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 Family Worship.
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And from your
3ABN family in Christ,
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we say happy Sabbath to you.
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Happy Sabbath.
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Well, Idalia, it's the
time to receive the Sabbath
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and we're just glad that
3ABN makes this time available
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so that we can join
with you and worship,
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and we really hope
that you will sing along,
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and look up the
scriptures with us
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and so that we can
receive the Sabbath together.
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Now you may be
watching this program
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when the Sabbath is closing
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because it is put on the air
just before the Sabbath starts
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and also put on the air
after the Sabbath is ending.
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And many of you have said
that you enjoy the fellowship
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and the family
atmosphere of this program
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and we just rejoice that
this is what is happening
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because that's our hope.
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My name is John Dinzey,
my wife Idalia also with me.
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And we are glad
that we are also among
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brethren that love the
Lord and also work with 3ABN.
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And we're gonna
start at my extreme right
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and we have one
of our engineers,
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Dan Peek, welcome.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for being with us,
and next to him, Idalia, is...
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Celestine, very welcome.
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Thank you.
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I'm so glad that you're with us.
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Thank you.
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And so now we
go over to my left,
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and we have Brother Donald Owen
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that is still with
us, and he is not alone.
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Could you tell us
who is next to you?
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My wonderful wife Janelle.
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Yes. Oh, wonderful.
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Praise the
Lord, praise the Lord.
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Very good.
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And so we are glad
that you are also with us
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because we can join
together to worship the Lord,
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and before we continue,
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let's go to the Lord in prayer
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and ask Him to
bless this program
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and bless every one
of you that is listening
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and watching wherever you are.
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank you so much
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that we can
approach your throne of grace
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with confidence,
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confidence that
you will hear us,
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confidence that you are
attentive to our prayer.
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And we come to
you Lord in Jesus name
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to ask for Your
blessing upon this program
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and that all who
listen, all who watch
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that you will bless
them and encourage them
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in the journey
that we must all walk.
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And we pray, heavenly
Father, that as we are together,
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we will have a
sensing of your presence
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and we pray for a
blessing upon all,
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and we ask you for these things
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in Jesus name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, I would like
to share some scriptures
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that are found
in Exodus 20:8-11,
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some of you may be asking,
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"What is this happy
Sabbath that you said?
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What is this all about?"
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You may be new to
watching 3ABN or listening,
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and we want to give you
the biblical basis for this
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and so we go to Exodus 20
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where God is
talking to His people
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that at that time
were the people of Israel,
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and this is a message
for all Christians as well.
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In Exodus 20:8-11,
the Bible tells us,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days shall thou
labor and do all thy work,
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but the seventh day
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is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God.
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In it, thou
shall not do any work,
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thou nor thy
son, nor thy daughter,
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thy man servant,
nor thy maid servant,
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nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
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that is within thy gates."
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And why?
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He gives us the
answer in verse 11.
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"For in six days, the Lord
made the heaven and the earth,
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the sea, and
all that in them is,
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and rested the seventh day
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wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and hallowed it."
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Amen.
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So we praise the
Lord for the scripture
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and of course, if
you read in the beginning
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of the Bible in
Genesis 2, it says,
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"The Lord sanctified this day."
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Amen.
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And what God has
made holy remains holy.
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Amen.
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And so Jesus gave us the example
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and he too, for example,
He went in the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day
to worship the Lord.
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Now we must also say
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and that we can worship the Lord
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any day of the
week, any day of the week,
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but for some reason,
we needed the reminder,
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so that scripture begins with,
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"Remember, the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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And it says to keep it holy
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because that's
what we are to do.
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In other words, as it
says, we put the work aside
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and the secular
things of the world
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and we enter into
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a closer
relationship with the Lord,
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a closer amount of,
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a closer time
when we worship Him
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and dedicate the day to the Lord
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and day with family.
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Any comments about this?
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Well, I am blessed when
it comes to family worship
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because as we know the viewers
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sometimes come to the
light of keeping the Sabbath.
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And they're like, "What
do you do on the Sabbath?
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You just sit
around and do nothing
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or what do you do?
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How do you receive the Sabbath?"
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So it depends in every
home, if there are children,
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you have to make
it nice and short
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and to their level, you know.
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And in every
phase of parenthood,
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I've been blessed
with receiving the Sabbath
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and preparing all week
to receive the Sabbath.
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And now that our nest is empty,
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you know, I enjoy
my Sabbath with...
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my Sabbath
experience with my friends,
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my coworkers
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and fellow members of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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here locally.
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So, I ask you, how
has it been for you?
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Anyone would like to
share either an experience
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or how the Sabbath has been
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a blessing to
you and your family?
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Not everybody
goes at once, please.
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Because I have to
say, that I just really
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I've been enjoying,
especially being here
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and learning what
really the Sabbath is.
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It took me a long
time to understand.
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I wasn't raised
Seventh-day Adventist,
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but then finally found
out what the Sabbath was
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and how it's really
coming into rest with the Lord
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and doing what He does
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and fellowshipping
with brothers and sisters
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is just wonderful.
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We've been doing actually
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The Great
Controversy study for...
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How many months,
it's been? Over a year.
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Over a year now, so
it's just been awesome
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to spend time with people
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and really dive into
The Great Controversy.
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Amen. So we do
that for the Sabbath.
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Amen.
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So the Sabbath
begins as we understand it
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from sunset Friday
to sunset Saturday.
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That's right.
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That's how the Bible
accounts for the days.
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I don't know if anyone
else would like to share.
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Brother Dan, how
has been receiving
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or keeping the
Sabbath in your family?
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Well, of course, I
was raised as an Adventist
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kind of like Paul,
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an Adventist to the Adventist
with all the right school,
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but still it was,
it was a while until,
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you know, I begun
to really understand.
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I mean, you know, at
first, it was a mechanical
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sort of thing.
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Well, you know, one, two,
three, four, five, six for us,
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the seventh is for Jesus.
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And so, you know, we
knew that Friday afternoon
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we had to polish
shoes, we had to iron clothes,
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we had to, you know,
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go through all
those series of steps.
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My dad, I didn't
realize when I was really young
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but as I got
older and, you know,
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we started
working on other projects,
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different places,
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about two hours before sun down,
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he would say, "All
right, it's time to quit."
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I mean, you know,
always, one more thing.
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Yes.
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At least in my family, you know,
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we never accomplish
what we set out for the day.
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Yeah.
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I mean, we're
never short on that.
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But it was, it was nice.
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I didn't always appreciate
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entering into
the rest as a child,
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I'll have to be honest.
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You know, I had my own thoughts
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and, you know,
I'd like to be out
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riding my bicycle over the jumps
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and doing
whatever else, you know,
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I might have had on my
idea of the things to do,
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go play with my friends,
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and do the things
that I wanted to do.
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They were about me
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and not about
entering into the rest
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and understanding relationship.
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And I guess, you
know, as a child,
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you want a
different kind of relationship
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than you want as an
adult with someone else.
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That's right. Thank you so much.
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Well, Idalia, we are also
pleased to have, in the house,
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as we say, Brother Tim Parton,
that's over here on the piano
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and we thank you so much
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for being part of
this worship hour with us.
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Thank you, Tim.
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You know, before we got started,
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he was playing, and I guess,
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I don't know if you have
to warm up fingers or not,
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but he was playing
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and it was such a
blessing to hear him play.
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Thank you, Brother Tim.
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Well, what's the song
that we're gonna sing, Idalia?
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Well, since the
topic for the hour,
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we're going to share promises
that are dear to our heart.
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So there is a hymn that
came to our mind to share
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and that is
"Standing on the Promises."
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And that's hymn number 518
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in the Seventh-day
Adventist Hymn Book.
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But if you Google,
"Standing on the Promises,"
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you will be able
to find the lyrics
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and also other songs
that are in the hymn book.
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But please join us as
we praise the Lord in music
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with "Standing on the Promises."
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Standing on the
promises of Christ my King
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Through eternal
ages let His praises ring
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Glory in the
highest, I will shout and sing
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Standing on the promises of God
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Standing, standing
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Standing on the
promises of God my Savior
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Standing, standing
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I'm standing on
the promises of God
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Standing on the
promises that cannot fail
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When the howling storms
of doubt and fear assail
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By the living Word
of God I shall prevail
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Standing on the promises of God
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Standing, standing
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Standing on the
promises of God my Savior
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Standing, standing
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I'm standing on
the promises of God
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Standing on the
promises of Christ the Lord
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Bound to Him
eternally by love's strong cord
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Overcoming daily
with the Spirit's sword
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Standing on the promises of God
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Standing, standing
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Standing on the
promises of God my Savior
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Standing, standing
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I'm standing on
the promises of God
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Amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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We can sing that
song all together,
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all over again, right?
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Thank you so much,
thank you Brother Tim
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for being with us.
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Thank you, Tim. Yes.
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We are so blessed
through this ministry of music.
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Well, praise the Lord.
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This is a beautiful hymn
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and I'm sure
that many of you have
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sung this hymn before.
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And, Idalia, in Spanish
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I'm sure you've
sang this one as well.
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Oh, definitely, you
know, it's interesting
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how so many of us
come to this country
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or we just
travel as missionaries
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because Brother Dan Peek
was raised as a missionary.
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So I'm sure that the
songs that we learned
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in our native
tongue, you know, in English
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for your, in your
situation, and mine in Spanish,
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and when I hear the melody
being played on the piano,
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I'm like, "I know that song.
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Oh, what hymn is
that? What hymn was that?"
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But I don't know
the naming in English,
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but we know the melody,
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so it takes me
back to my childhood,
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you know, and
sometimes I get Spanglish,
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you know, singing in
Spanish and English altogether
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because I get so emotional.
