I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to Family Worship.
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I'm glad that you
have decided to join us.
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My name is John Dinzey,
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and I'm
accompanied by my wife Idalia.
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Happy Sabbath. Oh,
well, happy Sabbath.
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And welcome everyone.
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We feel like family,
and we praise the Lord
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for each and every one of you.
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Thank you for tuning in,
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thank you for sending
in your prayer requests,
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thank you for sharing
your praise reports as well.
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And when we travel
and visited with you,
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what a blessing it
is to just get together
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as if we were
family, like true family,
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and that's exactly how we
would like for you to feel
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with our family here
around the table today.
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That's right.
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And so we have
part of the family,
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we'd like for you
to know them again
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if you want to say that way.
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Would you
introduce our family members?
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Yes, definitely.
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I'm sure you've
seen a lot of us,
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but then we have...
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Praise the Lord day,
new viewers every day.
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Yes, we do, yes, yes. Amen.
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This is Dee Hilderbrand
and what do you here?
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I'm production coordinator.
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I just schedule
all these programs,
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but I didn't schedule
myself, you invited me.
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I never schedule myself,
but it's a joy being here.
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You are a great blessing,
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and I praise the
lord for you, Dee.
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Thank you.
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So next to you we
have Brian Dickens.
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Welcome, Brian.
Thank you. God bless...
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And you work in the
programming department.
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Yes, I am the new
programming manager
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here at 3ABN,
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just started taking
over that spot last month.
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Okay.
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Having control. Yes.
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It's a work in progress so far,
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but it's getting
better every day.
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Oh, praise the Lord.
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So it's such a
blessing to work here,
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it really is, you know,
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and to be able to
come here and praise God
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for all the wonderful
things that He's done for me
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and for all of us all together.
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It's just a wonderful
blessing. Praise God for that.
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And we have our
friends Janelle Owen
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and her husband Don,
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welcome to the program.
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Thank you, thank
you for having us.
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Thank you for having us. Yeah.
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I feel my family, right? Yes.
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You know, we
share not only at work,
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but we have the opportunity
of sharing at church as well.
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And, you know,
we praise the Lord
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for your ministry too,
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here within the ministry,
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but also I had our local church,
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you know, it's
personal ministry stream,
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right?
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Yeah.
Recovering, they do recovery.
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Yeah, we...
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You know, we've been
privileged and honored,
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you know, we were
just thinking about this
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the privilege that God has,
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you know, we mentioned earlier,
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we were talking together
about the idea that we were...
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we didn't even
want to go to a church,
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but now here we are in church,
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and God give responsibilities...
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Yeah, right.
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So I was really
praising the Lord,
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you know, it was like,
"Really Lord want to use me?"
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He has a sense of humor.
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But I'm just thankful, you know,
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especially like you
mentioned addiction recovery,
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and we've been doing
a lot with young couples
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and marriage issues lately.
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The Lord is kind of
directing us in that direction,
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but I'm also
getting into prisons.
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It's been a huge
blessing personally for me,
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and I'm just working with folks,
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and we've just been so
blessed, and I'm really thankful
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for this topic
we're talking about
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because that is...
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It's a great opportunity
to lead people to Jesus.
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Amen. I would like...
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Can you please share
with our listeners and viewers
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what you do with
3ABN? What do I do?
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I work in the
pastoral department,
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actually just
started last October,
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so it's a year ago.
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Very thankful that
they put me in there,
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they trust me.
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So it's our responsibility
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when you're
talking to people online,
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and then we
also review programs,
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and we also
upload prayer requests.
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We do a lot of
things in pastoral
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people don't know about,
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but big things are really
answering people's issues,
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and Bible questions,
and a lot of stuff we hear,
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what people are going
through and so it's...
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That's right, and
the pastoral ministry
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also coordinates the
worldwide prayer warriors,
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kind of prayer warriors.
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2004 I want to say now,
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2004 prayer
warriors around the world.
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Amen. So if you...
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If people want to
be a part of that,
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they can go to the
3ABN website, 3ABN.tv,
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and you find information
at the pastoral ministry page,
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you can become a prayer warrior.
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That's right.
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And, you know,
being a prayer warrior
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not only helps other
people but it helps you too.
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You benefit from
being a prayer warrior,
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it strengthens you.
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Yes, yes. This is
a volunteer ministry.
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Of course, yes, we do. Yes.
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And so we
encourage you to do it.
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Yes, there's a
great blessing in it.
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And, Janelle,
what do you do at 3ABN?
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I'm a graphic designer in
the publishing department.
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And... Wonderful,
what does that mean?
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What does that mean?
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Well, our department,
I love our department.
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I think we have a good team.
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You know, I just like working
with all of my teammates.
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We all kind of
wear different hats
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like everyone here does.
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We work on the world
magazine, all of their websites,
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for all the networks, and
social media, anything web,
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anything print to
kind of sum it up,
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that's what we do
in our department.
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Wonderful, wonderful.
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So do you all
speak several languages?
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How do you do all that?
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We have people that
are usually bilingual
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or we try to get others to help.
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So... Could be a
challenge sometimes.
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Yes, it is.
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Well, we would like to
invite you to join us in prayer.
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I'm going to ask brother
Don to lead us in prayer,
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and today, we are
going to talk about a topic
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that I think is
a wonderful topic
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and we'll share more about
that after we have the prayer.
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Sure.
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Bow your heads.
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Heavenly Father,
what a privilege it is
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first and
foremost to come to You,
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our Great Father in heaven,
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thank You, Lord,
for all of our viewers,
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those, Lord, who
are starving and hungry
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to know what it is to be Jesus.
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And as we're
studying this message tonight
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here on the Sabbath
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or You put upon our lips or
May Your Holy Spirit stir us
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and help us, Lord, to
reflect, reveal, resemble,
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and most
importantly represent You,
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what is it like
to be a Christian,
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and how do we
impact those around us.
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Help us, Lord, to be
that spiritual influence
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to those around us be
in our family, friends,
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coworkers, or if
it's in our community.
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Whatever You'd
have us to do Lord,
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we can wrap up this message,
we can see You face to face.
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We ask this in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, you know,
we, in the beginning,
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said Happy
Sabbath for some people,
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"Wait, those
people don't even know
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what day of the week it is."
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And when we say happy Sabbath,
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and it's commonly known
as a Friday night that...
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People get confused about that.
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But the Bible tells us
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when the days of the week begin.
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That's right.
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In Genesis 1, it says,
"The days of the week began
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with the dark part of the day."
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And that's why it
says, "And the evening
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and the morning
was the first day."
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And you continue
reading the description
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of the creation of this world,
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and it says, "In the
evening, in the morning..."
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Second day, third
day, etcetera, etcetera.
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So when we say Happy
Sabbath on a Friday evening,
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actually Saturday night,
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which is kind of
confusing to people
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because on
Saturday night, they think,
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"Well, it's Saturday night."
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You know, that
means Sunday has begun.
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That's right.
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Because the days
begin with the evening part.
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At sun down.
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But we like to share
with you why we do this,
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and we remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
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and so we like to encourage
you to join us in your Bible,
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if you have one,
it is in Exodus 20,
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and we're going to go
ahead and read verses 8-11.
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And if someone finds that first,
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if you would like
to read it for us,
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I would appreciate it.
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Now this is one of
the Ten Commandments.
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Commandment
number four actually.
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Commandment number
four is, if you'll notice,
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it's one of the longest
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or it is the longest commandment
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dedicated more time to writing
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on this
commandment than the others.
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Not that the
others are less important,
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but this is the heart and center
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of the Ten Commandments
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because it really identifies
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who gave you the
Ten Commandments.
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The other
Commandments do not identify
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exactly who it is,
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but the fourth Commandment
beginning in verse 8.
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And, Brian, would
you read that for us?
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Oh, absolutely.
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
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but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord your God.
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In it you shall do no
work, you, nor your son,
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nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
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nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
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nor your stranger who
is in within your gates.
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For in six days the
Lord made the heavens
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and the earth,
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the sea, and
all that is in them,
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and rested the seventh day.
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Therefore, the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and hallowed it."
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Amen. Thank you very much.
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It's always good to
start off the Sabbath
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by reading that to remember
what we're doing and why.
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And it's probably
even more confusing
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to some of our viewers, Johnny,
because of the time zones.
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They could still be Thursday
or they could be tomorrow.
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So its...
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But who doesn't love to
extend the hours of the Sabbath?
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It's such a wonderful day.
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Amen. It's awesome.
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Well, in order to
enjoy the Sabbath,
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there is a
preparation, you know?
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And in our family, for example,
on Sunday, it's like, "Okay,
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let's make sure all
the laundry is done,
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and we have our clothes
almost ready for Sabbath.
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Sometimes we need to iron
it on Sunday, the week before.
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Oh, the week
before? right after Sabbath.
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Oh. Wow.
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And then when you
have kids at home...
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We work with menus, so I
used to ask Samuel and Caleb,
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"What would your
taste like to eat this week?
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What would you
like for Sabbath?"
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So it's preparation
from the very beginning.
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As soon as
Sabbath is done, Sunday,
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we start preparing
and planning out the week.
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So that is such a
blessing to be able to say,
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"Oh, finally,"
Thursday night we say,
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"Tomorrow we're going to receive
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the Sabbath in peace."
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We already know what...
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You know, we have
everything that we need at home
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for the meals, we
have everything in order
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for the clothing
except shoe shining.
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Show shining for the boys
was always on Friday afternoon,
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you know, to have
it ready for Sabbath.
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But there is not only
a physical preparation,
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but it's also our
mental preparation.
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That's a very good point.
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That's right because
really the greater benefit
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of the blessing
of the Sabbath is,
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you know, really
putting aside all of the things
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of the world that
may occupy your mind,
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"Oh, I got to pay
this bill and that bill.
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I got to do this,
I got to do that."
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And you dedicate your time more
to getting close to the Lord,
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close to your family.
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And so the Sabbath
is a tremendous blessing
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that the world is
really missing out.
