I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I wanna 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 wanna spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I wanna 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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We're coming to the end of
a long week, a tiresome week.
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But we are so excited
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because the Sabbath is ruling in
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and we have this time
to spend with the Lord
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and we're just so glad that
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you, our family, are joining us.
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We hope you have your Bibles
and maybe, a pen and a pad,
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so you can take some notes.
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I'm Shelley Quinn...
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I'm J D Quinn.
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And we're just glad
you're with us tonight.
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Amen.
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You know, my favorite verse
on the Sabbath is Exodus 31:13,
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that it is a sign,
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that God is the one
who is sanctifying us.
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So the Sabbath truly is a rest,
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from trying to
save ourselves, right?
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That's what God
always reminds me.
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Let me introduce our 3ABN family
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who has joined us this evening.
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We have Mollie Steenson,
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who is Vice President
and General Manager of 3ABN
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and also a very
dear friend of mine.
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Mollie, glad you're
with us. Joy to be here.
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Amen. Amen.
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Then we have a precious couple,
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who have added so much to 3ABN.
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I'm gonna start
with Jorge Jaque,
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because he's production manager
for the 3ABN Latino Channel.
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That is correct.
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But also his wife who
doesn't actually work at 3ABN,
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Lynette, you're
always doing something,
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it seems to
volunteer here and at church.
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So we just thank you
so much for your support.
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And she also does a
whole lot for the school.
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Yes.
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That's my primary joy.
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It's being up over there,
with the kids and the teachers.
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Very much loved.
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So honey, what are we
gonna be talking about tonight?
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We're gonna be
talking about comfort.
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Why did...
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you selected the topic,
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why particularly did
you select 'comfort?'
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I selected 'comfort'
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because as I was looking through
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some topics and everything,
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that's what we're all
looking for is, 'comfort.'
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As we were just
listening to Danny sing,
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many broken people, as
Jorge Jaque just brought up.
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That's a perfect
touch about there,
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many broken people, comfort,
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people that are
lacking something in their life
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and so comfort just saying,
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it just is jumped off the page,
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whenever I saw that and it says,
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"Shelley, let's
go with comfort."
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You are the manager of
the Pastoral department.
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What percentage of
your calls do you think
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people are
calling that need comfort?
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I think under writing
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everything is peace and comfort.
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You know, they're bonding,
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they're wanting Jesus to
wrap His arms around themselves,
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that they will be into
the self, filled with Him.
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Amen.
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Why don't you have
our opening prayer, honey?
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Oh, gladly.
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Father, we come
together in the name of Jesus.
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We just wanna thank
you for the Sabbath time,
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as it's coming
close to you Father,
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that our hearts are ready.
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So, Father,
we're just asking Lord,
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as mentioned
already into yourself
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and fill with us with you, Lord.
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Father, we want to be able
to be truly your ambassadors.
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Father, bring divine
appointments into our pathway,
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so that we can share with others
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that you set up ahead of time.
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So, Father, just
be with us since we...
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as we are going over this topic,
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that we will be able to
articulate it in such a way,
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that people's
hearts will be touched.
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Father, we love
you and we thank you
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and we ask this
in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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One of my favorite verses
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and we're gonna talk
about that verse receiving,
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is Deuteronomy 32:47 that says
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that God's ever
lasting arms are beneath us
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and He'll thrust out
the enemy from before us.
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And so we're going to
sing that song right now,
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based on that
beautiful scripture.
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And let me introduce
our very special sister
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who is sitting at the
piano, Marline Pool Carl.
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Marline Hall, excuse me.
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I have a good
friend named Marline Pool.
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Marline Hall is with us
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and she is blessed
with the gift of music.
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So she's gonna
be playing for us.
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"Leaning on His
everlasting arms."
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The words will be on the screen,
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so please join us.
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What a
fellowship, what a joy divine,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms;
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What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Leaning, leaning,
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Safe and secure from all alarms;
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Leaning on
Jesus, Leaning on Jesus,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Oh, how sweet to
walk in this pilgrim way,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms;
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O how bright the path
grows from day to day,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Leaning on
Jesus, Leaning on Jesus,
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Safe and secure from all alarms;
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Leaning, leaning,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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What have I to
dread, what have I to fear,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms?
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I have blessed peace
with my Lord so near,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Leaning on
Jesus, Leaning on Jesus,
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Safe and secure from all alarms;
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Leaning on Jesus
Leaning on Jesus,
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Leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Thank you, Marline,
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and we are indeed
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leaning on the ever
lasting arms of Jesus.
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You know, this is the only
time they let us sing on 3ABN.
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And there's a very
good reason for that.
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But we do have
joined our hearts.
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We do.
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And that's what
the Lord, it says,
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make a joyful noise to the
Lord and that's what we do.
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We're glad that you
joined us from home.
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Well, tonight before we begin,
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I've thought what
we'd like to do is,
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we're going to just
have a prayer of praise.
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And this is just,
we'll all go around,
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no particular order.
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Just short little sentences,
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if you think of something
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you want to praise the
Lord for, just jump in.
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JD, you wanna start? Oh, yes.
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Father, as we come to
you in the name of Jesus,
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we want to thank you
for the special time.
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The Sabbath is
coming upon us Lord,
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that we do have this time
of rest to concentrate on you.
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Father, the thing that
comes to my mind is my family.
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And I'm just asking, Lord,
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that as each one
of us in our family,
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Lord, that they will
allow the Holy Spirit
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to work in our heart,
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to touch us, to
lead, guide and direct us.
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Thank you, Lord, also,
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I wanna praise
your name for a...
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so many blessings
you give us everyday,
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every second
and thank you, Lord,
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for learning more
about you and about your love
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and the comfort that we can find
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by just opening up the Bible
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and reading
this wonderful pieces
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and verses that you
have left there for us.
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And help us, Lord, to
share this with others
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and be joyful and always, Lord,
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keep in mind that you
love us today and always.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Father God, thank You
so much for the opportunity
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to be here in this...
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this privileged
land that we live
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and the ability
to open up your word
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to have so many copies of your
Word lying around that we...
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we're just amazed.
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Father God, give us the boldness
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and grant us your wisdom
to share this with others,
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so that we may bring
light unto this dying world.
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We want to bring as many
of our brothers and sisters
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into the kingdom with
us, as we can possibly fill,
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Lord Jesus, and we know
you have room for them all.
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Grant us, Lord, that ability
to share that your Holy Spirit,
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touch those who hear
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and may your name be glorified.
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In Jesus name.
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Thank You, Father, for the power
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that's in your Word to save us,
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to change us into your
image into your likeness.
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I thank you, Lord, that
your grace and your mercy
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is renewed every morning.
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Thank you, Father,
your ears aren't dead
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and your eyes aren't
blinded nor your arm,
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hand shortened
that you can reach out
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and touch and bring comfort
to every one of us, Father.
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We just commend our
lives into your hands and ask,
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Father, that this comfort
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will flow into everyone
of our viewers and listeners
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and we thank you for it.
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In Jesus name.
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Holy and righteous Father,
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we praise you because you
are worthy of our prayers.
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And we thank you, Father
God, for salvation by grace.
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We thank you for your gifts
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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For your Holy Spirit
and your Word and, Father,
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we ask in the name of Jesus,
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that you will help us
to continually remember
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that you are a
covenant keeping God
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and we thank you
for this new covenant
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where you have written
your laws in our hearts, Father,
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and put them in
our minds, Father.
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We ask in Jesus
name, that, Lord,
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as we go through
your word tonight,
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send your Holy
Spirit to teach us
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what you want to say
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and please bless everybody
who is watching or listening
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by radio as well.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen, Amen, Amen.
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I'm, kind of,
anxious to get into this.
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We're just going to go
through some scriptures here.
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And I think rather
than reading the affirmation
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as I typically start.
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Let's just go ahead and begin
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with 2 Corinthians 1:3,4.
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Who would like to
take that scripture?
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2 Corinthians 1:3,4.
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Well, I would like
to read these verses
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as I just love the way it flows
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and then even
better the way it flows,
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is the words that
are just put in Bible.
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2 Corinthian's 1: 3 and 4.
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Praise be to God, the Father
and our Lord Jesus Christ,
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I just love that.
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The Father of compassion
and the God of all comfort,
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who comforts us
in all our troubles,
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so that we can
comfort those in any trouble,
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with the comfort
that we ourselves
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have received from God.
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Well, what that means
to me, if you are favored
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and you have been
with Lord long enough,
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you encounter all
the ups and downs of life
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and He continue...
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positions Himself to be there
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to grant us the favor
of getting pass this hill
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to another hill and go through
the valleys, the hills of life.
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And as we're
fighting the battles
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that come along life's way,
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He is there with
His precious arms
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to get us past
this particular obstacle
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and in doing that, we
learn the life lessons.
