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 Family Worship.
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Thank you for
inviting us into your home
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on this blessed
Friday evening, Sabbath.
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Amen.
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Honey, good to have
you. Happy Sabbath, everyone.
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Happy Sabbath.
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I'm glad to be here,
and we're in your homes,
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and we're still glad that
you've tuned in today, tonight.
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That's right. That's right.
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And we are
talking about kindness.
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Can we give them a
kind, happy Sabbath?
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Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath.
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We have our...
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My posse right here to my right,
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good old JD Quinn,
the head of pastoral,
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always good to have you on 3ABN.
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Thank you, you too.
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JD is like our
resident teddy bear.
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What better
person to have on the set
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about kindness
than JD, a kind man.
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Thank you so much,
JD, for your kindness.
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Well, thank you.
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You shared, and
you receive it. Amen.
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And to our left are the
Capotes, Louis and Xenia.
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Good to have you both.
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Thank you, thank
you. Happy Sabbath.
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And your head elder.
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My head elder
and his lovely wife.
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That's right. Amen.
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And to my left
is my lovely wife.
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Good to have you here, honey.
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I'm so happy to be here
with my, what, co-pilot?
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Okay, that makes you the pilot.
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Okay, my pilot. And
remember, we have fun.
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You know, we have
fun on our program.
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But this topic of kindness
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is one that's vitally important.
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All you need is your
Bibles, get your Bibles,
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invite your family
to gather together.
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We're gonna walk
to through God's Word.
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But before we do anything,
we always like to have prayer,
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and I'll let my wife
have our prayer for us.
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Sure, let's bow our heads.
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Our loving, kind, and
gracious heavenly Father,
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we bow before Your presence
this blessed Sabbath evening,
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and we lift our hearts to You.
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We thank You for
this wonderful privilege
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to worship together.
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Those that are
watching and listening,
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we pray that
they'll get a blessing
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and that we will be
kind to one another.
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And so thank You, Lord,
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for being in our midst
through Your Holy Spirit,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Now I have titled
this the law of kindness.
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That's kind of an
oxymoron, the law of kindness
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because kindness is one
of the fruits of the Spirit,
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and when you think
about the fruit of the Spirit,
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there is no law
against any of the fruits.
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You know, you can't be too kind,
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you can't be too loving,
you can't be too graceful,
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you can't be too
patient, too peaceful,
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too joyful, too long suffering
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because the Bible speaks
about this fruit, it says,
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"Against such, there is no law."
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So the law of
kindness is an oxymoron
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in the sense that
there's nothing preventing it,
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and when you think of law,
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and I thought about this in
preparation for the program.
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You think about law, law is...
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We operate within the law.
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You know, sometimes you go...
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When you're
driving on certain places,
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like on the freeway,
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you can't go below
a certain speed limit,
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and you're prohibited to go
above a certain speed limit.
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The law says this is
your operational parameters
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right here.
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Well, you know,
when you think about
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the law of kindness
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or the Holy
Spiritual kindness itself,
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there's no law,
there is no preventive...
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You can't be too kind,
you can't be too loving,
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you can't be too joyful.
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But the reason why
this topic came up,
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and my wife and I
were talking about this is,
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because in
Christianity it seems,
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another oxymoron is
an unkind Christian.
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Yeah. An unkind Christian.
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To be Christian means
that the fruit of the Spirit
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should be revealing itself,
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and one of those
fruit is kindness.
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And when I say one,
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the Bible doesn't say
the fruits of the Spirit,
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but the fruit of the Spirit.
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So what we often
do in our program
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is we share some of the
stories of our experiences
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how kindness has
been shown to us,
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how we've shown people kindness,
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and what difference it makes,
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and how kindness is
so vitally important
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if you are a Christian.
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But if you're not a
Christian, you might say,
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"I met a Christian
that was kind to me,
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" and that shows me
that that fruit is evidence
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that Jesus is
operating in their lives.
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Amen. Yes.
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JD, have you ever had
kindness shown to you?
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Oh my!
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Yes, yes.
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You know, it tickled me
when I saw the title of this
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because...
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Thank you, Jesus, that I do
see myself as a kind person.
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It just comes natural.
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I mean, no, there is
no book that says that,
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well, the ABCs of kindness are,
start with this, do this, this.
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It just seems like
that's part of your DNA.
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And it seems to me
like, that if you're kind,
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people are just kind to you.
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And I'm very fortunate
that I married to Shelley,
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Shelly is a kind person.
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And I've noticed
that as we travel,
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we don't have any
problems, you know,
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people don't come up
and shun you or anything,
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it just seems
like a conversation
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just kind of takes place.
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So there's something, I
don't know how it all works,
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you know, but there's something
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that just seems
like it goes out,
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conversation start,
and you get to talk about
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whatever is the topic of the day
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hoping that it'll
come around to Jesus
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because, you know,
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we love to plant
seed at the right place.
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But let me thank a little bit
about something in my own life
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that really jumps out at me.
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And something...
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As my good friend, will
get in the middle of his story,
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he'll come to me.
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Well, let's kind of go
to the opposite of kindness.
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But what I like us
to do on our syllabus,
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we have under question
one, we have a simple question,
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what does the Bible
tell us about kindness.
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And we're gonna begin
with Galatians 5:22 and 23,
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and we find
clear in the scriptures
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what the Bible talks about.
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Now as JD is turning to it,
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we have it on the syllabus here,
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maybe it will
save a little bit time.
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But as he's turning to it,
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let's read this
first one together.
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It says, and notice
it begins with the word
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but, which means it's
contrasting to something
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that was before it.
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You know, the lust of the flesh,
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the sins of lust
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of all the evidences of a person
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that's not filled
by the Holy Spirit.
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Well, let's read this together.
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It says, "But the
fruit of the Spirit is love,
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joy, peace, long
suffering, kindness, goodness,
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faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control.
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Against such, there
is no law." That's right.
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Against such, there is no law.
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Have you ever met a mean person?
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Yes. Xenia, can you kind of...
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You don't have to
tell me who they are.
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Could have been a long time ago,
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but what is it like to
run into a person that's mean?
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Seems to me that nowadays,
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you find mean people everywhere.
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And it's hard
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because they
take you by surprise
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and so you don't
know how to react to it.
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But it's always
nice to just respond
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with a calm voice,
so kind of to dissipate
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and not to raise
your voice like they are,
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but I mean,
sometimes I don't even have
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to say weird things,
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sometimes their
attitude is not nice,
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and you find that a lot.
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If you're making
a line, let's say,
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to be at the theater
or something like that,
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there'll be that person that
wants to run you off the line,
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you know, cut off everybody,
or you come up to the desk,
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and the person on the
other side of the desk
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is not nice to you.
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Yeah, so it's always
hard and to think that
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lot of times what
I like to think is
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they're having
some kind of problem
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because a lot
of times, we think,
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"Well, what did I do?"
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Right, right.
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And so I try to think, you know,
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if they're having a hard day
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or they're having
a hard circumstance,
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maybe that's why
they acted this way.
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Exactly.
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So in other words,
people are not always unkind
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because they aren't
necessarily unkind generally.
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But sometimes in situations
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where the worst
part of them come out,
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you know,
circumstances sometimes
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bring out the best of us,
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or sometimes it
brings out the worst of us.
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Honey, what about you?
Yeah, kindness begins at home.
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Always say
kindness begins at home.
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I had a kind mother,
very sweet kind mother.
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And anybody comes in our
home, you want something to eat,
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you know, whatever you want.
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You know,
honey. Oh, I know that.
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Yeah, kindness, and in our home,
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it begins at home,
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and I'm a brag on
you a minute, okay?
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I have, I believe,
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one of the kindest
husbands anyone could have.
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He's very sweet,
he's compassionate.
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Even when I go to bed,
he'll tuck me in my bed,
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little things like that.
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That means a lot,
you know, little things,
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little things
truly do mean a lot.
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You know, I'm...
Thank you, honey.
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I'm sick, you get up
and run to the store for me.
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Oh, you have a
cold, let me go get you
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some medicine, no
matter what time it is.
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I'm like, "No, no. I'm okay."
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And you say, "No," or get
me a cup of tea, ginger tea.
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I like ginger tea with lemon,
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and you'll get me my ginger tea.
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And those are acts of kindness
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which I do appreciate very much.
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You know, as I
said, no act of kindness
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no matter how small
it is, is ever wasted.
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And so when we
talk about kindness...
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Thank you, honey.
Just being honest.
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Well, after the
Sabbath. Good, I like that.
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We have, through the
years, grown together.
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We were young and
selfish when we met each other.
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Yeah, we were.
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But we learned to be
kind through the years.
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And kindness, as
I think about it,
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kindness is not
something you demonstrate
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as a Christian periodically
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but kindness should
be the very attitude
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you have as a Christian.
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I like that you put
Brother Al and Xenia,
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kindness is an attitude,
sometimes people in line,
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I remember being
in the hospital once,
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and this is years ago
in California, and I was...
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There was a form
I didn't remember,
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and I was supposed to
go upstairs and get it.
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The person behind the
desk said "When you come back,
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just come to the
front of the line."
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Well, when I came back,
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three people walked
right in front of me
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three ladies walked
right in front of me,
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and my wife was already behind
the counter waiting for me,
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and it was another nurse
behind a counter waiting for us,
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and so the way
they had it situated,
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you can see the
nurse looking over,
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my wife looking over,
it's like, "Come on already,"
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but I said, there are
three people in front of me.
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And the nurse said to my wife,
"Is your husband a Christian?"
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She told me that after,
"Is your husband a Christian?
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Because normally, I told him,
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"Come straight to
the front of the line,"
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but there were three
ladies in front of him,
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and he just stood
there so patiently
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and waited till they went.
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And sometimes it's...
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Sometimes your kindness
is tested, Brother Louis?
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That's right, yeah,
there's many times that,
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that's happened
in all of our lives.
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I mean, I remember
growing up, specially now in my,
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in Windsor in
Canada where my family,
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I would call it
the Adventist hotel,
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you know, when people come
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and they want to
stay in the area.
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That's where they
stay, at my dad's home.
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But I've been on
both sides, you know,
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I used to have a boss
that was very unkind, you know,
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that pretty much drove me
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into a
depression time in my life.
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And what I
figured out at the end,
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as though she
was very depressed.
