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 family worship.
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Happy Sabbath.
How is your week been?
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I know here at
3ABN it's always busy.
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But it's a good type of busy.
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And I'm sure your
week has been too.
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And it's a blessing, isn't it,
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to be able to open the Sabbath,
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by of course,
opening God's word,
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so we hope that you're
getting your Bibles ready,
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and your pencil,
and your pen ready,
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so we can take notes but
it's neat to study together
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because we have family here
I'm really excited about this,
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I'll tell you in a moment,
but you're our family at home
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and we really, really
appreciate your prayers
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and financial support
of the ministry of 3ABN
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because we're a team,
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and you know a
team works together.
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We work together for what?
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One goal, and that goal is souls
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for the kingdom of Jesus Christ,
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so some of you have
supported the ministry of 3ABN
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for over 30 years.
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Thank you so much.
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Only in the kingdom of
heaven will that impact
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fully I believe be realized.
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And some of you
have just joined us
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supporting, that's fine
too because everything counts,
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and of course the
prayers mean so very much to us.
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But I mentioned that I'm excited
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because you're joining us
as family but I have to say,
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I'm really excited
because, of course,
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Jill, my wife
as much as possible
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we like to be on
the set together,
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together any
time we're on the set,
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we like to be together.
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Well, I also
have, my family is here,
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they came in from
different parts of the country
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and they're here, and
I have to say sweetie,
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I want to
introduce them really quick,
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is that all right?
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Yes, it's
wonderful. We're excited.
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And then we'll get
going about what our topic is.
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Yeah, we are.
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I have to my
right my mom and dad
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Pastor Daniel and of course
his wife, my mom, Valerie,
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and it's so good to
have both of you here.
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It's a real blessing.
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Tell us real quick
because I could just talk
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on and on about what you guys do
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but tell me, Dad,
and our viewers at home,
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what you're currently doing,
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where you're at,
where you guys live.
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I pastor about three
churches there in Parkersburg,
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and Spencer, and
Toll Gate, West Virginia.
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Yeah.
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And then a little
company in New Martinsville,
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so that's been a
real blessing in doing it.
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And you've been
pastoring in the...
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That's the
Mountain View Conference
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for how many years.
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It's going on 17
and we started in 2000
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and so easy to remember, yeah.
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And I'll tell you
that West Virginia,
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I mean home is now Illinois
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because Jill and
I have been married
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for about 15 years
so Illinois is home,
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but I count
West Virginia as home
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because I really grew
up there, wasn't born there
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but grew up in West Virginia,
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so my parent's ministry
to the Appalachian people
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for many years
before he became a pastor,
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and so it's been
like 30 some years
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in the West Virginia Conference,
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but I know you
guys are real blessing
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there in the conference,
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so it's a blessing
to have you guys here.
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And a real
blessing if I can jump in,
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a real blessing
in our life as well,
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you know, I just, I'm the...
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What do you say the
daughter-in-law, right,
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but I just feel
like they're mom and dad
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and call them mom
and dad and sis here
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we will
introduce her in a moment,
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but it's just such a blessing
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to feel like I'm part
of the Morikone family too,
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and they're just
so godly mentors,
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and we're just so excited
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to introduce
them to you at home.
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Amen.
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You say that
quite well Morikone,
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how did you...
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Did your practice that?
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I think I did, in the beginning
it was like Marconi, you know,
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trying to figure
out how to pronounce it
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and we even got mail
addressed to macaroni once.
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You don't have to say
this concerning the family.
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Well, I'll just say right
now, yeah, we could anyway.
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So, you know, usually
sometimes maybe your first word
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that you learned to spell
might be cat as a child, C-A-T.
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Well, I would
always hear my parents
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because to spell our last
name is rather complicated,
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and so I would hear my mom
and dad always on the phone
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when they're trying to,
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you know, my name is
Daniel or Valerie Morikone,
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let me spell
that, M-O-R-I-K-O-N-E.
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And so I could write my letter,
so I wrote my letters down,
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I said, so what does
exactly they're spelling,
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they're like,
that's your last name.
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So my first
word that I recollect
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was not cat or goat
or dad, it was Morikone,
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M-O-R-I-K-O-N-E, anyway.
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I had more difficult
words. Yeah, that's true.
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So, Mom, you also work
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at the conference
office there at Mountain View.
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Tell us exactly what
you do and your role there?
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Yes, I enjoy my work at
Mountain View Conference.
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Yeah.
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And I work full time,
which is four days a week,
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and I work as a secretary
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doing designing
and working editor,
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communications of newsletter.
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Yeah, the conference newsletter
you put together, yeah.
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The conference
newsletter, called Sunrise.
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I'm also women's ministries
director for the conference.
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And that's fun, I
know it. That is a joy.
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Yes, we were so privileged
to have Jill come one time
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and speak for our women
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and that was real special treat.
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And I might add
that we are so blessed
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to have you part of our family.
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We were hoping
that Greg wouldn't miss
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his opportunity to
ask you to be his wife
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'cause he was
little delaying that.
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There's time to
go long story to that
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which we'll
save for another day.
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That's right.
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I'm so blessed,
you're a wonderful wife.
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But I know you also
teach Sabbath school at the...
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Well, Dad mentioned, you know,
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you guys have three
churches and a company
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but it's the Parkersburg Church.
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Such a privilege.
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You know, I had hung
up my hat doing that,
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I've done
Sabbath school for years
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and I gave away most of my stuff
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and then there was
a need, and I kind of,
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oh, I didn't want to but then I,
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the Lord pulled
on my heartstrings
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and I said, okay,
and it is such a joy.
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I love those little
children, such an opportunity.
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Yeah, amen.
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And I'm biased, of course,
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but I think
Mom's a good teacher,
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so, yeah, a good
Sabbath school teacher too, Mom.
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Yes and actually
Dad is my assistant,
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he hands out things.
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It's great.
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He helps the kids put
things on the felt board
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and yes, it's fun.
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So it's interesting, Dad,
so you preached the sermon also
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because you're
pastor but you also teach
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the children Sabbath school.
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Well, I just assist
like Valerie said so.
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It's fun picking up the
things from the children, I say,
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thank you, thank you
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and so they
won't squawk you know.
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So you teach the little ones
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and we're talking
little ones who's squawking.
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It's the little ones
up to about age six, yeah.
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Oh, that's
great. Well, very good.
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So my far left of course is,
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you're going to
hear me say, Sis...
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Yes, brother. And,
yeah, that's right.
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This is my one and only sibling
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and younger
sister, yeah, Janelle.
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And so tell us where you're from
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and what you're doing currently?
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Yeah, I live in California
now so I'm in transplant there,
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been there about two years.
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I love it out there,
fell in love with the area,
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beautiful mountains
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and not too far
from the ocean either,
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a couple hours from both.
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I work in a
little rural ER there.
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And been there for in
that ER for about a year now
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and just really fell in
love with that particular ER
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and the people I work
with and I'm a nurse there.
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Yeah, so for a lot of
us it's small, you know,
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it's about 90 beds
for the whole hospital
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and we so we have
to transfer a lot out
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like the higher acuity patients
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we transferred
to nearby hospital,
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but I just really enjoy it.
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You know, I think the neat thing
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of being a registered
nurse is you're really,
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it's a tremendous ministry
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'cause you're
touching people's lives
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when they're in dire straits,
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there's some type
of medical emergency
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that they're
facing or the family too,
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so it's a great, great ministry.
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Yeah, I praise the
Lord before I go in,
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you know, the days I'm like,
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you know, just
give me somebody that,
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you know, who I
need to touch today
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and so I pray to be a blessing
and, yeah, it's really neat,
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you know, a lot of days
there's lots of opportunities
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to just be able to maybe
it's just in a small way.
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You know, it's not like I'm,
you know, evangelizing per se,
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but just you know smiling,
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just giving a
little pat on the back,
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give them a hug, you
know, just listening to I found,
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you know, just
intently listening to them,
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they open up and sense
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that caring and praying for God.
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Amen.
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I don't have to say
that I love my sister dearly,
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we had, you know, we lived.
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Yeah.
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We have a lot of great
memories growing up together,
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and, of course, we lived way out
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like I mentioned
earlier in West Virginia
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and so, sometimes my
only playmate was my sister
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and we have so many great
memories of playing in mud
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and climbing trees
and hiking over mountains
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and doing all kinds of
crazy kids things together
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that just a lot of great...
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It's always fun to get together
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and reminisce with
mom and dad of course too.
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Absolutely.
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And, so, now she
mentions she's in California.
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Well, you know we get
these great pictures from her.
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She's skiing maybe
up on in Lake Tahoe
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or she goes to the
ocean and I love it
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here in Southern Illinois but...
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The scenery is unmatchable,
it's unbeatable out there.
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That's right.
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So we have lakes here and,
but we can't really go skiing
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and I can't really
quite go to the ocean
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so I don't know if
there's the right jealous,
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I don't know, is
it right, but anyway,
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it's like, wow,
it's so beautiful.
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Maybe I can
eventually learn it over now.
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Oh, my word, but
anyway, it's great.
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I know it's beautiful area.
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The Lord has called you there
and you're doing a great work
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and, of course, we love
you, and we're very proud of you
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in what you're doing.
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And we are so glad
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that you as part of our
3ABN family are joining us
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and getting to know our family,
the Morikone family here.
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Yeah, thank you for
bearing with me on that,
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it's fun, it's
really a blessing.
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It's a blessing
to share it together.
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We're really as a family. Amen.
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And thank you
again for joining us.
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So we have a topic and
we should have our prayer,
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go to some music
like we normally do.
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Let's open in prayer. Sure.
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And, Dad, would you
mind to open up prayer for us
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as we open the Sabbath
and enter into God's holy day.
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Father, we just
are so thankful to You
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for taking us through this week,
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bringing us here to the Sabbath.
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We just thank You
for Your wonderful love
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and care for each one of us,
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all of the viewers here tonight.
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A lot of them
have different things
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that have been
happening in their lives,
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we just thank
You that Your Spirit
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is there with them
to comfort their hearts.
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And they sense Your
holy presence with them.
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Father, thank You
for blessing us now
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as we worship together
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You and recognize how
much you care and love us,
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in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen. Thank you.
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Our topic this evening is peace.