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And then as He brings
other people into our pathway,
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we can share
some of those thanks
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we got past and
his favour to us.
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And so that's what...
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so that we can comfort
those that are in any trouble,
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with the comfort that we have
ourselves received from God.
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You know, think about this.
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What people, why
do we need comfort,
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who needs comfort?
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Everybody. All of us.
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So what are some
other things that, you know,
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I was thinking at first,
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when I was looking at these
scriptures earlier, I thought,
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we know we need
comfort when we're grieving,
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if the loss of a loved one.
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We need comfort if
circumstances have just,
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you know, come against us
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and all evil and
chaos breaking lose.
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But the other
thought that struck me is,
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sometimes we just need
comfort because we're sinners
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and we are
feeling sorry for our sin
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and it's
interesting to me that, it says,
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'God comforts us in
all of our troubles.'
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He is the God of comfort.
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But once we've come
to Him, if it's for sin
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and we've asked for forgiveness
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and He gives us that forgiveness
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or if we are
mourning a loved one.
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Once we have received this,
what does the scripture say?
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We receive from Him,
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so that we can be
the channel of blessing.
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If God's comforting us,
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that then we turn
around and comfort others.
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Mollie, you've
never lost a child.
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Do you think that you would be
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the best person
to comfort a mother
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who's lost a child
or perhaps a mother
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who's been through that,
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God's walked her
through that valley,
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who would be
better to comfort her?
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She would be so much
better prepared emotionally
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and it's not
that I wouldn't have
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love and sympathy.
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There's a difference
in sympathy and empathy
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and, you know, my
heart could break for her.
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But for somebody
to be able to say,
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"Honey, I've
been where you are."
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And that's why it's
so important that we...
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knob closer safely in.
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But if we've walked
through a difficult place,
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yield ourself to God until
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God use me to
bring comfort to others,
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for those areas that
I've actually walked through
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and the truth is,
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when you yield yourself to
God or give yourself to Him,
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make yourself available to Him,
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He's going to use you
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and what I have
always found to be true,
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when the Lord will use me,
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then I'm the one that is
more blessed than the person
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that He's using
me to minister to.
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That is so true, what
you're saying, Mollie,
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because sometimes we feel like,
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how we can comfort somebody.
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Who will be comforted
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or how we can
find the person that
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really will be able to help?
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And sometimes,
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we find that person in
the least expected places.
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Some people, I mean,
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you've asked who
hasn't never been...
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needs comfort.
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And I think everybody
does and all of us cold,
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it's somehow,
somewhat to find somebody
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and help and be
a comfort to them.
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This world is divided,
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the from this
side divided people
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are separated physically
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and emotionally from each other.
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Everybody is going
through some sort of discomfort
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and we are called to help them.
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Now very easy,
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to just secluded in ourself
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and we become so
selfish sometimes in those,
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we don't look around.
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And look, even among
ourselves, sometime we think,
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"No. J D doesn't need comfort."
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I mean, he's upstairs,
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talking to people
and praying with them.
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He probably is
having the best time
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and we are so wrong.
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Because, if I see you, JD,
and I smile at you and I said,
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"How're you doing today?"
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Maybe, I don't know,
maybe, that's what you need
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at that particular moment.
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It doesn't matter who you are,
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where you are or
what you're doing in life.
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You always need
words of encouragement.
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You know, I was at the
lunch table here at 3ABN,
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a few weeks ago.
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And I was going
through a difficult time
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and I had my bright
face on, but with these...
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it was just the two
ladies, Barbara and Elisa,
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the ladies I work with.
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And I told 'em, "You
just aren't gonna believe
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what happened to me last night."
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And I just started
sharing and I didn't...
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they couldn't do anything
to alleviate my situation but,
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you know what my
sisters did for me,
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they listened to me.
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Then Elisa said...
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well, I mean,
she shared something
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that she had
never shared with us
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and then Barbara said, "I
just found this yesterday."
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And we ladies just
laid our hearts open
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and we were honest and
we shared with each other.
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Now, when I laughed,
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Barbara still had her situation,
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Elisa still had her situation,
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I still had my situation
00:19:04.07\00:19:06.17
but all three of
us were comforted.
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Why?
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We had somebody
that we could trust
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with our deepest pains
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and they had
listened to us and sometimes,
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the comfort comes
in just the getting it,
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speaking it out,
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the hearing of it
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and so it is
important that we be honest
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with one another
and open ourselves,
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that the Lord can use us
to bring comfort to others.
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But, you know, I do think that,
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to your point what you
were saying, Jorge Jaque,
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someone once said,
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"Treat everyone
as if their heart is
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breaking
because it probably is."
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And there is a decree
that the listening and helping
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but their true comfort is,
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when we've walked
through a situation
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and God has comforted us.
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And it may not be
the very same situation
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but that's what
so comforting to you.
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You had two Christian women
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who've been through
bad things themselves,
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they know God will bring
'em through to the other end.
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It's when you can
share the comfort,
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and that's what
it's says here, is that,
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He comforts us in
all of our troubles,
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so that we can
comfort those in any trouble,
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with the same
comfort we've received.
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That's what equips us
and I was thinking today,
00:20:19.25\00:20:22.22
I wanna get onto some
more scriptures here but
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I've already prayed
with several people,
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just the first
hour of this morning,
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when we were meeting in with,
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you know,
individuals who work at 3ABN.
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I thought there are so
many broken hearted people here,
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who are filled with such joy.
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You know, they're Christians,
so they've got the hope
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but there's so much going on
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and I've asked
every one of them.
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Could you imagine facing this,
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if you didn't
have God in your life?
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And they'll say the
same thing, you know why?
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So God is there,
you know, in Luke 6:36,
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Jesus said, "Be
merciful into others,
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as your Heavenly
Father is also merciful."
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So God's there to
encourage us, to strengthen us,
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exchange His
strength for our weakness,
00:21:11.40\00:21:13.47
He's there to give us
hope and that's what we do
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when we're comforting others.
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Right?
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I love that scripture,
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exchange his
strength for our weakness.
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Amen.
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Well, I do love
that and I may now,
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I find that that is
very encouraging and,
00:21:24.81\00:21:29.45
you know, that the gift
is, is that there's many times
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when we exchange our strength
00:21:32.49\00:21:33.82
for other people's
weakness, you know.
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But I mean, it all
stems down from above...
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2 Corinthians 12:9,
00:21:38.49\00:21:40.06
that His grace
is sufficient. Amen.
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Fantastic,
that's grace is indeed.
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Oh, go ahead.
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Let me read this, I
think it fits probably with
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the scripture better
than the another way.
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A little girl came home
from a neighbor's house,
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where her
little friend had died.
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"Why did you go?"
Questioned her father.
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"To comfort her
mother," the child said.
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The father said,
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.75
"what could you do comfort her?"
00:22:04.79\00:22:06.99
The little girl said,
00:22:07.02\00:22:08.39
"I climbed into her
lap and cried with her."
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Amen.
00:22:11.53\00:22:12.86
It's like what
that mother needed
00:22:12.89\00:22:14.23
was just human warmth.
00:22:14.26\00:22:16.46
Sometimes, the
scripture tells us,
00:22:16.50\00:22:18.87
God gives us comfort.
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Well, He...
00:22:20.54\00:22:22.07
sometimes, we need
Jesus with skin on.
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Amen.
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We need just a human
touch, human compassion.
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And that's God
flowing through them.
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Absolutely. Thank you, Mollie.
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All right. Psalms 32:7.
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Anybody want to take that one?
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32:7?
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Take that one. Okay.
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Psalms 32:7, "You
are my hiding place;
00:22:46.56\00:22:49.46
you shall
preserve me from trouble;
00:22:49.50\00:22:51.33
you shall surround me
with songs of deliverance."
00:22:51.37\00:22:54.20
Are you familiar with that song?
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You are my hiding place...
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Yes, it's such a
beautiful song, isn't it?
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.54
It's a beautiful song, and it's
00:23:00.58\00:23:06.25
it's something
that means a lot to me.
00:23:06.28\00:23:10.49
Sorry.
00:23:10.52\00:23:13.29
I didn't expect that.
00:23:13.32\00:23:14.66
When I was a
child, I went through
00:23:17.53\00:23:19.09
some things that no
child should go through.
00:23:19.13\00:23:22.13
And I always knew God was real.
00:23:22.16\00:23:27.00
As I would sit
in my bed and cry,
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He was sitting next to me.
00:23:30.97\00:23:33.17
And I knew He wanted to touch
00:23:33.21\00:23:35.41
my shoulder but at that point,
00:23:35.44\00:23:37.01
He could have reached
me because I didn't know
00:23:37.05\00:23:40.12
how to accept Christ at
that point of my life and
00:23:40.15\00:23:44.99
I went through a lot
more before I found Jesus.
