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 we welcome you
to 3ABN Today family worship.
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And whether you are watching
this on a Friday evening
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which is
entering into the Sabbath
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or on a Saturday evening
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and you're
preparing for a new week.
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We do thank you for joining us,
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and for allowing
us to be with you
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and coming into your homes.
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We have our
international cast here
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and what's interesting
is just a few days ago,
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we actually were in
your house for Sabbath.
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So this is not make believe,
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this is
something we've rehearsed
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in your house many times.
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Absolutely.
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Over the years,
and we know, we know,
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Jorge has the best shake maker,
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the best smoothy maker
and guacamole maker at 3ABN.
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I learn from the best. Indeed.
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So he has perfected,
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be there with
Lynnette's tutelage
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or without he has
perfected shaking and guacamole.
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So we want to welcome you, guys.
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Yes, indeed, one of his
many charms and many skills.
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My wife Irma is by my side.
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Moe, good to be happy here.
Yes, good to be here, Honey.
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And we have Xenia
Capote with us this evening.
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Thank you. Praise the Lord.
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Good to have you
here. Well, thank you.
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And we sat at your table
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but she also has a
skill in the kitchen.
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And she's very, very good.
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So everybody here,
expect me has a great skill.
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Well, you got to
know your limitations,
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I'm good at worship
but not good in kitchen.
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Well, I'm good in the
kitchen, washing the dishes,
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and taking out the
garbage, and I eat fairly well,
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I'm told here, so I can do that.
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So thank you for
being with us today.
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Today's program
we're gonna center
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on in worship today.
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I know it was the Lord.
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If we had a working title,
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we would call it I
know it was the Lord.
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Because there are times
in our life, lord and ladies,
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when something happened or
you go through an experience
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and you realize
that had to be God.
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That had to be divine
insertion into our life.
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That had to be the Lord
putting Himself into my life
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and doing something
for my good and His glory.
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And I think we all can
think about those times,
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we've got a couple readings
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but, I also want you
to come from your hearts,
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because all of
us have those times,
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we should have those times.
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And I had one as Irma and I had
one as recent as last evening,
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two evenings ago,
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and that's why I have
this little object lesson,
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I'm just gonna hold this up,
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and ask for the
camera to get as close
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to this as you possibly can.
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So that you know what this is.
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It's a circuit breaker
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and it is a burnt
out circuit breaker
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and if you look like
right here at this part.
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This is the paper,
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it's blackened and
this is all burnt away.
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And when the electrician
came on yesterday evening,
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he said, this could have
been a major fire in your house.
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On Sunday evening,
Irma was washing her hair
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and I was just
plugging in the vacuum cleaner.
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Vacuuming is my thing,
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that's another one of my skills.
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I vacuum really, really well.
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And I thought it was a
vacuum cleaner that did it,
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but as I plugged it
in the house went black.
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And I heard this loud
thud coming from the garage
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because our breaker
boxes is in the garage.
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And of course, we
were in total darkness.
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Oh, in fact, you
were just gone downstairs.
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So she was in a
basement... Do the laundry.
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To do laundry and
she was starting went,
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went there downstairs in total
pitch blackness downstairs,
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so now I got to feel my
way to find a flashlight.
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And then try to find
her, you know staple it
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'cause you can't
see where you're going.
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So we go
downstairs and we get Irma up
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and, you know,
you light some candles
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and we were out for
24 hours just about.
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But when the
electrician came he said,
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"This could have
been a major fire."
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This could have
been quite severe
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and God blessed
us, it was not a...
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It shut off
instead of blowing up.
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So there are times
when you just say thank God,
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you know, because
when the electrician says,
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man, this could
have been a mess.
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You want to thank him for this.
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So little things
happen all the time,
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that we need to have
gratitude and thank God
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for these little
blessings that He gives us,
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and that's what we're
gonna be talking about today.
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Those times in our lives, I
know my wife has got several.
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I assume we all do.
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In fact, I know you do.
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Because God
blesses us so many times,
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and we are told in
a prophetic writings
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that sometimes
we had to sit back
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and recount those
things that God does for us,
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because first of all
it gives you encourage,
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encouragement that the same God
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who got you through that one
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will get you
through the next one.
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So that when
trouble comes your way,
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you have a history
with God that you can recite
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and recount in your
mind, because you know
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that God has gotten
you through and kept you.
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And those are just
the ones that we know.
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I think only in
heaven will we know
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the many, many times
that God has blessed us,
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and kept us, and
saved us, and helped us
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that we weren't even aware off.
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And we'll be able
to look back and say,
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"Yeah, that was the Lord.
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And didn't occur
to me at that time."
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So that's what we're
gonna talk about today,
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and that's gonna be
the focus of our worship.
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And we hope as
we're talking that
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you are recounting in your life
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those times
when God blessed you,
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and touched you,
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and inserted
Himself in your life.
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I was just
thinking of the text in Acts
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where Paul was
talking with Sadducees.
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Sadducees didn't
believe in angels.
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They didn't believe in miracles,
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they didn't believe
in divine intervention.
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You know, if your pastor
doesn't believe in angels,
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and doesn't believe in miracles,
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and doesn't believe
in divine intervention,
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that's a sad guy.
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Maybe that's why
they were Sadducees,
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'cause they
said, he is a sad guy.
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If he didn't believe
in angels or miracles,
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then why you pray you know
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or the fact that God can
put Himself into your life,
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but the
Sadducees were like that,
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they were the religion elite,
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yet they didn't
believe in miracles,
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didn't believe in angels,
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and didn't believe
in divine intervention.
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They were sad
you see, quite sad,
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because they
didn't believe in that.
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So, we know that God
is here and God is able.
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So, before we go into
our worship time together,
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we want to do some songs
to sort of set the stage,
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and the first one is 334,
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that is Come thou
Fount of every Blessing.
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And we want to
sing that together 334,
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join us if you will, 334,
Come thou Fount, here we go.
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Come, thou Fount
of every blessing
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Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
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Streams of mercy, never ceasing
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Call for songs of loudest praise
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Teach me ever to adore Thee
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May I still Thy goodness prove
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While the hope of endless glory
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Fills my heart with joy and love
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Here I raise my Ebenezer
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Hither by Thy help I've come
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And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
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Safely to arrive at home
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Jesus sought me when a stranger
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Wandering from the fold of God
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He to rescue me from danger
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Interposed His precious blood
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Now, that third stanza.
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O to grace how great a debtor
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Daily I'm constrained to be
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Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
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Bind me closer still to Thee
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Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
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Prone to leave the God I love
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Here's my heart
O, take and seal it
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Seal it for Thy courts above
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Very good.
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And turning over quickly to 537,
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He leaded me.
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When we have
worship at our house,
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my wife has a
hymn note on her pad.
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And it has whole
orchestra and piano with it,
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so it sounds like we
just import an orchestra
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into the living room you
know, it's really, really nice.
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And then when we go to Panama,
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her sister has it
also on her little tablet.
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And with the four, five
people in the orchestra,
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it's really, really
great, it sounds like
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we're at
Carnegie Hall or something
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in New York City.
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So I've got kind of accustomed
of having an orchestra with me.
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537, He leaded me, and singing.
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He leaded me O blessed thought
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O words with
heavenly comfort fraught
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Whate'er I do, where'er I be
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Still 'tis God's
hand that leadeth me
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He leadeth me He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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And that second stanza.
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Sometimes 'mid
scenes of deepest gloom
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Sometimes where
Eden's bowers bloom
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By waters still,
o'er troubled sea
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Still 'tis His
hand that leadeth me
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He leadeth me He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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Lord, I would clasp...
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Lord, I would
clasp my hand in Thine
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Nor ever murmur nor repine
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Content, whatever lot I see
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Since 'tis my
God that leadeth me
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He leadeth me He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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And when my
task on earth is done
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When, by Thy
grace, the victory's won
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E'en death's cold
wave I will not flee
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Since God
through Jordan leadeth me
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He leadeth me He leadeth me
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By His own hand He leadeth me
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His faithful follower I would be
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For by His hand He leadeth me
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That bespeaks we're
gonna talk about today
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that God does lead us
faithfully by his hand.
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Our last song is 304, 304,
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304, Faith of our father.
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Here we go.
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Faith of our
fathers living still
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In spite of
dungeon, fire and sword
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O how our hearts
beat high with joy
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Whene'er we hear
that glorious word
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Faith of our
fathers! holy faith!
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We will be true
to thee till death
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Our fathers,
chained in prisons dark
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Were still in
heart and conscience free
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How sweet would be
their children's fate
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If they, like
them, could die for thee!
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Faith of our fathers!
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Holy faith!
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We will be true
to thee till death
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Faith of our fathers!
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We will love
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Both friend and
foe in all our strife
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And preach thee,
too, as love knows how
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By kindly words
and virtuous life
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Faith of our fathers!
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Holy faith!
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We will be true
to thee till death!
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Amen.
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Before we go
into our prayer time.
