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 word
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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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Happy Sabbath.
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We're so glad that
you're able to join us
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as you do each and
every week and especially
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for the Friday
night family worships.
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They're a lot of fun.
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We're Greg and Jill Morikone.
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We've had a busy week,
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not just she and
myself here at 3ABN
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but all of us as a team here.
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But it's been a great week, why?
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Because God is on the throne,
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He is the one that provides
the strength and the power,
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provides for our needs,
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He is there to see us
through any difficulties
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that we may face,
but you know what,
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He's not just
for us here at 3ABN,
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He's for you too at home.
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So again, we appreciate you
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and your support of
the ministry of 3ABN
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for all of the years,
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your financial support
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because it helps spread
the gospel around the world.
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This program that
you're seeing right now
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is funded because of you.
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So again, we thank you for that.
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And I think only in
eternity will you notice
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or know the full impact
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of what your
donations have done.
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So again, we appreciate
that and your prayers for 3ABN.
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Amen.
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I love Family Worship
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'cause it's an opportunity
to unplug as it were,
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we sit down around the table,
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and we just get to
share with you at home.
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I know we received
numerous letters and emails
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and phone calls from you saying,
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"I love Family Worship,
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and I bring in
the Sabbath with you."
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So we just welcome
you and around the table,
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we have part of our family,
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that is part of our
family for a long time,
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and part of our
family that's brand new
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to the 3ABN family.
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And we want to
introduce them to you.
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We'll start with the family
who's been here for years,
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Brother Tim Parton.
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I don't even look that
old. I've been anyway for years.
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You look the same always.
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That's a blessing, Tim.
Yeah, God is good to you.
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He is very good to me.
It's a blessing to be here.
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Always love working
here at 3ABN with you all
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and a privilege to
work through the week,
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and then to be able to
finish the week with you.
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So it's nice, nice to be here.
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I think it's neat, Tim,
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because it's really
fellowship one with another
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but also with God.
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And this is a
special time. It is.
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I love the
common bond. It's great.
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Yeah, you know, that, you know,
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Tim, God has given
you tremendous talents,
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many talents, one of
them, playing the piano,
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but we count you
as a good friend.
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Amen.
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And even, Tim, if you
couldn't play the piano,
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we'll still be your friend.
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That's just the
add-on to the friendship.
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So it's a
blessing. And I believe that.
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Some people would say that,
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and, you know,
not really mean it.
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But I know that
that's your heart
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'cause I've heard you sing,
and you're not that musical.
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No, I'm not. Not at all.
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We've been honest here.
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I'm just over
here flapping my jaw.
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So, no, we are
friends away from the piano
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and next to the piano.
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So thank you for that.
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That means a lot to me.
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We appreciate
your generosity too
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'cause someone send you some
nice little bread and stuff.
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Oh, my goodness, right,
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I'm going to be
talking about her later on,
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but, no, no.
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Yes, yeah.
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He shared some of that with us.
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And he does,
and we just love it.
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Sometimes Tim will
come in the office and say,
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"Here's an extra loaf of bread."
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And we love it to
be able to share that.
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Yeah, I want to
say to the viewers,
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thank you for the
things that you send, again,
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I've also said, you know,
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if baking an
apple pie is your thing,
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I have a friend
out in California
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who began to send
me banana nut bread...
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Yeah. Pumpkin.
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Pumpkin bread. Oh, yes.
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So, my goodness,
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so I've shared it with you
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'cause I know when
you share, then things...
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You get more.
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You become a
vessel and things more
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come your way and so.
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Well, it's a blessing
for us. For all of us.
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We enjoy it.
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We appreciate it,
Tim. We do. Absolutely.
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And on the other
side of the table
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is part of our
brand new 3ABN family,
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we're so excited
to introduce them
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to you at home,
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and I'm speaking of Jason
and his wife Francine Bergmann,
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and it is a privilege
to have both of you here.
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Amen. Well, thank you.
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I know that Brian
Hamilton is our CFO,
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and he's been that
probably 10 going on 11 years.
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He's been at 3ABN a long time.
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He and his wife Diane
have done an incredible job.
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They are looking at retirement.
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We don't even
like to say that word,
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but they're
looking at retirement
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in the spring of 2019.
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So we've been talking
to administrative team
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with our team here at 3ABN,
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we need to bring in someone
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as a replacement and
Jason is that replacement.
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Right now,
you're under treasurer
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and office manager,
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but we're looking at
you stepping into that role
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here at 3ABN and tell us
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just a little bit
of your background.
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You've worked in the conference
for many years as a treasurer.
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Yes, so I've worked quite
a few years in conference.
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I worked in Michigan
and Washington Conference
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and Nevada, Utah.
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And then I had an opportunity
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to work at the
general conference
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in their investment department.
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So it was a real blessing.
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I've really enjoyed
working for the church.
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And now it's a great opportunity
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that I'm here with you,
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and I want to
thank you for allowing us
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to be a part of your team.
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So here you are
in Southern Illinois
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because you've
gone from Michigan,
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all the way out west
to the giant mountains
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and those big fir
trees or evergreen trees,
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beautiful out there.
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And then to
Nevada and then back east
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and then Midwest.
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Southern Illinois. Yeah.
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That's right.
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So we just want to get,
you know, used to the culture
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and, you know, I
grew up in New Jersey,
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so I was born
there, and it was nice,
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the humidity was as it is here.
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And then Michigan
wasn't that bad, you know.
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And then I went out to
Seattle, and it rained.
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They call it sun breaks,
the sun comes out a little bit,
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and then it goes
back, and it rains.
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Rains some more.
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And then we decided
to go to Nevada, Utah,
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where it was so dry.
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So we went, like,
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from the wettest
state to the driest state.
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It was amazing.
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So here in Southern Illinois,
the grass grows like crazy.
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Yes, it does.
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And so like you said, in Nevada,
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there is no grass
really unless you water it.
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Yeah, that's amazing.
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Their biggest thing
there is decomposed granite.
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They call it DG.
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And they spread DG
around all of the properties
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to keep the
whatever little weeds,
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when it does rain,
and then it dies off.
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So it's nice seeing green grass.
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We're blessed to have you here.
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And there are no
traffic jams really.
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And so...
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No, which we love. Yes.
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That's good.
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And then your wife,
Francine, now, Francine,
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you've been a teacher for years.
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I know you're teaching
here in the local area.
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But you've been a
teacher for years,
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what grades do
you normally teach?
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I've taught all 1
through 8, but usually,
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it's the younger ones.
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This time I have an opportunity
to help out in an academy
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or lower grades,
six through eight.
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They're fun.
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So it's a good witnessing tool
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where I'm at
right now as though.
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And they can tell
that I'm a Christian.
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They've already asked
me, and they already know.
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So it's already a
ministry just beginning so.
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I'm excited for that.
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But I have to say, Illinois,
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I feel right at home
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because I grew up in
Michigan, so I have to say,
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I feel more at home than...
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Good.
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So this definitely
feels natural to be here,
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so we're very blessed
to be here and be with you
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and the ministry.
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So thank you.
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So you walk and I know
someone at home gonna say,
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"Okay, so how many years
you guys have been married?"
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And then you also have a
beautiful, little daughter,
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so how many years
you've been married?
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Twenty-three. Twenty-three.
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I love it.
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Yeah, I kind of put
you guys on the spot.
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And then you have a beautiful,
little daughter, Amanda.
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Amanda, she's eight years old.
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And she's going to
third grade right now.
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Wow! All grown up. Yeah.
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And she brings all the
laughter and all the joy.
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That's precious.
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Yeah, the neat thing I think
of young people and the kids
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is that they see life
in such a beautiful way
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and just the
innocence and the way
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they look and
experience, I would say,
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God and even the
spiritual things,
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it's good for us.
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As adults, we all
were kids at one time,
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but sometimes the
roughness of life can kind of
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somehow put on a
squelch some of that sometimes.
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So today, we
have a wonderful topic
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that I think can
kind of play into that.
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We do.
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As we're talking here
tonight on Claiming Promises
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from God's Word.
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We're going to look
at specific promises,
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share stories of
promises that we have claimed.
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God stands back of every promise
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that He has ever made.
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And He is a Man He cannot lie.
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And I love that
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because all of
His promises are yes
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and amen in Christ Jesus.
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And many times,
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we're going through an
experience, and we say,
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"Well, I don't
know what to do here,"
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or, "I'm not
sure where to turn,"
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but we can always
turn to the Word of God.
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So whether you're
full of joy tonight
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or if you're struggling,
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this program is for you
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and those
promises in God's Word.
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Yeah, we're going
to go to some music.
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Tim, of course, when
we have Tim on the set,
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we like to have a
little bit of piano...
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Let's do it, Brother Greg.
Yeah, let's go for it, Tim.
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Actually, you know
what? That's a good point.
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Actually, I just got...
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You pray, and I'll be over here.
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Okay, that sounds
good, we'll have a prayer.
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But, you know, I like music.
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And I think music is
definitely a part of worship.
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And so we hope that you join
us because the words will be
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on the bottom of the screen.
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It's not just us
here in the studio,
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but it's you at home,
we're doing this together,
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Family Worship.
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We'll do that in just a minute.
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Let's pray. Absolutely.
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And, Jason, you
want to open in prayer?
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Absolutely. Okay, thank you.
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Let's pray, Father,
we want to thank You
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for this time
that we can come to You
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and praise Your
Name for all that You do.
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Thank You for those
promises in the Bible.
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Thank You for Your
love and Your mercy
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and Your goodness and
Your patience with us.
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We love You and thank You.
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In Jesus' name, amen. Amen!
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So we're going to sing the song,
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I Sing the Mighty Power of God.
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I sing the mighty power of God
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That made the mountains rise
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That spread the
flowing seas abroad
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And built the lofty skies
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I sing the wisdom that ordained
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The sun to rule the day
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The moon shines
full at His command
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And all the stars obey
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I sing the goodness of the Lord
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Who filled the earth with food
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Who formed the
creatures through the Word
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And then pronounced them good
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Lord, how Thy
wonders are displayed
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Where'er I turn my eye
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If I survey the ground I tread
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Or gaze upon the sky
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There's not a
plant or flower below
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But makes Thy glories known
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And clouds
arise, and tempests blow
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By order from Thy throne
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While all that
borrows life from Thee
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Is ever in Thy care
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And everywhere that we can be
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Thou, God, art present there.
