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, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn.
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And we are so happy
that you're joining us
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for this Sabbath family worship
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and it's just
been a wonderful week
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but it's been a tiring week.
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Has it not?
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It just seems like we
keep getting busier and busier.
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So it's always so wonderful
at the time of the Sabbath
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just to stop, breathe in
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and just remember
how totally dependent
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we are upon the Lord
for our gift of salvation.
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So, it's something
that's very special.
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And tonight, what we're
going to be talking about
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is about being filled in Christ.
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How we are
completely filled in Christ.
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And let me introduce
those that are at our table.
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I'm gonna start on this end.
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We have Johnny Dinzey with us.
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And, Johnny, you
are the general manager
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for the Latino network of 3ABN.
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Yes. By God's grace
and I'm happy to be here.
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How many years?
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27 years.
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27. Wow.
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Praise the Lord.
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And next to you
is your lovely wife
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who is the assistant
to the general manager,
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to your husband.
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That's right.
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But you're also,
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you do a lot of cooking programs
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and you host a lot
of programs with Johnny.
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Yes.
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And now you are
speaking when you go out.
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You all do a lot of traveling.
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Yes. Yes.
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You know the Lord
has a sense of humor.
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I say, Lord, why?
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But I'm willing, you know.
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And it's incredible how
our own personal experiences
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with the Lord
blesses so many other people.
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And we feel, well, I
better not share this
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because it's so personal.
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But that's probably the Lord
prompting your heart to share.
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Absolutely.
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Because there is
someone in that crowd that
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just needs that
story or that experience.
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I'll never forget
we were at Eden Valley.
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Yes.
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And we were all
there and we were all going
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to the wellness center
to try to just, you know,
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regenerate our health
and here are the Dinzey's.
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And with the Dinzey's,
with Johnny and Idalia,
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there were their two sons.
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Yes.
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And I'll never forget,
it was a Sabbath morning
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and we were all
participating in different ways,
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and so you all
had something to say,
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and then the two boys,
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they came up and
played the guitar
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and played the piano.
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That touched my heart.
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That inspired me
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because that's what families
are supposed to do things...
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Amen.
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Of all the family members.
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Glory to God. Yeah.
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And they both
love the Lord today.
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Amen. Yeah.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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God blessed you as
parents for sure, yes.
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Amen.
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You're very good parents.
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And then we have Luis Capote,
who is 3ABN's program director.
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Yes.
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It is so good to be here.
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Finally, it is like you
said, it was a difficult week.
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But we are so grateful that
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God continues
to work through us.
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You know, I keep on getting
phone calls from individuals,
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how they are blessed
from the programming,
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how they are blessed
from this particular program.
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How they feel that
they're part of us,
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how we're one big
family and they're so grateful,
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and it's wonderful to
be able to experience,
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that is nerve wrecking
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because there is so
much responsibilities.
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There is so many, you know,
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they look at you sometimes
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with a different
set of eyes that you,
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that you know, you know,
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it's only
through the Holy Spirit
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that you're capable of working.
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That's right.
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But it has been
absolute blessing
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because the Holy Spirit
is definitely in this place.
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Amen. Amen.
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And we are just very glad that
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you and your wife
are here with us Xenia.
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And then we have Tim Parton,
and Tim is the general manager
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for the Praise
Him music channel.
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Right, right.
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It's a pleasure for me
to be here and among you
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and I'm discussing this
topic of the fullness of Christ
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and already being
able to see that fullness
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seeping out of you in your lives
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and that's where it's,
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that's where we are
is living our daily life
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and that's where the world needs
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to see the fullness of Christ.
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Amen. Amen.
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Seeping out of us by the
way, He's moved and blessed us.
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Amen. Amen.
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I'm excited.
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Well, we just want to,
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if we could introduce
each and everyone of you,
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we would but just know
you are part of the family,
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and what we'd
like to do on Sabbath
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for Sabbath worship is,
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for family worship
is just get together
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and discuss the scriptures
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which is what we're
going to be doing tonight.
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But first let's start
with a prayer of praise
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and we'd just go
around in no particular order
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but JD, would
you like to start us?
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Most certainly.
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Father, we come to
You in the name of Jesus.
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We thank You for
this wonderful evening.
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Dear father, an
evening that we come together
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and that we can talk about You.
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Most specifically Lord,
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the fullness of Christ that's
available for each one of us.
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And so, Father, I
need to say thank You
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as we're
nearing the Sabbath time
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and that we dedicate
this time to You and for You.
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Father, we thank You
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for giving us the opportunity
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to be able to return
to You all the blessings
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and then come to
Your throne of grace
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and to be able to give
You thanks and praises,
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Lord, because You are
mighty, You are great,
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You are powerful,
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and You have done so much for us
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and through us and
we ask Lord that today,
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we're no different
that you so lift us Lord
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to be able to glorify
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and to be able to
come to Your throne,
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and to be able to
call you Abba, Papa.
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And I thank You
Father for that opportunity.
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Amen.
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Oh, Lord, we praise
You for who You are.
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And we praise You
because You are all powerful.
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But more than that, we
praise You for Your glory,
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for Your
infinitely perfect character,
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and for Your holiness Lord,
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and we just thank You
that You are a God of love.
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We thank You
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that we have been blessed
with every spiritual blessing
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in heavenly realms
through Christ Jesus.
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And, Father, we
want to invite You
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to be our special
guest here tonight.
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We ask that Your
Holy Spirit will direct
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and we pray that
the words of our mouth
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and the meditations of our heart
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will be pleasing unto You.
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So I pray, Father,
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that You will empty our minds
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of all the
challenges of this week.
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All the situations that
have distracted our attention
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and our focus in You.
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So we thank You
for the Sabbath hours
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that we can rejoice in
it, and draw closer to You,
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and get to know You more.
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God, we are reminded
that the world is searching
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for completeness and fullness
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and looking in different tactics
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and methods and
trying to figure out
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how to get it all done.
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Lord, it's so relaxing knowing
that we are complete in You.
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You are everything we need
and we want to rest in that
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and continue to grow
in the knowledge of that.
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Yes. Amen.
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And heavenly Father,
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as we consider
Your goodness and mercy.
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Help us Lord to be drawn to You,
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that we may enjoy
all of the blessings
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You have for us.
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And thank You
Father that in you,
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we have peace.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you Father,
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Okay.
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Well, we're going
to begin with a song.
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So we'll have Tim
is going to slip away
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to the piano right
now and he's such...
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God has gifted him.
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We're so blessed
to have Tim with us.
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We're going to
sing one of my favorites
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and I think all of us
can say that at this table.
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It's Fill My Cup Lord. It's no.
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493 in the
Seventh-day Adventist hymnal.
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But the words
should be on the screen,
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so we want you to sing with us.
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Not that we are all
that greater singers
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but we're going to make
a joyful noise to the Lord.
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So join in song with us now.
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Like the Woman at the well
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I was seeking
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For things that
could not satisfy
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And then I heard
my Savior speaking:
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"Draw from My well
that never shall run dry"
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Fill my cup, Lord,
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I lift it up Lord!
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Come and quench
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This thirsting of my soul
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Bread of heaven feed me
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Till I want no more
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Fill my cup
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Fill it up and make me whole!
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So, my children,
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If the things
this world gave you
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Leave hungers
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That won't go away
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My blessed Lord will come
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And save you
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If you kneel to Him
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And humbly pray
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Fill my cup, Lord
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I lift it up Lord!
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Come and quench
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This thirsting of my soul
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Bread of heaven feed me till
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I want no more
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Fill my cup
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Fill it up and make me whole!
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God bless.
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You know, of course
this comes from the story
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in John Chapter
4 where the lady,
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the woman at the
well is talking with Jesus
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and he tells her,
He will give her water
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that she'll never thirst again.
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Amen.
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And my favorite part is
John Chapter 4, I think,
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it's verse 10,
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where He says to her
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if only you knew the gift of God
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and who it is
that's speaking to you,
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you would ask Him
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and He would give
you of this living water.
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And in my
sanctified imagination,
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I see Jesus with His
arms outstretched saying,
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oh, woman, if only you knew,
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I am the gift of God.
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You know, and so I
just love that song.
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I love it. We too.
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Well, what we're going to
do, what I'd like to do first,
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I'm not taking a scripture
because I talk too much anyway.
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So we're gonna let you
all read the scriptures.
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But what we've done
is I strongly believe
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that we should speak
the word of God over us,
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the power of death
and life is in our tongue,
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the Bible says.
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And I think that
there is time set,
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we forget that all
of God's promises are
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ours in Christ Jesus.
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And if we will learn to pray
the scriptures over our lives,
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over our children's lives,
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speak the word of God
into Gray and Eli's life,
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as you speak, and I
know you've done that.
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Oh, yes.
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You know, with Caleb and Samuel,
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you speak the word
of God into their life.
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So what I've
done is taken these,
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I believe there
is nine scriptures.
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But let me read
you as an affirmation,
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just taking something from
each one of these scriptures,
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what you can say.
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I'm gonna do it
in the first person.
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But what you can say
to and it's amazing that
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as you speak the word of
God, it reprograms your brain.
