I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Today Family Worship,
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and happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath to all
of our family at home,
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happy Sabbath
to all of you here.
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That's right. Tonight we're--
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This is almost
a part two, right?
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This is.
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Because we are
continuing a study
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that we started
out all of us together
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and the title of that
study is "Making a Happy Home'.
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We had 18 questions,
and we made it through two.
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I have no idea
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how many we might
make it through tonight.
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But you know the
Lord is good. Yes.
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If we make it through one,
is because He is feeding us.
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There is no
doubt about it. Amen.
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My name is Chris Shelton,
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to my right is my lovely husband
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And then to his right
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is Brother Greg and
Sister Jill Morikone
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Good to be here. Yes, I'm glad--
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Open up God's word and share it.
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Absolutely, and I know that
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you are no
stranger to anyone at home.
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And of course,
these folks to my left
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are no strangers either,
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Pastor C.A and his
lovely wife Irma Murray.
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Amen. We are happy to be here.
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Wonderful, we're
happy that you're here.
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We are so happy,
the Lord really blessed.
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And we're gonna
start out tonight,
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hopefully we're gonna start
out with the couple of songs
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and our first song is entitled
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'The Word of the
Lord came saying'.
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And on the piano we
have wonderful family member,
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and her name is E.T Everett.
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She is going to be accompany us.
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I hope you will
sing with us at home.
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Yes.
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The word of the
Lord came saying.
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''I am He''
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The word of the Lord came saying
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''Follow Me''
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The word of the
Lord came saying.
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''Trust and see
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I have come to give
you life abundantly."
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Don't fret about tomorrow,
live for the Lord today
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Don't let yourself be sorrowed
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Praise Jesus come what may
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Take the Master at His word
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No matter what
you've seen or heard
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Just like the flowers and
the birds, it's simple faith.
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The word of the Lord
came saying, ''I am He''
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The word of the Lord
came saying, ''Follow Me''
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The word of the
Lord came saying.
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''Trust and see
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I have come to give
you life abundantly"
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Give thanks for what He's given
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He is your
livelihood A bountiful provision
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Be glad for the Lord is good
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You are living in His hand
According to the Master plan
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Why you say, ''can't,''
when God says, ''can''
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Yes God is good.
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Yes, He is good--
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The word of the
Lord came saying.
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''I am He'' The word
of the Lord came saying,
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''Follow Me'' The word
of the Lord came saying.
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''Trust and see
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I have come to give
you life abundantly"
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I have come to
give you life abundantly
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Praise the Lord, hallelujah.
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Wow. That's really in balance.
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It's a catchy
one, isn't it? Yes.
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This Bible says, I
am, he is the creator,
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he is the redeemer, he is
sustainer, he says follow me.
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That's right.
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Trust and see,
isn't that beautiful?
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Yes, it is right now.
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Just trust me, just
have faith, follow me
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and I am gonna give you life.
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That remind me, I
said to Pastor C.A
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you could be
wrong, I said, you know,
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I said the word of
the Lord came saying,
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it sound like
Jeremiah the prophet.
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It does.
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You know, that was in the word
of the Lord came so, you know.
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Yes, amen.
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And when the word of the
Lord comes saying something,
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we need to have
ears to hear don't we?
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I like that song, it's
catchy, I hope you enjoyed it.
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I hope you enjoyed it at home
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when you sing
right along with us.
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We want you to have good
Sabbath right along with us
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to bring joy into your home.
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You may have a tough
week, bless your heart,
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this gonna be a good time
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we spend it
together in the word.
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And this next song, I am sure
many of you grew up singing it,
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'We are one in the Spirit'.
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We are one in the Spirit
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We are one in the Lord
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We are one in the Spirit
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We are one in the Lord
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And we pray that all unity
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may one day be restored
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And they'll know we
are Christians by our love
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By our Love Yes they'll know
we are Christians by our love
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Yes, they will.
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We will walk with each other
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We will walk hand in hand
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We will walk with each other
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We will walk hand in hand
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And together
we'll spread the news
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that God is in our land
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And they'll know we
are Christians by our love
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By our Love Yes they'll know
we are Christians by our love
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Yes, they will.
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All praise to the Father
From whom all things come
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And all praise to
Christ Jesus, His only Son
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And all praise to the
Spirit who makes us one
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And they'll know we
are Christians by our love
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By our Love
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Yes they'll know we
are Christians by our love
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Yes, they will.
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Praise the Lord.
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Amen. Praise God.
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Did they know that you
are Christian by our love.
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That's kind of a foundation
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of what we're
gonna talk about tonight.
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Amen.
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Making a family, a happy home
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we need to be
walking with each other.
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Yes.
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We need to be
working with each other
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and most importantly
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we need to be praising
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our heavenly
Father with each other.
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Amen.
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And then the world
certainly should know
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that we are
Christians by our love.
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Yes.
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We are gonna start
with question number three.
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All right, let's do.
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And I hope you have your Bibles.
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If you don't have your
Bibles, get your Bibles out,
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'cause we want you
to look these verses
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that mark them with us.
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Question number three--
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Gather the children around.
Gather the children around.
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Yeah. That's right.
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Get little pencil and paper
in, in this little quizzes.
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Right, when we get done,
make sure they're listening.
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Yes. All right.
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You know, I like
that because, you know,
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we grew up worship is fun.
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Yes.
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Mom and dad, it wasn't
just like, now we read,
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you know, it was
very, you know, it's fun.
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Worship was fun
studying God's word.
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That's what we find
about and it's interesting,
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so I liked what you said.
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I told my wife
just was pulling out,
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she's getting
ready to come here.
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And I said, oh, I was thinking,
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I woke up in the middle
of night, like Lord said,
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you take that
little picture you have
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of your dad
sitting on the couch,
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and my brother
Danny was on one side
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and I was on the other,
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my other brother
Ronnie was standing behind him
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and I said that was a Friday
night sundown worship service
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that we were having there.
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And I am sure
didn't you have the picture
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where my mother was
there playing the piano,
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and brother Tom
they were playing,
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the music and the singing
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and I thought how nice that was
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to be able to sit
down with the family
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and be able to pray together
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and sing together
and just share something.
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Sweet memories.
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Though I'd like to
brought that picture,
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maybe some other time.
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That's good.
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Yes, that's all
wonderful points,
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good memories, good bonding
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but first of all we have
to make an effort to do it.
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We have to make an
effort to set the time--
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That's the good
point. To make the plan.
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True.
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You don't just sit down
and say what are we gonna do?
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You know, but let's get
some happy songs together.
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And a lot of times when we
have these family worships,
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we bring in happy songs
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that we might be
singing with our kids.
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Absolutely. You
know, they're just--
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Some of you might remember too,
when you were growing up like,
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you know, at home,
getting close to sundown time.
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And if you had an opportunity,
I had a basketball in my hand,
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I'll be doing
something out there
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and the backdoor would
open and my mother would say,
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Kenny, put the ball
down, it's almost sundown,
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it's time to get in and get
ready for the Sabbath hours.
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Everything would
stop around the house,
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it's almost
sundown, you need to come in
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and get
prepared for the Sabbath.
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So we heard that, you
know, my mother calling
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at the set of sun, I
thought how wonderful that is,
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those memories
I'll never ever forget.
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And I know that help to guide me
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as well as each one of
you had that experience
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and I can still
hear her calling.
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Kenny put the ball down,
let's get ready to meet Jesus.
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Wow. Oh, how exciting.
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See, that's a wonderful example.
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Oh, wow.
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You know, your mom and
your parents set for you.
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I remember as the child,
Friday night, during the week
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we would study our
Sabbath school lesson,
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just little kids we
were, my mom would teach us.
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And on Friday night, we
got to teach mom and dad,
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and so that was so fun for us.
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My sister and I
from four and five
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would get up with the felts,
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we teach the lesson
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and mom and dad have
heard it the thousand times,
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but they would be so interested
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and it got us in
to the word of God.
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I love that, and
isn't a good idea?
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All of these are wonderful ideas
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that I hope you at home
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are treasuring,
writing down, taking notes
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because were easy
to forget these things,
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but these are wonderful ideas.
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The other morning we had our,
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and we will get to
question number three
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I promise, but the other morning
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we have our five
year old grandson over,
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and I already had my worship,
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it is starting to get
late and he got up and I said
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what's time for
you to have worship
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and so we prayed together.
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And I was, we have
just moved recently,
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and so I was
thinking where are my little,
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you know, children books.
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Bible story books with
all the beautiful color,
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pictures and so and so, but--
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Bring it on.
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By the time I was
even thinking about,
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he had grabbed the tablet
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because I've got
Bible stories on the tablet.
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I suppose that's okay,
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why don't you go ahead
and do it this morning.
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But grandma want
you after you finish
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you come and tell
me, what you learned,
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you really have to listen.
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So the first time he
came down the steps he said,
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grandma they had a picnic.
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I said, oh, they
had a picnic. Oh, wow.
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I said, well, you
know, what was at the picnic,
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what did they do,
you know, who fed them
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and what did they eat, and so--
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You send him back upstairs,
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I know what you
did and do it again.
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He came back up, he had
to go through the story again
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and he said, well,
there was boy there.
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And he had two fish
and five rolls of bread.
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I said, well, how
many people did he feed?
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And he said, I don't know.
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I said, well, honey,
you need to go and find out.
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So he went back upstairs,
he turned back the story
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and because it reads to him.
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Yes.
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And so he came back down,
grandma, there were 5,000 men.
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But I don't know how
many other people there were.
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Oh, what a
beautiful, it was so neat.
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Retry.
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He's not gonna
forget that so quickly.
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He won't forget.
And we can do that.
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I love that
because as you're learning,
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you're going through
the Sabbath school lesson
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or whatever then
they could come back
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and teach us,
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because in teaching
us, then they learn.
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So that's beautiful.
Question number three.
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Okay.
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Who laid the
foundation of the home?
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And let's go to Genesis 2:8.
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Genesis 2:8.
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Who laid the
foundation of the home?
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You know, there's a
lot of people in this world
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that would not know the
answer to that question.
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Wow.
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They just don't know
the answer to that question.
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So who has that verse
and wants to read it for us.
