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Series Code: TDYFW
Program Code: TDYFW190034A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:08 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people. 01:09 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today Family Worship. 01:13 I'm Jill Morikone. 01:14 And we are just so delighted 01:16 that you've taken this time Friday night 01:18 to open up the Sabbath with us. 01:20 Around the table, 01:22 I have some of my incredible sisters in Jesus. 01:25 And having said that, you might think, 01:27 well, this is a woman's program, 01:29 but actually, it's a biblical topic. 01:31 Now we happen to be women sharing as sisters in Jesus 01:35 with what God has done in our life. 01:37 We're talking tonight on the power of praise. 01:41 And praise has made such a tremendous difference 01:45 in my own journey with Jesus, in my own walk with Him. 01:48 When I learned to praise and I don't always do it, 01:52 I'm just being honest with you. 01:53 But I don't always praise but when I do, 01:56 how that revolutionizes my own walk 01:59 and my spiritual walk. 02:00 So we wanna talk about that. 02:02 Why do we praise and how do we do it 02:04 and all about that. 02:05 But first, we're gonna introduce you 02:07 to the family here. 02:08 Starting on my left, my Sis. 02:10 Yvonne Shelton, Dr. Yvonne Shelton. 02:12 So glad you're here. 02:14 I'm so privileged to be here. 02:16 Thank you so much. 02:17 You're Founder and Consultant for Dare to Dream Network. 02:19 Yes. 02:21 Tell me what does praise mean to you? 02:22 Kinda putting you on the spot here, 02:24 but what does the praise mean to you? 02:25 You know, when you praise God, there's just... 02:29 It just seems as though it opens up 02:32 the communication even better. 02:34 So when you praise Him... 02:36 And I try to use music and other things 02:39 to praise the Lord because it just enhances 02:42 your spiritual experience. 02:44 I think, if your goal is to get closer to the Lord, you know... 02:49 It's like... 02:50 I think, it's like, you know, if your husband tells you, 02:54 "Oh, I just love you or oh, you're just so special. 02:57 Oh, you..." 02:58 It just makes you feel so connected. 03:01 Oh, yeah. 03:02 And I think that when we praise God, 03:04 it just makes us feel so much more connected to Him. 03:07 So to me, 03:09 it enhances my spiritual experience 03:12 with the Lord when I praise Him. 03:14 Amen. I love that. 03:16 Sitting next to you and to me is Melody Caviness, 03:20 Prettyman-Caviness. 03:21 And, Melody, you're not always here at 3ABN. 03:25 But when you come in, 03:26 we always love to be able to share together 03:28 and you are my sis as well. 03:29 And thank you for being here. 03:31 Thank you. It's a privilege. 03:32 So tell me what about you in praise? 03:36 When I praise the Lord, 03:39 it makes me feel better. 03:41 It gives me a spiritual uplifting 03:44 and it's my connection to my God. 03:48 Thanking Him, praising Him, talking to Him 03:52 and so thankful for what He's done in my life. 03:54 Sometimes, you know, we take so much for granted. 03:58 When we go to bed at night, cannot all see in the morning, 04:00 do we? 04:01 Could we? 04:03 I mean, it's by the grace of God. 04:04 Amen. That we see the next day. 04:06 So just praising Him throughout the day. 04:08 And when things are bad, 04:10 I try to praise Him more 04:11 because I know that's where Satan 04:13 is trying to interject in my life. 04:15 It's like, no, I'm not gonna have it. 04:17 That's powerful. Praise is a choice. 04:20 Yes. Oh. 04:21 Yeah, let's talk about that. 04:23 Over here is Shelley, another sister, 04:25 all sisters at the table here. 04:27 But Shelley Quinn, always a joy to have you here. 04:30 Student of the word and woman of the word really, 04:33 is what I would call you. 04:34 And a woman of prayer, and thanks for being here. 04:37 Oh, it's my privilege. 04:39 To me praise, 04:41 I guess you could say that it helps me remember 04:44 who I'm addressing. 04:46 It helps me... 04:48 You know, I mean, 04:49 you can have that super personal relationship 04:51 with the Lord. 04:53 But if I ever got a down in the mouth attitude... 04:57 When I start praising the Lord, it changes me. 05:00 Praise doesn't change Him, it changes us. 05:02 That's right. That's right. 05:04 And so I think that 05:07 60% of my prayer time, 05:10 every time is praise. 05:12 Because, and I will share why that the Lord... 05:15 How He did that in my life. 05:17 But it's, it is life changing. 05:21 Amen. Oh, that's powerful. 05:23 And last but not least... 05:25 Oh, thank you. 05:26 Dee Hilderbrand, 05:27 and you're production coordinator here. 05:29 And, Dee, just, we love you too. 05:30 It's such a joy to be here. 05:32 You are my sisters. 05:34 I have a special connection 05:35 with every one of you here at this table, 05:37 a special love. 05:39 And everything that you've said, 05:41 yes, I agree with and it's part of my life too. 05:44 But my praise, 05:46 my praise is my love and my joy and my peace. 05:51 You cannot be thinking 05:54 two different things at the same time. 05:56 When you are praising, 05:58 you can't have anything else in your head 06:00 and be thinking about other things 06:02 or being down... 06:03 That's why it does all things that you just said. 06:06 Because when you praise, 06:08 it does lift you up 06:09 and it gives you a love and a joy 06:11 with your Heavenly Father a connection. 06:12 Yeah. Amen. 06:14 And I, amazingly enough, 06:15 I was going to talk about the same thing 06:17 because I really believe that 06:20 the biggest percentage of my prayers 06:22 that I'm really focused on prayers is praise. 06:25 Amen. 06:27 And not always when I'm doing that, 06:29 ongoing conversations through the day, 06:31 that's more usually asking for like, 06:33 "Okay, Lord, help me get out of this, 06:34 you know, whatever I do or say now. 06:36 But the spontaneous praise is what I love too. 06:40 Amen. 06:41 You know, I love what you said, Shelley, 06:43 about praise doesn't change Him, 06:46 it changes us. 06:48 And, because He doesn't... 06:50 God is not some, you know, egomaniac. 06:52 He knows who He is. 06:54 We don't have to remind Him who He is. 06:56 He knows who He is. 06:57 But when we acknowledge, who He is, 07:00 it really, to me, 07:03 it puts things in the correct order, 07:05 because He is our Elohim, He is our Creator God, 07:09 the Supreme Being of the universe. 07:11 And we are the creatures. 07:14 We are just... we are His creatures. 07:16 So when we acknowledge who He is, 07:19 that's for us... 07:21 It's faith building. Not for Him. 07:23 It is. It's faith building. 07:24 It is. It reminds us of who He is. 07:28 Amen. 07:29 Before we go any further, can we jump and pray? 07:32 Yes. Yes. 07:33 Before we read any scriptures, 07:35 we wanna make sure we go to the Lord in prayer. 