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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW017038A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:08 Hello, and we welcome you to 3ABN Family Worship. 01:13 It's Sabbath evening, 01:14 it's rolling in 01:16 and what a joy it is to get together 01:17 and to sing and to study the word of God. 01:21 I'm Shelley Quinn. I'm JD Quinn. 01:24 And let me introduce hereby... 01:25 These are our some of our best friends. 01:26 We got precious Mollie over here, Jason, 01:30 we have Louis here, and Johnny. 01:34 And we're just glad that we can be here 01:36 to be able to study this wonderful topic 01:38 "God being with us." 01:40 Our topic tonight is God's presence is with me. 01:45 And what I'd like to do is open in prayer what I will do, 01:49 I am going to pray 01:51 the scriptures that we will be discussing. 01:54 And that's just we pray that back to the Lord 01:57 because His Word does not return void. 01:59 Let's pray. Yeah. 02:00 Heavenly Father, 02:02 we thank You that You are with us 02:03 at every moment and every step of the way. 02:06 We thank You 02:07 that You never leave or forsake us. 02:10 Lord, we know Your voice, and we listen to Your voice. 02:13 Help us to listen to Your voice. 02:15 Thank You that You impressed Your thoughts upon our minds 02:18 in a still small voice of the Lord, 02:20 instructs us in the way that we should go. 02:24 Lord, we will not follow the voice of the stranger 02:28 as You protect us, Lord. 02:29 We acknowledge Your constant presence with us 02:33 and in Your presence 02:35 we find fullness of joy and set our hearts at rest. 02:39 We pray, Father, 02:41 that You will watch over Your Word 02:43 to perform it in our lives and we thank you, Lord, 02:46 for all in Jesus' name. 02:49 Amen. Amen. 02:50 Amen. Amen. Amen. 02:51 To go along with our theme 02:53 that His presence is always with us, 02:56 the perfect song is in the garden, 02:59 "I come to the garden alone" 03:02 where we're celebrating the presence of God. 03:05 Now we want you to sing at home with us, 03:08 this is number 487 03:10 in the Seventh-day Adventist hymnal 03:11 but the words will be on the... 03:14 Appear at the bottom of your screen. 03:16 Help us sing, I've got a scar on my vocal cord, 03:19 we all are having a little, some issues, 03:22 so help us make it joyful present to the Lord. 03:26 And we have Jill 03:27 that's gonna be playing the piano for us. 03:30 I come to the garden alone 03:36 While the dew is still on the roses 03:43 And the voice I hear, falling on my ear 03:49 The Son 03:51 Of God discloses 03:56 And He walks with me 04:00 And He talks with me 04:04 And He tells me I am His own 04:10 And the joy we share as we tarry there 04:17 None other has ever known 04:24 He speaks and the sound of His voice 04:30 Is so sweet the birds hush their singing 04:37 And the melody that He gave to me 04:43 Within my heart 04:47 Is ringing 04:51 And He walks with me 04:55 And He talks with me 04:59 And He tells me I am His own 05:05 And the joy we share 05:09 As we tarry there 05:12 None other 05:15 Has ever known 05:20 I'd stay in the garden with Him 05:26 Though the night 05:28 Around me be falling 05:33 But He bids me go 05:36 Through the voice of woe 05:40 His voice to me 05:43 Is calling 05:47 And He walks with me 05:52 And He talks with me 05:55 And He tells me I am His own 06:02 And the joy we share 06:06 As we tarry there 06:10 None other 06:12 Has ever known 06:17 I love that song. 06:19 We want to thank our sister Jill Morikone 06:22 for playing the piano for us. 06:24 And, you know, this song brings back memories to me 06:26 that are very special. 06:28 My mother had had complete cardiac 06:31 and respiratory arrest, 06:33 and they revived her after 16 minutes. 06:37 So she had some issues, she was in a coma, 06:41 and I spent 20 hours a day, 06:44 actually 22, I'd run home 06:46 and take a shower and change and come back. 06:48 But I was in intensive care, 22 hours a day with her. 06:52 And I would sing this song to her. 06:55 And the doctor... 06:57 And I'd do Jane Fonda exercises with her legs and tell her 07:00 okay, mama, time for you Jane Fonda. 07:02 And, you know, something that was so interesting, 07:04 the doctor kept telling me she can't hear you, 07:07 she doesn't know what's going on, 07:09 and when she came out of that coma, 07:11 you know what she said to me thank you for singing 07:15 I come to the garden alone but what's with the Jane Fonda. 07:19 So the last thing, I just want to encourage you at home, 07:23 if you've got a loved one who's in that position, 07:26 the last thing to go was the hearing, 07:28 you talk to them, you tell them how much you love them. 07:31 And, oh, I'm excited about our topic tonight. 07:34 Amen. Let me just say this. 07:36 How many of you all probably have been guilty? 07:39 But how many of you at home have ever prayed like this? 07:42 Oh, Lord, be with us through the night, 07:45 be with so and so as they go on this trip, 07:48 be with, be with. 07:50 And I feel like the... 07:52 Sometime ago, Lord, 07:53 when I was praying saying be with, 07:56 you know our difference, and God said, 07:59 "I'm with you always, 08:01 I never leave you or forsake you." 08:02 So now what I try to do is when I'm praying, 08:07 I just say Lord, 08:09 give us a divine awareness of Your presence. 08:12 Thank You that You're with us at all times 08:15 because it's kind of like telling God, 08:19 oh, Lord, be our savior 08:22 when He is our savior, right? 08:24 That's right. Amen. 08:25 He's always with us, He never forsakes us. 08:29 So, Mollie, I think you've got one of the great promises 08:34 that we're gonna begin with, Hebrews 13:5 and 6. 08:40 Well, I want to take this scripture 08:42 and just kind of break it down. 08:44 And then I want to kind of land on, 08:47 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 08:50 So let me read to you, Hebrews 13:5 and 6, the scripture says, 08:56 "Let your conduct be without covetousness, 08:59 be content with such things as you have, 09:02 for he himself has said, 09:05 I will never leave you, nor forsake you." 09:07 What a beautiful promise. Amen. 09:09 "So we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, 09:13 I will not fear what can man do to me." 09:17 And that is such a beautiful promise. 09:19 Okay, let's break these scriptures down. 09:23 Let your conduct, what is your conduct? 09:25 Way you act. Way you act. 09:27 The way you live your life. 09:29 Let your conduct be without covetousness. 09:33 Now covetousness, 09:35 that is just a ugly word, isn't it? 09:36 Yes, it is. Covetousness. 