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Amen.
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Wow! What a powerful song.
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I tell you what, when Tim plays,
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it just makes you want
to sing all the worship,
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but as he said, I
can't sing, so, you know,
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that would be just
one of those things
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where I might be a
little bit miserable.
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So, Tim, you picked this
song, and thank you again,
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playing for us, but
why did we pick this song
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'cause a lot of times,
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you may think
standing on the promises
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'cause we're talking
about God's promises.
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Right, and I was...
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I considered that one
as an option, but when you,
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you know...
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When you get a
promise from someone,
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the promise is usually
only as good as their character
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and their ability
to keep that promise,
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so I thought, you know,
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when you talk about
the attributes of God,
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like that song does, I
sing the mighty power of God,
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all those words
as I'm singing them
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and I'm going over those words,
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and I'm just seeing
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what a beautiful
picture of all that God has done
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and in creating the world.
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When He makes a promise,
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that's a kind of person
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you know can stand
behind His promise.
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That's right.
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So I felt that
was really apropos.
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Absolutely. Yeah, that's great.
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Yeah, for sure.
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We're talking
tonight on claiming promises
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from God's Word.
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And, you know,
Jason, you're a finance guy.
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They say that there
is $5.8 billion worth
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of gift cards that
go unclaimed every year.
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That's right.
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As in money, right?
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Money, money, $5.8
billion worth of money
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that's unclaimed,
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that people never
actually go to the store
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and buy something with
their gift card, and yet,
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with the Word of God,
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how many times
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do these promises go unclaimed?
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We don't even know
what the promises are,
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and then if we do
know what they are,
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maybe we're
afraid to claim them.
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That's right.
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So why do you think...
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And you bring up a good point,
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why do you think we'd be afraid
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of claiming a promise?
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It's a good question.
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Well, you know, I look at it,
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I've seen in my own
life and can attest that
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when you get
confident in something,
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you think that you can do it.
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And then you look at,
"Well, you know, I can do it."
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And then you fall, and then
you wonder, "Why did I fall?"
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And that for me,
it was reflecting back
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that maybe I
took my eye off Jesus,
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and I thought I
could do it myself.
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And that's where I...
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Like in your own strength. Yes.
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Yeah, that's a good point.
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Yeah, and I think sometimes too,
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we might be afraid
of claiming a promise
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because we're afraid of failure
because we think we're the one
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that's making the
promise come to its fruition.
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Well, that's proven by the fact
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that we often give God
a couple of alternatives,
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you know, if
this doesn't work out,
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maybe you can go this route.
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And so instead of
just claiming His promise
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and knowing that
He's true to His word,
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but, yeah, failures are...
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Like maybe an
embarrassment, like, "Okay,
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so we prayed for this,
we've claimed God's promise,
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and then it
doesn't happen the way
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we think it should
necessarily happen."
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Right.
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Like we give God
out, you think sometimes.
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Yeah, yeah. That's right.
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I do. That's right.
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Don't you think also it could be
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if we don't know who God is?
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I mean, how can you
trust someone's promise
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if you don't know who they are?
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So if Greg were to say,
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"I'm coming home at this time, "
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and what if he
always came home late?
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Well, pretty soon, you
don't trust that, right?
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You think, "Okay..."
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And he usually
comes home on time.
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I don't mean that.
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Actually, we
usually go home together.
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But you ride
together. We ride together.
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So it doesn't matter.
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That's how you
keep your tongue on it.
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Yeah. Yes, that's interesting.
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We ride together.
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But, you know, if you
don't know the person,
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then how can you trust them?
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Let's look at our
kickoff scripture,
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Isaiah 55:11.
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Does anyone have that?
They want to read Isaiah 55:11?
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"So shall My Word be
that goes forth from My mouth.
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It shall not return to Me void,
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but I shall
accomplish what I please,
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and I shall prosper in the thing
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for which I sent it."
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Amen. Powerful.
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So what does that mean?
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When you read that
scripture, what does it mean?
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He's true to His word,
what He says, He will do.
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Yeah. That's right.
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And it's not empty.
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I mean, it is a promise
like we're talking about.
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That has
validity and to prosper.
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And we can hold
on to that promise.
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I like that.
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Yeah, I like...
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What version
are you reading from
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'cause I like the version
that you're reading from?
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New King James, New King James.
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Yeah, so, toward the end,
I think Francine has said...
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We'll read it again
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because in there
it actually has "I",
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mine doesn't actually have
that in the King James Version.
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"And it shall
prosper in the thing
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for which I sent it."
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Okay, yes.
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So, yeah, so God is the
one that's accomplishing it,
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doesn't say...
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Yes. That's right.
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You're doing it on your own.
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Yeah, exactly, yeah.
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It says, "The God's
the one that's doing it."
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And I like this here too,
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"And this shall not
return unto Me void."
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This is a powerful promise.
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It really is. That's right.
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Yeah, that when God's word
goes out, it won't return void.
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So this is God's
word, this is the Bible,
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and these are the
promises that we're claiming
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and going to be
sharing this evening.
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And I know that you have
some too that are probably
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your favorite
promises in the Bible as well.
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And so we're going to be sharing
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some experiences this evening,
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but if you ever
feel like writing to 3ABN
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and just saying,
"Hey, this promise,
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that's something to me
because of this and this."
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We would love to hear that,
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so hopefully, you'll
take the time to do that.
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It's encouraging,
Tim, to get those.
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Yes, that's the part...
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Yeah the word where it
says, "We overcome by the power
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of the blood of the Lamb
and the word of our testimony,"
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so when we share our
testimony with each other
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how God has proven on
His promises come true.
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Yeah, we want those.
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We need more of those.
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Amen. Absolutely.
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So if you look at categories
of promises in God's Word,
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what would you say are
some categories of promises?
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If we were to actually,
you know, line them out,
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and we say, "Well,
where do they fall under?"
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Or "What type of things
can we claim in God's Word?"
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What would you say?
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I think as
materialistic as we are,
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we easily go for
the material things,
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you know,
finances, that's where,
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you know, every day
meets the everyday need.
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So I would say, you know,
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promises that we claim for Him
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to provide and give us
this day our daily bread even,
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that's when we request that.
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And so I would, I
would say material thing.
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Yeah, like our daily needs.
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Right. Absolutely.
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And for me, there is the peace
as that, or finding comfort,
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and there's several of
them that you just find comfort
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that God's got it under control.
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Amen.
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So be peace, I like that.
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I like that. Let's
look at some of those.
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Shall we start with a
materialistic one, Tim?
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Well, you don't
have to actually.
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It's a great promise.
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You're always a
little more spiritual.
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I'm always over
here being the heathen.
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That's a great
promise though, right?
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But it's a
promise in God's Word,
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so it's not being a heathen.
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So we should
look at some promises
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on provision, right?
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For how God takes care of us.
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Something comes
to mind is Matthew.
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Let's look at that. Matthew 6?
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Yep.
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And then we'll look at peace.
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Matthew 6, I love that,
the Sermon on the Mount,
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so many practical
tools for how we can live
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as Christians, you know.
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And I'll read that.
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Oh, good. You got that?
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Yeah.
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"Therefore, do not worry..."
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What verse are you in?
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Matthew 6...
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Verse? Verse 31-33.
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Perfect. Got it.
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And just
correct me if I'm wrong.
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No, you're good.
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"Therefore do not worry,
saying, 'What shall we eat?'
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Or 'What shall we drink?'
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Or 'What shall we wear?'
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For after all these
things the Gentiles seek.
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For your Heavenly
Father knows that you need
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all these things but
seek first the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness,
and all these things
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shall be added to you."
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What does that say to you?
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That, you know, it's
easy to get caught up
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in the need itself,
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but the verse 33
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is just something I
remember learning as a kid,
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"Seek first the kingdom of God."
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And so order is important,
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you know?
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As with anyone,
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even in our human relationships,
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to expect a promise,
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we've got to
set things in order.
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We can't just go
and barge in and,
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you know, demand
something from you.
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I've got to earn your trust,
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and we just need to have
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a better relationship
than me just coming in
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and always being needy.
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So yet God wants us to
seek Him first, I think,
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seek Him first, not
what He can do for us.
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That's right.
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
Seek His heart and seek
who He is, His character.
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And then He says that,
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"All these things will
give those things to you,"
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because that's
what a father does.
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Amen.
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He sees how in
love you are with him,
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and he can't help but
want to be good to you.
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So I love that.
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But it comes to
me, in mind anyway,
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that when these
provisions are met,
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you're more open
to different things.
00:21:30.12\00:21:31.92
You have that other
peace, everything else
00:21:31.95\00:21:34.32
falls back into
place, when you...
00:21:34.36\00:21:35.86
And even Jesus recognized that,
00:21:35.89\00:21:37.96
when He was with the people
00:21:37.99\00:21:39.69
that He recognized
that He needed to be with...
00:21:39.73\00:21:42.13
You know, meet their
hunger needs or meet their needs
00:21:42.16\00:21:44.87
and then came the ministry.
00:21:44.90\00:21:47.40
That's cool. That's true.
00:21:47.44\00:21:48.77
I like that.
00:21:48.80\00:21:50.14
Yeah, that is
excellent actually,
00:21:50.17\00:21:51.51
so meeting like
the physical needs,
00:21:51.54\00:21:53.21
they're open, yeah.
00:21:53.24\00:21:55.01
He fed the 5000, sorry.
Yeah, it shows God's care.
00:21:55.04\00:21:57.48
But what's interesting is
Jesus always spent that time
00:21:57.51\00:22:01.92
in the mountains or in
nature early in the morning
00:22:01.95\00:22:06.79
to get that connection.
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.39
And that connection, like
you said, "Seek ye first, "
00:22:08.42\00:22:13.26
and then everything was added.
00:22:13.29\00:22:15.36
And like you said,
00:22:15.40\00:22:16.93
the day went well
00:22:16.97\00:22:18.37
and people were
blessed and God was glorified.
00:22:18.40\00:22:22.27
Amen.
