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, and welcome
to Friday night Family Worship.
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Don't put your sunglasses on.
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This is not a solar eclipse.
This is not a sun explosion.
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This is a happy color
because of the kind of program.
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What are we
talking about, Honey?
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Happiness.
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That's right. That's right.
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And we thank you for tuning in.
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This is my co-host.
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I'm John Lomacang
and my wife Angela.
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Good to have you, Honey.
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Good to be here.
Happy Sabbath, everyone!
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That's right. That's right.
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Well, we have a
good topic, don't we?
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We have great
people, family members
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around our table tonight
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and this is
truly Family Worship.
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That's right.
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Glad that you
have joined us tonight.
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And all you need for
the program is a Bible
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and just less than an hour
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because the time
will go by quickly...
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And a smile.
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And the smile, we
will be looking now,
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especially when the
topic is on happiness.
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But, Honey, why don't
you introduce our panel
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before we have prayer?
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Kind of start with
your side, not in my side.
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Okay, to my
immediate left is Ann Daluz.
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Happy to have
you here. She's a...
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Oh, you're a volunteer? Yes.
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Full Time volunteer. Yes.
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And you're a registered nurse...
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Registered nurse
as well. That's right.
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We're happy to have
you here. Well, thank you.
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It's an honor to be here.
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She's in a pastoral
department. Yes, that's correct.
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She went pastoral.
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Oh, yes, she
prays with people. Yes.
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Yeah, listens and yeah,
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that's a very
important part of this ministry.
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Thank you for what you do.
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And Dee Hilderbrand.
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Dee is no stranger
here. She's a regular.
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I'm strange, but not a stranger.
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I work in production.
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I'm delighted that
you asked me tonight.
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I love to talk about happiness
because I'm a happy person.
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Yes, you are very
happy. That's right.
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And to my immediate
right is Francine Bergmann.
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Francine is head of
3ABN's Children Network.
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Good to have
you here. Thank you.
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I'm glad to be here
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and this is a good topic
for you and kids at all ages.
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That's right. That's right.
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And Eric, the genius Durant.
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Praise the Lord.
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I am very happy to be here.
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Been an engineer
here for six years,
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it's been a blessing.
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And I always love it
when you guys call me
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to do Family Worship
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because I get to share my
love for Jesus with everyone.
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Also you're one of our elders
at the Thompsonville Church,
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and you also are
the husband of one wife.
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Husband of one wife
and she's a darling.
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I always say that
I'm OCD and she's TLC.
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You have two little
furry babies, don't you?
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Yes, we do.
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Yeah, two
adorable little puppies.
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And what are they? What kind of?
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They're Shiba, Shiba Inus.
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They look like small
huskies. That's right.
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They're rambunctious.
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They make you feel happy, right?
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They do. That's right.
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I forgot to mention, Francine
is the wife of Jason Bergman,
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CFO for 3ABN.
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And I just have
to have a comment.
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They have had studies
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where animals do
help people stay happy so
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and their partnership in
having family relationships
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and even single people.
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It definitely works.
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So, I definitely
miss my cat for example.
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Well, Honey,
before we go any further,
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I think it'd be nice for
you to start with prayer.
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Let's talk to
the Lord right now.
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
we are so grateful and thankful
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and joyful to be here,
this blessed Sabbath evening.
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Lord, thank You for
each person around this table
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that will share the joy
of the Lord in their hearts.
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I pray and ask
that Your Holy Spirit
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will come into
our hearts even now.
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And to the viewers
that are viewing tonight.
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Bless them,
Lord, strengthen them.
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And may you continue to abide
in our hearts in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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I must say as we
begin the program,
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whenever we are
invited to do Family Worship,
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I'm always thinking,
what has not been covered?
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I'm not sure if
happiness has been covered,
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but I think my wife
suggested this topic.
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And I thought, you know,
who doesn't want to be happy?
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I don't know of a person
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that I could say
that I met that says,
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"You know, I
want to be miserable.
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I just want to hate my life."
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You know, there
are odd situations
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where people go through
some very terrible experiences
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and they don't like life.
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But our program
we live in a country
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where we have three things
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that are focused on
part of our Bill of Rights,
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life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.
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Everybody wants to
be happy. That's true.
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And there's a song
many, many years ago.
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I forget the guy's name.
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Don't worry, I forget this name.
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Be happy. Be happy.
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Harry
Belafonte, I think. Was it?
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Well actually, no,
it was another guy.
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Was it another guy?
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Harry Belafonte was daylight
come and I want to go home.
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Maybe because he
was happy to go home.
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But people want to be happy.
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Generally speaking,
people want to be happy.
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We go through our
bouts, you know, sometimes
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we have a depressing experience
or a trauma to our family,
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we lose a loved one.
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Well, that's not the day
to just walk around smiling.
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The Lord understands your
pain, he understands that.
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But in the midst
of even that pain,
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there's an internal
attitude that we can maintain,
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because our faith and
our trust is in the Lord.
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So we're going to share
some of our experiences,
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because I know that many
of us have had those moments
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that we have had to find
happiness all over again.
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And I want to encourage
you that this is a choice.
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There's never a
time that you can't say,
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"You know, I know
life is falling apart,
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but I just want to be happy."
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So I'll give anyone of you...
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Matter of fact, let's
start with the first text Yes.
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First question,
what does the Bible teach
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concerning happiness?
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Or more specifically,
what are one of the things
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that Bible teaches
concerning happiness?
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Of course, we go to
Proverbs immediately, right?
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Proverbs 3:13, you wanna
start with that one, Dee.
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Proverbs has a lot of that.
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And it's like
happiest man who finds wisdom
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and the man who
gains understanding.
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Okay.
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And to me, finding
happiness when I was young,
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I was so angry and unhappy
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and so upset, life was not fair.
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And so when life is not fair,
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then you end up being unhappy
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because when you're that young
when you haven't found wisdom,
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and when you don't
understand what's going on,
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you do not choose to be happy.
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So then just by omission,
you end up being unhappy.
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I did not choose to be happy.
So I ended up being unhappy.
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But once I gained some wisdom,
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and I gained some understanding
and realize, it's like,
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"Okay, I'm going to
choose to be happy."
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Yes.
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So what steps do I have to take?
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How do I gain that?
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That's what this
whole program is about is
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how do you gain
that and I have learned
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that I choose to be happy.
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We all go, like CA would say,
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if it hasn't happened
yet just wait, it'll happen.
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Everybody's turn
comes of Satan attacks.
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So I've lost my husband
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and other bad
unhappy things happened,
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but even like you say,
in the midst of your sorrow,
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if you have chosen God,
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you have chosen a joy or
peace and a happiness inside
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that mingles with the sadness.
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So that your happiness
comes from making that choice.
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And you have to think
about it and make the choice,
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because if you don't
actually make a choice,
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life makes a choice for you.
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And then you end up unhappy
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and you didn't wake
up or get born insane.
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Like you said, I
want to be unhappy.
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Nobody chooses that.
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But they end up there
by not choosing to be happy
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and taking steps to do that.
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That reminds me of
a quote I heard once,
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and the quote was,
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"Wisdom is the
elimination of confusion."
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And this world right now,
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I'm sure it's
probably always been that way.
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There's so much confusion,
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especially for the
young kids that are growing up
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and they're being pulled in
a dozen different directions.
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It just adds to the confusion.
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And a lot of people like myself,
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I was angry as a youth
because I was confused.
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I didn't know whether
I'm supposed to turn left,
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turn right.
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My parents wanted
me to do one thing.
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I wanted to do something else.
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And it was just total confusion.
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And suddenly, when I
started reading the Word,
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it started to clear things up.
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And it's wisdom.
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Okay, you gain
more, more wisdom,
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especially one of
my favorite chapter,
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one of my
favorite books is Proverbs.
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Proverbs and Psalms
because it's full of wisdom.
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And as I got more wisdom,
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the confusion
started to go away.
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Things started to make sense.
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And when things make
sense, you get happier.
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Yeah, at least I do. Yeah.
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Everyone does.
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And we're studying the
Book of Job, right, Honey?
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Yeah, we are.
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And it doesn't
sound like Job is happy.
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Seems pretty
depressing the part we are.
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All his friends
turned against him,
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he's lost his family,
his children, everything.
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And how do you get
happy in the midst of that,
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like you said,
there's a time, Bible says,
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"There's a time for everything."
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Time to cry, time
to, you know, be happy.
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And it's true,
everyone goes through.
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As CA always says, everyone,
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everyone has a turn
to go through stuff.
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But even when you're
going through all of that,
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happiness is not giddy laughing,
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smiling, joyful all the time.
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But there's
something deep inside you
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that is that connection to
God that carries you through
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because we have this hope.
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So how do you get to that place?
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'Cause you lost your husband?
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I lost my
husband. I was very sad.
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And there's other
things that have happened too.
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Right.
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But, how do you get to the place
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that you hold on
to that happiness,
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it's deep inside you
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through the trials of this world
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that we all have because
we live in a sin filled world.
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I think one of the
happiest moments of my life
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when I was a youth.
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And I don't have a
lot of happy memories
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when I was a youth, I
grew up in New York City was,
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believe it or
not, when I was sick.
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And the memory was,
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I was six or
maybe seven years old.
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And I had the flu or the
cold or something like that
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and I'm laying in bed.
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And my mother
sitting right there
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and she's rubbing Vicks.
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Remember Vicks Vapor Rub? Yeah.
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She's rubbing it on my feet.
She's rubbing it on my chest.
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Absolutely. Hope we all know.
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And rubbing it on my
chest and for so many years,
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so many decades, that's been
a really, really happy memory
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and I'm thinking to myself
now, but I was feeling real bad.
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You know, I had a
fever, I was cold,
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but because my mom was there,
and because the love was there.
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And because I had faith in her,
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I knew everything was
gonna be okay in here.
