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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Thank you for joining us.
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My name is John Dinzey,
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and it's a pleasure
for me to be with you,
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and also to be able to
tell you happy Sabbath.
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Thank you for joining us.
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We hope that you are
blessed during this hour.
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And I would like
to present to you
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the family
members that are here.
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So I like to
start at the other end.
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And we have Jonathan
Babb, welcome to Family Worship.
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Thank you.
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It's always pleasure to be here.
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Thank you so much.
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And next to you
is Sister Janelle.
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Hello. Owen,
thank you for coming.
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Thank you. Thank
you for inviting us.
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Ah, yes.
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And she said us
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because she's talking
about her husband, Donald Owen.
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Now, I have to remain
silent, she just covered it all.
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So...
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Thank you so much. Thank you.
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And we are glad
that you are here
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also to join us
from all over the world.
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We just praise the Lord
that we can come together
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to close off the Sabbath.
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We're gonna talk a little bit
about the Sabbath in a moment.
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And then we're gonna talk about
something very, very special.
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And that is Psalm 23.
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People know, or
have memorized Psalm 23.
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And it is very special
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for many, many
people around the world
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throughout the
history of Christianity.
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And I would say Christianity,
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also throughout the
ages of the Scriptures,
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because this goes back
to the time of King David.
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And since this song was written,
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it has been a
source of strength,
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because of the words
and the message there.
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It's a deep
song. It's a deep song.
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Very much in there,
yeah, it's a beautiful song.
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So...
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And we're gonna talk about this,
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and I think it's
gonna be a great blessing.
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So we hope that you'll stay by.
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I would like to ask
Brother Jonathan Babb,
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if you'll lead us in prayer,
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and if you join us at home
we would really appreciate it.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Dear, Lord, we thank You
for a wonderful Friday evening
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that we can open the Sabbath.
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Bring in the Sabbath
with our family, Lord.
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Each one of us that
we can spend it with You,
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and set our
minds and hearts on You
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for the day and week to come.
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We ask that You
guide our thoughts
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as we study Your Word,
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that You may fulfill
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and guide each of our
words that we may speak.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you very much.
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I like the way he mentioned,
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you know, he
said Friday evening,
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some people for some reason
are not fully capturing yet,
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the understanding
that the days of the week
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began with the evening part.
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And that's what it says
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when you go to
Genesis Chapter 1.
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And later in Leviticus, it says
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from evening to
evening shall be your Sabbath.
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And so Friday
evening is when the sun sets
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is the beginning of the Sabbath.
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What is the Sabbath?
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What is the Sabbath?
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Of course, when we
think of the Sabbath
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is a day of the week.
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Well, when you
look in the calendar,
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it doesn't say
which one of those days,
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it doesn't say Sabbath.
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It says Sunday, Monday,
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Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
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and then it says Saturday.
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And it's a
confusion for some people.
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Which day of the week is?
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Well, he already mentioned,
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the Sabbath
begins at Friday night.
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But let's look at Luke 4:16.
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And see some,
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something that we
would like to share with you.
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Luke 4:16.
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If someone has found it,
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would you do us the
favor of reading it?
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Sure.
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It says in verse 16,
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"And He believed Jesus," right?
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"Jesus came to Nazareth,
where He had been brought up.
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And as His," being Jesus,
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"again custom was He
went into the synagogue
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on the Sabbath day
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and stood up for to read."?
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Thank you.
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And so we see here that
it was the custom of Jesus
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to go to the
synagogue, in other words,
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what was known
as the local church
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in those days,
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on the Sabbath day
and stood up to read.
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So it was His
custom to do this thing.
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In keeping with the commandment,
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the fourth commandment
of the Ten Commandments
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found in Exodus 20:8-11,
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where it tells us to us
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to remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy,
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and then it gives us
details about the Sabbath day.
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And it ends with
saying, for in six days
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the Lord created the
heavens and the earth,
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gives us the reason why
He wants us to remember.
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He wants us to
remember Him as our creator.
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Do you have any
comments you would like to share
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about the Sabbath or the custom
of Jesus keeping the Sabbath?
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You know, what's interesting,
though, is that we really find,
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I can't remember the
scripture, just esc ape me,
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usually it can come to my mind,
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but Jesus is
Lord of the Sabbath.
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Yes.
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And so why wouldn't He want
to go in on the Sabbath day.
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He's in since
His synagogue really,
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I mean Jesus, so He
would keep the Sabbath
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because He's setting
us an example to follow.
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And He
delighted in spending time
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with His people,
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you know, sometimes do we,
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you know, delight in
spending time with people.
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Sometimes, I don't know if we...
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We want to just be recluse
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but He always wanted
to be about the people.
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He's always throng,
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He liked to
mingle with the people,
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where else would
you be on the Sabbath,
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but mingling there
in the synagogue, so...
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That's right. Yeah.
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That's right. Anyone else?
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You know, I'm looking
here while you're looking
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or you're thinking and looking.
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And looking at Acts 18:4.
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This is talking about Paul.
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And so you can see
this beginning of Acts 18:1,
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I'll read verse 3 and 4.
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"So because he
was of the same trade,
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he stayed with them and worked.
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And by occupation
they were tentmakers.
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And he reasoned in the
synagogue every Sabbath,
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and persuaded
both Jews and Greeks."
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So we have here a scripture
that helps us understand
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that the
apostles, Paul and others,
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they kept the Sabbath.
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And you see that it included
both Jews and Greeks in here.
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And so the Sabbath is
still the day of the Lord.
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He says,
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
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Six days shall your
labor and do all your work,
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not only you, but
your son, your daughters,
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everyone in your
household basically.
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And so the Sabbath
is a great blessing
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and a great joy.
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What could you share as far
as the Sabbath being a blessing?
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Any comments about that?
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To me, the Sabbath is a
blessing and I'm thinking
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about how the Lord
has always had a people
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that have kept the Sabbath.
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Always.
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Like He's always had
people through the ages.
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And the word Sabbath,
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I think is interesting
how Abba is in there.
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And Abba means father.
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And so I don't know
if that was, you know,
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just because of the language
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or if there was
any kind of connection
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there on that, but I always,
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my eyes always
go to those letters,
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and in the word Sabbath,
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and I think that's really cool,
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how, you know,
that it's in there,
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but also the fact that
God's always had people
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that have kept the Sabbath,
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and since the
beginning, since He created it,
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so that's
amazing how He did that.
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Amen. Amen.
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And yes, it does
go back to creation
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before they were
any division of...
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Oh, he's an Egyptian.
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He's a Jew.
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He is from Mesopotamia.
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He's from Jamaica
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or whatever country
you may want to consider.
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God's children,
we're all His children,
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and had there not been
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all these division of countries,
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the Sabbath remain
the Sabbath for all.
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Yeah, you know,
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and interesting
as you talk about
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the idea of the Sabbath
and kind of hitting on the idea
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that Jesus is Lord
of the Sabbath again,
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in Colossians it says in there.
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We look in Chapter 1,
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and they were
talking about Jesus,
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of course, in verse 15, it says,
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"He is the image
of the invisible God,
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the firstborn
over every creature."
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But in verse 16 it says,
"For by Him," being Jesus,
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were all things created..."
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Amen. That's
including the Sabbath.
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"That are in heaven,
and that are in earth,
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visible and invisible,
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whether they be
thrones or dominions
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or principalities or powers.
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All things were created,"
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and I'll just put in
there, "by Jesus and for Jesus.
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And Jesus is before all things
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and by Jesus,
all things consist."
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So, you know,
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do we really wanna be
spending quality time,
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we say, "We love Jesus."
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You know, don't we wanna
come and spend time with Him
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on that Sabbath day.
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That's where He is.
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He was in the
synagogue, we just read in.
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So that's where He's
waiting for His people to come.
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And I'm not saying
other folks as well,
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but just saying the
idea of the Sabbath day
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is so important to
Him and that we show
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our relationship to
Him in coming there.
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And for me on the
Sabbath, I never knew about it.
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Actually, my mom
told me when I was young,
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we had a kid across the street,
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who's a Seventh-day Adventist,
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I didn't know what
that was, you know,
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but just the fact that
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I'm learning for the
Sabbath about for myself,
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it's really a relationship.
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Don't you wanna spend time
with somebody who saved you,
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somebody who redeemed you,
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somebody who
purchased you with their blood
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that spent everything for you,
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so that you can
have that relationship,
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intimate relationship with Him.
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I wanna come and
spend that day with Him,
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I wanna delight in that
day so, kind of for me, so...
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Amen, amen.
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So again, we say happy
and blessed Sabbath to you,
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those that are joining
us, we thank you for it.
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And we're going
to mainly focus today
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on Psalm 23,
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where it talks about the one,
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"The Lord is my shepherd."
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"The Lord is my shepherd."
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But when we look at Psalm 23
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it's something very, very short.
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It's only six verses,
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but a lot of meat,
that's a good answer.
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Why do we go there?
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And maybe we can
just go ahead and start.
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I'll start with the first one.
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Then we'll go over
to Brother Jonathan.
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And then we'll just keep going
until we read all the verses.
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And then we'll go
back and talk about it.
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That way we get the full message
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and then we'll go
back and talk a little bit
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about each one of
the individual parts
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of the song.
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So Psalm 23, Psalm 23:1.
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The Bible says,
"The Lord is my shepherd.
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I shall not want.
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He makes me lie
down in green pastures.
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He leads me
beside the still waters."
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"He restores my soul.
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He leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness
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for His name's sake."
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"Yea, though I
walk through the valley
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of the shadow of death,
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I will fear no evil,
for Thou are with me,
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Thy rod and Thy
staff, they comfort me."
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"You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
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You anoint my head
with oil, my cup runs over."
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"Surely, goodness
and mercy shall follow me
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all the days of my life.
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And I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever."
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, thank you very much.
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Let's go back now to verse 1.
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And it says here,
"The Lord is my shepherd."
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Any thoughts about that?
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You know, it's interesting.
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We didn't intentionally do this,
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but as we were researching this,
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my wife and I, and
she looked up something
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that the exact same thing I did,
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we looked in the
Amplified Version.
