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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and we are so glad that
you are joining us tonight
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for 3ABN's Family Worship.
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This is a special
time to us, for all of us.
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And let me go ahead,
since I'm saying all of this,
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I'll go around the
table and introduce everyone.
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We have with us
Johnny and Idalia Dinzey.
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Johnny is the general
manager for 3ABN Latino
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and his beautiful wife
is his special assistant.
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I agree.
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And in all ways, isn't she?
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That's right. That's right.
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And then next to
me this handsome man,
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I have the privilege
to be married to him.
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Amen. Thank you.
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JD, we're glad that you're here.
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I'm probably turning red.
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Luis Capote, who is
our program director.
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Thank you.
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And then we have with
us, Brother Tim Parton,
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who is the general manager
for the Praise Him channel.
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Yes, ma'am. Amen.
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And we are so thankful
that you are joining us as well
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'cause you're the
rest of the family.
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We just invite you
to come to the table,
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get your bibles out.
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We are going to take this time
to worship the Lord in music
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and to worship Him
by studying His word.
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You know, for me,
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someone actually
called me and said
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you're worshiping the
Sabbath, shame on you.
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We don't worship the Sabbath.
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God is the one who sanctified
the Sabbath and blessed it.
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And I look at it
as a temple in time.
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What other day of the week,
if we didn't have the Sabbath,
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when could we
spend the entire day
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focusing on the Lord?
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When would we, I
should say. Mm-hm, right.
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Focusing on the
Lord, worshiping the Lord.
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And the beauty
of the Sabbath to me
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is that God says in the word
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not only is it a
memorial of God as our creator.
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But He tells us in
Exodus 31:13 it is a sign,
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the Sabbath is a sign
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that He is the
one who sanctifies us.
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So we come to him
in total surrender
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just remembering that
salvation belongs to God.
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There is nothing that
we can do to save ourself.
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Right. It is by grace.
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Hallelujah. Amen.
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So just want to start
this time off with some prayer.
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Tonight we're
gonna be talking about,
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"Humility comes before honor."
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And the last time this
little group was together,
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these family members, same ones,
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we were talking about
the fullness of Christ,
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being filled with His
humility was part of it.
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So it just seemed nice to
kind of continue in that vein
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and I'll tell you
why in just a moment.
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But let's begin with prayer.
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And why don't we just go around
and have a prayer of praise?
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JD, we'll let you start. Okay.
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Then just jump in as the Lord...
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Just something you
want to praise God for.
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Amen.
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Heavenly Father,
as we come to you
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in the name of your
precious son, Jesus.
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We thank you for
this opportunity, Lord.
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We thank you for this
opportunity to have the Sabbath
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and to take a few
minutes and a few hours,
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dear Father, to be
able to rest in your name.
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Father, we just ask
in the name of Jesus
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that you will just be with
us as we talk about humility,
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when we think about humility,
mention the word humility,
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of course, Jesus,
comes in our forethought.
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So, Father, we just ask, Lord,
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that you will just
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use that humility, dear
Father, in each one of us
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so that we can be all
that we can be in your name.
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Amen.
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Father, as we go through our
busy schedule, our busy week,
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it's so wonderful to know
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that you are always by our side.
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When we look at the sacrifice
that you gave at the cross,
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we can only humble ourselves,
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Lord, that creator of the earth,
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the universe was willing,
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Lord, to shed his
blood for each one of us.
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Yes.
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And that experience, Lord,
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when you get us to
that level of humility,
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when you get us to
that level of understanding
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that when we are
in your presence,
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we need to be in an awe moment,
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understanding that
you want to communicate,
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you want to spend
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every single moment by our sides
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and to be able to
know our good sides,
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our good moments,
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and our bad moments
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that we maybe able to
come on a moment like today
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to worship you
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and to give you all the
honor and all the glory.
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Yes.
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Precious Father, I
just want to thank you
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for being mindful of man.
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Amen.
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That we in our low estate
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that you would even consider us.
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But you have blessed us
with great thoughts toward us.
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And I pray, Lord,
that as we study humility,
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you will help us to remember
to be mindful of each other
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and to love each other
and to care for each other
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as your word tells us to do,
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to love you and to
love our fellow man.
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So I just thank you
that you care for us
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and I bless your name today.
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Thank you, father god,
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for your love for
each and one of us.
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Thank you, father,
for your faithfulness.
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Thank you,
father, for another week.
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You've blessed
us with abundantly.
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Thank you, Lord, for the moments
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that we take to speak with you,
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not only speak with
you but to hear you.
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Help us to listen
to your every word
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and help us to be
willing to do your will.
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Amen. Amen.
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And heavenly father,
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we just want to
thank you for your mercy.
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Your mercy, that is
beyond our comprehension.
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We thank you
that you consider us.
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We read what is man
that thou are mindful of Him.
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We thank you Lord
for being mindful.
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Yeah. Of us.
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Yes. Thank you.
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And father we
praise you for who you are,
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for your character
of love and humility
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that you are the example.
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We thank you father
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that you are
the one who saves us
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and we pray in the
name of Jesus that tonight
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help us each and everyone of us,
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those are at this table
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and those who are
sitting in other tables
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and watching us
or listening to us.
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We ask in the name of Jesus,
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Lord, that you would
give us the gift of humility
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that you would
Lord work in our hearts
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and give us a teachable spirit.
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And, father,
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reveal yourself to
us and you will to us.
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Amen. In these words.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well we always like
to start with a song.
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Amen.
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And because that puts our hearts
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in an attitude of worship.
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You know, that's
what music is all about.
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It is to kind of a soul or
break up the fallow grounds
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so that we'll be
ready to receive the seed,
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it's kind of the
ploughing if you will.
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And what we are
going to sing right now
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is one of my favourite songs,
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it is number 567
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in the
Seventh-Day Adventist hymnal.
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We are going to put those
words on the screen for you.
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But before we start singing
I want to say this one thing,
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this song is a prayer
that has been set to music.
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So it's not a song that we sing,
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as we look around
and smile at each other
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because we're
talking about the Lord.
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This is a song we are
singing directly to the Lord.
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So sing that song with us,
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pray with us in
this musical piece.
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Have Thy own way, Lord!
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Have Thine own way
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Thou art the Potter
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I am the clay
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Mold me and make me
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After Thy will
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While I am waiting
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Yielded and still
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Have Thine own way, Lord!
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Have Thine own way
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Search me and try me,
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Savior, today
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Wash me just now, Lord.
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Wash me just now
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As in Thy presence
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Humbly I bow
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Have Thy own way, Lord!
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Have Thine own way
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Wounded and weary
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Help me, I pray
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Power, all power
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Surely is Thine
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Touch me and heal me,
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Savior divine
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Have Thine own way, Lord!
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Have Thine own way
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Hold o'er my being
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Absolute sway
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Fill with Thy Spirit
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Till all shall see
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Christ only, always,
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Living in me
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Amen. Amen.
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I don't know if
there are any more words
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that are words
that are more apt,
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appropriate to
what we are doing today.
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We just want to thank, Tim,
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for silently
slipping off to the piano
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and playing that for us.
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I did that very humbly.
You did that very humbly.
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I just tried to
be appropriate. Amen.
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As you know,
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I always like to pray
the word back to the Lord.
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So I'm gonna start
with an affirmation
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that just means we're
affirming gods word by...
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It's a paraphrase
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actually of what
these scriptures say.
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And so let me just
start with this affirmation,
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the first part is just
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I'm affirming
and saying something,
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but the second part is
like a prayer and it says,
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"I know humility
comes before honor,
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so I humble
myself before the Lord.
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I treasure the day
of small beginnings.
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If I'm faithful with
regard to small things,
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God will trust me with more.
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God will exalt me
in his perfect timing.
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Father, by your grace,
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I will be clothed with humility"
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Notice that "By your grace
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I will be clothed with humility,
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humbling myself
under your mighty hand.
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Thank you, Father,
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for making Jesus
Christ my wisdom from you.
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Thank you, for
the gift of humility
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that comes from wisdom."
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Amen.
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So let's kind
of backup a little,
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we talked about this last
time when we were together.
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What is humility?
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Or let me ask this,
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what is the
opposite of humility?
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Can you think of
some words? Pride.
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Pride, is the
opposite of humility.
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So what is pride?
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I've got. Sorry, go...
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No, you go right ahead.
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Well, not that I
know, but I do hopefully.
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Self-satisfaction.
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That's the number one
word I was looking for,
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is self-satisfaction.
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Go ahead.
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Self-sufficiency, self-reliance
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any of those hyphenated
words that start with self.
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Self. Yes.