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Found the way to Him.
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And I think that,
00:23:50.76\00:23:53.80
I'm so sorry, I did not expect
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.40
to have this reaction.
00:23:55.43\00:23:58.83
He's always
been my hiding place.
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.64
Always and He's just...
00:24:00.67\00:24:06.44
I don't even have
the words for thank you.
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.91
I don't even have
the words to describe
00:24:08.94\00:24:12.41
my gratitude and my joy
00:24:12.45\00:24:14.28
and my desire to
share with other people
00:24:14.32\00:24:19.65
that He is your rock
00:24:19.69\00:24:22.49
and your hiding place,
even if you're not clearly,
00:24:22.52\00:24:24.99
really sure about
your relationship with Him,
00:24:25.03\00:24:26.90
just turn to Him and
He will be there for you.
00:24:26.93\00:24:30.23
You know, it
reminds me of Psalms 9:9
00:24:30.27\00:24:32.37
where it says that
the Lord will be a refuge
00:24:32.40\00:24:34.84
for the oppressed.
00:24:34.87\00:24:36.64
And He's a refuge,
the scripture says,
00:24:36.67\00:24:39.64
in times of trouble.
00:24:39.67\00:24:41.51
So even...
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.28
it's precious to me that
00:24:43.31\00:24:45.15
even though you
00:24:45.18\00:24:47.15
didn't feel that you were
completely connected to Lord,
00:24:47.18\00:24:50.22
He was there, you
knew, He was with you
00:24:50.25\00:24:53.72
and walking through
that situation with you.
00:24:53.76\00:24:56.93
You know, actually
in the context here,
00:24:56.96\00:25:01.60
in verse 6,
00:25:01.63\00:25:03.47
David's talking
about the flood water sea,
00:25:03.50\00:25:05.93
he was facing
overwhelming consequences
00:25:05.97\00:25:11.47
from his sin and so...
00:25:11.51\00:25:14.64
he then though,
when he repented,
00:25:14.68\00:25:19.25
he's saying, "You
are my hiding place,"
00:25:19.28\00:25:21.22
you know, "You always lift me up
00:25:21.25\00:25:23.35
and you should
preserve me, you know,
00:25:23.39\00:25:26.52
you surround me with
songs of deliverance."
00:25:26.55\00:25:29.22
Have you ever noticed how
people who've been forgiven
00:25:29.26\00:25:33.53
are anxious to sing praises
to the Lord, aren't they?
00:25:33.56\00:25:37.50
Yes. Amen, Amen.
00:25:37.53\00:25:39.53
That's precious,
thank you for sharing that.
00:25:39.57\00:25:43.37
Yeah, and I may...
00:25:43.41\00:25:46.24
this just goes through the point
00:25:46.27\00:25:48.81
that we were
talking about earlier,
00:25:48.84\00:25:50.18
there's just
people that have different
00:25:50.21\00:25:51.55
areas of pain in their
life that you don't know.
00:25:51.58\00:25:54.32
Because you're one of the
strongest women that I know.
00:25:54.35\00:25:57.52
And here in front of the world,
00:25:57.55\00:25:58.89
you got tears
that are coming out
00:25:58.92\00:26:00.36
because there is
that time in your life,
00:26:00.39\00:26:03.29
so, thank you.
00:26:03.32\00:26:04.83
You know, the scripture
tells us in Proverbs 18:10 and
00:26:04.86\00:26:09.46
I love that scripture.
00:26:09.50\00:26:10.83
"It's the name of the
Lord that's a strong tower;
00:26:10.87\00:26:14.07
" It says, "The
righteous run into it"
00:26:14.10\00:26:16.20
and what? "and they're safe.
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.31
The name of the Lord,
and Sister White tells us
00:26:18.34\00:26:20.98
Satan trembles and flees
00:26:21.01\00:26:23.88
before the weakest soul
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.55
who finds refuge
in that mighty name."
00:26:25.58\00:26:28.35
So you call up on
the name of the Lord
00:26:28.38\00:26:30.52
and that's a mighty
fortress that we run into
00:26:30.55\00:26:35.32
and have you ever
done that running to,
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.89
running to Jesus
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.36
and there's that protection
and they're safe there.
00:26:39.39\00:26:42.36
Absolutely.
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.30
Amen. Amen.
00:26:44.33\00:26:45.83
Colossians 3:3, if
you like that one, Mollie.
00:26:48.27\00:26:52.57
I will sure take that. Okay.
00:26:52.61\00:26:53.94
"For as this world is
concerned, you have died,
00:26:53.98\00:26:57.95
and you're in your real life,
00:26:57.98\00:26:59.65
is hidden with Christ in God."
00:26:59.68\00:27:02.62
I think we've
covered that a bit but
00:27:02.65\00:27:08.82
when you make Jesus
Christ the Lord of your life,
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.23
when you come out of
darkness and into life.
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.16
Then this world and
the things of this world
00:27:14.20\00:27:18.00
are no longer pleasing to us.
00:27:18.03\00:27:20.60
Christ in us,
becomes our hope of glory
00:27:20.64\00:27:24.17
and things change.
00:27:24.21\00:27:25.54
So for all intending purposes,
00:27:25.57\00:27:27.58
Shelley, we are
dead to this world.
00:27:27.61\00:27:30.01
Now when you first...
00:27:30.05\00:27:32.31
it's a progression,
00:27:32.35\00:27:34.45
when you first come out
of darkness and into light,
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.89
people could look
at you and they may not
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.52
see a whole lot of difference.
00:27:38.55\00:27:40.32
It's a progressive work.
00:27:40.36\00:27:41.69
It's that work
of sanctification.
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.86
I love that Word...
00:27:43.89\00:27:45.23
Which simply means to
be set apart from evil.
00:27:45.26\00:27:47.50
And it's a
progression as we work.
00:27:47.53\00:27:50.10
I remember, my friend,
00:27:50.13\00:27:52.03
I may have shared this with you
00:27:52.07\00:27:54.07
before but her name was Clara.
00:27:54.10\00:27:56.27
And Clara was a
bartender in Las Vegas
00:27:56.30\00:28:01.54
and Clara drank wine
and she smoked cigarettes
00:28:01.58\00:28:05.45
and Clara lived
with a significant other.
00:28:05.48\00:28:09.52
And she was
watching Christian television
00:28:09.55\00:28:13.49
and she got convicted.
00:28:13.52\00:28:15.62
And she made Jesus
Christ, the Lord of her life,
00:28:15.66\00:28:18.16
she truly
accepted Him as her Lord.
00:28:18.19\00:28:21.36
Guess what
happened the next day?
00:28:21.40\00:28:23.90
Do you think that
she didn't go to work?
00:28:23.93\00:28:26.47
And that she threw
cigarettes out of the window,
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.44
and she threw
her wine bottle away
00:28:28.47\00:28:30.21
and she kicked the man out?
00:28:30.24\00:28:32.21
No, the next day, Clara got a...
00:28:32.24\00:28:34.71
truly a child of a living God,
00:28:34.74\00:28:36.91
went to work as a bartender,
00:28:37.38\00:28:39.21
smoked her
cigarettes and drank her wine
00:28:39.25\00:28:41.28
and came home to her boyfriend.
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.82
Now, because of the
effectual powerful working
00:28:42.85\00:28:46.59
of the Word of
God inside of her,
00:28:46.62\00:28:49.09
and she continued to
watching Christian television.
00:28:49.12\00:28:52.63
Her life started to change.
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.83
Now if there is no
scriptures that says,
00:28:54.86\00:28:58.50
"Thou shall not drink
or work as a bartender
00:28:58.53\00:29:03.07
or smoke cigarettes."
00:29:03.10\00:29:04.44
There's no,
Thus sayeth the Lord,
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.34
but what is there
at, thus sayeth the Lord.
00:29:06.37\00:29:08.34
"Thou shall not
commit adultery."
00:29:08.38\00:29:10.98
Is that in God's word?
00:29:11.01\00:29:12.41
God started
dealing with her first,
00:29:12.45\00:29:14.48
with that sexual scene.
00:29:14.52\00:29:16.18
You know, first
thing she did, Clara,
00:29:16.22\00:29:18.15
in her progression of dying
to self and serving the Lord,
00:29:18.19\00:29:23.49
she kicked him out
and told him, "I'm sorry."
00:29:23.53\00:29:26.26
The Word says, "I can do this."