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I'm gonna ask if there are
any special prayer requests,
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and I know my wife has
one for her brother-in-law.
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And I need to let
you into what I found
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one things of
being married to a Latino
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is you find a lot of
really interesting things
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about how the
Latino culture functions.
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And one of the
things that I found is that,
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if you do something
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early in your life
and get a nickname.
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That stays with
you till you die.
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Is that not so, Xenia? Jorge?
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Absolutely. Oh, yeah.
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So you get a nickname
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and that you can be an old man
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if it's something you
did maybe in grade school.
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They will call you by that name.
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I just realized
after close to 20 years.
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No, since early '90s,
that my brother-in-law.
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His name is Louis,
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because I've also
heard, always heard Lucho.
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I thought that
was his official name
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and I've never
called him anything else.
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Well, he's in the hospital
and has a little thing that
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my wife's gonna talk about
and there some I heard Louis.
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And I had to ask
her, "Who is Louis?"
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You know, because he's
always been Lucho to me.
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So I've got one
brother-in-law Louis.
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I've got another
brother-in-law, Louis,
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and I've got a
third brother-in-law
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who is just her brother, Louis.
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Oh, we've got
Louis, Louis, Louis.
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But I didn't know
his name was Louis,
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I thought it was Lucho.
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Well, you get the name and
it kind of sticks with you.
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But we want to
pray for him because...
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He just had a catheterization,
I don't know, in fact,
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I can't say that very well.
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Catheterization, yes. Yes.
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He has a very
serious heart problem
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and he's actually candidate
for a new heart transplant.
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But they are
trying to do everything
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they can to see if
that they can help him
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with that happen to go that far.
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And so, he just
had that procedure
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and he has quite a bit of
blockage in his everywhere.
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So we're just praying
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and see that
things goes go well,
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and they can help him.
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Yeah. Before they got to that.
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Kind of a jolly fun guy,
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out of the
church for many years,
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came back a couple years ago.
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And they're back in the Lord,
he and his wife, your sister.
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Yes. Baby sister as it were.
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My baby sister. And so
we're praying for them.
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Jorge, special request?
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Well, talking about brothers.
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My brother's name is not Louis.
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You can change it, it's okay.
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His name is Carlos.
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Well, he is going
through some health issues
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and well, I don't
know if you will like me
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after you make it but
probably come up with,
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it's something that
we'll be bringing a boy in,
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and I like to pray for him
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and have it as a
prayer request for his health.
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Any body else, Xenia?
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I think we need to remember
00:19:37.61\00:19:39.04
our family members and friends.
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For some reason are
no longer in the church,
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or don't know the Lord yet.
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The Lord will
lead them, so yeah.
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Yeah.
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I think we can all
think of individuals
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we'd like to see a little,
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not little, a lot closer
God who are not in church.
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Lynette, anything special?
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Actually what Xenia touched
on this in always on my heart.
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So definitely that. Yeah.
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Perhaps you have some also
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and as we come to
the Lord in prayer,
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we want you to join us
and lift up to the Lord
00:20:11.87\00:20:14.61
those names that
are on your heart.
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And, Jorge, I would ask if you
would lead us in prayer please.
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Sure.
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Dear heavenly
Father, thank you, Lord,
00:20:20.92\00:20:22.28
for allowing us to be here,
celebrating this, this time,
00:20:22.32\00:20:29.29
this moment of entering
your Sabbath and rejoicing
00:20:29.32\00:20:34.36
because, we know that
these hours are special,
00:20:34.40\00:20:38.50
and we want you to
be special in our lives
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.44
as well as in the
lives of our friends,
00:20:41.47\00:20:44.94
viewers that are
watching this program.
00:20:44.97\00:20:47.24
Help them also Lord to see
the beauty of the Sabbath rest
00:20:47.28\00:20:53.92
and this quiet times with you.
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And also Lord, we think You
for Your love and care for us.
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And especially Lord,
00:21:01.66\00:21:03.56
we ask You for
those in our families
00:21:03.59\00:21:07.53
and that are going through
some special needs in their,
00:21:07.56\00:21:12.30
especially in their health,
that we ask you for Louis,
00:21:12.33\00:21:16.40
for Lucho and Irma's brother
00:21:16.44\00:21:20.68
is going through
this heart issues too,
00:21:20.71\00:21:24.55
you know his not only
his heart but his whole body.
00:21:24.58\00:21:30.32
You know him, you
made him, you know Lord,
00:21:30.35\00:21:32.92
how to heal him
00:21:32.95\00:21:34.29
and we ask you Lord
to lift him up to you,
00:21:34.32\00:21:37.09
so he can also
receive peace in his heart
00:21:37.13\00:21:41.86
and feel that you
are comforting him
00:21:41.90\00:21:44.37
and also not only that.
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If you will, you
will restore his health.
00:21:46.07\00:21:49.17
Also Lord, we ask
for our family members
00:21:49.20\00:21:54.04
that have not been.
00:21:54.08\00:21:57.61
Due for a while
00:21:57.65\00:21:58.98
and they are coming back to you
00:21:59.01\00:22:00.35
or those who
still don't know You
00:22:00.38\00:22:04.15
or don't have a
relationship with you Lord.
00:22:04.19\00:22:06.72
We lift them up to you.
00:22:06.76\00:22:08.46
Yes.
00:22:08.49\00:22:09.82
Lord to be with
them, to touch their hearts
00:22:09.86\00:22:12.33
and we have many family member
00:22:12.36\00:22:15.60
in our midst that
they need to know You Lord,
00:22:15.63\00:22:20.84
and they, also they need to know
00:22:20.87\00:22:22.30
that you are soon
to come back for us.
00:22:22.34\00:22:27.71
Thank you for all Your blessings
00:22:27.74\00:22:30.51
so far for giving us
the family to pray for,
00:22:30.55\00:22:34.42
for giving us our viewers,
00:22:34.45\00:22:37.35
viewing family that
is watching this program.
00:22:37.39\00:22:40.72
Bless every one
of them and give them
00:22:40.76\00:22:44.06
Lord, peace in
their heart and hope.
00:22:44.09\00:22:48.46
And especial Lord,
if they need healing
00:22:48.50\00:22:51.87
and restoration
in the physical life,
00:22:51.90\00:22:54.50
Lord, Lord present Yourself
in a mighty way so they can,
00:22:54.54\00:23:00.78
they can know that
you love them eternally.
00:23:00.81\00:23:04.28
Thank you Lord for these moments
00:23:04.31\00:23:05.65
that we are sharing here
as the family, in our family,
00:23:05.68\00:23:08.82
there is family worship,
in Jesus' name we thank you.
00:23:08.85\00:23:11.32
Amen. Amen, and, amen.
00:23:11.35\00:23:13.66
You know, that
nickname thing comes in handy.
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.76
You wonder how we keep
all the poppies separate.
00:23:15.79\00:23:18.43
Well, Louis Correra, Coria,
we call Lucho, Luis Getta,
00:23:18.46\00:23:24.83
we call Poppy,
and Louis Ballasos,
00:23:24.87\00:23:27.67
we call Oscar.
00:23:27.70\00:23:29.04
So there's no problem,
it kind of all works out.
00:23:29.07\00:23:33.01
And we don't get
anybody confused.
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But as we are
saying God is good.
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Now, I like to
put it in each time
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I worship a
little practical time.
00:23:39.38\00:23:40.75
When I was pasturing,
00:23:40.78\00:23:42.55
we used to have
at my church lock ins
00:23:42.58\00:23:46.12
where we'd
bring the young people
00:23:46.15\00:23:47.49
in for a Saturday night.
00:23:47.52\00:23:49.26
And we lock the
doors at 11 o'clock
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and they had to stay
in church till 6 a.m.
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in the morning.
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And we sang, we
prayed, we worship,
00:23:55.86\00:23:57.47
and of course to keep
young people up all night long,
00:23:57.50\00:24:00.54
you had to have the
program moving pretty fast,
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.27
there was no downtime.
00:24:02.30\00:24:03.64
I decided after
about two or three,
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.91
we gave them one hour of sleep
from 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock.
00:24:05.94\00:24:09.74
They got one hour and
they were looking forward
00:24:09.78\00:24:11.65
to that one hour, you
know, they got their one hour.
00:24:11.68\00:24:14.32
Then we had a seasonal prayer
00:24:14.35\00:24:15.68
because if you had
a long seasonal prayer
00:24:15.72\00:24:17.05
about 2 o'clock in the morning,
00:24:17.09\00:24:18.62
when after you said amen.
00:24:18.65\00:24:20.46
You're the only one saying amen,
00:24:20.49\00:24:21.82
because everybody else is out.
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.36
So I realize, have
the seasonal prayer
00:24:23.39\00:24:25.09
after a nap
time so they could...
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.16
But one of the things we
did with that, with that,
00:24:27.20\00:24:30.40
when we had maybe
sometimes 50, 60, 70
00:24:30.43\00:24:33.00
as much as 100
young people there
00:24:33.03\00:24:34.67
locked in all
night for two reasons.