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''The Lord God planted
a garden eastward in Eden,
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and there He put the
man whom He had formed.''
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Yes. Okay.
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Do you want nine
also, or just eight?
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Just eight.
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Well, if you just
look at just eight,
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and where did God put man.
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In the garden
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and there's their
home at that time.
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And at that time,
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that garden had only been
in existence for how long.
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But, think about it. Yeah.
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Think about it,
God made provision.
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He didn't start out in creation
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making man and
women and animals first.
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He started out with
the air and with the water
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and the sunlight and the plants
and everything that man needed,
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and then he formed man
out of the dust of the ground.
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So he laid the
foundation. Yeah, he did.
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He started from the
bottom up in the word.
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I am glad Pastor CA
had the right answer,
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she'll send you back
upstairs until you get.
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You know, when I met him,
what I really liked about it
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is the garden was
their home, right?
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You put them in the
garden that could equal home.
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Now in other places in Genesis,
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it says the Lord, God
came to meet with man,
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in the garden.
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I remember right after sin,
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God came and said,
Adam where are you?
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But He came to the garden,
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so to me that
says in a special way
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God wants to be present in home.
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I love that.
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God wants to be in our home.
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He put it in the home
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but that's where
God met with them.
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Oh, yeah.
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God makes signs calls.
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Yeah. Oh, I like that.
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Yeah, He makes signs
calls. Yeah, He sure does.
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That is such a good thought,
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because our home should
be an atmosphere of heaven.
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That we have choices to make
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in order for God to be able
to come and to visit our home,
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that's beautiful.
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No, now to, I am
sorry, you want to?
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No, you go ahead.
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To touch on the
controversy. Move on.
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Just touch on the
controversy. Okay.
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God who made the home,
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also define the home.
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He defined the situation. Yes.
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And anything else,
that is not what God defined
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cannot be what
God's talking about.
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You're getting heavy,
you're getting cautious.
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Politically correct, you know,
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I'm trying to massage
this thing a little bit.
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No, it's all right.
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But God who created the family--
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Gets to define
the family. He does.
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You know, a person who
made it gets to define it.
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And He has defined it as
Adam and Eve in the garden.
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And I don't know
anywhere in this book,
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where that's been altered.
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That's what it is.
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Not Adam and Steve?
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Yeah, not Adam and
no. Only Adam and Eve.
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I just went little farther.
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Some people are slow to get.
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I like that. Thank you, pastor.
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That's, it is
true. It is very true.
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And this is part of
that foundation of the home,
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because as we're
examining our hearts
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and our lives and
our home situation,
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we have to go
back to the creator,
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go back to how He
laid it out for us.
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And many times we find that
our lives just don't match up.
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And so when our
lives don't match up,
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there's a lot of
people, they'll say,
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well, you know,
that's just a rivulet,
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it just doesn't fit
with today's society.
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Is that the proper
attitudes we're to have?
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You know, one
thing that I find that
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when we come
into the sacred hours,
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sometimes we are so busy
and thing has cut up with us,
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because the enemy
will always be trying that
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to get us in.
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So, but when you
don't enter those hours
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and even a little
bit ahead of time-
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as you call,
it's just so beautiful
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but when you don't,
there is something missing.
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I find that myself.
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That kind of goes back
to the preparation day.
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And we need to guard
the edges of the Sabbath.
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We don't just rush in with the--
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And we're exhausted,
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we're too tired
for family worship.
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Like on Sabbath morning,
I used to hear all the time
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'cause you said you're prepared,
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lay things out, good to
go and you say things into,
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something is missing on Sabbath,
00:17:22.20\00:17:23.74
it was always I want you.
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You know, or you know,
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'cause it wasn't
done and mama said,
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if we had him laid out the way
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we should have things
laid out and prepared,
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it would be easy.
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But because we
didn't, there was contingent,
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there was running
late, probably words,
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may be the belt, it
might have come out,
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teach a little lesson along way.
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Well, let's just
be honest about it,
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because that was,
that's the way it went
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and Tom you got to church.
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You need to redo,
need some adjusting again
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because, you know, the attitudes
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and you really wasn't prepared.
00:17:53.60\00:17:55.30
So I think it's good,
if we really learn it.
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If we don't know these things
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to prepare for
the Sabbath to come in
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and prepare for Sabbath morning,
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just be ready first
thing in the home right
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and I'm already missing so on.
00:18:03.91\00:18:05.25
You know, 'cause that's true,
00:18:05.28\00:18:06.61
'cause I've actually
rushed into the Sabbath,
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unfortunately sometimes,
and man I tell you, I mean God,
00:18:08.02\00:18:11.85
there's always a blessing
by keeping God's Sabbath,
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but it couldn't be, it
could have been so much more
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if I hadn't rushed into
the Sabbath Friday night,
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you know like,
just like barely making,
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you know, 'cause I haven't
scheduled my day correctly,
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and boy, it's rough.
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And it doesn't, you know,
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'cause the God wants you
to be prepared in your heart,
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you life every
thing for the Sabbath.
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When you think
of the preparation,
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you know, think about what God.
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the whole week He prepared.
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Now, because sometimes we
think that it comes Friday
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and we rush to prepare.
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But actually, we
had to be preparing
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through the whole week.
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'Cause that's what, you know,
00:18:49.76\00:18:51.66
the Lord did created
all these things for our,
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for the beauty,
for the enjoyment,
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for just to make it so special.
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When we prepare the whole week,
00:19:01.14\00:19:04.27
we can see how much better it is
00:19:04.31\00:19:07.38
when we get to the
hours of the Sabbath.
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We're not out frazzled.
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We're out and
wondering what we're gonna eat
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and what are we gonna
wear and but that's not--
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You know, the
human's mind does not,
00:19:16.58\00:19:19.32
cannot come to
a screeching halt.
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If you go into a
certain direction,
00:19:20.96\00:19:22.69
it takes time.
00:19:22.72\00:19:24.06
I remember, once we were--
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We actually were gonna
have some people over Sabbath.
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I don't want to
say, we forgot something,
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so we have to run to the store.
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And we were on the Sabbath,
00:19:29.56\00:19:30.90
it was, still
sun was not down yet.
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But in the store, you
hear a song, and since--
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by the time you
get out of the store,
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the sun is heading down.
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So you get home,
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and I think it's
stumping in your brain,
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because, you know,
00:19:43.28\00:19:44.61
you haven't
allowed for adjustment time
00:19:44.65\00:19:46.61
to divorce yourself in a week,
00:19:46.65\00:19:48.35
and get into
Sabbath frame of mind.
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So what we always do--
00:19:50.72\00:19:53.12
Irma turns on
the little computer,
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her tablet, and we sing,
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'cause you got to try
00:19:56.49\00:19:57.83
to for 100 percent
flush the week away.
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So that you get into mindset,
00:20:00.33\00:20:01.66
because your mind doesn't
come to a screeching halt
00:20:01.70\00:20:04.33
and turn into a Sabbath mode.
00:20:04.37\00:20:05.70
You got to give it time to move
into that in that direction,
00:20:05.73\00:20:08.60
'cause things are
gonna pop in your mind.
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.27
"Oh man, I
forgot to do the 3ABN."
00:20:10.31\00:20:11.87
Oh, you know,
things will come in.
00:20:11.91\00:20:13.61
there are not bad
things in and of themselves.
00:20:13.64\00:20:15.64
But they are not Sabbath things.
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.28
So you need some time
to step back from the week
00:20:17.31\00:20:20.12
and enter into
the Sabbath mindset.
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And then a round about way,
00:20:21.58\00:20:23.18
you answered the question
that I had asked while ago.
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When we find
that there are things
00:20:26.02\00:20:27.36
that are wrong in our lives
00:20:27.39\00:20:29.22
that don't fit
with the scripture,
00:20:29.26\00:20:31.26
do we throw the scripture out,
00:20:31.29\00:20:33.19
or do we come and align with it,
00:20:33.23\00:20:34.73
and you just
basically are entering it,
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.77
because we are to
come and align with God.
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He's preparing a people
00:20:39.57\00:20:41.44
to live eternally
with Him in heaven.
00:20:41.47\00:20:44.57
So He's preparing us to live
00:20:44.61\00:20:46.27
in that beautiful heavenly home.
00:20:46.31\00:20:49.58
With smells and fragrances,
just things around us, trees,
00:20:49.61\00:20:54.52
grass that shimmers
like silver and gold.
00:20:54.55\00:20:56.12
Oh, I'm getting homesick really.
00:20:56.15\00:20:57.49
Come on now. Things
that we've never seen.
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.32
You know, the little children
with their wings flying up to--
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Oh, well, oh, boy. It's
just gonna be wonderful.
00:21:01.89\00:21:04.66
Sabbath-- It's a happy time.
00:21:04.69\00:21:06.13
Oh, if you've
never read about Sabbath,
00:21:06.16\00:21:08.70
it's gonna be wonderful,
00:21:08.73\00:21:10.07
it's not like anything
we've ever experienced.
00:21:10.10\00:21:12.30
That's right.
00:21:12.33\00:21:13.67
I think it's
interesting too, it says,
00:21:13.70\00:21:15.04
who you know,
you asked a question,
00:21:15.07\00:21:16.40
who laid the
foundation of the home
00:21:16.44\00:21:17.77
and read Genesis 2:8,
and it talks about it,
00:21:17.81\00:21:19.14
"God established
or planted a garden."
00:21:19.17\00:21:21.58
I've have
nothing against cities,
00:21:21.61\00:21:23.48
you know, or urban or whatever,
00:21:23.51\00:21:25.81
but it's interesting,
God did a gardening,
00:21:25.85\00:21:27.92
he planted a garden.
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.28
That was their home.
00:21:29.32\00:21:30.65
Nature. Yes.
00:21:30.69\00:21:32.02
There's a lot be said
about being out in nature,
00:21:32.05\00:21:33.39
and being in God's.
00:21:33.42\00:21:34.76
Oh, yeah, there is a blessing,
00:21:34.79\00:21:36.12
that's to me,
that's another book.
00:21:36.16\00:21:37.49
So it's interesting
that God put them there
00:21:37.53\00:21:39.16
and establish the home
in the garden actually.
