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, my
name is Greg Morikone.
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This is my wife Jill.
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And thank you for
joining 3ABN Family Worship.
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You know it's always a blessing
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to have some of our 3ABN family
here joining us at the table.
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But you know, it's
fun coming into your home
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each and every day,
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but especially here
for the family worships.
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It's Sabbath time most
likely when you're watching this
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so happy Sabbath to you.
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It's been a busy week.
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But it's always a
blessing to have the Sabbath.
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I know that Jill and I
always look forward to that.
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And worship time of
course is always special.
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But I think there's
actually a special blessing
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about having
worship on the Sabbath.
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I know God has promised
a really special blessing
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when we enter
into the Sabbath rest.
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And I think as
we worship Him here
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during this time, this evening.
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I know it's always a
special blessing by doing that.
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There is, I think
Friday sundown worship
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is my favorite time of the week.
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I would agree with that.
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We just love having
worship opening up the Sabbath,
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spending that
time with each other.
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Sometimes during the
week you can be busy.
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And I think...
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Uh, I can have some
time with my husband,
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just to talk and
to share and to pray
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and to study God's
word and that is exciting.
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And we're so glad
that you have tuned in.
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And that you're
joining us, our 3ABN family.
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Here speaking of
that, we want to introduce
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our 3ABN family here.
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That's right.
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And we have way over here
on my right is Caleb Dinzey.
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Hello.
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That you're here,
he's bringing us our music.
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First we're gonna sing
some songs here in a little bit.
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And tell us, Caleb, how many...
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You go to school
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over to
Thompsonville Christian Academy.
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How many
instruments do you play?
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I play 15 instruments.
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Fifteen? Yes.
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That's actually 1-5, 15? Yes.
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Wow. That's amazing.
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Give us the
names of some of them.
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We know guitar, you're
sitting here with that, but...
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I play guitar. I play cello.
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Clarinet, bass
clarinet, alto, saxophone,
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mandolin, ukulele, few others.
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Wow.
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Well, God have given
you a tremendous talent
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and it's neat that
you're using it for Him
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and I think
that's a great thing.
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And thank you for joining
us-- For our family worship.
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And of course, He's the son
of Johnny and Idalia Dinzey.
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Johnny is general
manager of 3ABN Latino Network.
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And your older
brother is at Union College.
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But we're so
glad that you're here.
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And next to you is
Jay, Jason Bradley.
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And, Jay, we just love the
fact that God brought you here.
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Tell us just a little
bit about your journey?
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I want to say something here too
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real quick before we do that.
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I actually count
him as my neighbor
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because our
offices are right next door
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and to each other,
and so it's always nice.
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I don't have to go very
far, just walk out of my office
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and right into yours.
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Right around the
corner. Yeah, I tell you.
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And it's a
blessing having you there.
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You and mom with
Dare to Dream of course.
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But, yeah, tell us a
little bit about yourself
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and what you do here?
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Well, my title is assistant
to the general manager.
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My mom's been my
boss for 29 years.
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So I figured why not I
come and get paid for it, right?
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So, so prior to this I
was managing a restaurant,
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working about 70 hours a week.
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And so I was out
in the world then.
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But then I wanted to
give my heart to the Lord
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and then doing so, I
ended up coming to 3ABN
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and that was the best
move that I could have made.
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Praise God. Amen.
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You've been here how long?
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Two years in February.
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Wow. Praise the Lord.
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So you're a tremendous blessing
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and asset to the ministry
of 3ABN, that's for sure
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and to us personally as
friends, we appreciate you.
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That's right, and you
just got re-baptized here.
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I did. I did.
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Yes. Amen.
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That was another great decision.
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Yes. Praise God.
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Amen. God is good.
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Amen.
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And on this side we
have Mo and Vanessa Primo
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and Baby Abiyala.
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And how long have
you been here both?
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I grew up here.
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That's basically all your
life in basically, isn't it?
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This is, this is
home. This is family.
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And now I'm here as
a marketing manager...
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Yeah. Currently.
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And we count you both
as part of our 3ABN family.
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And then tell us...
And great friends too.
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How long have
you all been married?
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Almost five years. In
June it will be five years.
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Yeah. Congratulations.
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We had to look at
each other for almost...
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I knew that was close thing.
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And, Mo, we
actually back in the day,
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when I was in
production way back,
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we used to travel
on the remote crew,
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the truck crew at that point.
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Remember some of those days?
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That was the first
summer that the truck went out.
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Like 99 or
something around there 2000.
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Yeah, lot of fun.
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And, Baby Abiyala,
you're just starting to crawl
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we find out too.
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Yeah, she started yesterday.
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Yeah, so that's a
big accomplishment.
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Yeah. Amen.
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And how old is Abiyala?
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Eight months. Eight months old.
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Wow. You're doing good.
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And that's a pretty
hair ribbon in your hair too.
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You got a pink
ribbon to match the outfit.
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Thank you.
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And family worship
is about families too.
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You know no
matter what age you are,
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whether you are 99
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or nine months,
eight months old.
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It's wonderful to, to
open up the word of God
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and spend time in that.
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Spend time together as a family.
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And today we're
discussing the topic of faith.
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Yeah, faith, now that can
actually be a bit challenging
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when you actually discuss faith.
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But it's a lot of fun too.
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So we've got some neat questions
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and hopefully good discussions.
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Talk about some
personal experience--
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Amen. How stepping out in faith.
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How that's been
in our own lives.
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And I know that you at
home I'm sure have some,
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I don't know, some
circumstances in your life
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where you had to
step out in faith too.
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And so I'm sure you can join us
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as we study the topic
of faith here this evening.
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Amen, but first we're
gonna sing a couple of songs.
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That's right.
Worship is always important.
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You know, to spend
time praising God in music.
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So, Caleb, why
don't you lead us here?
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We start with
"Side by Side We Stand."
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All right.
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Side by side we stand
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Waiting God's command
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Worshiping the saving King
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Living by His grace
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And moving on in faith
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Jesus Himself
will see us through
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Here's the
chorus, sing with us..
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Meet me in heaven
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We'll join hands together
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Meet me by the Savior's side
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I'll meet you in heaven
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We'll sing songs together
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Brothers and
sisters I'll be there
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Just go to first two, okay?
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Soldiers all are we
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To go where Jesus leads
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To fight the foe
and we will overcome
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Heaven is our goal
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To save every soul
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Pray that we all will be there
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Meet me in heaven
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We'll join hands together
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Meet me by the Savior's side
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I'll meet you in heaven
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We'll sing songs together
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Brothers and
sisters I'll be there
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Amen.
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What a wonderful day that
will be wanted to be heaven.
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Amen. Our
brothers and sisters here.
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But some of you we may
never meet on this earth,
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but in heaven, I
know that we will.
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Won't that be wonderful?
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So we'll all be there, won't we?
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That's for sure.
We got another song.
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Whisper Prayer.
That's a good song.
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And the words should
appear on your screen as well.
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Whisper a prayer in the morning
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Whisper a prayer at noon
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Whisper a prayer in the evening
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To keep your heart in tune
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God answers prayer.
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God answers
prayer in the morning
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God answers prayer at noon
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God answers
prayer in the evening
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To keep your heart in tune
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Jesus may come in the morning
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Jesus may come at noon
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Jesus may come in the evening
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So keep your heart in tune
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Amen, you know one of the things
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I like about that
song is basically,
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but it goes
along with the text--
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Basically praying
all the time. Amen.
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Yeah, you know
basically you want Jesus
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to be a part of
your life all day long.
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You don't know
when Jesus may come,
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but the thing is to
keep your heart in tune.
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And I know, Caleb, that you're
again into musical instruments
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and keeping an instrument
in tune is critical, isn't it?
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To making it sound right? Yes.
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If it's not in tune there,
you're gonna hear wobbling
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and it's not
gonna sound too pretty.
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That's right.
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So keeping our heart in tune
is basically keeping it in tune
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and way to keep in
tune is with Jesus.
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Let's have a short
prayer and then Abiyala,
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you're gonna have a
little worship time, aren't you?
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A special
little story coming up.
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I know I'm gonna enjoy it too.
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But, sweetheart, would you
mind to pray for us please?
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Yeah, Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus
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and we thank You
for the gift of Sabbath.
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We thank You for the
privilege of coming apart
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from the cares of
the weak and the business
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and spending these special
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holy sanctified
24 hours with You.
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Right now we open up our hearts,
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we ask that You and Your
Holy Spirit would impart to us
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special gems from Your
word as we open up Your word,
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as we share with
each other as 3ABN family
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and our 3ABN family at home,
we just ask for Your anointing.
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And we thank You in the precious
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and holy name of Jesus, amen.
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Before we go to
the story, Caleb,
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we want to say thank you
very much again for the music.
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God has given you
tremendous talent.
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And thank you for
joining us here for worship
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and bring the music along.
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We appreciate that a lot.
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You know, sweetie, music
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is such a
incredible part of worship.
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That's true. And I love that.
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And it's such a blessing
to bring in the young people.
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I always have a special,
special part of my heart,
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I guess it's for the young
people there at the school.
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And so it's always
fun when we can have them
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and have them interact with us
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and share the
music for family worship.
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That's true, and we
have a little baby with us.
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Like we said earlier. We do.
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We have Abiyala
over here. Hi, Abiyala.
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And it's story time. Yeah.
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And she's eating
some fun little puffs too.
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The Bible says in Matthew 17:20.
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"I tell you the truth
if you have faith as small
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as a mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain,
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'Move from here to
there,' and it will move.
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Nothing will be
impossible for you."
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Wow.
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"They were building a highway
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and a mountain was
standing in the way.
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It took a hundred
days to move that mountain,
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giant steam shovels
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and dump truck
work night and day.
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At last the road was completed.
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A huge mountain had been
moved by men and machines.
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Jesus, I mean, Jesus, look here.
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Jesus talked
about moving mountains.
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He compared faith
to a mustard seed.
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Mustard seeds are
very tiny, but Jesus taught
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that a little faith
can move big mountains.
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That's because our faith
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is in God bigger
than any mountain.
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Mustards seeds
grow into large bushes.
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Our faith can grow bigger too.
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If there is something that
seems impossible in your life,
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have a little faith
in our great big God.
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He can move
impossible mountains."
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Amen. Amen.
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Is there a little prayer?
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There is. I like little prayers.
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Gonna pray. It's prayer time.
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Father, I pray that my faith
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will grow like the mustard
seed into a great big tree.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen. It's a great story.
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That definitely
goes along with faith.