07:36 Yes. 07:38 Dee, you wanna pray for us? 07:41 Father, you're Heavenly Father, 07:42 we just thank You for the privilege 07:44 that we can praise You Father, 07:46 because when we're praising You, 07:49 we are the happiest. 07:50 And Lord, You created us to be happy creatures in You 07:55 in this relationship. 07:56 So praise gives us that relationship 07:58 and we just thank You so much for that. 08:00 And thank You that we can come together as sisters 08:03 and share with everyone, Lord. 08:06 I just ask that 08:08 Your words will be spoken here 08:10 and that it will reach other hearts 08:12 and lifting them up, 08:14 that we will come together 08:15 as Your bride as a group, Father. 08:18 And we just thank You and we ask for Your words 08:21 and Your blessing, Lord, what we share tonight. 08:24 In Jesus name, amen. 08:25 Amen. Amen. 08:27 Let's turn to Psalm 103. 08:28 This is our kickoff Psalm for tonight. 08:30 Okay. 08:31 Psalm 103. 08:33 The entire Psalm is incredible. 08:35 We'll start at least for the first five verses 08:36 before we get in. 08:38 But before we read it, 08:39 and we know it starts out 08:40 with "Bless the Lord, O my soul," 08:42 but before we read it, 08:43 let's even see if we can define praise. 08:45 We've been talking about praise and but what is praise? 08:49 If we were to say, what is praise? 08:50 What would any of you say? 08:52 A warm emotion. 08:54 Okay. 08:56 It is an emotion, something you have to feel. 08:58 How can you praise, if you don't have a feeling? 09:02 So you're praising the Lord out of feeling. 09:06 Thanksgiving. Thanks. Yeah. 09:07 Thanksgiving is a praise. Thanksgiving. 09:09 Glory is a praise or so many definitions 09:12 or words for praise. 09:15 So what if I don't feel like praising? 09:18 And yet for some reason 09:19 God's asking me to praise anyway? 09:20 Because you will feel better when you do. 09:22 Can you still praise, even if you're not feeling it? 09:24 Sure you can. 09:26 You have to actually. Yeah, you have to. 09:29 We can't... 09:30 We actually can't trust our own feelings. 09:33 And when we feel low, 09:35 or when we feel distant from God, 09:38 you know, if something has happened, 09:40 then you've done something and you just feel distant, 09:43 you need to praise Him anyway, 09:45 because in so doing 09:46 that connection I think is re-established. 09:49 So I think praise is acknowledging 09:54 who God is. 09:55 That's good. 09:57 It changes your attitude. 09:58 Actually starting off with Psalm 104... 10:00 If you actually... 10:01 If you were just really mad 10:04 and upset or depressed 10:06 or any emotion that you might be feeling, 10:09 you could not sit here and start. 10:12 I mean, you could start out trying to read them angry 10:14 but if you really are a Christian, 10:17 as you read this, 10:18 and maybe you'd have to read it two or three times. 10:21 As you keep reading, 10:23 I really feel like it would change you. 10:25 Yes. 10:26 It would change you if you just start doing it. 10:30 Yeah, I know that. 10:32 Recently, I had a little... 10:34 I've got a little back issue right now. 10:36 And you know, when it's... 10:38 When a knife sharp pain is going through you, 10:42 what... 10:43 You wanna just say, oh, Lord, take this away. 10:45 But I just said, Lord, I praise You for the pain. 10:48 It tells... 10:50 It is a gift... 10:52 Pain is a gift from God to tell us 10:53 what our limitations are. 10:55 You know, it tells me what I shouldn't be doing. 10:58 And so... 10:59 But then I said, I praise You that I can walk, 11:01 and I praise, you know... 11:03 Yes. 11:04 You start thinking it's like people who are complaining, 11:06 they had no shoes 11:08 till they saw the man with no feet. 11:09 Yes. 11:10 I think Thanksgiving is a form of praise. 11:14 And we don't always feel... 11:15 I mean, when the Bible says, 11:17 in all things give thanks. 11:20 You don't always feel like it. You know that's true. 11:23 Boy, I guarantee you, once you start and... 11:26 I'll get into more of this later, 11:28 but there's something you can always praise the Lord. 11:31 That's right. That's right. 11:33 You've been teasing us a couple of times in this story. 11:37 You always started like that, like... 11:38 Now later, let's go. 11:40 As long as you don't forget, you're gonna tell us. 11:42 We will see. 11:43 Oh, we need to hear that. That's right. 11:45 That's right. Okay? 11:46 You have to work your way into praise. 11:48 You may not feel like it, 11:50 but you can work your... that's... 11:52 We were not supposed to... 11:53 We don't get to heaven by works, 11:54 but you can work yourself into praise 11:56 and all of a sudden it will become real. 11:59 I really believe that. 12:00 You know, Romans 4:17? 12:02 God calls those things that are not as though 12:03 they already were. 12:05 So the power in God's Word when you don't feel it, 12:07 to still claim those promises and to still speak that, 12:10 and then to realize God can change my emotions. 12:13 Amen. 12:14 You know, and God can change it and make me want to praise Him, 12:17 and make me feel that toward Him. 12:19 The first part of Romans 4:17. 12:21 You sees the God, who gives life to the dead. 12:24 And that's what happens when you're praising. 12:26 When you... 12:27 when you feel spiritually down in the mouth, 12:30 poor pitiful pearl, you know, 12:32 and then you start praising the Lord. 12:34 He gives life. 12:35 But your brain can change your attitude. 12:39 Your brain, your attitude can change you 12:40 into a better emotion. 12:42 I almost think you can... 12:44 you decide, you make a decision on changing your attitude. 12:49 And I think your emotion follows. 12:52 That's the theory. I'm not sure if it's correct. 12:54 You probably know if that's correct or not. 12:56 Well, there... 12:58 I found this really interesting article online 13:01 about the neurophysiological benefits of worship. 13:05 Oh. 13:06 And it's written by... 13:08 Actually an Adventist physician at Southern. 13:12 And he cited a study that was done 13:15 by Dr. Andrew Newberg. 13:16 And Dr. Newberg took 13:18 12 different patients of different faiths and... 13:24 I'm sorry, more than 12 and had them spend 13:26 12 minutes in prayer. 13:28 Okay. 13:29 So there was a control group that did nothing. 13:32 And then there was this group of different people 13:36 who prayed for 12 minutes a day, 13:39 just 12 minutes. 13:40 And what they found was astounding. 13:42 You know, there was, 13:43 initially there has been this feeling that 13:47 the brain doesn't grow after adulthood. 13:50 Okay. But it actually does. 13:53 And they found that 13:54 this particular part of the brain, 13:57 the cingulate cortex, 13:59 actually grows in volume when you pray. 14:04 Pray or praise? 14:06 Praise and pray. Wow. 14:08 And so if you're engaged 14:10 in a conversation with God, 14:13 there is an actual difference in that. 14:16 Now, what's amazing about that, 14:19 and that's why this whole idea of prayer 14:22 and praise change us. 14:24 Yeah. They don't change God. 14:25 God says, He doesn't change, but we change. 