I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello friends and our
family, happy Sabbath to you.
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I'm sure you had a
busy week like we had too
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and what a blessing it
is to be able to come to God
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here at the
beginning of the Sabbath hours,
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and what a blessing
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it is to build
the worship together
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here as our little 3ABN
family but all also with you.
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Thank you for
joining us, you know,
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we appreciate it many times
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when we get to
meet you face to face,
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what a blessing that is.
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Here we're just
looking into a piece of glass,
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we can actually see you
or talk to you face to face.
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But if we never
meet on this earth,
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we want to meet you in heaven.
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We want to be faithful
to what God calls us to do
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each and every day
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and thank you for your
support of the ministry of 3ABN
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both
prayerfully and financially,
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it's a blessing
because we are a team.
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The team here at
3ABN, you at home
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because it's your support
of this ministry that helps
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spread the
gospel of Jesus Christ
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around the world.
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Now our topic today
for worship is on Praise.
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Now, praise is mentioned
about 250 times in the Bible,
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so it is a very important topic.
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But before we
get going into that,
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I know, Jill, we have a
wonderful family with us
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here around the table.
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We do, we want to
introduce our 3ABN family,
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and I was just thinking
as the open was rolling,
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these are our family in reality,
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not just they came
around the table and we said,
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"Have worship with us."
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But we work with
these people, we love them.
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We go to church with them.
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We go out to eat with them.
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We eat with
them during the week.
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It's a blessing to have our
part of our 3ABN family here,
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and we'll start
over on this side,
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this is Dee Hilderbrand,
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and, Dee, often
you're behind the scenes,
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working and you work in this.
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We work in the
same office together
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and what's
you're role here, Dee.
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I'm production coordinator.
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Mostly right now
I'm really working
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on the schedule and programming,
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I work very closely with Greg,
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getting the studios,
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schedule and the crew schedule
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and seeing that
everything goes smoothly,
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so I am a helper,
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a helping hand
to you and to Greg,
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and Mollie or whoever needs it.
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To all of 3ABN and, Dee,
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I want to say that
maybe it's your title,
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official title but
you wear many hats.
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And you're a
blessing in that too,
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it's great to be
a part of the team
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and working with you,
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we work closely
on a day-to-day bases
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especially in production.
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So it's a blessing.
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It's been a joy being
here working with you.
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And you've been here how long?
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Twenty years.
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Wow! Twenty years.
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Do you regret any of it?
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Not a second,
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I can't believe
I've been here that long,
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I never intended of
being here that long
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but this where God planted me
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and this is where he
knew I needed to be to grow
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because I was
surrounded by people
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who helped me grow,
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that would be honest.
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Isn't that a good thing
though about family, you know,
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when you can be
honest with each other,
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when you can say,
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"Hey, I'm struggling
here, I need prayer."
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And that's why God puts us
in community with each other,
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and you are a blessing, Dee.
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It's a blessing,
she's a hard worker.
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Dee can work the socks
off anybody, it's important.
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That you're all
loving to me too,
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when you're correcting
or helping me grow that's,
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that's what the family
is, is that you have honesty,
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but you know that you are loved.
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Amen. That's right.
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Let me share
something real quick about, Dee,
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you know is...
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We hadn't been here very long,
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probably a couple of
weeks and someone was moving.
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And so they asked for volunteers
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and so I
volunteered to go over there
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and so we went
to somebody's house
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so here's Dee,
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I looked over
there and she had her,
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she had her jeans on, but
she had her high heels on,
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and I kind of thought,
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well maybe she was
just gonna sit back here
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and she's gonna delegate.
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But she was right in
the middle of everything,
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running up and down,
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upping steps, down steps
on one of these high heels on
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and that wasn't
an isolated case.
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As I found out that
every time someone moves,
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you're always on the frontlines
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and you're still on
your high heels and...
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So it's...
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It's actually the
moving team is Mike Babb and I,
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it's kind of our ministry
that we took on the two of us
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and we kind of
organized it with the church.
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So it's kind of
that ministry that we do.
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One thing we know about Dee
is that if anybody needs help,
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she's the first one to
show up on their doorstep
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so we really appreciate that.
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Even if it's one or
two a.m. in the morning.
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That's right. Oh, dear.
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Sorry Dee.
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Now, we didn't introduce
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Shelley and J.D. Quinn over here
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but they don't
really need any introduction
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because at home you
would be familiar with them,
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but we are so blessed
to have both of you here.
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I know for Greg and I
personally you have mentored us
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and encouraged us in
Jesus and helped us grow,
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and we're just so blessed that
you came on worship with us.
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In case this may
be the first time
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or someone's
recently starting to view 3ABN
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what are your
roles here at 3ABN,
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starting with you J.D?
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I work in the
Pastoral Department.
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You're head of the
Pastoral Department.
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I'm head of the
Pastoral Department
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and it's just
the love of my life,
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got a great team there and...
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Yes, you do.
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We try our best to make a
difference in people's lives.
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We have words of encouragement
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comes directly
from the word of God,
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and it is a blessing.
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You know that's an
important ministry of 3ABN too,
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having the pastoral department
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because people call
with many biblical questions,
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maybe need a little
help trying to find a church.
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Yes.
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And you help them out
along those lines too,
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it's a great ministry.
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We get lots of calls.
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Now so many
people who watch 3ABN
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that are hungry and thirsting
for a different way of life
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or closer walk
with the Lord and they,
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they want to find a
church which is close by.
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And so we have
a world directory,
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Seventh-day
Adventist is a worldwide church
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and so we have that directory
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and so all we
need is a zip code.
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If we have a zip code,
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we can give you the
closest churches and...
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Well, you and your
team do a great work
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at 3ABN to God's glory.
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J.D. you also minister in house.
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That's right. That's right.
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You always take care
and people are always
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free to come to your office,
they never feel judged there,
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they only feel help and love.
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Amen, that's a blessing.
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Thank you.
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And, Shelly, you wear
many hats here at 3ABN.
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My official title is
Program Development Manager.
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But yes, I do, I'm kind of...
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I'm also in charge
of special projects,
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do a lot of hosting, writing,
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various things but we
thank God every day literally,
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I mean I'm not just saying
this that when we're praying,
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we're always thanking God
for bringing us here to 3ABN
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and just to have this platform
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to share his good news with you.
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We pray for our viewers everyday
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and those who are
listening by radio but it's,
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it's a privilege to be here.
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It's a real
privilege to be here.
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And it's just a
privilege that you joined us
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for Friday night
worship here tonight.
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We're discussing
praise, our topic, praise
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and we have four questions
we're gonna share scriptures
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and I hope we get
through all four questions.
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What is praise?
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Why should we praise?
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Or why should I praise?
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When should we
praise and how do we praise?
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But before we start
with what is praise,
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we should go to
the Lord in prayer
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before we really discuss
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and open up the
word of God and J.D.
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would you mind opening us?
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Father, as we come
to you, the Sabbath,
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opening up the Sabbath, Lord.
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We just want to
thank You so much Lord,
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first of all that
You're in our hearts.
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Father, You own our minds
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and Father we do
praise Your name.
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Father, You are
the king of the reason
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why we do praise.
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And so Father,
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as we just take this
time to share with each other
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and Father,
whoever is listening.
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There are many
people out there Lord
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that do have a
hunger and thirst for Lord,
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that wants to
know more about You.
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And so Father, we just dedicate
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this Sabbath time to you.
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Thank you for
setting your day apart,
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and Father that
you've touched our hearts
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and we chose to,
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to be here so that we
can help make a difference
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in other people's lives
Lord by being ambassadors.
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We love and thank
you in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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So we mentioned
that our topic is praise
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and it's mentioned
about 250 times in the Bible
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but we hope that
you have your Bible
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so, I want to turn to scripture,
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let's all turn to Psalms
150 as we talk about praise.
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And, Dee, you want to read
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Psalms 150, 150:6,
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Psalms 150:6 as we
open up here with praise.
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It says, "Let everything
that has breath praise the Lord!
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Praise the Lord!"
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Everything that has breath.
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So it's very important
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because the Bible says,
that what, a few things,
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"Everything that has
breath praise the Lord!"
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So what is praise?
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Just open with
that, what is praise?
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Can I back up once again,
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just before we get
into what is praise
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as you read that Dee,
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I had a thought I
have never had before,
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"Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord!"
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We're not talking about
just humanity, all people,
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we're talking
about all creation...
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Creation. To praise the Lord.
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Yeah, that's a good thought.
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That's the same thing
that popped into my head that
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that's the animals too...
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More than humans.
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It's not just humans. Nature.
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Everything that has breath.
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And if somebody is taking notes
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they might put down Psalm 69:34
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because...
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Psalm 69?
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Yes, because that takes that
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exactly what
we're asking right here,
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the statement that we're making.
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Psalm 69:34,
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and then we'll come back there.
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Psalm 69:34
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I like it.
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Psalm 69.
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You got that, Shelley?
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Let heaven and
earth, yeah. Thirty four.
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I'm having trouble getting this.
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Says, "Let heaven
and earth praise him,
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the seas and
everything that moves in them."
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Amen.
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All of creation. Yes.
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It's a great thought.
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This even includes
the earth and the seas.
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You know it's interesting too is
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because the Psalms
there's a lot of praise
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mentioned in
this Book of Psalms.
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And it says, a lot of the Psalms
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headings are
identified as a psalm
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but the
technical term is really,
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''A Song of Praise.''
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Amen.
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Isn't that amazing? Amen.
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So it's very
important for sure in the Bible.
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So I'm sorry,
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I kind of preclude
your question there.
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I think Shelly has
something interesting
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that she is gonna say.
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I was just gonna
say the word praise
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in the Hebrew is "Halal"
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and it's where we
get the word hallelujah.
