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, and welcome
to 3ABN's Family Worship.
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We have a wonderful family here.
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My wife is with me, Angela.
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And we have Caleb,
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we have my good
brother Pastor John Dinzey
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and his lovely wife Idalia,
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which we
affectionately call Thita.
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You can't use it unless you
are affectionately connected.
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And we're just
excited that you've taken time
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to come into our living room
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as we come into
your living room,
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your hotel room,
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wherever you may be
watching this program from.
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This is time for family worship.
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And our topic
today is about families.
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You know, we
represent a family here, their--
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One of my children,
their children supposedly.
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We share children. Yeah.
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That's right. Amen.
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We've seen Caleb
grow up. That's right.
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I have pictures
when Caleb was little
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and he had really big eyes.
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And he's growing to a size,
he's a strong young man now.
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Amen. And he's gonna learn this.
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You know, mummy
saying at you, Caleb.
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They've already done. Get
me later in the gymnasium.
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But one of our sons, Samuel--
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Samuel.
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Is missing, he's
where, where is Samuel?
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He is in his second
year at Union College,
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where he works
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and he coordinates
Sabbath school for the church
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at the
university and the college.
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Well, he not only works
there but he's a student there.
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Oh, yeah.
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Well, of course he
attends Union College,
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his second year but
he also is involved,
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he's got a praise group
and he's one of the directors,
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he coordinates the
Sabbath school programming
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for the college.
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Goes on mission trips. Oh, yes.
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He's got mission
in his bloodstream.
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And we praise the Lord for that
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because as
missionaries here at 3ABN
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we didn't want our children
to be turned off to ministry
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because of the long hours
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or you know
whatever we have to do.
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So we pray that our
children would love ministry
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whether it's at
the local church,
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love 3ABN and
love to do their part.
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And praise the Lord
for the opportunities
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that the Lord has given
and there's been some people
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they have
sponsored his mission trips
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for the past 3 years.
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And so he is growing
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and sharing
Christ from the heart.
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And it's not a vacation,
when you go on a mission trips.
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Some people are like oh,
the last two days are off days.
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So they go to the
beach or do something fun.
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But it's a lot of
work and being bilingual,
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he carries his
guitar everywhere he goes.
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And the Lord has blessed him
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to be able to be
useful in the community.
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You know, he is
serving God in two languages.
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Amen. More responsibility.
More responsibility.
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Three languages
because of music.
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And what about you, Caleb?
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You have
influenced your children,
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you know, Johnny doesn't
sing, he's not a musician.
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You are your
children's first music teacher.
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Yes. But they have taken off.
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What are some of the instruments
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that you and Samuel play?
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We both play guitar and piano.
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I play clarinet
and the saxophone.
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And he plays bunch of things.
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He can pick up an instrument
within a few weeks, so--
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That's amazing. That's amazing.
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So we are really bringing to you
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a family oriented program with,
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as I would say we
borrow the Dinzey's children.
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The only
difference between John and me
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is he has a different
wife and with the last name.
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And less hair.
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As they say you
have not lost here,
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just moved to a
different address.
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Location.
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I wanted to
share that, you know,
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family worship is not something
that you're always wanting
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or in the spirit of doing.
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You know, it's something that
you create the environment for,
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His preparation.
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And just as you
prepare for worship,
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we want our
children to be active
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but we don't want to see them
on Sabbath up on the platform
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just because it's
Sabbath, let them participate.
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They need to
participate in family worship
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during the week
because there's an upbringing,
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it's a training
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and while you train in the home,
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it's gonna
reflect in the church,
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in the community, in the school,
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at work, you know.
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So when we prayed about having
children to plan the family.
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If it was the Lord's
will to have children,
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we were in the child
guidance and education
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and the advent home.
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Adventist home. Adventist home.
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And when I was pregnant,
I would sing to my kids,
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I would read the
Desire of Ages to my kids,
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I would play the guitar
and play the piano to my kids.
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And so, but since in the womb.
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So when they were
babies, we would have worship
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and we would play and sing.
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We did the home
schooling for years.
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And it was our prayer for
them to be musically inclined
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and that they
would appreciate music.
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So the Lord gave us wisdom
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as to applying
the songs in the home,
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the tracks and the sing-alongs.
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And some silly
songs that adults are like
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"Oh, that silly.
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Why should kids be going--"
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You know like tree
starts gently swinging
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and swinging and all that stuff.
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Well, you have to make it fun.
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And you have to offer them music
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that they're interested in.
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And also implement the old
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but good hymns that
we were raised with.
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And so we have, we have
a broad avenue of programs.
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So Angie was
raised in a huge family.
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She's the youngest
of how many? Of eight.
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My name is Angela
Lomacang, Angela Marlo Lomacang.
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That's right. I call
her Angie affectionately.
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Yeah. For obvious reasons.
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And of course I live here
on West Frankford, Illinois.
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And it's a pleasure to be here,
I grew up with family worship.
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I grew up having family worship.
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And my mom was a single mother,
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my father died when
I was just 3 years old.
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So she took over the
role of eight children.
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And so it was fun
having family worship.
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And now I'm an adult and I have
family worship with my husband.
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We have our
Friday night worship,
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every Friday night.
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And we also have daily
worship but Friday night
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is always the highlight
of the week type of worship,
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it just makes the
week so much more special.
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And part of my conversion
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was being invited to
their family worship.
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Oh, wow. So
that's very instrumental.
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I wouldn't be where I am today,
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had I not had the
invitation of going back to,
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you know, teenagers being
the youngest of eight children
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and the girl like that.
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Her brothers really
guarded their sister.
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So the only time I
was allowed to come over
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was for family
worship when I had the eyes
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of all five of
her brothers on me.
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And she doesn't
have five brothers,
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she had five Jamaican brothers.
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They become a
little bit more extra
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family
tradition thing, you know.
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So worship was where
I found my conversion
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in their family worship
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before her mom
became my mother-in-law,
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she was for all
practical purposes my mother.
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So we bring a very
family oriented program.
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And John Dinzey,
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matter of fact
what I'd like to do,
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I'd like to have each
of you introduce yourself
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in the capacity of 3ABN
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because somebody is
watching this program
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that's never
tuned into 3ABN before.
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So I'll start with
my brother, John Dinzey,
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Pastor John Dinzey.
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And let everybody know
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what you do in your
position here at 3ABN.
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I've been blessed
to be here since 1989,
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actually the end
of November 1989.
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And I currently
serve the Lord here at 3ABN
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as general
manager for 3ABN Latino,
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which the Lord is
blessing in a wonderful way.
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We have over
1,300 cable companies
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that carry 3ABN Latino
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and many channels that
also carry 3ABN Latino.
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And it's a blessing to see
how God is using this network
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to bring the gospel to people.
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Amen.
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And I'll go to your wife
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'cause we don't want
to assume anyone knows
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what she does either.
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Well, I'm Idalia Dinzey
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and I am administrative
assistant to John Dinzey.
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And I coordinate
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and produce the
program 3ABN Today in Spanish,
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in the Spanish version.
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And I host cooking
programs, I love to cook.
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I just make a
mess in the kitchen.
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But you do a
great job. Thank you.
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So and also editor for
the 3ABN Latino magazine
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named Oy by title.
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And I've been here
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since I married
John Dinzey in 1994.
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I started as a volunteer at 3ABN
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and not really
knowing what 3ABN was
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and I battled
with this ministry,
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accepting it for the first
2 to 3 years of my being here.
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I said this is crazy,
this cannot be happening.
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How can people be eating
and talking and sleeping 3ABN?
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I don't understand this.
You know, this is so crazy.
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But when the Lord
impressed my heart,
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this is my ministry
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and many lives
are being transformed
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and reached through 3ABN.
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Then I said, "Lord, forgive me.
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What a valuable asset
the human race has today
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to benefit the local
community and all the families
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and all the churches."
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So it was slowly but surely.