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So it's more than
just arrogance and conceit,
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pride is relying on yourself.
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So then, if we were
look at the flip side
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then, at the
polar opposite of pride,
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what is humility then?
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It is to be
totally dependent on God.
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God's
satisfaction. God's efficiency.
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Amen.
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So, you know, Jesus Christ,
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we know that in
Philippians 2:5-7,
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it says like this mind being you
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that was also in Christ
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and it talks about
Him humbling Himself.
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And going to the cross. Amen.
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So He was our
example in humility
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and to me I think that
humility is the number one
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Christian virtue
that we need to...
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This is something on
which we should concentrate.
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We need to talk about it more
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and it's something
that we need to pray about.
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Because if the devils
original sin was pride,
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that's one thing we should
be avoiding at all cost, right?
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Certainly.
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Fine, so let's get into
some of these scriptures.
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And we're just gonna talk
about how God feels about pride
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and what happens
when we don't listen.
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All right. Idalia, ladies first.
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Okay. Well,
proverbs chapter 16:18.
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Proverbs 16:18.
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Yeah. Okay.
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I'm reading
from NIV and it says,
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"Pride goes before destruction,
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a haughty spirit before a fall."
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Before we go any further,
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I know there is a
lot of people around here
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what is haughty mean?
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Can we describe
haughty? Haughty?
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Hard minded? Hard minded?
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Well, I look for it in
the dictionary, it said,
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unfriendly and
seeming to consider yourself
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better than other people.
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Hard minded.
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So pride goes before destruction
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then some one this hard minded,
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if they have that
spirit also goes before a fall.
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But don't you think
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that pride blinds
people to their own faults.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I mean, if you're proud
you don't recognise your own,
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you know, the
problems that you are having.
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So the very things
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that because of your
pride, you're not recognising
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or the things that
become the stumbling blocks.
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Sometimes we're just in denial
and say, "No way," "Not me."
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You know, and it's a
conviction of the heart,
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you know, I think that, I mean,
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humility is a
topic that I don't know
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because I'm too proud,
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you know, and I'm like,
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I'm always praying
Lord make me humble.
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Amen.
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Because it's not easy to
wash somebody's dirty feet,
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for example, you
know, it's not easy...
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And I'm talking about
the communion service,
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I'm not talking about that
when you washes others feet
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but sometimes people
need us to wash their feet
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because they have
no other way, you see.
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And so we forget that
we maybe here one day,
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I mean, we
maybe up here one day,
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but someday
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because of
circumstances in life,
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we may end up in
the same condition
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or worse
condition as somebody else.
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So I definitely, I say, Lord,
please teach me to be humble.
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Amen.
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Yes, by contemplating the cross,
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Jesus on the cross,
what humility is that?
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When He came
down, left a thrown,
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for being with his father
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to give everything
up for me, a sinner.
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Amen.
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So there is a lot to
learn and lean on Jesus
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because He was
our perfect example.
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So how do we accomplish that?
By beholding we become changed.
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Amen. Amen.
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So can you think of
an example in the bible,
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where proverb 16:18
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"Pride came
before the destruction,
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a haughty spirit before a fall."
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Who're you thinking of?
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Well, I thought of
Samson. That's a good one.
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I mean, that's who
I first thought about.
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My thought was
Nebuchadnezzar. Exactly.
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You know, who thought
He was so high and mighty
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and that everything He
did, this is what I built,
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and I did, until God
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struck him with
insanity for seven years.
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In the same hour,
right? Right. Yeah.
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We went from...
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And so he went
from denying God to,
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you know, after
seven years of insanity.
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I mean, it was his
pride that caused the fall,
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his haughty spirit.
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And then he turned back,
or he turned to the Lord.
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So...
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Does Lord's wife
fall into that...
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I would say...
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When she was thrown into
salt. That's interesting.
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Where she was definitely
told, not to look back.
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So... Yeah.
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But that's where my heart is,
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you know, what I'm
saying, how hard it was.
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So... It's okay.
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You know, it's interesting
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because I think
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everyone struggles
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with some degree of self,
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bringing self to the...
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You're right.
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And the devil is
making suggestions,
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you know, if
somebody says something,
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there he is
whispering to somebody.
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Who does he think he
is, who does he think he is,
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and he thinks he's
better than you, look at...
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And they are not
taking you in to account.
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So all these suggestions,
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that's why the
wisdom of Lord says to us,
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be slow to speak, swither.
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You know, and I think
what you're saying is right
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because pride, like,
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sometimes old people
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it is their pride to keep them
from listening to young people.
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Yes.
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Young people it's
their pride to keep them
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from listening from old people.
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Parents. So, yeah.
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You're right.
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I mean we're all
filled with pride it's just.
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Johnny, I want you
take James 4 in verse 10.
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We've got it in the
amplified version here,
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which I think is an interesting,
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I love amplified
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and this is a
very interesting verse.
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I think I will
read it in both. Okay.
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So we can see the
amplified version says,
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"Humble
yourselves" and then it says,
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"Feeling very insignificant
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in the presence of the
Lord, and He will exalt you.
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He will lift you up and
make your lives significant."
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So in the King
James Version it says,
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"Humble yourselves
in the sight of the Lord
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and He shall lift you up."
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And, so, here,
in this scripture,
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we are being
instructed too humble ourselves.
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Sometimes we
pray, "Lord humble me."
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But at the same time,
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it seems like it's a decision...
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Sure. Absolute.
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To humble ourselves
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and that's why there
are many places in the bible
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where the language of
the bible is, "Do this".
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And this is the
benefit, "Do this."
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That's why you see, I
think somebody quoted,
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"Let this mind be in you,
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which was also in Christ Jesus."
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And so many of
these scriptures says,
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you have to make a decision,
husbands, love your wives.
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I have to
decide to love my wife.
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And so all these wonderful
scriptures are there for us
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to help us understand
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that we have to make a decision.
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And when we open that door,
yes, I really need to do this.
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The Lord says, "Good,
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now you're ready for me
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to give you the power to do it."
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Yeah.
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This is an amazing promise
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because first of
all it's telling you,
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you are the one
that has to do the work.
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I can't do it for you,
you have to humble yourself.
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But then it tells
you, I will do something,
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if you do it,
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I will do
something, I will exalt you.
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I will bring you,
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so you can come
and give me glory.
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But what happens
most of the time is,
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yes, we humble
ourselves then God exalts us,
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then once we get to
that exaltation level
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then we feel back,
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our pride comes back
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and then is when God comes in
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and He humbles us to
the point where He says
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okay, you can handle,
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you know, that
level of exaltation.
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And most of the time we have to,
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when we pray like
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when Idalia was talking
about Lord please humble me,
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I'm so scared
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because that's when
trials and tribulations
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are going to
come into your life.
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So we have to be
careful when you pray,
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certain prayers in your life
00:22:32.15\00:22:34.18
because what
you're really asking God
00:22:34.22\00:22:39.19
is to pass me through the coal
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so then I can be
purified at the other end.
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And the reason why I
feel that God is telling us
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that we need to
learn how to be humble
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is because
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it is only through
a complete surrender
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that we're truly
going to understand
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what humility even is.
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You know, I see it
a little differently
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and maybe it's because I
don't pray, Lord, humble me.
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I think that is, what you
said that's kind of frightening.
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But I pray, Lord,
increase my humility,
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increase the
mind of Christ in me.
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Then I'm not gonna...
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It is just a matter of
recognising my self-worth,
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comes from god
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that it's something that if
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I recognise my
total dependence upon him
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and I see this as a
gift for great humility,
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is something that when I say,
00:23:35.71\00:23:37.81
"Lord, let that mind work in me,
00:23:37.85\00:23:40.52
give me the humility of Jesus."
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Then I see that, you
know, really we can't even,
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to humble
ourselves just means to say,
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okay, Lord, I know
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.46
that you're so
much more wise than me,
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you're so much
more powerful than me,
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you know the end
from the beginning.
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And so, Lord,
00:23:59.63\00:24:00.97
I want to follow
your will, help me.
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But I can't even surrender...
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One of my favourite
00:24:05.37\00:24:08.14
Sister White quotes is this,
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.45
she said,
00:24:10.48\00:24:11.81
"Lord, take my heart
but I can't give it."
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Amen. That's right.
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We... See, we can't even really
surrender without his power.
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So but the beauty of it is,
when we do humble ourselves,
00:24:22.09\00:24:27.43
when we say, "Oh
Lord, I'm nothing."
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Then He does
lift us up in Christ
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and He gives us that self-worth
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at least that's the
way how to look at it.
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This old scripture,
I would like to share
00:24:38.81\00:24:40.48
that goes along with this one.