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She didn't have the
kind of home that I had,
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she didn't have the
love that I had in my home,
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and the upbringing that I had.
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So a lot of individuals,
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this is so
important for us to show
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because this is the
example that Christ gave to us.
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Christ modeled
kindness so we can...
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And I love what you said,
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this is not you reflect one, no,
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it is the fruit
which is you're reflecting
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each one of those
aspects in our lives,
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and when you do that,
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your neighbors
are going to notice.
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And I have a
perfect example of that.
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I had a neighbor
when I was in Canada,
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and we used to be friends,
and I mentioned it before.
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Not once did we speak about God,
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not once do I
speak about my religion.
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We would speak about government,
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about politics, about sports
but at the very end, he said,
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"You know what, I
grew to hate you."
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And I said, "Bob, why?"
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And he says, "Because you
reflect everything I'm not.
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You're kind to your
child, you're kind to your wife,
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you always have a
smile in your face
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no matter what happens.
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You have this glow about you.
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But it's like, the
more I got to know you,
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the more I yearn
for what you had."
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And it's such an important thing
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that we need to understand
that kindness is the best way
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for us to be able to reach
individuals and to reflect,
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and that might
be the only Christ
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that they see in
their whole lifetime.
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JD, I see you
contemplating over there.
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Well, I was just sitting here,
going through some scriptures.
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And normally when
it comes to wisdom,
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we always go to Proverbs,
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you know,
Proverbs or Ecclesiastes.
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And it says here in
Proverbs 19:17 and in 22,
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"He who has pity," pity
in this particular case,
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lest you say has compassion
or has sympathy, you know.
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"He who has
compassion on the poor,"
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the poor, necessarily,
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we're not talking
about monetarily here,
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there's a lot of
different types of,
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as we're talking, you
know, just he that has...
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He who has a kind word,
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he who does not
have a kind word.
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One would be poor than other.
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Say, "He who has compassion
on the poor lends to the Lord,"
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in other words,
advances to the Lord.
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He's doing...
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The Lord is proud as
He's looking down and sees,
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you know, that a
person has compassion
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on someone else.
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Then I love the B part here.
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"And He," that's
with a capital H,
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"God will pay back
what he has given,"
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and then it goes
down to verse 22,
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"What is desired in
a man that is kind."
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And so here, you know,
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we're talking about
kindness and so we're,
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"Lord, thank You
for the compassionate
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that You put in my heart.
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Thank You, Lord, that I care
what happens to other people."
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And at that particular time,
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it's kind of like you
get a pat on the back,
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and you get an extra
blessing for doing that,
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and the kindness is the
fruit that comes from that.
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So I love that
because it's kind of like
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a person that
does have compassion,
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a person that does care,
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a person that does extend
their hand in time of need.
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Well, we know that
he is satisfying Jesus,
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we know that,
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with that it's
going to come a blessing,
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not that you're
looking for a blessing,
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to me, that's the
cherry on the cake, you know.
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Yeah, exactly.
00:15:38.47\00:15:39.80
But anyway, I just
love that scripture.
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And as you were talking,
that kind of came to me.
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Very good
scripture, JD, because it says,
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"What is desired
in a man is kindness."
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That's right.
Kindness, and that happens...
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Sometimes it happens
in people who are just...
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I would use the word, impromptu.
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They could be in a situation,
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and you might not even know them
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but because they
have practiced it so much,
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you become a
recipient of their kindness.
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And you say,
"Who is that person?
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I don't know who they are."
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They may have
helped you to your cart
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or your car from the store,
00:16:15.04\00:16:16.50
they may have
picked something up,
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or they may have just struck up
a conversation with you, said,
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Are you okay?
Can I pray for you?
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And so kindness is very
much a fruit that everybody...
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I like that what is
desired in a man is kindness.
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That's right. Yes.
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I think that's
what Mother Teresa
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said when she said,
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"Be the living
expression of God's kindness,
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kindness in your
face, kindness in your eyes,
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kindness in your smile."
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Amen.
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Even in your face.
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In your face,
one of the sayings,
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and I wrote down
a couple of them.
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Kindness is...
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Speaking about
kindness is the character
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that a blind person can
see, and a deaf person can hear.
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Wow. Wow.
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Wow. Wow.
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I thought about it,
then I said, "Man..."
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Where did you get that from?
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I don't remember, but I
thought I wrote it down here,
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but I didn't,
actually I just remember.
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I love that.
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Kindness is the character
that a deaf person can hear
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and blind person can see.
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And so what we need,
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we're talking
about this kindness
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because we're Christians,
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and you may be a
part of a fellowship.
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I know that some people
go to church, and they say,
00:17:25.81\00:17:27.74
"Nobody talked to me,
nobody approached me."
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And then there are
times when somebody would say,
00:17:31.05\00:17:36.22
to be, "To have a friend,
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you must first show
yourself to be friendly."
00:17:38.79\00:17:41.49
And sometimes people
don't exude the spirit
00:17:41.52\00:17:44.73
that you could approach
me 'cause it might be the,
00:17:44.76\00:17:47.93
"Who's going to talk to
me? Who's going to talk to me?"
00:17:47.96\00:17:50.43
And you see that
look and you think,
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"I don't want to
talk to that person.
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I don't know who they are,
00:17:53.40\00:17:54.74
and they don't really
look very, very approachable."
00:17:54.77\00:17:56.34
So one of the
things we have to plant it,
00:17:56.37\00:17:57.71
if you want to
experience kindness,
00:17:57.74\00:17:59.17
it might be very
good to exude kindness.
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You know, since we
do a lot of traveling
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going from church to church,
00:18:06.08\00:18:08.18
you can see those
churches that are growing
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because of their greeters.
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You know, when
you come into a church
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and you've got these
individuals, they just...
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There's something about them
00:18:16.73\00:18:18.43
that they make you feel
like a family instantly.
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You know, I was born in
Cuba, from there to Costa Rica,
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went on to Canada,
now I'm in United States,
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so I have experienced not
only called different areas
00:18:30.41\00:18:35.41
but the same cultures,
00:18:35.44\00:18:36.95
different cultures
where you're going to.
00:18:36.98\00:18:39.15
And it's amazing how small
the Adventist community is,
00:18:39.18\00:18:45.25
and how anywhere that you go,
00:18:45.29\00:18:48.12
you feel like you've been
there for years, you know.
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And most of the time,
it's because of the warmth
00:18:54.70\00:18:58.50
that is in a church not
when you don't get that.
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When you're going to a church
00:19:02.47\00:19:03.87
and nobody pays attention to you
00:19:03.91\00:19:05.51
and you're sitting in the back,
00:19:05.54\00:19:07.08
it's hard for me
because I'm a sanguine,
00:19:07.11\00:19:08.74
everybody has to say hi
to me, there's no choice.
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They don't have a choice
whether to say hi to me or not.
00:19:11.45\00:19:14.12
But if you're an
introvert, if you know,
00:19:14.15\00:19:16.52
you can easily
slip into some churches,
00:19:16.55\00:19:18.42
sit down, and slip out,
and nobody would say hi to you,
00:19:18.45\00:19:21.32
but you definitely do
not get the same blessing
00:19:21.36\00:19:24.33
as when the kindness that God,
00:19:24.36\00:19:27.66
that Christ
gave us and showed us
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is bestowed upon you,
00:19:30.93\00:19:33.34
and it's so wonderful to
be able to experience that.
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And I'm hoping
that by the program
00:19:36.60\00:19:38.74
that we're doing today,
00:19:38.77\00:19:40.11
we are actually showing somebody
00:19:40.14\00:19:42.31
and understand,
letting individuals know
00:19:42.34\00:19:44.45
how the vitalness
of this particular...
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Kind. Right, how vital it is.
00:19:47.48\00:19:50.69
It takes two seconds,
it could be a simple smile.
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You might be
having the worst day,
00:19:54.79\00:19:56.16
but a simple smile can change
00:19:56.19\00:19:57.96
an individual's
lives completely.
00:19:57.99\00:20:01.06
You know, I got a
letter last Sunday
00:20:01.10\00:20:03.70
when I was at
the prison ministry,
00:20:03.73\00:20:05.47
one of the gentleman, he
went on, whole letter going,
00:20:05.50\00:20:08.40
you know, "Boy, you look so...
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.84
You have touched our
heart, you have done all this.
00:20:11.87\00:20:14.88
You know, you have seen that,
00:20:14.91\00:20:16.71
you have taken
time from your family,
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.11
birthdays, anniversaries,
00:20:19.15\00:20:20.48
and things like
that to come and see us.
00:20:20.52\00:20:22.18
We truly appreciate that
00:20:22.22\00:20:23.55
and now we get to
see Christ in you."
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It just made me cry
almost to reading that letter
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that a simple act,
00:20:29.76\00:20:31.93
that is what God
is asking for us,
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like you were saying, JD.
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What is desired
in a man is kindness.
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To be kind to others just by
you exerting that simple act.
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God gives you so much
more for you to be able that
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it gets you to tears sometimes,
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to do understanding the...
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I know the word great,
it's not the best but the...
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The blessing of kindness.
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The blessing of...
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You know, it's got,
00:21:01.02\00:21:02.36
and following
what you said in here,
00:21:02.39\00:21:03.73
talking about, here again,
00:21:03.76\00:21:05.83
let's talk about what
we found in the Bible,
00:21:05.86\00:21:08.16
and that's Romans 12:10.
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That's right.
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
Romans 12:10, and it says,
00:21:11.10\00:21:12.93
"Be kindly affectionate to one
another with brotherly love."
00:21:12.97\00:21:16.04
In another words, in
your Christian family,
00:21:16.07\00:21:19.17
be kindly affectionate.
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In another words, go over there,
00:21:20.58\00:21:21.91
wrap your arms around them,
00:21:21.94\00:21:23.28
you know, give
them that handshake,
00:21:23.31\00:21:24.65
give them that big smile,
00:21:24.68\00:21:26.01
let them know how
much they're appreciated.
00:21:26.05\00:21:27.62
And it said, "Be
kindly affectionate
00:21:27.65\00:21:28.98
to one another with
brotherly love," especially,
00:21:29.02\00:21:32.05
and we're talking about within
your parameters, you know.
00:21:32.09\00:21:35.79
I'm talking about
our church right here.
00:21:35.82\00:21:37.86
"And honor giving
preference to one another."
