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 word
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome to another
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3ABN Today Family Worship.
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We're glad that
you have joined us
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this evening.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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It seems like every
week is a busy week,
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it always has its distractions
and good distractions can be
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but did you know
just busy in life
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and what takes place
on a day to day basis.
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But what a blessing,
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Jill and I always look
forward to the Sabbath day
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when we can spend
time with our Lord,
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our Creator God,
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but it's a blessing
too to spend time with you.
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You are part of our family.
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We're here on the set
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a little bit different
setting than we're normally are.
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We're usually around
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kind of like a
dining room table,
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but we're around our
3ABN, we call it our island.
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We're practicing
social distancing.
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Yes.
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Maybe Greg and I
aren't because we're married
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and we live together, but
with the rest of the group.
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I'm glad we live
together. Me too.
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And married.
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But we're
practicing social distancing.
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That's why my hair is up too
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because I can't go
get a cut right now.
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Yeah. That's true.
No, that's a good point.
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But we're, of
course, alive and well
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and we're just so
thankful to the Lord
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for His mercies every day.
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We know that this time
has been a difficult time
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for many of you.
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I've actually had
family member myself
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who has contracted
the COVID-19 disease
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and praise the Lord,
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they made it through
but some scary times,
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I'm sure, you know someone,
maybe very close to you,
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maybe you yourself,
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or someone that you
know, has been through this.
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It's been an interesting
times that we're living in.
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And our topic today is
on endurance and patience.
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You know, a lot of times
when we go through trials
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and difficulties in
our life, it's easy to say,
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God, where are you?
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I don't know if I
can hang on any longer.
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But God asks us
to endure to the end.
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And I'm so thankful, sweetie,
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that this earth is not our home.
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Absolutely.
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But that we're just
passing through this earth,
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but as we pass
through this earth,
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we want to be
witnesses for Jesus Christ.
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So even though
this COVID-19 pandemic
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is going on around
us, there are still ways,
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I've heard lots of
people using social media
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to minister and to witness,
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to offer words of encouragement,
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picking up the telephone,
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I have my cell phone right here,
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calling someone,
emailing someone.
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So, you know, we
still have opportunities
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even in times like
this that are a trial.
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We do, absolutely.
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In the Lord, in
the midst of trials
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that we can endure
in the midst of that,
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and I love that
because we never do it alone.
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That's right. He
is always by our side.
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Amen.
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And we can do it
looking unto Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith.
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So we're going to be
opening up the Word of God
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and sharing with you,
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our 3ABN family
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and our 3ABN
family here on the set.
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We have Jason Bradley.
Good to have you here, Jay.
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Great to be here.
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I feel like the
middleman right now.
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You are the middleman.
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And in the middle. That's right.
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You're the dividing line
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between the salmon and the blue.
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That's right. That's right.
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I'm the mediator. Okay.
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By salmon, you're
talking the color, salmon.
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The color, salmon.
Thank you very much.
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We have Pastor John
Lomacang and Angela.
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We're so glad you
both could join us today.
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Thanks for having
us. Good to be here.
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Great topic.
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I think we're going to
enjoy encouraging people
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with this climate as
you said, Greg about it.
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It'd be great.
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Amen. Amen.
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Absolutely. Yeah, for sure.
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And, of course,
Pastor, you are the pastor
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of our local Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I want to talk about that
briefly before we get started
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in our family worship.
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Of course, Angie,
you work at 3ABN Radio.
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That's right. We call
you Angie, but Angela.
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Yeah, Angie is
fine. Okay, that's fine.
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And 3ABN Radio
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and I know that radio
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is still of course
just like TVs and broadcasts
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and even during this pandemic
radio is just as strong.
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It's still going on.
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I have a lot of
work to do in radio.
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Yeah.
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So, I enjoy being at
radio, enjoy the atmosphere,
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the climate we're in at radio,
not the climate of the world.
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The climate of
radio, we're a family,
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at 3ABN family as we all are.
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And it's been an
interesting time, Jason,
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you know, because, you know,
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a lot of people
have been working
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from home from 3ABN,
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those that are able
to are working from home.
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So a lot of the
employees of 3ABN
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have been working from home.
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You've been home
editing. I've been editing.
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I have lots of work to do.
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And praise the Lord for
technology that we have.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Even last night,
10:30 I'm still, I was at,
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I go and come in, I
was editing my stuff.
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So yeah, I have
plenty of work to do.
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Job security.
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Exactly. That's true.
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I told her that, I said,
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how many do you have left to do?
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Yeah. You have job security.
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Which is truly a blessing
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when you think
about all the people
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who have filed for
unemployment and lost their jobs
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and all of that stuff
that we are able to still get
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the gospel out
and still come to work
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and work from home.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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You know, I think
what's a precious thing, Jason,
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is you know, on a daily basis,
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we here at 3ABN
receive letters from you.
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You're still
supporting the ministry of 3ABN.
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We're able to
broadcast like we are tonight,
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family worship,
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Friday night spending this
time with you and with God.
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That's thanks to you.
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So, you know, it
just encourages me
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that people still
have not lost the vision.
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I know the times are tough,
but people are still donating,
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sacrificing like you do.
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Thank you for that.
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I just want to say thank
you, I know we mentioned it,
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it may seem very
regular like we say thank you
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for your prayers
and financial support,
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but we really mean it.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Pastor,
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you're the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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pastor here
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and I know that, of course,
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that the church broadcasts
live your sermon every Sabbath.
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Without an
audience. Without an audience.
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Pastor, tell us
what that's like.
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I mean, that's interesting
because tonight's Friday night
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so tomorrow, you know,
it'd be another message.
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Well, that's an
act of endurance.
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Yeah. He is so busy.
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You know, what has happened here
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and it's part of
being here at 3ABN
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because we are behind the camera
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most of the time,
if not all the time,
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except when we go visit churches
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and be with our people.
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But what drives
me is the message.
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Yes. That's right.
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You know, when you
think about the responsibility
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connected to the message,
you know, that they are,
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you know, we know
that you're watching
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or you may be
listening by radio,
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but pretty much at our church.
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If you go to TV, tvsdac.org,
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that's tvsdac.org,
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click on live broadcast,
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you'll be able,
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every Sabbath morning
at 11 o'clock Central Time,
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you can tune in for the sermon
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and also at that very same page,
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you can get all
the prior sermons.
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It has a tab called past sermons
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and then also Bible studies.
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So we've enjoyed it.
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It's been a driving force,
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this COVID environment
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has allowed us to
connect on a different level
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and really our viewership
has increased exponentially.
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Oh, absolutely. Yes.
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It's gone way up.
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Jill and I were
looking at your message here
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just a couple of weeks
ago and we're just watching,
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you know, that
those are viewing live
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and praise the
Lord for Mike Babb.
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Yes. Mike is my right had guy.
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He is a total
blessing. To make that happen.
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Yeah.
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He's been right there
in the trenches with me
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and I appreciate him so much.
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And then as church members too,
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you know, we get emails
from Pastor John saying,
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you know, encourage you
to stay in the Word of God,
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encourage you,
here's a scripture,
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here's a thought from
Sister White for today.
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I mean, what a blessing
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because we need that
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since we can't
fellowship together.
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But yet we need to remain
connected during this time
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so we can endure.
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So thank you for what you do.
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Thank you for the
way you put it in there,
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because endurance is something
that is most appropriate
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when you don't have
the support of each other.
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You know, you
think of an Olympian
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and I know we
didn't have prayer yet,
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but this fits right here.
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You think of an Olympian,
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he has to endure in
his own private training
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when no one else is around
to prepare for the great event
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and we're
preparing for a great event.
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But how we train
while we're by ourselves
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while we're
sequestered prepares us
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for that great
event ahead of us,
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which is, you know,
the trials of the world
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that are coming upon us.
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Yeah.
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I think there's something
precious about fellowship.
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Oh. Well, you know.
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I missed that. Yeah, sure.
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I do.
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So there's a sense of fellowship
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because we're connecting,
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you know, with you as the pastor
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and all the members
and others are joining in
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but still, it's not the
same as coming to church
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and giving you, you
know, handshake or a hug.
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And potlucks. Yeah.
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Fellowship food, right?
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Got to get the
fist there or air bump.
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Air bump.
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I know one day Tim
and I were doing a...
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We did a sermon on the set
here at 3ABN and afterwards,
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you know, we just
kind of impulsively just,
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great job and Tim
said, wow, that feels great.
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Let's go wash our hands.
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Yeah, that human.
We miss that touch.
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Yes.
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Really miss, but
thank you for those of you
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who continue to tune in.
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We greatly appreciate it,
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share it with other people
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so that they
can also be blessed.
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Yeah.
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So we're going to get
ready to go to prayer.
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But I just want
to again mention this
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since this is Friday night.
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So tomorrow, you can
watch Sabbath School Panel
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in the morning to
get all the church.
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Then you can watch
our 3ABN Worship Hour,
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that's from 10
to 11, Central Time,
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and then switch
like pastor said,
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and go to tvsdac.org
and click on live broadcast.
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And that's the
Thompsonville Church.
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That's right.
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So you can also go to
YouTube and just type in
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Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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and you see the
live broadcast link.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor, let's open in prayer,
do you mind to do that for us?
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Sure.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we are in an
environment that is teaching us
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what endurance is all about.
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And so we pray that
as we open Your Word
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and as You open our hearts
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and pour into us
Your Holy Spirit,
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that those who are watching
and listening to this program
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could find
endurance in their quietude,
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in their
silence, in their homes,
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and even those who are
enduring with this disease,
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bring them through it, Lord,
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and strengthen
the hearts of families
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who are being
challenged tremendously.
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We know that somebody
watching this broadcast
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has lost someone
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and our hearts are saddened
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to even know that
one has been claimed.
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But Father, give them hope
to endure beyond the trial.
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Know that one day
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there's a greater
reunion coming in.
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And so speak to us that
you may speak through us.
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In Jesus' name
we pray, amen. Amen.
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Our topic tonight is endurance.
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I want to encourage you
to our opening scriptures
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Hebrews Chapter 10.
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So if you want to
open up your Bibles
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and you can share
with us Hebrews Chapter 10.
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You know, tonight
we're going to look at
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what does endurance
produce in us as Christians.
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So as we go
through this process,
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and as we endure,
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what is it working
in our own characters
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and in our own walk with Jesus?
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How are we to endure as
we go through this process?
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How are we to endure?
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And even how do
we build endurance?
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So we're just going
to look at endurance
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for many different facets.
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But first, let's
look at Hebrews 10.
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We'll do verses 35 through 37.
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Angie, do you have that?
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I do, 35 through 37,
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"Therefore do not
cast away your confidence,
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which has great reward.
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For you have need of endurance,
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so that after you
have done the will of God,
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you may receive the promise:
'For yet a little while,
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and He who is coming
will come and will not tarry.
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Now the just
shall live by faith,
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but if anyone draws back,
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My soul has no pleasure in him."
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So in this passage,
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what do you see
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that the
endurance is accomplishing?
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It says you have
need of endurance.
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Why are we to endure
or what will happen to us
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if we do endure?
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We will receive the promise.
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Thank you. Promise.
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And what's the
promise? What's the promise?
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Eternal life. That's right.
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Eternal life.
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And it's by faith.
It's interesting, actually.
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It says in verse 36, it says,
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I like the version
that you have there, Angie,
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verse 36, don't mind
if you read that again,
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and it mentions
about the will of God.