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And I like the way the
Amplified put, it says,
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"The Lord is my shepherd to
feed, guide, and shield me."
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I shall not lack
so the idea to feed...
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And what is He feeding us with?
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I think about what Jesus
said in the temptation there
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what He said to Satan, you know,
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"Man does not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of the Lord."
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So that's really, He's
feeding us His promises.
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Amen.
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And it also says in there that,
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basically I won't like anything,
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I shall not want.
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"I won't like anything because
the Lord is my shepherd."
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Amen. With everything you need.
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Bible uses the parallels
of a shepherd all throughout.
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David loved to
use it in the Psalms
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and just all over in the Bible
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Lord uses the idea of
a shepherd all throughout
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and, you know, you
look at a shepherd,
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he takes care of his flock,
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the sheep don't need anything
because he provides it all.
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Provides where they
eat, sleep, protection.
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And so the Lord is showing
that He does the same for us.
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Amen, amen.
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You know, I
find that interesting
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because the
person here in Psalm 23,
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that is talking is David.
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And he also was a
shepherd. That's right.
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And when I think of a shepherd,
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he knows the
sheep, the sheep know him.
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And he can, and
right in this song he can,
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which is, the psalms are songs.
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He can relate to his experience,
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his relationship with the Lord.
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I had the blessing of going
to Jerusalem several years ago.
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And as we were
driving down this road,
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we saw a bunch of
sheep following a shepherd.
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And somebody says,
"Stop the car, stop the car.
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I can't believe they
look just like the Bible."
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And there was a shepherd
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and the sheep and
they were following.
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He had a staff in his hand.
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And all of them, you know,
just following the shepherd.
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And so we got out
and we started going,
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and as we were
going towards the sheep,
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they were going away from us.
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They were not following us.
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And so it's
interesting to see these things
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because Jesus Himself said,
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"My sheep know My
voice, and they follow Me."
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So all of these things
are very, very interesting.
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And so David says,
"The Lord is my shepherd."
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And when you see
the word Lord here,
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we're accustomed to saying,
"The Lord is my shepherd."
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In Spanish, we say,
"Jehovah is my shepherd."
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Because that's really
what the word is here.
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In English,
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they did the same
thing that the translators,
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some of the versions did,
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which is being careful
about pronouncing God's name.
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But when you see the capital L
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capital O, capital R, capital D,
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that's where the name
Jehovah was supposed to be.
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So the Lord is my shepherd.
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When we think the Lord,
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how does that help you today
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to think the
Lord is my shepherd?
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Yeah, you know, for me, it's...
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Somebody said,
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"Even when you're not thinking
about Jesus, Jesus is there."
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It's when you
actually hear His voice,
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for the first
time you realize that
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you never really were alone.
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He was always
there all the time.
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He's never left you,
nor forsake you that like
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that shepherd will always
be by his flock, you know.
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I can't remember,
it's in Desire of Ages,
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but she wrote
about how, you know,
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Jesus went and heard the
bleating of that one sheep.
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Not bleeding, but bleating.
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So as He heard it,
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and He went and
looked for in the darkest
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and the deepest of depths
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and pluck that
sheep out of the thickets,
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and didn't, like,
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put a noose around, not a noose,
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but like a something
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that kind of
pull him by the neck,
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scolding and yelling,
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but He put it on His shoulders
and He carried him back...
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Yes. Into the green pastures.
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I think about that for me,
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you know, like it says, to
feed, guide, and shield me.
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You know, and I
don't lack anything
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when I'm in His care, so.
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Another thing I
was thinking of is,
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when the Lord is our Shepherd,
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we have direction,
He gives us direction.
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And you look at so
many people in the world
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and you can look in their eyes
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and you can see
that there's emptiness
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and there's no
direction, direction or purpose.
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And with Jesus as my
Lord and my Shepherd,
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I have direction and purpose.
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Amen.
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It's really a powerful thought.
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Yeah, there's a lot
of empty folks out there.
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That is true.
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You know, I think
this is a good time
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and maybe we can put a
finger there in Psalm 23,
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to go to John Chapter 10.
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Because Jesus
Himself said some words
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that seem to be
related to Psalm 23.
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And so in John Chapter 10,
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beginning in verse 11, perhaps.
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Yes, it says here...
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There are some
verses before this
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that is talking about
Him being the Shepherd,
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but here in verse 11 it
says, "I am the good Shepherd.
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The Good Shepherd
gives His life for the sheep.
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But a hireling, he
who is not the shepherd,
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one who does not own the sheep,
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sees the wolf coming
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and leaves the sheep and flees.
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And the wolf catches
the sheep and scatters them.
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The hireling flees
because he is a hireling
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and does not
care about the sheep."
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I'll stop right there for now.
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So when David says,
"The Lord is my shepherd."
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What does that mean?
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That means to him,
the Lord takes care of me.
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I like what you said there.
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That word hireling
reminds is a temporary labor.
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A temporary labor.
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Wow, that kind of really draw
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a different dynamic to
that picture, you know,
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this is a temporary
fill in or something
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that's not permanent,
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whereas the good shepherd
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lays down his
life for the sheep.
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I mean, would we
do that for somebody?
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Could I lay down my
life for somebody, like,
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I saw somebody is
gonna get shot by a gun,
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will I jump in the
way and take the bullet?
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That's a hard question.
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But Jesus, you
know, took all that
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and then more for us.
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And you saw in David's own life.
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Bible has examples
00:19:03.67\00:19:05.01
of when he was
taking care of a sheep
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that David did not run away
00:19:06.51\00:19:08.24
from the threats
that endangered his sheep.
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Yeah, that's true.
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That's a really good point. Wow.
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You know, it's interesting
when we consider this,
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why do the sheep
follow the shepherd?
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Why do they hear his
voice and follow him?
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From experience,
they have learned
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that the shepherd
takes care of them.
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From experience,
they have learned
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that he will protect them,
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and guide them to
safety and provide.
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So when we say,
when David is saying,
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"The Lord is my shepherd."
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I would like to
invite our listeners
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or viewers to
consider our friends
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or family that are within,
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on the other side to consider
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if they haven't
to allow the Lord
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to be your
shepherd, your protector,
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your guidance, your strength,
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and see the blessing.
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Yeah.
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I think they also
what goes along with that
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is first acknowledging
that we're helpless...
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Yes.
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That we need Him.
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And our world tells us
we need to be independent.
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For me, and excuse me,
00:20:08.07\00:20:09.40
that's been a
struggle, honestly,
00:20:09.44\00:20:12.64
because I just
kind of grew up forming
00:20:12.67\00:20:16.64
that independence
that I thought I needed.
00:20:16.68\00:20:19.08
And so that's been
a lot of unlearning
00:20:19.11\00:20:21.65
that God has had to do for me.
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And so learning
that I do need Him,
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and I am dependent on Him.
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It's not a fun feeling at first.
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But when I realized that
I am helpless without Him,
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and I do need Him,
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and what can go wrong
when I don't have Him,
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I think that is
what has helped me and...
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But I think
that's the first thing
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that we need to realize is that
we are helpless without Him.
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And if we're not teachable,
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or in that vulnerable state,
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we won't rely on Him.
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It's very, very powerful.
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When you're talking
about a small sheep,
00:20:59.69\00:21:03.39
you know, you see
the little kittens,
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.09
and even the little
kittens, they can go like this.
00:21:05.13\00:21:08.16
And suddenly they
have these sharp claws.
00:21:08.20\00:21:10.73
And their teeth are also sharp,
00:21:10.77\00:21:12.83
so she can't
really defend itself.
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It's helpless like you said.
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And this is a wonderful
picture of understanding
00:21:18.81\00:21:21.04
that the Lord
wants to take care of us,
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the Lord wants to protect us.
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Amen.
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You know, somebody
that was speaking to me
00:21:26.01\00:21:27.35
telling about hearing His voice.
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And I thought was
really interesting
00:21:28.75\00:21:30.22
when he called Lazarus.
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Actually, it's in
Chapter 11, just looked at,
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but the idea that
Lazarus understood
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when He called
him out of the tomb,
00:21:37.19\00:21:39.39
and just heard His
voice and he came out,
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that speaks to me
God's power, Jesus' power.
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To not just protect
us on this earth now,
00:21:46.53\00:21:49.00
while we're in this life,
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but even afterwards, in
the everlasting, you know,
00:21:50.41\00:21:52.41
whole power is given
him heaven and earth so...
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When He speaks,
even the dead are raised.
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Raised up. They're raised up.
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So, I mean, that's a
powerful thing to think
00:22:00.28\00:22:01.92
that He not only
protect us while we're live now,
00:22:01.95\00:22:04.29
but when we come
to that new life,
00:22:04.32\00:22:06.05
He's going to call us
out, and we'll hear that voice
00:22:06.09\00:22:08.19
and we'll come out of our grave.
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Amen. It's a powerful thought.
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Well, how about the
next little thought?
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He said, "The
Lord is my shepherd,
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I shall not want."
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Any thoughts
00:22:17.73\00:22:19.07
that you would like
to share about that?
00:22:19.10\00:22:20.44
I think we've
already shared a little bit.
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But when you think
about the Lord is my shepherd,
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I shall not want.
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There seems to be no
doubt in that declaration.
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Well, the Lord is my shepherd,
I might want, you know.
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I was just thinking of Paul,
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you know, when he
said that Paul said,
00:22:36.52\00:22:37.85
"I know what it is to have much.
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And I know what it
is to have a little.
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So I'm content
in every situation."
00:22:40.86\00:22:42.72
And I think that's having that
complete confidence and trust
00:22:42.76\00:22:46.43
in what Jesus is
capable of doing.
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I mean, if He says He owns
a cattle on a thousand hill,
00:22:48.13\00:22:50.30
do you believe Him?
00:22:50.33\00:22:51.67
Do you believe He has
all things in His hands?
00:22:51.70\00:22:54.14
Do you think, you know,
00:22:54.17\00:22:55.50
do we trust Him
what His promises say?
00:22:55.54\00:22:57.84
I think that's a
really powerful thing.
00:22:57.87\00:22:59.21
So I don't lack anything
if I trust in His promises.