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And I think it's a
topic that we all face,
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we all need
peace on a daily basis,
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an hourly basis,
moment by moment,
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so we're gonna talk
about what is peace.
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We'll look at
biblical examples of peace
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or those who didn't have it,
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and how you and I each one of us
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can develop the peace
that passes all understanding.
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But before we jump into that
and jump into the Word of God,
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we have Summer Boyd
with us and we could say,
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she's another
sister, we can say.
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Yeah, you can
say, she's like family,
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she's actually a
neighbor of us too.
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She is.
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And Summers's at the piano,
she's gonna be playing for us
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and we're gonna
sing a couple of songs.
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The first one,
what a fellowship,
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what a joy divine,
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leaning on the everlasting arms.
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Make sure, you're joining us.
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The words will be on
the bottom of the screen,
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so let's sing along together.
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Here we go.
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What a
fellowship, what a joy divine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, we're leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning, we're leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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O, how sweet to
walk in this pilgrim way
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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O, how bright the
path grows from day to day
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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We're leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure
from all the alarms
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Leaning, we're leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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It's the last verse.
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What have I to
dread, what have I to fear
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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I have blessed peace
with my Lord so near.
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, we're leaning
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Safe and secure
from all the alarms
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Leaning, we're leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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No better place to be
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than leaning on
the arms of Jesus.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Yeah, that's for sure,
you can't go wrong with that,
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and Jesus will never
fail you, that's for sure.
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Amen.
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The next song is,
peace, peace wonderful peace.
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I think it's one of my
favorite all time songs
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because what God wants to
do in our hearts and lives,
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no matter what
we're going through
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that His peace can
wash over us and keep us.
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Let's go to that.
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Far away in the
depths of my spirit tonight
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Rolls a melody
sweeter than psalm
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In celestial-like
strains it unceasingly falls
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O'er my soul
like an infinite calm
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Here is the chorus, let's go.
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Peace! Peace!
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Wonderful Peace
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Coming down
from the Father above
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Sweep over my
spirit forever, I pray
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In fathomless billows of love
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What a treasure I have
in this wonderful peace
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Buried deep in my innermost soul
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So secure that no
power can mine it away
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While the years
of eternity roll!
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Peace! Peace!
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Wonderful Peace
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Coming down
from the Father above
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Sweep over my
spirit forever, I pray
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In fathomless billows of love
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Weary soul, without
gladness or comfort or rest
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Passing down the
rough pathway of time
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Make the Savior your
friend ere the shadows grow dark
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O accept of
this peace so sublime
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Peace! Peace!
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Wonderful Peace
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Coming down
from the Father above
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Sweep over my
spirit forever, I pray
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In fathomless billows of love
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Amen.
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I really like that
chorus too, you know that.
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Me too. Well, what a blessing.
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Thank you, Summer, very much
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for
accompanying us on the piano.
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Peace, peace, wonderful
peace, it was interesting,
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if you notice in that
verse that I know hopefully,
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you all were singing
too, with that, it says,
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"Peace, peace
wonderful peace" coming where?
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Down.
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Coming down from
the Father of above.
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You know, we
can't really conjure up,
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that's word, isn't it?
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Conjure up peace,
manufacture peace,
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it comes from
Jesus Christ above,
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so yeah, well it's
a great topic, peace.
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It is peace, so as we get going,
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we want to look at
some Bible scriptures,
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but first, if I were to ask
you all a definition of peace,
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if we were to just
say, "what is peace?"
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What would you
say, what is peace?
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I think, it's like a
calmness in your soul,
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like real down the
very center of your heart,
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the core of your being
or something, there's calm,
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you know, thinking
medically disease is something
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that's against your body
like it's dis so against ease,
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the ease so.
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I think of peace, it's
kind of similar, you know,
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the opposite of disease
or the opposite of dis-ease.
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So, you are at ease,
you know, just at a calm
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but, but not just like outside,
from the outside we can,
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you know, put on a good front,
you know, all is well, smile,
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But internal...
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But it's real down deep, yeah,
in the very center of yourself.
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Because that's a good point,
because if you actually look,
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I mean, we need, yes to
discussing the definition
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but, you know, when I think
what is the opposite of peace,
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it could be maybe being anxious,
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boy, anxious, maybe a
fearful, afraid maybe too,
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so it would be a lack of that,
would be what maybe peace is.
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What you're saying is
right, a deep inner most calm,
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I think you used
a word calm maybe,
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I don't know, what do
you think, Mom and Dad?
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Well, we, of course,
saying Mom and Dad together.
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Yeah, your
definition I did about what...
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definition.
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Well, it brings
me joy, when I feel
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like I have a complete
surrender with the Lord
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and that whatever
comes I am at rest,
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I am at peace,
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and it just is
very calming to me.
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First of all
that I'm not worrying
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against the Holy
Spirit speaking to my heart
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that I know, I said,
"Okay, Lord, here it is."
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And I did that the
other day was something
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and I saw the
Lord marvelously work
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and I thought,
ah! What a blessing,
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I just gave it to God and
said, God, you take care of this
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and He did and I
had, I have peace.
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That's wonderful.
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What do you think, Dad?
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Well, you know, I was thinking
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about that
scripture in 2 Corinthians,
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and I, kind of,
it's in 2 Corinthians 1.
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So hopefully you're
turning your Bibles...
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2 Corinthians 1:2-4,
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it says,
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"Grace be to you
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and peace from God our Father,
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and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be God even the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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the Father of mercy and
the God of all comfort."
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So when I think
of peace, somehow,
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I think of comfort then he,
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you know, there isn't
any other source of comfort
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when I read this
scripture, He says,
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He's the God of all comfort.
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If a person is thinking,
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they're getting
comfort somewhere,
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whether they are comfort
it's coming actually from God.
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He's the source of comfort
in that text the way I look.
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Verse 4 "Who comforteth to us,"
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so there's that
peace I'm thinking,
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"comforted us in
all of our tribulation."
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How much tribulation? All of it.
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Yeah, everything.
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"That we may be
able to comfort them
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which are in any way
any trouble by the Comfort
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where with we
ourselves are comforted of God."
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So the way that I
can comfort somebody else
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is that I'm comforted by God
is what I get out of there, so.
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When I think of peace,
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that's what I think
of comforteth by God.
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Yeah. Amen.
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That's good
definitions to share it.
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Let's look at John 14
because to me this contrast
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the world's peace
versus Christ's peace.
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John 14:27.
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You have that, Sis? Yeah.
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14:27.
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Oh, that's a good verses.
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"There's peace I
live with you My peace
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I give to you not
as the world gives
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do I give to you,
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let not your heart be troubled
neither let it be afraid."
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So you notice it says
not as the world gives
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give I to you
which to me indicates,
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okay, then the world has
some sort of measure of peace
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or what the world
would consider to be peace.
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I don't know if
I'm making sense.
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That's what I wonder too. Okay.
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So what would be
the difference then
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between peace in the
world versus peace in Jesus?
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You mean peace that
the world gives you?
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Gives. Thank you.
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Yeah, because we want to have
peace in this world with Jesus.
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That's right.
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Yeah, so that's a
good, that's a good question.
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Any thoughts on that?
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You know what I
used to colporteur,
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and for those that
don't know what that word is,
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this means book
hawker but it's a...
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Spiritual books.
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Yeah, yeah,
selling spiritual books.
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Selling books and it was Bibles
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and Bible story books
going door-to-door and I had...
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Anyway I remember getting
kind of discouraged sometimes
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and knocking on
the door, you know,
00:22:42.82\00:22:44.16
if someone might slam the door
in your face or cuss you out
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or all those things
and I was not feeling
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much peace or comfort
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and I would use junk
food to comfort myself.
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I maybe stopped by
one of these stores,
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you know, when I get
some junk food and eat that.
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You know, the Holy Spirit,
00:22:59.74\00:23:01.41
God spoke to my
heart and it's that,
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you know, I want to comfort you,
00:23:04.08\00:23:06.05
so this same
scripture here in John 14
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Jesus was leaving His disciples.
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And so He says to
them, I'm going to give you.
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In John 14:16, I
will pray the Father
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and He shall give
you another comforter
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that he may
abide with you forever,
00:23:22.70\00:23:24.07
so I was thinking okay,
00:23:24.10\00:23:25.43
well, I'm using this
junk food to comfort me,
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to give me that peace
that I'm lacking here,
00:23:29.00\00:23:31.97
so that's the worldly peace.
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That's interesting.
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You know, as I
got into it that more
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and the Holy Spirit
would speak to my heart,
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I was always driving
from one home to the next
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and thinking, wow, I am using
00:23:45.02\00:23:47.72
because you're
saying to me Father
00:23:47.76\00:23:49.69
that you want to comfort me
00:23:49.72\00:23:51.56
because that must have been
the disciples' greatest need
00:23:51.59\00:23:54.46
to be comforted
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because he could
have given them anything
00:23:55.86\00:23:58.13
and he chose to
give them a comforter.
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So I'm thinking, wow,
that must be the greatest gift,
00:24:00.17\00:24:02.37
must be we all need that.
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So I would go from home to home
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and I would talk to the people
and so much that was true,
00:24:05.34\00:24:08.74
you know, someone would be using
00:24:08.78\00:24:10.91
tobacco to comfort themselves,
00:24:10.95\00:24:12.38
they would be
using food or pornography
00:24:12.41\00:24:15.35
or even the Satan is so sly
00:24:15.38\00:24:18.52
in figuring out a way to comfort
00:24:18.55\00:24:20.29
or give peace in a worldly way.
00:24:20.32\00:24:22.99
He even has a drink called
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.96
Southern Comfort
to comfort someone,
00:24:24.99\00:24:30.27
so it's really a distraction
rather than the true peace
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or the true comfort
00:24:34.94\00:24:36.27
that God wants
to give me any way.
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And I shared that
with so many people
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that seem to be the case.
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Yes, so really it's something
that would, wouldn't know,
00:24:40.41\00:24:44.88
what do you think,
Sis, that replaces God
00:24:44.91\00:24:46.78
that would be
in the place of God
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that gives peace?
00:24:48.28\00:24:49.62
I think one of the differences
with different things
00:24:49.65\00:24:51.95
that we use to
"comfort" ourselves
00:24:51.99\00:24:54.59
or distract
ourselves or whatever
00:24:54.62\00:24:56.73
is that that will
eventually be used up or...
