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 Today Family Worship.
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We are so glad to be joining you
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in your living room or
wherever you're tuning in,
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maybe even by
radio and happy Sabbath.
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You know, it's
a blessing to have
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the family worship
together as a family.
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We may not quite
be blood relatives,
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but we are family in
the Lord, that's for sure.
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So welcome
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and we're always
happy to join you
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in your living room.
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You know, it's always
neat because a lot of times--
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I mean, we don't get the
opportunity of meeting you
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in person a lot of
times, but there is a connection
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and many times you may
come through a tour of 3ABN,
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we may meet you
in route on the road
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and that is a blessing
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because we actually get
to meet you face to face.
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And I look forward to heaven.
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If we're all faithful
to the Lord Jesus Christ,
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one day on the sea of glass
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we will be able to
meet in heaven face to face.
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Wouldn't that be neat?
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And just think Jesus
Christ will be there in real
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how I like to think
maybe family worship in heaven.
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Yeah. Wouldn't
that be incredible.
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We think, I mean,
family worship is a blessing
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with family with brothers
and sisters in the Lord Jesus.
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But you think family
worship at the feet of Jesus.
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I mean, that's
just incredible. Wow.
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Absolutely incredible.
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Who we have with us today
join us for family worship?
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Yeah, we have some
of our 3ABN family here.
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Over on our
right is Jason Bradley.
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Jay, we are so
glad to have you here.
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We're so glad
God brought you here.
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That's for sure.
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And now I call you neighbor.
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Yeah, we are neighbors.
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It's not necessary where we live
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but we live a lot
here in the office at 3ABN
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so you're best to my neighbor.
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You and your mom, Dare to Dream
and you are right next door
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so I call him my
neighbor, you and your mom.
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But tell us just a little
bit in case people don't know
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who you are and
what you do here at 3ABN?
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Okay.
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Well, I'm the assistant
to the general manager.
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That's your mom.
Okay, assistant to my mom.
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That's a great thing.
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And so do little bit of every,
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sometimes producing program,
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sometimes it's
going to conventions
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and meeting people and
talking about the network.
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Sometimes it's going to churches
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and speaking about the network
and sometimes it's office work
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and whatever my
mom/boss needs. Absolutely.
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You know, that's an
incredible thing though
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because not all mom and sons
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could have a working
relationship like that
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where you can work
together like you do,
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so that's a testimony really
to your relationship together.
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And you've been
here at 3ABN how long?
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Two years. Wow.
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Yeah, two years.
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Two years,
incredible. Wow. Amen.
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The Lord has brought
you on quite a journey
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and it's neat to have you here
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and seen how the Lord
is working in your life.
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It's a testimony
to what God can do
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and about prayer
which is our topic.
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That's right. We are
talking about prayer.
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You know, in our family worship
and we are excited about that.
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And on this side over
here, we have our own pastor,
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Pastor John and Angela Lomacang.
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And it's such a
joy, I mean, to me,
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you've been here
how many years now?
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Thirteen. Wow.
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Thirteen years. It
just went by so quickly.
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And that's why it's kind
of a funny thing because I...
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From week to week, I go through
this up and down challenge
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but I decided well, if
I've been here 13 years,
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let me start looking like,
so I stopped coloring my hair.
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You look
distinguished, Pastor. I like.
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There is a lot
of wisdom in that.
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Yes. That's right.
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Well, you know,
wisdom you do definitely.
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If you don't learn anything
from being here at 3ABN,
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you surely do get wisdom
and praise the Lord for that.
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But it's good to be here.
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And my wife, tell
them what you do, Honey,
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because I don't want them
to just think you are my wife
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and some people might
know, but there is somebody
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who may not know.
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Okay, well, I'm Angela Lomacang
and I work at 3ABN Radio
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and I've been
there, wow, about what?
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At least 10 years.
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At least 10
years I've been there
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and it's a-- it's a
learning curve for me
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because I had no
experience in radio at all.
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But I've learned
and I love my job.
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Amen. Amen.
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I host a program
called Crossroads.
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It's a great
program. A radio program.
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Praise the Lord. Thank you.
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And I'm just happy to be here.
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Thank you for
inviting us to your home.
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For family
worship. For family worship.
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I know, we are
blessed to have you here
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'cause we know you
both are very busy,
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but it's nice
to have our pastor,
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our very young
pastor and his wife here
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with us for family worship.
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We've seen you both
grow in your time here
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and God has plans
that are coming to pass
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in a wonderful way in your life.
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So thank you for
being allowing us to come
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and join you in this
family worship topic.
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I'm excited about it too.
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It's a joy. It's a joy, it is.
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Pastor, you also-- I
mean, you wear so many hats.
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You do programs here at 3ABN,
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you're world evangelism
director for 3ABN, plus pastor
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at the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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It's just such a
joy because to me
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it's such a joy to
have a pastor and his wife
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who are godly,
who are principled,
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who just want to follow
God with their whole heart
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and who are just
wonderful couple to get down
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and spend time with.
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So we are just
glad to have you here.
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As my sister-in-law said today,
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she said, "How could you
guys be so busy in the country?"
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Oh, yes, she sure
did. My sister Lecia.
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I said, you don't know.
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This maybe the country in local
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but we're the center
of God's gospel universe
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because so much of the
world is impacted by 3ABN.
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You know, that is a
great point, pastor,
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because, you know,
it always amazes me.
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You know, when I
drive here to 3ABN
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and my commute is not very long.
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You know, two-- what,
it is about three miles.
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Three miles is a commute here.
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Neither is ours.
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Don't laugh to hard, pastor.
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Pastor C.A. said, well,
he commuted back in New York
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sometimes was it
90 miles or 90 minutes
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I forgot what it was.
No, it's only 90 miles.
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It's something
enormous amount of commute
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to get to work
but we're so blessed.
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And it is amazing to me
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what happens here in
this little cornfield
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and really, you know, our
topic today worship is prayer.
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You know, what God did
through the ministry of 3ABN,
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through many
prayers obviously going up
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for this
ministry as it started out
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and how this message
is going around the world
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and when our
heads are on the pillow
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and we sleep at night
that message still goes out.
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Radio, Angie. Amen.
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Television, Internet, all those,
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it's amazing what God is doing.
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So, yeah, thank you
very much for your prayers.
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I know many of you
have stood with 3ABN
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since the beginning.
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Thank you for your
prayers, your financial support.
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It's neat because, you know,
you may not be able to support
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but financially maybe you
can by through the prayers,
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but in heaven you will know
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that the work that you have
done to support this ministry
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what it has done to
bring souls to the kingdom,
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so praise the Lord for that.
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Amen.
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I know we've got some music too.
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We do. I always love music.
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To me part of family worship
is spending time in the Words.
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Spending time with
brothers and sisters
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and praying together,
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but also
spending time with music.
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And we have a couple songs
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centered around our prayer theme
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and we have
Summer Boyd on the piano
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but she is also running jib.
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So she is busy today.
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She ran from the
jib over to the piano.
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We're gonna start
with "I Must Tell Jesus."
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All right.
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And the words
should be on your screen
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and don't forget,
you can sing on with us.
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it's nice to have
you join us for worship.
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I must tell
Jesus all of my trials
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I cannot bear
these burdens alone
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In my distress He
kindly will help me
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He ever loves
and cares for His own
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear my burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me, Jesus alone
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Let's go to verse two.
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I must tell Jesus
all of my troubles
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He is a kind,
compassionate Friend
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If I but ask
Him, He will deliver
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Make of my
troubles quickly and end
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear my burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me, Jesus alone
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O how the world
to evil allures me
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O how my heart is tempted to sin
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I must tell Jesus,
and He will help me
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Over the world
the vict'ry to win
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Let's go with
chorus, here we go.
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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I cannot bear my burdens alone
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I must tell
Jesus I must tell Jesus
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Jesus can help me, Jesus alone
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What a powerful
song. That's right.
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I must tell Jesus
all of my troubles.
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Also, you know,
we wish to tell Jesus
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all of our happiness
too and all the worries
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that take place in
our lives and it's neat
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because Jesus always hears us.
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It's amazing how prayer works
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and we'll talk about
that little bit later on
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but another great song is
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"Whisper A Prayer."
"Whisper A Prayer" anytime.
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You know, anytime a day
God says, You can come to me."
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Morning, noon, night
when we are in trouble,
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when we are having
a good time, whatever,
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just come to God and
open up our heart to Him.
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So I hope you know
this song "Whisper A Prayer"
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and now the words
will be on your screen.
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Let's sing all three verses.
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Whisper a prayer in the morning
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Whisper a prayer at noon
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Whisper a prayer in the ev'ning
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To keep your heart in tune
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God answers
prayer in the morning
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God answers prayer at noon
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God answers
prayer in the ev'ning
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To keep your heart in tune
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Jesus may come in the morning
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Jesus may come at noon
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Jesus may come in the ev'ning
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So keep your heart in tune
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Beautiful. Amen.
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You know, that song reminds
me of my pathfinder days.
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Really, you must have
sung that song in pathfinder.
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It was part of your vesper
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and vacation Bible school
growing up in New York City,
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"Whisper A Prayer"
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that song has a
lot of mileage on it
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but hey, it's true.
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There is no
particular time of day
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that prayer is not acceptable.
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And sometimes we
limit it to the morning,
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sometimes we
limit it to at night
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when we just tumble in our beds
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and on the way
down, help me as I sleep.
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But we need it all day. We do.
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In noon, in evening
and Daniel in the Bible
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is a great example of that.
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Three times a day.
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We tend to also pray
when we were in the stores.
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Amen. It's good.
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Do we really need this?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, it's interesting
because just as we are...
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Jay and I were just
talking just a little bit ago
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that really, you know,
lot of times we tend to pray
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when something is going on,
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like something big in
our lives maybe going on
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but we are talking about...
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Being in trouble.
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You pray when you get in
trouble and all that stuff
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but we need to
pray and give God thanks
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because I mean,
we're so blessed.
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Everybody is so blessed that
you have a roof over your head,
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a car that you
drive, gas in your car,
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food in your refrigerator,
I mean, air in your lungs.
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There is so much
to be thankful for.
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You know, it's a good
point, even on the food,
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you may not have
the most gourmet spread
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but hey, you got
something to eat.
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Thank the Lord for that.
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So, yeah, that's great. Amen.
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Well, let's look at a verse
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and then we will
jump into our topic.
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Yeah. We got some questions.
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Let's go to Matthew
Chapter 7 and before we read it,
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we should pray
because we open with prayer
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before we started the program
but we didn't open with prayer
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with you all at
home as well so...
