it from God. 26:17 He's saying I'm patient with you, 26:19 not wanting anyone to perish. 26:21 He is desperate for us to come back home. 26:24 That's that everlasting limitless, 26:26 all inclusive love, He is desperate for you. 26:30 If you are not walking with the Lord right now, 26:32 trust me, God is waiting for you. 26:35 He is desperate for you and I love the part that says 26:39 He doesn't want anyone to perish. 26:42 He doesn't want anyone, you know, 26:44 the gift of eternal life we receive 26:46 as 1 Corinthians 15:57 says when Jesus returns again, 26:50 then this mortality puts on immortality. 26:54 He wants everyone to live forever with Him, 26:56 that's why He created us. 26:58 But it says that He wants everyone 27:00 to come to repentance, to give you that Godly sorrow 27:04 and its God, even repentance turning away 27:07 from sin is the act of God. 27:10 I mean, it's a gift. 27:12 Acts 5:32 says that repentance is a gift from God. 27:16 Let me say one more thing. Oh, God-- 27:17 Now let me put this back but it just hit me 27:20 that I wanted-- I can think how it hit me. 27:23 God's love, you know, consumes sin. 27:29 Amen. 27:31 God's love is a holy self sacrificing love 27:35 and when we are filled with God's love 27:38 that consumes sin in our life. 27:40 That's why no one can stand in to the face of a holy God 27:46 who isn't covered with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 27:49 Why don't you pray that back, Marilyn? 27:52 Lord, I am so thankful for Your patience. 27:55 Without Your love and Your ability to keep me 28:00 on the right path and not to stray. 28:03 Lord, I am so thankful for the love. 28:06 In your name I pray, amen. 28:07 Amen. Amen. 28:09 Luis, why don't you take the next one? 28:11 This verse, we all know John 3:16, 28:16 it's probably our favorites 28:18 but there is such a huge message in this. 28:20 "For God so loved the world 28:23 that He gave His only begotten Son, 28:26 that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, 28:31 but have eternal life." 28:32 Amen. 28:34 This morning I woke up and I was thinking, 28:36 I was thinking about what we were gonna talk today 28:39 and what we were gonna do and I went back to when Jesus, 28:43 His last moments on Earth, when He told the disciples, 28:46 "Come pray with me" and He went to pray. 28:49 And I remember, I'm reminded of the tears of blood 28:51 that came from His cheek because of the separation 28:55 that He was gonna have from His Father. 28:57 Yes. Amen. 28:59 You know, a lot of times we take that for granted. 29:01 We don't look at the separation 29:03 that we have between us and Jesus. 29:05 And Christ looks here, "I love you so much. 29:09 I love you so much 29:10 that I am willing to be apart from my Father 29:15 in order for your sins to be forgiven." 29:18 That really touched me this morning 29:20 when I look at that will i look at individuals 29:22 and when I look when you are struggling, 29:25 when you are having a difficult time, 29:27 when families do not love you when you are, 29:29 you know, there's nothing happening in your life. 29:31 You could be assured that there is a God in Heaven 29:36 that loved you so much. 29:37 Amen. 29:39 That loved you, cared for you so much 29:41 that He was willing to deny the presence of His Son 29:45 and for Him to die in the most wretches way 29:47 which is the cross for you. 29:50 Amen. 29:51 Not for everybody, He did it for Eric, 29:54 He did it for J.D., He did for me. 29:58 He did it for each one of us and when I look at God, 30:02 I can't comprehend that love sometimes. 30:04 I can't comprehend how You can love us so much 30:07 to lay Your life for somebody that doesn't even care, 30:12 doesn't even speak or speak ill of You. 30:14 You'd still died one the cross for you. 30:16 So even if you are sinning right now 30:20 and you don't have Christ in your heart 30:24 Christ is telling you by this, 30:26 "I still love you and I will wait for you..." 30:32 Forever. "Forever." 30:33 Amen. 30:35 And of course, we've all heard this but 1 John 4:8 30:38 and as well as 4:16 tells us that God is love. 30:43 You know, sometimes people are looking 30:44 for that particular scripture and that's 1 John 4:8, 30:47 God is love so this is who He is. 30:50 Love is the controlling force in the divine government. 