00:21:39.19\00:21:40.90
There's a bell going off
00:21:40.93\00:21:42.36
and my own brother
C.A mentioned about,
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.77
it takes time, I
won't say unwind at week,
00:21:44.80\00:21:48.27
but it's entering--
00:21:48.30\00:21:49.64
that's everyday of our life.
00:21:49.67\00:21:51.21
Yes.
00:21:51.24\00:21:52.57
And we know how
that works on us.
00:21:52.61\00:21:53.94
So much more
should we be preparing
00:21:53.98\00:21:55.48
for the Sabbath to empty it out,
00:21:55.51\00:21:56.85
because there's sometime
you go to bed in the evening,
00:21:56.88\00:21:59.55
and you've got all these things,
00:21:59.58\00:22:00.92
you've been busy all day.
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.28
What they do, you're like--
00:22:02.32\00:22:03.65
they are going
through your mind.
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.02
And you can never
really fall into deep sleep,
00:22:05.05\00:22:07.32
I say, it's just there,
it's not a restful type.
00:22:07.36\00:22:10.83
Mind still working
and going, God says,
00:22:10.86\00:22:13.13
that's not what He
wants on the Sabbath.
00:22:13.16\00:22:14.50
He wants us to
have a good night rest
00:22:14.53\00:22:15.90
and be ready to
meet Him on good Sabbath.
00:22:15.93\00:22:18.07
So clear those things out.
00:22:18.10\00:22:20.04
We know that it's
bad during the week,
00:22:20.07\00:22:22.44
it's even worse on the Sabbath.
00:22:22.47\00:22:23.81
Yeah.
00:22:23.84\00:22:25.44
But let's see if we can
get to question number four.
00:22:25.47\00:22:27.74
Oh, baby, it's all right.
00:22:27.78\00:22:29.11
And I think-- We
can run along here.
00:22:29.14\00:22:30.48
Yeah, this is
the second question.
00:22:30.51\00:22:31.85
Absolutely, yes.
00:22:31.88\00:22:33.21
Remember, watch it, watch me,
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"Well, honey, remember this too,
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I think it's in 1 Samuel,
it talks about there in 2: 30.
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It says "Those that honor God.
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He will honor them."
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.16
I think He will honor.
00:22:44.19\00:22:45.53
So that's the thing.
00:22:45.56\00:22:46.90
If we honor Him,
He will honor us.
00:22:46.93\00:22:48.76
We honor His Sabbath.
Well, that's for sure.
00:22:48.80\00:22:50.60
He will ooh, honor
us with His presence,
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.44
that we desperately need so.
00:22:53.47\00:22:55.20
You know,
Pastor Kenny, you know,
00:22:55.24\00:22:57.01
you preach on the microphone
to have a combination.
00:22:57.04\00:22:59.47
But you--
00:22:59.51\00:23:03.21
God will meet with
us anytime, anywhere.
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.88
Any but the formal
audience is Sabbath.
00:23:05.91\00:23:09.02
That's when you come
into the presence in a formal,
00:23:09.05\00:23:11.45
you know that is an
appointment that is made,
00:23:11.49\00:23:14.26
that is
inviolate and unbreakable.
00:23:14.29\00:23:16.39
If you are
running during the week
00:23:16.42\00:23:17.76
and you missed
him during the week.
00:23:17.79\00:23:19.43
You go and catch him on Sabbath.
00:23:19.46\00:23:21.06
This is His promise to be there.
00:23:21.10\00:23:22.96
So if you tap to break,
He's gonna be right there.
00:23:23.00\00:23:26.13
That's a formal
audience that he,
00:23:26.17\00:23:27.77
that's the appointment
that he will never miss.
00:23:27.80\00:23:30.01
He will always be there.
00:23:30.04\00:23:31.37
And if you don't
know where to find Him,
00:23:31.41\00:23:32.74
you go and find Him on Sabbath.
00:23:32.77\00:23:34.11
And you will
find Him on Sabbath.
00:23:34.14\00:23:35.48
And that leaves all of
us, I'm sure, but it's like.
00:23:35.51\00:23:38.15
I won't say this in a right way,
00:23:38.18\00:23:39.51
all struck that a creator--
00:23:39.55\00:23:41.55
Yes.
00:23:41.58\00:23:42.92
Would want to meet
with somebody like me
00:23:42.95\00:23:44.72
or maybe like any of you folks,
00:23:44.75\00:23:46.86
I don't want to go
there, but with myself.
00:23:46.89\00:23:49.09
I stand amazed
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.89
that the God of
this universe would say,
00:23:50.93\00:23:52.99
Kenny, I just love to spend
the Sabbath hours with you.
00:23:53.03\00:23:55.16
I want to spend every day
00:23:55.20\00:23:56.53
certainly all the time
in your guardian angels,
00:23:56.56\00:23:57.93
but Sabbath, I just, I
need some special time.
00:23:57.97\00:24:00.24
And what He says,
00:24:00.27\00:24:01.60
"You need some
special time with me?''
00:24:01.64\00:24:03.37
You know, I need
the special time.
00:24:03.41\00:24:05.21
He's made the
arrangements for it, so I stay--
00:24:05.24\00:24:07.61
I really, I stand in
awe every time I think
00:24:07.64\00:24:10.25
that He would say,
"I want to be with you."
00:24:10.28\00:24:12.95
And then to say,
"You know, Kenny,
00:24:12.98\00:24:14.32
I want to spend
eternity with you."
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.05
That just makes my
mind, just lights up my life
00:24:16.08\00:24:17.89
because I can't
figure it out to this day
00:24:17.92\00:24:20.46
other than that kind of
love that He has for us.
00:24:20.49\00:24:22.82
He sees the finished product
when I see a mess sometime.
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.39
But He sees
beyond that my faults.
00:24:25.43\00:24:26.76
Isn't that something? Yes.
00:24:26.80\00:24:28.13
Beautiful. I thank God for that.
00:24:28.16\00:24:29.50
It gives me hope, it
bring tears in my eyes.
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.10
And meetings like this
00:24:31.13\00:24:32.47
are spiritual
dressing up for him.
00:24:32.50\00:24:35.10
'Cause He's not really
concerned about your clothes.
00:24:35.14\00:24:36.97
He wants you to
be spiritually ready.
00:24:37.01\00:24:38.47
And that's why a family
worship is more important.
00:24:38.51\00:24:41.48
Because spiritually
you're tidying up for Him.
00:24:41.51\00:24:44.08
You know, especially
if you're getting ready
00:24:44.11\00:24:45.45
to come into His presence right
00:24:45.48\00:24:46.82
and you need that
00:24:46.85\00:24:48.18
after you've
kind of been out there
00:24:48.22\00:24:49.55
in the world all
week running to and fro,
00:24:49.58\00:24:50.92
and do what you got to do,
00:24:50.95\00:24:52.29
now it's time to get cleaned up.
00:24:52.32\00:24:53.66
You get ready to
meet Jesus. Oh, wonderful.
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.99
Oh, I'm sorry,
sister. That's okay.
00:24:56.02\00:24:57.73
Go ahead, go ahead.
It's such a joy to--
00:24:57.76\00:25:00.00
I love what you're saying,
just the God of the universe.
00:25:00.03\00:25:03.06
You know the creator
God, yet He reaches down here,
00:25:03.10\00:25:06.57
sometimes I just get this
mental picture, not a vision.
00:25:06.60\00:25:10.31
But like a mental picture of God
00:25:10.34\00:25:13.21
just like sitting on
the bed in the morning,
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.04
saying, "I can't
wait for you to wake up."
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.15
I can't wait--
00:25:17.65\00:25:21.15
to wake up,
because- That's what it is.
00:25:21.18\00:25:22.65
I want to spend that
time with you in My Word,
00:25:22.68\00:25:26.15
I want to speak to you.
00:25:26.19\00:25:27.72
And I think the
Sabbath especially.
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.06
God just thinks 24
hours, you are my child
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.86
and He feels this, the
same about each one of us.
00:25:33.90\00:25:36.97
And how there can
be billions of people,
00:25:37.00\00:25:38.83
but He wants to
spend individually
00:25:38.87\00:25:41.74
that day with each one of us,
that's just an incredible God.
00:25:41.77\00:25:44.47
Maybe because He knows
00:25:44.51\00:25:45.84
what we're going to
encounter for that day.
00:25:45.87\00:25:48.48
And He might be
saying, "Kenny don't sleep in,
00:25:48.51\00:25:50.08
you really need
this time with me
00:25:50.11\00:25:51.48
because you're
going to be tested.
00:25:51.51\00:25:53.21
There's going to be some things
thrown in your face today,
00:25:53.25\00:25:55.25
that if you don't
spend some time with me,
00:25:55.28\00:25:56.75
you're not going to make it."
00:25:56.79\00:25:58.12
So he knows.
00:25:58.15\00:25:59.49
He does. So when--
00:25:59.52\00:26:00.86
You can feel that little
nudge you say to wake up.
00:26:00.89\00:26:02.96
She will say, a lot of
times, she get up early,
00:26:03.22\00:26:04.73
I get up maybe wee
hours in the middle,
00:26:04.76\00:26:06.76
it appears, oh, you
think, oh, it's good.
00:26:06.80\00:26:08.43
Doesn't make you
anything other than,
00:26:08.46\00:26:10.30
the spirit sometime will say
00:26:10.33\00:26:11.67
you won't sleep
two or three hours.
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.03
Holy Spirit will say
get up Kenny, go and study.
00:26:13.07\00:26:15.30
Go read and so
I answer the call.
00:26:15.34\00:26:18.44
Get up and study.
00:26:18.47\00:26:19.81
And you think, well,
00:26:19.84\00:26:21.18
I want to sleep
a couple of hours.
00:26:21.21\00:26:22.54
But I'm fresh as a daisy. Yes.
00:26:22.58\00:26:23.91
Sun comes up, I'm
still feeling good.
00:26:23.95\00:26:25.28
Because he's
asked it for a reason,
00:26:25.31\00:26:26.88
I find out what that reason
is, and maybe day or two down.
00:26:26.92\00:26:29.58
But it's always, get
up and spend some time.
00:26:29.62\00:26:32.82
Amen. Amen.
