I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
welcome to 3ABN Family Worship.
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My name is Greg Morikone
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and I have my
wife next to me Jill.
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You know, we are so
glad that you are joining us.
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You know, Sabbath
is a very special day
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and we are joining you here,
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you may be
watching this Friday evening
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as we bring in the Sabbath
or may be even Sabbath evening
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I know this airs then as well
as we just finished the Sabbath
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and we are closing it out
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preparing for
the next coming week.
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But family is a special
thing and we are gratefull
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that you've joined us today
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as we are coming
into your living room
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and we have our family here
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they are not
our blood relatives.
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Are they? No.
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But we count them all as family.
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So I'll let you
introduce who we have.
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Absolutely.
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Part of the family of
God and it's a privilege
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to work here at 3ABN
in a family ministry.
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I have here on our right,
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we have Dr. Senez
and Sonia Rodriguez
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and I have the
privilege of working
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with Sonia in the
office and that's a blessing.
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Tell me where
you come from briefly
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and what you are
doing here at 3ABN.
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I'm coming from
Puerto Rico originally
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we both and--
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but we came from
Michigan a wonderful cold place.
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To Southern
Illinois. To Southern Illinois.
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Yes, a little warmer.
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That's right. That's right.
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And well, we are glad to be here
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working in the
Pastoral Department.
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The listening to
people's questions
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and people who call
from all over the world
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and we are glad to be here
serving the Lord in this place.
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And, pastor, real
benefit too is that
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you are bilingual as well.
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That is correct. So
that is a great ministry
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in itself with the
people that call in.
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And you are a pastor
and clinical psychologist.
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That is correct. We
are glad to have you.
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And what about you, Sonia?
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Well, I'm a retired teacher
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but I'm coordinating
the Latino production
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and that's my job here at 3ABN.
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Okay, that wonderful.
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And we have the
privilege of working together
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in the office and
that's a joy there.
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Over here we have
Anika and she is--
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maybe she is hungry I'm sure.
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Anika and Christine Baker
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and where are
you from, Christine.
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I'm originally from Sweden
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but lived here
in Southern Illinois
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for six years now.
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And work part-time for 3ABN.
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And a fulltime mom.
Yes, a fulltime mom.
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Christine, she and her Joe
work here and Joe is not here.
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He couldn't be here.
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He is traveling
for 3ABN right now
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that's why he is not
on the set here with us
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but, but we
appreciate you and love and...
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I'm glad that baby
Anika is on here with us too.
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Thank you. Yeah,
that's really special.
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And I know she
can't be the whole time
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but we are so glad.
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Right.
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He is giving us a few
words. He is telling us.
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And how old is she?
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She is three months.
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Three months old.
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And Valera.
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I'm Valera Babb and
I'm originally from Oregon.
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I took my training as a nursing
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but that's not
what I'm doing here.
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I work for the Planned
Giving and Trust department.
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I have four children
three of which work for 3ABN
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and my husband also
works for 3ABN right here.
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My fourth child
is not old enough
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to be working here yet
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so I'm sure she
will be here soon.
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It's a family ministry
and that's such a blessing.
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I love that about 3ABN.
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You at home are
part of our 3ABN family
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and no matter
where you are right now
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we just want to invite
you to call your friends,
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call your neighbors, sit down
and join us for family worship.
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Today we are talking about
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"Celebrating the
Sabbath with Joy."
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We are gonna start with a song,
"Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus."
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I think as we come
into God's presence,
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as we open up the Sabbath
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or maybe this could
be closing of Sabbath
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we want to turn
our eyes upon Jesus
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and we have
another special member
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of our 3ABN family here
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that's Caleb Dinzey
and he is over there.
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He is gonna be
playing the guitar for us
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and I know he doesn't
have a mike here right now,
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we can't ask him any questions
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but Caleb is the son,
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the younger son of
John and Idalia Dinzey
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and they are an important
part of our 3ABN family
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here as well.
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So we appreciate
you be on the guitar
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and accompanying us
today with your music.
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So "Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus."
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And join us at home
too as we sing this song.
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus
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Look full in His wonderful face
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And the things of
earth will grow strangely dim
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In the light of
His glory and grace
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We will sing that one more
time but before we continue on,
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you know, for those
at home that may have
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a Seventh-day
Adventist church hymnal,
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what hymn number is that?
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It's number 290.
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If you have your
hymnal pull it out
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if not the words are
easy and they are wonderful.
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Turn our eyes upon Jesus,
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because when we do
that the cares of the week,
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the business of what went
on in your week can pass away
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or we can spend time at the feet
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of Jesus in His presence.
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Amen. Amen.
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Turn your eyes upon Jesus
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Look full in His wonderful face
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And the things of
earth will grow strangely dim
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In the light of
His glory and grace
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Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
Lord, we are so grateful
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for Your holy Sabbath
day that is now upon us.
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And, Lord, as we
come to worship you
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we are thankful that as we
turn our eyes upon you father
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we can just cast the
cares of this life away
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at the foot of Your cross,
Father, and let you carry them.
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There is no need for
us to worry about them
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and carry all
those on our shoulders.
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Lord, we are
thankful for the week
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that we have passed
through for being with us
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and, Lord, as we enter
into your holy Sabbath day
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we are just
grateful for those blessing
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that you have promised to us.
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In Jesus name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, our topic today is...
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"Celebrating the
Sabbath with Joy."
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And as we start out we
wanted to look at a scripture,
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our favorite scripture you all
have dealing with the Sabbath.
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So I don't know who
wants to jump in and go first.
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don't everybody talk at once.
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Go for it. Christine.
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I can share-- my
text is Isaiah 58 and--
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Isaiah 58?
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Yeah.
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Let me jump over there.
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Isaiah 58.
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I actually went to
Psalms 58, its Isaiah 58.
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Verse 13 and 14. Oh, yes.
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I will read part
of 14, starting in 13.
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"If thou turn away
thy foot from the Sabbath,
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from doing thy
pleasure on my holy day
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and call the Sabbath a
delight, the holy of the Lord,
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honorable and shalt honor
him, not doing thine own ways,
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nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words
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then shalt thou
delight thyself in the Lord
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and I will cause
thee to ride upon the high
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places of the earth,
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and feed thee with the
heritage of Jacob thy father,
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for the mouth of the
Lord hath spoken it."
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Amen. Amen.
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Why did you pick that one?
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Why does that one speak to you?
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It speaks to me because it
helps me realize what this,
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what my focus should be.
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Like, it says to call
the Sabbath your delight
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and not thinking
of my own pleasures
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and what is pleasing to me
and making my own happiness
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but it's pointing
my focus to the Lord
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and the joy that
I can find in Him.
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Amen.
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Yeah, that's a
great text, absolutely
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and I like it too
because it mentions about
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like you said, making
the Sabbath a delight.
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And so that's great because
the Sabbath is not just the day
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which we are gonna talk
more about this little later on
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about a bunch of
rules and dos and don'ts.
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Its actually, God has it
there for blessing for us.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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What do you have, Valera?
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I have Luke 13:10-17
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and I will read it then I--
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Luke 13? Luke 13:10-17.
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Okay, it says,
"Now He was teaching
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in one of the
synagogues on the sabbath
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And behold, there was a woman
who had a spirit of infirmity
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eighteen years,
and was bent over
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and could in no
way raise herself up.
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But when Jesus saw
her, He called her to Him
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and said to her, 'Woman,
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you are loosed
from your infirmity.'
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And He laid His hands
on her, and immediately
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she was made
straight, and glorified God.
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But the ruler of the synagogue
answered with indignation,
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because Jesus had
healed on the Sabbath
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and he said to the
crowd, 'There are six days
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on which men ought to work,
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therefore come
and be healed on them,
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and not on the Sabbath day.'
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The Lord then answered
him and said, 'Hypocrite!
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Does not each one
of you on the Sabbath
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loose his ox or
donkey from the stall,
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and lead it away to water it?
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So ought not this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham,
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whom Satan has bound-
think of it for eighteen years,
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be loosed from this
bond on the Sabbath?'
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And when He said these things,
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all His
adversaries were put to shame,
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and all the multitude rejoiced
for all the glorious things
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that were done by Him."
