I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
3ABN Today, Family Worship.
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I hope you've
had a wonderful week.
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I know here at 3ABN,
it's always a busy week,
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but it's a wonderful week.
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It's always a
blessing to serve the Lord
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and so happy
Sabbath is a blessing
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to be able to
spend this time together
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with our 3ABN Family,
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but also with
you and ultimately,
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with the Lord Jesus
Christ because He is the one
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who sanctify the
Sabbath day and made it holy.
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So anyway, thank you
again, for joining us as you do
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each and every
day, but especially,
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for the family
worships, each Friday night,
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it's a blessing to open
the Sabbath hours together
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with some music,
opening the word of God,
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studying, discussing.
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And we hope that you participate
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with us at home.
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It's not just
watching on the television
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or your computer
screen or your mobile device
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or listening on the radio,
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it's actually
participating because it's...
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I think we gained
that blessing by doing it
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together as a group.
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Amen. Sabbath
is about community.
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I mean, it's
about the Word of God,
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it's about spending
time with Jesus, the word,
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but Sabbath is community,
and whether you might be
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at home and, you
know, sweetheart,
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we get letters from people,
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who would say, I live
alone and I'm a widow,
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we're widower or a single
mom, and I don't have someone
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to open the Sabbath hours with.
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And so you are
part of the 3ABN Family.
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And as you open
up Sabbath with us,
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join us because we're
all part of the family of God
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and you don't have to
feel alone there in your home,
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as we open up the
Sabbath hours together.
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And we have beside you at home,
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our wonderful 3ABN
Family around the table.
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We do.
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And we love each
one of these people.
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Oh, we do.
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On this side, we have Brother
John Dinzey and Adalia Denzey,
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and it's a privilege
to have both you here.
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Oh, it is. Thank you.
It's a privilege to be here.
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And Family Worship is something
that we really are blessed by.
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Amen.
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And I say to you,
guys, I've been here forever
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because I came
here just a little guy
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and you guys
were here when I came.
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Yes. But they're still young.
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They're still young. Yes.
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That's right. We
want to clarify that.
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That's correct.
Thank you. You're not old.
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And you have two
wonderful children
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who are serving the Lord
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and involved with
schooling right now,
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and no longer here
attending our school
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because we only go
to certain grade here.
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Yeah. But Samuel is in college.
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That's right. Lincoln, Nebraska.
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It's amazing. Mm-hmm.
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He was just a little guy
when I guess, it's amazing.
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Yes. And then
Caleb is in academy.
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Yes, yes. He loves academy life.
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And, you know, it's
interesting how the Lord
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just has blessed
us with these kids
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that continue
the family traditions
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because they love it.
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You know, what
they learned at home
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and they're
saying, "Mom, trust us.
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And trust in
what you've taught us.
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We're going to do that.
You just have to trust us."
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I'm like, "Well, you
need for God to be your God,
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not mommy and poppy's God.
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That's right.
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You know, so of
course, as parents we encourage
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the kids to walk
daily with Christ.
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Amen.
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And you both are the
directors of 3ABN Latino,
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which has now been in existence
for how many years the network?
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How many? As we
speak, we're 14 years.
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That's amazing. Wow!
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Praise what God has done.
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It's amazing because
just miracles every day
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how God is opening doors
and the lives you're touching.
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Yes. Amen.
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Well, now that you
mentioned 3ABN Latino,
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I must say that we on
the 3ABN Latino Channel
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are airing a family
worship, but in Spanish.
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Yes. It's fantastic.
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It's amazing.
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How the
non-Adventists even look forward
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to receiving Sabbath
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because we're
teaching Bible truths
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and Bible doctrines of the
son of the Adventist Church
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and they're like, "But
how do you keep Sabbath?"
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I mean, how
special could this be?
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And literally, we have
families with their children,
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teenagers as well,
sitting with their mom and dad
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receiving Sabbath together.
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That's great.
Isn't that encouraging?
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It is. Very well.
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Very encouraging. Amen.
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And over here, we
don't want to leave out
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the rest of our family.
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We have J.D. and
Shelley Quinn. Amen.
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You both are such a
blessing to Greg and I
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and to the Ministry here.
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And thank you for joining us.
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And we just want you know
that we love you and of course,
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the Dinzeys as well.
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It's a privilege.
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You know, growing up, I
never had a family worship.
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Wow. Never.
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And of course, we
weren't Sabbath-keepers,
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but my family never got together
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for a family worship.
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So it's very special to
me having family worship,
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in particularly
to open the Sabbath.
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Yeah. Amen.
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Well, it's just
wonderful to be with our family.
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It is, isn't it?
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You know, we're
blessed with two families.
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I have a brother and
a sister that I adore
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and there are long ways off,
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my other family
who I just adore,
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you know, we get to see daily.
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And it's so important
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because we live
and some people say,
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"Well, you're all
live in a bubble."
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Well, it's a
wonderful bubble to live in.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's all. You
know, there is...
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We don't wake up here
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and people cursing all day long.
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Yes. Yes.
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You know, we wake
up and with prayer
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and thanksgiving.
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I mean, it's fantastic. Amen.
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And we just love
each one as you obviously,
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and we love all of our viewers.
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Amen. Amen.
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And in case, some
people are just joining us
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and are not familiar with 3ABN,
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you're a head of the
3ABN Pastoral Department.
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Yep. Wear multiple hats.
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Shelly Quinn, you're in
charge of Program Development,
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wear multiple hats as well.
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Again, I appreciate which
each and every one of you do.
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And again, this is
a family, you know,
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as we were
preparing for this program,
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Joe O'Brien, who's
in part of your staff.
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I was waiting
outside the makeup room
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and unfortunately,
yeah, we do have to wear
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a little something
to keep the lights,
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from lights just reflecting
and maybe blinding you.
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And I was waiting
outside the makeup room
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and he passed down the hall
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and he made a
really powerful comment.
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Someone else was standing
outside there too and he said,
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you know, he says, someday,
he said, by God's grace,
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he said, in heaven.
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He said, we'll
build, maybe pass each other
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in the halls of heaven
and we want to describe that.
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We will have to be like,
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maybe working in
that sort of thing,
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but be in heaven
together as a family.
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You know, that's a
powerful thought, isn't it?
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Amen.
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We could be here
together, you're at home.
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We may not ever meet you
on this earth, but in heaven,
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if we're
favoring to Jesus Christ.
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What a wonderful
day that will be.
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Amen.
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So we need to start with prayer
or song, our topic for today.
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Let's start with prayer.
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I think as we start
our family worship here
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and going to sing music next,
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but let's invite
the Lord Jesus Christ
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to be part of this.
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Pastor Johnny,
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do you mind to open
the prayer for us, please?
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Sure.
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Our loving Heavenly
Father, we do want to thank You
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for it is You,
Lord, that has brought us
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to another end of a week.
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We thank You,
Lord, for the Sabbath day
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and we thank You
for the invitation
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to come aside and rest awhile.
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We thank You, Lord, that in You,
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we can have rest
and we pray, Lord,
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that as we are
gathered together here,
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worship in Your name,
we pray that You will also
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bless Your children
that wherever they may be,
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around the world,
they also may worship
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Your name with us.
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And we pray that in all things,
Your name will be honored
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and glorified, in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen, amen.
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Well, our topic this
evening is we're talking about
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the Sermon on the Mount.
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And that is a huge topic.
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Matthew, 5:7, we
could never cover it all,
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but we're gonna pick up
right after the Beatitudes.
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But before we do that,
I want to encourage you
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to open up your
Bible to Matthew 5,
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so you'll be
ready to follow along,
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but we have
Summer Boyd on the piano.
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And she's such a blessing.
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I have the privilege of
working with her in the office.
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And she's a
wonderful minister of music
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and a wonderful woman of God.
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And what the song
we're gonna be doing,
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you could say, the
young at heart like,
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the kids like, but I think
any age can enjoy this song.
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I enjoy this song.
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This little light of
mine, I'm going to let it shine.
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Sing with us.
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And there are hand
emotions to this song, too.
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So, hopefully, you
might join us with that.
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Let's do it.
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This little light of mine,
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I'm gonna let it shine
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This little light of mine,
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I'm gonna let it shine
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Let it shine, let it shine,
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Let it shine
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Hide it under a bushel, no!
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I'm gonna let it shine
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Hide it under a bushel, no!
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I'm gonna let it shine
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Let it shine, let it shine,
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Let it shine
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All around the neighborhood,
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I'm gonna let it shine
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All around the neighborhood,
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I'm gonna let it shine
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Let it shine, let it shine,
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Let it shine
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank to Jesus.
One of the fun songs.
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It is a fun song.
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It reminds me to
the Sabbath school days.
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Yes. Amen.
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It's great to
know all the words.
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Yes. And the
hand emotions. Yeah.
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And the hand movements, too.
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You know, it's such a blessing
to for the family sent home
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when they're children,
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engage into the
activity, you know.
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So they enjoy the words
and they enjoy the actions,
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singing again, teach
them the message in the song.
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You know, that's a
good point 'cause I remember
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as a young child, my parents
and we'd have family worship
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and we'd do some of these songs.
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You know, I had a lot of that...
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I was very hyper.
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He had a lot of
energy. Yes, I did.
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So I think it was good
for me because my mom would do
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songs ever so often, I think
so I could get my energy out,
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but like the trees are
gently swain, you know,
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I like to do this number.
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And I liked the one
about the bunny rabbits,
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somehow there's one
of the funny rabbits.
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So I get to hop up and
down in the living room.
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I think she did it on
purpose to get my energy out.
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And tired you out, so
you can listen to the story.
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The Bible story.
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You know, what that
shows is she made worship fun.
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It was fun. Amen.
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And we should make worship fun.
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And whether we're
young or old whatever age,
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but worship
should be a time of joy,
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not a time of
drudgery, but a time of joy.
