I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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We are so glad
that you've joined us
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and happy Sabbath to you.
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That's right.
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Phew, it's been a
long week, a busy week,
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but a good week
serving the Lord.
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And I don't know
how your week was.
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Hopefully, I'm sure
it was busy as well.
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All of us have a lot, I
know, on each of our place,
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I'm sure you at home do as well,
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but we just
appreciate you taking the time
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to tune in for
the Family Worship.
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And I think most importantly
is spending time with God
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and His Word.
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I know that I
always look forward
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to the Sabbath hours
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and especially
during the winter months,
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the sunset turns to
be a little bit earlier,
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at least in
Southern Illinois anyway.
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And so I know Jill
and I oftentimes say,
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you know, we're
grateful that sundown comes...
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Friday night's here. A
little bit earlier, yeah.
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That's for sure.
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But thank you for
your prayers and support
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to the ministry of 3ABN.
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It's definitely a team effort
and we appreciate your support.
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Many of you from
the very beginning
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and we thank you for that.
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And I think a neat
thing is this is a family,
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we'll introduce
who we have here.
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But you're also
part of the family.
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And though we
may never meet here
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on this side of heaven,
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we look forward to
eternity will build us spend
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many, many hours together
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and of course with Jesus Christ.
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But who do we
have around the table?
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What a blessing
Sabbath is? That's right.
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You know, just to come
apart from the cares of the week
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and spend time with
you, our 3ABN family at home,
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and our 3ABN family
around the table here.
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We have Dee
Hilderbrand on our right,
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and your production coordinator
and been here for many years.
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Oh, over 20 years.
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Is that over 20? Yes, 22.
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So it's been a joy
being here watching 3ABN grow,
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watching me grow,
watching other people,
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it's just been an
amazing experience.
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I couldn't imagine
being anywhere else.
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Never intended on being here
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this long but can't
imagine being anywhere else now.
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And we can't imagine
3ABN without you as well,
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you know, what I mean,
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Dee is just part of
the family here with 3ABN.
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We were closer together,
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Dee, and I appreciate all
of the hard effort and work
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that Dee puts into
3ABN, a lot of scheduling too.
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And you wouldn't believe
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how complicated
scheduling can get
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with all the
different networks and the staff
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and the different
things, Dee, that happen.
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Nobody wants my job.
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But you are a joy as a boss too.
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It's a blessing
to work together.
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I have wonderful bosses.
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It's a blessing
to work together.
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Thank you, Dee, for
being part of this family.
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And on this side,
we have another Dee.
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We have Dee Casper,
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and we're just so
glad to have you here,
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Dee, as well.
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Now you're part
of UnScene Media,
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even though we consider
you're part of the 3ABN family.
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Oh, we do.
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But you're part
of UnScene Media,
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tell us what you do there.
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So I'm the evangelism director,
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so I take care of
speaking appointments,
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evangelism training, networking,
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some of the
devotional videos that we do
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as far as being
the face for those,
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writing those, and
that type of thing.
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And yeah, I love it.
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Good to be involved in
media and evangelism together.
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It's great. Amen.
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I think it's really neat,
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you know, 'cause
you're mentioning though
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you may not be employed by 3ABN,
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still you're part of the family.
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'Cause for those of
you that have been to 3ABN,
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we have the uplink
building, original building.
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And UnScene Media is right
next to the uplink building,
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that's where the
headquarters is located.
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And it's a blessing,
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so you're close
from this building,
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what is it?
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A mile? No, two miles.
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Probably two miles,
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and 3ABN brought
me into the Message,
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so there is certainly
more than a way to tie me
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to this organization.
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You know,
that's a good point too
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'cause you actually...
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were you born and raised
here in southern Illinois?
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About a half
hour from here, yeah,
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and I never heard of
the Seventh-day Adventist
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and just found it on TV one day.
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And I was encouraged by
my dad to start watching.
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He started.
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But, yeah, we're just
over the air broadcast
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and that's how we
stumbled across the Message.
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And here you are so
involved in His work,
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been a part of it for
a number of years now.
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When were you
baptized? December 2010.
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Wow. Okay.
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That's amazing. Well.
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Yeah. How time flies.
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Man, yes. It's a blessing.
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Thanks for taking your time
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'cause you have a busy schedule.
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Oh, you bet.
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And sitting next to
you is, Jonathan Babb.
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And, Jonathan, I want
to say you grew up here.
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We could almost
say... That's true.
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You've been here for many years.
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I remember you being at
our local church school,
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and then you went away
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and went to
college and came back,
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and he's now the manager
of the 3ABN call service.
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So Jonathan,
we're glad you're here.
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Thank you, I'm glad to be here.
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And you've been
the manager there
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for about four years.
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How long has it been?
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Is that right,
three or four years?
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Close to...
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between three
or four maybe. Wow!
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Yeah, you're
doing a great job there,
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that's for sure.
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And you went away to a
school like Jill was saying
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and took a degree in computer...
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help me out. Computer Science.
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Computer Science.
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And I know you're not doing
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all computer
science at the call center.
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Not all but...
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That's the neat
thing that how God works.
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Still a lot of
it. What was that?
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Still doing a lot of
it though. Oh, you are.
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Yeah, lot of
behind the scene stuff.
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But, yeah, we appreciate
you and your family for sure.
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And what year did
you welcome your family?
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The baptism?
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2001, I think it was
the end of year 2000.
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Okay. Wow.
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That's
incredible how time flies.
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You know, and
the whole Babb family
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is involved in ministry here.
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You know, your
dad works in radio,
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and your mom in a
County Infraservices,
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and then your sister
in one's a way at school,
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and brother works here.
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So we got the
whole family here, right.
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3ABN's definitely
a family ministry.
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That's true. Yeah,
that's a good point.
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They had a good
deal on that one.
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Yeah, what a
blessing, I tell you.
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And thank you
again for joining us
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for our family worship.
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And our topic
before we go into a song
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and have our
prayer is on prayer.
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So I think we
should start with prayer
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before we do our song and launch
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into our study this evening.
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And, Dee,
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would you mind to open our
Family Worship with prayer?
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Sure. Thanks.
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Oh, dear heavenly
Father, we just thank
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that we can come together
on this Friday evenings.
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We start our start our
worship, Lord, praising You,
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and coming into Your presence
to spend the Sabbath with You.
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I just asking
blessing on all of us here
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and all of our viewers,
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Lord, that we
will open our hearts
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to Your leading
and that our prayers
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will be forwent
towards you, Father.
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We just thank You
for these hours together
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that You give us.
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And we just praise
You in Jesus' name, amen.
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Thank you so much.
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Prayer is kind of a broad topic.
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We could spend hours
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on every single one
of the aspects of prayer,
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but tonight we're
talking specifically
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about answered prayer.
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So we're going to be sharing
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some of the prayers
that God has answered
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in our own hearts and lives.
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We'll be looking
at biblical stories
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of answered prayer,
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and then some
of those conditions
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for answered prayer.
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But before we do anything else,
we want to go to some music.
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And we have Summer at the piano,
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and Summer's such a
blessing in the ministry here,
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so glad that she's here.
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And what song we'll be
doing is a song on prayer,
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bringing our burdens, our cares,
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whatever's on
our heart to Jesus.
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What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
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And the words will be
on the screen for you.
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What a friend we have in Jesus
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All our sins and griefs to bear
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What a privilege to carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Oh what peace we often forfeit
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Oh what needless pain we bear
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All because we do not carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Let's go to verse three
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Are we weak and heavy-laden
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Cumbered with a load of care
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Precious Savior still our refuge
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Do thy friends
despise, forsake thee?
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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In His arms He'll
take and shield thee
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Thou wilt find a solace there
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Amen.
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What a message in that
song. Thank you so much, Summer.
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Appreciate it very much.
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You know, I like some
of the lines to this song.
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Verse 3, it says, "Are
we weak and heavy-laden?"
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I would say all of us
probably have something
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that's in our lives
that may be an issue
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or something we're dealing with.
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And then it says,
"Cumbered with a load of care?
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Precious savior
still out refuge,"
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and it says,
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"Take it to the lord in prayer."
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Praise the lord for that.
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Now we have water here
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on the set all
of us have in case,
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you know, we get a
little thirsty or something.
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I think a prayer's
kind of like maybe water.
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It's a life to the
soul, and why is that?
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I think it's because of
communing with the Lord.
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Absolutely, as we
look at answered prayer,
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we're looking some
conditions of answered prayer.
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But before we get into that,
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have you all ever experienced
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an answer to
prayer in your life?
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A few.
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Many.
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Who wants to be first?
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So who wants to
share an experience?
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Dee, I see you over
there. What have you got?
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Well, there's a lots. I
was trying to think of one.
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Which one?
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Well, I may have mentioned
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this before on a
previous program.
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One of the biggest
ones for me was when I...
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Since God leading me
to arise a Bible College
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that David Asscherick runs.
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But I didn't have
any money to do it,
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and I just really,
really, really was wrestling
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with how is this
going to be possible
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for the finances.
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And just miracle, after miracle,
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after miracle
happened as having dreams
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about certain situations
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that are proving
true and other stuff.
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But it did more
to affirm my faith
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in that time of
uncertainty than anything.