14:28 And so with the cingulate cortex... 14:31 Let me tell you, 14:33 it says, the increased volume 14:35 leads to an increase in the capability 14:38 and implementation of empathetic thinking, 14:41 and feeling. 14:42 And as it grows, you develop into a nicer, 14:46 more forgiving and trustful person. 14:48 Wow. Amen. 14:50 So from praising God, from worshiping Him, 14:54 we develop into nicer people. 14:56 That's how He wired us. 14:58 God is just, 15:00 who long am I to should up in air. 15:01 Yeah. 15:03 He's so awesome, the way He wired our brains. 15:06 And then the second finding that they had was 15:09 with the hypothalamus, 15:10 because the hypothalamus and the amygdala 15:14 and the amygdala houses emotions. 15:17 And it says that, 15:18 lowered hypothalamus mechanisms 15:21 resulted in reduced heart rate, reduced blood pressure, 15:25 blood glucose levels, 15:27 and serum markers of inflammation. 15:30 And it also has psychological effects. 15:32 It reduces depression, anxiety, chronic pain, 15:35 and even post traumatic stress. 15:37 Really? 15:39 So, all, and helps us with forgiveness. 15:42 And I mean, it's amazing to me 15:45 how God has wired the brain. 15:46 So when we praise Him, 15:48 when we're involved in prayer and conversation with Him, 15:52 just for 12 minutes a day. 15:54 It doesn't... 15:56 You don't have to do it for hours at a time, 15:58 12 minutes a day, 16:00 we become changed physically. 16:02 Praise God. That's powerful. 16:04 Emotional. Yes. 16:05 You know, I mean, it's just like, wow, 16:07 you say, God, you are just... 16:09 The more you learn about the body 16:12 and the emotions and all that, 16:14 the more you appreciate God, 16:16 the more we have reason to praise and worship Him. 16:18 Amen. That's amazing. 16:21 He wired us so that we have the capability 16:24 of becoming more like Him when we praise Him. 16:27 Yes. And praise Him. 16:29 He gave us that capability of... 16:31 Yes. How encouraging. 16:33 He wired us to be that way. 16:36 That is amazing because I just think if... 16:38 I don't mean it sarcastically, but if you know someone 16:41 who's a little harsh or maybe lacks empathy, 16:43 you can encourage them to pray more. 16:45 You need to praise more. 16:48 And 12 minutes a day for the praise... 16:50 You know, or if I find myself lacking in that, you know. 16:53 Yes. 16:55 I need to spend more time with Jesus in prayer. 16:56 Amen. Yeah. 16:58 I noticed it with my children growing up, 17:00 that the more I praise them, the happier they were, 17:04 and the more they were willing to do more. 17:07 Now I know God doesn't change, 17:09 but it changes us when we are talking to Him 17:11 and communicating Him and praising Him. 17:13 It changes us too. 17:14 But I've noticed that with people. 17:16 Yeah. Oh, that's powerful. 17:18 Absolutely. Encouragement goes a long ways. 17:20 Yes, it does. It does. 17:22 Okay, hopefully you're in Psalm 103. 17:24 And let's... 104... 17:26 105? 104... 17:27 103. 17:28 Psalm 103:1-5. 17:30 Psalm 103. 17:32 Shelley, you want to start and then we'll... 17:35 Everybody can read a verse or go around. 17:37 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, 17:40 bless His holy name!" 17:42 Yes. 17:43 How do you think we can bless God 17:45 with everything within us? 17:46 You know, I always wonder that. 17:47 When I read that verse, it's not... 17:49 It says, bless the Lord and we say, 17:50 okay, well, I bless Your name. 17:52 But it says, with everything within me, 17:54 I'm supposed to bless Him. 17:56 How do we do that? 17:58 But He knew all on the spot. 18:02 In our work, our relationships and everything... 18:03 No, but it can be everything we do, 18:05 but it's also an emotion. 18:07 Haven't you ever... 18:09 Sometimes I would look at my husband and think, 18:13 who is that person? 18:15 But other times I would look at him 18:17 and I would be so filled with love, it almost hurt, 18:22 I couldn't hold it. 18:23 I just overflowed with it. 18:25 And that's how I... 18:27 When I'm praising 18:28 that same emotion can overcome me 18:30 where I just can't hold it. 18:32 I can almost... 18:34 I can hardly breathe and that's... but you're... 18:36 I think you're right, I agree with you with our work 18:38 and our deeds and everything else 18:39 but I think there is a moment and a time 18:41 to where we're just so filled 18:43 we can't even hold it. 18:44 And that's with good. 18:46 All this within me. 18:47 For me, the all that was within me 18:50 came... 18:53 And, you know, you can JD, it's not for me like, 18:58 but I cannot pray 19:00 without thanking God for Jesus Christ, 19:04 and thanking Jesus for... 19:07 thanking God for humbling Himself 19:09 to become a man. 19:10 To me that is the most amazing thing. 19:14 And I start my prayer off, 19:15 almost every time as I'm praising Him, 19:18 thanking Him 19:20 for humiliating Himself to become a man, 19:22 than humbling Himself to die on the cross for me. 19:25 And thanking God for the Holy Spirit, 19:27 thanking Him for His word. 19:29 And I guarantee you 19:31 that thought, 19:32 as soon as I start praying that and praising Him for that, 19:36 it's everything that's within me 19:38 starts welling up because it's like, 19:41 "Lord, who am I that You will love me enough 19:44 to come down here and do this for me?" 19:45 Yes. 19:47 And it just makes it all bubble up. 19:50 Yeah. Yeah. Amen. 19:53 I have a note here I was looking for it. 19:55 Here written in the margin of my Bible. 19:56 It says, "Give me an undivided heart God 19:59 that I might fear Your name." 20:01 Because it comes from Psalm 86:11, 20:03 "Teach me Your way, O Lord, I will walk in Your truth, 20:06 Unite my heart to fear Your name." 20:09 And so I think about that when I say, 20:11 I want to bless God with everything within me, 20:13 to me, it's an undivided heart. 20:15 You know, sometimes I almost want to keep part of that back 20:20 for this other thing I like a lot 20:22 or this thing I'm afraid to surrender 20:24 or don't want to give to Jesus. 20:27 And yet He says, with everything in you, Jill, 20:30 would you praise Me? 20:31 Would you Bless Me? 20:32 That means, give Him everything, 20:35 everything in our heart. 20:36 And sometimes we wanna give it 20:39 and then we don't even know how to. 20:40 So let me just... 20:41 Are we even capable of giving our heart 20:43 or do we even have to ask the Lord to take our heart? 20:46 Absolutely. 20:47 Take our heart. 20:49 Because can we give it? 20:50 Yeah, surrender it. 20:51 It's good. I like that. 20:54 We can't do anything without Him. 20:55 That's right. 20:56 There's so many times that I pray. 20:58 And when I... 20:59 The more I exalt God, the more I praise Him... 21:01 Have you ever prayed to tears and the tears just flow 21:05 and you just can't shut them off 21:07 and you just, 21:08 almost feels like God gives you a hug, 21:11 you know, during that pray, that praise time. 21:14 And sometimes I don't get through the prayer 21:16 without just praising. 