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Almost every, every
language uses hallelujah
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or sometimes it's
rendered as Alleluia
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but it means to boast about,
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to celebrate and
I was thinking that
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when you were
talking about even the earth.
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When you think the
heavens are praising God,
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the heavens declare His glory.
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So it's, it's
all of these things
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and us especially,
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when I was
learning to praise God,
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I think of praise
in kind of two forms.
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One is when I'm
just praising Him
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because He's worthy of praise
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for all of His
attributes and Him as creator,
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His power over everything.
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But then the
Thanksgiving is part of praise
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and that's when
I am thanking Him
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and celebrating
and boasting about
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what He's done in
my life, you know,
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or in other people's life so.
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That's a good point,
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there is a
difference between thanks,
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thanksgiving and praise.
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And you just
touched on that briefly
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so praise is, you said,
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boasting which
kind of sound bad,
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but actually it's a good thing
boasting about God who He is.
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Who He is. Yes.
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I think it's adoration,
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it's
acknowledgement of who God is,
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especially His character.
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Exactly.
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And then thanksgiving obviously
is connected with praise,
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I mean they would be connected
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but to me it's more
maybe what he has done.
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"My God, I thank you for
what you've done in my life,
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I thank you for the
way you are gonna work."
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But praise would be more,
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more God centered of who He is.
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Yes.
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Can I bring it down
to a practical side?
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Yes, please.
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I received, 3ABN received this,
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this letter from someone
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and precious lady, I
just want to read it,
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then let's talk
about praise, okay?
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All right.
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"First of all I want to thank
our wonderful and mighty God
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for His wonderful mercy.
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I want to thank those
of you who prayed for me
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who needed to pass a difficult
task with hostile instructors.
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I give God all the
praise and all the glory.
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It was hard but
the Lord prevailed.
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Thank you for all your prayers."
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Now as we're sitting
here talking about praising,
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we can also use
the word exalting,
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I exalt Jesus.
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We magnify, we glorify,
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we thanks, we praise,
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all these are synonyms
for praise and thanksgiving.
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"First of all I want
to thank our wonderful,
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I want to praise our wonderful,
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I want to
celebrate our wonderful,
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I want to glorify.
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I want to exalt." Amen.
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And if we, if we
tie all this together,
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well, then, Oh,
Jesus, God almighty.
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We see where
we're standing here,
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"Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord!"
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And we chose
different words to praise or...
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What did you say, exalt?
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Exalt, that's one...
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Adoration.
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Celebrate, magnify, wow!
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I mean...
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I think nature, a lot of
times brings that out in us
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when it says...
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That's good.
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When it says,
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"Let nature praise
in all of creation."
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How many times
when you step outside
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or you're driving,
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a sunset, a sky,
the clouds, the rain.
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Sometimes that
will start my praise
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because you'll look and you...
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And you...
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I'm speechless sometimes,
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when I'm looking
at what nature does
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and up on the mountains
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but even when you
go some place special
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and you're just
overwhelmed with the beauty
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that God has created...
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Like the Grand Canyon.
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But what about
our day-to-day lives.
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I step out of here.
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How many times have I seen
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a double
rainbow over this place,
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or just a beautiful cloud or
a sunset or it'll strike you.
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You're just kind of
going about your own business
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and all of a sudden it's like,
00:15:29.69\00:15:31.83
"Wow, Lord, you
are just so awesome.
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Thank you for the beauty
that you pour into our hearts."
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Amen. Amen.
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You think of the first
line from Steps to Christ,
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"Nature and Revelation alike
testify of God and His love."
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And so, I think nature actually
praises God more than I do.
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Yeah, I was thinking that too.
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And we say that, you
know, every atom in nature,
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you think the
blades of the grass
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and the rainbow and the animals
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and they testify of God
even though it's marred by sin,
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even though 6000 years
since Adam and Eve fell,
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there's still beauty,
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it still
testifies to a creator God.
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But sometimes,
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when I get in my
junk and my stuff,
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and I'm having a hard
time, I don't praise, you know,
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I don't step out and praise
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and we want to talk
about that here today.
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Let's go to, why
should we praise?
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Because we're
gonna get to one of those
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difficult times or
difficult situations.
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Turn in your
Bibles to 2 Chronicles 20.
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2 Chronicles 20.
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Now this is
actually, I like this story.
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Yeah, you did a little study.
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This is Jehoshaphat
and the people in verse 1,
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the people of Moab and Ammon
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they all came to
battle against Jehoshaphat
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and someone told
Jehoshaphat, he's the king,
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a great multitude
is coming against you.
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So this is a scary time.
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This whole
multitude comes against him
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and so Jehoshaphat in verse 3.
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"He was afraid,
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he set himself to seek the Lord,
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and proclaimed a
fast in all Judah."
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So, we all go through times
of difficulty, times of trial.
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At home, I don't
know what you're facing,
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it could be health,
it could be financial,
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it could be family.
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It could be just wondering
is God with me right now?
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It could be a difficult time.
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"And he set himself to
seek the Lord to fast."
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And then God he prayed
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and we won't go
through all of that in verse 6,
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I love it
because he acknowledged
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how God had led in the
past, he claimed Bible promises,
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he stated the current issue
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and then he gave
his request now God,
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all these people are before us.
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I don't know what to do.
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And God said, "Don't be afraid."
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Amen.
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Don't be dismayed, verse 15,
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"The battle is
not yours but God's.
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Don't fight in this battle."
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Verse 17, "Position yourselves,
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stand still and see
the salvation of God."
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And then we're down to verse 22,
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now they're
stepping out into battle.
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But in front of the
army goes those who praise.
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In verse 22,
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"Now, and they began
to sing and to praise,
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the Lord set ambushes
against all these people
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and they were defeated."
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you Jesus,
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that we don't have to fear,
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that we don't
have to be dismayed.
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What I love about
this, it's a story he says,
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and 'cause I can
see position yourself.
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Who are you, are you my child?
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If you're my child,
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just know that I
am there and that,
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why don't you
take it a step further,
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increase my faith, Lord.
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Okay, I'm gonna praise,
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I'm gonna sing
ahead of the battle.
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And you just hit to me
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what's the key thought is that,
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you know, why does
God ask us to praise,
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I mean he
commands us to praise, why?
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Does it change him?
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No, because He says,
00:19:15.52\00:19:16.85
"I'm the Lord, I do not change,
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I change not.
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Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and forever."
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But what, what
praise does is change us.
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Praise is faith building.
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My sister went through a
lot of problems in her life
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and I was always talking to
her about the power of praise,
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and she would just ignore me,
and I put together this study.
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And one day, years after...
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I've given it to her,
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she calls me one
day and she said,
00:19:44.05\00:19:46.75
"Wow! You were so right."
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I said, "What about praise?"
00:19:49.08\00:19:50.42
And I'm thinking, "What?"
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You know because
it was years before,
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praise changes us.
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It is so faith building.
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Sister White said that,
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"We have nothing to
fear for the future,
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unless we forget how
God has led us in the past."
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And here with Jehoshaphat,
00:20:03.40\00:20:05.53
it's like we can be fearful
and I can be going through junk
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and I can be having a
poor, pitiful, mean party.
00:20:09.20\00:20:11.51
That's right.
00:20:11.54\00:20:12.87
But when I begin and
I always begin my prayer
00:20:12.91\00:20:15.64
based on Psalm 100:4,
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.45
when it says, "Enter
his gates with thanksgiving,
00:20:17.48\00:20:20.42
enter into his
courts with praise!"
00:20:20.45\00:20:22.62
So as I...
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I mean, I can be
in the funkiest mood,
00:20:25.59\00:20:28.46
and as I begin to
thank God for, you know,
00:20:28.49\00:20:32.03
if you're having
a health problem,
00:20:32.06\00:20:33.50
you can still find other things.
00:20:33.53\00:20:34.93
I can thank God that I
can see, that I can walk,
00:20:34.96\00:20:37.17
whatever it is
00:20:37.20\00:20:38.53
and that He has
a plan for my life
00:20:38.57\00:20:40.57
or thank Him for the
problems I'm going through
00:20:40.60\00:20:42.84
because I know He's
polishing the potential,
00:20:42.87\00:20:44.77
He's gonna you know.
00:20:44.81\00:20:47.01
And as I begin to praise
Him and as I begin to, you know,
00:20:47.04\00:20:51.78
I'm thanking Him,
00:20:51.81\00:20:53.28
but when I'm
praising Him for who He is,
00:20:53.31\00:20:55.55
suddenly my eye
gets off the problem
00:20:55.58\00:20:58.89
on to the problem solver.
00:20:58.92\00:21:01.32
And I recognize
how powerful He is,
00:21:01.36\00:21:04.33
so the whole
attitude of my approach
00:21:04.36\00:21:06.59
toward God is changed.
00:21:06.63\00:21:08.50
I instead of coming,
and whining, and moaning,
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.73
and murmuring
suddenly then you begin to...
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As I'm praising Him,
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.51
I come before Him with faith,
00:21:18.54\00:21:20.54
it's like He lifts my faith.
00:21:20.58\00:21:23.65
And you know
that's the Bible says,
00:21:23.68\00:21:26.28
that without faith it's
impossible to please God.
00:21:26.31\00:21:29.38
We should believe that He,
00:21:29.42\00:21:31.25
He is and that He rewards
those who earnestly seek Him.
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Well, we're really
not earnestly seeking Him
00:21:35.62\00:21:38.03
when we're just
whining and moaning and...
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You know what I'm saying.
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So to me that's what praise
is all about is to as J.D said,
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it was
Jehoshaphat, it changes us,
00:21:46.97\00:21:49.47
he, suddenly
Jehoshaphat and then they got,
00:21:49.50\00:21:52.14
they had faith, they
started praising the Lord
00:21:52.17\00:21:54.81
and that's when God shows,
00:21:54.84\00:21:56.18
"Draw nearer to God,
He will draw near to you."