00:26:32.85\00:26:34.19
I just do it.
00:26:34.22\00:26:35.56
I think that our
God is so special
00:26:35.59\00:26:38.06
that I was reading earlier
on, somebody has sent an email.
00:26:38.09\00:26:43.13
And it was talking
about how all the religions
00:26:43.16\00:26:47.30
that have the different gods,
00:26:47.34\00:26:49.64
what they think
of as being a God,
00:26:49.67\00:26:52.57
that they make
whether there is a God.
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.24
And then I was
thinking to myself,
00:26:55.28\00:27:00.42
you know,
00:27:00.45\00:27:02.75
even an intelligent
mind you would think
00:27:02.78\00:27:05.89
that realize that
God is a special God,
00:27:05.92\00:27:10.16
because none of
these gods that they make
00:27:10.19\00:27:13.36
do the things for us.
00:27:13.40\00:27:14.86
That's right.
00:27:14.90\00:27:16.23
And vie for us
like the real God does.
00:27:16.26\00:27:18.67
Amen.
00:27:18.70\00:27:20.04
And one of those is the Sabbath,
00:27:20.07\00:27:21.40
because it always amazes
me how your mind immediately,
00:27:21.44\00:27:27.88
when the Sabbath
hours are coming.
00:27:27.91\00:27:30.45
It just changes.
00:27:30.48\00:27:31.81
It doesn't matter the
problems that you have
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.12
even when you are
ill, even when you are ill,
00:27:34.15\00:27:37.65
it's just mind turns
and it's immediately,
00:27:37.69\00:27:41.69
there is something
special, the peace, and the--
00:27:41.72\00:27:45.93
that you can find
immediately with God,
00:27:45.96\00:27:48.70
because He's the real God.
00:27:48.73\00:27:50.17
He is saving God. Amen, wow.
00:27:50.20\00:27:51.53
And He is
calling you. Absolutely.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.34
Even you too to be with Him.
I'm hearing around this table.
00:27:53.37\00:27:56.74
Go ahead, honey.
00:27:56.77\00:27:58.11
That to make a happy home-- Yes.
00:27:58.14\00:28:00.08
We need to be
teaching our little ones,
00:28:00.11\00:28:01.78
we need to be spending time,
00:28:01.81\00:28:03.28
we need to keep
the Sabbath holy.
00:28:03.31\00:28:05.68
Amen.
00:28:05.71\00:28:07.05
Who said that
question four well?
00:28:07.08\00:28:08.72
We will get to
four, we will get to four.
00:28:08.75\00:28:12.69
Thank you.
00:28:12.72\00:28:14.06
But really it's a special thing.
00:28:14.09\00:28:16.73
I was thinking, you know, that
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.86
and I don't want
to take all the time--
00:28:18.89\00:28:20.23
It's all right, you know.
00:28:20.26\00:28:21.60
When I was
growing up, but you know,
00:28:21.63\00:28:22.96
when we came in to
the Adventists faith,
00:28:23.00\00:28:25.50
I was already 10, 11,
and I was the oldest one.
00:28:25.53\00:28:29.67
But I still remember though,
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.27
my father was not
accepting the faith,
00:28:31.31\00:28:35.04
but my mother was
so faithful. Yeah.
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.85
So faithful that
regardless of my father
00:28:37.88\00:28:41.05
and sometimes he'll walk
in the middle of us having.
00:28:41.08\00:28:45.39
He'll never forget.
00:28:45.42\00:28:46.79
I never forget how we grew up,
00:28:46.82\00:28:49.19
and how that
time was so special.
00:28:49.22\00:28:52.06
Amen.
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43
We do with it--
00:28:53.46\00:28:54.80
And with my
children I think of--
00:28:54.83\00:28:57.60
We teach them at the same time
that we are learning ourselves.
00:28:57.63\00:29:01.64
Yes.
00:29:01.67\00:29:03.00
Because it's--
00:29:03.04\00:29:04.37
they bring you
to have that spirit
00:29:04.41\00:29:07.31
and that excitement.
00:29:07.34\00:29:08.84
Yes. And we need to prepare.
00:29:08.88\00:29:11.81
Some churches, they
have activities all day long,
00:29:11.85\00:29:14.58
so you can be in a church
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.28
and they've got
pathfinders there out,
00:29:16.32\00:29:18.05
you know, giving things to
people in the neighborhood.
00:29:18.09\00:29:20.46
So they go all day
long, say, you know,
00:29:20.49\00:29:23.39
around here most of
our churches 12, 12:30
00:29:23.43\00:29:25.96
and they're done,
they may have scholarship.
00:29:25.99\00:29:27.50
Not New York as it be.
00:29:27.53\00:29:28.86
No, they may have
scholarship lunch,
00:29:28.90\00:29:31.23
that type of thing.
00:29:31.27\00:29:32.60
So as a family getting
back to having a happy home,
00:29:32.63\00:29:37.34
we need to make
Sabbath a happy time.
00:29:37.37\00:29:40.88
Because if the
children, if all they hear is,
00:29:40.91\00:29:43.51
don't, no you
can't do that today.
00:29:43.55\00:29:47.38
You know, I look
at our little grandson
00:29:47.42\00:29:49.18
and he's just so
excited about the Sabbath.
00:29:49.22\00:29:52.09
And if he is--
00:29:52.12\00:29:53.46
we're going down the road
and he sees people out working,
00:29:53.49\00:29:55.29
He said, "Grandma,
00:29:55.32\00:29:56.66
they just don't
know about the Sabbath."
00:29:56.69\00:29:59.26
They don't know
about the Sabbath.
00:29:59.29\00:30:01.43
And every opportunity she gets,
00:30:01.46\00:30:03.63
it' really good as
it gets into their ear.
00:30:03.67\00:30:06.20
Sabbath is a happy day.
00:30:06.23\00:30:10.44
That's good because
that puts up that music
00:30:10.47\00:30:12.77
in their ear, and they
begin to think it's a happy day
00:30:12.81\00:30:15.34
but when you have like
you're talking about one parent
00:30:15.38\00:30:18.65
that wants to take maturity,
00:30:18.68\00:30:20.08
other one is may be
stalling a little bit
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.02
and maybe not made that call.
00:30:22.05\00:30:23.42
Because I could have
been six, seven years old
00:30:23.45\00:30:26.45
and I can still never forget.
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.49
Mother said, "Kids
were going to church."
00:30:28.52\00:30:30.99
My dad just didn't
want to go at that time.
00:30:31.03\00:30:33.56
And I remember,
we went to church
00:30:33.60\00:30:35.33
and we came home.
00:30:35.36\00:30:36.90
He had the television on.
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.60
Blow some on, we're
not trying to do that
00:30:38.63\00:30:39.97
just, just listen.
00:30:40.00\00:30:41.34
Because some don't
understand the difference
00:30:41.37\00:30:42.70
what maybe
Sabbath is what they do.
00:30:42.74\00:30:44.17
But it was interesting
because we just thought,
00:30:44.21\00:30:45.54
well, we don't need the
world brought in and so on.
00:30:45.57\00:30:48.58
I mean, little guy, I
walked in the front row,
00:30:48.61\00:30:50.88
I looked dad had the TV on.
00:30:50.91\00:30:53.05
Well, I knew that
was kind of a no, no
00:30:53.08\00:30:54.42
and The Lone Ranger was on.
00:30:54.45\00:30:56.08
Now see, I hadn't forget
00:30:56.12\00:30:57.45
what program was
on and what goes on.
00:30:57.49\00:30:59.15
And then about the
time my mother walked in
00:30:59.19\00:31:01.22
and she said, "Honey, please
do not have that on today.
00:31:01.26\00:31:04.13
That will
influence these boys to think
00:31:04.16\00:31:06.09
that's what they are to do,
00:31:06.13\00:31:07.46
so please for their
sake would you turn it off."
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.07
He turned it off.
00:31:10.10\00:31:11.97
How interesting that,
but see, all these years.
00:31:12.00\00:31:16.04
And the softness,
not trying to be rash.
00:31:16.07\00:31:17.77
And it did, it works,
00:31:17.81\00:31:19.14
and she was saying
for the children's sake
00:31:19.17\00:31:21.31
don't, don't let
them see you do that.
00:31:21.34\00:31:24.18
I'm very grateful
to my mother for that
00:31:24.21\00:31:26.25
because it's--
00:31:26.28\00:31:28.42
There are many broken homes.
00:31:28.45\00:31:30.59
There are many homes,
00:31:30.62\00:31:31.95
where one is following
Christ and the other one is not.
00:31:31.99\00:31:36.59
And sometimes the
differences are quite big
00:31:36.62\00:31:40.00
and but in
encouraging to the parents
00:31:40.03\00:31:45.53
especially, those
that are in Christ,
00:31:45.57\00:31:47.54
not to give up
00:31:47.57\00:31:49.07
and not to let
that difference come
00:31:49.10\00:31:54.64
between your
child, God, and you.
00:31:54.68\00:31:58.15
Because they will
always remember that,
00:31:58.18\00:32:01.55
and that it will help
them also to later on in life.
00:32:01.58\00:32:05.69
To understand what it is to
be with Christ in those hours.
00:32:05.72\00:32:09.32
Yes, I think what
we're finding more and more
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.93
is such a strong
spiritual warfare.
00:32:11.96\00:32:16.16
You know all I
know all of us here...
00:32:16.20\00:32:18.33
All of us here
are talking to people
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.47
that are going
through such heartache
00:32:21.50\00:32:23.87
and it's usually
like I love what you said,
00:32:23.91\00:32:26.64
because that's so
critical in making a happy home
00:32:26.68\00:32:29.74
and that is a soft
answer, turneth away wrath.
00:32:29.78\00:32:33.82
Because generally when--
00:32:33.85\00:32:35.62
Yes, you know
something like that,
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.75
even though she
could have come in
00:32:37.79\00:32:39.92
with righteous
indignation everywhere.
00:32:39.95\00:32:43.26
And just been very forceful,
00:32:43.29\00:32:44.89
you know, and how
things would have changed.
00:32:44.93\00:32:49.03
Just one word can
invite the enemy back in--
00:32:49.06\00:32:52.17
It wouldn't have
worked for Shelton.