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And I didn't know whether
or not the cold and the fever
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and whether it was
going to last a day
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or two days or another week,
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but I knew that my mom
was going to handle it.
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And that made me happy. Okay.
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So I think that
kind of transitions
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over to being an adult,
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you know, if you have the Lord,
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and you have a
relationship with him,
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and you trust them,
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then umbrella of
love is over you.
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And even though the pain
comes, and the trial comes,
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and the fevers come,
and the sickness comes,
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and the disease comes,
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you know, in the
end, He's gonna handle it.
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And you don't know
how long it's gonna take,
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is it gonna be two years
or five years or 10 years,
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but eventually He's
going to take care of it.
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And that keeps me
going. That's beautiful.
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I think, what we're
describing so far is you know,
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you talk about
trials and discontent
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and growing up in
adverse circumstances.
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But then when you get
wisdom and understanding,
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it becomes a peace
that passes all standing.
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Somebody might say,
you just lost a loved one.
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Why are you not falling apart?
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Well, internally there's a peace
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that passes all understanding.
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And it guards your heart.
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But you also trust
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that the Lord has a
continued plan for you.
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So, yes my life is,
I mean it's disappeared
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and I don't know
what the future life is,
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but you still
have that happiness
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because you have someone
there that you know loves you.
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And cares about you
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and is going to
take care of you.
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So you have to
have that relationship.
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You have to again
choose. That's right.
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What's that song?
Happiness is the Lord.
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We used to sing in
the Heritage Singers.
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In the Heritage Singers
that was a song, Happiness is,
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you know happiness
is to know the savior,
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living our life
within His favor.
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So...
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Then we go on
and now we have steps
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of what are those
steps that we take
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so that we gain that?
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Yes. Okay, well, let's do this.
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I'm going to have Ann
come in a moment here.
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Let's all go to point
number seven on the outline
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because what
we're going to do here,
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we have an outline that
is in no particular order.
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But what we want to do
is on point number seven,
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these, we're
going to talk about,
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if you have your Bible,
go to Matthew Chapter 5.
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We're going to walk
through the beatitudes
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for as many years ago
Robert Schuler used to call it,
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"the be happy attitudes."
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And the word blessed in
the Greek also means happy.
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You know, Jesus said in John 13,
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"If you know these things,
happy, are you if you do them."
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We'll see that in just a moment.
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But the reason I'm
going here, Francine too,
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and I'll have you
read one of these,
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and we're gonna
bounce around on this
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is because right now,
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what Eric and
Dee was talking about
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is the very first beatitude.
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Look at Matthew
and this is point 7A.
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So here's the
question, what Bible,
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the Bible outlines a
blueprint for happiness
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in the Book of
Matthew, what are they?
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Okay, Honey, read Matthew 5:3.
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
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for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven."
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Okay, so let's substitute
the word bless it with happy.
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'Cause that's what you
guys just talked about,
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losing your husband,
growing up angry in New York.
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Let's talk about that.
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I'm going to
just throw it to you,
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Francine, what do you think
that means the poor in spirit?
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It's that just
feel broken totally.
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And there's so
many times in our lives
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that we don't know what to do.
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And you just really, and
to know that God is there
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and it reminds me of
another if you don't mind,
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I'll go
Ecclesiastes 3:12 through 13.
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Now this is the
English Standard Version
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instead of the one that I have.
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But it says,
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"I perceive that there is
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nothing better than
for them to be joyful
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and to do good as
long as they lived.
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Also that everyone should eat,
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drink and take
pleasure and all his toil."
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That means that God recognizes
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that even in
the midst of things,
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we need to look for God.
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And I say that even when
we're very poor in spirit,
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and whatever we're doing,
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we want God to be in our
lives and to live for us.
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And so, I just, for me,
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yes, I've been very broken.
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I mean, there's
times in my life.
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I was growing up
young, with single mom.
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And so there was a lot
of hardships that came in.
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And some of the
people that know me,
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know a little bit
more about my situation,
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but it was hard.
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My grandparents
were my role models,
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and my mom was not.
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And so it was really hard.
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And then, even as an adult,
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Jason and I
have seen some things
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where it's really been hard
and you feel totally broken.
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I mean, you could
cry for days and days
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and just not want to go out.
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And yet, it's like
you said, the peace...
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That passes all understanding.
All understanding.
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And so, is remembering
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that God wants
us to be in heaven
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with Him forever and
have that relationship.
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And I think the reason why
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that it says the poor in spirit,
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and then goes, for there
is the kingdom of heaven.
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Now you think about
what the writer is saying,
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Matthew is saying.
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He says, it could be awful,
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but you have
heaven to look forward to.
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That's kind of he's
showing the contrast.
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What do you
think about that, Ann?
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Well, you know, that
brings to mind my situation
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when I was nursing and hospice,
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so many people, so many people,
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both on the family side,
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and then those dear
persons that were departing,
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wanted to know, well, how
can we bear up under this?
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What's going to
happen? We don't know.
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We're going to
miss this loved one.
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And the emptiness
was always very sad,
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you know,
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but when I could,
we weren't allowed to,
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you know, engage
in religious talk,
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but when I could,
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I would turn them
back to the Bible,
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those of, those
people that knew the Bible
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and I would say,
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think of the hope that you have.
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Think of the hope.
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And this dear person think
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the next time
they open their eyes,
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they'll see the Lord.
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And many, many times
they, not that they became,
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I don't know how to say it.
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They didn't, they
were still saddened
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because that's understandable.
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But many times
they were made lighter,
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their situation
was made a bit lighter.
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So turning to the
Bible, at that time,
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and in that setting
for me was just a blessing.
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And for many others,
I'd like to think too.
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So you could become the light
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in the midst of
someone's darkness.
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And the Bible understands,
I think it's Psalms 30:5 says,
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"Weeping may
endure for the night
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but," what happens?
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"Joy comes in the morning."
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A lot of those
contrast scriptures.
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But the strength
of being able to...
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The Bible led them to the Lord
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and that's where your
strength comes through
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to carry you through the night.
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Exactly. You're not alone.
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Exactly.
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So I take my head
off for hospice nurses.
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My mother was on
hospice, and hospice nurses,
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they do an amazing job
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to help bring
comfort to the family.
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And so, God bless you,
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and all the
hospice nurses out there.
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This beatitude
reminds me of David.
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When David fell on his face,
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and he pled with
the Lord, he was broken.
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You know, and when
you're down on the ground,
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the only place
that you can look is up.
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That's right. You know.
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And David fits the
example perfectly that
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for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven
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because God said David was a man
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after His own heart.
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And it's because
he was poor in spirit,
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he was broken.
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He realized that his life
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lived up to
that point was wrong.
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He realized. He
had understanding.
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Because a lot of people
blessed are the poor in spirit,
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they don't
understand what that means.
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And they don't recognize it.
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They are poor in spirit.
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But once you recognize
that we're broken and poor...
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Then you can turn
to God for real life.
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Because that's
through those hardships
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because sometimes we
don't feel like we need God
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until we are totally broken.
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That's right. That's right.
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And you know, sometimes
blessings come in reverse.
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Sometimes it comes by
the journey of sadness,
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you know, "Ye though
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I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death,
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you're with me."
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You know, you
even prepare a table
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before me in the
presence of my enemies.
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So the Lord is showing
us that there is a contrast.
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Behind every
cloud there is a what?
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Silver lining. Silver lining.
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So what he's saying to us
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and the purpose of the program
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is we could focus
so much on the cloud,
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we forget the silver lining,
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bigger focus so
much on the loss,
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we forget that
there's a another chapter
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to be written.
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And there are some people that
literally their whole lives,
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they choose to just
nurture the worst things
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that have happened.
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Oh, when I was 11, oh,
I lost my entire family.
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And right now, you
know, there's some tragedies
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that happen,
just untold tragedies
00:20:59.19\00:21:01.92
when families are wiped out,
00:21:01.96\00:21:03.63
when entire
families are wiped out.
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When difficulty comes,
00:21:05.93\00:21:07.53
people say, "What do we do now?"
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Well, you don't say,
well, don't worry, be happy.
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No. Look at the
next one. Matthew 5:4.
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You don't just say to
them, "Don't worry, be happy."
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There's a process
they have to go through.
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The other one, Francine? Sure.
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"Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted."
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And once again, substitute
the word bless it for happy.
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Happy are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
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What usually happens
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if you go through
a time of mourning?
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I've seen people that have
been sad much of their lives
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because they say
no, I never mourned.
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What happened, what's
the blessing of mourning?
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Well, when I look at
Peter, when Peter mourned,
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it said, he wept
bitterly you know,
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that was the point in
his life of transition
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from being Peter the
proud, Peter boisterous,
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Peter me first, to
being Peter, the broken.
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And once he was broken,
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God rebuild him into a character
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that was more
fitting for heaven.
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So when I see
blessed are those who mourn,
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that's because at that point,
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God can begin
to mold you into...
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You recognize that
you're poor in spirit.
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And when you recognize that,
00:22:11.73\00:22:13.83
it breaks you and
you mourn for you,
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you look at your
life of what you've done
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and the choices
that you've made.
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And I mean, it
refers to several things.
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Mourning does not always
mean that you lost a loved one.
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Right. Right.
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Sometimes it does,
yes, you are mourning
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and you will get
comforted by the Lord.
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But also, when you recognize
that you're poor in spirit,
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you mourn that, you
want something different.
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Then you start
searching for the Lord.
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And that's He
comes and comforts you.
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I know when it says and
they shall be comforted.
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Remember when Christ
came back and He said,
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and tell Peter to be comforted,
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you know, that's,
I just picture that
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when I read that beatitude.
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You're comforted because
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you can be forgiven
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once you know that you're broken
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and you mourn for His spirit.
