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, I'm Shelley
Quinn. I'm JD Quinn.
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And we just want to welcome
you to 3ABN's Family Worship.
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And, you know what, I
love about the Sabbath,
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this has been a very
hectic week for us here
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and I'm sure it has
been for you as well.
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But when the
Sabbath hours roll around
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on Friday evening
and the sun goes down
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it's kind of like we can
just take in a deep breath,
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exhale and get rid of the stress
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and just spend
that time with the Lord
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and with our
families and we are so glad
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that you are spending
that time with us today.
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JD, would you like to
have our opening prayer?
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Oh, most certainly.
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Father, we just come to
You in the name of Jesus.
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We thank You for
the special time,
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the special thought
time for You the Sabbath.
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And so, Father, as
we are gathered here
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with our good friends.
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Lord, we just ask as we,
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as we share this time
our main emphasis, Lord,
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is centered around You.
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So, Father, we love
You and we thank You.
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I thank You for the
ability to share with people
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wherever they are
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and I'm just praying, Lord, that
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that they are
brining the Sabbath
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with warm hearts also.
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We give You all praise and glory
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in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Well, we always like to
start off with arousing song
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and we are gonna make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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We invite you to join us
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because we are going to
have the words on the screen.
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This is a wonderful song
based on a promise of the Lord
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in Deuteronomy 33:27
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where it says "The
Lord is your eternal refuge,
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and underneath are
His everlasting arms."
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So let's sing.
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Amen.
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What a
fellowship, what a joy divine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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O how sweet to
walk in this pilgrim way
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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O how bright the
path grows from day to day
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What have I to
dread, what have I to fear
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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I have blessed
peace with my Lord so near
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning on
Jesus, leaning on Jesus
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Well, that be--
I love this song.
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And let me introduce to
you our special guest tonight
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who are singing here with us.
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First we have Eric Durant
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and, Eric, we are so
glad you could join us again.
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We are missing your better half.
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And what did you just say?
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I miss my better half
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and it's hard to
smile without her here.
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But the Lord is here
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and that should be
enough so I'm smiling.
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Okay. Amen.
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And Marilyn was
with us last time
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but so you pray for
Marilyn she is really
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put her back out and so...
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She did, she did a good job.
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She is in quite a bit of
pain we are sorry about that.
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Then on the other side
of us we have the Capote's.
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we have Xenia and
Luis and we are so glad
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that you all are
joining us again today.
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Amen. It's good to
be here. Thank you.
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Wonderful.
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And you will notice
that they are matching colors
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this evening.
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I mean, long time ago we
used to say was going steady
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now this is taking
another step further, right.
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A daughter later
and... That's right.
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How many years
have you been married?
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Twenty four years.
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Twenty four
years. Oh, my goodness.
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Well, we got to be
but we are lot older.
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You know, JD and I if we
match it's always an accident.
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Because we don't
plan that far ahead.
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Well, what we
would like to do now
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is have a prayer of praise
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and this is where
we are just going to
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go around and think of something
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that you would
like to praise God
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for that He has done
in this last week for you
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or we are just
gonna taking turn,
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just short little praises.
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We don't have to go in order
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but, Luis, I'm gonna ask
you to start if you will.
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Our loving Father, we thank You
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because we feel
your presence here.
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We thank You, Lord, even
though the week was difficult
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we can feel that
You had taken care of
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all of our needs
and all of our troubles.
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We ask, Lord, that
Your spirit be here
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now that we are
welcoming another Sabbath
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that we may rejoice and be glad
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that we are in Your
presence fill with new joy.
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In Christ name we ask, amen.
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And, Father, I
just thank You so much
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for the gift of Sabbath.
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Thank You, Lord, that
the Sabbath reminds us
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as You said in Exodus 31:13
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that You are the one
who is sanctifying us.
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We thank You, Father,
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for the gift of
our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ, for the
gift of Your Holy Spirit
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and the gift of Your word.
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Lord, these are three divine
and powerful gifts of grace
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that work in us to
do a sanctifying work
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and we thank You
so much for that.
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Heavenly Father, we
praise You and we thank You
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for Your guidance
and for Your mercy,
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for Your
compassion, for Your Son
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who came down and gave
His life that we might live.
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We praise You and we
love You with all our hearts
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and we just ask that
You continue to guide us
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that we might
serve You faithfully
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until that wonderful
day that we can see Your Son
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coming on the clouds.
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We give You all the glory,
we give You all the praise.
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In His name we pray, amen. Amen.
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Heavenly Father,
want to thank You
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for the Sabbath day,
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a special day that
You set aside for us
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just where we can
be together with You
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and listen to You in
nature and in the word
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and sing praises
to Your name, amen.
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Amen.
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And, Father, I
just want to thank You
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for my family, for
our families, Lord,
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for the families
that are involved.
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I just thank You,
Lord, for good friends.
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I want to thank You, Lord,
that You put joy in our hearts
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and, Father, I thank
You that You exchange
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Your strength for our weakness.
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So, Father, as we are here
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we just dedicate
this time to You,
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we dedicate ourselves to You.
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We love You and we thank You.
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We thank You, we thank You
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and ask this in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen, amen. Amen.
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Well, we are now going to--
we started with a praise song
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a song-- I call praise song
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songs that are
about God or Jesus
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but now what we
would like to do is
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we are gonna turn to
page 569 in our hymnals,
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once again the music,
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the words will be
on the screen for you
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but this is a song
that is really a prayer
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set to music.
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This is something that we
are singing directly to God
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so let's sing.
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Pass me not, O gentle Savior
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Hear my humble cry
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While on others thou art calling
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Do not pass me by
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Savior, Savior
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Hear my humble cry
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While on others thou art calling
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Do not pass me by
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Let me at thy throne of mercy
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Find a sweet relief
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Kneeling there
in deep contrition
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Help my unbelief
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Savior, Savior
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Hear my humble cry
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While on others thou art calling
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Do not pass me by
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Trusting only in thy merit
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Would I seek thy face
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Heal my wounded, broken spirit
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Save me by thy grace
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Savior, Savior
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Hear my humble cry
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While on others thou art calling
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Do not pass me by
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Thou the spring
of all my comfort
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More than life for me
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Whom have I on
earth beside Thee?
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Whom in Heaven but Thee?
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Savior, Savior
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Hear my humble cry
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While on others thou art calling
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Do not pass me by
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Amen and amen.
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And we just
want to thank so much
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our precious
sister Jill Morikone
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who has been
playing on the piano for us
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and unfortunately Jill
won't be joining us this evening
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but we thank her so much.
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Jill, thank you.
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Amen. And she was a minute man.
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She had to fill
in at the last second
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so thank you so much.
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Well, if you are
with this group last time
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we talked about the love of God.
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We talked about His everlasting
limitless all inclusive love.
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We talked about how His
love is unearned and undeserved.
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It is fatherly,
disciplinary, it is protective
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and it is
forgiving and inseparable.
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And we just thought that since
we were on this topic of love
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we talked about
God's love for us last time
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that we would start this
or spend this time together,
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this Sabbath talking
about our love for God.
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And before we do I
want to share something.
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This has become one
of my favorite scriptures
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and this is a deep thought
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so I want you to
pay close attention.
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This is from 1
Thessalonians 3:12, 13.
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What Paul writes is this.
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He says, "May the Lord
make you increase and abound
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in love to one
another and to all,
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just as we do to you, so that"
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for the purpose
or in other words
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"so that He may establish
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your hearts
blameless in holiness
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at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ
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with all His saints."
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Do you realize that
what he is saying here
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God is love and as God
pours His love into our hearts,
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His self-sacrificing love.
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God actually establishes us
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in holiness and
holiness simply meaning
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He separates us from sin.
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He separates us from
hurting Him or anyone else
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by His love but the
deep thought is this.
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We know that 1 John 4:8, 16,
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1 John 4:8, 16
says that God is love.
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Do you realize that is
the essence of His being
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so His character He is holy,
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His holiness is
established because of His love.
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Amen.
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Now isn't that a-- I
mean, an amazing thought?
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It is that essence of love
that establishes His holiness
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and then as we
open our hearts to Him
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He establishes our holiness.
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And I don't know about
you but I love the idea
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that it is God
who is working in me
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to willing to do His
good pleasure so that
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He is the one that's
going to make me perfect
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at the coming of the Lord.
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All right, we are
going to look this-- tonight
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we are using the life
affirmations from scripture
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and we are simply
going to be talking about
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loving the Lord our God
with all of our heart, soul,
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mind and strength.
