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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW190004A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:35 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:10 Hello and welcome. 01:11 Happy Sabbath to you. 01:13 My name is John Dinzey, 01:14 and I am here with my wife Idalia. 01:15 And it is a joy for us to say Happy Sabbath to you. 01:18 Happy Sabbath. That's right. 01:19 It's the end of the week and God has been faithful, 01:22 He's been good, He's carried us through another week. 01:26 And we're here to celebrate that gift 01:28 with our friends and family here at 3ABN. 01:30 That's right, so I will introduce 01:32 the people to my left. 01:34 How about if you introduce the ones to your right? 01:35 Gladly. See, the family. 01:37 So we have to my left, Sister Xenia Capote. 01:41 Welcome. Happy Sabbath. 01:43 Thank you. Amen. 01:45 And next to you is Donald Owen. Yes. 01:46 Also known here and part of the family. 01:48 Thank you for joining us. Thank you. 01:50 Appreciate it. Happy Sabbath. 01:51 And we have Jorge Jaque next to me. 01:54 Thank you. Happy Sabbath. 01:56 Happy Sabbath. 01:57 Feliz Sabbath. Feliz Sabbath. 01:59 And Brian Dickens, welcome. 02:01 Thank you, and happy Sabbath. 02:03 Thank you. 02:04 You were able, you guys were able 02:06 to just put things aside and forget about our worries, 02:11 and just focus 02:12 in the beautiful gift of the Sabbath. 02:15 Right. Amen. 02:17 And the family members, 02:18 we have here work in different departments. 02:21 And maybe briefly, we'll start with Donald. 02:23 Can you tell us what are some of the things you do at 3ABN? 02:27 Well, I actually work in the pastoral department. 02:29 We take prayer requests, I work on prayer warrior list. 02:33 We also mail out materials 02:34 to folks who are in need of materials. 02:36 We help locate people 02:38 with the Seventh-day Adventist churches too, 02:39 so we got quite a bit we do, yeah. 02:42 And, Xenia? 02:43 I work in the accounting department. 02:45 I receive your donations and your prayer requests. 02:48 Amen. 02:50 Wonderful. 02:51 And, Jorge Jaque? 02:52 I am the assistant production manager for... 02:57 I'm an assistant production manager for 3ABN. 03:02 Something like that, yeah. 03:04 And also I'm a producer. 03:05 Okay. Great, great. 03:07 And next to you, 03:08 we have Brian that will share... 03:10 What are some of the things you get to do at 3ABN? 03:12 I'm the programming manager here at 3ABN, 03:15 and I get to help organize the schedules 03:19 and everything for everything that gets put on the air for, 03:23 you know, everything from the episodes numbers 03:25 to make sure the right episodes are playing at the right spot. 03:29 It's been a blessing to work here. 03:31 Amen. 03:32 Since I've started last year. 03:34 Is that just for 3ABN paternal network? 03:36 That's for the parent network, 3ABN English, 03:39 the International channel, the Latino channel, 03:43 Kids' network, 03:44 and the New Praise network that we just started this year. 03:47 So, yeah. Wow. 03:49 It's big ordeal. 03:50 Yeah, every second, every second 03:53 to play programs that you see on the air 03:56 goes through Brian's fingertips. 03:59 I get to help organize it all and, 04:01 you know, for God's ministry to get out into the world. 04:03 Amen. Amen. 04:05 Big responsibility. Yeah, it's amazing. 04:07 Well, you know, when we began, we said to you, happy Sabbath. 04:11 And to some of you, you're wondering, 04:13 what in the world is a Sabbath, because that's not a word 04:16 that you hear every day in the streets 04:18 or in associations that work or school, 04:22 but for some of the believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. 04:27 Sabbath means something in particular, 04:30 and that is found in the Bible. 04:32 And so we would like to point you to a few verses 04:35 that will help you understand that. 04:37 Very simply, the Sabbath is talking about the day 04:40 that God sanctified and set aside 04:43 for God's children to be with Him 04:46 in a special way to join in a holy convocation. 04:50 Now we can go to the church any day of the week, 04:54 but the Lord has put something special 04:57 on the seventh day in which, like I said, 04:59 you can go to church any other day of the week. 05:03 But on the seventh day Sabbath, He said, 05:04 "You're supposed to stop other stuff that you do, 05:07 like work and stuff like that that will distract your mind," 05:11 like going to the stores, going shopping. 05:13 And so let's go first to the idea 05:17 that we mentioned we're saying happy Sabbath to you, 05:19 and you may be watching 05:21 or hearing this program on a Friday night, 05:24 then you say, "What are they talking about?" 05:26 So I'm just going to go to Genesis Chapter 1 05:29 just to establish a point of reference 05:31 as far as how the Bible 05:33 considers how a day is composed. 05:36 Genesis 1:1, 2, and 3, 05:41 and maybe we can ask Brother Brian 05:45 if you read Genesis 1:1, 2, and 3. 05:49 "In the beginning, 05:50 God created the heavens and the earth. 05:52 The earth was without form, and void, 05:55 and darkness was on the face of the deep. 05:57 And the Spirit of God 05:58 was hovering over the face of the waters. 06:01 Then God said, 06:03 'Let there be light and there was light.'" 06:06 Thank you so much. 06:07 And verse 4 says, 06:08 "And God saw the light that it was good, 06:11 and God divided the light from the darkness. 06:14 God called the light Day, 06:16 and the darkness He called Night. 06:19 So the evening and the morning were the first day." 06:24 And so here, 06:26 right in the beginning of the Bible, 06:27 God establishes that the days began with the evening 06:31 or the dark part of the day 06:33 and conclude with the light part of the day. 06:36 So when you see the sun setting 06:39 is really when the day is beginning, 06:42 which is a little different 06:44 from what the way we reckon our days 06:46 because you say, 06:47 "Oh, the day begins at midnight." 06:49 That's why, normally, people consider these things. 06:51 But the Bible says, "For when the sun sets, 06:54 when it gets dark, that's how the day begins." 06:56 And some people think, "No, that's the end of the day 06:59 because I go to sleep, and my day is over." 07:03 But what are the verse can we share 07:05 that specifically talks about the seventh day 07:08 as being set apart? 07:11 We can just turn the Bible to... 07:13 By the way, you can follow the creation story, thank you, 07:20 right there in Genesis Chapter 1 07:21 and Chapter 2. 07:22 But in Genesis Chapter 1, it says, 07:24 "After each creation day," it says, 07:25 "and so the evening and the morning, 07:27 first day, second day, third day, 07:29 fourth day, fifth day. 07:31 And then when you get to the end 07:32 of Genesis Chapter 1, it says, 07:33 "The sixth day is the evening and then morning." 