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, friends,
welcome to Family Worship,
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it's Friday evening,
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it's time to get
in our Word together.
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And we thank you for
taking the time to tune in.
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And to my left is my co-pilot.
How are you doing, Honey?
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I am doing well,
happy Sabbath everyone
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and we welcome you
to our Family Worship.
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That's right, my
name is John Lomacang,
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my wife, Angela.
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And if you're
part of our family,
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you know that.
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Tonight before
we have our prayer,
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just want to tell
you, this is the time,
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this is the program I
could begin by saying,
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slow down, take it easy,
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relax, count to three.
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Remember when I
used to do that, Honey?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I would do it to you,
where I say take a breath
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and she's going, don't do that.
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Tonight, our
program is on a topic
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that's going to
make all of us laugh
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because I would
say to some degree,
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this program is
therapy for everyone of us.
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And including to my
right, my good friend,
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Dee Hilderbrand,
how you doing, Dee?
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Hello, I'm doing great.
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I'm doing wonderful.
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What's our topic on tonight?
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Our topic's on
patience, I think you picked it
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just because of me
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or maybe it was
because of Idalia,
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well, the two most
impatient people at 3ABN.
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I'm one of the most
impatient people here?
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Really? Used to be.
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You've overcome.
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We've overcome a lot,
used to be, past tense.
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Well, I think
you introduced her.
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Idalia, good to
have you. Thank you, Dee.
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Yes.
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Thank you for the
invitation, pastor and Angie.
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And you work where?
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I work for 3ABN Latino.
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Latino.
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You work with your husband?
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Yes, yes. That's
right, Pastor Dinzey.
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It's been a lesson in patience.
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He is the boss, he
is the decision maker.
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That's nice, yes.
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We work together.
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Yeah, type A personality
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and then my husband
who is more conservative
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and I'm not as
patient, he's very patient.
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And so I've
learned, I'm learning.
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Yeah, the neck
that turns the head.
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You help, you work together.
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The Lord really helps us.
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Yeah, I must say.
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Welcome.
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Well, we have a lot
to talk about tonight,
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it's gonna be an
interesting program,
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because we want
to try to make this
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less therapeutic
and more scriptural.
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But, I would say to you
ahead of time in the program,
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they're going to be
quite a bit of object lessons.
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And you might see
yourself in some of them.
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But before we go
any further, Honey,
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would you have prayer for us?
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Yeah, let's pray. Okay.
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Our gracious Heavenly Father,
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we come to You
in the name of Jesus
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and we thank You for
this blessed Sabbath evening.
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Pray that Your Holy Spirit
will continue to abide with us
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and we pray that we
all will learn something
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from this topic of patience.
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And, Lord, we thank
You for hearing this prayer
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and for answering
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Today's program, patience.
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Patience is a virtue I've heard,
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but impatience is
also not a virtue.
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And so today,
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we're gonna walk
through the Bible
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on this topic of patience.
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And as I mentioned a moment ago,
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and I'm smiling
as I think about it,
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because I was hurrying
to get this outline done.
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And I am talking about patience,
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I was hurrying
to get the outline
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to every one of
our program guests.
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And we were
hurrying to get here on time
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and we're
talking about patience.
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So how funny it is.
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We were talking
about this earlier,
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and I think we bounced
this around the generation
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that we live in
today is a generation
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that needs to relearn
what it means to wait.
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How many of you could...
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Before we go to the text,
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how many of you could
share an example of waiting
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that we still have to do today,
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something that is
outside of our control?
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I have to wait for
a doctor's appointment
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to be available.
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Yeah.
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That takes forever.
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I mean, six months wait
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to get to a
specialist, it's horrible.
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And when you
know, you want that,
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like is it not
opening next week?
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Exactly.
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And you have to
wait in the waiting room.
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I know even waiting
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for a lot of
people use microwaves now,
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even waiting for the microwave.
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They're like, I mean,
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if you have to
put the microwave on
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for two minutes,
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that's like
forever or one minute.
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So we're impatient
even with something
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that is really fast
and we're still impatient.
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You're right.
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I stem up the stove
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and they say I'll
watch pot never boils.
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And it takes forever
to heat up, so impatient.
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Yeah, and it's
funny you said that
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because on my oven
at stove there's a,
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what is it a burner
that has fast, it comes out.
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Instant heat and
the gradual heat.
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Yeah, the other
three are gradual,
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but that one is instant.
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And she always uses that one.
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I wanted to hurry up.
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You're gonna say something?
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Well, you know,
it's interesting,
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you get used to the
internet speed here.
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And I don't want to belittle
the country that I was in,
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but it was Cuba.
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So after you get
used to the speed here,
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which usually you go somewhere
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and somebody will
complain about here,
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but I remember when I
went last time to Cuba,
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and they said
there was internet,
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which was new to me
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because the previous
time I had to go to a hotel,
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but this time it
was available in a park
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and you had to purchase a
ticket to be able to use it
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and you get a code
and you go to the park.
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And then you try to use it
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and the first
time I was in Cuba,
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it was like,
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are they using
dial up still, you know?
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You know, before you connect
and you actually get there,
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but it seemed to be slow to me
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and so there are things
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that people will
always want quicker
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than it is actually available
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because of we're not
patient, we're impatient.
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Payday. Can we relate?
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The elevator, you're
waiting at the elevator
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and it seems to stop everywhere,
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you know, all,
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there are
different things that effect.
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And you push your button,
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you just keep pushing the button
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like it's gonna come fast.
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You do that? Oh.
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I thought I was the
only one to do that.
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I have done that.
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Or you're waiting at the light
to change from red to green?
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Seems like taking forever.
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Or you're in a
restaurant and you've ordered.
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It seemed like 20 minutes ago.
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And everybody else is
eating but you're not.
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And you start
looking around like,
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did they get their food yet?
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We had that just
happen in Russia.
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It happened in
Russia not too long ago,
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we went to Russia and
Danny, and Yvonne, and Bruce,
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and Jason and, and
all got there before us.
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They were waiting
at the hotel before us.
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We came down, and
everyone was already seated
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and it was so
funny, Jason Bergman,
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who's the
treasurer here at 3ABN.
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He was sitting at our
table with Fransi and Angie
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and I was just
four of us at our table.
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And he made this funny
statement to the waiter.
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He said, "Now you
gotta get him his food first,
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because last
time he got his last."
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And this is so funny.
He was just joking around.
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But we were last to get there
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and first to get our
food and we're eating,
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we're finishing up
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and we're looking over
Danny and Bruce's table
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and Danny's gonna like this,
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and he was looking and he says,
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first it starts with a smile.
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We've all been there
first starts with a smile, like,
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so nice you got your food,
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but mine should be
out in any moment now
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and you're looking,
you think right now.
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Looking at the
kitchen, looking at the waiter.
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Then you start
looking around you,
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all the others, 27 people
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that came with you
got theirs already.
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And then it got really bad
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because then on
Greg and Jill's table,
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they were up to desserts,
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before Danny's
food even came out.
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And then after a
while, it got to the point
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where it was no longer funny
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and we started trying to
get the waiter's attention.
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They didn't get their food yet.
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And the lady said, Oh, I think.
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So the way she put the order in,
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then we called the
manager only to realize
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that she was the manager.
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It was just, you've been
there, we've all been there.
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So everyone, every human being
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has some degree of
an issue with patience.
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That's right.
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Some of us are affected
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by how we're raised.
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I didn't even understand
about patience as a child,
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I don't think.
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So everyone, this is something
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that the Bible will
teach every one of us about
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that we all need to
learn in different areas.
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You may be very
patient with a two year old,
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but you're very impatient
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with your 45 year old
daughter or something.
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Exactly. Wow.
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We know we raised
nieces and even nephews
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and there's time to,
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it tests your
patience raising children.
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Oh, that's right.
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And it's like, oh
would you hurry up?
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Would you get
your homework done?
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Would you clean your
room, what's taking you so long?
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I'm still waiting
in the car for you,
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you're making me late, hurry up.
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Exactly.
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And if you're a
parent watching this program,
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you might know
what we're talking about
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because it's those
moments where you think,
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did you hear what I just said?
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Did I not just ask
you to go to your room?
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And they'll
give you a look like,
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I'll get to it and
that will send you in?
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What would that do to you, Tita?
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Oh, no, they're
not saying that to me.
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The spouses too,
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sometimes we're
impatient with our spouses,
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not just our
children or coworkers.
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Oh, goodness. Am I guilty?
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And I'll say
sometimes Angie, I'm in the car.
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Yeah. I'm in the car.
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And I am rushing, yeah.
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And she says,
"I'm right behind you."
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And I don't even
see her silhouette.
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I'm right behind you.
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I'm right behind you.
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You know, you
even smell her perfume.
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No, I'm right behind you,
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I'll be right there
and then I'm backing out
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so she can get
into the car faster
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because it's in the garage,
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it's gonna make a
difficult or some,
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and then when she gets
in, she's, okay I am here.
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So we're going to
start with a scripture
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that's not in our syllabus.
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Let's all turn
to Philippians 4:6.
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This is gonna be the
catapulting scripture
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for this topic.
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I'm sorry, Philippians what?
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Philippians 4:6.
I love Philippians.
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Philippians 4:6,
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the Bible is a book that really,
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somebody once said,
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"Isn't the
Bible written by men?"
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Well, if you think
about the topic of patience,
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that's one of the reasons
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I know the Bible
was not written by men.
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Amen.
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Because I don't
know of a patient person
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on the earth
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and they would
not write scriptures
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to reveal their own weaknesses.
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Okay, let's start with that.
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Honey, would you
read that for us?
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Yes, it says, Philippians 4:6,
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"Be anxious for nothing,
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication,
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with thanksgiving,
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let your requests
be made known to God."
