I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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We are so glad
that you are joining us
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as you do each and every
day but especially each Friday
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for the special Friday
sundown worships together.
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It's a blessing to
be able to spend time
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as our family here at
3ABN but also with you.
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I'm sure your week has been busy
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as it seems like
every week here at 3ABN
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is busy in a good way,
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and what a
blessing to take a rest
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and to be able to
concentrate more on God.
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And there's a special blessing
I believe that God has promised
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by keeping a Sabbath holy,
so thank you for joining us.
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What a blessing it is
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to be able to
spend time together
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and we look forward to eternity
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when we can be
together in heaven.
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And can you imagine
having a Family Worship there
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as all of God's people
with Jesus leading out?
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Amen.
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Wow, what an
incredible day that would be.
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We have a special
Family Worship, don't we?
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Because we are talking
about family at you at home
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but we have some special
family here with us today.
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We do. I love Family Worship.
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It's just the time
when we can sit down,
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open up God's Word.
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We can share with you at home,
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you are part of the 3ABN family.
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And I know we
hear from many of you
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who say you turn
on your television
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and you sit down whether
you are single or married,
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whether you have kids,
whether you are old or young,
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join us for Family Worship,
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and we just consider you
a part of the 3ABN family,
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and we have part of our
3ABN family here at the table
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and we are so
excited to introduce them.
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Julia Outkina, our sister
came all the way from Russia
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for Family
Worship, well, not exactly,
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you came for other purposes,
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but we are so
glad to have you here,
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you are executive
director of 3ABN Russia.
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Yeah.
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It feels so good to be back
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and as Danny says
when he comes to Russia
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that he has come
to his second home.
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This is how I
feel coming to 3ABN.
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I am coming home
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to be together with
my family in Christ.
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Amen. And it's a
worldwide family.
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So yeah, praise the Lord
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and praise the
Lord for this program.
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We have watched it
and it's a favorite.
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Yeah. Amen.
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And then we have
Brother Tim sitting next to you
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and talking about
Russia, we made the trip here,
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last year to Russia
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and what a powerful
experience, wasn't it?
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What a powerful
experience to know the story,
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as Danny shared the
beginnings of 3ABN Russia.
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Wow, just you talk about...
It's emotional, isn't it?
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It's like wow,
what God has done.
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It's amazing.
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Yesterday, in Corporate Worship,
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he again shared
some of some of just,
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a bit of highlight of that
reminding us the powerful way
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that God just made
the whole thing happen.
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Yeah. And so it's
just a wonderful...
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A miracle. Absolutely a miracle.
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It's a testimony to His desire,
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God's desire to make us like Him
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and to give us the
opportunity to follow Him.
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So I'm delighted to see you
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and my friends across the table.
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You are right.
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But I'm delighted
to again be with you
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celebrating this
Sabbath and Family Worship.
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I love it, really
do, grateful, so thanks.
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Amen.
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And you are also the
manager of 3ABN Praise too.
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Yes, yes, you do a
great job but thank you, Tim.
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We appreciate your friendship
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and mentorship
and it's a blessing...
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That's more important. We
count you as a great friend.
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And his great music.
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Amen, yes. Yes,
we can't forget that.
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Worship time is good
time. Music is part of worship.
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We don't want to forget that.
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In just a minute, we
are going to sing a song
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and Tim is going to play
the piano, so let's do it.
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All right. Who
else do we have with us?
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Yes, and on this
side we have more
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of our 3ABN Russia family.
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We have Aleksei Britov.
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He is the general
manager of 3ABN Russia
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and Vadim Trusyuk,
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and he is the production manager
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of 3ABN Russia,
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and we had the
privilege to spend some time
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when we were in Russia,
we spend some time there
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with each one of you
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and you were an
incredible blessing
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and we are so glad you are here.
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It is also a
great blessing for us
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and great honor to be
here together with you
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and meet this Sabbath together.
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Amen.
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It is really amazing
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that we are living on
the other side of the planet
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meet Sabbath
there when we are there
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and you meet Sabbath here
and we always feel together
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and we all feel
united in Christ.
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That's wonderful. Amen.
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You know, I don't
know what the language
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of heaven would be
but the Russian language
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is a beautiful
language, isn't it?
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So I don't know, may
be the language in heaven
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would be Russian, I don't know.
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So it's neat to hear
the language here, isn't it?
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That's just again a
reminder of God's family.
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People are celebrating Sabbath
in Russia, the United States,
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all parts of the world
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and that's just
a beautiful thing,
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you know, and I think again
we mentioned heaven earlier,
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I can't wait for that.
What is our topic today?
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Tonight, we are
talking about answered prayer.
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That's right.
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I don't know if you
have ever encountered that,
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maybe you have prayed and
prayed for years and said,
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I don't know why I
am not getting an answer
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or maybe not the answer
that I wanted in my heart.
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Maybe something you
have a special burden tonight
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and you want to be able
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to give that to
the Lord in prayer.
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So we are just
talking about prayer.
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How we can go
before our Father in heaven
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and how He longs to hear
and answer those prayers.
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We'll be looking at scriptures,
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we'll be sharing from
our personal experiences
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and testimonies.
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So I'm excited about it.
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Yeah, I'm too
and we encourage you
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to participate at home.
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When we open up the scriptures,
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take your Bible
out, open up, join us.
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It's not you watching
us, we are together, okay?
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So yeah, you write notes down,
we are together as a family.
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But talking about prayer,
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we should open with
prayer and then go to a song.
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Sister Julia, do
you mind open in prayer
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as we open the Sabbath together?
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Yeah, you want me to do
it in Russian or in English?
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Let's do it Russian. Okay, okay.
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Amen. Amen, amen.
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Thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
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Oh, yeah, for sure.
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So while Tim is on his
way going over to the piano,
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we are going to
be singing a song
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that's in hymnal, it's in hymnal
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and it's entitled
"I must tell Jesus".
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So join us here as
we sing our song here.
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"I must tell Jesus".
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Let's sing the first
and the second verse.
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Yeah, let's do that
in a chorus as well.
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my trials
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I cannot bear these
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Burdens alone
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In my distress
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He kindly will help me
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He ever loves
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And cares for His own
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I must tell Jesus!
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I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell Jesus!
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I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me
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Jesus alone
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I must tell Jesus
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All of my troubles
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He is a kind
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Compassionate friend
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If I but ask Him
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He will deliver
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Make of my troubles
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Quickly an end
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There's a chorus.
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I must tell Jesus!
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I must tell Jesus!
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I cannot bear
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My burdens alone
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I must tell Jesus!
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I must tell Jesus!
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Jesus can help me
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Jesus alone
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Amen.
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Well, that song
fits, doesn't it?
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Yeah. Tell Jesus everything.
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Yes, yes. What a blessing.
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And He is, I like to see,
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He is a kind and
compassionate friend.
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I like that, He is our friend,
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He is our God but
He is also our friend,
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and I tell you, that's a
God that loves each one of us
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and He knows what's
best for each one of us.
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So as we talk
about answered prayer,
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I think
sometimes in my own life,
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I want a prayer
answered a particular way.
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But God knows what's best for me
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and I have to trust Him
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that He is there
looking out for my good.
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You know there's another
song that is one of favorites,
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"What a friend
we have in Jesus".
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I love the line in it that says,
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"Oh what peace we often forfeit,
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O what needless pain we bear
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all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer."
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And so that's
just again a reminder
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of how much He cares for
us and how urging it is for us
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to take every need
big and small to God.
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He loves us and cares
about everything in our lives.
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That's right.
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Don't you think
it's interesting,
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so many times I think I
can pray about the big things.
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You know, well,
this is a big decision
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that I am facing
or this is something
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that will be difficult,
I need to take this to God.
