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, and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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family worship,
happy Sabbath to you.
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Thank you so very
much for joining us
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every day of the week,
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and especially, here
for the family worship.
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It's a blessing to
come into your home
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and be able to open
the Sabbath together.
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How's your week been?
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I know, here at 3ABN, it
seems like it's always busy,
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but it's a fun busy,
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and it's neat to see
how God is working here
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at the ministry of 3ABN.
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And I know each of
you have testimonies too
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of how God is
working in your life.
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And you know what's neat,
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I think as we
opened the Sabbath,
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that is always a blessing
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to talk to God
and say thank you,
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'cause our list of I need this,
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I need that can be kind of long,
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but it's also nice to give
God the praise and the glory
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for what He's doing in
our own lives personally,
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but anyway, it's been
a great week, hasn't it?
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It has been.
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It's always a
blessing to do family worship.
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I look forward to
sharing with our 3ABN family
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around the table...
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Yes.
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And with you at home.
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You are a part
of our 3ABN family
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and we just thank
you for joining us,
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want to encourage you
to open up your Bibles
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and get ready to share with us
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as we just open up
the Sabbath together.
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We want to
introduce our 3ABN family
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around the table here.
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I'm gonna start
at our far right,
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which would be your left,
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Dee Hilderbrand is
3ABN production coordinator
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and we get to have
the privilege of working
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in the same office together too.
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So it's a blessing to
have you. That is a joy.
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Thank you for
inviting me to join you.
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It's great. And we
appreciate you, Dee.
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I work with you, I
work closely with you
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because we work
on a lot of schedules
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and calendars and
all that sort of stuff
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and it's a blessing.
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You do a great
job. Bet she does.
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And when I say
this, I don't mean to say
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that you're getting up in age,
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but you've been
here long time at 3ABN
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and you have been
a tremendous blessing
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to countless
people, not only here,
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but around the
world, Dee, isn't that,
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it's a blessing, isn't it,
to be a part of this ministry?
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It's true, it makes you
want to stay in the ministry
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and keep doing things,
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but if I'm able
to give to others
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just because I've been given to.
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Amen.
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He's a great boss,
but don't tell him.
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It's just...
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I have a great
team, let me say that.
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You do but
everybody works together
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and if God is in the center,
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God is in the
center of production,
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and we all pull together,
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and He pulls us
closer to each other,
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and it is a joy
working together.
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And we accomplish
so much through him,
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'cause us few little humans
can do everything that we do.
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And, of course,
sitting next to you,
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we answer, of course, to Danny
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'cause he's the
founder and president,
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but Mollie is vice
president and general manager,
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and wears, I don't
know how many hats,
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but, Mollie, we appreciate you,
I mean, just an amazing way.
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I don't even only
think words could describe...
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That's right.
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How much we
appreciate you as much 3ABN.
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God has graced and gifted
you for the position you're in.
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Oh, y'all encourage
me. Thank you so much.
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And I wanted to say this to Dee.
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Yeah.
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Last evening, Hal
and I were talking
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and he asked me about Dee.
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And I said, "Oh,
Dee is doing good."
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And you know, how
much you're working
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and that sort of thing.
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And he said,
"She's my favorite person
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besides you at 3ABN."
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That's what my
husband said about you.
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That's 'cause I
talk back to him.
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I gave him great joy
of giving him challenges.
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We have a great
time though at 3ABN,
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I think together it's...
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Laughter. Yeah, we do.
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You know, lot of us
we go to church together,
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we work together, and
it's really, it's fun.
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Yes, it is.
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It's a blessing to
be at ministry together.
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And, Mollie, you've seen 3ABN
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almost since the very beginning
or since the beginning,
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because you
guys donated cameras,
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you were involved with
working with Danny years ago.
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Yeah, I knew Danny
before there was a 3ABN
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and this is an
honest true statement,
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what you see is what you give.
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What you saw before 3ABN,
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it's the same
Danny you see today.
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He's aged some,
he's mellowed some,
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he's grown in the
Lord tremendously,
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but he was always a man of faith
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and a man of the word.
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Yeah. I'll agree with that.
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Yeah, that's for sure.
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Who's sitting
next to you, sweety?
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We have Jason
Bradley, our brother in Jesus.
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And neighbor to
you in the offices,
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but, Jason, you are
assistant to your mom,
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to general manager of
the Dare to Dream network.
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And it's just
the joy to have you.
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We appreciate your heart for God
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and just your spirit of service
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and joy that you
bring to the office.
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm happy to be here
and you can't tell that
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Danny is getting old
on the basketball court.
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He can't. Still moves around.
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Oh, yeah, still gets
around very, very well.
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And, Dee,
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you are what I'd like
to call one stop shop.
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You need your car fix, call Dee,
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if you need to learn
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how to schedule
something, call Dee,
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if you need anything, call Dee,
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she'll face, she'll work it out.
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Yeah, but I don't
do all this stuff,
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I just direct,
I'm good at directing.
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You know where to go.
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Coordinating, I'm a coordinator.
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Yes, you are. That's right.
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But the joy at 3ABN
comes from our laughter
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and our joy is God centered,
it's not people centered.
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We're not making fun of someone,
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our laughter
doesn't come from people,
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it comes from a
true joy of serving
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and the kind of Godly laughter
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that He intended for us to have.
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Amen. Yeah, very true.
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You know, here at 3ABN,
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you know, we try
and lay our plans out
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for the week or
the month or the year,
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and I've also learned here that
you had to be sort of flexible
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even during the week
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and we lay these
calendars and plans,
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and what we want to do,
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but, boy, things
happen all the time.
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So God is working on
me to make me flexible
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and just go with
His plan, not my plan.
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So it's a
blessing working together.
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That's why God put erasers
on the end of the pencils,
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so we can change our plans.
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Amen.
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You see what I'm saying here,
this is we call it Mollieisms,
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I mean, wasn't that great?
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That was just great.
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Even just this
week here at 3ABN,
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now Mollie and I just sat down
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and just had some
great meetings together.
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And I just always
appreciate her encouragement
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and words of wisdom that
come from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Gossips
are little different.
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Go ahead, you're
gonna say something.
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We do, I was just
gonna say, we're so glad,
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you're part of our 3ABN family.
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We've been sharing about
how we share as 3ABN family,
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but you are a part of
our 3ABN family as well.
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We are just so glad
that you have joined us
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and tonight we're talking
about the subject of kindness,
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which is powerful,
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because I just think a
kind and lovable Christian
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is such a powerful argument
in favor of Christianity,
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and on previous family worships,
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I know for Greg and
I, we have talked about
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some of the
fruits of the spirit,
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we've had family
worships on love,
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and joy, and
peace, and patience,
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even self control,
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and now this one is on kindness.
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So we're excited about that.
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But before we
get into our topic,
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we're gonna do
something different, aren't we?
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We are.
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And I actually want to
go back just a little bit,
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so I hope we're not
confusing you too much,
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we are talking
about you being our family
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and I know Mollie
can attest to this,
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Jill and others.
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But send your letters
to us, emails or just,
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it's always good
to hear from you,
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and we receive a lot of
mail, don't we, Mollie at 3ABN.
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But the letters are read
and so it's not just okay,
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you know, you think
okay, they just come to 3ABN,
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they're just
putting do not answer box
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or just thrown in the bin.
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We appreciate hearing from you.
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So whatever it is,
send us a letter and email,
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and we do enjoy
hearing from you,
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'cause you are
part of our family.
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By going to music, we're
not really gonna be singing.
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We're not.
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We're going to do,
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we don't have Tim
Parton at the piano,
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so but not only
just 'cause of that,
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because we thought
it's nice to change it up
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and do something different.
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So instead of singing a song,
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we're going to read a
psalm of praise to God.
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I know it sounds
like song, doesn't it?
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It does.
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A psalm of praise to God,
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because the psalms
really were meant to be sung.
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And their words of praise
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and adoration to
our Father in heaven.
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So open up your Bibles,
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we're gonna have the words
of the Psalm on the screen,
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so you can follow along,
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and we're going to Psalm 145.
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Yeah, And we're
gonna go around the circle
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we have divided this up, I
think I'll do the 21 verses.
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So we're gonna start with Dee
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and we'll just go
around the circle,
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so hopefully you're
joining us, Psalm 145.
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And they can read along
with us, so there is a...
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Yeah, that's right, Dee.
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We're raising praise to the Lord
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and they can join us in now.
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We should pray, shouldn't we
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before we start
reading God's words?
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Oh, yeah. Thank you so much.
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Yeah.
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Thank you, Jason, I saw
you mouthing it over there,
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so yeah, good thought.
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We need to pray.
Yeah, so apology.
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Yeah, let's pray up
before opening God's word,
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we wanna invite the Holy Spirit,
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Jesus to join us,
yeah, in our worships.
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Brother Jason, yeah. Sure.
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Would you mind
opening in prayer?
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Absolutely.
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Dear heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the opportunity
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and the
privilege of worshiping you
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with our 3ABN family,
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we ask that You
would fill this studio
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with Your Holy Spirit that
You would lead and guide us
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and tell all truth
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and that You would also
be with the viewers at home
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as they study Your word as well,
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you.
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Now to Psalm 145.
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Psalms 145:1,
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"I will extol
You, my God, O King,
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And I will bless Your
name forever and ever.
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Every day I will bless You,
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And I will praise
Your name forever and ever.
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God is Great, Great is the Lord,
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and greatly to be praised.
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And His
greatness is unsearchable.
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One generation shall
praise Your works to another.
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And shall declare
Your mighty acts."
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Verse 5, "I will meditate
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on the glorious
splendor of Your majesty.
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And on Your wondrous works.
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Men shall speak of the
might of Your awesome acts.
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And I will
declare Your greatness.
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They shall utter the
memory of Your great goodness,
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And shall sing of
your righteousness.
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The Lord is gracious
and full of compassion.
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Slow to anger
and great in mercy.
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Amen.
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I'm starting with verse 9,
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"The Lord is good to all,
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And His tender mercies
are over all His works.