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Okay, and verse 7.
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And 7, "And the peace of God,
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which surpasses
all understanding
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will guard your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.
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Okay, so the question,
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this is the
million dollar question.
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Is there any reason why
we should ever be anxious?
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No.
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So why are we?
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We have our own
agenda. We have our own pride.
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When you tell your
child to do something
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and they don't
respond immediately,
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they're being what?
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Disrespectful,
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they're not
listening to your wishes,
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they're not obeying.
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Disobedient too.
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So disobedience,
but it's our pride.
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They're not obeying me,
they're not respecting me.
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Praise God, that
when we do that to God,
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do we not do the
same thing to God
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when he asked us to do?
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Does He get impatient?
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Or is His pride wounded?
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Or does He surround us in love?
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So this, this
passage we just read,
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it didn't just say in verse
6, "Be anxious for nothing."
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It talked about how
this relates to God.
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And the peace of God
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which surpasses
all understanding
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will do what?
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Guard your heart.
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In other words, if
you're waiting on God,
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isn't it really
God waiting on us?
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Think about it.
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Because is there
anything He doesn't know?
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No.
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Is there anything
He couldn't deliver
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at light speed?
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That's our
fastest measure of speed.
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So why is it?
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Why is God
included in this scenario
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about not being anxious?
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Let's talk about
that for a moment.
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Why does the peace of God
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need to be in the
place of our anxiety?
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There's a quote that says,
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Jesus is the answer
for our world today, right?
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When we are facing the
anxiety of whatever situation,
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we forget that
Jesus is in control
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and we want to
have it in control.
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We want it at our time.
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But eventually
we mature and see,
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things will happen
at God's perfect timing.
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He's is never
late, He's never early.
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So, but we have to go
through so many trials in life,
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in order for us to register
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and for us to
get it and trust Him.
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Yeah, so true.
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Which takes me to
another scripture in the Bible,
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 3.
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You want to say
something, Pastor Dinzey?
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Well, patience is
one of those things
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that no one can say,
I have enough patience,
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all the patience
that I need in life,
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you know, we should live
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in a constant
dependence upon God.
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Amen.
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And the fact that
we're in this world,
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we are going to be tested,
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we're going to face
difficulties and trials
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and Satan will be
after us to try our patience.
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Yes.
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But thanks be to God,
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that He does not
allow the devil to do more
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than we are able to bear.
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You know, that's the
scripture that comes to mind.
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'Cause the Lord is constantly.
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you know, you can
look at it this way.
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As a Christian, you're blessed.
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The Bible says that
the angel of the Lord
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encamps round about them
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and that fear
him and deliver them.
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In other words,
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they are
constantly delivering us
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from what the
devil wants to do to us.
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So we should be
continually grateful.
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That's right. That's true.
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That's a very good point.
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And when you look at the reason
I talked about the God factor,
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look at Ecclesiastes 3,
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whoever gets there
could read that for us.
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Ecclesiastes 3,
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that's not in our outline.
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Okay, Ecclesiastes 3.
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Three what, Pastor?
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And starting with
just verse 1 actually.
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Okay, 3:1,
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"So everything
there is a season."
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Yeah.
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"A time for every
purpose under heaven."
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Who knows that?
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Who knows that
better than us? Amen.
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Yeah, if there's a season.
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So if God doesn't
respond right away,
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what in this passage is,
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are we being
told has not yet come?
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Season. Okay, say it again.
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The season.
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Right.
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We can all look
back on our lives
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and I have an example
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where I didn't
understand why God,
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why something happened,
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it was like God had let
something bad happen to me,
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and yet, had to deal with
a job but I didn't get angry.
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I didn't get anxious.
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My husband and I prayed
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and we just
waited upon the Lord.
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And it's because he had
something better in mind
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that was gonna work out
down the line much better.
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But think of all
that wasted energy.
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Yes.
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If I had worried
and this is a lesson
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that I've learned hard in life
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that so often, my
worry, or anxiety or whatever,
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is totally wasted emotion,
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was unnecessary and
you work yourself up
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and then you may
upset other people
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and you upset
yourself and it's all wasted,
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where if we just relax
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and trust in the Lord and say,
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okay, Lord, I
can't see Your hand.
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I don't see the plans.
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But I'm gonna trust in
You, and I'm gonna wait upon You
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and watch what happens.
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That's that peace that
surpasses understanding
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'cause it
doesn't make any sense.
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Right, it doesn't.
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But it's what works.
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When you say that
surpasses all understanding,
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I like because the NIV says,
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"A piece that does
not need to be explained."
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It can't be
explained. It can't explain it.
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'Cause it
doesn't make any sense.
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So I've seen
people that I say to them,
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in the midst of
all this turmoil,
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I say, wait a minute,
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why are you so peaceful?
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What am I worrying about?
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Why are you so fearful of Jesus?
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And the storm is not
going to pass over any quicker
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if I get upset.
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Somebody once said to me
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when I was on a plane years ago,
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I was holding on
to the seat like this
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and he says,
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"Don't you know that
if the plane goes down,
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the seat goes down
with it and I thought,
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"You're right,
there goes the seat."
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Yeah.
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We do those things in life,
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we try to hold on to
things that we cannot control.
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But there's another passage
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and I know the Lord is
bringing these to my mind.
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See, we all have
an outline. Yeah.
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But the Lord has given me
a different direction in this
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before we even go
to the scriptures here.
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One of the reasons,
let me ask the question,
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what do you think is
at the root of impatience?
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What's at the
root of impatience?
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Control.
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Control, okay,
what else? Selfishness.
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Selfishness, what else?
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I would say selfishness
is one of the key factors in,
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I want things this way, my way
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and I'm not getting
it fast enough, you know.
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Yeah.
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Let's go to Romans 8:28.
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You all know it, but
wait till you get there.
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Okay.
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Okay, do you know
that, Honey? What is it?
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Yeah, "For we know all
things work together for good
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to those who love the Lord
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and those who are called
according to His purpose."
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Whose purpose? His purpose.
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Okay, so when our purpose
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is not in line with His purpose,
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we somehow get to
the point of anxiety
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because we don't
think it's gonna work out.
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But if we believe and
accept that we are called
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according to His purpose,
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sometimes our
purpose has to languish
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for His purpose to come to pass.
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So we'll say,
"Here are my plans.
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Oh, I got 15 minutes before
my plans are out the window."
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You'll say, "Good
and in 17 minutes,
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my plans will come to fruition."
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Another guy that
said, I went to a one.
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Only if we have
to tell the story
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about he went to
a one hour cleaners.
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Oh, yeah.
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He's told the
story so many times,
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he said, "I need my suit."
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He said, "I went to
a one hour cleaner."
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And he says, "I'll
be back in an hour."
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He said, "Oh,
don't believe that sign,
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we cannot do it in one hour."
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He said, "Why are we advertising
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things we can't do?"
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You talked
about another example,
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about oil changes?
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Yes.
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Well, way back
when the oil changes
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when I used to live in Chicago,
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I was surprised they had
these 10 minute oil changes.
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But recently we
were in Nashville
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I think it was and
we were driving by,
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I saw a sign that
said instant oil change
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which was a surprise
to me, because I don't,
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I mean, that means
the moment you drive in,
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your oil is changed,
you can just drive out, sir,
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because I mean,
it doesn't make sense
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how they could do that.
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No, I can't
understand it. That's right.
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But don't we ask
the Lord to do that,
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change me instantaneously?
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Yeah, want it now.
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And is that how we
really grow and learn?
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It's instant.
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You know, how
many of us have said,
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"Lord, fix this, and I
want you to fix it right now."
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But it's not instantaneous.
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And what happens
when we do the scriptures
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that we've been talking about?
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When we get to that part
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where we are
waiting upon the Lord
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and we are patient
and we're trusting in Him
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and it takes us to that
peace that passes understanding?
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How does that
affect other people?
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Oh, okay.
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What does that do for
our witness for the Lord
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when we do that?
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It's true. This is true.
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Good point.
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You know, the
Lord does not allow us
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to face a problem or situation
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for which He has
not already a solution.
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Yes. That's right.
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And so but we,
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like the little children
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that just learn to
feed himself or herself
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and you want to help them,
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he'd say, I can
do it, I can do it.
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You know, and we
want to try it ourselves,
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we want to do it ourselves.
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But the Lord wants
to let us know daily,
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I think, without Me,
you can't do nothing.
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Without Me, you
can't do nothing.
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So let's look at this question.
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What does the Bible
teach concerning patience?
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It's on our
syllabus, Philippians,
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1 Thessalonians 5:14.
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What does the Bible
teach concerning patience?
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It's the first text on there.
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Pastor Dinzey, you have
that? It's the first verse.
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Yes, I do have it.
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And it's right here. Okay.
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The first one is 1
Thessalonians 5:14,
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"Now we exhort you, brethren,
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warn those who are unruly,
comfort the faint hearted,
00:22:32.81\00:22:37.29
uphold the weak,
be patient with all."
00:22:37.32\00:22:40.69
Be patient with how many? All.
00:22:40.72\00:22:42.76
Oh, have you ever said,
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.46
you are wearing
my patience then?
00:22:44.49\00:22:48.56
You've got on my last nerve.
00:22:48.60\00:22:49.93
Okay.
00:22:49.96\00:22:51.30
Yeah.
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.47
It's true but,
00:22:53.50\00:22:55.50
and I said this earlier,
00:22:55.54\00:22:58.71
you are joining us
in a session of therapy.
00:22:58.74\00:23:02.51
So you might be
going through with us.
00:23:02.54\00:23:04.08
But that's
something we have to learn
00:23:04.11\00:23:05.95
to be patient with all people.