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So anyhow, it's just very fun
to my heart and fun memories.
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Amen. Yeah.
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Well, I would like to
say this that we were praying
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and talking about what topic
to talk about during this hour.
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And, you know, the
promises of the Lord
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are encouraging
to all His children.
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Amen.
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And I believe that everyone
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should have at least
one promise memorized
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or know about it
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or at least know
some of the words
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and all of us go through
different experiences in life
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and we find certain
scriptures encourage us,
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help us through
those difficult times.
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I would like to
begin this by reading,
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it's in 1 Kings 8:56,
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and it's a declaration
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of something that had happened.
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1 Kings 8:56, if
somebody has found that,
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you could do us the favor
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reading that
nice and loud for us.
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I have it, 1 Kings 8:56,
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"Blessed be the Lord
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who has given rest
to His people Israel,
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according to all
that He promised.
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There has not failed one
word of all His good promise,
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which He promised
through His servant Moses."
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Amen. Amen.
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And so we see here,
if you go into Exodus,
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Leviticus, and Numbers,
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you will notice
wonderful promises
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that God made to
the people of Israel.
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And this is a declaration
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that everything
that God promised,
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not one word, it says
there, of God's promise failed.
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Amen.
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And that's the wonderful
thing about God, you know.
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As human beings,
maybe you have heard
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somebody promise something.
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I promise you I will do this.
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And
unfortunately, it didn't happen.
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I remember our
children saying something like
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"Dad, I'm going to kill
it when they were younger."
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And they said, "I
thought we were gonna do this."
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And I say, "Well,
I'm sorry we can do that,
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but you promised."
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And I said, "I promised that?"
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I didn't remember
that I had promised that
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but they remembered.
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So, you know,
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we may not be able to
keep all the promises we make.
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But we should strive to be
the men and women of yes and no
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because it's biblical.
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That's right.
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So as our children were raised,
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I always tell them
let your yes be yes,
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let your no be no,
so whenever we say,
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we are going to do
this, Lord willing,
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if it's the Lord's will,
we will be doing this or that.
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So it's important to value,
you know, each other's words,
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I don't have to
promise Celestine,
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I don't have to say,
"Celestine, I promise you,
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I'm gonna make you a dessert."
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I don't have to
promise you but I can say,
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"Celestine, I want to
make a dessert for you."
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Thank you. One is best for you.
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This is just an
example, I'm not making that.
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I know, I know.
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Just kidding. I know.
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So you know what I'm saying,
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you're a mother
of two daughters.
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Yes.
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And, Dan, you
have two children too.
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So when you... And a wife.
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And a wife.
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Of course, yes,
and his wife of course,
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but what I'm saying is that
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we want our
children to trust us.
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Yes.
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And the way we win their
trust it's by fulfilling that
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which we say we're
gonna do if the Lord wills.
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And then, with you
guys, you don't have children
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but you have each other.
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We have pets.
And you have friends.
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Pets?
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The pets are very
faithful, aren't they?
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Yeah, they are.
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But as I'm saying, we
just need to value it,
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and the way we present it,
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we were representing the
Lord as Christian men and women.
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Amen. That's right.
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So whatever we promise,
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when you talk
about God's promises
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or you're saying
that God promised that,
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but you promised
me all the time then
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and you don't
fulfill the promise.
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So unfortunately,
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we are not
creating a clean and crisp
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understanding to our children
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of how faithful God
is at times, correct?
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I mean, am I wrong?
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Not really, you know
why. You know exactly why.
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But what I meant
to say also is that
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although people
may say something
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and sometimes people believe it.
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And, you know, unfortunately,
I don't want to dwell in
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when elections time
come, the politicians promise
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they're gonna do,
you know, from A to Z,
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but when they get in there
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and I'm not speaking about
any politician in particular,
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but when they get in there,
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they normally
don't do those things.
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Now some people
don't know this, Idalia.
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I don't know if you know,
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even though you
used to live in Chicago.
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I don't know. Let's
see what they're gonna say.
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They say the Chicago
is called the Windy City,
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but the reason it's
called the Windy City,
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now by the way,
it is windy sometimes
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because of the
winds coming from Canada
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and through the
Lake Michigan, etcetera.
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But the reason originally
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why it was called the Windy City
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is because the politicians
used to promise so much
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and then, when they
would get into office,
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they would do nothing.
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So it was called
they're just full of wind
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so that's why it's
called the Windy city.
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Oh, never heard that before.
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I even lived at Chicago,
you lived in Chicago too.
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Yeah, yes.
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But God is not like that.
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When He promises
something, he will fulfill.
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Amen. Amen.
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He will fulfill what he says.
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So we've each
selected some promises,
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who would like to start first
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to share some
promise that God has made?
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I can start. Okay, Janelle.
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Among the end, so I
guess, I could start.
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Do you want me to discuss
through the ones that I...
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Sure, go ahead. As you wish.
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Okay.
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The first one
that I have listed here
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that I really like
is Philippians 1:6,
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and it reads, "Being
confident of this very thing,
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that He which hath
begun a good work in you
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will perform it until
the day of Christ Jesus."
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Amen.
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I like that one because
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I don't know if you guys
have heard the saying before,
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"I'm not where I should
be but I'm not where I was."
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That's right.
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And I feel like that's me,
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you know, I'm
gonna work in progress
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and it's just a
day-by-day process.
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Yes.
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And this one is
really comforting to me,
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because I know that He
has begun a good work in me
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and that He is
continuing and we'll finish it.
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Amen.
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And so that's something that
I really, I hold that one close
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because some days I don't
feel like I'm growing in Him,
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but that one is a
good promise for me.
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So we'll each to share one,
then we'll go through it again.
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Okay, one at a time.
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I just wanted to add to
Janelle's comment is that,
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you know, God
always surprises us.
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Yes.
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You know, He does not
leave us where He finds us.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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As we seek Him, we become
changed as we contemplate.
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So as we put
forth our part and say,
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"Lord, I wanna be just like you,
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please help me transform
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and give me the humility
to accept this transformation
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that You're making in my life."
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Sometimes, so we
can find ourselves
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fighting against
the Lord, you know.
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But He then,
again, a good working,
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you will be
faithful to complete it,
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if we could just
trust 100% in Him.
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Amen. He's faithful.
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Amen. Okay, well, who
else has something to share?
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I guess I'll share out
of 2 Corinthians 5:20, 21.
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Okay.
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This is actually
the amplified version,
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but you guys can
just follow along.
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2 Corinthians 5:20, 21. Okay.
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I shall back up to 19.
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I don't have any amplified here,
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but I'll just read it.
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"To wit, that God was in Christ,
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reconciling the
world unto Himself,"
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I like this next part,
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"not imputing their
trespasses or sins unto them,
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and hath committed unto us
the word of reconciliation."
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And I'll read the rest
here from amplified, verse 20.
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"So we are Christ's ambassadors,
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God making his appeal
as it were through us.
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We as Christ's
personal representatives
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beg you for His sake
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to lay hold of the divine favor
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now offered you and
be reconciled to God."
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And verse 21, "For our sake,
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He made Christ
virtually to be sin
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Who knew no sin,
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so that in and through Him
we might become endued with,
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viewed as being in, and examples
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of the righteousness of God
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what we ought to be,
approved and acceptable
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and in right relationship
with Him by His goodness."
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And I really thought about that,
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how does someone who
doesn't know sin become,
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be made sin for us?
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I mean, how does that happen?
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How can somebody
decide to come down here,
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like Christ come down here,
and take on the form of man?
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That's right.
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The form of flesh and
become, you know, a servant
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and take it to the cross for us
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because that speaks a lot
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and that kind of shows that
he can relate to me personally.
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And He's relatable to me,
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to things that
I've been through,
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you know, I think
of Hebrews 4:15 says,
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"He's tempted by
all points like we are
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but yet without sin."
00:22:16.80\00:22:18.30
He's tempted by
all points like we are,
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so whatever we've been
through, He's been through.
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Amen.
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So it makes Him
a relatable Jesus,
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and that's just,
that's just amazing to me.
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Amen.
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Yes, that is really something
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I think worthy of
everyone stopping to consider
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and meditate upon
Him and think about
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that God was willing
to take on human flesh
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to become like one of us
and suffer the way He did.
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And I mean, we
read in the scriptures,
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I say, some of His sufferings
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because He goes beyond
what we are able to read.
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Yeah.
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And I don't know
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how many movies on the
life of Christ you've seen,
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I guess, I've
seen a couple at least,
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and they've tried to portray
00:23:08.22\00:23:10.49
the physical
suffering of Christ,
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but what they're
not able to capture
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is the internal
suffering of Christ.
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And I guess, that is,
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I remember somebody, an atheist,
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I was talking to an atheist,
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and he said, "I
went to see that movie."
00:23:28.70\00:23:31.04
And he said, "You shouldn't,
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you should not
go see that movie."
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I said, "Really, why is that?"
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He says, "Oh, no, they
beat that man, they really...
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He really was beaten almost
through the whole two hours
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that the movie was on,
and it's just too much."
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This atheist was
talking like this.
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And I said, "You know,
00:23:52.23\00:23:54.66
what they
portrayed in that movie
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is only part of the story
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because the internal
suffering of Christ."
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And when I say
internal suffering of Christ
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for those that
perhaps don't even understand
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that part or have not
stopped to consider it,
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.04
there is one aspect is that
00:24:07.08\00:24:09.31
Jesus Christ was
00:24:09.34\00:24:11.51
in constant
communion with God the Father.
00:24:11.55\00:24:13.85
Amen, that's right.