00:29:26.29\00:29:29.60
And then, a slow progression,
00:29:29.63\00:29:31.57
that progression
of sanctification,
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.40
when I knew Clara,
00:29:33.44\00:29:35.07
she had become a bright
light in the kingdom of God,
00:29:35.10\00:29:39.44
she changed profession,
00:29:39.47\00:29:41.41
she was working for
a Christian ministry,
00:29:41.44\00:29:43.75
she wouldn't even
look at a bottle of wine.
00:29:43.78\00:29:47.12
So see, that sanctification
process happened but
00:29:47.15\00:29:50.59
what I don't want is
people to be discouraged,
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.05
no matter where you
are in your Christian walk,
00:29:53.09\00:29:55.92
there is hope for you
00:29:55.96\00:29:58.36
and all you have to do is be
headed in the right direction.
00:29:58.39\00:30:01.40
Ain't that true, Shelley?
00:30:01.43\00:30:02.96
Just ahead in
the right direction,
00:30:03.00\00:30:05.37
allow God to fill,
00:30:05.40\00:30:06.74
run into the name of the Lord,
00:30:06.77\00:30:08.64
allow God to minister to you
through the power of this word
00:30:08.67\00:30:12.67
and that sanctification
process will continue.
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.74
Amen.
00:30:15.78\00:30:17.11
How do you feel that
00:30:17.15\00:30:18.48
this scripture
fits in with comfort?
00:30:18.51\00:30:21.08
Colossians 3:3,
00:30:23.05\00:30:24.39
"As far as this
world is concerned,
00:30:24.42\00:30:26.86
you've died but your new life,
00:30:26.89\00:30:28.46
your real life is hidden
00:30:28.49\00:30:30.73
with Christ in God."
00:30:30.76\00:30:32.09
How does that
fit in with comfort?
00:30:32.13\00:30:34.66
I think, well, one of the...
00:30:34.70\00:30:39.23
the example that Mollie
shared with us is perfect
00:30:39.27\00:30:42.94
because we can be
00:30:42.97\00:30:45.37
so deep in sin
00:30:45.41\00:30:50.28
that we can't see other things,
00:30:50.31\00:30:52.21
we cannot see a way out.
00:30:52.25\00:30:57.45
And some people don't
even look for a way out,
00:30:57.49\00:30:59.75
until the light comes through
00:30:59.79\00:31:02.12
and you see, wow,
00:31:02.16\00:31:04.43
there's something aside,
00:31:04.46\00:31:07.13
there's something else
00:31:07.16\00:31:08.50
that I can be doing right now
00:31:08.53\00:31:10.07
with my life
instead of what I'm doing.
00:31:10.10\00:31:12.37
So in a way,
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.70
you start going
by the process of,
00:31:14.74\00:31:17.97
you have died
00:31:18.01\00:31:19.34
and your new real life is hiding
00:31:19.37\00:31:22.21
with Christ and God.
00:31:22.24\00:31:23.58
So you're a new
person, is that resuscitation,
00:31:23.61\00:31:28.35
if you wanna say
that way, in God,
00:31:28.38\00:31:31.35
is such a brand new experience
00:31:31.39\00:31:33.62
and I think that's a
most wonderful thing,
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.82
that's a most
wonderful real comfort
00:31:35.86\00:31:38.09
that a person can have,
00:31:38.13\00:31:39.53
that you can see
yourself a brand new creature,
00:31:39.56\00:31:44.90
a brand new person.
00:31:44.93\00:31:46.27
Amen, amen.
00:31:46.30\00:31:47.64
You know, we symbolically,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.00
we die when
we're baptized, right?
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.37
I mean, it's
symbolic of the death
00:31:50.41\00:31:51.87
that we've already had.
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.31
But when you think of it,
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.14
sometimes, you know,
we all mess up, right?
00:31:55.18\00:31:58.71
And when we do...
00:31:58.75\00:32:04.05
it's like the devil
wants to just beat us
00:32:04.09\00:32:06.15
over the head with a
baton when you mess up.
00:32:06.19\00:32:09.22
This baton of guilt,
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.23
but just to think that,
00:32:11.26\00:32:12.79
"No, this isn't really
me, this isn't my life,
00:32:12.83\00:32:16.43
I made a mistake here
00:32:16.46\00:32:17.80
but my real life is
hidden with Christ in God."
00:32:17.83\00:32:22.17
I mean, to me,
00:32:22.20\00:32:23.54
that's that running
into the name of the Lord,
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.07
that's, you know, feeling
like he's got me embraced,
00:32:26.11\00:32:30.81
I'm hidden with Christ in God
00:32:30.85\00:32:33.52
and to me that brings
the exceptional comfort.
00:32:33.55\00:32:37.35
This is
something very interesting
00:32:37.39\00:32:38.72
because sometimes you
said, "No, this is not me."
00:32:38.75\00:32:43.56
Because God created us
00:32:43.59\00:32:45.86
with a mind that is
so willing to find Him.
00:32:45.89\00:32:49.86
Yes.
00:32:49.90\00:32:51.70
He put us this GPS in our minds,
00:32:51.73\00:32:54.80
if we are lost,
00:32:54.84\00:32:56.17
you know that
you can find the way
00:32:56.20\00:32:58.14
and you know that
you're not yourself
00:32:58.17\00:32:59.51
when you are
doing the wrong things
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.28
because God didn't
create us to do wrong things.
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.14
That's right.
00:33:03.18\00:33:04.51
It's a foreigner,
00:33:04.55\00:33:06.41
somebody who is outside
of this circle of protection,
00:33:06.45\00:33:11.12
who has came to invade
00:33:11.15\00:33:13.25
and change our
life for worse, for bad.
00:33:13.29\00:33:16.83
You know, what
caught my attention here,
00:33:16.86\00:33:20.16
for you that are taking
notes and everything, we just...
00:33:20.20\00:33:23.83
before Colossians 3:3,
we just read Psalms 32:7,
00:33:23.87\00:33:28.14
where it says,
00:33:28.17\00:33:29.54
"Jesus, you are my hiding place,
00:33:29.57\00:33:32.07
you shall
preserve me from trouble,
00:33:32.11\00:33:35.34
you shall surround me
with songs of deliverance,"
00:33:35.38\00:33:38.25
which is that progression
we call it sanctification
00:33:38.38\00:33:41.22
and then we just got
through reading Colossians 3:3,
00:33:41.25\00:33:44.65
"For as this world
is concerned, we died,
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.09
and our new life is
hidden with Christ in God."
00:33:48.12\00:33:51.93
Thank you, Jesus,
00:33:51.96\00:33:53.29
that now you
are my hiding place.
00:33:53.33\00:33:55.66
Thank you, Jesus, that you now,
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.70
shall preserve from trouble.
00:33:57.73\00:34:00.54
Thank you, Jesus,
00:34:00.57\00:34:01.90
that you now surround me
with songs of deliverance
00:34:01.94\00:34:05.07
and so here,
00:34:05.11\00:34:06.74
we're taking our hands
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.11
away from that of
hit me against him
00:34:08.14\00:34:12.38
and putting into
his hands and saying,
00:34:12.41\00:34:15.42
"Thank you,
Jesus, for leading me
00:34:15.45\00:34:17.82
and for hiding me in your heart,
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.89
giving me that protection
that I need so badly."
00:34:19.92\00:34:22.69
And what comfort, you
know, when God comforts us
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.59
and he doesn't necessarily...
00:34:25.63\00:34:28.43
our problems don't
always just go away
00:34:28.46\00:34:31.43
but he strengthens
us to go through them,
00:34:31.47\00:34:33.97
he encourages,
he gives us the hope
00:34:34.00\00:34:36.00
and the hope that we're
hidden with Christ in God
00:34:36.04\00:34:39.17
is just really exciting to me.
00:34:39.21\00:34:41.04
All right, I'm
gonna read Isaiah 43:1-3
00:34:41.08\00:34:44.21
and I'm gonna read this to
you from the amplified version
00:34:44.25\00:34:47.22
and I love this,
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.35
you know, I think you
and I should talk some day
00:34:49.38\00:34:52.72
because I know,
we've been through some...
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.62
I think we've been
through some similar things
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.33
but when things get bad,
00:34:57.36\00:35:01.06
if you grew up
in a bad situation,
00:35:01.10\00:35:04.77
you have a tendency to...
00:35:04.80\00:35:09.60
rely on yourself.
00:35:09.64\00:35:11.97
Is that true?
00:35:12.01\00:35:13.34
You know, when you
grew up in a situation
00:35:13.38\00:35:15.64
where you had to be
your own shield and buckler
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.75
and your own
protector and your own,
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.48
you have this tendency,
00:35:20.52\00:35:21.85
you kind of, become independent
and you're proud of it
00:35:21.88\00:35:25.99
and so you learn to stand up
00:35:26.02\00:35:29.22
but inside you're quivering
and shaking and carrying on
00:35:29.26\00:35:33.33
and I remember that
00:35:33.36\00:35:35.33
when I came to Isaiah 43:1-3,
00:35:35.36\00:35:40.90
the love of a covenant God
00:35:40.94\00:35:44.24
just came alive to me,
00:35:44.27\00:35:49.41
to think that he could
love me in such an intimate way
00:35:49.44\00:35:51.88
and let me set this up first.