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.20
One, you can't let them go home
00:24:36.24\00:24:37.57
in the middle of the
night in New York City.
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.24
So once they come at 11 o'clock
00:24:39.27\00:24:40.74
they stay in that building
until, until morning settle in,
00:24:40.78\00:24:45.25
and then we had breakfast
for them in the morning
00:24:45.28\00:24:46.72
and it was kind of fun,
it was a spiritual exercise.
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.82
And so we prayed our
way through the night.
00:24:48.85\00:24:50.52
But we went through
these little exercises,
00:24:50.55\00:24:52.49
we did one of these
when last we met together.
00:24:52.52\00:24:54.82
And I have another one before
we go into our time of sharing.
00:24:54.86\00:24:58.56
This one is
called, "Home by Tens,"
00:24:58.59\00:24:59.93
I'm going to read
this and I want you guys
00:24:59.96\00:25:01.30
to kind of respond
to this because I think,
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.17
and I know you all agree that
00:25:04.20\00:25:05.67
that your
religion are repractical.
00:25:05.70\00:25:08.44
There's a God consciousness
that comes into your life.
00:25:08.47\00:25:12.54
But that God consciousness
ought to show itself
00:25:12.57\00:25:15.84
in every day
things in your life.
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.58
How you deal
with your neighbors?
00:25:17.61\00:25:18.95
How you deal it on the job?
00:25:18.98\00:25:20.32
How you deal when
you get into trouble?
00:25:20.35\00:25:21.68
How you deal when
you're driving your car,
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.05
and somebody cuts you off?
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.42
You know, all of those things,
your faith ought to show itself
00:25:24.45\00:25:27.92
in how your life is conducted.
00:25:27.96\00:25:29.42
So listen to this, and
then I want you to respond.
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This is Home by Ten.
00:25:32.96\00:25:35.63
"Susan and Tina are
having a great time at church
00:25:35.66\00:25:38.90
at the local
youth group social."
00:25:38.93\00:25:40.87
So we are talking
about church people.
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.60
"After the social,
00:25:42.64\00:25:43.97
the two girls are
spending the night
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.37
together at Tina's..."
00:25:46.41\00:25:47.78
Okay Susan and Tina spend
a night together at Tina's.
00:25:47.81\00:25:50.68
All right.
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.05
"While waiting to watch a film,
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.48
Susan remembers that her mother,
00:25:54.52\00:25:56.85
Mrs. Clark told her to be
back from the social by 10 pm.
00:25:56.89\00:26:03.83
Her mother has
always been very strict.
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.50
Susan announces to the group
00:26:07.53\00:26:09.43
that she can't stay for the film
00:26:09.46\00:26:11.40
because she won't...
00:26:11.43\00:26:12.77
Because it won't
be over until 10:30."
00:26:12.80\00:26:15.67
Okay.
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.04
"A few of her
friends are annoyed.
00:26:17.07\00:26:19.57
They argue that
Susan's mother will never know
00:26:19.61\00:26:22.64
if Susan stays
out a few minutes late
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.31
because Susan is
spending the night at Tina's.
00:26:25.35\00:26:30.35
Susan finally agrees with them.
00:26:30.39\00:26:32.69
She makes Tina promise
00:26:32.72\00:26:34.36
not to say a word
to Susan's mother,
00:26:34.39\00:26:37.36
Mrs. Clark about
having stayed out late.
00:26:37.39\00:26:41.06
The two girls then
stay for the movie.
00:26:41.10\00:26:44.43
After which they arrive
at Tina's house about 10:55.
00:26:44.47\00:26:50.04
Susan and Tina
visit for a while,
00:26:50.07\00:26:53.21
then go to sleep forgetting
that they stayed out past
00:26:53.24\00:26:56.61
Susan's curfew."
00:26:56.64\00:26:57.98
Okay.
00:26:58.01\00:26:59.41
Now, "The next day the
two girls are getting ready
00:26:59.45\00:27:01.68
to go shopping the phone rings.
00:27:01.72\00:27:03.39
Tina answers, and
it is and is surprised
00:27:03.42\00:27:05.69
by the voice of Susan's mother,
"This is Clark wants to know
00:27:05.72\00:27:09.06
if the girls had a fun evening."
00:27:09.09\00:27:11.46
Tina tells her that
they had a wonderful time.
00:27:11.49\00:27:15.06
As the conversation is
ending Mrs. Clark asked
00:27:15.10\00:27:18.67
what time the
girls arrived home?
00:27:18.70\00:27:21.70
All right.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.07
"Tina thinks for a
second and remembers
00:27:23.10\00:27:25.74
the promise she made
to her best friend Susan.
00:27:25.77\00:27:29.44
Tina decides to keep her promise
00:27:29.48\00:27:31.55
and defend her friend after all.
00:27:31.58\00:27:34.85
Mrs. Clark is too strict.
00:27:34.88\00:27:37.52
She tells Mrs. Clark
00:27:37.55\00:27:38.99
that they came
home around 10 p.m.
00:27:39.02\00:27:42.66
Tina's mother, Mrs. Smith
00:27:42.69\00:27:45.19
overhears the
phone conversation.
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.53
She knows what time the
girls really arrived home.
00:27:47.56\00:27:51.20
Mrs. Smith decides
it is not her business
00:27:51.23\00:27:55.00
and stays out of the situation
rather than talk to the girls
00:27:55.04\00:27:59.04
or call Mrs.
Clark with the truth."
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.31
Okay.
00:28:02.34\00:28:03.68
Who is at fault?
00:28:03.71\00:28:05.05
And when I do this
to the young people,
00:28:05.08\00:28:08.22
we always rank
them from best to worst,
00:28:08.25\00:28:10.29
Tina, Susan, Mrs. Clark,
their friends or Mrs. Smith.
00:28:10.32\00:28:13.96
So you've got two young people
00:28:13.99\00:28:18.89
who deceived their parents.
00:28:18.93\00:28:22.76
And you've got a parent
00:28:22.80\00:28:24.67
who is complicit
in that deception.
00:28:24.70\00:28:29.30
So walk me through
it, what do you think?
00:28:29.34\00:28:33.31
Well, again I think I said
this in the past, sin is sin.
00:28:33.34\00:28:39.05
You can't really rank it.
00:28:39.08\00:28:40.82
It's all the same thing.
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.92
But the young lady
00:28:42.95\00:28:44.29
who was supposed to be
home by 10, is that Susan?
00:28:44.32\00:28:46.72
Yes.
00:28:46.76\00:28:48.09
Okay, Susan has the
ultimate burden here.
00:28:48.12\00:28:52.49
She knows the
rules that her mother
00:28:52.53\00:28:54.46
has placed her under
00:28:54.50\00:28:55.93
and her mother has
placed her under these rules
00:28:55.96\00:28:57.73
presumably to keep her safe
00:28:57.77\00:29:00.07
and to help her
learn boundaries.
00:29:00.10\00:29:03.04
So Miss Susan is at the
head of the class in this.
00:29:03.07\00:29:06.88
She is the one
00:29:06.91\00:29:08.24
who had all the
responsibility in this case.
00:29:08.28\00:29:12.65
And it is tough
with peer pressure.
00:29:12.68\00:29:14.28
I understand that
having, having slipped up on
00:29:14.32\00:29:17.19
this in the past in my own life,
00:29:17.22\00:29:19.05
I can totally understand
00:29:19.09\00:29:21.66
when everybody says
they will never know.
00:29:21.69\00:29:24.06
And they never
did know until now.
00:29:24.09\00:29:25.49
Hi, mother.
00:29:25.53\00:29:27.93
But, anyway that's,
that's my take on it
00:29:27.96\00:29:32.23
is it's just, it's Susan,
and you can trickle it down
00:29:32.27\00:29:35.30
if you want to but...
00:29:35.34\00:29:38.37
Moe, what would you
think? I agree totally too.
00:29:38.41\00:29:41.54
I think that the same,
00:29:41.58\00:29:44.58
you know,
having that experience.
00:29:44.61\00:29:46.72
I know that the
responsibilities on Susan.
00:29:46.75\00:29:49.95
Yes.
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.45
The mother is,
00:29:52.49\00:29:54.29
it sounds to be a
little strict but still...
00:29:54.32\00:29:58.59
You never know
the reasons behind
00:29:58.63\00:30:00.66
the crazy rules
that we as parents.
00:30:00.70\00:30:02.70
Susan was dull and Susan was...
00:30:02.73\00:30:06.03
In the beginning she did well
00:30:06.07\00:30:07.84
because she was
going through girl
00:30:07.87\00:30:10.21
with the mother's request,
but then, things happen.
00:30:10.24\00:30:16.95
Xenia, what do you think?
00:30:16.98\00:30:18.31
I believe that Moe, wants to,
she committed and she stayed.