00:24:40.51\00:24:42.54
It was interesting for me
to look up the word humble
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here in James 2: 4
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.32
because when I first
read the Greek definition
00:24:48.35\00:24:51.22
it was like, de-press,
you know, to take the air out.
00:24:51.25\00:24:54.92
Bow down.
00:24:54.96\00:24:56.29
And so de-press
yourself not to be depressed by,
00:24:56.32\00:24:59.66
depress yourself of self.
00:24:59.69\00:25:01.03
Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.40
And here is the other scripture
00:25:02.43\00:25:03.77
that I would like to
read to you from Jesus,
00:25:03.80\00:25:06.84
He said in Luke 14:11,
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.67
"For whosoever exalteth
himself shall be abased,
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in another word of
abase means to be."
00:25:13.24\00:25:16.95
Humble.
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To be depressed,
00:25:18.35\00:25:19.68
it will take the air out of you.
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Yeah. There you go.
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"And he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted."
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Kind of an
accompanied scripture to this,
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the idea of humbling yourself
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to recognise
God is all powerful.
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.09
He created me, He is
above me. Absolutely.
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And there is much,
much for us to learn.
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You know, and I
looked up the word exalt
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because I think
that's an interesting word
00:25:41.84\00:25:43.91
and lot of people don't
know what that word means.
00:25:43.94\00:25:46.14
And in the Greek
it's "Hupsoo" H.U.P.S.O.O,
00:25:46.17\00:25:52.68
but it's pronounced hupsoo.
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.92
And it means to lift something
up to a higher location.
00:25:54.95\00:25:57.99
So it's interesting to me
00:25:58.02\00:25:59.45
that as you come before the Lord
00:25:59.49\00:26:01.52
with your face
bowed down to him saying,
00:26:01.56\00:26:04.26
"Lord, not my word
but yours be done."
00:26:04.29\00:26:07.86
Then He lifts you up like
it talks about it's a same word
00:26:07.90\00:26:10.77
like Moses lifted up the serpent
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.83
and the devil Christ
was lifted up on the cross.
00:26:12.87\00:26:16.47
It means to be
lifted up, Christ,
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.41
was exalted and it has to be
00:26:18.44\00:26:23.55
the exaltation has to come
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.05
from someone greater than us.
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That's Right.
00:26:26.45\00:26:27.78
So when we are
willing to do God's will
00:26:27.82\00:26:30.22
and that's what, you
know, that's what I tell him is,
00:26:30.25\00:26:31.95
Lord, I'm
willing to do your will
00:26:31.99\00:26:33.59
and make me
willing to do your will.
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You know, I'm
willing to become willy.
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Right. Right.
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There is a story
that goes with this.
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Yeah. There is a story.
00:26:39.83\00:26:41.80
And it's interesting
because I heard the story
00:26:41.83\00:26:44.73
five years
before I met the person.
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.44
And the story is about a person
00:26:47.47\00:26:49.60
that he was asked to preach
00:26:49.64\00:26:52.07
on a Wednesday
night prayer meeting.
00:26:52.11\00:26:54.71
And interestingly enough,
I heard Pastor Dan Jarrard
00:26:54.74\00:26:57.25
explain this about
himself he used to be on 3ABN.
00:26:57.28\00:27:00.42
And he said that
when he was invited,
00:27:00.45\00:27:01.98
he had been hoping to be asked.
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.25
And when he was
invited to preach on Wednesday
00:27:04.29\00:27:05.95
"Good, I'm gonna
let the church have it."
00:27:05.99\00:27:07.89
You know, he prepared himself,
00:27:07.92\00:27:09.52
he got all his scriptures ready.
00:27:09.56\00:27:11.69
And he felt that he was ready
to preach a powerful sermon.
00:27:11.73\00:27:16.16
And so when he went up there
he was going up to the pulpit
00:27:16.20\00:27:20.40
and when he was
finally announced and went up,
00:27:20.44\00:27:25.14
he panicked, he got
nervous, and he stumbled,
00:27:25.17\00:27:27.81
he couldn't speak the words
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.85
that he wanted to speak out
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.21
and he said he was
completely embarrassed.
00:27:32.25\00:27:35.95
And so now he is stepping down,
00:27:35.98\00:27:38.95
you know, with his head down
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.09
and then an elderly
lady, people were shaking him,
00:27:41.12\00:27:43.39
saying, "Thank you,
00:27:43.43\00:27:44.76
what a wonderful
message, thank you."
00:27:44.79\00:27:46.13
And an elderly
lady says, "Young man,
00:27:46.16\00:27:49.40
if you would have gone
up, the way you came down?"
00:27:49.43\00:27:53.07
Oh, wow. Oh, that is great.
00:27:53.10\00:27:55.70
You would have come
down, the way you went up.
00:27:55.74\00:27:57.97
Amen. Yes.
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.34
And so humble ourselves
in the side of the Lord,
00:27:59.37\00:28:02.04
He will lift us up.
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.41
Amen.
00:28:03.45\00:28:04.78
I interviewed Ysis Espana
00:28:04.81\00:28:06.41
that she is a very, very
00:28:06.45\00:28:09.98
well known Spanish
artist and she sings.
00:28:10.02\00:28:14.52
And she is a Cuban lady.
00:28:14.56\00:28:16.22
Used to work in the
Texas Conference by the way.
00:28:16.26\00:28:18.06
That's right. In
the Texas Conference.
00:28:18.09\00:28:20.00
I had the privilege
00:28:20.03\00:28:21.56
of spending an hour
with her in an interview
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.10
and she is just has to sweetest,
00:28:24.13\00:28:27.44
humble, spirit.
00:28:27.47\00:28:29.34
There is no place
in the Spanish world
00:28:29.37\00:28:31.07
that she could go
and no one knows her.
00:28:31.11\00:28:33.98
And I said, "How
can you be so humble?"
00:28:34.01\00:28:37.71
I mean, you have so many
accomplishments, so well known.
00:28:37.75\00:28:42.58
How can you handle
that? How can you do that?
00:28:42.62\00:28:45.35
She says, you know, my mom once
told me it's best to be humble
00:28:45.39\00:28:49.69
then for God to
have to humble you.
00:28:49.72\00:28:51.29
Amen.
00:28:51.33\00:28:52.66
You know, and she says,
00:28:52.69\00:28:54.03
"What I have is not
mine, what I have is God given.
00:28:54.06\00:28:57.77
God gave me a voice and
I use it for His glory."
00:28:57.80\00:29:00.60
Amen.
00:29:00.64\00:29:01.97
And she lives a life of service
she and her husband of years.
00:29:02.00\00:29:06.17
But she reaches to heights
of the young and the old.
00:29:06.21\00:29:09.14
There is no
separation of ages when,
00:29:09.18\00:29:13.78
you know, how to try
minister to everyone.
00:29:13.82\00:29:16.12
Well, she pulls
everyone of all ages
00:29:16.15\00:29:18.39
and the testimony that
she shares is wonderful.
00:29:18.42\00:29:21.16
So I will take that with me,
00:29:21.19\00:29:24.13
you know, everywhere I go
00:29:24.16\00:29:25.96
and from time to time
I do remember her words.
00:29:25.99\00:29:28.83
And, of course I ask the,
Lord, to help me to be humble
00:29:28.86\00:29:31.87
because our nature is
to "Me first, me and me."
00:29:31.90\00:29:36.44
I mean, we are
born and we scream
00:29:36.47\00:29:39.11
because we want to be
fed, me it's a me world.
00:29:39.14\00:29:42.91
But, you know, I
think as long as we remember
00:29:42.94\00:29:44.78
humility is total
dependence up on Him.
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.68
It kind of takes
all of that arrogance
00:29:47.72\00:29:49.95
and because that's
what she is learned,
00:29:49.98\00:29:52.49
humility is total
dependence upon God.
00:29:52.52\00:29:54.42
Amen.
00:29:54.46\00:29:55.79
And that takes the
arrogance and conceit out of us
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.93
because we
realise nothing we have,
00:29:57.96\00:30:00.60
everything we have
is what He has given.
00:30:00.63\00:30:02.73
Luis would you
please read Zechariah 4:10.
00:30:02.76\00:30:07.70
Zechariah 4:10,
00:30:07.74\00:30:10.04
"Who with reason despises
the day of small things"
00:30:10.07\00:30:15.54
You know, it's interesting
this aspect if many of us,
00:30:15.58\00:30:18.88
God, asked us to
do a specific task.
00:30:18.91\00:30:22.48
And we're seldom
satisfied with that task.
