Participants: John & Angela Lomacang (Host), John & Idalia Dinzey & Caleb Dinzey
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW016001A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:07 Hello, friends, and welcome to 3ABN's Family Worship. 01:11 We have a wonderful family here. 01:12 My wife is with me, Angela. 01:14 And we have Caleb, 01:17 we have my good brother Pastor John Dinzey 01:19 and his lovely wife Idalia, 01:22 which we affectionately call Thita. 01:24 You can't use it unless you are affectionately connected. 01:28 And we're just excited that you've taken time 01:30 to come into our living room 01:32 as we come into your living room, 01:33 your hotel room, 01:35 wherever you may be watching this program from. 01:38 This is time for family worship. 01:40 And our topic today is about families. 01:44 You know, we represent a family here, their-- 01:46 One of my children, their children supposedly. 01:49 We share children. Yeah. 01:50 That's right. Amen. 01:52 We've seen Caleb grow up. That's right. 01:53 I have pictures when Caleb was little 01:55 and he had really big eyes. 01:57 And he's growing to a size, he's a strong young man now. 02:00 Amen. And he's gonna learn this. 02:03 You know, mummy saying at you, Caleb. 02:06 They've already done. Get me later in the gymnasium. 02:10 But one of our sons, Samuel-- 02:14 Samuel. 02:15 Is missing, he's where, where is Samuel? 02:17 He is in his second year at Union College, 02:20 where he works 02:22 and he coordinates Sabbath school for the church 02:25 at the university and the college. 02:27 Well, he not only works there but he's a student there. 02:30 Oh, yeah. 02:31 Well, of course he attends Union College, 02:33 his second year but he also is involved, 02:36 he's got a praise group and he's one of the directors, 02:39 he coordinates the Sabbath school programming 02:41 for the college. 02:43 Goes on mission trips. Oh, yes. 02:44 He's got mission in his bloodstream. 02:48 And we praise the Lord for that 02:50 because as missionaries here at 3ABN 02:55 we didn't want our children to be turned off to ministry 02:59 because of the long hours 03:00 or you know whatever we have to do. 03:02 So we pray that our children would love ministry 03:06 whether it's at the local church, 03:07 love 3ABN and love to do their part. 03:10 And praise the Lord for the opportunities 03:12 that the Lord has given and there's been some people 03:16 they have sponsored his mission trips 03:18 for the past 3 years. 03:20 And so he is growing 03:23 and sharing Christ from the heart. 03:25 And it's not a vacation, when you go on a mission trips. 03:29 Some people are like oh, the last two days are off days. 03:32 So they go to the beach or do something fun. 03:35 But it's a lot of work and being bilingual, 03:38 he carries his guitar everywhere he goes. 03:39 And the Lord has blessed him 03:41 to be able to be useful in the community. 03:43 You know, he is serving God in two languages. 03:44 Amen. More responsibility. More responsibility. 03:47 Three languages because of music. 03:50 And what about you, Caleb? 03:51 You have influenced your children, 03:54 you know, Johnny doesn't sing, he's not a musician. 03:56 You are your children's first music teacher. 03:58 Yes. But they have taken off. 04:00 What are some of the instruments 04:01 that you and Samuel play? 04:03 We both play guitar and piano. 04:07 I play clarinet and the saxophone. 04:10 And he plays bunch of things. 04:12 He can pick up an instrument within a few weeks, so-- 04:16 That's amazing. That's amazing. 04:17 So we are really bringing to you 04:19 a family oriented program with, 04:22 as I would say we borrow the Dinzey's children. 04:24 The only difference between John and me 04:26 is he has a different wife and with the last name. 04:30 And less hair. 04:33 As they say you have not lost here, 04:34 just moved to a different address. 04:36 Location. 04:38 I wanted to share that, you know, 04:39 family worship is not something that you're always wanting 04:44 or in the spirit of doing. 04:46 You know, it's something that you create the environment for, 04:49 His preparation. 04:51 And just as you prepare for worship, 04:53 we want our children to be active 04:55 but we don't want to see them on Sabbath up on the platform 04:58 just because it's Sabbath, let them participate. 05:01 They need to participate in family worship 05:03 during the week because there's an upbringing, 05:05 it's a training 05:07 and while you train in the home, 05:08 it's gonna reflect in the church, 05:09 in the community, in the school, 05:11 at work, you know. 05:12 So when we prayed about having children to plan the family. 05:17 If it was the Lord's will to have children, 05:20 we were in the child guidance and education 05:23 and the advent home. 05:27 Adventist home. Adventist home. 05:29 And when I was pregnant, I would sing to my kids, 05:33 I would read the Desire of Ages to my kids, 05:35 I would play the guitar and play the piano to my kids. 05:38 And so, but since in the womb. 05:41 So when they were babies, we would have worship 05:44 and we would play and sing. 05:46 We did the home schooling for years. 05:48 And it was our prayer for them to be musically inclined 05:54 and that they would appreciate music. 05:56 So the Lord gave us wisdom 05:58 as to applying the songs in the home, 06:03 the tracks and the sing-alongs. 06:05 And some silly songs that adults are like 06:07 "Oh, that silly. 06:09 Why should kids be going--" 06:10 You know like tree starts gently swinging 06:13 and swinging and all that stuff. 06:15 Well, you have to make it fun. 06:16 And you have to offer them music 06:19 that they're interested in. 06:21 And also implement the old 06:23 but good hymns that we were raised with. 06:27 And so we have, we have a broad avenue of programs. 06:30 So Angie was raised in a huge family. 06:33 She's the youngest of how many? Of eight. 06:36 My name is Angela Lomacang, Angela Marlo Lomacang. 06:38 That's right. I call her Angie affectionately. 06:40 Yeah. For obvious reasons. 06:43 And of course I live here on West Frankford, Illinois. 06:46 And it's a pleasure to be here, I grew up with family worship. 06:52 I grew up having family worship. 06:56 And my mom was a single mother, 07:00 my father died when I was just 3 years old. 07:03 So she took over the role of eight children. 07:07 And so it was fun having family worship. 07:11 And now I'm an adult and I have family worship with my husband. 07:16 We have our Friday night worship, 07:17 every Friday night. 07:19 And we also have daily worship but Friday night 07:21 is always the highlight of the week type of worship, 07:24 it just makes the week so much more special. 07:28 And part of my conversion 07:30 was being invited to their family worship. 