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 we welcome
you to 3ABN Family Worship.
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It's Sabbath evening,
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it's rolling in
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and what a joy it
is to get together
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and to sing and to
study the word of God.
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I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm JD Quinn.
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And let me introduce hereby...
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These are our some
of our best friends.
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We got precious
Mollie over here, Jason,
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we have Louis here, and Johnny.
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And we're just
glad that we can be here
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to be able to study
this wonderful topic
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"God being with us."
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Our topic tonight is
God's presence is with me.
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And what I'd like to do is
open in prayer what I will do,
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I am going to pray
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the scriptures that
we will be discussing.
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And that's just we
pray that back to the Lord
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because His Word
does not return void.
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Let's pray. Yeah.
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Heavenly Father,
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we thank You
that You are with us
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at every moment and
every step of the way.
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We thank You
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that You never
leave or forsake us.
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Lord, we know Your voice,
and we listen to Your voice.
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Help us to listen to Your voice.
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Thank You that You impressed
Your thoughts upon our minds
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in a still small
voice of the Lord,
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instructs us in the
way that we should go.
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Lord, we will not follow
the voice of the stranger
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as You protect us, Lord.
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We acknowledge Your
constant presence with us
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and in Your presence
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we find fullness of joy
and set our hearts at rest.
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We pray, Father,
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that You will
watch over Your Word
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to perform it in our
lives and we thank you, Lord,
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for all in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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To go along with our theme
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that His presence
is always with us,
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the perfect song
is in the garden,
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"I come to the garden alone"
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where we're
celebrating the presence of God.
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Now we want you to
sing at home with us,
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this is number 487
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist hymnal
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but the words will be on the...
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Appear at the
bottom of your screen.
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Help us sing, I've got
a scar on my vocal cord,
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we all are having a
little, some issues,
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so help us make it
joyful present to the Lord.
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And we have Jill
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that's gonna be
playing the piano for us.
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I come to the garden alone
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While the dew is
still on the roses
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And the voice I
hear, falling on my ear
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The Son
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Of God discloses
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And He walks with me
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And He talks with me
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And He tells me I am His own
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And the joy we
share as we tarry there
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None other has ever known
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He speaks and the
sound of His voice
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Is so sweet the
birds hush their singing
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And the melody
that He gave to me
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Within my heart
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Is ringing
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And He walks with me
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And He talks with me
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And He tells me I am His own
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And the joy we share
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As we tarry there
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None other
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Has ever known
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I'd stay in the garden with Him
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Though the night
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Around me be falling
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But He bids me go
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Through the voice of woe
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His voice to me
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Is calling
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And He walks with me
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And He talks with me
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And He tells me I am His own
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And the joy we share
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As we tarry there
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None other
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Has ever known
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I love that song.
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We want to thank
our sister Jill Morikone
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for playing the piano for us.
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And, you know, this song
brings back memories to me
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that are very special.
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My mother had
had complete cardiac
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and respiratory arrest,
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and they revived
her after 16 minutes.
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So she had some
issues, she was in a coma,
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and I spent 20 hours a day,
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actually 22, I'd run home
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and take a shower
and change and come back.
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But I was in intensive
care, 22 hours a day with her.
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And I would sing
this song to her.
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And the doctor...
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And I'd do Jane Fonda exercises
with her legs and tell her
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okay, mama, time
for you Jane Fonda.
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And, you know, something
that was so interesting,
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the doctor kept
telling me she can't hear you,
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she doesn't
know what's going on,
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and when she
came out of that coma,
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you know what she said
to me thank you for singing
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I come to the garden alone
but what's with the Jane Fonda.
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So the last thing, I just
want to encourage you at home,
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if you've got a loved
one who's in that position,
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the last thing to
go was the hearing,
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you talk to them, you tell
them how much you love them.
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And, oh, I'm excited
about our topic tonight.
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Amen. Let me just say this.
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How many of you all
probably have been guilty?
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But how many of you at
home have ever prayed like this?
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Oh, Lord, be with
us through the night,
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be with so and so as
they go on this trip,
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be with, be with.
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And I feel like the...
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Sometime ago, Lord,
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when I was
praying saying be with,
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you know our
difference, and God said,
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"I'm with you always,
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I never leave
you or forsake you."
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So now what I try to
do is when I'm praying,
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I just say Lord,
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give us a divine
awareness of Your presence.
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Thank You that
You're with us at all times
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because it's kind
of like telling God,
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oh, Lord, be our savior
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when He is our savior, right?
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That's right. Amen.
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He's always with us,
He never forsakes us.
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So, Mollie, I think you've
got one of the great promises
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that we're gonna begin
with, Hebrews 13:5 and 6.
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Well, I want to
take this scripture
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and just kind of break it down.
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And then I want
to kind of land on,
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I will never leave
you nor forsake you.
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So let me read to you, Hebrews
13:5 and 6, the scripture says,
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"Let your conduct be
without covetousness,
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be content with
such things as you have,
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for he himself has said,
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I will never leave
you, nor forsake you."
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What a beautiful promise. Amen.
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"So we may boldly
say, The Lord is my helper,
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I will not fear
what can man do to me."
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And that is such
a beautiful promise.
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Okay, let's break
these scriptures down.
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Let your conduct,
what is your conduct?
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Way you act. Way you act.
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The way you live your life.
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Let your conduct be
without covetousness.
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Now covetousness,
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that is just a
ugly word, isn't it?
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Yes, it is. Covetousness.
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Covetous means to
be greedy, grasping,
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showing a strong desire
for material possessions.
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Covetousness
implies inordinate desire
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for another
person's possessions.
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So our daily living is to be
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without greed or grasping
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or showing strong desire
for someone else's materials.
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The scripture goes
on to say, "Be content."
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Now that's a beautiful word.
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I like that word content,
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and what does
the word content mean
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if you're content?
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You're happy with what you have,
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you're not needing more.
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Happy... That is right.
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It's just a stay
of peaceful happiness.
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Oh, doesn't that sound so
much better than covetous.
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Yes. Yeah. Amen.
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Okay.
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And I just wanted to
share this from Philippians.
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This is Paul talking,
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so we're going to
jump over to another place
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where Paul talks
about contentment
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and I just love
the Apostle Paul.
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This man, he has had
some of the greatest struggles
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that any of us
read about in the Bible.
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Philippians 4:11-13,
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"Not that I speak
in regard to need,
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for I have
learned in whatever state
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I am meant to be content."
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And this is what Paul says,
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"I know how to be abased,
and I know how to abound.
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Everywhere and in all things
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I have learned both to
be full and to be hungry,
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both to abound
and to suffer need.
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I can do..."
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Here's this beautiful scripture.
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I can do what?
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All things through
Christ who strengthens me.
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Paul penned these words.
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Now, listen to this,
Paul penned these words
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to the Philippian Church
while he was in a prison cell.
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So in this prison cell, he says,
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"I'm content,
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I've learnt how to be abased,
I've learned how to abound,
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and I have learned,
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I can do all things
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but it's only through Christ
that when He strengthens us.
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Thank God for that.
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Okay, now let's jump back
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to contentment.
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For Paul to have
found contentment
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even under such
adverse circumstances,
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there must have been something,
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someplace for that
contentment to come from
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because his
outward circumstances
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didn't in any way
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cause him to have contentment.
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And I'm just going
to share Philippians...
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Pardon me, Psalms 121:1 and 2,
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"I will lift up
my eyes to the hills
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from whence comes my help.
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My help comes from the
Lord who made heaven and earth."
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Then Paul goes on to say,
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back to our original scriptures
that's Hebrews 13:5-6,
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he says, "For he
himself has said,
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'I will never leave
you nor forsake you.'"
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And that's what our scriptures,
God's presence is with me,
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that's what we're
looking at today, and God,
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it says, God himself has said,
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"I will never leave
you nor forsake you."
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So you go to Joshua 1:1
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and we're going to
look here in Joshua,
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"After the death of
Moses, the servant of the Lord,
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it came to pass
that the Lord spoke..."
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Now this is the
Lord speaking to Joshua,
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the son of Nun, and he proceeds
to give Joshua instruction
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on possessing the land,
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and then in verse 5,
the Lord Himself says,
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"No man shall be able to stand
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before you all
the days of your life
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as I was with Moses
so I will be with you."
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How many of you would like God
to make that statement to you?
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This scripture, all scripture
is given by inspiration of God.
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It's profitable
to every one of us
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so the Lord is saying here.
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"All the days of your
life as I was with Moses
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I will be with you."
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He goes on to say,
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"I will not leave
you nor forsake you."
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And I just want to say this.
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It wasn't Paul's
external situation
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that gave him contentment.
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It was God's
presence that was with him
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that gave him that contentment,
so the same presence,
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God's promise
to every one of us.
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Luis, God will never leave
you, He will never forsake you.
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He will keep
you in perfect peace
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whose mind is stayed on him.