00:23:06.18\00:23:10.35
So, but if you
notice so far poor in spirit
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.12
and those who mourn,
but now look at Matthew 5:5,
00:23:12.15\00:23:14.29
another blessing,
00:23:14.32\00:23:15.72
and then we're
gonna wrap it into texts
00:23:15.76\00:23:17.09
that are around it
if we have enough time.
00:23:17.13\00:23:18.96
But look at the
next one, Matthew 5:5.
00:23:18.99\00:23:21.73
Ann, would you like
to read that one for us?
00:23:21.76\00:23:23.90
"Blessed are the meek,
00:23:23.93\00:23:25.40
for they shall
inherit the earth."
00:23:25.43\00:23:27.50
Well, now what is
this text not saying,
00:23:27.54\00:23:29.40
blessed are the what?
00:23:29.44\00:23:30.77
Weak. Okay, say it again.
00:23:30.81\00:23:32.67
Blessed are the
week, it doesn't say that.
00:23:32.71\00:23:35.54
So often people say,
"Oh, I don't want to be weak.
00:23:35.58\00:23:37.98
Well doesn't say weak.
00:23:38.01\00:23:39.35
What is meek mean? Yes.
00:23:39.38\00:23:41.25
Meekness is
strength under control.
00:23:41.28\00:23:46.05
Okay. That's how I remember it.
00:23:46.09\00:23:47.96
It's not about
being a weak person,
00:23:47.99\00:23:50.93
it's about being humble
00:23:50.96\00:23:52.29
and realizing your place
00:23:52.33\00:23:54.03
that God's put
you here for a purpose
00:23:54.06\00:23:56.20
and it's not to
conquer, it's to heal.
00:23:56.23\00:24:02.04
It's not to what's in it for me,
00:24:02.07\00:24:04.27
it's what's in it for Dee,
00:24:04.31\00:24:06.11
you know, what's
in it for Francine?
00:24:06.14\00:24:08.28
What's in it for John?
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.95
That's what it's
about and that's meekness.
00:24:10.98\00:24:13.85
I know a lot of
people from the past,
00:24:13.88\00:24:17.85
they weren't meek.
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.22
And I knew it because
everything was about them.
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.26
It was about self.
00:24:21.29\00:24:23.02
The meek person's
always, "What can I do for you?
00:24:23.06\00:24:26.16
How can I help you?"
00:24:26.19\00:24:27.53
Sorry, and the best leaders
00:24:27.56\00:24:29.03
seemed to be the
ones that show meekness.
00:24:29.06\00:24:33.34
If you think about it,
00:24:33.37\00:24:34.70
it's the leader
that shows by example,
00:24:34.74\00:24:36.91
by the humble spirit
00:24:36.94\00:24:38.27
and that they rely
on their team members
00:24:38.31\00:24:40.91
to help them.
00:24:40.94\00:24:42.28
It's being strong
but under control,
00:24:42.31\00:24:44.38
under duress
situations, unfairness,
00:24:44.41\00:24:48.18
when you are especially,
00:24:48.22\00:24:49.85
if you are being
treated unfairly,
00:24:49.88\00:24:52.85
or things aren't right,
00:24:52.89\00:24:54.39
and you still do
not defend yourself,
00:24:54.42\00:24:56.69
you're meek but not weak.
00:24:56.73\00:24:59.29
It's being meek under...
00:24:59.33\00:25:02.36
Strength under
control. Strength under control.
00:25:02.40\00:25:04.97
That's perfect.
00:25:05.00\00:25:06.57
Honey, what's on your heart?
00:25:06.60\00:25:08.37
Wow, I have this text.
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.71
I don't know if
it's in our lesson
00:25:10.74\00:25:12.24
in Proverbs 16:20.
00:25:12.27\00:25:14.31
Well, let's just
see what you have here.
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.91
Actually it is
under number three,
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.28
but go ahead and read it.
00:25:18.31\00:25:19.65
Oh, number three.
00:25:19.68\00:25:21.02
I love that one, about
when you trust in the Lord,
00:25:21.05\00:25:23.62
how when you put your trust,
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.72
the Bible says don't
put your trust in man,
00:25:26.76\00:25:28.76
but put your trust in the Lord.
00:25:28.79\00:25:30.53
And Proverbs 16:20 says,
00:25:30.56\00:25:32.83
'He who he heeds the
word wisely will find good.
00:25:32.86\00:25:36.83
And whoever trusts in
the Lord happy is he."
00:25:36.87\00:25:39.60
That's right. Or she.
00:25:39.63\00:25:41.70
Right and the he
there is not a gender thing.
00:25:41.74\00:25:43.47
But yeah, the person
who trusts in the Lord,
00:25:43.51\00:25:46.07
so you find the poor in spirit,
00:25:46.11\00:25:47.54
those who mourn,
those who are meek,
00:25:47.58\00:25:48.94
you find clearly
what's being said is
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.38
you'll get the other
side of the coin later,
00:25:51.41\00:25:54.25
but there is
another side to the coin.
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.48
This is a sad day
but there's a better day
00:25:56.52\00:25:58.22
coming, right?
00:25:58.25\00:25:59.82
Things may not always
work out in your favor.
00:25:59.85\00:26:02.89
But if you remain meek,
you will inherit the earth.
00:26:02.92\00:26:06.76
And sometimes you
may not get the position
00:26:06.80\00:26:09.06
that you want at work,
but let it roll off your back
00:26:09.10\00:26:12.03
because you could get mad
and discontent and vengeful
00:26:12.07\00:26:16.00
over the position
that you didn't get
00:26:16.04\00:26:18.51
and forfeit the earth.
00:26:18.54\00:26:19.94
Or you can say, well,
00:26:19.97\00:26:21.31
Lord didn't
want me to have that.
00:26:21.34\00:26:22.84
And some people might say,
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.21
there's a phrase called
just let it roll off my back
00:26:24.25\00:26:26.82
like water off of a duck's back.
00:26:26.85\00:26:29.08
But that's
something that doesn't come at
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.52
in the natural way.
00:26:30.55\00:26:32.29
What do you think
about that, Francine?
00:26:32.32\00:26:33.66
You have to work
toward it definitely.
00:26:33.69\00:26:35.99
And for me,
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.59
sometimes the knees down,
00:26:37.63\00:26:40.03
valley points in your life.
00:26:40.06\00:26:43.67
Sometimes it's hard,
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.07
but I have to focus on
what to be thankful for.
00:26:45.10\00:26:49.60
And by doing that,
00:26:49.64\00:26:51.07
I see all the
blessings that God has done
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.17
and again, it's
what you've heard
00:26:53.21\00:26:54.78
the Chinese proverb,
00:26:54.81\00:26:56.14
whatever you
water is what you grows
00:26:56.18\00:26:58.41
and so you know, it's again,
00:26:58.45\00:27:01.15
trying to choose to focus on
the things to be thankful for.
00:27:01.18\00:27:04.72
And that's hard sometimes.
00:27:04.75\00:27:06.09
And yet,
there's a lot of studies
00:27:06.12\00:27:07.72
and I can share it later.
00:27:07.76\00:27:09.09
But there are studies that show
00:27:09.12\00:27:10.69
how your happiness
really affects your body,
00:27:10.73\00:27:14.33
even your hormones,
and even how you live
00:27:14.36\00:27:17.07
and extends your life.
00:27:17.10\00:27:18.43
And when there's so
many valuable of reasons
00:27:18.47\00:27:21.10
of why we need to
focus on the good,
00:27:21.14\00:27:24.34
trying to find
those reasons to be happy.
00:27:24.37\00:27:26.81
The physical
benefits. The physical benefits.
00:27:26.84\00:27:29.31
I mean, it's not only
00:27:29.34\00:27:31.08
and you realize
that other people,
00:27:31.11\00:27:33.31
when you are happy,
they want to be around you.
00:27:33.35\00:27:35.98
When you're down it,
00:27:36.02\00:27:37.89
I mean, other
people talk about energy,
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.75
I don't believe
necessarily in all that energy,
00:27:39.79\00:27:41.76
but what I'm saying
is, but when you are happy,
00:27:41.79\00:27:44.16
you're a magnet,
00:27:44.19\00:27:45.53
and you're magnet for
reflecting who Christ is.
00:27:45.56\00:27:48.66
And then, again,
if you're always,
00:27:48.70\00:27:51.67
there's some people
that always seem to find
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.23
the negative and
say, "Oh, this happened,
00:27:53.27\00:27:55.20
now this happened
00:27:55.24\00:27:56.57
and after a while their friends.
00:27:56.60\00:27:59.67
They're not so many
close friends because of that,
00:27:59.71\00:28:04.11
because you want to go
to what is gravitate toward
00:28:04.15\00:28:07.18
what is good and what is bright.
00:28:07.22\00:28:08.88
I like that. That's true.
00:28:08.92\00:28:10.25
You know, years ago, I'm smiling
00:28:10.29\00:28:11.62
because your
brother told us about this,
00:28:11.65\00:28:12.99
Angie's brother Cliff.
00:28:13.02\00:28:14.42
If you watching
Cliff, this is for you.
00:28:14.46\00:28:16.02
Oh.
00:28:16.06\00:28:17.66
He talked about Debbie Downer.
00:28:17.69\00:28:19.96
And there's a term I
said, "Who's Debbie Downer?"
00:28:20.00\00:28:22.20
And he sent me a video.
00:28:22.23\00:28:23.77
You know, there
was this young lady.
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.97
I forgot the name
of the show she's on.
00:28:26.00\00:28:27.74
But she was in a
program so everybody said,
00:28:27.77\00:28:30.54
"Hey, let's go to
the amusement park.
00:28:30.57\00:28:34.58
And she'll say,
00:28:34.61\00:28:35.94
"But people got killed
on the roller coaster."
00:28:35.98\00:28:39.01
She'd always find the
negative in everything.