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What is our topic today?
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Amen. That's for sure.
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Faith is a
grain of mustard seed.
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So I know at a certain point
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Abiyala is gonna want
to go off and take a nap.
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But as we discussed
the topic of faith...
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What is faith?
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Well, I think to find
the definition of faith
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we should look in the Bible.
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Hebrews 11:1
sums it up quite nice.
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So let's-- yeah,
for those of you at home
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we'd just say, what, Jay?
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Hebrews 11:1.
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Now even, you know, Hebrews 11
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it's kind of known
as the faith chapter.
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So that's,
that's right on. It is.
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Yeah. Hebrews 11.
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So long, I'll get to Hebrews 11.
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Okay. All right.
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So, this... All right.
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So looking at Hebrews 11:1.
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It says, "Now
faith is the substance
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of things hoped for,
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the evidence of
things not seen."
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And I think that provides us
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what the good
definition of what faith is.
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Another thing is that,
the true testament of faith
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is to be able to
tolerate uncertainty,
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while trusting in God
that He will see through.
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Oh, that's powerful.
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True faith is a
testament of trusting in--
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A testament of true faith
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is being able to
tolerate uncertainty,
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while trusting in God
that He will see through.
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Yeah, because you know
faith is a noun, right?
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I mean here it is.
Faith is the substance.
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So you think that's a
subject. Faith is a noun.
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But to me faith
is a verb, right?
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Faith is action. Oh, yes.
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You have to practice it.
You have to practice it, faith.
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Yeah that's very true.
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You know it's tough for me
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because I actually
like to know a little bit.
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You know plan sometimes
and uncertainty that's rough.
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I like that word, I
know I feel sometime.
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A lot of us don't
especially I mean as humans.
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Yeah. Uncertain.
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My, I, I, yeah. I
like to know a little bit.
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So that is true because Hebrews
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is all about going out in faith
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and not really know,
well, it is faith, isn't it?
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Not really knowing
sometimes the future,
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sometimes God tells
you to do something,
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you got to do it.
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And actually to add on to that,
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Psalm 105 and 106 is a summary.
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It's kind of a,
a journey through
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the Hebrew children experience,
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starting all the
way back with Abraham.
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Psalm 105. Psalm 105.
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Starting with Abraham,
recounting what had happened,
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going all the way
through Egypt and Moses
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and all the way
around, beyond that.
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Fantastic. And verse 5.
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Psalm 105:5 says,
"Remember his marvelous works
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that he hath done, his wonders,
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and the judgments of his mouth."
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Remember.
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So I think that the
substance and the evidence
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is how God has
led us already, right?
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And looking back and remembering
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and seeing the track
record that God has always
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taking care of us
or kept His word or--
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So based on that evidence
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we can have
faith or we can trust
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then moving forward or
this kind of situation,
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whatever it is that
will God will handle it also.
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Amen. That's an excellent point.
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I like that because
you know, you're thinking--
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We develop faith based off
our past experience, right?
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Depending on what
happened in the past,
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then I think okay,
it proved you before.
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So like this chair,
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I've never sat in a
chair that fell, right,
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that was broken.
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And so now I think
every time I sit down
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the chair is gonna hold me
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or like in my
relationship with Greg,
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I think, as you, as
you walk in marriage,
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you know, in oneness
together you learn to trust.
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You learn that
trust and respect deepens.
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And so now you
can say I have faith
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because of how he has
treated me in the past
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or the past experience.
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So that's powerful.
The same thing with God.
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I just gonna say that.
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I think the key is,
yeah, faith in God is the key
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because people
will let you down.
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You know I remember when I
was a young person in school
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and I was sort of discouraged.
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You know I was looking at people
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and this person was
kind of letting me down
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and that person
was letting me down.
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I went to my dad and I
said, you know what, this is it.
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I mean, you know, I put
this person up on a pedestal
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which you're not supposed to
do and they were failing you.
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And my dad said, son, he
said never look to people
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because they will fail you.
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Look to God, look to
Jesus, He will never fail you.
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He said, son, he's my
dad. He said I failed you too.
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He said but God
will never fail you.
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And so you know, you're
talking about these chairs,
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these chairs
have never failed us.
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I have sat in a
chair that's failed me.
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I haven't. It
actually collapsed on me.
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Not these chairs but it was--
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Yeah, outside of 3ABN.
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So you know it makes
you a little bit cautious.
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You know, so if I were
to look at that same chair
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like I saw when it
looked exactly like that,
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I might kind of
you know test it up.
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You know, but with God, we know
God has never failed any of us.
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You know at times
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our circumstances
may be challenging
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and we may say,
God, where are you?
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But He's there, that's for sure.
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And that kind of
also reminded me of,
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you know, very well known
and loved Ellen White said.
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"In reviewing our past history,
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having traveled over
every step of advance
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to our present
standing, I can say, Praise God!
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As I see what
the God has wrought,
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I am filled with astonishment
and with confidence..."
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Yeah, that's a good
word. I'm sure it is.
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"In Christ as leader.
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We have nothing to
fear for the future,
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except as we shall forget
the way the Lord has led us,
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and His teaching
in our past history."
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Yeah. Oh, yeah.
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You know, that's
powerful. I'm sure it is.
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And you know important
thing is important to know God.
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I mean, you're
not gonna have faith
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in someone that you don't know.
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So you have to take the
time out to get to know him.
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If you look at Romans 10:17.
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Just let me know
when you guys get there.
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That's a good verse.
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That verse
reiterates-- 10:17, yep.
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What I was saying.
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So it says, "So then
faith cometh by hearing,
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and hearing by the word of God."
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So if you're not spending
time in the word of God,
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you're not getting to know God.
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These are God's
instructions to us.
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These are the Holy
Scriptures that we've to follow.
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These are guidelines
and principles for our life.
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And if you are not
studying His word then, I mean,
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your faith is
probably lacking too.
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Yeah.
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So I think that's important.
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And another verse saying
the same thing as Romans 12:2.
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12:2, so just a
couple of chapters over.
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All I like to talk
about, "Be ye not conforms
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but rather be transformed
by the renewing of the mind,
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by the reading of God's word."
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Yeah. That's fantastic.
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So being in God basically--
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You know that's excellent. Amen.
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And I think there is...
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With our generation
there is, there is an issue
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with this whole self-made thing.
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I say, yeah, I'm a
self-made millionaire.
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I'm self this, self this.
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Everything is placed on in-self.
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You know everybody
is valuing themselves.
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When we acknowledge
that we're powerless,
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it allows God to fill us with
His power and work through us.
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And I think that's
one of the biggest issues
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with this
generation as they think
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that it's by their own works
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or something that they are
in the spot that they are in.
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I was actually
thinking along the same lines.
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You know, you're
saying, God's power in us.
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I have written down
the fruit of the spirit--
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Where is it? Galatians 5:22, 23.
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By the fruit of the spirit is--
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"But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
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longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith."
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Wow, so it's not
what we own or possess,
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whatever it's God
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and gotten the
Holy Spirit in us.
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Yeah, it's true.
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Because it's easy to put
faith into things, isn't it?
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Or, well, we did this
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or this is actually going
to save me or keep me alive.
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But really we owe
everything to God.
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So it's faith in Him. Amen.
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So I'm thinking practically.
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You're gonna say
something? Go for it.
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I was just gonna
say, you know, I think,
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I got a 401K
which we don't have.
00:21:39.86\00:21:41.90
But you know you can
say, we got a retirement plan,
00:21:41.93\00:21:44.87
which we don't
have but you can say,
00:21:44.90\00:21:46.84
you know, I have these things.
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My faith is in that.
00:21:48.24\00:21:49.57
My faith is in
my stocks and bonds.
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My faith is in my car or
my house or my job or my,
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but none of that is.
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You know, the
only, the only person
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.61
that we can truly trust,
00:21:58.65\00:21:59.98
that we can truly put that faith
00:22:00.02\00:22:01.45
and confidence in is
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:22:01.48\00:22:03.39
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
00:22:03.42\00:22:04.75
And all those
things that Jesus named,
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.12
those are temporary things.
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Yes.
00:22:07.66\00:22:08.99
I don't remember the verse,
but there's a verse that says,
00:22:09.02\00:22:11.46
like don't place value
in the treasures on earth
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because it's gonna
corrode or, or burn up and...
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Yes, yes.
00:22:17.73\00:22:19.27
So I mean you're placing
value on temporary things
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when we can really place value
on an eternal, eternal thing.
00:22:23.34\00:22:27.31
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:27.34\00:22:28.68
Amen. That's for sure.
00:22:28.71\00:22:30.21
So I was gonna ask
you guys a question,
00:22:30.25\00:22:31.58
but I didn't ask
this ahead of time.
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So more of a...
00:22:32.98\00:22:34.32
it's just like, because
I know that you're here--
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You grew up here
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and then you know
you left for a while,
00:22:37.09\00:22:38.45
you know, you went to
school and things like that.
00:22:38.49\00:22:39.92
So you guys got married.
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.29
And I know you guys
moved here together.
00:22:41.32\00:22:42.72
You know, and so was
that for you Vanessa,
00:22:42.76\00:22:44.89
was that a
faith walk coming to--
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.93
Oh, definitely. Coming here?
00:22:46.96\00:22:48.30
Yeah.
00:22:48.33\00:22:49.66
Because you know, all of
us, you know, God puts us
00:22:49.70\00:22:51.03
in different
places at different times
00:22:51.07\00:22:52.40
for a certain period of time.
00:22:52.43\00:22:53.77
But I'm thinking, you know,
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.14
okay, what's going through
my mind right now is Abraham.
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.07
You know, in the
faith chapter he went out
00:22:57.11\00:22:59.01
and he didn't know
where he was going.
00:22:59.04\00:23:01.28
And you knew
you're coming to 3ABN,
00:23:01.31\00:23:03.35
but still when you come here
as a couple, married couple.
00:23:03.38\00:23:05.78
I know you came
here and joined me.
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That's kind of a faith walk
in itself practically, isn't it?
00:23:07.45\00:23:09.38
It is. Oh, definitely.
00:23:09.42\00:23:10.75
'Cause I mean, I was
raised in Berrien Springs like--
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.32
Michigan. All my life.
00:23:13.36\00:23:14.72
I had never lived
anywhere else except you know,
00:23:14.76\00:23:16.59
when we went as
missionaries to South Korea,
00:23:16.62\00:23:18.43
but that was just, you know,
temporary missionary thing.