00:24:13.88\00:24:15.22
And there comes a time,
00:24:15.25\00:24:16.75
beginning in the
garden of Gethsemane,
00:24:16.79\00:24:18.25
when he begins
to take upon Himself
00:24:18.29\00:24:20.52
the sins of the world.
00:24:20.56\00:24:22.19
That's right.
00:24:22.22\00:24:23.56
And as this is happening,
He begins to experience
00:24:23.59\00:24:26.03
a separation
from God the Father,
00:24:26.06\00:24:29.60
that is a suffering
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.93
that is so intense that
you cannot display that,
00:24:31.97\00:24:36.10
you cannot put that into a film.
00:24:36.14\00:24:38.57
And so I think it's worthy
of consideration for all of us.
00:24:38.61\00:24:43.35
Now that you've
mentioned all that,
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.71
you took me back to like
00:24:45.75\00:24:47.68
when I was five years old
00:24:47.72\00:24:50.15
and, you know, in
the Spanish countries,
00:24:50.19\00:24:52.15
they share the week of...
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.96
The Holy Week,
the Passover Week.
00:24:54.99\00:24:57.36
The Passover Week. Yes.
00:24:57.39\00:24:59.16
In Spanish it's Semana Santa.
00:24:59.19\00:25:01.60
Anyhow, and I remember
that the television was on
00:25:01.63\00:25:07.67
and as those scenes
00:25:07.70\00:25:10.51
of Jesus's
crucifixion came on, I just...
00:25:10.54\00:25:14.78
I choke up right now
just thinking about it.
00:25:14.81\00:25:17.21
I ran to the television
and I hugged that television,
00:25:17.25\00:25:20.25
"Jesus! Please don't.
00:25:20.28\00:25:22.68
Jesus, please I love you.
Please don't do this to Jesus."
00:25:22.72\00:25:25.89
And it just moved me so much,
it's like, "How can this Man
00:25:25.92\00:25:29.79
do this to forgive me?
00:25:29.82\00:25:32.53
I love you, Jesus."
00:25:32.56\00:25:33.90
So I embraced that
television, you know, just...
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.70
I guess it was so much,
00:25:36.73\00:25:39.43
but the reality is
that it is too much.
00:25:39.47\00:25:42.74
Yeah.
00:25:42.77\00:25:44.11
It's like greater
love is this, right?
00:25:44.14\00:25:47.24
So anyhow, we can continue
talking about the crucifixion,
00:25:47.28\00:25:50.68
it was a very good promise.
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.95
Yes. We have our
friend Celestine.
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.55
Celestine. Yeah.
00:25:56.58\00:25:57.92
You're not singing right
now. Yeah, I'm already playing.
00:25:57.95\00:25:59.52
Oh, yeah I know.
00:25:59.55\00:26:01.09
But it's amazing to contemplate
God's great love for us.
00:26:01.12\00:26:05.49
When we feel, you know, so small
00:26:05.53\00:26:07.43
but yet we're so special to Him.
00:26:07.46\00:26:09.40
Yeah. What do you have girl?
00:26:09.43\00:26:11.00
I have at here Isaiah 41:10.
00:26:11.03\00:26:15.50
Isaiah 41:10. Okay. Yes.
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.07
Okay, Isaiah 41:10.
00:26:22.48\00:26:24.75
Yes. Yes.
00:26:24.78\00:26:26.11
This is very
special to me because...
00:26:26.15\00:26:28.48
Let me read it first.
00:26:28.52\00:26:29.85
Okay, let's read it.
00:26:29.88\00:26:31.22
All right.
00:26:31.25\00:26:32.59
"Fear not, for I am with you.
00:26:32.62\00:26:35.82
Be not dismayed
for I am your God."
00:26:35.86\00:26:39.39
"I will strengthen
you, Yes, I will help you,
00:26:39.43\00:26:44.10
I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand."
00:26:44.13\00:26:48.14
Amen. That's just beautiful.
00:26:48.17\00:26:51.41
It's so true. I
just see it like, "Whoa!
00:26:51.44\00:26:55.88
That's so comforting to me
00:26:55.91\00:26:58.61
especially what I went through."
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.15
That's right.
00:27:00.18\00:27:01.55
That is right. Yeah.
00:27:01.58\00:27:02.92
And you have
become a widow, yes?
00:27:02.95\00:27:04.92
Right.
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.29
And you have
your music ministry,
00:27:06.32\00:27:07.92
right, Celestine,
00:27:07.96\00:27:09.92
those concerts,
we've seen you on 3ABN,
00:27:09.96\00:27:12.83
so you're part of our family.
00:27:12.86\00:27:14.30
Yes, thank you. Praise the Lord.
00:27:14.33\00:27:15.66
Everyone at home have
been praying for you, too.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.03
Yeah.
00:27:17.07\00:27:18.70
This has become
so real to you. Yeah.
00:27:18.73\00:27:21.84
And, man, I would say,
00:27:21.87\00:27:25.27
church family is very important.
00:27:25.31\00:27:27.41
Amen.
00:27:27.44\00:27:28.78
Next to God because
without my church family
00:27:28.81\00:27:31.01
here at 3ABN in Thompsonville,
00:27:31.05\00:27:33.31
I don't know I
will ever make it.
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.72
No, because and of course,
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.59
my kids too
really hurt me a lot.
00:27:37.62\00:27:39.59
It is the hardest
thing you have to go through.
00:27:39.62\00:27:42.09
Yes.
00:27:42.12\00:27:43.46
And I'm still
grieving, so I'm like just...
00:27:43.49\00:27:46.06
Yes.
00:27:46.09\00:27:47.43
God is sufficient. Amen.
00:27:47.46\00:27:49.33
Man, He is the source
of all, but I just like,
00:27:49.36\00:27:52.30
"Wow, it's very
difficult but God is good."
00:27:52.33\00:27:57.77
Amen. He's sustaining me.
00:27:57.81\00:28:00.08
Amen. My family
in a daily basis.
00:28:00.11\00:28:03.04
Amen. So I praise Him.
00:28:03.08\00:28:04.51
Amen. With all my heart.
00:28:04.55\00:28:06.15
Praise the Lord. We
love you, Celestine.
00:28:06.18\00:28:08.35
You know, I don't know if
there is someone out there
00:28:08.38\00:28:11.02
that's
experiencing the same thing
00:28:11.05\00:28:12.75
that Celestine has gone
through with her two girls,
00:28:12.79\00:28:15.42
you know, it's a
world that I don't know off
00:28:15.46\00:28:19.19
and there are many people
that can identify with you
00:28:19.23\00:28:23.13
because they have gone through
that hardship of separation,
00:28:23.16\00:28:26.47
the sudden death of your spouse,
00:28:26.50\00:28:29.14
you know, and he
was not just a spouse,
00:28:29.17\00:28:31.17
he was your
friend, your partner,
00:28:31.21\00:28:32.67
the father of your daughters.
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.58
And there are so
many that maybe say,
00:28:34.61\00:28:36.71
"How am I gonna get
through another week?"
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.21
Precisely, these promises
we are sharing them with you
00:28:39.25\00:28:42.85
because that helps you
to get through this week.
00:28:42.88\00:28:47.36
Amen, amen. Yes, amen.
00:28:47.39\00:28:49.32
And somebody else?
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.99
Dan, we haven't heard
from you on this part.
00:28:51.03\00:28:53.80
Well, I kind of chose promises
00:28:53.83\00:28:57.90
that were dealing with a family.
00:28:57.93\00:28:59.57
I wanted to share one
00:28:59.60\00:29:02.50
that the Lord
gave me, I don't know,
00:29:02.54\00:29:05.64
maybe six months ago or so,
00:29:05.67\00:29:07.01
I was praying about my son
00:29:07.04\00:29:11.18
who is entering
his teenage years
00:29:11.21\00:29:13.95
and acting like a teenager.
00:29:13.98\00:29:15.65
And I'm sure that
many other parents
00:29:15.68\00:29:17.29
can probably well identify with,
00:29:17.32\00:29:19.65
the child who
doesn't want to identify
00:29:19.69\00:29:21.62
with the family
anymore, anything, you know,
00:29:21.66\00:29:24.66
you have to use a
lot of reverse psychology
00:29:24.69\00:29:27.03
or negative psychology,
00:29:27.06\00:29:28.40
I don't know what you call that.
00:29:28.43\00:29:29.76
Yes.
00:29:29.80\00:29:31.13
You know, I want you do this,
so don't do that kind of thing.
00:29:31.17\00:29:35.20
Exactly.
00:29:35.24\00:29:36.57
I said, "Lord, I
don't want to do this.
00:29:36.60\00:29:39.27
I mean, I don't
know what to do."
00:29:39.31\00:29:42.04
I was perfect, I guess,
I mean, that was my memory.
00:29:42.08\00:29:48.35
But the Lord, after a few days,
00:29:48.38\00:29:51.05
the Lord gave me
this verse in 2 Samuel,
00:29:51.09\00:29:54.69
and it was one of
the few times in my life
00:29:54.72\00:29:56.79
that the Lord has tapped
me on the shoulder and said,
00:29:56.83\00:29:59.73
"By the way, this
verse is for you."
00:29:59.76\00:30:03.63
So I claimed this
00:30:03.67\00:30:06.97
and I feel like
He shared it with me,
00:30:07.00\00:30:08.54
but it doesn't mean
that it doesn't apply to you
00:30:08.57\00:30:11.07
or anyone else.