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.45
Well, it's gonna
be a gorgeous day,
00:28:41.48\00:28:43.12
but there's a
chance of rain like 5%.
00:28:43.15\00:28:46.52
There are some
people that are that way,
00:28:46.55\00:28:47.89
they always looking at
the negative side of life.
00:28:47.92\00:28:50.93
And you make a
very, very good point.
00:28:50.96\00:28:52.29
The Bible says to have
friends but one must what?
00:28:52.33\00:28:55.03
Show themselves friendly.
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.00
Nobody.
00:28:57.03\00:28:58.37
And I will say what
people want to catch
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.90
what you have.
00:29:01.94\00:29:03.34
I'm not talking about disease,
00:29:03.37\00:29:04.84
but would they want
to catch what you have.
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.84
There's some
people that are delightful
00:29:06.88\00:29:08.38
to be around because, man,
00:29:08.41\00:29:10.51
I know that it
can't be all that great.
00:29:10.55\00:29:11.98
But if I'm ever in a foxhole,
00:29:12.01\00:29:15.48
I want to be in a
foxhole with that person.
00:29:15.52\00:29:17.55
Because the
bullets are flying over,
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.92
they say, but hey, they
only have so many bullets.
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.99
And he's one of
those people by the way.
00:29:22.02\00:29:24.36
I was thinking of something.
00:29:24.39\00:29:25.73
You know, one of the
things the Bible talks about,
00:29:25.76\00:29:28.76
and I didn't know how to do this
00:29:28.80\00:29:30.13
for many years, it says,
00:29:30.17\00:29:31.53
take every
thought under control.
00:29:31.57\00:29:34.40
How you think
00:29:34.44\00:29:36.57
is who you are going to
be mentally, physically,
00:29:36.60\00:29:39.94
psychologically
in all those ways.
00:29:39.97\00:29:43.08
I know someone
who has remembered
00:29:43.11\00:29:45.68
every wrong that
was ever done to her.
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.98
And we're not
talking about major stuff.
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.98
We're talking about
little stuff or big stuff.
00:29:50.02\00:29:52.79
Very angry person
that lives in her hurt
00:29:52.82\00:29:56.56
and her pain and she lives there
00:29:56.59\00:29:58.73
and will not get out of it
00:29:58.76\00:30:00.36
because her brain
takes her there day
00:30:00.40\00:30:02.83
after day, after day, after day.
00:30:02.86\00:30:05.27
It's very
important that you figure out
00:30:05.30\00:30:08.84
when you start
thinking a certain way,
00:30:08.87\00:30:10.67
where is this going to lead me.
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.57
And then when you realize
00:30:12.61\00:30:15.01
somebody done you wrong
00:30:15.04\00:30:16.95
and you, maybe they insulted you
00:30:16.98\00:30:19.55
or hurt your feelings,
00:30:19.58\00:30:20.92
you start playing that
scenario over in your head
00:30:20.95\00:30:22.78
and you come back
with your comebacks,
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.25
you rewrite it,
00:30:24.29\00:30:25.62
and you keep doing
that over and over.
00:30:25.65\00:30:27.16
Where does that take you?
00:30:27.19\00:30:28.52
It take you to being unhappy.
00:30:28.56\00:30:32.23
If you will throw
that scenario out,
00:30:32.26\00:30:34.33
figure out what works for you,
00:30:34.36\00:30:35.70
whether it's reading your Bible,
00:30:35.73\00:30:37.07
doing scriptures, singing songs,
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.67
just saying no, I'm
not gonna think about that,
00:30:38.70\00:30:40.30
I'm gonna go do this.
00:30:40.34\00:30:41.67
Focus your mind, focus your mind
00:30:41.70\00:30:43.77
and that's how you
take each thought in control
00:30:43.81\00:30:46.34
when you start thinking
the thoughts that you know
00:30:46.37\00:30:49.88
are gonna take you
down the wrong road.
00:30:49.91\00:30:51.71
That's right.
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.08
What're you thinking, Honey?
00:30:53.11\00:30:54.45
No, it's a
choice, to choose, choose.
00:30:54.48\00:30:56.82
But you gotta have
something in mind to do
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.89
when that start happening,
00:30:59.92\00:31:01.49
and you've gotta come
up with what works for you.
00:31:01.52\00:31:05.89
What works for different people
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.30
and then you have to
recognize your trigger mentally
00:31:07.33\00:31:10.30
and take it somewhere else.
00:31:10.33\00:31:12.13
Okay, Philippians 4:8,
00:31:12.17\00:31:13.64
I think you just
told me to go there.
00:31:13.67\00:31:15.57
Okay. You're
explaining it clearly.
00:31:15.60\00:31:16.94
Honey, go to Philippians
4:8 and read that for us?
00:31:16.97\00:31:18.91
Oh. Okay.
00:31:18.94\00:31:20.74
Yeah, Philippians 4:8.
00:31:20.78\00:31:22.41
Many of us, okay, here it is.
00:31:22.44\00:31:25.81
Got my bulletin in my
Bible still from last week.
00:31:25.85\00:31:29.08
Here I am. Philippians 4:8.
00:31:29.12\00:31:30.45
That was a good sermon, pastor.
00:31:30.49\00:31:31.82
Oh, Generation Zs. Yes.
00:31:31.85\00:31:35.22
Praise the Lord.
00:31:35.26\00:31:36.59
In fact we say in
England, Generation Z.
00:31:36.62\00:31:41.76
Okay. Philippians 4:8.
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.13
Philippians 4, oh, I love this.
00:31:43.16\00:31:44.50
Yeah, this is what
Dee was talking about.
00:31:44.53\00:31:46.37
And there's a caption here,
00:31:46.40\00:31:47.77
it says
meditate on these things.
00:31:47.80\00:31:49.57
It says, "Finally, brethren,"
we can read this together.
00:31:49.60\00:31:54.08
"Whatever things are
true, whatever things are noble,
00:31:54.11\00:31:58.25
whatever things are
just, whatever things are pure,
00:31:58.28\00:32:02.18
whatever things are lovely,
00:32:02.22\00:32:04.25
whatever things
are of good report,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.89
if there is any virtue
00:32:06.92\00:32:09.09
and if there is
anything praiseworthy,
00:32:09.12\00:32:11.89
meditate on these things."
00:32:11.93\00:32:14.30
Wow, so. Wow.
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.90
Too many of us
meditate on the bad report.
00:32:15.93\00:32:18.67
It's a choice. It's a choice.
00:32:18.70\00:32:20.94
And sometimes I'm
fortunate that I have my husband
00:32:20.97\00:32:23.57
and those of us
that have close friends
00:32:23.61\00:32:25.51
or somebody else.
00:32:25.54\00:32:26.88
Sometimes we have
to catch each other.
00:32:26.91\00:32:29.84
Because
sometimes you don't realize
00:32:29.88\00:32:33.01
that you might be going down
something that's not helpful.
00:32:33.05\00:32:37.15
And, you know,
that's what I'm thankful for
00:32:37.19\00:32:39.82
with my husband or
even some close friends
00:32:39.85\00:32:41.79
that I feel like,
"Hey, I can tell them.
00:32:41.82\00:32:43.89
Hey, let's turn this around."
00:32:43.93\00:32:46.09
You know, help
each other really.
00:32:46.13\00:32:48.00
Yeah, that's a
choice because of bun,
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.80
several of us girls said,
okay, we are not gonna gossip
00:32:50.83\00:32:54.07
and we gave each
other permission to say,
00:32:54.10\00:32:56.20
oh, we don't
wanna talk about that.
00:32:56.24\00:32:57.87
Or we, you have to
give each other permission
00:32:57.91\00:33:00.51
to correct each other
and not get mad again.
00:33:00.54\00:33:04.45
Now, Ann, what happens
when you find your mind
00:33:04.48\00:33:06.48
going somewhere and you
say, I don't wanna go there.
00:33:06.51\00:33:08.65
Have you ever had those moments?
00:33:08.68\00:33:10.09
I've had those moments,
perhaps more explicitly,
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.15
people, excuse me,
calling in all the time.
00:33:13.19\00:33:17.33
I'm depressed, I'm depressed.
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.86
My life doesn't,
you know, mean anything.
00:33:19.89\00:33:22.80
Well, what am I here for?
00:33:22.83\00:33:24.77
And so many times,
you know, I'll say, well,
00:33:24.80\00:33:27.84
pick up your Bible
00:33:27.87\00:33:29.20
and I'll refer them to
a verse and they'll say.
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.87
I'm so glad you did it,
00:33:31.91\00:33:33.24
I never thought
of things that way.
00:33:33.27\00:33:35.14
But you've got to,
00:33:35.18\00:33:36.64
in those
situations in my opinion.
00:33:36.68\00:33:39.11
You look up as the Bible
says, "Look up and rejoice."
00:33:39.15\00:33:42.82
When the situation
you're in is so horrible
00:33:42.85\00:33:45.79
and you can't see a way out.
00:33:45.82\00:33:47.82
We're clearly told,
"Look up and rejoice,
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.76
for your redemption draws nigh."
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.69
That's right. That's right.
00:33:52.73\00:33:54.30
So. So your focus has to change.
00:33:54.33\00:33:56.60
So now that we talked
about the emotional things.
00:33:56.63\00:33:59.97
This poor in spirit,
those who mourn and the meek.
00:34:00.00\00:34:02.30
Let's not go to a
different kind of happiness,
00:34:02.34\00:34:05.54
because there's another
kind of happiness that comes,
00:34:05.57\00:34:08.04
falls more into
00:34:08.08\00:34:09.64
what're you eating
rather than what's eating you.
00:34:09.68\00:34:12.41
Do you have Matthew 5:5?
00:34:12.45\00:34:14.98
Did we do that one already?
00:34:15.02\00:34:16.35
Yeah, we did that
already. 5:5 we did it already.