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You cannot prepare...
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You can't say, "Oh,
well, Sabbath is an hour,
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am I ready?"
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And you haven't prepared.
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Because I didn't
have the children,
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I probably wasn't
preparing from start,
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but if I don't start by Thursday
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knowing that I'm going
to be ready for Sabbath,
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then you kind of get up
to, "Oh, I got to hurry."
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And that's stressful.
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It is.
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There's a psalm you
kind of touching on.
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Psalm 46:10 says, "Be
still and know that I am God."
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You know,
sometimes if we just...
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Kind of like you said,
we rush through our days,
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and we don't
really be still, and...
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I've had
actually the privilege...
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The Lord put on me
a neat study to show
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who is the Lord of the Sabbath,
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and I've been showing it
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to a lot of
folks on prayer line,
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and it's just
blown people's minds.
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I had a lady called up,
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and she is just
learning about the Seventh-day
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and her husband already is.
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And I shared this information
with her through scripture,
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and she actually saw Jesus
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in the very
beginning forming Adam,
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then she realized that Sabbath
was actually formed by Jesus.
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And that just blew
her mind, she was like,
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"Oh my, this is mind-blowing.
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I'm going to tell it
to my church, you know."
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So...
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I like what you
said about, you know,
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preparing like as
the Sabbath's over,
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you're preparing
for the next Sabbath.
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And it's...
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that really kind of
brings the focus of what our,
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you know, time
should be. Our lives.
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Yes, you know, plan our
lives around the Sabbath,
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and not try to, you know,
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do everything
at the last minute.
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That's rights.
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The purpose of our lives
is Jesus Christ, not our work.
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And so if we
keep Him the focus...
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then we never
have got to our topic.
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I know, I know.
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But I wanted to share with
you that we found opportunities
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to speak to
viewers on the telephone,
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we were for 3ABN in the ministry
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at the network of 3ABN Latino,
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so I have the
Spanish speaker said,
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"We work with a lot."
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So I remembered
this conversation,
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I received a call,
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a non
Seventh-day Adventist family,
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and she says, "I love gathering
my family and receiving
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the Sabbath with you guys.
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We're not
Seventh-day Adventists,
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but we really enjoy
the singing, bible study,
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the sharing."
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And slowly but
surely they were...
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It was growing in them,
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the appreciation of what
it is to worship the Lord.
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Just set everything
aside and just focus.
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But, you know, the
devil is there too, you know.
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He wants to
interrupt our thoughts,
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he wants to
interrupt our prayers.
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As we're praying, it's like
something comes to our minds
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like, "Oh, that
needs to be done."
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Or another thing
and distracts us,
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and somebody comes
to the door is like,
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"Lord, please," you
know, it's a battle.
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So you're not alone,
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I just know that God wants you
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to have super special
blessed Sabbath experience.
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So just hang in there
and claim it on the Lord,
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and He will
deliver you from that.
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Those distractions will go away.
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Amen.
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I'd like to say
this one last thing
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about the Sabbath day,
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and, you know, we
mentioned the word Sabbath,
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and for some people
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that actually
means absolutely nothing
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because you don't recognize
that as the name of a day
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of a week because in English,
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it's a borrowed term
from the Hebrew, "Shabat."
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And so it's
Sabbath, which means rest.
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And that means you
stop doing your work.
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So that's a borrowed term.
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But in some other languages,
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the word is
exactly as it is sound.
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When you go to Luke 4:6
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and you find that
Jesus went into the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day.
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The actual word Sabbath
is there in other languages,
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it's Spanish.
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It's Sabado, which means
exactly the name that you find
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for the seventh day of the week.
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So there is really
should not be any confusion
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as far as the Christians
are concerned as to which day
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it is meant by the Sabbath day.
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I have heard some people that
mainly go to church on Sunday
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used the word
Sabbath for that day,
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but that is incorrect
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because the
seventh day is the Sabbath.
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But that's as far
as we're going to go
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with that today.
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We're going to talk
to you about a topic
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that we have chosen
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because, you know,
when you go to a company
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for the first time you're being
interviewed, many companies,
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in order to entice you
to be part of the company,
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they say, "Our
benefit package is this."
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And this is what
really helped me to...
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As I was praying to figure out.
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Let's, you know, this...
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Christians have benefits.
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Amen.
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That, you know, it...
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You know, They are
found throughout the Bible,
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but we have benefits...
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Definitely.
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Being part of the family of God.
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And I thought we
should talk about the benefits
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of being a Christian.
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And it's not one, and really,
every benefit you cannot...
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I don't know how you can
put a value on these benefits,
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you know, you have
companies that say, "Well,
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we have 41K and we give
you such and such a percentage,
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and we give you this
day off, and that day off."
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But the benefits
that God gives far, far...
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You cannot even have...
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You don't even have
anything in this world
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that you can compare
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with the blessings
that God gives to you.
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And so I praise
the Lord for that.
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Amen.
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You're mentioning
about jobs, you know,
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it just popped in my head
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when I first
started working more...
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I don't want to
be, but secular world,
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I was working
in a grocery store.
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It was so amazing.
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We lost our jobs,
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and we went to a
local store in our community
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back in Indiana,
and they supposed to...
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They needed a meat wrapper.
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You know, like,
"Well, maybe I guess."
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And she said, "Why
don't you apply for it?"
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And as soon as I said,
the laid said, "Oh, oh, oh."
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She's like, "Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Go meet the meat manager,"
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like, "I didn't even
put in application yet."
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And she's said, "Go
meet him. Oh, you're hired."
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I'm like, "But I
didn't put an application in."
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And she's like...
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So the thing was
that the Lord opened.
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This is where
that benefits for me.
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They let me put anything
00:18:06.58\00:18:07.92
I wanted Christian
material on their tables,
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it's a particular grocery store,
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you put things in
your bag personally.
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And people put
all sizes at times,
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we put out Steps to Christ,
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Desire of Ages, all that.
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And it was amazing.
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And in two years later,
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I became a colporteur and
I met the very same people
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that were picking
those up in our store.
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And they're
like, "Oh, my goodness,
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I kind of know all
this stuff I want to know."
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But it was really
cool, but just to get...
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I think yeah, having that...
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I think it's really the
motive of what you're wanting
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to get involved in.
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And I would actually
get in trouble many times
00:18:35.28\00:18:36.61
for praying with
people I was working
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or give them
material or give them tracks.
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They're like, "You're supposed
to be working back there,
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you know, in meat wrapping."
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I'm looking,
"This is my ministry."
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I'm so glad you said
that because praise the Lord.
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And here are 3ABN,
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we do stop and
pray with each other
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and for each other.
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And this lady right next to me,
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I was going through
some really turmoil.
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And one day, I said something...
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Oh, my goodness,
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I can't believe I'm
getting so emotional.
00:19:03.30\00:19:05.31
She took the time to
just hug me and pray,
00:19:05.34\00:19:08.08
you know, so what a
blessing it is to be a Christian
00:19:08.11\00:19:12.48
and share the love of
Christ with each other.
00:19:12.51\00:19:16.08
So to take that time
out and pray for each other,
00:19:16.12\00:19:20.29
I mean that's just that moral,
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.89
spiritual
support that we all need,
00:19:22.92\00:19:24.79
but not everybody's
willing to do, so anyway...
00:19:24.83\00:19:29.03
And that's happened enough times
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that I'm not even sure
00:19:30.47\00:19:31.80
which incident you're
referring to because we,
00:19:31.83\00:19:34.77
you know, we'll
pray at a drop of a hat.
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Anytime you...
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Even walking down the hall,
00:19:39.74\00:19:41.08
there's been
times when it's like,
00:19:41.11\00:19:42.44
"Oh, do you need prayer?"
00:19:42.48\00:19:43.81
You look at
somebody and you just...
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And all of you have done
that, I know, I have seen that.
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And it's...
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The blessings are amazing,
and the Bible's full of them.
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That's right.
Our benefit practice.
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I'm thinking of it,
scripture that comes to my mind
00:19:57.63\00:19:58.96
is Galatians 6:2, it says,
"Bear one another's burdens,
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and so fulfill
the law of Christ."
00:20:01.53\00:20:03.13
And that's kind
what you're touching on.
00:20:03.16\00:20:04.80
And that's what we...
00:20:04.83\00:20:06.17
I think is Christians
are really a support group
00:20:06.20\00:20:07.54
for one another,
we support one another
00:20:07.57\00:20:09.04
through our journeys,
00:20:09.07\00:20:10.74
we're supposed to
uplift and edify one another,
00:20:10.77\00:20:12.84
you know, and I
think that's so important.
00:20:12.87\00:20:14.28
But God promises blessings.
00:20:14.31\00:20:16.28
Even in the Old
Testament, it started like...
00:20:16.31\00:20:18.91
I was looking up where on
blessings, and it's amazing.
00:20:18.95\00:20:23.35
And Deuteronomy 28:2
00:20:23.39\00:20:25.75
and I can't read the whole thing
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.12
'cause there's
too many blessings.
00:20:27.16\00:20:28.49
But it says, "And
all these blessings
00:20:28.52\00:20:32.09
shall come up on you
00:20:32.13\00:20:33.76
and overtake you
00:20:33.80\00:20:35.13
because you obey the
voice of the Lord your God."
00:20:35.16\00:20:38.50
And then it follows.
00:20:38.53\00:20:40.10
All of these blessings.
00:20:40.14\00:20:42.00
If you are a Christian,
and you follow the Lord,
00:20:42.04\00:20:45.11
and you have this
relationship with Him,
00:20:45.14\00:20:47.68
He just blessing after blessing,
00:20:47.71\00:20:51.08
and it covers everything.
00:20:51.11\00:20:52.45
And it's like what a
difference between this life
00:20:52.48\00:20:58.79
and my previous secular
life, incredible difference.