00:23:18.46\00:23:20.30
That's a faith walk too
though. That's a faith walk.
00:23:20.33\00:23:21.66
Yeah, and that is
too. Going overseas...
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.63
But then the thought of
just like having to leave home
00:23:23.67\00:23:26.84
and then come here...
00:23:26.87\00:23:28.20
I go man, what am
I going to expect?
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.81
You know, and it took...
00:23:30.84\00:23:32.84
Yeah, it took some faith
and I'll have to admit like,
00:23:32.87\00:23:36.11
I don't think I had the
faith, but to come here,
00:23:36.14\00:23:39.91
but I think that God was
like, He puts you in situations
00:23:39.95\00:23:44.29
so that your faith
can grow, you know.
00:23:44.32\00:23:45.65
Yes. Absolutely.
00:23:45.69\00:23:47.02
So for me I'm not a
very huge risk taker.
00:23:47.06\00:23:50.49
So like for me moving
away from Berrien Springs
00:23:50.53\00:23:52.76
is like a huge risk,
even though it's not,
00:23:52.79\00:23:54.66
but you know, it feels like it.
00:23:54.70\00:23:56.43
Of course. And so for me...
00:23:56.46\00:23:57.80
It's out of your comfort zone.
It's out of my comfort zone.
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.27
So I think that, that helped,
helped my faith grow too.
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.67
You know. Yeah, absolutely.
00:24:02.70\00:24:04.67
Yeah. Amen.
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.34
Oh, go ahead.
00:24:06.37\00:24:07.71
And I was gonna saying also,
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.08
when it comes to
children as well,
00:24:09.11\00:24:11.51
it's really hard to
put your faith in God.
00:24:11.55\00:24:15.28
You know, and put
your child in God's hands
00:24:15.32\00:24:18.32
'cause I've always felt like...
00:24:18.35\00:24:21.59
If anything is gonna
get right, I'm gonna do it.
00:24:21.62\00:24:24.86
But to think that I have
to put it in God's hands,
00:24:24.89\00:24:27.10
it can be scary
too thinking, you know.
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.20
But I know that He can
take care of very best.
00:24:29.23\00:24:30.97
Anyways, I think that
she's about ready to go.
00:24:31.00\00:24:34.60
Why don't you take
her out for a little nap?
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.04
Yeah, yeah. No problem.
00:24:36.07\00:24:37.51
That's great.
00:24:37.54\00:24:38.97
You know thinking
about personal experiences.
00:24:39.01\00:24:40.98
You know when I
was a small child,
00:24:41.01\00:24:42.64
I was blessed to have
wonderful Christian parents.
00:24:42.68\00:24:45.58
They raised me and my sister
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.32
and when I was really young
my parents didn't have a lot.
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.95
We had, you know, the
basics to eat for food.
00:24:49.98\00:24:53.25
You know, like beans and
rice and that sort of thing,
00:24:53.29\00:24:55.82
but nothing extra fancy
if you want to call that.
00:24:55.86\00:24:58.79
So I think I was about
three or four years old.
00:24:58.83\00:25:01.93
And, and I don't remember
all the details to this.
00:25:01.96\00:25:04.97
I just remember
certain parts of it.
00:25:05.00\00:25:06.33
So my mom has
filled in the details
00:25:06.37\00:25:07.87
of course through
the years or later on.
00:25:07.90\00:25:10.37
But I wanted oranges really bad.
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.81
And I prayed or
told my mom and dad,
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.14
I said, I really wanted oranges.
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.81
And they said, we don't have
money to buy oranges actually.
00:25:16.85\00:25:20.42
So I said okay.
00:25:20.45\00:25:21.98
So then I would
like to pray for oranges.
00:25:22.02\00:25:24.39
So I prayed for oranges
00:25:24.42\00:25:26.02
and I don't
know how long it was.
00:25:26.05\00:25:27.82
Prayed for oranges
maybe several days or so.
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.06
And, and some
church people of course
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.39
because my parents were,
like you can just say poor,
00:25:32.43\00:25:34.93
didn't have any money,
00:25:34.96\00:25:36.30
would drop off
groceries at her house, for us,
00:25:36.33\00:25:38.23
you know, some
other nice fancy things.
00:25:38.27\00:25:40.24
So one day we had this,
you know, knock at the door
00:25:40.27\00:25:44.07
and some people
from the church came
00:25:44.11\00:25:46.57
and they dropped off some food
00:25:46.61\00:25:47.94
and I don't know
boxes or bags of stuff.
00:25:47.98\00:25:51.31
And so I was all
excited about that of course,
00:25:51.35\00:25:52.68
you know, something to look at.
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.05
So we're pulling all
this food out of there
00:25:54.08\00:25:55.55
and guess what
it was in the bag?
00:25:55.58\00:25:57.39
Oranges. No oranges.
00:25:57.42\00:26:00.59
No oranges? What?
00:26:00.62\00:26:01.96
So I ask God if we
could. There were no oranges.
00:26:01.99\00:26:06.76
So for a little, I remember that
00:26:06.80\00:26:08.13
because that was
very significant for me
00:26:08.16\00:26:09.76
because I had
prayed for oranges,
00:26:09.80\00:26:11.13
I thought I was
gonna get oranges
00:26:11.17\00:26:12.63
and I didn't get any oranges.
00:26:12.67\00:26:15.14
You know, so, you know my
parents at that point were,
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.77
you know, what do
you tell a small child.
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.14
You know I was
really devastated,
00:26:19.17\00:26:20.51
you know, no oranges.
00:26:20.54\00:26:21.88
So anyway
basically it's encouragement
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.24
to just keep praying.
00:26:23.28\00:26:24.61
So we did and we went to...
00:26:24.65\00:26:26.28
I believe it was prayer meeting.
00:26:26.31\00:26:28.12
And, and lo and behold someone
there at prayer meeting said,
00:26:28.15\00:26:30.95
you know, what?
00:26:30.99\00:26:32.32
I've got a full box of oranges.
Would you guys like some?
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.96
And of course I was like, yeah.
00:26:35.99\00:26:38.59
You know, so that was
very significant in faith.
00:26:38.63\00:26:40.76
For one thing I
thought it was gonna be
00:26:40.80\00:26:42.76
in that bag or box of
groceries that came early.
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.83
I don't know if
it's the same day or not,
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.20
but, and then
they weren't there.
00:26:46.23\00:26:48.24
So you go through
somewhat of a disappointment,
00:26:48.27\00:26:50.54
but you still got to hang on.
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.01
Because life isn't all about,
just everything we ask for,
00:26:52.04\00:26:54.64
pray for, you know what we
wish happens just that way.
00:26:54.68\00:26:58.68
That's right. So you
still got to hang on.
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.55
And then, and then of course,
00:27:00.58\00:27:02.05
I praise God for that experience
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.79
actually even as a
young child, very significant.
00:27:03.82\00:27:05.59
There were oranges at the
end of the day or the next day.
00:27:05.62\00:27:07.79
So that was significant for me
00:27:07.82\00:27:09.16
as a child in faith
and hanging on to Jesus.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.26
Amen. That's incredible.
00:27:11.29\00:27:13.13
You know, I've
heard that story before
00:27:13.16\00:27:14.86
but I love it
because you think...
00:27:14.90\00:27:17.20
We think, okay,
God, I'm gonna ask,
00:27:17.23\00:27:19.43
I'm gonna receive, right?
00:27:19.47\00:27:21.17
And sometimes God says yes
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.14
and sometimes He
says wait a while.
00:27:23.17\00:27:25.64
In this case it
was wait a while.
00:27:25.67\00:27:27.01
And sometimes it's a no
and we might not understand,
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.54
you know, the sign of heaven.
00:27:29.58\00:27:31.05
Why God answers the way He does?
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.75
That He says, I
want you to trust Me
00:27:33.78\00:27:35.68
even in the midst of
that, will you trust Me?
00:27:35.72\00:27:39.12
Yeah. Yeah, that's for sure.
00:27:39.15\00:27:40.49
So I think about Abraham.
00:27:40.52\00:27:41.86
Whenever difficult,
what happened to him?
00:27:41.89\00:27:43.83
I'm thinking about Isaac.
00:27:43.86\00:27:45.29
Very, very and
imagine being Isaac.
00:27:45.33\00:27:49.20
How difficult
that must have been
00:27:49.23\00:27:50.87
when he found out, you know--
00:27:50.90\00:27:52.57
But he was still willing.
Yeah, God tells Abraham.
00:27:52.60\00:27:53.94
What does God tell
Abraham? Sacrifice your son.
00:27:53.97\00:27:56.37
Yeah, your only son
that God had promised
00:27:56.40\00:27:58.47
would be basically
He'll make a mighty nation.
00:27:58.51\00:28:01.41
Right, so it wasn't just the son
00:28:01.44\00:28:03.58
which would be horrible
in itself, it's the promise.
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.31
You know, you're
giving that promise up.
00:28:06.35\00:28:09.48
Yeah. And then...
00:28:09.52\00:28:11.59
Yeah, sometimes things
don't really make sense,
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.96
but it's basically
being in God's word
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.46
because Abraham had to
known that it was God, right?
00:28:16.49\00:28:19.69
I mean, when God
was speaking to him,
00:28:19.73\00:28:22.56
Abraham knew, he knew it was God
00:28:22.60\00:28:24.37
and I think that's the
key for us towards faith.
00:28:24.40\00:28:26.94
You know, any other
personal experiences
00:28:26.97\00:28:28.67
or something that faith itself
00:28:28.70\00:28:30.51
or experienced further
about faith in your guys' life?
00:28:30.54\00:28:33.91
Oh, and just to add on to that.
00:28:33.94\00:28:35.28
Now you're making
that comment about that.
00:28:35.31\00:28:37.28
He must have known it was God.
00:28:37.31\00:28:38.81
Like, it must have
taken a lot of faith
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.98
because all the surrounding
nations at that time,
00:28:41.02\00:28:44.12
they were sacrificing
their children as well.
00:28:44.15\00:28:46.69
And so... That's true.
00:28:46.72\00:28:48.06
You know, and so,
for Abraham to think,
00:28:48.09\00:28:50.16
okay, is this really God?
00:28:50.19\00:28:51.53
You know, he must have
00:28:51.56\00:28:52.89
had a really strong
relationship to know.
00:28:52.93\00:28:54.30
Yeah, this is God and this
is what He's telling me to do.
00:28:54.33\00:28:56.30
And I have faith
00:28:56.33\00:28:57.67
that He's gonna
bring my child back to me.
