I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome to another
3ABN Today Family Worship.
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We're so glad
that you've joined us.
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I tell you, I
love this time of year.
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It's the Christmas
season and, of course,
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we know that Jesus
wasn't born on December 25th.
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But what a great opportunity
we have as Christians,
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and as Seventh-day
Adventists, of course,
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to be able to share about Jesus,
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and about His birth,
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and why He came
here to die for us.
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And what a great
time to be able to share
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the love of God to other people
'cause this time of year too,
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there's a lot of
hurting people in the world.
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And we just want to say
thank you for being our family.
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I don't know if
you may feel right now
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that you don't
have any family members.
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Well, you have us.
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So hopefully you don't
mind having us as your family,
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because we sure enjoy having
you as part of our family,
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but a happy
Sabbath to each one of you.
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I'm sure it's been a busy week.
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This time of year
is busy here at 3ABN,
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but it's always a blessing
to kind of just take a breath
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and have this worship
time, open the Word of God.
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It's a blessing to be on the set
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with you here, sweetie.
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And we're also on the set
with our 3ABN family members.
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But one we've never been
on with before ourselves.
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That's right. I
love Family Worship.
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I love this time we
get to come into your home,
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your living room,
or maybe in your car
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if you're
listening on the radio.
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And just get to
share it together,
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we open up the Word of
God, we share from our hearts
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and our journey
with Jesus as it were.
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You can see we're in red
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and we have a little
bit of lights behind us.
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My tie is kind of close.
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Yes.
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See, it matches well.
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Kind of.
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Yours is brighter red.
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So, but the gift
of Jesus is incredible
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at this time of year.
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You know, we're talking
about the greatest gifts
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that we have as
Christians today.
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Great topic.
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And we often think of the
gifts we want to give each other
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or I could say,
well, my husband Greg
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is the greatest gift in my life
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and he is one of the
greatest gifts of my life.
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But to think of the
gifts that God gives us.
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That's what we're
gonna focus on tonight.
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One of the gifts He gives us
is friendship and fellowship,
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and that's our 3ABN
family who are with us here.
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We have Donald and Janelle Owen.
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And it's such a
privilege to have you both here.
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I know, Donald,
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you've been on Family
Worships with us before.
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Right. Yeah.
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You, of course,
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work in our 3ABN
Pastoral Department.
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Have the opportunity to minister
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to hurting people every day.
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Right, yeah. It's been a...
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I think what Isaiah put it best.
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He said, "Who am I, Lord?"
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You know, he's
wondering, "Who am I?"
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He just thought
he wasn't worth it,
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you know, worthy and find out
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that God has called us
to different positions.
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I never thought
when I came here,
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I would end up in
Pastoral by any means.
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But God has
blessed me and blessed
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this opportunity to be here.
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Just thankful for 3ABN family.
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You mentioned
family several times
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and just family is so important,
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especially in the
time we're in right now,
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the world we're in right now.
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We need to gather
together as a people, you know,
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to encourage one another,
so it's a good time to do this.
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Amen.
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Sitting next to you is
your beautiful wife Janelle.
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And, Janelle, it's a
privilege to have you
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on the set
tonight with us as well.
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You work in our 3ABN
Publishing Department
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as a graphic designer
and do incredible work
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but not just the work
she does, which is amazing.
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But you have a wonderful spirit.
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And we're so grateful.
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You made me cry.
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Thank you.
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But it's nice
to have both of you
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on tonight together as a couple.
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And you guys have been
at 3ABN, how many years now?
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Seven years. Seven years.
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Seven years,
what a great number.
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It is a great number, isn't it?
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We're glad it's
not ending at seven.
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Right, yes.
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But for the people at
home, tell us how many years
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you've been married?
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Well, let's see.
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Do we remember? Oh, my nuts.
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Well, we dated for 10
years before we got married
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so we also add that.
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So you've known each
other then for how long?
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Twenty two years.
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Twenty two years
and married in 2008.
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So 12 years of marriage.
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Congratulations. Yeah.
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Thank you. That's precious.
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God is good. God is good.
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So you remembered. Whoa, amen!
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Good job, Donald.
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You did good.
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Okay, I know not so well.
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No. Yeah.
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It's great, though,
what a blessing though,
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to have you guys here
as part of our family,
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as Jill was mentioning,
and we're just so blessed.
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You know, they're
co-workers, but the same time
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we're all family members.
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Amen.
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And, you know, this
evening with worship,
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you know, and
it's Christmas season,
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and thinking about gifts, and,
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you know, little
treasures and things,
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I think of the Word of God.
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It has so many treasures in it.
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So we would
encourage you tonight.
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This is Family Worship,
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it's not a time for you
just to sit back and observe.
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We want you to
get involved as well.
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So do get your Bible and
maybe a little notepad out and,
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you know, thinking
about hidden treasures,
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I don't think a camera
can get this shot right now,
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I'm not sure.
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But on the set, I am
noticing a little red ball
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that's hidden.
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Did you hide it over there?
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I didn't even see that.
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I didn't, but I see it.
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And I think they're trying
to get the shot right now.
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This production crew is amazing,
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so thank you, production.
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There's a little red...
Can you see it over there?
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Do you guys...
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Okay, for those that
are young or young at heart,
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do you see the
little red ball on the set?
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Let's just take a minute,
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this is unusual
for Family Worship,
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but do you see a
little red ball on the set
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that's in an unusual place?
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I see it.
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I see it. It's over here.
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Yes. Okay.
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You got it.
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It's on our logo.
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So I don't know who
put that little ball there.
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That little...
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What is that? An ornament.
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Yeah, you're
right. Thank you, Justin.
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Good job.
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He's our cameraman
that quickly got that.
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But I'm just thinking about...
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Did you know about that?
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You know, I just
saw that sitting there
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and I thought, I
wonder how that got there.
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And I thought, you know, I
might as well just comment,
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'cause I'm
observing it on the set.
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So thinking about it again,
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just searching
and looking for truth,
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you know, there is truth,
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and the true
truth is in the Bible.
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So again, I tell you what,
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just be searching the scriptures
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on a daily basis.
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And, man, you might find
an ornament, so to speak,
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hidden right
there in plain sight.
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So that's...
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You mentioned
about the greatest gifts,
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and what a great topic.
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Thank you.
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You're the one that actually
mentioned it and I thought,
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"Wow, that's a great topic,
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especially for
this time of year."
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Oh, yeah.
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You know, we think
about what do we give people.
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We give gifts and
presents under the tree.
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Or sometimes I
remember, as a little girl,
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we didn't have a lot of money.
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And so we would
make these coupons,
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3x5 cards and I would
write to my mom and dad,
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we're going to...
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Next year I'll
give you a back rub,
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or I'll wash the dishes
but I'm not being asked to,
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or do something.
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So we think of simple things
or gifts that we can give,
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but tonight we want
to look at the gifts
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that God the
Father has given us.
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Jesus through His
Son and the Holy Spirit.
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So our opening
scripture is John 3:16.
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As we look at the
greatest gift of all,
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that is the gift of salvation.
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But before we...
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Oh, you can open up
your Bibles to John 3:16.
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But we should pray.
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There you go. I agree with that.
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Janelle, you
want to pray for us?
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Sure. Thank you.
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To Heavenly Father,
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we do thank You
for this time of year
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where we can remember
You and how Your Father...
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He sent you here, Lord.
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You've both made the
decision to come here as a baby
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and what You did for us
and there's so many gifts
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that You've given us
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that we're going
to be talking about.
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We just thank You, Lord,
though, for being our Savior,
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for giving us life
and life more abundantly.
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I may ask now Your Holy
Spirit would be present with us.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Do you have that
scripture, Donald?
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Yes, John 3:16.
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I don't know if I
remember this one too well.
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It says, "For God
so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whosoever
believeth in Him should not
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perish but have
everlasting life."
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You know, gave, that's a
strong four letter word, gave.
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Something came in my mind,
we're talking about this idea,
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the gift of salvation,
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but there's a
quote that most people
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share during this
time of year, Isaiah 9:6.
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Yes.
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You know that one?
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Let's read it. I love that.
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That's a good one.
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Well, especially in the
time we're in right now.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Isaiah 9:6-7.
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That wonderful
messianic prophecy.
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Oh, my, yes.
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It's beautiful.
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It says, "For unto
us a Child is born."
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Obviously we know
Christ came as a child.
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"Unto us a Son is given."
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So there's that
gave, given again concept.
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Jesus died on
the cross, obviously,
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"And the government
shall be upon His shoulder
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and His name shall
be called Wonderful,
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Counselor, the Mighty God,
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the Everlasting Father
and the Prince of Peace."
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How many want the
Price of Peace in their life.
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So that just speaks to
me, He was given for us.
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Powerful, so
thankful for that gift.
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Amen.
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You know what I
love about that verse.
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What really speaks
to me in that verse,
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the one you've talked about,
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the Son is given
or the John 3:16,
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is that God loved us.
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We often think
Jesus loves us, right?
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He's the one who came,
He's the one who came as a baby
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and grew up,
lived the perfect life
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and died that
perfect sacrifice for us.
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And we think about
that, or at least I do,
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but God the Father,
and He wanted to give,
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to send His Son,
that's just incredible love.
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And all the different aspects
too that it mentions there
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in that verse
that we just read too,
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"Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God,
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Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace."
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It's all those different
aspects of His character
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and there's so many more.
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But it's just, you know,
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when I think
about those words there,
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all of it, it's just
He's a powerful mighty God.
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Yeah, it's beautiful, isn't it?
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Yeah, I just think
about that line that says,
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"The government shall
be upon His shoulder."
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Now, you know, I've
shared with so many people
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in the prayer lines,
these last couple of months,
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you know, dealing with
where we're at currently.
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But it just, it
gives you a sense of peace,
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because He's really in control.
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So the government's
really on His shoulders.
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So that gives
you a sense of, well,
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I can really
put my trust in Him,
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asking to really trust Him.
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He's got big shoulders.
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He's got big shoulders.
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You know, I think about God and,
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you know, Him being the
creator of the entire universe,
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you know, and then to
think that He is so interested
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in just each of
us as an individual.
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It's very
humbling, but also very...
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I try to think of
the word, very secure,
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makes me feel very
secure, like, "Wow, okay.
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He loves me so much
that He sent Jesus, His Son,
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His most precious
gift to die for me
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to give us eternal life.
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That's a beautiful
gift for each one of us.
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And it's available to everybody.
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And I think, Donald,
before COVID or maybe
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it was both of you, both have
you worked in prison ministry?
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I did. You did? Okay.
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You know, going in, you know,
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sometimes people
can feel hopeless,
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you know, "I'm behind
bars, and there's no hope.
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Nobody loves me, nobody sees me,
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nobody contacts me."
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But then to be able to
share that Jesus loves them.
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That's powerful, isn't it?
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You know, and the
last time we were,
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it was in February,
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I remember we are now
closed out of going to prison
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because of COVID, but
I got the opportunity.
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I had a love letter from Jesus.
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A tract?
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Yeah, a tract, yep.
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And I got to talk between.
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They called me
and asked me actually
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to present
something at the prison.
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They called me and
asked me to come and speak.
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I'm like, "Oh."
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So we went in there,
we actually went right
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in the ward and
spoke to the men in there.
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And Diangie Gere, who
works with me, he was like,
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"I've never been
in this part before."
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So it was really cool
and new for both of us.
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And I gave
about 80 to 90 tracts,
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there was 80, 90 men,
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I spoke before about Jesus
and I got to give them tracts
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and they approved it.