00:21:37.89\00:21:40.43
In other words,
we're talking about,
00:21:40.46\00:21:41.96
you know, to that brotherhood.
00:21:42.00\00:21:44.90
And then it says here,
literally what that saying is,
00:21:44.93\00:21:47.37
"Be kindly affectionate,
especially be warm,
00:21:47.40\00:21:52.61
warm as close as the
person is a relative."
00:21:52.64\00:21:57.38
So don't allow, you know,
00:21:57.41\00:21:58.81
just because
you're not blood clan
00:21:58.85\00:22:00.82
doesn't mean that you can't
go and you can't appreciate.
00:22:00.85\00:22:03.89
I remember, we came
from a small church in Texas.
00:22:03.92\00:22:07.59
Oh man! We had Janie...
00:22:07.62\00:22:09.49
There's some small in Texas?
00:22:09.52\00:22:10.93
There is one little place,
00:22:10.96\00:22:13.36
and I just love
my Santa Ana church,
00:22:13.40\00:22:16.10
Santa Ana SDA Church,
00:22:16.13\00:22:17.60
little bitty church out
in the middle of nothing.
00:22:17.63\00:22:19.43
Well, it's really between
two little mountains, you know.
00:22:19.47\00:22:21.90
And when I say
little bitty mountains,
00:22:21.94\00:22:23.27
we're talking about two
little mounts, you know,
00:22:23.30\00:22:25.14
that there are things in Texas
00:22:25.17\00:22:27.31
that are not as
huge as the Rockies.
00:22:27.34\00:22:29.11
But anyway,
Janie was our greeter.
00:22:29.14\00:22:34.18
Oh, Janie was unique.
00:22:34.22\00:22:35.72
She's probably about
5'0", and maybe 80 pounds.
00:22:35.75\00:22:41.36
But boy, when we had a visitor,
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.06
they knew that they
had been greeted by Janie.
00:22:43.09\00:22:46.03
She would run to them,
00:22:46.06\00:22:48.16
she would throw her
arms open like that,
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.90
and just hug them.
00:22:50.93\00:22:52.63
And if I saw, once I saw a
dozen times the other person,
00:22:52.67\00:22:55.97
their eyes would get
black this, you know,
00:22:56.00\00:22:58.51
and then they would
see how sincere Janie is.
00:22:58.54\00:23:01.48
So having the right
greeter, that is truly a gift.
00:23:01.51\00:23:07.18
But we're sitting
here, and this was a vesper.
00:23:07.22\00:23:10.59
Now just think
of how she treated
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.25
each one of the members.
00:23:12.29\00:23:14.29
Oh, she was a sweetheart.
00:23:14.32\00:23:16.29
And I had the opportunity
to talk to one of our elders
00:23:16.32\00:23:19.13
a couple of days ago,
00:23:19.16\00:23:20.50
head elder at our
little Santa Ana Church.
00:23:20.53\00:23:22.90
And, of course, I
asked how was Janie,
00:23:22.93\00:23:25.73
and little Leroy?
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.10
Little Leroy was her husband.
00:23:27.14\00:23:28.47
Anyway, they were so special
and they both love Jesus.
00:23:28.50\00:23:31.24
But we're talking about...
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.44
We're talking
about kindness right now.
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.11
And this was exactly
how well, how well put.
00:23:36.14\00:23:40.22
It was the first touch
that a lot of people received.
00:23:40.25\00:23:42.78
And Janie, remember her,
00:23:42.82\00:23:45.65
remember that
smile, big eyes, you know.
00:23:45.69\00:23:49.02
And some people kind of thought,
00:23:49.06\00:23:50.99
"Whoa! That's a
little aggressive."
00:23:51.03\00:23:53.29
So what? That's right.
00:23:53.33\00:23:55.03
So what? Exactly.
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.56
I mean, that's exactly right.
00:23:56.60\00:23:59.67
And you saw quickly
that there was no harm being,
00:23:59.70\00:24:02.34
this was Janie, this was loving,
00:24:02.37\00:24:06.88
and this was a
gift that God gave her.
00:24:06.91\00:24:09.18
But as
Christians, I believe that
00:24:09.21\00:24:12.55
that is our first
impression we give
00:24:12.58\00:24:15.65
is that kindness
that we show in our eyes,
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.99
and our smile, you know.
00:24:18.02\00:24:20.16
You're sitting
there, you turn around,
00:24:20.19\00:24:21.69
what kind of face you
give people, you know,
00:24:21.72\00:24:24.43
that you might now know anybody.
00:24:24.46\00:24:26.19
When you get out of your house,
what does your neighbors see?
00:24:26.23\00:24:30.53
You don't have to talk to
them or anything, you know,
00:24:30.57\00:24:32.63
they just see your face,
they just see your smile,
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.27
and that's the first
impression you give them.
00:24:35.30\00:24:38.07
Yeah, life is a
testimony. That's right.
00:24:38.11\00:24:40.44
So when the Bible
says let your light shine,
00:24:40.48\00:24:41.94
it doesn't just mean
00:24:41.98\00:24:43.31
the light of the
doctrine that you believe,
00:24:43.35\00:24:44.95
it means the glory
of God's love is...
00:24:44.98\00:24:47.18
And when that fruit is
there, when that fruit is there,
00:24:47.22\00:24:50.99
then it's going to come
out but if it's not there,
00:24:51.02\00:24:52.92
I like the way you say
that because many greeters...
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.89
You may be a
greeter in your church,
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.09
the greeter is the
sermon way before you know.
00:24:57.13\00:25:00.30
Oh, yes. Yes, it is.
00:25:00.33\00:25:01.76
Oh, yes.
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.13
The greeter is the message long
before the message is preached.
00:25:03.16\00:25:06.30
You see that first person...
00:25:06.33\00:25:08.04
We had an experience in
the Paradise Valley Church
00:25:08.07\00:25:12.07
in Phoenix, Arizona.
00:25:12.11\00:25:14.98
Lila, I don't want
to be too specific.
00:25:15.01\00:25:17.95
There was a young lady
that walked in first time
00:25:17.98\00:25:20.65
in an Adventist
church on a Sabbath morning.
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.18
Oh, yeah. You know.
00:25:22.22\00:25:23.55
Yeah, and here comes Dr. Lila.
00:25:23.59\00:25:25.32
Here comes Dr Lila,
and she saw her sitting
00:25:25.35\00:25:27.89
in the
fellowship hall by herself,
00:25:27.92\00:25:30.09
went to her, and greeted her.
00:25:30.13\00:25:31.93
Next thing you know,
00:25:31.96\00:25:33.29
this young lady came down to me,
00:25:33.33\00:25:35.23
and she said,
00:25:35.26\00:25:36.60
"This is my first time
ever in an Adventist church,
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.40
my first time."
00:25:39.43\00:25:40.87
Twenty two years old,
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.24
the Lord was reaching out to her
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.71
and she found out about
the Sabbath on the internet,
00:25:43.74\00:25:46.57
found out about the
change of the Sabbath,
00:25:46.61\00:25:47.94
then she found out
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.31
about the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:25:49.34\00:25:50.68
And then she thought to herself,
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.05
"Wow. Here I am
living in Arizona.
00:25:52.08\00:25:54.28
Well, there must be a
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:25:54.32\00:25:55.72
in the Middle East somewhere,
I've never heard about that.
00:25:55.75\00:25:58.95
That' sad. That's what she said.
00:25:58.99\00:26:00.56
But she put the information in
00:26:00.59\00:26:02.16
and found out that
the church we were at
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.63
was close to where she lived
00:26:03.66\00:26:04.99
and walked in and sat down.
00:26:05.03\00:26:06.36
And Dr. Lila went to her,
00:26:06.39\00:26:07.73
and raised her,
brought her to us,
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.26
and that young lady said,
00:26:09.30\00:26:11.07
"The Lord has been working
on me for the last two weeks,
00:26:11.10\00:26:13.40
in our meetings
with the last two weeks."
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.07
That was the baptismal
Sabbath, the last message.
00:26:16.10\00:26:19.11
And she walked in
after this warm greeting
00:26:19.14\00:26:20.98
with tears in her eyes.
00:26:21.01\00:26:22.34
She says, "God told
me that it's time for me
00:26:22.38\00:26:24.05
to give my life to the Lord.
00:26:24.08\00:26:25.41
What do I need to
do to be baptized?"
00:26:25.45\00:26:27.88
Had Dr. Lila ignored her,
00:26:27.92\00:26:29.25
had they just act
like she wasn't even there,
00:26:29.28\00:26:31.85
and what an experience.
00:26:31.89\00:26:33.72
It was. It's beautiful how...
00:26:33.76\00:26:36.69
We are the hands and
feet of Jesus Christ.
00:26:36.73\00:26:39.36
That's right.
00:26:39.39\00:26:40.73
What we say, what we do.
00:26:40.76\00:26:42.80
Everything about that.
00:26:42.83\00:26:44.17
And look at a couple of examples
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.53
because I bring
out some in the Bible
00:26:45.57\00:26:46.90
that are kind of
unique experiences.
00:26:46.94\00:26:48.80
I want to go to Genesis 40:14.
00:26:48.84\00:26:51.27
This is a unique one
00:26:51.31\00:26:52.64
because Joseph is in prison
for being wrongfully accused.
00:26:52.67\00:26:55.91
You remember that story?
00:26:55.94\00:26:57.28
And he meets a butler,
00:26:57.31\00:26:58.75
one of the ones he
meets in the prison.
00:26:58.78\00:27:00.22
He meets a butler, and a butler
and a candlestick maker...
00:27:00.25\00:27:03.69
Yeah, the baker.
00:27:03.72\00:27:05.05
And a baker and the candlestick,
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.42
that whole...
00:27:06.45\00:27:07.79
It's kind of like
a riddle, you know.
00:27:07.82\00:27:09.16
Yeah, I'm just
thinking. Go ahead, go ahead.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.89
And they both have
dreams, and Joseph said,
00:27:11.93\00:27:15.33
"Well, the Lord is the
one who interprets dreams.
00:27:15.36\00:27:18.27
What was your dream you had?"
00:27:18.30\00:27:19.63
And he prays, and
the Lord gives him
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.00
the understanding of the dream,
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.37
and he says,
00:27:22.40\00:27:23.74
"You're gonna be
led out pretty soon
00:27:23.77\00:27:25.57
when you are released..."