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You know, that's a
great point, I'm sorry, Dee,
00:21:59.31\00:22:00.72
you gonna say... Go ahead.
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.08
I was just gonna say
that it's interesting
00:22:02.12\00:22:03.45
what you're bringing up
00:22:03.49\00:22:04.82
but I guess I hadn't
really put that all together
00:22:04.85\00:22:06.19
but really when you're praising
00:22:06.22\00:22:07.96
God in a difficult situation,
it really is a very...
00:22:07.99\00:22:11.59
It's a faith building experience
00:22:11.63\00:22:12.99
to be able to do that.
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.36
There is trust has to
be involved to build it.
00:22:14.40\00:22:17.13
Praise God when things around
you seem to be falling apart
00:22:17.17\00:22:19.57
and it seems like the
world is caving in on you.
00:22:19.60\00:22:22.17
There's actually a trust in God
00:22:22.20\00:22:24.04
and a faith in who God is.
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When you have to praise
God, say, "God you are good."
00:22:26.44\00:22:29.14
Sure it doesn't seem
like it, but I know you are.
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And you know, this is
somebody that I have to say,
00:22:31.65\00:22:34.95
Lord forgive me.
00:22:34.98\00:22:36.89
There are times
that I don't realize
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.49
I'm not trusting God,
00:22:38.52\00:22:39.95
it's praise that
actually builds that trust.
00:22:39.99\00:22:42.12
Yeah. Yes, yes.
00:22:42.16\00:22:43.76
'Cause trust is the
foundation for faith
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.66
but it's as I'm rehearsing
what God's done in the past,
00:22:46.70\00:22:51.00
what His word says who He is.
00:22:51.03\00:22:53.27
Now, that's deep.
00:22:53.30\00:22:54.64
Even when sometimes you
don't necessarily feel like,
00:22:54.67\00:22:58.01
you know, it's kind of like,
00:22:58.04\00:22:59.37
Lord, are you really
that powerful but you know,
00:22:59.41\00:23:02.34
you start saying it
and suddenly it's like...
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.88
It comes true.
00:23:04.91\00:23:06.25
It is, yeah.
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.38
It's practicing. That's good.
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.59
See, when you...
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.55
To me it's the trust.
00:23:12.59\00:23:14.52
So there are, sometimes things,
00:23:14.56\00:23:17.26
incidences stick in your mind
00:23:17.29\00:23:18.99
and they just don't go
away and you just hold on to him
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.23
because you know to trust.
00:23:21.26\00:23:22.66
When I was getting ready,
00:23:22.70\00:23:25.17
when God had called me
here and I was moving here,
00:23:25.20\00:23:27.10
there were several
things to take care of.
00:23:27.14\00:23:28.80
I had land and dog and truck,
00:23:28.84\00:23:34.28
and all the stuff
that had to be handled.
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.51
And I had set a
date of departure.
00:23:36.54\00:23:39.45
Well, things were,
00:23:39.48\00:23:41.98
they weren't
happening as quickly,
00:23:42.02\00:23:45.42
but I kept saying,
00:23:45.45\00:23:47.62
"God if this is not
the day you change it
00:23:47.66\00:23:50.13
but I'm just trusting in you,
00:23:50.16\00:23:51.49
trusting in you
because I know You called me."
00:23:51.53\00:23:54.60
And He took care of
every detail right up
00:23:54.63\00:23:57.13
to the last second
of exactly when I left.
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.50
And I could see
His hand in all of it
00:24:00.54\00:24:02.64
but it was also a witness
to other people around me,
00:24:02.67\00:24:05.57
so I remembered that.
00:24:05.61\00:24:07.18
So I knew that God
had brought me here.
00:24:07.21\00:24:11.01
So this built a trust
00:24:11.05\00:24:12.85
and I knew I was
walking in His will.
00:24:12.88\00:24:14.42
So after I got here,
00:24:14.45\00:24:16.92
I found myself a couple
years later in a situation
00:24:16.95\00:24:20.76
that was very
stressful and very scary,
00:24:20.79\00:24:24.49
that was
financial and so I was like,
00:24:24.53\00:24:28.93
"Lord, you brought me here.
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.73
You took care of
all these details,
00:24:30.77\00:24:33.34
You handled everything.
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.84
And I'm not
gonna worry about this.
00:24:35.87\00:24:37.97
I know you're
going to handle this,
00:24:38.01\00:24:40.21
and I'm gonna let go
00:24:40.24\00:24:41.64
and I know I'm
walking in Your will,
00:24:41.68\00:24:43.55
because You built
my trust back here,
00:24:43.58\00:24:45.31
and I'm gonna
hang on to that trust,
00:24:45.35\00:24:48.25
and I'm gonna praise you,
00:24:48.28\00:24:49.65
and just let You
handle it and let it go."
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.85
I did and to this and He fixed
everything and to this day,
00:24:52.89\00:24:57.09
I don't know how He did it.
00:24:57.13\00:24:58.46
I can't wait to ask Him so,
00:24:58.49\00:25:01.63
you take this experience
lest we forget behind us...
00:25:01.66\00:25:04.27
Right.
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.63
I hang on to what He
did to bring me here.
00:25:05.67\00:25:07.90
I hang on to how
He has kept me here
00:25:07.94\00:25:10.84
in certain small
day-to-day issues.
00:25:10.87\00:25:15.24
I sometimes think
it's the small day-to-day
00:25:15.28\00:25:17.91
that builds out strong test
00:25:17.95\00:25:20.15
that when we get hit
00:25:20.18\00:25:23.08
with the huge overwhelming one,
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.45
then we can
praise Him because see...
00:25:25.49\00:25:28.32
Jehoshaphat.
00:25:28.36\00:25:30.69
Jehoshaphat,
00:25:30.73\00:25:32.06
He did not just suddenly
have all this faith and trust.
00:25:32.09\00:25:35.80
He had been building
it on the little things,
00:25:35.83\00:25:39.63
and then when it
came time to stand,
00:25:39.67\00:25:42.50
he had the faith
and trust to praise
00:25:42.54\00:25:45.14
because he had not forget,
00:25:45.17\00:25:46.91
lest we forget what
He had done in the past.
00:25:46.94\00:25:49.58
But I think it's
those little things that...
00:25:49.61\00:25:52.98
I know one thing
00:25:53.01\00:25:54.35
I experienced this yesterday.
00:25:54.38\00:25:56.48
And as you were speaking
something came to my mind.
00:25:56.52\00:26:03.46
This lady, she, precious lady,
00:26:03.49\00:26:06.06
she calls every once in a while
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.16
and she's a mature Christian
00:26:08.20\00:26:10.00
and her
cupboards are running bare.
00:26:10.03\00:26:13.50
So she is running out of food...
00:26:13.54\00:26:14.87
When her time is
coming, coming nigh does,
00:26:14.90\00:26:17.34
she...
00:26:17.37\00:26:19.94
But she says that
"I'm not really worried.
00:26:19.97\00:26:25.08
In fact, I am praising God
00:26:25.11\00:26:28.45
because I know that He
arrives perfect time all...
00:26:28.48\00:26:34.32
whenever I go through this."
00:26:34.36\00:26:36.46
And I think that
my particular role
00:26:36.49\00:26:39.86
yesterday was just being there
00:26:39.89\00:26:43.10
so that someone
would hear her...
00:26:43.13\00:26:45.07
Hear her praises.
00:26:45.10\00:26:46.43
Because as she
finished praising.
00:26:46.47\00:26:48.70
We went from a
growling stomach to being fed.
00:26:48.74\00:26:53.48
Yeah.
00:26:53.51\00:26:55.18
Just to have a bread...
00:26:55.21\00:26:56.85
So I think that the,
00:26:56.88\00:26:58.95
the lesson here
that I've just learned
00:26:58.98\00:27:01.75
it's just nice to have
brothers and sisters in Christ
00:27:01.78\00:27:05.42
just to sit there to listen.
00:27:05.45\00:27:07.46
Amen.
00:27:07.49\00:27:08.82
Because the Holy
Spirit will fill you up.
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.99
So that's powerful, J.D...
00:27:12.03\00:27:13.76
It is powerful.
00:27:13.80\00:27:15.13
'Cause you're
saying as we praise, now,
00:27:15.16\00:27:16.56
you talked before
earlier that praise changes us.
00:27:16.60\00:27:19.13
And that's powerful,
00:27:19.17\00:27:20.50
praise builds our
trust and that's great.
00:27:20.54\00:27:23.34
But as you were
talking, as we praise,
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.87
it's good to find
someone to praise to with
00:27:25.91\00:27:30.65
to not just or
even to praise out loud.
00:27:30.68\00:27:33.48
They were praising to God
to praise out loud audibly,
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.95
but to find someone
else to praise with too,
00:27:36.99\00:27:38.85
I like that.
00:27:38.89\00:27:40.22
We do that a lot
here in the hall,
00:27:40.26\00:27:43.12
you hear it in every places
you'll say, "Thank you Lord.
00:27:43.16\00:27:46.19
Praise the Lord,''
and people will share.
00:27:46.23\00:27:49.06
Yesterday I was there,
00:27:49.10\00:27:50.43
I was like,
"Yes, thank you Lord."
00:27:50.47\00:27:52.30
And so people were
like, "What did you do?
00:27:52.33\00:27:54.14
What did you do?" Yes.
00:27:54.17\00:27:55.50
Yes. And it was Him.
00:27:55.54\00:27:56.97
It was God's hand so
that we don't get to...
00:27:57.01\00:28:01.54
We're not, when
the cupboards are bare
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.24
and you get food,
00:28:03.28\00:28:04.61
you know it was God,
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.35
it wasn't your
solution, it was God.