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.23
You have to have a really
strong connection with God
00:28:59.27\00:29:02.17
and have the faith to be
able to do something like that
00:29:02.20\00:29:06.21
when, you know...
00:29:06.24\00:29:07.58
You know that's true
because Abraham could say,
00:29:07.61\00:29:08.94
well, this is just
like almost a mockery to God
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.88
because now you're
asking me to sacrifice my child
00:29:10.91\00:29:12.78
like the heathens are doing.
00:29:12.81\00:29:14.15
So are you sure?
Does that make sense?
00:29:14.18\00:29:15.52
Exactly, right. He
could have said no.
00:29:15.55\00:29:16.89
He could have said no,
but no, he had the faith.
00:29:16.92\00:29:18.49
No, I'm gonna do it. Amen.
00:29:18.52\00:29:21.32
And he, you know,
God, God provided for him
00:29:21.36\00:29:25.49
and that's like the
most important part.
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.26
I think is that God provided
and God always provides, but...
00:29:27.30\00:29:32.93
Yeah. Yeah, what's...
00:29:32.97\00:29:34.30
No, I guess my, my,
my faith story was...
00:29:34.34\00:29:37.57
We already talked about.
00:29:37.61\00:29:38.94
It was just
coming down here to 3ABN.
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.38
It was... It was so hard.
00:29:40.41\00:29:42.71
I remember when I came
here I talked to Shelley,
00:29:42.74\00:29:46.95
and I talked to J.D.
00:29:46.98\00:29:48.32
because I was
having a really hard time
00:29:48.35\00:29:49.68
and Tita too, Idalia Dinzey.
00:29:49.72\00:29:51.39
Caleb's mom. Caleb's mom.
00:29:51.42\00:29:53.22
And they encouraged me
and they were there for me.
00:29:53.25\00:29:55.36
But it's just, it was very
hard for me to come down here,
00:29:55.39\00:29:58.73
but somehow I had something
in the back of my head.
00:29:58.76\00:30:02.10
It was, you know, I know it
was God talking to me saying,
00:30:02.13\00:30:04.07
this is the right thing
to do to come down here.
00:30:04.10\00:30:05.63
And that gave me
peace as well, you know.
00:30:05.67\00:30:08.10
So, and I was gonna use
the story of Abraham, you know.
00:30:08.14\00:30:14.04
Well, that's a good story.
00:30:14.08\00:30:15.41
I'll just read the
verses here. It's in chapter 12.
00:30:15.44\00:30:17.35
Then the Lord told
Abraham leave your country...
00:30:17.38\00:30:19.51
We're in Genesis.
Genesis 12, sorry.
00:30:19.55\00:30:22.38
I'm starting in verse 1.
00:30:22.42\00:30:26.45
Says, "Then the
Lord told Abraham,
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.16
leave your
country, your relatives..."
00:30:28.19\00:30:30.79
But you know, that
was my mom, my sister,
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.69
and my aunts, and my
uncles, and my cousins.
00:30:32.73\00:30:34.96
"And your father's
house and go to the land
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.90
I will show you.
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.27
I will cause you to become
the father of a great nation.
00:30:38.30\00:30:40.17
I'll bless you
and make you famous
00:30:40.20\00:30:41.67
and I'll make you
a blessing to others.
00:30:41.70\00:30:45.37
I will bless those
who bless you and curse
00:30:45.41\00:30:47.14
those who curse you.
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.51
All the families of the earth
will be blessed through you.
00:30:48.54\00:30:50.31
So Abraham departed as
the Lord had instructed
00:30:50.35\00:30:52.31
and lot went with him."
00:30:52.35\00:30:55.18
And to me when I read that,
I'm like, wow that's amazing.
00:30:55.22\00:30:58.42
Not that, you know, I'm
gonna have a lot of children.
00:30:58.45\00:31:01.39
I don't know I'll
have a lot of children.
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.79
But the part that I
find amazing is that,
00:31:03.83\00:31:05.83
God will bless others
through you if you follow Him
00:31:05.86\00:31:09.96
and if you have faith in Him.
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.33
And I think
that is the one thing
00:31:11.37\00:31:13.07
that I want to be able to
do is to bless others so...
00:31:13.10\00:31:16.71
Yeah. Fantastic.
00:31:16.74\00:31:18.07
That's powerful.
You do bless others.
00:31:18.11\00:31:19.44
I hope so. You do absolutely.
00:31:19.47\00:31:21.28
That's powerful 'cause you think
00:31:21.31\00:31:22.64
God calls each one of us.
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.01
We're not called maybe
to leave home and family
00:31:24.05\00:31:25.85
and some of us
are called, some...
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.58
Have you might been
called to the mission field
00:31:27.62\00:31:29.28
or might be called to
leave your home or family,
00:31:29.32\00:31:31.55
but whatever God
has called you today,
00:31:31.59\00:31:34.82
step out by
faith, step out and say,
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.66
okay, God, I don't understand.
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.56
I don't know
where You're taking me.
00:31:39.59\00:31:40.93
I don't even know the future,
00:31:40.96\00:31:43.50
but I'm gonna step out by
faith and God honors that.
00:31:43.53\00:31:47.14
Yes, He does.
00:31:47.17\00:31:48.50
What was that last
part you just said, Vanessa,
00:31:48.54\00:31:50.41
about blessing others?
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.64
I wanted to comment on that.
00:31:52.67\00:31:54.18
But say, let's read
that last part again.
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.61
That was here.
Verse 3, end of 3, I mean.
00:31:56.64\00:31:58.28
Yeah, "I will
those who bless you
00:31:58.31\00:31:59.95
and curse those who curse you.
00:31:59.98\00:32:01.32
All the families of the earth
will be blessed through you."
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.02
Wow. When you took...
00:32:04.05\00:32:06.15
When you take and look at 3ABN
00:32:06.19\00:32:08.26
and you see how so many
people are being blessed
00:32:08.29\00:32:11.46
and including us that work here.
00:32:11.49\00:32:14.53
It's a result
of one man's faith.
00:32:14.56\00:32:16.63
That's right.
00:32:16.67\00:32:18.00
Mr. Danny Shelton answered
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.37
the calling on his
life and started 3ABN.
00:32:19.40\00:32:22.94
Can you imagine
what he must have faced
00:32:22.97\00:32:25.24
when he was a young kid
going around telling people
00:32:25.27\00:32:27.84
that he was gonna
start a television network
00:32:27.88\00:32:29.78
that's gonna reach the world?
00:32:29.81\00:32:31.75
And he had no
background in TV or anything.
00:32:31.78\00:32:34.02
People were probably like,
00:32:34.05\00:32:35.38
"Oh this kid, this, this, this."
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.39
And he stepped out on faith
00:32:37.42\00:32:39.72
even when there
was no money there,
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.32
he said, God,
I'm gonna go forward.
00:32:41.36\00:32:42.69
He went forward.
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.06
I mean it's
similar to a story of Noah.
00:32:44.09\00:32:45.43
Noah was building...
00:32:45.46\00:32:46.80
He got
instructions to build the ark.
00:32:46.83\00:32:48.60
There's no rain
anywhere, the ground is dry
00:32:48.63\00:32:51.57
and he went for
it and built the ark.
00:32:51.60\00:32:53.30
And that's I think,
00:32:53.34\00:32:54.67
that's very
similar to how 3ABN is.
00:32:54.70\00:32:57.31
I mean, there wasn't
anything like this of its kind.
00:32:57.34\00:33:00.54
And Mr. Danny answered
the calling on his life
00:33:00.58\00:33:04.25
and now we're
all a part of that,
00:33:04.28\00:33:06.28
including our viewers at home.
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.98
That's right.
00:33:08.02\00:33:09.35
One of my moments of
faith was coming out here.
00:33:09.38\00:33:14.66
I left...
00:33:14.69\00:33:16.02
I did have 401K at one point
00:33:16.06\00:33:19.19
and a nice salary
and stuff like that.
00:33:19.23\00:33:22.33
But I left that
to go into ministry.
00:33:22.36\00:33:25.40
And I read in a devotional
where it said something about,
00:33:25.43\00:33:29.17
sometimes you have to leave
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.04
your security to
reach your destiny.
00:33:31.07\00:33:33.74
And so when
coming here I feel like
00:33:33.78\00:33:36.24
I've reached my divine purpose,
like this is my destiny,
00:33:36.28\00:33:39.08
this is what I'm
supposed to be doing.
00:33:39.11\00:33:40.68
So that was one way that I had,
00:33:40.72\00:33:43.49
to have a lot of faith was
to leave all that stuff behind,
00:33:43.52\00:33:45.92
leave that
security, leave that money
00:33:45.95\00:33:48.19
and all of that and
come join in ministry.
00:33:48.22\00:33:50.53
Another one is,
I've been under attack
00:33:50.56\00:33:53.19
with the surgeries
and stuff like that.
00:33:53.23\00:33:56.40
I mean I've had surgery
00:33:56.43\00:33:57.77
because my appendix
ruptured inside of me.
00:33:57.80\00:33:59.20
I was misdiagnosed for that.
God brought me through that.
00:33:59.23\00:34:02.90
I had another surgery
00:34:02.94\00:34:04.81
as a result of
the appendix rupturing
00:34:04.84\00:34:07.74
inside of me from years ago
00:34:07.78\00:34:10.45
and I had to go on
and then clean stuff up.
00:34:10.48\00:34:12.35
And, but then
there was a complication
00:34:12.38\00:34:15.08
from that surgery that caused me
00:34:15.12\00:34:16.72
to have another surgery,
00:34:16.75\00:34:18.35
but God brought me
through all of those.
00:34:18.39\00:34:21.42
And I'm so grateful
00:34:21.46\00:34:23.16
and it just
keeps my faith going.
00:34:23.19\00:34:25.19
So can I ask you, Jay?
00:34:25.23\00:34:26.56
In the midst of that,
say, you just have the surgery
00:34:26.59\00:34:28.40
and now you're facing
another surgery to correct,
00:34:28.43\00:34:30.97
you know, what
the complications.
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.70
Did you doubt?
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.10
Did you sit there and say,
wow, God, what are you doing?
00:34:35.14\00:34:37.64
Like, what was going on
in your head at that point?
00:34:37.67\00:34:40.98
I was just like, oh, boy,
back under the knife again.
00:34:41.01\00:34:44.48
I was a little discouraged.
00:34:44.51\00:34:46.92
I didn't feel like
I was going to die.