07:39 But when you get to Chapter 2, 07:41 then we have this message beginning in verse 1. 07:44 "Thus the heavens and the earth, 07:46 and all the host of them were finished. 07:49 And on the seventh day, 07:51 God ended His work which He had done, 07:54 and He rested on the seventh day 07:57 from all His work which He had done." 08:00 Verse 3, "Then God blessed the seventh day 08:03 and sanctified it 08:04 because in it, He rested from all His work 08:07 which God had created and made." 08:10 So He set the example for Adam and Eve 08:13 which He had created. 08:15 They are to rest from all their work as He did, 08:19 and He sanctify this day, set it apart, made it holy, 08:23 and that is an example He has set for us, 08:26 and we are to do the same. 08:28 Amen. Yes. 08:29 And, of course, you can go to Exodus 20: 8 through 11. 08:35 Who would like to read that for us maybe? 08:38 We'll read it together? 08:39 Read it together? Yes. 08:41 Well, we may start in different voices, 08:45 we'll hit the different voices. 08:46 We can try that if you'd like, 08:48 we may be reading from different Bibles. 08:49 How about if you read it, Sister Xenia. 08:50 Okay. 08:52 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 08:55 Six days, you will labor and do all your work, 08:58 but the seventh day 09:00 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 09:02 In it, you shall do no work. 09:05 You, nor your son, nor your daughter, 09:08 nor your male servant, nor your female servant, 09:11 nor your cattle, nor your stranger 09:14 who is within your gates. 09:16 For in six days, 09:17 the Lord made the heavens and the earth, 09:20 the sea and all that is in it, 09:23 and He rested in the seventh day. 09:26 Therefore, the Lord blessed the seventh day 09:30 and hallowed it." 09:31 Wonderful. 09:33 Thank you very much. 09:34 So that is the fourth commandment 09:35 in the Ten Commandments 09:37 that we have there registered in Exodus Chapter 20. 09:40 Any comments you would like to make 09:42 about the Sabbath briefly, 09:43 because we want to get to our topic 09:44 which is also very good. 09:46 You know, when it says that, 09:48 "In it nor thy stranger that is within thy gates." 09:54 We have somebody come and do the yard work for us 09:59 because it is too big of a field. 10:02 So we asked the people 10:04 that are coming to do a project in the yard 10:06 to please not come during Sabbath hours. 10:11 Usually, Saturday and Sundays are the days 10:14 that they like to do yard work, landscape, or whatever. 10:18 And so, as we shared our faith 10:22 with people that mow the grass, 10:25 they're like, 10:26 "Oh, so you don't do anything on Sabbath, on Saturday? 10:29 I said, "Oh, we do a lot but it's just not, 10:32 you know, the labor of your every days. 10:35 But it's a blessing to keep the Sabbath 10:37 and we just want you to please do the yard 10:41 on Sunday or Monday or whichever day of the week, 10:44 but not on Sabbath." 10:45 So one day, we were traveling back home, 10:48 and I received a text... 10:49 No, it was a phone call, actually. 10:51 And he says, "Hi, Dolly. 10:54 We went to your house 10:56 and we forgot that it was Saturday." 11:00 So we had to turn around and went home. 11:03 Amen. Can you believe that? 11:05 I'm like, "Boy, what a blessing!" 11:07 I mean, even sharing it with you give me goosebumps, 11:10 because they were willing, you know, to respect that. 11:16 And I know the Lord will bless their business 11:19 because they respected that. 11:20 I mean, it's not our wish is as the Lord calls us to do. 11:24 You know, when I think about the Sabbath's idea 11:27 of pressing into His presence on the Sabbath day, 11:29 and I think about in Colossians, 11:31 it's really beautiful, Colossians 1:16 and 17. 11:35 In there, you find a picture actually says, 11:37 "For by Him were all things created," 11:38 and we're actually talking about Jesus. 11:40 "So for by Jesus were all things created 11:42 that are in heaven and are in earth, 11:44 visible and invisible, 11:46 whether they be thrones or dominions 11:48 or principalities or powers, 11:49 all things were created by Him and for Him." 11:52 So Jesus actually created the Sabbath. 11:55 That's a pretty interesting thing. 11:56 I mean, if you really... 11:57 And I'm just thinking about how many people we claim 11:59 that love Jesus, you know, 12:00 and finding out that Jesus 12:01 is actually the author of the Sabbath. 12:04 And you're pressing into the presence of Jesus 12:06 on the Sabbath, that relational opportunity. 12:08 Wonderful, wonderful. It's beautiful. 12:10 So many wonderful things. Yeah. 12:11 I believe this time that we're doing right now, 12:13 family worship, it's a time of transition. 12:18 We're transitioning 12:20 from what we do during the week 12:22 into the holy time of the Sabbath, 12:24 where we receive a blessing as we're together with God. 12:28 We're in the presence of God. 12:30 So that's why this is so important 12:32 because it sets your mind to that tone, 12:35 you know, "So now I enter into the presence of the Lord." 12:39 It's a special time. 12:41 Amen. Thank you so much. 12:42 Another thing Idalia was saying, it also... 12:46 The good thing about the Sabbath is, 12:47 you were telling the people not to work on your field, 12:51 you know, yard or anything like that. 12:53 But that's one of the things, you're taking rest yourselves 12:57 and you're giving others rest. 12:59 Yes, amen. That's right. 13:02 And it's a blessed rest. 13:04 You know, as you were discussing 13:06 about bringing in God's presence, 13:10 we listen to 3ABN radio. 13:12 Yes, we do. 13:13 So we invite our viewers too also, 13:15 you know, tune into 3ABN radio, it's a blessing, 13:18 so, and also the Praise Him Network. 13:23 But it's amazing how you put certain worship music 13:29 from the morning, Friday morning, 13:32 and all day you're listening to, 13:34 you know, that inspirational music 13:36 that soothes your heart 13:38 and brings your mind to a state of worship. 13:41 Even when I'm cooking or preparing everything 13:43 for the Sabbath to take for fellowship dinner 13:45 or what have you, 13:47 you can still be, 13:50 invite that presence of the Lord with you, 13:52 and you connect with heaven. 13:54 That's right. 13:55 But the Bible says, 13:57 "Come into the presence of the Lord 13:59 with thanksgiving in your heart." 14:01 Amen. That's right. 14:03 Well, before we continue, 14:04 we should take a moment to pray. 14:07 And I think, I would like to ask Idalia, 14:08 if you would lead us in prayer this time. 14:10 Okay. Sure. 14:13 Let's pray. 14:14 Father God, we want to thank You 14:16 and praise You for Your goodness 14:18 and Your mercy. 14:19 Thank You for Your faithfulness, 14:21 Your loyalty. 14:22 And thank You, Father, 14:24 that You are a man of Your word, 14:27 You are a great God, living God, 14:29 and You fill our lives with blessings 14:32 that we have never imagined to receive. 