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You know, there are
lot of things in that.
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I'm a nurse so
like kind of this,
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you know, speaks to me.
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When I was working as
a nurse there were days
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I worked on Sabbath,
you know, in hospital
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and that was doing God's work,
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you know, helping with healing
and I didn't see the immediate.
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Sure. You can
see that stand up--
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The immediate results always
but it was nice to be know
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that you were
there and, you know,
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following Jesus
example in helping
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with the healing on Sabbath.
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And also it tells me, you know,
how the rulers had made Sabbath
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such a
burdensome day and, you know
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we are sticking to the rules
and Jesus said, wait a minute,
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you know, the
Sabbath is more than that,
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That's right. You know.
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Well, I'm giving her freedom,
I'm releasing her from this.
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Yeah, in other words the
leaders, religious leaders
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had made this Sabbath a
burden instead of a delight.
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That's right. That's right.
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As Jesus came to
show us, them and us
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the real purpose of the
Sabbath is to be a delight
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not only for us but
also for other people.
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For others, absolutely.
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That's great. Amen. Amen.
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Dr. Senez, what
text do you have?
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Well, I have a text
that is a little bit long
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but it is from Isaiah 56:2-7
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and I'm reading
from King James Version.
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Isaiah 56:11?
Twelve, 2 through 7.
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Two through
seven. Oh, 2 through 7.
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56:2-7 and it says,
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"Blessed is the
man that doeth this,
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and the son of man
that layeth hold on it,
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that keepeth the
Sabbath from polluting it,
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and keepeth his
hand from doing any evil.
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Neither let the
son of the stranger,
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that hath joined
himself to the Lord,
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speak, saying,
The Lord hath utterly
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separated me from his people,
neither let the eunuch say,
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Behold, I am a dry tree.
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For thus saith the
Lord unto the eunuchs
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that keep my
Sabbaths, and choose the things
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that please me, and
take hold of my covenant.
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Even unto them will
I give in mine house
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and within my
walls a place and a name
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better than of
sons and of daughters.
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I will give them
an everlasting name,
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that shall not be cut off.
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Also the sons of the stranger,
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that join themselves
to the Lord, to serve him,
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and to love the
name of the Lord,
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to be his servants,
every one that keepeth
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the Sabbath from polluting it,
and taketh hold of my covenant.
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Even them will I
bring to my holy mountain,
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and make them joyful
in my house of prayer,
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their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices
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shall be
accepted upon mine altar,
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for mine house
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shall be called an house
of prayer for all people."
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I love that, I love
that passage because
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it clearly tells me
even in the Old Testament
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God never made
any differentiation
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between those who
call them self God's people
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and those who were
because of their upbringing
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or because of
where they came from
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they thought that they were not
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but God says not so.
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Anybody who accepts My
Sabbath and keep it holy,
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anyone who accepts me,
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I will bring them into my house.
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Amen.
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That's a precious
passage. Absolutely.
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But there is
something more. Okay.
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It says that it will
give them a name better.
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Amen. Amen.
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Than sons and daughters.
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And you think what
could be better than that?
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I mean, you know, when I think
about that what is better than
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that being a son and daughter,
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children of the King.
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So praise God no matter
where we are, no matter what--
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no matter where
we've grown up, you know,
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no matter what
circumstance were in God says,
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I love you.
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I want to invite you
to keep my Sabbath day.
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We want to extend that to you.
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Maybe you just flip the channel
and you head about the Sabbath
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just now for the first
time, invite you to study,
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to open up your Bible
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and to study about the Sabbath
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is tremendous blessing
from keeping the Sabbath.
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Absolutely. Yes.
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Sonia.
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Okay, my verse
that I really like
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is in Ezekiel 20:12.
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Ezekiel 20:12. Ezekiel 20:12.
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Verse 12 and it reads like that.
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"I also gave them My
Sabbaths to serve as a sign
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between Me and them,
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so they will know
that I am the Lord
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who sets them apart as holy."
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Amen. Amen.
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So there is a
lot that you can talk
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about that and it taught me
how God separated the Sabbath
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and make it-- He
wanted for us to make sure
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we use that as a
special day for resting,
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for enjoying,
visiting with people
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or spending time with
our friends from church.
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I always think
that and need a planning
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will help me to enjoy
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and feel that the
Sabbath is different
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and I know some
people say, well,
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but that's a
little bit a too much.
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But a little
planning of, you know,
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what activities
can I do in Sabbath,
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who will I
visit, what will I cook.
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I like cooking so for
me that is a special moment
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for a special dinner
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and I never know
who I'm cooking for.
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Sometimes I know
sometimes I don't
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but I enjoy that and I
think God bless all the effort
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you make to make
that Sabbath special.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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And I enjoy it and
for me it's the joy.
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Yeah, that's need to
says I gave them my Sabbaths
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to be a sign, that's great.
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A sign and exactly.
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My text is it
comes Psalms 119,165
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and it actually doesn't
say anything about the Sabbath
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in the text so its kind of wired
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but it mentions the law.
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So 165 says, "Great peace
have they which love thy law"
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or your law "and
nothing shall offend them."
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So I like this text because
by keeping the law of God
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which the Sabbath is
part of the Ten Commandments,
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the law of God
great peace have--
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I know, I have a lot of peace
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when I keep the
Sabbath day holy but also well,
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we are talking about
joy on the Sabbath day.
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So to me that text
means something to me
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because by keeping God's
law there is a lot of peace
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and joy by obeying
what God tells us to do.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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I've never thought of
that as a Sabbath text.
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Yeah, well, because of the law.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Well, it makes sense.
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That's what my mom
used to always quote
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she start to get
offended, you know.
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Oh, yes. Okay.
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It's not their problem, it's me.
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Why I do use that
text for that as well.
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What do you have?
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I have two and they are
both actually what we would call
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the fourth commandment,
Exodus and Deuteronomy.
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Exodus Chapter 20, remember
Moses was up in the mount
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and with God and
God wrote His law
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with His own finger
on those tables of stone
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and then Moses brought
that down from the mount.
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We won't read the
whole thing and I'm sure
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if you are familiar
with the Sabbath commandment
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we could quote it together.
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So let's quote it
together the fourth commandment.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days shalt thou labor,
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and do all thy work
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but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
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thy God, in it thou
shalt not do any work,
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thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
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thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant,
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nor thy
cattlenor nor thy stranger
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that is within thy gates.
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For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and
all that in them is,
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and rested the seventh day
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wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
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and hallowed it."
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And what I want to look
at in this verse of course,
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we know it talks about
keeping the seventh day holy
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but I love it because it
refers us back to creation.
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We see back-- the
Lord says in six days
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I made heaven and earth.
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Not a thousand years
for each day of creation
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and not we emerge
somehow from some sort of ameba.
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It says in six days,
so the Sabbath every week
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when Sabbath comes it
reminds us that God made us,
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that He created this
world in the beginning.
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And then if we jump
over to Deuteronomy 5,
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we won't quote
the whole verse again.
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But Deuteronomy
5 it refers back,
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instead of
going back to creation
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it looks at a different aspect.
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And so I just want to
look at Deuteronomy 5,
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the last verse here
15, Deuteronomy 5:15.
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It has just quoted
remember the Sabbath day,
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the same thing in
Exodus 20 and now it say
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"And remember
that you were a slave
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in the land of Egypt,
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and the Lord your
God brought you out
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from there by a mighty
hand and by an outstretched arm,
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therefore the Lord your
God commanded you to keep
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the Sabbath day."
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And to me this
commandment reminds us that God
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not only delivered
Israel from bondage
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God wants to deliver us.
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The Sabbath is a
memorial of creation
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and of redemption,
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the recreation
that God wants to work
00:22:20.37\00:22:22.44
in our hearts and minds.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, it's a blessing,
you know, family worship is.
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You know, at home when
I grew up we always sang
00:22:26.57\00:22:29.41
"Day Is Dying in the
West" that's what my family did.
00:22:29.44\00:22:32.65
And so Jill and I
when we got married
00:22:32.68\00:22:35.18
over 13 years
ago we decided well,
00:22:35.22\00:22:38.62
we don't want to
"Day Is Dying in the West"
00:22:38.65\00:22:39.99
let's form our own
tradition so we decided to make
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our Sabbath song
"Crowning Jewel of Creation."
