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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW016020A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:39 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:06 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today Family Worship. 01:10 My name is Jill Morikone, 01:11 and I'm so glad that you have joined us. 01:14 We just want to say happy Sabbath. 01:16 I hope that you had a good week 01:18 that you grew in your walk with the Lord Jesus. 01:22 I know this week 3ABN was busy 01:24 and I'm so glad its Friday night. 01:26 We can sit down 01:28 and spend this hour with the word of God, 01:30 with you as our 3ABN family at home, 01:33 and with the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:35 Now, I feel little strange tonight 01:37 because usually with Family Worship, 01:39 if Greg and I are hosting, 01:40 it would be Greg and I together, 01:41 but tonight, we decided to bring the ladies. 01:44 We're having a family worship with women of God, 01:48 who are dear to my heart. 01:49 And we'll start on this side, we have Mollie Steenson. 01:51 Mollie, you are our vice president, 01:53 general manager at 3ABN. 01:55 And the thing I love the most about you 01:57 is that you have a walk with God. 01:59 You know, a genuine walk with God. 02:01 And Mollie is the real deal. 02:03 And I'm so thankful you're here with us this evening. 02:05 Thank you. It is a joy to be here. 02:08 And to open this Sabbath in God's word 02:12 and to share what the Lord has placed in our hearts. 02:15 Thank you for inviting me to be a part 02:18 and thanks all of you for joining us. 02:21 Amen, that's right. 02:22 We're gonna share sisters and Jesus, 02:24 and I'm excited about this. 02:26 Sitting next to me is my sister Daria Hibbler. 02:28 And Daria, you are the youngest member 02:31 around this table. 02:33 And this is a joy 02:34 because I think Family Worship is all different ages. 02:37 You know, my husband Greg and I don't have kids, 02:39 but we can have family worship together. 02:41 Mollie is a mother, a wife, a grandmother, 02:45 and that's a precious thing. 02:47 But Daria, you are single right now. 02:49 Yes, I'm 20, and I'm single. 02:52 And I'm so happy to be here too, 02:53 and with all these people who are like my family, so. 02:56 Amen. 02:58 So, tell me you're in school right now, right? 02:59 Yes, I' am going to be a junior in college 03:02 at Southern Adventist University. 03:04 Amen, that's-- 03:05 What are you taking? Communications. 03:07 Oh, that's wonderful. 03:08 You will be good at that absolutely. 03:10 Daria has just a heart for God 03:12 and she's a precious sister in Jesus. 03:14 And we are so glad she's here this evening. 03:15 She's working in pastoral department 03:18 here for this summer at 3ABN. 03:19 And at the far end, last but not least, 03:22 is our precious Sister Chris Shelton, 03:24 and you are the wife of Pastor Kenny Shelton. 03:27 And are you vice president at Behold the Lamb? 03:29 I'm vice president and office manager. 03:32 We wear lots of hats. I'm director sometimes. 03:35 I do graphic work, I do all kinds of thing. 03:38 By profession, I was a teacher. Okay. 03:40 We did have a school for several years, 03:42 and I taught in the public school 03:43 just a little while, 03:45 but then the Lord moved me into ministry 03:46 and that's where I've stayed. 03:48 So, anyway. 03:49 And Daria has been a little holding back here, 03:53 she's planning on doing some mission work this next year. 03:57 She told me she may leave next month, and I thought, 04:00 well, it might be like a month or more we trip or something, 04:03 but it's gonna be a whole year long. 04:05 Wow. And where are you going? Colombia. 04:08 I'll be working at the Adventist University 04:10 there, teaching kids ESL, like English teaching. 04:13 So it's exciting, I'm excited. 04:17 It's always exciting to us when our young people grow up 04:20 and go out to serve God, 04:23 but Daria, something that we want you to know 04:25 is that we want you back here with us 04:28 when the Lord leads and directs. 04:30 Yes, ma'am, I'll be back. 04:32 Amen. That's wonderful. 04:33 Well, I'm excited about the program this evening. 04:35 We're taking about heaven. 04:37 Boy, what a promise 04:39 to look forward to the second coming of Jesus, 04:42 spending eternity with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 04:45 We're talking about The promise of Heaven 04:47 as well as preparation for heaven. 04:49 But before we get into our music 04:52 and our Bible study, 04:53 let us open up with the word of pray. 04:55 Father, we just come before you in the name of Jesus. 04:57 We thank you for Sabbath. 04:59 Thank you for the privilege of coming apart 05:02 as your sons and daughters 05:04 and spending this time with you. 05:06 We thank you that you have sanctified 05:08 and set the Sabbath apart as a Holy Day. 05:12 Lord, we ask that you would take our hearts, 05:14 that you would teach us, 05:15 show us want you want to teach us from your word, 05:19 give us ears that want to hear 05:21 and we want to receive and we thank you. 05:24 In the precious and Holy name of Jesus, Amen. 05:26 Amen. 05:28 We're gonna start with couple songs about heaven, 05:30 and we want to encourage you to sing at home 05:32 because none of us feel like good singers here on the table. 05:36 So please sing at home. 05:38 The first song is When We All Get To Heaven. 05:41 We have Summer Boyd on the piano 05:43 and I love to hear Summer playing. 05:45 And thank you so much, Summer, 05:46 for playing for us this evening. 05:53 Sing the wondrous love of Jesus 05:58 Sing His mercy and His grace 06:02 In the mansions bright and blessed 06:06 He'll prepare for us a place 06:09 When we all get to heaven 06:14 What a day of rejoicing that will be 06:18 When we all see Jesus 06:22 We'll sing and shout the victory 06:27 Let us than be true and faithful 06:31 Trusting, serving every day 06:35 Just one glimpse of Him in glory 06:39 Will the toils of life repay 06:43 When we all get to heaven 06:47 What a day of rejoicing that will be 06:51 When we all see Jesus 06:55 We'll sing and shout the victory 07:00 Onward to the prize before us 07:04 Soon His beauty we'll behold 07:08 Soon the pearly gates will open 07:12 We shall tread the streets of gold 07:16 When we all get to heaven 07:20 What a day of rejoicing that will be 07:25 When we all see Jesus 07:29 We'll sing and shout the victory. 07:34 Amen. 07:35 I love that song, "When we all get to heaven 07:39 What a day of rejoicing that will be." 07:42 You know that song, it will be worth it all. 07:45 "When we see Jesus," all the trails, 07:47 all the junk and the stuff we go through here below 07:51 will be over, 07:53 forever will be in that heaven and the earth made new. 07:56 So, praise the Lord. 07:57 We can't even imagine. I know. 07:59 We can't even imagine 08:01 the joy of walking into those pearly gates 08:04 or just even the trip there 08:07 is just far beyond on our imagine. 