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All Your works
shall praise You, O Lord,
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And Your saints shall bless You.
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They shall speak of
the glory of Your kingdom,
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And talk of Your power.
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To make known to the sons of men
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his mighty acts,
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And the glorious
majesty of His kingdom.
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Verse 13,
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"Your kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom,
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And Your dominion endures
throughout all generations.
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The Lord upholds all who fall,
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And raises up all
who are bowed down.
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The eyes of all
look expectantly to You,
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And You give them
their food in due season.
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You open Your hand
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And satisfy the
desire of every living thing.
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Verse 17,
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"The Lord is
righteous in all His ways,
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Gracious in all His works.
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The Lord is near to
all who call upon Him,
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To all who call
upon Him in truth.
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He will fulfill the
desire of those who fear Him.
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He also will hear
their cry and save them.
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The Lord
preserves all who love Him,
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But all the
wicked He will destroy.
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My mouth shall speak
the praise of the Lord,
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And all flesh shall bless
His holy name forever and ever.
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Amen. Amen.
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What an amazing Psalm. It is.
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You know, it would have
been neat to have heard it sung,
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because like you mentioned,
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these psalms were
meant to be sung as songs,
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like I'm sure, in David's time,
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and I'm sure generations passed.
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Boy, I got a great scripture
that the Lord is gracious.
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I think, Mollie,
you're reading that
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and full of compassion.
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Slow to anger
and great in mercy.
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I'm so grateful for
God's mercy toward me.
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Because I'm definitely a sinner
in need of mercy and grace,
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but, boy, He has
forgiven my sins,
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you know, as we ask for that
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and He does and
cleanses us, it's a great psalm.
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Amen. It is.
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It's powerful, as we
transition into kindness,
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I'm so thankful for the Lord's
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loving kindness
toward each one of us.
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As we talk about
kindness, first of all,
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let's just kind of
establish what is kindness,
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we'll look at a definition.
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Let's look at maybe a definition
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from maybe dictionary,
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and then we'll look
at a biblical definition,
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and see if they're
the same or different.
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So first of all, what would be
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just a regular
definition of kindness?
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The quality of
being friendly, generous,
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and considerate really.
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I like that. Oh, that's good.
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Did you find something, Mollie?
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Behavior marked by
a pleasant disposition
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and concern, and
caring for others,
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it is known as a virtue,
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selfless concern for
the welfare of others,
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and that's what I
thought maybe capsuled it,
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just concern for others.
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Absolutely.
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It's putting the
other person first.
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Putting their feelings,
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their needs in
front of your own.
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So what's the opposite
do you think of kindness,
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I mean, obviously
you have unkindness,
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but what something else,
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what would you
think of is an opposite?
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Selfishness. Selfishness.
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Harsh honesty. Harsh?
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Ooh.
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You said honesty? Harsh honesty.
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Oh, harsh honesty.
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Lack in tact maybe or something.
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That's interesting. I
hadn't thought of that.
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Yeah. I think sometimes anger.
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Maybe sometimes the
opposite, maybe of kindness.
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We know that the
law of the universe
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is what self-sacrificing love.
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What is the opposite
of self-sacrificing love,
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that selfishness.
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And who exemplified a
self-sacrificing love,
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of course, that's
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Amen. Very true.
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Why do you think is
the purpose of kindness?
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I think it's to bring
honor and glory to God
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by reflecting His
character to others.
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Nice. Okay.
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It also lifts other people up.
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Being kind to them...
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You mean encourages
them? Encourages them.
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Okay. Yeah.
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It encourages them.
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Do you think kindness
can break down barriers?
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Absolutely.
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You know,
maybe, you meet someone
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who is a little
difficult or a little abrasive.
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Now if you respond with
difficulty or abrasiveness
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that wall begins to build
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between you and
the other person.
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But if you react with kindness,
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I think kindness
works like to melt
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that to break that down
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and to bring us back into unity.
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It's like, what
does a soft answer do?
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Turns away wrath.
It turns away wrath.
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Soft answer. It
softens a hard heart.
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Yes, yes.
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Even in the Bible
when we look at Romans 2:4.
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Romans 2, let me
turn there real quick.
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I like this verse.
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Oh, all right. You
know, when you get it...
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What was the verse? 4, verse 4.
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Chapter. I'm in Acts still.
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Romans 2:4.
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Yes, this was really good.
I read this, I was like, wow!
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Yes. That is very kind.
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And when we're talking about
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how kindness
breaks down barriers.
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I think that really
applies to this right here.
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"Or despisest thou" this is
form the King James Version.
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"Or despisest thou
the riches of his goodness
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and forbearance
and longsuffering,
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not knowing that
the goodness of God
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leadeth thee to repentance?"
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You have New King James, right?
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Will you read
what it says there?
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"Do you despise the
riches of His goodness,
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forbearance, and longsuffering,
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not knowing that
the goodness of God
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leads you to repentance?"
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So it's breaking
down barriers in it.
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Yes.
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That He's
pointing out his kindness
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to lead us to repentance,
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because His
ultimate goal is for us
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to spend eternity with Him.
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Yes. Amen.
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Let's look at kindness
as a fruit of the spirit,
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since we mentioned fruit of
the spirit at the beginning.
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This is in Galatians.
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And we've read this
before in our program,
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but it's a wonderful scripture
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'cause God wants to work
out His fruit in our lives,
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we're in Galatians 5.
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No, there's obviously a reason
why kindness is important.
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I know, Mollie,
you had a good quote,
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didn't you that kind of
while we're turning to this?
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Do you want to read that? Yeah.
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I can read that quote.
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In Galatians 5
we'll return to that.
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And to say also kindness
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is just so closely identified
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with the other
fruit of the spirits,
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a lot of in the mercies.
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But let me read this quote,
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it's out of My
Life Today, page 183.
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"Kindness and love and courtesy
are the marks of the Christian.
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In our
association with each other,
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let it be ever remembered
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that there are chapters
in the experience of others
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that are sealed
from mortal eyes.
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There are sad histories
00:17:37.92\00:17:40.26
that are written in
the books of heaven,
00:17:40.29\00:17:42.82
but are sacredly
guarded from prying eyes.
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There stand registered long,
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hard battles with
trying circumstances,
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arising in the very homes..."
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We don't know what happened
with people even this morning.
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"That day by day sap
the courage, the faith,
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the confidence,
until the very manhood
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seems to fall to ruins.
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But Jesus knows it
all, and He never forgets.
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To such, words of kindness
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and of affection
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are welcome as
the smile of angels.
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A strong, helpful grasp
of the hand of a true friend
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is worth more
than gold and silver."
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So we can see someone
that they look just fine.
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But what we don't know
is how fragile they are
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because we don't know
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what they have
just gone through.
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I was using
Jason as the example.
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We don't know what you
went through this morning.
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How badly you may
have been treated or what,
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but you come to work
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and then if we
give you a harsh word,
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then we could just
be really damaging.
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So we need to be considerate
and kind at all times.
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You know, at the
very end there, Mollie,
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too mentioned that I think,
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basically you
can't put a price on it,
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what did it say
about gold and silver?
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It said...
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A strong, helpful grasp
of the hand of a true friend
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is worth more
than gold and silver.
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Don't we know that to
be true? That is very true.
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Yeah. Very true.
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The qualities you
mentioned at the very beginning,
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it said, love, was
it mercy, kindness,
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the once at the
very beginning...
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Kindness, and
love, and courtesy.
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Courtesy. Courtesy.
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Kindness are the
marks of the Christian.
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Amen.
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It reminds me of I know
we're going to Galatians 5,
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but it just made me
think of this Luke 6.
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Luke 6.
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It seems like, in the Bible,
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kindness is often
connected with other words,
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and what you mentioned there
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from Ellen White connecting
it with courtesy and with love,
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so let's go to...
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Luke 6:35-36.
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Jesus is talking.
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This is part of the
Sermon on the Mount,
00:20:00.26\00:20:02.43
right after the beatitudes
00:20:02.46\00:20:03.80
"Love your enemies, do good,
00:20:03.83\00:20:05.73
and lend, hoping
for nothing in return,
00:20:05.77\00:20:08.64
and your reward will be great,
00:20:08.67\00:20:10.74
and you will be
sons of the Most High,
00:20:10.77\00:20:12.97
for He is kind to
the unthankful and evil.
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Therefore, be merciful,
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.15
just as your
Father also is merciful."
00:20:18.18\00:20:20.42
And to me those three
words, almost overlapped.
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We see love,
kindness, and mercy.
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And you see the
connection of them.
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That's good.
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You know, it's
interesting that you went there,
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like I wasn't thinking
about that particular verse,
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but I was thinking
about drawing a point with...
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as it pertains to that.
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Just the motive
behind our kindness,
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you know what is our
reason for our kindness,
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are we doing it,
00:20:49.98\00:20:51.31
because we have
the love of Christ
00:20:51.35\00:20:52.88
or we're being kind,
because we want something.
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In return.
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Am I being kind to you,
00:20:56.18\00:20:57.52
because I want to get some food,
00:20:57.55\00:21:03.09
or am I might be kind to you
00:21:03.12\00:21:05.13
because I want to get a
ride somewhere or whatever?
00:21:05.16\00:21:08.46
Why are we being kind,
00:21:08.50\00:21:09.83
is it genuine kindness or
is there an ulterior motive?
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You know, I have
got a statement here.
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I don't know, why I pulled
it, but it fits in with this.
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Great.
00:21:19.24\00:21:20.58
It's fine to know the truth,
the three angels' messages,
00:21:20.61\00:21:24.55
the state of the dead
00:21:24.58\00:21:25.91
and be able to explain
00:21:25.95\00:21:27.35
the investigative
judgment with eloquence,
00:21:27.38\00:21:31.19
but ask yourself this question,
00:21:31.22\00:21:33.49
how do you treat others,
00:21:33.52\00:21:35.42
especially, those
who were under you
00:21:35.46\00:21:38.59
or those who can
do nothing for you,
00:21:38.63\00:21:41.36
that is those who have
nothing to offer you in return,
00:21:41.40\00:21:45.73
the answer to that
question speaks volumes
00:21:45.77\00:21:49.60
about our character.