00:30:22.52\00:30:25.62
We're constantly looking for,
00:30:25.65\00:30:28.22
"Oh Lord, I can do
what Tim Parton can do
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.99
or I can do what,
you know, Molly can do."
00:30:31.03\00:30:34.33
I can do what everybody else
00:30:34.36\00:30:36.90
but what God
has asked you to do.
00:30:36.93\00:30:38.97
The interesting aspect
of is that if we understand
00:30:39.00\00:30:43.10
that we are in an internship.
00:30:43.14\00:30:47.41
If you look at individuals
that go in an internship,
00:30:47.44\00:30:50.65
those who humble themselves
00:30:50.68\00:30:52.41
and learn from the
one that's teaching
00:30:52.45\00:30:54.48
or the one that are going
to come out on the other hand
00:30:54.52\00:30:56.82
and learn with much more skills.
00:30:56.85\00:31:00.66
But what happens to us
young people when we're young,
00:31:00.69\00:31:03.09
we go on an
internship, we know it.
00:31:03.12\00:31:05.23
We come in here and
all we have so many ways
00:31:05.26\00:31:08.50
to fixing by the
time we finish the school,
00:31:08.53\00:31:10.73
we have learned nothing.
00:31:10.77\00:31:12.10
It's the same
thing with the humility.
00:31:12.13\00:31:14.04
We are in
internship with Christ,
00:31:14.07\00:31:16.30
we need to reflect Christ,
00:31:16.34\00:31:17.71
Christ is teaching
us how to be like Him.
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.01
Amen. But what
do we constantly do?
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.24
We're constantly telling God,
God, we need to do it this way.
00:31:22.28\00:31:26.38
Christ, we need to,
you need show us this way.
00:31:26.41\00:31:29.28
So when Christ is
telling us to do something small
00:31:29.32\00:31:32.59
in our part
00:31:32.62\00:31:33.96
but can have such an
impact in throughout eternity,
00:31:33.99\00:31:38.56
we say, "Oh, no, that's
not good enough for us, Lord."
00:31:38.59\00:31:41.63
So once we understand
that every part of our lives,
00:31:41.66\00:31:46.60
everything that God gives
us to do is for a purpose.
00:31:46.63\00:31:51.57
And what we are
to do is empty self
00:31:51.61\00:31:54.48
Yes.
00:31:54.51\00:31:55.84
Because it is
not self that's going
00:31:55.88\00:31:57.58
to ultimately reach heaven.
00:31:57.61\00:32:00.12
It is Christ in us
00:32:00.15\00:32:01.82
who is going to
help us to reach heaven.
00:32:01.85\00:32:03.75
And then is when
we're going to say,
00:32:03.79\00:32:05.55
once we empty self
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.12
and we learn the
more that we understand,
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.66
the more that we are in
close relationship with God
00:32:09.69\00:32:14.76
then is when we truly
are going to understand.
00:32:14.80\00:32:17.13
That's what it says,
"If you humble yourself,
00:32:17.17\00:32:19.00
then you'll be exalted."
00:32:19.03\00:32:20.37
Why?
00:32:20.40\00:32:21.74
Because other people are
going to want what you have,
00:32:21.77\00:32:24.21
other people are
going to look at you
00:32:24.24\00:32:25.57
and are going to say,
00:32:25.61\00:32:26.94
"Boy, look at pastor Dinzey."
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.71
You know, when I went
home that my mom says,
00:32:28.74\00:32:31.85
Oh, can you
tell me about Idalia?
00:32:31.88\00:32:33.75
Can you tell me
about Pastor Dinzey?
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.22
Oh, they're such humble,
they're so wonderful people,
00:32:35.25\00:32:37.49
they're so great.
00:32:37.52\00:32:38.85
You know, it's like
because they see them,
00:32:38.89\00:32:40.76
they see what they,
what they sacrifice,
00:32:40.79\00:32:42.79
they see all that
they give for the Lord
00:32:42.82\00:32:44.96
and they want that.
00:32:44.99\00:32:46.49
And that's for us,
we look out and say,
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.66
That's our purpose.
00:32:48.70\00:32:50.03
You have no idea who
we are please don't look,
00:32:50.07\00:32:51.83
don't look at us, look at Jesus,
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.77
you know, and that's
the way that it works.
00:32:53.80\00:32:56.44
Because once you fill yourselves
00:32:56.47\00:32:59.34
it is something that
individuals crave and need.
00:32:59.37\00:33:02.94
Amen.
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.31
You know... It's good.
00:33:04.35\00:33:05.68
That's excellent
and when we think,
00:33:05.71\00:33:08.28
I mean, this scripture has
00:33:08.32\00:33:09.78
a lot of personnel meaning to me
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.42
about despising the
things of small beginnings
00:33:11.45\00:33:14.52
because God has to,
00:33:14.56\00:33:17.89
you have to
except the assignment
00:33:17.93\00:33:19.43
that God has given you.
00:33:19.46\00:33:20.80
That's right.
00:33:20.83\00:33:22.16
And go out and be
faithful in that assignment
00:33:22.20\00:33:23.53
and then He
blesses it and I think
00:33:23.57\00:33:24.90
He gets to where He
can trust you and it grows.
00:33:24.93\00:33:27.24
But when you think about
the scripture in "Zechariah"
00:33:27.27\00:33:30.14
what was happening here?
00:33:30.17\00:33:31.77
They were rebuilding the temple.
00:33:31.81\00:33:34.28
And the Jews is, especially
the older generation of Jews
00:33:34.31\00:33:38.98
were mourning and lamenting,
00:33:39.01\00:33:40.68
Holy way it's not going to be,
00:33:40.72\00:33:43.92
you know, as
large and magnificent
00:33:43.95\00:33:48.09
as Solomon's temple.
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.56
It was their pride,
00:33:49.59\00:33:51.59
I mean, here God was
trying to reinstate the temple
00:33:51.63\00:33:56.30
and the temple worship,
the sacrificial system and all.
00:33:56.33\00:33:59.53
And instead of looking at
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.64
what a blessing the
small beginning was,
00:34:02.67\00:34:05.97
the blessing from
God's hands, they were like,
00:34:06.01\00:34:09.24
something like,
what you said, you know,
00:34:09.28\00:34:10.95
its you're not satisfied
with what God is offering.
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.38
But when we, when we
say, "Okay, Lord I'll do that,
00:34:14.42\00:34:19.02
I'll be faithful in this."
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.82
He blesses and
then it usually grows
00:34:20.86\00:34:22.96
and I think that kind of
goes into your scripture,
00:34:22.99\00:34:25.19
doesn't it, in Luke 16.
00:34:25.23\00:34:26.56
Yeah.
00:34:26.59\00:34:27.93
Boy this is a...
00:34:27.96\00:34:30.53
As I'm just sitting
here listening to all this,
00:34:30.57\00:34:32.70
I'm just saying how
complex pride is because man,
00:34:32.73\00:34:36.77
every door that
we're opening here
00:34:36.81\00:34:39.37
you can see how
you could stumble.
00:34:39.41\00:34:43.78
The first thing
that caught my attention
00:34:43.81\00:34:45.68
is that pride is progressive,
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.32
life is progressive
and if you didn't get,
00:34:48.35\00:34:51.45
if you don't
start some real teaching
00:34:51.49\00:34:53.52
about pride early in life,
00:34:53.56\00:34:55.36
boy, you can get
caught up in this thing real,
00:34:55.39\00:34:57.33
real quick
00:34:57.36\00:34:58.69
and you can stumble
and just accidentally
00:34:58.73\00:35:00.70
and have your
think that you have
00:35:00.73\00:35:02.33
your heart right with the Lord.
00:35:02.36\00:35:05.53
Where I'm going
today is Luke 16:10
00:35:05.57\00:35:08.74
and really it goes through 13
00:35:08.77\00:35:10.77
because here the
complexity of this
00:35:10.81\00:35:13.11
and in 25 words or
less it's saying that,
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.75
at least the word that
I'm interpreting this is that,
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.88
"Can you be faithful in little?
Can you be faithful and much?
00:35:19.91\00:35:23.55
What is the distinction?
00:35:23.59\00:35:26.52
What is He that is
the least is the most.
00:35:26.55\00:35:29.92
I mean, this is just...
00:35:29.96\00:35:32.76
You wanna read those
scriptures for us, Luke 16:10-13
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.13
I can read the scriptures.
00:35:34.16\00:35:37.40
I could probably
talk about it easier.
00:35:37.43\00:35:41.44
But I'm being an
obedient husband.
00:35:41.47\00:35:45.21
Being a humble husband.
00:35:45.24\00:35:46.88
It'll probably make more sense.
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.41
Luke 16.