21:18 You know, sometimes I just wanna praise Him. 21:20 Amen. He's so good. 21:21 Amen. Amen. 21:22 There's certain songs for me, like there... 21:24 I guess, growing up, 21:26 I grew up around choirs and things like that. 21:29 My grandmother was a choir director 21:30 and stuff... 21:31 And one of the songs that her choir would sing 21:33 would be the song from the Mount of Olives. 21:36 And the song is, it starts out with Hallelujah, 21:40 Hallelujah to God's Almighty Son. 21:43 And I can just picture in my mind's eye, 21:46 all of us standing around the throne 21:49 and singing hallelujah to Jesus. 21:51 And it just... 21:53 I mean, for me 21:56 it just ushers me into His presence, 21:59 thinking about that. 22:00 And so, for me, like, the whole idea of... 22:03 All this in me is just, 22:05 I just feel like there's certain songs 22:08 that just usher me into His presence 22:11 and I can just sense. 22:13 I just feel like, wow, it's gonna be so amazing 22:15 when we're literally in His presence. 22:18 So that just for me, it's music. 22:20 And the word... 22:22 In the Hebrew the word praise is hello. 22:24 Well, that's where hallelujah comes from. 22:26 Yes, yes, yes. 22:29 Music moves her. 22:30 Even those of us who cannot sing on key, 22:33 it moves us. 22:34 Yes. Yes. 22:36 Music moves me and I have special songs too. 22:39 And I look forward 22:40 because when I'm singing to Him in heaven, 22:42 I will be on key and I'll have it. 22:44 Beautiful voice. 22:46 Yes, amen. 22:48 Let's read verse 2. Yes. 22:50 Melody, you got that? 22:51 Yes, I do. 22:52 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, 22:55 and forget not all His benefits." 22:59 Amen, you wanna read 3 too? All my soul... 23:01 Yes, I do. 23:02 "Who forgives all your iniquities, 23:05 who heals all your diseases." 23:07 Amen. 23:09 That's powerful. 23:10 Who heals all your diseases. 23:13 So if we go back to forget not all His benefits, 23:16 bless Him and don't forget His benefits. 23:18 Now, how do we keep from forgetting 23:22 what God has done for us? 23:24 Thanking Him for it. 23:25 Thanking Him. 23:27 That's, you know, to me... 23:29 In Psalm 100:4, it says, 23:34 "Enter His gate with Thanksgiving 23:36 in your hearts, 23:37 enter His courts with praise." 23:39 So for me, it always start with Thanksgiving. 23:41 That's a form of praise. 23:43 But that is me remembering and thanking Him 23:46 for all the things. 23:47 And you know, what's amazing? 23:49 I've talked with people who are in serious depression. 23:52 I tell them, sit down and write out 23:55 the things that God has done for you, 23:57 that you're thankful for, 23:59 and then pray those back and thank Him for that. 24:02 And the more... 24:04 the more I thank Him, 24:06 you know, 'cause sometimes you can be in a mood 24:09 and, but you begin to thank God 24:12 for all of His benefits 24:14 and especially for His forgiveness of sin. 24:17 But then that opens the door for me 24:20 to truly break into praise of adoration 24:25 and knowing that, Lord, you're... only You are worth. 24:28 Yes. 24:30 And it's not just because you're the Creator, 24:32 it's because You're my Abba, my Father. 24:34 Yes. 24:35 And You take care of me like that. 24:37 Yes, yes, yes. 24:38 For sure. 24:40 One of the... 24:41 I don't know, like some people are in the tech stuff 24:44 and I'm not a great techie person. 24:46 But there is this app that I have, 24:48 it's called Echo 24:50 and you can write your prayers in that app 24:54 and then you can go back 24:57 and see what God has done, 25:00 how He's answered this prayer, and that prayer. 25:04 And it's been really good for me 25:05 because we tend to forget. 25:07 If we don't want things down, we tend to forget. 25:10 And I look at that. 25:13 And plus it also reminds me of who I need to pray for, 25:16 because sometimes I'll say, 25:17 "Oh, yes, I'll pray for this person, 25:18 and then you forget." 25:20 So this way you write it down 25:21 and then you can go to that app and see. 25:23 So for me forgetting not all His benefits, 25:27 if I write them down, 25:29 it reminds me of how God has answered 25:32 this prayer and that prayer, 25:33 and I look back recently, and I saw, 25:36 wow, Lord, you did this, or You answered that. 25:38 Amen. 25:40 And it's just, it's such a blessing. 25:41 So we need to remind ourselves 25:45 of all of His benefits, 25:48 because He's been so faithful and His mercies are new. 25:50 I wonder... 25:52 When you're saying that, I don't know 25:53 why this came to me. 25:55 What if the people on the edge, 25:58 standing at the edge of the Promised Land, 26:00 what if they had been saying when the report came back, 26:03 "Oh, Lord, thank You that You opened up the Red Sea. 26:06 Thank You that You delivered us from bondage. 26:11 Lord, thank You that you drowned our enemies. 26:14 Thank You that You provide, you know, 26:15 the water from the rock. 26:17 Thank You, Father, oh, You are worthy of our praise. 26:20 Nothing is impossible with You, Lord. 26:22 Right. 26:23 And would have changed their history. 26:27 They would have said, "Yes, we can go in and conquer... 26:31 God said, "We could." 26:33 And they would have done it. 26:34 And He's shown Himself true in the past and faithful. 26:36 Amen. 26:38 Why not expect the same now? 26:40 I have seen it in my own life. 26:41 Yes. He doesn't want... 26:43 When I've been hesitant and I haven't like, you know, 26:46 remembering the miracles and what God, 26:49 the protection He's given me in my life 26:51 and then when I get afraid, 26:52 and I pull it back, it takes me more time, 26:54 when it could have been conquered so much faster. 26:56 Yes. 26:57 That's the way He response to that 26:59 on a personal level, 27:00 on a corporate level, on a church level, 27:03 on any level as individually or as a group who does that, 27:07 He responds to that. 27:09 We have nothing to fear for the future, 27:11 except we forget the way God has led us in the past. 27:15 Amen. That's right. 27:16 I mean, to forget not His benefits 27:17 and to remind ourselves of them. 27:20 Yeah. 27:21 I love the next one, "Forgives all your iniquities." 27:24 Yes. 27:26 You know... Thankful. 27:27 I talked to so many people on the phone, 27:30 or people write in and say, 27:32 but God can't forgive me. 27:34 I did X,Y,Z, whatever it was, 27:37 I did this particular sin. 27:39 We know God forgives these other things. 27:41 But mine is extra bad, mine is extra, 27:44 and I'm not sure I can be forgiven. 27:46 But God forgives all iniquities. 27:50 What a promise. 27:51 Yes. Amen. 27:53 Isn't that encouraging? You just have to accept it. 27:55 Because that, verse 4. 27:58 Yes. 27:59 "Who redeems your life from destruction." 28:01 Yes. 28:03 Well, that... 28:04 See, He redeemed my life from destruction. 28:07 And He forgave all my iniquities. 28:09 If you... 28:11 If He... 28:12 If you allow Him to redeem your life from destruction, 28:15 then you except that 28:17 He will forgive all the iniquities. 