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 just a great big old
welcome to each and every one.
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We're glad you join us
for 3ABN Family Worship.
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I tell you this,
this is exciting subject
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and I know you're going to be,
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you're going to need a
pencil and paper and a pen
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and jot some of the things
down that the Holy Spirit gives
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each one of us and
maybe in your mind too
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of how to overcome the enemy.
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I realize that's a subject
that many people have covered
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over and over.
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But really I
looked at it and I've kind
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of put a star by it
to say this is a very,
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very important
subject because every day
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the enemy is out to
kill, steal and what?
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And destroy.
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So by the grace of God,
we're going to look in the Word
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of God today, examine
scripture line upon line,
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precept upon precept.
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And we're going to find out
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how we can be
more than conquerors
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through Jesus Christ.
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Praise the Lord. Good.
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I need that
every day in my life.
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Maybe you do too.
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And we're going to
present that as the Holy Spirit
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gives us
utterance of the Word today.
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Amen.
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I'm glad to
have my wife with me,
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Chris, it's good to have
you today right by my side.
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I am glad to be here.
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We always say all the
time, you're my balancer.
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You keep me
balanced up all the time.
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I get a little carried
away and excited sometime
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and she taps me or knees
me or something like that,
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so, you know.
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Don't let him fool
you. He does the same to me.
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Yeah, I think I
probably do at times.
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Okay, I can do
like this at times.
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It doesn't do any good.
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But we're glad
that you're here today.
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We've got some
exciting people with us today.
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Oh, I am happy. And so, yeah.
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I'm very excited.
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I know, you're so excited
that I'm not even going to try
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to introduce everyone.
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I'm going to let you do it
because you got some thoughts.
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You got some things
that you maybe in time,
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maybe not now, but in the moment
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you're going to, we're
going to share some things
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because we are excited about.
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I don't want to
call them guests,
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I want to call them family.
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They are family. We are family.
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These are people we
want to share eternity with.
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We just want to do it.
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We want to just never
be separation, no division,
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just be together all the time.
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It would be a wonderful
time when we see Jesus.
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That's right.
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So let me just turn it
over to you and you just do
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what you want to do.
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I want to first say
to those of you at home,
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we want to spend
eternity with you as well.
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That's what this
is all about. Yes.
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So anyway, I'm very, very
excited about our guests today.
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I think for the first
time on a Family Worship,
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is this not correct?
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We have Linda and EJ
Clark or Eddie Clark.
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In calling either one, I
guess you answer by either one.
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I answer by Chrissie or
Chris or Christine or Christina,
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so anyway.
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I also call him cowboy,
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so if someone
must call him cowboy.
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You answered,
you answered honey.
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That's true. Yeah, sweetheart.
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Yes. Yes. I know I do that.
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Anyway, I have
known Linda for a few,
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I don't even know
how many years now
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but she has been a blessing.
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She is in the health ministry
work and as a Master Herbalist
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and we are so
thankful that she has chosen
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to move close here to
3ABN and to be in our area.
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I tell you,
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I wish they were ready to see
patients because Eddie was just
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kind of saying, "Boy, we
haven't been here very long
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and been keeping them busy."
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But there's so many things that
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and so many needs
that we have in this area.
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Amen.
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In fact, I met another
family yesterday that want
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to meet you.
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They may have gone by,
but I think you may have
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shut down early, which is good
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because they're
working in the cold right now.
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Yes. And she needed to
get out of that cold building.
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But I know the Lord's
going to warm it up soon.
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And things are
going to be much smoother.
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We're excited to have you.
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So, Edie, tell us a
little bit about yourself
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and maybe some of the things
you like to do in your ministry
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and then we'll let Linda.
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Well, we were both born
and raised in the church.
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And in my later teenage years
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I left and she stayed
closer in the church than I did.
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But we've both been
married and divorced.
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And coming up on 17 years ago,
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will be when we got married.
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And shortly after that we
started her herbal business
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and ministry.
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So we've been
doing that 15 or 16 years
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and the Lord has been very
gracious to take us to a number
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of different places to
witness with the health message.
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We spent a little over a
year and a half in Arkansas,
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in northwest
Arkansas doing ministry there.
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Was very blessed, have some
wonderful friends from there.
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Amen.
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And if any of them
are watching, hello.
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Well, I should mention too.
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And a lot of
people even in our church,
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they know you by 3ABN Radio.
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We have a Linda and Eddie Clark,
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what is the
name of that program?
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It's about 15 minutes long.
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Natural
Remedies for Good Health.
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Yes. So they
know you by the sound.
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And many of our folks at home
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probably know
you from seeing you.
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We've been on 3ABN, you've
been on the Today program.
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And I know that
you've also been at ASI
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and probably the GC.
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So there's probably a
lot of people that say,
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"I know them."
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So that's neat.
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We always tell
people that going to ASI
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is really our only vacation.
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Yet we work so
hard when we go to 3ABN.
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But we meet people
like you, and it's a high.
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It's a high,
we're on a high there.
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We call it a working vacation.
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We always come home so blessed.
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Good. Praise the Lord.
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We are looking
for a blessing today.
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And at the end of our table
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is a very special precious
couple that we love dearly.
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We haven't got to see you.
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We spend a whole lot of time.
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I tell we had them
over for dinner one night
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and it was like a
prayer meeting, wasn't it?
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The Lord was so
good. I think we did that.
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So good.
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And they've come to
visit us over Behold the Lamb
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a few times.
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We love that.
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But it's Angela and Ian,
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and I'm going to
look at this name
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so I don't mess
it up, Vandervalk.
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There you go. Vandervalk.
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Is that German? Dutch.
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Dutch. Yeah.
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Oh, how do you say it
in Dutch? How would you?
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Vandervalk. Vandervalk.
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It's just the same in English.
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I was thinking like
with the Dutch accent.
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No, no. That's funny.
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But Angie and Ian
both work here at 3ABN.
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They're generally
behind the scenes.
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But I know by the grace of
God that they're coming in front
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of the camera more and more.
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And we have a story to tell.
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But I'm going to hold off
to maybe question number one.
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And see if we can, you
know, kind of open that up
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and unpack that a little bit.
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Because it's such a blessing
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what the Lord has done in your
lives and is continuing to do.
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And this is something defeating
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the enemy that I know you
guys realize that you have to do
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each and every day, right?
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Oh, absolutely. Amen.
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So why don't you tell us
just a little bit real quick.
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What do you guys do?
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Angie, let's start with
you. What do you do here?
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So I work at 3ABN,
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and I usually run
camera or do makeup.
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Okay. And I love it.
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It's a blessing. All right.
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You're not making us
look like clowns or anything.
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No, no. She just kind of pad.
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She kind of gets rid of
the shine, a little bit.
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Yes, that's right. Yeah.
Pad the shine off a little bit.
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I actually love it
because she likes to come
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and get all my frizzies down.
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And I can say, okay,
you've got about an hour.
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Brother Ian, how about you?
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Well, I started off
here, running camera.
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But now I'm a floor director.
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And it's just such a blessing
to be a part of this ministry
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and just to work with everybody
that comes through here.
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It's amazing.
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Amen, and I look forward
to for you telling everybody
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where you came from,
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what you were
doing for many years,
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what you thought
you'd continue to do,
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but how you defeated that.
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God had a different
plan, didn't He? Amen.
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Okay.
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I think evangelist some
time because every time I see
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a Land Rover, I
know it's for me.
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But Angie. Angie, I tell you.
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It's a blessing
to be here today.
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And we're going
to be first of all,
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we're going to
get into the Word.
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So we always we
have to pray. Absolutely.
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We pray before and
we're going to pray during
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and we're going
to pray right now.
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Brother Ian, we ask that you
would offer a word of prayer,
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please. Absolutely. Thank you.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
Lord, we just as always,
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we thank You for this
day, for the Sabbath day.
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And we thank You for
all the many blessings
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that You have given
each and every one of us.
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There are so many
things that we need
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to be thankful
for, things that we see
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and even things that we don't
see where You're at work, Lord.
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And, Lord, we just ask that You,
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we invite You here to be a
part of this family worship,
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we invite Your Holy
Spirit to speak through us.
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Remove ourselves
from our speech, Lord.
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We just want You to come in
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to work through
us because we know
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that there are
those, you know here,
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where we need to
hear what each person
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is going to say that it may
help us grow stronger in You
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Father and help us see Your love
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and Your mercy and Your grace.
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Yes.
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And, Lord, just be
with this family worship
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and we just love You.
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We thank You and we praise You.
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In Jesus' name,
amen. Amen and amen.
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So they know
our subject already.
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We're talking about
how to overcome the enemy.
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And so to me, that's just
so important because every day
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to me, it seems
like it's Battle Royale.
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You know, because the
enemy is not just coming at us.
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You know, like this, pestering
us a little bit or challenge.
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I mean he's doing
as the Bible would say,
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you know, a roaring lion.
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We heard it since we
were just small, roaring lion.
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That means he wants to devour,
he wants to finish us off,
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and only by the grace of God
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that we're still standing today.
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Thank God for those angels
of heaven, isn't that right?
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Thank God for the protection
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of every day because the
enemy especially hates those
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who are presenting what
is true and present truth.
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And so today this is
recalled to me as old subject,
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but it's still present truth.
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Honey, I want you to
read the first paragraph.
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And then let's get
into some questions
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and whatever else you have
on your little heart today,
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because I think this is a
very important paragraph in here
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that will set the stage
for what we want to talk about.
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Okay, this is taken
from Darkness Before Dawn
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and it's on page five,
paragraph one and it reads,
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and many of you may have
read it elsewhere as well.
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The great
controversy between Christ
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and Satan that has been carried
forward for nearly 6000 years.
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This is what I
thought was so important,
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is soon to close
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and the wicked one redoubles
his efforts to defeat the work
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of Christ in man's behalf
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and to fasten
souls in his snares,
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to hold the people in
darkness and impenitence.
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Impenitence that means
that they don't have any sorrow
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or any regret for their sin.
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So it, you know,
without that repentance,
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he wants to hold them there
till the Savior's mediation
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is ended, and there is no
longer a sacrifice for sin
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is the object which
he seeks to accomplish.
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So when you look at
that the words that come out
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until His mediation is done.
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Can someone kind of
explain a little bit about that,
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till His mediation is done?
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You know, what is
Christ doing today?
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Is He doing anything?
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Or is He just saying,
"I'm going to come back?"
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Is He our mediator?
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That's another
subject in itself to get in,
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to begin to unwrap that.
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We give you 10
seconds, get started.
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He is our mediator. Okay.
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He's working in
our behalf right now.
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One day, what?
