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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW018012A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:29 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:10 Hello and welcome. 01:12 This is a wonderful opportunity for us to be with you, 01:15 and we are thankful to the Lord. 01:17 My name is John Dinzey 01:18 and together with my wife, Idalia, 01:20 it's a pleasure for us to say to you Happy Sabbath. 01:24 That's right. 01:25 Well, it's the end of the week, and we're praising Jesus 01:28 because we have come a long way, right? 01:30 If you look back and contemplate 01:32 what has happened 01:34 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, 01:38 even Friday morning, why not? 01:40 I'm sure you are thanking the Lord for the time of rest, 01:45 and the focus will be in heaven, 01:49 heaven bound, right? 01:50 No deadlines, no running around taking the kids anywhere 01:53 but to run and sit at the feet of Jesus 01:56 during these Sabbath hours. 01:58 So we are sitting at the feet of Jesus today 02:02 with our friends and coworkers here at 3ABN, you are family. 02:06 That's right. 02:07 You know, Idalia, you said something very interesting 02:09 because this world, 02:11 we face stress in all kinds of forms 02:15 during, throughout the day. 02:16 That's right. 02:18 But you talked about a time 02:19 when we will be at rest from stress. 02:21 Mm-hmm. That's right. 02:22 Rest from stress, so we praise the Lord for that. 02:25 Well, we have part of the family 02:27 that is here with us, 02:28 and would you like to start on your right? 02:29 Yes, of course, 02:31 this is my friend, Dee Hilderbrand, 02:33 your friend too, I'm sure. 02:35 For many, many years. Everybody knows Dee. 02:38 You and I go back a long, long time here at 3ABN, yes. 02:40 Yeah, that's right. 02:42 When you were young... 02:46 What are you talking about? I'm still young. 02:48 Yes. Yes, you are. I'm the one that's aged. 02:51 Don't let the grey hair, you know, mislead you. 02:55 But it's been a pleasure to work with you. 02:57 I respect you, admire you, you are the balm. 03:01 I mean, that is incredible. 03:02 There's an expression 03:03 when you say that you are everything... 03:05 Awesome person. 03:06 An awesome person 03:07 that gets things done and pushes us 03:09 when we need to get that encouragement. 03:12 I learned from you. 03:15 We are just alike in so many ways. 03:17 Yes, we are. And we've been through a lot. 03:19 And we are from different moms too. 03:21 Yes. 03:24 No, we've had a good time. 03:26 We've shared our laughter and shared our tears. 03:28 Yes, that's right. 03:30 It's so much fun to have you on the program today. 03:32 Yes, this is actually my first time with you, 03:34 so I'm excited. 03:36 Yes. 03:37 Well, praise the Lord, 03:39 and we're also happy to have with us Sister Valera Babb, 03:42 welcome, and Brother Jonathan Babb, 03:45 welcome. Thank you. 03:46 Thank you for being with us. Mother and son. 03:48 That's right. 03:49 Our dear friends who are alike and forever too. 03:52 You know, we've been here quite a while, all of us, huh? 03:55 That's right. Yes, we have. 03:56 So we draw together, 03:58 and we work like a family, you know. 04:01 We depend on each other and we count on each other, 04:04 and the Lord provides a family that... 04:08 You cannot say you're alone, 04:10 you just have to accept the family 04:13 the Lord has provided for you, 04:14 so we have accepted each other, loved each other, 04:17 grown together, 04:18 and we are anxious for Jesus to come back. 04:21 Amen. Yes. 04:23 You know, I was just thinking, Idalia, 04:24 that if you total up the amount of time 04:27 that we have all been here, it's almost 100 years. 04:29 Oh my... I was thinking the same thing. 04:32 I thought we have 100 years here together. 04:33 What year you got here? I've been here 22 years. 04:36 Okay. I've been here since 1994. 04:40 1989. 2001. 04:43 Same. 04:45 He came with me. You were... 04:46 Yeah, you had to come together. 04:49 But we praise the Lord 04:50 that we have this opportunity to be with you also 04:53 that are joining us, 04:54 and we would like to start this time out with prayer. 04:57 We want to ask the Lord to bless this time 04:59 that we have together and, of course, to bless you. 05:02 And so let us go to the Lord in prayer. 05:05 Our loving Heavenly Father, we want to thank You, Lord, 05:09 that as we have come to the end of the week 05:13 and the seventh-day Sabbath is here, we have the assurance 05:17 that we can rest knowing that You are with us. 05:22 We can rest from our labors and rest from the challenges 05:25 of the week to dedicate more time to worship You. 05:30 And we pray that You will help us to enter 05:32 into worshiping You in spirit and in truth. 05:35 We thank You for what You have done for us 05:37 during this past week, and we thank You, Lord, 05:40 that You have been with us each and every step of the way. 05:43 And we ask that You will be with those that are joining us, 05:47 that they too will be blessed that as we share together, 05:49 they will also be drawn to You. 05:51 We ask You, Father, 05:52 for these things in Jesus' holy and blessed name. 05:56 Amen. Amen. 05:57 Amen. Amen. 06:00 Well, we're going to be talking about a very interesting topic, 06:03 and that is something 06:05 that we all face trials and difficulties in life. 06:09 And I'm sure you have faced some type of trial, 06:12 some type of difficulty, 06:13 and how we have perhaps handled that. 06:16 How the Lord has helped us through that. 06:18 And how we have found comfort, strength, 06:21 and even joy to go forward trusting in the Lord. 06:25 Before we do that, we're going to sing 06:27 a marvelous hymn, which one is it, Idalia? 06:29 Well, this is "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", 06:33 and it's hymn number 469 06:36 in the Seventh-day Adventist hymnal, 469. 06:41 And praise the Lord, 06:43 you know, these hymns are also available online, 06:46 so you can Google it and find the lyrics, 06:50 find the music, 06:51 and you can also have a copy of the lyrics as well. 06:54 But you can sing along 06:55 because the words are being displayed, right? 06:57 That's right. 06:59 Plus, it's an old favorite hymn. 07:00 Oh, I know, right. 07:02 Yes. Yes. 07:03 We are tempted to look at the words 07:04 even though we know them. 07:06 Well, let's go to the Lord and sing together 07:07 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. 