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And now as I can't
imagine life without 3ABN
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but, you know, we know
nobody is indispensable
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and the Lord may
call you somewhere else.
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But I pray that if He
calls us somewhere else
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that is as good as 3ABN.
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Amen. Amen, amen.
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And honey, I know
that I don't want to assume
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that what you do either.
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Well, I work for 3ABN
Radio. I've been here, wow.
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How long have we been here?
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Sorry 2003. 2003.
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But I think I started about
2004 working for 3ABN Radio
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and I'm a
production assistant there.
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And I didn't know
anything about radio.
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I just knew how
to turn it on, okay.
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But I didn't know
anything about radio.
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So I was trained
editing and I enjoy my job.
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And I also host a radio
program called Crossroads
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which is aired
all over the world.
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We have what,
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over 200 radio
stations worldwide.
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And I'm happy to have my
job, I'm grateful for what I do
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for where the
Lord has placed me.
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And just meeting
people, interviewing people,
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listening to their
testimonies is just amazing,
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nothing short of a miracle
when you hear their testimony.
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So I'm grateful to be at 3ABN
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and grateful that my
husband is with me together
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and we are both
in ministry together.
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Amen. Amen.
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And well, I do a
number of things here,
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I have a number of hats,
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one of those is the
pastor of the 3ABN church
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which is in fact
a conference church
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in the Illinois Conference,
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it's Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist church.
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But if you come to Thompsonville
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and you know that our
addresses is West Frankford,
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we also are, much of
3ABN is in Thompsonville.
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3ABN Radio is in Thompsonville.
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3ABN school,
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you'll hear about that in just
a moment is in Thompsonville,
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3ABN church is in Thompsonville
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which is in fact
a conference church,
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our teachers are
conference teachers.
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So I am in two capacities
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working for the
Illinois Conference
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but working here at 3ABN.
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Kind of like a
Pastor Doug Batchelor
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who we started with in
ministry a number of years ago.
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It's a joy to
be able to be here.
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I host House Calls
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with my good friend
Pastor John Stanton.
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Also a lot of
times Pastor John Dinzey
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is on the program and
sometimes Pastor CA Murray.
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And once in a while
we have a special guest
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but then on a weekly
basis I host A Sharper Focus
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every Wednesday
night at 7 PM Central.
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You might want to
check that out also.
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But we have one more
person on the program
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that needs to connect us
to a different side of 3ABN.
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And his name is--
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Caleb. Who are you?
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I am Caleb Dinzey, I
am not prepared for this.
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But I am about to be 16
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and I go to
Thompsonville Christian Academy.
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I'm in tenth grade.
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And it's a pretty small school
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but I've been
going there all my life,
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lived here all my life.
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So 3ABN is kind of--
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It is my life. I don't
know anything outside of it so.
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Wow.
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And I'm glad to see
that you've grow up.
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You know, we can look
through our photo albums
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and look at our
journey, seeing Samuel and Caleb
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and what God has
done in all of our lives.
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That's why family
worship is our theme today.
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We're gonna go
out and get into that.
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Since we went ahead
and introduced each other.
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Pastor, would you go
and begin with prayer
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before we kind of tap
into our topic for today
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about family worship.
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Let's all hold hands.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank you so much
for You are good to us.
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You are good to
everyone up on this earth.
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And we praise You,
Father, for Your kind
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and tender mercy
toward each one of us.
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We pray that as we are together,
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Your name will be
honored and glorified
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and that we will praise You.
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And pray that You will help
us to enter into worshipping You
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in spirit and in truth.
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And we pray for a blessing
upon everyone that joins us.
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May Your holy
angels been here on to them
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and may their hearts
be drawn close to You
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during this hour.
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We ask it in Jesus'
holy and blessed name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, Pastor.
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Caleb, pick that guitar up,
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we're going to sing
some songs together.
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When we were thinking
about our songs for today,
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one of my first questions is
sometimes I go over to school
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and we have instruments
galore in our school,
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thanks for Miss Evelyn Haney
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who came and
brought her 13 guitars
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which now have grown
to about 20 and bases,
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and the violins, and
cellos, and wind instruments,
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we are just blessed with that
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and Caleb has grown
up through the ranks.
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And when I saw his guitar today,
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I said to my wife, I
need to get me a guitar
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'cause I played years ago.
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And that cases are so beautiful,
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I'm like I want to
learn to play guitar again.
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But we're gonna sing some songs
beginning out with the song
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that I know that
every one of you,
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most of you
probably didn't know do Lord.
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And then we're gonna
go into some worship songs
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that might be termed
contemporary or modern
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because it's all
about family worship.
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So hit me a key and
we'll start singing together.
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I've got a home in glory
land that outshines the sun
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I've got a home in glory
land that outshines the sun
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I've got a home in glory
land that outshines the sun
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Way beyond the
blue Beyond the blue
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Do Lord, oh, do Lord,
oh, do You remember me
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Do Lord, oh, do Lord,
oh, do You remember me
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Do Lord, oh, do Lord,
oh, do You remember me
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Way beyond the blue
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I took Jesus as my Savior.
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I took Jesus as my
Savior, you take Him, too
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I took Jesus as my
Savior, you take Him, too
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I took Jesus as my
Savior, you take Him, too
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Way beyond the blue
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So do Lord, oh, do
Lord, oh, do You remember me
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Do Lord, oh, do Lord,
oh, do You remember me
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Do Lord, oh, do Lord,
oh, do You remember me
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Way beyond the blue.
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Amen.
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That song is nice because
it gets the young people.
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We don't want just to be
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an adult family worship program.
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But there are young people
that are watching this program.
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Children that right away said,
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"Hey, Mom,
they're singing my song."
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I'm imagining
that. That's right.
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But so we want the
children to also be involved
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because family
worship is not age sensitive
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but age inclusive.
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There's a song that I heard,
I was reminded of this song.
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I don't remember who
wrote it, maybe Bill Gaither
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'cause he's written
everything that American sing.
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But I heard Reggie and Ladye
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and Danny Shelton
singing this song.
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As "I will serve
Thee because I love Thee,
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You have given
Your life for me."
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So we're gonna sing the song
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because really worshipping Jesus
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in family worship is
about serving the Lord.
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I will serve Thee
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Because I love Thee
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You have given life
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To me
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I was nothing
before You found me.
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I was nothing
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Before You found me
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You have given life
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To me
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Heartaches, broken people.
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Heartaches
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Broken pieces
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Ruined lives are why
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You died on Calvary
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Your touch
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Is what I longed for
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You have given life
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To me.
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Amen.
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And when we think about our God,
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I was listening there's a--
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I think his
name is Louie Giglio.
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Some of the young
people know he did a video
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on comparing life on
earth and all the planets
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and he went all
way up to Betelgeuse,
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we call the Beetle
juice, that huge massive star
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that makes earth
look like a speck of dust.
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And then he said
how great is our God
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and I think it's a Chris Tomlin
may have written this song,
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"How great is our God".
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Really what we have to do
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as worshippers
of the true God is
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we have to ask
ourselves when we compare it
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to all the earthly
dynasties and dignitaries
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and famous and
wealthy men and women.
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We were recently in
Dubai and they told me
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that no matter how wealthy
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the reigning
leaders of that country are,
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when they die,
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they just wrap them in a shroud,
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bury them in the desert.
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No pomp circumstance and
it's kind of like see ya.
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And but we think about our
God whose kingdom has no end.
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Amen. Amen.
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And that's why
we sing this song.
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"How great is our God."
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How great is our God
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Sing with me
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How great is our God
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And all will see How great
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How great is our God
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One more time.
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How great is our God
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Sing with me
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How great is our God
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And all will see How great
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How great is our God
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Age to age He stands
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And time is in His hands
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Beginning and the end
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Beginning and the end
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The Godhead three in One
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And Father, Spirit, Son
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The Lion and the Lamb
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The Lion and the Lamb
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How great is our God
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Sing with me
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How great is our God
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And all will see How great
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How great is our God
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We'll sing the
chorus one more time.