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He's going to
stand up, Revelation 15:8
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and smoke fills the temple.
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And that means it said, not
another soul will ever come in.
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So the enemy's
trying to keep us busy
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until I like the
word probation closes.
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I mean, that's, sometimes
people get little apprehensive,
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say, you know, only Adventist
misunderstand that term.
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No, a lot of people understand
when probation has ended,
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that you know, something,
we're all on probation,
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are we not in this life,
you know, whether it's a lot,
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a lot of years,
or just a few years.
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And one of these days
Christ going to say it's ended.
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So the devil then is
trying to keep all of us busy.
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Maybe a question
would be even in good thing,
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is it possible
he can keep us busy,
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even to some things,
it's kind of good within,
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not wrong to do but as
long as he keeps us off track.
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That's right.
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He keeps us busy so we
don't have time to study.
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Exactly.
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How do we have
time with the Lord?
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It's like, even in church,
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when people like
volunteer for so many things,
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it's like, are you even
having a relationship with God?
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Oh, good. Okay. Yeah.
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So I feel like and
that goes for me too,
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because I work so much.
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Yes. And then I'm so tired.
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I'm like, and then you go home,
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you have to take
care of the house,
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take care of your children.
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That's right.
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And then I'm like,
when do I have time for God?
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I read a little
devotional, but it's like,
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is that really enough?
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Like, I need
more, I need more bread.
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Amen. I need more food.
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Good.
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So I need to really pray
about that in my own life.
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So do we all. Yeah.
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And that's actually
part of the answer to number,
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question number one, may
I go ahead and read that?
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Yeah, go ahead, and
then we'd discuss, sure.
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So why has Satan been
so successful in confusing
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so many people
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and I just want to read
this quote that goes right
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along with you,
because neglect of Bible study
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and prayer is one of the
ways that he confuses the minds
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of the people.
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And that is when we're too busy.
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You know, I've been
feeling that myself here lately.
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And so he'll tell you Sunday.
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That was one thing.
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We haven't even had
a Sunday off in weeks.
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And I said, today
I am spending time
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and I spent several
hours in study and prayer.
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And I could feel the
difference, praise God.
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Amen.
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But one thing that I read even
on Sunday was Satan well knows
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that all whom he can
lead to neglect prayer
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and searching of the scriptures
will be overcome by his attack.
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So if we are neglecting prayer
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and we're
neglecting our studies,
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we're going to be overcome.
So that is got to be vital.
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It's got to be
number one in our lives.
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So how do we
rearrange our schedules?
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As Angela
mentioned, we're so busy
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and Satan wants to
keep us busy to the point
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where we don't personally study
and I hear a number of people
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frequently say,
"Well, I listen on the radio
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or I download sermons
or I'm always listening."
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Yeah.
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But the personal
one on one with the Lord
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and our own personal Bibles.
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That has to be paramount.
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That's what sets the foundation.
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And I want to add to that,
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because I've
been doing that a lot.
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I listen to a lot.
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You do learn a lot.
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But I have noticed
because I'm listening
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so much that things
are changing in my mind.
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Well.
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And so I had to get back
and open the physical books,
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open the physical Bible
and begin to study again.
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It doesn't take the place.
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It's still good. Right.
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It's still good.
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It's still something, praise
God for all the information
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we've been given right now.
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Amen.
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You know, especially in
the times that we're living in.
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I just pray,
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I pray for different ones
that are standing up for truth.
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Yes.
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And, you know,
praise God for these people.
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And that's what He's
calling all of us to do.
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How do we keep, you know,
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we're talking
about a balance here,
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because I feel like sometimes
I'm out of balance with lot
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of things, because so
much is going on there.
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Linda and Ian, you, everybody
just throwing things here
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because, you know, again,
doing the work that we do,
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and then I feel
like, I can't neglect
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the study of the Word of God,
because we're always preparing
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for something
which is a real blessing.
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If we are preparing
that means we're in the Word.
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We know we have
things to get accomplished,
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you know, down the road.
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So we're studying,
we're in the Word of God.
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But then sometime, as I said,
"Oh, and how do we do this,
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there's only so
many hours in the day."
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And then you find
yourself, you know,
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getting up at 2 o'clock
in the morning or 3 o'clock
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or 4 and going 4-5
hours in study of God's Word,
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and then go and do
physical work all day.
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And then, you
know, we're separated.
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So sometimes we find it,
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I do, I find it
difficult even in ministry.
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I usually don't get to
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and that's not
trying to feel sorry.
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It's just things I've tried
to deal with over the years.
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You know, I don't get
to ride with her to church.
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We have to take two vehicles.
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I'm going one way,
she's going another
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pickup
grandkids different thing.
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I never get to sit with her
basically unless someone else
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and it's very rare, you know,
we sit together during church.
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We're going two
different directions.
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She's going to
ministry lot of time,
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I'm going other places
and visit and then come night.
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She knows she has to be
back in the Word if we get home.
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I've got to get
back into the Word.
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So we might do a
little by supper.
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And then back in the
day and pretty soon I look
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and she's already in bed.
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She's already, you
know, I mean, so just,
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how do we balance that?
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Well, the first
thing that I wanted
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to bring up was and
this goes along with exactly
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what we're talking about,
and this comes from Patriarchs
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and Prophets.
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You know, there was
somebody who we all know,
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Eve who had the same issue.
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And it goes along by saying here
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that the angels had
cautioned Eve to beware
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of separating
herself from her husband.
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How many times
when have we separated
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ourselves from our
bridegroom, from Jesus
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when we get caught
up with everything?
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You know, we just open
up that window for evil to,
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kind of, you know, step in
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and just leave that
door cracked just enough,
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and that's all he needs.
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And it goes on to say though,
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while occupied in their daily
labor in the garden with him,
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she would be in less
danger from temptation
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than if she were alone.
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But it goes on to say,
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but absorbed in
her pleasing task,
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she unconsciously
wandered from his side.
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So it's the same thing.
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You know how we're
all part of a ministry,
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we're all
trying to work for God,
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but sometimes we can
get so caught up in that,
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that we lose that connection.
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Even though it's a
pleasing task, just as Eve had,
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she had a pleasing task,
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but we've lost
sight of that connection.
00:18:01.18\00:18:03.11
She wandered away
and we've wandered away,
00:18:03.14\00:18:04.78
even though we're doing
something that's pleasing
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and good for God.
00:18:06.38\00:18:07.72
Yeah.
00:18:07.75\00:18:09.08
I want to say,
from my perspective,
00:18:09.12\00:18:11.35
even though we
may not sit together,
00:18:11.39\00:18:14.26
not that I would switch that
00:18:14.29\00:18:15.79
because there's
probably nobody with him.
00:18:15.82\00:18:19.06
I mean, they're on
camera, I used to be directing.
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And there he doesn't
have a bigger amen corner.
00:18:21.70\00:18:24.93
Well, maybe one or two other
ladies like puts in competition
00:18:24.97\00:18:28.10
and they're cheering,
but I'm still with him,
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you know, in spirit.
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Oh, absolutely.
Yeah, that's true.
00:18:32.71\00:18:34.04
So there is a little bit of a
difference in that perspective.
00:18:34.08\00:18:36.91
And, you know, I still find
00:18:36.95\00:18:39.61
even if we're in
two different rooms,
00:18:39.65\00:18:41.22
studying or whatever,
00:18:41.25\00:18:42.58
I still find comfort that
he's in the house, period.
00:18:42.62\00:18:44.95
Yes. Amen.
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You know, so but we
try, we try to sneak.
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You said that just
the other day, didn't you?
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I did say that.
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Yeah, she said the other day,
'cause I said, and she said,
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"Well, you need to
spend more time to study?"
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And then she would be gone.
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Okay, she's gonna
leave me some day.
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Do some work, you know
and I said, "Well, honey,
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I said, you're
going out there to study.
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You are going to be there
two or three or four hours.
00:19:01.34\00:19:02.74
I won't see you anyway.
00:19:02.77\00:19:04.31
Or I'm going to be down
here preparing for something,
00:19:04.34\00:19:05.77
I won't see anyway.
00:19:05.81\00:19:07.14
So if I just slip out
and go do some other things,
00:19:07.18\00:19:08.51
and then come back.
00:19:08.54\00:19:10.01
It'll be comforting to
know that you're in the house.
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Well, I did not quite like that.
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Did you win? I did win that win.
00:19:14.18\00:19:17.12
It's true
though. Thank you, Ian.
00:19:17.15\00:19:19.55
Yeah.
00:19:19.59\00:19:20.92
Now then, before we
get too far into this,
00:19:20.96\00:19:23.43
I want to throw it
back to Ian and to Angie,
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because back in I
think maybe September,
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was it September possibly
or maybe just about October?
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October. October of 2019.
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We met them in Georgia.
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And there was a
process of defeating the enemy.
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I know that a lot of the viewers
00:19:40.88\00:19:42.61
have seen you on other programs.
00:19:42.64\00:19:44.18
But this is the first time
that we have been together.
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And when we first met you,
00:19:48.25\00:19:50.02
things were not as they are now.
00:19:50.05\00:19:52.15
Amen. Not as they are now.
00:19:52.19\00:19:54.62
So I want to throw
this ball back over to you
00:19:54.66\00:19:57.89
and we'll jump in every now
00:19:57.93\00:19:59.66
and again because
I know some of it.
00:19:59.69\00:20:01.80
But I want to
hear it from you guys.
00:20:01.83\00:20:03.43
You guys tell us
how did we meet you?
00:20:03.47\00:20:06.37
Well, that's a long story,
but we'll try to make it short.
00:20:06.40\00:20:10.41
Go ahead. It's a blessing.
00:20:10.44\00:20:11.77
Oh, absolutely.
00:20:11.81\00:20:13.14
We should have
made this a two part.
00:20:13.17\00:20:14.51
Yeah. It needs to be.
00:20:14.54\00:20:15.88
Yeah.
00:20:15.91\00:20:17.25
But you know my
wife was at the time
00:20:17.28\00:20:18.88
she was in the church
00:20:18.91\00:20:20.42
and she was very
much a part of God
00:20:20.45\00:20:22.78
and loving Jesus.
00:20:22.82\00:20:25.85
Me, not so much.
00:20:25.89\00:20:27.46
You know, I was in
the army at the time.
00:20:27.49\00:20:28.86
And I think I'd
been serving what 11,
00:20:28.89\00:20:31.89
I think was about 10
or 11 years at that point.
00:20:31.93\00:20:34.56
And, but God was
not a part of my life
00:20:34.60\00:20:38.70
as much as my
beautiful wife here tried
00:20:38.73\00:20:42.24
to show me God's love.