07:15 What a fellowship, what a joy divine 07:19 Leaning on the everlasting arms 07:24 What a blessedness, what a peace is mine 07:29 Leaning on the everlasting arms 07:34 Leaning, leaning 07:39 Safe and secure from all alarms 07:44 Leaning, leaning 07:48 Leaning on the everlasting arms 07:53 What have I to dread, what have I to fear 07:58 Leaning on the everlasting arms 08:03 I have blessed peace with my Lord so near 08:08 Leaning on the everlasting arms 08:13 Leaning, leaning 08:18 Safe and secure from all alarms 08:23 Leaning, leaning 08:28 Leaning on the everlasting arms 08:34 Amen. Amen. 08:35 Amen. And amen. 08:37 You know, this Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, 08:39 how can you imagine or picture yourself 08:42 leaning on the everlasting arms? 08:44 You know, when I lean against my partner for life, 08:50 my husband, I feel this comfort and support and security, 08:55 but imagine leaning on the arms of everlasting arms, 09:00 on the arms of Jesus, 09:02 and He carries us day in and day out. 09:05 That's right. 09:06 Even if we have Him out of sight or out of mind, 09:10 you know, isn't He so merciful, Dee, 09:13 that whether or not we remember that He's with us, 09:16 He's still there with us. 09:17 That's right. Amen. Amen. 09:19 It's so funny how often we don't remember 09:22 that those arms are around us, and we are safe. 09:25 That's right. That's right. Amen. 09:27 You know, this part that says, 09:29 "What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, 09:32 leaning on the everlasting arms." 09:33 That's right. 09:35 And I think that we miss out 09:39 on a lot of blessing and joy 09:42 because we do not stay 09:45 leaning on the everlasting arms. 09:46 We start to think that, "We can solve the problem. 09:49 I can solve this problem myself." 09:50 We stand up instead of... 09:52 When you've got Johnny's arms around you, 09:54 you're leaning back into him, relaxed, and yet, 09:57 but when you stand up, his arms can still be there, 10:00 but you don't feel, it's not the same, 10:03 and that's what we do to God. 10:04 Yeah. That's right. 10:05 That's right. 10:07 Well, we're going to talk about something interesting 10:08 and Jesus gave us this assurance. 10:10 Oh, it's interesting, oh. 10:12 Are you going to read from the Bible? 10:14 John 16, 10:16 and we're going to read verse 33. 10:21 John 16:33, and we hear pages turning, 10:27 and so we'll wait just a few seconds. 10:32 John 16:33. 10:34 "These things I have spoken onto you, that in me, 10:38 you might have peace. 10:41 In the world, you shall have tribulation, 10:45 but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 10:48 So there's the key. 10:50 I mean, we could read that and say, 10:51 "Well, that's what we have for you today." 10:53 Because really, in Jesus, we have peace, 10:55 but in the world we have tribulation. 10:56 We are part of this world, 10:58 we are daily facing the challenges of life. 11:03 We meet people, we meet situations, 11:07 challenges and difficulties that are going to challenge 11:10 our faith as Christians, and wouldn't you know it? 11:14 There are even people that will challenge our faith 11:18 that will rub us the wrong way or something. 11:21 It seems like whether you're in school, 11:23 whether you are at work, 11:24 and maybe your next door neighbor, 11:26 somebody you meet in the grocery store, 11:28 or somebody in line, 11:29 and you could be just minding your own business 11:32 as people say, 11:33 and somebody could say out of the blue, 11:37 "What are you so happy about?" 11:38 Or, you know, "What are you looking at?" 11:41 You opened this moment up now. 11:43 You better share that story that happened to you 11:46 about that little kind soul, 11:50 the little boy at the grocery store. 11:53 Come on now. 11:54 Well, we were in Phoenix, Arizona. 11:55 I was in Phoenix, Arizona 11:57 and getting some fruits and things like that, 12:01 and I was paying, as I was saying, 12:04 minding my own business, not looking for trouble, 12:10 and all of a sudden, I feel that somebody kicked me, 12:15 and I turned around, and it's a little boy, 12:18 a small, little boy, 12:20 and as I looked surprised, he was backing away. 12:24 And the mother said, 12:27 "Gobby, why did you kick that man?" 12:31 And so she said, "Say you're sorry." 12:35 Really upset, "Say you're sorry." 12:38 And he said, "No." That's terrible. 12:42 I was shocked. I say "Wow!" 12:45 She's not going to get through to him right here. 12:46 And I was wondering, 12:48 "What can I say, how can I help this situation?" 12:50 When she took his ice cream away, 12:52 and he began to cry, 12:54 and, of course, there is the father heard 12:57 the son crying from somewhere in the store, 12:59 came looking for him, "What's going on? 13:01 What happened to him?" "He kicked that man. 13:04 And I took his ice cream away." 13:06 And so he understood the situation, but I never... 13:10 I wasn't looking at him, I wasn't playing with him, 13:13 out of the blue, he kicked me. 13:14 So you could be minding your own business 13:16 and trouble will find you. 13:19 So what do you do in these type of situations? 13:21 Thanks to the Lord, you know, he kicked me in the bad leg, 13:27 but not in my injured leg from the accident 13:31 we had on October 15th, 2017. 13:34 But he just missed by two inches maybe, 13:38 the really bad spot that if he had hit me there, 13:42 he would have been crying, 13:43 and I probably would have been crying too. 13:45 I mean, he was crying 13:46 because they took his ice cream away, 13:47 I would have been crying because of the pain. 13:49 But, anyway, I thank the Lord that it wasn't worse. 13:52 It wasn't worse. That's right. That's right. 13:54 But, yes, trouble can find you in the most unexpected times. 13:58 I know, but, you know, what it says here, 14:02 "These things I have spoken to you, that in me, 14:06 you may have peace. 14:09 In the world, you will have tribulation, 14:12 but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 14:16 You know, when we have our tribulations, it's so... 14:20 You know, we live in the instant drive 14:23 through era, right? 14:25 Fix it now. Yeah, exactly. 14:28 So it's like we want an answer right away. 14:31 We want to solve right away, 14:33 and the tribulation that comes our way, 14:37 we just want it to hurry up and pass us by, you know. 14:41 I'm like, "Lord, let this pain pass through me," 14:44 or "Let this trial pass me through." 14:47 But there is beauty when being 14:49 within that miserable condition, 14:53 and I say it out of experience, 14:55 not because I want to be disrespectful to someone 14:58 that's not feeling well today. 