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"For you have need of endurance,
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so that after you
have done the will of God,
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you may receive the promise."
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That's right.
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Yeah. So it's the will of God.
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It's the will of God. Yeah.
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And it is, you
know, the will of God.
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If you think,
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I go back to the
illustration of the runner.
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Yeah, and that's a
great illustration.
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They have that
line and they say, well,
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I know I've been working
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and if I could
just hang in there
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as I've heard a
coach once said, okay,
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at this point in the
race, you feel the burn.
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You want to quit,
you want to give up,
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your lungs feel
tired, you're aching,
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but if you just hold on,
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now, now you're
around the last turn,
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you see the finish line there,
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put everything you
have from your toes
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to the top of your
head, your arms, pick them up,
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I know they're
heavy, just keep going.
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And you can see that runner
just about to just cave in.
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But they hear the
voice of the coach
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and this is what we train for.
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This is what we've been working
for that finish line is there.
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I promise you, you will
win if you just keep going,
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receiving the promise.
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And so, the Lord says to
us, if you just keep going,
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you know through all
the things that you know,
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resist your progress,
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the promise is
right ahead of you.
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I can testify some of that.
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I'm at home and I
exercise, I have an elliptical,
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keeps my arms going
and I'm going uphill.
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And it has a have a
little trainer with it
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and it says keep
going, keep going
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and I'm, climbs up and
10 is the highest, right?
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Goes up and down.
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And then it goes up to 10.
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I am just like, Angie,
you can do it, you can do it.
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I'm going like this.
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And I'm like, and
it says keep going,
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it talks to me,
keep going, keep going.
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And I keep going, I
keep going, and I'm drenched.
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But then I said, Lord,
help me, I'm going to make it.
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And at the end of
my time, I'm like,
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thank You, Jesus, I made it.
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And that's how it
is, I am drenched.
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And I said, "Honey, you okay?"
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She said, "I almost collapsed."
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I said, "Well,
why didn't you stop?"
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She said, "But the
machine told me keep going."
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I said, "Well,
who's in-charge here,
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you or the machine?
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He that endured to the end.
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The machine
said don't stop. Yes.
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She said, I thought
you're gonna come down
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and said find me on the floor.
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I did. I kept
calling for over an hour.
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I said, "Forget the
machine, just stop."
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It was supposed
to stop at an hour,
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but it kept going.
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I'm like something's
wrong. You did it for an hour?
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Yeah, I was like
something's wrong
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with this machine.
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No.
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But she did do that.
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I endured to the end.
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Yeah, you know,
what's interesting, though
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is that you would not
have been able to do that
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the first day you
got on the elliptical.
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So required
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in some type of
a training, right?
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It did.
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It was 20
minutes, then 30 minutes,
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then 40 then an hour.
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I mean, what a powerful,
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you know,
illustration right there
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because that is a
great illustration
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for as you know,
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you got to the with
the level 10 is that
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the I don't have a
elliptic, so that's the top.
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Yeah, that's the top.
Good for you, congratulations.
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Climbing it and climbing
it. Until you get to 10.
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And then it stays
at 10 for a long time.
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And I'm just...
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And you were
staying there at that level.
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Yes.
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And you see this
track and it shows you
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where you are on the track,
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it shows you the
finish line is to keep going.
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And you see, you see yourself
and you see that finish line
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you think I can't stop now.
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I'm almost there.
And then you know what...
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It's like a spiritual
journey. There's a spiritual...
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See, if you don't have
someone talking to you,
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if you don't have
someone encouraging you,
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if you can't see
the finish line ahead
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and you can't realize, okay,
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this is where I'm
going and this is,
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you know, if the
machine didn't say keep going,
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you're almost there.
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Yes. Where would
we be without that?
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You know, it
reminds me of Hebrews 12.
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Okay. Can we look it?
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Yes, go there. Hebrews 12:1, 2.
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"Looking unto Jesus."
I love this scripture.
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You always say that. I
like that. That's right.
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Let's turn there,
Hebrews Chapter 12,
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just another chapter over.
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The two verses,
we just referenced,
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that one there with Hebrews 10.
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It says, you have
need of endurance,
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that word endurance
in the Greek hypomone,
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I'm not pronouncing it right.
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But it comes from
two Greek, two words,
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one is under
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and the other one
is to remain or endure.
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So literally it
means to remain under.
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Yes.
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To have patient endurance.
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So, no matter what the trial is,
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no matter what
we are going through
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in the midst to remain under
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because the
finish line is coming
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as we talked about that.
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I love that. That's right. Amen.
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You know, Jason,
I'm thinking about you.
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You know, you built
a house this past year.
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Yes.
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You know, and so that requires
some type of endurance too
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because, you know, once
you build the foundation,
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it doesn't just go
up in one day, 24 hours.
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That's true. It's a process.
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It is, it is.
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And progress is a
process, you know.
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I was just, I was blown
away, it took a lot of patience.
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Especially since I
didn't know what I was doing.
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But pop knew what he was doing.
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So I was
following his instructions.
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And so, as he was
given those instructions,
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I was implementing those
and putting that into practice.
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That's right.
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And then out of that
came the house, the reward.
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It requires
endurance, though, you know,
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there's some evenings
when you're after work here,
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you're going there and working,
painting or doing something,
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you know, until the
wee hours of the morning.
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Absolutely.
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You know, that's not
the most comfortable fun,
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enjoyable stuff.
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No, it's not.
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No, but you're
looking ahead for that reward,
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that finish line.
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That's right. That's right.
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And it's so worth it in the end.
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Yeah. So worth it in the end.
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Now you're able to relax.
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Well, I
wouldn't go to that part,
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there's still stuff to do, yeah.
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Yeah, patience and all that.
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Yes, there is still stuff to do.
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I looked up the
definition of endurance.
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Oh, good.
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And it said the
fact or power of enduring
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an unpleasant or
difficult process
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or situation without giving way.
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And so, I mean,
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I think that really
speaks to the Christian life
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because we come in contact
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with some very
uncomfortable situations
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or some resistance
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or anytime you're
trying to do the right thing,
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somebody is trying to convince
you to do the wrong thing
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or different circumstances,
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you know, present
themselves like COVID-19
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or maybe death in
the family or sickness
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or whatever the case may be,
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you know, you're
trying to spread the gospel
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and then something
comes trying to hinder that.
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So, endurance is
definitely required.
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Good. Wow.
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I know you were
looking at Hebrews.
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Yeah, that's a great
passage. Yeah, he got it.
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Sure.
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It says, verse 1 and 2,
it says, "Therefore we also,
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since we are surrounded
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by so greater
cloud of witnesses,
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let us lay aside every weight
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and to sin which
so easily ensnares us,
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and let us run with endurance,
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the race that is set before us."
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Do I know.
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And here's what, here's
where we keep our focus.
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Yes.
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"Looking unto Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith,
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who for the joy
that was set before him,
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endured the cross,
despising the shame,
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and here's the reward,
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and has sat down
at the right hand
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of the throne of God."
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So He kept His eyes focused.
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In other words,
they're saying do what He did,
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for the joy that
was set before Him,
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that same joy is
now set before you.
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He endured the cross,
now you endure the cross.
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The heavens
watched His endurance,
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they're watching you to
a great cloud of witnesses.
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And that's, that's
very true sometimes
00:19:50.85\00:19:52.82
because we're in
situations where people,
00:19:52.85\00:19:55.99
my wife, Angie and I
have this saying that
00:19:56.02\00:19:58.86
we can't misbehave anywhere.
00:19:58.89\00:20:00.53
That's right.
00:20:00.56\00:20:02.16
Because we could be
in the strangest places,
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.57
at a gas station in California
00:20:04.60\00:20:07.00
or in the
airport in Germany or...
00:20:07.04\00:20:08.67
Yesterday at
Walmart with your mask.
00:20:08.70\00:20:10.77
I had on my mask
yesterday at Walmart,
00:20:10.81\00:20:12.61
just the guy that
I still don't know
00:20:12.64\00:20:13.98
who he is
00:20:14.01\00:20:15.34
because his mask look,
you still on, you still guys,
00:20:15.38\00:20:18.05
guys still going
out there at 3ABN.
00:20:18.08\00:20:20.52
Good to see you. I
still don't know who he is.
00:20:20.55\00:20:22.28
Wow.
00:20:22.32\00:20:23.65
You know, I said, yeah, he said,
00:20:23.69\00:20:25.02
I figured because
this is television,
00:20:25.05\00:20:26.39
I said, yes, in
a central service.
00:20:26.42\00:20:27.89
That's right.
00:20:27.92\00:20:29.26
But we are surrounded
by a cloud of witnesses.
00:20:29.29\00:20:32.49
And so, the Lord is saying to us
00:20:32.53\00:20:34.30
endure what you face,
00:20:34.33\00:20:35.66
endure, endure a righteous life.
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.40
Yes.
00:20:37.43\00:20:38.77
You know, endure
doing the right thing.
00:20:38.80\00:20:40.14
As the other text says,
be not weary in doing well,
00:20:40.17\00:20:43.27
be not weary in doing well,
00:20:43.30\00:20:45.31
for in due time you will
reap if you do not faint.
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That's another
passage of endurance.
00:20:48.74\00:20:50.85
So I'm saying man, do I,
00:20:50.88\00:20:52.38
do you have to be
this way all the time?
00:20:52.41\00:20:54.35
Because somebody once said
the Christian life is great.
00:20:54.38\00:20:57.19
But the one thing about
is you can't turn it off.
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That's right. No, you can't.
00:20:59.49\00:21:00.82
If you turn it off,
it's not a Christian life,
00:21:00.86\00:21:03.39
it's just a blip on your radar
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.26
and we need to
live a Christian life.
00:21:05.29\00:21:06.66
So it requires
endurance. Absolutely.
00:21:06.70\00:21:09.03
You know, it's
interesting to me in that verse
00:21:09.06\00:21:10.77
that joy is
connected with endurance.
00:21:10.80\00:21:12.13
Oh, yeah.
00:21:12.17\00:21:13.50
I know. Isn't that interesting?
00:21:13.54\00:21:14.87
Because you would think
so when I think of endurance,
00:21:14.90\00:21:16.74
the last thing
I think of is joy.
00:21:16.77\00:21:18.11
Me too.
00:21:18.14\00:21:19.47
You think of trying
to reach the finish line,
00:21:19.51\00:21:21.61
like you were on the elliptical
or you think of a trial
00:21:21.64\00:21:24.31
or difficulty or even
sadness or loss, but yet joy,
00:21:24.35\00:21:30.45
the joy that was
set before Jesus.
00:21:30.49\00:21:34.66
Now it enabled Him to
make it through the cross.
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Yes. Why?
00:21:37.53\00:21:39.49
Because He saw you and I,
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.13
He saw the
victory on the other side.
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So, what do you
think could be the joy
00:21:45.13\00:21:47.34
that we have as Christians now,
00:21:47.37\00:21:48.90
as we endure
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.71
whatever trial
we're going through,
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.54
what is our joy or
how do we even find that.
00:21:52.57\00:21:55.48
What if someone's saying
tonight, I came to find joy,
00:21:55.51\00:21:58.55
but how do we look for that,
to find that to help us endure?