00:35:51.91\00:35:53.42
In Isaiah 42,
00:35:53.45\00:35:54.78
God has been
sorrowing over his people
00:35:54.82\00:35:59.95
who have spiritually declined
into chaos and he is just,
00:35:59.99\00:36:06.26
I mean, he's grieving over this,
00:36:06.29\00:36:08.80
he's upset about it
but then in Isaiah 43,
00:36:08.83\00:36:13.13
he expresses,
00:36:13.17\00:36:15.07
he reaches out to them and says,
00:36:15.10\00:36:16.97
"I am going to give you mercy."
00:36:17.01\00:36:19.01
Listen to this, he
says, Isaiah 43:1-3,
00:36:19.04\00:36:23.75
"Fear not, for I
have redeemed you,
00:36:23.78\00:36:26.61
I have ransomed
you by paying a price
00:36:26.65\00:36:29.65
instead of
leaving you captives."
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.35
Halleluiah.
00:36:31.39\00:36:32.72
He says, "I have
called you by your name,
00:36:32.75\00:36:37.33
you are mine."
00:36:37.36\00:36:38.96
That meant so much to me
00:36:38.99\00:36:41.03
'cause that's such an
intimate relationship there.
00:36:41.06\00:36:44.47
If he...
00:36:44.50\00:36:45.83
to think that God knows my name,
00:36:45.87\00:36:47.37
I've never considered
that before but he says,
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.11
"I've called you by
your name, you are mine."
00:36:50.14\00:36:52.07
Of course, he does.
00:36:52.11\00:36:53.54
But this says,
00:36:53.58\00:36:54.91
"When you pass
through the waters,
00:36:54.94\00:36:56.75
I will be with you."
00:36:56.78\00:36:58.41
Now this is, kind
of, a covenant formula,
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.72
it was always the God
of love who is saying,
00:37:00.75\00:37:04.65
"I will be your God,
you will be my people,
00:37:04.69\00:37:07.19
I'll go with you
wherever, I'll never leave you,
00:37:07.22\00:37:09.36
I'll never forsake you..."
00:37:09.39\00:37:10.73
So it says,
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.09
"When you pass
through the waters,
00:37:12.13\00:37:13.46
" when all of this
troubles coming over you,
00:37:13.50\00:37:16.46
"I will be with you
and through the rivers,
00:37:16.50\00:37:19.13
they will not overwhelm you,
when you walk through the fire,
00:37:19.17\00:37:23.81
you'll not be
burned or scorched,
00:37:23.84\00:37:25.97
nor will the
flame kindle upon you."
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.71
What does that remind you of?
00:37:27.74\00:37:29.61
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
00:37:29.64\00:37:32.61
and he says, "For I
am the Lord, your God,
00:37:32.65\00:37:35.58
the Holy one of
Israel, your Savior."
00:37:35.62\00:37:40.19
What comfort this brings
me and I hope that bring...
00:37:40.22\00:37:46.13
That's Isaiah 43:1-3,
00:37:46.16\00:37:48.93
to think that as a child,
00:37:48.96\00:37:54.00
Lynette, you may not
have really known the Lord
00:37:54.04\00:37:57.87
but he knew you,
00:37:57.91\00:37:59.24
he knew your name
and he was saying,
00:37:59.27\00:38:01.64
I'm not gonna let
this overwhelm you,
00:38:01.68\00:38:03.14
this is not gonna take you out.
00:38:03.18\00:38:05.18
I'm gonna carry you through this
00:38:05.21\00:38:07.52
and he did and the same here
00:38:07.55\00:38:10.55
and I know each one of
us could speak to that.
00:38:10.59\00:38:13.42
Look at what
you've been through,
00:38:13.46\00:38:14.86
Bobby David says, you
ought to write a book.
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.19
Well, he...
00:38:17.23\00:38:18.93
and every time
something else happens,
00:38:18.96\00:38:20.60
he says, "And
here's your next chapter,
00:38:20.63\00:38:23.26
"and I wanted to
just mention that
00:38:23.30\00:38:28.64
in each one of the...
00:38:28.67\00:38:30.54
in every situation,
00:38:30.57\00:38:32.31
it seems like I
got closer and closer
00:38:32.34\00:38:35.24
and closer to the Lord
00:38:35.28\00:38:37.05
and to where now, he is so real,
00:38:37.08\00:38:40.25
so God comforts us and
you said little earlier,
00:38:40.28\00:38:45.05
He didn't always did
leave you out of Him,
00:38:45.09\00:38:46.99
I am still in a
lot of the situations
00:38:47.02\00:38:49.76
that I was in before.
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.69
And my precious Hal,
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.06
you all know him
and you love him,
00:38:53.09\00:38:54.63
he just recently had a stroke.
00:38:54.66\00:38:56.36
On May 6th, he had a stroke
00:38:56.40\00:38:58.53
and he's got some aphasia
00:38:58.57\00:39:02.30
but he's progressing
and getting better...
00:39:02.34\00:39:04.04
Explain what
aphasia is. Aphasia is
00:39:04.07\00:39:05.64
inability to completely
be able to express yourself,
00:39:05.67\00:39:09.91
word... he loses words.
00:39:09.94\00:39:12.45
He knows what he
wants to say intellectually.
00:39:12.48\00:39:14.85
He is to very, very intelligent,
00:39:14.88\00:39:17.39
he just can't
always speak properly
00:39:17.42\00:39:19.25
but something
00:39:19.29\00:39:20.69
that his speech
therapist said to him,
00:39:20.72\00:39:23.63
it brings comfort.
00:39:23.66\00:39:26.09
She told him, "How
when you're in a situation
00:39:26.13\00:39:29.06
and you can't...
00:39:29.10\00:39:31.67
in public,
people that don't know,
00:39:31.70\00:39:33.87
all you have to do, is just say,
00:39:33.90\00:39:36.60
I've had a stroke."
00:39:36.64\00:39:38.57
And he's had to do
that a couple of times
00:39:38.61\00:39:40.81
when people are thinking,
00:39:40.84\00:39:42.18
"Well, why aren't you
answering my question?"
00:39:42.21\00:39:44.28
He just says,
"I've had a stroke."
00:39:44.31\00:39:46.51
And this has
happened without fail,
00:39:46.55\00:39:49.05
be it a waitress
at the restaurant
00:39:49.08\00:39:52.02
or someone he just
happens to bump into a croger,
00:39:52.05\00:39:55.12
whatever the
situation, without fail,
00:39:55.16\00:39:57.46
they'll say, "Oh,
my uncle had a stroke.
00:39:57.49\00:40:00.56
My dad had a stroke."
00:40:00.60\00:40:02.46
Everybody knows somebody
00:40:02.50\00:40:04.53
that's been in a
similar situation
00:40:04.57\00:40:06.94
and here comes grace
and mercy and comfort
00:40:06.97\00:40:10.84
and where as before
how was would be feeling,
00:40:10.87\00:40:14.14
conspicuous and diminished.
00:40:14.18\00:40:17.65
Now that he knows
how to properly identify,
00:40:17.68\00:40:21.92
what the situation is, we have,
00:40:21.95\00:40:24.45
we found nothing but
comfort from those around us.
00:40:24.49\00:40:26.96
Praise God.
Praise God. Amen, amen.
00:40:26.99\00:40:29.56
When you said that, you
know, when you said that
00:40:29.59\00:40:32.79
he could save
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.80
what's happened and get comfort,
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.23
I don't know why
this thought hit me,
00:40:37.27\00:40:39.07
it's like sometimes,
00:40:39.10\00:40:40.44
when I go to the
Lord and you feel,
00:40:40.47\00:40:42.94
I disappointed you so much
00:40:42.97\00:40:44.37
and I'll just go to him and say,
00:40:44.41\00:40:45.74
"Remember, I'm just dust,
00:40:45.77\00:40:47.58
you know, and it's like,
00:40:47.61\00:40:49.18
he can say, 'I've had a stroke.'
00:40:49.21\00:40:50.75
" And that's
identifying what's going on him
00:40:50.78\00:40:52.25
and I'll say to the Lord,
00:40:52.28\00:40:53.62
"Remember, I'm just
dust and thank you, God,
00:40:53.65\00:40:55.55
that you're a God of mercy.
00:40:55.58\00:40:56.95
A God of grace, thank you,
00:40:56.99\00:40:58.32
that I don't
have to save myself,
00:40:58.35\00:40:59.69
thank you, Lord."