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Yeah, very true.
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Especially when
talking about prayer.
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We should pray.
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Before we open the Word of God,
we want to make sure we pray.
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And, Pastor, would you mind
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to offer the
prayer for us as we start?
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Sure. Let's do that.
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Loving Father in
heaven, this is Your book,
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we are Your servants,
Your Holy Spirit inspired it
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and we want to be
able to glean from it
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what the
message is for us today.
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So guide our hearts and
minds and connect our family
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that's tuning in by
television or radio.
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May they hear what
the spirit has to say
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to each of our hearts.
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We thank You in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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So I hope that you are turning
in your Bibles at home too
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because we like
for participation,
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that's always a blessing.
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So turn in your Bibles
to Matthew 7, you said.
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Matthew 7:7-8. All right.
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Seven and eight. And
this is a famous text.
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It's a good one. Yes, it is.
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Angie, you want
to read it? Sure.
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It says, "Ask, and it
will be given to you, seek,
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and you will find, knock,
and it will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks receives,
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and he who seeks finds,
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and to him who
knocks it will be opened."
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Now you could read that
verse and you could think,
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"Okay, I'm gonna ask
God for brand new Mercedes."
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Right, I mean you can say this,
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"So what exactly it says
ask and you shall receive."
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So why do we pray?
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What is the purpose of prayer?
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Well, one of my
favorite quotations is
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"Prayer is the
opening of the heart to God
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as to a friend."
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And that's quoted throughout
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so many of Ellen
White's writings.
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Yeah.
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But let's put this
into the context of today
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in the Facebook, the Twitter.
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Okay. The texting generation.
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Well, why do people
text to their friends
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because they
want to keep in touch.
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And I think one
of the first things
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Hebrews 11:6 comes to
my mind and the Bible says,
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"Without faith it is
impossible to please Him,
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for he that comes to God
must believe that He is."
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So if I talk to Him, I
must believe that He is.
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And so to me, prayer, the
first thing it does to me,
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it is
acknowledges in my own life
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that I know you are there.
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You see, I wouldn't
send a text to somebody
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that I won't think is there.
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I wouldn't put
a post on Facebook
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for a friend to
read that I don't have.
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And so first thing
to me when you say as
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"opening your heart to a friend"
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you don't talk to friend
just on special occasions.
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Matter of fact some people
on Facebook they will say,
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"I'm on my way to the door.
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I just had some breakfast.
I want to take it to you."
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I mean, they tell
their friends everything.
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It's a little trivia like.
Yeah, too much information.
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Too much information.
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Over the top.
All that information.
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But, you know, when you
think what is there about God
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that He doesn't know.
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So sometimes
when we talk to God,
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not just about the big things,
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I think we
mentioned that a moment ago
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but the small things.
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"Lord, I have so many plans
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which one of them today
do You really want me to do?
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Which one is
gonna waste my time?"
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And somebody pray that prayer.
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We had a young lady
we met just recently,
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she was studying for an exam.
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A young lady we
met in Carbondale,
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she is going for
her, she is in med school,
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she is becoming a
doctor and on her exams,
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she had so much to study
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and she said, the
Lord impressed her.
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She said, "Lord,
there is so much to study."
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She prayed and asked
God what should I leave out?
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What should I--"
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And He impressed her not
to study a particular chapter.
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He said, that's not gonna
be on the test and it wasn't.
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It wasn't. That's awesome.
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And so those are
those types of moments
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where you ask God, "Am
I wasting my time here,
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where can I best apply myself?"
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So one of the things
I do on the daily basis,
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"Lord, what you
want me do today?"
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And then sometimes
I pray that prayer,
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"Okay, Lord, send
someone to me today
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and at the end of
the day we'll remember."
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We just asked about
that today and He does it.
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Divine appointment.
Divine appointments.
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He knows our calendar.
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We set our own but He really--
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the Bible talks about
that in Acts 17 I think.
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Acts 17:26,
"Pre-appointed times."
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God has a different
calendar than we do.
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Did you say
divine? And so praise God.
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So I saw the nutshell
of that is I talk to Him
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because I know He is there.
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Amen. Amen.
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So that's why you pray.
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You know that God
is there. I know it.
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I love that quote but I
had that written down here too.
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"Prayer is the
opening of the heart to God
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as to a friend,"
that's a beautiful promise.
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And you think if
I talk to someone
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that is just a stranger
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or someone that is
a casual acquaintance,
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I might talk to them a
few times, a little bit
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but I wouldn't have
long, heartfelt conversations.
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Opening your
heart, exactly. Right.
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But if it's a friend,
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you know, if it's
someone that you really know,
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someone that you love,
you could talk for hours.
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I remember when
Greg and I were dating,
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we were long distance, right,
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and so I was in Massachusetts
and he was here in Illinois.
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It was tough.
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We would talk for
hours on the phone.
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You know, hours
just communication
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and it wasn't like "Oh, I
got to talk to Greg tonight."
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You are excited, right,
because he was my best friend.
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Amen. And you love him.
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So you just think with God,
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wow, I want that relationship
with God to that point
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where I'm so in love with Jesus
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like I can't
wait to talk to Him.
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You know, that's a great point.
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So you mentioned relationship
so, Jay, I'm looking to you.
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So relationship,
then how do you think
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you gain a
relationship with God?
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By spending time and
spending time in the Word.
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I mean, the God we
serve is a personal God
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and which is why
it's important to pray.
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Because it's an opportunity
for us to commune with God
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and He is the
creator of the universe.
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You know, people would love
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to talk to some of the
"celebrities" in the world,
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but why not talk
to the person or God
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who created the
heavens and earth, you know.
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Yeah, that's good.
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So building a
relationship with God,
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you say,
spending time in His word,
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so that would be
reading the Bible,
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communication with Him.
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So a lot of times
the text is used what,
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pray without ceasing.
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So, okay, so does that mean
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then I'm always on
my knees in prayer?
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I mean, I'm just
asking the question,
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what does that mean?
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Pray without ceasing.
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You know, we need to
be in communion with God,
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building a relationship,
what do you guys think?
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In the mind of
prayer, you have to be in that
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you and God to be
in the mind of prayer,
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you don't just kneeling all day.
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It's not like that.
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But you have to have your
mind focus on God in everything,
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in your decisions, in everything
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and every aspect of
life, "Lord, what shall I do?"
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Even when I shop, I go and
ask Lord, show me the sales.
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Show me what to get
and He does all the time.
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But it's in
everything of your life
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to be in the constant prayer--
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Which is in communion with God.
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Doesn't mean that you're
on your knees all day along.
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Little things. No,
I'm driving, I'm praying.
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Amen. I love driving to work.
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It's a short drive.
With your eyes open.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Oh, you probably
have the longest,
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well, actually between Greg--
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Jay has a long drive.
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Or Jason. Thank you. Yeah.
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Southern
Illinois is a long drive.
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My car doesn't
even go to Walmart.
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I get horrible gas mileage
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'cause my engine is never
warm by the time I get there.
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I talk to the Lord in the car
even though it's a short drive.
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You know,
because I agree with that
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because I think about, you know,
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in my relationship with Jill,
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you know, we
are husband and wife
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and so, you know,
throughout the day
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she is on my mind
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even though we
may be not necessarily
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always talking to each other,
but she is there on my mind.
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You know, okay, I know,
oh, Jill probably like this
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or I'll have to
remember this to tell here that,
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you know, things like that.
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That's true. Now
with God we can't.
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Actually just give
a silent prayer to Him
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at anytime which is amazing
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even like you said
while driving or walking.
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Another thing is being
raised and I'm gonna go back
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with the family
context to my family worship,
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there maybe some
children watching this program.
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Sometimes when a
parent says to the child,
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"Now you're gonna be
going away this weekend,
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maybe with
pathfinders over the school trip
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or whatever the case maybe
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or maybe students all
away at school and college
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and they were raised
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as one of my
favorite pastor said, he says,
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Pastor Brook said,
00:21:52.81\00:21:54.14
when he was
going away to Oakwood,
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his dad said, "I
don't have a lot of money
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but what I do
have is a good name.
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Honor my name." Wow.
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So when he goes away,
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he lives his
constant life away from home,
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away from his parents
but the thought in his mind
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"Honor his name."
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That's powerful.
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Every decision he
makes, "Honor his name."
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In your work,
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don't cheat that is
dishonoring of his name.
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In your relationships
don't become promiscuous
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that dishonor his name.
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In your dealings
with one another,
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be equitable
that so that his name,
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if anybody mentions your name,
they will say he cheated me.
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That's a dishonor.
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So when we think of God's word,
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when His word is in our minds,
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I think that's what
David meant when he said,
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"Thy word have I
hid in mine heart,
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that I might not
sin against you."
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Because you are
constantly thinking,
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"What would my
father do in this situation?
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What would he want me
to do in this situation?"
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So I think that a big
part of the constant prayer
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as you mentioned
is stay in touch with
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what my father's word says,
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then it's stored there
so we won't have to say,
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"I wonder what he would do?
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Maybe not, maybe, maybe not."
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Because some people don't have
that content that David said
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I put it there so I won't sin,
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so therefore the word
is constantly saying to us,
00:23:09.85\00:23:13.29
"Son, don't do that.
Son, this is the way.
00:23:13.32\00:23:16.56
Son, that's not true.
Son, this is a good decision.
00:23:16.59\00:23:19.76
Son--" So that's what I
think staying in touch with.
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.86
He is always speaking
to us, so we are saying,
00:23:22.90\00:23:26.40
"Okay, Dad, I hear you.
00:23:26.43\00:23:27.77
Yes. Yes.
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And that's a kind of
prayer life that I like to have.
00:23:29.17\00:23:30.77
Like my wife says,
when we're driving the car,
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I remember going to
very tense meeting with the,
00:23:33.44\00:23:37.11
you know, over
different doctrinal beliefs
00:23:37.15\00:23:40.15
and I sent the Lord ahead of me.
00:23:40.18\00:23:41.55
Amen.
00:23:41.58\00:23:42.92
I said, "Father,
this is not about me.
00:23:42.95\00:23:45.39
It's about Your
honor. It's about Your name.
00:23:45.42\00:23:47.39
It's about Your truth.
00:23:47.42\00:23:48.76
Lord Jesus, send
Your Holy Spirit."
00:23:48.79\00:23:50.79
And surely somebody
drove past me they will say,
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.49
"Why is that guy
waving his hands in the car?"
00:23:52.53\00:23:54.33
For two reasons he
is from New York is one.