00:28:06.38\00:28:09.95
And that's our
testimony, that's the one thing
00:28:09.98\00:28:12.45
that we have to
get back to the Lord
00:28:12.49\00:28:15.19
is what did He do for me.
00:28:15.22\00:28:19.63
And it's a witness to others.
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.00
I remember about six years ago,
00:28:21.03\00:28:23.87
I had a spot on my leg
00:28:23.90\00:28:27.37
and I went to the
doctor and they did a biopsy
00:28:27.40\00:28:29.67
and I went back in,
00:28:29.70\00:28:31.04
and the doctor said,
"It's squamous cell carcinoma."
00:28:31.07\00:28:36.51
And I said, "Praise the Lord."
00:28:36.54\00:28:39.45
And the nurse goes,
00:28:39.48\00:28:40.95
"I don't think I've
ever heard anyone say
00:28:40.98\00:28:42.65
praise the Lord to that."
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.55
But I was praising God
because it wasn't melanoma.
00:28:44.59\00:28:48.16
I mean, you know,
00:28:48.19\00:28:49.52
squamous cell is
worse than basal cell
00:28:49.56\00:28:51.63
but it's not as bad,
00:28:51.66\00:28:53.06
it doesn't spread as easily
00:28:53.09\00:28:54.43
because I had
ignored this spot for years
00:28:54.46\00:28:58.47
and it kept growing
and so I was thinking,
00:28:58.50\00:29:01.30
oh, Lord, what
have I done to myself
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.30
because I was ignoring,
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.67
but it...
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.91
When I was talking
with this nurse, she said,
00:29:06.94\00:29:08.61
"I've never heard
anyone react like that."
00:29:08.64\00:29:10.61
And I said, "I just know
that God is watching over me."
00:29:10.65\00:29:14.08
So the thing about it is...
00:29:14.12\00:29:16.58
You know crisis
reveals character.
00:29:16.62\00:29:19.52
Have you ever seen somebody
00:29:19.55\00:29:21.09
who is really going
through something bad
00:29:21.12\00:29:23.59
and yet they're
still praising the Lord.
00:29:23.63\00:29:25.93
They are, they draw
people like a magnet to the Lord
00:29:25.96\00:29:29.33
because if He's lifted up...
00:29:29.36\00:29:32.13
And when people see someone
going through something bad
00:29:32.17\00:29:35.40
and they're still
joyful and praising God,
00:29:35.44\00:29:38.27
I think it's a great witness.
00:29:38.31\00:29:39.77
It is, it is.
00:29:39.81\00:29:41.74
Let's go to Psalm 22. Okay.
00:29:41.78\00:29:43.58
We're talking about why should
we praise and you're right,
00:29:43.61\00:29:46.08
Shelley, praise is a witness.
00:29:46.11\00:29:48.38
When we praise, it shows Jesus,
00:29:48.42\00:29:51.22
it uplifts the character
of God to other people.
00:29:51.25\00:29:53.66
That's powerful.
00:29:53.69\00:29:55.22
Psalm 22:3,
someone want to read that,
00:29:55.26\00:29:59.13
whoever gets it.
00:29:59.16\00:30:00.50
J.D?
00:30:03.37\00:30:04.70
"But you are holy, enthroned,
00:30:04.73\00:30:06.80
in other words exalted
in the praises of Israel."
00:30:06.84\00:30:12.27
But you are holy God.
00:30:12.31\00:30:14.14
That's you, that's
with the capital Y.
00:30:14.18\00:30:16.95
But Jesus you are holy,
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.05
your enthroned in
the praises of Israel."
00:30:19.08\00:30:21.48
Enthroned, my version says,
"But thou art holy O, Lord,
00:30:21.52\00:30:25.82
though inhabitest
the praises of Israel."
00:30:25.85\00:30:28.62
Amen.
00:30:28.66\00:30:29.99
That word inhabitest
also enthroned in the Hebrew.
00:30:30.03\00:30:34.56
It is, "Yashab."
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.87
Which means?
00:30:36.90\00:30:38.23
It is translated
twice as often as dwells.
00:30:38.27\00:30:42.34
Okay.
00:30:42.37\00:30:43.71
So, God dwells in the praises.
00:30:43.74\00:30:48.24
This is why I
think it's so important,
00:30:48.28\00:30:50.48
we start our
prayer off like that
00:30:50.51\00:30:52.05
because it changes
our mental attitude,
00:30:52.08\00:30:53.82
our prayer posture.
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.42
But it's drawn nearer to
God, He draws near to you.
00:30:55.45\00:30:58.29
He dwells in the
presence of our praises.
00:30:58.32\00:31:03.66
Can I read
something? Yes, please.
00:31:03.69\00:31:05.76
This is 2 Chronicles you may
want to turn there because...
00:31:05.79\00:31:08.10
Oh, yes, 2 Chronicles what?
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.46
Chapter 5:13, 14.
00:31:09.50\00:31:13.97
2 Chronicles 5:13, 14.
00:31:14.00\00:31:17.67
'Cause to me this is
the most perfect example
00:31:17.71\00:31:21.28
in the Bible of God,
00:31:21.31\00:31:22.94
inhabiting or being enthroned
in the praises of Israel.
00:31:22.98\00:31:27.65
2 Chronicles 5:13, 14.
00:31:27.68\00:31:31.72
"Indeed it came to pass,"
00:31:31.75\00:31:33.69
they are dedicating the...
00:31:33.72\00:31:35.76
The temple?
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.13
Temple. Okay.
00:31:37.16\00:31:38.49
"Indeed it came to pass
00:31:38.53\00:31:39.86
when the trumpeters
and the singers were as one
00:31:39.89\00:31:42.23
to make one sound
to be heard in praising
00:31:42.26\00:31:46.07
and thanking the Lord
00:31:46.10\00:31:47.87
and when they lifted up
their voice with the trumpets
00:31:47.90\00:31:50.44
and the symbols and
instruments of music
00:31:50.47\00:31:53.04
and praise the Lord saying,
00:31:53.07\00:31:55.04
"For He is good for his
mercy endures for ever."
00:31:55.08\00:31:59.75
When this happened,
00:31:59.78\00:32:01.18
it says, that the house,
00:32:01.22\00:32:02.68
the house of the Lord
was filled with a cloud.
00:32:02.72\00:32:07.89
So, that the priest
could not continue ministering
00:32:07.92\00:32:13.03
because of the cloud,
00:32:13.06\00:32:15.23
for the glory of the
Lord filled the house."
00:32:15.26\00:32:20.70
I remember only
one time in my life
00:32:20.74\00:32:26.11
when I was and this was
when I was 18-years-old.
00:32:26.14\00:32:30.11
I was going to...
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.55
I was member of
the Church for Christ
00:32:32.58\00:32:34.98
and our pastor was,
00:32:35.02\00:32:38.42
had suddenly gotten
into this deep study
00:32:38.45\00:32:41.76
on the Holy Spirit.
00:32:41.79\00:32:43.12
Okay.
00:32:43.16\00:32:44.49
And it changed him,
00:32:44.53\00:32:45.86
as matter of fact, he came...
00:32:45.89\00:32:47.23
He ended up coming
out of that denomination
00:32:47.26\00:32:50.07
and into
basically a non-denomination
00:32:50.10\00:32:52.47
but I mean it changed him.
00:32:52.50\00:32:54.70
And he was talking about praise.
00:32:54.74\00:32:57.34
I mean, we had two
different churches,
00:32:57.37\00:33:00.51
one on the north side
one on the south side.
00:33:00.54\00:33:02.98
And I lived on the north side
but I started going down there
00:33:03.01\00:33:05.55
and every Friday night
they would get together
00:33:05.58\00:33:08.55
and have praise
and they would sing
00:33:08.58\00:33:11.22
and they would pray
00:33:11.25\00:33:12.59
and they just praise the Lord.
00:33:12.62\00:33:14.62
I mean for an hour
00:33:14.66\00:33:17.16
and then they have a little
00:33:17.19\00:33:18.53
maybe 30 minute
Bible study after,
00:33:18.56\00:33:20.00
but they did an hour
of praising the Lord.
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.30
So, I was late
because I was coming from work
00:33:22.33\00:33:26.17
and here I am, I'm 18-years-old
00:33:26.20\00:33:27.90
and I walked in and they were...
00:33:27.94\00:33:31.77
They just
finished singing the song
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.54
and they were
praying and praising
00:33:33.58\00:33:35.44
and as I walked in,
00:33:35.48\00:33:36.95
there was only
like less than 20 of us
00:33:36.98\00:33:39.98
that came to this thing.
00:33:40.02\00:33:42.98
But there was a
cloud over these people.
00:33:43.02\00:33:45.35
And I'm thinking
what's happening here.
00:33:45.39\00:33:48.89
When I walked in, I mean,
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.26
I saw, I've never seen them
ever before since or before,
00:33:50.29\00:33:54.60
but it was like there was
a mystique thing over them.
00:33:54.63\00:33:57.93
So it was so
amazing to me, you know,
00:33:57.97\00:34:02.20
I didn't understand it
and I read this verse once
00:34:02.24\00:34:04.87
and I thought what was
that what I was seeing,
00:34:04.91\00:34:07.61
because I ask other people later
00:34:07.64\00:34:09.14
I just slipped
in the back row...
00:34:09.18\00:34:11.21
You know they're
not smoking or anything.
00:34:11.25\00:34:12.58
They're not smoking
but there was like a cloud.
00:34:12.61\00:34:14.78
And we have,
we've attended a church
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.99
before that when the praise
00:34:18.02\00:34:19.99
and the worship would
go on for a long time.
00:34:20.02\00:34:22.62
What happened?
00:34:22.66\00:34:23.99
Remember you said,
"It felt like a net came."
