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.
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It's a pleasure for us
to say happy Sabbath to you.
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My name is John
Dinzey and with my wife
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we're here praising the Lord
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because the Sabbath has arrived.
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And the Lord has
been faithful once again.
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So He's blessed us all
week long with His presence,
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with His direction
with friends and family,
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and life and health.
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That's right and
we are not alone,
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we have been blessed
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with some of our
brothers and sisters
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that are here with us and...
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We're going to start
with our left, Idalia,
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if you could introduce...
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Well, sure,
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I'd love to
introduce Mrs. Valera Babb.
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Welcome to the
program, Valera. Thank you.
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It's nice to be here.
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Wonderful, it's
good to have you here.
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And she is the mother of
our manager for our Call Center.
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Call Center. That's right.
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Jonathan Babb.
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Also the wife of...
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Michael Babb.
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Michael Babb, our
engineer for 3ABN Radio.
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That's right. That's right.
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And to my right we have
our Brother Jason Bradley
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and he works with our
Dare to Dream Network.
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Tell us a little bit about
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what's going on in
Dare to Dream Network?
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Oh, man, there's a
lot of exciting things
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going on with Dare to Dream.
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We have a program out now
called "Working the Dream".
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It shows you how
to get your dream job,
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keep your dream job,
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grow in your dream job
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and incorporate
Christ in the workplace.
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Very nice. Praise the Lord.
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We also have
financial literacy programs.
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Looking at the Bible and
taking Biblical principles
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and showing you how
many references to finances
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and budgeting and all that stuff
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exist in the Bible.
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Oh! Praise the Lord.
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Perhaps, you can share with us,
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our viewers perhaps have
never watched it Dare to Dream.
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How can they see it?
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Oh, they can go
to d2dnetwork.tv,
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that's D and the
number two dnetwork.tv
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or they could
download the free 3ABN app
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on their phone,
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they can watch on Roku,
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just add the 3ABN channel
or they can get a MySDA TV box
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and watch on there as well.
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Fantastic! Praise the Lord.
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And lives are being transformed
with your programming.
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And we praise the Lord for that.
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We have to your
right, Brother Dee Casper.
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Yes.
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And you work with UnScene Media.
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Tell us a little
bit about UnScene Media?
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UnScene Media
Group is a media company
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that's creating
content to reach our youth.
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Its principled Christ centered.
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And we also do evangelism.
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So we travel and
speak for youth meetings,
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week of prayers at schools,
at churches and so forth.
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So our burden was
basically take media
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and evangelism
to put them together
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to further the work
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particularly in
reaching our youth.
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Praise the Lord.
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And when we hear
the word UnScene,
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people are thinking is
that you cannot see it,
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but tell us
about the actual name
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how it is spelled.
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So it's spelled U-N-S-C-E-N-E
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and it's based
upon 2 Corinthians 4:18
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that what we
look not at the things
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which are seen but the
things which are unseen
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because things which
are seen are temporary,
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but the things that
are unseen are eternal.
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So our goal is to
disciple and empower youth
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to the eternal
realities of God's love
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through dynamic visual media,
that's basically our burden.
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Amen. And you want,
you train young people?
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Yes.
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So we have a
training program called 'Idea'
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that's basically like Arise
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where I went to a
soul winning school
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and a media training
school, so it's like film school
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and a school of
evangelism put together.
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And they were pretty
excited about that as well.
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Praise the Lord and
you're one of the speakers
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for UnScene?
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Yes, yes, so I
speak on behalf of UnScene
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and also teach
all the Bible classes.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we're here
to praise the Lord
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and to welcome the Sabbath
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and we hope that
you would join with us.
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We're gonna sing in a
moment but before we do,
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we're going to go
to the Lord in prayer
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and ask Him to
bless this program
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and also to bless you.
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So let us go to
the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving heavenly Father,
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we want to pause
and thank You Lord.
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Thank you for being with
us throughout this whole week,
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thank You for protecting us,
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delivering us
and for providing...
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Amen.
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We praise Your name
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because You care
so much for us, Lord,
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and we thank You
for the Sabbath day
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where we can walk closer to you,
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leave the things
of the world aside
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and walk closer to You,
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worship Your name and
rest as You have said.
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We pray that as we are
together worshiping Your name,
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You will be with us
and with those that join us
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and we ask You
for these blessings
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in the name of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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And amen. Praise the Lord.
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Well, Idalia, we do have a song
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and what would you like
to share about this song?
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Well, first of
all, I want to say that
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we have Tim Parton with us.
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I really want to thank him
for helping us at the piano.
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And this song that
we're going to share
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is an old hymn is
called "Anywhere with Jesus".
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And I think the message
in itself speaks for itself.
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So I invite you all
to just join us in song
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and praise in hymn number
508 "Anywhere With Jesus".
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Anywhere He leads
me in this world below
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Anywhere without Him,
dearest joys would fade
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Anywhere with
Jesus I am not afraid
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Anywhere! Anywhere!
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Fear I cannot know
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Anywhere with
Jesus I am not alone
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Other friends may
fail me, He is still my own
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Though His hand may
lead me over dreary ways
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Anywhere with Jesus
is a house of praise
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Anywhere! Anywhere!
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Fear I cannot know
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can go to sleep
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When the gloomy
shadows round about me creep
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Knowing I shall
waken never more to roam
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Anywhere with Jesus
will be home, sweet home
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Anywhere! Anywhere!
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Fear I cannot know
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Amen. Thank you, Tim. Thank you.
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He plays that...
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Yeah, I know. Joyfully.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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Thank you so much.
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Well, you know, we
should be joyful anywhere we go
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because the Lord has promised
"I will be with You always."
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And so that in
itself will give us joy
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no matter where we're walking,
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where we're going,
where we're sleeping
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and as it says here
where we're roaming,
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He is with us.
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So I can be
assured that I will be safe
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because I'm going where He's...
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with Him.
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Amen, amen.
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Well, you know, as
we were considering
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what we could talk
about during this hour,
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it came to our minds the
thought that God is good.
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God is so good and we
should talk about His blessings.
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And I would like
to read one scripture
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that speaks of that is found
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in Psalm 149:9, 149:9,
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and in very brief
but he speaks the truth
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and he says the following,
"The Lord is good to all
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and His tender mercies
are over all His works."
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Praise the Lord.
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I can testify to the
fact the Lord is good,
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has been good to me and
anyone else can echo that.
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Amen.
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And the fact that
we're just sitting here
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and able to talk
to each other is...
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That's right.
It's truly a blessing.
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That's right.
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You know, if the
devil had it his way
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we would not be alive today.
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Absolutely.
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Because I'm sure that
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perhaps there may be
one or two of us here
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that can say, "You know,
I can remember one, twice,
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maybe three, or maybe more times
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that I almost died
because of an accident
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or some other thing
that was in the works,
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but thanks to the
Lord, He delivered us."
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And maybe we can
share some stories
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as we continue this program.
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I know that you
have some scriptures
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you would like to share,
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any scriptures you
would like to share
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concerning God's goodness.
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God is good.
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Yes.
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And He is ever with us
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and His promises as I
mentioned before that,
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He's always with us.
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And we should walk by faith
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knowing that no
matter what happens,
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so what comes our
way that we're safe,
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no matter what.
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And, you know, as I look around
in the events around us today,
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if you look at
the news a month ago,
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two weeks ago, you
see so much turmoil.
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And my heart
goes out to the folks
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that have not known
Christ or that peace
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or that safe
heaven that we get to know
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once we discover
the love of the Lord.
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You know, it's true,
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for those that
don't know the Lord,
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this world is all they have
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and whatever they can
accomplish in this world.
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But even though they
may accomplish great things
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or maybe have much money
or even lands and property,
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in order to keep that
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they have to
put gates and guards
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and so this world,
if this is all there is,
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it's not much to it
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and not everyone
gets to have the dream,
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make the dream of having,
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you know, as much
money as you want in the bank
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or the biggest home, the
home as big as you want it,
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not everyone gets that.
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And so if all
there is, is this world
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then as it says in the Bible
"We are men most miserable."
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Yeah. Yeah.
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We are most miserable
because if that's all there is.
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And even, there are
stories of even rich people.
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I may be tempted to tell one,
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I don't know maybe
it's not a temptation.
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Rich people having as much money
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as they could ever dream of
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still don't have
happiness or peace.
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Why? Because they're
missing Jesus in their lives.
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Yeah. That's right.
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So any scripture
you would like to share,
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I think sister Valera
has the Bible open there.
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Well, one of my
favorites when I'm wondering
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what to do
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is Proverbs 3:5-6.
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"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart
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and lean not on
your own understanding.
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In all your ways acknowledge Him
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and He shall direct your paths."
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And you know,
sometimes it's hard to,
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we want to lean on our
own what we see before us.
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Yeah.
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And but this is like, if
you, if you trust in God,
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He sees it all.
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He knows what's there.
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He knows what
we're coming up against
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and He knows what's best,
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and if we can
just relax into Him...
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Yes.
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And say, "Okay, you know,
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and I can trust You to direct me
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into where I should go."
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And you know, it's tough. Yeah.
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I've, you know, struggled
with this many times and...
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You too Valera!
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You got company.
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You know, and, you know,
I was thinking not long ago
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when I was struggling,
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we just sent our
daughter to academy.
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Yes. And so, it's not cheap.
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That's right.
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It's like, how are
we going to do this?
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And then I have
to say "Okay, God,"
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I look back and it's like,
I've sent my other kids through
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and somehow I couldn't see
it then either how it's coming.
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Right. Somehow God provided.
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Amen.
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But you know, and I
look and I was thinking
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"Here I am
again, I'm struggling.
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I'm stressed over
the finances again."
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And yet I can look
back and see how He's led.
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Yes.
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And then I think, "I'm just
like the Israelites of old,"
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you know.