00:32:52.20\00:32:57.07
It's all right.
00:32:57.11\00:32:58.54
You're right, it
was a soft answer
00:32:58.57\00:33:01.54
with love did it.
00:33:01.58\00:33:03.14
The other way would not have--
00:33:03.18\00:33:04.91
I'm gonna get
through question four,
00:33:04.95\00:33:06.28
I don't know why
you haven't got to.
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.65
We're gonna get
to it I have tried...
00:33:07.68\00:33:09.35
I have tried, perhaps
those of you had known Paul--
00:33:09.38\00:33:11.79
We are witnesses.
Know that I have tried.
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.72
Number four,
should instructions begin,
00:33:14.76\00:33:16.86
and we've talked
about this somewhat already.
00:33:16.89\00:33:19.26
Should instructions be given
at an early age in the home?
00:33:19.29\00:33:23.37
Well, let's look
at Proverbs 22:6.
00:33:23.40\00:33:26.30
Let's see what the Bible says.
Proverbs 22:6, who has that?
00:33:26.33\00:33:30.87
Mrs. Jill, you have that one?
00:33:30.91\00:33:32.84
"Train up a child in
the way he should go,
00:33:32.87\00:33:36.21
And when he is old he
will not depart from it."
00:33:36.24\00:33:40.12
Amen. So train up
a child in the way.
00:33:40.15\00:33:42.45
It's talking about a child,
it's talking about a young age.
00:33:42.48\00:33:47.19
So now let's go ahead
00:33:47.22\00:33:48.82
and let's look
at 2 Timothy 3:15,
00:33:48.86\00:33:52.73
2 Timothy 3:15,
And I love that promise
00:33:52.76\00:33:57.87
that we just
read in Proverbs too.
00:33:57.90\00:33:59.73
2 Timothy 3:15, Brother Greg?
00:34:04.27\00:34:07.54
Sure, yup, it reads,
00:34:07.58\00:34:09.38
"And that from a child you
have known the Holy Scriptures,
00:34:09.41\00:34:13.48
which are able to make you wise
unto salvation through faith
00:34:13.52\00:34:18.09
which is in Christ Jesus."
00:34:18.12\00:34:20.72
Amen. Absolutely.
00:34:20.76\00:34:23.32
Were talking about
a divided home, right?
00:34:23.36\00:34:25.49
So, Timothy, Paul
is writing to Timothy,
00:34:25.53\00:34:28.63
he grew up in a divided home.
00:34:28.66\00:34:30.77
True. His dad was a Greek.
00:34:30.80\00:34:32.63
His mom was Jewish and
you think his mom Eunice
00:34:32.67\00:34:36.17
and grandma Lois taught him
from a child the scriptures.
00:34:36.20\00:34:40.98
So that's just what
we were talking about.
00:34:41.01\00:34:42.74
So, you know, even
for those of you at home
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.41
maybe, maybe your
mom or maybe your dad,
00:34:45.45\00:34:48.48
and your spouse is
not walking with Jesus.
00:34:48.52\00:34:52.39
But yet, you can train.
00:34:52.42\00:34:54.79
You can reach out and train
your little ones for Jesus.
00:34:54.82\00:34:58.49
Amen. Amen.
00:34:58.53\00:34:59.86
And there's hope,
because Timothy grew up
00:34:59.89\00:35:01.56
to be a powerful
witness for Jesus.
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.90
I love that, that's when their
characters are being formed,
00:35:04.93\00:35:08.30
and they say so
much of the characters
00:35:08.34\00:35:10.27
form before the age of three.
00:35:10.31\00:35:13.21
So we need to be
praying you know,
00:35:13.24\00:35:15.58
mothers need to be praying
00:35:15.61\00:35:16.95
while that child
is still in her womb.
00:35:16.98\00:35:19.41
And you know, even as the baby
to have the right atmosphere,
00:35:19.45\00:35:23.59
the right things on in the
home and the right teaching
00:35:23.62\00:35:27.66
at a very, very early age.
00:35:27.69\00:35:30.13
You know, I've had people say,
00:35:30.16\00:35:31.59
"Well, they're too
young to come to church.
00:35:31.63\00:35:33.36
You know why? I
can't keep them still."
00:35:33.40\00:35:35.23
That's when they
need to be there.
00:35:35.26\00:35:36.93
Yes.
00:35:36.97\00:35:38.30
As, as a toddler as a baby
in arms they need to be there
00:35:38.33\00:35:42.34
because that's
when they're learning.
00:35:42.37\00:35:44.67
That's when they're hearing,
00:35:44.71\00:35:46.04
that's when they begin as
he was mentioning earlier,
00:35:46.07\00:35:48.44
to sing those
little songs about Jesus,
00:35:48.48\00:35:51.15
to know who He is.
00:35:51.18\00:35:52.88
And I've often mentioned this
and, and it breaks my heart,
00:35:52.91\00:35:56.25
because a child
two or three years old.
00:35:56.28\00:35:58.89
Once they begin to talk.
00:35:58.92\00:36:00.26
They can tell you every
hero superman and batman.
00:36:00.29\00:36:03.86
And a girl can tell you
every princes, that Disney has,
00:36:03.89\00:36:07.86
but how many heroes have faith?
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.76
Yes.
00:36:09.80\00:36:11.13
How many heroes
have faith do they know?
00:36:11.17\00:36:14.17
Can they tell
you? So we have a job.
00:36:14.20\00:36:17.21
And even if you don't
have your own children,
00:36:17.24\00:36:18.84
you have a job
with other children.
00:36:18.87\00:36:21.31
And those of you at
home I encourage you,
00:36:21.34\00:36:24.55
I encourage you to turn
the channel to different
00:36:24.58\00:36:27.68
in a different direction,
00:36:27.72\00:36:29.48
start teaching
them about real heroes.
00:36:29.52\00:36:32.09
Amen.
00:36:32.12\00:36:33.46
Heroes of faith, that
have done tremendous miracles.
00:36:33.49\00:36:36.12
The one that we
talked about earlier,
00:36:36.16\00:36:37.83
where my grandson said,
they were having a picnic.
00:36:37.86\00:36:40.26
Yes. I said,
"Was that a miracle?"
00:36:40.30\00:36:43.30
Because two little
fish and five loaves bread
00:36:43.33\00:36:47.04
could not feed over 5000.
00:36:47.07\00:36:50.04
Over, you're right. It
could have been over 10,000.
00:36:50.07\00:36:53.44
Let's say it if every
man had a wife with them,
00:36:53.48\00:36:55.84
and then they have
some children with them.
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.21
That's right.
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.58
What a miracle,
that's a superhero.
00:36:58.61\00:37:00.38
I think sure is.
00:37:00.42\00:37:01.75
That was real,
so I encourage you
00:37:01.78\00:37:04.39
yes, yes, yes, we
need to start early.
00:37:04.42\00:37:06.02
But, you know, you can,
00:37:06.05\00:37:07.39
you can run in difficulties
with different children
00:37:07.42\00:37:09.92
because, they're different,
they have a different mindset,
00:37:09.96\00:37:12.36
they have a
different temperament.
00:37:12.39\00:37:14.50
You know, me,
00:37:14.53\00:37:15.86
I didn't necessarily
want to sit and listen
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.23
to anything
anybody as little one.
00:37:17.27\00:37:18.60
I was busy doing
things, you know.
00:37:18.63\00:37:20.64
And so it took,
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.37
as I've already said
they're out of correction.
00:37:22.40\00:37:24.44
To get me to want to
sit, at least want to sit down
00:37:24.47\00:37:27.08
and to behave.
00:37:27.11\00:37:28.44
And so no one likes to
talk about that now days,
00:37:28.48\00:37:30.71
but the Bible speaks
about it, because you just,
00:37:30.75\00:37:32.81
it was talking
about in Proverbs 22.
00:37:32.85\00:37:35.18
Talks about train up a
child, but then in verse 15
00:37:35.22\00:37:39.15
the same chapter it
says, this about children.
00:37:39.19\00:37:42.66
"Foolishness is bound up where?"
00:37:42.69\00:37:45.13
In the heart of a child
00:37:45.16\00:37:46.49
but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him."
00:37:46.53\00:37:50.47
And I said, well,
how far does that go.
00:37:50.50\00:37:53.03
You know, the road
across I looked at up,
00:37:53.07\00:37:54.90
you know what
really said in there
00:37:54.94\00:37:56.27
in the written language.
00:37:56.30\00:37:57.64
It said stick, it
talked about a branch,
00:37:57.67\00:38:00.68
for correcting a staff.
00:38:00.71\00:38:03.88
I'm thinking man some of those.
And I thought right there.
00:38:03.91\00:38:06.41
Oh, I can remember
00:38:06.45\00:38:07.85
especially, make it
I had a smart mouth.
00:38:07.88\00:38:10.19
I was always
quick with the tongue
00:38:10.22\00:38:12.05
and never should be.
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.42
But I remember mom
said, you know I did something
00:38:13.46\00:38:15.82
I knew was wrong, going to
get it spanking or whipping.
00:38:15.86\00:38:18.69
The power of her
was always go out
00:38:18.73\00:38:20.30
and cut me a limb, son.
00:38:20.33\00:38:21.66
Oh, boy when I cut the limb,
you know, and I'd rather hurry
00:38:21.70\00:38:24.97
and get it over with before
dad got home is always worse
00:38:25.00\00:38:27.90
because, I party act out during
that I'd be getting another
00:38:27.94\00:38:30.24
when he got there anyway.
00:38:30.27\00:38:31.61
But she said,
"You go out there,"
00:38:31.64\00:38:32.97
she said, you know, you
knew the right from wrong,
00:38:33.01\00:38:34.94
you shouldn't have done this
00:38:34.98\00:38:36.31
and you knew what
was going to happen?"
00:38:36.34\00:38:37.68
I said, "Yeah I did." She
said "Go cut me a switch."
00:38:37.71\00:38:39.98
And then she said,
"And don't bring me back
00:38:40.02\00:38:41.85
that little thing is
gonna break, before I get done."
00:38:41.88\00:38:44.95
This way people talk back
to you, you still with me?