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But He wants me
to take everything.
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Even the small things,
even things that we might say,
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"Why are you
asking God about that?"
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But He wants everything
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and just, I don't know,
that's something I'm learning
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as I come more into His presence
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that He wants me to communicate
and share everything with Him.
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Absolutely. He wants
us to be one with Him.
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And if we're one,
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then we talk to
Him all the time, yeah.
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That's good.
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Yeah, that's
absolutely a good point.
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Yeah, very true.
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It reminds me of a scripture
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we'll use this as
we kick off our study.
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Philippians 4, if you want
to turn in your Bibles there,
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Philippians chapter 4,
we'll read verses 6 and 7.
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Philippians 4:6-7.
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By the way, I should say
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that the guys
understand English a lot.
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This is why I'm not
translating for them.
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They know what
we are talking about
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but of course,
when they speak Russian,
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then I'll
translate it to English.
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So they understand
but as far as speaking,
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they will speak Russian.
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The Lord is blessing
you with a gift of tongues.
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Understanding as well.
The gift of understanding.
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Yeah. Right.
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Who has that, Philippians 4:6-7?
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Will you go for
it, Tim? So sure.
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I have the amplified version,
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so it kind of expounds on
it but I'll just read 6 and 7.
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"Do not fret or have any anxiety
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about anything, but
in every circumstance
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and in everything,
by prayer and petition,
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definite
requests with thanksgiving
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continue to make
your wants known to God
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and God's peace shall be yours
that tranquil state of a soul
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assured of its
salvation through Christ,"
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moving on, "which
transcends all understanding,
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shall mount
guard over your hearts
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and minds in Christ Jesus."
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So that's more complicated
but it doesn't leave out,
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it doesn't leave
an ounce of doubt.
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It makes sure and tells
you don't fret over anything,
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pray about everything.
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And the peace,
that's the great point
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at the end that the peace,
God's peace shall transcend...
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Which transcends
all understanding
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shall guard your heart
and mind in Christ Jesus.
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I like how it is in the
very beginning of verse 6
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because mine says,
be careful for nothing
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication.
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How does it read in
the amplified again?
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It says, do not fret or
have anxiety about anything.
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We live in a day of
anxiety... Oh, my, worry.
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Yeah, it's just...
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That's the biggest cause
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of a lot of our physical
problems, our health issues
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because we fret
and worry about things,
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and it's easy to do
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because there is a lot
to worry about, you know,
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we've bills and you know,
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how things are
gonna pan out in our jobs,
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security, a lot of things
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that are fretful
opportunities but...
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It's natural for us
to fear all those things,
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it's a natural condition
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but God says don't
blame your natural condition.
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Right,
supernatural. Be supernatural.
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They love the
part, the beginning
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of the seventh
text when it says,
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God's peace which
surpasses all understanding
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which is beyond understanding.
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Very often, according to
our human consideration...
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Go through so many
conditions where we are nervous,
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where we are worried...
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Be not in a
peaceful condition. Yes.
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But when we open
our desires to Him
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and when we are one with Him...
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Then God's peace
fills our hearts.
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His peace, shalom in Hebrew.
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It's an amazing,
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amazing state to be in.
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And we wish that
all our dear families,
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the viewers fill
this Sabbath Shalom,
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this special peace
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that the Lord
gives to His people.
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I think there's
something that separates us
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and gives us an
opportunity to share with people
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how do you, how are you
going through this situation,
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whatever it is, that you
should be going crazy about
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and be anxious
and worried about,
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and there is your
opportunity to show Christ,
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so that's what
Christ would do for you
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if you allow Him
to be your peace.
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Yes. Well said.
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I love what you said,
Aleksei, because I'm thinking
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of these verses
in the peace of God
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when I come
before Him, when I pray,
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when I frighten
off for anything,
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but also we have the
peace with the Sabbath peace,
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so the Sabbath rest,
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so there's actually a
dual application almost
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to have that rest in Jesus,
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and it's not
just the physical rest
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but it's spiritual
rest, it's spiritual.
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That's incredible.
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Yeah, protection. Yes.
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Being in Him,
being protected. Yeah.
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I like the part going
back to verse 6 again.
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It says, "Be careful for nothing
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication,
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with thanksgiving."
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It's thanksgiving.
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Yeah, that's
important part, isn't it?
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Why do you think thanksgiving
or praise is important?
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Just kind of
throwing it out there.
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Why is it important, Vadim,
to have a great full heart?
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Why would that be important?
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Most often than not,
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we'd be having our
nature separated from Him,
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our carnal nature,
we just ask God always.
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I notice it with myself
00:17:43.26\00:17:44.96
that how do I
communicate with God,
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I always ask, ask, ask.
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And I have been training myself,
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whatever need I feel
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and whatever I
want to ask God about,
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I always want to
say thank you first
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and praise Him
for something first.
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This is what I have
been training myself to do.
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And when I started accentuating
my attention on that...
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I even started feeling shame
for my previous experiences
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when there were
always requests, requests,
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and blessing of gratitude
never filled me before...
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Well, it did but
not on a constant basis.
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Wow.
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And gratitude is an
opposing thing to anger,
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to being unhappy,
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to being across
against something.
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And this text shows me
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that a heart that is
filled with God's presence,
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it is thankful, it
is thankful to people,
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it is thankful to God,
it is thankful to everyone.
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Amen. That's
sweet, isn't it though?
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That is. It's just is powerful.
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It's a very pure
understanding too
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and I think that also when we...
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I think that thanksgiving
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is not only
being grateful to God
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but it's a huge reminder
what are we thankful for?
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Well, we are
thankful for the things
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that God has proven
Himself for us in the past,
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so it's building our faith
to remind us not to be anxious
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because He has proven
Himself time and time again.
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So it's a great bit of
amazingness in that, yeah.
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Just in those two verses,
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you know, you were
talking about praise,
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if I can share a
short personal testimony?
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In my own experience,
praise when I had learned
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that could praise God
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and I chose to do
it even when it hurt,
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when I didn't want to praise,
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I found that that
changed my emotions,
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that changed my own heart.
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I can remember one time
Greg and I had been praying
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about a certain situation
and one of those things
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maybe you dream about
and you want to take place
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and then the answer was no.
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God's answer was no.
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And I remember just
running from the house
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and going down the gravel
road and just saying, "Why God?"
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You know, I am
just crying and "Why?
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You know, Why is it a no?
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I wanted yes."
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And I was praying and
asking, and praying in faith
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and confession of sin,
you know, "Why is it a no?"
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And I remember
going down the road
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and God tapping
me on the shoulder,
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not literally, but
I felt His presence
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and He said, "Jill, my daughter,
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count your blessings."
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And I remember being mad
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because I said
"God, I want pity.
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I am going through a hard time."
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.10
And you could say, "Poor Jill"
but instead He wanted praise.
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And I remember when I
made that choice and I said,
00:21:18.74\00:21:21.74
"I don't understand why,
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but I will
choose to praise Him."
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And in the midst of that,
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I don't know why
this is happening,
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I don't know why
the answer is no,
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but I will accept
and I will choose that.
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And when I made that
choice, God changed my heart...
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adjusted the
emotions in line with His will
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and I was so thankful for that.
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Yeah, I think
with prayer, you know,
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a lot of times like
we talked about earlier,
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we can expect a
certain answer, you know, we...
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But I think it's key that
we pray according to God's will
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or plan for our lives.
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Yeah, I think it's
important, you have a passion
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that causes you to pray.
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So you got passion
leads you to prayer,
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then you trust
in God's providence,
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which leads to His peace.
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So it's just...
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It's a great Say
that again, passion?