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Yes.
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It really does.
That's a good point.
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I'm not sure the
kindness can be phoney,
00:21:54.24\00:21:57.08
I think if you're
being, you can being,
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if you want something,
00:21:59.25\00:22:00.58
you're nice to
them or you're polite,
00:22:00.62\00:22:02.58
but I think kindness has to come
00:22:02.62\00:22:05.42
from the very
inner part soul of you.
00:22:05.45\00:22:08.76
Everything else, if
it's not true kindness,
00:22:08.79\00:22:11.56
it is politeness, it's courtesy,
00:22:11.59\00:22:13.36
it's manipulation, it's
all the negative things.
00:22:13.40\00:22:16.70
But kindness comes
from the very core of you,
00:22:16.73\00:22:19.87
and I'm wondering if
it can be a stepping stone
00:22:19.90\00:22:23.64
to leading to the
mercy and the love,
00:22:23.67\00:22:27.91
sometimes it can
say what, you know,
00:22:27.94\00:22:29.64
you're trying to
grow as a Christian.
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.41
So you're like,
I'm going to be loving,
00:22:31.45\00:22:34.35
I'm gonna be merciful,
but if you say, I'm going...
00:22:34.38\00:22:39.25
instead of saying I'm
not gonna get angry today,
00:22:39.29\00:22:41.59
if you have
whatever your issue is,
00:22:41.62\00:22:44.29
instead of saying,
00:22:44.33\00:22:45.66
I am going to work on
being kind to somebody,
00:22:45.69\00:22:49.56
maybe you have a problem
with them, instead of saying,
00:22:49.60\00:22:52.07
"Well, I'm gonna love Jason"
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.07
I'm gonna say, "Well,
I'm gonna be kind to Jason."
00:22:54.10\00:22:57.37
So kindness might
be a stepping stone,
00:22:57.41\00:23:00.58
that you can take to
grow in your Christian walk
00:23:00.61\00:23:04.58
to get to where you want
to be of having the mercy
00:23:04.61\00:23:07.92
and the love
with he whole package,
00:23:07.95\00:23:10.12
the all of them.
00:23:10.15\00:23:11.49
Yeah, that's well said, Dee.
00:23:11.52\00:23:12.85
There is this, I'm not
gonna say it's a movement,
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.79
but it's just this
called random acts of kindness
00:23:14.82\00:23:19.66
where people
just look for somebody
00:23:19.69\00:23:23.06
to randomly be kind to.
00:23:23.10\00:23:25.07
What an impact that
would have on the little mother
00:23:25.10\00:23:28.90
that really
didn't have enough money
00:23:28.94\00:23:30.37
to pay for that
bill at the restaurant.
00:23:30.41\00:23:33.74
A random act of kindness
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.98
and we need to maybe everyday
00:23:36.01\00:23:41.45
consciously say to our self,
00:23:41.48\00:23:43.28
I'm gonna find somebody
to do something kind for,
00:23:43.32\00:23:47.22
until it becomes a habit.
00:23:47.26\00:23:49.19
Look, you and I were
studying not too long ago,
00:23:49.22\00:23:51.36
how long it takes for
something to become a habit,
00:23:51.39\00:23:54.13
it was 21 days for
some things. It was...
00:23:54.16\00:23:57.20
Was it a glass of
water, drinking water?
00:23:57.23\00:23:58.57
Yeah, to drink a glass of water
00:23:58.60\00:24:01.04
first thing in the
morning didn't take very long.
00:24:01.07\00:24:03.24
Some things it
took a really long time.
00:24:03.27\00:24:05.97
But if we consciously say
to our self every morning,
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.24
I'm going to find
somebody to do a random,
00:24:09.28\00:24:12.58
to be randomly kind to.
00:24:12.61\00:24:15.38
I think it would change
our whole outlook on life.
00:24:15.42\00:24:18.42
It changes who
you are. I like that.
00:24:18.45\00:24:20.52
You no longer think,
00:24:20.56\00:24:21.92
"Well, I have to do
something kind for someone."
00:24:21.96\00:24:24.36
It just becomes who you are.
00:24:24.39\00:24:27.33
And then that comes
with the love and the mercy,
00:24:27.36\00:24:30.27
you just grow into that
00:24:30.30\00:24:32.03
by making a specific decision
of following the fruits.
00:24:32.07\00:24:37.54
And that's what I think.
00:24:37.57\00:24:38.91
It's fun, that's a
good challenge, Mollie,
00:24:38.94\00:24:40.28
far as doing a
random act of kindness
00:24:40.31\00:24:41.64
because it's fun
actually to do that, isn't it?
00:24:41.68\00:24:43.01
I mean sometimes, you know,
00:24:43.04\00:24:44.38
when you just do something like
that actually is encouraging
00:24:44.41\00:24:46.18
and makes you feel better too.
00:24:46.21\00:24:48.52
I think, 'cause that's
the way God wants us to be.
00:24:48.55\00:24:51.05
Yeah, I really do.
00:24:51.09\00:24:52.42
Double blessing. It is.
00:24:52.45\00:24:53.79
Yeah, blessing for them
and... Blessing for you.
00:24:53.82\00:24:56.56
Yeah. That's very true.
00:24:56.59\00:24:58.43
Can you go back to
Galatians? Let's go back.
00:24:58.46\00:25:01.26
Sorry, that was a detour.
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.40
It was a good
detour, I like it a lot.
00:25:03.43\00:25:05.10
It's a blessing.
00:25:05.13\00:25:06.47
Galatians 5:22-23.
00:25:06.50\00:25:10.21
Who has that, who
wants to read that?
00:25:10.24\00:25:13.34
Five, go ahead, Jason. Okay.
00:25:13.38\00:25:15.01
"But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.11
longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness,
00:25:18.15\00:25:20.55
faith, meekness, temperance.
00:25:20.58\00:25:22.75
Against such there is no law."
00:25:22.78\00:25:24.75
So your word for gentleness
is translated in New King James
00:25:24.79\00:25:27.56
as kindness, is that right?
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.49
'Cause mine says "The fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:25:29.52\00:25:32.56
longsuffering,
kindness, goodness."
00:25:32.59\00:25:34.40
Okay, yeah. So
mine is gentleness.
00:25:34.43\00:25:36.46
Gentleness,
okay. Yeah, so is mine.
00:25:36.50\00:25:38.17
If you look at the
original Greek word
00:25:38.20\00:25:40.50
for that word for kindness
00:25:40.54\00:25:41.90
or gentleness as
King James translates it.
00:25:41.94\00:25:45.24
It means they said
that, "No adjective in English
00:25:45.27\00:25:50.35
specifically encompasses
what it means in the Greek."
00:25:50.38\00:25:54.48
So we could translate
it gentleness or kindness,
00:25:54.52\00:25:57.65
but we're still not
perfectly encapsulating
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.96
what it really means.
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.46
It means being useful,
gentle, pleasant, kind,
00:26:02.49\00:26:06.83
kindness that is serviceable.
00:26:06.86\00:26:09.40
And the word it means something
that's useful, to be useful,
00:26:09.43\00:26:14.17
a virtue that is ready,
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.14
willing to do
good for other people.
00:26:16.17\00:26:18.54
So that really encompasses
any of our English words
00:26:18.57\00:26:21.91
and we just say
kindness or gentleness,
00:26:21.94\00:26:24.05
but it's really I
think the act of being ready
00:26:24.08\00:26:26.98
or willing to do
good for other people.
00:26:27.02\00:26:29.92
Maybe to serve or to
have a servant's heart.
00:26:29.95\00:26:31.52
Yes, yes. Yeah, that's good.
00:26:31.55\00:26:33.96
Yeah, absolutely.
00:26:33.99\00:26:36.49
You know, I wonder, is it...
00:26:36.52\00:26:37.86
Go ahead, Dee. It's an action.
00:26:37.89\00:26:39.43
Yes. Kindness.
00:26:39.46\00:26:40.80
There you go. I like the action.
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.16
Action. I like that.
00:26:42.20\00:26:44.57
You know, is it, I don't know,
if there is even a difference,
00:26:44.60\00:26:46.47
you think it's harder to
be kind to people we know,
00:26:46.50\00:26:50.07
or people we don't know?
00:26:50.11\00:26:51.67
That's a good question.
00:26:51.71\00:26:53.04
I almost think it's
harder to be kind to people
00:26:53.07\00:26:55.38
that we actually know
00:26:55.41\00:26:57.18
because we have a tendency
00:26:57.21\00:26:58.88
to take advantage
of their love for us,
00:26:58.91\00:27:02.25
their understanding,
I'm little agitated.
00:27:02.28\00:27:06.79
So if I'm not kind to
Kathy, she'll forgive me,
00:27:06.82\00:27:12.26
but this person I
don't know over there
00:27:12.29\00:27:15.60
doesn't know me either,
00:27:15.63\00:27:16.97
they don't know
how I normally am
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.83
so I'm gonna be careful
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.90
that they see
the best side of me.
00:27:20.94\00:27:23.61
We're more willing to
show the worst side of us
00:27:23.64\00:27:26.34
to people who
love and forgive us
00:27:26.37\00:27:29.01
and that's too bad
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.41
because we
really need to give them
00:27:30.45\00:27:33.98
our very, very
best, our kindness always.
00:27:34.02\00:27:39.25
And I've noticed in
the office when all of us,
00:27:39.29\00:27:43.99
when we chose to
be kind to each other,
00:27:44.03\00:27:48.46
to reach out or ask a
question or a request,
00:27:48.50\00:27:51.57
if it's done in kindness,
00:27:51.60\00:27:54.60
it just spreads out there.
00:27:54.64\00:27:57.11
It multiplies.
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.27
And if we're in a hurry
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.04
and little stressed
or agitated, and we go,
00:28:01.08\00:28:03.45
"Can you take
care of this please?"