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Amen. Really powerful.
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It is powerful.
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It's alive and active.
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So, and we're gonna
give you all the scriptures
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to support this
because sometimes
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the promises sound
too good to be true.
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In Christ, I'm complete.
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I have received of His fullness.
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I'm ever being
filled with the spirit.
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I'm filled with His love.
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I'm filled with His word.
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I am filled with the
knowledge of His will.
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I am filled with
the humility of Jesus.
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I am filled with
fruits of righteousness.
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I am filled with
joy, peace and hope.
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I'm filled with comfort. Amen.
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We are completely
filled in Christ, amen?
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Amen.
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So, Johnny, why don't
you take our first scripture,
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it's Colossians 2:9-10.
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Why don't you read that
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and just give us
some of your thoughts.
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Colossians 2: 9-10,
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and we encourage you
to get your Bibles at home
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and follow along with us.
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In Colossians 2: 9 and 10,
we have the following words.
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"For in him,
dwell all the fullness
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of the Godhead bodily
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and ye are complete in him.
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We're just the head of
all principality and power.
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Amen.
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Well, I think, we
can spend several days...
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Yeah.
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And that's the truth.
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Talking about these words
that are so full of meaning,
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so rich that
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we are not going
to be able to fully
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comprehend these things here.
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When you talk about
Jesus 'cause it says,
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for in him dwelleth
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and you think
about the word dwelleth,
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what does dwelleth mean?
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Dwelleth means that you reside,
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reside in and not
on a temporary basis
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but on a continuing basis.
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It reminds me of Revelation 21
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that says that God will dwell...
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How beautiful. With us.
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So this is something
that is permanently in Christ.
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In him dwelleth all
the fullness of the deity
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or Godhead bodily.
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So in a bodily form,
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you have all the
fullness of God and Jesus.
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So many scriptures
come to mind as you know,
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you think of these words.
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When you see John 1.
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In John 1, it says, in
the beginning was the word
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and the word was with
God, and the word was God.
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And later, it says,
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and the word was made
flesh and dwelt among us.
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So now, here Paul is
trying to help people understand
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that this Jesus,
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even though He
look like everyone else,
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in Him dwelleth all the fullness
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of the Godhead bodily.
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And I also think of Matthew 28,
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when Jesus tells
His disciples, all what?
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All power and
authority is given unto Me
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in heaven and earth.
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So the context
of these verses is,
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He's trying to
help us understand
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that we need not
fear, we need not worry,
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we need not doubt,
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because in Him dwelleth
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all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily,
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and notice the
last parts of the verse
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which are very powerful as well.
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And you are complete in Him
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who is this all powerful being,
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and you are complete in Him
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which is the head of
all principality and power.
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So whatever power
principalities are,
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is out there,
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you can walk with
assurance that His victory,
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the victory that He had is ours.
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And in Him, we
do not have to fear.
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That's why, when
Paul was able to say,
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I can do all things
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through Christ
who dwelleth in me.
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Amen.
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He had the assurance that
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I don't have to
depend on myself.
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I can depend on Christ. Amen.
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You know and what I like is,
I'm reading now from the NIV.
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Just as happened
to be the scripture
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I pulled for that one.
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It says that we have been given,
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it's a gift from God,
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fullness in Christ.
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So it's as Christ
dwells in us, Ephesians 3:16-20
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talks about how
Christ dwells in us
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through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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See, sometimes,
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sometimes don't you
just feel little empty,
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and you feel like,
you're messing up or something.
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But if you just know that,
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Satan is trying to rob you
of your identity in Christ.
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That's true.
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And all these negative
thoughts are coming from him.
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But if we go to the
scripture, you can just say,
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Father, thank You that
I've been given fullness.
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I've been made
complete in Christ.
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He is my righteousness.
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He's my wisdom, my
sanctification, he's my,
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you know, redemption.
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So that's why I
think it's so important
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that we speak the
word of God over our lives.
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I'd like to share
an additional thought.
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Sure.
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Here is Goliath. Yeah.
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He's got his full armor on.
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He's got his...
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And who is Goliath?
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For somebody that maybe
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tuning in that's
never heard the story?
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Goliath, the
giant that challenged
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the people of Israel to battle.
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And he was this over
nine foot tall individual.
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I've seen some people
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that are seven
feet tall and I go,
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wow, you are,
you're a mountain to me.
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But this guy is
over nine feet tall
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and he's challenging
the people of Israel.
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Now Goliath is a
man of war, a warrior.
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He's been trained,
he knows how to fight.
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And here comes David.
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Why, he didn't even
want to wear the armor
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that Saul had.
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And he's just the little
shepherd boy, a young boy.
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No armor, no sword,
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no shield, but
just a little staff,
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a shepherd's staff
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and he's got his little gear
on the side with few stones.
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And that's why
when Goliath sees him,
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am I a dog that you are
coming to me with a stick?
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You don't even
have a sword to fight.
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You're fighting with a stick.
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In a real battle,
00:20:09.87\00:20:11.37
if you're coming to
somebody with a sword,
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even if he's your size,
00:20:12.97\00:20:14.98
you can take that staff he's got
00:20:15.01\00:20:17.25
and cut it up in pieces,
00:20:17.28\00:20:18.61
before he gets anything to you,
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beside you have a shield
to protect yourself with.
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So David knows,
00:20:23.85\00:20:29.56
he has put himself completely
in the hands of the Lord.
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He's surrendered to the Lord.
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David knows, you're coming to me
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with a sword and with a spear
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and with a shield,
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but I'm coming to you in
the strength of the Lord.
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Amen. Yeah.
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So for me, it's a physical,
visible thing to realize,
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wow, when Satan
comes with whatever,
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whatever, I'm coming,
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I have the strength of the Lord.
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In Him dwelleth
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all the fullness
of the Godhead bodily.
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You are completing,
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he's got all
power and authority.
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So I should not fear.
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I should not fear.
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Greater is he who is in you
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than he who is
in the world, right?
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Now, the first thing
is catching my attention,
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we started here as is
that God is available.
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Amen.
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And, now, here little David was,
00:21:14.84\00:21:16.81
he knew that God was available
because he's out there,
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in his mind in wilderness,
00:21:19.84\00:21:21.68
fighting off bears
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and lions to
keep from the sheep.
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Yes, that's right.
00:21:24.75\00:21:26.08
And he has defeated those
and so he had in his mind,
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he knew that God was available.
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This was just another
entity that was there.
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Well, if I can sit here
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and I can
handle lions and bears,
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I certainly can
handle that, you know.
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In the strength of the Lord
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because he knew that
God was available to come
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at anytime and there is...
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I know that there is
people that call in quite often.
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Is God real?
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Yes, He's real.
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But the first thing that
I think that you have to,
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you have to thank the Lord
for is that He's available,
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and then step out in
faith and build on that.
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Yes.
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And then we'll
come into the fullness.
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Amen.
00:22:07.29\00:22:09.16
I think of owning it, you know.
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We have to own
God, He's our God.
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Owning His promises is for me.
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You know, it's
just not text read,
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it is real,
00:22:20.57\00:22:21.90
and then once we own it,
then we can personalize it.
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And I think that's
what makes affirmation
00:22:26.47\00:22:28.11
so powerful is that,
00:22:28.14\00:22:29.78
you can read the
same thing over and over
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.11
but when you start speaking it
over your life and you pray it.
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Oh, when you are praying
God's promises over your life,
00:22:35.68\00:22:38.15
it becomes real.
00:22:38.19\00:22:40.02
You know, I told
somebody once that, he say,
00:22:40.06\00:22:44.09
are you say that I have
to fake it until I make it?
00:22:44.13\00:22:48.00
And I said, no, you
faith it until you make it.
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Amen, good job.
00:22:52.43\00:22:53.77
Faith it until you
make it, if they ideal some.
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Right, Luis, why
don't you take John 1:16.
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You know, Shelley,
before I take that,
00:22:59.34\00:23:01.44
when you were
reading your affirmation,
00:23:01.48\00:23:03.01
there is the part
that I want to read back.
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It says, I'm filled
with the humility of Jesus.
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Again, I'm
thinking about being young
00:23:07.82\00:23:10.55
and thinking about being rich
00:23:10.59\00:23:11.92
and all of the things that
00:23:11.95\00:23:13.29
I want to do and
all of the wonders.
00:23:13.32\00:23:14.89
And once you are
filled with Christ's humility,
00:23:14.92\00:23:18.26
God changes your
whole life around,
00:23:18.29\00:23:21.06
and now your values,
00:23:21.10\00:23:22.46
now the things that you want,
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.83
now the things that
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.20
you are desiring
are completely changed.
00:23:25.23\00:23:27.57
You know, and now,
00:23:27.60\00:23:28.94
I'll go to the
John 1:16 that says,
00:23:28.97\00:23:31.37
for out of his
fullness, you know, abundance,
00:23:31.41\00:23:35.98
when he completely,
00:23:36.01\00:23:38.08
when you are
completely filled with God,
00:23:38.11\00:23:41.82
the whole world
changes, your whole attitude,
00:23:41.85\00:23:45.32
your whole way of
thinking, your whole, you know,
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.06
your steps, every step you take,
00:23:48.09\00:23:51.53
every breath you take,
00:23:51.56\00:23:52.93
absolutely makes sense
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.30
because now it's
not you operating.