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Yes.
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I believe that we
need to be creative
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and we also need to fill
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the need of
everyone in the family
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because the
maturity is different.
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And I remember
when we had our kids,
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it was so short family worship.
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Of course, you already
know that at the beginning
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John Dinzey
wanted to do a sermon.
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It's like, you know,
these are kids, we can't,
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we can't prolong
it because the kids
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are gonna get bored
and they begin to think
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that serving the Lord is boring.
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So we must take
that into consideration
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that for a
children, depending under age,
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we need to complement it
with the time and activities.
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Yeah, it's interesting for them.
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Yeah, that way you
look forward to worship.
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Amen. Sure.
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We're in Matthew 5,
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looking at just
after the Beatitudes,
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the blessed are the...
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And there's a
whole bunch of those,
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but we're picking
up right after that.
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We're looking at
believers as salt and light,
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that's why we picked the song,
"This is the light of mine"
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'cause God calls us to do that.
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But first, Jesus
talks about being the salt.
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So who has that here? Shelley?
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I've got it.
Oh, you got it J.D.?
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Yes, you want...
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Thirteen, about the salt. Okay.
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"You are the salt of the earth.
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But if the salt
loses its flavor,
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how shall it be seasoned?
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It is then good for
nothing, but to be thrown out
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and trampled underfoot by man."
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Mm-hmm.
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So what does
Jesus mean when he says,
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"You are the salt of the earth."
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What is the purpose of salt
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and what's He
mean there specific?
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You know, salt had so
many different functions.
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Salt was used as a preservative
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because they had
no refrigeration.
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It was used as a...
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Salt is a septic, so it was used
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as a purifying agent,
it was used to heal wounds,
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it was used to add flavor,
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it was used to melt
cold things like ice.
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Oh, that's true.
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So when you think
about it when He says,
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"You're like the
salt of the earth,
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" I think this has to
do with our character.
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He is basically saying to
us that as a preservative,
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as a purifier, we
are to as Christians
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our function is to arrest
the corruption in the world.
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We are to be out there,
you know, adding flavor,
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it should be a
benefit to somebody to heal,
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to melt cold hearts.
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So I think that the
interesting thing to me
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is that when he says,
"If you lose your flavor."
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So salt being the
salt of the earth,
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that's like the care.
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Have you ever
heard somebody say,
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"Oh, she's a salt of the earth,
he's a salt of the earth."
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That's talking
about your character.
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So if you began
living unrighteously,
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you have lost your
Christian influence.
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Man is going to trample
that under his feet because,
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you know, you no
longer have a testimony.
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And what they did
with salt back then
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that had lost its flavor is
they spread it on the ground
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where they wanted
to kill vegetation.
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And so when you think
about it, if we are unrighteous,
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nothing grows where we go.
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You know, we have no influence
for the Kingdom of God.
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You know, this is interesting
because this verse comes
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after Jesus said something
that was shocking to people.
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Yes, okay.
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Notice verse
11, "Blessed are ye,
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when men shall
revile you and persecute you
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and shall say all manner of evil
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against you
falsely for my sake."
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So in Jesus considering
this, when you look at
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you are the salt,
he says you're supposed
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to react differently then
because the normal thing is,
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you know, when I was little...
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The practice was that if
somebody said you're ugly
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then you're supposed to
say something worse to that
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or you are uglier
than I am, you know.
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And so that, Jesus now said,
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"You are the salt of the earth."
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Praise the Lord,
you're converted.
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You're supposed to do
something differently.
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And that's why
when people would say...
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And even today,
you know, people ask,
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why don't we do that?
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Somebody smites you
on one side, you say,
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okay, here's the other.
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You have the other cheek.
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But only by God's
grace, can you do that?
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You see, because without Him,
we can really cannot be salt,
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without Him we can
really cannot be light.
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And in the context of
that we are supposed to be
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the light of the
world, as we were singing.
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I guess we're gonna
talk about that in a moment.
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No, that's great.
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Our witness in the
adverse conditions,
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it's a light to
other, it's salt to other.
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And I like the one, never,
never really gave much thought
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to the idea that salt melts.
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You know there are
some people are cold as ice?
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Yeah.
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You say, hello or good morning.
What's so good about it?
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You know... Yeah.
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So true. It is.
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By God's grace, we
can do those things.
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Yeah.
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And we're gonna putting
this in context, you know,
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here you got the disciples
sitting here on the side
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of the hill listen
to the beatitudes and,
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you know, you've got
other people surrounded too,
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and he's talking
specifically to the disciples,
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as he, there are some Pharisees
that are gathered around.
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And so, you know, he's
doing a comparison in there.
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And then also like,
whenever you're walking away,
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here you've got...
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Let just say,
the road to Jerusalem
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and this salt is lost its
savor and so now, it's white,
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but those that
follow they track that salt
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for so long and they take it.
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So that which is
good, you know is good,
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but that which is bad,
you can't get away from
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and tell it's just
been trampled down so much
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and then here again, it
loses its savor, you know.
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That's right.
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So the question, can
I ask how salty are we?
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How salty can...
That's a good question.
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Well, I know how salty you are.
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So I mean, I know
all joking aside and all,
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but it's so much fun to
evaluate our spiritual life.
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You know, and so
practical. You know salt.
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You talk about,
oh, we need to be salty
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and people are like, "What?
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What are they
talking about salt?
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You know, it's not
good for you or, you know,
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my blood pressure, all
right, and my heart rate,
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but we're talking about
a different type of salt.
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And of course, when you have
that savor or flavor or spice,
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I don't know which
other way to identify it as.
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People will be drawn to you,
you know, they feel safe zone.
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And it's the
saltiness, you know,
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that you're gonna
bringing this flavor of Jesus
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into their life, light of hope.
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You know, just shed some
hop into somebody's life today,
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so...
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Yeah, I like that
too 'cause really,
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we are not the ones that
provide against the flavor
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or the saltiness, right?
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That's right. Yes.
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That's Christ
like, you were saying.
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It's the one who
provide that the light,
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we'll talk about next.
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Amen. Yeah, that's a good point.
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Yeah, because that's true.
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I just think when
we're talking about salt.
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A lot of times salty can
be kind of bad, isn't it?
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When they've mention it
like the salty old sea captain
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is someone
that's kind of crabby.
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That's right. Maybe swear.
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Yeah, we're not
talking about being salty.
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We're talking a
positive salt flavor for good.
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Now never thought
about healing wounds.
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Yes. That's great.
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Yeah.
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Melting ice. Yeah.
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Actually that's really
deep, if you start looking
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at each one of those avenues.
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It melts the coldest. Yes.
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Oh, yeah. Oh, that's great.
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Not fighting evil
with good than salty.
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Yes. Yeah, very true.
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Yep. Let's look
at light, verse 14.
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You have that, Shelley? Yes.
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Maybe we should
do 14 through 16,
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you think, the whole section.
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Yes. Okay.
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"You are the light of the world,
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a city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden
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nor do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
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but on the lamp stand
and it gives light to all
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who are in the house.
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Let your light
so shine before men
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that they may
see your good works
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and glorify your
Father in heaven."
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Amen.
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And what do you think
'cause obviously Jesus wanted
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to make this illustration.
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This analogy that we
are to be His witness
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to other people, but
He used salt and light.
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Now He could've just used salt
or He could've just use light.
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So there must
be some differences
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between the two,
otherwise at least,
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that's the way my mind works.
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Otherwise, why
would He have given it
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two different examples?
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So, is there a difference
between the salt and the light?
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I think so.
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I think salt is
more what we are.
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It's about our moral character,
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whereas light is
more about what we do.
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It is about the
mission, it is about
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the spiritual conduct
that and how, you know,
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and when you think about it,
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.17
the smallest light
can dispel darkness.
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There's a commercial on TV,
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where they've
got a football field
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away in darkness
and they light this
00:20:12.61\00:20:15.08
one little
light, a little candle.
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And you can see at
a football field away
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'cause it dispels the darkness.
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It is incredible.
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And so, I think that
being light is, you know,
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Jesus said in John 8:12,
"I am the light of the world."
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So as we are
filled with His light
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and reflect His lightness
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and go about doing the
mission of dispelling darkness
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in the world,
that's how I see it.
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You know, I remember we
were in the Sea of Galilee
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and it was dark, you know,
there wasn't really a cloud,
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there was no moon, it was
dark and we were out there
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and all we're hearing, you know,
00:21:01.32\00:21:02.66
is just a little
tug in another boat.
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And in the
middle, let's just say,
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.86
that I don't know the
size of the Sea of Galilee,
00:21:07.90\00:21:10.40
three miles, about
five miles, but anyway,
00:21:10.43\00:21:12.33
you can see any
direction at any time.
00:21:12.37\00:21:14.77
Midnight, we're
looking out there
00:21:14.80\00:21:16.97
and there's just
a circle of lights
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and so as he was
talking here, he says,
00:21:19.27\00:21:22.41
"A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden,
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talking about the light."
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And so this is what I
think that he was drawing on
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and what you were
saying, he was saying,
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"Hey, this is
your responsibility,
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I'm bringing light
and giving it to you."
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I remember, I was
reminiscing last night,
00:21:37.39\00:21:41.73
probably around 3
o'clock in the morning and so...
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I'm not kidding.
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Believe, I still
remember because most of us know
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what it's like
to have an epiphany
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and you'll never
gonna forget that
00:21:50.61\00:21:52.17
and you wake up in the
morning, you're so excited,
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but you can't
remember what it was.
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Yeah. Right.
00:21:55.81\00:21:57.15
So I have
certainly learned that,
00:21:57.18\00:21:58.51
boy, if I get something
and I think it is important,
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I get up and I jot it down.