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Well, that song
is not well known
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.00
so we are not
gonna sing that today
00:22:48.03\00:22:49.66
for this family
worship but we want to sing
00:22:49.70\00:22:51.97
a couple of more songs
because of family worship
00:22:52.00\00:22:53.97
I'm sure all of you have done
the same that music is a lot
00:22:54.00\00:22:57.57
a big part of family worship.
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So, Caleb, let's
do, let's sing how about
00:22:59.61\00:23:02.44
"There Is Sunshine in
My Soul Today" do that one.
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"There Is
Sunshine in My Soul Today"
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.38
talking about joy and happiness.
00:23:06.41\00:23:07.95
And it's number
470 in your hymnal
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if you have your hymnal.
Yeah, that's right, hymnal 470.
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"There Is
Sunshine in My Soul Today."
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There is
sunshine in my soul today
00:23:20.63\00:23:25.47
More glorious and bright
00:23:25.50\00:23:30.01
Than glows in any earthly sky
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For Jesus is my light
00:23:34.58\00:23:39.55
Oh, there's
sunshine, blessed sunshine
00:23:39.58\00:23:45.49
When the peaceful
happy moments roll
00:23:45.52\00:23:50.09
When Jesus
shows His smiling face
00:23:50.13\00:23:54.86
There is sunshine
in the soul Verse 2.
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There is music in my soul today
00:23:59.77\00:24:04.04
A carol to my King
00:24:04.07\00:24:08.84
And Jesus listening can hear
00:24:08.88\00:24:13.21
The songs I cannot sing
00:24:13.25\00:24:18.15
Oh, there's
sunshine, blessed sunshine
00:24:18.19\00:24:24.06
When the peaceful
happy moments roll
00:24:24.09\00:24:28.63
When Jesus
shows His smiling face
00:24:28.66\00:24:33.27
There is sunshine
in the soul Last verse.
00:24:33.30\00:24:37.97
There is
gladness in my soul today
00:24:38.01\00:24:42.54
And hope and praise and love
00:24:42.58\00:24:47.12
For blessings
which he gives me now
00:24:47.15\00:24:51.52
For joys "laid up" above
00:24:51.55\00:24:56.42
Oh, there's
sunshine, blessed sunshine
00:24:56.46\00:25:02.13
When the peaceful
happy moments roll
00:25:02.16\00:25:06.74
When Jesus
shows His smiling face
00:25:06.77\00:25:11.41
There is sunshine in the soul
00:25:11.44\00:25:16.98
Amen. Amen.
00:25:17.01\00:25:18.55
Now we have Jesus in the heart.
00:25:18.58\00:25:20.58
Oh, there is
sunshine in the soul.
00:25:20.62\00:25:22.62
And let's sing "I
Have the Joy, Joy, Joy."
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Oh, that's a great song.
This is not in the hymnal
00:25:24.45\00:25:25.95
but it is chorus I
guess you could say.
00:25:25.99\00:25:29.36
So we actually
printed off some words here
00:25:29.39\00:25:30.73
so we have them here.
00:25:30.76\00:25:32.09
You know, this is not an hymnal
00:25:32.13\00:25:33.46
but it is an
easy song to catch on
00:25:33.50\00:25:34.83
if you don't know
it. It is, sing with us.
00:25:34.86\00:25:36.20
Yes.
00:25:36.23\00:25:41.24
I've got the joy, joy,
joy, joy down in my heart Where?
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Down in my heart! Where?
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Down in my heart!
00:25:49.01\00:25:50.45
I've the joy, joy, joy,
joy down in my heart Where?
00:25:50.48\00:25:55.58
Down in my heart to stay
00:25:55.62\00:25:59.45
And I'm so happy So very happy
00:25:59.49\00:26:04.19
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:26:04.23\00:26:08.20
I'm so happy So very happy
00:26:08.23\00:26:13.00
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:26:13.03\00:26:17.21
I've the love of Jesus,
00:26:17.24\00:26:19.31
love of Jesus
down in my heart Where?
00:26:19.34\00:26:22.48
Down in my
heart! Down in my heart!
00:26:22.51\00:26:26.35
I've the love of Jesus,
love of Jesus down in my heart
00:26:26.38\00:26:31.49
Down in my heart to stay
00:26:31.52\00:26:35.19
And I'm so happy So very happy
00:26:35.22\00:26:39.69
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:26:39.73\00:26:44.03
And I'm so happy So very happy
00:26:44.07\00:26:48.74
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:26:48.77\00:26:53.14
I've the peace that
passes understanding
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.14
Down in my heart! Where?
00:26:56.18\00:26:58.35
Down in my
heart! Down in my heart!
00:26:58.38\00:27:02.05
I've the peace that
passes understanding
00:27:02.08\00:27:04.92
Down in my heart! Where?
00:27:04.95\00:27:07.06
Down in my heart to stay
00:27:07.09\00:27:10.79
And I'm so happy So very happy
00:27:10.83\00:27:15.53
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:27:15.56\00:27:19.70
I'm so happy So very happy
00:27:19.73\00:27:24.31
I've the love of
Jesus in my heart
00:27:24.34\00:27:30.25
Amen. Amen.
00:27:30.28\00:27:31.61
You all sounded good.
Its fun to sing, isn't it.
00:27:31.65\00:27:33.42
I love this. Oh, yeah.
00:27:33.45\00:27:34.78
It's a blessing.
I always like music.
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.15
It's such a big
part of worship for sure.
00:27:36.18\00:27:38.15
Caleb, thank you.
00:27:38.19\00:27:39.52
Want to say thank you
so much for joining us
00:27:39.55\00:27:40.89
and accompanying us
with the music today.
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.79
Much blessing very much so.
00:27:42.82\00:27:44.16
Amen.
00:27:44.19\00:27:45.53
Well, out topic is of course
00:27:45.56\00:27:46.90
celebrating the Sabbath with joy
00:27:46.93\00:27:49.13
and we have some of
the discussion questions
00:27:49.16\00:27:51.20
that we thought
we would ask today,
00:27:51.23\00:27:52.90
well, this
evening, Friday evening.
00:27:52.93\00:27:54.60
Absolutely and just jump in.
00:27:54.64\00:27:56.71
First question is,
why should we celebrate
00:27:56.74\00:28:00.58
the Sabbath versus
keeping the Sabbath?
00:28:00.61\00:28:04.78
Are they two different
things or do you all think
00:28:04.81\00:28:07.02
they are the same thing?
00:28:07.05\00:28:08.82
Should we celebrate the Sabbath,
00:28:08.85\00:28:10.19
should we keep the Sabbath
00:28:10.22\00:28:11.55
or is that the same?
00:28:11.59\00:28:12.95
What do you all think?
00:28:12.99\00:28:14.62
What has occurred to me
that at first I thought well,
00:28:14.66\00:28:19.43
there is, is
basically the same thing.
00:28:19.46\00:28:22.03
However--
00:28:22.06\00:28:23.40
Keeping the Sabbath and
celebrating the Sabbath?
00:28:23.43\00:28:25.13
Exactly.
00:28:25.17\00:28:26.50
You know, when we
came for the question
00:28:26.53\00:28:27.87
we thought is
there a difference?
00:28:27.90\00:28:29.24
Yep, yep. There is.
00:28:29.27\00:28:30.84
What comes to my mind is
let's go back to Jesus time.
00:28:30.87\00:28:34.81
Okay.
00:28:34.84\00:28:36.24
The Pharisees
were very, very sure
00:28:36.28\00:28:40.98
that they will keep the Sabbath
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.32
so much so that
they were so preoccupied
00:28:43.35\00:28:48.06
with every little
thing that could not be done
00:28:48.09\00:28:51.16
or should not be done
00:28:51.19\00:28:53.16
that they made
the Sabbath a burden.
00:28:53.19\00:28:57.17
So they were keeping it
00:28:57.20\00:28:58.97
but they were not
enjoying or celebrating it.
00:28:59.00\00:29:02.67
Celebration...