00:24:56.76\00:25:01.56
It's true, comes to an end.
00:25:01.60\00:25:02.96
Yeah, it comes to an
end. It's good point.
00:25:03.00\00:25:04.63
And I've heard
the Satan said that,
00:25:04.67\00:25:07.44
you know, just like
pleasure in and of itself
00:25:07.47\00:25:10.84
like without love,
00:25:10.87\00:25:12.34
maybe I'm getting
off from the tangent here
00:25:12.37\00:25:13.78
but without love,
00:25:13.81\00:25:16.04
eventually pleasure no
longer becomes pleasure,
00:25:16.08\00:25:18.65
you know, so if you
like junk food or whatever,
00:25:18.68\00:25:21.98
you know, like what
you're saying of that example.
00:25:22.02\00:25:24.32
You know, if
I'm turning to that,
00:25:24.35\00:25:25.69
like food is good, we need food.
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.66
But if we're using it to like
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.76
try to replace something
or try to fill our hearts,
00:25:29.79\00:25:32.99
certain part of our
heart only God can feel,
00:25:33.03\00:25:35.23
then it's
actually going to become
00:25:35.26\00:25:37.30
our greatest stressor
and probably our greatest...
00:25:37.33\00:25:42.97
Yeah.
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.34
I don't know like
00:25:44.37\00:25:45.71
because if you're
hating on that so much
00:25:45.74\00:25:47.74
eventually that will
just cause our greatest havoc
00:25:47.78\00:25:52.21
if that make sense so,
00:25:52.25\00:25:53.58
you know, like
some people that..
00:25:53.62\00:25:54.95
Would you be then
really like the peace.
00:25:54.98\00:25:56.32
Yeah.
00:25:56.35\00:25:57.69
Like alcohol for
example, you know, if,
00:25:57.72\00:25:59.89
you know, maybe some people say,
00:25:59.92\00:26:02.16
you know, drinking a little bit
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.53
may not be that
big a deal or whatever
00:26:03.56\00:26:04.89
and for some it's not,
00:26:04.93\00:26:06.26
but then some people take it
00:26:06.29\00:26:07.73
to such extreme
that eventually they,
00:26:07.76\00:26:11.33
you know, no
longer can keep their job
00:26:11.37\00:26:13.07
and no longer can
keep their family,
00:26:13.10\00:26:14.44
they no longer, you know,
00:26:14.47\00:26:15.80
their children disown, whatever.
00:26:15.84\00:26:17.17
You know, it takes them to
00:26:17.21\00:26:18.54
just some of the
greatest pains of their life,
00:26:18.57\00:26:20.81
you know, what
originally started out
00:26:20.84\00:26:22.18
as just kind of a fun
thing or kind of just whatever,
00:26:22.21\00:26:25.41
eventually, it
took them to a place
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.02
they never realized
00:26:27.05\00:26:28.38
that it would
take them to, you know.
00:26:28.42\00:26:29.75
Yeah, that's a good point.
00:26:29.78\00:26:31.12
I like what you said, because
it's almost like you said,
00:26:31.15\00:26:32.99
Dad, these things
we used to comfort us,
00:26:33.02\00:26:36.19
maybe things not from Jesus.
00:26:36.22\00:26:38.19
So if we use that like he
said to comfort us overtime
00:26:38.23\00:26:41.96
it no longer comforts us
and it almost turns on us.
00:26:42.00\00:26:44.43
Yeah, you know,
that's the opposite effect.
00:26:44.47\00:26:46.43
Yes. That's deep.
00:26:46.47\00:26:48.50
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:48.54\00:26:50.11
So praise God, He
wants to give us His peace.
00:26:50.14\00:26:53.54
You know, we don't
have to try to self medicate
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.85
or self comfort or self,
00:26:56.88\00:26:59.28
okay, I'm going to try
all these other things.
00:26:59.31\00:27:01.45
We can go and we
can get Jesus peace.
00:27:01.48\00:27:03.45
Yeah. Amen, that's for sure.
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.65
You know, I was
thinking too, you know, far as
00:27:05.69\00:27:08.42
we're all faced these
circumstances on a daily basis
00:27:08.46\00:27:11.69
where it seems like,
you know, I've got a plan,
00:27:11.73\00:27:13.60
I like things
sort of planned out,
00:27:13.63\00:27:15.53
and all of a sudden
a change of direction
00:27:15.56\00:27:18.00
can be sort of...
00:27:18.03\00:27:19.37
Now does that
come from Mom or Dad
00:27:19.40\00:27:20.74
like you things planned there?
00:27:20.77\00:27:22.10
From me.
00:27:22.14\00:27:23.47
Yeah, Mom like
things planned out.
00:27:23.51\00:27:24.94
Dad does it to a
certain degree too.
00:27:24.97\00:27:26.91
But Mom...
00:27:26.94\00:27:28.48
He goes with the flow.
He goes with the flow, yeah.
00:27:28.51\00:27:31.01
So, you know, the Lord
is helping me to be because,
00:27:31.05\00:27:34.12
you know, in production you had
to be just flexible and things
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.28
and just go with the flow
00:27:36.32\00:27:37.65
but still have some
sort of plan as anyway.
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.39
So, you know, things seem
just usually kind of go with it
00:27:40.42\00:27:42.82
and so that can cause stress
as you're talking about it,
00:27:42.86\00:27:45.86
you know, Sis, too, sometimes,
00:27:45.89\00:27:47.23
you know, just
life circumstances.
00:27:47.26\00:27:49.36
So I was thinking
because you know when you're,
00:27:49.40\00:27:50.73
when we're talking about,
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.10
you know, you're from California
00:27:52.13\00:27:53.47
and you mentioned
an interesting word,
00:27:53.50\00:27:55.24
you said transplant.
00:27:55.27\00:27:57.51
So when I think of
transplant really which,
00:27:57.54\00:27:59.54
you know, she's meaning move,
00:27:59.57\00:28:00.91
you know, move
from what she considered
00:28:00.94\00:28:02.91
home to make a new home,
00:28:02.94\00:28:04.61
so I'm sure, I
mean I'm sure that.
00:28:04.65\00:28:06.48
I mean, I know, it's stressful
00:28:06.51\00:28:07.85
because this throws
anytime something new,
00:28:07.88\00:28:09.22
you're in a new
job, a new place to live,
00:28:09.25\00:28:11.62
new friends, you know,
all that sort of stuff.
00:28:11.65\00:28:14.59
So how in that type of
a circumstance did you,
00:28:14.62\00:28:17.46
you know, because
there's people at home
00:28:17.49\00:28:19.09
that are just like that,
00:28:19.13\00:28:20.46
there's someone
right now is thinking, man,
00:28:20.50\00:28:22.63
I'm just anxious,
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.43
I'm anxious about
something that's coming up,
00:28:24.47\00:28:26.07
I don't know where I'm going,
00:28:26.10\00:28:27.44
I don't know
what's going to happen.
00:28:27.47\00:28:28.94
And I know they're
talking about peace,
00:28:28.97\00:28:31.27
but how did you handle
00:28:31.31\00:28:32.64
that type of
circumstance for you
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.28
moving out to California?
00:28:34.31\00:28:36.34
Well, it's been
a learning process,
00:28:36.38\00:28:37.71
I didn't realize how hard of an
adjustment it would be, it's...
00:28:37.75\00:28:42.15
I think the older you get to,
00:28:42.18\00:28:43.52
like I don't know
when I see myself,
00:28:43.55\00:28:44.89
when I was just in my
early 20s or just starting out
00:28:44.92\00:28:47.22
like, I was more like all about,
00:28:47.26\00:28:49.39
it's making new friends
00:28:49.42\00:28:50.76
and I didn't really have any
00:28:50.79\00:28:52.13
strings attached
anywhere or whatever.
00:28:52.16\00:28:55.03
You know, being a little older,
00:28:55.06\00:28:56.40
you know, moving all
the way across country
00:28:56.43\00:28:57.77
I didn't realize what a
big change that would be
00:28:57.80\00:28:59.53
and...
00:28:59.57\00:29:01.30
I lived about 15-20
minutes from my parents
00:29:01.34\00:29:04.41
was where I moved
from at that point and so,
00:29:04.44\00:29:06.71
you know, some Friday evenings
00:29:06.74\00:29:08.28
or whatever just
go over hang out,
00:29:08.31\00:29:09.74
you know, just, always know
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.28
that there was
that family nearby
00:29:11.31\00:29:13.21
and that's kind of a comfort,
00:29:13.25\00:29:15.42
so I really didn't know anybody
when I moved to California,
00:29:15.45\00:29:17.49
a couple girls I knew.
00:29:17.52\00:29:18.85
We had spent just a
couple of weeks together
00:29:18.89\00:29:21.49
on a mission trip
just a few weeks earlier
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.46
so I kind of
knew them so, kind of,
00:29:23.49\00:29:25.86
they kind of
helped me established
00:29:25.89\00:29:27.23
like little
network of friends and,
00:29:27.26\00:29:29.36
but honestly looking back
00:29:29.40\00:29:30.73
like I probably didn't
handled it the best way
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.13
but it's been a learning process
00:29:32.17\00:29:33.50
the last couple of years,
00:29:33.54\00:29:34.87
and so where God has me
right now is learning that,
00:29:34.90\00:29:39.77
you know, it's that if
I say the internal peace
00:29:39.81\00:29:42.34
like it's not the
external, so even if I don't,
00:29:42.38\00:29:45.05
I mean which I do
have a lot of friends
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.41
that I'm very blessed but.
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.62
Like let's say, you know,
00:29:48.65\00:29:49.98
maybe those friends
aren't there all the time
00:29:50.02\00:29:51.69
or aren't able to,
00:29:51.72\00:29:53.05
you know, I don't
have that constant person
00:29:53.09\00:29:56.22
that can be
there for me whatever,
00:29:56.26\00:29:57.83
like I'm learning
that it's the inside,
00:29:57.86\00:30:00.40
you know, like,
00:30:00.43\00:30:01.86
my realization of who God
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.47
really is like that he is love
00:30:04.50\00:30:07.94
like this not just
this cliché of God is love
00:30:07.97\00:30:11.31
but that he really
cares for me in my desires,
00:30:11.34\00:30:15.14
what makes me happy and,
00:30:15.18\00:30:16.71
and so that kind
of pulls my heart
00:30:16.75\00:30:18.68
towards God in a closer
way, like I can trust him,
00:30:18.71\00:30:21.02
I can feel safe with him so,
00:30:21.05\00:30:23.52
you know, even if I
feel alone out there
00:30:23.55\00:30:26.25
or, you know, trying to,
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.69
you know continue to
establish who I am there which,
00:30:28.72\00:30:32.66
you know, now it's a lot better,
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.03
you know, I've been
there for several years but.