00:35:48.44\00:35:49.91
Yeah, Luke 16:10-13
00:35:49.94\00:35:54.35
Okay.
00:35:54.38\00:35:55.72
"He who is
faithful and what is least
00:35:55.75\00:35:58.85
is faithful also in much.
00:35:58.89\00:36:01.22
And He who is unjust
00:36:01.26\00:36:02.89
and what is least is
unjust also as much."
00:36:02.92\00:36:05.79
My goodness.
00:36:05.83\00:36:08.40
"Therefore,
00:36:08.43\00:36:10.37
therefore if you
have not been faithful
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.57
and the unrighteous mammon,
00:36:12.60\00:36:14.97
being riches,
00:36:15.00\00:36:16.74
who will commit to
your trust of true riches?"
00:36:16.77\00:36:19.84
Thank you, Jesus.
00:36:19.87\00:36:21.44
The answer is Jesus. Amen.
00:36:21.48\00:36:23.11
"And if you have
not been faithful
00:36:23.14\00:36:24.88
in that which is another man's,
00:36:24.91\00:36:26.31
who will give you
what is your own?"
00:36:26.35\00:36:29.25
And then 13, "No
servant can serve two masters."
00:36:29.28\00:36:32.45
Oh, boy, if you
hear nothing else here
00:36:32.49\00:36:35.56
that there is just A and B.
00:36:35.59\00:36:37.16
That's right.
00:36:37.19\00:36:38.56
"Either he will hate
the one and love the other,
00:36:38.59\00:36:40.90
or he else he will be loyal
to the one despise the other.
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.57
You cannot
serve God and mammon."
00:36:43.60\00:36:48.37
God is a gift and
mammon is an enemy.
00:36:48.40\00:36:52.97
It's just that simple.
00:36:53.01\00:36:55.98
Can you have
riches, financial riches?
00:36:56.01\00:37:01.18
You bet!
00:37:01.22\00:37:02.55
Who gives you
those financial riches?
00:37:02.58\00:37:04.22
God does.
00:37:04.25\00:37:05.59
If they are going to
be long lasting, Jesus.
00:37:05.62\00:37:08.06
Amen.
00:37:08.09\00:37:09.42
How will you use those
riches, to further his kingdom.
00:37:09.46\00:37:12.66
Those that probably
over here on the least side,
00:37:12.69\00:37:16.56
they come up every day wondering
00:37:16.60\00:37:18.33
point fingers at someone else.
00:37:18.37\00:37:20.50
Why not me?
00:37:20.54\00:37:21.90
I'm as good as he is.
00:37:21.94\00:37:23.47
There is that nasty five
little word again, pride.
00:37:23.51\00:37:26.27
Pride.
00:37:26.31\00:37:27.84
Boy it's just so progressing
you get caught up here.
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.65
So easy, so who
is on first place?
00:37:30.68\00:37:34.45
I don't know
00:37:34.48\00:37:36.28
but I do know
00:37:36.32\00:37:37.82
that at least in my simple mind
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.92
it's right or wrong,
good or bad, God or Satan.
00:37:40.96\00:37:45.73
I know what
side I want to be in.
00:37:45.76\00:37:47.96
Amen. And on that's God.
00:37:48.00\00:37:49.76
That's right.
00:37:49.80\00:37:51.13
And then what I have learned
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.13
is that, what I have learned
00:37:53.17\00:37:56.20
is that, what you feed grows.
00:37:56.24\00:38:00.61
Absolutely. That's right.
00:38:00.64\00:38:02.04
And so what's important to you?
00:38:02.08\00:38:06.45
So would you, would you
say that like in context here,
00:38:06.48\00:38:09.82
he is talking about money,
00:38:09.85\00:38:11.29
he is talking about
00:38:11.32\00:38:13.19
other people's money
being a good steward.
00:38:13.22\00:38:15.92
So to be
faithful in little things
00:38:15.96\00:38:19.59
you've got to be
honest in every small detail,
00:38:19.63\00:38:22.53
your integrity.
00:38:22.56\00:38:23.90
God can...
00:38:23.93\00:38:25.27
If you can't be
faithful in using, like,
00:38:25.30\00:38:28.20
for example, we work at 3ABN,
00:38:28.24\00:38:30.57
you know, to take
home pens from 3ABN
00:38:30.61\00:38:33.94
or office supplies is a sin.
00:38:33.98\00:38:37.05
I mean from-- Mercy.
00:38:37.08\00:38:38.71
There is one in my purse.
00:38:38.75\00:38:40.08
This is free gift. Yeah.
00:38:40.12\00:38:41.45
But what I'm saying is. Right.
00:38:41.48\00:38:43.92
God what's us to be faithful
in the little things so that.
00:38:43.95\00:38:48.66
That's right.
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.03
And if we are He can trust
us and know that He can give us
00:38:50.06\00:38:53.23
more that we can be,
00:38:53.26\00:38:54.96
you know, if you're
faithful with the little things,
00:38:55.00\00:38:56.80
improve yourself
to god then He knows
00:38:56.83\00:38:58.50
that He can trust you.
00:38:58.53\00:38:59.87
With more.
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.24
If you're looking
around for cameras
00:39:01.27\00:39:03.74
and slipping that
pen into your pocket,
00:39:03.77\00:39:06.34
there is an issue here.
00:39:06.37\00:39:07.81
Definitely.
00:39:07.84\00:39:09.18
You know, and to
me this is interesting
00:39:09.21\00:39:15.42
and this is as
real as it can be.
00:39:15.45\00:39:17.42
John Dinzey is been
there, how long, Johnny?
00:39:17.45\00:39:20.02
27 years. 27 years.
00:39:20.06\00:39:22.52
And Johnny when he
came here 27 years ago,
00:39:22.56\00:39:25.33
all he knew was just one thing.
00:39:25.36\00:39:27.00
I wanna serve Jesus. Amen.
00:39:27.03\00:39:28.96
And I don't know
but I would imagine,
00:39:29.00\00:39:31.57
you probably
clean the toilets too,
00:39:31.60\00:39:34.14
probably one of your
responsibilities in life
00:39:34.17\00:39:36.60
because there was
hardly anybody in here.
00:39:36.64\00:39:38.81
Today, he is general
manager of a worldwide ministry.
00:39:38.84\00:39:41.81
Amen.
00:39:41.84\00:39:43.18
Now that is taking, Johnny,
if you do these little things,
00:39:43.21\00:39:46.15
I'm not complaining about it.
00:39:46.18\00:39:49.75
He is not sent here,
00:39:49.78\00:39:51.12
you can be
general manager someday,
00:39:51.15\00:39:52.49
because of his
love for the Lord.
00:39:52.52\00:39:54.16
That's right.
00:39:54.19\00:39:55.52
And I think this
is the way it works.
00:39:55.56\00:39:57.29
Yes.
00:39:57.33\00:39:58.66
The rewarder, the
creator of the universe
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.30
is sitting here and says,
00:40:00.33\00:40:01.66
"Hey, if I can trust
you with little things,
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.27
you can be
trusted with big things."
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.97
Amen.
00:40:06.00\00:40:07.34
You know, you
mentioned something about
00:40:07.37\00:40:08.80
that pride is
cultivated in your thoughts,
00:40:08.84\00:40:11.34
I mean, your
humility, your thought
00:40:11.37\00:40:14.04
and it reminded
me of an experience
00:40:14.08\00:40:17.91
that I had with my children.
00:40:17.95\00:40:20.25
Parenthood can be very humbling.
00:40:20.28\00:40:23.15
I don't know, if you
parents at home agree with me
00:40:23.18\00:40:26.15
but onetime we
attended a function
00:40:26.19\00:40:32.66
and one of our sons
had to do a special music.
00:40:32.69\00:40:36.67
And the Lord has
blessed our children
00:40:36.70\00:40:39.03
with the gift of
music interpretation
00:40:39.07\00:40:41.90
and but I say close
my eyes and I'm like,
00:40:41.94\00:40:45.81
"Lord, help me to
support my children,
00:40:45.84\00:40:49.71
help my children to
grow in music ministry."
00:40:49.74\00:40:54.35
I was very happy
with his performance,
00:40:54.38\00:40:58.05
I noticed a key
or two that were off
00:40:58.09\00:41:01.72
but no one else knew.
00:41:01.76\00:41:04.33
But the applause and yelling
and everything carrying on
00:41:04.36\00:41:08.63
and the demeanour
in my child's face,
00:41:08.66\00:41:14.37
Lord have mercy.
00:41:14.40\00:41:16.77
And he comes to me and...
00:41:16.81\00:41:18.71
Well, mom...
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.08
And I say son, "I heard
those keys that were off."