00:22:00.85\00:22:02.92
But anyway, let's just imagine
that we're in a grain field,
00:22:02.95\00:22:06.96
but I've done this
many times in grain field
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then the rows are a mile long.
00:22:08.89\00:22:12.56
We're on one end
and we start to harvest.
00:22:12.59\00:22:15.63
So we got those combines
and we're just sitting there
00:22:15.66\00:22:18.33
and just listening to
the, to the roar of the engine,
00:22:18.37\00:22:21.57
you know, and
hearing the corn or the maize
00:22:21.60\00:22:24.27
or whatever
hitting against the beaters
00:22:24.31\00:22:26.57
and but, man, it's lonely.
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All we've got at the
midnight now is just the lives
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.61
that are shining
right in front of you.
00:22:30.65\00:22:31.98
Oh, wow.
00:22:32.01\00:22:33.35
And boys, you're
going and you're just,
00:22:33.38\00:22:34.72
it's us against the world.
00:22:34.75\00:22:36.99
It's that thought, you know.
I could remember it's so dark.
00:22:37.02\00:22:41.02
And it should go, the
darkness just engulfs you.
00:22:41.06\00:22:45.33
But then as you
get closer and closer,
00:22:45.36\00:22:47.66
do as I say it
because you're trying
00:22:47.70\00:22:50.13
to reach the other end
00:22:50.17\00:22:51.50
because that's
where you can dump, okay?
00:22:51.53\00:22:54.04
And you'll start seeing a
reflector off of a trailer.
00:22:54.07\00:22:58.44
And then you're
drawn to that reflector
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.71
because the light is
throwing it out to catch you
00:23:00.74\00:23:06.08
as the reflector
to come back to you.
00:23:06.11\00:23:09.05
And so here I think
is what Jesus is saying.
00:23:09.08\00:23:12.55
"I am the light of the
world and I'm looking for those
00:23:12.59\00:23:17.99
that have are light minded."
00:23:18.03\00:23:20.90
And so first, it's
through the reflection and then,
00:23:20.93\00:23:24.27
you know, then that
reflection then becomes a light.
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.07
Mm-hmm.
00:23:27.10\00:23:28.44
Yeah, I think it's
interesting because God says,
00:23:28.47\00:23:30.17
you know, "I'm the
light of the world,"
00:23:30.21\00:23:31.54
but then right here
in this verse, it says,
00:23:31.57\00:23:32.91
"You are the
light of the world."
00:23:32.94\00:23:35.18
Yes. So take in the reflection.
00:23:35.21\00:23:36.95
Yeah, correct.
We're not the source.
00:23:36.98\00:23:39.18
As you mentioned
earlier, Pastor Johnny.
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.22
It comes from Christ. Mm-hmm.
00:23:41.25\00:23:42.72
That's right. That's
the way we can reflect.
00:23:42.75\00:23:45.05
We reflect God's love,
God's light and that is how
00:23:45.09\00:23:50.26
we can bring a
life into somebody
00:23:50.29\00:23:54.03
that is going through darkness.
00:23:54.06\00:23:55.46
I mean, we have the privilege
of speaking to so many viewers
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.73
that are interested
in darkness and agony,
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.07
not certain about the
future and they forget
00:24:01.10\00:24:03.67
because we're too
focused in the small problem
00:24:03.71\00:24:06.27
when we serve a great big God.
00:24:06.31\00:24:08.08
So we encouraged,
as we encourage others
00:24:08.11\00:24:12.71
that are struggling in darkness
and then we bring to light,
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.48
you know, God's
work, God's promises
00:24:16.52\00:24:19.05
and we end up
motivated, you know, blessed.
00:24:19.09\00:24:21.32
Amen.
00:24:21.36\00:24:22.69
You know, that's
really, well said.
00:24:22.72\00:24:24.06
I guess I can just add
so many wonderful things
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.49
we can talk about in the light.
00:24:26.53\00:24:29.86
I would say two things then.
00:24:29.90\00:24:34.50
You know, if
you wake up at night
00:24:34.54\00:24:37.37
and you don't have
a little night light,
00:24:37.41\00:24:39.64
you don't turn on
your little phone like,
00:24:39.67\00:24:41.31
my wife now does.
00:24:41.34\00:24:42.78
Yes. To see where you're going?
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.65
You're going to stumble,
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.01
you're going to
fall over something
00:24:46.05\00:24:47.38
and you
couldn't injure yourself,
00:24:47.42\00:24:48.75
maybe even kill yourself.
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.49
So you can say, you would
say then that light is good
00:24:50.52\00:24:54.86
because it lights your way.
00:24:54.89\00:24:57.49
And we see in
Psalms 119:105, it says,
00:24:57.53\00:25:01.66
"Your word is a
light on to my feet
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.90
and the light on to my path."
00:25:04.93\00:25:06.97
And so we need the
light that God has for us.
00:25:07.00\00:25:10.04
Amen. Amen.
00:25:10.07\00:25:11.41
And I would like to consider...
00:25:11.44\00:25:14.84
You remember Moses,
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.21
when he spent
time with the Lord,
00:25:16.24\00:25:17.58
his face was
radiating the light of God.
00:25:17.61\00:25:21.42
And he had to cover
his face with a veil.
00:25:21.45\00:25:25.25
Question?
00:25:25.29\00:25:26.62
Did he have to wear
that veil all his life?
00:25:26.65\00:25:28.62
No. Eventually the light.
00:25:28.66\00:25:31.26
So we need to be
continually close to the Lord
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.83
that His light
gonna shine through us.
00:25:33.86\00:25:35.93
Amen. Amen.
00:25:35.96\00:25:37.30
Okay, I'll wait
on the other thing.
00:25:37.33\00:25:38.83
Oh, just say it. No, please.
00:25:38.87\00:25:40.20
Yeah, yeah. Go ahead and say it.
00:25:40.24\00:25:42.20
Tell us.
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.17
Well, I mentioned this
before some other time,
00:25:44.21\00:25:46.84
but God is good.
00:25:46.88\00:25:49.61
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:25:49.64\00:25:50.98
You know, He doesn't...
00:25:51.01\00:25:52.35
What happens if you
are in total darkness
00:25:52.38\00:25:55.42
and suddenly you
light one of these big old,
00:25:55.45\00:25:58.29
what does those big lights?
00:25:58.32\00:25:59.65
A flood we call it. Spotlight.
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.96
Oh, it hurts your eyes.
00:26:01.99\00:26:03.39
And you have to wait
for the light to adjust.
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.86
God doesn't bring us
all the light of God's word
00:26:05.89\00:26:09.30
in a moment.
00:26:09.33\00:26:10.67
He gives us the
light that we can take.
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.07
And that's why we
have an illustration
00:26:13.10\00:26:14.97
everyday of this
because when you wake up
00:26:15.00\00:26:17.77
in the morning,
the sun slowly rises
00:26:17.81\00:26:24.01
and your eyes
adjust to the light.
00:26:24.05\00:26:26.75
And I'm sure, you've
been a victim of somebody
00:26:26.78\00:26:29.05
doesn't know you're
there or they do it on purpose
00:26:29.08\00:26:30.85
that you're
sleeping and then doom!
00:26:30.89\00:26:33.49
They turn on the
light. Oh, you know.
00:26:33.52\00:26:35.06
Yeah, it's rough.
It's rough, isn't it?
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.03
But God is a
gentleman, isn't He?
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.39
Amen.
00:26:38.43\00:26:39.76
The light of the sun turns
on slowly and then at night,
00:26:39.79\00:26:42.43
He doesn't
suddenly turn off the sun.
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.23
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:44.27\00:26:45.60
Gradually the sun goes
down, our eyes adjust to it.
00:26:45.63\00:26:48.77
And so here on
earth, we are learning to...
00:26:48.80\00:26:54.08
From the light of God's love
that at when we come to see him
00:26:54.11\00:26:57.61
and when he transforms
us the light, His light,
00:26:57.65\00:27:01.48
we will be accustomed
to the light that he has.
00:27:01.52\00:27:03.28
Amen.
00:27:03.32\00:27:04.65
That's beautiful, Pastor Johnny.
00:27:04.69\00:27:06.02
I like that.
00:27:06.05\00:27:07.39
Because God is
such a loving God.
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.82
He's loving kindness and
how He reaches out toward us,
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.89
and He calls us His brothers
and sisters to reach out
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.40
toward others with
that same kindness,
00:27:14.43\00:27:16.97
with that same
love, not overwhelming.
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.87
Respect. That's right.
00:27:18.90\00:27:20.34
I wanna share two scriptures.
00:27:20.37\00:27:22.17
I just found these this morning
00:27:22.20\00:27:23.61
and hopefully
this will make sense,
00:27:23.64\00:27:25.77
but if you
compare salt and light,
00:27:25.81\00:27:28.64
salt is used in the
New Testament 7 times,
00:27:28.68\00:27:31.75
but light 91 times.
00:27:31.78\00:27:34.98
And there is a
couple, one verse in John 1
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.89
and then one verse in Mark.
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.25
If we turn to John
1 and you're probably
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.66
familiar with this one.
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.26
John 1:1.
00:27:44.29\00:27:47.63
And it was just an
interesting comparison
00:27:47.66\00:27:49.93
with the salt and the light.
00:27:49.96\00:27:52.30
John 1:5, "This is the
message we have heard from Him
00:27:52.33\00:27:58.54
and declare to you.
00:27:58.57\00:27:59.91
God is light and in
Him is no darkness at all.
00:27:59.94\00:28:03.85
If we say that we
have fellowship with Him
00:28:03.88\00:28:06.21
and walk in darkness, we lie
and do not practice the truth,
00:28:06.25\00:28:10.89
but if we walk in the
light as he is in the light."
00:28:10.92\00:28:13.89
You see what happens?
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.29
We have
fellowship with one another.
00:28:15.32\00:28:18.56
And you see in verse
9:10, the same thing.