00:34:46.95\00:34:50.85
My first surgery,
when my appendix ruptured
00:34:50.89\00:34:53.66
inside of me, I
wasn't in the church,
00:34:53.69\00:34:55.72
so the devil would have
loved if I would have died
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.89
because I would
have died in my sins.
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.46
But for this other surgery
I, I don't know that I doubted,
00:35:00.50\00:35:06.90
I figured He
would see me through.
00:35:06.94\00:35:10.47
But I don't understand
why I had to go through it.
00:35:10.51\00:35:13.74
You know that was a
question that was in my head.
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.88
Why do I have
to go through this?
00:35:15.91\00:35:17.48
I just went
through another surgery.
00:35:17.51\00:35:19.68
I just got out.
00:35:19.71\00:35:21.05
And we all know
how much I love food.
00:35:21.08\00:35:23.08
Well, I couldn't eat
until... Jay is a foodie.
00:35:23.12\00:35:26.62
I couldn't eat
until the last day
00:35:26.65\00:35:28.82
when I was about to get out.
00:35:28.86\00:35:30.19
I didn't have real
food until the last day
00:35:30.23\00:35:33.13
when I was about to get out.
00:35:33.16\00:35:34.50
So it was driving me crazy.
I was in pain and miserable.
00:35:34.53\00:35:37.57
But, I still try to be a light
and a witness to the people
00:35:37.60\00:35:41.84
that I came in
contact with the nurses,
00:35:41.87\00:35:44.41
and all of that stuff.
00:35:44.44\00:35:45.81
And they had positive
things to say to my mother
00:35:45.84\00:35:49.14
because you know sometimes
when you're down and out,
00:35:49.18\00:35:54.15
it's still hard, but
God gave me the strength.
00:35:54.18\00:35:56.72
Amen. Amen.
00:35:56.75\00:35:58.09
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:35:58.12\00:35:59.45
But we're so glad
God spared you, you know.
00:35:59.49\00:36:00.89
I mean that's
just incredible. Yeah.
00:36:00.92\00:36:03.79
And sometimes we don't
understand, isn't that true?
00:36:03.83\00:36:06.36
You know, we
don't always understand
00:36:06.39\00:36:07.73
what God's doing
in the midst of it,
00:36:07.76\00:36:09.10
but we still trust.
00:36:09.13\00:36:11.57
And someday we will
see, God's gonna say, okay,
00:36:11.60\00:36:13.67
this is what I was doing, Jay.
00:36:13.70\00:36:15.40
Yeah. This is what was going on.
00:36:15.44\00:36:16.77
Yes. Very true.
00:36:16.81\00:36:18.97
You know sometimes like we'd...
00:36:19.01\00:36:20.34
Mo, you were reading
earlier that quote about,
00:36:20.38\00:36:22.64
lest we forget how God
has led us in the past.
00:36:22.68\00:36:24.68
Basically God is, we
going from past experience, Jay.
00:36:24.71\00:36:27.62
You know you're seeing okay.
00:36:27.65\00:36:28.98
I've seen how God
has led in my life.
00:36:29.02\00:36:30.35
So I'm going through another
surgery, another surgery,
00:36:30.39\00:36:31.99
but God's gonna see me
through just like you said,
00:36:32.02\00:36:33.89
which is what you were
saying earlier too, Mo,
00:36:33.92\00:36:36.02
when you see
how God has led you,
00:36:36.06\00:36:37.39
yeah, in the past.
00:36:37.43\00:36:39.56
Do you have
personal testimony, Mo?
00:36:39.59\00:36:42.46
Faith building.
00:36:42.50\00:36:43.87
Faith moment. I
liked what Jay said--
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.23
Faith moment. Faith moment.
00:36:45.27\00:36:46.60
That is a great...
Yeah, I do like that.
00:36:46.63\00:36:48.74
Well, I took it... Excuse me.
00:36:48.77\00:36:52.81
More along the lines of
the fruits of the Spirit.
00:36:52.84\00:36:57.11
Excellent.
00:36:57.15\00:36:58.48
And the idea that faith
being a fruit of the spirit
00:36:58.51\00:37:03.08
is just the
spirit living through you
00:37:03.12\00:37:07.69
and expressing that
faith through your life.
00:37:07.72\00:37:09.76
And I really sensed that
or experienced that myself
00:37:09.79\00:37:13.96
when I was student
missionary in Korea in 2002.
00:37:14.00\00:37:19.17
That, the closer, the
more I was in the word,
00:37:19.20\00:37:22.54
the closer I was to the Lord.
00:37:22.57\00:37:26.17
The more I filled
with the Holy Spirit,
00:37:26.21\00:37:29.64
the more faith was
expressed through me.
00:37:29.68\00:37:34.85
And it wasn't something of me.
00:37:34.88\00:37:38.42
And it got to the point
where I felt invincible.
00:37:38.45\00:37:42.99
Wow. You know
it was like even...
00:37:43.02\00:37:45.59
Because I was
in the Lord's will,
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.53
because I was in His word,
00:37:47.56\00:37:49.30
because I
always felt the spirit,
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.00
even when I made mistakes
00:37:51.03\00:37:52.93
they turned out to be
just these great outcomes.
00:37:52.97\00:37:57.87
And I remember
experiencing and I'm thinking,
00:37:57.91\00:38:00.98
you know, this is, to me
that was living by faith,
00:38:01.01\00:38:04.38
to be in the word,
to be with the Lord,
00:38:04.41\00:38:06.21
and to be in His will.
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.92
And then it's not
something that I do or have.
00:38:08.95\00:38:14.12
It's just something
that God lives through me.
00:38:14.16\00:38:17.63
And I get to experience
and I get to be a part of it.
00:38:17.66\00:38:20.06
And I wasn't I, it was,
00:38:20.10\00:38:22.10
you know, one of the
best experiences in my life.
00:38:22.13\00:38:24.93
I love that.
00:38:24.97\00:38:26.30
You know I like what you said,
faith is not something we live,
00:38:26.33\00:38:28.14
we have, right, internally?
00:38:28.17\00:38:29.64
But something God
breathe, something God gives us.
00:38:29.67\00:38:32.47
And you're right.
00:38:32.51\00:38:33.84
It comes through the
word and through other things,
00:38:33.88\00:38:35.21
but something from
God, that's powerful.
00:38:35.24\00:38:38.95
My faith moment is
not really a moment,
00:38:38.98\00:38:41.35
I guess you could
say, like you shared Jay
00:38:41.38\00:38:43.79
and, but a little
more like yours maybe, Mo.
00:38:43.82\00:38:48.29
For me, in my
own journey with God,
00:38:48.32\00:38:50.79
I think I liked
to walk by feeling.
00:38:50.83\00:38:54.96
I don't know if any of
you can relate to that.
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.07
We're supposed to walk by faith.
00:38:57.10\00:38:58.97
And God calls us
to walk by faith.
00:38:59.00\00:39:01.27
But I don't know
if it's a women thing
00:39:01.30\00:39:03.04
or if it's my own personality.
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.17
But I liked to walk by feeling.
00:39:05.21\00:39:07.64
So in other words, if
I woke up and I prayed
00:39:07.68\00:39:10.58
and spend my time with God
and I felt like God loved me,
00:39:10.61\00:39:14.98
God forgave me, God's with
me, then I would feel like,
00:39:15.02\00:39:18.12
oh, wow, it's gonna be
a good day, I'm with God.
00:39:18.15\00:39:21.29
But if I prayed and it was like
00:39:21.32\00:39:22.82
I couldn't hear Him,
then I couldn't sense Him,
00:39:22.86\00:39:26.36
then I thought I must
be doing something wrong.
00:39:26.39\00:39:29.43
God must not be with me
00:39:29.46\00:39:31.13
and instead of
reaching out by faith,
00:39:31.17\00:39:34.94
I thought, oh, my
feeling say, God's not near me.
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.97
So I must not be close to God.
00:39:38.01\00:39:40.44
And so I lived years
of my life like that,
00:39:40.48\00:39:43.51
a feeling based religion really.
00:39:43.55\00:39:46.21
Striving,
struggling, trying to reach out,
00:39:46.25\00:39:51.15
but not knowing how, you know.
00:39:51.19\00:39:53.82
One specific
thing I can think of is.
00:39:53.86\00:39:56.46
Every time I would
slip up and step into sin,
00:39:56.49\00:40:00.30
I would think 1 John 1:9
surely can't be that easy.
00:40:00.33\00:40:04.37
You know, it says,
if we confess our sins,
00:40:04.40\00:40:06.63
God is faithful
and just to forgive us
00:40:06.67\00:40:09.04
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:40:09.07\00:40:11.94
But I would think, I
got to do something first
00:40:11.97\00:40:14.41
before I can
come back and ask God.
00:40:14.44\00:40:16.28
You know I got to
stay away a little while
00:40:16.31\00:40:18.81
and do a little
penance or try to be good
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.78
and then maybe
God would accept me.
00:40:21.82\00:40:24.69
And so I think
surely it's not that easy.
00:40:24.72\00:40:27.52
And when I learned
that I can by faith
00:40:27.56\00:40:31.29
claim the promises
of the word of God.
00:40:31.33\00:40:34.83
When I can just say,
God, you said in Your word,
00:40:34.86\00:40:38.80
I've confessed,
you have forgiven me.
00:40:38.83\00:40:42.30
By faith I accept what
Your word says about me.
00:40:42.34\00:40:45.87
When I did that,
00:40:45.91\00:40:47.34
my walk with God
was like revolutionized.
00:40:47.38\00:40:51.78
It was incredible.
00:40:51.81\00:40:54.08
One specific thing I can think
of is that actually helped,
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.79
and that was actually
after Greg and I got married.
00:40:56.82\00:40:59.22
And we were walking on a journey
00:40:59.25\00:41:02.29
of infertility, right?
00:41:02.32\00:41:03.89
We couldn't have kids
and when the doctor called
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.03
with a result of that.
00:41:06.06\00:41:07.43
I remember I
ran out of the house
00:41:07.46\00:41:09.10
and ran down the road
00:41:09.13\00:41:10.47
and like, the trees
were just of spring time,
00:41:10.50\00:41:14.34
just coming out with a
green and the sky was blue
00:41:14.37\00:41:17.47
and birds were singing,
00:41:17.51\00:41:18.84
but I couldn't hear any of that.
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.21
All I asked was
the why question.
00:41:20.24\00:41:21.94
Why? You know, God, why?
00:41:21.98\00:41:25.18
Do we not eat right?
You know what I'm saying?