14:35 So, God, we thank you for the accomplishments 14:38 of this week. 14:39 Thank you for the challenges 14:40 that have provoked us to even press forward 14:44 and press on into Your presence 14:45 because we've needed Your intervention in our lives. 14:49 Lord, our burdens are many, help us to learn 14:53 to cast our burdens on You. 14:56 And that during these Sabbath hours, Father, 14:59 that our hearts will be mended and connected with You, 15:04 that our hearts will be filled with praise and thanksgiving, 15:08 and that we may sense Your sweet presence 15:11 as we go about in this day of adoration. 15:15 Please accept our worship and adoration to You. 15:18 Help us, Lord, to really savor Your Word 15:22 and may it be a blessing in our lives, 15:24 in Jesus' name, amen. 15:26 Amen. Amen. 15:28 Amen. Yeah. 15:29 Well, kind of touching on the Sabbath 15:30 just, when you pray, something hit me in my mind, 15:32 just thinking about 15:34 how I used to work in other jobs besides 3ABN. 15:36 I always had to make sure I told them, 15:39 "I will not work the Sabbath, I'll take it off." 15:41 And that was always kind of a struggle 15:42 because people are like, 15:44 "Why don't you work the Saturday. 15:45 Come and work, you know." 15:46 But me, I had to take it off because I want to come in, 15:48 in the presence of the Lord, and I want to worship Him. 15:50 You know, I want that time with my God, 15:52 and a lot of people didn't understand it, 15:53 but then God opened the door 15:55 where I didn't have to do that anymore. 15:56 When I came at 3ABN, He honored that. 15:59 I like that scripture says, 16:00 "He honors those who honor Him." 16:01 So I was really thankful that, by honoring Him, 16:04 He opened up the door so I could come here. 16:06 Now I don't have to worry and fret about 16:08 not being able to worship on the Sabbath so. 16:10 Amen. Amen. 16:11 That's good. Yeah. Amen. 16:13 You have a story about when you were in the military. 16:16 Oh, you don't want to share that story now? 16:18 Well, I'm just trying to figure out 16:20 which one you mean. 16:21 About the Sabbath keeping, how you... 16:24 Well, okay, in basic training, right, when you're going in. 16:27 And you're like, "Well, I'm a Sabbath keeper." 16:31 So, well, they've seen other Sabbath keepers before, 16:35 but they don't keep the Sabbath. 16:36 You know, they say 16:37 they were trying to take that Sabbath off. 16:40 So by our witness or testimony, 16:43 people will value 16:45 or just regard the needs of the sincere people. 16:49 So that's where I was going with that. 16:51 Ah, yes. 16:52 You know, it's marvelous when you think about it. 16:55 When I was in the military, 16:57 you know, they have activities 17:00 any day of the week, 24 hours, 24 hours a day. 17:04 And so the challenge was keeping the Sabbath. 17:08 But I can tell you, 17:09 God blessed in a marvelous way to be able to keep the Sabbath. 17:13 And I could tell you many stories about that. 17:16 That's why I say, I wonder which one she means. 17:19 But it's true, and it's interesting. 17:22 I would like to tell one of them. 17:26 It's kind of long, maybe I shouldn't. 17:28 But anyway, 17:31 the senior drill sergeant, 17:36 he found out that I was a Seventh-day Adventist, 17:38 and he said, "Come to my office." 17:40 And he said to me 17:42 that because he was going to allow me 17:46 to take the Sabbath off 17:50 and... 17:52 But he says... 17:53 He looked at the calendar, he says, 17:54 "We have this, this Saturday, we have grenade training. 17:57 This Saturday, we have this kind of training." 17:59 And he was telling each one of those things 18:00 that were going to take place. 18:02 He said, "You're going to have to make those things up 18:04 on other day." 18:05 That was no problem. 18:07 I didn't want to get out of, 18:08 you know, not doing something I was not supposed to do. 18:11 And really, when the people were off on Sunday, 18:14 I was out there raking leaves, 18:15 I was out there working, doing something 18:17 so that they could see, you know, that I was, 18:19 "Oh, this guy is getting out of something." 18:21 But anyway, he said, "This and of course testing, 18:25 I don't think we can give you that day off. 18:27 We'll see. I don't know yet. 18:29 I will see." 18:30 You know, it's interesting that God blessed 18:32 in a marvelous way. 18:34 That week came. 18:37 And on Monday, he called me into the office. 18:42 And he says, "I have worked this thing out 18:44 so that you can take the test on Friday." 18:47 Amen. Amen. 18:48 "It was supposed to be on Saturday. 18:49 I have worked this out 18:51 so you can take your test on Friday." 18:53 And so... 18:54 "But you better not fail. 18:55 Otherwise, you're going to have to go to basic training 18:57 all over again." 18:59 And so I said something that I kind of regret it. 19:01 I said, "I will get 100 percent, Sir, 19:04 Sergeant." 19:05 And, "Well, we'll see. 19:07 Anyway, I wanted to let you know 19:09 that you're going to go and take it 19:10 with the Bravo Company." 19:12 And I was grateful, you know, 19:13 I said praise the Lord, and I thanked the Lord. 19:16 And then I said to myself, you know, 19:20 "When I take the test on Friday, 19:22 everybody's going to say, "What was on the test? 19:23 Can you tell what was on the test?" 19:25 Yeah. 19:27 And I said, "You know, 19:28 I'm really happy to be able to do this on Friday, 19:32 but I... 19:34 You know, it's going to look like 19:37 I had special treatment, you know. 19:38 But anyway, that was my prayer. 19:41 And there was one sergeant 19:42 that was that people considered 19:44 particularly mean, particularly mean. 19:46 Now he didn't like the idea that I was going, 19:49 "You missing some training," as he said, 19:52 and I was going to church on Saturday. 19:54 And so, he even called me into his office twice. 19:58 "I thought you were just taking one Saturday off, 20:00 but you're taking off every Saturday 20:02 to go to church," you know. 20:03 He told me, "You know, 20:04 I can worship God wherever I am, 20:06 I don't have to be going to church." 20:08 Nevertheless, I continued to go to church. 20:10 And interestingly enough, 20:12 I remember I told you that on Monday, 20:14 he said, "You're going to take the test on Friday." 20:16 And I was getting ready for that test on Wednesday. 20:20 No, on Tuesday, 20:23 he makes an announcement. 20:25 There has been a change. 20:27 And everybody's taking the test on Friday. 20:31 Amen. Amen. 20:32 He announced, he said, 20:33 "Everybody's taking the test on Friday." 20:35 He said, "This means, you have less time to prepare." 20:39 And he says, "And you better pass 20:40 because I don't want to see your ugly faces here again." 20:45 So anyway, that's the way they talk in military training. 20:48 So anyway, I was grateful. 20:50 But remember, I told you there was a sergeant 20:52 that was particularly mean? 20:53 He wasn't there for the announcement. 