00:30:18.35\00:30:23.82
Now, after the
conversation Mrs. Smith heard
00:30:23.85\00:30:27.16
that she should
sit the girls down
00:30:27.19\00:30:29.76
and say, why did you say
her or have a talk with them.
00:30:29.79\00:30:33.19
You know, she
shouldn't just be quiet,
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.83
maybe not call Mrs. Clarke
but at least talk to the girls.
00:30:34.86\00:30:38.07
So that they can complete her.
00:30:38.10\00:30:41.17
Now I think that lady second
in line in the scale of...
00:30:41.20\00:30:45.07
Complicity. Complicity.
00:30:45.11\00:30:46.84
And in doing
things the wrong way
00:30:46.88\00:30:49.24
because she's the adult
of middle of a situation,
00:30:49.28\00:30:54.48
and she didn't say anything.
00:30:54.52\00:30:55.85
So when you keep silence
00:30:55.88\00:31:00.02
in front of a
situation that is wrong.
00:31:00.06\00:31:03.46
It's almost worst
than the person who is,
00:31:03.49\00:31:08.06
who is committing
the... well, say the crime.
00:31:08.10\00:31:13.34
It's almost to be
accessory to a crime.
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.30
It's almost be in the
as bad as the crime itself.
00:31:15.34\00:31:21.64
Here's my question,
which is better and why?
00:31:21.68\00:31:24.51
What if Mrs. Smith had
just gotten on the phone
00:31:24.55\00:31:26.95
after the girls talk.
00:31:26.98\00:31:28.82
And said, "You know, your
daughters are lying to you.
00:31:28.85\00:31:30.72
They came in here at 10."
00:31:30.75\00:31:32.09
You know, and
told and told the truth
00:31:32.12\00:31:33.56
because, she knew
what time they came.
00:31:33.59\00:31:34.92
Would that be better
00:31:34.96\00:31:36.29
or it would be
better to talk to the girls.
00:31:36.32\00:31:37.66
What do you think
is a better action?
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.59
Talk to the mother?
00:31:39.63\00:31:40.96
Mother to mother
or talk to the girls?
00:31:41.00\00:31:44.07
I think, I would
do both personally.
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.23
Yeah.
00:31:46.27\00:31:47.60
I would set the
young ladies down
00:31:47.64\00:31:48.97
and I would say,
"Look, this is not cool.
00:31:49.00\00:31:50.51
If you know this was
your rule that you're under,
00:31:50.54\00:31:52.71
you needed to tell me that."
00:31:52.74\00:31:54.91
And then, you know, I
will be talking to your mother.
00:31:54.94\00:31:57.35
And the rest is
between you and your mom.
00:31:57.38\00:31:59.01
Right.
00:31:59.05\00:32:00.38
Well, because
the lady Miss, Miss,
00:32:00.42\00:32:03.65
no, no they
weren't that, that...
00:32:03.69\00:32:06.15
I've lost.
00:32:06.19\00:32:07.52
Clark, Well,
Clark is Susan's mother
00:32:07.56\00:32:09.26
and Smith is a mother of Tina.
00:32:09.29\00:32:11.59
Tina's mother
that's where I'm going,
00:32:11.63\00:32:13.40
Tina's mother has a
very big responsibility.
00:32:13.43\00:32:17.47
What if something happened?
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.70
And of course, she was
ignorant of that arrangement
00:32:19.73\00:32:23.34
maybe not, maybe she knew
00:32:23.37\00:32:25.27
that Susan had to be
back at certain time.
00:32:25.31\00:32:29.68
Look at this argument I
would say she didn't know.
00:32:29.71\00:32:32.58
Well, let's take she didn't know
00:32:32.61\00:32:33.95
but, when she found
out, she should have thought,
00:32:33.98\00:32:37.82
hey, what if something happened?
00:32:37.85\00:32:40.96
And I'm just doing
part of this cover up.
00:32:40.99\00:32:45.16
Yeah.
00:32:45.19\00:32:46.53
What if the girls
had gotten into something
00:32:46.56\00:32:47.90
and didn't tell either mother.
00:32:47.93\00:32:49.26
And they got in late
00:32:49.30\00:32:50.63
and then Tina's
mother is complicit
00:32:50.67\00:32:53.50
because she knows
what time they got in.
00:32:53.54\00:32:55.44
And two...
00:32:55.47\00:32:57.57
Those of you who
have children know,
00:32:57.61\00:32:59.81
you don't always
raise all of your children
00:32:59.84\00:33:02.04
the exact same way,
because of certain tendencies
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.48
that this child has
that this child does not.
00:33:05.51\00:33:08.68
I grew up with a... Not grew up.
00:33:08.72\00:33:12.42
While I was pasturing,
00:33:12.45\00:33:13.79
I had a very close
friend who adopted a young girl
00:33:13.82\00:33:16.06
that was found in a garbage can.
00:33:16.09\00:33:18.69
Someone had just
left her in the garage,
00:33:18.73\00:33:20.06
she worked at the hospital.
00:33:20.10\00:33:21.43
And she adopted this girl.
00:33:21.46\00:33:22.80
Well, the girl turned out to
be brilliant, just brilliant,
00:33:22.83\00:33:25.53
sails through Andrews
University, brilliant.
00:33:25.57\00:33:27.90
Reading the New York Times,
00:33:27.94\00:33:30.61
Sunday paper 750,000
words on Sunday morning
00:33:30.64\00:33:33.58
at age maybe seven or ten.
00:33:33.61\00:33:35.88
But her natural child
00:33:35.91\00:33:38.11
was one that she
had to kind of sit on
00:33:38.15\00:33:40.28
because he was
just, he was a tough guy.
00:33:40.32\00:33:42.75
So this girl,
you tell her do that.
00:33:42.78\00:33:45.62
She does it to the
F degree. No problem.
00:33:45.65\00:33:47.82
The boy, if you don't
stay right on this case,
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.66
you know, he's
gonna kind of goof off.
00:33:50.69\00:33:53.09
So you don't
raise it to the same,
00:33:53.13\00:33:54.56
because one, you can
trust with a lot of freedom,
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.33
because they're self-motivated.
00:33:56.36\00:33:57.70
The other you've got to push.
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.07
You know, like a dead
cell that doesn't run anymore.
00:33:59.10\00:34:01.17
So maybe she's bringing
this girl home at 10 o'clock,
00:34:01.20\00:34:03.91
because she knows
she has a tendency
00:34:03.94\00:34:05.91
to get herself into hot water.
00:34:05.94\00:34:07.71
So now, this other mother
who is aiding and abetting
00:34:07.74\00:34:11.65
that negativity, so you know,
00:34:11.68\00:34:13.58
honesty is the best
policy, wouldn't you think?
00:34:13.62\00:34:15.45
And she is not
giving respect to Mrs. Clark
00:34:15.48\00:34:21.29
who had put the
rules on her daughter.
00:34:21.32\00:34:24.59
Well, you've got four.
00:34:24.63\00:34:25.96
If that happened,
would you want to know?
00:34:25.99\00:34:27.76
Oh, yes. Yeah.
00:34:27.80\00:34:29.13
And believe me, there
would be repercussions.
00:34:29.16\00:34:32.83
That's, that's the one
thing we've always tried to do
00:34:32.87\00:34:36.47
especially with the
two younger ones I have.
00:34:36.50\00:34:38.04
I have multiple children
for those who don't know
00:34:38.07\00:34:40.94
I have children ranging in ages
from age 30 on down to age 8.
00:34:40.98\00:34:46.25
Don't ask...
00:34:46.28\00:34:49.55
Anyway with the
two younger ones,
00:34:49.58\00:34:51.52
we have tried to talk
to them almost as adults,
00:34:51.55\00:34:55.42
we don't baby talk our children.
00:34:55.46\00:34:57.09
And it's like
honesty is the best policy
00:34:57.13\00:34:59.59
even if you blew it and
you know you've blown it.
00:34:59.63\00:35:03.06
Please tell me
00:35:03.10\00:35:04.43
because it will be
so much worse for you,
00:35:04.47\00:35:06.00
if I find out from someone else.
00:35:06.03\00:35:08.20
So and it seems to
be working fairly well,
00:35:08.24\00:35:11.24
they're still a little hesitant,
00:35:11.27\00:35:12.61
because who
wouldn't the tingling bottom,
00:35:12.64\00:35:14.41
and the
uncertainty of the situation.
00:35:14.44\00:35:17.38
A lot of times they
end up getting discipled
00:35:17.41\00:35:20.32
rather than
punished, disciplined.
00:35:20.35\00:35:23.62
And you have, we have
one behind the camera there.
00:35:23.65\00:35:26.59
We do. Taken...
00:35:26.62\00:35:29.19
Yeah.
00:35:29.22\00:35:30.56
Be now witness of that.
00:35:30.59\00:35:34.00
Xenia, you have one in college,
00:35:34.03\00:35:35.96
would you want to know
if your daughter was out
00:35:36.00\00:35:38.83
and this kind of
thing is going on,
00:35:38.87\00:35:40.34
would you want the
parents to tell to you?