09:38 Covetous means to be greedy, grasping, 09:43 showing a strong desire for material possessions. 09:47 Covetousness implies inordinate desire 09:53 for another person's possessions. 09:55 So our daily living is to be 10:00 without greed or grasping 10:03 or showing strong desire for someone else's materials. 10:07 The scripture goes on to say, "Be content." 10:11 Now that's a beautiful word. 10:13 I like that word content, 10:15 and what does the word content mean 10:18 if you're content? 10:20 You're happy with what you have, 10:21 you're not needing more. 10:22 Happy... That is right. 10:24 It's just a stay of peaceful happiness. 10:28 Oh, doesn't that sound so much better than covetous. 10:31 Yes. Yeah. Amen. 10:32 Okay. 10:34 And I just wanted to share this from Philippians. 10:37 This is Paul talking, 10:39 so we're going to jump over to another place 10:41 where Paul talks about contentment 10:45 and I just love the Apostle Paul. 10:48 This man, he has had some of the greatest struggles 10:51 that any of us read about in the Bible. 10:53 Philippians 4:11-13, 10:56 "Not that I speak in regard to need, 10:59 for I have learned in whatever state 11:01 I am meant to be content." 11:04 And this is what Paul says, 11:05 "I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. 11:08 Everywhere and in all things 11:10 I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, 11:14 both to abound and to suffer need. 11:17 I can do..." 11:18 Here's this beautiful scripture. 11:20 I can do what? 11:21 All things through Christ who strengthens me. 11:26 Paul penned these words. 11:28 Now, listen to this, Paul penned these words 11:31 to the Philippian Church while he was in a prison cell. 11:35 So in this prison cell, he says, 11:38 "I'm content, 11:40 I've learnt how to be abased, I've learned how to abound, 11:43 and I have learned, 11:44 I can do all things 11:46 but it's only through Christ that when He strengthens us. 11:49 Thank God for that. 11:50 Okay, now let's jump back 11:54 to contentment. 11:56 For Paul to have found contentment 12:00 even under such adverse circumstances, 12:04 there must have been something, 12:09 someplace for that contentment to come from 12:12 because his outward circumstances 12:15 didn't in any way 12:17 cause him to have contentment. 12:20 And I'm just going to share Philippians... 12:23 Pardon me, Psalms 121:1 and 2, 12:27 "I will lift up my eyes to the hills 12:31 from whence comes my help. 12:32 My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth." 12:36 Then Paul goes on to say, 12:38 back to our original scriptures that's Hebrews 13:5-6, 12:43 he says, "For he himself has said, 12:47 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'" 12:50 And that's what our scriptures, God's presence is with me, 12:54 that's what we're looking at today, and God, 12:57 it says, God himself has said, 12:59 "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 13:02 So you go to Joshua 1:1 13:05 and we're going to look here in Joshua, 13:08 "After the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, 13:12 it came to pass that the Lord spoke..." 13:14 Now this is the Lord speaking to Joshua, 13:17 the son of Nun, and he proceeds to give Joshua instruction 13:23 on possessing the land, 13:25 and then in verse 5, the Lord Himself says, 13:29 "No man shall be able to stand 13:31 before you all the days of your life 13:35 as I was with Moses so I will be with you." 13:37 How many of you would like God to make that statement to you? 13:42 This scripture, all scripture is given by inspiration of God. 13:45 It's profitable to every one of us 13:47 so the Lord is saying here. 13:51 "All the days of your life as I was with Moses 13:54 I will be with you." 13:55 He goes on to say, 13:57 "I will not leave you nor forsake you." 14:00 And I just want to say this. 14:02 It wasn't Paul's external situation 14:06 that gave him contentment. 14:08 It was God's presence that was with him 14:13 that gave him that contentment, so the same presence, 14:16 God's promise to every one of us. 14:18 Luis, God will never leave you, He will never forsake you. 14:22 He will keep you in perfect peace 14:24 whose mind is stayed on him. 14:27 And godliness with contentment is great gain. 14:31 Great gain. Amen. 14:33 Thank you, Mollie. 14:34 But let me ask you this question. 14:37 Has anybody ever experienced a time 14:39 where they felt like God had abandoned them? 14:43 Can you think of any time, Luis? 14:46 Yeah, actually I can. 14:48 There was a period of time in my life 14:50 that God had asked me to go back home to Windsor 14:54 to take care of my family, and... 14:55 Where's Windsor? 14:57 Windsor in Canada. Okay. 14:59 And I was refusing because I had a good job, 15:02 my wife had a good job, and everything. 15:04 And for about a six period time, 15:07 six month period, 15:08 I really felt 15:10 that the funny thing is every time 15:13 that you feel that God is not with you 15:15 because you are the one that is not doing His work. 15:17 So anytime that you, 15:19 that you are in that situation 15:21 it's when you need to go to your needs 15:23 is when you need to go and find His presence 15:26 because He's always there. 15:27 Like you said, "He will never..." 15:29 The word never doesn't mean sometimes or always, 15:32 He says He's never going to leave you... 15:33 Never gonna leave you. 15:35 So even in the times 15:36 when you feel that you are alone, 15:39 those are the times that He's carrying you. 15:41 You know, those are the times that you're looking back, 15:43 there's only one set of footprints, 15:44 and that's the footprints of God 15:46 that's taken care of you through side, 15:48 but I felt like the Israelites when God says, 15:52 okay, you want to do your own thing, 15:54 I'm gonna leave you alone for a while, 15:55 and it was the worst experience of my life. 15:58 Any moment that... 16:01 Those six months were so difficult to go through 16:07 because I can't fathom. 16:09 I can't understand a day without God. 16:11 You know, and I'm amazed 16:13 what we're going to talk about today 16:14 because when you feel God's presence 16:18 that's when you truly feel that you have arrived, 16:21 that you have made it. 16:23 But, yes, I do remember that period of time, 16:25 and the moment that I was faithful to God, 16:28 the moment that I decided, okay, 16:30 it's finished, and I severed 16:32 all the relationships in Phoenix. 16:35 Right away, I felt His presence back, 16:37 and it's amazing how that works. 16:40 You know, just a very... 16:41 I know we need to move on, 16:42 just want to say one quick thing 16:44 'cause it occurred to me. 16:45 There may be somebody that's watching 16:46 that you don't feel God's presence. 