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.08
Because I know how many of us,
00:23:08.12\00:23:10.42
those of us who are
working here at 3ABN,
00:23:10.45\00:23:12.72
I think it's the
thing that we all need,
00:23:12.75\00:23:15.79
every one of us
00:23:15.82\00:23:17.16
because everything happens in,
00:23:17.19\00:23:21.30
program is done.
00:23:21.33\00:23:22.66
You know, we want to
sit on the set and visit,
00:23:22.70\00:23:24.03
you ever did that
before and the production team.
00:23:24.07\00:23:25.97
And here comes Dee.
00:23:26.00\00:23:28.30
Next program, we gotta move.
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.11
Yeah, I am like, I am
trying to move you out,
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.24
because I don't
move the new ones in.
00:23:33.27\00:23:35.44
You could talk on the greenroom
because the guests are waiting,
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.78
and that
happened to us recently,
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.15
we saw the graphic showing up
00:23:39.18\00:23:40.52
on the television
screen in front of us so that,
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.62
well, those graphics
are part of our program.
00:23:42.65\00:23:44.32
And then Jorge came in,
00:23:44.35\00:23:45.69
the other guests
are waiting to come in
00:23:45.72\00:23:47.22
because you
know, it's almost 1:30
00:23:47.26\00:23:48.82
and we have to be done by 3:30
00:23:48.86\00:23:50.19
because the next
program has to be done by 5.
00:23:50.23\00:23:51.76
That's right. You
all live in that place.
00:23:51.79\00:23:53.13
Oh, yes.
00:23:53.16\00:23:54.50
Scheduling pushes you
00:23:54.53\00:23:56.40
and sometimes we are
not patient with all.
00:23:56.43\00:23:59.20
And there's some
people that you say,
00:23:59.23\00:24:00.57
"But we told you
00:24:00.60\00:24:01.94
to do your
makeup 10 minutes ago."
00:24:01.97\00:24:03.30
Now the program
is five minutes late.
00:24:03.34\00:24:04.67
And that means
we're going to be here
00:24:04.71\00:24:06.04
till after 5:45 or 5:30."
00:24:06.07\00:24:08.34
So we are really talking
about the world we live in.
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.35
and that's why
this topic came up.
00:24:11.38\00:24:13.28
Because as a pastor,
00:24:13.31\00:24:14.95
my ministerial director
here in the Illinois Conference,
00:24:14.98\00:24:17.69
what did he just
recently stated about schedule?
00:24:17.72\00:24:20.86
Oh, yeah, matter of fact,
00:24:20.89\00:24:23.19
we're just at pastor's meetings
00:24:23.22\00:24:24.69
and he says to me,
00:24:24.73\00:24:26.70
'cause I told him
you have your weekly,
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.76
baptismal class, every Sabbath,
00:24:28.80\00:24:30.27
he has a
baptismal class and he says,
00:24:30.30\00:24:33.23
"How does he
balance his schedule?"
00:24:33.27\00:24:35.94
It's only God because
we have so much to do,
00:24:35.97\00:24:39.27
but we have to
be patient, right?
00:24:39.31\00:24:41.44
Have to be patient.
00:24:41.48\00:24:42.81
Sometimes people don't
show up when they should.
00:24:42.84\00:24:45.11
Sometimes we just get there
00:24:45.15\00:24:48.48
and everybody says,
"I gotta tell the story."
00:24:48.52\00:24:51.62
Okay, I know it.
00:24:51.65\00:24:52.99
We have kids at
our church that says,
00:24:53.02\00:24:54.36
"Pastor, you're late."
00:24:54.39\00:24:57.13
Yeah, little kid used
to say that all the time.
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.53
I beat you here,
Pastor, you're late
00:24:59.56\00:25:01.36
and this is on
Wednesday night premier.
00:25:01.40\00:25:02.73
How cute. Yes.
00:25:02.76\00:25:04.10
And I said he is so cute.
00:25:04.13\00:25:05.47
Can I run them
over just incidentally?
00:25:05.50\00:25:07.80
No, I would
never do that to kids,
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.70
but we joke and say that,
00:25:09.74\00:25:11.31
'cause you know the last thing
00:25:11.34\00:25:12.67
and I said, "Don't say anything,
00:25:12.71\00:25:14.74
because you have no idea
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.11
what I was doing on the
phone before I got here."
00:25:16.14\00:25:17.65
And sometimes
we're leaving the house.
00:25:17.68\00:25:19.41
Even today.
00:25:19.45\00:25:22.12
And that phone call comes
in and you cannot shut it down,
00:25:22.15\00:25:25.02
because that person
needs help right there.
00:25:25.05\00:25:27.66
You can't turn your
back on pastoral duties.
00:25:27.69\00:25:30.43
Yeah. 'Cause we
did chuckle today.
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.66
We are supposed to be
here 15 minutes early,
00:25:32.69\00:25:34.46
where is the pastor?
00:25:34.50\00:25:35.83
Well, pastor is counseling.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.97
And I don't think either,
00:25:38.00\00:25:39.90
no I didn't feel
impatient or upset.
00:25:39.93\00:25:41.84
I just kind of teased
about, I think you did, too.
00:25:41.87\00:25:44.11
None of us were impatient.
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.67
He'd get here when he did.
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.04
Yeah, exactly. And he did.
00:25:47.08\00:25:48.58
And here we
are, Praise the Lord.
00:25:48.61\00:25:50.45
Which takes us to
the next one who wants.
00:25:50.48\00:25:51.81
Wait, wait.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.18
I would like to,
00:25:53.21\00:25:54.55
because he said
be patient with all.
00:25:54.58\00:25:55.92
That's right.
00:25:55.95\00:25:57.29
I think this is where,
in looking at some things
00:25:57.32\00:25:59.42
before they started,
00:25:59.45\00:26:00.79
I found this and I said,
00:26:00.82\00:26:02.16
you know, this is
something that should be shared
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.53
because when you're
talking about patience,
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.59
we have to be patient with all
00:26:05.63\00:26:06.96
because
sometimes we can be patient
00:26:07.00\00:26:10.47
with everyone else,
00:26:10.50\00:26:11.93
but less patient
with those in our family,
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.14
within our household.
00:26:14.17\00:26:16.27
And this is from a book called
00:26:16.30\00:26:20.61
Adventist Home Christian Home,
00:26:20.64\00:26:21.98
page 106.
00:26:22.01\00:26:23.45
"Though
difficulties, perplexities,
00:26:23.48\00:26:25.71
and discouragements may
arise, let neither husband,
00:26:25.75\00:26:28.82
nor wife harbor the thought
that their union is a mistake,
00:26:28.85\00:26:33.15
or a disappointment,
00:26:33.19\00:26:34.69
determined to be
all that it is possible
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.99
to be to each other,
00:26:37.03\00:26:38.93
continue the early attentions
00:26:38.96\00:26:40.86
in every way
encourage each other
00:26:40.90\00:26:42.83
and fighting
the battles of life,
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.43
study to advance the
happiness of each other.
00:26:44.47\00:26:47.50
Let there be mutual love,
00:26:47.54\00:26:48.90
mutual
forbearance, then marriage,
00:26:48.94\00:26:52.01
instead of being the end of love
00:26:52.04\00:26:53.58
will be as it were the
very beginning of love,
00:26:53.61\00:26:56.78
the warmth of true friendship,
00:26:56.81\00:26:58.71
the love that
binds hard to hide,
00:26:58.75\00:27:01.12
Heart to heart is a foretaste
of the joys of heaven."
00:27:01.15\00:27:05.22
That's from the
Ministry of Healing, page 360.
00:27:05.25\00:27:08.76
So this happens,
especially to couples
00:27:08.79\00:27:11.73
and there may be some
couples listening right now
00:27:11.76\00:27:13.60
that, you know, the
devil puts a thought,
00:27:13.63\00:27:15.16
Oh, you made a mistake
00:27:15.20\00:27:16.53
in marrying this
person or that person?
00:27:16.56\00:27:18.30
Maybe it's best to
just end it right now.
00:27:18.33\00:27:20.50
No, don't think
your union is a mistake.
00:27:20.54\00:27:24.04
And some, I would dare say,
00:27:24.07\00:27:26.68
the devil puts that
thought in their mind,
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.04
oh, you made a
mistake marrying this person,
00:27:28.08\00:27:29.61
but they were praying and
asking the Lord, you know,
00:27:29.64\00:27:31.98
give me the person that I need.
00:27:32.01\00:27:33.48
Give me a wonderful husband,
give me a wonderful wife.
00:27:33.52\00:27:36.25
And now they're together
00:27:36.28\00:27:37.99
and they're
having these difficulties
00:27:38.02\00:27:39.42
and they're like,
wait a minute, impatience
00:27:39.45\00:27:42.42
and they're not
patient with one another.
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.79
So work together,
ask the Lord to help you,
00:27:43.83\00:27:46.36
you know, and just as we read,
00:27:46.39\00:27:49.13
work together in
advancing the happiness
00:27:49.16\00:27:52.43
of one another.
00:27:52.47\00:27:53.80
That's right.
00:27:53.84\00:27:55.17
And how many of us
are serving the Lord?
00:27:55.20\00:27:56.54
How many of us serving the Lord?
00:27:56.57\00:27:58.11
Every one of us, we're
all servants of the Lord.
00:27:58.14\00:28:00.48
So when we read
this next scripture,
00:28:00.51\00:28:02.24
we can see that it's
not about the minister.
00:28:02.28\00:28:06.25
Do you have that
one, Tita, 2 Timothy 2:24?
00:28:06.28\00:28:08.38
Yes, it says,
00:28:08.42\00:28:09.75
"And a servant of the
Lord must not quarrel,
00:28:09.78\00:28:12.05
but be gentle to all
able to teach patient."