00:41:25.21\00:41:27.02
You know all those
questions go through you mind.
00:41:27.05\00:41:28.75
Like, did we not eat
right? Did we not pray enough?
00:41:28.78\00:41:31.62
Do we not have enough faith?
Would we not make good parents?
00:41:31.65\00:41:34.69
You know all those
questions and I was just crying.
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.03
And then, I
remember I ran out of tears
00:41:38.06\00:41:41.00
and God said, like He
tapped me on the shoulder.
00:41:41.03\00:41:43.50
And he said, Jill my
daughter, count your blessings.
00:41:43.53\00:41:46.53
And I was like,
I want some pity.
00:41:46.57\00:41:49.20
God, you know I mean.
I'm struggling here's.
00:41:49.24\00:41:52.47
Don't you think you
can give me some pity?
00:41:52.51\00:41:55.14
And He said,
count your blessings.
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.21
And I remember I just
started Claim and Promises.
00:41:57.25\00:42:00.05
Not by how I felt. Not by how...
00:42:00.08\00:42:01.92
Anything was inside
but Claim and Promises,
00:42:01.95\00:42:04.29
stepping out by faith
and faster and faster,
00:42:04.32\00:42:06.76
pretty soon they
started coming those blessings
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.16
that God had.
00:42:09.19\00:42:11.03
And then I realized that,
00:42:11.06\00:42:12.53
that's what God
calls each one of us to do.
00:42:12.56\00:42:14.90
You know your battle at home...
00:42:14.93\00:42:16.50
Every battle is
different, it might not be that.
00:42:16.53\00:42:19.07
But God says, are
you gonna trust me?
00:42:19.10\00:42:21.87
You know are you gonna by faith
reach out by those promises?
00:42:21.90\00:42:25.64
God says, I
forgive you, you know.
00:42:25.67\00:42:27.91
God says, I want
to bring you peace.
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.98
I want to work in your life.
00:42:30.01\00:42:32.01
I want to bring you
hope of future and a hope.
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.35
So it's a beautiful thing.
So that's my faith journey.
00:42:34.38\00:42:37.55
It's just
learning to walk by faith
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.49
and not by feelings
and it's a beautiful thing.
00:42:39.52\00:42:41.56
I think we should
pray that way too.
00:42:41.59\00:42:43.36
We should pray with
conviction and pray with faith.
00:42:43.39\00:42:46.80
You know that what you're
praying for is already done.
00:42:46.83\00:42:49.46
God spoke and there was light.
00:42:49.50\00:42:51.40
Yes. There is nothing...
00:42:51.43\00:42:53.40
I think we
sometimes put Him in a box,
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.37
you know, and God
doesn't exist in a little box.
00:42:56.40\00:43:00.04
God is, He is amazing.
00:43:00.08\00:43:01.98
We serve an awesome God
00:43:02.01\00:43:03.71
and that nothing
is impossible for Him.
00:43:03.75\00:43:05.78
So I think that we need to
pray with faith and conviction
00:43:05.81\00:43:09.18
that our prayers
will be answered.
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.59
Now, they might not
be answered in the way
00:43:11.62\00:43:13.46
that we would want
them to be answered.
00:43:13.49\00:43:15.92
But there also
lies faith and trusting
00:43:15.96\00:43:19.29
that God knows best.
00:43:19.33\00:43:20.66
I mean, He sees the
end from the beginning.
00:43:20.70\00:43:23.16
We only see the
small little spectrum.
00:43:23.20\00:43:26.23
We don't, we don't see the
end, but He has the master plan.
00:43:26.27\00:43:30.57
He does.
00:43:30.61\00:43:31.94
You know and I
think also praying too
00:43:31.97\00:43:33.31
knowing that God hears us.
00:43:33.34\00:43:35.08
You know I have firm belief
that God hears our prayers,
00:43:35.11\00:43:39.41
but He may not answer, Jay,
just like you were saying like
00:43:39.45\00:43:41.78
I want God to answer it
00:43:41.82\00:43:44.29
and I have to
believe that He hears.
00:43:44.32\00:43:46.35
I know He will answer
according to His will,
00:43:46.39\00:43:47.72
and that's faith
because you got to have faith.
00:43:47.76\00:43:49.59
Just like Abiyala,
probably there's things
00:43:49.62\00:43:51.29
that she wants
that you guys realized
00:43:51.33\00:43:53.60
that she shouldn't have or do.
00:43:53.63\00:43:55.50
So you know...
Does that ever happen?
00:43:55.53\00:43:58.03
You know I know
for me anyway as a kid,
00:43:58.07\00:43:59.47
I wanted to do stuff
and my parents said, no.
00:43:59.50\00:44:02.27
And, you know, I
had to trust them.
00:44:02.30\00:44:03.84
You know it's one of
those things, like okay,
00:44:03.87\00:44:05.21
mom and dad, I know you
say, you know what's best
00:44:05.24\00:44:07.88
and I sure don't see that,
00:44:07.91\00:44:09.28
but I have faith in mom and dad
that, yeah, you have the right.
00:44:09.31\00:44:11.91
And of course
it's true. Definitely.
00:44:11.95\00:44:14.48
You know, it would be so
great if we could always...
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.32
You know, if I could
00:44:16.35\00:44:17.69
because I know I still struggle
with the faith thing sometimes,
00:44:17.72\00:44:19.65
but like...
00:44:19.69\00:44:21.02
Oh, me too. I
think we all do, right.
00:44:21.06\00:44:22.99
But if we could
have faith like children
00:44:23.02\00:44:24.73
because the other day
00:44:24.76\00:44:26.16
I was playing with
Abiyala, I put her,
00:44:26.19\00:44:29.20
I put her on the
counter just sitting
00:44:29.23\00:44:31.13
and then I step
back and I'm like,
00:44:31.17\00:44:32.50
come on, Abiyala, come.
00:44:32.53\00:44:33.87
And she would start leaning
forward, learning forward
00:44:33.90\00:44:36.77
and then she just led herself go
00:44:36.81\00:44:39.54
and she had faith
that I was gonna catch her.
00:44:39.57\00:44:41.61
And I was thinking about that
when I was doing that with her,
00:44:41.64\00:44:43.88
like, man, I need
to have more faith
00:44:43.91\00:44:45.65
to let my Father
catch me, you know.
00:44:45.68\00:44:47.75
Just, when He asks me to
do something that I'm like...
00:44:47.78\00:44:50.22
I'm gonna fall.
00:44:50.25\00:44:51.59
I don't think
that I should do that.
00:44:51.62\00:44:52.95
Just to let go and
you know, like God,
00:44:52.99\00:44:55.16
like going like God Surrender.
00:44:55.19\00:44:56.93
Yeah, that's true. It
is, comes down to surrender.
00:44:56.96\00:44:59.66
That's what God
calls us to do. Amen.
00:44:59.69\00:45:02.10
So Hebrews 11,
was it verse 1? Yes.
00:45:02.13\00:45:06.53
Does someone have that handy,
00:45:06.57\00:45:07.90
that's the definition from
the Bible of what faith is.
00:45:07.94\00:45:11.01
Yes. I should get there.
00:45:11.04\00:45:13.78
Hebrews Chapter 11.
00:45:13.81\00:45:15.14
"Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:45:15.18\00:45:17.71
the evidence of
things not seen."
00:45:17.75\00:45:19.45
Okay.
00:45:19.48\00:45:20.82
So let me just
ask you, guys, this.
00:45:20.85\00:45:22.18
I went to the dictionary.
00:45:22.22\00:45:23.75
See if that do
you believe in this?
00:45:23.79\00:45:25.12
This is a dictionary definition.
00:45:25.15\00:45:26.49
So that's the Bible.
Okay, so this is dictionary.
00:45:26.52\00:45:28.99
It says, firm belief...
00:45:29.02\00:45:31.13
Okay, so this is
you guys at home too.
00:45:31.16\00:45:32.49
Okay, so tell me
you think of this?
00:45:32.53\00:45:33.86
All right. So let's see.
00:45:33.90\00:45:35.43
Firm belief in something
for which there is no proof.
00:45:35.46\00:45:39.93
Oh.
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.70
Firm belief in something
for which there is no proof.
00:45:41.74\00:45:46.21
What do you think?
You think that's...
00:45:46.24\00:45:47.68
This is
dictionary definition now.
00:45:47.71\00:45:51.58
Just me quickly
thinking about this.
00:45:51.61\00:45:53.65
Firm belief in something
for which there is no proof.
00:45:53.68\00:45:55.88
Okay.
00:45:55.92\00:45:57.25
I believe there's God,
00:45:57.29\00:45:58.62
so to me there's proof
that there is God, so I'm...
00:45:58.65\00:45:59.99
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.36
Maybe they...
00:46:01.39\00:46:02.72
Maybe
scientific proof, you know.
00:46:02.76\00:46:05.29
See that's a hard one
00:46:05.33\00:46:07.40
because in the
Bible too you see it says.
00:46:07.43\00:46:10.03
"Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
00:46:10.07\00:46:13.23
the evidence of
things not seen."
00:46:13.27\00:46:17.41
So that one is,
that one is tough.
00:46:17.44\00:46:22.24
I mean I would go with
the Bible definition all day,
00:46:22.28\00:46:26.65
every day because
that's God's word.
00:46:26.68\00:46:29.28
So God can't be wrong.
00:46:29.32\00:46:31.39
And maybe that,
maybe that is true for us
00:46:31.42\00:46:33.86
as humans though
00:46:33.89\00:46:35.52
because sometimes we don't
believe like there's no what...
00:46:35.56\00:46:39.23
That's not gonna happen,
but we have to blindly...
00:46:39.26\00:46:42.10
Yeah. So maybe
that is just like a...
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.53
Well, it is. It's
a human definition.
00:46:44.57\00:46:46.87
It is, the dictionary one, yeah.
00:46:46.90\00:46:48.87
You're right 'cause anytime God
asked us to step out by faith,
00:46:48.90\00:46:51.87
there might be no proof
that what God asked us to do
00:46:51.91\00:46:54.24
was gonna be there, right?
00:46:54.28\00:46:55.61
So...
00:46:55.64\00:46:56.98
But there's proof that God is...
00:46:57.01\00:46:58.35
Proof that God is
God and we can trust Him.
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.92
He definitely exists.
00:47:00.95\00:47:02.28
And I mean, just
like when you go outside,
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.25
you don't know
where the wind is coming,
00:47:04.29\00:47:05.75
but you know the
wind is real, you see,
00:47:05.79\00:47:07.66
you see the effects of the wind,
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.72
the leaves blowing on the
trees and all of that stuff.
