I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome.
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This is a wonderful opportunity
for us to be with you,
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and we are thankful to the Lord.
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My name is John Dinzey
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and together
with my wife, Idalia,
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it's a pleasure for us
to say to you Happy Sabbath.
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That's right.
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Well, it's the end of the
week, and we're praising Jesus
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because we have
come a long way, right?
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If you look back and contemplate
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what has happened
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Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday,
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even Friday morning, why not?
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I'm sure you are thanking
the Lord for the time of rest,
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and the focus will be in heaven,
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heaven bound, right?
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No deadlines, no running
around taking the kids anywhere
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but to run and sit
at the feet of Jesus
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during these Sabbath hours.
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So we are sitting at
the feet of Jesus today
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with our friends and coworkers
here at 3ABN, you are family.
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That's right.
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You know, Idalia, you
said something very interesting
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because this world,
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we face stress in
all kinds of forms
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during, throughout the day.
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That's right.
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But you talked about a time
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when we will be
at rest from stress.
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Mm-hmm. That's right.
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Rest from stress, so we
praise the Lord for that.
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Well, we have part of the family
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that is here with us,
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and would you like
to start on your right?
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Yes, of course,
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this is my
friend, Dee Hilderbrand,
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your friend too, I'm sure.
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For many, many
years. Everybody knows Dee.
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You and I go back a long,
long time here at 3ABN, yes.
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Yeah, that's right.
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When you were young...
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What are you talking
about? I'm still young.
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Yes. Yes, you are.
I'm the one that's aged.
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Don't let the grey
hair, you know, mislead you.
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But it's been a
pleasure to work with you.
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I respect you, admire
you, you are the balm.
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I mean, that is incredible.
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There's an expression
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when you say that
you are everything...
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Awesome person.
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An awesome person
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that gets things
done and pushes us
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when we need to
get that encouragement.
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I learned from you.
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We are just
alike in so many ways.
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Yes, we are. And
we've been through a lot.
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And we are from
different moms too.
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Yes.
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No, we've had a good time.
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We've shared our
laughter and shared our tears.
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Yes, that's right.
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It's so much fun to have
you on the program today.
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Yes, this is actually
my first time with you,
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so I'm excited.
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Yes.
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Well, praise the Lord,
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and we're also happy to
have with us Sister Valera Babb,
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welcome, and
Brother Jonathan Babb,
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welcome. Thank you.
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Thank you for being
with us. Mother and son.
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That's right.
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Our dear friends who
are alike and forever too.
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You know, we've been here
quite a while, all of us, huh?
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That's right. Yes, we have.
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So we draw together,
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and we work like
a family, you know.
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We depend on each other
and we count on each other,
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and the Lord
provides a family that...
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You cannot say you're alone,
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you just have to
accept the family
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the Lord has provided for you,
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so we have accepted
each other, loved each other,
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grown together,
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and we are anxious
for Jesus to come back.
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Amen. Yes.
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You know, I was
just thinking, Idalia,
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that if you total
up the amount of time
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that we have all been
here, it's almost 100 years.
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Oh my... I was
thinking the same thing.
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I thought we have
100 years here together.
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What year you got here?
I've been here 22 years.
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Okay. I've been here since 1994.
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1989. 2001.
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Same.
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He came with me. You were...
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Yeah, you had to come together.
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But we praise the Lord
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that we have this
opportunity to be with you also
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that are joining us,
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and we would like to
start this time out with prayer.
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We want to ask the
Lord to bless this time
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that we have together
and, of course, to bless you.
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And so let us go
to the Lord in prayer.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
we want to thank You, Lord,
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that as we have come
to the end of the week
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and the seventh-day Sabbath
is here, we have the assurance
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that we can rest
knowing that You are with us.
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We can rest from our labors
and rest from the challenges
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of the week to dedicate
more time to worship You.
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And we pray that You
will help us to enter
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into worshiping You
in spirit and in truth.
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We thank You for
what You have done for us
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during this past week,
and we thank You, Lord,
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that You have been with us
each and every step of the way.
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And we ask that You will be
with those that are joining us,
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that they too will be blessed
that as we share together,
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they will also be drawn to You.
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We ask You, Father,
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for these things in
Jesus' holy and blessed name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we're going to be talking
about a very interesting topic,
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and that is something
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that we all face trials
and difficulties in life.
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And I'm sure you have
faced some type of trial,
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some type of difficulty,
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and how we have
perhaps handled that.
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How the Lord has
helped us through that.
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And how we have
found comfort, strength,
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and even joy to go
forward trusting in the Lord.
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Before we do that,
we're going to sing
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a marvelous hymn,
which one is it, Idalia?
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Well, this is "Leaning
on the Everlasting Arms",
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and it's hymn number 469
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in the Seventh-day
Adventist hymnal, 469.
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And praise the Lord,
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you know, these hymns
are also available online,
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so you can Google
it and find the lyrics,
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find the music,
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and you can also have a
copy of the lyrics as well.
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But you can sing along
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because the words are
being displayed, right?
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That's right.
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Plus, it's an old favorite hymn.
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Oh, I know, right.
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Yes. Yes.
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We are tempted
to look at the words
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even though we know them.
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Well, let's go to the
Lord and sing together
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Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.
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What a
fellowship, what a joy divine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning, leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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What have I to
dread, what have I to fear
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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I have blessed
peace with my Lord so near
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Leaning, leaning
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Safe and secure from all alarms
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Leaning, leaning
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Leaning on the everlasting arms
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. And amen.
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You know, this Leaning
on the Everlasting Arms,
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how can you
imagine or picture yourself
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leaning on the everlasting arms?
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You know, when I lean
against my partner for life,
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my husband, I feel this comfort
and support and security,
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but imagine leaning on
the arms of everlasting arms,
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on the arms of Jesus,
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and He carries us
day in and day out.
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That's right.
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Even if we have Him out
of sight or out of mind,
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you know, isn't
He so merciful, Dee,
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that whether or not we
remember that He's with us,
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He's still there with us.
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That's right. Amen. Amen.
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It's so funny how
often we don't remember
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that those arms are
around us, and we are safe.
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That's right.
That's right. Amen.
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You know, this part that says,
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"What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine,
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leaning on the
everlasting arms."
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That's right.
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And I think that we miss out
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on a lot of blessing and joy
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because we do not stay
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leaning on the everlasting arms.
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We start to think that,
"We can solve the problem.
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I can solve
this problem myself."
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We stand up instead of...
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When you've got
Johnny's arms around you,
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you're leaning back
into him, relaxed, and yet,
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but when you stand up,
his arms can still be there,
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but you don't
feel, it's not the same,
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and that's what we do to God.
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Yeah. That's right.
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That's right.
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Well, we're going to talk
about something interesting
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and Jesus gave
us this assurance.
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Oh, it's interesting, oh.
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Are you going to
read from the Bible?
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John 16,
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and we're going
to read verse 33.
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John 16:33, and we
hear pages turning,
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and so we'll wait
just a few seconds.
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John 16:33.
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"These things I have
spoken onto you, that in me,
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you might have peace.
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In the world, you
shall have tribulation,
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but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world."
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So there's the key.
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I mean, we could
read that and say,
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"Well, that's what
we have for you today."
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Because really, in
Jesus, we have peace,
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but in the world
we have tribulation.
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We are part of this world,
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we are daily facing
the challenges of life.
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We meet people,
we meet situations,
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challenges and difficulties
that are going to challenge
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our faith as Christians,
and wouldn't you know it?
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There are even people
that will challenge our faith
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that will rub us the
wrong way or something.
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It seems like
whether you're in school,
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whether you are at work,
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and maybe your
next door neighbor,
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somebody you meet
in the grocery store,
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or somebody in line,
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and you could be just
minding your own business
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as people say,
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and somebody could
say out of the blue,
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"What are you so happy about?"
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Or, you know, "What
are you looking at?"
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You opened this moment up now.
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You better share that
story that happened to you
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about that little kind soul,
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the little boy at
the grocery store.
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Come on now.
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Well, we were in
Phoenix, Arizona.
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I was in Phoenix, Arizona
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and getting some
fruits and things like that,
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and I was
paying, as I was saying,
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minding my own business,
not looking for trouble,
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and all of a sudden, I
feel that somebody kicked me,
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and I turned around,
and it's a little boy,
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a small, little boy,
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and as I looked
surprised, he was backing away.
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And the mother said,
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"Gobby, why did
you kick that man?"
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And so she said,
"Say you're sorry."
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Really upset,
"Say you're sorry."
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And he said,
"No." That's terrible.