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Whenever God showed up in
a mighty way on moving day
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of all days for Arise,
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I was accepted but I
didn't have the money,
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I have to have
half of the tuition
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by certain date or
they had to let someone
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from the waiting
list take a position.
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So that time came, I
didn't have the funds,
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so someone
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from the
waiting list got my spot
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and I just kept
praying and praying and...
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That'd be kind of
discouraging, wouldn't it?
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Oh, man.
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Oh, God, I want to go there
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and then
someone takes your spot.
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And I just wonder was
I wrong. Yeah, of course.
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You know, because I'm
trying to make sense of things.
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At this stage in life,
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I didn't have a
big resume of knowing
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how to hear to God for myself.
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You know, my success rate
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wasn't very high at
this stage of my experience.
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This is kind of
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one of those big steps of faith,
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but anyway,
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I got to a point from
move-in day in August,
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I didn't have the funds,
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but my pastor called and said,
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"Hey, we've got
this much of the tuition.
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Would you guys be willing
to let us pledge to pay it off
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before you graduate?"
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They said, "You know,
we normally don't do that,
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but for Dee, we'll
make an exception."
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And they had an
odd number of students
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that particular year
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just to make a spot for me
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because I tried to
attend a couple of years earlier
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and it didn't work out.
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They remembered me.
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I wasn't an
Adventist yet, but was close.
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And they knew that.
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They felt that this
would be helpful for me
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to kind of make
a final decision.
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And it was just such a
blessing to me because one,
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the Arise program
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was one of the
most empowering things
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that ever
could've happened to me
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going into
ministry, first of all.
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Just to get the sense
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that God could
actually use me in ministry,
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which I wasn't convinced of.
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And not because
just God isn't awesome,
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but just I felt like
I wasn't good enough,
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you know, I couldn't
speak in front of people,
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I couldn't do
Bible studies well.
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In my mind, I just
didn't think I would do well.
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There's just a huge
blessing for me to see
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how God provided
in such an amazing way
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and paid off my debt
when I taught at Arise,
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a couple years later, at
an airport of all places.
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Someone overbooked the flight,
the airline paid for my...
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they refunded the ticket
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and gave money and top of that.
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That was the exact
amount of my tuition.
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I still owe to Arise.
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So just that whole
process convinced me
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that when God
calls, God provides
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and gave me great
confidence with future calls
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that if He could do it
then, He would do it again.
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Yeah, you know, you just...
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I want to say
just brushed over this
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but you just
said something to me
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is very amazing.
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Exact amount. Yeah.
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You know, so I mean
it wasn't like okay,
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there's lots and
lots of extra money.
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It was the amount that you...
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I owed to Arise $600,
and the plane ticket was $700
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and airlines don't write checks.
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Angie Lomacang
actually informed me
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this a couple years ago
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when I did an
interview with her.
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She's like,
"They don't do that."
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I thought they did.
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Said, "No, no, no, no,
they give you vouchers,
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they don't write checks."
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Yeah, but they
wrote you a check.
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United or Delta
wrote me a check for $1300.
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It was the
exact amount to refund
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the plane ticket for Arise
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because they
paid for me to teach.
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And the rest, I just
gave them the whole check,
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the rest paid off
when I owed in my tuition.
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Isn't it something?
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And it was just an
airport off all things in 2012.
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So...
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Wow, that's encouraging.
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You know, just
to see how God works
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in the past gives confidence
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for how He's going
to work in the future.
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That's true.
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I like what you said
because then that shows
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you now, "Now I'm going to see
how God's going to move again.
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Now I have confidence,
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I can come before
Him boldly knowing
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that when I'm in time of need
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and I don't know
which direction to go,
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God's going to lead me again."
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That's right.
So that's powerful.
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That's how I knew
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so that I was supposed
to be here was so obvious.
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God had...
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You're talking at 3ABN? Mm-hmm.
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God had said no to a
very important prayer
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just previous to that.
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And so I had to know
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that I had
rededicated my life to Him.
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And after you lose your
spouse, significant thing,
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you're not supposed
to be making decisions
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for at least a
year, drastic decisions.
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And here after just six
months, I made a huge decision
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of moving and leaving my family
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and changing my
job and everything,
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I did everything
you're not supposed to do.
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But God was so
evident in this move.
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And even the actual move
here, I had prayed and said,
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"Okay, this is the
date I'm going to leave,
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but if I'm not
supposed to leave,
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You've got to take care of it."
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Well, four days before
I was supposed to leave,
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I didn't have a
home for the dog,
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I hadn't sold mobile home...
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Four days?
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Four days before I
was supposed to leave.
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Wow. And the truck hadn't sold.
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There was like
three or four things
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that my parents were
getting very nervous.
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You know...
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So, Dee, you're
going to make this move?
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But all the stuff
wasn't done, and I said,
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"You know, God's in charge.
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He knows what has to be done."
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And two days before,
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everything
happened on the same day.
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Everything,
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I had a
beautiful home for the dog,
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he was so beautiful and happy.
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And the truck sold.
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And everything
just fell in place.
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But God also
changed the day I left.
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I left one day later
than I had said I was going to
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because I said,
"He open and close door
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so that I leave
exactly when I'm supposed to."
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And I left one day later
and because of that, I had...
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'cause this isn't November
coming over the mountains,
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form the West-Coast.
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So the snow is behind us,
and the storms were behind us,
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and they were in front of us.
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But I heard it and I
said this one's before on
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one of the programs.
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While I was driving one day,
00:16:36.69\00:16:38.49
on the radio the announcer says,
00:16:38.53\00:16:40.30
"We're having
00:16:40.33\00:16:41.66
unseasonably
warm weather today."
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And I'm like
"Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
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Thank you, God."
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To me, it was a yes, a
very solid answer of prayer
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so I would trust
Him in the future.
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I will leave 3ABN
when God leaves me
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that strongly away
from here as he did to here.
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But to get an answer like
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that after such a
difficult no was amazing.
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Yeah, well. Amen.
00:17:05.75\00:17:07.19
Yeah. That's great, Dee.
00:17:07.22\00:17:08.56
You know, I think,
00:17:08.59\00:17:09.92
you know, you're mentioning
about the loss of your spouse.
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And...
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That was a no. Yes.
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Correct, yeah,
00:17:16.90\00:17:18.23
that your husband wasn't healed.
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In order to believe
that God always answered
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maybe not just the
way that we want it to be.
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No. Did that make sense?
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And... Yeah.
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And even though...
00:17:31.11\00:17:32.45
but even in that
prayer of healing,
00:17:32.48\00:17:34.38
I was going to talk
it about a little later.
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He gave me a yes and
a no at the same time.
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Yeah, so yeah, we'll
talk more about that.
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Yeah. Yeah, it's amazing.
00:17:41.16\00:17:42.59
I think all of us run
into that in a day-to-day,
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in our daily life.
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I mean, I'm sure
you at home, same thing.
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Jonathan, you think
00:17:47.66\00:17:49.00
I'm demanding for
you answered prayer.
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Well, one thing,
00:17:51.00\00:17:52.73
you know, a lot of times
00:17:52.77\00:17:54.10
when we think
of answered prayer,
00:17:54.14\00:17:55.57
we think of big
miracles or definite,
00:17:55.60\00:18:00.58
undeniable answers to
prayer, such as Dee's and Dee's.
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Yeah, like
exact amount of money.
00:18:04.91\00:18:06.31
Exact amount,
where obviously, God led.
00:18:06.35\00:18:08.55
But God answers
all of our prayers,
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most definitely
our little prayers.
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You know, we pray so often,
00:18:14.36\00:18:16.99
you know, just for
little interactions for days
00:18:17.03\00:18:19.73
that He answers person,
00:18:19.76\00:18:21.30
we don't even
think about or realize.
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And for me, one
recently, relatively recently
00:18:25.60\00:18:28.57
is when we sent the
shipment of spiritual vigilantes
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to Trinidad & Tobago.
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Oh, well, yeah.
00:18:33.74\00:18:35.08
I never worked with
shipping up a container before.
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I was so worried
00:18:38.01\00:18:39.35
that we didn't
do something right
00:18:39.38\00:18:40.98
that the books would get
there, and it'll be sop and wet,
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and useless or some.
00:18:43.35\00:18:45.09
But I just kept praying Lord,
00:18:45.12\00:18:46.45
you know, it's,
it's in your hands
00:18:46.49\00:18:48.32
and they arrived safely.
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They weren't sopping wet? No.
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There were like,
over 50 or above 50,000.
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Yeah, 50,000.
00:18:54.36\00:18:55.70
And, you know,
they sent pictures
00:18:55.73\00:18:57.37
and, you know, they
were putting them away
00:18:57.40\00:18:59.73
and get rid of, have
been campaigns with them.
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So I know, Lord's going
to be a blessing with them
00:19:02.14\00:19:04.51
and so He
answered my prayer there
00:19:04.54\00:19:06.74
that, you know,
they arrived safely.
00:19:06.78\00:19:08.84
That's a great point,
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.21
Jonathan 'cause it was
actually special prayer
00:19:10.25\00:19:11.58
and I know you're
praying as they were going to.
00:19:11.61\00:19:13.58
But they were
special prayer for those...
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Absolutely.
00:19:14.98\00:19:16.32
Isn't that indeed
00:19:16.35\00:19:17.69
how God helps us
in our insufficiency?