00:22:59.24\00:23:01.98
They're for me,
00:23:02.01\00:23:03.35
no matter what the circumstance,
00:23:03.38\00:23:04.71
if I'm, you know,
on a medical condition,
00:23:04.75\00:23:06.88
do I trust Him at that time?
00:23:06.92\00:23:08.68
If I'm financially broke,
00:23:08.72\00:23:10.05
I'm going through some
difficulty with a marriage
00:23:10.09\00:23:12.32
or whatever it may be,
00:23:12.35\00:23:14.09
do I trust the Lord
in those circumstances
00:23:14.12\00:23:16.22
to know that He's
taking care of all this?
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Amen. Amen.
00:23:18.73\00:23:20.33
Any other thoughts?
00:23:20.36\00:23:21.70
Or maybe an
experience where you have seen
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.83
that the Lord has provided,
has taken care of your needs?
00:23:23.87\00:23:28.84
And while are you
thinking about that,
00:23:28.87\00:23:30.81
I'm going to read
from Philippians 4:19,
00:23:30.84\00:23:35.21
because this is a
scripture that speaks to us
00:23:35.24\00:23:40.78
of the Lord's care for us.
00:23:40.82\00:23:42.58
tells us the following,
00:23:42.62\00:23:48.12
"And my God shall
supply all your need,
00:23:48.16\00:23:52.66
according to His riches
in glory by Christ Jesus."
00:23:52.69\00:23:56.53
Amen.
00:23:56.56\00:23:57.90
And this is a reality
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.27
and a personal
experience for me and my family.
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.77
We can say the Lord
has supplied our needs.
00:24:02.80\00:24:06.07
He's able. That's right.
00:24:06.11\00:24:07.44
And you know,
00:24:07.48\00:24:08.84
the Lord supplies
our needs and then,
00:24:08.88\00:24:11.48
He's not wanting either.
00:24:11.51\00:24:12.98
He continues to have to
share with all His children.
00:24:13.01\00:24:16.62
We just, we just sold our house.
00:24:16.65\00:24:18.95
And a lot of people
have been praying for that.
00:24:18.99\00:24:21.89
It was three years.
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.46
Praise the Lord.
00:24:23.49\00:24:24.83
It was about a
three year long process.
00:24:24.86\00:24:28.56
And we really feel
like God had a plan in now.
00:24:28.60\00:24:33.10
He always has a
plan, but we, you know,
00:24:33.13\00:24:35.70
we wonder why it took so long.
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.24
But there were so many
people we met along the way.
00:24:37.27\00:24:39.94
But through that process,
00:24:39.97\00:24:42.31
I was just
talking to someone earlier
00:24:42.34\00:24:43.68
about how they
asked the question,
00:24:43.71\00:24:46.11
how did you keep
up with all, you know,
00:24:46.15\00:24:48.68
because we have a
place we rent here,
00:24:48.72\00:24:51.02
and then we're
paying double utilities,
00:24:51.05\00:24:53.42
everything and the mortgage
on the place that we had,
00:24:53.46\00:24:57.26
and they're like,
"How did you do it?"
00:24:57.29\00:24:59.86
All I can say
is, it was all God,
00:24:59.89\00:25:02.50
because on paper,
it wouldn't make sense.
00:25:02.53\00:25:07.24
Financial person would be like,
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.94
"There's no way that
this could have happened,
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.47
that you could've, you know,
kept up with all these bills."
00:25:11.51\00:25:14.11
But God provided.
00:25:14.14\00:25:15.88
Yeah, you know,
00:25:15.91\00:25:17.25
He sometimes when
we first moved here,
00:25:17.28\00:25:18.91
how He provided
was just incredible.
00:25:18.95\00:25:20.62
Just to let you
know, He encourages us,
00:25:20.65\00:25:22.48
you know, when
we first moved in.
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We had a gentleman who
became our insurance agent.
00:25:24.79\00:25:28.72
He talked to us,
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.09
"You guys are
wonderful Christian couple.
00:25:30.13\00:25:31.46
I really appreciate you guys.
00:25:31.49\00:25:32.83
Donald, can you..."
00:25:32.86\00:25:34.20
And he's in his car, he said,
00:25:34.23\00:25:35.56
"Donald, come
here for a minute?"
00:25:35.60\00:25:36.93
I said, "Yeah."
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.30
He said, "You know, as
I'm getting older in life,
00:25:38.33\00:25:39.67
and you know,
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
I got a little
bit of mine place."
00:25:41.07\00:25:42.40
And I'm like, I think, I
know where this is going.
00:25:42.44\00:25:43.77
He said, "How would you feel
00:25:43.81\00:25:45.14
if I paid for your first
year's renter's insurance?"
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.11
I was like,
00:25:47.14\00:25:48.48
"My insurance agent is gonna pay
00:25:48.51\00:25:49.84
for my first year
insurance policy!"
00:25:49.88\00:25:51.88
He said, "What do you
think your wife will say?"
00:25:51.91\00:25:53.31
I'm like, "Oh, yeah,
she's gonna say yes."
00:25:53.35\00:25:56.89
I said, "Yeah."
00:25:56.92\00:25:58.25
So he literally
did, he paid for that.
00:25:58.29\00:26:00.26
And just see how God's
hand had moved in all that,
00:26:00.29\00:26:03.26
and just even
get here to Illinois,
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.79
just how God provide.
00:26:05.83\00:26:07.16
I mean, we were
sleeping in our car.
00:26:07.20\00:26:08.53
I had no money,
00:26:08.56\00:26:09.90
I had $10 to get back and forth
00:26:09.93\00:26:11.27
from here to
Indiana, where our house was
00:26:11.30\00:26:12.63
for interview.
00:26:12.67\00:26:14.00
That was it, I had 10 bucks.
00:26:14.04\00:26:15.60
And I talked to a gentleman,
00:26:15.64\00:26:16.97
and we were camping on at
Rend Lake not far from here.
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.24
We slept in our car,
00:26:19.27\00:26:20.68
laying the
chairs back and slept,
00:26:20.71\00:26:22.54
and I talked to a
gentleman and I felt encouraged
00:26:22.58\00:26:25.05
to give this man
a Great Controversy.
00:26:25.08\00:26:26.72
He kind of struggled
at first, but I told him,
00:26:26.75\00:26:29.12
"I'll give you the book."
00:26:29.15\00:26:30.49
And when I gave
him the book, he said,
00:26:30.52\00:26:32.59
"I'm a recovering Catholic
and recovering alcoholic."
00:26:32.62\00:26:35.59
I said, "That's interesting."
00:26:35.62\00:26:37.13
So he started
thumbing through the book
00:26:37.16\00:26:38.49
and he saw Martin
Luther in the book.
00:26:38.53\00:26:39.86
He was, "Oh my
goodness, I love Martin Luther!"
00:26:39.89\00:26:41.90
He said, "You
just might convert me.
00:26:41.93\00:26:43.26
I'm like, "What on earth?"
00:26:43.30\00:26:44.63
So this is interesting.
00:26:44.67\00:26:46.00
So I went back to my car
00:26:46.03\00:26:47.37
and the Lord impressed
me in my mind, He says,
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.44
"He's gonna come back
and give you something."
00:26:49.47\00:26:51.67
And so I said, "Really?"
00:26:51.71\00:26:53.04
I said, "Janelle,
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
I think the Lord's told
me this guy's gonna come back
00:26:54.44\00:26:55.78
and give us something."
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.15
So sure enough, he came,
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.51
walked in my car,
tapped on a window.
00:26:58.55\00:26:59.88
I rolled it down,
00:26:59.91\00:27:01.25
opened his wallet
gave me a $50 bill.
00:27:01.28\00:27:02.62
He said, "Go and
get you and your wife
00:27:02.65\00:27:03.99
something good for breakfast."
00:27:04.02\00:27:05.35
Well, he asked us too.
00:27:05.39\00:27:06.72
He said, "Well, you guys are
the one who sleep in your car?"
00:27:06.76\00:27:08.09
He said, "I
counted tents last night.
00:27:08.12\00:27:09.46
You guys didn't have a tent."
00:27:09.49\00:27:10.83
He said, "Well, you guys
the one sleeping in your car,
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.23
like he's very observant.
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.23
He actually gave us a tent too.
00:27:14.26\00:27:16.67
How long ago was this?
00:27:16.70\00:27:18.90
It was almost six
years ago? 2013, yeah.
00:27:18.93\00:27:22.27
This is before you came to 3ABN?
00:27:22.30\00:27:23.81
Well, it was kind of
like in real transition.
00:27:23.84\00:27:27.18
Yeah, we were coming
here for the interview,
00:27:27.21\00:27:28.64
or we had been here for
the interview or something.
00:27:28.68\00:27:30.68
And we didn't want to drive
all the way back home yet, so.
00:27:30.71\00:27:32.78
That's how God provides though.
00:27:32.81\00:27:34.22
Yes.
00:27:34.25\00:27:35.58
Jesus provides
everything you need.
00:27:35.62\00:27:36.95
You don't lack anything.
00:27:36.99\00:27:38.32
I mean, here I got
$50, I wanna get back home.
00:27:38.35\00:27:39.92
That's like, man, I
got 10 bucks to get gas.
00:27:39.95\00:27:41.46
Oh my goodness, this is
not gonna work too well, but
00:27:41.49\00:27:43.93
and that's the most I
ever got for Great Controversy.
00:27:43.96\00:27:46.03
I was a literature evangelist.
00:27:46.06\00:27:47.40
That's the most I've ever
got for Controversy is 50 bucks,
00:27:47.43\00:27:50.60
so... Amazing. Praise the Lord.
00:27:50.63\00:27:52.03
God is good. Yeah.
00:27:52.07\00:27:53.87
And more and more
stories we could share
00:27:53.90\00:27:58.04
about how the Lord
has provided for us.
00:27:58.07\00:28:00.91
Just given time, we can say,
00:28:00.94\00:28:02.28
"Oh yes, and this
time, in this time,
00:28:02.31\00:28:03.65
in this time, in this time."