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I was shocked. I say "Wow!"
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She's not going to get
through to him right here.
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And I was wondering,
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"What can I say, how
can I help this situation?"
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When she took
his ice cream away,
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and he began to cry,
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and, of course,
there is the father heard
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the son crying from
somewhere in the store,
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came looking for
him, "What's going on?
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What happened to
him?" "He kicked that man.
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And I took his ice cream away."
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And so he understood the
situation, but I never...
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I wasn't looking at him,
I wasn't playing with him,
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out of the blue, he kicked me.
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So you could be
minding your own business
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and trouble will find you.
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So what do you do in
these type of situations?
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Thanks to the Lord, you know,
he kicked me in the bad leg,
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but not in my
injured leg from the accident
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we had on October 15th, 2017.
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But he just missed
by two inches maybe,
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the really bad spot
that if he had hit me there,
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he would have been crying,
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and I probably would
have been crying too.
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I mean, he was crying
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because they took
his ice cream away,
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I would have been
crying because of the pain.
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But, anyway, I thank the
Lord that it wasn't worse.
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It wasn't worse.
That's right. That's right.
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But, yes, trouble can find you
in the most unexpected times.
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I know, but, you
know, what it says here,
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"These things I have
spoken to you, that in me,
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you may have peace.
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In the world, you
will have tribulation,
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but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world."
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You know, when we have
our tribulations, it's so...
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You know, we live
in the instant drive
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through era, right?
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Fix it now. Yeah, exactly.
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So it's like we want
an answer right away.
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We want to solve right away,
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and the
tribulation that comes our way,
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we just want it to hurry
up and pass us by, you know.
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I'm like, "Lord, let
this pain pass through me,"
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or "Let this
trial pass me through."
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But there is beauty when being
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within that miserable condition,
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and I say it out of experience,
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not because I want to
be disrespectful to someone
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that's not feeling well today.
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You know, I have my moments,
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I break down when
I'm in pain and agony,
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but yet, I know that
my Father cares for me,
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and His everlasting arms
are available for me to go back
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and lean on His
everlasting arms.
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So the storms may come,
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the storms will
go and come again
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until Jesus comes, right?
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But, you know,
with each new trial,
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you learned to lean...
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Sooner. Exactly.
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I'm so glad you said
that. And you know...
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Do you learn that you can trust,
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it's like the trust fall,
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and you know that
He's there to grab you.
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Right.
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You know, I work
with unprivileged,
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and once a month, I
go into the local jail.
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I share with the ladies there,
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and, you know, sometimes
they ask this questions,
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and you want to share
something and you can share,
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but they don't...
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You can see that they
don't really understand
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because they haven't had
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the experience of trusting Jesus
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enough to know that
He's going to be there.
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And, you know, we
forget it sometimes,
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but if we'll stop
and look back, we can see
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"Okay, He's been
with us in the past.
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I know He's here with me."
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And so they don't have that...
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You know, praise the Lord,
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He's there even when
you haven't gained that,
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you know, learned that trust.
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And at any time, you can begin
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that journey with Him
and build that confidence.
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Yes, amen.
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But, you know, it's
really nice to know that,
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to have that history.
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See, that's one of the things
that I think that we need to...
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That I want to share
too with people, see,
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you had a traumatic
thing happened to you.
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When we have really
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traumatic things happened to us,
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there is no place
to go but to the Lord.
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When we have things
that just take us down,
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we go to the Lord
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because there's
no other place to go.
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However, when you say,
I think they're growing.
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See in Psalms,
there are so many...
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Psalms 36:7. Psalms 36:7.
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Psalms 36:7, it says,
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"How precious is
your loving kindness,
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oh God.
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Therefore, the
children of men put their trust
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under the shadow of your wings."
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Amen.
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Learning to trust, but
how do we learn to trust?
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Yeah, because we live
in such a vicious world.
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We, ourselves, are sometimes
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not a good
examples of teaching trust.
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We break promises all the time.
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So how do we
learn to trust anybody?
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But learning to trust the Lord
is those little steps I think.
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Jonathan, when you were six,
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did you trust the Lord
or did you even understand
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what it meant to
actually trust the Lord?
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I don't know that I remember.
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You know, you have over a period
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of time small tribulations,
small things come to us,
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the little boy kicks you,
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small, little
tribulations come to us.
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But did you turn around
and yell at that little boy.
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No, you didn't or kick him back.
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If you were six, you
might have done that.
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But you have learned
to trust in the Lord,
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and He kept that little
boy from moving his foot...
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I mean, Satan attacked you,
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but God put His
hand there and said
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"This far and no farther."
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So you can trust
Him in small things.
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You've been given a lot
of responsibility lately,
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and I know over
the years, you have...
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When that first
laid on your shoulders,
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I am sure your
stress was really high,
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not to say that
it's not still high,
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but slowly but surely,
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you've prayed a
lot, haven't you?
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Oh, definitely, you have to.
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And so the little
tribulations that come up,
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the little emergencies,
"Oh, what am I gonna do now?"
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You go to prayer quicker.
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When I lose keys now,
I'm 70, when I was 36,
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maybe the last thing I did,
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after I searched the house
and the car and everything else
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I could think of, then I prayed.
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Not now, I pray immediately
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because God has to
help me find my keys
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if I will just
calm down and pray,
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He will help me.
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So I think that we can have
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a great deal of
trust in the Lord
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if we start
practicing on the little things
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of trusting Him
and these verses.
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See, even when my husband
passed away, Isaiah 41:10,
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someone gave that to me,
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so, Isaiah 41:10 says,
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"Fear not for I am with you,
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be not dismayed
for I am your God.
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I will strengthen
you. Yes, I will help you.
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I will uphold you with
My righteous right hand."
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Amen. Amen.
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But you read those verses,
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but to live them, takes...
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That's why God gives
us little tribulations.
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Do you feel like you've hit
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the major
tribulation of your life,
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a major thing that's just
laid you low, yeah, Jonathan?
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No. I don't think so. Okay.
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But as CA would say,
00:20:34.83\00:20:37.67
"If it hasn't hit
you yet, just wait.
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It's coming around."
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But you're for prepared
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because you're
building trust right now
00:20:43.84\00:20:48.24
because of the little bit,
00:20:48.28\00:20:49.61
so I think that
when we're devastated,
00:20:49.64\00:20:52.58
when things come at
us and just wipe us down,
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and we have no
other place to go,
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we're forced to
turn to the Lord.
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But if we've
built the little things,
00:21:00.29\00:21:03.06
if we've built
the little things,
00:21:03.09\00:21:04.86
our trust is deeper and richer.
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And He's proving
to us over and over.
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There are so many verses.
I wrote down quite a few.
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Now that you say that,
we have to turn to the Lord.
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Unfortunately,
there are some people
00:21:20.51\00:21:22.44
that turn away from the Lord
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and blame
everything on the Lord.
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And, you know, the Lord
sent His Son here to earth,
00:21:27.38\00:21:33.25
and Jesus identifies
with your pain, the isolation,
00:21:33.29\00:21:37.36
the accusation, the
sadness, the heaviness, right?
00:21:37.39\00:21:42.63
So it's not that He
cannot identify with you,
00:21:42.66\00:21:48.54
but He can carry you through.
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Now that's when we
fall back in leaning
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in His everlasting arms...
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You know that's
almost perfect, honey.
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You picked that song
because it is so true.
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When we are
training our children,
00:22:01.38\00:22:05.15
we're cradling them in our hands
00:22:05.19\00:22:07.36
so they can walk,
00:22:07.39\00:22:08.82
and they're smiling
and what have you...
00:22:08.86\00:22:10.73
But they walk away
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.29
from our reach and fall and cry,
00:22:12.33\00:22:17.47
where do they look to?
00:22:17.50\00:22:19.03
Mommy or poppy, right? Yes.
00:22:19.07\00:22:21.00
To comfort them. Yes.
00:22:21.04\00:22:22.37
They look to see, "Did
you notice that I fell?"
00:22:22.40\00:22:23.74
And you're right there,
00:22:23.77\00:22:25.17
you're right there waiting
for that child to come back.
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So I think that's a
beautiful picture of Jesus,
00:22:28.54\00:22:31.55
you know, because
He is waiting for us.
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"Any time we have a
trial, so just come back to Me.
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I will reenergize
your batteries," right?
00:22:37.52\00:22:40.76
Spiritual batteries.
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See, sometimes...
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We judge God in the trial. Yes.
00:22:46.29\00:22:52.20
I think when I said,
00:22:52.23\00:22:53.57
"We have no place else
to go but to the Lord,"
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Christians that have
been anchored in the Lord
00:22:57.17\00:23:00.68
and they're
spiritual Christians.