00:20:42.27\00:20:43.87
And she prayed for
me for so many years.
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.14
I mean, 11 years, I think
00:20:46.17\00:20:47.51
is what it was
that she prayed for me.
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.64
And there are so many
difficult times in our marriage.
00:20:49.68\00:20:51.61
And, but, yeah, when we met you,
00:20:51.65\00:20:54.18
it was a critical
moment in my life,
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because there
was a lot happening.
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And I was going downwards.
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I mean, I was talking
to somebody yesterday,
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it was pretty much
the Nebuchadnezzar effect,
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you know, I was
hitting rock bottom.
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And it was really tough.
00:21:07.80\00:21:09.40
But my wife kept praying for me
00:21:09.43\00:21:11.17
and she had me come
to an evangelistic series
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that Pastor Kenny,
00:21:14.40\00:21:15.74
that you were
conducting at a small church
00:21:15.77\00:21:17.67
just right down
the road from us.
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And, you know, previous
to that I had slowly been,
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you know, putting, getting
my foot in the door at church
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and I was a
little more attentive.
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You know, that's a whole
another story in its own.
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But how we met you
guys was at that church.
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And that was a pivotal moment,
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because I know that
the Lord was using you,
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Pastor Kenny, in a
way that other preachers,
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other pastors, other
people could not reach me.
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There was
something in that moment.
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Praise God.
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And I just, I remember
specifically that when you
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asked for, you know, you
gave an appeal at the end of it.
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And you know, that if anybody
wanted to change their life
00:21:51.11\00:21:54.44
and they wanted to
feel that love of Christ,
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you know, just to stand up.
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In that moment,
I couldn't do it.
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Because all I could hear was,
how horrible of a person I am.
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And the things
I've done in my past
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and what I've
done in the army and,
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you know, what I've
done, you know, to my wife.
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Yes.
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So I know the
Lord used you for sure.
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Praise God. Amen.
00:22:16.06\00:22:17.40
And it was just...
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That first night, I couldn't
stand up, not that first night.
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But when I explained to
my wife what had happened,
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she knew I was in
that spiritual battle.
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We decided we'd
come see you again.
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And we did the following night.
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And that's when I
made that decision
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where I wasn't going
to listen to what Satan
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was trying to tell me.
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Amen. Because he was
trying to keep me down.
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He was, he didn't
want me to overcome.
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He wanted me to
stay where I was at
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and that was
staying away from God
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and believing
that I'm not worth it.
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And, you know, but I didn't
let him have that victory.
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And I chose to stay on that day.
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And that's when, you
know, my entire life changed.
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And I thank my wife, I
thank for all the people
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who have stuck
with me and I thank you,
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Pastor Kenny, for
allowing God to use you
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because it changed my life.
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And it was several
nights, and on the Sabbath,
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our very last Sabbath.
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Yep.
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We had been told
and there was some
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communication difficulties
because this was a community,
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a Korean church.
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And we had been told
that there was another church
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that was going to
allow us to baptize.
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So we had a few
people ready for baptism.
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And while we were
thinking we were ready for that,
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you and pastor began to talk
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while the rest of us were eating
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and they were in their
own world for several hours.
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Oh, we were. Yeah.
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It was about two,
two and half hours.
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Yeah. Standing in the hall.
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I remember that, like
he's wasting his time.
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We didn't know
anybody was coming and going.
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And he really, truly,
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because you
shortened this a lot,
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because I know that
they continued to work
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night after
night in the struggles.
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It fits exactly
what we're talking about.
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One of the ways that he does,
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he works with all
diligence to control the minds
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of the worshipers.
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He was working
with all diligence
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because he doesn't mind
it as long as we sit there
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and we're nonchalant,
nothing's really happening.
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But when a soul begins to say,
"What must I do to be saved?"
00:24:10.85\00:24:14.28
When he begins to say,
00:24:14.32\00:24:15.78
"You know, maybe
that is a better life."
00:24:15.82\00:24:17.75
And he knew he was
leading, losing you.
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He began to work harder
and you were really struggling.
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And that's what this
program is all about.
00:24:24.96\00:24:27.40
How he, how to defeat the enemy,
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how we can stop this confusion.
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And what would
you say to people?
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I know you said you
came back a second night,
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but what happened in
your mind that made you say,
00:24:36.84\00:24:39.44
"Okay, this is enough,
I'm breaking that tie."
00:24:39.47\00:24:42.11
You know, my...
00:24:42.14\00:24:44.31
I actually talked to my
wife about this recently.
00:24:44.35\00:24:47.78
And this is kind of difficult
for me to say so forgive me.
00:24:47.82\00:24:50.09
But for the majority of my life,
00:24:50.12\00:24:52.99
I always felt like
I wasn't good enough.
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And it was, I can take that all
the way back to my childhood.
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And there were just
pivotal moments in my life
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where things had happened.
00:25:01.73\00:25:03.20
And I just never
felt good enough.
00:25:03.23\00:25:04.57
I always felt, you
know, I couldn't achieve
00:25:04.60\00:25:07.20
or and then
especially when it came to God
00:25:07.24\00:25:10.57
and everything that I had
done, I mean, I was a drinker,
00:25:10.61\00:25:12.57
I was a smoker.
00:25:12.61\00:25:13.94
I had done drugs,
00:25:13.98\00:25:15.48
you know, I did some
terrible things in our marriage.
00:25:15.51\00:25:18.71
And, you know, how could
God love a person like that?
00:25:18.75\00:25:21.58
And so all my life, I
just felt like, how am I,
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.12
I'll never be good enough.
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And that's what I
kept hearing those nights,
00:25:25.52\00:25:28.06
you know, at your
evangelistic series,
00:25:28.09\00:25:30.49
just, you're never
going to be good enough.
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.49
You can't do it. And,
but it was, it was a fight.
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It was really a struggle.
00:25:35.56\00:25:36.97
It wasn't just a
mental, I mean, it was physical.
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There was
everything was trying to...
00:25:39.23\00:25:41.17
You felt that pressure that
Satan used to keep you down.
00:25:41.20\00:25:45.01
I remember the
moments that I wanted
00:25:45.04\00:25:46.61
to make that commitment,
00:25:46.64\00:25:48.38
I could feel a
pressure on my chest.
00:25:48.41\00:25:50.68
Yes.
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.05
And almost as if I
couldn't, you know,
00:25:52.08\00:25:53.42
I could breathe, but it was
much more shallow than normal.
00:25:53.45\00:25:58.32
You know, my legs
seem to get heavy,
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.02
the palms start to sweat.
00:26:00.06\00:26:01.39
Yeah. Everything
was coming after me.
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.02
And then with, I really, I
can sit here as clear as day
00:26:03.06\00:26:06.96
and tell you that I would
hear, "You're not good enough.
00:26:07.00\00:26:10.53
Look at what you've done.
00:26:10.57\00:26:11.93
Look at who you've hurt
and the people that you love
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.04
who you've hurt."
00:26:14.07\00:26:15.40
Yes. But it got to
that moment where it just...
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.94
I mean, it had to
be Holy Spirit driven.
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Amen. You heard
the voice of God.
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.51
And Pastor Kenny
kept calling you.
00:26:22.54\00:26:24.61
Oh, yeah.
00:26:24.65\00:26:25.98
Yeah, Pastor Kenny.
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.45
I know God was working
'cause you stalled and stalled.
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You were just, it's like
you're just pulling him in.
00:26:29.58\00:26:32.85
It was a miracle.
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.22
It was, I still
remember clear as day,
00:26:34.26\00:26:36.73
you walking up and
down the aisle and saying,
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.79
"I know that there's somebody
here who hasn't done it yet."
00:26:39.83\00:26:42.66
And I don't
know if maybe you saw
00:26:42.70\00:26:44.03
the look in my face
those couple of nights.
00:26:44.07\00:26:45.73
And you just knew that I
was going through that struggle.
00:26:45.77\00:26:47.67
Maybe you did, maybe didn't.
00:26:47.70\00:26:49.50
But the fact is, I knew
that the Lord was working on you
00:26:49.54\00:26:52.61
and just buying me time.
00:26:52.64\00:26:54.11
He was just by me because I
can honestly tell you right now
00:26:54.14\00:26:57.51
that if I didn't
change my life that day,
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.98
if I didn't make
that commitment that day,
00:27:00.02\00:27:01.98
I probably wouldn't be sitting
here in front of you right now.
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.29
This is a two-hander. Amen.
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.22
This is, Angie,
pastor says you leave,
00:27:06.25\00:27:08.22
put one hand down to my knee.
00:27:08.26\00:27:09.66
Amen. Amen.
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.83
Because that is what
this is all about. Yes.
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.43
Mrs. White talks about
plucking a soul out of the fire.
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.80
And that's what was happening.
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.27
The devil was
putting the pressure,
00:27:19.30\00:27:20.90
his angels were
holding you down.
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.94
But God was saying, He
was giving you the strength.
00:27:22.97\00:27:25.34
And I know you had to
have heard Him speaking too,
00:27:25.37\00:27:27.88
perhaps through
an audible voice,
00:27:27.91\00:27:29.74
but it was the
Spirit of God speaking.
00:27:29.78\00:27:31.31
Absolutely.
00:27:31.35\00:27:32.68
I know, the Lord was
working through Pastor Kenny,
00:27:32.71\00:27:34.38
because like I said, he just
keep buying time and saying,
00:27:34.42\00:27:36.38
"I know there's somebody."
00:27:36.42\00:27:39.29
And eventually, you know,
God just gave me that strength
00:27:39.32\00:27:42.02
to stand up and
make that commitment.
00:27:42.06\00:27:43.43
And from that
moment on we spoke,
00:27:43.46\00:27:45.69
you know, on Sabbath.
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Yes.
00:27:47.10\00:27:48.43
And I don't
know if you remember,
00:27:48.46\00:27:49.80
but I was still a
smoker at the time.
00:27:49.83\00:27:51.17
Yes, I did.
00:27:51.20\00:27:52.53
And the pastor of the
church that we were going to,
00:27:52.57\00:27:55.14
he didn't want to baptize
us because I was still smoking.
00:27:55.17\00:27:59.57
But that was a
blessing in disguise too.
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.14
Because I think God was
testing me a little bit.
00:28:01.18\00:28:04.51
He wanted to see how
committed I really am.
00:28:04.55\00:28:06.78
Because I know a
lot of times when we're,
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.42
when we get into
something, into trouble,
00:28:08.45\00:28:11.35
what's the first thing that any
of us do, even non-Christians?
00:28:11.39\00:28:14.36
God help me. Yes.
