Participants: C.A. & Irma Murray (Host), Mollie Steenson, Jorge & Lynette Jaque
Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW016012A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and we welcome you to 3ABN Today family worship. 01:12 And whether you are watching this on a Friday evening 01:15 which is entering into the Sabbath 01:17 or on a Saturday evening 01:19 and you're preparing for a new week. 01:22 We do thank you for joining us, 01:24 and for allowing us to be with you 01:26 and coming into your homes. 01:28 We have our international cast here 01:30 and what's interesting is just a few days ago, 01:33 we actually were in your house for Sabbath. 01:37 So this is not make believe, 01:39 this is something we've rehearsed 01:40 in your house many times. 01:42 Absolutely. 01:43 Over the years, and we know, we know, 01:46 Jorge has the best shake maker, 01:50 the best smoothy maker and guacamole maker at 3ABN. 01:54 I learn from the best. Indeed. 01:57 So he has perfected, 01:59 be there with Lynnette's tutelage 02:01 or without he has perfected shaking and guacamole. 02:05 So we want to welcome you, guys. 02:08 Yes, indeed, one of his many charms and many skills. 02:10 My wife Irma is by my side. 02:12 Moe, good to be happy here. Yes, good to be here, Honey. 02:14 And we have Xenia Capote with us this evening. 02:18 Thank you. Praise the Lord. 02:20 Good to have you here. Well, thank you. 02:21 And we sat at your table 02:22 but she also has a skill in the kitchen. 02:25 And she's very, very good. 02:27 So everybody here, expect me has a great skill. 02:32 Well, you got to know your limitations, 02:33 I'm good at worship but not good in kitchen. 02:35 Well, I'm good in the kitchen, washing the dishes, 02:38 and taking out the garbage, and I eat fairly well, 02:41 I'm told here, so I can do that. 02:43 So thank you for being with us today. 02:47 Today's program we're gonna center 02:48 on in worship today. 02:51 I know it was the Lord. 02:52 If we had a working title, 02:54 we would call it I know it was the Lord. 02:56 Because there are times in our life, lord and ladies, 03:00 when something happened or you go through an experience 03:02 and you realize that had to be God. 03:06 That had to be divine insertion into our life. 03:09 That had to be the Lord putting Himself into my life 03:12 and doing something for my good and His glory. 03:16 And I think we all can think about those times, 03:18 we've got a couple readings 03:19 but, I also want you to come from your hearts, 03:22 because all of us have those times, 03:23 we should have those times. 03:25 And I had one as Irma and I had one as recent as last evening, 03:32 two evenings ago, 03:34 and that's why I have this little object lesson, 03:35 I'm just gonna hold this up, 03:36 and ask for the camera to get as close 03:38 to this as you possibly can. 03:40 So that you know what this is. 03:42 It's a circuit breaker 03:44 and it is a burnt out circuit breaker 03:46 and if you look like right here at this part. 03:49 This is the paper, 03:50 it's blackened and this is all burnt away. 03:52 And when the electrician came on yesterday evening, 03:55 he said, this could have been a major fire in your house. 04:00 On Sunday evening, Irma was washing her hair 04:02 and I was just plugging in the vacuum cleaner. 04:05 Vacuuming is my thing, 04:06 that's another one of my skills. 04:09 I vacuum really, really well. 04:12 And I thought it was a vacuum cleaner that did it, 04:14 but as I plugged it in the house went black. 04:17 And I heard this loud thud coming from the garage 04:20 because our breaker boxes is in the garage. 04:23 And of course, we were in total darkness. 04:25 Oh, in fact, you were just gone downstairs. 04:28 So she was in a basement... Do the laundry. 04:31 To do laundry and she was starting went, 04:34 went there downstairs in total pitch blackness downstairs, 04:37 so now I got to feel my way to find a flashlight. 04:39 And then try to find her, you know staple it 04:41 'cause you can't see where you're going. 04:43 So we go downstairs and we get Irma up 04:45 and, you know, you light some candles 04:46 and we were out for 24 hours just about. 04:50 But when the electrician came he said, 04:51 "This could have been a major fire." 04:53 This could have been quite severe 04:55 and God blessed us, it was not a... 04:59 It shut off instead of blowing up. 05:02 So there are times when you just say thank God, 05:05 you know, because when the electrician says, 05:07 man, this could have been a mess. 05:10 You want to thank him for this. 05:11 So little things happen all the time, 05:13 that we need to have gratitude and thank God 05:14 for these little blessings that He gives us, 05:17 and that's what we're gonna be talking about today. 05:19 Those times in our lives, I know my wife has got several. 05:22 I assume we all do. 05:23 In fact, I know you do. 05:26 Because God blesses us so many times, 05:27 and we are told in a prophetic writings 05:30 that sometimes we had to sit back 05:32 and recount those things that God does for us, 05:35 because first of all it gives you encourage, 05:37 encouragement that the same God 05:38 who got you through that one 05:40 will get you through the next one. 05:42 So that when trouble comes your way, 05:44 you have a history with God that you can recite 05:46 and recount in your mind, because you know 05:48 that God has gotten you through and kept you. 05:51 And those are just the ones that we know. 05:52 I think only in heaven will we know 05:54 the many, many times that God has blessed us, 05:56 and kept us, and saved us, and helped us 05:58 that we weren't even aware off. 06:00 And we'll be able to look back and say, 06:02 "Yeah, that was the Lord. 06:03 And didn't occur to me at that time." 06:05 So that's what we're gonna talk about today, 06:07 and that's gonna be the focus of our worship. 06:09 And we hope as we're talking that 06:11 you are recounting in your life 06:13 those times when God blessed you, 06:15 and touched you, 06:16 and inserted Himself in your life. 06:19 I was just thinking of the text in Acts 06:21 where Paul was talking with Sadducees. 06:23 Sadducees didn't believe in angels. 06:25 They didn't believe in miracles, 06:27 they didn't believe in divine intervention. 