08:08 Oh, it gives you goosebumps to think about. 08:10 What Glory. What Glory. That's right. 08:13 Eye has not seen, nor ear has heard, 08:15 nether has entered into the heart of men 08:16 the things God has prepared for those who love him. 08:20 So praise the Lord. 08:21 One more song here this evening 08:23 before we dive into our Bible study, 08:26 Mansion Over The Hilltop. 08:28 I'm satisfied with just the cottage below 08:30 because I know I have a mansion over the hilltop. 08:32 Yes. 08:39 I'm satisfied with 08:43 Just a cottage below 08:47 A little silver 08:50 And little gold 08:54 But in that city 08:58 Where the ransomed will shine 09:02 I want a gold one 09:05 that's silver lined 09:09 I've got a mansion 09:13 Just over the hilltop 09:17 In that bright land where 09:21 we'll never grow old 09:25 And somebody yonder 09:28 We will never more wander 09:32 But walk on streets 09:35 That are purest gold 09:40 Don't think me poor 09:43 Or deserted or lonely 09:48 I'm not discouraged 09:52 I'm heaven bound 09:56 I'm just a pilgrim 10:00 In search of a city 10:04 I want a mansion 10:08 A harp and a crown 10:12 I've got a mansion 10:16 Just over the hilltop 10:20 In that bright land where 10:24 We'll never grow old 10:28 And somebody yonder 10:31 We will never more wander 10:35 But walk on streets 10:38 That are purest gold 10:45 Amen. We'll never grow old there. 10:49 Thanks the Lord. Yes. 10:51 I'm so excited. Praise the Lord. 10:53 What a promise, the promise of heaven. 10:56 And as we start this evening, 10:58 we wanted to go around the table 10:59 and each share, as we begin, 11:01 our favorite promise from the Bible 11:04 that deals with heaven. 11:05 And Mollie, let's start with you. 11:07 What would be one of your? 11:08 And it doesn't have to be your top favorite, 11:10 but one of your favorites. 11:11 Well, I've always liked Revelation 21:4 and God-- 11:15 You wanna turn to that? Yeah. Let's turn there. 11:16 Let's turn to that. 11:17 And I think Chris' is Revelation 21:1 through 3, 11:22 so you need to just stay there in Revelation. 11:25 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 11:30 there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. 11:34 There shall be no more pain, 11:36 for the former things have passed away." 11:39 Look forward to that, don't you, Chris? 11:41 Absolutely, absolutely. 11:43 And why does that promise particularly impact you? 11:45 It tells us what it's going to be like in heaven, 11:48 and here in this earth, there is pain, there is sorrow, 11:52 there are tears. 11:54 But we need not to dwell on this, 11:57 this life is so temporal and this isn't all there is. 12:01 I think sometimes 12:03 that we can become so discouraged 12:06 when we forget that this isn't all there is. 12:09 We have an eternity in the very presence of God. 12:12 when I think on that 12:14 it takes my mind out of this earth realm, 12:17 out of where the pain and the growing old 12:21 and the eggs in the pans are, 12:23 it puts me into the very presence 12:25 of almighty God. 12:26 Amen. 12:27 I remember hearing once a woman, and she was speaking, 12:29 I don't remember who it was, but I just remember she shared, 12:32 she was going through some trails 12:33 and difficulties in her life. 12:35 And she said, "God, I'm struggling here," 12:37 and it was like she heard Him say, 12:39 just in her mind, she heard him say, 12:42 "Can you not--" 12:43 if a day with the Lord is a thousand years, 12:46 "Can you not, my daughter, just hang on an half an hour." 12:50 You know, in the light of eternity 12:53 what is this earth, or the pains, or the struggles, 12:56 or the things we go through? 12:58 It's over, life is a vapor. 12:59 It's over in a moment, 13:00 but we have that eternity with Jesus Christ. 13:04 We just can't be shortsighted 13:06 with God to see the whole picture 13:09 and know that this isn't all there is. 13:11 Yes. Amen. 13:13 That gives us hope. It does. 13:14 Gives us something to look forward to, 13:16 because if this is all that there is, 13:18 many of us give up. 13:20 You know, what is there to live for? 13:22 And I can remember time in my life 13:24 where I felt like that way. 13:26 I did, I really felt that way. 13:28 But praise God for focusing my eyes somewhere else. 13:32 And we focus in, you know, on this pilgrim's pathway 13:36 where we're focusing in on heaven. 13:37 Yes. 13:39 And have all these things change. 13:41 You know, it broke my heart 13:43 and I don't want to date anything, 13:44 but just recently I had heard about a 2-year-old boy 13:48 walking along with his family, 13:50 they were on vacation in Disney's, you know. 13:53 So they were thinking this is a happy time. 13:56 And suddenly an alligator comes up 13:58 and snatches that child from the parents. 14:02 It broke my heart, I don't know them, 14:05 but it made me sick. 14:06 And I thought some day, someday we're not gonna-- 14:09 We can swim with those alligators. 14:13 But you know, this stuff is gonna be gone. 14:17 Can you imagine the pain that those parents are in, 14:20 the agony that they are in. 14:22 In just an instant their whole life has changed. 14:25 Absolutely. And I prayed for them. 14:27 I thought, Lord, I hope they have Jesus. 14:30 'Cause how do you ever walk through anything like that 14:33 without Christ in your heart. 14:35 And the father had laceration. 14:36 Can you imagine, he tried so hard. 14:39 And you tried so hard to save your son and you can't. 14:42 Yeah, absolutely. 14:44 That's just-- That is-- 14:45 And Greg and I were just talking about it the other day 14:47 and, to think Greg said, "The family probably saved," 14:51 you know, I mean this is an exciting vacation for them. 14:54 They were from the Midwest, and they had saved 14:56 and they had done all, you know, 14:58 so excited doing this vacation, and then what happened? 15:02 Praise the Lord. 15:04 We pray that they have either, 15:07 I don't know if they are Christians, 15:08 but that they have that hope 15:10 or that someone will show them that hope 15:12 that this life is not all there is, 15:15 and that someday 15:17 they can be reunited with their precious son. 15:19 Absolutely. 15:20 Now, yours was in the same, 15:22 wasn't it Sister Chris, in the same chapter? 15:23 Yes, it is, and you know, I like what you said, 15:26 it didn't have to necessarily be your most favorite 15:28 because I really don't have a most favorite. 15:31 But this is one that I like to share. 15:33 We do a lot of evangelism, we go to different churches. 15:36 And many times this is one that the Lord lays on my heart 15:40 at the right time. 15:41 And I probably would have gone ahead to read verse 4 too, 15:45 but when I was preparing it, it was just 1 through 3. 15:48 You see the Holy Spirit is good, 15:49 how he knows these things. 