15:00 You know, I have my moments, 15:02 I break down when I'm in pain and agony, 15:05 but yet, I know that my Father cares for me, 15:09 and His everlasting arms are available for me to go back 15:14 and lean on His everlasting arms. 15:18 So the storms may come, 15:20 the storms will go and come again 15:22 until Jesus comes, right? 15:24 But, you know, with each new trial, 15:27 you learned to lean... 15:29 Sooner. Exactly. 15:32 I'm so glad you said that. And you know... 15:33 Do you learn that you can trust, 15:36 it's like the trust fall, 15:37 and you know that He's there to grab you. 15:39 Right. 15:41 You know, I work with unprivileged, 15:43 and once a month, I go into the local jail. 15:46 I share with the ladies there, 15:48 and, you know, sometimes they ask this questions, 15:52 and you want to share something and you can share, 15:54 but they don't... 15:56 You can see that they don't really understand 15:57 because they haven't had 15:59 the experience of trusting Jesus 16:02 enough to know that He's going to be there. 16:06 And, you know, we forget it sometimes, 16:09 but if we'll stop and look back, we can see 16:12 "Okay, He's been with us in the past. 16:14 I know He's here with me." 16:16 And so they don't have that... 16:17 You know, praise the Lord, 16:20 He's there even when you haven't gained that, 16:23 you know, learned that trust. 16:25 And at any time, you can begin 16:28 that journey with Him and build that confidence. 16:33 Yes, amen. 16:34 But, you know, it's really nice to know that, 16:36 to have that history. 16:38 See, that's one of the things that I think that we need to... 16:41 That I want to share too with people, see, 16:44 you had a traumatic thing happened to you. 16:48 When we have really 16:49 traumatic things happened to us, 16:51 there is no place to go but to the Lord. 16:54 When we have things that just take us down, 16:57 we go to the Lord 16:58 because there's no other place to go. 17:01 However, when you say, I think they're growing. 17:06 See in Psalms, there are so many... 17:08 Psalms 36:7. Psalms 36:7. 17:13 Psalms 36:7, it says, 17:16 "How precious is your loving kindness, 17:22 oh God. 17:23 Therefore, the children of men put their trust 17:26 under the shadow of your wings." 17:29 Amen. 17:31 Learning to trust, but how do we learn to trust? 17:36 Yeah, because we live in such a vicious world. 17:39 We, ourselves, are sometimes 17:42 not a good examples of teaching trust. 17:44 We break promises all the time. 17:47 So how do we learn to trust anybody? 17:49 But learning to trust the Lord is those little steps I think. 17:53 Jonathan, when you were six, 17:55 did you trust the Lord or did you even understand 17:58 what it meant to actually trust the Lord? 18:01 I don't know that I remember. 18:05 You know, you have over a period 18:07 of time small tribulations, small things come to us, 18:12 the little boy kicks you, 18:15 small, little tribulations come to us. 18:17 But did you turn around and yell at that little boy. 18:20 No, you didn't or kick him back. 18:23 If you were six, you might have done that. 18:25 But you have learned to trust in the Lord, 18:28 and He kept that little boy from moving his foot... 18:31 I mean, Satan attacked you, 18:34 but God put His hand there and said 18:36 "This far and no farther." 18:38 So you can trust Him in small things. 18:41 You've been given a lot of responsibility lately, 18:45 and I know over the years, you have... 18:50 When that first laid on your shoulders, 18:53 I am sure your stress was really high, 18:56 not to say that it's not still high, 18:58 but slowly but surely, 19:00 you've prayed a lot, haven't you? 19:02 Oh, definitely, you have to. 19:04 And so the little tribulations that come up, 19:08 the little emergencies, "Oh, what am I gonna do now?" 19:12 You go to prayer quicker. 19:14 When I lose keys now, I'm 70, when I was 36, 19:18 maybe the last thing I did, 19:20 after I searched the house and the car and everything else 19:22 I could think of, then I prayed. 19:25 Not now, I pray immediately 19:27 because God has to help me find my keys 19:31 if I will just calm down and pray, 19:34 He will help me. 19:36 So I think that we can have 19:41 a great deal of trust in the Lord 19:43 if we start practicing on the little things 19:47 of trusting Him and these verses. 19:51 See, even when my husband passed away, Isaiah 41:10, 19:55 someone gave that to me, 19:58 so, Isaiah 41:10 says, 20:02 "Fear not for I am with you, 20:05 be not dismayed for I am your God. 20:08 I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. 20:11 I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." 20:14 Amen. Amen. 20:15 But you read those verses, 20:18 but to live them, takes... 20:21 That's why God gives us little tribulations. 20:24 Do you feel like you've hit 20:26 the major tribulation of your life, 20:28 a major thing that's just laid you low, yeah, Jonathan? 20:32 No. I don't think so. Okay. 20:34 But as CA would say, 20:37 "If it hasn't hit you yet, just wait. 20:40 It's coming around." 20:42 But you're for prepared 20:43 because you're building trust right now 20:48 because of the little bit, 20:49 so I think that when we're devastated, 20:52 when things come at us and just wipe us down, 20:55 and we have no other place to go, 20:57 we're forced to turn to the Lord. 21:00 But if we've built the little things, 21:03 if we've built the little things, 21:04 our trust is deeper and richer. 21:09 And He's proving to us over and over. 21:12 There are so many verses. I wrote down quite a few. 21:15 Now that you say that, we have to turn to the Lord. 21:20 Unfortunately, there are some people 21:22 that turn away from the Lord 21:24 and blame everything on the Lord. 21:27 And, you know, the Lord sent His Son here to earth, 21:33 and Jesus identifies with your pain, the isolation, 21:37 the accusation, the sadness, the heaviness, right? 21:42 So it's not that He cannot identify with you, 21:48 but He can carry you through. 21:50 Now that's when we fall back in leaning 21:53 in His everlasting arms... 21:54 You know that's almost perfect, honey. 21:56 You picked that song because it is so true. 22:01 When we are training our children, 22:05 we're cradling them in our hands 22:07 so they can walk, 22:08 and they're smiling and what have you... 22:10 But they walk away 22:12 from our reach and fall and cry, 22:17 where do they look to? 22:19 Mommy or poppy, right? Yes. 22:21 To comfort them. Yes. 22:22 They look to see, "Did you notice that I fell?" 22:23 And you're right there, 22:25 you're right there waiting for that child to come back. 22:28 So I think that's a beautiful picture of Jesus, 22:31 you know, because He is waiting for us. 22:33 "Any time we have a trial, so just come back to Me. 22:37 I will reenergize your batteries," right? 