00:23:54.36\00:23:57.53
Secondly I was talking
to God with such passion
00:23:57.57\00:23:59.97
and when I got there,
00:24:00.00\00:24:01.80
God had so moved way ahead of me
00:24:01.84\00:24:05.67
that when I got there the person
00:24:05.71\00:24:07.04
that I was gonna meet that
had an adversarial attitude
00:24:07.08\00:24:08.88
the day before meet me with,
I need to apologize to you.
00:24:08.91\00:24:13.18
I thought, well, that was fast.
00:24:13.21\00:24:16.28
So let me wind up by saying,
00:24:16.32\00:24:18.55
when God's word is in our minds,
00:24:18.59\00:24:20.22
we know what our father
thinks and we could say,
00:24:20.26\00:24:22.72
"Thank you, Dad. Thank you, God.
00:24:22.76\00:24:24.59
I appreciate that.
I know what to do."
00:24:24.63\00:24:26.73
And I think it's important
to have that removal of self
00:24:26.76\00:24:29.56
and ask for
God's will to be done
00:24:29.60\00:24:31.33
in each and every
situation in your life
00:24:31.37\00:24:33.84
because His will, He
knows the end from the beginning
00:24:33.87\00:24:36.54
so why would we,
you know, we want things
00:24:36.57\00:24:39.01
and, you know,
God is not a genie
00:24:39.04\00:24:41.14
so you can't just, "God,
let me have that mansion.
00:24:41.18\00:24:44.38
Let me have that Mercedes.
00:24:44.41\00:24:45.75
Let me have
this, can I have this,
00:24:45.78\00:24:47.12
give me, give me, give me.
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.85
You have to ask for His
will to be done in your life
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.72
and when His will
is done in your life
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.66
and you are walking
in your divine purpose,
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.36
that's true happiness.
00:24:55.39\00:24:57.26
Absolutely.
00:24:57.29\00:24:58.76
And then it comes down to
a lot of faith in God too.
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Yes.
00:25:00.70\00:25:02.03
Okay, God I've asked Your
will to be done in my life
00:25:02.06\00:25:04.03
and I've prayed
and the decision that
00:25:04.07\00:25:07.67
or the direction
God wants me to go
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.34
may not be quite what I
wanted to do right, Jay?
00:25:09.37\00:25:12.07
Yes, and I think that's--
you said the word faith,
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I think that's important
too is when you're praying,
00:25:15.21\00:25:17.15
you should pray
with faith and conviction
00:25:17.18\00:25:18.95
that, you know, when
you got on your knee--
00:25:18.98\00:25:22.92
before you even
got on your knees,
00:25:22.95\00:25:24.72
God knew what you
were gonna ask for
00:25:24.75\00:25:26.96
and He's already
putting things in motion
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.56
but you have to believe that.
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.09
As you are praying, you
should pray in such a way.
00:25:30.13\00:25:32.73
Yeah.
00:25:32.76\00:25:34.10
And it's conditional
if my people, if and then,
00:25:34.13\00:25:37.50
if my people
will humble themselves
00:25:37.53\00:25:39.30
and pray then I'll hear.
00:25:39.33\00:25:41.50
It's usually conditional.
00:25:41.54\00:25:43.20
A lot of things in the Bible
is if and then, if and then,
00:25:43.24\00:25:46.57
if you love Me,
keep My commandments.
00:25:46.61\00:25:48.51
If and then so that's how some--
00:25:48.54\00:25:51.61
that's how I
look at it some of--
00:25:51.65\00:25:53.08
Amen. That's good.
00:25:53.11\00:25:54.45
Because there are
conditions, right.
00:25:54.48\00:25:55.82
If we are thinking
about that with prayer,
00:25:55.85\00:25:57.19
I was thinking when
you mentioned that, Jay,
00:25:57.22\00:25:58.55
of the Bible
promise in 1 John 5,
00:25:58.59\00:26:00.86
if you have your
Bibles turn there.
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.22
Is that 14?
00:26:02.26\00:26:03.59
Fourteen, yep,
you got it, Pastor.
00:26:03.63\00:26:04.96
Are you already
there? I was just turning.
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.33
Where you there? I
want now Greg to read it.
00:26:06.36\00:26:07.70
As Jay was
mentioning I thought of that
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.26
in 1 John 5:14 now,
00:26:09.30\00:26:11.50
"This is the
confidence that we have in him,
00:26:11.53\00:26:13.70
that if we ask any
thing according to His will,
00:26:13.74\00:26:18.17
He hears us."
00:26:18.21\00:26:19.54
So that's what
you were saying, Jay,
00:26:19.57\00:26:20.91
it's asking in
accordance to His will.
00:26:20.94\00:26:23.24
To me when we
pray, surrender is key.
00:26:23.28\00:26:26.55
Yes. It's connected with prayer.
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.72
You know, we
can't just come and say,
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.59
"Okay, God I want
this or this or whatever,
00:26:30.62\00:26:33.09
but we need to surrender.
00:26:33.12\00:26:34.82
God, not my will, not
my way but what You want.
00:26:34.86\00:26:38.66
What is in
accordance with Your will.
00:26:38.69\00:26:40.03
And like you mentioned, Pastor,
00:26:40.06\00:26:41.40
when we open up God's
word, we learn what His will is.
00:26:41.43\00:26:43.77
That's right.
00:26:43.80\00:26:45.13
We learn what His will is
inherit in the Word of God.
00:26:45.17\00:26:46.53
And there's
people that are in sin,
00:26:46.57\00:26:48.27
all they have to
do is say three words,
00:26:48.30\00:26:50.71
"Lord, save me."
00:26:50.74\00:26:52.07
Yes.
00:26:52.11\00:26:53.44
It's that simple and
He will hear that prayer.
00:26:53.48\00:26:55.54
That's a very good point.
00:26:55.58\00:26:56.91
Lot of-- and the
thing that I like to add
00:26:56.95\00:26:59.11
to verse 15,
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.48
"If we know he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know",
00:27:00.52\00:27:05.39
we know, if you
notice that phrase,
00:27:05.42\00:27:07.12
we know, we know,
if we know He hears us,
00:27:07.16\00:27:10.13
we know that's call for petition
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.13
that we have asked of Him."
00:27:12.16\00:27:13.66
And so when you ask
according to God's will,
00:27:13.70\00:27:16.50
it's important-- you
began early by saying,
00:27:16.53\00:27:19.17
"Lord, I need a Mercedes."
00:27:19.20\00:27:21.67
Well, you know--
00:27:21.70\00:27:23.04
Which I really
don't need though.
00:27:23.07\00:27:24.41
Exactly. Thank you, Jesus.
00:27:24.44\00:27:25.97
But let me put that in context.
00:27:26.01\00:27:27.64
Say if you were
invited to an event
00:27:27.68\00:27:31.08
where your impression on
the people that are there
00:27:31.11\00:27:34.58
was important for
them to even listen to you.
00:27:34.62\00:27:36.48
You know, often times
we don't think of ourselves
00:27:36.52\00:27:38.75
and I want to
broaden the scope here,
00:27:38.79\00:27:40.16
we don't think of ourselves as
00:27:40.19\00:27:41.76
well, Ellen White points out
00:27:41.79\00:27:44.59
that pastors could
reach other pastors
00:27:44.63\00:27:48.00
and the wealthy
could reach the wealthy.
00:27:48.03\00:27:50.47
It's true.
00:27:50.50\00:27:51.83
And the affluent
could reach the affluent.
00:27:51.87\00:27:53.60
And when you look at the Bible,
00:27:53.64\00:27:54.97
there were very
many affluent men.
00:27:55.00\00:27:56.34
I mean, Abraham
look how much he owned.
00:27:56.37\00:27:57.71
They were wealthy.
00:27:57.74\00:27:59.07
Job, David, Solomon,
these were men of affluence
00:27:59.11\00:28:02.11
and wealth and
great possessions.
00:28:02.14\00:28:03.95
So if you drove
up to Solomon's house
00:28:03.98\00:28:07.22
in a broken down
car and you said,
00:28:07.25\00:28:10.22
"I have come to give
you wisdom from God."
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.02
He will say, "What God?"
00:28:12.05\00:28:16.22
And I only put
that in the context
00:28:16.26\00:28:18.06
because when we were in Africa
00:28:18.09\00:28:19.43
not too long ago with Maranatha,
00:28:19.46\00:28:22.46
one of the church
members had a prayer
00:28:22.50\00:28:23.83
that she has been
praying for like ten years
00:28:23.87\00:28:25.73
and in the community
they were meeting under a tree
00:28:25.77\00:28:29.20
with blue tarp and cardboard
00:28:29.24\00:28:31.67
and strings holding up the sides
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.78
and the people said,
00:28:33.81\00:28:35.51
"What kind of
God could you serve?
00:28:35.54\00:28:36.88
Look at the way
you are worshipping."
00:28:36.91\00:28:38.28
But when Maranatha went,
00:28:38.31\00:28:39.75
we built like
16 or 18 buildings.
00:28:39.78\00:28:42.08
People that were Adventist
00:28:42.12\00:28:44.05
not even connected to a church
00:28:44.09\00:28:45.75
or just in the
community and the officials
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.82
they all wanted to
identify with the God
00:28:47.86\00:28:50.93
who presented
Himself as successful.
00:28:50.96\00:28:54.10
So there maybe
some odd situation
00:28:54.13\00:28:56.36
where you are in the
presence of dignitaries
00:28:56.40\00:29:00.17
and God might say,
00:29:00.20\00:29:01.54
"Hey, I'll let you rent them,
00:29:01.57\00:29:03.44
I'll get a Mercedes
to take you there today
00:29:03.47\00:29:05.74
so you be received that way."
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.11
Not necessarily buy
you one or give you one
00:29:07.14\00:29:09.44
but He might
say, "You know what,
00:29:09.48\00:29:10.81
you don't need to drive up
00:29:10.85\00:29:12.18
to the White
House in a whatever."
00:29:12.21\00:29:14.15
I don't want to
label any car manufacturers
00:29:14.18\00:29:15.55
as it is sufficient.
00:29:15.58\00:29:16.92
But for this occasion
00:29:16.95\00:29:18.29
everybody is pulling
up in a car that speaks.
00:29:18.32\00:29:20.29
I need to let people
know My child is connected
00:29:20.32\00:29:24.69
to even higher
royalty than anybody on earth.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.80
So once in a while
we will slip through,
00:29:26.83\00:29:29.40
but only in
harmony with God's will.
00:29:29.43\00:29:30.83
That's the key. That is the key.
00:29:30.87\00:29:34.54
Yeah, so what do
you, guys, then think
00:29:34.57\00:29:36.50
as far as you
talking the conditions?