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So I snuck in a
whole bunch of them.
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And I'm thankful
they approved it,
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but just a love
letter from Jesus
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and to share that with the guys.
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And I had several guys,
you know, even with teardrops,
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you know,
tattoos and stuff like...
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"Man, that was
awesome. Thank you."
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Just really powerful.
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So I really
miss prison ministry.
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It's just...
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It's hard because
I love getting there
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and talking with those guys.
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And, you know, hear
the bars cling behind you.
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But it was such a blessing, so.
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I want to ask
this to both of you,
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and I know this is
we're not talking about
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like personal testimony as much,
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but I know that both
of you had walked away
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from the Lord,
but then came back.
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So tell me, Janelle,
maybe we'll start with you.
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What that was like to find out,
"Wow, Jesus really loves me,"
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or something has to turn
within each of us to say,
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"You know, I want to resubmit
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and commit my
life to Jesus Christ."
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And to accept that gift. Yeah.
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Yes. Yeah.
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I think for me,
I saw the changes
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that were happening with Don,
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how God was really doing
a lot of work in his heart,
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and that's what
spoke to me first.
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And I think when I was a kid,
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I didn't even
realize that Jesus was here
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before He came as a baby.
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I don't know if
that's, you know,
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it seems like it's a
common misconception,
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I guess, in the
rest of the world.
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Because I asked a
lot of other people
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that don't know that,
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and they were
surprised just to know
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that He's in the Old Testament.
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And I think when I
study that and learn that,
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that really, like
really blew my mind
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and then along my journey,
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you know, thinking about
Him being here all along.
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It just made it
even more personal.
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And then along my
journey learning that, you know,
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He wanted to know about me,
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and He could
relate to everything,
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even though of course, you know,
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we think of God
as a male, you know,
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He has so many different
aspects of His character,
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He has the, you know,
the nurturing, the female,
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and then in the
protective, you know, male,
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but then when I realized
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that He actually
could relate to me,
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I think that's what
really kind of made it solid.
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You know, and He,
like you said, you know,
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He cares about
every little thing,
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about what we worry
about or care about,
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He cares about that too.
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And that's what did
it for me, you know,
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knowing that He was
here before the world began.
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He was here,
He's always been here.
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And it was just like, "Wow."
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It's comforting, isn't it?
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It is, yeah.
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Because it's, you know,
He's not just, you know,
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just a temporary God.
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He wasn't just
in here at that time
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when He came as a
baby, He's always existed.
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And it's just amazing
to me that understanding
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and that when you
really read the Bible,
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and you're truly seeking
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and you see all the
truth He has, you know,
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there's so many things
He uncovers for each of us
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to encourage us
in our own journeys.
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And He's been doing that for me.
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So yeah, several years, He's...
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I think, you
know, for me that...
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It's a beautiful testimony.
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The concept is, you know,
we sing mending broken people.
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True, yep.
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It's our theme song here.
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And you think about
how broken and messed up
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we really are.
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All of us.
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God takes, you know,
He's that master potter,
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and He just keeps
fixing and whittling in.
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The other big thing
for me was realizing
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how patient He was,
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even though I got in all kinds
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of crazy junk and
stuff in the world.
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But one thing
there's a gift so I guess
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I can share at this point
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that kind of touches
where I'm going to go.
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But Zachariah 3
was a gift that took me
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a while to uncover personally.
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But, of course, we're talking
about Joshua, the high priest.
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You know, this just
stands for any of us, you know,
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we're all in the
kind of this picture,
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you know, Satan's
always accusing us saying,
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we're not good, we're trash,
we're junk, we're worthless,
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all that kind of stuff.
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We don't deserve to
get into heaven, you know,
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we're just not worthy to come
to Jesus, and that's not true.
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And then you find
somebody else enter the scene,
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it's the angel of
the Lord, which, really,
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when you study that out,
it's really talking about Jesus
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'cause nobody else can defend
you against Satan except Jesus.
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And praise the Lord.
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But I really
like verses 3 and 4.
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And verse 3 says, "Now
Joshua," which is myself,
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any of us sitting here,
"was clothed in filthy garments
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and stood before the angel.
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And he answered and
spake this angel unto those
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that stood before him, saying,
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'Take away the
filthy garments from him.'
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And unto him he said, 'Behold,
I have caused thine iniquity
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to pass from thee,
and I will clothe thee
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with change of raiment.'"
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Yeah, praise the Lord.
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He's gonna clean you up.
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So that's kind of our journey.
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It's just to clean this up.
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And I have to add too from,
you know, from my perspective,
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you know, I think
sometimes it's easy to look
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at other people's flaws.
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Everything, you
know, like, for me,
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you know, it was easy to,
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"Oh, well," you know,
we both have our own issues
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and struggles, you
know, and it's easier to see,
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you know, someone else's but,
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you know, when
God shows you yours.
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Yeah.
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It's a little different.
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It's a little different.
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Yeah, I don't want to see that.
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But, you know, it's just like,
when we can face our issues,
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it's refreshing, you
know, once we can get past those
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and allow Him to
whittle those off of us.
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It's very
refreshing the, you know,
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and it's
encouraging that He cares
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that much about
us that, you know,
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that He doesn't just let us
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slide by with
these little things,
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you know, that maybe
small to someone else,
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but they're
actually big things to Him.
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Wow, you just made... So...
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Yeah, go ahead. No, go ahead.
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I was just
thinking of Hebrews 12.
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That's a gift
that He disciplines us.
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Yeah. He disciplines.
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Some people are like, "What?
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Oh, I don't know."
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He wants to discipline
'cause He wants to make you
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into son or daughter of God.
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So that's a gift
to be disciplined,
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even though it sounds like,
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why would you
want to be disciplined?
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But that's why He's
chiseling that stuff off.
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For whom the Lord
loves, He corrects and chases
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even a child or
a son that is lost.
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I was thinking of that gift.
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When you were talking about all,
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I was thinking the gift
of righteousness, right?
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It's the white
robe He covers us with.
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And, Janelle, I wrote down here
when you were talking the gift
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of the convicting
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Wow, yeah.
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The Holy Spirit's showing us.
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"Jill, this is your junk."
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This is something
you need to deal with.
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This isn't
Greg's, this is yours.
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And I'm showing you this
because I want to forgive
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and I want to
cleanse and take that away.
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That's just a beautiful gift.
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What gifts are you grateful for?
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Oh, wow. I'm thankful for Jesus.
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I mean that, like we've just
been talking about John 3:16,
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we're talking about, again,
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this evening is some
of the greatest gifts,
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I think, the gift of salvation,
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which is one we're
gonna talking about as well.
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I mean, it's just phenomenal.
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You know, this world, we
can get kind of wrapped up
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in what's
happening in this world.
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But, you know,
everything here on this earth
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is temporal, temporary.
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You know, but we'll be
taking our characters to heaven.
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So and then I think about
the souls that are around us,
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a lot of people
don't know about Jesus,
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there's a lot of
hurting people around us too.
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So to be able to share
what we know is very important,
00:19:09.08\00:19:12.45
because as we share
them, we also grow and I know
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it does something
to me too, you know,
00:19:15.48\00:19:16.82
times, you know, you just,
00:19:16.85\00:19:18.19
you can get kind of bogged down.
00:19:18.22\00:19:19.55
I hate to say
that, but I am human.
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And I get bogged down
and, boy, just to start sharing
00:19:20.96\00:19:23.96
and talking to someone
else about God or about Jesus,
00:19:23.99\00:19:26.23
boy, it makes me feel better.
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You know, I don't feel so,
00:19:27.63\00:19:28.96
"Oh, wow, a little
bogged down, I feel better."
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So to be able to
share, I think to me,
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I would say Jesus is, of
course, the top of my lists,
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is one of the greatest gifts.
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And what about you? Amen.
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I think one of the
things that really speaks to me
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is the gift of adoption.
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That was after
our gift of salvation,
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the gift of adoption.
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If we could turn,
I love Romans 8:15.
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But let's read John 1:12 first.
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I love that verse, I do.
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That's one of my favorite.
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I like this.
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John 1:12.
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It's really powerful.
00:20:00.23\00:20:01.66
"But as many as received Him..."
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And in the Greek it
means to actively lay hold off.
00:20:04.13\00:20:07.20
So it's not a passive
reception, like as many as,
00:20:07.24\00:20:10.04
"Okay, I'm receiving Jesus,"
00:20:10.07\00:20:11.41
and you kind of sit
back and wait for Him.
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But this means we
actively reach out and we...
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Like abiding.
00:20:16.21\00:20:17.55
Yes, we take hold of Him.
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"As many as received Him."
00:20:19.55\00:20:21.55
Taking the water,
you're actively taking water.
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Participating. Yeah.
00:20:23.28\00:20:24.62
"To them He gave the right."
00:20:24.65\00:20:27.69
King James says
the power I think.
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Exousia, it means authority.
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"To become children of God,
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even to those who
believe on His name."
00:20:34.80\00:20:37.53
So as soon as we open
up our hearts and say,
00:20:37.57\00:20:40.57
"Yes, Jesus, I
want You to come in.
00:20:40.60\00:20:42.57
I want to accept
that gift of salvation
00:20:42.60\00:20:46.57
that You've given to me."
00:20:46.61\00:20:48.11
At that moment, He
gives us the authority,
00:20:48.14\00:20:51.65
the power, the right to become
sons and daughters of God.
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That's powerful.
00:20:56.58\00:20:57.92
I mean, to me to
go from an outcast,
00:20:57.95\00:21:01.52
a prodigal, a slave,
00:21:01.56\00:21:06.36
to a cherished
daughter of the King it's just,
00:21:06.39\00:21:10.00
I can't even understand that
that depth of our Father's love
00:21:10.03\00:21:14.60
and that He just picks us up
and He takes us just like that.
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That is incredible.
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.11
Oh, He absolutely is.
00:21:20.14\00:21:21.48
Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:21.51\00:21:22.84
You just remind me 1 John 3:1.
00:21:22.88\00:21:25.45
I was thinking of Ezekiel. Yeah.
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Let's go to 1 John because...
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And then we'll go Ezekiel.
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Dude, let's do
references so that people
00:21:30.75\00:21:32.15
home can follow along with us.
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So first, 1 John 3:1.
00:21:33.56\00:21:34.92
Yeah.
00:21:34.96\00:21:36.29
It's touching right on
what you just talked about.
00:21:36.32\00:21:38.83
It says, "Behold, what
manner of love the Father
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hath bestowed upon us
that we should be called
00:21:42.03\00:21:43.93
the sons of God, therefore
the world knoweth us not,
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because it knew him not."
00:21:47.97\00:21:49.30
So that word
bestowed kind of almost...
00:21:49.34\00:21:52.27
It says to me gave, He bestowed,
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He gave this to us.
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"What manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us,"
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He gave this to us,
"that we should be called
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the sons of God."
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So He's given us a
new identity, you see,
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the world tries to identify
us, puts us in a little,
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whatever you want to
call boxes, or whatever,
00:22:05.25\00:22:07.12
they try to identify us.
00:22:07.16\00:22:08.66
But we're actually identified
totally made from the things
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of this world to God
we're considered sons
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and daughters of
God, as you talked about.
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So we have a new identity
as a daughter or son of God.
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Amen. Yes.
00:22:18.47\00:22:19.80
Amen.
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Yeah, I like that.
00:22:21.20\00:22:22.54
You know, a lot of
times we're labeled,
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are we in this world?