20:55 Somehow he didn't get the memo. 20:57 So on Wednesday, 21:01 he had a day off on Tuesday. 21:05 So on Wednesday, he's back. 21:07 And he sees me coming out of the cafeteria 21:09 and he says, "Hey, Dinzey, come here." 21:13 He says, "This Saturday is end of course testing. 21:17 What are you gonna do? 21:18 Are you going to take this test 21:20 or are you going to go to church?" 21:22 Because he knew, if I don't take the test, 21:24 I would have to go back to the basic training. 21:26 I said... 21:27 I looked at him rather strange because he didn't know. 21:30 You know, he's part of the leadership. 21:32 I say, "Well, Sergeant, I guess you haven't heard 21:34 that is been changed to Friday." 21:37 And he was shocked, he opened his eyes really big. 21:41 He goes, "Well, I suppose to call that a miracle though." 21:46 And I said, "I believe it is, Sergeant. 21:50 I believe it is." Amen. 21:52 And he looked at me for a moment, 21:53 didn't know what to say. 21:54 "Well, go ahead, go on." 21:56 And I said, well, praise the Lord 22:00 that he saw that the Lord work something out. 22:04 And he said, 22:05 "I suppose you call that a miracle." 22:06 And I would say, you know, 22:08 "The Lord worked this thing out." 22:09 And I say to you, "The Lord will bless you." 22:10 I mean, there are some more 22:12 that are learning things on 3ABN, 22:14 and they are wondering about keeping the Sabbath. 22:18 I believe from personal experience 22:21 that the Lord will solve your problem. 22:23 Amen. Yes, He will. 22:24 Absolutely. 22:26 So anyway, we're going to talk more 22:28 about the presence of the Lord, 22:30 because the Lord promises to be with us 22:32 in different places in the Bible. 22:35 One place you can go to is Matthew Chapter 28. 22:37 And I'm just going to read verses 18 to 20 22:41 to set the stage for this, 22:42 but you may share any scriptures 22:44 that come to your mind, or testimonies, or stories 22:47 that you can see 22:48 where the Lord has been with you. 22:50 And Matthew 28:18 to 20. 22:52 Idalia, would you like to read that for us? 22:54 Sure. 22:56 Matthew 28:18 through 20 says, 22:59 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 23:03 'All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. 23:07 Go, ye, therefore and teach all nations, 23:10 baptizing them in the name of the Father 23:13 and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, 23:16 teaching them to observe all things 23:19 whatsoever I have commanded you, 23:21 and lo, I am with you always, 23:24 even unto the end of the world." 23:27 Amen. Amen, amen. 23:29 So what do you think about that promise 23:31 that Jesus said He will be with us always 23:33 even to the end of the world? 23:35 You know, it's funny that when Jesus says this 23:38 and many other things that He says in the Bible, 23:41 that we tend to say how is He gonna do it? 23:43 Is that real, you know? 23:45 Yeah, it sounds nice but how do you know? 23:48 So you know, this feeds on to the curiosity 23:52 and provokes for us to even study more 23:54 or just read a promise here, a promise there. 23:58 I think that, this is very encouraging. 24:02 It was very encouraging to me as a child or teenager. 24:07 I had my ups and downs in life and like just any other kid, 24:11 but we used to go door-to-door a lot, 24:13 you know, so we would claim this promise, 24:15 "I will be with you till the end." 24:16 Okay, the Lord is with us, you know, let's not be afraid. 24:19 One time, I knocked on... 24:21 We went into this apartment building, 24:23 and there was a mess going up the stairs. 24:26 The door was smashed in. 24:28 And, you know, there definitely 24:30 was a wrestling match in that home. 24:33 And I was like, "Wow. 24:35 Lord, I got to get out of here." 24:38 So praise the Lord, I left the track, you know, 24:42 we used to use El Centinela, what is that one in English? 24:46 It's like Signs of the Times. Signs of the Times. 24:49 Just drop a Signs of the Times 24:51 and I'm like, "Okay, in Jesus' name, 24:53 I'm out of here." 24:55 But you know, God is with us, He protects us 24:59 and when we sense His presence in different ways, 25:02 it's like you can feel a breeze caressing your skin. 25:06 And I started praying, I said, "Thank you, Lord, thank you. 25:09 I accept that as Your presence." 25:11 Amen. Amen. Amen. 25:12 Someone else would like to share something. 25:14 Yeah, You know, I was just... 25:15 Just recently, I had a phone call in pastoral 25:16 and a gentleman was really struggling, 25:18 he's got some health issues, and car not running well, 25:20 and all that kind of thing. 25:22 And just speaking to him, 25:23 I actually quoted scripture was out of 1 Peter 5, 25:26 I'll just read verse 9 and 10, 25:28 says, "Whom resist steadfast in the faith 25:31 knowing that the same afflictions 25:32 are accomplished in your brethren 25:33 that are in the world." 25:35 But verse 10 is really awesome. 25:36 It says, "But the God of all grace 25:37 who hath called us unto His eternal glory 25:39 by Christ Jesus 25:41 after that you have suffered a while 25:43 making perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you." 25:47 And he was speaking to me, thinking, 25:49 "I think God's just forgotten about me. 25:51 I think He doesn't care about me." 25:53 You know, he's like, "But after you read that scripture, 25:55 I realize now God's in the middle of this trial 25:57 with me," and He is in the presence. 25:59 And he said, "I felt really assured 26:02 of what you just told me there that God is in this, 26:04 I'm not alone." 26:05 So kind of what you're referring to Jesus 26:07 always there with us. 26:08 Amen. 26:09 And it says always, you know, it doesn't say, 26:11 "I'll be there from nine to five, 26:13 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays." 26:15 Yes. 26:16 Every day, all the time. Yeah. 26:18 I think it's very interesting to connect 26:20 what we're talking about with the introductory thought 26:25 that we shared about the Sabbath. 26:28 Because I think, the relationship 26:31 we have with God has to do with the time, 26:35 with the way that we conduct ourselves 26:37 but within that timeframe. 26:39 So we have a day starts in the morning 26:43 and God has, gave us the time 26:47 so we can understand a little bit 26:49 the way that He relates to us. 26:51 And in Romans 8:28 26:57 is a very wonderful Bible text 27:02 that remind us the way that God has... 27:06 Can relate to us and how can we relate to Him. 27:10 It says, Romans 8:28 says, 27:15 "And we know that in all things 27:18 God works for the good of those who love Him." 27:22 So it's our reaction to Him in that time that He gave us, 27:28 we love Him. 27:29 So who have been called according to His purpose? 