00:19:17.72\00:19:19.09
True.
00:19:19.12\00:19:20.46
When we don't know
what to do or where to turn,
00:19:20.49\00:19:23.26
He steps in and He covers that.
00:19:23.29\00:19:25.49
And so important in
all of our positions.
00:19:25.53\00:19:27.40
Yes.
00:19:27.43\00:19:28.76
You know, I went
school for computer science
00:19:28.80\00:19:30.13
and not a manager,
00:19:30.17\00:19:31.70
not for working
at a call center,
00:19:31.73\00:19:33.34
I don't like answering the phone
00:19:33.37\00:19:35.50
but I do occasionally.
00:19:35.54\00:19:37.34
And but the Lord
fills in everywhere
00:19:37.37\00:19:41.14
that we are deficient.
00:19:41.18\00:19:43.91
Ain't that amazing?
00:19:43.95\00:19:45.28
You know, I just think
for myself stepping in,
00:19:45.31\00:19:47.45
you know, after
the first of the year,
00:19:47.48\00:19:49.28
you know, Mollie
went in three time
00:19:49.32\00:19:50.92
an stepping into general manager
00:19:50.95\00:19:52.49
and thinking, "I
don't know how to do this."
00:19:52.52\00:19:54.82
I'm not sure,
00:19:54.86\00:19:56.19
you know, people walking
in the office and saying now,
00:19:56.22\00:19:57.79
"What about this?"
00:19:57.83\00:19:59.16
And I'm thinking, "Oh,
that's under my purview,
00:19:59.19\00:20:02.06
that means I need
to do something here."
00:20:02.10\00:20:04.00
And just knowing
that we can go before God
00:20:04.03\00:20:06.60
and He has all wisdom
00:20:06.63\00:20:08.34
and He has all knowledge
and He can give us peace
00:20:08.37\00:20:11.91
and that's just
an incredible thing.
00:20:11.94\00:20:13.98
It is. So you
were right, Jonathan.
00:20:14.01\00:20:15.54
Thank you for sharing
that. Praise the Lord.
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.68
I've always been amazed
00:20:17.71\00:20:19.31
how many people
God brings into 3ABN
00:20:19.35\00:20:22.28
and He trains him Himself.
00:20:22.32\00:20:23.95
I know one of the questions
00:20:23.99\00:20:25.32
I got asked
when I first started,
00:20:25.35\00:20:26.69
somebody said to me,
00:20:26.72\00:20:28.06
"Well, what are
your qualifications?"
00:20:28.09\00:20:29.42
I'm like, "God
brought me. I don't know.
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.19
Go ask the
person that hired me."
00:20:31.23\00:20:33.09
So I see that time after time
00:20:33.13\00:20:35.03
that God brings
people into this ministry
00:20:35.06\00:20:37.77
that may not have
the exact background
00:20:37.80\00:20:40.30
that the world thinks
they need to have that position
00:20:40.34\00:20:43.94
but then God
trains them the 3ABN way,
00:20:43.97\00:20:46.61
it's amazing to me.
00:20:46.64\00:20:48.21
And look what we
accomplished here
00:20:48.24\00:20:50.25
with so few people.
00:20:50.28\00:20:52.68
Amen. Yeah, praise the Lord.
00:20:52.71\00:20:54.92
Well, I was thinking
of something out recently,
00:20:54.95\00:20:57.29
a several months ago,
00:20:57.32\00:20:58.65
you know, we did GYC
and we had a power glitch.
00:20:58.69\00:21:03.06
See if I can explain this here.
00:21:03.09\00:21:04.43
So we had a power glitch here
at 3ABN in Southern Illinois.
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GYC was out west
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and the power
glitch of course affects us
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because we're
getting ready to go live
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so let me back up.
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The sermon had gone long
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for that
particular program at GYC
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and so we
stayed with the sermon,
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stayed with the sermon
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and so went along
and we went off...
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Yeah, we did the
close and everything.
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And we found out
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that not long
after we went long at GYC
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that the power glitch
happened here at 3ABN.
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We have a
generator and all of that
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and it was kicking in
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but there are
some technical issues
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with the transfers
switch Anyway, and stuff.
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we leave that to the
electricians and engineers.
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And so anyway,
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without a signal
going out of the airway.
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So I think it was
about an hour later
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or less than an hour later,
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we're supposed to go live again
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and we were like a half an hour,
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then 15 minutes
till we went live,
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then 10 minutes
till we went live,
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then 5 minutes
and still nothing,
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we were still off the air,
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couldn't get the
connection back up
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to satellite or the internet.
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And so we're
getting ready go to the back
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of the auditorium at GYC
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and do the open from the
back which is what the jib
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and you see the audience,
we welcome everyone there.
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And so Jill and I
just started talking,
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we weren't sure if
it was live or not.
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And it was even
going out of the airways
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and of course our lots
of prayers taking place.
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And do you know
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what they told me about a minute
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or so I think just
before we went live again,
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the power and all those
technical transfer switches
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and things like
that got going again.
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Praise the lord. So I
think about His timing.
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We went along
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and the electricity
was still on, still on.
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And about as soon as
we're done with that sermon,
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we lost power.
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And then,
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we're just getting
ready to go live again,
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live again
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and they came back
on to me, that's God.
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In all those things,
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it's need to see His
hand at work for sure.
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That's powerful. It's
exciting to see God work.
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Let's look at our scripture
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as we move into
conditions for answered prayer.
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How about we look at 1 John 5?
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I know many times, we think,
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and I know I
thought this many times.
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So I'm not saying
you think this at home
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and we don't this here
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'cause I know we
have thought this too.
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Well, God, if I ask anything,
you're going to grant it.
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So then what do
we do when we ask,
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and maybe it doesn't
seem to be granted the way
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that I wanted to or
the way that I expected.
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So this verse talks about
asking according to His will.
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And let's... Do you have it?
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Sure. 1 John 5:14, 15.
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Yeah.
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1 John 5,
beginning with the verse 14.
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"Now this is the
confidence that we have in Him,
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that if we ask
anything according to His will,
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He hears us.
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And if we know that He
hears us whatever we ask,
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we know that we
have the petitions
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that we have asked of Him."
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So what's the
condition there in that verse?
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According to his will.
Asking according to his will?
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If we ask
according to God's will,
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it's guaranteed to be answered.
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So how do we know
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what's according
to His will then?
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'Cause we definitely
don't know the big picture.
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We're always asking
Him what His will is.
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Right. We don't know.
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One of the ways
that you can submit
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to His will in your prayer,
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so you can say, Lord...
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In your situation for instance
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it's very difficult
whenever someone is in need
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and you're wrestling
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and with you'd like to
see their condition improve
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and we want them with us.
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We want them with us
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and that's difficult
for us in those moments of,
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you know, potential loss.
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But we can ask what it is
that we would like to see,
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but in the end
we're surrendering
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the whole process to His will
but God I'm choosing to rest
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in your perfect
will knowing that,
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you know, what's in their
best interest and I don't.
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And situations like
that and it gets one way
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which we can know
God's will is by pray
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according to God's will,
phrase it that way is that
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we can have our requests,
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but we yield to
whatever His will maybe
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in that situation.
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I like that.
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We always yield to when we were,
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even Dave and I, when we prayed,
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it was always we accept,
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we will accept your
answer whatever it maybe.
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So, yes.
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It's easier said than
done sometimes, isn't it?
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Oh, yes.
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'Cause I know my own
life, you know, it's like, oh,
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you know, you're
praying, dear God,
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you know, I really want this.
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But then like you
said, whatever your will is.
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I think about Christ, Jonathan,
in the garden Gethsemane,
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remember his struggle there.
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Absolutely. They're not my will.
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But what, you
will be done. Yeah.
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And that was Christ in
the garden of Gethsemane.
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And, you know, one of the things
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we need to look at
is, is knowing God's will,
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His will is within His character
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and what is His character?
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That's excellent, Dee.
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So, you know, God cannot...
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I know someone who said, I said,
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"Have you talked to the Lord?
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Have you, you know,
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ask the Lord to
show you himself?"
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And she's like, "He
doesn't answer my prayers."
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Well, I got
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into a little
discussion of these prayers
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and I knew the prayers
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were not
something God could answer.
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God cannot give us revenge
or justice right now sometimes.
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He is not going
to hurt someone else
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to make us feel better.
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And so we cannot...
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We have to be careful
what we're praying for
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and is it in God's character.
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Does it fit his
character? That's good.
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I have a book here.
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I just wanted to read
one sentence out of it.
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This is "Longing for God."
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My friend Melody
Mason sent it to me.
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And Dr. Hasel wrote it.
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He was actually
just here at 3ABN,
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we did the interview with him.
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And it's a
prayer in Bible journal.
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And Dr. Hasel went
through something similar to UD
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and that his wife
passed away several years ago.
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And out of that process
of pain I guess you could say
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'cause he said
we anointed his wife
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and prayed for healing.
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If it was in God's will
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and then yet, she wasn't healed.
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And so in the
midst of that process,
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he wrote this journal.
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And at the end of January,
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there's a section on
prayer that pleases God
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and I actually just
read it this morning.