00:28:12.09\00:28:15.89
Wow.
00:28:15.92\00:28:17.26
So, are we ever at a place
00:28:17.29\00:28:21.13
where that's really pulling us?
00:28:21.16\00:28:23.70
I've had
instances where in public,
00:28:23.73\00:28:27.04
I was called out in public.
00:28:27.07\00:28:28.50
I mean, right in the
middle of the sermon,
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.87
I had one person call me out
in the middle of a sermon once.
00:28:30.91\00:28:33.51
How dare you?
00:28:33.54\00:28:34.91
It was after the
sermon. It was after the sermon.
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.95
Right after the
sermon and it was,
00:28:36.98\00:28:38.55
it was a teachable moment.
00:28:38.58\00:28:39.91
It was.
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.28
It was a moment where,
00:28:41.32\00:28:42.65
are you going back to
Brooklyn in your feelings?
00:28:42.68\00:28:44.59
Are you moving toward
Jesus and praise the Lord,
00:28:44.62\00:28:47.39
I moved toward
Jesus, wasn't that amazing?
00:28:47.42\00:28:48.89
Yes, the Lord.
00:28:48.92\00:28:50.26
And especially
when everyone sees it
00:28:50.29\00:28:51.63
at the same time, it's
like, what's he gonna do?
00:28:51.66\00:28:54.56
Is he gonna left
hook, right hook, yell back
00:28:54.60\00:28:57.70
and that's that
moment when I realized
00:28:57.73\00:29:00.47
the Lord inserted
that disk right there.
00:29:00.50\00:29:02.87
Yes.
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.24
A servant of the
Lord must not quarrel,
00:29:04.27\00:29:07.31
but be gentle.
00:29:07.34\00:29:10.41
You exhibited patience.
00:29:10.45\00:29:11.78
Patient and you know
what, it was communion Sabbath.
00:29:11.81\00:29:16.35
And my wife and I got
together with this couple,
00:29:16.38\00:29:19.65
talked it out, talked the
lady through her turbulence.
00:29:19.69\00:29:22.96
And although it
was couples Sabbath,
00:29:22.99\00:29:26.66
I said, Honey,
you wash her feet.
00:29:26.70\00:29:28.70
And I did.
00:29:28.73\00:29:30.07
I'll wash her husband's feet.
00:29:30.10\00:29:31.57
Do you know what the
devil attempted at that moment,
00:29:31.60\00:29:35.37
was immediately defeated
00:29:35.40\00:29:37.91
because we
unloaded the situation.
00:29:37.94\00:29:39.61
And then it went a step further,
00:29:39.64\00:29:41.54
then that person was
early for prayer meeting,
00:29:41.58\00:29:44.81
came time for Sabbath school,
00:29:44.85\00:29:46.88
spoke completely
differently, was at vespers,
00:29:46.92\00:29:49.82
would walk up to me,
00:29:49.85\00:29:51.19
and whatever the case
00:29:51.22\00:29:52.55
may be struck up a conversation,
00:29:52.59\00:29:54.12
which was quite
different before that moment.
00:29:54.16\00:29:56.42
And I said, so
those are the moments
00:29:56.46\00:29:57.79
when our impatience
is being tested the most.
00:29:57.83\00:30:00.46
It's an example, it's
an opportunity for growth,
00:30:00.50\00:30:03.67
or the greatest moment of defeat
00:30:03.70\00:30:05.23
'cause you know what?
00:30:05.27\00:30:06.60
Sometimes you pop that
balloon out of your own anxiety
00:30:06.63\00:30:09.40
and your own patience
that runs into their patience,
00:30:09.44\00:30:12.14
but iron
sometimes it sharpens iron.
00:30:12.17\00:30:15.78
The Bible says a soft
answer turns away wrath.
00:30:15.81\00:30:18.88
Wow, very good, Honey.
00:30:18.91\00:30:20.25
And how do you teach
another person in anger
00:30:20.28\00:30:25.55
by yelling at them
or saying, you know,
00:30:25.59\00:30:30.26
you hear people
say things to children
00:30:30.29\00:30:32.13
that just break your
heart, but even to each other.
00:30:32.16\00:30:36.80
Somebody starts doing something
00:30:36.83\00:30:38.17
and you want to teach
them to do it the right way
00:30:38.20\00:30:41.37
and you can't
beat them over the head
00:30:41.40\00:30:46.37
or use sarcasm
to teach somebody,
00:30:46.41\00:30:51.51
and can you imagine Jesus
screaming at some four year old
00:30:51.55\00:30:56.65
or talking, you know,
you can't picture Him,
00:30:56.69\00:31:01.72
He always taught.
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.56
Now, being gentle
does not mean being weak.
00:31:03.59\00:31:07.73
Sometimes people
get confused about that.
00:31:07.76\00:31:10.87
You can be strong.
00:31:10.90\00:31:12.57
Yes.
00:31:12.60\00:31:13.94
Greg Morikone is a strong boss,
00:31:13.97\00:31:16.00
he is gentle,
but he is not weak.
00:31:16.04\00:31:19.57
So there is a
difference we need to clarify,
00:31:19.61\00:31:22.71
there is a difference
between being patient,
00:31:22.74\00:31:25.78
and being gentle,
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.42
and being a
doormat and being weak,
00:31:27.45\00:31:30.72
they're not the same.
00:31:30.75\00:31:32.52
You can be patient,
00:31:32.55\00:31:34.19
you can be gentle
00:31:34.22\00:31:35.79
and not be a doormat or be weak.
00:31:35.82\00:31:38.83
Do you know
00:31:38.86\00:31:40.20
the greatest
evidence of strength is
00:31:40.23\00:31:41.56
to have the power to
call someone on the carpet
00:31:41.60\00:31:44.03
and not do it.
00:31:44.07\00:31:45.40
That's right.
That's to do it gently.
00:31:45.43\00:31:47.20
That's the greatest evidence
of strength and leadership
00:31:47.24\00:31:50.24
as you are in the
position where you could,
00:31:50.27\00:31:53.38
you're fired and you say,
00:31:53.41\00:31:56.38
you take a
completely different route
00:31:56.41\00:31:58.15
and use it as a
teachable moment.
00:31:58.18\00:31:59.78
Let us reason together.
00:31:59.81\00:32:01.15
Let's reason together.
00:32:01.18\00:32:02.52
I remember we were in a country
00:32:02.55\00:32:06.09
and this lady approaches us
00:32:06.12\00:32:10.16
and I've been
wanting to meet her
00:32:10.19\00:32:12.69
for the longest time in person.
00:32:12.73\00:32:14.76
I'm like, well, praise the Lord,
00:32:14.80\00:32:16.13
I get to meet you,
I get to see you now
00:32:16.16\00:32:18.00
and here I am.
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.37
What can I do for you?
00:32:19.40\00:32:20.74
Well, I wanted to talk
with you and let you know,
00:32:20.77\00:32:23.87
you're doing this
wrong, you're doing this wrong,
00:32:23.91\00:32:25.71
this is wrong,
wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
00:32:25.74\00:32:28.31
I'm like, oh, wow,
I have to take notes.
00:32:28.34\00:32:32.18
It shocked me and anyway,
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.72
and I'm like, how
do I respond to that?
00:32:38.75\00:32:41.22
I just kindly said, well,
if you would like to help me,
00:32:41.26\00:32:44.43
I will give you my
address and my phone number
00:32:44.46\00:32:47.30
and we can keep in touch
00:32:47.33\00:32:49.16
and I can make improvements
00:32:49.20\00:32:51.03
but you say Brooklyn,
I go back to Puerto Rico.
00:32:51.07\00:32:53.97
Exactly, I think
that's even more.
00:32:54.00\00:32:55.50
Even talking
about New York, right?
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.81
I know, it's before
Jesus has transformed my life,
00:32:57.84\00:33:03.38
it's history but anyway.
00:33:03.41\00:33:07.15
I would not have responded
the way I responded now.
00:33:07.18\00:33:12.45
So, and we're talking
about a few years back.
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.82
But it's
incredible how the Lord will,
00:33:15.86\00:33:19.33
if you just take a deep breath,
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.26
one, count to three.
00:33:22.30\00:33:24.40
Count to three.
00:33:24.43\00:33:25.83
And you know, we have
to do that to ourselves
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.47
because somebody tells us,
00:33:27.50\00:33:28.87
Pastor Dinzey,
take a deep breath.
00:33:28.90\00:33:30.51
Ready with me?
00:33:30.54\00:33:31.87
One, two, it's
like, don't do that.
00:33:31.91\00:33:34.18
You can't have
people impose that on you,
00:33:34.21\00:33:36.85
it has to be our own.
00:33:36.88\00:33:38.21
But what happens when we respond
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.98
with that gentle answer?
00:33:40.02\00:33:41.85
Or we respond?
00:33:41.88\00:33:43.22
What happened to that lady?
00:33:43.25\00:33:44.59
It's like you kind of just take,
00:33:44.62\00:33:46.35
they're expecting
resistance and they're prepared.
00:33:46.39\00:33:49.59
Well, when you can't fight
against something that gives,
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.76
so if you give,
00:33:54.80\00:33:56.13
there's nothing
to fight against,
00:33:56.16\00:33:58.17
they're just, it's gentle.
00:33:58.20\00:34:02.84
Let's go to Proverbs 14:29.
00:34:02.87\00:34:05.64
I don't know, did
you read upon yet, Honey?
00:34:05.67\00:34:07.74
That's third
scripture actually, you could.
00:34:07.78\00:34:09.31
Oh, John Dinzey probably.
00:34:09.34\00:34:10.68
He read the first one.