00:28:18.59\00:28:21.76
"He who says He is in the
light and hates His brother
00:28:21.80\00:28:25.63
is in darkness until
now, He who loves His brother
00:28:25.67\00:28:29.50
abides in the light."
00:28:29.54\00:28:31.07
And there is no cause
for stumbling in Him."
00:28:31.11\00:28:33.48
This is verse 9
and 10, Chapter 2.
00:28:33.51\00:28:35.78
Oh, Chapter 2,
okay. Sorry, my fault.
00:28:35.81\00:28:37.45
Chapter 2:9-10.
00:28:37.48\00:28:40.55
"He who says He is in the
light in hates His brother
00:28:40.58\00:28:42.62
is in darkness until now."
00:28:42.65\00:28:44.29
Verse 10:2, "He who loves
His brother abides in the lie
00:28:44.32\00:28:48.62
and there is no cause
for stumbling in Him."
00:28:48.66\00:28:51.09
So what's interesting to
me as we walk in the light,
00:28:51.13\00:28:55.03
as we are in Christ
Jesus, what happens?
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.83
Automatically, we love
our brothers and sisters.
00:28:57.87\00:29:01.90
And if I hate my
brothers and sisters that means,
00:29:01.94\00:29:05.77
I'm walking in darkness.
00:29:05.81\00:29:07.14
Amen.
00:29:07.18\00:29:08.51
I'm not walking in
the light of Jesus.
00:29:08.54\00:29:10.11
So I see something
with the light of God
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.98
in relationship
to our relationship
00:29:12.01\00:29:14.68
to other people.
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.05
That's good.
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
And there's a verse in
Mark 9, which is interesting.
00:29:17.45\00:29:19.62
And it talks about salt
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.32
in relationship to other people,
00:29:21.36\00:29:24.19
which I had
never processed before.
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.00
Mark 9:50.
00:29:27.03\00:29:31.47
Fifty? Yeah.
00:29:31.50\00:29:32.83
Do you have that, sweetie?
00:29:32.87\00:29:34.20
Yeah, Mark 9:50
says, "Salt is good,
00:29:34.24\00:29:37.44
but if the salt have lost
his saltiness or saltness,
00:29:37.47\00:29:42.18
where with will you season it?
00:29:42.21\00:29:44.38
Have salt in yourselves
00:29:44.41\00:29:46.41
and have peace
with one another."
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.35
Isn't that interesting?
00:29:48.38\00:29:49.72
Wow, so put salt and
peace with one another.
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.75
So it's the same
connection if we have that salt.
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.66
If we are the salt of the earth,
00:29:54.69\00:29:56.16
we will live in
peace with others.
00:29:56.19\00:29:58.16
And the same thing, if
we have the light of Jesus,
00:29:58.19\00:30:01.30
we would be at
peace with others.
00:30:01.33\00:30:02.73
I had never seen that before.
00:30:02.76\00:30:04.47
It was really,
that's was really precious.
00:30:04.50\00:30:06.84
Could I share a scripture?
00:30:06.87\00:30:08.20
Yeah, please. Please.
00:30:08.24\00:30:09.57
As J.D. was talking
00:30:09.60\00:30:10.94
because it's
interesting that Jesus says,
00:30:10.97\00:30:12.74
you're the light of the
earth and now He's talking
00:30:12.77\00:30:14.94
about a lamp on a candlestick,
but then He talks about
00:30:14.98\00:30:18.51
the light of the city.
00:30:18.55\00:30:20.18
And it occurred
to me that, you know,
00:30:20.22\00:30:23.72
I usually have thought
of it that the lamp is,
00:30:23.75\00:30:27.42
you know, for the house
00:30:27.46\00:30:28.79
and how you're
witnessing in the family,
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.86
and whereas, the
city is coming outside,
00:30:30.89\00:30:33.46
but it occurred to me
that we could also think of it
00:30:33.50\00:30:36.06
as the lamp as being
our individual candle
00:30:36.10\00:30:40.27
and the city as
being the corporate,
00:30:40.30\00:30:42.74
the church that's,
you know, on the hill.
00:30:42.77\00:30:45.67
And here's the script...
00:30:45.71\00:30:47.04
Well, I don't know
when you were thinking this
00:30:47.08\00:30:48.68
or taking this came to my mind.
00:30:48.71\00:30:50.85
Let's look at
Philippians 2. Oh, yay!
00:30:50.88\00:30:56.25
And we will look at
verse 14, 15, excuse me.
00:30:56.28\00:31:02.22
I'm trying to see,
but there it is, 15.
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.43
And Paul says
that, he's praying,
00:31:04.46\00:31:07.16
"That the Philippians may
be blameless and harmless,
00:31:07.20\00:31:10.33
children of God, without fault
00:31:10.37\00:31:12.60
in the middle of a
crooked and perverse generation,
00:31:12.63\00:31:16.24
among whom,
among this generation,
00:31:16.27\00:31:19.27
you shine as
lights in the world, how,
00:31:19.31\00:31:24.05
holding fast the word of life."
00:31:24.08\00:31:27.38
It's good.
00:31:27.42\00:31:28.82
And there's some
translations that say
00:31:28.85\00:31:32.42
that you shine as
lights in the world
00:31:32.45\00:31:36.16
as you hold out
the word of life.
00:31:36.19\00:31:39.76
And I had an experience
when I was at the farm.
00:31:39.79\00:31:42.40
I used to...
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.57
I was probably the only one
that lived out in the country
00:31:44.60\00:31:46.57
who walk their dogs on a leash.
00:31:46.60\00:31:48.90
But I had a little
Yorkie, who would take off
00:31:48.94\00:31:52.11
across the fields
and in depth near,
00:31:52.14\00:31:54.54
she would be in danger
00:31:54.58\00:31:55.91
because of a
neighboring farmers.
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.48
Mean, nasty dog.
00:31:58.51\00:32:00.45
So I would... I
mean, he would...
00:32:00.48\00:32:02.62
That was not on a leash.
00:32:02.65\00:32:03.99
Right, you know, he
was not a lease, okay?
00:32:04.02\00:32:05.49
He would eat up anything.
00:32:05.52\00:32:07.12
I mean, he used to eat chickens
and peacocks and other dogs
00:32:07.16\00:32:10.83
and he wasn't attack dog.
00:32:10.86\00:32:12.39
Then make sure you
love your neighbor.
00:32:12.43\00:32:14.66
That's right.
00:32:14.70\00:32:16.03
That's right,
we're talking about that.
00:32:16.06\00:32:17.40
Amen. Taking as
a biblical example.
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.63
Yes.
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.00
But anyway, so one
night as I was out walking,
00:32:21.04\00:32:25.57
I looked up at the
sky and it was just like
00:32:25.61\00:32:29.24
black velvet with
thousands of diamonds attached
00:32:29.28\00:32:35.28
'cause the stars were so bright.
00:32:35.32\00:32:37.05
You know, when you're out
in the country in still light.
00:32:37.09\00:32:39.75
And so it was crisp
and I'm walking the dogs...
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.89
And this
scripture came to my mind
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.23
and I was just speaking
it as an affirmation saying,
00:32:45.26\00:32:48.63
"Father, I thank
You that You've made me
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.73
like a light in the world,
00:32:50.77\00:32:53.17
as I hold forth
the word of life."
00:32:53.20\00:32:56.20
And then I thought,
Lord, is this what You see
00:32:56.24\00:32:59.84
when You look down?
00:32:59.87\00:33:01.44
Do You see this black darkness?
00:33:01.48\00:33:04.68
And then 'cause and then
all of these little stars
00:33:04.71\00:33:07.98
that were shining like stars
in the universe, Paul said,
00:33:08.02\00:33:11.52
but some there's just
little flickery little stars
00:33:11.55\00:33:15.52
and then some of
those huge stars.
00:33:15.56\00:33:17.16
So maybe this
little flickery star
00:33:17.19\00:33:19.26
was Shelley Quinn
and this huge star
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.70
was Mark Finley
outdoing evangelism series,
00:33:21.73\00:33:24.40
but the point is, I
wonder if that's the way
00:33:24.43\00:33:27.47
God looks down and sees us
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.77
as stars
shining in the universe.
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.57
Wow. Yeah,
that's a great picture.
00:33:32.61\00:33:34.18
Very interesting.
00:33:34.21\00:33:36.08
You know, verse 16
of Mark, Matthew 5.
00:33:36.11\00:33:40.18
Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:40.22\00:33:42.98
That word there let...
00:33:43.02\00:33:45.65
Amen. No.
00:33:45.69\00:33:47.19
When you say,
somebody wants to say something
00:33:47.22\00:33:52.23
and somebody else's talking.
00:33:52.26\00:33:53.60
Say let him, in other words,
if we remove the obstacles
00:33:53.63\00:33:58.17
then the light of the
Lord can shine through us.
00:33:58.20\00:34:00.07
Amen. That's good.
00:34:00.10\00:34:01.64
But I would like to maybe
summarize also this by saying,
00:34:01.67\00:34:05.84
you know, if
you look at yourself
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.84
when we look at
ourselves and we see darkness,
00:34:07.88\00:34:09.84
things that are not good.
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.05
What we understand is
that light dispels darkness.
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.98
That's right. And
Jesus is the light.
00:34:15.02\00:34:17.35
As we come close to
Him, the darkness in us
00:34:17.39\00:34:20.09
begins to disappear.
00:34:20.12\00:34:21.69
And the more time
we spend with him,
00:34:21.72\00:34:27.63
it will dispel the
darkness completely.
00:34:27.66\00:34:30.50
Even that's not
just character as much.
00:34:30.53\00:34:33.00
I mean, that can
be emotions, too.
00:34:33.03\00:34:34.60
Because I was
thinking, when I was so sick,
00:34:34.64\00:34:37.77
one day I was
feeling a little down.