30:54 That is the epitome of who He is 30:59 and He is saying here, He has so loved 31:01 that He gave His one-- 31:02 Boy, you just presented just perfectly, Luis. 31:05 Yes. 31:06 And, you know, what I love about this scripture as well, 31:09 it's another example of His all inclusive love 31:13 is that "God so loved the world that He gave" 31:18 in Romans 5:8 says that He sent-- 31:21 He demonstrated His love for us in His 31:23 that He sent His Son to die for us 31:26 while we were yet sinners. 31:27 So He gave His only begotten Son 31:31 and Jesus Christ is God's greatest gift of grace. 31:36 I mean, when we talk about grace 31:39 it is not a license to sin, when we remember that Christ 31:43 is the greatest gift He has ever given to us. 31:45 So that's wonderful. 31:47 I love the fact that He doesn't limit Himself by anything. 31:50 He says whosoever, it doesn't matter what race, what color, 31:54 what background, where you have been, 31:56 He just cares about who you are 31:57 and where you are going and I love that about. 32:00 Amen. Amen. 32:02 Luis, you want to pray that one back? 32:05 Our loving Father, 32:08 it is so wonderful to come to Your throne. 32:11 It is so wonderful to hear these words 32:13 from You that You say whosoever 32:15 I will give you everlasting life. 32:19 Lord, You were willing to give Your Son for us, 32:22 help us to be willing to give our life for You. 32:27 In Christ's name, amen. 32:28 Amen. Lovely. 32:30 J.D., why don't you take 32:33 this one is going to be Ephesians 2:4-10 32:38 and this is the unearned, undeserved love. 32:43 And this is a wonderful topic here 32:46 because we are talking about God's grace. 32:49 We are talking that He gave His only Son for us 32:54 and now we are gonna take another step further. 32:56 "God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love," 33:01 remember we were saying it 33:02 that's the controlling force in the divine government. 33:06 "Because of His great love with which He loved us, 33:09 even when we were dead in sin 33:11 and transgressions," past tense. 33:14 So He has loved us in spite of that. 33:17 We did what we did yesterday. You know, He is blinking. 33:22 "By grace you have been saved," for by grace 33:25 you have been saved through faith 33:27 and that not of yourself because it's a gift of God. 33:31 "Not a results of works, 33:35 that no one could boast," can boast. 33:38 "For we are his workmanship" in other words 33:42 we are God's spiritual recreation. 33:45 "Spiritually recreated in Christ Jesus for good works, 33:50 which God prepared beforehand 33:54 so that we would walk with Him and in them." 33:58 He is saying about-- talking about beforehand, 34:02 you know, this is whenever we say it 34:05 dealing with before creation it was planned 34:09 by God the Father, God the Son, 34:11 it was planned that those saved by grace 34:15 would have good works as a result 34:17 of their love for Jesus. 34:20 Oh, that's, you know, when we think about John 14:15, 34:27 Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep My commitments." 34:30 When you are filled with His holy love 34:32 as God pours His love into you, 34:34 that the Holy Spirit into you-- 34:37 we don't obey to be safe but we were saved by grace, 34:40 this is so clear here. 34:42 We don't deserve His love or saved by grace 34:46 but when that love is in our heart 34:48 we want to walk, you know, in obedience to Him 34:52 and obedience is the greatest expression, 34:55 highest expression of worship. 34:57 Here I see something very interesting. 34:59 How-- no matter what you have done 35:02 in your life, God loves you. 35:05 Amen. Amen. 35:06 I have heard so many people 35:08 and sometimes you feel that inside. 35:10 I did this terrible thing, 35:12 you know, may be committed murder 35:14 or whatever terrible thing you did 35:16 and you think, "But God can't love anymore." 35:19 But it says here that He can. Amen. 35:22 No matter where you are you feel that God, 35:25 you have no love, nobody loves you 35:27 but it says here God loves you 35:29 no matter what you did. 35:31 How undeserving you are. 35:33 It almost seems like sometimes that life-- we're like clay 35:37 and God molds us. 35:39 And life kind of hardens you after a while 35:42 and you end up like a statue. 