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.60
I would like to
know these things.
00:35:42.64\00:35:44.91
But just taking out a
little farther, her friend.
00:35:44.94\00:35:50.31
When you go through...
00:35:50.35\00:35:51.68
When you're a teenager or
you're going with a friend
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.88
to a party or
staying or whatever,
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.58
I mean, you count
a lot on your friends
00:35:56.62\00:35:58.35
and what kind of support
did that friend give Susan
00:35:58.39\00:36:01.82
when she knew her mother was.
00:36:01.86\00:36:03.73
She knew the rules.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.73
When they
started pressuring her,
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.46
she should have supported her,
you know, and said something
00:36:07.50\00:36:10.63
but instead of
supporting her friend,
00:36:10.67\00:36:13.70
she pushed her the other way.
00:36:13.74\00:36:15.07
The other way, yeah. Yes.
00:36:15.10\00:36:16.60
She was on the same team
00:36:16.64\00:36:17.97
with the peer pressure or is it.
00:36:18.01\00:36:19.41
Right, right.
00:36:19.44\00:36:20.78
Oh, yeah, come on, we'll
stay, I want to see the movie,
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.18
I want to see the movie.
00:36:22.21\00:36:23.55
Yeah.
00:36:23.58\00:36:25.25
We need to be
conscious about too
00:36:25.28\00:36:26.95
because sometimes we have
kids that are home or whatever.
00:36:26.98\00:36:30.45
And they say something
00:36:30.49\00:36:31.82
or they don't
want me to eat this,
00:36:31.85\00:36:33.66
or they don't want me to do that
00:36:33.69\00:36:35.02
or they don't
want me to watch that
00:36:35.06\00:36:36.39
and we push them.
00:36:36.42\00:36:37.76
And we shouldn't do that
because they have the reasons,
00:36:37.79\00:36:40.60
so we should respect them.
00:36:40.63\00:36:43.06
And there's another thing too.
00:36:43.10\00:36:44.60
Communication here
that is probably is missing.
00:36:44.63\00:36:48.84
First, the story said that
Mrs. Clark was strict always
00:36:48.87\00:36:55.18
wasn't like every now and then.
00:36:55.21\00:36:57.91
She was a conduct that
she kept always the same.
00:36:57.95\00:37:02.75
But at the same time
00:37:02.78\00:37:04.12
she put trust on
her daughter to go,
00:37:04.15\00:37:06.39
and sleep over with a
friend and on top of that,
00:37:06.42\00:37:13.40
the friend went
to another friend
00:37:13.43\00:37:14.76
so she was trusting
her daughter, was a trust.
00:37:14.80\00:37:17.50
But it was a
lack of communication
00:37:17.53\00:37:19.87
on her daughter's part
00:37:19.90\00:37:21.24
because she could have
said, hey, let's call my mom.
00:37:21.27\00:37:24.74
Maybe, it's okay,
yeah, I can't she said,
00:37:24.77\00:37:27.84
"She told me 10 o'clock
but maybe she will be flexible.
00:37:27.88\00:37:31.48
Why don't we call her."
00:37:31.51\00:37:32.85
So that part of
the communication
00:37:32.88\00:37:34.42
is missing there.
00:37:34.45\00:37:35.78
She could have
called her mother and say,
00:37:35.82\00:37:38.95
"Mom, they are
watching this movie here,
00:37:38.99\00:37:42.42
can I stay an extra half hour."
00:37:42.46\00:37:44.89
Yeah.
00:37:44.93\00:37:46.26
And it's a church
social, you're not at a club.
00:37:46.29\00:37:47.63
Yeah.
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.00
You know, you're not out. Right.
00:37:49.03\00:37:50.37
You know, and I think
00:37:50.40\00:37:51.73
you would have
respected a call like that,
00:37:51.77\00:37:53.10
would you not?
00:37:53.13\00:37:54.47
Oh, absolutely and many
times I have been called with,
00:37:54.50\00:37:55.90
you know, "Hey, mom, can I?"
00:37:55.94\00:37:57.27
And it's like,
well, all right, fine,
00:37:57.31\00:37:58.64
as long as I know where
you're going to be afterward.
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.01
Yeah.
00:38:00.04\00:38:01.38
As long as
everything is all lined up.
00:38:01.41\00:38:02.74
Yeah.
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.11
Will you respect
a call like that?
00:38:04.15\00:38:05.48
Oh, absolutely.
00:38:05.51\00:38:06.85
And had
expected it several times
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.55
when, you know, my
children growing up.
00:38:09.58\00:38:12.59
And another thing
that I that I see here too
00:38:12.62\00:38:17.29
is that Mrs. Clark
probably had a good report
00:38:17.33\00:38:23.47
on Tina and the mother.
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.57
And she trusted
her to go over there.
00:38:26.60\00:38:28.77
So after this
that trust is broken
00:38:28.80\00:38:34.38
and now you cannot trust.
00:38:34.41\00:38:36.98
You have to rebuild that trust.
00:38:37.01\00:38:38.35
You have to rebuild that.
00:38:38.38\00:38:39.98
And that's the consequences of,
you know, children when they,
00:38:40.02\00:38:46.09
you know, they try to stray,
step out and do their own.
00:38:46.12\00:38:50.43
They don't think.
00:38:50.46\00:38:51.79
Thinking that
parents are not going
00:38:51.83\00:38:53.16
to know about it.
00:38:53.19\00:38:54.53
Taking, taking the sly route
rather than the honest route,
00:38:54.56\00:38:58.00
you know that their phone
call would have solved a lot.
00:38:58.03\00:39:00.54
Would have solved a
lot of, a lot of thing.
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.37
And now, Mrs. Clark
actually is in the dark.
00:39:02.40\00:39:05.04
There's no
mechanism for her to ever know
00:39:05.07\00:39:07.91
except that once you
begin doing this kind of thing,
00:39:07.94\00:39:11.31
then it's a little
easier to go a little further,
00:39:11.35\00:39:13.28
go a little
further, go a little further.
00:39:13.31\00:39:14.95
And then you look back,
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.42
and well, remember that time
that we didn't call that one.
00:39:16.45\00:39:19.59
So I think we all agree
that the major onus is on,
00:39:19.62\00:39:23.29
is on Susan.
00:39:23.32\00:39:25.16
Had Susan done the right thing
00:39:25.19\00:39:27.53
then this, this trail of things
would have never taken place
00:39:27.56\00:39:30.90
as Susan just stirred up.
00:39:30.93\00:39:32.27
But having said that,
00:39:32.30\00:39:34.04
peer pressure is an
incredibly strong thing.
00:39:34.07\00:39:38.94
It's much stronger
than when we were young,
00:39:38.97\00:39:40.81
and it's much more insidious.
00:39:40.84\00:39:43.81
So you need Christ in
every aspect of your life.
00:39:43.85\00:39:46.51
Now I want to get away from that
00:39:46.55\00:39:47.88
before our time
gets away from us,
00:39:47.92\00:39:49.65
and move on to something else.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.85
But I want us
each to take a moment
00:39:51.89\00:39:54.16
because I
talked about my little,
00:39:54.19\00:39:55.76
my little circuit
breaker deal here.
00:39:55.79\00:39:59.09
And, you know, this
one, I was trying to,
00:39:59.13\00:40:00.83
you know, I was in the garage
00:40:00.86\00:40:02.50
trying to put this thing back on
00:40:02.53\00:40:04.40
and it wouldn't click and the...
00:40:04.43\00:40:06.90
It's falling apart.
00:40:06.94\00:40:08.27
And it's falling
apart even before, yeah.
00:40:08.30\00:40:10.24
When the
electricity, electrician came,
00:40:10.27\00:40:12.31
he got it to click
on and as it clicked on,
00:40:12.34\00:40:14.38
you could see the, the, the
00:40:14.41\00:40:15.81
and it clicked
this up right back off,
00:40:15.84\00:40:17.35
he said, "I was
just trying to see,"
00:40:17.38\00:40:18.71
and I was trying to
put it on in the dark,
00:40:18.75\00:40:20.18
I said, "This thing won't work."
00:40:20.22\00:40:22.02
And the Lord was keeping me
00:40:22.05\00:40:23.52
from putting this thing back on,
00:40:23.55\00:40:24.89
because this could have
been a major, major, something
00:40:24.92\00:40:27.12
so I'm thankful to the Lord.
00:40:27.16\00:40:28.92
But I want to give you a chance,
00:40:28.96\00:40:30.33
before we move to our
last little thing here.
00:40:30.36\00:40:32.29
Times in your life when you know
00:40:32.33\00:40:34.30
that God put his hand in that.
00:40:34.33\00:40:36.13
What happened was of the Lord.
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.13
Anybody?
00:40:38.17\00:40:39.50
But I can think
of his protection,
00:40:39.53\00:40:42.54
you know, and traveling.
00:40:42.57\00:40:45.74
One time we've
taken a trip, a long trip.