00:34:37.81\00:34:40.51
I just got down
and I was thinking
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.71
kind of negative thoughts.
00:34:42.74\00:34:44.08
And sometimes
when you've been sick
00:34:44.11\00:34:46.05
for protracted amount of time,
you get to where you feel like,
00:34:46.08\00:34:50.72
will I ever be well?
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.59
You know and...
00:34:52.62\00:34:54.96
Anyway, so it just Lord
brought it to my attention,
00:34:54.99\00:34:58.79
I was kind of in a dark spot.
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.93
So I got into His word and
I was singing songs to Him.
00:35:00.96\00:35:06.47
And it was amazing
how His light just came in
00:35:06.50\00:35:10.41
and that that whole
mood just was, it dissipated.
00:35:10.44\00:35:15.11
So that light's
important for us, connection.
00:35:15.14\00:35:19.65
I know we want to move on,
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.02
but I just was thinking about
before we moves on, is that
00:35:21.05\00:35:23.65
you know, it mentions in
here about a light on a hill.
00:35:23.69\00:35:26.79
That's up, right?
I'm thinking elevation.
00:35:26.82\00:35:28.56
And it mentions
on a candlestick,
00:35:28.59\00:35:30.69
I don't know what verse that is?
00:35:30.73\00:35:32.06
Is that... Yeah, that's 15.
00:35:32.09\00:35:33.43
Fifteen? It's on fifteen.
00:35:33.46\00:35:34.80
Put on a candlestick.
00:35:34.83\00:35:36.16
So there's something
to be said about light,
00:35:36.20\00:35:38.20
but there's also
something to be said
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.60
about light elevated up.
00:35:39.63\00:35:42.17
Elevated. Yeah,
elevated somehow.
00:35:42.20\00:35:44.01
So just quickly, any
thoughts regarding that
00:35:44.04\00:35:46.21
because again, we don't want
to put ourselves on a pedestal
00:35:46.24\00:35:48.64
saying, okay, I
want to be a light,
00:35:48.68\00:35:50.01
so we not
physically climb up a tower,
00:35:50.05\00:35:52.05
but you know what I'm saying?
00:35:52.08\00:35:53.42
Say, okay, I want to be a light,
00:35:53.45\00:35:54.78
so let me just, I
gonna let it shine,
00:35:54.82\00:35:56.99
but it's not shine in
their appropriate way.
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.62
So how do you
think that that height,
00:35:58.65\00:36:00.86
how would we approach
that you think in these verses?
00:36:00.89\00:36:02.96
A city on a hill,
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.33
we definitely
understand, it can be seen.
00:36:04.36\00:36:05.69
That's good.
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.06
But how do we
get to that height?
00:36:07.10\00:36:08.43
Any thoughts on that?
00:36:08.46\00:36:09.80
Elevated.
00:36:09.83\00:36:11.17
Well, before, before...
00:36:11.20\00:36:13.03
You know, you gave me
some, some thoughts on that.
00:36:13.07\00:36:15.10
It's very interesting.
00:36:15.14\00:36:17.01
When there's a
ship out in the sea
00:36:17.04\00:36:18.61
and it's dark
and there's a storm,
00:36:18.64\00:36:20.81
where is the,
where is the light?
00:36:20.84\00:36:22.98
The lighthouse is...
00:36:23.01\00:36:24.35
The lighthouse is
high and it's elevated.
00:36:24.38\00:36:27.25
And so there's a
benefit in life being high.
00:36:27.28\00:36:31.62
If you have a lamp,
00:36:31.65\00:36:33.25
if you have a lamp and
you have a shade on it,
00:36:33.29\00:36:37.03
it's gonna light just that area,
00:36:37.06\00:36:38.96
but the higher you bring it,
the more the light is spread.
00:36:38.99\00:36:43.16
The broader, the broader the...
00:36:43.20\00:36:44.53
Yeah. Yeah.
00:36:44.57\00:36:45.90
Because I think
if you had a candle
00:36:45.93\00:36:47.27
if candle could talk and said,
00:36:47.30\00:36:48.64
okay, so I'm just down here
in this person's little house.
00:36:48.67\00:36:50.21
I wanna be that
light in that lighthouse.
00:36:50.24\00:36:51.64
And, you know,
00:36:51.67\00:36:53.01
I think what I'm getting at is
really we need to be that light
00:36:53.04\00:36:55.18
wherever God has placed us to be
00:36:55.21\00:36:56.78
and we are making that impact
wherever God has placed us
00:36:56.81\00:37:00.52
'cause it's
sometimes easy to look and say,
00:37:00.55\00:37:02.68
oh, I wanna be that lighthouse
or I wanna be that city,
00:37:02.72\00:37:06.22
I wanna be the city
00:37:06.25\00:37:07.59
and I need to
focus on my candle,
00:37:07.62\00:37:09.66
my experience, it maybe just...
00:37:09.69\00:37:11.13
Let's say, Jill and
I were in the jungle
00:37:11.16\00:37:12.49
and it's just the two of us,
00:37:12.53\00:37:13.86
want you to let
my light shine bright
00:37:13.90\00:37:15.23
just for her, for two of us.
00:37:15.26\00:37:17.17
You know, that is very musical.
00:37:17.20\00:37:19.47
I know I don't know
what you were gonna share,
00:37:19.50\00:37:20.84
but there's a song in Spanish
00:37:20.87\00:37:22.20
that I have
never heard in English.
00:37:22.24\00:37:24.34
And it's "Brilla en
el sitio donde estes."
00:37:24.37\00:37:27.24
Maybe she can
comment about that.
00:37:27.28\00:37:28.71
Shine in the
place where you are.
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.35
Shine in the
place where you are.
00:37:30.38\00:37:31.71
The song is in English
too, but what I wanted to say...
00:37:31.75\00:37:35.15
Is that brightening
the corner where you are?
00:37:35.18\00:37:36.69
Brightening the
corner where you are.
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.05
That's right. I
couldn't think of it.
00:37:38.09\00:37:39.42
We have that in English. Yeah.
00:37:39.45\00:37:40.99
You know, you're talking about
00:37:41.02\00:37:42.36
how do we project the
light without being, you know,
00:37:42.39\00:37:46.59
thinking that we have
to be so up on a hill?
00:37:46.63\00:37:48.93
You are the hill your community
00:37:48.96\00:37:50.60
in your neighborhood.
00:37:50.63\00:37:52.00
You know, I think
that by your testimony,
00:37:52.03\00:37:56.20
you are a light to the
people that live in my vicinity.
00:37:56.24\00:38:00.44
I mean, I had
some company coming
00:38:00.48\00:38:03.11
and they got lost
because it's just cornfields
00:38:03.14\00:38:06.55
and they're like,
it's the maize out here.
00:38:06.58\00:38:09.38
So some of the
people on the road,
00:38:09.42\00:38:12.82
we had not met just years ago,
00:38:12.85\00:38:14.89
but my friends from Wisconsin
stopped at some people's house
00:38:14.92\00:38:18.16
and say, "Oh,
you must be talking
00:38:18.19\00:38:20.80
about that family
that lives," you know,
00:38:20.83\00:38:24.27
they may not know you by name,
00:38:24.30\00:38:26.17
but they see what you're doing.
00:38:26.20\00:38:28.14
Your good works, you know.
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.61
And it's not to put ourselves
over anybody else's work
00:38:30.64\00:38:33.64
because of the Lord,
moving and impressing you,
00:38:33.68\00:38:38.51
what to do and
equipping you to do a couple...
00:38:38.55\00:38:41.52
He chooses and then He
gives us the ability to do it.
00:38:41.55\00:38:45.79
So I think that we are a
hill in our neighborhood.
00:38:45.82\00:38:51.33
All around the neighborhood,
I'm gonna let it shine.
00:38:51.36\00:38:54.06
So I don't know if that
goes with your thoughts,
00:38:54.10\00:38:57.20
but you know, you
caught me on that question.
00:38:57.23\00:39:00.24
I mean, I never
thought about it.
00:39:00.27\00:39:01.60
I'm like, okay, you have
to be high on the hill, what?
00:39:01.64\00:39:04.41
But we need to be a
light in the community.
00:39:04.44\00:39:07.38
Yeah, in our neighborhood, so...
00:39:07.41\00:39:10.88
Well said.
00:39:10.91\00:39:12.35
I know this is gonna
bring some thoughts and some,
00:39:12.38\00:39:15.48
you know, how you say
things and people visualize it.
00:39:15.52\00:39:19.32
I don't know who in
the world has not seen this
00:39:19.35\00:39:23.99
that you turn on a light
00:39:24.03\00:39:25.36
and little cockroaches start
trying to find a place to go.
00:39:25.39\00:39:28.60
And I was trying to
say, how do you apply that?
00:39:28.63\00:39:30.37
Because the light has been
turned on and this little...
00:39:30.40\00:39:32.87
They want the darkness.
00:39:32.90\00:39:34.24
They don't like the light.
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.84
So anyway, you know,
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.21
as you were talking
about your experience
00:39:38.24\00:39:39.57
that you were sick and
that you were getting down.
00:39:39.61\00:39:44.61
Let's say for now
00:39:44.65\00:39:46.25
that these little
cockroaches are the enemy.
00:39:46.28\00:39:48.28
Little demons. Insects.
00:39:48.32\00:39:49.65
Yes.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.02
So what we need is to
allow the light of God
00:39:51.05\00:39:53.12
to come into our hearts
and these, they're going to go.
00:39:53.15\00:39:56.59
They have to go. They cannot...
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.83
Where there's praise,
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.60
where there's a
worship of the Lord,
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.50
the enemy
doesn't like to be there.
00:40:03.53\00:40:04.90
He wants to go
away. That's right.
