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 family worship.
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Good to have you here, Honey.
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I'm glad to be here
on a Friday night worship
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with all of you
watching as well as listening.
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That's right.
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She said listening because
she works with 3ABN Radio
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and we are reminded that
the gospel is not just seen
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but it is also heard.
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Now as we take a wide shot,
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you might think this is
a male dominated program,
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but there is a
method to this madness.
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And we will introduce our
panel or our family members
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in just a moment.
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Honey, we could
be their Mom and Dad.
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Yeah, actually we can.
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We're old enough to
be, aren't we? Yeah.
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So start contributing
financially to the family.
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No.
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Well, let's just go ahead
and kind of get off the program
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with the wonderful introduction.
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These gentlemen
are part of a ministry
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that I'm gonna
introduce in a moment
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but first start with your name
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and when we get to the
founder of this ministry.
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We'll go ahead and
start with your name
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and tell everybody
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what you do right now
and where you are from?
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Sure. So my name is Mark Paden.
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I'm the creative director
for UnScene Media Group.
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I'm actually
originally from Texas.
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Okay. What part?
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Austin area, I
actually live in a little town
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called Dripping Springs.
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Dripping Springs. Never heard.
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We had a police officer stop us
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and he asked if it
was near leaky faucet.
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Is there a place
called leaky faucet?
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I got pulled in by that,
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I'm a New
Yorker, that's terrible.
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Good to have you here, Mark.
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Thank you. UnScene Media Group.
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You know, before when we came in
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our Director Robert Stotz says,
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"The guys that are supposed
to be on the program with you
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are unseen which is it
kind of tongue and cheek.
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And to our good,
Honey, right next to you,
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tell us your
name and what you do?
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Yeah. My name is
Ryan St. Hillaire.
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Okay.
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And I'm the executive
director of UnScene Media Group.
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Okay.
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And I also do a little
bit work with 3ABN as well
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as a director.
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Dare to Dream?
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Well, little bit
of everything. Yeah.
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And tell us a little
bit about UnScene Media?
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Yeah.
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Because people might
be saying what is that?
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Yeah, what is
that? Yeah, for sure.
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UnScene Media
Group is a ministry
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that we started years ago
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and it was out of a
desire and a passion
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to use media in creative ways
to reach the young generation.
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And we also really believe
in training and discipline
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young people to use
media to share the gospel.
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So it's not just a
matter of creating media
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that will reach hearts
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but also putting in place
programs and opportunities
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for young people to be
able to share the gospel
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and to be able to
witness the power of God
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working through them
to win souls for Christ.
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And what's your
website? It is www.unscene.me.
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And it's spelt U-N-S-C-E-N-E.
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Okay.
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It's kind of like a movie scene
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so it's a play
on words unscene.me.
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Okay. Well, good
to have you, Ryan.
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Thank you.
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And next to you is a young man
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that we met a
number of years ago.
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Well, first tell our
audience who you are,
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where you are from?
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Dee Casper. And what you do?
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Yes, so my name is Dee Casper
and I'm from Southern Illinois
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about 15 miles from here
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and my position
with Unscene Media Group
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is the evangelism director.
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So that's what I do. Okay.
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And he is fairly
new Adventist, is it?
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Yes. Baptized five years ago.
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In fact, 3ABN
brought me into the message.
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Yes. Yeah.
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I've never heard of
a Seventh-day Adventist
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for 21 years and founded on TV.
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Yeah.
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You listened on
radio, didn't you?
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Later, yeah.
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Later on. Yeah.
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And I met you in
the mall in Marion.
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Yeah, 2008. Yes, Sir.
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And what was the store again
that you work for at the time?
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Finish Line.
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Yeah, I thought
it a apparel company.
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I sold you two
North Face jackets.
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That's-- I still have them.
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Do you? Yes, I love North Face.
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No commercial.
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If you are, if you are
listening to this program
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you like to send us North Face
as a North Face representative
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which surely I am not.
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But yes, Finish Line was
actually your starting line
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that's what I like to say it.
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Yes, it was. For
my testimony it was.
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It's absolutely right.
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And when you came to church,
my wife put you right upfront.
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Yeah.
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Well, that was at camp meeting.
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At camp meeting and
you met David Asscherick.
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Yes. Yeah, led
me going to Arise.
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Yeah, you two were
involved in a process
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that pretty much
opened a pathway for me
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being an Adventist minister.
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It started here
locally, yeah. Wow.
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Wow. Yeah.
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And we are glad to have you all.
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It's pleasure to
be here with you guys.
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And, Honey, strangely
enough there might be someone
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watching this
program for the first time
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who don't know who you are.
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Oh, okay.
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My name is Angela Lomacang
and I work at 3ABN Radio.
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And we've been here
for the past 13 years.
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I can't believe
it's been that long.
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We've been here that long.
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So and we've been in ministry.
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I always told them
he will be my pastor
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for the rest of my life.
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So it's a
pleasure to be your wife.
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Wow. I like that.
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I need a drink to that but...
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And I'm Pastor John Lomacang.
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I work as a pastor in
the Illinois Conference.
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I also work with 3ABN
in so many capacities.
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House Calls,
every Wednesday night
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A Sharper Focus at 7 pm,
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a Bible study for one hour,
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director of World
Evangelism now a new title.
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And just so many
other things that
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but the wonderful thing
about it is, this program
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and the reason I'm highlighting
these little caveats
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of what we do is because
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this program is called
salvation or saved to serve,
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saved to serve.
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So often we say salvation
is by grace through faith.
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It is a gift of God not of works
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and then we kind of kick works
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out of the whole
picture of salvation.
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When in fact, you will
find out in just a moment
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why that title saved to
service so vitally important.
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And so we have
young men on our panel
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that are on fire for the Lord.
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Yes, they are.
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Excited about what God
has equipped them to do
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and we are excited to see
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what they are
doing not only at 3ABN,
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but in lives of
many young people.
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And so, if you
are a young person
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watching this program,
don't forget, unscene.me.
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Check it out, there
are some great items there
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that will bless your life.
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But let's start with some music.
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All right.
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Because, you know,
when you are involved
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in service for the Lord,
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it comes with an
assurance and after we sing,
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we will have prayer
before we dive into our topic.
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But "Blessed
Assurance Jesus is Mine!"
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The words will
appear on the screen
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for those who want to follow.
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Blessed
assurance, Jesus is Mine!
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O, what a
foretaste of glory divine!
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Heir of
salvation, purchase of God
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Born of His
Spirit, washed in His blood
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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Perfect submission.
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Perfect
submission, perfect delight!
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Visions of rapture
now burst on my sight
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Angels
descending, bring from above
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Echoes of
mercy, whispers of love
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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All is at rest.
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Perfect
submission, all is at rest
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I in my Savior
am happy and blest
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Watching and
waiting, looking above
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Filled with His
goodness, lost in His love
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my
story, this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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Thank you, Jill.
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Jill is on the
piano accompanying us
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and she is in
so many capacities,
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administrative secretary
for Danny Shelton here at 3ABN.
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Musician, she is a program host.
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Yeah.
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The list goes on and
on but more than that
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she is a wonderful Christian.
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So thank you,
Jill, for that music.
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Wonderful woman of God.
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Wonderful woman of God and
an author also I might add.
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That's right. That's
right. Wonderful book.
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But now this song is kind
of a prayer lieu to our topic.
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Work for the night is coming.
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You know, the Bible says,
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"The hour cometh
in which no man work."
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So we have to work
before that hour comes
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and how wonderful it is
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to work for a cause
that will never fail.
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And so as we sing this song,
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the words will
appear on your screen.
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Let us work, for
surely the night is coming
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where all the
liberties we have as Christians
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won't be afforded us.
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Let's sing this
song as our testimony.
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Work, for the night is coming
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Work through the morning hours
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Work while the dew is sparkling
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Work 'mid springing flowers
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Work while the
day grows brighter
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Under the glowing sun
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Work, for the night is coming
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When man's work is done
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Let's go to the last stanza.
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Work, for the night is coming
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Under the sunset skies
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While their
bright tints are glowing
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Work for daylight flies
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Work till the last beam fadeth
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Fadeth to shine no more
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Work, for the Lord is coming
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When man's work is o'er
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Amen.
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And, Honey, after you were
about to say it a moment ago,
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but after 29 years of ministry,
in the pastoral ministry
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and then many more years
of that in music ministry,
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wow, sometimes if you
think about that too much,
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it will make you tired.
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But we know that
there are faithful servants
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that are watching this program.
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Some that have
served the Lord 40-50 years,
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maybe even longer than that.
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There are people watching
that have been married long ago
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than we've been alive.
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Yeah. That's true.
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And so, there are young
people that we want to tell you
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which one, but two
of these three young men
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are unclaimed.
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We won't tell you who they are,
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but the Lord will impress you
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if any of these
young men in your future.
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So we won't catapult
them into the category,
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hey, the highest
bidder but they are men
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that love to serve the Lord
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and that's a very
wonderful thing to do.
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You know, the topic
is about saved to serve.
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And, Mark, what I
would like you to do
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is before we go into the topic
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to have a word of prayer for us.
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So we can ask the Lord to
bless as we open His word.
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It's His word and unless
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we have the Holy
Spirit's guidance,
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it's just words.
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Absolutely. Pray for us, Mark.
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Sure.
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Father in heaven, thank
You for being a good God.
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Thank You that You care for us
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and not just in an overall sense
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but, Lord, You really
care for us individually.
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You know us for who we are.
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And, Father, we
thank You for that.
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And, Lord, we
just pray right now
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that You will send Your
spirit to guide us, to teach us.
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Lord, you know, the
messages that each of us
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and each here
needs to know, Lord,
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and we pray
that You will impress
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that message on their hearts.
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We love You, Lord.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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Now for the main
scripture reading,
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let's go to Ephesians 2
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and we are gonna
look at verse 8, 9
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and then we are gonna
go to our springboard text,
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verse 10.