00:28:03.68\00:28:05.01
Because the Lord does do this,
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.68
you know, that we think
of the Lord's Prayer says it.
00:28:07.72\00:28:10.25
"Give us this
day, our daily bread."
00:28:10.29\00:28:12.59
So really, anyone
listening right now could say,
00:28:12.62\00:28:15.32
"Well, you know."
00:28:15.36\00:28:17.13
I would dare say that
some people listening to me,
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.96
could say, "I have
never missed a meal,
00:28:21.00\00:28:22.63
there has always been
the opportunity to eat meal,
00:28:22.66\00:28:24.93
I didn't eat
because I didn't want to."
00:28:24.97\00:28:26.30
Yeah.
00:28:26.33\00:28:27.67
But they've had the opportunity
00:28:27.70\00:28:29.04
to always have something to eat.
00:28:29.07\00:28:30.47
And that's the Lord providing.
00:28:30.51\00:28:31.91
The Lord providing.
00:28:31.94\00:28:33.31
Of course, sometimes we
do ourselves self-damage,
00:28:33.34\00:28:35.04
you know, we make
decisions that hurt us,
00:28:35.08\00:28:38.15
so the Lord had to say,
00:28:38.18\00:28:39.51
"Okay, I'm gonna let
you reap what you have sown,
00:28:39.55\00:28:43.52
what you have planted."
00:28:43.55\00:28:45.15
And so as we
cooperate with the Lord,
00:28:45.19\00:28:48.79
and ask Him for our
needs, He does do that.
00:28:48.82\00:28:51.09
That gives me the thought
00:28:51.13\00:28:52.53
that maybe we
should read from Psalms 34,
00:28:52.56\00:28:54.56
because here is a
clear, clear message for us.
00:28:54.60\00:29:01.37
And I see this as a
wonderful, wonderful thing.
00:29:01.40\00:29:06.01
In Psalms 34.
00:29:06.04\00:29:07.84
Notice Psalms 34 I really,
00:29:07.88\00:29:10.45
when I look at Psalms 34, I say,
00:29:10.48\00:29:11.81
"Where do you start? Do
you start at number one?
00:29:11.85\00:29:13.85
Oh, man, what if
you start at number six,
00:29:13.88\00:29:15.75
and then you want to
read number five, verse 5?"
00:29:15.78\00:29:18.32
But I'll start
over here in verse 7,
00:29:18.35\00:29:20.36
"The angel of the Lord encamps
00:29:20.39\00:29:23.09
all around those fear
Him and delivers them.
00:29:23.12\00:29:26.16
Oh, taste and see
that the Lord is good.
00:29:26.19\00:29:28.73
Blessed is the
man who trusts in Him!
00:29:28.76\00:29:31.43
Oh, fear the
Lord you His saints!
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.90
There is no want to
those who fear Him."
00:29:33.94\00:29:38.27
So here it's connected
a little bit to Psalms 23.
00:29:38.31\00:29:41.28
The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want.
00:29:41.31\00:29:44.35
And so the Lord
provides for His children.
00:29:44.38\00:29:47.02
Amen.
00:29:47.05\00:29:48.38
And so I would like
to encourage everybody
00:29:48.42\00:29:50.79
to trust in the Lord.
00:29:50.82\00:29:52.15
Amen.
00:29:52.19\00:29:53.52
And you will see
that He will provide.
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.16
Even He says, "If you have faith
00:29:55.19\00:29:56.52
the size of a mustard seed
that you can move mountains."
00:29:56.56\00:29:58.83
Not that you
will move mountains,
00:29:58.86\00:30:00.20
physically you're
not gonna move anything,
00:30:00.23\00:30:01.56
but He'll move
obstacles and bless you.
00:30:01.60\00:30:04.07
Amen. And it's just incredible.
00:30:04.10\00:30:05.97
And we've just been so
blessed since we've been here.
00:30:06.00\00:30:08.67
I mean, the Lord has
grown us exponentially.
00:30:08.70\00:30:11.31
I mean, if we
stayed back in Indiana,
00:30:11.34\00:30:12.67
we realized we
talked about this,
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.28
we wouldn't be
where we are today
00:30:14.31\00:30:15.64
as far as what
we've been able to do
00:30:15.68\00:30:18.08
as far as ministry
wise and the knowledge.
00:30:18.11\00:30:20.28
Personal growth.
Yeah. Personal growth.
00:30:20.32\00:30:22.08
And healing. Amen.
00:30:22.12\00:30:23.45
And healing.
That's a huge healing.
00:30:23.49\00:30:24.82
It's the big one. Amen.
00:30:24.85\00:30:26.69
How about we go to
the next part in Psalm 23.
00:30:26.72\00:30:29.66
And consider there verse 2,
00:30:29.69\00:30:32.63
"The Lord is my
shepherd, I shall not want.
00:30:32.66\00:30:34.60
He makes me to lie
down in green pastures."
00:30:34.63\00:30:39.33
Any thoughts about that?
00:30:39.37\00:30:40.80
Sounds pleasant.
00:30:40.84\00:30:42.64
I wanna be
there. Green pastures.
00:30:42.67\00:30:44.97
Where's that
green pastures mean?
00:30:45.01\00:30:46.44
You know this.
00:30:46.47\00:30:47.81
I have a little
note here, it says,
00:30:47.84\00:30:49.18
pastures of tender grass,
00:30:49.21\00:30:52.01
because I don't
know if you've ever,
00:30:52.05\00:30:55.05
I'm sure, you have
throughout your life
00:30:55.08\00:30:56.58
at one point or another
00:30:56.62\00:30:57.95
been out in a
picnic or something,
00:30:57.99\00:30:59.49
you lie down on some grass
00:30:59.52\00:31:01.02
and there's
something poking you.
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.66
Yeah, bugs in your face.
00:31:02.69\00:31:04.66
And then you have to
figure out what that is,
00:31:04.69\00:31:06.43
is it a little piece of
a stick or a little stone.
00:31:06.46\00:31:09.66
And it's disturbing, isn't it?
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.23
Yeah, but here David is saying,
00:31:11.27\00:31:13.10
the Lord makes me lie
down in green pastures,
00:31:13.13\00:31:14.77
tender grass that
is soft and cushiony.
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.34
And you're not hurt,
you feel comfortable there.
00:31:18.37\00:31:21.34
You feel like, you feel
like you're cared for there.
00:31:21.38\00:31:24.88
So when He says,
00:31:24.91\00:31:26.25
He makes me to lie
down in green pastures,
00:31:26.28\00:31:27.82
He means, He provides
00:31:27.85\00:31:29.18
that which I
need for my comfort.
00:31:29.22\00:31:31.25
So I need a bed like that.
00:31:31.29\00:31:35.42
Yeah, bed like that sounds good.
00:31:35.46\00:31:36.96
I'm ready to take a nap.
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.33
But yeah, so that
comfort that he brings,
00:31:38.36\00:31:40.56
you know, he gives
you that calm assurance
00:31:40.60\00:31:43.53
that you don't have to struggle
or be anxious for anything,
00:31:43.57\00:31:48.74
He provides and as I say,
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.71
I shall not want, you know,
00:31:50.74\00:31:52.07
that kind of
leads right into it,
00:31:52.11\00:31:53.44
you know, he gives us
those things that we need,
00:31:53.48\00:31:55.64
so we have that comfort
00:31:55.68\00:31:57.01
and that kind of
padding, that cushion.
00:31:57.05\00:31:59.08
He gives us a
cushion to walk on,
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.72
so we've got cushion.
00:32:00.75\00:32:02.32
That's right.
00:32:02.35\00:32:03.72
So we will for the sake
of time move on, it says,
00:32:03.75\00:32:09.52
"He leads me
beside the still waters."
00:32:09.56\00:32:14.56
Still waters.
00:32:14.60\00:32:16.30
And as I was
studying this many years ago,
00:32:16.33\00:32:19.60
I said, "Why does He say,
00:32:19.63\00:32:21.04
He leads me
beside the still waters?"
00:32:21.07\00:32:24.54
And it's
interesting because the sheep,
00:32:24.57\00:32:29.01
if you take them to a
river that is flowing,
00:32:29.04\00:32:32.81
they're afraid to drink that.
00:32:32.85\00:32:35.48
They will not do it.
00:32:35.52\00:32:36.85
So when he says,
00:32:36.89\00:32:38.22
he leads me
beside the still waters,
00:32:38.25\00:32:40.46
the sheep see
the nice calm water
00:32:40.49\00:32:44.99
and they feel safe
drinking from there.
00:32:45.03\00:32:48.96
Yeah. Interesting.
00:32:49.00\00:32:50.33
You know, I
think of that story in,
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.13
when the disciples
were on the boat with Jesus
00:32:52.17\00:32:55.57
and they're
professional fishermen,
00:32:55.60\00:32:58.11
you know, they've
been on some seas before,
00:32:58.14\00:32:59.67
but anyways and all that.
00:32:59.71\00:33:01.04
Boat started
happening with the winds
00:33:01.08\00:33:02.41
and the waves and
the lightning crashing
00:33:02.44\00:33:04.38
and their boats
done off, it's capsizing,
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.72
but it was getting
hit some water in it.
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.68
And there's Jesus just lying
in the hole of the boat there
00:33:08.72\00:33:11.15
and I'm sure the disciples like,
00:33:11.19\00:33:12.52
"What is wrong with this man?"
00:33:12.55\00:33:13.89
I mean, "How can He sleep
in something so tumultuous?"
00:33:13.92\00:33:15.92
But He was always at peace.
00:33:15.96\00:33:17.93
And I just think about that
00:33:17.96\00:33:19.29
and I share sometimes
on prayer line, you know,
00:33:19.33\00:33:20.96
when people are
really like anxious
00:33:21.00\00:33:22.36
and fretting and stuff, I said,
00:33:22.40\00:33:23.93
"You know, Jesus
said three simple words.
00:33:23.97\00:33:25.67
He stood up and
he rebuked to us,
00:33:25.70\00:33:27.04
says, peace, peace still.
00:33:27.07\00:33:29.10
He just calmed the
waters, calmed them.
00:33:29.14\00:33:33.98
You know, that
makes me think about this.