06:30 You know, if your pastor doesn't believe in angels, 06:33 and doesn't believe in miracles, 06:35 and doesn't believe in divine intervention, 06:38 that's a sad guy. 06:39 Maybe that's why they were Sadducees, 06:41 'cause they said, he is a sad guy. 06:43 If he didn't believe in angels or miracles, 06:46 then why you pray you know 06:47 or the fact that God can put Himself into your life, 06:50 but the Sadducees were like that, 06:51 they were the religion elite, 06:55 yet they didn't believe in miracles, 06:56 didn't believe in angels, 06:58 and didn't believe in divine intervention. 06:59 They were sad you see, quite sad, 07:01 because they didn't believe in that. 07:03 So, we know that God is here and God is able. 07:05 So, before we go into our worship time together, 07:09 we want to do some songs to sort of set the stage, 07:13 and the first one is 334, 07:16 that is Come thou Fount of every Blessing. 07:20 And we want to sing that together 334, 07:23 join us if you will, 334, Come thou Fount, here we go. 07:28 Come, thou Fount of every blessing 07:33 Tune my heart to sing Thy grace 07:39 Streams of mercy, never ceasing 07:44 Call for songs of loudest praise 07:50 Teach me ever to adore Thee 07:55 May I still Thy goodness prove 08:01 While the hope of endless glory 08:06 Fills my heart with joy and love 08:12 Here I raise my Ebenezer 08:17 Hither by Thy help I've come 08:23 And I hope, by Thy good pleasure 08:28 Safely to arrive at home 08:34 Jesus sought me when a stranger 08:39 Wandering from the fold of God 08:45 He to rescue me from danger 08:51 Interposed His precious blood 08:55 Now, that third stanza. 08:57 O to grace how great a debtor 09:02 Daily I'm constrained to be 09:08 Let Thy goodness, like a fetter 09:13 Bind me closer still to Thee 09:19 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it 09:25 Prone to leave the God I love 09:30 Here's my heart O, take and seal it 09:36 Seal it for Thy courts above 09:41 Very good. 09:43 And turning over quickly to 537, 09:46 He leaded me. 09:47 When we have worship at our house, 09:49 my wife has a hymn note on her pad. 09:53 And it has whole orchestra and piano with it, 09:55 so it sounds like we just import an orchestra 09:57 into the living room you know, it's really, really nice. 10:00 And then when we go to Panama, 10:02 her sister has it also on her little tablet. 10:05 And with the four, five people in the orchestra, 10:08 it's really, really great, it sounds like 10:09 we're at Carnegie Hall or something 10:12 in New York City. 10:14 So I've got kind of accustomed of having an orchestra with me. 10:16 537, He leaded me, and singing. 10:23 He leaded me O blessed thought 10:28 O words with heavenly comfort fraught 10:35 Whate'er I do, where'er I be 10:42 Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me 10:49 He leadeth me He leadeth me 10:54 By His own hand He leadeth me 11:01 His faithful follower I would be 11:06 For by His hand He leadeth me 11:11 And that second stanza. 11:13 Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom 11:19 Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom 11:25 By waters still, o'er troubled sea 11:32 Still 'tis His hand that leadeth me 11:39 He leadeth me He leadeth me 11:44 By His own hand He leadeth me 11:51 His faithful follower I would be 11:57 For by His hand He leadeth me 12:02 Lord, I would clasp... 12:03 Lord, I would clasp my hand in Thine 12:09 Nor ever murmur nor repine 12:16 Content, whatever lot I see 12:22 Since 'tis my God that leadeth me 12:30 He leadeth me He leadeth me 12:35 By His own hand He leadeth me 12:42 His faithful follower I would be 12:47 For by His hand He leadeth me 12:55 And when my task on earth is done 13:00 When, by Thy grace, the victory's won 13:07 E'en death's cold wave I will not flee 13:14 Since God through Jordan leadeth me 13:21 He leadeth me He leadeth me 13:27 By His own hand He leadeth me 13:33 His faithful follower I would be 13:39 For by His hand He leadeth me 13:47 That bespeaks we're gonna talk about today 13:49 that God does lead us faithfully by his hand. 13:54 Our last song is 304, 304, 13:57 304, Faith of our father. 14:07 Here we go. 14:08 Faith of our fathers living still 14:16 In spite of dungeon, fire and sword 14:23 O how our hearts beat high with joy 14:30 Whene'er we hear that glorious word 14:38 Faith of our fathers! holy faith! 14:45 We will be true to thee till death 14:53 Our fathers, chained in prisons dark 15:01 Were still in heart and conscience free 15:09 How sweet would be their children's fate 15:16 If they, like them, could die for thee! 15:24 Faith of our fathers! 15:28 Holy faith! 15:31 We will be true to thee till death 15:40 Faith of our fathers! 15:44 We will love 15:48 Both friend and foe in all our strife 15:55 And preach thee, too, as love knows how 16:03 By kindly words and virtuous life 16:10 Faith of our fathers! 16:14 Holy faith! 16:18 We will be true to thee till death! 16:25 Amen. 16:27 Before we go into our prayer time. 16:30 I'm gonna ask if there are any special prayer requests, 16:33 and I know my wife has one for her brother-in-law. 16:37 And I need to let you into what I found 16:40 one things of being married to a Latino 16:44 is you find a lot of really interesting things 16:46 about how the Latino culture functions. 16:51 And one of the things that I found is that, 16:53 if you do something 16:54 early in your life and get a nickname. 16:57 That stays with you till you die. 16:59 Is that not so, Xenia? Jorge? 17:01 Absolutely. Oh, yeah. 17:03 So you get a nickname 17:04 and that you can be an old man 17:06 if it's something you did maybe in grade school. 17:08 They will call you by that name. 17:10 I just realized after close to 20 years. 17:15 No, since early '90s, that my brother-in-law. 17:19 His name is Louis, 17:22 because I've also heard, always heard Lucho. 17:24 I thought that was his official name 17:26 and I've never called him anything else. 17:28 Well, he's in the hospital and has a little thing that 17:31 my wife's gonna talk about and there some I heard Louis. 17:34 And I had to ask her, "Who is Louis?" 17:37 You know, because he's always been Lucho to me. 17:39 So I've got one brother-in-law Louis. 17:42 I've got another brother-in-law, Louis, 17:45 and I've got a third brother-in-law 17:46 who is just her brother, Louis. 17:50 Oh, we've got Louis, Louis, Louis. 17:52 But I didn't know his name was Louis, 17:54 I thought it was Lucho. 17:55 Well, you get the name and it kind of sticks with you. 17:57 But we want to pray for him because... 18:00 He just had a catheterization, I don't know, in fact, 18:03 I can't say that very well. 18:05 Catheterization, yes. Yes. 18:09 He has a very serious heart problem 18:15 and he's actually candidate for a new heart transplant. 