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And each of us
has our Bibles open
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so that will be good.
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What I'll do is--
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Honey, why don't you
start with Ephesians 2:8,
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Ryan do verse 9 and
Dee would do verse 10?
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Okay. Okay. Ephesians 2:8.
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"For by grace you have
been saved through faith,
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and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God."
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"Not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
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Okay. And then verse 10.
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"For we are His workmanship,
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created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
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which God prepared beforehand
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that we should walk in them."
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Wow.
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So if you look at this
text or these three verses,
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it is saying, you can't
work your way into heaven.
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You cannot work
your way into salvation.
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There is nothing
you can do to work.
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It is God who works in us,
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both to will and to
do of His good pleasure.
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That is the work of
salvation. That is His work.
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We submit to that process
and the Lord works in us.
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And the Bible says,
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"He who has begun a good
work in you will complete it."
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Praise the Lord for that.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's the work of salvation.
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But because you
are saved by His work,
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you are not saved from
work, you are saved for work.
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And Ephesians 2:10
is a beautiful passage
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and when we look
at UnScene Media,
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when we look at 3ABN
in all of its capacities,
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from its music ministry
to radio, to television,
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to programming, to
the production crew,
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to those who are on the road,
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to those who are shouldering
the great responsibilities
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of the finances
of this ministry.
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And by the way,
thanks to all of you who pray
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and support this ministry.
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It's all about work.
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And I know that
when Sabbath comes
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and so many other people
that have been working hard
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at 3ABN come to church
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and then they
remember, they got be a deacon,
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they are Sabbath school teacher,
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they are working
behind the church cameras.
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They sometimes say,
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"Pastor, we have
worked so hard all week,
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we are tired."
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And I say, "I understand,
I'm in the same boat with you."
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But the good news is
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one day we are
gonna get to the place
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where the work is done.
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Isn't that wonderful? Yeah.
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But until then
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what I would like to do
is go around this circle
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and just give us a synopsis
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because you are young
men, I'm looking to your age,
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I respect you for that.
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But it's not
anywhere near my age.
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I just leave it there.
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But tell us
when the spark of God
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called you to work for the Lord
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because we talk
about family worship
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and this truly is about worship
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but tell us when did
that spark in your heart
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open up to be
involved in the work of God?
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Sure.
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So I think really the
point where it was for me
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was before I
graduated high school,
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I went to an Adventist academy
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and I was really searching
and praying, asking God,
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"Where do You want me to
go? What do You want me to do?"
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And there is a quote actually
in the Great Controversy
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that God led me
to that point saying
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that in the last days
that God would train some
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by the unction of His spirit
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rather than by the training
of literally institutions
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and that would be
their qualification
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for the service
that He want them.
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And just ever since that point,
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God has been
leading me into ministry
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and it's really,
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I wouldn't really want
to consider anything else
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because I've learned
not only is it a powerful,
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not only is it a
powerful thing for others,
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but it's also a powerful thing
for the person in ministry.
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You learn so much
about the faithfulness of God
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and His power to
work with people.
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I don't want anything else.
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Wow. Wow.
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Isn't it nice to
hear a young man say that?
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I'm looking at him
and I'm looking at me
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as I'm looking at him but--
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As a young man on
fire for the Lord, yeah.
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And so, I appreciate your zeal
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and your
willingness to work for the Lord
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and we need more
young people like that.
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Today, so many young people
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are just out there in the world.
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Satan is just taking them,
but the Lord wants them too.
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The military
wants them young, right.
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Yeah, Lord wants them young too.
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Can I quickly
comment on that? Sure.
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When I started doing ministry
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right after I
graduated high school,
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it was, it was hard for me
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because I would
be doing these things
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and I felt like
everyone was looking down on me
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because of my age.
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I felt like
people were thinking,
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"You are too young for
that. You can't be doing that."
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And so I was just so perplexed
and so I would go to the Bible
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and read verses like
Jeremiah's experience
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where he comes to
God and God asks them,
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this is the plan
that I have for you.
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I want you to be this
prophet and he is like,
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"I can't. I'm a youth."
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And then God says to him,
"Don't say you are youth."
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Or David where David
is literally so young
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that he has ruddy cheeks.
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Right, and the prophet
of God and his own father
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then believed that he
would be an effective worker.
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Well, that's right. That's true.
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But God chosen.
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So what I would want to
say to anyone that is young
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and hearing the voice of
God calling them to go forward,
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don't fear,
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because God has a work
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for the youngest
as well as the oldest.
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There is no one in His,
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there is no worker of His
that is disqualified by age.
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Paul even told
young-- Timothy said,
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"Let no one despise
you because of your youth."
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That is very good point.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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And Uzziah became
king when he was 16.
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So how many people, you know--
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In our early church,
Ellen White our pioneers,
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they were all young.
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Look at that, teenagers.
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I'm glad you mentioned
Jeremiah because a lot of times
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people think of
prophets with long beards
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and "The Lord has said..."
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you know, we
think of this Moses.
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Charlton Heston. Yeah, exactly.
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God looks for the young.
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If the military wants,
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if the world's
military wants young people,
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God's military
wants young people.
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An army of youth
rightly trained, right?
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Say it again.
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An army of
youth rightly trained.
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An army of
youth rightly trained.
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Yes. Yes.
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There's couple of
these other young men.
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Ryan, the call of God on
your life in the ministry.
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That's an interesting one.
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I think, you know, lot
of people can look back
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and they can see like a
dramatic conversion story
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or whatever and--
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Like the light
coming on. Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, it was, you
know, drug dealer whatever and--
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You know, I grew up in church
00:20:41.17\00:20:44.44
and I was felt the call
of God on me for a long time
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because I realized
that He was calling me
00:20:50.71\00:20:52.85
to help people to serve
others and there is just a joy
00:20:52.88\00:20:58.69
that I had every time
that I was able to do something
00:20:58.72\00:21:01.69
for somebody else.
00:21:01.72\00:21:03.16
And for me the experience was
not one conversion experience,
00:21:03.19\00:21:09.30
but multiple
conversion experiences.
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And I think the issue
and the challenge with me
00:21:12.43\00:21:15.87
was that, I didn't really know
00:21:15.90\00:21:19.71
what the gospel
looked like practically
00:21:19.74\00:21:23.01
and so I had this idea of
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.38
"Oh, this is what a
Christian should look like.
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This is what I look like.
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How do I get
from here to there?"
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Right.
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And so, you know, people say,
well, fake it till you make it.
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And so, you know, you try
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.63
and, you know, I believe
that God allowed me to be
00:21:41.66\00:21:45.67
just utterly crushed
in my spirit to the point
00:21:45.70\00:21:49.60
where I realized, you
know, I can't do this on my own.
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You know, I went through a
year that I was just totally
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depressed, suicidal.
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The only things that
were keeping me going
00:22:00.25\00:22:01.58
was pleasure seeking.
00:22:01.62\00:22:02.95
It was music, it was
other things that I've got into
00:22:02.98\00:22:08.82
and from there God
started to work on my heart
00:22:08.86\00:22:15.06
and helped me to realize
00:22:15.10\00:22:16.43
that the Christian
experience is not something
00:22:16.46\00:22:18.80
that we can achieve on our own.
00:22:18.83\00:22:22.04
It's something that
Christ does inside of us
00:22:22.07\00:22:25.01
that He motivates
us to will and to do
00:22:25.04\00:22:27.31
of His good
pleasure and outside of that
00:22:27.34\00:22:30.78
everything else
is either hypocrisy
00:22:30.81\00:22:35.02
or it's somebody that
is about to get burned out.
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That's a good one.
00:22:38.85\00:22:40.19
Without the Lord--
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the power comes from the
Lord, that's a very good point.
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And, Dee? Yeah.
00:22:44.43\00:22:45.76
The call of God on your
life to ministry, to service.
00:22:45.79\00:22:48.70
You know, in 2008
00:22:48.73\00:22:50.07
is when that really
started to hit home for me,
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.43
around the time
that I met you guys
00:22:51.47\00:22:52.80
and some other
instances happened in my life
00:22:52.83\00:22:54.54
that God gave me 2 Timothy 4:5
00:22:54.57\00:22:58.57
and I was reading NIV
at the time and it says,
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.24
"And you, keep your
head in all situations,
00:23:00.28\00:23:02.44
endure hardship, do
the work of an evangelist,
00:23:02.48\00:23:04.81
and discharge the
duties of your ministry."
00:23:04.85\00:23:07.15
And every one of those
things has happened in my life.
00:23:07.18\00:23:08.95
Went through tremendous hardship
00:23:08.98\00:23:10.35
economically and
situationally and otherwise,
00:23:10.39\00:23:14.02
but all of it just
prepared me for the work
00:23:14.06\00:23:15.39
that God has been
doing now in ministry.
00:23:15.42\00:23:17.63
So I was excited
about the message.
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.33
I remember whenever I saw
you in Finish Line I was like,
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.36
all my friends become crazy.
00:23:21.40\00:23:22.73
The Sabbath is a Sabbath
and the dead are really dead
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.70
and people are in hell right now
00:23:24.73\00:23:26.07
and they think I'm crazy
but I don't think I'm crazy.
00:23:26.10\00:23:27.64
Do you think I'm crazy? No.
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.54
And I was jazzed for the message
00:23:29.57\00:23:31.21
at that point in time
00:23:31.24\00:23:32.67
but I really
00:23:32.71\00:23:34.51
and I found face
to face encounter
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.44
with Jesus for myself.
00:23:36.48\00:23:37.81
A loving relationship
with Jesus for myself,
00:23:37.85\00:23:39.31
but the message made
sense and I was excited for it.
00:23:39.35\00:23:42.22
But there was a
season of my experience
00:23:42.25\00:23:43.95
that I was content to have
every David Asscherick sermon
00:23:43.99\00:23:46.52
that could be found on
the internet on my computer
00:23:46.55\00:23:48.89
while doing nothing for Jesus.
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.46
Wow.