00:40:04.93\00:40:06.27
So if you want
the enemy to go away,
00:40:06.30\00:40:07.64
start singing some
songs and praise to God.
00:40:07.67\00:40:09.10
Oh, yeah. That works so good.
00:40:09.14\00:40:10.61
This is a great word
00:40:10.64\00:40:11.97
for somebody
that's out there listening
00:40:12.01\00:40:13.58
because, you know,
this is a serious issue.
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.98
And that, you know,
00:40:16.01\00:40:17.35
we're getting
more calls all the time
00:40:17.38\00:40:19.35
and put that
praise music on, you know,
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.98
sing praise to the Lord.
00:40:22.02\00:40:23.49
That's right. Lord
increased my faith.
00:40:23.52\00:40:25.85
And the Lord inhabits
the praises of people,
00:40:25.89\00:40:28.36
so the devil must leave because
he can't be in His presence.
00:40:28.39\00:40:32.03
And then that's attractive
too, isn't it, to people
00:40:32.06\00:40:33.70
then like, wow, we
want to be a part of that.
00:40:33.73\00:40:35.80
But let me ask you this.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.17
What do you think he meant
00:40:37.20\00:40:38.53
by don't hide your
light under a basket.
00:40:38.57\00:40:44.24
That's another good question.
00:40:44.27\00:40:46.07
That's good.
00:40:46.11\00:40:47.44
You know, a
thought occurred to me
00:40:47.48\00:40:49.04
because we were
watching something
00:40:49.08\00:40:53.21
a program on Jerusalem,
00:40:53.25\00:40:54.98
all commerce was done
00:40:55.02\00:41:00.39
and their packaging
00:41:00.42\00:41:02.02
or their way of getting
things around from baskets.
00:41:02.06\00:41:06.16
And I got to thinking,
00:41:06.19\00:41:07.53
so maybe basket
could be your be labor
00:41:07.56\00:41:11.77
that I mean, as working.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.97
So sometimes, we put,
00:41:14.00\00:41:17.77
we let our work
duties, be a basket.
00:41:17.81\00:41:24.11
Like a bushel that we've turned
upside down over our light
00:41:24.15\00:41:27.62
even in ministry I
got to thinking about this
00:41:27.65\00:41:30.35
that maybe even in
ministry you can get so busy
00:41:30.39\00:41:34.36
doing things for God's "Work"
00:41:34.39\00:41:38.99
that you're not
letting your light shine
00:41:39.03\00:41:41.26
because as you said,
00:41:41.30\00:41:42.63
maybe you've not been
spending that time with God,
00:41:42.66\00:41:46.40
so you're on the third day
in the radiance is losing you.
00:41:46.43\00:41:49.94
You don't have to
have the veil anymore,
00:41:49.97\00:41:51.47
does that makes sense?
00:41:51.51\00:41:52.84
It makes a lot of sense. Yeah.
00:41:52.87\00:41:54.21
It's beautiful.
That's really good.
00:41:54.24\00:41:55.74
Not only that, you know,
00:41:55.78\00:41:57.11
what I think
that some people feel
00:41:57.15\00:41:58.48
like they may not be
as equipped as they should
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.92
to be able to share
what the Lord has given them.
00:42:00.95\00:42:04.59
And so they may hide purposely,
you know, because they...
00:42:04.62\00:42:10.36
But let me, let me share,
00:42:10.39\00:42:13.63
let me share a
testimony with you.
00:42:13.66\00:42:16.06
Okay.
00:42:16.10\00:42:17.43
Many times if I
felt inadequate...
00:42:17.47\00:42:20.07
but I have learned
00:42:20.10\00:42:21.67
that if the Holy Spirit
puts that thought on you,
00:42:21.70\00:42:24.51
He is the author
and the finisher.
00:42:24.54\00:42:27.08
So don't let Satan talk
you out of being a blessing
00:42:27.11\00:42:32.01
at the same time
receiving a blessing,
00:42:32.05\00:42:34.75
so just cowboy up, go
right in there, you know,
00:42:34.78\00:42:41.06
and allow the Holy
Spirit in your heart
00:42:41.09\00:42:44.16
and this also
gives you a holy bonus
00:42:44.19\00:42:46.76
for the next event
that comes your way.
00:42:46.80\00:42:48.96
So don't...
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.83
And be embarrassed, you know,
00:42:50.87\00:42:53.20
and hide the gift that
the Lord has given you.
00:42:53.23\00:42:55.74
Wow. I agree.
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.11
I think fear
comes into it a lot.
00:42:57.14\00:42:58.77
You know, because we're afraid,
00:42:58.81\00:43:00.31
maybe I don't know enough
or peer pressure, you know,
00:43:00.34\00:43:04.58
what are they gonna think
if I make a stand for principle
00:43:04.61\00:43:07.45
or if I stand for Jesus.
00:43:07.48\00:43:09.12
I don't want to
look like a fool.
00:43:09.15\00:43:10.49
I don't want to look like,
00:43:10.52\00:43:11.85
so I just won't
say anything right now
00:43:11.89\00:43:13.86
when really we ought to.
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.76
There's times when God
calls us to make a stand
00:43:15.79\00:43:18.73
and to say
something and to speak for Him
00:43:18.76\00:43:22.46
and then maybe we're afraid.
00:43:22.50\00:43:23.83
So I love what you said, J.D.
00:43:23.87\00:43:25.33
You know, step out by faith,
00:43:25.37\00:43:27.50
know that all his biddings
are enabling, isn't that?
00:43:27.54\00:43:30.44
He will give us what we need.
00:43:30.47\00:43:32.57
You know, you
reminded me of a skit
00:43:32.61\00:43:35.58
that was done in our
church when I was a teenager.
00:43:35.61\00:43:39.61
And it's really impacting.
00:43:39.65\00:43:40.98
I still remember to this day
00:43:41.02\00:43:42.35
even though I'm
not a teenager anymore.
00:43:42.38\00:43:44.52
And I thought maybe
we should do this on 3ABN
00:43:44.55\00:43:47.02
and it was a
person that, you know,
00:43:47.06\00:43:51.59
you imagine the
whole church is watching,
00:43:51.63\00:43:52.96
the person comes and hides
behind some kind of furniture
00:43:52.99\00:43:55.70
in the platform
00:43:55.73\00:43:57.07
and then looks around
and goes to another one
00:43:57.10\00:43:59.40
and hides again,
00:43:59.43\00:44:00.80
and then when
it's apparently safe,
00:44:00.84\00:44:02.67
he comes to the
front and he goes,
00:44:02.70\00:44:06.37
"Sshh, I'm a Christian."
00:44:06.41\00:44:10.38
That's good. And
he sneaks off again.
00:44:10.41\00:44:12.21
And it was an illustration of
00:44:12.25\00:44:13.75
that sometimes we
don't let the light shine.
00:44:13.78\00:44:16.42
And this verse says
let your light shine.
00:44:16.45\00:44:18.45
And in situations
where peer pressure
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.86
or sometimes the Lord
put something in our minds
00:44:20.89\00:44:23.86
to say to someone and
you so, should I say that?
00:44:23.89\00:44:27.10
And it's a good thing
that you're gonna say.
00:44:27.13\00:44:29.56
And so let your light so shine,
say thank you, say please,
00:44:29.60\00:44:32.90
you know, those are
letting light shine as well.
00:44:32.93\00:44:35.77
And so there are many
ways to let your light shine
00:44:35.80\00:44:38.34
and that allows
people to see Jesus
00:44:38.37\00:44:41.31
in a way they perhaps
never seen him before.
00:44:41.34\00:44:43.98
You know, even our demeanor
00:44:44.01\00:44:45.35
doesn't even have
to be words we speak.
00:44:45.38\00:44:46.72
That's right.
Reflection on somebody.
00:44:46.75\00:44:48.55
I guess I was a little
too serious this past week
00:44:48.58\00:44:50.75
and somebody said, "Smile."
00:44:50.79\00:44:52.35
And I was like,
"Am I not smiling?"
00:44:52.39\00:44:54.32
And they're like, "No."
00:44:54.36\00:44:55.89
So even just a smile, it
doesn't have to be a word.
00:44:55.92\00:44:58.59
That's right, that's
right. Absolutely right.
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.56
Could I add
something 'cause I don't think
00:45:00.60\00:45:02.13
we're really gonna
get to the next thing...
00:45:02.16\00:45:03.50
No, no. That's okay.
00:45:03.53\00:45:05.60
That's all right.
00:45:05.63\00:45:06.97
This is fun.
00:45:07.00\00:45:08.34
But when you, when you
said, say, please and thank you.
00:45:08.37\00:45:12.57
I just want to encourage
00:45:12.61\00:45:14.71
those of you who
are working at home.
00:45:14.74\00:45:16.75
To me, if you want to know
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.68
if somebody really is
letting the light of Jesus
00:45:18.71\00:45:21.28
shine out of them,
00:45:21.32\00:45:23.45
you see what's
going on in their home.
00:45:23.49\00:45:26.76
Because you can't be
one thing in your home
00:45:26.79\00:45:30.69
and then come
out and be another.
00:45:30.73\00:45:33.66
I mean, have
sincerity in your heart
00:45:33.70\00:45:35.83
and be doing something else.
00:45:35.86\00:45:37.97
So when you said that about
saying, please and thank you.
00:45:38.00\00:45:41.87
My sister came to visit J.D.
and I, when we lived in Texas.
00:45:41.90\00:45:46.68
And about the second
day that she was there.
00:45:46.71\00:45:50.71
She said...
00:45:50.75\00:45:52.08
I heard her on the
phone talking to her husband.
00:45:52.11\00:45:54.32
She says, "Oh, my goodness."
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.85
She said, "This
is just sickening."
00:45:56.89\00:45:59.25
She said, "Please,
honey. Thank you, honey."
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.49
Da-da-da-da.
