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, and welcome to
today's family worship.
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Happy Sabbath to
those of you at home.
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Happy Sabbath to
those of you here.
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Amen.
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We want to
welcome our family at home
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and we have a wonderful family
sitting here on the table.
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My name is Chris Shelton
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and this is my fabulous
husband Pastor Kenney Shelton.
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Thank you.
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And to my left is Sister Shelley
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and her fabulous
husband JD Quinn.
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And then to our
right is Sister Jill
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and her fabulous husband.
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They might as well,
they all are fabulous.
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Okay. We're blessed.
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We're the fabulous
three. That's right.
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So what a blessing to
be with you this evening
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as we bring in the Sabbath
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and we are gonna
open our program today
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with a couple songs.
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"I've Got a River of
Life" is the first one
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and we welcome you
to join in with us.
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Amen.
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And we have another
family almost forgot
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Sister Marlene Hoss.
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She's been part of our extended
family for over 30 years.
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We love her. Amen.
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She has played--
She can play that.
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Oh, yes. Oh, she's
been such a blessing.
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She is such a blessing. Yes.
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So we're gonna sing
"I've Got a River of Life."
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Yes.
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I've got a river of
life flowing out of me!
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Makes the lame to
walk, and the blind to see
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Opens prison doors,
sets the captives free!
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I've got a river of
life flowing out of me!
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Spring up, O
well, within my soul!
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Spring up, O
well, and make me whole!
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Spring up, O
well, and give to me
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That life abundantly
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I've got a river of
life flowing out of me!
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Makes the lame to
walk, and the blind to see
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Opens prison doors,
sets the captives free!
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I've got a river of
life flowing out of me!
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Spring up, O
well, within my soul!
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Spring up, O
well, and make me whole!
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Spring up, O
well, and give to me
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That life abundantly
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Praise God. Amen.
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What a great song. Yes.
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We need that river of life
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springing up in
all of our hearts.
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Amen. We are in
trouble if it's not.
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That's right.
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Is that right, we have to have
that Jesus living inside of us.
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Thank you Jesus.
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Excitement to us as I
sing this I picture myself
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He is singing
this all captive free.
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Amen. Amen.
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The devil is trying
to put us in captivity
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because of Jesus
Christ we are set free.
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That's why we are excited.
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That to me that's just
such excitement to know
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we can have Jesus
in our hearts itself.
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And what a testimony
even in the beginning
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because it makes the lame
to walk and the blind to see.
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There is no sickness in
the presence of God's spirit.
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Amen.
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So we want that life abundantly.
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And the next song
that we are going to sing
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is entitled "This
World Is Not My Home"
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and I know many
of us are feeling
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that more and more
each and every day.
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"This World Is Not
My Home" join us please.
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Amen.
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This world is not my home
I'm just a-passing through
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My treasures are laid up
Somewhere beyond the blue
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The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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Oh Lord, you know I
have no friend like you
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If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do
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The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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They're all expecting me
And that's one thing I know
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My Savior pardoned
me And now I onward go
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I know He'll take me through
Though I am week and poor
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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Oh Lord, you know I
have no friend like you
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If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do
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The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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Good news. Good news.
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Just over in Glory
Land We'll live eternally
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The Saints on every
hand Are shouting victory
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Their songs of sweetest praise
Drift back from Heaven's shore
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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Oh Lord, you know I
have no friend like you
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If heaven's not my home
Then Lord what will I do
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The angels beckon me
From heaven's open door
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And I can't feel at
home In this world anymore
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I can't feel at home
In this world anymore
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Praise the Lord. Hallelujah.
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Amen. Amen.
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I'm not feeling
at home here anymore.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's right, this world is not
my home, praise God for that.
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He is preparing the people
to be separated from the world
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and the things of the world.
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And I think it's so
important to come together
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for family worship
that we can sing praises.
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Folks at home, we know
that we are not singers
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but I sure had some of you.
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I'm sure we are
not, of course not.
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We love to make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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That's us.
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And we pray that it's
inspired through the spirit
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people were singing
along, I know the angels were.
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Amen.
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This will make a joyful
noise and they were happy.
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So we are happy to be here.
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We are happy to be able to sing
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and to look into
the word of God here.
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Amen.
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And I think it's
about time for prayer.
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Amen. Isn't it, we need to pray?
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Amen.
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We want to sing, we
were singing and praying
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and it's always
wonderful to know
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that so many I know
requests come in here at 3ABN,
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you know, dozens and
hundreds and thousands of people
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and every person seems like,
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of course every
family has needs.
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Yes.
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There's something
going on in their life,
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it's traumatic many times
since they've lost loved ones.
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They've got people who are sick.
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I think things
that in their life
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that needs to change
and only God can do that.
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We rely up on that, I know
we do here at 3ABN for prayer.
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So when people call
in we want you to know
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that your prayer
request is so important.
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You have such
wonderful people here
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that's gonna care right along
and pray right along with you.
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That's right.
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I think that's awesome
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because, you know,
our hearts have to be one
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and as often
thought and I said to myself
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and one time I think
we had worship together
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that we have to love one
other the way Jesus loves us.
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And so when someone is
hurting, we hurt with them.
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When they cry we cry with them.
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When they are joyous,
we are joyous with them.
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And so, we have a
list of the lot of folks
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that has some different needs
and we are gonna lift them up.
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Thankful that
our heavenly Father
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knows the need of everyone.
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Amen. And what's best.
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That's right. Yes.
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And see, I'm praying for healing
for everything and everybody
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but God knows what's
best and I'm so thankful
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and at the end we can say "not
our will but thine be done."
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Amen.
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So, why don't we just pray
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and we will be in agreement
here at church, church family
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that God is going
to do something great
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and as He does these
things that are great
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people gonna be calling 3ABN
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and they are gonna say
God has done great things.
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Amen. Let's pray,
shall we together?
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That's right. Yes.
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Most kind
loving heavenly Father,
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privilege we
have to come to thee.
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So thankful that
You said in Your word
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that we may come boldly
to the throne room of God.
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We may find help
in our time of need
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and some say, "Well,
I don't have a need."
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I have a need every
day, 24/7 I tell you.
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I need the Savior,
I need Your spirit,
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I need Your
guidance, I need Your love,
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I need Your encouragement,
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I need Your
strength, need Your mind.
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And so, Lord,
today we are coming
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against the old
enemy in the name of Jesus.
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We are thinking about
those folks that have called
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and those who bless their hearts
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they haven't had
the courage to call.
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They may be ashamed,
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there may be
something going on in their life
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and realize when they call they
don't have to go into detail.
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That once You will take
those calls they are listening
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and they are going
to pray but God know.
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He knows those needs
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and so we are going
to pray and in faith
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where only two or three agree
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or touch upon
anything, it is so.
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And so we lift these precious,
precious individuals to You.
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These are Your
children. Yes, Father.
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You know them better
than they know themselves.
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You know what they are in
need of and so I pray now that
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since You're the great
physician, the great healer
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and again I pause, I thank
You for doctors and hospitals.
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I thank You for all the
good things that You have,
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You have given to us
to help us along our way
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but I never want to
forget the great physician,
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the great healer
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and I just pray
in a special way now
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You will come and You
will touch every individual.
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You will touch this program.
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You will meet
the needs of hearts
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that are tuning in, some
maybe for the very first time.
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They may be thinking suicide,
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they maybe thinking
this is their worst night
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like in the world, that's it.
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They don't want to live anymore.
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They just want to
get out of this world.
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Lord, I pray You
would touch them right now.
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Their eyes may be
turned toward heaven.
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They may see Jesus
in a wonderful way,
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receive a
freshness in Your spirit.
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Bless this program we pray,
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Holy Spirit take
possession of each of our hearts
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and our minds and our lives.
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Lord, I'm afraid myself,
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I wouldn't want to say
anything, would be offensive
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if I hurt anyone
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but I want to be a spokesman
for You and each one here does.
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So impress us now we
pray with high spirit.
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We thank You, we praise
You and those that are at home,
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those viewing,
listening, watching
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their hearts may be
turned toward heaven.
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This would be a
wonderful worship service.
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I'm gonna thank You in advance
for what You're going to do.
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In Jesus' name we
thank You and we praise You.
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Amen and amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, it tells us
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and I think this
is very important
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especially for
people that are watching.
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I know it is in my life,
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where every sincere
prayer will be answered,
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every sincere prayer.
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It may not be answered
just as you think it should be
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or at your time, but it's
always for your eternal benefit.
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Amen. Amen.
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So, please don't
forget that, God loves you.
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Every sincere
prayer, key word, sincere.
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So, amen.
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I know, Jesus is
a contrary heart.
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Amen. Amen.
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There is no hope
without our Father.
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Amen. Amen.
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He is the hope.
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Amen. Amen.
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We're gonna be
talking about Him.
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I was gonna say,
thinking about the prayer
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because this is the neat thing,
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you know, when
Christ was on this earth
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walking amongst us
as human beings here
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that it shows to me
that Christ was interested
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in those little
details of people's life
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because sometimes can be
like well, God is such a big God
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does He really care about.
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I mean, it could be well,
we think as something simple
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but God cares, He knows
and in Matthew it talks about
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He notices when a
sparrow falls to the ground.
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So we are much more
important than that.
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So anyway, when we
like you're mentioning,
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everyone is mentioning now
lifting these things up to God
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He hears and He
answers according to His will.
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Praise Lord.
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You know, Sister Marlene
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that played the
piano bless her heart,
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I wish she could
give this testimony
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but you
mentioned the small things
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I know we all probably
could come up with small things
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that God has answered to us.
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But last week she was
testifying on Sabbath at church
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and she said, you know,
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she said, "The
Lord is just so good."
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She said, "I live
out in the country
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and I've had this beaver dam"
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and she said,
"It was bothering me.
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It was really
starting to hurt the pound
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and so on and so forth."
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She said, "I started praying
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that God would
send somebody to help
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I didn't know
what to do about it."
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As she said, "It was
about two or three days later
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some guy in a
truck came by her house,
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stop, came to the door.
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She is almost
afraid to answer the door
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and he says, "Ma'am I notice
you have a beaver problem.
