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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW015016A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, friends, my name is Greg Morikone. 01:09 This is my wife Jill. 01:10 And thank you for joining 3ABN Family Worship. 01:13 You know it's always a blessing 01:15 to have some of our 3ABN family here joining us at the table. 01:18 But you know, it's fun coming into your home 01:20 each and every day, 01:22 but especially here for the family worships. 01:24 It's Sabbath time most likely when you're watching this 01:26 so happy Sabbath to you. 01:28 It's been a busy week. 01:29 But it's always a blessing to have the Sabbath. 01:31 I know that Jill and I always look forward to that. 01:33 And worship time of course is always special. 01:35 But I think there's actually a special blessing 01:37 about having worship on the Sabbath. 01:40 I know God has promised a really special blessing 01:42 when we enter into the Sabbath rest. 01:44 And I think as we worship Him here 01:46 during this time, this evening. 01:48 I know it's always a special blessing by doing that. 01:49 There is, I think Friday sundown worship 01:52 is my favorite time of the week. 01:54 I would agree with that. 01:55 We just love having worship opening up the Sabbath, 01:57 spending that time with each other. 01:59 Sometimes during the week you can be busy. 02:01 And I think... 02:02 Uh, I can have some time with my husband, 02:05 just to talk and to share and to pray 02:07 and to study God's word and that is exciting. 02:10 And we're so glad that you have tuned in. 02:12 And that you're joining us, our 3ABN family. 02:15 Here speaking of that, we want to introduce 02:17 our 3ABN family here. 02:18 That's right. 02:20 And we have way over here on my right is Caleb Dinzey. 02:23 Hello. 02:24 That you're here, he's bringing us our music. 02:26 First we're gonna sing some songs here in a little bit. 02:28 And tell us, Caleb, how many... 02:29 You go to school 02:30 over to Thompsonville Christian Academy. 02:33 How many instruments do you play? 02:36 I play 15 instruments. 02:38 Fifteen? Yes. 02:39 That's actually 1-5, 15? Yes. 02:43 Wow. That's amazing. 02:44 Give us the names of some of them. 02:46 We know guitar, you're sitting here with that, but... 02:48 I play guitar. I play cello. 02:51 Clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, saxophone, 02:55 mandolin, ukulele, few others. 02:57 Wow. 02:59 Well, God have given you a tremendous talent 03:00 and it's neat that you're using it for Him 03:02 and I think that's a great thing. 03:03 And thank you for joining us-- For our family worship. 03:04 And of course, He's the son of Johnny and Idalia Dinzey. 03:08 Johnny is general manager of 3ABN Latino Network. 03:11 And your older brother is at Union College. 03:14 But we're so glad that you're here. 03:15 And next to you is Jay, Jason Bradley. 03:18 And, Jay, we just love the fact that God brought you here. 03:23 Tell us just a little bit about your journey? 03:25 I want to say something here too 03:27 real quick before we do that. 03:28 I actually count him as my neighbor 03:29 because our offices are right next door 03:33 and to each other, and so it's always nice. 03:35 I don't have to go very far, just walk out of my office 03:38 and right into yours. 03:39 Right around the corner. Yeah, I tell you. 03:40 And it's a blessing having you there. 03:42 You and mom with Dare to Dream of course. 03:43 But, yeah, tell us a little bit about yourself 03:45 and what you do here? 03:46 Well, my title is assistant to the general manager. 03:50 My mom's been my boss for 29 years. 03:52 So I figured why not I come and get paid for it, right? 03:55 So, so prior to this I was managing a restaurant, 04:00 working about 70 hours a week. 04:02 And so I was out in the world then. 04:05 But then I wanted to give my heart to the Lord 04:08 and then doing so, I ended up coming to 3ABN 04:11 and that was the best move that I could have made. 04:13 Praise God. Amen. 04:14 You've been here how long? 04:16 Two years in February. 04:17 Wow. Praise the Lord. 04:18 So you're a tremendous blessing 04:20 and asset to the ministry of 3ABN, that's for sure 04:22 and to us personally as friends, we appreciate you. 04:23 That's right, and you just got re-baptized here. 04:26 I did. I did. 04:27 Yes. Amen. 04:29 That was another great decision. 04:30 Yes. Praise God. 04:32 Amen. God is good. 04:33 Amen. 04:35 And on this side we have Mo and Vanessa Primo 04:38 and Baby Abiyala. 04:39 And how long have you been here both? 04:41 I grew up here. 04:44 That's basically all your life in basically, isn't it? 04:46 This is, this is home. This is family. 04:49 And now I'm here as a marketing manager... 04:51 Yeah. Currently. 04:53 And we count you both as part of our 3ABN family. 04:55 And then tell us... And great friends too. 04:58 How long have you all been married? 05:03 Almost five years. In June it will be five years. 05:05 Yeah. Congratulations. 05:07 We had to look at each other for almost... 05:08 I knew that was close thing. 05:13 And, Mo, we actually back in the day, 05:15 when I was in production way back, 05:16 we used to travel on the remote crew, 05:18 the truck crew at that point. 05:19 Remember some of those days? 05:21 That was the first summer that the truck went out. 05:23 Like 99 or something around there 2000. 05:25 Yeah, lot of fun. 05:26 And, Baby Abiyala, you're just starting to crawl 05:28 we find out too. 05:30 Yeah, she started yesterday. 05:31 Yeah, so that's a big accomplishment. 05:33 Yeah. Amen. 05:34 And how old is Abiyala? 05:36 Eight months. Eight months old. 05:37 Wow. You're doing good. 05:38 And that's a pretty hair ribbon in your hair too. 05:40 You got a pink ribbon to match the outfit. 05:42 Thank you. 05:43 And family worship is about families too. 05:45 You know no matter what age you are, 05:47 whether you are 99 05:48 or nine months, eight months old. 05:50 It's wonderful to, to open up the word of God 05:53 and spend time in that. 05:54 Spend time together as a family. 05:56 And today we're discussing the topic of faith. 05:59 Yeah, faith, now that can actually be a bit challenging 06:02 when you actually discuss faith. 06:03 But it's a lot of fun too. 06:04 So we've got some neat questions 06:06 and hopefully good discussions. 06:07 Talk about some personal experience-- 06:09 Amen. How stepping out in faith. 06:10 How that's been in our own lives. 06:12 And I know that you at home I'm sure have some, 06:16 I don't know, some circumstances in your life 06:18 where you had to step out in faith too. 06:20 And so I'm sure you can join us 06:21 as we study the topic of faith here this evening. 06:24 Amen, but first we're gonna sing a couple of songs. 06:27 That's right. Worship is always important. 06:28 You know, to spend time praising God in music. 06:31 So, Caleb, why don't you lead us here? 06:34 We start with "Side by Side We Stand." 06:37 All right. 06:45 Side by side we stand 06:48 Waiting God's command 06:52 Worshiping the saving King 06:59 Living by His grace 07:02 And moving on in faith 07:06 Jesus Himself will see us through 07:12 Here's the chorus, sing with us.. 07:14 Meet me in heaven 07:17 We'll join hands together 07:21 Meet me by the Savior's side 07:28 I'll meet you in heaven 07:32 We'll sing songs together 07:36 Brothers and sisters I'll be there 07:40 Just go to first two, okay? 07:43 Soldiers all are we 07:46 To go where Jesus leads 07:50 To fight the foe and we will overcome 07:57 Heaven is our goal 08:01 To save every soul 08:05 Pray that we all will be there 08:12 Meet me in heaven 08:15 We'll join hands together 08:19 Meet me by the Savior's side 08:26 I'll meet you in heaven 08:29 We'll sing songs together 08:34 Brothers and sisters I'll be there 08:40 Amen. 08:41 What a wonderful day that will be wanted to be heaven. 