00:22:22.30\00:22:23.64
Don't you think in our
own, not spiritual life
00:22:23.67\00:22:26.64
but I mean
physical with other people,
00:22:26.68\00:22:28.34
in our relationships,
00:22:28.38\00:22:29.71
in our
friendships with other people,
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.48
and I don't know if
you all are like this,
00:22:31.51\00:22:33.42
but sometimes it
bothers me if I feel like
00:22:33.45\00:22:35.58
someone wants to be my friend
because of what they can get.
00:22:35.62\00:22:39.12
Because of something
they think I can do for them
00:22:39.15\00:22:42.12
or something they think
that they can get from me,
00:22:42.16\00:22:45.99
but I want
someone to be my friend
00:22:46.03\00:22:47.36
just 'cause they
like who I am, you know,
00:22:47.40\00:22:49.23
and because they
like you as a person.
00:22:49.26\00:22:51.07
So I don't know, I'm
not trying to trivialize God
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.10
because we can't even begin
to understand His greatness,
00:22:54.14\00:22:57.61
but in some senses,
00:22:57.64\00:22:58.97
I would think
God's the same way.
00:22:59.01\00:23:00.34
If I just come saying,
"Give me this, I want that,
00:23:00.38\00:23:03.38
take care of this."
00:23:03.41\00:23:04.75
Instead of...
00:23:04.78\00:23:06.48
He wants us to come to
Him because we love Him
00:23:06.51\00:23:08.62
'cause we want Him as person.
00:23:08.65\00:23:10.79
That's right.
00:23:10.82\00:23:12.15
Yeah, and also
what is interesting
00:23:12.19\00:23:14.02
about this section of
verses, 31 talks about...
00:23:14.06\00:23:17.56
It's not only His provision,
00:23:17.59\00:23:19.29
but it's His concern
00:23:19.33\00:23:20.66
that we worry
about these things.
00:23:20.70\00:23:22.50
That's right.
00:23:22.53\00:23:23.87
How many times have I
been, you know, just...
00:23:23.90\00:23:26.40
It was the
worry and the concern,
00:23:26.43\00:23:29.27
the frustration, the
doubt, the whole questioning,
00:23:29.30\00:23:32.34
the whole being tied up in knots
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.34
as to how the need
was going to be met
00:23:34.38\00:23:37.08
was almost even
worse than the need itself.
00:23:37.11\00:23:40.52
And so God certainly
00:23:40.55\00:23:41.88
doesn't want us
to worry, you know.
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.45
I have heard so many
times, God owns the cattle
00:23:43.49\00:23:46.79
on the thousand hills
00:23:46.82\00:23:48.16
and the potatoes in those hills.
00:23:48.19\00:23:49.52
That's right.
00:23:49.56\00:23:50.89
So, you know...
00:23:50.93\00:23:52.26
That's good.
00:23:52.29\00:23:53.63
The fact that...
00:23:53.66\00:23:55.00
He's got it covered,
00:23:55.03\00:23:56.36
so He doesn't want us to
worry about it, for sure.
00:23:56.40\00:23:57.73
That's good. I love that.
00:23:57.77\00:23:59.10
You know, I like
that actually, Tim,
00:23:59.13\00:24:00.47
because that's
really God caring about
00:24:00.50\00:24:01.84
even what we're concerned about.
00:24:01.87\00:24:03.20
Exactly.
00:24:03.24\00:24:04.57
Yeah, and I...
00:24:04.61\00:24:05.94
Oh, I think it's Genesis...
00:24:05.97\00:24:07.31
Where's the flood?
00:24:07.34\00:24:08.68
I think it's Genesis
9, I think, is the flood.
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.15
Somewhere in there,
I think it's Genesis 9.
00:24:11.18\00:24:12.71
Anyway, God actually talks
about the rainbow in the sky
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.48
being a promise
that there would not be
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.75
another flood that
would destroy the whole earth.
00:24:18.79\00:24:20.12
That's right.
00:24:20.16\00:24:21.49
Well, what did it really matter?
00:24:21.52\00:24:22.86
God could have said, you
know, "I can just kind of
00:24:22.89\00:24:24.23
keep that in there just
to kind of let you guys worry
00:24:24.26\00:24:25.59
that you might
behave yourselves better."
00:24:25.63\00:24:26.96
But He didn't.
00:24:27.00\00:24:28.33
Because they would be concern,
00:24:28.36\00:24:29.70
like, "Man, what
if this happens again?
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.07
Now what are we supposed to do?"
00:24:31.10\00:24:32.43
So God just said,
"Hey, I'll put this rainbow,
00:24:32.47\00:24:33.80
and that's my covenant,
My promise with your Father."
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.40
Again, I know,
worry, worry about it.
00:24:36.44\00:24:38.97
Well, same as what
you're talking about.
00:24:39.01\00:24:40.44
That is
beautiful, isn't it? Wow!
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.08
Yeah, amen. What
should we look at next?
00:24:42.11\00:24:43.91
Amen.
00:24:43.95\00:24:45.28
Should we do
another provision one?
00:24:45.31\00:24:46.65
Philippians 4:19, and
I want to jump to peace.
00:24:46.68\00:24:51.29
Philippians 4:19,
00:24:51.32\00:24:54.19
do you want to read that, Jason?
00:24:54.22\00:24:55.56
Do you have that?
00:24:55.59\00:24:56.93
Just double
checking my Genesis 9
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.29
on the flood is it?
00:24:58.33\00:24:59.66
It is, Genesis 9 is the promise.
00:24:59.69\00:25:01.03
I looked.
00:25:01.06\00:25:02.40
Okay, verse 13, I
just want to make sure.
00:25:02.43\00:25:03.77
So Genesis 9:13.
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.13
Okay, I'm sorry.
00:25:05.17\00:25:06.50
We were on the Philippians 4...
00:25:06.53\00:25:07.87
Philippians 4:19.
00:25:07.90\00:25:10.41
And it says,
00:25:10.44\00:25:11.77
"And my God shall
supply all your needs
00:25:11.81\00:25:14.78
according to His riches
00:25:14.81\00:25:17.25
in glory by Christ Jesus."
00:25:17.28\00:25:22.68
Amazing, isn't
it? What a promise.
00:25:22.72\00:25:24.39
Yeah.
00:25:24.42\00:25:25.75
So we don't have to
worry about what we wear,
00:25:25.79\00:25:27.89
we don't have to worry about
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.26
what we're going to do tomorrow
00:25:29.29\00:25:31.06
because He
already has a plan for us
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.70
but seeking Him first.
00:25:33.73\00:25:36.10
You know,
what's powerful, Jason,
00:25:36.13\00:25:37.47
on this is that it
starts out, the second word,
00:25:37.50\00:25:40.00
at least in here,
it says, "But my God."
00:25:40.04\00:25:42.77
It doesn't say, "By
God," but, "My God."
00:25:42.80\00:25:45.31
Boy, that sounds
really personal, isn't it?
00:25:45.34\00:25:46.98
Yes. Yeah.
00:25:47.01\00:25:48.64
My God, He's my Lord.
00:25:48.68\00:25:50.28
That's right, and my friend.
00:25:50.31\00:25:51.91
Yeah, that's great.
00:25:51.95\00:25:53.82
So it's the relationship...
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.18
Can you imagine if
somebody is watching this
00:25:55.22\00:25:56.89
that isn't a Christian...
00:25:56.92\00:25:58.59
Okay.
00:25:58.62\00:26:00.39
That's an economy
that they can't grasp.
00:26:00.42\00:26:03.22
Like my God?
00:26:03.26\00:26:04.59
Well, that, "He
shall supply all our need
00:26:04.63\00:26:06.56
according to His riches,"
00:26:06.59\00:26:07.93
and that we don't have
to worry about, you know,
00:26:07.96\00:26:10.90
what to wear, and,
you know, was it Solomon
00:26:10.93\00:26:14.07
that talked about how
the birds of the field
00:26:14.10\00:26:17.21
were so beautiful and yet...
00:26:17.24\00:26:20.51
And the lilies.
00:26:20.54\00:26:21.88
And the flowers
and consider them,
00:26:21.91\00:26:24.08
and we'll know that
how much He cares for us
00:26:24.11\00:26:26.55
and wants to provide for us.
00:26:26.58\00:26:29.58
But that is something
00:26:29.62\00:26:30.95
that even a lot of
a Christian believers
00:26:30.99\00:26:34.86
don't, I mean, can't grasp.
00:26:34.89\00:26:36.96
Let alone someone who
doesn't believe in God.
00:26:36.99\00:26:38.33
Right, but it is amazing
thing because that means...
00:26:38.36\00:26:43.06
Well, does that mean
I don't have to work?
00:26:43.10\00:26:44.50
Well, sure you have to work,
but there's just an element
00:26:44.53\00:26:47.80
where you don't worry about it.
00:26:47.84\00:26:50.21
You don't...
00:26:50.24\00:26:51.57
Again, that's, to me,
the greater of the promise
00:26:51.61\00:26:54.78
is that that's not our concern.
00:26:54.81\00:26:57.31
Yes.
00:26:57.35\00:26:58.68
You know, because we all
have to go shopping, of course,
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.55
you know, we're
not going to have...
00:27:00.58\00:27:01.92
Unless you subscribe
to a clothing subscription
00:27:01.95\00:27:05.65
that they put it
on your front porch
00:27:05.69\00:27:07.76
which there are those,
and if you can afford that,
00:27:07.79\00:27:09.92
well, more power to you...
00:27:09.96\00:27:11.29
That's right.
00:27:11.33\00:27:12.66
But otherwise, you
know, we have to get out
00:27:12.69\00:27:15.40
and get those things.
00:27:15.43\00:27:16.77
So it's definitely describing
the concern that He has
00:27:16.80\00:27:22.00
that those
things can consume you
00:27:22.04\00:27:24.37
and overpower your
desire on your life.
00:27:24.41\00:27:30.08
You know, Tim,
00:27:30.11\00:27:31.45
what I also
noticed in the scriptures
00:27:31.48\00:27:33.58
in Philippians 4:19, it
states, supply all your need.
00:27:33.62\00:27:39.42
Sometimes in life
today, we differentiate
00:27:39.45\00:27:43.89
between need and want,
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.06
and it's interesting
that many people for a while
00:27:46.09\00:27:51.53
looked at want as a need.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.94
And you can reflect
that on all the people
00:27:53.97\00:27:56.84
who had credit card debt.