00:34:10.71\00:34:12.68
Yeah, Proverbs 14:29,
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.05
yeah it's actually
right here, the second one.
00:34:14.08\00:34:16.35
Okay,
00:34:16.38\00:34:18.09
I have Proverbs right here.
00:34:18.12\00:34:19.65
Okay.
00:34:19.69\00:34:21.02
I just like to, you know,
my young people in the class,
00:34:21.06\00:34:24.93
I'm always saying use,
yes, use your electronics
00:34:24.96\00:34:28.10
but use your Bible too.
00:34:28.13\00:34:30.73
So Proverbs 14:29
00:34:30.77\00:34:33.67
and at Family Worship
and on Friday evening,
00:34:33.70\00:34:36.57
we do have time
maybe not here but we have,
00:34:36.60\00:34:38.87
normally at home we have time.
00:34:38.91\00:34:43.24
"He who is slow to
wrath has great understanding
00:34:43.28\00:34:47.92
but he who is
impulsive exalts folly."
00:34:47.95\00:34:51.45
Okay.
00:34:51.49\00:34:52.82
Boy, did you have
me read the perfect?
00:34:52.85\00:34:55.89
What did you
get out of that Dee?
00:34:55.92\00:34:57.69
Oh, I've lived
it. I understand it.
00:34:57.73\00:35:00.56
If someone says
something to me, and I don't,
00:35:00.60\00:35:04.43
if I will not
respond quickly or in anger,
00:35:04.47\00:35:08.94
like how could
you say that to me
00:35:08.97\00:35:10.81
or that's not right or whatever?
00:35:10.84\00:35:12.64
And I listen to them.
00:35:12.67\00:35:14.94
Yeah.
00:35:14.98\00:35:17.15
I can respond much better
00:35:17.18\00:35:20.08
because slow to wrath
has great understanding,
00:35:20.12\00:35:23.05
your understanding is,
00:35:23.08\00:35:24.42
how do I think about
giving the right answer,
00:35:24.45\00:35:26.72
a godly answer?
00:35:26.76\00:35:28.46
How would Jesus answer?
00:35:28.49\00:35:30.66
If you impulsively answer back,
00:35:30.69\00:35:34.30
you're then in a fight
00:35:34.33\00:35:36.26
or a
disagreement or butting heads.
00:35:36.30\00:35:38.47
Tit for tat. Tit for tat.
00:35:38.50\00:35:40.44
And what does that accomplish
00:35:40.47\00:35:41.90
except tearing two
relationships apart
00:35:41.94\00:35:46.57
or just you walk
away upset and angry.
00:35:46.61\00:35:49.58
And you know what,
Dee, I want to add this
00:35:49.61\00:35:50.95
because we've been there,
00:35:50.98\00:35:52.31
we both have a
great relationship.
00:35:52.35\00:35:54.48
I remember when
Pastor CA first came here,
00:35:54.52\00:35:57.22
we were in a production,
00:35:57.25\00:35:58.65
preparing for production
00:35:58.69\00:36:00.06
and Dee always reminds us
all the things we need to do.
00:36:00.09\00:36:03.09
And we already knew
and when you walked away,
00:36:03.12\00:36:06.90
Pastor CA said to me,
00:36:06.93\00:36:08.53
"Lomi, yeah, I respect that."
00:36:08.56\00:36:11.87
You know, he used to always say,
00:36:11.90\00:36:13.23
I respect that.
00:36:13.27\00:36:14.60
I said, "What do you mean?"
00:36:14.64\00:36:15.97
He said, "Man," he
said, "You know what to do,
00:36:16.00\00:36:17.34
but you let Dee do her job.
00:36:17.37\00:36:18.71
I said "Yeah," he said
'cause everything she told you,
00:36:18.74\00:36:21.91
you already knew to
do that but you just let.
00:36:21.94\00:36:24.08
I said, "I just
let her do her job."
00:36:24.11\00:36:26.72
Dee already know that.
00:36:26.75\00:36:28.08
But you let her do her job,
00:36:28.12\00:36:29.45
and I think that in many
cases sometimes our perception,
00:36:29.48\00:36:34.09
like is she
trying to make me feel
00:36:34.12\00:36:35.46
like I'm ignorant or stupid,
or I don't know that already.
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.89
I mean, how many
times I've been here?
00:36:37.93\00:36:39.59
Because that's the human nature,
00:36:39.63\00:36:40.96
don't we say that?
00:36:41.00\00:36:42.33
Okay, is this my
first program, Dee?
00:36:42.36\00:36:43.70
No, it's not.
00:36:43.73\00:36:45.07
But if we let a
person do his or her job,
00:36:45.10\00:36:47.17
we recognize that
they've been appointed
00:36:47.20\00:36:48.70
for that reason.
00:36:48.74\00:36:50.07
We had a funny
exchange once on the phone.
00:36:50.11\00:36:51.51
Oh, yes, we had some.
00:36:51.54\00:36:52.87
I called Dee.
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.58
We have fun together as we know.
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.78
What I love about
a person like this
00:36:57.81\00:36:59.61
is I don't ever have to guess.
00:36:59.65\00:37:01.18
And she's quick
to apologize too.
00:37:01.22\00:37:02.78
Oh, but she's got the
right heart, right spirit,
00:37:02.82\00:37:05.39
but she's doing her job.
00:37:05.42\00:37:06.76
So she calls me
one day on the phone
00:37:06.79\00:37:08.52
and is like hello, Dee Hilder...
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.59
I said, "Dee, take a breath."
00:37:11.63\00:37:14.60
And I said, "Take a breath."
00:37:14.63\00:37:16.23
And then she went
on and correcting me
00:37:16.26\00:37:18.13
and she said, "And,
Pastor have a good evening,
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.24
take a breath."
00:37:20.27\00:37:22.30
We laughed
about it the next day,
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.17
but you have to have
experience with people,
00:37:24.21\00:37:27.14
you just don't
meet strangers that way.
00:37:27.18\00:37:28.84
And we've all grown together.
00:37:28.88\00:37:30.28
But what's
happening here at the Texas,
00:37:30.31\00:37:32.95
if you are slow to wrath,
00:37:32.98\00:37:35.65
if you listen to people,
00:37:35.68\00:37:37.39
it takes the
person of understanding
00:37:37.42\00:37:39.32
to not lose it quickly
00:37:39.35\00:37:40.69
because this
thing called patience.
00:37:40.72\00:37:42.49
Patience is not just one
of the fruit of the Spirit,
00:37:42.52\00:37:45.66
it's included in
the fruit of the Spirit
00:37:45.69\00:37:48.30
which patience is an example
00:37:48.33\00:37:50.47
that the Spirit is
working in your life.
00:37:50.50\00:37:51.97
Yes.
00:37:52.00\00:37:53.34
You know, there's a
scripture here in James 1:19,
00:37:53.37\00:37:55.54
that's very close to that.
00:37:55.57\00:37:56.91
Okay.
00:37:56.94\00:37:58.27
And it communicates the
need for patience, it says,
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.64
"So then my beloved brethren,
let every man be swift to hear,
00:37:59.67\00:38:05.08
slow to speak, slow to wrath."
00:38:05.11\00:38:07.62
Yes.
00:38:07.65\00:38:08.98
And this is
practically the same thing.
00:38:09.02\00:38:13.22
And there is great benefit
in doing what the Bible says
00:38:13.25\00:38:17.33
because you avoid
unnecessary heartache
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.69
for yourself and for others.
00:38:19.73\00:38:21.60
That's right.
00:38:21.63\00:38:22.96
I think one of the best lessons,
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.37
now the best lessons
I've learned about patience
00:38:25.40\00:38:29.24
is when I became a teacher,
00:38:29.27\00:38:31.54
I was teaching
preschoolers, mercy.
00:38:31.57\00:38:36.18
I tell you these kids like.
00:38:36.21\00:38:38.48
They don't want to listen.
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.15
But then my sons,
00:38:40.18\00:38:42.05
being a mother has taught
me the most tender lessons.
00:38:42.08\00:38:46.92
And yes, I am not the
most patient person today,
00:38:46.96\00:38:51.73
but I am more
patient than I was before
00:38:51.76\00:38:56.26
and when you see your son
or your kids all grown up,
00:38:56.30\00:39:00.24
they are adults now, you know,
00:39:00.27\00:39:02.07
and so you need
to reason with them,
00:39:02.10\00:39:05.04
it's no longer
you're gonna do this
00:39:05.07\00:39:07.11
and you're gonna do that,
00:39:07.14\00:39:08.98
and now they're
adults and now it's like,
00:39:09.01\00:39:11.45
"Well, Mason,
what are you gonna do?
00:39:11.48\00:39:13.18
Yeah, you ask them.
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.15
Well, there's
another part of this
00:39:15.18\00:39:18.15
as we're coming
from lunch earlier today.
00:39:18.19\00:39:24.33
I told Idalia, "Hey
you remember that story."
00:39:24.36\00:39:26.53
I don't know how many people
00:39:26.56\00:39:27.90
have seen this
story, some video.
00:39:27.93\00:39:29.26
Millions of people.
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.63
That somebody prepared about,
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.67
there's an old man
sitting on a bench,
00:39:32.70\00:39:35.70
seems like it's a yard or a park
00:39:35.74\00:39:38.34
and there is a younger
man that's reading a newspaper
00:39:38.37\00:39:43.14
and all of a sudden,
this bird lands on a tree.
00:39:43.18\00:39:46.45
And the old man looks
and he goes, what's that?
00:39:46.48\00:39:50.59
And the young man
puts down the paper
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.79
and he says, it's a sparrow
and he continues reading.
00:39:52.82\00:39:56.46
The bird moved to another
spot and he goes, what's that?
00:39:56.49\00:40:01.26
The old man says, "What's that?"