00:29:36.54\00:29:37.97
I don't want to be like
the devil's advocate here.
00:29:38.01\00:29:39.74
So you're talking
conditions on prayer.
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.58
So I think about
someone at home may feel,
00:29:41.61\00:29:47.58
okay, you know, I'm a
sinner, I'm a terrible person.
00:29:47.62\00:29:50.09
Those conditions of prayer,
00:29:50.12\00:29:52.82
God will only hear me
if I do certain things
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.69
so what's the
use of even trying.
00:29:54.72\00:29:56.93
You know, I-- you know,
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.29
God doesn't even hear
the Bible talks about.
00:29:58.33\00:29:59.89
You know, there are
certain conditions to prayer
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.73
to God hearing us.
00:30:01.76\00:30:03.26
So like I think about
the thief on the cross.
00:30:03.30\00:30:07.70
It's a good one.
00:30:07.74\00:30:09.07
God heard his prayer.
00:30:09.10\00:30:10.44
Yes, He did.
00:30:10.47\00:30:11.81
And, Angie, as you mentioned
earlier those three words.
00:30:11.84\00:30:14.38
Lord, save me. Lord, help me.
00:30:14.41\00:30:17.15
What was that sermon
you had God's three points?
00:30:17.18\00:30:19.91
Three point plan for
international security.
00:30:19.95\00:30:25.25
And what was it?
00:30:25.29\00:30:26.62
Lord, save me.
The three point plan.
00:30:26.65\00:30:29.09
Lord, who does
it. Me who needs it.
00:30:29.12\00:30:31.69
Save what I need.
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.06
Yeah.
00:30:33.09\00:30:34.43
Because there are
conditions to prayer, right.
00:30:34.46\00:30:35.80
We'll agree there are
conditions to our prayers
00:30:35.83\00:30:37.53
being answered
and heard, all right.
00:30:37.57\00:30:39.70
But does God
always hear a prayer?
00:30:39.73\00:30:42.87
Amen. Yes, He will.
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.24
Well, we're all
sinners. He hears.
00:30:44.27\00:30:46.07
He always hears but
there isn't always respond.
00:30:46.11\00:30:48.61
I was thinking of the publican.
00:30:48.64\00:30:50.25
Just kind of throwing this out
here, just a little discussion.
00:30:50.28\00:30:52.21
And the Pharisee
and the tax collector.
00:30:52.25\00:30:53.82
Remember that story? Yes.
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.18
That was in what Luke 18
and I think about that story
00:30:55.22\00:30:58.79
and the Pharisee was
like the goody two shoes.
00:30:58.82\00:31:01.09
You know, he is
the religious leader.
00:31:01.12\00:31:02.72
He had it all together.
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.69
He thought he was
in one accord with God.
00:31:04.73\00:31:07.63
You know, he was
really connected with God.
00:31:07.66\00:31:10.17
And so he comes
to God and he says,
00:31:10.20\00:31:12.20
"God, I thank You.
I'm not like other men.
00:31:12.23\00:31:15.44
I'm not like other men.
00:31:15.47\00:31:16.81
I'm doing well and I
have it all together."
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.11
But the tax collector
00:31:19.14\00:31:20.48
what we would look
at in today's society
00:31:20.51\00:31:22.28
what would that be like?
00:31:22.31\00:31:23.65
Someone-- Okay. IRS agent.
00:31:23.68\00:31:26.21
Yeah.
00:31:26.25\00:31:27.58
No offense if
you're an IRS agent.
00:31:27.62\00:31:31.42
So he came before God,
but he realized his need.
00:31:31.45\00:31:33.56
Yes, he did.
00:31:33.59\00:31:34.92
And he said, "God, be
merciful to me, a sinner."
00:31:34.96\00:31:38.69
The Bible says, he
didn't even raised up his head,
00:31:38.73\00:31:40.80
right, for heaven.
00:31:40.83\00:31:42.16
He just kept it down.
00:31:42.20\00:31:43.53
"Be merciful to me."
So to me that gives hope.
00:31:43.57\00:31:46.17
If you say, "God, I'm a sinner.
00:31:46.20\00:31:48.67
God, I want to be saved.
00:31:48.70\00:31:51.47
I want to be forgiven.
00:31:51.51\00:31:52.87
I want to pray
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.24
but I don't know
if you can hear me."
00:31:54.28\00:31:56.51
God will always hear
a genuine cry for help.
00:31:56.54\00:32:01.25
He will hear and He will answer.
00:32:01.28\00:32:03.59
So whatever you are
dealing with tonight,
00:32:03.62\00:32:05.49
I don't know what
you are going through,
00:32:05.52\00:32:06.86
what you're
dealing with but God says,
00:32:06.89\00:32:08.46
"Just come before me
and say, Lord, save me.
00:32:08.49\00:32:11.63
Be merciful to me a sinner."
00:32:11.66\00:32:13.09
And God always
hears that type of prayer.
00:32:13.13\00:32:15.03
Yeah, absolutely.
00:32:15.06\00:32:16.40
Because I believe
like as what pastor saying
00:32:16.43\00:32:17.77
what you are saying too.
00:32:17.80\00:32:19.13
God hears every prayer.
00:32:19.17\00:32:20.50
He hears every cry but He does--
00:32:20.54\00:32:22.30
But there is a condition.
00:32:22.34\00:32:23.67
There is a huge condition.
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.04
So yeah, expound
upon that, Pastor?
00:32:25.07\00:32:26.41
Proverbs 28:9 and I want to
put that because sometimes--
00:32:26.44\00:32:29.14
Proverbs 28:9. Okay.
00:32:29.18\00:32:30.78
Sometimes people might
wonder about the roadblocks.
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.35
Yeah. Good ahead, okay.
00:32:33.38\00:32:34.75
There are roadblocks to prayer,
00:32:34.78\00:32:36.12
not prayers not being answered.
00:32:36.15\00:32:38.02
I like that roadblocks.
00:32:38.05\00:32:39.39
Let's just put that in
the context of a child.
00:32:39.42\00:32:40.76
How many parents
would listen to everything
00:32:40.79\00:32:42.12
their child asks for?
00:32:42.16\00:32:43.83
But when the child is
obedient a parent would say,
00:32:43.86\00:32:47.26
"You know what, I
trust him, I trust her.
00:32:47.30\00:32:50.27
I know that I could
give this to him or her
00:32:50.30\00:32:52.17
without even concerning myself."
00:32:52.20\00:32:54.10
But if you have an
obstinate, disobedient,
00:32:54.14\00:32:57.04
recalcitrant child
that just doesn't care
00:32:57.07\00:32:59.61
what guidance the parent
gives and they come and say,
00:32:59.64\00:33:03.18
"I need the car keys."
00:33:03.21\00:33:05.98
Well, I know what
they say in my home.
00:33:06.01\00:33:07.88
Jay, you haven't
been reading many verses
00:33:07.92\00:33:09.92
but read this one Proverbs 28:9.
00:33:09.95\00:33:11.79
28:9, "He that
turneth away his ear
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.89
from hearing the law,
00:33:14.92\00:33:16.26
even his prayer
shall be abomination."
00:33:16.29\00:33:18.86
Wow, even his prayer--
and there is a quotation here,
00:33:18.89\00:33:20.76
I want Angie to read
from Christ Object Lessons
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.86
in reference to that verse.
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.23
Yeah, page 143 says,
00:33:24.27\00:33:26.23
"Those who bring
their petitions to God,
00:33:26.27\00:33:29.34
claiming His promise
while they do not comply
00:33:29.37\00:33:33.44
with the
conditions, insult Jehovah.
00:33:33.48\00:33:37.35
They bring the name of Christ
00:33:37.38\00:33:39.61
as their authority
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.72
for the
fulfillment of the promise,
00:33:41.75\00:33:44.45
but they do not those things
00:33:44.49\00:33:46.76
that would show faith in
Christ and love for Him."
00:33:46.79\00:33:53.73
So they say, "I don't love you,
00:33:53.76\00:33:55.66
I just want your stuff."
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.03
Yeah, right.
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.40
He says, "Wait a
minute, there are conditions."
00:33:58.43\00:33:59.93
So would we honor and
I'm gonna use the word,
00:33:59.97\00:34:04.01
turns his ears
from hearing the law,
00:34:04.04\00:34:05.91
it's like going over to London
00:34:05.94\00:34:08.14
and driving like I'm in America.
00:34:08.18\00:34:09.98
Oh. Yeah.
00:34:10.01\00:34:11.35
They are not gonna ride--
00:34:11.38\00:34:12.75
I need a right hand--
00:34:12.78\00:34:14.25
I need a left
hand steering wheel.
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.69
We only have right
hand steering wheel.
00:34:16.72\00:34:18.05
Well, I need a left
hand steering wheel.
00:34:18.09\00:34:20.09
Oh, sir, we'll
not rent you any cars
00:34:20.12\00:34:21.96
because you don't abide
by the laws of our country.
00:34:21.99\00:34:24.99
God does have
requirements and it's not,
00:34:25.03\00:34:29.30
it's not to make
our lives difficult.
00:34:29.33\00:34:31.03
But how many of us who
want somebody around us
00:34:31.07\00:34:33.20
that determines to do
everything opposite to the law
00:34:33.23\00:34:36.27
and then all they want us to do
00:34:36.30\00:34:38.17
is comply with their
wishes and their requests.
00:34:38.21\00:34:40.78
So the Lord says,
if you turn your ear
00:34:40.81\00:34:42.78
from hearing My
law, your prayers
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.65
and I don't want to
use the word abominations,
00:34:44.68\00:34:46.15
your prayers
are irritating to Me
00:34:46.18\00:34:48.38
because you
don't want to hear Me.
00:34:48.42\00:34:49.82
And one of the
conditions if we want--
00:34:49.85\00:34:51.85
one writer says "If
you want God to hear you
00:34:51.89\00:34:54.62
when you pray, let's
hear Him when He speaks."
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.43
Amen.
00:34:57.46\00:34:58.79
Because you said, Pastor,
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.16
that He is
speaking to us all the time.
00:35:00.20\00:35:01.53
All the time.
00:35:01.56\00:35:02.90
Yeah, and unfortunately
I don't always tune in,
00:35:02.93\00:35:04.27
you know, to when
God is talking to me.
00:35:04.30\00:35:05.67
A very good point, tuning in.
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.87
Fantastic.
Amen. That's powerful.
00:35:07.90\00:35:10.14
Well, the other condition
00:35:10.17\00:35:11.94
I was just
thinking of is forgiveness.
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.01
Oh, men. It's huge.
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.38
You think about that in John.