00:46:02.52\00:46:03.86
She said, "They are nicer."
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.36
She said, "They
are nicer to each other
00:46:05.39\00:46:07.13
than you would be to
a complete stranger."
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.86
So I waited, I waited,
until she got off the phone.
00:46:09.90\00:46:13.94
And then I told.
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.30
I said, I overheard and I said,
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.87
"Why wouldn't you
wanna be nicer to your spouse
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.57
and you would be to a stranger?"
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.48
And she said, "Oh, you
guys are so sickeningly sweet."
00:46:21.51\00:46:25.31
Well, now, here's
the interesting thing.
00:46:25.35\00:46:27.85
You would've to know my
sister, she was a pistol.
00:46:27.88\00:46:30.89
But the interesting thing was,
00:46:30.92\00:46:33.86
two days after that
00:46:33.89\00:46:36.46
I heard her on
the phone one night,
00:46:36.49\00:46:38.29
I was passing down the hallway.
00:46:38.33\00:46:40.20
And she said, "Honey,
we've got to give this a try."
00:46:40.23\00:46:43.87
She said, "it
is so peaceful here
00:46:43.90\00:46:47.74
and the love of God is just..."
00:46:47.77\00:46:50.34
She said, "We need to start
being nicer to each other."
00:46:50.37\00:46:54.94
That gives the
fact, what you were saying
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.31
about the light
in your own home,
00:46:56.34\00:46:58.05
you know, that's right.
00:46:58.08\00:46:59.41
Yeah, that's amazing. Go ahead.
00:46:59.45\00:47:00.78
if I may, you
know, raising two boys,
00:47:00.82\00:47:03.45
people say, oh, it must be
so difficult to raise boys,
00:47:03.49\00:47:07.19
I prefer girls.
00:47:07.22\00:47:08.72
"No, well, the Lord blessed me
00:47:08.76\00:47:10.19
and answered my prayer requests.
00:47:10.23\00:47:12.33
And I was in supplication.
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.13
I said, "Lord,
please give me boy.
00:47:14.16\00:47:16.26
So I'm up for boy."
00:47:16.30\00:47:18.43
So but anyhow, this goes for
single mom or parents as well.
00:47:18.47\00:47:25.34
You know, please and thank you
00:47:25.37\00:47:26.71
it's not just
for outside the door.
00:47:26.74\00:47:28.44
And if you noticed your
child talking to their sibling
00:47:28.48\00:47:33.58
demanding, you
know, hey, do this.
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.38
And I say, "Where's the please?
00:47:36.42\00:47:38.05
Where is the please?
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.69
What do you have
to tell your brother?
00:47:39.72\00:47:41.46
You're not gonna give
orders to your brother."
00:47:41.49\00:47:43.49
So and the same thing,
00:47:43.53\00:47:45.03
when they're
addressing their father...
00:47:45.06\00:47:46.96
this was when they were younger
and need training, of course.
00:47:47.00\00:47:50.50
And sometimes they would
say, "Poppy, da-da-da-da."
00:47:50.53\00:47:53.70
"Excuse me.
00:47:53.74\00:47:55.07
Where is the
please and thank you?
00:47:55.10\00:47:56.64
You're talking to your father."
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.11
So, poppy, would you
please, da-da-da-da, you know.
00:47:58.14\00:48:01.38
I didn't want to
and they were up there,
00:48:01.41\00:48:04.71
there are things, you
know, their conversation,
00:48:04.75\00:48:07.72
but yet, as a
parent under the same roof
00:48:07.75\00:48:11.29
you have got to
bring in the fact
00:48:11.32\00:48:14.46
that you have to be
gentle or kind to your parents
00:48:14.49\00:48:18.09
as well to your sibling
00:48:18.13\00:48:19.73
because then it will be
easier for them to do it,
00:48:19.76\00:48:22.53
you know, at the church,
in the community, at school,
00:48:22.56\00:48:25.17
wherever they are.
Rest of their life.
00:48:25.20\00:48:26.74
But please and thank
you is very important
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.84
in their
shedding light, I believe.
00:48:28.87\00:48:30.64
Absolutely.
00:48:30.67\00:48:32.01
Because I don't think
Jesus was rude at all, you know.
00:48:32.04\00:48:36.28
So the kindness comes
in different packages.
00:48:36.31\00:48:40.68
So a kind word, a kind smile
and a kind gesture, you know,
00:48:40.72\00:48:45.25
that you're bringing light
or life into somebody's life,
00:48:45.29\00:48:48.86
so for whatever's worth.
00:48:48.89\00:48:50.89
That's wonderful.
00:48:50.93\00:48:52.26
You know, and we have
just a couple of moments left
00:48:52.29\00:48:53.83
and then we're
gonna to our prayer.
00:48:53.86\00:48:55.36
But I wanted to just ask
one question because obviously,
00:48:55.40\00:48:58.93
we won't get to anymore of
the sermon on the mount here.
00:48:58.97\00:49:01.80
But this is a wonderful study.
00:49:01.84\00:49:04.17
You know, on
being salt and light.
00:49:04.21\00:49:05.61
And I just want to ask,
00:49:05.64\00:49:06.98
we're talking practical things
is what we're talking now?
00:49:07.01\00:49:09.68
The please and the thank you
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.05
and being
practical Christianity,
00:49:11.08\00:49:13.42
practically
living out your light.
00:49:13.45\00:49:15.12
So what if
someone's watching at home.
00:49:15.15\00:49:17.05
And they're saying,
00:49:17.09\00:49:19.19
I don't know how
to spread my light.
00:49:19.22\00:49:21.79
I don't know how to be
a light in my community
00:49:21.82\00:49:24.59
or in my neighborhood.
00:49:24.63\00:49:26.09
I feel like, I'm in a dark place
00:49:26.13\00:49:28.16
and I don't know how to get out.
00:49:28.20\00:49:29.96
What, is there any
counsel, any advice,
00:49:30.00\00:49:32.03
any of you would share?
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.70
Well, I know what I would say.
00:49:33.74\00:49:36.07
I would say, God has
a plan for your life.
00:49:36.10\00:49:39.24
He didn't just put you
here to be a stomp over,
00:49:39.27\00:49:42.24
you know, just
against the wall there.
00:49:42.28\00:49:44.71
Give the Holy Spirit permission,
00:49:44.75\00:49:46.55
you will know, He will
make it perfectly clear,
00:49:46.58\00:49:50.69
if the fields are wipe.
00:49:50.72\00:49:54.02
They're looking for laborers.
00:49:54.06\00:49:56.62
So don't hesitate to say,
00:49:56.66\00:49:59.76
Lord, I know that
you've a plan for my life,
00:49:59.79\00:50:02.20
just let me know little.
00:50:02.23\00:50:03.57
It was something
little that'd be great
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.03
because I was thinking
about this the other day.
00:50:05.07\00:50:10.34
I don't think
that Abraham Lincoln
00:50:10.37\00:50:13.31
woke up one day
when he was a boy
00:50:13.34\00:50:15.38
and says, "I wanna be famous."
00:50:15.41\00:50:18.01
What made Abraham Lincoln?
00:50:18.05\00:50:19.81
And I was thinking
about H.M.S. Richards.
00:50:19.85\00:50:22.52
What made these
legends in our time was that
00:50:22.55\00:50:27.16
they started early,
they were consistent
00:50:27.19\00:50:30.26
because they did
one step at a time.
00:50:30.29\00:50:33.06
And I would think that we all
whatever that youthfulness be
00:50:33.09\00:50:37.17
could be 70 years old
when you're starting your walk,
00:50:37.20\00:50:40.70
but start, be consistent,
00:50:40.74\00:50:43.07
the Lord will reward you with
attaboys of some type of the...
00:50:43.10\00:50:47.21
So that you know that
you're on the right path.
00:50:47.24\00:50:51.21
To me, it's as simple as that.
00:50:51.25\00:50:52.81
I don't think that
there's any formula or hoops
00:50:52.85\00:50:55.02
that you have to jump through
00:50:55.05\00:50:56.52
because He wants
you to do something.
00:50:56.55\00:50:58.29
Amen.
00:50:58.32\00:50:59.85
Go ahead. Oh, I'm sorry.
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.92
Let me share an
experience that I had
00:51:01.96\00:51:04.06
when I was in
the corporate world,
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.43
I worked...
00:51:05.46\00:51:07.06
I was doing symposiums to CPAs
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.96
and I wasn't allowed to
talk about religion and...
00:51:10.00\00:51:15.10
But so what I would do
is I would pray and say,
00:51:15.14\00:51:19.14
Lord, let me give me a
divine appointment today.
00:51:19.17\00:51:24.01
And so as I...
00:51:24.05\00:51:25.38
We would be doing
these training symposiums,
00:51:25.41\00:51:28.18
you know, I
wouldn't talk about the Lord,
00:51:28.22\00:51:29.88
but it was interesting
00:51:29.92\00:51:31.25
because somebody come up and say
00:51:31.29\00:51:33.15
you're a Christian, aren't you?
00:51:33.19\00:51:35.46
We'd be doing our lunch
or dinner having dinner.
00:51:35.49\00:51:38.46
You're a Christian, aren't you?
00:51:38.49\00:51:39.83
And I'd say, "Yeah.
00:51:39.86\00:51:41.20
How'd you know?"
00:51:41.23\00:51:42.56
I can just tell.
00:51:42.60\00:51:43.93
And then here you are at a table
00:51:43.97\00:51:45.50
with maybe eight people
00:51:45.53\00:51:47.67
and because of that
question then the conversation,
00:51:47.70\00:51:51.57
God kept opening up doors
00:51:51.61\00:51:53.68
that I could just
be a witness for Him.
00:51:53.71\00:51:56.24
Just testify to His goodness.