35:45 And then God has to come in and break that statue 35:48 down to powder again and mould the clay back 35:50 and shape you into new who you need to be. 35:53 And we had to be broken. That's right. 35:56 We had to be broken to come to the Lord. 35:58 Amen. That's right. 35:59 But it says here 36:00 "For by grace you have been saved through faith." 36:02 In other words, that's grace on God's part, 36:05 but there has to be faith on man's part. 36:07 Amen. Amen. 36:09 So there is the cooperating with each other. 36:11 You want to pray that back? I certainly would love to. 36:15 Father, as we come to You in the name of Jesus, 36:16 we want to thank You for Your great love. 36:19 We want to thank You, Lord, 36:21 that in spite of who we have been, 36:23 in spite of the warts that we may have, 36:26 the dirt that we may have, Lord, 36:28 that You intercede in our behalf. 36:32 We thank You, Lord, for Your grace. 36:34 So, Father, we just give You all praise 36:38 for being who You are 36:40 and Father we just as we read Your word, 36:45 we just ask, Lord, that it be enveloped into us 36:49 and not only, Father, do we hear this 36:52 but that we choose to do something about it 36:54 and allow You to work in us. 36:57 We love You and thank You. 36:58 Amen. Amen. 37:00 All right, so we have looked at so far 37:03 and the love of God that it is everlasting, 37:05 it is limitless, all inclusive and unearned, undeserved. 37:10 Now we are going to look at His Fatherly love, 37:13 His disciplinary love, a forgiving love, 37:17 and a protecting love, one that's inseparable love. 37:22 So I am going to read 1 John Chapter 3-- 37:26 actually, Luis, why don't you do 1 John 3:1. 37:31 "Behold what matter of love 37:33 the Father has bestowed on to us, 37:36 that we shall be called children of God." 37:40 Amen. I can't file Him that. 37:45 You know, I look back in my life, 37:48 I was born in a communist country. 37:50 We had all this struggles and my parents, 37:53 how they were Catholic and they had their struggles 37:57 and then they heard this message 37:58 and I was born on a Friday and I say Sabbath, 38:01 I was at church. 38:02 So I've been at church all my life. 38:04 So but I here stories, I hear stories like Eric's, 38:08 I hear stories around the, 38:10 you know, my work and I see how God has done for them 38:13 and it's like, it says, behold what matters 38:16 the love the Father has for you, 38:19 for each one of us. 38:21 I have been blessed that 38:22 I have followed God's way all of my life. 38:26 I never had to struggle. 38:27 I never had to worry about not being in His presence. 38:32 Praise the Lord. 38:34 You know, so I'm grateful for that 38:36 but then at the same time I look at individuals 38:39 that have been in the depths of their life 38:42 and life has not done them well and Christ, 38:46 the glimpse of Christ comes into their life 38:48 and now they are pastors, they are individuals 38:50 that are given their whole life to God 38:53 and when I read this right here, 38:55 He bestowed it onto us. He gave it to us. 38:58 He has constantly working in our behalf. 39:01 There is nothing we can do. There is nothing we need to do. 39:05 God is saying, "I will do a great job through you, 39:10 just humble yourself and allow the spirit 39:12 to work in your life." 39:14 Amen, why don't you pray that one back, Luis? 39:17 Our, loving Father, we are so grateful 39:21 that You bestow on us Your love no matter what. 39:26 Behold what mattered the love the Father has given onto us. 39:33 Humble us, Lord, 39:34 to truly understand what that means in our lives. 39:39 And we give You praise and we give You honor 39:41 and we give You worship because You are the one 39:45 that is doing the work in us, 39:48 so through us others can see your power. 39:51 In Christ's name, amen. Amen. 39:54 Now we are going to take a look at Hebrews 12:6-10. 39:58 Well, actually I don't think that's all, 40:00 we are going to look it in a little bit of that. 40:02 J.D., why don't you do this because, you know, 40:04 God is the perfect Father 40:06 and here's something that I found. 40:07 You know, a parent knows 40:10 when a child needs loving assurance 40:12 or when they need discipline. 40:13 Well, God is never going to discipline you 40:17 when you are just insecure and need loving assurance. 