16:48 You've accepted Christ as your savior, 16:51 and then, of course, 16:52 that is, I mean, if you want God to be with you, 16:54 the Holy Spirit has to be in, 16:56 you have to be open to receiving Him, 16:59 but I do believe that the one time that I can, 17:03 comes to my mind is when my mother was very ill. 17:07 I had been taught to have faith in faith. 17:11 In other words, I was taught 17:14 if I only had enough faith God had to do, 17:17 you know, as I would pray His promises back to Him 17:20 that it's like "God had to do or this," 17:24 and I was praying so hard 17:29 for her healing, 17:30 and things just kept getting worse and worse. 17:32 She was actual, my mother was bipolar, 17:34 and she was going through a very bad time. 17:38 And I got so mad at God 'cause it was like, 17:43 I didn't feel He was with me at all, 17:46 and I got so mad at God 17:47 that I literally shook my fist in His face 17:50 and walked away from Him for a while. 17:52 Now He chased me down with His love. 17:54 But I just want to say to you at home, don't... 17:58 We've got to let God be God, and we can't put God in a box. 18:03 When we claim His promises, 18:05 we need to be trusting 18:07 that the Lord is always with us. 18:10 He sees the end from the beginning. 18:13 He knows what's best for us, 18:16 and, you know, precious in the sight of the Lord 18:18 is the death of his saints. 18:19 Some people feel like, 18:21 "If their loved one has died that God wasn't with them." 18:24 That doesn't mean that God wasn't with them. 18:26 He was there to as you said carry them through, 18:30 and that's something 18:31 that I just felt was important to say. 18:33 Luis, I think, you have our next scripture reference 18:37 which is John 10:14-15. 18:39 I do. 18:41 It says, 18:42 "I am the good shepherd and my sheep, 18:45 and I know my sheep, and my sheep know me." 18:48 Amen. 18:49 You know, I... 18:51 This verse brings so much memories to me, 18:53 and I'm looking at, as you know, 18:56 I've come from a communist country, 18:57 then I moved to a different, you know, I've gone to three, 19:01 four different countries, I'm a Canadian citizen, 19:04 and through all that time, 19:06 I have felt God being the shepherd in my life. 19:11 Amen. Amen. 19:12 You know, when we read verses like this, 19:15 and we look at our daily devotion with God, 19:19 and we look at how he wakes us up in the morning. 19:21 I don't know how many of you guys, 19:22 God wakes them up with a song in their heart, 19:24 but he wakes me up with a song in my heart. 19:26 You know, and it's beautiful 19:28 because I know 19:29 when the day is going to be wonderful 19:30 because depends on the song 19:32 that it's in my heart depends on how, 19:34 and it's always a smile, and it's always wonderful. 19:37 There isn't a bad day with God. 19:39 There are bad situations, 19:41 there are bad things that happen, 19:42 but there is never a bad day with God. 19:45 You can have 19:46 the most stressful time in life. 19:48 Yes. 19:49 You can go to the point where you are in tears, 19:53 but at the same time 19:54 you can bounce back and it says, 19:56 "God, you are a mighty God, and you are an amazing God" 19:59 because you can hear His voice. 20:03 You can understand 20:04 what He's trying to do in your life. 20:05 You can know 20:07 that when this verse talks about and it says, 20:10 "Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father." 20:15 You know, it's beautiful to understand that. 20:19 When you read through the Bible, 20:21 when you read Christ's account, 20:23 when you read what He had to go through. 20:25 He has gone through every trial and tribulations 20:28 that you have gone through and then some. 20:32 You know, the interesting part is, 20:34 Shelley, 20:35 I mean, Mollie, you have, you have gone through trials 20:38 that Shelley has not gone through. 20:40 Jason, you have gone through trials 20:42 that JD hasn't gone through. 20:44 I have gone through trials 20:45 that my Pastor John Dinzey hasn't gone through. 20:49 But Jesus had experienced 20:51 all of our trials at the same time, 20:53 and what this verse is telling you is that, 20:57 if you understand 20:59 and you have a full connection with Christ, 21:03 like you were saying, earlier, 21:05 He is never gonna leave us nor forsake us. 21:07 Amen. Amen. 21:08 He is always going to find a way to mend us, 21:13 to help us, to grow us, to encourage us. 21:17 I don't know how many countless of opportunities 21:19 that God has opened for me 21:21 that when I first walk in that, that challenge, 21:25 I'm saying, "Lord, You have chosen the wrong person. 21:29 I don't know what You think, what talents You think I have, 21:32 but I think You need to ask someone else, 21:34 and once I submit myself, and once I surrender myself, 21:39 then I start uncovering the union effect 21:43 and I started uncovering all of these talents 21:46 that I had no idea I had. 21:48 And this is where this comes in. 21:51 When you have 21:52 a personal relationship with God, 21:55 when you are in a personal walk with God, 21:58 when you understand His voice... 22:02 Amen. 22:04 Then is when you can say 22:09 and you can feel His character being reflected in you. 22:14 Amen. 22:15 You know, to me that just ties in exactly 22:17 what Mollie was just reading 22:18 because if indeed He is the good shepherd, 22:21 if it is indeed true that He knows His sheep 22:24 and we know Him, 22:26 then we know that He will never leave us, 22:28 so that ties us in dealing with God's presence is with me. 22:31 Correct. 22:33 He is there continually because of that reciprocation. 22:35 Yeah, the only interesting part of this is that as I go, 22:40 the older I get and the more I like, 22:43 you know, as the head elder of the church, 22:45 I have to be 22:46 the spiritual leader of the church, 22:48 and like you guys know, 22:49 I go to prison ministries, I go all these things. 22:52 As I'm teaching and as I'm showing individuals, 22:56 I'm trying to let them know. 22:58 Listen if you, the Bible clearly says, 23:01 "If you love Me, you keep My commandments." 23:04 You know, when you get to the point 23:06 where you are following God to the full extent 23:08 that you are actually reflecting His character, 23:11 and you are actually following everything 23:14 that He has asked you to do. 23:16 You are a different sheep. 23:18 Amen. 23:19 And the way that you, 23:21 that you walk, the way that you talk, 23:23 the way that you experience, 23:25 the way that you filter information 23:26 that is coming to you is totally different. 