00:27:56.87\00:27:58.94
And, you know, they realize
that when things got rough,
00:27:58.97\00:28:02.94
they realized
that their credit card
00:28:02.98\00:28:06.18
was helping them
00:28:06.21\00:28:08.38
with more of want than a need.
00:28:08.42\00:28:12.62
And so a few years
ago, they realized that,
00:28:12.65\00:28:17.43
"Hey, we're going to
cut our credit cards,
00:28:17.46\00:28:19.49
and we're going to
stick with what we earn."
00:28:19.53\00:28:22.13
And the need came back.
00:28:22.16\00:28:24.47
So it's very
interesting, your needs
00:28:24.50\00:28:28.60
and not your wants
which is very powerful.
00:28:28.64\00:28:31.61
Yeah, it is.
00:28:31.64\00:28:32.97
Amen.
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.34
It goes along
with the scripture,
00:28:34.38\00:28:35.71
God wants us to be
content in all the things.
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.45
That's right.
00:28:37.48\00:28:38.81
You know, whatsoever state
we are in for to be content.
00:28:38.85\00:28:41.28
That's true. Absolutely.
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.65
I was going to touch
on one thing too you said,
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.02
Tim and Francine and
Jason, Jill and I love nature.
00:28:44.05\00:28:47.92
And so there's, you know,
00:28:47.96\00:28:49.36
great scriptures in the Bible
00:28:49.39\00:28:50.73
about the birds, you
know, and you think about God
00:28:50.76\00:28:53.66
supplying our
need, but the birds,
00:28:53.70\00:28:55.70
He said He'd take
care of the birds,
00:28:55.73\00:28:57.07
but the birds
are going out there
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.43
and actually
gathering and finding the seeds,
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.37
the little bugs,
they're not just sitting there
00:29:00.40\00:29:01.87
on the little
branch just singing
00:29:01.90\00:29:04.24
all day without going out.
00:29:04.27\00:29:06.11
Yeah, so God
is, yeah, supplying.
00:29:06.14\00:29:07.81
He supplies the
bugs for the birds
00:29:07.84\00:29:09.38
and the little seeds
00:29:09.41\00:29:10.75
and all that stuff
for the birds to go out
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.11
and actually work,
pick up the little things.
00:29:12.15\00:29:13.95
And so I liked
what you said, Tim,
00:29:13.98\00:29:15.78
that God wants us to
actually do our part.
00:29:15.82\00:29:17.69
Amen.
00:29:17.72\00:29:19.05
Whatever much more, we're going
to go to peace, weren't we?
00:29:19.09\00:29:20.42
Yeah, let's look at peace.
00:29:20.46\00:29:21.79
We'll stay in the Philippians 4
because there's a great promise
00:29:21.82\00:29:24.69
in Philippians 4 on peace.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.80
and 7.
00:29:29.66\00:29:33.30
You have that, Sweetie? I do.
00:29:33.34\00:29:34.70
Yes, Philippians 4:6 and 7 says,
00:29:34.74\00:29:37.34
"Be careful for nothing
but in everything by prayer
00:29:37.37\00:29:40.61
and supplication,
with thanksgiving,
00:29:40.64\00:29:43.04
let your requests
be made known unto God.
00:29:43.08\00:29:46.25
And the peace of God
which passeth all understanding
00:29:46.28\00:29:49.65
shall keep your hearts and minds
00:29:49.68\00:29:51.92
through Christ Jesus."
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.76
Well, that's great.
00:29:53.79\00:29:55.12
Verse 7, "And the peace of God,"
00:29:55.16\00:29:56.52
I don't know what
the Peace of God would...
00:29:56.56\00:29:58.19
I mean, He has
utmost peace, right?
00:29:58.23\00:29:59.96
Yeah.
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.33
Yeah, wow, so to
have that in our lives...
00:30:01.36\00:30:03.26
I like how it says
be anxious for nothing.
00:30:03.30\00:30:06.94
Yes. I love that.
00:30:06.97\00:30:08.30
It doesn't say some
things. It said nothing.
00:30:08.34\00:30:11.14
And again, it's that He
doesn't want you to worry,
00:30:11.17\00:30:14.01
He doesn't want
you to be anxious,
00:30:14.04\00:30:15.38
so it has so much more
to even than to do with Him
00:30:15.41\00:30:18.91
meeting the need.
00:30:18.95\00:30:20.35
It's what you go
through while we go through
00:30:20.38\00:30:22.78
and worrying about
or being full of care
00:30:22.82\00:30:26.25
or careful about the need.
00:30:26.29\00:30:29.99
It reminds us
also with Thanksgiving,
00:30:30.03\00:30:32.19
and I think that
always reminds me
00:30:32.23\00:30:34.46
that I need to be grateful.
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.43
Oh, yeah.
00:30:36.46\00:30:37.80
And the things God has
blessed us and already...
00:30:37.83\00:30:40.47
Again, claiming
that promise that,
00:30:40.50\00:30:42.44
"Lord, you've
already blessed me this far.
00:30:42.47\00:30:44.67
I know you're going
to fulfill it again."
00:30:44.71\00:30:46.78
Amen.
00:30:46.81\00:30:48.21
Don't you think
that thanksgiving
00:30:48.24\00:30:49.74
has something to
do with the anxious?
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.58
In my mind, it does.
00:30:51.61\00:30:52.95
So if I give thanks,
00:30:52.98\00:30:55.18
my anxiousness decreases, right?
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.39
So if I'm focused on
the need or what I want,
00:30:57.42\00:31:00.36
then the anxiousness increases,
but if I choose to give thanks,
00:31:00.39\00:31:04.49
prayer, supplication,
give it to Him and give thanks,
00:31:04.53\00:31:07.60
I think that pulls
the anxiousness down.
00:31:07.63\00:31:09.73
Absolutely.
00:31:09.76\00:31:11.47
it's important...
00:31:11.50\00:31:13.34
Today, there is a big...
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.74
Well, I'll just say,
in my life, every morning,
00:31:15.77\00:31:18.84
I try to start with gratitude,
that's the first words
00:31:18.87\00:31:22.81
come out of my mouth is,
00:31:22.84\00:31:24.18
"Lord, thank You for
just good night's rest
00:31:24.21\00:31:26.78
or a pillow."
00:31:26.82\00:31:28.35
And I was just
talking to my son last night
00:31:28.38\00:31:30.42
who is getting back into school.
00:31:30.45\00:31:32.69
And he was
overwhelmed by all the things
00:31:32.72\00:31:36.02
that were going on, and I said,
00:31:36.06\00:31:37.56
"Son, just take
time first of all,
00:31:37.59\00:31:39.96
let's put it in order,
00:31:40.00\00:31:41.33
let's tell God how thankful
we are for some things,"
00:31:41.36\00:31:44.60
you know, so gratitude is huge.
00:31:44.63\00:31:47.77
You know, that is a good point
00:31:47.80\00:31:49.14
because I'm
thinking of your son,
00:31:49.17\00:31:50.51
then so in other words,
yeah, I may be overwhelmed,
00:31:50.54\00:31:51.87
but thank you...
00:31:51.91\00:31:53.24
I don't know all
that he's dealing with,
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.61
but, you know, thank You, God,
00:31:54.64\00:31:55.98
that I actually
have the opportunity
00:31:56.01\00:31:57.35
to get education,
00:31:57.38\00:31:58.71
that I can see my
book work have a hand
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.08
to write anything
out or type something."
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.58
That's a good point.
00:32:02.62\00:32:03.95
So we could actually read,
then go into Philippians 4:19,
00:32:03.99\00:32:06.39
we could actually
say, "Thank You, God,
00:32:06.42\00:32:08.69
for supplying all of my
needs according to Your riches
00:32:08.72\00:32:12.49
and glory by Christ Jesus."
00:32:12.53\00:32:14.13
So I like the gratitude part.
00:32:14.16\00:32:16.16
Yeah, I think it
actually helps us realize
00:32:16.20\00:32:18.83
wherever I think I'm from.
00:32:18.87\00:32:20.20
Yeah, I love that. I love that.
00:32:20.24\00:32:21.84
Thank You, God, because to me,
00:32:21.87\00:32:23.81
every single
promise in the Word of God,
00:32:23.84\00:32:26.27
We can turn around as a prayer.
00:32:26.31\00:32:29.38
And when we pray,
00:32:29.41\00:32:30.75
we give thanks
00:32:30.78\00:32:32.11
because we know
we've already received it.
00:32:32.15\00:32:33.75
So thank You, God, for that
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.95
I don't have to be
anxious for anything.
00:32:35.98\00:32:37.85
Thank You that You
will supply all my needs.
00:32:37.89\00:32:41.46
Thank You for Your peace.
00:32:41.49\00:32:42.82
Thank You for
whatever the promise is,
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.56
but I love that.
00:32:44.59\00:32:45.93
You know what's interesting,
if you look at nature,
00:32:45.96\00:32:48.03
the only one that
really can give thanks
00:32:48.06\00:32:51.47
are we the humans,
sons and daughters of God,
00:32:51.50\00:32:56.64
which is amazing.
00:32:56.67\00:32:58.01
Right.
00:32:58.04\00:32:59.37
Whereas we can speak
and say, "Thank You, God."
00:32:59.41\00:33:00.74
That's right.
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.11
We can, yeah, we
can put it in words.
00:33:02.14\00:33:04.41
But that may be what
the birds are singing about.
00:33:04.45\00:33:06.18
I'm sure. I'm sure.
00:33:06.21\00:33:08.25
Right?
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.95
If they're smart,
they're whistling,
00:33:09.98\00:33:11.79
"Thank You, Jesus."
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.59
For my little
bugs and seeds. Right.
00:33:13.62\00:33:15.32
exactly. That's good.
00:33:15.36\00:33:17.06
I like that. I love that.
00:33:17.09\00:33:18.56
We have the
ability, let's use that.
00:33:18.59\00:33:21.06
Amen. Yeah, very true.
00:33:21.10\00:33:22.96
Do we want to do an experience
or keep going on scripture?
00:33:23.00\00:33:25.10
Sure, yeah.
