I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I wanna spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I wanna spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I wanna spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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I'm Shelley Quinn. I am J.D.
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And we are so glad
that you are joining us,
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sincerely, this is
a special time for us,
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because we get to get together
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with our 3ABN
family and with you.
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And to worship the Lord
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as we have this
Sabbath evening worship
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and we just truly enjoy it.
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Let me introduce very
quickly our guest here,
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we have John and Idalia Dinzey.
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Amen.
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He being the General
Manager for the 3ABN Latino,
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she being the assistant
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to the general
manager in all ways.
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And we just thank you
all so much for being here.
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And then next to
me, I have Luis Capote,
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who is our program...
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Program... What is it?
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Program Manager,
Program Director.
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Program manager. You're the one
that works with the schedule.
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Correct. I know
'cause I work with you.
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Know you by name. Yes.
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And then we have Tim Parton,
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who is the General
Manager for Praise Him channel,
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we're really excited
about some of the new things
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you're doing and the programs.
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Praise the Lord for that. Yeah.
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We're just glad
you're part of our family.
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What we're going
to be talking about
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this evening is Revive Us.
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We're gonna look to the
Lord and ask Him to revive us.
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You know, sometimes we
can get in the heat of battle
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and you just nearly
feel like you're gonna faint
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and you need to be revived
with a refreshing from the Lord
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and that's what we're
gonna look at tonight.
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Amen. Amen.
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But let's start
with a prayer of praise.
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And, J.D., I'm
gonna ask you to start,
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if we just think about something
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you want to praise God for
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and we'll just go
around, no particular order,
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just whoever feels led.
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Amen.
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Father, as we come
before you in the name of Jesus,
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I just wanna praise your
name, give you all glory, Lord,
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and I just,
specially for myself,
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for my wife, for my
family, dear Father,
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I just thank you
for the good health
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that you're
giving each one of us.
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Lord, I thank you
for the Sabbath day.
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With a busy week, Lord,
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there's a time where we can come
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and we can just
lay it all at your feet
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and you can give us
that peace and that joy
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that only comes through you.
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I thank you, Father,
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and I praise
you for you are God,
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you're a mighty
God, transforming God.
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Amen.
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And I thank you
and praise you, Lord,
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for your
goodness and mercy to us
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and we thank you
that your mercy, it says,
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"As far as the
east is from the west,
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as high as heaven
is from the earth."
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And, Lord, I thank you
for that personal relationship
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that every day,
throughout the week,
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that you have given me
the privilege to serve you,
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and to love you, and to know you
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on a personal basis.
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Amen.
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Father, I just
never tire of thanking you
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for your great grace
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and your greatest gifts
of grace, for Jesus Christ,
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our Lord and Savior,
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and for the Holy
Spirit, and your word,
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and we ask as we
come to your word
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that you will send your
Holy Spirit to stir our hearts.
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Father, give us ears to hear
what the Holy Spirit has to say
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and I pray for every viewer,
every listener of this program,
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Lord, that you would
pour out your Holy Spirit
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on each and every one of us.
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In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we are going to do a song.
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Tim Parton is
going to play for us
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on the piano and this
song is one of my favorites.
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It's Revive Us Again
and when we think about it,
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this is a song that we're
actually singing to the Lord.
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The words are
written out as a prayer,
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so those words
would be on the screen
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and we invite you,
sing out with gusto.
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We praise Thee, O God!
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For the Son of Thy love.
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For Jesus who died
And is now gone above.
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Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
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Hallelujah, Amen.
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Hallelujah!
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Thine the glory Revive us again.
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We praise Thee, O God!
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For Thy Spirit of light
Who hath shown us our Savior
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And scattered our night.
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Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
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Hallelujah, Amen. Hallelujah!
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Thine the glory Revive us again.
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All glory and praise
To the Lamb that was slain
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Who hath borne all our sins
And hath cleansed every stain
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Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
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Hallelujah, Amen.
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Hallelujah!
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Thine the glory Revive us again.
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All glory and praise
To the God of all grace
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Who hast
brought us And sought us
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And guided our ways.
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Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
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Hallelujah, Amen.
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Hallelujah!
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Thine the glory Revive us again.
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Revive us again Fill
each heart with Thy love
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May each soul be
rekindled With fire from above.
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Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
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Hallelujah, Amen.
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Hallelujah!
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Thine the glory Revive us again.
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Amen. Amen.
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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Wow. And how we
need that revival?
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Amen.
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Well, what we're
going to look at,
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I'm going to, I don't know
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if I should take
the time but I will.
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We've got 12 scriptures
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that we want to
share with you tonight
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and I hope we
get to all of them.
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But what I'm
going to do first is
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I'm taking the scriptures of God
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and now I'm gonna
pray them back to the Lord
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and then you will see
the supporting scriptures
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in just a moment.
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So here is, we call this
an affirmation from scripture
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and here's what is written.
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All based on scripture.
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Oh, Father, how did this happen?
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How did I become careless
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and calloused about
things that concern You most?
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I don't want to store up wrath
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for the day of
your righteous judgment,
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cause me to examine my
ways and turn back fully to you.
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I've stumbled in the
sin of self-satisfaction.
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My priorities are upside down.
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I have forsaken
you as my first love.
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Forgive me, Lord,
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take away my iniquity
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and receive me
graciously, I pray.
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My soul is laid low.
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Revive me in keeping with
your word, in your tender love,
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according to Your promise.
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I pray for Your
mercy and salvation,
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that I may rejoice in You again.
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Cause me to seek You in
prayer, and in the word,
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and hear Your voice of
unfailing love in the morning.
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Cause me to know the
way in which I should stand,
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deliver me from
the enemy of my soul,
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teach me to do your
will, lead me in your ways,
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revive me for the sake of
Your name and righteousness,
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bring my soul out of trouble.
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Father, abolish my apathy.
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Create in me a clean heart.
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Renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
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Do not cast me
away from Your presence.
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Do not take your
precious Holy Spirit from me.
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Restore to me the
joy of Your salvation
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and uphold me by Your spirit.
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Then I will share the
good news of Your love
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and mercy with others,
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and sinners will
turn to You for salvation.
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Holy and righteous
Father, keep Your hand upon me,
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revive me,
breathe Your life into me,
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and I will call upon Your name.
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Restore me, Lord God Almighty.
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Cause Your face to
shine upon me in favor
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and I will be saved.
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Amen. Amen and amen.
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Beautiful.
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That affirmation is
taken from 12 scriptures
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and I'd like us to look at
each one of those scriptures.
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Have all of us, I
assume, been in that place
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where you know that you need God
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to breathe on you again.
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Almost at...
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Or revive you. Yes.
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Even when you're
in full-time ministry,
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you can get so busy
doing good things that,
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especially, you're
in full-time ministry.
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Yeah.
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So this is something
that, it's such a serious topic
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and we know that if
we've all faced this,
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we trust that you
have faced it as well.
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But the good news is,
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all you have to do
is cry out to the Lord
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and say, "Revive me."
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And He is anxious
to do that very thing.
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Shelley, that's interesting,
that you would say, you know,
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speaking from your
stance, being in the ministry.
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I would say to any of us
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who have been Christians
for a certain amount of time,
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a longer amount of time,
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how easy it is to get in
the place where we need revival
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because we get in
a groove of thinking
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that we've got it all down.
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We've got, we know, even,
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because even if we're for
a relationship with Christ,
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and we're reading the word,
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we're doing all
the right things.
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That's true.
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Romans 2:5, which is
one of the first scriptures
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in that prayer that you...
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The paragraph that you read.
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First of all, I'll
read that scripture.
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It says, Romans 2:5,
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"But in
accordance with your hardness
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and your impenitent heart
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you are treasuring
up for yourself wrath
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in the day of wrath
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and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God."
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Paul is talking to the Romans.
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In the first chapter,
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the chapter
prior to chapter two,
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he has been talking about
how he is not ashamed of Christ
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and then he goes into talking
about the people like him,
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starting in verse 18,
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he starts talking about
God's holy wrath indignation
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and indignation are
revealed against all the men,
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who in their
wickedness repressed the truth
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and then you can
read verses 18 through 32
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where he's talking
about, they and them,
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and all the
sins that they commit
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and it's just, kind
of, gets into really dark.
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In chapter two, he turns around
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and starts
talking to the Romans.
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And he's saying
to, to the saints,
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to the Christians.
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He's saying, "To you though,
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you have no
excuse if you judge..."
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Yes.
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"Those who are sinning."
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And so in verse five it says
that your callous stubbornness,
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those, that
impenitence of heart,
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you who are storing up wrath
and indignation for yourself
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on the day of
wrath and judgment,
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by judging those who sin.
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Which only tells me
that revival is for me,
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for personal, it
makes it personal.
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I am not to go judging
everyone else who is sinning,
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whenever I listen,
when I read the word of God,
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when I listen to
sermons, I am to use a rake,
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and rake in these words,
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it's not a shovel to shovel
on somebody else's problems.
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It's for me to assess my life,
to assess where I am in Christ,
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the pronouns in chapter
one talk about, they and them,
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talking about the
sins and the sinners.
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But in chapter two,
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it says, "To you who
are judging that's..."
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It's just,
that's what it's saying,
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"But in
accordance with your hardness
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and your impenitent heart..."
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So I've got to just
constantly be praying,
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God, revive me to...
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What do you say?