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And we read their
story and just think
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"How can they, you know,
after what God did for them,
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how can they mistrust?"
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And it was like, "Oh!
Sorry God, I'm doing it too."
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That's right.
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When we're
pointing fingers, you know,
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two are going back but
three are coming back to us.
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Those Israelites. It's true.
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It's amazing how God provides
and sometimes we don't see
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how it's gonna happen,
but God makes it happen.
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And I'm reminded of
a story of something
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that happened here at 3ABN,
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anyway I first
started working here.
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There was a lady
there called and she said,
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"Please pray for us.
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We owe two months rent, my
daughter doesn't have a job
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and she's the
only one that can work
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and they said that if
we don't pay rent tomorrow,
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we have to
leave this apartment."
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And what can you say,
you know, but God has a way.
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And so we prayed and I believe
we shared some scriptures,
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we prayed about it and
asked for the Lord to bless,
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and make
something happen for them.
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And it was a blessing,
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about two weeks
later I had the opportunity
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to answer the phone
and this lady called,
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"Are you the person that
prayed with us two weeks ago?
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What's your name?"
And I told her my name.
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She says, "Yes,
you are the one."
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She says, "Let me
tell you what happened."
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She said, "The next day
a letter came in the mail
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with enough money to pay rent."
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Amen. "And God
blessed my daughter.
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She's working. She has a job.
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It's not full
time, it's part time,
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but at least we have
some income coming in."
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And I said, "Praise the Lord."
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You know, she had no idea
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how the Lord was
going to answer the prayer
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and money came in
from some unexpected source
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and praise the Lord
because God provides.
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That's a
blessing. That's a blessing.
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You know, I like one scripture
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that I really
like is Jeremiah 29:11.
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Oh, wonderful.
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I love that, and it reads,
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"For I know the thoughts
that I think towards you,
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saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace
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and not of evil to
give you an expected end."
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And I'll even go on to verse 12,
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"Then shall ye call upon me,
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and ye shall go
and pray unto me,
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and I will hearken unto you."
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I really like
that because you know,
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we don't know the
end from the beginning.
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That's right.
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But what this is
telling us is that the Lord
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thinks thoughts of
peace and not of evil like,
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you know, society tries to paint
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this awful picture of God like,
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He's just some kind
of tyrant, but He's not.
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You know, He loves
each and every one of us
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and He desires that individual
personalized relationship
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with us and the
thoughts that He has for us
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we don't even think, you know,
for ourselves like, we don't...
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I mean, that verse right there
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just, just blows me away
and it's comforting because...
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Amen.
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I don't know what's going
to happen necessarily tomorrow
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or the next day but
I trust that God has...
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He's got my back. Amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
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I was reading
this a few days ago.
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It says in Isaiah 38 and
this would be in verse 17,
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and we as the ministry have
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gone through a lot of
stress and difficulty.
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Starting ministries
is not an easy venture,
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but God is faithful
and God does provide.
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But there are times of
leanness and difficulty
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where you
question and you think,
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you know, "Is this
what I'm supposed to do?
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Is this not what
I'm supposed to do?"
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I felt like God was leading
but then we don't see right now
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whether He's providing us
like the Israelites, like,
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God leads them to
the edge of the Red Sea
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and they're thinking, "Well,
there's bad guys behind us
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and there's water
in front of us, like,
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does He know what He's doing?"
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And then you just think,
"Wait that's folly, of course,
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He knows what He's doing."
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And anyway in
some of our hardships
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that we've had.
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You know, that's
a scary situation...
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Yeah. For the Israelites.
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Oh, my, is it scary...
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I mean, they're coming at them
with the swords and the spears,
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who wouldn't be afraid?
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Yeah.
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So like worldly
speaking, you know,
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from worldly
wisdom you would think,
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"Well, yeah, of course,"
like you should be afraid,
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but all these
plagues leveled Egypt.
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Pharaohs burying his firstborn
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and you think
God's going to bring us
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this far to just leave us,
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but at those times of
difficulty and weakness
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in our flesh we
can doubt at times.
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And God has not promised
us freedom from hardship,
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but He has promised
us His sustaining power
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and comfort through hardship.
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That's right.
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And in Isaiah 38:17,
there is this strange verse
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that has brought
great peace to me.
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It says, "Indeed it
was for my own peace
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that I had great bitterness,
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but you have
lovingly delivered my soul
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from the pit of corruption,
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for you have cast all
my sins behind your back."
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But He literally
says that it was,
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it was for my good that I
went through hardship, right?
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It was for my blessing
that I went through bitterness.
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And I was just thinking
of this in the last week.
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It's been very necessary for me
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to have reliable
transportation to do the work.
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I do, I travel
all over the country
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and speak and do other things
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and God led me to direction
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that I really
wasn't wanting to go
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of having to get a
lien on the vehicle,
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you know, I actually do a loan
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as opposed to just
buying a vehicle outright.
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And I really
don't want to have debt
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but it was so clear the
way that God worked in prayer
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and providence and scripture.
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Everything was saying,
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"This is it, this
is the time, go now."
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And the car was $4000
less than it should have been.
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It was a vehicle that
was the same model year
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when I bought it and
so it was a new vehicle
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but someone had purchased it
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in like December the
year before bank did,
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drove over for 4,000
miles and then sold it.
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So when I got it, it
was a "used vehicle,"
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all what they used to.
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So I saved money on it
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and then someone gave $2,000
to go towards a down payment.
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All these
miracles happened. Right.
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But how am I going
to do this at a time
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when our
ministry is going through
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difficulty financially like,
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but God said "Go," so I went.
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And within a few days
of making that decision
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someone committed to
giving $200 a month to go
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towards my car payment.
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I didn't even ask
for. Praise the Lord.
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That eventually
stopped happening.
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So how is God going
to close these gaps?
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Every month, I've
seen a miracle happen
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since July of 2016.
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And in May, I...
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someone heard a sermon
I shared an audio verse
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and I had met her before
and I preached in Loma Linda
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and she said, "You know,
00:19:55.66\00:19:56.99
your messages
have been a blessing."
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And I mentioned
some of our difficulty
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in this vehicle purchase
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and how I was wrestling
at one time over the payment,
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didn't seem to be
coming when I needed it,
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and I share that in the message
talking to high school kids.
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These kids don't have money.
I'm not asking for sympathy.
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I was just telling a story
of the faithfulness of God,
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you know.
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But this girl
hears and she says,
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"I want to send you, how
much is your car payment?
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I want to pay your
car payment this month."
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This was in May
this year. Oh, wow!
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I thought, "Really?"
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Eight days later, I
get a message from a guy
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who had spoken to
me on Facebook before
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and he said,
"What's your PayPal?"
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I was like, "Well," you know,
00:20:27.09\00:20:28.49
when you get questions
like that you're like...
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Be careful. I know.
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So I said, so I
kind of asked a question
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to kind of weed it out
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'cause I thought
he was a real person
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because he had
sent me stuff before
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but I said, "For me
or for the ministry?"
00:20:37.47\00:20:38.80
And he said, "For you.
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And how much is
your car payment?
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I want to pay your car payment."
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I thought...
Wow! Praise the Lord.
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This is eight days after
that girl sent a message.
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And so the guy,
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I'm telling the story
to some friends at a table
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while this is happening
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and I get a PayPal notification.
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The guy sent me three
car payments plus a tithe.
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Halleluiah! Praise the Lord.
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I didn't had to pay from May
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until September
29th is when it was due,
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but I just talked to
that guy again this weekend
00:21:01.62\00:21:03.56
about a video project for him
00:21:03.59\00:21:05.69
and he's going
to be very generous
00:21:05.73\00:21:07.10
and he's giving us
to do the video project.
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.26
And I got another
PayPal notification.
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He paid two more car
payments this weekend.
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I don't have to pay until
like November or something.
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Praise the Lord.
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It just, there are times
whenever you make decisions
00:21:16.94\00:21:18.27
that are scary, you don't
know where God is leading,
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what's going to happen like
Valera mentioned with her kids.
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Yes, yes.
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I didn't have any
money to go to Arise either,
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the money came, God provided.
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Right. Right.
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.25
But when we know that
God is speaking clearly,
00:21:27.28\00:21:30.09
if we go forward,
we'll see the blessings.
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The people who don't see
the blessings are the people
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who don't take God at His word.
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Well, that just like
what happened with 3ABN
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when Danny Shelton
was called by the Lord
00:21:38.13\00:21:40.90
to build the television station.
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I mean, there was no television,
00:21:43.20\00:21:46.37
Seventh-day Adventist
television station channels.
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So he took a step of faith
and look where we're at today.
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I mean, it is...
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It's inspiring. Yes.
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Even yet for us that we
listen to the story one time
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and another,
00:22:02.08\00:22:03.42
and every time I
hear it I get goose bumps,
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.39
I start crying
because I'm so overwhelmed
00:22:05.42\00:22:08.52
about how the Lord
worked in Danny's life
00:22:08.56\00:22:12.19
to see 3ABN to
existence, you know.
00:22:12.23\00:22:16.60
And here, we are
eight networks later,
00:22:16.63\00:22:19.60
three or four
different languages.
00:22:19.63\00:22:22.00
Yes. Praise the Lord.
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And the Lord is
using this ministry.
00:22:23.41\00:22:25.41
And now that we're mentioning
00:22:25.44\00:22:27.74
experiences with
finances and all, you know,
00:22:27.78\00:22:30.01
there's not a week that
we don't pray for the donors
00:22:30.05\00:22:32.78
that support 3ABN
00:22:32.81\00:22:34.62
because we are a team of people,
00:22:34.65\00:22:37.85
you are part of the team,
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.29
you are a very
important part of the team.