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How great is our God
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Sing with me
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How great is our God
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And all will see How great
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How great is our God
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And why are we here?
Here I am to worship.
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Light of the world
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You stepped down into darkness
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Open my eyes, let me see
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Beauty that made
this heart adore You
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Hope of a life spent with You
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So here I am to worship
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Here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say
that You're my God
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You're altogether lovely
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Altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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King of all days.
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King of all days
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Oh, so highly exalted
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Glorious in heaven above
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Humbly You came to
the earth You created
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All for love's sake became poor
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So here I am to worship
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Here I am to bow down
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Here I am to say that
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You're my God
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You're altogether lovely
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Altogether worthy
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Altogether wonderful to me
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Amen.
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Johnny, I'd like you
to read the scripture
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and let me just go ahead and
introduce the topic for today.
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One of the reasons
why we chose, this is...
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this is family worship.
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And this is about family worship
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but there is a special promise.
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Angie's
experiences in her life and.
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Johnny and Idalia and
surely Caleb in his life,
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he's still
experiencing the blessing.
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That happens to families
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when they decide to turn
their hearts to the Lord.
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There's a promise that
God has made in His Word
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that is unlike any of--
unlike any other promise.
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You know, as is honor
thy father and thy mother
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that your days maybe long.
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That's the
promise to the children.
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But there's a
promise to families.
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And very few times do
we read about this promise
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found in Zachariah 14:7.
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And matter of fact,
why don't we all begin by,
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it's on our outline, we
could read that together.
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And I thought this
was a fascinating promise
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in the scriptures of
the word of the Lord.
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Let's look at this
together, Zachariah 14:17.
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And we read together.
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"And it shall be
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that whichever of
the families of the earth
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do not come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King,
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the Lord of hosts, on
them there will be no rain."
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And so when we
think about, what's rain?
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What do you think of
when you think of rain
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in God's kingdom?
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The latter. The latter rain.
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Which is? The Holy Spirit.
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There you go. And what else?
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Life. Life abundant. Life.
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And we sing a song
there shall be showers of--
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Of blessings.
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So the Holy
Spirit, life and blessings.
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And the Lord said
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he will pour
those out on families
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that come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King.
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And so we as the
Sabbath has dawned in many homes
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that are watching this.
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We are here to worship the King.
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And what better time,
if any time in history
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was appropriate to
get back to worship.
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You know in Malachi, we
are told that, that Elijah,
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the message of Elijah will
turn the hearts of the fathers
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to the children
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and the children to the fathers.
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It's a blessing on families.
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Families, right. Primarily.
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And so, tonight we want
to really focus on the family
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if I could use that phrase.
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I'm capstoning, James
Dobson, "Focus on the family."
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Want to give the kudos
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to the one who came
up with that phrase.
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But the Lord has
promised if there is ever a time
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that the family needs
to get back to worship,
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it is now.
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Another scripture
that comes to my mind
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and we're gonna go
through these five points.
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Anything else you
want to say about that,
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about the blessings
that come up on the families?
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Pastor and Angie,
I just want to say
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that somebody has to
take the initiative to do it.
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In our family the
priest of the home
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is John Denzey, my husband.
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So he is the one always saying,
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"Honey, are you
ready for worship?"
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"No." "Honey,
it's time for worship."
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And I am cooking, you know,
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getting the food
ready for Sabbath meal.
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You know, so he's like,
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"Honey, come on in 10 minutes
we're gonna have worship."
00:28:03.58\00:28:06.18
I said, "Okay, okay."
00:28:06.21\00:28:07.72
So he takes the initiative
and I admired that in him
00:28:07.75\00:28:11.19
because we have two boys.
00:28:11.22\00:28:13.15
And the boys
need the male example.
00:28:13.19\00:28:17.23
And they're not
lacking a good example
00:28:17.26\00:28:18.99
on the godly father.
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.73
So when he takes the initiative,
00:28:20.76\00:28:23.33
I may not be ready, I
may not want to do it.
00:28:23.37\00:28:25.93
But as you
provide the environment,
00:28:25.97\00:28:28.47
your heart becomes, I
don't know excited or merry
00:28:28.50\00:28:33.07
and you are
looking forward to it.
00:28:33.11\00:28:35.34
You know, you look
forward to having that time
00:28:35.38\00:28:38.35
with the family in worship,
00:28:38.38\00:28:39.95
so I think it's
important to have that.
00:28:39.98\00:28:41.92
Yeah.
00:28:41.95\00:28:43.28
And not everybody is the
leader at that same moment.
00:28:43.32\00:28:46.12
There are days
when my wife says,
00:28:46.15\00:28:48.42
"Okay, let's have worship."
00:28:48.46\00:28:49.79
There are days when I say,
"Honey, let's have worship."
00:28:49.82\00:28:52.76
That's right.
00:28:52.79\00:28:54.13
We don't have
children, we have sheep.
00:28:54.16\00:28:56.10
That's right.
00:28:56.13\00:28:57.50
But we want our example
and we talked about this.
00:28:57.53\00:29:00.07
Our example is
important to each other.
00:29:00.10\00:29:01.90
Yeah. Amen.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.27
'Cause a lot of times at
home, there are lot of homes
00:29:03.30\00:29:06.24
where pastor may
impress his church
00:29:06.27\00:29:10.61
but cannot impress
his family or his wife.
00:29:10.65\00:29:12.71
Exactly.
00:29:12.75\00:29:14.08
So I don't want my example
00:29:14.12\00:29:15.45
just to be what
I do in the pulpit
00:29:15.48\00:29:16.82
or when I walk through
the doors of the church.
00:29:16.85\00:29:18.42
But when my wife
one day said to me,
00:29:18.45\00:29:21.02
"You know, you've
been my pastor all my life
00:29:21.06\00:29:23.56
and I love my pastor."
00:29:23.59\00:29:24.99
I mean that really--
00:29:25.03\00:29:26.59
I said, you will be my pastor
for the rest of my life, Honey.
00:29:26.63\00:29:29.76
Remember that? That's true.
00:29:29.80\00:29:31.13
Yeah, and it's true
00:29:31.17\00:29:32.50
that you have to
be the example at home
00:29:32.53\00:29:34.87
to for me as well
as if we have children
00:29:34.90\00:29:37.71
to be the example
for your children.
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.91
You can't be a phony at home.
00:29:39.94\00:29:42.64
You know, because
you'll be phony in the pulpit,
00:29:42.68\00:29:45.18
you can't be someone else,
00:29:45.21\00:29:46.55
you have to be who God
has intended for you to be.
00:29:46.58\00:29:49.88
Well, since we're
talking about personal things,
00:29:49.92\00:29:51.99
I told John Denzey, I said,
"The day you'll start preaching
00:29:52.02\00:29:54.52
something you're not practicing,
00:29:54.56\00:29:55.89
I'm walking right out in
the middle of the sermon."
00:29:55.92\00:29:59.96
But the good thing is that
I have never had to walk out
00:30:00.00\00:30:02.86
and he's one of
my favorite speakers,
00:30:02.90\00:30:04.70
not 'cause he is here
or because he is my husband
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.84
but because I have
learned to appreciate
00:30:07.87\00:30:10.37
how the Lord impresses him
00:30:10.41\00:30:12.41
and he puts the
messages together.
00:30:12.44\00:30:14.11
He asked me to sing an
altar call song where have you.
00:30:14.14\00:30:18.58
And I said, "What are
you going to speak about?"
00:30:18.61\00:30:20.05
And he doesn't tell me,
he's like just pray about it
00:30:20.08\00:30:23.08
and the Lord
impresses on the song
00:30:23.12\00:30:25.25
and it just falls
together, right, Johnny?
00:30:25.29\00:30:28.69
Oh, yes. Yes, I'm blessed.
00:30:28.72\00:30:31.33
You know that was one of the--
00:30:31.36\00:30:32.93
I think I don't know if
everyone makes the list,
00:30:32.96\00:30:34.60
I had a mental list of
things that I wanted to see.