28:20 Because He says, 28:21 "Who crowns you with loving kindness 28:24 and tender mercies." 28:27 There's so many people walking around with such a guilt. 28:30 Yes. 28:31 And it's such a burden. 28:33 And the enemy wants to keep you 28:36 loaded down with guilt. 28:38 And the word says, He forgives all of our iniquities. 28:42 And if He didn't, 28:44 then that would mean 28:45 that His blood didn't cover something. 28:48 His blood covers all of our sins, 28:50 every sin we could ever possibly make, or do. 28:54 So, He... 28:55 It's... 28:57 We don't need to walk around 28:59 with that heavy burden of guilt. 29:02 If we confess our sins, 29:04 He's faithful and just to forgive us 29:05 of our sins 29:07 and He cleanses of all unrighteousness. 29:08 So that is a beautiful verse. 29:11 He forgives all of our iniquities. 29:14 Yeah. 29:16 I love John 6:37. 29:17 Jesus says, "Whoever comes to Me, 29:19 I will and no wise cast out." 29:21 That's one of my favorites. 29:23 Yes. Me too. 29:24 I love that. 29:26 We just come to Him as we are, 29:28 knowing He forgives and He can cleanse 29:30 and He will restore. 29:32 What about the second half of that verse? 29:34 Sometimes we struggle a bit with that verse. 29:36 Maybe ladies have some theological insight into it. 29:40 But the second half of verse 3, it says, 29:42 "Who heals all your diseases." 29:47 You could think of it this way. 29:49 Sin is a disease, is it not? 29:51 And Psalm 129:4, says, "The Lord is righteous, 29:54 He cuts His free from the cord of the wicked." 29:56 That's right. 30:00 You know, Paul prayed for... 30:03 I can't think of, not arrest... 30:04 He prayed for someone. 30:06 Here's Paul, who, 30:08 he could send out his handkerchief 30:11 and people were getting healed by 30:13 that prayer cloth, you would. Yeah. Right. 30:15 But now he's praying for some guy 30:18 and he writes and says, 30:20 "Well, we had to leave him behind 30:22 because he didn't get well. 30:24 I mean, he didn't die, but he didn't, you know... 30:26 So I think sometimes when we pray for healing, 30:30 and we don't get it, it's like, you know, well, 30:33 I thought He healed all of our diseases. 30:37 But there is going 30:38 to ultimately be that healing... 30:41 That's right. 30:43 You know, when we are resurrected, 30:45 when you hear His voice and you're in the grave, 30:49 you'll come up, 30:50 there's not gonna be any more diabetes 30:52 or heart disease or any of that. 30:54 So there's a word missing in between heals and all. 30:57 Instant is not found there. 30:59 There you go. All right. 31:00 All right. 31:02 That's good. That's good, Dee. 31:03 That's good. 31:05 Not only that one, it says, He heals all of your disease. 31:08 Remember when Christ walked on the earth 31:10 and He healed people, 31:12 He always say, 31:13 "Go ye therefore and sin no more." 31:16 Maybe some of the things that we do to cause diseases, 31:20 if we would just change those habits, 31:23 our diseases would be healed. 31:26 And God just can't heal them 31:27 until we learn to make changes too. 31:29 Yeah. 31:30 We also have to remember that 31:32 we are in a sin filled world. 31:33 Exactly. 31:35 So there are so many different reasons and... 31:36 I mean, God's purposes are a thousand, 31:40 a million fold 31:42 and so we do not know His purpose on the timing 31:47 of healing which disease. 31:50 My husband died and yet during his cancer, 31:55 God did touch him and heal him in certain ways 31:58 at different times. 31:59 Not just spiritually, 32:01 I saw Him do some physical healing too 32:03 on certain situations. 32:05 So we have to accept, we don't have to, 32:10 but I accept God's timing 32:13 on each specific incident. 32:16 He has healed me physically in certain ways, other ways, 32:20 things are still with me. 32:22 But at the resurrection, just like that voice, 32:24 I'm gonna have a perfect body too. 32:26 That's right. So there's no... 32:27 I heard a pastor once say, God always heals. 32:30 Sometimes it's right now, 32:32 sometimes it's a little bit down the road in the future, 32:35 and sometimes it's at the resurrection. 32:37 Amen. 32:38 But He always heals. 32:39 You know, sometimes you're right, 32:41 it's the world of sin we live in 32:42 through no choice of our own. 32:44 Sometimes you're right, 32:46 it's through what our lifestyle 32:47 or choices that we can bring sickness on us. 32:50 And sometimes it's just a result of sin. 32:52 And we don't even always know those things, 32:54 but yet God always heals. 32:55 Amen. Eventually, always. 32:56 Eventually. That's right. 32:58 That's why we have many different stories in the Bible, 33:00 including Job 33:03 and people being raised from the dead, 33:05 and everything in between. 33:06 Amen. 33:07 So there's different purposes. 33:09 Amen. 33:11 Yvonne, you wanna read 4? 33:12 Yeah, five. 33:14 Sure. 33:15 "Who redeems your life from destruction, 33:17 who crowns you with loving kindness 33:19 and tender mercies, 33:21 who satisfies your mouth with good things, 33:24 so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." 33:27 Amen. 33:28 I can use some youth renewal... 33:34 Again, it doesn't say instant. 33:36 That's right. That's right. That's right. 33:40 I know, I told my husband, I said, when we get to heaven, 33:43 I'm gonna be perfect, Honey, I'm gonna be beautiful. 33:45 And he says, I'm gonna have hair. 33:50 You know, this word here, loving kindness. 33:54 Yes. Oh, Yes, I love it. 33:56 In the Hebrew, that is Heset, H-E-S-E-T. 34:01 And, you know, sometimes people say, 34:03 "Well, you don't see grace in the Old Testament." 34:06 Oh, yes. 34:07 Heset is used like 260 times 34:12 in the Old Testament. 34:13 And it is unconditional love, 34:16 mercy, faithfulness, 34:18 loving kindness. 34:21 You can't even translate that 34:24 into a single word in English. 34:28 That is... 34:31 That's agape and grace and everything, 34:34 all bound up in one. 34:37 And I mean, just think He crowns us with this. 34:42 Is it the same word in Jeremiah, where He says, 34:45 and with loving kindness have I drawn You, 34:47 is it heset as well? 34:49 Yes, heset. Oh. 34:50 And Lamentations 3:23, 34:53 His mercies are new every morning, 34:55 heset is said. 34:57 It's this love, it's this... 34:58 and it's... 35:00 It is. 35:01 And praise brings us into that emotion of accepting 35:05 and feeling that loving kindness 35:08 and that tender mercy. 35:10 Amen. 35:12 Praise brings us into... 35:13 And the word crowns, I mean, Hebrew, it can means crowns, 35:16 but it can also mean it surrounds us. 35:18 Yeah. Oh, nice. 35:20 So, we're surrounded with that. 35:22 And we're surrounded with His loving kindness 35:25 and His grace and His tender mercies. 35:27 I mean, how incredible. 35:29 Amen. 35:30 Yeah, because praise brings us into His presence 35:34 and when you're in His presence, 35:36 you're surrounded with that. 35:38 How can that not change any circumstances 35:41 that you're standing in that moment? 