22:40 Spiritual batteries. 22:42 See, sometimes... 22:46 We judge God in the trial. Yes. 22:52 I think when I said, 22:53 "We have no place else to go but to the Lord," 22:57 Christians that have been anchored in the Lord 23:00 and they're spiritual Christians. 23:02 So they do lean into the Lord. That's right. 23:06 However, if a person is a Christian, 23:10 but haven't really had that true conversion, 23:14 they can think that they are, 23:15 and they can be praying and doing all the things, 23:18 but then if they get hit with a trial that shocks them, 23:22 and they're not really anchored solidly 23:25 into the Lord with the Holy Spirit, 23:27 and they don't understand why, they do run away from the Lord. 23:32 So our whole premise here of how to get 23:36 through this life with tribulations 23:38 is to make sure 23:39 that you are anchored in the Lord, 23:41 that you are trusting Him. 23:44 Job, you need to read Job, no matter what. 23:47 So are we really anchored into the Lord 23:49 so that no matter what happens? 23:52 I mean, I'm sure you wonder why some things happen to you, 23:57 you just went through a trauma thing. 23:59 You could say, "Why would the Lord do that to us?" 24:01 We're doing ministry, we're doing His work, 24:04 but you're anchored into the Lord, 24:06 and you're allowing Him to carry you, 24:08 so that conversion... 24:10 Also, Dee, I have learned... 24:13 I have to speak for me, 24:16 I have learned to thank the Lord. 24:17 Yes. 24:19 And somebody said, "Now Idalia..." 24:20 I think it was Pastor Brooks this weekend, 24:23 in this past week. 24:25 He says, "But, you know, 24:29 if you were to go back." 24:33 I said, "I wouldn't change a thing". 24:36 I would seriously, honestly, the only thing 24:39 I would want to change 24:40 is that my husband didn't get hurt, 24:43 but the peace that passeth all understanding, 24:47 the everlasting arms, I felt them on my hospital bed 24:53 and as I was struggling to breathe 24:55 or whatever the situation, 24:58 I felt, "Okay, Lord, I'm just going to, 25:02 you know, like the chicks..." 25:05 I mean, the hen puts the chicks under her wings, 25:09 so warn and so peaceful. 25:12 You know, Mama's arms are... 25:13 Nobody can replace those arms, right? 25:17 Humanly speaking, but, oh, the rest... 25:21 And the developing of a new relationship, 25:27 all I knew the excitement 25:29 of learning of God's grace deeper, 25:32 His love in a deeper way. 25:35 It's like, "Lord, You're amazing. 25:37 I mean, You did all this for me, you know. 25:41 You gave me my spiritual family, my church, 25:45 my work family." 25:47 And, you know, 25:48 and if you don't spend time in the Word, 25:50 whether it's singing Bible scripture, or songs, 25:56 or reading the Word, 25:57 what are you going to grasp them from. 26:00 Psalms 91:4. Okay. I'll go there. 26:02 "He shall cover you with His feathers 26:06 and under His wings you shall take refuge. 26:08 His truth shall be your shield and buckler, 26:12 you shall not be afraid of the terror by night." 26:15 You, Idalia, did you really know 26:17 if you were going to live or die at some point? 26:19 I thought I was going to die. Okay. 26:21 But you still had peace. Oh yes. I did. 26:25 We cannot see God's plan. 26:27 You know, they talk about it all the time 26:29 that the quilt that we see underneath the quilt, 26:31 all the strings going every which different direction, 26:34 but when we get to heaven, 26:35 we're going to see the beautiful picture 26:37 on the other side. 26:38 So again, it's a matter do you trust the Lord 26:43 with what's really happening to you? 26:46 I mean I think the most horrible pain 26:49 that anyone can go through is the loss of a child. 26:53 I don't know how anyone endures that. 26:55 I don't know either. 26:56 And yet I know people who have lost children. 27:01 That is such pain, 27:04 but God carries them and takes them 27:07 into a deeper relationship. 27:10 There are as many things that have happened to me 27:11 that I have no clue why, but I'll find out later. 27:15 Well, the Bible says 27:16 "All things work for good for those who...?" 27:19 "Love Him." That's right. 27:21 So I mean, it may be hard to understand 27:23 like our co-worker Roseo, 27:25 when she had her miscarriage, you know. 27:27 She suffered so much, but I am like, 27:29 "Lord, how can I minister to my friend and co-worker?" 27:33 I am not equipped. 27:35 I mean, I didn't go through that experience, 27:37 but, of course, you can be part of a healing process 27:43 in someone's life, 27:44 just like my co-workers and my family 27:47 from church have been and also everyone else 27:51 that have come into our lives, the Lord has sent to us. 27:55 It's incredible. 27:56 We don't imagine the highest peak 28:00 or the lowest peak people are going through, 28:02 but you know what? 28:04 It's them today or me today and them tomorrow 28:08 or whether or not we want to admit it, 28:11 trials come in the most inopportune moments for us, 28:16 but the Lord sees, you know. 28:18 The tragedies. 28:20 God does not send the tragedies. 28:22 Satan is always attacking us. Satan sends the tragedy. 28:26 Satan does the horrible stuff, 28:29 but God takes what Satan means as bad 28:32 and it will work together for good if we allow it to. 28:37 It's really hard to do that. 28:39 One like the text we opened up with, 28:41 it says "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 28:45 So we know that, you know, somebody has gone before 28:49 and has victory, and we know that by leaning in Him, 28:54 we can have that same victory. 28:56 That's right. Amen. 28:57 I'm going to read this 28:59 because we have kind of alluded to it, 29:01 and Dee just mentioned this individual. 29:05 We're talking about 1 Peter 5, 29:07 and I'm going to read beginning in verse 6, 29:12 verse 6, 29:14 so from verse 6 onto 10. 29:20 Maybe I should quote till 11, that's a good one too. 29:23 Okay. Yes, he does that all the time. 29:25 "Humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God, 29:29 that He may exalt you in due time. 29:32 Casting all your care upon Him for he cares for you." 29:37 Now verse 8, "Be sober, be vigilant 29:40 because your adversary, 29:41 the devil as a roaring lion 29:44 walketh about seeking whom he may devour. 