08:43 Amen. Our brothers and sisters here. 08:45 But some of you we may never meet on this earth, 08:48 but in heaven, I know that we will. 08:49 Won't that be wonderful? 08:51 So we'll all be there, won't we? 08:52 That's for sure. We got another song. 08:54 Whisper Prayer. That's a good song. 08:56 And the words should appear on your screen as well. 09:06 Whisper a prayer in the morning 09:13 Whisper a prayer at noon 09:21 Whisper a prayer in the evening 09:27 To keep your heart in tune 09:33 God answers prayer. 09:35 God answers prayer in the morning 09:42 God answers prayer at noon 09:49 God answers prayer in the evening 09:56 To keep your heart in tune 10:04 Jesus may come in the morning 10:11 Jesus may come at noon 10:18 Jesus may come in the evening 10:25 So keep your heart in tune 10:32 Amen, you know one of the things 10:34 I like about that song is basically, 10:36 but it goes along with the text-- 10:38 Basically praying all the time. Amen. 10:40 Yeah, you know basically you want Jesus 10:42 to be a part of your life all day long. 10:43 You don't know when Jesus may come, 10:45 but the thing is to keep your heart in tune. 10:47 And I know, Caleb, that you're again into musical instruments 10:51 and keeping an instrument in tune is critical, isn't it? 10:53 To making it sound right? Yes. 10:54 If it's not in tune there, you're gonna hear wobbling 10:57 and it's not gonna sound too pretty. 10:59 That's right. 11:00 So keeping our heart in tune is basically keeping it in tune 11:03 and way to keep in tune is with Jesus. 11:05 Let's have a short prayer and then Abiyala, 11:06 you're gonna have a little worship time, aren't you? 11:08 A special little story coming up. 11:10 I know I'm gonna enjoy it too. 11:11 But, sweetheart, would you mind to pray for us please? 11:13 Yeah, Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus 11:16 and we thank You for the gift of Sabbath. 11:20 We thank You for the privilege of coming apart 11:22 from the cares of the weak and the business 11:24 and spending these special 11:26 holy sanctified 24 hours with You. 11:30 Right now we open up our hearts, 11:32 we ask that You and Your Holy Spirit would impart to us 11:37 special gems from Your word as we open up Your word, 11:41 as we share with each other as 3ABN family 11:43 and our 3ABN family at home, we just ask for Your anointing. 11:47 And we thank You in the precious 11:49 and holy name of Jesus, amen. 11:52 Before we go to the story, Caleb, 11:53 we want to say thank you very much again for the music. 11:55 God has given you tremendous talent. 11:56 And thank you for joining us here for worship 11:58 and bring the music along. 11:59 We appreciate that a lot. 12:01 You know, sweetie, music 12:02 is such a incredible part of worship. 12:03 That's true. And I love that. 12:05 And it's such a blessing to bring in the young people. 12:06 I always have a special, special part of my heart, 12:09 I guess it's for the young people there at the school. 12:12 And so it's always fun when we can have them 12:14 and have them interact with us 12:15 and share the music for family worship. 12:17 That's true, and we have a little baby with us. 12:19 Like we said earlier. We do. 12:20 We have Abiyala over here. Hi, Abiyala. 12:22 And it's story time. Yeah. 12:24 And she's eating some fun little puffs too. 12:27 The Bible says in Matthew 17:20. 12:30 "I tell you the truth if you have faith as small 12:32 as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 12:36 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. 12:39 Nothing will be impossible for you." 12:41 Wow. 12:43 "They were building a highway 12:44 and a mountain was standing in the way. 12:46 It took a hundred days to move that mountain, 12:48 giant steam shovels 12:50 and dump truck work night and day. 12:52 At last the road was completed. 12:54 A huge mountain had been moved by men and machines. 12:58 Jesus, I mean, Jesus, look here. 13:01 Jesus talked about moving mountains. 13:03 He compared faith to a mustard seed. 13:07 Mustard seeds are very tiny, but Jesus taught 13:10 that a little faith can move big mountains. 13:12 That's because our faith 13:14 is in God bigger than any mountain. 13:16 Mustards seeds grow into large bushes. 13:19 Our faith can grow bigger too. 13:21 If there is something that seems impossible in your life, 13:24 have a little faith in our great big God. 13:28 He can move impossible mountains." 13:31 Amen. Amen. 13:32 Is there a little prayer? 13:33 There is. I like little prayers. 13:37 Gonna pray. It's prayer time. 13:39 Father, I pray that my faith 13:41 will grow like the mustard seed into a great big tree. 13:45 Amen. Amen. 13:46 Amen. 13:48 Amen. It's a great story. 13:50 That definitely goes along with faith. 13:51 What is our topic today? 13:53 Amen. That's for sure. 13:54 Faith is a grain of mustard seed. 13:56 So I know at a certain point 13:57 Abiyala is gonna want to go off and take a nap. 13:59 But as we discussed the topic of faith... 14:02 What is faith? 14:04 Well, I think to find the definition of faith 14:07 we should look in the Bible. 14:09 Hebrews 11:1 sums it up quite nice. 14:13 So let's-- yeah, for those of you at home 14:15 we'd just say, what, Jay? 14:17 Hebrews 11:1. 14:20 Now even, you know, Hebrews 11 14:22 it's kind of known as the faith chapter. 14:23 So that's, that's right on. It is. 14:25 Yeah. Hebrews 11. 14:27 So long, I'll get to Hebrews 11. 14:28 Okay. All right. 14:30 So, this... All right. 14:31 So looking at Hebrews 11:1. 14:34 It says, "Now faith is the substance 14:36 of things hoped for, 14:37 the evidence of things not seen." 14:40 And I think that provides us 14:42 what the good definition of what faith is. 14:45 Another thing is that, the true testament of faith 14:47 is to be able to tolerate uncertainty, 14:49 while trusting in God that He will see through. 14:52 Oh, that's powerful. 14:54 True faith is a testament of trusting in-- 14:57 A testament of true faith 14:59 is being able to tolerate uncertainty, 15:03 while trusting in God that He will see through. 15:06 Yeah, because you know faith is a noun, right? 15:08 I mean here it is. Faith is the substance. 15:11 So you think that's a subject. Faith is a noun. 15:13 But to me faith is a verb, right? 15:15 Faith is action. Oh, yes. 15:18 You have to practice it. You have to practice it, faith. 15:21 Yeah that's very true. 15:23 You know it's tough for me 15:24 because I actually like to know a little bit. 15:26 You know plan sometimes and uncertainty that's rough. 15:29 I like that word, I know I feel sometime. 15:30 A lot of us don't especially I mean as humans. 15:33 Yeah. Uncertain. 15:34 My, I, I, yeah. I like to know a little bit. 15:37 So that is true because Hebrews 15:39 is all about going out in faith 15:41 and not really know, well, it is faith, isn't it? 15:42 Not really knowing sometimes the future, 15:44 sometimes God tells you to do something, 15:46 you got to do it. 15:48 And actually to add on to that, 15:50 Psalm 105 and 106 is a summary. 15:57 It's kind of a, a journey through 16:01 the Hebrew children experience, 16:04 starting all the way back with Abraham. 16:05 Psalm 105. Psalm 105. 16:07 Starting with Abraham, recounting what had happened, 16:10 going all the way through Egypt and Moses 16:12 and all the way around, beyond that. 16:13 Fantastic. And verse 5. 16:16 Psalm 105:5 says, "Remember his marvelous works 16:20 that he hath done, his wonders, 16:22 and the judgments of his mouth." 16:23 Remember. 16:25 So I think that the substance and the evidence 16:28 is how God has led us already, right? 16:31 And looking back and remembering 16:33 and seeing the track record that God has always 16:39 taking care of us or kept His word or-- 16:43 So based on that evidence 16:46 we can have faith or we can trust 16:48 then moving forward or this kind of situation, 16:50 whatever it is that will God will handle it also. 16:52 Amen. That's an excellent point. 