00:40:45.77\00:40:49.31
Well, you're just
driving along, whatever.
00:40:49.34\00:40:51.68
And we were following the truck.
00:40:51.71\00:40:54.52
Well, you know,
00:40:54.55\00:40:57.32
the tools they used
to take the wheels out?
00:40:57.35\00:41:01.56
The lug nut, the wrench lug nut.
00:41:01.59\00:41:03.59
Okay.
00:41:03.63\00:41:04.96
That came off
flying of the truck.
00:41:04.99\00:41:07.66
And I saw that
thing flying on the air
00:41:07.70\00:41:09.86
and he was calling to
me, you know, it's just like.
00:41:09.90\00:41:12.70
What are you thinking of.
00:41:12.73\00:41:14.80
But he didn't break
the glass. Praise the Lord.
00:41:14.84\00:41:17.17
It didn't break the glass.
00:41:17.21\00:41:18.57
I don't know the way it landed,
00:41:18.61\00:41:20.11
it just didn't break the
glass and it just flew off.
00:41:20.14\00:41:22.01
He just stuck his
hand right between...
00:41:22.04\00:41:23.95
It's like you stop
on the side of the road,
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.75
and you sit there you know,
00:41:25.78\00:41:27.12
"I shouldn't be here right now."
00:41:27.15\00:41:28.48
Yeah. Yes, absolutely.
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.19
Praise the Lord.
Praise God, yeah.
00:41:30.22\00:41:32.32
You know, it's
little things like that
00:41:32.35\00:41:33.69
and you reflect back,
00:41:33.72\00:41:35.39
what turned out
to be just a story
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.93
could have been a
major incident, you know.
00:41:37.96\00:41:40.13
But it's another
story of how good God is.
00:41:40.16\00:41:42.53
Anyone else?
00:41:42.56\00:41:44.43
Well, I...
00:41:44.47\00:41:46.07
Just continuing in the same line
00:41:46.10\00:41:47.44
of tires flying high.
00:41:47.47\00:41:51.34
I had this... The
situation by myself.
00:41:51.37\00:41:55.44
In Buenos Aires,
Argentina, in one of the big,
00:41:55.48\00:41:58.75
very busy avenues or
corridors there in the city.
00:41:58.78\00:42:05.62
And it was three
in the afternoon,
00:42:05.65\00:42:09.42
very much a rush hour.
00:42:09.46\00:42:11.59
And all of the sudden
this car start making a noise.
00:42:11.63\00:42:16.56
The car that I was driving.
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.97
And there was I
said, "What is that noise?
00:42:19.00\00:42:21.74
And then, then, yeah, we
identify there was second
00:42:21.77\00:42:24.01
on that direction of
the, the front right passenger
00:42:24.04\00:42:30.21
from tire and it
was, in the next minute
00:42:30.25\00:42:35.82
or so it was getting worse
and worse and worse and worsen.
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.79
And there's a
cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.
00:42:38.82\00:42:40.76
And then... And
I was going fast.
00:42:40.79\00:42:44.43
You know, what I, what do I do,
00:42:44.46\00:42:45.93
I was in almost
the central lane.
00:42:45.96\00:42:49.06
And there was nor up
median nor not up I mean.
00:42:49.10\00:42:51.47
It was a median, but
not, not like something else,
00:42:51.50\00:42:54.50
so I had to stop 'cause
the car just went to a stop
00:42:54.54\00:42:58.81
and I had cars
passing me on this side,
00:42:58.84\00:43:01.31
cars passing me
on the other side.
00:43:01.34\00:43:03.41
The ones that
are right behind me
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.55
went to a very sudden stop
and I was looking in my mirror
00:43:05.58\00:43:09.25
how they were
trying to avoid me.
00:43:09.28\00:43:12.69
What happened to us.
00:43:12.72\00:43:14.06
That I had this car
taken to the mechanic
00:43:14.09\00:43:17.59
to do something
on my front brakes
00:43:17.63\00:43:20.26
and they didn't put the tire...
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.16
All the pieces back.
00:43:22.20\00:43:24.50
All the pieces I
mean the bolts were loose.
00:43:24.53\00:43:27.10
I lost out of the
five or so, I had one left.
00:43:27.14\00:43:33.64
Oh!
00:43:33.68\00:43:35.01
One, and there
were gone, there were...
00:43:35.04\00:43:38.41
The tier was, it wasn't a
big, was rather a small car,
00:43:38.45\00:43:42.25
it wasn't a big car but.
00:43:42.28\00:43:44.32
One more time and
I will be spinning
00:43:44.35\00:43:46.39
or doing whatever
moves in the middle of that
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.16
very busy street and
then I was sitting there,
00:43:49.19\00:43:52.49
waiting for help
and somebody took out
00:43:52.53\00:43:55.63
and get me out of there.
00:43:55.66\00:43:57.60
Again this guy
put the tire in that,
00:43:57.63\00:44:01.34
put that bolt backend
and we pushed the car away
00:44:01.37\00:44:05.97
in just making a big,
big mess out of the traffic.
00:44:06.01\00:44:11.51
But I was thinking wow,
that was a very close call.
00:44:11.55\00:44:17.15
And I was thinking, I'm
thinking back while Lord,
00:44:17.19\00:44:21.12
really, you really
wanted something out of me.
00:44:21.16\00:44:25.16
Because, if I would have
been killed by another car
00:44:25.19\00:44:31.67
or whatever.
00:44:31.70\00:44:33.27
I wouldn't be
here, I would have,
00:44:33.30\00:44:34.90
so many things that
happened after that,
00:44:34.94\00:44:37.07
that I know that
God had a plan for me.
00:44:37.11\00:44:39.24
Amen, amen, amen.
00:44:39.27\00:44:43.61
Moe, Lynnette, anyone.
00:44:43.65\00:44:46.82
Lynnette?
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.18
I like it now,
that's the first time
00:44:48.22\00:44:49.55
I've heard that story.
00:44:49.58\00:44:52.59
After 13 years of marriage,
he's always surprising me.
00:44:52.62\00:44:58.79
Well, we've touched
on protection and travel.
00:44:58.83\00:45:03.47
There's also
spiritual protection.
00:45:03.50\00:45:05.77
Yes.
00:45:05.80\00:45:07.40
And when...
00:45:07.44\00:45:10.57
I just suddenly had
about five or six examples
00:45:10.61\00:45:12.54
just come flying together
and they're all jammed here.
00:45:12.57\00:45:16.34
Lord, I'm going to
pick the simplest one.
00:45:16.38\00:45:18.11
When we first were
married, I was not an Adventist.
00:45:18.15\00:45:23.75
I was still going to a church
that was very evangelical.
00:45:23.79\00:45:27.86
In fact, we were going to both.
00:45:27.89\00:45:30.36
We would go to
church on Sabbath,
00:45:30.39\00:45:33.16
and the church
on Sunday, you know.
00:45:33.19\00:45:35.66
But I still had
a lot of questions,
00:45:35.70\00:45:37.37
lots of
questions, lots of questions.
00:45:37.40\00:45:39.03
And he sat me down in
front of, I don't know one,
00:45:39.07\00:45:42.84
one of the Adventist channels.
00:45:42.87\00:45:45.54
When Doug Batchelor was on,
00:45:45.57\00:45:46.94
and he went off
and did his thing
00:45:46.98\00:45:48.34
and I was just
listening to Doug Batchelor.
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.51
And one after another,
he answered all my questions
00:45:50.55\00:45:54.32
from the Bible saying, okay.
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.92
You don't need this anymore,
they got you back to me.
00:45:56.95\00:45:59.95
Here's the truth.
00:45:59.99\00:46:01.76
This is where you need to be.
00:46:01.79\00:46:03.99
And it was, it was
a major turning point,
00:46:04.03\00:46:08.13
we stopped going
to church on Sunday
00:46:08.16\00:46:10.33
and we continue to...
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.73
I had to learn how
to keep the Sabbath
00:46:12.77\00:46:14.30
because Saturday
was always a work day,
00:46:14.34\00:46:15.87
so I was fidgety a lot.
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.77
But we started keeping
00:46:17.81\00:46:19.87
the Sabbath
completely as a family.
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.58
Amen.
00:46:21.61\00:46:22.94
And it was a long
road getting there,
00:46:22.98\00:46:26.38
but God was
protecting me the whole way.
00:46:26.41\00:46:29.45
Praise the Lord.
00:46:29.48\00:46:32.35
I have a feel also situations
were I know that the Lord
00:46:32.39\00:46:36.99
has had
firsthand on this situation
00:46:37.03\00:46:41.03
and one was very, very
recent, while I was in Panama.
00:46:41.06\00:46:48.10
I was driving
and I had my brother
00:46:48.14\00:46:50.54
next to me, my
mother, and my little nephew.
00:46:50.57\00:46:54.74
Yeah, her brother
Louis. My brother Louis...
00:46:54.78\00:46:59.91
Were in back and my brother's
wife was sitting there.