00:20:58.82\00:21:02.89
You know, I think it also
depends on our mindset in life
00:21:02.92\00:21:05.23
what are our focus is because,
00:21:05.26\00:21:08.73
you know, if we realize
how much God has done for us,
00:21:08.76\00:21:11.93
we'll see those blessings,
00:21:11.97\00:21:13.30
but if we're
focused on ourselves,
00:21:13.34\00:21:15.40
and, you know,
the negative things,
00:21:15.44\00:21:17.07
we will pass them right by,
00:21:17.11\00:21:19.01
you know, and it's
like where is the focus?
00:21:19.04\00:21:21.38
Where do we recognize
the blessings when they come?
00:21:21.41\00:21:25.48
That's a good point.
00:21:25.51\00:21:27.05
When you are sharing that,
it brings me to the thought of,
00:21:27.08\00:21:30.49
you know, we all have a past,
00:21:30.52\00:21:32.25
and it's funny how Satan
00:21:32.29\00:21:35.72
wants to slap us with the past,
00:21:35.76\00:21:39.69
but if we are feeling weak,
00:21:39.73\00:21:43.57
we entertain or feed the past.
00:21:43.60\00:21:47.74
And you find
yourself into depression
00:21:47.77\00:21:51.57
or what have you.
00:21:51.61\00:21:52.97
But praise be to God
that we can enter His gates
00:21:53.01\00:21:57.75
with thanksgiving in
our hearts and saying,
00:21:57.78\00:22:00.42
"Lord, thank You
that I'm no longer there."
00:22:00.45\00:22:03.32
So it's just a simple whisper.
00:22:03.35\00:22:06.09
You know, it's
amazing how God's Spirit,
00:22:06.12\00:22:10.46
you know, that negative spirit,
00:22:10.49\00:22:11.99
the Lord just
makes that go away.
00:22:12.03\00:22:14.73
Yeah, I had a
lady on prayer online,
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like I can't say her name
or anything, for over 50 years,
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she was struggling with
this one particular thing
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.44
that she had done to
somebody close to her.
00:22:22.47\00:22:24.94
And I just started
talking to her and I said,
00:22:24.97\00:22:26.54
"Have you asked for
repentance over that?
00:22:26.57\00:22:27.94
Have you confessed it?"
00:22:27.98\00:22:29.74
And she was, "Yes."
00:22:29.78\00:22:31.11
I told her, started
talking about 1 John 1:9,
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins,
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and it cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:22:36.18\00:22:37.92
I said, "Do you
realize what that means?
00:22:37.95\00:22:39.29
It's that when you
confess that and repent of it,
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it's wiped out of the books,
00:22:41.19\00:22:42.52
so remember,
it's no longer there.
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When you go to
heaven, it's gone."
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.26
And she was,
"Are you kidding me?"
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.63
She started weeping bitterly.
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.00
"No way."
00:22:48.03\00:22:49.36
She is up in her age,
and she finally just...
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Her eyes were opened,
00:22:51.10\00:22:52.43
and that's why I
think we as Christians
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.24
can encourage one another,
00:22:54.27\00:22:56.17
and it lifts that burden
off, you know, the heaviness.
00:22:56.20\00:22:58.67
That's right.
00:22:58.71\00:23:00.04
It's just incredible.
00:23:00.08\00:23:01.41
And most of us, like
you said, we do have a past.
00:23:01.44\00:23:05.28
But when I think
back to that past,
00:23:05.31\00:23:08.68
when we did get discouraged
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.52
or people put us
down or you got depressed,
00:23:11.55\00:23:16.62
there was always
this black hole I knew
00:23:16.66\00:23:18.93
I couldn't fall into 'cause
I'd never find my way out,
00:23:18.96\00:23:22.06
but it was there.
00:23:22.10\00:23:23.43
Now other people are
unaware of it because
00:23:23.47\00:23:26.20
I had a good life.
00:23:26.23\00:23:27.57
It looked like I had good
work, I had a marvelous husband,
00:23:27.60\00:23:31.61
we did, you know, there was
many times when financially,
00:23:31.64\00:23:35.14
and by the world's standards,
we were really doing great.
00:23:35.18\00:23:39.15
And outwardly we
laughed and had fun,
00:23:39.18\00:23:42.05
and we loved each other,
00:23:42.08\00:23:44.09
so there was
happiness in our lives,
00:23:44.12\00:23:46.59
but there was
always these little times
00:23:46.62\00:23:50.19
things could go
wrong in a heartbeat.
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.99
In a heartbeat,
00:23:53.03\00:23:54.43
things can change in your life
00:23:54.46\00:23:55.83
whether you're a
Christian or not a Christian.
00:23:55.86\00:23:58.40
But when you're not a Christian,
00:23:58.43\00:24:01.10
it can devastate you.
00:24:01.14\00:24:03.10
And here you are trying to
pull yourself up out of it.
00:24:03.14\00:24:08.08
And your friends can
help or maybe they can't.
00:24:08.11\00:24:11.48
But when you're a Christian
00:24:11.51\00:24:14.68
and you get pulled down
in or Satan attacks you...
00:24:14.72\00:24:17.95
Ephesians 1:3 says,
00:24:21.02\00:24:23.79
"Blessed be the God and
Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
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who has blessed us
with all spiritual blessings
00:24:27.00\00:24:30.07
and heavenly places in Christ."
00:24:30.10\00:24:32.43
So when Satan attacks me,
00:24:32.47\00:24:36.07
I don't have to
depend on my husband.
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.64
I'm widowed now but...
00:24:38.67\00:24:40.08
or my parents or my
brother or my sister
00:24:40.11\00:24:43.11
or other people in the church,
I go straight to the Lord.
00:24:43.14\00:24:47.48
And I can get in this
word, and I can be so depressed,
00:24:47.52\00:24:50.52
I can hardly read or I
can be so hurt or so injured
00:24:50.55\00:24:55.72
or weeping so hard
you can hardly read.
00:24:55.76\00:24:58.46
But God will bring
scriptures to your mind.
00:24:58.49\00:25:01.20
That's right.
00:25:01.23\00:25:02.56
He will lift you up,
he will pull you out.
00:25:02.60\00:25:05.97
And if you're not a Christian,
00:25:06.00\00:25:07.67
you've got a
struggle to overcome
00:25:07.70\00:25:11.97
when you get knocked down.
00:25:12.01\00:25:13.88
But as a
Christian, what a blessing
00:25:13.91\00:25:16.18
to be able to go
immediately to the word.
00:25:16.21\00:25:18.21
All of you have
got scriptures, right?
00:25:18.25\00:25:19.98
Oh, yes.
00:25:20.02\00:25:21.52
Then you go to...
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and it just lists blessings,
and blessings, and hope,
00:25:22.92\00:25:25.72
and joy.
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Amen.
00:25:27.12\00:25:28.46
Well, one of my
favorite ones and is Psalm 103.
00:25:28.49\00:25:32.59
And Psalm 103, let me find it.
00:25:32.63\00:25:35.86
I have a bilingual Bible
because sometimes some words
00:25:35.90\00:25:39.33
are like I was...
00:25:39.37\00:25:40.70
I'm like, "How exactly...
00:25:40.74\00:25:43.07
What does that mean in Spanish?
00:25:43.10\00:25:45.24
And vice versa."
00:25:45.27\00:25:46.61
But anyhow I know that
Christianity is a lifestyle.
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You know, it's a lifestyle.
00:25:51.28\00:25:53.05
It's not just...
00:25:53.08\00:25:55.28
I'm a Christian on Sabbath.
00:25:55.32\00:25:57.32
I'm a Christian 24x7.
00:25:57.35\00:25:59.35
Okay, so I want my heart
to bless the Lord or my soul,
00:25:59.39\00:26:05.89
and all that is so with
then me bless His holy name.
00:26:05.93\00:26:11.20
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
00:26:11.23\00:26:13.37
and forget not all His benefits.
00:26:13.40\00:26:15.87
Hey, there it is.
00:26:15.90\00:26:18.11
What benefits?
00:26:18.14\00:26:19.47
What are you talking about?
00:26:19.51\00:26:21.24
You know, to many...
00:26:21.28\00:26:22.61
at times people
focus on the negative.
00:26:22.64\00:26:24.71
"Oh, you're Seventh-day
Adventist, you can't do this,
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.18
you can't do that, you don't
do this, you don't do that,"
00:26:27.22\00:26:29.68
but there are so
many benefits to be
00:26:29.72\00:26:32.02
and faithful to the Lord.
00:26:32.05\00:26:33.76
Verse 3 says, He forgives...
00:26:33.79\00:26:37.06
"The Lord forgives
all of my inequities,
00:26:37.09\00:26:40.06
who heals all the diseases,
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.73
who redeemed thy life
from this destruction."
00:26:42.76\00:26:47.50
Thank you, Lord.
00:26:47.54\00:26:48.87
"That crowns you
with loving kindness
00:26:48.90\00:26:52.81
and tender mercies."
00:26:52.84\00:26:54.78
So, you know, it's beautiful
when you can dig into the Word,
00:26:54.81\00:26:59.48
and yes, it will
lift your spirits,
00:26:59.51\00:27:03.05
you will see the
benefits of following the Lord,
00:27:03.08\00:27:06.02
and you could be
your own worst enemy
00:27:06.05\00:27:09.66
because you
don't forgive yourself.
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.99
So the Lord forgives you,
00:27:12.03\00:27:14.66
so we need to
celebrate that forgiveness
00:27:14.70\00:27:19.20
and that freedom that
comes with forgiveness
00:27:19.23\00:27:21.74
and bless the Lord.
00:27:21.77\00:27:23.10
Amen. That was Psalm 103.
00:27:23.14\00:27:24.81
Yes.
00:27:24.84\00:27:26.17
And remind us that He
not only forgives a bit,
00:27:26.21\00:27:28.98
like Don said, He forgets.
00:27:29.01\00:27:31.95
And that's why we can
let it go ourselves too.
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.22
Amen.
00:27:34.25\00:27:36.75
Now many a times like
00:27:36.79\00:27:38.12
whenever you were
talking about your job,
00:27:38.15\00:27:39.49
and you were talking
about the things that you do
00:27:39.52\00:27:41.66
without Christ in your life.