00:34:24.03\00:34:26.96
So, God's
presence we shouldn't take,
00:34:27.00\00:34:30.67
when we're praising and
worshipping and music to me,
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.20
it's just to break up our...
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.91
It's to plow up
our hardened heart
00:34:36.94\00:34:39.71
so that we'll be
ready to receive God's word,
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.74
but that is such an
important part of worship,
00:34:41.78\00:34:45.68
it just... It's my pet peeve
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.68
is when we're
singing a song to the Lord
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.65
and somebody comes in
and starts talking to me
00:34:51.69\00:34:53.99
because that is
prayer set to music and so...
00:34:54.02\00:34:58.63
And you wouldn't interrupt
somebody in your prayer, right?
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.20
No.
00:35:00.23\00:35:01.56
You say, excuse me, I'm
having prayer right now, right?
00:35:01.60\00:35:02.93
Yeah.
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.30
So we need to start
taking praise and worship more
00:35:04.33\00:35:08.60
I mean, this is how we worship
00:35:08.64\00:35:10.77
in truth and in spirit.
00:35:10.81\00:35:12.14
We need to take
praise and worship
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.04
more seriously and not
just be sitting here saying,
00:35:14.08\00:35:17.51
you know, I stand
in awe of you Lord
00:35:17.55\00:35:19.25
and somebody comes.
00:35:19.28\00:35:20.62
"Oh, blah, blah,
blah, good to see you."
00:35:20.65\00:35:21.98
Go ahead.
00:35:25.45\00:35:26.96
It should be taken
as a very serious thing.
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.59
Yeah.
00:35:28.62\00:35:29.96
I mean it's the God
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.53
of the universe,
00:35:31.56\00:35:32.89
our creator God
who ruled in space.
00:35:32.93\00:35:35.76
Don't you wish this
happen to every Sabbath?
00:35:35.80\00:35:38.60
If what happened
in 2 Chronicles 5,
00:35:38.63\00:35:41.37
if we would be
praising and worshipping
00:35:41.40\00:35:42.97
so much that
God was in head too,
00:35:43.00\00:35:45.47
to the point that
his presence that they,
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.28
they were on their
face before the Lord,
00:35:48.31\00:35:50.21
they couldn't minister
00:35:50.25\00:35:51.58
because His presence was
there healing and touching them.
00:35:51.61\00:35:55.12
Lord Jesus, we want
more of Your presence.
00:35:55.15\00:35:56.85
You know, more of His
anointing more of His presence,
00:35:56.89\00:36:00.42
I just think
walking into our church
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.06
what if there was a cloud,
00:36:02.09\00:36:03.43
what if we saw
the presence of God.
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.09
The thing that
spoke to me was the unity,
00:36:05.13\00:36:08.06
did you see that?
00:36:08.10\00:36:09.43
It says, when they
came together as one
00:36:09.46\00:36:12.37
and did you see that?
00:36:12.40\00:36:13.74
So that means as we praise
00:36:13.77\00:36:15.34
not only does God draw near
with inhabiting the presence,
00:36:15.37\00:36:17.91
He dwells there
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.27
but He wants us
to praise in unity.
00:36:19.31\00:36:22.71
Upper room experience.
00:36:22.74\00:36:24.08
And if it is true that
00:36:24.11\00:36:25.45
He is everywhere and He is all,
00:36:25.48\00:36:27.45
He is in that praise
at that particular moment.
00:36:27.48\00:36:31.12
So, when He is there then He...
00:36:31.15\00:36:34.99
We are there also
and He's inhabiting us.
00:36:35.02\00:36:38.36
Yes.
00:36:38.39\00:36:39.73
And we're
inhabiting Him. That's deep.
00:36:39.76\00:36:42.36
To the point
that's almost visible.
00:36:42.40\00:36:43.87
Yes.
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.23
It brings the two
worlds together so close,
00:36:45.27\00:36:48.50
when the worship is
that deep and that sincere
00:36:48.54\00:36:51.87
and as He draws
closer and we draw closer,
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.38
it brings his world almost
visible to us, that cloud.
00:36:54.41\00:37:00.58
You know, I just had a
thought, this is interesting.
00:37:00.62\00:37:04.25
When God led the
children throughout the desert
00:37:04.29\00:37:07.69
there was the cloud in
the pillar of fire, right?
00:37:07.72\00:37:10.76
Here we see the cloud
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.73
and there the unity
00:37:12.76\00:37:14.10
in the upper room of Acts...
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.26
They had the fire.
00:37:16.30\00:37:17.97
They were in unity
00:37:18.00\00:37:19.33
and you know they
were praising the Lord,
00:37:19.37\00:37:20.70
because they had
seen the risen Savior.
00:37:20.74\00:37:24.91
So, and they were expecting
the promise from one high,
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.91
so they were
praising and praying in unity
00:37:27.94\00:37:31.08
and that time God
showed up, it was the fire.
00:37:31.11\00:37:33.05
You know, that's a good point
00:37:33.08\00:37:34.42
because, you know,
00:37:34.45\00:37:35.78
it's easy to praise
the Lord in good times,
00:37:35.82\00:37:37.55
so in those difficult times
00:37:37.59\00:37:40.16
where the devil is
trying to discourage
00:37:40.19\00:37:41.52
then his angels
are extremely pressing
00:37:41.56\00:37:43.32
I would imagine so,
00:37:43.36\00:37:45.19
by praising the Lord then
that would push the evil back
00:37:45.23\00:37:49.23
in that presence,
the cloud of Christ,
00:37:49.26\00:37:52.13
the Holy Spirit
would be around us,
00:37:52.17\00:37:54.57
because you know
we don't want to treat
00:37:54.60\00:37:57.21
praise as a reward
to God for His goodness.
00:37:57.24\00:38:03.45
Does that make sense
Because praise, you know,
00:38:03.48\00:38:05.15
because it's not like,
00:38:05.18\00:38:06.51
"Okay, God
you've been good to me.
00:38:06.55\00:38:07.88
So now I'm gonna praise you."
00:38:07.92\00:38:09.25
Exactly, that's good.
00:38:09.28\00:38:10.62
Because it's...
it would be correct
00:38:10.65\00:38:12.25
because pray should
always be, the bad, the good,
00:38:12.29\00:38:14.86
no matter what it is...
00:38:14.89\00:38:16.22
Because of who He is.
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.59
Because of who He is.
00:38:17.63\00:38:20.20
It's really deep, Shelley.
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.20
So Psalms 35:9, it says,
00:38:22.23\00:38:25.70
"And my soul shall be
joyful in the Lord: it shall..."
00:38:25.73\00:38:29.47
Say it again, where you at?
00:38:29.50\00:38:30.84
I'm sorry.
00:38:30.87\00:38:32.21
It's Psalms 35:9,
00:38:32.24\00:38:33.71
it say, "My soul
shall be joyful in the Lord:
00:38:33.74\00:38:38.51
and it shall
rejoice in his salvation."
00:38:38.55\00:38:41.62
Your praise has to
and haven't you ever
00:38:41.65\00:38:44.45
just been so filled
with the Lord and so joy,
00:38:44.49\00:38:48.59
your heart can't even hold it.
00:38:48.62\00:38:50.63
Your soul, your
body, you have to praise
00:38:50.66\00:38:53.33
because you
can't do anything else.
00:38:53.36\00:38:56.97
And so that is where,
00:38:57.00\00:38:59.03
that is what praise is,
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.40
praise is not...
Oh, praise the Lord He,
00:39:00.44\00:39:03.41
He did this or that.
00:39:03.44\00:39:04.77
But your praise
literally has to well out of you
00:39:04.81\00:39:08.54
from the very
essence of your soul
00:39:08.58\00:39:10.71
and your love
for him and the joy.
00:39:10.75\00:39:14.32
The joy of
praise. When I see nature,
00:39:14.35\00:39:18.39
when I say, that it triggers it,
00:39:18.42\00:39:20.62
it's because I'm so
welled up inside with praise
00:39:20.66\00:39:25.13
and love for my Savior
00:39:25.16\00:39:27.50
and it's joyful,
your soul is joyful
00:39:27.53\00:39:30.50
and you rejoice, you
can't help yourself to praise.
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.27
Amen, amen.
00:39:32.30\00:39:33.80
We'll turn to another Scripture.
00:39:33.84\00:39:35.17
Let's do then.
00:39:35.20\00:39:36.81
Psalm 103.
00:39:36.84\00:39:38.17
There are a lot in Psalm.
00:39:38.21\00:39:40.98
I think every psalm
has something in it,
00:39:41.01\00:39:42.78
that's praise.
00:39:42.81\00:39:44.15
Absolutely.
00:39:44.18\00:39:45.51
I mean, maybe not the
entire Psalm but something
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.22
in every psalm
you can find that.
00:39:47.25\00:39:48.72
What was the last one?
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.25
What was the...
00:39:50.29\00:39:51.69
Psalm 150?
00:39:51.72\00:39:53.05
Oh, yeah, right. Yes.
00:39:53.09\00:39:54.42
I thank every...
00:39:54.46\00:39:55.79
Every verse, every verse.
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.16
So where now?
00:39:57.19\00:39:58.53
Psalm 103 and I think, Shelley,
00:39:58.56\00:40:00.33
you actually did A
Sharper Focus on Psalm 103.
00:40:00.36\00:40:03.23
I could be wrong but I think
I remember that. Let's read...
00:40:03.26\00:40:07.87
We could read the whole thing
00:40:07.90\00:40:09.24
but just maybe
1-4 to start with.
00:40:09.27\00:40:13.14
You want to read it, sweetie.
00:40:13.17\00:40:14.51
Sure, yep, Psalm 103:1-4 says,
00:40:14.54\00:40:16.75
"Bless the Lord, O my soul:
00:40:16.78\00:40:19.15
and all that is within
me, bless his holy name.