00:22:39.32\00:22:41.52
The Lord impresses hearts
00:22:41.56\00:22:43.76
and not everyone
listens to the Holy Spirit,
00:22:43.79\00:22:46.59
you know, and when
you're impressed to do something
00:22:46.63\00:22:49.86
that comes from
the Lord, you know,
00:22:49.90\00:22:51.83
especially when it's good stuff.
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.94
You know, all good
things come from above.
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And you know, Idalia,
as you were saying that,
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I know from the story
00:22:59.01\00:23:00.64
that there were a
few people that thought,
00:23:00.68\00:23:03.01
"Well, this is
not going to work.
00:23:03.04\00:23:04.78
How are you going to
do that?" Yes, exactly.
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.05
And, but it's from the Lord.
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So if it's from the
Lord, it's gonna work.
00:23:10.19\00:23:12.22
And so we praise the
Lord that 3ABN is on the air
00:23:12.25\00:23:15.16
24 hours a day.
00:23:15.19\00:23:16.52
That's right.
00:23:16.56\00:23:17.89
And since 1986,
00:23:17.93\00:23:20.13
when the first signal
started going on the air,
00:23:20.16\00:23:24.17
praise the Lord,
00:23:24.20\00:23:25.53
broadcasting the
gospel and lives,
00:23:25.57\00:23:28.20
countless lives
have been transformed.
00:23:28.24\00:23:30.01
You know, I want
to share this miracle
00:23:30.04\00:23:31.37
because to me it's
a miracle and you say,
00:23:31.41\00:23:34.14
"Well, that's not
very much of a miracle,"
00:23:34.18\00:23:35.94
but I'm going to share
it because it's interesting
00:23:35.98\00:23:37.75
what the Lord does
because it came to my mind
00:23:37.78\00:23:41.52
that this is a
blessing from the Lord.
00:23:41.55\00:23:44.29
Now we had a vehicle that was,
Idalia was driving, she said,
00:23:44.32\00:23:48.92
"All the warning lights went on.
00:23:48.96\00:23:51.09
All the warning lights went on."
00:23:51.13\00:23:53.46
I don't know me and cars.
00:23:53.50\00:23:54.86
I just...
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.23
And she said, she
called me and says,
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.03
"All the warning lights went on.
00:23:58.07\00:23:59.40
There's something about to
go wrong with this vehicle."
00:23:59.43\00:24:02.10
So we said, "Well, we need
to get it into mechanic to see
00:24:02.14\00:24:03.71
what's going on."
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.07
And we, now we
have had several expect,
00:24:05.11\00:24:06.74
unexpected expenses
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.11
besides the
sending the school payment,
00:24:08.14\00:24:10.81
the first one to
school that we sympathized
00:24:10.85\00:24:13.92
with Valera here.
00:24:13.95\00:24:15.62
And so this, if this
car goes bad, we're like
00:24:15.65\00:24:19.12
"Oh, we're not ready for this."
00:24:19.15\00:24:21.39
But we took it in
and about a day later
00:24:21.42\00:24:27.66
we're in the other vehicle
00:24:27.70\00:24:29.03
that we have that we
hope will continue to work.
00:24:29.06\00:24:32.23
And I look and in
between the seats,
00:24:32.27\00:24:34.87
Idalia was driving there's this,
00:24:34.90\00:24:36.84
there's a
dollar bill down there,
00:24:36.87\00:24:38.94
and I take it
out and it was folded
00:24:38.97\00:24:40.61
and I unfolded
it, it's a $20 bill.
00:24:40.64\00:24:43.21
I was like "Wow! This is great."
00:24:43.24\00:24:45.48
And now we had $20
00:24:45.51\00:24:47.32
that we didn't
know we had apparently.
00:24:47.35\00:24:50.42
And how I got there I
don't know, but it was there.
00:24:50.45\00:24:53.86
It fell from my pocket.
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.59
Just kidding.
00:24:56.62\00:24:57.96
I think it fell from my pocket,
darling, but it belongs to us.
00:24:57.99\00:25:02.06
And so I put it in my pocket
00:25:02.10\00:25:04.67
and later that day
I called the mechanic
00:25:04.70\00:25:06.74
and said "How's our car doing?
00:25:06.77\00:25:09.40
Did you find
anything wrong with it?"
00:25:09.44\00:25:11.34
He said, "Well,
we went through it
00:25:11.37\00:25:12.71
and there's only that we
haven't been able to make
00:25:12.74\00:25:16.18
all the lights go on," he
says, "But we did do a test."
00:25:16.21\00:25:19.15
And you do have
some kind of sensor
00:25:19.18\00:25:23.49
that just keeps track
of oxygen or something.
00:25:23.52\00:25:25.59
And I said, "Do we
need to change that?
00:25:25.62\00:25:26.96
Is that expensive?
00:25:26.99\00:25:28.32
He says, "You don't
really have to change that,"
00:25:28.36\00:25:29.86
he says, "It's just something
to let you know of some air
00:25:29.89\00:25:33.13
and you don't have to
change that," he says.
00:25:33.16\00:25:35.50
And I said, "Well,
how much do we owe you?"
00:25:35.53\00:25:38.37
"$20 will be it."
00:25:38.40\00:25:40.07
And I go... Wow! Twenty dollars?
00:25:40.10\00:25:41.64
And Idalia says, "The Lord
provided $20 to pay for that."
00:25:41.67\00:25:46.14
And so I look back and I say,
00:25:46.17\00:25:48.41
"You know what, that's
just the Lord telling us
00:25:48.44\00:25:51.15
don't worry," like you
said, "I've got your back.
00:25:51.18\00:25:53.78
I'll take care of you."
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.42
And we need to remind
ourselves of these little things
00:25:55.45\00:25:58.35
that God does for us
00:25:58.39\00:25:59.72
because when the big
things come like the Israelites
00:25:59.75\00:26:02.39
that were in
front of the Red Sea,
00:26:02.42\00:26:04.93
they had to
remember, "Wait a minute,
00:26:04.96\00:26:06.49
God did all that for us,
00:26:06.53\00:26:07.86
deliver us from
all those plagues."
00:26:07.90\00:26:09.23
That's right.
00:26:09.26\00:26:10.60
We have to remember that
whatever we're going through,
00:26:10.63\00:26:12.60
think about what God
did for you in the past.
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.40
Yes.
00:26:14.44\00:26:15.77
And you will know that
He's going to do it again.
00:26:15.80\00:26:18.14
He's going to
deliver you in some way.
00:26:18.17\00:26:19.81
I like to tell people
that God is building a resume
00:26:19.84\00:26:21.54
in your life.
00:26:21.58\00:26:22.91
That's good.
00:26:22.94\00:26:24.28
He's...
00:26:24.31\00:26:25.65
Each faithful, each
moment of faithfulness of God
00:26:25.68\00:26:27.25
working in your life
is Him building a resume
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.08
so that whenever you have
a need come into your life,
00:26:29.12\00:26:31.62
the only person to go to is Him.
00:26:31.65\00:26:33.19
That's right.
00:26:33.22\00:26:34.56
And they may be seemingly small,
00:26:34.59\00:26:36.06
you know, $20 just compared,
00:26:36.09\00:26:38.03
you know, thousands of dollars,
00:26:38.06\00:26:39.39
but when you have a need
in a moment it doesn't matter.
00:26:39.43\00:26:42.40
The faithfulness
of God is not limited
00:26:42.43\00:26:44.07
by the smallness or the
bigness of the situation.
00:26:44.10\00:26:47.17
And I think that by building
that resume in our experience,
00:26:47.20\00:26:49.94
it reminds us of the fact
00:26:49.97\00:26:51.31
that we need to
stop freaking out
00:26:51.34\00:26:53.34
and go to the one who
can do something about it.
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.31
Well, I think sometimes
00:26:55.34\00:26:56.68
He lets us sit and
squirm a little bit...
00:26:56.71\00:26:58.05
Oh, yeah.
00:26:58.08\00:26:59.41
So that we can realize
where it's coming from,
00:26:59.45\00:27:01.52
because otherwise if
it's all smooth sailing,
00:27:01.55\00:27:03.62
we're like, "Oh,
aren't we doing is great?"
00:27:03.65\00:27:05.49
But if we, if we had to say,
00:27:05.52\00:27:07.69
there's just no earthly way
that this is going to happen,
00:27:07.72\00:27:11.26
I mean that, you know, whatever
00:27:11.29\00:27:13.09
and yet you can
see God's faithfulness.
00:27:13.13\00:27:15.13
He somehow, even sometimes
when you look back at it
00:27:15.16\00:27:18.57
you'll say, "How in the world
did we accomplish doing that?"
00:27:18.60\00:27:22.54
Or, "How did that come about?"
00:27:22.57\00:27:24.27
You can't necessarily
always see the minute details
00:27:24.31\00:27:27.84
but somehow God worked it out.
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.74
Amen.
00:27:29.78\00:27:31.11
And it's like, you know,
00:27:31.15\00:27:32.48
but we just have
to keep looking back.
00:27:32.51\00:27:33.85
Yes.
00:27:33.88\00:27:35.22
But, you know, the Lord
send so many blessings our way
00:27:35.25\00:27:39.42
and sometimes we
become a little selfish
00:27:39.45\00:27:42.79
because we're
looking for our blessing,
00:27:42.82\00:27:45.29
but you know, somebody else
is looking for a blessing too.
00:27:45.33\00:27:48.53
So you may be the blessing
00:27:48.56\00:27:50.17
that the Lord is
sending to that person.
00:27:50.20\00:27:53.13
I had the
privilege of going to a store
00:27:53.17\00:27:57.74
and I said, "Lord, you know,
00:27:57.77\00:28:01.74
we run around so much
with that like a chicken
00:28:01.78\00:28:04.95
with their head cut off,"
00:28:04.98\00:28:06.31
you know it's an
expression it said here.
00:28:06.35\00:28:09.28
And I'm like,
"What's there to do locally?"