00:40:01.30\00:40:02.66
The young man says, "I
told you, it's a sparrow."
00:40:02.70\00:40:08.00
He goes back to reading,
you know, his newspaper.
00:40:08.04\00:40:11.11
And the bird
moves to another spot.
00:40:11.14\00:40:14.61
And the old man
goes, "What's that?"
00:40:14.64\00:40:17.55
"It's a sparrow.
00:40:17.58\00:40:18.91
I told you it's the sparrow,
00:40:18.95\00:40:20.28
s-p-a-r-r-o-w,
00:40:20.32\00:40:22.28
a sparrow, a sparrow."
00:40:22.32\00:40:24.15
And grabbed the newspaper.
00:40:24.19\00:40:25.55
And he grabs the
newspaper, he's upset now
00:40:25.59\00:40:27.49
that he's
asking again, you know,
00:40:27.52\00:40:30.03
and the old man goes,
00:40:30.06\00:40:33.70
he gets up, no wait a minute,
00:40:33.73\00:40:36.06
does he do it
one more time, Honey?
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.50
I think he does
it one more time?
00:40:38.53\00:40:39.87
What is that? A sparrow.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.24
Now what's wrong with you,
00:40:41.27\00:40:42.60
you keep asking
the same question
00:40:42.64\00:40:43.97
over and over and over again.
00:40:44.01\00:40:45.34
And the old man gets up.
00:40:45.37\00:40:47.64
Where are you going?
00:40:47.68\00:40:49.01
And he walks off
00:40:49.04\00:40:50.38
and he comes back with a diary.
00:40:50.41\00:40:53.45
And he sits
down, goes through it
00:40:53.48\00:40:55.82
and he's looking at
him like what's he doing?
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.49
He opens it up and
he goes, read that...
00:40:58.52\00:41:02.06
Out loud. Out loud.
00:41:02.09\00:41:03.89
And the young man
starts reading it.
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.83
Today, my son,
that just turned four,
00:41:06.86\00:41:11.50
asked me 21 times, what is that?
00:41:11.53\00:41:16.81
The same question
over and over again.
00:41:16.84\00:41:18.87
21 times.
00:41:18.91\00:41:20.24
And I lovingly answered
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.61
and gave him a hug every time
00:41:21.64\00:41:22.98
patiently
answering his question.
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.18
I answered the same question
00:41:25.21\00:41:26.55
and the same question
over and over and over again.
00:41:26.58\00:41:28.28
Wow.
00:41:28.32\00:41:29.92
The young man realizes
the life lesson he is learning
00:41:29.95\00:41:35.32
that the things
have turned around
00:41:35.36\00:41:39.53
and the reason
I'm telling this story
00:41:39.56\00:41:41.60
is because there
may be grownups now
00:41:41.63\00:41:45.10
that their parents are elderly
00:41:45.13\00:41:48.90
having dementia,
having different issues
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.71
and they're not as
sharp as they used to be,
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.67
they're not as
fast as they used to be,
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.24
it's their turn to be patient...
00:41:55.28\00:41:57.75
Wow, great example.
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.08
To take care, you know.
00:42:00.12\00:42:03.49
I've already told my son once,
00:42:03.52\00:42:05.52
I've changed your
diapers many times.
00:42:05.55\00:42:09.02
So the things have turned around
00:42:09.06\00:42:12.43
and we all have a lot to learn.
00:42:12.46\00:42:15.00
But that story, really,
I was impressed with it.
00:42:15.03\00:42:18.33
That I said, "Well
this is a real lesson."
00:42:18.37\00:42:20.60
Things turned around,
00:42:20.64\00:42:21.97
so I encourage
those that are now mature
00:42:22.00\00:42:26.51
and their parents are elderly.
00:42:26.54\00:42:28.94
Be patient with them.
00:42:28.98\00:42:30.31
Well, may not
obviously parents either
00:42:30.35\00:42:32.41
'cause I have someone
I'm helping, this elderly
00:42:32.45\00:42:35.32
and God showed me,
you're being impatient
00:42:35.35\00:42:39.62
and that you need
to treat this person
00:42:39.65\00:42:41.99
with respect and dignity.
00:42:42.02\00:42:44.39
That's right.
00:42:44.43\00:42:45.86
And when I see
other, it's kind of funny.
00:42:45.89\00:42:48.46
I will get impatient with her
00:42:48.50\00:42:49.83
but if I see somebody
else getting impatient,
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.63
I'm like, hey, knock it off.
00:42:51.67\00:42:55.00
So I see it in others,
but I want to grow in myself.
00:42:55.04\00:42:59.51
So God uses everyone
00:42:59.54\00:43:03.65
to teach us our lessons of,
00:43:03.68\00:43:06.92
and you know what?
00:43:06.95\00:43:08.28
When I relax and
I'm impatient with her,
00:43:08.32\00:43:11.32
we have such a good time.
00:43:11.35\00:43:13.15
And life is so much better then.
00:43:13.19\00:43:15.12
That's right.
00:43:15.16\00:43:16.49
So that peace,
00:43:16.52\00:43:18.56
that peace that will come
00:43:18.59\00:43:21.10
if you will do that
patience with a smile.
00:43:21.13\00:43:24.90
Compassion.
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.27
With compassion,
you can't do patience
00:43:26.30\00:43:27.97
with your teeth gridded either,
00:43:28.00\00:43:30.47
I'm going to be patient.
00:43:30.51\00:43:31.84
I knew you both are playing
right into James 5:10-12.
00:43:31.87\00:43:36.08
I'm gonna have
Angie read that one.
00:43:36.11\00:43:38.45
I don't know. Look at this.
00:43:38.48\00:43:40.52
James 5:10-12.
00:43:40.55\00:43:42.35
"My brethren, take the prophets
00:43:42.38\00:43:44.49
who spoke in the
name of the Lord,
00:43:44.52\00:43:47.12
as an example of
suffering and patience.
00:43:47.16\00:43:51.06
Indeed, we count
them blessed who endure.
00:43:51.09\00:43:54.63
You have heard of
the perseverance of Job
00:43:54.66\00:43:58.13
and seeing the end
intended by the Lord,
00:43:58.17\00:44:02.10
that the Lord
00:44:02.14\00:44:03.47
is very
compassionate and merciful."
00:44:03.51\00:44:06.81
Wow, you know
what that's saying?
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.58
If you just have
been anxious. Yes.
00:44:08.61\00:44:11.05
If you just be patient,
00:44:11.08\00:44:13.38
you could be going through
00:44:13.42\00:44:14.75
situations like
Job and the reason
00:44:14.78\00:44:16.22
why they used
the prophets of old,
00:44:16.25\00:44:17.75
because Stephen said,
00:44:17.79\00:44:19.52
"How many of the prophets
have the Lord sent to you
00:44:19.55\00:44:21.89
and you haven't stoned them,
00:44:21.92\00:44:23.63
they've gone
through all of those things,
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.99
and they're
suffering and their patience,
00:44:26.03\00:44:28.40
then you think that's
not an example enough.
00:44:28.43\00:44:30.57
Let's take Job for an example.
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.63
And you never know, sometimes
00:44:32.67\00:44:34.14
God has to
allow us to go through
00:44:34.17\00:44:35.50
the most difficult thing,
00:44:35.54\00:44:38.27
so that the end can reveal
00:44:38.31\00:44:40.68
that he has been
compassionate to us
00:44:40.71\00:44:43.01
and merciful to us.
00:44:43.04\00:44:44.38
Amen.
00:44:44.41\00:44:45.75
And this example
that you brought up,
00:44:45.78\00:44:47.12
Pastor Dinzey,
fits right into that
00:44:47.15\00:44:48.48
because so many of
us don't show compassion
00:44:48.52\00:44:49.85
and mercy to people
that, you know, the age,
00:44:49.88\00:44:52.52
there's this age shift,
00:44:52.55\00:44:54.82
young and impatient
and don't know anything.
00:44:54.86\00:44:56.46
You're getting
all your answers now,
00:44:56.49\00:44:57.83
but now you're in the
shift is, how's your mom?
00:44:57.86\00:45:00.86
What's your mom saying?
00:45:00.90\00:45:02.23
I was just thinking that. Yeah.
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.60
About her,
00:45:03.63\00:45:05.37
'cause she had
dementia and it was so hard
00:45:05.40\00:45:07.90
'cause she would repeat
herself and I would say,
00:45:07.94\00:45:10.54
"Mom you already said that."
00:45:10.57\00:45:12.54
And then at least he'd say,
"Angie, be patient with her."
00:45:12.57\00:45:16.54
And I would be that, okay.
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.65
Listen to her again,
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.22
just act like you
heard it for the first time.
00:45:20.25\00:45:22.68
And I would do that
and say, "Hey, Mom."
00:45:22.72\00:45:25.65
And so I had to, I
did learn patience.
00:45:25.69\00:45:28.02
You know, it's
very difficult, though,
00:45:28.06\00:45:29.76
for us to see our
parents go backwards,
00:45:29.79\00:45:34.56
but then that reminds us
00:45:34.60\00:45:36.26
of what they did for
us when we were children.
00:45:36.30\00:45:37.63
Exactly, there you go.
00:45:37.67\00:45:39.73
You know, I like
to go back to that,
00:45:39.77\00:45:41.17
you said because
it's a very powerful thing
00:45:41.20\00:45:43.64
to consider and
to apply to our lives
00:45:43.67\00:45:46.01
because we are
impatient with people,
00:45:46.04\00:45:49.68
and God is patient with us.
00:45:49.71\00:45:51.91
You know, if someone
does something to us,
00:45:51.95\00:45:56.72
we may forgive them once.
00:45:56.75\00:45:59.12
We may forgive them twice.