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Or I can cast
judgment and say, "Oh, wow.
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Okay. That's
kind of interesting.
00:22:26.68\00:22:28.01
Or wow, that
person, interesting."
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Or, you know, but God looks
at us as sons and daughters.
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That's right.
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That easy. Yep.
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Behold what
manner of love, yeah.
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Way better than a label.
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We'll do Ezekiel,
talk to us about it.
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I'm still looking.
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I can't remember the exact one.
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Do you remember?
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What does it talk about?
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It's when He talks about
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how He found us
polluted in our blood.
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Ezekiel 16. Is that 16?
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I love that.
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Yes. That's a beautiful work.
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That is. Oh, man.
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Ezekiel...
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16:6. Oh, yeah, there it is.
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Ezekiel 16:6.
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Yep, that's it. And then, yeah.
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And then there's a lot
there that's really good.
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But, "And when I passed by thee,
00:23:01.98\00:23:04.05
and saw thee
polluted in thine own blood,
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I said unto thee,
00:23:06.51\00:23:07.95
'When thou wast in
thy blood, Live, yea.'
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.89
I said unto thee,
00:23:10.92\00:23:12.25
'When thou wast
in thy blood, Live.'"
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And then it goes
into what He did for us
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and how He adorned
us and He, verse 8.
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You got to read
verse 8, come on.
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"Now when I passed by thee,
and looked upon thee, behold,
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thy time was the time of love
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and I spread my skirt over thee,
00:23:26.84\00:23:28.44
and covered thy nakedness, yea,
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I sware unto thee..."
00:23:30.87\00:23:33.01
It's hard to read
King James at times,
00:23:33.04\00:23:35.44
it's kind of
like a tongue twister.
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"I sware unto thee and entered
into a covenant with thee,
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saith the Lord God,
and thou becamest mine."
00:23:41.22\00:23:44.52
Yeah. Beautiful line in there.
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This is kind of what
the ruler revealed to me.
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"I spread my skirt over you."
00:23:50.03\00:23:51.39
And every time I hear that,
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I think of Jesus, He
spread His hands on the cross.
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Yeah.
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And we became His.
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It's like,
yeah, He purchased us,
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that's salvation,
again goes right back to it.
00:24:01.17\00:24:03.20
But it's a time of love.
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A beautiful
covenant that He made.
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You know, and there's a
part that we have to play too.
00:24:06.71\00:24:08.81
You know, because
He's showing that to us,
00:24:08.84\00:24:10.95
but then we have
to accept that gift.
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Because that gift is there,
00:24:14.15\00:24:16.15
but then we have
to accept that gift,
00:24:16.18\00:24:17.52
and it's an important thing,
I think for us all to remember.
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It's there, but
it's for us to take.
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Speaking of that, it
reminds me of the gift of faith.
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But before we go that
can we do the Romans first.
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.23
Oh, yeah. Oh, yes.
00:24:28.26\00:24:29.60
Romans 8. Romans
8, I love this one.
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Romans 8.
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"You did not receive the spirit
of bondage again to fear."
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And how many of
us are in bondage?
00:24:38.74\00:24:40.88
Oh, yeah, especially right now.
00:24:40.91\00:24:42.54
Yeah.
00:24:42.58\00:24:43.91
Especially right
now. That bondage we fear.
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"But you received
the Spirit of adoption,
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by which we cry out
'Abba or Daddy or Father.'"
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It's so...
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.32
that spirit of bondage,
how many times we think,
00:24:55.36\00:24:58.16
"Okay, I accept Christ."
00:24:58.19\00:25:00.30
And we claim the name Christian
00:25:00.33\00:25:02.66
and we supposedly
walk as Christians,
00:25:02.70\00:25:06.03
but we don't walk
in newness of life.
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.30
We walk in
bondage, we walk in fear,
00:25:08.34\00:25:11.21
we walk in whatever those...
00:25:11.24\00:25:13.38
the old nature.
00:25:13.41\00:25:14.98
When we walk in
that, instead of knowing
00:25:15.01\00:25:18.71
that we are children of God,
00:25:18.75\00:25:20.88
and that He can
create in us a clean heart.
00:25:20.92\00:25:24.75
'Cause as Ezekiel 36 says that
"He will pour clean water on us
00:25:24.79\00:25:29.42
and we shall be clean and
take out that stony heart."
00:25:29.46\00:25:32.59
Right. Yes.
00:25:32.63\00:25:33.96
Give us a heart of flesh.
00:25:34.00\00:25:35.33
Amen. I love that.
00:25:35.36\00:25:36.70
There was one that...
00:25:36.73\00:25:38.07
I have a few
marked here for later.
00:25:38.10\00:25:40.04
But I had marked here
00:25:40.07\00:25:42.90
gift of a
transformed heart and mind.
00:25:42.94\00:25:44.67
And that's one of
the scriptures, yeah.
00:25:44.71\00:25:47.14
But, you know,
like, what you're saying
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.84
makes me think of, you know,
00:25:48.88\00:25:50.21
I think sometimes
when we're baptized,
00:25:50.25\00:25:51.91
we think that
we're going to be...
00:25:51.95\00:25:53.52
that we won't have
any more struggles and,
00:25:53.55\00:25:55.65
you know, it's
like, all is good now...
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.75
Birds are chirping.
00:25:57.79\00:25:59.12
But I think the enemy sometimes
tries harder when, you know,
00:25:59.15\00:26:02.16
when we make that decision.
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.69
And then when we have struggles
or things maybe in our past
00:26:03.73\00:26:08.43
that we've never
come to terms with,
00:26:08.46\00:26:10.97
or processed or whatever,
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.87
we just keep going and
we're miserable Christians.
00:26:12.90\00:26:15.67
And we don't know
that we can have victory.
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.71
And I think that, you
know, that's important to know
00:26:17.74\00:26:19.91
that He does give us
victory, when we ask for it
00:26:19.94\00:26:22.61
and when we recognize
that we are in bondage like,
00:26:22.64\00:26:24.91
you're saying, you
know, when we're in bondage,
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.32
and that shows on our
face and our life, you know,
00:26:27.35\00:26:31.02
what kind of a
witness is that for Him?
00:26:31.05\00:26:32.69
Yes. You know.
00:26:32.72\00:26:34.06
I've been so thankful
on pastoral just recently,
00:26:34.09\00:26:36.96
hearing people, you know,
00:26:36.99\00:26:38.33
just the struggles
they are going through,
00:26:38.36\00:26:39.69
especially with COVID
and this whole change,
00:26:39.73\00:26:41.06
can't meet
people, be around people.
00:26:41.10\00:26:42.43
But, you know, people
are really giving up hope.
00:26:42.46\00:26:45.20
And I think
that's kind of talking
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.57
on this idea of fear.
00:26:46.60\00:26:48.47
I can't see my loved
ones, I can't touch them.
00:26:48.50\00:26:50.17
It's really difficult.
00:26:50.21\00:26:51.54
But, you know,
realizing this is kind
00:26:51.57\00:26:53.84
of what God gave me,
00:26:53.88\00:26:55.21
realizing who you
are, and whose you are.
00:26:55.24\00:26:57.55
And what I mean by that is like,
00:26:57.58\00:26:59.25
you can go through anything.
00:26:59.28\00:27:01.18
Anything, you can go
through any type of environment,
00:27:01.22\00:27:03.22
any type of
circumstance, if you know,
00:27:03.25\00:27:04.79
who you are and whose you
are, and where you're heading.
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.09
When you can put those
things it's like, you know,
00:27:07.12\00:27:09.39
kind of like,
there's this end goal,
00:27:09.42\00:27:11.16
and this end goal
is you're gonna see
00:27:11.19\00:27:12.53
Jesus face to face.
00:27:12.56\00:27:13.96
So it gives you
that hope, you know,
00:27:14.00\00:27:15.33
and then that transformation,
that victory that you get,
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.73
as you take each step,
you know, just takes a step,
00:27:17.77\00:27:20.47
just take steps and
you're walking out the door
00:27:20.50\00:27:22.67
as saint, so powerful.
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.87
Yeah, I'm going
to touch on something
00:27:24.91\00:27:26.24
'cause you're
mentioning COVID several times,
00:27:26.27\00:27:27.61
and we've
mentioned it several times
00:27:27.64\00:27:28.98
here this evening
for Family Worship.
00:27:29.01\00:27:30.35
And you're talking
pastoral, the times we live in,
00:27:30.38\00:27:32.25
you get people saying,
you know, the isolation,
00:27:32.28\00:27:34.92
you know, that's
hard to deal with.
00:27:34.95\00:27:37.12
And some people
though are isolated,
00:27:37.15\00:27:38.95
but they don't even have
anyone to even really talk to,
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.32
no family members at all.
00:27:41.36\00:27:43.02
And I think that's
what this is so powerful,
00:27:43.06\00:27:44.49
one of the greatest
gift is the power of adoption
00:27:44.53\00:27:47.43
'cause you're somebody.
00:27:47.46\00:27:48.80
Right. Good. Amen.
00:27:48.83\00:27:50.17
So, boy, that's great.
00:27:50.20\00:27:51.53
If I want to be anybody
is, I want to be with Jesus.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.77
Amen, yeah.
00:27:53.80\00:27:55.14
You got a big
family. You got a big family.
00:27:55.17\00:27:56.50
Yes. Isn't that great?
00:27:56.54\00:27:57.87
So we don't know,
again, you know, this is Jill,
00:27:57.91\00:28:00.51
and myself, and Donald
and Janelle here, you know,
00:28:00.54\00:28:02.34
we're part of your family
00:28:02.38\00:28:03.71
and the rest of
the 3ABN team here.
00:28:03.75\00:28:05.48
But, of course, we're
your family, but, boy,
00:28:05.51\00:28:07.38
just think about being
adopted into God's family.
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.28
Amen. Right.
00:28:09.32\00:28:10.65
So I know this time
of year is about family,
00:28:10.69\00:28:12.89
and it can maybe kind of
be depressing and stuff too.
00:28:12.92\00:28:15.06
Or if you've lost
family members to COVID
00:28:15.09\00:28:16.99
or something
else, it's very sad.
00:28:17.03\00:28:19.39
But we just please
remember this evening
00:28:19.43\00:28:20.80
that God loves you so much.
00:28:20.83\00:28:22.36
And you're part
of, boy, His family.
00:28:22.40\00:28:24.37
It's just incredible.
00:28:24.40\00:28:25.73
It can be a really
lonely time of year too.
00:28:25.77\00:28:27.40
It can be for a lot of people.
00:28:27.44\00:28:30.21
Jill and I
talking about adoption,
00:28:30.24\00:28:31.57
had the privilege
this year of being
00:28:31.61\00:28:33.24
with a close family
member who adopted a little baby
00:28:33.27\00:28:35.81
and we just had the privilege
even in the midst of COVID,
00:28:35.84\00:28:39.91
we were able to make
that trip and just the Lord
00:28:39.95\00:28:42.05
worked everything out
for us to be able to spend
00:28:42.08\00:28:44.12
that with this family member.
00:28:44.15\00:28:45.55
Yeah. And it was
just something else.
00:28:45.59\00:28:47.82
I had to tell you,
00:28:47.86\00:28:49.19
it brought tears
to my eyes because,
00:28:49.22\00:28:50.56
you know, when that the
judge makes the pronouncement,
00:28:50.59\00:28:53.86
and we couldn't be
there in the courtroom
00:28:53.90\00:28:55.73
because of COVID we could
watch it via like this camera.