15:51 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 15:54 for the first heaven and the first earth 15:56 were passed away 15:58 and there was no more sea and I, John, 16:01 saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, 16:04 coming down from God, out of heaven, 16:06 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." 16:09 He is finally going to have his church. 16:12 He is gonna have the church married with him. 16:15 "And I heard a great voice of heaven saying, 16:18 'Behold, the tabernacle--'" 16:20 Listen to this, "The tabernacle of God is with men." 16:24 Now, we see through a glass darkly, 16:27 but God is going to dwell with us. 16:30 And when you stop and think about that the only, 16:33 only world in the whole universe 16:35 is that we know of, 16:37 there seems to be more than one. 16:39 And here we are sitting, we are-- 16:41 I think of how feeble-- 16:42 We were talking about how tall 16:44 and you're the shortest person in your family, 16:46 and I'm only about 5'2" which I'm really short. 16:50 And we're going to grow up like calves in a stall. 16:53 We're so little, we're so feeble 16:55 to what God intended for us to be, 16:57 and He's going to dwell with us someday, someday. 17:02 "And they shall be His people 17:04 and God Himself shall be with them." 17:07 Oh, wow. "And be their God." 17:10 Amen. 17:11 That's my favorite part, 17:12 about the whole promise is God will be with them. 17:15 You know, here on this earth below, 17:17 sometimes, we go through junk and stuff, 17:19 and you say, "God, I know you're there, 17:21 but I can't see you. 17:22 God, I'm reaching out after you, 17:24 but I just can't feel you." 17:26 I hear on this earth, we have to reach out by faith. 17:29 But when we cross the other side, 17:31 when Jesus comes, 17:34 and we will be there absolutely. 17:36 We'll spend eternity with our best friend. 17:40 Absolutely. He is all in all. Amen. 17:42 No more sin, no more affects of sin. 17:46 You know, what the only thing, in my understanding, 17:50 that will be even a reminder of the sin 17:54 that happened on this earth 17:56 is gonna be the nail scar on hands, 17:59 and He will be with us forever in eternity. 18:02 And that to me is such an encouragement. 18:05 So, it gives us so much hope. 18:08 We've got a future and a hope, way past this earth. 18:13 Amen. Amen. Daria, what about your's? 18:17 So my verse was Philippians 3:20. 18:24 Let me just jump over there, Galatians, Ephesians, 18:27 Philippians, Philippians what? 18:28 3:20. Okay. 18:30 And it says, "For our citizenship is in heaven, 18:35 from whence also look for the Savior, 18:37 the Lord Jesus Christ." 18:39 So what I really, really like about this verse 18:42 is the word citizenship. 18:44 It reminds me of you belong somewhere, 18:46 you belong in a certain city. 18:48 And so when I think of citizenship, 18:50 I think of going home, going home to your country 18:53 or something like that. 18:55 And so, citizenship as in citizenship in heaven 18:58 is even like you're going home, like, it reminds me, 19:01 this is not where I'm supposed to stay. 19:03 This, awful around us, 19:06 and all the bad things that are going around in the world, 19:09 it is like, this is not my home 19:10 because my home is in heaven with the Lord. 19:12 So I really like that verse because citizenship, 19:15 citizenship in heaven. 19:17 Oh, I just, I really like it. Amen. 19:19 That's powerful, citizenship. 19:22 We've been transformed or conveyed 19:24 out of the kingdom of darkness. 19:26 Where are we now? 19:27 Kingdom of God's dear son 19:30 where we will have an eternity in His very presence. 19:33 And how true that that is 19:35 because the more we grow up in Christ, 19:38 the more we learn, the more we study, 19:40 you begin to see how that the enemy 19:42 has his hand in everything, whether it's our food, 19:46 our dress or we listen to, you know, 19:48 his hand is in everything, your friends to deceive us. 19:52 And as we are separated from those things as Christ, 19:57 by His Grace, doing that wonderful heart surgery, 20:00 this world is no longer our home, 20:03 we feel out of place. 20:05 I mean, even with your family many times 20:08 because they know that you used to may be participate 20:12 or may be listen to or watch, and so to go back amongst them 20:16 when they haven't changed, you feel out of place. 20:19 This world is not our home, 20:21 but He's preparing a world that is, 20:23 and that is so exciting. 20:25 Amen. Can I ask you, Daria? 20:27 I was just thinking when you said that, Chris. 20:29 Not all your family are serving the Adventists. 20:32 Correct. So how do you handle that? 20:36 How do you deal with that? 20:37 When you are saying, 20:38 "I want my citizenship here in heaven," 20:40 but they might be citizens here, down below. 20:43 So how do you handle that? 20:46 Well, at first, 20:48 they weren't too accepting of us becoming Adventist, 20:52 so it's kind of hard, 20:53 but then as we started to show them 20:55 that we're pretty normal still, 20:57 but we just have Jesus in our lives now, 20:59 they've become more accepting. 21:00 So it's not as hard when they weren't, 21:03 but, just tried to live a life, I just tried to live a life 21:07 so they can see Jesus in me 21:10 and so they can may be, want to, you know, 21:13 get to know Jesus more 21:15 because they have seen how much He's worked in my life 21:16 and changed my life. 21:18 Amen. I believe that. 21:19 That's beautiful because, I mean, I think, and Mollie, 21:22 you have some of the same experience too, 21:24 but I just think, at home? 21:26 You might be saying, but I'm worshipping alone. 21:28 I'm joining this family circle right now, 21:31 but my family doesn't believe in the Sabbath 21:33 or my family is not doing that. 21:35 Don't be discouraged. 21:36 Continue to share Jesus, like Daria mentioned. 21:40 Mollie is dying over here. 21:42 I can see you are anxious to talk. 21:44 When Hal and I first came out of darkness and into life, 21:47 we, you know, we weren't serving God by any means, 21:52 but the family just left us and accepted us like we were 21:55 and some attended church and some didn't, 21:57 but when it seems like when Hal and I 22:00 made Jesus Christ the Lord of our life, 22:02 we got born again, born again. 22:04 I mean, we were headed in this direction 22:06 and now we're headed in the complete-- 22:08 and we took it serious 22:10 and we thought if the Bible says it, 22:11 you will have to do it 22:13 and so I can remember some of Hal's family saying, 22:18 "Leave them alone. It'll pass over." 22:21 Just, it will pass over, 22:23 and we tell them not only did it pass over, 22:27 it Pentecost it's on the tabernacle. 