00:40:59.72\00:41:01.06
You find such comfort in knowing
00:41:01.09\00:41:02.76
God does
remember, we are but dust.
00:41:02.79\00:41:05.99
Amen.
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.73
Go ahead. No, no, no, please.
00:41:07.76\00:41:09.10
No, I wanna take next, go ahead.
00:41:09.13\00:41:10.53
Well, that verse on Isaiah 43.
00:41:10.57\00:41:14.40
It means a lot
to me, what's my...
00:41:17.37\00:41:20.31
since I have recollection,
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.24
I think that was
my first Bible verse
00:41:22.28\00:41:24.48
that my father taught me
00:41:24.51\00:41:27.08
but reading in Psalms,
00:41:27.12\00:41:31.15
I found the connection
00:41:31.19\00:41:34.46
and the
background for this verse
00:41:34.49\00:41:37.46
and I wanna share this with you
00:41:37.49\00:41:38.83
before we move
on to the next one.
00:41:38.86\00:41:41.03
In Psalms
chapter or the Psalm 137,
00:41:41.06\00:41:46.53
Israel was in a lot of
troubles being captive,
00:41:46.57\00:41:50.31
entirely without
comfort and they say this,
00:41:50.34\00:41:55.58
this is sometimes when
you're at to the lowest
00:41:55.61\00:41:58.71
of the lowest
point of our lives.
00:41:58.75\00:42:01.18
Psalm 137 says,
00:42:01.22\00:42:03.92
"By the rivers of
Babylon, there we sat down,
00:42:03.95\00:42:07.99
yea, we wept
when we remember Zion,
00:42:08.02\00:42:12.89
we hung our harps
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.26
upon the willows
in the midst of it,
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.53
for they're those who carried us
00:42:19.57\00:42:21.30
away captive asked us to a song
00:42:21.34\00:42:24.47
and those who plundered
at us, requested mirth,
00:42:24.51\00:42:28.61
saying, sing us one
of the songs of Zion,
00:42:28.64\00:42:33.31
how shall we
sing the Lord's song
00:42:33.35\00:42:35.62
in a foreign land?"
00:42:35.65\00:42:36.99
They were so sad,
I mean, this is sad,
00:42:37.02\00:42:40.36
you think we're so lonely,
feeling completely detaching,
00:42:40.39\00:42:45.09
abandoned from God, and then...
00:42:45.13\00:42:46.90
And then you're as a consequence
00:42:46.93\00:42:48.26
of their own sins...
00:42:48.30\00:42:49.63
Absolutely.
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.00
They were probably
feeling guilty to do.
00:42:51.03\00:42:52.37
Yeah. And the guilt
was absolutely real.
00:42:52.40\00:42:54.30
But then in Isaiah 43,
00:42:54.34\00:42:56.94
we read this wonderful promises,
00:42:56.97\00:43:01.11
"When you pass
through the waters,
00:43:01.14\00:43:02.58
I will be with you
and through the rivers,
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.25
I will not overwhelm you,
when you walk through the fire,
00:43:05.28\00:43:08.55
you will now be
burned or scorched."
00:43:08.58\00:43:11.55
It's so
wonderful to see that God,
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.56
even so they went
through all this sin
00:43:14.59\00:43:18.86
and abandoned God,
00:43:18.89\00:43:21.03
on going in different ways.
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.40
He still
promised them deliverance
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.23
and eternal life.
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.94
Amen. God is merciful.
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.70
What it took me
was, you know, here
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.87
Fear not, for I
have redeemed you,
00:43:30.91\00:43:32.57
just wrote, "I
have called you by name,
00:43:32.61\00:43:33.94
when you walk
through the waters,
00:43:33.98\00:43:35.31
when you walk
through the fire or anything"
00:43:35.34\00:43:36.68
and it remind me of
Jeremiah 29:11, says,
00:43:36.71\00:43:39.28
"That's all right, JD,
that's all right, Jorge Jaque."
00:43:39.31\00:43:42.68
'Cause I have plans for you.
00:43:42.72\00:43:44.92
Plans to prosper
you, not harm you."
00:43:44.95\00:43:46.86
Plans to give you
a hope and a future.
00:43:46.89\00:43:48.79
So, that I can tide
in like that, you know.
00:43:48.82\00:43:51.33
Thank you, Jesus,
00:43:51.36\00:43:52.69
for your mercy,
for your comfort.
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.66
Bringing us from the bottom.
00:43:54.70\00:43:56.87
You bet, you know.
00:43:56.90\00:43:59.57
All right, let's
look at Psalms 34:18,
00:43:59.60\00:44:05.34
who would like to
take Psalms 34:18?
00:44:05.37\00:44:10.41
I can do that.
00:44:10.45\00:44:11.78
Psalms is short
enough for me. Yes.
00:44:11.81\00:44:14.55
Why don't go
ahead and combine that
00:44:14.58\00:44:16.28
with the next one
also, Psalm 147:3.
00:44:16.32\00:44:19.72
Okay, so we're going
to be reading Psalm 34:18
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.72
and Psalm 147:3, it says,
00:44:22.76\00:44:26.90
"The Lord is near to
those who have a broken heart,
00:44:26.93\00:44:30.73
and saves such as
have a contrite spirit."
00:44:30.77\00:44:35.57
So, a broken heart,
00:44:35.60\00:44:38.81
you're suffering
internally there, right?
00:44:38.84\00:44:41.74
And this is when
you're feeling so oppressed
00:44:41.78\00:44:46.61
that your heart just feels like
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.05
it's been ripped
out of your chest.
00:44:48.08\00:44:51.22
What is a contrite spirit?
00:44:51.25\00:44:53.36
Humble.
00:44:53.39\00:44:54.72
Yeah, somebody
that's broken and humble,
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.73
as opposed to somebody
00:44:56.76\00:44:58.09
So here, what
does that say to you,
00:45:00.23\00:45:03.87
if the Lord's near to
those have a broken heart,
00:45:03.90\00:45:06.00
he saves those
00:45:06.03\00:45:07.37
who have that
broken humble spirit,
00:45:07.40\00:45:10.04
when bad things
happen, don't get mad at God.
00:45:10.07\00:45:12.54
Amen.
00:45:12.57\00:45:13.91
Don't get mad
at God, call on Him
00:45:13.94\00:45:15.28
because He's the only one
that can bring you out of that.
00:45:15.31\00:45:18.31
Okay, so go ahead.
00:45:18.35\00:45:20.78
Psalm 147:3 says,
00:45:20.82\00:45:22.65
"He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
00:45:22.68\00:45:27.99
Curing their pains
and their sorrows."
00:45:28.02\00:45:30.49
That's amplified.
00:45:30.53\00:45:32.06
Psalm 147:3. That
amplified but, yeah.
00:45:32.09\00:45:34.10
"He heals the broken hearted,
and binds up their wounds."
00:45:34.13\00:45:36.93
Isn't that...
00:45:36.97\00:45:38.30
Does somebody wanna look up
to Luke 4:18-21 because to me,
00:45:38.33\00:45:43.47
that's where this
scripture leads me
00:45:43.51\00:45:45.64
is Luke 4:18-21,
00:45:45.67\00:45:48.34
when it says, "He
heals the broken hearted."
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.75
Which is Psalm 147:3,
"He heals the broken hearted,
00:45:50.78\00:45:54.65
He binds up their wounds,"
00:45:54.68\00:45:57.22
now read what Jesus
said in Luke 4:18-21.
00:45:57.25\00:46:00.99
Right, this is the
King James version,
00:46:01.02\00:46:03.06
so pardon me, if I
stumble a little bit.
00:46:03.09\00:46:06.09
"The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me,
00:46:06.13\00:46:07.76
because He hath anointed me
00:46:07.80\00:46:09.13
to preach the
gospel to the poor;
00:46:09.16\00:46:11.27
He has sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:46:11.30\00:46:13.50
to peach
deliverance to the captives
00:46:13.54\00:46:15.94
and recovery of
the sight to the blind,
00:46:15.97\00:46:18.14
and to set at liberty them,
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.08
that are bruised;"
Through 21, did you say?
00:46:20.11\00:46:22.28
Yes. Okay.
00:46:22.31\00:46:23.65
"To preach the
acceptable year of the Lord.
00:46:23.68\00:46:26.58
And He closed the book,
00:46:26.61\00:46:27.95
and He gave it
again to the minister
00:46:27.98\00:46:29.32
and He sat down.
00:46:29.35\00:46:30.69
And the eyes of all of
them that were in the synagogue
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.39
were fastened on Him.
00:46:32.42\00:46:34.09
And He began to say unto them,
00:46:34.12\00:46:36.19
'This day is this Scripture
fulfilled in your ears.'