00:28:03.48\00:28:05.75
That spreads
out there too, so...
00:28:05.78\00:28:09.72
You know, and I hate to say this
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.15
but I guess
confession is good for the soul.
00:28:11.19\00:28:12.72
On Monday of this week,
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.09
I was really
sharp with an employee,
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.12
you know, in
production of this week,
00:28:16.16\00:28:17.99
and he bothered me all night,
00:28:18.03\00:28:19.36
you know, when you wake up,
00:28:19.39\00:28:20.73
it's kind of one of those things
00:28:20.76\00:28:22.10
so, you know, we have corporate
worship Tuesday morning.
00:28:22.13\00:28:24.27
And so before
worship starts like,
00:28:24.30\00:28:25.63
God, I got to
talk to this person
00:28:25.67\00:28:27.00
so, you know, and
when I talked to him,
00:28:27.04\00:28:29.00
he said, "Yeah, it
really caught us off guard."
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.71
You know, you're always trying
to be kind and unfortunately,
00:28:30.74\00:28:34.01
yeah.
00:28:34.04\00:28:35.38
So, yeah.
00:28:35.41\00:28:37.18
You know, he asked for
forgiveness to them of God
00:28:37.21\00:28:39.55
'cause it's so
easy, I mean not easy,
00:28:39.58\00:28:40.92
we go to God, God, forgive me,
00:28:40.95\00:28:42.28
I shouldn't have responded, bam,
00:28:42.32\00:28:43.65
just like that and
be sharp with my tongue.
00:28:43.69\00:28:46.29
But you also have
to go to that person
00:28:46.32\00:28:48.62
because you know,
they'd received it well,
00:28:48.66\00:28:51.09
but you know, it wasn't,
00:28:51.13\00:28:52.46
I could have said it
in a much better way.
00:28:52.49\00:28:55.00
And so I wasn't kind
to them, but I don't know.
00:28:55.03\00:28:59.03
No, Jill,
something that I've noticed,
00:28:59.07\00:29:01.57
and I know,
you've noticed it too
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.30
because you take a
lot of the phone calls.
00:29:03.34\00:29:06.04
Jill and I take the
agitated phone calls.
00:29:06.07\00:29:08.88
We do get a few of
those here at 3ABN.
00:29:08.91\00:29:11.28
Not whole lot,
but we do get some.
00:29:11.31\00:29:13.42
And it is so
disarming to the caller
00:29:13.45\00:29:17.55
if they're ranting
and raving or whatever
00:29:17.59\00:29:20.46
and you respond, well,
00:29:20.49\00:29:21.92
I'm gonna say
with the soft answer.
00:29:21.96\00:29:23.29
That's right.
00:29:23.32\00:29:24.66
But with
kindness and with concern
00:29:24.69\00:29:26.90
and it just takes
the sting out of them
00:29:26.93\00:29:30.27
if said soft.
00:29:30.30\00:29:31.90
Yeah, they
actually had a reply to me,
00:29:31.93\00:29:33.27
which I think it comes
from Proverbs 15, isn't it?
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.90
"Soft answer turns away wrath".
00:29:34.94\00:29:36.91
So they had replied
very, just I was like, oh, man,
00:29:36.94\00:29:40.04
it's convicting, you know, like,
00:29:40.08\00:29:41.74
oh, well, you know I
tend to be sharp that way
00:29:41.78\00:29:43.51
with on that very
particular instance
00:29:43.55\00:29:45.28
and so, yeah, that's right.
00:29:45.31\00:29:46.65
A soft answer can definitely
turn away wrath for sure.
00:29:46.68\00:29:50.12
But they could
easily accept your apology
00:29:50.15\00:29:52.25
because that's
not your character,
00:29:52.29\00:29:54.39
that's not who you are.
00:29:54.42\00:29:55.76
Well, God's working,
you know, in many areas,
00:29:55.79\00:29:57.23
you know, in all of our
lives, but in my life too.
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.26
And I've heard Mollie and Jill
both on the phone with someone
00:29:59.29\00:30:03.23
who is stressed
00:30:03.26\00:30:05.07
and it is coming from
the very depth of them,
00:30:05.10\00:30:08.50
I mean, where they're
kind, their kindness is actually
00:30:08.54\00:30:15.04
trying to get to
the root of the person,
00:30:15.08\00:30:17.15
it's an action of
actually trying to help them.
00:30:17.18\00:30:20.22
And I think that's why
it's usually successful
00:30:20.25\00:30:23.79
because they're not
just being kind, to be kind,
00:30:23.82\00:30:27.49
or try to get him to calm down.
00:30:27.52\00:30:29.36
It is a true heart of
the spirit, of an action,
00:30:29.39\00:30:33.83
of actually trying
to help that person.
00:30:33.86\00:30:36.53
That's good.
00:30:36.56\00:30:37.90
So I think that
kindness makes it different
00:30:37.93\00:30:41.07
if you'd just not given him...
00:30:41.10\00:30:43.74
And what I was
also thinking in terms,
00:30:43.77\00:30:45.11
I try to remember my
train of thought here,
00:30:45.14\00:30:46.47
but, you know,
we're talking about people
00:30:46.51\00:30:47.84
that we know versus
people that we don't know
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.74
and so, you
know, I thank the Lord
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.21
that I had the
opportunity to go back
00:30:51.25\00:30:52.58
and ask for forgiveness.
00:30:52.61\00:30:53.95
But some of these people,
00:30:53.98\00:30:55.32
you know, sometimes
maybe I'm tending to be,
00:30:55.35\00:30:56.69
I mean I don't tend to be
but sometimes we can be rude,
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.59
maybe a storm, we don't
want to see this person...
00:30:58.62\00:30:59.95
And you are not a
rude person, sweetie.
00:30:59.99\00:31:02.09
I just want to put that
out there right now, okay.
00:31:02.12\00:31:04.93
But, you know, we can
at different circumstances,
00:31:04.96\00:31:06.73
we're in the
storm, that's right,
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.10
in different
circumstances in life
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.63
we maybe come across one person
one time in a airport line,
00:31:09.66\00:31:13.30
you know, whatever.
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.67
And so sometimes,
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.04
we don't have the
opportunity to even go back.
00:31:16.07\00:31:17.41
So I think how
we represent Jesus
00:31:17.44\00:31:20.31
'cause that's really what
we're here for in this life
00:31:20.34\00:31:22.81
to be a representation
for the Lord Jesus Christ
00:31:22.84\00:31:25.21
for Him to flow
through us to others
00:31:25.25\00:31:27.35
that we come in contact
with whether it's people
00:31:27.38\00:31:28.98
that we, our
family we live with,
00:31:29.02\00:31:30.85
the people we work with,
people we will never see again.
00:31:30.89\00:31:34.52
Mollie, you're
talking about we don't know
00:31:34.56\00:31:35.89
what some of these
people are going through
00:31:35.92\00:31:37.26
on that particular day
00:31:37.29\00:31:38.63
and we can be that
word of encouragement
00:31:38.66\00:31:40.56
to give them hope.
00:31:40.60\00:31:42.50
I wanna go back
to the phone calls
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.77
because this has
happened a few times,
00:31:44.80\00:31:48.04
you know, few years
ago I got a bad diagnosis
00:31:48.07\00:31:51.57
and me personally
I had kept to myself
00:31:51.61\00:31:54.88
and just had about a few,
00:31:54.91\00:31:56.48
but my husband put it at
on the worldwide prayer chain.
00:31:56.51\00:32:00.92
And so the whole world knows
00:32:00.95\00:32:02.35
that I've got some
health issues and...
00:32:02.38\00:32:05.32
So I would get
these agitated phone calls
00:32:05.35\00:32:07.89
and so we calm them down,
00:32:07.92\00:32:11.36
talk with them, do
everything I knew to help.
00:32:11.39\00:32:14.46
And on more than one occasion,
00:32:14.50\00:32:17.60
at the end after we
worked through everything,
00:32:17.63\00:32:20.07
the person will just
I've had them say to me,
00:32:20.10\00:32:22.20
"You know, Mollie,
00:32:22.24\00:32:23.57
my wife and I pray
for you every night."
00:32:23.61\00:32:25.27
Wow. So just think about this.
00:32:25.31\00:32:27.58
What if I had not
responding kindly to somebody
00:32:27.61\00:32:31.51
that's praying
for me every night?
00:32:31.55\00:32:33.72
I'll thank God, the Father
by the power of His spirit
00:32:33.75\00:32:38.45
would help my response
to be what it should be.
00:32:38.49\00:32:42.02
It's only through God
by the power of His spirit
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.19
because in us there
is really no good thing.
00:32:45.23\00:32:48.03
But only if we
we're submitted to God.
00:32:48.06\00:32:49.83
Amen.
00:32:49.86\00:32:51.20
Then who do we hear
00:32:51.23\00:32:52.57
when we're not kind to
each other or to a stranger,
00:32:52.60\00:32:55.80
who are we hurting
really, who are we...?
00:32:55.84\00:32:58.31
Hurt Jesus.
00:32:58.34\00:32:59.67
Yes.
00:32:59.71\00:33:01.04
We are hurting
Jesus and His reputation.
00:33:01.08\00:33:05.78
Yeah.
00:33:05.81\00:33:07.15
'Cause we're
supposed to represent
00:33:07.18\00:33:08.52
the character of Jesus.
00:33:08.55\00:33:09.88
That's right.
00:33:09.92\00:33:11.25
You know, that's
the fruit of the spirit
00:33:11.29\00:33:12.62
where God calls us to possess
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.16
and to have in our
hearts and in our lives.
00:33:14.19\00:33:16.56
I think, I wanna
go to one scripture
00:33:16.59\00:33:18.43
and look at God's
kindness toward us
00:33:18.46\00:33:20.56
and then we've been talking
about kindness toward others
00:33:20.60\00:33:22.50
and we need to make sure
00:33:22.53\00:33:23.87
we look at
scriptures for that too.