18:20 But they are trying to do everything 18:22 they can to see if that they can help him 18:25 with that happen to go that far. 18:28 And so, he just had that procedure 18:31 and he has quite a bit of blockage in his everywhere. 18:40 So we're just praying 18:41 and see that things goes go well, 18:45 and they can help him. 18:47 Yeah. Before they got to that. 18:48 Kind of a jolly fun guy, 18:50 out of the church for many years, 18:52 came back a couple years ago. 18:54 And they're back in the Lord, he and his wife, your sister. 18:56 Yes. Baby sister as it were. 18:58 My baby sister. And so we're praying for them. 19:00 Jorge, special request? 19:01 Well, talking about brothers. 19:03 My brother's name is not Louis. 19:08 You can change it, it's okay. 19:11 His name is Carlos. 19:13 Well, he is going through some health issues 19:16 and well, I don't know if you will like me 19:20 after you make it but probably come up with, 19:23 it's something that we'll be bringing a boy in, 19:27 and I like to pray for him 19:30 and have it as a prayer request for his health. 19:36 Any body else, Xenia? 19:37 I think we need to remember 19:39 our family members and friends. 19:41 For some reason are no longer in the church, 19:44 or don't know the Lord yet. 19:47 The Lord will lead them, so yeah. 19:49 Yeah. 19:50 I think we can all think of individuals 19:51 we'd like to see a little, 19:54 not little, a lot closer God who are not in church. 19:56 Lynette, anything special? 19:59 Actually what Xenia touched on this in always on my heart. 20:04 So definitely that. Yeah. 20:08 Perhaps you have some also 20:10 and as we come to the Lord in prayer, 20:11 we want you to join us and lift up to the Lord 20:14 those names that are on your heart. 20:16 And, Jorge, I would ask if you would lead us in prayer please. 20:19 Sure. 20:20 Dear heavenly Father, thank you, Lord, 20:22 for allowing us to be here, celebrating this, this time, 20:29 this moment of entering your Sabbath and rejoicing 20:34 because, we know that these hours are special, 20:38 and we want you to be special in our lives 20:41 as well as in the lives of our friends, 20:44 viewers that are watching this program. 20:47 Help them also Lord to see the beauty of the Sabbath rest 20:53 and this quiet times with you. 20:56 And also Lord, we think You for Your love and care for us. 21:01 And especially Lord, 21:03 we ask You for those in our families 21:07 and that are going through some special needs in their, 21:12 especially in their health, that we ask you for Louis, 21:16 for Lucho and Irma's brother 21:20 is going through this heart issues too, 21:24 you know his not only his heart but his whole body. 21:30 You know him, you made him, you know Lord, 21:32 how to heal him 21:34 and we ask you Lord to lift him up to you, 21:37 so he can also receive peace in his heart 21:41 and feel that you are comforting him 21:44 and also not only that. 21:46 If you will, you will restore his health. 21:49 Also Lord, we ask for our family members 21:54 that have not been. 21:57 Due for a while 21:59 and they are coming back to you 22:00 or those who still don't know You 22:04 or don't have a relationship with you Lord. 22:06 We lift them up to you. 22:08 Yes. 22:09 Lord to be with them, to touch their hearts 22:12 and we have many family member 22:15 in our midst that they need to know You Lord, 22:20 and they, also they need to know 22:22 that you are soon to come back for us. 22:27 Thank you for all Your blessings 22:30 so far for giving us the family to pray for, 22:34 for giving us our viewers, 22:37 viewing family that is watching this program. 22:40 Bless every one of them and give them 22:44 Lord, peace in their heart and hope. 22:48 And especial Lord, if they need healing 22:51 and restoration in the physical life, 22:54 Lord, Lord present Yourself in a mighty way so they can, 23:00 they can know that you love them eternally. 23:04 Thank you Lord for these moments 23:05 that we are sharing here as the family, in our family, 23:08 there is family worship, in Jesus' name we thank you. 23:11 Amen. Amen, and, amen. 23:13 You know, that nickname thing comes in handy. 23:15 You wonder how we keep all the poppies separate. 23:18 Well, Louis Correra, Coria, we call Lucho, Luis Getta, 23:24 we call Poppy, and Louis Ballasos, 23:27 we call Oscar. 23:29 So there's no problem, it kind of all works out. 23:33 And we don't get anybody confused. 23:35 But as we are saying God is good. 23:37 Now, I like to put it in each time 23:39 I worship a little practical time. 23:40 When I was pasturing, 23:42 we used to have at my church lock ins 23:46 where we'd bring the young people 23:47 in for a Saturday night. 23:49 And we lock the doors at 11 o'clock 23:51 and they had to stay in church till 6 a.m. 23:54 in the morning. 23:55 And we sang, we prayed, we worship, 23:57 and of course to keep young people up all night long, 24:00 you had to have the program moving pretty fast, 24:02 there was no downtime. 24:03 I decided after about two or three, 24:05 we gave them one hour of sleep from 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock. 24:09 They got one hour and they were looking forward 24:11 to that one hour, you know, they got their one hour. 24:14 Then we had a seasonal prayer 24:15 because if you had a long seasonal prayer 24:17 about 2 o'clock in the morning, 24:18 when after you said amen. 24:20 You're the only one saying amen, 24:21 because everybody else is out. 24:23 So I realize, have the seasonal prayer 24:25 after a nap time so they could... 24:27 But one of the things we did with that, with that, 24:30 when we had maybe sometimes 50, 60, 70 24:33 as much as 100 young people there 24:34 locked in all night for two reasons. 24:36 One, you can't let them go home 24:37 in the middle of the night in New York City. 24:39 So once they come at 11 o'clock 24:40 they stay in that building until, until morning settle in, 24:45 and then we had breakfast for them in the morning 24:46 and it was kind of fun, it was a spiritual exercise. 24:48 And so we prayed our way through the night. 24:50 But we went through these little exercises, 24:52 we did one of these when last we met together. 24:54 And I have another one before we go into our time of sharing. 24:58 This one is called, "Home by Tens," 24:59 I'm going to read this and I want you guys 25:01 to kind of respond to this because I think, 25:04 and I know you all agree that 25:05 that your religion are repractical. 