00:21:58.58\00:22:02.52
I think we look, you know,
00:22:02.55\00:22:03.89
we look to Jesus
where God was motivated
00:22:03.92\00:22:06.62
and is motivated by love.
00:22:06.65\00:22:08.39
Everything He did
was motivated by love.
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.63
Like you just said
He had us on His mind
00:22:10.66\00:22:13.23
when He was dying on the cross.
00:22:13.26\00:22:14.66
I mean, He went
through a painful
00:22:14.70\00:22:16.63
and agonizing death.
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.50
For us, even for the very people
00:22:18.53\00:22:20.60
that put Him on the
cross, He died for them as well.
00:22:20.64\00:22:24.11
So, I think that when we focus,
00:22:24.14\00:22:25.71
especially
00:22:25.74\00:22:27.08
on the closing
scenes of Christ life,
00:22:27.11\00:22:29.91
I mean, that type
of love to me that,
00:22:29.94\00:22:33.58
that brings joy to me
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.45
knowing that
somebody loved me that much
00:22:35.48\00:22:38.15
that they would
endure all of that.
00:22:38.19\00:22:40.99
And so that's,
that's helpful for me.
00:22:41.02\00:22:42.52
That's good, Jason.
00:22:42.56\00:22:43.89
I was trying to hold the
scripture off to the end,
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.43
but it fits right here.
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.16
It's in Hebrews 12
also, look at verse 11.
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Because endurance require,
it has a present challenge,
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.70
but a future reward.
00:22:53.74\00:22:55.77
And so, you
think of the athlete,
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.14
you think of the person
00:22:57.17\00:22:58.51
that's going
through trial right now.
00:22:58.54\00:22:59.87
Whatever that trial maybe,
whether it's COVID related,
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.94
or whether it's just, I'm
just tired of being alone.
00:23:01.98\00:23:03.65
We have people in
our church who said,
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.55
I'm just tired of being alone,
I just want to do something,
00:23:05.58\00:23:07.95
I want to get out, I
want to go to the store,
00:23:07.98\00:23:09.58
I want to just touch.
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.55
You know, I just
want to be involved.
00:23:11.59\00:23:13.69
But this we're
chastening here is not only,
00:23:13.72\00:23:17.23
it's another word,
00:23:17.26\00:23:18.59
a better word in
the Olympic sense
00:23:18.63\00:23:19.96
is discipline.
00:23:20.00\00:23:21.43
It's a discipline.
00:23:21.46\00:23:22.80
So I'm going to
substitute, I'll say,
00:23:22.83\00:23:24.73
you know, it's a discipline,
00:23:24.77\00:23:26.30
it says now no
chastening or discipline
00:23:26.33\00:23:30.01
seems to be joyful,
get it for the present.
00:23:30.04\00:23:35.61
While you're on
that ellipticals,
00:23:35.64\00:23:36.98
this is not what I'm
just like, oh, it's hurting.
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.25
No joy.
00:23:40.28\00:23:41.62
You know, when
you're in a hospital
00:23:41.65\00:23:42.98
thinking, I saw where a guy
00:23:43.02\00:23:44.65
was on a respirator for 32 days.
00:23:44.69\00:23:46.99
Oh, wow. He's a young man.
00:23:47.02\00:23:48.36
He was in his early 30s.
00:23:48.39\00:23:49.72
But after 32 days, he
endured and he made it out.
00:23:49.76\00:23:53.53
And he said my heroes
00:23:53.56\00:23:55.10
are all those
people that work with me
00:23:55.13\00:23:56.87
for 32 days to
return me to my family.
00:23:56.90\00:24:00.20
And we have a friend,
American Airlines pilot Nedley.
00:24:00.24\00:24:03.77
No, not pilot.
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.14
Not pilot, but
flight attendant, sorry.
00:24:05.17\00:24:07.51
And she's enduring. She
says, "Keep me in prayer.
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.34
I'm still on my respirator.
00:24:09.38\00:24:10.71
I got to go get
my medication today."
00:24:10.75\00:24:12.08
On oxygen. On oxygen.
00:24:12.11\00:24:13.72
And so, it says,
if you think about it,
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.55
no chastening seems to be joyful
00:24:15.58\00:24:17.85
for the present, but
painful, nevertheless...
00:24:17.89\00:24:22.86
Nevertheless, thank
God for nevertheless.
00:24:22.89\00:24:25.16
The two words nevertheless
and the next word afterward,
00:24:25.19\00:24:28.63
it yields the peaceable
fruit of righteousness.
00:24:28.66\00:24:31.87
And here's the key,
00:24:31.90\00:24:33.60
to those who have
been trained by it.
00:24:33.64\00:24:36.54
Yeah. Training.
00:24:36.57\00:24:41.01
Certain...
00:24:41.04\00:24:42.71
Remember, I don't know
if you're all old enough
00:24:42.74\00:24:44.91
but years ago, there was a show,
00:24:44.95\00:24:48.02
came weekly Karate
Kid and Mr. Miyagi.
00:24:48.05\00:24:51.55
Wax on, wax off.
00:24:51.59\00:24:53.72
And he was
teaching this young kid
00:24:53.76\00:24:55.42
who just had no
training whatsoever,
00:24:55.46\00:24:57.13
he would just
totally lose nothing in life
00:24:57.16\00:24:58.89
really had any definition.
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.13
And he was training him
00:25:01.16\00:25:02.53
and it was terrible he
was going through hardship,
00:25:02.56\00:25:05.07
he said again, do it again,
00:25:05.10\00:25:06.84
do it again, do it
again, do it again,
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.20
to thinking
you're gonna kill me,
00:25:09.24\00:25:10.57
he said, do it again.
00:25:10.61\00:25:11.94
I don't want to
hear you complain.
00:25:11.97\00:25:13.31
If you complain,
leave, do it again.
00:25:13.34\00:25:15.21
The training, the training
00:25:15.24\00:25:16.58
for those who have
been trained by it,
00:25:16.61\00:25:18.55
and you know what?
00:25:18.58\00:25:20.35
Pain trains us. Oh, yeah.
00:25:20.38\00:25:22.55
Trials train us.
00:25:22.58\00:25:24.85
But if we lose the focus
of what's coming after this,
00:25:24.89\00:25:29.82
we could fall
apart, we could give in.
00:25:29.86\00:25:32.19
If you forget that
there's a finish line.
00:25:32.23\00:25:34.73
If you forget that
even the worst storm,
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.63
tornadoes, hurricanes
has an endurance point.
00:25:37.67\00:25:40.87
It started as an ending.
00:25:40.90\00:25:42.24
So everything has a
beginning and ending,
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.61
that's what I
think that being said
00:25:43.64\00:25:45.17
by the writer of Hebrews,
00:25:45.21\00:25:46.57
it's going to end
but you got to hold on,
00:25:46.61\00:25:49.31
he who endures to the
end, you got to hold on.
00:25:49.34\00:25:52.25
Yes. Yeah.
00:25:52.28\00:25:53.62
Amen. Trials aren't easy.
00:25:53.65\00:25:54.98
I was just, you
made me think of a verse
00:25:55.02\00:25:56.55
and I was just trying
to find the reference,
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.75
Psalms 119, I think it is,
hopefully, let's look there.
00:25:58.79\00:26:03.19
It made me think of that
00:26:03.22\00:26:04.56
when you talked
about the training of it.
00:26:04.59\00:26:06.26
Psalms 119.
00:26:06.29\00:26:08.30
The interesting thing
with that training too,
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.47
is that, you know,
00:26:10.50\00:26:11.83
he didn't recognize
00:26:11.87\00:26:13.20
what he was being
taught at the moment,
00:26:13.23\00:26:14.67
he was getting
frustrated at the lessons,
00:26:14.70\00:26:17.11
that, you know, Mr.
Miyagi was giving him
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.94
because he wanted
to learn one thing,
00:26:19.97\00:26:22.64
but he was preparing
him for what was to come.
00:26:22.68\00:26:25.91
And he couldn't see
it, he couldn't see it.
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.98
And how many times
do we go through things
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.45
where we don't see the
lessons that are being taught
00:26:31.49\00:26:33.92
that's preparing us
for what lies ahead.
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.02
It's like a
parent raising a child.
00:26:36.06\00:26:37.39
Yes.
00:26:37.43\00:26:38.76
The parent's been there,
00:26:38.79\00:26:40.13
they're trying to tell
their children don't go there,
00:26:40.16\00:26:41.50
I've been there before.
00:26:41.53\00:26:42.86
Yeah.
00:26:42.90\00:26:44.23
You know, and
that's how I see that is.
00:26:44.27\00:26:45.60
I think training too is,
00:26:45.63\00:26:46.97
you're training yourself
for an automatic response.
00:26:47.00\00:26:49.10
Yes.
00:26:49.14\00:26:50.47
Because I'm also
thinking of Satan coming in.
00:26:50.51\00:26:51.84
Yes.
00:26:51.87\00:26:53.21
You know, you want
your automatic response
00:26:53.24\00:26:54.58
to be one that's
obviously in line
00:26:54.61\00:26:55.94
with what God wants.
00:26:55.98\00:26:57.31
I remember my dad and
like these parking lots,
00:26:57.35\00:26:58.68
when it was snow, he'd
had me work on the skids,
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.92
you know, how to get out
of a skid in snow and ice,
00:27:00.95\00:27:03.69
and I'll be
like seriously daddy.
00:27:03.72\00:27:05.05
He's like, yeah,
let's do it again.
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.42
I'm like all right
around and around and around.
00:27:06.45\00:27:07.86
And sure enough
00:27:07.89\00:27:09.22
one time I was
actually in a snowy situation
00:27:09.26\00:27:11.79
and we got into a
skid in a backwards skid,
00:27:11.83\00:27:13.76
we were going up a
hill, lost traction,
00:27:13.80\00:27:15.96
start going
backwards down the hill,
00:27:16.00\00:27:17.77
and we're gonna go off a cliff,
00:27:17.80\00:27:19.50
but it becomes
automatic response
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.10
on how to get
yourself out of skid,
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.17
there was no
guardrail, either, by the way.
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.17
So yeah, so anyway, you know,
00:27:25.21\00:27:27.31
it's just interesting
to know that training
00:27:27.34\00:27:29.08
it's supposed to,
yeah, this is, sorry,
00:27:29.11\00:27:30.48
when I was actually my
dad had been training me
00:27:30.51\00:27:31.98
and it was when I was a kid.
00:27:32.01\00:27:33.35
Yeah, before we were married.
00:27:33.38\00:27:34.72
Boy, you're old
enough to have a license.
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.35
I was, yeah, that's right. Okay.
00:27:36.38\00:27:38.85
That's good.
00:27:38.89\00:27:40.22
You know, so you
know, you want your training
00:27:40.26\00:27:41.59
to actually make it
00:27:41.62\00:27:42.96
so that you're an
automatic response
00:27:42.99\00:27:44.33
to the situation
that's taking place.
00:27:44.36\00:27:45.69
So yes, training
gives us endurance,
00:27:45.73\00:27:47.63
but it also is part
of an automatic response.
00:27:47.66\00:27:50.27
Muscle memory.
Yeah, your muscle memory.
00:27:50.30\00:27:51.63
Yeah. Yeah, I'm riding with you.
00:27:51.67\00:27:53.74
Are you?
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.24
You are safe with him. Yeah.
00:27:55.27\00:27:56.60
You know, you can do
all the training you can
00:27:56.64\00:27:57.97
but really, everything
that we do comes from God.