00:28:14.39\00:28:15.82
You cry out to God, "God, you
know, just get me through this.
00:28:15.86\00:28:18.36
And I promise I'll change."
00:28:18.39\00:28:20.10
You know, and I
can't even tell you
00:28:20.13\00:28:21.46
how many times
that I had done that.
00:28:21.50\00:28:23.43
And I think this
time He wanted to know,
00:28:23.47\00:28:25.00
"Okay, you know, okay, Ian.
00:28:25.03\00:28:27.34
Are you really
committed to Me?" That's it.
00:28:27.37\00:28:29.60
Amen.
00:28:29.64\00:28:30.97
And so I quit smoking
and I quit everything.
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.47
Praise God.
00:28:32.51\00:28:33.84
And, you know, doesn't
mean the attacks don't stop.
00:28:33.88\00:28:35.71
But this time I
have God in my heart.
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.65
Amen. And things
are little easier now.
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.01
Amen. Amen.
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.38
You know like Sister
Linda, that some of the things
00:28:40.42\00:28:41.82
that we've been talking
about how to overcome the enemy.
00:28:41.85\00:28:43.82
And he's explained it so well.
00:28:43.85\00:28:45.59
Amen. Tremendous battle, right?
00:28:45.62\00:28:48.32
When the person
changes their life
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.83
and turns it over to Christ.
00:28:50.86\00:28:52.63
That's when the enemy really,
00:28:52.66\00:28:54.16
when you're
making that decision,
00:28:54.20\00:28:55.53
that's when he was sitting
on your chest if I might say.
00:28:55.56\00:28:57.93
Oh, yeah. He was
getting into your mind.
00:28:57.97\00:29:00.47
And, you know, and then this
is how it's done by committing
00:29:00.50\00:29:03.71
ourselves to Jesus Christ.
00:29:03.74\00:29:05.34
You know, in your experience,
you work with a lot of people.
00:29:05.37\00:29:08.94
And you see, they
come for one thing,
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.85
but I know you guys give
them a little something else.
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.28
How do you do that?
00:29:13.31\00:29:16.02
We just
influence them with prayer.
00:29:16.05\00:29:18.79
Yes. And we encourage them.
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.72
Amen.
00:29:20.76\00:29:22.09
Because when it comes to diet,
00:29:22.12\00:29:23.46
particularly I talk to
people about their diet
00:29:23.49\00:29:25.16
and lifestyle all day long.
00:29:25.19\00:29:28.00
They have to be encouraged.
00:29:28.03\00:29:29.36
A lot of times,
things that people need
00:29:29.40\00:29:30.93
to give up are things
that they already know.
00:29:30.97\00:29:33.37
They just need
the encouragement.
00:29:33.40\00:29:35.04
They need prayer.
00:29:35.07\00:29:36.40
And every person I speak with,
00:29:36.44\00:29:38.74
we always end
into it with prayer.
00:29:38.77\00:29:41.14
And most the time at the end,
00:29:41.18\00:29:43.71
when their
struggles you can always hear
00:29:43.75\00:29:45.81
the tears in the background.
00:29:45.85\00:29:47.18
Yeah.
00:29:47.22\00:29:48.55
We're living in perilous times
00:29:48.58\00:29:49.92
and people are
so incredibly sick.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.29
See, what you're
bringing out is to me
00:29:51.32\00:29:52.65
is exciting because some
people just they don't get it.
00:29:52.69\00:29:54.72
And I'm slow a lot
of things, I'm just,
00:29:54.76\00:29:57.29
I'm slow on and I
need to learn and relearn.
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.10
But our lesson
really brings out.
00:30:00.13\00:30:01.83
Again the enemy is
trying to put off us
00:30:01.86\00:30:03.97
making that decision.
00:30:04.00\00:30:05.40
And one of the way he does it
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.47
is by benumbing our
senses through appetite.
00:30:07.50\00:30:11.77
Right.
00:30:11.81\00:30:13.27
So if he can
get us to, you know,
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.81
continue to do
some of the things
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.18
maybe we did in the world,
it's very difficult for us
00:30:16.21\00:30:18.68
to make spiritual decisions
because 1 Corinthians says,
00:30:18.71\00:30:21.85
"Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned."
00:30:21.88\00:30:25.02
So, you know, that's a
battle I'm sure you see
00:30:25.05\00:30:26.99
all the time because people
00:30:27.02\00:30:28.36
who are coming
maybe say it nicely,
00:30:28.39\00:30:30.59
maybe abuse the body
and sometimes the thinking
00:30:30.63\00:30:33.76
is very more difficult.
00:30:33.80\00:30:36.16
And I think we've all abused
our body from time to time.
00:30:36.20\00:30:38.87
Oh, yes, yes. And we
all need that encouragement.
00:30:38.90\00:30:41.17
Yes.
00:30:41.20\00:30:42.54
But by prayer, we
get the Lord's help.
00:30:42.57\00:30:46.04
All things are
possible to those who believe,
00:30:46.07\00:30:49.34
and we spend time with
God in prayer we can overcome.
00:30:49.38\00:30:52.15
We can be
overcomers in everything. Yeah.
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.55
Maybe this is
backtrack a little bit,
00:30:54.58\00:30:56.82
but how is appetite
a snare of the enemy?
00:30:56.85\00:31:00.86
Well, the enemy has a pit
for everyone to fall into,
00:31:00.89\00:31:06.29
and that's exactly
where he found me is in a pit.
00:31:06.33\00:31:10.07
Matter of fact that's how come
00:31:10.10\00:31:12.27
we changed into the health field
00:31:12.30\00:31:13.67
because of my own illness.
00:31:13.70\00:31:16.44
And I knew when I got sick
00:31:16.47\00:31:18.31
that I knew that I was at fault.
00:31:18.34\00:31:21.58
So I went to the Lord, saying,
00:31:21.61\00:31:23.38
"Lord, I realized that I'm here,
00:31:23.41\00:31:25.51
I realized that I have
violated the laws of health and,
00:31:25.55\00:31:31.29
but I don't know
how to get from here
00:31:31.32\00:31:32.69
to where I need to be.
00:31:32.72\00:31:34.06
So you're going to have
to meet me where I'm at."
00:31:34.09\00:31:35.42
And He is so gracious
00:31:35.46\00:31:36.96
and He meets
everyone where they're at.
00:31:36.99\00:31:39.26
Amen. That's right.
00:31:39.29\00:31:40.63
We actually
talked to a lot of people
00:31:40.66\00:31:42.86
that go through
exactly what you did.
00:31:42.90\00:31:45.43
But it's through their
diet because so many people,
00:31:45.47\00:31:48.67
they, they look at their
diet and they say to themselves,
00:31:48.70\00:31:51.77
"I can't change that."
00:31:51.81\00:31:53.98
My taste buds,
the way I'm built,
00:31:54.01\00:31:56.14
the, you know, the
things my body craves
00:31:56.18\00:31:59.98
and so many people
00:32:00.02\00:32:02.48
that she counsels ministers too,
00:32:02.52\00:32:06.05
they come from
the exact same place,
00:32:06.09\00:32:08.22
it's just from the
perspective of diet.
00:32:08.26\00:32:10.03
I mean this is so real,
00:32:10.06\00:32:13.16
you know, just two weeks ago,
00:32:13.19\00:32:15.53
missing things is part of
the family through marriage,
00:32:15.56\00:32:18.00
blah-blah, whatever else.
00:32:18.03\00:32:19.53
And I'm very familiar
with him and with his brother
00:32:19.57\00:32:23.30
and his brother would say,
00:32:23.34\00:32:24.84
he had a problem
with diet and you know,
00:32:24.87\00:32:26.91
thing he'd take, he liked to eat
00:32:26.94\00:32:28.74
and his brother
would always say,
00:32:28.78\00:32:30.11
"I tell you I'm
afraid for my brother.
00:32:30.15\00:32:31.68
I'm afraid, he always said,
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.05
he's going to eat
himself to death."
00:32:33.08\00:32:34.42
And you're thinking,
well eat yourself to death,
00:32:34.45\00:32:35.78
what do you mean?
00:32:35.82\00:32:37.15
He can't control
his appetite, blah-blah.
00:32:37.19\00:32:39.35
And so this went on for
years and a couple of weeks ago,
00:32:39.39\00:32:43.56
he left a little note,
00:32:43.59\00:32:44.93
as he killed
himself that he can't,
00:32:44.96\00:32:47.90
he can't, he can no
longer get out of his chair,
00:32:47.93\00:32:50.47
he can't go to the restaurants
and eat like he wants to eat.
00:32:50.50\00:32:53.74
Now, it brings tears to
your eyes, you think about it.
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.24
And he couldn't eat
and do what he was used
00:32:56.27\00:32:58.51
to doing for so many years,
00:32:58.54\00:33:00.38
that it kind of destroyed
his mind and his thinking.
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.61
He said, "If I
can't do those things,
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.58
if I can't do what, I'm
just going to kill myself."
00:33:04.61\00:33:06.92
And he did. How sad.
00:33:06.95\00:33:08.75
You know, we're seeing
more addictive behavior.
00:33:08.78\00:33:12.25
As time goes on, sin becomes
more prevalent in the world.
00:33:12.29\00:33:15.62
And also, the vitality of
man is getting less and less.
00:33:15.66\00:33:19.89
Yes.
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.26
And addictive
behavior is everywhere.
00:33:21.30\00:33:22.93
My little brother, he
died as an alcoholic as well.
00:33:22.96\00:33:26.33
And I remember we
had sent him to one
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.37
of those institutions to,
00:33:28.40\00:33:30.41
so that he could get cleaned
out and get a fresh start.
00:33:30.44\00:33:33.31
And they gave each
person that came there a cup
00:33:33.34\00:33:36.68
to put up at the top
00:33:36.71\00:33:38.05
and if they were
cleaned for a whole year,
00:33:38.08\00:33:39.91
then you can come
back and claim that cup.
00:33:39.95\00:33:42.28
And the walls were
just lined with cups
00:33:42.32\00:33:44.99
of people that had not
come back to claim their cup.
00:33:45.02\00:33:47.72
But my little brother says,
"Mom, I am going to be coming,
00:33:47.76\00:33:51.29
going back to collect that cup."
00:33:51.33\00:33:54.26
He was not one that
came back to collect the cup.
00:33:54.30\00:33:57.37
But he died in the Lord
and of that I'm very happy,
00:33:57.40\00:34:00.37
but I understand the devastation
00:34:00.40\00:34:02.84
when you cannot trust
your own promises to the Lord.
00:34:02.87\00:34:06.98
You feel like
they're like ropes of sand.