27:33 What's the purpose for those, 27:36 God foreknew He also predestined 27:38 to be conformed to the image of His son 27:42 that He might be the firstborn 27:44 among many brothers and sisters, 27:46 and those He predestined He also called, 27:50 and then is a list of things that happen after that. 27:53 Those He called He also justified, 27:56 and those He justified He also glorified. 27:59 So in that list, in that form 28:04 that God has to relate to us, 28:07 we can understand the way 28:09 that He wants us to relate to each other also. 28:12 But the most important thing for me is to understand that 28:18 we have been predestined for a good thing, 28:22 for something that is eternal, 28:25 and that we're here not for just because 28:29 just because, we're here for a purpose, 28:32 and that is to accomplish God's purpose. 28:36 So going back to the Sabbath, 28:39 to the idea of the obedience to the Ten Commandments, 28:43 that put us in the perspective of God loves us, 28:47 He gave us this opportunity to live on this earth, 28:51 He predestined to be happy people. 28:55 Amen. 28:57 He called us, He also justified us. 29:00 And then He also glorified us, 29:04 make us glorious creatures happy to be with Him forever. 29:08 Amen. Amen. Thank you. 29:11 Are there any other scriptures that you can share with us 29:15 that talk about that God promises to be with us 29:18 that He promises to help us 29:20 that have helped you during your Christian life, 29:24 during your experience they come to mind? 29:28 Well, if you forgive me a bit, right, I can connect. 29:33 I can connect that we just finished reading 29:35 with a scripture that really, really says what you asked. 29:41 And continuing in Romans Chapter 8, says, 29:47 8:31, 29:54 "What then shall we say to these things? 29:58 If God is for us, who can be against us? 30:02 So like making a conclusion of the whole thing, said, 30:08 "If God is for us, who can be against us?" 30:12 Amen. Amen. 30:13 Praise the Lord, wonderful. 30:15 Beautiful scripture. 30:16 I would like to share one from Psalms 34, 30:20 and I think, you know, where I'm going with that one. 30:22 It's beautiful. 30:23 Psalms 34, 30:25 actually, I'm trying to remember the verse, 30:28 I have to get to turn, 30:29 maybe it's verse 6 or 5, Psalms 34, 30:34 there it is, it's verse 7, Psalms 34:7 says, 30:38 "The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, 30:44 and delivers them." 30:47 Wonderful, and I like the word encamps 30:50 because that means he didn't just come passing by, 30:54 he didn't come just for a little while, 30:56 he encamps, he sets up... 30:57 He lives. A place to live. 31:00 So he encamps round about to us and delivers us, 31:05 and so you ask yourself, delivers us from what? 31:08 You know, the devil would like to do us, 31:11 everyone of us harm and even kill us, 31:15 and we have no idea 31:16 how many times he has decided or chosen to, 31:20 I think I want to kill of this person, 31:22 but God has protected us. 31:25 He sends His angels to deliver us and protect us. 31:28 Amen. 31:29 And so, this is one of the places 31:31 I like to consider or look at and say, you know, 31:34 God promises to be with us always, 31:36 He sends His angels to encamp round about us, 31:39 and God is a marvelous God, 31:41 and the Bible says that He is like a Father unto us. 31:45 And when you, you know, 31:47 why we use this father and also the word mother 31:50 to try to help us understand how He takes care of us. 31:54 How close, he can establish our relationship with us, 31:59 like they were fathers. 32:02 Jaque, I have to go back to what you are reading, 32:06 that was wonderful, honey, 32:07 but, you know, I was, 32:10 Johnny, when you shared Psalm 34 32:13 and I was attracted to the rest, 32:16 well, not the rest of the chapter 32:18 but quite a bit of it on Romans 8:28, 32:22 you left off there on verse 31, right, 32:27 "What shall we then say to these things? 32:29 If God be for us, who can be against us?" 32:32 And that's wonderful. And then who is God? 32:36 What has He done to prove this? 32:38 "He that spared not his own Son, 32:41 but delivered Him up for us all, 32:45 how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 32:50 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? 32:55 It is God that justifieth. 32:58 Who is he that condemns? 33:02 It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, 33:06 who is even at the right hand of God, 33:09 who also makes intercession for us. 33:12 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 33:15 Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, 33:20 or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 33:23 As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long, 33:27 we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 33:30 Nay, in all these things 33:32 we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." 33:35 Hmm. Yeah. 33:37 You have to finish verse 30 and 31 33:38 and different other verses. 33:39 Oh, yeah. 33:41 I was trying to stop but it's just so savory is this, 33:43 it's just filling my heart. 33:44 Yeah, it's everything, yeah. 33:46 "For I am persuaded," it says verse 38, 33:49 "that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, 33:54 nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, 33:59 nor depth, nor any other created thing, 34:03 shall be able to separate us from the love of God, 34:06 which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." 34:08 Amen and amen. 34:10 Oh man. Whoo! 34:11 I guess, the first I thought Paul says, okay, 34:14 this is God, this is what He has done. 34:17 Now this is the reason why He has done it. 34:21 And then, he shows many departs in the Bible 34:25 and his writings actually says, 34:27 how come a God that does all these 34:29 and even He's willing to give His own Son. 34:33 He will not be able to do this for you. 34:35 Yes. 34:37 What a wonderful assurance, a promise and assurance 34:41 and, you know, what, when God promises something, 34:43 He makes it happen, He fulfills His promise. 34:46 Have you folks ever taken care of a baby or a babysat, 34:51 or where used to care there. 34:53 You know, when they are under our care, 34:54 when I used to teach I felt that, 34:57 man, I have to be with these kids, 34:59 I can't leave them out of my sight, 35:01 because their parents are coming back, 35:03 and I'm responsible for all these little ones, 35:06 they have to be safe and they were not even, 35:08 I didn't embarrassed these kids. 35:10 So then I get married, 35:12 I have my kids and to this day my boy say, 35:15 mom, we know you have eyes in Nebraska, 35:18 we know you have eyes in Tennessee 35:19 while you're back home. 35:21 You know, and you speak us, you know, 35:23 somebody might see my son and they will write me 35:26 or send me a picture or whatever you're doing, 35:29 I saw your son today what have you, 35:32 and I feel so happy, you know, 35:34 people can testify that they are doing okay 35:37 or if they're gonna need, whatever. 