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Whatever passion you have
that's leading you to prayer,
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and then you
trust in His providence
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which leads to His
peace, God's peace.
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Amen. That's strong.
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Yeah, it is.
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We look at 1 John 5,
it reminds me of that
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when He said with
asking according to His will.
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1 John chapter 5,
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verses 14 and 15,
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it talks about asking
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but according to His will.
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1 John 5.
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Fourteen and fifteen, I want to
hear it out of Amplified again.
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I got my New King
James but I love that.
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1 John 5:14-15,
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"And this is the
confidence which we have in Him.
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We are sure that
if we ask anything,
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make any request
according to His will,
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in agreement with His own
plan He listens to and hears us.
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And if we know that He listens
to us in whatever we ask,
00:23:09.68\00:23:13.56
we also know with
settled and absolute knowledge
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that we have the
requests made of Him."
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So how do we know if we are
asking according to God's will?
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'Cause this here says,
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"If we ask anything
according to His will,
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He hears us and we know
that we have the petitions
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we've asked of Him."
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So how do we know
if it's God's will?
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I have been thinking about
that, I would say recently,
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and I believe God's will
is salvation of everyone.
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And whatever happens
in the life of any person,
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it is a way towards salvation,
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even if it is a
way with a minus sign,
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because some people
go away from salvation
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and it is still their way,
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because on their
way with a minus sign,
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they will find
out so many things
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.61
that they will want to
turn in the right direction.
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And so whatever happens,
00:24:06.94\00:24:12.95
we may know God's will.
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It seems that we
cannot know His will.
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We just say,
00:24:17.49\00:24:18.82
"I want this if it is
according to Your will,
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.86
may it be done.
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If it's not
then it's up to you."
00:24:22.26\00:24:25.39
But if we put it into
the perspective of salvation,
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then our prayers
become of a different quality.
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Because if it is my salvation,
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.40
if it is someone
else's salvation,
00:24:35.44\00:24:37.51
then the
selfishness of our prayers,
00:24:37.54\00:24:40.08
it just vanishes when you
think in this perspective.
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I have my own
examples, you know, it's a...
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I don't know if I
want to share it or not
00:24:46.98\00:24:48.62
but I did a certain thing
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and then I thought,
00:24:50.45\00:24:52.29
"Was it fair to that
person that I did it?"
00:24:52.32\00:24:55.09
And then I
think, "Oh, it's fine.
00:24:55.12\00:25:00.60
That's fine."
00:25:00.63\00:25:02.13
And then, I just
had that thought.
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This is when I
started thinking about it.
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Think about it in the
perspective of salvation.
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Is it good for his salvation?
00:25:08.87\00:25:10.51
Is it good for your salvation?
00:25:10.54\00:25:12.54
Is it good for your
relationship with God?
00:25:12.57\00:25:14.91
And then, you know,
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.44
still my
obstinate carnal nature,
00:25:16.48\00:25:20.72
it still kept telling me,
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.75
"Yes, you have done it right
as you, just as you should."
00:25:22.78\00:25:27.32
And then, you
know, all of a sudden
00:25:27.36\00:25:29.06
without any preliminary
planning or anything,
00:25:29.09\00:25:34.20
I did the right
thing towards that person,
00:25:34.23\00:25:36.67
and that was God's
supernatural intervention.
00:25:36.70\00:25:39.33
He just made me
do the right thing.
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And at that time, I
didn't have any more questions.
00:25:41.84\00:25:44.04
I just had peace
and I was, you know,
00:25:44.07\00:25:46.84
I knew that that
was the right thing.
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You knew it was God's will.
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Yeah, I knew it was God's will.
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That's very powerful.
00:25:52.61\00:25:54.58
I wanted to add
a couple of words.
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When I listen to how
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Jill got her no
answer from God...
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A long time ago,
I heard this sermon
00:26:08.73\00:26:10.60
that got deep into my heart.
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Where often people ask
and God doesn't answer...
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They think that
God doesn't hear them.
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But the preacher
whom I listen to said,
00:26:31.52\00:26:34.99
"God answers always
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and there are three
kinds of answers that He gives.
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The first kind of
answer that all of us like
00:26:44.23\00:26:49.20
and prefer is yes."
00:26:49.24\00:26:51.04
All right. Very true.
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"The second kind of answer
which people often confuse
00:26:57.15\00:27:01.35
and think that God
doesn't want to listen to them,
00:27:01.38\00:27:05.05
that He doesn't hear
them for some reason,
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.09
this is His answer no.
00:27:07.12\00:27:08.56
And the third kind of answer
which was very important for me
00:27:15.96\00:27:21.87
to learn about was no, not now."
00:27:21.90\00:27:26.74
Wait. Yeah, wait.
00:27:26.78\00:27:29.94
Yeah. Amen.
00:27:29.98\00:27:31.31
Yeah.
00:27:31.35\00:27:32.68
And that's the
hardest one actually,
00:27:32.71\00:27:34.15
I'd rather hear yes
or no than wait, right?
00:27:34.18\00:27:38.39
Because I can move
on with a yes or no,
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.22
but with a wait I
got to stand still.
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.13
And I don't like to
stand still for anything.
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I think patience is hard.
00:27:47.30\00:27:48.63
I mean it's hard for me as well.
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.10
And I think about,
you know, the promise
00:27:50.13\00:27:51.63
that God gave to
Abraham about his seed
00:27:51.67\00:27:54.94
filling the whole earth
and nothing was happening
00:27:54.97\00:27:57.94
so he decided to
kind of help answer,
00:27:57.97\00:28:00.64
you know, God's promise
00:28:00.68\00:28:02.01
and it didn't
work out well at all.
00:28:02.04\00:28:03.38
And so it's hard.
00:28:03.41\00:28:04.75
I think sometimes
it can be for years
00:28:04.78\00:28:06.48
actually that you have to wait
00:28:06.51\00:28:07.98
and it again comes
to that trust again
00:28:08.02\00:28:10.45
and yeah, just putting
your life in God's hands
00:28:10.49\00:28:13.05
and I am with you though, Tim,
00:28:13.09\00:28:14.42
that patience for
me is a tough thing.
00:28:14.46\00:28:16.02
I can operate on a yes or no
00:28:16.06\00:28:17.39
but to like hang
on for a little while,
00:28:17.43\00:28:19.23
I go, boy, I'm not sure,
00:28:19.26\00:28:21.00
what am I supposed to do?
00:28:21.03\00:28:22.36
But there is a
peace in knowing wait.
00:28:22.40\00:28:25.90
If there's at least some
hope that you are to wait
00:28:25.93\00:28:28.64
that something will happen,
00:28:28.67\00:28:30.01
either a yes or
no down the road,
00:28:30.04\00:28:31.91
while you can say,
"Okay, I'm gonna resolve,"
00:28:31.94\00:28:34.14
'cause I think one of
the most frustrating thing
00:28:34.18\00:28:35.94
about prayer is
when you don't know
00:28:35.98\00:28:40.05
when to stop
praying for something
00:28:40.08\00:28:42.08
even if the answer is,
00:28:42.12\00:28:43.45
even you don't know
what the answer is solid
00:28:43.49\00:28:45.85
in your hands, a
yes or no, if even,
00:28:45.89\00:28:50.49
because I have
probably well got out
00:28:50.53\00:28:53.09
over the
situation that He already
00:28:53.13\00:28:54.86
had probably
given me the answer for
00:28:54.90\00:28:56.77
and I was just, you know,
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.23
in my not wanting to wait
for the proof of the answer
00:28:58.27\00:29:03.10
because not always even
if you get a yes or a no,
00:29:03.14\00:29:05.91
is it going to
happen right then, so.
00:29:05.94\00:29:08.71
Very true.