29:47 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, 29:50 knowing that the same afflictions 29:52 are accomplished in your brethren 29:54 that are in the world, 29:56 but the God of all grace who has called us 29:59 unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus 30:02 after that you have suffered a while 30:05 make you perfect, 30:07 establish and strengthen, settle you. 30:10 To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever." 30:14 Amen. 30:16 So wonderful set of verses, 30:18 but, yes, the reality is that we suffer tribulations, 30:22 and trials and difficulties, there's a devil out there, 30:25 and he wants to destroy us. 30:27 And the best thing we can do is be of good cheer. 30:33 Jesus has overcome the world, 30:35 leaning on His everlasting arms, 30:37 we will go through. 30:38 And so, you know, we have Brother Jonathan here. 30:41 We have to look at him as a youngest person here 30:45 on this family table but... 30:46 The younger generation. Yes. 30:48 Have you gone through some trials 30:50 that let you know there's a devil out there? 30:53 Well, I can say I know I have, 30:56 but I'm terrible at coming up with things, 30:59 remembering things on the spot. 31:01 I can say that I'm 100% sure that I have. 31:05 There's no way that, you know, get through without that. 31:10 But difficulties have come, 31:12 and you know that the Lord has been good. 31:13 Absolutely, especially being in position that I am, 31:17 different things, 31:19 we deal with callers that are unhappy all the time 31:21 and that wears on a person. 31:23 When you're answering the phone all day, 31:26 and if you keep getting upset callers 31:28 one after another, 31:30 it definitely wears down on people. 31:32 And sometimes we have to just kind of take a break, 31:35 stop and ask the Lord, 31:39 "Come back, you know, give me Your strength, peace," 31:41 and then they'll get a caller 31:43 that just makes up for all of it. 31:46 That sweetest and encourages everything. 31:48 Amen. Amen. 31:50 You know, I've had calls 31:51 when the person, just like pastoral, 31:54 I mean, we have received phone calls 31:57 that people are just frantic on the phone. 32:01 You know, so easy to lose sight of the problem solver 32:07 because we focus on the problem so much, 32:10 and just a simple song like 32:13 "Jesus loves me, this I know". 32:18 And I say, you know, instead of Jesus loves me, 32:21 I can say "Jesus loves, Dee, 32:24 yes we know." 32:27 And I sing to the caller that is sobbing on the phone, 32:31 and then the singing along these little songs 32:34 that I learned when I was a little girl. 32:37 But it's incredible how much that soothes our hurting heart. 32:43 Yes. The Holy Spirit. 32:45 Inviting the Holy Spirit to break that darkness 32:48 that Satan wants to suffocate our lives in, 32:52 but there's power in Lord. 32:54 There's power in the Lord. That's right. 32:56 You know, it's amazing how we hear different things. 33:01 Valera shared some things 33:03 that when you're facing a difficulty, 33:06 it's good to remember 33:07 how the Lord has helped you in the past. 33:09 Then the present difficulty, you start thinking over, 33:12 "You know, I had some trouble in the past, 33:14 but the Lord brought me through, the Lord helped me." 33:16 And that will help us face the trial we're facing today. 33:20 And I do want to say something 33:21 because we don't want to come across as a Christian 33:27 will always be at peace and never experience sorrow. 33:33 We read in Matthew 26, when Jesus exclaimed, 33:38 "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful 33:42 even unto death." 33:44 So we will face difficulties and problems in life 33:48 that will bring us sorrow. 33:50 That will bring us, 33:53 you know, take our smile away for a moment 33:54 because we're wondering what's going on? 33:57 What is this? 33:58 But at the same time, 34:01 leaning on the everlasting arms is what will carry us through. 34:05 And so Jesus says, 34:07 "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful 34:09 even unto death." 34:10 What did He do afterwards? 34:12 He went to a place apart to pray. 34:15 And He took some friends, Peter, James, and John. 34:19 And so when we're facing trials, 34:21 we can call upon somebody of confidence. 34:24 And we don't even have to share every little detail. 34:28 We can call somebody and say, "You know, Jonathan, 34:30 I'm going through a difficult time. 34:31 Would you please pray for me?" 34:33 We got to strive to not fall asleep. 34:37 When we're called upon, we need to, 34:39 you know, be just as prayerful as that person. 34:41 Yes. Yes. 34:42 Now you were talking about not physical sleep, 34:45 but spiritual sleep. 34:46 Well, when Jesus asks the disciples to pray. 34:48 Like the disciples, 34:50 we're talking about the Garden of Gethsemane. 34:51 They fell asleep. They fell asleep. 34:53 He came back and... Good point. Very good point. 34:54 I mean, very easily, you can say 34:56 "Oh, it was just Idalia again, needing prayer again, 34:59 you know, so you let it go, 35:02 and you know, I'll pray for her later" 35:04 and then you forget. 35:05 Physically or spiritually, falling asleep. 35:07 Yes. Yes, exactly. 35:09 You know, the social media, friends on Facebook, 35:12 God bless you all, 35:14 Lord have mercy, God is so good. 35:17 That's another family that we have, you know. 35:20 For you, Facebookers, we get together, 35:23 and we pray for each other. 35:27 It's just so many private messages, 35:29 I can't get to all of them, 35:31 but it's funny how our time together of prayer, praise, 35:37 and sharing have developed this special relationship 35:43 that we support each other with prayer and encouragement. 35:47 So not only our viewers 35:50 from, you know, that have downloaded 35:53 the 3ABN app on their smart devices, 35:56 are watching it on 3ABN.TV, 35:59 but also those people that go to Facebook too. 36:03 So we all pull together with one goal in mind, 36:08 and that is to spiritually support one another. 36:11 The trials on this earth, 36:12 I tell you, they're not going to get any easier, 36:16 but your faith gets stronger, and you feel more secure. 36:21 Even when Paul was in jail, that was not comfortable. 36:24 They were chained, it was cold, it was miserable. 36:27 They were miserable, 36:29 and they were physically feeling 36:31 that they couldn't... 36:32 But what it is even though you're going through that pain 36:36 or misery, or agony, or sorrow, 36:40 there is a joy that's undescribable 36:43 that lays at the bottom of it. 36:46 There is a joy of the Lord... 36:49 And I don't mean the kind of joy 36:50 where you're celebrating. 36:52 It's a comforting joy that lays there, 36:55 and that's why he could sing. 36:58 He pulled down into himself and said, 37:00 "Okay, this is a tragedy. 37:04 This is a trial, a tribulation. 