00:35:16.41\00:35:17.98
What does that say?
Jesus says, if you forgive--
00:35:18.01\00:35:20.12
I think it's
John, let me look here.
00:35:20.15\00:35:21.48
Okay.
00:35:21.52\00:35:22.85
John, I'm looking
at another text here.
00:35:22.88\00:35:24.59
You're looking at another one.
00:35:24.62\00:35:26.55
John--
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.39
Matthew 6, I'm sorry Matthew 6.
00:35:29.42\00:35:32.19
Okay.
00:35:32.23\00:35:33.56
It's probably in
John 2 but Matthew 6.
00:35:33.60\00:35:36.73
Let's see here.
00:35:36.77\00:35:38.10
Matthew 6:14, 15.
00:35:38.13\00:35:43.64
Yeah.
00:35:43.67\00:35:45.07
"If you forgive
men their trespasses,
00:35:45.11\00:35:47.31
your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.
00:35:47.34\00:35:50.55
But if you do not forgive men
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.21
their trespasses," or their sins
00:35:52.25\00:35:53.62
"neither will your
Father forgive your sins."
00:35:53.65\00:35:56.99
That's a pretty
serious condition.
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.82
But sometimes it's like
00:35:58.85\00:36:00.19
I want to hang
on to that a while.
00:36:00.22\00:36:01.56
Hang in. Yeah.
00:36:01.59\00:36:02.92
I want to feel
that that bitterness
00:36:02.96\00:36:04.29
or that-- whatever that--
00:36:04.33\00:36:05.66
you know, Jay
really wronged me over here
00:36:05.69\00:36:07.56
and he really didn't but--
00:36:07.60\00:36:10.07
That's just kind
of put me on the spot.
00:36:10.10\00:36:13.13
Jay didn't, Jay is a great guy.
00:36:13.17\00:36:15.30
He is a man of God but,
you know, you could say,
00:36:15.34\00:36:17.01
"Somebody did
that and they hurt me
00:36:17.04\00:36:19.71
and then I don't
want to forgive them."
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.08
But then God says,
"How can I forgive you?"
00:36:21.11\00:36:24.01
It's powerful. Yeah.
00:36:24.05\00:36:25.88
Also in the realm of service,
00:36:25.91\00:36:28.82
sometimes we are more
content and I talked about this.
00:36:28.85\00:36:31.29
My wife and I have
all kinds of conversations
00:36:31.32\00:36:33.42
and one of the ones
that we talked about
00:36:33.46\00:36:36.02
was sometimes serving the Lord.
00:36:36.06\00:36:38.36
Sometimes we're more
focused on serving God
00:36:38.39\00:36:42.06
than living in the right
relationship with others.
00:36:42.10\00:36:46.13
That's good.
00:36:46.17\00:36:47.50
So we will say, "Look,
if you make it to heaven
00:36:47.54\00:36:51.27
we will be friends,
00:36:51.31\00:36:52.64
but until then, I
don't need to bother,
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.04
you don't bother
me, I don't bother you.
00:36:54.08\00:36:55.74
You go that
aisle, I go this aisle.
00:36:55.78\00:36:57.85
Happy Sabbath
but don't bother me.
00:36:57.88\00:36:59.51
Yeah.
00:36:59.55\00:37:00.88
You know, in the Christian
life there are some people
00:37:00.92\00:37:02.82
with this attitude that
they don't want to reconcile
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.29
as you mentioned.
00:37:05.32\00:37:06.65
But Matthew 5:23,
24 someone read that.
00:37:06.69\00:37:09.36
I don't want to--
but this to me says,
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.69
the Lord says, "Okay, there
are conditions to service."
00:37:11.73\00:37:15.80
And these
conditions to service means,
00:37:15.83\00:37:18.63
"Okay, you are great
preacher, you are great singer,
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.84
you have a lot of good gifts,
00:37:20.87\00:37:22.60
but hey, before you could
make your gift acceptable to me,
00:37:22.64\00:37:26.11
you need to go fix things
with you and your brother."
00:37:26.14\00:37:28.18
Who has that? Who
want to read that?
00:37:28.21\00:37:29.54
That's a powerful text.
00:37:29.58\00:37:30.91
"Therefore if thou
bring thy gift to the altar,
00:37:30.95\00:37:33.48
and there rememberest
00:37:33.52\00:37:35.08
that thy brother
hath ought against thee,
00:37:35.12\00:37:38.62
leave there thy
gift before the altar,
00:37:38.65\00:37:40.66
and go thy way,
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.02
first be
reconciled to thy brother,
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.83
and then come
and offer thy gift."
00:37:43.86\00:37:46.26
That gift maybe music. Yeah.
00:37:46.29\00:37:48.06
It maybe service of some kind.
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.17
It maybe a great
talent or great gift.
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.47
The Lord says, "You
got to fix these things."
00:37:52.50\00:37:54.47
Because, you know, sometimes
in the very congregation
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.30
that we were
ministering that's why,
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.24
praise the Lord,
it's not true here.
00:37:58.27\00:37:59.61
Our communion
services are very full
00:37:59.64\00:38:01.54
except when we're on the
road and it comes at night time.
00:38:01.58\00:38:03.75
But our communion
service is very well attended.
00:38:03.78\00:38:05.38
Well attended.
00:38:05.41\00:38:06.75
But what used to happen
in New York when communion?
00:38:06.78\00:38:08.72
Everybody would run
to different churches
00:38:08.75\00:38:11.05
when communion growing up.
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.15
The attendance would shrink.
00:38:13.19\00:38:14.59
Oh, yeah, it
happened all the time
00:38:14.62\00:38:16.56
and they would just
go to another church.
00:38:16.59\00:38:18.63
They didn't have communion.
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.00
Because they
don't want to do this.
00:38:20.03\00:38:21.36
They don't want
to get things right--
00:38:21.40\00:38:22.73
They don't want to reconcile.
They don't want to reconcile.
00:38:22.76\00:38:24.27
So they figured,
if I don't hear it
00:38:24.30\00:38:26.03
I'm not washing you by the feet.
00:38:26.07\00:38:27.54
I'm not asking for no prep--
00:38:27.57\00:38:29.10
you know, we say
prepare your heart
00:38:29.14\00:38:30.47
communion next Sabbath.
00:38:30.51\00:38:31.84
We have a wonderful time here
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.21
but this is
very important thing.
00:38:33.24\00:38:34.58
So don't be more
focused on just doing God's work
00:38:34.61\00:38:38.61
and broken relationships.
00:38:38.65\00:38:40.02
That's another condition
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.38
I think of God answering prayer.
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
Fix things between
you and your brother
00:38:42.78\00:38:44.29
and I can bless you.
00:38:44.32\00:38:45.65
And also be honest in prayer.
00:38:45.69\00:38:47.22
I mean, God already knows
00:38:47.26\00:38:48.79
that you're really
not pulling anybody.
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.93
No, that's right.
00:38:50.96\00:38:52.29
You know, you have
to be honest in prayer.
00:38:52.33\00:38:54.56
If you are upset,
if there is something
00:38:54.60\00:38:55.93
that you are struggling with
00:38:55.96\00:38:58.73
or you are
upset, take it to God.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.90
But, man, don't fake it.
00:39:00.94\00:39:03.91
You know, let Him know.
00:39:03.94\00:39:05.27
You know, I'm upset, I don't
just doing it respectful way.
00:39:05.31\00:39:08.24
You know, I don't want to--
00:39:08.28\00:39:10.31
I remember as a kid,
00:39:10.35\00:39:11.68
you know, every
now and then you would,
00:39:11.71\00:39:13.55
we get a spanking
if you got out of line.
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.38
I don't want to God's spanking.
00:39:15.42\00:39:17.12
So you want to be respectful.
00:39:17.15\00:39:19.85
You want to be
respectful when you are praying
00:39:19.89\00:39:21.86
but, you know,
be honest with God.
00:39:21.89\00:39:25.53
If you are
struggling with something,
00:39:25.56\00:39:26.90
be honest with Him
and tell Him you need help
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.23
if, I mean, if
anything take it to the Lord.
00:39:29.26\00:39:31.80
He is your friend.
And you said confess.
00:39:31.83\00:39:34.20
Some people confess to a priest.
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.37
Yeah. Yes.
00:39:36.40\00:39:37.74
But it's
important to confess to God,
00:39:37.77\00:39:41.01
not to a priest.
00:39:41.04\00:39:42.38
They can't forgive you
of your sins, only God can.
00:39:42.41\00:39:46.21
Only if I'm wronged you,
00:39:46.25\00:39:47.98
should I
confess my fault to you.
00:39:48.02\00:39:49.95
But in the sense
of mediatory work
00:39:49.98\00:39:51.95
I know that's what
Angie is talking about.
00:39:51.99\00:39:53.32
That's exactly
what I'm talking about.
00:39:53.36\00:39:54.69
No man comes to the
Father except through Jesus.
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.23
Jay, when you
mentioned don't fake it
00:39:57.26\00:39:58.66
there's a saying I have these--
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.43
my mind is too fast sometimes
00:40:00.46\00:40:02.03
but I write
down cribs and quotes
00:40:02.06\00:40:03.40
and I just came up with it.
00:40:03.43\00:40:04.77
Crib and quote
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.23
"Don't fake it to
the Lord in prayer,
00:40:06.27\00:40:08.77
take it to the Lord in prayer."
00:40:08.80\00:40:10.14
Amen. Yeah.
00:40:10.17\00:40:11.51
I'm gonna write that down,
00:40:11.54\00:40:12.87
I remember that in a
sermon at some place but...
00:40:12.91\00:40:14.24
Yeah, you know,
00:40:14.28\00:40:15.61
because the Lord
doesn't expect us to be perfect
00:40:15.64\00:40:17.75
for us to come to Him.
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.81
Like you were saying,
Jay, now just be real with God
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.02
and say, "You know what, God,
I have odd against my brother.
00:40:22.05\00:40:24.79
I'm mad, I'm upset
but, Jesus, please help me."
00:40:24.82\00:40:28.62
Like you said,
Angie, those words
00:40:28.66\00:40:29.99
"Lord, help me.
00:40:30.03\00:40:31.36
Help me to overcome this
issue with my brother or sister
00:40:31.39\00:40:34.20
or any issue that
you have in your life."
00:40:34.23\00:40:35.83
Because sometimes people
say, "I just can't go to God
00:40:35.86\00:40:37.60
because I'm just not
right so that's the way it is."
00:40:37.63\00:40:40.30
And that's what the
devil wants you to think
00:40:40.34\00:40:41.87
because you
will be lost forever.