00:30:34.63\00:30:37.10
Qualification.
00:30:37.13\00:30:38.47
Qualifications if you
want to call it for wife
00:30:38.50\00:30:40.24
and that was one
of them on my list.
00:30:40.27\00:30:44.64
And the very first
day the Lord showed me
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.88
several things on my list.
00:30:47.91\00:30:49.51
And I was like,
she does that too.
00:30:49.54\00:30:52.91
So it was a blessing.
00:30:52.95\00:30:54.58
Because sometimes
you're invited somewhere
00:30:54.62\00:30:56.35
to speak and you have a
sermon in mind and you think,
00:30:56.38\00:30:59.29
"Oh, that would be nice to
have this particular song."
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.46
You don't know if
somebody in that congregation
00:31:01.49\00:31:03.16
can sing it.
00:31:03.19\00:31:04.53
So I can beforehand ask,
00:31:04.56\00:31:06.43
you know, you think
you can sing this song?
00:31:06.46\00:31:09.50
Because sometimes you
think of a particular hymn.
00:31:09.53\00:31:12.53
And so it's been
a blessing for me.
00:31:12.57\00:31:15.97
Ours is different, isn't it?
00:31:16.00\00:31:19.67
He's the one
that sings all songs.
00:31:19.71\00:31:21.04
He'll be the one
to do the appeal song.
00:31:21.08\00:31:22.74
That's true.
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.11
But, Caleb, hey talk about
your family worship experience
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.08
because you have
parents that have just really--
00:31:26.11\00:31:29.28
They are on so many platforms
00:31:29.32\00:31:31.49
not only in the
English world as they are now
00:31:31.52\00:31:33.96
but in the Spanish world.
00:31:33.99\00:31:35.32
But talk about
some of your experiences
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.69
in family worship?
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.06
Well, what we used to
do for a family worship,
00:31:38.09\00:31:42.16
we would have like special music
00:31:42.20\00:31:44.10
and special scripture reading,
everybody would have to say
00:31:44.13\00:31:47.64
special
scripture that they liked.
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.20
And so that was,
00:31:49.24\00:31:50.57
those were a couple
of things that we did.
00:31:50.61\00:31:53.11
But eventually as I got older
00:31:53.14\00:31:55.01
and had more
responsibilities with school,
00:31:55.04\00:31:57.48
sometimes I would be
working on my homework
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.55
like last minute stuff.
00:31:59.58\00:32:01.08
And then my dad would say,
"Son, it's time for worship."
00:32:01.12\00:32:04.79
And I'm like,
but I have to do this
00:32:04.82\00:32:06.82
and I'll be stuck on a problem.
00:32:06.86\00:32:08.79
And then I'll end up
going out for worship.
00:32:08.82\00:32:12.19
And then whenever I get
back to doing it on Sunday.
00:32:12.23\00:32:15.46
I can do the
problem without any issue,
00:32:15.50\00:32:18.30
it's like comes to me easily.
00:32:18.33\00:32:20.00
So that'll solve the
problem when you focused on him.
00:32:20.04\00:32:22.37
Yes. That's beautiful.
00:32:22.40\00:32:24.64
And that's important
that's why the blessing comes.
00:32:24.67\00:32:27.48
And there's a text in John 4:23.
00:32:27.51\00:32:29.94
Funny, I would choose the
book of John, that's right.
00:32:29.98\00:32:33.01
But he's one of my
favorites in the Bible.
00:32:33.05\00:32:35.88
John 4:23, 24.
00:32:35.92\00:32:37.65
Honey, would you
read that for us?
00:32:37.69\00:32:39.09
Yes.
00:32:39.12\00:32:40.46
It says, "But the hour is coming
00:32:40.49\00:32:43.69
and now is that
when the true worshipers
00:32:43.73\00:32:46.80
will worship the
Father in spirit and in truth.
00:32:46.83\00:32:50.57
For the father is
seeking such to worship Him.
00:32:50.60\00:32:54.64
God is Spirit
00:32:54.67\00:32:56.87
and those who
worship Him must worship Him
00:32:56.91\00:33:00.81
in spirit and in truth."
00:33:00.84\00:33:03.18
And that's from
John 4:23, 24. Amen.
00:33:03.21\00:33:07.12
So we're gonna go
through 5 years really quickly.
00:33:07.15\00:33:09.18
And what we'll do
is we'll ask each of us
00:33:09.22\00:33:12.22
to read one of
those and what it means.
00:33:12.25\00:33:15.76
So the first one
I want to focus on,
00:33:15.79\00:33:17.43
I'll begin with
Caleb to my right,
00:33:17.46\00:33:19.83
you know, go right to left.
00:33:19.86\00:33:21.56
And the first
focus of worship is what?
00:33:21.60\00:33:24.90
Bring beauty of
holiness into your worship.
00:33:24.93\00:33:27.27
Okay. And give me
the scripture for that.
00:33:27.30\00:33:28.94
Okay, it says,
"Give unto the Lord
00:33:28.97\00:33:31.47
the glory due to His name.
00:33:31.51\00:33:33.24
Worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness."
00:33:33.27\00:33:35.84
And that is
found in Psalms 29:2.
00:33:35.88\00:33:38.55
And so let's
talk about for moment
00:33:38.58\00:33:39.98
the beauty of holiness.
00:33:40.02\00:33:41.35
What do we think the
beauty of holiness is?
00:33:41.38\00:33:42.75
A lot of times we say, well,
I'm holy, my church is holy.
00:33:42.78\00:33:48.56
I have a holy experience.
00:33:48.59\00:33:49.92
So what is the
beauty of holiness?
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.99
What can we think of that to be?
00:33:52.03\00:33:54.96
Think about that for a moment.
00:33:55.00\00:33:57.10
What would you
say to beautiful--
00:33:57.13\00:33:58.47
I've found as we think
about some of our definitions.
00:33:58.50\00:34:00.97
There's a quotation
00:34:01.00\00:34:02.64
I found in the book
Acts of the Apostles
00:34:02.67\00:34:04.47
and Ellen White refers
to the beauty of holiness
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.37
as the
transforming power of love.
00:34:06.41\00:34:09.44
Yes.
00:34:09.48\00:34:10.81
So if worship
doesn't transform you,
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.55
then it's not really
doing anything for you.
00:34:13.58\00:34:15.38
That's right. Okay.
00:34:15.42\00:34:17.09
Well, you know I--
you can jump in anytime--
00:34:17.12\00:34:20.92
It just, yeah, I have to
say that is why I mentioned
00:34:20.96\00:34:24.96
we have to
create the environment.
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.26
Because when we
start with praise,
00:34:27.30\00:34:29.86
we have a
segment of thanksgiving
00:34:29.90\00:34:31.60
and praise reports
and prayer requests
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.84
in our family worship,
00:34:33.87\00:34:35.44
do you have something
to thank the Lord for,
00:34:35.47\00:34:37.11
do you have a prayer request?
00:34:37.14\00:34:38.47
And how was your
week and stuff like that.
00:34:38.51\00:34:40.68
But right here
transforming power of love
00:34:40.71\00:34:44.61
but you have to
bring in that environment,
00:34:44.65\00:34:47.85
so your heart is
moved to praise and worship.
00:34:47.88\00:34:50.35
Why?
00:34:50.39\00:34:51.72
Because our hearts are heavy
00:34:51.75\00:34:53.09
from all the
burdens of the week,
00:34:53.12\00:34:54.46
from all the
deadlines, from all the jobs
00:34:54.49\00:34:56.22
and
disappointments and challenges,
00:34:56.26\00:34:58.13
victories as well
it's not all negative.
00:34:58.16\00:35:00.50
But you'll have
all these emotions
00:35:00.53\00:35:02.90
they have met at a crossroads
and you have got to say,
00:35:02.93\00:35:05.93
you know what the
emotion that I feel right now
00:35:05.97\00:35:08.50
is the transforming
power of God's spirit of love.