00:33:34.01\00:33:35.34
He leads me
beside the still waters
00:33:35.38\00:33:36.71
and just like He
brings that calm at peace.
00:33:36.75\00:33:39.81
You don't like,
00:33:39.85\00:33:41.18
if you're in a
stressful situation,
00:33:41.22\00:33:42.55
He can break that stress,
He can break that anxiousness.
00:33:42.58\00:33:46.19
You know, I went
through some places,
00:33:46.22\00:33:47.86
when we did a
GLOW rally in Chicago.
00:33:47.89\00:33:50.59
We're out there for four days
00:33:50.63\00:33:51.96
is one of the deadliest weekends
00:33:51.99\00:33:53.33
and I went to a bar.
00:33:53.36\00:33:54.70
And I mean, in
restaurants, whatever I'm going,
00:33:54.73\00:33:57.07
people are putting
food in their mouth,
00:33:57.10\00:33:58.80
I'm putting GLOW tracts
right in front of their table,
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.27
like, "What are you doing?"
00:34:00.30\00:34:02.80
So inside a bar,
it was really dark.
00:34:02.84\00:34:04.77
And there's four people
and there's two guys drinking,
00:34:04.81\00:34:06.51
and female bartender
and a male bartender.
00:34:06.54\00:34:08.94
He was like, "Hey,
here's a gift for you,"
00:34:08.98\00:34:10.31
and put a little
tract on the table.
00:34:10.35\00:34:12.31
And the guy
looked at me, he goes,
00:34:12.35\00:34:13.72
"Where's your garbage can?"
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.65
You know, the
bartender she just,
00:34:15.68\00:34:17.02
he just grabbed
and he just chucked it,
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.39
she chucked it.
00:34:18.42\00:34:19.75
And as I'm walking
out the door, she went,
00:34:19.79\00:34:21.12
"Hail Satan!" I was
like, "Oh, have a good day.
00:34:21.16\00:34:24.36
Take care. Have a nice day."
00:34:24.39\00:34:25.89
That's what I've told her.
00:34:25.93\00:34:27.66
But it was just
having that calm assurance
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.36
what Jesus had
sent me there to do.
00:34:29.40\00:34:31.73
I could have that calmness,
00:34:31.77\00:34:33.10
that assurance that He
was there with me, you know.
00:34:33.13\00:34:35.40
No, I had some lady,
00:34:35.44\00:34:36.77
you know, pumping
her fist and saying,
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.14
"Hail Satan." I
want to tell her.
00:34:38.17\00:34:39.97
She does not know
what she was saying.
00:34:40.01\00:34:42.38
But when you
mentioned GLOW tracts,
00:34:42.41\00:34:43.75
and perhaps somebody
doesn't know what that is.
00:34:43.78\00:34:45.78
What's a GLOW tract?
Does it glow in the dark?
00:34:45.81\00:34:47.78
Yeah. No, it doesn't.
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.48
No, it's like a little pamphlet.
00:34:49.52\00:34:50.85
Actually, I have in
my pocket, I'll get up...
00:34:50.89\00:34:52.22
It's a certain kind of.
00:34:52.25\00:34:53.59
Yeah, little, they're
like a little pamphlet,
00:34:53.62\00:34:54.96
like a trifle little thing
00:34:54.99\00:34:56.32
and it has like different topics
00:34:56.36\00:34:57.79
and you can give them
out, they're easy give out,
00:34:57.83\00:35:00.36
we give them everywhere.
00:35:00.40\00:35:01.96
I think we gave
about 200,000 in four days.
00:35:02.00\00:35:04.93
Wow, just you
two? No, there was...
00:35:04.97\00:35:06.97
No, there was a team of about 30
00:35:07.00\00:35:08.34
and some five year old kids,
00:35:08.37\00:35:10.47
out in the streets
of Chicago, little kids.
00:35:10.51\00:35:12.87
Now why would you do
this? Why would we do this?
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.38
Why would you go out
passing those tracts?
00:35:15.41\00:35:17.88
We want people
to know about Jesus.
00:35:17.91\00:35:19.95
There you go,
00:35:19.98\00:35:21.32
that's what I was
striving at, you know,
00:35:21.35\00:35:22.68
because when you have
the blessing of the Lord
00:35:22.72\00:35:26.02
and the joy of the Lord,
00:35:26.05\00:35:27.39
and you know that
00:35:27.42\00:35:29.29
if other people taste and
see that the Lord is good,
00:35:29.32\00:35:33.43
you want them to know,
00:35:33.46\00:35:34.80
you want them to
have the blessing,
00:35:34.83\00:35:36.56
the experience and to
know there is a Savior
00:35:36.60\00:35:40.30
because really, there're
people that don't know Jesus.
00:35:40.34\00:35:44.24
They are miserable
and they don't know it.
00:35:44.27\00:35:47.28
They suffer and
they don't have peace,
00:35:47.31\00:35:49.51
they have an
emptiness, and this is the way
00:35:49.54\00:35:52.68
we have heard
over and over again,
00:35:52.71\00:35:54.48
the people that
come to Lord say,
00:35:54.52\00:35:55.85
"Oh, before I came to the Lord,
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.35
it was this emptiness, I
didn't know how to fill it,
00:35:57.39\00:35:59.82
I tried drinking, I tried drugs,
00:35:59.85\00:36:01.32
I tried, you know,
00:36:01.36\00:36:02.82
doing all kinds of evil things
but I could not fill this void.
00:36:02.86\00:36:07.26
And so you're
helping to fill this void
00:36:07.30\00:36:09.33
passing out the tracts
00:36:09.36\00:36:10.87
and letting
people know about Jesus.
00:36:10.90\00:36:12.40
Yeah, you know, it
was really interesting.
00:36:12.43\00:36:13.77
And God does
have a sense of humor.
00:36:13.80\00:36:15.14
And there's a
carnival going on across
00:36:15.17\00:36:16.67
one side of the
street and I'm on the other
00:36:16.71\00:36:18.04
putting GLOW pamphlets
of salvation at their door.
00:36:18.07\00:36:21.24
I'm not going to
name the name of the song,
00:36:21.28\00:36:22.71
but it was a hard rock song,
00:36:22.74\00:36:24.71
talking about
you're on the way to hell.
00:36:24.75\00:36:26.88
So while I'm
giving out tracts there,
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.35
bringing people to
Jesus to salvation.
00:36:28.38\00:36:31.02
I'm hearing the songs and
you're on the road to hell.
00:36:31.05\00:36:34.89
It's like this conflict.
00:36:34.92\00:36:36.32
I was like, this is
comical, I started laughing.
00:36:36.36\00:36:38.33
I said, this is funny
'cause I'm giving people,
00:36:38.36\00:36:40.46
you know, GLOW tracts
that's gonna bring them...
00:36:40.50\00:36:41.96
Salvation.
00:36:42.00\00:36:43.33
Narrow pathway
that's going to lead them
00:36:43.37\00:36:44.70
to eternal life,
00:36:44.73\00:36:46.10
not to the road of hell
sitting on that path so...
00:36:46.13\00:36:49.20
I found a cross reference first
00:36:49.24\00:36:50.97
that goes with that verse
we just read from Psalm 23:2,
00:36:51.01\00:36:56.04
it's in Revelation
7, it's Revelation 7:17.
00:36:56.08\00:37:00.95
I thought that was really good.
00:37:00.98\00:37:02.32
It says, "For the lamb which
is in the midst of the throne
00:37:02.35\00:37:04.42
shall feed them
and shall lead them
00:37:04.45\00:37:06.65
unto living fountains of waters,
00:37:06.69\00:37:09.09
and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes."
00:37:09.12\00:37:13.26
And it's talking
about feeding them
00:37:13.29\00:37:17.80
and leading them unto
the fountains of waters.
00:37:17.83\00:37:20.17
That was the one
to let them know.
00:37:20.20\00:37:21.84
The Lamb, Jesus
and it's interesting
00:37:21.87\00:37:25.21
how he's the
Lamb and the Shepherd.
00:37:25.24\00:37:28.14
Yeah, yes.
00:37:28.18\00:37:29.51
That's interesting.
00:37:29.54\00:37:31.15
Why would, for
the sake of our people
00:37:31.18\00:37:32.88
watching our
friends, why would you...
00:37:32.91\00:37:36.25
Why is Jesus the lamb as well?
00:37:36.28\00:37:39.92
I was thinking about that.
00:37:39.95\00:37:43.76
I think because
He was the sacrifice
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.29
and sacrificed for our sins.
00:37:46.33\00:37:48.86
That's right.
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.23
You know, John the Baptist said,
00:37:50.27\00:37:51.60
"Behold the Lamb of God
00:37:51.63\00:37:53.20
that takes away
the sin of the world."
00:37:53.23\00:37:55.54
That was a
message for the people
00:37:55.57\00:37:56.97
because they knew
that a lamb was offered
00:37:57.01\00:38:01.51
for the
forgiveness of their sins,
00:38:01.54\00:38:03.61
and Jesus interesting the Lamb
and also the Shepherd, he who,
00:38:03.65\00:38:09.42
who can take away our sins,
00:38:09.45\00:38:11.42
but He's also the Shepherd
in the sense that He guides us,
00:38:11.45\00:38:14.39
He protects us, and
He wants to save us.
00:38:14.42\00:38:19.46
He's also in the
sense of the lamb.
00:38:19.49\00:38:21.96
He's a fellow lamb
because He was one of us.
00:38:22.00\00:38:25.13
Yes. Beautiful.
00:38:25.17\00:38:27.07
You know, and in Genesis
3:21 and this is interesting,
00:38:27.10\00:38:30.34
because when we see
who took and formed Adam
00:38:30.37\00:38:32.54
from the dust of the ground.
00:38:32.57\00:38:34.01
Really when you do the
research and you studied out
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.71
was actually Jesus who formed.
00:38:35.74\00:38:37.58
So then it says,
You're the Lord God,
00:38:37.61\00:38:39.08
which actually is
Jesus says, unto Adam also
00:38:39.11\00:38:42.02
and to his wife
did the Lord God,
00:38:42.05\00:38:44.49
basically Jesus made
coats of skins and clothed them,
00:38:44.52\00:38:46.86
so He took an actual lamb.