00:27:25.61\00:27:28.98
Read that for us, honey,
right here in Genesis 40:14.
00:27:29.01\00:27:34.05
It says, "But remember
me when it is well with you
00:27:34.08\00:27:37.95
and please show kindness to me.
00:27:37.99\00:27:41.02
Make mention of me to Pharaoh
and get me out of this house."
00:27:41.06\00:27:46.06
Please.
00:27:46.09\00:27:47.43
Get me out of here,
I don't belong in here.
00:27:47.46\00:27:48.90
Say something
good to Pharaoh for me.
00:27:48.93\00:27:51.37
And you think, he's
out, what does he do?
00:27:51.40\00:27:54.44
He forgets. Forgets him, sad.
00:27:54.47\00:27:57.54
He forgets him.
00:27:57.57\00:27:58.97
But the seed was planted.
00:27:59.01\00:28:01.18
That's exactly right.
00:28:01.21\00:28:02.54
You see, and that's the
thing that is so important.
00:28:02.58\00:28:04.41
A lot of the times,
we forget all we go,
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.58
and how many
Bible studies we give,
00:28:06.61\00:28:08.38
how many, all the
life, we're constantly...
00:28:08.42\00:28:11.45
It's funny,
00:28:11.49\00:28:12.82
people remember the
bad things you do rarely
00:28:12.85\00:28:16.79
always.
00:28:16.83\00:28:18.16
But the good, kind things,
00:28:18.19\00:28:19.53
they only remember when
there is a time of need.
00:28:19.56\00:28:22.96
And a lot of times, that's
what we need to understand.
00:28:23.00\00:28:25.23
We are the farmers
that spread the seeds.
00:28:25.27\00:28:30.11
We can't do much more than that.
00:28:30.14\00:28:32.04
And kindness is one
of the greatest seed
00:28:32.07\00:28:34.61
that we can throw out
00:28:34.64\00:28:35.98
because there's
so much depression.
00:28:36.01\00:28:37.58
You look at the
statistics right now.
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.62
A large majority
of the communities
00:28:40.65\00:28:42.75
are depressed,
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.12
they don't know
where they're going.
00:28:44.15\00:28:45.65
You listen to the news.
00:28:45.69\00:28:47.12
"Oh, we don't know
where we're coming,
00:28:47.16\00:28:48.96
we don't know
where we're going."
00:28:48.99\00:28:50.33
I'm like, "Read your Bible.
We know where we're going.
00:28:50.36\00:28:52.99
We know where we came from,
and we know where we're going."
00:28:53.03\00:28:55.40
But there are so many people
that don't know those things.
00:28:55.43\00:28:58.20
And unless we understand
00:28:58.23\00:29:00.04
that we must always
be seeding for Christ
00:29:00.07\00:29:02.20
because the moment you stop,
00:29:02.24\00:29:04.24
that's what
they're going to remember,
00:29:04.27\00:29:05.87
and that first
impression is the hardest.
00:29:05.91\00:29:07.81
And this is what that's saying.
00:29:07.84\00:29:09.81
"Yes, remember me."
00:29:09.84\00:29:11.78
He forgot for a little while
00:29:11.81\00:29:13.42
but when it was time,
the light bulb came in,
00:29:13.45\00:29:17.45
and look at the change
that happened in his life.
00:29:17.49\00:29:20.32
Joseph's life.
00:29:20.36\00:29:21.69
And I just like to take a moment
00:29:21.72\00:29:23.06
'cause there's probably
lots of people out there
00:29:23.09\00:29:24.63
that may wonder
what their ministry is.
00:29:24.66\00:29:26.86
And it could be just as a sower,
00:29:26.90\00:29:29.60
a sower of seed,
00:29:29.63\00:29:30.97
just a kind word, you know,
00:29:31.00\00:29:32.77
just that hug at the
neck or whatever, you know.
00:29:32.80\00:29:34.70
So if you're having
difficulty with that,
00:29:34.74\00:29:38.91
I know who the creator is
00:29:38.94\00:29:40.28
that can allow things to happen,
00:29:40.31\00:29:41.71
in fact, can make things happen.
00:29:41.74\00:29:44.18
And so if you will just ask,
00:29:44.21\00:29:45.55
"Lord, please use me.
You've given me a gift."
00:29:45.58\00:29:49.65
And if I was a betting man,
00:29:49.68\00:29:52.85
I would say that the Lord will
certainly put the right seed
00:29:52.89\00:29:55.56
into your heart
00:29:55.59\00:29:56.93
that will allow those
seeds multiply to others.
00:29:56.96\00:30:00.10
There are so many ministries
that are available out there.
00:30:00.13\00:30:03.06
There's a person in
Canada that decided,
00:30:03.10\00:30:05.33
"Well, I'm
bedridden, I can't do anything."
00:30:05.37\00:30:08.44
And you've heard
the story, a church.
00:30:08.47\00:30:11.31
And she decided,
"Okay, what I'm going to do,
00:30:11.34\00:30:13.17
I'm going to take the phone book
00:30:13.21\00:30:14.54
and I'm just going
to start calling people
00:30:14.58\00:30:16.14
randomly from the phone book,
inviting them to our church."
00:30:16.18\00:30:19.31
And she started, and
she called 100 people to go
00:30:19.35\00:30:24.75
and they would invite them.
00:30:24.79\00:30:26.19
And all the sudden,
there was a big revival,
00:30:26.22\00:30:28.42
and there was all these baptism,
00:30:28.46\00:30:29.86
and she's saying,
00:30:29.89\00:30:31.23
"Boy, that name
strikes me familiar,
00:30:31.26\00:30:33.76
and that name
strikes me familiar."
00:30:33.80\00:30:35.66
Twenty individuals of
the ones that he had called
00:30:35.70\00:30:38.77
were baptized,
00:30:38.80\00:30:40.14
and that's all that
this individual did.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.70
Being kind to people
that she doesn't even know.
00:30:42.74\00:30:44.14
That's right.
00:30:44.17\00:30:45.51
I want to throw
another question out
00:30:45.54\00:30:46.88
and then I'll have
one of you read this
00:30:46.91\00:30:48.24
under point number
six on our syllabus here.
00:30:48.28\00:30:50.71
Actually point number four.
00:30:50.75\00:30:52.35
Yeah.
00:30:52.38\00:30:53.72
The question was
asked very simply,
00:30:53.75\00:30:55.18
"How does the Bible
reveal the need of those
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.69
that are being afflicted?"
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.05
This is a very important one.
00:30:59.09\00:31:00.42
Job 6:14, Xenia,
would you read that for us?
00:31:00.46\00:31:03.32
"To him who is afflicted,
00:31:03.36\00:31:05.23
kindness to be
shown by his friends
00:31:05.26\00:31:07.76
even though he forsakes
the fear of the Almighty."
00:31:07.80\00:31:10.97
Now this is an
interesting one I thought about
00:31:11.00\00:31:12.83
because sometimes people say,
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.80
"He deserves what he's getting
00:31:14.84\00:31:16.17
because he turned away from God.
00:31:16.20\00:31:18.01
He shouldn't have any
kind of kindness shown to him.
00:31:18.04\00:31:21.38
Look what kind of person he is."
00:31:21.41\00:31:23.51
But it says, "To
him who is afflicted,
00:31:23.55\00:31:27.52
kindness should be shown
by his friend even though,"
00:31:27.55\00:31:30.82
that's the condition.
00:31:30.85\00:31:32.19
Those two words say,
00:31:32.22\00:31:33.56
doesn't matter
what the situation is.
00:31:33.59\00:31:35.19
No matter what his
life journey is all about.
00:31:35.22\00:31:38.59
Even though
he's not a Christian,
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.40
even though he's a wild man,
00:31:40.43\00:31:42.56
even though he doesn't know God,
00:31:42.60\00:31:44.70
even though he may be
00:31:44.73\00:31:46.23
the worst person
you met this week,
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.10
show him kindness.
00:31:48.14\00:31:50.01
And what
difference does that make, JD?
00:31:50.04\00:31:51.64
Well, to me, thank you, Jesus,
that I don't see in colors,
00:31:51.67\00:31:57.81
I don't see in personalities.
00:31:57.85\00:32:01.68
To me, it's all the same.
00:32:01.72\00:32:04.02
So I don't have that hurdle
00:32:04.05\00:32:06.52
that I have to
jump across, you know.
00:32:06.55\00:32:09.49
Well, wait a minute here.
00:32:09.52\00:32:11.09
"Have you done
this? Have you done this?
00:32:11.13\00:32:12.96
Have you done this?
00:32:12.99\00:32:14.33
Well, then I'll talk to you."
00:32:14.36\00:32:17.63
My mind doesn't work
like that, my mind is just...
00:32:17.67\00:32:20.67
I would like to say that
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.04
if I had anything
on my tombstone that,
00:32:22.07\00:32:23.67
"He was a sower of good seed."
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.87
And so that to me
is a gift from God
00:32:25.91\00:32:30.31
that I don't take lightly,
00:32:30.35\00:32:32.15
but I think that
it's there for everyone.
00:32:32.18\00:32:34.98
And so to answer
that, you know, it says,
00:32:35.02\00:32:37.19
"Well, wait a minute here.
00:32:37.22\00:32:38.55
I know that these stories
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.66
that I've been
hearing about you are true,
00:32:40.69\00:32:42.22
we don't even need to be
associated with each other."
00:32:42.26\00:32:45.06
You know, to me, it's just say,
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.43
"Hey, I understand
you've got some problems.
00:32:46.46\00:32:48.53
Well, I do too.
00:32:48.56\00:32:50.07
Maybe you can help
me, and I can help you."
00:32:50.10\00:32:53.03
And just, Lord's
the one who's in charge,
00:32:53.07\00:32:57.57
you go from there so.
00:32:57.61\00:32:59.07
'Cause you never know
what gets a person to it...
00:32:59.11\00:33:00.44
You don't, you don't.
00:33:00.48\00:33:02.01
No, no, no.
00:33:02.04\00:33:03.38
I mean, they can snap
actually, just that fast too.
00:33:03.41\00:33:07.85
"Get out of my face.
00:33:07.88\00:33:09.22
I don't want to hear
this kind of thing, you know.
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.05
I mean, I've heard
this since I was a kid."
00:33:11.09\00:33:13.99
Wow.