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Keep me from
constantly being judgmental
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of everyone else's sin.
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Let me look at the
mirror, the man in the mirror,
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that's who, that's
who I'm responsible for.
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I want to, you know,
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share the love of
Christ with everybody
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but it's me who I've got to,
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I've got to live.
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I've got to answer for myself.
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That's...
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And God in His
kindness leads me to repentance,
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in verse four of
that same chapter,
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right before five,
the last part of it,
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"Are you unmindful
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or actually ignorant of the fact
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that God's kindness is
intended to lead you to repent."
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So, so this is a, kind
of, interesting place to start
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when we talk about,
Revive me, oh, Lord.
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It's, it's at a
place of realizing,
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"Okay, this is about me.
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I've got to, you know,
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get my eyes off of
everybody else's sin.
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I've got to figure out
where I am with Christ."
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When you think about it,
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what is the root
of being judgmental?
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It's pride. Right.
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You know, and
that's just the opposite.
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I mean, that's,
that's the original sin.
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So that's why we've got
to be humble enough to come
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before the Lord and ask
Him to grant us repentance,
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to revive us.
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So that's an excellent,
excellent starting place.
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Yes.
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I can see how we can...
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It's easy to see
somebody else's sins
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and feel good about ourselves.
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Well, I am not doing
that, you know, I am better.
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I'm not that
bad into sin, right?
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So unfortunately, we
get into that mentality,
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but God is so merciful
and if we should suscept,
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that gift of kindness,
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you know, from God
and put it into practice.
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He tells us to,
let us search out
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and examine our ways
and turn back to the Lord
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as it is in Lamentations 3:40,
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"Let us search out
and examine our ways."
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You know, we're
so busy searching
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and examining
somebody else's life.
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It's time for us to get
busy and for me, to search,
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oh, I didn't examine my life,
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just like we were
mentioning earlier,
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we get so involved in ministry,
we have so many engagements.
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But the time alone with
Christ is the most sweet moment
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that we can take
in during the day.
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And it's easy to just
"think" that we're okay.
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But in reality,
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we need to make
a self-evaluation.
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I think it's every day
because we're asked to,
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you know, late, take up
the cross everyday, right?
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So one time the Lord said to me
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and when I say that, you
know what I'm talking about,
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the still small
voice of the Lord,
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the Holy Spirit
pressed this thought upon me.
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Because I know I was
going in the right direction
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and that's what He said,
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"You're headed in
the right direction,
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but you're looking
over your shoulder."
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And He said, "Turn
full face to me, child."
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And sometimes, you
know, this is something
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that He doesn't
want just our service.
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God wants this, He
wants to turn our face,
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full face to Him
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where there's that real
intimacy of relationship
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and if you lose the
intimacy of relationship,
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you need revival or you're not.
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You know, it's like a runner.
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They don't look sideways,
they don't look to the back.
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They don't.
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And we are in a race,
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you know, so we're heaven-bound,
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so we cannot look back,
we cannot look to the sides.
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Yes, we must
pray for our brethren,
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for our families.
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We have to pray
for our own souls
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to be able to finish the race.
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Amen.
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You know, when, when God
is trying to work with us
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and we actually feel,
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when He's reviving
us from whatever issue
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that we're going through,
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I was born an Adventist,
fourth generation Adventist,
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so it's difficult to
actually see that in my life,
00:17:16.13\00:17:21.20
but now that I'm
in prison ministry,
00:17:21.24\00:17:23.44
when I see the
awakening of the inmates,
00:17:23.47\00:17:27.38
when I see their
change, when I see how,
00:17:27.41\00:17:31.58
how they
completely have turned around
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their thought process,
00:17:35.42\00:17:36.75
what they wanted
before, now they don't,
00:17:36.79\00:17:38.62
now they're focusing on Jesus.
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This is beautiful to see,
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it's hard to see sometimes in us
00:17:42.86\00:17:44.76
because we think
we're, we're in the ministry,
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we're teaching, we're preaching,
00:17:47.33\00:17:48.70
we're doing all of these things,
00:17:48.73\00:17:50.07
we're hitting
the right way, Lord.
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So when God is
trying to, to revive us.
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Well, we think,
"Oh, well, you know,
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that's just part of the course."
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But when we are
seeing in others,
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when you are, Shelley,
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or when you are preaching
and you see these individuals,
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you make the altar call,
and you see individuals coming,
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and you see their life
being revived, being renewed.
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How does that make you feel?
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It's incredible.
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Isn't it amazing? It is.
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You know...
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But I always feel like,
I, when I make an altar call,
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that I ought to
be down there too.
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That's good.
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You know, I want
to say one thing.
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You were not born an Adventist,
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you were born into
an Adventist family,
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because I hear people
say that so many times
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and, and God
doesn't have grandchildren,
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He only has children.
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So the point is you
became an Adventist Christian
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as you were
rooted in these teachings
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throughout your childhood
which is just incredible.
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Well, J.D.
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I don't know why I have this one
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but then again I do know why,
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because we don't talk
about a period of my life
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and that's talking
about a backslider,
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we're going to go
to Proverbs 14:14.
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"The backslider in heart."
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Wow!
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The heart, your mind,
they're tied in there together,
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will be filled
with His own ways.
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His own ways.
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You're just very
selfish. Don't know how you...?
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You go from Christianity,
00:19:16.02\00:19:18.85
having, growing up
in a Christian home,
00:19:18.89\00:19:20.76
loving the Lord, and then,
00:19:20.79\00:19:23.26
here you're
underneath that category
00:19:23.29\00:19:25.53
called a backslider.
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But then as I think about
it, it's because you're selfish.
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Verses, now Proverbs is
written by a very wise man,
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now just this sounds
like a wise man writing this,
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"The backslider in heart
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will be filled
with His own ways,
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but a good man will
be satisfied from above."
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Wow! Who's above?
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Jesus is above.
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So here you have that
opportunity, are we satisfied?
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Are we dissatisfied?
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Here again, is it
dark? Or is it light?
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And thank you, Jesus, being...
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Now I am a backslider
again, backsliding toward Jesus.
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You know, and I can
tell you which one I prefer.
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Amen. Amen.
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Because I know, one,
you have joy in your heart.
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The other, you have
condemnation in your heart.
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Always wondering what's wrong
because it just wouldn't fit
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and so I would imagine
most people that you talk to,
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they've been on the right track
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.23
and then they found
them on the wrong track,
00:20:30.26\00:20:32.16
right track, wrong track,
00:20:32.19\00:20:34.23
and I just speak
from my own heart.
00:20:34.26\00:20:38.90
There's only one
heart, one heart,
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and that's just,
boy, you put it perfectly.
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I never thought about this.
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Boy, when you're
running that race, man,
00:20:44.01\00:20:45.34
you've got your
eyes focused on winning.
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Amen.
00:20:48.41\00:20:49.74
And backsliding, you
looking over your shoulder
00:20:49.78\00:20:52.81
to see who's chasing you,
I know, so thank you, Jesus.
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I thank you,
Jesus, that I got a chance
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to look into my own
life on this scripture.
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But, you know,
but I... I'm sorry.
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.59
I do appreciate someone
with the Spirit of heaven
00:21:03.63\00:21:07.70
to put their arm around me
and say, "You know, Idalia.
00:21:07.73\00:21:11.17
I noticed, may I pray for you?
00:21:11.20\00:21:13.57
You know, I wanna help you."
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.17
We're not judging
00:21:16.20\00:21:17.61
but we are nurturing each other.
00:21:17.64\00:21:21.31
Now, you can try to nurture
someone with the wrong spirit.
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Like, "You know, Idalia.
00:21:25.98\00:21:28.02
Let me tell you how it
is, you know, I've been...
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You know, what you need to do
is you need to read the Bible,
00:21:30.75\00:21:33.36
you need to do this,
you need to do that."
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When a simple," Idalia,
may I pray it with you?"
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You know, I feel something
that you're going through and...
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And that just, I don't
feel that you're judging me
00:21:42.13\00:21:45.47
but that the Lord is using you,
00:21:45.50\00:21:47.80
because we don't
realize that we're backsliding.
00:21:47.84\00:21:50.44
We don't realize that we
are leaving our first love,
00:21:50.47\00:21:53.84
you know, and it's like
we need to work together,
00:21:53.88\00:21:57.68
we're a team, right?
00:21:57.71\00:21:59.35
So...
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I say that, the Christian walk,
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.92
have you ever seen kids running
up and down the escalator?
00:22:02.95\00:22:04.65
Oh, yes.
00:22:04.69\00:22:06.02
Okay, so we do agree.
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.62
We do agree...
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.63
The trend of the
world is going down.
00:22:10.66\00:22:12.99
So, and the Christian walk,
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.76
it's like when you see a child
walking up the down escalator
00:22:14.80\00:22:18.87
but if, if you stop,
00:22:18.90\00:22:22.20
if you're walking
up the down escalator
00:22:22.24\00:22:24.04
and you stop progressing,
00:22:24.07\00:22:26.07
stop going
forward, what happens?
00:22:26.11\00:22:28.28
You go down.
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So that's the secret I think in,
00:22:29.68\00:22:34.15
to prevent backsliding
00:22:34.18\00:22:36.55
is we have to constantly
be going toward the Lord.
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We can't, if you stop
trying to connect with God,
00:22:40.26\00:22:44.49
if you stop progressing,
00:22:44.53\00:22:47.83
you're gonna go back, backwards,
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.17
that's just the bottom line.