00:28:55.76\00:28:58.43
Zoom sort of.
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.17
And, boy, that's
touching, 'cause it was final.
00:29:00.20\00:29:03.27
That was down and
this thing was signed,
00:29:03.30\00:29:05.31
and wow, the little
baby was a part of the...
00:29:05.34\00:29:07.71
A Morikone.
00:29:07.74\00:29:09.08
The part of the
family. Oh, awesome.
00:29:09.11\00:29:10.75
So, you know, that was just...
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.11
It was a powerful
moment and thinking about this
00:29:12.15\00:29:14.38
with the adoption.
00:29:14.42\00:29:15.88
Wow, you know.
00:29:15.92\00:29:17.25
And, you know, I've heard it,
an adoptive family say one time
00:29:17.29\00:29:20.19
that their baby was
more special to them,
00:29:20.22\00:29:23.89
because they chose
them like, they, you know,
00:29:23.93\00:29:26.33
and that helped that
bond with that child.
00:29:26.36\00:29:29.46
So they wouldn't feel
like they were, you know,
00:29:29.50\00:29:31.60
not loved or not...
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.13
Because they were... Included.
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.57
Right, and so
they told the child,
00:29:34.60\00:29:36.47
the parents told the
child that, you know,
00:29:36.50\00:29:38.34
"You were born in our
hearts and we chose you."
00:29:38.37\00:29:40.88
And so I thought
that was really neat.
00:29:40.91\00:29:42.64
Yeah, it is.
00:29:42.68\00:29:44.01
Yeah, I think on
even a wider scope,
00:29:44.05\00:29:45.68
you know, that this adoption,
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.52
we're adopted into
the whole universe.
00:29:47.55\00:29:50.05
It's not just
this little nation,
00:29:50.09\00:29:51.75
we're talking world,
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.12
we're talking about
the entire universe.
00:29:53.15\00:29:54.49
So we got family all over.
00:29:54.52\00:29:55.86
So we're just...
00:29:55.89\00:29:57.23
It's amazing,
this idea of adoption.
00:29:57.26\00:29:58.99
I think about that
too, it's like, you know,
00:29:59.03\00:30:00.40
when Jesus said,
"You're grafted in."
00:30:00.43\00:30:01.76
Yeah.
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.13
It's the same kind
of terminology there,
00:30:03.16\00:30:04.50
the same thing about
grafting, being grafted in.
00:30:04.53\00:30:06.90
Yeah. Amen.
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.30
Yeah, absolutely.
00:30:08.34\00:30:09.67
Should we look at the
gift of the Holy Spirit?
00:30:09.70\00:30:12.87
I love that.
00:30:12.91\00:30:14.24
Let's look at that.
00:30:14.28\00:30:15.61
Can we go to Luke 11?
00:30:15.64\00:30:16.98
Luke 11, oh, sure.
00:30:17.01\00:30:18.35
I think in John, you
know, of course, Jesus,
00:30:18.38\00:30:20.78
this is before He
went to the cross,
00:30:20.82\00:30:22.58
and He's talking to
the disciples and saying,
00:30:22.62\00:30:24.55
"I'm going away.
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.12
But it's kind of a good
thing that I'm going away
00:30:26.15\00:30:28.19
because the Father
is going to send you
00:30:28.22\00:30:30.93
the gift of the Holy Spirit."
00:30:30.96\00:30:33.36
And we see in Luke 11,
where He's actually asking,
00:30:33.40\00:30:37.20
encouraging us to
ask for Holy Spirit.
00:30:37.23\00:30:40.70
Amen.
00:30:40.74\00:30:42.07
So Luke 11.
00:30:42.10\00:30:43.84
And I love this.
00:30:43.87\00:30:45.57
Luke 11.
00:30:45.61\00:30:48.08
Do you have that, sweetie?
00:30:48.11\00:30:49.54
You know, I am looking here.
00:30:49.58\00:30:51.48
Do you want to look at my Bible?
00:30:51.51\00:30:52.85
It's a little bigger.
00:30:52.88\00:30:54.22
He might need some
reading glasses pretty soon.
00:30:54.25\00:30:56.32
And I want to just say...
00:30:56.35\00:30:57.69
And the gift of glasses.
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.05
Yeah, I want to
say thank you to Kay.
00:30:59.09\00:31:02.32
Yeah, gift of glasses.
00:31:02.36\00:31:03.69
There was a lady Kay
that saw me struggling
00:31:03.73\00:31:05.86
and she sent a
Bible with bigger print.
00:31:05.89\00:31:08.23
She did.
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.60
I do have another
set, but thank you, Kay,
00:31:09.63\00:31:11.03
for sending the
larger print Bible,
00:31:11.07\00:31:12.57
so thank you very much.
00:31:12.60\00:31:13.94
Amen. Praise the Lord. Okay.
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.30
Luke 11, yeah, I can see that.
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.67
Verse 9, "So I say to you,
00:31:16.71\00:31:20.01
'Ask, and it
will be given to you.
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.08
Seek, and you will find.
00:31:22.11\00:31:24.05
Knock, and it will
be opened unto you."
00:31:24.08\00:31:26.58
Verse 10 says, "For
everyone who asks receives,
00:31:26.61\00:31:29.68
and he who seeks finds,
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.45
and to him who
knocks it will be opened."
00:31:31.49\00:31:34.12
Yeah. Praise the Lord.
00:31:34.16\00:31:35.49
Amen.
00:31:35.52\00:31:36.86
Yeah, read, keep going.
00:31:36.89\00:31:38.23
Verse 13.
00:31:38.26\00:31:39.83
Let's see here.
00:31:39.86\00:31:41.20
Your verses are laid
out a little bit different.
00:31:41.23\00:31:42.56
Okay, yeah.
00:31:42.60\00:31:43.93
"If you then, being evil,
00:31:43.97\00:31:45.30
know how to give good
gifts to your children,
00:31:45.33\00:31:46.67
how much more will
your heavenly Father
00:31:46.70\00:31:49.00
give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him."
00:31:49.04\00:31:52.01
There's the Holy
Spirit, that gift, yeah.
00:31:52.04\00:31:54.44
Praise the Lord.
00:31:54.48\00:31:55.81
We have to ask, right? Amen.
00:31:55.84\00:31:57.71
That's so interesting,
because now it travels me
00:31:57.75\00:31:59.68
into Psalm 51 in David's prayer.
00:31:59.71\00:32:02.38
Let's look at that. You know.
00:32:02.42\00:32:04.29
That's one of my favorites.
00:32:04.32\00:32:05.65
Psalm 51? Yes.
00:32:05.69\00:32:07.16
You know, when David,
what he did with Bathsheba,
00:32:07.19\00:32:08.96
of course, and put
Uriah in the front line,
00:32:08.99\00:32:10.76
and that's gonna be
an interesting meeting
00:32:10.79\00:32:12.13
in heaven with Uriah and David.
00:32:12.16\00:32:15.36
But, yeah, verse 10, of course,
"Create in me a clean heart,
00:32:15.40\00:32:18.07
O God and renew a
right spirit within me.
00:32:18.10\00:32:20.37
Cast me not from my presence..."
00:32:20.40\00:32:22.10
And the rest of that says,
00:32:22.14\00:32:23.47
"And take not thy
Holy Spirit from me."
00:32:23.51\00:32:26.81
Wow, you know, that good gift
00:32:26.84\00:32:28.24
that God wants to
give us is His Holy Spirit.
00:32:28.28\00:32:29.71
And here's David saying,
00:32:29.74\00:32:31.08
"Please don't take
thy Holy Spirit away."
00:32:31.11\00:32:32.81
He wants that gift.
00:32:32.85\00:32:34.18
Are we crying out?
00:32:34.22\00:32:35.55
Are we praying for that gift?
00:32:35.58\00:32:37.59
Holy Spirit.
00:32:37.62\00:32:38.95
So "Take not thy
Holy Spirit from me."
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.66
How can the Holy
Spirit be taken from us?
00:32:41.69\00:32:44.39
That's a good question.
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.26
Well, what did they
say is the biggest thing
00:32:46.29\00:32:48.63
that you can do is?
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.13
Oh, blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
00:32:50.17\00:32:52.00
What does that mean?
00:32:52.03\00:32:53.80
'Cause I know
some people ask that.
00:32:53.84\00:32:55.20
I know even in the office,
00:32:55.24\00:32:56.64
you know,
people call in and ask,
00:32:56.67\00:32:58.21
I'm sure in
pastoral people call,
00:32:58.24\00:32:59.77
"Have I committed
the unpardonable sin?"
00:32:59.81\00:33:02.08
And there's a fear in that.
00:33:02.11\00:33:04.28
How do I know if I have
grieved the Holy Spirit?
00:33:04.31\00:33:08.45
So what if
someone tonight is saying,
00:33:08.48\00:33:10.12
"Well, I think the Holy
Spirit is no longer with me.
00:33:10.15\00:33:13.09
And I don't think that
have I grieved the Holy Spirit?
00:33:13.12\00:33:15.96
What would you say to them?
00:33:15.99\00:33:17.33
You know, it's interesting
because we did Cheri Peters
00:33:17.36\00:33:20.60
Celebrating Life Recovery.
00:33:20.63\00:33:22.30
And someone had spoken to me,
00:33:22.33\00:33:23.67
it was a gentleman that he
just started coming to the Lord.
00:33:23.70\00:33:25.07
And, you know, so he's
going in this convenience store,
00:33:25.10\00:33:28.24
and he finds some, "Oh,
this box of cereal looks good.
00:33:28.27\00:33:30.37
I think I want that."
00:33:30.41\00:33:31.74
Goes down
another aisle, you know?
00:33:31.77\00:33:33.81
And he said, "Oh,
that looks really good."
00:33:33.84\00:33:35.18
So he puts the box of
cereal down on the aisle
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.75
and walks away
to the other product
00:33:37.78\00:33:39.31
and the Holy Spirit goes,
00:33:39.35\00:33:40.98
"Hey, that's not where
you found that box of cereal.
00:33:41.02\00:33:42.88
You need to take that back."
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.25
He goes, "Taking that back.
00:33:44.29\00:33:45.62
Why does that
matter? Who gives..."
00:33:45.65\00:33:46.99
You know, it's
like, "Who cares it?"
00:33:47.02\00:33:48.36
So said, "Take it back and
put it back where it goes."
00:33:48.39\00:33:50.59
So, you know, I
think that people,
00:33:50.63\00:33:52.16
they don't
understand the Holy Spirit
00:33:52.19\00:33:53.53
is speaking to them.
00:33:53.56\00:33:54.90
Maybe they
can't hear it clearly.
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.43
Maybe that's the problem,
maybe they don't understand
00:33:56.46\00:33:58.07
the voice of the Holy
Spirit speaking to them.
00:33:58.10\00:34:00.07
But I think that, yeah,
the only way you're gonna...
00:34:00.10\00:34:01.74
the way you're gonna
grieve the Holy Spirit
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.04
is if the Holy Spirit's going,
"Take that box of cereal back,"
00:34:04.07\00:34:06.64
You're going, "Shut up.
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.01
I don't want to
hear you." Well this...
00:34:08.04\00:34:09.38
What I was
thinking about was like,
00:34:09.41\00:34:10.75
the story of Pharaoh
and how he was hurted.
00:34:10.78\00:34:12.85
That's another good one
too. Yeah, to the point.
00:34:12.88\00:34:14.22
And how God repeatedly
tried to get his attention.
00:34:14.25\00:34:16.65
Right.