00:40:19.18\00:40:22.65
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.62
and forget not all his benefits:
00:40:24.65\00:40:28.49
For who forgives
all your iniquities,
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.76
who heals all your diseases,
00:40:30.79\00:40:33.29
who redeems your
life from destruction,
00:40:33.33\00:40:35.86
who crowns you
with loving kindness
00:40:35.90\00:40:38.80
and tender mercies,"
00:40:38.83\00:40:40.50
Amen.
00:40:40.54\00:40:42.30
Let's do verse 5 too,
00:40:42.34\00:40:44.31
because if you're
old this is a good one.
00:40:44.34\00:40:47.18
Verse 5 says,
00:40:47.21\00:40:48.78
"Who satisfies thy
mouth with good things
00:40:48.81\00:40:52.61
so that your
mouth is renewed..."
00:40:52.65\00:40:54.68
Your youth.
00:40:54.72\00:40:56.05
Your youth sorry,
00:40:56.08\00:40:57.42
I got so many
notes written here,
00:40:57.45\00:40:58.79
"So that thy youth is
renewed like the eagles."
00:40:58.82\00:41:01.72
So, we know
you're still very young.
00:41:01.76\00:41:03.83
You can read
that Teensy-weensy...
00:41:03.86\00:41:05.33
Well, yeah I'm
having a few issues...
00:41:05.36\00:41:06.90
He's holding it
up a little closer.
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.46
A little further way.
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.57
It's time to go
to the eye doctor.
00:41:11.60\00:41:14.00
So, yeah, "So who satisfies
thy mouth with good things
00:41:14.04\00:41:17.14
so that thy youth is
renewed like the eagles."
00:41:17.17\00:41:21.74
We praise because what?
00:41:21.78\00:41:24.58
He forgives us.
00:41:24.61\00:41:25.95
He redeems us.
00:41:25.98\00:41:27.32
He's our redeemer.
00:41:27.35\00:41:28.68
He's our healer,
00:41:28.72\00:41:30.05
and I think healer
from the disease of sin.
00:41:30.09\00:41:33.49
Amen. They're
not just physical...
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.19
You know, I mean God
does want to heal us,
00:41:35.22\00:41:37.13
He wants us to
prosper and be in health
00:41:37.16\00:41:38.63
but we're also talking about
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.00
we're all sick
with the disease of sin
00:41:40.03\00:41:41.40
and God wants to heal us.
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.83
What I'm
reading here in the hope
00:41:42.86\00:41:44.47
and the help here in 103.
00:41:44.50\00:41:48.00
Okay.
00:41:48.04\00:41:49.37
"Praising God for His goodness
is the highest form of prayer."
00:41:49.40\00:41:53.48
Amen. One more time.
00:41:53.51\00:41:55.71
"Praising God for His goodness."
00:41:55.74\00:41:57.11
Yes.
00:41:57.15\00:41:58.48
Okay, now we're not
asking something here,
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.75
we're praising
Him for His goodness,
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.22
is the highest form of prayer.
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.15
It rises above all
petitions and all laments."
00:42:05.19\00:42:10.46
It rises above our sufferings,
00:42:10.49\00:42:13.29
it rises above our request.
00:42:13.33\00:42:19.23
This is just, you know,
00:42:19.27\00:42:22.07
Lord, I just love you
because of who you are
00:42:22.10\00:42:24.67
not because of
what you can get me.
00:42:24.71\00:42:27.44
That's powerful, isn't it?
00:42:27.48\00:42:29.18
Just a moment ago,
00:42:29.21\00:42:30.55
you were talking
about how, you know,
00:42:30.58\00:42:32.18
when your heart
is so filled with joy
00:42:32.21\00:42:33.92
that you just can't stop it,
00:42:33.95\00:42:36.02
it just, it comes,
it flows out of you
00:42:36.05\00:42:38.59
but more often
than not for me it's,
00:42:38.62\00:42:44.26
it's, I mean we've
all got those moments
00:42:44.29\00:42:47.36
but more often than not
for me it's not starting there.
00:42:47.40\00:42:50.13
It's like there's just
things weighing you down
00:42:50.17\00:42:53.07
and it's heavy
and there's problems
00:42:53.10\00:42:57.84
and as you begin your prayer
00:42:57.87\00:43:01.44
with praise and thanksgiving.
00:43:01.48\00:43:04.98
What happens is the
result of what you just said,
00:43:05.01\00:43:07.72
you know, you can just
start down in your mouth.
00:43:07.75\00:43:10.29
But as you're
praising and thanking him
00:43:10.32\00:43:12.79
and...
00:43:12.82\00:43:14.82
I when I was trying to
learn how to praise I realized
00:43:14.86\00:43:18.16
when I was first
writing out my prayers
00:43:18.19\00:43:20.70
and I'd start off
with praise you know
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.66
"thanks" with, I mean
his gates with thanksgiving,
00:43:22.70\00:43:26.10
and with praise into his
court so, and I thought Lord.
00:43:26.13\00:43:30.87
I don't even know how to
praise you, this is pitiful.
00:43:30.91\00:43:34.61
But then, you know,
00:43:34.64\00:43:36.85
praise is the
language of heaven.
00:43:36.88\00:43:40.38
And what I did was
just go through the Psalms.
00:43:40.42\00:43:42.75
That's exactly in.
00:43:42.78\00:43:44.12
And I would find
something in the Psalm that
00:43:44.15\00:43:47.02
because David... The only way
00:43:47.06\00:43:50.16
I know how to
express this is that
00:43:50.19\00:43:51.69
David's love for
God was so intimate.
00:43:51.73\00:43:54.06
It's almost like what we would
think of as a romantic love
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.63
because it was so intimate...
00:43:56.67\00:43:59.33
Would it be the bride of Christ?
00:43:59.37\00:44:00.70
Yeah.
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.07
The church is
the bride of Christ.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
That's a great thought.
00:44:03.47\00:44:04.81
But here in the
midst of sufferings,
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.17
he would start
praising the Lord,
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.11
and so when I will just take
his praises and reword them,
00:44:08.14\00:44:11.75
you know,
paraphrasing it in my own.
00:44:11.78\00:44:13.72
And I found that, you
know, and I've been doing that
00:44:13.75\00:44:16.42
I love it when we're
having these kind of things
00:44:16.45\00:44:18.72
'cause you're reminded of
what God showed you to do.
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.79
What you need to do.
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.72
But it will take
you from being down
00:44:22.76\00:44:25.49
in the mouth,
poor pitiful, puddle,
00:44:25.53\00:44:28.70
feeling sorry for yourself
00:44:28.73\00:44:30.43
to where suddenly your heart...
00:44:30.47\00:44:33.34
I think it prepares
you for prayer really
00:44:33.37\00:44:35.90
because it gives you a
different prayer posture.
00:44:35.94\00:44:38.47
It's a big difference
whenever you've got a problem.
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.41
There's a problem solver here
00:44:41.44\00:44:43.48
and then there's
that automatic because,
00:44:43.51\00:44:45.31
we're one with
Him, if we choose to be
00:44:45.35\00:44:48.75
then that magnet just starts
bringing you closer together.
00:44:48.78\00:44:52.19
And all of a sudden
the problem is dissolved
00:44:52.22\00:44:55.79
because He's there, you know,
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.29
just to wrap
his arms around you.
00:44:57.33\00:44:58.76
See I know that there's a
lot of widows out there, I know,
00:44:58.79\00:45:02.16
I'm one of them
and I find sometimes
00:45:02.20\00:45:04.80
when I start my if I get hurt...
00:45:04.83\00:45:07.44
See my husband was there for me
00:45:07.47\00:45:10.07
He was a big guy,
00:45:10.11\00:45:11.44
I was always safe in his arms.
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.44
I could go to him.
00:45:13.48\00:45:14.81
Somebody hurt me, he protect me.
00:45:14.84\00:45:16.91
Now, so if I get hurt,
00:45:16.95\00:45:19.08
I'm down whatever I...
00:45:19.11\00:45:21.55
And I don't have
anybody to go to.
00:45:21.58\00:45:22.92
Yes, I do but not my husband.
00:45:22.95\00:45:25.32
Yeah.
00:45:25.35\00:45:26.69
Now, I can say,
"Oh, father, I'm so hurt,
00:45:26.72\00:45:30.26
I'm so... I
don't, thank you father,
00:45:30.29\00:45:33.29
thank you father
that you're my husband
00:45:33.33\00:45:35.30
that you're there for me.
00:45:35.33\00:45:36.80
Thank you that
you've taken care of me."
00:45:36.83\00:45:39.33
You can start your
praise with thanks.
00:45:39.37\00:45:42.40
"Thank you that you love me.
00:45:42.44\00:45:44.74
Your love is so...
00:45:44.77\00:45:46.57
Amen.
00:45:46.61\00:45:47.94
Overwhelming.
00:45:47.98\00:45:49.31
And so I can take, as widows
00:45:49.34\00:45:52.45
I encourage
you, turn to the Lord
00:45:52.48\00:45:55.48
as your husband when you're hurt
00:45:55.52\00:45:58.39
and you have no
one else to go to.
00:45:58.42\00:46:00.39
Tell him how you're feeling
00:46:00.42\00:46:02.12
and then start
thanking Him and praising Him
00:46:02.16\00:46:05.26
that He is there for
you and that He will,
00:46:05.29\00:46:09.76
He will fill your
heart with His love
00:46:09.80\00:46:12.23
and you will find
yourself in a different place
00:46:12.27\00:46:14.44
through His praises
00:46:14.47\00:46:16.40
and lifted out
of where you were.