00:30:11.11\00:30:12.47
So it's
00:30:12.51\00:30:14.51
2 Samuel 7:14, 15,
00:30:14.54\00:30:21.45
primarily 14,
00:30:21.48\00:30:22.82
but where God
is talking to David
00:30:22.85\00:30:27.09
and David's trying to figure out
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.46
what to do with his teenage son,
00:30:28.49\00:30:29.82
I don't really know
how old Solomon was,
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.19
but he was talking about Solomon
00:30:31.23\00:30:33.50
and God says, "I
will be his father."
00:30:33.53\00:30:36.00
Amen.
00:30:36.03\00:30:37.37
"And he shall be My son."
00:30:37.40\00:30:39.23
And so he's gonna be God's son.
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.60
"If he commit an iniquity..."
00:30:40.64\00:30:42.50
And Pastor Lomacang,
it wasn't Pastor Lomacang,
00:30:42.54\00:30:45.31
it was another
pastor previous to that,
00:30:45.34\00:30:47.01
explained to us that iniquity
was those sins that we love,
00:30:47.04\00:30:50.11
not just sin in general
but those sins that we love.
00:30:50.15\00:30:52.78
Yes.
00:30:52.81\00:30:54.15
That we don't wanna give up,
00:30:54.18\00:30:55.52
cherished sins
someone's called them.
00:30:55.55\00:30:58.59
"If he commits iniquity,
00:30:58.62\00:30:59.99
I will chasten him
with the rod of men
00:31:00.02\00:31:03.49
and with the stripes
of the children of men."
00:31:03.53\00:31:06.83
And going on to verse 15,
00:31:06.86\00:31:08.43
"But My mercy shall
not depart away from him."
00:31:08.46\00:31:12.53
"As I took it from Saul,
whom I put away before thee."
00:31:12.57\00:31:15.80
So whenever my son
00:31:15.84\00:31:19.14
is acting disagreeable,
00:31:19.17\00:31:23.58
I try to remember
to keep my mouth shut
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.51
and remind the Lord,
00:31:26.55\00:31:27.88
"By the way, you
said this is your son.
00:31:27.92\00:31:29.75
You will discipline him.
00:31:29.78\00:31:31.69
I want to do my part,
00:31:31.72\00:31:33.05
but, Lord, you got to
tell me what my part is
00:31:33.09\00:31:34.99
so that I don't, you
know, beat the devil into him
00:31:35.02\00:31:38.33
'cause I might
inclined to do that."
00:31:38.36\00:31:41.23
That's right.
00:31:41.26\00:31:42.60
You know, I have
read here and, you know,
00:31:42.63\00:31:44.53
I do have the temper,
00:31:44.57\00:31:45.90
I did have the
temper to do that,
00:31:45.93\00:31:49.10
but praise the Lord, you know,
00:31:49.14\00:31:51.27
He has delivered me from
that as long as I stay with him.
00:31:51.31\00:31:53.61
Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:31:53.64\00:31:55.84
In tune with Philippians 1:6
00:31:55.88\00:31:58.38
being confident
of this very thing
00:31:58.41\00:32:00.28
that He who has
begun a good work,
00:32:00.32\00:32:01.78
God is working in
each one of our lives,
00:32:01.82\00:32:04.35
and as we yield and submit
00:32:04.39\00:32:06.82
and allow Him to
make changes in our lives,
00:32:06.86\00:32:09.16
the work will
continue until it's completed
00:32:09.19\00:32:11.29
and we praise the Lord for that.
00:32:11.33\00:32:12.66
Amen. Well, I'd like to share...
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.63
It's a beautiful promise
by the way we're sharing.
00:32:14.66\00:32:16.16
Yes, it is. Yes, it is.
00:32:16.20\00:32:18.33
It's amazing how the
Bible helps us in our everyday,
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.77
you know, relationships.
00:32:21.80\00:32:23.74
Absolutely.
00:32:23.77\00:32:25.11
My relationship with the Lord,
00:32:25.14\00:32:27.01
my relationship with my husband,
00:32:27.04\00:32:28.61
with my fellow
workers, and neighbors, and all,
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.58
I know that this week,
00:32:32.61\00:32:34.88
for example,
we've had deadlines,
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.95
we've had so many things to
do and pressuring activities,
00:32:36.99\00:32:40.49
oh, we have to
stretch ourselves,
00:32:40.52\00:32:42.09
sometimes you feel like, "Ugh!"
00:32:42.12\00:32:44.09
But, you know, one
of the special things
00:32:44.13\00:32:47.03
that I really enjoy
for Sabbath is that rest.
00:32:47.06\00:32:51.40
"And come to me, all you
who labor and are heavy laden,
00:32:51.43\00:32:57.21
and I will give you rest."
00:32:57.24\00:32:58.97
This is from Matthew 11:28.
00:32:59.01\00:33:01.14
Amen. Come to me,
it's an invitation.
00:33:01.18\00:33:04.05
It doesn't say, you know,
little children come to me,
00:33:04.08\00:33:06.72
it just says a
general invitation.
00:33:06.75\00:33:09.45
I'm like, "You're
including me in that, Lord?"
00:33:09.48\00:33:11.95
"Come to me, Idalia,
you know, you who labor
00:33:11.99\00:33:16.16
and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest."
00:33:16.19\00:33:18.89
This week may be a week
that we may have experienced,
00:33:18.93\00:33:23.03
I don't know if folks at home
have experienced such a week
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.83
that they don't
even wanna take time
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.24
for family worship right now,
00:33:27.27\00:33:28.94
their minds are so
infested with so many problems
00:33:28.97\00:33:32.77
and things pending yet to
do, even for Sabbath activities,
00:33:32.81\00:33:38.75
you know, "I still have
this to do or that to do."
00:33:38.78\00:33:41.75
We need to come and rest,
00:33:41.78\00:33:44.19
we need to come to
Him and rest in Christ
00:33:44.22\00:33:47.92
and you're gonna
see the difference,
00:33:47.96\00:33:49.39
you feel like renewed.
00:33:49.42\00:33:50.76
Amen.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.13
People are like,
"How do you keep going?"
00:33:52.16\00:33:53.90
You know, it's important
to, you know, sit and rest.
00:33:53.93\00:33:57.00
I know you're
always going, Donald,
00:33:57.03\00:33:58.93
you're going door to
door, going through town,
00:33:58.97\00:34:01.67
you know, many
businesses trying to witness.
00:34:01.70\00:34:04.51
That's my twin, you know.
00:34:04.54\00:34:08.91
Nonstop. He is nonstop.
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.88
Yeah. All
right, what a blessing.
00:34:10.91\00:34:13.21
But, you know, it is
important for us to stop,
00:34:13.25\00:34:16.62
you know, be at Jesus's feet.
00:34:16.65\00:34:18.59
Amen.
00:34:18.62\00:34:19.95
And regain that
focus, that peace,
00:34:19.99\00:34:22.59
that rest that we must have
00:34:22.62\00:34:25.56
in order to take
on the new week, so...
00:34:25.59\00:34:29.36
Yeah. Thank you so much.
00:34:29.40\00:34:30.97
You're welcome.
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.33
You know, as you
were saying that,
00:34:32.37\00:34:33.70
it was very interesting
00:34:33.74\00:34:35.07
that when God promises something
00:34:35.10\00:34:36.97
it's an open end,
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.77
there's no
ending to the promise.
00:34:38.81\00:34:40.44
Yes. It's an open-ended promise.
00:34:40.48\00:34:42.94
Because
everybody gets the flyers
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.85
that come into their homes
00:34:44.88\00:34:48.42
where they say, this
offer only lasts so long,
00:34:48.45\00:34:51.89
you know, after two weeks
it's over, after a day is over.
00:34:51.92\00:34:54.36
That's right.
00:34:54.39\00:34:55.72
Or they say, this
weekend only, you know.
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.76
It expires. It expires.
00:34:57.79\00:34:59.39
But when Jesus has come
unto me or ye that are weary
00:34:59.43\00:35:02.30
and heavy laden,
00:35:02.33\00:35:03.67
it is, it was not
for just those people
00:35:03.70\00:35:05.67
that were there, it's
for us living today as well.
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.84
That's right.
00:35:07.87\00:35:09.20
And we can take advantage
of that same invitation
00:35:09.24\00:35:11.74
that Jesus makes
because it's for us as well.
00:35:11.77\00:35:14.84
So I would like to read one
00:35:14.88\00:35:18.61
that has been a blessing to me.
00:35:18.65\00:35:20.75
And you know, I pretty much know
00:35:20.78\00:35:25.29
these by
scriptures and most of you.
00:35:25.32\00:35:26.72
The scriptures you've
read... Right, by memory.
00:35:26.76\00:35:28.09
You know them by memory as well.
00:35:28.12\00:35:30.26
But I'm gonna
read it and we know
00:35:30.29\00:35:33.96
and we can stop right there
00:35:34.00\00:35:35.33
and He says, wow, he
knows, he's not doubtful,
00:35:35.36\00:35:37.87
"We know that all things
work together for good to them
00:35:37.90\00:35:42.77
that love God, to
them who are the called
00:35:42.80\00:35:45.51
according to His purpose."
00:35:45.54\00:35:46.91
Amen.
00:35:46.94\00:35:48.28
So when I first started
considering this scripture,
00:35:48.31\00:35:52.21
it was a time I guess,
00:35:52.25\00:35:53.92
that I needed this
particular scripture
00:35:53.95\00:35:56.18
because, you know,
you read certain things
00:35:56.22\00:35:58.22
but sometimes
things stand out to you.
00:35:58.25\00:36:00.39
That's right.
00:36:00.42\00:36:01.76
And so I was going
through some challenges,
00:36:01.79\00:36:07.10
facing some court
things and things like that.