00:35:08.54\00:35:11.94
Amen.
00:35:11.97\00:35:13.31
And so without that
environment we could sometimes
00:35:13.34\00:35:16.24
as I've seen some
children with long faces.
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.15
Parents, let me just say
this, try to make your worship
00:35:19.18\00:35:22.82
of such that it's not so long
00:35:22.85\00:35:26.12
that the
children just say, oh, no.
00:35:26.15\00:35:29.46
We're going to be here for
the next two and a half hours.
00:35:29.49\00:35:32.63
That's right. It wearies them.
00:35:32.66\00:35:35.33
We shouldn't weary
our families, right?
00:35:35.36\00:35:36.90
That's right. That's right.
00:35:36.93\00:35:38.27
And so children, they
don't look forward to worship
00:35:38.30\00:35:40.94
as a beautiful thing or delight,
00:35:40.97\00:35:43.97
they think my life
has been put on a hold.
00:35:44.01\00:35:47.38
Well, I irritate my
kids in my family at worship.
00:35:47.41\00:35:50.98
And I have to
confess and people know
00:35:51.01\00:35:53.25
because when you read something
that reminds me of a praise
00:35:53.28\00:35:58.22
or a song, I
just start humming it.
00:35:58.25\00:36:01.39
And I say a little
line and poppy looks,
00:36:01.42\00:36:04.43
my husband looks at me like,
"Honey, we are having worship."
00:36:04.46\00:36:07.20
But you know it's
just I'm connected,
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.46
I'm following You."
00:36:09.50\00:36:10.83
And so Caleb is like,
"Ma." What do you say, son?
00:36:10.87\00:36:15.24
Like, "Mom,
we're having worship.
00:36:15.27\00:36:18.14
We're reading."
00:36:18.17\00:36:20.01
But the Lord inhabits
the praise of his people.
00:36:20.04\00:36:23.51
It's so good and he angels come
00:36:23.55\00:36:25.01
and they worship with us.
00:36:25.05\00:36:26.58
The demons will leave,
they don't want to be around
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.95
when you're praising the Lord.
00:36:28.98\00:36:30.32
No, they don't want to be around
00:36:30.35\00:36:31.69
when you're with
the angels of heaven
00:36:31.72\00:36:34.09
want to be there when
you're praising the Lord.
00:36:34.12\00:36:36.29
So family worship
is absolutely wonderful
00:36:36.32\00:36:38.89
to have the angels with us too.
00:36:38.93\00:36:42.06
I guess I'd like
to say about this text
00:36:42.10\00:36:44.53
where it says, worship the
Lord in the beauty of holiness.
00:36:44.57\00:36:48.84
There's beauty in holiness.
00:36:48.87\00:36:50.21
Holiness is where
righteousness and good exist.
00:36:50.24\00:36:55.88
And you know this
verse is connected
00:36:55.91\00:36:58.01
to 1 Chronicles 16:29.
00:36:58.05\00:37:00.72
And as I read it in English
and I compared to Spanish,
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.99
it's interesting that it says
00:37:04.02\00:37:05.95
that to worship the Lord
in the beauty of His Holiness.
00:37:05.99\00:37:10.99
Because surely only God
is holy at the present time.
00:37:11.03\00:37:14.76
You know He's the
only one that's holy.
00:37:14.80\00:37:17.13
In the beauty of His Holiness
00:37:17.17\00:37:18.80
and as you really
consider God His magnificence,
00:37:18.83\00:37:24.11
His goodness.
00:37:24.14\00:37:25.61
He is--
00:37:25.64\00:37:27.48
He emanates goodness.
And there is I'm sure.
00:37:27.51\00:37:32.81
Well, I'm sure
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.18
because of the
people that I know are here
00:37:34.22\00:37:36.79
that when you enter into a time,
00:37:36.82\00:37:39.59
when you are studying
and worshipping the Lord,
00:37:39.62\00:37:42.16
there is this like
peace and tranquility
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.69
that comes upon you
that only comes from God.
00:37:45.73\00:37:49.30
You can't get this peace
and tranquility anywhere else
00:37:49.33\00:37:53.47
but being in the
presence of the Lord.
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.64
So when you're in
the presence of the Lord,
00:37:55.67\00:37:57.17
you are experiencing
the beauty of holiness.
00:37:57.21\00:37:59.94
That's right, that's right.
00:37:59.97\00:38:01.31
There's a quotation
here I want my wife to read.
00:38:01.34\00:38:05.11
And it's...
00:38:05.15\00:38:06.48
Okay. It's--
00:38:06.51\00:38:09.25
Where is this from?
00:38:09.28\00:38:10.62
March 12, 1896, paragraph 4,
00:38:10.65\00:38:13.46
I don't know why
one is but it says...
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.02
Youth instructor.
Youth instructor. Okay.
00:38:16.06\00:38:18.33
"The natural man cannot see
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.20
the beauty of
loveliness of the truth
00:38:20.23\00:38:23.40
which rewards the search of him
00:38:23.43\00:38:26.07
who has been illuminated by
the truth as it is in Jesus.
00:38:26.10\00:38:30.87
But those who have had the light
00:38:30.91\00:38:33.64
may import light to
those who are in darkness."
00:38:33.68\00:38:37.15
Amen.
00:38:37.18\00:38:38.51
So the natural man
he can't see holiness
00:38:38.55\00:38:40.98
or worship as
something beautiful.
00:38:41.02\00:38:43.02
That's why a lot of times
people look at Christians.
00:38:43.05\00:38:44.95
I remember, he's deceased
now, Pastor Ron Halvorsen.
00:38:44.99\00:38:49.86
He's from Brooklyn like we are,
where we were raised at least.
00:38:49.89\00:38:54.13
And he said, when he
first heard of week a prayer,
00:38:54.16\00:38:56.80
he said, "How can
anybody pray for a week?"
00:38:56.83\00:38:59.30
Oh, yeah.
00:38:59.33\00:39:00.67
It didn't have
any significance of--
00:39:00.70\00:39:02.04
It had like it
didn't ring at all,
00:39:02.07\00:39:03.71
he was just like, what
are they doing in there?
00:39:03.74\00:39:06.27
What are they worshipping?
00:39:06.31\00:39:07.64
But then when God
transformed his heart,
00:39:07.68\00:39:09.58
but any time you think
of Pastor Ron Halvorsen
00:39:09.61\00:39:11.51
a beautiful thought,
he always uplifted Jesus.
00:39:11.55\00:39:14.18
The beauty of holiness
became as a prayer warrior,
00:39:14.22\00:39:17.15
as a preacher, he
always preached Jesus.
00:39:17.19\00:39:20.69
The second thing is
recognize God in worship.
00:39:20.72\00:39:25.59
We recognize God as our creator.
00:39:25.63\00:39:27.76
Revelation 14:7.
00:39:27.80\00:39:29.80
Speaking of the
first angel's message.
00:39:29.83\00:39:32.53
"Sing with a loud voice.
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.60
Fear God and give glory to Him
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.51
for the hour of His
judgment has come--"
00:39:37.54\00:39:39.47
And this is the part.
00:39:39.51\00:39:40.84
"And worship Him.
00:39:40.88\00:39:42.21
Who made heaven and earth,
00:39:42.24\00:39:43.58
the sea and the
springs of waters."
00:39:43.61\00:39:45.85
And so when we...
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.22
I'm putting all this back
in the context of true worship.
00:39:47.25\00:39:49.25
'Cause this is a lot of worship,
00:39:49.28\00:39:50.62
nowadays people,
00:39:50.65\00:39:51.99
you know in our bulletin
we call worship in giving,
00:39:52.02\00:39:54.66
worship in song.
00:39:54.69\00:39:57.69
But he says, "Wait a minute,
as you're worshipping in giving
00:39:57.73\00:40:00.73
as you're worshipping in song
as you're worshipping in spirit
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.37
also worship Me in truth."