35:38 The point is that I want to make is, 35:40 it doesn't matter where we at, 35:43 as children of our earthly parents, 35:47 our parents are always concerned about your wellbeing. 35:51 But God, 35:52 if we're concerned about the wellbeing for our children, 35:55 our family members, our friends, 35:58 how much more 36:00 does God want to be there for you, 36:03 to protect you, to provide you, your provider, your healer, 36:06 and your counselor. 36:08 You know, go ahead. 36:09 I believe, you know, 36:10 how we're saying that we come into the presence of the Lord 36:13 and the Sabbath and all this. 36:15 To me, a very reassuring fact that God is with us, 36:20 and pressing of that time, 36:22 is the story of creation when the first Sabbath, 36:26 the Lord came and was with Adam and Eve. 36:30 If He could be with them at that time, 36:32 I always think of that as, 36:34 the Lord has come down to be with us 36:37 at that time like right now 36:39 that we're doing the family worship for Sabbath, 36:43 the Lord is coming down to be with us, 36:45 to begin, to be in His presence. 36:48 You know, it's interesting you say now is, 36:50 I didn't know if I was gonna share 36:51 but Genesis 3 is something interesting. 36:54 Genesis 3:8 says, "They heard the sound," 36:55 we're talking about Adam and Eve, 36:57 "God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, 36:59 and the man and his wife hid themselves 37:01 from the presence of the Lord 37:03 God among the trees of the garden." 37:04 So it's it, when I thought about that, 37:06 I started kind of meditating it earlier, 37:08 it's God wants to be with us, He wants to dwell with us, 37:11 but they are running away from Him. 37:12 It's like, how would you want to run away 37:14 from such a loving God? 37:15 What caused them to run away and hide 37:18 from the presence of the Lord, 37:20 so it really reflecting on that, 37:23 you want to be drawn 37:24 because God is our creator and redeemer, 37:26 you want to be in His presence. 37:28 You would think you want to be in His presence. 37:30 You know, it's a... 37:31 Hiding. 37:33 It's interesting 37:34 some of the things that help us understand God's care, 37:36 God's love and the Bible shows many things. 37:39 But the experiences we have also help us to understand. 37:42 You know, we had chickens for a while 37:45 and the kids had fun finding where the egg was laid, 37:52 but there was one particular chicken, 37:55 this one was like an all white chicken, 37:56 we had some different color ones 37:58 but this one is all white hen. 38:01 And one day, 38:05 to our surprise they were like 12 or 13, 38:09 I don't remember how many little chicks 38:11 were all over the place following wherever she went. 38:15 And there was... 38:17 I was watching one time 38:18 when apparently one or the other chicken, 38:20 so even the rooster king. 38:23 And this hen has opened up her wings like this 38:29 and put herself in a stance to defend these chickens. 38:32 And all the little chicks went underneath the wings, 38:36 like they knew, I'm protected here, 38:39 and mom is gonna protect us. 38:42 Even from the rooster, I mean, 38:43 she made the space and I said... 38:45 Don't look at my kids 38:47 Wow! 38:48 She was willing to take on any chicken 38:49 that would come her way 38:51 to protect the little chicks, you know, and I... 38:54 That was so dramatic and wow, I was so impressed by that 38:58 and, you know, we think of God, 39:00 He says the angel of the Lord encamps round about them, 39:04 that fear him and delivers them 39:06 and when we are in the Lord's care, 39:09 we have to understand that He's gonna protect us 39:11 from all the unnecessary stuff that's gonna happen to us, 39:14 but He may allow certain things to come our way. 39:17 And that's why I'm glad we share this Romans 8:28, 39:20 because it helps us understand 39:23 that if God allow something to come our way, 39:26 He has already measured it. 39:27 He has already said to the devil, 39:30 this is far as you can go, no more. 39:34 And so read it again, it says, 39:36 "And we know that all things work together 39:38 for good to those that love God, 39:40 to those who are called according to his purpose." 39:43 So God allow something to happen to us, 39:47 then for some reason it's for our good. 39:50 And so when we know that, when we know that God loves us 39:53 and we gonna face difficulties differently, 39:57 we gonna understand that God cares for us, 39:59 He's gonna work us something good for us 40:01 in this whatever situation we're going through. 40:04 But there's one even more powerful than that 40:08 not because it's not Romans 40:10 what Paul says is not powerful and his writings. 40:15 But this one in Matthew Chapter 7 40:18 is from the lips of Jesus, 40:20 from the direct, from the source, 40:23 so this is even more powerful. 40:27 7:7, "Ask, and it will be given to you, 40:31 seek, and you will find, 40:34 knock, and it will be opened to you. 40:36 For everyone who asks receives and he who seeks, finds, 40:40 and to him who knocks, it will be opened. 40:44 Or," 40:46 and this is the part that really makes me, 40:50 you know, 40:51 "what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, 40:55 will give him a stone? 40:59 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 41:03 If you then, being evil, 41:05 know how to give good gifts to your children, 41:08 how much more will your Father who is in heaven 41:12 give good things to those who ask Him! 41:14 Therefore, 41:15 whatever you want men to do to you, 41:18 do also to them, 41:19 for this is the law and the prophets." 41:23 So what a powerful statement from God Himself 41:28 being Jesus on earth talking to His followers 41:34 and that it makes us feel like, 41:37 wow, we are on under like you said, under His wings. 41:41 Amen. Amen. 41:42 Nothing to worry about. 41:44 There is a song that goes like that. 41:46 That was about saying, I mean, everything that you're saying, 41:49 everything that we started with as far as the Sabbath 41:51 and the presence of God. 41:53 All we need is basically the presence of God, 41:56 but we have to give the love to Him 41:59 to allow His presence to come to us. 42:01 You know, it says in Exodus 33:14, 42:06 "And He said, 'My Presence will go with you, 42:08 and I will give you rest.'" 42:10 You know, that's according to the Sabbath day, 42:12 but that is always rest 42:14 whenever you let the presence of God into your heart. 42:19 And I did find something very interesting 42:24 on Isaiah 57:15, 42:27 if you turn there. 42:28 Isaiah 57? 42:30 57:15, 42:34 it says, "For thus says the High and Lofty One 42:37 Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, 42:41 I dwell in the high and holy place, 42:44 with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, 42:48 to revive the spirit of the humble, 42:50 and to revive the heart of the contrite ones." 42:54 So if you feel pains of anything, 42:58 if you are contrite and lowly, 43:01 and feel like you're not worthy of anything, 43:04 if you let love of God come in and fill you in the presence, 43:08 it's such a blessing to let Him into your heart. 