00:41:20.11\00:41:23.04
And he said, "Thanks mom,
00:41:23.08\00:41:24.78
thank you for
helping me stay humble."
00:41:24.81\00:41:27.05
And I said, "Son,
00:41:27.08\00:41:28.98
the process does not matter,
00:41:29.02\00:41:31.82
you know, it's the
spirit in which you do things."
00:41:31.85\00:41:34.42
Amen. Okay.
00:41:34.46\00:41:35.79
We are lifting the Lord high.
00:41:35.82\00:41:38.59
You cannot want to be
lifted higher than the Lord.
00:41:38.63\00:41:41.73
Amen.
00:41:41.76\00:41:43.10
There is an
imbalance and there is sin
00:41:43.13\00:41:44.73
and there is room
for perdition, really.
00:41:44.77\00:41:49.77
My heart was sad
because I told him that.
00:41:49.80\00:41:54.44
Of course, I didn't
tell him until weeks later
00:41:54.48\00:41:58.15
but if we do not...
00:41:58.18\00:42:02.12
Are real with our children,
00:42:02.15\00:42:03.95
we ourselves as parents could be
00:42:03.99\00:42:05.69
the very tool that Satan
will use to trap our own,
00:42:05.72\00:42:10.66
you know.
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.03
Could easily be stone block.
00:42:12.06\00:42:13.66
You know, I believe that...
00:42:13.70\00:42:16.73
Well, yeah,
because when you say that
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.60
I'm thinking of
the number of teachers
00:42:18.63\00:42:20.34
and psychologists who say,
00:42:20.37\00:42:21.97
that we raised up
a generation of kids
00:42:22.00\00:42:24.71
that, you know,
there is no losers,
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.74
they all win,
that are always being,
00:42:26.78\00:42:29.61
they've been taught,
parents have been taught
00:42:29.64\00:42:32.31
and I think
affirmation is important.
00:42:32.35\00:42:34.05
Yes. Yes.
00:42:34.08\00:42:35.42
I think
encouragement is important.
00:42:35.45\00:42:36.79
But if there is only that we...
00:42:36.82\00:42:40.56
There is a
generation of kids who believe
00:42:40.59\00:42:44.26
that there are
entitled to everything
00:42:44.29\00:42:46.13
that they are
the best of anything,
00:42:46.16\00:42:47.66
that they do no wrong
00:42:47.70\00:42:49.16
and there is,
00:42:49.20\00:42:51.00
they've been
raised up to be prideful
00:42:51.03\00:42:55.70
rather than to have humility.
00:42:55.74\00:42:57.51
So I think it's a very
important role of parents
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.94
and, honey, thank you, for
starting that conversation.
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.61
As you're saying that
that Moses story comes to mind.
00:43:02.64\00:43:07.35
Do you think God
wanted to punish Moses
00:43:07.38\00:43:11.19
for when he struck
the stone out of pride,
00:43:11.22\00:43:15.36
out of anger?
00:43:15.39\00:43:17.03
You know, and
those are the things
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.39
if you look at the way that
God had to discipline Moses,
00:43:18.43\00:43:22.46
one that had
walked so long with him,
00:43:22.50\00:43:25.20
one that had been with him.
00:43:25.23\00:43:26.57
For one simple moment
00:43:26.60\00:43:28.84
that Moses went
away from humility
00:43:28.87\00:43:32.34
and without warning
exalted himself above God,
00:43:32.37\00:43:37.15
you have to understand
that the responsibilities
00:43:37.18\00:43:39.68
that we have are so much greater
00:43:39.71\00:43:42.62
than just any moment
that you may have a child
00:43:42.65\00:43:47.19
and have to tell him, I'm sorry,
00:43:47.22\00:43:49.49
but I've got to
tell you the way it is.
00:43:49.52\00:43:50.96
Yeah.
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.33
God has shown us the example.
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.33
The only way that we are going
to bring up a child in the way
00:43:54.36\00:43:58.33
of God is by being an example,
00:43:58.37\00:44:01.87
and by helping
them to understand,
00:44:01.90\00:44:05.81
look, I'm the spiritual leader,
00:44:05.84\00:44:08.44
I'm the individual
that I have to mould you
00:44:08.48\00:44:12.65
and is the same applies to us.
00:44:12.68\00:44:14.95
Christ is saying the same thing,
00:44:14.98\00:44:16.52
"I'm your
ultimate spiritual leader."
00:44:16.55\00:44:20.72
Amen.
00:44:20.76\00:44:22.09
And because of that I
need you to understand
00:44:22.12\00:44:24.23
that the humility
has to come from you.
00:44:24.26\00:44:26.80
Yes, I could help
you humble yourself
00:44:26.83\00:44:29.53
but it needs to come from you
00:44:29.56\00:44:31.50
in order for you to understand
00:44:31.53\00:44:33.44
what great gift it is
to be able to reflect me
00:44:33.47\00:44:38.84
on everything that you do.
00:44:38.87\00:44:40.21
And I want to just take a second
00:44:40.24\00:44:41.58
because some
people may not be familiar
00:44:41.61\00:44:44.35
with the story of Moses
00:44:44.38\00:44:45.85
and, you know,
this just shows us
00:44:45.88\00:44:48.25
that sometimes the
smallest things that we do
00:44:48.28\00:44:51.59
in disobedience to the Lord
00:44:51.62\00:44:53.89
really give
people wrong impressions
00:44:53.92\00:44:58.19
because the spirit of
the rock that followed them
00:44:58.23\00:45:01.70
was Jesus Christ.
00:45:01.73\00:45:03.30
At the very
beginning, the Lord said,
00:45:03.33\00:45:06.23
strike the rock, here
00:45:06.27\00:45:07.70
they've got no water
for the millions of people.
00:45:07.74\00:45:09.60
Strike the rock the
water will gush out.
00:45:09.64\00:45:12.17
It was the
spiritual rock, Christ Jesus,
00:45:12.21\00:45:15.88
He was to be crucified once
00:45:15.91\00:45:17.85
and this was a
symbolic of him being crucified,
00:45:17.88\00:45:20.62
that's why the Lord
told Moses the next time,
00:45:20.65\00:45:25.05
speak to the rock.
00:45:25.09\00:45:27.02
And instead he got up there
00:45:27.06\00:45:30.13
and in that moment
of pride and haughtiness
00:45:30.16\00:45:32.83
and "I'll show
you," He struck it again.
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.13
Well, so it seems,
00:45:35.16\00:45:36.97
I remember the first
time I read that story
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.10
and thought, I mean,
00:45:39.13\00:45:40.47
Moses didn't get go
into the promise land
00:45:40.50\00:45:42.40
because he did that?
00:45:42.44\00:45:43.77
I thought it
almost seemed harsh.
00:45:43.81\00:45:46.34
Right. Yeah.
00:45:46.37\00:45:47.71
but then you understand
the symbolism and see...
00:45:47.74\00:45:52.91
I think sometimes
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.02
that we do little things
in presenting the gospel,
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.85
we can make it...
00:45:58.89\00:46:01.42
For example, if you are
trying to present the gospel
00:46:01.46\00:46:04.36
in such a way that,
00:46:04.39\00:46:05.93
if you don't do
this, this and this
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.93
and this which are
what we have determined,
00:46:07.96\00:46:12.53
then, you know,
God can't save you.
00:46:12.57\00:46:14.30
Right.
00:46:14.34\00:46:15.67
And so I wonder how
God looks at us and says,
00:46:15.70\00:46:19.17
"Oh, why do you mess up
my good news like you do."
00:46:19.21\00:46:23.01
Yeah. Don't you think?
00:46:23.04\00:46:24.38
Because it's
only through Christ.
00:46:24.41\00:46:25.88
That's right. Yeah.
00:46:25.91\00:46:27.25
All right.
00:46:27.28\00:46:28.62
Well, Tim you wanna
take, first, Peter 5-7
00:46:28.65\00:46:30.32
Well, for those of you
00:46:30.35\00:46:32.92
who are watching and think
00:46:32.95\00:46:34.76
that this is all scripted and...
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.83
It's not. It's not.
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.19
But it is so God scripted. Amen.
00:46:38.23\00:46:41.70
Because the way you are talking,
00:46:41.73\00:46:44.70
because the
world looks at humility
00:46:44.73\00:46:47.10
as being some woa is me!
00:46:47.14\00:46:50.51
thing that, you
know, Mother Teresa,
00:46:50.54\00:46:53.94
weakness that you
have to give up everything
00:46:53.98\00:46:56.91
and sell it all.