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And godliness with
contentment is great gain.
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Great gain. Amen.
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Thank you, Mollie.
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But let me ask
you this question.
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Has anybody ever
experienced a time
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where they felt like
God had abandoned them?
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Can you think of any time, Luis?
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Yeah, actually I can.
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There was a
period of time in my life
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that God had asked me
to go back home to Windsor
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to take care of
my family, and...
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Where's Windsor?
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Windsor in Canada. Okay.
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And I was refusing
because I had a good job,
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my wife had a good
job, and everything.
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And for about a six period time,
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six month period,
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I really felt
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that the funny
thing is every time
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that you feel that
God is not with you
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because you are the one
that is not doing His work.
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So anytime that you,
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that you are in that situation
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it's when you need
to go to your needs
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is when you need to
go and find His presence
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because He's always there.
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Like you said,
"He will never..."
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The word never doesn't
mean sometimes or always,
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He says He's never
going to leave you...
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Never gonna leave you.
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So even in the times
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when you feel
that you are alone,
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those are the times
that He's carrying you.
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You know, those are the
times that you're looking back,
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there's only one
set of footprints,
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and that's the footprints of God
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that's taken care
of you through side,
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but I felt like the
Israelites when God says,
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okay, you want to
do your own thing,
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I'm gonna leave
you alone for a while,
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and it was the worst
experience of my life.
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Any moment that...
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Those six months were
so difficult to go through
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because I can't fathom.
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I can't
understand a day without God.
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You know, and I'm amazed
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what we're going
to talk about today
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because when you
feel God's presence
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that's when you truly
feel that you have arrived,
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that you have made it.
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But, yes, I do
remember that period of time,
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and the moment that
I was faithful to God,
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the moment that I decided, okay,
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it's finished, and I severed
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all the
relationships in Phoenix.
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Right away, I
felt His presence back,
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and it's amazing how that works.
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You know, just a very...
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I know we need to move on,
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just want to say one quick thing
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'cause it occurred to me.
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There may be
somebody that's watching
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that you don't
feel God's presence.
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You've accepted
Christ as your savior,
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and then, of course,
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that is, I mean, if you
want God to be with you,
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the Holy Spirit has to be in,
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you have to be
open to receiving Him,
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but I do believe that
the one time that I can,
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comes to my mind is
when my mother was very ill.
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I had been taught
to have faith in faith.
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In other words, I was taught
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if I only had
enough faith God had to do,
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you know, as I would
pray His promises back to Him
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that it's like
"God had to do or this,"
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and I was praying so hard
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for her healing,
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and things just kept
getting worse and worse.
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She was actual, my
mother was bipolar,
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and she was going
through a very bad time.
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And I got so mad at
God 'cause it was like,
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I didn't feel He
was with me at all,
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and I got so mad at God
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that I literally
shook my fist in His face
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and walked away
from Him for a while.
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Now He chased me
down with His love.
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But I just want to say
to you at home, don't...
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We've got to let God be God,
and we can't put God in a box.
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When we claim His promises,
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we need to be trusting
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that the Lord is always with us.
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He sees the end
from the beginning.
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He knows what's best for us,
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and, you know, precious
in the sight of the Lord
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is the death of his saints.
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Some people feel like,
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"If their loved one has
died that God wasn't with them."
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That doesn't mean
that God wasn't with them.
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He was there to as you
said carry them through,
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and that's something
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that I just felt
was important to say.
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Luis, I think, you have
our next scripture reference
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which is John 10:14-15.
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I do.
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It says,
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"I am the good
shepherd and my sheep,
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and I know my sheep,
and my sheep know me."
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Amen.
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You know, I...
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This verse brings
so much memories to me,
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and I'm looking at, as you know,
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I've come from a
communist country,
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then I moved to a different,
you know, I've gone to three,
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four different countries,
I'm a Canadian citizen,
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and through all that time,
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I have felt God being
the shepherd in my life.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, when we
read verses like this,
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and we look at our
daily devotion with God,
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and we look at how he
wakes us up in the morning.
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I don't know how
many of you guys,
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God wakes them up
with a song in their heart,
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but he wakes me up
with a song in my heart.
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You know, and it's beautiful
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because I know
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when the day is
going to be wonderful
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because depends on the song
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that it's in my
heart depends on how,
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and it's always a smile,
and it's always wonderful.
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There isn't a bad day with God.
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There are bad situations,
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there are bad
things that happen,
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but there is never
a bad day with God.
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You can have
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the most stressful time in life.
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Yes.
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You can go to the
point where you are in tears,
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but at the same time
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you can bounce back and it says,
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"God, you are a mighty
God, and you are an amazing God"
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because you can hear His voice.
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You can understand
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what He's trying
to do in your life.
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You can know
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that when this verse
talks about and it says,
00:20:07.14\00:20:10.54
"Just as the Father
knows me, I know the Father."
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You know, it's
beautiful to understand that.
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When you read through the Bible,
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when you read Christ's account,
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when you read what
He had to go through.
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He has gone through
every trial and tribulations
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that you have gone
through and then some.
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You know, the
interesting part is,
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Shelley,
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I mean, Mollie, you have,
you have gone through trials
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that Shelley has
not gone through.
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Jason, you have
gone through trials
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that JD hasn't gone through.
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I have gone through trials
00:20:44.17\00:20:45.51
that my Pastor John
Dinzey hasn't gone through.
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But Jesus had experienced
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all of our
trials at the same time,
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and what this verse
is telling you is that,
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if you understand
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and you have a full
connection with Christ,
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like you were saying, earlier,
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He is never gonna
leave us nor forsake us.
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Amen. Amen.
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He is always going to
find a way to mend us,
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to help us, to grow
us, to encourage us.
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I don't know how many
countless of opportunities
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that God has opened for me
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that when I first walk
in that, that challenge,
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I'm saying, "Lord, You
have chosen the wrong person.
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I don't know what You think,
what talents You think I have,
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but I think You
need to ask someone else,
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and once I submit myself,
and once I surrender myself,
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then I start
uncovering the union effect
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and I started
uncovering all of these talents
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that I had no idea I had.
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And this is where this comes in.
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When you have
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a personal
relationship with God,
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when you are in a
personal walk with God,
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when you understand His voice...
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Amen.
00:22:02.08\00:22:04.85
Then is when you can say
00:22:04.89\00:22:09.26
and you can feel His character
being reflected in you.
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Amen.
00:22:14.13\00:22:15.46
You know, to me
that just ties in exactly
00:22:15.50\00:22:17.43
what Mollie was just reading
00:22:17.47\00:22:18.80
because if indeed He
is the good shepherd,
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if it is indeed true
that He knows His sheep
00:22:21.87\00:22:24.61
and we know Him,
00:22:24.64\00:22:26.51
then we know that
He will never leave us,
00:22:26.54\00:22:28.91
so that ties us in dealing
with God's presence is with me.
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Correct.
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He is there continually
because of that reciprocation.
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Yeah, the only interesting
part of this is that as I go,
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the older I get
and the more I like,
00:22:40.49\00:22:43.79
you know, as the
head elder of the church,
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I have to be
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
the spiritual
leader of the church,
00:22:46.56\00:22:48.56
and like you guys know,
00:22:48.60\00:22:49.93
I go to prison ministries,
I go all these things.
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As I'm teaching and as
I'm showing individuals,
00:22:52.53\00:22:56.47
I'm trying to let them know.
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Listen if you, the
Bible clearly says,
00:22:58.61\00:23:01.71
"If you love Me, you
keep My commandments."
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You know, when
you get to the point
00:23:04.31\00:23:06.25
where you are
following God to the full extent
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.72
that you are actually
reflecting His character,
00:23:08.75\00:23:11.79
and you are
actually following everything
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.32
that He has asked you to do.
00:23:14.36\00:23:16.26
You are a different sheep.
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Amen.
00:23:18.26\00:23:19.63
And the way that you,
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.23
that you walk,
the way that you talk,
00:23:21.26\00:23:23.50
the way that you experience,
00:23:23.53\00:23:25.03
the way that you
filter information
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.94
that is coming to
you is totally different.
00:23:26.97\00:23:30.07
The sad part is
those individuals
00:23:30.11\00:23:31.84
that feel that
00:23:31.87\00:23:33.21
they are God's
sheep and they are not,
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.78
they are following
a different shepherd.
00:23:35.81\00:23:37.65
You know, when
we were in Israel,
00:23:37.68\00:23:39.11
do you remember
the story, Mollie,
00:23:39.15\00:23:40.48
we heard a wonderful
story of Malcolm Cartier
00:23:40.52\00:23:43.79
who was our guide,
00:23:43.82\00:23:45.15
was telling us
00:23:45.19\00:23:46.52
that when a shepherd has a sheep
00:23:46.55\00:23:49.02
that just keeps
running off into peril,
00:23:49.06\00:23:51.63
keeps going into a
dangerous situation,
00:23:51.66\00:23:54.53
he will take that
sheep, break its little leg,
00:23:54.56\00:23:59.00
and then set it,
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and then he has to carry
the sheep around his neck
00:24:00.40\00:24:03.57
for a couple of months.
