Participants: Hal & Mollie Steenson (Host), Donald & Janelle Owen, Nadya & Sofiya Stotz, Robert Stotz
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW015007A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:05 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 00:27 Let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:08 Welcome to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:12 We invite you-- no, no, we encourage you 01:17 to get your family that's the spouse, 01:20 the sons, the daughters and especially tonight 01:23 the little children 01:25 because we have a special guest with us. 01:28 And join us for family worship as we introduce the Sabbath. 01:34 I want to take just a moment and share with you 01:36 something about the Sabbath 01:37 that when Mollie and I came in to the truth of the Sabbath, 01:40 we did not know how to keep the Sabbath 01:43 and we've learnt through process. 01:45 We've been Sunday keepers-- 01:47 Yeah. 01:48 For what, 50 something years, a long time. 01:51 Hundred and fifty. 01:52 No, not quite 150 but for a long time. 01:55 So this was all new to us. Right. 01:57 We had to learn how to keep the Sabbath. 01:59 It was processed in procedure 02:01 but something that really pierced my heart 02:04 and made me realize the truth of the Sabbath was-- 02:09 I ran into an old friend of mine 02:13 and he was talking to me and he said, 02:18 "how things going with you?" 02:20 And I said, "Well, they are going pretty good. 02:21 How about you?" He said, "Great." 02:23 He said, "We've just started a new church, 02:25 a new work in Carbondale 02:27 and I want to invite you to come." 02:28 So I said, "What day is it on?" 02:32 He said, "Well, it's Sunday of course." 02:33 And I told him then... 02:36 that I could not attend on Sunday 02:38 because I was a Sabbath keeper. 02:40 And then I witnessed him about the Sabbath, 02:43 that's just a natural thing to do. 02:45 He nodded, okay, like you are weird 02:48 but whatever, but anyway then we parted our ways 02:52 and as I was going home. 02:54 Now get this, as I was going home, 02:56 the Holy Spirit pierced my heart and told me, 03:01 "You are not a Sabbath keeper. You go to church on Sabbath." 03:06 And I thought, wow. 03:08 Now the reason why I thought, wow, 03:11 was because I ran into my old friend 03:14 at the carwash on Sabbath afternoon 03:16 while I was washing my car. 03:20 And I began to really take a look at it 03:21 and I realized that Sabbath doesn't begin 03:24 when you get to Sabbath school 03:26 and when you leave after pot blessed lunch. 03:29 The Sabbath begins right now on a sundown on Friday night 03:33 and goes till sundown on the Sabbath. 03:38 And so what we want you to do right now, 03:41 stop everything that you are doing. 03:43 Get your people in there, sit down 03:45 and just rest in inner end to a glorious Sabbath. 03:49 Amen. Amen. 03:50 God says, I'm gonna-- 03:51 The Lord says, "I'm gonna enter His gates with thanksgiving, 03:53 and into His courts with praise." 03:58 So praise God. Amen. 03:59 You know, how we have invited some of our dear friends 04:03 to come and be a part 04:05 of our Sabbath worship this evening. 04:08 We invite every one of you. 04:09 We are so thankful that you are here with us. 04:12 We encourage you to lay aside this time 04:15 that God has given us to worship Him, 04:19 to lay aside the cares of the world 04:21 and just concentrate and think about Him. 04:24 And I would like to introduce our guest to you. 04:27 Now, these are our friends, our guests around our table. 04:31 First we have Robert and Nadya Stotz 04:34 and their beautiful little lady Sofiya. 04:37 Sofiya, it's good to have you here as well. 04:40 Sofiya is on Tiny Tots quite often 04:43 and so she is very, very comfortable 04:45 in front of the camera 04:47 and she knows what it is to be on television. 04:49 So, Sofiya, we know that you are going to join us 04:52 and help us with worship. 04:53 Robert, it's good to have you here. 04:55 Oh, it's good to be here. 04:56 This is of course my wife Nadya and Sofiya down here. 05:00 And, you know, our family worship we, 05:04 we love every day to teach Sofiya about Jesus 05:07 and at the night time, Sofiya, what do we do at night, 05:11 can you-- do you know? 05:13 Well, what we do is we love to read the storybooks, 05:16 the Bible stories about Jesus, 05:17 kind of get her to know Jesus better 05:19 because we want her to know Jesus as her friend, 05:22 not just someone who is, 05:24 you know, oh, don't do this, don't do that. 05:26 We want her, Jesus to be her friend. 05:28 Amen. 05:29 And what I love is, you know, 05:30 my wife here is very, very good. 05:33 You know, Sofiya is with her during the day 05:34 and she always tells her of Jesus' love. 05:37 And I'm always happy at night, 05:39 before she goes to bed many times 05:41 she just starts singing songs to sleep, 05:43 you know, about Jesus. 05:45 I always say, with Jesus in the family, 05:47 it's a happy, happy home. 05:49 Yes, it is. 05:50 Well, may be, may be in little bit 05:51 we can get her to share a Bible story with us if she-- 05:54 Sofiya, would you like to do? We would love that. 05:56 Sofiya, we would love that. Yes. We will see what happens. 05:57 See what happens, yeah. 05:59 Nadya, so good to have you here. 06:00 Yeah, thank you. 06:01 Now, we have other friends with us as well 06:03 that we've invited. 06:05 We've got Janelle and Don here with us, 06:09 and it's so good to have both of you. 06:11 Thank you for having us here. 06:13 The Owens are blessing, they really are. 06:15 Yeah they-- and you are here and you are from, 06:18 I believe, originally from over in Indiana. 06:21 Yes, yeah. Of course, yeah. 06:23 Yes, we have lived in Corydon area in Indiana 06:27 for about 13 years. 06:28 Thirteen years, yeah. Yeah. 06:30 And so in 2013, we moved here. 06:32 Well, it is so good to have you 06:34 and what I would like to do now, 06:37 is just thank our Heavenly Father 06:40 for this wonderful time 06:42 that we have of coming together of worshiping Him, 06:45 of giving this time to Him. 06:47 So join us in prayer. 06:49 Holy Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus. 06:51 And Lord, we praise You and we thank You for Your grace 06:54 and Your mercy, for Your goodness to us. 06:56 Thank You, Father, that You've given us this time 07:00 that we can set aside all of the cares of the world 07:03 and we can concentrate on You. 07:05 Lay our hearts before You, Father, 07:07 and give our lives to You, yield to You, 07:09 O, God to the degree that we know how to yield, 07:12 that You can take our lives 07:14 and use us for Your honor and Your glory. 07:16 Father, we ask Your presence, 07:18 come into our hearts, come into our lives, 07:20 come into our presence, Father, here in this home, 07:24 here in this dwelling 07:25 and, O God, in every person that's watching. 07:28 Father, we pray You would especially, 07:30 especially invade their homes and their hearts, 07:33 Father, that all of us would recognize, 07:36 know Your presence, Father, and be drawn closer to You 07:39 during this Sabbath hours is our prayer in Jesus' name. 07:43 Amen. Amen. 07:45 Well, let's praise the Lord. 07:46 Let's sing some songs. Yes. 07:47 Okay, we are blessed with Janelle here 07:49 that's leading a song for us. 07:51 We're gonna be-- 07:52 And Jill Morikone accompanying on the piano. 