22:30 We are still serving God and still think we should do it 22:34 with all of our heart, but I want you to know 22:36 that this family of ours', both sides, 22:38 my side and his side of the family, 22:40 they love us, they respect us, 22:42 and they appreciate our work with God. 22:45 When they need prayer, they call us 22:47 and when we go through times of needing prayer, 22:50 and Hal and I both have, they'll call us 22:53 and let us know we're praying for you. 22:55 So, they-- 22:56 you know, loving and accepting people, 22:58 just like they are. 22:59 That's the important thing 23:01 because knowing that God is the only one 23:03 that can change our life 23:04 and so that's been part of the beauty 23:09 of being in a family like my sister's. 23:11 There are some things that that I believe 23:14 that they don't and so here's what we've determined. 23:17 We just won't talk about those things, 23:20 you know, let our light shine 23:21 and the Lord chooses to open a door 23:25 to speak we will, but if not, 23:27 we love and accept people like they are. 23:30 Amen. Amen. Well, my promise is John 14. 23:34 I have many that I like, 23:35 but I think this is one of the first ones 23:37 I memorized as a kid, I think, is John 14. 23:43 Let me just jump over there. Verses one through three. 23:47 John 14, the Bible says, 23:48 "Let not your heart be troubled, 23:51 you believe in God, believe also in Me. 23:53 In My Father's house are many mansions, 23:57 if it were not so, I would have told you. 24:00 I go to prepare a place for you. 24:02 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 24:04 I will come again and receive you to onto Myself, 24:10 that where I am, there you may be also." 24:12 And I think, this took place 24:14 right before Jesus' crucifixion, right? 24:17 This is right after the last supper, 24:18 John 13, he washed the disciple's feet. 24:22 And we're in these couple chapters here, 24:24 I think, these are my favorite chapters 24:25 in the book of John 14, 15, 16, 17, where Jesus says 24:29 like his final words to his disciples 24:31 before he goes to the cross. 24:33 And one of those was that, "Don't be afraid." 24:37 Don't be afraid here in this world below 24:41 because I'm coming again, 24:43 and because I'm preparing for you a better place. 24:47 Not this world, not what's going on. 24:49 He knew they were going to see the cross, 24:51 they would be discouraged, and they would be, 24:54 it's the death of all their hopes 24:56 and their dreams, 24:57 but don't be discouraged, I'm going to come again. 25:00 Don't be discouraged. 25:02 This world, we see down here, is not all there is. 25:05 There's a better place. 25:06 You know, there are a lot of places in God's word 25:08 for it's written in red, 25:10 promises from the Lord Jesus Christ himself, 25:13 and you know those promises are going to be fulfilled. 25:16 I know another place in John, where it says, 25:19 "Father, that they will all be one as you and I are one." 25:23 By this, we may know that you're my disciples 25:27 if you have love for another. 25:30 So, we look at these promises that Jesus made, 25:33 number one, he's preparing a place for us, 25:36 and if he's preparing a place for us, 25:37 what's he gonna do? 25:39 Come and take us to him. 25:41 You know that if Jesus made that promise, 25:43 it is gonna happen. 25:45 That's right. Sister Chris. 25:46 Well, I was just thinking too, you know, just in that, 25:48 "Don't be afraid, let not your heart be troubled." 25:52 It teaches, we have so much that we have yet to learn. 25:56 Because you think of the disciples 25:58 that He was speaking to, 25:59 not only do they see His crucifixion 26:02 and wonder, I'm sure they wondered, 26:04 was all this in vain? 26:05 Are we wrong? 26:07 You know, could He not have been the Messiah 26:10 we thought He was? 26:11 But then think of what happened in their lives, 26:15 and just even looking at the sting of death differently. 26:19 Heaven looks at death differently than what we do. 26:22 You know, we just need to be prepared. 26:25 And so, there's just so much there, 26:27 even in our homes, we're all ladies here, 26:31 and so many of us ladies may be not you yet Daria. 26:34 You probably did from your daddy. 26:36 But, you know, a lot of times, 26:37 we draw our strength from our husband, 26:39 we draw strength from our men, 26:40 and there's times that we are alone, 26:43 and you feel vulnerable. 26:45 And there's been many times, I've claimed Psalms 34:7 that, 26:49 "The angel of the Lord encamp around about us and deliver us" 26:54 because we live in a world 26:55 that's unlike anything we've ever imagined in our lifetime, 26:59 this is so different. 27:01 And so Jesus says, "Let not your heart be troubled. 27:04 Don't fear, trust in him. I've got angels. 27:08 One angel so mighty, they can deliver you 27:11 and He has many a times" and I praise God for that. 27:15 So even in his words there are such promises 27:18 and things that I'm thinking 27:19 we still have yet to learn as his people. 27:22 Amen. 27:24 You were mentioning preparation 27:25 and that kind of segues us into the next, 27:27 we talked about the promise to heaven. 27:29 But what about preparation? 27:32 What if someone at home is saying, 27:33 "How do I know if I'm going to be there?" 27:35 I don't, I want to go to heaven, 27:37 but I don't think I'm good enough, right? 27:41 I don't know, 27:42 if these promises, I can trust them. 27:44 How do I know if I'm going to be there? 27:46 What is the preparation? Anyone want to jump in? 27:50 Well, you always have to go to the word. 27:53 But in looking at this, 27:58 I looked at the disciples 28:01 and they ask a question of Jesus 28:07 and the question that they ask of Jesus is, 28:10 "What do we get?" 28:12 You know, what do we get? 28:13 I kind of want you to take us there and look, 28:16 spring from that to preparation. 28:17 Do you have a scripture that? 28:19 Yes, go to Matthew 19, what we're looking at is, 28:25 the rich young ruler. 28:26 Remember the rich young ruler that came to Jesus, 28:29 and what was his question? 28:32 "What you must I do to be saved?" 28:35 Inherit eternal life, be saved. 28:37 And, if, you know, 28:39 your salvation is the single most valuable thing that-- 28:44 that is something that you are not casual with, 28:46 your salvation, 28:48 your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. 28:50 You want nothing to separate you 28:53 from the love of God 28:54 because that determines your eternity. 28:57 So he asks Jesus, "What must I do to be saved?" 28:59 And Jesus told him-- 29:01 He told him, you know, "Keep these commandments." 29:04 And what was the rich young ruler's response to that was? 29:08 "You know, I've done this since my birth. 29:11 I've always-- 29:13 All my life I've done this." 29:15 And Jesus said, "Oh, you know what, that's good. 29:18 Now, sell all that you have 29:22 and give to the poor and come follow me." 29:25 And what did the rich young ruler do? 29:28 He went away in sorrowful. He went away sorrowful. Why? 29:31 Because, he had great will 29:35 and Jesus turned to His disciples 29:39 and He said, "You know, it's harder for a rich man 29:42 to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel 29:48 to go into the eye of the needle." 