00:23:00.71\00:23:02.94
So they do lean into
the Lord. That's right.
00:23:02.98\00:23:06.08
However, if a
person is a Christian,
00:23:06.11\00:23:10.49
but haven't really
had that true conversion,
00:23:10.52\00:23:14.29
they can think that they are,
00:23:14.32\00:23:15.69
and they can be praying
and doing all the things,
00:23:15.72\00:23:18.29
but then if they get hit
with a trial that shocks them,
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.80
and they're not
really anchored solidly
00:23:22.83\00:23:25.10
into the Lord
with the Holy Spirit,
00:23:25.13\00:23:27.90
and they don't understand why,
they do run away from the Lord.
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So our whole
premise here of how to get
00:23:32.71\00:23:36.08
through this
life with tribulations
00:23:36.11\00:23:38.31
is to make sure
00:23:38.35\00:23:39.68
that you are
anchored in the Lord,
00:23:39.71\00:23:41.62
that you are trusting Him.
00:23:41.65\00:23:44.25
Job, you need to
read Job, no matter what.
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So are we really
anchored into the Lord
00:23:47.12\00:23:49.62
so that no matter what happens?
00:23:49.66\00:23:52.93
I mean, I'm sure you wonder
why some things happen to you,
00:23:52.96\00:23:57.20
you just went
through a trauma thing.
00:23:57.23\00:23:59.33
You could say, "Why
would the Lord do that to us?"
00:23:59.37\00:24:01.70
We're doing
ministry, we're doing His work,
00:24:01.74\00:24:04.71
but you're
anchored into the Lord,
00:24:04.74\00:24:06.07
and you're
allowing Him to carry you,
00:24:06.11\00:24:08.14
so that conversion...
00:24:08.18\00:24:10.51
Also, Dee, I have learned...
00:24:10.55\00:24:13.75
I have to speak for me,
00:24:13.78\00:24:16.35
I have learned
to thank the Lord.
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Yes.
00:24:17.92\00:24:19.25
And somebody
said, "Now Idalia..."
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.89
I think it was
Pastor Brooks this weekend,
00:24:20.92\00:24:23.19
in this past week.
00:24:23.22\00:24:25.06
He says, "But, you know,
00:24:25.09\00:24:29.80
if you were to go back."
00:24:29.83\00:24:33.37
I said, "I
wouldn't change a thing".
00:24:33.40\00:24:36.07
I would seriously,
honestly, the only thing
00:24:36.10\00:24:39.24
I would want to change
00:24:39.27\00:24:40.61
is that my
husband didn't get hurt,
00:24:40.64\00:24:43.01
but the peace that
passeth all understanding,
00:24:43.04\00:24:47.92
the everlasting arms, I
felt them on my hospital bed
00:24:47.95\00:24:53.62
and as I was
struggling to breathe
00:24:53.66\00:24:55.96
or whatever the situation,
00:24:55.99\00:24:58.63
I felt, "Okay,
Lord, I'm just going to,
00:24:58.66\00:25:02.63
you know, like the chicks..."
00:25:02.66\00:25:05.83
I mean, the hen puts
the chicks under her wings,
00:25:05.87\00:25:09.34
so warn and so peaceful.
00:25:09.37\00:25:12.07
You know, Mama's arms are...
00:25:12.11\00:25:13.94
Nobody can
replace those arms, right?
00:25:13.98\00:25:17.48
Humanly speaking,
but, oh, the rest...
00:25:17.51\00:25:21.52
And the developing
of a new relationship,
00:25:21.55\00:25:27.36
all I knew the excitement
00:25:27.39\00:25:29.39
of learning of
God's grace deeper,
00:25:29.42\00:25:32.69
His love in a deeper way.
00:25:32.73\00:25:34.96
It's like,
"Lord, You're amazing.
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.47
I mean, You did all
this for me, you know.
00:25:37.50\00:25:41.64
You gave me my
spiritual family, my church,
00:25:41.67\00:25:45.17
my work family."
00:25:45.21\00:25:47.14
And, you know,
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.51
and if you don't
spend time in the Word,
00:25:48.54\00:25:50.95
whether it's singing
Bible scripture, or songs,
00:25:50.98\00:25:56.08
or reading the Word,
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.45
what are you going
to grasp them from.
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Psalms 91:4.
Okay. I'll go there.
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"He shall cover
you with His feathers
00:26:02.49\00:26:05.99
and under His wings
you shall take refuge.
00:26:06.03\00:26:08.90
His truth shall be
your shield and buckler,
00:26:08.93\00:26:11.97
you shall not be afraid
of the terror by night."
00:26:12.00\00:26:15.17
You, Idalia, did you really know
00:26:15.20\00:26:17.44
if you were going to
live or die at some point?
00:26:17.47\00:26:19.64
I thought I was
going to die. Okay.
00:26:19.67\00:26:21.88
But you still had
peace. Oh yes. I did.
00:26:21.91\00:26:24.98
We cannot see God's plan.
00:26:25.01\00:26:27.25
You know, they talk
about it all the time
00:26:27.28\00:26:28.98
that the quilt that we
see underneath the quilt,
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.79
all the strings going
every which different direction,
00:26:31.82\00:26:34.29
but when we get to heaven,
00:26:34.32\00:26:35.66
we're going to see
the beautiful picture
00:26:35.69\00:26:37.03
on the other side.
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.39
So again, it's a
matter do you trust the Lord
00:26:38.43\00:26:43.03
with what's
really happening to you?
00:26:43.06\00:26:46.77
I mean I think
the most horrible pain
00:26:46.80\00:26:49.40
that anyone can go
through is the loss of a child.
00:26:49.44\00:26:53.11
I don't know how
anyone endures that.
00:26:53.14\00:26:55.34
I don't know either.
00:26:55.38\00:26:56.71
And yet I know people
who have lost children.
00:26:56.75\00:27:01.72
That is such pain,
00:27:01.75\00:27:04.35
but God carries
them and takes them
00:27:04.39\00:27:07.06
into a deeper relationship.
00:27:07.09\00:27:10.36
There are as many
things that have happened to me
00:27:10.39\00:27:11.93
that I have no clue
why, but I'll find out later.
00:27:11.96\00:27:15.50
Well, the Bible says
00:27:15.53\00:27:16.87
"All things work for
good for those who...?"
00:27:16.90\00:27:19.13
"Love Him." That's right.
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.10
So I mean, it may
be hard to understand
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.57
like our co-worker Roseo,
00:27:23.61\00:27:25.51
when she had her
miscarriage, you know.
00:27:25.54\00:27:27.88
She suffered so
much, but I am like,
00:27:27.91\00:27:29.61
"Lord, how can I minister
to my friend and co-worker?"
00:27:29.64\00:27:33.72
I am not equipped.
00:27:33.75\00:27:35.08
I mean, I didn't go
through that experience,
00:27:35.12\00:27:37.65
but, of course, you can
be part of a healing process
00:27:37.69\00:27:43.02
in someone's life,
00:27:43.06\00:27:44.56
just like my
co-workers and my family
00:27:44.59\00:27:47.50
from church have been
and also everyone else
00:27:47.53\00:27:50.97
that have come into our
lives, the Lord has sent to us.
00:27:51.00\00:27:55.54
It's incredible.
00:27:55.57\00:27:56.91
We don't
imagine the highest peak
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.97
or the lowest peak
people are going through,
00:28:00.01\00:28:02.64
but you know what?
00:28:02.68\00:28:04.71
It's them today or me
today and them tomorrow
00:28:04.75\00:28:08.12
or whether or not
we want to admit it,
00:28:08.15\00:28:11.12
trials come in the most
inopportune moments for us,
00:28:11.15\00:28:16.19
but the Lord sees, you know.
00:28:16.22\00:28:18.79
The tragedies.
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.43
God does not send the tragedies.
00:28:20.46\00:28:22.86
Satan is always attacking
us. Satan sends the tragedy.
00:28:22.90\00:28:26.87
Satan does the horrible stuff,
00:28:26.90\00:28:29.37
but God takes
what Satan means as bad
00:28:29.40\00:28:32.47
and it will work together
for good if we allow it to.
00:28:32.51\00:28:37.55
It's really hard to do that.
00:28:37.58\00:28:39.15
One like the text
we opened up with,
00:28:39.18\00:28:41.62
it says "Be of good cheer,
I have overcome the world."