07:56 Thank you, Jill. 07:57 We are gonna be singing two songs, 07:59 the first one is "Trust and Obey" 08:02 and we are gonna be singing verses 1, 3 and 5 08:05 and if we guys have your hymnal at home, 08:07 you can follow along with us. 08:13 When we walk with the Lord 08:17 In the light of his Word 08:20 What a glory He sheds on our way 08:27 While we do His good will 08:30 He abides with us still 08:34 And with all who will trust and obey 08:40 Trust and obey 08:43 For there's no other way 08:47 To be happy in Jesus 08:52 But to trust and obey 08:56 Not a burden we bear 09:00 Not a sorrow we share 09:04 But our toil He doth richly repay 09:10 Not a grief nor a loss 09:14 Not a frown or a cross 09:17 But is blessed if we trust and obey 09:23 Trust and obey 09:27 For there's no other way 09:30 To be happy in Jesus 09:35 But to trust and obey 09:40 Then in fellowship sweet 09:44 We will sit at His feet 09:48 Or we'll walk by His side in the way 09:54 What He says we will do 09:57 Where He sends we will go 10:01 Never fear, only trust and obey 10:07 Trust and obey 10:11 For there's no other way 10:14 To be happy in Jesus 10:19 But to trust and obey 10:24 Amen. That sounded beautiful. 10:26 "Trust and Obey," beautiful song. 10:27 I heard Sofiya singing. Touches our hearts. 10:30 Indeed. Yes, she was singing. 10:31 I heard that was one of the Sofiya's favorites. 10:34 You liked that song, don't you? Yes, sir. 10:38 Next we are gonna be singing Number 457, 10:41 and this one is called "I Love to Tell the Story." 10:53 I love to tell the story 10:57 Of unseen things above 11:02 Of Jesus and His glory 11:07 Of Jesus and His love 11:12 I love to tell the story 11:17 Because I know 'tis true 11:22 It satisfies my longings 11:27 As nothing else can do 11:32 I love to tell the story 11:37 'Twill be my theme in glory 11:42 To tell the old, old story 11:47 Of Jesus and His love 11:53 I love to tell the story 11:58 More wonderful it seems 12:03 Than all the golden fancies 12:08 Of all our golden dreams 12:13 I love to tell the story 12:18 It did so much for me 12:23 And that is just the reason 12:28 I tell it now to thee 12:32 Praise God. 12:33 I love to tell the story 12:38 'Twill be my theme in glory 12:43 To tell the old, old story 12:48 Of Jesus and His love 12:53 I love to tell the story 12:59 'Tis pleasant to repeat 13:04 What seems, each time I tell it 13:09 More wonderfully sweet 13:14 I love to tell the story 13:19 For some have never heard 13:24 The message of salvation 13:29 From God's own holy Word 13:34 I love to tell the story 13:39 'Twill be my theme in glory 13:44 To tell the old, old story 13:49 Of Jesus and His love 13:54 I love to tell the story 14:00 For those who know it best 14:05 Seem hungering and thirsting 14:10 To hear it like the rest 14:15 And when, in scenes of glory 14:20 I sing the new, new song 14:25 'Twill be the old, old story 14:30 That I have loved so long 14:35 I love to tell the story 14:40 'Twill be my theme in glory 14:45 To tell the old, old story 14:50 Of Jesus and His love 14:57 Oh, amen. I just love to tell that story too. 15:01 Let's do it over and over and over again for sure. 15:03 You know, some of these songs, 15:04 doesn't matter how long we sing them, 15:06 they are only always gonna be wonderful to our heart, 15:09 touch our hearts and draw us closer to Jesus. 15:11 Amen to that. 15:12 I love these, what we refer to as old songs. 15:14 I had a lady came to me one time back years ago, 15:16 I was telling Nadya earlier. 15:18 I didn't know, I don't know a lot of hymns, 15:20 because in our church, 15:21 we sang off the wall is what they referred to. 15:24 We did a lot of chores, 15:25 but I had a lady came in to me and said, "Pastor, 15:27 why don't you sing some of the old songs?" 15:30 And I said, "Well, we just sang 15:31 one out the Psalms is 3,500 years old." 15:34 Oh, wow. 15:35 I said, "I would call those old too." 15:37 I said, "We just sang a song of Moses 15:39 and it was about 3,800 years old." 15:42 So that's old song but there is nothing, 15:44 there is nothing that beats the old hymns. 15:47 They are true. That's true. 15:50 Oh man, I love "Power in the Blood." 15:51 Yeah. That's a good one. 15:53 And we did a camp meeting here while back on victory 15:55 and I suggested singing "Victory In Jesus" 15:58 and we were shocked that it wasn't in our hymnal 16:00 but we sang it 16:01 and we sang the "Real Father" with it too for sure, for fact. 16:05 But we have a special guests, 16:08 special, special, special guest with us here today, 16:12 it's Jesus Christ 16:13 but we have someone that is special, 16:15 special, special, special too, that is Sofiya Stotz. 16:21 Hi, Sofiya. 16:23 And we want to take just a minute 16:24 and let Nadya introduce her, 16:27 but not just we have mentioned her name 16:30 but to tell something about her. 16:32 But she also has her family, grandma, grandpa, 16:37 aunt, uncle, cousins that are watching in Russia. 16:43 And Ukraine. And Ukraine. 16:45 Oh, I didn't know that. Russia and Ukraine. 16:47 What part of Russia? 16:49 Southern part, by the Black Sea. 16:51 Okay. Beautiful area. 16:52 Oh, I bet, yeah. And Ukraine, where? 16:57 I don't know where it was. Southeast kind of. 16:59 I've been to Kiev, Ukraine. Yeah, far from the Kiev. 17:02 We did some meetings here with John Carter. 17:04 Oh, he's powerful, powerful. 17:06 But I would like, I would like, Nadya, 17:08 if you don't mind, I'd like for you to take a minute 17:10 and just share something about your beautiful daughter 17:16 and first in English just a little 17:19 but then we want to take the time, 17:21 so bear with us, we want to take the time 17:24 to where Nadya can greet her family 17:27 and present Sofiya to her family 17:30 in the Soviet Union in Russia. 17:33 And she's gonna do it in Russian. 17:35 I mean, I talked to C.A. and C.A. said, that's awesome. 17:37 Because we've got a lot of Russian viewers and they don't, 17:42 you know, a lot of them don't know English that well 17:44 and they would love that, so-- 17:46 Okay. It's yours. 17:49 Well, this is our daughter Sofiya. 17:51 She is almost four-years-old. 17:54 Good daughter, yes. Yeah. 17:56 She is one of like us. 17:57 Try to behave, try to be a good girl. 18:01 Likes to sing and taken violin lessons. 18:04 So she is learning to play violin. 18:07 Wow. I love violin. 18:08 She will play in the church soon hopefully. 18:09 Yeah, she would like to sing for church. 18:11 Oh, you like to play the violin? 18:13 Oh, beautiful. Yes. 18:15 Okay. All right. 18:18 Now-- 18:19 You want me to say something in Russian? 18:20 No more than something. 18:22 I want you to talk to your family 18:24 and show off that beautiful baby. 18:27 Well-- 18:41 Okay, thank you so much. Oh, you are welcome. 18:43 I see that, that touched your heart 18:45 and I know that, you don't get to go home 18:48 as often as you would like to. 18:50 So this opportunity to speak to your family-- 18:52 Yeah. 18:54 And I know that's touching your heart 18:56 and introducing your daughter. 18:58 Robert, I know that you have had an opportunity 19:03 to nurture this woman here in the United States 19:07 and to be a blessing to her. 19:09 I want to say she is nurturing me. 19:11 I mean, her father was a pastor 19:13 and I hear this many times, it's a very nice thing 19:17 because he would always invite people over Sabbath 19:19 or whenever to feed them 19:21 and spread the message about God 19:23 because he was in Ukraine and Russia 19:25 they were persecuted. 