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.01
You can't get
from here to there.
00:34:09.04\00:34:10.71
You can't.
00:34:10.75\00:34:12.08
You don't even know
where to start the first step.
00:34:12.11\00:34:14.02
And so I see that, I
hear that on the phone.
00:34:14.05\00:34:16.95
And the Lord is so gracious
00:34:16.99\00:34:19.09
and He helps us
make that first step.
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.96
Sometimes we need outside help.
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.09
But the Lord is so
gracious to help us
00:34:23.12\00:34:25.09
make that first step, if
we can make that first step.
00:34:25.13\00:34:27.73
Actually, He's
already made that first step
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.53
but if we can join Him.
00:34:29.56\00:34:31.80
So it takes more
than good intentions.
00:34:31.83\00:34:34.64
Yes.
00:34:34.67\00:34:36.00
I talk to a lot of
people who have good intentions
00:34:36.04\00:34:37.81
were going to do it,
but he had good intentions.
00:34:37.84\00:34:39.97
I believe when he
said, I'm going to go back
00:34:40.01\00:34:42.18
and get that cup.
00:34:42.21\00:34:43.55
Yes. I believe he
meant that at the time.
00:34:43.58\00:34:45.51
He did.
00:34:45.55\00:34:46.88
But circumstances
as the enemy, you know,
00:34:46.92\00:34:48.25
begin to continue to work
and he'll put it off one day
00:34:48.28\00:34:51.69
and then put it off a
week and two weeks there.
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.72
You know, we live in a
time where we're at the end.
00:34:53.76\00:34:57.43
We don't have maybe
those weeks and months
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.16
and years that we
think we had to fool around
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.33
if I might say.
00:35:01.36\00:35:03.13
We need to have more than good
intentions is to like you stand
00:35:03.16\00:35:06.94
and just simply
say, "God, by Your grace,
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.77
by Your strength,
I'm going to follow You."
00:35:08.80\00:35:11.07
And the Lord expects
us to copartner with Him.
00:35:11.11\00:35:13.24
That's true.
00:35:13.27\00:35:14.61
We have a part to
play when people call
00:35:14.64\00:35:16.34
and they just want
one pill shot to heal
00:35:16.38\00:35:19.91
a whole myriad of things.
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.98
You know, I remind
them that, you know,
00:35:22.02\00:35:23.82
let's look at your diet here.
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.29
You know what other things
that we need to do as well.
00:35:25.32\00:35:28.12
And so we have to copartner
with the Lord in every aspect
00:35:28.16\00:35:31.93
of our life.
00:35:31.96\00:35:33.29
You've already said
it but say it again.
00:35:33.33\00:35:34.70
Appetite will
affect our thinking.
00:35:34.73\00:35:37.87
Is that true? Yes.
00:35:37.90\00:35:39.23
Simply put.
00:35:39.27\00:35:40.60
Yes, our
lifestyle, diet and lifestyle.
00:35:40.64\00:35:41.97
Okay. Absolutely.
00:35:42.00\00:35:43.47
The Bible says,
"Whatsoever you eat,
00:35:43.51\00:35:47.48
whatsoever you drink..."
00:35:47.51\00:35:48.84
That's right.
00:35:48.88\00:35:50.21
Paul was very
specific about those two items.
00:35:50.25\00:35:52.55
And then he adds,
"Whatsoever you do,
00:35:52.58\00:35:55.22
do all to the glory of God."
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.82
And so that's one of the things
that we always tell people
00:35:56.85\00:35:59.32
when we do seminars,
00:35:59.35\00:36:00.69
it's not salvation by diet
not at all, but Jesus said,
00:36:00.72\00:36:05.09
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:36:05.13\00:36:07.53
Yes.
00:36:07.56\00:36:08.90
And one of His
commands has to do with our diet
00:36:08.93\00:36:11.17
and our health, whatsoever
we eat whatsoever we drink.
00:36:11.20\00:36:14.34
Amen. Helps us defeat the enemy.
00:36:14.37\00:36:16.04
Okay.
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.41
Pastor Kenny, I
realize this is taking just
00:36:17.44\00:36:18.77
a little bit
different direction,
00:36:18.81\00:36:20.58
but one of my doubts
that I had is we decide
00:36:20.61\00:36:24.01
who influences our thinking,
who, by how we spend our time.
00:36:24.05\00:36:29.05
I know when my
husband I first got married
00:36:29.08\00:36:31.69
and I know this is not,
this is something that really
00:36:31.72\00:36:33.96
touches everybody
because we've all done this
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.96
and that is watching television.
00:36:35.99\00:36:38.53
Do you remember
when we were younger?
00:36:38.56\00:36:41.83
We had, you know, we
heard a lot about subliminals.
00:36:41.86\00:36:45.60
And now we don't
hear about it so much.
00:36:45.63\00:36:47.80
But if when we were younger,
00:36:47.84\00:36:49.54
we heard about
all these subliminal,
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.54
subliminal messages coming
through television that we,
00:36:51.57\00:36:56.31
you know, we thought well
that was conspiracy theories
00:36:56.34\00:36:59.31
way back then, but if
it was true back then,
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.38
what do you
think is going on now?
00:37:02.42\00:37:03.85
Okay.
00:37:03.89\00:37:05.22
What are we seeing
now or not seeing it,
00:37:05.25\00:37:07.02
but we're subjecting
ourselves to these influences
00:37:07.06\00:37:10.36
without even knowing it.
00:37:10.39\00:37:11.96
Amen. And that to me is scary.
00:37:11.99\00:37:14.36
My husband and I
when we first married,
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.43
we watched every
night, we watched this program
00:37:16.46\00:37:19.53
and we do reruns three hours.
00:37:19.57\00:37:21.90
We didn't realize how
much time we were wasting
00:37:21.94\00:37:24.21
until we didn't do it anymore.
00:37:24.24\00:37:26.04
We felt definitely
impressed to give it up
00:37:26.07\00:37:29.28
and then once we gave
it up, we're like, wow,
00:37:29.31\00:37:32.41
where do we have
the time to spend
00:37:32.45\00:37:33.78
all that time on television.
00:37:33.82\00:37:37.35
It's crazy.
00:37:37.39\00:37:38.72
When I was a
little girl, one time,
00:37:38.75\00:37:40.16
we, my father and my sisters
00:37:40.19\00:37:42.76
and I were
arguing over a TV program
00:37:42.79\00:37:45.19
and my dad got angry
and he came in and picked up
00:37:45.23\00:37:47.96
the TV and took it
out off the back porch
00:37:48.00\00:37:50.20
and threw it out in the field.
00:37:50.23\00:37:52.53
And we were like, wow.
00:37:52.57\00:37:54.20
And after he was gone,
we went and plugged it in
00:37:54.24\00:37:56.50
and it still worked.
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.97
You know, I think
what we're doing here
00:37:59.01\00:38:00.98
is bringing this home.
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.34
Yes.
00:38:02.38\00:38:03.71
Because the more we begin
to study how he does this,
00:38:03.75\00:38:06.58
how he confuses people,
00:38:06.61\00:38:08.52
you'll find that the
enemy is in everything.
00:38:08.55\00:38:10.89
He is in everything.
00:38:10.92\00:38:12.49
You begin to study about
food and how it's manufactured.
00:38:12.52\00:38:16.32
Some of it shouldn't
even be considered food,
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.66
but they actually
study what to put in,
00:38:18.69\00:38:21.20
how much to put in to make
you addicted to those products.
00:38:21.23\00:38:25.17
And so I feel like
00:38:25.20\00:38:26.53
the enemy has had
his hand in every aspect.
00:38:26.57\00:38:29.34
Very much so.
00:38:29.37\00:38:30.71
There's other things
that we kind of talked about
00:38:30.74\00:38:32.07
false teachers in the churches,
00:38:32.11\00:38:33.78
how he can misrepresent people.
00:38:33.81\00:38:38.28
You know, there's a
lot of people that come
00:38:38.31\00:38:39.75
to the church and he
works through to misrepresent
00:38:39.78\00:38:42.32
and to falsely
accuse other people.
00:38:42.35\00:38:44.45
All these things are tactics
to keep us from being saved,
00:38:44.49\00:38:49.66
and to keep us on his side.
00:38:49.69\00:38:52.29
Perversion of God's Word.
00:38:52.33\00:38:53.93
We are really, really,
really experiencing that
00:38:53.96\00:38:58.00
and the time in
which we're living.
00:38:58.03\00:38:59.63
In fact, you've got all
of these different Bible
00:38:59.67\00:39:02.44
translations now.
00:39:02.47\00:39:03.81
But if you notice, they
may sound the same in a lot
00:39:03.84\00:39:07.68
of places but there's
some key issues especially
00:39:07.71\00:39:10.28
when it points out who
and what the beast power
00:39:10.31\00:39:12.35
is and overcoming sin
that have been changed.
00:39:12.38\00:39:15.85
Mercy. And it's not
by the grace of God.
00:39:15.88\00:39:18.12
So we want to stick to
like the King James Version
00:39:18.15\00:39:21.56
and I think next to that might
be the New King James Version
00:39:21.59\00:39:24.86
to find out what truth
00:39:24.89\00:39:26.23
is because those are
the closest to the written,
00:39:26.26\00:39:29.13
the original written document.
00:39:29.16\00:39:30.87
So there's so much going on.
00:39:30.90\00:39:33.97
So let's look into
question number two.
00:39:34.00\00:39:36.17
How may we establish
00:39:36.20\00:39:38.17
what is true with
all this confusion?
00:39:38.21\00:39:41.04
It's important. Amen.
00:39:41.08\00:39:42.41
And all these things and
people they're picking up,
00:39:42.44\00:39:43.91
they think they're
reading the right thing
00:39:43.95\00:39:45.88
and it's leading
them astray spiritually.
00:39:45.91\00:39:47.75
Yes. How can we
know what is truth?
00:39:47.78\00:39:49.82
How can we establish that?
00:39:49.85\00:39:52.52
God's Word is the truth.
00:39:52.55\00:39:53.89
Jesus says in John
14:6, "I am the Way,
00:39:53.92\00:39:56.86
the Truth and the Life."
00:39:56.89\00:39:58.23
Amen. So the word is alive.
00:39:58.26\00:40:00.00
You just have to
pick it up, and read it.
00:40:00.03\00:40:03.23
That's right.
00:40:03.26\00:40:04.60
I think we started
that in the beginning
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.60
towards the end that
you just have to pick it up.
00:40:06.63\00:40:08.87
It's alive. It really is.