00:23:50.49\00:23:51.83
And the thing that changed
that for me was going to Arise,
00:23:51.86\00:23:55.33
interestingly enough
00:23:55.36\00:23:56.73
studying with David
that's what fixed it.
00:23:56.77\00:23:58.60
Now, but, by going out
00:23:58.63\00:23:59.97
and being
actively engaged in service
00:24:00.00\00:24:01.70
and knocking on doors
and giving Bible studies
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.47
and giving sermons and
stuff with my classmates,
00:24:03.51\00:24:06.57
something changed to
me that I wasn't content
00:24:06.61\00:24:08.58
to just sit any
longer that I had to do
00:24:08.61\00:24:11.61
and it wasn't because
someone was forcing me to do,
00:24:11.65\00:24:14.08
but there was a fire
within me that what I know,
00:24:14.12\00:24:17.02
I cannot keep this to myself.
00:24:17.05\00:24:18.79
What was me if I
not preached the gospel?
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.36
And from that point forward,
00:24:21.39\00:24:22.72
I've been in ministry
for the last five years
00:24:22.76\00:24:24.99
because of that but by
actively going and seeing
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.30
that God could use me.
00:24:27.33\00:24:28.93
Sometimes that's
one of our fears.
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.30
I don't know what to do
00:24:30.33\00:24:31.67
and I was at a place
that gave me training and two,
00:24:31.70\00:24:34.84
could God even use me.
00:24:34.87\00:24:36.20
I'm a mess, my history is
an absolutely barren wasteland.
00:24:36.24\00:24:39.17
Could God use something like me?
00:24:39.21\00:24:41.51
And when I saw
God's ability to use me
00:24:41.54\00:24:44.08
in spite of what
I knew that I was,
00:24:44.11\00:24:46.78
I realized that
this is the only option
00:24:46.82\00:24:48.15
I have for life.
00:24:48.18\00:24:49.68
And I've never
turned back since then.
00:24:49.72\00:24:51.69
I think because
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.05
you just touched on
something really important
00:24:53.09\00:24:54.46
and I think that one
thing that we all have in common
00:24:54.49\00:24:57.16
in this in our
ministry in UnScene
00:24:57.19\00:24:59.79
is the recognition
that it's not possible
00:24:59.83\00:25:02.83
to have a growing living
vibrant relationship with God.
00:25:02.86\00:25:07.80
a Christian experience
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.50
unless we are
actively involved in service.
00:25:09.54\00:25:11.54
Wow. You know.
00:25:11.57\00:25:12.91
It was a natural
result. A natural desire.
00:25:12.94\00:25:15.54
It wasn't like I have
to was that, I cannot.
00:25:15.58\00:25:19.85
You know, I think
that's another important point.
00:25:19.88\00:25:23.12
The Bible says, "Let
your light so shine."
00:25:23.15\00:25:25.45
It doesn't say
00:25:25.49\00:25:26.82
somehow force light
to emit from yourself,
00:25:26.86\00:25:29.26
it says "Let your light shine."
00:25:29.29\00:25:30.66
And that's the natural response
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.23
when I first learned the gospel,
00:25:32.26\00:25:34.76
it absolutely enthralled me.
00:25:34.80\00:25:36.63
I was literally going around.
00:25:36.67\00:25:38.20
Hey, have you heard this before?
00:25:38.23\00:25:39.57
Have you heard this before?
00:25:39.60\00:25:40.94
It lit you up. Yes.
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.30
And it does that. That's right.
00:25:42.34\00:25:43.67
When we, when we have tasted
and seen that the Lord is good
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.51
and I think going back
to our verse in Ephesians,
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I think the power of
verse 10 comes from verse 8.
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That's right. We
realize the gift of God.
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.42
When we realize how
incredible that gift is,
00:25:55.45\00:25:58.52
we cannot help but share.
00:25:58.55\00:26:00.02
We cannot help
but do what God wants
00:26:00.06\00:26:01.76
because we love Him so much
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.36
and what He has done
for us is incredible.
00:26:03.39\00:26:06.29
That's a good.
00:26:06.33\00:26:07.66
That's a wonderful
segue to point out that
00:26:07.70\00:26:09.93
when you
realize the gift of God,
00:26:09.96\00:26:13.07
it activates a different
attitude about service.
00:26:13.10\00:26:16.14
Because there are some people
that do things for the church
00:26:16.17\00:26:21.34
and are maybe in
positions in the church
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.35
but when you
realize who you are serving
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.82
and what the gift is.
00:26:26.85\00:26:28.78
For example,
00:26:28.82\00:26:30.15
if somebody gave you
something of great value
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.42
you would say, "I
just want you to know,
00:26:32.45\00:26:34.72
if you need anything,
just anything just let me know.
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.93
I'll be willing to help.
I mean just whatever time."
00:26:37.96\00:26:41.43
I remember telling a guy
that who hadn't given me a gift
00:26:41.46\00:26:44.53
but I remember telling
him that he call me this
00:26:44.57\00:26:46.57
when I was in the
mountains of River Eel,
00:26:46.60\00:26:48.70
Northern California
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.07
and he called me 3:30,
4 o'clock in the morning
00:26:50.11\00:26:52.34
during a very terrible rainstorm
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.51
and his land was
being overrun by a flood
00:26:54.54\00:26:58.25
because he couldn't
get these large pipes
00:26:58.28\00:26:59.65
out of the river.
00:26:59.68\00:27:01.35
They were too heavy for him.
00:27:01.38\00:27:03.02
And that those
little Simple acts of saying
00:27:03.05\00:27:06.65
whenever you need me I'm there
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.56
led him to give his life
to the Lord before he died.
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.63
And he didn't want to
know anything about God.
00:27:11.66\00:27:13.46
Don't talk to me about
God. Don't tell me about Jesus.
00:27:13.50\00:27:15.93
But those small acts of service
00:27:15.96\00:27:18.43
to this man who didn't,
won't even talk about Jesus,
00:27:18.47\00:27:21.20
he gave his life to
the Lord before he died.
00:27:21.24\00:27:23.77
And so what I
like you to do, Hon,
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.37
this first text Psalms 100:2
00:27:25.41\00:27:27.94
this is, I think
a catapulting text
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.11
into what it means to--
it's in our outline here,
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.88
what it means to serve
the Lord when you talk about
00:27:33.92\00:27:35.78
when you
realize the gift of God,
00:27:35.82\00:27:37.45
what kind of service is it.
00:27:37.49\00:27:38.82
Psalms 100, okay, give us...
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.19
"Serve the Lord with gladness,
00:27:40.22\00:27:42.49
come before his
presence with singing."
00:27:42.52\00:27:46.19
Serve the Lord how?
00:27:46.23\00:27:47.56
With gladness. Gladness.
00:27:47.60\00:27:48.93
Are you glad to serve the Lord?
00:27:48.96\00:27:50.30
And this is our family
worship we sang, didn't we?
00:27:50.33\00:27:51.83
That's right.
00:27:51.87\00:27:53.20
We came before Him,
we sing it's Friday night
00:27:53.23\00:27:54.94
and we're bringing
in the Sabbath together,
00:27:54.97\00:27:58.07
you know, so that's
the right way to do it.
00:27:58.11\00:28:01.24
Start with singing.
00:28:01.28\00:28:02.61
Come before the
Lord in praise and as a--
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.38
Inhabits the
praise of His people.
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.12
And as a minister of
music, I would say singer
00:28:07.15\00:28:10.42
and musician but
I've changed that.
00:28:10.45\00:28:12.35
As a minister of music--
00:28:12.39\00:28:13.72
It is a
ministry. It's a ministry.
00:28:13.76\00:28:15.69
You know, ministry of
the word, ministry of music.
00:28:15.72\00:28:17.73
You realize when you
are singing to the one
00:28:17.76\00:28:19.46
that gave everything for you,
00:28:19.49\00:28:22.56
it's not a task
anymore, it's not a concert.
00:28:22.60\00:28:25.53
It's a-- I always tell people
this is my testimony in Psalms.
00:28:25.57\00:28:30.17
Serve the Lord with gladness.
00:28:30.21\00:28:31.54
So let's go
through some of these.
00:28:31.57\00:28:33.51
Mark, I'll have you.
00:28:33.54\00:28:34.94
Oh, your iPad died.
Oh, no actually it didn't.
00:28:34.98\00:28:37.81
Bring up the outline for us
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.18
and let's just kind of
walk through these together.
00:28:39.21\00:28:40.95
And then this is
completely interactive,
00:28:40.98\00:28:43.35
so we could all kind of share
as we go, but the first one.
00:28:43.39\00:28:47.52
Deuteronomy 28:47. Yes.
00:28:47.56\00:28:49.96
"Because you did not
serve the Lord your God
00:28:49.99\00:28:51.89
with joy and gladness of heart,
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.63
for the
abundance of everything."
00:28:53.66\00:28:55.23
Okay, and if you read
the verses before that,
00:28:55.26\00:28:56.97
there were certain blessing
that they could not receive
00:28:57.00\00:28:59.13
and the Lord says,
00:28:59.17\00:29:00.50
because you did not
serve the Lord with how much?
00:29:00.54\00:29:03.41
All, everything.
00:29:03.44\00:29:05.81
And with what two things?
00:29:05.84\00:29:07.38
Joy and gladness of heart.
00:29:07.41\00:29:08.74
Joy and gladness,
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.11
let's talk about
that, joy and gladness.
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.71
But, I mean, how do you
see, okay, in your week,
00:29:11.75\00:29:14.95
you have so much production
to do and lot of things.
00:29:14.98\00:29:17.29
Joy and gladness, let's
talk about joy and gladness
00:29:17.32\00:29:19.09
at radio for example.
00:29:19.12\00:29:21.46
What gives you joy
and gladness at radio?
00:29:21.49\00:29:23.49
I love what I do at
radio and I added testimonies
00:29:23.53\00:29:28.03
and for instance I
interviewed Dee, didn't I?