00:30:34.06\00:30:36.46
Yeah, just that, it's...
00:30:36.50\00:30:37.83
I don't know
how to explain that.
00:30:37.87\00:30:39.20
It's like an inside thing
00:30:39.23\00:30:43.41
like that peace
like God is showing
00:30:43.44\00:30:45.67
himself to me in a
deeper way of that.
00:30:45.71\00:30:47.88
I'm safe
Janelle, you can trust me,
00:30:47.91\00:30:49.81
you know, no matter
what's going on around you.
00:30:49.84\00:30:51.75
So, you know, that's I
think the key then for someone,
00:30:51.78\00:30:53.42
you know, 'cause in all of us,
00:30:53.45\00:30:54.78
you know, it could
be little things like,
00:30:54.82\00:30:56.15
okay even just like,
I'm currently in a job
00:30:56.18\00:30:57.52
and, you know, something's maybe
00:30:57.55\00:30:58.89
makes me a little bit
anxious or, you know, not calm
00:30:58.92\00:31:01.12
but even like a big thing,
00:31:01.16\00:31:02.72
you know, like
you're talking about too
00:31:02.76\00:31:04.23
is really having that,
00:31:04.26\00:31:05.59
I guess it goes back to
relationship with Jesus Christ?
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.66
And realizing
how much he loves us
00:31:07.70\00:31:09.13
and like you're saying
how much he cares for us.
00:31:09.16\00:31:10.80
Yeah.
00:31:10.83\00:31:12.17
And how much he's interested
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.10
in the little
things, right, Mom?
00:31:14.14\00:31:15.57
You know, in life
'cause sometimes we can think,
00:31:15.60\00:31:17.84
"Oh, God may not be
interested in this,"
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.31
in this little stressor for
me where I don't have peace,
00:31:19.34\00:31:22.41
"Oh, that's too small for God,"
but that's not true, is it?
00:31:22.44\00:31:25.58
No, it's not.
00:31:25.61\00:31:26.95
I had someone on the
phone one time tell me,
00:31:26.98\00:31:28.62
I was working on probably a
newsletter for the conference
00:31:28.65\00:31:32.79
in West Virginia
00:31:32.82\00:31:34.16
and had told them
that I get really stressed
00:31:34.19\00:31:36.89
'cause there's dead lines.
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.26
Of course.
00:31:38.29\00:31:39.63
People are
suppose to send you things
00:31:39.66\00:31:41.00
and maybe I don't have them
or I'm trying to make it fit
00:31:41.03\00:31:43.90
and the person said,
"Have you prayed over that?"
00:31:43.93\00:31:47.14
And I thought, ah.
00:31:47.17\00:31:48.50
It's almost kind
of review, isn't it?
00:31:48.54\00:31:49.87
Yeah. But it was good.
00:31:49.90\00:31:51.24
My word, I have had
that happened, yes, to me.
00:31:51.27\00:31:52.61
It was real good and it made
me realize like you're saying,
00:31:52.64\00:31:53.98
even what we
think are little things
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.94
are important to pray about
00:31:55.98\00:31:57.31
for the Lord to
give us the peace.
00:31:57.35\00:31:59.15
Amen. We'll that's great.
00:31:59.18\00:32:00.88
Yeah, great advice for sure.
It reminds me of Philippians 4.
00:32:00.92\00:32:04.29
You're talking about anxiousness
00:32:04.32\00:32:05.79
and talking about
praying about the little things.
00:32:05.82\00:32:08.59
Philippians 4:6 and 7.
00:32:08.62\00:32:13.46
Galatians, Ephesians...
00:32:13.50\00:32:15.93
You got it, Mom?
You want to read?
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.47
I do. That's versus 4-6?
00:32:17.50\00:32:21.87
We'll start with 4.
00:32:21.90\00:32:23.24
That's perfect, but we
should read at least 7.
00:32:23.27\00:32:24.61
6 and 7? Yeah,
whatever you wanna do.
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.31
And where's that
again? All right.
00:32:26.34\00:32:27.88
Philippians 4:6
and 7. All right.
00:32:27.91\00:32:30.95
"Be anxious for nothing,
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.45
but in everything by prayer
00:32:32.48\00:32:33.95
and supplication,
with thanksgiving,
00:32:33.98\00:32:36.32
let your requests
be made known to God,
00:32:36.35\00:32:38.52
and the peace of God,
00:32:38.55\00:32:40.32
which surpasses
all understanding,
00:32:40.36\00:32:42.32
will guard your hearts and minds
00:32:42.36\00:32:44.83
through Christ Jesus."
00:32:44.86\00:32:47.76
You know the word in the Greek
00:32:47.80\00:32:49.13
for
understanding the peace of God
00:32:49.16\00:32:50.67
which surpasses all
understanding is expectation.
00:32:50.70\00:32:54.44
So you think
God's peace surpasses
00:32:54.47\00:32:56.47
even my expectation.
00:32:56.50\00:32:57.91
That's powerful.
00:32:57.94\00:32:59.27
So I could think,
00:32:59.31\00:33:00.78
"Okay, God's gonna
give me a measure of peace,"
00:33:00.81\00:33:03.75
but the peace he can
give me surpasses anything
00:33:03.78\00:33:08.28
above and beyond
what I could even imagine.
00:33:08.32\00:33:11.22
Praise God. Yeah.
00:33:11.25\00:33:12.79
And it's said there
it's the peace of God's
00:33:12.82\00:33:15.09
like we did in
John 14:27, my peace,
00:33:15.12\00:33:17.69
I thought, what,
that's a powerful peace,
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.06
perfect peace when
it comes from above.
00:33:20.10\00:33:23.03
Amen. Yeah.
00:33:23.06\00:33:26.47
You're gonna say something?
00:33:26.50\00:33:27.84
I was just gonna ask
you a personal question.
00:33:27.87\00:33:29.20
Oh, okay.
00:33:29.24\00:33:30.57
And maybe I shouldn't be asking
personal questions on the set
00:33:30.61\00:33:32.37
and I didn't tell
you what it was so...
00:33:32.41\00:33:34.51
Of course, this
is family worship
00:33:34.54\00:33:36.04
so that we're all family
and, you are too, so thank you.
00:33:36.08\00:33:38.58
So for Mom or Dad or
whoever I was just wondering,
00:33:38.61\00:33:41.65
as a parent because, you know,
Greg and I don't have kids,
00:33:41.68\00:33:44.52
but as a parent how do
you work with your children
00:33:44.55\00:33:48.12
if they don't have peace?
00:33:48.16\00:33:49.59
You know, if they are anxious,
00:33:49.62\00:33:50.96
if they are
struggling or stressed
00:33:50.99\00:33:52.66
or how do you work
to teach them peace
00:33:52.69\00:33:54.86
or to instill in them peace?
00:33:54.90\00:33:56.23
So I don't know if
that question makes sense.
00:33:56.26\00:34:00.47
That one's yours.
It's got my name on it.
00:34:00.50\00:34:04.51
Yeah, 'cause there's a child
00:34:04.54\00:34:05.87
that's probably
kind of difficult to see,
00:34:05.91\00:34:07.41
I guess maybe you
can tell the small child
00:34:07.44\00:34:08.91
if they are really upset
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.28
which I guess could
may be angry or something
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.01
but you can probably
tell a child is distressed,
00:34:12.05\00:34:14.65
you know, maybe about
a particular situation.
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.15
I remember if I can jump
in one more time, my sister,
00:34:17.19\00:34:20.36
you know, has the four boys
and so when one of them was...
00:34:20.39\00:34:23.06
They are a lot of fun.
00:34:23.09\00:34:24.43
They are a lot
of fun, maybe 3-4,
00:34:24.46\00:34:27.20
I remember we were at the house
00:34:27.23\00:34:28.63
and he was just
crying and saying,
00:34:28.66\00:34:30.90
"Jesus, help me be
happy, Jesus, I wanna be happy."
00:34:30.93\00:34:35.14
And he's having a tantrum,
00:34:35.17\00:34:36.50
you know, and crying but
he's crying out to Jesus,
00:34:36.54\00:34:39.91
"Jesus, help me be happy."
00:34:39.94\00:34:41.61
And I thought
well, even kids know,
00:34:41.64\00:34:43.95
they don't have peace
so they are struggling.
00:34:43.98\00:34:46.51
I'm sorry.
00:34:46.55\00:34:47.88
Well, I think something
00:34:47.92\00:34:49.25
that can bring
calmness is a music
00:34:49.28\00:34:52.72
that would be
singing about Jesus,
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.99
either it's
instrumental, you play it on a,
00:34:55.02\00:34:58.63
what's it, CD's now,
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.00
used to be a tracks
and cassettes years ago.
00:35:00.03\00:35:01.36
Yeah, computer
files now, probably.
00:35:01.40\00:35:02.90
It's true, or singing
it, you know, and I believe
00:35:02.93\00:35:05.77
that brings the
presence of God near...
00:35:05.80\00:35:07.20
Amen.
00:35:07.24\00:35:08.57
When there's anxiousness
in us, not the calmness.
00:35:08.60\00:35:10.81
Yes. Yeah, true.
00:35:10.84\00:35:14.31
I'm not a parent, but
I was just thinking like
00:35:14.34\00:35:16.01
if I did have kids, like,
00:35:16.04\00:35:17.38
I think a lot of it has to
do with the parents themselves
00:35:17.41\00:35:19.91
'cause if the parents
calm then that really,
00:35:19.95\00:35:23.42
you know, 'cause the
child may not even understand
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.59
who Jesus really is, you
know, at a really young age.
00:35:25.62\00:35:26.96
So small.
00:35:26.99\00:35:28.32
But if they look at
their parents there's,
00:35:28.36\00:35:30.16
you know, a type of,
00:35:30.19\00:35:31.53
I don't know, like,
the God or whatever.