25:08 There's a God consciousness that comes into your life. 25:12 But that God consciousness ought to show itself 25:15 in every day things in your life. 25:17 How you deal with your neighbors? 25:18 How you deal it on the job? 25:20 How you deal when you get into trouble? 25:21 How you deal when you're driving your car, 25:23 and somebody cuts you off? 25:24 You know, all of those things, your faith ought to show itself 25:27 in how your life is conducted. 25:29 So listen to this, and then I want you to respond. 25:32 This is Home by Ten. 25:35 "Susan and Tina are having a great time at church 25:38 at the local youth group social." 25:40 So we are talking about church people. 25:42 "After the social, 25:44 the two girls are spending the night 25:46 together at Tina's..." 25:47 Okay Susan and Tina spend a night together at Tina's. 25:50 All right. 25:52 "While waiting to watch a film, 25:54 Susan remembers that her mother, 25:56 Mrs. Clark told her to be back from the social by 10 pm. 26:03 Her mother has always been very strict. 26:07 Susan announces to the group 26:09 that she can't stay for the film 26:11 because she won't... 26:12 Because it won't be over until 10:30." 26:15 Okay. 26:17 "A few of her friends are annoyed. 26:19 They argue that Susan's mother will never know 26:22 if Susan stays out a few minutes late 26:25 because Susan is spending the night at Tina's. 26:30 Susan finally agrees with them. 26:32 She makes Tina promise 26:34 not to say a word to Susan's mother, 26:37 Mrs. Clark about having stayed out late. 26:41 The two girls then stay for the movie. 26:44 After which they arrive at Tina's house about 10:55. 26:50 Susan and Tina visit for a while, 26:53 then go to sleep forgetting that they stayed out past 26:56 Susan's curfew." 26:58 Okay. 26:59 Now, "The next day the two girls are getting ready 27:01 to go shopping the phone rings. 27:03 Tina answers, and it is and is surprised 27:05 by the voice of Susan's mother, "This is Clark wants to know 27:09 if the girls had a fun evening." 27:11 Tina tells her that they had a wonderful time. 27:15 As the conversation is ending Mrs. Clark asked 27:18 what time the girls arrived home? 27:21 All right. 27:23 "Tina thinks for a second and remembers 27:25 the promise she made to her best friend Susan. 27:29 Tina decides to keep her promise 27:31 and defend her friend after all. 27:34 Mrs. Clark is too strict. 27:37 She tells Mrs. Clark 27:39 that they came home around 10 p.m. 27:42 Tina's mother, Mrs. Smith 27:45 overhears the phone conversation. 27:47 She knows what time the girls really arrived home. 27:51 Mrs. Smith decides it is not her business 27:55 and stays out of the situation rather than talk to the girls 27:59 or call Mrs. Clark with the truth." 28:02 Okay. 28:03 Who is at fault? 28:05 And when I do this to the young people, 28:08 we always rank them from best to worst, 28:10 Tina, Susan, Mrs. Clark, their friends or Mrs. Smith. 28:13 So you've got two young people 28:18 who deceived their parents. 28:22 And you've got a parent 28:24 who is complicit in that deception. 28:29 So walk me through it, what do you think? 28:33 Well, again I think I said this in the past, sin is sin. 28:39 You can't really rank it. 28:40 It's all the same thing. 28:42 But the young lady 28:44 who was supposed to be home by 10, is that Susan? 28:46 Yes. 28:48 Okay, Susan has the ultimate burden here. 28:52 She knows the rules that her mother 28:54 has placed her under 28:55 and her mother has placed her under these rules 28:57 presumably to keep her safe 29:00 and to help her learn boundaries. 29:03 So Miss Susan is at the head of the class in this. 29:06 She is the one 29:08 who had all the responsibility in this case. 29:12 And it is tough with peer pressure. 29:14 I understand that having, having slipped up on 29:17 this in the past in my own life, 29:19 I can totally understand 29:21 when everybody says they will never know. 29:24 And they never did know until now. 29:25 Hi, mother. 29:27 But, anyway that's, that's my take on it 29:32 is it's just, it's Susan, and you can trickle it down 29:35 if you want to but... 29:38 Moe, what would you think? I agree totally too. 29:41 I think that the same, 29:44 you know, having that experience. 29:46 I know that the responsibilities on Susan. 29:49 Yes. 29:52 The mother is, 29:54 it sounds to be a little strict but still... 29:58 You never know the reasons behind 30:00 the crazy rules that we as parents. 30:02 Susan was dull and Susan was... 30:06 In the beginning she did well 30:07 because she was going through girl 30:10 with the mother's request, but then, things happen. 30:16 Xenia, what do you think? 30:18 I believe that Moe, wants to, she committed and she stayed. 30:23 Now, after the conversation Mrs. Smith heard 30:27 that she should sit the girls down 30:29 and say, why did you say her or have a talk with them. 30:33 You know, she shouldn't just be quiet, 30:34 maybe not call Mrs. Clarke but at least talk to the girls. 30:38 So that they can complete her. 30:41 Now I think that lady second in line in the scale of... 30:45 Complicity. Complicity. 30:46 And in doing things the wrong way 30:49 because she's the adult of middle of a situation, 30:54 and she didn't say anything. 30:55 So when you keep silence 31:00 in front of a situation that is wrong. 31:03 It's almost worst than the person who is, 31:08 who is committing the... well, say the crime. 31:13 It's almost to be accessory to a crime. 31:15 It's almost be in the as bad as the crime itself. 31:21 Here's my question, which is better and why? 31:24 What if Mrs. Smith had just gotten on the phone 31:26 after the girls talk. 31:28 And said, "You know, your daughters are lying to you. 31:30 They came in here at 10." 31:32 You know, and told and told the truth 31:33 because, she knew what time they came. 31:34 Would that be better 31:36 or it would be better to talk to the girls. 31:37 What do you think is a better action? 31:39 Talk to the mother? 31:41 Mother to mother or talk to the girls? 31:44 I think, I would do both personally. 31:46 Yeah. 31:47 I would set the young ladies down 31:49 and I would say, "Look, this is not cool. 31:50 If you know this was your rule that you're under, 31:52 you needed to tell me that." 31:54 And then, you know, I will be talking to your mother. 31:57 And the rest is between you and your mom. 31:59 Right. 