00:29:28.06\00:29:30.83
and I just enjoy listening
to other folk's testimonies
00:29:30.87\00:29:35.60
of how the Lord have
come into their lives.
00:29:35.64\00:29:38.07
So I-- it's not just that.
00:29:38.11\00:29:40.18
I just love my job
because I'm ministering.
00:29:40.21\00:29:42.54
I feel like I'm
ministering through editing.
00:29:42.58\00:29:46.61
Someone is gonna hear a message
or sermon that I'm editing.
00:29:46.65\00:29:49.95
Someone is gonna
hear about the Lord.
00:29:49.98\00:29:51.55
Someone is gonna hear
something about Jesus.
00:29:51.59\00:29:54.06
So it just give me great joy.
00:29:54.09\00:29:56.12
You know, even if I
didn't get paid for working,
00:29:56.16\00:29:59.06
I still would have
great joy in what I do.
00:29:59.09\00:30:02.86
You know, it's nice
about that in coming
00:30:02.90\00:30:04.43
whenever you want is
like impacting the kingdom
00:30:04.47\00:30:07.54
against the kingdom of darkness
00:30:07.57\00:30:09.47
chiseling away every
attempt that the devil makes
00:30:09.50\00:30:12.27
to try to take
somebody from God's hands.
00:30:12.31\00:30:14.41
You know that you
are making a difference.
00:30:14.44\00:30:15.84
Right. You know.
00:30:15.88\00:30:18.01
So there are sometimes
00:30:18.05\00:30:20.75
when it doesn't
feel joyful, right.
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.05
So there is, it's the time
00:30:23.08\00:30:24.42
when you've worked
hard on that project
00:30:24.45\00:30:27.29
and then you forgot to save it
00:30:27.32\00:30:29.16
and the whole
editing goes, right.
00:30:29.19\00:30:31.23
Or the time when like you
are trying to get all these
00:30:31.26\00:30:33.80
little pieces together
and you're on a deadline
00:30:33.83\00:30:35.83
and then you mess ups
00:30:35.86\00:30:37.20
one little thing on the lighting
00:30:37.23\00:30:38.57
and you don't realize
00:30:38.60\00:30:39.93
until once you are in
postproduction, right.
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.30
But you know--
00:30:41.34\00:30:42.67
You did that
this week, didn't you?
00:30:42.70\00:30:44.04
I did last week.
00:30:44.07\00:30:45.41
Yeah, and yesterday
it was one of those days
00:30:45.44\00:30:46.78
like super
discouraging but, you know,
00:30:46.81\00:30:48.14
what I found?
00:30:48.18\00:30:49.51
For me the joy
comes is editing a video,
00:30:49.54\00:30:52.15
producing this and then
00:30:52.18\00:30:53.92
a nurse friend
of mine showing it
00:30:53.95\00:30:55.38
to the meth
addict who just got shot
00:30:55.42\00:30:58.42
three times in the stomach
and was feeling worthless.
00:30:58.45\00:31:01.26
It's showing that
video to another person
00:31:01.29\00:31:03.63
who is in their sickbed
feeling absolutely left alone,
00:31:03.66\00:31:06.76
that's where the joy comes.
00:31:06.80\00:31:08.16
Realizing that
those times of pain,
00:31:08.20\00:31:09.83
those hardships,
those afflictions
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.73
that you go through is
worth if for something.
00:31:11.77\00:31:14.20
And if even when
you are, you are,
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.37
it's been months
since you made the video,
00:31:17.41\00:31:19.31
God is still
using that for someone.
00:31:19.34\00:31:21.18
That's the most beautiful thing
and it gives you so much joy.
00:31:21.21\00:31:24.51
Yes. Yes.
00:31:24.55\00:31:25.88
From a non-video standpoint
00:31:25.91\00:31:27.25
at least from my background
is like Bible working,
00:31:27.28\00:31:29.62
preaching and
teaching and the happiest
00:31:29.65\00:31:32.25
I've ever been in my
life was as the Bible worker
00:31:32.29\00:31:34.46
and as a teacher
in academy settings.
00:31:34.49\00:31:35.82
Not because I don't
enjoy what I'm doing now
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.19
but the-- I was able to
do all hands on interactive
00:31:37.23\00:31:42.33
ministry with
people all the time
00:31:42.36\00:31:44.63
and it was the happiest
I've ever been in my life
00:31:44.67\00:31:46.43
because I was
laboring for people
00:31:46.47\00:31:48.04
and my job was to
sit at a table like this.
00:31:48.07\00:31:51.04
I was at a dinner
table with the lady
00:31:51.07\00:31:52.41
who was sitting with the
Adventist Reform Movement
00:31:52.44\00:31:54.54
and with me trying to
figure out where to go.
00:31:54.58\00:31:57.25
And the day came
00:31:57.28\00:31:58.61
when I communicated the message
00:31:58.65\00:31:59.98
of righteousness by
faith to her in a way
00:32:00.02\00:32:01.35
that she never heard
before and her head went down
00:32:01.38\00:32:03.69
in that table and she
sobbed because she realized
00:32:03.72\00:32:06.35
for the first time in her life
00:32:06.39\00:32:07.72
that God can accept me as I am,
00:32:07.76\00:32:11.19
not for what I'm not.
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.83
To see people accept
the gospel of Jesus Christ
00:32:12.86\00:32:15.50
and to make
decisions for eternity,
00:32:15.53\00:32:17.27
to baptize people
who made decisions
00:32:17.30\00:32:19.17
was the most-- is
the most rewarding thing
00:32:19.20\00:32:20.74
I've ever done in my
life, one hundred percent.
00:32:20.77\00:32:22.60
I perform in front
of thousands of people
00:32:22.64\00:32:24.11
as a professional
musicians and that did nothing
00:32:24.14\00:32:26.84
in comparison to seeing people
make decisions for the kingdom.
00:32:26.88\00:32:30.11
It's the most
rewarding thing anyone
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.15
because that's
what you were made for.
00:32:32.18\00:32:33.52
Everyone is born into
the kingdom of missionary.
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.72
That's right. Yes.
00:32:35.75\00:32:37.09
It's an amazing experience
00:32:37.12\00:32:38.45
to be able to be a
minister of reconciliation.
00:32:38.49\00:32:41.92
Yes.
00:32:41.96\00:32:43.29
There is interest to witness
peoples' lives being changed
00:32:43.32\00:32:46.13
because of the power
of God working through us
00:32:46.16\00:32:49.06
for the benefit of others
00:32:49.10\00:32:50.83
and I think that's
what, you know, when it says.
00:32:50.87\00:32:53.70
What were we reading about?
00:32:53.74\00:32:56.10
Serve the Lord with
joy and gladness of heart
00:32:56.14\00:33:01.68
and the neat thing is
that as we are serving God
00:33:01.71\00:33:05.11
like as you are
working in radio,
00:33:05.15\00:33:07.08
as we are doing our work here,
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.92
we are realizing
00:33:08.95\00:33:10.29
that we are making a
difference for people.
00:33:10.32\00:33:11.82
Peoples' lives are
being changed and, I mean,
00:33:11.85\00:33:14.46
there is nothing more rewarding
00:33:14.49\00:33:16.66
than that I think
in this life, you know.
00:33:16.69\00:33:19.23
I think there is one
other aspect of this too.
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.30
This is a quote from
Christ Object Lessons
00:33:21.33\00:33:23.77
page 97, says,
00:33:23.80\00:33:25.13
"The man who attempts to
keep the commandments of God
00:33:25.17\00:33:27.20
from a sense of
obligation merely
00:33:27.24\00:33:29.00
because he is
required to do so-will never
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.87
enter into the joy of obedience.
00:33:30.91\00:33:32.94
He does not obey."
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.31
We can do a lot of
good things for God,
00:33:35.34\00:33:38.75
but is it really
service if we haven't been given
00:33:38.78\00:33:41.98
the love for that service.
00:33:42.02\00:33:43.45
And that's what God wants.
00:33:43.49\00:33:44.82
He wants us, He
wants us to come to Him,
00:33:44.85\00:33:47.72
give Him our heart, so
that He can transform us.
00:33:47.76\00:33:50.13
Not just in a cliche way
but in a very visceral way
00:33:50.16\00:33:52.96
giving our lives
to God and letting Him
00:33:52.99\00:33:55.16
transform us so
that we love serving Him.
00:33:55.20\00:33:57.67
Because many I
think-- we have this idea,
00:33:57.70\00:34:00.57
we want to serve God,
00:34:00.60\00:34:01.94
we know that it's
what we should do,
00:34:01.97\00:34:03.30
so we serve God
out of a mere sense
00:34:03.34\00:34:05.47
of obligation she says.
00:34:05.51\00:34:07.14
And you never get
the joy out of it.
00:34:07.18\00:34:08.51
Right. Right. Right.
00:34:08.54\00:34:09.88
Remember I'm
growing up in church,
00:34:09.91\00:34:11.35
we used to have on the board
00:34:11.38\00:34:12.71
how many tracks did you give up.
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.08
Oh, man, that
irritated me no end.
00:34:14.12\00:34:15.45
I don't want to say
00:34:15.48\00:34:16.82
where I heard
that but just recently
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.19
we took a trip somewhere
00:34:18.22\00:34:19.55
and between
Sabbath school and church,
00:34:19.59\00:34:21.62
"Okay, how many
tracks that anyone passed?
00:34:21.66\00:34:23.32
Fifteen, okay
twenty two, okay, six.
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.83
Okay, don't forget make
sure your count is accurate."
00:34:25.86\00:34:27.86
And I'm thinking, no.
00:34:27.90\00:34:30.50
No. No. No.
00:34:30.53\00:34:33.47
Just don't count those things.
00:34:33.50\00:34:35.37
You know, if you
want to do inventory,
00:34:35.40\00:34:36.74
do that at the church
00:34:36.77\00:34:38.11
and see how many tracks
were taken out of the closet
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.87
but you can never count
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.24
because those
tracks could be one track
00:34:41.28\00:34:42.84
can affect an entire family.