00:29:08.74\00:29:10.08
But I am just impatient
00:29:10.11\00:29:11.45
but I love seeing a perspective.
00:29:11.48\00:29:13.85
The things that we pray about
00:29:13.88\00:29:17.29
I've just recently
started really giving
00:29:17.32\00:29:18.92
to a lot of mission groups,
00:29:18.95\00:29:22.02
and I'll get
literature from them
00:29:22.06\00:29:25.09
and they'll talk about
what they want prayer for.
00:29:25.13\00:29:29.36
And there are things that
I am thinking, "Seriously?"
00:29:29.40\00:29:31.47
And these are...
00:29:31.50\00:29:32.83
I mean, these are just things
I take for granted every day.
00:29:32.87\00:29:35.64
And so I love
how Jesus, you know,
00:29:35.67\00:29:40.11
who didn't have a
place to lay His head,
00:29:40.14\00:29:43.68
whenever He is
praying in the Lord's prayer,
00:29:43.71\00:29:48.38
there are not the
little details that, you know,
00:29:48.42\00:29:50.55
they just ate daily
bread, forgive us our debtors.
00:29:50.59\00:29:55.86
So the things
that really matter,
00:29:55.89\00:30:01.26
we just need to, I think,
00:30:01.30\00:30:02.83
guard our hearts and
get a bigger world view
00:30:02.86\00:30:06.70
of what prayer really mean.
00:30:06.74\00:30:08.70
And that doesn't mean
again that nothing is too big
00:30:08.74\00:30:11.91
or too small for God,
00:30:11.94\00:30:13.48
but I think it's an opportunity
00:30:13.51\00:30:15.24
for us to see what is important.
00:30:15.28\00:30:17.71
That's right.
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.08
No, that's good.
00:30:19.11\00:30:20.45
I mean it's important to
just be real with God, you know,
00:30:20.48\00:30:23.49
just share with
Him my daily struggles
00:30:23.52\00:30:26.49
and I think you know,
these will be my wants
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.42
or desires,
share those with God.
00:30:28.46\00:30:30.03
But at the same time, I
think there is that peace
00:30:30.06\00:30:31.49
that you have just
known, okay, this is my request,
00:30:31.53\00:30:33.40
this is what I feel.
00:30:33.43\00:30:36.06
This is what I am praying for,
00:30:36.10\00:30:37.43
but then trust in
God that He will take it.
00:30:37.47\00:30:39.80
Are you gonna say
something, comment?
00:30:39.83\00:30:41.34
He believe, you
said what he wanted.
00:30:48.81\00:30:51.11
Perfect.
00:30:51.15\00:30:52.48
I like that the 15th
text says, we'll receive...
00:30:58.22\00:31:03.39
Or at least this is how
the Russian Bible says that,
00:31:03.43\00:31:06.96
"We receive what
we have asked for."
00:31:07.00\00:31:09.90
What do we most
commonly ask for?
00:31:15.27\00:31:19.34
As well as Vadim,
I started thinking
00:31:28.88\00:31:31.39
what is my main request?
00:31:31.42\00:31:33.56
What do I ask for most often?
00:31:33.59\00:31:36.02
And once I was very much
moved by the text written
00:31:41.96\00:31:45.03
in the first epistle of
John, the first chapter.
00:31:45.07\00:31:47.84
Could we read? Please.
00:31:47.87\00:31:49.74
So 1 John 1:9.
00:31:49.77\00:31:54.78
Yes.
00:31:54.81\00:31:56.91
We can quote that.
00:31:56.95\00:31:58.41
We love, that's
a powerful verse.
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.28
Yes, it is.
00:32:00.32\00:32:01.65
"If we confess our
sins, He is faithful
00:32:01.68\00:32:04.05
and just to
forgive us of our sins
00:32:04.09\00:32:06.09
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:32:06.12\00:32:09.22
Amen.
00:32:09.26\00:32:10.59
If we confess our sins...
00:32:13.73\00:32:18.27
then He being faithful
00:32:18.30\00:32:20.10
and just will
forgive us all sins.
00:32:20.14\00:32:22.67
And there have been days
when I did my evening prayer
00:32:27.34\00:32:30.68
and I don't know what I
need to confess about today.
00:32:30.71\00:32:36.75
It looks like nothing has
happened to confess about.
00:32:36.79\00:32:42.02
Didn't break Sabbath
00:32:42.06\00:32:44.46
because it was Wednesday...
00:32:44.49\00:32:45.99
and so on and so forth.
00:32:51.23\00:32:52.83
And then I read in one
book, "Ask in your prayer
00:33:00.34\00:33:04.01
that the Holy Spirit
searches your heart."
00:33:04.05\00:33:06.55
Yes.
00:33:06.58\00:33:08.78
And just wait in
the prayer state.
00:33:08.82\00:33:12.05
Don't get out of
the prayer condition.
00:33:12.09\00:33:16.69
And when I started
trying to do this...
00:33:16.73\00:33:20.53
Amazing things
started happening.
00:33:20.56\00:33:22.23
Right during a prayer
when I say, "Holy Spirit,
00:33:30.07\00:33:33.17
please open my heart
to me and show me the sins
00:33:33.21\00:33:36.95
that I haven't confessed."
00:33:36.98\00:33:38.31
The events came back to my mind
00:33:42.98\00:33:46.32
that had happened in
my life a lot of time ago
00:33:46.35\00:33:50.16
and I completely
forgot about them.
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.13
Wow.
00:33:52.16\00:33:53.50
I would never
remember about them
00:33:58.00\00:34:00.94
because nothing reminded me
about them, no associations.
00:34:00.97\00:34:05.27
And then, I realized that
it was an answer to my prayer
00:34:10.48\00:34:14.08
that the Holy
Spirit was telling me
00:34:14.12\00:34:16.18
whom I had
offended at a certain time.
00:34:16.22\00:34:19.25
And there were several times
00:34:26.09\00:34:27.53
that just stopping in
the middle of my prayer,
00:34:27.56\00:34:32.00
when that
impression comes upon me,
00:34:32.03\00:34:34.07
I would call a person whom I
hadn't called for a long time
00:34:34.10\00:34:38.34
and starting
apologizing and making it out.
00:34:38.37\00:34:41.74
And that person would be
so much surprised saying,
00:34:45.05\00:34:49.12
"I've forgotten
about this a long time ago.
00:34:49.15\00:34:51.89
Why are you
remembering about it now?"
00:34:51.92\00:34:56.29
And I would say,
00:34:56.32\00:34:57.66
"The Holy Spirit has
just reminded me about this."
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.76
Amen. Yeah, praise the Lord.
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.56
That's a beautiful
testimony of answered prayer.
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.90
You are asking God
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.17
to reveal to you
what's in your heart.
00:35:08.20\00:35:10.04
That's right.
00:35:10.07\00:35:11.41
And God shows,
that's beautiful, Aleksei.
00:35:11.44\00:35:13.84
And that's a prayer that God's
00:35:13.88\00:35:15.21
I think always willing
to answer and to show us
00:35:15.24\00:35:18.05
if we are willing
to accept and see.
00:35:18.08\00:35:21.05
Tim, can you say something?
00:35:21.08\00:35:24.55
Again, I'm beating a dead horse.
00:35:24.59\00:35:29.19
She talked about the
prayer, the salvation.
00:35:29.22\00:35:32.63
He is talking about
the prayer, the conviction
00:35:32.66\00:35:34.73
or the confession
of doing, you know,
00:35:34.76\00:35:37.73
what should I confess?
00:35:37.77\00:35:41.34
In an email, I love this,
00:35:41.37\00:35:43.57
Jill has sent an
email to all of us
00:35:43.61\00:35:46.07
telling us what the
topic was going to be.