00:33:14.02\00:33:15.92
Xenia?
00:33:15.96\00:33:17.29
Well, I have one in Acts 28:2.
00:33:17.33\00:33:21.96
I would wish that
that would be said of me,
00:33:22.00\00:33:25.00
when people meet me.
00:33:25.03\00:33:26.77
It says, "And the natives
show those unusual kindness,
00:33:26.80\00:33:30.91
for they kindled the
fire, and made us all welcome
00:33:30.94\00:33:34.24
because of the
rain that was falling,
00:33:34.28\00:33:36.04
and because of the cold."
00:33:36.08\00:33:38.05
So the people that
become acquainted with me
00:33:38.08\00:33:40.68
be able to say, you know,
00:33:40.72\00:33:42.68
she opened herself,
she opened her house,
00:33:42.72\00:33:46.25
whatever it was to what's going.
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.92
Isn't it amazing
00:33:48.96\00:33:50.29
because when you're a pastor,
I don't know if this is true
00:33:50.33\00:33:52.83
but everybody, but my mind
sees literally and spiritually.
00:33:52.86\00:33:57.20
And there are people
00:33:57.23\00:33:59.03
who are in a cold
experience of their lives.
00:33:59.07\00:34:03.44
There are people who
rain is falling on them.
00:34:03.47\00:34:06.91
And all they need to
alleviate that suffering
00:34:06.94\00:34:09.71
is some warm fire being kindled.
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.78
Warm them up.
00:34:12.81\00:34:14.15
Honey, didn't we do
that once in Weaverville?
00:34:14.18\00:34:16.12
Oh, man. I say...
00:34:16.15\00:34:17.49
A few times, we took...
00:34:17.52\00:34:18.85
A few times, you know,
even at our own behest,
00:34:18.89\00:34:20.76
we didn't know
how dangerous it was.
00:34:20.79\00:34:23.59
But the Lord, sometimes,
00:34:23.63\00:34:26.06
He allows you to
show people kindness
00:34:26.09\00:34:28.40
and then it breaks them,
00:34:28.43\00:34:29.76
then you find it, we
had a father and son.
00:34:29.80\00:34:31.60
Father and son.
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.27
Yeah.
00:34:33.30\00:34:34.74
So I just drove up to our church
00:34:34.77\00:34:36.10
on a Tuesday afternoon.
00:34:36.14\00:34:37.47
From Arkansas.
00:34:37.51\00:34:38.84
Yeah, I was from...
00:34:38.87\00:34:40.21
No, actually it was
from, not Arkansas...
00:34:40.24\00:34:41.58
Joplin,
Missouri. Joplin, Missouri.
00:34:41.61\00:34:42.94
Yeah.
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.31
And if you're
watching this program, boy,
00:34:44.35\00:34:45.81
I'd love to get
in touch with you.
00:34:45.85\00:34:47.28
Because this story, I
wrote a song about him,
00:34:47.32\00:34:48.78
I hadn't recorded it yet.
00:34:48.82\00:34:50.15
It's called 'A Man and his Son.'
00:34:50.19\00:34:51.89
The words are,
"A man and his son
00:34:51.92\00:34:53.66
Were out on the
run heading nowhere
00:34:53.69\00:34:56.02
They pulled off the road
00:34:56.06\00:34:57.39
To lighten the
load that they had
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.26
They saw a small steeple
00:34:59.29\00:35:01.46
And then they
found people right there
00:35:01.50\00:35:03.43
And what they did not know
00:35:03.47\00:35:05.27
Is you will come
to show them you care
00:35:05.30\00:35:07.77
They were out on the go
00:35:07.80\00:35:10.74
And what they did not know
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.11
Is there is no
place you can find them
00:35:12.14\00:35:14.64
And so this father and son
00:35:14.68\00:35:16.41
pulled up on a
Tuesday afternoon,
00:35:16.44\00:35:17.78
because we had just
older people at our church.
00:35:17.81\00:35:19.68
We had too ages, very, very old,
00:35:19.71\00:35:21.32
very, very young.
00:35:21.35\00:35:22.68
Couldn't drive
during the night time.
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.95
And so we had
this prayer meeting.
00:35:24.99\00:35:26.32
They pulled up and he said,
00:35:26.35\00:35:27.69
"I need some help so
where are you going?"
00:35:27.72\00:35:29.16
He says, "Anywhere, nowhere."
00:35:29.19\00:35:32.76
"Well, how can we help you?"
00:35:32.79\00:35:34.16
"Need some gas
money, maybe get some food."
00:35:34.20\00:35:36.16
He said last, he
said, "I'm an Adventist."
00:35:36.20\00:35:37.97
so he pulled out his
Revelation seminar Bible,
00:35:38.00\00:35:40.77
certificate of
completion which is like,
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.87
that was his
evidence as an Adventist
00:35:43.91\00:35:45.24
but what that meant was he
attended Revelation seminar.
00:35:45.27\00:35:48.81
And he said...
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.68
Good for him. Yeah.
00:35:50.71\00:35:53.45
And the last Sabbath
church, he said he attended now,
00:35:53.48\00:35:55.58
I mean, he stopped at
the pastor gave him 42 cents.
00:35:55.62\00:35:58.59
I thought, "Oh, what
could you do with 42 cents."
00:35:58.62\00:36:01.06
So we said,
"Well, what do you need?"
00:36:01.09\00:36:03.46
"Well, some money
for food and gas."
00:36:03.49\00:36:06.23
"Okay.
00:36:06.26\00:36:07.60
Well, you're in
hurry to go anywhere?"
00:36:07.63\00:36:08.96
"No."
00:36:09.00\00:36:10.33
"Hey, just hang
out a little bit.
00:36:10.37\00:36:11.70
Hang out a little bit."
00:36:11.73\00:36:13.07
And so our church
members took him in a Nissan
00:36:13.10\00:36:14.44
and gave him some food.
00:36:14.47\00:36:15.84
"Are you in a
rush to go anywhere?"
00:36:15.87\00:36:17.67
Not yet. Okay.
00:36:17.71\00:36:19.24
"Are you in
rush to go anywhere?"
00:36:19.27\00:36:20.61
"Well, not really."
00:36:20.64\00:36:21.98
"Well, hey, I want you to
stay in town a little bit."
00:36:22.01\00:36:23.41
So, "Well, okay."
00:36:23.45\00:36:25.05
So we put him up in
a motel for five days,
00:36:25.08\00:36:28.92
that church did and said,
00:36:28.95\00:36:31.79
"Any particular
destination you have?"
00:36:31.82\00:36:33.25
"No, we just
kind of out on the go,
00:36:33.29\00:36:35.12
just going nowhere."
00:36:35.16\00:36:36.83
"Hey," we came to
church at Sabbath, and we said,
00:36:36.86\00:36:40.13
"How's it going?"
"Pretty good," he said.
00:36:40.16\00:36:41.60
"Well, you're looking
for a work or anything?"
00:36:41.63\00:36:43.37
So we get...
00:36:43.40\00:36:44.77
the county gave
him a stack of paper,
00:36:44.80\00:36:46.23
they try to discourage
you from staying in town,
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.00
so they must have given him
00:36:48.04\00:36:49.37
like 40 pieces of
paper to fill out.
00:36:49.40\00:36:50.74
And all of us got
together and helped him.
00:36:50.77\00:36:52.11
He got assistance.
00:36:52.14\00:36:53.48
He got assistance,
and financial support,
00:36:53.51\00:36:54.84
and all that.
00:36:54.88\00:36:56.21
But meanwhile,
he's in the hotel.
00:36:56.24\00:36:58.08
And he said, "Okay, see
you later," and he left.
00:36:58.11\00:37:00.42
And I went to the gas
station to get some fuel, gas.
00:37:00.45\00:37:03.62
My wife calls it
gas, I call it fuel.
00:37:03.65\00:37:06.15
And I saw up at the gas station,
00:37:06.19\00:37:07.52
I said, "You okay?"
00:37:07.56\00:37:08.89
He said, "Yeah."
00:37:08.92\00:37:10.26
I pulled up and he was still
getting gas, and I was leaving.
00:37:10.29\00:37:11.99
And he was still there
and I said, "You leaving?
00:37:12.03\00:37:14.10
I'm going."
00:37:14.13\00:37:15.63
"Good to see you,
pastor, take care."
00:37:15.66\00:37:17.00
"But aren't you leaving
too?" "Yeah, I'm leaving."
00:37:17.03\00:37:18.73
"Well, go ahead. What's wrong?"
00:37:18.77\00:37:23.67
He said, "Well, we
got put out of hotel
00:37:23.71\00:37:27.41
'cause my son has little
temper and he broke something."
00:37:27.44\00:37:31.05
"So where are you guys staying?"
00:37:31.08\00:37:32.78
"Well, right outside of
town up on the side of road.
00:37:32.81\00:37:34.98
As you go outside of
town, there's a turn off there,
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.59
we stay there."
00:37:37.62\00:37:39.55
"And what are
you doing for food?"
00:37:39.59\00:37:42.19
"Well, kind of whatever we get."
00:37:42.22\00:37:44.43
And so he said,
00:37:44.46\00:37:46.39
"Well, I'm
waiting for you to leave
00:37:46.43\00:37:47.76
because my battery is dead,
I can't get my van started."
00:37:47.80\00:37:51.10
He said, "It's
been dead all week long.
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.10
I get people to jumpstart it."
00:37:53.13\00:37:54.47
Well, how do you get
it start in morning?"
00:37:54.50\00:37:55.84
Well, put it in
neutral and pushes,
00:37:55.87\00:37:58.31
so it starts going downhill,
and we kick it in the gear."
00:37:58.34\00:38:01.01
I said, "That's not right.
Come and move in with us."
00:38:01.04\00:38:04.95
Still don't know
who they are. No.
00:38:04.98\00:38:08.38
White man and
his young white son,
00:38:08.42\00:38:10.25
I'm telling you that
for a particular reason,
00:38:10.29\00:38:12.19
there's a purpose for this.
00:38:12.22\00:38:13.86
So he comes in and
it was around Christmas.
00:38:13.89\00:38:18.99
My wife bought him a
gift, and we bought...
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.16
We didn't have
much. We didn't have much.
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.00
I was making $500 a
month, that was stipend.
00:38:23.03\00:38:26.30
We had JCPenney's credit card.