19:27 She went through a lot of persecution for it 19:28 by teacher that who would hit her, saying, 19:30 "Why don't you come to school?" 19:32 But she went through all the persecution and, 19:35 but she would always wants people, 19:37 you know, to share. 19:39 And my mom she's from Serbia and she also, 19:42 I remember here in America, 19:43 she came to America when she was really young. 19:46 They would all-- she would always, 19:48 well, in my family they would always invite people over to 19:51 and because of that, I will tell without her 19:53 I probably wouldn't be inviting people over because I-- 19:57 she brings up Jesus in me many times. 19:59 She is always thinking of other people. 20:00 She is always bringing up, I'd say, the best in me. 20:04 Well, I like people, we invite them. 20:05 We like people, yeah. 20:07 To invite people to our house 20:08 and thank you for inviting to us to your house. 20:10 Yeah. You are welcome. It's a good gift. 20:11 And I understand and I know that you are an excellent cook 20:14 and so when people comes to home-- 20:16 Still learning. 20:17 Okay, before Nadya, 20:19 my meal if cooked would be rice and beans. 20:23 So it is a big step up. 20:26 I mean, I've learned how to bake a potato now. 20:28 Wow. And mashed potatoes. 20:30 Mashed potato, boil it. 20:36 Well, there is no doubt about Mollie being a good cook 20:38 but you can look at me and tell she's a good cook. 20:42 She's a southern belle and a southern cook 20:46 and praise God for that, so. 20:50 Mollie, why don't you get the scripture ready 20:52 and maybe we can cover... 20:56 Sofiya into maybe sharing a Bible story with us 20:59 while we are getting ready here. 21:01 See if she is bonding to. 21:03 Oh, Bible story, good book. Okay. 21:06 Well, I will open them with the scriptures 21:08 while Sofiya is getting ready with her Bible story. 21:12 We are going to be in Matthew the 28 chapter, 21:15 I'm going to start in verse 16. 21:18 The scripture says and how, in my Bible, 21:22 how this is prefaced 21:23 and I bet it's prefaced that way in your Bible as well. 21:26 It's called the what, the Great Commission. 21:29 It says "Then the eleven disciples 21:31 went away into Galilee, to the mountain 21:34 which Jesus had appointed for them. 21:37 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, 21:39 but some" did what? 21:41 What's that word? Doubted. 21:42 Doubted. "Some doubted." 21:44 So I want to show you 21:45 how Jesus addressed that doubting. 21:46 How many of you have doubt in your hearts sometimes? 21:48 Yes. That's what we shouldn't have. 21:50 We should not have that doubting. 21:52 "And Jesus came and spoke to them, 21:55 saying 'All authority.'" 21:57 Another translation says, "All power." 22:00 "Has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." 22:02 So who's got all the power and all authority? 22:05 Jesus. 22:07 Jesus has all power and all authority. 22:08 And then He turns right to those eleven. 22:11 Now remember, some of them were doubting 22:13 and this is what He says. 22:15 He says, "Go therefore..." 22:17 You know what He is saying? 22:18 I've got all the power and authority, 22:20 now I'm vesting it in you. 22:22 He vested it in those 11 but I want you to know 22:25 He is vesting it in everyone of us today. 22:28 "Go ye therefore, 22:30 and make disciples of all the nations, 22:32 baptizing them in the name of the Father 22:34 and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 22:37 teaching them to observe all things 22:39 that I have commanded you." 22:40 He tells them I've given you the power and the authority, 22:43 now I'm telling you what to teach them. 22:46 "All those things which I commanded you--" 22:48 And then to me, this is the most precious. 22:51 "And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." 22:55 We don't even have to do it by ourselves. 22:57 Who's with us every time we step out? 22:59 So I know that some of the things 23:01 that some of you do on the Sabbath 23:03 is to go out witnessing 23:04 and I know that's one of the hardest things 23:06 for me to do because I tend to be a little shy. 23:09 You know, and I think that's fear, 23:11 afraid of rejection. 23:13 But we don't have to be afraid of rejection. 23:16 He says here "I'm giving you all power, all authority. 23:18 I'm telling you what to say to people and how, 23:21 He's there with us." 23:22 Yes, oh. He is there with us. 23:24 Doesn't leave us on our own. 23:25 I think the devil knows our fears. 23:26 He knows one the biggest fear 23:28 is the fear of other people and talking to them. 23:31 Not even about Jesus, about anything, we have a fear. 23:34 I mean, if you look at the world today, 23:35 we all have our own phones, 23:37 we are all just within ourselves. 23:38 Yeah. 23:40 And the devil knows that and so 23:41 God is trying to give us the encouragement here. 23:43 Go out, all power is given. 23:45 I think too it's a lot more easier 23:46 when we make it to be, we try to over think things 23:48 and we get to where we talk ourselves out of it 23:50 because "Well, Lord, you know, I don't know what to say, 23:52 I don't know what to do." 23:53 That's much more easier than we think. 23:55 I mean, just looking at somebody, 23:56 and may be something on that person, 23:57 you know, I can see their hat. 23:59 Just speak to them it's really simple 24:00 and just Lord will open a doors. 24:02 You step out just a little bit in faith 24:03 and just that moment, 24:05 Lord will give you that encouragement 24:06 to witness that person. 24:07 I've seen it many times. 24:09 You know, I-- go ahead. 24:10 No, you go ahead. 24:11 Our thoughts, our theme is the blessing is on the go 24:15 and we shared yesterday morning in worship. 24:18 We go, you know, he is power steering 24:21 until you get to moving. 24:23 So you get to moving, don't just sit there. 24:25 You get to moving and allow God to give you the power to do it. 24:29 But when you go, you want to go with God 24:32 and go being led by the Holy Spirit. 24:35 It's so important to be led but it's amazing 24:38 what the Holy Spirit will do and how he will direct you. 24:43 I shared this in Mollie's Sabbath school class 24:45 where it's talking about witnessing recently 24:47 that Mollie and I were in Alabama, 24:49 probably about 25 years ago and we got up, 24:51 we were playing golf we were on vacation. 24:54 We got up to the first tee 24:55 and a guy was standing there and he said, 24:57 "Would you guys like to play with me? 24:59 I'm playing by myself." 25:01 And I said, "Yeah, we don't play good, 25:02 but we do play fast." 25:04 And he said, "Well, come on." 25:06 And so I got up there and I said-- 25:09 say his name was Bill, I don't remember right now. 25:11 "Bill, what do you do?" 25:12 And he said, "You would never guess 25:14 in a million years what I do." 25:16 I said, "God, I want to witness to this guy, 25:18 open a door here, don't wanting to shut down." 25:21 He said, "There are only about four of us in the world 25:24 that do this." 25:26 And as I'm standing here 25:28 and Mollie bears witness with it. 25:30 The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said, 25:33 "He restores old books. 25:38 He binds and rebinds old books." 25:42 And so I just told him, 25:44 "You restore old books, you are book binder." 