00:46:16.44\00:46:18.87
Thank you for
sharing that, Dee, you know,
00:46:18.91\00:46:20.64
because you see
that, we see that
00:46:20.68\00:46:23.01
3ABN walked out in Dee's life,
00:46:23.04\00:46:25.01
you know, I can see
your walk with God and how,
00:46:25.05\00:46:28.22
you go to God and how
God works in your life
00:46:28.25\00:46:31.45
and how God
brings that anointing
00:46:31.49\00:46:33.32
and peace and
deliverance and that's powerful.
00:46:33.36\00:46:35.79
And as you shared that,
00:46:35.82\00:46:37.19
we're morphing into
question number three.
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.99
When should we praise?
00:46:39.03\00:46:40.36
Because that's
exactly what you said.
00:46:40.40\00:46:42.13
When I'm as a
widow, when I'm struggling,
00:46:42.16\00:46:44.67
when I'm having a hard time,
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.03
when I need a husband
that come surround me."
00:46:46.07\00:46:49.00
You came to God,
and that's what He did.
00:46:49.04\00:46:51.11
Yes. Amen.
00:46:51.14\00:46:52.47
And He has been my husband
00:46:52.51\00:46:53.94
for 20 years, a faithful husband
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.88
that has provided for
me every step of the way.
00:46:55.91\00:46:59.18
Yes. Amen.
00:46:59.21\00:47:00.78
And I know He'll continue to
00:47:00.82\00:47:02.15
even if some day
00:47:02.18\00:47:03.52
I don't have a roof over my head
00:47:03.55\00:47:04.89
and I'm out on the street.
00:47:04.92\00:47:06.25
He's still gonna provide
for me and take care of me.
00:47:06.29\00:47:07.96
Amen.
00:47:07.99\00:47:10.16
So let's look at Acts, Acts 16.
00:47:10.19\00:47:14.30
And this is Paul and Silas
not having such a good day.
00:47:14.33\00:47:20.80
Yeah, it has
been a tough for them.
00:47:20.84\00:47:22.30
You know when I was
rereading the story last night.
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.27
What struck me is that
00:47:24.31\00:47:26.17
we know that they went
to jail and we'll read that
00:47:26.21\00:47:28.18
how they praise God.
00:47:28.21\00:47:29.54
But what happened
before they went to prison
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.88
and they, there was
a certain slave girl
00:47:32.91\00:47:35.98
who was owned by her masters
00:47:36.02\00:47:37.39
and she brought
them a lot of money
00:47:37.42\00:47:39.32
and there was
demon possession there
00:47:39.35\00:47:40.89
so Paul went and
rebuked the devil,
00:47:40.92\00:47:44.26
and as a result of that
00:47:44.29\00:47:45.83
the girl's
masters lost the money...
00:47:45.86\00:47:47.86
Because she changed her mind.
00:47:47.90\00:47:49.23
Because she was totally
changed and new in Jesus
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.63
and so because of that
00:47:51.67\00:47:53.30
they went before the magistrates
00:47:53.34\00:47:54.84
and they were
thrown into prison.
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.20
So, this
circumstance, this difficulty
00:47:56.24\00:47:59.41
there in is in direct result
00:47:59.44\00:48:02.64
to reaching out against
the power of darkness, right.
00:48:02.68\00:48:06.21
They would, we
could say frontline work
00:48:06.25\00:48:08.42
against the power of Satan
00:48:08.45\00:48:09.78
and Satan didn't like
that but God had the final say,
00:48:09.82\00:48:14.19
so they're imprisoned there
and what verses are we reading?
00:48:14.22\00:48:17.69
23-26.
00:48:17.73\00:48:21.26
Acts 16:23-26.
00:48:21.30\00:48:24.80
You want to read that, Shelley?
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.17
Sure.
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.24
"And when they had
laid many stripes on them,
00:48:28.27\00:48:31.07
they threw them into
prison, commanding the jailor
00:48:31.11\00:48:33.64
to keep them securely."
00:48:33.68\00:48:35.01
And boy this prison was just
00:48:35.04\00:48:37.21
a teensy weensy little spot
00:48:37.25\00:48:38.71
so here they are bloodied
up by the little lashing
00:48:38.75\00:48:42.28
that they've had
and they're cramped up.
00:48:42.32\00:48:44.65
"Having received such a charge,
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.62
He put them into
the inner prison,"
00:48:46.65\00:48:49.29
that's down
actually on the floor "
00:48:49.32\00:48:51.36
and fasten their
feet in the stocks.
00:48:51.39\00:48:54.53
But at midnight Paul and Silas,
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.53
were praying and
singing hymns to God
00:48:57.57\00:49:00.67
and the prisoners
were listening to them."
00:49:00.70\00:49:02.60
Probably thinking what
is going on with these guys.
00:49:02.64\00:49:07.01
"Suddenly there
was a great earthquake,
00:49:07.04\00:49:09.64
so that the foundations
at the prison were shaken:
00:49:09.68\00:49:12.41
and immediately all
the doors were opened,
00:49:12.45\00:49:15.22
and everyone's everyone's
00:49:15.25\00:49:18.89
chains were loosened."
00:49:18.92\00:49:22.96
Thing that catches my
attention there is that
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.53
this is who Paul
and Silas were...
00:49:25.56\00:49:27.73
Good.
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.10
I mean you know they didn't say,
00:49:29.13\00:49:30.47
"Hey, we got a plan here, guys."
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.17
If we can sing and
praise something's gonna happen.
00:49:32.20\00:49:36.10
They just... I mean...
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.74
That's right.
00:49:37.77\00:49:39.11
And that's, and
that's important...
00:49:39.14\00:49:40.48
Absolutely.
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.21
It's a great point.
00:49:42.24\00:49:44.51
Who are we?
00:49:44.55\00:49:46.35
I mean are we whether
it's good times or bad times.
00:49:46.38\00:49:49.58
I mean we're praising
or what is that petition
00:49:49.62\00:49:52.65
or is it for his goodness.
00:49:52.69\00:49:54.86
So for them it was a habit.
00:49:54.89\00:49:56.36
It was a habit, this is just...
00:49:56.39\00:49:57.73
They developed a
habit to praise God.
00:49:57.76\00:49:59.46
That is true, they didn't
know the rest of story we know
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.50
because of what God would say.
00:50:01.53\00:50:03.67
They didn't know they
were praising the Lord,
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.70
whether that
was their final spot
00:50:05.73\00:50:07.54
and they were gonna be executed.
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.14
I mean they were bleed up,
so they probably just thought,
00:50:09.17\00:50:12.27
"Hey, man, let's praise God
for His goodness right now."
00:50:12.31\00:50:15.84
You know, they were thanking
that which is have to be.
00:50:15.88\00:50:18.95
And at midnight...
00:50:18.98\00:50:20.32
You know I like that
too because the Bible says,
00:50:20.35\00:50:21.95
at midnight and of course
it might have been midnight,
00:50:21.98\00:50:23.95
midnight.
00:50:23.99\00:50:25.32
But I think it's
in the darkest point,
00:50:25.35\00:50:27.16
the darkest hour of
life to still praise
00:50:27.19\00:50:30.09
to make that choice.
00:50:30.13\00:50:31.66
What else can you do
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.40
when you, when
everything in your life is
00:50:33.43\00:50:36.63
totally beyond your control
00:50:36.67\00:50:38.60
when you have,
they had no control over
00:50:38.63\00:50:41.47
anything in their life, nothing.
00:50:41.50\00:50:44.44
The only thing they
had control over was
00:50:44.47\00:50:46.47
how they were gonna react
00:50:46.51\00:50:48.04
to where they were and
what was happening to them.
00:50:48.08\00:50:50.65
So how are you gonna react
00:50:50.68\00:50:52.68
when you are at the
deepest end of your rope
00:50:52.71\00:50:56.89
when you're just
hanging on by your fingernail.
00:50:56.92\00:50:58.65
How are you gonna respond.
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.16
Who do you turn to
turn? Do you turn to praise,
00:51:00.19\00:51:03.53
because you trust in your God
00:51:03.56\00:51:05.23
because you know how
He's led in the past.
00:51:05.26\00:51:07.30
Where else do you go?
00:51:07.33\00:51:08.66
Amen.
00:51:08.70\00:51:10.03
It's something that...
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.63
if you're filled
with the Holy Spirit,
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.30
I don't think you
can help but praise,
00:51:14.34\00:51:16.44
but we can quench the spirit.
00:51:16.47\00:51:18.67
I mean because they could easily
00:51:18.71\00:51:20.08
and you hear this sometimes,
00:51:20.11\00:51:21.44
you'll see
somebody that's been really,
00:51:21.48\00:51:22.81
really faithful in
their service for the Lord
00:51:22.84\00:51:26.51
and you will hear
them suddenly say,
00:51:26.55\00:51:29.32
"You know, why was my
wife and my children killed."
00:51:29.35\00:51:32.22
Why, I was serving the Lord,
00:51:32.25\00:51:33.59
we were doing missionary work
00:51:33.62\00:51:34.96
why did this happen,
00:51:34.99\00:51:36.32
Why did that happen?"
00:51:36.36\00:51:37.69
And they begin to
murmur and complain
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.73
and I think we quench the spirit
00:51:39.76\00:51:41.56
when we murmur and complain.
00:51:41.60\00:51:42.93
They could easily have done this
00:51:42.96\00:51:45.83
but it's like, I think I liked
what you said so much honey,
00:51:45.87\00:51:50.94
that it had become,
it was who they were
00:51:50.97\00:51:54.28
it had just...
They had so developed
00:51:54.31\00:51:57.81
this as a practice
00:51:57.85\00:51:59.88
that this was their
response which lifted,
00:51:59.91\00:52:02.58
you know, what?
00:52:02.62\00:52:03.95
They were a whole lot happier
00:52:03.99\00:52:05.32
even the prisoners around them
00:52:05.35\00:52:06.69
were probably listening to them
00:52:06.72\00:52:08.06
singing and thinking, you know,
00:52:08.09\00:52:09.42
they were lifting the
spirits of those people
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.06
and every one's chains,
00:52:12.09\00:52:14.10
even the other
prisoners were loose.