00:23:54.33\00:23:56.56
It's like it says here.
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"For out of his
fullness, we have all received,
00:23:58.30\00:24:03.14
all has a share
00:24:03.17\00:24:05.27
and we were all supplied
with one grace after another.
00:24:05.31\00:24:11.55
One spiritual blessing
upon spiritual blessing,
00:24:11.58\00:24:15.12
and even favor upon favor
00:24:15.15\00:24:17.72
and gifts, heaped upon gift."
00:24:17.75\00:24:21.99
Isn't that amazing?
00:24:22.02\00:24:23.69
Yes, and that's what
individuals don't understand.
00:24:23.73\00:24:25.79
People don't understand.
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.16
When they talk, when you talk,
00:24:27.20\00:24:28.53
they talk to you
00:24:28.56\00:24:29.90
and they are right
away talking about,
00:24:29.93\00:24:31.87
oh, you can't, you can't,
00:24:31.90\00:24:33.23
you can't, no.
00:24:33.27\00:24:34.60
Don't worry about the things
that I can't do in your eyes.
00:24:34.64\00:24:37.21
Worry about the
things that I can do
00:24:37.24\00:24:39.91
that God allows me
to do, that God helps.
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.14
Once He fills me,
once He is with me,
00:24:42.18\00:24:44.91
look at the amount of
change that I can impart.
00:24:44.95\00:24:48.85
You know, yesterday,
a couple of days ago,
00:24:48.88\00:24:52.02
Jorge was talking
about an experience,
00:24:52.05\00:24:53.42
about a gentleman,
00:24:53.46\00:24:54.79
when he went to Guatemala,
00:24:54.82\00:24:56.16
that he's the
elder of the church,
00:24:56.19\00:24:58.86
and he says, you
know, two years ago,
00:24:58.89\00:25:00.73
I was the drunk,
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.10
I was actually using
your church as a shelter.
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.23
And many
churches had kicked me out
00:25:05.27\00:25:07.67
but your church took me in
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.14
and clothed me, and bathed me,
00:25:09.17\00:25:10.51
and now I'm the
elder of the church.
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.17
That's what happens
00:25:12.21\00:25:13.54
when you're
full with the spirit.
00:25:13.58\00:25:14.91
When you're
full with the spirit,
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.28
you're gonna see
somebody that's completely,
00:25:16.31\00:25:20.52
that the world has rejected
00:25:20.55\00:25:22.62
and you're going to
see an absolute new life
00:25:22.65\00:25:26.15
because you are going
to be out of his fullness.
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.86
And this is what is so
powerful about this message
00:25:29.89\00:25:32.23
and it's just all powerful
about the humility of Christ.
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.36
Once we are humbled with Christ,
00:25:35.40\00:25:37.87
it's just
unbelievable the things
00:25:37.90\00:25:39.73
that we get to see.
00:25:39.77\00:25:41.10
Amen, and when you think
about, he says here that,
00:25:41.14\00:25:43.51
we get grace upon
grace, gift upon gift.
00:25:43.54\00:25:46.84
I think of the
greatest gift of God's grace
00:25:46.88\00:25:50.35
is the gift of
His Son Jesus Christ
00:25:50.38\00:25:52.41
we didn't deserve that.
00:25:52.45\00:25:54.58
So when, that's His
greatest gift of grace,
00:25:54.62\00:25:58.55
then you think
of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:58.59\00:26:00.89
Who deserves to have?
00:26:00.92\00:26:02.56
Who deserves to be the
temple of the living God
00:26:02.59\00:26:05.39
and have the
Holy Spirit live in?
00:26:05.43\00:26:07.53
And you think of the
word which James 1:17 says,
00:26:07.56\00:26:10.50
when it's
implanted in your heart,
00:26:10.53\00:26:11.97
has the power to save your soul
00:26:12.00\00:26:14.10
that God's
revealing Himself to you,
00:26:14.14\00:26:16.37
so that you can
fall in love with Him.
00:26:16.40\00:26:18.37
So that's gift upon
gift, grace upon grace
00:26:18.41\00:26:21.98
and we can see that
God's grace then gives us
00:26:22.01\00:26:26.28
the divine assistance
00:26:26.31\00:26:27.65
and the supernatural
power for salvation.
00:26:27.68\00:26:30.25
We cannot save
ourselves for certain,
00:26:30.29\00:26:34.02
and speaking of the Holy Spirit,
00:26:34.06\00:26:37.76
why don't you read to
us from Ephesians 5:18?
00:26:37.79\00:26:41.10
Okay.
00:26:41.13\00:26:42.46
Out of Ephesians 5:18,
00:26:42.50\00:26:44.63
we are focusing
on the second part
00:26:44.67\00:26:46.23
of the verse is,
00:26:46.27\00:26:47.60
"Ever be filled and stimulated
with the Holy Spirit."
00:26:47.64\00:26:53.68
What can we say
about how the Holy Spirit
00:26:53.71\00:26:55.84
moves us or speaks to us.
00:26:55.88\00:26:58.65
We are filled, we
listen and we're blessed.
00:26:58.68\00:27:03.32
Because sometimes the
Holy Spirit prompts us
00:27:03.35\00:27:06.49
and we don't follow through.
00:27:06.52\00:27:08.79
And then we are
remorsing, we're like,
00:27:08.82\00:27:11.79
why didn't I listen to him?
00:27:11.83\00:27:13.26
That was the Holy Spirit,
and then we find ourselves,
00:27:13.29\00:27:15.63
I'm sorry, Lord.
00:27:15.66\00:27:17.30
Please speak to me again.
00:27:17.33\00:27:19.10
I want You to speak to me
and I want to do Your will.
00:27:19.13\00:27:23.27
So we see the blessing of
being filled with the spirit
00:27:23.30\00:27:27.38
and being able to have
that successful story, you know,
00:27:27.41\00:27:31.91
that change.
00:27:31.95\00:27:33.35
You know, I was watching some
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.32
history channel
not too long ago,
00:27:35.35\00:27:37.02
I don't remember
exactly what it was,
00:27:37.05\00:27:38.45
but it was talking about days
of Oklahoma and the Dust Bowl,
00:27:38.49\00:27:42.19
when people were just
leaving right and left
00:27:42.22\00:27:44.36
because they had sunk
all of their last savings
00:27:44.39\00:27:47.83
into this piece of property
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.30
with the hope and
ambitions of success.
00:27:49.33\00:27:52.13
And then here came
Mother Nature, and boy,
00:27:52.17\00:27:55.97
just everything turned to dust.
00:27:56.00\00:27:58.41
And my brother and
I went to the dust,
00:27:58.44\00:27:59.97
in the dust storm
the other day, I mean,
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.48
you can't even
see in front of you.
00:28:01.51\00:28:03.48
And the wells
that they had spent
00:28:03.51\00:28:04.95
hours and hours digging,
00:28:04.98\00:28:08.35
they ran out of water.
00:28:08.38\00:28:10.09
And whenever I was
looking at this, you know,
00:28:10.12\00:28:12.22
ever be filled and
stimulate with the Holy Spirit,
00:28:12.25\00:28:14.72
I was thinking about that well
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.03
out in that front yard
00:28:17.06\00:28:18.39
that your life depend
upon and it never runs dry.
00:28:18.43\00:28:23.40
Never runs dry.
00:28:23.43\00:28:25.63
There is always
water in that well.
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.34
So it makes no difference,
00:28:27.37\00:28:28.84
you know, how
hungry, you may be,
00:28:28.87\00:28:30.71
but there is always the water.
00:28:30.74\00:28:32.17
And that's what we
are talking about here,
00:28:32.21\00:28:33.54
the Holy Spirit.
00:28:33.58\00:28:34.91
He's always available, always.
00:28:34.94\00:28:37.01
And we can't...
00:28:37.05\00:28:39.35
I mean the most important
thing we can do each morning
00:28:39.38\00:28:41.45
as we wake up, because we're...
00:28:41.48\00:28:43.28
First of all, if you
take this glass of water,
00:28:43.32\00:28:45.89
how much could you
see, if you could see this,
00:28:45.92\00:28:47.96
I don't know if they can see it,
00:28:47.99\00:28:49.32
but right now it's
about what, three quarters,
00:28:49.36\00:28:51.19
a little more than
three quarters full.
00:28:51.23\00:28:53.23
So how much
could I pour into this?
00:28:53.26\00:28:58.53
Maybe that much, right?
00:28:58.57\00:29:00.87
So, now it's half empty,
00:29:00.90\00:29:05.91
I can pour half of it,
00:29:05.94\00:29:08.24
fill it with something.
00:29:08.28\00:29:09.61
If I drink it all the way down,
00:29:09.64\00:29:14.32
which I can't do on the camera.
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.62
But my point is,
00:29:16.65\00:29:19.75
we have to be emptied of self
to be filled with Holy Spirit.