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.69
I mean you see the
effects of God in all around us.
00:47:12.73\00:47:18.63
Yes. Let me ask
another question.
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.00
So do you think we
should pray to God for faith?
00:47:20.04\00:47:22.50
I mean is that
actually something,
00:47:22.54\00:47:23.87
because I'm
thinking even at you at home,
00:47:23.91\00:47:25.24
you know, we're
talking about faith here.
00:47:25.27\00:47:26.61
I know I sure have
struggled with faith sometimes.
00:47:26.64\00:47:27.98
I don't really
know, I think that's God
00:47:28.01\00:47:29.84
and I'm like, boy,
it sure seems scary
00:47:29.88\00:47:31.55
and I don't know
that it make sense and oh,
00:47:31.58\00:47:33.38
I started in my
own mind saying, oh,
00:47:33.42\00:47:34.98
I think this and that
and then I get confused
00:47:35.02\00:47:37.49
and then it's just a mess.
00:47:37.52\00:47:38.89
So, yeah, should
we pray for faith?
00:47:38.92\00:47:40.79
What do you think, Mo?
Yeah. Yeah, definitely.
00:47:40.82\00:47:43.29
Definitely.
00:47:43.32\00:47:45.09
And I just keep going
back to that, you know,
00:47:45.13\00:47:46.46
being in the word, you
know, like Jason's version.
00:47:46.49\00:47:51.23
Being in His will
and the faith comes.
00:47:51.27\00:47:56.00
So really what you're saying,
00:47:56.04\00:47:57.37
I mean, I don't want to
put words in your mouth.
00:47:57.41\00:47:58.74
Does it really comes back
to relationship then with God?
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.68
Yeah. Amen.
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.04
In order to build
relationship. Spend time.
00:48:03.08\00:48:05.68
Time. Yeah.
00:48:05.71\00:48:07.22
Yeah. Fantastic.
00:48:07.25\00:48:08.65
Yeah, I agree
with that for sure.
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.69
Yeah. I mean definitely.
00:48:10.72\00:48:12.05
We got to pray for it.
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.56
Sometimes we don't have
the desire to do things,
00:48:13.59\00:48:15.96
so we pray and ask God
to grant us the desire,
00:48:15.99\00:48:18.29
give us the desire to step
move forward in faith you know.
00:48:18.33\00:48:23.16
And I think God
changes our desires too.
00:48:23.20\00:48:25.37
Have you all
ever experienced that?
00:48:25.40\00:48:26.74
Like something you once wanted.
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.14
Like I was thinking...
00:48:28.17\00:48:29.50
We mentioned that, I
mentioned the infertility
00:48:29.54\00:48:31.41
and then God replaced that
in our own experience and said,
00:48:31.44\00:48:35.01
I've called you to
ministry, that's why I said no.
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.71
I said no 'cause you're
supposed to do ministry.
00:48:37.75\00:48:39.61
So don't you think God
can change our desires,
00:48:39.65\00:48:42.65
like something we
want and then God can,
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.82
you know, say no.
00:48:44.85\00:48:46.19
Actually, Jay, I
want you here in Illinois.
00:48:46.22\00:48:47.89
Yeah, yeah.
00:48:47.92\00:48:49.32
I was surprised by that calling.
00:48:49.36\00:48:51.83
But I'm glad I
answered it. Amen.
00:48:51.86\00:48:55.00
Let's go back to the Bible text,
00:48:55.03\00:48:56.36
you know, God will give
you the desires of your heart.
00:48:56.40\00:48:58.47
Yeah. And that's a promise, man.
00:48:58.50\00:48:59.83
That is a Bible
promise, but, yeah,
00:48:59.87\00:49:02.00
I believe that God can also
00:49:02.04\00:49:03.37
if you're hearing,
He want in His will.
00:49:03.41\00:49:04.74
You know the God... You
know my desire originally
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.11
may not have been
actually the direction
00:49:06.14\00:49:07.48
God wants to take.
00:49:07.51\00:49:08.84
So God changed my
desire to be your desire.
00:49:08.88\00:49:10.95
Amen. Amen. We have
some prayer requests.
00:49:10.98\00:49:13.35
We do have some prayer requests.
00:49:13.38\00:49:14.72
I tell you worship
time has gone by quick.
00:49:14.75\00:49:16.08
There's only few minutes left.
00:49:16.12\00:49:17.45
So you guys have
sent in some, you at home,
00:49:17.49\00:49:19.35
thank you very much for
sending in some prayer requests
00:49:19.39\00:49:21.62
and we got some here.
00:49:21.66\00:49:22.99
We get this from
pastoral department.
00:49:23.02\00:49:24.69
You call in your
request or sometimes email
00:49:24.73\00:49:26.53
or send them in.
00:49:26.56\00:49:27.90
And we want to pray over them.
00:49:27.93\00:49:29.80
I know in pastoral
they pray over them,
00:49:29.83\00:49:31.27
but we want to
pray over them here.
00:49:31.30\00:49:33.13
Which I think is neat
too because, you know,
00:49:33.17\00:49:34.50
we're talking about faith.
00:49:34.54\00:49:35.87
And again we're
talking about God hearing us.
00:49:35.90\00:49:37.91
So we know as these
prayer requests are brought
00:49:37.94\00:49:40.34
to God's throne that day,
00:49:40.38\00:49:41.71
He hears and He will answer them
00:49:41.74\00:49:43.08
according to His will.
00:49:43.11\00:49:44.45
And even if you didn't
send in a prayer request,
00:49:44.48\00:49:45.91
I know, each person has
something on their hearts
00:49:45.95\00:49:47.68
that they like to bring to God.
00:49:47.72\00:49:49.05
So as we're praying here
you can pray for these people
00:49:49.08\00:49:51.25
that we're gonna mention
00:49:51.29\00:49:52.62
or even your own prayer request,
00:49:52.65\00:49:53.99
it's neat to be
together as a family.
00:49:54.02\00:49:55.36
Amen.
00:49:55.39\00:49:56.73
Mo, what request
do you have there?
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.43
Renee has battled
00:49:58.46\00:49:59.79
with an addiction
to food for many years
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.40
but he's asking God
to give her strength
00:50:01.43\00:50:03.60
to overcome this addiction.
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.97
And I wanted to share a
verse, Philippians 2:13.
00:50:06.00\00:50:09.50
"For it is God
which worketh in you
00:50:09.54\00:50:11.27
both to will and to
do his good pleasure."
00:50:11.31\00:50:13.88
Going back to desire
and God changing desire...
00:50:13.91\00:50:16.41
It's fantastic.
To will and to do.
00:50:16.44\00:50:18.28
Yeah. Of his good...
00:50:18.31\00:50:19.81
His good
pleasure. Isn't that great?
00:50:19.85\00:50:21.18
Yeah. Fantastic.
00:50:21.22\00:50:23.15
We'll pray that for Renee.
00:50:23.18\00:50:25.05
What about you, Vanessa?
00:50:25.09\00:50:26.72
I have Miss Oliver.
00:50:26.76\00:50:28.69
She has reached an age
00:50:28.72\00:50:30.06
where her health
is rapidly declining.
00:50:30.09\00:50:32.19
She's fallen four
times in recent days
00:50:32.23\00:50:34.10
and is fearful of being hurt
00:50:34.13\00:50:35.90
and not being able to get help.
00:50:35.93\00:50:38.57
This is causing
her much anxiety.
00:50:38.60\00:50:41.67
And I get that
problem too with anxiety,
00:50:41.70\00:50:44.17
but I always remember
the verse in the Bible
00:50:44.21\00:50:45.94
that talks about
perfect love, cast out I'll fear
00:50:45.97\00:50:48.81
and I just, just remember that,
00:50:48.84\00:50:51.71
that perfect love is
gonna cast out all fear.
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.42
Just hold on to God and
we'll be praying for you.
00:50:53.45\00:50:57.35
Yeah. Amen. Amen.
00:50:57.39\00:50:59.25
Fantastic.
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.02
Mine is Howard
has prostate cancer.
00:51:01.06\00:51:05.59
And he's praying his wife
will have strength and faith
00:51:05.63\00:51:08.20
during the days ahead.
00:51:08.23\00:51:09.70
And it seems like more
and more requests for cancer
00:51:09.73\00:51:11.83
coming in more and more.
00:51:11.87\00:51:13.37
I think it's a
sign of the times.
00:51:13.40\00:51:14.97
You know, just, Jesus has got
to come soon and we claim that.
00:51:15.00\00:51:19.37
But for Howard and
his wife, you know,
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.14
I can only imagine
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.51
what if
something happened to Greg.
00:51:23.55\00:51:24.88
You know what if the diagnosis
happened to your spouse.
00:51:24.91\00:51:27.95
And a verse I like
is 2 Corinthians 12:9.
00:51:27.98\00:51:31.79
God is talking to Paul and says,
00:51:31.82\00:51:33.86
"My grace is sufficient for you,
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.93
for my strength is
made perfect in weakness."
00:51:36.96\00:51:40.63
So for Howard's
wife maybe you feel like
00:51:40.66\00:51:42.86
I don't have any strength.
00:51:42.90\00:51:45.07
Reach out to God and He says,
00:51:45.10\00:51:46.43
I will impart My
grace and My strength.
00:51:46.47\00:51:49.80
Amen.
00:51:49.84\00:51:51.31
And this one comes from Lynette.
00:51:51.34\00:51:54.64
And Lynette is seeking a
suitable place to move to
00:51:54.68\00:51:58.68
and also requests
prayer for her brother
00:51:58.71\00:52:02.05
to surrender his
life to the Lord.
00:52:02.08\00:52:05.49
And I'm thinking
about the place to move too.
00:52:05.52\00:52:07.02
You know I'm just again
going back to Hebrews 11
00:52:07.06\00:52:09.32
which again
it's a great chapter.
00:52:09.36\00:52:10.69
They say it's like the
hall of fame for faith.
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.29
So I would encourage you
00:52:12.33\00:52:13.66
to actually read
that whole chapter.
00:52:13.70\00:52:15.03
We didn't have time to
go through all of it today.
00:52:15.06\00:52:16.67
But I think about
Abraham where he didn't know
00:52:16.70\00:52:18.13
where he was
going, but God called him.
00:52:18.17\00:52:19.90
So God had a place for Abraham
00:52:19.93\00:52:21.27
and I know God has a
place for you too Lynette.