40:20 He is gonna come down and He's swoops 40:21 sometimes when I think, what's going on, 40:25 you know, with sin wise God, reassures me with His love. 40:28 Then there's other times that I'm feeling pretty good 40:30 about myself and He disciplines me. 40:33 So He is the perfect Father. He knows when to do that. 40:35 J.D.? 40:36 Yes, Hebrews 12:6-10, 40:40 "The Lord corrects and disciplines 40:43 everyone, everyone whom He loves. 40:47 He disciplines us for our certain good 40:49 that we may become partakers in His own holiness." 40:52 Amen. 40:54 Obviously there is in order for us 40:57 to form our character properly in His eyes, 40:59 so that we can be better brothers and sisters in Christ. 41:03 There is that avenue for correcting 41:06 and all who have children know, 41:09 you know, this hurts me more than it hurts you. 41:11 I heard that once, I heard it a thousand times. 41:13 Yes, we all did. 41:15 I don't know about Father but understood that exactly 41:17 but then so it is right here. 41:20 Whenever something doesn't go just exactly 41:22 and I have a trial, I know that I am being corrected. 41:26 And now as you mature into Christianity, 41:29 you begin to, "That's okay, Lord, 41:31 I'm gonna get through this because I know You love me 41:34 and that You're never gonna forsake me." 41:36 Amen. 41:37 And, you know, I actually pray for God's discipline. 41:40 And people, that's what most people would go, "oh." 41:43 But you something, He is going to discipline me 41:46 one way or the other. 41:47 So He is this loving parent. 41:49 How does a parent usually first start? 41:51 They will give you a word of correction 41:53 and it's in a soft voice. 41:55 And if you don't follow it, it gets a little bit louder 41:58 and a little bit louder 41:59 and then if you don't follow it, 42:00 you might get some kind of chastisement. 42:03 So I pray that He will correct me 42:06 and discipline me and give me an ear 42:07 to hear when He is. 42:09 Well, you know, Shelley, I can testify to that 42:11 because there was a time 42:13 when I was doing something wrong 42:15 and the Lord was talking to me 42:17 saying, "Marilyn, correct yourself. 42:19 Correct yourself." 42:20 And I wasn't listening. 42:22 And then it was a drastic step that He took with me to say, 42:28 "I was talking to you and you didn't listen 42:30 and now this is how I am going to correct you." 42:34 So, that's the Lord talks to you. 42:38 And praise God for His discipline. 42:39 Honey, why don't you pray that back? 42:41 Amen. Amen. 42:43 Father, we just come to You once again and we thank You, 42:45 Lord, for You being there to correct us. 42:52 Father, none of us like pain, none of us like trails 42:56 but we just ask, Lord, that You-- 42:59 we welcome You 43:00 because we know it's for our good. 43:03 We thank You. 43:05 In the name of Jesus, amen. Amen. 43:06 Okay, Marilyn, why don't you take Isaiah 43:25 43:11 about God's forgiving love? 43:14 "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions 43:21 for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins." 43:26 What a blessing. 43:27 Amen. What a blessing. 43:30 And you know something, when He says that 43:32 He does it for His own sake, how painful it is for a parent 43:36 to watch a child do something wrong 43:38 and when they forgive him 43:40 and finally they just have to try 43:41 not to even think about it because it hurts 43:43 God to think about it, right, amen. 43:46 And then, Eric, 1 John 1:9 again on forgiving love. 43:51 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful 43:53 and just to forgive us our sins 43:56 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 44:00 And Isaiah 4:1-4-- 44:03 Well, let's just stop there for a second. 44:05 Let's pray back. 44:06 Let's talk about how, 44:09 what a great promise 1 John 1:9 is 44:13 because, you know, this is-- 44:15 confession is the clearing house of the conscious. 44:17 Amen. It's Cleansing. 44:19 It's cleansing. It is. 44:20 When we come, not only does He forgive us 44:22 but what does He do? 44:24 He cleanses us of all unrighteousness. 44:27 How precious. 