00:45:59.15\00:46:00.49
But strike three, you're out.
00:46:00.52\00:46:03.63
You know, Peter,
you remember the story,
00:46:03.66\00:46:06.36
Lord, how many times
should I forgive somebody
00:46:06.39\00:46:09.00
up to seven times?
00:46:09.03\00:46:11.63
And Jesus said
until 70 times seven.
00:46:11.67\00:46:16.60
He thought he
was being considerate
00:46:16.64\00:46:18.17
but you know,
00:46:18.21\00:46:20.31
we don't give
people the same patience
00:46:20.34\00:46:24.71
that God gives us.
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.08
I know, we can say,
"Well, I'm not God."
00:46:26.11\00:46:28.38
But we need to
be more considerate
00:46:28.42\00:46:30.62
when we realize
that God has forgiven us
00:46:30.65\00:46:32.82
over and over and
over and over again
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.22
for the same thing.
00:46:36.26\00:46:38.09
Then we can begin
to understand he says,
00:46:38.13\00:46:41.20
"I need to be more
forgiving with other people."
00:46:41.23\00:46:42.80
That's right.
00:46:42.83\00:46:44.17
It's our character,
that that one verse,
00:46:44.20\00:46:46.03
Romans 5:3,
00:46:46.07\00:46:47.40
see we're talking about what,
00:46:47.44\00:46:48.97
I know the joy,
00:46:49.00\00:46:50.91
I enjoy when I
practice patience,
00:46:50.94\00:46:54.28
when I practice, when I'm doing
00:46:54.31\00:46:56.81
what the Lord wants us to do.
00:46:56.85\00:46:58.95
In Romans 5:3-4,
00:46:58.98\00:47:01.72
"And not only that,
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.08
but we also
glory in tribulations,
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.89
knowing that tribulation
produces perseverance,
00:47:05.92\00:47:09.59
and perseverance
character, and character hope."
00:47:09.62\00:47:13.36
We want to reflect
Jesus. It's a process.
00:47:13.40\00:47:16.03
We want to be like Jesus.
00:47:16.06\00:47:17.83
So working on that
fruit of that patience,
00:47:17.87\00:47:21.84
that's almost the basis
of where we have to start
00:47:21.87\00:47:24.97
so that we can be forgiving.
00:47:25.01\00:47:27.81
Idalia and I worked our
way through many issues.
00:47:27.84\00:47:32.05
Yes.
00:47:32.08\00:47:33.42
Because we
wanted to, we chose to.
00:47:33.45\00:47:35.88
Amen. And why?
00:47:35.92\00:47:38.09
What happened as
a result of that?
00:47:38.12\00:47:39.95
Let's look at some of
these other scriptures number 6.
00:47:39.99\00:47:42.59
Idalia, James 1:4,
00:47:42.62\00:47:44.69
Why we encourage
to develop patience?
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.23
James 1:4 says,
00:47:47.26\00:47:49.76
"But let patience
have its perfect work,
00:47:49.80\00:47:53.03
that you may be perfect
and complete, lacking nothing."
00:47:53.07\00:47:56.64
Wow.
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.01
So patience, what does it do?
00:47:58.04\00:47:59.87
It brings us to
completion, it brings it to...
00:47:59.91\00:48:04.41
And we have seen,
00:48:04.45\00:48:05.78
over the years,
some people have said,
00:48:05.81\00:48:07.82
"Wow, you've grown?" Yeah.
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.58
Now four years ago,
00:48:09.62\00:48:13.19
I would have been
running for my life.
00:48:13.22\00:48:15.52
But look, and they
say, "What happened?"
00:48:15.56\00:48:19.96
My hair has turned gray.
00:48:20.00\00:48:22.26
But the ones that know
this would be the family.
00:48:22.30\00:48:24.50
Oh, yeah.
00:48:24.53\00:48:25.87
That's the hardest one,
00:48:25.90\00:48:27.24
your family to have
patience with, right?
00:48:27.27\00:48:32.24
Confession good for the soul.
00:48:32.27\00:48:33.61
Confession good for the
soul, hard on the reputation.
00:48:33.64\00:48:37.11
Yes, it is.
00:48:37.15\00:48:38.48
You family, Sister Lomacang.
00:48:38.51\00:48:41.62
My wife and her sister.
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.08
Me and my sister.
00:48:43.12\00:48:44.45
My wife and her sister.
00:48:44.49\00:48:49.39
I'm praying for the
anointing of the Lord
00:48:49.42\00:48:51.76
on me in this area.
00:48:51.79\00:48:53.13
They test you patience.
00:48:53.16\00:48:54.50
They test my patience, I
could repeat something like,
00:48:54.53\00:48:56.97
infinitesimally and they'll say,
00:48:57.00\00:48:59.73
you understand that.
00:48:59.77\00:49:01.10
Both of us don't get it.
00:49:01.14\00:49:02.47
But we didn't get
it yet and I'll say,
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.74
"How many times
will I have to say it?
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.74
Don't talk to me right now."
00:49:06.78\00:49:08.71
And it's true, we
learn, I'm being honest.
00:49:08.74\00:49:11.28
So that whole
thing about patience.
00:49:11.31\00:49:13.68
Yes.
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.05
Let's look at some other ones
00:49:15.08\00:49:16.42
because our time is
going to fly away from us.
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.52
Let's look at another one.
00:49:18.55\00:49:21.29
Okay, Revelation,
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.43
oh actually no,
go to Psalm 27:14.
00:49:24.46\00:49:29.90
It's almost
like we need to start
00:49:29.93\00:49:31.27
with our
families in work outward.
00:49:31.30\00:49:33.27
Yeah.
00:49:33.30\00:49:34.90
You know, if we
could be patient at home.
00:49:34.94\00:49:38.14
But why is it so
easy to be so patient
00:49:38.17\00:49:40.08
with a stranger
that you just met?
00:49:40.11\00:49:43.38
And you're so
impatient with your own family?
00:49:43.41\00:49:45.15
Because, you know, it's gonna be
00:49:45.18\00:49:46.51
just for a short time.
00:49:46.55\00:49:47.88
They don't affect your life.
00:49:47.92\00:49:49.25
But family loves you
whether you are ugly.
00:49:49.28\00:49:50.99
Yeah, good hair
day or bad hair day.
00:49:51.02\00:49:53.66
And we're not
always. You said so much.
00:49:53.69\00:49:55.26
We're not always
patient too. Psalm 27:14.
00:49:55.29\00:49:57.09
No, we're not always.
00:49:57.13\00:49:58.46
We're not with strangers,
00:49:58.49\00:49:59.83
because look at the person
that waits on you or the person
00:49:59.86\00:50:02.30
at the grocery store or whatever
00:50:02.33\00:50:03.67
how many times are
we gonna be patient.
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.03
I have to be nice
to the waitresses,
00:50:05.07\00:50:06.40
because I didn't
want food to be taken out.
00:50:06.43\00:50:08.87
And sometimes
when the food comes,
00:50:08.90\00:50:11.07
my wife is one of those people
00:50:11.11\00:50:12.44
that will find ever
reason not to give a good tip.
00:50:12.47\00:50:15.84
You say, "It was
cold, they took too long."
00:50:15.88\00:50:18.38
I said, "Honey, they
don't make very much,
00:50:18.41\00:50:20.48
give them a good tip."
00:50:20.52\00:50:21.85
And I said,
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.22
"Let me pay the
bill so I give a bit.
00:50:23.25\00:50:24.59
How much did you give to them?
00:50:24.62\00:50:25.95
Honey, this is all
they do for a living.
00:50:25.99\00:50:27.52
If they get $8 an
hour, that's a whole lot.
00:50:27.56\00:50:30.86
But the store
clerk, that sometimes,
00:50:30.89\00:50:33.23
if they're
talking to somebody else,
00:50:33.26\00:50:34.83
and we're in a
hurry, or it's very easy,
00:50:34.86\00:50:38.00
or we ask somebody,
where's this at or that at or.
00:50:38.03\00:50:42.10
We are loving at each
other, we're loving it.
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.67
We're in therapy
right now. Yes, we are.
00:50:48.51\00:50:50.28
This is the program
00:50:50.31\00:50:51.65
that everybody's
gonna learn something from.
00:50:51.68\00:50:54.75
Let's hurry up and focus.
00:50:54.78\00:50:58.65
Psalm 27:14, so
we can talk that.
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.49
Okay, I'm there, it says.
00:51:00.52\00:51:02.72
Go ahead. Wait, Dee, wait.
00:51:02.76\00:51:05.56
"Wait on the Lord,
be of good courage,
00:51:05.59\00:51:08.96
and he shall
strengthen your heart.
00:51:09.00\00:51:11.73
Wait, I say on the Lord."
00:51:11.77\00:51:15.27
Amen.
00:51:15.30\00:51:16.64
But now I want to
make application here
00:51:16.67\00:51:18.24
because somebody wants
where the scripture says,
00:51:18.27\00:51:20.78
yes I am waiting on him,
00:51:20.81\00:51:22.71
but I don't have to wait on you.
00:51:22.74\00:51:25.25
That's the reason
I had the scripture.
00:51:25.28\00:51:26.65
And there's some people
that will take this literally,
00:51:26.68\00:51:28.92
but the Lord is
in essence saying,
00:51:28.95\00:51:30.29
is if you wait,
you'll be of good courage.
00:51:30.32\00:51:32.15
Not just waiting on him,
00:51:32.19\00:51:33.52
but if you wait,
you'll be of good courage.
00:51:33.56\00:51:35.12
That's why I
want to get this one.
00:51:35.16\00:51:37.49
It's patience with all,
00:51:37.53\00:51:39.03
you have to read the whole book,
00:51:39.06\00:51:40.66
all the scriptures on it.