00:46:56.95\00:46:58.71
But the fact that
this is something God
00:46:58.75\00:47:03.12
because He is the great parent,
00:47:03.15\00:47:05.59
the great Father,
00:47:05.62\00:47:06.96
He loves us so much
that He wants this for us.
00:47:06.99\00:47:09.59
Amen.
00:47:09.62\00:47:10.96
This isn't some
commandment for us
00:47:10.99\00:47:12.33
to keep that will
never be able to make
00:47:12.36\00:47:13.96
and so he is--
you can't do this,
00:47:14.00\00:47:17.17
I've got you snowed.
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.53
He loves us so
much that He knows
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.67
this is what's right for us.
00:47:21.70\00:47:23.81
And so sorry, that I
get excited about that
00:47:23.84\00:47:26.31
but it leads to
this verse in 1 Peter 5-7
00:47:26.34\00:47:32.15
The New King James Version says,
00:47:32.18\00:47:33.68
"Yes, all of you be
submissive one to another
00:47:33.72\00:47:36.48
and be clothed with humility,
00:47:36.52\00:47:38.55
for God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble."
00:47:38.59\00:47:42.49
Therefore humble yourselves
under the mighty hand of God
00:47:42.52\00:47:46.29
that He may
exalt you in due time,
00:47:46.33\00:47:48.60
casting all of
your care upon him
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.90
for He cares for you.
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.27
So we've already talked
about several of those things.
00:47:52.30\00:47:54.70
And so when I saw this
scripture I'm thinking,
00:47:54.74\00:47:58.34
okay, I see that
God resists the proud.
00:47:58.37\00:48:01.44
Some versions say,
God opposes the proud.
00:48:01.48\00:48:06.95
Of all things, I
want God to be for me,
00:48:06.98\00:48:10.12
I don't want him
to be against me.
00:48:10.15\00:48:11.89
So I don't need an opposition,
I've got enough friends,
00:48:11.92\00:48:15.39
so called
"Friends" who oppose me,
00:48:15.42\00:48:17.46
or who resist me.
00:48:17.49\00:48:18.89
So I need God not to resist me.
00:48:18.93\00:48:21.76
So I get that.
00:48:21.80\00:48:23.33
I'm going to work
on not being proud
00:48:23.37\00:48:25.30
and He give grace to
the humble, I need grace.
00:48:25.33\00:48:28.40
But then when it
gets to the last part,
00:48:28.44\00:48:32.57
what does casting
all your care upon him
00:48:32.61\00:48:35.14
for He cares for you?
00:48:35.18\00:48:37.01
There are several
times in the proverbs
00:48:37.05\00:48:38.91
where it says,
if you will do this,
00:48:38.95\00:48:41.28
you get this but
if you don't do this,
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.92
you get this.
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.29
And sometimes it's like
00:48:44.32\00:48:45.65
comparing apples to motor parts.
00:48:45.69\00:48:47.56
You know, I mean, I don't
see what the connection is.
00:48:47.59\00:48:50.29
And it is like that here
00:48:50.33\00:48:52.39
what does that He
may exalt you in due time
00:48:52.43\00:48:55.23
casting all your care upon Him?
00:48:55.26\00:48:57.93
But when you see that...
00:48:57.97\00:49:01.64
In fact, I was studying
this and just real briefly,
00:49:01.67\00:49:04.84
I want to go run
back to Isaiah 51:12-13.
00:49:04.87\00:49:09.61
Isaiah 51:12-13.
00:49:09.64\00:49:12.65
God says, "I, even I,
am He who comforts you."
00:49:12.68\00:49:16.99
Amen.
00:49:17.02\00:49:18.35
"Who are you that you
should be afraid of man,
00:49:18.39\00:49:20.96
who shall die
00:49:20.99\00:49:23.96
and of a son of man
00:49:23.99\00:49:25.39
who shall be made as grass,"
00:49:25.43\00:49:27.16
As destructible as grass.
00:49:27.20\00:49:28.56
That you should
forgot the Lord your Maker
00:49:28.60\00:49:30.67
who stretched forth the heavens
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.13
and laid the
foundations of the earth.
00:49:32.17\00:49:34.04
And fear continual everyday
00:49:34.07\00:49:36.10
because of the
theory of the oppressor.
00:49:36.14\00:49:38.61
You can read that.
00:49:38.64\00:49:40.24
I encourage you to
read Isaiah 51:12-13.
00:49:40.28\00:49:44.38
But God is basically
saying, why are you...
00:49:44.41\00:49:48.48
Why would you set
yourself up to be afraid?
00:49:48.52\00:49:51.62
Why would you
set yourself up to be
00:49:51.65\00:49:58.56
where it says casting
all your care upon him
00:49:58.59\00:50:01.10
and your anxiety
that's often the word
00:50:01.13\00:50:04.37
care is
interchanged for anxiety.
00:50:04.40\00:50:06.74
Why would you be afraid?
00:50:06.77\00:50:10.21
Why wouldn't
you trust me enough?
00:50:10.24\00:50:12.34
And that trust comes
from that being proud,
00:50:12.37\00:50:15.74
when you're too proud, you know,
00:50:15.78\00:50:17.41
they say that as men
won't ask for directions
00:50:17.45\00:50:21.52
because we're too proud.
00:50:21.55\00:50:22.98
But why would you
set yourself up for that?
00:50:23.02\00:50:25.72
Why?
00:50:25.75\00:50:27.09
And God says, you
know, this isn't about you,
00:50:27.12\00:50:30.33
you know, me embarrassing you
00:50:30.36\00:50:31.76
and or
humiliating you to be humble.
00:50:31.79\00:50:34.13
He is saying,
00:50:34.16\00:50:36.26
if you will humble yourself
by casting your cares upon me,
00:50:36.30\00:50:40.47
by casting your anxiety upon me.
00:50:40.50\00:50:42.44
I've got this all under control.
00:50:42.47\00:50:44.01
Amen.
00:50:44.04\00:50:45.37
But you have to be humble enough
00:50:45.41\00:50:47.51
to just let Him to have it.
00:50:47.54\00:50:48.98
So not self-sufficient
and all the things
00:50:49.01\00:50:51.21
that we started out with.
00:50:51.25\00:50:52.58
So pride worries
about our circumstances
00:50:52.61\00:50:55.48
because we don't
accept the Gods in control.
00:50:55.52\00:50:58.35
I mean, even when
you think about worry
00:50:58.39\00:51:00.22
that's kind of an
issue of pride, isn't it?
00:51:00.26\00:51:01.89
Right. Right.
00:51:01.92\00:51:03.26
Exactly.
00:51:03.29\00:51:04.63
Because we've got
all of His promises
00:51:04.66\00:51:05.99
and that's excellent.
00:51:06.03\00:51:07.50
What I take, I just
want to hit this before
00:51:07.53\00:51:10.33
we're gonna skip down Johnny
to you next on proverbs 11:2.
00:51:10.37\00:51:14.80
But what I love about
this scripture is that
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.51
it says in 1 Peter
5 and that's verse,
00:51:17.54\00:51:20.88
I've taken the
verses out. So it's 5-7.
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So anyway that he says,
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"God resist the pride but
gives grace to the humble."
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What is grace?
00:51:32.05\00:51:34.32
It is the power of
God into salvation,
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when you think about it.
00:51:36.56\00:51:37.89
That's right.
00:51:37.93\00:51:39.26
His greatest gifts of Christ,
Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit,
00:51:39.29\00:51:42.53
the word, so
there is power in grace
00:51:42.56\00:51:47.07
when you are willing to
bow before the Lord and say,
00:51:47.10\00:51:51.81
"Lord, I...
00:51:51.84\00:51:54.28
I mean kind of like a Solomon,
00:51:54.31\00:51:56.41
I'm just a child, I don't know
00:51:56.44\00:51:58.68
how to rule your
people give me wisdom".
00:51:58.71\00:52:01.58
You know, when
you're humble like that
00:52:01.62\00:52:04.52
God was so
pleased with his humility,
00:52:04.55\00:52:06.82
He not only gave him wisdom,
00:52:06.86\00:52:08.26
He made him the
richest, the wealthiest.
00:52:08.29\00:52:11.49
So it's his idea that
as we humble ourselves
00:52:11.53\00:52:15.16
God gives us
grace, gives us the power,
00:52:15.20\00:52:17.63
and that's how He exalts us.
00:52:17.67\00:52:20.90
But as you said earlier, Luis,
00:52:20.94\00:52:23.77
once God starts and you
see this with tela-evangelist,
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there is some tela-evangelist
00:52:27.94\00:52:29.64
who have started just
with honesty and integrity,
00:52:29.68\00:52:35.05
and humility,
00:52:35.08\00:52:36.72
and then as they
became more and more popular,
00:52:36.75\00:52:39.25
and more and more popular.