00:40:04.40\00:40:06.47
And the truth is
00:40:06.50\00:40:07.84
He's the creator
of heaven and earth.
00:40:07.87\00:40:09.80
And in modern Christianity
00:40:09.84\00:40:11.94
that has kind of
been deleted or erased.
00:40:11.97\00:40:15.18
And they pick
whenever or whoever,
00:40:15.21\00:40:17.71
you know, they
worship prosperity.
00:40:17.75\00:40:21.28
And so we have to get back
in this very significant hour
00:40:21.32\00:40:23.69
of earth's
history to remind people.
00:40:23.72\00:40:25.52
The one who created the world
00:40:25.55\00:40:27.36
and connecting point to
this verse is the Sabbath.
00:40:27.39\00:40:31.33
You see we're
bringing family worshipping
00:40:31.36\00:40:33.13
on the day that the Lord blessed
00:40:33.16\00:40:35.10
and sanctified only
one day of the week.
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.33
So when we think
about family worship
00:40:37.37\00:40:38.80
in the way that the
Bible has established it to be,
00:40:38.83\00:40:42.27
thought of saying
while you're worshipping
00:40:42.30\00:40:44.84
don't forget the Creator.
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.64
Don't forget the sign, He
says, "The Sabbath is a sign
00:40:46.68\00:40:50.08
between me and
you that you will know
00:40:50.11\00:40:51.61
that I am the Lord
that sanctifies you."
00:40:51.65\00:40:53.98
Ezekiel 20:12 and 20.
00:40:54.02\00:40:55.78
So if you forget the sign
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.75
you'll be
driving along the highway
00:40:57.79\00:40:59.69
and people say,
"What is it do we get up?"
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.79
I don't know what the sign is.
00:41:01.82\00:41:03.59
So in Christianity
the sign of true worship
00:41:03.63\00:41:07.53
is worshipping the One who
made the heavens and the earth.
00:41:07.56\00:41:10.40
And today so many people
00:41:10.43\00:41:11.77
worship things
you mentioned that.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.30
So many people
worship their cars,
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.40
their video games, you know.
00:41:16.44\00:41:18.84
They put that before the Lord
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.48
but you're not
supposed to put those things
00:41:20.51\00:41:22.64
before the Lord.
00:41:22.68\00:41:24.41
You're always
supposed to put the Lord first.
00:41:24.45\00:41:26.65
Well, you know--
00:41:26.68\00:41:28.15
That fire, I mean
00:41:28.18\00:41:29.52
even preparing
for going to church,
00:41:29.55\00:41:31.32
we can have the wrong spirit.
00:41:31.35\00:41:33.15
You know, we may focus
on the outward appearance.
00:41:33.19\00:41:36.39
And I'm like, you
know people would be,
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.13
I would say
about me, I don't do it
00:41:39.16\00:41:40.96
but maybe I do, I don't know.
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.60
But you look at
yourself in the mirror,
00:41:42.63\00:41:44.63
"Oh, I want to look good,
00:41:44.67\00:41:46.00
I want every strand of
hair to be in its place.
00:41:46.03\00:41:47.74
My outfit is
sharpen and this and that."
00:41:47.77\00:41:49.94
We're empty inside.
00:41:49.97\00:41:51.31
We have not prayed
and asked the Lord,
00:41:51.34\00:41:53.58
"Lord, please accept my worship.
00:41:53.61\00:41:56.51
My adoration to get to Sabbath.
00:41:56.54\00:41:58.35
You know, this holy hours,
intimate hours of praise."
00:41:58.38\00:42:02.62
We are like the Bab
family at our church
00:42:02.65\00:42:05.15
where the ones that leave
last, they either leave last
00:42:05.19\00:42:09.22
or we leave last.
00:42:09.26\00:42:11.66
We stay in the church
building all day long.
00:42:11.69\00:42:14.80
Yes. Why? Because of choice.
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.40
And because we
fellowship with the brethren,
00:42:17.43\00:42:20.34
they stay behind.
00:42:20.37\00:42:21.70
And I think that when
we prepare our hearts,
00:42:21.74\00:42:25.01
you know I always pray,
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.37
"Lord, may my worship be sincere
00:42:26.41\00:42:28.71
and not of hypocrisy."
00:42:28.74\00:42:30.21
But yet if I am
willing for the Lord
00:42:30.25\00:42:33.35
to tend to my heart.
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.12
You know, even if I start like,
00:42:35.15\00:42:36.72
"Oh, yeah, I look
good or whatever."
00:42:36.75\00:42:38.89
But the Holy Spirit
will impress your heart
00:42:38.92\00:42:40.56
when I rebuke and educate
00:42:40.59\00:42:42.82
and minister to
your heart to be ready,
00:42:42.86\00:42:46.13
to be like having that
00:42:46.16\00:42:47.96
high spiritual
experience on the Sabbath.
00:42:48.00\00:42:50.13
There's a song we use
to sing Lord prepare me.
00:42:50.17\00:42:52.47
To be a
sanctuary, yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:42:52.50\00:42:54.17
To be a sanctuary, yeah.
00:42:54.20\00:42:56.87
You know, I was thinking
00:42:56.91\00:42:59.54
when you look
at the commandment,
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.41
remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy
00:43:01.44\00:43:04.41
or talking about
holiness in this moment.
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.28
When I go to
visit my mother-in-law
00:43:07.32\00:43:09.18
in Puerto Rico
something interesting happens,
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.89
I've never seen
this anywhere else.
00:43:11.92\00:43:13.79
Not even in Puerto Rico
but in this particular area
00:43:13.82\00:43:16.22
I don't know if
it's anywhere else
00:43:16.26\00:43:17.59
but as you're approaching
to the exit to get there.
00:43:17.63\00:43:22.70
There's this sign that tells you
00:43:22.73\00:43:25.43
the name of the place to exit.
00:43:25.47\00:43:28.84
And normally when
you're driving on the highway
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.17
you see a sign that says
the next exit is such and such.
00:43:31.21\00:43:34.44
And then they
conveniently put another sign
00:43:34.48\00:43:37.05
that says this is it.
00:43:37.08\00:43:39.51
But in this
particular exit in Puerto Rico
00:43:39.55\00:43:41.75
they don't give
you that second sign.
00:43:41.78\00:43:43.12
That's right.
00:43:43.15\00:43:44.49
They show you the sign
the next exit is you know--
00:43:44.52\00:43:47.36
Another town.
00:43:47.39\00:43:48.72
Let's call it
McCormick to say a name.
00:43:48.76\00:43:52.46
They don't have
that, this is it.
00:43:52.49\00:43:54.76
McCormick here you know.
00:43:54.80\00:43:56.53
So I have literally
because you see the sign
00:43:56.56\00:43:59.27
that says an exit is such.
00:43:59.30\00:44:01.10
And it's like your
mind begins to wonder,
00:44:01.14\00:44:02.80
okay, what are we
gonna do when we get there.
00:44:02.84\00:44:04.47
And there was the exit
and I have passed it up.
00:44:04.51\00:44:07.34
And I go, oh, no, now I
have to go to the next one
00:44:07.38\00:44:10.15
which kind of takes
you longer way around.
00:44:10.18\00:44:13.15
And so, I think we
need to talk to them
00:44:13.18\00:44:16.18
about putting another sign.
00:44:16.22\00:44:17.55
Anyway I missed
that at least twice,
00:44:17.59\00:44:18.92
out of the many
times I've gone there
00:44:18.95\00:44:20.29
but now I know once
it happens to you twice
00:44:20.32\00:44:22.52
that says that is not
gonna happen to me again.
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.49
But you know it's wonderful
00:44:24.53\00:44:27.13
that the commandment begins
with remember the Sabbath day
00:44:27.16\00:44:31.23
to keep it holy.
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.20
God knows that people
get busy doing things.