37:07 Let's reach down into that joy and sing." 37:10 Now I think that there are some sorrows 37:15 that you feel that you wouldn't be able to sing, 37:18 but you can lock onto that joy 37:22 that is not a joy that is that your laughing joy, 37:26 but it's a peace that you can hold onto, 37:30 and you can be sobbing and still be in emotional pain, 37:35 but that peace is laying underneath it. 37:38 I tell at my Sabbath school, the young kids, I tell them, 37:43 "You need to look through the cross at Jesus. 37:47 You have to keep your eyes through the pain, 37:50 through the tribulation, look to the other side 37:53 and keep your eyes on Jesus. 37:55 That's how you get carried through, 37:58 and you have to practice that with the little step." 38:01 Well, you know, even Johnny was saying, 38:03 you know, like just because we're Christians, 38:06 it doesn't mean we don't have sorrow 38:08 or we don't have, 38:09 Look at Jesus, I mean, in the Garden of Gethsemane, 38:11 He prayed, "Father, if I can, 38:14 you know, if You take this cup from Me, you know..." 38:17 Trembling there, you know. Yeah. 38:18 I mean He was in such stress that He was sweating blood. 38:23 I mean, that's... You know, it's extreme. 38:27 And yet He at that moment 38:30 when that great tribulation was on Him 38:33 and that weight of our sins was on Him, 38:37 He knew that, you know, He said, 38:39 "Take it away, but not My will," 38:42 there He surrendered. 38:44 You know, and so even when we are down deep, 38:47 we can say, "Okay God, I can't see 38:50 through this, but You can, and we can just say okay." 38:55 Valera, you said something 38:56 very strong point, "His surrender". 39:00 Yes. 39:01 Surrender because sometimes we want to... 39:05 You know, I'm very independent, very stubborn, very driven... 39:10 Really? Well, no. 39:11 I'm exaggerating, I'm really not. 39:16 But, you know, that we are like, 39:18 "I can handle this, I can handle this. 39:20 I can handle this." 39:22 And the Lord is just saying, 39:23 "Well, you're suffering because you want to." 39:25 I mean, I can just picture Him, this is my saying, 39:29 and He'll be like, "Okay, when you're ready, 39:33 I am ready to act in your behalf, 39:36 be your advocate. 39:39 So just invite me in and give it to me, 39:42 and I'll take it from here." 39:44 And it's funny 39:46 because when I experience surrendering 39:51 everything to the Lord... 39:55 What a relief, 39:56 it's almost like a healing really. 39:59 So I can't explain it into words. 40:01 It's something that you will experience, 40:03 and you will call me and share with us actually. 40:06 And there is an example... 40:08 There's lots of examples in the Bible, but look at Paul. 40:11 See, Paul asked the Lord three times 40:15 to heal him of something. 40:16 And we don't know what it was, 40:19 but it wasn't like being boiled in oil 40:21 or something that happened to him later on. 40:23 But when the Lord said 40:25 "No," he surrendered, and said, "Okay." 40:30 This built him to the point so that when he did go through 40:33 the other really serious life-threatening tribulations, 40:38 he was able to surrender 40:40 'cause he could look back at how the Lord had led 40:42 in the past and had that trust, 40:45 that trust is incredible. 40:46 Wow! 40:47 So many thoughts racing through my mind too. 40:49 I don't want time to finish, we want it to continue. 40:52 This is a three-hour program. No, I'm just kidding. 40:56 It's a joy to spend time in dialogue 41:00 about the greatness of God, and it lifts my spirits. 41:05 You guys have no idea. 41:06 Well, I received a call 41:08 because of whatever medical issues I had. 41:11 I was so attacked by the devil. 41:14 Well, my friend here, she's witnessed. 41:17 I was just crying. 41:19 It was just a few minutes before the program started. 41:23 I'm like, "Lord, not again, I can't go through this again. 41:27 And I just want solutions, 41:29 Lord, I feel like a rag doll being tossed here and there." 41:34 And my friend also, Valera, 41:36 was there, and Shelley and Tammy, 41:39 and they all just surrounded me 41:42 and prayed for me and helped me focus. 41:46 And then when we thought about this, the program, 41:49 it's like, "Oh, I have to go and do the program. 41:52 Oh, that program is for me. 41:55 That topic is for me. Thank you, Jesus." 41:57 Because before I even know my needs, 42:00 He's got your solution, right? 42:02 At the tip of His hands to take. 42:05 So we praise the Lord. That's right. 42:07 You know the Lord is so good. 42:10 As we face difficulties, 42:13 what can we share with people that will help them 42:14 because I've seen Idalia go... 42:17 Sing. There you go. 42:21 When in the darkest hours, she sings. 42:25 Yes. 42:27 Sing and cook, that's what I do. 42:28 But when it's Sabbath hours, of course, 42:30 I'm not going to be cooking, I'm going to be singing. 42:32 And there are so many examples of that in the Bible. 42:34 Paul says, it seems like anybody in prison, 42:38 everybody going through the struggles, 42:39 they always started singing. 42:40 When they couldn't do anything else, they sing. 42:42 Sing. Sing. 42:44 Now they were singing songs of the Lord. 42:46 They weren't singing the popular songs. 42:48 Oh, yeah. 42:49 You know, what you said is very powerful. 42:51 Pray songs, and the people 42:54 around them in the jail, 42:57 it encourages them as well. 42:59 You know, that's really amazing 43:01 that the trials we face can be of encouragement 43:04 to other people. 43:06 It gives other people an opportunity to help us. 43:08 It testifies. But it also helps other people. 43:11 And you were talking about the singing, 43:13 the others that were there, they said, 43:15 "Why are they singing?" 43:17 We're in the same, 43:18 what do they have in their cell that we don't? 43:22 Well, they had Jesus. Amen. 43:25 And so that made a world of difference. 43:27 When you have Jesus, you have a world of difference. 43:31 And that's why, you know, you're visiting the prisons 43:35 and seeing the ladies, 43:36 and some of the men are seeing the men, 43:38 but I've heard some of the prisoners, 43:40 throughout the years 43:41 that I've been here at 3ABN, say, 43:44 "I am in prison, but I am free, why? 43:46 Because I have Jesus." 43:48 That makes a complete difference, 43:50 you know, the singing. 43:51 And you can sing when you're alone. 43:55 I don't sing all that well. 43:57 I know that you can sing when you're crying. 43:59 It's not going to sound very good and hopefully 44:01 there's nobody else around you. 44:03 You can be crying and in pain 44:07 and still praise the Lord. 44:09 I know it sounds very strange, 44:13 but it's how you can get that peace 44:17 or that joy is if you can... 44:20 Through this pain, through the agony, 44:22 which we all feel, 44:24 if you can sing prayer songs or do scripture, 44:29 any kind of praise to the Lord 44:32 for just being there for you, giving you a hug. 44:37 If you can praise through the agony, 44:40 it will bring you a peace 44:44 that's beyond understanding. 