32:00 Well, because the lady Miss, Miss, 32:03 no, no they weren't that, that... 32:06 I've lost. 32:07 Clark, Well, Clark is Susan's mother 32:09 and Smith is a mother of Tina. 32:11 Tina's mother that's where I'm going, 32:13 Tina's mother has a very big responsibility. 32:17 What if something happened? 32:19 And of course, she was ignorant of that arrangement 32:23 maybe not, maybe she knew 32:25 that Susan had to be back at certain time. 32:29 Look at this argument I would say she didn't know. 32:32 Well, let's take she didn't know 32:33 but, when she found out, she should have thought, 32:37 hey, what if something happened? 32:40 And I'm just doing part of this cover up. 32:45 Yeah. 32:46 What if the girls had gotten into something 32:47 and didn't tell either mother. 32:49 And they got in late 32:50 and then Tina's mother is complicit 32:53 because she knows what time they got in. 32:55 And two... 32:57 Those of you who have children know, 32:59 you don't always raise all of your children 33:02 the exact same way, because of certain tendencies 33:05 that this child has that this child does not. 33:08 I grew up with a... Not grew up. 33:12 While I was pasturing, 33:13 I had a very close friend who adopted a young girl 33:16 that was found in a garbage can. 33:18 Someone had just left her in the garage, 33:20 she worked at the hospital. 33:21 And she adopted this girl. 33:22 Well, the girl turned out to be brilliant, just brilliant, 33:25 sails through Andrews University, brilliant. 33:27 Reading the New York Times, 33:30 Sunday paper 750,000 words on Sunday morning 33:33 at age maybe seven or ten. 33:35 But her natural child 33:38 was one that she had to kind of sit on 33:40 because he was just, he was a tough guy. 33:42 So this girl, you tell her do that. 33:45 She does it to the F degree. No problem. 33:47 The boy, if you don't stay right on this case, 33:50 you know, he's gonna kind of goof off. 33:53 So you don't raise it to the same, 33:54 because one, you can trust with a lot of freedom, 33:56 because they're self-motivated. 33:57 The other you've got to push. 33:59 You know, like a dead cell that doesn't run anymore. 34:01 So maybe she's bringing this girl home at 10 o'clock, 34:03 because she knows she has a tendency 34:05 to get herself into hot water. 34:07 So now, this other mother who is aiding and abetting 34:11 that negativity, so you know, 34:13 honesty is the best policy, wouldn't you think? 34:15 And she is not giving respect to Mrs. Clark 34:21 who had put the rules on her daughter. 34:24 Well, you've got four. 34:25 If that happened, would you want to know? 34:27 Oh, yes. Yeah. 34:29 And believe me, there would be repercussions. 34:32 That's, that's the one thing we've always tried to do 34:36 especially with the two younger ones I have. 34:38 I have multiple children for those who don't know 34:40 I have children ranging in ages from age 30 on down to age 8. 34:46 Don't ask... 34:49 Anyway with the two younger ones, 34:51 we have tried to talk to them almost as adults, 34:55 we don't baby talk our children. 34:57 And it's like honesty is the best policy 34:59 even if you blew it and you know you've blown it. 35:03 Please tell me 35:04 because it will be so much worse for you, 35:06 if I find out from someone else. 35:08 So and it seems to be working fairly well, 35:11 they're still a little hesitant, 35:12 because who wouldn't the tingling bottom, 35:14 and the uncertainty of the situation. 35:17 A lot of times they end up getting discipled 35:20 rather than punished, disciplined. 35:23 And you have, we have one behind the camera there. 35:26 We do. Taken... 35:29 Yeah. 35:30 Be now witness of that. 35:34 Xenia, you have one in college, 35:36 would you want to know if your daughter was out 35:38 and this kind of thing is going on, 35:40 would you want the parents to tell to you? 35:42 I would like to know these things. 35:44 But just taking out a little farther, her friend. 35:50 When you go through... 35:51 When you're a teenager or you're going with a friend 35:53 to a party or staying or whatever, 35:56 I mean, you count a lot on your friends 35:58 and what kind of support did that friend give Susan 36:01 when she knew her mother was. 36:03 She knew the rules. 36:05 When they started pressuring her, 36:07 she should have supported her, you know, and said something 36:10 but instead of supporting her friend, 36:13 she pushed her the other way. 36:15 The other way, yeah. Yes. 36:16 She was on the same team 36:18 with the peer pressure or is it. 36:19 Right, right. 36:20 Oh, yeah, come on, we'll stay, I want to see the movie, 36:22 I want to see the movie. 36:23 Yeah. 36:25 We need to be conscious about too 36:26 because sometimes we have kids that are home or whatever. 36:30 And they say something 36:31 or they don't want me to eat this, 36:33 or they don't want me to do that 36:35 or they don't want me to watch that 36:36 and we push them. 36:37 And we shouldn't do that because they have the reasons, 36:40 so we should respect them. 36:43 And there's another thing too. 36:44 Communication here that is probably is missing. 36:48 First, the story said that Mrs. Clark was strict always 36:55 wasn't like every now and then. 36:57 She was a conduct that she kept always the same. 37:02 But at the same time 37:04 she put trust on her daughter to go, 37:06 and sleep over with a friend and on top of that, 37:13 the friend went to another friend 37:14 so she was trusting her daughter, was a trust. 37:17 But it was a lack of communication 37:19 on her daughter's part 37:21 because she could have said, hey, let's call my mom. 37:24 Maybe, it's okay, yeah, I can't she said, 37:27 "She told me 10 o'clock but maybe she will be flexible. 37:31 Why don't we call her." 37:32 So that part of the communication 37:34 is missing there. 37:35 She could have called her mother and say, 37:38 "Mom, they are watching this movie here, 37:42 can I stay an extra half hour." 37:44 Yeah. 37:46 And it's a church social, you're not at a club. 37:47 Yeah. 37:49 You know, you're not out. Right. 37:50 You know, and I think 37:51 you would have respected a call like that, 37:53 would you not? 37:54 Oh, absolutely and many times I have been called with, 37:55 you know, "Hey, mom, can I?" 37:57 And it's like, well, all right, fine, 37:58 as long as I know where you're going to be afterward. 38:00 Yeah. 38:01 As long as everything is all lined up. 38:02 Yeah. 38:04 Will you respect a call like that? 38:05 Oh, absolutely. 38:06 And had expected it several times 38:09 when, you know, my children growing up. 38:12 And another thing that I that I see here too 38:17 is that Mrs. Clark probably had a good report 38:23 on Tina and the mother. 