07:32 Oh, wow. So that's very instrumental. 07:34 I wouldn't be where I am today, 07:35 had I not had the invitation of going back to, 07:38 you know, teenagers being the youngest of eight children 07:41 and the girl like that. 07:43 Her brothers really guarded their sister. 07:45 So the only time I was allowed to come over 07:48 was for family worship when I had the eyes 07:50 of all five of her brothers on me. 07:53 And she doesn't have five brothers, 07:55 she had five Jamaican brothers. 07:57 They become a little bit more extra 08:00 family tradition thing, you know. 08:01 So worship was where I found my conversion 08:04 in their family worship 08:05 before her mom became my mother-in-law, 08:07 she was for all practical purposes my mother. 08:10 So we bring a very family oriented program. 08:12 And John Dinzey, 08:14 matter of fact what I'd like to do, 08:16 I'd like to have each of you introduce yourself 08:19 in the capacity of 3ABN 08:20 because somebody is watching this program 08:22 that's never tuned into 3ABN before. 08:25 So I'll start with my brother, John Dinzey, 08:27 Pastor John Dinzey. 08:29 And let everybody know 08:30 what you do in your position here at 3ABN. 08:32 I've been blessed to be here since 1989, 08:36 actually the end of November 1989. 08:38 And I currently serve the Lord here at 3ABN 08:43 as general manager for 3ABN Latino, 08:46 which the Lord is blessing in a wonderful way. 08:48 We have over 1,300 cable companies 08:51 that carry 3ABN Latino 08:53 and many channels that also carry 3ABN Latino. 08:57 And it's a blessing to see how God is using this network 09:01 to bring the gospel to people. 09:03 Amen. 09:04 And I'll go to your wife 09:06 'cause we don't want to assume anyone knows 09:07 what she does either. 09:08 Well, I'm Idalia Dinzey 09:10 and I am administrative assistant to John Dinzey. 09:14 And I coordinate 09:17 and produce the program 3ABN Today in Spanish, 09:20 in the Spanish version. 09:23 And I host cooking programs, I love to cook. 09:27 I just make a mess in the kitchen. 09:29 But you do a great job. Thank you. 09:33 So and also editor for the 3ABN Latino magazine 09:38 named Oy by title. 09:40 And I've been here 09:41 since I married John Dinzey in 1994. 09:45 I started as a volunteer at 3ABN 09:48 and not really knowing what 3ABN was 09:51 and I battled with this ministry, 09:55 accepting it for the first 2 to 3 years of my being here. 10:00 I said this is crazy, this cannot be happening. 10:03 How can people be eating and talking and sleeping 3ABN? 10:06 I don't understand this. You know, this is so crazy. 10:10 But when the Lord impressed my heart, 10:14 this is my ministry 10:16 and many lives are being transformed 10:18 and reached through 3ABN. 10:22 Then I said, "Lord, forgive me. 10:24 What a valuable asset the human race has today 10:29 to benefit the local community and all the families 10:33 and all the churches." 10:34 So it was slowly but surely. 10:37 And now as I can't imagine life without 3ABN 10:41 but, you know, we know nobody is indispensable 10:44 and the Lord may call you somewhere else. 10:46 But I pray that if He calls us somewhere else 10:49 that is as good as 3ABN. 10:52 Amen. Amen, amen. 10:53 And honey, I know that I don't want to assume 10:55 that what you do either. 10:57 Well, I work for 3ABN Radio. I've been here, wow. 11:03 How long have we been here? 11:05 Sorry 2003. 2003. 11:07 But I think I started about 2004 working for 3ABN Radio 11:12 and I'm a production assistant there. 11:15 And I didn't know anything about radio. 11:19 I just knew how to turn it on, okay. 11:23 But I didn't know anything about radio. 11:25 So I was trained editing and I enjoy my job. 11:31 And I also host a radio program called Crossroads 11:36 which is aired all over the world. 11:39 We have what, 11:40 over 200 radio stations worldwide. 11:44 And I'm happy to have my job, I'm grateful for what I do 11:49 for where the Lord has placed me. 11:51 And just meeting people, interviewing people, 11:55 listening to their testimonies is just amazing, 11:58 nothing short of a miracle when you hear their testimony. 12:02 So I'm grateful to be at 3ABN 12:05 and grateful that my husband is with me together 12:10 and we are both in ministry together. 12:12 Amen. Amen. 12:14 And well, I do a number of things here, 12:16 I have a number of hats, 12:17 one of those is the pastor of the 3ABN church 12:20 which is in fact a conference church 12:22 in the Illinois Conference, 12:23 it's Thompsonville Seventh-day Adventist church. 12:26 But if you come to Thompsonville 12:27 and you know that our addresses is West Frankford, 12:30 we also are, much of 3ABN is in Thompsonville. 12:33 3ABN Radio is in Thompsonville. 12:36 3ABN school, 12:37 you'll hear about that in just a moment is in Thompsonville, 12:39 3ABN church is in Thompsonville 12:41 which is in fact a conference church, 12:43 our teachers are conference teachers. 12:45 So I am in two capacities 12:46 working for the Illinois Conference 12:48 but working here at 3ABN. 12:50 Kind of like a Pastor Doug Batchelor 12:52 who we started with in ministry a number of years ago. 12:55 It's a joy to be able to be here. 12:56 I host House Calls 12:58 with my good friend Pastor John Stanton. 13:00 Also a lot of times Pastor John Dinzey 13:02 is on the program and sometimes Pastor CA Murray. 13:05 And once in a while we have a special guest 13:07 but then on a weekly basis I host A Sharper Focus 13:10 every Wednesday night at 7 PM Central. 13:12 You might want to check that out also. 13:15 But we have one more person on the program 13:17 that needs to connect us to a different side of 3ABN. 13:20 And his name is-- 13:21 Caleb. Who are you? 13:25 I am Caleb Dinzey, I am not prepared for this. 13:30 But I am about to be 16 13:33 and I go to Thompsonville Christian Academy. 13:38 I'm in tenth grade. 13:39 And it's a pretty small school 13:41 but I've been going there all my life, 13:43 lived here all my life. 13:44 So 3ABN is kind of-- 13:47 It is my life. I don't know anything outside of it so. 13:50 Wow. 13:52 And I'm glad to see that you've grow up. 13:53 You know, we can look through our photo albums 13:55 and look at our journey, seeing Samuel and Caleb 13:58 and what God has done in all of our lives. 14:01 That's why family worship is our theme today. 14:03 We're gonna go out and get into that. 14:05 Since we went ahead and introduced each other. 14:07 Pastor, would you go and begin with prayer 14:08 before we kind of tap into our topic for today 14:11 about family worship. 14:13 Let's all hold hands. 14:15 Our loving heavenly Father, 14:16 we thank you so much for You are good to us. 14:21 You are good to everyone up on this earth. 