44:29 He says, no matter where you have been, 44:31 no matter what you have done, 44:32 if you come to Me with sincerity, 44:36 He is gonna forgive you 44:37 and He will never ever hold it against you. 44:40 So just pray that scripture back to Him. 44:43 Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your forgiveness. 44:47 Thank You for forgetting my past. 44:51 Thank You for not holding those things against me 44:55 and for hearing my sincere prayers. 44:58 For they cleanse my heart, they have cleansed my life. 45:02 In Jesus' name, amen. 45:04 Amen. Amen. 45:06 Yeah, go ahead, Eric, and take Isaiah 43 45:08 and this is on God's protective love. 45:11 Isaiah 43:1-4. 45:14 "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you, 45:17 I have called you by name. 45:19 You are mine! 45:21 When you passed through the waters, 45:23 I'll be with you and through the rivers, 45:27 and they will not overflow you. 45:29 And when you walk through the fire, 45:32 you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you. 45:37 For I am the Lord your God, 45:39 the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 45:41 Since you are precious in My sight, 45:44 since you are honored and I love you." 45:48 That is such a powerful verse. 45:52 Can I share a little quick story? 45:53 This is a fantastic story that happened to me probably, 45:56 probably about seven-years-old. 45:58 We had an old '49 Ford truck 46:01 and we were going through this little river 46:04 and it had been raining, the water was rushing by. 46:08 I would guess, it might have been four foot deep 46:12 and we were in a truck, bobtail truck 46:14 and my dad and I were going back home 46:18 and we come to the rushing river 46:20 and it scared me, says, "Daddy, what are we gonna do? 46:23 We are gonna turn around?" 46:24 He says, "No, son, we are gonna go through this." 46:27 Well, I believed my dad. 46:29 And we start that black bobtail truck, 46:31 you know, through there and everything 46:33 and we got to the other side. 46:35 And he said, "Son, this is a great lesson for you" 46:39 and He gave us a scripture. 46:42 "Do not fear 46:43 because there are rivers of life that's gonna come by, 46:46 that's gonna sweep hard and you need use your head. 46:48 I know that we could get through 46:50 this because I have done it before." 46:52 And as you study the Bible, 46:54 you know, is that water and fire, 46:55 they are both purifying agents 46:57 and I was just thinking here as we heard this, 47:01 that is we are going on the other side 47:03 the truck was cleaned. 47:05 You know that water did wash that truck off 47:08 and so thank You, Jesus, for this promise. 47:11 I was thinking that, you know, when you read a verse like this 47:15 you can't help but reflect on your own life 47:19 and the times in the past where you looked around 47:21 and you said, "Where are you, God?" 47:24 You know, "why am I going through this? 47:25 I didn't do anything to deserve this. 47:27 What's going on?" 47:29 And then when He carries you all the way through it, 47:31 in the end you say, "Okay, I see You were there" 47:35 and that's what this verse reminds me of. 47:38 You want to pray that one back? 47:41 Dear, Heavenly Father, 47:42 thank You for reliving our fears 47:46 that when we come to You, we know that You have got it. 47:50 We know that You will carry us through the flames 47:51 and through the fires and through the storms 47:53 and even though at times when we look around 47:56 and it seems like You are not there, 47:58 we know because of our past experience 48:00 in Your word that You are there. 48:03 Please continue to be merciful and patient with us 48:05 when we struggle and continue to be our guiding hand. 48:09 In Jesus' name, amen. 48:11 Amen. Amen. 48:13 Okay, Xenia, Romans 8:39, 48:15 and this is about God's inseparable love. 48:19 "Nothing shall be able to separate us 48:23 from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus." 48:27 I mean nothing and what else is there? 48:32 You know it is that? Nothing. 48:35 And sometimes we put so many obstacles 48:37 in front of ourselves. 