00:24:03.61\00:24:05.47
But during that time the sheep,
00:24:05.51\00:24:09.04
the little lamb gets to
know the shepherd's voice,
00:24:09.08\00:24:12.85
he develops this
really close relationship
00:24:12.88\00:24:16.32
with the shepherd,
00:24:16.35\00:24:17.69
and when he is healed
00:24:17.72\00:24:19.22
and the shepherd puts him down,
00:24:19.25\00:24:20.96
he will never leave
the side of the shepherd.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.69
He recognizes this
shepherd as his provider,
00:24:23.73\00:24:26.70
as the one who guides
him, and instructs him,
00:24:26.73\00:24:29.20
and keeps him out of danger.
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.07
And, you know, that's
what I love about knowing
00:24:31.10\00:24:34.97
about God's presence with us.
00:24:35.00\00:24:36.40
Let's look at John 10:27.
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Here's two more
signatures of the sheep.
00:24:40.14\00:24:43.35
First, the sheep know
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.58
who the shepherd is as you read,
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.62
but here's two more signatures.
00:24:47.65\00:24:49.72
He said, this is
Jesus speaking again,
00:24:49.75\00:24:53.05
and He says, "The
sheep that are my own..."
00:24:53.09\00:24:56.19
Those who have accepted
Me as their savior, "hear."
00:24:56.22\00:25:01.36
And that means
00:25:01.40\00:25:03.13
they are
listening to what he says,
00:25:03.16\00:25:04.60
I'm reading out
of the Amplified.
00:25:04.63\00:25:06.37
"The sheep that are My own hear,
00:25:06.40\00:25:08.80
and are listening to My voice.
00:25:08.84\00:25:14.81
And I know them,
and they follow Me."
00:25:14.84\00:25:21.38
This is where
you were just saying,
00:25:21.42\00:25:23.79
He said, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.35
So the sheep
hear, they believe in,
00:25:26.39\00:25:31.93
and they follow with
a response of obedience.
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And, you know, when
you think about this,
00:25:37.20\00:25:39.70
you know, I want to take
this just a little bit deeper.
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What's the number one
way that God speaks to us?
00:25:42.80\00:25:46.41
Through His Word.
Right here, through His Word.
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So in the Old
Testament in the Hebrew,
00:25:49.88\00:25:53.92
to hear meant to obey.
00:25:53.95\00:25:59.09
When you heard something,
00:25:59.12\00:26:00.46
it meant you were going to obey,
00:26:00.49\00:26:02.12
but there's
something that I have to say
00:26:02.16\00:26:05.59
because this is very
special to me is that in...
00:26:05.63\00:26:11.87
Excuse me,
Psalm 46:10, God says,
00:26:11.90\00:26:16.27
"Be still and
know that I am God."
00:26:16.30\00:26:19.67
And when we
think of 1 Kings 19:12,
00:26:19.71\00:26:23.61
remember when Elijah
was up on the mountain,
00:26:23.65\00:26:27.08
and the winds came,
and the earthquake came,
00:26:27.12\00:26:30.45
and everything came,
00:26:30.49\00:26:32.02
and God's voice
wasn't in all of that.
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But all of a sudden
00:26:34.99\00:26:36.42
he hears the still
small voice of the Lord.
00:26:36.46\00:26:40.76
And then the Lord is speaking
to Elijah and he responds,
00:26:40.80\00:26:46.43
and God bring
him up out of this.
00:26:46.47\00:26:48.90
What I was thinking is this.
00:26:48.94\00:26:51.11
In the Bible,
anytime it talks about
00:26:51.14\00:26:54.21
the audible voice of the Lord,
00:26:54.24\00:26:57.35
like Revelation says, it's like,
00:26:57.38\00:26:59.51
"Many rushing waters."
00:26:59.55\00:27:01.58
The audible voice of
the Lord is so powerful,
00:27:01.62\00:27:04.99
remember the Israelites
at the foot of Mount Sinai,
00:27:05.02\00:27:09.06
and they heard the
audible voice of the Lord,
00:27:09.09\00:27:11.19
what did they do,
Mollie, they quake.
00:27:11.23\00:27:13.29
Yeah.
00:27:13.33\00:27:14.66
Their little
knees were knocking.
00:27:14.70\00:27:16.63
Of course, God comes
down in with pyrotechnics,
00:27:16.67\00:27:19.63
He is, He is...
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.00
Because they've forgotten
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.37
how awesome and powerful He was.
00:27:22.40\00:27:24.14
And, you know, I
think that's what
00:27:24.17\00:27:25.51
every one of us would do.
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.78
If we were to hear
the audible voice of God,
00:27:27.81\00:27:31.18
that would be a
quaking situation
00:27:31.21\00:27:33.35
for everyone of us.
00:27:33.38\00:27:35.08
And I know people who think
that possibly they have heard,
00:27:35.12\00:27:38.39
I knew a man who
was an alcoholic,
00:27:38.42\00:27:40.76
he was a farmer,
he fell into a ditch,
00:27:40.79\00:27:43.93
I mean, he passed out literally,
00:27:43.96\00:27:46.06
and his face was under
water, and all of a sudden,
00:27:46.09\00:27:49.36
he heard the voice of the Lord.
00:27:49.40\00:27:51.10
He said, it was
audible to him, and he got up,
00:27:51.13\00:27:54.50
and he gave his
heart to the Lord.
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.10
But I think
that when Jesus says,
00:27:56.14\00:28:00.24
"My sheep that are My own,
00:28:00.28\00:28:02.91
they hear and are
listening to My voice."
00:28:02.94\00:28:05.35
I think,
sometimes we need to listen,
00:28:05.38\00:28:07.98
we need to be
still before the Lord.
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.39
He will never speak to us,
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.55
I believe that
the still small voice
00:28:12.59\00:28:15.12
is the Holy Spirit
speaking to our hearts.
00:28:15.16\00:28:18.49
And I'll bet everybody at home,
00:28:18.53\00:28:21.03
that's been
Christian for any time,
00:28:21.06\00:28:22.80
if I ask, how many of
you know that you know
00:28:22.83\00:28:26.13
that God has impressed
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.50
His thought upon
your mind before?
00:28:27.54\00:28:29.40
You just talked about
it, and Him leading you,
00:28:29.44\00:28:31.77
that's the still
small voice of the Lord.
00:28:31.81\00:28:34.58
And I think that we should...
00:28:34.61\00:28:38.31
The Holy Spirit is in,
00:28:38.35\00:28:39.68
and that's when God
impresses His thoughts
00:28:39.71\00:28:41.42
by the power of
the Holy Spirit on us.
00:28:41.45\00:28:43.89
He will never lead us in a way
00:28:43.92\00:28:47.22
that is contrary to the written
word ever, never, never, never.
00:28:47.26\00:28:52.33
And some people when I remember
00:28:52.36\00:28:54.10
when I first did
pressing into His presence,
00:28:54.13\00:28:58.30
some people just got
00:28:58.33\00:28:59.67
a little bent
out of shape to say,
00:28:59.70\00:29:02.10
"You think you could hear
00:29:02.14\00:29:03.47
the voice of the
Lord speaking to you?"
00:29:03.51\00:29:05.87
Oh, yeah, I know He
put thoughts on my mind.
00:29:05.91\00:29:09.24
I just want to read this to you
because I think it's precious.
00:29:09.28\00:29:12.58
This is from The Desire of Ages
00:29:12.61\00:29:16.58
written in 1898,
00:29:16.62\00:29:18.95
page 3633.3 from E.G. White,
00:29:18.99\00:29:24.63
and here's what she says,
00:29:24.66\00:29:26.76
"We must individually
hear Him speaking to the heart.
00:29:26.80\00:29:32.73
When every
other voice is hushed,
00:29:32.77\00:29:35.57
and in quietness
we wait before Him,
00:29:35.60\00:29:39.57
the silence of the soul makes
more distinct the voice of God.
00:29:39.61\00:29:45.51
He bids us,
00:29:45.55\00:29:47.02
"Be still, and
know that I am God.'"
00:29:47.05\00:29:50.85
There are times
00:29:50.89\00:29:53.56
when you're seeking direction.
00:29:53.59\00:29:56.86
You see, God is always
with us but we get so busy,
00:29:56.89\00:30:01.33
we don't always listen.
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.70
I always had
belief that the reason
00:30:02.73\00:30:04.60
He came to the shepherds,
00:30:04.63\00:30:05.97
the angel came
00:30:06.00\00:30:07.34
and announced it
to the shepherds,
00:30:07.37\00:30:09.40
it's 'cause they were
out in the stillness away
00:30:09.44\00:30:11.74
from the hustle
and bustle of stuff,
00:30:11.77\00:30:14.34
and they could listen.