00:51:56.28\00:51:58.31
You don't have to
know, the 2,300 days,
00:51:58.35\00:52:01.88
just all you have
to know is God's love.
00:52:01.92\00:52:04.09
Amen. Amen.
00:52:04.12\00:52:05.45
Pray for divine appointment.
00:52:05.49\00:52:06.82
Yeah, for sure. Amen.
00:52:06.86\00:52:08.19
Now we are down to five
minutes and a few seconds left.
00:52:08.22\00:52:11.03
We want to have some prayer time
00:52:11.06\00:52:12.39
because that's
part of worship too
00:52:12.43\00:52:14.10
talking to our creator God,
00:52:14.13\00:52:16.06
our friend, our
Savior, our provider.
00:52:16.10\00:52:18.27
So let's just...
00:52:18.30\00:52:19.97
J.D., let's start with you.
00:52:20.00\00:52:21.34
We'll just go around
the circle and have prayers.
00:52:21.37\00:52:24.77
Father, as we come to
You in the name of Jesus,
00:52:24.81\00:52:26.78
we want to thank
You for the opportunity
00:52:26.81\00:52:28.64
that You give each one of
us, Lord, to be a little light.
00:52:28.68\00:52:31.91
And, Father, whether
we're a light on a hill
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.42
or a light in a room,
00:52:34.45\00:52:36.15
we thank You
for the opportunity.
00:52:36.18\00:52:38.32
Father, we just all
asking that You lead God
00:52:38.35\00:52:40.72
direct each one of us, Lord,
00:52:40.76\00:52:42.09
so that we will
be more Christ-like,
00:52:42.12\00:52:44.26
we give You permission, Lord,
00:52:44.29\00:52:45.69
to work in us
and through us, Lord.
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.43
Just give us the holy bonus
to have ears that want to hear,
00:52:47.46\00:52:51.57
so that we can
follow Your instructions.
00:52:51.60\00:52:54.67
Thank You, Lord, for
my brothers and sisters.
00:52:54.70\00:52:56.54
Thank You for my family.
00:52:56.57\00:52:57.97
Thank You for the
Sabbath day, Lord.
00:52:58.01\00:53:00.24
Father, we prayed that You
will just receive our praise
00:53:00.28\00:53:03.81
because You are
worthy of all praise.
00:53:03.85\00:53:06.38
And, Lord, we are
so grateful to You
00:53:06.41\00:53:08.48
for the gift of
Your Son, Jesus Christ,
00:53:08.52\00:53:11.02
the gift of the Holy Spirit,
the gift of Your word, Lord.
00:53:11.05\00:53:14.76
And we know how totally
dependent we are upon You
00:53:14.79\00:53:17.59
but, Father, we
pray in Jesus' name
00:53:17.63\00:53:19.69
that for each one of
us who is at this table
00:53:19.73\00:53:24.53
and everybody all
of our family members
00:53:24.57\00:53:26.97
who are watching Lord
or listening on the radio,
00:53:27.00\00:53:30.57
we ask in the
name of Jesus', Father,
00:53:30.61\00:53:32.71
that You would pour
out Your Holy Spirit on us
00:53:32.74\00:53:35.54
and cause us to be salt
and light in Jesus' name.
00:53:35.58\00:53:39.78
Amen.
00:53:39.81\00:53:42.05
And we thank You, Father,
00:53:42.08\00:53:43.79
they have called
us and we respond,
00:53:43.82\00:53:47.22
here I am, send me.
00:53:47.26\00:53:49.59
So I pray, Lord,
00:53:49.62\00:53:51.03
that You will give us
and equip us the ability
00:53:51.06\00:53:54.46
to let our light
so shine before them.
00:53:54.50\00:53:57.17
Yes. Amen.
00:53:57.20\00:53:58.80
And we thank You, Lord,
00:53:58.83\00:54:00.17
for we see that
Jesus wants us to shine
00:54:00.20\00:54:04.27
and as He told us
without Him, we can do nothing.
00:54:04.31\00:54:07.48
Thank You for the invitation
that we see in the scriptures
00:54:07.51\00:54:10.85
that tell us that Jesus
is knocking at our door,
00:54:10.88\00:54:13.52
we must open the
door that He may come in
00:54:13.55\00:54:16.58
and that we can
be shining for You.
00:54:16.62\00:54:18.35
Amen. Amen.
00:54:18.39\00:54:20.39
Father, as we
continue in prayer,
00:54:20.42\00:54:22.12
we just thank You
for your presence.
00:54:22.16\00:54:24.23
Right now, I just lift up our
brothers and sisters at home.
00:54:24.26\00:54:27.60
And those who might
feel my light is smokey
00:54:27.63\00:54:30.83
and I'm afraid it's
about ready to go out.
00:54:30.87\00:54:32.97
Lord, I ask that by
the power of Your spirit,
00:54:33.00\00:54:36.30
You would bring courage
and strength and comfort,
00:54:36.34\00:54:39.77
You would pull their
feet out of mighty clay
00:54:39.81\00:54:42.24
and set them up on a rock.
00:54:42.28\00:54:44.25
Lord, Jesus, I ask that
You would do a new thing
00:54:44.28\00:54:47.18
in each one of
our hearts and lives
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.32
that every day as
we surrender to You,
00:54:49.35\00:54:51.99
as we spend time into Your word,
00:54:52.02\00:54:54.52
Jesus the light of the
world would shine upon us
00:54:54.56\00:54:58.39
and Your light, Your
glory, Your character
00:54:58.43\00:55:02.63
would be revealed to
each and every person
00:55:02.66\00:55:05.63
that we come in contact with.
00:55:05.67\00:55:07.10
Thank You that
You've given each one of us
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.04
the privilege of
shining for Jesus.
00:55:10.07\00:55:13.04
Amen. Amen.
00:55:13.07\00:55:14.41
Father in Heaven, thank
You that You are the one
00:55:14.44\00:55:18.15
that gives us the
flavor for the salt,
00:55:18.18\00:55:20.42
You're the one that provides us,
00:55:20.45\00:55:21.98
gives us the light.
00:55:22.02\00:55:23.39
Lord, we want to reflect You,
00:55:23.42\00:55:24.89
we want to be the
right flavor to others.
00:55:24.92\00:55:27.59
Thank You that all of
us are here on this earth
00:55:27.62\00:55:30.59
for a purpose
00:55:30.63\00:55:31.96
or none of us are just here,
00:55:31.99\00:55:33.33
just to like sit in the
corner like, J.D. was saying,
00:55:33.36\00:55:35.40
but we're here, Lord,
to spread Your gospel,
00:55:35.43\00:55:37.73
Your love to others,
00:55:37.77\00:55:39.10
so help us to reflect to
You this tomorrow Sabbath,
00:55:39.13\00:55:43.81
this evening with our families,
00:55:43.84\00:55:45.77
this coming week
with maybe our coworkers,
00:55:45.81\00:55:47.78
those we don't
even know by name,
00:55:47.81\00:55:49.64
but maybe just pass in the halls
00:55:49.68\00:55:51.05
or at the grocery store.
00:55:51.08\00:55:52.55
Lord, we want to be a light
00:55:52.58\00:55:54.05
that is shining
brightly for You.
00:55:54.08\00:55:56.65
We thank You again for
your love and care for us,
00:55:56.69\00:55:58.79
and in Jesus'
name we pray, amen.
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.86
Amen.
00:56:00.89\00:56:02.22
Amen, amen.
00:56:02.26\00:56:04.09
Thank you, all,
for joining us. Amen.
00:56:04.13\00:56:05.79
You know, I was thinking about
00:56:05.83\00:56:07.16
the whole salt
and light thing, too.
00:56:07.20\00:56:09.23
You know, sometimes I think
it could be easy to, you know,
00:56:09.26\00:56:12.47
let's say, I'm just for example,
00:56:12.50\00:56:15.24
heading out of Wal-Mart
00:56:15.27\00:56:16.60
and I've got 25
bags in exaggeration
00:56:16.64\00:56:19.24
in my arms, you know,
00:56:19.27\00:56:20.61
and I can't even
get the door open
00:56:20.64\00:56:21.98
and someone just I'm like,
00:56:22.01\00:56:23.38
why are they even
holding the door for me?
00:56:23.41\00:56:25.38
You know, you
know, and so, you know,
00:56:25.41\00:56:27.02
we can start to
thinking about other people,
00:56:27.05\00:56:28.98
but, you know, why
are they doing this
00:56:29.02\00:56:30.69
and why are they doing that?
00:56:30.72\00:56:32.05
And, man, don't
they see, I'm in need?
00:56:32.09\00:56:33.89
You know, it's easy to
get stuck in ourselves.
00:56:33.92\00:56:36.86
And so talking
about little steps
00:56:36.89\00:56:39.09
is just to do
maybe just a small thing.
00:56:39.13\00:56:41.80
And while it can just
turn into something big.
00:56:41.83\00:56:44.47
I know quickly
here, I liked as a child,
00:56:44.50\00:56:46.60
I like the challenge of
starting a fire with one match,
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no other matches,
one match and it was neat
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'cause you get to that point
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if you get the tender
and everything just right
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and then you strike the
match and that little flame.
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Small. Wow.
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Turns into
eventually a big born fire.
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So you don't know,
but you would like.
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No, I was just saying.
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You just say something wonderful
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that you're spreading the fire.
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And you see, as this one
person who can help others
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say, yes, we need to do this,
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we need to be a light for others
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and you can make greater light.
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It's kind of that ripple effect.
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Ripple effect. Yes.
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Thank you again for joining us.
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Thank you, Dinzeys.
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Thank you, Quinns.
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Thank you for joining us.
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We hope that you
have a wonderful Sabbath
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and a wonderful week.
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Don't forget to
let your light shine,
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Christ's shine out
of you this coming week.
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God bless you. Have
a wonderful Sabbath.
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