00:34:16.69\00:34:18.02
You know, and how many times
God tries to get our attention
00:34:18.05\00:34:20.36
in certain areas,
but we're just like,
00:34:20.39\00:34:21.89
"No," you know.
00:34:21.92\00:34:23.26
Leave that area.
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.63
Eventually we just
don't hear His voice.
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.36
Right.
00:34:27.40\00:34:28.73
You know, when we
close our ears to it.
00:34:28.76\00:34:31.10
To me if there's any
piece in your heart that says,
00:34:31.13\00:34:36.77
"I want Jesus."
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.27
If there's any
conviction of sin that you feel,
00:34:38.31\00:34:41.38
if there's any remorse, regret,
00:34:41.41\00:34:44.35
if there's any desire
for God or something better,
00:34:44.38\00:34:47.48
that is evidence
that the Holy Spirit
00:34:47.52\00:34:50.69
is still working on your heart,
00:34:50.72\00:34:53.89
'cause even that
desire for repentance,
00:34:53.92\00:34:55.76
that's the gift
of the Holy spirit.
00:34:55.79\00:34:57.43
And all of that is.
00:34:57.46\00:34:58.93
So if you even have
a desire, or inkling,
00:34:58.96\00:35:01.33
or anything after God,
00:35:01.36\00:35:02.73
that's evidence
that's He's working.
00:35:02.76\00:35:04.20
Or to even be concerned
00:35:04.23\00:35:05.57
that you've
grieved the Holy Spirit.
00:35:05.60\00:35:06.94
That's evidence. Yeah, yeah.
00:35:06.97\00:35:09.17
That's right.
00:35:09.20\00:35:10.54
Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:35:10.57\00:35:11.91
There's always hope. Yes.
00:35:11.94\00:35:13.31
So Praise the Lord. Amen.
00:35:13.34\00:35:14.98
So, we're going to look
at some other verses then
00:35:15.01\00:35:16.85
about the gift
of the Holy Spirit?
00:35:16.88\00:35:18.21
Absolutely.
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.58
Because I know
we've got some other gifts
00:35:19.61\00:35:20.95
we you want to look
at here this evening too.
00:35:20.98\00:35:22.32
Time is going by quickly. It is.
00:35:22.35\00:35:23.69
I hope you're
enjoying spending this time.
00:35:23.72\00:35:25.05
We're having a
great time with you.
00:35:25.09\00:35:26.42
And hope you're
opening your Bible
00:35:26.45\00:35:27.79
and studying along with us.
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.16
There's just so
much in the Word of God.
00:35:29.19\00:35:32.46
Wow.
00:35:32.49\00:35:33.83
What if we look at Romans 5:5?
00:35:33.86\00:35:36.16
That goes and ties in again
with what I just talked about,
00:35:36.20\00:35:37.97
Psalm 51:12.
00:35:38.00\00:35:39.33
It does, does.
00:35:39.37\00:35:40.70
Ain't that
interesting? I love that.
00:35:40.74\00:35:42.07
How God's knitting us.
00:35:42.10\00:35:43.44
I'm gonna start with
verse 1 just 'cause I love
00:35:43.47\00:35:44.81
how it starts this
whole chapter in Romans 5.
00:35:44.84\00:35:47.11
"Having been justified by faith,
00:35:47.14\00:35:48.88
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:35:48.91\00:35:52.41
So the peace comes as a
result of the justification
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.02
and
justification is a gift of God,
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.95
That's the white righteous robe
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.92
you were talking
about in Zachariah.
00:35:59.95\00:36:02.49
Where God takes away
our sin and covers us
00:36:02.52\00:36:05.23
with the beauteous
robe of His character.
00:36:05.26\00:36:09.10
"Through whom we also have
access by faith into this grace
00:36:09.13\00:36:13.47
in which we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God."
00:36:13.50\00:36:16.74
Verse 3, "Not only that,
but we glory in tribulations."
00:36:16.77\00:36:21.18
Oh, that's heavy.
00:36:21.21\00:36:22.54
Glory in tribulations. Glory.
00:36:22.58\00:36:23.91
This gets interesting.
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.28
Tribulation.
00:36:25.31\00:36:26.65
Go for it.
00:36:26.68\00:36:28.02
Well, "Knowing that
tribulation worketh patience."
00:36:28.05\00:36:29.38
That word patience in the
Greek is actually character.
00:36:29.42\00:36:31.72
Wow. Wow.
00:36:31.75\00:36:33.59
So the trials
you're going through
00:36:33.62\00:36:34.96
are actually
shaping your character.
00:36:34.99\00:36:36.32
That's right.
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.69
Wow. Refinement.
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06
"And perseverance, character.
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.43
And character, hope.
00:36:40.46\00:36:42.63
Now hope does not disappoint..."
00:36:42.66\00:36:46.20
It's not an illusion.
00:36:46.23\00:36:47.80
"Because the love of
God has been poured out
00:36:47.84\00:36:50.94
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit
00:36:50.97\00:36:53.41
who was given to us."
00:36:53.44\00:36:54.78
So even that love of
God poured or shed abroad,
00:36:54.81\00:36:58.41
King James says, into our hearts
00:36:58.45\00:37:00.82
is the result of the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:00.85\00:37:04.09
Wow, that's incredible.
00:37:04.12\00:37:05.62
Yeah, because these
trials are leading us to that.
00:37:05.65\00:37:08.16
Yes.
00:37:08.19\00:37:09.52
People don't want to go through
trials, they're afraid to.
00:37:09.56\00:37:11.43
But God's going to
get you through it.
00:37:11.46\00:37:13.29
I mean, that's where He's...
00:37:13.33\00:37:14.66
He wants to shape
you and mould you,
00:37:14.70\00:37:16.26
and we shouldn't really fear.
00:37:16.30\00:37:17.67
Obviously, if we're
not walking with the Lord,
00:37:17.70\00:37:19.70
we're making choices contrary
to what He's telling us to do,
00:37:19.73\00:37:22.20
then yeah, be afraid of that.
00:37:22.24\00:37:23.81
You should be walking in light
of what He's telling you to do.
00:37:23.84\00:37:25.61
But this is fact that He wants
to put you through this trial
00:37:25.64\00:37:28.04
so He can get you ready
for transform like go home.
00:37:28.08\00:37:30.18
I like the line in verse 5.
00:37:30.21\00:37:33.21
"Hope maketh not ashamed."
00:37:33.25\00:37:36.45
You know, because it is easy
to sink into that, you know,
00:37:36.48\00:37:43.19
when you do something that,
00:37:43.22\00:37:44.56
you know, God
isn't pleased with,
00:37:44.59\00:37:46.03
you know, that shame.
00:37:46.06\00:37:47.53
But He gives us
that hope and that love
00:37:47.56\00:37:49.50
and we don't have to be ashamed.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.27
We don't have to try to cover
ourselves like Adam and Eve
00:37:51.30\00:37:53.57
did and try to cover
it up because He knows
00:37:53.60\00:37:56.77
what we did even
before we even do it.
00:37:56.81\00:38:00.38
So we don't have to be ashamed.
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.94
We're vulnerable before Him.
00:38:01.98\00:38:03.31
Amen. Wow.
00:38:03.35\00:38:04.68
Let's look at the gift of grace.
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.05
Yeah, that sounds good.
00:38:06.08\00:38:07.42
I'm thinking of
Ephesians 2, right?
00:38:07.45\00:38:08.78
Ephesians 2,
that's a great message.
00:38:08.82\00:38:10.15
It's a well... Yes, known verse.
00:38:10.19\00:38:11.82
Ephesians 2:8-10.
00:38:11.85\00:38:14.76
Yeah, I think Ephesians 2
00:38:14.79\00:38:16.12
is one of the best
synopses of the gospel.
00:38:16.16\00:38:18.36
You know, along
with Romans 3, of course.
00:38:18.39\00:38:20.46
Oh, yes. Incredible.
00:38:20.50\00:38:22.86
Just synopsis of
what the gospel is.
00:38:22.90\00:38:25.50
Ephesians 2, you have that?
00:38:25.53\00:38:27.24
One of you want to
read that, Ephesians 2?
00:38:27.27\00:38:29.74
Yeah, sure.
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.57
"For by grace are
ye saved through faith,
00:38:31.61\00:38:34.98
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God.
00:38:35.01\00:38:39.28
Not of works, lest
any man should boast.
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.48
For we are His workmanship,
00:38:42.52\00:38:44.95
created in Christ
Jesus unto good works,
00:38:44.99\00:38:49.16
which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them."
00:38:49.19\00:38:52.63
It's powerful.
00:38:52.66\00:38:54.00
I got this little quote here
out of Christ's Object Lessons,
00:38:54.03\00:38:56.03
I think it's really powerful.
00:38:56.06\00:38:57.80
"It is not the length of time
we labor but our willingness
00:38:57.83\00:39:01.54
and fidelity in the work
00:39:01.57\00:39:02.94
that makes it acceptable to God.
00:39:02.97\00:39:04.54
In all our service,
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.07
a full surrender
of self is demanded.
00:39:06.11\00:39:08.21
The smallest
duty done in sincerity
00:39:08.24\00:39:10.35
and self-forgetfulness
is more pleasing to God
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.31
than the greatest work
when marred with self-seeking.
00:39:13.35\00:39:16.28
He looked to see how
much of the Spirit of Christ
00:39:16.32\00:39:18.35
we cherish and how much
of the likeness of Christ
00:39:18.39\00:39:20.76
our work reveals.
00:39:20.79\00:39:22.46
He regards more the
love and faithfulness
00:39:22.49\00:39:24.73
with which we work
than the amount we do."
00:39:24.76\00:39:27.16
Wow.
00:39:27.20\00:39:28.90
That's deep. It is.
00:39:28.93\00:39:30.63
That's for sure.
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.43
Christ's Object Lessons, 402.
00:39:32.47\00:39:34.80
Wow, that is, what
is pleasing to God.
00:39:34.84\00:39:37.67
And what our motives are.
00:39:37.71\00:39:39.04
Right. Yeah.
00:39:39.07\00:39:40.41
And what purpose...
00:39:40.44\00:39:42.44
For what purpose are
we doing what we're doing?
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.25
Right. Yeah.
00:39:44.28\00:39:45.98
I like Ephesians 2:8,
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.72
especially the first part of it.
00:39:47.75\00:39:49.98
It says, "For by grace
are you saved through faith,
00:39:50.02\00:39:52.55
and that not of yourselves."
00:39:52.59\00:39:54.32
We can't do it.
00:39:54.36\00:39:55.76
Yeah, I think a lot of
times it can be overwhelming.
00:39:55.79\00:39:57.29
We think, "I got
to pull myself up
00:39:57.33\00:39:59.39
with my boot
strapping, so to speak."
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.06
I hear that a lot.
00:40:01.10\00:40:02.43
You know, that's
like, oh, you know,
00:40:02.46\00:40:03.80
then you're
really hard on yourself.
00:40:03.83\00:40:05.17
Like knuckling
it. Yeah, exactly.
00:40:05.20\00:40:07.67
And that can take
you in a downward spiral.
00:40:07.70\00:40:10.34
Because it's like,
"I'm not good enough,
00:40:10.37\00:40:11.71
I can't do this.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.07
I just can't do this."
00:40:13.11\00:40:14.44
And then you just almost want
to throw your hands up and say,
00:40:14.48\00:40:15.81
"Okay, it's just impossible.
00:40:15.84\00:40:17.18
There's no way."