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And it talks about
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how many times we
pray for selfish motives,
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you know, you
want something fixed
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or something to be a success
because it reflects on you
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and it has nothing to
do with the other person
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and many things what
we pray for a selfish.
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And then it says,
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"Prayer that is pleasing
to God has a different focus.
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God becomes central.
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Prayer that is pleasing to
God recognizes God is a friend,
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whose companionship I seek
because he is important to me,
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not because I want
something from Him."
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So I wonder if we
put that with this verse
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"asking
according to his will..."
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then my prayers
become something I seek God
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because He's my
friend, because of who He is,
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not because of something
I want or I think I need.
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Pavel Goia actually
touches on that's too.
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He talks a lot of prayer.
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And he says that, you know,
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"God doesn't mail
the blessings to us,
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the blessings come with him."
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And so what we should
be asking for in a prayer
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and I know why he
refers to this as well
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that prayer is
how we receive God.
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It's one of the means,
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that's the goal
for us to receive him.
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And so with God
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it is the answer to
my financial difficulty,
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with God is the
answer to my heart break,
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with God is the
answer to my grief,
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with God comes the
answer to my lack of wisdom
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whatever the situation maybe.
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And so his
recommendation was our priority
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and prayer should
be to receive him.
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Not what it is that He gives us
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because those things
come with him anyway.
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And it just took kind
of coincide with what,
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Mr. Hasel was
saying in this book.
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That's powerful. Absolutely.
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The Lord living in us,
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receiving him is what the answer
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is to every problem we have.
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Or either change the situation
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or change us to
accept the situation.
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Right.
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So I mean with God,
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you know, the
prayer will be answered
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by either
answering our prayer directly
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and changing the
situation or just changing
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how we view the situation to,
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you know, as a blessing
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instead of what we
thought was maybe a negative.
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I like that.
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You know what, I
think of the situation
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of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
and they wanted their brother
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more than they
wanted the comfort
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that Jesus had to
offer them at that moment.
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He said, "You know,
if you had been here
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my brother would not had died."
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Exact same line from Martha
and Mary in that situation
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and Jesus had comfort for them
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but they wanted their
brother more than they wanted
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that comfort that Jesus
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had to offer
them at that moment.
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And they just
couldn't in vision,
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to them happiness meant
them being with their brother
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not their brother
resting in your arms Jesus
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in to the resurrection
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and that was a difficult
thing for them to grasp
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because and we go
through that in loss
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that we want them here with us
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because that's what we feel
would be the best situation.
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But for that person,
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I don't know why
you are referencing this
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with John the Baptist
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I think that he died a conqueror
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and I believe
it's in the context
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of John the Baptist,
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but it's in our commentary
on the death in a prison lived
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John I believe, but
regardless of those people
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who follow sleep in
Jesus, they die conquerors.
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Nothing can tempt
them or pull them away
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out of the hands
of God at that point,
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and that's actually
a safer place for them
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to be than with us.
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There were
hearts want then here,
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we can have that assurance.
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It's the right with God.
That's, it's a seal deal.
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And so they wrestled with that
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and I think we all
do in different areas,
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but I found great
solace and better understanding
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that I need to want Him
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and to want them
to be secure in Him
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more than I want anything else.
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I love that.
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Wanting Jesus instead
of what he can give me
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or what I can get from
him but just wanting Him.
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What about the element of faith?
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And when we look
at answered prayer.
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Let's look at Mark 11.
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And, Jonathan,
you want to get that?
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Mark 11:24.
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Or may be let's
back up a little bit,
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you want to back
up to may be start
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with 22 or something?
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That will give us context.
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So Mark 11, I'm
starting with verse 22.
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"So Jesus
answered and said to them,
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'Have faith in God.
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For assuredly, I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain,
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'Be removed and be
cast into the sea,'
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and does not doubt in his heart,
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but believes that those
things he says will be done,
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he will have whatever he says.'
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Therefore I say to you,
00:31:24.55\00:31:25.88
whatever things
you ask when you pray,
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.18
believe that you receive
them, and you will have them."
00:31:28.22\00:31:33.19
So how does the
element of faith plan
00:31:33.22\00:31:36.02
to answered prayer?
00:31:36.06\00:31:38.09
'Cause you can almost
go down this line and say,
00:31:38.13\00:31:39.63
you know what if
I had more faith,
00:31:39.66\00:31:41.50
if I had prayed hard enough
00:31:41.53\00:31:42.90
then my loved
one would be healed.
00:31:42.93\00:31:44.83
Yeah, I have a totally different
00:31:44.87\00:31:46.20
interpretation going on.
00:31:46.23\00:31:47.57
Good. Yeah, go it for, Dee.
00:31:47.60\00:31:50.41
I know that...
00:31:50.44\00:31:51.87
I know that my
husband is resting in Jesus.
00:31:51.91\00:31:55.31
That is where my faith lies.
00:31:55.34\00:31:57.65
I do not know
why David had to die
00:31:57.68\00:32:00.95
but then at that time.
00:32:00.98\00:32:04.09
But I have faith
that God has a reason
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.35
and I believe in him
00:32:06.39\00:32:08.02
and I believe that
when I get to heaven
00:32:08.06\00:32:10.06
and I find all the answers,
I am given all the answers,
00:32:10.09\00:32:13.40
then I will say
00:32:13.43\00:32:14.76
that was the best
thing you could have done.
00:32:14.80\00:32:17.33
So my faith comes in knowing
00:32:17.37\00:32:20.64
that David is safe
and saved in the Lord.
00:32:20.67\00:32:26.04
And sometimes
even if we lose someone
00:32:26.07\00:32:28.11
we don't know for
sure, we have to remember,
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.98
we don't know for
sure we can never say,
00:32:31.01\00:32:33.68
"Oh, that person died.
00:32:33.72\00:32:35.05
I will never see them again
00:32:35.08\00:32:36.42
because they
weren't safe in the Lord."
00:32:36.45\00:32:37.79
We don't know. That's right.
00:32:37.82\00:32:39.15
So if you had a loved
one that you just don't know
00:32:39.19\00:32:41.42
if they were safe in the Lord,
00:32:41.46\00:32:42.92
you need to
remember that you don't know.
00:32:42.96\00:32:45.23
So, don't assume
00:32:45.26\00:32:46.59
that they are
not safe in the Lord
00:32:46.63\00:32:47.96
no matter there
are circumstances.
00:32:48.00\00:32:49.33
Trust God.
00:32:49.36\00:32:50.70
So you have faith,
and so I have faith
00:32:50.73\00:32:53.20
God did answer my prayer the way
00:32:53.23\00:32:55.60
it needed to be answered
00:32:55.64\00:32:57.64
in the best interest
of having Dave and I both
00:32:57.67\00:33:00.74
in heaven together with Him.
00:33:00.78\00:33:03.55
So when I say,
when it says here,
00:33:03.58\00:33:07.32
"Whatever you ask in prayer,
00:33:07.35\00:33:08.68
believe you will receive
them and you will have them."
00:33:08.72\00:33:12.25
I have what was best for
me and what was best for Dave
00:33:12.29\00:33:16.46
and what was best
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.39
even if I don't
know or understand why,
00:33:18.43\00:33:21.83
what I wanted was not the best.
00:33:21.86\00:33:26.27
I don't know if
I make sense there.
00:33:26.30\00:33:27.64
It makes perfect sense.
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.00
Thank you for sharing
your personal experience.
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.37
It goes back to
accepting the will of God
00:33:30.41\00:33:33.27
and not having that
faith supersede with that.
00:33:33.31\00:33:36.64
There is another thing,
00:33:36.68\00:33:38.01
Powell from
Prayer just have been
00:33:38.05\00:33:39.65
revolutionary for may be,
00:33:39.68\00:33:41.02
he has another
saying where he says
00:33:41.05\00:33:42.38
that it's not safe to pray
00:33:42.42\00:33:43.89
until we've praised
him enough to trust.
00:33:43.92\00:33:46.76
And the point
that he is making is,
00:33:46.79\00:33:49.02
praise is one of
reflecting up on the faith
00:33:49.06\00:33:50.76
instead of God in our past.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.13
We talked about this.
00:33:52.16\00:33:53.90
That's what we need to
document or remind ourselves
00:33:53.93\00:33:55.56
that's how God has
worked in our past.
00:33:55.60\00:33:57.27
But to praising
him for who he is
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.00
and that we can receive him now
00:33:59.03\00:34:01.10
that when we start our
process of prayer in praise,
00:34:01.14\00:34:03.91
we are going to believe
00:34:03.94\00:34:05.34
that God actually cares about us
00:34:05.37\00:34:07.14
and what we're
bringing to Him at prayer.
00:34:07.18\00:34:09.34
And that's where
faith plays in is it...
00:34:09.38\00:34:11.95
I think James I
think is one of them refers
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.45
to we need to believe
that he is or is it 1 John?
00:34:13.48\00:34:16.55
That believe that he
has not as reward of the...
00:34:16.58\00:34:18.55
intelligently
speaking. I think it's 1 John.
00:34:18.59\00:34:21.02
I think it's 1 John too.
00:34:21.06\00:34:22.39
But I think the point
00:34:22.42\00:34:23.76
is just that we
can have that assurance
00:34:23.79\00:34:25.13
that we come to him in
faith, we know that God is real,
00:34:25.16\00:34:27.93
that God cares for my needs
00:34:27.96\00:34:30.03
and that if I
give God permission do
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.40
what's best for me,
00:34:31.43\00:34:32.77
He is going to do
what's best for me.