00:30:14.38\00:30:15.71
But we get so
busy with our lives,
00:30:15.74\00:30:18.51
don't we, that
sometimes we don't listen.
00:30:18.55\00:30:22.92
When I was praying an
hour or two hours everyday
00:30:22.95\00:30:25.49
and I did that
for about 12 years.
00:30:25.52\00:30:27.66
Every morning, I would feel
like God impressed a thought,
00:30:27.69\00:30:32.46
it's not that
He's telling everything
00:30:32.49\00:30:33.83
that's going to happen
00:30:33.86\00:30:35.20
and it's interesting
how God does talk to us.
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.23
Sometimes He gives us
this little hint of something,
00:30:37.27\00:30:39.73
He'd tell me to look it up.
00:30:39.77\00:30:41.50
But when I quit that practice,
00:30:41.54\00:30:46.78
just time constraints,
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.14
you know what happened,
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.58
I don't hear the voice
of the Lord like I used to.
00:30:50.61\00:30:52.88
You just can't rush in
and out in five minutes
00:30:52.91\00:30:56.35
and think God's gonna...
You're going to hear from Him.
00:30:56.38\00:30:58.75
So I just want to
encourage those of you at home,
00:30:58.79\00:31:02.22
if you feel
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.29
that you really need
direction from the Lord,
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.86
He is your shepherd,
He knows you intimately.
00:31:07.90\00:31:11.73
And you will hear His voice,
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.97
the more of the
word that you understand,
00:31:14.00\00:31:15.87
the better you're going
to understand His voice.
00:31:15.90\00:31:18.17
And if you don't
know the word very well,
00:31:18.21\00:31:20.08
you check and make
sure that anything you think
00:31:20.11\00:31:22.68
that God is
impressing upon your heart,
00:31:22.71\00:31:25.41
you check with
other Christians to say,
00:31:25.45\00:31:27.12
this is lined up with scripture.
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.45
But we need to sometimes
just get still before the Lord
00:31:29.48\00:31:34.06
when we are really
seeking Him for direction.
00:31:34.09\00:31:36.79
You know,
00:31:36.83\00:31:38.16
"Lord, are you really asking
me to move back to Canada?"
00:31:38.19\00:31:43.67
And so, you just need to
be still before the Lord,
00:31:43.70\00:31:46.37
and I just think
this is a promise
00:31:46.40\00:31:48.00
that I claimed
a long time before
00:31:48.04\00:31:51.07
I actually felt that
I heard from the Lord.
00:31:51.11\00:31:53.61
But I mean, other
than of course in His word,
00:31:53.64\00:31:56.38
but again, He
says in John 10:27,
00:31:56.41\00:32:01.88
"The sheep that are My own hear
and are listening to My voice.
00:32:01.92\00:32:08.16
I know them,"
00:32:08.19\00:32:09.52
That's it, intimate
experiential knowledge"
00:32:09.56\00:32:12.69
"and they follow Me
in an obedient response."
00:32:12.73\00:32:17.27
Johnny, I think
you've got the next one.
00:32:17.30\00:32:19.70
I was going to, you
know, share something
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.17
because I heard some people say,
00:32:21.20\00:32:23.34
I even heard it
on the radio it says,
00:32:23.37\00:32:25.14
"God does not
speak to people anymore."
00:32:25.17\00:32:28.21
Oh! And that is not true.
00:32:28.24\00:32:30.08
My father told me a
story that I always remember
00:32:30.11\00:32:35.38
and it was his practice
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.12
to sit on a certain chair
everyday to read the Bible.
00:32:37.15\00:32:41.29
And this was in
Dominican Republic
00:32:41.32\00:32:42.92
in the 1960s.
00:32:42.96\00:32:44.63
And that was his practice,
00:32:44.66\00:32:45.99
read the Bible and
he says that one day
00:32:46.03\00:32:48.93
he is reading the Bible
and that he hears a voice say,
00:32:48.96\00:32:53.03
"Jorge, don't sit on that chair,
00:32:53.07\00:32:55.34
sit on the other chair."
00:32:55.37\00:32:56.81
And he kind of
turned around to see
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.41
who's talking to
me and he went...
00:32:58.44\00:33:02.34
And he starts reading again,
00:33:02.38\00:33:04.35
"Jorge, I told you
not to sit on that chair,
00:33:04.38\00:33:06.72
sit on the other one."
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.08
A little more insistent.
00:33:08.12\00:33:10.52
And he went
like what's going on,
00:33:10.55\00:33:12.49
he says he actually
went like this and he says,"
00:33:12.52\00:33:16.19
Well, let me get
back to my reading."
00:33:16.22\00:33:18.03
The next time, he hears this,
00:33:18.06\00:33:23.16
"Jorge, sit on the other chair."
00:33:23.20\00:33:25.17
And the tone, the manner
in which he heard the voice...
00:33:25.20\00:33:30.11
He didn't tell me
whether, it was a command.
00:33:30.14\00:33:34.44
He obeying the command,
00:33:34.48\00:33:35.84
stood up and he
sat on the other chair.
00:33:35.88\00:33:39.28
As soon as he sat down,
00:33:39.31\00:33:42.02
he heard rifle shots...
00:33:42.05\00:33:46.22
And went right through the chair
00:33:46.25\00:33:47.72
where he was sitting.
00:33:47.76\00:33:49.32
That gave me chills!
00:33:49.36\00:33:50.69
And so had he not obeyed...
00:33:50.73\00:33:52.36
Amen.
00:33:52.39\00:33:54.43
He would not be alive to tell me
00:33:54.46\00:33:55.80
that story years later.
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.83
And so yes, I could tell
you the Lord speaks to people,
00:33:57.87\00:34:01.10
I've at times would say,
00:34:01.14\00:34:03.81
maybe not an audible voice
00:34:03.84\00:34:05.17
but I've heard the
Lord say something.
00:34:05.21\00:34:06.74
Sure.
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.11
And so, I praise the Lord
00:34:08.14\00:34:09.48
that He will never
leave us nor forsake us.
00:34:09.51\00:34:11.78
Amen.
00:34:11.81\00:34:13.15
And He will speak to us
00:34:13.18\00:34:14.52
when that becomes
necessary for us to hear Him.
00:34:14.55\00:34:16.25
It's also interesting
that He saw fit to bless us
00:34:16.28\00:34:18.95
with two ears and one mouth.
00:34:18.99\00:34:21.52
It's like less
talking, more listening,
00:34:21.56\00:34:24.83
you know, two
ears and one mouth,
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.76
so that's interesting.
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.13
You know, you're talking
about something interesting
00:34:28.16\00:34:29.80
because Jesus used...
00:34:29.83\00:34:32.73
When Jesus speaks,
you have to listen.
00:34:32.77\00:34:34.87
It's like you heard that,
when Neil Hutton speaks to you,
00:34:34.90\00:34:36.84
people listen.
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.21
When Jesus
speaks, we need to listen.
00:34:38.24\00:34:40.04
You were talking
about the shepherd,
00:34:40.08\00:34:42.21
Jesus is the good shepherd,
and My sheep hear My voice,
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.95
and they know Me.
00:34:44.98\00:34:47.88
We were talking earlier today
about some of the addresses
00:34:47.92\00:34:50.72
we see in some of
the Spanish countries,
00:34:50.75\00:34:52.35
they will say things like...
00:34:52.39\00:34:55.76
It's the second street
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.89
and it's the house
across from the yellow house,
00:34:57.93\00:35:01.20
you know,
directions that depend upon
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.57
some other
physical object to tell you,
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.20
it's the building
behind the plaza, you know.
00:35:05.23\00:35:09.34
And, you know, they could change
00:35:09.37\00:35:11.11
the yellow house to a red house
00:35:11.14\00:35:12.71
and then all that
addresses out there are wrong.
00:35:12.74\00:35:16.54
But today, you
don't see everyday,
00:35:16.58\00:35:19.05
you're driving on the street,
00:35:19.08\00:35:20.42
you don't see
shepherds with sheep,
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.25
but you can still
see shepherds with sheep,
00:35:22.28\00:35:24.02
I saw a shepherd
with sheep in Israel.
00:35:24.05\00:35:27.09
And people in the car said,
00:35:27.12\00:35:28.52
"Stop, stop, we
want to see this.
00:35:28.56\00:35:30.93
I had never seen this before."
00:35:30.96\00:35:33.40
And there was the shepherd,
00:35:33.43\00:35:34.96
I don't know how many
sheep were following him
00:35:35.00\00:35:37.40
but they were following him.
00:35:37.43\00:35:39.43
They were not attached,
00:35:39.47\00:35:40.84
you know, he was
not leading them out
00:35:40.87\00:35:42.34
like you walk a dog or anything,
00:35:42.37\00:35:43.71
they were following
him and when he turned,
00:35:43.74\00:35:46.34
they turned to follow
him because they knew him.