00:44:33.23\00:44:36.17
And so I thank the Lord
right here right now saying,
00:44:36.20\00:44:39.57
thank you for putting that
word remember the Sabbath day
00:44:39.61\00:44:42.04
because if it was not there,
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.41
I might get busy
doing something else.
00:44:43.45\00:44:45.15
And that special
day where the Lord says,
00:44:45.18\00:44:47.68
this is a sign
between me and you.
00:44:47.72\00:44:50.09
That we're gonna spend together.
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.02
You may miss it, you
know you may keep going
00:44:52.05\00:44:54.29
whatever you're doing.
00:44:54.32\00:44:55.66
And you say, oh, wait a
minute when is the Sabbath.
00:44:55.69\00:44:57.93
I completely forgot about it.
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.39
But remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.76
That's better, I like that,
that is very good illustration.
00:45:01.80\00:45:04.60
My older brother, Whaley
and I'm gonna share the story
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.94
whether he knows it or not.
00:45:07.97\00:45:10.97
It's funny, I'm
sure he doesn't mind.
00:45:11.01\00:45:13.44
One Sabbath afternoon
we had gone door to door
00:45:13.48\00:45:16.34
and we went back home.
00:45:16.38\00:45:17.81
And this was in Chicago
00:45:17.85\00:45:19.55
and it became
later in the afternoon.
00:45:19.58\00:45:24.75
And he went to the
store and bought some chips.
00:45:24.79\00:45:27.59
He had forgotten
that it was Sabbath
00:45:27.62\00:45:31.03
and he felt so bad
because well he's walking
00:45:31.06\00:45:35.93
and enjoying his little chips.
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.77
I said, "Oh, you
bought that. It's Sabbath."
00:45:37.80\00:45:41.04
"Oh, I forgot it was Sabbath."
00:45:41.07\00:45:43.44
He ran home and
flushed the chips.
00:45:43.47\00:45:46.44
He felt so bad.
00:45:46.47\00:45:48.48
So you know he forgot,
00:45:48.51\00:45:50.88
you know now that
you're saying remember,
00:45:50.91\00:45:53.05
it could be that we
may in a second forget
00:45:53.08\00:45:56.99
and our conversations
even we forget the Sabbath.
00:45:57.02\00:46:00.59
So anyway I just
thought that that was precious
00:46:00.62\00:46:03.99
because you know, he remembered
what has been instilled in us.
00:46:04.03\00:46:08.06
My mother being--
00:46:08.10\00:46:11.73
She came to the country in 1979.
00:46:11.77\00:46:15.64
And as kids we did not
speak English or anything.
00:46:15.67\00:46:18.54
So she was a single parent.
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.71
And so she tried to raise us
00:46:20.74\00:46:22.74
as good as she
could for what she knew.
00:46:22.78\00:46:25.58
And we always
enjoyed, she always took us
00:46:25.61\00:46:28.88
to every church activity,
Wednesday in a prayer meeting,
00:46:28.92\00:46:31.85
Friday night AY, Sabbath school,
00:46:31.89\00:46:34.59
worship, door to door.
00:46:34.62\00:46:37.16
I mean, every
activity the church ever had.
00:46:37.19\00:46:40.23
We practically
lived in the church
00:46:40.26\00:46:42.13
and we were so happy too.
00:46:42.16\00:46:43.77
And that's why
you're doing it today.
00:46:43.80\00:46:45.13
And so the Sabbath
is a constant sign,
00:46:45.17\00:46:46.70
you didn't forget that sign.
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.07
I like, that that
was a great illustration.
00:46:48.10\00:46:49.94
Not only does the Lord
tell us when it's coming
00:46:49.97\00:46:51.91
but there it is.
00:46:51.94\00:46:53.27
There it is. Day of preparation.
00:46:53.31\00:46:55.71
There it is. There it is.
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.58
Honey, read the third
one for us we have two more,
00:46:57.61\00:46:59.31
we're gonna try to squeeze in
before our time of prayer end.
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.98
And the time is
just going so quickly,
00:47:02.02\00:47:03.65
I just wish it would slow down.
00:47:03.69\00:47:06.32
Worship...
00:47:06.35\00:47:08.62
Exclusively. I can't see it.
00:47:08.66\00:47:10.73
Here we go. Oh,
okay, much better.
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.83
Exclusive
worship, serve God only.
00:47:13.86\00:47:16.63
Matthew 4:10 in the
New King James Version
00:47:16.67\00:47:19.53
says, "Then Jesus said
to him, 'Away with you Satan
00:47:19.57\00:47:23.67
for it is written you
shall worship the Lord your God
00:47:23.71\00:47:28.41
and Him only you shall serve.'"
00:47:28.44\00:47:32.31
In the nutshell of that
is when the Sabbath comes
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.92
whose hours are those.
00:47:34.95\00:47:36.52
Those are God's. Only His.
00:47:36.55\00:47:38.52
That was a good story though.
00:47:38.55\00:47:39.89
Now I wouldn't had
him flush the chips
00:47:39.92\00:47:41.79
but that was a
way he kind of felt--
00:47:41.82\00:47:43.53
We didn't want to tell mom.
00:47:43.56\00:47:45.29
You know, mom never
knew until years later
00:47:45.33\00:47:48.83
what had transpired.
00:47:48.86\00:47:50.47
But it is, it's a
choice that he did to correct
00:47:50.50\00:47:54.80
or to distant himself.
00:47:54.84\00:47:57.11
Yeah. Yeah, as a time out
type of thing I don't know.
00:47:57.14\00:48:00.81
I'm sure that the
Lord winks at that
00:48:00.84\00:48:02.61
because it was a honest mistake.
00:48:02.64\00:48:04.91
He did not purposely go
00:48:04.95\00:48:07.25
and did business on the Sabbath.
00:48:07.28\00:48:08.68
Now there's a
reason I brought that up
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.05
after you said ceremonially.
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.89
Because there
are many Christians
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.25
that don't know
about the Sabbath
00:48:13.29\00:48:15.06
that are watching this program.
00:48:15.09\00:48:17.13
And they are
honestly buying chips.
00:48:17.16\00:48:20.43
Right. Yes.
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.60
And the Lord is
saying, "I understand--
00:48:22.63\00:48:25.60
I understand your heart
is not in the wrong place.
00:48:25.63\00:48:28.60
You just don't know."
00:48:28.64\00:48:30.87
So we are saying as the
Lord brings you to the point
00:48:30.91\00:48:34.68
not as the Lord brings
you to the point of conviction
00:48:34.71\00:48:36.71
because
sometimes we use the phrase
00:48:36.75\00:48:38.71
on the way till Lord convicts me
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.62
to kind of excuse our activity.
00:48:40.65\00:48:42.48
It's like saying,
"Well, our way to--
00:48:42.52\00:48:43.85
if mom didn't know about
it, well, it's no big deal."
00:48:43.89\00:48:45.99
But the Lord says remember
00:48:46.02\00:48:47.36
and His word
says remember today,
00:48:47.39\00:48:49.29
His words not going to
eventually say remember,
00:48:49.32\00:48:51.26
His words says remember today.
00:48:51.29\00:48:53.23
So as God reveals to his words,
Lord, I do want to worship You
00:48:53.26\00:48:56.60
in spirit and truth and
so therefore once you say
00:48:56.63\00:48:59.63
remember the Sabbath here it is,
00:48:59.67\00:49:02.04
He's not gonna keep saying,
00:49:02.07\00:49:03.41
here it is, here it
is, here it is, here it is.
00:49:03.44\00:49:05.31
But as the Bible says,
00:49:05.34\00:49:06.68
speak Lord for
your serve appearance.
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.18
I want to go to the
next one very quickly.
00:49:08.21\00:49:10.11
Because it's gonna
go, Tita, number four.
00:49:10.15\00:49:13.38
Number four, it says,
00:49:13.42\00:49:14.75
"Worship, don't
ignore God's commandments."
00:49:14.78\00:49:18.25
And Mark 7:7, we read,
"And in vain they worship me,
00:49:18.29\00:49:23.12
teaching us doctrines
the commandments of men."