00:29:02.70\00:29:04.04
includes a high
level of happiness.
00:29:06.07\00:29:10.71
I'm glad for something
00:29:10.75\00:29:12.75
and when you look at the Sabbath
00:29:12.78\00:29:14.58
from the standpoint of
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.52
don't do this, don't do that,
00:29:16.55\00:29:18.22
don't do this or
that it becomes a burden.
00:29:18.25\00:29:22.16
Yes.
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.53
Celebration is
something different.
00:29:23.56\00:29:25.83
We come to celebrate, we
come to enjoy the moment,
00:29:25.86\00:29:30.00
we come to be with a
family in a very special way
00:29:30.03\00:29:35.00
and of course to receive
00:29:35.04\00:29:36.84
a very special
blessing from the Lord
00:29:36.87\00:29:40.54
because that is His promise.
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.38
Well, if you think about it
00:29:42.41\00:29:43.75
as you were
talking I was thinking,
00:29:43.78\00:29:45.11
well, you know, what is
the Sabbath like Jill said
00:29:45.15\00:29:47.92
it's the birthday of the world.
00:29:47.95\00:29:49.62
I mean, you know, it
celebrates the birthday.
00:29:49.65\00:29:51.79
I like that. Good thinking.
00:29:51.82\00:29:53.15
You know, so what
do you do on birthdays,
00:29:53.19\00:29:55.12
you celebrate, you know.
00:29:55.16\00:29:56.49
That's true.
00:29:56.52\00:29:57.86
And so that's kind of natural
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.23
when you think of
it in that context,
00:29:59.26\00:30:01.16
you know, its
you are celebrating
00:30:01.20\00:30:03.53
the creation of the world.
00:30:03.57\00:30:04.90
God creating us,
00:30:04.93\00:30:06.53
He is
recreating us in redemption
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.04
so we have a lot to celebrate.
00:30:09.07\00:30:11.74
Yeah, that's fantastic.
00:30:11.77\00:30:13.27
You know, well,
there is the aspect also
00:30:13.31\00:30:15.04
I mean, because this will
get I guess, maybe too deep
00:30:15.08\00:30:16.54
but there is the aspect
00:30:16.58\00:30:17.91
where we want to
keep the Sabbath too.
00:30:17.95\00:30:19.28
It's not that,
okay, we just celebrate it
00:30:19.31\00:30:20.68
and having no rules what
we do, whatever we want to do.
00:30:20.72\00:30:23.89
God has set down some guidelines
00:30:23.92\00:30:25.59
how to keep the Sabbath.
00:30:25.62\00:30:26.99
But in keeping the Sabbath
it don't want to be so rigid,
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.96
yeah, it's good
thing versus like,
00:30:30.99\00:30:33.60
you know, I'm
afraid to do anything
00:30:33.63\00:30:34.96
because it's I don't want to--
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.33
You might break
it. Exactly, yes.
00:30:36.36\00:30:38.73
I think it depends
on what focus you have.
00:30:38.77\00:30:41.47
If you are having
your eyes on Jesus
00:30:41.50\00:30:45.47
and the love for
our Lord and Savior
00:30:45.51\00:30:50.81
through that you
will have a joy to do
00:30:50.85\00:30:55.02
what He wants you to do.
00:30:55.05\00:30:56.45
And so you kind of use
the Bible for your guidelines
00:30:56.48\00:31:00.69
like what is
pleasing to God for me,
00:31:00.72\00:31:04.49
like what does He suggest
that I do on the Sabbath.
00:31:04.53\00:31:07.40
Yes. That's great.
00:31:07.43\00:31:08.76
And when I keep my eyes on Him
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.73
and yeah, it's
kind of natural to do
00:31:11.77\00:31:18.91
the things that
are pleasing to Him
00:31:18.94\00:31:21.04
and I think that way
you are keeping the Sabbath
00:31:21.08\00:31:25.81
while you are celebrating it.
00:31:25.85\00:31:27.22
Yes. Absolutely. Amen. Amen.
00:31:27.25\00:31:28.62
Yeah. That's well said.
00:31:28.65\00:31:29.98
I think we are
morphing in the question too
00:31:30.02\00:31:31.42
and that's a good thing.
00:31:31.45\00:31:32.79
How can we incorporate more
joy into our Sabbath keeping,
00:31:32.82\00:31:35.76
our Sabbath observance?
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.29
How do we do that,
how do we make the Sabbath
00:31:37.33\00:31:39.06
a day of joy
instead of a day of rules
00:31:39.09\00:31:42.13
and I think, Christine,
I love what you just said
00:31:42.16\00:31:44.30
because to me
it's a hard experience.
00:31:44.33\00:31:46.43
As we fall in love with Jesus
00:31:46.47\00:31:50.31
I think God, I
have a whole 24 hours
00:31:50.34\00:31:53.07
to especially spend with You.
00:31:53.11\00:31:55.94
Now of course, we
can spend everyday
00:31:55.98\00:31:57.88
with our Father in heaven
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.81
but in a special sense
00:31:59.85\00:32:01.22
God has put His
holy stamp on that day,
00:32:01.25\00:32:04.25
His seal as you
have mentioned, Sonia,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.55
and I think
that's a beautiful thing.
00:32:06.59\00:32:08.89
And I have experienced
both side of the spectrum
00:32:08.92\00:32:11.99
where I have had
Sabbaths around like, oh,
00:32:12.03\00:32:16.16
yeah, I'm not
supposed to do this,
00:32:16.20\00:32:17.53
or I should do that.
00:32:17.57\00:32:20.27
And I can see or
I felt that burden
00:32:20.30\00:32:24.47
I know and I thought,
00:32:24.51\00:32:26.37
you know, do I have
to, okay, I will do that.
00:32:26.41\00:32:28.74
But I've also experienced
the joy and the peace
00:32:28.78\00:32:34.02
of when I have
connecting with the Lord
00:32:34.05\00:32:37.29
and where I've
taken the time to actually
00:32:37.32\00:32:42.42
set aside my earthly burdens
and spend that time with God
00:32:42.46\00:32:49.06
and that's I think,
that's what He desires,
00:32:49.10\00:32:52.73
you know, that extra
special time with us.
00:32:52.77\00:32:56.37
One of the things
that we've been doing
00:32:56.40\00:32:58.11
to keep connected and
to celebrate the Sabbath
00:32:58.14\00:33:01.34
is that we have
been learning new hymns.
00:33:01.38\00:33:04.45
So at the beginning
Senez was playing the saxophone
00:33:04.48\00:33:08.98
to learn the music
00:33:09.02\00:33:11.39
but then we
started with the iPhones,
00:33:11.42\00:33:14.59
with the music, oh,
you know, it has the music.
00:33:14.62\00:33:17.39
So we have been learning
and it was like a goal for us
00:33:17.43\00:33:20.46
to learn all
the hymnals of the--
00:33:20.50\00:33:23.13
All the songs in the hymnal?
00:33:23.16\00:33:24.50
All the songs in the hymnal
00:33:24.53\00:33:25.93
and it has been a joy for us
00:33:25.97\00:33:28.37
because then Senez would
teach some of that in the church
00:33:28.40\00:33:31.74
that we used to go.
00:33:31.77\00:33:33.11
That's a lot of songs.
00:33:33.14\00:33:34.48
Yeah.
00:33:34.51\00:33:35.84
But we will take
one or two at a time.
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.68
But we will, you know,
every song has a message for us
00:33:38.71\00:33:44.45
and we were like enjoying that.
00:33:44.49\00:33:46.59
That was our joy
to learn this message
00:33:46.62\00:33:50.19
of these different songs.
00:33:50.23\00:33:52.09
Sometimes we just
want by their title.
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.26
Another thing that we were doing
00:33:54.30\00:33:55.83
making a collection of
the, of promises of the Bible.
00:33:55.86\00:33:59.80
And we were kind of
organizing them by theme
00:33:59.83\00:34:03.41
and that was
something that would give us
00:34:03.44\00:34:05.87
a lot of strength and
guidance in our spiritual life.
00:34:05.91\00:34:12.71
Amen. And that's really good.