00:35:46.11\00:35:50.01
And Julia's comment,
00:35:50.05\00:35:53.82
you are so
brilliant, I love you.
00:35:53.85\00:35:56.75
And she says, "Well,
that will be a great topic
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.95
because it is so practical.
00:35:59.99\00:36:02.79
It will make easier
for us to participate."
00:36:02.82\00:36:05.03
Now who in the world,
we wouldn't, whenever I...
00:36:05.06\00:36:08.70
She said, Jill says
prayer, that's our topic.
00:36:08.73\00:36:11.90
I'm thinking, "Okay,
00:36:11.93\00:36:13.50
I'm going to start
reading a book on prayer."
00:36:13.54\00:36:16.44
But it's just practical.
00:36:16.47\00:36:19.27
When it's that
approach you take,
00:36:19.31\00:36:21.64
one of salvation and confession,
00:36:21.68\00:36:25.11
that sure, yeah,
00:36:25.15\00:36:27.52
and that's what
makes prayer practical.
00:36:27.55\00:36:31.82
So thank you for
again opening my eyes
00:36:31.85\00:36:34.22
and it happened
when I was in Russia,
00:36:34.26\00:36:36.06
you know, to what
is really important.
00:36:36.09\00:36:39.69
It's just... you
know, I've got my mind
00:36:39.73\00:36:41.56
and my eyes set on
too many other things
00:36:41.60\00:36:44.13
that when I pray,
I've got to realize
00:36:44.17\00:36:47.54
what does God
want me to pray about.
00:36:47.57\00:36:49.64
Yeah, it's a good
point. Praise the Lord.
00:36:49.67\00:36:51.11
Yeah, it's true.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.47
A lot of times we think about
all these things that we want
00:36:52.51\00:36:53.84
or need and that
kind of thing, but really
00:36:53.88\00:36:55.21
it's the salvation,
the confession of sin.
00:36:55.24\00:36:56.68
I think about Psalm 51?
Create in me a clean heart.
00:36:56.71\00:37:01.25
Yeah, and that's a
prayer. Absolutely.
00:37:01.28\00:37:03.59
"Oh, God, and renew a
right Spirit within me."
00:37:03.62\00:37:06.65
And that's a prayer that
the answer always is yes.
00:37:06.69\00:37:10.19
The answer to that
prayer is never wait.
00:37:10.23\00:37:13.70
It's never no. It is immediate.
00:37:13.73\00:37:16.80
When we ask for forgiveness,
immediately He forgives us.
00:37:16.83\00:37:21.54
When we ask for
conviction from the Holy Spirit,
00:37:21.57\00:37:24.21
or we ask for salvation
for ourselves or others,
00:37:24.24\00:37:27.48
that is a yes,
that is always a yes.
00:37:27.51\00:37:30.21
So if you get tired of
hearing no all the time,
00:37:30.25\00:37:31.58
well, pray a
prayer of salvation,
00:37:31.61\00:37:33.08
forgiveness and
confession, you'll hear a yes.
00:37:33.11\00:37:35.42
Oh, yeah. That's good news.
00:37:35.45\00:37:37.42
All right. That's awesome.
00:37:37.45\00:37:39.75
Should we go to
some answered prayers
00:37:39.79\00:37:41.22
Yes. we're talking about that?
00:37:41.26\00:37:42.59
I know Aleksei shared a
beautiful one with that,
00:37:42.62\00:37:44.96
but any other answered
prayers anyone want to share?
00:37:44.99\00:37:48.03
Any other?
00:37:48.06\00:37:51.60
Any personal experience
00:37:51.63\00:37:54.20
I don't know if my
example will kind of,
00:37:54.24\00:37:59.61
you know, bring down
the level of our discussion.
00:37:59.64\00:38:06.38
Okay.
00:38:06.41\00:38:08.98
When I was leaving
home to go to 3ABN,
00:38:09.02\00:38:13.92
I am leaving my
elderly mom behind there.
00:38:13.96\00:38:17.33
She is living with me
00:38:17.36\00:38:20.00
and many years
ago, about 15 years ago,
00:38:20.03\00:38:23.47
I found a stray kitty outside.
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.84
And it was so cold,
just minus 20 freezing
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.97
and someone threw her
away and I took her home,
00:38:30.01\00:38:33.24
and she has been
living with us and she...
00:38:33.27\00:38:36.01
We live in a big apartment house
00:38:36.04\00:38:37.81
on the top floor.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.85
Most people live
this way in Russia.
00:38:39.88\00:38:42.12
And she never goes
out, she always is at home.
00:38:42.15\00:38:47.09
And for all these years,
she had a certain way of...
00:38:47.12\00:38:51.23
I apologize, if you think that
00:38:51.26\00:38:53.43
it's a wrong
topic you just tell me,
00:38:53.46\00:38:56.50
I'll not be offended.
00:38:56.53\00:38:57.87
So there is a certain way
00:38:57.90\00:38:59.37
that she has been
going to the bathroom
00:38:59.40\00:39:01.10
all these years.
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
It was a box
with pieces of paper.
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.91
Okay.
00:39:04.94\00:39:06.27
And then I said, it'll be
too much work for mom you know,
00:39:06.31\00:39:09.68
to do because I do it
several times a day changing it.
00:39:09.71\00:39:12.38
I thought, "Oh,
it's too much work."
00:39:12.41\00:39:13.75
I should get to a
more civilized way
00:39:13.78\00:39:18.25
which mankind has developed.
00:39:18.29\00:39:21.29
I thought I should go
to the kitty's litter,
00:39:21.32\00:39:25.69
yeah, kitty litter.
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.06
So I bought that
and big box for it
00:39:27.10\00:39:32.43
and so I would start to
teach my kitty to use it
00:39:32.47\00:39:37.04
and she wouldn't.
00:39:37.07\00:39:38.41
She just wouldn't.
00:39:38.44\00:39:39.81
It was hard for her
to switch after 15 years
00:39:39.84\00:39:42.44
of being used to something,
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.55
and I didn't know what to do.
00:39:44.58\00:39:47.02
I would take
her, I would pat her.
00:39:47.05\00:39:48.98
I would put her into
that box, I would stroke her.
00:39:49.02\00:39:52.49
I would scratch the
surface with her paw.
00:39:52.52\00:39:56.12
And she still wouldn't.
00:39:56.16\00:39:58.16
And then this
thought comes to me,
00:39:58.19\00:40:00.23
"Don't you think
you may pray about it?"
00:40:00.26\00:40:03.10
And it was after several days,
00:40:03.13\00:40:05.17
I mean, I was
torturing my kitty all the time.
00:40:05.20\00:40:07.44
Of course, she is
a very decent kitty
00:40:07.47\00:40:10.14
and she does try
not to do bad things
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.44
but she can sometimes and so...
00:40:12.47\00:40:16.24
And I just prayed, I
said, "Lord, I apologize.
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.48
I didn't think about
You. I don't know why.
00:40:18.51\00:40:20.68
I know that I should
think about You any moment,
00:40:20.72\00:40:24.15
and I should consult You,
00:40:24.19\00:40:25.85
and I should be
in communion with You
00:40:25.89\00:40:27.56
about any question.
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.16
I don't know why but...
00:40:29.19\00:40:30.96
" This is, like this is
the bad part of our nature.
00:40:30.99\00:40:33.50
We all have a good
part and a bad part.
00:40:33.53\00:40:35.50
"And this bad
part, I don't know,
00:40:35.53\00:40:37.40
just didn't prompt me
to talk to you about this,"
00:40:37.43\00:40:40.20
and you know, immediately
as I prayed about that,
00:40:40.24\00:40:42.90
my kitty went to the bathroom
00:40:42.94\00:40:45.17
and she did it so nicely
and correctly and everything.