29:51 And so the disciples were saying, 29:54 "Man, if he can't be saved, this rich man, 29:57 who obviously is serving God, who can be saved?" 30:00 And Jesus had told the rich young ruler, 30:03 "Sell all that you had and come and follow me. 30:07 Give it to the poor and come and follow Me." 30:09 So here is Peter. 30:10 Peter speaks up in that verse 27. 30:13 Now, always Peter is gonna be the one 30:16 that is going to step out, isn't he? 30:20 He reminds me of me sometimes and Pater answered 30:25 and said on to him, "Behold," 30:27 now, he's talking about the disciples, 30:31 "We have forsaken all. 30:34 Now, you told this rich young ruler, 30:35 he needed to forsake all and we follow thee, 30:40 what shall we have therefore." 30:42 And you know what he would say, 30:43 "Hey, Jesus, we've done everything 30:47 You've told that rich young ruler to do, 30:50 to have eternal life, 30:52 and we've done it so what do we get?" 30:55 You know, what do we get? 30:56 What, and I thought about that 30:59 because I'm kind of presenting it 31:00 like may be Peter did something that he shouldn't have done. 31:04 But don't we do that? 31:06 Because when I think about this promise of eternity 31:09 in the presence of God 31:11 and knowing that our eternal destination, 31:15 knowing the results of our salvation, 31:17 the results of following Jesus 31:20 is an eternity in the presence of God. 31:23 That is quite a deterrent, Jill, to seeing. 31:27 There could be an opportunity where you think, 31:29 oh, you are so-- 31:31 somebody is enticing you, you're being lured away, 31:34 you are being tempted to do something. 31:37 And you know that if you do, you are going to-- 31:41 There's gonna be separation from you and God. 31:44 And because we know that our eternal destiny 31:48 is in the presence of God. 31:49 Heaven is our future home. 31:51 We know that Heaven is our home. 31:53 Then, that will give us joy to share of the gospel. 31:59 We've got something to share and it will also deter us, 32:03 stop us, from being tempted or being drawn away 32:09 when we're tempted. 32:10 It gives us, just knowing that Heaven is our home. 32:15 That to me is part of that preparation 32:19 and preparing to be-- 32:21 is to know what our future holds. 32:23 See, the disciples were saying, "What we get?" 32:26 We get an eternity in God's presence. 32:31 That's what you get 32:32 for doing all that God has called you to do, 32:35 and that is what you get for this bridal preparation, 32:39 let us call it. 32:40 And you ask the question, how do you prepare to be you-- 32:45 I'm gonna start with just this, 32:48 spend time in God's words, spend time with God. 32:53 You become what you behold and the more you spend, 32:57 the more time you spend in God's presence, 32:59 the more of His likeness, and character, 33:02 and attribute you will receive that fits you 33:05 or prepares you to spend an eternity in heaven. 33:09 Amen. Amen. 33:10 I think that has to be, well, of course, 33:12 may be the first part, depending on your age. 33:15 If you're a child in the home, you're just being taught. 33:18 Just spend that quality time with Jesus 33:20 and we, as parents need to be teaching our children 33:23 each and every day. 33:24 And I know I look back 33:26 and I think how many times I failed. 33:27 How many times that the enemy had the victory over there? 33:31 But I encourage you, 33:33 don't neglect the time to have family worship at home. 33:37 And you know, recently, 33:38 we just had a wonderful convocation 33:41 and I had so many people come up and tell us, 33:43 how wonderful, 33:45 how important this Family Worship is. 33:48 I remember one gentleman saying, 33:49 "You know, we often neglect to do it ourselves, 33:53 so this is great that you're coming in 33:55 and you're doing it with us." 33:57 But I encourage everybody to make this a habit, 34:02 to make a commitment to spend that time with Jesus. 34:05 We're also told that unless we are doing this, Daria, 34:09 unless we are making Him first and foremost, 34:12 we're not going to make it to the kingdom. 34:14 We won't make heaven. Heaven will not be our home. 34:18 You know, and going back to what you-- 34:20 I love the way you portrayed the story 34:22 because you put it in a perspective, 34:24 I had never quite looked at before, 34:27 as with Peter and I was thinking that my mind, 34:29 you know, even our motives 34:32 we are not to be trying to get to heaven for the riches, 34:35 for the mansions fill with gold, 34:37 the streets of gold. 34:38 It's not for the money, it's all about love. 34:42 It's all about Jesus. 34:43 And you're not gonna to love him 34:45 until you get to know him. 34:48 I'm trying to stop, 34:50 but one of the things she said is loving each other. 34:53 You see, Jesus is what you do unto the least of these, 34:55 my brethren than you do unto me. 34:58 And as Christ's disciples, 34:59 he's teaching us over and over to love one another. 35:03 He loves the sinner, He hates the sin. 35:07 And yet we're so often in our piety 35:09 as Pharisees and Scribes, they have sinned, 35:13 we must stay away from them. 35:15 And yet, Jesus, what did he do? He walks right into their home. 35:19 He says, "I'm gonna go eat with you today." 35:23 You know, and they were asking, 35:25 how can he go into a sinner's home? 35:28 He came to seek and save that which was lost, 35:31 and all we have to do is sin one time 35:33 and we are what? 35:34 Lost, without repentance. 35:37 So we are all under that penalty. 35:40 So I just think it's so important 35:42 that we spend time with Him. 35:43 And what a test a faith that the rich young ruler had? 35:48 He thought, he had everything, all his ducks in a row, 35:50 as it were, and he had such a test of faith. 35:53 And I know you can't out give God. 35:56 See, he was obviously rich, he was young, 36:00 and he was a ruler, 36:01 and he obviously had spent time in God's word 36:06 because he says, "You know, I have done all of these things 36:09 for my whole life." 36:10 But see, Jesus always goes for the root of the problem, 36:17 and on the surface even the disciples were shocked 36:20 when Jesus said that it is hard for a rich person 36:24 to enter the Kingdom of God, 36:27 but Jesus didn't look at all of the surface 36:31 of all with this young man, 36:33 this rich young ruler did and had. 36:35 He looked into his heart, 36:37 there was a stumbling block in his heart and Jesus went 36:41 and put His finger on the stumbling block. 36:44 And you know, I don't know if Sister White addresses this, 36:47 I've never known that she did, 36:49 but it appears as though the rich young ruler 36:52 walked away in the same condition 36:54 he came to Jesus. 36:55 What did she say? 36:57 Yeah, she says, He turned away sorrowful, 36:58 because he had many possessions. 