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.30
But the one scripture
God's kindness toward us,
00:33:25.33\00:33:27.47
the one, one of my
favorites is Jeremiah.
00:33:27.50\00:33:30.34
Jeremiah 31:3.
00:33:30.37\00:33:33.14
And often, when I
quote this scripture
00:33:33.17\00:33:35.14
I just think of it
with the love part.
00:33:35.18\00:33:38.41
God has loved us
with an everlasting love
00:33:38.45\00:33:40.78
but I don't
process the kindness part.
00:33:40.82\00:33:42.95
True.
00:33:42.98\00:33:44.32
We do tend to think of
the love aspect of this verse.
00:33:44.35\00:33:46.69
And not the
kindness. Do you have that?
00:33:46.72\00:33:48.06
Yeah. Jeremiah 31:3.
00:33:48.09\00:33:50.66
Go ahead, Mollie.
00:33:50.69\00:33:52.03
"The Lord has
appeared of old to me,
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.73
saying, yes, I have loved
you with an everlasting love,
00:33:53.76\00:33:56.97
therefore with loving
kindness I have drawn you.'
00:33:57.00\00:34:01.24
Amen. Wow.
00:34:01.27\00:34:02.60
Amen.
00:34:02.64\00:34:03.97
We were talking about
kindness breaking down barriers
00:34:04.01\00:34:06.57
and you read that
verse from Romans 2, Jay.
00:34:06.61\00:34:08.94
And I like this one
'cause it's the same thing.
00:34:08.98\00:34:11.68
God, His loving
kindness draws us to Himself,
00:34:11.71\00:34:16.32
breaks down like my hard
heart, my heart of stone.
00:34:16.35\00:34:20.09
And you think, sweetheart,
even in that experience,
00:34:20.12\00:34:22.46
where you went back
to that person on Tuesday
00:34:22.49\00:34:24.79
and apologized,
00:34:24.83\00:34:26.16
that's the
loving kindness of God,
00:34:26.19\00:34:27.53
drawing your heart and saying,
00:34:27.56\00:34:29.30
I want you as my
son to act in this way
00:34:29.33\00:34:31.53
in a way to be kind.
00:34:31.57\00:34:32.90
So God works on us and
then we in turn reach out
00:34:32.93\00:34:35.80
and work on other people.
00:34:35.84\00:34:37.17
Absolutely.
00:34:37.21\00:34:38.54
All of my life,
when I was harsh to God,
00:34:38.57\00:34:43.55
when I rejected Him
00:34:43.58\00:34:44.91
and, but, yeah,
when I was in trouble,
00:34:44.95\00:34:46.82
I returned to Him
00:34:46.85\00:34:48.98
and this verse resonates
within my heart so much
00:34:49.02\00:34:55.02
because even
when I was out there
00:34:55.06\00:34:57.43
and not His daughter,
and acting rebellious.
00:34:57.46\00:35:01.53
When I get in
trouble and turned to him,
00:35:01.56\00:35:04.00
whether it was,
00:35:04.03\00:35:05.60
whether I felt
physically endangered
00:35:05.63\00:35:07.74
or emotional or
psych, whatever it was,
00:35:07.77\00:35:10.67
I never once did
not God respond to me
00:35:10.71\00:35:15.04
in loving kindness.
00:35:15.08\00:35:17.35
Wow, isn't that great?
00:35:17.38\00:35:18.85
I always, He would, it's like,
00:35:18.88\00:35:21.82
His spirit would
just come over me,
00:35:21.85\00:35:24.85
and then He knew
that I would accept it
00:35:24.89\00:35:27.89
for that moment and
then reject it again.
00:35:27.92\00:35:30.76
But yet, every
time, time after time...
00:35:30.79\00:35:34.56
That's powerful.
00:35:34.60\00:35:35.93
He came to me
with loving kindness
00:35:35.96\00:35:40.24
and that's why I
love Him so deeply.
00:35:40.27\00:35:42.17
Yes.
00:35:42.20\00:35:43.61
There is a verse in Romans,
00:35:43.64\00:35:46.14
but I think I'm starting
to get to like this book.
00:35:46.17\00:35:47.84
You're really
studying Romans, I love that.
00:35:47.88\00:35:51.05
Romans 5:8 and that goes
along with what you're saying.
00:35:51.08\00:35:57.12
Let me know when
you guys are there.
00:35:57.15\00:35:58.49
Okay. Romans 5:8 Got it.
00:35:58.52\00:35:59.89
"But God commendeth His
love toward us, in that,
00:35:59.92\00:36:02.79
while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.89
Amen.
00:36:05.93\00:36:07.26
That is the ultimate
act of kindness of love of,
00:36:07.30\00:36:10.50
I mean, you can learn so
many lessons from the Cross,
00:36:10.53\00:36:15.00
from Christ's sacrifice.
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.71
And then the fact that,
He died for the very people
00:36:16.74\00:36:18.87
who were persecuting Him,
00:36:18.91\00:36:21.01
He came and risked everything,
spared no expense to save us.
00:36:21.04\00:36:26.28
Amen.
00:36:26.31\00:36:27.65
Yeah, that's
true because He chose
00:36:27.68\00:36:29.08
before the
foundation of the world,
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.45
you know, that, you
know, He would come and,
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.49
you know, sin happened
00:36:33.52\00:36:34.86
and so He came as
the ultimate sacrifice,
00:36:34.89\00:36:36.79
and it's
interesting it says here
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.96
"While we were yet
sinners," it doesn't say,
00:36:38.99\00:36:42.33
so when the whole
world has followed me,
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.13
and I know that they've
committed their lives to me
00:36:44.17\00:36:45.70
and then I'm gonna die,
but while we were yet sinners
00:36:45.73\00:36:49.40
Christ died for
the entire world.
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.84
That's amazing.
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.21
It also speaks
to that pure motive,
00:36:53.24\00:36:55.38
the motive behind it was love,
it wasn't a, well, you do this,
00:36:55.41\00:37:00.12
and then I'll come, die for you.
00:37:00.15\00:37:02.22
This is like ultimate love.
00:37:02.25\00:37:06.49
We don't have any
words in the English language
00:37:06.52\00:37:09.56
or in any language that
we have to accurately portray
00:37:09.59\00:37:14.20
God's love for us.
00:37:14.23\00:37:16.16
So someone was talking
about motive I think earlier,
00:37:16.20\00:37:18.23
so is the motive for
kindness, love, possibly?
00:37:18.27\00:37:21.80
Well, I think Dee
kind of touched on that,
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.14
it's an issue of the heart.
00:37:24.17\00:37:25.51
There you go.
00:37:25.54\00:37:26.88
It can't be an
issue of your mind.
00:37:26.91\00:37:29.11
It's got to be an
issue of your heart.
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.65
Yes.
00:37:30.68\00:37:32.01
You can make a decision,
00:37:32.05\00:37:33.72
and you can start practicing it,
00:37:33.75\00:37:37.52
and tell it is you.
00:37:37.55\00:37:42.12
In my Sabbath school, I
tell that my young adults,
00:37:42.16\00:37:45.96
"You need to make a decision,
00:37:45.99\00:37:47.40
you need to think consciously
00:37:47.43\00:37:50.30
what kind of
person do I wanna be?
00:37:50.33\00:37:53.47
And then you need to
start practicing right now
00:37:53.50\00:37:57.17
to be that person."
00:37:57.21\00:37:58.87
Yes.
00:37:58.91\00:38:00.24
"If you want to be kind,
00:38:00.28\00:38:01.74
you need to
start being kind now.
00:38:01.78\00:38:04.28
Don't just end up being whoever
you're gonna be by accident
00:38:04.31\00:38:09.52
without thought
or consideration."
00:38:09.55\00:38:11.79
Too many people go through life
00:38:11.82\00:38:13.56
letting life just happen to them
00:38:13.59\00:38:16.16
and they wake up
some morning and go,
00:38:16.19\00:38:18.69
"This is not
who I wanted to be."
00:38:18.73\00:38:21.60
So, and it's never too late.
00:38:21.63\00:38:23.63
That's right.
00:38:23.67\00:38:25.00
I don't care if you're 5 or 500.
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.27
At any age, I know, at
any age you can decide,
00:38:28.30\00:38:32.17
this is not who I want to be,
00:38:32.21\00:38:35.21
and you can start
practicing to change that,
00:38:35.24\00:38:37.25
but I really encourage
young people, young adults,
00:38:37.28\00:38:41.85
consciously think
about who you want to be,
00:38:41.88\00:38:45.69
what you want
your character to be,
00:38:45.72\00:38:47.29
and start working on that today.
00:38:47.32\00:38:49.72
So that you can wake
up some morning and go,
00:38:49.76\00:38:53.06
"Thank you, Lord,
for helping me achieve."
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.96
And God does the heavy lifting,
we don't even, we just...
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.67
Isn't that great?
00:38:58.70\00:39:00.04
If we're not willing to change,
00:39:00.07\00:39:01.50
we need to ask Him to help us
00:39:01.54\00:39:03.17
to be willing to
be willing to change.
00:39:03.20\00:39:05.74
You know, this is
something that I have told,
00:39:05.77\00:39:11.01
how'd you stay, I told my son,
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.88
I've told my
son this many times,
00:39:12.91\00:39:15.02
"Honey, if you
don't change directions,
00:39:15.05\00:39:17.62
you're gonna round
up where you're headed."
00:39:17.65\00:39:19.65
Let me say it again, if
you don't change direction,
00:39:19.69\00:39:22.02
you'll wind up
where you're headed.
00:39:22.06\00:39:23.89
And another thing I tell him,
00:39:23.93\00:39:25.39
change and
change until you change.
00:39:25.43\00:39:28.30
We can talk about change,
we can say we want to change,
00:39:28.33\00:39:31.23
but until you change
you're still the same.
00:39:31.27\00:39:33.54
So change and change
00:39:33.57\00:39:35.07
until you do something about it.
00:39:35.10\00:39:36.50
Dee, that's good counseling.
00:39:36.54\00:39:38.04
It is. Now, that's great.