25:46 And he turned around and dropped his golf club 25:48 and said, "A book?" 25:51 Needless to say, he heard every word about it. 25:57 I didn't play golf that good that day 25:58 but I sure witnessed about Jesus that day. 26:01 So when you go the blessing is on the go, 26:03 so go with God and go with the leading 26:07 and the power of the Holy Spirit. 26:10 I like when you said 26:11 how about it needs to be spirit led 26:13 because if not we can make a mess of it. 26:15 You know, it's like and asking God every morning, 26:17 who can I-- 26:19 who would You have me to witness to You. 26:20 It might be more than one person 26:21 but if He leads you, then that's the key, 26:24 you know, that we-- 26:25 you know found that out there, 26:27 you know, through just the witnessing and stuff 26:30 that asking for those opportunities 26:32 and that the Holy Spirit would prompt you 26:34 when that person is in your path. 26:36 You know, and that's the key as a Holy Spirit. 26:37 Another thing I like to add to that too, 26:39 it's the blessing is on the go like you said that faith, 26:41 when you are asking, pray for those things, 26:43 "Lord, I want divine appointments, 26:44 I want to reach summit for the gospel." 26:46 When He gives you that moment, don't step back, 26:48 well, I'm not-- you know, you need to step forward 26:49 and Lord will just, He'll take that moment 26:51 and you'll be amazed 26:52 and not only does that encourage that person 26:54 but it also encourages your faith. 26:55 You know, if you don't get out there, 26:56 your faith is more encouraged as you do I think so. 26:59 You know, if you don't hear anything else 27:00 I'll say tonight, I want you to hear this. 27:04 You are not responsible for the end result 27:07 when God tells you to do something. 27:09 You are responsible for being obedient to God. 27:13 So if God speaks to you and tells you to do this, 27:17 then what you need to do 27:19 is you need to go ahead and do it. 27:21 It doesn't matter whether they tell you are crazy. 27:23 If they tell you the nut, you are a nut. 27:25 You can tell, "I might be a nut 27:26 but I'm screwed on the right bolt 27:28 and that bolt is Jesus Christ." 27:29 Amen. 27:31 But anyway, you know, 27:32 you got to be led by the spirit of God 27:35 when you do these things. 27:36 Go and God will honor that 27:38 and you're not responsible for the end result. 27:40 Hear it again. 27:42 You are responsible for being obedient to God. 27:44 Here we had a young lady who asked us 27:46 just a few weeks ago, we went to a funeral. 27:48 And the young lady we spoke to, 27:50 I haven't seen this young man in quite a while. 27:51 We used to work with but she asked us out. 27:54 You know, I felt the Lord impressed me, 27:55 give her this glow track that says "Talking with God" 27:58 and she says, "How do you know how to do that? 28:00 What is it?" 28:01 And I tell her it's the spirit that tells us, 28:02 it impresses you. 28:04 This is what this person needs 28:05 this particular time and I give it to him. 28:06 And she is like, "Oh, wow." 28:08 So, she was really attracted 28:09 and wanted to know more about how the spirit functions 28:11 and how we work, you know, impressing people with them 28:14 and truly give them so-- 28:15 It's amazing. 28:17 The Spirit of God will lead us. 28:18 He's our teacher and He's our guide. 28:20 You know, how something that you mentioned earlier 28:24 was that, learning to keep the Sabbath, 28:28 learning because again, we were in our 50s 28:32 when we came into the Adventist Church. 28:34 We came into the truth of the Sabbath. 28:36 Praise the Lord. Yeah. 28:37 And so keeping the Sabbath and Hal mentioned 28:42 initially we thought going to church on Saturday 28:45 was what this was about, 28:47 that's just part of it, you know. 28:50 But learning how to keep the Sabbath 28:53 and never having any training in this, 28:55 you know, and see I know with you two 28:59 as you were talking you were a preacher's kid, 29:02 you are a PK. 29:03 Robert, were you a preacher's kid? No. 29:05 But you were raised strongly in the Adventist Church. 29:07 Yes. Yes. 29:08 So you have heritage, you have history. 29:10 You had examples in your home of-- to follow 29:14 and fortunately you have the same example 29:17 so that made it very compatible for you. 29:20 And Hal, and I didn't. We had to learn. 29:23 And I wanted to ask Janelle and Donald, 29:27 were you raised in an Adventist Church 29:29 and do you have this history and heritage 29:31 and if not, how did you learn to keep the Sabbath? 29:34 What were the steps the Lord led you 29:38 to learn how to keep the Sabbath? 29:39 One minute, I will share with you. 29:41 Mine will just be pretty quick, 29:42 he's got a better testimony, I think. 29:45 I was raised Seventh-day Adventist 29:47 and then I was baptized about age 12. 29:51 And then about a year after that, 29:53 my parents got divorced 29:54 and so we stopped going to church 29:56 and hadn't been to church in a long time. 29:58 And a lot of stuff that I'm learning now, honesty, 30:01 I mean, you know, I know I was a kid then 30:03 but He's just really opened up a lot of things to me 30:06 that I didn't know about, never remember hearing. 30:08 So, you know, praise the Lord for that. 30:10 But yeah, it was-- 30:12 that my parents planted the seeds 30:14 at a young age and unfortunately 30:16 they changed a little bit later but... 30:19 It's back now. 30:20 But, yeah, the Lord spoke on my heart back in 2008, 30:25 things had to get right in my life 30:27 and I never even heard of the Adventist message. 30:28 I didn't even know or was even had neighbors 30:30 across the street the kid that were Adventist like, 30:31 I'm really like what Adventist do. 30:34 But I am so, I started studying on some things 30:38 and the Lord really impressed me in a dream, 30:41 back in February 2008. 30:42 He had talked to me and He said that God is coming. 30:46 I mean, I know it came from Him specifically. 30:48 And I was like, I got to get some things right in my life. 30:49 So I started studying and also He put in my mind sabado. 30:54 Like that's Spanish. I know Spanish. 30:56 So study that word out 30:57 and I studied on the different languages. 30:59 Russian, how is it in Russian? Subbota. 31:00 Subbota. Subbota? 31:02 Subbota see, subbota. 31:03 I'm like, "Wow, there's something to this. 31:05 A Sabbath thing." 31:06 So we really started it studying that 31:08 and we went through this, study called Steps to Christ, 31:11 both of us to kind of wrap this up. 31:12 I don't know. 31:14 I don't think you mentioned but he thought my church, 31:15 my parents were weird 31:17 for taking us church on Saturdays 31:19 when we were kids. 31:20 And he said, what's that all about? 31:21 Were you guys trying to be different 31:23 or, you know, what's up with that? 31:25 And so he kind of, kind of led into the, 31:29 you know, the reason why. 31:31 He wanted to know why. 31:32 Well, we studied Steps to Christ together 31:34 and two months prior to finish up Steps to Christ, 31:37 I said in my head, "I want to go to church now. 31:39 I really want to go to church. 31:41 Sound like sinners anything to her 31:42 and after we finished it, she said, "You know what, 31:45 I think I want to go to church now." 31:47 But we were keeping this Sabbath actually at home, 31:48 we didn't think we needed church kind of, 31:50 I'm sure many of us have been down that path. 31:52 You know, well, you don't need to go to church, 31:54 we can do it here. 31:55 And the Lord impressed us. 31:56 And what was really funny, 31:58 as soon as I got into the church in 2009, 31:59 I got baptized and they instantly said 32:01 "Hey, you want to be deacon?" 