00:33:25.13\00:33:26.47
No, we can...
00:33:26.50\00:33:27.84
I just was
thinking of you at home
00:33:27.87\00:33:29.20
because, you know,
we're talking about
00:33:29.24\00:33:30.57
supplying our need,
00:33:30.61\00:33:31.94
and we're just thankful for you.
00:33:31.97\00:33:33.31
We've mentioned this, it
seems like every program.
00:33:33.34\00:33:35.08
And so I don't want to
be interrupting worship,
00:33:35.11\00:33:36.51
but we truly are.
00:33:36.54\00:33:37.88
It comes from our
heart when we say thank you
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.71
because obviously Jesus
is the one that supplies
00:33:39.75\00:33:41.68
the means to those of
you that are able to donate,
00:33:41.72\00:33:43.92
but still we
appreciate you donating
00:33:43.95\00:33:45.99
to the ministry of 3ABN
00:33:46.02\00:33:47.36
because 3ABN is 34
years old just about,
00:33:47.39\00:33:51.59
and so God has
supplied our need at 3ABN
00:33:51.63\00:33:55.10
for all the years,
00:33:55.13\00:33:56.46
and then think
about your own life.
00:33:56.50\00:33:57.83
There are people in your life
or maybe you don't even know,
00:33:57.87\00:34:00.64
someone's giving some
money to you anonymously
00:34:00.67\00:34:02.50
or supply something to you,
00:34:02.54\00:34:04.47
we have a lot
to be grateful for.
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.98
And I think we
should also look at it,
00:34:07.01\00:34:10.18
what if we can be the
hands and the feet for God
00:34:10.21\00:34:14.72
to actually help
bless someone else.
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.72
And then, man, I know
00:34:17.75\00:34:19.09
when we have the
opportunity to do that,
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.46
it really does
something to your own heart
00:34:20.49\00:34:22.09
because then we could
actually be that supply chain
00:34:22.12\00:34:24.36
to that person
that God is using,
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.16
so don't forget that,
00:34:26.19\00:34:27.53
to be a
blessing to someone else.
00:34:27.56\00:34:28.90
Amen. All right.
00:34:28.93\00:34:30.27
So you mentioned... Go ahead.
00:34:30.30\00:34:31.63
I've just got to add on to
that because it's important...
00:34:31.67\00:34:34.87
It's important
'cause I have to say it.
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.97
I have a really good friend
00:34:38.01\00:34:41.21
who was just
sharing with me this morning
00:34:41.24\00:34:44.25
about how that God
told her to put up buckets.
00:34:44.28\00:34:50.19
In facts, she had a dream
that she was to place buckets
00:34:50.22\00:34:53.89
throughout her house.
00:34:53.92\00:34:55.62
And they were to
receive blessings.
00:34:55.66\00:35:00.30
And so she went to
a store and brought
00:35:00.33\00:35:04.43
several little plastic buckets,
00:35:04.47\00:35:06.53
and they're
scattered around her house now.
00:35:06.57\00:35:09.17
And she has a housekeeper
that is not a Christian.
00:35:09.20\00:35:14.04
And she said
that a couple days ago
00:35:14.08\00:35:18.31
when the housekeeper was there,
00:35:18.35\00:35:20.52
she had an
opportunity to explain
00:35:20.55\00:35:22.85
what those buckets were about.
00:35:22.88\00:35:24.85
And then when the
housekeeper turned in her hours,
00:35:24.89\00:35:29.86
she said, "Well,
I was actually here
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.23
for two and a half hours,
00:35:31.26\00:35:32.59
but you just pay me $30,
00:35:32.63\00:35:36.10
and put the rest
in those buckets."
00:35:36.13\00:35:38.50
Like she was planting a seed.
00:35:38.53\00:35:40.87
And so even to the unbeliever,
00:35:40.90\00:35:42.74
she was able to share her faith,
00:35:42.77\00:35:46.91
and my friend was
able to, you know, explain,
00:35:46.94\00:35:51.81
you know, and
just provide an example
00:35:51.85\00:35:53.35
of what it means.
00:35:53.38\00:35:54.72
And that's, you
know, I don't know
00:35:54.75\00:35:57.52
what those
buckets necessarily mean.
00:35:57.55\00:35:58.99
They may not be
for money, they made...
00:35:59.02\00:36:01.39
Sometimes God asks
you to do something
00:36:01.42\00:36:03.53
just to be obedient, you know.
00:36:03.56\00:36:09.20
So anyway, I know
that those buckets
00:36:09.23\00:36:12.20
will represent her belief,
00:36:12.23\00:36:14.14
and she said that
she has had to give away,
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.87
God has encouraged
her to give away $500
00:36:16.91\00:36:20.54
in the past week to...
00:36:20.58\00:36:24.15
To bless. To bless others, yeah.
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.58
And she said, "I've
got my buckets out here.
00:36:26.61\00:36:29.65
How can that work?"
00:36:29.68\00:36:31.02
Well, you know, how
that works and when you give,
00:36:31.05\00:36:35.32
God blesses you in
return for giving and tithing.
00:36:35.36\00:36:38.79
In Malachi, it says, you know...
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.96
Open up the windows of heaven.
00:36:41.00\00:36:42.33
That's right.
00:36:42.36\00:36:43.70
You know, we
don't have that here,
00:36:43.73\00:36:45.07
but that's another promise.
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.43
Well, I've got it
right here. You, do?
00:36:46.47\00:36:47.80
Okay, good job. Oh, good.
00:36:47.84\00:36:49.17
Yeah, yeah, Malachi.
00:36:49.20\00:36:50.54
I'm a firm
believer in this that...
00:36:50.57\00:36:51.91
Okay, so if you put
your buckets out there,
00:36:51.94\00:36:53.27
yes, you might
get some money back,
00:36:53.31\00:36:54.64
you know, but I also believe...
00:36:54.68\00:36:56.01
I don't know, I can't
really certainly prove it,
00:36:56.04\00:36:58.21
but the tires on my car,
maybe if God hadn't blessed,
00:36:58.25\00:37:01.42
would have worn
out 10,000 miles ago,
00:37:01.45\00:37:03.32
I don't know.
00:37:03.35\00:37:04.69
It's just those things
that I believe God does,
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.25
or I could have been
sick 365 days in one year,
00:37:06.29\00:37:09.29
and I was only sick, you
know, seven days, I don't know,
00:37:09.32\00:37:11.73
you know, just
those little things
00:37:11.76\00:37:13.09
that I think we need to
be cognizant of, recognize,
00:37:13.13\00:37:14.86
like you're saying...
00:37:14.90\00:37:16.23
Children of Israel
walked all that way
00:37:16.26\00:37:17.60
without their shoes wearing out.
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.80
Yeah, many
times, we're a conduit.
00:37:19.83\00:37:21.50
Yes.
00:37:21.54\00:37:22.87
You know, we're a conduit
with the love Jesus gives us,
00:37:22.90\00:37:25.74
with our resources...
00:37:25.77\00:37:27.11
Yes.
00:37:27.14\00:37:28.48
With banana bread.
Yeah, that's right.
00:37:28.51\00:37:29.84
And when, you know, I
look at it as a vessel.
00:37:29.88\00:37:32.91
When we pour out that vessel,
00:37:32.95\00:37:35.72
then the Lord
gets an opportunity
00:37:35.75\00:37:37.12
to fill it with more.
00:37:37.15\00:37:38.82
And then we pour it out,
00:37:38.85\00:37:40.19
and it's kind of
like the Holy Spirit.
00:37:40.22\00:37:41.56
When we share the good
news, He fills us with more.
00:37:41.59\00:37:45.06
And the Lord ultimately
is praised because of it.
00:37:45.09\00:37:48.23
Yes. Absolutely.
00:37:48.26\00:37:49.60
You know,
Francine, I'm thinking of you
00:37:49.63\00:37:51.83
in the education field,
and I know that you worked,
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.40
I think, with
public and Christian,
00:37:54.44\00:37:56.00
you know, in that setting,
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.57
but, wow, what a
conduit as a teacher you can be,
00:37:57.61\00:38:01.38
especially with
this little young minds
00:38:01.41\00:38:03.04
that are being formed.
00:38:03.08\00:38:04.41
And it's constantly again,
00:38:04.45\00:38:05.78
prayer first in the
classroom definitely.
00:38:05.81\00:38:11.72
And I think too,
you know, vessel may be
00:38:11.75\00:38:13.09
being poured through
you, but also who you are...
00:38:13.12\00:38:15.32
That's right. As a person.
00:38:15.36\00:38:17.26
Who you are as a
person and your walk with God
00:38:17.29\00:38:18.63
that comes through.
00:38:18.66\00:38:20.00
That's a huge,
yeah, a huge testimony.
00:38:20.03\00:38:21.36
Absolutely. I'm sure.
00:38:21.40\00:38:22.73
Do you have all have
any testimonies or promises
00:38:22.76\00:38:24.63
that you've claimed?
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.03
I'll let you go first.
00:38:26.07\00:38:27.44
Oh, you want me
to go first? Yay!
00:38:27.47\00:38:30.24
Well, I think one of them,
00:38:30.27\00:38:31.61
and it comes back to
the peace again, for me,
00:38:31.64\00:38:34.84
and it would be
in the 1 Peter 5:7.
00:38:34.88\00:38:38.45
Can we look that up here?
00:38:38.48\00:38:39.81
Definitely. 1 Peter 5:7.
00:38:39.85\00:38:43.12
We hope you're turning
in your Bibles at home too.
00:38:43.15\00:38:45.85
This is a Bible Study together.
00:38:45.89\00:38:47.36
1 Peter, find 1 Peter.
00:38:47.39\00:38:48.96
And with this one,
I always like the song
00:38:48.99\00:38:50.96
that comes with it.
00:38:50.99\00:38:52.33
Some of us might
know it, but later.
00:38:52.36\00:38:54.56
"Cast all your care upon
Him, for He cares for you."
00:38:54.60\00:38:58.30
And there's so many
times that I'm anxious,
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.30
maybe it is that
student that I want to reach,
00:39:00.34\00:39:03.20
and I don't know just quite
00:39:03.24\00:39:04.57
how to connect with that student
00:39:04.61\00:39:06.37
because maybe
they're struggling at home.