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I'm a beaver man."
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And I said of
all things who is it,
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you know, I don't even
know that occupation existed
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especially in southern Illinois.
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But he answered that prayer
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and she realized it was
her Father taking care of her
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because she now lives alone.
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Isn't that awesome?
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And you know that it
does, it builds faith.
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Doesn't it?
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It builds faith
for her but also for me
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because I'm hearing what God
is doing and that's beautiful.
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Yes, it is.
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Oh, she was so--
and it touched her heart
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because we realized
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how He takes care of
each and everyone of us.
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He is a light for my path
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that's where we're
gonna start with today
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and our opening text
is found in Psalms 119:105
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"Thy word is a
lamp unto my feet,
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and a light unto my path."
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Now we understand what a lamp is
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and what a light but
when we're looking in
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and we're talking
about a light for my path.
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In the Bible what do you
think the word light means?
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I know a lot of
you probably know here
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but there may be
somebody listening that,
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you know, why is the
Bible talk about light?
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What does that mean?
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Light is the-- darkness
is the absence of light,
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so light expels darkness
and light means to know truth,
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to know Christ, to know the way
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because God has
clearly, He has given us.
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You know, what I love
about God is He's so loving.
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If you live near a highway
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you're not gonna
send your children out
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to play in the backyard.
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If you don't have
fence up around the yard,
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you are not gonna put
little children out there
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that don't know.
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So God gives us His
word, His commandments
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and He fences in a safe path.
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And so He gives us light,
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so that we are not gonna
stumble around in the darkness.
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Amen.
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I mean the word just says
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He is-- Jesus is
the light of the world.
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We sing all the songs.
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Jesus, He is lighting our way.
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He is going before us
which He promised to do.
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Yes.
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So I love that light
because we don't have the light.
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You mentioned we walk in...
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Darkness. It
reminds me of a story.
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I was eight-years-old
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we went to Carlsbad
Caverns, the New Mexico
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and go down into the depths,
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the bowels of the earth,
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you know, and we got a guide.
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He got his
little lamp on his hat
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and we are going in for,
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we are following and we
would look at stalagmites
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And whatever the mites
this mites that, mite you know
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and then he says, "Now I
want to show you something
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that you will never
forget rest of your life.
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Let's all stand
and be very still."
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And the lights turned out.
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Yes. Yeah.
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You couldn't, it was
a scary, eerie feeling.
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Yes.
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Now, it's in here
that the word is the light
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and now why do we
need light if we can't see?
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And whenever you
turn that light back on,
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oh, my goodness
our little hearts
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just pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat,
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because now we could see.
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So I think that
there is a unity,
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there is harmony between
being able to see with the light
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that He gave us, otherwise
it would be still without void.
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I mean-- Right.
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You know, something I was
saying when you mentioned that
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because I, when I
first got out service
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I worked at
Waltonville 6 coal mine.
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It was about
thousand feet straight down.
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You know, I experienced that too
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and I'm gonna use this,
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I think we all
can understand it,
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we went through the same thing
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and I always did, you can't see.
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It's like absence
of light thousand feet.
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You can't see anything.
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You can do this, no
matter how close you get,
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you touch your nose
you still don't see it.
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And I got to think,
"You know what, Kenny,
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you are useless without light."
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Amen.
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And then spiritual
lesson on that we are useless
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without light
because we cannot see.
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We don't know the direction
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and when you are
thousand feet down
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and maybe a mile or
two in all these places
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you need light
to guide your feet
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and make sure you
step on the right path.
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And so, I'm so
thankful for that passages.
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I'm sure it's helped me in
illustration that you gave.
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And I experience when
the light came, "Hey, Lord."
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, oh, can I see now.
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I know where to put my feet.
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I know how to get
out of this place.
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Yeah. And you
got direction. Yes.
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But, you know, sometimes when
you are in that total darkness
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and then you walk into the light
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or the light comes
sometimes it hurts.
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You know your eyes will hurt
at first because the contrast,
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and I think that's the
way the word is sometimes
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is that you're
picking up the word
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and you're
studying and you thinking
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you're walking along this path
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and all of a sudden
you have greater light
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and it's like,
"Oh, Lord, this hurts.
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Forgive me because
now I see something
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that I didn't
realize I was doing."
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And so it can hurt at first
till you get adjusted to it
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and then you're loving it.
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Oh, absolutely.
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And so many people are
stumbling in the darkness.
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I'm gonna read on, it
says-- Let Jill give us some--
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Oh, Jill, do you have something?
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One of my, I was just thinking
about different scripture.
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One of my favorite
scripture is 2 Corinthians 4.
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It says, verse 6,
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"For God, who
commanded the light
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to shine out of darkness,
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and shine in our hearts,
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that the light of the
gospel of the knowledge
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of the glory of Jesus
Christ would be in us.
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And we have this
treasure in earthen vessels,"
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jars of clay each one
of us simply jars of clay
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"that the excellency of
the power may be of God,
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and not of us."
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And when I think about
that, I think of the Word of God
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being the light,
Jesus being the light.
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Amen. Amen.
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He says, I want to pour this
light into us, each one of us.
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He wants to pour His light
into you that we can go out
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and share Jesus
with the dark world.
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People in the cave, the
coal mine who don't know God.
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People, people are dying,
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they're in such
sorrow and distress
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because this world
is really darkening.
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Can you imagine
just we probably look
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like the cave to heaven.
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We look that
dark. There you know it.
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And God has given us
such a gift in His son
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and in the Word of God.
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This Word of God is
how He communicates with us
00:20:04.97\00:20:08.00
and how we communicate with Him.
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Praise the Lord. Yes.
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It is wonderful
and we all need it.
00:20:10.81\00:20:12.77
And one thing I
thought was so appropriate
00:20:12.81\00:20:15.14
about this lesson
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if we ever get
through it is because,
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is because the world as a whole
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they are beginning
to throw the light out.
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They are throwing the Bible out.
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They are ministers and
I don't remember the name
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but I know just a few years ago
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there was one that made the news
00:20:33.70\00:20:35.03
because he took his Bible
00:20:35.06\00:20:36.40
and he threw at
a cross at church.
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We don't need that anymore.
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You see, what's--
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That happened in my
sister's church actually.
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There you go.
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The pastor said,
somebody had twisted the truth,
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he had been such a
great teacher of the truth
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and one day somebody
said there were a prophet
00:20:52.18\00:20:54.92
and they kind
of twisted his mind
00:20:54.95\00:20:56.92
hence they convinced him
that this Bible was dead letters
00:20:56.95\00:20:59.79
and he actually threw the Bible
00:20:59.82\00:21:02.39
and he said, we don't need
these dead letters anymore.
00:21:02.42\00:21:04.29
We're just going
to follow the spirit.
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Well, spirit wrote these words.
00:21:06.46\00:21:07.80
And, you know what, his church,
00:21:07.83\00:21:09.43
when he had started this church
00:21:09.46\00:21:10.80
there were like 200 people
it had gone to several thousand
00:21:10.83\00:21:15.07
and within 18 months
00:21:15.10\00:21:18.24
of him doing this he
was down to maybe 30 people.
00:21:18.27\00:21:22.44
The church just
started splintering apart.
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Yes.
00:21:25.41\00:21:26.75
The really concerning thing
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.95
is they say we're
gonna follow the spirit
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but we have to realize
00:21:31.99\00:21:33.32
because the Bible
so good to tell us
00:21:33.36\00:21:34.69
there is more than
one spirit as well.
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Amen. Amen.
00:21:36.09\00:21:37.69
And if they are not following,
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.06
if it's not up to the
law unto the testimony
00:21:39.09\00:21:41.90
there is a different spirit
00:21:41.93\00:21:43.60
that is leading
and guiding them.
00:21:43.63\00:21:45.83
And sometime we forget
00:21:45.87\00:21:47.20
what you've talked
about here is interesting
00:21:47.24\00:21:48.57
because we say, well, they say
that they are on the word out
00:21:48.60\00:21:51.94
and, you know, the
people are still reading,
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.51
they are still listening
sure there are some people
00:21:53.54\00:21:55.24
but, you know, I know from
an experience onetime myself
00:21:55.28\00:21:58.48
and through there is
that somebody was counsel
00:21:58.51\00:22:01.48
and then talk.
00:22:01.52\00:22:02.85
So best thing to do is open
the pages and let Jesus speak.
00:22:02.88\00:22:06.25
Amen. Amen.
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.62
And when we read
the passage of scripture
00:22:07.66\00:22:09.22
it made this person
angry to this point.
00:22:09.26\00:22:13.33
You know, haven't got
over yet in the sense now mad
00:22:13.36\00:22:15.83
but it hurt me inside.
00:22:15.86\00:22:17.73
They reached down on my
Bible and they got that page
00:22:17.77\00:22:20.74
and they ripped
it out of the word.
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.77
They watered up like this
and hit me in the face with it.
00:22:22.80\00:22:25.27
Oh, wow. Wow.
00:22:25.31\00:22:26.64
Now we had to pray for
patience at that point in time
00:22:26.68\00:22:29.61
but the thing that bothered me
00:22:29.64\00:22:30.98
more than hit in the
face with the Word of God
00:22:31.01\00:22:33.25
because we all need
to be hit in the face
00:22:33.28\00:22:34.62
as we are
sometime to wake us up.
00:22:34.65\00:22:36.99
But he did not want
to hear what the word,
00:22:37.02\00:22:39.99
what Jesus was saying to him
00:22:40.02\00:22:41.69
and they usually
blame the messenger.
00:22:41.72\00:22:44.03
Sure. You know.
00:22:44.06\00:22:45.39
So, I'm just saying there are
people like that in the world
00:22:45.43\00:22:47.76
but we need to
be praying for them.
00:22:47.80\00:22:49.13
Maybe somebody out there
00:22:49.16\00:22:50.50
that we are talking to
the night, that's turning in
00:22:50.53\00:22:52.17
you've had kind of a
dislike for the Word of God.
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.34
I'm gonna encourage
you to taste and see.
00:22:54.37\00:22:56.71
Amen. That He is good.