32:02 I'm like what's a deacon? What is a deacon? 32:04 I don't know what that is. 32:06 So they quickly put me in position 32:09 to do something in a church 32:10 and I was privileged and then I realized, 32:12 "You know what, this is a privilege 32:14 to even be in this church and now to open it and function 32:16 because here we were sitting in our living room, 32:18 and we're saying, well, we'll keep the Sabbath at home, 32:19 we don't need to go there. 32:20 So the Lord really opened the door so-- 32:23 You know, what I want you to do is 32:25 come back to you, Hal, if this will work. 32:28 Okay. 32:29 And let you tell our viewers 32:32 because I know that so many of our viewers 32:35 are like Hal and I and like you are. 32:37 We weren't raised Adventist. 32:40 And how you, 32:41 what you do on the Sabbath to keep the Sabbath? 32:44 But remember I said earlier 32:46 that Sofiya was going to tell a story. 32:48 Yes. 32:49 I think Sofiya that it's time for you to tell a story 32:52 if you are ready to. 32:53 Are you ready to tell your story? 32:55 Over here. Okay. 32:57 All right. You've got a big smile. 32:58 Now, if you are not, we'll wait a few minutes 33:00 but if you want to tell your story now, you can. 33:02 I like to hear it. 33:04 Just look at this, what does it say? 33:06 She's just a little shy. 33:07 She's a little shy, now that's okay. 33:09 We know that she will, she wants to tell her story. 33:14 Sofiya, you will let us know 33:15 when you are ready to tell that story 33:17 and we'll be ready to listen to it. 33:19 But I want to ask you two, 33:22 you both being raised Adventist, 33:26 keeping the Sabbath from sundown on Friday 33:29 till sundown on Sabbath. 33:32 What is it that you do on the Sabbath? 33:35 You know, it's not just "all right, you start, 33:38 you read your Bible, you go to church." 33:40 I know you invite people to your homes. 33:42 There's so much to it and Hal's got some scriptures 33:45 or got a-- not some scripture 33:46 but you've got something from Sister White. 33:48 You want to read that? I would love to, Mollie. 33:50 So, let me put my glasses on because I'm old. 33:55 But I want to ask you all what you'd do? Okay. 33:57 This is powerful because so many people think 34:00 well, you know, "I go to church, 34:02 I go to Sabbath school, then I go to pot blessed lunch 34:06 and then I'll go home, take a nap and that's it 34:08 because I'm not supposed to do anything. 34:10 You see, that's just not so. 34:13 She says here Ellen White, this is from CH, 368.2, 34:18 "Your neglect to attend the public worship of God 34:20 is a serious error. 34:22 The privileges of divine service 34:24 will be as beneficial to you as to others 34:26 and are fully as essential. 34:29 But you may be unable to avail yourself 34:32 of these privileges as often as do many others. 34:36 You will frequently be called, upon the Sabbath, 34:39 to visit the sick, and may be obliged 34:43 to make it a day of exhausting labor." 34:46 For the Lord I will add. 34:48 "Such labor to relieve the sufferings 34:50 was pronounced by our Savior a work of mercy 34:54 and no violation of the Sabbath. 34:58 But when you regularly devote your Sabbaths 35:01 to writing or labor, making no special change, 35:05 you harm your own soul, give to others an example 35:10 that is not worthy of imitation, 35:13 and do not honor God." 35:15 We want to honor God but we can honor God 35:19 by being a witness on the Sabbath. 35:22 Witnessing to, you know, Jesus said 35:25 that after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you, 35:28 you shall be witnesses unto Me, 35:31 both in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria 35:34 and the outermost parts on the earth. 35:35 Well, I'm not a really smart guy, 35:37 but in Alabama, both is two 35:40 and He names four different places 35:42 where Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria is your own locale, 35:46 your own neighborhood, your own neighbors, 35:49 your own people that you are familiar with 35:52 and then to the outermost parts of the earth, 35:55 is when that you go to a different place or traveling 36:00 or whatever the case may be. 36:02 But what we need to be is not a witness every now and then, 36:06 we need to be a constant witness. 36:08 Now you have something you are talking about, 36:11 it's just the preacher 36:12 that's supposed to do the witnessing, right? 36:14 Yeah. Exactly, yeah. That's all his job. 36:17 Yeah, His job, is it? 36:18 Wait a minute, I don't think the world 36:20 would go so fast with it. 36:22 I don't think it will go but, you know, 36:23 I found out that sheep produce sheep. 36:25 Yeah, that's right. I like to read this. 36:29 This is another Ellen White's quotes here. 36:31 It's called "One Person Not to Do All the Witnessing." 36:35 "The fact that the Lord has been represented 36:38 as hearkening to the words spoken by His witnesses, 36:41 tells us that Jesus is in our very midst." 36:43 Did you hear that? 36:45 It tells us that Jesus is in our very midst. 36:47 He says, 'Where two or three are gathered together 36:50 in my name, there am I in the midst.' 36:53 One person is not to do all the witnessing for Jesus, 36:56 but everyone who loves God is to testify 36:59 of the preciousness of His grace and truth. 37:01 Those who receive the light of truth 37:03 are to have lesson upon lesson 37:05 to educate them not to keep silent, 37:08 but to speak often one to another. 37:10 They are to keep in mind the Sabbath meeting, 37:12 when those who love and fear God, 37:14 and who think upon His name, 37:16 can have opportunity to express their thoughts 37:18 in speaking one to another." 37:20 Now, I kind of liken this idea. 37:22 It's like, if you really love somebody, 37:23 when you want to go and tell somebody about it. 37:24 I mean, we just won't keep it to yourself. 37:27 When God comes into your life and He changes you, 37:29 it's like you can't hold it in. 37:31 You want to get out and you just see 37:32 all these people around you, just looks so unhappy, 37:34 miserable and you're like "wow" 37:36 you want them to have the same joy. 37:38 I think that's what we need to do as a group of people 37:40 and another thing too is that the Holy Spirit 37:42 is another part of the witnessing. 37:44 If we have the Holy Spirit with us, 37:45 like we've been talking about, 37:46 that's what we need to do this work. 37:48 Well, the quote that Hal read shows us 37:51 that we are to do benevolent acts of his goodness 37:54 on the Sabbath and you are saying 37:57 that it's not just the pastor that needs to do it. 37:59 That's exactly right. 38:00 It needs to be a sheep as well. 38:02 So, Nadya and Robert, is Sofiya ready to tell her story? 38:08 Well, I was just talking about the Sabbath. 38:09 I'm a working progress. Okay. 38:12 I'm working progress, that and for me that means 38:14 every Sabbath I know, I've failed every time. 38:18 There are times even, you know, 38:20 recent I go and I follow the news well, 38:23 I may in fact going back to the Bible. 38:26 And I'll say because of Nadya, the mindset of the Sabbath 38:29 doesn't actually start sundown, it starts in preparation. 38:31 Yes in preparation, that's good. 38:33 And, you know, I mow the lawn. 38:34 Nadya, she gets the house clean. 