00:29:19.79\00:29:22.99
And we can only be full of...
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.73
You know, one's talking about
00:29:24.76\00:29:26.09
being filled with
the fullness of God.
00:29:26.13\00:29:28.86
It is as we empty ourselves up
00:29:28.90\00:29:31.47
and we can't even do
that, it has to be God.
00:29:31.50\00:29:33.70
We have to just
go to Him and say,
00:29:33.74\00:29:35.07
help me to yield, Lord,
00:29:35.10\00:29:37.14
help me to put to death
00:29:37.17\00:29:40.01
by the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:29:40.04\00:29:41.64
the misdeeds of my flesh.
00:29:41.68\00:29:43.55
But we can only
be filled with the...
00:29:43.58\00:29:47.02
We get a personal
dimension of His holiness,
00:29:47.05\00:29:49.38
but only to the degree
00:29:49.42\00:29:50.75
we are willing to
yield self in self's way.
00:29:50.79\00:29:55.16
So we can only be as full of Him
00:29:55.19\00:29:57.39
as we are emptied of self.
00:29:57.43\00:29:59.33
Okay. Amen.
00:29:59.36\00:30:01.20
Tim, why don't you
read, Romans 5:5, please?
00:30:01.23\00:30:04.90
Right, and again,
00:30:04.93\00:30:06.27
we're taking
from the second half.
00:30:06.30\00:30:08.40
For God's love has been
poured out in our hearts
00:30:08.44\00:30:10.91
through the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us.
00:30:10.94\00:30:15.61
I love the fact,
just reading that again.
00:30:15.64\00:30:18.55
God's love has been poured out
00:30:18.58\00:30:21.28
in our hearts
through the Holy Spirit
00:30:21.32\00:30:23.69
who has been given to us.
00:30:23.72\00:30:25.15
In each of these
that we are reading,
00:30:25.19\00:30:28.99
it's all about abundance
and there is no rationing,
00:30:29.02\00:30:34.13
I'm a minimalist.
00:30:34.16\00:30:36.06
I have very few
things, this way I like it.
00:30:36.10\00:30:40.70
One reason is
00:30:40.74\00:30:42.07
because I have a
very short attention span,
00:30:42.10\00:30:45.24
and if I have too many things,
I forget where I put them.
00:30:45.27\00:30:48.94
I have...
00:30:48.98\00:30:50.48
Once if the car keys that
goes right there every time
00:30:50.51\00:30:54.12
and I know where it is.
00:30:54.15\00:30:55.78
On occasions, I
have misplaced it
00:30:55.82\00:30:57.69
and I have wasted so
much time looking for things
00:30:57.72\00:31:01.22
because I had so many things,
00:31:01.26\00:31:02.82
and so I love the fact
00:31:02.86\00:31:05.49
that all of these
verses are talking about
00:31:05.53\00:31:08.46
the best birthday,
the best Christmas ever
00:31:08.50\00:31:11.83
that all the
gifts, they are all full,
00:31:11.87\00:31:14.50
there is no rationing with God.
00:31:14.54\00:31:16.74
And so the fact that He
says, He says He poured,
00:31:16.77\00:31:20.64
His love has been poured out.
00:31:20.68\00:31:22.81
Not just trickled out, right?
00:31:22.84\00:31:26.68
So His love has been
poured out in our hearts,
00:31:26.72\00:31:31.82
not in our minds
00:31:31.85\00:31:34.22
because it's not
just a mental thing,
00:31:34.26\00:31:38.23
it's an experience, His love,
00:31:38.26\00:31:40.50
I have experienced His love.
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.93
I don't know
about your courting days
00:31:42.96\00:31:46.63
or your the days that you
dated before you were married.
00:31:46.67\00:31:50.14
But was that, was
what sealed the deal,
00:31:50.17\00:31:55.31
just the thought that JD
loved you or just you know,
00:31:55.34\00:32:01.98
knowing in your mind,
00:32:02.02\00:32:03.35
you had it on a
piece of paper and so,
00:32:03.39\00:32:05.15
well, that's good
enough to live with
00:32:05.19\00:32:06.89
and good enough to marry him.
00:32:06.92\00:32:08.66
It was a heart and
emotion of feeling.
00:32:08.69\00:32:11.99
And you know, our
salvation even as much as
00:32:12.03\00:32:15.46
we have to know in our
mind that Christ is our savior,
00:32:15.50\00:32:20.07
we have to know in our heart,
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.37
we have to have experience that,
00:32:22.40\00:32:24.44
and you know, that may be
more of a charismatic thought,
00:32:24.47\00:32:30.18
you know, just because
00:32:30.21\00:32:31.55
some people
would say, oh, that's,
00:32:31.58\00:32:33.21
you know, those are the
feely, the touchy-feely people,
00:32:33.25\00:32:35.78
but it has to be.
00:32:35.82\00:32:37.42
God is certainly a
touchy-feely person.
00:32:37.45\00:32:38.79
Absolutely.
00:32:38.82\00:32:40.16
And that's what
He's saying, right.
00:32:40.19\00:32:41.89
So it's not just
an intellectual thing.
00:32:41.92\00:32:43.99
It is an emotional
00:32:44.03\00:32:45.36
that God's love has
been poured out in our hearts
00:32:45.39\00:32:47.86
through the Holy Spirit.
00:32:47.90\00:32:49.23
It was supernaturally.
00:32:49.26\00:32:50.60
Yeah.
00:32:50.63\00:32:51.97
I love the supernaturalness
that is just, you know,
00:32:52.00\00:32:55.70
beyond me.
00:32:55.74\00:32:57.57
But the Holy
Spirit has been given us.
00:32:57.61\00:32:59.91
And once again
though, here we go.
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.28
It's through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:02.31\00:33:04.45
He's not only the
spirit of holiness,
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.82
God is love,
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.85
Holy Spirit is God, His will.
00:33:08.88\00:33:11.45
So He's the spirit of love,
00:33:11.49\00:33:14.42
so when the Holy
Spirit is in our hearts,
00:33:14.46\00:33:16.59
somebody will ask me and
I always answer the same.
00:33:16.62\00:33:19.13
How do you know,
00:33:19.16\00:33:20.50
if you're filled
with the Holy Spirit?
00:33:20.53\00:33:21.86
If you are filled with
the spirit of divine love,
00:33:21.90\00:33:26.17
that's self sacrificing love.
00:33:26.20\00:33:28.77
Somebody can have all
the knowledge of the Bible,
00:33:28.80\00:33:32.11
and they may have their Th.D.,
00:33:32.14\00:33:34.14
but if they are not
living a life of love...
00:33:34.18\00:33:39.85
See, I mean, to me,
00:33:39.88\00:33:42.32
that means, they
don't have a Holy Spirit
00:33:42.35\00:33:43.85
because when the
spirit is in your heart,
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.59
that divine love, the essence,
00:33:45.62\00:33:47.56
the character of God is
going to be taking over.
00:33:47.59\00:33:50.96
And it's all a growth process.
00:33:50.99\00:33:52.96
We don't just, you know...
00:33:52.99\00:33:55.63
Now, I have seen a few people
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.00
who have just been
so converted overnight
00:33:57.03\00:33:58.60
that you're like,
who is this person?
00:33:58.63\00:34:00.97
Right, but for most of us,
it's just a gradual thing that,
00:34:01.00\00:34:05.61
you know, as we learn
to give up a little more,
00:34:05.64\00:34:08.71
moment by moment, amen.
00:34:08.74\00:34:11.08
But it is so beautiful.
00:34:11.11\00:34:12.65
I, I have to say...
00:34:12.68\00:34:14.02
Idalia said
something interesting
00:34:14.05\00:34:15.95
and powerful to me that I guess,
00:34:15.98\00:34:19.02
I've never put in those words.
00:34:19.05\00:34:21.86
You have to own it.
00:34:21.89\00:34:24.03
And that's
powerful when you think,
00:34:24.06\00:34:25.73
when you think about,
00:34:25.76\00:34:27.10
you start thinking
about, you have to own it.
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.50
Oh, that is mine.
00:34:28.53\00:34:30.63
It belongs to me.
00:34:30.67\00:34:32.57
And it's yours
because there are so many,
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.77
so many promises
that are based on,
00:34:34.80\00:34:37.77
if you believe,
if you are willing,
00:34:37.81\00:34:40.91
and so that's when
you begin to own it
00:34:40.94\00:34:43.04
and say, that's me.
00:34:43.08\00:34:45.11
And these
scriptures are talking to me.
00:34:45.15\00:34:46.75
God is saying this to me.
00:34:46.78\00:34:49.65
And that, I believe
that will be helpful
00:34:49.68\00:34:53.52
to some people that
are struggling with these,
00:34:53.56\00:34:56.69
with doubts and
wondering if does God accept me,
00:34:56.73\00:34:59.93
will He really forgive me?
00:34:59.96\00:35:01.46
Will He really do what
He's saying right here?
00:35:01.50\00:35:05.33
Absolutely.