00:22:56.74\00:22:58.07
I mean, He is really good
00:22:58.11\00:22:59.44
but you're not gonna
know until you taste.
00:22:59.47\00:23:00.81
Amen. That's true.
00:23:00.84\00:23:02.18
So I like that a lot
in my path, I need that.
00:23:02.21\00:23:03.55
Amen. We need to get back.
00:23:03.58\00:23:05.95
I'm gonna jump down
to the third paragraph.
00:23:05.98\00:23:07.98
It says, "The Bible
is the great standard
00:23:08.02\00:23:10.59
of right and wrong,"
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.39
and we just talked
about them throwing it at.
00:23:12.42\00:23:14.46
You don't know
what's right and wrong
00:23:14.49\00:23:16.56
and people are
actually, they are coming up
00:23:16.59\00:23:19.13
with new
translations of the Bible
00:23:19.16\00:23:21.46
to fit their lifestyle.
00:23:21.50\00:23:23.63
And what we have to learn is
we're looking into that light,
00:23:23.67\00:23:27.67
into that mirror to
see who we really are
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.90
and that is us that
needs to do the changing.
00:23:29.94\00:23:33.54
And you mentioned
that sometimes it hurts
00:23:33.58\00:23:36.28
because it's a two edge sword.
00:23:36.31\00:23:37.85
We have to allow.
00:23:37.88\00:23:39.21
If we began to
fall in love with Jesus,
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.35
we'll allow that
great physician to come in
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and do the heart surgery
00:23:43.89\00:23:45.55
and eventually it stops hurting.
00:23:45.59\00:23:47.42
It becomes joyous and you don't
want to go back to the world.
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You just don't.
00:23:51.63\00:23:53.16
You know,
without the Word of God
00:23:53.19\00:23:56.36
you don't even know
that you're a sinner.
00:23:56.40\00:23:58.77
And so it's-- if you
don't know you're a sinner
00:23:58.80\00:24:02.10
you don't know
your need for a Savior.
00:24:02.14\00:24:04.37
So the word is
something that Jesus prayed
00:24:04.41\00:24:08.78
"Sanctify them by Your truth.
00:24:08.81\00:24:10.35
Your word is truth."
00:24:10.38\00:24:12.05
The word is alive
and active as Hebrew says
00:24:12.08\00:24:15.48
and it's something that
as it works in our heart
00:24:15.52\00:24:20.36
we become, you know,
Hebrews 1:3 says that,
00:24:20.39\00:24:25.46
"Jesus upholds and propels
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.76
and maintains the
universe by the Word of God."
00:24:28.80\00:24:32.30
He by the mighty Word
of God and it's a powerful,
00:24:32.33\00:24:38.04
it's a dynamite kind of power.
00:24:38.07\00:24:40.54
And so this is the
word that is power,
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.91
I think 2 Corinthians 10:5
00:24:43.95\00:24:46.95
when he was
talking about the weapons
00:24:46.98\00:24:48.98
of our warfare are not carnal,
00:24:49.02\00:24:51.05
they are mighty to the
pulling down on strongholds.
00:24:51.09\00:24:53.99
See we don't know
what the devil schemes are
00:24:54.02\00:24:56.42
against us till
you get into the word.
00:24:56.46\00:24:59.26
And if you can't
recognize the devil schemes,
00:24:59.29\00:25:01.30
you don't realize
what's holding you back
00:25:01.33\00:25:03.33
and once this
word gets in your heart
00:25:03.37\00:25:05.63
oh, my goodness He will just,
00:25:05.67\00:25:08.14
He cuts us free from
the chord that binds us.
00:25:08.17\00:25:11.24
Yeah, that's right. Yes.
00:25:11.27\00:25:12.61
Praise the Lord.
00:25:12.64\00:25:13.98
So let me ask this question
00:25:14.01\00:25:15.34
because I think lot of
people have this question
00:25:15.38\00:25:17.68
and I think
that we're right here
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.78
reminding for those
threads of gold right now, okay.
00:25:19.81\00:25:23.75
You come to a "T" on the road
00:25:23.79\00:25:27.22
and you need to make a decision.
00:25:27.26\00:25:30.16
That's right.
00:25:30.19\00:25:31.53
Now, what do you
do to make a decision?
00:25:31.56\00:25:35.70
I mean, do you, you
got to draw on something.
00:25:35.73\00:25:38.93
I mean, is it intuitively
or I have always gone right
00:25:38.97\00:25:43.10
and I've always paid
penalty for going right.
00:25:43.14\00:25:45.77
I mean, what would a person do
00:25:45.81\00:25:47.94
if they came to
a "T" on the road
00:25:47.98\00:25:50.05
and they need
to make a decision.
00:25:50.08\00:25:53.11
You know, if we
are honest in heart,
00:25:53.15\00:25:56.08
I believe we will
search the scriptures
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.92
to see what it would say.
00:25:57.95\00:26:00.19
You know, I said on many boards,
00:26:00.22\00:26:02.49
school boards, church boards
00:26:02.52\00:26:04.59
and when I finally
went to a local church here
00:26:04.63\00:26:09.53
because some of the
boards they would always say,
00:26:09.56\00:26:11.43
"Well, this school
is doing this and this"
00:26:11.47\00:26:13.60
by profession I was a teacher,
so I was familiar with it.
00:26:13.64\00:26:16.47
and with this, you
know, the city is doing this
00:26:16.50\00:26:19.24
and I think we
should do it this way
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.08
because this
lawyer does it this way.
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.81
And I finally went to a church,
00:26:23.85\00:26:26.31
another Adventist church
and this other Adventist church
00:26:26.35\00:26:31.95
and this other Adventist pastor
that's sitting next to me--
00:26:31.99\00:26:34.36
Oh, honey, be merciful.
00:26:34.39\00:26:35.72
They would go back,
if we had a question
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.96
always go back to the
Word of God to get the answer.
00:26:40.00\00:26:43.10
Amen. It's there.
00:26:43.13\00:26:44.47
It's there. It's there.
00:26:44.50\00:26:45.83
It is there.
00:26:45.87\00:26:47.20
And the world needs that answer.
00:26:47.24\00:26:48.57
They need that. Amen.
00:26:48.60\00:26:49.94
And, you know, I
think that you can,
00:26:49.97\00:26:51.31
there are situations that
maybe someone is listening today
00:26:51.34\00:26:55.41
that maybe haven't
got into the word yet,
00:26:55.44\00:26:58.41
but if you will
give the Lord permission,
00:26:58.45\00:27:00.68
the Lord, He
certainly has ears to hear
00:27:00.72\00:27:03.15
and He has eyes to see.
00:27:03.18\00:27:04.82
So if you come to
a "T" or a crossroad
00:27:04.85\00:27:08.06
or something that you say help.
00:27:08.09\00:27:10.23
Say, Lord, I give you
permission of being in charge.
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.33
Impress upon my mind through
the aid of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:12.36\00:27:15.20
Holy Spirit to guide me
00:27:15.23\00:27:19.13
and you will be shocked
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.80
that how the Lord
intercedes in your behalf.
00:27:21.84\00:27:24.84
Psalms 119:130 says,
00:27:24.87\00:27:27.88
"The entrance of
Your word brings light"
00:27:27.91\00:27:30.61
it's like when you were there
and you light in that darkness
00:27:30.65\00:27:33.95
and you light that
little match or something,
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.28
just even a
little light but it says
00:27:36.32\00:27:38.32
and "It brings
understanding to the simple."
00:27:38.35\00:27:41.12
So that's why if
we get into the word
00:27:41.16\00:27:44.69
we can gain the
understanding that we need.
00:27:44.73\00:27:46.46
Amen. Amen.
00:27:46.49\00:27:47.83
I like what it
says here. I'm sorry.
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.20
Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:27:49.23\00:27:50.57
Yeah, in this third paragraph
it says "The Bible is a chart,
00:27:50.60\00:27:54.17
showing us the
waymarks of truth."
00:27:54.20\00:27:55.80
I like this.
00:27:55.84\00:27:57.17
"Those who are
acquainted with this chart
00:27:57.21\00:28:00.24
will be enabled to
tread with certainty"
00:28:00.28\00:28:03.45
I like that word certainty.
00:28:03.48\00:28:04.85
You were just
talking about "T road."
00:28:04.88\00:28:06.78
"Certainty in the path of duty,
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.68
wherever they
may be called to go."
00:28:08.72\00:28:10.45
So the key is there to
become familiar with it,
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.49
then you will know with
certainty the way to go.
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.12
That's key.
00:28:15.16\00:28:16.49
I like that because we
need-- It takes some effort.
00:28:16.52\00:28:18.33
Yeah, we need to be grounded.
00:28:18.36\00:28:20.26
God is looking for a
people that are grounded
00:28:20.30\00:28:23.47
in truth and righteous
because we get so confused.
00:28:23.50\00:28:27.40
You see all the
different churches,
00:28:27.44\00:28:29.07
you hear all the
different testimonies
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.04
and you are asking
yourself what's right, you know.
00:28:31.07\00:28:34.11
Yeah. Amen.
00:28:34.14\00:28:35.68
What is right?
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.05
So I love that with certainty.
00:28:37.08\00:28:38.45
If I could share a
personal testimony?
00:28:38.48\00:28:40.48
Amen. I love the Word of God.
00:28:40.52\00:28:42.65
You know, it shows you
what you are doing right
00:28:42.68\00:28:45.29
and then it also shows you
where the sin is in your life.
00:28:45.32\00:28:48.52
And sometimes that kind
of rubs me the wrong way.
00:28:48.56\00:28:51.49
It kind of hurts a little.
00:28:51.53\00:28:52.86
I don't know if you
all have experienced that.
00:28:52.89\00:28:55.43
One time I remember I was
doing dishes at the kitchen sink
00:28:55.46\00:28:58.70
and I love to
putting up scriptures
00:28:58.73\00:29:00.97
that I'm
working, I'm memorizing.
00:29:01.00\00:29:02.54
I'll put it up at the
kitchen sink, I put it--
00:29:02.57\00:29:04.61
Greg doesn't like this as much
00:29:04.64\00:29:06.04
but I put it up on
the dashboard in the car.