00:38:44.99\00:38:47.09
You don't talk about--
00:38:47.12\00:38:48.89
And am I little smart,
see, I needed extra help.
00:38:48.92\00:38:51.66
Some children do. Okay.
00:38:51.69\00:38:53.96
You know, you want
to beat this old boy.
00:38:54.00\00:38:56.43
I'll bring you back something,
you can beat me good with.
00:38:56.46\00:38:58.77
I went out there
and I took a handsaw
00:38:58.80\00:39:00.50
and I cut about an inch
00:39:00.54\00:39:01.87
and have two inch
around six foot long tree.
00:39:01.90\00:39:06.84
So it was like a ball
bat about six feet long.
00:39:06.88\00:39:10.95
I knew what I was doing,
00:39:10.98\00:39:12.35
I'm gonna teach her
lesson with this thing.
00:39:12.38\00:39:14.45
But I thought you know,
what she's gonna teach me one,
00:39:14.48\00:39:16.22
but I'm ready for it.
00:39:16.25\00:39:17.95
Let her, let her have at
it. That's my attitude bad.
00:39:17.99\00:39:20.66
I took it to
her, I handed it to.
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.02
Because that's switch
won't' gonna change me,
00:39:22.06\00:39:24.03
there might be
something else in my life.
00:39:24.06\00:39:26.06
To change, I handed
this great big old pole,
00:39:26.09\00:39:29.23
I said, "Have at it."
00:39:29.26\00:39:30.73
Well, if hadn't me I
really had it you know.
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.53
Yeah.
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.60
And you know what.
She broke my heart.
00:39:34.64\00:39:38.57
It won't gonna be as they say,
the beaten the ball batting.
00:39:38.61\00:39:42.94
Yeah.
00:39:42.98\00:39:44.31
But she said,
"Kenny, I simply wanted--"
00:39:44.35\00:39:47.58
She said, "I simply wanted
to correct you, not kill you."
00:39:47.62\00:39:52.75
I thought what wisdom
that even got through my poor--
00:39:52.79\00:39:55.49
Yeah.
00:39:55.52\00:39:56.86
I'm mostly almost
like a devilish mind,
00:39:56.89\00:39:58.49
let's just call it like
it is either Christ mind
00:39:58.53\00:40:00.56
or the enemy was controlling it.
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.06
I challenged her.
00:40:02.10\00:40:05.17
And I knew that more likely
she would take that challenge
00:40:05.20\00:40:08.00
and beat me with a stick
00:40:08.04\00:40:09.37
till I don't know
what was gonna happen,
00:40:09.40\00:40:10.74
I thought, you know,
it's gonna be worth it,
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.11
I'm gonna teach her
lesson and went along with that
00:40:12.14\00:40:14.08
and she broke my heart.
00:40:14.11\00:40:15.44
I never felt that way again.
00:40:15.48\00:40:17.28
She said, "Go out
and cut a switch."
00:40:17.31\00:40:18.65
I made it work was
switch was a good one,
00:40:18.68\00:40:20.05
they can work on
it but not any more
00:40:20.08\00:40:21.55
because, she said,
"Basically she love me.
00:40:21.58\00:40:24.09
I want to correct
you, not kill you, son."
00:40:24.12\00:40:25.62
See that shepherd
staff was not for correction,
00:40:25.65\00:40:27.96
that was for guidance.
00:40:27.99\00:40:29.62
He guided, he didn't
beat the sheep with that,
00:40:29.66\00:40:31.99
that was what.
00:40:32.03\00:40:33.36
If they and you had the crook
00:40:33.40\00:40:34.73
in case they got
into little crevice
00:40:34.76\00:40:36.10
or something to get him out
00:40:36.13\00:40:37.47
or you tapped them
on like to guide them,
00:40:37.50\00:40:38.83
one for correction
other things for correction.
00:40:38.87\00:40:40.90
But you didn't
correct with that rod.
00:40:40.94\00:40:42.40
I went got it, I
went and got one of those.
00:40:42.44\00:40:44.37
And that's what you know,
Bible says, train up a child.
00:40:44.41\00:40:46.68
And it includes exhortation--
00:40:46.71\00:40:48.51
Thank you.
00:40:48.54\00:40:49.88
Correction, now
we have time out,
00:40:49.91\00:40:51.25
okay you're going
to close a timeout.
00:40:51.28\00:40:52.61
You know, and we were in
somebody's house one day,
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.85
and we heard this child
say something about an adult.
00:40:57.89\00:41:00.46
And Irma said,
that came from an adult.
00:41:00.49\00:41:02.92
Just parroting what the person
00:41:02.96\00:41:05.36
that, that, it wasn't a
child just thought she said,
00:41:05.39\00:41:07.30
"That came from the parents."
00:41:07.33\00:41:08.80
You know kind of thing.
00:41:08.83\00:41:10.17
So they're going to
pick it up good or bad.
00:41:10.20\00:41:11.97
You might as well give them good
00:41:12.00\00:41:13.34
'cause they're
gonna pick up something.
00:41:13.37\00:41:14.70
And whatever you give them,
00:41:14.74\00:41:16.07
so you might as
well given them the word.
00:41:16.10\00:41:17.44
And it's not a guarantee
00:41:17.47\00:41:18.81
you know, the Bible
says, train up a child.
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.38
It doesn't mean
they'll never stray.
00:41:20.41\00:41:21.94
As long as that
training is there
00:41:21.98\00:41:23.81
and it will not be long.
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.28
And it got
something to come back to
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.58
because they've
got the training,
00:41:27.62\00:41:29.15
they got the training.
00:41:29.18\00:41:30.52
We just need to pray
that they come back to it.
00:41:30.55\00:41:33.02
The reason for all of
this, I want to share.
00:41:33.05\00:41:36.83
Actually both of these quotes
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.19
that I love to
share during this talk.
00:41:38.23\00:41:40.96
One is from Review and Herald
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.66
and this is
March 30th from 1886,
00:41:42.70\00:41:45.23
the reason we need
to teach our children
00:41:45.27\00:41:47.67
while they are so young,
00:41:47.70\00:41:49.04
and why they
need this correction
00:41:49.07\00:41:50.91
is because in
the purified earth,
00:41:50.94\00:41:52.84
now I'm quoting, "Will be
no place for the rebellious,
00:41:52.87\00:41:58.11
disobedient the unthankful,
ungrateful son or daughter."
00:41:58.15\00:42:03.62
And yet today,
yet today, almost--
00:42:03.65\00:42:08.66
You know, if you
take an observation
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.23
by profession I was a teacher.
00:42:10.26\00:42:13.03
I am a teacher.
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.70
And I think
children have changed.
00:42:14.73\00:42:17.50
Yes. Oh, yes.
00:42:17.53\00:42:18.87
They have changed.
The home has changed.
00:42:18.90\00:42:20.24
The home has changed.
00:42:20.27\00:42:22.64
And what's gonna happen
and we were always taught,
00:42:22.67\00:42:25.81
let them work it out themselves,
00:42:25.84\00:42:27.44
and that doesn't
fit with scripture.
00:42:27.48\00:42:29.18
No.
00:42:29.21\00:42:30.55
How many adults
can work out a problem
00:42:30.58\00:42:32.68
without having guidelines?
00:42:32.71\00:42:34.62
We need moral absolutes
that only God's word gives us.
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.79
Amen.
00:42:37.82\00:42:39.15
And so we need to give those
moral absolutes to our children
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.26
because heaven
will not be their home.
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.46
It's either heaven or
hell. We have a choice.
00:42:45.49\00:42:48.96
And are you raising
those babies for heaven?
00:42:49.00\00:42:51.70
Or are they going
to be stubble for hell.
00:42:51.73\00:42:54.30
Now, that's tough
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.70
and going back to
that rod of correction,
00:42:55.74\00:42:58.54
this is Review and
Herald, February 8th 1912,
00:42:58.57\00:43:02.61
It says, "It is
sometimes essential..."
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.68
Well in our home, it was
essential a lot of times,
00:43:05.71\00:43:08.72
"To correct children.
00:43:08.75\00:43:10.55
When this is necessary--"
00:43:10.59\00:43:12.95
Now, this is a
tough one parents.
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.19
"Do it in love."
00:43:15.22\00:43:17.93
That's right.
That's key. That is key.
00:43:17.96\00:43:19.43
"Do it in love." I
want to jump down here.
00:43:19.46\00:43:22.66
"Parents and
children need the softening
00:43:22.70\00:43:25.20
subduing influence of
the Holy Spirit of God
00:43:25.23\00:43:28.34
and if you can't do it in love
right then separate yourself.
00:43:28.37\00:43:32.67
We often, often we do
more provoke than to win.
00:43:32.71\00:43:37.35
Let your methods be a
character that will create love.
00:43:37.38\00:43:41.75
Love begets love." That's right.
00:43:41.78\00:43:44.35
Good.
00:43:44.39\00:43:45.72
What do you want your
child to grow up to be?
00:43:45.75\00:43:48.56
"Do not scold."
00:43:48.59\00:43:50.73
Now this is, it
start stepping on toes
00:43:50.76\00:43:52.73
because we've messed up.
00:43:52.76\00:43:55.06
"Do not scold," but
that's the good news,
00:43:55.10\00:43:57.33
we can redeem the time.
00:43:57.37\00:43:58.70
We can't go back, we
can't change the past.
00:43:58.73\00:44:01.34
You can redeem the
present, the time now.
00:44:01.37\00:44:04.61
"This will work
counter to the results
00:44:04.64\00:44:07.48
which God desires
to see accomplished
00:44:07.51\00:44:09.44
that is if you score.
00:44:09.48\00:44:11.11
An exhibition of
passion on your part
00:44:11.15\00:44:14.48
will never cure your
child's evil temper."
00:44:14.52\00:44:19.75
And in the kingdom there
will be no more evil temper.
00:44:19.79\00:44:23.63
This is it. No
more sin. This is it.
00:44:23.66\00:44:27.26
We've got one chance.
00:44:27.30\00:44:28.96
And that's why this,
this message of a happy home
00:44:29.00\00:44:32.73
and raising our children
is so vital in today's world.
00:44:32.77\00:44:37.07
And when you grow up,
you're pleasing yourself really.