00:46:59.95\00:47:05.19
And we were following my
brother-in-law Louis Oscar.
00:47:05.22\00:47:11.13
And, and I...
00:47:11.16\00:47:13.16
He had said to me, I
said, just follow me and...
00:47:13.19\00:47:17.37
Because I didn't
know that area very well
00:47:17.40\00:47:19.40
and it was very dark,
it was very late at night
00:47:19.43\00:47:21.77
we have just finished a
service in, in the mountains.
00:47:21.80\00:47:27.31
They had a
pathfinder convention.
00:47:27.34\00:47:32.61
So I'm driving finding,
you know I'm following him.
00:47:32.65\00:47:37.25
Then my brother says
to me all of a sudden,
00:47:37.29\00:47:40.79
"Why are you following Oscar?"
00:47:40.82\00:47:43.09
You know, it was just so
quick in my mind just spin
00:47:43.12\00:47:50.27
and I thought to
myself, "Oh, I guess
00:47:50.30\00:47:53.90
I don't need to
follow him anymore."
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.60
So I did a quick turn,
00:47:55.64\00:47:58.07
and I went unto
this the right end road
00:47:58.11\00:48:03.58
and when I get on
going on that road.
00:48:03.61\00:48:08.68
All of a sudden I realize
that I'm going in an incoming
00:48:08.72\00:48:14.26
against incoming traffic.
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.96
But just like that too also
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.26
there was two fire trucks
00:48:19.29\00:48:25.30
that they just stop like,
00:48:25.33\00:48:29.07
I don't know how
they stop so fast.
00:48:29.10\00:48:31.27
But one stop this way,
and the other one this way
00:48:31.31\00:48:33.54
and then there was
that whole bunch of traffic
00:48:33.58\00:48:37.08
coming behind them.
00:48:37.11\00:48:39.68
And I know for sure that
that was the hand of the Lord
00:48:39.71\00:48:44.09
because it was so
quick and so fast.
00:48:44.12\00:48:48.46
When that bunch of
other cars were coming
00:48:48.49\00:48:51.53
that it would not have
been any room for me to move
00:48:51.56\00:48:54.66
because, it was the highway.
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.56
And then it was just
the channel for you know,
00:48:56.60\00:49:00.97
the water whatever under rug,
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.34
there was no
shoulder for me to go.
00:49:02.37\00:49:06.91
And, so I stop and
then I never saw anybody
00:49:06.94\00:49:11.68
in the any of the
truck except for that one guy
00:49:11.71\00:49:14.68
that walked over to me.
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.75
And he says, "Wow" he
says, "You would have been
00:49:16.79\00:49:19.72
in a disastrous situation here.
00:49:19.75\00:49:23.96
I said, "I'm
glad that I was here."
00:49:23.99\00:49:27.13
And he says, "Just go back."
00:49:27.16\00:49:28.73
You know, back up,
00:49:28.76\00:49:30.10
and then take on the other road.
00:49:30.13\00:49:32.43
And so I know that that was
because everything happened,
00:49:32.47\00:49:37.14
I had all these you
know, my family in the car,
00:49:37.17\00:49:40.18
it would have been terrible.
00:49:40.21\00:49:41.54
Same like you, this is
my first hearing of that.
00:49:41.58\00:49:44.15
I did not know that.
00:49:46.15\00:49:47.48
It seems like I have
said that so many times
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.02
to so many people.
00:49:49.05\00:49:50.39
Yeah, but not to
me. I'm so sorry.
00:49:50.42\00:49:52.85
You go to Panama anymore.
00:49:52.89\00:49:54.22
What happens is sometimes
you forget about these things--
00:49:54.26\00:49:58.39
I was listening to
Xenia telling that,
00:49:58.43\00:50:01.40
and I was like,
"Oh, my goodness.
00:50:01.43\00:50:02.76
It happened, something
kind of related happened
00:50:02.80\00:50:06.17
to me also back...
00:50:06.20\00:50:07.54
So you forget those things.
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.67
And it's so back in the
past when the world was young...
00:50:09.70\00:50:14.91
Yeah, Yeah.
00:50:14.94\00:50:16.51
I guess that does
prove, you know what,
00:50:16.54\00:50:18.48
see I was saying before
that it's good to recall
00:50:18.51\00:50:20.98
these things from time to time.
00:50:21.02\00:50:22.98
Because sometimes it happens
00:50:23.02\00:50:26.12
and you realize
God's hands right there.
00:50:26.15\00:50:29.66
But then at times goes
and you kind of forget.
00:50:29.69\00:50:34.40
I'll tell you a quick
story, it's kind of funny
00:50:34.43\00:50:35.83
but it's all, as I
look back on the dangers
00:50:35.86\00:50:37.27
and I want to go
through this really
00:50:37.30\00:50:38.63
before our time gets away.
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.00
When I was pastoring
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.37
at the Bethel
Church in Brooklyn,
00:50:41.40\00:50:42.74
it's the same church that I was
00:50:42.77\00:50:44.11
Pastor
Lomacang's pastor and Angie.
00:50:44.14\00:50:46.27
There was a fellow
there who had a sister
00:50:46.31\00:50:48.18
who was working in a
house of prostitution.
00:50:48.21\00:50:53.31
And he wanted to go
00:50:53.35\00:50:54.68
and rescue his
sister from this house.
00:50:54.72\00:50:57.79
And so, he said, "Pastor,
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.22
we have to go
and get my sister."
00:50:59.25\00:51:02.06
And, you know, you're young
00:51:02.09\00:51:03.93
and you don't have a
sense of your mortality.
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.96
I said, "Okay,
we'll go get her."
00:51:05.99\00:51:07.80
So we're ready, and
we dressed up like ninjas
00:51:07.83\00:51:10.50
you know, black hat,
black shirt, black jacket.
00:51:10.53\00:51:13.20
You know black
things around our face
00:51:13.23\00:51:14.57
you know kind of thing,
we dressed up like ninjas.
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.64
And he called his sister
00:51:16.67\00:51:18.07
because this is
before cell phone
00:51:18.11\00:51:19.74
and he called her
in a phone and he said,
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.11
"We're coming to
get you out of there."
00:51:21.14\00:51:22.81
And she said, "If that guys
sees you, he will kill you."
00:51:22.84\00:51:26.78
He said,
"Nobody's gonna kill us,
00:51:26.82\00:51:28.25
you know, Lord is
taking caring of us."
00:51:28.28\00:51:29.62
So we snuck in and
she, she came out the window
00:51:29.65\00:51:35.26
and she was a
little light person
00:51:35.29\00:51:37.13
and she hung
down, and we caught her,
00:51:37.16\00:51:40.10
and we ran out of the yard.
00:51:40.13\00:51:41.86
And the guy slept
through the whole thing.
00:51:41.90\00:51:46.10
And it wasn't, you know,
00:51:46.13\00:51:47.47
he slept
through the whole thing.
00:51:47.50\00:51:48.84
And as I look back,
because we had to go off
00:51:48.87\00:51:50.71
the street up an alley around
the back of the alley the arch.
00:51:50.74\00:51:54.14
And this girl
jumps out of a window
00:51:54.18\00:51:56.24
and we capture, you know,
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.85
and she wasn't a big
gum, may be a 105 pounds.
00:51:57.88\00:52:00.98
But you know,
we've got two guys,
00:52:01.02\00:52:02.35
she jumped from
the second storey
00:52:02.38\00:52:03.72
and we caught her
you know, "Okay, jump!"
00:52:03.75\00:52:08.96
No, noise and
you know there was...
00:52:08.99\00:52:10.59
She did make some noise.
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.63
But he slept
through the whole thing.
00:52:12.66\00:52:14.23
And as I look back,
it had to be the Lord,
00:52:14.26\00:52:16.53
because we're
running through the alleys.
00:52:16.56\00:52:18.23
And we got her and
when I left New York,
00:52:18.27\00:52:21.00
she was a member of
the Adventist church.
00:52:21.04\00:52:23.10
But we rescued her
00:52:23.14\00:52:24.47
and I don't know
if I would that now.
00:52:24.51\00:52:28.31
Lord might be so
bold, but I did do it once,
00:52:28.34\00:52:31.08
we rescued her.
00:52:31.11\00:52:32.45
True story and we saved her...
00:52:32.48\00:52:34.22
Amen.
00:52:34.25\00:52:35.82
And we praise the Lord for that.
00:52:35.85\00:52:37.19
Yeah, yeah. Now, we
only got a few minutes.
00:52:37.22\00:52:39.22
I want to run through
this really, really fast.
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.22
And then try to
get your response
00:52:41.26\00:52:42.59
and we have to close with this
because this is a true story.
00:52:42.62\00:52:45.13
You talk about the
Lord putting His hand.
00:52:45.16\00:52:46.83
I'm gonna try
to read it quickly.
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.20
It's called Narrow Escape.
00:52:48.23\00:52:49.56
"Were at 1991, in the
Midwest Major Metropolitan area,
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.17
a five week evangelistic
seminar has been held.