00:22:50.20\00:22:51.70
And if you taste it,
00:22:51.73\00:22:53.07
if you've tasted
the Christian life,
00:22:53.10\00:22:56.50
you know the Holy Spirit
00:22:56.54\00:22:59.41
will certainly
remind you all day long.
00:22:59.44\00:23:01.44
Yes.
00:23:01.48\00:23:02.81
And, you know,
and so I just, I just,
00:23:02.84\00:23:06.48
I'm learning
more all the time of,
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.15
of what a gift the Holy Spirit
is 'cause it does, kind of,
00:23:08.18\00:23:12.12
keeps you inside
those parameters,
00:23:12.15\00:23:13.49
those red flags,
00:23:13.52\00:23:14.86
they just go up on every,
00:23:14.89\00:23:16.22
kind of, skew a
little bit and...
00:23:16.26\00:23:17.59
That's why the
importance of having that
00:23:17.63\00:23:20.10
personal
relationship with Christ...
00:23:20.13\00:23:21.93
Every day, it is revival
I grew up in, in revivals,
00:23:21.96\00:23:27.24
it was like once a week.
00:23:27.27\00:23:28.60
Once a year, a week long event,
00:23:28.64\00:23:31.37
revival is everyday, I
need, I need a daily vitamin,
00:23:31.41\00:23:35.38
that's why it's
called daily vitamin,
00:23:35.41\00:23:37.25
you know, and
then you can, maybe,
00:23:37.28\00:23:38.61
if you have to have some more
supplements for other things,
00:23:38.65\00:23:40.92
to build things.
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.28
But a daily resurgence,
and renewing, and restoring,
00:23:42.32\00:23:46.96
that's, that's what,
00:23:46.99\00:23:48.66
that's why it is
important to have it every day.
00:23:48.69\00:23:51.33
I think it's important
even, you know, to mention that,
00:23:51.36\00:23:55.16
yes, we, we have
hectic schedules.
00:23:55.20\00:23:57.90
There are some
single fathers out there
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.97
trying to make braids on
their little girl's hair,
00:24:00.00\00:24:02.27
trying to rush out
the door to get to the,
00:24:02.30\00:24:04.41
to the school in time,
to get to work on time,
00:24:04.44\00:24:07.28
but that they, they need
to know that even this song
00:24:07.31\00:24:11.71
that we sang at the
beginning of this program,
00:24:11.75\00:24:14.38
it was so uplifting
to my spirit, you know,
00:24:14.42\00:24:17.29
Revive Us Again, and
yours, I'm gonna sing all day,
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.12
"Hallelujah, Thine the glory,"
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.36
and you're gonna
continue that praise
00:24:22.39\00:24:24.09
and it's gonna help you.
00:24:24.13\00:24:25.46
So if you don't
have time to sit down
00:24:25.49\00:24:27.93
with the Lord for five minutes,
00:24:27.96\00:24:29.63
please don't feel that
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.63
the Lord is not
gonna take that moment
00:24:31.67\00:24:33.44
to connect with you,
and you connect with Him.
00:24:33.47\00:24:36.17
So, guys, let's read.
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.07
Let's see Revelation 2:4,
00:24:39.11\00:24:41.78
It says, "Nevertheless
I have this against you,
00:24:41.81\00:24:45.35
that you have
left your first love."
00:24:45.38\00:24:49.18
Who's speaking here?
00:24:49.22\00:24:50.59
My goodness, I tell you,
00:24:50.62\00:24:52.49
we have got to
self-evaluate our lives,
00:24:52.52\00:24:56.26
we don't realize
00:24:56.29\00:24:57.63
when we are
leaving that first love
00:24:57.66\00:24:59.23
because everything
becomes so a routine,
00:24:59.26\00:25:01.26
everything is
expected and you just do things
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.07
because this is
the day you do this,
00:25:04.10\00:25:05.73
this is where you go then and,
you know, so, we do need to...
00:25:05.77\00:25:10.07
This goes back to what you said.
00:25:10.11\00:25:12.04
Those of us who are in ministry,
00:25:12.07\00:25:15.48
all the
ministries, where they are
00:25:15.51\00:25:16.85
to the church of Ephesians,
00:25:16.88\00:25:18.38
and the, they were
doing all the right things
00:25:18.41\00:25:21.32
and all their activities,
00:25:21.35\00:25:22.68
you know, they were
really working at, it looked,
00:25:22.72\00:25:25.75
"Look busy, Jesus is coming."
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.19
You know, it's what
they, kind of their motto.
00:25:27.22\00:25:28.96
Amen.
00:25:28.99\00:25:30.33
But He says,
"Where is your love?"
00:25:30.36\00:25:31.83
It's just routine.
00:25:31.86\00:25:33.80
Right, right, and so we
can, we can be doing it,
00:25:33.83\00:25:37.20
but what's our
motive for doing it?
00:25:37.23\00:25:38.63
But, and, you know, we remember,
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.07
when you have that first
love experience with Jesus.
00:25:40.10\00:25:44.44
I mean, He was all
you wanted to talk about,
00:25:44.47\00:25:46.41
you wanted to
share Him with others.
00:25:46.44\00:25:48.88
You were so, and you couldn't
wait to get into the word,
00:25:48.91\00:25:52.28
prayer was such a
joy and sometimes,
00:25:52.31\00:25:56.08
and I do believe
that being a Christian,
00:25:56.12\00:25:59.25
it's like a three-legged
stool, you've got prayer,
00:25:59.29\00:26:02.02
you've got the word,
and you've got service,
00:26:02.06\00:26:04.13
and without any
one of those three,
00:26:04.16\00:26:06.23
you're gonna flop.
00:26:06.26\00:26:08.23
But if you let,
00:26:08.26\00:26:11.23
everything you're
doing being service
00:26:11.27\00:26:14.30
and you forget your first love,
00:26:14.34\00:26:16.97
that He's the
reason you're doing it.
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.34
If you don't stay in the
word, stay in prayer with Him,
00:26:19.37\00:26:23.88
then suddenly, it
becomes dry as the hills...
00:26:23.91\00:26:26.31
Right.
00:26:26.35\00:26:27.68
Can you imagine sitting
on a, a one-legged stool?
00:26:27.72\00:26:30.99
I mean, you've got to
use your two legs to balance.
00:26:31.02\00:26:34.26
That's right.
00:26:34.29\00:26:35.62
And how tiring that
gets, just like you're saying.
00:26:35.66\00:26:38.06
Yes, yes. I'm exhausted.
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.56
Well, because I've been
relying on my own strength
00:26:39.59\00:26:41.66
to stay balanced,
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.16
but it's, if you
use those three legs,
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.73
that's you state, that's,
God's got it all figured out.
00:26:45.77\00:26:49.84
Amen, hallelujah!
00:26:49.87\00:26:55.01
It's very interesting,
I think, for some people.
00:26:55.04\00:27:00.15
It's almost like how can that be
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.78
that you're
involved in ministry and,
00:27:02.82\00:27:05.42
you know, you're not
connected to the Lord?
00:27:05.45\00:27:07.16
It's interesting.
00:27:07.19\00:27:08.62
I remember many years ago,
00:27:08.66\00:27:10.49
when I was a
teenager and I had the,
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.69
I was given the opportunity
to do a youth program.
00:27:12.73\00:27:15.83
And you have to
prepare the whole thing
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.53
and I decided that day, to
talk about how rain happens.
00:27:17.57\00:27:23.17
And we, I mean, I
really studied this thing,
00:27:23.20\00:27:27.41
how rain happens?
00:27:27.44\00:27:28.78
And how the moisture
goes up into the air and,
00:27:28.81\00:27:31.71
and little specks of dust
00:27:31.75\00:27:33.65
get attached to
the water molecules
00:27:33.68\00:27:35.22
and, and then
eventually they fall,
00:27:35.25\00:27:36.99
and give people different parts,
00:27:37.02\00:27:39.29
and they shared
all these things.
00:27:39.32\00:27:41.52
And then after it was all over,
00:27:41.56\00:27:44.79
the Lord said something to
me that I said, I said, "Wow!
00:27:44.83\00:27:50.00
You're right, Lord."
00:27:50.03\00:27:51.37
And this is what
He said, you know,
00:27:51.40\00:27:52.73
I didn't hear an audible voice
00:27:52.77\00:27:54.10
but I know the
Lord talked to me.
00:27:54.14\00:27:55.47
He said, "Where was I in
all of your explanation?"
00:27:55.50\00:27:59.91
See we've got, I got
caught up in the mechanics
00:27:59.94\00:28:02.74
of all the scientific
explanation of how rain occurs,
00:28:02.78\00:28:06.92
but God was out of it.
00:28:06.95\00:28:08.28
Mercy. And I felt, "Wow!"
00:28:08.32\00:28:10.95
And I really
said, "Thank you, Lord.
00:28:10.99\00:28:13.09
Forgive me, forgive me."
00:28:13.12\00:28:15.52
And I said, "I
will, by your grace,
00:28:15.56\00:28:17.33
never allow this
to happen again."
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.56
And as we sang this
song, Revive Us, O Lord.
00:28:19.59\00:28:23.26
Thine is the glory.
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.63
And all these things that...