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.57
You know, He's the one
that provides the strength,
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.24
you know, and everything
for us to build react and yeah,
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.25
so praise the Lord
for your safety too.
00:28:04.28\00:28:06.01
But you think
about it as a Christian
00:28:06.05\00:28:07.38
and the Christian walk
what is our automatic response?
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.88
Like when a trial
comes when something hits,
00:28:09.92\00:28:12.25
we should look
first, okay, Jesus,
00:28:12.29\00:28:14.72
my attention looking
unto Him, get in His Word.
00:28:14.76\00:28:18.26
Yes. Praise.
00:28:18.29\00:28:19.63
And that is foreign sometimes
in the midst of a trial,
00:28:19.66\00:28:22.76
we don't want to praise,
we don't want to give thanks.
00:28:22.80\00:28:25.80
We say it's the
last thing we want to do,
00:28:25.83\00:28:27.77
but yet in the midst of
that, if we choose praise,
00:28:27.80\00:28:31.51
it changes us.
00:28:31.54\00:28:32.87
That's right.
00:28:32.91\00:28:34.24
And it's how God works
in the midst of difficulty
00:28:34.28\00:28:37.41
to transform my character,
00:28:37.45\00:28:39.81
and make me just a
little bit more like Jesus.
00:28:39.85\00:28:42.55
Pastor John, I'm sorry,
00:28:42.58\00:28:43.92
you were going to say something.
00:28:43.95\00:28:45.29
Did you? Did you find that text?
00:28:45.32\00:28:46.65
I did. Oh, yes?
00:28:46.69\00:28:48.02
I was waiting
for that one. Okay.
00:28:48.06\00:28:49.39
We got distracted. Psalm 119:67.
00:28:49.42\00:28:51.93
Okay. Sixty seven.
00:28:51.96\00:28:53.29
Before I was
afflicted, I went astray.
00:28:53.33\00:28:56.23
But now I keep Your word. Wow.
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.87
That reminder of
what happens to us
00:28:59.90\00:29:02.04
in the midst of
that enduring process
00:29:02.07\00:29:04.47
in the midst of that,
00:29:04.51\00:29:06.11
that we come back to
God and keep His word.
00:29:06.14\00:29:09.94
That's the text. That is good.
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.88
Wow. That's it. That's it.
00:29:11.91\00:29:13.25
That's when you
print on a T shirt itself.
00:29:13.28\00:29:17.65
Because so many of us
00:29:17.69\00:29:19.02
have to learn
through affliction.
00:29:19.05\00:29:20.39
Yeah. Why did you do that?
00:29:20.42\00:29:21.76
The Lord said, why did you do?
00:29:21.79\00:29:23.89
First of all, you
afflicted yourself.
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.36
Did you realize
I told you not to.
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.03
You went astray and now you see
00:29:27.06\00:29:28.56
what I was
trying to say all along,
00:29:28.60\00:29:29.93
and you say, I got it.
00:29:29.96\00:29:31.30
Now, tell me
whatever you want me to tell.
00:29:31.33\00:29:33.50
Tell me whatever
you want me to do
00:29:33.54\00:29:34.87
and I'll do it.
00:29:34.90\00:29:36.24
Lesson learned.
Because it says now.
00:29:36.27\00:29:37.91
I love that. But
now I keep Your word.
00:29:37.94\00:29:40.64
I'll do what you tell me to do.
00:29:40.68\00:29:42.34
And it's true because,
I know, I thank the Lord
00:29:42.38\00:29:46.48
that He gave us a lot
of nice scriptures here.
00:29:46.51\00:29:48.38
But another one
that comes to my mind
00:29:48.42\00:29:49.75
it says when you think about,
00:29:49.78\00:29:51.12
do not despise the
chastening of the Father.
00:29:51.15\00:29:54.09
That's right.
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.46
See, so He deals with
all, those who He loves,
00:29:55.49\00:29:58.79
He chastens.
00:29:58.83\00:30:00.16
And the word chasten
there means He trains,
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.16
doesn't mean whip,
it means He trains,
00:30:02.20\00:30:04.50
He means your disciplines,
means He says, come on guy,
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.07
you know better.
00:30:08.10\00:30:09.84
And that's why this
passage is a beautiful one.
00:30:09.87\00:30:11.84
We're, by the way,
we're in the Book of Psalms.
00:30:11.87\00:30:13.27
Now up to Psalm
68 or 69, whatever.
00:30:13.31\00:30:15.41
Oh, that's great.
00:30:15.44\00:30:16.78
We're reading it
through together.
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.35
And, you know, 67. Sixty eight.
00:30:18.38\00:30:20.85
Sixty eight.
00:30:20.88\00:30:22.22
So we're gonna get to this one.
00:30:22.25\00:30:23.59
And when we get to this one,
00:30:23.62\00:30:24.95
this is gonna be a
definite orange highlight.
00:30:24.99\00:30:26.52
Orange highlight
means very important.
00:30:26.55\00:30:28.06
Yeah.
00:30:28.09\00:30:29.42
Because sometimes we
don't keep God's word
00:30:29.46\00:30:30.83
until after we got
the bump and the bruise.
00:30:30.86\00:30:32.66
Yeah. It's like, you're okay.
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.56
Yeah, mom told me not to do it.
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.30
Yeah.
00:30:36.33\00:30:38.57
Eye swollen and shut.
00:30:38.60\00:30:39.93
Swollen.
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.30
I like that point
that you're bringing out,
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.10
you know, as many as He
loves, He rebukes and chastens.
00:30:43.14\00:30:45.54
Yeah.
00:30:45.57\00:30:46.91
You know, I think that
society has come to a place
00:30:46.94\00:30:49.34
where love is seen as
condoning the behavior
00:30:49.38\00:30:53.21
and accepting the
behavior and embracing
00:30:53.25\00:30:55.72
and becoming an enabler
00:30:55.75\00:30:58.35
and that's,
that's not what love is.
00:30:58.39\00:31:00.09
No.
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.46
No, you don't let somebody
00:31:01.49\00:31:02.82
just if they
want to keep walking
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.33
in the wrong direction,
00:31:04.36\00:31:05.69
you don't just have them
walk in the wrong direction
00:31:05.73\00:31:07.80
without saying something.
00:31:07.83\00:31:09.16
They're headed
towards the cliff.
00:31:09.20\00:31:10.53
And you're just
like, well, I love you,
00:31:10.57\00:31:12.43
I love you keep
taking those steps.
00:31:12.47\00:31:14.60
Woohoo, yeah,
you're gonna make it,
00:31:14.64\00:31:16.47
you're gonna go off the cliff.
00:31:16.50\00:31:17.94
You know, you don't,
you don't just love somebody
00:31:17.97\00:31:20.38
to their demise.
00:31:20.41\00:31:21.94
You share the truth with them.
00:31:21.98\00:31:24.68
That's true love.
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.21
And you know, you can't
wait for them to be open to it.
00:31:26.25\00:31:28.52
You can't say to them,
well, now they're ready for it.
00:31:28.55\00:31:31.45
If you see somebody
heading toward the cliff,
00:31:31.49\00:31:33.19
you're gonna wait till
they like you to tell them
00:31:33.22\00:31:34.69
you headed toward the cliff.
00:31:34.72\00:31:36.06
Oh, no. Yeah.
00:31:36.09\00:31:37.43
You are heading
toward the cliff.
00:31:37.46\00:31:38.79
Yeah, even if it's a
stranger, you can be like,
00:31:38.83\00:31:40.36
hey, there's a
drop off right ahead.
00:31:40.40\00:31:42.00
Yeah.
00:31:42.03\00:31:43.37
And the method in
which you present the truth.
00:31:43.40\00:31:46.10
Thank you.
Really, really matter.
00:31:46.13\00:31:48.74
And that's crucial,
00:31:48.77\00:31:50.11
the method in
which you present it,
00:31:50.14\00:31:51.54
present it in a way of love.
00:31:51.57\00:31:52.91
I agree. Always.
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.91
Wow. Look at Proverbs 1:30.
00:31:54.94\00:31:56.38
This is important for us
00:31:56.41\00:31:57.75
because I'm
looking at some words here,
00:31:57.78\00:32:01.52
despise Proverbs
1:30, you have that, Jill?
00:32:01.55\00:32:05.19
I do. Look at that.
00:32:05.22\00:32:06.65
It may be verse
29, may lead into it.
00:32:06.69\00:32:08.59
I don't know if
it does, but just...
00:32:08.62\00:32:10.23
"Because they hated
knowledge and did not choose
00:32:10.26\00:32:13.09
the fear of the Lord,
00:32:13.13\00:32:14.76
they would have
none of my counsel
00:32:14.80\00:32:17.40
and despise my every rebuke."
00:32:17.43\00:32:20.04
Wow.
00:32:20.07\00:32:21.40
So that is... That's heavy.
00:32:21.44\00:32:22.77
Isn't that heavy?
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.14
God is saying I've
been trying with you,
00:32:24.17\00:32:25.91
I've been, I've
been working with you,
00:32:25.94\00:32:28.31
but what you wouldn't
listen to what I'm saying.
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.71
And that came to
me when you showed us
00:32:30.75\00:32:32.51
that passage in
119: 67 of Psalm.
00:32:32.55\00:32:35.58
So we can't despise
the Lord's rebuke and say,
00:32:35.62\00:32:38.19
this is just not
what I want to do,
00:32:38.22\00:32:39.85
because we are not
seeing the finish line
00:32:39.89\00:32:43.53
where He already is.
00:32:43.56\00:32:44.89
Excuse me.
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.26
He's already at the finish line.
00:32:46.29\00:32:47.63
He's getting ready to welcome us
00:32:47.66\00:32:49.26
to put us on the podium.
00:32:49.30\00:32:50.63
And you know what, no
matter how hard the race is,
00:32:50.67\00:32:53.70
it just feels so good
to stand on the podium.
00:32:53.74\00:32:56.40
And that's what
He wants us to do.
00:32:56.44\00:32:57.77
That's right.
00:32:57.81\00:32:59.14
He says, that's why Paul
says, I fought a good fight.
00:32:59.17\00:33:02.18
I finished my course, I
kept the faith, therefore,
00:33:02.21\00:33:06.55
there's a crown of righteousness
00:33:06.58\00:33:09.02
laid up for me.
00:33:09.05\00:33:10.39
And not for me only,
00:33:10.42\00:33:12.02
for all those who
endure, I'm putting that.
00:33:12.05\00:33:13.69
Oh, yeah.
00:33:13.72\00:33:15.06
I just love it to hear,
but all those who endure,
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.62
there's a crown waiting for you.
00:33:16.66\00:33:17.99
So, endure the
difficulty of this life
00:33:18.03\00:33:20.30
or the situation
you're in right now.
00:33:20.33\00:33:22.00
Because afterwards
you're going to see
00:33:22.03\00:33:23.77
if I didn't hold on,
I couldn't be here now.
00:33:23.80\00:33:26.97
Maya Angelou once
told Oprah Winfrey,
00:33:27.00\00:33:29.07
Oprah Winfrey said, "Maya,
00:33:29.10\00:33:30.61
what do you do when
trials come your way?
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.11
Because I know you had."
00:33:32.14\00:33:33.48
She said, "I've had many
of." She said, "What do you do?"