00:35:31.56\00:35:32.89
Representative.
00:35:32.93\00:35:34.26
Yeah, like they don't understand
00:35:34.30\00:35:35.63
who God really is.
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.00
So if their
parents calm and at peace
00:35:37.03\00:35:38.47
then that really helps the child
00:35:38.50\00:35:39.83
I think to have that calm.
00:35:39.87\00:35:41.24
True. Yeah.
00:35:41.27\00:35:42.60
I think as a nurse
in the ER, you know,
00:35:42.64\00:35:44.87
we're taught to be calm,
00:35:44.91\00:35:47.48
you know, like,
00:35:47.51\00:35:48.84
so if it's so chaotic in the ER,
00:35:48.88\00:35:50.38
you know, somebody
is gasping for breath,
00:35:50.41\00:35:52.71
they can't breath, you
know, they're panicking,
00:35:52.75\00:35:55.75
they are getting chest
pain, crushing chest pain,
00:35:55.78\00:35:58.25
you know, that kind of thing.
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.09
Yeah, that's scary.
00:36:00.12\00:36:01.46
You know, yeah,
it's very scary for them.
00:36:01.49\00:36:02.82
Very stressful for
them and the family
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.19
to be watching their loved one.
00:36:04.23\00:36:05.56
Yeah, absolutely.
00:36:05.59\00:36:06.93
So can you imagine if the
nurse and the doctors were like,
00:36:06.96\00:36:08.30
oh my goodness, oh my
goodness, what's going on?
00:36:08.33\00:36:09.66
I don't know what to do,
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.03
you know, and they are like
00:36:11.07\00:36:12.40
that would just
cause them great panic too,
00:36:12.43\00:36:13.77
like, they don't
know what to do either.
00:36:13.80\00:36:15.14
Oh, my goodness, I thought
00:36:15.17\00:36:16.50
I came to place
I'm supposed to...
00:36:16.54\00:36:17.87
Provide help. You know, help.
00:36:17.91\00:36:19.24
So, you know, even if, I
mean, you know, as the nurse
00:36:19.27\00:36:21.31
it's a little stressful inside,
00:36:21.34\00:36:22.68
you know,
especially when someone
00:36:22.71\00:36:24.05
is about to die or
is dying or whatever.
00:36:24.08\00:36:27.12
You know, there is
a anxiety in the heart
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.08
but you portray on the
outside that all is well
00:36:29.12\00:36:32.69
'cause, you know,
and I think the reason
00:36:32.72\00:36:34.66
that we can be
calm as health providers
00:36:34.69\00:36:36.93
is that we know the solutions,
so if they are gasping for air,
00:36:36.96\00:36:40.80
we know that we
can, you know, intubate,
00:36:40.83\00:36:42.83
put a tube down the
throat if we need to,
00:36:42.86\00:36:44.47
you know, we know
there is a solution,
00:36:44.50\00:36:46.47
you know, so I think for,
00:36:46.50\00:36:48.90
I know you are
talking about parents,
00:36:48.94\00:36:50.27
you know, like if
the child is stressed out
00:36:50.31\00:36:52.64
about how their
toy just got stolen
00:36:52.67\00:36:54.44
from their friend
00:36:54.48\00:36:55.81
or got taken
away by their friend
00:36:55.84\00:36:57.18
and crying about it, you know,
00:36:57.21\00:36:58.65
the parent can look at it from
00:36:58.68\00:37:00.65
an adult
perspective and be like,
00:37:00.68\00:37:02.45
you know, you'll
live to see another day,
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.95
you know, it will be okay.
00:37:04.99\00:37:06.32
Yeah, you'll be fine.
00:37:06.35\00:37:07.69
I'm sure that friend will
eventually give that toy back.
00:37:07.72\00:37:09.06
So, yeah.
00:37:09.09\00:37:10.43
Let me tell you one
time I was in a hospital
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.29
and I had a nurse check on me
and she did what she had to do,
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.36
and as soon as she
look, she goes, "Oh, no."
00:37:16.40\00:37:19.13
And of course that
brought terror to me.
00:37:19.17\00:37:22.00
Yeah. Oh, no, I must be dying.
00:37:22.04\00:37:25.61
So it's interesting, isn't it?
00:37:25.64\00:37:26.98
So in other words we actually
have an effect on others
00:37:27.01\00:37:29.71
around us as to the...
00:37:29.74\00:37:34.45
I guess the peace
that God can give to us.
00:37:34.48\00:37:36.92
Amen. Will that be true?
00:37:36.95\00:37:38.29
We can actually, we
can't give the peace
00:37:38.32\00:37:41.22
but we can
definitely be a vessel
00:37:41.26\00:37:42.72
through which God can
talk to somebody else.
00:37:42.76\00:37:45.23
Would that be right? Absolutely.
00:37:45.26\00:37:46.59
Or to give them peace
flow through to someone else.
00:37:46.63\00:37:49.50
Wow, boy, that's kind of deep.
You know there's a great story.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.97
Go ahead, Dad,
you have something.
00:37:52.00\00:37:53.34
It reminds me of
this Psalm 119:165.
00:37:53.37\00:37:57.11
Well, let's go to
that here, so 119.
00:37:57.14\00:37:58.47
Psalm 119:165.
00:37:58.51\00:38:00.04
That's really
long chapter, isn't it?
00:38:00.08\00:38:02.88
Yeah.
00:38:02.91\00:38:04.25
165 verses to that point. Yeah.
00:38:04.28\00:38:08.35
176 all together.
00:38:08.38\00:38:10.75
Psalm 119.
00:38:10.79\00:38:13.46
All right.
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.02
It says, "Great
peace," what kind of peace?
00:38:15.06\00:38:19.59
Great peace. Yes.
00:38:19.63\00:38:21.60
"Have they which love thy law,"
00:38:21.63\00:38:26.63
you know, and Jesus,
00:38:26.67\00:38:29.10
he's the epitome of God's
law so when we have Jesus,
00:38:29.14\00:38:32.84
'cause he is love and
we have him in our hearts
00:38:32.87\00:38:36.24
when we're
talking about that peace
00:38:36.28\00:38:37.78
for our kids or whomever,
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.78
"and nothing," what?
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.78
Nothing. Nothing at all.
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.28
"Nothing shall
offend them." Yeah.
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.82
I thought, "Wow, nothing?"
00:38:45.85\00:38:47.49
So if ever I am
feeling offended.
00:38:47.52\00:38:50.83
Yes.
00:38:50.86\00:38:52.19
And by the way the people
that are the closest to you
00:38:52.23\00:38:54.13
sometimes can get
under your skin, can't they?
00:38:54.16\00:38:55.93
Uh-huh.
00:38:55.96\00:38:57.30
Who you hang around
with a lot and so forth,
00:38:57.33\00:38:59.50
so then I think, "Wow, if
I am not feeling that peace,
00:38:59.53\00:39:03.51
if something's offending me
00:39:03.54\00:39:05.54
then I must not be
close to Jesus, I need him."
00:39:05.57\00:39:09.58
You know, when I think of Jesus,
00:39:09.61\00:39:10.95
you know, he's
drying on the cross
00:39:10.98\00:39:13.18
or people are
spitting and pulling his beard,
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.38
all those terrible things,
00:39:15.42\00:39:16.75
you know, and yet he is praying.
00:39:16.79\00:39:18.62
"Father, forgive
them." Yeah, amen.
00:39:18.65\00:39:22.02
So he had the
father inside of him
00:39:22.06\00:39:25.06
so much he had that peace,
00:39:25.09\00:39:27.33
the love of God was inside Jesus
00:39:27.36\00:39:29.70
and nothing offended
him that he was praying.
00:39:29.73\00:39:32.97
So anyway, if things
are coming inside my life
00:39:33.00\00:39:35.84
and I'm feeling offended,
00:39:35.87\00:39:37.21
I first of all praise the
Lord that, you know, okay,
00:39:37.24\00:39:40.58
now I can recognize
00:39:40.61\00:39:41.94
that I am not as close to you
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.25
as I want to be
because I am offended.
00:39:44.28\00:39:46.85
Oh, Father forgive me, let me,
00:39:46.88\00:39:48.82
anyway that's a real help to me.
00:39:48.85\00:39:50.19
Oh, yeah.
00:39:50.22\00:39:51.55
No, that's great, Dad,
yeah, that's a good text.
00:39:51.59\00:39:53.82
Psalm 119:165.
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.82
Yes. Yeah.
00:39:55.86\00:39:57.19
You know, these
are, you know, it's neat,
00:39:57.23\00:39:58.56
isn't it opening God's word?
00:39:58.59\00:39:59.93
Highlight, I've got a
number of markings in my Bible
00:39:59.96\00:40:01.66
and it seems like
it's continually new things
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.20
or you've read something before
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.57
and has new
meaning in it and it's neat
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.04
when you ask the Holy
Spirit to open your mind.
00:40:07.07\00:40:08.40
Yes.
00:40:08.44\00:40:10.27
The Bible is full
of treasure and sneaks.
00:40:10.31\00:40:12.47
Like, open a treasure
chest, you're not sure
00:40:12.51\00:40:13.94
what you're gonna find everyday,
00:40:13.98\00:40:15.51
so I'm thinking of a story.
00:40:15.54\00:40:16.88
Yes.
00:40:16.91\00:40:18.25
Of Jesus, and if you
wanna go to Matthew 8
00:40:18.28\00:40:23.79
and its Jesus in the Storm,
00:40:23.82\00:40:25.15
a well-known story
00:40:25.19\00:40:27.66
and I am
thinking of the disciples
00:40:27.69\00:40:29.02
that was a really
big storm for them.
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.19
Physical storm, I mean,
the boat's tossing around,
00:40:31.23\00:40:33.70
but I'm thinking about all of us
00:40:33.73\00:40:36.03
when I think of a storm,
00:40:36.06\00:40:37.40
I think of it as
a challenge in life
00:40:37.43\00:40:39.87
whatever you can,
could be health, a trial,
00:40:39.90\00:40:43.27
could be health
like cancer or somebody,
00:40:43.30\00:40:47.38
like, financial, I
mean, many different things
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.84
that can be a storm,
you know, in one's life,
00:40:49.88\00:40:53.18
and there's number
of verses we can read.