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.53
So when we're
involved in ministry,
00:28:26.57\00:28:28.34
if we forget the
Lord of ministry,
00:28:28.37\00:28:33.14
we can't get this connected
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.51
even though we're
involved in ministries.
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.61
So as we were
talking about backsliding.
00:28:36.64\00:28:39.45
How does one backslide,
you know, how does that happen?
00:28:39.48\00:28:43.69
What's the process?
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.32
Little by little,
these things happen to us.
00:28:45.35\00:28:47.89
They say that you can,
if you put a frog in...
00:28:47.92\00:28:50.83
What do they say, honey?
00:28:50.86\00:28:52.19
If you put a frog in...
00:28:52.23\00:28:53.56
Cold water in the pot.
00:28:53.60\00:28:56.40
In the pot, what happens?
00:28:56.43\00:28:57.77
He gradually,
he'll turn on the heat
00:28:57.80\00:29:01.00
and he gradually cooks
up, he doesn't even know...
00:29:01.04\00:29:03.34
Yeah, he won't
jump out of the water.
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.24
So slowly this thing can
happen to you but, you know,
00:29:05.27\00:29:08.78
I believe the Lord is
00:29:08.81\00:29:10.15
constantly trying
to draw our attention
00:29:10.18\00:29:12.85
but if we get caught up in,
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.48
self in what we are doing,
00:29:14.52\00:29:17.05
we lose sight of the Lord.
00:29:17.09\00:29:18.42
Amen and amen.
00:29:18.45\00:29:19.89
Well, you know, so
these first five scripts
00:29:19.92\00:29:24.09
or four scriptures
that we've looked at,
00:29:24.13\00:29:27.23
are talking about
our self-examination.
00:29:27.26\00:29:30.23
But I love Hosea 14:1 and 2
00:29:30.27\00:29:33.94
because this is, kind
of, the turning point.
00:29:33.97\00:29:37.74
And Hosea 14:1, 2 says this,
00:29:37.77\00:29:42.41
"Return to the Lord your God,
00:29:42.44\00:29:44.48
for you've stumbled
because of your inequity.
00:29:44.51\00:29:47.18
Take words with you,
and return to the Lord.
00:29:47.22\00:29:51.02
Say to Him, 'Take
away all iniquity,
00:29:51.05\00:29:54.02
receive us graciously,
00:29:54.06\00:29:55.62
for we will offer the
sacrifices of our lips."
00:29:55.66\00:29:59.53
Take words with you, you know,
what He's saying here is when,
00:29:59.56\00:30:04.97
when we recognize
that we are backsliding,
00:30:05.00\00:30:10.31
we need to stop and we
need to confess our sin,
00:30:10.34\00:30:13.38
we need to go before the
Lord, take those words with you
00:30:13.41\00:30:16.81
and confess your sin
because when we confess our sin,
00:30:16.85\00:30:20.12
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sin
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.02
and cleanse us of
all unrighteousness,
00:30:23.05\00:30:25.75
He says in I John 1:9.
00:30:25.79\00:30:27.86
So confession is
the clearinghouse
00:30:27.89\00:30:30.79
of the conscience
00:30:30.83\00:30:32.19
and that's, once
you've confessed your sin,
00:30:32.23\00:30:35.93
then you can ask God,
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.97
and I encourage
people to pray for this.
00:30:39.00\00:30:42.54
Don't just confess your
sins but Acts 5:32 says that,
00:30:42.57\00:30:49.41
"Repentance is a gift of God."
00:30:49.44\00:30:52.68
And so ask God to
forgive you of your sins.
00:30:52.71\00:30:58.05
Let's see
there, Acts 5:31 or 32,
00:30:58.09\00:30:59.99
but ask God to
forgive you of your sin
00:31:00.02\00:31:02.32
and then to grant you repentance
00:31:02.36\00:31:05.19
'cause we can't
change ourselves,
00:31:05.23\00:31:06.93
we've got to let
God turn us around.
00:31:06.96\00:31:11.17
So, Johnny, why
don't you read one?
00:31:11.20\00:31:15.44
Yes, there is
one of the scriptures
00:31:15.47\00:31:18.67
that we have selected.
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.04
It is Psalm
119:25, Psalm 119:25 says,
00:31:20.08\00:31:26.65
"My soul clings to the dust.
00:31:26.68\00:31:31.02
Revive me
according to your word."
00:31:31.05\00:31:35.32
And I, I have to
picture this as I read it.
00:31:35.36\00:31:39.36
My soul clings
to the dust, I mean,
00:31:39.39\00:31:41.30
how can you cling to the dust?
00:31:41.33\00:31:44.23
You can't really grab fully,
00:31:44.27\00:31:47.50
but this brings to
me a picture of a person
00:31:47.54\00:31:52.47
that is pleading with the Lord.
00:31:52.51\00:31:55.68
Laid low, huh?
00:31:55.71\00:31:57.05
Laid so low, that's as
low as you can get, you know.
00:31:57.08\00:32:01.42
It's, it's an extreme condition,
00:32:01.45\00:32:03.92
you're on the ground,
00:32:03.95\00:32:05.29
you're clinging to the
dust, and then it says,
00:32:05.32\00:32:09.06
"Revive me
according to thy word.
00:32:09.09\00:32:11.33
Bring me back to life."
00:32:11.36\00:32:12.69
There's a scripture
that says in Genesis,
00:32:12.73\00:32:15.36
"For you are dust and
unto dust you will return."
00:32:15.40\00:32:18.73
And this person
spiritually is asking,
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.87
"Lord, don't let
me die spiritually.
00:32:20.90\00:32:24.21
Revive me, now
bring me back up."
00:32:24.24\00:32:28.11
And so this, this is a prayer
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.65
that I believe
God loves to answer.
00:32:30.68\00:32:32.91
Now consider the condition of
somebody in the dust like this
00:32:32.95\00:32:38.15
and pleading with
God and I bring to that,
00:32:38.19\00:32:41.36
Isaiah 1, that says,
"Though your sin be a scarlet,
00:32:41.39\00:32:44.16
though they be as crimson,
they'll be as white as wool
00:32:44.19\00:32:46.56
and as white as snow."
00:32:46.59\00:32:48.10
To me, this is a prayer
that God loves to answer
00:32:48.13\00:32:50.30
because He's constantly saying,
00:32:50.33\00:32:52.47
"Come unto me, and
I will give you rest."
00:32:52.50\00:32:54.54
Amen.
00:32:54.57\00:32:55.90
And, you know, the rest of
that scripture, it says that,
00:32:55.94\00:32:58.31
"Though I cling to the
dust, revive me by your word."
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.84
And it makes me think
of Psalm 107: 20 that says,
00:33:00.88\00:33:06.11
the psalmist said,
00:33:06.15\00:33:07.48
"He sent His
word and healed them,
00:33:07.52\00:33:10.45
and delivered them
from their destruction."
00:33:10.49\00:33:13.36
So it is, as sometimes,
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.79
if I get so busy
with administrative things
00:33:15.82\00:33:19.93
that I don't get to do a
deep Bible study for a few days
00:33:19.96\00:33:22.76
and then suddenly you get
into that deep Bible study
00:33:22.80\00:33:25.33
and you're praying
00:33:25.37\00:33:26.70
the word back to
the Lord and all,
00:33:26.74\00:33:28.90
it's just like...
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.97
Oh, fresh air, you
know, and it does revive you.
00:33:31.01\00:33:34.01
You'll have the
promises, the Lord's,
00:33:34.04\00:33:36.34
the word is not
going to return void.
00:33:36.38\00:33:39.41
You know, there
is life in God's word
00:33:39.45\00:33:42.05
and I'm recalling a conversation
00:33:42.08\00:33:44.35
I had with one of our viewers
00:33:44.39\00:33:46.05
suffering from acute depression,
00:33:46.09\00:33:47.99
just so down and out,
and this is the first time
00:33:48.02\00:33:53.73
I ever sing to a
caller on the phone.
00:33:53.76\00:33:58.43
And I said,
00:33:58.47\00:33:59.80
"Lord, surely
you're not impressing me
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.64
to sing to this person."
00:34:01.67\00:34:03.64
And she was too
choked up in her tears
00:34:03.67\00:34:07.14
and so focused in the wrong,
00:34:07.18\00:34:10.28
and the bad, and the
negative, and the sad,
00:34:10.31\00:34:13.11
and she couldn't
really get that word out.
00:34:13.15\00:34:17.25
So, and the Lord just
impressed me to sing, I'm like,
00:34:17.29\00:34:21.52
"Okay, Lord, surely but, okay,
if it's You, it's gonna work."
00:34:21.56\00:34:26.03
You know, so I sang to the lady
and she's sobbing on the phone.
00:34:26.06\00:34:31.33
I sang it again,
it's a little chorus.
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.00
I sang it again and
she started singing with me
00:34:34.04\00:34:37.24
and I said, "You
know, God's word is life.
00:34:37.27\00:34:40.64
God's word is hope,
God's word is just strength.
00:34:40.68\00:34:45.41
So I'm not a
theologian or anything
00:34:45.45\00:34:48.15
but I love the Lord and
I've been where you're at.
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.99
I can identify with you.
00:34:51.02\00:34:52.35
You know,
challenges come in our lives
00:34:52.39\00:34:54.49
in different packages, sizes,
colors, and shapes, you know."