38:26 And she trusted her to go over there. 38:28 So after this that trust is broken 38:34 and now you cannot trust. 38:37 You have to rebuild that trust. 38:38 You have to rebuild that. 38:40 And that's the consequences of, you know, children when they, 38:46 you know, they try to stray, step out and do their own. 38:50 They don't think. 38:51 Thinking that parents are not going 38:53 to know about it. 38:54 Taking, taking the sly route rather than the honest route, 38:58 you know that their phone call would have solved a lot. 39:00 Would have solved a lot of, a lot of thing. 39:02 And now, Mrs. Clark actually is in the dark. 39:05 There's no mechanism for her to ever know 39:07 except that once you begin doing this kind of thing, 39:11 then it's a little easier to go a little further, 39:13 go a little further, go a little further. 39:14 And then you look back, 39:16 and well, remember that time that we didn't call that one. 39:19 So I think we all agree that the major onus is on, 39:23 is on Susan. 39:25 Had Susan done the right thing 39:27 then this, this trail of things would have never taken place 39:30 as Susan just stirred up. 39:32 But having said that, 39:34 peer pressure is an incredibly strong thing. 39:38 It's much stronger than when we were young, 39:40 and it's much more insidious. 39:43 So you need Christ in every aspect of your life. 39:46 Now I want to get away from that 39:47 before our time gets away from us, 39:49 and move on to something else. 39:51 But I want us each to take a moment 39:54 because I talked about my little, 39:55 my little circuit breaker deal here. 39:59 And, you know, this one, I was trying to, 40:00 you know, I was in the garage 40:02 trying to put this thing back on 40:04 and it wouldn't click and the... 40:06 It's falling apart. 40:08 And it's falling apart even before, yeah. 40:10 When the electricity, electrician came, 40:12 he got it to click on and as it clicked on, 40:14 you could see the, the, the 40:15 and it clicked this up right back off, 40:17 he said, "I was just trying to see," 40:18 and I was trying to put it on in the dark, 40:20 I said, "This thing won't work." 40:22 And the Lord was keeping me 40:23 from putting this thing back on, 40:24 because this could have been a major, major, something 40:27 so I'm thankful to the Lord. 40:28 But I want to give you a chance, 40:30 before we move to our last little thing here. 40:32 Times in your life when you know 40:34 that God put his hand in that. 40:36 What happened was of the Lord. 40:38 Anybody? 40:39 But I can think of his protection, 40:42 you know, and traveling. 40:45 One time we've taken a trip, a long trip. 40:49 Well, you're just driving along, whatever. 40:51 And we were following the truck. 40:54 Well, you know, 40:57 the tools they used to take the wheels out? 41:01 The lug nut, the wrench lug nut. 41:03 Okay. 41:04 That came off flying of the truck. 41:07 And I saw that thing flying on the air 41:09 and he was calling to me, you know, it's just like. 41:12 What are you thinking of. 41:14 But he didn't break the glass. Praise the Lord. 41:17 It didn't break the glass. 41:18 I don't know the way it landed, 41:20 it just didn't break the glass and it just flew off. 41:22 He just stuck his hand right between... 41:23 It's like you stop on the side of the road, 41:25 and you sit there you know, 41:27 "I shouldn't be here right now." 41:28 Yeah. Yes, absolutely. 41:30 Praise the Lord. Praise God, yeah. 41:32 You know, it's little things like that 41:33 and you reflect back, 41:35 what turned out to be just a story 41:37 could have been a major incident, you know. 41:40 But it's another story of how good God is. 41:42 Anyone else? 41:44 Well, I... 41:46 Just continuing in the same line 41:47 of tires flying high. 41:51 I had this... The situation by myself. 41:55 In Buenos Aires, Argentina, in one of the big, 41:58 very busy avenues or corridors there in the city. 42:05 And it was three in the afternoon, 42:09 very much a rush hour. 42:11 And all of the sudden this car start making a noise. 42:16 The car that I was driving. 42:19 And there was I said, "What is that noise? 42:21 And then, then, yeah, we identify there was second 42:24 on that direction of the, the front right passenger 42:30 from tire and it was, in the next minute 42:35 or so it was getting worse and worse and worse and worsen. 42:38 And there's a cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck. 42:40 And then... And I was going fast. 42:44 You know, what I, what do I do, 42:45 I was in almost the central lane. 42:49 And there was nor up median nor not up I mean. 42:51 It was a median, but not, not like something else, 42:54 so I had to stop 'cause the car just went to a stop 42:58 and I had cars passing me on this side, 43:01 cars passing me on the other side. 43:03 The ones that are right behind me 43:05 went to a very sudden stop and I was looking in my mirror 43:09 how they were trying to avoid me. 43:12 What happened to us. 43:14 That I had this car taken to the mechanic 43:17 to do something on my front brakes 43:20 and they didn't put the tire... 43:22 All the pieces back. 43:24 All the pieces I mean the bolts were loose. 43:27 I lost out of the five or so, I had one left. 43:33 Oh! 43:35 One, and there were gone, there were... 43:38 The tier was, it wasn't a big, was rather a small car, 43:42 it wasn't a big car but. 43:44 One more time and I will be spinning 43:46 or doing whatever moves in the middle of that 43:49 very busy street and then I was sitting there, 43:52 waiting for help and somebody took out 43:55 and get me out of there. 43:57 Again this guy put the tire in that, 44:01 put that bolt backend and we pushed the car away 44:06 in just making a big, big mess out of the traffic. 44:11 But I was thinking wow, that was a very close call. 44:17 And I was thinking, I'm thinking back while Lord, 44:21 really, you really wanted something out of me. 44:25 Because, if I would have been killed by another car 44:31 or whatever. 44:33 I wouldn't be here, I would have, 44:34 so many things that happened after that, 44:37 that I know that God had a plan for me. 44:39 Amen, amen, amen. 44:43 Moe, Lynnette, anyone. 44:46 Lynnette? 44:48 I like it now, that's the first time 44:49 I've heard that story. 44:52 After 13 years of marriage, he's always surprising me. 44:58 Well, we've touched on protection and travel. 45:03 There's also spiritual protection. 