48:38 We put them but those things don't keep us away from God. 48:43 God will find you no matter where you are. 48:45 Amen. 48:46 You might be homeless, under a bridge, 48:48 or whatever God will find you. 48:50 Amen. 48:51 Xenia, you want to pray that back to the Lord? 48:54 Thank You, Lord, that there is nothing that You-- 48:57 that can keep You from us. 48:59 You will find us no matter how deep we have gone 49:02 then You will bring us back with Your love. 49:05 Amen. Amen. 49:08 And then I will take the final one 49:10 and this is one of my favorites Zephaniah 3:17 49:14 and this is about God's fatherly love. 49:16 It says, "He will quiet you with His love, 49:19 He will rejoice over you with singing." 49:22 Singing. Amen. 49:23 I grew up thinking of 49:25 I had a love affair with Jesus Christ, 49:27 didn't know much about the Holy Spirit 49:29 but my picture of God, the Father was a very stern, 49:32 it had been painted for me a very stern picture. 49:36 And I always thought of God just kind of watching me 49:38 ready to zap me if I did something wrong. 49:41 That was my picture. 49:42 And I remember when God healed me 49:45 from vertigo and told me to rejoice 49:49 and I had just done this study on rejoice 49:53 and if you looked at the transliteration 49:55 it's essentially-- in the Hebrew rejoice means 49:59 to twirl about in a circle. 50:01 Here I have just gotten over vertigo 50:03 and the Lord saying rejoice, right. 50:04 So I am thinking, Lord, surely 50:06 you don't want me to twirl around. 50:08 And as I did this scripture came to my mind. 50:11 "He will quiet you with His love, 50:14 He will rejoice over you with singing." 50:18 That wasn't my picture of God up there, you know, 50:23 I didn't realize that He was up there celebrating me, 50:29 that He was rejoicing, that He could be dancing around 50:33 and singing only for us. 50:35 Hoping wonderfully hear Him sing one day. 50:36 Oh, my goodness. Oh, yes. I want to. 50:40 I am gonna pray all of these back very briefly 50:44 for all the promises that we just read in this page 50:47 and just close your eyes, please. 50:49 Abba, in fatherly love You have given us Your name 50:53 and made us Your children. 50:55 And we know that Your fatherly devotion 50:58 is demonstrated by Your disciplinary love. 51:02 You discipline us for our eternal benefit. 51:05 Oh, Father, You are a perfect Father 51:07 and we trust You completely to train us 51:11 in Your way of righteousness and we pray for Your correction 51:14 and Your loving discipline. 51:16 You love us with a forgiving love, 51:18 blotting out the sins that we confessed to You. 51:21 Your love is protective over us, 51:23 for we are precious in Your sight 51:26 and Your love is inseparable. 51:28 Nothing can separate us form Your love. 51:30 Thank You, Father, for quieting us 51:33 with Your love and rejoicing over us with singing. 51:36 Loving Father, please help us to understand 51:40 that Your love truly surpasses human knowledge. 51:44 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 51:46 Well, boy, our time is going quickly 51:49 but do you feel like you have learned a little something 51:51 or even if it wasn't learning we have just focused 51:57 more on the love of God 51:59 and so that we can know how wonderful He is. 52:03 Honey, I think you've got some prayer requests, haven't you? 52:07 Yes, what we would like to do on this Sabbath worship, 52:10 there are many people that are fighting major battles in life. 52:14 And we-- people share these, these pains with us 52:19 and so we normally try to record a few 52:22 and so I'd like to just share. 52:25 Would you like for me to pass these around or you should? 52:27 No, just go ahead and read as we just said it. 52:29 Okay, okay. 52:31 Number one is, this is for Cindy. 52:35 And Jeff in Oklahoma is requesting special prayer 52:38 for his precious wife, Cindy. 52:40 She is fighting the results of a stroke in her brain. 52:44 And not only she dealing that 52:45 but then on top of that she has stage four cancer. 52:48 So we certainly left up for Cindy. 52:51 Janice in South Dakota has broken her wrist 52:53 in a fall, then had surgery. 52:56 She is now in physical therapy but has less than 50% 52:59 usage of her wrist. 53:01 She is asking for the Lord's intervention 53:03 to obtain more flexibility in that wrist. 53:07 Ester in California is requesting special prayer 53:09 from the containment of the fires 53:11 in Northern California, Oregon in Washington. 53:14 The residual smoke that continues 53:16 to saturate the area makes breathing difficult. 53:19 Something we don't think about. 