00:28:41.65\00:28:45.75
So we know that, you
know, somebody has gone before
00:28:45.79\00:28:49.86
and has victory, and we
know that by leaning in Him,
00:28:49.89\00:28:54.86
we can have that same victory.
00:28:54.90\00:28:56.30
That's right. Amen.
00:28:56.33\00:28:57.73
I'm going to read this
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.10
because we have
kind of alluded to it,
00:28:59.13\00:29:01.77
and Dee just
mentioned this individual.
00:29:01.80\00:29:05.01
We're talking about 1 Peter 5,
00:29:05.04\00:29:07.71
and I'm going to
read beginning in verse 6,
00:29:07.74\00:29:12.41
verse 6,
00:29:12.45\00:29:14.92
so from verse 6 onto 10.
00:29:14.95\00:29:20.19
Maybe I should quote till
11, that's a good one too.
00:29:20.22\00:29:23.59
Okay. Yes, he
does that all the time.
00:29:23.63\00:29:25.09
"Humble yourself therefore
under the mighty hand of God,
00:29:25.13\00:29:29.56
that He may
exalt you in due time.
00:29:29.60\00:29:32.33
Casting all your care
upon Him for he cares for you."
00:29:32.37\00:29:37.54
Now verse 8, "Be
sober, be vigilant
00:29:37.57\00:29:40.21
because your adversary,
00:29:40.24\00:29:41.94
the devil as a roaring lion
00:29:41.98\00:29:44.11
walketh about
seeking whom he may devour.
00:29:44.15\00:29:47.85
Whom resist
steadfast in the faith,
00:29:47.88\00:29:50.42
knowing that
the same afflictions
00:29:50.45\00:29:52.95
are
accomplished in your brethren
00:29:52.99\00:29:54.56
that are in the world,
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.32
but the God of all
grace who has called us
00:29:56.36\00:29:59.66
unto His eternal
glory by Christ Jesus
00:29:59.69\00:30:02.60
after that you
have suffered a while
00:30:02.63\00:30:05.67
make you perfect,
00:30:05.70\00:30:07.04
establish and
strengthen, settle you.
00:30:07.07\00:30:10.37
To Him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever."
00:30:10.41\00:30:14.84
Amen.
00:30:14.88\00:30:16.24
So wonderful set of verses,
00:30:16.28\00:30:18.91
but, yes, the reality is
that we suffer tribulations,
00:30:18.95\00:30:22.15
and trials and difficulties,
there's a devil out there,
00:30:22.18\00:30:25.22
and he wants to destroy us.
00:30:25.25\00:30:27.36
And the best thing we
can do is be of good cheer.
00:30:27.39\00:30:33.73
Jesus has overcome the world,
00:30:33.76\00:30:35.20
leaning on His everlasting arms,
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.10
we will go through.
00:30:37.13\00:30:38.60
And so, you know, we
have Brother Jonathan here.
00:30:38.63\00:30:41.60
We have to look at him
as a youngest person here
00:30:41.64\00:30:45.17
on this family table but...
00:30:45.21\00:30:46.88
The younger generation. Yes.
00:30:46.91\00:30:48.64
Have you gone
through some trials
00:30:48.68\00:30:50.68
that let you know
there's a devil out there?
00:30:50.71\00:30:53.15
Well, I can say I know I have,
00:30:53.18\00:30:56.72
but I'm terrible at
coming up with things,
00:30:56.75\00:30:59.82
remembering things on the spot.
00:30:59.85\00:31:01.52
I can say that I'm
100% sure that I have.
00:31:01.56\00:31:05.06
There's no way that, you
know, get through without that.
00:31:05.09\00:31:10.37
But difficulties have come,
00:31:10.40\00:31:12.03
and you know that
the Lord has been good.
00:31:12.07\00:31:13.67
Absolutely, especially
being in position that I am,
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.17
different things,
00:31:17.21\00:31:19.11
we deal with callers
that are unhappy all the time
00:31:19.14\00:31:21.94
and that wears on a person.
00:31:21.98\00:31:23.75
When you're
answering the phone all day,
00:31:23.78\00:31:26.72
and if you keep
getting upset callers
00:31:26.75\00:31:28.75
one after another,
00:31:28.78\00:31:30.15
it definitely
wears down on people.
00:31:30.19\00:31:32.52
And sometimes we have to
just kind of take a break,
00:31:32.55\00:31:35.42
stop and ask the Lord,
00:31:35.46\00:31:39.09
"Come back, you know,
give me Your strength, peace,"
00:31:39.13\00:31:41.53
and then they'll get a caller
00:31:41.56\00:31:43.57
that just makes
up for all of it.
00:31:43.60\00:31:46.40
That sweetest and
encourages everything.
00:31:46.43\00:31:48.94
Amen. Amen.
00:31:48.97\00:31:50.37
You know, I've had calls
00:31:50.41\00:31:51.87
when the person,
just like pastoral,
00:31:51.91\00:31:54.91
I mean, we have
received phone calls
00:31:54.94\00:31:57.81
that people are just
frantic on the phone.
00:31:57.85\00:32:01.82
You know, so easy to lose
sight of the problem solver
00:32:01.85\00:32:07.16
because we focus on
the problem so much,
00:32:07.19\00:32:10.43
and just a simple song like
00:32:10.46\00:32:13.53
"Jesus loves me, this I know".
00:32:13.56\00:32:17.97
And I say, you know,
instead of Jesus loves me,
00:32:18.00\00:32:21.00
I can say "Jesus loves, Dee,
00:32:21.04\00:32:24.91
yes we know."
00:32:24.94\00:32:27.08
And I sing to the caller
that is sobbing on the phone,
00:32:27.11\00:32:31.31
and then the singing
along these little songs
00:32:31.35\00:32:34.78
that I learned when
I was a little girl.
00:32:34.82\00:32:37.69
But it's incredible how much
that soothes our hurting heart.
00:32:37.72\00:32:43.26
Yes. The Holy Spirit.
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.59
Inviting the Holy
Spirit to break that darkness
00:32:45.63\00:32:48.43
that Satan wants to
suffocate our lives in,
00:32:48.46\00:32:52.20
but there's power in Lord.
00:32:52.23\00:32:54.40
There's power in
the Lord. That's right.
00:32:54.44\00:32:56.37
You know, it's amazing
how we hear different things.
00:32:56.40\00:33:01.34
Valera shared some things
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.48
that when you're
facing a difficulty,
00:33:03.51\00:33:06.01
it's good to remember
00:33:06.05\00:33:07.38
how the Lord has
helped you in the past.
00:33:07.42\00:33:09.65
Then the present difficulty,
you start thinking over,
00:33:09.68\00:33:12.85
"You know, I had
some trouble in the past,
00:33:12.89\00:33:14.26
but the Lord brought me
through, the Lord helped me."
00:33:14.29\00:33:16.83
And that will help us face
the trial we're facing today.
00:33:16.86\00:33:20.03
And I do want to say something
00:33:20.06\00:33:21.40
because we don't want to
come across as a Christian
00:33:21.43\00:33:27.67
will always be at peace
and never experience sorrow.
00:33:27.70\00:33:33.21
We read in Matthew
26, when Jesus exclaimed,
00:33:33.24\00:33:38.65
"My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful
00:33:38.68\00:33:42.05
even unto death."
00:33:42.08\00:33:44.19
So we will face difficulties
and problems in life
00:33:44.22\00:33:48.39
that will bring us sorrow.
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.29
That will bring us,
00:33:50.33\00:33:53.09
you know, take our
smile away for a moment
00:33:53.13\00:33:54.80
because we're
wondering what's going on?
00:33:54.83\00:33:56.97
What is this?
00:33:57.00\00:33:58.47
But at the same time,
00:33:58.50\00:34:01.64
leaning on the everlasting arms
is what will carry us through.
00:34:01.67\00:34:05.74
And so Jesus says,
00:34:05.77\00:34:07.81
"My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful
00:34:07.84\00:34:09.18
even unto death."
00:34:09.21\00:34:10.55
What did He do afterwards?
00:34:10.58\00:34:11.98
He went to a
place apart to pray.
00:34:12.01\00:34:15.38
And He took some
friends, Peter, James, and John.
00:34:15.42\00:34:19.79
And so when we're facing trials,
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.26
we can call upon
somebody of confidence.
00:34:21.29\00:34:24.09
And we don't even have to
share every little detail.
00:34:24.13\00:34:28.43
We can call somebody and
say, "You know, Jonathan,
00:34:28.46\00:34:30.43
I'm going
through a difficult time.
00:34:30.47\00:34:31.80
Would you please pray for me?"
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.77
We got to strive
to not fall asleep.