16:55 I like that because you know, you're thinking-- 16:57 We develop faith based off our past experience, right? 17:01 Depending on what happened in the past, 17:03 then I think okay, it proved you before. 17:06 So like this chair, 17:07 I've never sat in a chair that fell, right, 17:09 that was broken. 17:10 And so now I think every time I sit down 17:13 the chair is gonna hold me 17:14 or like in my relationship with Greg, 17:16 I think, as you, as you walk in marriage, 17:19 you know, in oneness together you learn to trust. 17:22 You learn that trust and respect deepens. 17:25 And so now you can say I have faith 17:27 because of how he has treated me in the past 17:29 or the past experience. 17:30 So that's powerful. The same thing with God. 17:32 I just gonna say that. 17:33 I think the key is, yeah, faith in God is the key 17:35 because people will let you down. 17:36 You know I remember when I was a young person in school 17:38 and I was sort of discouraged. 17:40 You know I was looking at people 17:41 and this person was kind of letting me down 17:43 and that person was letting me down. 17:45 I went to my dad and I said, you know what, this is it. 17:47 I mean, you know, I put this person up on a pedestal 17:49 which you're not supposed to do and they were failing you. 17:52 And my dad said, son, he said never look to people 17:57 because they will fail you. 17:58 Look to God, look to Jesus, He will never fail you. 18:01 He said, son, he's my dad. He said I failed you too. 18:04 He said but God will never fail you. 18:06 And so you know, you're talking about these chairs, 18:07 these chairs have never failed us. 18:09 I have sat in a chair that's failed me. 18:11 I haven't. It actually collapsed on me. 18:13 Not these chairs but it was-- 18:15 Yeah, outside of 3ABN. 18:16 So you know it makes you a little bit cautious. 18:18 You know, so if I were to look at that same chair 18:21 like I saw when it looked exactly like that, 18:22 I might kind of you know test it up. 18:25 You know, but with God, we know God has never failed any of us. 18:28 You know at times 18:30 our circumstances may be challenging 18:31 and we may say, God, where are you? 18:33 But He's there, that's for sure. 18:35 And that kind of also reminded me of, 18:36 you know, very well known and loved Ellen White said. 18:42 "In reviewing our past history, 18:44 having traveled over every step of advance 18:46 to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! 18:48 As I see what the God has wrought, 18:50 I am filled with astonishment and with confidence..." 18:55 Yeah, that's a good word. I'm sure it is. 18:56 "In Christ as leader. 18:58 We have nothing to fear for the future, 19:00 except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, 19:03 and His teaching in our past history." 19:05 Yeah. Oh, yeah. 19:07 You know, that's powerful. I'm sure it is. 19:08 And you know important thing is important to know God. 19:12 I mean, you're not gonna have faith 19:14 in someone that you don't know. 19:16 So you have to take the time out to get to know him. 19:18 If you look at Romans 10:17. 19:23 Just let me know when you guys get there. 19:26 That's a good verse. 19:27 That verse reiterates-- 10:17, yep. 19:31 What I was saying. 19:32 So it says, "So then faith cometh by hearing, 19:34 and hearing by the word of God." 19:37 So if you're not spending time in the word of God, 19:39 you're not getting to know God. 19:41 These are God's instructions to us. 19:44 These are the Holy Scriptures that we've to follow. 19:47 These are guidelines and principles for our life. 19:50 And if you are not studying His word then, I mean, 19:54 your faith is probably lacking too. 19:56 Yeah. 19:57 So I think that's important. 19:58 And another verse saying the same thing as Romans 12:2. 20:01 12:2, so just a couple of chapters over. 20:04 All I like to talk about, "Be ye not conforms 20:07 but rather be transformed by the renewing of the mind, 20:10 by the reading of God's word." 20:13 Yeah. That's fantastic. 20:15 So being in God basically-- 20:17 You know that's excellent. Amen. 20:19 And I think there is... 20:20 With our generation there is, there is an issue 20:23 with this whole self-made thing. 20:26 I say, yeah, I'm a self-made millionaire. 20:28 I'm self this, self this. 20:30 Everything is placed on in-self. 20:33 You know everybody is valuing themselves. 20:36 When we acknowledge that we're powerless, 20:39 it allows God to fill us with His power and work through us. 20:44 And I think that's one of the biggest issues 20:46 with this generation as they think 20:48 that it's by their own works 20:52 or something that they are in the spot that they are in. 20:55 I was actually thinking along the same lines. 20:58 You know, you're saying, God's power in us. 21:01 I have written down the fruit of the spirit-- 21:05 Where is it? Galatians 5:22, 23. 21:09 By the fruit of the spirit is-- 21:10 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 21:12 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith." 21:16 Wow, so it's not what we own or possess, 21:19 whatever it's God 21:20 and gotten the Holy Spirit in us. 21:22 Yeah, it's true. 21:23 Because it's easy to put faith into things, isn't it? 21:25 Or, well, we did this 21:27 or this is actually going to save me or keep me alive. 21:32 But really we owe everything to God. 21:34 So it's faith in Him. Amen. 21:35 So I'm thinking practically. 21:37 You're gonna say something? Go for it. 21:38 I was just gonna say, you know, I think, 21:39 I got a 401K which we don't have. 21:41 But you know you can say, we got a retirement plan, 21:44 which we don't have but you can say, 21:46 you know, I have these things. 21:48 My faith is in that. 21:49 My faith is in my stocks and bonds. 21:51 My faith is in my car or my house or my job or my, 21:54 but none of that is. 21:55 You know, the only, the only person 21:58 that we can truly trust, 22:00 that we can truly put that faith 22:01 and confidence in is the Lord Jesus Christ. 22:03 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 22:04 And all those things that Jesus named, 22:06 those are temporary things. 22:07 Yes. 22:09 I don't remember the verse, but there's a verse that says, 22:11 like don't place value in the treasures on earth 22:14 because it's gonna corrode or, or burn up and... 22:17 Yes, yes. 22:19 So I mean you're placing value on temporary things 22:23 when we can really place value on an eternal, eternal thing. 22:27 Yeah. Yeah. 22:28 Amen. That's for sure. 22:30 So I was gonna ask you guys a question, 22:31 but I didn't ask this ahead of time. 22:32 So more of a... 22:34 it's just like, because I know that you're here-- 22:35 You grew up here 22:37 and then you know you left for a while, 22:38 you know, you went to school and things like that. 22:39 So you guys got married. 22:41 And I know you guys moved here together. 22:42 You know, and so was that for you Vanessa, 22:44 was that a faith walk coming to-- 22:46 Oh, definitely. Coming here? 22:48 Yeah. 22:49 Because you know, all of us, you know, God puts us 22:51 in different places at different times 22:52 for a certain period of time. 22:53 But I'm thinking, you know, 22:55 okay, what's going through my mind right now is Abraham. 22:57 You know, in the faith chapter he went out 22:59 and he didn't know where he was going. 23:01 And you knew you're coming to 3ABN, 23:03 but still when you come here as a couple, married couple. 23:05 I know you came here and joined me. 23:07 That's kind of a faith walk in itself practically, isn't it? 23:09 It is. Oh, definitely. 23:10 'Cause I mean, I was raised in Berrien Springs like-- 23:13 Michigan. All my life. 23:14 I had never lived anywhere else except you know, 23:16 when we went as missionaries to South Korea, 23:18 but that was just, you know, temporary missionary thing. 23:20 That's a faith walk too though. That's a faith walk. 23:21 Yeah, and that is too. Going overseas... 