35:43 Praise in... 35:44 Psalm 22:3. 35:46 Yeah, let's turn there. 35:47 Let's jump over there. Thank you. 35:49 Psalm 22:3. 35:50 That is... 35:52 It's such a beautiful. 35:53 And I'm gonna have to read it from the Old King James Version 35:56 because I don't think it reads quite the same here. 35:58 Psalms 23? 36:00 It's Psalm 22:3. 36:03 It says in the New King James, 36:06 "You are holy, 36:08 Enthroned in the praises of Israel." 36:13 How the Old King James says, 36:15 and it is closer to the Hebrew. 36:18 It says, "Thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest..." 36:24 Yes, that's right. 36:26 "Thou who inhabits the praises of Israel." 36:31 So the word for inhabits 36:33 is translated twice as often as dwells. 36:36 Yes. 36:37 And you think of this, that when you were saying, 36:41 it brings us into His presence. 36:43 I do believe that 36:45 this is a special way that we, 36:49 you know... 36:50 James 4:8, He says, "Draw near to God, 36:53 He will draw near to you." 36:55 I think as we come before Him, 36:58 our attitudes are changed so much by praise 37:01 that as we begin praising Him, 37:04 it's just kind of like a magnetic field 37:06 that it's bringing us into His presence. 37:10 And that's why, you know, 37:12 when you look at the sanctuary model, 37:14 you entered His gates with thanksgiving, 37:16 you enter His courts with praise. 37:20 It is a way to enter into the presence of God 37:24 and then you keep on going. 37:25 Yes. 37:26 But I believe it's beautiful. 37:28 Beautiful. 37:29 Have you ever prayed to the Lord in your need? 37:33 And just started out with, 37:34 "Oh, Lord, things are not going good 37:37 and I need, 37:39 and this is not right, 37:41 and, you know, a bound in me, 37:44 abide in me, help me, 37:46 blah, blah, blah, me, me, me 37:48 and got up from that prayer and felt as empty as you did 37:51 when you went into it. 37:52 Yeah. 37:54 But when you go into the prayer in praise, 37:57 Father, You know everything, You know, every need I have, 38:00 You are my God, You are my deliverer, 38:03 You are my Creator. 38:05 You know the end from the beginning, Lord. 38:06 You do and then when you get up 38:07 from that prayer, 38:10 you feel like 38:11 what your needs for is taken away. 38:13 It's all done. 38:15 Yeah. Absolutely. 38:16 Oh, yeah. 38:18 I thought maybe I was the only one 38:19 who went through these before 38:21 with all that I wanted. 38:22 It is the power of praise. Yeah. 38:24 Absolutely. That is, it changes us. 38:26 And God changes our prayers through our praise 38:30 and as we grow. 38:33 I feel like God... 38:35 You know, I didn't even become a Christian 38:37 till I was in my '40s. 38:39 So... 38:43 I think God brought me here 38:44 so that He could show me and... 38:47 I mean, here is when I have 38:50 really understood God's sacrifice. 38:55 And it wasn't... 38:57 I mean, I can't stand to watch 39:00 visual of the cross. 39:02 I mean, just seeing that physical, 39:04 I can't handle that. 39:06 And yet my heart knows now 39:10 that physical suffering 39:11 was not the worst for Him. 39:13 Amen. 39:14 When I really think about what He suffered, 39:18 what He surrendered and gave up for me, 39:21 the price He paid, the sacrifice He made 39:24 that was so far beyond the physical. 39:26 Amen. 39:28 I can't contain it and that's where I understand 39:31 His great love for me. 39:33 So, I have learned 39:37 God's real character here 39:39 and it's taken many, many years. 39:41 I'm a fast learner in some areas 39:43 and I am a snail in others. 39:45 So it's taken Him this long 39:49 for me to really comprehend 39:51 the sacrifice that He made. 39:53 And so my heart can't help but praise. 39:57 A lot of my prayer is praise 39:59 because He did save me from destruction. 40:02 I don't forget his benefits 40:04 because my very life is His. 40:08 And it's so funny, 40:09 but to even talk about praise and stuff, 40:11 it's hard for me not to cry, 40:14 because of what He's done for me. 40:15 And when you focus on that, 40:18 you can't help but praise Him. 40:19 Amen. 40:21 And so most of my prayer is praise 40:23 and benefits and Thanksgiving. 40:26 And sometimes it worries me that He's taken 40:29 such good care of me now. 40:30 It's like, how come I'm not struggling more? 40:34 It's like... 40:35 But He's so good to me in His loving kindness. 40:37 Yes. 40:38 Because you're His daughter, 40:40 and because you surrendered your life to Him 40:41 and you walk in His presence. 40:43 I mean, we know that the rain falls 40:45 on the just and the unjust. 40:46 We know that trials come to those 40:48 who walk with Jesus and those who don't. 40:50 But when you walk with Jesus in the midst of the storm 40:53 and in the midst of the trial, 40:55 it is vastly different than when you walk apart from Him. 40:59 It doesn't mean that you're not still having things 41:02 but you're almost shut in as it were in His presence 41:06 and He's walking beside you, you know. 41:07 So what a difference to walk with Jesus. 41:11 And when you started talking about prayer... 41:14 What it does to your brain, I'm looking back 41:18 and thinking, 41:19 well, when I did start praising more, 41:23 I can see that... 41:24 Because I used to say, oh, please change me. 41:26 I want to be kind, I want to be nice to people, you know. 41:29 I have this... 41:31 I have this temper, you know. 41:33 And so I was always like... 41:34 She is. 41:35 Well, I used to be like, please change me. 41:37 But when I stopped asking Him to please change me 41:40 and I started praising Him for what He had done, 41:43 I can look back and see. 41:45 When I started understanding and accepting His love 41:48 and that praise, it changed your brain 41:51 and how you think and how you... 41:53 I want... 41:55 When He changes you like that, 41:57 you make a difference in other people's lives instead 42:00 of making their life harder, you make it better. 42:03 Ever we all walk through our own deserts? 42:05 Oh, yeah. 42:07 In life? Absolutely. 42:08 I mean, we look at the Israelites 42:10 and we wonder. 42:11 When you said that about, 42:12 they could have done this and done that and done it, 42:14 also quickly. 42:16 If they would have just praise the Lord the whole way 42:18 instead of their doubts and, and not understand Him. 42:20 I'm thinking, man, 42:22 I've walked through deserts in my life 42:24 that took a long time, that could have been quick. 42:27 Had I've just surrendered and praise the Lord 42:29 and let Him take over my life. 42:31 Amen. 42:32 Understood his character and accept His love. 42:35 You can't understand His character 42:36 if you don't know who He is. 42:37 That's right. That's right. 42:39 So you have to have a relationship. 42:40 And that's why we carry all that guilt 42:42 because we don't understand who He is. 42:44 That's true. 42:46 Well, that sentence, 42:47 that He's constantly reminding us 42:49 that we are unworthy and we do not deserve, 42:51 which we do not. 42:52 But God is here to remind us that He's covered us. 42:56 And we all have a story. 