00:40:08.90\00:40:10.61
There's a key there though
because a lot of people study
00:40:10.64\00:40:13.04
the Bible just to look
for ways to get around things
00:40:13.07\00:40:16.71
or to make their own
point, to twist it to say
00:40:16.75\00:40:19.81
what they want it to
say, but what I have studied
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.25
and what we have all
experienced here at this table
00:40:23.28\00:40:26.49
is we need to study
the Bible with a humble
00:40:26.52\00:40:30.46
and a teachable heart and mind.
00:40:30.49\00:40:33.06
Amen. Not my will
but Thy will be done.
00:40:33.09\00:40:36.97
Amen.
00:40:37.00\00:40:38.33
We need to open it
up because the Bible
00:40:38.37\00:40:39.70
is a two-edged
sword just as Christ said,
00:40:39.73\00:40:41.70
"It's going to cut,
it's going to separate,
00:40:41.74\00:40:43.41
it's going to divide."
00:40:43.44\00:40:44.77
My dad, my stepdad used to
say if we don't allow Him to cut
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.68
the dross off now,
someday it'll be burned off.
00:40:47.71\00:40:52.51
So what God is doing through
His Word is He's recreating us.
00:40:52.55\00:40:56.89
And sometimes it's a little
difficult and we have to learn
00:40:56.92\00:41:00.36
to allow the Bible to...
00:41:00.39\00:41:04.46
What's the word I'm looking for?
00:41:04.49\00:41:05.83
The Bible to
interpret itself, here a little,
00:41:05.86\00:41:08.50
there a little, line upon
line, precept upon precept.
00:41:08.53\00:41:11.93
And we need to
learn to do studies,
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.84
because sometimes we
can just read through
00:41:13.87\00:41:16.44
some of the
stories and we think now,
00:41:16.47\00:41:18.17
Lord, what did that
have to do with my salvation
00:41:18.21\00:41:20.84
or my walk with You?
00:41:20.88\00:41:22.44
Now, there's a lot of
times you may go back later
00:41:22.48\00:41:25.01
after you've done
some studies and say,
00:41:25.05\00:41:26.72
"Oh, I get it, because
they went through that.
00:41:26.75\00:41:30.45
I understand that
because that may be a trial
00:41:30.49\00:41:33.09
that I may go through
00:41:33.12\00:41:35.22
and You're
teaching me to stand."
00:41:35.26\00:41:37.16
So it's beginning to
learn to hear His voice in all
00:41:37.19\00:41:40.90
of the Word because the
whole Word points to Jesus.
00:41:40.93\00:41:43.26
That's it.
00:41:43.30\00:41:44.63
If a man wants to
know what's truth,
00:41:44.67\00:41:47.17
if his will is to know
the truth and what John 7:17,
00:41:47.20\00:41:51.04
you know, God's going to
make that truth known to them.
00:41:51.07\00:41:53.38
So first we have to
want to know what is truth.
00:41:53.41\00:41:56.31
Amen.
00:41:56.34\00:41:57.68
Not try to study to
try to defend some kind
00:41:57.71\00:41:59.61
of a position that
you have on something.
00:41:59.65\00:42:02.48
But when I open the
Word of God, I really,
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.62
I want to know, what is truth?
00:42:04.65\00:42:07.59
Because truth is
that which what John 7:17,
00:42:07.62\00:42:12.66
Thy word is truth, in 17...
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.60
Sanctify them through
Thy truth Thy Word is true.
00:42:14.63\00:42:18.63
So sanctification or
preparation from heaven
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.47
comes by knowing what is true.
00:42:20.50\00:42:22.60
So I understand it's not
by twisting and, you know,
00:42:22.64\00:42:26.11
trying to make truth a lie
00:42:26.14\00:42:27.91
but then I'll make it to heaven.
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.58
It's by knowing what really is
truth that changes my insides.
00:42:29.61\00:42:34.55
In Psalm
00:42:34.58\00:42:36.45
119:151-152.
00:42:36.48\00:42:41.02
This goes along with what
Chris was saying in regard
00:42:41.06\00:42:43.32
to precept upon
precept, line upon line.
00:42:43.36\00:42:45.79
Yes, yes.
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.16
It says, "Thou art near, O Lord,
00:42:47.20\00:42:49.16
and all thy
commandments are truth.
00:42:49.20\00:42:52.03
Concerning thy testimonies,
00:42:52.07\00:42:53.84
I have known of old that
thou hast founded them forever."
00:42:53.87\00:42:58.74
Something that's
really popular nowadays is,
00:42:58.77\00:43:01.11
well, that was
biblical truth back then,
00:43:01.14\00:43:04.28
you know, and
whenever back then was
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.81
that's when back then
was, but today what the Bible
00:43:05.85\00:43:09.15
is meaning is.
00:43:09.18\00:43:11.62
And so, and, of course,
people do it with Sister
00:43:11.65\00:43:14.06
White's writings as well.
00:43:14.09\00:43:15.42
Yeah.
00:43:15.46\00:43:16.79
But when God speaks
through His testimonies,
00:43:16.83\00:43:18.66
through His prophets...
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.03
Amen. It stands forever.
00:43:20.06\00:43:21.70
I love it.
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.06
I think what he's
saying is that now
00:43:23.10\00:43:25.20
people are taking opinions
of people over the Bible,
00:43:25.23\00:43:30.04
over the Spirit of Prophecy
00:43:30.07\00:43:31.81
and we need to test everything
according to the Bible.
00:43:31.84\00:43:34.41
We need to test things according
00:43:34.44\00:43:35.78
to the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:43:35.81\00:43:37.15
Amen. And that's where
you find that in Isaiah 8:20?
00:43:37.18\00:43:40.58
Yes. To the law and what?
00:43:40.62\00:43:41.95
To the law and testimony.
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.32
Go ahead, to the law and
testimony, and they speak what?
00:43:43.35\00:43:44.69
I'll say right here.
00:43:44.72\00:43:46.05
If they do not speak
according to this word
00:43:46.09\00:43:47.46
is because
there's no light in them.
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.06
How much light? None.
00:43:49.09\00:43:50.63
None. No.
00:43:50.66\00:43:51.99
Somehow we think eight or
nine out of 10 is good enough.
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.86
Most people say, well,
they're saying some truth.
00:43:54.90\00:43:56.77
If you're
listening to something,
00:43:56.80\00:43:58.13
I'm gonna say it right
now, if you're listening
00:43:58.17\00:43:59.53
to something that
there's error in it,
00:43:59.57\00:44:01.60
you're listening to
what the devil has to say.
00:44:01.64\00:44:04.11
Soon as we detect what is error,
00:44:04.14\00:44:07.48
it's time for us not
to listen to it anymore.
00:44:07.51\00:44:10.45
Not to go listen to it... Amen.
00:44:10.48\00:44:12.38
Because the enemy
is involved with it.
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.45
God doesn't want us to do that.
00:44:14.48\00:44:15.88
Jesus, how important it was,
Matthew was it, 20 something?
00:44:15.92\00:44:19.35
Matthew 22:29, Jesus said,
00:44:19.39\00:44:21.46
"You do err in not knowing
00:44:21.49\00:44:24.16
the Scripture because
they're the power of God."
00:44:24.19\00:44:26.93
Amen. Sometimes
the church lacks power.
00:44:26.96\00:44:28.90
We lack power in our own life
because we err in Scripture.
00:44:28.93\00:44:32.37
Yep. Amen.
00:44:32.40\00:44:33.74
And if we, you know,
study to show ourselves
00:44:33.77\00:44:35.10
approved unto God, He's
going to do great things.
00:44:35.14\00:44:36.47
You know,
speaking of, sorry, Chris.
00:44:36.50\00:44:37.94
No, go ahead.
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.31
Speaking of the opinions of man,
00:44:39.34\00:44:40.68
wouldn't that
also include science?
00:44:40.71\00:44:42.44
Oh, absolutely.
00:44:42.48\00:44:43.81
Haven't we glorified science
to the point that you know,
00:44:43.85\00:44:47.12
we have science on this
side and science on that side
00:44:47.15\00:44:49.98
and that's why
people are confused,
00:44:50.02\00:44:51.45
is there everything
is science for them.
00:44:51.49\00:44:53.69
Science just hasn't
caught up to the Bible yet.
00:44:53.72\00:44:55.59
There you go.
00:44:55.62\00:44:57.43
Science needs to
agree with the Bible,
00:44:57.46\00:44:59.39
once we understand
where the Bible came from.
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.40
You know, 2 Peter 1:21 tells us
00:45:01.43\00:45:03.70
the Bible came from
holy men as God spake
00:45:03.73\00:45:08.10
and they were
moved by the Holy Spirit.
00:45:08.14\00:45:10.47
So who is the
ultimate scientist here?
00:45:10.51\00:45:13.38
Right. It is God.
00:45:13.41\00:45:14.74
Amen.
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.11
And so when we're
dealing with science,
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.48
just like
anything else in our lives,
00:45:17.51\00:45:18.85
it needs to fit the Bible.
00:45:18.88\00:45:21.72
It needs to live up to
the light of the Word of God.
00:45:21.75\00:45:24.65
If it doesn't, then
there's no truth in that either.
00:45:24.69\00:45:27.59
Amen.
00:45:27.62\00:45:28.96
You know, so we
need to, I know years
00:45:28.99\00:45:30.89
ago because there's so
many good books out there
00:45:30.93\00:45:33.83
that a person could read,
00:45:33.86\00:45:35.86
but most of the
time between he and I,
00:45:35.90\00:45:38.43
it's just the Bible
and the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:45:38.47\00:45:41.54
It doesn't mean we don't
look at other good books.
00:45:41.57\00:45:43.81
Linda has a good book on health.
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.27
I just shared that with
someone a few weeks ago.
00:45:45.31\00:45:48.81
But we have to focus mostly upon
00:45:48.84\00:45:52.01
what we know
that the Holy Spirit
00:45:52.05\00:45:54.05
is behind and what He wrote.
00:45:54.08\00:45:55.58
And in part of the
answer to this question,
00:45:55.62\00:45:57.32
the Lord took me
to Proverbs Chapter 2.
00:45:57.35\00:45:59.22
And you can find a lot of
things in Proverbs Chapter 2.
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.26
But I just want to just
kind of maybe glean just a few
00:46:02.29\00:46:06.23
of the aspects
of Proverbs 2:1-11.
00:46:06.26\00:46:09.93
It says, "Receive my words,
hide my commandments with you."
00:46:09.96\00:46:13.94
I'm just kind of, proof,
you know, going over it quickly.
00:46:13.97\00:46:18.84
Verse 2, "Incline
thine ear unto wisdom,
00:46:18.87\00:46:21.81
apply thine heart
to understanding."