37:00 And I don't think, I can't speak to that 37:03 whether he ever came back, 37:04 but I know at least at that point he had walked away. 37:07 I like what you said, and you brought out motives. 37:12 That really struck me 37:13 when you just talked about that, Mollie. 37:14 Because the motive, 37:16 he was doing the outward trappings, you could say. 37:19 He was doing what he thought he was supposed to, 37:22 but Christ knew his heart and got right to the point 37:26 that he loved certain possessions, 37:30 certain things in his life more than he loved God. 37:34 Like, that was his idol, that was his-- 37:36 what was in his heart, 37:37 and I think that's what when Peter says, 37:39 "Hey, we've done this. 37:42 We've done all of this stuff, God, 37:44 don't you think what are we going to get?" 37:46 That shows motive is not right either at that point. 37:48 And how many times have I done the same thing? 37:52 Have I had a motive 37:53 for something that was not pleasing to God? 37:56 I like what you said, Chris, because all have sinned 37:59 and come short of the glory of God. 38:01 We know the wages of sin is death, 38:03 but the gift of Christ, the gift of God is eternal life 38:08 through Jesus Christ our Lord and that is the first key, 38:12 is actually just to recognize. 38:14 And we can't even recognize our sin 38:15 without the Holy Spirit. 38:17 It is the Holy Spirit who draws us to repentance, 38:19 but the Holy Spirit convicts us, 38:22 shows us our need of a savior, shows us our sin, 38:25 and then we just reach out and say, "I accept, 38:29 I accept the gift of salvation." 38:33 You know, I'm thinking when people come to us, 38:36 and we share our faith, they're gonna ask that, 38:41 "What do I get? 38:42 What is it going to profit me 38:44 to quit doing all that I'm doing? 38:47 I'm going to stop doing all these things that I love to do. 38:51 I love to smoke, and do drugs, and drink alcohol, 38:55 and go dancing on Friday night. 38:58 You know, I love to do that and you wanting me 39:01 to give all of this is up, why do I get?" 39:03 Well, that is where we need to know 39:07 the benefits of our salvation. 39:10 We need to know what we're teaching on here, 39:14 what heaven really is? 39:16 And we need to know all the joy 39:18 when the burden of our sin is rolled away. 39:21 We need to be thoroughly educated 39:27 and aware of all that is part and parcel, 39:30 all that comes with, what do we get? 39:32 With the answer to that question, 39:34 what do you get? 39:35 I remember, when I was probably 39:37 just a little younger than you, Daria, 39:38 may be 18 years old, I guess 39:40 and I remember sitting in adult Sabbath school class 39:42 and there was a precious woman, I thought she was old, 39:46 but she was probably not even 60. 39:49 Her hair had turned prematurely-- 39:50 Really young. 39:51 Really young, that's right, prematurely white. 39:53 She had beautiful white hair. 39:55 But now that I think about it, 39:57 I'm sure she was in her late 50's. 40:00 And I remember we were having some discussion about heaven 40:03 and I remember she said, "If there would be no heaven, 40:07 would you want to go? 40:09 And I thought absolutely not 40:12 because would I want to follow Jesus if there is no heaven? 40:17 No. And the grave is all there is. 40:19 That's right. 40:20 That was where I was in my walk 40:22 because I thought the only reason 40:26 I'm even sort of giving up these things of the world 40:30 is because there's a hope a hereafter. 40:33 And she said, "Even if the grave was all there was, 40:36 even if there was no hope of heaven, 40:39 I would still follow Jesus because the peace, 40:44 the freedom from guilt, condemnation, 40:47 the burden of sin off my back, the joy of His salvation, 40:51 the peace that passes all understanding, 40:55 that is worth everything. 40:57 And even if there was no heaven, 40:59 I would still follow Jesus." 41:01 I've often asked myself that question over the years 41:04 and I've come to the same conclusion 41:07 because you have no peace without him, 41:10 there is no tranquility. 41:12 Another thing that you said, she is wanting to jump in here, 41:14 bless your heart, I love that Spirit. 41:16 But I've got about something else 41:18 as she said getting to the root. 41:21 And how often many of us even you at home, 41:24 how often have you felt Christ come in 41:27 and touch the root of thing that we are holding on to, 41:31 we don't want to let go. 41:32 Is this really sin, Lord? 41:34 Are you sure, are you sure I've got to let it go? 41:37 And you know, back in the day, 41:39 I didn't smoke or drink but I did like to go dancing. 41:44 And I remember somebody finally coming to me 41:46 from the church and saying, "Don't you know that's wrong?" 41:48 I'm like, "How in the world could that be wrong?" 41:51 And they had nothing within our own denomination to give me, 41:54 they gave me something from somebody else's denomination, 41:57 but I did read it, 41:59 and I did begin to understand, but you know, 42:01 that was just a beginning. 42:03 And Daria, I'm gonna pick on you 42:04 because before we started talking you said, 42:07 what age was old? 42:12 What was that again, Daria? 42:13 Thirty. Thirty. 42:15 You know, I will never want to go back 42:18 because the Lord has had to hit the route, different route, 42:21 every time you think you've got the ladder, 42:23 you're up at the top and he shows you another route, 42:27 another one, we've got to pull up and pull out. 42:31 Now Bible is a two-edged sword. 42:33 And I don't want to go back. 42:34 I was thinking, even this morning, 42:36 I'm always learning, always learning, 42:38 even about the Sabbath. 42:40 We're sitting here for a Sabbath worship, Daria. 42:42 I'm always still learning new truths. 42:45 And I just can't even imagine going back and going through, 42:49 and I can think back 42:51 to when I was probably about your age in early 20's, 42:54 how the Lord tried to show me things, 42:56 and I would say, they're just fanatical, Sister Mollie, 43:00 they're just fanatical, that can't be of the devil. 43:05 And now that I'm past 30, 43:08 I see that a lot of things really are 43:10 and I wish I had listened to Him. 43:14 God does require us to walk in the light 43:16 that keep the shining on us. 43:19 And I take great comfort in the fact 43:21 that he doesn't require me to walk in the light 43:24 that He is shining on somebody else. 43:27 God deals with us, at our pace. 43:31 And, Daria, you are young, but I have seen such growth, 43:36 and such a touch God brought in your life. 43:38 How long have you been a Christian? 43:41 Christian? 43:44 I don't know, maybe 10 years, but Adventist, six years. 43:47 Wow. Yes. 43:49 I think I gave officially in the-- 43:53 but before I came into the Adventist Church, 43:55 excuse me, I gave my life to Lord 43:58 my sophomore year in high school, 44:01 and then the next year as when we became-- 44:03 Excuse me, when I became Adventist. 44:05 So, Christian? 