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I want to read
the affirmation to you
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and these are all
taken from scripture,
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the scriptures
that we are actually
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going to be reading here.
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This is how the
affirmation sounds.
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I love the Lord, my
God, with all my heart,
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soul, mind and strength.
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Even in this response to God
I'm totally dependent upon Him.
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Father, I know you
are the source of love.
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Help me to open my heart
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and allow You to
pour Your love into me.
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Empower me to
respond to you in love
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and always keep me mindful
00:17:07.89\00:17:09.92
of Jesus Christ my first love.
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Amen. Isn't that powerful?
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It is. Amen.
00:17:13.63\00:17:14.96
We are going to
look at the first verse
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and we ill just go around
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take some turns here with versus
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but in Mark 12:28-30
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one of the
teachers of the law had come
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and he heard them
debating and he noticed
00:17:25.87\00:17:28.44
that Jesus was
giving a good answer.
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So he ask Him of
all the commandments
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which is the most important?
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And Jesus answered this.
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The most important one is this.
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"Hear, O Israel,
00:17:41.46\00:17:42.79
The Lord our
God, the Lord is one.
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Love the Lord your God
with all of your heart,
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with all of your
soul, with all of your mind,
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and with all your strength."
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You know what, I
can't do that in my own.
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It's only as God
pours His love into my heart
00:17:57.67\00:18:00.31
that self-sacrificing
love that I can't
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so now I pray that back
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and we will go to
our next scripture.
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Heavenly Father, we thank You
00:18:06.61\00:18:08.72
that it is You who
is our source of love.
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We thank You,
Father, that is You pour
00:18:11.59\00:18:13.49
Your love into our hearts,
00:18:13.52\00:18:15.12
You empower us to love You
00:18:15.16\00:18:17.36
with all of our hearts,
soul, mind and strength.
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We thank You, Father,
00:18:19.93\00:18:22.06
for this great
gift of Your love.
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And, Father, we thank You that
as Your love is in our hearts
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You empower us to love
others as we love ourselves.
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We thank You that You
are going to establish us
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in holiness by this love.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Luis, you want to
take the next one.
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It's in Deuteronomy 30:6
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and it says,
"Moreover the Lord your God
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will circumcise your heart
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and the heart of
your descendants,
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to love the Lord your
God with all your heart
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and with all your
soul, so that you may live."
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Amen.
00:19:09.84\00:19:11.18
How beautiful
God's love is for us.
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Amen.
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You know, lot of time
we take it for granted.
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We go through the weeks
and doing all of our work
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and doing all and
we sometimes sit down
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and we experience it
for like a minute or two
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but once we do
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it erases everything
that's happening that day,
00:19:26.53\00:19:28.86
everything that's
happening in our lives
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and I love that He is the one
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that is going to
circumcise our heart.
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He is the one
that's going to take care
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of all of the aspect that
are maybe bogging us down.
00:19:37.84\00:19:42.64
All the aspects are
maybe are tearing us apart
00:19:42.68\00:19:45.91
or keeping us
away from His presence.
00:19:45.95\00:19:49.62
He is the one who is gonna come,
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I will take care of you now.
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I will bring you closer to Me.
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And I like to pray about that.
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I just want to say one thing,
I found myself the other day,
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the other evening few nights ago
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that as I was praying
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I said, Lord,
circumcise my heart.
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You know,
sometimes we don't realize
00:20:06.40\00:20:08.14
we can get so busy in
the service of the Lord
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or just so busy in our day
00:20:11.57\00:20:13.24
that we become, I'm not saying
hard hearted toward the Lord
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but that we can
become sometimes numb almost.
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Detach. And detach.
00:20:21.12\00:20:23.02
And so I felt just
a little bit that day
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and I felt like I had
really surrendered that day
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so I was praying
circumcise my heart
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and I think that something
we all need to make sure that
00:20:31.36\00:20:34.86
we got that tender
heart toward the Lord.
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And when I was
looking this over myself,
00:20:38.00\00:20:40.47
you know, circumcise
what did that really mean
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is way as spiritual aspect
00:20:43.51\00:20:46.17
and it dealing with quickening
one spiritual perception.
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So as it saying
here, you know, Lord,
00:20:51.15\00:20:53.72
you know, quicken my
spiritual perception so that,
00:20:53.75\00:20:57.79
you know, I can love
You with all my heart.
00:20:57.82\00:21:00.29
You know, it just takes it,
it takes it to another level
00:21:00.32\00:21:04.99
because I want my spiritual
perception to be quicken.
00:21:05.03\00:21:07.83
Amen. Amen.
00:21:07.86\00:21:09.20
Amen. Okay, Luis.
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.07
Our loving Father,
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.44
we are so thankful that we
may come on a day like today
00:21:13.47\00:21:16.50
and be able to
glorify Your wonderful name.
00:21:16.54\00:21:19.94
Lord, that You have shown
us that You are going to pour
00:21:19.97\00:21:23.41
that love in our hearts.
00:21:23.45\00:21:26.15
You are gonna
circumcise our heart that
00:21:26.18\00:21:28.02
we may learn how to
love with Your presence
00:21:28.05\00:21:32.52
with Your enjoyment, Lord,
that others maybe able to feel
00:21:32.55\00:21:38.06
what a marvelous God You are.
00:21:38.09\00:21:40.20
I thank You,
Lord, because I know
00:21:40.23\00:21:41.86
I couldn't do it for my own.
00:21:41.90\00:21:43.43
I know that I need
You to come and to fill me
00:21:43.47\00:21:47.67
that I may overflow
for all of those around us
00:21:47.70\00:21:51.61
that they may see what a
great and powerful God You are.
00:21:51.64\00:21:56.11
We thank You for the
sacrifice of Jesus, Lord.
00:21:56.14\00:21:58.71
We ask this in
Christ name, amen.
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.08
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:22:01.12\00:22:03.39
Okay, Xenia.
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2 Thessalonians 3:5,
00:22:07.32\00:22:10.73
"Now may the Lord
direct your hearts
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into the love of God
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and into the
patience of Christ."
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This is very interesting to me
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.14
because it confirms
the fact that of our own
00:22:21.17\00:22:25.97
we cannot come to this
patience and this love of God.
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Of our own we
know we are sinners,
00:22:30.71\00:22:32.95
we were born that way.
00:22:32.98\00:22:34.48
It's only through
God, only God can guide us
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and direct us to be like Him
00:22:37.89\00:22:40.02
and to show
other people that love
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.16
and the patience they deserve.
00:22:42.19\00:22:44.53
And that's something
that, you know, its clear here,
00:22:44.56\00:22:46.90
it's the Lord who
is doing the work.
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.63
May the Lord direct your
hearts into the love of God.
00:22:48.66\00:22:52.13
What do you think
the patience of Christ?
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Do you ever feel that
that you are not using
00:22:54.57\00:22:58.71
the patience of Christ?
00:22:58.74\00:23:00.88
Have to think, have to--
see that great of a patience,
00:23:00.91\00:23:04.95
you know, that He had
00:23:04.98\00:23:07.55
but we have to grow in patience.
00:23:07.58\00:23:10.69
Yes, amen.
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.05
And I think a lot of times
there are lot of tribulations
00:23:12.09\00:23:14.62
and a lot of
things that come our way
00:23:14.66\00:23:16.73
are growing us into
becoming that patience.
00:23:16.76\00:23:20.06
Yes.
00:23:20.10\00:23:21.76
You know, when we think about
being filled with God's love
00:23:21.80\00:23:25.50
it is
self-sacrificing one, right.
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.90
So what happened
to me the other night
00:23:27.94\00:23:29.70
I had a phone call come in
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.54
and it had been a
particularly hectic day
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.64
and as matter of fact I
told JD when we went home,
00:23:34.68\00:23:37.25
I said, I'm not doing anything
00:23:37.28\00:23:39.01
when we head about an
hour before we go to bed
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I said, I'm gonna
go home put my feet up
00:23:40.88\00:23:42.95
and I'm not
gonna do anything else
00:23:42.98\00:23:45.25
but put my feet up because
I'm too tired to even think.
00:23:45.29\00:23:47.96
One phone call
was coming through
00:23:47.99\00:23:50.23
and I had actually
missed it but when I went back
00:23:50.26\00:23:52.99
I looked at the
name and I thought no,
00:23:53.03\00:23:54.56
I'm not gonna call
this person back tonight.
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.43
And then I heard
the Holy Spirit say
00:23:57.47\00:24:00.00
you been talking
about self-sacrificing love,
00:24:00.04\00:24:03.51
is this self-sacrificing?