00:40:17.21\00:40:18.55
And that's what
Satan wants us to believe,
00:40:18.58\00:40:19.91
is that, we somehow
have to do it ourselves.
00:40:19.95\00:40:22.38
But what a tremendous
gift at the end of verse 8,
00:40:22.42\00:40:24.79
it says, "It is the gift."
00:40:24.82\00:40:28.29
Talking about the gift.
00:40:28.32\00:40:29.66
You like gifts?
00:40:29.69\00:40:31.03
It is the gift of God.
00:40:31.06\00:40:32.39
What a gift. Amen.
00:40:32.43\00:40:33.76
You know what you're
talking about with the guilt,
00:40:33.80\00:40:35.90
you know, we
learned and we went through
00:40:35.93\00:40:37.70
Conquer series a while back.
00:40:37.73\00:40:39.33
And there they talk about
the cycle of shame and guilt.
00:40:39.37\00:40:42.97
And there's some
other recovery programs
00:40:43.00\00:40:45.37
that we've gone through
too where they talk about
00:40:45.41\00:40:47.24
this cycle of shame and guilt.
00:40:47.28\00:40:49.98
And then you just...
And what is that cycle?
00:40:50.01\00:40:51.51
So you just...
00:40:51.55\00:40:52.88
You feel shame?
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.25
Yeah, you feel...
00:40:54.28\00:40:55.62
Well, you act out, you act out,
00:40:55.65\00:40:57.49
and whatever that acting out is,
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.02
and then you feel
shame, and then you feel guilt,
00:41:00.06\00:41:02.72
and then you feel hopeless,
so you just do it again.
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.99
And then it's that cycle.
00:41:06.03\00:41:08.06
And it goes down,
down further, yeah.
00:41:08.10\00:41:10.47
And until a
person really understands
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.80
that they can have victory,
00:41:12.83\00:41:14.54
you know, and
there's different steps,
00:41:14.57\00:41:16.10
you know, included in that.
00:41:16.14\00:41:17.47
But, you know, when you learn,
00:41:17.51\00:41:19.51
and you can see
yourself in different scenarios,
00:41:19.54\00:41:22.88
and each point
along that circle,
00:41:22.91\00:41:25.85
and how that can continue,
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.42
if we gave the
enemy too much control.
00:41:27.45\00:41:31.32
It's interesting, because
then you're making my mind think
00:41:31.35\00:41:33.82
but getting down to the
root of the issue is the key.
00:41:33.86\00:41:37.99
'Cause you're just
going to keep repeating
00:41:38.03\00:41:39.36
this shame cycle,
00:41:39.39\00:41:40.73
until you find the
root of what's triggering
00:41:40.76\00:41:42.26
this shaming cycle.
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.63
That's what we've
been seeing is, you know,
00:41:43.67\00:41:45.70
finding out what is that root?
00:41:45.73\00:41:47.07
What has caused this
00:41:47.10\00:41:48.44
to where you're
using this as a mask,
00:41:48.47\00:41:50.01
or something to, I guess,
as a cover up to avoid whatever
00:41:50.04\00:41:54.01
you're going through.
00:41:54.04\00:41:55.38
You need to get down
to the root of that issue
00:41:55.41\00:41:56.75
and give it to, like I said,
you know, a few months ago,
00:41:56.78\00:41:59.18
I had a root canal from Jesus.
00:41:59.21\00:42:01.02
He gave me a root
canal, spiritual root canal.
00:42:01.05\00:42:02.82
I mean, He showed me
something that I personally,
00:42:02.85\00:42:05.12
that I want
people to acknowledge me
00:42:05.15\00:42:08.06
and say things to
me, I think is a kid.
00:42:08.09\00:42:10.16
I didn't realize that.
00:42:10.19\00:42:11.53
And also, I woke up
in the middle of night,
00:42:11.56\00:42:12.89
and I started just crying.
00:42:12.93\00:42:14.26
I'm like, "Oh, my God.
00:42:14.30\00:42:15.63
I never knew that.
00:42:15.66\00:42:17.00
I didn't see that by myself."
00:42:17.03\00:42:18.37
So I crave that and I've
got to be careful of that.
00:42:18.40\00:42:20.44
So God, show me a
route that, you know,
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.00
I didn't maybe get that type
of attention when I was a kid,
00:42:22.04\00:42:24.67
and now here years later,
I'm still struggling with that.
00:42:24.71\00:42:27.04
So if you can find that root...
00:42:27.08\00:42:28.64
But, Donald, I think
that's part of the journey.
00:42:28.68\00:42:30.01
Right. It is.
00:42:30.05\00:42:31.38
You know, 'cause I
think that's just the beauty
00:42:31.41\00:42:32.75
and love of Christ.
00:42:32.78\00:42:34.12
What if he showed
us everything at once?
00:42:34.15\00:42:35.48
Right, can't handle it.
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.05
So He just knows
what we can handle.
00:42:37.09\00:42:38.52
Will He slay me?
00:42:38.55\00:42:39.89
And that again is love.
00:42:39.92\00:42:41.26
And that's tremendous love.
00:42:41.29\00:42:42.62
He's just like,
"Okay, you know what,
00:42:42.66\00:42:43.99
let me just show you this and,
oh, yeah, you know, Greg is...
00:42:44.03\00:42:47.20
Oh, he's got it now.
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.56
I think he understands."
00:42:48.60\00:42:49.93
And then a little further along,
00:42:49.96\00:42:51.30
you know, that's,
again, the beauty of His love.
00:42:51.33\00:42:52.93
And, you know, I
think God designed marriage
00:42:52.97\00:42:55.67
so that we can grow
more too as a person because,
00:42:55.70\00:42:58.27
you know, we are very
truthful with each other.
00:42:58.31\00:43:01.88
And I think that, you know,
if you can have that, you know,
00:43:01.91\00:43:04.65
that you do it in love,
but I think we can learn more,
00:43:04.68\00:43:09.58
and I definitely feel like
I've grown more as a person
00:43:09.62\00:43:13.36
in different ways through
our marriage and how God has,
00:43:13.39\00:43:16.93
you know, grown him.
00:43:16.96\00:43:18.46
It's like, it's
just we just bounce off
00:43:18.49\00:43:19.83
each other, you know.
00:43:19.86\00:43:21.20
It's just awesome how
that works, and how God,
00:43:21.23\00:43:23.06
I feel like God
designed marriage for that.
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.97
To grow and to learn.
00:43:26.00\00:43:27.64
Two shall become
one flesh, right?
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.17
There you go. That's right.
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.54
As you were talking
about that, the gift of grace,
00:43:30.57\00:43:35.04
it reminded me of
the gift of victory.
00:43:35.08\00:43:36.91
Yes.
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.28
That God gives us.
00:43:38.31\00:43:39.65
And so let's jump
over 1 Corinthians 15.
00:43:39.68\00:43:42.02
Oh, yes, a gift of victory.
00:43:42.05\00:43:43.39
1 Corinthians 15:57,
"But thanks be to God,
00:43:43.42\00:43:48.22
who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:43:48.26\00:43:52.39
Sweetie, that's
a great gift. Yes.
00:43:52.43\00:43:53.80
So you might be saying
tonight, I want victory.
00:43:53.83\00:43:56.77
I need victory in my life.
00:43:56.80\00:43:59.13
Guess what?
00:43:59.17\00:44:00.50
Victory is a gift.
00:44:00.54\00:44:02.04
So grace is a gift.
00:44:02.07\00:44:04.41
And as we were
reading Ephesians 2,
00:44:04.44\00:44:06.91
I love that it says,
"We are His workmanship,
00:44:06.94\00:44:09.24
created in Christ
Jesus for good works."
00:44:09.28\00:44:11.38
Which God prepared beforehand
that we should walk in them.
00:44:11.41\00:44:14.98
That means the works
00:44:15.02\00:44:16.35
we're supposed to do are a gift.
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.15
And they're a gift from
God because God created them
00:44:19.19\00:44:22.42
before and He enables
us to walk in those works.
00:44:22.46\00:44:27.06
So those "Good
works," which is victory,
00:44:27.10\00:44:31.20
that is a gift from
God and I love that.
00:44:31.23\00:44:34.07
Go ahead.
00:44:34.10\00:44:35.44
You go ahead.
00:44:35.47\00:44:36.81
This kind of goes along
with the victory but it's...
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.01
I had written down
here, the gift of deliverance.
00:44:39.04\00:44:41.98
And one of my
favorite scriptures
00:44:42.01\00:44:43.95
that I just go to so
much is 1 Corinthians 10:13.
00:44:43.98\00:44:49.32
And it's just
one of my favorites.
00:44:49.35\00:44:51.25
It's been so helpful for me.
00:44:51.29\00:44:54.19
1 Corinthians 10:13,
00:44:54.22\00:44:57.43
"There hath no
temptation taken you
00:44:57.46\00:45:01.06
but such as is common to man.
00:45:01.10\00:45:02.76
But God is faithful,
who will not suffer you
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.93
to be tempted
above that ye are able,
00:45:04.97\00:45:07.37
but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape,
00:45:07.40\00:45:12.57
that ye may be able to bear it."
00:45:12.61\00:45:15.34
And He always gives us
that way of deliverance
00:45:15.38\00:45:19.18
out of whatever it is.
00:45:19.21\00:45:20.85
I have a bunch of other
scriptures written down here
00:45:20.88\00:45:22.68
too for
deliverance, but that one,
00:45:22.72\00:45:24.55
even though it doesn't
specifically say deliverance,
00:45:24.59\00:45:28.76
that's what He's doing.
00:45:28.79\00:45:30.19
Yeah.
00:45:30.23\00:45:31.56
I think when you're
talking about victory,
00:45:31.59\00:45:32.93
what came in my mind is,
00:45:32.96\00:45:34.73
discussed in
Revelation 12:11 says,
00:45:34.76\00:45:37.17
"They overcame Him by
the blood of the Lamb,
00:45:37.20\00:45:39.47
and by the word
of their testimony."
00:45:39.50\00:45:41.07
And so there's again
this concept of deliverance
00:45:41.10\00:45:44.04
is when you can go
out and tell people
00:45:44.07\00:45:45.94
what Christ has
done for you like,
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.31
what Paul did, you know?
00:45:47.34\00:45:48.68
Paul did it before King
Agrippa said, "Hey, you know,
00:45:48.71\00:45:51.51
I used to
persecute the Christians.
00:45:51.55\00:45:53.62
I used to go after them.
00:45:53.65\00:45:54.98
I used to bring them in
for all this kind of stuff.
00:45:55.02\00:45:56.58
And now look at me,
I'm actually on their side
00:45:56.62\00:45:58.92
and spreading the
gospel, you know."
00:45:58.95\00:46:00.82
And King Agrippa said,
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.19
"Well, you almost persuaded
me to become a Christian."
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.09
But that testimony is
what helps us overcome.
00:46:04.13\00:46:06.83
And that goes along
with one of the scriptures,
00:46:06.86\00:46:08.86
here's Psalm 107.
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.00
And, you know,
00:46:11.03\00:46:12.37
"Let the redeemed
of the Lord say so."
00:46:12.40\00:46:14.00
Yes.
00:46:14.04\00:46:15.37
And, you know,
when we have a testimony
00:46:15.40\00:46:17.34
of how good God has been to us,
why wouldn't we want to say so?
00:46:17.37\00:46:20.91
Yeah.
00:46:20.94\00:46:22.28
Of course.
00:46:22.31\00:46:23.65
And there's so much good
stuff there in Psalm 107.