00:38:26.33\00:38:29.20
It's all we
bought and gave them.
00:38:29.24\00:38:30.57
Yeah, we got him shirt,
got something for his son.
00:38:30.61\00:38:33.61
And he's sitting at the table
after we had Christmas dinner,
00:38:33.64\00:38:38.25
and he said, "Dale, go outside.
00:38:38.28\00:38:41.08
Craig, go
outside, Dale and Craig."
00:38:41.12\00:38:44.32
And he said, "Go
outside, play with your car."
00:38:44.35\00:38:46.35
And he came and he said,
00:38:46.39\00:38:47.72
"I got to tell
you guys something."
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.09
He said, "First of
all, this is my name."
00:38:49.12\00:38:50.93
He told us his name, he says,
00:38:50.96\00:38:54.16
"I was a police
officer in Joplin, Missouri.
00:38:54.20\00:38:57.97
I've been out on
the run from the law."
00:38:58.00\00:39:02.80
He told his situation.
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.91
He said, "I got to
tell you something else."
00:39:04.94\00:39:08.34
He said, "My son and I,
00:39:08.38\00:39:12.35
we don't like
anybody that's not white
00:39:12.38\00:39:14.92
until we met you guys."
00:39:14.95\00:39:17.89
And he started to tear up
and start to cry, he said,
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.85
"I don't know what it is.
We never met nobody like you.
00:39:19.89\00:39:24.59
You don't know who we
are, you gave us a room,
00:39:24.63\00:39:27.43
your church took us in.
00:39:27.46\00:39:29.46
You've been so kind to us."
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.70
He said, and he told
us the rest of his story,
00:39:31.73\00:39:33.70
I want to be kind of discreet.
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.70
He said, "Just to verify
it, let me call my mother.
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.94
She probably doesn't
even know where we are.
00:39:37.97\00:39:39.37
But I'm gonna call and
talk to her on the phone.
00:39:39.41\00:39:41.24
You could find out that
I'm telling you the truth."
00:39:41.28\00:39:43.55
Yeah, he used to be
00:39:43.58\00:39:44.91
in particular
position of authority
00:39:44.95\00:39:46.31
in state of Missouri,
00:39:46.35\00:39:47.68
and she told me
about what happened.
00:39:47.72\00:39:49.55
And he said, "You
know what, this Sabbath,
00:39:49.58\00:39:52.05
I'm coming to church."
00:39:52.09\00:39:53.42
And he came to
church that Sabbath
00:39:53.46\00:39:54.79
and stood up and
told his testimony.
00:39:54.82\00:39:56.16
He says, "Well, I'm going
back to where I came from,
00:39:56.19\00:39:58.39
and the moment I enter town,
00:39:58.43\00:39:59.76
I know I'm going to
get arrested, so is my son
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.16
'cause something happened,"
00:40:01.20\00:40:02.53
and said, "we're
going to serve our time..."
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.20
And it was a
situation that was not,
00:40:04.23\00:40:05.87
they were not
straight out criminals.
00:40:05.90\00:40:08.20
But something
happened in their family,
00:40:08.24\00:40:09.57
the family fell apart,
the dad took it out one way,
00:40:09.60\00:40:11.54
the son took it out another.
00:40:11.57\00:40:13.88
And he said, "When
I'm done serving my time,
00:40:13.91\00:40:16.81
we're coming back to
live here, and we will do."
00:40:16.85\00:40:19.35
But we left
before they came back.
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.92
We got a letter from them.
00:40:21.95\00:40:23.72
I have it in my
file to this very day.
00:40:23.75\00:40:26.32
And you know what, the
nutshell of that story was,
00:40:26.35\00:40:30.73
and the natives
showed us unusual kindness,
00:40:30.76\00:40:34.50
for they kindled a fire
and made us all welcome.
00:40:34.53\00:40:38.33
Boy, what a story! Wow, wow.
00:40:38.37\00:40:39.77
I know.
00:40:39.80\00:40:41.20
Because of the
rain that was falling,
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.77
because of the cold.
00:40:42.80\00:40:44.27
I don't know why it's
touching me like this,
00:40:44.31\00:40:45.64
but you know,
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.98
when I was reading
that, it's powerful story.
00:40:48.01\00:40:49.68
When I was reading that,
that's what happened to me.
00:40:49.71\00:40:51.51
It just connected.
00:40:51.55\00:40:52.88
You know, when I
was three months old,
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.92
there was rain
falling in my life.
00:40:54.95\00:40:56.38
And husband, 40...
00:40:56.42\00:41:00.22
his wife was 50, and he was 49,
00:41:00.26\00:41:02.52
and they showed my
sister and I unusual kindness.
00:41:02.56\00:41:07.36
Somebody do something.
00:41:07.40\00:41:09.60
I don't play on this,
00:41:09.63\00:41:10.97
but my whole life
just came back to me.
00:41:11.00\00:41:13.13
They didn't have
to give us anything.
00:41:13.17\00:41:14.80
No, they didn't.
00:41:14.84\00:41:16.17
I mean, you can't get
any more precious than this.
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.84
Wow, wow.
00:41:18.87\00:41:20.68
I had a great time
today with one of our guys
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.08
who came up just
talking about kindness.
00:41:23.11\00:41:27.12
3ABN's been very
kind to this young man.
00:41:27.15\00:41:30.35
But he's been very kind
to show us the reciprocation.
00:41:30.39\00:41:33.79
But what was beautiful
about is he would sit down
00:41:33.82\00:41:36.06
and he was
starting, he was just saying,
00:41:36.09\00:41:37.43
"Oh, God is so good to me."
00:41:37.46\00:41:39.03
And then a big tear fell.
00:41:39.06\00:41:40.96
And then he says,
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.33
"I just can't really explain it.
00:41:42.36\00:41:43.70
I don't even really know what's
going on in my life right now."
00:41:43.73\00:41:45.97
Now, not one tear but
those tears are multiplied.
00:41:46.00\00:41:49.50
And now his face
just becomes wet.
00:41:49.54\00:41:52.17
This is in our
own building there.
00:41:52.21\00:41:56.18
The Holy Spirit is
working all the time, you know.
00:41:56.21\00:41:58.88
Holy Spirit is there
because we are loving.
00:41:58.91\00:42:02.98
He was just...
00:42:03.02\00:42:05.05
I'm just, whatever
office I walk into today,
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.39
I just can't hold
it back any longer.
00:42:07.42\00:42:09.62
I've just got to say
how good Jesus is to me.
00:42:09.66\00:42:12.13
Amen. Amen.
00:42:12.16\00:42:14.06
And so you're sitting
here when I saw the tears
00:42:14.10\00:42:17.30
that remind me of this
precious young man today.
00:42:17.33\00:42:20.94
You know, the Holy
Spirit is out there
00:42:20.97\00:42:22.67
working in all of our lives.
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.24
Yes, it is. Yes.
00:42:24.27\00:42:26.04
I came across this printout.
This is kindness rules.
00:42:26.07\00:42:32.55
I want you to read it. Oh, sure.
00:42:32.58\00:42:34.85
Kindness rules.
00:42:34.88\00:42:36.75
Okay, here we go.
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.12
You have this poetic voice.
00:42:38.15\00:42:39.49
"Treat people how
you'd like to be treated
00:42:39.52\00:42:43.63
Say I love you
right loving notes
00:42:43.66\00:42:47.63
Say please and
thank you and mean it
00:42:47.66\00:42:51.47
Forgive, give."
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.97
Okay, forgive,
then it says give.
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.54
"Respect everyone
00:42:56.57\00:42:58.91
Don't hurt others on
the inside or outside
00:42:58.94\00:43:04.51
Hug, listen
00:43:04.55\00:43:07.92
It's nice to be nice
00:43:07.95\00:43:10.85
Share, lend, help
00:43:10.89\00:43:15.26
Say good morning," and so true.
00:43:15.29\00:43:19.23
"Smile,
encourage, inspire, offer,
00:43:19.26\00:43:24.07
donate, compliment,
00:43:24.10\00:43:27.44
open doors.
00:43:27.47\00:43:30.21
When you get new clothes,
give away something old."
00:43:30.24\00:43:34.98
We got lot to give away.
00:43:35.01\00:43:37.31
"Give flowers,
apologize." So true.
00:43:37.35\00:43:43.28
"Support, let everyone play
00:43:43.32\00:43:47.89
Play fair
00:43:47.92\00:43:50.29
Do all the good you
can in all the ways you can
00:43:50.33\00:43:56.33
Kindness, you."
00:43:56.36\00:43:57.93
That's beautiful. You
know, it's interesting.
00:43:57.97\00:44:00.90
You talked about simple
gesture as opening doors.
00:44:00.94\00:44:04.81
The enemy has
done to our young kids
00:44:04.84\00:44:08.54
that disjustice.
00:44:08.58\00:44:09.94
Our generations, my,
and my kids' generation,
00:44:09.98\00:44:15.25
we were kind of shun
into opening doors for people.
00:44:15.28\00:44:18.89
You know, people say,
00:44:18.92\00:44:20.66
"You're just
being, you know, whatever.
00:44:20.69\00:44:23.36
I can open my own door."
00:44:23.39\00:44:25.09
And that's happened to
me several times, you know.
00:44:25.13\00:44:29.33
A simple gesture
for an individual,
00:44:29.36\00:44:33.03
it means a lot to them.
00:44:33.07\00:44:34.80
So even though somebody
may tell you several times,
00:44:34.84\00:44:37.97
and that's you're being annoying
00:44:38.01\00:44:39.41
or let me be,
00:44:39.44\00:44:41.34
it doesn't matter, do
it to the tenth person
00:44:41.38\00:44:43.41
because that's the one
that God has asked you to do.
00:44:43.45\00:44:46.25
And there's many times,
Pastor, that you just mentioned,
00:44:46.28\00:44:49.45
we didn't even
know these people,
00:44:49.48\00:44:51.15
we had no idea who they were.
00:44:51.19\00:44:52.75
And there are so many
people that lose the blessing
00:44:52.79\00:44:55.66
that the pastor
look to this day,
00:44:55.69\00:44:57.06
he's still tearing up
00:44:57.09\00:44:58.43
because they're listening
to all of these stories
00:44:58.46\00:45:00.46
that are
happening in the background.
00:45:00.50\00:45:02.66
And then when
somebody comes to their church,
00:45:02.70\00:45:04.60
they give him 45 cents.