00:35:46.37\00:35:50.01
When we got out of the car
00:35:50.05\00:35:51.88
and we tried to
get one of the sheep,
00:35:51.91\00:35:53.98
they started going behind.
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.25
And, you see,
00:35:56.28\00:35:57.65
He gave us something
that we can still go to,
00:35:57.69\00:36:01.32
we can still see these things.
00:36:01.36\00:36:03.22
So but anyway, I
have my scripture,
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.39
Isaiah 30:20-21.
00:36:05.43\00:36:10.43
Isaiah 30:20-21,"
00:36:10.47\00:36:13.20
And though the Lord gives you
00:36:13.23\00:36:14.84
the bread of adversity
and the water of affliction,
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.81
yet your
teachers will not be moved
00:36:18.84\00:36:21.31
into a corner anymore.
00:36:21.34\00:36:22.91
But your eyes
shall see your teachers."
00:36:22.94\00:36:27.05
I will stop there for a moment,
00:36:27.08\00:36:28.42
when you see this
bread of adversity
00:36:28.45\00:36:32.95
and water of affliction,
00:36:32.99\00:36:34.32
it reminds you of
the people of Israel,
00:36:34.36\00:36:36.62
they were
supposed to eat the bread,
00:36:36.66\00:36:39.13
unleavened bread
00:36:39.16\00:36:40.50
that was like
bread of affliction.
00:36:40.53\00:36:43.30
And so it says here,
00:36:43.33\00:36:45.07
"Bread of adversity
and water of affliction."
00:36:45.10\00:36:48.40
But yet, when
you read Isaiah 30,
00:36:48.44\00:36:50.81
God has good news for you
00:36:50.84\00:36:52.17
and He is eager to
tell you these things,
00:36:52.21\00:36:53.98
notice verse 21,
00:36:54.01\00:36:55.34
"Your ears shall hear a word
00:36:55.38\00:36:57.68
behind you
saying this is the way,
00:36:57.71\00:37:00.78
walking it where
00:37:00.82\00:37:02.68
whenever you
turn to the right hand
00:37:02.72\00:37:04.79
or whenever you
turn to the left."
00:37:04.82\00:37:06.25
Amen.
00:37:06.29\00:37:07.62
And, you know, you
look at these things
00:37:07.66\00:37:09.56
and you say, wow,
bread of adversity,
00:37:09.59\00:37:12.59
waters of affliction.
00:37:12.63\00:37:14.83
The Lord will allow, some
people use the word allow,
00:37:14.86\00:37:19.30
certain things to happen to you
00:37:19.33\00:37:21.90
but it's for a good
reason, Romans 8:28.
00:37:21.94\00:37:25.17
And we know that all
things work together for good.
00:37:25.21\00:37:29.61
It may be...
00:37:29.64\00:37:30.98
excuse me, but it
may be like that shepherd
00:37:31.01\00:37:32.95
who when bad things happen,
the little leg got broken
00:37:32.98\00:37:36.35
but that's what draws you to him
00:37:36.38\00:37:37.72
to get close to him,
00:37:37.75\00:37:39.09
so he can heal you
00:37:39.12\00:37:40.46
and you'll
always follow him again.
00:37:40.49\00:37:41.82
It was a lesson
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.19
that the little lamb
had to learn in order
00:37:43.22\00:37:47.30
to really know the shepherd.
00:37:47.33\00:37:50.43
And so he meant
that for the little sheep
00:37:50.47\00:37:54.17
to happen for its own good.
00:37:54.20\00:37:56.54
And at that
moment, it was painful.
00:37:56.57\00:38:00.98
But he nurtured and
cared for the sheep.
00:38:01.01\00:38:04.11
And like manner when we
go through difficulties,
00:38:04.15\00:38:06.55
the Lord is with us,
00:38:06.58\00:38:07.92
He will never
leave us, nor forsake us,
00:38:07.95\00:38:09.48
He is with us and it's marvelous
00:38:09.52\00:38:12.09
when you look
at 1 Corinthians 4,
00:38:12.12\00:38:14.16
it says, "And
this light affliction
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.72
which is for a moment,
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.09
it's working for us
00:38:17.13\00:38:18.46
a far more
eternal weight of glory."
00:38:18.49\00:38:21.26
And it's amazing,
it's amazing what God does.
00:38:21.30\00:38:23.57
So "You will hear
a word behind you,
00:38:23.60\00:38:25.07
'This is the way, walk in it."'
00:38:25.10\00:38:26.43
The Lord stands by His promises.
00:38:26.47\00:38:29.90
And He is eager to bless
us, He is eager to do us good,
00:38:29.94\00:38:34.84
and sometimes for
us to see our need,
00:38:34.88\00:38:38.68
He must allow certain
things to happen to us.
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.65
So that we may say,
00:38:40.68\00:38:42.08
you know, Lord I
need to trust You
00:38:42.12\00:38:44.55
in this situation.
00:38:44.59\00:38:45.92
Amen. And it's true.
00:38:45.95\00:38:47.62
You know, I read
some scriptures that say,
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.52
"In all of their
affliction, He was afflicted."
00:38:49.56\00:38:52.09
I mean, so many
wonderful scriptures,
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.90
the promise that
God makes, He keeps.
00:38:53.93\00:38:56.50
And I want to encourage
people to believe what God says,
00:38:56.53\00:39:00.50
He will never
leave us nor forsake us.
00:39:00.54\00:39:02.00
I just wanted to read
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.77
that same
scripture from the NASB,
00:39:03.81\00:39:06.24
The New American Standard Bible,
00:39:06.27\00:39:07.74
I believe the Amplified
'cause I have Amplified here.
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.71
There are several
that translated this way
00:39:10.75\00:39:13.42
and here instead of
saying your teachers,
00:39:13.45\00:39:16.99
how they have
translated the Hebrew,
00:39:17.02\00:39:18.92
it says, "He, your Teacher,"
00:39:18.95\00:39:22.36
with a capital T "will
no longer hide Himself,"
00:39:22.39\00:39:26.56
with a capital H.
00:39:26.59\00:39:27.93
"So speaking of God
00:39:27.96\00:39:29.30
but your eyes will
behold your teacher,
00:39:29.33\00:39:32.07
your ears will hear a
word behind you saying,
00:39:32.10\00:39:34.67
'This is the way, walk in it.'
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.30
whether you turn to
the right or the left."
00:39:36.34\00:39:38.11
And I think that
as we really come
00:39:38.14\00:39:39.97
to know God as a good
savior and a good shepherd.
00:39:40.01\00:39:44.15
And we recognize His
presence is always with us.
00:39:44.18\00:39:48.55
We kind of tune our ear...
00:39:48.58\00:39:50.72
You know,
there's things, Mollie,
00:39:50.75\00:39:52.09
we were talking
about this the other day
00:39:52.12\00:39:53.96
that we get up in the morning,
00:39:53.99\00:39:55.92
we surrender to the Lord saying,
00:39:55.96\00:39:59.06
"Lord, I consent,
00:39:59.09\00:40:00.43
you know, I'm trying
to yield to do Your will.
00:40:00.46\00:40:02.76
And sometimes
you can get so busy
00:40:02.80\00:40:04.67
that I found myself thinking,
00:40:04.70\00:40:07.00
oh, Lord, am I recognizing
and practicing Your presence.
00:40:07.04\00:40:10.91
Well, He is always
there with me and when,
00:40:10.94\00:40:14.84
you know, you'll
suddenly be doing something
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.58
and like you
just feel like, oops,
00:40:16.61\00:40:18.45
I was supposed to be doing this,
00:40:18.48\00:40:19.95
that's God directing you
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.55
whether you turn to
the right or the left.
00:40:21.58\00:40:23.55
That's what He is doing. JD!
00:40:23.59\00:40:25.29
I'm going to mention a name
that is familiar to some people
00:40:25.32\00:40:29.72
may be with gray hair
00:40:29.76\00:40:32.19
and may be what,
Pastor Roger Kuhn.
00:40:32.23\00:40:35.93
Yes. I know Roger Kuhn.
00:40:35.96\00:40:37.30
And Pastor Roger Kuhn,
00:40:37.33\00:40:38.67
I was reading his
book several years ago
00:40:38.70\00:40:41.10
and he was thinking
on these scriptures,
00:40:41.14\00:40:43.84
they say that the
Lord is always with us
00:40:43.87\00:40:46.17
and he says,
00:40:46.21\00:40:47.54
"You know, Lord, I
believe You're always with me."
00:40:47.58\00:40:49.68
And you know what he
did, he stopped his car,
00:40:49.71\00:40:53.18
pulled over to
the side and he said,
00:40:53.21\00:40:54.65
"Lord, I didn't
invite you into my car."
00:40:54.68\00:40:58.02
And he opened
the door and he says,
00:40:58.05\00:40:59.39
"Lord, please come in."