00:34:42.88\00:34:44.21
Yes.
00:34:44.25\00:34:45.58
One track can
affect an entire community.
00:34:45.61\00:34:47.68
And so sometimes,
and so-- go ahead.
00:34:47.72\00:34:50.75
You are just missing
the entire point like that.
00:34:50.79\00:34:53.36
I think that's
one of the things--
00:34:53.39\00:34:54.72
But we are counting our labor.
00:34:54.76\00:34:56.09
Right.
00:34:56.12\00:34:57.46
And just like
with the sense like,
00:34:57.49\00:34:58.83
so God has something. you know,
00:34:58.86\00:35:00.20
we need to make
sure to return our pay,
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.56
you know, our
little clock sheet to God
00:35:01.60\00:35:02.93
at the end of the week,
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.30
so you can make sure
your pace is back right.
00:35:04.33\00:35:05.67
No but I think that
one of the biggest things
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.20
that has made sense to me
00:35:07.24\00:35:08.84
when it comes to the
idea of service is that
00:35:08.87\00:35:10.31
when you come face
to face with the love
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.44
and the value that God places
00:35:12.47\00:35:13.81
upon you
individually, you can't help
00:35:13.84\00:35:16.48
but realize that
the people around you
00:35:16.51\00:35:18.28
God has a same value
for and they don't know.
00:35:18.31\00:35:21.48
They don't know. How sad.
00:35:21.52\00:35:22.85
They don't know how
valuable they are to God,
00:35:22.88\00:35:25.85
but you know how
valuable they are to God
00:35:25.89\00:35:27.62
because you know how
valuable you are to God
00:35:27.66\00:35:29.89
and it's no difference.
00:35:29.92\00:35:31.26
And that's one of those things
00:35:31.29\00:35:32.63
that when you are
saved to serve, that,
00:35:32.66\00:35:34.40
that transition
takes place within the hear
00:35:34.43\00:35:36.53
that there is a
less of an inward look
00:35:36.56\00:35:38.03
and more of an
outward look in that sense.
00:35:38.07\00:35:40.20
This is, what
else can I do for you,
00:35:40.24\00:35:41.57
Lord for all your
benefits towards me.
00:35:41.60\00:35:45.34
There is a quotation
in Christ Object Lessons,
00:35:45.37\00:35:47.04
listen to this, it's
page 299, paragraph two.
00:35:47.08\00:35:50.45
Honey, why don't
you read that for us?
00:35:50.48\00:35:52.28
Oh, sure.
00:35:52.31\00:35:53.65
"The Lord desires us
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.02
to appreciate the
great plan of redemption,
00:35:55.05\00:35:58.15
to realize our high privilege
as the children of God,
00:35:58.19\00:36:02.12
and to walk
before Him in obedience,
00:36:02.16\00:36:05.29
with grateful thanksgiving.
00:36:05.33\00:36:07.76
He desires us to serve
Him in newness of life,
00:36:07.80\00:36:11.80
with gladness every day."
00:36:11.83\00:36:15.14
So and like you
said in the difficulties
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.91
when you come through
that 2 Corinthians 4:17,
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.78
"For our light affliction,
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.28
which is but for a moment,
00:36:22.31\00:36:23.65
worketh for us a
far more exceeding
00:36:23.68\00:36:26.51
and eternal weight of glory."
00:36:26.55\00:36:27.88
So, oh, my lighting was up.
00:36:27.92\00:36:29.25
Oh, I missed it.
00:36:29.28\00:36:30.62
Oh, I just lost everything
00:36:30.65\00:36:31.99
and then all of a
sudden the meth addict,
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.46
and the person who doesn't feel
his own personal worth sees it
00:36:34.49\00:36:37.33
and your realize, Lord,
I'm not even thinking about
00:36:37.36\00:36:41.66
lost programs or off lighting.
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.67
Look at this changed light.
00:36:43.70\00:36:45.20
Light affliction
but for a moment.
00:36:45.23\00:36:47.34
Interesting you mentioned
00:36:47.37\00:36:48.70
that with the
idea of family worship
00:36:48.74\00:36:50.07
because as our
ministry family worship,
00:36:50.11\00:36:51.44
we read 2 Corinthians 4 today.
00:36:51.47\00:36:52.87
Brian did that this morning.
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.41
This morning? This morning?
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:36:55.81\00:36:57.45
Go to the second one.
00:36:57.48\00:36:58.81
The second one,
right to the bottom now.
00:36:58.85\00:37:00.72
Where it says,
"Serve with the whole heart.
00:37:00.75\00:37:04.32
Don't hold back.
00:37:04.35\00:37:05.72
Put all in service."
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.82
Okay, and read that one I said.
00:37:07.86\00:37:09.19
In Deuteronomy 11:13 it says,
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.69
"And it shall be
that if you earnestly obey
00:37:11.73\00:37:15.40
My commandments
which I command you today,
00:37:15.43\00:37:18.90
to love the Lord
your God and serve Him
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.94
with all your heart
and with all your soul."
00:37:22.97\00:37:26.37
Isn't that wonderful?
00:37:26.41\00:37:27.74
If you are football
player do you run with the--
00:37:27.78\00:37:29.34
do you run with the
ball to the goal line like
00:37:29.38\00:37:31.41
you can't catch me or you moving
00:37:31.45\00:37:34.95
because you are surrounded
by a crowd of witnesses
00:37:34.98\00:37:37.92
that are counting
on you to be diligent
00:37:37.95\00:37:39.95
with all your
might, with every pulse
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.76
of your heart to
make it and I think that
00:37:42.79\00:37:45.29
when we are called
to serve in a capacity
00:37:45.33\00:37:47.10
that will never fail.
00:37:47.13\00:37:48.46
Isn't that wonderful?
00:37:48.50\00:37:49.83
Right. The gospel won't fail.
00:37:49.86\00:37:51.60
No, it won't.
It's gonna triumph.
00:37:51.63\00:37:53.74
And so when we are
standing to get that gold medal,
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.34
the kingdom golden medal,
00:37:56.37\00:37:58.37
we want to know that
we put all of our heart
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.24
into that cannot prevail.
00:38:00.28\00:38:03.01
Ryan, look at
the third one there.
00:38:03.04\00:38:05.21
Top right.
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.68
"Serve as you with the Lord.
00:38:07.72\00:38:10.12
We are serving Jesus
while we serve others."
00:38:10.15\00:38:13.59
Text. In Colossians 3:23, 24.
00:38:13.62\00:38:18.23
"And whatever you
do, do it heartily,
00:38:18.26\00:38:20.20
as to the Lord and not to men,
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.36
knowing that from the Lord
00:38:22.40\00:38:24.73
you will receive the
reward of the inheritance,
00:38:24.77\00:38:27.70
for you serve the Lord Christ."
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.40
Wow.
00:38:29.44\00:38:30.77
Where did you
remember hearing that phrase
00:38:30.81\00:38:32.14
as much as
you've done it to the--
00:38:32.17\00:38:33.71
Least.
00:38:33.74\00:38:35.08
You've done it unto Me.
00:38:35.11\00:38:36.78
Talk about that
because there are people that--
00:38:36.81\00:38:39.65
you talked about
00:38:39.68\00:38:41.62
taking some young
people once on a trip,
00:38:41.65\00:38:45.52
was it in the Upper
Peninsula in Michigan?
00:38:45.55\00:38:47.52
It was a backpacking trip
00:38:47.56\00:38:48.89
to the Upper
Peninsula in Michigan.
00:38:48.92\00:38:50.66
Yes, just a wilderness thing
00:38:50.69\00:38:52.49
to totally get
disconnected from technology
00:38:52.53\00:38:55.26
and just spend time with
God without distractions and...
00:38:55.30\00:39:00.07
And talk about
some of those things
00:39:00.10\00:39:01.44
that because,
00:39:01.47\00:39:03.10
you know, the
reward of taking kids
00:39:03.14\00:39:05.17
that don't have a
connection with God,
00:39:05.21\00:39:06.54
to find a connection with God,
00:39:06.57\00:39:07.98
you share that
moment of epiphany.
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.91
There was
something you mentioned that
00:39:10.95\00:39:12.28
when you realize it's worth it.
00:39:12.31\00:39:13.65
What was that?
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.82
Just recognizing
their recognition
00:39:15.85\00:39:20.36
of the power of
God in their lives.
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.99
Now, I think was
through prayer or something.
00:39:23.02\00:39:26.09
Well, there is a lot of them.
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.20
What about the
rain, I think it was--
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.57
Oh, okay. Yes.
00:39:30.60\00:39:31.93
So the very first
day that we set out,
00:39:31.97\00:39:35.20
we were late the first
night so we had to camp out
00:39:35.24\00:39:37.81
in the trailer the first night
00:39:37.84\00:39:39.17
and then we headed
out on the journey,
00:39:39.21\00:39:41.44
it was about 30
miles whole together
00:39:41.48\00:39:44.81
over a period of like five days.
00:39:44.85\00:39:46.18
We are
backpacking, we have everything
00:39:46.21\00:39:47.82
that we need to
survive in our backs
00:39:47.85\00:39:50.32
and we just started
and then all of a sudden,
00:39:50.35\00:39:54.06
you know, we are
excited about the kids,
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.46
they are talking and
whatever and then the sky
00:39:55.49\00:39:57.26
just roars and rain pours down.
00:39:57.29\00:40:00.73
And everybody is soaking wet
and all of the sudden the kids
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.37
that are all excited are silent.
00:40:04.40\00:40:07.04
They're just
trudging along in the mud
00:40:07.07\00:40:09.14
and I'm at the back of the line
00:40:09.17\00:40:12.91
and I'm just praying,
00:40:12.94\00:40:14.74
"God, please do
something with the weather.
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.85
I don't want
these kids to hate us."
00:40:16.88\00:40:19.08
We are taking them
out of here and, you know,
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.52
just have a terrible
experience on the first day,
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.85
you know, it's ridiculous.