00:33:33.51\00:33:36.78
She says, "I've
come to discover that
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.15
whatever on the other,
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.51
whatsoever on the
other side of the trial
00:33:39.55\00:33:41.72
is better than what I have now.
00:33:41.75\00:33:44.52
Because the Lord
wouldn't let it come
00:33:44.55\00:33:45.89
if what was on the other side
00:33:45.92\00:33:47.26
is not better than
what I have right now.
00:33:47.29\00:33:48.76
So I endure it."
00:33:48.79\00:33:50.53
You always learn a
lesson in trials too.
00:33:50.56\00:33:52.99
Absolutely.
00:33:53.03\00:33:54.36
Think about what Joseph said
to his brothers in Genesis 50.
00:33:54.40\00:33:56.93
Oh, yes. What
Satan intended for evil.
00:33:56.97\00:34:00.57
He said, God turned for good.
00:34:00.60\00:34:03.91
And that's sometimes the
trials we bring on ourselves.
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.68
Because I think I
brought a few on myself.
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.61
Sometimes the
trials is just a result
00:34:08.64\00:34:11.45
of the world of sin we live in.
00:34:11.48\00:34:13.72
Like the man in John
9, the disciples said,
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.72
who said this
man or his parents.
00:34:15.75\00:34:17.09
Yeah.
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.45
And Jesus said, neither,
is that God can be glorified.
00:34:18.49\00:34:21.22
That's right.
00:34:21.26\00:34:22.59
And so sometimes the trial
00:34:22.62\00:34:23.96
really has
nothing to do with you
00:34:23.99\00:34:25.33
and everything to do
with someone else's salvation
00:34:25.36\00:34:28.16
looking at you through that.
00:34:28.20\00:34:30.17
But in the midst of it,
no matter what the trial is.
00:34:30.20\00:34:33.17
Say that again, that's powerful.
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.10
Sometimes it has
nothing to do with you
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.57
but people looking at you...
00:34:36.60\00:34:38.37
People looking at you,
00:34:38.41\00:34:39.74
and it has to do
with their salvation
00:34:39.77\00:34:41.71
because can they
see Jesus in the midst
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.91
of how you
endure under that trial?
00:34:43.95\00:34:47.98
So sometimes, yes,
00:34:48.02\00:34:49.58
I think every time
we go through a trial,
00:34:49.62\00:34:51.15
we need to evaluate, right?
00:34:51.19\00:34:52.82
The Word of God says, examine
your own hearts, we say, God,
00:34:52.85\00:34:55.26
what do you want me to
learn in the midst of this,
00:34:55.29\00:34:57.89
but it's not always something
that we brought on ourselves.
00:34:57.93\00:35:00.10
Sometimes it's something else,
00:35:00.13\00:35:01.70
you know, but in
the midst of that,
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.60
what does God want us to learn?
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.20
And how can we grow?
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.90
And how can we glorify Him
through that enduring process?
00:35:07.94\00:35:13.04
You know, that
reminds me of Job.
00:35:13.07\00:35:14.51
You have something,
Pastor. Oh, no, no, no.
00:35:14.54\00:35:15.88
Okay. Yeah.
00:35:15.91\00:35:17.25
But I think of Job,
you know, to, you know,
00:35:17.28\00:35:19.55
he went through
a tremendous trial
00:35:19.58\00:35:21.68
and here he is a righteous man.
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.69
I know. Isn't that amazing?
00:35:23.72\00:35:25.05
But what he went through
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.86
in that enduring process for him
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.62
when he lost so much his
possessions, his children,
00:35:29.66\00:35:32.49
which is his family,
and his friends around him
00:35:32.53\00:35:35.13
are not that supportive.
00:35:35.16\00:35:36.70
And then, of course, yeah,
just everything that happened.
00:35:36.73\00:35:39.97
His wife, yeah.
00:35:40.00\00:35:41.34
I mean, that's really
close, you know, to him.
00:35:41.37\00:35:42.70
And you know,
what Job went through,
00:35:42.74\00:35:44.07
and I know
00:35:44.11\00:35:45.44
that's one of
our scriptures here.
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.81
That's in James 5.
00:35:46.84\00:35:48.18
But do you want
to go to Romans first
00:35:48.21\00:35:49.54
or do you want to?
00:35:49.58\00:35:50.91
Oh, yeah. Makes no difference.
00:35:50.95\00:35:52.28
Okay.
00:35:52.31\00:35:53.65
But what does endurance
produce in us as Christians,
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.02
Romans 5, I think
that's a great text.
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.38
Romans 5, yeah.
00:35:56.42\00:35:57.75
That's a great
text. I love Romans 5.
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.12
Yeah.
00:35:59.15\00:36:00.49
And hopefully we
get to the story of Job.
00:36:00.52\00:36:01.86
Yeah.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.43
Jay, you have that? Yes.
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.09
Romans 5 we're
looking at, is it 1 through 5?
00:36:05.13\00:36:08.60
Yeah, let's
start with one. Okay.
00:36:08.63\00:36:11.93
"Therefore, having
been justified by faith,
00:36:11.97\00:36:14.74
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
00:36:14.77\00:36:18.57
through whom also
we have access by faith
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.51
into this grace in
which we stand and rejoice
00:36:21.54\00:36:24.31
in hope of the glory of God.
00:36:24.35\00:36:26.31
And not only that,
00:36:26.35\00:36:27.68
but we also
glory in tribulations,
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.12
knowing that tribulation
produces perseverance,
00:36:30.15\00:36:33.86
and perseverance
character, and character hope.
00:36:33.89\00:36:37.43
Now hope does not disappoint,
00:36:37.46\00:36:39.39
because the love of God
00:36:39.43\00:36:40.76
has been poured
out in our hearts
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.00
by the Holy Spirit
who was given to us."
00:36:43.03\00:36:45.70
You know...
00:36:45.73\00:36:47.07
What a powerful passage.
00:36:47.10\00:36:48.44
Some Christians say, oh,
well, if I'm a Christian,
00:36:48.47\00:36:51.44
why am I going
through this trial?
00:36:51.47\00:36:53.34
But to me, verse 1 says,
00:36:53.38\00:36:55.48
having been justified by faith
00:36:55.51\00:36:57.05
so that means these people
are already have chosen Jesus.
00:36:57.08\00:36:59.65
That's right.
00:36:59.68\00:37:01.02
Right, they're
already justified.
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.98
They're already in
the Christian walk,
00:37:03.02\00:37:05.25
and here comes sanctification.
00:37:05.29\00:37:07.16
That's right.
That whole process.
00:37:07.19\00:37:10.03
You know, you,
that's a good point
00:37:10.06\00:37:11.39
because people think
that when you get on the team
00:37:11.43\00:37:13.80
and I've been locking
in this Olympic mode today
00:37:13.83\00:37:16.40
for whatever reason,
00:37:16.43\00:37:17.77
but the moment
you enter the team,
00:37:17.80\00:37:19.37
the trainer says,
or the coach says,
00:37:19.40\00:37:22.57
now we're just about
to start this season.
00:37:22.60\00:37:24.34
And I heard a coach once said,
I don't want a good player.
00:37:24.37\00:37:27.38
I want a player
that I could train.
00:37:27.41\00:37:28.98
Michael Jordan.
00:37:29.01\00:37:30.35
You know, Michael
Jordan, one of his coaches said,
00:37:30.38\00:37:32.71
what I liked
about Michael Jordan,
00:37:32.75\00:37:34.15
he allowed me to train him.
00:37:34.18\00:37:36.08
Some people are good,
but they never progress,
00:37:36.12\00:37:39.29
because they're not trainable.
00:37:39.32\00:37:40.72
Some Christians feel good.
00:37:40.76\00:37:43.12
But I remember
one guy said to me,
00:37:43.16\00:37:45.06
the enemy of good
is the enemy of best.
00:37:45.09\00:37:51.60
See, you might have a
good walk with Christ,
00:37:51.63\00:37:54.04
but it could be better
00:37:54.07\00:37:55.40
or it could be the
best walk with Christ.
00:37:55.44\00:37:56.77
Yeah.
00:37:56.81\00:37:58.14
So, the question I asked
people is enigma question.
00:37:58.17\00:38:00.88
When is,
00:38:00.91\00:38:02.24
when is a good
decision a bad decision
00:38:02.28\00:38:03.61
and a bad
decision a good decision?
00:38:03.65\00:38:05.71
They said, "What?"
00:38:05.75\00:38:07.08
How could a good
decision be a bad decision
00:38:07.12\00:38:08.68
and a bad decision
can be a good decision?
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.15
Well, that's...
00:38:10.19\00:38:11.52
A good decision
make a bad decision,
00:38:11.55\00:38:13.49
because a good
decision is two steps away
00:38:13.52\00:38:15.52
from a best decision.
00:38:15.56\00:38:17.79
A bad decision
is a good decision
00:38:17.83\00:38:19.96
because it's two steps
away from the worst decision.
00:38:20.00\00:38:25.17
Wow.
00:38:25.20\00:38:26.53
And I must give Dr. Pseudopandit
00:38:26.57\00:38:28.44
credit for that.
00:38:28.47\00:38:29.80
Man, I admire greatly.
00:38:29.84\00:38:31.57
So, you made a bad decision,
00:38:31.61\00:38:32.94
but it's two steps away
from the worst decision.
00:38:32.97\00:38:36.24
So it's a good decision.
00:38:36.28\00:38:38.15
I like that. That is good.
00:38:38.18\00:38:39.75
You may have
made a good decision.
00:38:39.78\00:38:41.12
I'm going to watch this
on 3ABN's YouTube channel
00:38:41.15\00:38:42.48
to rewind that one.
00:38:42.52\00:38:43.85
Okay.
00:38:43.89\00:38:45.22
So maybe a good decision,
00:38:45.25\00:38:46.59
but it's two steps
away from the best decision.
00:38:46.62\00:38:47.96
So I don't want to
be a good Christian.
00:38:47.99\00:38:50.03
I want to be the best
that the Father can make me.
00:38:50.06\00:38:52.99
I don't want to make,
00:38:53.03\00:38:54.53
I don't want to
make the worst choice.
00:38:54.56\00:38:56.43
So I have gotten away
by making a bad choice.
00:38:56.46\00:38:59.80
And God has been good.
00:38:59.83\00:39:01.17
I persevere
through a bad choice,
00:39:01.20\00:39:02.54
but the worst choice
could have taken my life.
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.17
Yeah.
00:39:04.21\00:39:05.54
And sometimes the lesser evil,
00:39:05.57\00:39:07.21
God allows to
prevent the greater evil.
00:39:07.24\00:39:10.85
And then you think about it,
00:39:10.88\00:39:12.21
when is the true
character of a man tested?
00:39:12.25\00:39:14.92
You know, in adversity,
it's like customer service too,
00:39:14.95\00:39:18.72
you know, you look
at customer service,
00:39:18.75\00:39:20.52
you see,
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.06
company at its best in response
to a messed up situation,
00:39:23.09\00:39:27.63
you have this angry customer,
00:39:27.66\00:39:29.26
what are you going
to do to resolve it?
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.73
How are you going
to handle yourself?
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.67
You know, in that moment,
00:39:32.70\00:39:34.04
are you going to
get mad with them?
00:39:34.07\00:39:35.40
Are you going to
get upset with them?
00:39:35.44\00:39:36.77
Are you going to
write them off as a customer
00:39:36.81\00:39:38.74
as they've probably
written you off as a company?