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.19
Last year, I was in a
completely different place
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.46
than where I am right now.
00:27:46.49\00:27:48.00
I was still in a worldly
job in the secular world,
00:27:48.03\00:27:51.77
you know, where they
tempt you to come to work,
00:27:51.80\00:27:55.00
you know, they have
all the benefits that,
00:27:55.04\00:27:57.07
you know, the benefit
and they want you to stay
00:27:57.11\00:27:59.77
and work for us,
00:27:59.81\00:28:01.51
but you got to
work too on the Sabbath.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.51
You got to forget your
blessing of the Sabbath,
00:28:03.55\00:28:05.95
you know, you
kind of let that go.
00:28:05.98\00:28:07.88
And, you know, when you
don't have Christ in your life,
00:28:07.92\00:28:10.49
it's like Dee said,
when something happens,
00:28:10.52\00:28:13.79
your whole world
just crashes down.
00:28:13.82\00:28:16.06
That's right. You have nothing.
00:28:16.09\00:28:18.49
And it is such a lowly feeling.
00:28:18.53\00:28:23.37
You have nothing else.
00:28:23.40\00:28:25.10
You know, but when you
do have Christ in your life,
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.90
when you do have
the word go back to,
00:28:26.94\00:28:29.70
there is power in
that word, and it does,
00:28:29.74\00:28:33.44
it fills your heart,
and it fills you with joy.
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.18
Even when things are
going at their worst,
00:28:36.21\00:28:39.01
if you sat down with
God, and you pray to Him,
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.68
and you open the
word, and you stay with Him,
00:28:41.72\00:28:45.89
it's like in Romans 5:8 says,
00:28:45.92\00:28:48.82
"But God demonstrates
His own love toward us,
00:28:48.86\00:28:52.63
and that while we
were still sinners,
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.66
Christ died for us."
00:28:54.70\00:28:56.40
Now even though I was
in the world last year,
00:28:56.43\00:28:59.80
I was coming out of it.
00:28:59.83\00:29:01.37
And I realized
Christ did die for us,
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.04
and He was bringing me out,
00:29:04.07\00:29:05.54
and then I got
baptized last December.
00:29:05.57\00:29:08.51
Me and my wife, you know,
00:29:08.54\00:29:10.25
she got rebaptized with
me whenever I got baptized,
00:29:10.28\00:29:13.28
and it was such a
wonderful blessing,
00:29:13.31\00:29:15.08
just for us to
share that wonderful gift
00:29:15.12\00:29:18.52
that God gave to us together.
00:29:18.55\00:29:20.32
And it's not just
the spiritual blessings,
00:29:20.36\00:29:22.66
God takes His blessings,
and He gave you this job,
00:29:22.69\00:29:26.26
He places us in
places and gives us lives
00:29:26.29\00:29:29.70
that are amazing.
00:29:29.73\00:29:31.60
He gives us
blessings that we can touch,
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.74
and feel, and live.
00:29:33.77\00:29:35.64
Right, you know, it's
like Idalia was saying,
00:29:35.67\00:29:38.84
you know, it's like some people
look at it as if they're having
00:29:38.87\00:29:42.71
something taken away from them.
00:29:42.74\00:29:44.65
Exactly.
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.01
And then they
don't realize the gifts,
00:29:46.05\00:29:47.38
the freedom that is given.
00:29:47.42\00:29:48.75
Amen. The freedom.
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.12
Whenever you have...
00:29:50.15\00:29:51.49
When you stay
in the laws of God,
00:29:51.52\00:29:55.32
you know, that which
aren't really laws at all.
00:29:55.36\00:29:57.86
It's just more or
less if you do this,
00:29:57.89\00:29:59.93
it protects you
from the bad things,
00:29:59.96\00:30:03.06
it protects you
from the evil things,
00:30:03.10\00:30:04.63
it keeps you from going down
the path that leads to sorrow.
00:30:04.67\00:30:09.04
But you can stay
within those laws
00:30:09.07\00:30:12.34
with the relationship.
00:30:12.37\00:30:13.78
With the relationship.
00:30:13.81\00:30:15.14
It's because of the relationship
00:30:15.18\00:30:16.51
that you want to do
00:30:16.54\00:30:18.55
what he asks you to do,
00:30:18.58\00:30:20.08
and then there's all
these benefit packages
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.38
that come with it.
00:30:22.42\00:30:23.75
You know, are you
missing any of those packages
00:30:23.79\00:30:25.42
since you started, I mean,
00:30:25.45\00:30:26.86
because Satan offered
you the biggest packages,
00:30:26.89\00:30:29.92
but here you are, have
you lacked anything good?
00:30:29.96\00:30:32.19
No, not at all. Not
one thing have I lacked.
00:30:32.23\00:30:33.86
Praise the
Lord. I mean, I had...
00:30:33.90\00:30:35.70
I don't even want to
think about the past anymore,
00:30:35.73\00:30:39.63
you know, it's
because the things
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.14
that were there
were not that great.
00:30:42.17\00:30:44.47
You know, it was nothing
but sorrow most of the time,
00:30:44.51\00:30:47.84
I mean the majority of the time.
00:30:47.88\00:30:49.51
You know, now there are
times whenever, of course,
00:30:49.54\00:30:52.61
I started reading the Bible,
00:30:52.65\00:30:55.68
you know, within last few years
00:30:55.72\00:30:57.69
and started praying again, yeah,
00:30:57.72\00:31:01.02
things were starting to look up.
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.39
But last year, it was still,
00:31:02.42\00:31:03.89
you know, I was still trying
to dig myself out of the hole.
00:31:03.93\00:31:07.16
But once I got out
of it, it's like the...
00:31:07.20\00:31:10.67
I was just won over, you
know, God's love won me over.
00:31:10.70\00:31:14.50
God found me and
brought me back here.
00:31:14.54\00:31:16.91
To talk about
the biggest blessing
00:31:16.94\00:31:18.47
in the world right there
00:31:18.51\00:31:19.84
was when God found
me and brought me here.
00:31:19.87\00:31:22.24
God gave me the choice,
00:31:22.28\00:31:23.61
He gives me the
freedom of choice.
00:31:23.65\00:31:24.98
That's right. I'm
glad you touched on that.
00:31:25.01\00:31:26.35
He gives me the
freedom of choice
00:31:26.38\00:31:27.72
to take the blessing in,
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.42
and to feel it, and to keep it.
00:31:29.45\00:31:32.22
You know, but, you know,
00:31:32.25\00:31:33.62
He also gives me
the choice to fall back.
00:31:33.66\00:31:36.59
I don't know why I would.
00:31:36.62\00:31:38.69
I mean, I
don't... You don't want to.
00:31:38.73\00:31:40.06
No.
00:31:40.10\00:31:41.43
there is no want or will for me
to go back to that ever at all.
00:31:41.46\00:31:46.94
Praise the Lord.
00:31:46.97\00:31:48.87
I had an experience, you know,
00:31:48.90\00:31:50.37
early in my Christian walk
00:31:50.41\00:31:51.97
when we used to go to wineries,
00:31:52.01\00:31:53.81
and I have a friend that
I was talking to one time,
00:31:53.84\00:31:58.58
and she said, "Oh,
00:31:58.61\00:31:59.95
you and your
husband should come with me,
00:31:59.98\00:32:01.45
my husband goes to a
winery for birthdays,
00:32:01.48\00:32:03.62
you know, celebrate birthdays."
00:32:03.65\00:32:04.99
And she said, "Oh, I
forgot, you guys are in bondage,
00:32:05.02\00:32:07.36
you can't do that anymore."
00:32:07.39\00:32:08.82
Again, she's
pretty blown about it.
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.86
And I said, "No, I don't
feel like I'm in bondage."
00:32:11.89\00:32:15.76
And it was just kind of
where the conversation ended,
00:32:15.80\00:32:18.80
but, you know, I
was just like, "Wow,
00:32:18.83\00:32:20.30
if people only
knew the freedoms,"
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.30
like you're saying the blessings
00:32:22.34\00:32:23.67
and the freedoms that are there,
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.04
it's like Satan's so
totally perverts things
00:32:25.07\00:32:28.14
that are good and makes
them like they're not good,
00:32:28.18\00:32:30.95
and vice versa.
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.58
And it's just sad that
people, you know, want to live.
00:32:32.61\00:32:36.05
I mean, when we
were in that life,
00:32:36.08\00:32:37.99
we thought we were fine,
00:32:38.02\00:32:39.39
you know, we thought we were...
00:32:39.42\00:32:40.76
Everything was okay,
and just be a good person.
00:32:40.79\00:32:43.49
And, you know, it's amazing
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.09
how God can bring
you out of things,
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.03
and you can look
back at that journey,
00:32:47.06\00:32:49.36
and just thank,
and praise Him for,
00:32:49.40\00:32:51.97
you know, how He's
brought us, given this new life.
00:32:52.00\00:32:55.20
Amen.
00:32:55.24\00:32:56.57
People get confused
on surrender to the Lord
00:32:56.60\00:33:00.91
actually takes
you out of bondage
00:33:00.94\00:33:03.28
and gives you freedom
beyond your wildest dreams.
00:33:03.31\00:33:06.88
You can't even imagine
00:33:06.92\00:33:08.92
what it's like
until you experience it.
00:33:08.95\00:33:12.45
And then when you actually
live it, and experience,
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.29
and have that
relationship with the Lord,
00:33:15.32\00:33:17.23
and know your freedom,
00:33:17.26\00:33:19.59
and how you can
live when you look back
00:33:19.63\00:33:21.66
at what you thought was
your freedom and free will,
00:33:21.70\00:33:25.47
and go, "Oh, oh, what I...
00:33:25.50\00:33:30.14
What I lost,
what I cheated myself
00:33:30.17\00:33:32.97
out of by not
making this decision
00:33:33.01\00:33:35.18
so much sooner
that God will take us."
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.78
When we do make that
decision, He makes the changes.
00:33:37.81\00:33:41.55
It's never too late. Amen.