14:23 And we praise You, Father, for Your kind 14:26 and tender mercy toward each one of us. 14:29 We pray that as we are together, 14:31 Your name will be honored and glorified 14:33 and that we will praise You. 14:35 And pray that You will help us to enter into worshipping You 14:37 in spirit and in truth. 14:39 And we pray for a blessing upon everyone that joins us. 14:42 May Your holy angels been here on to them 14:45 and may their hearts be drawn close to You 14:48 during this hour. 14:49 We ask it in Jesus' holy and blessed name. 14:51 Amen. Amen. 14:53 Thank you, Pastor. 14:55 Caleb, pick that guitar up, 14:57 we're going to sing some songs together. 14:59 When we were thinking about our songs for today, 15:01 one of my first questions is sometimes I go over to school 15:04 and we have instruments galore in our school, 15:09 thanks for Miss Evelyn Haney 15:10 who came and brought her 13 guitars 15:13 which now have grown to about 20 and bases, 15:16 and the violins, and cellos, and wind instruments, 15:19 we are just blessed with that 15:21 and Caleb has grown up through the ranks. 15:23 And when I saw his guitar today, 15:25 I said to my wife, I need to get me a guitar 15:27 'cause I played years ago. 15:29 And that cases are so beautiful, 15:30 I'm like I want to learn to play guitar again. 15:32 But we're gonna sing some songs beginning out with the song 15:35 that I know that every one of you, 15:36 most of you probably didn't know do Lord. 15:39 And then we're gonna go into some worship songs 15:40 that might be termed contemporary or modern 15:44 because it's all about family worship. 15:45 So hit me a key and we'll start singing together. 15:49 I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun 15:54 I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun 16:00 I've got a home in glory land that outshines the sun 16:05 Way beyond the blue Beyond the blue 16:10 Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 16:16 Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 16:21 Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 16:27 Way beyond the blue 16:30 I took Jesus as my Savior. 16:32 I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him, too 16:37 I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him, too 16:43 I took Jesus as my Savior, you take Him, too 16:48 Way beyond the blue 16:53 So do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 16:59 Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 17:04 Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do You remember me 17:09 Way beyond the blue. 17:15 Amen. 17:17 That song is nice because it gets the young people. 17:20 We don't want just to be 17:21 an adult family worship program. 17:23 But there are young people that are watching this program. 17:26 Children that right away said, 17:27 "Hey, Mom, they're singing my song." 17:29 I'm imagining that. That's right. 17:30 But so we want the children to also be involved 17:33 because family worship is not age sensitive 17:36 but age inclusive. 17:38 There's a song that I heard, I was reminded of this song. 17:42 I don't remember who wrote it, maybe Bill Gaither 17:44 'cause he's written everything that American sing. 17:47 But I heard Reggie and Ladye 17:48 and Danny Shelton singing this song. 17:51 As "I will serve Thee because I love Thee, 17:53 You have given Your life for me." 17:55 So we're gonna sing the song 17:56 because really worshipping Jesus 17:58 in family worship is about serving the Lord. 18:04 I will serve Thee 18:08 Because I love Thee 18:14 You have given life 18:20 To me 18:23 I was nothing before You found me. 18:25 I was nothing 18:29 Before You found me 18:36 You have given life 18:42 To me 18:45 Heartaches, broken people. 18:48 Heartaches 18:53 Broken pieces 18:58 Ruined lives are why 19:03 You died on Calvary 19:10 Your touch 19:14 Is what I longed for 19:20 You have given life 19:26 To me. 19:31 Amen. 19:33 And when we think about our God, 19:35 I was listening there's a-- 19:37 I think his name is Louie Giglio. 19:39 Some of the young people know he did a video 19:41 on comparing life on earth and all the planets 19:44 and he went all way up to Betelgeuse, 19:47 we call the Beetle juice, that huge massive star 19:49 that makes earth look like a speck of dust. 19:52 And then he said how great is our God 19:55 and I think it's a Chris Tomlin may have written this song, 19:58 "How great is our God". 20:00 Really what we have to do 20:01 as worshippers of the true God is 20:03 we have to ask ourselves when we compare it 20:05 to all the earthly dynasties and dignitaries 20:07 and famous and wealthy men and women. 20:10 We were recently in Dubai and they told me 20:12 that no matter how wealthy 20:14 the reigning leaders of that country are, 20:17 when they die, 20:18 they just wrap them in a shroud, 20:20 bury them in the desert. 20:21 No pomp circumstance and it's kind of like see ya. 20:26 And but we think about our God whose kingdom has no end. 20:29 Amen. Amen. 20:31 And that's why we sing this song. 20:33 "How great is our God." 20:35 How great is our God 20:41 Sing with me 20:42 How great is our God 20:47 And all will see How great 20:51 How great is our God 20:58 One more time. 21:00 How great is our God 21:06 Sing with me 21:07 How great is our God 21:12 And all will see How great 21:16 How great is our God 21:26 Age to age He stands 21:32 And time is in His hands 21:36 Beginning and the end 21:40 Beginning and the end 21:44 The Godhead three in One 21:50 And Father, Spirit, Son 21:55 The Lion and the Lamb 21:58 The Lion and the Lamb 22:02 How great is our God 22:07 Sing with me 22:08 How great is our God 22:13 And all will see How great 22:18 How great is our God 22:23 We'll sing the chorus one more time. 22:27 How great is our God 22:32 Sing with me 22:34 How great is our God 22:38 And all will see How great 22:43 How great is our God 22:51 And why are we here? Here I am to worship. 23:01 Light of the world 23:04 You stepped down into darkness 23:08 Open my eyes, let me see 23:14 Beauty that made this heart adore You 23:21 Hope of a life spent with You 23:28 So here I am to worship 23:32 Here I am to bow down 23:35 Here I am to say that You're my God 23:41 You're altogether lovely 23:44 Altogether worthy 23:48 Altogether wonderful to me 23:56 King of all days. 23:58 King of all days 24:01 Oh, so highly exalted 24:05 Glorious in heaven above 24:11 Humbly You came to the earth You created 24:17 All for love's sake became poor 24:24 So here I am to worship 24:28 Here I am to bow down 24:31 Here I am to say that 24:34 You're my God 24:37 You're altogether lovely 24:40 Altogether worthy 24:43 Altogether wonderful to me 24:55 Amen. 24:59 Johnny, I'd like you to read the scripture 25:00 and let me just go ahead and introduce the topic for today. 25:04 One of the reasons why we chose, this is... 25:07 this is family worship. 