00:38:46.89\00:38:48.72
That was the first
sacrifice in Genesis 3:21,
00:38:48.76\00:38:52.23
where He showed them a lamb
00:38:52.26\00:38:54.56
would have to be
slain for their sins.
00:38:54.60\00:38:56.36
Yes.
00:38:56.40\00:38:57.73
And Jesus Himself, showing them,
00:38:57.77\00:38:59.53
you know, skin that lamb,
00:38:59.57\00:39:01.50
so that's a powerful thought...
00:39:01.54\00:39:03.67
Amen. What He would come to do.
00:39:03.71\00:39:05.81
I'm gonna go back over
here to John Chapter 10
00:39:05.84\00:39:11.11
and I'm gonna read now
from verses 14 through 16
00:39:11.15\00:39:15.18
because of the discussion
00:39:15.22\00:39:16.55
that we're having
now at this point.
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.02
It says in John
10:14,15, and 16,
00:39:19.05\00:39:22.39
"I am the good
Shepherd and I know My sheep,
00:39:22.42\00:39:26.39
and I am known by My own.
00:39:26.43\00:39:29.13
As the Father knows Me,
even so I know the Father
00:39:29.16\00:39:32.33
and I lay down my
life for the sheep."
00:39:32.37\00:39:36.54
This is talking about the
sacrifice of Christ for us.
00:39:36.57\00:39:39.41
That's right.
Jesus Christ for us.
00:39:39.44\00:39:40.94
And then He says,
00:39:40.98\00:39:42.31
"And other sheep I have,
which are not of this fold.
00:39:42.34\00:39:45.55
Them also I must bring,
and they will hear My voice
00:39:45.58\00:39:49.82
and there will be one
flock and one shepherd."
00:39:49.85\00:39:52.75
Amen. Isn't that
beautiful promise?
00:39:52.79\00:39:54.86
All the divisions will be gone.
00:39:54.89\00:39:57.03
Jesus will be, we
will be all one flock,
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.59
all one large
family of every nation,
00:39:59.63\00:40:03.40
kindred, tongue and people.
00:40:03.43\00:40:05.63
One flock, one family in
Him, He being our Shepherd.
00:40:05.67\00:40:11.37
Yeah, you know, that's
such a beautiful thought
00:40:11.41\00:40:13.14
and I just talked to somebody
just a couple of days ago
00:40:13.17\00:40:15.38
about the idea of
culture and color and you know,
00:40:15.41\00:40:19.38
we have different
backgrounds, different languages
00:40:19.41\00:40:21.45
but there'll be all
different ethnicities,
00:40:21.48\00:40:23.79
different colors, different,
00:40:23.82\00:40:25.52
it will all be but
we'll all be one in Christ,
00:40:25.55\00:40:27.66
that's just the most
powerful thought to me
00:40:27.69\00:40:29.29
that you know, no
matter where you are,
00:40:29.32\00:40:30.69
I mean, you're across in Africa,
00:40:30.73\00:40:32.06
maybe you're somewhere down
in, you know, South America,
00:40:32.09\00:40:34.46
maybe in Russia, maybe you're,
but we're all going to be...
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.80
If we're in Christ,
we'll all be brought together
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.77
and we'll all
be able to sit down
00:40:39.80\00:40:42.17
at that supper table one day,
00:40:42.20\00:40:44.51
all the other and
share a meal with Jesus,
00:40:44.54\00:40:47.34
that's gonna be
incredible day so...
00:40:47.38\00:40:49.08
Amen. It's a powerful thought.
00:40:49.11\00:40:51.15
Well, let's see if we
can go back to Psalm 23
00:40:51.18\00:40:53.55
and pick it up where we were,
00:40:53.58\00:40:55.05
such wonderful things are there.
00:40:55.08\00:40:56.85
Amen.
00:40:56.89\00:40:58.22
And so can you read
the next one, verse 3?
00:40:58.25\00:41:01.36
Yeah, I'll actually
read from the Amplified.
00:41:01.39\00:41:02.89
I really like this,
00:41:02.92\00:41:04.33
"He refreshes and
restores my life myself.
00:41:04.36\00:41:07.93
He leads me in the
paths of righteousness,
00:41:07.96\00:41:10.07
uprightness and right standing
with him not for my earning it,
00:41:10.10\00:41:13.30
but for his namesake."
00:41:13.34\00:41:15.47
Amen. Wow.
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
I liked how he put that.
00:41:16.87\00:41:18.21
Any thoughts
about that, Brother?
00:41:18.24\00:41:19.57
Our Brother Jonathan,
00:41:19.61\00:41:20.94
we haven't heard from
you in a little while.
00:41:20.98\00:41:22.58
He restores my soul.
00:41:22.61\00:41:24.51
He leads me in the
paths of righteousness
00:41:24.55\00:41:26.41
for his name's sake."
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.25
I find it interesting that,
00:41:29.28\00:41:34.39
you know, he does
this, he's doing it for us.
00:41:34.42\00:41:38.69
But he's doing it for,
you know, for his name's sake.
00:41:38.73\00:41:42.46
We are a reflection of
God and Jesus' characters.
00:41:42.50\00:41:48.64
You know, it's us and
our lives that ultimately
00:41:48.67\00:41:51.97
that vindicate God's character.
00:41:52.01\00:41:54.48
Oh, yes. Very nice.
00:41:54.51\00:41:56.41
And so, you know,
00:41:56.44\00:41:58.48
but we can't do it on ourselves.
00:41:58.51\00:42:00.32
We still have to
have His help to do it.
00:42:00.35\00:42:03.45
So He restores our soul
00:42:03.49\00:42:06.05
and leads us on the
path of righteousness,
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.86
to allow us to
reflect His character
00:42:08.89\00:42:13.86
and ultimately
become in the God's image.
00:42:13.90\00:42:19.73
Amen. Amen.
00:42:19.77\00:42:21.10
You know, it's marvelous,
00:42:21.14\00:42:22.47
because when we talk about
00:42:22.50\00:42:25.41
green pastures, still waters,
00:42:25.44\00:42:29.61
if we allow the Lord to lead us,
00:42:29.64\00:42:32.31
He's going to lead us down
a safe path and any situation,
00:42:32.35\00:42:37.95
anything that comes,
God has taken into account.
00:42:37.99\00:42:41.39
You mentioned earlier,
00:42:41.42\00:42:42.79
that Jesus was with
the disciples on the boat,
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.69
and it seemed like the devil
was trying to drown them all.
00:42:45.73\00:42:50.20
And this storm came,
00:42:50.23\00:42:52.57
and Jesus was
in perfect serenity
00:42:52.60\00:42:55.30
and calmness, sleeping
through this whole storm,
00:42:55.34\00:42:58.21
which is very, very interesting.
00:42:58.24\00:43:01.21
But they were safe
there with Jesus even though
00:43:01.24\00:43:07.88
to them at the moment it
appeared we're going to die,
00:43:07.92\00:43:10.89
we are going to die right here.
00:43:10.92\00:43:12.95
And they were just
frightened to death.
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.22
They literally thought
they were going to die.
00:43:15.26\00:43:17.13
Yeah, you know,
00:43:17.16\00:43:18.49
and then something
that really thought,
00:43:18.53\00:43:19.86
made me think of,
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.23
He refreshes and
restoring my life
00:43:21.26\00:43:22.60
and something
you kind of touched
00:43:22.63\00:43:23.97
on this a little bit is the fact
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.33
we're talking
about the Shepherd.
00:43:25.37\00:43:26.70
Well, He knows now
that He can trust us
00:43:26.74\00:43:29.90
to lead others to the Shepherd
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.34
just like what Andrew
Simon, Peter's brother did.
00:43:32.37\00:43:34.48
He lead people to Jesus
00:43:34.51\00:43:35.91
and he knows he can trust us now
00:43:35.94\00:43:37.81
when he we allow him to
refresh and restore our life,
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.42
then He says, "I'm
gonna make you a Shepherd
00:43:40.45\00:43:43.02
to lead My sheep to Me."
00:43:43.05\00:43:45.12
And I think that's
just a really powerful thing
00:43:45.15\00:43:47.22
for His namesake as
you kind of referenced,
00:43:47.26\00:43:50.16
you know, that we
can't do, we don't earn it,
00:43:50.19\00:43:52.73
it is something
that when we're free,
00:43:52.76\00:43:54.10
and we're relief,
00:43:54.13\00:43:55.46
relieved of those
burdens off our life, you know,
00:43:55.50\00:43:57.77
it's like our
house was such a burden
00:43:57.80\00:43:59.43
for so long, you know,
but when you release it,
00:43:59.47\00:44:02.20
it's like now you can
go on you can do things
00:44:02.24\00:44:04.84
to bring people to Jesus
because you have an experience
00:44:04.87\00:44:07.71
and you can
relate to other people.
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.48
And that restores folks,
brothers and sisters to say,
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.01
hey, God, Jesus is real,
00:44:13.05\00:44:15.18
you know, He's
in this world today.
00:44:15.22\00:44:16.55
And I see it because
what you're going through
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.45
and, man, what a transformation
you've experienced.
00:44:18.49\00:44:20.89
I want that.
00:44:20.92\00:44:22.26
So I want to know this Jesus,
show me how to get to Him.
00:44:22.29\00:44:24.79
Yes, yes.
00:44:24.83\00:44:26.16
You know, so
many of us, you know,
00:44:26.19\00:44:27.63
when we're talking about
He restores and refreshes.
00:44:27.66\00:44:32.07
So many of us are
tired and have been wounded
00:44:32.10\00:44:35.60
and we need healing
from different things
00:44:35.64\00:44:38.64
and to know that we
can rely upon the Lord,
00:44:38.67\00:44:42.04
the Lord is my
Shepherd, the Lord is gonna,
00:44:42.08\00:44:43.81
I'm not gonna have any want.
00:44:43.85\00:44:45.28
He's gonna take care of us.
00:44:45.31\00:44:48.95
Sometimes we
even worry ourselves
00:44:48.98\00:44:50.85
out of the hands of the Lord.