00:33:41.58\00:33:43.65
And I think to walking in
this, this new Christian life,
00:33:43.69\00:33:46.99
you know, what 2
Corinthians 5:17 says,
00:33:47.02\00:33:49.12
you know, "That the old
is gone, and new has come,
00:33:49.16\00:33:51.33
we're a new creature in Christ."
00:33:51.36\00:33:53.19
Your perceptions, your desires,
00:33:53.23\00:33:55.03
your motives
are totally shifted,
00:33:55.06\00:33:56.87
they're totally different.
00:33:56.90\00:33:58.23
And you begin to see the world
00:33:58.27\00:34:00.10
in a sense what
Christ saw the world as,
00:34:00.14\00:34:01.97
and He came to seek and
save that which was lost,
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.07
and that's why I really
like the benefits of a being
00:34:04.11\00:34:06.68
a Christian is that
we get the privilege
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.84
to walk alongside Jesus,
00:34:08.88\00:34:10.95
and walk with Him on this earth,
00:34:10.98\00:34:12.55
and talk to
people that are broken
00:34:12.58\00:34:14.08
and hurting as a
song said earlier,
00:34:14.12\00:34:15.55
you know, I
want to spend my life
00:34:15.58\00:34:16.92
mending broken people,
00:34:16.95\00:34:18.39
and that's what
your focus is now.
00:34:18.42\00:34:20.16
You want to mend broken people,
00:34:20.19\00:34:21.52
and that's just
been to watch that grow,
00:34:21.56\00:34:24.03
and to see how
people flourish in the Lord.
00:34:24.06\00:34:26.59
You know, I have one young man,
00:34:26.63\00:34:27.96
I worked with that
particular store, and I...
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.27
He was doing some things to
me that was not proper etiquette
00:34:30.30\00:34:34.07
towards me, and it
was really disgusting
00:34:34.10\00:34:36.64
what he was doing,
I won't go in detail.
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.01
But anyways, I
just said to Lord,
00:34:38.04\00:34:39.37
"I can't deal with this anymore,
00:34:39.41\00:34:40.74
I got to do
something about this."
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.11
I said, "What I'm going to
do is I'm going to give him
00:34:42.14\00:34:43.55
this stuff to Christ book.
00:34:43.58\00:34:44.91
And when I get him alone,
I'm going to give it to him."
00:34:44.95\00:34:46.48
And I put it in the
back here, and I said,
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.15
"Oh, he's alone, I'm
going to go do this now."
00:34:49.18\00:34:50.52
You kind of have to
open the door, and so I went,
00:34:50.55\00:34:52.32
I said to him, "As I
really care about you,
00:34:52.35\00:34:53.69
I want you to read this."
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.06
And he looked and he was,
"Well, that's interesting."
00:34:55.09\00:34:56.66
And then three months later,
he came back in the store,
00:34:56.69\00:34:58.43
and he was clean
cut, totally different,
00:34:58.46\00:35:00.60
shook my hand,
told me who he was,
00:35:00.63\00:35:01.96
and we became friends,
00:35:02.00\00:35:03.53
and it shifted the whole...
00:35:03.57\00:35:05.43
And that's what God does
is He breaks that stony heart,
00:35:05.47\00:35:09.00
and then He gives
you a whole new purpose,
00:35:09.04\00:35:10.91
and a whole new outlook.
00:35:10.94\00:35:12.27
And it's just been
incredible to watch, so...
00:35:12.31\00:35:13.78
It blesses you.
00:35:13.81\00:35:16.01
You know,
Idalia once put on a CD
00:35:16.04\00:35:18.75
that when the song began,
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.22
I don't know where
is this song going?
00:35:20.25\00:35:22.78
And I kind of
remember a little bit,
00:35:22.82\00:35:24.19
maybe that it can help me,
00:35:24.22\00:35:25.55
it says, "Life without
Jesus is like a donut."
00:35:25.59\00:35:27.62
"Is like a donut.
00:35:27.66\00:35:29.66
Like a donut. Like a donut.
00:35:29.69\00:35:33.03
Life without
Jesus is like a donut
00:35:33.06\00:35:36.77
'Cause there's a hole in
the middle of your heart."
00:35:36.80\00:35:39.23
Oh, my God.
00:35:43.10\00:35:45.17
Well, it's a children's song,
00:35:45.21\00:35:47.24
but it has very
powerful meaning.
00:35:47.28\00:35:49.54
True.
00:35:49.58\00:35:50.91
Because when you
don't have Jesus,
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.28
you really don't...
00:35:52.31\00:35:53.65
You have like a
hole in your heart.
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.02
And that's what I've
heard a lot of people say that
00:35:55.05\00:35:58.99
when they become Christians,
they said, "I was empty,
00:35:59.02\00:36:02.82
there was an
emptiness in my heart,
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.43
there was an
emptiness in my soul."
00:36:04.46\00:36:06.70
And when they find
Jesus is when they realize,
00:36:06.73\00:36:10.53
"Wow, this is great, you
know, this is marvelous."
00:36:10.57\00:36:16.10
And that is
true, that is so true.
00:36:16.14\00:36:18.34
Well, I would
like to share that...
00:36:18.37\00:36:20.91
Okay, being in the church,
it was a behavioral thing,
00:36:20.94\00:36:27.02
you know, and the outward thing.
00:36:27.05\00:36:29.18
And we can be
Christians for 50 years,
00:36:29.22\00:36:32.45
but really not
truly be heart Christians.
00:36:32.49\00:36:36.46
I don't know how
to put it in words.
00:36:36.49\00:36:38.96
Real relationship.
00:36:38.99\00:36:40.33
But that was the
me, you know, "Okay,
00:36:40.36\00:36:43.97
we were supposed
to go to church,"
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.33
I went to church,
mom had worship with us.
00:36:45.37\00:36:49.60
Like at 5:00 in the morning,
she would wake us up as kids,
00:36:49.64\00:36:51.87
we would have
worship in the morning,
00:36:51.91\00:36:53.41
worship in the evening,
and it was all a routine.
00:36:53.44\00:36:57.11
And one routine after the other,
00:36:57.15\00:36:58.91
and then when I
became old enough to drive,
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.48
I would tell her, "Mom,
00:37:01.52\00:37:02.85
I'm going to go to
another church today,"
00:37:02.88\00:37:04.85
but I would go somewhere
else to hang out with friends
00:37:04.89\00:37:07.29
or what have you.
00:37:07.32\00:37:08.66
So, you know, what
we see in the surface
00:37:08.69\00:37:11.26
and what we consider as
routine or that's right,
00:37:11.29\00:37:15.60
it's not
necessarily that you have gotten
00:37:15.63\00:37:17.27
to the point of saying,
00:37:17.30\00:37:19.13
"Wait a minute,
wait, what am I doing?"
00:37:19.17\00:37:21.77
You know, and it takes years,
but you can make the change,
00:37:21.80\00:37:28.28
you know?
00:37:28.31\00:37:29.68
I praise the Lord that I'm not
the person that I used to be.
00:37:29.71\00:37:32.71
Amen.
00:37:32.75\00:37:34.08
And I'm glad, and
I praise the Lord,
00:37:34.12\00:37:35.85
and I thank the Lord that
I have experienced His peace.
00:37:35.88\00:37:41.06
You know, when you
said He still know...
00:37:41.09\00:37:44.03
That I am God.
00:37:44.06\00:37:46.09
I'm like, "That is so beautiful,
00:37:46.13\00:37:47.46
but yes, it is true."
00:37:47.50\00:37:48.93
And the Lord offers
us all peace, you know?
00:37:48.96\00:37:52.53
And it's our choice to
take it and make it ours
00:37:52.57\00:37:55.50
in spite of
whatever circumstances
00:37:55.54\00:37:58.11
that we are facing.
00:37:58.14\00:38:00.08
So it doesn't matter
00:38:00.11\00:38:01.54
what the Satan
wants to throw at you,
00:38:01.58\00:38:04.05
remember, "Lord, give
me Your peace right now."
00:38:04.08\00:38:06.95
And the Lord will do it.
00:38:06.98\00:38:08.32
There, you know,
when you said that,
00:38:08.35\00:38:09.68
a phrase came to my mind.
00:38:09.72\00:38:11.05
You were talking
about that earlier years,
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.45
the term is, "Fake
it till you make it."
00:38:12.49\00:38:14.29
Fake it till you make it,
yes. Fake it till you make it.
00:38:14.32\00:38:15.92
And you know, when I
was just thinking about
00:38:15.96\00:38:17.33
how Jesus came to
Peter, and he says,
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.19
Jesus, Satan has
asked for and desired
00:38:19.23\00:38:21.06
to sift you as wheat,
00:38:21.10\00:38:22.53
"But I am
praying for you, Peter,
00:38:22.56\00:38:23.90
that when you are converted,
00:38:23.93\00:38:25.97
that you will
strengthen your brethren."
00:38:26.00\00:38:28.37
I think they were converted,
00:38:28.40\00:38:29.74
that's conversion is
the word we're looking at.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.77
Conversion is where it's really
taking root in your heart.
00:38:31.81\00:38:34.54
I think that's
really a powerful thought.
00:38:34.58\00:38:36.04
When it really
gets in your heart,
00:38:36.08\00:38:37.48
as you mentioned, that hole,
00:38:37.51\00:38:38.85
now it's filled, now
when you get that feeling,
00:38:38.88\00:38:40.48
you're going to
just keep it to yourself?
00:38:40.52\00:38:42.78
Is that going to be
what you do or you should...
00:38:42.82\00:38:45.25
You can't.
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.62
When you're really
filled with the joy of the Lord,
00:38:46.65\00:38:50.16
It's impossible not to share it.
00:38:50.19\00:38:53.90
And I think if people,
00:38:53.93\00:38:56.13
the more I
understand and comprehend
00:38:56.16\00:39:00.30
God's love for
me, I mean, it's just,
00:39:00.34\00:39:04.37
I just know and grow more
in that love and understanding,
00:39:04.41\00:39:08.34
you can't help
but love Him back.