00:24:03.54\00:24:05.44
Okay. Amen.
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.58
You know, I mean,
we can talk a good game
00:24:07.61\00:24:09.74
but we got to
always be open to the Lord.
00:24:09.78\00:24:11.91
Yes, now that's exactly I want.
00:24:11.95\00:24:13.35
All right, Xenia, you
want to pray that one please.
00:24:13.38\00:24:16.42
Dear heavenly Father,
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.35
we ask in a special way
that You direct our path,
00:24:18.39\00:24:22.59
that You direct
us into Your love
00:24:22.62\00:24:25.53
and that we may
grow more patient
00:24:25.56\00:24:27.50
and be more like You.
00:24:27.53\00:24:29.13
In Jesus name, amen.
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.50
Amen. Amen.
00:24:30.53\00:24:31.87
Okay, Eric. Okay.
00:24:31.90\00:24:35.37
1 John 4:16,
00:24:35.40\00:24:39.51
"We have come to know
00:24:39.54\00:24:41.41
as I believed the
love which God has for us.
00:24:41.44\00:24:45.41
God is love, and the
one who abides in love
00:24:45.45\00:24:48.38
abides in God, and
God abides in him."
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.75
Amen. Amen.
00:24:50.79\00:24:52.55
This reminds me what you
just said about love in that--
00:24:52.59\00:24:58.49
the more love we
have the holier we are,
00:24:58.53\00:25:00.66
the holier we become.
00:25:00.70\00:25:02.33
That's why God said,
learn the love, find that love
00:25:02.36\00:25:07.74
and I know from
myself when I grew up,
00:25:07.77\00:25:09.74
grew up a young
man in New York City
00:25:09.77\00:25:11.47
it's difficult growing up
in the city as a young man
00:25:11.51\00:25:14.54
and you become
detached from that aspect
00:25:14.58\00:25:19.58
that God wants to
put in us which is love.
00:25:19.61\00:25:24.75
The big thing that I learnt
when I read this first was that
00:25:24.79\00:25:29.89
open your heart,
surrender it to the Lord,
00:25:29.92\00:25:33.53
believe and allow Him in there
00:25:33.56\00:25:36.20
and your growth will make you
00:25:36.23\00:25:37.83
more and more
holy as time goes on.
00:25:37.87\00:25:39.30
Yeah, because as He,
you know, it says that
00:25:39.33\00:25:41.87
if we abide in His
love God abides in us.
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.64
Well, it says, He as we
open our hearts as you said
00:25:45.67\00:25:49.71
that God pours His
love into our hearts
00:25:49.74\00:25:52.91
and He is actually
pouring the essence
00:25:52.95\00:25:55.28
of His being into our hearts
00:25:55.32\00:25:56.69
when He pours His
love into our hearts.
00:25:56.72\00:25:59.09
Well, because God is love.
00:25:59.12\00:26:00.46
So I just-- it is exciting to me
00:26:00.49\00:26:04.16
because we can know
00:26:04.19\00:26:06.09
that God wants
us to be like Him.
00:26:06.13\00:26:09.93
He created us to be
like Him and when we like Him
00:26:09.96\00:26:13.64
we are not going to be sinners,
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.80
we are not gonna
be hurting others
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.17
are not gonna be ignoring Him.
00:26:17.21\00:26:18.97
You know, what
catches my attention here,
00:26:19.01\00:26:20.61
one abides in love abides in God
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.81
and him abides in us.
00:26:22.84\00:26:24.71
I think of reciprocation.
00:26:24.75\00:26:26.68
That's one of those big words
that I learned a long time ago
00:26:26.72\00:26:29.92
that for some reason I
just fell in love with that word
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.65
reciprocation then
as I began to mature,
00:26:32.69\00:26:35.29
I began to find out
that it is exchange,
00:26:35.32\00:26:39.29
it is harmony, it is unity
00:26:39.33\00:26:42.36
and that fits my
particular personality
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.30
and so that's
what it's saying here,
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.14
you come to me I come
to you, we are reciprocate.
00:26:47.17\00:26:51.17
The more you give
Me, that more I give you
00:26:51.21\00:26:53.98
and I just love that thought.
00:26:54.01\00:26:55.44
In of all the commandments
00:26:55.48\00:26:56.88
I think love is the
most difficult to master.
00:26:56.91\00:27:00.38
The others are almost technical,
00:27:00.42\00:27:01.75
do this, do this, do this,
don't do this, don't do this
00:27:01.78\00:27:04.49
but finding that love inside
yourself for your neighbor
00:27:04.52\00:27:07.39
that is indeed
the most difficult
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.96
it was for me and I
know a lot of people
00:27:08.99\00:27:10.56
share that probably that.
00:27:10.59\00:27:11.93
Well, I think that's
because we try to love
00:27:11.96\00:27:15.20
by our own power.
00:27:15.23\00:27:16.60
We try to be good,
we try to be generous,
00:27:16.63\00:27:20.34
we try to do for others
00:27:20.37\00:27:22.60
and we don't
realize that's impossible.
00:27:22.64\00:27:25.44
I mean, we don't
have that kind of love
00:27:25.47\00:27:27.48
in us naturally.
00:27:27.51\00:27:28.84
It is a God kind of love
00:27:28.88\00:27:30.58
so we've got to
open out hearts to Him
00:27:30.61\00:27:32.65
and let Him pour
His love into us.
00:27:32.68\00:27:36.12
So I know what you are saying
00:27:36.15\00:27:38.72
because I used to try
to be such a good girl,
00:27:38.75\00:27:41.76
you know, and do
everything right and--
00:27:41.79\00:27:43.73
And sometimes the issue
is, is that we mirror back,
00:27:43.76\00:27:47.10
you know, depending upon
how they are reacting to you
00:27:47.13\00:27:50.77
it just seems like that,
00:27:50.80\00:27:54.07
that emptiness in you
may attack back there.
00:27:54.10\00:27:59.27
Well, really, you are
a really a meek person
00:27:59.31\00:28:02.98
but, you know, that
protective zone goes up.
00:28:03.01\00:28:06.18
And so, Lord, help me.
00:28:06.21\00:28:07.55
And the Lord lowers
that protective help.
00:28:07.58\00:28:09.02
He does, yeah. Exactly. Wow.
00:28:09.05\00:28:12.09
Oh, okay.
00:28:12.12\00:28:14.09
Eric, you want to pray
that back to the Lord then?
00:28:14.12\00:28:17.49
The heavenly
Father, we have come
00:28:17.53\00:28:19.96
to know You and to
believe in Your love
00:28:20.00\00:28:21.90
and to believe
in Your sacrifice.
00:28:21.93\00:28:23.53
We ask You, Lord, with
all our hearts that You,
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.64
that You abide in us
and that You direct us
00:28:27.67\00:28:31.14
and help our hearts
whether they be bitter or sweet.
00:28:31.17\00:28:35.54
Help our hearts to grow
in love as time goes on.
00:28:35.58\00:28:39.21
We thank You and we praise You
00:28:39.25\00:28:40.58
and we thank You for
Your abiding in us right now.
00:28:40.62\00:28:43.39
In Jesus name, amen.
00:28:43.42\00:28:45.05
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:28:45.09\00:28:47.62
JD.
00:28:47.66\00:28:48.99
Well, I was, I was lucky
enough to get Romans 5:5.
00:28:49.02\00:28:52.73
Romans 5:5, "Now hope does
not disappoint," wow, fantastic.
00:28:52.76\00:28:57.83
Why?
00:28:57.87\00:28:59.20
"Because the love of
God has been poured out"
00:28:59.23\00:29:01.24
the love of
God-- in other words,
00:29:01.27\00:29:02.64
His spiritual
blessings are being
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.21
poured out in our
hearts by the Holy Spirit
00:29:04.24\00:29:08.61
who was given to us.
00:29:08.64\00:29:11.21
The more, the more I'm learning
it doesn't get for JD Quinn,
00:29:11.25\00:29:19.05
it doesn't give me better
than having the Holy Spirit
00:29:19.09\00:29:22.76
be there.
00:29:22.79\00:29:24.23
Amen. For all of us.
00:29:24.26\00:29:25.59
And because it's
just, just falling in more,
00:29:25.63\00:29:28.63
and more, and
more with the trinity,
00:29:28.66\00:29:31.23
with the Holy
Spirit because that's who,
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.54
you know, works within me.
00:29:33.57\00:29:36.97
And I was reading the other day
00:29:37.01\00:29:38.94
and it says Holy
Spirit, messenger of truth.