00:34:54.52\00:34:57.96
So I sang to her and then
we read Psalm 103, you know,
00:34:57.99\00:35:02.56
and we focused, "He who takes
your life out of the hole,"
00:35:02.60\00:35:07.30
you know, you find yourself
in that deep hole of depression,
00:35:07.34\00:35:10.84
and negativity, and attacks,
and, and it's just amazing
00:35:10.87\00:35:13.88
how the Lord just, His words
just guides you to another text
00:35:13.91\00:35:18.71
or another praise and
the praises are prayers so,
00:35:18.75\00:35:23.28
and those are all as important.
00:35:23.32\00:35:25.32
So it's a blessing
to share God's word
00:35:25.35\00:35:28.19
because it's not only life
00:35:28.22\00:35:30.19
to the people
you're sharing it with,
00:35:30.23\00:35:32.26
but to your soul, too.
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.73
Amen. Amen Amen and amen.
00:35:33.76\00:35:36.13
And what's, what's
amazing is how He guides us.
00:35:36.16\00:35:40.24
Exactly.
00:35:40.27\00:35:41.60
It's just a
great story. Fantastic.
00:35:41.64\00:35:43.71
You know, it's interesting
because in the same chapter,
00:35:43.74\00:35:46.44
Psalms 119: 88, 89,
00:35:46.47\00:35:50.78
"Revive me according
to Your loving kindness."
00:35:50.81\00:35:54.95
How amazing that is?
00:35:54.98\00:35:56.65
That God is not going to...
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.82
When you are in desperation,
00:35:58.85\00:36:01.16
when you will have all
things happening to you,
00:36:01.19\00:36:03.99
God in His loving
kindness is the one
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.86
that is going to
understand first,
00:36:06.90\00:36:10.40
and then respond second,
00:36:10.43\00:36:11.97
before you even ask
third which is so amazing.
00:36:12.00\00:36:14.50
But then, " Revive us
in Your loving kindness...
00:36:14.54\00:36:16.14
So that I may keep the
testimony of your mouth.
00:36:16.17\00:36:20.74
For ever, O Lord, your
word is settled in heaven."
00:36:20.78\00:36:24.81
Amen. Amen.
00:36:24.85\00:36:26.18
Amazing.
00:36:26.21\00:36:27.95
It's so wonderful that His,
00:36:27.98\00:36:30.69
God understands
00:36:30.72\00:36:33.59
that we constantly,
00:36:33.62\00:36:37.73
on a daily basis, are
needing to cling to Him,
00:36:37.76\00:36:41.66
like that verse that the
pastor was talking about.
00:36:41.70\00:36:44.33
There are times where
we are walking all upright,
00:36:44.37\00:36:47.27
everything is wonderful
and, and we think we're having,
00:36:47.30\00:36:50.27
even in those times, God
still needs to revive us.
00:36:50.31\00:36:53.88
And that's when we really
realize when we're thinking,
00:36:53.91\00:36:56.64
"Lord, but I
was, I was preaching,
00:36:56.68\00:36:58.31
I was teaching,
00:36:58.35\00:36:59.68
I was doing all of these things.
00:36:59.71\00:37:01.22
But yet, what,
where did I go wrong?"
00:37:01.25\00:37:04.65
And this is what's
so beautiful about God,
00:37:04.69\00:37:07.06
that whether you are on the dirt
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.39
which you have, you
are dead spiritually,
00:37:09.42\00:37:12.83
God comes and
does, wakes you up,
00:37:12.86\00:37:16.06
or whether you are, you think
that you've got all settled.
00:37:16.10\00:37:19.57
And God has to let you know.
00:37:19.60\00:37:21.60
"Shelley, J.D,
Pastor, hold on for a second."
00:37:21.64\00:37:26.34
Like He was talking about
when He talked about water,
00:37:26.37\00:37:29.71
He says, "Wait a minute.
00:37:29.74\00:37:31.41
You forgot...
00:37:31.45\00:37:33.42
You said, the chemistry
but you forgot the chemist."
00:37:33.45\00:37:36.85
You know, and that's
where it's so important
00:37:36.89\00:37:39.12
and this is what
this is talking about,
00:37:39.15\00:37:40.96
with loving kindness.
00:37:40.99\00:37:43.63
You know, I don't
know this for a fact,
00:37:43.66\00:37:45.53
but I would, I
would be pretty certain
00:37:45.56\00:37:48.03
that the word there for
loving kindness is, Hesed,
00:37:48.06\00:37:51.00
in the Hebrew,
H-E-S-E-D which, you know,
00:37:51.03\00:37:54.00
we talk about agape love,
00:37:54.04\00:37:56.40
there is even a love
that's even more beautiful.
00:37:56.44\00:37:59.97
And that is hesed
and that's what it's
00:38:00.01\00:38:02.34
all throughout
the old testament.
00:38:02.38\00:38:03.98
It is the covenant love
and it is, it's, it's usually
00:38:04.01\00:38:10.22
translated loving
kindness or mercy.
00:38:10.25\00:38:13.49
But what it
means is the strength
00:38:13.52\00:38:16.93
of a committed steadfast love
and see this is what we see,
00:38:16.96\00:38:22.76
it's used over 240
times in the old testament,
00:38:22.80\00:38:25.73
hesed and it's God's love.
00:38:25.77\00:38:29.17
When you see Him, you know,
00:38:29.20\00:38:31.27
sending His
prophets to tell them.
00:38:31.31\00:38:32.94
This is what's gonna
happen to, this is what...
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.78
All these bad things,
if you don't turn around.
00:38:34.81\00:38:37.55
And they didn't, they
didn't listen to the prophets.
00:38:37.58\00:38:40.22
God let them
suffer the consequences
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.32
of their actions
00:38:42.35\00:38:43.69
but then in hesed love
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.82
according to
His loving kindness,
00:38:45.85\00:38:49.02
this loyal love,
He revived them again.
00:38:49.06\00:38:52.69
Amen. Hallelujah.
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.06
It's easy to
understand that we need revival
00:38:54.10\00:38:56.90
when we are on the dirt
but it's not easy to understand
00:38:56.93\00:39:00.10
that we need revival
00:39:00.14\00:39:01.64
when we are
working on God's level,
00:39:01.67\00:39:03.91
when we are
trying to do God's work
00:39:03.94\00:39:05.67
and that's when this
comes in, He does it with what?
00:39:05.71\00:39:08.14
Loving kindness.
00:39:08.18\00:39:09.51
He doesn't come and
tell, "You know, Luis."
00:39:09.54\00:39:12.15
Slaps you over the face
00:39:12.18\00:39:13.52
and this is what is so
interesting, what's so amazing.
00:39:13.55\00:39:16.55
When we're talking
about revival, that,
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.65
maybe, the viewer
out there is saying,
00:39:19.69\00:39:21.32
"Oh, you guys got it.
00:39:21.36\00:39:22.69
You don't have
to worry about it.
00:39:22.72\00:39:24.06
You don't
understand the trouble."
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.43
Like Idalia was talking,
you're sobbing, you're dying,
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.13
you're miserable, things
are falling apart on your life
00:39:27.16\00:39:30.40
and you're saying,
"Oh, but look at Luis,
00:39:30.43\00:39:31.77
he's just, he's always
smiling, never has a problem.
00:39:31.80\00:39:35.00
You know, he's just wonderful."
00:39:35.04\00:39:36.37
And God has to
constantly be reviving me
00:39:36.40\00:39:38.87
because I may not
outwardly let you know
00:39:38.91\00:39:42.18
how inwardly
dead I am spiritually.
00:39:42.21\00:39:44.21
Amen. That's right.
00:39:44.25\00:39:46.01
By the way that is the word
Chesed there in Psalm 119:88,
00:39:46.05\00:39:50.69
all the verses
that we're sharing,
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.75
the experiences were sharing,
00:39:52.79\00:39:54.49
our experiences of sincerity
that the person wants revival,
00:39:54.52\00:40:01.06
we're not talking
about the lip service
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.60
that some people do
00:40:03.63\00:40:05.33
because we
remember the words of Jesus
00:40:05.37\00:40:07.04
to the people, He said,
00:40:07.07\00:40:08.47
"These people
honor me with their lips,
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.01
but their heart is far from me."
00:40:10.04\00:40:11.37
Yes, yes. We're
not talking about that.
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.38
We're talking about the
sincere desire to be revived,
00:40:13.41\00:40:16.71
the sincere desire to come back
from a backsliden condition.
00:40:16.75\00:40:20.98
A person recognizes
that the Lord is calling them
00:40:21.02\00:40:24.95
and they know, they know
00:40:24.99\00:40:26.86
they don't have
that peace with God
00:40:26.89\00:40:28.32
and they're looking for
it, they're on the ground.
00:40:28.36\00:40:30.83
They're pleading with God,
00:40:30.86\00:40:32.23
"Forgive me for
what I have done."
00:40:32.26\00:40:34.66
So this is what
we're talking about.
00:40:34.70\00:40:36.23
The person that
really wants to be with...
00:40:36.26\00:40:38.13
But, you know, I like
what Tim said earlier that
00:40:38.17\00:40:40.47
and I do believe that,
that in the heat of the day,
00:40:40.50\00:40:45.91
we can all get
where we feel parched,
00:40:45.94\00:40:49.08
I mean, you know, I
know that I will say,
00:40:49.11\00:40:51.41
I haven't had a day off
in over 30 some odd days.