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.69
I just, I'd like to say
hello to everybody in the store.
00:28:12.72\00:28:16.29
And you know, the lady
sat, the local Wally World,
00:28:16.32\00:28:20.10
they're like,
"Oh, how you're doing?
00:28:20.13\00:28:21.80
How are your boys?"
00:28:21.83\00:28:23.16
You know, "Where
you're coming from?
00:28:23.20\00:28:24.53
Where you've been?" So
we talk about ministry.
00:28:24.57\00:28:27.07
And so one day a lady
stepped out of the store
00:28:27.10\00:28:31.07
and she had a cart full of stuff
00:28:31.11\00:28:33.74
and I'm like, "Should I?
00:28:33.78\00:28:36.85
No, Lord, I'm not doing that.
00:28:36.88\00:28:38.51
No..."
00:28:38.55\00:28:39.88
And I kept
battling and it's like,
00:28:39.91\00:28:41.85
"She's not gonna
want my help Lord."
00:28:41.88\00:28:44.12
And I finally said,
"Okay, I will offer help."
00:28:44.15\00:28:47.26
And I said, "Would you
like some help with your stuff?"
00:28:47.29\00:28:51.23
And she says,
"Oh, thank you so much.
00:28:51.26\00:28:56.16
I need help.
00:28:56.20\00:28:57.53
I was wondering how I was
going to get this in there,"
00:28:57.57\00:29:00.20
because she had
potting soil bags
00:29:00.24\00:29:02.90
in the bottom,
she was an older lady.
00:29:02.94\00:29:05.34
And anyhow and
actually it's something
00:29:05.37\00:29:08.21
so simple like
that, like, offering help
00:29:08.24\00:29:11.28
and I said, "Lord,
thank you for bringing,
00:29:11.31\00:29:13.85
you know, hope into humanity."
00:29:13.88\00:29:15.48
There are still people
00:29:15.52\00:29:16.99
that will go out
of their way to help.
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.22
So I praised the Lord
that He impresses our hearts
00:29:19.25\00:29:24.59
and if we obey,
00:29:24.63\00:29:26.23
there's a great
blessing for us there.
00:29:26.26\00:29:28.90
That's a very good point
00:29:28.93\00:29:30.27
because the Lord
gives us opportunity
00:29:30.30\00:29:32.77
to be a blessing
to others in some way,
00:29:32.80\00:29:35.07
something as simple as that.
00:29:35.10\00:29:36.44
Yes.
00:29:36.47\00:29:37.81
You know, the Lord used you
to be a blessing to this lady
00:29:37.84\00:29:39.94
and she was very grateful.
00:29:39.97\00:29:41.31
Praise the Lord.
00:29:41.34\00:29:42.68
Now there are
people that deal with fear
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.05
and I just wanna share with you.
00:29:44.08\00:29:46.65
I know that you need a miracle
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.18
or a blessing in
your health area.
00:29:48.22\00:29:50.75
There are so many viewers
dealing with health issues
00:29:50.79\00:29:54.32
and God is not
blind to your needs.
00:29:54.36\00:29:57.39
You know, it's
incredible how the Lord,
00:29:57.43\00:30:00.30
yet in our condition,
00:30:00.33\00:30:02.06
He speaks to us and I can say
this from personal experience.
00:30:02.10\00:30:08.94
I donated a kidney back in 2001,
00:30:08.97\00:30:13.38
were you here back then?
00:30:13.41\00:30:14.74
It was just before we came.
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.11
Just before you came, okay,
because I know our kids grew,
00:30:16.14\00:30:18.81
grow up together here.
00:30:18.85\00:30:20.18
Just before we came.
We're one big happy family.
00:30:20.22\00:30:22.48
No tones and colors.
00:30:22.52\00:30:23.95
Having family
worship with you guys is...
00:30:23.99\00:30:26.02
It's like family.
00:30:26.05\00:30:29.12
So anyway, so that was in 2001.
00:30:29.16\00:30:32.99
And recently I confronted
00:30:33.03\00:30:35.96
what is called a
'kidney infection'.
00:30:36.00\00:30:38.40
And talk about fear, it's like,
00:30:38.43\00:30:40.97
"That's my only
kidney, what am I going to do?"
00:30:41.00\00:30:43.91
And I said, "Wait a
minute, Lord," so you know,
00:30:43.94\00:30:46.64
the negative thoughts come,
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.64
I'm not saying
that negative thoughts
00:30:48.68\00:30:50.28
are not going to
invade your mind,
00:30:50.31\00:30:52.51
they will come because Satan
wants to bring doubt and fear.
00:30:52.55\00:30:57.22
So I said, "Lord,
what's there that I can do?
00:30:57.25\00:31:01.29
What is there that I can do?
00:31:01.32\00:31:02.86
Nothing, you know,
but you can do all things,
00:31:02.89\00:31:06.19
I am wonderfully
and fearfully made."
00:31:06.23\00:31:08.73
Just as I read and
claimed those promises
00:31:08.76\00:31:12.00
as I went into
surgery or studying,
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.77
I said, "Lord, if
this is not Your design,
00:31:14.80\00:31:17.31
if I was not designed
00:31:17.34\00:31:18.94
or created to be
part of this remedy
00:31:18.97\00:31:22.68
or solution for my...
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.41
for the recipient,"
which is my older brother,
00:31:24.45\00:31:27.35
"Then may I be not
compatible," but I was 100%.
00:31:27.38\00:31:32.49
And the doctor is impressed.
00:31:32.52\00:31:35.06
And that's rare,
actually that's rare.
00:31:35.09\00:31:36.76
It says if we
were identical twins.
00:31:36.79\00:31:38.93
Okay, so now I'm like, "Lord,
00:31:38.96\00:31:41.73
but You impressed
me and You open the way
00:31:41.76\00:31:44.13
and everything seems so perfect
00:31:44.17\00:31:46.50
that You were in this plan
00:31:46.53\00:31:47.87
and now I have my
kidney infection."
00:31:47.90\00:31:50.47
And I was like,
"Where am I going to go?"
00:31:50.51\00:31:54.18
So fear starts
coming in and little doubt.
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.61
So okay, "The Lord is
my light and my salvation.
00:31:56.64\00:32:00.12
Whom shall I fear?
00:32:00.15\00:32:01.82
The Lord is a
stronghold of my life
00:32:01.85\00:32:03.75
of whom shall I be afraid?"
00:32:03.79\00:32:05.85
And also Isaiah 41:10...
00:32:05.89\00:32:07.96
The one you just read is...
00:32:07.99\00:32:09.32
Psalm 27:1. Okay.
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.16
"So do not fear
for I am with you.
00:32:11.19\00:32:13.03
Do not be this
made for I am your God.
00:32:13.06\00:32:16.26
I will
strengthen you and help you.
00:32:16.30\00:32:17.87
I will uphold you
with My righteous hand."
00:32:17.90\00:32:20.07
I have to say,
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.44
the Lord upheld me
in His righteous hand.
00:32:21.47\00:32:25.37
Today, of course, I celebrate
00:32:25.41\00:32:27.31
that I don't have
the kidney infection now.
00:32:27.34\00:32:32.11
So it was a time
of trouble and trial,
00:32:32.15\00:32:36.62
but it was a
time when I once again
00:32:36.65\00:32:40.09
rested gradually in
the care of the Lord.
00:32:40.12\00:32:43.69
Amen.
00:32:43.73\00:32:45.06
Because if we don't gradually
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.49
grow to give it all to the Lord,
00:32:46.53\00:32:49.16
we're not going
to have that peace
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.90
and I can't imagine John Dinzey,
00:32:50.93\00:32:52.53
all alone without his wife.
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.37
So, you know, the
Lord has a sense of humor
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.94
and blessed him with me.
00:33:00.98\00:33:04.18
That's correct.
00:33:04.21\00:33:05.55
I'm very
grateful. Praise the Lord.
00:33:05.58\00:33:07.58
No, I'm blessed with you.
00:33:07.62\00:33:08.95
You know those,
those medical situations
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.99
are very humbling experiences.
00:33:11.02\00:33:12.75
Exactly. Yes. I've
had several myself.
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.16
I remember when I
was about 20 years old,
00:33:15.19\00:33:18.03
either 19 or 20, I
went through a situation
00:33:18.06\00:33:20.50
where I'd gone to the doctor
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.26
and my doctor
had misdiagnosed me.
00:33:22.30\00:33:25.80
You know, I'd gone in, and
I hated going to the doctor
00:33:25.83\00:33:28.84
but my stomach
was getting bigger
00:33:28.87\00:33:30.74
and everything like
that and it was just,
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.74
I was in a lot of pain.
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.11
Not from overeating
or anything like that?
00:33:34.14\00:33:35.61
No, no, although
that is possible.
00:33:35.64\00:33:39.51
Especially,
Idalia, especially, right?
00:33:39.55\00:33:42.68
But I went to, I told my dad
00:33:42.72\00:33:45.15
and I was living
in Atlanta at the time
00:33:45.19\00:33:46.72
and I told my
dad, I said, "You know,
00:33:46.76\00:33:48.09
I feel like I'm
going to die or something,"
00:33:48.12\00:33:49.92
and I was just saying it
00:33:49.96\00:33:51.29
because I was in so much pain,
00:33:51.33\00:33:52.66
I didn't really
necessarily think
00:33:52.69\00:33:54.20
that I was going to die,
00:33:54.23\00:33:55.56
but I went to the
doctor the next day,
00:33:55.60\00:33:58.27
he sent me home,
he ran some tests
00:33:58.30\00:34:00.77
and sent me home
with some medicine.
00:34:00.80\00:34:03.47
And then, so he told me,
00:34:03.51\00:34:05.67
"You know, if you
don't feel better by tomorrow
00:34:05.71\00:34:08.24
or the next day or whatever,
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
come back and see me."