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.79
That's a good point.
00:44:52.82\00:44:54.49
It's true.
00:44:54.52\00:44:55.86
And so we
constantly need the Lord.
00:44:55.89\00:44:58.99
Let's continue if we,
how about we are at...
00:44:59.03\00:45:03.67
Oh, yes, we were
talking a little bit about this.
00:45:03.70\00:45:07.44
"Yes or yea,
00:45:07.47\00:45:08.90
though I walk through the valley
00:45:08.94\00:45:11.34
of the shadow of death,
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.81
I will fear no evil.
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.74
For you are with me,
00:45:15.78\00:45:17.35
your rod and your
staff, they come from me."
00:45:17.38\00:45:19.15
Any thoughts you would
like to share about this verse?
00:45:19.18\00:45:21.58
I was thinking
about when, you know,
00:45:21.62\00:45:23.89
a lot of times when
you go to a funeral,
00:45:23.92\00:45:26.02
you'll see that
the Psalm 23 on the...
00:45:26.05\00:45:30.19
I don't know
what those are called.
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.09
It's not a program
00:45:32.13\00:45:33.46
and it's like,
obituary, kind of,
00:45:33.50\00:45:36.10
with the person's
name and everything.
00:45:36.13\00:45:39.20
And they have this psalm there.
00:45:39.23\00:45:41.17
And a lot of times
00:45:41.20\00:45:42.54
this gets associated with death,
00:45:42.57\00:45:45.67
maybe because it mentions death,
00:45:45.71\00:45:47.88
but I feel like
we're in our life,
00:45:47.91\00:45:51.18
we're always walking
in the shadow of death
00:45:51.21\00:45:53.42
because of sin.
00:45:53.45\00:45:55.38
So it really doesn't
just apply when someone's dead
00:45:55.42\00:45:59.19
or if someone is in
the process of dying.
00:45:59.22\00:46:03.09
But it's kind of like
00:46:03.12\00:46:04.56
we're always in
that shadow of death,
00:46:04.59\00:46:06.43
and that's why we need Him.
00:46:06.46\00:46:07.80
Yes.
00:46:07.83\00:46:09.16
Yeah, you know,
something I just,
00:46:09.20\00:46:10.53
when you said that,
00:46:10.57\00:46:11.90
says for you are
with me and I just...
00:46:11.93\00:46:13.27
A German that
came here a while back,
00:46:13.30\00:46:14.64
his name was Nico the dragon,
00:46:14.67\00:46:16.00
I calls him so Nico the
dragon slayer but he was,
00:46:16.04\00:46:18.24
I talked to him
personally about his struggle.
00:46:18.27\00:46:21.08
His name was Nico
the dragon slayer?
00:46:21.11\00:46:23.28
That's what he calls himself.
00:46:23.31\00:46:24.65
Now, he was Nico the dragon,
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.01
he is a
professional cage fighter.
00:46:26.05\00:46:27.38
Tough guy. Oh, okay.
00:46:27.42\00:46:28.75
Well, what was interesting is
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.12
he was literally
trying to destroy himself.
00:46:30.15\00:46:32.35
He told me about
how he had his windows
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.92
covered with the tin foil.
00:46:33.96\00:46:35.29
He was doing these
things called eight balls
00:46:35.32\00:46:37.63
and different like drugs.
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.19
He tried to kill himself
and in the midst of all this,
00:46:39.23\00:46:41.56
he's writing this
most beautiful poetry
00:46:41.60\00:46:43.16
which he would
be in reading to me.
00:46:43.20\00:46:44.53
Wow.
00:46:44.57\00:46:45.90
And I think about this,
he said, I will fear no evil,
00:46:45.93\00:46:47.54
dread no evil,
for you are with me.
00:46:47.57\00:46:49.17
Even when you're trying it,
00:46:49.20\00:46:50.61
when you're at your
lowest and you think that
00:46:50.64\00:46:52.14
there is no help for you,
there's nothing, He's with you,
00:46:52.17\00:46:55.38
in your shadow
of death He's there,
00:46:55.41\00:46:57.11
when you're almost near
death or when you want to die,
00:46:57.15\00:46:59.61
when you don't
want to live anymore.
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.12
He's no, I'm not gonna
let go of you, you're mine.
00:47:01.15\00:47:03.18
So just like this Nico,
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.79
now he goes in
front of 1000's of people.
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.42
He shared his testimony on 3ABN.
00:47:06.45\00:47:08.02
Yeah, in front of
thousands of people now,
00:47:08.06\00:47:09.62
20-30,000 people
I'm talking biker gangs
00:47:09.66\00:47:12.03
and big auditoriums
00:47:12.06\00:47:13.40
and he's speaking about
the gospel and, you know,
00:47:13.43\00:47:15.80
you're thinking you're at
your wit's end, you're done.
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.63
There's no more life for you.
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.57
No, he says, you're
with me, you're going to
00:47:19.60\00:47:21.00
and then the rest is
your rod will protect me,
00:47:21.04\00:47:22.94
your staff will guide me
and they will comfort me so.
00:47:22.97\00:47:25.91
You know Christ,
He can comfort you,
00:47:25.94\00:47:27.71
even in those little storms,
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.08
we're talking about the
boat and so He can protect you,
00:47:29.11\00:47:31.65
He can guide you through it,
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.72
and you just have to trust Him
00:47:33.75\00:47:35.12
and know that He has
your best interest in mind.
00:47:35.15\00:47:38.42
You know, I find interesting.
00:47:38.45\00:47:40.39
Your rod and your
staff, they comfort me.
00:47:40.42\00:47:43.39
You know, when you
think of a rod and staff,
00:47:43.43\00:47:46.19
you know,
depending on how someone,
00:47:46.23\00:47:50.27
how those are used,
whether they're disciplinary...
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.97
Yes.
00:47:53.00\00:47:54.34
You wouldn't
necessarily look at them
00:47:54.37\00:47:55.70
as being a source of comfort.
00:47:55.74\00:47:59.51
But for a shepherd,
00:47:59.54\00:48:01.68
sheep know that rod
is their protection.
00:48:01.71\00:48:05.08
It's there for their protection
00:48:05.11\00:48:06.82
and getting them out of times
when they're stuck in trouble.
00:48:06.85\00:48:10.49
It's not to discipline them.
00:48:10.52\00:48:13.32
It's for their
comfort and protection.
00:48:13.36\00:48:16.79
Well, as you're
talking about that,
00:48:16.83\00:48:18.56
I was thinking about
the Ten Commandments,
00:48:18.59\00:48:20.60
and how those are
for our protection.
00:48:20.63\00:48:23.10
Really, you know,
it kind of goes along
00:48:23.13\00:48:24.70
with what you're saying.
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.84
That's good.
00:48:26.87\00:48:28.37
You know, some of
the, for some reason
00:48:28.40\00:48:31.47
they show paintings
of the staff having this,
00:48:31.51\00:48:36.01
this shape like this,
00:48:36.04\00:48:37.71
and it seems like the
shepherd could use that to.
00:48:37.75\00:48:43.49
As the sheep is
trying to stray into,
00:48:43.52\00:48:46.65
go over a cliff or
something, he could pull them in
00:48:46.69\00:48:49.42
and keep them from
killing themselves.
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.89
And also, if a wolf is coming,
00:48:51.93\00:48:55.93
the sheep would see
that he's using that staff
00:48:55.96\00:48:59.13
to protect them from the wolf,
00:48:59.17\00:49:01.74
because it can be
used as a weapon as well.
00:49:01.77\00:49:04.64
And it's
interesting to look at that,
00:49:04.67\00:49:08.64
that the Lord has
many ways of protecting us
00:49:08.68\00:49:11.65
that we do not even know
because we do not always...
00:49:11.68\00:49:16.52
We don't have the ability
00:49:16.55\00:49:18.75
to be able to see
angels of the Lord
00:49:18.79\00:49:21.16
fighting battles for us
and protecting us from harm.
00:49:21.19\00:49:24.36
Yeah, we had an incident like
that what you're mentioning.
00:49:24.39\00:49:26.39
I used to have
this little truck,
00:49:26.43\00:49:27.76
little Dodge Dakota,
00:49:27.80\00:49:29.26
and my brother and she were in,
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.57
of course, it's
just a small single cab.
00:49:31.60\00:49:34.24
Anyways they were
talking and going on.
00:49:34.27\00:49:35.67
It was just getting dusk
00:49:35.70\00:49:37.04
and I'm playing
with my CD player
00:49:37.07\00:49:38.81
of six CD changer.
00:49:38.84\00:49:40.64
And I just felt
this urge to look up
00:49:40.68\00:49:42.94
and as I did
there's this farm equipment
00:49:42.98\00:49:44.35
have parked on the road,
on the middle of the road.
00:49:44.38\00:49:46.48
I'm like, oh my goodness,
00:49:46.51\00:49:47.85
my first thought is jerking
into the other lane of traffic.
00:49:47.88\00:49:50.95
And as I did, I saw a
headlight coming for us.
00:49:50.99\00:49:52.79
I'm like, this
is going to get ugly
00:49:52.82\00:49:55.39
because the other
side was a deep ditch.
00:49:55.42\00:49:57.23
And also I just saw this
light just go, down in the ditch
00:49:57.26\00:49:59.66
and I am like
what just happened?
00:49:59.69\00:50:01.03
Where did it go and there
was a motorcycle coming at us.
00:50:01.06\00:50:02.96
And it dropped down in
about an eight foot ditch.
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.77
I'm like how did he not fall?
00:50:04.80\00:50:06.74
And he comes
popping right back up,
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.10
I was like, and we, I mean,
the Lord protected us there.
00:50:08.14\00:50:10.67
I mean, I should
have either ran the back
00:50:10.71\00:50:12.17
of that big farm equipment
00:50:12.21\00:50:14.11
or I should hit this motorcycle.
00:50:14.14\00:50:15.78
How did I miss
both those things?
00:50:15.81\00:50:17.35
You know, like,
how did that happen?