00:40:23.89\00:40:25.59
So I felt,
00:40:25.62\00:40:29.02
you know, I was
praying for a long time
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.19
and then I just
felt God impressed me
00:40:31.23\00:40:32.79
that He was
gonna use the weather
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.76
to show these kids
something about His love.
00:40:34.80\00:40:38.47
But He wasn't
gonna answer my prayers,
00:40:38.50\00:40:40.07
He was gonna
answer their prayers.
00:40:40.10\00:40:41.44
Wow.
00:40:41.47\00:40:42.80
And so from that moment
00:40:42.84\00:40:44.17
I was looking for
the next opportunity
00:40:44.21\00:40:45.54
that we could,
you know, to pray.
00:40:45.57\00:40:47.08
Just to stop and to have
everybody pray, you know,
00:40:47.11\00:40:49.11
whatever and the amazing
thing was out of the 30 miles
00:40:49.14\00:40:52.25
that we hiked that week,
00:40:52.28\00:40:53.62
we never found
any kind of structure,
00:40:53.65\00:40:54.98
any kind of shelter whatever.
00:40:55.02\00:40:57.09
This particular
day we turn a corner
00:40:57.12\00:40:59.55
and there is a shelter.
00:40:59.59\00:41:01.19
We went under there, you know,
00:41:01.22\00:41:02.72
packed out our
lunches and we, you know,
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.19
reconstituted our
dehydrated food packets
00:41:05.23\00:41:08.56
and afterwards we took
some time and we prayed.
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.80
And I just, you
know, had the kids pray.
00:41:11.83\00:41:13.84
Some of these kids
that probably, you know,
00:41:13.87\00:41:16.81
don't really have
much church experience,
00:41:16.84\00:41:18.24
some of them just
listening to their prayers.
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.48
Just raw, just
genuine, just asking God,
00:41:20.51\00:41:22.61
you know, help
the sun to come out.
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.35
Please help the
rain to go away so that,
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.98
you know, we can get to wherever
00:41:28.02\00:41:29.35
we are going tonight.
00:41:29.38\00:41:30.72
And it was just
amazing to see that.
00:41:30.75\00:41:35.16
So we started on our way again.
00:41:35.19\00:41:36.52
The rain hadn't stopped
but we had to go because,
00:41:36.56\00:41:38.86
you know, we have to
make it to our destination
00:41:38.89\00:41:40.46
otherwise night comes and
we will be stuck somewhere.
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.67
And it wasn't
just maybe two minutes
00:41:43.70\00:41:46.30
after we started walking,
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.34
the sky parted, the sun came out
00:41:48.37\00:41:51.41
and it dried up.
00:41:51.44\00:41:52.77
Wow. Wow.
00:41:52.81\00:41:54.14
And the kids were amazed
00:41:54.18\00:41:56.58
because they were
able to see, you know,
00:41:56.61\00:41:58.41
"Hey, God answered our prayers."
00:41:58.45\00:42:01.22
That's right.
00:42:01.25\00:42:02.58
And throughout the
week, we were able to see
00:42:02.62\00:42:04.15
just things like that.
00:42:04.19\00:42:05.52
Like watching the
kids praying for each other
00:42:05.55\00:42:07.76
because they are like,
00:42:07.79\00:42:09.42
hey, maybe God
is listening to us.
00:42:09.46\00:42:12.96
Maybe God does care.
00:42:12.99\00:42:14.33
Maybe God is
interested in the little things.
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.63
You know, like helping
so and so feet or whatever,
00:42:16.67\00:42:19.80
you know, different problems
that we had along the way.
00:42:19.83\00:42:21.97
And by the end of
that week, you know,
00:42:22.00\00:42:24.21
these kids had a totally
different outlook on life.
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.88
And you
actually-- they let you live.
00:42:27.91\00:42:29.54
Yes.
00:42:29.58\00:42:31.31
Yes. Yes.
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.32
Now, good. Dee?
00:42:34.35\00:42:35.85
I was thinking this idea
of revealing through service
00:42:35.88\00:42:39.05
the love of God is
the very first paragraph
00:42:39.09\00:42:41.79
in the book Acts of the Apostles
00:42:41.82\00:42:44.06
that kind of summarizes
what we've been talking about.
00:42:44.09\00:42:46.23
It says, "The church
is God's appointed agency
00:42:46.26\00:42:48.50
for the salvation of men."
00:42:48.53\00:42:50.43
Notice, God could be
sending angels to people
00:42:50.47\00:42:52.30
but God is sending us.
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.87
There is not a single
verse in the Book of Acts
00:42:54.90\00:42:56.97
where a soul is
saved without a person.
00:42:57.01\00:42:59.44
There is always
a person involved.
00:42:59.47\00:43:00.91
God sends people.
00:43:00.94\00:43:02.31
"It was organized for service,
00:43:02.34\00:43:03.81
and its mission is to
carry the gospel to the world.
00:43:03.85\00:43:06.45
From the beginning
it has been God's plan
00:43:06.48\00:43:08.78
that through His church
00:43:08.82\00:43:10.19
should be reflected to the world
00:43:10.22\00:43:11.69
His fullness
and His sufficiency.
00:43:11.72\00:43:14.19
The members of the church,
00:43:14.22\00:43:15.56
those whom He has
called out of darkness
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.19
into His marvelous light,
are to show forth His glory."
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.33
Last sentence here.
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.70
"The church is the
repository of the riches
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.67
of the grace of
Christ, and through the church
00:43:23.70\00:43:26.40
will eventually
be made manifest,
00:43:26.43\00:43:29.04
even to 'the principalities
and powers in heavenly places,'
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.54
the final and full
display of the love of God."
00:43:32.57\00:43:35.64
Wow.
00:43:35.68\00:43:37.01
There are angelic beings
and people in un-fallen worlds
00:43:37.05\00:43:39.35
that are learning
things about the love of God
00:43:39.38\00:43:42.42
through this
service that we perform,
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.39
through the gospel transforming
00:43:44.42\00:43:45.89
our individual experiences,
it's amazing really.
00:43:45.92\00:43:50.03
So it isn't a burden.
00:43:50.06\00:43:51.39
It's not a "yoke of bondage"
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.76
it is a privilege
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.16
to be ambassadors
of reconciliation,
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.36
ministers of reconciliation.
00:43:56.40\00:43:58.73
One preacher said
that the Lord calls us
00:43:58.77\00:44:01.60
to ministry not for us to
save others but to save us.
00:44:01.64\00:44:05.17
Yeah. Yeah.
00:44:05.21\00:44:06.54
And I thought about that,
what would we have been doing?
00:44:06.57\00:44:08.38
Yeah. Think about it.
00:44:08.41\00:44:10.25
What was I doing
before I got into.
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.05
You were disc jockey.
Disc jockey, partying.
00:44:12.08\00:44:13.95
You were playing
records and having people dance
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.35
or you made them dance.
00:44:16.38\00:44:21.12
And each of us could look
at our lives whether how long
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.93
or how short we've lived
00:44:23.96\00:44:25.49
and see that well, at some point
00:44:25.53\00:44:27.60
this text that came
to me is 1 Timothy 4:16
00:44:27.63\00:44:31.27
and it shows and that very point
00:44:31.30\00:44:32.93
is illustrated in
the very same example
00:44:32.97\00:44:35.54
of let no one
despise your youth.
00:44:35.57\00:44:38.17
But verse 16 brings
out a very important point
00:44:38.21\00:44:41.88
of why God calls us to work.
00:44:41.91\00:44:45.85
Look at verse 16.
You have that one, Mark?
00:44:45.88\00:44:47.98
1 Timothy 4:16?
00:44:48.02\00:44:49.35
Yes.
00:44:49.38\00:44:50.72
"Take heed unto
thyself" that one.
00:44:50.75\00:44:52.09
Take heed.
00:44:52.12\00:44:53.66
"Take heed unto
thyself, and unto the doctrine,
00:44:53.69\00:44:56.22
continue in
them, for in doing this
00:44:56.26\00:44:58.66
thou shalt both save thyself,
and them that hear thee."
00:44:58.69\00:45:01.23
See.
00:45:01.26\00:45:02.66
I'm teaching you something.
00:45:02.70\00:45:04.90
Share with
others but if you listen
00:45:04.93\00:45:07.40
to what you are sharing,
00:45:07.44\00:45:08.77
they will be saved
and you will be saved.
00:45:08.80\00:45:11.44
So you don't
want to be a castaway?
00:45:11.47\00:45:12.94
You don't want to be castaway.
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.64
I found that in Bible work too,
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.11
like the more that I
would be sharing the things
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.81
I was certainly convinced of.
00:45:17.85\00:45:20.45
I would be reminded of
just how awesome this message is
00:45:20.48\00:45:23.65
when talking about
the beauty of the judgment
00:45:23.69\00:45:25.25
that is not
something to be afraid of
00:45:25.29\00:45:26.65
or the character of
God and the heart of God.
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.66
Every time I gave studies
on righteousness by faith,
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.66
I was just
reminded of the undying love
00:45:30.69\00:45:33.50
and
reasonableness of our Savior.
00:45:33.53\00:45:37.47
Yeah, it's amazing
00:45:37.50\00:45:38.83
and we need those
continue reminders,
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.20
that's one of the reasons
why I think God does that
00:45:40.24\00:45:42.24
is to continually remind us
00:45:42.27\00:45:44.04
of the things He is doing for us
00:45:44.07\00:45:45.41
and wanting to teach
us by sharing with others.
00:45:45.44\00:45:47.64
Matter of fact, Dee, read
point number four on that line.
00:45:47.68\00:45:51.81
"We serve for eternal reasons.
00:45:51.85\00:45:53.95
Don't serve the Lord
for temporal benefits."
00:45:53.98\00:45:57.19
And the text for
that is Matthew 25:23,
00:45:57.22\00:45:59.99
I actually
referred to this earlier.
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.36
Yeah. Okay.