00:40:53.21\00:40:55.42
Matthew 8, let's start
with verse 23 and go to,
00:40:55.45\00:41:01.56
which we go to, maybe 27?
00:41:01.59\00:41:02.92
27. Yeah.
00:41:02.96\00:41:05.43
Dad, you wanna read
that? Matthew 8:23 to 27.
00:41:05.46\00:41:09.86
"And when He was
entered into a ship,
00:41:09.90\00:41:11.83
His disciples followed Him."
00:41:11.87\00:41:14.14
And behold, there arose
a great tempest in the sea,
00:41:14.17\00:41:18.04
insomuch that the ship
was covered with the waves,
00:41:18.07\00:41:21.64
but He was asleep.
00:41:21.68\00:41:23.78
And His disciples came to
Him and awoke Him, saying,
00:41:23.81\00:41:27.55
"Lord, save us!
00:41:27.58\00:41:29.05
We perish!"
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.05
And He said unto them,
00:41:31.09\00:41:32.62
"Why are you afraid or
fearful, O you of little faith?"
00:41:32.65\00:41:37.46
Then He arose and
rebuked the winds and the sea,
00:41:37.49\00:41:41.76
and there was a great calm.
00:41:41.80\00:41:44.53
But the men marveled, saying,
"What manner of man is this,
00:41:44.57\00:41:48.64
that even the winds
and the sea obey Him?"
00:41:48.67\00:41:52.54
Yeah.
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.81
There's, there's a painting.
00:41:54.84\00:41:59.01
I think have you
seen that, Sis, it's like,
00:41:59.05\00:42:00.85
I don't know if it was
Harry Anderson or Nathan Greene
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.75
or maybe was someone
else, there's a painting of,
00:42:02.78\00:42:06.35
it shows Jesus at the wheel,
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.76
I'm not really good with boating
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.13
but is it the wheel?
00:42:10.16\00:42:12.26
The helm, yeah, the big
wheel that steers this boat,
00:42:12.29\00:42:15.53
the ship and there's like a,
00:42:15.56\00:42:17.63
it wasn't the
disciples in this painting,
00:42:17.67\00:42:19.17
it would be like
modern day family
00:42:19.20\00:42:21.57
and the waves are
crashing over the boat.
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.01
Have you seen
that painting? Yeah.
00:42:24.04\00:42:25.37
And there's Jesus, just calm.
00:42:25.41\00:42:26.74
A picture. Oh, okay.
00:42:26.78\00:42:28.11
Just calm, just like, you
know, and there's the family,
00:42:28.14\00:42:29.91
I think there's like a
dad and a mom and kids.
00:42:29.94\00:42:32.75
They're like, I think
if I remember correctly,
00:42:32.78\00:42:34.15
they are all
just, that they have
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.62
their hand on Jesus?
00:42:35.65\00:42:36.99
I think so, yeah.
00:42:37.02\00:42:38.35
Yeah, and what's he doing
00:42:38.39\00:42:39.72
when he's got his
hand on that wheel?
00:42:39.75\00:42:42.06
He's guiding them through. Yeah.
00:42:42.09\00:42:44.03
Yeah, it doesn't show, you know,
00:42:44.06\00:42:45.86
the dad or whoever it
could be, I mean, you know,
00:42:45.89\00:42:48.26
they are trying to, you know,
and Jesus in the background,
00:42:48.30\00:42:51.93
you know, Jesus is at the wheel
00:42:51.97\00:42:54.44
and I think that's
the important thing
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.30
because all of us face storms.
00:42:56.34\00:42:57.71
Yeah.
00:42:57.74\00:42:59.07
Trials, things
were not really at peace
00:42:59.11\00:43:01.31
and it's really
allowing God to be in control
00:43:01.34\00:43:05.11
and to realize that
he'll get us through,
00:43:05.15\00:43:07.25
you know, that
storm and give us,
00:43:07.28\00:43:08.85
really that's the peace
because what does it say here,
00:43:08.88\00:43:11.05
that he was, what was Jesus?
00:43:11.09\00:43:12.45
At sleep. He was asleep.
00:43:12.49\00:43:14.39
And I think, yeah,
why was he able to sleep?
00:43:14.42\00:43:16.09
Again I think back to,
you know, he had, like,
00:43:16.12\00:43:20.30
what I was saying
earlier as far as,
00:43:20.33\00:43:21.90
you know, being a nurse
and knowing there's a solution
00:43:21.93\00:43:24.50
to this person's chest pain
00:43:24.53\00:43:26.50
or gas being flared or whatever.
00:43:26.53\00:43:28.84
Now, Jesus knew that there
was an easy solution to this.
00:43:28.87\00:43:31.27
That's why he was able to sleep.
00:43:31.31\00:43:32.64
He knew that, you know,
all he had to do is say,
00:43:32.67\00:43:34.51
"Stop," you know,
stop, the wave stopped.
00:43:34.54\00:43:36.91
Oh, yeah.
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.28
You know, where as the
humans in the boat were like,
00:43:38.31\00:43:41.12
they had no, you know,
they didn't know the solution,
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.25
they didn't know, "What
are we going to do, like,
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.85
we're going to drown,
we're going to be killed,"
00:43:45.89\00:43:48.06
they had no answer,
no solution, you know,
00:43:48.09\00:43:51.56
so I think that's
where maybe the peace comes,
00:43:51.59\00:43:53.83
you know,
because and that's where
00:43:53.86\00:43:55.36
the unpeace or unrest comes from
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.77
'cause we don't
know the solution that's,
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.37
isn't that kind of
true when I get anxious,
00:43:59.40\00:44:01.30
I don't know what am I
supposed to do right now,
00:44:01.34\00:44:02.70
like I don't know
the answer, you know,
00:44:02.74\00:44:04.57
I think I'm gonna fail this test
00:44:04.61\00:44:06.37
or I don't know how to whatever,
00:44:06.41\00:44:08.34
you know, whatever
causes you anxiety,
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.21
you know, it's because
you don't know the solution,
00:44:10.25\00:44:12.55
you don't know the answer.
00:44:12.58\00:44:14.32
And so when we
can trust in the one
00:44:14.35\00:44:17.19
that has the answer to
every single thing out there,
00:44:17.22\00:44:21.02
then that's when we can
have that peace, I think so.
00:44:21.06\00:44:23.19
Yeah, that's great,
Sis, yeah, well put.
00:44:23.22\00:44:25.36
It reminds me of, go ahead, Mom,
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.90
what you were saying
at the beginning, Mom,
00:44:26.93\00:44:28.56
about that surrender
because then if we surrender
00:44:28.60\00:44:31.23
and we know he has the solution,
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.23
what better place to be than
surrendered and trusting him?
00:44:33.27\00:44:37.01
Go ahead, Mom,
you had something.
00:44:37.04\00:44:38.37
Couple of things, but
first let me say that,
00:44:38.41\00:44:39.91
when you talked
about Jesus at the helm
00:44:39.94\00:44:42.98
and bringing us through,
00:44:43.01\00:44:44.95
you know, I have been guilty
of trying to make things happen
00:44:44.98\00:44:48.58
the way I think
it's supposed to happen,
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.62
and so I am
taking over the wheel,
00:44:50.65\00:44:52.42
and there is no peace.
00:44:52.45\00:44:54.19
And then if it
does come about the way
00:44:54.22\00:44:56.09
I thought was
right then I think,
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.79
"Oh, am I second
guessing the Lord?
00:44:57.83\00:45:00.26
He might have said
totally different direction,
00:45:00.30\00:45:01.76
you know, for me to go."
00:45:01.80\00:45:03.13
Yeah, that's true.
00:45:03.16\00:45:04.50
And so I am
learning to just say,
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.13
"Lord it's you I want,
00:45:06.17\00:45:07.97
I want whatever you bring
00:45:08.00\00:45:09.90
and not what I
think is the best."
00:45:09.94\00:45:12.24
But back to Jesus in
the boat in Psalms 4:8,
00:45:12.27\00:45:17.51
there's a really
nice scripture there
00:45:17.55\00:45:20.38
in Psalms 4:8.
00:45:20.42\00:45:25.05
Let me get
there. I'm almost there.
00:45:25.09\00:45:26.42
The pages are sticking together.
00:45:26.45\00:45:28.66
You said 4:8?
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.03
4:8. Okay.
00:45:30.06\00:45:31.39
Yes, "I will both lay me
down in peace, and sleep,"
00:45:31.43\00:45:34.20
and that made me think
about Jesus in the boat,
00:45:34.23\00:45:36.36
"for you alone our Lord,
make me dwell in safety."
00:45:36.40\00:45:39.63
Wow. Amen.
00:45:39.67\00:45:41.00
And then someone
mentioned recently
00:45:41.04\00:45:42.40
about not sure
what to do but I love,
00:45:42.44\00:45:45.17
I always love this
story in 2 Chronicles 20,
00:45:45.21\00:45:48.84
Kay Kuzma is where I first
00:45:48.88\00:45:51.41
brought this
story to my attention
00:45:51.45\00:45:52.98
that's made all the
difference in the world to me
00:45:53.01\00:45:54.92
and I shared it
with so many people,
00:45:54.95\00:45:57.52
but 2 Chronicles 20
in the Old Testament.
00:45:57.55\00:46:01.72
2 Chronicles 20?
00:46:01.76\00:46:03.09
20:12, "When we
don't know what to do."
00:46:03.12\00:46:06.09
Yes.
00:46:06.13\00:46:07.46
It says, "Our
eyes are upon," who?
00:46:07.50\00:46:08.83
You.
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.20
"You which is God
or Jesus." Of course.
00:46:10.23\00:46:11.97
So that's my
strength also is to say God,
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.27
I don't know what to do
and I claim that so often.
00:46:15.30\00:46:18.37
Yes. That's great.
00:46:18.41\00:46:19.74
I like that 'cause
there is Jehoshaphat
00:46:19.77\00:46:21.48
before the people and,
00:46:21.51\00:46:23.55
you know, they just
all these enemies coming in
00:46:23.58\00:46:25.61
but our eyes are upon You.
00:46:25.65\00:46:26.98
Yeah.
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.35
The source, the
solution to whatever I'm facing.
00:46:28.38\00:46:31.35
Oh, yeah.
00:46:31.39\00:46:33.56
If I can share a
verse I like? Yes.