00:34:14.05\00:34:15.42
Another
suggestions for our learning
00:34:15.45\00:34:18.12
hymnals or songs
music ministers a lot to me
00:34:18.15\00:34:22.32
but I'm not very
good at just opening
00:34:22.36\00:34:24.63
a hymnal and
picking it by myself.
00:34:24.66\00:34:28.00
So what I did is
I went to YouTube
00:34:28.03\00:34:31.50
and I hid in central study hour
00:34:31.53\00:34:34.67
and they would have always
a few songs in the beginning
00:34:34.70\00:34:40.44
so I would learn
those songs on YouTube
00:34:40.48\00:34:43.95
singing along they have
the text and everything.
00:34:43.98\00:34:45.98
So that really helped.
00:34:46.01\00:34:47.62
Yes, absolutely. New things.
00:34:47.65\00:34:49.12
That's great.
00:34:49.15\00:34:50.49
I think, you know,
looking at around her circle
00:34:50.52\00:34:52.32
at her family here
we have different--
00:34:52.35\00:34:55.86
we have
different stages of life.
00:34:55.89\00:34:57.56
I think of, Dr. Senez and Sonia,
00:34:57.59\00:35:00.10
you all have grown kids.
00:35:00.13\00:35:03.13
Emptiness, basically
emptiness. Emptiness.
00:35:03.16\00:35:04.73
Right, have little bit more.
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.47
Greg and I don't have any kids
00:35:06.50\00:35:08.74
and, Valera, you and
Mike have several kids
00:35:08.77\00:35:11.61
and they are in various stages.
00:35:11.64\00:35:12.97
Some are grown,
some are in the process.
00:35:13.01\00:35:14.78
They are still
home, they are back home.
00:35:14.81\00:35:18.31
And, Christine, you and George
just beginning with Anika.
00:35:18.35\00:35:21.95
So how would
celebrating the Sabbath,
00:35:21.98\00:35:24.89
incorporating more
joy into the Sabbath
00:35:24.92\00:35:26.45
how would that look different
00:35:26.49\00:35:28.69
depending on your stage of life?
00:35:28.72\00:35:32.26
Well, in our case, in our case
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.90
we don't have to
call anybody to the table.
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.17
We are there and we,
you know, we simply select
00:35:38.20\00:35:43.67
the different hymns
that we want to learn
00:35:43.71\00:35:46.01
or I have brought some.
00:35:46.04\00:35:48.71
These days we are fortunate
to have so much technology
00:35:48.74\00:35:53.25
at our disposal.
00:35:53.28\00:35:55.15
You can download an
application with all the songs,
00:35:55.18\00:35:59.85
all the hymn completely.
00:35:59.89\00:36:01.89
I listen Spanish, we have both
the old and the new hymn books
00:36:01.92\00:36:07.13
we have there with the,
with the music and everything.
00:36:07.16\00:36:10.47
So that has been really
a great, great blessing.
00:36:10.50\00:36:15.60
But of course
there are sometimes
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.44
when we simply decide
to repeat some verses.
00:36:17.47\00:36:22.14
See, how many verses
that we can remember,
00:36:22.18\00:36:25.01
okay, memory.
00:36:25.05\00:36:26.38
And sometimes we
can add one or two more,
00:36:26.41\00:36:31.15
you know, to the
"collection" in our brain
00:36:31.19\00:36:34.82
and so those kinds of verses
00:36:34.86\00:36:37.63
become very much
part of our life.
00:36:37.66\00:36:40.80
For instance
when I was growing up
00:36:40.83\00:36:43.20
and that was not too long ago
00:36:43.23\00:36:44.70
but I was
growing up in the house
00:36:44.73\00:36:48.30
we were 11 kids plus
mom and dad and so on
00:36:48.34\00:36:53.98
and I always
remember my father repeating
00:36:54.01\00:36:59.11
certain verses from the Bible
00:36:59.15\00:37:03.85
that even without
me trying to learn them
00:37:03.89\00:37:08.26
I learned them,
I memorized them.
00:37:08.29\00:37:11.49
And so they are really
very, very meaningful to me.
00:37:11.53\00:37:16.20
Not only they
had a great message
00:37:16.23\00:37:19.23
but also it reminds
me of those good years
00:37:19.27\00:37:25.57
in my childhood.
00:37:25.61\00:37:28.41
And so I think that is to me
00:37:28.44\00:37:31.91
and actually my
wife have memorized them
00:37:31.95\00:37:35.32
because we repeat them so much.
00:37:35.35\00:37:37.85
Amen.
00:37:37.89\00:37:39.55
And memorizing the
scripture is not just
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.92
I'm gonna memorize
it for something to do
00:37:41.96\00:37:44.36
but it's powerful.
00:37:44.39\00:37:46.09
It helps you in
the midst of valley,
00:37:46.13\00:37:47.96
and the midst of temptation
00:37:48.00\00:37:49.33
and the midst of discouragement.
00:37:49.36\00:37:51.10
The Holy Spirit
is going to bring
00:37:51.13\00:37:52.87
that back to your mind.
00:37:52.90\00:37:54.24
That's true.
00:37:54.27\00:37:55.60
And those words
that you've put in
00:37:55.64\00:37:56.97
God's word never returns void.
00:37:57.01\00:37:58.74
The songs too. I
know, when I was--
00:37:58.77\00:38:01.58
when my children
were young I taught,
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.31
you know, kindergarten cradle
and I remember one instance
00:38:04.75\00:38:08.68
where in Sabbath
school we were singing.
00:38:08.72\00:38:11.85
Now the song has left me.
00:38:11.89\00:38:13.22
The kid song.
00:38:15.32\00:38:16.66
Yeah, all the kid songs about,
oh, He shut the lion's mouth.
00:38:16.69\00:38:21.43
You know, it's about Daniel
00:38:21.46\00:38:22.80
and how God shut
the lion's mouth.
00:38:22.83\00:38:24.67
And then one evening
somebody knocked on our door
00:38:24.70\00:38:27.30
and they said they had
gotten stuck up the road
00:38:27.34\00:38:29.04
so Mike went out to help them
00:38:29.07\00:38:31.74
and I tend to be a
kind of a paranoid person
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.84
but that song came back
to me and it's a kid song
00:38:33.88\00:38:37.01
but it was a
comfort to me to say,
00:38:37.05\00:38:39.65
God has shut the lion's mouth.
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.32
I knew if He can
shut the lion's mouth
00:38:41.35\00:38:43.65
and protect Daniel He
can be with my husband.
00:38:43.69\00:38:46.55
You know, so even
learning the songs
00:38:46.59\00:38:49.26
and so many songs
are based on scripture.
00:38:49.29\00:38:52.13
Maybe not really quoting it
00:38:52.16\00:38:53.90
but taking the
thoughts from the scripture
00:38:53.93\00:38:57.10
and it stays in your mind easier
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.93
it seems like when it's a verse.
00:38:59.97\00:39:01.97
And so, you know,
even little kid songs.
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.51
I think of "Jesus Loves
Me," what a blessing that is.
00:39:04.54\00:39:08.91
Such a simple little song
00:39:08.94\00:39:10.28
and you think of
it such high held song
00:39:10.31\00:39:12.75
but the message in
that is just amazing.
00:39:12.78\00:39:15.62
So even when you
have small children
00:39:15.65\00:39:18.05
and you are
learning maybe the kid songs
00:39:18.09\00:39:20.72
or the
scriptures that are shorter
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.76
for the children is
still doing the parents,
00:39:23.79\00:39:27.43
you know, a lot of good.
00:39:27.46\00:39:29.56
You know, sometimes I think,
I mean, I just being honest
00:39:29.60\00:39:31.57
I fallen into the trap where,
00:39:31.60\00:39:32.93
you know, life is so very busy.
00:39:32.97\00:39:34.30
I mean, it just seems
like, you know, Sunday, Monday,
00:39:34.34\00:39:37.04
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
00:39:37.07\00:39:38.64
it is just lik
go, go, go, go, go
00:39:38.67\00:39:41.61
and Sabbath or Friday night
00:39:41.64\00:39:42.98
it comes around
and its just like
00:39:43.01\00:39:45.78
I'm exhausted, you know.