00:34:33.80\00:34:37.11
When we're
called upon, we need to,
00:34:37.14\00:34:39.14
you know, be just as
prayerful as that person.
00:34:39.17\00:34:41.34
Yes. Yes.
00:34:41.38\00:34:42.71
Now you were talking
about not physical sleep,
00:34:42.74\00:34:45.15
but spiritual sleep.
00:34:45.18\00:34:46.92
Well, when Jesus asks
the disciples to pray.
00:34:46.95\00:34:48.95
Like the disciples,
00:34:48.98\00:34:50.32
we're talking about
the Garden of Gethsemane.
00:34:50.35\00:34:51.69
They fell
asleep. They fell asleep.
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.05
He came back and...
Good point. Very good point.
00:34:53.09\00:34:54.86
I mean, very easily, you can say
00:34:54.89\00:34:56.49
"Oh, it was just Idalia
again, needing prayer again,
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.83
you know, so you let it go,
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.26
and you know, I'll
pray for her later"
00:35:02.30\00:35:04.50
and then you forget.
00:35:04.53\00:35:05.87
Physically or
spiritually, falling asleep.
00:35:05.90\00:35:07.40
Yes. Yes, exactly.
00:35:07.44\00:35:09.80
You know, the social
media, friends on Facebook,
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.87
God bless you all,
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.64
Lord have mercy, God is so good.
00:35:14.68\00:35:17.71
That's another family
that we have, you know.
00:35:17.75\00:35:20.78
For you,
Facebookers, we get together,
00:35:20.82\00:35:23.79
and we pray for each other.
00:35:23.82\00:35:27.36
It's just so
many private messages,
00:35:27.39\00:35:29.66
I can't get to all of them,
00:35:29.69\00:35:31.53
but it's funny how our
time together of prayer, praise,
00:35:31.56\00:35:37.93
and sharing have developed
this special relationship
00:35:37.97\00:35:43.41
that we support each other
with prayer and encouragement.
00:35:43.44\00:35:47.68
So not only our viewers
00:35:47.71\00:35:50.95
from, you know,
that have downloaded
00:35:50.98\00:35:53.25
the 3ABN app on
their smart devices,
00:35:53.28\00:35:56.75
are watching it on 3ABN.TV,
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.62
but also those people
that go to Facebook too.
00:35:59.65\00:36:03.32
So we all pull
together with one goal in mind,
00:36:03.36\00:36:08.43
and that is to
spiritually support one another.
00:36:08.46\00:36:11.33
The trials on this earth,
00:36:11.37\00:36:12.93
I tell you, they're not
going to get any easier,
00:36:12.97\00:36:16.30
but your faith gets stronger,
and you feel more secure.
00:36:16.34\00:36:20.98
Even when Paul was in
jail, that was not comfortable.
00:36:21.01\00:36:24.81
They were chained, it
was cold, it was miserable.
00:36:24.85\00:36:27.92
They were miserable,
00:36:27.95\00:36:29.65
and they were physically feeling
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.09
that they couldn't...
00:36:31.12\00:36:32.79
But what it is even though
you're going through that pain
00:36:32.82\00:36:36.56
or misery, or agony, or sorrow,
00:36:36.59\00:36:40.00
there is a joy
that's undescribable
00:36:40.03\00:36:43.77
that lays at the bottom of it.
00:36:43.80\00:36:46.03
There is a joy of the Lord...
00:36:46.07\00:36:49.47
And I don't mean the kind of joy
00:36:49.50\00:36:50.84
where you're celebrating.
00:36:50.87\00:36:52.87
It's a comforting
joy that lays there,
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.58
and that's why he could sing.
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.48
He pulled down
into himself and said,
00:36:58.51\00:37:00.52
"Okay, this is a tragedy.
00:37:00.55\00:37:04.95
This is a trial, a tribulation.
00:37:04.99\00:37:07.82
Let's reach down
into that joy and sing."
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.93
Now I think that
there are some sorrows
00:37:10.96\00:37:15.20
that you feel that you
wouldn't be able to sing,
00:37:15.23\00:37:18.43
but you can lock onto that joy
00:37:18.47\00:37:22.40
that is not a joy that
is that your laughing joy,
00:37:22.44\00:37:26.11
but it's a peace
that you can hold onto,
00:37:26.14\00:37:30.88
and you can be sobbing and
still be in emotional pain,
00:37:30.91\00:37:35.72
but that peace is
laying underneath it.
00:37:35.75\00:37:38.62
I tell at my Sabbath school,
the young kids, I tell them,
00:37:38.65\00:37:43.76
"You need to look
through the cross at Jesus.
00:37:43.79\00:37:47.36
You have to keep your
eyes through the pain,
00:37:47.40\00:37:50.47
through the tribulation,
look to the other side
00:37:50.50\00:37:53.34
and keep your eyes on Jesus.
00:37:53.37\00:37:55.94
That's how you
get carried through,
00:37:55.97\00:37:58.34
and you have to practice
that with the little step."
00:37:58.37\00:38:01.71
Well, you know,
even Johnny was saying,
00:38:01.74\00:38:03.45
you know, like just
because we're Christians,
00:38:03.48\00:38:06.58
it doesn't mean
we don't have sorrow
00:38:06.61\00:38:08.32
or we don't have,
00:38:08.35\00:38:09.68
Look at Jesus, I mean,
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:38:09.72\00:38:11.89
He prayed, "Father, if I can,
00:38:11.92\00:38:14.42
you know, if You take
this cup from Me, you know..."
00:38:14.46\00:38:17.16
Trembling there, you know. Yeah.
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.59
I mean He was in such stress
that He was sweating blood.
00:38:18.63\00:38:23.50
I mean, that's...
You know, it's extreme.
00:38:23.53\00:38:27.20
And yet He at that moment
00:38:27.24\00:38:30.37
when that great
tribulation was on Him
00:38:30.41\00:38:33.78
and that weight of
our sins was on Him,
00:38:33.81\00:38:37.81
He knew that, you know, He said,
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.71
"Take it away, but not My will,"
00:38:39.75\00:38:42.38
there He surrendered.
00:38:42.42\00:38:43.99
You know, and so even
when we are down deep,
00:38:44.02\00:38:47.52
we can say,
"Okay God, I can't see
00:38:47.56\00:38:50.16
through this, but You
can, and we can just say okay."
00:38:50.19\00:38:55.36
Valera, you said something
00:38:55.40\00:38:56.87
very strong
point, "His surrender".
00:38:56.90\00:39:00.37
Yes.
00:39:00.40\00:39:01.74
Surrender because
sometimes we want to...
00:39:01.77\00:39:05.81
You know, I'm very independent,
very stubborn, very driven...
00:39:05.84\00:39:10.25
Really? Well, no.
00:39:10.28\00:39:11.61
I'm
exaggerating, I'm really not.
00:39:11.65\00:39:16.22
But, you know, that we are like,
00:39:16.25\00:39:18.85
"I can handle
this, I can handle this.
00:39:18.89\00:39:20.89
I can handle this."
00:39:20.92\00:39:22.26
And the Lord is just saying,
00:39:22.29\00:39:23.63
"Well, you're
suffering because you want to."
00:39:23.66\00:39:25.33
I mean, I can just
picture Him, this is my saying,
00:39:25.36\00:39:29.66
and He'll be like,
"Okay, when you're ready,
00:39:29.70\00:39:33.13
I am ready to
act in your behalf,
00:39:33.17\00:39:36.74
be your advocate.
00:39:36.77\00:39:39.24
So just invite me
in and give it to me,
00:39:39.27\00:39:42.14
and I'll take it from here."
00:39:42.18\00:39:44.75
And it's funny
00:39:44.78\00:39:46.11
because when I
experience surrendering
00:39:46.15\00:39:51.12
everything to the Lord...
00:39:51.15\00:39:55.22
What a relief,
00:39:55.26\00:39:56.66
it's almost like
a healing really.
00:39:56.69\00:39:59.09
So I can't
explain it into words.
00:39:59.13\00:40:01.46
It's something that
you will experience,
00:40:01.50\00:40:03.40
and you will call me
and share with us actually.
00:40:03.43\00:40:06.77
And there is an example...
00:40:06.80\00:40:08.70
There's lots of examples in
the Bible, but look at Paul.
00:40:08.74\00:40:11.91
See, Paul asked
the Lord three times
00:40:11.94\00:40:15.11
to heal him of something.
00:40:15.14\00:40:16.81
And we don't know what it was,
00:40:16.85\00:40:19.01
but it wasn't like
being boiled in oil
00:40:19.05\00:40:21.22
or something that
happened to him later on.