25:09 And this is about family worship 25:11 but there is a special promise. 25:14 Angie's experiences in her life and. 25:16 Johnny and Idalia and surely Caleb in his life, 25:20 he's still experiencing the blessing. 25:23 That happens to families 25:25 when they decide to turn their hearts to the Lord. 25:28 There's a promise that God has made in His Word 25:31 that is unlike any of-- unlike any other promise. 25:34 You know, as is honor thy father and thy mother 25:36 that your days maybe long. 25:37 That's the promise to the children. 25:39 But there's a promise to families. 25:41 And very few times do we read about this promise 25:44 found in Zachariah 14:7. 25:48 And matter of fact, why don't we all begin by, 25:51 it's on our outline, we could read that together. 25:54 And I thought this was a fascinating promise 25:56 in the scriptures of the word of the Lord. 25:59 Let's look at this together, Zachariah 14:17. 26:03 And we read together. 26:04 "And it shall be 26:06 that whichever of the families of the earth 26:09 do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, 26:13 the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain." 26:18 And so when we think about, what's rain? 26:20 What do you think of when you think of rain 26:22 in God's kingdom? 26:27 The latter. The latter rain. 26:29 Which is? The Holy Spirit. 26:31 There you go. And what else? 26:33 Life. Life abundant. Life. 26:35 And we sing a song there shall be showers of-- 26:37 Of blessings. 26:39 So the Holy Spirit, life and blessings. 26:42 And the Lord said 26:44 he will pour those out on families 26:46 that come up to Jerusalem to worship the King. 26:50 And so we as the Sabbath has dawned in many homes 26:54 that are watching this. 26:56 We are here to worship the King. 26:58 And what better time, if any time in history 27:02 was appropriate to get back to worship. 27:04 You know in Malachi, we are told that, that Elijah, 27:08 the message of Elijah will turn the hearts of the fathers 27:11 to the children 27:12 and the children to the fathers. 27:14 It's a blessing on families. 27:15 Families, right. Primarily. 27:17 And so, tonight we want to really focus on the family 27:20 if I could use that phrase. 27:22 I'm capstoning, James Dobson, "Focus on the family." 27:25 Want to give the kudos 27:26 to the one who came up with that phrase. 27:28 But the Lord has promised if there is ever a time 27:31 that the family needs to get back to worship, 27:32 it is now. 27:35 Another scripture that comes to my mind 27:37 and we're gonna go through these five points. 27:38 Anything else you want to say about that, 27:39 about the blessings that come up on the families? 27:42 Pastor and Angie, I just want to say 27:44 that somebody has to take the initiative to do it. 27:47 In our family the priest of the home 27:49 is John Denzey, my husband. 27:51 So he is the one always saying, 27:53 "Honey, are you ready for worship?" 27:55 "No." "Honey, it's time for worship." 27:57 And I am cooking, you know, 27:59 getting the food ready for Sabbath meal. 28:02 You know, so he's like, 28:03 "Honey, come on in 10 minutes we're gonna have worship." 28:06 I said, "Okay, okay." 28:07 So he takes the initiative and I admired that in him 28:11 because we have two boys. 28:13 And the boys need the male example. 28:17 And they're not lacking a good example 28:19 on the godly father. 28:20 So when he takes the initiative, 28:23 I may not be ready, I may not want to do it. 28:25 But as you provide the environment, 28:28 your heart becomes, I don't know excited or merry 28:33 and you are looking forward to it. 28:35 You know, you look forward to having that time 28:38 with the family in worship, 28:39 so I think it's important to have that. 28:41 Yeah. 28:43 And not everybody is the leader at that same moment. 28:46 There are days when my wife says, 28:48 "Okay, let's have worship." 28:49 There are days when I say, "Honey, let's have worship." 28:52 That's right. 28:54 We don't have children, we have sheep. 28:56 That's right. 28:57 But we want our example and we talked about this. 29:00 Our example is important to each other. 29:01 Yeah. Amen. 29:03 'Cause a lot of times at home, there are lot of homes 29:06 where pastor may impress his church 29:10 but cannot impress his family or his wife. 29:12 Exactly. 29:14 So I don't want my example 29:15 just to be what I do in the pulpit 29:16 or when I walk through the doors of the church. 29:18 But when my wife one day said to me, 29:21 "You know, you've been my pastor all my life 29:23 and I love my pastor." 29:25 I mean that really-- 29:26 I said, you will be my pastor for the rest of my life, Honey. 29:29 Remember that? That's true. 29:31 Yeah, and it's true 29:32 that you have to be the example at home 29:34 to for me as well as if we have children 29:37 to be the example for your children. 29:39 You can't be a phony at home. 29:42 You know, because you'll be phony in the pulpit, 29:45 you can't be someone else, 29:46 you have to be who God has intended for you to be. 29:49 Well, since we're talking about personal things, 29:52 I told John Denzey, I said, "The day you'll start preaching 29:54 something you're not practicing, 29:55 I'm walking right out in the middle of the sermon." 30:00 But the good thing is that I have never had to walk out 30:02 and he's one of my favorite speakers, 30:04 not 'cause he is here or because he is my husband 30:07 but because I have learned to appreciate 30:10 how the Lord impresses him 30:12 and he puts the messages together. 30:14 He asked me to sing an altar call song where have you. 30:18 And I said, "What are you going to speak about?" 30:20 And he doesn't tell me, he's like just pray about it 30:23 and the Lord impresses on the song 30:25 and it just falls together, right, Johnny? 30:28 Oh, yes. Yes, I'm blessed. 30:31 You know that was one of the-- 30:32 I think I don't know if everyone makes the list, 30:34 I had a mental list of things that I wanted to see. 30:37 Qualification. 30:38 Qualifications if you want to call it for wife 30:40 and that was one of them on my list. 30:44 And the very first day the Lord showed me 30:47 several things on my list. 30:49 And I was like, she does that too. 30:52 So it was a blessing. 30:54 Because sometimes you're invited somewhere 30:56 to speak and you have a sermon in mind and you think, 30:59 "Oh, that would be nice to have this particular song." 31:01 You don't know if somebody in that congregation 31:03 can sing it. 31:04 So I can beforehand ask, 31:06 you know, you think you can sing this song? 31:09 Because sometimes you think of a particular hymn. 31:12 And so it's been a blessing for me. 31:16 Ours is different, isn't it? 31:19 He's the one that sings all songs. 