00:40:59.42\00:41:00.76
Oh, precious.
00:41:00.79\00:41:02.12
And he closed
the door and he felt,
00:41:02.16\00:41:04.56
he said he felt the
presence of the Lord.
00:41:04.59\00:41:07.26
And I want to say
something about the word felt.
00:41:07.30\00:41:09.66
You know, sometimes we go
through experiences and we say,
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.03
"I don't feel the
presence of the Lord."
00:41:12.07\00:41:15.94
And this is when
00:41:15.97\00:41:17.51
we have to
understand that our feelings
00:41:17.54\00:41:20.74
can deceive us.
00:41:20.78\00:41:22.11
That's right.
00:41:22.14\00:41:23.48
And we have to
believe the promise.
00:41:23.51\00:41:25.21
Jesus said,
00:41:25.25\00:41:26.58
"I will never leave
you, nor forsake you."
00:41:26.61\00:41:28.72
I don't feel Him,
but He promised us,
00:41:28.75\00:41:30.22
so He is here with me.
00:41:30.25\00:41:32.15
We must believe
these promises of the Lord
00:41:32.19\00:41:34.92
because they are true
00:41:34.96\00:41:37.86
and the Lord
will carry us through.
00:41:37.89\00:41:39.89
Amen. JD.
00:41:39.93\00:41:41.73
Yeah, unlike Johnny.
00:41:41.76\00:41:45.93
Well, first of all I
think everyone knows by now,
00:41:45.97\00:41:48.37
I live in a very practical world
00:41:48.40\00:41:50.44
and I was very
fortunate in my upbringing
00:41:50.47\00:41:52.74
because I was
raised on a sheep farm.
00:41:52.77\00:41:56.11
And so as you're sitting
here looking out of the bus,
00:41:56.14\00:41:59.98
I've been there, I've done that,
00:42:00.02\00:42:01.85
and it was a
joyful time in my life.
00:42:01.88\00:42:04.85
Because I remember,
we had the Quinn call...
00:42:04.89\00:42:10.33
That brought the sheep
to the sheepfold, okay.
00:42:10.36\00:42:14.40
Every night you put them up
00:42:14.43\00:42:15.76
because there's
coyotes out there,
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.60
there's wild dogs out there,
there's wild cats out there.
00:42:17.63\00:42:20.74
But they knew your
voice and they followed you.
00:42:20.77\00:42:23.07
And boy, as you
called out every morning,
00:42:23.10\00:42:25.37
here they are eager to come out.
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.14
You open up the
gate, thank you, Jesus,
00:42:27.18\00:42:29.84
that they no
longer had to follow us
00:42:29.88\00:42:31.91
because we've
gone from AD30, AD29,
00:42:31.95\00:42:36.08
when he is telling
these stories to 1950-55.
00:42:36.12\00:42:40.59
We had great Pyrenees dogs
00:42:40.62\00:42:42.32
that have a bell
around their neck.
00:42:42.36\00:42:43.96
We had donkeys
00:42:43.99\00:42:45.33
that had bells
around their necks.
00:42:45.36\00:42:46.70
So they would walk the sheep,
00:42:46.73\00:42:48.36
they were trained
that they would follow
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.63
and they were peaceful.
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.00
But they didn't,
00:42:52.03\00:42:53.37
they never started at all
00:42:53.40\00:42:54.80
until they heard the
call of the shepherd.
00:42:54.84\00:42:58.31
And every different sheep farmer
00:42:58.34\00:43:00.88
had their own call.
00:43:00.91\00:43:02.64
Today, we still
have that same call,
00:43:02.68\00:43:06.65
we no longer raise
sheep, we're raising cattle now.
00:43:06.68\00:43:09.48
But I'll bet you,
those cattle come too
00:43:09.52\00:43:11.45
because they know
00:43:11.49\00:43:12.82
when they hear that call
that they are going to be fed,
00:43:12.85\00:43:17.03
that they are
going to be protected.
00:43:17.06\00:43:19.39
And so I love what
my scripture is about.
00:43:19.43\00:43:23.67
We are going back to John 10:3-5
00:43:23.70\00:43:27.00
and I want to start
with first one real quick
00:43:27.04\00:43:29.60
because it kind of
puts it in perspective,
00:43:29.64\00:43:32.57
"Most assuredly I say to you,"
00:43:32.61\00:43:34.41
because we're talking about
the true shepherd Jesus Christ,
00:43:34.44\00:43:37.85
"Most assuredly I say to you,
00:43:37.88\00:43:39.25
he who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door,"
00:43:39.28\00:43:41.98
remember, we got a
big enclosed circle here,
00:43:42.02\00:43:45.49
open on top,
00:43:45.52\00:43:47.16
"And who does not enter
the sheepfold by the door
00:43:47.19\00:43:51.39
but climbs up and enter,
00:43:51.43\00:43:52.89
the same as the
thief and robber."
00:43:52.93\00:43:54.93
So there is
always the good guys,
00:43:54.96\00:43:56.36
there's always the bad guys.
00:43:56.40\00:43:58.57
"But he who enters by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep,"
00:43:58.60\00:44:01.50
That's who the sheep are
waiting for every morning.
00:44:01.54\00:44:04.81
They'll wait for someone to come
00:44:04.84\00:44:06.64
through that front door.
00:44:06.68\00:44:08.28
"And to him the doorkeeper opens
00:44:08.31\00:44:11.21
and then the
sheep hear his voice
00:44:11.25\00:44:13.95
and then he calls
his own sheep by name
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.65
and leads them out, and
when he brings them out,
00:44:16.69\00:44:19.62
when he brings out his own sheep
00:44:19.65\00:44:21.12
and goes before them
and the sheep follow him,
00:44:21.16\00:44:23.43
for they know his voice.
00:44:23.46\00:44:25.29
Yet, they will by no
means follow a stranger.
00:44:25.33\00:44:28.76
But will flee from him,
00:44:28.80\00:44:30.13
for they do not know
the voice of the stranger."
00:44:30.17\00:44:32.20
And that is so very important
00:44:32.23\00:44:33.57
because we are talking
about God's presence is with me.
00:44:33.60\00:44:37.74
The last thing that
we want to call upon
00:44:37.77\00:44:40.18
is following the
voice of a stranger.
00:44:40.21\00:44:42.14
Amen.
00:44:42.18\00:44:43.51
So it's very important
when that sheepfold is open,
00:44:43.55\00:44:46.75
the sheep are there and
they are ready to go out.
00:44:46.78\00:44:49.25
Now the difference
between a sheep and a cow
00:44:49.28\00:44:53.05
is that sheep
wander around all the time
00:44:53.09\00:44:54.82
with their head down.
00:44:54.86\00:44:56.86
And they are going
after that short, short grass
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.29
because the cow,
00:44:59.33\00:45:00.66
here is the way his
mouth is put together,
00:45:00.70\00:45:02.76
he can't get down
and get that short grass.
00:45:02.80\00:45:05.73
That's the reason
you have sheep in the...
00:45:05.77\00:45:08.34
We've been to Israel
and how do they live,
00:45:08.37\00:45:12.61
only the sheep could
live out there, you know.
00:45:12.64\00:45:15.34
You don't see
any cattle out there
00:45:15.38\00:45:17.25
and so anyway,
00:45:17.28\00:45:18.91
but they got
their heads hung down
00:45:18.95\00:45:20.92
and, oh, my goodness,
there is not a better time,
00:45:20.95\00:45:24.59
there's not a better time
00:45:24.62\00:45:26.02
and I wish that
everybody could experience this,
00:45:26.05\00:45:28.22
spring is coming,
baby lambs everywhere.
00:45:28.26\00:45:33.09
This is the ideal place
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.20
and I think that God
had for a big playpen.
00:45:35.23\00:45:37.93
There's thousands
of lambs out there
00:45:37.97\00:45:39.87
just jumping and bouncing,
mama sheep got her head down,
00:45:39.90\00:45:44.24
you know, and I mean, every time
00:45:44.27\00:45:46.04
she is breathing
the dark splatters,
00:45:46.07\00:45:47.84
you know, but she gets that to.
00:45:47.88\00:45:49.34
But boy, the way
it's supposed to be...
00:45:49.38\00:45:54.58
Mama have thousands of
sheep, how does that work?
00:45:54.62\00:45:59.99
She hears and boys attentively
00:46:00.02\00:46:02.66
she goes right
directly to the baby,
00:46:02.69\00:46:05.19
and the baby of course
he just hit the jackpot
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.43
'cause he gets fed right there.
00:46:07.46\00:46:09.60
But the thing about it is,
it all starts in the morning
00:46:09.63\00:46:14.07
when the sheepfold is open
00:46:14.10\00:46:16.57
because there's
enemies out there.
00:46:16.60\00:46:19.17
Now we're not only talking
about sheep that have wool,
00:46:19.21\00:46:24.25
we're talking about you and me.