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.37
That's in means of coming
to God at faith not just that,
00:34:34.40\00:34:36.97
He isn't given
me whatever I ask.
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.97
I don't know what I
need as Paul says a Romans 8,
00:34:39.01\00:34:41.68
I don't even know
what to pray for as I odd.
00:34:41.71\00:34:43.91
But if I trust God
00:34:43.95\00:34:45.28
and allow the spirit
to intercede on my behalf,
00:34:45.31\00:34:47.02
when I come to Him, He
will provide what's needed.
00:34:47.05\00:34:51.05
That's why I said meeting
to His will and His prayer of,
00:34:51.09\00:34:55.52
Lord, this is what I want,
this is what I think I need.
00:34:55.56\00:34:59.09
I mean Dave and I,
Dave and Dee, Dee and Dave,
00:34:59.13\00:35:01.56
we were one together
00:35:01.60\00:35:03.06
and I didn't want to separated
on this earth at that time
00:35:03.10\00:35:06.80
but I would rather, we
have eternity together.
00:35:06.84\00:35:11.07
And if that was,
00:35:11.11\00:35:12.44
if losing him so
long ago was the answer
00:35:12.47\00:35:17.01
that we would be
together for eternity,
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.25
then that's the answer I wanted.
00:35:19.28\00:35:20.98
Now I have faith
00:35:21.02\00:35:22.68
that that's what
will happen ultimately,
00:35:22.72\00:35:26.39
and so God did answer my
prayer and he answered it,
00:35:26.42\00:35:32.69
yes, but not now, so.
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.40
That's a good point.
00:35:35.43\00:35:36.77
I am thinking of healing
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.13
because I have heard
others by word of Pastor Mark,
00:35:38.17\00:35:40.67
Finley mentioned this too
00:35:40.70\00:35:42.04
that you know
God always is willing
00:35:42.07\00:35:44.61
to heal sometimes is right now,
sometimes is wait a little bit,
00:35:44.64\00:35:48.04
or sometimes it's in eternity
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.15
that will go to sleep in Jesus
with whatever disease it is,
00:35:50.18\00:35:53.31
and then wake up with
a new body afterwards.
00:35:53.35\00:35:55.58
So it's not that God wants
us to suffer and just anguish,
00:35:55.62\00:36:00.56
that's not part
of his plan at all.
00:36:00.59\00:36:02.72
You know, God did
give a yes to healing too
00:36:02.76\00:36:05.09
because even though he
said no to David's life.
00:36:05.13\00:36:09.96
David took a chemo pill that he,
00:36:10.00\00:36:13.47
that he said to me just
shortly after he took it.
00:36:13.50\00:36:17.51
I can't handle
this, I can't take this,
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.61
and we immediately prayed.
00:36:19.64\00:36:21.31
We asked God please
and we were so ignorant,
00:36:21.34\00:36:25.08
we ask him just to heal Dave,
00:36:25.11\00:36:26.58
just take this
from him right now
00:36:26.61\00:36:28.95
because David can't handle this.
00:36:28.98\00:36:31.59
Before we said,
00:36:31.62\00:36:32.95
when I said amen,
David said, "I am okay."
00:36:32.99\00:36:38.63
And he never had another symptom
00:36:38.66\00:36:42.66
and he refused to
take that pill ever again
00:36:42.70\00:36:44.60
but he didn't
have another symptom.
00:36:44.63\00:36:46.30
And later on we found out,
00:36:46.33\00:36:48.44
you suffer with those
symptoms for three to four days
00:36:48.47\00:36:50.94
when you take that pill.
00:36:50.97\00:36:52.31
And he didn't. David did not.
00:36:52.34\00:36:54.91
And so God does
heal, he still heal.
00:36:54.94\00:36:58.11
So even, so when I
said I got both yes
00:36:58.15\00:37:00.92
and a no when we
were asking for healing,
00:37:00.95\00:37:03.95
God will heal
David completely later
00:37:03.99\00:37:06.52
but he gave us
healing during that time
00:37:06.55\00:37:09.12
and it was
miraculous because like I said,
00:37:09.16\00:37:12.73
we didn't know we
prayed in our ignorance
00:37:12.76\00:37:16.50
and he gave us complete healing.
00:37:16.53\00:37:17.87
So sometimes when,
you know, what it says,
00:37:17.90\00:37:19.83
"You have not
because you ask not..."
00:37:19.87\00:37:21.20
That's right.
00:37:21.24\00:37:22.57
Sometimes we pray to,
00:37:22.60\00:37:23.94
we're afraid to ask God
for a miracle of healing
00:37:23.97\00:37:27.08
and we did and we got it.
00:37:27.11\00:37:30.35
It was amazing.
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.92
You know, I
think about Jonathan,
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.58
you know, you
were at the call center
00:37:35.62\00:37:36.95
and you get a lot
of phone calls there,
00:37:36.99\00:37:38.32
you know, your department does.
00:37:38.35\00:37:40.22
And I'm thinking of,
00:37:40.26\00:37:41.72
you know, that we
have mobile devices now
00:37:41.76\00:37:43.29
which I mean like cell phones
and stuff and you will always,
00:37:43.32\00:37:45.46
you know, "Hey, can you hear me?
00:37:45.49\00:37:46.83
Can you hear me?"
00:37:46.86\00:37:48.20
And I know even with your phones
00:37:48.23\00:37:49.56
that are wired and hooked
00:37:49.60\00:37:50.93
in there still
sometimes a hard time like,
00:37:50.97\00:37:52.30
"Hello, are you there?
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.67
Hello!" I think
with God it's neat.
00:37:53.70\00:37:55.37
I'm going back in to the 1 John.
00:37:55.40\00:37:57.41
Where is that 1
John 5... 1 John 5:14.
00:37:57.44\00:38:00.21
Yeah, that it says, 1 John 5:14.
00:38:00.24\00:38:02.98
"And this is a
confidence," I like that word,
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.65
"that we have in
him," that's Jesus
00:38:05.68\00:38:07.58
"that if we ask
anything according to His will,"
00:38:07.62\00:38:11.45
He sometimes hears us.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.05
No, it doesn't say
that. It says, "He hears us."
00:38:13.09\00:38:16.66
And I think that's beautiful
because he is hearing us,
00:38:16.69\00:38:18.83
it's not like,
00:38:18.86\00:38:20.20
"Well, God, I don't
think you are hearing me."
00:38:20.23\00:38:21.56
Of course, He does.
00:38:21.60\00:38:22.93
He is hearing
you, He is listening
00:38:22.96\00:38:24.30
and He is taking in to
consideration Jonathan,
00:38:24.33\00:38:25.67
you mentioned earlier...
00:38:25.70\00:38:28.90
the big picture.
00:38:28.94\00:38:30.27
Yeah, our lives
end of this world.
00:38:30.31\00:38:33.01
So it's trust
00:38:33.04\00:38:34.38
I guess coming
down to the God hears us
00:38:34.41\00:38:35.74
and He has what's best for us.
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.35
Yes.
00:38:37.38\00:38:38.71
Comes down to the person
00:38:38.75\00:38:40.08
where you are talking
about before Dee, you know,
00:38:40.12\00:38:41.45
receiving the person
instead of the things
00:38:41.48\00:38:44.45
or what we get
from Him but the person.
00:38:44.49\00:38:47.09
It's true. Let's
take a look at Isaiah 59.
00:38:47.12\00:38:53.50
Now this breaks it down
00:38:53.53\00:38:55.23
sometimes there is
something in my own self.
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.70
Now, we need to
bring our own will
00:38:57.73\00:38:59.37
until a line meant
without of God and all of that.
00:38:59.40\00:39:01.97
But sometimes I am
hanging on to something
00:39:02.00\00:39:03.97
that may be is preventing
00:39:04.01\00:39:05.34
that prayer from being answered.
00:39:05.37\00:39:07.51
Let's look at Isaiah 59.
00:39:07.54\00:39:08.94
So what we are doing
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.31
'cause I know we are trying
to make to do these points
00:39:10.35\00:39:11.68
but we are talking about
00:39:11.71\00:39:13.05
"No one seeks God will"
00:39:13.08\00:39:14.42
and then asking faith,
00:39:14.45\00:39:15.92
and this is the other part
00:39:15.95\00:39:17.75
which is Isaiah 59:1 and 2
00:39:17.79\00:39:19.25
which is pretty shares in.
00:39:19.29\00:39:20.62
Absolutely.
00:39:20.66\00:39:21.99
Do you have that one,
Dee? Let me turn to Isaiah.
00:39:22.02\00:39:24.89
Isaiah 59:1 and 2, it
says, do I have this right?
00:39:24.93\00:39:29.76
Isaiah 59:1 and 2,
00:39:29.80\00:39:33.00
"Behold, the Lord's
hand is not shortened,
00:39:33.03\00:39:36.40
that it cannot save.
00:39:36.44\00:39:37.77
Nor His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear.
00:39:37.81\00:39:40.68
But your iniquities
00:39:40.71\00:39:42.08
have separated
you from your God.