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.34
If you would wait
until you get perfect,
00:40:43.37\00:40:46.91
you'll never,
you're not gonna get there.
00:40:46.94\00:40:48.98
So...
00:40:49.01\00:40:50.35
Yeah, so that's
what devil wants to do
00:40:50.38\00:40:51.71
to keep us from
communion with God.
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.31
Absolutely, just go
to God, be real with Him
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.28
and just tell him how you feel
00:40:55.32\00:40:56.95
and how you want to do
better but through strength.
00:40:56.99\00:40:58.69
I remember in
church, there was a pastor
00:40:58.72\00:41:01.72
who preached a sermon
and he was talking about
00:41:01.76\00:41:04.73
how sometimes you
stray away from God.
00:41:04.76\00:41:07.36
You're going the
opposite direction
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.20
and it's a gradual process.
00:41:09.23\00:41:11.53
So you start sending here.
00:41:11.57\00:41:13.50
You start compromising
here, here, here, here
00:41:13.54\00:41:16.47
and by the time you know
it, by the time you look up
00:41:16.50\00:41:19.34
you are, you
know, this far from God
00:41:19.37\00:41:22.21
and the devil
makes you think like,
00:41:22.24\00:41:24.11
oh, you're not good.
00:41:24.15\00:41:26.01
God doesn't want you
00:41:26.05\00:41:27.95
and it's too late
for you to turn back.
00:41:27.98\00:41:30.29
But that's not the case.
He wants us to come back.
00:41:30.32\00:41:33.15
So that's when--
00:41:33.19\00:41:34.66
I mean, that's when you should
00:41:34.69\00:41:36.02
definitely be on
your knees in prayer.
00:41:36.06\00:41:37.96
Amen.
00:41:37.99\00:41:39.33
You know, talking
on the topic of prayer,
00:41:39.36\00:41:40.83
what has prayer meant
in your lives personally?
00:41:40.86\00:41:43.87
Going actually
to a personal level?
00:41:43.90\00:41:45.67
I know, time is
quickly slipping away
00:41:45.70\00:41:47.34
but does anyone have anything
00:41:47.37\00:41:48.70
what prayer is
meant personally to you?
00:41:48.74\00:41:50.47
The way prayer has impacted
you or changed your life or?
00:41:50.51\00:41:54.01
Well, we have tons of stories.
You want to go first up?
00:41:54.04\00:41:56.88
You go ahead.
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.71
You know, when we
have faced and I think
00:41:58.75\00:42:01.48
that one of the reasons
why the Lord allows storms
00:42:01.52\00:42:04.19
to come our way is to remind us
00:42:04.22\00:42:06.86
that only with Him
can we handle the storms.
00:42:06.89\00:42:10.26
Yeah.
00:42:10.29\00:42:11.63
There's so many stories
in the Bible where the Lord
00:42:11.66\00:42:13.16
could have
prevented the circumstances
00:42:13.19\00:42:15.03
that confront His people,
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.23
some of the popular
ones or the commons ones.
00:42:17.27\00:42:20.30
You know, Joseph
being sold by his brothers,
00:42:20.34\00:42:25.61
all he went through
00:42:25.64\00:42:26.98
and the devil wanted
to crush him but God--
00:42:27.01\00:42:29.01
it took him many years
to reconcile the situation,
00:42:29.04\00:42:31.35
but it came out for
the good of his family.
00:42:31.38\00:42:34.15
The Hebrews, Daniel,
the list goes on and on.
00:42:34.18\00:42:36.62
When Daniel prayed
00:42:36.65\00:42:37.99
and the devil
prevented him 21 days
00:42:38.02\00:42:41.36
and the Lord
came in a mighty way
00:42:41.39\00:42:44.09
through His angel
and just broke that bond.
00:42:44.13\00:42:46.03
But I believe that
00:42:46.06\00:42:48.03
and I've seen
prayer in our lives,
00:42:48.06\00:42:49.60
when we were at that
wall, I use that word wall.
00:42:49.63\00:42:53.23
When you are at that
wall-- let me use another word,
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.20
when you are at
that intersection
00:42:55.24\00:42:57.24
and the human
side of you is saying,
00:42:57.27\00:43:00.71
"You don't need this.
00:43:00.74\00:43:02.44
You don't deserve this.
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.65
And you were right
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.01
and you just do not
need to be apologized.
00:43:06.05\00:43:07.78
Hold your ground,
00:43:07.82\00:43:10.25
they need to fix this."
00:43:10.29\00:43:11.65
That's the human
side and the Lord says,
00:43:11.69\00:43:15.76
"Sometimes you got
to be pruned to grow.
00:43:15.79\00:43:18.06
Yeah, true.
00:43:18.09\00:43:19.43
Sometimes you got to
be humble to be exalted.
00:43:19.46\00:43:22.23
Sometimes you have to say,
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.93
you are sorry to
win the relationship
00:43:23.97\00:43:25.57
and not the argument.
00:43:25.60\00:43:26.94
So I've learned, okay, Lord--
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.30
Even in relationships.
00:43:28.34\00:43:29.67
Even in relationships.
00:43:29.70\00:43:31.14
We learn sometimes to say,
00:43:31.17\00:43:32.51
I apologize not because
you are 100 percent wrong
00:43:32.54\00:43:35.94
but I've learned as a pastor,
00:43:35.98\00:43:37.31
if somebody comes
to me to complain about
00:43:37.35\00:43:39.58
something I've done,
although it's a balloon popper,
00:43:39.61\00:43:44.09
I had to have done something
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.49
that it make me
even think that way.
00:43:45.52\00:43:47.59
Now I don't want to hurt you.
00:43:47.62\00:43:49.79
You know, you are
special to the Lord.
00:43:49.82\00:43:51.99
So the Lord has
taught me through prayer,
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.66
it's better to win relationships
00:43:54.70\00:43:57.50
than win arguments.
00:43:57.53\00:43:58.87
That's powerful. Amen.
00:43:58.90\00:44:00.24
When the person,
00:44:00.27\00:44:01.60
don't try to win the
argument 'cause you lose--
00:44:01.64\00:44:02.97
You lose person.
00:44:03.00\00:44:04.34
You might win the
argument but the person is shot.
00:44:04.37\00:44:06.21
And don't forget
what you did to me.
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.58
You know, can I put
you on the spot, Jill?
00:44:07.61\00:44:08.94
Yeah.
00:44:08.98\00:44:10.65
On epiphany to me one day
was when Jill here at 3ABN,
00:44:10.68\00:44:14.28
we don't think Jill
and Greg have any problems.
00:44:14.32\00:44:16.89
Well, she popped our
balloon one day and she said,
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.52
"You know, this week
the Lord and I struggled
00:44:18.55\00:44:21.79
because it was somebody I just,
00:44:21.82\00:44:23.66
oh, struggling with
forgiving somebody this week
00:44:23.69\00:44:25.89
and the Lord struggled with me
a week and I got the victory."
00:44:25.93\00:44:30.97
Jill, and bother, guessed right.
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.07
Oh, yeah.
00:44:33.10\00:44:34.77
So they are just like us
00:44:34.80\00:44:36.67
and we hold you
guys in high regard,
00:44:36.71\00:44:39.87
you know, but not
that everyone of us--
00:44:39.91\00:44:42.41
some of us New
Yorkers are more vocal and,
00:44:42.44\00:44:44.08
you know, we kind of
live our lives publicly.
00:44:44.11\00:44:46.18
But those of you who
are more quiet and calm,
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.68
you still go
through the very same thing.
00:44:49.72\00:44:51.22
We are all in
mixes but some of us
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.22
and I thought, "Wow,
so, Jill, you struggle too?"
00:44:53.25\00:44:55.99
Yes, I struggle too,
and you got the victory.
00:44:56.02\00:44:58.19
It's all of us. And praise God
00:44:58.23\00:44:59.56
He wants to work in
us. He wants to work in us.
00:44:59.59\00:45:00.93
What about you,
Jay, anyway that prayer
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.80
has made an impact in your life?
00:45:02.83\00:45:04.17
Man, there are several ways.
00:45:04.20\00:45:05.53
I had been praying for a
godly woman for along time.
00:45:05.57\00:45:08.50
My mother has
been praying for me.
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.27
Then there has been people here
00:45:10.31\00:45:11.64
that have been praying for me.
00:45:11.67\00:45:13.34
And then God placed
00:45:13.38\00:45:14.84
Stephanie Nazzarella in my life.
00:45:14.88\00:45:17.45
I mean, we have
worship every night.
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.98
We pray together.
00:45:19.01\00:45:20.95
You know, we talk all the time
00:45:20.98\00:45:22.32
like how you guys 'cause
we were long distance too.
00:45:22.35\00:45:23.89
Yeah, you were.
00:45:23.92\00:45:25.25
But we talk all
the time and all that.
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.06
There has been times
where I've almost been taken out
00:45:27.09\00:45:32.06
due to, you know,
complication like surgery
00:45:32.09\00:45:34.46
my appendix
rupturing inside of me.
00:45:34.50\00:45:35.83
You mean, take it
out as losing your life?
00:45:35.86\00:45:37.20
Yes.
00:45:37.23\00:45:38.57
And being misdiagnosed with that
00:45:38.60\00:45:40.87
and then, you
know, I had Pastor Byrd
00:45:40.90\00:45:43.24
came and prayed
with me in the hospital
00:45:43.27\00:45:45.94
and I prayed as well.
00:45:45.97\00:45:48.21
And so God spared me through
that and on the ministry side,
00:45:48.24\00:45:51.91
when I got into ministry,
00:45:51.95\00:45:53.28
I had two other
surgeries, you know.
00:45:53.31\00:45:56.55
So prayer has been key.
00:45:56.58\00:46:00.66
You know, I think
about your mother's prayers
00:46:00.69\00:46:02.76
for you for many years,
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.19
you know, and how the Lord
has worked in your life, Jason,
00:46:04.23\00:46:07.13
it's truly neat to see.
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.46
Amen, that sure is. Yeah.
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.43
You have personal
testimony to share?
00:46:11.47\00:46:13.97
Well, you know,
something that just hit me
00:46:14.00\00:46:15.50
recently was that
this bird flu in our garage
00:46:15.54\00:46:19.17
and so I was in my garage
and our garage doesn't have--
00:46:19.21\00:46:22.98
I mean, it has a roof
00:46:23.01\00:46:24.35
but it's open all
up through the rafter.
00:46:24.38\00:46:25.78
So this bird was
flying up in the rafter.
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.15
So here I was in the garage,
00:46:27.18\00:46:29.75
chasing this bird
around inside the garage,
00:46:29.78\00:46:31.32
it would not fly
out the garage door.