00:39:08.38\00:39:10.38
People do not grasp God's love,
00:39:10.41\00:39:13.42
and they don't
understand that He is real.
00:39:13.45\00:39:16.85
They take it in their
minds and make it a fairytale,
00:39:16.89\00:39:22.32
and they don't
understand the real power
00:39:22.36\00:39:24.89
and the real love of God.
00:39:24.93\00:39:26.73
And when you really comprehend
His power and His love
00:39:26.76\00:39:31.13
and that it can be yours,
00:39:31.17\00:39:33.23
all these
blessings, and peace, and joy,
00:39:33.27\00:39:36.84
it's overwhelming.
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.21
And you want to embrace it
with everything that you are.
00:39:38.24\00:39:40.94
Amen.
00:39:40.98\00:39:42.38
You know, I was just thinking
of the Great Controversy,
00:39:42.41\00:39:44.51
and how we're in the
great controversy with,
00:39:44.55\00:39:47.48
you know, the battle
between God and Satan.
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.92
And when I...
00:39:49.95\00:39:51.29
The first time I read
their Great Controversy
00:39:51.32\00:39:52.82
and really understood
that, we are in a battle,
00:39:52.85\00:39:55.66
and that we have an
enemy that wants to prevent us
00:39:55.69\00:39:57.63
from growing and
knowing God more,
00:39:57.66\00:40:01.06
I think that puts
everything in perspective.
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.26
And it like...
00:40:03.30\00:40:04.63
In my own life, it puts things
way more in perspective to know
00:40:04.67\00:40:07.54
that we are in a battle,
we are in a great controversy,
00:40:07.57\00:40:10.31
God's character is
under attack by Satan.
00:40:10.34\00:40:13.24
And if we recognize the
spiritual warfare where...
00:40:13.27\00:40:15.64
And, you know, it really...
00:40:15.68\00:40:18.58
I just, you know, I'm thinking
about another conversation
00:40:18.61\00:40:21.78
I had with someone one time
00:40:21.82\00:40:23.15
that they said
they don't believe
00:40:23.18\00:40:25.49
that Satan exists,
00:40:25.52\00:40:26.86
they just ignore that he exists.
00:40:26.89\00:40:29.66
And so I think
that's really dangerous,
00:40:29.69\00:40:31.73
you know, to ignore
him because he is real.
00:40:31.76\00:40:36.43
And so it was just an
interesting conversation,
00:40:36.46\00:40:39.27
but, you know, just
because we want to believe
00:40:39.30\00:40:42.07
that something isn't real,
00:40:42.10\00:40:43.51
it doesn't make it
not real, you know?
00:40:43.54\00:40:46.01
And, you know, just the idea
00:40:46.04\00:40:48.48
of the Great
Controversy that God,
00:40:48.51\00:40:51.11
you know, His character,
00:40:51.15\00:40:53.52
in this world,
it's under attack.
00:40:53.55\00:40:55.42
And, you know,
the way it were...
00:40:55.45\00:40:57.65
Well, I was that spiritually,
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.02
I always thought
God was a dictator,
00:40:59.05\00:41:00.99
you know, like 10 years ago,
00:41:01.02\00:41:02.49
when my idea of God
was that He was a dictator,
00:41:02.52\00:41:05.33
ready to punish me as
soon as I did something wrong.
00:41:05.36\00:41:08.10
And now that I understand,
you know, the real, the truth,
00:41:08.13\00:41:11.67
of what He really...
00:41:11.70\00:41:13.03
His character really is,
00:41:13.07\00:41:14.40
it really makes me
appreciate Him even more,
00:41:14.44\00:41:16.81
you know, and to
know that He is loving,
00:41:16.84\00:41:19.07
He wants the best for me.
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.74
Well, with my kids,
00:41:20.78\00:41:24.51
I don't know how many of
you have helped young people
00:41:24.55\00:41:27.88
in their walk with the Lord.
00:41:27.92\00:41:29.85
I know that Dee has
a lot of spiritual kids
00:41:29.88\00:41:33.69
'cause she is
one of the teachers,
00:41:33.72\00:41:35.16
you know, at the church.
00:41:35.19\00:41:38.56
But with my kids, I said, "Sons,
00:41:38.59\00:41:41.73
I'm so sorry for
failing you as a mom.
00:41:41.76\00:41:46.03
And I did not picture God's love
00:41:46.07\00:41:51.31
the way I should have
pictured it to you, you know?
00:41:51.34\00:41:54.84
And the reality is
that, yes, I'm not perfect.
00:41:54.88\00:41:58.78
Honey, I know,
you don't know that,
00:41:58.81\00:42:00.72
but I'm not perfect."
00:42:00.75\00:42:03.82
But I tell my
kids, "I'm so sorry,
00:42:03.85\00:42:06.55
I just wished
that that today was..."
00:42:06.59\00:42:10.96
Back then, where I can
improve in so many areas
00:42:10.99\00:42:15.66
because the picture
that we picture of Christ
00:42:15.70\00:42:19.73
to our kids also has something
00:42:19.77\00:42:24.27
with your growth
as parents, as adults,
00:42:24.31\00:42:28.64
I just wanted to share that
because there are some parents
00:42:28.68\00:42:31.25
out there that
are probably thinking,
00:42:31.28\00:42:34.45
"Now what do I do in order
to help my children understand
00:42:34.48\00:42:38.32
God's great love, His
forgiveness, His attention,
00:42:38.35\00:42:41.92
that His undivided
attention, His omnipresence,
00:42:41.96\00:42:45.49
you know, the Almighty God
00:42:45.53\00:42:47.83
that takes care of
you and is your provider."
00:42:47.86\00:42:50.67
So I praise the Lord
that He has provided,
00:42:50.70\00:42:54.40
and this is the text that
I wanted to share with you,
00:42:54.44\00:42:58.54
it's Galatians 5.
00:42:58.57\00:43:02.14
And we'll just go
right to the verse 22.
00:43:02.18\00:43:06.28
"But the fruit of
the Spirit is love,
00:43:06.31\00:43:09.42
joy, peace, longsuffering,
00:43:09.45\00:43:12.99
gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness,
00:43:13.02\00:43:17.19
temperance, against
such there is no law.
00:43:17.23\00:43:20.60
And they that are in
Christ have crucified the flesh
00:43:20.63\00:43:27.00
with the affections and lusts.
00:43:27.04\00:43:29.47
If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.
00:43:29.50\00:43:34.61
Let us not be
desirers of vain glory,
00:43:34.64\00:43:38.15
provoking one another,
and being one another."
00:43:38.18\00:43:41.65
Yeah, that really speaks
to me 'cause I think of...
00:43:41.68\00:43:44.89
If we could really
nail down 1 Corinthians 13,
00:43:44.92\00:43:47.82
oh, my goodness, it
would be incredible,
00:43:47.86\00:43:50.53
you know, like
it says in verse 4,
00:43:50.56\00:43:52.03
"Charity or love suffereth long
00:43:52.06\00:43:53.56
and is kind,
charity envieth not,
00:43:53.60\00:43:55.50
charity vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up,
00:43:55.53\00:43:57.97
does not behave itself unseemly,
00:43:58.00\00:44:00.14
seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked,"
00:44:00.17\00:44:02.30
Oh that's a good one.
00:44:02.34\00:44:03.67
"Thinketh no evil,
rejoiceth not in iniquity,
00:44:03.71\00:44:05.67
but rejoiceth in the truth,"
and said, "Beareth all things,
00:44:05.71\00:44:08.14
believeth all things,
00:44:08.18\00:44:09.51
hopeth all things,
endureth all things."
00:44:09.54\00:44:11.01
I think these are.
00:44:11.05\00:44:12.38
And I tell the guys
when I'm in prison, I said,
00:44:12.41\00:44:13.92
I believe that this
is what it looks like
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.52
to be a godly man, right here.
00:44:15.55\00:44:17.95
And I take him in the Steps
of Christ which it talks about
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.06
how Jesus, He
looked in people's eyes,
00:44:20.09\00:44:22.09
and He even sense your weakness.
00:44:22.12\00:44:23.49
That just blows me away.
00:44:23.53\00:44:25.39
"How come you
can't get together?
00:44:25.43\00:44:26.76
Come on, man, I mean,
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.13
get your boot
straps on, let's go."
00:44:28.16\00:44:29.50
He didn't even do that,
00:44:29.53\00:44:30.87
he didn't even
sense your weakness.
00:44:30.90\00:44:32.23
He's like, He
looked at the people,
00:44:32.27\00:44:33.60
He saw what they could be.
00:44:33.64\00:44:34.97
That speaks to me,
I'm like, "Wow, that's..."
00:44:35.00\00:44:36.34
Because what God wants us to be,
00:44:36.37\00:44:39.57
what He gave us to be is
a reflection of who He is.
00:44:39.61\00:44:44.15
And that's how He treats
us, and we don't recognize Him.
00:44:44.18\00:44:48.42
Exactly.
00:44:48.45\00:44:49.78
'Cause not even any of
the disciples were perfect
00:44:49.82\00:44:51.79
whenever He picked them,
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.59
you know, they had
faults of their own.
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.06
That's true. Right.
00:44:55.09\00:44:56.42
It's like...
00:44:56.46\00:44:57.79
But He saw the potential
and what they were going to be
00:44:57.83\00:44:59.76
able to do later, you
know, so, you know, it's like,
00:44:59.79\00:45:03.20
you know, you
brought up 1 Corinthians 1:9,
00:45:03.23\00:45:07.84
the verse says,
"God is faithful,
00:45:07.87\00:45:09.97
by whom you were
called into the fellowship
00:45:10.01\00:45:12.17
of His Son Jesus
Christ our Lord."
00:45:12.21\00:45:14.81
Yeah. Amen.
00:45:14.84\00:45:16.18
You know, it's like God
is faithful with His love
00:45:16.21\00:45:18.51
that He gives to us, you
know, He's ever faithful.