00:46:33.59\00:46:36.52
Romans 5:1, I like it,
00:46:36.56\00:46:42.46
it speaks to me.
00:46:42.50\00:46:44.23
Romans 5:1, "Therefore,
having been justified by faith,
00:46:44.27\00:46:50.34
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:46:50.37\00:46:54.28
So to me anytime
I'm lacking in peace,
00:46:54.31\00:46:57.28
that means some how
00:46:57.31\00:46:58.65
I'm not in right
relationship with God.
00:46:58.68\00:47:01.22
There's something
going on in my relationship.
00:47:01.25\00:47:03.35
I think if there is ever
anytime of maybe lack of peace
00:47:03.39\00:47:06.76
or tension in our
relationship, what's wrong?
00:47:06.79\00:47:09.12
There's something
between us. There's an issue.
00:47:09.16\00:47:11.79
There's something
that we need to sit down
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.73
or communicated or pray about.
00:47:13.76\00:47:15.60
Maybe like a lack of
communication or something.
00:47:15.63\00:47:17.17
Absolutely, pray
about and bring that to God.
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.83
So, to me if
there is lack of peace
00:47:19.87\00:47:22.20
in my walk with the God,
00:47:22.24\00:47:24.24
then some how there's
something with me and Jesus
00:47:24.27\00:47:28.48
that needs to be reworked
00:47:28.51\00:47:30.55
or brought back into that unity,
00:47:30.58\00:47:32.98
that surrender
that you mentioned.
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.05
I could share a
little story about Greg.
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.42
Please.
00:47:36.45\00:47:37.79
There is no peace. About me?
00:47:37.82\00:47:39.49
Oh, boy.
00:47:39.52\00:47:40.86
I'm guessing he
didn't have peace.
00:47:40.89\00:47:42.36
And so what
happened? That's great.
00:47:42.39\00:47:43.89
We lived in Michigan
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.26
and I was making
my homemade bread,
00:47:45.29\00:47:46.63
so I had my dough and
Janelle either wasn't quite born
00:47:46.66\00:47:50.40
or she was just a
little thing in the crib
00:47:50.43\00:47:53.27
and so Greg you
were probably three.
00:47:53.30\00:47:55.17
Yes.
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.54
So you were at the table
00:47:56.57\00:47:57.91
and I was
kneading the bread dough
00:47:57.94\00:47:59.27
and of course I set it wrong,
I said don't eat this dough,
00:47:59.31\00:48:01.68
you know, I should
have phrased it differently.
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.24
So I'm kneading it
00:48:03.28\00:48:04.61
and all of a
sudden you disappeared.
00:48:04.65\00:48:06.48
Uh-oh.
00:48:06.51\00:48:07.85
And I thought,
00:48:07.88\00:48:09.22
"I bet he's taken
some of this dough
00:48:09.25\00:48:10.79
and he's gonna eat it."
00:48:10.82\00:48:12.45
So I followed you and
you were in the bedroom
00:48:12.49\00:48:15.22
with just your head
00:48:15.26\00:48:16.59
hiding under the
bread chewing this bread.
00:48:16.62\00:48:20.43
Your whole rest of
your body is sticking out.
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.63
Oh, my, oh, my. Busted.
00:48:22.66\00:48:24.00
So you had a little
piece I'm just assuming.
00:48:24.03\00:48:25.83
I just been tolled on.
00:48:25.87\00:48:28.54
You didn't want
to stay around me
00:48:28.57\00:48:29.90
'cause you knew you
weren't supposed to do that.
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.27
Of course.
00:48:31.31\00:48:32.64
That made me
think of Adam and Eve,
00:48:32.67\00:48:34.01
you know, they hid
00:48:34.04\00:48:35.38
because they did not
have that relationship
00:48:35.41\00:48:36.75
that was unhampered.
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.15
Yeah, no, that's good.
And they didn't have peace.
00:48:38.18\00:48:39.85
I honestly don't remember
that but, yeah, of course.
00:48:39.88\00:48:43.12
Maybe it's
blocked. Yeah, so traumatic.
00:48:43.15\00:48:45.05
Is that a blocked
memory? No, it's not traumatic.
00:48:45.09\00:48:47.16
Yeah, it's not at all.
00:48:47.19\00:48:48.52
But, yeah, you know, you can see
00:48:48.56\00:48:49.89
obviously as a young child,
didn't realize it was wrong
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.86
and then trying
to enjoy something
00:48:51.89\00:48:53.53
that was maybe a
fleeting pleasure of eating.
00:48:53.56\00:48:55.46
I guess raw dough
bread, so, yeah, but...
00:48:55.50\00:48:59.67
Sounds marvelous.
00:48:59.70\00:49:01.04
Yeah, it kind of
does, doesn't it?
00:49:01.07\00:49:02.40
But, yeah, you know,
for as even the small child,
00:49:02.44\00:49:03.77
you know, I'm sure, you know,
00:49:03.81\00:49:05.14
you realize you
are not doing right so,
00:49:05.17\00:49:06.51
yeah, trying to
hide from God, yeah.
00:49:06.54\00:49:07.88
Yeah. A very good point so.
00:49:07.91\00:49:10.08
Oh, man, our time is
running out in a hurry so just.
00:49:10.11\00:49:12.91
So how do we receive peace?
00:49:12.95\00:49:14.28
'Cause really
that's I think really
00:49:14.32\00:49:15.65
what we are talking
about would be what?
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.32
Just in summary would be
to receive the true peace.
00:49:17.35\00:49:21.89
What would be your summary?
00:49:21.92\00:49:23.26
Maybe we could go around
and everyone kind of share?
00:49:23.29\00:49:24.63
Yeah, that's good.
00:49:24.66\00:49:25.99
You know, I really think,
00:49:26.03\00:49:27.36
what comes to mind as
I'm thinking about Abraham
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.36
and God asked him
to go in a country
00:49:29.40\00:49:31.07
and didn't really
know where he was going,
00:49:31.10\00:49:33.17
so I really correlate
00:49:33.20\00:49:35.20
peace with faith
and faith with peace
00:49:35.24\00:49:37.57
because I have to have faith
00:49:37.61\00:49:39.84
that God is leading me
00:49:39.87\00:49:41.21
through this storm to some place
00:49:41.24\00:49:42.58
or through something.
00:49:42.61\00:49:44.01
I really have to
have faith in God.
00:49:44.05\00:49:46.05
Yes.
00:49:46.08\00:49:47.42
So if I have faith in God,
00:49:47.45\00:49:48.78
you were talking
about relationship,
00:49:48.82\00:49:50.15
you have to, in order
to have faith in someone,
00:49:50.19\00:49:51.89
God being who we
are talking about,
00:49:51.92\00:49:53.25
you have to know him.
00:49:53.29\00:49:54.62
Yes. And how do you know him?
00:49:54.66\00:49:56.86
You have to study his
word and not just read his word
00:49:56.89\00:50:00.16
but study his word and ask
for Holy Spirit to give insight.
00:50:00.20\00:50:03.77
So that's kind of
maybe a summary for me.
00:50:03.80\00:50:05.97
Amen. Yeah.
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.54
Anyone else? Dad? What?
00:50:07.57\00:50:10.17
This last scripture
that Jill had there in Romans
00:50:10.21\00:50:12.47
about being justified by faith.
00:50:12.51\00:50:17.05
You know, as a pastor a
lot of people talk to you
00:50:17.08\00:50:19.68
and you sense that
they don't have any peace
00:50:19.71\00:50:24.05
and this justified by faith.
00:50:24.09\00:50:26.89
Uh-huh.
00:50:26.92\00:50:28.96
You know, either I recognize
00:50:28.99\00:50:31.86
that Christ death
for me justified me
00:50:31.89\00:50:37.83
or else I'm
trying to justify myself.
00:50:37.87\00:50:40.70
It's good. Oh, yeah.
00:50:40.74\00:50:42.30
And if I'm
trying to justify myself
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.11
for why I'm
doing, what I'm doing,
00:50:44.14\00:50:45.91
or why I'm continuing
to do whatever I'm doing
00:50:45.94\00:50:48.61
or the
relationships that I have,
00:50:48.64\00:50:49.98
there's the problem,
you know, all those things,
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.55
I'm justifying myself.
00:50:51.58\00:50:54.02
And if I am justifying myself
00:50:54.05\00:50:55.45
then Christ
can't be my justifier.
00:50:55.48\00:50:58.49
Yes.
00:50:58.52\00:51:00.69
And so then
there's no peace there.
00:51:00.72\00:51:02.92
You know, you're trying
to juggle all this stuff
00:51:02.96\00:51:04.49
and then there's no,
00:51:04.53\00:51:05.86
and I can see it
in the people's mind
00:51:05.89\00:51:07.23
and I try to bring that forth
00:51:07.26\00:51:09.10
but if a person
recognizes that Jesus,
00:51:09.13\00:51:11.70
you know, no matter
what I have ever done,
00:51:11.73\00:51:14.24
no matter what I'm
doing currently, he can,
00:51:14.27\00:51:17.91
you know, I just
give it over to him
00:51:17.94\00:51:19.27
and he would justify
me before the Father.
00:51:19.31\00:51:20.84
Amen.
00:51:20.88\00:51:22.21
That's what he
is doing right now
00:51:22.24\00:51:23.58
in the most holy place.
00:51:23.61\00:51:24.95
He is my
justification so when I just,
00:51:24.98\00:51:27.12
like someone used
the word surrender.
00:51:27.15\00:51:28.85
That's a great word.
00:51:28.88\00:51:30.22
If I just surrender
and say God, and say,
00:51:30.25\00:51:31.59
"Oh, God, I'm so messed up,
00:51:31.62\00:51:34.12
you've said
you're gonna justify me,
00:51:34.16\00:51:36.12
hear it I'm
giving you just as I am
00:51:36.16\00:51:39.29
without any
justification of my own self.
00:51:39.33\00:51:42.10
Here I am, as
messed up as I am."
00:51:42.13\00:51:43.47
Amen.
00:51:43.50\00:51:44.83
You have been,
so that's why. Amen.
00:51:44.87\00:51:46.47
Sis, you have something summary?