00:39:45.81\00:39:48.08
And yes, I mean, rest is good.
00:39:48.12\00:39:49.75
You know,
Christ wants us to rest
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.55
but I don't believe that
necessary the Sabbath day
00:39:51.59\00:39:53.62
is a day for as people say
lay activities all day long.
00:39:53.66\00:39:56.76
Yes, it will be honest I
have rested on the Sabbath,
00:39:56.79\00:39:58.73
it's just like I'm so exhausted,
00:39:58.76\00:40:00.36
go to church in the afternoon,
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.46
yeah, I'm taking a nap.
00:40:02.50\00:40:03.83
You know, I try not
to do that very often
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.83
but I believe that Jill
and I well, we get a lot of
00:40:05.87\00:40:07.77
because, you know, again
we don't have any children
00:40:07.80\00:40:10.27
but we like going
and helping others
00:40:10.31\00:40:12.64
on Sabbath like visitation.
00:40:12.67\00:40:14.58
I know that we
have in our church here,
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.54
we have had in the past
some nursing home visitation.
00:40:16.58\00:40:19.28
I know, some small group
go out do some music ministry
00:40:19.31\00:40:21.82
in the nursing homes and the--
00:40:21.85\00:40:23.25
yeah, nursing
homes in the afternoon.
00:40:23.28\00:40:25.05
I know just recently we
do communion at our church
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.52
and we also like
to go to shut-ins
00:40:28.56\00:40:30.29
and take community to shut-ins
00:40:30.33\00:40:31.96
we went with you
and your husband Joe,
00:40:31.99\00:40:34.16
Anika, Jill and
myself we went out,
00:40:34.20\00:40:37.63
oh, it's out to McLane
borough which is what 40 miles,
00:40:37.67\00:40:40.14
oh, no, 40 minutes,
30 minutes from here
00:40:40.17\00:40:42.34
and I took
communion to a shut-in
00:40:42.37\00:40:44.04
and that was shut-ins.
00:40:44.07\00:40:45.41
And so that was I don't know,
I find a lot of joy from that.
00:40:45.44\00:40:48.74
You know, yes, it might
be easier to just go home
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.95
and take a rest
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.81
but it's always a
blessing to serve others.
00:40:52.85\00:40:54.75
And I'm thinking about the text
that you read earlier, Valera,
00:40:54.78\00:40:57.49
about Christ went out
00:40:57.52\00:40:59.15
and I think Mark
also talks about this.
00:40:59.19\00:41:01.29
Is it Mark and Luke about
where Christ said doing good
00:41:01.32\00:41:04.29
on the Sabbath day and so--
00:41:04.33\00:41:06.36
Actually you can
look in the New Testament,
00:41:06.39\00:41:08.86
if you see all the things,
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.43
if you follow what
Jesus did on Sabbath
00:41:11.47\00:41:13.17
much of it was preaching,
teaching, healing, helping.
00:41:13.20\00:41:17.21
You know, it was a
lot of giving of Himself
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.77
and you think-- I mean,
He was bombarded all the time
00:41:19.81\00:41:22.98
and He had to
take some time away
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.21
but, you know, if you
really follow his example
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.68
and, you know, preparing
through this family worship,
00:41:27.72\00:41:30.82
you know, kind
of revealing things
00:41:30.85\00:41:33.49
I maybe think, boy,
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.12
you know, I need
to be more intentional
00:41:35.16\00:41:37.69
about preparing for the Sabbath.
00:41:37.73\00:41:40.93
Oh, we think
about cleaning our homes
00:41:40.96\00:41:42.56
and getting the meal prepared,
getting our clothes ready
00:41:42.60\00:41:46.23
but really how
about preparing for our,
00:41:46.27\00:41:48.87
you know, our hearts
for that. Special time,
00:41:48.90\00:41:52.11
you know, and the Sabbath,
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.68
when I was
thinking about I was like,
00:41:53.71\00:41:55.24
you know, the
Sabbath it's a date.
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.98
You know, that has set
aside this 24 hour period
00:41:58.01\00:42:01.08
to spend with us
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.45
and He asks us to set
it aside to spend with Him.
00:42:02.48\00:42:05.65
And when you go out on a
date there is preparation.
00:42:05.69\00:42:08.26
You know, depending on
00:42:08.99\00:42:10.33
which part of the couple you are
00:42:10.36\00:42:12.06
and what's your focus
when you go on the date?
00:42:12.09\00:42:13.90
Are you focusing on
what you can get out of it?
00:42:13.93\00:42:16.60
Well, some people do
but, you know, really,
00:42:16.63\00:42:19.13
you are really you have
to focus on the other person,
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.80
what can you do
to bring them joy
00:42:21.84\00:42:25.97
and that time what can you
do to get to know them better.
00:42:26.01\00:42:31.31
You know, and maybe relax
and just enjoy their company.
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.52
And something
you kind of translate
00:42:34.55\00:42:35.95
that to your experience with God
00:42:35.98\00:42:38.35
it brings a
different twist to it.
00:42:38.39\00:42:41.72
You know, I think about it
00:42:41.76\00:42:43.09
okay, maybe I need to
prepare more for my Sabbath.
00:42:43.12\00:42:45.73
It is easy to get
into it, the routine--
00:42:45.76\00:42:49.66
Yes, of life. Yes. Obvious.
00:42:49.70\00:42:51.50
Okay, Sabbath is here
00:42:51.53\00:42:52.87
I have been keeping
Sabbath all my life,
00:42:52.90\00:42:54.84
it comes, it goes, you know,
00:42:54.87\00:42:56.54
but going
through this I just saw,
00:42:56.57\00:42:58.07
you know, I need to
start paying more intentional
00:42:58.11\00:42:59.81
again of preparing for Sabbath.
00:42:59.84\00:43:01.98
That's a good word I
like that more intentional.
00:43:02.01\00:43:03.85
Intention. I love that word.
00:43:03.88\00:43:05.21
And I like the
word balanced too.
00:43:05.25\00:43:08.05
I think we need to be balanced.
00:43:08.08\00:43:10.79
We can be extremely tired
and we really need to rest.
00:43:10.82\00:43:15.22
Right. True.
00:43:15.26\00:43:16.59
And I think Jesus took some time
00:43:16.62\00:43:19.23
away from people to rest.
00:43:19.26\00:43:20.60
Yes, He did.
00:43:20.63\00:43:21.96
So we need to, you
know, we do need to prepare.
00:43:22.00\00:43:25.23
I'm a planner I like to plan
00:43:25.27\00:43:28.97
but one of our
experiences at Grand Rapids
00:43:29.00\00:43:32.24
was that a couple that
00:43:32.27\00:43:33.61
we would go on to
Bible studies with them.
00:43:33.64\00:43:37.45
The issue with the
Sabbath it was a difficult thing
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.52
to start working on Sabbath
00:43:40.55\00:43:42.88
and they took a long time
00:43:42.92\00:43:45.32
and we could
have been discoursed.
00:43:45.35\00:43:47.32
We were at a point
because they would go
00:43:48.62\00:43:50.49
every other Sabbath depending
if they had to work or not
00:43:50.53\00:43:53.73
but at the end
they made a decision.
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.36
It took them maybe three year
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.77
they made a
decision and we enjoy them.
00:43:57.80\00:44:01.44
We enjoy just seeing them
00:44:01.47\00:44:03.54
how involved
they are in the church
00:44:03.57\00:44:06.17
and what a blessing they are.
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.74
So we have to patient
when we talk to others
00:44:08.78\00:44:13.88
but also a balanced.
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.55
We need to, yes,
check who need something,
00:44:16.58\00:44:21.99
who didn't come to church,
00:44:22.02\00:44:23.79
visit or even a
neighbor that needs help
00:44:23.83\00:44:27.93
but sometimes we do
need to take some time away
00:44:27.96\00:44:30.83
and just enjoy being with Jesus.
00:44:30.87\00:44:33.57
Yeah, and with
nature I think it's--
00:44:33.60\00:44:35.20
Oh, that's a big one. I
like to reside in nature.
00:44:35.24\00:44:36.57
That's a big one, the nature.