00:39:38.11\00:39:39.57
And...
00:39:39.61\00:39:40.94
Comes to my mind...
00:39:40.98\00:39:42.31
Go for it, Jason. Okay.
00:39:42.34\00:39:44.15
You know, we've been talking
about God's kindness towards us
00:39:44.18\00:39:47.32
and just God's
kindness in general.
00:39:47.35\00:39:49.62
Going back to what we're
reading in Psalms 145:20,
00:39:49.65\00:39:55.49
where it says,
00:39:55.52\00:39:56.86
"The Lord
preserves all who love Him,
00:39:56.89\00:39:58.56
but all the
wicked He will destroy."
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.70
Even that is an act of kindness.
00:40:00.73\00:40:02.30
Even that is an act
of love and act of mercy
00:40:02.33\00:40:04.50
because think
about how measurable
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.57
the wicked would be in heaven,
00:40:07.60\00:40:09.04
if they don't like
praising the Lord now,
00:40:09.07\00:40:11.57
they're not gonna want to
spend an eternity doing that.
00:40:11.61\00:40:14.61
You know, so He's being
merciful and compassionate
00:40:14.64\00:40:19.11
by just eradicating that.
00:40:19.15\00:40:22.22
That is their own decision. Yes.
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.42
He's given every
opportunity, every chance.
00:40:24.45\00:40:27.89
They haven't been
fitted for heaven.
00:40:27.92\00:40:30.99
When we get born again,
00:40:31.03\00:40:32.49
we become fitted for
heaven and non-believers,
00:40:32.53\00:40:36.83
someone that's never made
Jesus the Lord of their life,
00:40:36.87\00:40:39.27
could no more exist, in heaven
than a fish can grow on a tree.
00:40:39.30\00:40:43.74
It's not their nature.
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.61
They haven't
been fitted for that.
00:40:45.64\00:40:47.24
Yes, yes.
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.61
But they destroy themselves.
00:40:48.64\00:40:51.11
It really is a self destruction
00:40:51.15\00:40:53.75
because they can't
survive in that holiness
00:40:53.78\00:40:56.72
in an unholy state.
00:40:56.75\00:40:58.45
Absolutely.
00:40:58.49\00:40:59.82
And if they could,
they would be so measurable
00:40:59.85\00:41:02.02
they'd want to die.
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.66
So it is an act of
kindness ultimately.
00:41:03.69\00:41:07.20
When there is so many things
that we all need to grow in,
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.86
but I want to look at,
let's look at Ezekiel 36.
00:41:09.90\00:41:15.47
Ezekiel 36,
00:41:15.50\00:41:20.48
let's look at
the two verses 26-27.
00:41:20.51\00:41:23.65
I love this passage.
00:41:23.68\00:41:25.08
You know, 'cause I'm thinking,
00:41:25.11\00:41:26.45
how do we get the
fruit of the spirit.
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.98
Yeah.
00:41:29.02\00:41:30.35
We're specifically
talking about kindness today.
00:41:30.39\00:41:33.56
So it says, this is
from the King James Version,
00:41:33.59\00:41:36.12
Ezekiel 36:26, "A new
heart also will I give you."
00:41:36.16\00:41:43.06
Who is the I?
00:41:43.10\00:41:44.43
Jesus. Jesus. That's Jesus.
00:41:44.47\00:41:45.80
Amen.
00:41:45.83\00:41:47.17
So "A new heart also will I,
Jesus, will give each one of us
00:41:47.20\00:41:50.24
and a new spirit
will I put within you,
00:41:50.27\00:41:53.84
and I will take away
00:41:53.88\00:41:55.21
the stony heart
out of your flesh..."
00:41:55.24\00:41:57.25
That's that heavy lifting
you're talking about, Jason.
00:41:57.28\00:41:59.91
He takes it.
00:41:59.95\00:42:01.28
He'll take the stony heart
out of our flesh, my flesh.
00:42:01.32\00:42:05.12
And what does this say?
00:42:05.15\00:42:06.49
"And I will give
you a heart of flesh."
00:42:06.52\00:42:08.92
Like to think of really
soft clay that's moldable.
00:42:08.96\00:42:12.03
Then verse 27 says,
00:42:12.06\00:42:13.43
"And I will put my
spirit within you..."
00:42:13.46\00:42:16.77
Which, I mean, you
can break down spirit,
00:42:16.80\00:42:18.97
but I'm thinking, let's think
of the fruit of the spirit.
00:42:19.00\00:42:20.80
Yeah.
00:42:20.84\00:42:22.17
Joy, peace, all that
stuff, kindness, gentleness.
00:42:22.20\00:42:25.27
"I'll put my spirit within you,
00:42:25.31\00:42:26.94
and cause you to
walk in my statutes,
00:42:26.98\00:42:29.98
and ye shall keep
my commandments..."
00:42:30.01\00:42:32.51
And what does it
say? "And do them."
00:42:32.55\00:42:33.95
And do them. Isn't that great?
00:42:33.98\00:42:35.32
So God does the heavy lifting.
00:42:35.35\00:42:36.75
I think, Mollie, you
always talk about it too,
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.29
I think is it Psalms 51:10
00:42:38.32\00:42:41.06
"Create in me a
clean heart", is that?
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.42
Yes. And renew a
right spirit within.
00:42:42.46\00:42:45.03
And you want to stand before God
00:42:45.06\00:42:46.39
with clean hands
and a pure heart.
00:42:46.43\00:42:47.76
And a pure heart.
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.13
Amen. Yeah, absolutely.
00:42:49.16\00:42:50.50
But God is the one
that does the heavy lifting,
00:42:50.53\00:42:52.13
like you're talking about,
00:42:52.17\00:42:53.50
'cause, you know,
I want more kindness,
00:42:53.54\00:42:55.94
I want the fruit of the spirit.
00:42:55.97\00:42:57.94
I'm sure, you do too.
00:42:57.97\00:42:59.31
You know, we're
looking at the scriptures,
00:42:59.34\00:43:00.68
the Holy Spirit
convicts us in areas
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.21
that we need to grow in,
it could be multiple areas,
00:43:02.24\00:43:04.88
but Christ does
that heavy lifting,
00:43:04.91\00:43:06.68
He is the one that
creates in us a clean heart,
00:43:06.72\00:43:08.75
renews a right spirit within us.
00:43:08.78\00:43:10.55
And I think it's neat
that He takes that stony heart.
00:43:10.59\00:43:11.99
Absolutely.
00:43:12.02\00:43:13.36
But we have to be submissive.
00:43:13.39\00:43:15.46
Sometimes it's
hard to be submissive
00:43:15.49\00:43:16.86
but, Dee, I think that's
neat where you talked about too,
00:43:16.89\00:43:18.73
God is so full
of mercy and grace.
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.10
Yes.
00:43:20.13\00:43:21.46
Even when we're messing up
in love, you mentioned love.
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.30
That...
00:43:23.33\00:43:24.67
Love and kindness.
00:43:24.70\00:43:26.03
We turn to God
whatever state we're at,
00:43:26.07\00:43:27.47
wherever we are,
00:43:27.50\00:43:28.90
and He hears us
and He listens to us,
00:43:28.94\00:43:31.91
and He cares enough
to take a stony heart,
00:43:31.94\00:43:34.18
make it something soft.
00:43:34.21\00:43:35.54
Yeah.
00:43:35.58\00:43:36.91
'Cause we just make
like temporary changes,
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.71
like behavioral modifications,
00:43:38.75\00:43:40.45
but the genuine transformation
only comes from Christ.
00:43:40.48\00:43:43.82
That's a great point.
Big difference, isn't there?
00:43:43.85\00:43:45.52
Between genuine...
00:43:45.55\00:43:46.89
Yeah, 'cause He'll
just be right back.
00:43:46.92\00:43:48.29
And to me it's incredible
00:43:48.32\00:43:49.66
because God wants to
take out the stony heart.
00:43:49.69\00:43:51.43
He does.
00:43:51.46\00:43:52.79
He wants to put within us
His fear at the heart of flesh
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.66
and as I think of that process,
00:43:55.70\00:43:58.20
we think of putting to
death the old man a sin.
00:43:58.23\00:44:01.10
And then living
the new life in Christ
00:44:01.14\00:44:03.07
and that makes me
think of Colossians 3.
00:44:03.10\00:44:07.48
Colossians 3, the
first part of the chapter
00:44:07.51\00:44:11.48
talks about verse
10 is putting off,
00:44:11.51\00:44:14.58
now 10 putting is on the new.
00:44:14.62\00:44:16.02
So verse 8 you put off the old,
the wrath, the anger, malice,
00:44:16.05\00:44:20.52
blasphemy,
filthy language, lying,
00:44:20.56\00:44:23.02
all of the old man we put off,
00:44:23.06\00:44:25.26
and then the new man comes on
and we're clothed with Christ.
00:44:25.29\00:44:29.66
And so, let's
pick it up in verse 12.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.60
This is the
character of the new man.
00:44:31.63\00:44:33.87
Colossians 3?
00:44:33.90\00:44:35.24
Colossians 3:12.
00:44:35.27\00:44:37.54
I think, Mollie,
do you have that?
00:44:37.57\00:44:38.91
I do. Verse 12.
00:44:38.94\00:44:40.28
"Therefore, as the elect of God,
00:44:40.31\00:44:41.98
holy and beloved,
put on tender mercies,
00:44:42.01\00:44:45.81
kindness, humility,
meekness, longsuffering,
00:44:45.85\00:44:50.29
bearing with one another,
and forgiving one another."
00:44:50.32\00:44:52.79
It's great.
00:44:52.82\00:44:54.16
"If anyone has a
complaint against another,
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.06
even as Christ forgave
you, so you also must do."
00:44:56.09\00:45:00.10
Do you want me to
continue through 17?
00:45:00.13\00:45:01.76
Yeah, keep going, yes. Okay.
00:45:01.80\00:45:03.16
"But above all
these things put on love,
00:45:03.20\00:45:05.57
which is the bond of perfection.