00:29:06.07\00:29:08.81
So as I'm driving
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.18
I think I want to put
the Word of God in my mind.
00:29:10.21\00:29:13.05
I want to memorize it.
00:29:13.08\00:29:14.92
I put it there by
the bedside table.
00:29:14.95\00:29:17.39
You know, when
we are going to bed
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.05
we can focus on
that Word of God.
00:29:19.09\00:29:20.46
Amen.
00:29:20.49\00:29:21.82
And so this one time I
was working on Hebrews 12
00:29:21.86\00:29:24.26
and it says "Follow peace
with all men, and holiness,
00:29:24.29\00:29:27.90
without which no
one shall see the Lord."
00:29:27.93\00:29:31.43
And I remember I
was scrubbing plates,
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.54
working on that scripture
and in my mind I thought
00:29:33.57\00:29:36.84
"Thank You, Jesus,
00:29:36.87\00:29:38.24
that I'm at peace with
my brothers and sisters."
00:29:38.27\00:29:41.34
Do you know what the truth was?
00:29:41.38\00:29:42.74
I wasn't.
00:29:42.78\00:29:44.11
Go on. I wasn't.
00:29:44.15\00:29:45.48
There was bitterness,
00:29:45.51\00:29:47.48
un-forgiveness in my
heart against a certain person.
00:29:47.52\00:29:51.19
But it was buried so deeply
00:29:51.22\00:29:52.89
I had done what I
thought was a Christian thing.
00:29:52.92\00:29:54.92
I didn't gossip about the person
00:29:54.96\00:29:56.89
I thought well,
I'm gonna pray for them
00:29:56.93\00:29:59.73
and I'll do the good thing.
00:29:59.76\00:30:01.10
But it was in my heart
and I couldn't even sense it.
00:30:01.13\00:30:04.33
This had been
lingering for months.
00:30:04.37\00:30:07.10
And so I'm
reading that scripture,
00:30:07.14\00:30:09.00
follow peace,
thank You, Lord Jesus,
00:30:09.04\00:30:11.01
and I'm following peace.
00:30:11.04\00:30:12.37
And then the next
verse just jolted me.
00:30:12.41\00:30:15.94
It says, "Looking diligently
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.88
lest any man fail
of the grace of Christ,
00:30:17.91\00:30:20.25
lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you,
00:30:20.28\00:30:24.25
and thereby many people
be defiled" the God suggest.
00:30:24.29\00:30:28.69
You are holding
on to bitterness.
00:30:28.72\00:30:30.19
You are holding on to a
spirit of un-forgiveness.
00:30:30.23\00:30:33.70
And if you hang on to this
it's gonna affect yourself,
00:30:33.73\00:30:36.53
your salvation, your
marriage, your ministry.
00:30:36.56\00:30:41.24
Jill, I'm caught in right now
please, will you give it to me?
00:30:41.27\00:30:44.51
Will you let me take it?
00:30:44.54\00:30:46.61
And so I think
that's what God wants to do
00:30:46.64\00:30:49.44
when we open up the Word of God,
00:30:49.48\00:30:51.21
He says, I want to
show you your heart.
00:30:51.25\00:30:54.25
I want to show you
what's going on inside
00:30:54.28\00:30:56.28
and I want to change you.
00:30:56.32\00:30:57.65
Amen. Yeah.
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.39
You know, it kind of reminds me,
00:30:59.42\00:31:00.76
I love the way
you're doing, your--
00:31:00.79\00:31:04.09
"The Bible is a chart,
showing us the waymarks"
00:31:04.13\00:31:06.56
see that's a waymark
that's going in there.
00:31:06.59\00:31:09.13
You know, it goes by they just
kind of keep coming up down.
00:31:09.16\00:31:13.30
I grew up in Central Texas
and I traveled all the time,
00:31:13.34\00:31:18.04
all the time but when you
always get on the Interstate
00:31:18.07\00:31:21.38
as time went by because
that was the quickest way.
00:31:21.41\00:31:24.41
My marker is 330.
00:31:24.45\00:31:26.45
My marker is 330.
00:31:26.48\00:31:27.85
I don't care if I
was my marker is 700
00:31:27.88\00:31:30.79
or my marker is
zero I know where 330
00:31:30.82\00:31:33.52
was because that's
where I cut off to go home.
00:31:33.56\00:31:35.66
Well.
00:31:35.69\00:31:37.03
So that was one
of those waymarks,
00:31:37.06\00:31:38.66
you know, and you are taking it
00:31:38.69\00:31:40.26
where we are supposed to take it
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.80
is from a spiritual aspect that
those little things they saw
00:31:42.83\00:31:47.37
but you kind of
know where you are
00:31:47.40\00:31:49.97
and you know when
you are getting close.
00:31:50.01\00:31:51.77
And what is--
Kenny just, Pastor Kenny
00:31:51.81\00:31:54.94
just brought it while
ago you know, the SOS Pads.
00:31:54.98\00:31:58.15
Mercy.
00:31:58.18\00:31:59.51
Sometimes, you know,
00:31:59.55\00:32:00.88
I mean, those goes
back when I was a kid.
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.78
I guess it had been around
sets dirt anyway, you know.
00:32:02.82\00:32:07.66
But sometimes we got
to get those OSOS pads
00:32:07.69\00:32:10.49
and then get in there
in just clear up those.
00:32:10.53\00:32:13.40
But, boy, once those waymarks
are tattooed in your mind
00:32:13.43\00:32:16.93
and they are to
really guide you.
00:32:16.97\00:32:19.03
Amen. Amen.
00:32:19.07\00:32:20.40
Praise the Lord. Get those, yes.
00:32:20.44\00:32:21.77
I cannot help but love that.
00:32:21.80\00:32:23.61
Cannot help but love
that, God loves us so much
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.38
and the Bible says that His
children will hear His voice.
00:32:27.41\00:32:31.38
And by digging into the word,
00:32:31.41\00:32:33.08
by letting Him put His word
in our hearts, in our minds,
00:32:33.11\00:32:36.55
we begin to hear Him
more and hear His voice
00:32:36.58\00:32:39.29
and know which
waymark we should take.
00:32:39.32\00:32:42.79
And you know
mentioned that's the way home.
00:32:42.82\00:32:44.63
Amen. Amen.
00:32:44.66\00:32:46.36
It makes me want to cry because
that's what God wants to do.
00:32:46.39\00:32:49.10
That's exactly right.
00:32:49.13\00:32:50.47
He's given us all these things
00:32:50.50\00:32:51.83
because He says
I want my children
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.64
to know the way home.
00:32:53.67\00:32:56.20
And it can be clear.
00:32:56.24\00:32:57.64
We can know the
will of God in our lives
00:32:57.67\00:33:00.11
when we spend time on
our knees and praying it.
00:33:00.14\00:33:02.38
But little word and
maybe it's a second paragraph
00:33:02.41\00:33:05.21
talking about reading
the Bible and following it.
00:33:05.25\00:33:08.25
It has to do
with our prosperity.
00:33:08.28\00:33:10.42
Yes. Absolutely.
00:33:10.45\00:33:11.79
Even in this life, I
thought how interesting,
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.22
many people are not, we are
not talking about prosperity.
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.62
We have all these things here
00:33:16.66\00:33:18.23
but the wellbeing of
us, God taking care of us,
00:33:18.26\00:33:21.46
supplying all of
our needs, health,
00:33:21.50\00:33:22.93
any area that we
look in has to do.
00:33:22.96\00:33:25.23
It said, "Vital
bearing on our prosperity
00:33:25.27\00:33:27.37
in all the relations of life."
00:33:27.40\00:33:29.34
So I thought
about that for a moment.
00:33:29.37\00:33:30.87
I thought, I got the
Testimony series out.
00:33:30.91\00:33:33.04
Three Testimony, I
jot this down in my notes,
00:33:33.07\00:33:35.28
I thought 395
00:33:35.31\00:33:37.11
because we always think about
well, you know, prosperity.
00:33:37.15\00:33:39.65
We can rob God in a
lot of different ways.
00:33:39.68\00:33:43.02
We've taken tithes
and offering we did rob,
00:33:43.05\00:33:45.12
but this says, I
like this, it says,
00:33:45.15\00:33:46.65
"When they rob God in tithes
00:33:46.69\00:33:48.62
and it is an offering
they were made to realize
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.53
that they were
not only robbing Him
00:33:51.56\00:33:54.06
but themselves for He
limited His blessings."
00:33:54.10\00:33:59.63
And then, it talks about
00:33:59.67\00:34:01.00
"In just he gave proportionate
as they gave to him back."
00:34:01.04\00:34:05.77
So prosperity, we
give back what He ask.
00:34:05.81\00:34:09.18
He has promised to
prosper us in this life
00:34:09.21\00:34:11.08
not necessarily all
the financial things
00:34:11.11\00:34:12.75
but is life not about that--
00:34:12.78\00:34:14.48
that paints on the Bible
00:34:14.52\00:34:17.42
and following what
God has said in His word
00:34:17.45\00:34:19.29
and quit fighting it.
00:34:19.32\00:34:20.66
Amen. Let it do its scrubbing.
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.99
Let it do the things
that sometime I think,
00:34:23.02\00:34:25.46
you know, all of our life
00:34:25.49\00:34:26.83
it touched the
cord, sometime we can
00:34:26.86\00:34:30.03
because of our lukewarmers
hide things, you know,
00:34:30.07\00:34:32.73
and not really
realize that's how lukewarm.
00:34:32.77\00:34:35.24
I'm talking about you
and talking about myself.
00:34:35.27\00:34:36.84
No, I'm talking about me too.
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.21
That they have been
covered and we've approached it,
00:34:38.24\00:34:39.57
we've talked about
it, we've prayed about it
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.41
and we think
after 10 or 15 years
00:34:41.44\00:34:43.14
this is taking is all good.
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.21
But then certain
point in our life
00:34:45.25\00:34:46.95
God is still working on
us wanting to get thing.
00:34:46.98\00:34:49.22
He will bring it back.
00:34:49.25\00:34:50.95
Yes. Yes.