00:52:14.13\00:52:15.93
I love that.
00:52:15.96\00:52:17.30
So praise impacts
the life of other people.
00:52:17.33\00:52:20.24
Yes.
00:52:20.27\00:52:21.60
When we praise
God, it impacts us,
00:52:21.64\00:52:23.17
it changes us.
00:52:23.20\00:52:24.54
It makes us more like Jesus,
00:52:24.57\00:52:26.24
but it impacts the
lives of other people.
00:52:26.27\00:52:28.84
So we want to
spend some time in prayer
00:52:28.88\00:52:30.78
when getting
down before the end...
00:52:30.81\00:52:32.25
Oh, go ahead, Dee.
00:52:32.28\00:52:33.62
Even if you are...
00:52:33.65\00:52:34.98
When you're praising the
Lord, if someone next to you is,
00:52:35.02\00:52:38.29
is having a hard time,
00:52:38.32\00:52:40.42
it lifts them up... It does.
00:52:40.46\00:52:42.39
How many times
have you been you know
00:52:42.42\00:52:43.99
kind of tied up
in your own thing
00:52:44.03\00:52:45.36
or feeling badly,
00:52:45.39\00:52:46.73
and then all of a sudden someone
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.10
starts praising the Lord,
00:52:48.13\00:52:49.46
what does it do to you?
00:52:49.50\00:52:50.83
It does. Exactly.
00:52:50.87\00:52:52.20
It changes, that's
right, praise the Lord.
00:52:52.23\00:52:53.57
Well, our time is
fast slipping away.
00:52:53.60\00:52:55.04
But, Jill, you got it,
please read Hebrews 13:15,
00:52:55.07\00:52:59.01
He's got that one in your notes
00:52:59.04\00:53:00.44
and that's such a
beautiful and it's short.
00:53:00.48\00:53:03.14
The word of God is so powerful,
00:53:03.18\00:53:04.51
isn't it?
There're so many treasures
00:53:04.55\00:53:06.48
and I encourage you
to study the word of God
00:53:06.51\00:53:08.35
on a daily basis
because it does nothing
00:53:08.38\00:53:11.75
but it can lift your soul
as you delve into God's word,
00:53:11.79\00:53:15.96
that's for sure
because God's word
00:53:15.99\00:53:17.46
does not return to him
void strong and powerful.
00:53:17.49\00:53:20.06
We'll read this quick
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.43
and then we
want to go to prayer.
00:53:21.46\00:53:22.80
Hebrews 13:15,
00:53:22.83\00:53:24.50
"Therefore by him
let us continually offer
00:53:24.53\00:53:27.54
the sacrifice of praise to God,
00:53:27.57\00:53:30.67
that is the fruit of our
lips giving thanks to his name."
00:53:30.71\00:53:33.91
We don't really have
time to get into this
00:53:33.94\00:53:35.51
but if you look at the
Greek the word for sacrifice,
00:53:35.54\00:53:38.21
"Thusia" coming
from the root thuo means
00:53:38.25\00:53:40.55
to kill or
slaughter for a purpose.
00:53:40.58\00:53:43.89
So if we offer the
sacrifice of our praise.
00:53:43.92\00:53:47.42
I'm killing myself, pitting
00:53:47.46\00:53:49.92
my pride, my junk
00:53:49.96\00:53:53.83
and even if it's painful
to praise making a choice,
00:53:53.86\00:53:57.07
"God I'm gonna
praise you right now."
00:53:57.10\00:53:59.33
Amen.
00:53:59.37\00:54:00.70
Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
00:54:00.74\00:54:02.07
Yeah, J.D? Yes.
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.44
Start out. Yes.
00:54:03.47\00:54:04.81
Father, as we come
together once again
00:54:04.84\00:54:06.34
in the name of Jesus.
00:54:06.37\00:54:07.71
Father, we just
want to thank you Lord,
00:54:07.74\00:54:09.48
that we have been giving
given that gift of praise.
00:54:09.51\00:54:14.15
And Father we do
praise Your name,
00:54:14.18\00:54:16.05
we do praise You
Lord for the things
00:54:16.08\00:54:17.69
that we don't even
truly understand that we have.
00:54:17.72\00:54:20.96
Father, we've been told that
00:54:20.99\00:54:22.32
if we could just
pull that veil back
00:54:22.36\00:54:23.96
and see the
battle that's going on
00:54:23.99\00:54:25.79
and how You are
interceding in our behalf, Lord,
00:54:25.83\00:54:29.53
that we certainly
wouldn't fall apostate
00:54:29.56\00:54:31.90
and then we would praise
Your name above all names.
00:54:31.93\00:54:35.10
So, thank You Lord,
00:54:35.14\00:54:36.47
that we can come to You
this evening just exalting,
00:54:36.50\00:54:41.54
magnifying,
glorifying Your name.
00:54:41.58\00:54:44.18
Amen.
00:54:44.21\00:54:45.55
Father, we praise You
00:54:45.58\00:54:46.92
because you are
worthy of praise.
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.28
Yours is the
greatness and the power
00:54:48.32\00:54:49.65
and the glory and the victory
00:54:49.68\00:54:52.09
and the majesty.
00:54:52.12\00:54:53.46
We praise you Father
00:54:53.49\00:54:54.92
for sending Your
Son to die for us
00:54:54.96\00:54:57.69
while we were yet sinners.
00:54:57.73\00:54:59.06
We praise you Lord for
Your gift of salvation.
00:54:59.09\00:55:02.13
We praise You Father
and thank You so much
00:55:02.16\00:55:05.30
for the gift of the
Holy Spirit in Your word.
00:55:05.33\00:55:08.14
And Lord, we
thank You, we praise You
00:55:08.17\00:55:11.87
because you are God of love.
00:55:11.91\00:55:14.84
A self-sacrificing heaven,
00:55:14.88\00:55:16.81
how we thank you for that love
00:55:16.85\00:55:18.35
in Jesus name, amen.
00:55:18.38\00:55:19.71
Amen.
00:55:19.75\00:55:21.08
Oh, Father, thank you so
much for Your loving character
00:55:21.12\00:55:25.35
that who You are is
love and your loving mercy
00:55:25.39\00:55:28.59
that You give to us
00:55:28.62\00:55:30.23
and that you give so freely
to each and every one of us.
00:55:30.26\00:55:33.53
Father, we just
praise You for who you are
00:55:33.56\00:55:36.56
and Your
majesty and the creation
00:55:36.60\00:55:38.90
that You've done for us
00:55:38.93\00:55:41.04
and the sacrifices
You've made so great.
00:55:41.07\00:55:43.74
We don't even know
the price that You paid.
00:55:43.77\00:55:45.97
Father, thank You
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.34
that You are so
worthy and so great.
00:55:47.38\00:55:49.44
Thank you. Thank you, Father.
00:55:49.48\00:55:51.58
Father, I thank
You that you are God,
00:55:51.61\00:55:54.52
I thank You that
you are on the throne
00:55:54.55\00:55:56.38
that You are
creator and sustainer
00:55:56.42\00:55:58.69
and provider and protector
00:55:58.72\00:56:00.96
and savior and
redeemer and healer,
00:56:00.99\00:56:04.63
and God we just come
before you right now,
00:56:04.66\00:56:07.53
when I ask forgiveness
for myself personally
00:56:07.56\00:56:11.93
for the times I
have not praised you
00:56:11.97\00:56:15.07
like I should, and I ask
for my brothers and sisters
00:56:15.10\00:56:19.31
that no matter what
they're dealing with right now,
00:56:19.34\00:56:22.44
God that we would
offer our sacrifice to praise
00:56:22.48\00:56:26.18
to You and watch you change us
00:56:26.21\00:56:30.45
into Your image
and we thank You.
00:56:30.49\00:56:33.22
Father in heaven,
what a blessing it is
00:56:33.25\00:56:35.26
and we just praise Your name
00:56:35.29\00:56:37.13
for the opportunity
that we have of thanking You
00:56:37.16\00:56:41.23
for Your goodness
and Your loving kindness.
00:56:41.26\00:56:44.17
We praise You for
Your Son Jesus Christ
00:56:44.20\00:56:46.40
and a great sacrifice to
He gave for our salvation.
00:56:46.43\00:56:50.27
And Lord, I just
pray that in my own life
00:56:50.31\00:56:51.67
I would praise You,
00:56:51.71\00:56:53.04
it's easy in the good
times and the happy times
00:56:53.07\00:56:55.18
but even when things they
seem to be a little maybe dismal
00:56:55.21\00:56:57.61
or trying that I
would praise You.
00:56:57.65\00:56:59.11
And so, Father, I
want to start right now
00:56:59.15\00:57:00.72
even this evening as
we're opening the Sabbath
00:57:00.75\00:57:02.88
to praise You
00:57:02.92\00:57:04.25
for Your
greatness and Your goodness.
00:57:04.29\00:57:05.62
Thank you.
00:57:05.65\00:57:06.99
We thank You for hearing
and answering our prayers
00:57:07.02\00:57:08.42
and in Jesus'
name we pray, amen.
00:57:08.46\00:57:10.59
Amen. Amen.
00:57:10.63\00:57:12.89
Thank you, Dee and Shelley
and J.D., for joining us.
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Such a blessing to
open the Sabbath together.
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Amen.
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Sure is. We
want to encourage you
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to praise the Lord for
His goodness and His kindness,
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His loving kindness
towards each and every day
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we can start even right now.
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We thank you
for joining us again
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on this 3ABN family worship.
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We hope you have a
wonderful and blessed Sabbath.
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God bless.
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Praise the Lord.
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