00:50:17.38\00:50:19.38
Like it's
incredible and watch that guy
00:50:19.41\00:50:22.05
not falling that
motorcycle that was,
00:50:22.08\00:50:24.49
I don't know how he did that
00:50:24.52\00:50:25.85
but God kept him up
so it was incredible.
00:50:25.89\00:50:29.42
The Lord is good.
00:50:29.46\00:50:31.69
Well, time seems
to be running out.
00:50:31.73\00:50:34.06
I think we need to move
quickly through these verses
00:50:34.10\00:50:37.53
because I would
like, really like
00:50:37.57\00:50:38.90
to be able to get
to the end of Psalm 23.
00:50:38.93\00:50:42.37
Perhaps somebody
has a comment about,
00:50:42.40\00:50:44.37
"You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies,
00:50:44.41\00:50:49.11
You anoint my head
with oil, my cup runs over."
00:50:49.14\00:50:53.28
I Actually like that analogy
00:50:53.31\00:50:54.78
'cause I think
about, you think about,
00:50:54.82\00:50:57.95
He prepares a
table before for us
00:50:57.99\00:51:02.42
in the presence of our enemies.
00:51:02.46\00:51:04.99
Not when we're all
safe and comfortable.
00:51:05.03\00:51:07.80
It, you know, he
prepares this table for us
00:51:07.83\00:51:11.23
that we may be at this table
00:51:11.27\00:51:13.00
but in the
presence of our enemies.
00:51:13.03\00:51:15.94
So it tells you, you know,
00:51:15.97\00:51:18.04
He does us press for
enemies and protects us.
00:51:18.07\00:51:20.78
Right. Amen. Amen.
00:51:20.81\00:51:22.54
It's a, you know,
00:51:22.58\00:51:25.75
a taunt as you
will to the enemy.
00:51:25.78\00:51:27.48
You know, I'm
protecting these people,
00:51:27.52\00:51:30.19
they can sit down at a table
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.09
in your presence
and be perfectly safe.
00:51:32.12\00:51:33.92
Wow, it's a good thought.
00:51:33.96\00:51:35.29
There must be just about
like we said of Job, you know,
00:51:35.32\00:51:38.49
when Satan came in,
he said, hey, you know,
00:51:38.53\00:51:40.60
God said, "How about
my righteous man, Job?
00:51:40.63\00:51:42.96
He's like, there's no
one like him on the earth.
00:51:43.00\00:51:44.60
And he says,
00:51:44.63\00:51:45.97
"Well, I guarantee
you let me do something,
00:51:46.00\00:51:47.34
like he's gonna
curse you to your face.
00:51:47.37\00:51:49.20
He goes, well, you can go
ahead and do this and that,
00:51:49.24\00:51:51.07
but you're not
going to take his life.
00:51:51.11\00:51:52.44
But he had a hedge.
00:51:52.47\00:51:53.81
There's a brook, he
had a type of tech around,
00:51:53.84\00:51:55.28
protection round.
00:51:55.31\00:51:56.64
So that's why,
why he worships you
00:51:56.68\00:51:58.01
because you have a hedge
of protection around him.
00:51:58.05\00:51:59.38
You watch you
take the hedge away,
00:51:59.41\00:52:00.75
and I'll guarantee you.
00:52:00.78\00:52:02.12
So yeah, as you mentioned,
00:52:02.15\00:52:03.49
it's you know,
that's pretty powerful.
00:52:03.52\00:52:04.85
There's also a footnote
00:52:04.89\00:52:07.19
that goes along with that verse
that I thought was really good.
00:52:07.22\00:52:11.39
It comes out of the
Amplified, classic version.
00:52:11.43\00:52:15.56
It says, "It is
difficult for those
00:52:15.60\00:52:17.13
living in a
temperate climate to appreciate
00:52:17.17\00:52:19.23
but it was
customary in hot climates
00:52:19.27\00:52:21.14
to anoint the body with oil
00:52:21.17\00:52:22.97
to protect it from
excessive perspiration.
00:52:23.00\00:52:25.77
When mixed with perfume,
00:52:25.81\00:52:27.14
the oil imparted a
delightfully refreshing
00:52:27.18\00:52:29.04
and invigorating sensation,
00:52:29.08\00:52:31.28
athletes anointed their
bodies as a matter of course,
00:52:31.31\00:52:34.12
before running a race.
00:52:34.15\00:52:35.52
As the body therefore,
00:52:35.55\00:52:36.99
anointed with oil was
refreshed, invigorated
00:52:37.02\00:52:39.55
and better fitted for action.
00:52:39.59\00:52:41.72
So the Lord
would anoint his sheep
00:52:41.76\00:52:43.49
with the Holy Spirit
00:52:43.53\00:52:45.06
and the oil
symbolizes to fit them
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.96
to engage more
freely in his service
00:52:47.00\00:52:49.30
and run in the way he directs
00:52:49.33\00:52:51.37
in heavenly
fellowship with Him."
00:52:51.40\00:52:53.57
Amen. Wow.
00:52:53.60\00:52:55.14
I thought that was interesting
00:52:55.17\00:52:56.50
that the body
was anointed with oil
00:52:56.54\00:52:59.71
to protect it.
00:52:59.74\00:53:04.45
Interesting,
powerful. Thank you very much.
00:53:04.48\00:53:06.82
So, because of time
we have to go to verse 6.
00:53:06.85\00:53:10.69
Surely, goodness and mercy.
00:53:10.72\00:53:14.46
He says, without a doubt,
00:53:14.49\00:53:15.92
"Surely goodness and mercy
00:53:15.96\00:53:17.73
shall follow me all
the days of my life,
00:53:17.76\00:53:20.40
and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever."
00:53:20.43\00:53:26.50
You know, you
think about eternal life.
00:53:26.53\00:53:30.81
And the blessing
that the Lord has for us,
00:53:30.84\00:53:32.94
David is here, is
making a declaration
00:53:32.97\00:53:35.38
of dwelling in the
house of the Lord forever.
00:53:35.41\00:53:39.71
It reminds me of
that scripture that says,
00:53:39.75\00:53:41.52
"In My Father's
house are many mansions."
00:53:41.55\00:53:45.15
And so any thoughts
you would like to share
00:53:45.19\00:53:46.59
about goodness and mercy
00:53:46.62\00:53:48.62
following you all
the days of your life?
00:53:48.66\00:53:50.66
Because we're coming
to our final comment,
00:53:50.69\00:53:52.06
perhaps we can go to a
final comment to Donald,
00:53:52.09\00:53:56.26
Janelle and then,
Jonathan, before we finish.
00:53:56.30\00:53:59.03
Sure, you know, when I
look at this scripture,
00:53:59.07\00:54:00.97
I just like that
word, mercy, you know,
00:54:01.00\00:54:03.37
and so many of us, we think,
00:54:03.41\00:54:05.47
"Well, I'm not good
enough for the Lord.
00:54:05.51\00:54:09.41
He doesn't want me."
00:54:09.44\00:54:10.95
But He's always there.
He's like that shepherd.
00:54:10.98\00:54:13.38
He's always watching over you.
00:54:13.42\00:54:14.82
He knows like you're talking
about earlier pulling them
00:54:14.85\00:54:16.48
from some kind of disaster,
00:54:16.52\00:54:19.49
yeah, or danger,
pulling them back.
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.69
So I think about that mercy
00:54:21.72\00:54:23.06
and He's in
there with that mercy,
00:54:23.09\00:54:25.36
to protect you and
that mercy is to cover you
00:54:25.39\00:54:27.80
so that when you come to Him,
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.96
you will be in the
house of the Lord forever
00:54:30.00\00:54:31.40
because you've
surrendered everything.
00:54:31.43\00:54:32.77
And I like that
word submit or surrender.
00:54:32.80\00:54:35.17
We need to surrender.
00:54:35.20\00:54:36.54
So I think that mercy is,
00:54:36.57\00:54:37.91
that really speaks to
me, thankful for mercy.
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Thank you.
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I was thinking about how
the first part of that verse
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that says goodness and mercy,
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and it's not the
prosperity gospel.
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This is not saying
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that we're never going
to experience bad things,
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but God's goodness and
mercy will get us through it.
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And that's how
we can be with Him
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and have that being content
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and have that joy that He gives.
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Amen. Amen, Jonathan?
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I think we all look forward
to the day when we will dwell
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in the house of
the Lord forever.
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That's such a wonderful
thing to look forward to.
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Dwelling in
something that God has prepared
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and forevermore.
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Not something we can comprehend.
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Yeah, precisely.
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Amen.
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Well, we want to thank
each and every one of you,
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Jonathan and
Janelle, and Donald,
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I would like to share
concerning goodness and mercy
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following us all
the days of our life.
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That means in the here and now,
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the Lord can bless us
with goodness and mercy.
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And then this
part about dwelling
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in the house of
the Lord forever.
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The Lord does promise
us safety within His house
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and safety
beyond even this world
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because the
Lord is gonna do away
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with all suffering.
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That's right.
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And that's a
source of comfort for us.
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We'd like to read to
you from 1 Peter 5:4,
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and concerning
their great hope or as we,
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the Bible calls it
blessed hope, it says,
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"And when the
chief Shepherd appears,
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you will receive
the crown of glory
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that does not fade away."
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Amen.
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And so this is a
picture of Jesus.
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And when He
appears, and blesses us,
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you know, with a crown of glory,
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and you think about,
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wow, please, you
know, this crown...
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It's just going to
be wonderful to know
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that He has come to
save us and deliver us.
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And this is a promise
and a blessing for all.
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So I hope that you, as
we have been talking here,
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has created in you a desire
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to really give your
heart and your life to the Lord
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and allow the Lord
to be your Shepherd.
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Jesus wants to be your Shepherd.
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Jesus wants to take care of you,
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and Jesus wants to
comfort, and restore, and heal,
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and lead you in the
paths of righteousness.
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Amen.
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And so that you
too may be blessed
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with goodness and mercy,
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and also to have the
privilege and opportunity
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to dwell in the
house of the Lord forever.
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And this is why I like to say,
give your heart to the Lord.
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Give your heart to
the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you will find
peace and happiness
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that begins in this
world and continues forever.
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God bless you. Amen.
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Amen.
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