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.21
There's lots of
issues that are going on.
00:39:08.24\00:39:10.88
And I have to just say,
00:39:10.91\00:39:12.25
"Lord, I need to
put it down at You."
00:39:12.28\00:39:15.08
And there's an
experience that Jason and I
00:39:15.12\00:39:17.65
come back to
every once in a while.
00:39:17.69\00:39:19.45
We were at a camp,
and we were volunteering,
00:39:19.49\00:39:22.92
and it was late at
night, it was close to midnight,
00:39:22.96\00:39:25.53
and we were
heading back to a lodge.
00:39:25.56\00:39:29.63
And we were walking,
00:39:29.66\00:39:32.43
and we could see
the lights for a while,
00:39:32.47\00:39:34.07
but then it got so dark
because it was in the woods.
00:39:34.10\00:39:37.17
And we couldn't see the
moon, we couldn't see any light.
00:39:37.21\00:39:40.88
And we didn't have a flashlight.
00:39:40.91\00:39:42.24
And we did not
bring our flashlight.
00:39:42.28\00:39:44.08
Oh, no.
00:39:44.11\00:39:45.45
And so we were realizing
how valuable that flashlight,
00:39:45.48\00:39:49.35
it being a light is.
00:39:49.38\00:39:50.75
And so we were
walking in the dark,
00:39:50.79\00:39:53.79
and we had to
finally say, "Lord..."
00:39:53.82\00:39:57.79
We decided to pray
right then and there,
00:39:57.83\00:39:59.79
we just stopped where we were,
00:39:59.83\00:40:01.23
and we decided to pray.
00:40:01.26\00:40:02.60
And we said,
"Lord, we don't know
00:40:02.63\00:40:03.97
where we're going.
00:40:04.00\00:40:05.33
We honestly need Your help."
00:40:05.37\00:40:07.90
And so we, and then we woke up,
00:40:07.94\00:40:10.41
and we realized
in the stillness,
00:40:10.44\00:40:12.54
in the peace of it,
00:40:12.57\00:40:14.44
then we could hear the
water that was close by,
00:40:14.48\00:40:18.61
you felt a little more
the path of the wood ships,
00:40:18.65\00:40:22.75
and you kind of knew
where the trees were,
00:40:22.78\00:40:24.85
and you could...
00:40:24.89\00:40:26.22
You were more in
tune with nature.
00:40:26.25\00:40:28.49
And again, God
speaks through nature.
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.13
And it was just
amazing that we...
00:40:31.16\00:40:34.53
I mean, it had to be a good...
00:40:34.56\00:40:36.77
I want to say
close to half a mile
00:40:36.80\00:40:38.33
that we had to walk.
00:40:38.37\00:40:39.97
Yeah, it was a good distance.
00:40:40.00\00:40:41.34
And so it was a good
distance that we just honestly
00:40:41.37\00:40:43.07
could not see our
hand in front of us.
00:40:43.10\00:40:44.97
And we made it.
00:40:45.01\00:40:46.94
And then we finally
saw the light in the cabin.
00:40:46.98\00:40:49.44
But again, and I love the song,
00:40:49.48\00:40:52.28
I will Cast All
My cares Upon You,
00:40:52.31\00:40:54.02
I will lay down...
00:40:54.05\00:40:55.38
And there's many times at
night, sometimes I wake up,
00:40:55.42\00:40:57.92
and I just have
that fear or something
00:40:57.95\00:41:00.76
and that I want to reach
a student, and I wake up,
00:41:00.79\00:41:04.09
and I say, "All
right, let me pray.
00:41:04.13\00:41:07.40
Let me..."
00:41:07.43\00:41:08.76
And then I have
to sing the song,
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.50
and sometimes I'll
sing it three or five times
00:41:10.53\00:41:14.34
until I fall asleep,
00:41:14.37\00:41:15.70
and I just have to
keep reminding myself,
00:41:15.74\00:41:17.71
"Lord, I'm laying all
my cares at Your feet."
00:41:17.74\00:41:21.21
So that song is
another important song
00:41:21.24\00:41:23.85
and another
important text for me
00:41:23.88\00:41:26.28
that if I don't know what to do,
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.95
God has it
already all planned out.
00:41:28.98\00:41:30.89
And He has led me
time and time again
00:41:30.92\00:41:35.36
where I feel His promises,
00:41:35.39\00:41:37.16
and He make His way
plain every time, every time,
00:41:37.19\00:41:41.46
and there's
miracles upon miracles
00:41:41.50\00:41:43.30
that I'm just in awe
every time I think about them.
00:41:43.33\00:41:47.34
Amen. It's a great text.
00:41:47.37\00:41:48.70
That's beautiful.
00:41:48.74\00:41:50.07
1 Peter 5:7, I
like it, Francine.
00:41:50.11\00:41:52.11
I think of all
the prescription drugs
00:41:52.14\00:41:54.14
that are prescribed for anxiety
00:41:54.18\00:41:57.35
and emotional
situations with it,
00:41:57.38\00:41:59.51
if we would just cast
all that on God, and again,
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.88
I know that's easier
said than done, but, you know,
00:42:02.92\00:42:06.45
there's got to
be a key somewhere
00:42:06.49\00:42:09.56
that we just surrender
and say, "You know, I..."
00:42:09.59\00:42:13.43
Take it.
00:42:13.46\00:42:14.80
Yeah, "Get rid
of this for me, God.
00:42:14.83\00:42:16.56
It's..."
00:42:16.60\00:42:17.93
"You know, you got
it. I can't handle it.
00:42:17.97\00:42:19.30
And I don't want
to be on medicine
00:42:19.33\00:42:21.67
to control my
emotional situations,
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.11
concerns, anxieties.
00:42:25.14\00:42:26.78
You've got to do this."
00:42:26.81\00:42:28.14
So that is a beautiful.
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.51
Isn't it though
casting all of your care.
00:42:29.54\00:42:30.88
1 Peter 5:7.
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.25
Yes, there's a
little needle point
00:42:32.28\00:42:34.32
in my mom's kitchen ever
since I was just a little boy.
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.69
She still has it
'cause we were home
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.29
to see my parents
recently, and it's there,
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.96
and it shows little needle point
00:42:40.99\00:42:42.69
and little thread and it
shows a little bunny rabbit
00:42:42.72\00:42:44.66
in somebody's garden.
00:42:44.69\00:42:46.03
He's standing on
his hind little legs.
00:42:46.06\00:42:47.43
In his two front paws, he
has two tops to two carrots,
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.60
and he's in just
terrible anxiety,
00:42:50.63\00:42:52.13
like this.
00:42:52.17\00:42:53.64
In other words, he
was trying to pull carrots
00:42:53.67\00:42:55.00
out of somebody's garden,
00:42:55.04\00:42:56.37
and all he gets are
the little green tops,
00:42:56.40\00:42:57.74
and he wants the carrot.
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.11
And so it says this very text,
00:42:59.14\00:43:00.48
"Casting all your care
upon Him for He cares for you."
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.41
And so that was just
a little illustration
00:43:03.45\00:43:05.08
that's been in my mom's kitchen
00:43:05.11\00:43:06.55
ever since I was just
a little a little guy.
00:43:06.58\00:43:09.42
Oh, my, yes.
00:43:09.45\00:43:10.79
So when I read that,
I'm always reminded that.
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.85
Jason, you have an
experience you want to share?
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.99
Well, you know, the experience
00:43:15.02\00:43:17.56
that I have kind of
relates to Philippians 4:13.
00:43:17.59\00:43:24.07
And it says in Philippians 4:13,
00:43:24.10\00:43:28.54
"I can do all
things through Christ
00:43:28.57\00:43:31.27
who strengthens me."
00:43:31.31\00:43:32.64
Yes.
00:43:32.67\00:43:34.01
So I had a situation
00:43:34.04\00:43:35.38
when I was in
Michigan conference.
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.08
I was there managing the
legal side of the church.
00:43:37.11\00:43:42.58
And we were managing
a number of annuities.
00:43:42.62\00:43:47.49
We had to deal
with present value,
00:43:47.52\00:43:49.46
and we had this
spreadsheet that,
00:43:49.49\00:43:52.23
it was a very
complicated spreadsheet.
00:43:52.26\00:43:55.00
And you just have to
mess up one little thing
00:43:55.03\00:43:57.97
and the whole thing was wrong.
00:43:58.00\00:43:59.33
Yes. Wow.
00:43:59.37\00:44:00.70
So you were very
respectful of this spreadsheet.
00:44:00.74\00:44:04.07
Well, I had used
it a number of times,
00:44:04.11\00:44:07.31
and a month after month,
things were going really well.
00:44:07.34\00:44:10.88
And then one day,
when I was the busiest,
00:44:10.91\00:44:14.05
it seemed, I was
having a problem,
00:44:14.08\00:44:17.99
and I couldn't find
where the problem was
00:44:18.02\00:44:21.42
in the spreadsheet.
00:44:21.46\00:44:22.96
So I spent one hour, two hours,
00:44:22.99\00:44:26.83
and all I'm thinking about
00:44:26.86\00:44:28.23
in these two hours
is all the other stuff
00:44:28.26\00:44:30.63
that I should have been doing.
00:44:30.67\00:44:32.00
Sure.
00:44:32.03\00:44:33.37
And I finally, you know,
I'm like, "Okay, I give up."
00:44:33.40\00:44:37.74
I went on my knees,
and I said, you know,
00:44:37.77\00:44:39.84
in my office, I got
on my knees, and I said,
00:44:39.87\00:44:41.68
"Lord, I need Your help."
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.65
I said, "Because
I cannot find this,"
00:44:44.68\00:44:47.35
and I said, "You know all these
other things that I need to do.
00:44:47.38\00:44:50.75
I need your help."
00:44:50.79\00:44:52.19
So I remembered this promise,
00:44:52.22\00:44:55.99
I can do all
things through Christ,
00:44:56.02\00:44:57.69
and I said, "Okay," I said,
"Lord, You need to help me."
00:44:57.73\00:45:01.53
So within two
minutes after getting up
00:45:01.56\00:45:05.33
from the prayer,
00:45:05.37\00:45:06.70
my eyes led me to
where the problem was.