00:34:16.38\00:34:17.85
Matthew 5:5.
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.22
Matthew 5:6, okay
Honey, read that for us.
00:34:19.25\00:34:22.59
Again?
00:34:22.62\00:34:23.96
Well, no Matthew 5:6. 5:6.
00:34:23.99\00:34:25.33
Okay, "Blessed
are those who hunger
00:34:25.36\00:34:28.23
and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be filled."
00:34:28.26\00:34:32.23
Another word's
happy. Yes. Blessed, happy.
00:34:32.27\00:34:35.04
So what, where does this one,
00:34:35.07\00:34:36.57
where does this
happiness come from?
00:34:36.60\00:34:37.94
And how do you get filled?
00:34:37.97\00:34:40.01
Okay, where does
this happiness come from?
00:34:40.04\00:34:42.28
You are hungering
and you are thirsting.
00:34:42.31\00:34:45.25
What happens, come on, Francine,
00:34:45.28\00:34:46.78
what happens when you're hungry?
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.32
Well, I wanna go eat.
00:34:48.35\00:34:49.68
But I'm thinking
that in this case.
00:34:49.72\00:34:52.05
In this case it needs to
be about the spiritual food.
00:34:52.09\00:34:55.52
That's exactly
what we're having here.
00:34:55.56\00:34:57.26
Amen.
00:34:57.29\00:34:58.63
And always trying
to find another verse
00:34:58.66\00:35:01.16
or trying to find
those promises of God,
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.70
especially when we're down
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.40
is look for those
words of encouragement,
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.40
happiness.
00:35:08.44\00:35:10.34
Yeah, another
thing is, is music.
00:35:10.37\00:35:12.71
When you play
good Christian music,
00:35:12.74\00:35:15.08
the atmosphere is so
different, so full of joy.
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.81
Remember one time you were,
00:35:17.85\00:35:20.42
think when you had
your throat injury.
00:35:20.45\00:35:22.22
Oh, yeah.
00:35:22.25\00:35:23.59
And you were so down and
depressed and I came home.
00:35:23.62\00:35:27.19
You were just
playing your music,
00:35:27.22\00:35:29.69
your Christian music.
00:35:29.72\00:35:31.06
It was so loud.
00:35:31.09\00:35:32.43
I was sitting on the keyboard
00:35:32.46\00:35:33.80
because I was told by the doctor
00:35:33.83\00:35:35.16
not even to whisper.
00:35:35.20\00:35:36.53
I said, "Well, I can't whisper
but my music could sing."
00:35:36.56\00:35:38.67
Then I turned my music
on and I had big speakers.
00:35:38.70\00:35:40.20
But you were depressed at
home. And I was at home like.
00:35:40.24\00:35:43.84
But I was shedding
tears of, it's gonna be okay,
00:35:43.87\00:35:47.91
this is just another valley.
00:35:47.94\00:35:49.54
And sometimes those things
00:35:49.58\00:35:51.28
last longer than
you want them to.
00:35:51.31\00:35:53.75
But what I like this
text is saying, it says,
00:35:53.78\00:35:55.88
"Now there are those
who try to find happiness
00:35:55.92\00:36:00.66
without finding righteousness."
00:36:00.69\00:36:03.73
And that's what I wanna
focus on in this passage.
00:36:03.76\00:36:06.19
If your life is
a righteous life,
00:36:06.23\00:36:08.83
it's gonna be a happy life.
00:36:08.86\00:36:11.40
But if your life is built
on, some people want what else?
00:36:11.43\00:36:14.97
Some people want money, fame,
00:36:15.00\00:36:16.81
fortune, prestige, recognition.
00:36:16.84\00:36:20.18
They have a lot of possessions.
00:36:20.21\00:36:21.54
The man's life does not possess,
00:36:21.58\00:36:22.91
you know, consist
in what he possesses,
00:36:22.94\00:36:25.05
but if they would
simply seek hunger and thirst.
00:36:25.08\00:36:29.05
So let's look at this room.
00:36:29.08\00:36:30.69
When you're in the
desert, what're you looking for?
00:36:30.72\00:36:32.59
Water. Water.
00:36:32.62\00:36:33.96
So what the Bible
in essence saying,
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.39
in the desert of this world,
00:36:36.42\00:36:38.89
I want you to
find righteousness.
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.16
But I don't want
you just to find it.
00:36:41.20\00:36:42.53
I want you to be
so hungry for it,
00:36:42.56\00:36:44.73
so thirsty for it,
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.60
that, that's what
you're looking for.
00:36:46.63\00:36:48.10
Because in the desert
00:36:48.14\00:36:49.47
nothing could
help you but water.
00:36:49.50\00:36:51.04
In the world
nothing is a better benefit
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.64
than righteousness.
00:36:53.68\00:36:55.01
What I love about this beatitude
00:36:55.04\00:36:56.54
is righteousness is truth.
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.21
So this reads to me,
00:36:59.25\00:37:02.18
those who hunger
and thirst for the truth
00:37:02.22\00:37:05.99
shall be, God will fill them.
00:37:06.02\00:37:08.56
You know, a lot of
people like John was saying,
00:37:08.59\00:37:10.43
they don't really want truth
00:37:10.46\00:37:11.79
because truth is
gonna spoil their fun.
00:37:11.83\00:37:13.60
You know, they
want to go and do this
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.36
and they wanna go and do that
00:37:15.40\00:37:16.73
and so they're
not seeking the truth
00:37:16.77\00:37:18.13
but for those who
hunger and thirst.
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.30
I mean the
famished, they want the truth,
00:37:20.34\00:37:22.27
they're a truth seeker.
00:37:22.30\00:37:23.64
It doesn't matter
where they are in life,
00:37:23.67\00:37:25.01
they're seeking the truth.
00:37:25.04\00:37:26.37
He said, "God will
bless you with that truth."
00:37:26.41\00:37:28.81
But truth, righteousness
is right rightness.
00:37:28.84\00:37:33.88
Right. It's what's right.
00:37:33.92\00:37:35.82
And see God knows
what's right for us.
00:37:35.85\00:37:38.35
He created us.
00:37:38.39\00:37:40.66
So when we find out,
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.66
when we start looking
for rightness and truth.
00:37:42.69\00:37:47.93
The truth and wanting to do
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.90
what is right
actually fills us up
00:37:49.93\00:37:53.94
and we become happy.
00:37:53.97\00:37:56.50
Because we're doing
what's right for us,
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.91
we're doing
what's right for others,
00:37:58.94\00:38:00.84
we're doing
what's right for God.
00:38:00.88\00:38:03.45
Right is just so
happy and so easy to live.
00:38:03.48\00:38:06.31
I've heard so
many people tell me
00:38:06.35\00:38:07.75
that Christians
don't have any fun.
00:38:07.78\00:38:09.55
Oh.
00:38:09.58\00:38:10.92
And I have more
fun now as a Christian.
00:38:10.95\00:38:14.52
And I sleep a lot
better as a Christian
00:38:14.56\00:38:17.39
than when I was
back in the day partying
00:38:17.43\00:38:19.16
and doing all kinds of things.
00:38:19.19\00:38:20.76
Christians can have more fun.
00:38:20.80\00:38:23.37
We have fun and freedom.
00:38:23.40\00:38:24.93
Fun and peace. And peace.
00:38:24.97\00:38:26.80
But what's it saying
though. All the good stuff.
00:38:26.84\00:38:28.37
But what's it
saying, money does not buy...
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.74
Happiness. Happiness.
00:38:30.77\00:38:32.17
So why is that the
focus of so many people?
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.68
We know wealthy people
00:38:34.71\00:38:36.21
and I could just
put this in here.
00:38:36.24\00:38:37.58
We're gonna dive
back into the topic here.
00:38:37.61\00:38:39.11
But I could put this in
here because a lot of people.
00:38:39.15\00:38:41.15
For those of us
who are not rich,
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.39
for those of us who don't
have a whole lot of figures
00:38:43.42\00:38:45.35
in the bank.
00:38:45.39\00:38:47.16
When people say money
doesn't buy happiness.
00:38:47.19\00:38:49.52
Our natural reaction is,
let me decide that for myself.
00:38:49.56\00:38:53.70
You know, but
people that are wealthy,
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.63
people that are multi-this
00:38:55.66\00:38:57.20
and multi-that
and have possessions.
00:38:57.23\00:38:59.33
You know, they fall
sick and I've known people
00:38:59.37\00:39:02.54
that are, multimillionaires.
00:39:02.57\00:39:03.97
I would not say no.
00:39:04.01\00:39:05.34
I know other people
that are multimillionaires
00:39:05.37\00:39:07.08
that have a
disease that's incurable.
00:39:07.11\00:39:09.24
And I can
guarantee you at that moment
00:39:09.28\00:39:10.68
they will give all their wealth
to have the health that I have.
00:39:10.71\00:39:14.18
People have a tendency to think
00:39:14.22\00:39:16.05
that money will
solve their problems.
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.45
But money can only
solve outward problem,
00:39:19.49\00:39:23.06
but the real problem is inward.
00:39:23.09\00:39:26.09
And money cannot
solve that inner hunger
00:39:26.13\00:39:30.57
and thirsting for what is
right to give us true happiness.
00:39:30.60\00:39:34.77
That's right. That's right.
00:39:34.80\00:39:36.14
So let's go to the next
one, and so we're saying here
00:39:36.17\00:39:39.24
if you want to be
happy, seek righteousness,
00:39:39.27\00:39:42.51
and as Matthew 6:33 says,
00:39:42.54\00:39:45.48
"When you seek
that righteousness,
00:39:45.51\00:39:47.12
all these things
will be added to you,
00:39:47.15\00:39:50.39
seeking God's kingdom
and righteousness first."
00:39:50.42\00:39:53.52
Verse 7.
00:39:53.56\00:39:54.92
You wanna do that one, Francine?