00:39:38.77\00:39:41.51
Or are you going to
respond in a very loving look,
00:39:41.54\00:39:44.41
I'm sorry, are
you going to own it?
00:39:44.45\00:39:46.08
Are you going to
own your mistake?
00:39:46.11\00:39:47.45
They already know you messed up.
00:39:47.48\00:39:48.92
And that's just like God,
00:39:48.95\00:39:50.29
He already knows
that we messed up.
00:39:50.32\00:39:51.92
So, are we going
to own our mistakes?
00:39:51.95\00:39:53.92
Are we going to
take them to God?
00:39:53.96\00:39:55.42
How are we going to
respond in the eyes of trials
00:39:55.46\00:39:59.29
and stuff like that.
00:39:59.33\00:40:00.86
Yeah, I think, Angie,
00:40:00.90\00:40:02.23
if you see there in verse
3 of chapter, of Romans 5:3.
00:40:02.26\00:40:06.94
You want to read that?
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.30
And not only that,
00:40:08.34\00:40:09.74
but we also
glory in tribulation.
00:40:09.77\00:40:11.84
Glory in tribulations.
00:40:11.87\00:40:14.21
No. It's like how do you glory.
00:40:14.24\00:40:16.44
No. Help me through.
00:40:16.48\00:40:17.81
I'm not there yet.
You say just like that.
00:40:17.85\00:40:22.28
I'm sorry, I'm not there yet.
00:40:22.32\00:40:23.65
And then it says knowing that...
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.69
Tribulation
produces perseverance.
00:40:25.72\00:40:28.59
It's different steps, isn't it?
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.03
Perseverance.
00:40:30.06\00:40:31.63
How do you...
00:40:31.66\00:40:32.99
So, these hard
times, glory, am I right?
00:40:33.03\00:40:36.03
And it's like be it's
producing something in us.
00:40:36.06\00:40:39.03
But it does. Yeah.
00:40:39.07\00:40:40.40
And that's God
doing that work in us.
00:40:40.44\00:40:42.54
Yes.
00:40:42.57\00:40:43.91
Me and my elliptical
stretching myself, doing.
00:40:43.94\00:40:47.44
It's painful. It's painful.
00:40:47.48\00:40:48.98
And you're sore sometimes
at least I'm after I exercise
00:40:49.01\00:40:50.95
and push yourself, yeah.
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.31
Yes, yes.
00:40:52.35\00:40:53.68
But I feel so much better
during throughout the day.
00:40:53.72\00:40:56.52
You have to endure
but how do you find joy
00:40:56.55\00:41:00.82
or glory in tribulations.
00:41:00.86\00:41:03.43
Like James 1, you know...
00:41:03.46\00:41:05.26
Yes. Back to the four.
00:41:05.29\00:41:07.20
You got that one, Jill?
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.40
That's interesting, James 1:2-4.
00:41:09.43\00:41:11.60
This is the one, honey,
that's I'm not there yet.
00:41:11.63\00:41:12.97
The one.
00:41:13.00\00:41:14.34
She told me this
last night, she said,
00:41:14.37\00:41:15.70
"Look, I'm not
there yet." James 1:2-4.
00:41:15.74\00:41:19.61
"My brethren count it all, joy.
00:41:19.64\00:41:25.15
I'm just going to stop there.
00:41:25.18\00:41:26.51
My brethren, count it all, joy."
00:41:26.55\00:41:28.55
Joy.
00:41:28.58\00:41:30.45
I know. Count it, joy.
00:41:30.49\00:41:32.15
And that word in Greek
means pure, unmixed joy.
00:41:32.19\00:41:35.39
So this isn't some
sort of joy like, okay,
00:41:35.42\00:41:38.46
it's modified or
it's a temporary joy
00:41:38.49\00:41:40.90
or, no, counted all joy.
00:41:40.93\00:41:43.83
When you fall
into various trials,
00:41:43.87\00:41:46.57
knowing that the testing
00:41:46.60\00:41:48.67
of your faith produces patience.
00:41:48.70\00:41:52.34
Wow. It's doing a work in us.
00:41:52.37\00:41:53.94
It is.
00:41:53.98\00:41:55.31
But let patience
have its perfect work,
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.45
that you may be
perfect and complete or entire,
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.72
lacking nothing.
00:42:00.75\00:42:04.65
You got to focus
on that end result.
00:42:04.69\00:42:06.49
Yeah, that's what
you told me last night.
00:42:06.52\00:42:08.09
Got to focus on the end result.
00:42:08.12\00:42:09.76
And this is, nobody sends out
00:42:09.79\00:42:11.36
a postcard when a
trial comes, okay?
00:42:11.39\00:42:12.83
That's right.
00:42:12.86\00:42:14.20
Let's be candid about,
nobody texts us smiley face.
00:42:14.23\00:42:15.93
Hey, you know, right
now I'm in emergency.
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.27
You don't send a text, no
I just had a car accident.
00:42:18.30\00:42:20.97
Could you, you know,
00:42:21.00\00:42:22.34
we're gonna have
a party this weekend
00:42:22.37\00:42:23.71
to celebrate my car accident.
00:42:23.74\00:42:25.11
You don't, that's
not a human response.
00:42:25.14\00:42:27.48
But the Lord is saying to us,
00:42:27.51\00:42:29.08
how many times
have you been here?
00:42:29.11\00:42:30.45
How many times have
you gone through a trial?
00:42:30.48\00:42:32.61
Do you remember
the other side of it?
00:42:32.65\00:42:34.58
Yes, Lord.
00:42:34.62\00:42:35.95
He said, if you remember
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.62
that we have been here before.
00:42:37.65\00:42:40.19
What has happened as a result
00:42:40.22\00:42:41.66
of going
through this difficulty?
00:42:41.69\00:42:43.22
Are you stronger now? Yes.
00:42:43.26\00:42:45.09
So don't think about the trial.
00:42:45.13\00:42:46.80
Think about the muscle,
00:42:46.83\00:42:48.16
the sin that
you're going to develop.
00:42:48.20\00:42:49.83
Think about the weight.
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.50
You know, some
people like to lift weights,
00:42:51.53\00:42:54.00
I have weights,
00:42:54.04\00:42:55.37
but they don't work
just laying on the floor.
00:42:55.40\00:42:59.61
Sometimes I wish they did.
00:42:59.64\00:43:02.14
I have a perfectly
great gym in our basement.
00:43:02.18\00:43:04.38
Yeah.
00:43:04.41\00:43:05.75
But it's not
working without me on it.
00:43:05.78\00:43:07.38
And Angie, often said to me,
00:43:07.42\00:43:10.25
come on, get on
the elliptical with me.
00:43:10.29\00:43:11.62
I said, no, that's okay.
00:43:11.65\00:43:14.19
You walk with me
though. Yeah, I walk with her.
00:43:14.22\00:43:16.29
You know... That's good.
00:43:16.32\00:43:17.66
I need to just...
00:43:17.69\00:43:19.03
Get on that elliptical.
00:43:19.06\00:43:20.40
I couldn't get
out of this situation.
00:43:20.43\00:43:21.76
The trial, no.
00:43:21.80\00:43:23.13
But there's a joy
that comes with it,
00:43:23.16\00:43:25.63
not in where you
are, the present.
00:43:25.67\00:43:28.40
But in what you know is
going to come after that,
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.21
like breaking into a
mountain that's filled with coal
00:43:30.24\00:43:33.27
and you find a diamond.
00:43:33.31\00:43:35.94
Like, wow, now I'm glad
I broke into the mountain.
00:43:35.98\00:43:39.05
So that's what
life is like. Yes.
00:43:39.08\00:43:40.95
But we don't,
you know, honestly,
00:43:40.98\00:43:43.35
James is not saying
throw a party when trials come.
00:43:43.39\00:43:45.52
Not at all.
00:43:45.55\00:43:46.89
He's saying think
about what's going to happen
00:43:46.92\00:43:48.26
on the other side of it.
00:43:48.29\00:43:49.62
I think to me, joy
is not happiness, right?
00:43:49.66\00:43:52.09
Because happiness is
dependent on circumstance.
00:43:52.13\00:43:54.46
That's right. Joy
is what comes in Jesus.
00:43:54.50\00:43:58.20
Joy is pull in silence,
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.34
singing
00:44:00.37\00:44:01.70
in the middle of
the night in prison
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.07
now that's not happiness,
00:44:03.10\00:44:04.44
but it's choosing to praise
because when we praise God,
00:44:04.47\00:44:09.81
He shows up.
00:44:09.84\00:44:11.18
And He delivers us
00:44:11.21\00:44:12.55
and He redeems us
and He changes us.
00:44:12.58\00:44:15.88
What a difference
praise makes. Yeah, it does.
00:44:15.92\00:44:18.42
Amen. What?
00:44:18.45\00:44:19.79
You know, Jill just something,
when we praise, God shows up.
00:44:19.82\00:44:22.69
Yes. You know what?
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.23
I think can I
modify that a little bit
00:44:24.26\00:44:25.63
in all due respect.
00:44:25.66\00:44:27.06
When we praise, we
recognize He never left.
00:44:27.10\00:44:30.03
Good. Thank you. It's good.
00:44:30.07\00:44:32.53
He's always there.
00:44:32.57\00:44:33.90
He's always been there.
00:44:33.94\00:44:35.44
When we praise, we
realize, He never left.
00:44:35.47\00:44:37.77
Yeah. Right.
00:44:37.81\00:44:39.14
I'll never leave
you nor forsake you
00:44:39.17\00:44:40.51
but you can't see me.
00:44:40.54\00:44:42.04
You know, having eyes, He
said that to the Pharisees,
00:44:42.08\00:44:44.81
because you say you have no sin
00:44:44.85\00:44:46.38
and it remains I
can't do anything for you.
00:44:46.41\00:44:48.42
So when we praise Him, we
recognize He never left us.
00:44:48.45\00:44:51.95
And that's the thing about,
00:44:51.99\00:44:53.32
He wants to train our
eyes to see in the trial.
00:44:53.36\00:44:56.66
I took a camera
to the school once,
00:44:56.69\00:44:58.46
school here and I took pictures
00:44:58.49\00:44:59.83
and then I put on
the screen and said,
00:44:59.86\00:45:01.20
now identify this stuff.
00:45:01.23\00:45:02.56
And the kids are
saying, where's that.
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.73
And they couldn't
identify, I said, you know,
00:45:04.77\00:45:06.60
that's the
corner in the kitchen.
00:45:06.63\00:45:08.54
I took a picture
behind the stove,
00:45:08.57\00:45:09.90
the big industrial stove
in the corner of the kitchen,
00:45:09.94\00:45:11.81
they said,
00:45:11.84\00:45:13.17
why would you
take a picture of that?
00:45:13.21\00:45:14.54
I said, well look
at the next picture.
00:45:14.58\00:45:15.91
This is a little tiny
flower in front of the school
00:45:15.94\00:45:17.38
coming through a
rock they say, wow.
00:45:17.41\00:45:19.65
I say, now here's the thing.
00:45:19.68\00:45:21.22
Is there something
wrong with my camera?
00:45:21.25\00:45:22.78
No, it's what I focus on.
00:45:22.82\00:45:24.95
And we focus on the
wrong thing sometimes,
00:45:24.99\00:45:26.96
the Lord is saying,
00:45:26.99\00:45:28.32
I want you to
focus on something.