00:40:51.45\00:40:54.38
I mean, just work,
work, work, work, work.
00:40:54.42\00:40:56.65
My life is out of
balance right now,
00:40:56.69\00:40:58.25
that three-legged
stool is truly out of balance
00:40:58.29\00:41:01.92
but, but there can be that,
00:41:01.96\00:41:07.23
it's day by day but you need
to come to the Lord and say,
00:41:07.26\00:41:10.67
"You know, I
need you to revive me
00:41:10.70\00:41:13.03
according to Your word,
according to Your spirit.
00:41:13.07\00:41:15.40
Fill me with Your spirit."
00:41:15.44\00:41:17.04
Because we cannot
go on our own energy.
00:41:17.07\00:41:21.04
That's right.
And sometimes we try.
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.41
And I suggest that
there are some that say
00:41:23.45\00:41:27.32
it is impossible
for me to be revived.
00:41:27.35\00:41:30.72
It sounds good but I don't know
00:41:30.75\00:41:33.36
if that will
really happen for me.
00:41:33.39\00:41:35.59
But then again I'm reminded of,
00:41:35.62\00:41:37.03
"If you just had the size
of a mustard seed of faith."
00:41:37.06\00:41:40.20
So whatever little
faith that we may cling to,
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.50
whatever little shed
of light that we may see,
00:41:43.53\00:41:46.97
to cling to that,
00:41:47.00\00:41:48.34
because it will grow, you know,
00:41:48.37\00:41:51.27
and God will manifest
His power in our lives
00:41:51.31\00:41:54.28
in such a
unique and personal way
00:41:54.31\00:41:57.05
that we will be like,
00:41:57.08\00:41:58.61
"Yes, this is the
Lord speaking to me.
00:41:58.65\00:42:00.68
This is the way, "Oh,
yes, with my forehead up high.
00:42:00.72\00:42:05.65
Well, I just want to say
to anybody that thinks that
00:42:05.69\00:42:08.52
perhaps the Lord
couldn't forgive you,
00:42:08.56\00:42:10.59
if you're not familiar
00:42:10.63\00:42:11.96
with the old
testament character of Manasseh.
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.86
I ask that you would study him,
00:42:14.90\00:42:16.56
he was one of
the most wicked kings
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.97
who turned his back on the Lord,
00:42:19.00\00:42:20.54
and took his
people along with him,
00:42:20.57\00:42:23.10
and he was taken off
with a hook in his nose
00:42:23.14\00:42:26.27
as a prisoner at war,
and he cried out to the Lord
00:42:26.31\00:42:30.38
from that dark place, and
God not only restored him,
00:42:30.41\00:42:34.55
this God of grace always,
even in the old testament,
00:42:34.58\00:42:38.15
He not only restored him,
He restored the kingdom to him.
00:42:38.19\00:42:41.92
So, all right, John Dinzey.
00:42:41.96\00:42:44.76
Oh, no, Tim, it's your turn.
00:42:44.79\00:42:46.36
Let me just
finish up in Psalm 119.
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.76
This will be the last scripture
we read from Psalm 119,
00:42:48.80\00:42:51.70
"Behold, I long
for your precepts."
00:42:51.73\00:42:55.04
This is verses 40 and 41.
00:42:55.07\00:42:58.01
"Behold, I long
for your precepts.
00:42:58.04\00:43:00.48
In your righteousness,
give me renewed life.
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.65
Let your mercy and
loving kindness..."
00:43:03.68\00:43:05.58
There, that is again.
00:43:05.61\00:43:06.95
"Come also to me, O Lord,
00:43:06.98\00:43:08.58
even Your salvation
according to Your promise."
00:43:08.62\00:43:12.55
This whole chapter,
00:43:12.59\00:43:14.06
it's like one of the
longest chapters in the Psalms,
00:43:14.09\00:43:17.99
the longest Psalm.
00:43:18.03\00:43:19.49
This is a prayer,
David's prayer journal.
00:43:19.53\00:43:22.20
So how many of us
that need reviving
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.67
don't keep a prayer journal?
00:43:25.70\00:43:27.04
And here, here David is
keeping a prayer journal
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.50
and even asking Him, you know,
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.31
in the middle
of this long Psalm,
00:43:31.34\00:43:34.38
"I long for your precepts."
00:43:34.41\00:43:37.28
What do you long for?
00:43:37.31\00:43:40.12
I didn't long for dark chocolate
00:43:40.15\00:43:42.65
until I had tasted it.
00:43:42.68\00:43:45.55
So when I deprived
myself of dark chocolate,
00:43:45.59\00:43:51.69
I get hungry for it again.
00:43:51.73\00:43:53.06
You know, I think, "Oh,
man, that was so good one time."
00:43:53.09\00:43:55.53
It's because I've tasted
and seen that the Lord is good
00:43:55.56\00:43:58.87
and then when I may
step away or get too busy...
00:43:58.90\00:44:00.97
Amen.
00:44:01.00\00:44:02.34
That's when I think, "Oh, man,
00:44:02.37\00:44:03.71
remember that
fresh of breath air
00:44:03.74\00:44:05.07
that His word gave me."
00:44:05.11\00:44:06.44
That's when I
long for Your precepts.
00:44:06.47\00:44:08.98
When, you know, in the hospital,
00:44:09.01\00:44:10.55
they use the initials
DNR, Do Not Resuscitate,
00:44:10.58\00:44:16.18
and it saddens me
whenever I see that
00:44:16.22\00:44:18.59
but, you know,
everybody has their reasons
00:44:18.62\00:44:20.02
for not wanting
to be resuscitated.
00:44:20.06\00:44:21.39
Yes.
00:44:21.42\00:44:22.76
But personally,
I don't wanna die.
00:44:22.79\00:44:25.16
So I can't imagine not
being given that opportunity
00:44:25.19\00:44:28.16
to live again
if I was, you know,
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.30
if I were to die from
whatever situation and...
00:44:30.33\00:44:34.04
So I can't imagine putting
DNR above my, above my bed.
00:44:34.07\00:44:37.51
In this situation,
in my spiritual life,
00:44:37.54\00:44:40.28
I don't ever want that
DNR, I want to be resuscitated.
00:44:40.31\00:44:44.31
"So I long for Your precepts.
00:44:44.35\00:44:47.08
In Your righteousness,
God, give me renewed life."
00:44:47.12\00:44:51.12
I want to live the healthiest
relationship with You I can.
00:44:51.15\00:44:54.86
And let Your mercy and loving
kindness come to me again.
00:44:54.89\00:44:57.19
Those are
things that only God...
00:44:57.23\00:44:59.09
He shows us that
mercy and loving kindness
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.50
in that relationship,
00:45:01.53\00:45:02.86
so that we can have
it in this relationship,
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.37
so even in Your salvation,
or even Your salvation,
00:45:05.40\00:45:08.70
God, according to Your promise.
00:45:08.74\00:45:11.71
John Dinzey, I think
you're still in the Psalms.
00:45:11.74\00:45:15.51
So much in the Psalms,
00:45:15.54\00:45:16.88
I think now the rest of our
scriptures are in the Psalms.
00:45:16.91\00:45:19.31
Well, here in Psalms
85:6, 7, you have these words,
00:45:19.35\00:45:25.12
"Will ye not revive us again,
00:45:25.15\00:45:27.92
and that Your
people may rejoice in You.
00:45:27.96\00:45:29.72
Show us Your mercy, Lord,
and grant us your salvation."
00:45:29.76\00:45:34.93
Again, this is a
pouring out of the heart,
00:45:34.96\00:45:38.50
a pouring out of the
heart asking for the Lord
00:45:38.53\00:45:41.70
to revive us again.
00:45:41.74\00:45:44.64
What does revive mean?
00:45:44.67\00:45:46.01
I mean, you're practically dead.
00:45:46.04\00:45:47.54
You want to be
brought back to life again.
00:45:47.58\00:45:50.78
Now, what is the reason
for this that we may rejoice
00:45:50.81\00:45:54.12
and really
rejoice in His salvation?
00:45:54.15\00:45:57.05
You know, you
think of many things,
00:45:57.09\00:45:58.42
like Psalms 51
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.79
where David is pouring
out his heart to the Lord,
00:45:59.82\00:46:02.16
"Restore unto me
the joy of salvation."
00:46:02.19\00:46:05.16
I want to go a little further
00:46:05.19\00:46:06.53
because we're talking
about clinging to the dust.
00:46:06.56\00:46:09.86
In Ezekiel 37, and as soon as
00:46:09.90\00:46:12.33
I mentioned Ezekiel, Ezekiel 37.
00:46:12.37\00:46:15.47
There is a very wise prophet
and I call him a wise prophet
00:46:15.50\00:46:20.51
because he
answered the Lord correctly.
00:46:20.54\00:46:24.11
It says, verse
31, 37:1, 2 and 3,
00:46:24.15\00:46:26.78
"The hand of the
Lord was carried upon me
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.95
and carried me out in
the Spirit of the Lord,
00:46:28.98\00:46:31.72
and set me down in
the midst of the valley
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.86
which was full of bones,
and caused me to pass by them,
00:46:33.89\00:46:36.26
run above them.
00:46:36.29\00:46:37.63
Behold, there were very
many in the open valley and lo,
00:46:37.66\00:46:40.16
they were very dry
and He said unto me,
00:46:40.20\00:46:42.26
'Son of man, can
these bones live?'