23:30 The sad part is those individuals 23:31 that feel that 23:33 they are God's sheep and they are not, 23:35 they are following a different shepherd. 23:37 You know, when we were in Israel, 23:39 do you remember the story, Mollie, 23:40 we heard a wonderful story of Malcolm Cartier 23:43 who was our guide, 23:45 was telling us 23:46 that when a shepherd has a sheep 23:49 that just keeps running off into peril, 23:51 keeps going into a dangerous situation, 23:54 he will take that sheep, break its little leg, 23:59 and then set it, 24:00 and then he has to carry the sheep around his neck 24:03 for a couple of months. 24:05 But during that time the sheep, 24:09 the little lamb gets to know the shepherd's voice, 24:12 he develops this really close relationship 24:16 with the shepherd, 24:17 and when he is healed 24:19 and the shepherd puts him down, 24:20 he will never leave the side of the shepherd. 24:23 He recognizes this shepherd as his provider, 24:26 as the one who guides him, and instructs him, 24:29 and keeps him out of danger. 24:31 And, you know, that's what I love about knowing 24:35 about God's presence with us. 24:36 Let's look at John 10:27. 24:40 Here's two more signatures of the sheep. 24:43 First, the sheep know 24:45 who the shepherd is as you read, 24:47 but here's two more signatures. 24:49 He said, this is Jesus speaking again, 24:53 and He says, "The sheep that are my own..." 24:56 Those who have accepted Me as their savior, "hear." 25:01 And that means 25:03 they are listening to what he says, 25:04 I'm reading out of the Amplified. 25:06 "The sheep that are My own hear, 25:08 and are listening to My voice. 25:14 And I know them, and they follow Me." 25:21 This is where you were just saying, 25:23 He said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 25:26 So the sheep hear, they believe in, 25:31 and they follow with a response of obedience. 25:37 And, you know, when you think about this, 25:39 you know, I want to take this just a little bit deeper. 25:42 What's the number one way that God speaks to us? 25:46 Through His Word. Right here, through His Word. 25:49 So in the Old Testament in the Hebrew, 25:53 to hear meant to obey. 25:59 When you heard something, 26:00 it meant you were going to obey, 26:02 but there's something that I have to say 26:05 because this is very special to me is that in... 26:11 Excuse me, Psalm 46:10, God says, 26:16 "Be still and know that I am God." 26:19 And when we think of 1 Kings 19:12, 26:23 remember when Elijah was up on the mountain, 26:27 and the winds came, and the earthquake came, 26:30 and everything came, 26:32 and God's voice wasn't in all of that. 26:34 But all of a sudden 26:36 he hears the still small voice of the Lord. 26:40 And then the Lord is speaking to Elijah and he responds, 26:46 and God bring him up out of this. 26:48 What I was thinking is this. 26:51 In the Bible, anytime it talks about 26:54 the audible voice of the Lord, 26:57 like Revelation says, it's like, 26:59 "Many rushing waters." 27:01 The audible voice of the Lord is so powerful, 27:05 remember the Israelites at the foot of Mount Sinai, 27:09 and they heard the audible voice of the Lord, 27:11 what did they do, Mollie, they quake. 27:13 Yeah. 27:14 Their little knees were knocking. 27:16 Of course, God comes down in with pyrotechnics, 27:19 He is, He is... 27:21 Because they've forgotten 27:22 how awesome and powerful He was. 27:24 And, you know, I think that's what 27:25 every one of us would do. 27:27 If we were to hear the audible voice of God, 27:31 that would be a quaking situation 27:33 for everyone of us. 27:35 And I know people who think that possibly they have heard, 27:38 I knew a man who was an alcoholic, 27:40 he was a farmer, he fell into a ditch, 27:43 I mean, he passed out literally, 27:46 and his face was under water, and all of a sudden, 27:49 he heard the voice of the Lord. 27:51 He said, it was audible to him, and he got up, 27:54 and he gave his heart to the Lord. 27:56 But I think that when Jesus says, 28:00 "My sheep that are My own, 28:02 they hear and are listening to My voice." 28:05 I think, sometimes we need to listen, 28:08 we need to be still before the Lord. 28:10 He will never speak to us, 28:12 I believe that the still small voice 28:15 is the Holy Spirit speaking to our hearts. 28:18 And I'll bet everybody at home, 28:21 that's been Christian for any time, 28:22 if I ask, how many of you know that you know 28:26 that God has impressed 28:27 His thought upon your mind before? 28:29 You just talked about it, and Him leading you, 28:31 that's the still small voice of the Lord. 28:34 And I think that we should... 28:38 The Holy Spirit is in, 28:39 and that's when God impresses His thoughts 28:41 by the power of the Holy Spirit on us. 28:43 He will never lead us in a way 28:47 that is contrary to the written word ever, never, never, never. 28:52 And some people when I remember 28:54 when I first did pressing into His presence, 28:58 some people just got 28:59 a little bent out of shape to say, 29:02 "You think you could hear 29:03 the voice of the Lord speaking to you?" 29:05 Oh, yeah, I know He put thoughts on my mind. 29:09 I just want to read this to you because I think it's precious. 29:12 This is from The Desire of Ages 29:16 written in 1898, 29:18 page 3633.3 from E.G. White, 29:24 and here's what she says, 29:26 "We must individually hear Him speaking to the heart. 29:32 When every other voice is hushed, 29:35 and in quietness we wait before Him, 29:39 the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God. 29:45 He bids us, 29:47 "Be still, and know that I am God.'" 29:50 There are times 29:53 when you're seeking direction. 29:56 You see, God is always with us but we get so busy, 30:01 we don't always listen. 30:02 I always had belief that the reason 30:04 He came to the shepherds, 30:06 the angel came 30:07 and announced it to the shepherds, 30:09 it's 'cause they were out in the stillness away 30:11 from the hustle and bustle of stuff, 30:14 and they could listen. 30:15 But we get so busy with our lives, 30:18 don't we, that sometimes we don't listen. 30:22 When I was praying an hour or two hours everyday 30:25 and I did that for about 12 years. 30:27 Every morning, I would feel like God impressed a thought, 30:32 it's not that He's telling everything 30:33 that's going to happen 30:35 and it's interesting how God does talk to us. 30:37 Sometimes He gives us this little hint of something, 30:39 He'd tell me to look it up. 30:41 But when I quit that practice, 30:46 just time constraints, 30:49 you know what happened, 30:50 I don't hear the voice of the Lord like I used to. 30:52 You just can't rush in and out in five minutes 30:56 and think God's gonna... You're going to hear from Him. 30:58 So I just want to encourage those of you at home, 31:02 if you feel 31:04 that you really need direction from the Lord, 31:07 He is your shepherd, He knows you intimately. 