00:46:23.68\00:46:27.45
But it's, you know,
00:46:27.48\00:46:28.82
that's the one I
thought of too with deliverance.
00:46:28.85\00:46:30.52
There's so many
good ones, Psalm 107.
00:46:30.55\00:46:33.56
And I'm just
gonna share one more.
00:46:33.59\00:46:38.83
But there's a series of verses,
00:46:38.86\00:46:41.06
and I'm trying to
see which one here.
00:46:41.10\00:46:44.67
Well, while
you're looking at it.
00:46:44.70\00:46:46.03
It starts out, I
love the first verse.
00:46:46.07\00:46:47.40
"Oh, give thanks to
the Lord, for He is good.
00:46:47.44\00:46:49.64
For His mercy endures forever.
00:46:49.67\00:46:53.68
Let the redeemed
of the Lord say so,
00:46:53.71\00:46:56.18
whom He has redeemed
from the hand of the enemy."
00:46:56.21\00:46:59.11
That's from that destruction
or from the land of sin,
00:46:59.15\00:47:02.88
and He's pulled us out
of that, He's redeemed us,
00:47:02.92\00:47:06.12
He's washed us in His blood,
00:47:06.15\00:47:08.16
and made us white in
His righteous white robe.
00:47:08.19\00:47:11.53
And then He transforms us
00:47:11.56\00:47:14.26
and enables us
to walk in victory.
00:47:14.30\00:47:15.76
Amen.
00:47:15.80\00:47:17.13
I don't know if you found
it what you were looking for.
00:47:17.17\00:47:18.50
Yeah, there's so many. I
was just trying to pick one.
00:47:18.53\00:47:20.50
It's verse 6, "Then they cried
unto the Lord in their trouble,
00:47:20.54\00:47:23.41
and he delivered them
out of their distresses."
00:47:23.44\00:47:26.44
I think that
really just sums up,
00:47:26.47\00:47:28.64
you know, everything.
00:47:28.68\00:47:30.31
But there's some
really good ones.
00:47:30.35\00:47:32.15
That whole book of
Psalm 107 is really good.
00:47:32.18\00:47:35.68
Encouraging. That's
really a good chapter.
00:47:35.72\00:47:38.35
So we've looked
at then, of course,
00:47:38.39\00:47:40.26
the gift of salvation.
00:47:40.29\00:47:42.39
Let's see what we
have, the gift of adoption.
00:47:42.42\00:47:45.06
What's on your list?
00:47:45.09\00:47:46.43
Gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:46.46\00:47:47.80
Holy Spirit, all
right, good. Yeah.
00:47:47.83\00:47:49.16
What's next?
00:47:49.20\00:47:50.53
The gift of grace,
where you kind of briefed.
00:47:50.57\00:47:51.90
The gift of victory,
the gift of righteousness,
00:47:51.93\00:47:55.10
the gift of deliverance,
00:47:55.14\00:47:56.47
the gift of the convicting
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:56.50\00:47:59.47
Look at the faith.
00:47:59.51\00:48:00.84
Right, amen.
00:48:00.88\00:48:02.21
It's a great
list. It's a big one.
00:48:02.24\00:48:03.58
Paul tells us in Romans 12,
00:48:03.61\00:48:04.95
that to every man is
given a measure of faith.
00:48:04.98\00:48:08.65
And so many times we think,
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.39
"But I don't have
enough faith," or I don't...
00:48:10.42\00:48:12.35
But everyone, we are all
given a measure of faith.
00:48:12.39\00:48:17.03
And then God grows it.
00:48:17.06\00:48:18.39
Yes.
00:48:18.43\00:48:19.76
Yeah, that is
powerful, isn't it?
00:48:19.79\00:48:21.13
And it's not just some people.
00:48:21.16\00:48:22.60
Yes. It says everyone.
00:48:22.63\00:48:24.03
Wow.
00:48:24.07\00:48:25.40
Wow.
00:48:25.43\00:48:26.77
You know, it makes me
think of a lady I used to work
00:48:26.80\00:48:28.14
with years ago when she said,
00:48:28.17\00:48:29.50
"I don't have any
talents or gifts."
00:48:29.54\00:48:31.51
I'm like, "You can
have the gift of faith.
00:48:31.54\00:48:34.18
The gift of prayer."
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.54
I mean, that's another gift.
00:48:35.58\00:48:36.91
You can pray for folks.
00:48:36.95\00:48:38.28
That's one of your gifts.
00:48:38.31\00:48:39.65
You know, I just
talked to a lady on the phone,
00:48:39.68\00:48:41.02
she said, "Hi, I want to
go and do missions overseas,
00:48:41.05\00:48:42.38
you know, and stuff."
00:48:42.42\00:48:43.75
I said, "Well..."
00:48:43.79\00:48:45.12
She said, "I'm old, I
can't get out anymore,
00:48:45.15\00:48:46.49
I can't do anything."
00:48:46.52\00:48:47.86
I said, "Well, you pray
right?" She said, "Yes."
00:48:47.89\00:48:49.22
"You're doing
work for the Lord."
00:48:49.26\00:48:50.59
She says, "Really? I am?"
00:48:50.63\00:48:51.96
I said, "Yes, you're
doing work for the Lord."
00:48:51.99\00:48:53.96
"I never
thought of it like that.
00:48:54.00\00:48:55.33
Oh, I'm doing work.
00:48:55.36\00:48:56.70
That's great."
She was so excited.
00:48:56.73\00:48:58.13
So, you know, it's
a gift of prayer, so.
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.64
I talked to, I think it
was someone on the phone,
00:49:00.67\00:49:02.47
I'm sure it was
someone on the phone recently.
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.54
And they were
talking about again,
00:49:04.57\00:49:05.91
they couldn't get out.
00:49:05.94\00:49:07.28
So what they're doing is praying
00:49:07.31\00:49:08.64
for the entire world population.
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.01
Of course, they
don't know them by name.
00:49:10.05\00:49:11.38
What they do, and I don't know,
they said they can go online
00:49:11.41\00:49:13.42
and you can kind of
see the world population
00:49:13.45\00:49:14.85
is it sort of changes,
estimates, I'm not really sure.
00:49:14.88\00:49:17.02
And it changes.
00:49:17.05\00:49:18.39
So she just prays for
that number for that day,
00:49:18.42\00:49:20.59
whatever that number is.
00:49:20.62\00:49:22.46
So I thought that
well, that's great.
00:49:22.49\00:49:24.16
Another person was going
through the phone book and,
00:49:24.19\00:49:26.43
you know, there's
still phone books.
00:49:26.46\00:49:28.76
Somewhere.
00:49:28.80\00:49:30.13
Somewhere.
00:49:30.17\00:49:31.50
She was going
through a phone book,
00:49:31.53\00:49:32.87
maybe it was an older one
and just going down, you know,
00:49:32.90\00:49:34.24
she doesn't know
these people name by name,
00:49:34.27\00:49:35.60
and praying for
them, that's powerful.
00:49:35.64\00:49:36.97
It is. It is.
00:49:37.01\00:49:38.34
Perhaps something we can do.
00:49:38.37\00:49:39.71
Amen.
00:49:39.74\00:49:41.08
We have the gift of
the fruit of the Spirit.
00:49:41.11\00:49:42.44
Yeah.
00:49:42.48\00:49:43.81
Oh, wow.
00:49:43.85\00:49:45.18
I love that. Do we
want to look at that?
00:49:45.21\00:49:46.55
We have time to look
at that before we pray.
00:49:46.58\00:49:47.92
And then we'll go
to a prayer at the end.
00:49:47.95\00:49:49.58
What scriptures?
00:49:49.62\00:49:50.95
Galatians,
let's go to Galatians.
00:49:50.99\00:49:52.32
Of course, in Galatians 5,
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.69
you see initially
the works of the flesh.
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.56
And the Word of God says,
00:49:56.59\00:49:57.93
"The works of the
flesh are evident,"
00:49:57.96\00:49:59.29
which are these, which
we won't read that list
00:49:59.33\00:50:01.56
because we look at the
gift of the fruit of the Spirit,
00:50:01.60\00:50:04.33
and I love that
God wants to give us
00:50:04.37\00:50:07.20
all of these
beautiful character traits
00:50:07.24\00:50:10.01
because it's His character,
which is just incredible.
00:50:10.04\00:50:14.94
Galatians 5:22-23.
00:50:14.98\00:50:18.81
You have that,
Donald or Janelle?
00:50:18.85\00:50:21.98
Start with 22?
00:50:22.02\00:50:23.35
Okay.
00:50:23.39\00:50:24.72
"But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:50:24.75\00:50:27.99
long suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness,
00:50:28.02\00:50:32.89
temperance against
such there is no law.
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.26
And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh
00:50:36.30\00:50:39.37
with the affections and lusts."
00:50:39.40\00:50:41.44
Wow. I like that.
00:50:41.47\00:50:43.37
The fruit of the Spirit is...
00:50:43.41\00:50:44.74
What's the first word?
00:50:44.77\00:50:46.11
Love. Wow.
00:50:46.14\00:50:47.58
It's like, love is like
an umbrella over all that.
00:50:47.61\00:50:49.34
It is. Yeah, that's true.
00:50:49.38\00:50:50.71
And then joy. Yeah.
00:50:50.75\00:50:53.45
This umbrella, love, then
joy, then peace, long suffering.
00:50:53.48\00:50:56.55
I like that,
Donald, 'cause going back
00:50:56.58\00:50:57.95
to our opening scripture,
John 3:16, "For God so loved."
00:50:57.99\00:51:02.92
And we get to
fruit of the Spirit.
00:51:02.96\00:51:04.96
That's because God is love.
00:51:04.99\00:51:06.53
1 John, it says what?
00:51:06.56\00:51:08.03
"God is love."
00:51:08.06\00:51:10.70
And so that's His
character, His very nature.
00:51:10.73\00:51:13.84
Do you think those
are in specific order,
00:51:13.87\00:51:15.90
fruit of the Spirit?
00:51:15.94\00:51:17.27
I do. I think so too.
00:51:17.31\00:51:18.67
It's a building thing.
00:51:21.14\00:51:24.21
Absolutely. Yeah, that's great.
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.58
I want to just...
00:51:25.61\00:51:26.95
I know, we touched on
just that part briefly
00:51:26.98\00:51:28.32
and we're
getting close to prayer.
00:51:28.35\00:51:29.68
But I want to
just ask the question,
00:51:29.72\00:51:31.05
how do we share then these gifts
00:51:31.09\00:51:33.59
that we've talked
about this evening?
00:51:33.62\00:51:36.02
How do we share
those with others?
00:51:36.06\00:51:37.63
And how would
you do that at home?
00:51:37.66\00:51:39.29
How would you all
share these gifts?
00:51:39.33\00:51:41.56
We talked about salvation,
adoption, Holy Spirit, grace,
00:51:41.60\00:51:44.17
faith, deliverance, victory.
00:51:44.20\00:51:46.47
Any thoughts on that?
00:51:46.50\00:51:47.84
Well, I think Paul put
it best to be an epistle
00:51:47.87\00:51:50.14
read of all men, or a letter.
00:51:50.17\00:51:52.27
And what does that mean?
00:51:52.31\00:51:53.64
A letter read of
all men is that you,
00:51:53.68\00:51:55.61
how can we put this?