45:05 Yes. 45:07 And when... 45:10 I just suddenly had about five or six examples 45:12 just come flying together and they're all jammed here. 45:16 Lord, I'm going to pick the simplest one. 45:18 When we first were married, I was not an Adventist. 45:23 I was still going to a church that was very evangelical. 45:27 In fact, we were going to both. 45:30 We would go to church on Sabbath, 45:33 and the church on Sunday, you know. 45:35 But I still had a lot of questions, 45:37 lots of questions, lots of questions. 45:39 And he sat me down in front of, I don't know one, 45:42 one of the Adventist channels. 45:45 When Doug Batchelor was on, 45:46 and he went off and did his thing 45:48 and I was just listening to Doug Batchelor. 45:50 And one after another, he answered all my questions 45:54 from the Bible saying, okay. 45:56 You don't need this anymore, they got you back to me. 45:59 Here's the truth. 46:01 This is where you need to be. 46:04 And it was, it was a major turning point, 46:08 we stopped going to church on Sunday 46:10 and we continue to... 46:12 I had to learn how to keep the Sabbath 46:14 because Saturday was always a work day, 46:15 so I was fidgety a lot. 46:17 But we started keeping 46:19 the Sabbath completely as a family. 46:21 Amen. 46:22 And it was a long road getting there, 46:26 but God was protecting me the whole way. 46:29 Praise the Lord. 46:32 I have a feel also situations were I know that the Lord 46:37 has had firsthand on this situation 46:41 and one was very, very recent, while I was in Panama. 46:48 I was driving and I had my brother 46:50 next to me, my mother, and my little nephew. 46:54 Yeah, her brother Louis. My brother Louis... 46:59 Were in back and my brother's wife was sitting there. 47:05 And we were following my brother-in-law Louis Oscar. 47:11 And, and I... 47:13 He had said to me, I said, just follow me and... 47:17 Because I didn't know that area very well 47:19 and it was very dark, it was very late at night 47:21 we have just finished a service in, in the mountains. 47:27 They had a pathfinder convention. 47:32 So I'm driving finding, you know I'm following him. 47:37 Then my brother says to me all of a sudden, 47:40 "Why are you following Oscar?" 47:43 You know, it was just so quick in my mind just spin 47:50 and I thought to myself, "Oh, I guess 47:53 I don't need to follow him anymore." 47:55 So I did a quick turn, 47:58 and I went unto this the right end road 48:03 and when I get on going on that road. 48:08 All of a sudden I realize that I'm going in an incoming 48:14 against incoming traffic. 48:16 But just like that too also 48:19 there was two fire trucks 48:25 that they just stop like, 48:29 I don't know how they stop so fast. 48:31 But one stop this way, and the other one this way 48:33 and then there was that whole bunch of traffic 48:37 coming behind them. 48:39 And I know for sure that that was the hand of the Lord 48:44 because it was so quick and so fast. 48:48 When that bunch of other cars were coming 48:51 that it would not have been any room for me to move 48:54 because, it was the highway. 48:56 And then it was just the channel for you know, 49:01 the water whatever under rug, 49:02 there was no shoulder for me to go. 49:06 And, so I stop and then I never saw anybody 49:11 in the any of the truck except for that one guy 49:14 that walked over to me. 49:16 And he says, "Wow" he says, "You would have been 49:19 in a disastrous situation here. 49:23 I said, "I'm glad that I was here." 49:27 And he says, "Just go back." 49:28 You know, back up, 49:30 and then take on the other road. 49:32 And so I know that that was because everything happened, 49:37 I had all these you know, my family in the car, 49:40 it would have been terrible. 49:41 Same like you, this is my first hearing of that. 49:46 I did not know that. 49:47 It seems like I have said that so many times 49:49 to so many people. 49:50 Yeah, but not to me. I'm so sorry. 49:52 You go to Panama anymore. 49:54 What happens is sometimes you forget about these things-- 49:58 I was listening to Xenia telling that, 50:01 and I was like, "Oh, my goodness. 50:02 It happened, something kind of related happened 50:06 to me also back... 50:07 So you forget those things. 50:09 And it's so back in the past when the world was young... 50:14 Yeah, Yeah. 50:16 I guess that does prove, you know what, 50:18 see I was saying before that it's good to recall 50:21 these things from time to time. 50:23 Because sometimes it happens 50:26 and you realize God's hands right there. 50:29 But then at times goes and you kind of forget. 50:34 I'll tell you a quick story, it's kind of funny 50:35 but it's all, as I look back on the dangers 50:37 and I want to go through this really 50:38 before our time gets away. 50:40 When I was pastoring 50:41 at the Bethel Church in Brooklyn, 50:42 it's the same church that I was 50:44 Pastor Lomacang's pastor and Angie. 50:46 There was a fellow there who had a sister 50:48 who was working in a house of prostitution. 50:53 And he wanted to go 50:54 and rescue his sister from this house. 50:57 And so, he said, "Pastor, 50:59 we have to go and get my sister." 51:02 And, you know, you're young 51:03 and you don't have a sense of your mortality. 51:05 I said, "Okay, we'll go get her." 51:07 So we're ready, and we dressed up like ninjas 51:10 you know, black hat, black shirt, black jacket. 51:13 You know black things around our face 51:14 you know kind of thing, we dressed up like ninjas. 51:16 And he called his sister 51:18 because this is before cell phone 51:19 and he called her in a phone and he said, 51:21 "We're coming to get you out of there." 51:22 And she said, "If that guys sees you, he will kill you." 51:26 He said, "Nobody's gonna kill us, 51:28 you know, Lord is taking caring of us." 51:29 So we snuck in and she, she came out the window 51:35 and she was a little light person 51:37 and she hung down, and we caught her, 51:40 and we ran out of the yard. 51:41 And the guy slept through the whole thing. 51:46 And it wasn't, you know, 51:47 he slept through the whole thing. 51:48 And as I look back, because we had to go off 51:50 the street up an alley around the back of the alley the arch. 51:54 And this girl jumps out of a window 51:56 and we capture, you know, 51:57 and she wasn't a big gum, may be a 105 pounds. 52:01 But you know, we've got two guys, 52:02 she jumped from the second storey 52:03 and we caught her you know, "Okay, jump!" 52:08 No, noise and you know there was... 52:10 She did make some noise. 