00:45:06.74\00:45:09.70
Sweet.
00:45:09.74\00:45:11.07
And I look at
it, I'm like, "Wow!"
00:45:11.11\00:45:13.01
I'm like, "Lord,
You are so good."
00:45:13.04\00:45:14.58
That's good. Amen.
00:45:14.61\00:45:15.94
But then I thought,
00:45:15.98\00:45:17.31
"Why didn't I do
that two hours ago?"
00:45:17.35\00:45:20.55
So that sort of goes
back to what I said earlier,
00:45:20.58\00:45:24.89
sometimes when
you get confident,
00:45:24.92\00:45:27.09
you forget to ask
the Lord for help.
00:45:27.12\00:45:30.89
And all that time I wasted, and.
00:45:30.93\00:45:35.26
you know, I remember now
that when I get into trouble,
00:45:35.30\00:45:40.07
just ask the Lord right away
00:45:40.10\00:45:41.47
because it'll make
things more efficient.
00:45:41.50\00:45:42.84
I love that.
00:45:42.87\00:45:44.21
Oh what needless pain we bear
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.07
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer,
00:45:46.11\00:45:49.88
even the spreadsheet problems.
00:45:49.91\00:45:51.41
That's right. That's right.
00:45:51.45\00:45:52.78
Amen.
00:45:52.81\00:45:54.15
Then we kind of kick ourselves
like you said afterward
00:45:54.18\00:45:55.52
and say, "Oh, why
didn't I do that?"
00:45:55.55\00:45:56.89
That's right. That's great.
00:45:56.92\00:45:59.22
Any experience
to mind or promise?
00:45:59.25\00:46:01.76
Well, you know, I
have plenty of personal,
00:46:01.79\00:46:04.36
but I do want to just mention...
00:46:04.39\00:46:06.49
I mentioned earlier
about this verse in Malachi,
00:46:06.53\00:46:10.37
but I have a
friend out in California
00:46:10.40\00:46:15.34
who has just
become so dear to me,
00:46:15.37\00:46:17.94
and she is teaching me lessons,
00:46:17.97\00:46:21.04
and she is talking
about experimenting
00:46:21.08\00:46:24.25
with the Word of God.
00:46:24.28\00:46:26.15
And you say, "Experimenting?
What's that all about?"
00:46:26.18\00:46:28.12
Well, she says,
00:46:28.15\00:46:30.09
"Having experienced
the blessings of God
00:46:30.12\00:46:31.95
in the past..."
00:46:31.99\00:46:33.32
Again, kind of like
being gracious, being grateful,
00:46:33.36\00:46:35.99
when you see what God has done,
00:46:36.02\00:46:37.36
when I think about the Lord now,
00:46:37.39\00:46:38.73
He saved me and raised me.
00:46:38.76\00:46:41.96
So she says, "Having
experienced the blessings
00:46:42.00\00:46:44.73
that God has rewarded me
for obeying Him in the past,"
00:46:44.77\00:46:48.90
she wants to test
Him with some things
00:46:48.94\00:46:52.31
that she's going
through right now.
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.64
And so I encourage even
those who are watching too,
00:46:54.68\00:46:57.65
you know, if you have
a situation that you...
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.32
Again, all these things
00:47:00.35\00:47:01.68
that we've been telling
you to do, cast all your cares,
00:47:01.72\00:47:03.42
and to trust Him,
to seek Him first,
00:47:03.45\00:47:06.76
not to worry about the things.
00:47:06.79\00:47:08.12
And these, again,
don't have to be for physical
00:47:08.16\00:47:12.33
or for material goods,
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.10
they can be for peace and
for even for the salvation
00:47:14.13\00:47:17.80
of lost loved ones.
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.17
Amen. That's right.
00:47:19.20\00:47:20.54
Definitely.
00:47:20.57\00:47:21.90
But Malachi 10 is
basically talking about verse 3,
00:47:21.94\00:47:26.01
chapter 3 verse
10, it is in Malachi.
00:47:26.04\00:47:30.51
It's talking about
bringing the tithe,
00:47:30.55\00:47:33.08
you know, tithing.
00:47:33.11\00:47:34.45
And so verse 10 says,
00:47:34.48\00:47:35.92
"'Bring ye the whole
tithe into the storehouse
00:47:35.95\00:47:38.55
that there may
be food in my house
00:47:38.59\00:47:40.32
and prove me now herewith,'
saith the Jehovah of hosts,
00:47:40.36\00:47:44.86
"'if I will not open
you the windows of heaven
00:47:44.89\00:47:47.40
and pour you out a blessing
that there shall not be room
00:47:47.43\00:47:50.33
enough to receive it.'"
00:47:50.37\00:47:51.70
And verse 11 goes on and says,
00:47:51.73\00:47:53.20
"I will rebuke the
devourer for your sakes,
00:47:53.23\00:47:56.64
and he shall not destroy
the fruits of your ground
00:47:56.67\00:47:59.67
neither shall your vine
cast its fruit before the time
00:47:59.71\00:48:01.64
in the field."
00:48:01.68\00:48:03.01
So, anyway, it's just
some great promises right there
00:48:03.04\00:48:05.51
in those two
verses, Malachi 3:10 and 11.
00:48:05.55\00:48:10.05
That's great.
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.42
That's an
interesting experiment.
00:48:11.45\00:48:13.56
I meant to doing some
life hacking, you know,
00:48:13.59\00:48:16.96
where you try the Keto diet,
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.53
you tried certain
things with your diet.
00:48:19.56\00:48:23.23
So it's fun to do,
to experiment with life,
00:48:23.26\00:48:25.73
well, get over
into your spiritual life
00:48:25.77\00:48:28.47
and test God and see
what an awesome God He is,
00:48:28.50\00:48:33.01
and you carry up your part
and He'll carry up His part.
00:48:33.04\00:48:36.58
You know, He's
not a conditional God.
00:48:36.61\00:48:38.98
I know that there have
been times that He's been...
00:48:39.01\00:48:40.75
Well, let's try every time,
00:48:40.78\00:48:42.88
He's been more faithful
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.25
than I have, but nonetheless...
00:48:44.29\00:48:47.02
And everything He does,
00:48:47.06\00:48:48.49
He is proven Himself
when I have tested Him.
00:48:48.52\00:48:52.29
Amen.
00:48:52.33\00:48:53.66
I like the next verse, verse 12.
00:48:53.70\00:48:55.13
It says, "And all
nations will call you blessed."
00:48:55.16\00:48:57.50
So that tells us
this is why He blesses us,
00:48:57.53\00:49:00.44
not so we just sit
back and say, "Oh, wow,
00:49:00.47\00:49:02.50
I've received a lot of
blessings from the Lord."
00:49:02.54\00:49:04.71
It's so that other people,
people who don't know Jesus
00:49:04.74\00:49:08.74
or have never called
on the name of Jesus,
00:49:08.78\00:49:11.31
that they will know,
00:49:11.35\00:49:12.68
"Wow, there's
something different.
00:49:12.71\00:49:14.15
Wow, these are Christians.
00:49:14.18\00:49:16.18
And I want to know..."
00:49:16.22\00:49:17.69
He receives the
glory, that's right.
00:49:17.72\00:49:19.15
"I want to know
more about that."
00:49:19.19\00:49:21.02
Do you have a promise,
Sweetie? I was going to ask you.
00:49:21.06\00:49:22.72
Ladies first.
00:49:25.73\00:49:27.06
I have so many I
don't even begin to know
00:49:27.10\00:49:29.73
where to mention.
00:49:29.76\00:49:32.73
One of my favorite
is Ezekiel 36, God says,
00:49:32.77\00:49:35.97
"A new heart also I'll
give you and a new spirit
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.84
will I put within you,
00:49:38.87\00:49:40.21
and I'll take
away your stony heart,
00:49:40.24\00:49:42.38
and I'll give you
a heart of flesh."
00:49:42.41\00:49:44.21
And so many times in situations,
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.88
I find I can have a
stony heart, you know,
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.38
maybe I'm resistant to the
work God wants to do in my life,
00:49:49.42\00:49:53.15
maybe resistant to a
certain direction or plan,
00:49:53.19\00:49:56.39
and I go back to God
and say, "You promised.
00:49:56.42\00:49:58.76
You would give
me a heart of flesh.
00:49:58.79\00:50:01.16
You promised you
would take out myself,
00:50:01.20\00:50:04.37
and You would pour
Your spirit in me."
00:50:04.40\00:50:06.70
And I love that, and every time
00:50:06.74\00:50:08.80
that I have
claimed that promise,
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.07
I know He's been
faithful to that.
00:50:11.11\00:50:12.77
I just want to make
an appeal to you at home,
00:50:12.81\00:50:15.28
I don't know where you
are in your walk with God,
00:50:15.31\00:50:18.35
but Jesus says,
"Whoever comes to Me,"
00:50:18.38\00:50:20.92
John 6:37, "I
will never cast aside.
00:50:20.95\00:50:25.45
I will nowise cast out."
00:50:25.49\00:50:27.52
So God wants you to come
to Him just now as you are,
00:50:27.56\00:50:31.99
with all your stuff,
with all your baggage,
00:50:32.03\00:50:34.30
none of that matters.
00:50:34.33\00:50:35.66
He says if we confess our sins,
00:50:35.70\00:50:37.57
He's faithful and
just to forgive us
00:50:37.60\00:50:39.63
and cleanse us to give us
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.57
a new heart and enable
us to walk in His steps.
00:50:41.60\00:50:45.07
Amen. Yeah, powerful.
00:50:45.11\00:50:46.88
Do you have a
promise? Well, I do.
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.24
And actually, you know,
00:50:48.28\00:50:49.61
this is the neat
thing of the Bible,
00:50:49.64\00:50:50.98
there are so many treasures,
nuggets in God's Word,
00:50:51.01\00:50:53.55
so I actually
changed it here on the spot
00:50:53.58\00:50:55.15
to what I was going to be doing
when we were in Malachi, Tim.
00:50:55.18\00:50:58.12
I have a little note
here, and I like this.
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.49
This is Malachi 3:6,
00:50:59.52\00:51:01.59
"For I am the
Lord, I change not."
00:51:01.62\00:51:04.96
Well, that's
beautiful for Bible promises.