00:44:37.11\00:44:39.71
It's not--
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.08
There's nothing redemptive
00:44:41.11\00:44:43.31
about just getting
in their child's face
00:44:43.35\00:44:44.98
and aggravate their poor child.
00:44:45.01\00:44:46.35
You know Bible says
provoke onto your children--
00:44:46.38\00:44:47.78
That's right.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.88
And you can make worship.
00:44:49.92\00:44:51.62
You know, if you just
throw something together
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.42
and don't plan for Friday
night worship with their kids.
00:44:53.46\00:44:55.92
They're gonna be bored
and they will sit there,
00:44:55.96\00:44:57.93
because you make them sit there.
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.39
But they're sitting
there against their will
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.23
and it's not a joy.
00:45:01.26\00:45:02.60
And they're not looking
forward for a Sabbath to come.
00:45:02.63\00:45:04.30
I envy all of you because
I have no Sabbath memories.
00:45:04.33\00:45:07.00
I joined the
church at ten on my own,
00:45:07.04\00:45:09.57
my parents were not Adventists.
00:45:09.60\00:45:11.11
And they didn't,
they didn't stop me.
00:45:11.14\00:45:13.48
But they didn't do anything
to particularly encourage,
00:45:13.51\00:45:16.85
you know, you want to
go to church, well fine.
00:45:16.88\00:45:19.21
They're not doing that.
00:45:19.25\00:45:20.78
So on Friday's I had to
come and walk past three TV's
00:45:20.82\00:45:23.85
and go in my room.
00:45:23.89\00:45:25.65
You know, on Sabbath in a fall,
00:45:25.69\00:45:27.52
passed three TV's
everybody's watching football.
00:45:27.56\00:45:29.66
You know, and I'm in
my room kind of thing
00:45:29.69\00:45:31.63
and I envy people
who had Sabbath dinner,
00:45:31.66\00:45:34.50
have worship together
because every now again,
00:45:34.53\00:45:36.30
I've got to go
to somebody's house.
00:45:36.33\00:45:37.67
And I would just,
and the kids are like.
00:45:37.70\00:45:39.30
"We don't like it."
00:45:39.33\00:45:40.67
But I was like, "Man, I
wish I had that in my life."
00:45:40.70\00:45:42.17
I'm fighting baseball,
and football, and hockey,
00:45:42.20\00:45:44.31
and everything else, you know.
00:45:44.34\00:45:45.67
And it's a wonderful thing
00:45:45.71\00:45:47.04
to be able to draw
out a family together
00:45:47.08\00:45:48.84
and praise God and set the tone
00:45:48.88\00:45:50.75
for the incoming of the Sabbath.
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.88
And I just, I
don't, I don't have that.
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.52
But I envy those who did.
00:45:54.55\00:45:56.08
But you're not alone,
you sitting around the table.
00:45:56.12\00:45:58.05
I didn't grow up in a
home that kept Sabbath.
00:45:58.09\00:46:00.52
My father never
ever was converted.
00:46:00.56\00:46:03.22
And we lived in a very
abusive situation growing up.
00:46:03.26\00:46:07.76
And so, I
didn't have that either
00:46:07.80\00:46:09.63
and then when I did
have to leave my home
00:46:09.66\00:46:12.13
to live with my grandparents
for various reasons.
00:46:12.17\00:46:16.30
Even though
they were Christians,
00:46:16.34\00:46:17.84
we really never sat
and had a family worship.
00:46:17.87\00:46:20.68
I like you, I remember going
to visit a home in Carbondale
00:46:20.71\00:46:25.11
with this family.
00:46:25.15\00:46:26.48
And the
atmosphere was so different
00:46:26.51\00:46:29.28
and they had worship
and I said the same thing.
00:46:29.32\00:46:33.22
Someday, I want
a home like that.
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.09
Yeah. I want a home like that.
00:46:35.12\00:46:38.53
Amen.
00:46:38.56\00:46:39.89
Think about the influence
that you both have now.
00:46:39.93\00:46:45.07
You know, you
have a home like that.
00:46:45.10\00:46:47.04
Think about Pastor
C.A and Irma in your hope.
00:46:47.07\00:46:50.44
And even if we can
reach out to other people.
00:46:50.47\00:46:54.81
You know, Greg
and I don't have kids
00:46:54.84\00:46:56.38
but we can reach out
to other young people.
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.61
You know God
calls each one of us
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.08
to reach out to someone
00:47:00.12\00:47:01.45
maybe who doesn't
have that in the home,
00:47:01.48\00:47:03.28
who wishes for that.
00:47:03.32\00:47:05.55
And who, then we can reach out.
00:47:05.59\00:47:07.12
I wanted to just touch on
the quote you read on love,
00:47:07.16\00:47:10.93
on the disciplining with love
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.66
and not, not
with that harshness.
00:47:12.69\00:47:17.70
Yes.
00:47:17.73\00:47:19.07
I remember one time,
00:47:19.10\00:47:20.44
I am, I was going through a
rebellious period in my life.
00:47:20.47\00:47:25.41
Oh, mercy. And I
got a lot of spankings.
00:47:25.44\00:47:29.04
And they didn't work. No.
00:47:29.08\00:47:31.51
And I remember just
being resistant angry,
00:47:31.55\00:47:36.79
talking back.
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.29
And I remember one
time my mom she said,
00:47:38.32\00:47:41.86
"Jill, let's
come in the bedroom."
00:47:41.89\00:47:43.36
And I thought
here it comes. Oh, boy.
00:47:43.39\00:47:44.79
I'm getting it again.
00:47:44.83\00:47:46.23
I mean, I just know it's coming.
00:47:46.26\00:47:47.96
Oh, yeah, it's normal.
00:47:48.00\00:47:49.33
And she said, "I
want to kneel down first."
00:47:49.36\00:47:51.17
Come on now. Amen.
00:47:51.20\00:47:52.97
And we knelt
down. And she prayed.
00:47:53.00\00:47:56.24
She said, "God I have
no identity with Jill.
00:47:56.27\00:48:00.44
I'm not getting her heart.
00:48:00.48\00:48:02.04
She's not walking in obedience,
I don't know what to do."
00:48:02.08\00:48:05.51
Yeah.
00:48:05.55\00:48:06.88
She was just out
there and I began to cry.
00:48:06.92\00:48:08.78
Well, absolutely,
it break your heart.
00:48:08.82\00:48:10.32
And that worked more
to soften that rebellion
00:48:10.35\00:48:15.76
and for me to say, "Okay, God,
00:48:15.79\00:48:17.36
I do want to choose even
follow you than anything else.
00:48:17.39\00:48:20.60
Because I saw that
Christianity works."
00:48:20.63\00:48:25.43
It was discipline but with love.
00:48:25.47\00:48:27.37
It was, it was
different, wasn't it?
00:48:27.40\00:48:29.27
It's like getting in
the club with your momma
00:48:29.30\00:48:31.37
and then mama broke my heart.
00:48:31.41\00:48:33.24
Same thing. What
she is saying to you.
00:48:33.27\00:48:34.71
And one time my
dad said this to me.
00:48:34.74\00:48:37.01
Broke my heart
again, but it changed me
00:48:37.05\00:48:38.85
because I don't, I don't--
00:48:38.88\00:48:41.32
You really
couldn't beat me hard enough
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.32
to make me do something.
00:48:43.35\00:48:44.69
Beat the devil out of the child.
00:48:44.72\00:48:46.05
Say, I had the devil
in, because you couldn't,
00:48:46.09\00:48:47.69
I might say because
you couldn't threaten me,
00:48:47.72\00:48:50.06
you couldn't, I
didn't care what you did.
00:48:50.09\00:48:52.23
You said, "I hit
you with a ball bat,"
00:48:52.26\00:48:53.60
I give you the ball
bat and say go ahead.
00:48:53.63\00:48:55.70
That's, that's not
normal, that's not right,
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.53
so I understand
the enemy you know.
00:48:57.57\00:48:59.97
But I remember one time
00:49:00.00\00:49:01.34
and I'll just paraphrase my dad.
00:49:01.37\00:49:02.70
We were going somewhere,
and he said something,
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.07
I said something.
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.44
We never allowed to recess.
00:49:05.47\00:49:07.24
Quickly I'd say something,
he'd say, say son don't,
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.84
don't do it I was in
the back seat of the car
00:49:09.88\00:49:11.51
would go and he
said, "Son don't,
00:49:11.55\00:49:12.88
don't say another word."
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.18
And I had to say all right.
He said you didn't hear me.
00:49:15.22\00:49:18.22
I don't want to hear all right,
I don't want to hear okay.
00:49:18.25\00:49:20.36
Don't open your mouth
again and I said okay.
00:49:20.39\00:49:26.29
And he said, I'm gonna
tell you one more time,
00:49:26.33\00:49:28.26
do not make a
grunt, don't make a sound,
00:49:28.30\00:49:31.03
don't do anything.
00:49:31.07\00:49:32.47
And I say well, if
that's what you want.
00:49:32.50\00:49:34.04
I knew I was going to
get to the back of the hand.
00:49:34.07\00:49:36.81
But instead that he
grabbed the steering wheel,
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.74
and we're going
to and both hands.
00:49:38.77\00:49:41.81
Trying to get--
00:49:41.84\00:49:44.05
he looked over
my mom and he said,
00:49:44.08\00:49:47.28
"He's the dandiest
kid I've ever seen."
00:49:47.32\00:49:50.99
Now think about it.
00:49:54.62\00:49:56.12
That, that's not what I
wanted to hear from him.
00:49:56.16\00:49:59.76
I was in that sense I'm
not mean but I was sassy.
00:49:59.79\00:50:04.13
I take that challenge.
00:50:04.17\00:50:05.80
But when he said that
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.67
because he's
thinking of all the children
00:50:07.70\00:50:09.37
everybody of all
the children he had met.
00:50:09.40\00:50:12.01
He said, "He's the dandiest
kid that I've ever seen."
00:50:12.04\00:50:15.71
That--
00:50:16.88\00:50:18.21
Broke your heart. Yeah.
00:50:18.25\00:50:19.58
Yeah.
00:50:19.61\00:50:20.95
I sat back in the
seat I had no more to say,
00:50:20.98\00:50:23.39
it broke my heart again.