00:39:54.96\00:39:56.29
Blessed are the, sorry,
"Blessed are the merciful,
00:39:56.32\00:39:59.36
for they shall obtain mercy."
00:39:59.39\00:40:01.46
Once gain substitute the
word blessed for happiness.
00:40:01.50\00:40:03.67
Wow. Yeah.
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.03
Now let's talk about this
one. Honey, what about mercy?
00:40:05.07\00:40:08.34
What about mercy?
00:40:08.37\00:40:09.70
Yeah, mercy means what?
'cause we've said have mercy.
00:40:09.74\00:40:13.34
So what does that mean
when we say have mercy?
00:40:13.38\00:40:15.04
To me, mercy
means have forgiveness.
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.35
Yes. Okay.
00:40:17.38\00:40:18.71
Forgive others. Yeah.
00:40:18.75\00:40:20.45
Just like you
want to be forgiven.
00:40:20.48\00:40:22.68
You know, I
know a lot of people,
00:40:22.72\00:40:26.42
they don't forgive
00:40:26.45\00:40:27.79
and they carry
around this bitterness
00:40:27.82\00:40:30.56
and I had a,
00:40:30.59\00:40:32.29
something happen a few years ago
00:40:32.33\00:40:33.96
where this individual,
00:40:34.00\00:40:35.96
they brought up something
that happened 40 years ago.
00:40:36.00\00:40:38.27
Yep.
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.63
That I don't even remember
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.27
and I said, this person
has been stewing on this.
00:40:42.30\00:40:46.37
Stewing for the last 40 years
and it's just eaten them alive.
00:40:46.41\00:40:50.28
So mercy is not only
helping Dee, when I forgive Dee.
00:40:50.31\00:40:54.42
Mercy is helping myself. Right.
00:40:54.45\00:40:56.05
That's right. So
that I can move on.
00:40:56.08\00:40:57.49
Matter of fact, you're
reading a book right now,
00:40:57.52\00:40:58.85
you have some
amazing stories in there.
00:40:58.89\00:41:00.22
Yes, Chicken Soup for
the Soul. That's right.
00:41:00.26\00:41:03.73
About forgiveness
and lots of stories.
00:41:03.76\00:41:06.29
I know there was this man,
00:41:06.33\00:41:09.06
he was very poor
as a child, just poor.
00:41:09.10\00:41:12.77
And you remember that story?
00:41:12.80\00:41:14.97
And he just wore hand me downs
00:41:15.00\00:41:18.01
and there was a
young kid in his class
00:41:18.04\00:41:21.14
who's pretty wealthy
00:41:21.18\00:41:22.64
and he saw him
with his clothes on.
00:41:22.68\00:41:26.41
Just passed on
through the neighborhood kids
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.58
and he teased him
and he laughed at him.
00:41:29.62\00:41:32.05
Anyway years went by,
00:41:32.09\00:41:35.56
and while he was this young kid,
00:41:35.59\00:41:37.86
this poor kid,
00:41:37.89\00:41:39.83
years went by and
he went into the...
00:41:39.86\00:41:43.06
The poor kid got his
education, joined the military,
00:41:43.10\00:41:47.57
got a high rank in the military.
00:41:47.60\00:41:50.71
And while he, after he
came out of the military,
00:41:50.74\00:41:53.11
he went to a
restaurant to go eat
00:41:53.14\00:41:56.04
and he was at this restaurant
having a wonderful meal.
00:41:56.08\00:41:58.98
Very fancy
restaurant and who came.
00:41:59.01\00:42:02.02
Oh, yes.
00:42:02.05\00:42:03.39
The waiter came and
says, "How may I help you?"
00:42:03.42\00:42:06.86
And the guy, the
guy that was poor went,
00:42:06.89\00:42:10.03
that's the same guy.
00:42:10.06\00:42:11.39
The guy that used to be
poor who's now doing way better.
00:42:11.43\00:42:15.26
And the one that was.
00:42:15.30\00:42:16.97
And the waiter was the one
that teased him growing up.
00:42:17.00\00:42:19.20
Yes, and he says, he
didn't even recognize me.
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.70
So he told the guy next
to him who this kid was.
00:42:21.74\00:42:26.07
And I teased him
mercilessly, just terrible
00:42:26.11\00:42:29.01
and he says that's the same kid
00:42:29.04\00:42:30.85
that was so
awful to me in school.
00:42:30.88\00:42:34.22
And he says, he
doesn't even recognize me.
00:42:34.25\00:42:37.29
And as he's pouring his water
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.32
and he says, how may I help you?
00:42:39.35\00:42:41.66
What do you want in
your dress, on your salad.
00:42:41.69\00:42:43.83
He told him choice then
00:42:43.86\00:42:45.56
and he says I
never said a word to him.
00:42:45.59\00:42:48.30
That he was the
one that teased me.
00:42:48.33\00:42:50.50
I just left him alone
00:42:50.53\00:42:52.17
because I have
forgiven him a long time ago.
00:42:52.20\00:42:55.00
It just bought up
memories. That's right.
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.21
And so he chose
to be merciful. Yes.
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.07
He could have said,
"Oh, so remember me,
00:42:59.11\00:43:02.11
tables have turned
now, what do you think?"
00:43:02.14\00:43:04.18
And there're some
people that are merciless
00:43:04.21\00:43:06.75
because full and less.
00:43:06.78\00:43:08.38
It's a contrast,
merciful or merciless.
00:43:08.42\00:43:11.65
And there are
people that need mercy.
00:43:11.69\00:43:13.56
Mercy says I know what you did,
00:43:13.59\00:43:16.83
but I'm not gonna
use it against you.
00:43:16.86\00:43:18.83
And that's what he did
to that wealthy individual
00:43:18.86\00:43:21.00
who now is
successful, he decided,
00:43:21.03\00:43:23.16
"Oh, the tables have turned,
00:43:23.20\00:43:24.53
this is the perfect
time to just shoot back.
00:43:24.57\00:43:26.80
I stored up all these years.
00:43:26.84\00:43:28.60
Now it's time to get you back."
00:43:28.64\00:43:29.97
But the Lord
said, "Wait a minute."
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.17
Why is it
important to be merciful?
00:43:32.21\00:43:33.91
Let's look at the text,
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.71
why is it
important to be merciful?
00:43:35.74\00:43:37.91
So you will be,
receive mercy. Yeah.
00:43:37.95\00:43:40.52
There you go. That you need.
00:43:40.55\00:43:41.88
Yes.
00:43:41.92\00:43:43.25
They, sometimes people will say,
00:43:43.28\00:43:45.05
hating someone else
is like drinking poison
00:43:45.09\00:43:48.56
and hoping they die.
00:43:48.59\00:43:50.59
That's good. Yeah.
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.39
Not being forgiving.
00:43:52.43\00:43:55.33
Not being merciful
to others destroys you.
00:43:55.36\00:43:59.17
Did you know for 40 years that
this poor guy was suffering?
00:43:59.20\00:44:02.54
No. No. You went on very happy.
00:44:02.57\00:44:05.14
He was the one that was unhappy.
00:44:05.17\00:44:07.64
And that's the
way it always works.
00:44:07.68\00:44:09.71
You hang on to
this unmercifulness,
00:44:09.74\00:44:13.52
this cruelty and
your life is destroyed
00:44:13.55\00:44:16.89
and the other
people go on being happy.
00:44:16.92\00:44:19.75
And I need,
00:44:19.79\00:44:21.99
I find it very easy to forgive
00:44:22.02\00:44:24.83
because I need
so much forgiveness.
00:44:24.86\00:44:30.03
Not only from
God, you all of you.
00:44:30.07\00:44:33.23
I need
forgiveness from all of you
00:44:33.27\00:44:34.80
quite often too,
but you don't realize
00:44:34.84\00:44:37.01
how much
forgiveness I need from God.
00:44:37.04\00:44:39.84
So I assume that
I'm growing and learning
00:44:39.87\00:44:44.85
and I assume all of you are too,
00:44:44.88\00:44:47.05
and I need to be
merciful to you and hope
00:44:47.08\00:44:50.12
that I will get
that back from you
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.35
and definitely from the Lord.
00:44:52.39\00:44:54.72
So if you wanna be
happy in this area,
00:44:54.76\00:44:57.26
be merciful and
you'll have mercy.
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.00
That's right. That's right.
00:45:00.03\00:45:01.36
You know, in other
words somebody will say,
00:45:01.40\00:45:02.73
"I am so glad.
00:45:02.76\00:45:04.83
I was kind to that person."
00:45:04.87\00:45:07.24
Now the Lord is kind
to me because in fact,
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.60
you don't really get
away, things are often delayed,
00:45:09.64\00:45:12.54
but the Bible
says whatever you sow,
00:45:12.57\00:45:14.64
that's what you're gonna reap.
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.01
So if you live a
life of merciless attitude
00:45:16.04\00:45:18.85
and get out of my way,
who do you think you are?
00:45:18.88\00:45:21.75
Remember, I'm the boss, not you.
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.59
With that merciless attitude,
that domineering attitude.
00:45:23.62\00:45:26.65
One day we saw a
story just recently where,
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.82
you know, a guy
practically admitted
00:45:28.86\00:45:31.59
that he had taken someone's life
00:45:31.63\00:45:33.60
and he got away with it.
00:45:33.63\00:45:34.96
He thought he got away with it.
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.36
Then he faced, he
walked away feeling
00:45:36.40\00:45:38.40
"Oh, I got away with it."
00:45:38.43\00:45:39.77
Yeah, 'cause he had a
wealthy father, super wealthy.
00:45:39.80\00:45:42.57
Bought him out
and... Bailed him out.
00:45:42.60\00:45:44.11
Bailed him out,
million dollars bail.
00:45:44.14\00:45:46.74
He had a tragic
accident, lost his mobility.