43:10 Amen. 43:12 You know, and that feeling you get is a feeling of rest. 43:18 So you don't have the worries 43:20 and the sorrows that you normally have, 43:22 whenever you ask for the presence of God. 43:25 It is such a blessing to have that freedom 43:28 from the pain, from the sorrows. 43:31 And that was the wonderful thing 43:32 about the Sabbath. 43:33 Amen And so. 43:37 Now the presence of the Lord is just something 43:40 that we seek just for the Sabbath, 43:43 or every day, every trial, 43:46 or every situation in our lives? 43:50 We should be seeking 43:51 the presence of the Lord continually... 43:53 But I think the Sabbath presence 43:56 is different, is special, 43:59 and I think that's when the Lord Himself 44:02 encamps around you. 44:04 It's not just the angel of the Lord, 44:06 but it's different, it's like a date, 44:10 you know, it's a special time that you have with Christ. 44:14 He set it up before you came 44:17 and He expects you to be together with Him at that time, 44:20 and I think I get a lot from people on the phone 44:24 especially people that they are alone, 44:30 not because they don't have family, 44:31 which also includes them 44:33 but basically because they're the only ones 44:36 that are seeking the Lord at this time 44:38 and, you know, and they're testifying. 44:41 They feel alone 44:43 and they express that like what we're doing here. 44:46 Now we have radio, and we have TV 44:49 and they feel part of it, 44:51 and so they can be together with us. 44:54 But I found a verse very comforting 44:57 in Isaiah 46:4 that it says, 45:02 "Even to your old age and your gray hairs I am he, 45:08 I am he who will sustain you." 45:11 So there is no need for you to feel alone 45:15 or by yourself when you're worshiping God, 45:18 He promised to come to be with you 45:20 even when you think, well, I already live my life. 45:23 I'm here all alone at home. 45:25 You're not alone, He says, he sustains. 45:28 Please read that verse again for the folks at home? 45:32 Yeah. 45:33 "Even to your old age and your gray hairs I am he, 45:38 I am he who will sustain you. 45:40 I have made you and I will carry you, 45:44 I will sustain you, and I will rescue you." 45:48 Wonderful. 45:49 Well, beautiful. As Isaiah 57:4. 45:52 46:4. 45:54 Thank you, 46:4. Yes, Isaiah 46:4. 45:56 It was very frightening for people for all of us, 46:01 their idea of being alone 46:04 and in especially in the old age. 46:09 What if, you don't have family around you, 46:12 or friends, or anybody to take care of you, 46:14 and all of the sudden you're alone. 46:17 So but this is comforting, this is. 46:19 Kind of like why I like, when we talk about Matthew 28 46:22 it says, "Go ye therefore into all the world..." 46:25 So that's what we're really call to, 46:26 we really had a love of Christ in your hearts, 46:28 and you want to go and share that. 46:30 I kind of think of that, you know, 46:31 we have people who are seen behind close door, 46:33 you're talking about these older folks. 46:34 They're wanting somebody to come and love them, 46:36 and accept them, and bring them in 46:38 to the family of God. 46:40 If you want to be in a family of God, 46:41 why want you want somebody else to be in that family, 46:43 so embracing those folks 46:44 and going out and to meet them, 46:46 that's really important. 46:48 Very important. 46:50 Amen, amen. 46:51 You know, I was a... 46:52 I guess, I will share this real quick, I shared it before, 46:54 but maybe there are some new people listening. 46:58 I was driving to work 47:00 when I used to live in Chicago many years ago. 47:02 And it was raining 47:04 and it was just one of those pouring down rain moments 47:09 but for some reason I was, 47:11 you know, not even paying much attention to that, 47:15 and just as I was approaching this train overpass, 47:20 there was this lightning and thunder 47:23 and that was particularly loud, 47:25 it's one of those that sounded like it's not 400 miles away, 47:29 it's right here, it was like a boom. 47:33 And my heart went boom, 47:38 and I got scared for a moment 47:41 and then it was like if the Lord said, 47:43 you know, I didn't hear a voice that some people say 47:45 but it was so clear 47:48 that God said, why are you afraid? 47:51 I'm with you 47:53 and then there was this calmness, 47:55 this peace, tranquility that came over me 47:58 that I had to answer the Lord and say, yes, it is true, 48:02 Lord, you are with me. 48:03 I don't have any need to be afraid. 48:05 And this serenity, 48:06 it was just beautiful, beautiful 48:09 how marvelous the Lord is. 48:10 Whoa! 48:12 Our time is just escaping from us, 48:14 so maybe we can just go by 48:16 in a few words you can say something. 48:20 Well, at least have a minute each or two. 48:22 Brian, for you, what would you say? 48:25 What does it mean to you 48:27 to the assurance we find in the Bible, 48:30 the promises that the Lord, promises to be with us, 48:32 that His presence will be with us. 48:34 I was kind like, I was saying in 57:15, 48:38 in a way that kind of reflected on my own life, 48:41 you know, especially whenever about nine years ago 48:44 when things were looking pretty bleak in my life. 48:49 And, you know, I started praying to God at that point. 48:54 It was like, okay, I need, I need a way out of this. 48:57 You know, I need to find a way, and He took me over a long road 49:01 that brought me to where I am today. 49:02 Amen. 49:04 And, you know, it and back in Exodus, 49:06 when we're talking about His presence 49:08 giving you rest, you know, 49:09 and once that I finally realized 49:12 in the last couple of years, 49:14 you know, I started feeling better, 49:15 it's first physically and things like that 49:18 but as far as spiritually and thinking of God, 49:21 things were not right yet. 49:23 But when I started honoring the Sabbath, 49:28 and communing with God daily, and even more on the Sabbath, 49:33 and spending the Sabbath day with the Lord, 49:37 the hurt and sorrows just fade. 49:40 Amen. Amen. 49:42 Everything has gotten so much better, 49:43 even at the hard times and the trials 49:46 that in the past I thought were such a big deals 49:48 and now they are just trials and I see them, 49:50 it's like the Lord will provide and He will guide. 49:53 Amen. Amen. 49:54 And He gets us through, you know, 49:56 and He keeps our heart happy and joyful. 49:59 Amen. Amen. 50:00 Jorge? Yeah. 50:02 What if you think of, you know, your everyday life, 50:07 you face challenges 50:08 and sometimes financial challenges, 50:13 especially financial challenges sometimes make us think, 50:16 "Okay, what I'm gonna do? 50:19 I have to pay here 50:24 and there and other thing." 50:26 And then you go back to the Bible 50:28 and it's so simple, 50:29 it says, "Do not worry." 