00:50:23.42\00:50:25.02
It was a kindness.
00:50:25.05\00:50:26.39
You're talking
about here with the love.
00:50:26.42\00:50:28.56
I'm thankful for the other two
00:50:28.59\00:50:29.92
because I got my
attention from time to time.
00:50:29.96\00:50:31.73
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:50:31.76\00:50:33.09
And I was one that
something really need it.
00:50:33.13\00:50:35.76
Some you can talk.
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.13
I wasn't that
kind but I thank God,
00:50:37.17\00:50:38.90
he's merciful I
thank God for godly parents
00:50:38.93\00:50:41.44
who stayed with
the program for me.
00:50:41.47\00:50:44.51
One thing I do want
to tell John to you,
00:50:44.54\00:50:47.18
we're actually
starting to run out of time.
00:50:47.21\00:50:50.45
Basic crying, carrying on.
00:50:50.48\00:50:53.42
But one thing I
do want to touch on
00:50:53.45\00:50:55.05
when we were
talking about scolding.
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.09
You know, it's so easy,
because we are what we feed on.
00:50:57.12\00:51:02.52
When we at most homes,
have this box in their home
00:51:02.56\00:51:05.96
and I'm thankful
that you have it on 3ABN
00:51:05.99\00:51:09.10
that often and
it's on other channels
00:51:09.13\00:51:10.97
and so we're programmed,
00:51:11.00\00:51:12.33
we're programmed
that this violent,
00:51:12.37\00:51:14.50
this rough
character, this tough,
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.87
this rebellious spirit is good.
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.57
And so often that's
what comes into our homes
00:51:19.61\00:51:23.61
between husband and wife,
between mother and children,
00:51:23.65\00:51:27.25
father and children.
00:51:27.28\00:51:28.62
And what begins to happen
when we feel that rage come up.
00:51:28.65\00:51:33.89
His father could
have given into that rage
00:51:33.92\00:51:36.66
right there at
that steering wheel.
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.56
When you feel the rage
come up and you act on it,
00:51:38.59\00:51:45.37
you've just opened the door
for the evil angels to come in.
00:51:45.40\00:51:49.47
Yeah, of course. You
have opened the door.
00:51:49.50\00:51:52.17
Many people will say,
"Well, I didn't mean to do it,"
00:51:52.21\00:51:55.81
but I was so angry
and they hear voices
00:51:55.84\00:51:58.48
and they go and they
murder, they do horrible things
00:51:58.51\00:52:02.18
because they allowed
that rage to come in.
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.82
But what does
that do even to that,
00:52:04.85\00:52:06.59
you're hitting on
it to the children?
00:52:06.62\00:52:08.89
Yeah. They get the same spirit.
00:52:08.92\00:52:10.56
They think their response
should be just like that--
00:52:10.59\00:52:13.33
The child has been
beaten all his life,
00:52:13.36\00:52:14.86
how does he solve his problem?
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.50
He's gonna beat
somebody else. Sure.
00:52:16.53\00:52:18.43
You find this pastor but
they usually they're worse.
00:52:18.47\00:52:21.94
Like you say,
however you might be
00:52:21.97\00:52:23.34
if you don't raise
your children admonition
00:52:23.37\00:52:24.94
that they're going to be worse,
they're going to do more things
00:52:24.97\00:52:26.54
and get worse down
the line so, you know--
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.68
We have decisions to
make, we had changes to make.
00:52:28.71\00:52:31.55
Oh, somebody pray for him.
Because that's exactly right.
00:52:31.58\00:52:34.12
Down the line, it will become
worse and worse and worse.
00:52:34.15\00:52:37.12
You know, you've often told
me as we were rearing children
00:52:37.15\00:52:40.52
that our weaknesses will
be magnified in our children.
00:52:40.56\00:52:44.36
So what we are weak on,
00:52:44.39\00:52:45.76
they will magnify that
weakness and then you know.
00:52:45.79\00:52:48.96
When you want to go
back and correct it,
00:52:49.00\00:52:51.07
by then that
you can't bend them.
00:52:51.10\00:52:53.34
Yeah, there is
some inspired counsel
00:52:53.37\00:52:54.70
that says that same
thing why there're some parents
00:52:54.74\00:52:56.81
and the children just
go like this all the time.
00:52:56.84\00:52:58.81
Because of the same,
the same personality.
00:52:58.84\00:53:00.78
Yes. 'Cause of
the same personality.
00:53:00.81\00:53:02.24
That's why and I
want to just get this in,
00:53:02.28\00:53:03.91
Irma had the same
experience. Come on.
00:53:03.95\00:53:05.61
Growing up in a
non-Christian home,
00:53:05.65\00:53:07.68
I was so blessed when
I baptized my parents.
00:53:07.72\00:53:10.82
Glory. Praise the Lord.
00:53:10.85\00:53:12.19
And you tease, I
say, you do your show off,
00:53:12.22\00:53:13.96
because I baptize my dad
one month before he died.
00:53:13.99\00:53:17.26
She, her father
came to the Lord one week
00:53:17.29\00:53:19.66
before I thought you'll
show off one week before.
00:53:19.69\00:53:22.06
And she was there,
she was right there.
00:53:22.10\00:53:24.40
That kind of thing, and
so it's a wonderful thing
00:53:24.43\00:53:27.40
that you can see them,
00:53:27.44\00:53:28.77
so I have the assurance
they'll both be in the kingdom.
00:53:28.80\00:53:30.61
I didn't get the,
the Sabbath dinners,
00:53:30.64\00:53:33.04
and all that kind of thing
00:53:33.07\00:53:34.41
but we will take
care of that in heaven.
00:53:34.44\00:53:36.24
With that we want to gather
around that big table right,
00:53:36.28\00:53:38.75
Jesus will be serving you.
00:53:38.78\00:53:40.12
Oh, how
wonderful. Day that will be.
00:53:40.15\00:53:41.48
But, you know as I listen
to I all of our experiences,
00:53:41.52\00:53:46.29
that not always were wonderful,
you know, sometimes we're tough
00:53:46.32\00:53:51.96
I think of how, how merciful.
00:53:51.99\00:53:55.80
Come on now.
00:53:55.83\00:53:57.17
And how graceful is
God to us, you know,
00:53:57.20\00:54:00.77
because look at where we are
00:54:00.80\00:54:03.61
and in spite of all
those things that happened.
00:54:03.64\00:54:07.58
A father non-Christian,
a mother a Christian,
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.91
their argument into that.
00:54:09.94\00:54:11.81
You know, my parents
never argue in front of us.
00:54:11.85\00:54:16.95
And that has been
a big blessing to us.
00:54:16.99\00:54:19.75
Because it was not
until I was 15 years old
00:54:19.79\00:54:24.03
that I realized that my--
00:54:24.06\00:54:26.09
I knew that my parents fought
00:54:26.13\00:54:28.56
and had a big
differences between them.
00:54:28.60\00:54:32.03
Because, my mother
00:54:32.07\00:54:33.50
but, but that was because
of my mother, she promised
00:54:33.54\00:54:38.57
that she was not going to
be arguing in front of us.
00:54:38.61\00:54:42.18
So we thought
that our upbringing
00:54:42.21\00:54:44.28
was just the most beautiful.
00:54:44.31\00:54:47.08
It was somewhat
that same way in our home
00:54:47.12\00:54:49.45
because, they
just, my dad wants to,
00:54:49.48\00:54:52.12
you know mom would say
so he just didn't want to
00:54:52.15\00:54:54.42
and she found out
she didn't want to
00:54:54.46\00:54:56.22
because the
impression that would make on us
00:54:56.26\00:54:58.96
and he would say something like,
00:54:58.99\00:55:00.60
"We'll talk about this later."
00:55:00.63\00:55:01.96
Yeah, that's good.
00:55:02.00\00:55:03.33
"Not with in front of the kids,
we'll talk about this later."
00:55:03.37\00:55:05.23
I thought how
interesting that is.
00:55:05.27\00:55:07.77
And even when it was
time to give a spanking
00:55:07.80\00:55:09.54
because, we acted up on
Sabbath, my dad would say,
00:55:09.57\00:55:12.17
"I'll see you after sundown."
00:55:12.21\00:55:13.71
Yeah, be careful with that,
hold hands with it, hold...
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I know exactly.
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I don't want to
get out of shape.
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You know, my father will
go and drink on Friday nights
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and then he'll come
home, and he will be sleeping.
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He never got angry
or mean or anything.
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He will just sleep.
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And my mother tells us,
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she says, "He's tired,
he's sleeping," always she say,
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"Respect your
dad, don't be noisy.
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And there would be no
noise and just let him to rest."
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And it was until I was 15,
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I realize that my
father was resting
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because he was drinking.
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But that he and
she would go that far.
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And we have swiftly,
swiftly come to the close.
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It's come by fast. I
want to give a resolve.
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Because these are a
lot of wonderful principles
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that have been brought up
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that we need to
apply in our homes.
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But a resolve that is
found in Adventist home page,
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about page 180 I believe.
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Because many times
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we look at one
another and we want to say.
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She made me do, he
made do it, that and that.
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We need to look at
our self, at home I.
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"I must guard my
spirit, my actions, my words.
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I must give time
to personal culture
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to training, and educating
myself in right principles,
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I must be an example to others.
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I must meditate upon the
word of God day and night
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and bring it in to
my practical life."
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Brothers and sisters at home,
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I pray that this
has been a meaningful,
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a spiritual awakening to say,
you know, there's still hope.
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There is still hope.
We can do these changes.
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We can make these
changes in our home.
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If the home is not
happy, it can't be.
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Christ has to be
the center of that.
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It can change.
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Some people
saying, it can't change,
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it's been going on for too long.
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No, Jesus can make a
difference in your life.
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He can change your
home, He can change you,
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He can change the
wife, He change the children.
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You can have a happy home.
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So we're praying as we're,
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you know, getting
the issues out here
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on the table and
talking about them.
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We pray that people
have been drinking them in.
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They'll continue to
study, and we're glad
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that they tune in
for worship together.
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We had a good time
being in your home,
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I hope you had a
good time being with us,
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and we love you, and
we'll see you next time.
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