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.07
What I like also is that
00:35:07.10\00:35:08.54
we're all at a
different place in our life so,
00:35:08.57\00:35:11.31
maybe what's important to
you in your level of maturity,
00:35:11.34\00:35:14.74
owning it could be
different than mine.
00:35:14.78\00:35:16.91
Yes.
00:35:16.95\00:35:18.28
But he's saying, hey,
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.65
he's for everyone whether
you're a teeny-weeny baby,
00:35:19.68\00:35:23.92
or you know, whether
you're an old grandpa
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.15
in the Lord.
00:35:26.19\00:35:27.66
Here is how I like to say it.
00:35:27.69\00:35:29.72
Grace writes the check.
00:35:29.76\00:35:33.13
God, I mean, he just writes,
faith takes it to the bank.
00:35:33.16\00:35:38.20
So if you're gonna own,
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.57
I mean God can
sit here and offer us
00:35:39.60\00:35:41.44
all these gifts by grace.
00:35:41.47\00:35:43.67
The son, the spirit,
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.47
the word salvation, everything.
00:35:45.51\00:35:48.04
If we don't say,
okay, I'm gonna own it,
00:35:48.08\00:35:53.21
I'm taking it to the
bank, I'm gonna deposit it,
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.78
it's just kind of
like, it's out there,
00:35:55.82\00:35:57.75
it's a check
that's floating around.
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.19
That's right.
00:35:59.22\00:36:00.56
It's very
interesting because when you're,
00:36:00.59\00:36:01.92
when you've mentioned that,
00:36:01.96\00:36:03.29
I just imagine the blessing
00:36:03.32\00:36:04.99
that God was giving
to the people of Israel
00:36:05.03\00:36:06.76
every single day when
they were out in the desert.
00:36:06.80\00:36:09.66
I'm gonna rain
down manna for you,
00:36:09.70\00:36:13.23
bread, food to eat.
00:36:13.27\00:36:15.07
So the people say, wow,
00:36:15.10\00:36:16.44
look at all that food out there.
00:36:16.47\00:36:17.81
Man, that's wonderful.
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.71
And then they
stay in their house.
00:36:19.74\00:36:21.08
Yeah.
00:36:21.11\00:36:22.44
And they don't go out to get it.
00:36:22.48\00:36:23.81
That's right. Yeah.
00:36:23.85\00:36:25.18
They're not filled,
they're not satisfied,
00:36:25.21\00:36:26.55
they don't have the benefit,
00:36:26.58\00:36:27.92
the healthful benefits
that God is providing for them.
00:36:27.95\00:36:30.62
But they have to
go out and get it.
00:36:30.65\00:36:32.52
That's right.
00:36:32.55\00:36:33.89
And you know, you have,
00:36:33.92\00:36:35.26
you gave me a thought
00:36:35.29\00:36:36.62
because I had
somebody who said to me once,
00:36:36.66\00:36:38.19
well, God has favorites.
00:36:38.23\00:36:39.69
You are one of his favorites
and I said, no, the Bible says,
00:36:39.73\00:36:42.30
God's not a
respecter of persons.
00:36:42.33\00:36:45.37
And so they, like you say they,
if you could see the manna,
00:36:45.40\00:36:49.34
they were seeing God's blessings
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.81
and his workings in my life,
00:36:51.84\00:36:54.11
but they were
sitting there saying,
00:36:54.14\00:36:55.64
it's not for
me, it's not for me.
00:36:55.68\00:36:58.11
And that's not true,
00:36:58.15\00:36:59.71
that's contradictory
to the word of God.
00:36:59.75\00:37:02.02
God promises, if
you're in Jesus Christ,
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.95
if you've accepted
Christ as your savior,
00:37:04.99\00:37:07.36
all of God's promises are yours.
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.06
2 Corinthians 1:1,
yes and amen, so be it.
00:37:10.09\00:37:13.96
So in Christ Jesus...
00:37:14.00\00:37:15.86
But is a condition
that many people are in
00:37:15.90\00:37:19.47
and that also neutralizes us.
00:37:19.50\00:37:21.80
Well, that's a
great word, neutralizes.
00:37:21.84\00:37:23.81
And that's his
goal to neutralize us
00:37:23.84\00:37:26.81
and not allow us to feel
that we are deserving, you know.
00:37:26.84\00:37:33.35
God sent His
Son, what a sacrifice.
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.89
I'm a parent and
I'll tell you what?
00:37:36.92\00:37:42.09
Well, I donated a kidney once.
00:37:42.12\00:37:46.56
But...
00:37:46.59\00:37:47.93
It wasn't your
son's kidney, was it?
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.46
It's not my
son's life, you know.
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.87
So why would, why would,
00:37:51.90\00:37:55.47
any thoughts come to our minds
00:37:55.50\00:37:57.31
that we are not fit
or we are not good enough
00:37:57.34\00:38:01.28
for all these
wonderful blessings
00:38:01.31\00:38:04.01
and abundance that the Lord
wants to pour into our lives.
00:38:04.05\00:38:07.75
Well, we are, we
are His children.
00:38:07.78\00:38:10.82
So He has given
us this opportunity
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.69
to draw closer to Him.
00:38:13.72\00:38:15.06
Remember there is a,
00:38:15.09\00:38:16.42
the great controversy, you know,
00:38:16.46\00:38:17.93
the good, the
bad, God, the devil,
00:38:17.96\00:38:20.63
just fighting for
our lives to give us...
00:38:20.66\00:38:24.87
Well, the Lord
giving us salvation,
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.60
the utmost gift.
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.10
Amen.
00:38:29.14\00:38:30.47
That I can personally tell you,
00:38:30.51\00:38:31.84
if I don't speak and pray
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.58
God's word over my
life for a period of time,
00:38:33.61\00:38:36.14
I will find myself
saying things like, you know,
00:38:36.18\00:38:39.31
I am so worthless,
I am this, I am that.
00:38:39.35\00:38:41.75
Yeah.
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.12
And then all of
a sudden, you know,
00:38:43.15\00:38:44.49
you kind of feel like...
00:38:44.52\00:38:45.85
like this and it's oh,
Lord, what's wrong with me?
00:38:45.89\00:38:48.79
What's wrong with me?
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.16
And He's like, well,
00:38:50.19\00:38:51.53
I can tell you
what's wrong with you,
00:38:51.56\00:38:52.89
you're not, you know.
00:38:52.93\00:38:54.60
And when you
get back in the word
00:38:54.63\00:38:56.40
and start claiming it,
00:38:56.43\00:38:58.67
it totally changes you,
00:38:58.70\00:39:02.44
it changes your mindset,
00:39:02.47\00:39:03.91
it changes your
attitude all in Christ Jesus.
00:39:03.94\00:39:06.68
All right.
00:39:06.71\00:39:08.04
JD Quinn,
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.41
you want to take
Colossians 1, 9-10.
00:39:09.44\00:39:11.71
Yeah.
00:39:11.75\00:39:13.08
I like this is
because, you know, some people,
00:39:13.11\00:39:15.45
some people have an intimate
relationship with the Lord.
00:39:15.48\00:39:18.79
They say that this
is the complete prayer
00:39:18.82\00:39:21.89
and that's
Colossians 1:9 and 10.
00:39:21.92\00:39:24.93
"Ask that you may be filled
with the knowledge of his will
00:39:24.96\00:39:29.46
in all wisdom and understanding,
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.40
so that you will walk
00:39:31.43\00:39:32.77
in a manner worthy of the Lord."
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.84
It goes on, then
it's in verse 10.
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.91
"Bearing fruit
in every good work,
00:39:36.94\00:39:40.88
and increasing in
the knowledge of God."
00:39:40.91\00:39:43.35
Amen.
00:39:43.38\00:39:44.71
Amen.
00:39:44.75\00:39:46.08
Number one, it
doesn't get any better
00:39:46.11\00:39:47.45
if you can be filled with
the knowledge of His will,
00:39:47.48\00:39:49.88
His will, not your will
00:39:49.92\00:39:51.39
because here we get
into that controversy.
00:39:51.42\00:39:53.36
Yeah.
00:39:53.39\00:39:54.72
You know, his will
00:39:54.76\00:39:56.09
because now it's
kind of like, you know,
00:39:56.12\00:39:58.19
thank you Lord for
giving me that lamp to my feet,
00:39:58.23\00:40:01.26
so now as I'm walking through,
00:40:01.30\00:40:02.73
if I keep my eyes
focused on that light,
00:40:02.76\00:40:04.67
I can see and not
be in the darkness.
00:40:04.70\00:40:06.94
And so I'm following His will
00:40:06.97\00:40:09.30
and then it goes into
using that word wisdom.
00:40:09.34\00:40:11.77
I love wisdom.
00:40:11.81\00:40:13.78
Especially spiritual wisdom.
00:40:13.81\00:40:15.44
Now, we're taking
even a more mature step
00:40:15.48\00:40:19.18
and that is spiritual wisdom.
00:40:19.21\00:40:20.55
That's right.