00:40:45.21\00:40:48.71
And I thought, praise the Lord.
00:40:48.74\00:40:50.85
And then, of course,
kitty was not the main, like,
00:40:50.88\00:40:54.05
she was not my main
occupation, I had other things
00:40:54.08\00:40:56.69
you know, to worry about,
00:40:56.72\00:40:58.05
and then I am just
looking at her box and I think,
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.99
"Oh, she only
did the small thing.
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.72
She didn't do the bad thing."
00:41:01.76\00:41:04.03
The main, the big thing.
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.69
And I apologize
for this once again.
00:41:05.73\00:41:09.26
And I was like, "Oh,
00:41:09.30\00:41:10.73
she hasn't done it
for days so poor kitty."
00:41:10.77\00:41:13.90
And I start the same
thing all over again.
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.84
I start petting her,
I start stroking her,
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.71
I start scratching
that litter with her paw
00:41:19.74\00:41:24.15
and I am not
remembering about God again.
00:41:24.18\00:41:27.95
See, this is our nature.
00:41:27.98\00:41:30.92
And so it went on for a while
and I kept torturing my kitty
00:41:30.95\00:41:36.83
because I didn't
want to do it with God.
00:41:36.86\00:41:39.29
I wanted to do it on my own.
00:41:39.33\00:41:42.10
And then, I just kind of
had that thought in my mind,
00:41:42.13\00:41:47.67
"Don't you think
that you can pray
00:41:47.70\00:41:50.61
for a big thing also?
00:41:50.64\00:41:52.01
Don't you realize
that you should pray
00:41:52.04\00:41:54.31
for every little thing?"
00:41:54.34\00:41:58.91
Don't try to be, oh,
don't go this natural route
00:41:58.95\00:42:03.52
of being independent from me.
00:42:03.55\00:42:05.55
Be dependent on me on every,
every, every little thing.
00:42:05.59\00:42:08.42
Wow.
00:42:08.46\00:42:09.79
And so I prayed for
that part of the kitty's life
00:42:09.82\00:42:16.36
and immediately
you know, immediately
00:42:16.40\00:42:18.90
she went to the bathroom
and she did the right thing
00:42:18.93\00:42:21.80
immediately.
00:42:21.84\00:42:23.17
And you know, this is...
00:42:23.20\00:42:26.11
It may sound as, I don't
know, what kind of example,
00:42:26.14\00:42:31.28
not a very
probably appropriate one,
00:42:31.31\00:42:34.32
but how can I forget it.
00:42:34.35\00:42:37.45
I cannot forget it.
00:42:37.49\00:42:39.19
It is so
simple, it is so bright.
00:42:39.22\00:42:44.53
It just stands out, you know.
00:42:44.56\00:42:47.76
Don't you think
that there are things
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.96
that God doesn't
want to be involved in?
00:42:50.00\00:42:52.60
He wants to be.
00:42:52.63\00:42:54.07
And I wonder, and this
thought is just coming to me.
00:42:54.10\00:42:57.37
Now, I wonder if you know,
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.01
God was telling
the kitty what to do
00:42:59.04\00:43:01.18
just to bring me to my senses.
00:43:01.21\00:43:03.48
It is possible. How do we know?
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.48
That's true.
00:43:05.51\00:43:06.85
So yeah, and so,
you know, it comes to me
00:43:06.88\00:43:09.52
and I am so
thankful for this program
00:43:09.55\00:43:11.59
because when I
was thinking about
00:43:11.62\00:43:13.05
what examples I could give,
00:43:13.09\00:43:14.92
I just came up with this
one and I have been you know,
00:43:14.96\00:43:18.43
thinking about it long enough
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.90
so that it sticks
better in my own mind that...
00:43:20.93\00:43:24.13
Amen.
00:43:24.17\00:43:25.50
Yeah, we should be
with God in all the things,
00:43:25.53\00:43:27.54
in all the
things, daily, hourly,
00:43:27.57\00:43:31.47
momentarily, just all the time.
00:43:31.51\00:43:33.51
"Don't do anything without me."
00:43:33.54\00:43:35.21
This is what He is
saying. Well, that's powerful.
00:43:35.24\00:43:36.78
In everything. Yes.
00:43:36.81\00:43:38.15
Yeah, He says in everything,
00:43:38.18\00:43:39.51
with prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving.
00:43:39.55\00:43:40.88
Let your request be
made known. Exactly.
00:43:40.92\00:43:42.75
And the peace of God
passes all understanding.
00:43:42.78\00:43:46.02
Which means leaving
the cat back in Russia
00:43:46.05\00:43:49.19
and knowing that
there won't be a mess
00:43:49.22\00:43:50.69
to clean up when you get home.
00:43:50.73\00:43:52.23
That's peace, right?
00:43:52.26\00:43:53.66
Yes, it is. I love it.
00:43:53.70\00:43:55.30
That's wonderful.
You teared my eye.
00:43:55.33\00:44:00.64
I am on WhatsApp with mom daily
00:44:00.67\00:44:04.84
and she said that she misses me
00:44:04.87\00:44:07.51
and but she says, it's okay
00:44:07.54\00:44:09.98
and I ask her about
the kitty and she says,
00:44:10.01\00:44:11.88
"Oh, your favorite kitty.
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.31
You think so much
about your kitty."
00:44:13.35\00:44:14.82
But she says,
00:44:14.85\00:44:16.18
"Your kitty is doing
the best job imaginable."
00:44:16.22\00:44:19.22
And my mom says
because at first,
00:44:19.25\00:44:21.46
you know, having
her own ways also,
00:44:21.49\00:44:23.69
she was against that
new thing that I bought.
00:44:23.73\00:44:26.93
And she said, "Oh, I
am enjoying it so much,
00:44:26.96\00:44:28.93
it is so easy,
it is so helpful."
00:44:28.96\00:44:31.00
So she said, "You may
be peaceful about it."
00:44:31.03\00:44:35.10
There you go. Wow.
00:44:35.14\00:44:37.17
Prayer answered is
next. That's awesome.
00:44:37.21\00:44:39.84
Amen. That is incredible.
00:44:39.87\00:44:41.74
You know, I mean God
cares about everything,
00:44:41.78\00:44:44.41
every detail of our life,
00:44:44.45\00:44:45.78
and what I like
the most about that
00:44:45.81\00:44:47.78
is that God wants to
be involved in my life.
00:44:47.82\00:44:50.12
God wants to be
involved in your life,
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.79
every detail of your life.
00:44:52.82\00:44:54.29
No matter what
you are going through,
00:44:54.32\00:44:56.02
whether it seems
like a small thing
00:44:56.06\00:44:57.39
or a big thing, whatever it
is, God wants to be involved.
00:44:57.43\00:45:01.10
And I think prayer is
more than kneeling down.
00:45:01.13\00:45:03.10
That's an aspect of it.
00:45:03.13\00:45:04.60
And bowing my head
and closing my eyes
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.37
and my hands is
actually talking to God,
00:45:06.40\00:45:08.20
it's the communication with God
00:45:08.24\00:45:10.44
and I think that's neat,
you know, just communicating,
00:45:10.47\00:45:12.11
you're talking
about that with God,
00:45:12.14\00:45:13.51
that should be a daily habit.
00:45:13.54\00:45:15.04
Going, I'm here on
the set, or outside,
00:45:15.08\00:45:17.58
we are in our
offices, we are driving,
00:45:17.61\00:45:19.51
just talking to God.
00:45:19.55\00:45:20.88
Yes, that's key,
that open communication.
00:45:20.92\00:45:24.39
Do you have any personal?
Any other personal testimony?