00:51:40.70\00:51:42.03
That's right.
00:51:42.06\00:51:43.40
Not just pick and
choose what you want.
00:51:43.43\00:51:44.77
Revelation 14:12. Okay.
00:51:44.80\00:51:47.87
Now all of us
could say together.
00:51:47.90\00:51:50.94
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:51:50.97\00:51:52.41
here are those that
keep the commandments of God
00:51:52.44\00:51:55.34
and have the faith of Jesus."
00:51:55.38\00:51:57.85
Now watch this.
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.21
Are you all ready?
00:51:59.25\00:52:00.72
We love the
emphasis on the commandments
00:52:00.75\00:52:05.35
but don't ask for the
saints to be impatient too.
00:52:05.39\00:52:09.16
We will keep the commandments
00:52:09.19\00:52:10.53
but do we have
to also be patient?
00:52:10.56\00:52:13.40
That's too much,
00:52:13.43\00:52:14.76
it's not in the
Ten Commandments,
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.13
we're not gonna to do it.
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.77
In order for us
to get like Jesus,
00:52:17.80\00:52:20.90
we have to learn what
patience is all about.
00:52:20.94\00:52:22.94
Now, I know,
somebody once said to me,
00:52:22.97\00:52:26.84
Jesus was not tempted
00:52:26.88\00:52:28.24
with the stuff
we're tempted with today.
00:52:28.28\00:52:29.81
Oh, absolutely.
00:52:29.84\00:52:33.52
Which of you can put the weight
00:52:33.55\00:52:35.38
of the sins of the
world on your shoulder?
00:52:35.42\00:52:37.29
Not one of us.
00:52:37.32\00:52:38.65
And not even open your mouth
00:52:38.69\00:52:41.36
when it comes time
to defend yourself.
00:52:41.39\00:52:44.33
Why you're
nailing Me to the cross?
00:52:44.36\00:52:45.69
Did I do that? Why is that?
00:52:45.73\00:52:48.26
Why are you doing this to Me?
00:52:48.30\00:52:49.63
If we step on a person's,
00:52:49.66\00:52:51.00
if a person steps on our toe
more than once in 15 minutes?
00:52:51.03\00:52:54.70
Did you not see my
toe the second time?
00:52:54.74\00:52:56.87
Is my shoe that
invisible to you, Dee?
00:52:56.91\00:52:59.47
You know, we are not patient.
00:52:59.51\00:53:01.38
So what we're saying
today is we are in a process.
00:53:01.41\00:53:04.21
We are in what? Process.
00:53:04.25\00:53:06.08
We're all in the
process and we're saying
00:53:06.11\00:53:07.45
to those of you
watching the program,
00:53:07.48\00:53:08.82
we're in a process.
00:53:08.85\00:53:10.79
Pastor Dinzey, what
could you add to that?
00:53:10.82\00:53:12.95
Well, I was thinking
of the words of Jesus
00:53:12.99\00:53:16.86
and He says, come on to me,
00:53:16.89\00:53:19.19
all ye that are
weary and heavy laden,
00:53:19.23\00:53:21.73
and I will give you rest.
00:53:21.76\00:53:23.23
Learn of me that I am
meek and lowly of heart.
00:53:23.26\00:53:27.54
And you will find
rest of your souls.
00:53:27.57\00:53:29.14
Jesus wants to
teach us and every day,
00:53:29.17\00:53:33.58
if we come to Jesus and say,
00:53:33.61\00:53:35.38
"Lord, here I am
ready to learn from You.
00:53:35.41\00:53:39.71
We are placing
ourselves under the leadership
00:53:39.75\00:53:42.12
and guidance of Jesus.
00:53:42.15\00:53:43.69
Amen.
00:53:43.72\00:53:45.05
This means that He may
allow trials and difficulties
00:53:45.09\00:53:47.89
to come our way so
that He can polish us,
00:53:47.92\00:53:51.19
remove things that
shouldn't be there.
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.76
And if we learn those lessons,
00:53:53.80\00:53:58.43
the Lord is going to do
that wonderful perfect work.
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.20
He that has
begun a good work in us
00:54:01.24\00:54:03.71
will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ.
00:54:03.74\00:54:06.47
That's right. Amen.
00:54:06.51\00:54:07.84
What about Isaiah 40:31,
the last scripture there, Tita.
00:54:07.88\00:54:12.31
Isaiah?
00:54:12.35\00:54:14.52
Right there.
00:54:14.55\00:54:16.62
Oh, no, Isaiah 40:31,
Honey, it's right here.
00:54:16.65\00:54:19.82
Why don't you read
that and then we'll go?
00:54:19.85\00:54:21.19
Okay, "But those
who wait on the Lord
00:54:21.22\00:54:22.89
shall renew their strength.
00:54:22.92\00:54:24.83
They shall mount up
with wings like eagles."
00:54:24.86\00:54:27.76
That's right.
00:54:27.80\00:54:29.13
"They shall run
and not be weary.
00:54:29.16\00:54:31.33
They shall walk and not faint."
00:54:31.37\00:54:33.37
Amen. That's a good scripture.
00:54:33.40\00:54:35.17
When you think of all
the fruit of the Spirit,
00:54:35.20\00:54:36.74
let's think about love.
00:54:36.77\00:54:38.71
These are things
that are not contributory
00:54:38.74\00:54:41.34
to natural human tendency.
00:54:41.38\00:54:43.98
Is it easy to love?
00:54:44.01\00:54:46.31
No. But it's a choice.
00:54:46.35\00:54:47.68
Are we always filled with joy?
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.18
No.
00:54:49.22\00:54:50.55
Are we always in
peace, have peace?
00:54:50.59\00:54:52.45
No.
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.72
Long suffering?
00:54:54.76\00:54:56.59
Oh, no.
00:54:56.62\00:54:57.96
Gentleness, not a natural.
00:54:57.99\00:55:00.40
Meekness and the
next one, patience.
00:55:00.43\00:55:04.17
Love, joy,
peace, long suffering,
00:55:04.20\00:55:06.40
gentleness, meekness, patience,
00:55:06.43\00:55:08.90
and you know
what the Bible says?
00:55:08.94\00:55:10.64
When it speaks to that
00:55:10.67\00:55:12.01
everything in
the Bible is limited.
00:55:12.04\00:55:13.38
But you know it's amazing
00:55:13.41\00:55:14.74
how the Lord does not
limit the exercise of love.
00:55:14.78\00:55:17.25
You cannot be too loving,
you cannot be too joyful,
00:55:17.28\00:55:19.25
you cannot be too peaceful,
you cannot be too long serving,
00:55:19.28\00:55:21.68
I cannot be too patient.
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.05
There's no law to limit that.
00:55:23.08\00:55:24.42
So what in
essence is being said,
00:55:24.45\00:55:26.05
if you had a reservoir
that had limitless capacity,
00:55:26.09\00:55:30.89
would you say that
it should stop raining.
00:55:30.93\00:55:34.10
Now watch me carefully,
00:55:34.13\00:55:36.13
we need the Spirit of
God to keep raining on us
00:55:36.16\00:55:39.03
because he wants
us to get to the place
00:55:39.07\00:55:40.64
where as Christians,
00:55:40.67\00:55:42.04
we have an unlimited capacity
00:55:42.07\00:55:44.54
to be loving, joyful, peaceful,
00:55:44.57\00:55:46.37
long suffering,
gentle, meek and patient.
00:55:46.41\00:55:49.34
He doesn't want our supply
to run out and say, you know,
00:55:49.38\00:55:52.78
I'm impatient
two days of the week,
00:55:52.81\00:55:54.22
and you just
picked the wrong day.
00:55:54.25\00:55:57.65
Really, that's
what happens in our,
00:55:57.69\00:55:59.05
sometimes with each other.
00:55:59.09\00:56:00.42
But the witness
that we would have,
00:56:00.46\00:56:02.16
first of all our life is,
00:56:02.19\00:56:03.73
when I practice what
you just talked about,
00:56:03.76\00:56:06.46
when I'm in that place.
00:56:06.49\00:56:08.96
My life is so full
and rich right then
00:56:09.00\00:56:11.67
and it affects other people.
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So you want to stay there
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and then you turn around and go,
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what happened to me?
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Yeah.
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God will take us back
there if we allow Him to.
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You know, it's
interesting that you say that,
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because I think that
I have seen some days
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where it's almost
like the Lord is saying,
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did you notice how
this turned out really good
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because you let
Me work through you.
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Amen.
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And that's when you,
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it's like one of those
moments when the Lord says,
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if you keep doing that,
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you'll receive
greater blessings.
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You know, it's
amazing, it's amazing.
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Greater blessings, I like that.
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Wow, I'm gonna
end with a scripture
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that we did not
include in our syllabus,
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but this is beautiful.
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"Do not seek what you should eat
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or what you should drink,
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nor have an anxious mind."
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Where's that from?
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Luke 12:29.
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So Dee, myself,
00:57:03.85\00:57:06.86
my wife, Idalia
and Pastor Dinzey,
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we are all growing together.
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We're all growing.
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And 3ABN, if nothing else,
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if you want to learn patience,
00:57:13.76\00:57:15.10
we invite you to
come and volunteer.
00:57:15.13\00:57:17.10
Because this is the
best place on earth,
00:57:17.13\00:57:19.07
the devil's intense here
00:57:19.10\00:57:21.17
from the emails to the programs
to our schedules, the travel,
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patience is what we need.
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And so we're
praying that by God's grace,
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my wife and I have
learned to be patient 36 years.
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By God's grace you
can all grow in patience.
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May the blessing of
God's patience be upon you.
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God bless you. Amen.
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Amen. Happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath, that's right.
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