00:49:23.16\00:49:26.13
And in Matthew 15:3 we read,
"He answered and said to them,
00:49:26.16\00:49:30.67
'Why do you also transgress
the commandment of God
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.00
because of your tradition.'"
00:49:34.04\00:49:35.80
Okay. Because of tradition.
00:49:35.84\00:49:38.44
And so tradition what happens,
what does a tradition do?
00:49:38.47\00:49:41.28
Guess we fall into were routine.
00:49:41.31\00:49:44.31
Okay. So even
let's just broaden this.
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.48
Even Adventists can do the same.
00:49:46.51\00:49:47.85
Yeah, definitely.
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.22
How many times does Adventists
slimmed to the Sabbath?
00:49:49.25\00:49:51.85
Vacuum shut it off.
Put the groceries away.
00:49:51.89\00:49:55.52
We've all at one
point or the other
00:49:55.56\00:49:57.59
when I was
trying to make ourselves
00:49:57.63\00:49:58.96
into His only righteous people.
00:49:58.99\00:50:00.63
But sometimes our traditions
could catch a hold of us.
00:50:00.66\00:50:04.07
And we forget how
special it is the time
00:50:04.10\00:50:06.63
that we spent with the Lord.
00:50:06.67\00:50:08.20
And in interest of time
00:50:08.24\00:50:10.07
I'm gonna turn to you
for number five, pastor.
00:50:10.11\00:50:11.87
Number five. Okay.
00:50:11.91\00:50:14.94
Worship, praise God
with your whole heart.
00:50:14.98\00:50:18.18
In Psalms 111:1,
"Praise the Lord.
00:50:18.21\00:50:22.98
I will praise the
Lord with my whole heart
00:50:23.02\00:50:26.09
in the Assembly of the upright
and in the congregation."
00:50:26.12\00:50:31.76
Psalms 119:10.
00:50:31.79\00:50:33.73
"With my whole
heart I have sought you.
00:50:33.76\00:50:36.60
Oh, let me not wonder
from your commandments."
00:50:36.63\00:50:40.04
Wow. Beautiful.
00:50:40.07\00:50:41.47
Pastor, what have
to say about that?
00:50:41.50\00:50:43.97
Well, the great blessing comes
00:50:44.01\00:50:50.35
when we with our whole heart
seek the Lord and worship Him.
00:50:50.38\00:50:54.32
You know Jesus said in
a few places in the Bible
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it makes reference
to people doing things
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because oh, I have to
do it or because of habit.
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Jesus said these
people, honor Me with their lips
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but their heart
is far from here.
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So you can almost
feel his pain as he says
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these people
honor Me with their lips
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but their heart is far from me.
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So that really
doesn't praise God.
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And so I would
say to somebody that,
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oh, man we have to go to church
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and I don't really feel like it.
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Stop for a
moment and pray and ask,
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"Lord, bring to my mind,
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to my remembrance those things
I should be grateful for."
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Because when you remember
that you, you're thankful.
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God has done
this and this and this
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and this and this
and this and this.
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And you can keep going
and it get so, you say wow,
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I really do have
reasons to praise the Lord.
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I remember a person that called
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when I used to
take the prayer calls.
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And he-- and this is the
way he began his conversation.
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After you know you're going to,
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thank you for
calling 3ABN and how may I--
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He goes, "What do I
have got to be thankful for?"
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And I said, "You mean you don't
have anything to be thankful?"
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"No, I can't think of
anything to be thankful for."
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So I asked him, "Are
you in jail right now?"
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He says, "No."
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"You should be
thankful for that.
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Are you in the hospital
or in a mental institution?"
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"No." "You should
be grateful for that."
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And so we...
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I numbered a few things
that came to my head, he goes,
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"Wow, you're right, I do
have things to be thankful for."
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And so as we think of the things
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that God has
been-- has done for us.
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And if you
really stop and think,
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you're gonna
start compiling a list.
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You can really worship the
Lord with your whole heart.
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That's right.
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And in the context of
worship we have to also pray,
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we have some prayer requests
that are in front of us here
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of people that wanted
to be remembered in prayer.
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Start with this one, honey,
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and then maybe some of us
can mention some of the names
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before we have a time of prayer
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because prayer is so
much a part of real worship.
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Well, I received a phone
call today from a cousin of mine
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by the name of Lanmar
in Huntsville, Alabama.
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And he says there's a man there
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by the name of
Collins Alexander.
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And he said he has
advanced stage prostate cancer.
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And also there are spots
on his lung and his liver.
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And I have permission
to mention this by the way.
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And he said to pray for him
and also his wife has diabetes,
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she was just
diagnosed with that.
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So if any of you
out there want to pray,
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please pray for this family,
Collins Alexander and his wife.
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And Tita go down
some of these names
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here on the list so we can--
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Maybe about a two minute point,
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we're gonna start
mentioning prayer.
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This says that Michael's mom
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is asking for prayer for her son
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to get the victory
over drugs and alcohol
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and to find a
safe place to live.
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Also Shirley is going
through some serious conscience
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at work.
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So Shirley,
we're praying for you
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and she is needing prayer,
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so let's all just
pray on her behalf.
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Rocky requests prayer
that he and his church
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will be prepared
spiritually for the days ahead.
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Tammy is
battling a stage IV cancer
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and needs healing,
grace and God's intervention.
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Sandy is fighting
health issues as well
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and needs healing and wisdom.
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Cameth in the
Seventh-day Adventist work,
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he's a Seventh-day Adventist
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who is working
in the Philippines
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to train others
to spread the gospel.
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Please pray the Lord would give
divine protection and wisdom.
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And Belva belongs to
a gospel singing group
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and is asking
God to open the doors
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for their singing group.
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And lastly we have Reba
is praying for her family.
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So let's unite in prayer now
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and ask the Lord to
bless these requests
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and many others friends
that are watching this program,
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you might have prayers
in your own family circle.
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Tonight we
encourage you to join with us
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as we come before
God's throne of grace.
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Father in heaven,
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Lord, the names
that have been mentioned,
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Collin Alexander,
Shirley, Belva, Kim
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and the list goes on and on.
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And we include
those that are watching
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and listening to this program.
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Lord, we lift these names
before Your throne of grace.
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There are some
that may be laid to rest
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in the middle of their
challenges and their battles.
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We pray in a very special way
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also for the families
that are thinking that,
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Lord, it may look like
we might not win this battle
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with this disease.
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Father, we pray that
whether we win the battle or not
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that we find
ourselves in the will
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and the purpose of the Lord.
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And so, Lord,
answer these prayers
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according to
Your will and harmony
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with Your eternal plans.
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We thank You Lord that
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regardless of how it
turns out in this life,
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we have a promise
that the day is coming
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where they'll be
no more sickness,
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no more pain, no more heartache,
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no more suffering.
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So bless Lord as we lift
before Your throne these names
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and may they find peace
in the midst of the storm.
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May they still
see the sun rising
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in the valley of
their affliction.
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May they find hope as they
hold on to the hand of the Lord
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that never changes.
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Bless and keep them,
Lord, always in Your will
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for your name's
true honor and glory
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, friends, thank
you for joining us today
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in our family worship.
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Did we enjoy ourselves? Oh, yes.
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And thank you, Caleb.
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Next time we're
gonna include you again
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because we always appreciate
what our young people do
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for the glory of the Lord.
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We wanted to keep
playing his guitar
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so that when the people
of the world call him he says
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"No, my brother Samuel and I
are gonna play our duet album
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for the Lord and for
His kingdom of glory.
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Thank you Pastor Dinzey, Tita.
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Honey, I always love having
you with me no matter where.
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And, friends, those of you
have joined us from your homes
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or wherever you may
have joined us from,
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remember 3ABN in your prayers
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and 3ABN Latino
also in your prayers.
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And so that God will
be honored and glorified.
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And one day as a family
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we will worship
before His throne.
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God bless you.
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