00:45:24.42\00:45:26.62
I'll try to share
briefly my answer to prayer.
00:45:31.16\00:45:33.90
All right.
00:45:33.93\00:45:35.26
When we found out
what the subject of today's
00:45:36.67\00:45:38.80
talk will be,
00:45:38.83\00:45:41.24
we decided to
think a little about it.
00:45:41.27\00:45:43.37
And to that talk, we came,
00:45:56.48\00:45:59.19
the three of us
came to this idea
00:45:59.22\00:46:01.42
that we get the answers
to our prayers all the time,
00:46:01.46\00:46:05.46
but we don't pay attention.
00:46:05.49\00:46:07.26
We just don't realize
00:46:07.30\00:46:08.80
that this has
been done to us by God.
00:46:08.83\00:46:10.97
And I remember one
answer to my prayer
00:46:17.27\00:46:20.18
that was so
important to me and my family.
00:46:20.21\00:46:22.94
When my son was being born...
00:46:27.32\00:46:30.45
During the birth he
got a trauma of his head.
00:46:34.72\00:46:38.59
And between the skin
and the bone of his head,
00:46:46.20\00:46:51.57
a lot of liquid
started accumulating
00:46:51.61\00:46:54.34
and not going.
00:46:54.38\00:46:56.11
It was such a
horror to my whole family.
00:47:05.99\00:47:08.76
It was our first baby
and we are all believers,
00:47:08.79\00:47:13.96
the whole family.
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.33
So from the very
first days of his birth,
00:47:21.17\00:47:23.44
we were kneeling all the time,
00:47:23.47\00:47:26.07
during all the procedures
that we were to go through,
00:47:26.11\00:47:32.08
just all the time
we were on our knees.
00:47:32.11\00:47:34.35
There were so
many miracles happening
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.50
during that process,
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.60
the minor ones
and I cannot tell them
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.57
all within a short program,
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.74
but even the
fact that the surgeon
00:47:58.77\00:48:02.48
was the most experienced
person in the whole city
00:48:02.51\00:48:07.58
who was the head
doctor of the department
00:48:07.62\00:48:10.92
that took place
of such surgeries.
00:48:10.95\00:48:13.42
And we, my wife and I didn't
share this with our parents
00:48:15.92\00:48:19.93
because we didn't
want to worry them.
00:48:19.96\00:48:23.37
I'm sharing this in this circle,
00:48:25.20\00:48:28.24
just to show how
important a prayer is
00:48:28.27\00:48:31.87
for my family and
how it stands, you know,
00:48:31.91\00:48:36.38
obviously in our minds.
00:48:36.41\00:48:37.75
Amen.
00:48:37.78\00:48:39.11
Now we are two
and a half years old
00:48:41.82\00:48:45.35
and the baby is
just a wonderful boy.
00:48:45.39\00:48:50.19
Yeah, develops very well
both physically and mentally.
00:48:50.23\00:48:55.70
I remember
meeting him and your wife
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.90
when we were in Russia.
00:48:57.93\00:48:59.27
He is so cute. Yes, adore.
00:48:59.30\00:49:01.37
Yes, yes. That's right.
00:49:01.40\00:49:04.07
That's an
incredible story. Jesus cares.
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.07
He does care. Truly does.
00:49:06.11\00:49:07.74
He truly does.
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.11
But He still, He
wants to put us on our knees
00:49:09.14\00:49:11.71
because He could, you
know, in the first place,
00:49:11.75\00:49:14.02
He could have provided
that this doesn't happen,
00:49:14.05\00:49:17.15
that the baby is
healthy and that's all.
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.69
Then, secondly, as soon
as they stood on their knees,
00:49:19.72\00:49:23.06
He could have healed the
baby and that's all immediately.
00:49:23.09\00:49:26.49
But no, He wanted for
them to be on their knees
00:49:26.53\00:49:28.76
so that now Vadim
remembers it so well,
00:49:28.80\00:49:31.70
he can share it with us,
00:49:31.73\00:49:33.20
he can share it
with the viewers.
00:49:33.23\00:49:35.10
So it's a big
testimony how much God is, like,
00:49:35.14\00:49:39.37
He wants to be a part
of our life and the prayer,
00:49:39.41\00:49:43.01
constant prayer is our
way of being connected to Him.
00:49:43.04\00:49:47.32
And when we are, the Bible says,
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.75
pray unceasingly.
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.12
How do you pray unceasingly?
00:49:51.15\00:49:53.15
But He just wants us to be
in constant communion with Him.
00:49:53.19\00:49:57.36
We have plenty of opportunities
actually to pray unceasingly,
00:49:57.39\00:50:00.20
if we realize how desperate
we are and truly need God.
00:50:00.23\00:50:04.33
But I love that, you know,
that he has this testimony,
00:50:04.37\00:50:09.77
how we overcome the enemy,
is the word of our testimony.
00:50:09.80\00:50:12.77
Blood of the
lamb, so that's great.
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.61
And it builds
your faith. It does.
00:50:19.41\00:50:21.12
You know, just to see that.
00:50:21.15\00:50:23.02
Do you have an answered
prayer, Tim, you want to share?
00:50:23.05\00:50:24.49
Well, I want
you, if you don't mind
00:50:24.52\00:50:26.15
reading for me
out of Matthew 7:7-11?
00:50:26.19\00:50:31.59
Matthew in? 7-11.
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.76
Matthew 7-11. This, I love this.
00:50:34.80\00:50:38.10
Sorry, didn't warn you earlier.
00:50:38.13\00:50:39.47
Ask and keep on asking.
00:50:39.50\00:50:40.84
Right, exactly.
00:50:40.87\00:50:42.60
Matthew 7:7, "Ask and
it will be given to you."
00:50:42.64\00:50:45.74
And in the Greek, it's
"ask and keep on asking
00:50:45.77\00:50:49.51
and it will be
given to you, seek,
00:50:49.54\00:50:51.51
and keep on
seeking and you will find.
00:50:51.55\00:50:55.58
Knock, and keep on knocking
and it will be opened to you.
00:50:55.62\00:50:59.15
For everyone who asks receives,
00:50:59.19\00:51:01.66
and he who seeks,
finds, and to him who knocks,
00:51:01.69\00:51:04.29
it will be opened.
00:51:04.33\00:51:06.19
Or what man is
there among you who,
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.76
if his son asks for
bread, will give him a stone?
00:51:07.80\00:51:10.83
Or if he asks for a fish,
will he give him a serpent?
00:51:10.87\00:51:14.54
If you then being evil
00:51:14.57\00:51:16.44
know how to give good
gifts to your children,
00:51:16.47\00:51:18.67
how much more will
your Father who is in heaven
00:51:18.71\00:51:20.88
give good things
to those who ask him?
00:51:20.91\00:51:23.48
And keep on asking. Yes, yes.
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.98
So you know, I know we...
00:51:27.02\00:51:30.09
Sometimes we ask for
things or pray about things
00:51:30.12\00:51:32.59
and we look for
confirmation as to,
00:51:32.62\00:51:35.22
you know, until the answer comes
00:51:35.26\00:51:37.53
or when we're praying for
God's will about something.
00:51:37.56\00:51:40.30
So, yesterday, I
went and looked at a house
00:51:40.33\00:51:45.43
in a nearby town
00:51:45.47\00:51:47.24
and so the address is 7/11.
00:51:47.27\00:51:52.91
So, you know, I'm thinking,
this morning when I read this,
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.68
I opened it up it
out and I'd see, okay,
00:51:57.71\00:51:59.05
Matthew 7:7-11,
"Okay, wait a minute, what?"
00:51:59.08\00:52:02.05
This is my confirmation.
00:52:02.08\00:52:04.22
So you know
that's how shallow I am.