00:40:21.25\00:40:23.89
But when the Lord said
00:40:23.92\00:40:25.25
"No," he
surrendered, and said, "Okay."
00:40:25.29\00:40:30.03
This built him to the point
so that when he did go through
00:40:30.06\00:40:33.73
the other really serious
life-threatening tribulations,
00:40:33.76\00:40:38.53
he was able to surrender
00:40:38.57\00:40:40.04
'cause he could look
back at how the Lord had led
00:40:40.07\00:40:42.74
in the past and had that trust,
00:40:42.77\00:40:45.21
that trust is incredible.
00:40:45.24\00:40:46.57
Wow!
00:40:46.61\00:40:47.94
So many thoughts
racing through my mind too.
00:40:47.98\00:40:49.31
I don't want time to
finish, we want it to continue.
00:40:49.34\00:40:52.58
This is a three-hour
program. No, I'm just kidding.
00:40:52.61\00:40:56.45
It's a joy to
spend time in dialogue
00:40:56.48\00:41:00.52
about the greatness of
God, and it lifts my spirits.
00:41:00.56\00:41:05.09
You guys have no idea.
00:41:05.13\00:41:06.76
Well, I received a call
00:41:06.80\00:41:08.86
because of whatever
medical issues I had.
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.50
I was so attacked by the devil.
00:41:11.53\00:41:14.04
Well, my friend
here, she's witnessed.
00:41:14.07\00:41:17.14
I was just crying.
00:41:17.17\00:41:19.27
It was just a few minutes
before the program started.
00:41:19.31\00:41:23.41
I'm like, "Lord, not again,
I can't go through this again.
00:41:23.45\00:41:27.65
And I just want solutions,
00:41:27.68\00:41:29.58
Lord, I feel like a rag doll
being tossed here and there."
00:41:29.62\00:41:34.19
And my friend also, Valera,
00:41:34.22\00:41:36.02
was there, and
Shelley and Tammy,
00:41:36.06\00:41:39.89
and they all just surrounded me
00:41:39.93\00:41:42.83
and prayed for me
and helped me focus.
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.10
And then when we
thought about this, the program,
00:41:46.13\00:41:49.57
it's like, "Oh, I have
to go and do the program.
00:41:49.60\00:41:52.34
Oh, that program is for me.
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.04
That topic is for
me. Thank you, Jesus."
00:41:55.08\00:41:57.55
Because before I
even know my needs,
00:41:57.58\00:42:00.45
He's got your solution, right?
00:42:00.48\00:42:02.75
At the tip of His hands to take.
00:42:02.78\00:42:05.12
So we praise the
Lord. That's right.
00:42:05.15\00:42:07.52
You know the Lord is so good.
00:42:07.56\00:42:10.19
As we face difficulties,
00:42:10.23\00:42:13.03
what can we share with
people that will help them
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.83
because I've seen Idalia go...
00:42:14.86\00:42:17.43
Sing. There you go.
00:42:17.47\00:42:21.24
When in the
darkest hours, she sings.
00:42:21.27\00:42:25.71
Yes.
00:42:25.74\00:42:27.08
Sing and cook, that's what I do.
00:42:27.11\00:42:28.71
But when it's
Sabbath hours, of course,
00:42:28.74\00:42:30.15
I'm not going to be cooking,
I'm going to be singing.
00:42:30.18\00:42:32.81
And there are so many
examples of that in the Bible.
00:42:32.85\00:42:34.92
Paul says, it seems
like anybody in prison,
00:42:34.95\00:42:38.09
everybody going
through the struggles,
00:42:38.12\00:42:39.52
they always started singing.
00:42:39.55\00:42:40.92
When they couldn't do
anything else, they sing.
00:42:40.96\00:42:42.96
Sing. Sing.
00:42:42.99\00:42:44.56
Now they were
singing songs of the Lord.
00:42:44.59\00:42:46.76
They weren't
singing the popular songs.
00:42:46.80\00:42:48.16
Oh, yeah.
00:42:48.20\00:42:49.53
You know, what you
said is very powerful.
00:42:49.56\00:42:51.53
Pray songs, and the people
00:42:51.57\00:42:54.40
around them in the jail,
00:42:54.44\00:42:57.81
it encourages them as well.
00:42:57.84\00:42:59.71
You know, that's really amazing
00:42:59.74\00:43:01.91
that the trials we
face can be of encouragement
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.61
to other people.
00:43:04.65\00:43:05.98
It gives other people
an opportunity to help us.
00:43:06.01\00:43:08.32
It testifies. But it
also helps other people.
00:43:08.35\00:43:11.12
And you were
talking about the singing,
00:43:11.15\00:43:13.25
the others that
were there, they said,
00:43:13.29\00:43:15.66
"Why are they singing?"
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
We're in the same,
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.39
what do they have in
their cell that we don't?
00:43:18.43\00:43:22.50
Well, they had Jesus. Amen.
00:43:22.53\00:43:24.97
And so that made a
world of difference.
00:43:25.00\00:43:27.14
When you have Jesus, you
have a world of difference.
00:43:27.17\00:43:31.84
And that's why, you know,
you're visiting the prisons
00:43:31.87\00:43:34.98
and seeing the ladies,
00:43:35.01\00:43:36.64
and some of the
men are seeing the men,
00:43:36.68\00:43:38.68
but I've heard
some of the prisoners,
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.08
throughout the years
00:43:40.12\00:43:41.45
that I've been
here at 3ABN, say,
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.02
"I am in prison,
but I am free, why?
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.69
Because I have Jesus."
00:43:46.72\00:43:48.09
That makes a
complete difference,
00:43:48.12\00:43:50.49
you know, the singing.
00:43:50.53\00:43:51.86
And you can sing
when you're alone.
00:43:51.89\00:43:55.66
I don't sing all that well.
00:43:55.70\00:43:57.17
I know that you can
sing when you're crying.
00:43:57.20\00:43:59.53
It's not going to
sound very good and hopefully
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.27
there's nobody else around you.
00:44:01.30\00:44:03.81
You can be crying and in pain
00:44:03.84\00:44:07.41
and still praise the Lord.
00:44:07.44\00:44:09.41
I know it sounds very strange,
00:44:09.44\00:44:13.01
but it's how you
can get that peace
00:44:13.05\00:44:17.05
or that joy is if you can...
00:44:17.09\00:44:20.02
Through this
pain, through the agony,
00:44:20.06\00:44:22.52
which we all feel,
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.19
if you can sing
prayer songs or do scripture,
00:44:24.23\00:44:29.10
any kind of praise to the Lord
00:44:29.13\00:44:32.13
for just being there
for you, giving you a hug.
00:44:32.17\00:44:36.97
If you can praise
through the agony,
00:44:37.01\00:44:40.74
it will bring you a peace
00:44:40.78\00:44:44.55
that's beyond understanding.
00:44:44.58\00:44:47.35
That is definitely right.
00:44:47.38\00:44:48.72
I can share this
that I know to be true,
00:44:48.75\00:44:52.92
and don't ask me to prove it
to you, but I know it's true.
00:44:52.95\00:44:57.26
When you mention
the name of Jesus,
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.53
the angels draw near.
00:45:00.56\00:45:02.40
The angels are drawn here
00:45:02.43\00:45:03.77
because you're
calling upon the Lord,
00:45:03.80\00:45:05.50
the angels will
draw near to you.
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.44
So I will say to you,
when you need the Lord
00:45:07.47\00:45:10.41
just call upon
Him, and He is there.
00:45:10.44\00:45:12.77
You know, Jesus says,
00:45:12.81\00:45:14.14
"I will never leave
you nor forsake you."
00:45:14.18\00:45:16.21
When you mention
the name of Jesus,
00:45:16.24\00:45:17.58
angels draw near.
00:45:17.61\00:45:18.95
So call upon the name of Jesus.
00:45:18.98\00:45:20.32
You know, what's
the name of that song?
00:45:20.35\00:45:23.02
"What a friend we have in Jesus,
00:45:23.05\00:45:24.69
what a friend we have in Him.
00:45:24.72\00:45:26.86
Can we find a
friend so faithful?
00:45:26.89\00:45:29.39
Who will all our
sorrow share?" Yes.
00:45:29.42\00:45:32.79
You remember the song?
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.16
Yes, but I have it mixed up
00:45:34.20\00:45:35.53
in my head in
Spanish and English.
00:45:35.56\00:45:36.90
I'm like, "I need the lyrics."