31:11 And you will hear His voice, 31:14 the more of the word that you understand, 31:15 the better you're going to understand His voice. 31:18 And if you don't know the word very well, 31:20 you check and make sure that anything you think 31:22 that God is impressing upon your heart, 31:25 you check with other Christians to say, 31:27 this is lined up with scripture. 31:29 But we need to sometimes just get still before the Lord 31:34 when we are really seeking Him for direction. 31:36 You know, 31:38 "Lord, are you really asking me to move back to Canada?" 31:43 And so, you just need to be still before the Lord, 31:46 and I just think this is a promise 31:48 that I claimed a long time before 31:51 I actually felt that I heard from the Lord. 31:53 But I mean, other than of course in His word, 31:56 but again, He says in John 10:27, 32:01 "The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice. 32:08 I know them," 32:09 That's it, intimate experiential knowledge" 32:12 "and they follow Me in an obedient response." 32:17 Johnny, I think you've got the next one. 32:19 I was going to, you know, share something 32:21 because I heard some people say, 32:23 I even heard it on the radio it says, 32:25 "God does not speak to people anymore." 32:28 Oh! And that is not true. 32:30 My father told me a story that I always remember 32:35 and it was his practice 32:37 to sit on a certain chair everyday to read the Bible. 32:41 And this was in Dominican Republic 32:42 in the 1960s. 32:44 And that was his practice, 32:46 read the Bible and he says that one day 32:48 he is reading the Bible and that he hears a voice say, 32:53 "Jorge, don't sit on that chair, 32:55 sit on the other chair." 32:56 And he kind of turned around to see 32:58 who's talking to me and he went... 33:02 And he starts reading again, 33:04 "Jorge, I told you not to sit on that chair, 33:06 sit on the other one." 33:08 A little more insistent. 33:10 And he went like what's going on, 33:12 he says he actually went like this and he says," 33:16 Well, let me get back to my reading." 33:18 The next time, he hears this, 33:23 "Jorge, sit on the other chair." 33:25 And the tone, the manner in which he heard the voice... 33:30 He didn't tell me whether, it was a command. 33:34 He obeying the command, 33:35 stood up and he sat on the other chair. 33:39 As soon as he sat down, 33:42 he heard rifle shots... 33:46 And went right through the chair 33:47 where he was sitting. 33:49 That gave me chills! 33:50 And so had he not obeyed... 33:52 Amen. 33:54 He would not be alive to tell me 33:55 that story years later. 33:57 And so yes, I could tell you the Lord speaks to people, 34:01 I've at times would say, 34:03 maybe not an audible voice 34:05 but I've heard the Lord say something. 34:06 Sure. 34:08 And so, I praise the Lord 34:09 that He will never leave us nor forsake us. 34:11 Amen. 34:13 And He will speak to us 34:14 when that becomes necessary for us to hear Him. 34:16 It's also interesting that He saw fit to bless us 34:18 with two ears and one mouth. 34:21 It's like less talking, more listening, 34:24 you know, two ears and one mouth, 34:26 so that's interesting. 34:28 You know, you're talking about something interesting 34:29 because Jesus used... 34:32 When Jesus speaks, you have to listen. 34:34 It's like you heard that, when Neil Hutton speaks to you, 34:36 people listen. 34:38 When Jesus speaks, we need to listen. 34:40 You were talking about the shepherd, 34:42 Jesus is the good shepherd, and My sheep hear My voice, 34:44 and they know Me. 34:47 We were talking earlier today about some of the addresses 34:50 we see in some of the Spanish countries, 34:52 they will say things like... 34:55 It's the second street 34:57 and it's the house across from the yellow house, 35:01 you know, directions that depend upon 35:03 some other physical object to tell you, 35:05 it's the building behind the plaza, you know. 35:09 And, you know, they could change 35:11 the yellow house to a red house 35:12 and then all that addresses out there are wrong. 35:16 But today, you don't see everyday, 35:19 you're driving on the street, 35:20 you don't see shepherds with sheep, 35:22 but you can still see shepherds with sheep, 35:24 I saw a shepherd with sheep in Israel. 35:27 And people in the car said, 35:28 "Stop, stop, we want to see this. 35:30 I had never seen this before." 35:33 And there was the shepherd, 35:35 I don't know how many sheep were following him 35:37 but they were following him. 35:39 They were not attached, 35:40 you know, he was not leading them out 35:42 like you walk a dog or anything, 35:43 they were following him and when he turned, 35:46 they turned to follow him because they knew him. 35:50 When we got out of the car 35:51 and we tried to get one of the sheep, 35:54 they started going behind. 35:56 And, you see, 35:57 He gave us something that we can still go to, 36:01 we can still see these things. 36:03 So but anyway, I have my scripture, 36:05 Isaiah 30:20-21. 36:10 Isaiah 30:20-21," 36:13 And though the Lord gives you 36:14 the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, 36:18 yet your teachers will not be moved 36:21 into a corner anymore. 36:22 But your eyes shall see your teachers." 36:27 I will stop there for a moment, 36:28 when you see this bread of adversity 36:32 and water of affliction, 36:34 it reminds you of the people of Israel, 36:36 they were supposed to eat the bread, 36:39 unleavened bread 36:40 that was like bread of affliction. 36:43 And so it says here, 36:45 "Bread of adversity and water of affliction." 36:48 But yet, when you read Isaiah 30, 36:50 God has good news for you 36:52 and He is eager to tell you these things, 36:54 notice verse 21, 36:55 "Your ears shall hear a word 36:57 behind you saying this is the way, 37:00 walking it where 37:02 whenever you turn to the right hand 37:04 or whenever you turn to the left." 37:06 Amen. 37:07 And, you know, you look at these things 37:09 and you say, wow, bread of adversity, 37:12 waters of affliction. 37:14 The Lord will allow, some people use the word allow, 37:19 certain things to happen to you 37:21 but it's for a good reason, Romans 8:28. 37:25 And we know that all things work together for good. 37:29 It may be... 37:31 excuse me, but it may be like that shepherd 37:32 who when bad things happen, the little leg got broken 37:36 but that's what draws you to him 37:37 to get close to him, 37:39 so he can heal you 37:40 and you'll always follow him again. 