44:07 I don't know, I've always gone to church my whole life 44:09 as a child and everything. 44:10 And it was never stood out to me, 44:13 I mean, I knew about Jesus but I didn't know Jesus. 44:16 So coming into the Adventist Church 44:19 and having such godly women like you to look up to is 44:22 I think that has a lot to do with my growth 44:26 from you ladies guiding me and teaching me in 44:30 and it's a real blessing. 44:32 What a blessing of mentors. 44:34 You know, you brought up a very good point 44:36 to have those mentors. 44:37 Let's turn to Colossians 3, I like Colossians 3. 44:40 And to me, as we live daily, as we wait for heaven, 44:47 as we live out Christianity. 44:50 To me, this is just a beautiful thing 44:51 to keep the mind on Christ. 44:54 Daria, you want to start here picking up, Colossians 3:1. 44:59 Okay. 45:01 And if you want to read two or three, whatever. 45:02 Okay. 45:04 "If you then be risen with Christ, 45:05 seek those things which are above, 45:07 where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 45:10 Set your affection on things above, 45:12 not on things on the earth. 45:14 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." 45:17 That's powerful. Amen. 45:20 Because, I think and I see, jumping in here, 45:22 I think that as we're waiting for heaven, 45:26 as we're waiting for the second coming, 45:29 as we're walking the Christian walk here below 45:32 the things that jump out to me in this verse 45:34 is to keep on my mind focused on heavenly things, 45:39 not things of the earth. 45:41 Whether it's discouraging things, 45:42 whether it's the things of the devil, whatever it is, 45:46 keep in my mind focused on Jesus, 45:49 on those things above because I am dead, 45:52 dead to the things of the world, 45:53 dead to the old life. 45:55 And the thing is as you were talking, Chris, 45:57 it's progressive because what last week I was alive to, 46:02 now this week God says, 46:04 "You don't need to be dead to that." 46:05 Now, that has to die. Oh, wow, God, yes. 46:10 He showing me going deeper into my life and say, 46:13 "Okay, right here, here's something else, 46:15 I want you to set your affections anew on me 46:17 and be dead to this." 46:20 Oh, there's just so many things. 46:22 I want to pick on Daria I little bit more 46:24 because when you were talking to her 46:27 and what she witnesses to me and she was saying, 46:31 she was so thankful that she had older ones like us 46:35 to look up and to mentor her. 46:37 But I look at you and I say, 46:40 I wish more young people had a heart and wanted live, 46:45 you know, live for Jesus, 46:47 that they wanted to set their affection on things above 46:50 because not many young people 46:51 that are 19 or 20 years of age say don't. 46:54 And that's about the time that I can think back, 46:56 even with our own children, you know, 46:59 that now even the ones that are still going to church 47:04 a lot of times 47:06 because they have adopted more things of the world, 47:09 if I even tried to-- 47:11 And I have to be so cautious, sister Mollie, 47:14 just like you said, you have to be so cautious, 47:16 you know when to speak, you ask God for an open door. 47:20 You ask him for an open door, 47:21 and when I have that little-bitty crack sometimes, 47:23 I try and love to take it because, you know, 47:26 they come to an age like you are 47:28 where they don't which one to listen to mummy 47:31 or listen to daddy anymore. 47:33 And I've had them tell me, "Mom, I don't want to hear it." 47:36 They don't want to be convicted. 47:38 You know, it reminds me of my grandma, 47:40 on my dad's side, she could not read. 47:43 And she went to Forestville Baptist Church 47:46 in North Carolina and she would ask questions as I was older, 47:51 you know, about the Sabbath in our church, 47:53 and I was going to Southern Missionary College, 47:55 it's now Southern University and I came back and I said, 47:58 "Grandma, I could get you these little cassettes 48:00 and you can listen to the Bible on tape." 48:03 She didn't want it. 48:04 She didn't want-- 48:06 She thought if she listened to it 48:07 she'd be accountable for it. 48:10 There's truth in that. Yes. 48:12 We will be accountable-- 48:13 There is truth, but we're also accountable 48:15 for what we have opportunity to learn and we choose not to. 48:19 You know, we just need to wake up 48:23 and this last verse that she read, 48:26 "You are dead in Christ," 48:27 just give me three days with no Bible study, 48:29 no prayer and all of a sudden I start hearing songs 48:32 I hadn't thought of in years. 48:34 I start having thoughts, 48:36 thought were just gone from my life. 48:39 You know, we have to stay connected. 48:41 We have to be plugged in 48:43 and we've got to get plugged into the right route 48:45 that vine of Jesus Christ. 48:48 So, Daria, if I can ask you in your walk with God, 48:53 I mean, you're busy, you're a college student, 48:55 now going on some missionary for a year. 48:57 How do you find time for God's word? 49:01 Get up really early. Amen. 49:04 So I find that getting up early for me, 49:07 it's such a peace, 49:09 about getting up early before everyone else gets up 49:11 and you have that time 49:12 and you just feel the presence of God moving over you 49:15 and sometimes He wakes you up before your alarm goes up. 49:19 So it's really good. 49:20 I think that's my biggest thing, 49:22 is waking up early and putting on the full armour of God, 49:26 reading my Bible, praying with Him, 49:28 because that's really the only thing 49:30 that gets me through the day 49:31 and praying in the middle of the day, 49:33 praying during the set right now, you know. 49:35 So, I think constant prayer, constant prayer 49:40 and most importantly getting up in the morning 49:42 and putting on the full armour of God 49:43 because I read that it's very dangerous not to, 49:47 very dangerous because if you forget your armour 49:50 or if you forget, even one piece of your armour, 49:52 your sword or your shield, the Satan can attack you. 49:58 You know, he can get to you some way, you know, 50:00 but it's really important to. 50:03 Amen. Amen. 50:05 That's powerful. 50:07 I love it. I love that too. 50:08 Getting up, waking up, letting God wake you up. 50:11 Have you ladies experienced that? 50:12 Oh, yes. Aah. 50:14 And sometimes, I remember asking God, 50:16 will you wake me up in the morning? 50:18 And then he woke me up, and I rolled over 50:21 and I want to wake. 50:22 When God wakes you up, you are wide awake 50:24 and if the alarm wakes me up I'm usually very tired 50:26 and so when God wakes you up and wide awake 50:28 and I remember rolling over and looking at the time 50:30 and it said 3:43, I think 50:37 and I thought God that's too early. 50:41 Oh, that's too early. 50:42 I'm going to be very tired today. 50:44 I'm going to sleep and so I said no, 50:48 to the voice of the Holy Spirit. 50:50 I went back to sleep, the alarm rang, 50:53 I was exhausted. 