00:52:04.25\00:52:06.42
But then, you know,
it's just we all want to...
00:52:06.45\00:52:11.36
We're looking for, you know,
00:52:11.39\00:52:12.73
the ways and
sometimes we give God,
00:52:12.76\00:52:16.43
"God this could be
Your clue for me" you know.
00:52:16.46\00:52:18.67
So I just...
00:52:18.70\00:52:20.40
It's not an answer to prayer,
00:52:20.44\00:52:21.84
it's still a question to prayer.
00:52:21.87\00:52:23.41
But it's... But I
think we're all...
00:52:23.44\00:52:26.41
We all hope and I
certainly, you know,
00:52:26.44\00:52:29.18
in this, in my
issue, in every issue
00:52:29.21\00:52:31.75
when I'm praying for something,
00:52:31.78\00:52:33.52
I don't want anything
but God's perfect will.
00:52:33.55\00:52:36.15
Yes. But it's just funny.
00:52:36.18\00:52:39.29
I don't believe in coincidence
but I think it's interesting
00:52:39.32\00:52:44.13
how God lets the
little things that we find,
00:52:44.16\00:52:47.40
even when we are talking about
00:52:47.43\00:52:49.06
prayers for the
kitty or anything,
00:52:49.10\00:52:51.23
it's the little
things that He does,
00:52:51.27\00:52:54.14
He does care, all because
00:52:54.17\00:52:55.64
we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
00:52:55.67\00:52:59.31
And, you know, it is not shallow
00:52:59.34\00:53:01.01
because you put it
into God's hands, you know,
00:53:01.04\00:53:05.85
you could find 7/11,
00:53:05.88\00:53:08.72
I mean you could find
another association with 7/11,
00:53:08.75\00:53:11.82
but you found it in
the Bible which, you know,
00:53:11.85\00:53:15.19
it tells to the whole universe
00:53:15.22\00:53:17.83
because the whole
universe watches us how we are,
00:53:17.86\00:53:21.16
and it tells the whole universe
00:53:21.20\00:53:22.60
that you want to do it with God,
00:53:22.63\00:53:25.60
you don't want to
do it by yourself.
00:53:25.63\00:53:27.44
Amen.
00:53:27.47\00:53:29.67
We think about the
little things, you know,
00:53:29.70\00:53:31.27
that we may consider a
little like the kitty cat,
00:53:31.31\00:53:33.21
well, it's still
something that you know,
00:53:33.24\00:53:34.78
it means something to
us in our personal life.
00:53:34.81\00:53:36.85
I think about your
son, you know, that's huge.
00:53:36.88\00:53:39.21
Your son had been
with the health issue,
00:53:39.25\00:53:41.32
and I think of,
is it Isaiah 43 or 41
00:53:41.35\00:53:43.79
that talks about God
going with us through the storm?
00:53:43.82\00:53:47.22
Isaiah 43. Isaiah 43.
00:53:47.26\00:53:49.76
Yeah, because I also
think of Romans 8:28.
00:53:49.79\00:53:52.29
You know, we
know that all things
00:53:52.33\00:53:53.66
work together for good.
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.03
I don't know how it's
all going to work out.
00:53:55.06\00:53:56.40
I don't know the
answers and the reasons
00:53:56.43\00:53:57.93
why we go through some
of these challenges in life
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.67
and the struggles but
it's all for our salvation.
00:54:00.70\00:54:03.17
We ultimately
know that for a fact
00:54:03.20\00:54:06.04
that God will use
that for good somehow,
00:54:06.07\00:54:08.91
and so our lives I
believe as Christians
00:54:08.94\00:54:11.71
are not immune to storms.
00:54:11.75\00:54:13.42
It's just part of life.
00:54:13.45\00:54:15.18
But I think it's how
we handle those storms,
00:54:15.22\00:54:17.29
how we communicate,
trust God through those storms
00:54:17.32\00:54:20.66
that's just key and
I think in my own life,
00:54:20.69\00:54:22.46
you know, we talked
about having busy weeks
00:54:22.49\00:54:24.06
and you know
just a little stresses
00:54:24.09\00:54:25.79
and it's just crazy when
I think about the big things
00:54:25.83\00:54:27.93
in this earth that
are going on and in lives,
00:54:27.96\00:54:30.47
personal things
and I'm just like,
00:54:30.50\00:54:32.43
"God, why am I
worrying about that?"
00:54:32.47\00:54:33.94
Just please help me.
00:54:33.97\00:54:36.24
Just and that's, my
prayer is actually every day
00:54:36.27\00:54:39.64
and I sure struggle with this,
00:54:39.67\00:54:41.01
Lord, help me
just to have the peace.
00:54:41.04\00:54:42.84
I know as I think
about things in production,
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.55
different things like, oh,
dear I get worried about this,
00:54:44.58\00:54:46.68
and I get worried
about that but God says,
00:54:46.72\00:54:48.08
"Don't worry. I have
it all taken care of."
00:54:48.12\00:54:50.65
So He's answering
that prayer in my life
00:54:50.69\00:54:53.32
but it's a struggle of mine
too to just cast it all on God
00:54:53.36\00:54:56.62
knowing that He cares for me.
00:54:56.66\00:54:57.99
But God is so good.
00:54:58.03\00:54:59.36
I think about the
song Tim that I don't think
00:54:59.39\00:55:01.93
you didn't write
that song "God is good"
00:55:01.96\00:55:03.60
but when you sit at
the piano, sing that song,
00:55:03.63\00:55:07.04
you've
ministered to me many times
00:55:07.07\00:55:08.57
with that God is good.
00:55:08.60\00:55:09.94
He is faithful.
00:55:09.97\00:55:11.31
And I love the part
in it that talks about,
00:55:11.34\00:55:13.21
though I've had my
share of hard times,
00:55:13.24\00:55:15.51
I wouldn't
change him if I could.
00:55:15.54\00:55:17.11
The writer of that
song actually her son,
00:55:17.15\00:55:21.58
died some way I'm not
sure if it was self-inflicted
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or not but anyway later on,
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he shared with a
friend who changed that to,
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"Though have had my
share of hard times,
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I would probably
change him if I could."
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But I don't know,
you know, because we go,
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it's the hard times in life
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that build us and make
us, give us character, so.
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And I love there's
another song that says,
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if it matters to
me, it matters to God.
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Isn't that incredible.
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So it's just, just
hold on, don't lose hope.
00:55:52.88\00:55:55.58
If you are
praying for something that
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you've not found an answer to,
just keep on praying, hang on,
00:55:56.99\00:56:02.96
and keep believing,
keep trusting in God
00:56:02.99\00:56:05.36
and don't fail
Him, He won't fail you.
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Draw near.
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This is a perfect opportunity
00:56:09.03\00:56:10.50
for you to draw close to Him
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and just rest in Him
knowing He's got it controlled.
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I mean how long has He
been ruler of the world?
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That's the beginning.
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Right. Absolutely.
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I can't believe that we
got less than a minute left.
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So we are going to
have a short prayer
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and then we will close.
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Father, we just come before You
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in the name of Jesus.
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We just thank You that
You are God of the universe,
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and at the same time
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You want to live
within our heart,
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that right now we
ask for Your salvation,
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we ask for Your grace,
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we ask for Your anointing
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for our brothers
and sisters at home,
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and we thank you in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Thank you, Tim. Amen.
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Thank you, Julia.
Thank you Aleksei and Vadim.
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And it's just been a privilege.
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God wants to hear from
each one of your hearts.
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It is a privilege to
have this Family Worship
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with you at home.
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Know that we encourage
you to take everything,
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everything that concerns
you before the Lord in prayer.
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He will change you and
change your circumstances.
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Bye, bye.
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