00:36:07.13\00:36:11.03
And this scripture was
what the Lord used to help me
00:36:11.07\00:36:16.50
understand that this
thing that I was going through,
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.97
He was gonna help me through it.
00:36:20.01\00:36:21.88
And at times you
may even ask yourself
00:36:21.91\00:36:25.78
as I asked myself,
"Well, Lord, I really don't know
00:36:25.81\00:36:29.38
how this is gonna
work out to my good,
00:36:29.42\00:36:32.05
but I'm gonna trust You anyway."
00:36:32.09\00:36:33.76
And so, what a
blessing to see that
00:36:33.79\00:36:37.76
God brings you through things
and somehow it's for your good.
00:36:37.79\00:36:41.43
And you may find out
later, maybe the next day,
00:36:41.46\00:36:45.33
maybe the next
week, maybe a month later,
00:36:45.37\00:36:47.24
but sometimes it could
be a year later or more,
00:36:47.27\00:36:50.04
that you say, "Wow, that
thing that I went through,
00:36:50.07\00:36:54.64
it really was good
that I went through that
00:36:54.68\00:36:57.35
because now I
can help this person
00:36:57.38\00:36:59.48
that is going
through the same thing.
00:36:59.51\00:37:01.08
And say, 'Wait on the
Lord, He's gonna help you.'"
00:37:01.12\00:37:04.19
And so, all of these
promises are precious,
00:37:04.22\00:37:06.96
all of these
promises are precious.
00:37:06.99\00:37:08.32
Definitely, well, you know,
00:37:08.36\00:37:10.06
sometimes we do forget about
the promise that he is with us,
00:37:10.09\00:37:13.56
like we find it in Isaiah 41:10,
00:37:13.60\00:37:16.93
"Fear not, for I am with you.
00:37:16.97\00:37:18.63
Be not dismayed
for I am your God.
00:37:18.67\00:37:21.60
I will strengthen
you, Yes, I will help you,
00:37:21.64\00:37:23.77
I will uphold you
with My righteous hand."
00:37:23.81\00:37:26.01
Just like
Celestine had shared before.
00:37:26.04\00:37:29.41
He is always with us. Yeah.
00:37:29.44\00:37:31.51
And He will never forsake us.
00:37:31.55\00:37:33.85
And it's so easy.
00:37:33.88\00:37:35.22
Janelle, have you
felt all alone before
00:37:35.25\00:37:37.02
and forgotten that Christ
has promised to be with you?
00:37:37.05\00:37:40.42
Yes, yes. I have.
00:37:40.46\00:37:42.26
There have been times.
00:37:42.29\00:37:43.63
When we first moved here,
00:37:43.66\00:37:45.29
you know, when you
first move to an area,
00:37:45.33\00:37:46.73
you don't know people,
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.10
and it takes a while to
kind of get to know people.
00:37:48.13\00:37:52.77
And so it was kind of like that.
00:37:52.80\00:37:55.44
When we moved
here and... Thank you.
00:37:55.47\00:37:59.21
So there are
times when that happens
00:37:59.24\00:38:00.98
and I've felt that before.
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.54
So but it was nice to
eventually get to know people
00:38:02.58\00:38:06.61
and, you know, people we
work with, church family,
00:38:06.65\00:38:09.18
and people in the
community, but it's always,
00:38:09.22\00:38:12.72
it always feels
kind of like you're alone
00:38:12.75\00:38:15.22
when you first
move to a new area.
00:38:15.26\00:38:16.96
And even though
we had each other,
00:38:16.99\00:38:18.33
there was still not that family,
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.53
you know, that we were used to.
00:38:20.56\00:38:21.90
Right, right.
00:38:21.93\00:38:23.26
I understand.
00:38:23.30\00:38:24.63
When I first moved
down to Southern Illinois,
00:38:24.67\00:38:28.04
it was very hard for me.
00:38:28.07\00:38:29.80
I mean, I married someone
that worked here at 3ABN.
00:38:29.84\00:38:34.08
I married John
Dinzey. He was John Dinzey.
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.44
Yes, yes it was him.
00:38:35.48\00:38:38.21
Clarify.
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.32
In 1994, we got married.
00:38:40.35\00:38:43.18
So when we moved,
when I moved down here,
00:38:43.22\00:38:46.45
it was a lot of culture shock.
00:38:46.49\00:38:48.26
I don't know if
that happened to you.
00:38:48.29\00:38:49.62
Oh, yeah. Yeah. Did it?
00:38:49.66\00:38:50.99
How was that transition for you?
00:38:51.03\00:38:52.59
It was, man, it was a lot.
00:38:52.63\00:38:56.23
I was just so scared
and all of the above,
00:38:56.26\00:38:59.13
crying, "I wanna go home."
00:38:59.17\00:39:00.77
You know. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.17
But, you know, like
you mentioned earlier,
00:39:03.20\00:39:06.47
when we met our church family
00:39:06.51\00:39:09.84
and, you know, met
one person and another,
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.71
and their gesture of
friendship of love of welcoming,
00:39:12.75\00:39:16.58
that just dissipates
00:39:16.62\00:39:18.39
all the negative
feelings that I had.
00:39:18.42\00:39:22.02
I'm like, "Lord,
what am I do here?"
00:39:22.06\00:39:24.19
I remember.
00:39:24.23\00:39:25.56
This is so
different, I couldn't handle.
00:39:25.59\00:39:27.36
I remember you were like
when you were so new here
00:39:27.40\00:39:31.33
and I remember
her talking to us,
00:39:31.37\00:39:34.57
you know, and man, I felt
so comfortable right away,
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.37
praise the Lord.
Oh, praise the Lord.
00:39:37.41\00:39:39.27
Glory to God.
00:39:39.31\00:39:40.64
I like that lady,
she's really like, you know,
00:39:40.68\00:39:43.38
she's so welcoming, you know.
00:39:43.41\00:39:44.78
Yes.
00:39:44.81\00:39:46.15
Because I feel like a stranger,
00:39:46.18\00:39:47.52
we feel "Oh, boy, are we in the,
00:39:47.55\00:39:49.88
you know, right place?"
00:39:49.92\00:39:51.85
Was this a good decision? Yeah.
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.22
That's a good thing.
Yeah, that was a blessing.
00:39:53.25\00:39:55.09
You have the
gift of hospitality.
00:39:55.12\00:39:56.66
Yeah, praise the
Lord. Yeah. Amen to that.
00:39:56.69\00:39:58.83
Praise the Lord.
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.33
I'd never forget that.
00:40:00.36\00:40:01.70
Oh, really. At
the gym, at the gym.
00:40:01.73\00:40:04.07
Really? Yeah.
00:40:04.10\00:40:05.47
We could talk
like so long. Forever?
00:40:05.50\00:40:07.64
Yeah.
00:40:07.67\00:40:09.00
But, man, it was
so nice, thank you.
00:40:09.04\00:40:11.01
Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:40:11.04\00:40:12.37
Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:40:12.41\00:40:13.74
And that's what we
would like to do with everyone
00:40:13.78\00:40:16.14
that steps foot here
in the ministry of 3ABN.
00:40:16.18\00:40:19.28
Amen. That's right.
00:40:19.31\00:40:20.65
In the community, in our church,
00:40:20.68\00:40:22.42
and you know, certain people
have that gift of hospitality,
00:40:22.45\00:40:27.52
and it is our responsibility
to introduce that visitor
00:40:27.56\00:40:32.59
and other people to our
members and to our friends.
00:40:32.63\00:40:35.46
I love it when
people come and...
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.77
Oh, this Sabbath, last Sabbath,
we shared with the family
00:40:37.80\00:40:42.44
that was listening, right, Dan?
00:40:42.47\00:40:43.81
That's right. What was that?
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.27
Well, you and
Cynthia really got into them.
00:40:45.31\00:40:47.74
Cynthia your wife. Yeah.
00:40:47.78\00:40:50.45
But they were all, you know,
00:40:50.48\00:40:52.85
they were beginning to
look for a country, a place.
00:40:52.88\00:40:55.95
Yes.
00:40:55.98\00:40:57.32
And so, so they said, "I hope
we didn't grill them too much."
00:40:57.35\00:40:59.45
I said, "I think he survived."
00:41:01.12\00:41:02.86
Yeah, he survived.
00:41:02.89\00:41:05.06
So it's just
talking about the area
00:41:05.09\00:41:06.80
and talking about
things that we have in common,
00:41:06.83\00:41:10.40
you know, we don't have to
jump into a deep Bible study.
00:41:10.43\00:41:14.07
It's just the ministry
of Jesus what did He do,
00:41:14.10\00:41:16.81
He ministered to the people
and gave them the welcoming,
00:41:16.84\00:41:21.24
and they
listened, and they shared,
00:41:21.28\00:41:23.31
and they walked with Jesus.
00:41:23.35\00:41:24.98
Oh, how beautiful that
experience must have been.
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.88
I was gonna share a
testimony. Donald, yes.
00:41:27.92\00:41:30.52
I didn't put it in
here, but Zechariah,
00:41:30.55\00:41:32.22
I'm not gonna go
through all of it.
00:41:32.25\00:41:33.59
That's okay.
00:41:33.62\00:41:34.96
But I had a young
man I met at Sam's club,
00:41:34.99\00:41:36.32
it's been a while ago,
when I share the story,
00:41:36.36\00:41:37.69
it makes her tear up,
it's just really powerful.
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.06
That's a good one.
00:41:39.09\00:41:40.43
I had a young man
that was just in clothes,
00:41:40.46\00:41:41.80
you can tell he
didn't have any money,
00:41:41.83\00:41:43.16
he's poor, homeless, really.