00:46:24.28\00:46:28.02
We need to know our
shepherd when he calls.
00:46:28.05\00:46:31.65
When that sheepfold open,
00:46:31.69\00:46:33.62
that we then are
following his voice,
00:46:33.66\00:46:36.66
we don't follow the
voice of a stranger.
00:46:36.69\00:46:40.83
Because we here, we
live in the 20th century,
00:46:40.86\00:46:43.97
we turn the TV on,
00:46:44.00\00:46:45.33
we know what happens
00:46:45.37\00:46:46.70
to these precious
people all the time.
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.47
And don't you think that,
00:46:48.50\00:46:49.84
that's why it is so important
to know the word of God.
00:46:49.87\00:46:53.81
You know, when we hear,
00:46:53.84\00:46:55.34
every now and
then, you'll hear...
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.68
I was listening,
we were traveling
00:46:57.71\00:46:59.11
and I listened to some
man's part of his sermon.
00:46:59.15\00:47:02.35
It sounded so good,
00:47:02.38\00:47:03.95
he had the audience
eating out of his hand
00:47:03.99\00:47:06.65
and I'm sitting there
thinking that is error,
00:47:06.69\00:47:10.33
that is so wrong, I could
sit and list a dozen scriptures.
00:47:10.36\00:47:14.46
But if you don't know
the voice of the shepherd,
00:47:14.50\00:47:18.73
you will follow a stranger.
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.64
And there's some
strange messages,
00:47:20.67\00:47:22.77
strange doctrines out there.
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.21
So, you know, this is
something that I so appreciate
00:47:24.24\00:47:27.28
about 3ABN and
those who speak on 3ABN.
00:47:27.31\00:47:31.61
It's so many
00:47:31.65\00:47:33.01
will just come right out
and say don't take it as truth
00:47:33.05\00:47:36.82
because we say
so, get into the word
00:47:36.85\00:47:39.05
and everybody
preaches from the scripture,
00:47:39.09\00:47:42.26
it's not theoretical,
it's scriptural based,
00:47:42.29\00:47:47.86
Christ centric,
Christos centric teaching.
00:47:47.90\00:47:50.90
Amen.
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.27
Thank you, JD,
that was beautiful.
00:47:52.30\00:47:53.74
I remember somebody saying,
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.10
I don't remember
if it was in a sermon
00:47:55.14\00:47:56.84
or where I heard it,
00:47:56.87\00:47:58.21
but that bank
tellers in order to,
00:47:58.24\00:48:01.48
they studied the authentic,
00:48:01.51\00:48:03.04
they become so familiar
with the real deal dollar bill,
00:48:03.08\00:48:08.28
20 dollar bill,
00:48:08.32\00:48:09.65
whatever, they don't spend
time studying the counterfeit.
00:48:09.68\00:48:12.75
Because once
you know the genuine
00:48:12.79\00:48:14.52
and once you know what's real,
00:48:14.56\00:48:16.89
you'll be able to spot
a fake from a mile away.
00:48:16.93\00:48:19.29
And it's
interesting with the sheep,
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.70
you're talking about
00:48:21.73\00:48:23.06
how the sheep know
the shepherd's voice.
00:48:23.10\00:48:26.00
Well, I was
watching a YouTube video
00:48:26.03\00:48:28.10
and this might have been
on Facebook and on this video,
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.51
there were strangers
00:48:31.54\00:48:32.87
that were trying to call
and get the sheep to come over.
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.64
And they were just
doing their own thing,
00:48:35.68\00:48:37.85
they weren't
paying them any attention.
00:48:37.88\00:48:39.45
But when their shepherd,
when the shepherd called,
00:48:39.48\00:48:42.42
they all just
ran over there to him
00:48:42.45\00:48:45.32
and that's how
like you were saying
00:48:45.35\00:48:47.39
we need to be
in the word of God.
00:48:47.42\00:48:49.12
So that we recognize
00:48:49.16\00:48:50.53
and we're able to distinguish
between the real deal,
00:48:50.56\00:48:54.43
our Heavenly Father
and the counterfeit.
00:48:54.46\00:48:59.37
So I have Psalms 16:11,
00:48:59.40\00:49:05.27
and this is coming
00:49:05.31\00:49:06.64
from the New King James version,
00:49:06.68\00:49:08.94
"You will show
me the path of life,
00:49:08.98\00:49:10.98
in your presence
is fullness of joy,
00:49:11.01\00:49:13.05
at your right hand are
pleasures for ever more."
00:49:13.08\00:49:16.22
I love that scripture.
00:49:16.25\00:49:17.62
And that is so true like
00:49:17.65\00:49:21.29
when you accept Christ
00:49:21.32\00:49:22.66
as your
personal Lord and Savior,
00:49:22.69\00:49:24.89
you experience an inner
peace, a true sense of joy.
00:49:24.93\00:49:29.20
Because everything
00:49:29.23\00:49:30.57
that the world has
to offer is counterfeit,
00:49:30.60\00:49:32.30
you know, you may be...
00:49:32.33\00:49:33.80
You have a lot of money,
you may be happy for a second.
00:49:33.84\00:49:36.34
But that's not,
00:49:36.37\00:49:37.71
that's not true joy,
it's like a rollercoaster.
00:49:37.74\00:49:40.94
You know, then
you're operating off
00:49:40.98\00:49:42.94
of feelings and not principle.
00:49:42.98\00:49:47.02
I also want to take
a look here in Exodus,
00:49:47.05\00:49:49.82
we are talking about
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.19
being in the
presence of God here.
00:49:51.22\00:49:53.96
And Exodus 34,
beginning in verse 27,
00:49:53.99\00:49:59.79
and I know we're short on
time, so I'm going to try and...
00:49:59.83\00:50:02.73
Exodus 34, what?
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.30
Verse 27, beginning in 27.
00:50:04.33\00:50:08.34
And it says, "Then
the Lord said to Moses,
00:50:08.37\00:50:10.97
'Write these words for according
00:50:11.01\00:50:12.97
to the tenor of these words
00:50:13.01\00:50:14.88
I have made a covenant
with you and with Israel.'
00:50:14.91\00:50:17.88
So he was there with the
Lord, 40 days and 40 nights.
00:50:17.91\00:50:21.62
He neither ate
bread nor drank water
00:50:21.65\00:50:24.49
and he wrote on the tablets,
00:50:24.52\00:50:26.69
the words of the
covenant, the Ten Commandments.
00:50:26.72\00:50:29.56
Now it was so
when Moses came down
00:50:29.59\00:50:31.43
from Mount Sinai
and the two tablets
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.33
of the testimony
were in Moses' hand,
00:50:33.36\00:50:36.16
when he came down
from the mountain,
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.63
that Moses did not know
that the skin of his face shone
00:50:37.67\00:50:41.94
while he talked with him."
00:50:41.97\00:50:44.71
So, you see, Moses was up
there 40 days and 40 nights
00:50:44.74\00:50:48.98
with no bread, no
water, normally I mean,
00:50:49.01\00:50:55.28
you die from
something like that,
00:50:55.32\00:50:57.09
you can't go that long
00:50:57.12\00:50:58.79
without eating
and drinking, right.
00:50:58.82\00:51:01.02
So he is in the
presence of the Lord,
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and not only
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was he in the presence of
the Lord for all that time,
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he was really just
absorbing like everything
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God was pouring into him.
00:51:11.93\00:51:14.40
And when he came
down from that mountain,
00:51:14.44\00:51:16.74
it showed on his face
like he reflected that glory.
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And that's how we
should be as Christians,
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is that when we
spend time with the Lord
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and we're allowing
Him to pour into our lives
00:51:25.08\00:51:28.98
when we're listening to
Him and absorbing everything
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.62
that He has to say to
us, that should be seen,
00:51:31.65\00:51:35.59
we shouldn't even
have to state necessarily
00:51:35.62\00:51:37.53
that we're Christians,
00:51:37.56\00:51:38.89
it should just be
that glow on our face.
00:51:38.93\00:51:42.10
And there was one more
thing to get to real quick,
00:51:42.13\00:51:47.30
I want to go back to
the beginning of time,
00:51:47.34\00:51:50.27
back in the garden.
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Genesis, what?
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We're going to
go to Genesis 3:6.
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All right, "So
when the woman saw
00:51:59.58\00:52:02.25
that the tree was good for food,
00:52:02.28\00:52:04.25
that it was
pleasant to the eyes,
00:52:04.29\00:52:06.09
and a tree
desirable to make one wise,
00:52:06.12\00:52:08.39
she took of its fruit and ate,
00:52:08.42\00:52:10.23
she also gave to her
husband with her and he ate.
00:52:10.26\00:52:13.53
Then the eyes of
both of them were opened,
00:52:13.56\00:52:15.66
and they knew
that they were naked
00:52:15.70\00:52:17.50
and they sewed
fig leaves together,
00:52:17.53\00:52:19.03
and made themselves coverings.