00:46:01.39\00:46:02.72
"His lord said
to him, 'Well done,
00:46:02.76\00:46:04.09
good and faithful servant,
00:46:04.13\00:46:05.46
you have been
faithful over a few things,
00:46:05.49\00:46:06.90
I will make you
ruler over many things.
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.40
Enter into the
joy of your lord.'"
00:46:09.43\00:46:12.10
I don't know if you
caught the word joy?
00:46:12.13\00:46:13.84
Yeah. Yeah, I did.
00:46:13.87\00:46:15.20
If you serve the Lord with joy,
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.27
you will enter into eternal joy.
00:46:17.31\00:46:20.01
And at His right hand
are pleasures forevermore.
00:46:20.04\00:46:22.94
Jesus prayed for
that actually for us.
00:46:22.98\00:46:24.61
In John 13 through 17 He says,
and that You may have My joy
00:46:24.65\00:46:27.88
and you may have it to the full.
00:46:27.92\00:46:29.25
Like Jesus is actually
longing for this for His people
00:46:29.28\00:46:32.55
that it's
actually available to us.
00:46:32.59\00:46:35.02
So where does that joy come from
00:46:35.06\00:46:36.83
because this one question
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.29
that is going on
in the back of my head
00:46:38.33\00:46:39.96
because I imagine, you know,
people asking this question.
00:46:40.00\00:46:44.30
Is it just, you
know, when it says,
00:46:44.33\00:46:46.00
serve the Lord with
joy are we saying okay,
00:46:46.03\00:46:48.07
it's time to serve the Lord.
00:46:48.10\00:46:49.44
I'm gonna do it with joy.
00:46:49.47\00:46:52.77
Like... Okay.
00:46:52.81\00:46:54.41
I would think you
gonna-- I'll go and give you up.
00:46:54.44\00:46:56.78
I was thinking like when
people go on mission trips
00:46:56.81\00:46:59.05
so they do that kind of
acts like giving the guy
00:46:59.08\00:47:01.92
who didn't have any
money 20 bucks to buy a lunch
00:47:01.95\00:47:03.62
or whatever something about
you resonates when you've done
00:47:03.65\00:47:06.62
because this is
what you were made for.
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.76
I think that
sense of joy euphoria
00:47:08.79\00:47:10.63
isn't just
because I did a good deed
00:47:10.66\00:47:12.09
but because
there is a rightness,
00:47:12.13\00:47:15.36
resounding chord within you that
00:47:15.40\00:47:17.30
this is what I was made to do
00:47:17.33\00:47:19.00
and you feel like you
00:47:19.03\00:47:21.30
in all your
fullness in that sense.
00:47:21.34\00:47:23.07
Okay. What other way?
00:47:23.10\00:47:24.44
I think the other way
00:47:24.47\00:47:26.27
is receiving God's
love for other people.
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.41
Yeah.
00:47:28.44\00:47:29.78
Because we can't conjure up
joy or love for these things
00:47:29.81\00:47:34.72
that has to be implanted
and when we have received
00:47:34.75\00:47:37.25
such a love for people,
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.35
there won't be a
joy for us to serve.
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.32
And I think another aspect
of this is God gave us talents
00:47:41.36\00:47:45.69
and abilities for a
reason and sometimes He calls us
00:47:45.73\00:47:50.07
to use those talents.
00:47:50.10\00:47:52.33
And for me I love
video. I love video.
00:47:52.37\00:47:54.60
Like all the nitty-gritty
details of preproduction,
00:47:54.64\00:47:57.61
production and post
production I enjoy it
00:47:57.64\00:48:00.04
taking it over
ominous times but I enjoy it.
00:48:00.08\00:48:02.51
And even there is some joy
00:48:02.54\00:48:04.18
that God gives you
joy in the labor itself.
00:48:04.21\00:48:06.51
Yeah, I could
relate to that for sure.
00:48:06.55\00:48:09.18
Now these guys they all sound
like preachers, don't they?
00:48:09.22\00:48:11.59
I'm telling you.
00:48:11.62\00:48:13.86
Do you all
preach, don't you? Yeah.
00:48:13.89\00:48:15.52
I almost want to give a
contact address of both of you.
00:48:15.56\00:48:18.29
Yeah, but not at today show.
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.83
They can email our website.
00:48:19.86\00:48:21.20
Yeah. That's right.
00:48:21.23\00:48:22.56
So all little preachers.
00:48:22.60\00:48:23.93
You guys remind me of Psalms 1,
"Blessed is the man who walketh
00:48:23.97\00:48:26.60
not in the
counsel of the ungodly."
00:48:26.63\00:48:29.14
And then it
says "But his delight
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.64
is in the law of his God,
00:48:31.67\00:48:33.01
and in that he doth
meditate day and night."
00:48:33.04\00:48:34.88
What happens? He is
like a tree planted.
00:48:34.91\00:48:37.71
And "That brings forth
its fruit in its season,
00:48:37.75\00:48:42.42
whose leaf will not wither,
00:48:42.45\00:48:43.79
and what ever he
does will prosper."
00:48:43.82\00:48:45.82
And so you go and look at that.
00:48:45.85\00:48:47.42
You compare the
things that the world does
00:48:47.46\00:48:49.32
that are so
temperament, so fleeting
00:48:49.36\00:48:50.73
and every year
they are competing.
00:48:50.76\00:48:52.09
Who is gonna get the next Oscar?
00:48:52.13\00:48:53.46
Who is gonna get the
next best song of the year?
00:48:53.50\00:48:55.80
Just for a brief moment
the next year the same thing,
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.70
everybody is
competing with earthly rewards
00:48:57.73\00:49:00.44
but one day we are
gonna get the heavenly rewards
00:49:00.47\00:49:02.94
and that's one of those.
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.31
But I want to get
to the fifth point.
00:49:04.34\00:49:07.48
You want to get that one?
00:49:07.51\00:49:08.84
I want to, before we-- Sure.
00:49:08.88\00:49:10.21
Before we move on from, I
want to say one more thing
00:49:10.25\00:49:11.58
about this verse.
00:49:11.61\00:49:12.95
Great.
00:49:12.98\00:49:14.32
This was
actually one of the verses
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.68
or passages that God used
to propel me into ministry.
00:49:15.72\00:49:18.99
This is
specifically where I am at now.
00:49:19.02\00:49:20.96
I'm in something
that he is leading us with
00:49:20.99\00:49:22.32
but I was reading it
00:49:22.36\00:49:25.33
and I was struck
by the last servant
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.13
who received one
talent and he came to God
00:49:28.16\00:49:30.60
and he didn't go
into service for God
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.94
through fear and unbelief.
00:49:33.97\00:49:35.40
He was scared that
he would lose a talent
00:49:35.44\00:49:36.87
that he wouldn't
do a good enough job.
00:49:36.91\00:49:38.77
And so he was so
scared of failing God
00:49:38.81\00:49:41.88
or his master in the parable
00:49:41.91\00:49:43.24
that he didn't go
out in service for God.
00:49:43.28\00:49:45.78
And it struck me
like, God was saying to me
00:49:45.81\00:49:49.42
because as we mentioned
earlier me being younger,
00:49:49.45\00:49:51.95
it's terrifying like
I'm called to do this
00:49:51.99\00:49:56.19
and like not
having the background
00:49:56.22\00:49:57.56
of all these other
people, it's terrifying.
00:49:57.59\00:49:59.23
But this is,
this was a quote that
00:49:59.26\00:50:01.66
God showed me at that
time that is so powerful.
00:50:01.70\00:50:04.63
It's from Christ Object Lessons.
00:50:04.67\00:50:06.00
Again we've had
three quotes from it.
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.37
Go for it. It's okay.
00:50:07.40\00:50:08.74
Christ Object Lessons,
"But when we give ourselves
00:50:08.77\00:50:10.77
wholly to God and in our
work follow His directions,
00:50:10.81\00:50:14.44
He makes Himself responsible
for its accomplishment.
00:50:14.48\00:50:18.55
He would not have us conjecture
00:50:18.58\00:50:20.92
as to the success of
our honest endeavors."
00:50:20.95\00:50:23.75
Get this.
00:50:23.79\00:50:25.12
"Not once should we
even think of failure.
00:50:25.15\00:50:28.29
We are to co-operate with
One who knows no failure."
00:50:28.32\00:50:30.73
Wow. I remember that.
00:50:30.76\00:50:32.66
And that's such an encouragement
00:50:32.69\00:50:34.06
that if God calls us forward,
in another place it says
00:50:34.10\00:50:37.37
even if we have
almost everything to learn,
00:50:37.40\00:50:39.83
God is our teacher and
He has promised success
00:50:39.87\00:50:42.84
that we don't have to fear
00:50:42.87\00:50:44.21
because we feel like
our talents are limited
00:50:44.24\00:50:45.87
that we can't actually
do a successful job for God.
00:50:45.91\00:50:48.88
I think that's something that
we should all remember more.
00:50:48.91\00:50:51.71
I think this segue
us to our last point.
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.75
I think Ryan is--
00:50:53.78\00:50:55.12
I mean, Dee, is that
your's or Ryan which one?
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.55
I guess I can.
00:50:57.59\00:50:58.99
Number five,
"Focus on being a servant
00:50:59.02\00:51:01.56
not being served
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.19
so we seek to give
and not to receive."
00:51:03.22\00:51:05.66
There is actually a
quote that Paul says,
00:51:05.69\00:51:07.03
"For even our Lord said
for it's more blessed to give
00:51:07.06\00:51:09.33
than to receive."
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.70
That's the only
quote in the New Testament
00:51:10.73\00:51:12.07
that's quoting Jesus that
isn't found in the gospels
00:51:12.10\00:51:14.17
but he was
referring to the gospel
00:51:14.20\00:51:15.94
to give than to receive.
00:51:15.97\00:51:17.47
Mark 10:45, "For
even the Son of Man
00:51:17.51\00:51:19.57
did not come to be
served, but to serve,
00:51:19.61\00:51:22.34
and to give His
life a ransom for many."