00:46:21.84\00:46:24.38
So God is giving us direction.
00:46:24.41\00:46:26.15
He's telling us,
"You want understanding?
00:46:26.18\00:46:28.15
Here it is.
00:46:28.18\00:46:29.52
Apply your heart to it, and
I'm going to give it to you."
00:46:29.55\00:46:32.89
Hide my commandments in
your heart and in your mind,
00:46:32.92\00:46:35.46
as the Bible talks about.
00:46:35.49\00:46:37.03
Amen.
00:46:37.06\00:46:38.39
"Yea, if thou
criest after knowledge,"
00:46:38.43\00:46:40.00
you want to know
what knowledge is,
00:46:40.03\00:46:41.90
"and liftest up thy
voice for understanding."
00:46:41.93\00:46:46.43
Where do we find it? We find
it again in the Word of God.
00:46:46.47\00:46:49.44
"If thou seekest her as silver,"
00:46:49.47\00:46:52.34
would it be searching
the Bible for those gems,
00:46:52.37\00:46:55.74
those precious,
expensive gems of truth,
00:46:55.78\00:46:59.28
"and searchest for
her as for hid treasures."
00:46:59.31\00:47:02.35
Verse 5, "Then
thou shalt understand
00:47:02.38\00:47:04.95
and fear the fear of the Lord."
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.52
You know, a lot of times
we take that out of context
00:47:07.56\00:47:10.03
but it's
reverence, it's respect.
00:47:10.06\00:47:13.09
Yes.
00:47:13.13\00:47:14.46
It's even knowing
how He's gonna take care
00:47:14.50\00:47:16.16
of us in His
love and in His mercy
00:47:16.20\00:47:17.93
and in His grace and
find the knowledge of God.
00:47:17.97\00:47:21.14
Will we be able to
understand God in all things?
00:47:21.17\00:47:23.67
No. He's beyond finite...
00:47:23.71\00:47:25.47
Yes, it's true.
00:47:25.51\00:47:26.84
That's what the Word says,
"For the Lord giveth wisdom out
00:47:26.88\00:47:29.58
of His mouth cometh
knowledge and understanding."
00:47:29.61\00:47:32.71
Where do we find that?
00:47:32.75\00:47:34.12
I mentioned when
we moved up here,
00:47:34.15\00:47:35.65
you guys recently
moved up here from Georgia.
00:47:35.68\00:47:38.29
When we moved up
here, we had 65 acres,
00:47:38.32\00:47:42.12
we still have 65
acres in this home,
00:47:42.16\00:47:44.43
and I felt like
00:47:44.46\00:47:46.33
we had been preparing
it for living off the grid,
00:47:46.36\00:47:50.23
so to speak, you
know, not to the point
00:47:50.27\00:47:52.13
where it should be,
but we were doing things
00:47:52.17\00:47:54.04
to do that.
00:47:54.07\00:47:55.40
And when we...
00:47:55.44\00:47:56.77
The Lord began to speak to Kenny
00:47:56.81\00:47:58.87
and to Danny about
moving up here closer to 3ABN,
00:47:58.91\00:48:02.54
I thought, oh, wow,
is these those boys,
00:48:02.58\00:48:06.11
are they just having
this idea to help prove me
00:48:06.15\00:48:10.19
and make me move up here?
00:48:10.22\00:48:11.65
Is this really God?
00:48:11.69\00:48:13.29
And I've been praying
and praying and praying.
00:48:13.32\00:48:15.86
And then one morning, I just
spent like two hours in prayer
00:48:15.89\00:48:20.06
and crying and asking
God, is this Your will?
00:48:20.10\00:48:23.77
You know if this is just some
strange idea that they've got
00:48:23.80\00:48:26.74
to be together, you know,
where do You want us, Father?
00:48:26.77\00:48:31.41
Amen.
00:48:31.44\00:48:32.77
And I once I finished,
I said, "Now I know just
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.84
as we were just reading here,
I know that You speak to us
00:48:34.88\00:48:37.95
through Your Word."
00:48:37.98\00:48:39.31
Yes. "Please speak to me."
00:48:39.35\00:48:40.82
Amen. And I kid you not.
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.62
A verse that
probably I may have read
00:48:43.65\00:48:45.35
before because
there are several like it
00:48:45.39\00:48:47.32
but it never hit home like
this time, the very first word,
00:48:47.36\00:48:50.26
the very first verse I read was,
00:48:50.29\00:48:52.46
and in the land, is
it found in Deuteronomy,
00:48:52.49\00:48:55.60
that thou goeth to
possess, I will bless thee.
00:48:55.63\00:48:59.10
Amen. Wow.
00:48:59.13\00:49:00.54
So I knew with my daughter
having moved in next door,
00:49:00.57\00:49:04.01
my grandbabies there for
the first time close to me,
00:49:04.04\00:49:07.41
the land, the house,
everything I had to leave,
00:49:07.44\00:49:11.61
because there's no better
place than where God wants us.
00:49:11.65\00:49:14.18
But if you want to
know what knowledge is?
00:49:14.22\00:49:16.05
You want to
know where wisdom is?
00:49:16.08\00:49:18.12
We searched the Word of God.
00:49:18.15\00:49:19.65
Understand righteousness,
judgment and equity
00:49:19.69\00:49:22.99
and every good path.
00:49:23.02\00:49:25.13
And you guys again
at home can go back
00:49:25.16\00:49:26.80
and read that for yourself.
00:49:26.83\00:49:28.33
Read it a little closer.
00:49:28.36\00:49:30.47
Let's look at
number three real quick.
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.87
How can we deal with
our own personal doubts
00:49:32.90\00:49:35.94
and overcome them?
00:49:35.97\00:49:37.34
Okay, we've been talking a
little bit about this already.
00:49:37.37\00:49:39.71
Let's just start and kind
of go around a little bit.
00:49:39.74\00:49:43.41
If you got a little answer a
little something on that one.
00:49:43.45\00:49:45.91
You know, it's... Any thoughts.
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.18
That's one of the most
difficult things really.
00:49:48.22\00:49:50.79
It's your own personal
doubts, your own personal fears.
00:49:50.82\00:49:53.89
Okay.
00:49:53.92\00:49:55.26
At least in my case
that's been so hard for me
00:49:55.29\00:49:58.09
to overcome those
things because for so long,
00:49:58.13\00:50:00.00
like I mentioned earlier,
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.73
I always felt like
I wasn't good enough.
00:50:01.76\00:50:03.77
So when you've had this pattern
of thinking for the majority
00:50:03.80\00:50:06.40
of your life and now
you have to change it.
00:50:06.43\00:50:08.90
Yeah. You can't
change it on yourself though.
00:50:08.94\00:50:11.01
You cannot do it.
00:50:11.04\00:50:12.51
You have to claim God's promises
00:50:12.54\00:50:13.94
what He says about you.
00:50:13.98\00:50:15.31
That's actually something
I'm going through right now
00:50:15.34\00:50:17.28
for myself is I want to
see, what does God say about me?
00:50:17.31\00:50:20.48
Yes.
00:50:20.52\00:50:21.85
You know, because I
don't like how I see myself
00:50:21.88\00:50:23.22
and that needs to change.
00:50:23.25\00:50:24.59
Yeah. I hear you.
00:50:24.62\00:50:25.95
But the only way that
can change is through Christ.
00:50:25.99\00:50:27.32
Amen.
00:50:27.36\00:50:28.69
You know, He calls us, you
know, a light to the world.
00:50:28.72\00:50:30.06
He calls us the
salt, you know, so.
00:50:30.09\00:50:32.56
And if you just
keep reading His Word,
00:50:32.59\00:50:35.23
you see His promises everywhere
of how much He loves you,
00:50:35.26\00:50:38.73
of how much He cares for you.
00:50:38.77\00:50:40.10
You know, what is it?
00:50:40.14\00:50:41.67
There's no greater
love than this than to give
00:50:41.70\00:50:43.44
one's life for your friends.
00:50:43.47\00:50:45.14
He's done that for me. Amen.
00:50:45.17\00:50:46.88
He's done that for you.
He's done that for all of us.
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.84
And it's so hard to
grasp sometimes. Yes.
00:50:48.88\00:50:51.68
But I think when you
really focus on that,
00:50:51.71\00:50:53.82
when you look to what Jesus
actually went through for you,
00:50:53.85\00:50:56.82
what He suffered for you,
00:50:56.85\00:50:58.95
before you even
were in this world,
00:50:58.99\00:51:00.66
He knew what you
were possibly going
00:51:00.69\00:51:02.52
to do based on your decisions.
00:51:02.56\00:51:03.93
Yes.
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.29
He took that for you,
that pain, that suffering,
00:51:05.33\00:51:07.70
just so you could be happy,
00:51:07.73\00:51:09.06
just so you can
live in His love,
00:51:09.10\00:51:11.43
that you can live in His grace.
00:51:11.47\00:51:12.83
Amen. That's good, yes.
00:51:12.87\00:51:14.20
And that's the only
way because I'll be honest,
00:51:14.24\00:51:16.81
I've done
counseling, I've had counselors,
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.37
I've had psychologists,
I've did it through the army
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.04
and they give you, you
know, things to practice.
00:51:22.08\00:51:24.61
And yeah, they may
help for a little while,
00:51:24.65\00:51:26.51
but eventually, you need Christ.
00:51:26.55\00:51:29.22
Amen.
00:51:29.25\00:51:30.59
It's not going to work,
you know, maybe temporarily.
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.49
And if it does,
it's probably false
00:51:33.52\00:51:35.12
and you're just
kidding yourself.
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.49
There you go. You
need Jesus in your heart.
00:51:36.52\00:51:38.19
You need to
really, really accept Him.
00:51:38.23\00:51:40.76
What you're talking
about, what your experience,
00:51:40.80\00:51:43.23
what you're expressing, I hope
everyone at home is hearing it.
00:51:43.26\00:51:46.53
It's because it's real.
00:51:46.57\00:51:47.90
It's not just
reading a book. No.
00:51:47.94\00:51:49.80
It's not just
claiming empty promises.
00:51:49.84\00:51:52.51
There is power. Power.
00:51:52.54\00:51:54.44
Power. Absolutely.
00:51:54.48\00:51:55.81
He wants to open all of heaven.
00:51:55.84\00:51:57.21
He would pour out all of
heaven for just one soul.
00:51:57.25\00:52:00.18
Amen.
00:52:00.22\00:52:01.55
To give them the
power to overcome
00:52:01.58\00:52:02.92
but it's our choice, He
will never force His will,
00:52:02.95\00:52:05.95
the enemy forces.