00:45:05.60\00:45:08.87
And let the peace of
God rule in your hearts,"
00:45:08.90\00:45:11.64
that word "rule" is like empire.
00:45:11.67\00:45:13.98
Let the peace of God
act as an empire calling
00:45:14.01\00:45:19.31
what's right and
what's wrong in your hearts.
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.08
"To which also you were called
in one body and be thankful.
00:45:22.12\00:45:26.55
Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom,
00:45:26.59\00:45:30.33
teaching and
admonishing one another
00:45:30.36\00:45:32.39
in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs,
00:45:32.43\00:45:35.13
singing with grace in
your hearts to the Lord.
00:45:35.16\00:45:37.80
And whatever you
do in word or deed,
00:45:37.83\00:45:41.90
do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus,
00:45:41.94\00:45:44.37
giving thanks to God
the Father through Him."
00:45:44.41\00:45:47.54
Wow.
00:45:47.58\00:45:48.91
It's a great passage.
00:45:48.94\00:45:50.28
So, you know, my question is
when we look at that passage,
00:45:50.31\00:45:52.15
I think as Christians
often we try to put on
00:45:52.18\00:45:54.78
without putting off first.
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.79
Am I making any sense?
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.15
Like I think, I'm going to then,
00:45:58.19\00:45:59.99
I wanna put on mercy,
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.62
and kindness, and humility
and be clothed with that.
00:46:01.66\00:46:04.23
But I haven't put off the older,
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.13
the old man, or old woman
is still really going to town,
00:46:06.16\00:46:09.60
he's still alive and it's like,
00:46:09.63\00:46:12.23
I'm trying, I'm a
split personality,
00:46:12.27\00:46:14.04
the two are
trying to live together.
00:46:14.07\00:46:15.70
So how do we put off the old
00:46:15.74\00:46:18.37
and put on the new any ideas or?
00:46:18.41\00:46:21.04
Well, you've said it
earlier, I believe you did,
00:46:21.08\00:46:23.28
put to death the
misdeeds of the flesh.
00:46:23.31\00:46:26.75
I think that's the scripture
00:46:26.78\00:46:28.28
that I know
Shelley Quinn quotes a lot.
00:46:28.32\00:46:29.98
But I think I've heard you
quote it quite a bit as well.
00:46:30.02\00:46:32.25
Amen.
00:46:32.29\00:46:33.62
I forgot where this is
found but the word says,
00:46:33.66\00:46:36.73
"A double minded man is
unstable in all of his ways."
00:46:36.76\00:46:40.66
James, yeah.
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.03
And so it's a
battle for the supremacy
00:46:42.06\00:46:45.17
like you can't have,
00:46:45.20\00:46:47.17
you can't serve
God, and serve the devil.
00:46:47.20\00:46:50.81
You know, it's
either or you're gonna,
00:46:50.84\00:46:53.17
you know, there is
no middle ground there.
00:46:53.21\00:46:56.54
You know, if you...
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.31
even by not making a
choice to serve the Lord,
00:46:58.35\00:47:01.35
you've made your choice
00:47:01.38\00:47:02.72
because you're serving yourself,
00:47:02.75\00:47:04.22
whatever, you know,
this has to be our standard.
00:47:04.25\00:47:06.76
If I can borrow from
Mollie, what you feed grows.
00:47:06.79\00:47:11.66
Grows.
00:47:11.69\00:47:13.03
What you starve dies. Dies.
00:47:13.06\00:47:16.00
So that's why it's so
important in the mornings
00:47:16.03\00:47:19.13
that we start off with "Lord,
please take this stony heart
00:47:19.17\00:47:23.71
and give me the soft heart.
00:47:23.74\00:47:25.41
Lord, please let
You shine in me today.
00:47:25.44\00:47:28.64
Please, Lord,
let me do Your plans,
00:47:28.68\00:47:33.31
put off me and start
putting in the kindness."
00:47:33.35\00:47:38.72
So it's making that
decision every morning
00:47:38.75\00:47:41.16
and asking for that.
00:47:41.19\00:47:42.52
I don't think
we can just assume,
00:47:42.56\00:47:45.69
well, Lord, you
know what I want.
00:47:45.73\00:47:47.40
We have to actually ask for it
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.96
and then start this
step-by-step of growing
00:47:50.00\00:47:54.04
in that way of a decision first
00:47:54.07\00:47:56.40
an then your heart follows.
00:47:56.44\00:47:58.34
Yes, you are
making a very, yeah...
00:47:58.37\00:48:00.14
You're making a very good point.
00:48:00.18\00:48:02.14
We don't just start
having the attribute,
00:48:02.18\00:48:07.58
the fruit of the
spirit of kindness,
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.58
be outgrowth of our heart,
00:48:09.62\00:48:12.35
you know, it just
flow forth out of us
00:48:12.39\00:48:15.62
if we have all
with these other things
00:48:15.66\00:48:18.76
that haven't been dealt
with, that's why we pray
00:48:18.79\00:48:21.83
so often and clay us
how many times do we pray,
00:48:21.86\00:48:25.17
search me, O God,
only God can search you.
00:48:25.20\00:48:28.20
Search me and know my heart,
try me and know my thoughts
00:48:28.24\00:48:33.07
because we can
deceive ourselves,
00:48:33.11\00:48:34.94
see if there'd be
any evil way in me
00:48:34.98\00:48:37.61
and lead me in the
path that's everlasting.
00:48:37.65\00:48:40.15
So only God can do that,
only God can clean us up,
00:48:40.18\00:48:43.99
but what we can do is
just submit ourselves to God.
00:48:44.02\00:48:47.39
Amen.
00:48:47.42\00:48:48.76
Invite him.
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.13
Yeah. No, you're
absolutely right.
00:48:50.16\00:48:51.56
Yeah, 'cause I
think Mollie goes back
00:48:51.59\00:48:52.93
to also you're
talking the direction,
00:48:52.96\00:48:54.73
what did you say about direction
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.10
if you change course,
00:48:56.13\00:48:57.47
you're gonna end up
where you're heading?
00:48:57.50\00:48:58.83
If you don't change direction,
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.20
you'll wind up
where you're headed.
00:49:00.24\00:49:01.57
Yeah, well said.
00:49:01.60\00:49:02.94
So basically, I think
it's changing direction
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.31
through way we're going.
00:49:04.34\00:49:05.67
It's a conscious, yeah.
00:49:05.71\00:49:07.78
U-turn as CA would
say. It is. It's a choice.
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.18
It's a U-turn.
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.55
Yeah, it's a
conscious choice. It really is.
00:49:11.58\00:49:13.48
And I think, Mollie, I like
00:49:13.52\00:49:14.85
also the random
acts of kindness too
00:49:14.88\00:49:16.45
because if you find
that maybe you're not,
00:49:16.48\00:49:18.72
even if it's to your family,
people you don't even know,
00:49:18.75\00:49:22.89
but, boy, just
make conscious effort,
00:49:22.92\00:49:25.13
I'm gonna do
this to be kind today.
00:49:25.16\00:49:27.53
Well, you know,
if we can pray this
00:49:27.56\00:49:29.00
before we're preaching tonight.
00:49:29.03\00:49:32.53
See tomorrow is the
Sabbath. That's right.
00:49:32.57\00:49:34.67
And so we could start tomorrow,
start tomorrow at church.
00:49:34.70\00:49:39.67
Find somebody just to
do a random act of kindness
00:49:39.71\00:49:44.25
and just see,
you'll be more blessed.
00:49:44.28\00:49:46.48
It's like it's more
blessed to give than to receive.
00:49:46.51\00:49:49.22
You'll be more
blessed than the person
00:49:49.25\00:49:50.82
that you're doing
the act of kindness for.
00:49:50.85\00:49:53.15
Oh, yeah.
00:49:53.19\00:49:54.52
And that's a challenge to all.
No, that's a great challenge.
00:49:54.56\00:49:56.73
Absolutely and it can
be someone in your family,
00:49:56.76\00:49:59.39
it could be and
maybe you want to do,
00:49:59.43\00:50:01.73
maybe you should choose
to do two acts of kindness,
00:50:01.76\00:50:04.57
one to your family,
00:50:04.60\00:50:06.27
and one to
someone you don't know.
00:50:06.30\00:50:08.54
Baby steps, Dee, one
act of kindness at a time.
00:50:08.57\00:50:12.97
That's correct.
00:50:13.01\00:50:14.34
Because then that becomes habit.
00:50:14.38\00:50:15.71
You know, where it's gonna
just comes out of you naturally.
00:50:15.74\00:50:18.01
Yeah, that's great.
00:50:18.05\00:50:19.38
What about one final question,
00:50:19.41\00:50:20.92
I know, we need to spend
time in prayer at the end,
00:50:20.95\00:50:22.65
but what about,
we've been talking
00:50:22.68\00:50:24.02
about acts of
kindness, reaching out,
00:50:24.05\00:50:26.22
taking a baby step,
one act of kindness,
00:50:26.25\00:50:28.82
what about when the
person's difficult to love?
00:50:28.86\00:50:31.93
You know, it's
easy to love people
00:50:31.96\00:50:33.73
who love you back in
return or who your friends with,
00:50:33.76\00:50:36.87
but what about if it's someone
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.30
you could consider an
enemy, or someone painful.
00:50:38.33\00:50:41.00
How do you reach out
in kindness to someone
00:50:41.04\00:50:43.20
'cause I know, at home
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.24
you have people that
maybe there is a rub with
00:50:45.27\00:50:47.34
and you're struggling
with the certain person,
00:50:47.38\00:50:49.34
so how do we
reach out in kindness
00:50:49.38\00:50:51.01
to those people who hurt us?
00:50:51.05\00:50:52.61
When you think about
it, we're difficult to love.
00:50:52.65\00:50:57.32
Just being honest,
00:50:57.35\00:50:59.32
we as human beings
are difficult to love,
00:50:59.35\00:51:02.22
but yet Christ still loves us
00:51:02.26\00:51:04.19
and still died
for us nonetheless.