00:34:50.99\00:34:52.32
He will bring it back,
00:34:52.35\00:34:53.69
you know, just
illustration after illustration
00:34:53.72\00:34:56.86
of a man one time that
we were digging a footing.
00:34:56.89\00:35:00.53
It's our time
okay, dig a footing
00:35:00.56\00:35:02.36
and anyway it rained it was bad
00:35:02.40\00:35:05.13
so the Odum's
concrete truck came
00:35:05.17\00:35:07.64
and they poured concrete
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.00
and they buried
the truck, you know,
00:35:09.04\00:35:11.24
seven yards of
concrete is buried
00:35:11.27\00:35:12.61
and then they can't get it out.
00:35:12.64\00:35:13.98
And so anyway the man
00:35:14.01\00:35:15.34
who actually owned
the house he was there
00:35:15.38\00:35:16.71
and he called
one of the neighbors
00:35:16.75\00:35:18.08
and live not far.
00:35:18.11\00:35:19.45
He had a wrecker.
00:35:19.48\00:35:20.82
Well, wrecker help,
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.18
well, he ended up
burying another cement truck
00:35:22.22\00:35:23.55
and I'm seeing they
are pulling everybody out.
00:35:23.59\00:35:24.92
Well, the bottom line was
the wrecker man at that time
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.79
wanted $20 well,
I never heard of it.
00:35:26.82\00:35:29.26
He never said to me and I
thought the owner of the house
00:35:29.29\00:35:31.09
had called him so
that he would pay the bill.
00:35:31.13\00:35:34.13
So I walked
into another supplier
00:35:34.16\00:35:36.10
and was instructed by something.
00:35:36.13\00:35:37.53
The man come out to me and say,
00:35:37.57\00:35:38.90
"Well, I hear, you
are thief and a liar.
00:35:38.93\00:35:40.27
You didn't pay."
00:35:40.30\00:35:41.64
And I said, "Pay who what?"
00:35:41.67\00:35:43.00
Well, you didn't pay so
and so because he came out
00:35:43.04\00:35:44.54
and this is going over
town that you're robbing."
00:35:44.57\00:35:47.58
And I said, "Oh, man.
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.28
Well, who did it?"
00:35:49.31\00:35:50.65
And they told me and now
I said, "Well, at that time
00:35:50.68\00:35:52.01
In point I said,
well, I'll just go his door
00:35:52.05\00:35:54.25
and we will just
talk this thing out."
00:35:54.28\00:35:56.72
And so it was out
of purging 15 so I did.
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.79
I jumped.
00:35:59.82\00:36:01.16
It had to with the
personal thing, maybe the pride.
00:36:01.19\00:36:03.39
I thought I paid my bills,
00:36:03.43\00:36:04.76
I didn't do it and he
is accusing of doing theft.
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.83
I didn't want that so I went
out there knocking on his door
00:36:06.86\00:36:08.76
and I say, if you have anything
00:36:08.80\00:36:10.93
that you want to take care of
you take care of it through me.
00:36:10.97\00:36:14.14
You should at least, I should--
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.24
it maybe in a
sense that but I did it,
00:36:16.27\00:36:19.17
it wasn't a Christ like spirit.
00:36:19.21\00:36:20.61
Yes.
00:36:20.64\00:36:21.98
I let that go for
years literally years
00:36:22.01\00:36:24.61
because I thought
I'm getting right back,
00:36:24.65\00:36:26.58
I'm telling him I'm glad
to pay as you made it norm
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.95
but you did the wrong thing
00:36:28.98\00:36:30.32
and don't you ever do
that again the other time.
00:36:30.35\00:36:32.59
And several years went by
00:36:32.62\00:36:34.26
and I was
praying one morning said,
00:36:34.29\00:36:35.66
"Lord, You need
to make things right.
00:36:35.69\00:36:37.99
You let me know what it is.
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.36
I was actually
on the backhoe again
00:36:39.39\00:36:40.80
digging some, I was
putting in the septic laterals
00:36:40.83\00:36:44.10
and I was just digging.
00:36:44.13\00:36:45.47
We had three
other guys working there
00:36:45.50\00:36:46.84
and I grab and go
in and try going in
00:36:46.87\00:36:49.00
and I'm talking to the
Lord when I'm digging this thing
00:36:49.04\00:36:51.57
I hear and something
happening over in my mind.
00:36:51.61\00:36:53.68
They said, "Remember
how you talked to that guy?"
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.41
And I said, "Yeah,
but I took care of that."
00:36:56.44\00:36:59.05
He said, "No, you didn't.
00:36:59.08\00:37:00.62
You took care of
it in a wrong way."
00:37:00.65\00:37:02.98
You know I said to my
mind "What you want me to do?
00:37:03.02\00:37:04.75
I'm busy here, I've
got guys here, you know,
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.12
in your mind, you're
trying to make excuses."
00:37:06.15\00:37:07.52
Lord said,
00:37:07.56\00:37:08.89
"I want you to go right
now apologize to that man."
00:37:08.92\00:37:12.69
I looked at the guys and I said,
00:37:12.73\00:37:14.06
"Always do the best you
can. I've got to leave."
00:37:14.10\00:37:15.73
That morning I was way out
00:37:15.76\00:37:17.23
from this end of town
was and I went to this.
00:37:17.27\00:37:19.20
Anyhow, I went
knocked on the door.
00:37:19.23\00:37:21.67
This is interesting that man.
00:37:21.70\00:37:23.51
I've seen him past many times
where he lived and I lived.
00:37:23.54\00:37:27.04
I've always
thought man, I thought,
00:37:27.08\00:37:28.71
you go and just kind of
tell him how I felt about it.
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.15
I still be a
friend. Things be good."
00:37:30.18\00:37:31.78
He would never wave.
00:37:31.81\00:37:33.15
I thought well, be
that what he wants to be.
00:37:33.18\00:37:34.88
Way it is.
00:37:34.92\00:37:36.45
I'm doing my part, "Hey,
how are you doing every time?"
00:37:36.48\00:37:38.75
So years went by, I
went knocked on his door.
00:37:38.79\00:37:43.39
He came to the door, he
looked at me and he said,
00:37:43.43\00:37:46.09
"After all this years--
he said "What do you want?"
00:37:46.13\00:37:48.66
My heart sank
00:37:48.70\00:37:50.03
because I felt the spirit
said go and talk to this man,
00:37:50.07\00:37:51.60
make it right.
00:37:51.63\00:37:52.97
What do you want?
00:37:53.00\00:37:54.34
And I said, "I want to
come to apologize for something.
00:37:54.37\00:37:59.24
I said, you probably
don't know who I am."
00:37:59.27\00:38:00.88
He said, "I haven't forgotten
for a day who you are."
00:38:00.91\00:38:03.95
And well, oh, mercy me.
00:38:03.98\00:38:06.98
He held that in
himself he wouldn't wave,
00:38:07.02\00:38:08.88
he want nothing do with it,
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.25
you know, so I said, I came
to apologize for what I did,
00:38:10.29\00:38:15.46
and how I acted and what I said.
00:38:15.49\00:38:17.79
I professed to be a
Christian at that time
00:38:17.83\00:38:19.59
and that was not Christ like
00:38:19.63\00:38:20.96
and I ask that you
would forgive me of that.
00:38:21.00\00:38:24.33
He just looked at me
he said, "You're serious?"
00:38:24.37\00:38:27.80
I said, "Yeah.
00:38:27.84\00:38:29.17
I quit work and my
work, and I came here
00:38:29.20\00:38:30.54
because God said, to come here
00:38:30.57\00:38:32.04
and take are of this
issue so I can have some peace."
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.01
I thought that kind
of had taken care of it.
00:38:34.04\00:38:37.35
You're serious?
00:38:37.38\00:38:38.71
I said, yes, I'm serious.
00:38:38.75\00:38:40.08
He said, how serious are you?
00:38:40.12\00:38:41.65
I said, what do you mean.
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.18
What else, what do I need to do?
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.39
You tell me what I
need to do I will do it
00:38:45.42\00:38:47.96
because I don't want.
00:38:47.99\00:38:49.72
He said, well, prove it to me.
00:38:49.76\00:38:52.26
I said, how do you
want me to prove it to you.
00:38:52.29\00:38:53.80
See it's hard for
his mind to grasp.
00:38:53.83\00:38:56.43
I don't think he
was churchgoer whatever
00:38:56.46\00:38:58.13
and I was
supposed to be and wasn't.
00:38:58.17\00:38:59.70
So anyway he said, well,
I know you got a trailer.
00:38:59.73\00:39:01.70
I know was parked at
your house big 16 foot trailer
00:39:01.74\00:39:04.21
you can haul
back every thing on.
00:39:04.24\00:39:05.84
He said, I want
to use that trailer
00:39:05.87\00:39:08.68
and I'm not gonna
give you a dime for it.
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.28
Can I use it?
00:39:11.31\00:39:12.85
I said, absolutely.
00:39:12.88\00:39:14.22
I mean for
nothing? I said, absolutely.
00:39:14.25\00:39:16.22
Can I come and
get anytime I want?
00:39:16.25\00:39:17.72
I said, better than that
you don't even have to ask.
00:39:17.75\00:39:20.49
Anytime you want that trailers
that are you back up to,
00:39:20.52\00:39:22.89
you take that trailer and
you use it as long as you want.
00:39:22.92\00:39:25.19
At least I know where it's at.
00:39:25.23\00:39:26.93
He looked to me and said
I didn't want the trailer.
00:39:26.96\00:39:29.53
I wanted to
know that it was real
00:39:29.56\00:39:31.43
and to me real is to action.
00:39:31.47\00:39:33.64
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:39:33.67\00:39:35.47
Anyway it was the
thing was taking care of
00:39:35.50\00:39:37.41
and I felt so much
better, it had been years.
00:39:37.44\00:39:39.41
Took it longer than I thought,
Honey, but even with that,
00:39:39.44\00:39:41.64
it did my heart so much good
00:39:41.68\00:39:45.75
to get that which I was
taking care of it for long time.
00:39:45.78\00:39:48.38
We don't often realize
00:39:48.42\00:39:50.15
the importance of
loving our neighbors.