42:57 You know, He has redeemed our lives from destruction. 43:01 That line is really beautiful 43:03 because we all have our own testimony, 43:07 as to how He has redeemed us from whatever... 43:11 Even if you never... 43:13 Even if you never left the church 43:14 or whatever, 43:16 He's still brought us 43:18 into a closer walk with Him. 43:21 He's redeemed our lives from destruction. 43:23 What is that song that says, you know, 43:26 I was nothing before you found me. 43:30 I will serve the. I will serve the. 43:32 That was one of the songs, my favorite song. 43:35 Beautiful. That song... 43:37 I remember one day I was... 43:40 Is this your story? 43:41 Oh, no, but... Oh, we need to get to that. 43:44 Okay, we need to get to the story. 43:46 But I was feeling a little down in the mouth 43:51 and I was feeling, 43:52 I don't know what, but I... 43:54 That song came on. 43:56 And all of a sudden I thought, 43:59 Lord, I was nothing before you film. 44:03 And you know, it's so amazing to me. 44:06 And I think, you know, and as far as the story, 44:08 we don't want to overdo this. 44:10 But the point is, 44:12 when God taught me to press into His presence, 44:15 He took me, you know, kind of, 44:17 it's interesting 44:19 as I look back how it follows 44:22 the way you would enter the sanctuary. 44:25 God's the one that taught me 44:26 to start with Thanksgiving in prayer. 44:29 And then you know, I went into the repentance 44:32 and then you go into the intercession 44:34 and supplication and get before him to listen. 44:37 But here's the point. 44:39 All my life before I began praising God, 44:44 all of my life I had performed for God. 44:49 It was transactional rather than relational. 44:53 If I can just be good enough, He's gonna love me. 44:57 But you know, I remember... 44:59 I'm sorry to say this. 45:01 But I remember in college, you know, I was brought up... 45:05 I love Jesus, 45:07 but I was scared to death with the Father. 45:10 And I thought He was just ready to set me, 45:14 watching over me. 45:15 And I remember in college, finally I just, I give up, 45:19 I cannot praise you, and I walked away. 45:22 You're not good enough. 45:23 I can never be good enough. 45:25 I went through that same. 45:26 And you know what? 45:28 It's... 45:29 When you learn to praise the Lord... 45:32 And I think returning His word to Him... 45:35 That's right. 45:36 ...really helps 45:38 and that really rewires this whole brain up here. 45:40 But when you... 45:41 You know, even like, 45:43 I don't remember reading Mark 12:30, 45:46 the greatest commandments to loving with all my heart, 45:49 soul, mind, and strength. 45:51 Oh, Lord, 45:53 how can I fulfill thy commandment? 45:55 You know, how can I? 45:58 But then I began praying that because I know that 46:01 even His commandments are promises. 46:03 That's right. 46:04 And I'm just saying, Lord, 46:06 thank You that you're causing me to love You 46:07 with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. 46:09 Then He leads me to Romans 5:5, that, 46:12 it's the Holy Spirit that pours the love into your heart. 46:16 And all of a sudden I realized, 46:19 there's nothing that I can do apart from Him. 46:23 That's right. That's right. 46:24 What you said, even Sister White said that. 46:26 Lord, take my heart, I can't give it. 46:27 That's right. 46:29 I cannot surrender 46:31 without His power. 46:34 But, you know, this is what... 46:36 If you start with praise 46:39 and you realize... 46:41 This is how I think the whole plan of the salvation 46:45 gets laid out before us. 46:47 When we realize 46:50 the Creator of the universe, the one that's recreating me, 46:54 the one that's delivered my life from destruction, 46:57 the one who is sanctifying me by His power, 47:01 you start realizing this. 47:04 And it's just you, your heart overflows. 47:08 Yes. Yes. 47:10 Amen. Yes. 47:11 Let's look at another scripture about praise. 47:13 Let's go to 1 Thessalonians 5. 47:15 Now this is one of those scriptures, Shelley, 47:17 that you were just saying, God, how can I even love you? 47:20 How can I do what You've asked me to do? 47:22 Sometimes when I read the Scripture, I say, 47:24 you mean I'm supposed to praise all the time. 47:27 Now, how exactly is that supposed to happen? 47:29 So let's look at that, 1 Thessalonians... 47:31 Because it's in your heart when you... 47:34 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. 47:41 Someone has that? 47:43 "Rejoice always. 47:45 Pray without ceasing. 47:47 And everything give thanks for, 47:48 this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 47:53 That's the New King James. Yeah. 47:54 So how do we rejoice always? 47:59 It seems like a toll order, 48:00 you're just gonna enjoy and always. 48:02 You can rejoice in your pain, 48:04 even during 48:06 David's passing, 48:12 and the funeral. 48:13 I would have told you that I was completely fine, 48:16 but I was not. 48:18 Yeah. 48:19 But there was not... 48:21 I wasn't rejoicing. 48:22 I mean, you don't, you don't physically rejoice 48:25 and be talking that way but your heart... 48:30 I don't even know how to explain it. 48:32 You can be hurting and yet God's peace 48:35 and joy is still within you somehow. 48:39 Your... 48:41 It's a part of you. 48:43 So I wasn't rejoicing 48:44 because I didn't have Dave with me anymore. 48:47 But I was rejoicing that I knew that 48:49 he had left in the Lord. 48:53 He was a man of God. I knew. 48:55 I know, God just reassured me that, 48:58 God had surrendered. 48:59 I mean, David had surrendered. 49:01 And I know that I had a peace about that. 49:05 And later on when you don't know 49:06 what you're gonna do, what you're gonna do now? 49:09 It was always D and Dave, Dave and D, 49:11 you know, I didn't, I was lost. 49:13 But there was... 49:14 Still there was a joy within me 49:18 that I knew that God was gonna step up. 49:21 So even in your sorrow, you can be outwardly sorrow. 49:24 But there's just something in your heart that is, 49:28 I don't know if rejoice is quite the right word. 49:30 But there's a peace and a joy there somehow 49:32 that dwells somewhere in the heart of you. 49:35 Yeah. Couldn't be that its hope? 49:37 Oh, that's good. 49:38 Hope. That's its hope. 49:40 Faith. Trust. 49:41 That it's not just this life. 49:44 Yes. But we have a future. 49:46 That's, that's the only way for me 49:49 with all the losses that I've had 49:51 over the years and stuff. 49:52 For me that's what keeps me going, 49:55 really knowing that this is not the end. 49:58 That this is just a temporary separation 50:01 and my loved one is just resting 50:03 because each one of them, 50:04 I believe died in the Lord. 50:08 So, for me, they're fine because they're resting. 50:12 I'm the one that's missing them. 50:14 But I have that hope. Yes. 50:16 And so with that hope I can rejoice 50:20 because this is just a temporary situation. 