00:46:31.35\00:46:33.02
It just kept
flying up, you know,
00:46:33.05\00:46:34.49
stay stuck up in the roof.
00:46:34.52\00:46:37.09
And so I spent
quite a bit of time
00:46:37.13\00:46:38.93
trying to chase this,
00:46:38.96\00:46:40.30
I won't say crazy
bird but I mean, so anyway,
00:46:40.33\00:46:42.96
I did that and do
you know I was there.
00:46:43.00\00:46:45.20
I was getting
tired and I just like
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.07
now I stand on the garage floor
00:46:47.10\00:46:48.44
but it's like this bird is
not gonna go out of this door.
00:46:48.47\00:46:51.27
And the crazy thing, it's
not crazy came in my mind,
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.64
you know, you should pray
this bird will go out this door.
00:46:53.68\00:46:56.34
And do you know,
00:46:56.38\00:46:57.71
I prayed so
this is kind of weird
00:46:57.75\00:46:59.35
but "Lord, please help this
bird to fly out the garage."
00:46:59.38\00:47:01.45
And do you know,
within a few seconds
00:47:01.48\00:47:03.62
that bird went right
out through the door.
00:47:03.65\00:47:07.72
It was a rebuke to me.
00:47:07.76\00:47:09.16
You know, why it was
rebuke to me because I was like,
00:47:09.19\00:47:10.83
you know, God, here
I was chasing this bird
00:47:10.86\00:47:12.39
a small little
thing all over this garage
00:47:12.43\00:47:15.40
and in life there's all kinds
of things that distracting.
00:47:15.43\00:47:18.20
I'm busy doing
this, busy doing that
00:47:18.23\00:47:20.37
and God says, you know,
all you got to do is just pray.
00:47:20.40\00:47:22.34
It's a simple little thing.
00:47:22.37\00:47:23.71
Just pray and He
will take care of it.
00:47:23.74\00:47:25.11
So for me for this
bird, I mean, the Lord see
00:47:25.14\00:47:27.01
the sparrows are
falling to the ground
00:47:27.04\00:47:28.38
but it just rebuked to me that,
00:47:28.41\00:47:29.74
Greg, you need to take
everything to God in prayer.
00:47:29.78\00:47:32.31
Like you were saying, Jay,
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.05
happy, sad, joy
whatever it is problems, issues.
00:47:34.08\00:47:37.29
Have you, guys, ever prayed?
00:47:37.32\00:47:39.05
Like have you
ever lost something
00:47:39.09\00:47:41.76
you've looked everywhere for it
00:47:41.79\00:47:43.66
and then you prayed for it
for God to help you find it
00:47:43.69\00:47:47.33
and then all of a
sudden it pops up?
00:47:47.36\00:47:49.06
I have. You find
it after you prayed.
00:47:49.10\00:47:50.93
I've had that happen and
I've also before I prayed
00:47:50.97\00:47:55.57
and I haven't found it either.
00:47:55.60\00:47:57.01
You know, and these
are one of those things
00:47:57.04\00:47:58.37
where, you know, I don't know
00:47:58.41\00:47:59.74
you pray for
God's will to be done
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
and I don't know if it's trust.
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.48
The Lord knew
you need a new one.
00:48:02.51\00:48:03.85
Maybe that was it.
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.21
I don't know but I have had hope
00:48:05.25\00:48:06.58
where I prayed and I
found it immediately after that.
00:48:06.61\00:48:08.28
Amen. It happened.
00:48:08.32\00:48:09.65
That happened to us. Really?
00:48:09.68\00:48:11.29
Yeah.
00:48:11.32\00:48:12.72
Matter of fact,
there are so many stories
00:48:12.75\00:48:15.82
I could tell I just
don't know which one to tell.
00:48:15.86\00:48:17.96
There are so many. But I know--
00:48:17.99\00:48:19.53
Any one will be
a blessing. Yeah.
00:48:19.56\00:48:21.23
I know in the night
the Lord wakes me up
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.77
usually around
three in the morning
00:48:23.80\00:48:25.53
and I start praying.
00:48:25.57\00:48:26.90
Especially Friday nights
before he has his sermon.
00:48:26.94\00:48:29.90
I wake up and I'll
just pray over him.
00:48:29.94\00:48:32.71
Sometimes I put my hand on him
00:48:32.74\00:48:34.24
he doesn't even
know and I start praying
00:48:34.28\00:48:36.34
for the Lord to
bless him, to guide him.
00:48:36.38\00:48:38.81
And as a wife this is something
00:48:38.85\00:48:40.72
I do every day is
pray for my husband.
00:48:40.75\00:48:42.45
Amen.
00:48:42.48\00:48:43.82
Actually pray for him every day.
00:48:43.85\00:48:45.32
I'm humbled by that.
00:48:45.35\00:48:46.69
Oh, yeah. And it's
important to do that.
00:48:46.72\00:48:48.92
And one particular time--
00:48:48.96\00:48:52.09
speaking of cars, I
needed a car so badly.
00:48:52.13\00:48:55.90
We only had one vehicle
00:48:55.93\00:48:58.27
and make a very
long story short.
00:48:58.30\00:49:01.24
We went to the car
dealership on a Sunday and--
00:49:01.27\00:49:04.34
When they are closed.
00:49:04.37\00:49:05.71
When they were closed, yeah,
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.14
and I said, "John, we need a car
00:49:07.18\00:49:08.88
before General Conference 2005."
00:49:08.91\00:49:12.11
And we needed a SUV
00:49:12.15\00:49:14.65
and I-- I said, "Come
John let's go pray on it."
00:49:14.68\00:49:16.82
And I took our hand and
I put the hand on the car
00:49:16.85\00:49:19.69
and I put my hand on
his and I prayed and said,
00:49:19.72\00:49:21.59
"Lord, please give us this car.
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.73
We need it before
General Conference 2005."
00:49:23.76\00:49:28.70
And I said, "And Jesus"
00:49:28.73\00:49:30.50
I can't remember
exactly what I prayed.
00:49:30.53\00:49:33.34
I remember what you
said. What did I say?
00:49:33.37\00:49:35.10
You said, "Lord, I'm claiming
this car in Jesus' name.
00:49:35.14\00:49:39.71
I don't know how
we are gonna get it
00:49:39.74\00:49:42.14
but please, Lord, give it to us
00:49:42.18\00:49:43.98
before General Conference 2005."
00:49:44.01\00:49:47.18
And less than three weeks
later somebody we never met
00:49:47.22\00:49:51.52
gave us the
keys to that vehicle.
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.59
Brand new. Brand new.
00:49:53.62\00:49:54.96
The same color
everything we prayed over.
00:49:54.99\00:49:58.86
And we remembered
when we were on our way,
00:49:58.89\00:50:01.30
all of our family
came to visit with us
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.16
and it was an eight passenger.
00:50:03.20\00:50:04.87
Her brother, her
mother, her sister,
00:50:04.90\00:50:06.70
all of us are
loaded in that vehicle
00:50:06.74\00:50:08.34
and I look at her
in the driver seat
00:50:08.37\00:50:09.70
and this tears
coming in her eyes.
00:50:09.74\00:50:11.07
She said, "We're
on our way to GC 2005
00:50:11.11\00:50:13.68
and here we are in the
vehicle of a lady we never met."
00:50:13.71\00:50:16.44
And the unfortunate side of that
00:50:16.48\00:50:17.81
the lady passed
away a few months later
00:50:17.85\00:50:19.61
but she fulfilled her
obligations in a beautiful way
00:50:19.65\00:50:21.65
and it was all
because of by faith.
00:50:21.68\00:50:23.75
You know, God is not
the God of small things.
00:50:23.79\00:50:26.69
So pray.
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.06
And big things, speaking of
small things remember the pin?
00:50:28.09\00:50:30.43
Oh, yeah. Go quick.
00:50:30.46\00:50:32.39
You go ahead and tell it.
00:50:32.43\00:50:34.06
I was at PUC,
Pacific Union College praying
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.20
and I like my tie
to be pinned literally.
00:50:36.23\00:50:38.07
I don't buy
tiepins but I was praying
00:50:38.10\00:50:40.40
and we went into
girl's dorm and I said,
00:50:40.44\00:50:41.77
"Okay, Lord, I need a pin.
00:50:41.80\00:50:43.14
My tie is wagging, I
can't stand wagging ties
00:50:43.17\00:50:46.27
when I'm preaching.
00:50:46.31\00:50:47.64
Nobody could
find-- Oh, that's great.
00:50:47.68\00:50:49.01
Nobody could find
a-- And that's a secret.
00:50:49.04\00:50:50.71
No one could find a
pin in the girl's dorm
00:50:50.75\00:50:54.22
where we were staying.
00:50:54.25\00:50:56.08
Okay, Honey, this is
gonna be the first Sabbath
00:50:56.12\00:50:57.55
I'm preaching
with my tie wagging.
00:50:57.59\00:50:58.92
It's just uncomfortable.
00:50:58.95\00:51:00.29
We pull up to
the university church
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.16
there Pacific
Union College Church,
00:51:02.19\00:51:05.19
as I opened the door
00:51:05.23\00:51:06.56
on the ground
right by my driver's door
00:51:06.59\00:51:08.26
is an un-rusted safety pin.
00:51:08.30\00:51:09.96
Oh, that's
Jesus. Thank you, Lord.
00:51:10.00\00:51:12.53
It's neat, the little details.
00:51:12.57\00:51:13.90
And when they asked for prayer--
00:51:13.94\00:51:15.27
when they ask
for answered prayers
00:51:15.30\00:51:16.64
I said to one of the teachers
00:51:16.67\00:51:18.01
this kind of sounds weird
00:51:18.04\00:51:19.37
but let me tell
you what happened.
00:51:19.41\00:51:20.74
So even the
small things in life.
00:51:20.78\00:51:22.11
Isn't that a beautiful thing
00:51:22.14\00:51:23.48
I mean, God hears
the prayers for birds.
00:51:23.51\00:51:24.85
You know, it saves their lives.
00:51:24.88\00:51:26.21
God hears the
prayers, the needs for cars
00:51:26.25\00:51:28.58
and for tiepins,
safety pins and for--
00:51:28.62\00:51:32.29
Salvation. Salvation.
00:51:32.32\00:51:33.92
You know, whatever we pray for.
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.29
For girlfriends, for, you know.
00:51:35.32\00:51:37.06
I mean, just God hears all that.
00:51:37.09\00:51:39.29
I think my testimony
00:51:39.33\00:51:40.66
and then I know we need
to get to prayer request
00:51:40.70\00:51:42.63
would be God is just
leading me on this journey
00:51:42.66\00:51:45.20
to pray more for the people.