00:46:42.30\00:46:44.60
And I answered, "O
Lord, Thou knowest."
00:46:44.63\00:46:47.27
So he answered right.
00:46:47.30\00:46:48.64
The Lord, He knew.
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.11
But just very briefly here.
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.48
This is the condition
that sometimes we may get into,
00:46:53.51\00:46:57.08
dry bones, you look at
them, there's no life in them.
00:46:57.11\00:47:00.55
But God says, "I can
bring life back into you."
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.68
I can put skin on
you, and flesh on you
00:47:02.72\00:47:04.59
and put my breath in
you and you can be revived."
00:47:04.62\00:47:07.86
And so that's why we
need to approach the Lord.
00:47:07.89\00:47:10.16
And how often do we
need to approach the Lord?
00:47:10.19\00:47:11.99
Well, how often do
you need to drink water?
00:47:12.03\00:47:14.63
How often do you need to eat?
00:47:14.66\00:47:16.33
You need to come
to the Lord everyday.
00:47:16.36\00:47:17.93
And the next, the next scripture
00:47:17.97\00:47:19.83
we'll look at is a
passage from Psalm 143:8-11
00:47:19.87\00:47:24.87
and this is actually
something that I try to pray.
00:47:24.91\00:47:28.78
I used to pray this scripture
every day over my life,
00:47:28.81\00:47:32.15
for over 12 years, and
now I don't do it every day
00:47:32.18\00:47:35.68
but I, kind of, a
paraphrase of this.
00:47:35.72\00:47:38.15
So let's, let's
look at Psalm 143:8-11.
00:47:38.19\00:47:43.22
"Cause me to hear your
loving kindness in the morning,"
00:47:43.26\00:47:46.56
Again hesed, "For
in you do I trust;
00:47:46.59\00:47:51.67
cause me to know the
way in which I should walk,"
00:47:51.70\00:47:55.37
You know, the Christian virtue
00:47:55.40\00:47:59.54
we don't talk
enough about is humility
00:47:59.57\00:48:03.11
and it is
prideful for us to think
00:48:03.14\00:48:05.65
that we can control our own life
00:48:05.68\00:48:07.85
and figure out our own life.
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.55
This is this an act of humility,
00:48:09.58\00:48:11.59
when you come
before the Lord and say,
00:48:11.62\00:48:13.92
"Cause me to know the
way in which I should walk,
00:48:13.96\00:48:16.46
or not my will
but Yours be done."
00:48:16.49\00:48:18.53
"For I lift up my soul to you.
00:48:18.56\00:48:21.73
Deliver me, O
Lord, from my enemies."
00:48:21.76\00:48:24.30
Particularly the
one that's going around
00:48:24.33\00:48:25.90
like a roaring lion.
00:48:25.93\00:48:28.10
"In You I take shelter.
00:48:28.14\00:48:30.24
Teach me to do Your
will, for You are my God.
00:48:30.27\00:48:34.81
Your Spirit is good."
00:48:34.84\00:48:37.75
Just pray to be
filled with the Spirit
00:48:37.78\00:48:39.81
and know that God is anxious
00:48:39.85\00:48:41.45
to all these
things, then he says,
00:48:41.48\00:48:43.99
"Lead me in the
land of uprightness."
00:48:44.02\00:48:48.12
That's the
righteousness of Christ
00:48:48.16\00:48:50.33
being imputed
and imparted to us,
00:48:50.36\00:48:53.09
thinking that,
righteousness just means
00:48:53.13\00:48:56.26
that we're right
in standing with God,
00:48:56.30\00:48:58.30
it's right doing
according to God's way.
00:48:58.33\00:49:01.44
So, "Lead me in the
land of uprightness.
00:49:01.47\00:49:04.64
Revive me, O Lord,
for Your name's sake!
00:49:04.67\00:49:08.54
For Your righteousness sake,
bring my soul out of trouble."
00:49:08.58\00:49:13.62
And this is something
that morning by morning,
00:49:13.65\00:49:16.18
I would pray and, you
know, there would be times that,
00:49:16.22\00:49:19.69
you talked about that
still small voice of the Lord,
00:49:19.72\00:49:22.29
that when you think about
any man that starts a journey,
00:49:22.32\00:49:26.13
if you started one step this way
00:49:26.16\00:49:28.26
or one step this way,
00:49:28.30\00:49:29.63
it's gonna be a
completely different path
00:49:29.66\00:49:31.00
and if you're going
00:49:31.03\00:49:32.37
in the straight
narrow path, right?
00:49:32.40\00:49:34.44
And so sometimes, the Lord
would just impress upon you
00:49:34.47\00:49:37.14
as you start to step off.
00:49:37.17\00:49:39.04
"Uh-uh-uh, let me
lead you by My Spirit.
00:49:39.07\00:49:41.98
I will...
00:49:42.01\00:49:43.35
You know, let Me show you
what My will is for you today."
00:49:43.38\00:49:45.91
So to me that's
such a beautiful promise,
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.85
that's Psalm
143:8-11 and it's a prayer.
00:49:48.88\00:49:53.36
It is a, it is a
prayer and it's all about God.
00:49:53.39\00:49:56.89
Amen.
00:49:56.93\00:49:58.26
There's nothing I can do, God,
00:49:58.29\00:49:59.73
I need Your loving kindness,
I need, in You do I trust.
00:49:59.76\00:50:03.47
And look, just
count all the times,
00:50:03.50\00:50:04.83
it's You and nothing I can do.
00:50:04.87\00:50:07.97
So if you, if,
if anyone needed us,
00:50:08.00\00:50:13.04
if any of us
needed someone to do CPR,
00:50:13.07\00:50:16.28
there's got to be
somebody else around,
00:50:16.31\00:50:18.38
you know, you
can't do CPR yourself,
00:50:18.41\00:50:21.18
that's my point.
00:50:21.22\00:50:22.55
Sorry. But we need God.
00:50:22.58\00:50:25.45
It's God we're praying,
and so I love, you're right.
00:50:25.49\00:50:28.19
I love this
scripture because it's...
00:50:28.22\00:50:30.09
It's our relying
on Him realizing it.
00:50:30.13\00:50:32.66
And, you know, the
humility in Philippians 2:5-7
00:50:32.69\00:50:36.56
where it says, "Let
this mind be in You,
00:50:36.60\00:50:38.33
that was in Christ Jesus."
00:50:38.37\00:50:40.97
He humbled
Himself into the point
00:50:41.00\00:50:42.57
of obedience of
death on the cross.
00:50:42.60\00:50:45.34
You know, He never spoke a word,
00:50:45.37\00:50:48.31
He said that the Father
didn't tell Him to speak.
00:50:48.34\00:50:50.25
He only did what the
Father told Him to do.
00:50:50.28\00:50:52.85
So His humility
00:50:52.88\00:50:55.78
was to be completely
dependent upon, on God.
00:50:55.82\00:51:00.29
That's what we are to be.
00:51:00.32\00:51:02.09
We are to
develop that same mindset
00:51:02.12\00:51:04.33
because God's plan of
salvation is absolute,
00:51:04.36\00:51:08.60
total dependence upon Him.
00:51:08.63\00:51:10.60
There's nothing we
can do to save ourselves,
00:51:10.63\00:51:13.03
we have to be
totally dependent upon Him
00:51:13.07\00:51:15.27
and be co-operating.
00:51:15.30\00:51:17.24
Let's get back to that
quickly, to that point,
00:51:17.27\00:51:19.07
where that you made
about if you feel like
00:51:19.11\00:51:21.51
you've gone too
far to be restored,
00:51:21.54\00:51:23.88
you've got no choice.
00:51:23.91\00:51:25.61
Because there's
nothing you can do anyway.
00:51:25.65\00:51:27.55
It's our God
that can restore you,
00:51:27.58\00:51:29.52
so just give it over to Him.
00:51:29.55\00:51:31.22
Amen. And that is true.
00:51:31.25\00:51:34.16
We've received calls
here, where Pastor J.D. knows,
00:51:34.19\00:51:36.96
you receive calls
here where people think,
00:51:36.99\00:51:38.79
"I don't think the
Lord can forgive me."
00:51:38.83\00:51:41.03
That happens.
00:51:41.06\00:51:42.40
People come to that situation
00:51:42.43\00:51:44.43
or they think
they have sin so much,
00:51:44.47\00:51:46.47
that they have become a greater
sinner than God is saying.
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.94
I think that's pride, isn't it?
00:51:49.97\00:51:52.77
We think our sins
are greater than our God.
00:51:52.81\00:51:55.54
This is really,
really quite interesting
00:51:55.58\00:51:57.18
'cause I, once again,
00:51:57.21\00:51:58.71
have a wonderful,
wonderful promise here.
00:51:58.75\00:52:01.05
Psalms 51:10-13 and
listen to His promises,
00:52:01.08\00:52:05.42
then I'll tell a quick
story we have to create.
00:52:05.45\00:52:08.86
We're going to
the great physician,
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.66
the great physician,
we're talking about CPR now.
00:52:10.69\00:52:13.56
"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:52:13.60\00:52:16.33
renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
00:52:16.36\00:52:18.23
Do not cast me away
from your presence, Lord.
00:52:18.27\00:52:20.87
Do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me.
00:52:20.90\00:52:23.14
Restore to me the
joy of your salvation
00:52:23.17\00:52:25.74
and uphold me by
your generous Spirit."