00:51:04.23\00:51:07.40
So I mean, I
think that we have to,
00:51:07.43\00:51:10.50
of course, follow
His example in all things
00:51:10.53\00:51:12.60
and treat others as we
would want to be treated
00:51:12.63\00:51:16.34
like Miss Mollie
was saying earlier,
00:51:16.37\00:51:18.04
we don't know
00:51:18.07\00:51:19.61
what that
person's going through,
00:51:19.64\00:51:21.08
we don't know their background,
00:51:21.11\00:51:22.44
we don't know what
they have experienced.
00:51:22.48\00:51:24.75
There could be a reason behind
00:51:24.78\00:51:26.85
why they act the way that we do.
00:51:26.88\00:51:28.78
We have to take the
higher road as Christians
00:51:28.82\00:51:31.65
and extend that hand to them.
00:51:31.69\00:51:34.52
It's not easy,
it's a hard thing,
00:51:34.56\00:51:38.09
but, you know, with prayer
00:51:38.13\00:51:39.56
and with being
intentional it can be done.
00:51:39.59\00:51:43.77
Yeah, I was
thinking those two things
00:51:43.80\00:51:45.37
by an act of my will,
00:51:45.40\00:51:46.94
I am going to choose
to be kind to this person
00:51:46.97\00:51:50.27
and then, Father,
you look in my heart,
00:51:50.31\00:51:52.11
and you say the last thing
00:51:52.14\00:51:53.48
I want to do is,
we can't do them.
00:51:53.51\00:51:54.84
But, Father, I
make myself willing to,
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.38
I yield to you,
00:51:57.41\00:51:58.75
to put Your kindness in me
00:51:58.78\00:52:00.12
and let Your kindness be an
00:52:00.15\00:52:01.65
outworking of my
heart to this person.
00:52:01.68\00:52:04.35
So if there's
someone, you specifically know
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.79
that you're having
a hard time loving,
00:52:06.82\00:52:08.69
or caring, or being with,
00:52:08.72\00:52:10.56
if you ask the
Holy Spirit, okay, Lord,
00:52:10.59\00:52:14.16
I have a hard
time with this person.
00:52:14.20\00:52:15.53
I don't even know what to
do with an act of kindness.
00:52:15.56\00:52:18.33
I believe, if you
intentionally decide
00:52:18.37\00:52:21.67
that you want to do that,
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.20
and you ask the
Lord to give something,
00:52:23.24\00:52:26.44
the Holy Spirit to feed you,
00:52:26.47\00:52:28.04
the Holy Spirit will
give you an opportunity
00:52:28.08\00:52:30.25
and an insight to do an
act f kindness for that person,
00:52:30.28\00:52:34.38
if you decide
that's what you want to do.
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.12
And that's how you take
00:52:36.15\00:52:37.79
that baby step
towards loving someone
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.52
with an act of kindness.
00:52:41.56\00:52:42.92
And then God can work on
breaking down those barriers
00:52:42.96\00:52:45.53
that person may be
dealing with such, wow.
00:52:45.56\00:52:49.33
I was just joking about
the baby step thing earlier to.
00:52:49.36\00:52:52.33
Just in case our
viewers like here he is,
00:52:52.37\00:52:54.84
they are having a
hard time being kind.
00:52:54.87\00:52:58.27
You are very kind, Jason.
00:52:58.31\00:53:01.34
I have never seen you be unkind.
00:53:01.38\00:53:03.11
No.
00:53:03.14\00:53:04.48
But we have about
four minutes left,
00:53:04.51\00:53:05.85
it's hard to believe
it's gone by quickly.
00:53:05.88\00:53:07.22
Let's do some prayer. I
hate to say quick prayer.
00:53:07.25\00:53:09.78
Well, let's play it together.
Jason, you want to start?
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.72
We're on the circle
and Jill and I will end.
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.62
Sure.
00:53:13.66\00:53:14.99
Dear, Heavenly Father,
we thank You for this time
00:53:15.02\00:53:18.06
that we've able
to spend together,
00:53:18.09\00:53:19.86
and dwelling on
Your kindness towards us,
00:53:19.89\00:53:22.80
and seeing how we can
be kind towards others
00:53:22.83\00:53:25.60
as a result of focusing on
You and having You in our lives.
00:53:25.63\00:53:29.60
We ask that You would
continue to be with us
00:53:29.64\00:53:31.87
and continue to
be with the viewers,
00:53:31.91\00:53:33.54
Lord, and help us as we partaken
00:53:33.58\00:53:35.51
this challenge of showing acts
00:53:35.54\00:53:39.31
or doing acts of
kindness to others.
00:53:39.35\00:53:44.29
We thank You
again for Your love,
00:53:44.32\00:53:47.22
and Your compassion,
in Jesus' name we pray.
00:53:47.26\00:53:49.26
Amen. Amen.
00:53:49.29\00:53:50.63
Oh, Father, I just ask
that each and every one of us
00:53:50.66\00:53:53.23
will take that loving kindness
00:53:53.26\00:53:55.46
that You have put into our lives
00:53:55.50\00:53:56.90
and into our hearts
00:53:56.93\00:53:58.27
and we will
pass it on to someone
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.37
to reach out to grow
Your kingdom, Father.
00:54:00.40\00:54:01.74
Thank you.
00:54:01.77\00:54:03.51
This is my prayer
for each of us tomorrow,
00:54:03.54\00:54:06.47
thank you, and today.
00:54:06.51\00:54:08.68
Holy God, we do come
before You in the name of Jesus
00:54:08.71\00:54:11.15
and present our bodies
to Your living sacrifice.
00:54:11.18\00:54:14.12
Lord, we give ourselves to You,
00:54:14.15\00:54:16.05
ask You, Lord, to
fill us with Your presence,
00:54:16.08\00:54:18.72
fill us with Your
Holy Spirit, Father.
00:54:18.75\00:54:20.96
Everyone that's listening,
everyone that's viewing,
00:54:20.99\00:54:24.06
Father touch us now,
00:54:24.09\00:54:26.09
fill us with Your presence
00:54:26.13\00:54:27.70
and, Lord, let it be
an outgrowth of our heart,
00:54:27.73\00:54:30.67
that love and
kindness would flow from us.
00:54:30.70\00:54:33.10
And, Father, I'm
gonna ask for everyone of us
00:54:33.13\00:54:35.40
that You would search
us so God, know our hearts.
00:54:35.44\00:54:38.74
Father, if there'll be
any evil in our hearts,
00:54:38.77\00:54:41.48
make us aware of that
and we surrender it to You
00:54:41.51\00:54:44.41
and ask Lord that
You would cleanse us,
00:54:44.45\00:54:46.45
that we would be
vessels of honor in Your kingdom
00:54:46.48\00:54:49.38
that You can use to touch
the needs of hurting humanity.
00:54:49.42\00:54:53.09
And I pray this in Jesus' name.
00:54:53.12\00:54:55.76
Oh, Father, as we
continue in prayer
00:54:55.79\00:54:57.69
with our brothers
and sisters at home,
00:54:57.73\00:54:59.36
we thank You for
Your loving kindness.
00:54:59.39\00:55:01.20
We thank You for
Your tender mercies,
00:55:01.23\00:55:03.63
and that You have saved us
00:55:03.67\00:55:05.63
with the blood of Jesus
00:55:05.67\00:55:07.30
and forgiven and
cleansed and stood us up
00:55:07.34\00:55:10.47
with a soft
heart, a heart of clay.
00:55:10.51\00:55:12.97
And, Lord, I just pray
00:55:13.01\00:55:14.34
for my brothers
and sisters at home
00:55:14.38\00:55:16.51
and for us here at 3ABN,
that daily we would submit,
00:55:16.54\00:55:20.55
surrender to You,
00:55:20.58\00:55:21.92
ask to be
filled with Your spirit
00:55:21.95\00:55:23.35
and that Your loving kindness,
00:55:23.39\00:55:25.55
the fruit of
Your spirit would flow
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.39
from our hearts
outward to others
00:55:27.42\00:55:29.89
and we thank You for
what You're going to do.
00:55:29.92\00:55:33.63
Father in heaven,
Lord, we just thank You
00:55:33.66\00:55:36.10
that You're so willing to
create in us a clean heart.
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And so, Lord, I just ask
for that for my own life,
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I know all of us
here at the table,
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in this living
room, and those at home
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where we'll just ask
You again into our hearts.
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We want to have a
heart that is not stony
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and to be a heart of flesh
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or one that is
soft and moldable.
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Lord, thank You
for speaking to us,
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I know, many times,
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you're just impressing us
so be kind to this person.
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Say a kind word
here even to our family,
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to people we don't know.
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Lord, we just pray
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that I want to listen
to You every single time,
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You impress that upon my mind.
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Lord, we thank You
for the opportunity,
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we have been vessels for You
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that You can flow
through to others.
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Lord, that we can be Your hands,
00:56:18.84\00:56:20.64
Your words to other people
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to offer word of
encouragement and be kind.
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Lord, we thank
You for the challenges
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that's been put
out here this evening
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to be kind to
someone maybe even tonight
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as we open the
Sabbath tomorrow with church.
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Lord, thank You that
You want to work in us
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each and every day,
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we thank You for Your Sabbath
and in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
00:56:41.83\00:56:43.16
Thank you so much,
Mollie, and Dee, and Jay,
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for sharing on family worship
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and we just thank
you for joining us.
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It's just a privilege
00:56:50.24\00:56:51.57
to open up the
Sabbath together with you,
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and we wanna encourage
you to step out every day,
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to reach out in
kindness, in an act of kindness,
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towards someone else
00:57:00.48\00:57:01.82
to exemplify the
character of Jesus.
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Yeah, that's absolutely right.
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And, you know, it's a
blessing to be here together
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this evening
with our family here,
00:57:08.02\00:57:10.03
and with you to
open the Sabbath together
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with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Don't forget to open
His word on a daily basis
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because there are treasures
to be found in the word of God.
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God bless you and
have a happy Sabbath.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you, all. Thank you.
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