31:21 He'll be the one to do the appeal song. 31:22 That's true. 31:24 But, Caleb, hey talk about your family worship experience 31:26 because you have parents that have just really-- 31:29 They are on so many platforms 31:31 not only in the English world as they are now 31:33 but in the Spanish world. 31:35 But talk about some of your experiences 31:36 in family worship? 31:38 Well, what we used to do for a family worship, 31:42 we would have like special music 31:44 and special scripture reading, everybody would have to say 31:47 special scripture that they liked. 31:49 And so that was, 31:50 those were a couple of things that we did. 31:53 But eventually as I got older 31:55 and had more responsibilities with school, 31:57 sometimes I would be working on my homework 31:59 like last minute stuff. 32:01 And then my dad would say, "Son, it's time for worship." 32:04 And I'm like, but I have to do this 32:06 and I'll be stuck on a problem. 32:08 And then I'll end up going out for worship. 32:12 And then whenever I get back to doing it on Sunday. 32:15 I can do the problem without any issue, 32:18 it's like comes to me easily. 32:20 So that'll solve the problem when you focused on him. 32:22 Yes. That's beautiful. 32:24 And that's important that's why the blessing comes. 32:27 And there's a text in John 4:23. 32:29 Funny, I would choose the book of John, that's right. 32:33 But he's one of my favorites in the Bible. 32:35 John 4:23, 24. 32:37 Honey, would you read that for us? 32:39 Yes. 32:40 It says, "But the hour is coming 32:43 and now is that when the true worshipers 32:46 will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. 32:50 For the father is seeking such to worship Him. 32:54 God is Spirit 32:56 and those who worship Him must worship Him 33:00 in spirit and in truth." 33:03 And that's from John 4:23, 24. Amen. 33:07 So we're gonna go through 5 years really quickly. 33:09 And what we'll do is we'll ask each of us 33:12 to read one of those and what it means. 33:15 So the first one I want to focus on, 33:17 I'll begin with Caleb to my right, 33:19 you know, go right to left. 33:21 And the first focus of worship is what? 33:24 Bring beauty of holiness into your worship. 33:27 Okay. And give me the scripture for that. 33:28 Okay, it says, "Give unto the Lord 33:31 the glory due to His name. 33:33 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." 33:35 And that is found in Psalms 29:2. 33:38 And so let's talk about for moment 33:40 the beauty of holiness. 33:41 What do we think the beauty of holiness is? 33:42 A lot of times we say, well, I'm holy, my church is holy. 33:48 I have a holy experience. 33:49 So what is the beauty of holiness? 33:52 What can we think of that to be? 33:55 Think about that for a moment. 33:57 What would you say to beautiful-- 33:58 I've found as we think about some of our definitions. 34:01 There's a quotation 34:02 I found in the book Acts of the Apostles 34:04 and Ellen White refers to the beauty of holiness 34:06 as the transforming power of love. 34:09 Yes. 34:10 So if worship doesn't transform you, 34:13 then it's not really doing anything for you. 34:15 That's right. Okay. 34:17 Well, you know I-- you can jump in anytime-- 34:20 It just, yeah, I have to say that is why I mentioned 34:24 we have to create the environment. 34:27 Because when we start with praise, 34:29 we have a segment of thanksgiving 34:31 and praise reports and prayer requests 34:33 in our family worship, 34:35 do you have something to thank the Lord for, 34:37 do you have a prayer request? 34:38 And how was your week and stuff like that. 34:40 But right here transforming power of love 34:44 but you have to bring in that environment, 34:47 so your heart is moved to praise and worship. 34:50 Why? 34:51 Because our hearts are heavy 34:53 from all the burdens of the week, 34:54 from all the deadlines, from all the jobs 34:56 and disappointments and challenges, 34:58 victories as well it's not all negative. 35:00 But you'll have all these emotions 35:02 they have met at a crossroads and you have got to say, 35:05 you know what the emotion that I feel right now 35:08 is the transforming power of God's spirit of love. 35:11 Amen. 35:13 And so without that environment we could sometimes 35:16 as I've seen some children with long faces. 35:19 Parents, let me just say this, try to make your worship 35:22 of such that it's not so long 35:26 that the children just say, oh, no. 35:29 We're going to be here for the next two and a half hours. 35:32 That's right. It wearies them. 35:35 We shouldn't weary our families, right? 35:36 That's right. That's right. 35:38 And so children, they don't look forward to worship 35:40 as a beautiful thing or delight, 35:44 they think my life has been put on a hold. 35:47 Well, I irritate my kids in my family at worship. 35:51 And I have to confess and people know 35:53 because when you read something that reminds me of a praise 35:58 or a song, I just start humming it. 36:01 And I say a little line and poppy looks, 36:04 my husband looks at me like, "Honey, we are having worship." 36:07 But you know it's just I'm connected, 36:09 I'm following You." 36:10 And so Caleb is like, "Ma." What do you say, son? 36:15 Like, "Mom, we're having worship. 36:18 We're reading." 36:20 But the Lord inhabits the praise of his people. 36:23 It's so good and he angels come 36:25 and they worship with us. 36:26 The demons will leave, they don't want to be around 36:28 when you're praising the Lord. 36:30 No, they don't want to be around 36:31 when you're with the angels of heaven 36:34 want to be there when you're praising the Lord. 36:36 So family worship is absolutely wonderful 36:38 to have the angels with us too. 36:42 I guess I'd like to say about this text 36:44 where it says, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 36:48 There's beauty in holiness. 36:50 Holiness is where righteousness and good exist. 36:55 And you know this verse is connected 36:58 to 1 Chronicles 16:29. 37:00 And as I read it in English and I compared to Spanish, 37:04 it's interesting that it says 37:05 that to worship the Lord in the beauty of His Holiness. 37:11 Because surely only God is holy at the present time. 37:14 You know He's the only one that's holy. 37:17 In the beauty of His Holiness 37:18 and as you really consider God His magnificence, 37:24 His goodness. 37:25 He is-- 37:27 He emanates goodness. And there is I'm sure. 37:32 Well, I'm sure 37:34 because of the people that I know are here 37:36 that when you enter into a time, 37:39 when you are studying and worshipping the Lord, 37:42 there is this like peace and tranquility 37:45 that comes upon you that only comes from God. 37:49 You can't get this peace and tranquility anywhere else 37:53 but being in the presence of the Lord. 37:55 So when you're in the presence of the Lord, 37:57 you are experiencing the beauty of holiness. 