00:51:46.50\00:51:47.84
Yeah, well, I was just
thinking for myself, like,
00:51:47.87\00:51:49.90
what personally God's
helping me with is that,
00:51:49.94\00:51:52.54
you know, it's,
00:51:52.57\00:51:55.11
you know, I think like
for me to be really honest
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.95
when I hear the word
surrender it scares me,
00:51:57.98\00:52:00.22
like my heart just
does flip-flops inside,
00:52:00.25\00:52:02.82
like, am I gonna surrender,
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.65
like, that is
really scary for, for me,
00:52:04.69\00:52:08.66
you know, to
think of surrendering
00:52:08.69\00:52:10.03
'cause you are kind
of giving yourself away
00:52:10.06\00:52:11.66
or you're no longer able to
be in control and how can I?
00:52:11.69\00:52:14.50
Kind of vulnerable.
00:52:14.53\00:52:15.86
Yeah, how can I trust
somebody outside of myself?
00:52:15.90\00:52:17.80
Like, certain
circumstances in life,
00:52:17.83\00:52:19.63
you kind of start learning not
00:52:19.67\00:52:22.14
or you think you can't
trust outside of yourself
00:52:22.17\00:52:24.87
or something and so when I,
00:52:24.91\00:52:27.08
God is working with me in
a kind of a different place
00:52:27.11\00:52:29.91
personally like it's,
00:52:29.94\00:52:31.51
I need to
understand who Jesus really is,
00:52:31.55\00:52:34.98
like, he's not there,
00:52:35.02\00:52:36.85
"Surrender to me,
Janelle, surrender to me."
00:52:36.89\00:52:39.19
Like, he just wants
me to know his character
00:52:39.22\00:52:43.09
and actually when,
00:52:43.12\00:52:44.46
when he see I'm at
unrest or not having peace,
00:52:44.49\00:52:47.00
you know, it's he's not like,
00:52:47.03\00:52:49.86
you know,
"Janelle, you know better."
00:52:49.90\00:52:51.23
I mean, you know, you
were raised Christian,
00:52:51.27\00:52:52.93
you were, you
know, Christian schools
00:52:52.97\00:52:55.20
whatever, you know, it's,
00:52:55.24\00:52:56.84
you know, he wants to
actually just show me him
00:52:56.87\00:53:00.18
and that he is true love.
00:53:00.21\00:53:01.54
He's just there saying,
00:53:01.58\00:53:02.91
you know, what
do you really need,
00:53:02.94\00:53:04.98
I'm not here to condemn you.
00:53:05.01\00:53:06.35
Yeah, that's great, Sis.
00:53:06.38\00:53:07.72
I'm here to love you and just
take you from where you are.
00:53:07.75\00:53:09.08
That's key.
00:53:09.12\00:53:10.45
That really is that God
is there to love us and he's,
00:53:10.49\00:53:12.05
yeah, he's looking out
00:53:12.09\00:53:13.42
for our best
interest, so caring.
00:53:13.46\00:53:14.99
Asks us, what do we
need? What do you need?
00:53:15.02\00:53:18.09
We know that, know
at home God loves you.
00:53:18.13\00:53:21.20
Yes.
00:53:21.23\00:53:22.56
You just come to him
and he wants to accept you
00:53:22.60\00:53:23.93
and receive you
and give you his peace
00:53:23.97\00:53:26.17
and develop that
relationship with him.
00:53:26.20\00:53:28.90
We better spend
some time in prayer.
00:53:28.94\00:53:30.47
Yeah, worship is
all about prayer too.
00:53:30.51\00:53:32.01
So wee hope you
joined us here in prayer,
00:53:32.04\00:53:33.41
let's, we've got
about three minutes or so.
00:53:33.44\00:53:35.34
Let's, Mom,
let's start with you.
00:53:35.38\00:53:36.71
Then we go to Dad
and then you, Sis,
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.08
we'll just have a short
prayer for our viewers at home
00:53:38.11\00:53:39.95
and for us here too.
00:53:39.98\00:53:41.32
We'll have the
true peace from God.
00:53:41.35\00:53:42.68
So let's pray. Yes.
00:53:42.72\00:53:45.12
Our Father in
heaven, we're so thankful
00:53:45.15\00:53:47.72
that we have you to share
anything that's on our heart.
00:53:47.76\00:53:51.56
Nothing is too heavy
for you to know about
00:53:51.59\00:53:54.20
and you don't cast us away.
00:53:54.23\00:53:56.20
You hug us close,
00:53:56.23\00:53:57.57
and Father I'm so thankful
that you do give that peace
00:53:57.60\00:54:01.10
that passes all understanding
as we surrender anything
00:54:01.14\00:54:04.54
and everything
in our lives to you.
00:54:04.57\00:54:06.74
And, Lord, you love us so much
00:54:06.78\00:54:08.14
and I'm so grateful
that you are our Father
00:54:08.18\00:54:11.81
and that you care about us
00:54:11.85\00:54:13.28
and we pray
today then I pray today
00:54:13.31\00:54:15.48
that we will
experience that peace
00:54:15.52\00:54:18.39
that only you can
give in your name, amen.
00:54:18.42\00:54:19.75
Yes. Amen.
00:54:19.79\00:54:22.49
Father in heaven,
00:54:22.52\00:54:25.49
Lord, we are so
thankful to recognize
00:54:25.53\00:54:27.80
that you are the
God of all comfort,
00:54:27.83\00:54:31.07
you're the
source of our comforts,
00:54:31.10\00:54:33.67
and we accept your
comfort for out heart at peace
00:54:33.70\00:54:37.21
that I was said
surpasses all understandings.
00:54:37.24\00:54:41.14
Thank you for comforting us
00:54:41.18\00:54:43.11
that we can have
that privilege to comfort
00:54:43.14\00:54:45.25
those that we come in
contact with in Jesus' name.
00:54:45.28\00:54:49.52
Amen.
00:54:49.55\00:54:51.12
Dearly heavenly Father,
Lord, I just thank you so much
00:54:51.15\00:54:53.49
that you are just
so patient with us,
00:54:53.52\00:54:55.79
so caring, so loving.
00:54:55.82\00:54:57.83
Lord that, you take
us from where we are
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and what certain terms
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or certain things
scare us maybe, like,
00:55:03.77\00:55:05.50
you can show us that surrender
is actually a safe thing.
00:55:05.53\00:55:10.17
It's just, you
know, confiding our hearts
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and our precious loving
Father that just asks us,
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you know, where
are you at my child,
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.35
what do you need,
what do you need right now?
00:55:17.38\00:55:18.91
And thank you so
much for being patient
00:55:18.95\00:55:22.05
and just loving us
through it all, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
00:55:24.59\00:55:25.92
Father, as we
continue in prayer,
00:55:25.95\00:55:27.29
we just thank you
for the gift of Jesus.
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We thank you for that
00:55:30.26\00:55:31.86
because of his sacrifice
and because of his blood
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we can be
justified, made right with you.
00:55:34.86\00:55:39.20
And we thank you for
that. We accept that just now.
00:55:39.23\00:55:42.54
We accept your forgiveness
and your cleansing for us here
00:55:42.57\00:55:46.51
and for our
brothers and sisters at home.
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Lord, we just pray
unitedly together right now
00:55:48.41\00:55:51.85
that you would pour your
peace into our hearts and lives
00:55:51.88\00:55:55.48
and that we could get to
know you as our best friend.
00:55:55.52\00:55:58.59
Yes.
00:55:58.62\00:55:59.95
Father, in heaven,
Lord, it's a blessing
00:55:59.99\00:56:01.32
to be able to come to
you at the end of a busy week
00:56:01.36\00:56:05.09
and, Lord, we want to
lay our lives in your hands,
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Lord, 100% of the time.
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I know, it's hard, I know
in my own life at times, Lord,
00:56:11.97\00:56:15.07
when I take things
on my won strength,
00:56:15.10\00:56:16.64
but, Lord, true peace
comes by following you
00:56:16.67\00:56:19.34
100% of the time
00:56:19.37\00:56:20.84
and trusting you
and having faith in you.
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And so, Father, I just pray
00:56:23.35\00:56:24.68
that someone's watching
or listening on the radio,
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.55
Lord, and they are
struggling with peace,
00:56:27.58\00:56:28.92
not sure what
directions they should go
00:56:28.95\00:56:30.89
or in really dark circumstances
followed that their faith
00:56:30.92\00:56:34.72
and trust would be in you.
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.22
In Jesus' name
we pray, amen. Amen.
00:56:36.26\00:56:40.16
Wow, we have 50
some seconds left.
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Thank you so much, Mom and Dad,
00:56:42.36\00:56:44.27
for joining us
on Family Worship.
00:56:44.30\00:56:45.97
It's been a real privilege
and thank you for being
00:56:46.00\00:56:48.27
the best mom and
dad in the world.
00:56:48.30\00:56:49.64
Thank you.
00:56:49.67\00:56:51.01
Thank you too, Sis, for
being on Family Worship.
00:56:51.04\00:56:52.37
Yeah, it's wonderful.
00:56:52.41\00:56:53.74
It's so nice to be
together as family,
00:56:53.78\00:56:55.11
for being the best sis
in the whole wide world.
00:56:55.14\00:56:56.48
You're the best
brother for everyone out there.
00:56:56.51\00:56:57.85
It's amazing.
00:56:57.88\00:56:59.21
It's great, so thank you
00:56:59.25\00:57:00.58
and thank you for
joining us at Family Worship.
00:57:00.62\00:57:02.18
It's a blessing to
join with you everyday,
00:57:02.22\00:57:05.05
Family Worship, I know
as we open the Sabbath.
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Thank you for doing that
that you do each and every day
00:57:07.66\00:57:10.13
and then week of course
as we open the Sabbath here.
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but we just pray that,
00:57:12.69\00:57:14.20
that you will accept
Jesus Christ into your lives,
00:57:14.23\00:57:17.23
that you'll accept the peace
that passes all understanding
00:57:17.27\00:57:21.30
that you will build
relationship with Jesus Christ
00:57:21.34\00:57:24.01
by reading his word,
opening it on a daily basis
00:57:24.04\00:57:27.91
because there are treasures
in God's word for all of us
00:57:27.94\00:57:32.18
and we can learn
something new from him everyday.
00:57:32.21\00:57:34.32
Thank you for
joining us. God bless you.
00:57:34.35\00:57:35.88
Have a happy Sabbath. Amen.
00:57:35.92\00:57:37.89