23:23 But then the thought of just like having to leave home 23:26 and then come here... 23:28 I go man, what am I going to expect? 23:30 You know, and it took... 23:32 Yeah, it took some faith and I'll have to admit like, 23:36 I don't think I had the faith, but to come here, 23:39 but I think that God was like, He puts you in situations 23:44 so that your faith can grow, you know. 23:45 Yes. Absolutely. 23:47 So for me I'm not a very huge risk taker. 23:50 So like for me moving away from Berrien Springs 23:52 is like a huge risk, even though it's not, 23:54 but you know, it feels like it. 23:56 Of course. And so for me... 23:57 It's out of your comfort zone. It's out of my comfort zone. 23:59 So I think that, that helped, helped my faith grow too. 24:02 You know. Yeah, absolutely. 24:04 Yeah. Amen. 24:06 Oh, go ahead. 24:07 And I was gonna saying also, 24:09 when it comes to children as well, 24:11 it's really hard to put your faith in God. 24:15 You know, and put your child in God's hands 24:18 'cause I've always felt like... 24:21 If anything is gonna get right, I'm gonna do it. 24:24 But to think that I have to put it in God's hands, 24:27 it can be scary too thinking, you know. 24:29 But I know that He can take care of very best. 24:31 Anyways, I think that she's about ready to go. 24:34 Why don't you take her out for a little nap? 24:36 Yeah, yeah. No problem. 24:37 That's great. 24:39 You know thinking about personal experiences. 24:41 You know when I was a small child, 24:42 I was blessed to have wonderful Christian parents. 24:45 They raised me and my sister 24:47 and when I was really young my parents didn't have a lot. 24:49 We had, you know, the basics to eat for food. 24:53 You know, like beans and rice and that sort of thing, 24:55 but nothing extra fancy if you want to call that. 24:58 So I think I was about three or four years old. 25:01 And, and I don't remember all the details to this. 25:05 I just remember certain parts of it. 25:06 So my mom has filled in the details 25:07 of course through the years or later on. 25:10 But I wanted oranges really bad. 25:12 And I prayed or told my mom and dad, 25:15 I said, I really wanted oranges. 25:16 And they said, we don't have money to buy oranges actually. 25:20 So I said okay. 25:22 So then I would like to pray for oranges. 25:24 So I prayed for oranges 25:26 and I don't know how long it was. 25:27 Prayed for oranges maybe several days or so. 25:30 And, and some church people of course 25:32 because my parents were, like you can just say poor, 25:34 didn't have any money, 25:36 would drop off groceries at her house, for us, 25:38 you know, some other nice fancy things. 25:40 So one day we had this, you know, knock at the door 25:44 and some people from the church came 25:46 and they dropped off some food 25:47 and I don't know boxes or bags of stuff. 25:51 And so I was all excited about that of course, 25:52 you know, something to look at. 25:54 So we're pulling all this food out of there 25:55 and guess what it was in the bag? 25:57 Oranges. No oranges. 26:00 No oranges? What? 26:01 So I ask God if we could. There were no oranges. 26:06 So for a little, I remember that 26:08 because that was very significant for me 26:09 because I had prayed for oranges, 26:11 I thought I was gonna get oranges 26:12 and I didn't get any oranges. 26:15 You know, so, you know my parents at that point were, 26:17 you know, what do you tell a small child. 26:19 You know I was really devastated, 26:20 you know, no oranges. 26:21 So anyway basically it's encouragement 26:23 to just keep praying. 26:24 So we did and we went to... 26:26 I believe it was prayer meeting. 26:28 And, and lo and behold someone there at prayer meeting said, 26:30 you know, what? 26:32 I've got a full box of oranges. Would you guys like some? 26:35 And of course I was like, yeah. 26:38 You know, so that was very significant in faith. 26:40 For one thing I thought it was gonna be 26:42 in that bag or box of groceries that came early. 26:44 I don't know if it's the same day or not, 26:46 but, and then they weren't there. 26:48 So you go through somewhat of a disappointment, 26:50 but you still got to hang on. 26:52 Because life isn't all about, just everything we ask for, 26:54 pray for, you know what we wish happens just that way. 26:58 That's right. So you still got to hang on. 27:00 And then, and then of course, 27:02 I praise God for that experience 27:03 actually even as a young child, very significant. 27:05 There were oranges at the end of the day or the next day. 27:07 So that was significant for me 27:09 as a child in faith and hanging on to Jesus. 27:11 Amen. That's incredible. 27:13 You know, I've heard that story before 27:14 but I love it because you think... 27:17 We think, okay, God, I'm gonna ask, 27:19 I'm gonna receive, right? 27:21 And sometimes God says yes 27:23 and sometimes He says wait a while. 27:25 In this case it was wait a while. 27:27 And sometimes it's a no and we might not understand, 27:29 you know, the sign of heaven. 27:31 Why God answers the way He does? 27:33 That He says, I want you to trust Me 27:35 even in the midst of that, will you trust Me? 27:39 Yeah. Yeah, that's for sure. 27:40 So I think about Abraham. 27:41 Whenever difficult, what happened to him? 27:43 I'm thinking about Isaac. 27:45 Very, very and imagine being Isaac. 27:49 How difficult that must have been 27:50 when he found out, you know-- 27:52 But he was still willing. Yeah, God tells Abraham. 27:53 What does God tell Abraham? Sacrifice your son. 27:56 Yeah, your only son that God had promised 27:58 would be basically He'll make a mighty nation. 28:01 Right, so it wasn't just the son 28:03 which would be horrible in itself, it's the promise. 28:06 You know, you're giving that promise up. 28:09 Yeah. And then... 28:11 Yeah, sometimes things don't really make sense, 28:13 but it's basically being in God's word 28:16 because Abraham had to known that it was God, right? 28:19 I mean, when God was speaking to him, 28:22 Abraham knew, he knew it was God 28:24 and I think that's the key for us towards faith. 28:26 You know, any other personal experiences 28:28 or something that faith itself 28:30 or experienced further about faith in your guys' life? 28:33 Oh, and just to add on to that. 28:35 Now you're making that comment about that. 28:37 He must have known it was God. 28:38 Like, it must have taken a lot of faith 28:41 because all the surrounding nations at that time, 28:44 they were sacrificing their children as well. 28:46 And so... That's true. 28:48 You know, and so, for Abraham to think, 28:50 okay, is this really God? 28:51 You know, he must have 28:52 had a really strong relationship to know. 28:54 Yeah, this is God and this is what He's telling me to do. 28:56 And I have faith 28:57 that He's gonna bring my child back to me. 28:59 You have to have a really strong connection with God 29:02 and have the faith to be able to do something like that 29:06 when, you know... 29:07 You know that's true because Abraham could say, 29:08 well, this is just like almost a mockery to God 29:10 because now you're asking me to sacrifice my child 29:12 like the heathens are doing. 29:14 So are you sure? Does that make sense? 29:15 Exactly, right. He could have said no. 29:16 He could have said no, but no, he had the faith. 29:18 No, I'm gonna do it. Amen. 29:21 And he, you know, God, God provided for him 29:25 and that's like the most important part. 29:27 I think is that God provided and God always provides, but... 29:32 Yeah. Yeah, what's... 29:34 No, I guess my, my, my faith story was... 29:37 We already talked about. 29:38 It was just coming down here to 3ABN. 29:40 It was... It was so hard. 29:42 I remember when I came here I talked to Shelley, 29:46 and I talked to J.D. 29:48 because I was having a really hard time 29:49 and Tita too, Idalia Dinzey. 