37:59 That's right, that's right. 38:01 There's a quotation here I want my wife to read. 38:05 And it's... 38:06 Okay. It's-- 38:09 Where is this from? 38:10 March 12, 1896, paragraph 4, 38:13 I don't know why one is but it says... 38:16 Youth instructor. Youth instructor. Okay. 38:18 "The natural man cannot see 38:20 the beauty of loveliness of the truth 38:23 which rewards the search of him 38:26 who has been illuminated by the truth as it is in Jesus. 38:30 But those who have had the light 38:33 may import light to those who are in darkness." 38:37 Amen. 38:38 So the natural man he can't see holiness 38:41 or worship as something beautiful. 38:43 That's why a lot of times people look at Christians. 38:44 I remember, he's deceased now, Pastor Ron Halvorsen. 38:49 He's from Brooklyn like we are, where we were raised at least. 38:54 And he said, when he first heard of week a prayer, 38:56 he said, "How can anybody pray for a week?" 38:59 Oh, yeah. 39:00 It didn't have any significance of-- 39:02 It had like it didn't ring at all, 39:03 he was just like, what are they doing in there? 39:06 What are they worshipping? 39:07 But then when God transformed his heart, 39:09 but any time you think of Pastor Ron Halvorsen 39:11 a beautiful thought, he always uplifted Jesus. 39:14 The beauty of holiness became as a prayer warrior, 39:17 as a preacher, he always preached Jesus. 39:20 The second thing is recognize God in worship. 39:25 We recognize God as our creator. 39:27 Revelation 14:7. 39:29 Speaking of the first angel's message. 39:32 "Sing with a loud voice. 39:34 Fear God and give glory to Him 39:37 for the hour of His judgment has come--" 39:39 And this is the part. 39:40 "And worship Him. 39:42 Who made heaven and earth, 39:43 the sea and the springs of waters." 39:45 And so when we... 39:47 I'm putting all this back in the context of true worship. 39:49 'Cause this is a lot of worship, 39:50 nowadays people, 39:52 you know in our bulletin we call worship in giving, 39:54 worship in song. 39:57 But he says, "Wait a minute, as you're worshipping in giving 40:00 as you're worshipping in song as you're worshipping in spirit 40:04 also worship Me in truth." 40:06 And the truth is 40:07 He's the creator of heaven and earth. 40:09 And in modern Christianity 40:11 that has kind of been deleted or erased. 40:15 And they pick whenever or whoever, 40:17 you know, they worship prosperity. 40:21 And so we have to get back in this very significant hour 40:23 of earth's history to remind people. 40:25 The one who created the world 40:27 and connecting point to this verse is the Sabbath. 40:31 You see we're bringing family worshipping 40:33 on the day that the Lord blessed 40:35 and sanctified only one day of the week. 40:37 So when we think about family worship 40:38 in the way that the Bible has established it to be, 40:42 thought of saying while you're worshipping 40:44 don't forget the Creator. 40:46 Don't forget the sign, He says, "The Sabbath is a sign 40:50 between me and you that you will know 40:51 that I am the Lord that sanctifies you." 40:54 Ezekiel 20:12 and 20. 40:55 So if you forget the sign 40:57 you'll be driving along the highway 40:59 and people say, "What is it do we get up?" 41:01 I don't know what the sign is. 41:03 So in Christianity the sign of true worship 41:07 is worshipping the One who made the heavens and the earth. 41:10 And today so many people 41:11 worship things you mentioned that. 41:13 So many people worship their cars, 41:16 their video games, you know. 41:18 They put that before the Lord 41:20 but you're not supposed to put those things 41:22 before the Lord. 41:24 You're always supposed to put the Lord first. 41:26 Well, you know-- 41:28 That fire, I mean 41:29 even preparing for going to church, 41:31 we can have the wrong spirit. 41:33 You know, we may focus on the outward appearance. 41:36 And I'm like, you know people would be, 41:39 I would say about me, I don't do it 41:41 but maybe I do, I don't know. 41:42 But you look at yourself in the mirror, 41:44 "Oh, I want to look good, 41:46 I want every strand of hair to be in its place. 41:47 My outfit is sharpen and this and that." 41:49 We're empty inside. 41:51 We have not prayed and asked the Lord, 41:53 "Lord, please accept my worship. 41:56 My adoration to get to Sabbath. 41:58 You know, this holy hours, intimate hours of praise." 42:02 We are like the Bab family at our church 42:05 where the ones that leave last, they either leave last 42:09 or we leave last. 42:11 We stay in the church building all day long. 42:14 Yes. Why? Because of choice. 42:17 And because we fellowship with the brethren, 42:20 they stay behind. 42:21 And I think that when we prepare our hearts, 42:25 you know I always pray, 42:26 "Lord, may my worship be sincere 42:28 and not of hypocrisy." 42:30 But yet if I am willing for the Lord 42:33 to tend to my heart. 42:35 You know, even if I start like, 42:36 "Oh, yeah, I look good or whatever." 42:38 But the Holy Spirit will impress your heart 42:40 when I rebuke and educate 42:42 and minister to your heart to be ready, 42:46 to be like having that 42:48 high spiritual experience on the Sabbath. 42:50 There's a song we use to sing Lord prepare me. 42:52 To be a sanctuary, yeah. Oh, yeah. 42:54 To be a sanctuary, yeah. 42:56 You know, I was thinking 42:59 when you look at the commandment, 43:01 remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy 43:04 or talking about holiness in this moment. 43:07 When I go to visit my mother-in-law 43:09 in Puerto Rico something interesting happens, 43:11 I've never seen this anywhere else. 43:13 Not even in Puerto Rico but in this particular area 43:16 I don't know if it's anywhere else 43:17 but as you're approaching to the exit to get there. 43:22 There's this sign that tells you 43:25 the name of the place to exit. 43:28 And normally when you're driving on the highway 43:31 you see a sign that says the next exit is such and such. 43:34 And then they conveniently put another sign 43:37 that says this is it. 43:39 But in this particular exit in Puerto Rico 43:41 they don't give you that second sign. 43:43 That's right. 43:44 They show you the sign the next exit is you know-- 43:47 Another town. 43:48 Let's call it McCormick to say a name. 43:52 They don't have that, this is it. 43:54 McCormick here you know. 43:56 So I have literally because you see the sign 43:59 that says an exit is such. 44:01 And it's like your mind begins to wonder, 44:02 okay, what are we gonna do when we get there. 44:04 And there was the exit and I have passed it up. 44:07 And I go, oh, no, now I have to go to the next one 44:10 which kind of takes you longer way around. 44:13 And so, I think we need to talk to them 44:16 about putting another sign. 44:17 Anyway I missed that at least twice, 44:18 out of the many times I've gone there 44:20 but now I know once it happens to you twice 44:22 that says that is not gonna happen to me again. 