00:40:20.58\00:40:21.92
Here again, he said,
00:40:21.95\00:40:23.28
one that's with your
eyes, he's laying up,
00:40:23.32\00:40:26.29
you know, now as you're walking
00:40:26.32\00:40:27.96
and you have an understanding
00:40:27.99\00:40:29.46
so that you walk in a
manner that's pleasing to Him.
00:40:29.49\00:40:31.63
Thank you Jesus.
00:40:31.66\00:40:32.99
Amen. Amen.
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.36
Now, it's using the word,
00:40:34.40\00:40:35.73
His will, His will, His will,
00:40:35.76\00:40:38.03
not my will, so if
I start using my will,
00:40:38.07\00:40:41.47
then the blinders come on,
00:40:41.50\00:40:43.34
the, the
sunglasses get real dark,
00:40:43.37\00:40:47.04
I lose glimpse of
the lamp to my feet.
00:40:47.08\00:40:51.18
And then that's
when you struggle,
00:40:51.21\00:40:52.88
that's when your well runs dry.
00:40:52.91\00:40:55.28
So, anyway I love
that and anybody that,
00:40:55.32\00:40:59.29
whether you're just
growing a tomato, you know,
00:40:59.32\00:41:02.09
which is a joy in itself,
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.46
just seeing that
fruit finally show up.
00:41:04.49\00:41:07.86
There is nothing
better than bearing fruit.
00:41:07.90\00:41:10.77
And if you can bear
the fruit of the Lord,
00:41:10.80\00:41:13.13
in following His
spiritual wisdom,
00:41:13.17\00:41:15.14
thank you Jesus.
00:41:15.17\00:41:16.50
Amen.
00:41:16.54\00:41:17.87
That just happened to me
this past weekend in jail,
00:41:17.91\00:41:21.14
one of the cellmates asked me.
00:41:21.18\00:41:26.95
One of the cellmates asked
me what is God's will for me?
00:41:26.98\00:41:31.52
You know, and it's interesting
to be able to answer.
00:41:31.55\00:41:34.62
We told him, go to Daniel 2,
00:41:34.66\00:41:36.36
you know and
then that will answer,
00:41:36.39\00:41:38.03
go read, you know,
00:41:38.06\00:41:40.30
how Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego,
00:41:40.33\00:41:43.06
how they
purposed in their heart,
00:41:43.10\00:41:45.53
Daniel as well.
00:41:45.57\00:41:47.00
How they
purposed in their heart,
00:41:47.04\00:41:48.37
but God's will is for us
like Shelley was telling,
00:41:48.40\00:41:51.67
empty yourself and fill,
00:41:51.71\00:41:54.24
get the Holy
Spirit filled in you,
00:41:54.28\00:41:57.11
and then you
just have to sit back
00:41:57.15\00:41:59.51
and allow him to do the
work and that's so beautiful.
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.52
It's amazing because once
you completely surrender to God,
00:42:02.55\00:42:07.52
you are in complete
autopilot since then.
00:42:07.56\00:42:10.93
You don't have to do anything.
00:42:10.96\00:42:12.43
God continues and God
does the work for you.
00:42:12.46\00:42:15.66
The only problem
that comes is that
00:42:15.70\00:42:17.83
then self starts popping
out and says, oh, look at me.
00:42:17.87\00:42:22.00
And then you start
filling yourself with pride,
00:42:22.04\00:42:24.71
you start filling
yourself with that,
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.47
and then God's no
longer the main focus
00:42:26.51\00:42:30.21
and then other
people are seeing,
00:42:30.25\00:42:31.81
wait a minute, yeah,
00:42:31.85\00:42:33.58
that's not what he's preaching
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.18
and what he's doing
are two different things.
00:42:35.22\00:42:37.09
And those are where,
00:42:37.12\00:42:38.45
where you need
to understand that
00:42:38.49\00:42:40.22
God's will is
for you to be empty,
00:42:40.26\00:42:45.56
and the Holy Spirit
to be completely in you.
00:42:45.59\00:42:48.53
You know, when you said
that about the will of God,
00:42:48.56\00:42:51.33
I thought of 1
Thessalonians 4:3 says,
00:42:51.37\00:42:55.34
"This is the will of God."
00:42:55.37\00:42:57.71
If you're wondering
what the will of God is
00:42:57.74\00:42:59.51
for you at home.
00:42:59.54\00:43:00.88
Your sanctification,
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.45
and what does
sanctification mean?
00:43:03.48\00:43:06.01
It's synonymous with
holiness, and it's kind of like,
00:43:06.05\00:43:11.19
we listen to
those words and it's,
00:43:11.22\00:43:12.82
ooh, holiness, sanctification,
00:43:12.85\00:43:15.19
what does this mean?
00:43:15.22\00:43:16.56
It simply means to be
completely separated from sin.
00:43:16.59\00:43:21.03
So God's will
for our life is that
00:43:21.06\00:43:24.20
we would be separated from sin,
00:43:24.23\00:43:26.43
and only He can
do that through His,
00:43:26.47\00:43:30.71
through Christ Jesus,
00:43:30.74\00:43:32.17
through His
spirit, through His word.
00:43:32.21\00:43:34.51
It is God's job,
He's the one that is...
00:43:34.54\00:43:38.81
I mean, salvation
belongs to the Lord.
00:43:38.85\00:43:41.42
But that's what it's all about
00:43:41.45\00:43:43.52
so that we can walk in a manner
that is worthy of the Lord,
00:43:43.55\00:43:48.46
and some people just
literally beat themselves up
00:43:48.49\00:43:51.63
trying to be worthy of God,
00:43:51.66\00:43:54.76
trying to do
things that, you know,
00:43:54.80\00:43:56.97
they're focusing on
things on the outside,
00:43:57.00\00:43:59.73
when we only have to do is,
00:43:59.77\00:44:01.44
if they would consent like
God have His way with them.
00:44:01.47\00:44:06.21
The Bible says, He's
the one that's gonna do it.
00:44:06.24\00:44:08.34
Amen.
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.11
And we can ask
the Lord to help us
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.48
to be willing to do His will.
00:44:11.51\00:44:13.55
Amen.
00:44:13.58\00:44:14.92
Be willing to do His will.
00:44:14.95\00:44:16.62
Tim, why don't
you take Philippians 2
00:44:16.65\00:44:19.72
and we're just gonna
look at verses 5 and 8.
00:44:19.75\00:44:23.09
Right, we're talking about,
00:44:23.12\00:44:24.79
I'm filled with
the humility of Jesus,
00:44:24.83\00:44:27.73
and so Philippians
2:5 and 8 also say,
00:44:27.76\00:44:32.10
"Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus.
00:44:32.13\00:44:36.91
He humbled Himself
00:44:36.94\00:44:38.27
and became a obedient
to the point of death,
00:44:38.31\00:44:41.54
even the death at the cross."
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
I don't even know
that it's possible
00:44:46.38\00:44:48.28
for us to be there,
00:44:48.32\00:44:52.25
to go there to even
understand to get it.
00:44:52.29\00:44:55.32
To...
00:44:55.36\00:44:56.69
You're right.
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.06
For us to be so
committed to a cause,
00:44:58.09\00:45:02.16
to be so totally given
00:45:02.20\00:45:06.70
to anything that we would,
00:45:06.74\00:45:09.44
because it talks about
in between the verses there,
00:45:09.47\00:45:12.21
it talks or maybe it's
after about Christ doing that,
00:45:12.24\00:45:17.78
going to the death on the cross.
00:45:17.81\00:45:19.61
It says, that, you
know, we might die for a good,
00:45:19.65\00:45:22.98
for a good guy, but no
way we die for a dirty,
00:45:23.02\00:45:27.96
rotten scoundrel.
00:45:27.99\00:45:30.13
Somebody that we
didn't know whether or not
00:45:30.16\00:45:32.23
they would ever even
return their love to us,
00:45:32.26\00:45:37.73
but Christ humbled Himself,
00:45:37.77\00:45:41.44
humiliated Himself...
00:45:41.47\00:45:43.27
That's the word, humiliated.
00:45:43.30\00:45:46.64
To death on the cross.
00:45:46.68\00:45:48.18
And, so I think that,
00:45:48.21\00:45:51.41
the best that we can
do goes back to verse 4
00:45:51.45\00:45:55.65
in that same chapter
Philippians 2:4, that says,
00:45:55.68\00:45:59.42
"Let each of you
esteem and look upon
00:45:59.45\00:46:01.72
and be concerned for not
merely your own interests,
00:46:01.76\00:46:06.19
but also each for
the interest of others."
00:46:06.23\00:46:08.86
And I think that's about as
close as we can ever get to,
00:46:08.90\00:46:13.64
you know, the humility
00:46:13.67\00:46:16.37
because dying on the
cross is above me and I don't...
00:46:16.40\00:46:20.28
You know, why don't you read,
I don't know why I left out,
00:46:20.31\00:46:22.78
well for brevity
sake in the book,
00:46:22.81\00:46:24.81
I left that up,
but read verses 5-8.
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.15
Sure.
00:46:27.18\00:46:28.52
Because that
gives us better context.
00:46:28.55\00:46:29.88
And I'm gonna read
from the amplified version.