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.38
And your sins have
hidden His face from you,
00:39:44.41\00:39:47.22
so that He will not hear."
00:39:47.25\00:39:49.98
So there it says
that God won't hear us.
00:39:50.02\00:39:51.85
Wow. Go ahead.
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.22
You know, there is, I
like to think this in terms
00:39:53.25\00:39:56.42
of the souls of
the heart I prayer.
00:39:56.46\00:39:59.53
And so it's not
00:39:59.56\00:40:01.03
that God isn't
capable of hearing
00:40:01.06\00:40:02.60
or doesn't want to hear someone
00:40:02.63\00:40:03.97
who wants to repent who is then.
00:40:04.00\00:40:05.33
Correct.
00:40:05.37\00:40:06.70
The difference is,
let's say that we say,
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.14
"God, I want you to set me free
from this sin" with our mouth,
00:40:09.17\00:40:13.54
but in our heart we
tell Him but do not yet.
00:40:13.58\00:40:16.01
You ever been in
those situations?
00:40:16.04\00:40:17.38
I have been there.
00:40:17.41\00:40:19.25
Just out of
world wide television.
00:40:19.28\00:40:20.92
I have been there.
00:40:20.95\00:40:22.28
Where you...
00:40:22.32\00:40:23.65
One more night with
the frogs I am thinking.
00:40:23.69\00:40:26.62
You know that was
Pastor CA's Sermon.
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.29
It was, but it's a great title.
00:40:28.32\00:40:29.79
I want to be
free but do not yet.
00:40:29.82\00:40:33.36
You recognize the
harm of what you have done,
00:40:33.40\00:40:35.43
you recognize the punishment
that comes along with that
00:40:35.46\00:40:38.43
and you got to pay the
piper, you know that there are
00:40:38.47\00:40:40.97
consequences to sin.
00:40:41.00\00:40:42.60
Sin separates us
from our source of life
00:40:42.64\00:40:45.07
which is Jesus and
death is inevitable result.
00:40:45.11\00:40:47.38
It's not that Jesus rejects us,
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.44
it's that we separate ourselves
from that source of life.
00:40:49.48\00:40:53.55
And so in this situation,
00:40:53.58\00:40:54.92
God has to answer
the prayer of our heart
00:40:54.95\00:40:57.02
instead of the
prayer of our mouth
00:40:57.05\00:40:58.39
and he can't hear
00:40:58.42\00:40:59.75
what we are asking
because we are telling him,
00:40:59.79\00:41:01.42
I don't want you
00:41:01.46\00:41:02.79
because when we are telling
God we want something else,
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.76
what we are really
telling him is we don't want him
00:41:04.79\00:41:07.63
and that is something
00:41:07.66\00:41:09.26
that causes the
separation in this difference.
00:41:09.30\00:41:11.20
I just want to
make sure that's clear
00:41:11.23\00:41:12.57
that God is looking for reasons
to be involved in our lives,
00:41:12.60\00:41:15.30
God is looking for
reasons to save us.
00:41:15.34\00:41:17.44
But when we make decisions
to voluntarily separate
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.94
those lines of communication,
00:41:20.98\00:41:23.24
God is bound to honor
that wish of our heart
00:41:23.28\00:41:26.11
regardless of what
our mouth may be saying
00:41:26.15\00:41:27.72
to the people
around us or to Him.
00:41:27.75\00:41:29.82
And that's where the
soul of the heart matters
00:41:29.85\00:41:31.95
I believe in prayer.
00:41:31.99\00:41:33.42
That's one of
the clearest things
00:41:33.46\00:41:34.96
I have heard, yeah,
the way you put that,
00:41:34.99\00:41:36.73
you are absolutely right
'cause we have all been there.
00:41:36.76\00:41:40.20
And you know that's a
thing, I mean Bible says
00:41:40.23\00:41:41.90
all have sinned
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.26
and fallen short
of the glory of God.
00:41:43.30\00:41:44.73
So you are watching and say,
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.10
"Well, I know I am a
sinner" well, we are too.
00:41:46.13\00:41:47.90
I mean each one of us has
fallen short of that glory
00:41:47.94\00:41:51.07
but that doesn't mean that,
00:41:51.11\00:41:52.44
because we have
sinned God doesn't hear us.
00:41:52.47\00:41:54.64
It doesn't mean that at all.
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.11
He says, "If we
can face our sins,
00:41:56.14\00:41:58.08
he is faithful and
just to forgive us."
00:41:58.11\00:42:00.05
1 John 1:9, and that cleanses
from all unrighteousness.
00:42:00.08\00:42:03.72
So it has
nothing to do with that,
00:42:03.75\00:42:05.49
it has to do with
when we purposely choose
00:42:05.52\00:42:09.09
and say in God's faith.
00:42:09.12\00:42:10.46
No, I don't want
you. No, I don't want you.
00:42:10.49\00:42:11.93
I don't want to hear.
00:42:11.96\00:42:13.29
I don't want
anything to do with that,
00:42:13.33\00:42:14.66
I am doing my own thing.
00:42:14.70\00:42:16.03
And then he says,
00:42:16.06\00:42:17.40
"I can't work
00:42:17.43\00:42:18.77
because he don't
allow me access to do that."
00:42:18.80\00:42:20.84
And sometimes I
think we are like something
00:42:20.87\00:42:23.71
kind of fix our conscience
00:42:23.74\00:42:25.07
and we are like, "Oh,
I need to work on that."
00:42:25.11\00:42:28.24
and God wants us to
work on it right now
00:42:28.28\00:42:31.38
and we are
saying with our mouth,
00:42:31.41\00:42:33.72
"No, I need to work on that."
00:42:33.75\00:42:35.72
And sometimes,
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.42
I wonder if we
don't look at something
00:42:37.45\00:42:40.12
and it's not really a sin.
00:42:40.16\00:42:43.46
I have a problem
with reading too much.
00:42:43.49\00:42:47.60
And so I would
neglect other things...
00:42:47.63\00:42:49.56
But reading is a
good thing, Dee, isn't it?
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.47
Well, normally reading,
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.67
who's going to say
that reading is a sin?
00:42:53.70\00:42:55.90
I wasn't reading sinful things,
00:42:55.94\00:42:58.27
so reading is
not a sin in itself.
00:42:58.31\00:43:01.14
However, I read too much
00:43:01.18\00:43:03.58
and I had to get
rid of my library card
00:43:03.61\00:43:06.25
and I had to get very
drastic to start reading so much
00:43:06.28\00:43:11.19
because I allowed it
to separate me from things
00:43:11.22\00:43:13.69
I should be doing.
00:43:13.72\00:43:15.06
So isn't that not
a cherish sin really?
00:43:15.09\00:43:18.79
You are doing something
you know you shouldn't be doing
00:43:18.83\00:43:21.73
whether it is actually a
sin to somebody else or not.
00:43:21.76\00:43:25.67
I am sure, Jonathan,
00:43:25.70\00:43:27.04
you don't think
reading is a sin, do you?
00:43:27.07\00:43:29.17
No, about normally.
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.54
But I was reading so much,
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.44
I would get buried in
the books and ignore stuff,
00:43:32.47\00:43:34.68
so then it became
a cherish sin for me
00:43:34.71\00:43:38.31
that I had to deal with
but other people didn't.
00:43:38.35\00:43:41.65
So I think we had to identify
those things in our lives
00:43:41.68\00:43:44.09
that may be separating
us or we may be saying,
00:43:44.12\00:43:47.99
"I need to work on
that" but we don't.
00:43:48.02\00:43:50.49
And it really is,
00:43:50.53\00:43:51.99
we are not identifying
for what it really is.
00:43:52.03\00:43:55.96
Biblical
principle for sinners it,
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.53
to those who know
00:43:57.57\00:43:58.90
what is good at do
it not to make a sin.
00:43:58.93\00:44:01.50
And whenever we're pursuing
I do think that they neglected
00:44:01.54\00:44:03.81
what God would
have for us to do.
00:44:03.84\00:44:05.97
It can be problematic
and it's good to understand
00:44:06.01\00:44:08.34
it can be
broader than you think.
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.25
Because the more entranced
in a religious structure
00:44:10.28\00:44:14.12
we get, the more naval
gazing we tend to do with it.
00:44:14.15\00:44:17.32
At least, I am not so and
so at least I don't do this.
00:44:17.35\00:44:20.62
You know look,
00:44:20.66\00:44:21.99
I am just
reading books, you know.
00:44:22.02\00:44:23.39
That persons got
a cigarette problem,
00:44:23.43\00:44:25.76
all I do is read too many books.
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.83
But the point is if
there is a heart issue
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.10
that something
has our affections
00:44:30.13\00:44:32.37
and hinders our usefulness
even for the kingdom of heaven.
00:44:32.40\00:44:37.14
We need to have that
type of self reflection
00:44:37.17\00:44:39.27
that are there
things down spending time
00:44:39.31\00:44:41.04
with that are
keeping me spending time
00:44:41.08\00:44:43.14
with what matters
most, my family, my children.
00:44:43.18\00:44:45.88
I did a seminar at
GYC on the social media
00:44:45.91\00:44:48.65
and I had two separate
young people literally tell me
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.42
during the Q&A
section in front of everybody.
00:44:52.45\00:44:54.82
My parents are obsessed
with social media and addicted.