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.30
What are you
going to do with that?
00:45:06.33\00:45:07.80
You know what I mean,
until you open up your heart,
00:45:07.84\00:45:11.37
you know, we're talking
about traveling to areas
00:45:11.41\00:45:14.28
that there are going to
be volcanoes and all that,
00:45:14.31\00:45:16.01
and that's where I'm listening
to the story about volcanoes,
00:45:16.04\00:45:19.01
and I'm saying, "Wait a minute,
you've got God on your side.
00:45:19.05\00:45:22.18
You can have volcanoes
all around you, erupting you.
00:45:22.22\00:45:24.95
God's not done with you.
00:45:24.99\00:45:26.89
When God's not done with
you, you can travel to the world
00:45:26.92\00:45:29.89
where there's five
volcanoes erupting around you.
00:45:29.92\00:45:32.83
And you're going to
say, "Doesn't the Psalm say
00:45:32.86\00:45:35.80
there'll be 10,000 on
one side and 10,000 another,
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.53
and they won't harm
you. Preach, preach.
00:45:38.57\00:45:40.00
You know, and
those are the things
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.37
that the only time
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.34
that God's going
to be done with you
00:45:43.37\00:45:45.34
is when you don't have
the fruit of the Spirit,
00:45:45.37\00:45:47.48
that's when you're going to...
00:45:47.51\00:45:48.84
Until then,
00:45:48.88\00:45:50.21
God is going to take you through
00:45:50.25\00:45:51.58
whatever issue in your life,
00:45:51.61\00:45:53.45
and that's what's so beautiful
about this particular program
00:45:53.48\00:45:56.79
because it is so simple.
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.69
And like you were
saying earlier, JD,
00:45:58.72\00:46:03.56
you have no idea,
00:46:03.59\00:46:04.93
"Wait a minute.
00:46:04.96\00:46:06.29
People are so kind to me
because I'm kind to them."
00:46:06.33\00:46:09.23
So every time that God
asked you to do something,
00:46:09.26\00:46:11.90
it's because He knows
that what's coming back to you
00:46:11.93\00:46:15.07
is going to come
ten times greater
00:46:15.10\00:46:16.91
than what you're giving out.
00:46:16.94\00:46:18.37
I want to be on
the other side of this
00:46:18.41\00:46:20.18
because he's saying, you
know, go ahead and open doors.
00:46:20.21\00:46:23.91
But you have to be willing
00:46:23.95\00:46:25.81
for people to do
these things to you.
00:46:25.85\00:46:28.35
In this generation,
especially for ladies,
00:46:28.38\00:46:31.29
it's like, "I don't need
help, I can do it on my own.
00:46:31.32\00:46:35.36
I can carry my
groceries. I can pull that box.
00:46:35.39\00:46:39.29
I can do everything.
You're as good as a man.
00:46:39.33\00:46:42.73
So we need to humble ourselves
00:46:42.76\00:46:45.47
to the point that we cannot set
00:46:45.50\00:46:47.90
the kindness that is
shown to us is not...
00:46:47.94\00:46:50.37
They're not
saying we can't do it,
00:46:50.41\00:46:52.77
they're just
showing kindness to us.
00:46:52.81\00:46:55.18
And why do we have to
hamper somebody's spirit
00:46:55.21\00:46:58.28
by not accepting their kindness.
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.08
Yes, yes. You do that with me.
00:47:00.12\00:47:02.75
You said, "I can do."
I said, "I know you can."
00:47:02.78\00:47:04.12
I can do it.
00:47:04.15\00:47:05.69
I have this big old
box I'm going to pick up,
00:47:05.72\00:47:07.56
he'll run and pick up
that big old box for me.
00:47:07.59\00:47:10.49
I said, "Oh, I can get
this, it's not that bad."
00:47:10.53\00:47:12.46
"No, I'll get it."
00:47:12.49\00:47:14.36
I come home with
groceries in my hand,
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.46
he'll run to the door
and grab the groceries
00:47:16.50\00:47:18.13
out of my hand
00:47:18.17\00:47:19.50
and put it in
the kitchen for me.
00:47:19.53\00:47:21.50
And I always sort of
pick up the lightest suitcase
00:47:21.54\00:47:23.10
and which one she
picks up the heaviest.
00:47:23.14\00:47:25.51
She sling it out
the car and said,
00:47:25.54\00:47:26.88
"Honey, pick up the lighter..."
00:47:26.91\00:47:28.24
You know, from the eyes
00:47:28.28\00:47:29.61
that I'm looking
to get right now,
00:47:29.64\00:47:30.98
this is just showing me
more that you're a man's man.
00:47:31.01\00:47:33.75
You know, I mean, wow,
this is the way it ought to be.
00:47:33.78\00:47:37.39
And boy, it's exciting to be
70 years old, having Grey hair
00:47:37.42\00:47:41.86
because in opening of a door,
00:47:41.89\00:47:44.56
I can imagine somebody and
say, "No, I get my own door."
00:47:44.59\00:47:47.96
But there's a respect
that if you're 70 years old,
00:47:48.00\00:47:52.37
and you have Grey
hair, it seems like,
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.87
"Thank you for
opening door for me."
00:47:54.90\00:47:58.71
I mean, I love being the saints.
00:47:58.74\00:48:00.31
Yes, there are some
things that you can't do.
00:48:00.34\00:48:02.14
Yes, you're a
lot slower, you know,
00:48:02.18\00:48:04.01
yes, you'll forget
this word or that word
00:48:04.05\00:48:06.08
but still, it's
a wonderful time.
00:48:06.11\00:48:07.78
Thank you, Jesus.
00:48:07.82\00:48:09.22
But let me bring up
one thing here right quick.
00:48:09.25\00:48:13.25
Nola, Nola was
my favorite horse,
00:48:13.29\00:48:17.89
just a little boy,
00:48:17.93\00:48:19.89
didn't know
anything about horses,
00:48:19.93\00:48:21.26
raised on a ranch,
00:48:21.30\00:48:22.63
so expected of me to be
able to put my chaps on,
00:48:22.66\00:48:25.13
put my spurs on, my
boots on, put my little hat on,
00:48:25.17\00:48:28.47
get on Nola and
ride into the sunset.
00:48:28.50\00:48:32.57
My daddy picked me up on
Nola, put me on the back,
00:48:32.61\00:48:36.71
Nola butt me off so fast.
00:48:36.75\00:48:39.51
Scared me
absolutely that my eyes,
00:48:39.55\00:48:42.45
you can't imagine
how big were they,
00:48:42.48\00:48:44.22
what's just happened, you know.
00:48:44.25\00:48:45.99
Well, of course,
daddy says, in old school,
00:48:46.02\00:48:49.46
well, we're not
gonna remember this
00:48:49.49\00:48:51.33
that you got bucked off,
00:48:51.36\00:48:52.69
we're going to do this again.
00:48:52.73\00:48:54.06
But Nola butt me again.
00:48:54.10\00:48:56.50
Now where does
kindness come into this?
00:48:56.53\00:49:01.04
Yeah.
00:49:01.07\00:49:02.40
All of a sudden, Nola knew
what she could get by with.
00:49:02.44\00:49:06.07
She didn't put up with this
little old 30, 40-pound guy,
00:49:06.11\00:49:09.74
you know, that now
if I was too heavy.
00:49:09.78\00:49:11.78
If I was my size today,
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.15
shouldn't I have to
take a deep breath, you know.
00:49:13.18\00:49:16.38
But anyway, there
comes the word kindness,
00:49:16.42\00:49:22.09
and then there
comes the word firmness.
00:49:22.12\00:49:25.36
Somehow the other,
that's got to be balanced.
00:49:25.39\00:49:28.66
You know, as you're
telling about the volcano.
00:49:28.70\00:49:32.07
For greater is He that is
in us than he is in the world.
00:49:32.10\00:49:34.27
Yes, we certainly know
that God is going to put
00:49:34.30\00:49:36.50
His protection
around His people, you know.
00:49:36.54\00:49:38.81
But still volcanoes are...
00:49:38.84\00:49:42.11
They're dangerous, and
we certainly need to go in.
00:49:42.14\00:49:45.31
As I found out
from that early age,
00:49:45.35\00:49:48.48
my next horse...
00:49:48.52\00:49:50.75
Nola and I
never came eye to eye.
00:49:50.79\00:49:55.56
Nola was always
able to butt me off
00:49:55.59\00:49:57.83
or to find the
lowest tree to run me under.
00:49:57.86\00:50:00.53
Anything that was to
get little Jimmy Quinn
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.06
off of this horse, you know.
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.93
And then Nola, and it is true
00:50:04.97\00:50:06.53
that horses always
go back to the barn.
00:50:06.57\00:50:09.17
I mean, so I could be a
quarter of a mile from home,
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.51
Nola could throw me
off, and she's gone.
00:50:11.54\00:50:15.34
And man, did I learn
00:50:15.38\00:50:17.15
the old lesson of
walking back to the house.
00:50:17.18\00:50:19.98
But she'd be in the barn.
00:50:20.02\00:50:21.35
She is in the barn
00:50:21.38\00:50:22.72
and she is just
there like nothing,
00:50:22.75\00:50:24.09
just fluttering flies, you know.
00:50:24.12\00:50:26.55
But anyway, there does
come a time for firmness.
00:50:26.59\00:50:31.06
Now my dad didn't
put up with Nola stuff.
00:50:31.09\00:50:35.76
So, you know, he
just got on that,
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.47
Nola didn't dare to jump.
00:50:37.50\00:50:40.14
Nola behaved just so perfectly.
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.54
But he had been firm
with her at an earlier age.
00:50:42.57\00:50:46.81
I didn't understand
that firmness at that time,
00:50:46.84\00:50:49.81
and so, you know, I
do believe in being kind.
00:50:49.84\00:50:53.08
You can be
certainly kind and be weak.
00:50:53.11\00:50:55.22
That's right.
00:50:55.25\00:50:56.58
Or you can be
firm in who you are
00:50:56.62\00:50:58.39
and know who
you are as a person.
00:50:58.42\00:51:00.82
And so there is some
where there is that balance.
00:51:00.86\00:51:03.12
And you know, whenever we
were talking about kindness,
00:51:03.16\00:51:05.89
you know, boy,
Nola came to mind.