00:46:36.22\00:46:39.43
Amen.
00:46:39.46\00:46:41.20
So, we all sitting here,
00:46:41.23\00:46:45.77
we've all had that time
where God has healed our heart,
00:46:45.80\00:46:49.64
He's bound up the
wounds of our heart,
00:46:49.67\00:46:52.21
applied that balm of
Gilead and like I said,
00:46:52.24\00:46:56.88
I don't know how
people go through things,
00:46:56.91\00:47:00.52
I don't know how
somebody loses their spouse
00:47:00.55\00:47:03.65
and then goes on, you
know, like older people,
00:47:03.69\00:47:06.99
when you hear that
they've lost their spouse,
00:47:07.02\00:47:09.56
without the Lord,
00:47:09.59\00:47:11.13
I can't imagine
going through that,
00:47:11.16\00:47:13.29
you know, I can't imagine
how somebody can lose a child
00:47:13.33\00:47:18.07
and go on without the Lord.
00:47:18.10\00:47:20.44
How do they face these
things without that hope
00:47:20.47\00:47:23.84
and encouragement from God?
00:47:23.87\00:47:25.44
I don't know. No.
00:47:25.47\00:47:27.98
It's difficult to think,
00:47:28.01\00:47:29.98
we have children
and if one of them
00:47:30.01\00:47:33.82
and something
happen one of the...
00:47:33.85\00:47:35.38
I always have that
thought in my mind,
00:47:35.42\00:47:37.79
I don't know why but...
00:47:37.82\00:47:39.15
what am I gonna do?
00:47:39.19\00:47:40.52
I just...
00:47:40.56\00:47:41.89
I wanna die right there.
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.43
It's just the first
thought that comes to my mind,
00:47:43.46\00:47:45.99
if something bad happened to
one of my child, my children.
00:47:46.03\00:47:49.33
So...
00:47:49.36\00:47:50.90
I think that's a
very natural thought.
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.83
Yeah, and I think
there is a good thing
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.74
because probably
that's the same way
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.17
God feels about us...
00:47:58.21\00:47:59.77
That's precious.
00:47:59.81\00:48:01.14
Because, yeah...
00:48:01.18\00:48:02.51
and the Bible says that
00:48:02.54\00:48:06.01
nobody will ever think
to give to our child a rock
00:48:06.05\00:48:11.52
instead of bread
and in the same way,
00:48:11.55\00:48:16.49
God will never think of
harm us and by the contrary,
00:48:16.52\00:48:21.36
He will always, always
be ready to lift us up.
00:48:21.40\00:48:24.40
He's always there
thinking about us.
00:48:24.43\00:48:25.77
Even the most
difficult, hardest things
00:48:25.80\00:48:27.94
that we've ever been through,
00:48:27.97\00:48:29.30
where was God in
the midst of this
00:48:29.34\00:48:31.17
and there is the
picture that is painted,
00:48:31.21\00:48:34.94
of two sets of foot prints
00:48:34.98\00:48:37.41
and you know where
I'm going with this
00:48:37.45\00:48:39.11
and then there's only one.
00:48:39.15\00:48:40.48
God, where were you,
when I lost my child?
00:48:40.52\00:48:43.25
You read that a little
earlier, the Lord is what?
00:48:43.28\00:48:47.66
He's near to those
who have a broken heart.
00:48:47.69\00:48:50.93
So He is there and
He's carrying you through.
00:48:50.96\00:48:56.77
You only see the
one set of foot prints.
00:48:56.80\00:48:59.43
Where were you in
the midst of myself?
00:48:59.47\00:49:01.24
Well, I was holding onto
you, I was carrying you through
00:49:01.27\00:49:05.24
and something that I have found,
00:49:05.27\00:49:07.54
I'll say it again.
00:49:07.58\00:49:09.64
The deeper the pain,
00:49:09.68\00:49:14.12
the more the trial,
00:49:14.15\00:49:16.72
the God is closer to
you and when you come, see,
00:49:16.75\00:49:21.06
a lot of us say,
we are victorious,
00:49:21.09\00:49:23.16
I'm an overcomer, how?
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.53
By the blood of the lamb
and the word of our testimony
00:49:24.56\00:49:26.93
and we say all of these
things in a pleasant valley,
00:49:26.96\00:49:30.60
then comes the
swelling of the Jordan.
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.20
How can you
contend with the foot,
00:49:33.23\00:49:36.00
how can you run with the footmen
00:49:36.04\00:49:37.74
if you can't
contend with the horses?
00:49:37.77\00:49:40.88
If you can't
contend with the footmen
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.41
and so here we are,
00:49:42.44\00:49:43.81
in the midst of a
really hard battle
00:49:43.85\00:49:47.58
and so God isn't nearly
as interested in your saying,
00:49:47.62\00:49:53.69
all the right things on
this side of the battle.
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.36
I am an
overcomer, I am victorious,
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.79
I will never faint
in the day of adversity,
00:49:58.83\00:50:01.16
it's when you're in
the day of adversity,
00:50:01.20\00:50:03.77
He wants to see how you,
00:50:03.80\00:50:05.23
how you will contend to
not only with the footmen
00:50:05.27\00:50:09.07
but how you can
run with the horses.
00:50:09.10\00:50:11.37
And so in the midst of
it, God is very near to you
00:50:11.41\00:50:15.34
and He's developing
00:50:15.38\00:50:16.71
His character on
the inside of you,
00:50:16.75\00:50:19.68
as you make it
through every hard situation,
00:50:19.71\00:50:23.28
every difficult
situation that you got through,
00:50:23.32\00:50:25.55
as you get to the other side.
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.19
You were stronger,
your testimony is stronger,
00:50:27.22\00:50:30.23
you're professing
Him as never before.
00:50:30.26\00:50:35.56
And so that's the
purpose for the difficult time.
00:50:35.60\00:50:37.47
You can even drown
in your difficulties
00:50:37.50\00:50:39.33
or you can allow God
to make you stronger,
00:50:39.37\00:50:42.47
as He walks you
through these, absolutely.
00:50:42.50\00:50:44.87
Let me read Psalm 3:3
00:50:44.91\00:50:46.47
because this has such
special meaning for me.
00:50:46.51\00:50:50.11
I love this verse and
I remember praying this,
00:50:50.15\00:50:54.82
let me read it first.
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.45
Psalm 3:3 says "But you,
O Lord, are a shield for me,
00:50:56.48\00:51:02.72
my glory, and the
lifter of my head."
00:51:02.76\00:51:06.83
What is the shield used for?
00:51:06.86\00:51:08.60
It's to give you protection
if you're under attack, right?
00:51:08.63\00:51:12.13
So God is a shield for
me but then it's interesting
00:51:12.17\00:51:16.00
that he says, "My
glory," you're my glory.
00:51:16.04\00:51:20.24
It's like he's
saying, 'I find my honor,
00:51:20.28\00:51:22.94
I find my significance in you'
00:51:22.98\00:51:25.41
but then he says,
"you're the lifter of my head."
00:51:25.45\00:51:27.55
I was praying for a friend,
00:51:27.58\00:51:30.09
she was morbidly obese,
00:51:30.12\00:51:31.82
her kidneys were failing
00:51:31.85\00:51:33.66
but she was four
years older than her sister
00:51:33.69\00:51:39.53
and it reminded me
of my difference in age
00:51:39.56\00:51:43.57
and my sister and the situation,
00:51:43.60\00:51:45.33
she was, kind of,
like her sister's mother
00:51:45.37\00:51:47.20
as I had been.
00:51:47.24\00:51:48.64
Well, her sister had cancer,
00:51:48.67\00:51:51.94
God raised her up from that,
00:51:51.97\00:51:54.38
she had eight
good years I believe
00:51:54.41\00:51:56.78
and it came back
with the vengeance
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.28
and she died at
quite an early age,
00:51:58.31\00:52:00.85
I don't believe
she was even 45, maybe.
00:52:00.88\00:52:05.72
And my friend,
Debbie, was so devastated.
00:52:05.75\00:52:10.19
So I had listened,
I had prayed with her,
00:52:10.23\00:52:13.96
I mean, listened to her
00:52:14.00\00:52:15.33
and given her some encouragement
00:52:15.36\00:52:17.53
but then I started
praying and as I was praying,
00:52:17.57\00:52:20.64
this verse came to my mind.
00:52:20.67\00:52:22.54
And I prayed and I said,
00:52:22.57\00:52:24.91
"Lord, you're the
lifter of our heads,"
00:52:24.94\00:52:28.31
I said, 'cause
Debbie's head was so down.
00:52:28.34\00:52:31.25
I said, "Please cup your chin
00:52:31.28\00:52:34.12
under or cup your
hand under her chin
00:52:34.15\00:52:37.79
and lift her face to you."