29:51 Caleb's mom. Caleb's mom. 29:53 And they encouraged me and they were there for me. 29:55 But it's just, it was very hard for me to come down here, 29:58 but somehow I had something in the back of my head. 30:02 It was, you know, I know it was God talking to me saying, 30:04 this is the right thing to do to come down here. 30:05 And that gave me peace as well, you know. 30:08 So, and I was gonna use the story of Abraham, you know. 30:14 Well, that's a good story. 30:15 I'll just read the verses here. It's in chapter 12. 30:17 Then the Lord told Abraham leave your country... 30:19 We're in Genesis. Genesis 12, sorry. 30:22 I'm starting in verse 1. 30:26 Says, "Then the Lord told Abraham, 30:28 leave your country, your relatives..." 30:30 But you know, that was my mom, my sister, 30:32 and my aunts, and my uncles, and my cousins. 30:35 "And your father's house and go to the land 30:36 I will show you. 30:38 I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. 30:40 I'll bless you and make you famous 30:41 and I'll make you a blessing to others. 30:45 I will bless those who bless you and curse 30:47 those who curse you. 30:48 All the families of the earth will be blessed through you. 30:50 So Abraham departed as the Lord had instructed 30:52 and lot went with him." 30:55 And to me when I read that, I'm like, wow that's amazing. 30:58 Not that, you know, I'm gonna have a lot of children. 31:01 I don't know I'll have a lot of children. 31:03 But the part that I find amazing is that, 31:05 God will bless others through you if you follow Him 31:10 and if you have faith in Him. 31:11 And I think that is the one thing 31:13 that I want to be able to do is to bless others so... 31:16 Yeah. Fantastic. 31:18 That's powerful. You do bless others. 31:19 I hope so. You do absolutely. 31:21 That's powerful 'cause you think 31:22 God calls each one of us. 31:24 We're not called maybe to leave home and family 31:25 and some of us are called, some... 31:27 Have you might been called to the mission field 31:29 or might be called to leave your home or family, 31:31 but whatever God has called you today, 31:34 step out by faith, step out and say, 31:37 okay, God, I don't understand. 31:39 I don't know where You're taking me. 31:40 I don't even know the future, 31:43 but I'm gonna step out by faith and God honors that. 31:47 Yes, He does. 31:48 What was that last part you just said, Vanessa, 31:50 about blessing others? 31:52 I wanted to comment on that. 31:54 But say, let's read that last part again. 31:56 That was here. Verse 3, end of 3, I mean. 31:58 Yeah, "I will those who bless you 31:59 and curse those who curse you. 32:01 All the families of the earth will be blessed through you." 32:04 Wow. When you took... 32:06 When you take and look at 3ABN 32:08 and you see how so many people are being blessed 32:11 and including us that work here. 32:14 It's a result of one man's faith. 32:16 That's right. 32:18 Mr. Danny Shelton answered 32:19 the calling on his life and started 3ABN. 32:22 Can you imagine what he must have faced 32:25 when he was a young kid going around telling people 32:27 that he was gonna start a television network 32:29 that's gonna reach the world? 32:31 And he had no background in TV or anything. 32:34 People were probably like, 32:35 "Oh this kid, this, this, this." 32:37 And he stepped out on faith 32:39 even when there was no money there, 32:41 he said, God, I'm gonna go forward. 32:42 He went forward. 32:44 I mean it's similar to a story of Noah. 32:45 Noah was building... 32:46 He got instructions to build the ark. 32:48 There's no rain anywhere, the ground is dry 32:51 and he went for it and built the ark. 32:53 And that's I think, 32:54 that's very similar to how 3ABN is. 32:57 I mean, there wasn't anything like this of its kind. 33:00 And Mr. Danny answered the calling on his life 33:04 and now we're all a part of that, 33:06 including our viewers at home. 33:08 That's right. 33:09 One of my moments of faith was coming out here. 33:14 I left... 33:16 I did have 401K at one point 33:19 and a nice salary and stuff like that. 33:22 But I left that to go into ministry. 33:25 And I read in a devotional where it said something about, 33:29 sometimes you have to leave 33:31 your security to reach your destiny. 33:33 And so when coming here I feel like 33:36 I've reached my divine purpose, like this is my destiny, 33:39 this is what I'm supposed to be doing. 33:40 So that was one way that I had, 33:43 to have a lot of faith was to leave all that stuff behind, 33:45 leave that security, leave that money 33:48 and all of that and come join in ministry. 33:50 Another one is, I've been under attack 33:53 with the surgeries and stuff like that. 33:56 I mean I've had surgery 33:57 because my appendix ruptured inside of me. 33:59 I was misdiagnosed for that. God brought me through that. 34:02 I had another surgery 34:04 as a result of the appendix rupturing 34:07 inside of me from years ago 34:10 and I had to go on and then clean stuff up. 34:12 And, but then there was a complication 34:15 from that surgery that caused me 34:16 to have another surgery, 34:18 but God brought me through all of those. 34:21 And I'm so grateful 34:23 and it just keeps my faith going. 34:25 So can I ask you, Jay? 34:26 In the midst of that, say, you just have the surgery 34:28 and now you're facing another surgery to correct, 34:31 you know, what the complications. 34:32 Did you doubt? 34:35 Did you sit there and say, wow, God, what are you doing? 34:37 Like, what was going on in your head at that point? 34:41 I was just like, oh, boy, back under the knife again. 34:44 I was a little discouraged. 34:46 I didn't feel like I was going to die. 34:50 My first surgery, when my appendix ruptured 34:53 inside of me, I wasn't in the church, 34:55 so the devil would have loved if I would have died 34:57 because I would have died in my sins. 35:00 But for this other surgery I, I don't know that I doubted, 35:06 I figured He would see me through. 35:10 But I don't understand why I had to go through it. 35:13 You know that was a question that was in my head. 35:15 Why do I have to go through this? 35:17 I just went through another surgery. 35:19 I just got out. 35:21 And we all know how much I love food. 35:23 Well, I couldn't eat until... Jay is a foodie. 35:26 I couldn't eat until the last day 35:28 when I was about to get out. 35:30 I didn't have real food until the last day 35:33 when I was about to get out. 35:34 So it was driving me crazy. I was in pain and miserable. 35:37 But, I still try to be a light and a witness to the people 35:41 that I came in contact with the nurses, 35:44 and all of that stuff. 35:45 And they had positive things to say to my mother 35:49 because you know sometimes when you're down and out, 35:54 it's still hard, but God gave me the strength. 35:56 Amen. Amen. 35:58 Amen. Praise the Lord. 35:59 But we're so glad God spared you, you know. 36:00 I mean that's just incredible. Yeah. 36:03 And sometimes we don't understand, isn't that true? 36:06 You know, we don't always understand 36:07 what God's doing in the midst of it, 36:09 but we still trust. 36:11 And someday we will see, God's gonna say, okay, 36:13 this is what I was doing, Jay. 36:15 Yeah. This is what was going on. 36:16 Yes. Very true. 36:19 You know sometimes like we'd... 36:20 Mo, you were reading earlier that quote about, 36:22 lest we forget how God has led us in the past. 36:24 Basically God is, we going from past experience, Jay. 36:27 You know you're seeing okay. 36:29 I've seen how God has led in my life. 36:30 So I'm going through another surgery, another surgery, 36:32 but God's gonna see me through just like you said, 36:33 which is what you were saying earlier too, Mo, 36:36 when you see how God has led you, 36:37 yeah, in the past. 36:39 Do you have personal testimony, Mo? 36:42 Faith building. 36:43 Faith moment. I liked what Jay said-- 36:45 Faith moment. Faith moment. 36:46 That is a great... Yeah, I do like that. 36:48 Well, I took it... Excuse me. 36:52 More along the lines of the fruits of the Spirit. 