38:37 And you are talking on? On Friday. On Friday. 38:40 Friday, before the sundown. 38:41 I mean, there's the preparation and, you know, 38:43 when we look at Moses, you gather before, 38:47 you know, the day happens 38:49 to prepare yourself for the Sabbath. 38:51 So I think our mindset needs to start not on, 38:55 you know, "Oh, it's sundown. 38:57 Now everything get shut off, no TV, that's it." 38:59 No, it needs to start before that. Amen. 39:01 Those watching need to remember this is Friday night 39:04 and tomorrow would be a good day 39:07 for you to put everything that we are saying, 39:09 in everything in the Word of God into practice. 39:11 You are in preparation tonight. 39:12 We are ushering in the Sabbath into tomorrow 39:16 as you worship divine worship and everything, 39:20 ask God to prepare your heart to be a witness. 39:23 I think doesn't Sister White tell us 39:25 to guard the edges of the Sabbath. 39:27 That's right. Amen to that. 39:29 Well, what else we'd do on Sabbath? Well, yeah. 39:31 In the morning we'll go to church Sabbath school, 39:34 then, you know, sermon and, you know, 39:36 sometimes we stay for lunch or usually we come home 39:38 and invite people and afternoon, 39:41 sometimes we go for like nature walk, 39:44 you know, to enjoy because nature is another Bible that, 39:47 you know, God created that we can learn a lot. 39:50 Where we go, we start going to nursing homes. 39:54 Sometimes we go to West Frankfurt or Benton, 39:57 and those, you know, people who live there 40:00 come and sit down 40:02 and they'll listen to our singing. 40:04 And Sofiya sometimes has a solo there, don't you. 40:06 Yeah, and sometimes she will do, 40:07 you know, special music 40:09 and can be another witnessing to those people. 40:15 Oh, and I know that it must really touch their hearts. 40:20 I know, I've spent some time in a nursing. 40:23 Had a lady in the nursing home and I went quite often, 40:26 almost every afternoon I would drop down 40:28 and see her and the-- 40:31 I got so attached to the others there in the nursing home. 40:34 They are so thankful 40:37 when you come to see them and spend some time with them. 40:39 Sometimes they cannot get out like, 40:40 every day and go see people 40:42 and they are happy when people come to them 40:44 and, you know, hug them, sing to them, 40:46 you know, beautiful old songs. 40:47 Yes. Oh, yeah. 40:49 There was a lady there who was visiting her, 40:52 I believe her father and she asks, 40:53 "Oh, that's very nice. What you're doing? 40:55 What church are you from?" 40:57 So it's not only witness to them there 41:00 but anyone who might be visiting. 41:01 And we are thinking, oh, we are going to bless them. 41:06 But who gets the most blessings? 41:08 That blessing comes back on us, multiple fold. 41:12 Now, you guys have a ministry of going out 41:16 and doing a lot of witnessing, 41:18 street witnessing, home witnessing 41:20 and when I used to be in sales, it was called "cold call" 41:24 where you didn't know the person, 41:26 you didn't have their number and everything. 41:27 Won't you share some of that with us? 41:29 Oh, my, you want to share a story for us? 41:31 Oh, I can start this one out. 41:32 And he gets more detailed at the story 41:34 so I think he might be better to kind of fine tune it. 41:36 But take off with it. Let's see what he does. 41:38 Okay, so we were at different church 41:42 this particular Sabbath that he was speaking at. 41:45 And so it was like about two hours away 41:48 and so we were coming back. 41:51 We had a friend with us 41:52 and so our friend was sitting in the front seat 41:56 and then I was sitting in the back seat 41:57 and as we were, we took a different route 41:59 than what we would normally like because 42:01 we've been to this church before for Don to speak there. 42:03 And for some reason, 42:06 he took a different route and so... 42:10 you can take it from there. 42:11 Yeah, we were heading on south to come back to Benton 42:15 and the road where we went, 42:16 it wide off to two different decisions. 42:18 So I wasn't sure which way should I go, 42:19 to the left or to the right. 42:21 Some says turn to the right, so we curved to the right 42:23 and we go down maybe half a mile. 42:26 We see this gentleman probably in his 30s, 40s 42:29 behind him this suitcase and the suitcase behind him, 42:33 I said, well I looked at, Yanick was with us. 42:36 It was you and me and Yanick. 42:37 I said, shall we pick this gentleman up and I'm like... 42:40 Some said pick him up and prior to all this had me, 42:43 I should back this story up. 42:44 This church we went to, one of the gentleman 42:46 by the name of Paul was kind of, 42:48 he made his own home, made bread 42:50 and he gave us a loaf to take home with us. 42:52 I was guarding it. 42:53 And she was like, "Excuse me, I am not, 42:55 this is my loaf of bread." 42:57 And then other gentleman, when I preached there, 42:59 he said he really enjoyed the sermon. 43:01 He said, "I want you to have this" 43:03 and he slipped me a hundred dollar bill. 43:04 Wow. Praise God. 43:05 Hundred dollar bill 43:07 and we don't have a whole lot of money in our wallet. 43:08 Can I go with you next time? 43:09 He passed away. Oh. 43:11 Yeah, he passed away this year. 43:12 But so we are traveling, pick up this gentleman, 43:15 you know, we are like, "what do we witness, 43:17 how do we witness this man?" 43:18 He told us that he was actually in a living-- 43:20 staying in an abandoned home and the police came and said 43:23 You need to get to out of here. You are not to stay in here. 43:25 So that's why he's walking in the street 43:26 and trying to get to Mount Vernon. 43:28 So he said, "Okay, we can get there, 43:29 we can turn that way." 43:31 So we traveled, we picked him up, 43:32 get him in the car, we go to Mount Vernon. 43:34 He sits in the back seat with her. 43:35 She's like, "This is a little awkward." 43:36 Yeah, it was very awkward. 43:38 I said, "I don't know if I'll like this." 43:39 Yeah, he is homeless. 43:41 And so we got into this point 43:42 where he needed to be dropped off. 43:44 We get him out, he gets out of the car, 43:46 gets his luggage and stuff and gave him a book. 43:48 I think its "Great Controversy." 43:50 Gave him "The Great Controversy." 43:51 You need to read this, this is about the battle 43:53 between good and evil, so it's gonna help you. 43:55 And then she said-- 43:56 in her mind she said, "Well, I want to give this man 43:57 the loaf of bread" because he is homeless. 43:59 So she gave him the loaf of bread. 44:01 Ungrudgingly. 44:03 And same for me with the $100 bill. 44:05 You know, I said I had this envelope with $100 bills 44:07 still in my wallet and he said, look. 44:09 So the guy walks off, he goes on these steps 44:11 to go to this, like apartment complex and the Lord says, 44:13 "You know, you got a $100 bill in your pocket." 44:15 Oh my. No, no. Not the $100 bill. No, no. 44:19 No, no, God, doesn't my God. 44:21 How many of us have rebuked the devil? 44:24 He say, "You need to go follow him 44:25 and give him the $100 bill." 44:27 He said, "Don't judge him, 44:28 don't think about Me he's going to pass us. 44:29 Just give him the hundred dollar bill and go." 44:31 So I go down the steps and, you know, I'm looking around. 44:33 He's gone and I'm like, Oh, may be he was an angel. 