37:41 It was a lesson 37:43 that the little lamb had to learn in order 37:47 to really know the shepherd. 37:50 And so he meant that for the little sheep 37:54 to happen for its own good. 37:56 And at that moment, it was painful. 38:01 But he nurtured and cared for the sheep. 38:04 And like manner when we go through difficulties, 38:06 the Lord is with us, 38:07 He will never leave us, nor forsake us, 38:09 He is with us and it's marvelous 38:12 when you look at 1 Corinthians 4, 38:14 it says, "And this light affliction 38:15 which is for a moment, 38:17 it's working for us 38:18 a far more eternal weight of glory." 38:21 And it's amazing, it's amazing what God does. 38:23 So "You will hear a word behind you, 38:25 'This is the way, walk in it."' 38:26 The Lord stands by His promises. 38:29 And He is eager to bless us, He is eager to do us good, 38:34 and sometimes for us to see our need, 38:38 He must allow certain things to happen to us. 38:40 So that we may say, 38:42 you know, Lord I need to trust You 38:44 in this situation. 38:45 Amen. And it's true. 38:47 You know, I read some scriptures that say, 38:49 "In all of their affliction, He was afflicted." 38:52 I mean, so many wonderful scriptures, 38:53 the promise that God makes, He keeps. 38:56 And I want to encourage people to believe what God says, 39:00 He will never leave us nor forsake us. 39:02 I just wanted to read 39:03 that same scripture from the NASB, 39:06 The New American Standard Bible, 39:07 I believe the Amplified 'cause I have Amplified here. 39:10 There are several that translated this way 39:13 and here instead of saying your teachers, 39:17 how they have translated the Hebrew, 39:18 it says, "He, your Teacher," 39:22 with a capital T "will no longer hide Himself," 39:26 with a capital H. 39:27 "So speaking of God 39:29 but your eyes will behold your teacher, 39:32 your ears will hear a word behind you saying, 39:34 'This is the way, walk in it.' 39:36 whether you turn to the right or the left." 39:38 And I think that as we really come 39:40 to know God as a good savior and a good shepherd. 39:44 And we recognize His presence is always with us. 39:48 We kind of tune our ear... 39:50 You know, there's things, Mollie, 39:52 we were talking about this the other day 39:53 that we get up in the morning, 39:55 we surrender to the Lord saying, 39:59 "Lord, I consent, 40:00 you know, I'm trying to yield to do Your will. 40:02 And sometimes you can get so busy 40:04 that I found myself thinking, 40:07 oh, Lord, am I recognizing and practicing Your presence. 40:10 Well, He is always there with me and when, 40:14 you know, you'll suddenly be doing something 40:16 and like you just feel like, oops, 40:18 I was supposed to be doing this, 40:19 that's God directing you 40:21 whether you turn to the right or the left. 40:23 That's what He is doing. JD! 40:25 I'm going to mention a name that is familiar to some people 40:29 may be with gray hair 40:32 and may be what, Pastor Roger Kuhn. 40:35 Yes. I know Roger Kuhn. 40:37 And Pastor Roger Kuhn, 40:38 I was reading his book several years ago 40:41 and he was thinking on these scriptures, 40:43 they say that the Lord is always with us 40:46 and he says, 40:47 "You know, Lord, I believe You're always with me." 40:49 And you know what he did, he stopped his car, 40:53 pulled over to the side and he said, 40:54 "Lord, I didn't invite you into my car." 40:58 And he opened the door and he says, 40:59 "Lord, please come in." 41:00 Oh, precious. 41:02 And he closed the door and he felt, 41:04 he said he felt the presence of the Lord. 41:07 And I want to say something about the word felt. 41:09 You know, sometimes we go through experiences and we say, 41:12 "I don't feel the presence of the Lord." 41:15 And this is when 41:17 we have to understand that our feelings 41:20 can deceive us. 41:22 That's right. 41:23 And we have to believe the promise. 41:25 Jesus said, 41:26 "I will never leave you, nor forsake you." 41:28 I don't feel Him, but He promised us, 41:30 so He is here with me. 41:32 We must believe these promises of the Lord 41:34 because they are true 41:37 and the Lord will carry us through. 41:39 Amen. JD. 41:41 Yeah, unlike Johnny. 41:45 Well, first of all I think everyone knows by now, 41:48 I live in a very practical world 41:50 and I was very fortunate in my upbringing 41:52 because I was raised on a sheep farm. 41:56 And so as you're sitting here looking out of the bus, 42:00 I've been there, I've done that, 42:01 and it was a joyful time in my life. 42:04 Because I remember, we had the Quinn call... 42:10 That brought the sheep to the sheepfold, okay. 42:14 Every night you put them up 42:15 because there's coyotes out there, 42:17 there's wild dogs out there, there's wild cats out there. 42:20 But they knew your voice and they followed you. 42:23 And boy, as you called out every morning, 42:25 here they are eager to come out. 42:27 You open up the gate, thank you, Jesus, 42:29 that they no longer had to follow us 42:31 because we've gone from AD30, AD29, 42:36 when he is telling these stories to 1950-55. 42:40 We had great Pyrenees dogs 42:42 that have a bell around their neck. 42:43 We had donkeys 42:45 that had bells around their necks. 42:46 So they would walk the sheep, 42:48 they were trained that they would follow 42:50 and they were peaceful. 42:52 But they didn't, 42:53 they never started at all 42:54 until they heard the call of the shepherd. 42:58 And every different sheep farmer 43:00 had their own call. 43:02 Today, we still have that same call, 43:06 we no longer raise sheep, we're raising cattle now. 43:09 But I'll bet you, those cattle come too 43:11 because they know 43:12 when they hear that call that they are going to be fed, 43:17 that they are going to be protected. 43:19 And so I love what my scripture is about. 43:23 We are going back to John 10:3-5 43:27 and I want to start with first one real quick 43:29 because it kind of puts it in perspective, 43:32 "Most assuredly I say to you," 43:34 because we're talking about the true shepherd Jesus Christ, 43:37 "Most assuredly I say to you, 43:39 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door," 43:42 remember, we got a big enclosed circle here, 43:45 open on top, 43:47 "And who does not enter the sheepfold by the door 43:51 but climbs up and enter, 43:52 the same as the thief and robber." 43:54 So there is always the good guys, 43:56 there's always the bad guys. 43:58 "But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep," 44:01 That's who the sheep are waiting for every morning. 