00:52:21.30\00:52:23.67
And of course
it's always God's will
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.44
that your brother
would turn his life
00:52:26.47\00:52:27.84
over to Him and surrender.
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.21
So we'll pray for
you and your brother.
00:52:29.24\00:52:31.41
Jay. All right.
00:52:31.45\00:52:32.78
The prayer request
I have is from Joy.
00:52:32.81\00:52:35.08
Joy is asking for wisdom
for the right medical treatment
00:52:35.12\00:52:38.09
for the issues she's facing.
00:52:38.12\00:52:40.36
We know that
Solomon prayed for wisdom
00:52:40.39\00:52:43.09
and God granted him that.
00:52:43.12\00:52:44.46
That's right.
00:52:44.49\00:52:45.83
So we'll definitely pray
that she receives the wisdom
00:52:45.86\00:52:48.40
and that the doctors
that are handling her case
00:52:48.43\00:52:51.37
get the wisdom as well.
00:52:51.40\00:52:52.73
Amen. Amen.
00:52:52.77\00:52:54.64
And the last few
minutes that we have,
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.00
we should go to God in prayer.
00:52:56.04\00:52:57.37
And, Jay, do you
want to start out.
00:52:57.41\00:52:58.74
We just kind of go around
00:52:58.77\00:53:00.11
and maybe Jill
and I will end here.
00:53:00.14\00:53:01.48
Sure.
00:53:01.51\00:53:02.84
Dear Heavenly Father,
00:53:02.88\00:53:04.21
we come before You knowing that,
00:53:04.25\00:53:05.58
You already know
these prayer requests, Lord.
00:53:05.61\00:53:08.68
We ask a special prayer for
Joy that you grant her wisdom.
00:53:08.72\00:53:12.65
Be with her as
she's trying to figure out
00:53:12.69\00:53:14.76
the right form of treatment
that she should undergo.
00:53:14.79\00:53:18.46
Be with the doctors
and guide their hands
00:53:18.49\00:53:20.90
and guide their minds
00:53:20.93\00:53:22.83
as they are trying to
come up with the right way
00:53:22.86\00:53:25.23
to treat her situation, Lord.
00:53:25.27\00:53:27.64
We trust that
You've heard this prayer
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.50
and we trust that You
will answer this prayer, Lord,
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.71
because we're
stepping out on faith.
00:53:31.74\00:53:33.48
Yes.
00:53:33.51\00:53:34.84
Thank you so much for
being such an awesome God
00:53:34.88\00:53:37.18
and blessing us with
all the many blessing
00:53:37.21\00:53:39.51
that You bless us with,
in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
00:53:39.55\00:53:42.15
Amen.
00:53:42.18\00:53:43.79
And, Lord, we want to
lift up in prayer Renee
00:53:43.82\00:53:45.85
and as she struggles
that You may bless her
00:53:45.89\00:53:50.13
both to will and to
do your good pleasure.
00:53:50.16\00:53:52.79
Amen. Thank you, God.
00:53:52.83\00:53:55.40
And dear, Lord, I
just want to ask that you
00:53:55.43\00:53:57.47
please be with Miss Oliver.
00:53:57.50\00:53:58.83
I can't imagine how, how scary
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.84
it must feel to be
losing your strength,
00:54:01.87\00:54:04.01
as you, as you get older
and to have fallen four times.
00:54:04.04\00:54:07.91
But, Lord we know that
00:54:07.94\00:54:09.64
your angels are
there to protect her.
00:54:09.68\00:54:11.31
And, Lord, I just
ask that you please send,
00:54:11.35\00:54:15.32
send her love that she
can be reminded of Your love
00:54:15.35\00:54:19.09
and Your security
00:54:19.12\00:54:20.72
that You're
there always for her.
00:54:20.76\00:54:22.82
And I also ask and pray that
00:54:22.86\00:54:25.09
You will always have
somebody there to help her
00:54:25.13\00:54:27.36
in the times that
she will need help, Lord.
00:54:27.40\00:54:30.13
I ask you this
in Your name, amen.
00:54:30.17\00:54:32.07
Amen.
00:54:32.10\00:54:33.44
Father, we lift
up Howard before you
00:54:33.47\00:54:35.14
and his precious wife.
00:54:35.17\00:54:36.50
We don't know her name,
00:54:36.54\00:54:37.87
but you have an engraving
on the palm of Your hand.
00:54:37.91\00:54:40.34
And, Lord, we just ask for
healing in the name of Jesus.
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If that is in Your
plan that You would heal him
00:54:43.08\00:54:45.21
from this cancer.
00:54:45.25\00:54:46.58
That he and his wife could have
many more years to serve you.
00:54:46.61\00:54:51.25
Lord, we do ask in
accordance with Your will
00:54:51.29\00:54:54.96
and we don't always understand
00:54:54.99\00:54:57.06
why things
happen the way they do,
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.73
but right now we
just reach out by faith
00:54:58.76\00:55:01.16
and reach fast that we
can put Howard and his wife
00:55:01.20\00:55:05.23
in Your hands and in Your care.
00:55:05.27\00:55:07.77
And know that You
will work all things well
00:55:07.80\00:55:10.37
in their behalf.
00:55:10.41\00:55:11.74
I ask for special
grace and special strength
00:55:11.77\00:55:15.08
for he and his wife.
00:55:15.11\00:55:16.88
And, Father, that Your
name could somehow be honored
00:55:16.91\00:55:19.95
and glorified even
in the midst of this,
00:55:19.98\00:55:22.55
this difficulty
and we thank You.
00:55:22.58\00:55:26.05
Father in heaven
Lord, we are so grateful
00:55:26.09\00:55:28.02
for the
wonderful God that you are.
00:55:28.06\00:55:30.49
It's a blessing to be
here on Your holy Sabbath day
00:55:30.53\00:55:32.79
and to be worshiping You.
00:55:32.83\00:55:36.36
We've talked about
the topic of faith and,
00:55:36.40\00:55:38.50
Lord, people are putting
their prayer requests out there,
00:55:38.53\00:55:41.04
Lord, realizing that You
hear and You answer and Lord,
00:55:41.07\00:55:44.57
we're thinking
of Lynette right now
00:55:44.61\00:55:47.48
who is trying to find
a place to move to and,
00:55:47.51\00:55:50.01
Lord, I know you have a
place that is best for her.
00:55:50.05\00:55:52.38
Help her to be able to find that
00:55:52.41\00:55:53.82
and think of brother
who needs to come home,
00:55:53.85\00:55:56.79
needs to come back
to you and Lord just,
00:55:56.82\00:56:00.56
we just lift him up before
you because there is nothing
00:56:00.59\00:56:04.29
like having that peace
that passes all understanding
00:56:04.33\00:56:06.80
when we're in Your will,
00:56:06.83\00:56:08.50
so Lord, we just
pray for his salvation.
00:56:08.53\00:56:10.43
I think of all
these prayer requests
00:56:10.47\00:56:11.80
that were mentioned here
00:56:11.83\00:56:13.54
those that people have
at home that are watching,
00:56:13.57\00:56:17.31
Father, I just
pray that You would be
00:56:17.34\00:56:18.74
with each one of
them and all the others
00:56:18.77\00:56:20.98
that come in here to 3ABN
Father, you know each one,
00:56:21.01\00:56:24.28
we lift them up to
You and realizing that
00:56:24.31\00:56:26.78
you know the end from beginning
00:56:26.82\00:56:28.75
and we want to place
00:56:28.78\00:56:30.12
each one of our
lives in Your hands.
00:56:30.15\00:56:31.49
We thank you, we love You
00:56:31.52\00:56:33.32
and in Jesus'
name we pray, amen.
00:56:33.36\00:56:35.66
Amen. Amen.
00:56:35.69\00:56:38.26
It's a joy to talk
about faith, isn't it?
00:56:38.29\00:56:39.76
It is.
00:56:39.79\00:56:41.13
It is. Yeah.
00:56:41.16\00:56:42.83
Jay, do you have
something, a closing thought,
00:56:42.86\00:56:44.77
we didn't want to put
you on the spot totally here
00:56:44.80\00:56:46.63
but do you have something
00:56:46.67\00:56:48.00
that you want to
share with the folk at home
00:56:48.04\00:56:49.37
about faith?
00:56:49.40\00:56:50.74
Yeah. You've
got nothing to lose.
00:56:50.77\00:56:55.01
I mean, you
have nothing to lose,
00:56:55.04\00:56:57.45
you've been doing
things your way for a long time
00:56:57.48\00:57:01.45
and you've discovered
that your way doesn't work.
00:57:01.48\00:57:04.69
So for you that are watching
this at home, trust God,
00:57:04.72\00:57:09.02
let go and let God lead you.
00:57:09.06\00:57:11.86
He knows the end from
the beginning, you don't,
00:57:11.89\00:57:14.36
so give it to Him.
00:57:14.40\00:57:16.30
And He'll see you through. Amen.
00:57:16.33\00:57:17.87
That's
beautiful. Fantastic, Jay.
00:57:17.90\00:57:20.60
Yeah, that's
for sure, well said.
00:57:20.64\00:57:21.97
Yeah. Praise God.
00:57:22.00\00:57:23.34
Thank you, Mo and
Vanessa and Baby Abiyala.
00:57:23.37\00:57:26.54
She is taking a nap. Yeah.
00:57:26.57\00:57:29.34
And Jay for being here.
00:57:29.38\00:57:30.71
It's a joy to
share as a 3ABN family
00:57:30.75\00:57:32.65
to work with each one of you
00:57:32.68\00:57:34.22
and it was a joy to
have you join us as well.
00:57:34.25\00:57:37.02
You're part of our
3ABN family there at home
00:57:37.05\00:57:39.75
know that we love you and
know that we pray for you.
00:57:39.79\00:57:42.92
And we just want to
encourage you this week
00:57:42.96\00:57:45.39
to step out by faith.
00:57:45.43\00:57:46.76
You might say I
don't have faith,
00:57:46.80\00:57:48.53
but just take one step.
00:57:48.56\00:57:50.17
It can be a baby step.
00:57:50.20\00:57:51.77
Let it go and let God
spend time in His word
00:57:51.80\00:57:55.20
that will work to
develop that faith.
00:57:55.24\00:57:57.74
And Greg and I just want
to wish you a happy Sabbath.
00:57:57.77\00:58:00.74
Hope that you have a
wonderful day with God
00:58:00.78\00:58:03.65
and in his Word.
00:58:03.68\00:58:05.01
Bye-bye.
00:58:05.05\00:58:06.38