00:45:28.36\00:45:29.69
I didn't, I
didn't leave, I'm here.
00:45:29.72\00:45:31.49
But in the trials,
00:45:31.53\00:45:32.86
you're looking in
the wrong direction.
00:45:32.89\00:45:34.23
We can take a camera
00:45:34.26\00:45:35.60
and take the
most awful pictures.
00:45:35.63\00:45:36.97
Or we can take a
camera and capture
00:45:37.00\00:45:39.27
the most beautiful sunset.
00:45:39.30\00:45:40.64
It's what we're focusing on
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.10
that lets us
know God never left.
00:45:42.14\00:45:44.81
Yeah. Yeah. Amen.
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.17
Should we skip down to,
00:45:46.21\00:45:47.54
we're looking at
what does endurance
00:45:47.58\00:45:48.91
produce in us as Christians,
00:45:48.94\00:45:50.55
but then we can go
down to how we're enduring,
00:45:50.58\00:45:52.71
enduring, which we're
talking about already,
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.32
but I do like the story of Job.
00:45:54.35\00:45:55.88
Yes. Okay.
00:45:55.92\00:45:57.25
That's course the
story of Job is in Job,
00:45:57.29\00:45:59.55
but I like the
passage that you have here,
00:45:59.59\00:46:01.09
that's James 5,
referring it to Job.
00:46:01.12\00:46:04.53
James Chapter 5.
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.30
Jason, do you have that? I do.
00:46:07.33\00:46:09.16
James 5:11. Verse 11.
00:46:09.20\00:46:11.70
"Indeed we count
them blessed who endure.
00:46:11.73\00:46:14.34
You have heard of
the perseverance of Job
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.64
and seen the end
intended by the Lord,
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.47
that the Lord is
very compassionate
00:46:19.51\00:46:21.21
and merciful."
00:46:21.24\00:46:22.58
Oh, yes, He is.
00:46:22.61\00:46:25.01
Very compassionate.
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.38
He went through a huge struggle.
00:46:26.41\00:46:28.32
Huge. Yeah.
00:46:28.35\00:46:29.72
Yeah.
00:46:29.75\00:46:31.09
Yeah. He lost everything.
00:46:31.12\00:46:32.45
Honey, you're gonna say
something about that passage?
00:46:32.49\00:46:33.82
I know you are.
00:46:33.86\00:46:35.19
Last night, I did, that's why.
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.19
What did you find
in that passage, Angie,
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.06
because it is a
powerful passage?
00:46:40.10\00:46:41.90
Yeah, it is.
00:46:41.93\00:46:43.26
Because I said
last night I said,
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.63
"Honey, Lord is
full of compassion."
00:46:45.67\00:46:49.10
But he says, "He's
very compassionate."
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.27
That's right
00:46:51.31\00:46:52.64
That's huge,
00:46:52.67\00:46:54.01
not just
compassionate and merciful.
00:46:54.04\00:46:55.74
He's very, He's
acquainted with our weaknesses.
00:46:55.78\00:46:59.61
He knows, He
lived the human life.
00:46:59.65\00:47:02.75
He knows what
we've gone through.
00:47:02.78\00:47:04.69
And so, I love
that compassionate.
00:47:04.72\00:47:07.29
Yeah, compassionate.
00:47:07.32\00:47:08.66
Very compassionate and merciful.
00:47:08.69\00:47:10.63
And that's what we
ought to exemplify that.
00:47:10.66\00:47:14.46
I know does
anybody ever get on your,
00:47:14.50\00:47:17.03
almost last nerve?
00:47:17.07\00:47:20.24
You go like...
00:47:20.27\00:47:23.14
And you question your response.
00:47:23.17\00:47:24.81
How am I, in our
response could either mean
00:47:24.84\00:47:27.71
they forget
about the Jesus in us,
00:47:27.74\00:47:30.28
or the Jesus in us
becomes more obvious.
00:47:30.31\00:47:33.55
So that's what's going on here.
00:47:33.58\00:47:35.55
Because Job, you know,
00:47:35.58\00:47:37.72
the story we
read through the Job
00:47:37.75\00:47:39.09
and we got so many
highlights in story of Job.
00:47:39.12\00:47:40.89
Yeah, it's powerful story.
00:47:40.92\00:47:42.36
But sometimes
people don't understand,
00:47:42.39\00:47:43.73
like his friends
00:47:43.76\00:47:45.09
didn't understand
what he was going through.
00:47:45.13\00:47:46.46
No.
00:47:46.49\00:47:47.83
But here's the thing
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.20
that really
caught my attention here.
00:47:49.23\00:47:50.57
This is perseverance
of Job and seeing the end,
00:47:50.60\00:47:55.10
the next word intended.
00:47:55.14\00:47:57.01
Yeah. What does God intend?
00:47:57.04\00:47:59.61
Why does God allow, He
intends something to happen.
00:47:59.64\00:48:02.74
And that's a powerful word.
00:48:02.78\00:48:04.11
I never preached a
sermon called intentional.
00:48:04.15\00:48:06.01
Yeah. That's a
good sermon title.
00:48:06.05\00:48:07.38
But everything
was restored to him,
00:48:07.42\00:48:09.08
he had double, double honor.
00:48:09.12\00:48:11.45
But this is
intentional. But I see what...
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.22
It's not intentional. Oh, yeah.
00:48:13.25\00:48:14.89
It wasn't. It wasn't incidental.
00:48:14.92\00:48:17.06
No, it was not.
No, that is true.
00:48:17.09\00:48:18.79
For I know, the plans I
have for you, says the Lord.
00:48:18.83\00:48:21.26
Plans to prosper you
00:48:21.30\00:48:22.63
and not to harm you to
give you a future and hope.
00:48:22.66\00:48:24.77
And that is just God's
plan for each one of us.
00:48:24.80\00:48:28.64
You know, I just
want to encourage you
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.01
tonight right now,
00:48:30.04\00:48:31.37
you might be
going through something
00:48:31.41\00:48:33.17
and you're enduring,
00:48:33.21\00:48:34.61
you're going through
a trial or a hardship
00:48:34.64\00:48:37.08
or loss of a loved one,
I can't even fathom that.
00:48:37.11\00:48:41.85
And yet in the midst of that,
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.62
the Lord Jesus is
right by your side.
00:48:44.65\00:48:48.82
And He says, I have loved
you with an everlasting love.
00:48:48.86\00:48:52.19
And I want you to
fix your eyes on me
00:48:52.23\00:48:56.36
because when we look at Jesus,
00:48:56.40\00:48:57.90
He enables us to endure through.
00:48:57.93\00:49:02.10
So just know that
your 3ABN family here
00:49:02.14\00:49:04.61
that we are praying for
you in the midst of your battle
00:49:04.64\00:49:09.01
that the Lord
would see you through
00:49:09.04\00:49:10.78
and make you victorious.
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.71
Amen. Amen.
00:49:12.75\00:49:14.25
You know, we saw a new story
00:49:14.28\00:49:15.62
that was so
touching of a young family.
00:49:15.65\00:49:17.59
Last night, yeah.
00:49:17.62\00:49:18.95
The father was 32 years
old, he contracted COVID and...
00:49:18.99\00:49:23.53
Mother has two children.
00:49:23.56\00:49:25.59
They have two
children. Small children.
00:49:25.63\00:49:26.96
Small children. A
baby and a son about three.
00:49:27.00\00:49:30.63
Yeah, and he loves his children.
00:49:30.67\00:49:32.07
They showed all the pictures
of him with his children.
00:49:32.10\00:49:34.30
And to get to the story shortly.
00:49:34.34\00:49:36.60
He lost the
battle with COVID-19.
00:49:36.64\00:49:39.97
But in the hospital
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.34
when he was going
through his final moments,
00:49:41.38\00:49:43.78
he was able to
write on his phone
00:49:43.81\00:49:47.42
a message for his wife
00:49:47.45\00:49:50.05
that she said normally
00:49:50.09\00:49:51.42
I don't look at
my husband's phone.
00:49:51.45\00:49:53.86
We don't have any
reason to suspect him.
00:49:53.89\00:49:56.26
But he left it
so that he knew...
00:49:56.29\00:49:59.06
She would find
out. I would find it.
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.66
He left a lengthy note.
00:50:00.70\00:50:02.36
And it was heart wrenching,
I mean, the news cast,
00:50:02.40\00:50:05.60
I kept seeing her swallow.
00:50:05.63\00:50:07.94
Yeah. Bowed her
head, swallowing.
00:50:07.97\00:50:10.07
Very emotional. Yeah.
00:50:10.11\00:50:11.44
It brought tears to
her eyes, it kind of,
00:50:11.47\00:50:12.81
we leaned on each other
00:50:12.84\00:50:14.18
and just tears will
come out of her eyes.
00:50:14.21\00:50:15.54
I just hugged him as a
wife losing her husband.
00:50:15.58\00:50:18.78
And he had two children.
00:50:18.81\00:50:20.15
And then so the
news program said, well,
00:50:20.18\00:50:22.58
we started a GoFundMe for you.
00:50:22.62\00:50:24.62
And $777,000 came in right now.
00:50:24.65\00:50:28.19
And she said, well, I'm
gonna stay at home, mom.
00:50:28.22\00:50:30.66
She said, what will
you do with the money?
00:50:30.69\00:50:32.03
She said, you know, what? Yeah.
00:50:32.06\00:50:34.36
Should I give back every
penny to have my husband back.
00:50:34.40\00:50:37.17
Wow. Every penny.
00:50:37.20\00:50:39.97
Almost. She
said, I don't need it.
00:50:40.00\00:50:41.80
I will be glad to
give back every penny
00:50:41.84\00:50:44.44
just to have him back.
00:50:44.47\00:50:45.81
But you know,
those are those moments
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.18
where you don't excuse us
00:50:47.21\00:50:48.54
for getting a
little bit emotional.
00:50:48.58\00:50:49.91
But, you know, when you
love your spouse the way I do.
00:50:49.94\00:50:52.31
Of course.
00:50:52.35\00:50:53.68
And the way my wife loves
me, you think, what would I get,
00:50:53.72\00:50:57.65
you know, what would I give
00:50:57.69\00:50:59.05
to make it through
a difficult moment.
00:50:59.09\00:51:00.42
I'd give everything. Everything.
00:51:00.46\00:51:02.06
When you think about
Job, he lost everything.
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.29
He lost his children,
he lost his livestock,
00:51:04.33\00:51:07.23
he lost his possessions.
00:51:07.26\00:51:08.80
And...
00:51:08.83\00:51:10.17
He had his God. Say it again.
00:51:10.20\00:51:12.40
He had his God.
00:51:12.43\00:51:15.44
Most important.
00:51:15.47\00:51:16.81
And so, through it all,
00:51:16.84\00:51:18.17
there are some of you
that are watching this program.
00:51:18.21\00:51:20.21
We want you to know here,
just like Job, you didn't lose,
00:51:20.24\00:51:23.91
you may have lost everything,
but you didn't lose God.
00:51:23.95\00:51:26.78
Never will.
00:51:26.82\00:51:28.15
He never left you, He
never, He never left your side.
00:51:28.18\00:51:30.69
And so, you have to endure
because what it says here,
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.22
perseverance of Job
00:51:33.25\00:51:35.72
and seeing the
intended end of the Lord,
00:51:35.76\00:51:39.56
the end intended by the Lord.