00:41:43.20\00:41:44.53
And just came down from Chicago,
00:41:44.57\00:41:45.90
and the Lord had told me to
go a different route that day,
00:41:45.93\00:41:47.64
and I know why then.
00:41:47.67\00:41:49.00
So I met the young
man, unbeknownst to me,
00:41:49.04\00:41:51.17
I didn't really
want to talk to him,
00:41:51.21\00:41:52.54
looked kind of
strange and stuff,
00:41:52.57\00:41:53.91
I'm like, "I don't
wanna talk to this guy."
00:41:53.94\00:41:55.91
He's right in my face,
he's right here, he's talking,
00:41:55.94\00:41:58.25
he's asking me
all these questions
00:41:58.28\00:41:59.61
like, "What are doing here?"
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
I said, "I'm
shopping. I'm shopping."
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.68
He said, "Okay, what
are you shopping for?"
00:42:02.72\00:42:04.09
"I'm shopping for Three
Angels Broadcast Network.
00:42:04.12\00:42:06.62
It's 24/7 around the world."
00:42:06.65\00:42:07.99
He goes, "Are you
minister or something?"
00:42:08.02\00:42:09.99
I said, "No, I'm
actually, I'm a lay person,
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.56
just help you about Jesus,
00:42:11.59\00:42:12.93
you know, and share the gospel."
00:42:12.96\00:42:14.30
Then he said, "People tell
me I need to go back to church
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.30
and know who God is."
00:42:16.33\00:42:17.67
Oh, wow.
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.03
"So I've got to tell you a
story, I want to pull you."
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.40
I pulled him in the
aisle and I shared Zechariah 3
00:42:20.44\00:42:21.77
with him, and he just,
00:42:21.80\00:42:23.14
I shared him about how,
you know, Satan is there,
00:42:23.17\00:42:24.57
telling you're not
worthy to come into Heaven.
00:42:24.61\00:42:26.07
Yes. I said "So
what is your name?"
00:42:26.11\00:42:27.58
He told me his name,
actually lied to me at first,
00:42:27.61\00:42:29.84
then told me
his real name. Yeah.
00:42:29.88\00:42:31.45
And so anyway, he shares name,
00:42:31.48\00:42:32.81
I said, "Well, you
know, someone was being told
00:42:32.85\00:42:34.85
you can't come in this,
you can't come to heaven
00:42:34.88\00:42:36.42
because you did this, that,
and the other thing wrong."
00:42:36.45\00:42:38.55
I said, "But somebody
else comes in the picture."
00:42:38.59\00:42:39.92
I said, "Jesus, he
shows, nail-pierced hands,
00:42:39.95\00:42:41.49
He says, 'Look, I
hung on the cross,
00:42:41.52\00:42:43.06
this is my
blood, I died for him.
00:42:43.09\00:42:44.59
He's mine, I own him.'"
00:42:44.63\00:42:45.99
I said, "He's gonna put a crown
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.50
or he's gonna put a
robe of righteousness on you,
00:42:47.53\00:42:49.00
he's gonna put a
golden crown on you."
00:42:49.03\00:42:50.37
I said, "Now
you're the son of God."
00:42:50.40\00:42:51.73
And he literally
just, literally jumped up
00:42:51.77\00:42:54.10
almost broke my ribs,
"He was a little boy."
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.24
He was like,
"Can I pull you out?
00:42:56.27\00:42:57.67
Can I help?"
00:42:57.71\00:42:59.04
Oh, wow. I said,
"Sure, yes, help."
00:42:59.07\00:43:00.41
Oh, what a
blessing. Yeah, it was huge.
00:43:00.44\00:43:01.78
Amen.
00:43:01.81\00:43:03.14
Just the power
of the Word of God.
00:43:03.18\00:43:04.51
Amen. Man! Amen.
00:43:04.55\00:43:05.88
This is...
00:43:05.91\00:43:07.25
I'm sure there
are many experiences
00:43:07.28\00:43:08.62
that we can share
of divine appointments.
00:43:08.65\00:43:12.05
Oh, yeah.
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.42
You know, there
are no coincidences.
00:43:13.46\00:43:14.79
Oh, man.
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.16
And it's admirable to see
00:43:16.19\00:43:20.30
how the Lord prompts our hearts
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.46
and we don't understand
why we're making this decision.
00:43:22.50\00:43:25.70
You know, taking another turn,
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.74
but the Lord took you
00:43:27.77\00:43:29.20
precisely to the
place where He needed you.
00:43:29.24\00:43:31.91
So we have to be ever so
sensitive to his prompting,
00:43:31.94\00:43:36.08
to His voice,
00:43:36.11\00:43:37.45
and that way, we not
only bless that other person
00:43:37.48\00:43:41.02
but we're ever so blessed
00:43:41.05\00:43:42.62
and we grow
from that experience.
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.22
Oh, yeah,
definitely. Definitely.
00:43:44.25\00:43:45.59
Amen.
00:43:45.62\00:43:46.96
You know, so many
stories come to mind.
00:43:46.99\00:43:48.72
I guess you have
try to stop yourself.
00:43:48.76\00:43:50.93
Yeah.
00:43:50.96\00:43:52.29
From sharing
some of these things
00:43:52.33\00:43:53.86
because you don't
know which one to share.
00:43:53.90\00:43:56.26
But we know Janelle has
another promise to share.
00:43:56.30\00:43:58.40
Yes. Yes.
00:43:58.43\00:43:59.77
I love this one.
00:43:59.80\00:44:01.14
It's just, it's awesome.
00:44:01.17\00:44:02.74
It's Revelation 12:11,
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.04
and I guess you could
consider this a promise,
00:44:05.07\00:44:09.34
I claim it because
I just like it a lot.
00:44:09.38\00:44:14.12
So Revelation 12:11. Yes.
00:44:14.15\00:44:16.12
"And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
00:44:16.15\00:44:18.65
and by the word
of their testimony,
00:44:18.69\00:44:20.12
and they love not
their lives unto the death."
00:44:20.16\00:44:25.06
I love the whole verse.
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.66
To me, it's just so powerful,
00:44:27.70\00:44:29.16
they overcame him by
the blood of the Lamb
00:44:29.20\00:44:31.23
and the word of their testimony,
00:44:31.27\00:44:32.80
and how we can, you
know, claim the blood of Christ
00:44:32.83\00:44:35.90
and like we're talking
about, you know, testimony
00:44:35.94\00:44:39.27
and how our testimony unlike,
00:44:39.31\00:44:42.04
well, somebody mentioned earlier
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.41
about how sometimes God
allows us to go through things,
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.58
so we can help
someone else later.
00:44:46.61\00:44:48.22
Amen. That's right.
00:44:48.25\00:44:49.58
And I feel like, you
know, by sharing our testimony
00:44:49.62\00:44:52.15
that is returning
to God what is His,
00:44:52.19\00:44:54.72
you know, what
He's done in the us.
00:44:54.76\00:44:56.76
And so I think
it's really powerful
00:44:56.79\00:44:58.33
and it's a blessing to be
able to share the testimony.
00:44:58.36\00:45:00.93
And sometimes it's not easy
00:45:00.96\00:45:03.37
because, you know, we've shared
some things about our own lives
00:45:03.40\00:45:06.37
on national television, on 3ABN,
00:45:06.40\00:45:09.44
that was not so easy.
00:45:09.47\00:45:10.91
But God called us to
it, He got us through it,
00:45:10.94\00:45:14.14
and He helped a lot of people.
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.58
Amen. Amen.
00:45:15.61\00:45:16.95
So praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
00:45:16.98\00:45:18.31
Yeah.
00:45:18.35\00:45:19.68
Wow, there are
so many experiences
00:45:19.71\00:45:21.05
that we live but they're unique.
00:45:21.08\00:45:23.52
Yeah.
00:45:23.55\00:45:24.89
And so you get to minister
to a unique group of people
00:45:24.92\00:45:28.79
with a unique need,
00:45:28.82\00:45:30.66
so we all have something
so peculiar, so special,
00:45:30.69\00:45:33.93
and so this is
your responsibility,
00:45:33.96\00:45:37.70
you know, you bring
hope to other people.
00:45:37.73\00:45:40.54
You bring peace,
encouragement, motivation.
00:45:40.57\00:45:43.20
And you know what,
00:45:43.24\00:45:44.57
we don't need
anyone to stump a mess.
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.78
I mean, the
devil's busy enough to...
00:45:46.81\00:45:49.11
Oh, yeah. To attack us, right?
00:45:49.14\00:45:50.81
So we need to
lift each other up.
00:45:50.85\00:45:52.75
Yeah. Definitely.
00:45:52.78\00:45:54.25
You know, I'm gonna
try to share a story here
00:45:54.28\00:45:57.09
as brief as I can.
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.82
Okay.
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.19
It's almost
like, it's almost like
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.79
not part of what we're sharing
00:46:02.82\00:46:04.23
but because we've gone
00:46:04.26\00:46:05.59
talking about
witnessing to other people
00:46:05.63\00:46:07.86
and Pastor Alejandro Bullon,
he's a Spanish evangelist.
00:46:07.90\00:46:10.77
He's the one that told
this story the first time.
00:46:10.80\00:46:13.13
And there was this
lady working in her garden,
00:46:13.17\00:46:16.10
and across from her
was this open field,
00:46:16.14\00:46:18.94
and there comes these
trucks and they parked there,
00:46:18.97\00:46:22.11
and they start
unpacking their things,
00:46:22.14\00:46:23.51
it was a circus.
00:46:23.55\00:46:26.08
The land had been cleared
and now there's a circus.
00:46:26.11\00:46:28.15
And the lady
starts looking at them
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.52
still working in her garden.