00:46:29.92\00:46:31.25
"Let the same
attitude and purpose
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.15
and humble mind be in you
which was in Christ Jesus.
00:46:33.19\00:46:36.66
Let him be your
example in humility.
00:46:36.69\00:46:39.06
Who although being
essentially one with God
00:46:39.09\00:46:41.80
and in the form of God,
00:46:41.83\00:46:43.50
possessing the
fullness of the attributes
00:46:43.53\00:46:45.60
which make God, God,
00:46:45.63\00:46:47.64
he did not think
this equality with God.
00:46:47.67\00:46:51.01
He didn't think this
equality was a thing to be
00:46:51.04\00:46:53.21
eagerly grasped or retained.
00:46:53.24\00:46:55.34
But stripping himself,
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.78
so as to assume the
guise of a servant in that
00:46:56.81\00:46:59.88
He became like men and
was born of a human being,
00:46:59.91\00:47:03.79
and born a human being."
00:47:03.82\00:47:05.35
In verse 8,
00:47:05.39\00:47:06.72
"And after He had
appeared in human form,
00:47:06.76\00:47:08.79
He abased and humbled
Himself still further,
00:47:08.82\00:47:11.76
and carried His
obedience to the extreme death,
00:47:11.79\00:47:14.86
even the death at the cross.
00:47:14.90\00:47:17.90
Therefore God has
highly exalted Him
00:47:17.93\00:47:20.60
and has freely bestowed on Him
00:47:20.64\00:47:23.04
the name that is
above every name."
00:47:23.07\00:47:25.57
And again, you know,
00:47:25.61\00:47:27.11
this is, this is God doing this.
00:47:27.14\00:47:31.55
This is God becoming
flesh and humbling Himself,
00:47:31.58\00:47:35.12
and so there again, you know,
00:47:35.15\00:47:36.82
this isn't something
I can ever comprehend,
00:47:36.85\00:47:38.89
how some, how the great,
00:47:38.92\00:47:40.76
the creator of all the
universe would put on skin
00:47:40.79\00:47:45.89
and lower Himself to,
00:47:45.93\00:47:48.90
to what I'd go through and be me
00:47:48.93\00:47:51.17
and experience
what I go through,
00:47:51.20\00:47:53.00
and then above all that,
00:47:53.03\00:47:55.77
had Himself killed for to, to...
00:47:55.80\00:47:59.34
Paid my penance. Yeah.
00:47:59.37\00:48:02.81
Now, I can't,
wouldn't you said that,
00:48:02.84\00:48:04.81
we can't go there.
00:48:04.85\00:48:06.18
No.
00:48:06.21\00:48:07.55
You know and I'm like,
00:48:07.58\00:48:08.92
can you imagine that
the creator of the universe
00:48:08.95\00:48:12.82
was willing to come to die
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.26
such a horrendous death for you.
00:48:15.29\00:48:18.66
He would have
done it for you unlike
00:48:18.69\00:48:20.90
when Idalia was talking about,
00:48:20.93\00:48:22.60
you've got to own it,
you've got to own that as well.
00:48:22.63\00:48:25.13
If you were the only individual
that was willing to accept,
00:48:25.17\00:48:28.30
to cash that check, He
would have done it for you.
00:48:28.34\00:48:31.77
When you...
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.14
When you think about that,
00:48:33.17\00:48:34.68
there is goose bumps
going through your body
00:48:34.71\00:48:36.98
because you
can't quite comprehend
00:48:37.01\00:48:39.61
what an amazing God that is,
00:48:39.65\00:48:41.62
that when He fills
you with the spirit
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.89
and when He tells you son,
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.76
He said, I am
willing to do all of these,
00:48:46.79\00:48:50.16
to go through all of
these pain because of you.
00:48:50.19\00:48:54.20
A lot of individuals like
you were mentioning before.
00:48:54.23\00:48:57.37
We're talking to
them and they think,
00:48:57.40\00:48:58.77
oh, you know, you're special.
00:48:58.80\00:49:00.14
No, we are not.
00:49:00.17\00:49:01.54
We're the only one that
have understood the enormous,
00:49:01.57\00:49:05.34
you know, we can't go there
00:49:05.37\00:49:07.38
because it's so un, un...
00:49:07.41\00:49:11.55
I don't know,
there is no word for it.
00:49:11.58\00:49:14.25
Yeah, there is no word for it.
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.28
It's unthinkable to
understand that the creator,
00:49:16.32\00:49:19.52
the one that with
His own hands formed us,
00:49:19.55\00:49:22.46
was willing to
come to die for Luis.
00:49:22.49\00:49:25.99
You know, how
Timothy Cox puts it,
00:49:26.03\00:49:28.00
and this really made me think.
00:49:28.03\00:49:29.63
He said in the
order of creation...
00:49:29.66\00:49:32.03
Well, God is above
creation but there is God,
00:49:32.07\00:49:34.77
then there is the angels
and then there is the man,
00:49:34.80\00:49:37.77
animals and then insects.
00:49:37.81\00:49:39.91
So the creator
00:49:39.94\00:49:41.78
then just lower Himself
to the position of an angel.
00:49:41.81\00:49:44.71
He lowered Himself,
00:49:44.75\00:49:46.08
a second one to
the position of man.
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.92
That would be like man,
00:49:47.95\00:49:49.85
not lowering
himself to be animal
00:49:49.88\00:49:52.89
but lowering
himself to be an insect.
00:49:52.92\00:49:55.42
I mean, that kind
of puts in perspective.
00:49:55.46\00:49:57.06
If you think like, okay,
00:49:57.09\00:49:58.99
I'm going to go down
there and become a cockroach,
00:49:59.03\00:50:02.26
so that I can
save the cockroaches.
00:50:02.30\00:50:05.73
Well, boy, I'll tell
you, I mean, that kind,
00:50:05.77\00:50:07.50
at least for me,
00:50:07.54\00:50:08.87
it makes me
really stop and think.
00:50:08.90\00:50:10.44
That's like the writer
wrote for such a worm as I.
00:50:10.47\00:50:14.11
Amen. Amen.
00:50:14.14\00:50:16.01
But let me ask you...
00:50:16.04\00:50:17.38
Oh, go ahead, honey.
00:50:17.41\00:50:18.75
Our house was burning.
00:50:21.38\00:50:23.05
You have to make
a decision quickly.
00:50:23.08\00:50:25.49
There is people
that are screaming
00:50:25.52\00:50:27.69
and are you a hero or not?
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.63
Whatever that means?
00:50:30.66\00:50:32.26
You rush into the house
00:50:32.29\00:50:33.70
and try to save as
many people as you can.
00:50:33.73\00:50:38.00
With the
determination death or not,
00:50:38.03\00:50:44.17
I'm gonna give the best I can.
00:50:44.21\00:50:47.14
And so say that
the fire captures you,
00:50:47.18\00:50:50.25
you save three
people, four others die.
00:50:50.28\00:50:55.12
Now you go down
the local newspaper,
00:50:55.15\00:50:57.45
you as a hero.
00:50:57.49\00:51:00.09
Now, let's take it, now,
00:51:00.12\00:51:01.76
let's go to where we cannot go.
00:51:01.79\00:51:05.09
There is billions of
people that He died for.
00:51:05.13\00:51:11.33
Boy, that's where
it becomes ingenious.
00:51:11.37\00:51:14.34
How did you do that?
00:51:14.37\00:51:16.91
Yeah.
00:51:16.94\00:51:18.27
And to me, that's
what breaks my heart
00:51:18.31\00:51:20.44
because I can't get past
00:51:20.48\00:51:22.11
that four or five or
six that unselfishly,
00:51:22.14\00:51:28.48
you made a determination
in God's hand, you know,
00:51:28.52\00:51:31.49
I give my life.
00:51:31.52\00:51:32.85
You know JD,
00:51:32.89\00:51:34.22
you just hit a point
where it's so amazing.
00:51:34.26\00:51:36.83
You're looking at
a house is on fire
00:51:36.86\00:51:39.76
and most individuals on
this earth are going for that
00:51:39.79\00:51:42.90
earthly possession and
they're not grabbing that,
00:51:42.93\00:51:45.10
that is valuable which
is, those who they love.
00:51:45.13\00:51:47.50
And that is
what breaks my heart.
00:51:47.54\00:51:49.74
That is what breaks my heart
00:51:49.77\00:51:51.11
when I go and I try
to help individuals,
00:51:51.14\00:51:52.94
that they are looking
for their earthly possessions
00:51:52.97\00:51:55.41
and not understanding
the value of what they,
00:51:55.44\00:51:57.81
what God is trying
to impart upon them,
00:51:57.85\00:52:00.38
and the world
may call them a hero,
00:52:00.42\00:52:04.02
but all they
have is possessions.
00:52:04.05\00:52:06.89
That they're going
to go away, you know.
00:52:06.92\00:52:09.49
And when we look at
what we have, you know,
00:52:09.52\00:52:11.93
I always say this, you know,
00:52:11.96\00:52:13.96
because the enemy
keeps on talking to me.
00:52:14.00\00:52:15.80
He says, well God,
your God doesn't exist.