00:34:09.64\00:34:10.98
So I didn't feel better.
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.35
I just got worse,
my stomach got bigger
00:34:12.38\00:34:13.72
and I was just in a lot of pain.
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.58
So I went back
to that same doctor,
00:34:15.62\00:34:17.72
saw him, he said,
"Okay, well, let's try this."
00:34:17.75\00:34:20.06
He ran some more tests,
00:34:20.09\00:34:22.42
gave me some more
medicine, sent me home.
00:34:22.46\00:34:25.59
So I went home, I
took that medicine,
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.70
I did what he told me to do.
00:34:27.73\00:34:29.46
I returned to him the next day
00:34:29.50\00:34:32.10
and he was
supposed to be on vacation.
00:34:32.13\00:34:34.47
Well, he just
happened to be in the office.
00:34:34.50\00:34:36.84
Thank God.
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.41
And I had met with his
fill in doctor or whatever...
00:34:38.44\00:34:42.51
Assistant.
00:34:42.54\00:34:43.88
Yeah, whoever was taking
his place for that time being
00:34:43.91\00:34:46.82
and he saw me in the office
00:34:46.85\00:34:48.98
and he came in there
and he said, "You know what?
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.72
I want to run one other test
because the fill in was about
00:34:51.75\00:34:54.19
to give me some other type
of medicine and send me home.
00:34:54.22\00:34:56.32
Oh, oh!
00:34:56.36\00:34:57.69
And so he ran another test,
00:34:57.73\00:34:59.06
he told my dad to take
me to the ER right away
00:34:59.09\00:35:01.70
Oh!
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.06
My dad got me to the ER,
00:35:03.10\00:35:05.20
turns out they
ended up admitting me
00:35:05.23\00:35:08.10
and I had surgery,
an emergency operation
00:35:08.14\00:35:10.51
that night, my
appendix had ruptured inside me.
00:35:10.54\00:35:12.41
Wow. Mercy.
00:35:12.44\00:35:13.78
And sealed off my
large, my intestine
00:35:13.81\00:35:16.24
and that was about to go
next and I would have been dead.
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.15
That surgeon told my dad that,
"If he wouldn't got me there
00:35:19.18\00:35:21.78
when he did, I
wouldn't be here."
00:35:21.82\00:35:23.59
Well.
00:35:23.62\00:35:24.95
Satan would have
taken me out in my sins
00:35:24.99\00:35:26.72
because I wasn't, I
didn't go to church.
00:35:26.76\00:35:29.89
I didn't believe in, I
mean, I believed in God
00:35:29.92\00:35:32.33
but I wasn't serving God.
00:35:32.36\00:35:33.70
I was serving, you
know, myself basically
00:35:33.73\00:35:36.33
which is the same
as serving the devil.
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.63
And...
00:35:38.67\00:35:40.00
So He, the Lord
delivered you in a time
00:35:40.04\00:35:41.70
that you say you
didn't deserve His protection.
00:35:41.74\00:35:45.14
Didn't deserve it and He
still and He still gave it
00:35:45.17\00:35:48.18
and I mean, it was just, it
was amazing because Dr Bird,
00:35:48.21\00:35:51.81
Carlton Bird came
and prayed with me.
00:35:51.85\00:35:54.05
And I didn't know him.
00:35:54.08\00:35:55.52
I lived in
Atlanta form you know,
00:35:55.55\00:35:58.52
eight years and all that stuff,
00:35:58.55\00:35:59.89
but like I didn't even know him
and he came and prayed with me.
00:35:59.92\00:36:02.42
Praise the Lord.
00:36:02.46\00:36:03.79
That was, that
was truly a blessing.
00:36:03.83\00:36:05.16
Amen.
00:36:05.19\00:36:06.53
You know, when I'm ill,
00:36:06.56\00:36:07.90
I remembered
the story of a woman
00:36:07.93\00:36:11.27
that had flowing problem
00:36:11.30\00:36:13.03
and touched the
hem of His garment
00:36:13.07\00:36:16.04
and as I lay ill
whether it's sadness,
00:36:16.07\00:36:20.58
worried or physical illness,
I'm like, "Lord, please just,
00:36:20.61\00:36:25.28
if I could just touch Your hem,
00:36:25.31\00:36:27.65
you know, I know
that I will be healed."
00:36:27.68\00:36:30.65
It may not be complete
healing but spiritual healing
00:36:30.69\00:36:34.92
because as we are
confronted with trials,
00:36:34.96\00:36:38.93
that's when we start doubting,
00:36:38.96\00:36:40.96
you know, and we
don't want to doubt.
00:36:41.00\00:36:44.07
We know that God is faithful,
00:36:44.10\00:36:46.23
but there's always
something to bring in.
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.64
Yeah.
00:36:48.67\00:36:50.01
But praise the Lord,
He doesn't give up on us.
00:36:50.04\00:36:52.77
And the thing, in those
trials there is always a lesson
00:36:52.81\00:36:55.08
and a blessing.
00:36:55.11\00:36:56.44
Amen.
00:36:56.48\00:36:57.81
There's always a
lesson and a blessing
00:36:57.85\00:36:59.18
and it's hard to
sit back and say, "Okay.
00:36:59.21\00:37:00.92
Lord, what are you
trying to teach me?"
00:37:00.95\00:37:02.28
That's hard to do when
you're going through the trial
00:37:02.32\00:37:04.55
and you feel like,
everything's just caving in
00:37:04.59\00:37:07.22
but I mean, you
really got to try
00:37:07.26\00:37:08.76
and find that
lesson and blessing.
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.36
I look back at
different situations in my life
00:37:11.39\00:37:13.80
and I'm just like,
"Wow, God, I can't,"
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.06
I mean, clearly
then I didn't see that.
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.17
Yes, that's right.
00:37:18.20\00:37:19.53
Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned.
00:37:19.57\00:37:20.90
Yes. Exactly.
00:37:20.94\00:37:22.27
You know, but in retrospect,
00:37:22.30\00:37:23.64
I see like,
"Man, you are so good."
00:37:23.67\00:37:25.97
Amen. Amen.
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.34
And as we read in Psalm 145:9,
"His mercy extends to all."
00:37:27.38\00:37:33.72
Yeah. And it's marvelous.
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.08
It's marvelous
because, you know, He loves us
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.62
whether we love Him or not.
00:37:37.65\00:37:39.35
He is there
whether we want Him or not,
00:37:39.39\00:37:42.39
but people choose to
walk away from the Lord
00:37:42.42\00:37:44.59
and that's when the
devil tries to take advantage
00:37:44.63\00:37:47.90
of the situation.
00:37:47.93\00:37:50.57
I'm going to tell
this story for some reason,
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.40
I need to tell it
00:37:52.43\00:37:53.77
and I mentioned
before that even the rich,
00:37:53.80\00:37:59.37
even though they are rich,
00:37:59.41\00:38:01.08
their idea of the dream
00:38:01.11\00:38:03.51
and get as much
money as they want.
00:38:03.55\00:38:05.95
This is a story from
Pastor Alejandro Bujon,
00:38:05.98\00:38:09.12
and he's a Spanish evangelist
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.12
well known in North,
Central, South America.
00:38:11.15\00:38:14.02
In the world.
00:38:14.06\00:38:15.39
Yeah, and he tells a story
00:38:15.42\00:38:17.09
that he received a
phone call in his office
00:38:17.13\00:38:20.30
that a man wanted to meet him
00:38:20.33\00:38:22.46
and gave him the address
of a very expensive restaurant
00:38:22.50\00:38:27.70
to meet him there.
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.07
And he says,
"Don't worry I will pay."
00:38:29.10\00:38:32.01
And so he went to meet him.
00:38:32.04\00:38:33.38
And he said, "The
reason I called you here is
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.68
because I see you on TV.
00:38:35.71\00:38:38.28
And you seem to have
something I don't have."
00:38:38.31\00:38:42.18
He said, "And I don't know
why you have this and I don't.
00:38:42.22\00:38:46.15
I am very rich, if
you're wondering how rich,
00:38:46.19\00:38:51.36
if I want something I can buy,
it doesn't matter what it is,
00:38:51.39\00:38:55.23
whether it's a
house, a boat, a plane,
00:38:55.26\00:38:58.33
I can buy whatever I want.
00:38:58.37\00:39:00.50
I have a big
home, I have many cars,
00:39:00.54\00:39:04.64
but I don't have peace,
00:39:04.67\00:39:06.74
and I don't have
a joy in my life.
00:39:06.78\00:39:08.64
I have all these
things but I don't have joy."
00:39:08.68\00:39:10.95
He says, "And I
want you to help me
00:39:10.98\00:39:13.55
'cause you have it
and I don't have it.
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.38
But these are the rules.
00:39:15.42\00:39:17.82
Don't talk to me about Jesus,
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.59
don't give me
any Bible scriptures,
00:39:19.62\00:39:22.66
but tell me how can I be happy?"
00:39:22.69\00:39:25.93
And this is, this
was South America,
00:39:25.96\00:39:28.23
this is Brazil
00:39:28.26\00:39:29.66
and what's one of the
popular sports over there?
00:39:29.70\00:39:32.07
Soccer.
00:39:32.10\00:39:33.64
So he said to him, "Look, I
can talk to you about soccer
00:39:33.67\00:39:38.24
if you want to,
00:39:38.27\00:39:39.64
but what's
that's gonna do for you.
00:39:39.67\00:39:42.91
I can talk to
you about the stocks
00:39:42.94\00:39:46.35
and the money going up
and down and all these things
00:39:46.38\00:39:49.15
but what is that
gonna do for you?
00:39:49.18\00:39:51.35
You already do these things,
00:39:51.39\00:39:52.72
you already know
about these things.
00:39:52.75\00:39:54.92
The truth is you
cannot find happiness.