44:47 That is definitely right. 44:48 I can share this that I know to be true, 44:52 and don't ask me to prove it to you, but I know it's true. 44:57 When you mention the name of Jesus, 45:00 the angels draw near. 45:02 The angels are drawn here 45:03 because you're calling upon the Lord, 45:05 the angels will draw near to you. 45:07 So I will say to you, when you need the Lord 45:10 just call upon Him, and He is there. 45:12 You know, Jesus says, 45:14 "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 45:16 When you mention the name of Jesus, 45:17 angels draw near. 45:18 So call upon the name of Jesus. 45:20 You know, what's the name of that song? 45:23 "What a friend we have in Jesus, 45:24 what a friend we have in Him. 45:26 Can we find a friend so faithful? 45:29 Who will all our sorrow share?" Yes. 45:32 You remember the song? 45:34 Yes, but I have it mixed up 45:35 in my head in Spanish and English. 45:36 I'm like, "I need the lyrics." 45:40 Sometimes you can be so broken 45:43 and so much in pain and agony and crying 45:46 that you can only call out in your mind to Jesus. 45:49 That's right. That's right. And He will come to you. 45:53 That's right. And bring a peace upon you. 45:57 That's right, you know, I said 46:01 that my mind was going different directions 46:02 is because different scenes in the Bible, 46:07 and if we have time, 46:09 well, maybe talk about two of them, 46:11 but in the Garden of Gethsemane, 46:14 I've studied that for years, and from time to time, 46:16 I go back there, but as we were talking today, 46:18 I never had this thought before, 46:19 and it's interesting to me. 46:21 Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, 46:23 and there He was being tempted of the devil. 46:25 What is He praying, 46:27 "Lord, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me." 46:31 He's in direct communion with the Lord. 46:35 Do you believe the devil was there to say, "Don't do it. 46:39 Why would you do this? 46:40 You're going to die for these ungrateful people. 46:44 They're going to kick you, spit upon you." 46:46 They've already rejected You. 46:48 And so, you know, he was there, making it as hard as possible. 46:51 And He is struggling 46:53 because Jesus at the Garden at Gethsemane 46:55 is already taking the sins of the world upon Him 46:57 'cause He started there, taking the sins. 46:59 That's why He was saying, 47:00 "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death." 47:04 You read the book Desire of Ages, 47:05 and if you haven't, 47:06 find it, read it, read that chapter. 47:08 You know, the way it's described there, 47:10 He was grasping like that, 47:13 the rock or the floor as to try to prevent 47:17 from being dragged into darkness, let's say. 47:22 But He was saying, "If this..." 47:23 But He completely surrendered, complete surrender, 47:26 "Nevertheless not as my will, but as thou wilt." 47:30 Now this is a thought that was new to me, 47:32 and that is, you know, He was facing 47:36 this fierce battle with the devil. 47:39 But He did not have to face Judas 47:42 and the people with the swords and the spears 47:47 until there was this third time that He says, 47:51 "Nevertheless not as my will, but as thou wilt". 47:54 And so, with that I say to you 47:56 that God is not going to allow you 48:00 to be overwhelmed to the point of... 48:03 More than what you can bear. 48:04 More than what you can bear, the Bible says that. 48:06 Right here. 48:07 Oh, would you mind reading that for us? 48:09 1 Corinthians 10:13, it says, 48:12 "No temptation has overtaken you 48:15 except such as is common to man. 48:18 But God is faithful 48:20 Who will not allow you to be tempted 48:21 beyond what you are able. 48:23 But with the temptation 48:25 will also make the way of escape 48:28 that you may be able to bear it." 48:31 Doesn't say, He's going to take you away 48:32 from the temptation, 48:33 but He's going to take you through it. 48:35 He's going to show you the way, 48:36 and He's going to be there and guide you through it. 48:38 Glory. Amen. 48:40 If you surrender and you lean into His arms, 48:45 if you try to stand on your own, 48:48 that scripture is for those who are with the Lord, 48:52 who are spiritual Christians, who are leaning on Him, 48:56 if you try to stand on your own, 48:58 it will take you down, 48:59 if you do not allow the Lord to carry you. 49:03 Yes. 49:04 The verse right before, it says "Therefore let him who thinks 49:06 he stands take heed lest he fall." 49:09 That's right. Perfect. 49:10 How beautiful. Yes. Absolutely. 49:12 And so, it's like Jesus said, 49:15 "In Me, you will have peace." 49:18 So as we face difficulties and trials, in Jesus, 49:22 we will have peace. 49:23 In the world, we will have tribulation, 49:25 but in Jesus, we will have peace. 49:27 And so here they are, 49:29 the disciples are on their boat, 49:32 and it's raining, and there's a storm 49:35 but you're dealing with disciples 49:37 that were strong fishermen. 49:39 They've been through storms before, 49:40 they handled those storms before, 49:41 and they were doing everything they knew, 49:44 but eventually the boat starts to get filled with water, 49:46 and they have to try to get the water out, 49:47 and there was more water coming in than they could take out. 49:50 Especially Peter. He could do anything. 49:54 And Peter could do anything. 49:55 And it wasn't until they knew 49:59 that they were going to die without help, 50:03 that they realized, 50:04 you know, that Jesus was there, 50:08 and what is Jesus doing? 50:09 I know, it's amazing to me. 50:11 He's sleeping through a storm, what happens in storms? 50:15 It's raining, and there's thunder, 50:17 and there is lightning, and please, 50:20 were the disciples quietly trying to get the water out? 50:24 They were yelling and screaming 50:25 "Help and get them all this away," 50:26 and Jesus was sleeping through this thing. 50:28 All that commotion. At peace, in quiet serenity. 50:33 And so they said something, they said, 50:37 "Lord, do You not care that we're perishing?" 50:42 And it's amazing. That's amazing. 50:43 We could spend a long time talking about this 50:45 because Jesus stands up 50:48 in full control, at peace, in his face, 50:53 I could tell you there is no... 50:56 I mean, disciples are stressed, and they're wet and stressed, 50:59 Jesus is wet, but He's not stressed 51:01 because He surrendered. 