00:46:29.55\00:46:30.89
And she starts to sweat.
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.79
And, you know,
00:46:33.82\00:46:35.39
the people across
they're working in the sun
00:46:35.42\00:46:37.16
trying to put up
their little tents
00:46:37.19\00:46:38.96
and their little
rides and all that thing,
00:46:38.99\00:46:40.53
I'm saying
little but they're big,
00:46:40.56\00:46:42.56
and they're working hard in
the sun in the hot, hot sun,
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.50
and she goes "I'm thirsty."
00:46:45.53\00:46:47.67
So she goes
inside, make some lemonade,
00:46:47.70\00:46:50.11
and she decides to make lemonade
00:46:50.14\00:46:52.31
for everybody working out there.
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.31
That's amazing.
00:46:54.34\00:46:55.68
And so she got this
pitcher and she goes out there
00:46:55.71\00:46:59.41
and she has these cups,
"Would you like some lemonade?"
00:46:59.45\00:47:03.12
And they look at her, "Sure."
00:47:03.15\00:47:06.39
And she gives them the lemonade,
00:47:06.42\00:47:08.42
she goes to the next
person, and from one to another.
00:47:08.46\00:47:10.99
She's going to
give them lemonade,
00:47:11.03\00:47:12.63
goes back, gets another pitcher,
00:47:12.66\00:47:14.03
and doing this
all over the place.
00:47:14.06\00:47:17.07
And so somebody
is looking at her,
00:47:17.10\00:47:19.20
was watching her do this.
00:47:19.23\00:47:21.00
And he goes, "Who is this women?
00:47:21.04\00:47:22.80
Who is this woman?"
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.57
And finally, the
lady reaches this person
00:47:24.61\00:47:27.04
and she goes, "Would
you like some lemonade?"
00:47:27.08\00:47:29.78
And he goes, "Who are you?"
00:47:29.81\00:47:32.55
And she goes, "I am so and so
and I live across the street."
00:47:32.58\00:47:36.25
And he goes,
"No, no, you're not."
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.42
And she goes, "Yes,
I'm I live right there."
00:47:38.45\00:47:40.46
He goes, "No, you
must be an angel," he said.
00:47:40.49\00:47:43.66
And she says, "Oh, no.
00:47:43.69\00:47:46.66
I am not an angel."
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.03
He goes, "Well, why
are you doing this?"
00:47:48.06\00:47:49.63
She says, "Well, I'm doing
this because I'm a Christian
00:47:49.66\00:47:54.57
and if Jesus would be
here, He would do this for you,
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.54
so I'm doing it for Him
because I think He impressed me
00:47:57.57\00:48:01.04
to do this for you."
00:48:01.08\00:48:02.48
And he goes, "Nobody,
we've been to so many cities
00:48:02.51\00:48:05.41
all across Brazil, and
nobody has done this for us,
00:48:05.45\00:48:09.18
literally all of South America."
00:48:09.22\00:48:11.39
And he goes,
"You're the first one."
00:48:11.42\00:48:12.89
And he goes,
Well, I'm only doing
00:48:12.92\00:48:14.76
what Jesus would have done
if He was living across there."
00:48:14.79\00:48:17.36
Wow.
00:48:17.39\00:48:18.73
And he goes, "Well, I
need to know this Jesus
00:48:18.76\00:48:21.46
who you're talking about."
00:48:21.50\00:48:22.83
Incredible.
00:48:22.86\00:48:24.57
"Oh, would you
like to know Him?"
00:48:24.60\00:48:26.00
And this lady began Bible
studies with these people,
00:48:26.03\00:48:29.54
eventually got the pastor there,
00:48:29.57\00:48:30.91
I'm cutting the story short.
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.74
And interestingly enough,
00:48:32.77\00:48:35.08
just about
everyone in the circus
00:48:35.11\00:48:37.65
that worked in the
circus was baptized.
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.21
Amen. Amen.
00:48:39.25\00:48:40.82
I'm cutting part of the story,
00:48:40.85\00:48:42.92
I'm cutting part
of the story out,
00:48:42.95\00:48:44.29
but anyway, the
story goes like this
00:48:44.32\00:48:47.06
that they've incorporated
evangelism into their circus.
00:48:47.09\00:48:51.09
Incredible.
00:48:51.13\00:48:52.46
See there's a Seventh-day
Adventist circus going around.
00:48:52.49\00:48:54.33
Oh, my goodness.
00:48:54.36\00:48:56.67
Now one of the
things they do is the clown
00:48:56.70\00:49:00.87
does his acts and
he makes people laugh,
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.90
and eventually he
stops and he says,
00:49:02.94\00:49:05.17
"Now I've made you
laugh and that's my job.
00:49:05.21\00:49:10.11
And you see this smiling
face I have painted on my face.
00:49:10.15\00:49:13.78
For many years,
00:49:13.82\00:49:16.15
the smiling face was painted on,
00:49:16.18\00:49:18.19
but I was really sad
inside, I was really sad inside.
00:49:18.22\00:49:22.32
And I don't know if
you are the way I was,
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.83
but now the smile
you see painted on
00:49:24.86\00:49:27.40
is really a smile
that I have inside.
00:49:27.43\00:49:29.93
And I want to let you know why
00:49:29.96\00:49:31.80
and it's
because I know a Jesus."
00:49:31.83\00:49:34.24
Amen. Amen.
00:49:34.27\00:49:35.60
And he says, "If you
would like to know this Jesus
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.67
that has made me smile
inside as you see outside,
00:49:37.71\00:49:42.41
I want to go passing
out these little flyers."
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.11
And they pass out
flyers and Bible study cards.
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.78
Incredible.
00:49:46.82\00:49:48.15
And so it's a transforming
thing that has taken place.
00:49:48.18\00:49:49.88
That's awesome.
00:49:49.92\00:49:51.25
And so the Lord uses
people in different ways.
00:49:51.29\00:49:53.76
That's right.
00:49:53.79\00:49:55.12
That's
breathtaking, what a blessing...
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.49
It's wonderful.
00:49:56.52\00:49:57.86
You know, I have to say,
00:49:57.89\00:50:00.36
when I see the Department
of Transportation workers
00:50:00.40\00:50:03.93
out there in the hot summer,
00:50:03.97\00:50:06.70
you know, under the hot sun,
00:50:06.74\00:50:08.67
I'm like, "Lord, I just wish
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.67
I could just make a
big pail of lemonade
00:50:10.71\00:50:16.48
or whatever juice,
I'll squeeze the oranges
00:50:16.51\00:50:19.35
and take it to them."
00:50:19.38\00:50:20.72
And you know, I may just do that
00:50:20.75\00:50:23.12
because my heart,
you know, gets heavy
00:50:23.15\00:50:25.65
every time I see them out there,
00:50:25.69\00:50:27.82
and not only that, just
anyone walking along the street
00:50:27.86\00:50:31.66
a homeless or somebody
that is obviously in need.
00:50:31.69\00:50:37.00
If I'm at the grocery
store in the parking lot,
00:50:37.03\00:50:38.87
I see elderly people,
you know, carrying their bags
00:50:38.90\00:50:41.74
and I offer...
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.10
Or my kids have offered,
00:50:43.14\00:50:44.47
would you like
some help with that?
00:50:44.51\00:50:46.01
And they are
startled like, "No, no,
00:50:46.04\00:50:48.64
we just want to
serve you, that's all."
00:50:48.68\00:50:50.28
So it's a blessing
to serve. Amen. Amen.
00:50:50.31\00:50:53.42
Well, anyone else? Brother.
00:50:53.45\00:50:55.82
Yes, I guess I will share
00:50:55.85\00:50:57.45
if you want to
turn to Isaiah 53,
00:50:57.49\00:50:59.35
this is a
really powerful chapter
00:50:59.39\00:51:01.22
I won't read the whole
thing, but Isaiah 53 is...
00:51:01.26\00:51:04.86
Oh, man.
00:51:04.89\00:51:06.23
It goes right along
with Psalm 22 really well.
00:51:06.26\00:51:09.66
The picture it's painted there
00:51:09.70\00:51:11.30
obviously of what Christ
went through for us again.
00:51:11.33\00:51:14.80
It just makes me
so I can relate to,
00:51:14.84\00:51:16.84
He's relatable to me
00:51:16.87\00:51:18.31
and just it's just amazing
what He went through for us.
00:51:18.34\00:51:20.91
Verse three and
five, I'll just read.
00:51:20.94\00:51:22.38
Okay.
00:51:22.41\00:51:23.75
Said, "He was
despised and rejected
00:51:23.78\00:51:25.41
and forsaken by men,
00:51:25.45\00:51:27.25
A Man of sorrows and pain
00:51:27.28\00:51:29.22
and he was acquainted with grief
00:51:29.25\00:51:32.65
and sickness, and like one
from whom men hide their faces
00:51:32.69\00:51:36.06
he was despised,
00:51:36.09\00:51:37.43
and we did not
appreciate his worth
00:51:37.46\00:51:39.36
or have any esteem for him."
00:51:39.39\00:51:40.83
Verse 5, "But he was
wounded for our transgressions,
00:51:40.86\00:51:43.73
he was bruised for
our guilt and iniquities,
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.73
the chastisement or
needful to obtain peace
00:51:45.77\00:51:48.54
and wellbeing
for us was upon him,
00:51:48.57\00:51:50.74
and with the
stripes that wounded him,
00:51:50.77\00:51:52.24
we are healed and made whole."