00:44:54.86\00:44:58.89
They are not
paying attention to us.
00:44:58.93\00:45:01.00
They don't talk to us.
00:45:01.03\00:45:02.36
Now you think this
is what parents say
00:45:02.40\00:45:03.73
about young people and they do.
00:45:03.77\00:45:05.33
But these young
people are concerned
00:45:05.37\00:45:06.70
that their
parents are getting lost
00:45:06.74\00:45:08.74
in social media
and their phones.
00:45:08.77\00:45:10.54
They are
addicted to their phones
00:45:10.57\00:45:12.04
and they are losing
the sight of the people
00:45:12.07\00:45:13.41
around them.
00:45:13.44\00:45:14.78
It's just some phone.
00:45:14.81\00:45:16.14
I am just looking
at family pictures
00:45:16.18\00:45:17.51
or whatever the thing may be,
00:45:17.55\00:45:18.88
but the point is
if it's neglecting
00:45:18.91\00:45:20.35
your
responsibility to your children.
00:45:20.38\00:45:22.35
It's a problem, right?
00:45:22.38\00:45:24.25
This can't be a broader.
00:45:24.29\00:45:25.62
I think it's good to
point out that cherish sin
00:45:25.65\00:45:27.16
can be something
00:45:27.19\00:45:28.52
more than just
pornography or cigarettes,
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.36
it could be
something seemingly harmless
00:45:30.39\00:45:33.40
that still causing
harm because it's keeping me
00:45:33.43\00:45:35.46
from being
available to God service.
00:45:35.50\00:45:37.47
It's keeping me
serving my family,
00:45:37.50\00:45:39.40
my local church
or something else.
00:45:39.43\00:45:41.40
Yeah, absolutely. That's good.
00:45:41.44\00:45:44.17
Well let's, boy, our
time is going quickly here.
00:45:44.21\00:45:46.17
Let's look at points
we look at next four.
00:45:46.21\00:45:49.78
Make things right
with others, Matthew 5.
00:45:49.81\00:45:51.71
Let's look at
Matthew 5:23 and 24.
00:45:51.75\00:45:57.09
Wish I hope you
are turning near by,
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.45
we are not just
sitting back and just washing
00:45:58.49\00:45:59.92
but that you
are involved as well
00:45:59.95\00:46:01.29
'cause this is
Family Worship together
00:46:01.32\00:46:03.36
with you.
00:46:03.39\00:46:04.73
Matthew 5, let me get
to Matthew 5:23 and 24,
00:46:04.76\00:46:08.83
you have to read that.
00:46:08.86\00:46:10.20
You know what's very interesting
00:46:10.23\00:46:11.57
about this principle, I
know we read this scripture
00:46:11.60\00:46:12.93
is that it's
amazing I can think, okay,
00:46:12.97\00:46:17.57
everything's
right with me and Jesus.
00:46:17.61\00:46:19.34
I can't think of anything
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.71
but if I have an
issue with my husband
00:46:20.74\00:46:23.85
or with the
Casper or with somebody
00:46:23.88\00:46:26.31
which I don't
but I was just using
00:46:26.35\00:46:27.95
as an illustrate of purpose.
00:46:27.98\00:46:29.78
If I have an issue with that
then that's stands in the way
00:46:29.82\00:46:33.12
as well of God hearing.
00:46:33.15\00:46:35.52
So not only those cherished sins
00:46:35.56\00:46:37.86
but me having holding the grudge
00:46:37.89\00:46:39.86
or that bitterness
against someone else
00:46:39.89\00:46:42.10
who has that.
00:46:42.13\00:46:43.47
You cannot take a small,
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.87
oh, I just don't
care for that person
00:46:45.90\00:46:47.40
and buried in
your heart somewhere
00:46:47.44\00:46:48.77
and leave it
00:46:48.80\00:46:50.14
and not knowing this is
going to separate you from God.
00:46:50.17\00:46:53.21
It will grow. Yes.
00:46:53.24\00:46:55.51
Go for it, Dee.
00:46:55.54\00:46:58.25
"Therefore if you
bring your gift to the altar,
00:46:58.28\00:47:01.12
and there remember
00:47:01.15\00:47:02.48
that your brother has
something against you,
00:47:02.52\00:47:04.69
leave your gift
there before the altar,
00:47:04.72\00:47:06.62
and go your way.
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.19
First be
reconciled to your brother,
00:47:08.22\00:47:11.06
and then come
and offer your gift."
00:47:11.09\00:47:13.60
I find what's
interesting it says
00:47:13.63\00:47:16.80
if your brother has
something against you,
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.17
not if you have
something against your brother.
00:47:19.20\00:47:21.07
It's good, Jonathan.
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.44
This is if brother has
someone to get against you.
00:47:22.47\00:47:25.64
It obviously goes
the other way too,
00:47:25.67\00:47:27.48
but if you know
someone has a problem with you
00:47:27.51\00:47:30.05
whether you have a
problem with them or not,
00:47:30.08\00:47:32.58
it's try and reconcile it.
00:47:32.61\00:47:34.02
Now, that's not always possible,
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.15
we leave all things up
to God and we do our part.
00:47:36.18\00:47:39.22
But if we know somebody
has something against us,
00:47:39.25\00:47:43.66
Lord says, "Go and
try and reconcile it."
00:47:43.69\00:47:47.06
Matthew 18,
00:47:47.10\00:47:48.43
can I share
something on the other side
00:47:48.46\00:47:49.80
that if you have a
situation with your brother
00:47:49.83\00:47:51.17
that you need to
address it directly with him
00:47:51.20\00:47:52.83
and not let the gossip
mail will get to him eventually
00:47:52.87\00:47:56.34
and similar
principle can go with ways.
00:47:56.37\00:47:59.94
Yes.
00:47:59.97\00:48:01.54
It just releases your heart
and soul to have things right,
00:48:01.58\00:48:05.25
to be able to sit
in church or go to work
00:48:05.28\00:48:07.68
and know that you
have love for everyone
00:48:07.72\00:48:10.02
that there isn't a problem.
00:48:10.05\00:48:11.85
I am trying to
reach the point of my life
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.72
where I don't have the
problem in the first place
00:48:13.76\00:48:17.63
because I got to the point
where I can quickly apologize
00:48:17.66\00:48:22.10
or say I am
sorry 'cause I as like,
00:48:22.13\00:48:23.93
"Oops, I
shouldn't have said that"
00:48:23.97\00:48:25.70
or say such as somebody,
"Is everything okay between us?
00:48:25.73\00:48:29.90
Did I do something?"
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.77
But I want to reach the point
00:48:31.81\00:48:33.14
where I don't have to go
do that in the first place
00:48:33.17\00:48:37.58
so, but always being aware.
00:48:37.61\00:48:41.32
You can tell sometimes
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.28
if someone is not comfortable...
00:48:43.32\00:48:45.25
you are like,
00:48:45.29\00:48:46.62
"Oh, there is not
something quite right here"
00:48:46.65\00:48:47.99
and we need to ask.
00:48:48.02\00:48:49.56
Don't be afraid to ask.
00:48:49.59\00:48:51.03
This reminds me and I don't know
00:48:51.06\00:48:52.69
somewhere is a
story very briefly
00:48:52.73\00:48:54.06
but I was
praying with a friend's,
00:48:54.10\00:48:56.30
the parent of a friend
of mine couple years ago,
00:48:56.33\00:48:58.77
and about some family
things but in praying together
00:48:58.80\00:49:02.10
something
happened in their church
00:49:02.14\00:49:03.47
they end up
interfering their family
00:49:03.51\00:49:04.84
that the kind of started
00:49:04.87\00:49:06.71
this church together
with some other families
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.94
and them with another family.
00:49:08.98\00:49:10.31
We are having tension
00:49:10.35\00:49:11.68
because it's so
relationship stuff
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.78
that just kind of
cause some difficulties.
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.85
One family felt
wrong by some decisions
00:49:15.88\00:49:19.22
that one of their
made it and another family,
00:49:19.25\00:49:22.12
it cause a lot of
tension between them
00:49:22.16\00:49:23.73
and the dads are
elders and together and.
00:49:23.76\00:49:27.13
Any way, when we started praying
00:49:27.16\00:49:28.50
that we ended up
happening that we couldn't,
00:49:28.53\00:49:31.60
it was their communion service
00:49:31.63\00:49:33.60
and mom felt convicted
to pray with the other mom
00:49:33.64\00:49:37.97
and then the dads
had already been talking,
00:49:38.01\00:49:40.34
but the fact that they
needed to meet together.
00:49:40.38\00:49:42.04
And one of the things
00:49:42.08\00:49:43.41
we do in the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:49:43.45\00:49:44.78
and our communion service,
00:49:44.81\00:49:46.25
foot washing is not
just something you do,
00:49:46.28\00:49:47.92
it's meant to be that time
00:49:47.95\00:49:49.28
where these
situations can be dealt with.
00:49:49.32\00:49:51.45
And we ended up happening
00:49:51.49\00:49:52.82
was not only did the
moms wash each other's feet,
00:49:52.85\00:49:55.09
and the dads wash
each other's feet.