00:52:25.77\00:52:28.78
And then, "Then I
will teach the sinners,
00:52:28.81\00:52:32.38
I will teach the
transgressors your ways,"
00:52:32.41\00:52:34.95
kept away, "Your ways, Lord,
00:52:34.98\00:52:37.19
and sinners shall be converted
to You for Your salvation."
00:52:37.22\00:52:41.12
You know, what, what a
wonderful, if you, here,
00:52:41.16\00:52:44.26
I wanna, I wanna
create in within you.
00:52:44.29\00:52:45.96
I'm gonna give you.
00:52:45.99\00:52:47.33
I'm gonna give you
I'm gonna give you.
00:52:47.36\00:52:48.70
Thank you, Jesus,
00:52:48.73\00:52:50.07
and then because
You're giving me,
00:52:50.10\00:52:51.43
then I'm gonna be
able to do something,
00:52:51.47\00:52:52.80
you know,
because one thing that...
00:52:52.83\00:52:55.44
It tells us in I John
1:9, that He will cleanse us,
00:52:55.47\00:52:58.41
you know, but at the same time,
00:52:58.44\00:53:01.18
any time that
He will cleanse us,
00:53:01.21\00:53:02.54
if we truly are
making that step across,
00:53:02.58\00:53:05.35
then He's gonna give us that
new heart He's talking about.
00:53:05.38\00:53:07.52
Amen. Amen.
00:53:07.55\00:53:08.88
And real quick, you know,
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.25
I just got my
assignment the other day
00:53:10.29\00:53:11.62
and I'm on the
phone, I received a call,
00:53:11.65\00:53:13.46
not 30 seconds from
whenever I got this print out
00:53:13.49\00:53:16.02
and I'm not gonna
use the real name.
00:53:16.06\00:53:17.39
I'm just gonna say,
David called, and he says,
00:53:17.43\00:53:20.00
"Oh, can you please help me
00:53:20.03\00:53:21.96
because I feel like I'm losing
touch with the Holy Spirit?"
00:53:22.00\00:53:26.74
I'm sitting here.
00:53:26.77\00:53:28.10
The name of this
is, Revive me, O Lord.
00:53:28.14\00:53:30.71
Oh, thank you, Jesus.
00:53:30.74\00:53:32.17
Now let me give you a
couple of scriptures that...
00:53:32.21\00:53:36.18
I'm in just, here,
I'm talking about just...
00:53:36.21\00:53:39.68
And, I mean, oh, oh,
oh, thank you, Jesus.
00:53:39.71\00:53:43.08
Thank you,
Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
00:53:43.12\00:53:45.02
And so, you know, God is real.
00:53:45.05\00:53:48.46
God is real.
00:53:48.49\00:53:49.82
His timing is perfect.
00:53:49.86\00:53:51.89
And this is what He wants to do.
00:53:51.93\00:53:54.43
He says, "I understand you.
00:53:54.46\00:53:56.60
I understand, you know, that
whether you're walking at me
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.43
or whether you're
backsliding, I am here.
00:53:59.47\00:54:02.07
Two, I created you once.
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.87
I can create you
again, I can create you again
00:54:03.91\00:54:06.27
if it takes that,
when are you gonna learn?
00:54:06.31\00:54:09.38
You know, I
will never leave you,
00:54:09.41\00:54:11.11
I will never forsake you.
00:54:11.15\00:54:13.35
So thank you, Jesus.
00:54:13.38\00:54:15.22
You know, we have
time for our last scripture
00:54:15.25\00:54:17.29
but it's gonna
have to be rather fast.
00:54:17.32\00:54:18.79
Well, actually,
before we go there,
00:54:18.82\00:54:20.16
I have to put a little
part here where it says,
00:54:20.19\00:54:21.86
"Do not cast me
away from Your presence."
00:54:21.89\00:54:24.09
And I always had
issues with that.
00:54:24.13\00:54:26.16
Because God never, has never,
00:54:26.19\00:54:29.00
we're never
without God's presence
00:54:29.03\00:54:31.57
but it wasn't
until one year that God,
00:54:31.60\00:54:34.27
I felt that His
presence wasn't with me,
00:54:34.30\00:54:36.37
that I could identify what
He's going through in that time
00:54:36.40\00:54:38.81
and there's gonna be
times where we find ourselves
00:54:38.84\00:54:42.94
that we don't have
that connection with God,
00:54:42.98\00:54:47.02
but we can plead to Him
and He's gonna revive us again
00:54:47.05\00:54:49.75
and now that relationship
is gonna be so much greater.
00:54:49.78\00:54:52.62
Quickly Psalms
18: 17,19, it says,
00:54:52.65\00:54:55.76
"Let your hand be upon
the man of your right hand,
00:54:55.79\00:54:59.89
upon the son of man,
00:54:59.93\00:55:01.50
whom You have made
strong for Yourself,
00:55:01.53\00:55:04.93
then will we
not depart from You.
00:55:04.97\00:55:07.57
Receive us, give us life."
00:55:07.60\00:55:08.97
Revive us.
00:55:09.00\00:55:10.34
"Revive us, give us life.
00:55:10.37\00:55:11.71
And we will call upon Your name.
00:55:11.74\00:55:14.54
Restore us, O
Lord, God of hosts,
00:55:14.58\00:55:17.48
cause Your face to shine.
00:55:17.51\00:55:19.65
Impressment,
approval, and favor on us
00:55:19.68\00:55:22.58
and we shall be saved."
00:55:22.62\00:55:24.95
Cause Your face to shine. Amen.
00:55:24.99\00:55:26.86
Amazing. Praise the Lord.
00:55:26.89\00:55:28.22
So we are just right
down to the, to the wire.
00:55:28.26\00:55:32.03
I wish we had, we could
spend several programs on this
00:55:32.06\00:55:36.36
but we hope that you see
that God wants to revive us,
00:55:36.40\00:55:41.10
He's just waiting
for us to turn to Him
00:55:41.14\00:55:43.87
and so I'm gonna ask, J.D.,
00:55:43.91\00:55:45.84
if you would have
our closing prayer
00:55:45.87\00:55:47.88
while I'll hold hands
as our family, here we go.
00:55:47.91\00:55:51.55
Father, as we come to You
again in the name of Jesus,
00:55:51.58\00:55:54.12
thank you for
Your promises, Lord.
00:55:54.15\00:55:56.18
And, Father, we do,
sometimes we come to you,
00:55:56.22\00:55:59.72
dear Father, and we feel like
we just may not be up to par,
00:55:59.75\00:56:02.99
but, Father, as we
just turn it over to You,
00:56:03.02\00:56:05.86
You are the creator,
You are the problem solver,
00:56:05.89\00:56:08.30
let us not forget
that, dear Father.
00:56:08.33\00:56:10.67
And, Father, just
continue to be there
00:56:10.70\00:56:13.50
and shine on us with
Your mercy, Your grace, Lord,
00:56:13.54\00:56:16.37
Your wonderful
gifts for salvation.
00:56:16.40\00:56:19.17
So, Father, we thank You
that we have this Sabbath
00:56:19.21\00:56:21.94
to able to worship You.
00:56:21.98\00:56:23.31
Thank You for good friends,
00:56:23.35\00:56:24.68
thank You for
brothers and sisters in Christ.
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.25
We love You and thank You,
in the name of Jesus, amen.
00:56:27.28\00:56:29.95
Amen. Amen.
00:56:29.98\00:56:31.79
Well, what I wanted to say
is just one closing thought.
00:56:31.82\00:56:35.59
We were talking about,
with our face in the dust
00:56:35.62\00:56:38.46
that you're just
nearly dead and need revival.
00:56:38.49\00:56:40.80
But, you know,
sometimes people think
00:56:40.83\00:56:42.46
they just need
smelling salts and so, so, it's,
00:56:42.50\00:56:45.87
it's just we
need, all of us need to,
00:56:45.90\00:56:50.64
if we are forgetting
our first love in any way,
00:56:50.67\00:56:54.18
we need to revive.
00:56:54.21\00:56:55.54
Amen. Amen.
00:56:55.58\00:56:56.91
And that first
love is Jesus Christ.
00:56:56.95\00:56:58.98
We love Him because He
first loved us, in fact,
00:56:59.01\00:57:01.68
He came and He died for us.
00:57:01.72\00:57:04.55
And if you have not
made Christ your savior,
00:57:04.59\00:57:06.76
we want to invite you to ask Him
00:57:06.79\00:57:10.23
to come into your heart,
00:57:10.26\00:57:11.59
to put His Holy
Spirit in your heart,
00:57:11.63\00:57:12.96
and see what He will do for you.
00:57:12.99\00:57:14.76
Well, our time is all gone.
00:57:14.80\00:57:17.00
Just thank you,
guys, we love you
00:57:17.03\00:57:18.37
each and everyone so much.
00:57:18.40\00:57:19.73
Thank you.
00:57:19.77\00:57:21.10
And we love
those of you at home.
00:57:21.14\00:57:22.47
Our prayer for you
00:57:22.50\00:57:24.01
is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:24.04\00:57:27.11
the love of the Father,
00:57:27.14\00:57:28.48
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:28.51\00:57:30.81
will be with you
today and always.
00:57:30.85\00:57:34.15
Amen. God bless.
00:57:34.18\00:57:35.52
God bless.
00:57:35.55\00:57:36.89