00:45:46.78\00:45:50.85
You know,
confined to a wheelchair.
00:45:50.88\00:45:53.18
And I thought to myself, wow!
00:45:53.21\00:45:54.88
He was probably saying,
"Hey, I got away with it."
00:45:54.92\00:45:58.15
But you really
don't get away with it.
00:45:58.19\00:46:00.02
And I think that many
things in life could be avoided
00:46:00.06\00:46:02.09
if we put that
principle in place.
00:46:02.12\00:46:03.86
That's when you
don't repent though.
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.63
Say it again. Say that again.
00:46:05.66\00:46:07.20
That's when you don't repent.
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.80
When you repent, it's different.
00:46:08.83\00:46:10.17
That's right. The
merciful receive mercy.
00:46:10.20\00:46:13.13
But even if you
appear to get away from it
00:46:13.17\00:46:16.00
in your entire life...
00:46:16.04\00:46:18.14
I mean, we look at
people that were like...
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.24
There's a verse in here
that we're going to look at it.
00:46:20.28\00:46:22.78
Why does the way
of the wicked prosper?
00:46:22.81\00:46:25.31
Why are those happy
who deal so treacherously?
00:46:25.35\00:46:29.55
You know, those
people only have this life.
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.15
That's right. Yes.
00:46:32.19\00:46:33.52
They don't have anything else.
00:46:33.56\00:46:34.89
And, Dee, I'll tell you what.
00:46:34.92\00:46:36.99
A lot of the time
their happiness is external.
00:46:37.03\00:46:40.96
What they did and
they got away with them
00:46:41.00\00:46:43.37
eats them from the inside out.
00:46:43.40\00:46:45.70
And it affects the
rest of their whole life,
00:46:45.73\00:46:47.47
their character who they
are, how they treat people,
00:46:47.50\00:46:50.07
even their
capacity to love is affected
00:46:50.11\00:46:52.37
because they got away
with that a long time ago.
00:46:52.41\00:46:55.08
And at the end of time...
00:46:55.11\00:46:58.28
You really don't get away.
00:46:58.31\00:46:59.65
Even if he got away with it
00:46:59.68\00:47:02.25
or she got away
with their whole life,
00:47:02.28\00:47:04.05
the end of time
there is a judgment.
00:47:04.09\00:47:05.52
There is accountability.
00:47:05.55\00:47:06.89
You don't really
get away with anything.
00:47:06.92\00:47:08.36
So you lose your eternal life.
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.89
That's right. Yeah.
00:47:12.93\00:47:14.43
Because you didn't
recognize these beatitudes,
00:47:14.46\00:47:19.97
the happy attitudes.
00:47:20.00\00:47:22.74
Yes, go ahead. Sorry.
00:47:22.77\00:47:24.11
Plus, the thing for me too
00:47:24.14\00:47:25.67
is we're supposed
to reflect the Lord.
00:47:25.71\00:47:29.41
We're supposed to show mercy,
we're supposed to be kind,
00:47:29.44\00:47:32.65
we're supposed to be
giving, all of those qualities,
00:47:32.68\00:47:36.18
we're supposed to exhibit.
00:47:36.22\00:47:38.05
And many a time, I mean,
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.42
this has taken me
a long time to learn.
00:47:39.45\00:47:42.06
But many times the
old self wants to come out
00:47:42.09\00:47:46.13
and what happens now
00:47:46.16\00:47:48.50
because I'm
immersed more in the Bible,
00:47:48.53\00:47:51.93
in the Lord, in the teaching,
00:47:51.97\00:47:53.70
what happens now
as I take a breath
00:47:53.74\00:47:56.71
and then I'll go forward.
00:47:56.74\00:47:59.17
It's a great tool,
00:47:59.21\00:48:00.54
especially when subject
matter can be so hurtful.
00:48:00.58\00:48:04.28
That's right.
00:48:04.31\00:48:05.81
Which takes us now
to the very next point.
00:48:05.85\00:48:08.32
We got two more here.
We're gonna try to get to that.
00:48:08.35\00:48:10.62
When you're merciful
and you obtain mercy,
00:48:10.65\00:48:12.62
something happens to your heart.
00:48:12.65\00:48:15.36
Who has that one?
Okay, Eric, read that one.
00:48:15.39\00:48:17.59
That's Matthew 5:8? Yes.
00:48:17.63\00:48:20.93
"Blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God."
00:48:20.96\00:48:24.40
Wow! Now what happened?
00:48:24.43\00:48:27.14
We brought some good points up.
00:48:27.17\00:48:29.54
So I'm gonna lead into this way.
00:48:29.57\00:48:33.14
Pure in heart, that
means, as Revelation 14 says,
00:48:33.17\00:48:36.64
"There's no
guile found in them."
00:48:36.68\00:48:39.01
That means, they're not hateful,
00:48:39.05\00:48:40.58
they're not
resentful, they're not jealous,
00:48:40.62\00:48:43.12
they're not vindictive.
00:48:43.15\00:48:44.65
Something's
happened to that person,
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.82
that you feel you could
be safe around an individual.
00:48:46.86\00:48:50.09
What is pure in heart mean?
00:48:50.13\00:48:52.39
Always stay
centered on the Lord to me.
00:48:52.43\00:48:55.30
That's what God would do always.
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.27
Yeah, sincere,
practice what he said,
00:48:57.30\00:49:01.54
you know, and to walk His walk.
00:49:01.57\00:49:03.61
And that has to be...
00:49:03.64\00:49:05.07
You have to be almost immersed
in that thought pattern daily,
00:49:05.11\00:49:09.04
I think now.
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.85
Because there are two
things that we have to have to.
00:49:10.88\00:49:12.88
The Bible says, who
shall stand in the holy hill,
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.32
who's gonna stand?
00:49:15.35\00:49:16.69
He who has clean hands and what?
00:49:16.72\00:49:18.42
Pure heart. And a pure heart.
00:49:18.45\00:49:20.19
But that's a choice, that
choosing, that's a choice.
00:49:20.22\00:49:24.36
If you choose...
00:49:24.39\00:49:25.89
I know that my
heart is not pure,
00:49:25.93\00:49:28.43
yet I want it to be that way.
00:49:28.46\00:49:30.20
But it's a
choice of desiring that
00:49:30.23\00:49:32.33
and then
practicing being merciful,
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.07
being kind, reading His Word,
00:49:35.10\00:49:38.44
loving other people,
00:49:38.47\00:49:39.81
letting His love
flow through you,
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.18
so then the pure
heart wants forgiveness.
00:49:41.21\00:49:45.45
What's interesting is
if have an impure heart,
00:49:45.48\00:49:50.42
and everyone
has an impure heart,
00:49:50.45\00:49:53.96
you have to empty that in
order to have a pure heart.
00:49:53.99\00:49:57.29
So if we're born into sin,
00:49:57.33\00:49:59.09
you have to empty that
out to get a pure heart.
00:49:59.13\00:50:02.13
So for me having a
pure heart means surrender.
00:50:02.16\00:50:05.97
You have to
surrender to the Lord.
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.47
And that's where what
that blessedness comes in,
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.87
which I'm gonna
take the opportunity now
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.81
to go to the very next one.
00:50:11.84\00:50:13.17
Read verse 9.
00:50:13.21\00:50:15.14
We got to get
these two more in there.
00:50:15.18\00:50:16.58
"Blessed are the peacemakers,
00:50:16.61\00:50:18.21
for they shall be
called the sons of God."
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.42
Wow. Okay.
00:50:20.45\00:50:22.58
Peacemakers.
00:50:22.62\00:50:23.95
I called you that.
He's my peacemaker.
00:50:23.99\00:50:25.55
I always call
him. He's a peacemaker.
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.39
He always want to
make peace with everyone.
00:50:27.42\00:50:30.06
I'm gonna tell you a
story very, very quickly, Dee.
00:50:30.09\00:50:32.46
When Pastor CA
came here many years ago
00:50:32.49\00:50:34.30
and he had just been
here for a short time.
00:50:34.33\00:50:36.30
Now you always get the job done.
00:50:36.33\00:50:38.30
And I want to say that,
you know, it's on the schedule,
00:50:38.33\00:50:40.50
you got up here in certain time.
00:50:40.54\00:50:42.00
Now, so... I
probably know the story...
00:50:42.04\00:50:44.11
No, it's a good story
though. It's a positive one.
00:50:44.14\00:50:46.21
And you came in,
you were telling me,
00:50:46.24\00:50:47.58
you know, all the
things that I need to get done,
00:50:47.61\00:50:48.94
all part of the program.
00:50:48.98\00:50:50.55
And when you walked
away, CA said, "Hey Lomey."
00:50:50.58\00:50:53.98
You know he
always call me Lomey.
00:50:54.02\00:50:55.35
He said, "Hey, I admire that."
00:50:55.38\00:50:56.82
I said what he said,
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.19
you know,
everything that Dee just told
00:50:58.22\00:50:59.85
you already know, but
you let her do her job.
00:50:59.89\00:51:03.32
He said that irritated me,
but you let her do her job.
00:51:03.36\00:51:07.23
I said, you know
what, it doesn't make sense.
00:51:07.26\00:51:08.96
She's just telling
me what I need to do.
00:51:09.00\00:51:10.87
And that's what
she's been appointed to do.
00:51:10.90\00:51:12.30
That's her responsibility.
Why do I get upset about that?
00:51:12.33\00:51:15.20
But then what my
wife is talking about is
00:51:15.24\00:51:17.11
sometimes how you
say something to people
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.08
can either be peaceful
or can make it even worse.
00:51:20.11\00:51:24.65
For example, I
can say, "Francine,
00:51:24.68\00:51:27.08
now I know you
probably had attitude that day
00:51:27.12\00:51:29.12
when you said this to me."
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.49
So, but I just
want to let you know,
00:51:30.52\00:51:31.85
it didn't bother me.