00:44:36.60\00:44:38.37
I was just thinking that
because, you know, nature is
00:44:38.41\00:44:40.74
God's lesson book.
00:44:40.78\00:44:42.14
You know, and we see so
much about God in nature.
00:44:42.18\00:44:45.51
And I think Greg
is really good at that
00:44:45.55\00:44:48.28
getting now and he just
says, Jilly, come out with me
00:44:48.32\00:44:52.22
and I like to go out
00:44:52.25\00:44:53.59
and we always
like to walk on Sabbath
00:44:53.62\00:44:54.96
but he could just sit in a chair
00:44:54.99\00:44:56.62
and listen to the birds
00:44:56.66\00:44:58.29
and watch the deer
come out or the baby horse.
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.23
And turn your cell phone off.
00:45:00.26\00:45:01.60
That's definitely.
00:45:01.63\00:45:03.73
And just spend that time
communion with God and nature.
00:45:03.77\00:45:06.70
Well, Christine, what about you
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.07
because you are
just beginning with Anika
00:45:08.10\00:45:10.04
so how does that work with
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.97
brining joy into
the Sabbath with her?
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.71
Well, we incorporate
her into our family worships
00:45:13.74\00:45:18.68
and we sing with
together with her
00:45:18.71\00:45:23.62
and one thing
that she really enjoys
00:45:23.65\00:45:25.82
is when Joel reads her stories.
00:45:25.85\00:45:30.23
And the other night
00:45:30.26\00:45:33.53
he was reading a
story about Jesus,
00:45:33.56\00:45:37.50
how God gave us Jesus and
her little feet were going
00:45:37.53\00:45:41.34
ting, ting, ting,
ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
00:45:41.37\00:45:44.24
And when he turned the page
and took book away from her,
00:45:44.27\00:45:48.28
you know, she would stop.
00:45:48.31\00:45:49.64
Yeah, that's adorable.
00:45:49.68\00:45:51.01
And as soon as he
brought the book back to her
00:45:51.05\00:45:53.15
she went ting, ting,
ting, ting and it's just sweet.
00:45:53.18\00:45:57.12
And she is only
three months. Three months.
00:45:57.15\00:45:58.72
So, yeah. Yeah.
00:45:58.75\00:46:00.09
Absolutely. Well,
I think that's great
00:46:00.12\00:46:01.69
because you are building
that routine in her life
00:46:01.72\00:46:04.53
so that it's just,
you know, part of--
00:46:04.56\00:46:06.09
you don't want to be
routine but that there is,
00:46:06.13\00:46:08.03
there is a reason why.
00:46:08.06\00:46:09.40
You know, she gets
older and is able to reason,
00:46:09.43\00:46:10.97
you know, why we meet with God
00:46:11.00\00:46:13.34
and celebrate the
Sabbath especially.
00:46:13.37\00:46:15.37
Yeah, I think growing
up is harder for child
00:46:15.40\00:46:20.44
I think to
really enjoy the Sabbath
00:46:20.48\00:46:22.34
but at least it
was for me growing up
00:46:23.75\00:46:26.98
when I became an
adult then I started working
00:46:27.02\00:46:30.25
and that's when I
really saw the blessing.
00:46:30.29\00:46:34.22
God is looking out for me.
00:46:34.26\00:46:37.13
You know, He knows that I
need to set it side sometimes
00:46:37.16\00:46:42.66
but we are so pushed
and we drive ourselves
00:46:42.70\00:46:46.43
to insanity sometimes
tying to accomplish things
00:46:46.47\00:46:50.94
but God says, no,
you have to slow down,
00:46:50.97\00:46:55.68
you have to take time
to rest and be with Me
00:46:55.71\00:47:02.82
and I'm so thankful for that.
00:47:02.85\00:47:04.55
And it's like He
is giving me license
00:47:04.59\00:47:07.82
like I have the right
00:47:07.86\00:47:10.13
or I have the
privilege to take this time--
00:47:10.16\00:47:14.53
To forget about work. Yeah.
00:47:14.56\00:47:17.23
I don't have to do
this and this and this.
00:47:17.27\00:47:19.23
Right.
00:47:19.27\00:47:20.60
I think we should
always think it's a blessing.
00:47:20.64\00:47:24.57
Whatever we do on
Sabbath, whatever we--
00:47:24.61\00:47:27.64
its God promised
that He will bless
00:47:27.68\00:47:31.71
the ones that are
really taking that time away
00:47:31.75\00:47:34.68
we keep the Sabbath.
00:47:34.72\00:47:36.05
And I have to say
a story about Senez.
00:47:36.08\00:47:39.25
When he was working in
his very difficult school
00:47:39.29\00:47:45.26
when he was doing his Ph.D he--
00:47:45.29\00:47:49.60
friends, all his colleagues
00:47:49.63\00:47:52.73
were busy studying on Sabbath.
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.17
I mean, they were
studying the seven days of week,
00:47:54.20\00:47:57.44
the seven days and he will not.
00:47:57.47\00:47:59.77
He will take the
Sabbath, enjoy his church.
00:47:59.81\00:48:03.41
It was like he
forgot about everything.
00:48:03.45\00:48:06.98
So nasty then remember a thing
00:48:07.02\00:48:09.48
and he would always be this
at the same level as the rest.
00:48:09.52\00:48:14.29
He was not losing
anything by not studying on
00:48:14.32\00:48:20.96
or working on paper
something on Sabbath.
00:48:21.00\00:48:24.47
He will take that
day away completely.
00:48:24.50\00:48:27.14
We will do Bible
studies, be sitting
00:48:27.17\00:48:29.40
whatever we had to do
00:48:29.44\00:48:31.44
and they were
amazed, they were amazed.
00:48:31.47\00:48:35.41
I mean, that was the
testimony how God bless
00:48:35.44\00:48:40.55
tremendously when
we follow His word.
00:48:40.58\00:48:43.35
And think of
how much less stress
00:48:43.39\00:48:45.45
He probably at
the cross. Oh, yes.
00:48:45.49\00:48:46.99
You know, you think about it
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.36
He had that day off for His body
00:48:48.39\00:48:50.06
and His mind to be refresh
and that's why God designed it.
00:48:50.09\00:48:53.36
He created it.
00:48:53.40\00:48:54.73
And the
people's like oh, no, no,
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.10
I can't afford to get
off that day of study,
00:48:56.13\00:48:59.20
they don't realize
what a blessing it is
00:48:59.23\00:49:02.34
to let your body take time
off, refresh and then come back.
00:49:02.37\00:49:06.37
It's a blessing. Absolutely.
00:49:06.41\00:49:07.74
It goes back to that Psalms 119,
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.11
"Great peace have
they which love thy law."
00:49:09.14\00:49:11.58
So that's the great
peace of loving God's law
00:49:11.61\00:49:13.78
which includes the Sabbath day.
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.48
You know, we want to get some
prayer request before we end.
00:49:15.52\00:49:16.85
We do.
00:49:16.89\00:49:18.22
There is such blessing
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.59
in keeping the
Sabbath, you know.
00:49:19.62\00:49:21.02
Such a blessing.
00:49:21.06\00:49:22.39
We want to encourage you at home
00:49:22.42\00:49:23.96
if you already do go
to god and say I want to,
00:49:23.99\00:49:27.70
I want to get
You know You better
00:49:27.73\00:49:29.06
as we've been talking here.
00:49:29.10\00:49:30.43
I want to experience
You more so that therefore
00:49:30.47\00:49:32.93
I can gain an even
greater blessing in the Sabbath
00:49:32.97\00:49:35.54
and if you
don't keep the Sabbath
00:49:35.57\00:49:36.97
we encourage you to study it out
00:49:37.01\00:49:39.24
and to
experience it for yourself.
00:49:39.27\00:49:41.24
It's an incredible
blessing on the Sabbath.
00:49:41.28\00:49:44.18
Part of family
worship is scripture sharing.
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.88
Music, be in His family,
the word of God and prayer.
00:49:47.92\00:49:51.62
And we want to take
some time in prayer.
00:49:51.65\00:49:53.02
We have some prayer request
00:49:53.05\00:49:54.39
that came into our
3ABN Pastoral Department
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.83
and we are just
gonna go down the line
00:49:56.86\00:49:59.93
and each read I request.