00:45:18.55\00:45:21.35
Wow.
00:45:21.38\00:45:22.72
So that is the
blessing in itself.
00:45:22.75\00:45:24.09
That's a good point. Wow.
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.45
Amen. I like that.
00:45:25.49\00:45:26.82
Made new every day.
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.19
Amen.
00:45:28.22\00:45:29.56
Well, we've been talking
about many of the blessings
00:45:29.59\00:45:30.93
and there are multitudes more,
00:45:30.96\00:45:34.00
but in contrast with
those that are not Christians,
00:45:34.03\00:45:38.53
you know, because the
people that are not Christian,
00:45:38.57\00:45:40.67
they believe that God...
00:45:40.70\00:45:42.54
either they choose
not to follow the Lord
00:45:42.57\00:45:45.77
or they think
God does not exist.
00:45:45.81\00:45:48.11
It's interesting,
those that worship the devil,
00:45:48.14\00:45:50.75
know that he
exists for some reason.
00:45:50.78\00:45:53.05
And those that worship the Lord,
00:45:53.08\00:45:55.32
I'll say the
majority know that He exists.
00:45:55.35\00:45:58.25
But those that
are not Christians,
00:45:58.29\00:46:01.19
really this
life is all they have
00:46:01.22\00:46:04.29
to look forward to,
00:46:04.33\00:46:05.66
while the Christian has a
great and marvelous future
00:46:05.69\00:46:11.17
because when you
think of John 3:16, it says,
00:46:11.20\00:46:15.20
"For God so loved the world
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.17
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:46:17.21\00:46:19.64
that whosoever
believes in Him will not perish
00:46:19.67\00:46:23.95
but have everlasting life."
00:46:23.98\00:46:26.21
Then you begin to...
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.15
your eyes begin
to open, he says,
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.52
"Wait a minute, you mean,
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.55
this world is not all there is?
00:46:31.59\00:46:34.16
And you talk
about everlasting life?"
00:46:34.19\00:46:36.59
That's life without end.
00:46:36.62\00:46:37.96
Yes.
00:46:37.99\00:46:39.33
And so I like
to tell people that
00:46:39.36\00:46:40.70
when we're talking
about life without end,
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.76
it's not life such
as we have it today.
00:46:42.80\00:46:44.17
Yeah.
00:46:44.20\00:46:45.53
You know, if you
had everlasting life
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.04
and it was being taxed,
00:46:47.07\00:46:49.80
having diseases come
and go, and, you know,
00:46:49.84\00:46:52.31
the common cold, and
insects coming over you,
00:46:52.34\00:46:54.98
and all of the different
things that could happen.
00:46:55.01\00:46:57.51
And there are people
that they fear being robbed,
00:46:57.55\00:47:01.95
so they get
alarms for their cars,
00:47:01.98\00:47:04.09
they get alarms for their homes,
00:47:04.12\00:47:06.09
they put railings,
00:47:06.12\00:47:07.46
they put walls in their
house, they put barbed wire,
00:47:07.49\00:47:10.59
and they get animals
to protect their homes,
00:47:10.63\00:47:12.59
they even hire guards.
00:47:12.63\00:47:14.56
And there are people that live
in buildings that are secure,
00:47:14.60\00:47:18.93
and before you
get into the building,
00:47:18.97\00:47:20.54
you have to pass
several checkpoints, and guards,
00:47:20.57\00:47:23.37
and there's
somebody in the gate,
00:47:23.41\00:47:25.07
and, you know,
and there's this fear.
00:47:25.11\00:47:28.48
And there are places
you can go in some cities
00:47:28.51\00:47:31.38
that people tell you,
"Don't go down there."
00:47:31.41\00:47:33.85
So if life on earth
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.98
was everlasting in
this world the way it is,
00:47:36.02\00:47:38.42
God is going to
create a new world
00:47:38.45\00:47:41.29
where none of this...
00:47:41.32\00:47:42.66
The sufferings of
this world aren't there.
00:47:42.69\00:47:44.16
Amen. Yeah.
00:47:44.19\00:47:45.53
They will not be there.
00:47:45.56\00:47:46.90
Let me say it that
way, they will not be there.
00:47:46.93\00:47:48.36
And so those that
are not Christian,
00:47:48.40\00:47:50.60
this is all, in their mind,
00:47:50.63\00:47:52.63
they think this is all there is.
00:47:52.67\00:47:54.27
But there's much more
than this world has to offer
00:47:54.30\00:47:58.11
and that's what
God has to offer.
00:47:58.14\00:47:59.51
So my hope is that as
people have been listening
00:47:59.54\00:48:03.35
to what we are
saying, they'll say,
00:48:03.38\00:48:04.71
"Wait a minute,
I'm missing out."
00:48:04.75\00:48:08.38
You're missing
out. "I'm missing out."
00:48:08.42\00:48:10.15
And we have only
begun, we have only...
00:48:10.19\00:48:12.22
not even begun to
scratch the surface
00:48:12.25\00:48:14.36
of all the blessings of the Lord
00:48:14.39\00:48:15.99
because you're never alone.
00:48:16.02\00:48:19.53
You may be by
yourself but you're not alone,
00:48:19.56\00:48:21.43
God is with you
always, and perhaps,
00:48:21.46\00:48:24.33
we can talk about some
more of these things that...
00:48:24.37\00:48:27.77
Sure.
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.14
Sure, something that
I just recently read,
00:48:29.17\00:48:30.51
it was an article that I really
wasn't thinking about reading
00:48:30.54\00:48:32.04
about but then this
really felt impressed to open up
00:48:32.07\00:48:33.88
and this is how dark
our minds have become
00:48:33.91\00:48:36.11
and who are
chasing after the world,
00:48:36.14\00:48:38.18
they're now creating
00:48:38.21\00:48:39.55
what's called a
digital eternity.
00:48:39.58\00:48:41.22
A digital
eternity, what that means
00:48:41.25\00:48:42.62
is they're taking all
of your different places
00:48:42.65\00:48:44.75
you've been to, social
medias, off your YouTube,
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.76
all that stuff and are
conglomerating this all
00:48:46.79\00:48:48.29
into one package,
00:48:48.32\00:48:49.72
and they are making
avatars of human beings
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.43
who die so you can in a sense,
00:48:51.46\00:48:53.46
like they said this businessman
when he loses his business
00:48:53.50\00:48:56.13
to someone can ask this
avatar who is him to say,
00:48:56.16\00:48:59.20
"Well, is this a good decision?"
00:48:59.23\00:49:00.57
And this avatar who is
you will say this is not good
00:49:00.60\00:49:03.81
or this is good.
00:49:03.84\00:49:05.17
You know, and this is
what the world is coming to,
00:49:05.21\00:49:07.81
they're actually saying that
you can even now put yourself
00:49:07.84\00:49:09.88
into a robot someday soon
00:49:09.91\00:49:11.68
that you'll be able
to live on in a robot.
00:49:11.71\00:49:15.15
Just as man tried to
build a tower to heaven,
00:49:15.18\00:49:19.15
they are now trying to
create their own eternity.
00:49:19.19\00:49:22.16
Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:22.19\00:49:23.53
How sad.
00:49:23.56\00:49:24.99
Wow. Incredible.
00:49:25.03\00:49:26.36
And this is a
sign of the emptiness,
00:49:26.39\00:49:28.03
the misdirection there is
when you don't know the Lord.
00:49:28.06\00:49:31.43
I mean, when you know
00:49:31.47\00:49:33.13
that if you have
citizenship in heaven,
00:49:33.17\00:49:36.30
that you have a better
world to look forward to,
00:49:36.34\00:49:39.21
then you begin...
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.58
See there's this verse,
I'm just going to quote it,
00:49:40.61\00:49:41.94
I'm not even
going to look it up,
00:49:41.98\00:49:43.31
it's in Psalms 34,
00:49:43.35\00:49:44.81
so if I say the verse,
then that's good, I mean,
00:49:44.85\00:49:48.65
I have it here in my
notes, but Psalms 34, it says,
00:49:48.68\00:49:51.82
"O taste and see
that the Lord is good."
00:49:51.85\00:49:56.86
Amen. Yes.
00:49:56.89\00:49:58.23
That's what we ask
people, taste and see.
00:49:58.26\00:49:59.59
Test Him.
00:49:59.63\00:50:00.96
That the Lord is good. Yeah.
00:50:01.00\00:50:02.43
And, you know,
in some companies,
00:50:02.46\00:50:05.80
when they want you
to buy their product,
00:50:05.83\00:50:07.90
they offer you a
10-day trial or 30-day trial.
00:50:07.94\00:50:13.14
Then if you
don't really like it,
00:50:13.17\00:50:14.51
you can return it,
00:50:14.54\00:50:16.04
you know, without any cost,
you have to pay the shipping,
00:50:16.08\00:50:18.61
of course, and all
those type of things,
00:50:18.65\00:50:19.98
but we're saying taste
and see that the Lord is good.
00:50:20.02\00:50:23.95
Amen.
00:50:23.99\00:50:25.32
And when you taste, really taste
00:50:25.35\00:50:26.69
that the Lord is good,
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.06
you're not going
to want anything else.
00:50:28.09\00:50:30.43
You know... I mean, we have...
00:50:30.46\00:50:31.99
Several of you
have expressed that,
00:50:32.03\00:50:33.36
"I don't want what I had before,
00:50:33.40\00:50:34.93
I don't want the world,
00:50:34.96\00:50:36.30
I don't want the
emptiness I had before,
00:50:36.33\00:50:37.93
the suffering I had before,"
because God changes your life,
00:50:37.97\00:50:40.94
changes your perspective,
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.30
and every day is a wonderful day
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.37
because you know that
this world is not your world.
00:50:44.41\00:50:47.38
You have a better world
that God has planned for you.
00:50:47.41\00:50:49.78
Right.
00:50:49.81\00:50:51.15
And this is a reality, you know,
00:50:51.18\00:50:52.51
it's a reality that we
have to look forward to.
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.82
Amen.
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.18
Even this life is so
much better with the Lord.