00:51:04.99\00:51:06.63
He gives a promise,
He's not going to change.
00:51:06.66\00:51:08.00
Exactly.
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.36
And so then I
have a little side note
00:51:09.40\00:51:10.73
here with the pen, I was trying
to read my handwriting here,
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.10
but it goes back
00:51:12.13\00:51:15.84
and says here in closing,
00:51:15.87\00:51:17.87
"Jesus Christ, the same," what,
00:51:17.91\00:51:20.58
"yesterday and today, "
00:51:20.61\00:51:24.05
and what, "and forever."
00:51:24.08\00:51:25.88
So that's God's promises.
00:51:25.91\00:51:27.25
I remember as a young person
00:51:27.28\00:51:28.62
going through the
discouraging situation
00:51:28.65\00:51:30.25
in my life, I
was just a young man.
00:51:30.29\00:51:32.25
And I was looking
at some leadership,
00:51:32.29\00:51:33.99
and they were failing me
on the human side of things.
00:51:34.02\00:51:36.12
And so I went to my dad
and said, "You know what?
00:51:36.16\00:51:37.79
I think I'm done
with the church."
00:51:37.83\00:51:39.49
My dad said, "You know what?
00:51:39.53\00:51:40.86
I am your
father, and I love you,
00:51:40.90\00:51:42.26
and I have failed you.
00:51:42.30\00:51:43.97
So don't look to human beings,
don't look to me as your dad,
00:51:44.00\00:51:46.67
don't look to
the church leaders.
00:51:46.70\00:51:48.40
They're all
trying to do their best,
00:51:48.44\00:51:49.87
but look to God
because He does not fail.
00:51:49.90\00:51:52.54
He won't leave you."
00:51:52.57\00:51:53.91
So God is the same
yesterday, today, and forever,
00:51:53.94\00:51:56.34
and He changes not.
00:51:56.38\00:51:57.71
So all these
promises in the Bible,
00:51:57.75\00:51:59.81
boy, you can put everything,
00:51:59.85\00:52:01.72
your whole life
on these promises.
00:52:01.75\00:52:03.75
So anyway,
should we have some...
00:52:03.79\00:52:05.65
Do some prayer actually,
and, yeah, go to prayer
00:52:05.69\00:52:08.32
and Jason, let's start with you,
00:52:08.36\00:52:09.96
we'll go to you,
Francine and Tim,
00:52:09.99\00:52:11.49
then we'll close, okay?
00:52:11.53\00:52:14.66
Father, thank You so
much for these promises
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.93
that You have given us.
00:52:16.97\00:52:18.30
Yes.
00:52:18.33\00:52:19.67
And, Father, we
ask that You guide us,
00:52:19.70\00:52:23.34
that we may humble
ourselves when we're in need
00:52:23.37\00:52:27.64
or when we see others,
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.18
help us to look to You first
00:52:30.21\00:52:32.48
and start with
You in the morning,
00:52:32.51\00:52:35.15
that we may be
connected with You,
00:52:35.18\00:52:37.22
that our relationship
with You may grow stronger,
00:52:37.25\00:52:40.66
and that we will know
00:52:40.69\00:52:42.12
what to ask for
at the right time
00:52:42.16\00:52:44.93
for you to bless
those that we pray for,
00:52:44.96\00:52:48.46
those things that we may need.
00:52:48.50\00:52:51.80
So thank You,
Father, for these promises
00:52:51.83\00:52:54.20
and for Your love and mercy
00:52:54.24\00:52:55.80
and for this Bible
that You have given us...
00:52:55.84\00:52:57.64
Amen.
00:52:57.67\00:52:59.01
That we may read these
promises and be comforted
00:52:59.04\00:53:02.31
and grow in You,
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:53:02.34\00:53:05.51
Amen. Amen.
00:53:05.55\00:53:06.88
Dear Heavenly
Father, thank You so much
00:53:06.92\00:53:08.55
that we can call You father
00:53:08.58\00:53:10.12
and that You have
all these promises for us
00:53:10.15\00:53:12.65
that we can look
upon You, and again,
00:53:12.69\00:53:15.82
shine our light for You
00:53:15.86\00:53:18.39
because we have
You in our hearts
00:53:18.43\00:53:21.06
and that we can
live through You.
00:53:21.10\00:53:22.43
Thank You that we can
cast all our cares upon You
00:53:22.46\00:53:25.00
and that You have it
all planned out for us,
00:53:25.03\00:53:28.07
and that You can
lead each one of us
00:53:28.10\00:53:30.04
in the world,
00:53:30.07\00:53:33.04
all around and
with the young people
00:53:33.07\00:53:35.84
and just be with each person.
00:53:35.88\00:53:38.01
We love You, in
dear Jesus pray, amen.
00:53:38.05\00:53:40.28
Amen.
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God, I want to thank
You that You have said
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You will never leave us.
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Yes.
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You have promised
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that You would never forsake us,
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and that...
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Well, You just said...
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You are faithful.
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And I want to
thank You for that,
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I thank You for Your
grace that is sufficient
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in every time of need,
for Your love that anchors me,
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and I can rest in that love
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and rest that
You have my future,
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You have wonderful
things in store for me
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if I will stay close to You.
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And so I just thank You,
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thank You for the
plan of salvation,
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thank You for Your
direction in my life.
00:54:18.39\00:54:22.82
Father, Your promises are
so powerful and so obvious
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when I take time
again to be gracious
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and to be conscientious of them.
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So I just want to thank You
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for being a
faithful, faithful God.
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I love You.
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Amen. Amen.
00:54:37.74\00:54:39.07
Father, we just
thank You for your promise.
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Where two or three are gathered,
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You are right
there in the midst,
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and we thank You
for Your presence.
00:54:43.71\00:54:45.65
We thank You for
the gift of Jesus,
00:54:45.68\00:54:48.55
the gift of
salvation that through nothing
00:54:48.58\00:54:51.72
we could do or
ever could accomplish,
00:54:51.75\00:54:54.36
but it's the blood of
Jesus that cleanses us
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from all sin.
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And we thank You that
while we were yet sinners,
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while we walked
in opposition to You,
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while we spat in Your
face, You turned with love.
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And You said, "I
will die for them
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because I love them.
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And I don't want to
spend eternity without them."
00:55:13.58\00:55:16.38
God, we thank You for that love.
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We accept and receive
Your gift anew just now.
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I pray for my
brothers and sisters, Lord,
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sometimes they might feel
that the enemy is coming in
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like a flood against them,
00:55:28.59\00:55:30.73
You have promised when
he comes in like a flood,
00:55:30.76\00:55:33.06
You will raise up a
standard against him,
00:55:33.09\00:55:35.96
and we ask that you
would raise up a standard,
00:55:36.00\00:55:38.10
a hedge about them,
00:55:38.13\00:55:39.60
a protection from the
wiles of the evil one.
00:55:39.63\00:55:43.00
Thank You for what
You've done and the deliverance
00:55:43.04\00:55:45.91
that is ours in Christ Jesus.
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Father in
heaven, we're so thankful
00:55:49.18\00:55:50.61
that we have Your Word
00:55:50.65\00:55:52.28
and that we can
stand on the promises
00:55:52.31\00:55:54.72
and know that we can
sing about Your mighty powers.
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We sang that song earlier.
Lord, You're a good God.
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You look out for each one of us.
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Why I worry? I don't know.
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I guess they were
just my own lack of faith
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and, Lord, I
just pray that today
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You would increase my
faith in Your promises.
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And I know those
that are viewing,
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watching, listening, or dead,
00:56:12.80\00:56:14.34
all of us here that we would...
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Our relationship with
You would be strong and firm.
00:56:16.10\00:56:19.67
Thank You, God,
00:56:19.71\00:56:21.04
that You love us
with an everlasting love,
00:56:21.08\00:56:23.45
and that You are there
to supply all of our needs
00:56:23.48\00:56:26.05
according to Your will.
00:56:26.08\00:56:27.42
We thank You for
this time of study today,
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and in Jesus'
name, we pray, amen.
00:56:29.22\00:56:30.99
Amen. Amen. What
an incredible study.
00:56:31.02\00:56:34.22
And we just began
to scratch the surface.
00:56:34.26\00:56:35.99
I was going to say,
00:56:36.02\00:56:37.36
you gave us a beautiful outline
of so many other aspects,
00:56:37.39\00:56:40.76
and I think I misled
us from the beginning.
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No, you didn't. You
did not. It was powerful.
00:56:43.67\00:56:45.03
But you went into
some wonderful things
00:56:45.07\00:56:46.84
that I think this needs
to be like a four or five
00:56:46.87\00:56:49.30
or ten-week study
on the promises of God
00:56:49.34\00:56:52.87
because truly the Word is full.
00:56:52.91\00:56:54.84
Amen. So we do it.
00:56:54.88\00:56:56.21
We have promises...
00:56:56.24\00:56:57.58
That's right.
00:56:57.61\00:56:58.95
Promises of salvation,
promises of transformation,
00:56:58.98\00:57:00.58
promises of
protection, provision,
00:57:00.62\00:57:02.38
and peace and assurance
and guidance and deliverance.
00:57:02.42\00:57:06.15
I love the
promises of deliverance.
00:57:06.19\00:57:08.82
But we're out of time,
00:57:08.86\00:57:10.19
so maybe we'll do
a part two sometime.
00:57:10.23\00:57:12.83
Thank you,
Brother Tim. Absolutely.
00:57:12.86\00:57:14.70
Thank you, Brother
Jason and Francine,
00:57:14.73\00:57:17.57
it's a privilege to do
it with each one of you
00:57:17.60\00:57:19.83
and to share
family worship together.
00:57:19.87\00:57:21.70
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:57:21.74\00:57:23.07
Yeah, we just
want to encourage you
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.44
to open God's Word, right?
00:57:24.47\00:57:25.81
On daily basis because we know
that in these Holy Scriptures,
00:57:25.84\00:57:29.34
our promises for you
00:57:29.38\00:57:30.71
that you can
claim on a daily basis.
00:57:30.75\00:57:32.31
Thank you for joining us.
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Again, happy
Sabbath, God bless you,
00:57:33.72\00:57:35.12
see you next time.
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