00:29:38.97\00:29:43.35
Wow, that's unique,
you know, because I know
00:29:43.38\00:29:46.45
that He is the comforter
00:29:46.48\00:29:47.92
so I know He is
there to bring comfort
00:29:47.95\00:29:49.92
and peace but now
also how does this all work
00:29:49.95\00:29:53.86
as the messenger
of truth is there.
00:29:53.89\00:29:55.79
Amen.
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.16
So I just-- now the
hope is not disappoint
00:29:57.19\00:30:00.43
thank You, Jesus and I
thank and greet Shelley
00:30:00.46\00:30:03.26
that's eager expectations
so eager expectation
00:30:03.30\00:30:06.50
does not
disappoint if we are looking
00:30:06.53\00:30:09.30
through a healthy
set of eyes, okay.
00:30:09.34\00:30:12.24
And I just want
to pray that back
00:30:12.27\00:30:14.44
because I just thank You
Jesus that I can stand on it.
00:30:14.48\00:30:18.35
I don't have to get caught up
00:30:18.38\00:30:19.71
in
disappointment, discouragement.
00:30:19.75\00:30:22.35
And only because
it's as He pours His love
00:30:22.38\00:30:24.89
into our hearts by
the power of Holy Spirit
00:30:24.92\00:30:27.06
that's, that's the only way.
00:30:27.09\00:30:28.79
You know, we don't
learn to love like God.
00:30:28.82\00:30:32.69
We are empowered
to love like God.
00:30:32.73\00:30:35.43
We learn what God's love is here
00:30:35.46\00:30:38.30
and how it should look
00:30:38.33\00:30:40.07
but no matter how much
you study these scriptures
00:30:40.10\00:30:43.00
you never gonna
learn to love like God.
00:30:43.04\00:30:45.34
It is only as we open
our hearts to the Lord
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.94
when He has-- you know,
we say circumcise our heart,
00:30:47.98\00:30:51.38
pour in that
self-sacrificing love.
00:30:51.41\00:30:53.88
I mean, that is
another gift of His grace.
00:30:53.92\00:30:56.45
Amen. Amen.
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.82
And here where it says
"Now hope does not disappoint."
00:30:57.85\00:31:01.19
I think of our
hope, our blessed hope.
00:31:01.22\00:31:05.49
Amen. Amen.
00:31:05.53\00:31:07.10
We won't be disappointed
because of God's love.
00:31:07.13\00:31:11.23
Amen. Amen.
00:31:11.27\00:31:13.54
So really what it is,
it's a way of God saying
00:31:13.57\00:31:17.34
I'm assuring you
of My unchanging love.
00:31:17.37\00:31:20.38
That's for those, for
those scriptures of assurance.
00:31:20.41\00:31:26.08
Father, as we come to
You in the name of Jesus,
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.02
Lord, I thank You that
00:31:28.05\00:31:29.75
You do have Your promises to us.
00:31:29.78\00:31:32.02
Father, don't
let us get caught up
00:31:32.05\00:31:33.66
in disappointment
or discouragement.
00:31:33.69\00:31:35.66
Let us
contentedly look at You, Lord,
00:31:35.69\00:31:38.83
and depend upon
You and Your hope
00:31:38.86\00:31:41.86
knowing, Lord, that
You are in the process
00:31:41.90\00:31:44.13
of continually
pouring out into our hearts
00:31:44.17\00:31:48.20
the Holy Spirit,
the comforter, the love,
00:31:48.24\00:31:53.41
that only You can give us, Lord,
00:31:53.44\00:31:55.21
and let us have
that understanding.
00:31:55.24\00:31:56.81
Increase our depth
of understanding, Lord.
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.78
And so, Father, we
love You and we thank You.
00:31:59.81\00:32:02.98
Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
00:32:03.02\00:32:04.79
Amen. Amen.
00:32:04.82\00:32:06.22
Eric, why don't you
take Revelation 2:3-5?
00:32:06.25\00:32:09.22
Okay.
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.63
"You have persevered
00:32:11.66\00:32:12.99
and have endured
hardships for my name,
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.56
and have not grown weary.
00:32:15.60\00:32:17.93
Yet I hold this against you.
00:32:17.97\00:32:20.24
You have
forsaken your first love.
00:32:20.27\00:32:23.54
Remember the height
from which have fallen!
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.07
Repent and do the
things you did at first."
00:32:26.11\00:32:32.21
You remember your first love,
00:32:32.25\00:32:33.82
first fell in
love with Jesus Christ?
00:32:33.85\00:32:36.18
This is a tough
verse for me to read
00:32:36.22\00:32:38.32
because pride was
one of my big challenges
00:32:38.35\00:32:43.16
and when you get,
when the Lord blesses you
00:32:43.19\00:32:46.49
and you get puffed
up then pride comes in
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.60
and starts to
interfere with that plan
00:32:48.63\00:32:51.97
that the Lord has for your life.
00:32:52.00\00:32:54.14
So when I read
this verse He said,
00:32:54.17\00:32:56.87
"Remember the heights
from which you have fallen.
00:32:56.91\00:33:00.31
Repent and do the
things you did at first."
00:33:00.34\00:33:02.71
And I literally
have to do that everyday.
00:33:02.74\00:33:05.71
I make sure that I approach
the day with a humble heart
00:33:05.75\00:33:09.52
and the Lord has blessed
me and I struggle with that
00:33:09.55\00:33:14.06
and I'm very
thankful that He is there
00:33:14.09\00:33:17.26
and that His
grace is there also.
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.19
Absolutely. And that's precious.
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.86
How do you-- when do
you-- how do you recognize
00:33:21.90\00:33:25.13
when God is no
longer your first love?
00:33:25.17\00:33:29.00
To me it's all about priorities.
00:33:29.04\00:33:31.67
I mean-- You lose interest.
00:33:31.71\00:33:35.04
It doesn't mean
that you don't even
00:33:35.08\00:33:36.58
have to lose interest in God.
00:33:36.61\00:33:37.95
Its just when
something becomes more important
00:33:37.98\00:33:41.62
where you give other things
higher priority before Him
00:33:41.65\00:33:45.72
and that's so simple to do
00:33:45.75\00:33:49.42
and I will repeat once
again that even for those of us
00:33:49.46\00:33:53.06
who are in
ministry it is possible
00:33:53.09\00:33:56.16
to get so caught up
in doing the work for God
00:33:56.20\00:33:59.77
that you put His work
before you put the time
00:33:59.80\00:34:04.44
for the
relationship aspect of it.
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.74
So I think it's all
about our priorities.
00:34:06.78\00:34:09.38
You know, if we
have misplace priorities,
00:34:09.41\00:34:12.81
if someone is your first love
00:34:12.85\00:34:15.38
that kind of their
top priority in life.
00:34:15.42\00:34:18.52
For me I lose interest
in the sense that my job
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.62
became my primary
focus and the Bible
00:34:21.66\00:34:25.46
became a secondary
focus and slowly over time
00:34:25.49\00:34:30.07
it becomes more about your job
00:34:30.10\00:34:32.33
which gives you more
pride and you lose more,
00:34:32.37\00:34:34.50
more focus on
what's truly important
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.57
and that's the
word and He drew me back
00:34:37.61\00:34:41.04
and I'm so
thankful that that happened
00:34:41.08\00:34:42.88
and me and Luis we
talk about that all the time
00:34:42.91\00:34:45.28
so quick praise the Lord.
00:34:45.31\00:34:46.78
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.15
Also you know what,
what came to my mind
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.39
as we were praying
last night Shelley said,
00:34:50.42\00:34:53.56
you know, and in her
prayer she was saying
00:34:53.59\00:34:55.66
and, Lord, please
continue to be with our marriage
00:34:55.69\00:34:59.03
and our
relationship that we don't take
00:34:59.06\00:35:00.93
each other for granted.
00:35:00.96\00:35:03.50
And as she was praying that,
00:35:03.53\00:35:06.13
you know, that
kind of prick my heart
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.00
and thank You,
Jesus, because I would--
00:35:08.04\00:35:11.07
you can't get, you can't find
yourself being deeper in love
00:35:11.11\00:35:15.71
and taken things for granted
00:35:15.74\00:35:17.71
and then as you are doing
this what could we be doing.
00:35:17.75\00:35:21.28
You could be
taking Jesus for granted.
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.39
That's exactly right.
00:35:23.42\00:35:24.85
You know, I know
He's there take that
00:35:24.89\00:35:27.09
and I think that it's
very important to start
00:35:27.12\00:35:30.26
every morning off by
inviting the Holy Spirit
00:35:30.29\00:35:33.46
into your heart, you know.