00:39:50.19\00:39:52.82
I know, that's true.
00:39:52.85\00:39:54.62
And the scripture you quoted
00:39:54.66\00:39:56.73
I mean it bears upon
our eternal salvation
00:39:56.76\00:40:01.03
and many times we don't
have that love for our neighbors
00:40:01.06\00:40:04.83
and I learned in the past
00:40:04.87\00:40:06.20
that when we don't have it,
we can ask God for His love.
00:40:06.23\00:40:09.44
Absolutely. And
our hearts will change.
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.41
You can't give it
if you don't have it.
00:40:11.44\00:40:12.77
That's right. That's right.
00:40:12.81\00:40:14.58
Did you have
something for that, JD?
00:40:14.61\00:40:16.14
Oh, no, I was just, I was just
sitting here and just looking
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.95
because number one that,
00:40:18.98\00:40:23.02
thank You Jesus,
that You were listening.
00:40:23.05\00:40:25.02
Yeah.
00:40:25.05\00:40:26.39
Because there's such a
goldmine in each one of us
00:40:26.42\00:40:29.12
that we are just listening
00:40:29.16\00:40:30.49
and it comes down
to this and this is,
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.59
this James 4:8 it's
one of my favorite text.
00:40:32.63\00:40:35.10
Okay.
00:40:35.13\00:40:36.46
James 4:8, "Draw near to God
and He will draw near to you."
00:40:36.50\00:40:43.00
Whenever I came up through
00:40:43.04\00:40:45.34
our Seventh-day
Adventist schools and loved it.
00:40:45.37\00:40:49.48
I mean, that's just where
00:40:49.51\00:40:50.85
I made all my
friends and everything.
00:40:50.88\00:40:52.21
But somehow the other
00:40:52.25\00:40:53.98
the day I guess that that
particular scripture was given
00:40:54.02\00:40:57.59
I got it backward.
00:40:57.62\00:40:59.85
Well.
00:40:59.89\00:41:01.22
I got it that you
prove yourself to me God
00:41:01.26\00:41:06.80
and then once You
prove Yourself to me
00:41:06.83\00:41:09.33
then I'll buy into it
and we will be good partners.
00:41:09.36\00:41:12.93
Now, how that
happened I don't have any idea
00:41:12.97\00:41:16.40
and the sad thing about it is
00:41:16.44\00:41:18.54
and talking about kind of
what you were talking about,
00:41:18.57\00:41:20.58
well, until I came
here to 3ABN 11 years ago
00:41:20.61\00:41:24.18
and I was looking at this
00:41:24.21\00:41:26.48
did I get those
priorities straight?
00:41:26.51\00:41:28.35
Amen.
00:41:28.38\00:41:30.02
Now that's sad but
it doesn't make you
00:41:30.05\00:41:32.12
a bad person or anything.
00:41:32.15\00:41:34.09
It's just a
misinterpretation or something
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.46
that you put on the back shelf.
00:41:36.49\00:41:38.16
But please
listen, draw near to God
00:41:38.19\00:41:41.80
and then,
remember he is the Creator.
00:41:41.83\00:41:44.73
Yes.
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.10
You know, I had put myself
into that creative position
00:41:46.13\00:41:48.67
that okay, I'm cool, let's
see what you can do for me, God,
00:41:48.70\00:41:54.31
and say we want to be
business partners or whatever.
00:41:54.34\00:41:56.28
Yes.
00:41:56.31\00:41:57.65
And, man, that's
heresy. Yeah, absolutely.
00:41:57.68\00:42:01.28
I mean, that's about
as bad as you can get,
00:42:01.32\00:42:03.82
you know, so thank You
Jesus, that one day I saw that
00:42:03.85\00:42:10.93
and I actually read it
00:42:10.96\00:42:12.76
and it just
jumped off of the page.
00:42:12.79\00:42:14.80
And boy, lots of
repenting, lots of repenting.
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.63
I like what you said.
00:42:17.67\00:42:19.10
I saw it and I actually read it.
00:42:19.13\00:42:22.00
If nothing else tonight
00:42:22.04\00:42:24.31
I hope this will encourage
our study partners at home,
00:42:24.34\00:42:28.58
get the Bibles out
and actually read them.
00:42:28.61\00:42:32.28
Amen. Read them.
00:42:32.31\00:42:33.88
As Sister Jill
said, put them to memory.
00:42:33.92\00:42:36.89
Put the little notes
all over till you got it.
00:42:36.92\00:42:39.42
I love that.
00:42:39.45\00:42:40.86
You know, and
we are so fortunate
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.59
we have all these
little technological things.
00:42:42.62\00:42:46.09
You know, a lot of times
I won't turn the Bible app
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.73
we were talking about before.
00:42:48.76\00:42:50.10
I will turn that on
and let it read to me.
00:42:50.13\00:42:52.27
Amen.
00:42:52.30\00:42:53.64
So while I'm
getting ready in the morning
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.00
I'm doing other things
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.37
I'm still
hearing the Word of God
00:42:56.40\00:42:59.24
and it makes an imprint on
my heart and it changes us.
00:42:59.27\00:43:03.78
You know, the
world is full of inequity
00:43:03.81\00:43:06.45
and we don't know
what's right and what's wrong
00:43:06.48\00:43:09.58
without that
guide, without that map,
00:43:09.62\00:43:11.65
without that light to
pierce the darkness of sin.
00:43:11.69\00:43:15.42
Now, Sister Shelley,
when I read this one here
00:43:15.46\00:43:17.19
and I'm sure you can comment.
00:43:17.23\00:43:18.56
It says, "When faith
00:43:18.59\00:43:20.53
in God's word is lost, the soul"
00:43:20.56\00:43:23.53
well, we have been
talking about "has no guide,
00:43:23.57\00:43:25.70
no safeguard."
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.07
That's why our youth
today and even us, right,
00:43:27.10\00:43:30.34
we get our self
into some trouble
00:43:30.37\00:43:32.17
because the
natural heart, right,
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.44
it wants to do
what it wants to do
00:43:34.48\00:43:35.81
is rejecting the
only guide that we have
00:43:35.84\00:43:38.51
when faith in
God's word is lost.
00:43:38.55\00:43:40.52
Amen.
00:43:40.55\00:43:41.88
How far can that go?
00:43:41.92\00:43:43.25
And, you know,
what I always teach
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.12
is little word little faith.
00:43:45.15\00:43:49.06
Yes.
00:43:49.09\00:43:50.59
The word is
what builds our faith
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.69
and 2
Corinthians 1:20 says that,
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.56
"All of God's
promises are ours, yes,
00:43:54.60\00:43:56.87
and amen in Christ Jesus."
00:43:56.90\00:43:59.00
And of course,
Isaiah 55:11 says that,
00:43:59.03\00:44:04.81
"His word does not return void,
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.41
but it accomplishes every
purpose for which He sent it."
00:44:06.44\00:44:09.11
Jeremiah 1:12 says,
00:44:09.14\00:44:10.78
"That He is watching
over His word to perform it."
00:44:10.81\00:44:13.31
And Romans 4:17
says that "God is the God
00:44:13.35\00:44:16.65
who gives life to the
dead and calls things are not
00:44:16.69\00:44:19.92
as though they already were."
00:44:19.95\00:44:21.69
So one thing
that I teach is that
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.66
if you want to increase
your faith get into the word,
00:44:24.69\00:44:28.73
pray the word and
that is so powerful.
00:44:28.76\00:44:33.10
See now, Jill, I
don't like to memorize
00:44:33.13\00:44:36.40
but what I do is I pray the word
00:44:36.44\00:44:39.47
and I'll pray
the scriptures like,
00:44:39.51\00:44:41.04
I mean, it's not, I
don't put my name in it,
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.65
I won't say, oh, Shelley, is
a new creation in Christ Jesus,
00:44:43.68\00:44:47.12
the old is gone,
the new has come.
00:44:47.15\00:44:49.02
Because that to me
is it doesn't sound,
00:44:49.05\00:44:54.62
it sounds phony.
00:44:54.66\00:44:55.99
It sounds like I'm
talking about somebody else.
00:44:56.02\00:44:58.19
I'm sitting there
praying the scripture saying,
00:44:58.23\00:45:00.33
"Thank You, Father God,
00:45:00.36\00:45:01.93
that I'm a new
creature in Christ Jesus.
00:45:01.96\00:45:05.63
That the old is
gone, the new has come."
00:45:05.67\00:45:07.00
Amen. That true.
00:45:07.04\00:45:08.37
And as we pray the script
00:45:08.40\00:45:09.80
I will, I will quote
the scripture reference
00:45:09.84\00:45:12.07
and that's what helps
me remember the reference.
00:45:12.11\00:45:14.54
But it's important that we
00:45:14.58\00:45:18.28
and I believe that
meditating on the word,
00:45:18.31\00:45:23.12
memorizing the word is excellent
00:45:23.15\00:45:25.39
but we know that the Pharisees
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.66
had the entire
Pentateuch memorized.
00:45:27.69\00:45:31.43
Didn't do them any good. No.
00:45:31.46\00:45:32.89
So that's one thing
00:45:32.93\00:45:34.26
that we need to
pray those scriptures,
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.40
take them and put
them into practice
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.57
because Isaiah 40:10 God says,
00:45:38.60\00:45:43.14
"I am the God who knows
the end from the beginning.
00:45:43.17\00:45:45.61
Who makes known
what is yet to come."
00:45:45.64\00:45:48.94
And we can't know,
00:45:48.98\00:45:52.48
it's not that I'm just worried
about knowing what my sins are
00:45:52.51\00:45:57.42
and how to correct them,
00:45:57.45\00:45:58.79
I don't know who
I am in Christ Jesus
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.86
till I come to this
word and then, you know,
00:46:00.89\00:46:04.16
we've all got
this identity crisis
00:46:04.19\00:46:06.70
and there are so
many people in the church
00:46:06.73\00:46:08.23
that use verbal camouflage
and, you know, you ask them,
00:46:08.26\00:46:12.03
"How are you? Happy Sabbath."