44:04 They'll wait for someone to come 44:06 through that front door. 44:08 "And to him the doorkeeper opens 44:11 and then the sheep hear his voice 44:13 and then he calls his own sheep by name 44:16 and leads them out, and when he brings them out, 44:19 when he brings out his own sheep 44:21 and goes before them and the sheep follow him, 44:23 for they know his voice. 44:25 Yet, they will by no means follow a stranger. 44:28 But will flee from him, 44:30 for they do not know the voice of the stranger." 44:32 And that is so very important 44:33 because we are talking about God's presence is with me. 44:37 The last thing that we want to call upon 44:40 is following the voice of a stranger. 44:42 Amen. 44:43 So it's very important when that sheepfold is open, 44:46 the sheep are there and they are ready to go out. 44:49 Now the difference between a sheep and a cow 44:53 is that sheep wander around all the time 44:54 with their head down. 44:56 And they are going after that short, short grass 44:59 because the cow, 45:00 here is the way his mouth is put together, 45:02 he can't get down and get that short grass. 45:05 That's the reason you have sheep in the... 45:08 We've been to Israel and how do they live, 45:12 only the sheep could live out there, you know. 45:15 You don't see any cattle out there 45:17 and so anyway, 45:18 but they got their heads hung down 45:20 and, oh, my goodness, there is not a better time, 45:24 there's not a better time 45:26 and I wish that everybody could experience this, 45:28 spring is coming, baby lambs everywhere. 45:33 This is the ideal place 45:35 and I think that God had for a big playpen. 45:37 There's thousands of lambs out there 45:39 just jumping and bouncing, mama sheep got her head down, 45:44 you know, and I mean, every time 45:46 she is breathing the dark splatters, 45:47 you know, but she gets that to. 45:49 But boy, the way it's supposed to be... 45:54 Mama have thousands of sheep, how does that work? 46:00 She hears and boys attentively 46:02 she goes right directly to the baby, 46:05 and the baby of course he just hit the jackpot 46:07 'cause he gets fed right there. 46:09 But the thing about it is, it all starts in the morning 46:14 when the sheepfold is open 46:16 because there's enemies out there. 46:19 Now we're not only talking about sheep that have wool, 46:24 we're talking about you and me. 46:28 We need to know our shepherd when he calls. 46:31 When that sheepfold open, 46:33 that we then are following his voice, 46:36 we don't follow the voice of a stranger. 46:40 Because we here, we live in the 20th century, 46:44 we turn the TV on, 46:45 we know what happens 46:46 to these precious people all the time. 46:48 And don't you think that, 46:49 that's why it is so important to know the word of God. 46:53 You know, when we hear, 46:55 every now and then, you'll hear... 46:57 I was listening, we were traveling 46:59 and I listened to some man's part of his sermon. 47:02 It sounded so good, 47:03 he had the audience eating out of his hand 47:06 and I'm sitting there thinking that is error, 47:10 that is so wrong, I could sit and list a dozen scriptures. 47:14 But if you don't know the voice of the shepherd, 47:18 you will follow a stranger. 47:20 And there's some strange messages, 47:22 strange doctrines out there. 47:24 So, you know, this is something that I so appreciate 47:27 about 3ABN and those who speak on 3ABN. 47:31 It's so many 47:33 will just come right out and say don't take it as truth 47:36 because we say so, get into the word 47:39 and everybody preaches from the scripture, 47:42 it's not theoretical, it's scriptural based, 47:47 Christ centric, Christos centric teaching. 47:50 Amen. 47:52 Thank you, JD, that was beautiful. 47:53 I remember somebody saying, 47:55 I don't remember if it was in a sermon 47:56 or where I heard it, 47:58 but that bank tellers in order to, 48:01 they studied the authentic, 48:03 they become so familiar with the real deal dollar bill, 48:08 20 dollar bill, 48:09 whatever, they don't spend time studying the counterfeit. 48:12 Because once you know the genuine 48:14 and once you know what's real, 48:16 you'll be able to spot a fake from a mile away. 48:19 And it's interesting with the sheep, 48:21 you're talking about 48:23 how the sheep know the shepherd's voice. 48:26 Well, I was watching a YouTube video 48:28 and this might have been on Facebook and on this video, 48:31 there were strangers 48:32 that were trying to call and get the sheep to come over. 48:35 And they were just doing their own thing, 48:37 they weren't paying them any attention. 48:39 But when their shepherd, when the shepherd called, 48:42 they all just ran over there to him 48:45 and that's how like you were saying 48:47 we need to be in the word of God. 48:49 So that we recognize 48:50 and we're able to distinguish between the real deal, 48:54 our Heavenly Father and the counterfeit. 48:59 So I have Psalms 16:11, 49:05 and this is coming 49:06 from the New King James version, 49:08 "You will show me the path of life, 49:11 in your presence is fullness of joy, 49:13 at your right hand are pleasures for ever more." 49:16 I love that scripture. 49:17 And that is so true like 49:21 when you accept Christ 49:22 as your personal Lord and Savior, 49:24 you experience an inner peace, a true sense of joy. 49:29 Because everything 49:30 that the world has to offer is counterfeit, 49:32 you know, you may be... 49:33 You have a lot of money, you may be happy for a second. 49:36 But that's not, 49:37 that's not true joy, it's like a rollercoaster. 49:40 You know, then you're operating off 49:42 of feelings and not principle. 49:47 I also want to take a look here in Exodus, 49:49 we are talking about 49:51 being in the presence of God here. 49:53 And Exodus 34, beginning in verse 27, 49:59 and I know we're short on time, so I'm going to try and... 50:02 Exodus 34, what? 50:04 Verse 27, beginning in 27. 50:08 And it says, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 50:11 'Write these words for according 50:13 to the tenor of these words 50:14 I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.' 50:17 So he was there with the Lord, 40 days and 40 nights. 50:21 He neither ate bread nor drank water 50:24 and he wrote on the tablets, 50:26 the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. 50:29 Now it was so when Moses came down 50:31 from Mount Sinai and the two tablets 50:33 of the testimony were in Moses' hand, 50:36 when he came down from the mountain, 50:37 that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone 50:41 while he talked with him." 50:44 So, you see, Moses was up there 40 days and 40 nights 50:49 with no bread, no water, normally I mean, 50:55 you die from something like that, 50:57 you can't go that long 50:58 without eating and drinking, right. 