36:57 Excellent. 36:58 And the idea that faith being a fruit of the spirit 37:03 is just the spirit living through you 37:07 and expressing that faith through your life. 37:09 And I really sensed that or experienced that myself 37:14 when I was student missionary in Korea in 2002. 37:19 That, the closer, the more I was in the word, 37:22 the closer I was to the Lord. 37:26 The more I filled with the Holy Spirit, 37:29 the more faith was expressed through me. 37:34 And it wasn't something of me. 37:38 And it got to the point where I felt invincible. 37:43 Wow. You know it was like even... 37:45 Because I was in the Lord's will, 37:47 because I was in His word, 37:49 because I always felt the spirit, 37:51 even when I made mistakes 37:52 they turned out to be just these great outcomes. 37:57 And I remember experiencing and I'm thinking, 38:01 you know, this is, to me that was living by faith, 38:04 to be in the word, to be with the Lord, 38:06 and to be in His will. 38:08 And then it's not something that I do or have. 38:14 It's just something that God lives through me. 38:17 And I get to experience and I get to be a part of it. 38:20 And I wasn't I, it was, 38:22 you know, one of the best experiences in my life. 38:24 I love that. 38:26 You know I like what you said, faith is not something we live, 38:28 we have, right, internally? 38:29 But something God breathe, something God gives us. 38:32 And you're right. 38:33 It comes through the word and through other things, 38:35 but something from God, that's powerful. 38:38 My faith moment is not really a moment, 38:41 I guess you could say, like you shared Jay 38:43 and, but a little more like yours maybe, Mo. 38:48 For me, in my own journey with God, 38:50 I think I liked to walk by feeling. 38:55 I don't know if any of you can relate to that. 38:57 We're supposed to walk by faith. 38:59 And God calls us to walk by faith. 39:01 But I don't know if it's a women thing 39:03 or if it's my own personality. 39:05 But I liked to walk by feeling. 39:07 So in other words, if I woke up and I prayed 39:10 and spend my time with God and I felt like God loved me, 39:15 God forgave me, God's with me, then I would feel like, 39:18 oh, wow, it's gonna be a good day, I'm with God. 39:21 But if I prayed and it was like 39:22 I couldn't hear Him, then I couldn't sense Him, 39:26 then I thought I must be doing something wrong. 39:29 God must not be with me 39:31 and instead of reaching out by faith, 39:34 I thought, oh, my feeling say, God's not near me. 39:38 So I must not be close to God. 39:40 And so I lived years of my life like that, 39:43 a feeling based religion really. 39:46 Striving, struggling, trying to reach out, 39:51 but not knowing how, you know. 39:53 One specific thing I can think of is. 39:56 Every time I would slip up and step into sin, 40:00 I would think 1 John 1:9 surely can't be that easy. 40:04 You know, it says, if we confess our sins, 40:06 God is faithful and just to forgive us 40:09 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 40:11 But I would think, I got to do something first 40:14 before I can come back and ask God. 40:16 You know I got to stay away a little while 40:18 and do a little penance or try to be good 40:21 and then maybe God would accept me. 40:24 And so I think surely it's not that easy. 40:27 And when I learned that I can by faith 40:31 claim the promises of the word of God. 40:34 When I can just say, God, you said in Your word, 40:38 I've confessed, you have forgiven me. 40:42 By faith I accept what Your word says about me. 40:45 When I did that, 40:47 my walk with God was like revolutionized. 40:51 It was incredible. 40:54 One specific thing I can think of is that actually helped, 40:56 and that was actually after Greg and I got married. 40:59 And we were walking on a journey 41:02 of infertility, right? 41:03 We couldn't have kids and when the doctor called 41:06 with a result of that. 41:07 I remember I ran out of the house 41:09 and ran down the road 41:10 and like, the trees were just of spring time, 41:14 just coming out with a green and the sky was blue 41:17 and birds were singing, 41:18 but I couldn't hear any of that. 41:20 All I asked was the why question. 41:21 Why? You know, God, why? 41:25 Do we not eat right? You know what I'm saying? 41:27 You know all those questions go through you mind. 41:28 Like, did we not eat right? Did we not pray enough? 41:31 Do we not have enough faith? Would we not make good parents? 41:34 You know all those questions and I was just crying. 41:38 And then, I remember I ran out of tears 41:41 and God said, like He tapped me on the shoulder. 41:43 And he said, Jill my daughter, count your blessings. 41:46 And I was like, I want some pity. 41:49 God, you know I mean. I'm struggling here's. 41:52 Don't you think you can give me some pity? 41:55 And He said, count your blessings. 41:57 And I remember I just started Claim and Promises. 42:00 Not by how I felt. Not by how... 42:01 Anything was inside but Claim and Promises, 42:04 stepping out by faith and faster and faster, 42:06 pretty soon they started coming those blessings 42:09 that God had. 42:11 And then I realized that, 42:12 that's what God calls each one of us to do. 42:14 You know your battle at home... 42:16 Every battle is different, it might not be that. 42:19 But God says, are you gonna trust me? 42:21 You know are you gonna by faith reach out by those promises? 42:25 God says, I forgive you, you know. 42:27 God says, I want to bring you peace. 42:30 I want to work in your life. 42:32 I want to bring you hope of future and a hope. 42:34 So it's a beautiful thing. So that's my faith journey. 42:37 It's just learning to walk by faith 42:39 and not by feelings and it's a beautiful thing. 42:41 I think we should pray that way too. 42:43 We should pray with conviction and pray with faith. 42:46 You know that what you're praying for is already done. 42:49 God spoke and there was light. 42:51 Yes. There is nothing... 42:53 I think we sometimes put Him in a box, 42:56 you know, and God doesn't exist in a little box. 43:00 God is, He is amazing. 43:02 We serve an awesome God 43:03 and that nothing is impossible for Him. 43:05 So I think that we need to pray with faith and conviction 43:09 that our prayers will be answered. 43:11 Now, they might not be answered in the way 43:13 that we would want them to be answered. 43:15 But there also lies faith and trusting 43:19 that God knows best. 43:20 I mean, He sees the end from the beginning. 43:23 We only see the small little spectrum. 43:26 We don't, we don't see the end, but He has the master plan. 43:30 He does. 43:31 You know and I think also praying too 43:33 knowing that God hears us. 43:35 You know I have firm belief that God hears our prayers, 43:39 but He may not answer, Jay, just like you were saying like 43:41 I want God to answer it 43:44 and I have to believe that He hears. 43:46 I know He will answer according to His will, 43:47 and that's faith because you got to have faith. 43:49 Just like Abiyala, probably there's things 43:51 that she wants that you guys realized 43:53 that she shouldn't have or do. 43:55 So you know... Does that ever happen? 43:58 You know I know for me anyway as a kid, 43:59 I wanted to do stuff and my parents said, no. 44:02 And, you know, I had to trust them. 44:03 You know it's one of those things, like okay, 44:05 mom and dad, I know you say, you know what's best 44:07 and I sure don't see that, 44:09 but I have faith in mom and dad that, yeah, you have the right. 44:11 And of course it's true. Definitely. 44:14 You know, it would be so great if we could always... 44:16 You know, if I could 44:17 because I know I still struggle with the faith thing sometimes, 44:19 but like... 44:21 Oh, me too. I think we all do, right. 