00:51:52.27\00:51:54.28
I just think about that,
00:51:54.31\00:51:55.64
you know, in my own
life when I was a youth,
00:51:55.68\00:51:58.61
you know, I didn't
have a whole lot of friends,
00:51:58.65\00:52:00.55
I actually shut
myself in my room
00:52:00.58\00:52:02.02
and how the Lord
works, he read my heard,
00:52:02.05\00:52:04.19
you were talk
about transformation,
00:52:04.22\00:52:05.55
now I go in front of churches
and speak in front of people.
00:52:05.59\00:52:07.06
Like my mom's like,
"You can go to counseling,
00:52:07.09\00:52:09.16
there's
something wrong with you.
00:52:09.19\00:52:10.53
You don't even
get out of your room,
00:52:10.56\00:52:11.89
you don't even do anything."
00:52:11.93\00:52:13.26
And I'm in front
of churches speaking,
00:52:13.29\00:52:14.63
and you know, so he's
acquainted with my grief
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.00
and that really
just relates to me
00:52:16.03\00:52:17.67
that Jesus is personal,
00:52:17.70\00:52:19.17
you know, He's personally
involved in our lives.
00:52:19.20\00:52:21.00
Definitely. Amen.
00:52:21.04\00:52:22.37
Just, you know,
how it talks about,
00:52:22.40\00:52:23.74
"By his stripes, we're healed."
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.27
There's nothing too far
beyond God He can't heal.
00:52:25.31\00:52:27.74
Amen.
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.11
Personally, and so
if we've done anything,
00:52:29.14\00:52:30.81
I mean, we've done
the worse of whatever
00:52:30.85\00:52:33.11
and He can still heal,
00:52:33.15\00:52:34.48
so if we just ask
for that, you know.
00:52:34.52\00:52:35.85
That's right. Amen.
00:52:35.88\00:52:37.22
Praise the Lord. Wonderful.
00:52:37.25\00:52:38.59
Anyone wants to comment on that?
00:52:38.62\00:52:40.49
No.
00:52:40.52\00:52:41.86
It's big, isn't it?
00:52:41.89\00:52:43.22
Yeah.
00:52:43.26\00:52:44.59
I mean, it covers
pretty much everybody.
00:52:44.63\00:52:46.83
Yes. Yeah.
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.76
A man of experience,
00:52:48.80\00:52:50.13
He can identify with us
00:52:50.17\00:52:54.07
not only he said,
"Okay, I'll take your sins,
00:52:54.10\00:52:56.71
but He can identify with us."
00:52:56.74\00:52:58.07
That's right.
00:52:58.11\00:52:59.44
And because of that, we can be
transformed into His likeness.
00:52:59.47\00:53:03.28
Amen. Yeah.
00:53:03.31\00:53:04.65
And it's that transformation
that's the big thing.
00:53:04.68\00:53:07.68
Wow. Amen.
00:53:07.72\00:53:09.12
As we contemplate
the life of Christ,
00:53:09.15\00:53:12.79
our wounds are healed
00:53:12.82\00:53:15.76
because we see how
He Himself struggled
00:53:15.79\00:53:20.50
but had victory in Christ.
00:53:20.53\00:53:21.86
Amen. There you go.
00:53:21.90\00:53:23.23
So that victory is ours today,
the battle is the Lord, amen.
00:53:23.26\00:53:27.74
Yes. Thank you. Amen.
00:53:27.77\00:53:29.10
If we would just,
00:53:29.14\00:53:30.47
you know, when we
kneel at the foot of Jesus,
00:53:30.51\00:53:32.77
at the feet of Jesus,
at the foot of the cross,
00:53:32.81\00:53:34.98
we pray, "Lord,
take this from me."
00:53:35.01\00:53:37.95
But when we get up,
we put the backpack on
00:53:37.98\00:53:40.58
and two shopping bags of
things that we prayed over,
00:53:40.62\00:53:44.25
and we walk away with it
00:53:44.29\00:53:45.62
rather than leaving it
at the foot of the cross.
00:53:45.65\00:53:48.92
You know, it's not until
we learn to leave it to Jesus,
00:53:48.96\00:53:52.29
it's not until we
give Jesus the opportunity
00:53:52.33\00:53:56.20
to heal those wounds
that we are going to see,
00:53:56.23\00:54:00.54
you know, more and more of
His handiwork in our lives.
00:54:00.57\00:54:05.21
And we're gonna be
healed, and when we're healed,
00:54:05.24\00:54:08.01
we are gonna witness, you
know, I'm not an ambassador.
00:54:08.04\00:54:11.85
What does an ambassador mean?
00:54:11.88\00:54:14.15
What does that word mean you?
00:54:14.18\00:54:15.52
Represent, you
represent to the God.
00:54:15.55\00:54:16.89
Exactly.
00:54:16.92\00:54:18.25
You're a son or daughter of God.
00:54:18.29\00:54:19.62
Exactly.
00:54:19.65\00:54:20.99
So we have to
take that to heart,
00:54:21.02\00:54:22.36
we are His ambassadors.
00:54:22.39\00:54:23.73
And you know what, we do show,
00:54:23.76\00:54:25.86
"Yes, we're broken at one point,
00:54:25.89\00:54:29.00
but the Lord put
us all together."
00:54:29.03\00:54:30.50
Amen.
00:54:30.53\00:54:31.87
You know, the Lord
mends the broken people.
00:54:31.90\00:54:34.07
Oh, just thought about
the theme song of 3ABN.
00:54:34.10\00:54:37.47
Mending broken
people, I love that song.
00:54:37.51\00:54:39.94
Yeah, we deal with recovery,
00:54:39.97\00:54:41.31
we see a lot dealing
with recovery and addiction,
00:54:41.34\00:54:42.74
we see a lot of that in people,
00:54:42.78\00:54:44.18
the power of what God
can do to transform it.
00:54:44.21\00:54:46.98
Yes. Yeah.
00:54:47.02\00:54:48.75
Get to hear a lot of stories.
00:54:48.78\00:54:50.12
Well, we have, Celestine,
maybe you can share one more.
00:54:50.15\00:54:54.02
I really believe
that an ultimate promise
00:54:54.06\00:54:57.39
that I'm looking
forward to is the eternal life.
00:54:57.43\00:55:00.53
Amen.
00:55:00.56\00:55:01.90
That is like the ultimate for me
00:55:01.93\00:55:03.60
'cause I cannot wait to reunite
my loved ones my Mom, my Dad.
00:55:03.63\00:55:09.07
Yes. And my beloved husband.
00:55:09.10\00:55:11.27
Amen. That's right.
00:55:11.31\00:55:12.64
Yeah. And boy...
What a day that will be.
00:55:12.67\00:55:14.71
Yeah, I'm so excited
to just think about it,
00:55:14.74\00:55:18.61
the blessed hope that God has
promised is just unbelievable.
00:55:18.65\00:55:22.62
And that gives me hope
and that helps me a lot,
00:55:22.65\00:55:25.85
and I'm like, "Man, I can't
wait to see Jesus face to face
00:55:25.89\00:55:30.79
along with my loved ones."
00:55:30.83\00:55:32.16
Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:55:32.19\00:55:33.80
I got goosebumps all over
me, what a moment that will be.
00:55:33.83\00:55:36.87
Wow.
00:55:36.90\00:55:38.23
Well, I think that puts
me to share this scripture
00:55:38.27\00:55:41.74
from Revelation 21 based
on what we're talking about.
00:55:41.77\00:55:43.84
I think it would be
wonderful to read this as well,
00:55:43.87\00:55:46.78
a precious promise that will
soon be fulfilled by our Lord.
00:55:46.81\00:55:50.45
And it says in
Revelations 21:1-4,
00:55:50.48\00:55:56.02
"And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth,
00:55:56.05\00:55:59.39
for the first
heaven and the first earth
00:55:59.42\00:56:01.62
were passed away, and
there was no more sea.
00:56:01.66\00:56:04.36
And I John saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
00:56:04.39\00:56:07.43
coming down from
God out of heaven,
00:56:07.46\00:56:09.86
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
00:56:09.90\00:56:13.50
And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
00:56:13.54\00:56:15.84
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:56:15.87\00:56:19.37
and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people,
00:56:19.41\00:56:22.98
and God himself
shall be with them,
00:56:23.01\00:56:25.78
and be their God.
00:56:25.81\00:56:27.15
And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes,
00:56:27.18\00:56:30.45
and there shall
be no more death,
00:56:30.49\00:56:32.35
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:56:32.39\00:56:34.96
neither shall
there be any more pain
00:56:34.99\00:56:37.23
for the former
things are passed away.'"
00:56:37.26\00:56:39.66
Amen.
00:56:39.69\00:56:41.03
And so praise the Lord
00:56:41.06\00:56:42.56
for this
precious, precious promise,
00:56:42.60\00:56:45.73
and I believe that we have
only shared a few promises,
00:56:45.77\00:56:49.80
there were more
promises that we had to share
00:56:49.84\00:56:51.47
but our time is just about
over for the family worship.
00:56:51.51\00:56:55.84
That's right.
00:56:55.88\00:56:57.21
And so we want to encourage you
00:56:57.25\00:56:58.85
to look into the
promises of the Lord
00:56:58.88\00:57:01.18
and to make them yours.
00:57:01.22\00:57:03.49
That's right.
00:57:03.52\00:57:04.85
Because God spoke these
things having us in mind.
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And as children
of the Lord, He is...
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I am going to use He can't
wait for the moment that He can,
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when it's all
over and He can hold us
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and give us a big
hug and welcome us
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into the Heavenly Family.
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So I'm looking forward to
that and I hope you are as well.
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For now, we say,
thank you for joining us.
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And remember, give your
heart to the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you will find
happiness and peace,
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it begins on this
earth and continues forever.
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May God bless
you. Happy Sabbath!
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Happy Sabbath!
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