00:39:54.96\00:39:56.89
No matter how
much money you have,
00:39:56.93\00:39:58.29
no matter how
many homes you own,
00:39:58.33\00:40:00.06
how many cars you
own, planes whatever it is,
00:40:00.10\00:40:02.76
you cannot truly find
happiness until you find Jesus."
00:40:02.80\00:40:07.80
And the man had
to realize that he,
00:40:07.84\00:40:10.04
a tear came to his eye
00:40:10.07\00:40:11.67
and he realized
that without Jesus,
00:40:11.71\00:40:14.74
you really
cannot find happiness.
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.85
Oh, yes, there are
some momentary pleasures
00:40:16.88\00:40:19.35
but no true happiness
can exist without God.
00:40:19.38\00:40:24.69
So that's the reality.
00:40:24.72\00:40:26.09
So if anyone is listening
and you're in this condition,
00:40:26.12\00:40:30.36
the answer is Jesus.
00:40:30.39\00:40:32.26
Amen.
00:40:32.29\00:40:33.63
I was thinking of
another favorite passage
00:40:33.66\00:40:36.33
I have particular from
the lesson you can learn from,
00:40:36.36\00:40:38.87
it's 2 Corinthians 1:3,
00:40:38.90\00:40:42.04
there are times when we go
through suffering and hardship
00:40:42.07\00:40:45.07
and we don't understand why,
00:40:45.11\00:40:46.98
but as we mentioned
that text in Isaiah earlier,
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.84
they actually can be for peace
and for other people's benefit.
00:40:49.88\00:40:52.45
Oh! Yes.
00:40:52.48\00:40:53.82
And it says,
sometimes our suffering,
00:40:53.85\00:40:56.32
we can derive
benefits from learning
00:40:56.35\00:40:57.72
that we can trust
God in difficulty.
00:40:57.75\00:40:59.59
But there's also reasons
that we go through these things
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.62
that that can be used
for a blessing for others.
00:41:01.66\00:41:04.23
2 Corinthians 1:3 says,
00:41:04.26\00:41:07.20
"Blessed be the God and
Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
00:41:07.23\00:41:10.10
the Father of mercies
and God of all comfort,
00:41:10.13\00:41:13.37
who comforts us in
all our tribulations
00:41:13.40\00:41:16.24
that we may be
able to comfort those
00:41:16.27\00:41:18.34
who are in any
trouble with the comfort
00:41:18.37\00:41:20.51
with which we
ourselves are comforted by God.
00:41:20.54\00:41:23.14
For as the sufferings
of Christ abound in us
00:41:23.18\00:41:25.65
so our consolation also
are balanced through Christ.
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.58
Now if we are afflicted,
00:41:28.62\00:41:29.95
it is for your
consolation and salvation,
00:41:29.98\00:41:32.49
which is effective for
enduring the same sufferings
00:41:32.52\00:41:34.76
which we also suffer.
00:41:34.79\00:41:36.32
Or if we are comforted
it is for your consolation
00:41:36.36\00:41:38.73
in salvation.
00:41:38.76\00:41:40.13
And our hope
for you is steadfast
00:41:40.16\00:41:42.63
because we know that as we are,
00:41:42.66\00:41:44.47
that as you're
particulars of the sufferings
00:41:44.50\00:41:47.04
so also you will
partake of the consolation."
00:41:47.07\00:41:50.51
The point Paul makes here
is that I can give the comfort
00:41:50.54\00:41:54.61
I received in my hardship to you
00:41:54.64\00:41:57.28
as you go through it too.
00:41:57.31\00:41:59.01
I now know the
language of your heart
00:41:59.05\00:42:01.25
that I couldn't have
known had I not suffered
00:42:01.28\00:42:03.18
what you suffered through.
00:42:03.22\00:42:04.72
And it gives us that bridge,
00:42:04.75\00:42:06.79
that ability to be able
to sympathize and communicate
00:42:06.82\00:42:10.16
that I've been there
and that this is the comfort
00:42:10.19\00:42:13.09
that God gave me
in this time of trial.
00:42:13.13\00:42:14.60
Amen.
00:42:14.63\00:42:15.96
And I know He can do it for you
00:42:16.00\00:42:17.33
and He says that my
confidence is steadfast
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.63
because I know that
00:42:19.67\00:42:21.00
just as you're
suffering as I suffered,
00:42:21.04\00:42:23.04
God can comfort you
just as He comforted me.
00:42:23.07\00:42:26.04
And so good can
come from our sufferings,
00:42:26.07\00:42:28.44
not just for ourselves but
also for the people around.
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.15
So there's blessing
as a result of suffering
00:42:31.18\00:42:34.48
not only for us but for others.
00:42:34.52\00:42:36.02
And that's great too
00:42:36.05\00:42:37.39
because also like everybody
has a ministry, you know...
00:42:37.42\00:42:40.82
We're all ministers.
00:42:40.86\00:42:42.19
I may be reach people
that you might not reach.
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.29
Or you might be able to
reach people that I can't reach,
00:42:44.33\00:42:46.70
you can reach
people that I can't reach.
00:42:46.73\00:42:48.36
So we all have
different frame of reference,
00:42:48.40\00:42:51.37
different personal experiences
like you're speaking of,
00:42:51.40\00:42:55.04
that people will
be able to relate to.
00:42:55.07\00:42:56.71
Amen. That's true.
00:42:56.74\00:42:58.07
Well, as a mom, it's hard
for me to attempt a counsel
00:42:58.11\00:43:04.25
from someone
who's never been a mom,
00:43:04.28\00:43:06.95
you know, about
how to race my kids.
00:43:06.98\00:43:08.92
I don't know if that happens
to you or am I too proud?
00:43:08.95\00:43:11.39
And oftentimes
those who don't have kids
00:43:11.42\00:43:13.29
they're so willing
to give you counsel.
00:43:13.32\00:43:16.36
It seems like...
00:43:16.39\00:43:17.73
That's right.
00:43:17.76\00:43:19.66
So you know, Lord help us,
00:43:19.69\00:43:22.36
the Lord have
blessed us with two boys
00:43:22.40\00:43:25.03
and your family splats well,
00:43:25.07\00:43:26.63
your whole family
works for 3ABN, right?
00:43:26.67\00:43:28.70
How many children?
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.17
I have four children.
00:43:30.21\00:43:31.57
That's right. Yeah.
00:43:31.61\00:43:33.07
Well, the two
boys work here now.
00:43:33.11\00:43:34.44
Denai just...
00:43:34.48\00:43:35.81
Oh, that's right. Yes.
00:43:35.84\00:43:37.18
Quit working
here. She's is Texas?
00:43:37.21\00:43:38.55
Yeah, she just moved.
00:43:38.58\00:43:39.91
And Danielle has volunteered,
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.58
she hasn't quite old enough
00:43:41.62\00:43:42.95
to actually be
working here yet so.
00:43:42.98\00:43:44.55
But she's got a
tremendous testimony,
00:43:44.59\00:43:47.66
tremendous ministry.
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.96
She composed this music
songs and it's incredible
00:43:49.99\00:43:53.96
how the Lord is
leading Danielle's life too.
00:43:54.00\00:43:57.13
So but as parents we go
through trials during the week.
00:43:57.17\00:44:02.20
And we have our own
experiences or challenges
00:44:02.24\00:44:08.54
but our children are
going through theirs too.
00:44:08.58\00:44:11.45
So as parents, we need
to set aside our challenges
00:44:11.48\00:44:17.32
to be able to
minister to our children.
00:44:17.35\00:44:19.49
How do we do that?
00:44:19.52\00:44:20.86
Well, sometimes we
can just share with them,
00:44:20.89\00:44:23.86
what God has brought us through
00:44:23.89\00:44:25.96
and what we struggled through...
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.03
Yes.
00:44:28.06\00:44:29.40
You know, growing up.
00:44:29.43\00:44:30.77
And so we can kind
of share that with them.
00:44:30.80\00:44:32.33
Yes.
00:44:32.37\00:44:33.70
And you were
speaking of children now,
00:44:33.74\00:44:36.60
last week Denai decided
00:44:36.64\00:44:39.14
to drive from
Dallas by herself home
00:44:39.17\00:44:42.24
and it's a 10 hour drive.
00:44:42.28\00:44:43.85
Right.
00:44:43.88\00:44:45.21
And she didn't get
here as soon as we thought
00:44:45.25\00:44:47.58
and she failed to
keep in contact with us.
00:44:47.62\00:44:50.79
So to say the least,
00:44:50.82\00:44:52.99
my husband and I did not
get real good sleep that night.
00:44:53.02\00:44:55.69
But you know, even
with that because, you know,
00:44:55.72\00:44:58.39
time came when she
should have been here
00:44:58.43\00:45:00.80
or could have been here
00:45:00.83\00:45:02.16
but wasn't and we
tried calling her,
00:45:02.20\00:45:04.83
couldn't reach her and you know,
00:45:04.87\00:45:09.04
but even then it
was like I was able to,
00:45:09.07\00:45:11.67
through God's grace I was
able to actually turn over.
00:45:11.71\00:45:14.74
We had prayer for her,
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.48
was able turn over and
get some real peaceful sleep.
00:45:16.51\00:45:19.75
I woke up a
couple hours later. Yes.
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.75
But you know, and
prayed for her again
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.95
and then was able
to sleep some more.
00:45:23.99\00:45:25.45
You know, and she made
it here fine, you know...
00:45:25.49\00:45:29.39
Praise the Lord.
00:45:29.42\00:45:30.76
I'm not sure why she
hadn't kept in contact with us.
00:45:30.79\00:45:34.20
She stopped and
slept along the way
00:45:34.23\00:45:35.93
that's why she had
taken a longer but...
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.30
Yeah.
00:45:37.33\00:45:38.67
You know, that was a
struggle with having kids,
00:45:38.70\00:45:43.27
you worry about them.