44:23 But if we could have faith like children 44:24 because the other day 44:26 I was playing with Abiyala, I put her, 44:29 I put her on the counter just sitting 44:31 and then I step back and I'm like, 44:32 come on, Abiyala, come. 44:33 And she would start leaning forward, learning forward 44:36 and then she just led herself go 44:39 and she had faith that I was gonna catch her. 44:41 And I was thinking about that when I was doing that with her, 44:43 like, man, I need to have more faith 44:45 to let my Father catch me, you know. 44:47 Just, when He asks me to do something that I'm like... 44:50 I'm gonna fall. 44:51 I don't think that I should do that. 44:52 Just to let go and you know, like God, 44:55 like going like God Surrender. 44:56 Yeah, that's true. It is, comes down to surrender. 44:59 That's what God calls us to do. Amen. 45:02 So Hebrews 11, was it verse 1? Yes. 45:06 Does someone have that handy, 45:07 that's the definition from the Bible of what faith is. 45:11 Yes. I should get there. 45:13 Hebrews Chapter 11. 45:15 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 45:17 the evidence of things not seen." 45:19 Okay. 45:20 So let me just ask you, guys, this. 45:22 I went to the dictionary. 45:23 See if that do you believe in this? 45:25 This is a dictionary definition. 45:26 So that's the Bible. Okay, so this is dictionary. 45:29 It says, firm belief... 45:31 Okay, so this is you guys at home too. 45:32 Okay, so tell me you think of this? 45:33 All right. So let's see. 45:35 Firm belief in something for which there is no proof. 45:39 Oh. 45:41 Firm belief in something for which there is no proof. 45:46 What do you think? You think that's... 45:47 This is dictionary definition now. 45:51 Just me quickly thinking about this. 45:53 Firm belief in something for which there is no proof. 45:55 Okay. 45:57 I believe there's God, 45:58 so to me there's proof that there is God, so I'm... 46:00 Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. 46:01 Maybe they... 46:02 Maybe scientific proof, you know. 46:05 See that's a hard one 46:07 because in the Bible too you see it says. 46:10 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 46:13 the evidence of things not seen." 46:17 So that one is, that one is tough. 46:22 I mean I would go with the Bible definition all day, 46:26 every day because that's God's word. 46:29 So God can't be wrong. 46:31 And maybe that, maybe that is true for us 46:33 as humans though 46:35 because sometimes we don't believe like there's no what... 46:39 That's not gonna happen, but we have to blindly... 46:42 Yeah. So maybe that is just like a... 46:44 Well, it is. It's a human definition. 46:46 It is, the dictionary one, yeah. 46:48 You're right 'cause anytime God asked us to step out by faith, 46:51 there might be no proof that what God asked us to do 46:54 was gonna be there, right? 46:55 So... 46:57 But there's proof that God is... 46:58 Proof that God is God and we can trust Him. 47:00 He definitely exists. 47:02 And I mean, just like when you go outside, 47:04 you don't know where the wind is coming, 47:05 but you know the wind is real, you see, 47:07 you see the effects of the wind, 47:09 the leaves blowing on the trees and all of that stuff. 47:12 I mean you see the effects of God in all around us. 47:18 Yes. Let me ask another question. 47:20 So do you think we should pray to God for faith? 47:22 I mean is that actually something, 47:23 because I'm thinking even at you at home, 47:25 you know, we're talking about faith here. 47:26 I know I sure have struggled with faith sometimes. 47:28 I don't really know, I think that's God 47:29 and I'm like, boy, it sure seems scary 47:31 and I don't know that it make sense and oh, 47:33 I started in my own mind saying, oh, 47:35 I think this and that and then I get confused 47:37 and then it's just a mess. 47:38 So, yeah, should we pray for faith? 47:40 What do you think, Mo? Yeah. Yeah, definitely. 47:43 Definitely. 47:45 And I just keep going back to that, you know, 47:46 being in the word, you know, like Jason's version. 47:51 Being in His will and the faith comes. 47:56 So really what you're saying, 47:57 I mean, I don't want to put words in your mouth. 47:58 Does it really comes back to relationship then with God? 48:01 Yeah. Amen. 48:03 In order to build relationship. Spend time. 48:05 Time. Yeah. 48:07 Yeah. Fantastic. 48:08 Yeah, I agree with that for sure. 48:10 Yeah. I mean definitely. 48:12 We got to pray for it. 48:13 Sometimes we don't have the desire to do things, 48:15 so we pray and ask God to grant us the desire, 48:18 give us the desire to step move forward in faith you know. 48:23 And I think God changes our desires too. 48:25 Have you all ever experienced that? 48:26 Like something you once wanted. 48:28 Like I was thinking... 48:29 We mentioned that, I mentioned the infertility 48:31 and then God replaced that in our own experience and said, 48:35 I've called you to ministry, that's why I said no. 48:37 I said no 'cause you're supposed to do ministry. 48:39 So don't you think God can change our desires, 48:42 like something we want and then God can, 48:44 you know, say no. 48:46 Actually, Jay, I want you here in Illinois. 48:47 Yeah, yeah. 48:49 I was surprised by that calling. 48:51 But I'm glad I answered it. Amen. 48:55 Let's go back to the Bible text, 48:56 you know, God will give you the desires of your heart. 48:58 Yeah. And that's a promise, man. 48:59 That is a Bible promise, but, yeah, 49:02 I believe that God can also 49:03 if you're hearing, He want in His will. 49:04 You know the God... You know my desire originally 49:06 may not have been actually the direction 49:07 God wants to take. 49:08 So God changed my desire to be your desire. 49:10 Amen. Amen. We have some prayer requests. 49:13 We do have some prayer requests. 49:14 I tell you worship time has gone by quick. 49:16 There's only few minutes left. 49:17 So you guys have sent in some, you at home, 49:19 thank you very much for sending in some prayer requests 49:21 and we got some here. 49:23 We get this from pastoral department. 49:24 You call in your request or sometimes email 49:26 or send them in. 49:27 And we want to pray over them. 49:29 I know in pastoral they pray over them, 49:31 but we want to pray over them here. 49:33 Which I think is neat too because, you know, 49:34 we're talking about faith. 49:35 And again we're talking about God hearing us. 49:37 So we know as these prayer requests are brought 49:40 to God's throne that day, 49:41 He hears and He will answer them 49:43 according to His will. 49:44 And even if you didn't send in a prayer request, 49:45 I know, each person has something on their hearts 49:47 that they like to bring to God. 49:49 So as we're praying here you can pray for these people 49:51 that we're gonna mention 49:52 or even your own prayer request, 49:54 it's neat to be together as a family. 49:55 Amen. 49:56 Mo, what request do you have there? 49:58 Renee has battled 49:59 with an addiction to food for many years 50:01 but he's asking God to give her strength 50:03 to overcome this addiction. 50:06 And I wanted to share a verse, Philippians 2:13. 50:09 "For it is God which worketh in you 50:11 both to will and to do his good pleasure." 50:13 Going back to desire and God changing desire... 50:16 It's fantastic. To will and to do. 50:18 Yeah. Of his good... 50:19 His good pleasure. Isn't that great? 50:21 Yeah. Fantastic. 50:23 We'll pray that for Renee. 50:25 What about you, Vanessa? 50:26 I have Miss Oliver. 50:28 She has reached an age 50:30 where her health is rapidly declining. 50:32 She's fallen four times in recent days 50:34 and is fearful of being hurt 50:35 and not being able to get help. 50:38 This is causing her much anxiety. 50:41 And I get that problem too with anxiety, 50:44 but I always remember the verse in the Bible 50:45 that talks about perfect love, cast out I'll fear 50:48 and I just, just remember that, 50:51 that perfect love is gonna cast out all fear. 50:53 Just hold on to God and we'll be praying for you. 50:57 Yeah. Amen. Amen. 50:59 Fantastic. 