00:46:12.07\00:46:13.74
And "Oh, I'm fine"
and inside they are dying.
00:46:13.77\00:46:17.84
And I confess that I've
done that for so many years.
00:46:17.87\00:46:21.08
You know, I'm not gonna jump
up and tell somebody my problem
00:46:21.11\00:46:24.65
but the point is you
can take that to God,
00:46:24.68\00:46:28.58
understand who you are in Christ
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.69
and as you confess
the word over your mouth
00:46:30.72\00:46:34.12
because faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the Word of God.
00:46:34.16\00:46:38.76
So as you are confessing
God's word over your life
00:46:38.79\00:46:42.33
what happens is it
does builds your faith.
00:46:42.36\00:46:45.23
Absolutely. Amen.
00:46:45.27\00:46:46.60
Praise the Lord.
And so you become.
00:46:46.63\00:46:47.97
Yes. You know.
00:46:48.00\00:46:49.34
And as you become.
00:46:49.37\00:46:50.71
Awesome. Amen.
00:46:50.74\00:46:52.07
Now the word is good
00:46:52.11\00:46:53.44
and we need each
and everyone anything
00:46:53.48\00:46:55.11
that works in our life
00:46:55.14\00:46:56.48
and I love what
she is talking about
00:46:56.51\00:46:57.98
because I love your book.
00:46:58.01\00:46:59.75
We did on our, one
of our family worships
00:46:59.78\00:47:02.38
we did the affirmations of
faith and she gave me a book
00:47:02.42\00:47:06.72
and I encourage
anybody to get that book
00:47:06.76\00:47:08.66
because all it
is, is the scripture.
00:47:08.69\00:47:10.63
And the one
thing that you learned,
00:47:10.66\00:47:12.19
she touched on that all
of us are somewhat touching.
00:47:12.23\00:47:14.86
Now you touched
on it, certainty.
00:47:14.90\00:47:17.77
You know, God is
teaching us not to have doubt.
00:47:17.80\00:47:21.70
Amen.
00:47:21.74\00:47:23.07
Belief in His word is so vitally
important to have your prayers,
00:47:23.10\00:47:27.91
to have those, those
wonderful precious promises
00:47:27.94\00:47:31.55
applied to our lives.
00:47:31.58\00:47:33.21
You know, a lot
of times once you,
00:47:33.25\00:47:34.82
you come to that
point you stop saying,
00:47:34.85\00:47:36.79
"Oh, Lord, please, please,
please it's-- thank you."
00:47:36.82\00:47:40.49
That's right. Amen.
00:47:40.52\00:47:43.22
You know, it
reminds me a lot of times
00:47:43.26\00:47:45.83
he will say he goes
because sometimes, you know,
00:47:45.86\00:47:48.03
in ministry there is need
00:47:48.06\00:47:50.27
and sometimes the
answer to those needs
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.50
can be at the post office.
00:47:52.53\00:47:55.07
And a lot of times you
will come back and say,
00:47:55.10\00:47:57.37
"Well, there was
just such and such,
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.64
he said but he will stop
and say, thank you, Lord,
00:47:59.67\00:48:02.88
because that must
be all we need to do."
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.38
That's faith. Amen.
00:48:05.41\00:48:06.75
Yes. That's faith.
00:48:06.78\00:48:08.12
And we have to have
faith in our Savior,
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.25
an undying faith.
00:48:10.29\00:48:12.19
Because what we are finding out
00:48:12.22\00:48:13.76
and one reason we
need this life, our path
00:48:13.79\00:48:16.86
is because truth has
become error in today's society.
00:48:16.89\00:48:19.63
That's right.
00:48:19.66\00:48:21.00
Yes. Yes.
00:48:21.03\00:48:22.36
In God's
character being aligned.
00:48:22.40\00:48:24.47
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:48:24.50\00:48:25.83
Error has become truth.
00:48:25.87\00:48:27.97
And something I
heard somebody say,
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.97
may be it was you
earlier this says "I feel.
00:48:30.01\00:48:32.47
I feel."
00:48:32.51\00:48:33.84
And that's why sometimes
you mentioned that it hurts
00:48:33.88\00:48:36.54
because the Bible begins to cut
at the eye I feel and I think--
00:48:36.58\00:48:41.58
Oh, mercy.
00:48:41.62\00:48:42.95
We must be
careful with this now.
00:48:42.98\00:48:44.32
You know, and so
many of our loved ones
00:48:44.35\00:48:46.19
that you want to
share this light with
00:48:46.22\00:48:48.82
then you want to
help them with the truth.
00:48:48.86\00:48:50.93
You want to lead them to
a closer walk with Jesus.
00:48:50.96\00:48:54.73
And what you hear,
"Yeah, but I feel."
00:48:54.76\00:49:00.64
I think the word that cuts
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.50
is the word we
need to study more.
00:49:02.54\00:49:03.87
Amen.
00:49:03.91\00:49:05.24
You know, and
when you're reading,
00:49:05.27\00:49:06.61
when you're studying
and if something cuts,
00:49:06.64\00:49:07.98
if something feels oh,
that pierced me a little bit
00:49:08.01\00:49:11.21
that's where we need to start.
00:49:11.25\00:49:12.61
I mean, that says, "Okay, Jill,
00:49:12.65\00:49:14.32
that's where you
need to be focused."
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.68
Amen. Yeah.
00:49:15.72\00:49:17.05
Because when you read,
right, when you read the word
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.55
when you're studying for
something everybody hear it,
00:49:18.59\00:49:21.56
you know, I've
learned over the years
00:49:21.59\00:49:23.06
that when I'm
saying, it's for me first.
00:49:23.09\00:49:25.16
Absolutely.
00:49:25.19\00:49:26.53
You know, people
always say, well, it is,
00:49:26.56\00:49:27.90
I really believe what I
read and what I'm studying
00:49:27.93\00:49:31.23
God is trying to
still get my attention.
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.77
He wants to
point things out to me
00:49:33.80\00:49:36.04
and when it
becomes alive and real
00:49:36.07\00:49:37.67
and when I really take
it in not just for knowledge
00:49:37.71\00:49:39.94
but for the heart
00:49:39.97\00:49:41.64
because the words
know, it's just words
00:49:41.68\00:49:43.88
until we take it in
then it begins to change us.
00:49:43.91\00:49:46.51
And if you didn't
believe that and you got up
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.58
and were to teach that
would be so hypocritical.
00:49:48.62\00:49:50.12
Oh, absolutely.
00:49:50.15\00:49:51.49
I mean, you got to
anytime you're looking at it
00:49:51.52\00:49:53.56
and as Jill said,
00:49:53.59\00:49:54.92
"You know, that's where
you need to really study out
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.16
because, you know,
it may hurt at first
00:49:57.19\00:50:00.36
but oh, man, he
applies the balm in Gilead
00:50:00.40\00:50:03.20
as He shows you the way through
00:50:03.23\00:50:04.67
and He brings you
out of that darkness.
00:50:04.70\00:50:06.27
It's wonderful.
00:50:06.30\00:50:07.64
You get something
good. Oh, no, you go ahead.
00:50:07.67\00:50:09.24
Well, you touched earlier I
think on the scripture taste
00:50:09.27\00:50:11.61
and see that the Lord is good.
00:50:11.64\00:50:13.11
You know, this example
has brought up many times
00:50:13.14\00:50:14.71
but when you are
eating something,
00:50:14.74\00:50:16.08
you're tasting it, it
becomes a part of you.
00:50:16.11\00:50:17.71
Absolutely.
00:50:17.75\00:50:19.08
You know, basically by taking
God's word into our own lives
00:50:19.11\00:50:21.48
and tasting and seeing.
00:50:21.52\00:50:23.62
It's not just like
memorizing scripture,
00:50:23.65\00:50:25.25
just to memorize something
00:50:25.29\00:50:26.76
we can memorize
all kinds of things
00:50:26.79\00:50:28.12
but actually
make it a part of you.
00:50:28.16\00:50:29.49
Do you want more? I do.
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.39
You see, momma makes
something pretty good, you know.
00:50:31.43\00:50:34.73
She might make home very chilly
00:50:34.76\00:50:36.13
and I say, "Oh,
this is really good."
00:50:36.16\00:50:38.17
She got a big pot
00:50:38.20\00:50:39.53
but all of
sudden I become worried
00:50:39.57\00:50:40.90
that she can never
duplicate it again.
00:50:40.94\00:50:43.27
Do you think you can make
this again just like this?
00:50:43.30\00:50:46.07
The word is good.
00:50:46.11\00:50:47.44
Oh, Lord, we want more of
it and duplicates and I like it
00:50:47.48\00:50:50.75
because I think
it's been alluded to
00:50:50.78\00:50:52.11
I know it's been called
the Bible is the textbook
00:50:52.15\00:50:55.08
it's for all people at
all places and all times.
00:50:55.12\00:50:59.29
It meets every
need of every soul.
00:50:59.32\00:51:01.99
It's the best book in the
any of the colleges, any schools
00:51:02.02\00:51:05.39
you have books of learning
00:51:05.43\00:51:06.93
the Bible is the
highest of all of it.
00:51:06.96\00:51:09.03
Amen. Can I share it?
00:51:09.06\00:51:10.40
Oh, go ahead I just...
00:51:10.43\00:51:11.77
Well, I just, I just,
it's very important to me
00:51:11.80\00:51:15.57
that it's the Holy
Spirit that does all of this.
00:51:15.60\00:51:19.14
Amen. Thank you.
00:51:19.17\00:51:20.51
It's the Holy Spirit
that does the convicting.
00:51:20.54\00:51:23.24
Amen. Yes.
00:51:23.28\00:51:24.61
It's the Holy Spirit
00:51:24.65\00:51:25.98
so if you do taste
that it doesn't taste good.
00:51:26.01\00:51:28.28
It's not right for your body.
00:51:28.32\00:51:30.62
If you do get
into the poison ivy,
00:51:30.65\00:51:32.09
and you get an itch real quick.
00:51:32.12\00:51:34.12
I mean, that's the reality is
00:51:34.16\00:51:37.06
you better do
something about it.