00:35:33.50\00:35:35.40
So...
00:35:35.43\00:35:37.57
And that's what it
says here us to remember.
00:35:37.60\00:35:40.14
You know, every morning,
every hour, every moment
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.04
that you go through God is
trying to target your heart.
00:35:43.07\00:35:46.34
And it says, remember
where I brought you from.
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.64
Remember what I
have done from you
00:35:48.68\00:35:50.68
because we are so forgetful.
00:35:50.71\00:35:52.95
We always are going
back to the same all the time
00:35:52.98\00:35:56.55
but God has that
patience to be able to tell us,
00:35:56.58\00:35:59.35
son, daughter, don't worry.
00:35:59.39\00:36:01.76
I'm gonna be there to remind you
00:36:01.79\00:36:03.83
to come back to Me
on a minute by minute.
00:36:03.86\00:36:06.36
I used to say on a day to day
00:36:06.39\00:36:07.93
but it's like a minute by minute
00:36:07.96\00:36:09.86
you got to get to the
point where you go back to that,
00:36:09.90\00:36:12.87
that's smiling, that first love.
00:36:12.90\00:36:15.10
When you first got-- I
remember when I was baptized
00:36:15.14\00:36:17.47
how beautiful that moment was
00:36:17.51\00:36:19.57
and if you could just
go back to that moment
00:36:19.61\00:36:21.54
where you
rendered completely to God
00:36:21.58\00:36:23.95
and you woke in that
new light, in that new joy.
00:36:23.98\00:36:27.45
And you couldn't
help but talk about Him
00:36:27.48\00:36:29.18
wherever you went, right.
00:36:29.22\00:36:30.99
You couldn't help but
just having that smile
00:36:31.02\00:36:33.52
and it says and
bitter to tell you,
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.66
look all these bad
things are happening to you
00:36:35.69\00:36:37.39
why you are always smiling?
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.83
I have Jesus in my
heart. The cup runneth over.
00:36:38.86\00:36:41.30
Yes. Yes.
00:36:41.33\00:36:42.66
But, you know, and
someone, someone that's watching
00:36:42.70\00:36:46.23
maybe you can never
experience that with Jesus
00:36:46.27\00:36:49.10
and you talk about
what do you mean first love?
00:36:49.14\00:36:51.47
Have you ever just been
badly in love with someone?
00:36:51.51\00:36:53.84
When you fall in love
and you want to be with them,
00:36:53.88\00:36:57.18
you want to tell
people about them,
00:36:57.21\00:37:00.32
they put a smile on your
face and makes your heart
00:37:00.35\00:37:03.32
kind of pity pattered
that's, that's the way
00:37:03.35\00:37:06.62
Jesus wants to be to
us and I read the Psalms
00:37:06.65\00:37:10.03
and I think, boy, David had it.
00:37:10.06\00:37:12.06
David had-- the love
00:37:12.09\00:37:14.70
he had for God
was so passionate.
00:37:14.73\00:37:16.67
It almost sounds
like a romantic love
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.13
when you are reading it.
00:37:19.17\00:37:20.50
But that's what
God wants from us
00:37:20.54\00:37:21.90
is for us to be patient.
00:37:21.94\00:37:24.64
That reminds me,
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.01
I went by Luis's
office the other day
00:37:26.04\00:37:27.64
and look in there
the picture of Xenia.
00:37:27.68\00:37:30.95
Oh, so beautiful and I says
00:37:30.98\00:37:35.28
well, who is that pretty girl?
00:37:35.32\00:37:38.45
That's the most beautiful
woman in the world right there.
00:37:38.49\00:37:41.19
Twenty four
years you been married?
00:37:41.22\00:37:42.56
That's right.
00:37:42.59\00:37:43.93
And still the most
beautiful woman in the world.
00:37:43.96\00:37:45.46
Now that's
remembering your first love.
00:37:45.49\00:37:47.60
Amen.
00:37:47.63\00:37:48.96
I mean, it was a special time,
00:37:49.00\00:37:51.70
you know, because
Luis has a good time,
00:37:51.73\00:37:57.47
you know, but this time
00:37:57.51\00:37:59.31
this was a very
upbeat serious time.
00:37:59.34\00:38:02.84
Yes. Amen.
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.51
That's the most
beautiful woman in the world.
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.58
I will never forget
that, that was really neat.
00:38:06.61\00:38:08.38
Okay, have you prayed that?
00:38:08.42\00:38:09.98
Oh, not yet. Okay.
00:38:10.02\00:38:11.35
Okay.
00:38:11.39\00:38:13.46
Dear heavenly Father,
thank You for returning us
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.66
to our first love.
00:38:15.69\00:38:18.59
Some of us have drifted away
and You tugged in our hearts
00:38:18.63\00:38:21.20
and we are so happy and
blessed and thankful to be back.
00:38:21.23\00:38:26.40
God we repent for the past
and we ask that You guide us
00:38:26.43\00:38:31.74
into the future.
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.31
In Jesus name, amen. Amen.
00:38:33.34\00:38:35.64
So let me go ahead, I'm
gonna summarize that again
00:38:35.68\00:38:37.81
by with the affirmation
of all those scriptures
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.81
that we just had and
this is our affirmation
00:38:39.85\00:38:44.22
telling God we are-- you know,
what we speak with our mouth
00:38:44.25\00:38:47.56
we are speaking
with the spirit of faith.
00:38:47.59\00:38:50.86
I love the Lord
with all my heart,
00:38:50.89\00:38:52.59
soul, mind and strength.
00:38:52.63\00:38:54.16
Even in this response to God
I'm totally dependent upon Him.
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.70
Father, I know you
are the source of love.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.50
Help me to open my
heart and allow You to pour
00:39:01.54\00:39:04.44
Your love into me.
00:39:04.47\00:39:05.94
Empower me to
respond to You in love
00:39:05.97\00:39:09.51
and always keep me mindful
of Jesus Christ my first love.
00:39:09.54\00:39:13.75
Amen. Amen.
00:39:13.78\00:39:15.12
Now we are gonna talk about
00:39:15.15\00:39:16.58
loving your neighbor as yourself
00:39:16.62\00:39:18.39
and I see your time is
quickly ticking away here
00:39:18.42\00:39:21.02
so let me just
read the affirmation
00:39:21.06\00:39:23.96
and then we will
get into the scriptures.
00:39:23.99\00:39:26.93
The affirmation is, I
live in love shunning pride
00:39:26.96\00:39:30.53
and arrogance
despising evil behavior
00:39:30.57\00:39:33.34
and perverse speech.
00:39:33.37\00:39:34.90
I hate the sin
but not the sinner.
00:39:34.94\00:39:37.37
I love my neighbor as myself
00:39:37.41\00:39:38.74
and I'm seeing to
do good for others
00:39:38.77\00:39:40.94
just as I would like
to have them do to me.
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.78
I realize how much
God has forgiven me
00:39:43.81\00:39:47.25
which makes my
heart swell with love.
00:39:47.28\00:39:50.72
When it is possible
I demonstrate my love
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.92
by my actions and
not merely by my words.
00:39:52.95\00:39:56.09
I do not grow vary my
efforts to do good works.
00:39:56.12\00:39:59.06
Now let's look at the scriptures
00:39:59.09\00:40:00.43
that support this affirmation.
00:40:00.46\00:40:01.80
Xenia, why don't you start?
00:40:01.83\00:40:03.77
Proverbs 8:13,
00:40:03.80\00:40:06.53
"To fear the
Lord is to hate evil,
00:40:06.57\00:40:10.04
I hate pride and arrogance,
00:40:10.07\00:40:12.37
evil behavior
and perverse speech."
00:40:12.41\00:40:16.91
Well, the Lord is saying
that pride and arrogance,
00:40:16.95\00:40:23.22
evil behavior,
perverse speech are evil
00:40:23.25\00:40:27.92
and sometimes we
forget this thing.
00:40:27.96\00:40:31.59
We say, you know, His holy pride
00:40:31.63\00:40:33.66
there is no such thing.
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.53
Obviously with this verse.
00:40:35.56\00:40:37.67
Yeah.
00:40:37.70\00:40:39.43
And the Bible says we
can't serve to masters
00:40:39.47\00:40:44.24
so you either love or hate.
00:40:44.27\00:40:47.48
So if we love God
we have to hate evil
00:40:47.51\00:40:52.21
because we can't be
loving evil and loving God
00:40:52.25\00:40:56.35
because it doesn't work.
00:40:56.38\00:40:57.79
Amen.