50:22 Amen. 50:23 But... 50:25 Okay, my father was killed when I was six years old 50:28 and I'm not sure he was in the Lord. 50:30 I know he had joined the church, 50:32 but at the time he died, you know, who knows. 50:35 But he wasn't going to church at the time he died. 50:38 Yet, 50:40 I can thank God particularly... 50:44 I remember, I didn't become an Adventist to learn this. 50:47 God, I learned it through studying in the Greek 50:49 and the Hebrew. 50:51 But when I learned the truth of the state of the dead, 50:54 oh, what a relief that was to me. 50:58 Because let's say that my father chose 51:02 not to serve the Lord. 51:03 I don't know. 51:05 But if at six years... 51:08 I mean, if... 51:10 When he died, he was only 30 years old. 51:12 Bless his heart. 51:14 If he wasn't serving the Lord, at least I know that his end, 51:20 if he comes up in the second resurrection, 51:22 he'll be annihilated. 51:24 And, you know, it says we're gonna walk on this ashes. 51:26 So I find comfort in that 51:30 because the way I was brought up was... 51:33 Colonel torturing you. Yeah. 51:35 And, boy, that used to really bother me. 51:36 Let me just real quickly say this. 51:38 You ask how can we rejoice always... 51:40 Yes, and then we'll go to prayer. 51:42 Okay, is there... 51:44 Possibly is it answered here? 51:45 I agree. 51:47 Is that, when He says, pray without ceasing, 51:51 in everything give thanks. 51:54 I think a thankful heart, 51:56 no matter how bad things are, 51:59 a thankful heart... 52:02 When you start thanking God, forgetting not all is benefits. 52:05 That's what lead you to rejoice. 52:07 Amen. Amen. 52:08 We want to spend a few moments in prayer before we close. 52:10 We'll kind of go around the circle 52:12 and give each one of you an opportunity 52:14 to pray and praise 52:16 and thank the Lord 52:18 for what He's done in your life. 52:19 And we invite you at home to pray with us. 52:22 You are part of the 3ABN family. 52:25 You know that here at 3ABN, we pray for you every day. 52:27 Every day. 52:28 We love you, and that, most importantly, 52:31 the Lord Jesus has surrounded you 52:34 with loving kindness. 52:36 So let's go to the Lord. 52:37 We'll start with you, Yvonne. Sure. 52:38 And then after, Melody, if you want to pray 52:40 and then I'll close. 52:42 Father God, we just want to say thank You. 52:43 Yes. 52:45 We just want to praise You. 52:46 We just want to acknowledge who You are, 52:48 and say that we worship You Lord, 52:50 because there is no one like You, 52:52 there is no other God but You. 52:54 We thank You for all that You do, 52:56 all the benefits, 52:57 all the blessings that You give us. 52:59 And we pray that we will continue to seek You, 53:02 to seek Your face more than Your hand, Lord. 53:05 We want to read Your face and seek time with You. 53:09 Bless my sisters here. 53:10 Bless those who are watching 53:11 and worshiping You with us right now. 53:14 We just pray, Lord, 53:16 that You will continue to be with us. 53:17 Thank you, Lord. 53:18 Forgive us of our sins and cleanse us 53:20 of all in righteousness we pray in Jesus name, amen. 53:23 Amen. 53:25 Father God in heaven, 53:26 once again we come to You, Father. 53:29 I just want to praise You and thank You 53:31 for not only given me a chance on this life, 53:34 but a chance in the next life, Father. 53:36 Amen. To be new, to be free of sin. 53:40 For all of us, Lord, 53:42 You sent Your Son to die for even just me 53:44 and how powerful, how powerful that is. 53:48 May I only reach up to you when I need something, Father, 53:51 because you are my Father, You are my Creator. 53:54 And I thank You for that, in Jesus name I praise You, 53:57 amen. 53:59 Father God, I never tire of thanking You, 54:03 that my God became a man. 54:06 And it's almost impossible for me 54:08 to comprehend 54:12 the humility You took. 54:16 Because, Lord, in my mind now 54:18 I see that as even a greater sacrifice 54:21 than Your death on the cross 54:23 because You took that flesh back to heaven 54:25 with You and You are not 54:28 only the Son of God but the Son of man. 54:31 Thank you, Lord, that You stand 54:33 at the right hand of the Father. 54:35 Thank You that You are able to save to the uttermost 54:40 because, Lord, 54:41 You live to intercede for us. 54:45 Thank you, Father, that You sent your Holy Spirit, 54:50 our other Comforter. 54:52 Thank you, Lord, for Your Word. 54:54 We're so grateful. 54:56 You deserve our adoration, Lord. 55:00 Yes. 55:01 We praise You 55:03 because You are worthy in Jesus name. 55:06 Amen. 55:08 Father, I just thank You so much 55:11 that we can come to You with our prayers. 55:14 Father, we just lift You up and praise Your name. 55:17 I just encourage those out there 55:19 that are struggling 55:21 that You can teach them, 55:23 lead them to praise on the door of their heart and their mind, 55:27 that they can see the light of where they can walk, 55:31 that they can overcome, 55:33 be victorious of depression and pain and agony. 55:37 All those things that Satan pulls us down 55:40 with the chains that he wraps around us. 55:43 Father, in praising You help them grow their faith, 55:48 that in praise their chains will be loosened 55:50 whether they are physical or psychologically 55:54 or emotional, Father. 55:56 Praise. Well, loosen my chains. 55:58 Thank you, Father. Thank you. 55:59 Amen. 56:01 Thank you, God, that You love us 56:04 with an everlasting love 56:06 and You want to draw us with those courts of love. 56:09 Yes. 56:10 Thank You for the gift of salvation. 56:12 And because of Jesus, we have hope, Father, 56:15 eager expectation of spending eternity with You. 56:19 We thank You that You call us as Your sons and daughters, 56:23 and that You call those things that are not as though 56:25 they already were. 56:26 We thank You that in You we are a new creation. 56:29 Amen. 56:30 That the old can be passed away and the new can come for You. 56:32 Yeah. 56:34 We thank You that you send 56:35 four streams of water, living water 56:38 in the desert of our hearts and lives. 56:41 We thank You that You want to transform us 56:43 by the power of Your spirit and give us a heart of flesh, 56:47 not a heart of stone, but a heart of flesh. 56:50 And so right now we just give You praise 56:52 for who You are, 56:54 and for what You have done. 56:56 Amen. And glory to You. 56:58 And we ask all this in the precious 56:59 and holy name of Jesus, amen. 57:02 Amen. Amen. 57:03 Amen. 57:05 The Lord... 57:06 Believe our time has gone so quickly. 57:08 Yvonne, thank you. 57:09 And, Melody, Shelley and Dee, 57:12 thank you all for coming and sharing your experience, 57:15 sharing from God's Word, such a blessing. 57:18 And we thank you at home for joining us as well. 57:21 You know that, 57:23 God by the power of His Holy Spirit 57:25 wants to enable you to praise every day. 57:28 Every morning you can awaken with the song on your lips. 57:31 Bye-bye. Amen. |
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