00:51:45.23\00:51:47.24
You know, not
be so self-centered
00:51:47.27\00:51:49.27
in my prayers like,
00:51:49.30\00:51:50.64
okay, praying for my husband
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.01
or my family or
my local community
00:51:52.04\00:51:54.28
or friends but the world,
00:51:54.31\00:51:56.54
reaching out for others.
00:51:56.58\00:51:58.01
The first I think of
often is Psalms 2:8, it says,
00:51:58.05\00:52:01.42
"Ask of me," God is
speaking "and I will give you
00:52:01.45\00:52:04.69
the heathen for
your inheritance,
00:52:04.72\00:52:06.62
and the uttermost
parts of the world
00:52:06.65\00:52:08.06
for your possession."
00:52:08.09\00:52:09.42
And I just think
what if we get to heaven?
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.76
And someone is not there
because I didn't pray for them.
00:52:12.79\00:52:16.33
Wow.
00:52:16.36\00:52:17.70
You know, I
mean, that's powerful.
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.07
What if God is
putting on each one of us?
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.40
You know, pray for lost people.
00:52:21.44\00:52:23.71
Pray for the
neighbors and the community
00:52:23.74\00:52:25.91
and the girl at
Walmart and, you know,
00:52:25.94\00:52:28.61
when you're pumping
gas, the person in there
00:52:28.64\00:52:30.51
and when you
are in the airplane,
00:52:30.55\00:52:32.05
the person you sit next to
00:52:32.08\00:52:33.52
and pray for other
people so that's powerful.
00:52:33.55\00:52:36.69
And that's what we
want to do right now
00:52:36.72\00:52:38.35
is lift up some of the prayer
00:52:38.39\00:52:39.72
needs that have
come in here to 3ABN.
00:52:39.75\00:52:42.89
We each have some of these
coming to pastoral department,
00:52:42.92\00:52:45.93
then they pass them on to us.
00:52:45.96\00:52:47.80
So, Jay, what
request do you have?
00:52:47.83\00:52:50.17
Mine is from Tony.
00:52:50.20\00:52:51.53
Tony is
struggling under the weight
00:52:51.57\00:52:52.90
of several severe trials.
00:52:52.93\00:52:56.00
I have here Frank has
severe neuropathy in his feet
00:52:56.04\00:53:01.04
and he can hardly walk.
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So you remember
Frank in prayer too.
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Yeah.
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I have, Rick had
shoulder replacement surgery
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and he is asking for
prayer for his recovery.
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And I have Janice is
praying for epileptic seizures,
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pray for healing.
00:53:18.03\00:53:19.79
Absolutely. I have Tim.
00:53:19.83\00:53:21.20
His family are trying to get
their lives together in Jesus
00:53:21.23\00:53:25.13
and in His will.
00:53:25.17\00:53:26.50
And Max and Ruby's Holmes life
00:53:26.53\00:53:30.07
has been greatly
disturbed by a noisy neighbor.
00:53:30.11\00:53:33.81
The neighbor
frequently has parties
00:53:33.84\00:53:36.11
with drinking and loud music.
00:53:36.14\00:53:37.58
Pray for the
neighbor's salvation.
00:53:37.61\00:53:40.92
Wow. That's a real one.
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Yeah, lot of prayer requests.
00:53:43.35\00:53:44.69
I know you have
prayer request too at home
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and as we pray here we have
just a few minutes left here.
00:53:46.79\00:53:49.26
Lift up your prayer
request to the Lord in prayer.
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We know that He hears us
and we know that He cares,
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we know that He will
answer according to His will.
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So, Pastor, would you
like to start with prayer?
00:53:57.23\00:53:59.07
We'll just do a
short little prayer.
00:53:59.10\00:54:00.44
We mention these
people in prayer.
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Loving Father,
these are your children.
00:54:02.20\00:54:04.37
Yes, thank you. We
bring them before you.
00:54:04.41\00:54:05.87
The needs are very genuine.
00:54:05.91\00:54:08.01
These families are
wanting to live in harmony
00:54:08.04\00:54:10.48
and know Your hand
is upon them, Father.
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Answer each of these prayers
00:54:12.95\00:54:15.32
that they may be
drawn closer to You
00:54:15.35\00:54:17.39
and they may be
delivered from those things
00:54:17.42\00:54:20.12
whether health or relationships
00:54:20.16\00:54:22.02
that hindered them.
00:54:22.06\00:54:24.63
And also we are
praying for Janice
00:54:24.66\00:54:26.96
who is
experiencing the seizures.
00:54:27.00\00:54:29.40
Lord, we pray for healing.
00:54:29.43\00:54:31.33
We pray that You put
Your hand upon her body, Lord,
00:54:31.37\00:54:34.74
and help her so she won't
have these seizers anymore.
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So, Lord, you are the
God that hears prayers.
00:54:38.21\00:54:40.58
You are the God that answers
and we thank You for answering.
00:54:40.61\00:54:44.18
Thank you, Father.
00:54:44.21\00:54:45.55
Lord, we left Rick before You.
00:54:45.58\00:54:46.92
Thank You for
bringing him to the surgery.
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Thank You for the healing
that You're working in his life
00:54:49.12\00:54:52.25
and, Lord, we ask
for continued healing,
00:54:52.29\00:54:54.52
stream straight
from your throne of grace
00:54:54.56\00:54:56.52
to reach down and
to touch his shoulder,
00:54:56.56\00:54:58.89
to bring relief from that pain.
00:54:58.93\00:55:00.33
And, Lord, I just ask that
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Your grace would
be made sufficient
00:55:01.73\00:55:04.60
in his time of need right now.
00:55:04.63\00:55:06.37
And, Lord, we lift up each
one of our 3ABN family at home.
00:55:06.40\00:55:09.64
You know the needs.
00:55:09.67\00:55:11.01
You know the
burdens on their hearts.
00:55:11.04\00:55:12.37
You know their requests.
00:55:12.41\00:55:14.01
And, Father, we ask right now
00:55:14.04\00:55:16.44
that you would
draw close to each one
00:55:16.48\00:55:18.01
and that you
would hear and answer
00:55:18.05\00:55:20.92
each request
according to Your will.
00:55:20.95\00:55:23.39
Amen.
00:55:23.42\00:55:25.12
Dear, heavenly Father,
00:55:25.15\00:55:26.49
we know that Tony is struggling
with several, several trials.
00:55:26.52\00:55:31.06
He's gone
through several trials.
00:55:31.09\00:55:32.53
We don't know what they
are but we know that You do
00:55:32.56\00:55:34.53
and we know that
00:55:34.56\00:55:35.90
You have the
solution for each thing
00:55:35.93\00:55:38.13
that he is suffering from.
00:55:38.17\00:55:39.93
We ask that Your will be done
according while in his life,
00:55:39.97\00:55:43.97
in his name we pray, amen.
00:55:44.01\00:55:46.17
Father in heaven,
Lord, we think of Frank
00:55:46.21\00:55:48.68
who has severe
neuropathy in his feet.
00:55:48.71\00:55:51.48
He can hardly walk.
00:55:51.51\00:55:52.95
Lord, I know that it
affects many things in his life
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.15
and so far I just pray
that You be with Frank.
00:55:55.18\00:55:57.59
This world is full
of many hurting people,
00:55:57.62\00:56:01.36
many lonely people, lot of sick.
00:56:01.39\00:56:05.43
Lord, we know that
You hear the cry for help.
00:56:05.46\00:56:07.73
Lord, help him, could
be in tremendous pain,
00:56:07.76\00:56:10.30
could be salvation for one
self or it could be for family.
00:56:10.33\00:56:14.20
Thank You that we know
by faith that You are here
00:56:14.24\00:56:17.11
and answer prayers
according to Your will.
00:56:17.14\00:56:20.18
We're thankful that we have You
00:56:20.21\00:56:22.44
that we can turn to 24/7
we know that you hear us.
00:56:22.48\00:56:26.58
We know that
there are people at home
00:56:26.61\00:56:28.75
that are lifting up
their prayer request to you.
00:56:28.78\00:56:30.65
We thank You that we
are one large family.
00:56:30.69\00:56:33.46
Father, we want to pray
that we would all be faithful
00:56:33.49\00:56:36.06
and before You--
00:56:36.09\00:56:37.56
yeah, faithful that
we would all meet one day
00:56:37.59\00:56:39.56
on that sea of glass in heaven.
00:56:39.59\00:56:41.20
In Jesus name we pray, amen.
00:56:41.23\00:56:43.43
Amen. Amen.
00:56:43.47\00:56:45.33
Thank you all, for
joining us for family worship.
00:56:45.37\00:56:47.44
Yeah. Time has gone by fast.
00:56:47.47\00:56:48.80
Very fast. Praise Lord.
00:56:48.84\00:56:50.17
That was a good one. Yeah.
00:56:50.21\00:56:51.91
Thank you so much,
00:56:51.94\00:56:53.27
Pastor John and Angie and Jason.
00:56:53.31\00:56:54.74
Yeah.
00:56:54.78\00:56:56.11
And thank you for
joining us at home.
00:56:56.14\00:56:57.48
You know, it's always a blessing
00:56:57.51\00:56:58.85
again to join with you
00:56:58.88\00:57:00.78
at home there
in your living room
00:57:00.82\00:57:02.15
or wherever you are at.
00:57:02.18\00:57:03.52
Remember that Jesus loves you.
00:57:03.55\00:57:04.99
Remember the topic
of prayer this week.
00:57:05.02\00:57:06.99
We hope that you
have a wonderful Sabbath.
00:57:07.02\00:57:08.76
You know the
neat thing of prayer
00:57:08.79\00:57:10.43
is that we are talking to
the Creator of the universe.
00:57:10.46\00:57:14.10
He is the one that
formed each one of us.
00:57:14.13\00:57:16.33
We all have a special place
on this earth and it's neat,
00:57:16.36\00:57:18.50
isn't it that we
can pray for others.
00:57:18.53\00:57:21.17
So maybe you've got someone
00:57:21.20\00:57:22.54
that God has impressed
upon your mind just now.
00:57:22.57\00:57:23.91
Remember to keep them in prayer
00:57:24.21\00:57:25.54
that's ways that
we can participate.
00:57:25.57\00:57:27.54
Thank you for always
lifting up the ministry of 3ABN.
00:57:27.58\00:57:30.55
May the Lord richly bless you.
00:57:30.58\00:57:32.01
Have a happy
Sabbath and God bless.
00:57:32.05\00:57:34.48