00:50:56.22\00:50:58.49
Even this life, that's right.
00:50:58.52\00:50:59.85
This life, in reality,
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.76
with everything that goes wrong,
00:51:01.79\00:51:03.99
and happens,
and Satan's attacks,
00:51:04.03\00:51:06.46
this life with the
Lord is so much better
00:51:06.49\00:51:10.27
than this life without Him.
00:51:10.30\00:51:12.23
And then of
course, like you said,
00:51:12.27\00:51:13.94
there's eternity,
00:51:13.97\00:51:15.30
which is a real
life in a real world
00:51:15.34\00:51:18.74
and not floating on
a cloud with a harp.
00:51:18.77\00:51:21.31
With the little
time that we have left,
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.61
I know you may have
all something to share,
00:51:23.65\00:51:25.58
but we have such
limited time now, I would, like,
00:51:25.61\00:51:27.72
just like to go down each
one, give an opportunity, Brian,
00:51:27.75\00:51:30.95
if you were to say to
someone that doesn't know Jesus,
00:51:30.99\00:51:34.46
what would you say to someone
so that they may be encouraged
00:51:34.49\00:51:37.49
to try Jesus?
00:51:37.53\00:51:40.20
Well, the fact that we
were talking about earlier
00:51:40.23\00:51:42.40
how things seemed
to be a jail cell,
00:51:42.43\00:51:47.87
that you were
talking about, you know,
00:51:47.90\00:51:49.50
that your friends told
you that you must be living
00:51:49.54\00:51:53.04
in a confined space,
00:51:53.07\00:51:55.81
unable to experience joy
00:51:55.84\00:51:59.51
when the space that we have
is an abundant amount of joy,
00:51:59.55\00:52:05.45
it is not confined at all.
00:52:05.49\00:52:07.59
It is boundless, you know,
the joy that, you know, God...
00:52:07.62\00:52:12.39
The love that God gives us
00:52:12.43\00:52:13.76
is just an
overflowing cup of joy,
00:52:13.80\00:52:17.50
you know, it really is.
00:52:17.53\00:52:18.90
You know, that, you know,
00:52:18.93\00:52:20.64
not being able to go to a
wine retreat or something,
00:52:20.67\00:52:24.57
you know, waking up
the next day bound to a bed
00:52:24.61\00:52:26.88
because your head hurts so bad,
00:52:26.91\00:52:29.34
that sounds like a bigger prison
00:52:29.38\00:52:30.75
right there myself,
00:52:30.78\00:52:32.11
you know, one that
I've experienced in the past
00:52:32.15\00:52:34.95
and never going
to go back to, so...
00:52:34.98\00:52:37.52
And how much we embarrass
and humiliate ourselves,
00:52:37.55\00:52:39.82
those things too...
00:52:39.85\00:52:41.69
Dee, what would
you like to share?
00:52:41.72\00:52:44.36
Romans 15:13, if
you're not a Christian,
00:52:44.39\00:52:48.33
try the Lord but
you have to try it
00:52:48.36\00:52:50.13
with your whole heart.
00:52:50.17\00:52:51.73
Yes.
00:52:51.77\00:52:53.10
And this is my prayer
for you if you do that,
00:52:53.13\00:52:55.20
"Now may the God of hope
00:52:55.24\00:52:57.61
fill you with all joy
and peace in believing
00:52:57.64\00:53:01.94
that you may abound in hope
00:53:01.98\00:53:04.05
by the power of
the Holy Spirit."
00:53:04.08\00:53:06.75
The power of the
Holy Spirit is powerful,
00:53:06.78\00:53:09.95
and if you will try the
Lord and taste it, He is good.
00:53:09.98\00:53:14.76
He will fill you with a joy
that you've never experienced
00:53:14.79\00:53:17.99
before, and a peace, and a hope,
00:53:18.03\00:53:20.50
He will give you
life, instead of death.
00:53:20.53\00:53:23.50
Amen. Amen.
00:53:23.53\00:53:24.87
Donald. Yes.
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.27
Actually, it was your
speaking that came to my mind,
00:53:26.30\00:53:28.37
it was Romans 12:1-2,
I'll just read this real quick,
00:53:28.40\00:53:30.67
"I beseech you
therefore, brethren,
00:53:30.71\00:53:32.04
by the mercies of God,
00:53:32.07\00:53:33.41
that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
00:53:33.44\00:53:36.04
holy, acceptable unto God,
00:53:36.08\00:53:37.51
which is your
reasonable service,"
00:53:37.55\00:53:39.21
I really like that word.
00:53:39.25\00:53:40.58
Verse two is the biggest one,
00:53:40.62\00:53:41.95
"And be not
conformed to this world,
00:53:41.98\00:53:44.29
but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
00:53:44.32\00:53:47.36
that you may
prove what is that good,
00:53:47.39\00:53:49.12
and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God."
00:53:49.16\00:53:50.96
That word "transformation"
and I think for me,
00:53:50.99\00:53:53.36
that's what has
spoken in my life
00:53:53.40\00:53:54.96
personally is that God
has come in and transformed,
00:53:55.00\00:53:57.27
He's given me a
whole new perspective
00:53:57.30\00:53:59.30
and a desire to see
people know who Jesus is,
00:53:59.33\00:54:01.84
and that's what I want
for our viewers, listeners,
00:54:01.87\00:54:05.37
whoever you are that this Word,
00:54:05.41\00:54:07.31
the gospel will
really transform your life.
00:54:07.34\00:54:10.25
It'll give you a new
hope, and new glimmer,
00:54:10.28\00:54:12.41
and a promise that He is
going to complete the good work
00:54:12.45\00:54:15.02
that He's begun in
you, so just renew you.
00:54:15.05\00:54:16.72
Amen. Amen.
00:54:16.75\00:54:18.09
Janelle.
00:54:18.12\00:54:19.45
I would just like to say that,
00:54:19.49\00:54:21.09
you know, for those out there
that haven't tried the Lord
00:54:21.12\00:54:24.23
that maybe you've
tried other things
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.59
to fill that hole we
were talking about earlier.
00:54:26.63\00:54:30.73
And you've tried to fill
it with things of this world
00:54:30.77\00:54:33.03
but God made you,
He's your Creator,
00:54:33.07\00:54:35.94
and He knows how to
fill that hole that you fill.
00:54:35.97\00:54:38.47
So I hope that
you'll try Him today.
00:54:38.51\00:54:40.81
Amen. Yes.
00:54:40.84\00:54:42.18
Idalia, what
would you like to share?
00:54:42.21\00:54:43.71
Oh, my mind is running,
00:54:43.75\00:54:45.95
but I think what I
would like to share with you
00:54:45.98\00:54:51.02
is to just give God a chance.
00:54:51.05\00:54:53.49
Amen.
00:54:53.52\00:54:54.86
Give yourself a break, you know,
00:54:54.89\00:54:56.22
don't carry your burdens.
00:54:56.26\00:54:57.89
Give them to the Lord
00:54:57.93\00:54:59.43
and you're going to
find freedom in the Lord
00:54:59.46\00:55:02.50
because this bondage
of sin, of discouragement,
00:55:02.53\00:55:07.04
or frustrations, or
whatever you're facing,
00:55:07.07\00:55:11.21
there's freedom from that
and it's only found in Christ,
00:55:11.24\00:55:14.38
we cannot do it on our own.
00:55:14.41\00:55:15.94
That's right. Amen.
00:55:15.98\00:55:17.31
So I can do all things,
00:55:17.35\00:55:19.15
all things through
Christ who strengthens us.
00:55:19.18\00:55:22.28
Amen. That's right.
00:55:22.32\00:55:23.89
And I would like to
share that, you know,
00:55:23.92\00:55:26.05
be not afraid to come to Jesus
00:55:26.09\00:55:28.66
because you can
come with confidence
00:55:28.69\00:55:32.13
knowing that you're
not going to be rejected,
00:55:32.16\00:55:34.70
you're going to
be accepted. Amen.
00:55:34.73\00:55:36.73
And John 6: 37, Jesus
says, "He that comes to me,
00:55:36.77\00:55:39.97
I will in no wise cast out."
00:55:40.00\00:55:42.50
Amen.
00:55:42.54\00:55:43.87
So you can come
00:55:43.91\00:55:45.24
with your worries, your concern,
00:55:45.27\00:55:47.14
be not afraid to come to Jesus
00:55:47.18\00:55:48.98
because what He is
going to do is accept you.
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And, you know,
some people say, "Well,
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I don't think
He's going to accept me
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because I'm just so sinful."
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Jesus Christ died on the cross
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so that the worst
person in the world
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could be cleansed, forgiven,
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and become a child of God.
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Amen.
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So I want to
encourage you to come to Jesus,
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give your heart to
Him, and, you know,
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there's this marvelous
thing in John chapter 1,
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I'm just going
to say the chapter
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so that at least
you remember that
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'cause if I say a
verse, "Oh, where's that..."
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John chapter 1.
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It says there that
"He came unto his own,
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and his own received him not."
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And this is the next
part, it's interesting,
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"But as many as
received him," you see,
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some people think
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"Is the Lord
going to receive me?"
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"As many as
received him," you see,
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Jesus is knocking at
the door of your heart,
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inviting you to open the
door so that he can come in.
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Amen.
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"And as many as received Him,"
so if you will receive Him,
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you begin to taste and
see that the Lord is good.
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Amen. You really do.
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And I want to
encourage you to do that
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because when you do that,
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you will never want to
go back to whatever it is
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that you think you
had before that was good
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because there's
nothing in this world
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that's better than
what God has to offer.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I encourage
you, read in the Bible...
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we didn't read...
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Revelation 21,
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"God is going to take away
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all tears, all
pain, all suffering."
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Yes.
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And I want to
encourage you to follow Jesus,
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give your heart to Him.
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And as I like to say,
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give your heart to
the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you will begin
to have peace and joy
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that begins in this
world and continues forever.
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We say happy Sabbath to you.
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God bless you. Happy Sabbath.
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