44:24 But you know it's wonderful 44:27 that the commandment begins with remember the Sabbath day 44:31 to keep it holy. 44:33 God knows that people get busy doing things. 44:36 And so I thank the Lord right here right now saying, 44:39 thank you for putting that word remember the Sabbath day 44:42 because if it was not there, 44:43 I might get busy doing something else. 44:45 And that special day where the Lord says, 44:47 this is a sign between me and you. 44:50 That we're gonna spend together. 44:52 You may miss it, you know you may keep going 44:54 whatever you're doing. 44:55 And you say, oh, wait a minute when is the Sabbath. 44:57 I completely forgot about it. 44:59 But remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 45:01 That's better, I like that, that is very good illustration. 45:04 My older brother, Whaley and I'm gonna share the story 45:07 whether he knows it or not. 45:11 It's funny, I'm sure he doesn't mind. 45:13 One Sabbath afternoon we had gone door to door 45:16 and we went back home. 45:17 And this was in Chicago 45:19 and it became later in the afternoon. 45:24 And he went to the store and bought some chips. 45:27 He had forgotten that it was Sabbath 45:31 and he felt so bad because well he's walking 45:35 and enjoying his little chips. 45:37 I said, "Oh, you bought that. It's Sabbath." 45:41 "Oh, I forgot it was Sabbath." 45:43 He ran home and flushed the chips. 45:46 He felt so bad. 45:48 So you know he forgot, 45:50 you know now that you're saying remember, 45:53 it could be that we may in a second forget 45:57 and our conversations even we forget the Sabbath. 46:00 So anyway I just thought that that was precious 46:04 because you know, he remembered what has been instilled in us. 46:08 My mother being-- 46:11 She came to the country in 1979. 46:15 And as kids we did not speak English or anything. 46:18 So she was a single parent. 46:20 And so she tried to raise us 46:22 as good as she could for what she knew. 46:25 And we always enjoyed, she always took us 46:28 to every church activity, Wednesday in a prayer meeting, 46:31 Friday night AY, Sabbath school, 46:34 worship, door to door. 46:37 I mean, every activity the church ever had. 46:40 We practically lived in the church 46:42 and we were so happy too. 46:43 And that's why you're doing it today. 46:45 And so the Sabbath is a constant sign, 46:46 you didn't forget that sign. 46:48 I like, that that was a great illustration. 46:49 Not only does the Lord tell us when it's coming 46:51 but there it is. 46:53 There it is. Day of preparation. 46:55 There it is. There it is. 46:57 Honey, read the third one for us we have two more, 46:59 we're gonna try to squeeze in before our time of prayer end. 47:02 And the time is just going so quickly, 47:03 I just wish it would slow down. 47:06 Worship... 47:08 Exclusively. I can't see it. 47:10 Here we go. Oh, okay, much better. 47:13 Exclusive worship, serve God only. 47:16 Matthew 4:10 in the New King James Version 47:19 says, "Then Jesus said to him, 'Away with you Satan 47:23 for it is written you shall worship the Lord your God 47:28 and Him only you shall serve.'" 47:32 In the nutshell of that is when the Sabbath comes 47:34 whose hours are those. 47:36 Those are God's. Only His. 47:38 That was a good story though. 47:39 Now I wouldn't had him flush the chips 47:41 but that was a way he kind of felt-- 47:43 We didn't want to tell mom. 47:45 You know, mom never knew until years later 47:48 what had transpired. 47:50 But it is, it's a choice that he did to correct 47:54 or to distant himself. 47:57 Yeah. Yeah, as a time out type of thing I don't know. 48:00 I'm sure that the Lord winks at that 48:02 because it was a honest mistake. 48:04 He did not purposely go 48:07 and did business on the Sabbath. 48:08 Now there's a reason I brought that up 48:10 after you said ceremonially. 48:11 Because there are many Christians 48:13 that don't know about the Sabbath 48:15 that are watching this program. 48:17 And they are honestly buying chips. 48:20 Right. Yes. 48:22 And the Lord is saying, "I understand-- 48:25 I understand your heart is not in the wrong place. 48:28 You just don't know." 48:30 So we are saying as the Lord brings you to the point 48:34 not as the Lord brings you to the point of conviction 48:36 because sometimes we use the phrase 48:38 on the way till Lord convicts me 48:40 to kind of excuse our activity. 48:42 It's like saying, "Well, our way to-- 48:43 if mom didn't know about it, well, it's no big deal." 48:46 But the Lord says remember 48:47 and His word says remember today, 48:49 His words not going to eventually say remember, 48:51 His words says remember today. 48:53 So as God reveals to his words, Lord, I do want to worship You 48:56 in spirit and truth and so therefore once you say 48:59 remember the Sabbath here it is, 49:02 He's not gonna keep saying, 49:03 here it is, here it is, here it is, here it is. 49:05 But as the Bible says, 49:06 speak Lord for your serve appearance. 49:08 I want to go to the next one very quickly. 49:10 Because it's gonna go, Tita, number four. 49:13 Number four, it says, 49:14 "Worship, don't ignore God's commandments." 49:18 And Mark 7:7, we read, "And in vain they worship me, 49:23 teaching us doctrines the commandments of men." 49:26 And in Matthew 15:3 we read, "He answered and said to them, 49:30 'Why do you also transgress the commandment of God 49:34 because of your tradition.'" 49:35 Okay. Because of tradition. 49:38 And so tradition what happens, what does a tradition do? 49:41 Guess we fall into were routine. 49:44 Okay. So even let's just broaden this. 49:46 Even Adventists can do the same. 49:47 Yeah, definitely. 49:49 How many times does Adventists slimmed to the Sabbath? 49:51 Vacuum shut it off. Put the groceries away. 49:55 We've all at one point or the other 49:57 when I was trying to make ourselves 49:58 into His only righteous people. 50:00 But sometimes our traditions could catch a hold of us. 50:04 And we forget how special it is the time 50:06 that we spent with the Lord. 50:08 And in interest of time 50:10 I'm gonna turn to you for number five, pastor. 50:11 Number five. Okay. 50:14 Worship, praise God with your whole heart. 50:18 In Psalms 111:1, "Praise the Lord. 50:23 I will praise the Lord with my whole heart 50:26 in the Assembly of the upright and in the congregation." 50:31 Psalms 119:10. 50:33 "With my whole heart I have sought you. 50:36 Oh, let me not wonder from your commandments." 50:40 Wow. Beautiful. 50:41 Pastor, what have to say about that? 50:44 Well, the great blessing comes 50:50 when we with our whole heart seek the Lord and worship Him. 50:54 You know Jesus said in a few places in the Bible 50:57 it makes reference to people doing things 50:59 because oh, I have to do it or because of habit. 