50:55 I felt it and that day was extra like trials, 51:00 you know, the fiery darts of Satan. 51:02 I did not have the armour on, like I should have 51:05 and I just felt God saying 51:07 that's why I tried to wake you up early. 51:09 I knew what the day was going to entail. 51:12 I knew you needed extra time in my word 51:15 and extra time in prayer 51:17 and I was like, I want to sleep instead. 51:20 So when God wakes you up, get up. 51:24 Let me just kind of give you a scenario in my house, 51:30 early in the morning. 51:31 God will wake me up and I say "Get up, Mollie" 51:36 and something in me says, 51:37 "No, I don't want to, it's cold." 51:39 Your liver have tounges, what you're saying. 51:40 Yes. Oh, yes. 51:42 Okay, I know that's a spirit in the flesh 51:46 and here who wins? 51:47 The one I tell to win. That's right. 51:49 And so, if I say, "Okay flesh, 51:52 I am crucifying the deeds of the flesh. 51:54 My spirit is willing, it's you that's weaken, 51:57 I will get up. 51:58 I will spend time with God this morning 52:00 and then I get up into it." 52:01 But there's also the flesh that says, "No. 52:04 It's too cold and you're tired and go back to sleep." 52:06 And so you make the choice. 52:10 Whatever you say, if you tell yourself, 52:14 get up and spend time in God's Word, 52:17 you will reap the rewards from that, 52:21 but if you submit to the desires of the flesh, 52:26 you suffer the consequences. 52:28 There's the difference. 52:29 You want to reap the rewards, Chris? 52:32 Or you want to suffer the consequence? 52:34 You get to make that decision. A single day. 52:37 What a powerful study. Thank you, ladies, so much. 52:40 We want to go to prayer, but before we do that, 52:42 let's go around the table and I'll have you each share, 52:44 like a thought, some sort of closing thought 52:47 and then we'll go out with prayer. 52:48 Chris, you want to start? 52:50 1 Corinthians 2:9, 52:52 "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, 52:55 neither have entered into the heart of man 52:57 the things which God has prepared for them 53:01 that love Him." 53:02 Amen. Love him. 53:04 He wants us to love him. 53:06 Yeah, powerful, thank you. Daria. 53:09 Love God and love people. 53:11 It's important that we take people with us, 53:14 to have and, we have to go out in sharing the word 53:16 and we have to share the gospel with other people 53:18 so they can go too and experience heaven 53:21 like we will experience it. 53:22 So I think that's really important. 53:23 Amen, that's powerful. Mollie. Wise person win souls. 53:28 You have to remember that-- 53:29 You know, I want to just, maybe, 53:31 reiterate something I said earlier. 53:33 Don't be shortsighted. 53:35 This isn't all there is. This is our training ground. 53:40 This is the time that we perfect our character. 53:45 This is the time that we allow God to do a work within us. 53:49 The only thing that you can take 53:51 into the presence of almighty God is what? 53:54 Character. It's your character. 53:56 So don't be shortsighted, 53:57 don't think this is all there is. 54:00 Use this time wisely. Redeem the time. 54:04 Use your time wisely so that in that day, 54:07 you will stand in the presence of God 54:10 with clean hands and a pure heart. 54:11 Amen. 54:13 On that note, let's go to the Lord and pray. 54:15 We know you have requests. 54:17 We know those things burdens on your heart. 54:19 So know that at 3ABN, 54:21 we are lifting them up before the Lord. 54:22 You lift them up there in your living room 54:24 or in your prison cell 54:26 or wherever you're watching just now. 54:28 And Mollie, you want to start 54:29 and we will just go around the table. 54:31 Holy Father, I come before you in the name of Jesus, 54:34 praising you and thanking you, Almighty God, 54:36 for this time that we've had to share your work. 54:40 Father, I pray now for everyone that heard your word, 54:44 if that word would be planted deep within our hearts, 54:47 father, and that by the power of your spirit, 54:49 you will seal this word in our heart 54:51 that this word will take root in it, 54:53 it will grow and it will produce 54:55 that we will be not conformed to this world 54:57 but transform by the renewing of our mind. 55:01 So, Father, we give ourselves to you 55:03 and thank you for the power that is at work within us 55:06 through your word. 55:08 Thank you, Lord. 55:09 Father, we just come before you in the name of Jesus, 55:12 and we thank you for the promise 55:14 that this life is not all there is, 55:16 and Lord Jesus, we want to accept you 55:19 as our Savior. 55:20 Lord, we want daily to spend that time in your word 55:24 and when you show us stuff 55:26 that we would crucify the old man 55:28 and that we would say, "Yes, Jesus. 55:30 I want to follow you." 55:32 And Lord, I ask daily 55:34 that we would reach out to others 55:36 and point them to you and we thank you. 55:38 Amen. 55:40 Lord, I pray that you give us the desire 55:42 to want to read your word, 55:44 the desire to praise you each and every morning Lord. 55:47 I pray that you help us to get up, 55:49 give us the strength each and every day 55:51 to get on our knees and pray to you, Lord. 55:53 I pray that you give us the hearts to want to go out 55:57 and share your word, and to love people. 55:59 Give us the hearts to love people 56:01 and to treat them 56:02 like you would want us to treat them, Lord. 56:04 Thank you so much for these ladies around this table. 56:07 Thank you for this worship. Thank you for family. 56:10 Thank you so much for everything 56:11 that you do in our lives and we love you. 56:14 Most gracious Heavenly Father, 56:15 as we continue this prayer. 56:18 It's just overwhelming to think that you looked down 56:22 and you first loved us. 56:23 Amen. Thank you. 56:25 You emptied all heaven, all of heaven. 56:29 We talked about the rich young ruler, 56:31 and he didn't want to give up his life savings, 56:36 and yet, you gave up everything in Jesus. 56:39 God you loved us enough that you said, you know, 56:42 I want them to be in the kingdom with me. 56:45 I want them to enjoy the riches of heaven. 56:48 I want them to understand what it's like to be in a place 56:52 where there is no more death, there is no more sin, 56:55 there is no more cancer, there is no more illness, 56:59 or any sort any way, any possible thing 57:04 that tears these temples down. 57:06 Thank you Father. 57:07 Again, you want us to realize 57:09 what it is to be in a presence of a Holy God, 57:12 to be able to travel to other planets 57:15 and understand what Heaven is all about. 57:18 God, we look forward to those mansions. 57:21 We look forward to seeing what pure gold is, 57:24 but most importantly, 57:25 we look forward to seeing our Heavenly Father. 57:29 Thank you. Thanks, Jesus. 57:31 Amen. Happy Sabbath. 57:34 Thank you so much for joining us, ladies. 57:36 Thank you for joining us at home. 57:38 Bye-bye. |
Revised 2016-07-11