52:12 But he slept through the whole thing. 52:14 And as I look back, it had to be the Lord, 52:16 because we're running through the alleys. 52:18 And we got her and when I left New York, 52:21 she was a member of the Adventist church. 52:23 But we rescued her 52:24 and I don't know if I would that now. 52:28 Lord might be so bold, but I did do it once, 52:31 we rescued her. 52:32 True story and we saved her... 52:34 Amen. 52:35 And we praise the Lord for that. 52:37 Yeah, yeah. Now, we only got a few minutes. 52:39 I want to run through this really, really fast. 52:41 And then try to get your response 52:42 and we have to close with this because this is a true story. 52:45 You talk about the Lord putting His hand. 52:46 I'm gonna try to read it quickly. 52:48 It's called Narrow Escape. 52:49 "Were at 1991, in the Midwest Major Metropolitan area, 52:53 a five week evangelistic seminar has been held. 52:56 More than 50 converts are led into the Adventist lifestyle. 52:59 One of these individuals was Larry. 53:02 A young college age man, who had not known 53:04 the Seventh-day Adventist faith. 53:06 One of the most profound impacts 53:08 on Larry's life was the health message. 53:10 Its influence would later save his life." 53:12 Now get this. 53:13 "During ten years, following his baptism, 53:15 his life took many turns that led him 53:17 in and out of the church. 53:19 However, some of his Adventist lifestyle habits never faded." 53:22 Something's you hold on to. 53:24 I remember when I left the church 53:25 for a while still wouldn't eat pork. 53:26 Playing basketball on Sabbath but I wouldn't eat ham, okay. 53:29 You know these kind of things. 53:30 "But by the early 1990s, 53:32 Larry had settled into a steady job, 53:33 managing an apartment building in the heart of the city. 53:36 One of the tenants in Larry's building 53:38 was an intelligent soft-spoken man 53:40 who owned a computer. 53:41 Larry was invited to use a computer from time to time 53:43 and frequently visited this tenant's apartment. 53:47 On each occasion, the tenant would offer Larry a beverage 53:51 that the Adventist laws are frowned on." 53:53 So he wanted to drink something 53:55 but he knew he shouldn't do that. 53:56 "Larry's conviction about health 53:57 caused him to decline the drink." 53:59 Now, he's not in church, but that lifestyle stuff 54:01 is still in his heart, okay. 54:03 "One day, Larry, observes the man 54:05 on the street near the apartment complex. 54:07 He had a scow and seemed respondent. 54:09 Larry passed it off, as a youthful mood swing, 54:12 later when he watched the evening news, 54:15 it became clear why he was depressed. 54:17 The police were closing in on him. 54:20 The city was Milwaukee, 54:22 and the tenant was Jeffrey Dahmer." 54:24 Do you remember that name? 54:26 "Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious serial killer 54:29 who gained control over his victim 54:31 by drugging their drinks." 54:34 You see, "Larry shuddered when he thought 54:36 he had escaped the fate of others 54:38 because he like Daniel of old refused to drink 54:41 that which was forbidden. 54:43 How many young people, young and old have lost their lives 54:46 because they left the avenues of appetite unguarded. 54:51 How many victims partook of the king's drinks 54:54 and the elixir of day? 54:55 Today, Larry gives God the glory for allowing him 54:58 to be exposed to the Adventist lifestyle 55:01 unlike addictive substances being filled with the Spirit 55:05 has no negative side effects. 55:06 And the Spirit does indeed satisfy." 55:10 Any responses, any thought on that. 55:11 In the last two minutes we've got real quick. 55:14 That is interesting that what is highlighted, 55:16 several times in stories that even so this person 55:20 was walking away from the church 55:24 and away from God. 55:27 Still God was calling him. 55:29 Because by remembering those things, 55:31 means that God was trying to bring him back. 55:35 Yeah, it gave God an avenue to protect this kid. 55:38 Yeah. 55:39 Because he was holding on to the vestiges of his faith, 55:42 you know, he wasn't in church, he is in and out, in and out. 55:45 But some of that stuff sticks with you. 55:46 And that's what the Bible says train up a child, 55:48 you know, you're telling your children 55:49 don't do this, be honest. 55:51 And even if they, they maybe stray a little bit, 55:53 those things that are in their heart 55:55 that you planted there are still there 55:57 because Holy Spirit brings them back in time. 55:59 And that's what saved his life. 56:00 Yeah, it's very, very powerful. 56:02 This shows again that the Lord does intervene in our lives 56:06 and God is concerned about everything that touches us, 56:09 touches Him. 56:12 Everything that concerns us, concerns Him. 56:14 And if we would give Him a chance, 56:16 He will keep us, He will protect us, 56:18 He will save us. 56:19 You've got many incidences with both Kevin and Becky 56:23 where your prayers have seen them through. 56:26 Xenia, I suspect the same with you. 56:27 You know, you pray for your child. 56:29 You don't know, because you sent him 56:30 out into the world, you pray for them. 56:32 And once they close the door 56:34 and particularly when they get car age. 56:36 You know, when they get that cars like, "Oh, boy." 56:40 Once they start driving is over now, 56:43 you know, it's just, 56:44 Lord I've done the best I can, I can't, I can't control. 56:47 I can encourage, I can pray 56:48 but I cannot control them anymore. 56:50 Your child is away at school, I'm sure you trust that 56:52 they're doing, she's doing the right thing. 56:53 Yes. Yeah. Yeah. 56:54 We praise the Lord for that. Amen. 56:56 Lords and lady, or lord and ladies, 56:59 thank you so very, very much for being with us 57:02 for family worship and for sharing with us 57:05 the way the Lord has blessed in your life. 57:08 I want to encourage all of you to keep on serving the Lord. 57:12 Even at those times, when it seems dark. 57:13 Particularly if you're praying for loved ones 57:15 who seemed to be going your own way. 57:17 Ellen White does say this, 57:19 "That God accepts your faith in their behalf." 57:21 Your faith cannot save them, but it can keep them 57:24 from danger as God answers your prayer. 57:27 He inserts Himself in their lives, 57:29 and you will find the blessings that He can do 57:31 for you with you to you and through you. 57:33 Bye-bye, we'll see you again soon. 57:34 God bless. |
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