00:52:19.07\00:52:20.84
And they heard
the sound of the Lord
00:52:20.87\00:52:23.04
God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day,
00:52:23.07\00:52:25.97
and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
00:52:26.01\00:52:27.81
from the presence of the Lord
00:52:27.84\00:52:29.91
God amongst the
trees of the garden.
00:52:29.94\00:52:32.05
Then the Lord
God called to Adam,
00:52:32.08\00:52:34.48
and said to
him, 'Where are you?'
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So he said,
00:52:36.55\00:52:37.89
'I heard your
voice in the garden,
00:52:37.92\00:52:39.25
and I was afraid,
00:52:39.29\00:52:40.62
because I was
naked, and I hid myself.'"
00:52:40.66\00:52:42.06
You see there is
different applications with God,
00:52:42.09\00:52:45.86
being in God's presence,
00:52:45.89\00:52:47.23
you know, there
is the one where,
00:52:47.26\00:52:49.53
you know, you're happy
to be in God's presence.
00:52:49.56\00:52:52.17
And then there is the
one where, you know, God...
00:52:52.20\00:52:55.70
You've recognized
that you've messed up.
00:52:55.74\00:52:59.31
And here we have Adam and Eve,
00:52:59.34\00:53:00.74
they recognized
that they've messed up
00:53:00.78\00:53:02.74
and they are kind of
like they are hiding,
00:53:02.78\00:53:05.91
you know,
because they are scared
00:53:05.95\00:53:07.88
of being in God's
presence at that time.
00:53:07.92\00:53:10.12
And a common misconception
is that you have gone too far,
00:53:10.15\00:53:16.32
you know, and this
what the enemy wants people
00:53:16.36\00:53:17.96
to believe is that
they have gone too far.
00:53:17.99\00:53:20.10
But the bottom line
00:53:20.13\00:53:21.46
is the Lord
Jesus still wants you,
00:53:21.50\00:53:23.90
God still wants you.
00:53:23.93\00:53:25.27
And He is
longing for His children
00:53:25.30\00:53:27.34
to spend eternity with Him.
00:53:27.37\00:53:29.37
So all you have to do
is repent and turn away.
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Amen.
00:53:32.17\00:53:34.08
I'm telling you,
00:53:34.11\00:53:35.44
I think the Lord's got
His hand on you to preach.
00:53:35.48\00:53:38.65
Praise the Lord.
00:53:38.68\00:53:40.02
I want to just
throw in one more,
00:53:40.05\00:53:41.38
1 John, if
everybody will turn there.
00:53:41.42\00:53:44.99
We have been talking about
00:53:45.02\00:53:47.32
the presence of the
Lord is with us always.
00:53:47.36\00:53:52.29
And, you know,
00:53:52.33\00:53:53.66
if you are feeling
guilty like Adam and Eve,
00:53:53.70\00:53:56.50
what you're going to do,
00:53:56.53\00:53:57.87
you're going to
try to avoid the Lord
00:53:57.90\00:54:01.17
and God doesn't want you to.
00:54:01.20\00:54:03.07
Mollie, what is
your favorite scripture
00:54:03.10\00:54:05.47
that you are always quoting?
00:54:05.51\00:54:07.21
That if we confess our sins...
00:54:07.24\00:54:10.35
1 John 1:9, oh,
thank God for 1 John 1:9.
00:54:10.38\00:54:14.82
He is faithful and just
to step one, forgive us,
00:54:14.85\00:54:18.35
step two, cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:54:18.39\00:54:20.89
So there is no reason to hide.
00:54:20.92\00:54:24.06
So let's look
00:54:24.09\00:54:25.43
at 1 John 3:19
00:54:25.46\00:54:31.20
because unlike the Adam and Eve,
00:54:31.23\00:54:35.87
who felt guilty
and under condemnation
00:54:35.90\00:54:38.61
until the Lord restored them.
00:54:38.64\00:54:40.74
When we know
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.18
that all of God's
promises are true,
00:54:42.21\00:54:44.78
when we recognize His presence
00:54:44.81\00:54:47.58
it says here in 1 John 3:19,
00:54:47.62\00:54:52.15
"By this we know
that we are of the truth
00:54:52.19\00:54:55.62
and shall assure
our hearts before him."
00:54:55.66\00:55:00.53
I like the way the
NIV says it, it says,
00:55:00.56\00:55:04.50
"We know that we
belong to the truth
00:55:04.53\00:55:07.80
and we set our hearts at rest
00:55:07.84\00:55:12.07
in His presence."
00:55:12.11\00:55:14.28
We are sure before Him,
00:55:14.31\00:55:16.04
we set our hearts at
rest in His presence.
00:55:16.08\00:55:20.72
I mean, praise God.
00:55:20.75\00:55:22.75
The joy of the
Lord is I mean, truly,
00:55:22.78\00:55:27.19
He is our good shepherd is
showing us the path of life
00:55:27.22\00:55:31.69
whether we turn to
the right or to the left,
00:55:31.73\00:55:34.00
He is saying, no, no, no,
this is the way, walk ye in it.
00:55:34.03\00:55:39.10
He knows us
personally, we hear His voice,
00:55:39.13\00:55:43.37
we won't follow the
voice of a stranger.
00:55:43.41\00:55:46.04
He has promised
00:55:46.07\00:55:47.41
He will never
leave us or forsake us.
00:55:47.44\00:55:49.71
Hallelujah. Amen.
00:55:49.74\00:55:51.08
I would like to end with prayer,
00:55:51.11\00:55:52.65
if we just...
00:55:52.68\00:55:54.02
Mollie, why don't you
start, we'll just go around.
00:55:54.05\00:55:56.18
We want to invite
you to pray with us
00:55:56.22\00:55:58.02
and we hope you'll
understand God's presence
00:55:58.05\00:56:01.59
is with you always.
00:56:01.62\00:56:02.96
Holy Father, we praise You
00:56:02.99\00:56:04.66
and thank You, Lord,
00:56:04.69\00:56:06.03
for Your grace, and
mercy, and goodness to us,
00:56:06.06\00:56:08.13
and for Your
presence here with us.
00:56:08.16\00:56:10.00
Father, I pray over this
word, this going forth, Lord,
00:56:10.03\00:56:13.27
that You have
securely planted it
00:56:13.30\00:56:14.97
within our hearts,
00:56:15.00\00:56:16.34
seal it now by Your spirit
00:56:16.37\00:56:17.81
that the enemy can't come
and steal it, in Jesus' name.
00:56:17.84\00:56:21.48
Amen.
00:56:21.51\00:56:22.84
Dear, Heavenly Father,
00:56:22.88\00:56:24.21
we thank You so
much for the opportunity
00:56:24.25\00:56:25.61
to commune with You
and to be in Your presence,
00:56:25.65\00:56:29.28
as we know that prayer
does not bring You down to us
00:56:29.32\00:56:32.29
but us up to You.
00:56:32.32\00:56:33.66
And we're so
grateful for that opportunity
00:56:33.69\00:56:35.09
and we just ask
00:56:35.12\00:56:36.46
that You would
continue to be with us
00:56:36.49\00:56:38.16
as we walk with You Lord,
00:56:38.19\00:56:39.59
and allow us to know
and feel Your presence.
00:56:39.63\00:56:43.23
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
00:56:43.26\00:56:44.90
Father, thank You
that You never leave us
00:56:44.93\00:56:47.07
or forsake us and please give us
00:56:47.10\00:56:49.00
a divine
awareness of Your presence
00:56:49.04\00:56:50.44
and help us to practice
Your presence in Jesus' name.
00:56:50.47\00:56:55.68
And Father, as we come
to You in the name of Jesus,
00:56:55.71\00:56:57.65
I just ask Lord
00:56:57.68\00:56:59.01
that each person
that seeks Your faith,
00:56:59.05\00:57:01.38
each person that
calls upon Your name.
00:57:01.42\00:57:03.25
Right now, dear Father
that You will indeed be there
00:57:03.28\00:57:06.29
to give them the assurance
00:57:06.32\00:57:08.19
that You will never
leave them nor forsake them.
00:57:08.22\00:57:10.83
We love and thank You.
00:57:10.86\00:57:12.86
Thank you, Father, for
being the example for us
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.00
and for giving us
00:57:15.03\00:57:16.36
the opportunities for
us to follow You always.
00:57:16.40\00:57:19.70
And thank You
for all the messages
00:57:19.73\00:57:21.60
that You give us of assurance
00:57:21.64\00:57:23.51
that we need not fear
00:57:23.54\00:57:24.91
because when we are
following the good shepherd,
00:57:24.94\00:57:27.78
You will always be there
for us and we thank you for
00:57:27.81\00:57:30.95
and we're praying for those Lord
00:57:30.98\00:57:32.45
who are in need of You,
00:57:32.48\00:57:34.05
that You will reveal Yourself
to them in Christ name, amen.
00:57:34.08\00:57:37.92