00:51:55.64\00:51:56.98
Like, we're talking
about these characteristics,
00:51:57.01\00:51:58.35
love, joy,
peace, long suffering,
00:51:58.38\00:52:00.25
gentleness, goodness, faith,
00:52:00.28\00:52:02.75
being an example
to somebody, you know,
00:52:02.78\00:52:04.35
and I talked to
some young people,
00:52:04.39\00:52:05.72
when I think about man,
00:52:05.75\00:52:07.09
what if I had a real good
godly mentor when I was young,
00:52:07.12\00:52:09.69
where would I have been?
00:52:09.72\00:52:11.59
To have an example
to show me what is love?
00:52:11.63\00:52:13.83
What is joy?
00:52:13.86\00:52:15.20
What is peace, long suffering?
00:52:15.23\00:52:16.56
I think that we
as Christ's children,
00:52:16.60\00:52:18.47
we have that
privilege and an opportunity
00:52:18.50\00:52:20.24
to show these
characteristics against
00:52:20.27\00:52:22.64
what the world is
teaching right now.
00:52:22.67\00:52:24.31
To show them
there's a difference.
00:52:24.34\00:52:25.67
Yeah.
00:52:25.71\00:52:27.04
And I think also, as we
grow in our relationship
00:52:27.08\00:52:30.85
with the Lord, and He
shows us more of His character,
00:52:30.88\00:52:33.35
and we can share
that with other people.
00:52:33.38\00:52:35.48
And, you know, just helping them
00:52:35.52\00:52:38.15
to understand more about God,
00:52:38.19\00:52:39.52
because I think a
lot of the world thinks
00:52:39.55\00:52:40.89
that God is dictator,
00:52:40.92\00:52:42.72
and that He's an
evil God that, you know,
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.16
He's waiting to zap
them for any little thing.
00:52:45.19\00:52:47.93
I used to think
that and, you know,
00:52:47.96\00:52:49.66
I know a lot of people
that do and it's just sad.
00:52:49.70\00:52:53.07
And I think
that would be for me,
00:52:53.10\00:52:54.44
one of the things I would like
to help people to understand
00:52:54.47\00:52:58.57
that God loves them
and He wants to save.
00:52:58.61\00:53:01.14
And He's looking for
a reason to save them,
00:53:01.18\00:53:02.61
not a reason to, to zap them.
00:53:02.64\00:53:04.85
Why would He birth
you if that was the case?
00:53:04.88\00:53:07.38
What will be the
point? That'd be goofy.
00:53:07.42\00:53:08.75
So yeah.
00:53:08.78\00:53:10.45
We should go to some prayer.
00:53:10.49\00:53:11.82
We only got like four minutes
left here with Family Worship.
00:53:11.85\00:53:13.46
And we just hope
00:53:13.49\00:53:14.82
that you'll join
us here in prayer.
00:53:14.86\00:53:16.19
Donald, we'll start with
you, and just kind of go around
00:53:16.22\00:53:17.56
the circle here, table.
00:53:17.59\00:53:19.69
Oh, Heavenly
Father, what can we say?
00:53:19.73\00:53:21.73
Our spirits are
lifted this evening.
00:53:21.76\00:53:24.50
Wow, gifts, so many.
00:53:24.53\00:53:26.60
We just cherish everything
that Your Son has done
00:53:26.63\00:53:28.87
and what You have done.
00:53:28.90\00:53:30.24
All together, You've worked
00:53:30.27\00:53:31.61
for the common
good for humanity.
00:53:31.64\00:53:32.97
And, Lord, You're lifting us up.
00:53:33.01\00:53:34.81
Prayer lifts us up to God.
00:53:34.84\00:53:36.41
We just thank
You, Lord, for that.
00:53:36.44\00:53:37.78
We thank You for
the season we're in.
00:53:37.81\00:53:39.48
We thank You for family.
00:53:39.51\00:53:41.12
Where we'd be without family?
00:53:41.15\00:53:43.05
And for Your promise, Lord,
00:53:43.08\00:53:44.42
that You're going to
come back and get us soon,
00:53:44.45\00:53:46.09
that we can have
joy for everlasting.
00:53:46.12\00:53:49.62
We just ask that You'll
bless and anoint to all those
00:53:49.66\00:53:51.73
who are listening
this message tonight
00:53:51.76\00:53:54.13
that something
will touch their heart,
00:53:54.16\00:53:55.63
Lord, and they will make
a decision to get on board
00:53:55.66\00:53:58.37
as Janelle said,
to see a God of love.
00:53:58.40\00:54:00.74
Not a God of a
dictator, but a God of love,
00:54:00.77\00:54:03.04
who really wants
them in the kingdom
00:54:03.07\00:54:04.47
who wants His children back.
00:54:04.51\00:54:07.01
He wants none to perish
00:54:07.04\00:54:08.38
but all to have
everlasting life.
00:54:08.41\00:54:09.74
So we thank You,
Lord, for that gift.
00:54:09.78\00:54:11.65
We ask that in
Jesus' name, amen.
00:54:11.68\00:54:14.38
Lord, I also thank
You for all these gifts
00:54:14.42\00:54:16.08
that we've talked about.
00:54:16.12\00:54:17.45
There's so many more
00:54:17.49\00:54:18.82
that are haven't
even been spoken,
00:54:18.85\00:54:20.66
but so many more
that You've given us
00:54:20.69\00:54:22.59
and I do thank You most
of all for the gift of Jesus
00:54:22.62\00:54:25.19
and what He did for us,
00:54:25.23\00:54:26.63
and how He
sacrificed everything for us.
00:54:26.66\00:54:29.56
And we thank You
for Your sacrifice.
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.50
And we just ask that
You would be with us all
00:54:32.53\00:54:34.84
this Christmas season,
00:54:34.87\00:54:36.24
that You would fill the void
in our hearts that we all have.
00:54:36.27\00:54:40.48
And I ask You to be
with all of those out there
00:54:40.51\00:54:42.08
that are lonely
this time of year.
00:54:42.11\00:54:44.08
And Thank You, Lord,
for all you do for us,
00:54:44.11\00:54:46.01
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:54:46.05\00:54:49.12
Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus
00:54:49.15\00:54:51.82
because we are destitute.
00:54:51.85\00:54:54.72
We have nothing
with which to offer You,
00:54:54.76\00:54:57.43
but You gave Your Son Jesus.
00:54:57.46\00:55:00.40
And we accept and receive
anew, that gift of salvation.
00:55:00.43\00:55:05.33
We thank You for the
grace that You freely offer
00:55:05.37\00:55:08.20
and the victory
You want to give us.
00:55:08.24\00:55:10.77
Thank You that we
are part of Your family.
00:55:10.81\00:55:13.11
God, what a gift to be
sons and daughters of the King.
00:55:13.14\00:55:17.51
And I just pray for my
brothers and sisters right now.
00:55:17.55\00:55:20.52
Lord, whether they
are alone, or hurting,
00:55:20.55\00:55:24.02
or going through
some sort of trial
00:55:24.05\00:55:26.39
and time of crisis,
00:55:26.42\00:55:27.76
God, would You wrap
Your arms around them?
00:55:27.79\00:55:29.72
Would you remind them
of who they are in You,
00:55:29.76\00:55:33.23
and that You are
walking right beside them.
00:55:33.26\00:55:36.60
Thank You that
we can turn to You
00:55:36.63\00:55:38.07
when we're happy,
and when we're sad,
00:55:38.10\00:55:39.53
and when we're upset,
00:55:39.57\00:55:41.17
and no matter what goes
through our hearts and minds.
00:55:41.20\00:55:45.27
You see, You
know, You understand,
00:55:45.31\00:55:49.08
and You deliver and we
give You praise in Jesus' name.
00:55:49.11\00:55:53.08
Amen.
00:55:53.11\00:55:54.48
Father in heaven,
what a blessing it has been
00:55:54.52\00:55:56.69
this evening to be
able to spend this time
00:55:56.72\00:55:58.39
in Your Word and with our family
00:55:58.42\00:56:00.99
here on the set, but
also with our family at home.
00:56:01.02\00:56:05.43
That we've been able to
join together and realize, Lord,
00:56:05.46\00:56:08.76
the tremendous gifts
that You have given to us.
00:56:08.80\00:56:11.63
And the top, of course,
is sending your Son Jesus.
00:56:11.67\00:56:14.77
It's the ultimate gift
00:56:14.80\00:56:16.27
that we have a
wonderful gift of salvation.
00:56:16.30\00:56:18.74
And sooner, very soon,
00:56:18.77\00:56:20.11
we believe we'll
be able to look up
00:56:20.14\00:56:21.48
into the sky and
You will be coming soon
00:56:21.51\00:56:23.11
to take us home.
00:56:23.14\00:56:24.48
Help us to be
faithful to that end,
00:56:24.51\00:56:26.25
even in the lonely times
and the dark times to realize
00:56:26.28\00:56:29.22
that You were
right there by our side.
00:56:29.25\00:56:31.65
We thank You and we love You,
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.02
and in Jesus'
name we pray, amen.
00:56:33.05\00:56:34.79
Amen.
00:56:34.82\00:56:36.66
Wow.
00:56:36.69\00:56:38.16
That was a rich hour.
00:56:38.19\00:56:39.83
My goodness. Yes,
it was power packed.
00:56:39.86\00:56:42.26
A bucket list.
00:56:42.30\00:56:43.63
It's a good bucket
list, all these gifts.
00:56:43.67\00:56:45.50
That's amazing.
00:56:45.53\00:56:46.87
It's a blessing
to spend the time.
00:56:46.90\00:56:48.24
Yes.
00:56:48.27\00:56:49.60
Did we get all of your gifts
00:56:49.64\00:56:50.97
that you had written down there?
00:56:51.01\00:56:52.34
Is there any
other gifts we missed?
00:56:52.37\00:56:53.71
You want to mention real quick?
00:56:53.74\00:56:55.08
Yeah, gift of redemption.
00:56:55.11\00:56:56.44
Nice.
00:56:56.48\00:56:57.81
I had a few verses for that.
00:56:57.85\00:56:59.18
I think I mentioned gift
00:56:59.21\00:57:00.55
of a transformed heart and mind.
00:57:00.58\00:57:02.28
And gift of reconciliation.
00:57:02.32\00:57:04.15
Oh, that's beautiful.
00:57:04.19\00:57:05.52
Oh, that's a good
one too. I love that.
00:57:05.55\00:57:06.89
Thank you both for being here.
00:57:06.92\00:57:08.26
Amen. Thanks for having us.
00:57:08.29\00:57:09.62
We had fun. What a gift.
00:57:09.66\00:57:10.99
Yeah, what a gift it has been.
00:57:11.03\00:57:12.36
Yeah, yeah.
00:57:12.39\00:57:13.73
And one of my favorite
gifts is the gift of peace.
00:57:13.76\00:57:15.10
You know, I need peace.
00:57:15.13\00:57:16.46
And to know that He
gives it to us freely.
00:57:16.50\00:57:19.03
So I'm so grateful for that,
00:57:19.07\00:57:20.44
and the gift of you, sweetheart.
00:57:20.47\00:57:21.97
I tell you, I'm
so thankful for you.
00:57:22.00\00:57:23.34
What a tremendous gift you are.
00:57:23.37\00:57:24.77
And I'm thinking of that song.
00:57:24.81\00:57:26.31
Jesus loves me and loves you.
00:57:26.34\00:57:28.74
This I know, for
the Bible tells me so.
00:57:28.78\00:57:32.21
Thank you for joining us.
00:57:32.25\00:57:33.58
Continue to
study the Word of God.
00:57:33.62\00:57:34.95
We'll see you next time.
00:57:34.98\00:57:36.35