00:49:59.96\00:50:02.33
And then we will spend some time
00:50:02.36\00:50:03.70
in prayer over these needs.
00:50:03.73\00:50:05.07
And I think
this is important too
00:50:05.10\00:50:06.43
because, you know,
you are part of our family
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.50
and when as a
child Jill myself now
00:50:08.54\00:50:11.14
but, you know, we would
kneel in the family circle
00:50:11.17\00:50:13.88
and we would bring up
our little prayer request.
00:50:13.91\00:50:15.44
It could have been
for my cat that was sick
00:50:15.48\00:50:17.15
or even maybe a
toy that was broken
00:50:17.18\00:50:18.75
or something like that.
00:50:18.78\00:50:20.12
You know, as you grow
older your prayer request change
00:50:20.15\00:50:22.25
but thank you for bringing
or sharing your prayer request
00:50:22.28\00:50:25.22
with the 3ABN family because
you are part of the family.
00:50:25.25\00:50:27.49
So we want to
lift some of these up
00:50:27.52\00:50:29.02
and we have some here that
we want to read before we pray.
00:50:29.06\00:50:33.03
You want to start, Dr. Senez?
00:50:33.06\00:50:34.40
Sure. There
Carol from Tennessee.
00:50:34.43\00:50:38.33
Carol is
battling stage four cancer
00:50:38.37\00:50:42.60
and at this time
hospice has been called in,
00:50:42.64\00:50:48.01
which means, you know,
00:50:48.04\00:50:49.38
she might be in the
very last stage of her life
00:50:49.41\00:50:55.62
and yet she is trusting
that the Lord will be with her
00:50:55.65\00:51:00.92
and we assure that the
Lord will be on her side.
00:51:00.96\00:51:07.16
So we need to pray
for Carol. For Carol.
00:51:07.20\00:51:09.90
Cathy is caught in an abusive
relationship and circumstances
00:51:09.93\00:51:15.24
dictate and inability to escape.
00:51:15.27\00:51:18.01
She request our prayers.
00:51:18.04\00:51:20.01
And we have Carol in Iowa
00:51:20.54\00:51:22.74
is asking for
prayer for her son Chris.
00:51:22.78\00:51:25.55
Chris once knew
and loved the Lord
00:51:25.58\00:51:28.05
but has since
walked another path.
00:51:28.08\00:51:30.79
And we remember
Carol's son Chris in prayer.
00:51:30.82\00:51:35.29
I have Pastor Joe in Illinois
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.93
he is requesting special prayer
for his precious wife Tammy.
00:51:37.96\00:51:42.50
Tammy is battling
a stage four cancer
00:51:42.53\00:51:45.23
so we want to lift
Tammy up in prayer.
00:51:45.27\00:51:49.10
And I have one
Vicky, in British Columbia,
00:51:49.14\00:51:51.94
Canada request
prayer for God's guidance
00:51:51.97\00:51:54.71
as she seeks to do outreach
to the people of her city.
00:51:54.74\00:51:57.58
Amen.
00:51:57.61\00:51:59.71
And Shaunie in Texas is
taking chemo for her cancer
00:51:59.75\00:52:03.89
and needs our prayer as well.
00:52:03.92\00:52:07.19
Well, I have here
Marilyn in Alberta, Canada.
00:52:07.22\00:52:12.79
She has two
issues that she desires
00:52:12.83\00:52:15.63
to have victory over
00:52:15.66\00:52:19.00
and request 3ABN
family to agree in prayer
00:52:19.03\00:52:24.57
that she will
indeed gain the victory.
00:52:24.61\00:52:28.14
I want to let Marilyn know
that God is a God of victory
00:52:28.18\00:52:36.02
and she can trust that
00:52:36.05\00:52:39.02
she will be
victorious in Christ.
00:52:39.05\00:52:41.96
Ledia in Maryland is
fighting heart diseases,
00:52:41.99\00:52:45.69
heart issues.
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.23
She is tired,
stressed out and worried.
00:52:47.26\00:52:49.96
Please pray and leave
for her. Ledia in Maryland.
00:52:50.00\00:52:55.04
And Janie in
Louisiana is praising the Lord
00:52:55.07\00:52:59.41
that they have not been
hit by any major hurricane
00:52:59.44\00:53:01.88
in the past 10 years
00:53:01.91\00:53:03.85
and is praying for
God's continue protection.
00:53:03.88\00:53:06.41
So a great praise
report there. Amen.
00:53:06.45\00:53:09.75
We've got a few
minutes left, we should pray
00:53:09.78\00:53:12.32
and we call it popcorn prayer
is how we are gonna do this.
00:53:12.35\00:53:15.22
I don't know if you have
heard of popcorn prayers before
00:53:15.26\00:53:17.13
but basically is we
would just kind of offer
00:53:17.16\00:53:18.89
little prayers here and there
00:53:18.93\00:53:20.26
and, yeah, just
whatever comes to our mind
00:53:20.30\00:53:23.06
as we have few minutes left.
00:53:23.10\00:53:25.17
Do you want to start, Dr. Senez?
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Sure.
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Our Father in heaven,
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it is so good to
be in Your presence
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and especially in these
time when we are rejoicing
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in this Sabbath day
that You have given to us
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to be especially with You.
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And so I thank You
for all the blessings
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that you bestowed upon
each one of us every single day
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and I also ask You to
have a special blessing
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for Carol in Tennessee.
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She is dealing with
a difficult situation
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but, Lord, be with
her this very moment.
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Father of heaven, there
is a lot of hurting people
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out there in
the world and I know
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it's not Your intent
for anyone to suffer.
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So, Lord, You have heard
the prayer request that were,
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that we read today
there are so many more
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in the world You see each one.
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Thank You, Lord, as
You hear the cries for help
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and for comfort
that you hear each one
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and You will draw
near to them even now.
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Thank You that we
can turn to You 24/7
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You are always there.
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And, Lord, we
just pray for those
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that are dealing with
health issues right now.
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Thank You, Lord,
that You are a rock
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in our ground
that is never changing
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and thank You, Lord,
that we can come to You
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in every situation that we face.
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And, Lord, You
have given us Your word
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to give us
encouragement and guidance
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when things seem
dark and uncertain
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we can find light
and hope in Your word
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and we thank You for this.
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Father, we thank
You for the privilege
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we have of coming before You
and brining our request to You
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and know that You care
for each one of these people
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that have sent the requests in
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and that You see their need
and that You ache for them also
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and that You have them
in Your home of Your hand.
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Amen. That's right.
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We ask that that each one
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will feel Your
presence here today
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and know that You
are indeed with them
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and we thank You
and we praise You
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that you are always
here and hear our prayers.
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Amen.
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Dear heavenly
Father, we are so thankful
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because we can uplift our spirit
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and You will listen to us.
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Thank You because
we have that assurance.
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Well, we want to lift to
You all these prayer requests
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and that we like You
to answer each one of them
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according to Your will.
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We want to ask You for guidance
in each one of our lives.
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You know, that each one
of us have our own issues
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and difficulties and
we pray that You help us
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and guide us through.
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Yes, thank you. Amen.
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Father, we just
thank You for this time,
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thank You for
this time of prayer.
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Thank You that Your ear
is always open to hear us
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and that You long to
answer, even before we call
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You are on Your
way with the answer.
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We thank You for
the gift of Sabbath,
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the gift of family, the
gift of fellowship together
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and we ask all
this in the precious
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and the holy name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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It's a privilege to
have each one of you join us.
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Sure it is.
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And it's a privilege to
have our 3ABN families here.
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Amen.
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So Valera and Christine
and Dr. Senez and Sonia,
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thank you for coming.
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Amen. Thank you.
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Thank you for
being on 3ABN family.
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Our pleasure. That's right.
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And we thank you for
joining us in the family worship
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and as we head
into the Sabbath hours
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if you are
watching this Friday evening
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have a blessed Sabbath
and if it's Sabbath evening
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that you are watching
this have a wonderful week.
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May the Lord be with you
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and may you receive
the richest blessings
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from Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Thank you again for your prayers
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for the support of 3ABN.
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God bless you.
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