50:30 How can you not worry? 50:33 But you know it works. 50:34 Yes. Somehow it works. 50:36 So going back to now, 50:40 Matthew 6:25 says, 50:45 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, 50:48 what you will eat or what you will drink, 50:50 nor about your body, what you will put on. 50:54 Is not life more than food and body more than clothing?" 50:57 It said and human, now we're human nature. 51:01 We said, no, it is important. 51:04 So what I'm gonna do, 51:06 if I don't have anything to eat? 51:07 That's right. God is there. 51:09 He's faithful. Amen. 51:10 He's faithful and never ever will let you down. 51:14 Psalm says, 51:19 I'm not gonna try to remember but it says, 51:21 I've never seen... 51:25 Righteous that has to... 51:28 Beg for bread. Beg for bread. 51:30 Amen. 51:32 So those things make you think, "Okay, well, 51:35 if we believe what we believe, 51:38 then we just need to trust." 51:40 Amen. Amen. 51:42 And you know that trusting comes, 51:45 becomes stronger and more real as so he faced the trials. 51:50 Because we can say we believe in God, 51:53 we trust God but when we are face with, 51:58 you know, issues that are beyond our control 52:01 that we cannot, 52:02 you know, say what's going. 52:05 Then it's like, 52:06 "Lord, give me the faith that I need 52:08 to be able to crush this, but don't leave me." 52:12 But yet in our heads that echoes sounds in our head, 52:16 I will never leave you nor forsake you. 52:18 You know, so when the storms of life come, 52:22 it's just like when Jesus was in the boat, 52:24 they forgot that Jesus was in the boat, 52:27 you know, and we sometimes forget 52:29 that we are in the presence of the Lord. 52:31 He is omnipresent. 52:33 Amen. Amen. 52:34 Xenia? 52:35 No, just a little encouragement because, you know, 52:38 we are talking about financial and things like that, 52:41 but sometimes our desperation is internal, 52:44 it's more like mental attitude. 52:48 And we can feel God's presence with us. 52:53 I've experienced that before, 52:55 you know where you actually feel like He is embracing you. 52:59 And I promise you that if you pray to Him, He will come. 53:02 He will come. 53:04 Amen. Amen. 53:05 I was just thinking of Psalm 118:6, 53:08 comes to my mind, it says, 53:09 "The Lord is on my side, I shall not fear. 53:11 What can man do unto me?" 53:13 That's really powerful thought, 53:15 and as we were mentioning finances, 53:16 you know, my wife and I had to make a decision 53:18 to go to an event over couple of weeks ago. 53:22 And we stepped on faith 53:23 and it was a big financial expense. 53:27 But in that it was such a blessing 53:29 because we got to bless people. 53:30 When we were on the plane, 53:31 I had a gentleman that was sitting next to me, 53:33 a husband and wife, they're kind of older. 53:35 They told me about their two sons 53:36 who had been born with fetal alcohol syndrome 53:40 and they were just young at the time, 53:42 now in their 30s, 53:44 and so I happened to have a Ministry of Healing book 53:45 in my bag pack. 53:47 And so the Lord told us, 53:48 "Give him that Ministry of Healing book. 53:50 Ministry of Healing book?" 53:52 "I'm like," Okay, Lord, I can part with it. 53:54 I got more pictured so". 53:55 But anyways it's just a blessing 53:57 and you know, I think that's for me 53:59 the biggest key is knowing that God is with you 54:02 and that you can go on and share with other people. 54:03 And it says, 54:05 you don't have to worry about what's going around, 54:06 even if you got financial burden, so what, 54:08 you can go and help somebody else. 54:09 That makes you joyful in your heart, 54:11 like if you give it to someone else who can heal. 54:13 Amen. 54:15 I want to share a dance lyrics, this lyric real fast, 54:18 I know our time is almost gone. 54:21 Is it okay? Sure. 54:22 Oh, well, anyway the song is "In the Presence of Jehovah." 54:27 It's a beautiful song but the message... 54:31 I just want you guys to think about this. 54:36 God Almighty Prince of Peace 54:38 Troubles vanish hearts are mended 54:41 In the presence of the King 54:43 In and out of situations 54:45 That tug-a-war at me 54:47 All day long I struggle 54:49 For answers that I need 54:50 Then I come into His presence 54:53 All my questions become clear 54:55 And for a sacred moment 54:57 No doubt can interfere 55:00 Through His love the Lord provided 55:02 A place for us to rest 55:04 A place to find the answers 55:06 In hours of distress 55:08 There is never any reason 55:10 To give up in despair 55:12 Just slip away and breathe His name 55:14 In the presence of Jehovah God Almighty Prince of Peace 55:18 Troubles vanish hearts are mended 55:20 In the presence of the King 55:22 Amen. 55:23 That was our special for today. 55:27 Well, here in Psalm 16, 55:30 David made this, the way he lived. 55:35 And I would like to share that with you, Psalm 16, 55:37 I will begin reading in verse 8 and David says, 55:41 "I have set the Lord always before me, 55:45 because He is at my right hand, 55:47 I shall not be moved. 55:51 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices, 55:55 my flesh also will rest in hope." 55:58 And then I like to jump to verse 11, 56:00 why don't we read rest, 56:02 "For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, 56:04 nor will You allow Your Holy One 56:06 to see corruption." 56:07 Verse 11, "You will show me the path of life, 56:11 in Your presence is fullness of joy, 56:15 at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." 56:19 Amen. 56:21 And so this is something to consider, Psalm 16. 56:24 And so I would like to encourage you 56:25 to invite the presence of the Lord to your life. 56:29 I think we have all shared and we gonna continue sharing 56:33 about how the Lord has been good to us 56:35 and how the Lord has been with us 56:36 through different trials, and difficulties, 56:38 and problems of life. 56:40 But we want you to experience Jesus in your life 56:44 and with the fullness of joy that He wants to offer you. 56:47 So if you are wondering about that, 56:50 I would like to include this verse in your mind, 56:53 Revelation 3:20, and Jesus says, 56:57 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 57:01 If anyone hears My voice 57:06 and opens the door, 57:08 I will come in to him 57:09 and sup with him, and he with Me." 57:12 And the picture there is, 57:15 as one knocking and continues knocking, 57:18 hoping that you will open the door. 57:20 Open the door to Jesus. 57:22 And you will see that your experience, 57:25 He will fortify, 57:27 strength in you and give you His joy. 57:29 Thank you for being with us. 57:31 Give your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ 57:32 and you will find peace and happiness 57:34 that begins in this world and continues forever, 57:36 God bless you. Happy Sabbath to you. 57:38 Happy Sabbath. Happy Sabbath. |
Revised 2019-02-18