00:45:36.93\00:45:40.60
Sometimes you can be so broken
00:45:40.64\00:45:43.14
and so much in pain
and agony and crying
00:45:43.17\00:45:46.47
that you can only call
out in your mind to Jesus.
00:45:46.51\00:45:49.04
That's right. That's
right. And He will come to you.
00:45:49.08\00:45:53.01
That's right. And
bring a peace upon you.
00:45:53.05\00:45:57.45
That's right, you know, I said
00:45:57.49\00:46:01.19
that my mind was
going different directions
00:46:01.22\00:46:02.96
is because
different scenes in the Bible,
00:46:02.99\00:46:07.93
and if we have time,
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.30
well, maybe talk
about two of them,
00:46:09.33\00:46:11.30
but in the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:46:11.33\00:46:14.14
I've studied that for
years, and from time to time,
00:46:14.17\00:46:16.17
I go back there, but
as we were talking today,
00:46:16.20\00:46:18.21
I never had this thought before,
00:46:18.24\00:46:19.87
and it's interesting to me.
00:46:19.91\00:46:21.64
Jesus was in the
Garden of Gethsemane,
00:46:21.68\00:46:23.81
and there He was
being tempted of the devil.
00:46:23.85\00:46:25.85
What is He praying,
00:46:25.88\00:46:27.22
"Lord, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from Me."
00:46:27.25\00:46:31.12
He's in direct
communion with the Lord.
00:46:31.15\00:46:35.59
Do you believe the devil
was there to say, "Don't do it.
00:46:35.62\00:46:39.29
Why would you do this?
00:46:39.33\00:46:40.70
You're going to die for
these ungrateful people.
00:46:40.73\00:46:44.73
They're going to
kick you, spit upon you."
00:46:44.77\00:46:46.67
They've already rejected You.
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.04
And so, you know, he was there,
making it as hard as possible.
00:46:48.07\00:46:51.84
And He is struggling
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.21
because Jesus at
the Garden at Gethsemane
00:46:53.24\00:46:55.44
is already taking the
sins of the world upon Him
00:46:55.48\00:46:57.68
'cause He started
there, taking the sins.
00:46:57.71\00:46:59.48
That's why He was saying,
00:46:59.51\00:47:00.85
"My soul is exceedingly
sorrowful, even unto death."
00:47:00.88\00:47:03.99
You read the
book Desire of Ages,
00:47:04.02\00:47:05.35
and if you haven't,
00:47:05.39\00:47:06.72
find it, read it,
read that chapter.
00:47:06.76\00:47:08.52
You know, the way
it's described there,
00:47:08.56\00:47:10.36
He was grasping like that,
00:47:10.39\00:47:13.29
the rock or the
floor as to try to prevent
00:47:13.33\00:47:17.17
from being dragged
into darkness, let's say.
00:47:17.20\00:47:22.30
But He was saying, "If this..."
00:47:22.34\00:47:23.67
But He completely
surrendered, complete surrender,
00:47:23.71\00:47:26.68
"Nevertheless not as my
will, but as thou wilt."
00:47:26.71\00:47:30.65
Now this is a
thought that was new to me,
00:47:30.68\00:47:32.38
and that is, you
know, He was facing
00:47:32.41\00:47:36.12
this fierce
battle with the devil.
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.99
But He did not
have to face Judas
00:47:39.02\00:47:42.79
and the people with
the swords and the spears
00:47:42.82\00:47:47.90
until there was this
third time that He says,
00:47:47.93\00:47:51.67
"Nevertheless not as my
will, but as thou wilt".
00:47:51.70\00:47:54.84
And so, with that I say to you
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.34
that God is not
going to allow you
00:47:56.37\00:48:00.04
to be overwhelmed
to the point of...
00:48:00.08\00:48:03.24
More than what you can bear.
00:48:03.28\00:48:04.61
More than what you can
bear, the Bible says that.
00:48:04.65\00:48:06.11
Right here.
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.48
Oh, would you mind
reading that for us?
00:48:07.52\00:48:09.88
1 Corinthians 10:13, it says,
00:48:09.92\00:48:12.85
"No temptation has overtaken you
00:48:12.89\00:48:15.02
except such as is common to man.
00:48:15.06\00:48:18.03
But God is faithful
00:48:18.06\00:48:20.03
Who will not
allow you to be tempted
00:48:20.06\00:48:21.86
beyond what you are able.
00:48:21.90\00:48:23.93
But with the temptation
00:48:23.97\00:48:25.83
will also make the way of escape
00:48:25.87\00:48:28.70
that you may be
able to bear it."
00:48:28.74\00:48:30.97
Doesn't say, He's
going to take you away
00:48:31.01\00:48:32.34
from the temptation,
00:48:32.37\00:48:33.71
but He's going to
take you through it.
00:48:33.74\00:48:35.34
He's going to show you the way,
00:48:35.38\00:48:36.78
and He's going to be
there and guide you through it.
00:48:36.81\00:48:38.85
Glory. Amen.
00:48:38.88\00:48:40.22
If you surrender and
you lean into His arms,
00:48:40.25\00:48:45.45
if you try to stand on your own,
00:48:45.49\00:48:48.29
that scripture is for
those who are with the Lord,
00:48:48.32\00:48:52.63
who are spiritual Christians,
who are leaning on Him,
00:48:52.66\00:48:56.26
if you try to stand on your own,
00:48:56.30\00:48:58.33
it will take you down,
00:48:58.37\00:48:59.70
if you do not allow
the Lord to carry you.
00:48:59.73\00:49:03.00
Yes.
00:49:03.04\00:49:04.37
The verse right before, it says
"Therefore let him who thinks
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.78
he stands take
heed lest he fall."
00:49:06.81\00:49:09.34
That's right. Perfect.
00:49:09.38\00:49:10.71
How beautiful. Yes. Absolutely.
00:49:10.75\00:49:12.08
And so, it's like Jesus said,
00:49:12.11\00:49:15.58
"In Me, you will have peace."
00:49:15.62\00:49:18.92
So as we face difficulties
and trials, in Jesus,
00:49:18.95\00:49:22.19
we will have peace.
00:49:22.22\00:49:23.56
In the world, we
will have tribulation,
00:49:23.59\00:49:25.26
but in Jesus,
we will have peace.
00:49:25.29\00:49:27.03
And so here they are,
00:49:27.06\00:49:29.66
the disciples are on their boat,
00:49:29.70\00:49:32.33
and it's raining,
and there's a storm
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.50
but you're
dealing with disciples
00:49:35.54\00:49:37.37
that were strong fishermen.
00:49:37.41\00:49:39.04
They've been
through storms before,
00:49:39.07\00:49:40.41
they handled
those storms before,
00:49:40.44\00:49:41.78
and they were doing
everything they knew,
00:49:41.81\00:49:44.01
but eventually the boat
starts to get filled with water,
00:49:44.05\00:49:45.98
and they have to try
to get the water out,
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.82
and there was more water coming
in than they could take out.
00:49:47.85\00:49:50.59
Especially Peter.
He could do anything.
00:49:50.62\00:49:54.12
And Peter could do anything.
00:49:54.16\00:49:55.76
And it wasn't until they knew
00:49:55.79\00:49:59.46
that they were
going to die without help,
00:49:59.49\00:50:03.33
that they realized,
00:50:03.37\00:50:04.83
you know, that Jesus was there,
00:50:04.87\00:50:08.04
and what is Jesus doing?
00:50:08.07\00:50:09.54
I know, it's amazing to me.
00:50:09.57\00:50:11.21
He's sleeping through a
storm, what happens in storms?
00:50:11.24\00:50:15.31
It's raining,
and there's thunder,
00:50:15.34\00:50:17.45
and there is
lightning, and please,
00:50:17.48\00:50:20.82
were the disciples quietly
trying to get the water out?
00:50:20.85\00:50:24.05
They were yelling and screaming
00:50:24.09\00:50:25.42
"Help and get
them all this away,"
00:50:25.45\00:50:26.79
and Jesus was
sleeping through this thing.
00:50:26.82\00:50:28.62
All that commotion. At
peace, in quiet serenity.
00:50:28.66\00:50:33.76
And so they said
something, they said,
00:50:33.80\00:50:37.13
"Lord, do You not
care that we're perishing?"
00:50:37.17\00:50:42.10
And it's
amazing. That's amazing.
00:50:42.14\00:50:43.67
We could spend a long
time talking about this
00:50:43.71\00:50:45.77
because Jesus stands up
00:50:45.81\00:50:48.94
in full control,
at peace, in his face,
00:50:48.98\00:50:53.92
I could tell you there is no...