53:21 Darlene called 3ABN prayer line 53:23 before she went in for open heart surgery. 53:26 She called back with a praise 53:27 that the surgery was successful 53:29 and that she had very little pain 53:32 but she asks for God's continual blessing. 53:34 Amen. 53:35 Terry in Texas is feeling weak. 53:38 She is experiencing shortness of breath and nose 53:40 that she is anemic. 53:42 Please pray earnestly. 53:45 Lenore in Washington is facing surgery in both eyes. 53:48 She is anxious over this 53:50 but asks for God's peace to cover here. 53:53 Two more. 53:54 Please pray for Mary in Canada, 53:56 who is requesting special prayer 53:57 for her circulation to improve. 54:00 She fears the worst. 54:02 Well, we covered that today, didn't we? 54:05 Linda in Tennessee is suffering with CHF, 54:08 has a pacemaker and two holes in her heart 54:11 that will need surgery to correct. 54:13 She is asking that God will be foremost in her life. 54:16 Amen. 54:17 Should say a prayer over these people. 54:19 Oh, boy. 54:20 Father, as we come again to you once again. 54:23 Father, You are the creator, You are the great physician. 54:26 All good and perfect things come from You. 54:29 Father, You are the one who has the plan for our life 54:31 and so, Father, as we just lift up each of these requests, 54:34 we just say help. 54:36 Father, You know how dissect, You know how to intercede, 54:39 You know how to comfort people's hearts. 54:42 Be with the families involved here, Lord. 54:44 And, Father, once again we lift them up to You 54:47 and just ask, Lord, that You will handle it 54:48 according to Your will for Your glory. 54:51 We know that You love each one of us, Lord, 54:53 and that You have something special for us. 54:56 And so as You handle this, Lord, 54:58 just give us the wisdom and the comfort 55:00 to know that You were working in our behalf. 55:03 We love You and we thank You in the name of Jesus, amen. 55:06 Amen. Amen. 55:08 Well, I have to say that this hour has gone by very rapidly. 55:12 And just want to thank each one of you, 55:14 Eric and Marilyn, and Luis and Xenia. 55:18 We thank you for joining J.D. and I in this Family Worship. 55:21 We are glad you are part of our family. 55:23 Oh, we love you, Shelley. Yeah, we love you guys too. 55:25 And I just would like to share 55:28 for those of you at home this thought. 55:31 You know, the Bible says in Mark 12:30, 31, 55:35 Jesus said that, this is the greatest commandment 55:38 that we love the Lord with all of our heart, 55:42 with all of our soul, with all of our mind 55:44 and with all of our strength 55:46 and that's not possible to do in our humanity. 55:50 That's right. 55:52 But Romans 5:5 says that God will pour out 55:55 His love into our hearts 55:57 by the power of the Holy Spirit, 55:59 then we can fulfill that greatest commandment 56:03 and then we will learn to love our neighbors 56:08 as we love ourselves and that's an unselfish, 56:11 self-sacrificing kind of love that God is asking for. 56:15 And so our prayer for you at home 56:17 is that you will benefit from these scriptures, 56:22 delve on these scriptures. 56:23 Let God's love permeate your heart. 56:27 Just let Him envelope you in love. 56:31 Honey, did you have a closing thought? 56:32 Well, I just go back to this and I mentioned this earlier. 56:35 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, 56:38 and in everything, give thanks for Jesus, 56:43 because this is the will of God in your life." 56:46 He is the one that has the plan 56:48 so if we would just allow Him through the aid 56:51 of the Holy Spirit to impress us 56:54 and then take those marching orders and go forward. 56:58 Amen. 57:00 Just know that each one of us love you 57:02 and we appreciate you 57:03 and we appreciate all that you do for 3ABN. 57:06 Oh, absolutely. 57:07 We thank you so much for your prayers 57:09 and financial support of this ministry 57:12 and our prayer for each one of you at home 57:15 is that the grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 57:18 the love of the Father 57:20 and the fellowship of the Holy Sprit 57:22 will be with you always. 57:24 Thank you so much for joining us 57:27 for worship and we pray that you are having 57:30 or have had a blessed Sabbath. 57:33 Amen. 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