00:49:55.12\00:49:56.99
But even the two children
00:49:57.03\00:49:58.36
that they had a
difficulty with each other
00:49:58.39\00:49:59.83
because it's relationship thing
00:49:59.86\00:50:01.20
they ended up
meeting together as well.
00:50:01.23\00:50:02.90
Amen. Praise God.
00:50:02.93\00:50:04.27
And one of them was out of town,
00:50:04.30\00:50:06.10
I think lived out of town
00:50:06.13\00:50:07.47
but they happened to be in town
for that particular situation.
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.67
I just thought the power of God
00:50:09.70\00:50:11.87
in bringing reconciliation
to just trying to work
00:50:11.91\00:50:13.88
through some of these things
and smooth over and meeting
00:50:13.91\00:50:16.75
at the home later to
kind of talk through it more
00:50:16.78\00:50:18.81
and it's just a
powerful testimony
00:50:18.85\00:50:21.88
about this can
actually take place,
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.75
and what better time
00:50:23.79\00:50:25.12
than those situations
quarterly that why this exists.
00:50:25.15\00:50:28.49
And if you have a
situation at home,
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.19
you haven't been having
the best of the relationship
00:50:30.23\00:50:32.99
so many of your local church,
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.43
that's a great
time to deal with that
00:50:34.46\00:50:35.86
if you are the
same gender, all right,
00:50:35.90\00:50:37.53
but just kind of
work through that.
00:50:37.57\00:50:38.90
I think it is a
wonderful opportunity
00:50:38.93\00:50:40.27
to reconcile and to serve
and to build those bridges.
00:50:40.30\00:50:43.97
Amen. Well, said.
00:50:44.01\00:50:45.34
And it builds a
bridge with the Lord.
00:50:45.37\00:50:46.94
It does.
00:50:46.98\00:50:48.31
That communication, that
open communication, yeah.
00:50:48.34\00:50:51.05
Prayer is such
an incredible gift.
00:50:51.08\00:50:53.58
You know that God
has granted to us,
00:50:53.62\00:50:55.92
we have just barely scratched,
00:50:55.95\00:50:58.09
not even scratched but
discuss just a few things
00:50:58.12\00:51:00.56
but praise the lord
what he wants to do.
00:51:00.59\00:51:02.69
I know that he loves you at home
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.49
that he wants to hear
and to answer your prayers
00:51:04.53\00:51:08.36
according to his will.
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.73
So find out who Jesus
is, seek him as a person.
00:51:09.76\00:51:15.30
Seek him as your best friend,
00:51:15.34\00:51:17.21
know that he loves you
with an ever lasting love
00:51:17.24\00:51:19.74
and he wants to work
in your heart and life
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.94
to reconcile those relationships
00:51:21.98\00:51:23.78
both with him
00:51:23.81\00:51:25.15
and with your
brother's and sister's.
00:51:25.18\00:51:26.61
And he wants to work to
hear and to answer those prayers
00:51:26.65\00:51:29.82
and we want to
spend some time to prayer.
00:51:29.85\00:51:31.19
We do.
00:51:31.22\00:51:32.55
You know I was thinking to,
00:51:32.59\00:51:33.92
I should have
mentioned this earlier
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.29
but, you know earlier
in this Family Worship
00:51:35.32\00:51:36.66
we are talking
about answer prayers.
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.43
The each one of
us had experienced.
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.40
And I am sure you have
some as well and you know what,
00:51:40.43\00:51:43.57
we would like to
hear that from you.
00:51:43.60\00:51:45.93
So if you want
to send us a letter
00:51:45.97\00:51:47.40
and I am talking snail mail,
00:51:47.44\00:51:48.77
if you want to do
that put a stamp on it
00:51:48.80\00:51:50.61
and send it to 3ABN,
00:51:50.64\00:51:52.44
may be put Jill
and my name on it.
00:51:52.47\00:51:53.81
You know, we are
always encouraged
00:51:53.84\00:51:55.38
by hearing answering prayer
00:51:55.41\00:51:56.75
and how God is
working in your life as well
00:51:56.78\00:51:58.95
or may be even an email.
00:51:58.98\00:52:01.08
And you can send it to,
is that mail@3abn, Jonathan?
00:52:01.12\00:52:04.92
Okay, so mail,
00:52:04.95\00:52:06.32
it's mail@3abn.org?
00:52:06.35\00:52:11.53
Yes.
00:52:11.56\00:52:13.09
So I know it's on the
bottom of the screen right now
00:52:13.13\00:52:14.86
but mail@3abn.org,
00:52:14.90\00:52:16.73
may be just put in
there answer prayer.
00:52:16.77\00:52:18.77
And we will be
happy to read those
00:52:18.80\00:52:20.24
and is encouraging and
to hear how God is working.
00:52:20.27\00:52:22.30
But yes, you mentioned prayer
00:52:22.34\00:52:23.77
and we are going to do,
yeah, just some short prayers.
00:52:23.81\00:52:25.81
And, Dee Casper,
why don't you start.
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Sure.
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God in heaven, I just thank
you for the privilege to come
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in to your presence of prayer.
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And I just ask
first and foremost,
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you would forgive
all of our sins today
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that you would cover them
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with the blood of Jesus
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and I pray that
the spirit of Jesus
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would draw us to you.
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You would open
our eyes to the things
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that keep us from you.
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And I pray
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that we would be
closer you to than ever...
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Thank you.
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When dealing with
these things directly.
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Father, we all have needs,
we all have an adequacies,
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we have
weaknesses and brokenness.
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And I just thank you
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that Jesus is
sufficient to understand
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and that you can
offer deep, deep healing.
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And so we pray for that today,
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we pray for
that for our viewers,
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for the
brokenness, the difficulties
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that things come against some
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that you would just
ministered them in a way
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that none of us ever could.
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And we just thank you
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that you delight to hear from us
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and you long to do
even greater things
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than we have asked, and
we ask this in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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Dear Lord, how
can I want to ask you
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please forgive my sins Lord.
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Me too.
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Show me the sins
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that need work lord
then that you show me
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what needs to be done to
remove them from my life.
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And lord I want to ask that,
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when I pray to you
that I am asking for you
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and my life first
that it is my faith in you
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and that you are in my
life as what gives us meaning
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and fights all the
blessings not we asked for
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but who we ask for that.
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So Lord I ask
that through my life
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that you may shine out
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where to be a blessing to myself
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and everybody I
interact with Lord
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that I won't be a
stumbling block to anybody
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including myself, Lord.
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So I ask for your
continued presence, amen.
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Oh, Father, I just, I
thank you for the privilege
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that we have our
relationship with you
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that we can come to not only
as our savior and our father
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but as our friend
and our brother, Father.
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Thank you so much that
e have this communication
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that we can talk to you
and you will talk to us,
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and so that you
care so deeply father
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about each
person's individuals life
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and the details of their life.
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Father, help all of us
here and our viewers understand
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that you are involved
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in our lives lord
on a intimate basis,
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on a daily
basis, minute by minute
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and then you care
about the big prayers,
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the important prayers
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that ones that change our lives.
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But Lord that you care
about the details of our lives
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through the small things.
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Father, I know
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that the small
decisions that we make,
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the small prayers that we make,
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those are the building blocks
so the burden's of our life,
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our future, our
eternal future, Lord.
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I left each and
every one of us up to you
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to reach out to you
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to have that
eternal relationship
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with you Father through prayer.
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We just thank you
father in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Father,
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for what have
you done in our lives
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and hear that you saved us
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and redeemed us
with the blood of Jesus
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and now you cleanse us,
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and stand us up as
your sons and daughters.
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Thank you for the privilege
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of calling you
Abba, Father, daddy,
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and then we can come boldly
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before you are throwing a grace.
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Lord, I just pray
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from my brothers and sisters
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watching and listening right now
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that you would bring
healing where that's needed.
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Where that you would
bring transformation in victory
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where that's needed
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that you would
bring deliverance,
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that you would
bring peace and hope
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and assurance and
healing, and comfort,
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and most of all that
you would reveal yourself
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in such an incredible way,
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and we thank you for
what we are going to do.
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Father in heaven, Lord,
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I just thank you
for the Sabbath hours
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and for the time
we can spend with you.
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And Lord, I just pray
that, I want to thank you first,
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thank you that you
always hear and listen to them
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or I don't want
to stand in the way
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of you been able to act
and to answer prayers lord.
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Well Lord, we just
want to have faith,
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that's really what
I am praying for lord
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that I have faith in you
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and that I would just
ask all things in accordance
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with your will
and then accept them.
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Lord, knowing and trusting
that you know what is best,
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I just pray
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that you would
increase my faith in lord
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that we would rest assured
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that Jonathan
and others have said
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you see the big picture
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or we can trust
you with our lives.
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Lord, I just pray for those
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who are reviewing
and listening tonight
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are that you would bless them
each with the blessed Sabbath
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and in Jesus name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Hard to believe our
time is almost gone.
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Thank you, Dee,
and Jonathan and Dee.
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It was fun Dee and
Dee doing a program,
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we never done that before.
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It's so special.
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Thank you for joining us
as you do each and every day,
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but especially for
this Family Worships.
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Amen. Pray to Jesus.
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Look for how God is answering
your prayers in your life.
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We hope you have blessed evening
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and a wonderful Sabbath.
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Thank you again for tuning
in to 3ABN Family Worship.
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God bless.
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