00:52:15.83\00:52:18.03
Okay, fine,
that's not a problem.
00:52:18.07\00:52:20.04
Even if this whole was a game,
00:52:20.07\00:52:24.31
the blessings that
I've gotten through my life
00:52:24.34\00:52:26.88
because of the
savior that I believed in,
00:52:26.91\00:52:29.41
because of the God that
I have is enough for me.
00:52:29.44\00:52:31.75
Heaven is the icing on the cake.
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.48
Amen.
00:52:33.52\00:52:34.85
Now the other said, the enemy,
00:52:34.88\00:52:36.28
the God rebuked
me on that one day
00:52:36.32\00:52:37.92
because He said, wait a minute,
00:52:37.95\00:52:39.49
you need to understand that.
00:52:39.52\00:52:40.89
Yes, heaven might be the icing,
00:52:40.92\00:52:42.86
but if you don't
want to be in My presence,
00:52:42.89\00:52:44.79
do you truly love Me?
00:52:44.83\00:52:46.49
So heaven has to be
the cake but in the world,
00:52:46.53\00:52:50.77
in the concept of
other individuals,
00:52:50.80\00:52:52.73
that's fine.
00:52:52.77\00:52:54.10
I don't care about the icing,
00:52:54.14\00:52:55.64
give me Jesus, give me God,
00:52:55.67\00:52:57.57
give me the
spirit, fill me with that
00:52:57.61\00:52:59.21
because that's enough for me.
00:52:59.24\00:53:00.58
Amen. I want to make one point.
00:53:00.61\00:53:02.01
We're down to our
last few minutes here.
00:53:02.04\00:53:03.65
I just want to make one point
on this particular scripture.
00:53:03.68\00:53:06.28
We won't get any further.
00:53:06.31\00:53:08.15
But it really is a commandment.
00:53:08.18\00:53:10.19
When Paul is writing to
the Philippians, he says,
00:53:10.22\00:53:12.52
"Let this mind be in you
00:53:12.55\00:53:15.12
which was also in Christ Jesus."
00:53:15.16\00:53:17.96
You know Paul said that
00:53:17.99\00:53:19.33
we've been given
the mind of Christ
00:53:19.36\00:53:21.20
and we find it
right here in this Bible.
00:53:21.23\00:53:24.47
We find his mind.
00:53:24.50\00:53:26.13
But when we think of humility,
00:53:26.17\00:53:30.27
you know, what do we think of?
00:53:30.31\00:53:32.31
This is something that Lord's
been working in me over the,
00:53:32.34\00:53:35.11
while, I was recuperating
from a recent surgery,
00:53:35.14\00:53:38.25
that the humility of Christ
00:53:38.28\00:53:42.38
was His total
dependence upon God.
00:53:42.42\00:53:46.29
Here, He was co-equal with God.
00:53:46.32\00:53:51.23
He condescended to
become a man but He got here,
00:53:51.26\00:53:56.77
He could have drawn on
His own power at anytime.
00:53:56.80\00:54:00.44
But what did He say,
00:54:00.47\00:54:01.80
He said, I only do what
the Father shows me to do.
00:54:01.84\00:54:05.37
I only speak what the Father
tells me to speak and you know,
00:54:05.41\00:54:09.48
He was here to represent.
00:54:09.51\00:54:11.71
I mean, He's co-equal with God,
00:54:11.75\00:54:14.32
but He humbled Himself
and became submissive to God.
00:54:14.35\00:54:18.95
And then you think about
00:54:18.99\00:54:20.32
the humility of the Holy Spirit.
00:54:20.36\00:54:21.99
The spirit does all
things to bring glory to Christ.
00:54:22.02\00:54:26.46
Christ did everything
to bring glory to God,
00:54:26.49\00:54:28.86
and then at the end,
God's gonna give Him, you know,
00:54:28.90\00:54:31.97
put all things under His feet.
00:54:32.00\00:54:33.84
But we think of
humility as, you know,
00:54:33.87\00:54:36.97
sometimes we think of humility
as if somebody was like,
00:54:37.01\00:54:39.57
oh, well, no, you know,
00:54:39.61\00:54:40.98
I'm, I'm not
special or anything.
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.84
And we think, oh,
aren't they humble?
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.41
That's not what it's about.
00:54:44.45\00:54:46.05
Humility is about saying,
00:54:46.08\00:54:48.82
I am totally dependent upon God.
00:54:48.85\00:54:51.82
Anything good you see in
my life is because of God.
00:54:51.85\00:54:55.42
I can't save myself, I
can't do anything good.
00:54:55.46\00:54:58.59
I can't even bear
good fruit apart from Him.
00:54:58.63\00:55:03.40
What is Jesus saying,
00:55:03.43\00:55:04.77
John 15:5, "Apart from me,
00:55:04.80\00:55:06.94
you can't do nada, nothing."
00:55:06.97\00:55:11.97
All right, we are
already to the end of our time,
00:55:12.01\00:55:16.34
but we do want to end in prayer.
00:55:16.38\00:55:19.21
I hope that as we discuss
some of these scriptures,
00:55:19.25\00:55:22.38
I just thank each one of
you for your contribution
00:55:22.42\00:55:25.45
because you made me...
00:55:25.49\00:55:27.39
I love to get people
together to talk about the Bible
00:55:27.42\00:55:29.99
because it really enriches
and expands your own thinking.
00:55:30.03\00:55:34.13
But JD, why don't you
have a closing player please,
00:55:34.16\00:55:38.60
and we'll just pray that
00:55:38.63\00:55:40.57
God will pour out
His Holy Spirit on
00:55:40.60\00:55:43.30
all who call upon
His name around the world
00:55:43.34\00:55:46.68
because we all need His spirit,
00:55:46.71\00:55:49.04
so that we can be filled with
Christ in our heart by faith.
00:55:49.08\00:55:53.11
Amen.
00:55:53.15\00:55:54.48
And I just want to read,
this is, I'm going into prayer,
00:55:54.52\00:55:56.79
Romans 15:30,
00:55:56.82\00:55:58.55
"May the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace,
00:55:58.59\00:56:01.06
as you trust in Him,
so that you may overflow
00:56:01.09\00:56:04.19
with hope or the
power of the Holy Spirit."
00:56:04.23\00:56:06.16
Amen.
00:56:06.19\00:56:07.53
Father, as we come to
You in the name of Jesus.
00:56:07.56\00:56:09.26
We once again,
thank You Lord for You,
00:56:09.30\00:56:12.77
for Your magnificent
ability to love, and Father,
00:56:12.80\00:56:18.17
I just ask Lord that it
be tattooed on our heart,
00:56:18.21\00:56:21.54
how we can be more,
00:56:21.58\00:56:25.48
totally filled with You Lord
00:56:25.51\00:56:27.38
to help make a difference
in other people's lives.
00:56:27.42\00:56:29.55
Father, people are hungry,
people are thirsty, and Father,
00:56:29.58\00:56:33.09
we just want to do
our part, and Father,
00:56:33.12\00:56:35.56
we know it's through
the aid of the Holy Spirit,
00:56:35.59\00:56:37.89
so the prompting
of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.63
Let us be adaptable,
dear Father in following that,
00:56:39.66\00:56:44.07
that prompting that you put
00:56:44.10\00:56:46.43
and the unction
of the Holy Spirit
00:56:46.47\00:56:47.80
to help make a difference
in other people's lives,
00:56:47.84\00:56:50.04
Father, with joy in our heart.
00:56:50.07\00:56:52.37
And Father, I just ask Lord
00:56:52.41\00:56:54.08
that You will
be with each person
00:56:54.11\00:56:56.14
as we keep our eyes
focused on you Lord.
00:56:56.18\00:56:58.51
We are all
looking for that one thing
00:56:58.55\00:57:00.05
and that's peace of God.
00:57:00.08\00:57:01.72
That calmness, that assurance,
00:57:01.75\00:57:03.85
assurance Lord that You are for,
00:57:03.89\00:57:06.22
You are who you
say that you Are.
00:57:06.25\00:57:08.52
And Father, as we just
dedicate our lives to you,
00:57:08.56\00:57:12.03
Father, that we allow
You to work accordingly.
00:57:12.06\00:57:14.96
Father, we love
You and we thank you.
00:57:15.00\00:57:17.00
Be with our loved
ones, our families, Lord,
00:57:17.03\00:57:19.40
take care of each one of them.
00:57:19.43\00:57:20.80
Put a hedge protection around
each one of our loved ones,
00:57:20.84\00:57:23.41
dear Father.
00:57:23.44\00:57:24.77
Around all those
who call upon Your name.
00:57:24.81\00:57:27.31
We love You, give
you praise and glory
00:57:27.34\00:57:29.74
in the name of Jesus.
00:57:29.78\00:57:31.11
Amen. Amen.
00:57:31.15\00:57:32.71
Once again, we want to
thank you for joining us,
00:57:32.75\00:57:34.38
and may the grace of our
Lord and savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:34.42\00:57:37.75
the love of the Father
00:57:37.79\00:57:39.12
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:39.15\00:57:40.86
be with you always.
00:57:40.89\00:57:42.22