44:34 It was a test, okay, I'm gonna go back 44:36 and nope I looked just down, there he is, oh, man. 44:39 So I run down, I gave him a $100 bill and get back 44:42 and just, just when you pray that Lord opens up doors 44:45 and it's just amazing when you get that opportunity 44:47 to really witness to somebody. 44:49 You don't know what impact that little moment makes. 44:51 And, you know, I'm thinking, 44:53 we would love to like have this gentleman's, 44:56 the rest of the story. 44:58 And we won't get the rest of story until we turn it. 45:01 Amen. So we get there-- 45:02 But someday we will get the rest of that story. Yeah. 45:05 God is good. 45:07 I was on the way to Alabama 45:10 and I didn't pick up hitchhikers. 45:12 We traveled so much 45:14 and traveled at night a lot times. 45:15 I just didn't pick up hitchhikers 45:17 and there was a guy hitchhiking on the side of the road 45:20 in Paducah, Kentucky, 45:23 and the Lord spoke to me and said, "Pick him up." 45:25 I said, "No." And then Lord said, "Pick him up." 45:26 I said, "No" and the Lord said, 45:28 "Pick him up or you'll be toast." 45:31 And so, no, not really but, ow! Quit hitting me. 45:36 But the Lord did not tell you, you will be toasted. 45:38 No, He didn't say I would be toasted 45:40 but I pulled over and picked him up 45:42 and when he started running for the car, 45:43 he held his hand on his jacket, on his belt 45:48 and the first thing I thought was, 45:51 "Oh, no. He's got a gun in his belt." 45:55 He went at the car, and he opened the door 45:57 and then Lord said, "Witness to him." 45:59 He opened the door and I said, "I want you to know 46:01 that I am listening to a Christian tape, 46:02 a Christian CD 46:04 and if you get in here, and you ride. 46:05 Where are you going? Hopkinsville. 46:06 If you get in here, 46:08 you are gonna listen that all the way to Hopkinsville, 46:09 and you are gonna hear about Jesus 46:11 so we listened to the CD for a little while. 46:13 I turned it off, 46:15 back then I think it was the tape, 46:16 but I turned it off and started telling him about Jesus, 46:19 just talking to him about Jesus. 46:21 Witnessing to him, telling him our testimony. 46:24 Your testimony is the most powerful thing that you have. 46:27 Tell him about Jesus 46:29 but tell him if you've been there on both sides 46:32 if you've been there. 46:33 So I told him all about that and he got tears in his eyes. 46:36 We stopped at Hopkinsville 46:37 and I felt like the Lord told me 46:39 to give him some money. 46:41 I had a five in my billfold, I had a twenty in my billfold, 46:46 and I had a hundred. 46:48 Which one do you think God told me to give him? 46:51 So I handed it to him 46:52 and he just almost started crying 46:54 and he said, "I want to show you something, Hal." 46:56 And he opened up his jacket 46:59 and he had a pistol in his jacket. 47:03 And he said, "I've been trying to get a job. 47:05 Couldn't get a job. 47:07 My family has no groceries, hungry. 47:12 I've got three kids 47:14 and I got in this car with the intention of robbing you." 47:16 Oh, wow. 47:17 But he said back there, just the ways when you were 47:19 talking about Jesus and how He had blessed you, 47:22 this is what I knew that I needed. 47:25 So I ask Jesus into my heart. 47:29 Instead of getting shot I got a blessing 47:32 and he got a blessing too so as a matter. 47:35 You know, Nadya told me a story about her mother in Russia. 47:38 Just-- you don't have to witness all the time, 47:40 just be a Christian. 47:42 Yeah. And her family just had a garden. 47:45 Were nice people in Russia 47:47 and when it came time they moved. 47:49 But there is a lady who would always 47:50 walk by their house 47:51 and one day, they weren't there. 47:53 She asked around where did they go. 47:55 "Oh, he's a pastor and he moved to another place." 47:57 And she's like, ''Oh, what church did they go to?" 47:59 I want to know where these people work 48:01 because they are all the time they just talk 48:04 and she would walk by and the mom would talk. 48:05 Yeah, my mom was a little shy, you know, even pastor's wife 48:09 but she was kind of, you know, shy to speak to people, 48:12 you know, and being in front and speak 48:15 but she was always smiling just saying hi, and just smile. 48:19 Sometimes give something from the garden, 48:21 pick some flowers and give to people. 48:23 It's how people learn about God then came to Jesus. 48:28 She showed them Jesus. Yes. 48:29 But she became an Adventist 48:30 and you said someone else became a pastor that she knew? 48:33 Yeah, another friend also was passing, looking at her smiling 48:37 and then he became a deacon and pastor now. 48:40 He's still in church being pastor. 48:42 Praise God. Wow. 48:43 We hope that some thing, 48:45 we still got just a little bit of time, 48:46 but we are gonna go with 48:48 some prayer request here in just a moment. 48:49 We hope something that we have said 48:52 has sparked something in you that you can be a witness. 48:56 You don't have to be an elder, you don't have be a deacon, 48:59 just a child of God and God will be with you 49:01 and God will honor that 49:03 and the Holy Spirit will lead you. 49:05 You know, I did want to say we have a couple of instances 49:09 here where people picked up hitchhikers 49:11 and I know that's a dangerous thing to do 49:14 but listen to what each one of these situations say it. 49:18 Initially which was the spirit of the Lord 49:20 prompted your heart. 49:21 We never picked up hitchhiker. 49:23 Yeah, and be led by the spirit of the Lord. 49:26 When you step out and do something 49:29 that might be a little different 49:31 than what you normally do. 49:32 And how this witnessing and going out, 49:35 you know, the scripture we looked at initially 49:38 that Great Commission. 49:39 First and foremost, He gives you the power, 49:42 He gives you the authority, 49:43 He invest that into us, His followers 49:47 and then He gives us the commission 49:49 which is to just go tell people about Jesus. 49:51 Hal said it earlier, 49:53 your personal testimony is the most powerful thing 49:55 you have to share and He's with you. 49:58 He's gonna be with you always. 50:00 I remember the first time I tried to speak publicly. 50:05 I was so frightened that I couldn't get enough air 50:09 in my lungs to push a word out. 50:12 Now, you all won't gonna believe that today 50:14 but I wasn't a public speaker. 50:17 I couldn't speak in front of people. 50:19 She got sick after she spoke. 50:20 One time I spoke I got-- 50:22 before I spoke, Hal, 50:24 the first speaking engagement ever had. 50:26 Hal accepted it for me 50:28 and so then I had to do it and-- 50:30 There were several hundred women before us. 50:33 I got a migraine headache 50:34 and threw up two times before I spoke. 50:37 So it's a process 50:39 and what you do is yield to the Lord. 50:42 And ask Him to help you 50:44 and He'll be with you every step of the way. 50:46 Yes, as we usher in the Sabbath tonight, 50:50 welcoming the presence of God and the Holy Spirit 50:54 and you do go to the Church tomorrow and Sabbath school, 50:58 I hope Ellen White said, that's where the really, 51:01 the need of it all, not the little, little sermon. 51:04 But don't forget tomorrow afternoon 51:07 if the Lord prompts you to go somewhere 51:09 and speak to somebody or sick, visit somebody or share him. 51:14 Go to nursing home. Nursing homes. 