00:51:39.59\00:51:41.30
He saw, well, I know,
00:51:41.33\00:51:42.66
I understand why I'm
going through this now.
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.73
And we're not
saying that God intends
00:51:44.77\00:51:46.10
for you to lose a spouse.
00:51:46.13\00:51:47.47
No, of course not.
00:51:47.50\00:51:48.84
That's an unfortunate
thing that happens in this life.
00:51:48.87\00:51:50.21
Everybody dies at some point.
00:51:50.24\00:51:52.77
But you have to know,
don't forget the last part,
00:51:52.81\00:51:55.34
the Lord is very
compassionate and merciful.
00:51:55.38\00:51:57.91
And He will be with you
through this difficult time.
00:51:57.95\00:51:59.91
You know, I like this, pastor,
in my version here it says,
00:51:59.95\00:52:02.18
"And the Lord is very
pitiful." Oh, beautiful.
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.52
In other words,
He's very compassionate.
00:52:04.55\00:52:05.92
Yes. Merciful.
00:52:05.95\00:52:07.29
So, you know, His heart goes out
00:52:07.32\00:52:09.12
into the suffering
00:52:09.16\00:52:10.49
but I think then
that's the promise
00:52:10.53\00:52:11.86
that we've been referring to.
00:52:11.89\00:52:13.23
Yeah.
00:52:13.26\00:52:14.60
That's why He
endured on the cross.
00:52:14.63\00:52:15.96
Because He knew this wasn't it.
00:52:16.00\00:52:17.33
You know,
there's something better,
00:52:17.37\00:52:18.70
He's saving us
from this world of sin.
00:52:18.73\00:52:20.10
Yes, it's not
the end of the story.
00:52:20.14\00:52:21.70
No, it's not,
exactly, say that again.
00:52:21.74\00:52:23.87
It's not the end of
the story. It's right.
00:52:23.91\00:52:25.54
We have, as the Bible
says, what we have a better,
00:52:25.57\00:52:29.34
a better land.
00:52:29.38\00:52:30.78
So, this is not it to
those who loved the Lord.
00:52:30.81\00:52:34.35
So let's endure. Endure.
00:52:34.38\00:52:36.92
Amen. All right.
00:52:36.95\00:52:38.29
Let's end in some prayers.
Pastor, do we start with you?
00:52:38.32\00:52:40.29
We'll go around
the circle. Sure.
00:52:40.32\00:52:41.89
Thank you.
00:52:41.92\00:52:43.26
Loving Father in heaven,
00:52:43.29\00:52:44.63
thank You for
Your patience with us,
00:52:44.66\00:52:46.16
Your merciful grace to us.
00:52:46.19\00:52:48.86
There's somebody
watching right now
00:52:48.90\00:52:50.27
is in a place
where they don't know
00:52:50.30\00:52:52.50
whether to hold on to let go.
00:52:52.53\00:52:54.57
Father, take their
hand and hold on for them.
00:52:54.60\00:52:58.64
Put Your arms around them
00:52:58.67\00:53:00.01
that they won't
fall out of the ride
00:53:00.04\00:53:01.38
that they're
riding in right now.
00:53:01.41\00:53:03.35
The turns are tough,
the dips are difficult
00:53:03.38\00:53:05.48
and they just
can't see the end of it.
00:53:05.51\00:53:07.52
Hold them in the
cradle of Your arms
00:53:07.55\00:53:10.49
that they won't let go.
00:53:10.52\00:53:11.85
And when they
can't pray, Father,
00:53:11.89\00:53:13.69
just take the
meditations of their hearts.
00:53:13.72\00:53:16.93
Has sufficient and
bring them through it,
00:53:16.96\00:53:19.29
I ask in Your precious name.
00:53:19.33\00:53:22.36
Amen.
00:53:22.40\00:53:23.73
And, Father, we come
to You again in prayer.
00:53:23.77\00:53:27.24
We are so thankful for Jesus.
00:53:27.27\00:53:29.47
Where would we be without Jesus?
00:53:29.50\00:53:32.14
Lord, we thank
You for Your promises.
00:53:32.17\00:53:35.54
Through Ye, it's just so true.
00:53:35.58\00:53:38.41
Thank You, Lord,
00:53:38.45\00:53:39.78
we know that as
my husband mentioned
00:53:39.81\00:53:41.88
many are going through trials.
00:53:41.92\00:53:44.35
We pray for endurance
00:53:44.39\00:53:46.19
that they will
endure till the end.
00:53:46.22\00:53:48.49
There's a blessing at the end,
00:53:48.52\00:53:51.73
even in the trial,
there is a blessing.
00:53:51.76\00:53:54.46
So help them to hold on
00:53:54.50\00:53:55.86
and not let go of
the hand of Jesus.
00:53:55.90\00:53:58.60
There won't be long.
00:53:58.63\00:53:59.97
We will be home very, very soon.
00:54:00.00\00:54:02.87
And I just ask that
You will just encourage
00:54:02.90\00:54:05.04
and comfort each person
00:54:05.07\00:54:07.31
and help us all to be
faithful on to the end.
00:54:07.34\00:54:10.85
Amen.
00:54:10.88\00:54:12.81
Dear Heavenly Father,
00:54:12.85\00:54:14.18
I just want to thank You
so much for walking with us
00:54:14.22\00:54:18.35
in the midst of our
trials and being with us
00:54:18.39\00:54:20.62
through the storm.
00:54:20.66\00:54:22.56
Father, I ask that
You would please help us
00:54:22.59\00:54:25.06
and everyone to
endure what comes our way.
00:54:25.09\00:54:30.33
Those situations may
seem like it's the end.
00:54:30.37\00:54:35.30
We ask that You
would just help us
00:54:35.34\00:54:37.84
to get through that,
00:54:37.87\00:54:39.21
help us to take away lessons
00:54:39.24\00:54:41.51
that are preparing
us for Your soon return.
00:54:41.54\00:54:45.41
Help us not to
have our own agenda
00:54:45.45\00:54:47.28
but to seek
Your will to be done.
00:54:47.32\00:54:49.78
In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
00:54:49.82\00:54:52.65
Holy Father, we're
grateful for the gift of Jesus.
00:54:52.69\00:54:57.63
We're thankful for the
gift of the Holy Spirit
00:54:57.66\00:55:00.30
who comforts us
in our time of need.
00:55:00.33\00:55:04.17
We're thankful for Your Word
and the promises in Your Word
00:55:04.20\00:55:07.87
which are yes and
amen in Christ Jesus.
00:55:07.90\00:55:11.07
And how Father,
00:55:11.11\00:55:12.44
we can trust You through it all.
00:55:12.47\00:55:15.24
And, Lord, I'm just praying
00:55:15.28\00:55:17.35
for my brothers
and sisters right now.
00:55:17.38\00:55:19.41
Maybe they're not
sure if they can trust.
00:55:19.45\00:55:23.89
God, would You
strengthen their faith
00:55:23.92\00:55:26.65
and when they
cannot even come to You,
00:55:26.69\00:55:30.59
we are carrying them,
00:55:30.63\00:55:32.43
like the
friends of the paralytic
00:55:32.46\00:55:34.83
to You right now.
00:55:34.86\00:55:36.77
Would you touch them?
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.13
Father in heaven, Lord,
00:55:43.10\00:55:44.44
we're grateful
that You are the author
00:55:44.47\00:55:47.34
and the finisher of our faith.
00:55:47.38\00:55:50.25
I pray for that person right now
00:55:50.28\00:55:51.65
that is either
listening or watching
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.35
that they feel as
though they're drowning.
00:55:53.38\00:55:56.55
They're going down,
coming up and gasping
00:55:56.58\00:55:58.55
for another
breath of air it seems
00:55:58.59\00:56:00.09
and then going back down
with maybe loss of a job.
00:56:00.12\00:56:04.49
Their world around them
00:56:04.53\00:56:05.86
that seems to be
just crashing in on them.
00:56:05.89\00:56:09.03
And they don't
know that they're,
00:56:09.06\00:56:10.83
what they seem to be hanging on
00:56:10.87\00:56:12.20
to maybe just seem
like a tiny little thread.
00:56:12.23\00:56:14.74
But, Father, You
will never ever let us go.
00:56:14.77\00:56:17.91
As pastor is mentioning,
You've been there all along.
00:56:17.94\00:56:21.21
You're just right there.
00:56:21.24\00:56:22.58
And, Lord, as we are
reaching our hands out to You,
00:56:22.61\00:56:24.91
we know that You will grasp them
00:56:24.95\00:56:26.41
and pull us up
00:56:26.45\00:56:27.78
from what seems like
an impossible situation.
00:56:27.82\00:56:30.89
Father, I just pray
that You'd help us all
00:56:30.92\00:56:32.55
to endure to the very end.
00:56:32.59\00:56:34.92
In Jesus' name we pray.
00:56:34.96\00:56:36.36
Amen.
00:56:36.39\00:56:37.73
Amen. Amen.
00:56:37.76\00:56:40.20
What a joy to
share family worship
00:56:40.23\00:56:41.56
with each one of you.
00:56:41.60\00:56:42.93
We just have a few moments.
00:56:42.96\00:56:44.30
I don't know if you,
00:56:44.33\00:56:45.67
any one of you
have a closing thoughts,
00:56:45.70\00:56:47.04
something that
you'd like to share
00:56:47.07\00:56:48.40
on the topic?
00:56:48.44\00:56:49.77
If you want to or you
don't want to whatever.
00:56:49.80\00:56:51.31
Real quick,
tough times don't last
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.24
but tough people do.
00:56:53.27\00:56:55.78
That's good. That's right.
00:56:55.81\00:56:57.15
That's when you
have the Lord with you.
00:56:57.18\00:56:58.51
That's right,
when you have the Lord.
00:56:58.55\00:56:59.88
Without Him you can't do it.
00:56:59.91\00:57:01.25
We can't make it
without the Lord.
00:57:01.28\00:57:02.62
Yeah. No.
00:57:02.65\00:57:03.99
Just hang on.
00:57:04.02\00:57:05.35
I said, just hang on,
00:57:05.39\00:57:06.72
claim the
promises in God's Word.
00:57:06.76\00:57:09.06
Amen. Absolutely.
00:57:09.09\00:57:10.69
Thank you all for
being part of the family.
00:57:10.73\00:57:12.39
Amen.
00:57:12.43\00:57:13.76
We love working with you
00:57:13.80\00:57:15.13
and so appreciate
your walk with God
00:57:15.16\00:57:16.73
and sharing that
with our 3ABN family.
00:57:16.77\00:57:19.10
It's a joy to have
family worship together.
00:57:19.13\00:57:20.47
It is, you know, yeah,
to be thanking the Lord
00:57:20.50\00:57:22.30
for a wonderful week.
00:57:22.34\00:57:23.67
We know that He
will carry us through.
00:57:23.71\00:57:25.04
We don't know what
next week has in store,
00:57:25.07\00:57:26.91
He does.
00:57:26.94\00:57:28.28
We just need to trust Him.
00:57:28.31\00:57:29.64
We encourage you to hang
on to God and His promises,
00:57:29.68\00:57:32.68
study His Word on a daily basis.
00:57:32.71\00:57:34.75
And God bless you.
We'll see you next time.
00:57:34.78\00:57:36.45
Amen.
00:57:36.48\00:57:37.82