00:51:22.38\00:51:24.98
Do you ever feel like sometimes
you are putting out so much
00:51:25.01\00:51:27.88
and it seems like you are
not getting reciprocated by--
00:51:27.92\00:51:31.22
You know, man I
worked so hard this week.
00:51:31.25\00:51:34.42
I have no money--
This is the testimony.
00:51:34.46\00:51:36.99
Well, no actually sometimes--
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.36
Because it's been a rough week.
00:51:38.39\00:51:40.43
Last couple of
weeks you have been
00:51:40.46\00:51:42.56
busy, busy, busy,
working for the Lord.
00:51:42.60\00:51:45.03
And then sometimes
helping other people
00:51:45.07\00:51:46.74
that are not directly connected
but it's a ministry to their--
00:51:46.77\00:51:49.20
You know, like last night,
00:51:49.24\00:51:50.94
you know, helping
with something that,
00:51:50.97\00:51:52.31
somebody needed help
in an excel spreadsheet
00:51:52.34\00:51:55.14
and, you know, after
making a 1,017 entries for them
00:51:55.18\00:51:58.78
and my hands were feeling
like they were really tight,
00:51:58.81\00:52:00.62
you know, when your
hands are always hanging down.
00:52:00.65\00:52:02.12
Okay, what is the benefit here?
00:52:02.15\00:52:04.79
And but surly it's
service and loving other people
00:52:04.82\00:52:07.32
so that it doesn't
become always about you.
00:52:07.36\00:52:09.29
That's right.
00:52:09.32\00:52:10.66
And so when we
focus on being servants,
00:52:10.69\00:52:15.63
we realize it
doesn't have to be about us.
00:52:15.66\00:52:18.23
And I say to people
don't serve because somebody
00:52:18.27\00:52:20.34
is gonna give you a plaque
00:52:20.37\00:52:21.87
or you are gonna get your
name on the side of a building
00:52:21.90\00:52:24.44
but serve because one
day you're gonna hear,
00:52:24.47\00:52:26.54
"Well done."
00:52:26.57\00:52:27.94
Good and faithful
servant. Go ahead.
00:52:27.98\00:52:29.61
I even remember,
I don't want to be
00:52:29.64\00:52:31.48
in that situation
as quoting Ellen White
00:52:31.51\00:52:33.38
when I don't know where it is
00:52:33.42\00:52:34.75
but I remember her talking about
00:52:34.78\00:52:36.35
how even the person
in their lowliest job,
00:52:36.38\00:52:39.92
the tiniest little
detail if done in faithfulness,
00:52:39.95\00:52:42.56
in diligence, and in
loving service for God
00:52:42.59\00:52:45.43
is just as important
in the books of heaven
00:52:45.46\00:52:47.66
as the greatest pastor,
the greatest evangelist,
00:52:47.70\00:52:50.30
the person reaching thousands.
00:52:50.33\00:52:51.77
So even if, even if
you can, you only have
00:52:51.80\00:52:54.87
enough strength
to pray for someone,
00:52:54.90\00:52:57.44
that is still
incredible work for God.
00:52:57.47\00:53:00.21
Because once again
00:53:00.24\00:53:02.14
"Not of works lest
anyone should boast."
00:53:02.18\00:53:05.81
Right. See, that's the key.
00:53:05.85\00:53:07.58
Works is it--
00:53:07.62\00:53:09.08
Throw a little kind of
a monkey wrench in there
00:53:09.12\00:53:11.62
but, I know we are talking
about being we're save to serve
00:53:11.65\00:53:15.96
and I think sometimes we
serve so that we can be saved
00:53:15.99\00:53:21.60
and that's the reason
00:53:21.63\00:53:24.07
that we are
doing all these things
00:53:24.10\00:53:26.40
is because the only reason
is because somebody told us
00:53:26.43\00:53:30.04
well, you are either
just looking for the reward
00:53:30.07\00:53:32.71
or you are gonna burn in hell.
00:53:32.74\00:53:34.08
Which one do you want, right?
00:53:34.11\00:53:36.28
And I think that
again focusing on the point
00:53:36.31\00:53:41.32
that you made earlier, Mark,
00:53:41.35\00:53:44.25
you know, we can have a person
00:53:44.29\00:53:45.62
who is doing all
the right things.
00:53:45.65\00:53:47.52
You know, they are
serving tons of people
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.73
to giving out
tons of glow tracks,
00:53:50.76\00:53:52.49
you know, they can throw
down the 99 best tofu recipes
00:53:52.53\00:53:57.40
whatever and they may
look perfect on that outside
00:53:57.43\00:54:02.60
but inside they
don't have love for God.
00:54:02.64\00:54:05.47
And where does
that leave somebody?
00:54:05.51\00:54:07.31
Yeah, the service
that we render to Christ
00:54:07.34\00:54:10.41
must be activated out
of a personal relationship.
00:54:10.45\00:54:13.72
You have to spend your
time at the feet of Jesus.
00:54:13.75\00:54:16.08
You don't always be in
the kitchen of service,
00:54:16.12\00:54:18.52
be at the feet of Jesus.
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.02
My good friend,
Pastor Batchelor wrote a book
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.89
At the Feet of Jesus.
00:54:21.92\00:54:23.66
The best place to be
is at the feet of Jesus.
00:54:23.69\00:54:25.93
When one sister was
saying she is not helping,
00:54:25.96\00:54:28.53
the Lord said, "She is
where she needs to be."
00:54:28.56\00:54:31.13
And so begin your
day at the feet of Jesus
00:54:31.17\00:54:32.93
which in fact takes us
to our time of prayer now.
00:54:32.97\00:54:35.44
We're gonna go
through this very quickly.
00:54:35.47\00:54:36.81
We're gonna
mention these prayers
00:54:36.84\00:54:38.17
in the interest of time,
we're gonna have one prayer.
00:54:38.21\00:54:41.41
But, Mark, the prayer request
that you like to mention.
00:54:41.44\00:54:45.05
Sure.
00:54:45.08\00:54:46.41
Wilbert who is seeking
a closer walk for Jesus.
00:54:46.45\00:54:49.18
Betty who is
battling bladder cancer
00:54:49.22\00:54:50.79
and is praying for
strength and healing.
00:54:50.82\00:54:52.72
Okay.
00:54:52.75\00:54:54.82
And mine is, Bob needs
a prayer for her marriage
00:54:54.86\00:54:58.66
and the salvation of
both her and her husband.
00:54:58.69\00:55:03.03
Carol is trained
in the medical field
00:55:03.06\00:55:05.77
and needs employment and
also have a friend Annette.
00:55:05.80\00:55:10.87
Her husband is gonna
have very serious surgery
00:55:10.91\00:55:14.18
and they are in the West Coast,
so remember them in prayer.
00:55:14.21\00:55:17.95
All right.
00:55:17.98\00:55:19.41
Patty lives alone in the country
00:55:19.45\00:55:21.38
and needs assistance.
00:55:21.42\00:55:24.42
Sonia is expressing tiredness,
dizziness, lung congestion
00:55:24.45\00:55:27.46
and heart issues
and she is asking
00:55:27.49\00:55:29.76
that we pray for
God's will to be done.
00:55:29.79\00:55:31.73
And Vernetta had knee
and shoulder replacements
00:55:31.76\00:55:33.90
and is in lots of pain.
00:55:33.93\00:55:35.56
And her husband has Parkinson's
00:55:35.60\00:55:37.07
and they need divine
and grace and strength.
00:55:37.10\00:55:39.67
Wow.
00:55:39.70\00:55:41.04
And finally
Della's granddaughter
00:55:41.07\00:55:42.40
has dropped out of school.
00:55:42.44\00:55:44.64
Pray that she
will return to school.
00:55:44.67\00:55:46.74
And we also want
to pray for the Lord
00:55:46.78\00:55:48.11
to find for that young lady
00:55:48.14\00:55:51.38
to be receptive to
the voice of the Lord.
00:55:51.41\00:55:54.05
You know, we'll
just bow our heads.
00:55:54.08\00:55:55.42
We are gonna
have a word of prayer
00:55:55.45\00:55:56.79
and ask the Lord to bless
00:55:56.82\00:55:58.15
these prayer
requests and others.
00:55:58.19\00:55:59.52
If there are
prayers in your heart,
00:55:59.55\00:56:00.89
you might want to bow
your heads with us as we pray
00:56:00.92\00:56:02.46
and allow your
prayers with a silent
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or audible to be raised
before God's throne of grace.
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Wonderful Father in heaven,
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what a blessing it is to
know that we are saved to serve
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and we serve
because we love You.
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Not because we are trying
to work our way into salvation
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or to find that we can
boast about our accomplishments.
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But surely, Lord, it is You
who works in us both to will
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and to do of Your good pleasure.
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These precious names mentioned
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and others that are
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in the hearts of our
viewers and listeners.
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Lord, we want to
unite with them right now
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as we come before
Your throne of grace.
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We pray that as
these prayers rise
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that they are sweet
smelling savor to You.
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Each of the needs,
Father, both physically,
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spiritually,
mentally, emotionally
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and whatever other
category they may be in,
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we pray that You
will tend to them, Lord.
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Not just for
these needs to be met
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and the people to
go along unchanged,
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but more than all the
needs that are mentioned,
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we pray that their
hearts will experience a change
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in the touch from
Your all mighty hand.
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Amen.
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We also pray for the
needs of this ministry,
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for the families that are
connected with us right now,
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for the altars that are set up
in the homes of those listening
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and those watching and transform
00:57:14.90\00:57:17.10
and touch our hearts and lives
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that we may work
because we love You.
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And, Father, we won't
fret or be discouraged,
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but we surely will know that
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we will leave
the results to You.
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So take these small
seeds of faith, Father,
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plant them in your
kingdom that one day
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it will be our
privilege to hear the words,
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"Well done, thou good
and faithful servant."
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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