00:51:05.93\00:51:07.46
I love this horse,
00:51:07.50\00:51:08.83
and I was kind to my next horse.
00:51:08.86\00:51:10.73
I experience the same thing
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.10
because when I was a youth,
I learn to be afraid of horses.
00:51:12.13\00:51:16.64
I was the first
in our neighborhood
00:51:16.67\00:51:18.17
to have a four-wheeler.
00:51:18.21\00:51:19.61
You know, you can round up
caliber with a four-wheeler too
00:51:19.64\00:51:22.64
and they don't
throw you off, you know.
00:51:22.68\00:51:24.95
So you know, there came
this, the balance, you know.
00:51:24.98\00:51:29.02
The balance is important,
00:51:29.05\00:51:30.39
that's why there's a
text I want to include.
00:51:30.42\00:51:32.42
Go to point number
five about Isaiah 54:8.
00:51:32.45\00:51:34.96
I'm gonna have you read that.
00:51:34.99\00:51:36.32
Because the Lord
is firm and is kind.
00:51:36.36\00:51:38.76
Amen. Yes.
00:51:38.79\00:51:40.13
We don't expect the
Lord to be a pushover.
00:51:40.16\00:51:41.63
I like that example of Nola.
00:51:41.66\00:51:43.03
I won't forget
that for a long time.
00:51:43.06\00:51:45.27
But as the father
00:51:45.30\00:51:46.87
who didn't take
any stuff from Nola,
00:51:46.90\00:51:48.97
Nola knew it.
00:51:49.00\00:51:50.34
And we have a Heavenly
Father who is kind to us.
00:51:50.37\00:51:53.78
But by no means is He
going to clear the guilty,
00:51:53.81\00:51:56.28
you know, He says in the Bible.
00:51:56.31\00:51:57.81
But look at this
passage, Isaiah 54:8.
00:51:57.85\00:52:00.32
Read that for us, dear honey.
00:52:00.35\00:52:01.78
54:8, it says,
00:52:01.82\00:52:03.42
"With a little wrath
00:52:03.45\00:52:05.12
I hid my face
from you for a moment.
00:52:05.15\00:52:09.59
But with everlasting kindness,
I will have mercy on you'
00:52:09.62\00:52:15.96
says the Lord your redeemer.'
00:52:16.00\00:52:18.87
Notice that? Wow.
00:52:18.90\00:52:20.34
So the Lord,
"With a little wrath
00:52:20.37\00:52:22.04
I hid my face
from you for a moment.
00:52:22.07\00:52:24.74
But with everlasting kindness,
I will have mercy on you.
00:52:24.77\00:52:27.88
Thank you, Jesus.
00:52:27.91\00:52:29.24
And so there's a balance
between firmness and kindness.
00:52:29.28\00:52:32.15
We're not, by any
means, communicating the idea
00:52:32.18\00:52:34.38
that we should be pushovers
or marshmallow Christians,
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.79
but we ought to recognize
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.15
that the fruit of the
Spirit demands more of us
00:52:38.19\00:52:40.29
than it does of a
person who doesn't know Jesus.
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.02
No. Amen.
00:52:42.06\00:52:43.39
I think the purpose
of this topic was that
00:52:43.43\00:52:46.13
I was looking through
some very famous individuals,
00:52:46.16\00:52:48.36
it says that you can
accomplish by kindness
00:52:48.40\00:52:50.07
what you cannot
accomplish by force.
00:52:50.10\00:52:52.87
You see, like Nola.
00:52:52.90\00:52:54.50
Nola accomplished by force
00:52:54.54\00:52:56.07
what she didn't
accomplished by kindness.
00:52:56.10\00:52:58.01
But we are Christians, we
must accomplish by kindness
00:52:58.04\00:53:00.41
what we cannot
accomplish by force.
00:53:00.44\00:53:02.34
And kindness is loving
people more than they deserve.
00:53:02.38\00:53:05.41
Amen. Amen.
00:53:05.45\00:53:07.52
Very well said. Wow.
00:53:07.55\00:53:08.88
Because even in
the church sometimes,
00:53:08.92\00:53:10.55
like you were pointing out,
00:53:10.59\00:53:12.02
the teller might
have a difficult day,
00:53:12.05\00:53:13.79
or the person that
you saw in the store
00:53:13.82\00:53:15.22
might have a difficult day,
00:53:15.26\00:53:16.62
or the person in line just,
00:53:16.66\00:53:18.03
"I'm getting out of the store.
00:53:18.06\00:53:19.39
I don't care what your cart has.
00:53:19.43\00:53:20.76
I don't care anymore."
00:53:20.80\00:53:22.13
They might have,
you know, ten items...
00:53:22.16\00:53:23.50
You don't know what
they have gone through.
00:53:23.53\00:53:24.87
You have no idea.
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.23
You know, that
reminds me of a program
00:53:26.27\00:53:27.60
that I just heard
a couple of days ago,
00:53:27.64\00:53:28.97
a today program of a gentleman
that was asked by his boss,
00:53:29.00\00:53:32.37
"Hey, can you do this
task for me on the Sabbath?"
00:53:32.41\00:53:35.58
And you know, he
says, "I'm desperate.
00:53:35.61\00:53:38.18
This is, I must have it done."
00:53:38.21\00:53:39.98
And he says, "I'm sorry
but this is what I've learned,
00:53:40.02\00:53:42.32
and this is what, you know,
00:53:42.35\00:53:43.92
the Sabbath is
sacred to me, you know."
00:53:43.95\00:53:46.55
And he says, "Well, then
you're not going to come back
00:53:46.59\00:53:49.06
on Monday morning, you know.
00:53:49.09\00:53:51.99
You're going to lose your job."
00:53:52.03\00:53:53.36
And he says,
00:53:53.40\00:53:54.73
"Well, you got to
do what you got to do."
00:53:54.76\00:53:56.10
And he didn't, he was firm,
00:53:56.13\00:53:58.33
he could have said,
"Well, I needed to be kind,
00:53:58.37\00:54:01.10
they were desperate."
00:54:01.14\00:54:02.47
But because he was firm,
00:54:02.50\00:54:04.17
not only did they took him back,
00:54:04.21\00:54:05.64
they gave him a higher position
00:54:05.67\00:54:07.14
not only from
there, he went on to,
00:54:07.18\00:54:09.61
now he is an evangelist
in one of our conference,
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.55
you know, because he was firm,
00:54:12.58\00:54:14.25
so a lot of the
times in the video says,
00:54:14.28\00:54:15.95
"Wait a minute,
you're a Christian,
00:54:15.98\00:54:18.09
you need to be kind,
00:54:18.12\00:54:19.49
and you know, I'm in a
desperate position right now.
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.76
You need to do this."
00:54:21.79\00:54:23.12
No, there's a
difference between being kind
00:54:23.16\00:54:25.69
and staying with what
God has asked you to do
00:54:25.73\00:54:28.36
because God knows best.
00:54:28.40\00:54:30.47
You know, if they
fired you at that moment,
00:54:30.50\00:54:33.57
they still didn't have
somebody to do that job.
00:54:33.60\00:54:36.04
So if you were firm
with God, if you trust God,
00:54:36.07\00:54:39.34
if you're firm with individuals,
00:54:39.37\00:54:41.04
and you trust
God, God will enable.
00:54:41.08\00:54:44.15
God will do the need
that this individual has.
00:54:44.18\00:54:47.78
They will fulfill it,
00:54:47.82\00:54:49.18
but at the same time,
00:54:49.22\00:54:50.55
they would understand
what kind of person you are.
00:54:50.59\00:54:51.92
That's right.
00:54:51.95\00:54:53.29
Abraham Lincoln said,
"Kindness is the only service
00:54:53.32\00:54:54.79
that will stand
the storm of life
00:54:54.82\00:54:56.36
and not washout.
00:54:56.39\00:54:58.36
It will wear well
00:54:58.39\00:54:59.73
and will be remembered
00:54:59.76\00:55:01.10
long after the
prism of politeness
00:55:01.13\00:55:03.40
or the complexion of courtesy
has faded away, kindness.
00:55:03.43\00:55:07.74
Notice, I like the way
that the prism of politeness
00:55:07.77\00:55:10.11
or the complexion of courtesy,
00:55:10.14\00:55:12.91
long after all those
things have forgotten,
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kindness will
still be remembered.
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Ellen White says in
Patriarchs and Prophets,
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page 574,
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read that for us
here, honey. Sure.
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It says,
"Integrity in little things,
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the performance of
little acts of fidelity,
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and little deeds of kindness
will gladden the path of life.
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And when our work
on earth is ended,
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it will be found that
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every one of the little
duties faithfully performed
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has exerted an
influence for good,
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and influence
that can never perish."
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Isn't that wonderful, JD?
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, we have
just a little less
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than two minutes here.
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Anything you want to add to this
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before we cap it off, JD?
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Well, in your syllabus here,
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I wanted to read
what one person said
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who was the
president of the United States
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as a matter of fact at one time,
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Ronald Reagan.
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I love this.
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"Live simply, love generously,
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care deeply, speak kindly,
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and then leave the rest to God."
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Amen. That's right.
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I mean, you know, that's the...
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Speak kindly. Yeah.
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That's right.
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And so those are
the things that...
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And this is
something that as Christians,
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and we've talked about
this in some of our examples,
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analogies, our
experiences of life
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how kindness goes a long way.
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I love that
quotation where it says,
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"It's the language
which the deaf can hear
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and the blind can see."
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My favorite one.
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And so you might
be in a situation
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where your life is
maybe going through a storm,
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or it's raining on you,
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or maybe you ran into somebody
whose life was being rained on,
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and you just was
impressed by the Lord
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to lift their
burden, and be kind to them.
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This is an act that
will never go unrewarded
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because as you would
have others to do to you,
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do also like ones.
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Amen. What do we call that?
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Golden rule.
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And so here at 3ABN,
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we believe the
golden rule is transforming
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all of our lives,
those who work here,
00:57:18.97\00:57:21.00
and those who minister here,
00:57:21.04\00:57:22.54
and those who are being
ministered by what we do here.
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So may the Lord
show you kindness,
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may kindness of the
Lord be shown through you,
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for my wife, and I, and
JD, and Luis, and Xenia,
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God bless you
until we see you again.
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Be kind. Happy Sabbath.
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And Happy Sabbath.
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