51:04 He surrendered to His father. 51:06 It's not His own power He's using. 51:08 That's right. Absolutely right. It's not His own power. 51:10 And now you said that, very, very powerful. 51:13 Anyway, He sees the situation, 51:16 and He knows, He didn't stop to say to them, 51:19 "What's wrong with you guys? 51:21 Don't you have faith? What's the matter with you?" 51:23 No, He fixed the situation. 51:28 Peace, be still. 51:30 And there was this quiet, serenity. 51:36 And the Bible says "There was a great calm." 51:38 And this is like just says, comes a great calm. 51:41 And you say, "Wow!" 51:43 They were amazed 51:44 that instantly He took their fears away. 51:47 He took their burdens away, their stress away. 51:51 And now imagine they're... 51:52 You know, how you get stressed when your shoulder 51:57 "Wow!" 51:58 "And who is this man 52:00 that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" 52:04 That's the kind of God that we serve. 52:07 Amen. 52:08 He can take control 52:10 of whatever situation we're facing. 52:12 If we let Him. Complete control... 52:13 If we let Him. Once we ask Him. 52:14 If we let Him. That's right. 52:16 He didn't wake up and say, "Okay, guys, I got this." 52:18 He waited till they said. They saw their need. 52:20 They realized 52:22 we've done everything we can do. 52:23 Okay. Now let's turn to the Lord. 52:25 I can imagine and if what would have happened 52:27 if just the more the wind just started to pick up, 52:29 they just turn over to Jesus said, 52:31 "Lord, do you want to just fix this?" 52:34 I mean, you know, 52:36 in human culture, in our culture, 52:39 if you were Jesus, just laying there, 52:42 and just the hint of trouble, someone came over, 52:44 "Can you fix this? 52:45 He'll be like, "Oh, why can't 52:47 you handle it yourself for once?" 52:48 But not Jesus, not God. 52:51 He wants us to come to Him at the first sign of trouble, 52:57 and He'll take care of it, 52:59 may not take it away like we want right away, 53:03 but at least that we'll be able to bear it. 53:05 Amen. Amen. Powerful, very powerful. 53:08 You know, I think about the little toddlers, 53:10 the little kids, boys and girls, 53:13 that they have their little crisis too. 53:16 For example, they can't find their favorite toy 53:20 or their favorite car, 53:22 you know, their pet died or what have you... 53:26 We cannot be so insensitive 53:28 because we need to reflect God's compassion 53:32 for each and one of us. 53:34 So if it's troubling the three-year-old 53:39 or whatever-year-old, it should trouble us too, 53:44 and we should carry 53:45 that burden of let's pray and ask the Lord, 53:49 you know, as mature adults, 53:53 let's help our generations, 53:55 let's help our children, little ones, 53:58 to think of Christ 54:00 as their first solution to the problem. 54:04 And, you know, children are sponges, 54:06 they absorb everything. 54:08 So whatever you do, they're going to copy you, 54:10 and they're going to do it, right? 54:12 So we just need to be more compassionate 54:15 to the little things in the children's lives 54:18 that are troubling them 54:19 because the Lord says anything that troubles us 54:23 is important to Him and He worries about that. 54:25 At any age. At any age. 54:27 Amen. That's right. 54:28 Maybe not children chronologically, 54:30 but there's children in Christ too. 54:32 Exactly. 54:33 We can't expect somebody 54:35 that is just getting to know Christ 54:37 to react to trials in the same way 54:40 that somebody that has learned to rely on Him. 54:43 But then sometimes those of us 54:45 that have been Christians for a long time, 54:48 we want to stand up and do it our own 54:50 or sometimes a new Christian is so happy in that faith, 54:54 and they realize 54:57 where God has brought them from that they are so... 55:00 They sometimes turn before those of us 55:02 that should know better. 55:04 Yeah. That's why we need each other. 55:06 We need to grow with each other, 55:09 mature in each other because it's incredible 55:12 how a child brings up some ideas 55:15 that, you know, they have 55:16 a different perspective in life, 55:18 you know, than we adults. 55:21 So the same thing goes in our church community, 55:25 you know, it takes the whole church 55:26 to support each other. 55:28 Definitely. 55:29 You can stumble when you're older. 55:31 That's right. We can. We can still experience. 55:33 You can stumble when you're older. 55:35 Yeah. 55:36 Well, we are grateful to the Lord for the time 55:38 we've had together. 55:39 Boy, I really... 55:41 Perhaps we could have Sister Valera 55:43 do a short prayer for us before we end. 55:44 There are people facing difficulties right now, 55:47 and could you pray for them? 55:51 Our loving Heavenly Father, we want to come to You today 55:56 and just thank You and praise You 55:58 that we can rely on You through everything 56:02 that You promise that You are always there. 56:04 We ask that You will give us strength to remember 56:06 to turn to You and give us the peace 56:08 that You so much promise. 56:10 And we thank You and praise You 56:12 that You will hear and answer each one of our prayers, 56:15 in Jesus' name we pray. 56:16 Amen. Amen. 56:17 Amen. Amen. 56:19 Well, we want to thank Sister Dee for being with us. 56:22 Yes. It's been a joy. 56:23 Oh, it has been. Amen. 56:25 And Brother Jonathan Babb, 56:28 thank you for being with us and for sharing. 56:31 And Sister Valera Babb, 56:33 and I would like to read before we end one more time 56:36 the verse that we kind of started with, 56:37 and that's John 16:33. 56:40 So that in case, 56:41 you didn't get, it's John 16:33, 56:43 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me", 56:46 Jesus said "ye might have peace. 56:49 In the world, you will have tribulation, 56:52 but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." 56:55 And so the good news that we want to share with you 56:57 is that Jesus has overcome the world. 56:59 This makes it possible for you to have peace, 57:02 and not only that, 57:05 this is a peace that begins in this world 57:06 and continues forever. 57:08 Jesus has overcome the world so that all of our trials, 57:11 tribulations, sufferings, pain, heartache, fears, 57:15 they will all be taken away 57:16 because He will make all things new. 57:20 So we praise the Lord. 57:21 Any final words you want to say. 57:23 No, I just want to wish you 57:25 the best, happiest, blessed Sabbath. 57:27 Amen. Amen. 57:28 So from all of us 57:30 we would like to say to you, Happy Sabbath. 57:34 Happy Sabbath, Dee. |
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