00:40:57.82\00:40:59.15
And the more God
pours His holiness into us,
00:40:59.19\00:41:01.89
His love which establishes
His holiness and ours the more
00:41:01.92\00:41:06.63
and we will begin
to think like Him,
00:41:06.66\00:41:09.33
think with the mind of Christ
00:41:09.36\00:41:10.80
and the more we
spend time in the word
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.84
this is where the mind of Christ
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.20
is found and understand,
00:41:15.24\00:41:17.67
you know, there's things
that we may not have realized
00:41:17.71\00:41:20.21
we are perverse before
00:41:20.24\00:41:21.84
but suddenly you
are reading in the word
00:41:21.88\00:41:23.75
and you are thinking,
Lord, this is displeasing to You
00:41:23.78\00:41:27.02
and I'm guilty of this.
00:41:27.05\00:41:28.62
So all right, you
want to pray that back?
00:41:28.65\00:41:32.32
Dear heavenly Father, as
we come before You help us,
00:41:32.35\00:41:36.86
Lord, to hate
evil to only love You
00:41:36.89\00:41:43.50
and to only have
thoughts that are towards You
00:41:43.53\00:41:47.44
so that our minds will
always be in accord with You.
00:41:47.47\00:41:51.27
Amen. Amen.
00:41:51.31\00:41:52.64
Amen. Okay, Eric.
00:41:52.67\00:41:54.28
Okay, another powerful verse.
00:41:54.31\00:41:57.61
Mark 12:28-31
00:41:57.65\00:42:00.85
"Love the Lord your
God with all your heart,
00:42:00.88\00:42:03.49
with all your
soul, with all your mind,
00:42:03.52\00:42:05.29
and with all your strength.
00:42:05.32\00:42:07.29
Love your neighbor as yourself.
00:42:07.32\00:42:09.59
There is no other
commandment greater than these."
00:42:09.62\00:42:13.29
Amen.
00:42:13.33\00:42:14.66
For me this is a
powerful commandment
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.30
because or powerful
verse because it's easy
00:42:16.33\00:42:21.04
for me to love the
Lord in the sense that
00:42:21.07\00:42:23.97
when you read the Bible
you see what He did for you.
00:42:24.01\00:42:25.74
He came down from
paradise to this sin sick earth
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.71
and He died,
crucified on the cross for me.
00:42:28.74\00:42:31.21
It's easy to love Him.
00:42:31.25\00:42:32.65
It's like a fireman
saving you from death.
00:42:32.68\00:42:35.68
You got to love
Him for doing that.
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.59
But then I read the second part
00:42:37.62\00:42:38.95
"Love your neighbor as yourself"
00:42:38.99\00:42:41.06
and for me that's the tough part
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.82
because I have a
lot of neighbors.
00:42:42.86\00:42:46.80
And I've struggled
with that in the past
00:42:46.83\00:42:49.13
and praise the Lord
I found it in my heart
00:42:49.16\00:42:52.83
this always good in people.
00:42:52.87\00:42:56.81
Even the people
that you outwardly evil
00:42:56.84\00:43:00.48
and you think
the worst sometimes,
00:43:00.51\00:43:02.34
there is always something there
00:43:02.38\00:43:03.85
and if they germinate
that that's when the Lord
00:43:03.88\00:43:05.91
will help them to grow in faith,
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.42
in love and then in holiness.
00:43:08.45\00:43:11.52
But this love,
00:43:11.55\00:43:15.02
"Love your neighbor as yourself"
00:43:15.06\00:43:16.39
I think this is
the biggest challenge
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.03
that everyone has.
00:43:19.06\00:43:20.63
And once again
the only way possible
00:43:20.66\00:43:22.90
is when we open
our heart to the Lord
00:43:22.93\00:43:24.43
to let Him put it in there.
00:43:24.47\00:43:25.80
But there is no
commandment greater than that.
00:43:25.83\00:43:28.17
The others are
easy in comparison.
00:43:28.20\00:43:29.97
You know, and this proves,
as you look at everything
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.64
every one of God's
commandments is a promise
00:43:33.68\00:43:35.64
of what He will do in us.
00:43:35.68\00:43:37.41
I mean, in His Ten Commandments
00:43:37.45\00:43:38.78
which we are not gonna
get off from that tonight
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.42
because I could
preach on that whole day.
00:43:40.45\00:43:42.38
You want to pray that back?
00:43:42.42\00:43:43.75
But I notice that He says that
00:43:43.79\00:43:45.29
"Love your neighbor as yourself"
00:43:45.32\00:43:48.46
and a lot of times
we don't love ourselves.
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.13
Oh, that's a good point.
00:43:51.16\00:43:53.19
And so we have low self esteem
and we don't love ourselves,
00:43:53.23\00:43:57.03
we think we are bad and
all this kind of things.
00:43:57.07\00:43:59.80
So in message it's
telling those love yourself
00:43:59.83\00:44:03.14
like I've loved
you so you can give
00:44:03.17\00:44:06.01
the love to other people
because we don't feel loved
00:44:06.04\00:44:09.98
that we have a
hard time giving love.
00:44:10.01\00:44:12.65
That's true.
00:44:12.68\00:44:14.02
There is something
important about this too
00:44:14.05\00:44:16.22
and it's talking about how
when you love your neighbor
00:44:16.25\00:44:20.12
have you ever
had the circumstances
00:44:20.16\00:44:21.56
that a neighbor has
been giving you trouble
00:44:21.59\00:44:24.33
or have done or
tried all they can do
00:44:24.36\00:44:27.60
to be able to discourage you
and you continue to love them,
00:44:27.63\00:44:30.97
you continue to be
friendly, you continue to do it
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.54
and after a
while they just give up
00:44:33.57\00:44:35.10
and they say what is about you.
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.34
And this is when you
are gonna be able to show
00:44:37.37\00:44:39.27
I love God and I want to
give that to you as well.
00:44:39.31\00:44:43.14
And this is what God
is trying to tell you,
00:44:43.18\00:44:44.78
when you love your
neighbor and they come around
00:44:44.81\00:44:47.22
and they fill, then you
could fill them with your love,
00:44:47.25\00:44:50.15
then you could show them
00:44:50.19\00:44:51.52
what a wonderful
God He is to you.
00:44:51.55\00:44:54.22
And a lot of
times when you think,
00:44:54.26\00:44:55.59
you think that this is for you.
00:44:55.62\00:44:56.96
No, God is telling
you love your neighbor
00:44:56.99\00:44:58.96
so He can pour
out that whole gift
00:44:58.99\00:45:02.86
that He gives you
to those around you
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.33
so they may have
abundantly as well.
00:45:05.37\00:45:07.60
And that's
something that even before
00:45:07.64\00:45:09.17
I go out and speak anywhere
00:45:09.20\00:45:10.81
I mean, JD hears me
say this all the time.
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.71
I'll often tell to people I
love you in the congregation
00:45:12.74\00:45:16.44
but it is only because
and it has no credit to me
00:45:16.48\00:45:19.78
but I pray
before I go and I say,
00:45:19.81\00:45:21.85
Lord, pour Your love
into my heart for that person.
00:45:21.88\00:45:26.59
And sometimes, you
know, it's easy too.
00:45:26.62\00:45:28.82
Some people are
easy to love, you know.
00:45:28.86\00:45:31.66
Didn't there are
some that are little more
00:45:31.69\00:45:33.33
challenging to love
00:45:33.36\00:45:34.90
and when I find myself feeling
a little at odds with somebody
00:45:34.93\00:45:40.07
I just ask God pour
Your love into my heart
00:45:40.10\00:45:42.67
and there are but
people that I don't like
00:45:42.70\00:45:44.97
but I still love them.
00:45:45.01\00:45:46.34
I don't like them
because of their actions
00:45:46.37\00:45:47.71
but because God
empowers me to love.
00:45:47.74\00:45:50.38
Amen. Amen. Okay,
we need to move on.
00:45:50.41\00:45:52.58
Dear heavenly
Father, as Shelley said
00:45:52.61\00:45:56.48
pour Your love into our
hearts when we read of You
00:45:56.52\00:46:00.02
and Your word You are
easy to love by our neighbors.
00:46:00.06\00:46:04.39
Your glory reflects to us
when we love our neighbors.
00:46:04.43\00:46:07.43
Strengthen us that we might
do what You command us to do
00:46:07.46\00:46:11.87
which is love them to.
00:46:11.90\00:46:13.77
We thank You and we
praise You in Jesus name, amen.