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.28
I mean, disciples are stressed,
and they're wet and stressed,
00:50:56.32\00:50:59.39
Jesus is wet,
but He's not stressed
00:50:59.42\00:51:01.72
because He surrendered.
00:51:01.76\00:51:04.69
He surrendered to His father.
00:51:04.73\00:51:06.66
It's not His own
power He's using.
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.23
That's right. Absolutely
right. It's not His own power.
00:51:08.26\00:51:10.87
And now you said
that, very, very powerful.
00:51:10.90\00:51:13.37
Anyway, He sees the situation,
00:51:13.40\00:51:16.84
and He knows, He
didn't stop to say to them,
00:51:16.87\00:51:19.71
"What's wrong with you guys?
00:51:19.74\00:51:21.08
Don't you have faith?
What's the matter with you?"
00:51:21.11\00:51:23.58
No, He fixed the situation.
00:51:23.61\00:51:28.32
Peace, be still.
00:51:28.35\00:51:30.55
And there was
this quiet, serenity.
00:51:30.59\00:51:36.32
And the Bible says
"There was a great calm."
00:51:36.36\00:51:38.43
And this is like just
says, comes a great calm.
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.30
And you say, "Wow!"
00:51:41.33\00:51:43.03
They were amazed
00:51:43.06\00:51:44.40
that instantly He
took their fears away.
00:51:44.43\00:51:47.80
He took their burdens
away, their stress away.
00:51:47.84\00:51:51.27
And now imagine they're...
00:51:51.31\00:51:52.87
You know, how you get
stressed when your shoulder
00:51:52.91\00:51:57.18
"Wow!"
00:51:57.21\00:51:58.68
"And who is this man
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that even the wind
and the sea obey Him?"
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That's the kind
of God that we serve.
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Amen.
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He can take control
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of whatever
situation we're facing.
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If we let Him.
Complete control...
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If we let Him. Once we ask Him.
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If we let Him. That's right.
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He didn't wake up and
say, "Okay, guys, I got this."
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.40
He waited till they
said. They saw their need.
00:52:18.43\00:52:20.80
They realized
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we've done everything we can do.
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Okay. Now let's
turn to the Lord.
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I can imagine and if
what would have happened
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if just the more the
wind just started to pick up,
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they just turn
over to Jesus said,
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"Lord, do you
want to just fix this?"
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I mean, you know,
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in human
culture, in our culture,
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if you were
Jesus, just laying there,
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and just the hint of
trouble, someone came over,
00:52:42.26\00:52:44.23
"Can you fix this?
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He'll be like, "Oh, why can't
00:52:45.63\00:52:46.96
you handle it
yourself for once?"
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But not Jesus, not God.
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He wants us to come to Him
at the first sign of trouble,
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and He'll take care of it,
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may not take it away
like we want right away,
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but at least that
we'll be able to bear it.
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Amen. Amen.
Powerful, very powerful.
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You know, I think
about the little toddlers,
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the little kids, boys and girls,
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that they have
their little crisis too.
00:53:13.36\00:53:16.52
For example, they
can't find their favorite toy
00:53:16.56\00:53:20.16
or their favorite car,
00:53:20.20\00:53:22.60
you know, their pet
died or what have you...
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We cannot be so insensitive
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because we need to
reflect God's compassion
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for each and one of us.
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So if it's
troubling the three-year-old
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or whatever-year-old,
it should trouble us too,
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and we should carry
00:53:44.02\00:53:45.35
that burden of let's
pray and ask the Lord,
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you know, as mature adults,
00:53:49.76\00:53:53.16
let's help our generations,
00:53:53.19\00:53:55.93
let's help our
children, little ones,
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to think of Christ
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.80
as their first
solution to the problem.
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And, you know,
children are sponges,
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they absorb everything.
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So whatever you do,
they're going to copy you,
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and they're
going to do it, right?
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So we just need to
be more compassionate
00:54:12.81\00:54:15.28
to the little things
in the children's lives
00:54:15.32\00:54:18.25
that are troubling them
00:54:18.29\00:54:19.82
because the Lord says
anything that troubles us
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is important to Him
and He worries about that.
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At any age. At any age.
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Amen. That's right.
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Maybe not
children chronologically,
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but there's
children in Christ too.
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Exactly.
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We can't expect somebody
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that is just
getting to know Christ
00:54:35.10\00:54:37.07
to react to
trials in the same way
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that somebody that has
learned to rely on Him.
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But then sometimes those of us
00:54:43.35\00:54:45.08
that have been
Christians for a long time,
00:54:45.11\00:54:48.02
we want to stand
up and do it our own
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.22
or sometimes a new Christian
is so happy in that faith,
00:54:50.25\00:54:54.92
and they realize
00:54:54.96\00:54:57.39
where God has brought
them from that they are so...
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They sometimes
turn before those of us
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that should know better.
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Yeah. That's why
we need each other.
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We need to grow with each other,
00:55:06.23\00:55:09.30
mature in each other
because it's incredible
00:55:09.34\00:55:12.64
how a child brings up some ideas
00:55:12.67\00:55:15.54
that, you know, they have
00:55:15.58\00:55:16.91
a different perspective in life,
00:55:16.95\00:55:18.35
you know, than we adults.
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So the same thing goes
in our church community,
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you know, it
takes the whole church
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to support each other.
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Definitely.
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You can stumble
when you're older.
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That's right. We can.
We can still experience.
00:55:31.89\00:55:33.83
You can stumble
when you're older.
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Yeah.
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Well, we are grateful
to the Lord for the time
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we've had together.
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Boy, I really...
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Perhaps we could
have Sister Valera
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do a short prayer
for us before we end.
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There are people
facing difficulties right now,
00:55:44.97\00:55:47.84
and could you pray for them?
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
we want to come to You today
00:55:51.88\00:55:56.02
and just thank
You and praise You
00:55:56.05\00:55:58.09
that we can rely on
You through everything
00:55:58.12\00:56:02.19
that You promise
that You are always there.
00:56:02.22\00:56:04.46
We ask that You will
give us strength to remember
00:56:04.49\00:56:06.56
to turn to You
and give us the peace
00:56:06.59\00:56:08.76
that You so much promise.
00:56:08.80\00:56:10.80
And we thank You and praise You
00:56:10.83\00:56:12.17
that You will hear and
answer each one of our prayers,
00:56:12.20\00:56:15.00
in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen. Amen.
00:56:16.40\00:56:17.74
Amen. Amen.
00:56:17.77\00:56:19.37
Well, we want to thank
Sister Dee for being with us.
00:56:19.41\00:56:22.21
Yes. It's been a joy.
00:56:22.24\00:56:23.65
Oh, it has been. Amen.
00:56:23.68\00:56:25.68
And Brother Jonathan Babb,
00:56:25.71\00:56:28.45
thank you for being
with us and for sharing.
00:56:28.48\00:56:31.19
And Sister Valera Babb,
00:56:31.22\00:56:33.22
and I would like to read
before we end one more time
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the verse that we
kind of started with,
00:56:36.16\00:56:37.83
and that's John 16:33.
00:56:37.86\00:56:40.10
So that in case,
00:56:40.13\00:56:41.46
you didn't get, it's John 16:33,
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"These things I have
spoken unto you, that in Me",
00:56:43.43\00:56:46.74
Jesus said "ye might have peace.
00:56:46.77\00:56:49.60
In the world, you
will have tribulation,
00:56:49.64\00:56:52.27
but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world."
00:56:52.31\00:56:55.54
And so the good news
that we want to share with you
00:56:55.58\00:56:57.25
is that Jesus has
overcome the world.
00:56:57.28\00:56:59.15
This makes it
possible for you to have peace,
00:56:59.18\00:57:02.55
and not only that,
00:57:02.58\00:57:05.09
this is a peace
that begins in this world
00:57:05.12\00:57:06.76
and continues forever.
00:57:06.79\00:57:08.46
Jesus has overcome the
world so that all of our trials,
00:57:08.49\00:57:11.53
tribulations, sufferings,
pain, heartache, fears,
00:57:11.56\00:57:15.53
they will all be taken away
00:57:15.56\00:57:16.90
because He will
make all things new.
00:57:16.93\00:57:20.00
So we praise the Lord.
00:57:20.04\00:57:21.94
Any final words you want to say.
00:57:21.97\00:57:23.37
No, I just want to wish you
00:57:23.41\00:57:25.11
the best,
happiest, blessed Sabbath.
00:57:25.14\00:57:27.58
Amen. Amen.
00:57:27.61\00:57:28.94
So from all of us
00:57:28.98\00:57:30.31
we would like to say
to you, Happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath, Dee.
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