00:45:43.30\00:45:44.87
But there again
you just have to trust.
00:45:44.91\00:45:47.71
And I had to finally
say because I woke up then,
00:45:47.74\00:45:50.65
you know, after those
couple times of peaceful sleep
00:45:50.68\00:45:54.32
then I woke up and it was like,
00:45:54.35\00:45:55.68
I kept trying to go back
to sleep and saying, God,
00:45:55.72\00:45:58.19
you know, and it was like,
00:45:58.22\00:46:00.16
I just couldn't
get that peace back.
00:46:00.19\00:46:02.92
But then it's finally, "Okay,
God, you know where she is,
00:46:02.96\00:46:06.76
whatever," because
you know your mind goes...
00:46:06.80\00:46:08.40
Yes.
00:46:08.43\00:46:09.76
You go to the news
and here what you've heard
00:46:09.80\00:46:11.73
and you know, you put
your child in that situation.
00:46:11.77\00:46:14.07
And well, I said, "Okay, God,
00:46:14.10\00:46:16.97
you know where
she is at this moment,
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.84
I don't, you know.
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.21
You love her more than I do.
00:46:21.24\00:46:22.98
So I've got to
just say, she's yours."
00:46:23.01\00:46:25.88
She's coming home.
00:46:25.91\00:46:27.25
"And whatever it is,
you've got her taking care of."
00:46:27.28\00:46:31.65
Whether she's, you
know, you hate to think of it
00:46:31.69\00:46:35.09
but even if she was harmed,
00:46:35.12\00:46:37.29
you know, God
was there with her.
00:46:37.33\00:46:38.86
So I had to finally
just say, "Okay, God..."
00:46:38.89\00:46:41.56
"She's in your hands."
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
"She's in your
hands," and it wasn't easy.
00:46:42.96\00:46:46.17
Now, and we can identify too
00:46:46.20\00:46:48.30
because as we are far
apart from my families
00:46:48.34\00:46:52.44
and you know, one
time, oh, my goodness,
00:46:52.47\00:46:54.48
how many lessons do we
learn from our own kids, right?
00:46:54.51\00:46:58.31
You have given your parents
many, many special lessons
00:46:58.35\00:47:03.22
that no one else in the
world can give to a parents.
00:47:03.25\00:47:07.02
So one time,
quickly I wanted to say,
00:47:07.06\00:47:11.63
Samuel signed up to
go to a mission trip.
00:47:11.66\00:47:15.43
I said, "Samuel alias Dinzey,
00:47:15.46\00:47:18.53
how do you think
you're gonna get there?"
00:47:18.57\00:47:22.17
He says, "Well, mom, with a
lot of prayer and supplication."
00:47:22.20\00:47:27.71
"Okay, we'll pray.
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.54
The Lord will
provide," you know.
00:47:29.58\00:47:31.38
But when
they're out of our care,
00:47:31.41\00:47:34.05
whether you're sending
your children to school
00:47:34.08\00:47:37.09
and it's okay I
think to think about them
00:47:37.12\00:47:40.89
and worry to a
certain degree like,
00:47:40.92\00:47:43.83
I hope that they're doing
good and no one is bullying them
00:47:43.86\00:47:47.40
and all these challenges
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.40
that our children
face today in schools.
00:47:49.43\00:47:53.20
But it's
beautiful to be able to say,
00:47:53.23\00:47:56.81
you know, to come to
that point that you say,
00:47:56.84\00:47:59.77
"My kids are in the Lord's hands
00:47:59.81\00:48:02.44
and there's no peace
that can be compared to that."
00:48:02.48\00:48:06.45
So He has giving on His peace,
00:48:06.48\00:48:09.55
"Peace I leave with
you, my peace I give to you.
00:48:09.58\00:48:12.59
I don't I give to you
that's the world gives.
00:48:12.62\00:48:15.46
Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid."
00:48:15.49\00:48:18.96
John 14:27.
00:48:18.99\00:48:20.66
And that peace is
available for you today.
00:48:20.70\00:48:23.83
And how do we
get to the point of,
00:48:23.87\00:48:26.74
you know, I'm
praising the Lord today
00:48:26.77\00:48:29.14
because He's
carried me all week long.
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.84
I'm thankful for the Sabbath
00:48:31.87\00:48:33.74
because here we
are just talking about
00:48:33.78\00:48:36.44
how the Lord has provided,
00:48:36.48\00:48:38.81
you know, and but it's been
six days already that went by.
00:48:38.85\00:48:45.19
And sometimes
people come to church
00:48:45.22\00:48:48.26
or we may come to
church, I include myself in it.
00:48:48.29\00:48:51.03
And if a challenge happened
during the week, you know,
00:48:51.06\00:48:53.80
sometimes it's tugging at you.
00:48:53.83\00:48:56.03
How do you break away
from all those challenges
00:48:56.06\00:48:59.17
or it's something
that needs to be resolved
00:48:59.20\00:49:02.30
so you can rest on Sabbath.
00:49:02.34\00:49:04.37
You know, Idalia,
you just mentioned a word
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.78
that we said in the
beginning a few times.
00:49:06.81\00:49:08.34
Sabbath!
00:49:08.38\00:49:09.84
And I'm wondering if
somebody that is out there
00:49:09.88\00:49:13.18
has heard the
word and say, "Sabbath?
00:49:13.21\00:49:14.92
What in the world is a Sabbath?"
00:49:14.95\00:49:17.29
Well, we call the Sabbath,
the seventh day of the week
00:49:17.32\00:49:20.52
because God created the heavens
and the earth in six days.
00:49:20.56\00:49:23.06
We're just going to
briefly summarize this.
00:49:23.09\00:49:25.46
Created the heavens
and the earth in six days,
00:49:25.49\00:49:27.76
the Bible says and sanctified,
set apart the seventh day
00:49:27.80\00:49:30.97
which is Saturday for rest,
for His children that love Him.
00:49:31.00\00:49:36.04
And so in Exodus 20 we
are told to remember this,
00:49:36.07\00:49:39.94
I think I will read
Exodus 20:8-11 quickly,
00:49:39.97\00:49:43.78
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:49:43.81\00:49:46.38
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work
00:49:46.41\00:49:48.98
but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord
00:49:49.02\00:49:52.15
your God or thy God.
00:49:52.19\00:49:53.76
In it you will not do
any work, you nor your son,
00:49:53.79\00:49:56.73
nor your daughter,
nor your manservant,
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.63
nor your maid
servant, nor thy cattle,
00:49:58.66\00:50:01.20
nor your stranger
that is within thy gates,
00:50:01.23\00:50:03.26
for in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
00:50:03.30\00:50:06.13
the sea and all that in them
is and rested the seventh day.
00:50:06.17\00:50:10.01
Wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.77
and hallowed it."
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.14
And so He wants us to
remember the Sabbath day to rest
00:50:14.18\00:50:17.35
and stop the work and
stop all the secular activity
00:50:17.38\00:50:21.32
and to remember the Sabbath day.
00:50:21.35\00:50:22.68
Thus we got the Sabbath day,
the seventh day of the week.
00:50:22.72\00:50:25.05
So just in case
somebody is listening,
00:50:25.09\00:50:27.16
"Oh, Sabbath, they
keep saying Sabbath,
00:50:27.19\00:50:28.62
what is that?"
00:50:28.66\00:50:30.06
It's the day that we
rest and remember our Creator.
00:50:30.09\00:50:34.53
I wanna leave, go ahead Dee.
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.36
Oh, it's just coming
into answer your question
00:50:36.40\00:50:37.87
that God intended for rest to be
00:50:37.90\00:50:40.44
part of the human experience.
00:50:40.47\00:50:42.07
And He Himself went before us
to be able to give that to us.
00:50:42.10\00:50:46.11
And if He Himself can rest,
00:50:46.14\00:50:49.21
we can trust that the rest
00:50:49.24\00:50:50.58
that He provides
is sufficient, right?
00:50:50.61\00:50:51.95
Because like if God
took an actual vacation
00:50:51.98\00:50:54.68
that we would all cease
existing immediately, right?
00:50:54.72\00:50:56.89
Oh, yeah.
00:50:56.92\00:50:58.25
So we have need
of God's presence.
00:50:58.29\00:50:59.75
We had need of
God's labor for us.
00:50:59.79\00:51:01.76
But rest is a beautiful gift.
00:51:01.79\00:51:03.79
And even in the
Sabbath commandment
00:51:03.83\00:51:05.16
when it's
repeated in Deuteronomy 5.
00:51:05.19\00:51:08.06
He mentions the fact that,
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.56
"Nor your stranger
who is within your gates,"
00:51:09.60\00:51:11.03
it's in
Deuteronomy 5:14 and He says,
00:51:11.07\00:51:14.07
"That your male
servant and your female servant
00:51:14.10\00:51:16.24
may rest as well as you."
00:51:16.27\00:51:18.67
That rest is something that God
intended not just for believers
00:51:18.71\00:51:21.71
but for all.
00:51:21.74\00:51:23.08
That's right.
00:51:23.11\00:51:24.45
And that's one of the reasons
00:51:24.48\00:51:25.81
why we abstain
from going to places
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.62
where people would
have to work for us.
00:51:27.65\00:51:28.98
That's right.
00:51:29.02\00:51:30.35
To ensure that they
could be given the dignity
00:51:30.39\00:51:32.42
that God wants all
of us to have a rest.
00:51:32.45\00:51:35.22
And so when we find ourselves
bearing these heavy burdens
00:51:35.26\00:51:38.46
and not finding answers,
00:51:38.49\00:51:39.83
the safest and only
place to go is to God
00:51:39.86\00:51:42.96
who alone can give rest,
00:51:43.00\00:51:44.73
who alone
understands the true rest
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.43
that we need of heart.