00:52:39.29\00:52:40.62
Got to believe in
all of the accolades
00:52:40.66\00:52:43.83
that they are
really setting cool.
00:52:43.86\00:52:45.79
And what happened?
00:52:45.83\00:52:47.16
God, humbled them.
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That's right.
00:52:48.90\00:52:50.23
But then, you know,
00:52:50.27\00:52:51.60
and I think of a
particular somebody
00:52:51.63\00:52:54.24
who always
appears to be humble to me
00:52:54.27\00:52:56.34
was Billy Graham.
00:52:56.37\00:52:57.74
And I say that because of this,
00:52:57.77\00:53:01.54
I read the story that
when he started his ministry
00:53:01.58\00:53:05.61
there was a very
wealthy millionaire.
00:53:05.65\00:53:08.58
And this is back in
the day when that was like
00:53:08.62\00:53:11.19
being a billionaire today.
00:53:11.22\00:53:12.55
Who came to him and said,
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.86
I will fund
your entire ministry,
00:53:15.89\00:53:19.63
you don't have to be
worry about raising...
00:53:19.66\00:53:22.30
Boy, how many people
would just be like, woohoo!
00:53:22.33\00:53:25.17
you know, what did he said,
00:53:25.20\00:53:29.00
"I have to pray about this."
00:53:29.04\00:53:31.17
And he came back the next day,
00:53:31.21\00:53:32.71
you know, what he told this man?
00:53:32.74\00:53:34.28
And I mean, they're
struggling to get started.
00:53:34.31\00:53:36.88
Right.
00:53:36.91\00:53:38.25
With his ministry
and he told this man,
00:53:38.28\00:53:41.15
"The Lord has shown me
00:53:41.18\00:53:42.52
that it's going to
be the little widows,
00:53:42.55\00:53:45.22
the little ladies
that's in $5 and $10 dollars
00:53:45.25\00:53:48.36
that's what it's going
to support this ministry.
00:53:48.39\00:53:50.13
Amen.
00:53:50.16\00:53:51.49
And to me what humility
that you would turn down
00:53:51.53\00:53:55.26
all the money
you need to depend...
00:53:55.30\00:53:57.27
That's humility.
00:53:57.30\00:53:58.63
His total
dependence upon God He trust.
00:53:58.67\00:54:00.87
Yeah.
00:54:00.90\00:54:02.24
So, okay, we're
running out of time,
00:54:02.27\00:54:04.47
we're not going
to get to all of his.
00:54:04.51\00:54:05.84
Yes, yes, yes, I know.
00:54:05.87\00:54:07.21
Johnny can you do
proverbs 11:2 very quickly.
00:54:07.24\00:54:11.51
Proverbs 11:2 says,
00:54:11.55\00:54:13.21
"When pride cometh
then, cometh shame,
00:54:13.25\00:54:16.95
with the lowly is wisdom."
00:54:16.99\00:54:19.35
And I used the word lowly here
00:54:19.39\00:54:20.99
but the word
lowly is a Hebrew word
00:54:21.02\00:54:25.06
that is used here
that means humble as well
00:54:25.09\00:54:29.20
and it is used in other places
00:54:29.23\00:54:31.97
you can look at
this up very easily.
00:54:32.00\00:54:34.20
It is used in other places,
where it is translated humble.
00:54:34.24\00:54:37.11
So with the
humble there is wisdom.
00:54:37.14\00:54:40.98
We've mentioned pride a lot,
00:54:41.01\00:54:43.65
so I'm going to read
this from Evangelism,
00:54:43.68\00:54:45.85
the book
Evangelism by Ellen G. White,
00:54:45.88\00:54:47.62
102, it says,
00:54:47.65\00:54:49.38
"Love of self,
pride, and self-sufficiency
00:54:49.42\00:54:54.16
lie at the foundation
of the greatest trials
00:54:54.19\00:54:57.33
in this court
00:54:57.36\00:54:58.73
that have ever existed
in the religious world."
00:54:58.76\00:55:01.63
So if you want some trouble,
then fill yourself with pride.
00:55:01.66\00:55:05.60
Amen.
00:55:05.63\00:55:06.97
But if you want the
blessing of the Lord,
00:55:07.00\00:55:08.34
if you want
wisdom, if you want grace
00:55:08.37\00:55:10.11
and the Lord to lift you
up when that time is needed
00:55:10.14\00:55:12.81
then humble yourselves
in the side of the Lord
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.98
and He is going
to be your strength.
00:55:15.01\00:55:17.81
And it turned
back to right there,
00:55:17.85\00:55:19.61
in proverbs 11:2,
00:55:19.65\00:55:21.25
just want to add this
quickly proverbs 9:10.
00:55:21.28\00:55:27.56
It says, because
we just read that the,
00:55:27.59\00:55:30.83
with humility is wisdom.
00:55:30.86\00:55:33.90
Proverbs 9:10 says,
the fear of the Lord,
00:55:33.93\00:55:36.23
it's talking about
standing in awe of God,
00:55:36.26\00:55:38.50
is the beginning of wisdom.
00:55:38.53\00:55:40.44
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:55:40.47\00:55:41.80
And the
knowledge of the Holy one
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.64
is understanding.
00:55:43.67\00:55:45.01
Praise God.
00:55:45.04\00:55:46.37
So when we think
about it Jesus Christ,
00:55:46.41\00:55:48.34
the Bible says, is
our wisdom from our God.
00:55:48.38\00:55:50.78
And pride, makes
somebody self-sufficient.
00:55:50.81\00:55:55.38
We think we're
wiser than the Lord
00:55:55.42\00:55:57.39
but when we humble
ourselves before the Lord.
00:55:57.42\00:56:00.22
Yes.
00:56:00.26\00:56:01.59
Then our job is to
bow down and just say,
00:56:01.62\00:56:05.86
okay, God, I know
that it's not enough,
00:56:05.89\00:56:08.63
I'm not enough for me,
00:56:08.66\00:56:10.80
you know, the end
from the beginning,
00:56:10.83\00:56:12.30
I want you to guide my life.
00:56:12.33\00:56:14.90
I want to do
what's pleasing to you.
00:56:14.94\00:56:16.74
That's humility, that's
what humility is all about.
00:56:16.77\00:56:20.04
And I can't believe
our time is all gone.
00:56:20.08\00:56:22.68
We don't even have
time but for a short prayer
00:56:22.71\00:56:25.21
just want to thank
you each one of you
00:56:25.25\00:56:27.68
for being with us.
00:56:27.72\00:56:29.05
Thank you for having us.
00:56:29.08\00:56:30.42
And we need to pray,
00:56:30.45\00:56:31.85
honey why don't you
say a short prayer that
00:56:31.89\00:56:34.52
and pray that god
will increase our humility.
00:56:34.56\00:56:38.06
Fathers we come to
you in the name of Jesus.
00:56:38.09\00:56:40.13
Once again, we want to thank you
00:56:40.16\00:56:41.56
for your many valuable
gifts, Lord, life itself.
00:56:41.60\00:56:45.43
And Father we are
all searching for that
00:56:45.47\00:56:48.14
being empty to
self filled with you.
00:56:48.17\00:56:50.47
And so Father we do ask
you for the gift of humbleness
00:56:50.51\00:56:53.68
so that we will be all that
we can be in the name of Jesus.
00:56:53.71\00:56:57.05
Amen. Amen.
00:56:57.08\00:56:59.41
We want to thank each
one of you for joining us
00:56:59.45\00:57:03.18
and we hope that you've learned
00:57:03.22\00:57:04.85
a little something.
00:57:04.89\00:57:06.32
I know, that every day we,
00:57:06.35\00:57:09.79
I'm gonna a take
a conjecture here,
00:57:09.82\00:57:13.06
we all exhibit
pride in someway everyday
00:57:13.09\00:57:15.70
because we're not always
00:57:15.73\00:57:17.37
totally
dependent upon the Lords,
00:57:17.40\00:57:18.93
this is something God
what's to change in us.
00:57:18.97\00:57:21.50
But our prayer for you
00:57:21.54\00:57:23.54
is that the
fellowship of, excuse me,
00:57:23.57\00:57:26.34
the grace of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ
00:57:26.37\00:57:28.98
the love of the Father
00:57:29.01\00:57:30.35
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:30.38\00:57:31.71
will be with you always.
00:57:31.75\00:57:33.88
And that God will
exalt you in the due time.
00:57:33.92\00:57:37.09
Amen. Amen.
00:57:37.12\00:57:38.45
Amen.
00:57:38.49\00:57:39.82