00:51:37.09\00:51:38.43
You're just not gonna
say, "Oh, boy, I love this.
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.73
I want to go do this every day."
00:51:40.76\00:51:42.66
Yeah, you are looking
and it's the Holy Spirit
00:51:42.70\00:51:45.43
that's got that
remedy for everything.
00:51:45.47\00:51:48.27
That's the greatest gift
that we have on this earth.
00:51:48.30\00:51:50.94
Jesus says, "Sorry,
guys, I've got to leave.
00:51:50.97\00:51:53.71
But, man, I can't do as good
00:51:53.74\00:51:55.91
as what's you're
gonna be receiving
00:51:55.94\00:51:57.38
that is the Holy Spirit."
00:51:57.41\00:51:58.81
Then the great thing is that
00:51:58.85\00:52:00.48
it is good for
Peter, James, and John
00:52:00.52\00:52:02.48
it's just as
good for the fab three
00:52:02.52\00:52:04.85
here at this table.
00:52:04.89\00:52:07.49
So obviously just,
00:52:07.52\00:52:10.23
the Holy Spirit
is our comforter.
00:52:10.26\00:52:13.46
Amen. Amen.
00:52:13.50\00:52:14.83
And so, that's what
you determine quickly
00:52:14.86\00:52:17.43
whether it's good enough to eat
00:52:17.47\00:52:19.40
and whether it's gonna
rest right and everything.
00:52:19.43\00:52:21.57
You know, I think that is a
key because, I'm sorry, Shelley.
00:52:21.60\00:52:23.67
But when as we open God's word
00:52:23.71\00:52:25.47
is to pray just
like we did today.
00:52:25.51\00:52:26.84
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:52:26.88\00:52:28.21
"Lord, please lead
me into all the truth."
00:52:28.24\00:52:30.25
And I pray in the
morning, Lord, show me something
00:52:30.28\00:52:31.75
that I can use for today
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.21
because I could read
the same scripture tomorrow
00:52:33.25\00:52:34.82
and see something
totally different.
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.18
The same scripture
which is the Holy Spirit
00:52:36.22\00:52:37.99
bringing that to you
what we need for that day.
00:52:38.02\00:52:40.12
And you can't do that
in math, 2+2 is always 4.
00:52:40.16\00:52:43.36
That's right.
00:52:43.39\00:52:44.73
You see, you can't talk
about the Battle of Gettysburg
00:52:44.76\00:52:47.53
because the end
result's always the same.
00:52:47.56\00:52:49.66
But the Holy
Spirit and taken the word
00:52:49.70\00:52:52.03
that's right here as you mature,
00:52:52.07\00:52:54.70
as you go from milk to meat,
okay, you see it differently.
00:52:54.74\00:52:58.44
That's good. That's good.
00:52:58.47\00:52:59.81
And so you grow accordingly.
00:52:59.84\00:53:01.31
So if you're reading the passage
00:53:01.34\00:53:02.71
and it says the same
thing to you every day,
00:53:02.74\00:53:04.65
every day the same
thing that something is,
00:53:04.68\00:53:07.85
is something is
wrong, dreadfully wrong.
00:53:07.88\00:53:10.79
It means someone is not growing.
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.35
They have to get
passed that point--
00:53:12.39\00:53:14.86
Let's use
ourselves, Honey, for example.
00:53:14.89\00:53:16.73
Tell it right here right now.
00:53:16.76\00:53:18.09
Say this is what we're having
00:53:18.13\00:53:19.53
because sometimes you
will say over the years,
00:53:19.56\00:53:21.76
well, Honey, that's not
how you felt ten years ago.
00:53:21.80\00:53:25.80
And I said, you know, because
of God's word he enlightens
00:53:25.83\00:53:29.00
and things and so we do.
00:53:29.04\00:53:31.64
A Christian will
change as the word,
00:53:31.67\00:53:34.21
the Holy Spirit
brings us to light.
00:53:34.24\00:53:36.51
We want to follow the
light even we have to say,
00:53:36.54\00:53:39.85
"Oh, man, I was wrong before
00:53:39.88\00:53:41.82
but thank you, God,
that you point it out.
00:53:41.85\00:53:43.82
By your grace and strength
I'll walk in that light.
00:53:43.85\00:53:47.26
So I would gloat rather
and I've said many times,
00:53:47.29\00:53:49.92
if I say something is wrong,
00:53:49.96\00:53:52.43
I'm willing to get
up just as public deal
00:53:52.46\00:53:55.10
and say, I said this
I didn't understand it
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.33
now I think that the studying
have come to this point.
00:53:58.37\00:54:01.67
And I think we should because
error is not going to help us.
00:54:01.70\00:54:05.01
Truth is what sanctifies
as you mentioned a while ago
00:54:05.04\00:54:07.31
and prepares us for heaven.
00:54:07.34\00:54:08.68
And, you know,
Jesus said in John 6:63
00:54:08.71\00:54:11.05
"Only the spirit brings life,
00:54:11.08\00:54:12.71
the words that I speak
to you are spirit in life."
00:54:12.75\00:54:14.68
That's right.
00:54:14.72\00:54:16.05
And as you said,
Greg, we want to always pray
00:54:16.08\00:54:19.92
because if you're reading
the same thing over and over,
00:54:19.95\00:54:22.39
if you are just reading the,
00:54:22.42\00:54:23.83
you know, the compulsory
chapter a night or something
00:54:23.86\00:54:27.66
you just surface reading.
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.36
You can pray for the Holy Spirit
00:54:29.40\00:54:31.20
then this life comes to you.
00:54:31.23\00:54:33.07
But real quick because my
last words for the program,
00:54:33.10\00:54:36.30
I had, I've
created what you call it?
00:54:36.34\00:54:40.21
Anyway for what do you call?
00:54:40.24\00:54:43.08
But for Bible, B-I-B-L-E?
00:54:43.11\00:54:45.38
Acronym. Acronym, thank you.
00:54:45.41\00:54:46.78
That just, I had a brain freeze.
00:54:46.82\00:54:48.42
It's all right.
00:54:48.45\00:54:49.78
For B-I-B-L-E, best
instructions by loves example.
00:54:49.82\00:54:54.72
Well, that's good.
Yeah, that's a fact.
00:54:54.76\00:54:56.42
Yeah. That's fun.
00:54:56.46\00:54:57.79
Say that one more time.
00:54:57.83\00:54:59.16
Best
instructions by loves example.
00:54:59.19\00:55:01.86
That is beautiful.
00:55:01.90\00:55:03.23
And especially
in today's society,
00:55:03.26\00:55:05.17
you know, 1 Peter reminds us
00:55:05.20\00:55:07.37
that the devil is going
around as a roaring lion.
00:55:07.40\00:55:09.47
Oh, he's doing.
00:55:09.50\00:55:10.91
He is out to destroy this book.
00:55:10.94\00:55:14.28
He is out to destroy
those who cherish this book.
00:55:14.31\00:55:18.61
He is out to destroy
our hope and the light
00:55:18.65\00:55:21.48
that this book gives us
00:55:21.52\00:55:23.05
and we need more than ever
00:55:23.08\00:55:25.52
to get back to a
primitive godliness,
00:55:25.55\00:55:28.42
a primitive godliness to
fully focus in on our Creator,
00:55:28.46\00:55:32.89
our Sustainer, our Redeemer
00:55:32.93\00:55:35.13
because time is at hand.
00:55:35.16\00:55:36.80
Amen.
00:55:36.83\00:55:38.17
We have what, a
couple of minutes.
00:55:38.20\00:55:39.73
Something just
quickly on your mind we go
00:55:39.77\00:55:41.57
because we want to pray
right as we finish up here.
00:55:41.60\00:55:43.37
That's right.
00:55:43.41\00:55:44.74
And once again so
just maybe a quick thought
00:55:44.77\00:55:46.47
that each one may have.
00:55:46.51\00:55:47.84
Sure, something real
quick that just has struck me
00:55:47.88\00:55:49.21
to that when Christ was
in the Garden of Gethsemane
00:55:49.24\00:55:50.98
He was saying,
Father, not My will,
00:55:51.01\00:55:53.21
Your will be done and
this is a beautiful thing.
00:55:53.25\00:55:55.08
God sent an angel
of strength to be there
00:55:55.12\00:55:57.52
and strengthen himself.
00:55:57.55\00:55:58.89
So we pray to God,
Lord, show me your will.
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He is there to give us
strength, so we're positive.
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Amen.
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My thought would
be the surrender.
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You know, we want to
approach the word with prayer
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and, well, you know,
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the anointing of the Holy Spirit
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but to surrender.
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Just surrender to
what the Holy Spirit
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is showing you in God's word.
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Amen. Be willing to walk in it.
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Man, wonderful, wonderful.
Good. Go ahead, Honey.
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Well, my thought would
be just take time every day.
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You know, we talk
about in our homes
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that we don't
eat the physical food
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till we had the spiritual food.
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And I challenge
each and every one
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of our study
partners to do the very same.
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We need to take time with Jesus.
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I just praise God
as Peter wrote that
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"He has brought
me out of darkness
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into His marvelous light."
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Amen.
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And I just want, to me
it's just thank You, Jesus,
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and I just ask Lord
in the name of Jesus
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that you will
increase my wisdom,
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my humility, my
courage and my faith.
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Isn't that wonderful.
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We prayer every day Lord,
help us to know what truth is,
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help us to love the
truth, help us to live the truth
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and that's Jesus in our
hearts and in our lives.
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We need to have closing prayer.
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It's been good, thank you.
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Oh, how wonderful and
all of those who at home
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I know they have
been opening their Bible,
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they have been praying
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and they have been
singing along with us.
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We pray it's
been a real blessing.
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We need to close with prayer.
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Brother JD, how about you.
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Would you just
pray as we close out?
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Father, we thank You
for this wonderful day.
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We give You our
praise and glory.
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Yes.
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Father, I just
ask Lord that the food
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that we've been fed
today that it will be,
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that it will indeed fill
whoever is looking, looking
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and that is hunger
and thirsty for Your word.
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Father, we love
You and we thank You
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and give You
our praise and glory
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in the name of Jesus, amen.
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