51:15 We've got a few prayer requests, 51:17 we are gonna move through here. 51:19 Robert's gonna read 51:20 and then we are gonna have a word of prayer. 51:22 Okay, we have a Kay from Canada, 51:24 is requesting a special prayer for her son-in-law, Rodney. 51:27 He's been diagnosed with cancer. 51:30 Genevieve in California is a 101 years young 51:34 but her son at the age of 70 51:35 has cut off all communication with her. 51:37 So she requests prayer 51:38 that her son would renew the communication with her. 51:42 Bob in Florida is an active witness for the Lord 51:44 and giving out Bible studies in his area. 51:46 He requests praying for those he has shared his studies with, 51:50 that the Holy Spirit will move upon their hearts 51:52 to make a decision for Christ. 51:54 Silverstein in Illinois is praying for a miracle. 51:58 Yes.Yes. We know them. 52:00 Her precious husband Mike 52:01 was seriously in need of God's mercy 52:02 and grace due to heart issues. 52:05 Elaine in Texas is combating a serious issue. 52:08 She is recouping-- is recouping from illness 52:11 and wants to know more about Jesus. 52:13 Vernal in New Jersey is struggling with work issues 52:16 that seemed to be overwhelming. 52:18 In addition she is concerned for her sons 52:19 and is pleading with God for their salvation. 52:22 Nancy in California is asking for our prayers. 52:25 Her mother has consented to study God's word with her. 52:29 And Rosanna in California is suffering with arthritis, 52:33 arthritis in her legs and hips that limits her mobility. 52:36 She wants to regain her mobility 52:38 so she can continue to be a witness for her family. 52:41 Amen. Amen. 52:42 We need to take these people and others before the Lord. 52:46 You are watching tonight and you do have prayer. 52:49 You know, we are not your high priest, 52:51 Jesus is your high priest 52:53 but what we do is we agree with that. 52:55 Now you are saying, "Well, you are there and I'm here." 52:59 Well, the Word of God in 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, 53:01 "He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with God." 53:03 That means that we are joined at the hip, 53:06 one father, different mothers. 53:08 So wherever you are, 53:09 by the Spirit of God we are joined with you. 53:12 So we can agree with you in prayer. 53:15 I'm gonna ask Don if he will to pray and then, 53:18 I'm gonna ask Mollie, if she will to pray. 53:22 And we are gonna believe, we are going to trust 53:23 and rely on the Spirit of God to touch you, 53:26 no matter how many miles between us, 53:28 even in Russia and Ukraine. 53:30 And I am thinking of all of these prayer requests, 53:33 maybe one of them really touched your heart. 53:36 And if it did that, we are asking 53:37 that you join with us in prayer 53:39 but also take these prayer needs as well, 53:42 for one can put a thousand, 53:45 two can put ten thousand, so join with us. 53:48 We're gonna bow our heads in prayer. Yes. 53:51 O, Heavenly Father, Lord of all creation, 53:54 Lord, we are amazed by how you Lord, 53:58 have plucked us out and each one of us 54:00 have brought us to this truth, Lord, in this time. 54:03 Amazing journey that You placed us on 54:05 and how You are wanting to get your children back home. 54:08 Lord, we just thank You for this opportunity 54:10 to spent this Friday night, the Sabbath eve with You, Lord. 54:13 On Your glorious day that You have sanctify 54:16 and set apart for holy use, Lord. 54:18 We should go out to be "repairers of the breach 54:20 and restorers of the past dwell" 54:22 as You say in Isaiah 58:12. 54:24 Lord, You have heard these powerful requests 54:27 and the testimonies shared uplifting You, Lord, in praise. 54:31 We know that there's a time coming 54:33 when our all eyes will be drawn upon the skies 54:35 and see You break forth 54:37 and take us home to be where You are, Lord. 54:40 Now we can finally say this is our God, 54:41 we have waited for Him and there are so many, Lord, 54:43 suffering right now many across, 54:46 not only this United States, but across the entire world. 54:49 And I'm thinking of Japan, Lord, 54:51 the floods that it experienced. 54:53 Just pray, Lord, that You will touch them and help them, Lord, 54:55 and also those who were lifted tonight, 54:58 thinking about this lady that her son 55:01 had been separated communication for 70 years. 55:04 That's a long time, Lord. 55:05 We know that You are able to break down barriers 55:08 that You can break down prejudice, hurts and pains. 55:12 I just pray to open her hearts and give it to You, Lord, 55:14 and also concerning the bearers Lord, 55:17 Michael and Celestine, you know, that situation 55:20 and also those, Lord, that are listening tonight. 55:22 Maybe they are making a decision for the first time. 55:25 I want to keep the Sabbath. I want to know how. 55:27 I pray, Lord, that You will open up the word to them 55:30 and as I've never seen it before, Lord, 55:31 we know what Your spirit is mighty and powerful to save. 55:34 We just pray that You're anointing 55:36 each one listening tonight, 55:37 each one here present that, Lord, Your spirit will move 55:40 and that, Lord, this time that is soon upon us, 55:43 so we will have this strength and courage 55:44 to go out and witness to the world 55:46 that Your gospel can save and heal 55:49 and bring those lost sons and daughters back in the fold. 55:51 We pray this in a powerful, precious, 55:53 wonderful name of Jesus Christ, amen. 55:56 Thank you, Father. 55:58 And, Father, we bring before Your throne of grace 56:00 all of our viewers and our listeners 56:02 and those needs that are so heavy upon their hearts. 56:06 Father, we stand them before You and ask, O, Lord, 56:09 that you would touch everyone of them. 56:10 Draw them, Lord, closer to You. 56:12 These prayer needs that we just heard, 56:14 Father, we thank You that Your ear isn't deaf 56:17 nor Your arms shortened, but, Father, 56:18 You are actively moving on behalf of those 56:22 that have such a need before You. 56:24 Now we commend them unto Your hands, 56:25 we praise You and thank You, Lord, 56:27 for Your presence, for Your grace 56:29 and Your mercy and Your goodness to us. 56:30 Thank you, Lord, 56:32 that Your grace and mercy has renewed every morning 56:34 and, Lord, we can rely on You and depend on You, 56:37 now we commend our lives and our hearts into your hands 56:40 and ask You, Lord, to direct our steps in our thoughts. 56:43 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. 56:45 The Word of God says, "Study to shew yourself 56:47 approved unto God, a workman that not to be ashamed 56:50 but rightly dividing the word of truth." 56:52 Witness said rightly if you couldn't wrongly divide it. 56:55 So be sure rightly divide the word of truth 56:58 and study to shew yourself approved. 57:01 Find out what keeping the Sabbath holy really means. 57:04 It's more than just going to church on Sabbaths, 57:07 we've shared that. 57:08 It's more than just going to Sabbath school. 57:11 You're starting out here tonight 57:13 and this could be a new experience for your life, 57:16 this could be a new era, 57:19 a dawning of a new day and new understanding. 57:22 So take advantage of that 57:24 and allow the spirit of the Lord to lead you, 57:27 guide you, and direct you into keeping the Sabbath, 57:31 remembering it and keeping it holy. 57:34 God bless you, keep the faith. Amen. Amen. Amen. |
Revised 2015-11-30