00:52:53.20\00:52:56.40
More than 50 converts are led
into the Adventist lifestyle.
00:52:56.44\00:52:59.84
One of these
individuals was Larry.
00:52:59.87\00:53:02.04
A young college age
man, who had not known
00:53:02.08\00:53:04.68
the Seventh-day Adventist faith.
00:53:04.71\00:53:06.35
One of the most profound impacts
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.02
on Larry's life
was the health message.
00:53:08.05\00:53:10.39
Its influence would
later save his life."
00:53:10.42\00:53:12.35
Now get this.
00:53:12.39\00:53:13.72
"During ten years,
following his baptism,
00:53:13.76\00:53:15.69
his life took
many turns that led him
00:53:15.72\00:53:17.89
in and out of the church.
00:53:17.93\00:53:19.26
However, some of his Adventist
lifestyle habits never faded."
00:53:19.29\00:53:22.76
Something's you hold on to.
00:53:22.80\00:53:24.13
I remember when
I left the church
00:53:24.17\00:53:25.50
for a while still
wouldn't eat pork.
00:53:25.53\00:53:26.87
Playing basketball on Sabbath
but I wouldn't eat ham, okay.
00:53:26.90\00:53:29.14
You know these kind of things.
00:53:29.17\00:53:30.51
"But by the early 1990s,
00:53:30.54\00:53:32.14
Larry had settled
into a steady job,
00:53:32.17\00:53:33.91
managing an apartment building
in the heart of the city.
00:53:33.94\00:53:36.61
One of the tenants
in Larry's building
00:53:36.64\00:53:38.05
was an
intelligent soft-spoken man
00:53:38.08\00:53:40.05
who owned a computer.
00:53:40.08\00:53:41.42
Larry was invited to use
a computer from time to time
00:53:41.45\00:53:43.92
and frequently visited
this tenant's apartment.
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On each occasion, the tenant
would offer Larry a beverage
00:53:47.66\00:53:51.69
that the Adventist
laws are frowned on."
00:53:51.73\00:53:53.66
So he wanted to drink something
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.03
but he knew he
shouldn't do that.
00:53:55.06\00:53:56.40
"Larry's conviction about health
00:53:56.43\00:53:57.77
caused him to
decline the drink."
00:53:57.80\00:53:59.33
Now, he's not in
church, but that lifestyle stuff
00:53:59.37\00:54:01.40
is still in his heart, okay.
00:54:01.44\00:54:03.71
"One day,
Larry, observes the man
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.21
on the street near
the apartment complex.
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.48
He had a scow and
seemed respondent.
00:54:07.51\00:54:09.81
Larry passed it off,
as a youthful mood swing,
00:54:09.84\00:54:12.65
later when he
watched the evening news,
00:54:12.68\00:54:15.22
it became clear
why he was depressed.
00:54:15.25\00:54:17.72
The police were
closing in on him.
00:54:17.75\00:54:20.16
The city was Milwaukee,
00:54:20.19\00:54:22.06
and the tenant
was Jeffrey Dahmer."
00:54:22.09\00:54:24.39
Do you remember that name?
00:54:24.43\00:54:26.06
"Jeffrey Dahmer was a
notorious serial killer
00:54:26.09\00:54:29.76
who gained
control over his victim
00:54:29.80\00:54:31.83
by drugging their drinks."
00:54:31.87\00:54:34.27
You see, "Larry
shuddered when he thought
00:54:34.30\00:54:36.20
he had escaped
the fate of others
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.07
because he like Daniel
of old refused to drink
00:54:38.11\00:54:41.38
that which was forbidden.
00:54:41.41\00:54:43.08
How many young people, young
and old have lost their lives
00:54:43.11\00:54:46.11
because they left the
avenues of appetite unguarded.
00:54:46.15\00:54:51.75
How many victims
partook of the king's drinks
00:54:51.79\00:54:54.16
and the elixir of day?
00:54:54.19\00:54:55.96
Today, Larry gives God
the glory for allowing him
00:54:55.99\00:54:58.83
to be exposed to
the Adventist lifestyle
00:54:58.86\00:55:01.70
unlike addictive substances
being filled with the Spirit
00:55:01.73\00:55:04.97
has no negative side effects.
00:55:05.00\00:55:06.87
And the Spirit
does indeed satisfy."
00:55:06.90\00:55:10.07
Any responses,
any thought on that.
00:55:10.11\00:55:11.74
In the last two
minutes we've got real quick.
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That is interesting
that what is highlighted,
00:55:14.14\00:55:16.85
several times in
stories that even so this person
00:55:16.88\00:55:20.78
was walking away from the church
00:55:20.82\00:55:24.35
and away from God.
00:55:24.39\00:55:27.29
Still God was calling him.
00:55:27.32\00:55:29.42
Because by
remembering those things,
00:55:29.46\00:55:31.69
means that God was
trying to bring him back.
00:55:31.73\00:55:35.43
Yeah, it gave God an
avenue to protect this kid.
00:55:35.46\00:55:38.57
Yeah.
00:55:38.60\00:55:39.93
Because he was holding on
to the vestiges of his faith,
00:55:39.97\00:55:42.70
you know, he wasn't in church,
he is in and out, in and out.
00:55:42.74\00:55:45.31
But some of that
stuff sticks with you.
00:55:45.34\00:55:46.94
And that's what the
Bible says train up a child,
00:55:46.98\00:55:48.51
you know, you're
telling your children
00:55:48.54\00:55:49.94
don't do this, be honest.
00:55:49.98\00:55:51.31
And even if they, they
maybe stray a little bit,
00:55:51.35\00:55:53.95
those things that
are in their heart
00:55:53.98\00:55:55.52
that you planted
there are still there
00:55:55.55\00:55:57.22
because Holy Spirit
brings them back in time.
00:55:57.25\00:55:59.09
And that's what saved his life.
00:55:59.12\00:56:00.72
Yeah, it's very, very powerful.
00:56:00.76\00:56:02.29
This shows again that the
Lord does intervene in our lives
00:56:02.32\00:56:06.70
and God is concerned about
everything that touches us,
00:56:06.73\00:56:09.80
touches Him.
00:56:09.83\00:56:12.03
Everything that
concerns us, concerns Him.
00:56:12.07\00:56:14.90
And if we would
give Him a chance,
00:56:14.94\00:56:16.77
He will keep us,
He will protect us,
00:56:16.81\00:56:18.41
He will save us.
00:56:18.44\00:56:19.77
You've got many incidences
with both Kevin and Becky
00:56:19.81\00:56:23.01
where your prayers
have seen them through.
00:56:23.04\00:56:26.11
Xenia, I suspect
the same with you.
00:56:26.15\00:56:27.88
You know, you
pray for your child.
00:56:27.92\00:56:29.32
You don't know,
because you sent him
00:56:29.35\00:56:30.69
out into the
world, you pray for them.
00:56:30.72\00:56:32.82
And once they close the door
00:56:32.85\00:56:34.26
and particularly
when they get car age.
00:56:34.29\00:56:36.16
You know, when they get
that cars like, "Oh, boy."
00:56:36.19\00:56:38.46
Once they start
driving is over now,
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.20
you know, it's just,
00:56:43.23\00:56:44.57
Lord I've done the best I
can, I can't, I can't control.
00:56:44.60\00:56:47.27
I can encourage, I can pray
00:56:47.30\00:56:48.64
but I cannot
control them anymore.
00:56:48.67\00:56:50.24
Your child is away at
school, I'm sure you trust that
00:56:50.27\00:56:52.14
they're doing, she's
doing the right thing.
00:56:52.17\00:56:53.51
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
00:56:53.54\00:56:54.88
We praise the
Lord for that. Amen.
00:56:54.91\00:56:56.24
Lords and lady,
or lord and ladies,
00:56:56.28\00:56:59.68
thank you so very,
very much for being with us
00:56:59.71\00:57:02.52
for family worship
and for sharing with us
00:57:02.55\00:57:05.62
the way the Lord has
blessed in your life.
00:57:05.65\00:57:08.49
I want to encourage all of
you to keep on serving the Lord.
00:57:08.52\00:57:12.03
Even at those
times, when it seems dark.
00:57:12.06\00:57:13.80
Particularly if
you're praying for loved ones
00:57:13.83\00:57:15.60
who seemed to be
going your own way.
00:57:15.63\00:57:17.63
Ellen White does say this,
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.00
"That God accepts your
faith in their behalf."
00:57:19.03\00:57:21.44
Your faith cannot save
them, but it can keep them
00:57:21.47\00:57:24.64
from danger as God
answers your prayer.
00:57:24.67\00:57:27.41
He inserts
Himself in their lives,
00:57:27.44\00:57:29.04
and you will find the
blessings that He can do
00:57:29.08\00:57:31.21
for you with you to
you and through you.
00:57:31.25\00:57:33.08
Bye-bye, we'll
see you again soon.
00:57:33.11\00:57:34.48
God bless.
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