00:46:13.80\00:46:16.84
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:46:16.87\00:46:18.44
Amen. Okay, Luis.
00:46:18.47\00:46:20.51
Matthew 7:12, "In
everything, do to others
00:46:20.54\00:46:27.12
what you would
have them do to you,
00:46:27.15\00:46:30.32
for this sums up the
Law and the Prophets."
00:46:30.35\00:46:35.49
In other words every
thing that the Old Testament
00:46:35.52\00:46:38.69
the Law and the
Prophets is summed up in this.
00:46:38.73\00:46:41.56
That's right. The golden rule.
00:46:41.60\00:46:43.70
In everything.
Isn't that amazing?
00:46:43.73\00:46:45.90
You know, a lot
of times we forget
00:46:45.93\00:46:47.57
what that word really means.
00:46:47.60\00:46:50.01
It means when we
wake up, when we are sad,
00:46:50.04\00:46:51.97
when we are tired, when
we are, when life is just,
00:46:52.01\00:46:55.44
you know, crumbling around
us it is telling in everything
00:46:55.48\00:46:59.28
that you do make
sure that you, your love
00:46:59.31\00:47:02.68
and that you
fill those around you
00:47:02.72\00:47:06.86
that they may be rejoicing
00:47:06.89\00:47:09.52
and that they may find
the love of God as well.
00:47:09.56\00:47:13.46
It also strikes me that
this verse also tells me
00:47:13.50\00:47:16.43
that we know how we
should treat our neighbors
00:47:16.46\00:47:19.50
because we know how we
want our neighbors to treat us.
00:47:19.53\00:47:22.40
So everyone knows how
to love and be generous
00:47:22.44\00:47:25.77
and how to care
for their neighbors
00:47:25.81\00:47:27.68
because we want
the same thing too.
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.14
Amen.
00:47:29.18\00:47:30.51
And this kind interesting
is this a little word here
00:47:30.55\00:47:32.41
due to other what
you would have them
00:47:32.45\00:47:34.05
do to you not for you.
00:47:34.08\00:47:37.25
That's right.
00:47:37.29\00:47:38.62
You know, that
is a to you. Yeah.
00:47:38.65\00:47:40.32
And that brings it
much closer to home.
00:47:40.36\00:47:43.66
You know, a lot of
people say, you know,
00:47:43.69\00:47:45.03
that this is
kind of an acid test
00:47:45.06\00:47:47.36
the way that you
treat your neighbors
00:47:47.40\00:47:49.50
is how you look at God.
00:47:49.53\00:47:51.00
That's right. And so--
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.63
And could I take
that a step further?
00:47:52.67\00:47:55.14
In the home,
remember when my sister
00:47:55.17\00:47:58.01
came to our house
first time she visited
00:47:58.04\00:48:00.44
and she told me
she went upstairs
00:48:00.48\00:48:02.71
and we were
getting ready for bed
00:48:02.74\00:48:04.08
and she said,
oh, it's honey this,
00:48:04.11\00:48:06.65
and honey that and
please this and please that.
00:48:06.68\00:48:08.85
She said, this
is just, she said,
00:48:08.88\00:48:10.72
you guys are
sickening, you know.
00:48:10.75\00:48:12.39
And I thought what?
00:48:12.42\00:48:13.76
And she said, why do you do that
00:48:13.79\00:48:15.52
and I said, well,
because we love each other
00:48:15.56\00:48:17.69
and I said, I certainly
gonna be as-- she said,
00:48:17.73\00:48:20.16
well, you act
like you are strangers.
00:48:20.20\00:48:21.53
You are so polite.
00:48:21.56\00:48:22.90
And I said,
well, can you imagine
00:48:22.93\00:48:24.70
said he is the
one I love the most.
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.43
Of course, I'm gonna treat Him
as well as I would a stranger.
00:48:26.47\00:48:29.84
Well, about the third night
I overheard her on the phone,
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.54
she was on the phone
with her husband and she said,
00:48:32.57\00:48:36.14
you know, I thought
this is a little strange
00:48:36.18\00:48:38.25
but she said, it's
really peaceful around here.
00:48:38.28\00:48:40.45
She said, we need
to give this a try.
00:48:40.48\00:48:42.38
So when we talk
about treating others
00:48:42.42\00:48:45.22
as we would like to be treated
00:48:45.25\00:48:46.76
I think it has to
begin in the home.
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.96
I mean, that is
another litmus test is are we,
00:48:48.99\00:48:52.26
are we living it out in the home
00:48:52.29\00:48:54.30
and I think that's why some kids
00:48:54.33\00:48:56.67
leave the church
is they have parents
00:48:56.70\00:48:59.43
who's-- the house,
the home relationship
00:48:59.47\00:49:03.41
is dysfunctional
and up in a roar.
00:49:03.44\00:49:06.14
They are not practicing
what they preach on Sabbath.
00:49:06.17\00:49:11.41
So it's something very important
00:49:11.45\00:49:13.08
that we consistent there.
00:49:13.11\00:49:14.68
And, you know, not to get off so
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.05
but this is an important point
00:49:16.08\00:49:17.42
because the
parents are the role models
00:49:17.45\00:49:21.66
and there are many homes
00:49:21.69\00:49:23.02
that are just so
loud and frustrating,
00:49:23.06\00:49:24.76
you know, that they can't wait
to leave and then they get out
00:49:24.79\00:49:27.73
and they are taking
that baggage with them.
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.90
So I mean, I just
make a plea to the parents,
00:49:29.93\00:49:33.70
you know, love your children.
00:49:33.74\00:49:38.47
Bring peace and
harmony to these homes.
00:49:38.51\00:49:40.54
And, JD, I had a
loving and praying mother
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.48
and she made all the
difference in the world.
00:49:43.51\00:49:45.45
So what you said
is very, very true.
00:49:45.48\00:49:47.62
Amen. Amen.
00:49:47.65\00:49:49.22
And obviously you
are a praying and loving.
00:49:49.25\00:49:51.75
The Eric that I know--
00:49:51.79\00:49:53.36
I'm indeed. I'm indeed.
00:49:53.39\00:49:54.72
But, you know, I remember just--
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.09
I'm indeed.
00:49:56.12\00:49:57.46
Would you like to
pray that back, Luis?
00:49:57.49\00:49:59.16
Our loving
Father, we are so grateful
00:49:59.19\00:50:02.03
that You have always
shown us such great love.
00:50:02.06\00:50:06.33
Lord, but it says here
that we need to love others
00:50:06.37\00:50:09.10
like we want to be loved.
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.27
We take all the
love from you, Lord,
00:50:11.31\00:50:13.07
and now we need to pour it
out around our neighborhood,
00:50:13.11\00:50:16.24
around our friends,
around our workplace
00:50:16.28\00:50:19.38
that, Lord, we maybe
rejoiced of the outcome of that.
00:50:19.41\00:50:23.69
Individuals that are
going to as well learn and feel
00:50:23.72\00:50:28.49
how great and
wonderful and powerful You are.
00:50:28.52\00:50:31.16
We pray that today,
Lord, that You show us,
00:50:31.19\00:50:34.76
that You empower us in
the way that we may learn
00:50:34.80\00:50:39.10
how to love
others and we may learn
00:50:39.13\00:50:41.64
how to love
ourselves and fill ourselves
00:50:41.67\00:50:44.41
with You and Your spirit.
00:50:44.44\00:50:46.21
In Christ name, amen.
00:50:46.24\00:50:47.84
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:50:47.88\00:50:49.21
Okay, we only have
about five minutes left
00:50:49.24\00:50:51.61
and we've still got
four scriptures to go so, JD,
00:50:51.65\00:50:54.48
we'll kind of keep
our conversation down
00:50:54.52\00:50:57.59
but go ahead and do Luke 7.
00:50:57.62\00:50:58.95
Yes, because we
are gonna be dealing
00:50:58.99\00:51:00.32
with the fundamental
principle here but Luke 7:40-47,
00:51:00.36\00:51:04.29
I will just kind of go
through part of this, okay.
00:51:04.33\00:51:06.59
"'Two men owed money
to a certain moneylender.
00:51:06.63\00:51:08.86
Neither of them had the
money to go pay him back,
00:51:08.90\00:51:11.43
so he cancelled
the debts of both.
00:51:11.47\00:51:13.74
Now which of them
will love him more?'
00:51:13.77\00:51:18.81
Simon replied,
'I suppose the one
00:51:18.84\00:51:21.18
who had the
bigger debt cancelled.'
00:51:21.21\00:51:23.71
'You have judged
correctly,' Jesus said.