51:01 Mine is Howard has prostate cancer. 51:05 And he's praying his wife will have strength and faith 51:08 during the days ahead. 51:09 And it seems like more and more requests for cancer 51:11 coming in more and more. 51:13 I think it's a sign of the times. 51:15 You know, just, Jesus has got to come soon and we claim that. 51:19 But for Howard and his wife, you know, 51:22 I can only imagine 51:23 what if something happened to Greg. 51:24 You know what if the diagnosis happened to your spouse. 51:27 And a verse I like is 2 Corinthians 12:9. 51:31 God is talking to Paul and says, 51:33 "My grace is sufficient for you, 51:36 for my strength is made perfect in weakness." 51:40 So for Howard's wife maybe you feel like 51:42 I don't have any strength. 51:45 Reach out to God and He says, 51:46 I will impart My grace and My strength. 51:49 Amen. 51:51 And this one comes from Lynette. 51:54 And Lynette is seeking a suitable place to move to 51:58 and also requests prayer for her brother 52:02 to surrender his life to the Lord. 52:05 And I'm thinking about the place to move too. 52:07 You know I'm just again going back to Hebrews 11 52:09 which again it's a great chapter. 52:10 They say it's like the hall of fame for faith. 52:12 So I would encourage you 52:13 to actually read that whole chapter. 52:15 We didn't have time to go through all of it today. 52:16 But I think about Abraham where he didn't know 52:18 where he was going, but God called him. 52:19 So God had a place for Abraham 52:21 and I know God has a place for you too Lynette. 52:23 And of course it's always God's will 52:26 that your brother would turn his life 52:27 over to Him and surrender. 52:29 So we'll pray for you and your brother. 52:31 Jay. All right. 52:32 The prayer request I have is from Joy. 52:35 Joy is asking for wisdom for the right medical treatment 52:38 for the issues she's facing. 52:40 We know that Solomon prayed for wisdom 52:43 and God granted him that. 52:44 That's right. 52:45 So we'll definitely pray that she receives the wisdom 52:48 and that the doctors that are handling her case 52:51 get the wisdom as well. 52:52 Amen. Amen. 52:54 And the last few minutes that we have, 52:56 we should go to God in prayer. 52:57 And, Jay, do you want to start out. 52:58 We just kind of go around 53:00 and maybe Jill and I will end here. 53:01 Sure. 53:02 Dear Heavenly Father, 53:04 we come before You knowing that, 53:05 You already know these prayer requests, Lord. 53:08 We ask a special prayer for Joy that you grant her wisdom. 53:12 Be with her as she's trying to figure out 53:14 the right form of treatment that she should undergo. 53:18 Be with the doctors and guide their hands 53:20 and guide their minds 53:22 as they are trying to come up with the right way 53:25 to treat her situation, Lord. 53:27 We trust that You've heard this prayer 53:29 and we trust that You will answer this prayer, Lord, 53:31 because we're stepping out on faith. 53:33 Yes. 53:34 Thank you so much for being such an awesome God 53:37 and blessing us with all the many blessing 53:39 that You bless us with, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 53:42 Amen. 53:43 And, Lord, we want to lift up in prayer Renee 53:45 and as she struggles that You may bless her 53:50 both to will and to do your good pleasure. 53:52 Amen. Thank you, God. 53:55 And dear, Lord, I just want to ask that you 53:57 please be with Miss Oliver. 53:58 I can't imagine how, how scary 54:01 it must feel to be losing your strength, 54:04 as you, as you get older and to have fallen four times. 54:07 But, Lord we know that 54:09 your angels are there to protect her. 54:11 And, Lord, I just ask that you please send, 54:15 send her love that she can be reminded of Your love 54:19 and Your security 54:20 that You're there always for her. 54:22 And I also ask and pray that 54:25 You will always have somebody there to help her 54:27 in the times that she will need help, Lord. 54:30 I ask you this in Your name, amen. 54:32 Amen. 54:33 Father, we lift up Howard before you 54:35 and his precious wife. 54:36 We don't know her name, 54:37 but you have an engraving on the palm of Your hand. 54:40 And, Lord, we just ask for healing in the name of Jesus. 54:43 If that is in Your plan that You would heal him 54:45 from this cancer. 54:46 That he and his wife could have many more years to serve you. 54:51 Lord, we do ask in accordance with Your will 54:54 and we don't always understand 54:57 why things happen the way they do, 54:58 but right now we just reach out by faith 55:01 and reach fast that we can put Howard and his wife 55:05 in Your hands and in Your care. 55:07 And know that You will work all things well 55:10 in their behalf. 55:11 I ask for special grace and special strength 55:15 for he and his wife. 55:16 And, Father, that Your name could somehow be honored 55:19 and glorified even in the midst of this, 55:22 this difficulty and we thank You. 55:26 Father in heaven Lord, we are so grateful 55:28 for the wonderful God that you are. 55:30 It's a blessing to be here on Your holy Sabbath day 55:32 and to be worshiping You. 55:36 We've talked about the topic of faith and, 55:38 Lord, people are putting their prayer requests out there, 55:41 Lord, realizing that You hear and You answer and Lord, 55:44 we're thinking of Lynette right now 55:47 who is trying to find a place to move to and, 55:50 Lord, I know you have a place that is best for her. 55:52 Help her to be able to find that 55:53 and think of brother who needs to come home, 55:56 needs to come back to you and Lord just, 56:00 we just lift him up before you because there is nothing 56:04 like having that peace that passes all understanding 56:06 when we're in Your will, 56:08 so Lord, we just pray for his salvation. 56:10 I think of all these prayer requests 56:11 that were mentioned here 56:13 those that people have at home that are watching, 56:17 Father, I just pray that You would be 56:18 with each one of them and all the others 56:21 that come in here to 3ABN Father, you know each one, 56:24 we lift them up to You and realizing that 56:26 you know the end from beginning 56:28 and we want to place 56:30 each one of our lives in Your hands. 56:31 We thank you, we love You 56:33 and in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 56:35 Amen. Amen. 56:38 It's a joy to talk about faith, isn't it? 56:39 It is. 56:41 It is. Yeah. 56:42 Jay, do you have something, a closing thought, 56:44 we didn't want to put you on the spot totally here 56:46 but do you have something 56:48 that you want to share with the folk at home 56:49 about faith? 56:50 Yeah. You've got nothing to lose. 56:55 I mean, you have nothing to lose, 56:57 you've been doing things your way for a long time 57:01 and you've discovered that your way doesn't work. 57:04 So for you that are watching this at home, trust God, 57:09 let go and let God lead you. 57:11 He knows the end from the beginning, you don't, 57:14 so give it to Him. 57:16 And He'll see you through. Amen. 57:17 That's beautiful. Fantastic, Jay. 57:20 Yeah, that's for sure, well said. 57:22 Yeah. Praise God. 57:23 Thank you, Mo and Vanessa and Baby Abiyala. 57:26 She is taking a nap. Yeah. 57:29 And Jay for being here. 57:30 It's a joy to share as a 3ABN family 57:32 to work with each one of you 57:34 and it was a joy to have you join us as well. 57:37 You're part of our 3ABN family there at home 57:39 know that we love you and know that we pray for you. 57:42 And we just want to encourage you this week 57:45 to step out by faith. 57:46 You might say I don't have faith, 57:48 but just take one step. 57:50 It can be a baby step. 57:51 Let it go and let God spend time in His word 57:55 that will work to develop that faith. 57:57 And Greg and I just want to wish you a happy Sabbath. 58:00 Hope that you have a wonderful day with God 58:03 and in his Word. 58:05 Bye-bye. |
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