51:01 So he is in the presence of the Lord, 51:04 and not only 51:05 was he in the presence of the Lord for all that time, 51:08 he was really just absorbing like everything 51:11 God was pouring into him. 51:14 And when he came down from that mountain, 51:16 it showed on his face like he reflected that glory. 51:20 And that's how we should be as Christians, 51:22 is that when we spend time with the Lord 51:25 and we're allowing Him to pour into our lives 51:29 when we're listening to Him and absorbing everything 51:31 that He has to say to us, that should be seen, 51:35 we shouldn't even have to state necessarily 51:37 that we're Christians, 51:38 it should just be that glow on our face. 51:42 And there was one more thing to get to real quick, 51:47 I want to go back to the beginning of time, 51:50 back in the garden. 51:52 Genesis, what? 51:53 We're going to go to Genesis 3:6. 51:59 All right, "So when the woman saw 52:02 that the tree was good for food, 52:04 that it was pleasant to the eyes, 52:06 and a tree desirable to make one wise, 52:08 she took of its fruit and ate, 52:10 she also gave to her husband with her and he ate. 52:13 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, 52:15 and they knew that they were naked 52:17 and they sewed fig leaves together, 52:19 and made themselves coverings. 52:20 And they heard the sound of the Lord 52:23 God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, 52:26 and Adam and his wife hid themselves 52:27 from the presence of the Lord 52:29 God amongst the trees of the garden. 52:32 Then the Lord God called to Adam, 52:34 and said to him, 'Where are you?' 52:36 So he said, 52:37 'I heard your voice in the garden, 52:39 and I was afraid, 52:40 because I was naked, and I hid myself.'" 52:42 You see there is different applications with God, 52:45 being in God's presence, 52:47 you know, there is the one where, 52:49 you know, you're happy to be in God's presence. 52:52 And then there is the one where, you know, God... 52:55 You've recognized that you've messed up. 52:59 And here we have Adam and Eve, 53:00 they recognized that they've messed up 53:02 and they are kind of like they are hiding, 53:05 you know, because they are scared 53:07 of being in God's presence at that time. 53:10 And a common misconception is that you have gone too far, 53:16 you know, and this what the enemy wants people 53:17 to believe is that they have gone too far. 53:20 But the bottom line 53:21 is the Lord Jesus still wants you, 53:23 God still wants you. 53:25 And He is longing for His children 53:27 to spend eternity with Him. 53:29 So all you have to do is repent and turn away. 53:32 Amen. 53:34 I'm telling you, 53:35 I think the Lord's got His hand on you to preach. 53:38 Praise the Lord. 53:40 I want to just throw in one more, 53:41 1 John, if everybody will turn there. 53:45 We have been talking about 53:47 the presence of the Lord is with us always. 53:52 And, you know, 53:53 if you are feeling guilty like Adam and Eve, 53:56 what you're going to do, 53:57 you're going to try to avoid the Lord 54:01 and God doesn't want you to. 54:03 Mollie, what is your favorite scripture 54:05 that you are always quoting? 54:07 That if we confess our sins... 54:10 1 John 1:9, oh, thank God for 1 John 1:9. 54:14 He is faithful and just to step one, forgive us, 54:18 step two, cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 54:20 So there is no reason to hide. 54:24 So let's look 54:25 at 1 John 3:19 54:31 because unlike the Adam and Eve, 54:35 who felt guilty and under condemnation 54:38 until the Lord restored them. 54:40 When we know 54:42 that all of God's promises are true, 54:44 when we recognize His presence 54:47 it says here in 1 John 3:19, 54:52 "By this we know that we are of the truth 54:55 and shall assure our hearts before him." 55:00 I like the way the NIV says it, it says, 55:04 "We know that we belong to the truth 55:07 and we set our hearts at rest 55:12 in His presence." 55:14 We are sure before Him, 55:16 we set our hearts at rest in His presence. 55:20 I mean, praise God. 55:22 The joy of the Lord is I mean, truly, 55:27 He is our good shepherd is showing us the path of life 55:31 whether we turn to the right or to the left, 55:34 He is saying, no, no, no, this is the way, walk ye in it. 55:39 He knows us personally, we hear His voice, 55:43 we won't follow the voice of a stranger. 55:46 He has promised 55:47 He will never leave us or forsake us. 55:49 Hallelujah. Amen. 55:51 I would like to end with prayer, 55:52 if we just... 55:54 Mollie, why don't you start, we'll just go around. 55:56 We want to invite you to pray with us 55:58 and we hope you'll understand God's presence 56:01 is with you always. 56:02 Holy Father, we praise You 56:04 and thank You, Lord, 56:06 for Your grace, and mercy, and goodness to us, 56:08 and for Your presence here with us. 56:10 Father, I pray over this word, this going forth, Lord, 56:13 that You have securely planted it 56:15 within our hearts, 56:16 seal it now by Your spirit 56:17 that the enemy can't come and steal it, in Jesus' name. 56:21 Amen. 56:22 Dear, Heavenly Father, 56:24 we thank You so much for the opportunity 56:25 to commune with You and to be in Your presence, 56:29 as we know that prayer does not bring You down to us 56:32 but us up to You. 56:33 And we're so grateful for that opportunity 56:35 and we just ask 56:36 that You would continue to be with us 56:38 as we walk with You Lord, 56:39 and allow us to know and feel Your presence. 56:43 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 56:44 Father, thank You that You never leave us 56:47 or forsake us and please give us 56:49 a divine awareness of Your presence 56:50 and help us to practice Your presence in Jesus' name. 56:55 And Father, as we come to You in the name of Jesus, 56:57 I just ask Lord 56:59 that each person that seeks Your faith, 57:01 each person that calls upon Your name. 57:03 Right now, dear Father that You will indeed be there 57:06 to give them the assurance 57:08 that You will never leave them nor forsake them. 57:10 We love and thank You. 57:12 Thank you, Father, for being the example for us 57:15 and for giving us 57:16 the opportunities for us to follow You always. 57:19 And thank You for all the messages 57:21 that You give us of assurance 57:23 that we need not fear 57:24 because when we are following the good shepherd, 57:27 You will always be there for us and we thank you for 57:30 and we're praying for those Lord 57:32 who are in need of You, 57:34 that You will reveal Yourself to them in Christ name, amen. |
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