00:52:37.82\00:52:40.69
And she just started giggling
on the other end of the phone
00:52:40.72\00:52:44.16
and I thought,
"What's going on?"
00:52:44.19\00:52:45.93
I mean, she's
giggling hysterically.
00:52:45.96\00:52:48.50
She said,
"Shelley, it is so amazing."
00:52:48.53\00:52:51.13
She said, "Just
before you said that,
00:52:51.17\00:52:55.04
I didn't even realize
what you were saying,"
00:52:55.07\00:52:56.64
but she said,
00:52:56.67\00:52:58.01
"I felt that
pressure underneath my chin,"
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.44
and then she said,
00:53:00.48\00:53:01.81
"And cup your
hand under her chin
00:53:01.84\00:53:03.88
and lift her head to you."
00:53:03.91\00:53:05.75
And she said "That's just,
00:53:05.78\00:53:07.52
it's just like
God did that for her,"
00:53:07.55\00:53:09.98
and she was so
comforted by that,
00:53:10.02\00:53:15.16
that God is the
lifter of our head.
00:53:15.19\00:53:17.36
I just love that scripture.
00:53:17.39\00:53:19.96
What more can you say there?
00:53:20.00\00:53:21.83
All right.
00:53:21.86\00:53:23.20
Shelley, if I could
00:53:23.23\00:53:24.57
interject just a
little bit of trivia here.
00:53:24.60\00:53:27.50
Shields were
used for protection,
00:53:27.54\00:53:29.30
against the
onslaught of the enemy.
00:53:29.34\00:53:31.11
Absolutely.
00:53:31.14\00:53:32.47
Shields were also
used to bear the wounded.
00:53:32.51\00:53:34.98
That's precious.
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.34
So, you know, so
Lord is removing you
00:53:36.38\00:53:39.31
perhaps from the field of battle
00:53:39.35\00:53:41.05
for a time to heal you.
00:53:41.08\00:53:42.55
He is carrying you,
00:53:42.58\00:53:43.92
not only in his
arms but on his shield.
00:53:43.95\00:53:47.02
Your medieval
trivia for the day.
00:53:47.06\00:53:50.19
What a precious thought.
00:53:50.23\00:53:51.69
That is absolutely precious.
00:53:51.73\00:53:53.80
So, all right, we only
have just a few minutes left.
00:53:53.83\00:53:56.63
We got to get this last
scripture in Deuteronomy 33:27.
00:53:56.67\00:54:01.67
Mollie, it's you.
00:54:01.70\00:54:03.20
"The eternal God is your refuge,
00:54:03.24\00:54:06.24
and underneath are
the everlasting arms.
00:54:06.27\00:54:09.41
He will thrust off
enemy from before you,
00:54:09.44\00:54:12.65
and will say, 'Destroy.'
00:54:12.68\00:54:14.98
Amen. Praise God.
00:54:15.02\00:54:16.35
He's our protector
00:54:16.38\00:54:17.95
and He's the one
that holds us up.
00:54:17.99\00:54:20.46
And I've got a scripture here
that I think goes with this,
00:54:20.49\00:54:24.79
when you're in
those difficult sad places
00:54:24.83\00:54:27.63
where you're running into Him
00:54:27.66\00:54:29.06
and that is from
insight 37 through 39,
00:54:29.10\00:54:31.93
then somebody's
got to read Psalms 23.
00:54:31.97\00:54:35.04
Go read this one, the Romans 8.
00:54:35.07\00:54:36.97
No, read the Romans 8. Oh, okay.
00:54:37.01\00:54:38.34
"And in all of these things,
00:54:38.37\00:54:39.71
you are more than conquerors
through Him who loves you.
00:54:39.74\00:54:42.14
For I am persuaded
that neither death nor life,
00:54:42.18\00:54:45.81
nor angels nor
principalities nor powers,
00:54:45.85\00:54:48.15
neither things
present, nor things to come,
00:54:48.18\00:54:50.29
neither heights nor depths,
nor any other created thing,
00:54:50.32\00:54:53.62
shall be able to
separate us from the love of God
00:54:53.66\00:54:56.56
which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:54:56.59\00:54:58.33
No matter what the situation,
make your comment, Shelley.
00:54:58.36\00:55:00.80
What I was just
gonna say is that...
00:55:00.83\00:55:03.63
We've all got something.
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.00
We've all got something to say
00:55:05.03\00:55:06.37
but I remember
saying on TV just recently,
00:55:06.40\00:55:08.10
within the last
six months or so.
00:55:08.14\00:55:10.21
A little boy who was
in a burning building
00:55:10.24\00:55:12.97
and the firemen
couldn't get there in time
00:55:13.01\00:55:15.61
and there is a
neighbor passing by and he sees,
00:55:15.64\00:55:18.75
the mother and her
two little children
00:55:18.78\00:55:20.68
and the neighbor
holds out his arms
00:55:20.72\00:55:23.22
and she drops his child
from a third story floor,
00:55:23.25\00:55:26.22
he catches it and he
catches the second one.
00:55:26.25\00:55:28.82
And I was just
thinking, when God is saying,
00:55:28.86\00:55:31.33
"Underneath are
the everlasting arms,"
00:55:31.36\00:55:33.86
no matter, He is
our only true refuge,
00:55:33.90\00:55:37.27
our only real security
00:55:37.30\00:55:39.23
and He's always
there to catch us
00:55:39.27\00:55:41.80
when we stumble and fall,
you know, it's just wonderful.
00:55:41.84\00:55:46.01
Go ahead, honey.
00:55:46.04\00:55:47.38
Well, I mean, we've all,
00:55:47.41\00:55:48.74
we can all just
piggy back off with that,
00:55:48.78\00:55:50.31
you know, first
of all, the 'eternal,
00:55:50.35\00:55:52.41
' the 'eternal' is the key word.
00:55:52.45\00:55:53.82
Eternal God,
but where it took me
00:55:53.85\00:55:55.45
was to Deuteronomy 31:6,
"Be strong and courageous.
00:55:55.48\00:55:59.55
Do not be afraid or
terrified because of them,"
00:55:59.59\00:56:02.86
the enemy, "for the
Lord your God goes with you;
00:56:02.89\00:56:06.49
He will never
leave you nor forsake you
00:56:06.53\00:56:09.56
because He is your refuge,
00:56:09.60\00:56:11.37
and underneath are
His everlasting arms."
00:56:11.40\00:56:14.57
Amen.
00:56:14.60\00:56:16.00
So, Lynette,
for you as an adult,
00:56:16.04\00:56:18.61
you could about 20 seconds here.
00:56:18.64\00:56:22.78
Is Jesus still
your hiding place?
00:56:22.81\00:56:25.28
Ever and always,
00:56:25.31\00:56:26.72
even on the days
when my prayer is,
00:56:26.75\00:56:29.05
"I believe, Lord,
forgive thou my unbelief."
00:56:29.08\00:56:31.95
And when I'm
struggling and I feel like,
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.32
I'm just catching
under the hem of His robe.
00:56:33.36\00:56:36.32
He is my hiding
place and my comforter
00:56:36.36\00:56:39.79
and I can't do it without Him.
00:56:39.83\00:56:44.23
I just can't.
00:56:44.27\00:56:46.30
I don't think
any of us can. Sure.
00:56:46.33\00:56:49.00
I cannot believe how
fast our time has passed.
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.47
Indeed.
00:56:51.51\00:56:52.84
But we just want to thank
you for joining us tonight
00:56:52.87\00:56:56.51
and we pray, say a
quick prayer here that,
00:56:56.54\00:57:00.75
God will be your comforter,
you'll allow God to love you,
00:57:00.78\00:57:05.02
allow Him to
comfort you, that you will
00:57:05.05\00:57:07.22
then share that
comfort with others.
00:57:07.26\00:57:09.09
Honey?
00:57:09.12\00:57:10.46
Father, as we come to
you in the name of Jesus.
00:57:10.49\00:57:11.99
All those that call
upon your name, Lord,
00:57:12.03\00:57:14.43
we know that you
hear their voice.
00:57:14.46\00:57:16.03
You have eyes to
see, ears to hear.
00:57:16.06\00:57:18.47
So be with us, dear Lord,
in our comings and our goings.
00:57:18.50\00:57:21.17
And, Father, where we're weak,
00:57:21.20\00:57:23.30
we just ask that
you will indeed exchange
00:57:23.34\00:57:25.54
your strength for our weakness,
we love you and thank you.
00:57:25.57\00:57:27.98
In Jesus name. Amen.
00:57:28.01\00:57:29.34
Amen. Amen.
00:57:29.38\00:57:30.71
Amen. Amen.
00:57:30.75\00:57:32.08