00:51:23.75\00:51:25.48
Therefore, I tell you,
00:51:25.51\00:51:27.02
her many sins have been forgiven
00:51:27.05\00:51:28.75
for she love much
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.55
but he who has been
forgiven little loves little."
00:51:30.59\00:51:35.79
It seems like that reality
00:51:35.82\00:51:37.16
of the one of
the actions in life
00:51:37.19\00:51:40.90
is that we don't really pay
00:51:40.93\00:51:43.16
a whole lot of
attention to things
00:51:43.20\00:51:44.83
that we have little invested
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.87
but those things that
we have a lot of stuff
00:51:46.90\00:51:48.84
invested in well,
then all of a sudden we get
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.84
it seems like we are
spending more time on our needs.
00:51:51.87\00:51:55.01
Help me Jesus, help me,
then the month is coming
00:51:55.04\00:51:58.31
we don't have the money.
00:51:58.35\00:51:59.78
Boy, they are praying
earnestly at the first
00:51:59.81\00:52:01.62
the month is kind of
well, we will get it done,
00:52:01.65\00:52:03.42
we will get it done.
00:52:03.45\00:52:04.79
And so there is a principle
involved here and the more,
00:52:04.82\00:52:10.29
the more that,
the more that you owe
00:52:10.33\00:52:15.30
the more earnest
your prayers may be.
00:52:18.83\00:52:21.17
You know, I'll just
real quickly say this
00:52:21.20\00:52:22.90
because my sister well,
this is her favorite scripture
00:52:22.94\00:52:25.97
and she learned to love the Lord
00:52:26.01\00:52:29.98
because He first loved her.
00:52:30.01\00:52:32.01
She been forgiven of many
sins just very much like Mary
00:52:32.05\00:52:36.52
in this passage
here in Luke 7:47
00:52:36.55\00:52:39.92
and because she recognized
00:52:39.95\00:52:42.39
how much she had been forgiven
00:52:42.42\00:52:44.83
her love for the
Lord was very great.
00:52:44.86\00:52:46.86
Now there people and
you maybe one of them,
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.80
you maybe have been
in the church for many,
00:52:49.83\00:52:51.90
many years and
you didn't realize
00:52:51.93\00:52:53.84
how much He needed to save you,
00:52:53.87\00:52:55.20
you didn't realize how
much He had forgiven you.
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.67
So your passion for
God is not that great
00:52:57.71\00:53:00.08
because you just
think well, so what?
00:53:00.11\00:53:02.98
So He died on the
cross, I've been a good person.
00:53:03.01\00:53:05.81
We actually met a lady here
who was here being interviewed
00:53:05.85\00:53:08.88
who said that.
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.25
She said, for 30 years
00:53:10.29\00:53:11.62
she thought what's the big deal?
00:53:11.65\00:53:13.39
You know, I haven't
broken any of the big ten,
00:53:13.42\00:53:16.02
but when she finally
recognized what a sinner she was
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.46
and how much she
had been forgiven
00:53:18.49\00:53:20.40
the more you recognize
that you've been forgiven
00:53:20.43\00:53:22.70
the more you will love.
00:53:22.73\00:53:24.07
We are gonna skip the praying
00:53:24.10\00:53:25.43
this back right
now and go to Xenia.
00:53:25.47\00:53:27.90
Proverbs 3:27
"Do not withhold good
00:53:27.94\00:53:32.17
from those to whom it is
due, when it is in your power
00:53:32.21\00:53:37.01
or the power of
your hand to do so."
00:53:37.05\00:53:40.55
So many times we are
forced to praise that person
00:53:40.58\00:53:44.42
that is struggling in their walk
00:53:44.45\00:53:47.22
and they do
something good we praise them
00:53:47.26\00:53:49.76
or we give them
recompense or things like that.
00:53:49.79\00:53:54.56
We forget those people
that are doing the right thing.
00:53:54.60\00:53:58.13
We don't acknowledge them,
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you know, they are
doing the right thing,
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doing the right
path and sometimes--
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Well, that's good.
And we need to do that.
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That's good, I was thinking
of this more along the material
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that if you had
the material blessing
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that you could
give, do good to someone
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don't withhold it if it's in
the power of your hand to do so
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but I hadn't thought
about as an affirmation.
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You know, JD calls them attaboys
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but and people
need to hear that.
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Very good. Very good.
00:54:24.16\00:54:25.49
Honey, you want
to do 1 John 3:18?
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Yes, 1 John 3:18,
"Let us not love with words
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or tongue but with
actions and in truth."
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Well, lot of us
get caught up in that,
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our priorities maybe wrong,
00:54:40.61\00:54:42.68
we maybe asked
when we want something.
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I think the bottom line here
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is don't have a
hypocritical attitude.
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Be who you are,
say what's your name
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and staying
single in the long road
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you are known as a
godly man or godly woman.
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Amen. Amen.
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It's easy to say something,
00:55:03.43\00:55:05.13
the fruits in the
pudding my mother always told me
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so you got to love with
actions and in truth, okay.
00:55:07.44\00:55:12.01
Luis, you want
to do the last one?
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Galatians 6:9,
"Let us not become weary
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in doing good,
for at the proper time
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we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up."
00:55:21.08\00:55:25.45
Amen. What a beautiful verse.
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If we continue to do good
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God is going to makes your--
that harvest is gonna come
00:55:30.09\00:55:34.06
and we are gonna just rejoice.
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Persevere. That's right.
00:55:35.46\00:55:36.87
Absolutely, so let's do
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.27
all those back as an affirmation
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and-- I live in
love shunning pride
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and arrogance
despising evil behavior
00:55:43.57\00:55:45.71
and perverse speech.
00:55:45.74\00:55:47.28
I hate the sin
but not the sinner.
00:55:47.31\00:55:49.84
I love my neighbor as
myself and I'm seeing to do good
00:55:49.88\00:55:52.65
for others just as I would
like to have them do to me.
00:55:52.68\00:55:55.65
I realize how much
God has forgiven me
00:55:55.68\00:55:57.95
which makes my
heart swell with love.
00:55:57.99\00:56:01.72
When it is
possible I demonstrate
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my love by my actions
and not merely by my words.
00:56:03.76\00:56:07.20
I do not grow vary in my
efforts to do good works.
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And the reason
we speak this back
00:56:11.13\00:56:14.10
the Bible says in
Proverbs the power of
00:56:14.14\00:56:17.91
death and life is in the tongue.
00:56:17.94\00:56:20.38
As we pray God's
word back to Him,
00:56:20.41\00:56:22.64
as we speak God's
word over our life
00:56:22.68\00:56:25.31
it will rewire this
little computer up here
00:56:25.35\00:56:29.65
and it will help
us to start thinking
00:56:29.68\00:56:32.79
more like Christ and its
that's where the power is.
00:56:32.82\00:56:36.36
So we have looked up,
last time we were all together
00:56:36.39\00:56:39.83
we looked at the love of God,
00:56:39.86\00:56:41.36
this time we have
looked at how we can love God
00:56:41.40\00:56:46.33
and how is this possible.
00:56:46.37\00:56:49.14
Through the Holy Spirit.
00:56:49.17\00:56:50.51
Only through the
Holy Spirit it's possible.
00:56:50.54\00:56:52.94
I just want to
thank you so much.
00:56:52.97\00:56:54.51
Please give Marilyn our love,
00:56:54.54\00:56:56.64
tell her we are praying for her.
00:56:56.68\00:56:58.15
She is watching.
00:56:58.18\00:56:59.51
She is watching. Oh,
wonderful. Oh, Eric--
00:56:59.55\00:57:00.88
We love you and
we miss you, Marilyn.
00:57:00.92\00:57:02.58
Yeah, doing the
same without you here
00:57:02.62\00:57:04.55
but thank you,
Eric, Luis and Xenia.
00:57:04.59\00:57:08.36
And what is
your daughter's name?
00:57:08.39\00:57:09.96
Xelia. Xelia. Xenia and Xelia.
00:57:09.99\00:57:13.29
X is well, right? That's right.
00:57:13.33\00:57:15.43
Okay. Well, thank you
for joining us. Honey?
00:57:15.46\00:57:18.93
Amen. Thank you.
00:57:18.97\00:57:20.50
Thank you my, darling. Amen.
00:57:20.54\00:57:22.07
Well, our prayer for you at home
00:57:22.10\00:57:23.57
is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:23.61\00:57:26.27
the love of the Father
00:57:26.31\00:57:27.88
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:27.91\00:57:29.58
will be with you all
Sabbath and everyday.
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Bye-bye.
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