00:51:46.47\00:51:47.80
And I know that sounds
quaint, yeah, just go to God
00:51:47.84\00:51:50.41
but He really is the
only answer for us to say,
00:51:50.44\00:51:52.34
"Look, I'm wrestling
with letting go of this,
00:51:52.37\00:51:55.34
I'm wrestling with
trusting you enough to let go."
00:51:55.38\00:51:58.65
To just communicate honestly
enough with God and to say,
00:51:58.68\00:52:01.22
that if Jesus knew how to
rest in you in my human flesh,
00:52:01.25\00:52:05.45
would you please allow
me to receive His rest?
00:52:05.49\00:52:09.19
And we can receive
00:52:09.22\00:52:10.73
the deficiencies
of our experience
00:52:10.76\00:52:12.13
because Christ taught them,
taught through our experiences.
00:52:12.16\00:52:15.83
You know, you
reminded me of our children.
00:52:15.86\00:52:18.70
When they were smaller
and we would tell them,
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.60
"Okay, now it's time
to get ready for bed."
00:52:20.64\00:52:22.57
"But I'm not tired."
00:52:22.60\00:52:25.44
You know, and people may
think, "Well, I'm not tired.
00:52:25.47\00:52:28.88
I can continue working."
00:52:28.91\00:52:30.55
But you see you do need rest.
00:52:30.58\00:52:33.25
And you don't know it.
00:52:33.28\00:52:35.48
Our kids needed rest
and they don't know it.
00:52:35.52\00:52:38.45
It's a refreshing, a
spiritual refreshment
00:52:38.49\00:52:40.86
that everyone needs
to pause from the work
00:52:40.89\00:52:43.96
and the
activities that overwhelm us
00:52:43.99\00:52:46.66
and to take the time
and to spend with the Lord
00:52:46.70\00:52:48.96
and to spend with
family, and to really let go
00:52:49.00\00:52:53.40
and focus on spiritual things.
00:52:53.44\00:52:56.10
And it's
something that we all need.
00:52:56.14\00:52:57.94
Go ahead.
00:52:57.97\00:52:59.31
I was just going to say,
00:52:59.34\00:53:00.68
and also like
Sabbath rest doesn't,
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.04
you know, so if
there are some people
00:53:02.08\00:53:04.15
that don't know
about the Sabbath like,
00:53:04.18\00:53:06.35
it doesn't mean
you just sleep all day.
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.15
That's right. Yeah.
You do good for others.
00:53:08.18\00:53:10.52
Let's go to the nursing
home, visit senior citizens,
00:53:10.55\00:53:14.06
visit people in the hospital.
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.69
You know, well, there's
a lot of different things
00:53:15.72\00:53:18.53
that you can do
to be a blessing.
00:53:18.56\00:53:20.63
Community of
believers, encouragement.
00:53:20.66\00:53:22.00
Absolutely.
00:53:22.03\00:53:23.37
Exactly, yeah, and sometimes
00:53:23.40\00:53:25.00
we have people
within our own congregation
00:53:25.03\00:53:27.84
that need a word
of encouragement,
00:53:27.87\00:53:29.50
need prayer.
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.34
I am blessed to have my friends,
00:53:31.37\00:53:33.64
the Babb family.
00:53:33.68\00:53:35.21
We can spend the
whole Sabbath at church.
00:53:35.24\00:53:37.98
You know, we've gone
to the nursing homes,
00:53:38.01\00:53:40.85
we've done all that.
00:53:40.88\00:53:43.18
Pathfinders activities together,
00:53:43.22\00:53:44.89
what haven't we done, right?
00:53:44.92\00:53:47.42
So, but I remember my kids
not wanting to leave church,
00:53:47.46\00:53:52.69
you know, they wanted
to stick with the family.
00:53:52.73\00:53:55.33
It's like,
literally they were our family
00:53:55.36\00:53:58.87
when we were growing,
the kids were growing up.
00:53:58.90\00:54:01.97
And sometimes we become selfish,
00:54:02.00\00:54:05.04
the older we get just
like we tell our kids,
00:54:05.07\00:54:07.41
"No we're not staying,
no we're not doing this,
00:54:07.44\00:54:09.44
no we're not staying
for fellowship dinner,
00:54:09.48\00:54:11.01
no this, no that."
00:54:11.05\00:54:12.38
And it becomes a no day
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.95
for our young
people, for our families.
00:54:14.98\00:54:17.69
So I just want to encourage
you to please your children too
00:54:17.72\00:54:22.49
because it is their
experience that you're feeding
00:54:22.52\00:54:27.73
for them to see
how special Sabbath is.
00:54:27.76\00:54:31.00
You know, it's
not about the food,
00:54:31.03\00:54:32.53
it's not about
the seeing friends
00:54:32.57\00:54:35.40
but it's part of.
00:54:35.44\00:54:37.54
Yeah, God intended a
blessing for all of man,
00:54:37.57\00:54:39.31
that's why He gave, in fact,
00:54:39.34\00:54:40.68
it's the first
blessing God gave to me
00:54:40.71\00:54:42.11
and it was to enter
into His rest immediately.
00:54:42.14\00:54:44.78
I mean, what had man done,
00:54:44.81\00:54:46.58
you know what I mean
00:54:46.61\00:54:47.95
in the span of
that time, not much.
00:54:47.98\00:54:49.72
The day before so... Yes.
00:54:49.75\00:54:51.49
So there's not a
whole other thing
00:54:51.52\00:54:52.95
that was like He needed,
00:54:52.99\00:54:54.36
you know, a whole lot of
toil that happened beforehand.
00:54:54.39\00:54:56.69
But God was
establishing a precedent
00:54:56.73\00:54:58.69
that this is a
blessing I have for you
00:54:58.73\00:55:00.20
that I'm
available to you in a way
00:55:00.23\00:55:01.76
that I'm not available to
you any other day of the week.
00:55:01.80\00:55:04.17
There's an extra
blessing of God's presence
00:55:04.20\00:55:06.10
and peace available that even
00:55:06.13\00:55:07.47
when man was separated from
God in the fall in the garden,
00:55:07.50\00:55:10.37
God's presence was
still available to man
00:55:10.41\00:55:12.51
after the fall on
this weekly basis.
00:55:12.54\00:55:15.14
And so it's a blessing for all.
00:55:15.18\00:55:16.64
Amen! Amen!
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.01
I would like to
read from Psalms 34
00:55:18.05\00:55:20.92
and I don't know
if we have enough time
00:55:20.95\00:55:22.62
but we'll try it.
00:55:22.65\00:55:24.05
Psalms 34:8,
00:55:24.09\00:55:25.49
that's all I'm
gonna read, Psalms 34:8.
00:55:25.52\00:55:28.02
"Oh taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:55:28.06\00:55:32.23
Blessed is the man and
woman that trust in Him."
00:55:32.26\00:55:36.63
Psalms 34:8.
00:55:36.67\00:55:38.00
So I want to maybe ask if it's,
00:55:38.03\00:55:39.73
if we can give a word of
encouragement to somebody,
00:55:39.77\00:55:42.30
maybe we'll start
with Dee, go to Jay
00:55:42.34\00:55:44.11
and then Sister
Valera and then Idalia,
00:55:44.14\00:55:46.04
I will try to say
something if there's time.
00:55:46.07\00:55:48.11
What word of encouraging
can we give to someone to taste
00:55:48.14\00:55:50.35
and see that the Lord is good
00:55:50.38\00:55:51.71
or maybe they're
going to a difficult time?
00:55:51.75\00:55:53.08
Sure, there's a God in
heaven who loves you immensely,
00:55:53.11\00:55:55.68
who longs to commune with you
00:55:55.72\00:55:57.22
and would love to hear from you.
00:55:57.25\00:55:58.95
And His invitation is to,
00:55:58.99\00:56:00.69
"Taste and see
that I am indeed good."
00:56:00.72\00:56:02.82
And the only
way we will find out
00:56:02.86\00:56:04.19
is by giving Him
that opportunity.
00:56:04.23\00:56:05.96
Absolutely.
00:56:05.99\00:56:07.33
And I would say to, you
know, whoever's watching is
00:56:07.36\00:56:10.77
that the only way
that you can taste and see
00:56:10.80\00:56:13.84
is through your own experience.
00:56:13.87\00:56:15.74
You can't, if I am
drinking this glass of water,
00:56:15.77\00:56:19.01
you can't taste this
particular glass of water.
00:56:19.04\00:56:23.61
You have to have your
own walk with the Lord
00:56:23.65\00:56:26.55
and spend time with Him,
00:56:26.58\00:56:27.98
develop a relationship with Him.
00:56:28.02\00:56:30.15
And time is short
so I would start today.
00:56:30.19\00:56:32.89
Amen. Amen.
00:56:32.92\00:56:34.76
I just encourage you
to just to rely on Him
00:56:34.79\00:56:39.93
and to test Him at His Word.
00:56:39.96\00:56:44.33
Get your Bible out
and start looking through
00:56:44.37\00:56:48.00
whatever you're going through,
00:56:48.04\00:56:49.37
find verses that meet your need.
00:56:49.40\00:56:51.27
Amen.
00:56:51.31\00:56:52.64
Something I've done recently
00:56:52.67\00:56:54.01
is the Lord's
Prayer is in Matthew 6.
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And I've been praying that a lot
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and just taking steps in that.
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And it's just really
been a blessing to me.
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Amen. Amen.
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I say it real quick.
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James 1:2-3,
"Consider it pure joy,
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my brothers and sisters,
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whenever you face
trials of many kinds,
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because you know that
the testing of your faith
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produces perseverance."
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we hope
you have been blessed
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during this hour
we shared together,
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we want to say once
again happy Sabbath to you.
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May the Lord be
with you. Happy Sabbath.
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And remember, give your
heart to the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you will find
peace and happiness
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that begins in this
world and continues forever.
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God bless. Amen.
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