00:52:05.99\00:52:07.32
Oh, yeah. We're seeing
that in our world today.
00:52:07.36\00:52:10.33
The enemy is forcing things
00:52:10.36\00:52:12.06
that people do not
want in their lives.
00:52:12.09\00:52:14.96
Amen. But God never forces.
00:52:15.00\00:52:18.10
That's right. Amen.
00:52:18.13\00:52:19.47
He woos, He calls.
00:52:19.50\00:52:20.84
As she prayed for 11 years,
that's why you had the spirit
00:52:20.87\00:52:23.64
of the whole of the living God,
00:52:23.67\00:52:25.74
touching and moving in your mind
00:52:25.77\00:52:27.64
and urging you
to something better.
00:52:27.68\00:52:30.08
And you know
what? You're not alone.
00:52:30.11\00:52:31.45
There's a lot of us
that have felt unworthy.
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.35
And I...
00:52:33.38\00:52:34.72
One of the things
that my wife did for me
00:52:34.75\00:52:36.08
and that she showed me
the forgiveness of Christ.
00:52:36.12\00:52:38.45
Amen.
00:52:38.49\00:52:39.82
It was, you know, she loved
God so much that she didn't want
00:52:39.85\00:52:42.66
to do her will
because believe me.
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I wanted to leave you.
00:52:44.89\00:52:46.23
She wanted to run, you
know, but she never did.
00:52:46.26\00:52:49.00
Her love for God
was greater. Yeah.
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And she always
said, "You know, Lord,
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let Your will be done not mine."
00:52:53.44\00:52:55.04
Yeah. And she showed me
the forgiveness of Christ.
00:52:55.07\00:52:58.94
So that alone, you need Christ,
00:52:58.97\00:53:02.14
you need God but
you also you need that,
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.28
that community, you need
those people to help you.
00:53:04.31\00:53:06.82
You've also just
shared another thing.
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It takes both of
you working together.
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There you go.
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Even though you
were on the outside,
00:53:12.15\00:53:13.62
she was holding on to Jesus.
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If she hadn't held on,
it would not have worked.
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And eventually, if
you hadn't come in,
00:53:18.23\00:53:20.20
it still may not have worked.
00:53:20.23\00:53:22.16
But because both of
you working together
00:53:22.20\00:53:25.23
and began to put Christ first,
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then the
marriage could be healed.
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.60
Amen. But we had to make...
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We had to make that choice.
00:53:31.11\00:53:32.44
And that's what comes down
to, you have to make a choice.
00:53:32.47\00:53:34.74
It's a choice.
00:53:34.78\00:53:36.11
You're either going to go
left or you're going to go right
00:53:36.14\00:53:38.15
but I can guarantee you,
00:53:38.18\00:53:39.58
the only way that
is right is Christ.
00:53:39.61\00:53:41.25
Amen. That's the only way
because you can't describe it.
00:53:41.28\00:53:44.35
You can't... No.
00:53:44.39\00:53:45.72
You can't tell
somebody what it's like,
00:53:45.75\00:53:48.36
you have to experience it.
00:53:48.39\00:53:49.72
And the only way
you do is by giving up
00:53:49.76\00:53:51.76
what you're comfortable with.
00:53:51.79\00:53:53.13
That's right.
00:53:53.16\00:53:54.50
So what should we
see when we, as we say,
00:53:54.53\00:53:55.86
look in the spiritual mirror?
00:53:55.90\00:53:57.87
If I see myself
every time I'm in trouble.
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Who should I see?
You should see Jesus.
00:54:01.50\00:54:03.20
Should see Jesus in
there, isn't that right?
00:54:03.24\00:54:06.17
Let this mind be in you
which is also in Christ Jesus.
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And again, it's prompted, I
look, I see a total failure,
00:54:10.08\00:54:13.28
you know, but when
you look to Christ,
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you see total victory.
00:54:14.68\00:54:16.02
That's right.
00:54:16.05\00:54:17.39
And that's what that
devil doesn't want us
00:54:17.42\00:54:18.75
to sense that or feel that.
00:54:18.79\00:54:21.12
He wants us to
focus in on our sin,
00:54:21.16\00:54:23.29
our unworthiness instead
of the worthiness of Christ.
00:54:23.32\00:54:26.23
It's what you were
talking about while ago,
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unworthy, we're not good enough.
00:54:27.76\00:54:30.10
And we can always say,
remember, in this life,
00:54:30.13\00:54:32.73
we will never be good enough.
00:54:32.77\00:54:34.87
There's nothing we can say,
00:54:34.90\00:54:36.24
nothing we can do to
be good enough to inherit
00:54:36.27\00:54:38.71
the kingdom of God.
00:54:38.74\00:54:40.08
It's all about Christ
and He was good enough.
00:54:40.11\00:54:43.04
He gave His life and I by faith
00:54:43.08\00:54:44.98
accept that called
righteousness by faith.
00:54:45.01\00:54:48.12
I appreciate you, those words,
Pastor Kenny, they're so great.
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One of the things
that when I was ill,
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.66
I focused in on the success
00:54:54.69\00:54:56.73
of my getting well was
claiming God's promises.
00:54:56.76\00:55:00.70
Amen.
00:55:00.73\00:55:02.06
So if you want to bring it home,
00:55:02.10\00:55:03.43
you got to do the
repetition of the promises,
00:55:03.47\00:55:04.93
even when you don't feel
them, you don't feel like
00:55:04.97\00:55:07.77
if you are worthy of them,
00:55:07.80\00:55:09.40
you claim them every day.
00:55:09.44\00:55:10.94
Their repetition
will become vital to you
00:55:10.97\00:55:13.58
and that's where
your success becomes real.
00:55:13.61\00:55:16.08
If you're talking darkness
and gloom, what happens?
00:55:16.11\00:55:19.08
That's where you're going.
00:55:19.11\00:55:20.45
It's exactly where you're going.
00:55:20.48\00:55:21.82
So that has to be cast
off by the grace of God.
00:55:21.85\00:55:24.75
Every time we say anything
with doubt or doubt scripture,
00:55:24.79\00:55:28.69
we've sowed a seed and
that seed will spring up
00:55:28.72\00:55:31.79
and produce a harvest
somewhere in our life.
00:55:31.83\00:55:34.83
So we have to be
careful by the grace of God
00:55:34.86\00:55:36.50
to monitor our words
00:55:36.53\00:55:39.33
and our actions
because we're planting seeds
00:55:39.37\00:55:41.17
all along and
we don't want that.
00:55:41.20\00:55:43.34
We want the light of the gospel.
00:55:43.37\00:55:45.07
We want the light of truth,
00:55:45.11\00:55:46.44
we want the power
of God in our life.
00:55:46.47\00:55:48.14
We're down to less
than two minutes, honey,
00:55:48.18\00:55:49.58
may be a couple of
quick thoughts here,
00:55:49.61\00:55:51.45
isn't that right?
00:55:51.48\00:55:52.81
I quit, I'm talking too much.
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.18
I wish that we had
more time because, Angie,
00:55:54.22\00:55:56.05
I know that I could
throw this one back at you
00:55:56.08\00:55:58.39
because by believing
you built your faith.
00:55:58.42\00:56:01.09
Amen.
00:56:01.12\00:56:02.46
You know, and your faith
was strengthened as you saw
00:56:02.49\00:56:03.93
the power of God working.
00:56:03.96\00:56:05.79
He is just amazing God,
00:56:05.83\00:56:07.56
like, even when we were
at that little tiny church,
00:56:07.60\00:56:10.80
it was a little tiny church
and Pastor Kenny was there.
00:56:10.83\00:56:14.60
God just has a sense of humor.
00:56:14.64\00:56:16.67
When I don't
know if you remember
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.11
where everybody
came in, you get a prize
00:56:18.14\00:56:19.91
if you're there and stuff.
00:56:19.94\00:56:21.28
And we, you called our name,
and we got the Desire of Ages,
00:56:21.31\00:56:24.71
the big one but
we already had it.
00:56:24.75\00:56:26.58
So Pastor Kenny gave us,
you know what he gave us?
00:56:26.61\00:56:28.98
He gave us a 3ABN pen.
00:56:29.02\00:56:31.25
How funny is that for
God to give us a 3ABN pen?
00:56:31.29\00:56:34.89
Look where we're
sitting right now.
00:56:34.92\00:56:36.39
All right.
00:56:36.42\00:56:37.76
God knew what
He was doing. Yeah.
00:56:37.79\00:56:39.13
I mean, to take
somebody like us,
00:56:39.16\00:56:40.90
to bring us here,
it's just God's awesome.
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.47
Amazing. And God's amazing.
00:56:43.50\00:56:44.93
Wonderful.
00:56:44.97\00:56:46.30
You know, I want you to think
about this as we begin to close
00:56:46.33\00:56:47.87
because we've got to wrap it up.
00:56:47.90\00:56:49.27
But I also read
this week that no man
00:56:49.30\00:56:51.44
is safe for a day or
an hour without prayer.
00:56:51.47\00:56:55.34
Think about that.
00:56:55.38\00:56:56.71
A day or an hour we often
think about in the morning,
00:56:56.75\00:56:58.95
in the evening,
but start talking
00:56:58.98\00:57:01.35
to Him throughout the day.
00:57:01.38\00:57:02.78
Be in constant prayer.
00:57:02.82\00:57:04.52
No man is safe for a day
or an hour without prayer.
00:57:04.55\00:57:07.32
Not even a
second, isn't that right?
00:57:07.36\00:57:08.92
Amen.
00:57:08.96\00:57:10.29
Well, we just want to
thank each one of you.
00:57:10.33\00:57:11.66
Yeah. Thank you.
00:57:11.69\00:57:13.03
Amen.
00:57:13.06\00:57:14.40
You just put out some things
was just to me was awesome.
00:57:14.43\00:57:15.76
Good food for thought.
00:57:15.80\00:57:17.13
The Holy Spirit was
working with each and every one.
00:57:17.17\00:57:18.50
And again, we want thank
you for joining us here at 3ABN.
00:57:18.53\00:57:21.07
You know, this is just exciting
subject because we realize
00:57:21.10\00:57:24.31
there's power in
the name of Jesus.
00:57:24.34\00:57:25.77
There's victory in
the blood of the Lamb.
00:57:25.81\00:57:27.94
Thank you for joining us today.
00:57:27.98\00:57:29.31
We pray the Holy Spirit's
plant something in your heart
00:57:29.34\00:57:31.21
and in your mind.
00:57:31.25\00:57:32.58
Until next time, God bless you.
00:57:32.61\00:57:33.95
We'll see you. Amen.
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