51:03 Jesus said these people, honor Me with their lips 51:06 but their heart is far from here. 51:10 So you can almost feel his pain as he says 51:14 these people honor Me with their lips 51:16 but their heart is far from me. 51:18 So that really doesn't praise God. 51:21 And so I would say to somebody that, 51:24 oh, man we have to go to church 51:25 and I don't really feel like it. 51:27 Stop for a moment and pray and ask, 51:29 "Lord, bring to my mind, 51:32 to my remembrance those things I should be grateful for." 51:35 Because when you remember that you, you're thankful. 51:40 God has done this and this and this 51:41 and this and this and this and this. 51:43 And you can keep going and it get so, you say wow, 51:47 I really do have reasons to praise the Lord. 51:50 I remember a person that called 51:52 when I used to take the prayer calls. 51:54 And he-- and this is the way he began his conversation. 51:58 After you know you're going to, 52:00 thank you for calling 3ABN and how may I-- 52:02 He goes, "What do I have got to be thankful for?" 52:06 And I said, "You mean you don't have anything to be thankful?" 52:09 "No, I can't think of anything to be thankful for." 52:11 So I asked him, "Are you in jail right now?" 52:14 He says, "No." 52:16 "You should be thankful for that. 52:17 Are you in the hospital or in a mental institution?" 52:20 "No." "You should be grateful for that." 52:23 And so we... 52:24 I numbered a few things that came to my head, he goes, 52:26 "Wow, you're right, I do have things to be thankful for." 52:29 And so as we think of the things 52:31 that God has been-- has done for us. 52:34 And if you really stop and think, 52:35 you're gonna start compiling a list. 52:38 You can really worship the Lord with your whole heart. 52:41 That's right. 52:42 And in the context of worship we have to also pray, 52:46 we have some prayer requests that are in front of us here 52:49 of people that wanted to be remembered in prayer. 52:52 Start with this one, honey, 52:53 and then maybe some of us can mention some of the names 52:55 before we have a time of prayer 52:56 because prayer is so much a part of real worship. 52:59 Well, I received a phone call today from a cousin of mine 53:03 by the name of Lanmar in Huntsville, Alabama. 53:06 And he says there's a man there 53:08 by the name of Collins Alexander. 53:12 And he said he has advanced stage prostate cancer. 53:19 And also there are spots on his lung and his liver. 53:22 And I have permission to mention this by the way. 53:26 And he said to pray for him and also his wife has diabetes, 53:30 she was just diagnosed with that. 53:32 So if any of you out there want to pray, 53:34 please pray for this family, Collins Alexander and his wife. 53:39 And Tita go down some of these names 53:41 here on the list so we can-- 53:42 Maybe about a two minute point, 53:44 we're gonna start mentioning prayer. 53:46 This says that Michael's mom 53:47 is asking for prayer for her son 53:49 to get the victory over drugs and alcohol 53:52 and to find a safe place to live. 53:55 Also Shirley is going through some serious conscience 53:58 at work. 54:00 So Shirley, we're praying for you 54:01 and she is needing prayer, 54:03 so let's all just pray on her behalf. 54:07 Rocky requests prayer that he and his church 54:10 will be prepared spiritually for the days ahead. 54:15 Tammy is battling a stage IV cancer 54:18 and needs healing, grace and God's intervention. 54:21 Sandy is fighting health issues as well 54:24 and needs healing and wisdom. 54:26 Cameth in the Seventh-day Adventist work, 54:30 he's a Seventh-day Adventist 54:31 who is working in the Philippines 54:32 to train others to spread the gospel. 54:35 Please pray the Lord would give divine protection and wisdom. 54:39 And Belva belongs to a gospel singing group 54:42 and is asking God to open the doors 54:44 for their singing group. 54:46 And lastly we have Reba is praying for her family. 54:50 So let's unite in prayer now 54:52 and ask the Lord to bless these requests 54:54 and many others friends that are watching this program, 54:57 you might have prayers in your own family circle. 54:59 Tonight we encourage you to join with us 55:01 as we come before God's throne of grace. 55:03 Father in heaven, 55:05 Lord, the names that have been mentioned, 55:07 Collin Alexander, Shirley, Belva, Kim 55:11 and the list goes on and on. 55:13 And we include those that are watching 55:15 and listening to this program. 55:17 Lord, we lift these names before Your throne of grace. 55:20 There are some that may be laid to rest 55:22 in the middle of their challenges and their battles. 55:25 We pray in a very special way 55:27 also for the families that are thinking that, 55:30 Lord, it may look like we might not win this battle 55:34 with this disease. 55:35 Father, we pray that whether we win the battle or not 55:39 that we find ourselves in the will 55:41 and the purpose of the Lord. 55:43 And so, Lord, answer these prayers 55:45 according to Your will and harmony 55:46 with Your eternal plans. 55:48 We thank You Lord that 55:50 regardless of how it turns out in this life, 55:53 we have a promise that the day is coming 55:54 where they'll be no more sickness, 55:56 no more pain, no more heartache, 55:57 no more suffering. 55:58 So bless Lord as we lift before Your throne these names 56:01 and may they find peace in the midst of the storm. 56:04 May they still see the sun rising 56:06 in the valley of their affliction. 56:08 May they find hope as they hold on to the hand of the Lord 56:11 that never changes. 56:12 Bless and keep them, Lord, always in Your will 56:15 for your name's true honor and glory 56:18 in Jesus' name we pray. 56:20 Amen. Amen. 56:23 Well, friends, thank you for joining us today 56:25 in our family worship. 56:26 Did we enjoy ourselves? Oh, yes. 56:27 And thank you, Caleb. 56:29 Next time we're gonna include you again 56:30 because we always appreciate what our young people do 56:32 for the glory of the Lord. 56:34 We wanted to keep playing his guitar 56:35 so that when the people of the world call him he says 56:37 "No, my brother Samuel and I are gonna play our duet album 56:42 for the Lord and for His kingdom of glory. 56:43 Thank you Pastor Dinzey, Tita. 56:46 Honey, I always love having you with me no matter where. 56:49 And, friends, those of you have joined us from your homes 56:51 or wherever you may have joined us from, 56:53 remember 3ABN in your prayers 56:55 and 3ABN Latino also in your prayers. 56:58 And so that God will be honored and glorified. 57:01 And one day as a family 57:02 we will worship before His throne. 57:04 God bless you. |
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