00:51:31.89\00:51:33.22
Now what did I do?
00:51:33.25\00:51:34.59
I told you an
attitude. Oh, yeah.
00:51:34.62\00:51:37.16
Or I could have said,
you know, it was it...
00:51:37.19\00:51:40.23
When that thing
happened that day,
00:51:40.26\00:51:42.26
it didn't really,
really bothered me,
00:51:42.30\00:51:43.63
so don't even think
about it any longer.
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.33
If you begin a
response on the positive,
00:51:45.37\00:51:48.64
you don't have to
worry about the negative.
00:51:48.67\00:51:50.01
I've tried...
00:51:50.04\00:51:51.37
Greg taught me
something that I really admired.
00:51:51.41\00:51:54.21
It happened one day
00:51:54.24\00:51:55.58
where I was telling
him something and later on,
00:51:55.61\00:51:59.45
I realized he already knew it.
00:51:59.48\00:52:01.35
It was information.
00:52:01.38\00:52:02.88
But he never said anything.
00:52:02.92\00:52:04.49
And I thought, I
want to be that way.
00:52:04.52\00:52:07.19
If someone starts to tell
me something I already know,
00:52:07.22\00:52:10.03
just let him tell you anyway.
00:52:10.06\00:52:12.53
It's not that big of a deal.
00:52:12.56\00:52:15.53
And so I've been
trying to practice that of...
00:52:15.56\00:52:20.84
That's been... Peacemaker.
00:52:20.87\00:52:23.30
Peacemaker, just
let him tell you.
00:52:23.34\00:52:26.84
So a peacemaker, sometimes
it's just letting people talk.
00:52:26.88\00:52:30.65
And remember my
mother's funeral?
00:52:30.68\00:52:33.98
There was a family division.
00:52:34.02\00:52:35.88
And you said to me,
00:52:35.92\00:52:38.15
you didn't tell me
what you were gonna do.
00:52:38.19\00:52:41.09
And you're getting into
our little business, okay?
00:52:41.12\00:52:43.66
I'm letting you to share
and he went on the pulpit
00:52:43.69\00:52:47.90
and you bought
the family together.
00:52:47.93\00:52:50.50
You were a peacemaker.
00:52:50.53\00:52:52.17
It was absolutely
beautiful how you did that.
00:52:52.20\00:52:55.84
And we have been
together since then
00:52:55.87\00:52:58.61
because you wanted to make.
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.08
And, you know, I
would have said to you,
00:53:00.11\00:53:01.51
"Honey, this is
not the time to do it."
00:53:01.54\00:53:03.38
If he had told me, he
didn't tell me anything
00:53:03.41\00:53:05.21
what he was gonna do,
00:53:05.25\00:53:06.82
but when it was his turn to
say something on the pulpit,
00:53:06.85\00:53:10.02
he brought
peace into our family.
00:53:10.05\00:53:12.55
And it was just wonderful.
00:53:12.59\00:53:14.76
And I praise God for that.
00:53:14.79\00:53:16.32
And you did say peacemaker.
00:53:16.36\00:53:17.79
That's what God does. He works.
00:53:17.83\00:53:19.63
He listened to the Lord
00:53:19.66\00:53:21.43
because you would
have said, don't do that.
00:53:21.46\00:53:22.80
I would have said
no. This is not the time.
00:53:22.83\00:53:24.17
And he might have
thought he shouldn't either,
00:53:24.20\00:53:25.70
but God was telling him.
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.24
And you know what?
00:53:27.27\00:53:28.60
I learned Oswald
Chambers, one of my favorite.
00:53:28.64\00:53:30.21
Yeah. Devotional writer.
00:53:30.24\00:53:32.14
He said, he says,
00:53:32.17\00:53:33.61
"When God tells
you to do something,
00:53:33.64\00:53:36.08
don't ask a person's advice
00:53:36.11\00:53:39.48
if God has already
told you to do it."
00:53:39.51\00:53:41.18
And that day I was
strongly impressed.
00:53:41.22\00:53:43.49
And I said to Angie
afterwards said, you know what?
00:53:43.52\00:53:45.52
She said, "Why
don't you tell me?"
00:53:45.55\00:53:46.89
I said, "Because you
would not agree with me."
00:53:46.92\00:53:48.56
And I wouldn't have.
00:53:48.59\00:53:49.92
And, but sometimes you
have to let the Lord's urging
00:53:49.96\00:53:52.63
because the outcome is
gonna be for His glory,
00:53:52.66\00:53:54.60
not your own,
00:53:54.63\00:53:55.96
which I'm gonna quickly
go to the very next one.
00:53:56.00\00:53:57.47
Okay. Let's do it.
00:53:57.50\00:53:59.23
Who read the last one? I did.
00:53:59.27\00:54:01.37
Francine, you
wanna read verse 10?
00:54:01.40\00:54:02.87
"Blessed are
those who are persecuted
00:54:02.90\00:54:05.21
for righteousness sake,
00:54:05.24\00:54:06.57
for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven."
00:54:06.61\00:54:08.18
Okay.
00:54:08.21\00:54:10.41
Now what does that mean?
00:54:10.45\00:54:11.81
When you live right,
people are gonna be mad.
00:54:11.85\00:54:15.32
Gossip.
00:54:15.35\00:54:16.69
Gossip, gossip, and more gossip.
00:54:16.72\00:54:20.19
But why are you being
persecuted, that's the key.
00:54:20.22\00:54:23.39
'Cause you're
doing well. Say it again.
00:54:23.43\00:54:24.99
You're doing the good
that God wants you to do.
00:54:25.03\00:54:28.13
And Satan is on the attack.
00:54:28.16\00:54:30.20
And you're
happy. And you're happy.
00:54:30.23\00:54:32.03
And somebody who's not happy is
very jealous of someone who is.
00:54:32.07\00:54:35.24
Oh, that happens all the time.
00:54:35.27\00:54:37.11
I think everyone at
some time in their life
00:54:37.14\00:54:40.18
is going to face persecution
at least at the gossip level.
00:54:40.21\00:54:44.18
Especially if
you're a Christian,
00:54:44.21\00:54:45.98
and you love the Lord,
00:54:46.01\00:54:47.35
and you're
beaming like you said,
00:54:47.38\00:54:49.48
Dee, there're some
people that resent that
00:54:49.52\00:54:51.95
and that will be
their only reason
00:54:51.99\00:54:53.46
for targeting you.
00:54:53.49\00:54:54.89
And I think in that
scenario God is saying,
00:54:54.92\00:54:58.06
"Blessed are those
00:54:58.09\00:54:59.43
who are
persecuted for My namesake."
00:54:59.46\00:55:01.23
That's right.
00:55:01.26\00:55:02.60
Matter of fact,
Dee, read verse 11 and 12
00:55:02.63\00:55:03.97
because it continues to reveal.
00:55:04.00\00:55:05.33
There is lots of
levels of persecution.
00:55:05.37\00:55:06.97
It continues the
thought right there.
00:55:07.00\00:55:08.34
"Blessed are you
00:55:08.37\00:55:09.70
when they revile
and persecute you,
00:55:09.74\00:55:11.07
and say all kinds
of evil against you
00:55:11.11\00:55:13.64
falsely for My sake,
00:55:13.68\00:55:16.24
rejoice, and be exceeding glad
00:55:16.28\00:55:18.81
for great is
your reward in heaven,
00:55:18.85\00:55:21.18
for so they
persecuted the prophets
00:55:21.22\00:55:23.49
who were before you."
00:55:23.52\00:55:24.85
So who are they
actually persecuting?
00:55:24.89\00:55:26.25
Why are they mad?
00:55:26.29\00:55:27.62
Say it again, Honey. Jesus.
00:55:27.66\00:55:28.99
They're
persecuting God, I mean Jesus.
00:55:29.02\00:55:30.73
They're
persecuting the Jesus in you.
00:55:30.76\00:55:33.36
And so when that happens,
this is very vitally important,
00:55:33.40\00:55:36.30
when you are facing persecution
and people are saying...
00:55:36.33\00:55:39.73
Notice, they said
all kinds of evil things.
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They're not even stopping.
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They're hitting you every side.
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You say, you know what?
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They're not mad at me.
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They're mad because
I do what was right.
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Ann, what do you
think about that?
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Absolutely it
happens time and again.
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I can remember time growing up.
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We lived in a neighborhood
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where we were told
we shouldn't be there.
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My parents are Christian,
at that time, not Adventist,
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but Christian.
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And my father,
an excellent example
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of how much he loved the Lord.
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My father would go out
to work daily with people
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making comments or, you know,
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saying things or
making nasty notes
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and putting them on his car.
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That man never lost his
temper, and I asked him one day,
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I said, "Dad, why
don't you do something?"
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And he looked at me he said,
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"The Lord is my shepherd, Ann."
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Amen. Wow, you
know... Beautiful.
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Isn't that lovely?
He was a precious soul.
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Well, I tell you,
our time comes and goes
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so rapidly.
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But I'm glad we got to
the be happy attitudes.
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Because if you forget everything
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we've said in the program,
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sit down and read
Matthew Chapter 5,
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the poor in spirit
those who mourn the meek,
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those who hunger and thirst,
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the merciful those
who pure the peacemakers.
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And when you face persecution,
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let's read verse
number 8 very quickly.
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John 13:17 quickly it says,
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"If you know these
things," what does it say?
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Blessed. Blessed
are you if you what?
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If you do them. If you do them.
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Honey, was this a quick program?
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It was good. It was wonderful.
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And what choice
you're gonna make?
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I'm gonna be happy. Wow.
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That's my choice. Be happy.
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Choose the Lord. Wow!
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We hope everyone
joins us. That's right.
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That's why we're all
gonna end the program
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by saying what kind of Sabbath?
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Happy Sabbath.
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See you again
next time. Bye-bye.
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